Close Companions: The Movie

By: Metal Sonic EX

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, Ristar, Vectorman, or anything that pertains to any of their worlds. Nor do I own any of the music mentioned and/or used in this fanfic. If I did, I'd be sticking myself in a room with three rabid badgers and some week-old meatloaf for no obvious reason. However, in reality, I do not. Reality sucks. So don't sue me.

In this chapter, one character will be reunited with the last two people he ever expected, Eggman's ship reaches Mobius, Shadow plans a clever counterattack, and prior to all of this, an old friend comes back for one final farewell battle. This is also another big storyline twist. I've just dimmed it down to something that is half-believable. So, here it is! Chapter ten!

Scene Ten

Escape From Valdi

As if to respond to this, the room began flashing orange and an alarm began blaring. "Oh dear." Antoine began freaking out. "We are all going die! Poof ed! No more us!" Sonic threw an annoyed glance at Antoine. "No. You're gonna 'poof ed' if you don't get on this thing!" Antoine paused momentarily to see that everyone, with the exception of Sonic and Ristar, had gotten onto the ship. Antoine made his famous 'Eep' noise and he rushed onto it.

The doors began closing as Sonic smashed the emeralds together, becoming Super Sonic. Ristar released himself after circling the star handle numerous times. Instead of blasting off, he just floated there like Super Sonic did.

Vectorman pushed a few buttons and shouted "And we're outta here!" Sure enough, seconds later, the ship was flying through space and away from Greedy's Space City. However, when Sonic and Ristar looked back, they noticed something wrong. "Hey Vectorman. Does this seem weird to you?" Vectorman looked back and saw that the space city was quivering, but not exploding.

"I guess." Vectorman's gaze returned to his console. "What do you mean 'you guess'?" Vectorman continued to fiddle with numerous knobs and dials. "I mean I find it odd that its going to implode on itself." Everyone started. "Implode?" Sure enough, it did. Seconds after this outburst, the entire space city imploded and the debris began spinning into the center of a giant black hole portal. And guess who was in the middle of it.

"Well well. Back for more, eh?" Yes sir, Greedy was hovering in the center of the portal, his eyes flashing with sheer hatred of the two 'brats'. "I'm not done yet!" Sonic muttered, "Yeah. I can kinda see that." Then he looked back as the ship's engine began making funny noises. "Hey guys!" Ristar turned his head. "What'd we do?" Vectorman looked behind him. "Remember when you can crashing into the space city when I told you not to?" Ristar and Sonic nodded. "Good. It's because of this that the is going to break down."

Everyone started again. "WHAT!" Vectorman winced. "It's not going to break down right away. First, it'll make funny noises." Sonic looked at Ristar and vice versa. "Then, it'll begin sputtering out flames." The engine began sputtering and small embers shot out of them. "Next, we'll stop all together." The ship slowed to a stop. "And finally, my favorite part." The ship slowly began to drift backwards. "We'll start being pulled into the vast emptiness that is the black hole." Antoine suddenly fainted for no reason and Mina gasped. "Are you sure?" Vectorman pointed behind him. The black hole was becoming slightly bigger in the rear window. "You tell me."

Ristar whirled around and started to try to push the ship in the other direction. "Sonic! You deal with Greedy! I'll try and stall this!" Vectorman came flying around the corner and joined him. "As will I." Sonic nodded and flew towards Greedy, who began laughing maniacally. "Ha ha ha ha ha! You came stop me! If I go, I'll take you and your friends with me!"

(Boss Theme 3)

(Dragonball Z - Super Buu Theme begins playing)

Greedy clenched his hands into fists, separated them, and smashed them together, releasing a huge barrage of thunderbolts at Sonic. He easily dodged it and the attack brushed past the ship. A crackling was heard by the engine and they sprung to life again. "All right! Greedy actually did something worthwhile!" Ristar beamed and Greedy shot another thunderbolt, which completely missed Sonic and hit the engines. They sputtered and died again. Vectorman looked at Ristar. "You just had to say something, didn't you?"

Sonic dodged Greedy's attacks and slammed Greedy so hard, it nearly sent him hurtling into his own portal. This gave Sonic an idea. He flew around the portal, which, for some reason, didn't affect Super Sonic. He managed to dodge Greedy's attacks again and another slam would do it. He flew back to the ship, which was now closer than ever to the portal. He shot towards Greedy and he was countered by the last person he expected. "Ristar! What are you doing?"

