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S.O.N.IC GO!

S.O.N.IC GO!

GO,GO,GO,GO LET'S GO!

Last time on Sonic X

Only several seconds left. Emerl looked back one last time towards the X-Tornado in the distance that carried his friend. One second left, he crossed his arms and then shot a contempt full glare upwards the cannon, his body burning with white hot uncontrollable chaos energy. And then, it happened.

Cream looked back from the X-tornado to see the front of the Egg Carrier explode in a fire storm. Both doors that covered the cannon was blow completely off by the blast, the giant metal pieces falling to the ground in flames. Thousands of robots that formed the crew of the ship were thrown out from the giant wound, falling like metal rain.

The entire ship shook violently. As the back feed through the cannon systems destroyed most of the weapons interior, the shock wave from the explosion reached the plane, learning making Tails loose control of it. The three Chaos Emeralds, now free from Emerl's body, were flung through the air, hurtling like asteroids through the atmosphere. All heading in an opposite direction from each other, disappearing on the horizon with a loud sonic boom.

As the chain reaction shot back through the Egg Carrier, one of it's wings that was tucked at it's side was thrown clear off, landing on the ground with a deafeningly loud thud on the swamp ground below, sinking nearly completely. It's balance upset, the Egg Carrier seemed to lurch to one side, looking like it was going to tip over and crash into the ground at any point.

"Where's Emerl?" Cream asked again. Sonic, with an aching back and arms looked back, hesitating. He'd know exactly what Emerl had been planning to do when he tossed him off the edge of the Egg Carrier. It hadn't been to attack him, only to keep him safe when the robot self-destructed. And with three Chaos Emeralds fuelled the explosion, Emerl must have known it was the only way to stop the cannon from firing. "He's gone isn't he?" She asked, finally spotting the glint of truth in Sonic's eyes. Sonic paused only for a moment, before nodding. Cream was deadly quiet, her face not showing any emotion what so ever.

"I'm so sorry Cream." Amy said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Chao Chao." Cheese added in agreement. Cream remained silent for a single second only, before she finally broke down crying.

Episode 12: The Final Twist

None of them had seen Cream for three days now. She and her mother had just disappeared. Not so much as a letter or a telephone call. Amy had tried calling to see how she was, but Vanilla had repeated time after time that her daughter simply wasn't up to talking to anyone right now.

"Chaoooo." Turel began as the pink hedgehog put down the phone for the third time today. A sad look on her face. The hero chao was wondering when Cheese was coming around again and couldn't comprehend the situation in it's entirety. Amy simply patted his head and walked off. Tails had agreed to let her stay in his workshop until she could find another apartment. Her old one had been destroyed by Metal Overlord's attack on Station Square.

She had seen little of Tails today either. This morning he'd come up from his main workshop in a hurry, nearly poured ketchup into his cereal and then disappeared with his breakfast back down the flip. She could hear the sounds of heavy machinery working from down there and deuced that he was working on something big. It couldn't be the X-tornado or the Cyclone. Chuck had taken them both back to his garage to repair by himself.

There was a loud sonic boom and a blue hedgehog raced in through the front door, a trail of dead leaves coming in after him before he shut it.

"It's getting colder out there." He said, shaking his quills dislodging a few more leaves. There were two bags of groceries in his arms.

"You were quick." Amy commented. Sonic smirked.

"It's my job." A quick glint of green light manifested a few feet above the floor and Shadow appeared, also carrying several bags. Something so out of character for him Amy had to suppress a violent fit of giggles. "You have to make an impressive entrance don't you?" Sonic asked, putting the bags on the unit inside the kitchen area. Shadow didn't reply. He had been giving Sonic the silent treatment all day. "Look, I said we'd deal with your problem once Eggman was dealt with. Chuck's asking the Government to make an official investigation and as soon as we get Tails out of his lab, we'll pay these Foundation people a little visit." Seemingly satisfied with that answer, the black hedgehog made a small smile, folded his arms and sat down on the sofa. There was a sudden loud whirring sound from below and Sonic thumped his foot against the floor a few times. "Keep it down Tails!" He yelled and the noise subsided slightly.

"Cream's still not answering any calls." Amy stated, joining Sonic in the kitchen. "Poor girl, Emerl was her best friend."

"And he sacrificed himself to save her." Sonic continued with a loud groan. "If Eggman hadn't ruined everything, he'd still be here." Through all their minds ran the images of Emerl's final moments. Eggman, forcing three Chaos Emeralds into Emerl's body regaining control of the robot and then Emerl broke free, detonating himself within the Egg Carrier's cannon to stop it from firing on Cream inside the X-tornado. Sonic had tried his best to save him, but in the end his efforts proved fruitless. This whole experience reminded Shadow of his own past so much it made him think back, to a time when he had Maria, onboard the space colony ARK. Back then he thought those peaceful times would last forever, but then it all shattered. It was foggy outside, a thick blanket of mist so concealed a traveller wouldn't have been able to see half an inch in front of his nose. Any colder and the Weather Forecast predicted snow. They were already down for a heavy snow fall during the quickly approaching winter.

