Pre-chapter Conversation

The scene opened in a forest clearing. Sonic was standing in the middle of it, enjoying the great view the woods provided.

"Sonikku-chan!" Amy's voice screamed.

"Wha?" Sonic said, looking around curiously. He soon noticed the pink hedgehog, who was running towards him with that look of insane love in her eyes. His own eyes widened.

"Aw crap!" He shouted, running away.

Meanwhile, in the middle of a city at night, Shadow was walking along, minding his own business, when…

"EEEEEEEE!.!.!.! Shadow!.!.!" Many voices shrieked. The ebony hedgehog stopped in his tracks.

"You've gotta be kidding…" He groaned, looking back. He noticed a gaggle of fan girls closing in on him!

"Help!.!.!" He yelled, skating away.

Elsewhere, Izzy was standing around, getting ready for the next chapter.

"Izzy-wizzy!" Alice was heard, screaming with a loving tone of voice. °Runs towards Izzy°

"Uh-oh…" Izzy's eyes widened as he turned around. He then noticed the orange hedgehog running towards him. "Damn it!"

He ran away until he eventually caught up to Shadow and Sonic.

"Now you know how it feels to get chased." The cobalt hedgehog said to Izzy, who nodded.

"So this is what true fear is."

"Yeah…" Shadow sighed contently. "Ain't it great!.?"

The other two hedgehogs gave him a frightful look. The violet hedgehog then turned to the camera.

"Anyway, let's start the next chapter."

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The Adventures of Izzy the Hedgehog

Chapter Nine

Infiltrate the Death Egg!

Inside the Death Egg, Izzy was lying unconscious.

"Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…" Dr. Robotnik's laugh reached his ears. Izzy's eyes shot open. He tried to move his arms, but they were bound to something.

"Wh-what happened? Where am I?" He looked around the dark room. Again, Dr. Robotnik's cackle reached his ears. He turned his head towards an open door, where the good doctor can be seen with his two cohorts. "Now I remember."

"Congratulations. You're now part of the Death Egg's core" Ivo chuckled. He flipped a switch and the lights turned on.

Izzy looked around and found the yellow and gray Chaos Emeralds in a glass case on either side of him. He looked over his shoulder and saw half of the Master Emerald in the same casing. He looked up at his hands and saw that they were held by shackles. He looked at his feet and found them bound in shackles as well. He looked up and glared at the villains.

"What do you mean, 'I'm part of the core?'" He asked.

"Simple." Shadow started, walking up. "We couldn't remove that emerald—"

"Yeah!" Rouge yelled as she stepped up. Her body was black and sizzling. Izzy cringed.

"—So we decided to hook you up to the core to add your power to the ship." Shadow finished.

"And you will use your chaos powers to destroy the world!" Robotnik yelled, pointing at Izzy, whose eyes widened.

"How do you know about my abilities?"

For the third time in like ten minutes, Dr. Robotnik chuckled.

"I just did a brain scan while you were out. We found oodles of information!" He squealed out that last part. The furries sweatdropped.

"And what makes you think I would just use my powers to destroy the planet?" Izzy growled.

"We don't." Shadow replied.

"But you will." Rouge said, smiling at Izzy suggestively.

Just then, alarms sounded.

"Dr. Eggman, a military task force is headed for us." A robotic voice said over an intercom.

"Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!.!.!.!.!.! Time to test out my new toy! Let's go!" Dr. Robotnik laughed as he, Shadow, and Rouge left the room. Izzy lowered his head.

"I hope Alice got to safety."

At the Mystic Ruins…

Sonic and Co. arrived at Tails' workshop and went inside. Tails immediately went to work on adjusting the Tornado.

Everybody else, on the other hand…

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"

"Spongebob Squarepants!"

Yes. They were sitting on the couch, watching TV.

"EEEEEE!.!.!.! I love this show!" Amy squealed.

"Yeah! Gary is soooo cool!" Alice said with a grin.

"Oh I know!.!.!"

Sonic and Knuckles raised an eyebrow at the girls' behavior. Just as the episode was about to start, however…

"We are somehow able to interrupt this fine example of cable programming for an important bulletin." The TV showed Station Square's news station's symbol.

