(I do not own Sonic..etc)
(Sonic Drive, English Lyrics.)
S, O, N, I, C GO!
S, O, N, I, C GO!
Go, Go, Go, Go Let's go!
Since yesterday's rule,
today is simply loose,
The best goal is breaking them,
Unless I can keep on running,
There is no other meaning for me,
That's some kind of punk philosophy,
Bio rhythm is 2 by rhythm,
The scenery is in a countless instant's line,
The wind surrounds me,
Inside Outside Attack,
Everything surpasses all at once,
Who is one too, what is one too,
What we can do before we can't,
Inside Outside GO! SONIC!
Everything's adding up Yes! SONIC!
"Look out" and "Have A Nice" look alike,
Well, the difference is as thin as paper,
Take off and throw away that boredom, right now start running!
S, O, N, I, C GO!
S, O, N, I, C GO!
Go, Go, Go, Go Let's go!
Last time on Sonic X:
"This is where it ends." Nazo said plainly, closing his eyes as bolts of white lightning began dancing wildly around his body, more and more joining them with each passing second. Metal Overlord hesitated and tried to pull back, but by now it was already too late. Nazo's eyes napped wide open and he spread his limbs out wide with a loud scream, simultaneously the aura surrounding his body rippled like water on the surface of a pond before rocketing outward. A solid, expanding ball of intense light that engulfed the Metallic-bird within a single moment. Eggman looked up as this ball of light began expanding and expanding, its luminous form getting closer and closer, engulfing everything in it's path.
"Chaos Control!" He had had time to scream before the light swallowed the flagship and all those onboard. It kept growing, washing over the ruined Station Square like a wave. The Mystic ruins on the other side of the bay was engulfed next, followed by the desert to the south. The entire planet earth began, fore a few moments only, a giant ball of light, it's luminous rays lancing out into the darkest regions of space. The same, soft melody they had all heard before still hanging in air.
Then, with a giant explosion, the light came to an end and reality was restored. The shock wave of the explosion knocked the flag ship sideways a good couple of meters, forcing everyone off their feet. Chuck, who had been shielding his eyes with his arms was the first too look up. The sky was clear above them. The storm, the rain, the thunder and lighting was all gone. The only remains of the titanic battle were a few whisps of smoke in the air.
"I…don't understand." He stated, managing to push himself onto his back, showing that his legs were no longer capable of supporting his weight. "I had the Master Emerald, the most powerful source of Chaos Energy in existence. I am the ultimate machine, perfect in nearly every detail. How could I loose to you?" Sonic hesitated only for a moment, before approaching. He knelt down beside the robotic hedgehog, staring down toward its broken face with a stern glare.
"Perfect? I don't think so Metal." He said simply. "No ones perfect, not even a machine." Metal Sonic looked up, puzzlement in his eyes. "Think about it Metal, you've been telling us that you've risen past the requirements Eggman had for you. Yet, all you've done to prove it is try to destroy everything, the very job Eggman built you for." Metal, for once, actually understood now. He'd wanted so badly to be more than he was, to improve himself. Sonic was right, although he was loathed to admit it, the blue hedgehog had shown him that he was still little more than a Eggman Empire robot. Hardly the being of greatest he kept telling himself he was. Shame burned in him, how could be have been so stupid? The answer to his desire for evolution had been there in front of him all along, and he'd been foolish enough to fall back into the old style way of thinking that evolution came only with the increase of power. "Well, ta for now Metal." Sonic added, standing up. "Perhaps I'll see you later huh? It'd been fun to find you again, just for kicks if nothing else." Metal stared up at him, the red tint to his eyes slowly beginning to diminish. Before it went out all together, Metal Sonic managed to mutter…
"Challenge accepted." His visor went completely black and his head went limp, falling back into the sand.
Episode 55: Epilogue
A single month has passed since the defeat of the Metal Overlord. During this short period of time, many changes had been brought about. G.U.N had salvaged the remains of the tattered Egg fleet and were presently in the middle of a project using that Technology, known to the public simply as Project Giant wing. The Eggman Empire, and indeed Eggman himself has not been heard from. He and his personal robot army has remained on Final Egg, well out of the reach the military but it was public opinion that it was only a matter of time before he struck again.
It was now a day before the start of the Summer vacation, each day the hot sun would beat down on the ground below and air conditioners would be turned up full blast. Despite the events a month ago and the state of disrepair Station Square was in again, School had resumed and Chris was on now of his last year before he left for High school. A cousin had told him a lot about it and although he had little option but to go, the tales of woe heading his way were not filling him with confidence.
