Chapter Thirteen: Contact
Disclaimer: If this stuff was mine, I'd be filthy stinkin' rich.
In the Fifth dimension, the Shadow Lord continued to flip through the dimensional "channels". While flipping, he came across SATAM-Robotnik and Snively, who had just woken up, disorientated from Espio's KO and from the drugs that were unknowingly numbing their bodily systems and erasing their memories. Upon seeing Robotnik, the Shadow Lord became so infuriated that he crushed the controller in his hand.
"Dr. Robotnik . . ." He growled through clenched teeth.
"Shadow Lord, Sir!" One of his servants ran up.
He glared down at him. "WHAT IS IT!? I'M BUSY!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but one of the servants has escaped, and taken one of the Master Keys with him!"
"WHAT?" He yelled. He looked up at the hologram floating in the air. "Computer! Tell me which of my servants is stupid enoough to run from the likes of me!"
The computer, after a few moments, brought up a picture of the escapee. He was a young, red-colored Hedgehog, with blue streaks in his quills.
"Maxamillion Hedgehog. Age: 7. Height: 2'5"."
He looked at the young boy's picture with a ferocious glance. "Send out a search party. When you find him, kill him. I never want to see his face again. I don't know who this boy thinks he is, but no one tries to escape my dimension and lives."
He looked down at him. "WELL!? GET GOING!!"
After he left, The Shadow Lord pulled out another controller and resumed his dimensional channel flipping. "My plan has already been set into motion. These dimensions will be mine shortly, I swear it."
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Seven hours had passed since Shadow, Tails, and SATAM-Sonic took over Robotnik's base. Shadow was still tinkering with Nicole. Sonic had just woken up from his nap to find Shadow still working.
"How long's this gonna take, Black Sheep?" Sonic asked, VERY impatiently.
"I'd watch the name calling if I were you, Blue boy. Contacting another dimension isn't easy, you know, especially with a computer with low memory like this one."
"I DON'T HAVE LOW MEMORY, YOU JUST GIVE TOO MANY COMMANDS AT A TIME," Nicole replied.
"Well, I can't go any sl--"
Shadow was interrupted by a loud knocking on the door. "It's Dr. Robotnik!"
Sonic got up and looked outside. Sure enough, Dr. Robotnik, Scratch, and Grounder were knocking at the door.
"Lemme take care'a this." Sonic said, opening the window.
"What're you gonna do, Sonic?" Tails asked.
"You'll see, Tails."
He leaped out of the window, then went into a spindash. He landed on Scratch, then ricoched off of him and slammed into Grounder, demolishing them both in a matter of seconds. Robotnik turned around to see both of his creations lying on the ground, in pieces, of course.
"S-Sonic!?" Robotnik stammered, then fumed with anger. "OPEN THAT DOOR, NOW!"
"Nope, don't feel like it, Eggbelly. But, you can keep your robots. Turn 'em into washers or somethin'."
Meanwhile, inside, Shadow finally managed to hack into the other dimension. "Finally! Now to find a way to contact Sonic."
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In the SA Universe, AOSTH-Sonic and the others found Dr. Eggman's Pyramid base. After navigating through the many traps, they managed to get into Eggman's base. AOSTH-Sonic was given a communicator and new running shoes by Tails. Treasure Hunter Knuckles the Echidna joined the group so he could find Rouge the Bat, a thief who has been collecting pieces of the emerald after it shattered on the floating Island.
"That should be about it," Knuckles said as he pushed the keys into the lock. They opened the door to find the Central core. They were about to go to the Shuttle port, which was just a little farther ahead, when Knuckles heard a sound.
"What was that?" Knuckles asked.
"What was what?" Amy asked.
"Guys, we're not the only ones here," He warned.
"Who else would be here?" AOSTH-Sonic asked.
"I dunno, but whatever it is, it's not alive. I don't sense any life energy in it at all."
Amy yelped and hid behind Sonic, who was looking for whatever it was that Knuckles was talking about.
Suddenly, a gigantic white spector appeared. Everybody except for Knuckles screamed.
"Sonic! Get everyone to safety, now!"
"No prob!" He said, leading everyone away from there.
Knuckles leaped into the air to punch it. Unfortunately, he phased through its body. "What in the world . . .?" He asked as he landed.
The ghost turned around and shot a blue fireball at him. Knuckles jumped out of the way, then tried to punch him again, with the same results as before.
"How do I beat him?" He asked, dodging another fireball in the process. "Wait a minute!" Knuckles said, remembering that as he phased through him the second time, he saw an hourglass just before it turned around. "That's it! Maybe that's its weak spot!" Knuckles then jumped out of the way of yet another fireball. He looked up at it, smirked, then ran away. The spectre proceded to give chase.