"Think we should pay her a visit?" Sonic asked. Amy shook her head.

"She needs a little more time. If we don't hear from her in a few days, then we go and see of she's alright." Sonic narrowed an eye at her

"You sound as if you've had a little experience about this sort of thing.

"It doesn't take experience to be considerate and mindful of ones feelings." Shadow shuddered again. Maria had often spoke similar words to him. For a single moment, he was certain he could see her faint image in the frosty glass of the window.

Caught up in their own thoughts, none of them really noticed that the sound coming from the lab below had stopped. Down in his main workshop, Tails removed the goggles from his eyes and smiled. He was crouched over the large metal table in the centre of his lab, a set of large mechanical arms reaching down from the ceiling. A set of controls at the side managing them, allowing the fox to do his work several times faster. A humanoid figure was lying out across the table, a series of wires and cables ran from a hole in it's chest to the large machinery around them. Tails had the sudden urge to yell 'IT'S ALIVE' at the top of his voice, but thought better of it. He'd been working for nine hours straight with no bathroom breaks but he'd done it. He ran over another set of checks just to make sure he'd gotten it right. A proud smile made its way onto his face when all the checks turned out fine.

"Wait here for a moment." He stated to his finished project as he leaned his oily hands with a rag and made his way over towards the lift that lead up towards the living area. As he disappeared, the lift ascending him out of view, the figure sat up, looking at it's body for a moment, before removing the wires from his chest one by one.

Survival was the one thing, after what he'd been forced to do, he would have expected. But it seemed he had been granted another chance to correct his mistakes and earn the forgiveness of his only friend.

Repairs to Giant Wing had taken long than expected, but a good weak later after its battle with the Egg Carrier 3, all systems had been restored. The President had arrived just in time to see it's take off. As his chopper descended upon the landing pad, the core agents of Freelance Division; Bean, Bark, Rouge and Topaz was waiting for him. The repairing station for Giant wing was a harbour they'd kept separate from civilians under their ship was finally ready for take off. With the current G.U.N headquarters position compromised, Giant Wing was the serve as their new permanent base of operations. This way, they would never have one fixed location and Giant Wing was more than capable of fulfilling the practical requirements of a base that important. All the agents accept for Rouge saluted when the President and Christina, his aid, approached as the blades of the chopper rotated slowly to a stop.

"At ease." He said, raising a hand. "Where's captain Okida? I need to have a word with him." The Eggman Empire's presence on the planets surface had dried up once their forces that penetrated his under sea bases defensive perimeter and demolished the base itself. There hadn't been a sign of him for days now. They had found pieces of his Egg Carrier smouldering in half sunken swamp lands. Presumable someone had done their work for them and dealt with the flying battleship, even if its main bulk hadn't been found yet.

"You called sir?" There was a short flapping in the air and the Captain of Freelance division dropped down out of the sky in front of his team. Since there wasn't a tailor alive who could model a uniform to a mobian, most of Freelance division was allowed to remain in causal dress.

"Where'd they pick up bat boy here?" Rouge asked, leaning over towards Topaz. "Not bad looking." She added, putting a hand to her chin. Topaz managed a large smirk.

"Why Rouge." She began quietly. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you liked him." The female bat rolled her eyes.

"Oh please, I don't mix business with pleasure." Her eyes narrowed seductively. "I have the Echidna on his flying island for that kind of thing."

"Yes." The President began unsteadily. "I'd like to talk to you in private for a moment." Okida nodded, narrowing one flaxen yellow eye's questioningly anyway.

"Of course sir. I have an office down the hall." As the two of them disappeared down a flight of stairs towards the building complex, preparations for the proper launching of Giant Wing were nearly complete. Just a few more checks to ensure that the systems were all working properly and they should be able to launch within the hour. Giant Wing was run by steam power, a revolutionary technology salvaged from the downed Egg Fleet. All the engines required to work were a small contribution of fresh water. The technology was easy to mass produce, pollutant free and practical in major industries. There were already plans to bring it into major use across the world within the next year.

"I'll be frank here Okida." The President began as the Captain shut the door of his small office behind him. "If what you said about a leak is true, then it could present quite a few long term problems I'd rather weren't there."

"Such as?" The bat asked. His office was only a few feet in every direction, a low ceiling and a desk with two filing cabinets. His name engraved on a plate on the outside of the door. The blue prints for a few of the militaries mechanical walkers spread over his desk.

"Well, despite the obvious threat to nation security, if word of this gets out, it won't be long before out right paranoia sets in." Okida nodded in agreement as the President sat himself down in a chair. The last thing they needed was for people to start pointing fingers at each other. Trying to finger the Eggman Empire informant. It would be more like a witch hunt than anything else. "So I'd like to keep this between you and me for the moment."

"And General Saddler." Okida added, raising a finger.

"I've already had a word with him about this matter. But now we have to think of a way of tricking this spy into reveal himself to us, without alarming anyone to his presence." The bat sat down on his desk, looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully.