As he sat at his desk for the last time with Danny, Helen and Francis around him, not paying attention to what Stuart was writing on the board, he began to think about what his Grandfather had told him earlier.
"The multiple uses of Chaos control have merged Sonic's world Mobius, and ours into one whole planet." Chuck had announced, once few land masses inhabited with Mobians had been discovered in the Pacific after Nazo had been forced to resort to a Chaos Control warp to defeat Metal Overlord. "It's quite extraordinary really, a complete union of two worlds, an unheard of scientific event…"
"As much as I love techo babble." Sonic put in, butting him off. "Can you get to the point?" Chuck hesitated and cleared his throat, leaning back in his chair with an embrassed look on his face.
"Yes…quite. What that means in simple terms is that you finally made it home, and yet you didn't." Sonic and Tails gave each other a quizzical look, shrugging. "You see, instead of going back to your home, you brought your home here." Barley grasping the concept, Sonic just nodded with a dumb smile.
"How long will it stay like this?" Amy asked. Chuck looked up at the ceiling, raising his eyebrows.
"Haven't the foggiest." He replied, scratching the back of his head. "Something like this has never happened before, for all I know the change could be permanent, or it could unravel tomorrow morning. We'll just have to wait and see." The clock ticked up and it began to near three o clock. Stuart, finishing his lesson for the day, let the students play the videos and DVD's they brought from home for the remainder of the afternoon while he stuck his nose into a large book.
"Earth to Chris!" Helen said, waving a hand in front of his face. The boy blinked, snapping back into reality.
"Err…yeah." He asked with a stiff smile. Helen, the blonde Disabled girl gave him cute smile that made him feel a little more at ease.
"We're having a barbeque next Tuesday, want to come?" She asked with a blush. It was a well known fact that Helen has a powerful crush on Chris, although he himself had either chosen to ignore it or it had by past him entirely. Danny gave Francis a nudge with his elbow with a goofy smile. Francis simply giggled. Chris gave him a strange look.
"Sure, I'll be there." He replied. Helen didn't manage a reply; she was blush too hard and feeling giddy inside. Stuart paused from his reading and looked up toward the cloak above him, noting there was only ten to five minutes until the final bell rung and school was out for the summer. None of the students had noticed however, they were all too busy watching their movies or talking to one another. He sighed and placed his book back inside his bag, standing up.
"Class, attention please." He sharp sharply, his voice rising above the DVD they were playing. Everyone looked his way and someone pressed pause on the remote, the screen freeze framing. "Since you're the leaving class, It's my responsibly to bid you all goodbye. I'll be leaving this school this year myself." Everyone chattered amongst themselves for a moment before quiet resumed. "Ok then, so everyone pack their things away and get ready for a great summer." He added with a smile, smacking his palms together. Chris sat still while the other got busy around him, still in thought. He began to think exactly how ordinary his life had been before that night when he found Sonic drowning in his pool. Since then he'd been the middle of adventures involving mechanical armies, ancient water demons, space colonies, flying fleets of destruction and a god of metal. Hardly the think one would expect a boy his age to get caught up in. And something told him more was on the way.
With the Master Emerald finally back in it's rightful place, Angel Island slowly began to rise out of the ocean, thin trials of water reaching up toward the large land mass as it rose, as if desperately trying to hang onto it reluctant to let it go. A soft groaning filled the air as the island ascended high and higher, finally disappearing above a low flying cloud back, fresh cold air whipping the island. Knuckles breathed it in deep, a sense of satisfaction filling his being.
"I don't understand how you can stand it here." Rouge said with a smile, leaning against one of the ruined stone pillars scattered around the ruins. The Echidna shot her a side glance.
"Are you still here?" He asked; sitting down on the top of the shrine's steps as the Island finally resumed its orbit over the Earth, hovering just out of sight behind the clouds. The bat took his statement with gentle humour, striding over and kneeling beside him. Knuckles narrowed an eye at her, forced his mouth into a frown. She simply smiled at him. "Your jobs done, the Island's floating again. Report back to the Pres and get out of my face." Rouge blinked.
"Well, the President wanted to know if you'd allow a military presence on the island." Knuckles' eyes shot wide open and he stared at her in disbelief.
"Say what?!" He asked loudly, nearly falling down the steps in surprise. "No freakin' way!" Rouge flapped her wings and hovered up, sitting down on the top of one of the pillars, a seductive look on her face.
