What's up Fac Fic Fan's? I want to thank everyone who reviewed, of course.
And just to let you guy's know, I already have another Sonic story posted
and finished. Just in case you were interested. Anyway, here we go with
chapter six!
Chapter 6
Everyone was standing in the hanger waiting as the Sonic Storm came to a stop. Tails quickly jumped out and ran over to where the others were standing. Amy slowly exited the plane, still shocked from what Tails had told her.
"Are you okay Cream?" Tails asked.
Cream smiled, "I'm fine, Tails. Thanks to Mr. Sonic."
Cheese agreed, "Chao, chao!"
Knuckles frowned, "Hey, what about me? I was there too, ya know!"
Cream turned to Knuckles and gave a small bow, "Thank you very much for rescuing me, Mr. Knuckles."
Sonic put a hand on Knuckles shoulder, "Satisfied?" Everyone laughed.
However, Sonic noticed that there was one person who wasn't happy. "Hey, Amy," Sonic said as he walked over to her, "You okay?"
Amy turned her head so that she was facing away from him, "Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be?" Before Sonic could say anything else, Amy walked out of the hanger as fast as she could.
Sonic didn't understand what was going on. From the sound of her voice, it sounded like Amy was almost crying. Sonic turned to the group, "You guys go on without me. I've got something to take care of."
Tails called back, "Okay, Sonic. Meet me in my lab when you get a chance."
"Sure thing, little buddy." Sonic called out as he ran off after Amy.
"What was that all about?" asked Rouge.
Knuckles stood there with his arms crossed and eyes closed. He knew that Amy must have found out about Sonic being from another dimension.
Sonic caught up with Amy as she was walking thru the hallway, "What's going on Amy? Was it something I said?"
Amy turned around and faced Sonic, then softly said, "You're not really Sonic, are you?"
Sonic knew what she was asking, "Well, sort of . . . "
"There's no sort of about it!" Amy shouted, "Are you Sonic or not!?!"
Sonic sighed, "If you're asking me if I'm the Sonic you knew, then no I'm not."
Amy was speechless. She already heard it from Tails, but it was a lot harder hearing it from Sonic himself. Amy sank to the ground, "That means that the real Sonic is still....."
"Yes." Sonic answered.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Sonic sat down next to her and put his arm on her shoulder, "I didn't want you to get upset. You seemed so happy when you saw me, and I didn't want to take that away from you."
"I guess I should have asked how you came back to life, but I was so happy to see you, I didn't care. All I knew was that you came back to me, and that's all I cared about." Amy said, as tears began to run down her cheeks.
"It's not your fault. I should have been honest with you from the start. Truthfully, if it were me, I would have wanted to believe it too." Amy looked at Sonic and smiled. Sonic smiled back, not his usual cocky smile, but a simple smile.
Sonic wiped a few tears from Amy's face with his hand, "I know I'm not the Sonic you knew, but I am here. At least, for a while."
Amy found herself hugging Sonic tightly and trying to hold back tears, without much luck. "Do you really have to go back?"
"I'm afraid so, Ames."
"As long as you're here now. That's all that matters." Amy sobbed
After Sonic was assured that Amy was going to be all right, he went to meet Tails at his lab. It was the same room he was in during his scanning procedure. He entered the room to find Tails and Knuckles waiting for him.
"Where are the girls?" Sonic asked.
"Rouge went to get Cream and Cheese something to eat. Eggman's not much for room service." Knuckles answered, "How's Amy doing?"
"Then, you know?"
Knuckles looked at Tails while talking to Sonic, "I also found out who told her."
Tails' head hung low, "I'm really sorry, Sonic. I had no idea that she didn't know yet."
"Don't worry about it, Tails." Sonic reassured him, "So, why did you want to see me?"
"Well, I think I can send you back home."
"Really?"
Tails nodded, "I can use the chaos emerald we have to create a super powered Chaos Control. Since Chaos Control can transport matter thru time and space, I can get you back to your dimension at the same time you transported here. It'll be like you never left."
