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ANYWAY . . . I haven't been able to update . . . high school exams, Yu-Gi-Oh game matches, and other such stuffs . . . For those of you who've grown impatient, I've decided to let you in on a little secret . . . Uncle Chuck isn't the only casualty in this little dimensional war I've started, there are many more on the way! (Hint: It ain't Tails.)

Also . . . The Shadow Lord's secret identity will be revealed very soon! LET THERE BE SHOCKS AND GASPS ACROSS THE LAND! (Maniacal Laughter) Let's continue!

Chapter Seventeen: Merger, Part Two

Sonic Adventure Era______________________________________________________________

*Deep in the desert, not long after Dr. Eggman's Base collapsed, a small group of animals (and one overlander) stared in horror and surprise at the city of Robotropolis that had caught the eye of everyone there.

"What is that!? Tails shrieked.

"Where did that come from!?" Dr. Eggman raged. "This is supposed to be a secluded area! I'll fire my contracter!"

"Check it, guys! Another one!" AOSTH-Sonic pointed over to the west. As everyone looked, lo and behold, another version of Robotropolis appeared.

*Sonic looked around again to see Dr. Robotnik's laboratory from AOSTH.*

"Well, well, whadya know," Sonic said. "This must be Ro-BUTT-nik's work."

"WHAT!? I did no such thing!" Dr. Eggman fumed.

"Not YOU, man! Over there!" Sonic, annoyed, pointed over at the lab. "C'mon, Tails! We gotta juice!"

*Sonic rapidly ran over to the lab. Tails innocently followed, still wondering what "juice" was. Amy quickly followed her idol, and Knuckles, not wanting to be left behind, left as well.*

"Hey, Sonic! Wait for me!!" Knuckles screamed.

"So, let me get this straight . . . your name is ROBOTNIK?" Rouge asked after the good guys left.

"I thought it was Eggman, as well," Shadow admitted.

"Well, yes, but . . ." Eggman said.

"Okay, which one is it . . . Robotnik, or Eggman?" Rouge pryed.

"I . . . don't know . . ." he stammered.

"C'mon! You have to know! It's your name, right!? Tell me which one!"

"I already told you, I DON'T KNOW!" Eggman cried.

Sonic Underground Era___________________________________________________________

"ALL RIGHT! GO BIG BRO!" Manic cheered as SA-Sonic demolished one SWAT-bot after another. Parts flew as they dropped like flies.

*As Sonic finished, he landed, then made a V sign with his fingers as the SWAT-bot behind him exploded.*

"Whoa, cool!" Even Sonia had to admit that what she just saw was the coolest thing she ever saw in her life.

"You better believe it!" Sonic gloated.

*After SA-Sonic landed in their universe, they exchanged info on what happened in their own dimensions. After hearing that they were looking for their mother, Sonic promised to help them find her. Along the way, however, he would do what he does best: break Robotnik's stuff. He eventually got used to being in that universe, right down to speaking in Manic's slang (although he still didn't understand what "juice" meant); but, of course, no world can replace the one you've known all of your life, and he started to miss everyone, even Amy and Dr. Eggman.*

"Another clear mission! We're on a roll, guys!" Sonia said happily.

"Yeah, and the best part--" Manic said, pulling a chili dog out of his pocket, "Free food!"

*He was about to bite into it when Sonic snatched it with superspeed. Manic then proceeded to bite down, shattering his teeth in the process.*

"Sonia's right; you are a kleptomaniac!" Sonic said, amused.

*As Manic was about to say something back, YET ANOTHER portal appeared, this time on the side of a building. An animal wearing a strange-looking suit and helmet landed on the ground. His clothes, however, were broken and burned, and his helmet was shattered.*

"What?" Sonia ran over to the mysterious figure. Even though he was out cold, with blood spattered across his face, Sonia still recognized this figure. She gasped loudly.

"What's up?" SA-Sonic and Manic came over. They were shocked to see a blue hedgehog inside of the suit.

"Is . . . that me?!" Sonic exclaimed. At the sound of SA-Sonic's voice, the stranger woke up, just noticing everyone around him.

"Please . . . help . . ." he weakly pleaded.

"Help what?" SA-Sonic looked closer at him.

*After a great deal of effort, he finally managed to stand up with Sonia's help.* "Help . . . defeat . . . Lord of Shadows . . . he's . . . planning something horrible . . ."

"Lord of Shadows?" Manic asked.

"Planning . . . to merge . . . dimensions . . . and kill . . . Sonic Prime . . ." he continued.

"Hey, you should save your strength!" Sonia warned.