"That won't be easy. If this informant was able to give Eggman the access codes to satellite surveillance, then he's hidden within our own Government deep enough to have knowledge of any kind of sting operation we could set up."

"Then we'll just have to keep quiet for the time being and watch carefully. We'll have to wait for the right opportunity to present itself." The President stood up. "The elections are in a few weeks. It would be the Eggman Empire's best interest to have me voted out of office so the Doctor will probably have his spy try to ruin my chances." Okida managed a smile, wondering if the Presidents concerns during that last statement were true, or he just didn't want to be voted out.

"I'll keep my eyes open sir. And don't worry, we never had this conversation." The President nodded in agreement, before turning towards the door. A loud roaring sound began to echo through the air as the engines of Giant Wing were activated. Bean and Bark turned towards the harbour to watch.

"Alright, the show's starting." Bean said with relish, rubbing his hands together as the giant bronze giant began to slowly lift itself into the air.

"Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about." Bark stated with a yawn. "Once you've seen one giant flying ship you've seen them all."

"Not a fan of anything metal, are you?" Bean asked back. As the colossal shape ascended, the president watched from a distance with a large smile on his face. Rather than a battleship for defensive purposes, Giant Wing was a more like a symbol of strength for the G.U.N soldiers. A morale boaster, to keep them in high spirits. The war with Dr. Eggman's robotic armies could go on for some time.

War was never popular with the voters and so to keep them happy, this would have to be the symbol of G.U.N strength. Now, finally with its huge form in the air, Giant Wing began to ascend even higher. Once it reached a fixed height it began to hover, coming like a bronze coloured version of Angel Island. The G.U.N banner painted on it's side.

"Not at all bad looking." Vector remarked as he as the rest of Chaotix stared at the giant from the police road block that had been keeping civilians out of the repair area. Already a large crowd had gathered to watch the launching of the greatest vessel humans had ever created. "Got to hand it to those G.U.N people, Espio, they know how to built a mean looking create."

"True." Espio began, standing nearly unobserved in the crowd. "But so does Eggman. Or have you forgotten about that whole Egg Fleet thing, or when I helped them raid the Egg Carrier 3?" The crocodile gave him a long sideways glare.

"You have to nit pick don't you?"

Sonic looked up as the lift from Tails' lab ascended through the floor with a loud clicking sound. The fox pushed the metal gate opened and walked out, the widest smile anyone could imagine on his face. There was filthy; black smudges all over his gloves and fur. Obviously he'd been working amongst his heavy machinery for some time. Amy was still in the kitchen area, putting Shadow's half the groceries away.

"You look happy." The blue hedgehog said, trying to keep Amy's Hero Chao was buzzing around his head. "Finally fixed that coffee machine of yours?" Shadow had disappeared again, but the others hardly even noticed his absence. Keeping Shadow fixed in one place for any extended period of time longer than a few minutes was completely impossible. It was the same thing with Sonic, who was used to travelling so fast, standing still seemed like a choir.

"Hardly, something a lot more interesting." Tails replied, putting his hands on his hips, spreading the oil further across his fur.

"An arcade game?"

"Nope."

"A new plane?"

"Good idea, but no."

"Some kind of new Chaos Emerald detection device?" Amy asked from the kitchen."

"No."

"A tractor?" Sonic asked

"A what?!" Both Tails and Amy asked simultaneously.

"I'm running out of ideas, toss me a bone here!"

"It's the last thing you'd ever expect." Sonic paused to think of all the things he'd hardly expect Tails to have down in his lab, unfortunately they were all things that Tails would hardly come out and tell them about. A short chuckle escaped him. "Mind out of the gutter please." Tails added, reading Sonic thoughts but looking at the smile on his face.

"Alright, I give. What you been working on?" The smile on Tails face returned.

"Come on down and I'll show you." Sonic and Amy exchanged a worried glance, before the blue hedgehog pushed himself up off the sofa and the two of them followed Tails over to the lift. The fox chuckled once before shutting the gate and throwing the switch, the lift began to descend down the concrete shaft towards the laboratory and workshop. Amy hadn't actually had the privilege of being into Tails' new workspace before. Having only heard about it from Sonic, she was interested to see what the young fox could conceive.

Once they came to the bottom, without even opening the gate, Tails leaned out and shouted.

"Ok, come on out." Sonic and Amy peered out after him for what he was talking to. Most of his workshop had been purposely concealed in darkness. The only light coming from the electric bulb near the entrance to the lift, which flickered occasionally. Suddenly they could hear loud foot steps coming towards them, as a shape, its edges glistening with a metallic hint appeared. As it neared them and Sonic's eyes grew accustomed to the dim light, he could see its familiar shape. A pair of glowing blue eyes and a larger one directly above them, shone out of the gloom.

"Tails…" Amy began, seeing the same thing. "You didn't…."

Flip Card 1:

Name: Amy Rose

Age: 16

Sex: female

Species: Hedgehog

Job description: A girl with eyes only for Sonic. Although she first came over as an annoying reliability, the blue hedgehog is becoming very found of her.