Kai slowly opened his eyes and saw someone's hands over his head. Kai jolted to an awakening and saw a full-grown rabbit next to him. She was dressed in a sort of red dress and a small patch of hair came out from between her ears. "What's going on! Where am I?" Kai exclaimed.
The rabbit chuckled and continued to stroke Kai's hair. "There's nothing to be worried about," she said.
Kai stared at the rabbit and examined her face. He moved his head back and rested his chin on his hand and thought. He lowered his hand and rested it on the mattress he was sleeping on. "You're that person I see at the mall every afternoon, you're Cream's mom!" Kai said.
The rabbit chuckled and turned back to Kai. "Please, call me Vanilla," she said.
Kai looked around but all he could see was Vanilla, the mattress, and the complete darkness around him. He turned back to Vanilla with a confused look over his face. "Where exactly are we?" Kai asked.
"You're aboard the space shuttle Annon. We're currently in space at the moment."
Kai turned to the darkened sky. "No way!" Kai exclaimed, "We're actually in space!"
A noise came from somewhere in the darkness and Kai swiftly turned there; Vanilla turned toward the noise calmly. A strange rectangle of light appeared on the dark floor and began to grow. Standing in the middle of the light was a dark figure with a strange shape, a catlike shape…like a cat in some sort of outfit. "Hello Kai and welcome aboard the Revolution army," the dark figure spoke.
"H-h-hello," Kai spoke.
Vanilla chuckled. "Don't be alarmed Kai. This is the captain of our vessel, Blaze," she said.
The dark figure entered the room and Blaze was completely visible. Blaze stretched out her hand toward Kai's hand. Kai stretched out his and shook hers. "Cadet Kai, you are now official an officer in the Revolution army. Congratulations," Blaze said.
Kai nervously chuckled and stopped shaking Blaze's hand. Kai got up from the mattress and walked up to Blaze. "What about my family back home? I have a social life to keep up with!" Kai said.
"No need to worry," Blaze said. She pointed into the darkness and a large square of light appeared there and Kai's family appeared on the screen. They were all dressed in their nightwear and it was still pitch black outside the house. "You're family said their final farewells before you left."
Kai's dad began to talk on the screen. Kai pulled himself forward and watched. "Kai, I'm very proud of you joining the Revolution army," his father said.
Kai smiled and answered, "Thanks dad."
Kai's mother then spoke, "Please be careful out there, dear. People die in war and I don't know what I'd do if you never came back…"
Taki then spoke out, "I can think of a few things."
Kai's mother and father turned to Taki and gave her "the look". "Taki, what a rude thing to say!" her mother said.
Taki then laughed, "Nah, I'm just kidding."
Taki came closer to the camera until only her face was visible above everything else. "Give those trouble makers a nice whack for me!" she said.
Blaze's voice could be heard on the screen. "Please, back away from the camera. You're fogging the screen," she said.
Taki did a little pose and backed away from the screen. Everyone looked at screen and Blaze's hand appeared in front of it. "Is there anything you wish to say to your son?" Blaze's voice asked.
Kai's mother approached the screen and spoke her final words. "Please be safe and please come home safely."
Kai's father approached the screen and spoke his final words. "Be sure to look out for yourself and your fellow fighters, remember being in the means you need to work as one!"
Taki then approached the screen and spoke her final words. "And don't do anything funny with the nurses or I'll tell Samantha!" she laughed.
Blaze's voice could be heard and the screen started to tilt 900. "Don't worry, we'll make sure Kai behaves himself," she said.
The screen immediately turned black afterward. Kai turned to Blaze with a disappointed look. " 'We'll make sure Kai behaves himself'! Do you think I'd honestly do such a thing?" Kai exclaimed to Blaze.
"We've had a few incidents with some of our nurses so we really can't be too careful these days," Blaze said.
Vanilla smiled and stood up from the mattress. "Don't be upset, I'm sure you'll meet some familiar faces aboard the Annon," she said.
She took Kai by the hand and led him out the door. There was a long hallway that started both left and right from where Kai stood. "This way please," Blaze said.
Kai and Vanilla followed Blaze to the right and continued down the hallway. Kai was confused and the curiosity of all this was eating away at him swiftly. He tapped Blaze on the shoulder to get her attention and Blaze turned to him. "Excuse me, Miss Blaze, but where exactly are we going?" Kai asked.
Vanilla answered for Blaze, "We're going to the bridge so you can learn the rules, regulations, procedures, and everything you need to know about the Revolution army."
Kai looked at Vanilla and shrugged. "Yeah…okay…"
Kai entered the bridge and took a seat. A screen opened up in midair and the words 'Fight for the Revolution' appeared on it. A large explosion erupted on the screen and a fleet of ships emerged from it. A voice appeared from the screen and began to speak. "The Revolution army is the sole keeper of peace in our galaxy. We protect and serve all, even our sister world Earth. We are the proud names in galactic defense to put the troublemakers out of business. If ever there is a cry for help or an S.O.S., we're the first to answer. We strive day and night to keep the civilians of the galaxy safe and sleep calmly at night. Our rigorous training will place you in tip-top shape and ready to take on an army of Chaos minions. So join the Revolution army today!"