*He broke out of Sonia's grip, barely managing to stay on his feet.* "Please find . . . . Sonic Prime . . . It's . . . your only hope . . . please!"

*The last of his strength ebbed away, and he collapsed on the ground. Sonia gasped and jumped over to his body. She listened to his chest.*

"His heart's still beating!" she said. Sonic and Manic breathed heavy sighs of relief.

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*After he collapsed, Sonic and Co. manage to get him to their underground base. They set him on Sonic's bed. After removing his clothes, they were surprised to see that he really was Sonic, with some kind of key around his neck. He was sweating bullets, and taking very deep breaths.*

*Manic put a pad on his forehead. At once, the new Sonic jumped up in surprise. As soon as he did, however, the pain from his wounds kicked in, and he screamed in agony.*

"Whoa, dude! Chill Out!" SA-Sonic cautioned. The other Sonic calmed down enough to lie back down.

"So . . . are you from another dimension, like me?" SA-Sonic asked.

"Sonic--" Sonia was about to tell Sonic to ask his question later, when the newcomer spoke.

"No . . . he has a right to know." he looked at Sonic. "The answer to your question is both yes, and no."

"Say wha?" Manic asked.

"My name and dimensional code is ID-Sonic, but my code name is Zonic."

"Dimensional code; what's that?" Sonia inquired.

"It's the code assigned to all of the different dimensional versions of everybody from each universe." Zonic looked at Sonia and Manic. "Your dimensional code is the letters 'SU'."

"For Sonic Underground?" Sonia figured out.

"Yes," Zonic responded. He then looked at Sonic. "Your dimensional code is the letters 'SA'."

"SA? As in what?" Sonic asked, interested.

"Well, your dimensional code was difficult. It took us fifteen years, ever since the day you were born, to pick your code. We observed your growth, and your constant struggles with the one you call "Dr. Eggman". Then, in your dimension, a large water diety was freed by Eggman, and your dimension erupted into chaos."

"You must be talking about Ultimate Chaos!" Sonic recalled.

"Yes . . . after we saw your constant changes into the entity called Super Sonic, especially in the Chaos incident, we gave you the letters SA, meaning Sonic Adventure."

"Sonic Adventure? Why that? These two go on adventures, too," Sonic asked.

"Well, the reason for that is this: You, by far, have gone on twice as many missions, or adventures, as all of the other Sonics combined.

"Man, no wonder he's so good," Sonia said. Sonic rubbed to bottom of his nose with his finger. "Well, I'm just that good!"

"Ok, very interesting and all that, but one thing . . . how come you're all beat up?" Manic chimed in.

"Are you sure you want to know? It's a long story," Zonic said before cringing from the pain of his injuries.

"I don't think you should, you need to rest!" Sonia pleaded.

"Sonia . . . you worry . . . too much. You were . . . always like that . . . " Zonic replied.

"What, were you observing me, too?" Sonia asked.

"No . . . but my sister did . . ."

"You mean that you have a sister too?" Sonia asked

"Not have . . . HAD . . . she was killed in combat by HIM."

"Who's him?" Sonic asked.

"Well, it's like this . . .

FLASH

*In a black and white, and slightly deformed, world, a large building loomed over a huge metropolis. Inside a large, dark room on the fifth floor, stood two hedgehogs. They were observing a multitude of Monitors, each one showing a different dimension. Near the back of this room, soft giggling could be heard. The male hedgehog, Zonic, walked over to see what it was. his sister was laughing at something on the screen*

"Anything funny, sis?" Zonic said suddenly, causing the girl in the chair to jump out of her seat in fright.

*ID-Sonia glared at Zonic in annoyance.* "Don't you have somewhere to be?!" she snapped.

"Now, Now . . . is that any way to talk to your SUPREME COMMANDER, OLDER SISTER?" Zonic gloated.

"Shut up, and take a look at this!" Zonic bent over to see SU-Sonia, reprimanding her two brothers about stopping for chili-dogs on a mission."

"Okaaaaaaaaaaay, so?"

"My dimensional self has authority over you!" She typed something on the keyboard. "And just look at this CUTE picture of you, baby bro!"

*A second later, a freeze-frame picture of SU-Sonic appeared on screen. It showed a disgusting picture of him messily eating a chili-dog, with huge globs of chili and salsa on his face. Zonic stared wide-eyed at the image while Sonia rolled on the floor laughing.*

*Just as Zonic was about to retort something back, a message appeared on all the screens.*

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! DIMENSIONAL CRIME IN PROGRESS!, The screen read.

"C'mon, we gotta go!" Sonia and Zonic picked up their wrist teleporters.

"Next stop: Dimension Code 'SL'!" Zonic stated as they took off.

