Hedgehog Day
By
Futuramakid
DISCLAIMER: I own neither Sonic and associated characters, nor Q and associated characters, nor the movie this is a parody of.
Sonic woke up. He knew he wasn't where he should be. It looked like some forgotten corner of Robotropolis. This meant the loop was over, he was dead or a new player had entered the arena. An odd looking cross between a man and a robot came in. "We are Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated," said 5 of 99.
Captain's log.
Stardate: 48169.5. Again.
We are still in orbit around a small pre-first contact blue-green planet named Mobius. We have recaptured a Romulan who has been trading technology with the native lifeforms. A Borg cube has entered the time loop and abducted Sonic. We have decided to do what the late James T. Kirk would do and interfere to do what's right.
End Captain's log.
"Huh?" said Sonic, "Whaddya mean 'assimilate'?" 5 of 99 grabbed him. "You will see," it said. "You are to be our… spokesman to your planet. You will encourage them to improve themselves by joining the Collective. To do this you must be one of us," it explained. "And what if I don't want to?" Sonic asked. "Your desires are irrelevant. You will be assimilated," it replied. It dragged him into a room. There, he was assimilated.
Later…
"I'm picking up a signal on Nicole!" said Sally, who, never going on with the plan because Sonic was missing, was still alive. "Come over here!" she yelled. The other Freedom Fighters did so. Sonic, or rather an assimilated Sonic appeared onscreen. "I am Velox of Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your existence will radically change. You will adapt to service us." "What?" said Sally, "Wait! I'm getting another signal!" The bridge of the Enterprise-D appeared. "What you just saw was Sonic," said Picard, "or what's left of him. He has been added to a hive mind known as the Borg Collective. Unless we work together, we have no chance of saving him. Do you wish to help us?" "Yes," said Sally. "Alright then. Bridge to transporter room, beam them up." said Picard. Suddenly, a blue light washed over them, and they disappeared.
Picard started off to the transporter room to get the Freedom Fighters completely up to speed. "Where are we?" asked Bunny. "We are on a starship," replied the captain, "specifically, the Enterprise-D." "Amazing," said Rotor, "I've been working on something like this for months. I was going to test it tomorrow." "Well, then maybe we weren't as early as we thought," whispered Riker to Picard. "Riker will train you with our weapons in the holodeck," Picard told them. Riker led them into the holodeck. "Computer, program Riker training 1," he said to the computer. The black walls with a yellow grid were replaced with something akin to a shooting gallery. The Freedom Fighters were in awe. This was nowhere near anything they'd seen before. "This," Riker said, holding up his phaser, "is a type 2 phaser. We will carry these on our belts, but they will not be our primary weapon. There are multiple settings on it, however these will not be used, as we will be cycling frequencies. To fire, first aim it at the target, then push this button," he said, pointing to a button on top of the phaser. "Pick one up off that rack and try hitting on of the targets," he told them. Sally had the best aim, hitting directly in the center of her target. They practiced for about 10 minutes, and then went to the next weapon. A type-3 phaser rifle appeared. They went over its uses, and Riker led them to the briefing room. "Now, in one hour you are to beam into the Borg cube along with some of my crew. You will need to destroy the cube's power centers. On the way, it would be useful to blow up the distribution nodes. These will deactivate Borg in your immediate vicinity. Then, find Sonic. Once you do, we'll beam you back and he'll get the same treatment Dr. Crusher gave me," said Picard, "Any questions?" "Wouldn't that take out life support as well, Captain?" asked Sally. "No," he responded, "They have backup generators for life support. I wish you luck. You may make use of the ship's facilities until then." Bunny headed to Ten Forward with Riker. They sat down at the bar. "And who are you?" asked Guinan. "I'm Bunny Rabbot, toughest gal on Mobius," Bunny replied. "I'll have a glass of synthehol scotch," Riker said. "I'll have what he's havin'" said Bunny. "Are you scared about this?" she asked him. "Me? Scared? No. As long as we have Picard on the bridge, and Wesley at the helm, we can't fail," he replied. "I wish I was as sure as you are," she said. "I've already come this close to being a robot slave, I don't want to do it again." "Don't worry, I'm going too, so I'll protect you." "You promise?" she asked. "I promise," he assured her. Then he kissed her. "Do I sense a little moment?" said Guinan, handing them their synthehol. "To us?" said Riker. "That sounds good," said Bunny, clinking glasses with Riker.
Sally had gone back to the holodeck. "Computer, what is your knowledge of my planet?" asked Sally. "Very little. An orbiting probe picked up the layout of buildings of the past, but it is very different from now," the computer replied. "Do you know of any individuals?" she asked. "Yes, from the hidden cameras," it replied. "Make a recreation of Mobotropolis, and of King Acorn." "Individual not on record" it replied. "Then recreate Sonic the Hedgehog," she said. "Recreation possible," said the computer. It scanned the Borg ship and copied the memories and personality of Sonic. Suddenly, Sonic flickered into existence in front of her. "Sal?" he said, "What happened? One minute I'm struggling to get control of what's left of my body, and now I'm here." "You are a copy of your personality. The holodeck gave you a body. I needed to see you again," she explained. She broke into tears. "Wait! This isn't the Sal I know!" he said. "You wouldn't do this. You would be strong to the end. I know, because you've already died twice in this loop." "What?" she said. "We've been repeating variations of this day for 5 days," he explained, "In all but one, you died. In the other, I died." "Wow," she said, "how did that happen?" "First day, you're killed. First repeat, I didn't know what was happening. This smooth talker named Q offers me the chance to repeat this day over and over until we get a good ending. I accept, and here we are," he said, "Sal, I know you can succeed at anything you try." "Thanks Sonic. I needed to hear that from you," she replied. "I love you, Sal," he said, then he embraced her. "Away team and Freedom Fighters to transporter room," said Picard over the intercom. "Computer, can you put the memory of this into Sonic's real mind?" she asked. "95 chance of success," it replied. "Do so, then end program. Till we meet again, Sonic," she said in parting.