As always all my copyright info is on the first chapter
Apocolypse's Revival : A Sonic Heroes Story.
Chapter 1
As always Knuckles sits in front of the Master Emerald. Always on Guard, Always ready to defend it. He was, after all, its guardian; the crest on his chest says so. A red echidna, burning with desire to put his massive powerful fists to good use. Which surprisingly happens a lot, as the jewel he defends is very powerful, and where there is power there is desire to use that power. Desire often from those who would abuse its power. Like Eggman for example. Then there's Rouge, what a mystery she is. She'd steal it just to own all the jewels in the world. A world famous thief and hunter, well she didn't count on me did she. Women, I don't think I'd ever understand them, well except for Amy. What's to understand? She's obsessed with Sonic.
And then, Knuckles suddenly found himself flying through the air, heading face first in the concrete path at the bottom of the shrine. He was knocked out cold.
He later awoke to find himself surrounded by familiar faces. Sonic and Tails had arrived out of nowhere to help him.
"Sonic? Tails? What are you doing here?" asked Knuckles.
"Angel Island fell into the ocean last night but quickly came back up. I saw it from my workshop", Said Tails.
"We are afloat now, but you're not going to believe this. Look behind you", Said Sonic with a surprised look on his face. Knuckles turned around to find his emerald was gone.
"But that's not possible. Angel Island needs that Emerald to float. Without it being harnessed by the shrine it should be in the ocean", Said Knuckles.
"We don't understand either, but we bet Eggman has something to do with it", Said Sonic. Suddenly a buzzbomber appeared, with a note attached to it's metal stinger. Sonic smiled.
"It's been a long time since I've seen one of them. You guys stay here it won't take me more than a second to destroy it", Said Sonic.
"Wait, look at the stinger. There's a note attached", Said Tails. He ran to the badnik, grabbed the note and slammed it to the ground with his tails. The three began reading it.
Dear Sonic heroes,
As you're already aware, Angel Island is afloat without the Master Emerald. And you've probably already guessed I'm behind it. Well I hired Rouge to take the Emerald but she ended up keeping it for herself. No-one crosses me and gets away with it, which is why I'm telling you this. Go to her mansion and kick her ass for me, or at least for Knuckles' emerald.
Yours grudgingly,
Dr Ivo Robotnik
"Well what do you guys think?" asked Sonic.
"Rouge would take the Master Emerald, she's tried numerous times before", Said Knuckles.
"But then why would she be working for Eggman all of a sudden?" asked Tails, "And how can we trust Eggman? Considering 99 out of 100 times he's lying"
"Well it is the only lead we've got. We have to get that Emerald back", Said Sonic.
"We? Last time I checked I was the guardian", Said Knuckles.
"Hey we're with you buddy, a hey I wouldn't miss this for the world. Sounds like fun. Perhaps we'll even meet Shadow and Omega, there's still a few questions I want to ask Shadow", Said Sonic.
"Yeah! The Sonic heroes back together for another adventure", Said Tails, "I'm in for this one".
"Did you have to make it sound so cheesy? Well OK let's go", Said Knuckles. And off they went to the outskirts of Casino City, to Rouge's mansion.
Meanwhile at Rouge's mansion, Shadow was lying down, relaxing by the window. Omega was just standing still, after all he is a robot. Rouge herself was spread across her luxurious sofa watching the TV.
"You know what guys, I've been thinking. We haven't given ourselves a name yet", Said Rouge. Shadow smiled and even laughed a little.
"A name? God you really must be bored", said Shadow.
"I think Rouge may have a point. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles call themselves the Sonic heroes. And Vector, Espio and Charmy are known as the Chaotix detectives. As for us, nothing", Said Omega.
"I was thinking Team Ultimate. Shadow is the Ultimate lifeform, well according to him anyway. I'm the Ultimate hunter and Omega is the Ultimate E-series Robot", Said Rouge.
"What do you mean, according to me?" said Shadow, a little enraged by the comment.
"Well my dear, if you recall the ark incident the whole thing became questionable with the Biolizard", Said Rouge, "But of course you remember nothing do you?"