FLASH

"My other dimensional self was your sister?" Sonia asked.

"You're a cop?" Manic said, getting a bit nervous.

"Dimensional Code 'SL'? What's that?" Sonic asked.

"It stands for 'Shadow Lord'. And that's who we lost against."

"Shadow Lord? Who's that?" Sonic pryed.

"The Shadow Lord is a mad dictator with enormous magical power. He wants to rule all dimensions by fusing them together into one gigantic 'super dimension' and rule it."

FLASH

Zonic: When we arrived at his castle, we thought this was going to be a simple mission. We were wrong.

We managed to get through his ingenius traps until we came into his throne room. There, we met with complete and utter disaster.

"You dare to trespass in my domain!?" The Shadow Lord bellowed in rage.

"Yeah!" Zonic replied.

"Shadow Lord, you are hereby under arrest for stealing dimensional keys from our dimension! You have the right to remain silent . . ."

" . . . and to hire a new decorator!" Zonic joked. Sonia, ignoring Zonic, continued: "Anything you say CAN and WILL be used against you!"

The Shadow Lord leaned over on his throne, very bored. "Let's speed this up, I ain't got all day!"

"Alright then!" Zonic pulled out a pocket laser and fired at him. The S. Lord whipped out his rod and desintegrated the beam.

"What?!" Zonic cried. Faster than even Zonic could see, The S. Lord ran up to Sonia and grabbed her.

"Zonic, run! You don't stand a chance against this guy!" Sonia pleaded.

"I believe this is yours?" he held the rod up tobeloved sister. So . . . her neck. "Your sister will be the first to die!"

"Over my dead body!" Zonic aimed his laser at The Shadow Lord. "You're in trouble now! You can't let go of your rod without Sonia escaping, and I've got the best shot in the training academy!"

"Oh yeah? Well it's only a matter of time!" The S. Lord gloated.

"What do you mean?!" Zonic snapped.

"Well, think about it . . . you would need a second to pull the trigger on that little pop gun of yours, and another second for that beam to travel through the air to hit me. I only need a split-second to kill her and dodge your gun. Not to mention that if you tried to fire, you risk hitting your beloved sister. With that in mind, would you like to try again? I have full confidence in your abilities."

Right then, I realized that he was right. I had no choice but to surrender. Not only had he won this fight, but he won it without even throwing a punch.

*Zonic lifted his arm and spoke into his watch.* "I'm in a code black. Send reinforcements."

"Right away, commander!" they answered before signing off.

"Calling for reinforcements, are you?" The Shadow Lord asked. "Then I'll have to make an example of you!"

*He reached out with his hand and materialized a piece of rope. He tied ID-Sonia up at the speed of sound, then tossed her body on the ground like a rag doll.

"Hey!" Zonic was about to rush in, when he got hit by a magic blast, which blew him back. When he tried to stand up, he found that he could not move an inch.

"Paralysis . . . my second favorite spell!" he gloated. He then held up his rod and summoned a giant column of fire to come down on Sonia, ending her life right then and there. Her body lay on the ground, charred and lifeless.

"No . . . Please no . . ." Zonic pleaded. Tears rolled down his face.

"I would not worry about her, she served her purpose. Besides, you'll be joining her very shortly!"

*He lifted his rod again and another gigantic column of fire came down, this time hitting him. Just before Zonic would have died, however, the effect of paralysis wore off, allowing him to program the wrist watch to teleport him out of there just before it melted.

FLASH

"And that's how I ended up in your universe," he said, cringing again from the pain.

"You mean . . . this guy's that powerful?!" SA-Sonic said in disbelief.

"But . . . what happened to the reinforcements you called?" Sonia asked.

*Zonic closed his eyes and looked away in sadness.* "Gone . . . they're just . . . gone."

*After a long and depressing silence from everyone in the room, a massive rumbling sound was heard.*

*Zonic opened his eyes wide with fear.* "It's him!"

"What's he doing?!" Sonic exclaimed.

"He's fusing all of the dimensions together!" Zonic screamed. "We have to get out now!"

*Not asking any questions, Sonic grabbed Zonic and dashed to the surface. Manic and Sonia soon followed. SA-Sonic dashed desperately out of the city as the roads started to collapse. Entire SWAT-bot units were destroyed.*

*Sonic desperately opened his wrist communicator, which housed a power ring. He grabbed the others and ran extremely fast out of the city. When they escaped, they looked in horror to see entire buildings and factories getting leveled.*

*Zonic watched this scene in anger.* "He'll stop at nothing to rule the dimensions!"

"We gotta stop this!" Sonia exclaimed.

"We will, Sonia," Sonic said in a rage. "We will."

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