"It must be pretty important to interrupt a kid's show." Knuckles said.

"Especially one that's on cable." Sonic added.

"The evil, sneaky, crafty, and all around not nice Dr. Eggman is engaging the military in what seems to be a giant egg-shaped space station not seen in nearly ten years." The news reporter said. The TV showed the Death Egg floating over the ocean. Fighter planes then flew all over the Death Egg like bugs and shot at it.

"Oh man! What are they thinking!.?" Sonic exclaimed, jumping out of his seat. "That egghead's gonna destroy them!"

At the site of the battle…

The fighter jets were shooting their vulcans at the Death Egg, barely making a scratch.

"Red Leader, our weapons are useless!" One pilot said over a radio. The Death Egg's laser cannons opened fire.

"Evasive maneuvers!" The captain ordered. The planes whizzed around the massive egg. Not a single jet got hit.

"Orders, sir!.?" Another pilot yelled over the commotion of the lasers.

"Fire a warning missile!"

"Isn't it a little late for a warning, sir!.?"

"Just do it!" The captain ordered. The pilot acknowledged the command and fired a missile. "Come on…"

The missile made it to the Death Egg without getting hit by lasers.

°BOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!°

The bridge shook after the missile exploded.

"Ugh! Damage Report!" Dr. Robotnik yelled.

"The ship only suffered ten percent damage." A robot replied. Ivo smirked.

"I think we've let them have enough fun." He turned to Rouge, who was standing by a console. "Activate Chaos Beam!" Rouge pushed a couple buttons on the console.

In the core…

Izzy's shackles lit up and started shocking him.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!" He yelled as the electricity went through his body. He threw his head back as the pain continued. After a few seconds, the purple emerald on the DE glowed. Energy of the same color went through the shackles.

Outside, the Death Egg's nose seemed to be gathering energy as it glowed purple. It then fired a gigantic beam that destroyed a few planes (the pilots ejected before the beam fired). The beam didn't stop though as it went towards a carrier ship and hit the bow, causing it to explode and sink.

At Tails' living room…

Everybody gasped after seeing the attack.

"I know that attack from anywhere." Alice said. "That was Izzy's beam spell."

"Don't tell me he's working for Eggman!" Knuckles growled.

"No way! Eggman did something to him." Sonic said. "But we won't know for sure until we get out there. Tails! How much longer until the adjustments are made?"

"It'll be a little longer!" Tails' voice was heard from the hangar.

Back on the Death Egg…

"°Huff° What was that?" Izzy panted. The electricity faded, leaving him weakened, but alright.

At the bridge…

"Alright! Direct hit!" Dr. Robotnik cheered.

Outside, the captain growled.

"All remaining units, fire your missiles!" He ordered. The jet fired a massive barrage at the Death Egg.

On the bridge, Ivo scoffed.

"Chaos Shield." He said to Shadow, who was also standing by a console. He pushed some buttons.

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"Uh-oh…" Izzy groaned as his shackles started crackling again.

°BZZZZZZZZZPT!.!.!.!.!°

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"

This time, the electricity caused the DE's green emerald to react and send its energy to the rest of the ship.

At Tails' place, everybody gasped in horror as the Death Egg seemed to produce a green barrier that blocked the missiles.

"And that was Izzy's shield spell." Alice said. "What are they doing to him?" She put her face in her hands.

"Do you think they may have brainwashed him?" Amy asked Sonic.

"Or maybe he's doing it on his free will." Knuckles offered. Alice sobbed even more.

"Nice going, Knux!" Sonic yelled. "I don't think they brainwashed him." He said to Alice in an attempt to comfort her. Amy sneered.

"And despite the fact he likes them, he would never use his powers to help them." Alice agreed with tear filled eyes.

"Hold the brakes!" Sonic and Knuckles yelled with shock in their voices. "He LIKES them!.?.! As in, he's a FAN of them!.?.!"

"That Shadow guy and Eggman, yeah." Alice replied, looking at them like they grew an extra head.

"What about Rouge?" Amy cut in. Alice growled and put on a face of pure fury. She practically had fire in her eyes!

"He better not like her if he knows what's good for him!" She pulled out a bazooka to prove her point. The guys sweatdropped and had looks of pure fear while Amy clasped her hands and squealed with glee.

