Chapter 1: It Begins

60 feet below sea level, and about 50 km from the large city of Station Square, lies a base of which no one has ever heard of or seen. That is except for Dr. Robotnick. Why was he down there? Haven't he had enough of losing to that rowdy, blue hedgehog. It's like he was perfect. Perhaps that is the reason why Robotnick is out to get him with his latest invention.

Robotnick was putting his last chip into an android named "Metal Sonic 2." The last Metal Sonic died in Sonic's hands (the real blue hedgehog.) just before it was able to defeat him and control the world. M.S.2 however is quite different. This robot looks exactly like Sonic except for its fiery, red eyes. Not only does it look different, but it also has the power of Chaos (The water monster.), Shadow and Sonic put together, making it difficult to be destroyed by Shadow, Sonic or any of their friends. The previous M.S. (Metal Sonic.) looked like something crossbred between Sonic and a metal human.

"Metal Sonic 2!" Robotnick shouted, "Initiate!" The blue figure rose up and stood. "What is your wish master Robotnick?" M.S.2 said this with so much emotion till Robotnick looked around to see if anybody was there. "From now on…" Robotnick spoke, "your name is M-Sonic." "Name accepted," M-Sonic replied. "Now return to shut down mode." "Acknowledge." Robotnick frowned, he needed M-Sonic to reply more human like. The emotion was there, but the choices of words were so robotic. Robotnick sighed, sat down and began to work on another chip to add to the androids massive collection.

Looking at Robotnick, you'll see he was a very large, egg shaped kind of man. (That's why Sonic and his friends call him Eggman.) He is about 6 feet and has a large, taught mustache popping out like knives from the sides of his the area below his nose. He always wears a suit that consists of a red jacket and long boots. Will he ever change his clothes? Clothing was never in Robotnick's top ten list and therefore will never change. Actually, his top ten list would look something like this.

1:Get rid of Sonic.

2:Get rid of Shadow.

3:Get rid of the rest of his friends.

4:Control the world.

5:Get rich.

6:Get a nice girlfriend.

7:Creat a robot that will do everything for him.

8:Get kids.

9:Give kids lots of money.

10:Stop time so I can never die.

As you can see, clothes are never even in his top ten list. Needless to say, his clothes may never change.

90 feet higher (to get above sea level and onto nearby ground.), and about 50km Northeast, a twin-tailed fox sat in his workshop, which is located on the outskirts of Station Square. The fox's name is Miles "Tails" Prower. Beside him was a shiny, platinum plane of which he was creating. He couldn't help building a new plane since it was his greatest attribute. This time the reason he was creating a new plane was not because the previous one was too old, or did it blow up. The Tornado 2 (his previous plane) barely has a scratch on it. This time, Tales was building a new plane because he was bored. I whish Sonic hasn't taken off like that, Tails thought. Right after the dilemma with Metal Sonic's Revenge (See Sonic Heroes the game.) he just took off without a trace. Tails kept on working. He was supposed to be Sonic's best friend. Ever since Tails was 6, Sonic had been like a brother to him. Found on the street, Tails was very eager to be friends with Sonic. Now he (Sonic) took off without a trace or hint. Maybe it was because he was exhausted from doing so many world saving heroics.

Well it's time to test the Tornado 3, the yellow fox thought. With a touch of a button on his desk, a runway appeared outside his house/workshop waiting for a plane to take off or land. Very soon, Tails was in the skies.

Far over the ocean, up in the clouds floats an island. This island is named "Angel Island". On this Island is the Master Emerald. This particular Emerald has many powers and unknown capabilities that maybe no one in the last 20,000 years have ever seen.

Originally, the seven chaos emeralds should be on that island, but they were lost. They have been lost for the a year. Barely anyone has seen them. If a person found one of them, they usually sold it. The person they sold it too, would sell it to another person. This creates a long paper chase for anyone who attempts to find the many-times-sold chaos emerald.

Beside the Master Emerald is a red figure sleeping. This figure is an Echidna named Knuckles. He was named for his eagerness to fight. That was also the reason why he was put in front of the Master Emerald to guard it. Day and night he stays there to guard it only leaving his post when he needs food, which is provided on the island. Knuckles have always thought Sonic as his arch-rival. Perhaps its because Sonic is a drifter and goes where ever the wind goes while Knuckles must stay in one place. Some would feel sorry for Knuckles, but the only thing he would always accept is peace. Right now, Sonic is not there to bug him.

Back in Station Square, in the suburbs lives a young, pink hedgehog. Her name is Amy. Amy doesn't usually put up a big fight in any battles. But if you call her ugly, fat or stupid, you better hope her Piko Piko Hammer is temporarily broken. If it isn't it would be placed right on your head, leaving a bruise. Amy sees herself as Sonic's girlfriend. Even though Sonic doesn't care for her to that extent, she usually expects him to. So far, according to her, she still doesn't know if Sonic doesn't care about her. Many would say yes he cares about her on the account of the many times he saved her. Too bad she can't save the world because that would really catch Sonic's eye. I must find a way to get Sonic to like me, she thought. I still don't know if he hates me or like me at all. I wish there was a way for him recognize me as his girlfriend. (Amy's thoughts.)

Towards the west, about 1300km away, and facing North, a blue flash would have passed your way going about the speed of sound. The blue flash is actually a blue hedgehog running at his current top speed. His Sonic the Hedgehog. Beside him was a black hedgehog named Shadow. Although both of these hedgehogs love running, they still have some differences. Shadow is more of a thoughtful person, while Sonic loves talking to others. These two were racing. At first Sonic was traveling around the world. But soon, he met up with Shadow. Both dying to be the fastest, a race was arranged. This race started in the middle of a grass land nearly 4000km away from Station Square. There were many sponsors sponsoring this race. That included some celebrities who happen to be in Station Square that weekend. In about 1 hour, both contestants crossed the finish line with a 0.00016 second difference. Shadow was the hedgehog that had the upper hand of that close difference. As an award, he gets another medal. Now he was tied with Sonic for 3 medals.

While he was taking pictures, out of nowhere comes a person or a thing, which lands, between Shadow and the cameraman. The "unidentified object" sent a right uppercut straight to the cameraman's jaw and flipped-kicked Shadow upward and then spin-kicked him. Sending both of them flying in opposite directions. Sonic quickly tried to jump-kick the object, but the object quickly turned sideways towards him causing sonic to miss. As soon as Sonic passed, the object elbowed Sonic's head causing him to be sent in the air away from Shadow and the cameraman.