The screen disappeared and Kai stared in awe. "That was amazing!" Kai said.
Four other cadets were in front of Kai: a bee with a strange helmet on his head, and three-horned chameleon with blue skin, a crocodile, and a porcupine. All four stood up and saluted to Kai. "Welcome aboard cadet Kai!" they spoke.
Kai saluted back and answered, "I'm honored to be here!"
Kai took a seat and looked out the wide window that stretched across the entire bridge. "This is amazing, whoever started the Revolution Army must have been a genius," Kai said.
"He was in fact," Blaze said.
Kai turned from the gaze of the window to Blaze. "Say what now?" he asked.
"Miles Prower was the founder of the Revolution Army a few years after I met up with him," Blaze said.
"Miles Prower? You mean Tails Prower!" Kai exclaimed in excitement.
Vanilla smiled. "Not only that but my daughter Cream pitched in as well."
Kai turned to Vanilla. "Wait a minute! An 8-year-old involved in a war?" Kai exclaimed in shock.
"This isn't the first time she was involved in a war. Once she helped Sonic save the world from beings known as the Metarex," Vanilla reassured Kai.
Kai stared blankly at Vanilla. "And you're okay with that?" he asked.
"So long as Sonic and the others are with her, I really don't need to worry."
Kai turned to Blaze. "Hey Miss Blaze."
Blaze turned back toward Kai. "Yes cadet Kai?"
"Is Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy involved in this too?" he asked.
"All six of them are involved in our operations," Blaze said.
Kai counted in his head and reached a dead end of confusion. "Huh? Six?"
"I forgot to mention that Cosmo is leading us as well."
"Who?"
Blaze turned to Kai. "You'll meet her eventually."
The four other members got up and walked over to Kai. The bee came first and shook Kai's hand. "Hello, I'm Sam!" he said.
Kai laughed and shook back. "Nice to meet you Sam."
The chameleon stepped up to Kai and shook his head. "My name is Tom," the chameleon spoke.
Kai shook back. "Hey Tom," he said.
The crocodile walked up to Kai and shook the hand Sam had let go. "Nice to meet you cadet Kai. Call me Josh," the crocodile said.
The porcupine came up and shook Kai's hand; apparently this one was a girl since they wore clothes. "My name is Kati," the porcupine said. "Hopefully you'll find your place here in no time."
Kai laughed. "Thanks everyone," Kai said.
The door on the other side of the back of the bridge opened and a familiar voice spoke. "So this is the bridge, not much of what I'd imagine."
Kai turned to the other side and saw Seina.
"Seina? Is that you?" Kai called.
Seina turned toward Kai. Seina and Kai ran up and clapped each other's hand. "Kai, what are you doing up here?" Seina asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing," Kai answered.
"Please take your seats, we're about to use chaos control," Blaze said.
Kai and Seina turned toward Blaze with confusion. They decided not to argue and took their seats. "Please buckle your seatbelts," Vanilla said, "Chaos Control is very fast and sometimes unstable. You never know what might happen if you aren't prepared."
"Chaos Control…doesn't that require Chaos Emeralds?" Seina asked.
Kati turned to Seina and answered his question. "We have the Sol Emeralds with us so we can travel as far as needed," Kati said.
Josh began the countdown to Chaos Control. "Entering Chaos Control in 5…4…3…"
Kai and Seina gripped their seats and prepared themselves.
"2…1…initiating Chaos Control!"
The ship began to glow and zoomed across space. Kai and Seina were thrown farther into their seats as the ship sped faster. The ship jolted to a stop and Kai and Seina were thrown forward. They both turned to Vanilla whom was sitting calmly.
"So that was Chaos Control?" Seina asked.
Vanilla turned to Kai and Seina and answered, "Indeed it was. It's very unstable especially since we have a Chaos Emerald onboard."
She then pointed toward Kai's pocket and Kai pulled out the Chaos Emerald. Seina stared in awe at the amazing gem as it glowed brighter.
"Where'd you get that?" Seina asked.
"Someone named Kristine gave it to me," Kai answered.
"Someone call me?" a familiar voice called.
Kai's eyes widened in surprise and fear, mostly with fear since Kai hadn't recovered from her landing on his head. Kristine's head lifted from a control panel on the bridge and looked around. She spotted Kai and smiled; she took her seatbelt and walked over to Kai and Seina. Kai hid behind Seina but peeked out from behind him.
"Hey there Kai," Kristine said, "it's good to see a cute face again."
Seina turned to Kai. "A cute face? You aren't cheating on Samantha are you?" he asked Kai.
Kai stumbled on his words and desperately tried to answer. "No, no, no! I don't know what's going on but all I know is that she's the one who gave me the emerald and also landed on my head."
Kristine placed her hands around Kai's head. "So you joined after all. With you on our teams, we'll easily win this war," she said.
Seina moved his head toward Kai and whispered, "She's really making some moves on you. If you don't act fast, she'll steal a kiss from you."
Kai took Kristine's hands off his face and recovered from his stress.