'Yes! I don't have any competition for my Sonikku!' She thought.

"Hey guys! I—woah!" Tails yelled as he stepped in the room.

He was nervous as he laid eyes on the huge gun Alice had in her hands. He was confused to see Amy in a dream-like state while Sonic and Knuckles stood like deer caught in the headlights. He started backing up slowly.

"I th-think I'll come back at a later time." He said with a nervous expression.

"TAILS!.!.!" Sonic yelled happily, running to his buddy, who became even more nervous. "Tell me you finished the adjustments!"

"That's what I came in here for!" Tails yelled cheerfully.

"Whew." The hedgehog sighed. The fox grinned.

"I'm halfway done!"

Everybody else fell over.

"Then what are ya doing here!.?" Knuckles yelled.

"I just came in here for a sandwich. Even boy geniuses need to eat sometime." Tails replied.

"Not when the world needs to be saved!" Sonic yelled. "Get back in there!"

"Yeah!" The girls yelled, getting ready to use their weapons. Tails backed up again and held up his hands in defense.

"Alright, alright!"

And he ran back inside the hanger.

Back at the core…

"Ok. This whole 'going to Sonic's dimension' thing definitely lost its appeal!" Izzy yelled. If it wasn't for his vest, he could pass as a very convincing Shadow.

"Now let's try a Chaos Blade!" Dr. Robotnik said cheerfully over the intercom.

"Oh crap…"

°BZZZZZZZZZZTPT!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°

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"Ya know, I just thought of something." Knuckles said as everybody watched the Death Egg fire giant blades of light.

"Yeah?" Sonic asked.

"If Eggman can use ALL of Izzy's powers…" The echidna started. Sonic gasped, understanding what he meant.

"That means he can hypnotize the entire world to do his bidding!"

Just then, an exhausted Tails walked into the room.

"Whew… It's finally done." He said to himself as he stretched. Unfortunately for him, he spoke a little TOO loud. The other animals screamed for joy and ran towards him. He noticed them and held his hands up.

"AHHHHH!.!.!.! NO! WAIT!"

°CRASH!°

Everybody trampled over Tails, who groaned in pain. His body was twitching.

At the Death Egg…

"Enough of this!" Shadow suddenly yelled, getting the attention of Dr. Robotnik and Rouge.

"What?" Rouge asked, raising an eyebrow at the sudden outburst.

"Did you forget something important, Doctor?" The hedgehog asked.

"What do you mean?" Ivo asked, drawing up a blank. Shadow slapped his head.

"The brat's mind control trick! We can rule the world with that attack!" Dr. Robotnik gasped.

"Oh my... I didn't even think of that!"

With that, he let out a laugh that lasted a good five minutes, tops. He took several deep breaths afterwards.

"You gotta work on those laughs, Doctor." Rouge said. The doctor stood straight up in an attempt to regain whatever dignity he had.

"°Ahem!° Anyway, Shadow here has given me the idea of a lifetime." Ivo turned to a robot that was wearing a headset. "Turn on the cameras! I wish to address the world before I conquer the fools' minds!"

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"Tails! Hurry up! We gotta go!" Sonic's voice reached the ears of the still-in-pain fox. Tails groaned and got up.

He was about to join his friends when a familiar voice reached his ears.

"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Tails snapped his head towards the TV. On it was Dr. Robotnik's face. The Death Egg had projected his face as a hologram.

"SONIC!" Tails screamed. Instantly, a blue blur entered the room and stopped in front of him.

"What happened, Tails!.?" Sonic asked. Tails pointed at the screen. Sonic gave a smirk as he looked at the doctor's face. "Wonder what he has to say."

"You pathetic fools have laughed and ridiculed me for years, but now, I, Dr. Eggman, will get the last laugh!" He added another laugh. "You see, with the power of the Chaos Emeralds, I will control all of you!" Sonic's eyes widened.

"He's really gonna do it!"

Everybody else came in the room.

"Hey Sonic, what's the hold up?" Knuckles asked. Sonic turned to him.

"That egghead's going to do it." He said mournfully.