"Cool. How long before it's ready?" Sonic asked.
"Not too sure. I still have to construct the machine to amplify the emerald's power."
"Don't hurry too much, little buddy. After all, you got to give me enough time to get rid of Eggman before I go."
"WHAT!?!" Knuckles shouted, "You can't be serious!"
Sonic grinned, "You didn't think I was going to go back without taking care of Doctor Egghead first, did you?"
Knuckles growled, "You can't possibly think that you can stop him that easily! Doctor Eggman isn't the pushover he used to be, Sonic!"
"Not to mention his main fortress." Tails added, "It's impossible to get into his base undetected."
Knuckles nodded, "And there's the chaos emeralds to consider. Don't forget that he has six of them. There is no telling what kind of robots he could create with that kind of power."
Sonic chuckled, "Sounds like a challenge to me."
"This isn't some kind of game we're playing, Sonic!!" Knuckles shouted.
"I know that Knuckles." Sonic's face turned serious, "But after seeing what he's done, what he's put you guys through, did you really think I was going to leave and let him get away with it? You may be alternate versions of the friends I have in my world, but your still my friends. I can't just leave you like this."
Knuckles started for the door, "Take my advice, Sonic. Just wait for Tails to build the machine and go home. This isn't your world, so don't think you have to solve all it's problems."
With that Knuckles exited the room, leaving Sonic and Tails alone. "I understand what he means." Tails said
Sonic turned to Tails, giving him a look that seemed to say 'what'. Tails could see this and decided to explain, "You have to remember that the Sonic in this world lost his life fighting for us. Knuckles probably doesn't want to see that happen again. And frankly, neither do I."
Sonic nodded, to show that he understood. But he couldn't just sit here and do nothing. He had to stop Doctor Eggman no matter what.
That night, Tails worked hard on constructing the machine to amplify the emerald's power. Soon the morning came, which was hard to tell from outside. Eggman's factories poured so much smoke into the sky, it was impossible to see the sun.
Amy entered Tails' lab, only to find him sleeping at his desk. She figured that he didn't get any sleep last night. She started to leave when suddenly, he began to open his eyes.
"Amy?" Tails noticed her as she was heading for the door.
Amy walked over to Tails, "Sorry if I woke you. I just came to see if you wanted anything to eat."
"No thanks." Tails said as he walked over to a strange looking machine, "I'm almost done anyway."
The machine had a keyboard connected to a small container to hold the chaos emerald. Next to it was a large capsule for Sonic to stand in.
Amy figured that this is what Tails had been working on. "Are you sure this will help Sonic get back home?"
"Pretty sure. Chaos Control has never shown the ability to send people to a different dimension, but with this machine's help it will."
Amy was glad to hear the machine will work, but a part of her didn't want it to. Even though this wasn't the Sonic that she knew, he was exactly like him in every way. She didn't want to lose him again. Amy was awakened from her thoughts as Knuckles entered the room.
Knuckles looked at the machine, and then at Tails, "Is it ready?" Tails nodded. "Good! Let's get Sonic and the chaos emerald, and get this over with."
Amy frowned, "Right now? Why does he have to leave so soon?"
Knuckles turned to Amy, "I know you want him to stay, but he has to go back. Besides, he was talking about going after Doctor Eggman. I want to get him back to his own world before he does anything foolish."
Suddenly the door opened and Cream and Cheese came running in. "Mr. Sonic's gone!!" Cream said.
Everyone turned around, "WHAT!?!"
Cream held out a piece of paper, "Cheese found this note from him."
Knuckles took the note and began to read it out loud, so everyone could hear, "Dear Friends. I'm sure I don't need to tell you where I went. I'm going to put a stop to Doctor Eggman once and for all. Don't worry about me. I'll be alright. Tell Tails to have the machine ready for when I get back. And don't worry, this Sonic is coming back. Signed, Sonic the Hedgehog."