"Though you'd say that."
"This island is sacred ground. My people tried that exact same thing and were destroyed for the sacrilege. As Guardian, it's my duty to make sure that the same mistake is never repeated." Rouge let him rave on for a while about ancient duty and all that, before butting in.
"Well, would you permit a small tracking station placed on the edge of the island to monitor the Egg moon. You'll hardly know it's there." Knuckles clenched a fist, clenching his teeth. "It's just this island is a far better station than any satellite we have that isn't being terminated by the Eggman Empire. We just want to use the islands orbit to track the Empire's movements." Knuckles was furious that she'd even suggested it. He'd been fighting off developers on his original world for years who wanted to turn the island into some kind of resort and now this human organisation wanted to put some kind of presence here. He'd seen their bases and wasn't prepared to have one on the island.
"All right you can have your tacking device." He said with an annoyed growl, realizing that she wasn't going to leave unless he gave her a piece of good news to go with. "I'll think about that base, but don't get your hopes up." Rouge's smile grew into an erotic smirk. "Now get lost." Rouge said nothing; she simply spread her wings and let the updraft carry her up into the cloud banks, disappearing into a dark shape that vanished amongst the clouds. Knuckles stared after her, before crossing his arms and muttering to himself…"Women!"
"Extraordinary." Chuck exclaimed for the sixth time that afternoon, the ruined form of Metal Sonic lying on the table in front of him. Bits and pieces from the robots frame which had been damaged beyond repair lay on the floor around, replacement parts and other large pieces of metallic equipment were being brought up into Chuck's room by Tanaka, who did not appreciate what this experience was doing to his back. The armoured blue skin on the top part of Metal's head had been removed, allowing access to the optical devices that produced the red glow and the electronic brain itself, which Chuck was carefully studying, trying not to disturb anything that might be important. The way he was laid out, pieces of him laying scattered around, it looked more like he was having an autopsy than a repair job. Even now though, his very presence radiated a certain feeling of dread that Tails was not altogether comfortable with. "I know this thing nearly killed us all, but I can't help being impressed by the circuitry and design of this android. "Incredible, its miles ahead of anything currently available, even in its tattered shape!" Tails looked up from the makeshift blueprint of the robot they'd drawn up after close inspection of its metallic frame.
"Marry it already." He said with a groan before turning back. "Why do you think Sonic what's this guy repaired anyway?" He put his pen down on the desk, staring off into space for a brief moment. "Seems like a bad idea to me. If I had a say in it, Metal here would be thrown in the nearest dumpster and that would be the end of it."
Chuck laughed to himself, picking up Metal's arm, inspected the cracks along the blue metallic skin. Without warning one of the talons on the hand fell off, landing on the table with a loud clank.
"Probably best to start research into alternate construction materials." Chuck added, taking a second look at the rust creeping into the framework in every corner and joint.
It was nearing five when Chris came by the gates leading into the Thorndyke estate. The sun was still high in the sky; although the faint wisps of clouds I the sky had a tint of orange on their outlines. This north district of Station Square had been left undamaged by Metal Overlord's attack, remaining intact and completely unblemished. In the front Garden, Creem and Cheese were playing a thick flower bed of tulips, while Vanila sat on a bench talking with Chris' mom, Sara. (I have no idea what Chris' moms real name is so I'm just calling her Sera.) A large silver plate with a tea set placed on the grass. Despite her hectic lifestyle of filming movies on location, she did enjoy the occasional relaxing snack outside on the lawn. A small portable TV sat on a white metal stool just in front of them.
"Ah Chris, good to see you home." She said when she saw her son approach up the drive. Chris gave her a hug before noticing a man at the far end of the garden tending to the rose bushes.
"When did we get a Gardener?" He asked gesturing to the unfamiliar figure in a white overall and black boots, his head hidden by a straw hat. Sra turned to give the man a fleeting glance.
"Oh him, your Grandfather hired him to take care of the garden near his garage. I must say though, he does do quite a good job with the roses." Chris wasn't really paying attention to his mother's words as he made his way across the lawn toward his Grandpa's garage with his bag strung over one arm, briefly wondering who Chuck and Tails were doing deciphering Metal Sonic's design. Chris didn't know exactly why Sonic wanted him repaired but to be honest he was curious to see what they could do with his remains. As he was passing the gardener, heading toward the side door, Chris caught sight of the mans face. With blonde hair, sea blues eyes and pale skin
"Mr. Stuart?" Chris exclaimed as the new gardener turn to face him. Sure enough it was his teacher, now clad in overalls, plastic boots and a straw hat, a shovel in one hat and a watering can in the other. His glasses placed inside his left breast pocket.
