Sonic the Traveler

Chapter 2

City Escape

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the "official" Sonic characters. (Such as Sonic, Tails, etc).

"Get up, Hedgehog!" shouted a booming and powerful voice. Sonic jumped up off the floor and looked around at the hundreds of robots buzzing around the gigantic metallic building. Towering over Sonic was a familiar face, the commander of the Guardian Unit of Nations.

"It wasn't me, I swear! If I had the Chaos emerald..." began Sonic.

"No need to explain," said the Commander lowly, "We saw it escape."

"Ila?" asked Sonic.

"Yes, it was last seen attempting to escape from Station Square. Our units are too slow… and it was seemed to be able to teleport even if we did get close. You think you can stop it?"

"No doubt," Sonic sighed. The chase was on again. Sonic nodded at the Commander and sped through a now open metallic door. The robots behind him were still buzzing idly. At least they won't attack me anymore, thought Sonic.

He sped out of the building and on to the street. All along the road there were torn power lines. Sonic made sure to avoid them, jumping over each line quickly and easily. The city streets were oddly empty but Sonic guessed that it was just some sort of imposed curfew. As he sped over a bridge Sonic noticed a bunch of police cars speeding under. I guess I'll follow those guys, he thought as he leapt off the high bridge.

As he moved through the air, he felt a great sense of exhilaration. This feeling… is what adventure is all about. Sonic landed on both feet and continued on. There were six police cars in front of Sonic, but in no time they were behind him. A few second later, Sonic saw more than one hundred police cars surrounding a small patch of land.

"We've got you surrounded," shouted a G.U.N. officer, "Put your hands up."

Ila was at the center of that small patch of land. There wasn't much there, but a small grass patch. Ila revealed the Chaos Emerald and shouted to the lowly officers, "You think that your guns can stop this?" She whispered a strange word to herself and the ground began to shake violently. Out of it, came a gigantic plant. The plant was quite unusual as it was completely purple with red tentacles. Ila jumped atop the plant and stood nestled at the top branches of the twisted plant.

Sonic jumped in front of the first row of police cars and yelled to Ila, "Pick on someone your own size. Leave them out of this!"

Ila smiled down at Sonic and laughed, "When I talked about the power of echidnas before… I didn't just mean to destroy you and your entire race. I want every living creature that does not have ties to the gems of the gods, to be eradicated."

"Why? What have they ever done to you!"

Ila frowned and then screamed, "Chaos Oak! Destroy the blue hedgehog!" Chaos Oak responded with a high-pitched shriek that even stunned Sonic. It lunged its arms at the hedgehog that was almost crushed by the force of the strange entity. Chaos Oak continued to thrash around at Sonic for a couple of minutes. Strangely, as the minutes grew longer, Chaos Oak gained more and more arms. Luckily for Sonic, even with extra arms, none of the trashing had come as close as the first attempt.

Ila grew impatient and screamed, "Chaos Oak! Attack the cars!" Immediately, the creature changed its target from Sonic to the hundreds of police cars on the scene.

"Retreat! Retreat!" shouted a high-ranking GUN official. The officers attempted to get away in their cars but stood little chance, as the Chaos Oak seemed to be able to spawn more arms. Sonic grew worried about the humans but saw this as the chance to get back the Chaos Emerald. He quickly scaled the terrible plant, jumping from arm to arm.

Sonic jumped up from the last arm on to the top where Ila stood. She was busy enjoying the destruction that Chaos Oak was causing. Sonic crept up to her and gave a swift kick in the back to the Echidna.

"Ugh," Ila said falling forward, off Chaos Oak. The emerald also fell out of her hands and the two sailed towards the ground. Sonic jumped down after the emerald, falling quickly and attempting to navigate past the moving arms of Chaos Oak.

"Uff," groaned Sonic as he hit one branch. He groaned again as he hit the next branch, and another and another. He finally was able to catch on to a branch and pulled himself up. A bright light welcomed him on top of the tentacle, the green Chaos Emerald. He grabbed it and smiled.

He jumped off the arm and sailed downward. This time there were not many tentacles in the way. Sonic was very close to the ground after the initial fall. There were very few officers remaining on the ground. Most had retreated, some had not gotten the chance and a few were wounded. Sonic looked up at Chaos Oak. "Chaos Spear!"

The green Chaos Emerald in his hand shot out small bolts of energy at the plant. "Now it's all over… for," started Sonic who stopped in the middle of one of his favorite victory phrases. It's not destroyed? I thought that by learning one of Shadow's most powerful attacks, I could defeat almost anything. This must be something else!"

"Don't you see Hedgehog?" laughed Ila. "This is the fate of your world. You could not even stand up to one of the weakest of the servants. However, I'm in a good mood. Hand over the Chaos Emerald and I'll get rid of the creature. If you don't, I'll send Chaos Oak into Station Square and have Oak destroy, every last person."

"Why should I trust you?" Sonic frowned.

"You are not in a position to negotiate with me. The lives of millions are at stake."

Sonic groaned and looked at Station Square, not so far off in the distance. "I have the Chaos Emerald. I could just transport…"

Ila laughed again, "That low level move. I learnt that at the age of three. Do you understand the situation here? Give me the emerald!"

Sonic groaned again and tossed the emerald to Ila. "I will keep my part of the bargain. Chaos Oak… you have fulfilled your purpose. Do not attack Station Square. Instead, head towards Central City!" Ila cackled.

"How could you?" gasped Sonic, quite surprised, "Central City is probably the largest populated city in the entire country."

Ila smirked again, "I only agreed to spare Station Square. Thanks for the emerald! This makes six."

"Six?" Sonic asked loudly.

"We have already snatched six Chaos Emeralds. All that remains is the final emerald. It won't be long. Perhaps you should enjoy the last days of your life… in peace," she gave Sonic one final smirk and hugged the emerald, "Chaos Control."

Ila disappeared in a flash and Sonic remained. He was extremely tired and almost fell down as he saw Chaos Oak sluggishly move away from Station Square towards Central City.

It will take it a couple of hours, thought Sonic, and there is still one Chaos Emerald left. If things haven't changed, then Tails should still have the last one. I gotta make this quick. Sonic stood up and looked up into the sky. It was now dusk and night was approaching. Could tonight really be the last night of my life like Ila suggested, he thought grimly, or is there some weakness to these creatures that I'm missing.