Ristar looked strangely sure about this. "Vectorman told me to intercept you. With the ship this close to the portal, it'll be sucked in if you finish Greedy off." Sonic just gaped at him. "Besides…" Ristar smirked. "Can't let you finish him off without me." Sonic chuckled at this. "A glory hog until the very end, I see." Ristar pointed at Sonic. "You're hardly one to talk! As a matter of fact, who better to show you up at the thing you do best than me!" Sonic scoffed. "So what? You're challenging me to a race? As in a race with FEET?"

Ristar nodded and was going to say something had it not been for Greedy's interruption. "Are you done yet?" This was a lot closer than it should be. As a matter of fact, when they turned their heads, they were face-to-face with Greedy. "Boo." Ristar raised an eyebrow and a familiar voice said "Boo yourself!" Vectorman tackled Greedy, sending him flying backwards.

"Why are you here? What about…" Vectorman pointed to the ship which was a lot farther away than it was last time. "It's called hyperspace." Ristar started. "But with a hyperspace, you could wind up anywhere in the universe!" Vectorman nodded. "Mastering hyperspace was one of the things included in Advanced Earth Technology." Vectorman's hand flashed and he flew towards Greedy. "You two deal with the ship!" The two friends looked at each other shrugged, then turned and headed towards the ship.

Vectorman got within range of Greedy and fired a bolo-like shot at him. Greedy dodged this, only to get hit with a second one. Vectorman's hands flashed again and this time, he began shooting a rapid stream of shots. Greedy was hit numerous times and finally noticed how close he was to the portal so he backed up only to get knocked back by both Sonic and Ristar. He was sent flying backwards into the portal and all three of them flew away from the portal as Greedy was sucked in.

(Dragonball Z - Super Buu Theme fades out)

"I'll get you for this! You won't get away with this! You'll pay! You'll all pay! AAAAAHHHHH!" Greedy began spiraling around in the center of the portal before disappearing altogether. The portal itself grew thinner and thinner until in spun itself out of existence.

Antoine regained consciousness about now and he peeked over the little window in the back of the ship. "We are alive? We have not splat ed?" Sally shook her head. Rotor explained. "Sonic, Ristar, and Vectorman all pitched in to defeat Greedy. Antoine began dancing around saying "We haven't splat ed!" over and over again. When Vectorman managed to drag the two friends into the cockpit, Antoine ran up and hugged Sonic. "We haven't splat ed!" Sonic just looked at him weird. "Okay. I'm getting uncomfortable now."

After flying through space for a while, Ristar pulled Sonic into the corner. "You said that Tails lost a couple of 'friends' years ago, right?" Sonic nodded. "Well, I'm not too sure of the details, but they're here." Sonic started. "Here?" Ristar nodded. "They appeared about two days ago. They seemed to know who you where when I mentioned you." Sonic smirked slightly. "Well, I wouldn't doubt it. After all, when I was blown halfway across the galaxy, I ran into them. They were eluding the government. Last I saw of them, I managed to make their government think that Amadeus had escaped from the planet."

Ristar nodded and Vectorman said, "Next stop: the Valdian nebulae!" Ristar and Sonic stood up and saw the nebulae not-to-far ahead of them. "That's where they are." Ristar muttered under his breath so that only Sonic could hear. After a few seconds, they found a floating platform that was similar to the Floating Island. Vectorman landed and the group slowly left the ship. Vectorman poked his head around the back of the ship.

"Wonderful." Sonic raised an eyebrow. "What?" Vectorman began counting everybody's head until he snapped his fingers. 'It's your little black hedgehog friend." Everyone began looking around and they soon found that Shadow was nowhere in sight. "Where'd he go?" Vectorman shrugged. "Don't know. But wherever he went, he took one of my engines with him."

What happened next, no one, with the exception of Sonic and Ristar, expected. Two tall Mobian foxes walked out of a nearby building. The first, who was male, was dressed like an army official. He had a blue jacket on and an eyepatch covered his left eye. The second, who was female, was wearing a large pink dress. She looked almost exactly like Tails and that was probably the cause of what happened next.

Tails froze when he saw them and vice versa. "Mom… Dad…" The male gasped and the female began running towards him. "MILES!" Tails HATED being called that, but he didn't care. He ran towards the woman and they met halfway, Tails jumping into her arms when they reached each other. They were both crying a river of tears. "Mom! It is you!" They embraced deeply and the male began walking towards them. "Miles! I thought we'd never see you again!"