"Let's not forget the army of encapsulated Shadow clones we found on the Eggman's Final Fortress not too long ago", said Omega. Shadow bowed his head, paused, and then lifted his head and sighed.
"Yes my past is a mystery, but you cannot deny I'm better than that blue hedgehog", said Shadow, "I wish I knew the truth, but until then I'm happy calling myself the ultimate lifeform until I proved otherwise. I'll show both of you my power if you want"
"Oh come on Shadow! We're a team, we do not fight each other", Said Rouge, "And besides I don't want my home looking like the lab where I found you two".
"Yeah that was some state we left it in", Said Shadow laughing.
"Shadow, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. I know you say you can't remember a thing before you were released, but does the name Maria mean anything to you?" asked Rouge.
"I remember absolutely nothing", Said Shadow.
"Even after being frozen for 50 years your one and only concern was Maria's wish. Does this ring any bells at all?" asked Rouge.
"No, sorry", Said Shadow.
"It just seems strange you have every bit of Shadow's personality but none of the memories", said Rouge. Suddenly a large bang was heard at the back of the mansion. Rouge got up quickly and ran to the door.
"Come on guys, no time to explain just follow me", said Rouge. That sounded like it came from The 3 Shadows' Room. But no one knows about that except me, miles or, well not anymore, Shadow.
Meanwhile near the coastline, in a beach villa, Amy Rose walks in to the living room and falls onto the nearby sofa.
"Oh what a day. Shopping takes a lot out of you", said Amy, "Big, be a dear and put all the food in the Kitchen.
"Oh, OK" said Big the cat walking in with masses of food in shopping bags.
"I'm really glad you decided to stay with us Mr. Big. You strength really comes in handy", said Cream the Rabbit following closely behind. Big put the bags down.
"Thanks, I really feel welcome here. Plus the beach is brilliant for fishing," said Big, "In fact I'm going to go down there right now".
"Oh I'll come to. You coming Amy?" asked Cream
"No thanks. I think I'll just chill out here and watch some TV", said Amy picking up the remote.
Suddenly Cheese, Cream's trusty sidekick came bursting through the window holding Chocola in its arms.
"Hey what's wrong with Chocola Cheese?" asked Cream.
"Chao, chao", Said Cheese laying Chocola down on the sofa. Just as it did that a special bulletin appeared on the TV.
Coming at you from the chao garden in station square where the chao here have all come down with some sort of virus. This disease only affects Chao for now, and in some cases small animals. No one knows where the Virus came from but it seemed to happen overnight. Symptoms are flu like, leading to blackouts, seizures and short comas. We fear that if a cure isn't found for this virus it may end up killing these fragile creatures...
"A disease that only affects Chao?" Said Amy
"...And....And...FROGGY!!!" Screamed Big, pointing to his tiny frog pal, lying on the beach, looking dead.
"Wait a minute, why isn't Cheese affected?" asked Amy.
"Cheese is a unique chao. It cannot feel pain and has a high immune system. Cheese has never been sick but I fear the virus may affect him to if we don't find a cure soon", Said Cream.
"Well we need to find a genius scientist, a doctor, someone who would know something about this", Said Amy
"DR. EGGMAN!" all three shouted at once.
"Hold on, would he be more likely to be the cause of this disease?" asked Cream.
"Maybe, but we'll get him and get the cure of him. And if he doesn't co-operate I'll stick this hammer right up his..." said Amy
"Amy! Watch your language, Children are present", Said Big.
"Hey, I'm not a child. I'm 6 and a half years old", Said Cream firmly and confidently.
"Your just too adorable sometimes Cream. Well it looks like Rose's delights have a new mission", Said Amy.
"And who knows, maybe we'll meet Sonic...Rose's delights?" asked Cream.
"Yes, you like it?" asked Amy.
"Well it's something. Well I'm in", Said Cream, "Let's get going"
"Yay! Together again. Ready when you are", said Big.
"OK let's go", said Amy, and with that the three left, heading towards station square.