"Oh crap…" Knuckles said before he slapped his head and put on a grin. "Ha! Because I'm the guardian of the Master Emerald, I won't get affected!" Everybody else sweatdropped and glared at him.

"Can I?" Amy asked. She was behind Knuckles and had her hammer drawn.

"Please." Alice replied, nodding.

°WHAM!°

"And now, I bid you and your minds adieu." Onscreen, Dr. Robotnik turned to Rouge. "Activate Chaos Hypnosis!"

At the core…

"WHAT!.?.!" Izzy yelled. He had heard every word of Dr. Robotnik's announcement to the world. "I can't just let him control the planet!"

He started struggling to get out of his bonds, but it was no use. He was stuck. Just then, the shackles lit up and started shocking him.

"ARGH!.!.!.!.!" He shut his eyes. "I won't let him do it!" He started struggling against the electricity to hold off his power. "Ugh! I won't let him use me!"

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"What's going on!.?" Dr. Robotnik yelled ten minutes after he made his announcement. "Why isn't the world under my control!.?"

"I don't know!" Rouge yelled back. "Something's happening in the core! The energy from the kid isn't going anywhere!"

"What?.!" Shadow asked as he and Ivo ran to Rouge's monitor.

It showed a diagram of the core. The middle of the screen, which displayed a figure in the shape of Izzy, was glowing brightly. Shadow smirked as he realized what was going on.

"He's resisting the command, despite the electricity burning his body."

"Ugh! That troublesome little—" Dr. Robotnik sneered. "Increase voltage! I want that attack used!" Rouge pulled a nearby lever slightly.

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"AHHH!.!.!.!" Izzy screamed, instantly feeling the increased power. He threw his head back and kept his eyes closed. "I have to—ugh!—concentrate!" The Dragon Emerald burned against his chest, begging to be used.

"AHHHH!.!.!.! I won't back down!" He kept holding back the excess power of his pain and rage.

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"He's still resisting!" Rouge yelled.

"Max power! If he won't do as I command, I'll turn him into ash!" Dr. Robotnik roared. The bat girl pulled the lever all the way.

In the core, the bright, yellowish light of the electricity lit up the entire room. The crackling drowned out Izzy's roars of pain.

"NOOO!.!.! I won't last much longer!" He yelled desperately. His emerald threatened to burn right through him. "I have to get out of here and let out the energy!" He opened his eyes wide.

"That's it! CHAOS CONTROL!.!.!"

The electricity finally faded and green energy from his Master Emerald entered the shackles and spread throughout the rest of the Death Egg. Instantly, the massive ship glowed green and disappeared.

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"Woah! How did that happen!.?" Sonic asked after witnessing the Death Egg disappearing. Tails got in a thinking pose.

"So that's how they're using his powers…" He said. Everybody, including Knuckles (who regained consciousness), turned to him. "Eggman must've hooked Izzy to part of the ship. That's the only way he could harness his powers."

"But how did they use Chaos Control when Eggman ordered Chaos Hypnosis?" Alice asked.

"I guess Izzy still has control of his powers." Sonic said. "We gotta find them!"

"But we don't know where they will wind up!" Tails exclaimed.

"This just in!" A news reporter said on the TV. "The Death Egg has appeared in London!"

The screen then showed the Death Egg floating near Big Ben.

"Come on! Let's get in the Tornado!" Tails yelled.

"Wait… It seems the Death Egg has left London and is now floating above Antarctica!"

The TV now showed the Death Egg floating above the land of ice and penguins. In the blink of an eye, the ship was gone again.

"Now it's floating over the African Savannah! Will they make up their minds already!.?"

In the Death Egg…

"Chaos Control!" Izzy yelled.

The Dragon Emerald was glowing brightly. The ship disappeared and appeared in Paris, France.

"Chaos Control!"

Now, it appeared in the Swiss Alps.

"Chaos Control!"

It disappeared again.

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"AHHHH!.!.!.! What is he doing!.?" Dr. Robotnik yelled as the ship started to shake from the constant teleporting.

"He's taken control of the ship!" Shadow yelled, trying to hang on.

"Somebody do something!" Rouge yelled, trying to hold in her lunch.

"He wants to play games, does he?" Dr. Robotnik said, turning to Shadow's console. "We'll play games."