When the male reached them, he joined the embrace. "Miles! My God! But, what are you doing here?" Vectorman broke the silence. "I hate to interrupt this tear-jerking reunion, but I've still got a missing engine, which I'd love to have back." Everyone looked at Vectorman and Adahan sweatdropped. "Party pooper." Vectorman shrugged. "What can I say? I've never been that emotional anyways. But, then again, why expect an android to have feelings?"

The male looked around and finally noticed Sonic. "Sonic…" He smirked. "Don't look at me. As much as I'd love to have done this, credit goes to Greedy for forcing me here." The male nodded and Ristar walked towards them. "Allow me to introduce Amadeus and Rosemary Prower!" Sally smiled. "So, you're Tails' parents." Amadeus nodded. "So, now what? Any ideas on what we do next?" Rotor's question was answered by Vectorman. "Here's an idea. Why don't we get my engine back from that two-timer?" Sonic looked at Vectorman. "I know Shadow pretty well. He probably had a reason for taking it." Vectorman shrugged. "I guess. But, by him doing that, he's given me a reason for sticking my foot up his rear end."

Sonic sweatdropped and Vectorman started. "Well well. We were just talking bout you." He walked into the ship, pushed a few buttons, and stopped in the doorway. "Okay. Go ahead, thief." When Shadow started talking this time, everyone could here it. "I'm not a thief. Just listen, okay? I'm at the Space Colony ARK and I can see Eggman's ship from the window." This made everyone start. "I took the engine because I don't have all of the Chaos Emeralds. So, I figured that a bit of your 'Advanced Earth Technology' would help." Vectorman looked at Sonic, who smirked. "What do you the emeralds for?" Shadow chuckled. "Simple. I'm going to shoot Eggman's ship down with the Eclipse Cannon."

Everyone started, even Vectorman. "Are you insane?" Shadow laughed. "Perhaps. But I'm still going to try it." Vectorman nodded and a blue box appeared in front of his eyes. "Okay. Can you see me or something that looks like me?" Shadow made an 'uh' noise. "Well… Oddly yes." Vectorman nodded again. "Okay. Don't be disturbed or something like that. I'm projecting myself into the ARK. Now, let's see…" Vectorman began acting like he was typing something. "Here we go. Hold still… And… FIRE!"

Despite that Vectorman was projecting the sounds he heard from his head, the sound of the Eclipse Cannon firing was deafening. An explosion was heard and Vectorman began humming. "Let's see… Oh boy!" Sonic took a step towards Vectorman. 'What?" Vectorman sighed. "Eggman is already on Mobius. His ship was just a decoy. There wasn't anything on or in it." Sonic crossed his arms. "This isn't good." Vectorman shook his head. 'No it isn't. When I fired it, I lost contact with Shadow."

Amadeus looked determined however. "Why don't we meet him on Mobius?" Vectorman looked at him. "I like the way you think. All aboard! We're heading out!" Tails looked up at his mom. "What about you guys?" Amadeus shrugged. "I guess we could come along. After all, it's only a matter of time before the government starts looking for me around here." Tails let out a 'Yay!' and Adahan called to them. "Come on! We don't have all day! Cute orange armadillos get shotgun!"

Adahan ran onto the ship and Sonic walked on with the Prower family. "I guess you didn't tell him, did you?" Tails seemed confused and Sonic noticed this. "I met with your parents months ago. The only reason I didn't tell you was because they didn't want me to." Tails nodded, understandingly. When everyone was in, Vectorman let out a yell. "YEEHAW! Here we go! Hold on tight cause we're going to Mobius faster than Sonic himself!" Sonic started. "You mean that we're…" Vectorman nodded. "Yup. Let's hyperspace!" Everyone started at this. "NO!" Too late. Vectorman pushed the button, the ship stretched forward, and the ship shot through space so fast, they all disappeared in a split-second.

Well, that's another chapter in the bag! That reunion scene was actually easier than I thought it would be! Imagine that! Anyways, the next chapter will be the Warhead battle.

I don't think that I mentioned this before, so I'll mention it now. Vectorman and Vectorman 2 levels have a time limit. When time runs out, no matter what you're doing, you blow up into a thousand of spheres. It's not quite like Megaman, but it's a good comparison.

Sonic: Since when was Megaman in this fanfic?

Metal Sonic EX: -hits Sonic in the head with a frying pan- Since you became unconscious!

Sonic: -unconscious-

Metal Sonic EX: Ah well. Read and Review or bad things will happen.