Because of its size, it shouldn't be very fast, Knuckles thought. But as he rounded the pillar, he began to notice that not only was it as fast as he was, it almost seemed as if it was anticipating his every move. Just when Knuckles thought this was going to go on forever, the thing stopped.
"What?" Knuckles turned around. "Is it tired?"
The ghost took a deep breath, then shot out a large wave of fire. Knuckles barely managed to get out of there without getting burnt to a crisp. He turned around to see that it was still breathing out flames.
"I'll get him now!" Knucles ran around the pillar until he was behind it. Sure enough, the hourglass he saw before was there, with a smaller ghost guarding it. The small ghost was laughing maniacally.
"Ah, Shut up!" Knuckles rammed his fist into the ground, creating a giant crack in the ground, that destroyed the small ghost and flipped the hourglass. Parts of the roof opened, and light shot in. The big ghost shrank until he was no more that a shadow of his former self, who was trying to escape.
"Oh no, ya don't!" Knuckles flew over and punched the ground again. The ghost came out, self-destructed, and disappeared. The pillar, since the ghost wasn't there anymore, sank into the quicksand, leaving only floating platforms. Sonic and the others jumped onto these platforms. Most of the room wasn't even there anymore.
Knuckles landed on the ground and wiped his forehead. "Whoa, that was pretty rough," he commented.
"Let's hurry to the ship, guys!" Tails suggested.
"You little THIEVES! Did you really think you could leave here alive?" Dr. Eggman crowed as the alcove he was hiding in opened up.
"Bring it on, Eggface!" Sonic challenged.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Don't worry, Tails! I'm from a different dimension, but I'm still Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"With the ego to match," Knuckles commented.
"Hurry up, Sonic! We'll meet you at the shuttle, alright?" Tails said.
"Okay, kid!" Sonic agreed. After their departure, Sonic turned to Dr. Eggman. "Whatcha got for me this time to destroy? A toaster?"
"Much worse than that!" Dr. Eggman snapped his fingers, and a huge robotic golem came out of the quicksand. Sonic, surprised at first, laughed. "I could take this thing out in five seconds!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
Sonic jumped onto the golem's shoulder, then leaped again, landed on his head, then flipped off of it. He landed back on the ground to see the robot tip over and land on Dr. Eggman.
"Check ya later, Robo!" He immediately sped off to the shuttle.
Eggman pulled himself out from under the golem. Bruised, battered, and just plain messed up, he could only utter these four words, "I hate that Hedgehog!"
Disclaimer: If this stuff was mine, I'd be filthy stinkin' rich.
In the Fifth dimension, the Shadow Lord continued to flip through the dimensional "channels". While flipping, he came across SATAM-Robotnik and Snively, who had just woken up, disorientated from Espio's KO and from the drugs that were unknowingly numbing their bodily systems and erasing their memories. Upon seeing Robotnik, the Shadow Lord became so infuriated that he crushed the controller in his hand.
"Dr. Robotnik . . ." He growled through clenched teeth.
"Shadow Lord, Sir!" One of his servants ran up.
He glared down at him. "WHAT IS IT!? I'M BUSY!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but one of the servants has escaped, and taken one of the Master Keys with him!"
"WHAT?" He yelled. He looked up at the hologram floating in the air. "Computer! Tell me which of my servants is stupid enoough to run from the likes of me!"
The computer, after a few moments, brought up a picture of the escapee. He was a young, red-colored Hedgehog, with blue streaks in his quills.
"Maxamillion Hedgehog. Age: 7. Height: 2'5"."
He looked at the young boy's picture with a ferocious glance. "Send out a search party. When you find him, kill him. I never want to see his face again. I don't know who this boy thinks he is, but no one tries to escape my dimension and lives."
He looked down at him. "WELL!? GET GOING!!"
After he left, The Shadow Lord pulled out another controller and resumed his dimensional channel flipping. "My plan has already been set into motion. These dimensions will be mine shortly, I swear it."
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Seven hours had passed since Shadow, Tails, and SATAM-Sonic took over Robotnik's base. Shadow was still tinkering with Nicole. Sonic had just woken up from his nap to find Shadow still working.
"How long's this gonna take, Black Sheep?" Sonic asked, VERY impatiently.
"I'd watch the name calling if I were you, Blue boy. Contacting another dimension isn't easy, you know, especially with a computer with low memory like this one."
"I DON'T HAVE LOW MEMORY, YOU JUST GIVE TOO MANY COMMANDS AT A TIME," Nicole replied.
"Well, I can't go any sl--"
Shadow was interrupted by a loud knocking on the door. "It's Dr. Robotnik!"
Sonic got up and looked outside. Sure enough, Dr. Robotnik, Scratch, and Grounder were knocking at the door.
"Lemme take care'a this." Sonic said, opening the window.
"What're you gonna do, Sonic?" Tails asked.