Suddenly, Rouge came into the room. Amy ran up to her to inform her of the bad news, "Sonic's run off to stop Doctor Eggman by himself."
Rouge snapped her fingers, as if she had just figured something out, "He must be the one who took it!"
"Took what?" Cream asked.
"The Chaos Emerald! It's missing from my room." Rouge answered.
"He must have taken it with him, thinking it would give him an advantage." Tails concluded.
Knuckles growled, "What was Sonic thinking? He's practically delivering the last emerald right into Eggman's waiting hands!"
Tails stepped forward, "Come on Knuckles, I'm sure Sonic has a plan. I don't know about you guys, but I believe that Sonic can win. I know all of us are worried about seeing a repeat of what happened on ARK, but this Sonic survived ARK. I know that Sonic will succeed in defeating Doctor Eggman, and I'm going to help him do it!"
Knuckles was shocked, "Are you serious!?!"
Tails nodded, "I was always there for Sonic whenever he needed me. And I'm going to be there for this Sonic too."
Amy stepped forward, "Tails is right. I'm not going to just stand here while Sonic needs us." Then she turned to Tails, "I'm going with you!"
Cream spoke up, "I'm going too!"
Cheese cheered, "Chao! Chao!"
Rouge smiled, "Well, don't think I'm gonna stay here and miss out on all the action."
Everyone then turned to Knuckles, who was just standing there with his eyes closed. Knuckles opened his eyes and grinned, "Well, what are we standing around here for? We've got an empire to crush!"
Everyone cheered in agreement, then headed out the door to help Sonic defeat Eggman.
A/N: Well, what did you think? I know there was a lot of emotional stuff in this chapter, but trust me, the action to come will definitely make up for it. By the way, I agree with you Samantha27 about the Cheese girl thing. But just so you know Tails' real name actually is Miles Prowler. I can understand why he prefers to be called Tails. Anyway, you guys know the drill: You submit review, I submit new chapter.
Next Time: Eggman's Fortress!
SEE YA!
Chapter 6
Everyone was standing in the hanger waiting as the Sonic Storm came to a stop. Tails quickly jumped out and ran over to where the others were standing. Amy slowly exited the plane, still shocked from what Tails had told her.
"Are you okay Cream?" Tails asked.
Cream smiled, "I'm fine, Tails. Thanks to Mr. Sonic."
Cheese agreed, "Chao, chao!"
Knuckles frowned, "Hey, what about me? I was there too, ya know!"
Cream turned to Knuckles and gave a small bow, "Thank you very much for rescuing me, Mr. Knuckles."
Sonic put a hand on Knuckles shoulder, "Satisfied?" Everyone laughed.
However, Sonic noticed that there was one person who wasn't happy. "Hey, Amy," Sonic said as he walked over to her, "You okay?"
Amy turned her head so that she was facing away from him, "Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be?" Before Sonic could say anything else, Amy walked out of the hanger as fast as she could.
Sonic didn't understand what was going on. From the sound of her voice, it sounded like Amy was almost crying. Sonic turned to the group, "You guys go on without me. I've got something to take care of."
Tails called back, "Okay, Sonic. Meet me in my lab when you get a chance."
"Sure thing, little buddy." Sonic called out as he ran off after Amy.
"What was that all about?" asked Rouge.
Knuckles stood there with his arms crossed and eyes closed. He knew that Amy must have found out about Sonic being from another dimension.
Sonic caught up with Amy as she was walking thru the hallway, "What's going on Amy? Was it something I said?"
Amy turned around and faced Sonic, then softly said, "You're not really Sonic, are you?"
Sonic knew what she was asking, "Well, sort of . . . "
"There's no sort of about it!" Amy shouted, "Are you Sonic or not!?!"
Sonic sighed, "If you're asking me if I'm the Sonic you knew, then no I'm not."