Meanwhile in the Chaotix crew headquarters, Espio sits behind the main desk, usually where Vector would sit. Charmy waits eagerly by the door, waiting for the next big payoff. They managed to get their money from Eggman, who almost cheated them on the Final fortress. A bit of persuasive stinging sorted that out.
However it's Vector who's the subject of this introduction to the Chaotix detective story. He's taking a nap in one of the beds, dreaming of past adventures, and a certain past adventure he'll never forget. One which has haunted his dreams for years. The one with Mighty.
Mighty the armadillo was a part of the Chaotix crew way back. A childhood friend of Vector. A little hot headed but always did what was right. The story begins on Carnival Isle. After freeing the innocents there the whole Chaotix crew and Knuckles square off against Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic fell due to their immense power but that wasn't it. Metal Sonic became a massive golden version of himself, which they named the Metal Emperor. He seemed invincible until the noble Mighty did something that would change their lives forever.
FLASHBACK
"Mighty, What are you doing, get out of there! We can't beat it", Said Vector.
"Sorry Vec but I aint ready to give up yet. You guys go, get away before you get killed too", Said Mighty
"Get killed too? Just what are you planning on doing?" asked Vector.
"I'm going inside, destroy his CPU, explode him from inside", Said Mighty
"But you'll never make... oh I see. I can't let you do that," Said Vector.
"Mighty stop! At least let me find Sonic and Tails first. They'll find a way of defeating this monster", Said Knuckles.
"There isn't time for that. It's now or never. You guys go", Said mighty
"But", Said Vector.
"I said go", Said Mighty, punching Knuckles into Vector, Espio and Charmy. They landed outside of the arena and a huge blast door fell down. Vector got up and smashed the door as hard as he could, but it barely made a dent.
"MIGHTY!!!!" he Screamed as he heard a loud explosion.
FLASHBACK
"MIGHTY!!!" he shouted waking up. By his bedside were the two other Chaotix members.
"Still thinking of Mighty?" asked Espio.
"Yeah, I can never stop. Not even the loud music thundering in my ears can silence the screams from the explosion", Said Vector.
"No-one blames you for what happened to Mighty. It was his choice. His noble sacrifice kept the rest of us alive and stopped the Metal Emperor", said Espio, "There was no other way"
"We all miss Mighty very much, but that was over a year ago. He died so we could live and be happy. Let's do our best to give him what he wanted", said Charmy.
"Thanks guys, but it doesn't silence the memories. I want to move on, I just can't", Said Vector.
"Well maybe this might help take your mind off it", said Charmy pulling out a letter, "We have work!"
"Alright", said Vector opening the letter, "Dear Chaotix detectives,...
Recently my grandfather was kidnapped by an organisation that I think is linked to Dr. Eggman. I've traced them down to building in Casino City but I can't get in. I need you help to get inside and free my grandfather. I can't pay much but I'll give as much as I can spare.
Please help me, my grandfather Miles is the only family I have. Enclosed is a map giving the location of the building. I cannot play a role in this more than this and a radio you will find in a box labelled CD 252 in the back of the music shop across the road. If they find out what I have planned they could do something bad to him.
Miles is a pretty old Fox, whose body is half machinery. Obvious also is his second tail. Please you must hurry, I have no idea what they have planned.
Sincerely
Mr. X
"Two tails huh? That can't be more than a coincidence. His name is Miles, just like Sonic's buddy Tails' Real name", Said Espio.
"But Mr. X can't be Tails. Tails is an orphan we all know that, he has no family. And besides why would he ask us instead of Sonic to help?" asked Vector.
"So are we in?" asked Charmy.
"Of course. This whole thing is very unusual and mysterious. Sound like a lot of fun. And perhaps we may get something from it who knows", said Vector.
"Don't get too carried away though. Remember last time we went in recklessly? Our client turned out to be Eggman", Said Espio.
"And? We still got paid didn't we? Although reluctant we got out money. And besides he'd be a fool to hire us again", Said Vector, "Come on boys, we have a job to do".
"Right", Said Charmy
"Roger", Said Espio. And the three left for Casino City.