"You'll see, Tails."
He leaped out of the window, then went into a spindash. He landed on Scratch, then ricoched off of him and slammed into Grounder, demolishing them both in a matter of seconds. Robotnik turned around to see both of his creations lying on the ground, in pieces, of course.
"S-Sonic!?" Robotnik stammered, then fumed with anger. "OPEN THAT DOOR, NOW!"
"Nope, don't feel like it, Eggbelly. But, you can keep your robots. Turn 'em into washers or somethin'."
Meanwhile, inside, Shadow finally managed to hack into the other dimension. "Finally! Now to find a way to contact Sonic."
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In the SA Universe, AOSTH-Sonic and the others found Dr. Eggman's Pyramid base. After navigating through the many traps, they managed to get into Eggman's base. AOSTH-Sonic was given a communicator and new running shoes by Tails. Treasure Hunter Knuckles the Echidna joined the group so he could find Rouge the Bat, a thief who has been collecting pieces of the emerald after it shattered on the floating Island.
"That should be about it," Knuckles said as he pushed the keys into the lock. They opened the door to find the Central core. They were about to go to the Shuttle port, which was just a little farther ahead, when Knuckles heard a sound.
"What was that?" Knuckles asked.
"What was what?" Amy asked.
"Guys, we're not the only ones here," He warned.
"Who else would be here?" AOSTH-Sonic asked.
"I dunno, but whatever it is, it's not alive. I don't sense any life energy in it at all."
Amy yelped and hid behind Sonic, who was looking for whatever it was that Knuckles was talking about.
Suddenly, a gigantic white spector appeared. Everybody except for Knuckles screamed.
"Sonic! Get everyone to safety, now!"
"No prob!" He said, leading everyone away from there.
Knuckles leaped into the air to punch it. Unfortunately, he phased through its body. "What in the world . . .?" He asked as he landed.
The ghost turned around and shot a blue fireball at him. Knuckles jumped out of the way, then tried to punch him again, with the same results as before.
"How do I beat him?" He asked, dodging another fireball in the process. "Wait a minute!" Knuckles said, remembering that as he phased through him the second time, he saw an hourglass just before it turned around. "That's it! Maybe that's its weak spot!" Knuckles then jumped out of the way of yet another fireball. He looked up at it, smirked, then ran away. The spectre proceded to give chase.
Because of its size, it shouldn't be very fast, Knuckles thought. But as he rounded the pillar, he began to notice that not only was it as fast as he was, it almost seemed as if it was anticipating his every move. Just when Knuckles thought this was going to go on forever, the thing stopped.
"What?" Knuckles turned around. "Is it tired?"
The ghost took a deep breath, then shot out a large wave of fire. Knuckles barely managed to get out of there without getting burnt to a crisp. He turned around to see that it was still breathing out flames.
"I'll get him now!" Knucles ran around the pillar until he was behind it. Sure enough, the hourglass he saw before was there, with a smaller ghost guarding it. The small ghost was laughing maniacally.
"Ah, Shut up!" Knuckles rammed his fist into the ground, creating a giant crack in the ground, that destroyed the small ghost and flipped the hourglass. Parts of the roof opened, and light shot in. The big ghost shrank until he was no more that a shadow of his former self, who was trying to escape.
"Oh no, ya don't!" Knuckles flew over and punched the ground again. The ghost came out, self-destructed, and disappeared. The pillar, since the ghost wasn't there anymore, sank into the quicksand, leaving only floating platforms. Sonic and the others jumped onto these platforms. Most of the room wasn't even there anymore.
Knuckles landed on the ground and wiped his forehead. "Whoa, that was pretty rough," he commented.
"Let's hurry to the ship, guys!" Tails suggested.
"You little THIEVES! Did you really think you could leave here alive?" Dr. Eggman crowed as the alcove he was hiding in opened up.
"Bring it on, Eggface!" Sonic challenged.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Don't worry, Tails! I'm from a different dimension, but I'm still Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"With the ego to match," Knuckles commented.
"Hurry up, Sonic! We'll meet you at the shuttle, alright?" Tails said.
"Okay, kid!" Sonic agreed. After their departure, Sonic turned to Dr. Eggman. "Whatcha got for me this time to destroy? A toaster?"
"Much worse than that!" Dr. Eggman snapped his fingers, and a huge robotic golem came out of the quicksand. Sonic, surprised at first, laughed. "I could take this thing out in five seconds!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
Sonic jumped onto the golem's shoulder, then leaped again, landed on his head, then flipped off of it. He landed back on the ground to see the robot tip over and land on Dr. Eggman.
"Check ya later, Robo!" He immediately sped off to the shuttle.
Eggman pulled himself out from under the golem. Bruised, battered, and just plain messed up, he could only utter these four words, "I hate that Hedgehog!"