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"It's no use… I can't teleport out of these shackles." Izzy said, panting from getting shocked and the Chaos Controlling. "And using my offensive attacks will only allow the ship to use them."

"Muahahahahahahahahaha!.!.! You think you can outsmart ME!.?.!" Robotnik's voice was heard in the room. "When I say 'Use Chaos Hypnosis,' I mean 'Use Chaos Hypnosis!'"

And with that, electricity entered Izzy's body.

"Ack! Hmph! As long as I have control over my emerald, I ain't gonna let you hypnotize the world!" Izzy replied, grunting in pain. "Chaos Control!"

And the ship teleported again.

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"This is crazy!" Sonic huffed, pacing around the room. "With the Death Egg teleporting everywhere, we can't get to them!"

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As if sensing Sonic's frustration, Izzy had an idea.

"Hey guys," He yelled at the intercom, not really caring if the doctor and two furries were listening. "How about we visit an old friend?" He smirked.

'I just hope they're where I want to go.' He thought before taking a deep breath.

"Chaos Control!"

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Tails' lab shook violently as a bright light can be seen outside the windows. Sonic and Co. ran out and gasped as they saw the Death Egg floating just feet off the ground in front of them.

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"WHAT!.?.! HE TELEPORTED US DIRECTLY TO SONIC!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik roared, gripping the console. "GET US OUT OF HERE!.!.!.!.!.!.!"

He pulled on the lever, causing Izzy to get shocked.

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"UGH!.!.!" Izzy grunted with a grin and one eye open. "Sorry Doc, but I'm not moving anywhere." He then concentrated on not using any attacks.

Outside…

"I SAID TELEPORT!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik's voice was heard over the intercom. "UGH!.!.!.!.! STUPID KID!.!.!.!.!"

Sonic grinned while everybody else laughed.

"Let's go rescue him!" He said.

"But how do we get in?" Amy asked. "There's no entrance anywhere!"

"Leave it to me!" Alice yelled. She dug into her purse and pulled out a rocket launcher. "Stand back!" Everybody stepped away.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!.!.!" She let loose her entire array of firepower.

°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°

The rockets blew a hole big enough to fit each of them.

"Alright!" Knuckles cheered.

The five furries ran and jumped into the hole.

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"Doctor! Faker and his crew just entered the ship!" Shadow yelled. Dr. Robotnik slapped his head in exasperation.

"Just what I needed…" He turned to the robot crew. "Mobilize all units and activate the engines! Get us in the air!"

"YES SIR!" The robots replied.

With a rumble, the ship took off into the sky. Ivo turned to Rouge.

"Keep shocking that little punk. He'll give in sooner or later."

"Got it." Rouge replied, pushing a button with a sigh of boredom.

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"I hope I gave them enough time to get in." Izzy said to himself. "Chaos Control!"

The Death Egg teleported again. This time, it appeared miles above the Earth's atmosphere.

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°ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°

°CLANG!°

"Whew! Is everybody ok?" Sonic panted.

He had just pulled everybody to safety after they started to experience the vacuum of space, thanks to Izzy's Chaos Control. The group was leaning against the air lock door.

"I'm alright, Sonikku-chan." Amy said.

"What a rush!" Alice yelled excitedly.

"That was close." Tails said.

"I thought we never would've made it for a second there." Knuckles breathed.

After a few moments, everyone recovered their stamina. Just then, a swarm of robots entered the area and opened fire on them!

"Alright! Time to party!" Sonic yelled with a grin.

"I'm right behind you, Sonic!" Tails added.

"Ok! I've been waiting for some action!" Knuckles yelled, punching his fists.

"I'll protect you, Sonic!" Amy said, getting her Piko-Piko hammer ready.

"Nothing's gonna stop me from finding Izzy!" Alice declared, pulling out a bazooka.

The entire team jumped into the fray.

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Oooooh! Cliffhanger! °Dodges rotten fruit° Sorry folks! I gotta leave ya hanging! Anyway, will Sonic and crew survive the gauntlet of traps and robots that await them in the Death Egg? Will Shadow, Dr. Robotnik, and Rouge intervene? And most importantly, will Izzy ever be freed? Find out next time!