Amy was speechless. She already heard it from Tails, but it was a lot harder hearing it from Sonic himself. Amy sank to the ground, "That means that the real Sonic is still....."
"Yes." Sonic answered.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Sonic sat down next to her and put his arm on her shoulder, "I didn't want you to get upset. You seemed so happy when you saw me, and I didn't want to take that away from you."
"I guess I should have asked how you came back to life, but I was so happy to see you, I didn't care. All I knew was that you came back to me, and that's all I cared about." Amy said, as tears began to run down her cheeks.
"It's not your fault. I should have been honest with you from the start. Truthfully, if it were me, I would have wanted to believe it too." Amy looked at Sonic and smiled. Sonic smiled back, not his usual cocky smile, but a simple smile.
Sonic wiped a few tears from Amy's face with his hand, "I know I'm not the Sonic you knew, but I am here. At least, for a while."
Amy found herself hugging Sonic tightly and trying to hold back tears, without much luck. "Do you really have to go back?"
"I'm afraid so, Ames."
"As long as you're here now. That's all that matters." Amy sobbed
After Sonic was assured that Amy was going to be all right, he went to meet Tails at his lab. It was the same room he was in during his scanning procedure. He entered the room to find Tails and Knuckles waiting for him.
"Where are the girls?" Sonic asked.
"Rouge went to get Cream and Cheese something to eat. Eggman's not much for room service." Knuckles answered, "How's Amy doing?"
"Then, you know?"
Knuckles looked at Tails while talking to Sonic, "I also found out who told her."
Tails' head hung low, "I'm really sorry, Sonic. I had no idea that she didn't know yet."
"Don't worry about it, Tails." Sonic reassured him, "So, why did you want to see me?"
"Well, I think I can send you back home."
"Really?"
Tails nodded, "I can use the chaos emerald we have to create a super powered Chaos Control. Since Chaos Control can transport matter thru time and space, I can get you back to your dimension at the same time you transported here. It'll be like you never left."
"Cool. How long before it's ready?" Sonic asked.
"Not too sure. I still have to construct the machine to amplify the emerald's power."
"Don't hurry too much, little buddy. After all, you got to give me enough time to get rid of Eggman before I go."
"WHAT!?!" Knuckles shouted, "You can't be serious!"
Sonic grinned, "You didn't think I was going to go back without taking care of Doctor Egghead first, did you?"
Knuckles growled, "You can't possibly think that you can stop him that easily! Doctor Eggman isn't the pushover he used to be, Sonic!"
"Not to mention his main fortress." Tails added, "It's impossible to get into his base undetected."
Knuckles nodded, "And there's the chaos emeralds to consider. Don't forget that he has six of them. There is no telling what kind of robots he could create with that kind of power."
Sonic chuckled, "Sounds like a challenge to me."
"This isn't some kind of game we're playing, Sonic!!" Knuckles shouted.
"I know that Knuckles." Sonic's face turned serious, "But after seeing what he's done, what he's put you guys through, did you really think I was going to leave and let him get away with it? You may be alternate versions of the friends I have in my world, but your still my friends. I can't just leave you like this."
Knuckles started for the door, "Take my advice, Sonic. Just wait for Tails to build the machine and go home. This isn't your world, so don't think you have to solve all it's problems."
With that Knuckles exited the room, leaving Sonic and Tails alone. "I understand what he means." Tails said
Sonic turned to Tails, giving him a look that seemed to say 'what'. Tails could see this and decided to explain, "You have to remember that the Sonic in this world lost his life fighting for us. Knuckles probably doesn't want to see that happen again. And frankly, neither do I."
Sonic nodded, to show that he understood. But he couldn't just sit here and do nothing. He had to stop Doctor Eggman no matter what.
That night, Tails worked hard on constructing the machine to amplify the emerald's power. Soon the morning came, which was hard to tell from outside. Eggman's factories poured so much smoke into the sky, it was impossible to see the sun.