"Oh hello Chris." He said simply with a smile. Chris stared at him dumbfounded for second, arms at his side in astonishment, hardly managing words, before he managed to stutter…
"What are you doing here?" Stuart hesitated, looking back at bushes behind him.
"Taking care of your Roses, you've got a nasty Aphid infestation." Then he realized what Chris actually meant. "Oh right, well I'm sort of between Jobs at the moment, your Grandfather offered me a job tidying up your garden." Chris was left staring in utter disbelief.
"Right…" He managed to say after a while, quickly disappearing into his grandfather's garage with a stunned expression on his face. Stuart watched him go, then went back to working on the roses. Once he was sure that he was not being watch, he pushed his sleeve back and began to whisper into his watch.
"This is Agent codename Aphid. Have infiltrated Thorndyke residence, awaiting further instructions." There was a brief silence before someone on the other end replied over the small but powerful radio contained inside.
"Roger that, continue your cover identity and report back anything suspicious." Stuart nodded to himself.
"Roger, over and out." He pushed his sleeve back just as Sara looked his way to see how he was getting on and quickly went back to the roses.
"I wonder where Charles found such an exquisite gardener anyway?" She asked Vanilla.
Doctor Ivo. Robotnik, better known as Doctor Eggman, turned the monitor detailing the news front of him off, a frown over his face. The computer screen directly in front of him showed the Egg moons factories in full swing, manufacturing new robotic armies, weapons and artillery.
The defeat of the Egg fleet would mean little in the long run. Once Metal Sonic had been dealt with, regaining control of the Eggman Empire's computer systems hadn't been difficult. It was his destiny to rule this world. The cities and armies of the nations would fall and upon their ashes, an empire of metal would arise. His Empire, an empire that would rule the universe from this world, spreading out to conquer the far reaches of the cosmos. There was just one major thing standing in his way.
Despite all the fighting talk the nations of the world did, the only real thing that would prove a problem was a blue hedgehog. That much had been proved to him now, take out him, and the rest would fall like dominos.
His forces however has been depleted and he would not be able to make a successful military campaign until he built them up again, which would take some time. He leaned back in his chair, one finger and thumb to his chin. He was inside his personal chambers on the Egg moon, waiting for the report from Decoe that the security grid had been updated as he requested. Another monitor showed production of Dread noughts, the large robotic soldiers Eggman often used for heavy lifting jobs. He had scrapped the clumsy design of the Eggpawn and was now into mass production of these large, slower, but far more effective units. Equipping them with battle tactics and advanced weaponry, to improve their effectiveness in the field. New types of mobile artillery robots were also being manufactured, larger, faster and better armoured then their predecessor units. As soon as his forces were ready, he would wage war on the world and this time, he would succeed. The theme was very much, no more mister nice guy!
The chamber was a large oval shaped room, the walls and ceiling a mess of wires and pipes, the floor made from segmented pieces of metal. In front of him was a large monitor and control panel, most of the wires leading into the back. The only light in the room came from the screen in front. What Eggman really needed was Sonic removed before he attempted any sort of large scale attack. He couldn't rely on any robot to take care of something this important; the whole fiasco with Metal Sonic had proved that. No, he needed a professional. Someone experienced in assignation, hunting and tracking. His hands ran over the keyboard and he pulled up his registration files, those he had gathered over the years with his encounters with various groups on both Mobius and Earth, and now the one world.
"Ah now he looked promising." He said with a smile, his eyes glinting behind his glasses. The file he pulled up was for a mysterious bounty hunter wanted for crimes across the globe. An accomplished thief as well by the look of it. Experienced hunter too, records showing that he once tracked an escaped convict across fifty miles of swamp land filled with quick sand and sink holes just to put a bullet in his head. Eggman stared at the picture of a bust that came with the information. This bounty hunter was a feral creature, with thick purple fur and a white muzzle and chest. His deep flaxen yellow eyes had an evil glare to them that even Eggman would slightly unnerving. On top of his head, pushing to large pointed ears down was a brown canvas hat, tilted down so it covered one eye. There was a large grin on his face, one large sharp tooth protruding over his lip.
"Fang." Eggman said to himself, reading the name at the top of the file. His smile grew into a large grin. "Yes he dose indeed look promising."
(Flip card 1: Amy Rose)
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