"I still have the emerald you told me to give Sonic," Kai said. "He really didn't show up at all yesterday…"
Kristine walked over toward the window and gazed out it. "I guess he hasn't come back yet," she said.
"Why did you want to give him the emerald anyways?" Seina asked.
"To keep it away from…" Kristine gave a long silence before finishing her sentence, "from her."
Kai and Seina turned to each other. "Her?" they asked.
Seina turned to Kristine. "Excuse me but who's 'her'?" he asked.
"She is—"
Kristine was interrupted by the main screen turning on. On the screen was a bat in a strange, revealing outfit. "Hello everybody," she spoke.
"Rouge, what do you want now?" Blaze asked.
Rouge gave a sweet, innocent look at Blaze and said, "Please give me one of your jewels?"
Blaze got angry and her head twitched. "Hell no! We know what you're up to!"
Rouge gave a more innocent glance mixed with a cheesy confused look. "I really have no idea what you're talking about," Rouge said.
"Don't play dumb with me!" Blaze shouted, "You're working with the enemy!"
Rouge made a sort of taunting glance to Blaze.
"You really need to chill out. All this work as gone to you're head," she said.
"Shut up!" Blaze yelled.
"You're really over stressed. Relax, take a shower, hang with someone you're really close with," Rouge taunted.
Blaze began to blush but was extremely angry now. "You're not getting any jewel from us and that's final!" Blaze burst out.
Rouge shook her finger at Blaze and the crew. "Tsk tsk tsk. You should know better than to upset me. At least hand over the hedgehog you have there," Rouge said.
"You already know what my answer is," Blaze said.
A small screen opened up in front of Kai. "Come with me," she said, "I'll help you get what you truly desire in the universe."
Kristine pushed the screen away from Kai. "Don't listen to that witch! She only wants the Chaos Emerald!" Kristine warned.
"So this is who you want me to avoid!" Kai said. "How are you so sure she's working with whomever?"
The screen reappeared in front of Kai. "They don't really," Rouge said; Kai turned to the screen.
"They won't let me join the Revolution Army because not only am I prettier but am also two sizes bigger then them," Rouge taunted.
Kristine swung at the screen; she was very mad now. "Your melons have nothing to do with it!" Kristine yelled. "We won't let you join because we use our minds and our wits, your body is all you have!"
The screen appeared in front of Kristine. Rouge's angry face was directly pressed onto it. "Well it's better than nothing at all!"
Kristine and Rouge bickered and bickered while everyone else watched.
Kai turned to Blaze and asked, "Is that why Rouge isn't part of the Revolution Army?"
Blaze sighed and answered, "Not really. Partially we has reason to believe that Rouge is a double agent but other than that, I really wouldn't want to put up with these two every morning…"
Blaze interrupted the argument between Rouge and Kristine and stated, "Rouge, go about your own business. We won't give you any of our Sol Emeralds or the Chaos Emerald so please stop asking."
Rouge pouted and answered, "Fine, but I'll be back later."
The screen turned to Kai and she spoke, "Hopefully you'll wise up and join me when I come back. Haha, bye!"
She blew a kiss toward Kai and the screen vanished.
Seina turned toward Kai and said, "You're becoming popular with the ladies, Kai."
Kristine stared blankly at where the screen vanished. She clenched her fist on the table and became angry. She clung to Kai and growled. "I won't let her take you away from us!" Kristine said.
Kai nervously laughed and said, "Don't worry, I just started this job so why would I suddenly want to leave it?"
Seina turned to Kai and taunted, "I could think of a few good reasons."
Ignoring what Seina just said, Kai turned to him and asked, "By the way, you still haven't told me how you became involved in the Revolution Army."
Seina pointed toward Kati.
"You see her?" he told Kai.
"Who, Kati?" Kai asked.
"Yeah her. After I cleaned my fur from the mud incident, she was at my front door. She told my parents she was looking for Sonic and they pointed out where Sonic's house was. I decided to finish up my run and decided to head over to Lisa's house."
Lisa was a mouse at the age of 15. She had gray hair and purple eyes and was very sweet toward everyone. The relationship between Seina and Lisa was that they were study partners and fellow classmates in most of their studies. She normally wore her hair in a ponytail and has a large red ribbon connecting her ponytail to the rest of her head. Like Rebecca, you would always find her in her school uniform. Seina continued his story to Kai.
"As I ran toward Lisa's house, Kati ambushed me thinking I was Knuckles. She asked me were Sonic was and I really had no idea. She then gave me this strange brochure called Revolution Army. My mother tricked me into signing it and I found myself here."
Kai laughed at what he heard. "Your parents still get you to do things you need to think about?" Kai laughed.
"Hey! Shut it!" Seina yelled.
"Approaching destination!" Josh announced.
Blaze pressed a few buttons on the control panel. "Take her in for landing," Blaze announced.
Kai and Seina turned to Vanilla. "Where are we going?" Seina asked.
"We're at the academy," Vanilla said.
"The academy?" Kai asked.
"This is where you two will train to be officers in the Revolution Army."
Kai and Seina smiled as the ship slowly pulled into the docking bay.