Amy entered Tails' lab, only to find him sleeping at his desk. She figured that he didn't get any sleep last night. She started to leave when suddenly, he began to open his eyes.
"Amy?" Tails noticed her as she was heading for the door.
Amy walked over to Tails, "Sorry if I woke you. I just came to see if you wanted anything to eat."
"No thanks." Tails said as he walked over to a strange looking machine, "I'm almost done anyway."
The machine had a keyboard connected to a small container to hold the chaos emerald. Next to it was a large capsule for Sonic to stand in.
Amy figured that this is what Tails had been working on. "Are you sure this will help Sonic get back home?"
"Pretty sure. Chaos Control has never shown the ability to send people to a different dimension, but with this machine's help it will."
Amy was glad to hear the machine will work, but a part of her didn't want it to. Even though this wasn't the Sonic that she knew, he was exactly like him in every way. She didn't want to lose him again. Amy was awakened from her thoughts as Knuckles entered the room.
Knuckles looked at the machine, and then at Tails, "Is it ready?" Tails nodded. "Good! Let's get Sonic and the chaos emerald, and get this over with."
Amy frowned, "Right now? Why does he have to leave so soon?"
Knuckles turned to Amy, "I know you want him to stay, but he has to go back. Besides, he was talking about going after Doctor Eggman. I want to get him back to his own world before he does anything foolish."
Suddenly the door opened and Cream and Cheese came running in. "Mr. Sonic's gone!!" Cream said.
Everyone turned around, "WHAT!?!"
Cream held out a piece of paper, "Cheese found this note from him."
Knuckles took the note and began to read it out loud, so everyone could hear, "Dear Friends. I'm sure I don't need to tell you where I went. I'm going to put a stop to Doctor Eggman once and for all. Don't worry about me. I'll be alright. Tell Tails to have the machine ready for when I get back. And don't worry, this Sonic is coming back. Signed, Sonic the Hedgehog."
Suddenly, Rouge came into the room. Amy ran up to her to inform her of the bad news, "Sonic's run off to stop Doctor Eggman by himself."
Rouge snapped her fingers, as if she had just figured something out, "He must be the one who took it!"
"Took what?" Cream asked.
"The Chaos Emerald! It's missing from my room." Rouge answered.
"He must have taken it with him, thinking it would give him an advantage." Tails concluded.
Knuckles growled, "What was Sonic thinking? He's practically delivering the last emerald right into Eggman's waiting hands!"
Tails stepped forward, "Come on Knuckles, I'm sure Sonic has a plan. I don't know about you guys, but I believe that Sonic can win. I know all of us are worried about seeing a repeat of what happened on ARK, but this Sonic survived ARK. I know that Sonic will succeed in defeating Doctor Eggman, and I'm going to help him do it!"
Knuckles was shocked, "Are you serious!?!"
Tails nodded, "I was always there for Sonic whenever he needed me. And I'm going to be there for this Sonic too."
Amy stepped forward, "Tails is right. I'm not going to just stand here while Sonic needs us." Then she turned to Tails, "I'm going with you!"
Cream spoke up, "I'm going too!"
Cheese cheered, "Chao! Chao!"
Rouge smiled, "Well, don't think I'm gonna stay here and miss out on all the action."
Everyone then turned to Knuckles, who was just standing there with his eyes closed. Knuckles opened his eyes and grinned, "Well, what are we standing around here for? We've got an empire to crush!"
Everyone cheered in agreement, then headed out the door to help Sonic defeat Eggman.
A/N: Well, what did you think? I know there was a lot of emotional stuff in this chapter, but trust me, the action to come will definitely make up for it. By the way, I agree with you Samantha27 about the Cheese girl thing. But just so you know Tails' real name actually is Miles Prowler. I can understand why he prefers to be called Tails. Anyway, you guys know the drill: You submit review, I submit new chapter.
Next Time: Eggman's Fortress!
SEE YA!