Chapter Eight

The Return of the Eggman

Padre Beach, a beautiful long stretch of beach, is said to be the most famous beach on the continent. The nearby large resort town of Padre City is currently very busy due to the fact it is the heat of summer. It is a beautiful place to visit and it is frequently used by the royal family who vacations there during the summer. Throughout the resort, there are multiple activities to enjoy. Surfing, water skiing, parasailing, hang gliding, sand castle building contests, and many other summer activities.

Hiding in a tree was the most famous hero of all, Sonic the Hedgehog. He is hiding because since he and his friend, a fox named Tails, landed; he had been frequently mobbed by young teenage girls with marriage proposals and he couldn't even get a moments peace. He waited until it was safe before he left his hiding place.

"Great," he sarcastically though as he landed, "I can't get a moments peace here. These girls are almost worst than Amy in trying to get me to marry them. I need to get away from the beach or find a remote beach I can enjoy," he continued to think before he left towards the mountains with his incredible speed.

Elsewhere, high in the mountains, we see a young orange fox sitting on the edge of a low cliff that overlooked a wide grassland. There was a lot of activity happening on the plain. Hang gliders were taking off and preparing their gliders, BASE jumpers were jumping and preparing their parachutes, and several aviators taking the plunge without a parachute to show who has the most courage as they pulled out of their dive before they hit the ground. He was looking at a blue book that was the same color as his eyes. He had been looking at the book since he and his friend had landed there. He found this spot to be a private place to read his book since it was actually his diary. The cliff has inaccessible because of all the trees there and those who are aviators have a very hard time landing there. There was only a small patch of clear land, but it is nearly impossible for aviators to land because the dense patch of trees that make it impossible for them to land successfully.

He heard voices nearby and he just merely glanced at them. Then he looked at them wide eyed to see the same people that had been in the picture but they looked at least five years older. With them were two foxes that looked to be five years old and two older ones that appeared to be his around his age. With the two five year olds, who looked almost like Tails, was a fox-like Chao that was dressed like a pilot. They seemed to be talking amongst themselves and they didn't even notice that he was watching them.

"It's been five years today since Miles went missing," the amber colored vixen that appeared to be near his age said sadly and with a sigh.

"I do miss him too, sugah," the rabbit replied in a southern accent and the fox around his age gave a distinct 'humph.'

"What's wrong with you, Bruise?" the vixen near his age asked and she sounded offended.

"Nothing," the fox named Bruise, who is a darker shade of red, replied.

"Well, for one," the vixen continued to look at Bruise, "you have been teasing him since you two met. I can't see why you cannot respect him for what he is as a person and not by the way he looks like!"

"Well, I think he looks like a freak and he gives foxes a bad name. Whoever heard of a name that sounds like 'miles per hour,'" Bruise said to the vixen and he sounded angry. "I can't see why you were friends with him in the first place."

"You just had to beat up some of his friends around his own peer group that he hung out with and forced them to stay away from him in fear of getting beat up by you. I stuck by him and I knew that you wouldn't dare beat up your own sister," she remarked with her anger rising.

"You didn't answer my question, Amber. He is still a"

"He is not a freak! He is the sweetest fox I know and I feel that he is still alive, somewhere. Don't you forget what happened the last time you insulted him!"

"What!"

"His Chao, Ace," she pointed to the Chao that was with the two young foxes, "attacked you when you insulted him and you still have those scars on your face from where he attacked you."

"Knock it off you two," the girl squirrel-chipmunk said making herself heard before the two could argue anymore. "That is not a way to remember him."

"Excuse me, if I may continue," Bruise said, ignoring the look on her face, "his name is a pun if you listen carefully. Miles Prower, Miles Per Hour, get it?" he let out a laugh but no one else thought it was funny.

Our young eavesdropper named Tails continued to listen to what was happening. Bruise's pun about his name brought back painful memories that seemed to come back to him as they continued to talk. A pair of older foxes had walked toward them. One was an orange fox. He was dressed in an official looking uniform and he had a patch over his left eye. The other one was the same one that Tails had seen in his flashback when he was on the bottom of the lake. The two five year old foxes had approached them with the Chao following them.

Then a projectile hit the ground and panic soon erupted. Robots almost twice their size corralled everyone in the area, except for Tails. Just then, something attacked the robots and it was a blue hedgehog. A laugh was heard and all eyes turned to the source. It was a bald man with a thick mustache and he was piloting a vehicle.

"Hey look, it's a giant talking egg!" the hedgehog sarcastically remarked.

"SILENCE!" the man shouted. "I am Dr. Robotnik, the greatest scientific genius in the world!"

"Whatever you say Eggman!"

"I grow tired of your sarcastic remarks, rodent!"

"What are you up to now?"

"I knew that if I caused a little chaos; you would show up eventually, hedgehog! How do you like my new creations? I call them SWAT-bots."

Before Sonic could even make a sarcastic remark, something had hit the cliff above them and an orange fox fell from there landing on his back. The shot came from a robot that looked like a hedgehog and the fox rose up with a groan.

"Hello Sonic the Hedgehog," the robot said.

"Hello Mecha," Sonic replied.

"I have something that belongs to you," he pressed a button on his arm and a holographic imaged appeared showing two captured pink hedgehogs strapped to a cliff with ropes around their wrists.

"Where are they?" Sonic asked after he had recognized one of them.

"In a volcano," he pointed to the hill, "and it is unknown when the next eruption will be. How about a race there?"

"Just to be sure that you comply with that request," Robotnik said while Sonic let out a low growl. He pressed a button that made a robotic arm appear and grab the older vixen by the waist and brought her towards him. He let out a vile laugh.

"Rosemary!" the uniformed fox yelled.

"Amadeus!" she screamed as they tried to grab each other's hand but failed.

"You" Sonic started but he was cut off by Tails.

"Let her go!" he sounded very angry.

"What are you going to do about that, fox boy?" Robotnik remark with a very small hint of sarcasm.

"This," he said and he threw something towards Robotnik that he had hidden behind his back.

It exploded and an electric current was shot out. The blast went through anything that was made of metal and it took out all of Robotnik's new robots. Mecha was unaffected by the blast and Robotnik's ship was temporary disabled and freed the hostage that Robotnik had.

"You were saying?" Tails replied with a hint of sarcasm as the vixen rejoined her husband.

"You have five minutes, hedgehog, before the volcano erupts, or you won't see your girlfriend again," Robotnik said with a vile laugh at the end.

Sonic took off down the cliff with Mecha following him; knowing that Mecha would deflect his attack. Robotnik then turned his attention toward Tails.

"You will pay for that."

"Pay? The last time we fought; I won."

Robotnik pressed a button and his vehicle started to transform. It encased his body in armor. He then shot a blast toward Tails, but he missed as Tails jumped back.

"Hand over that bag or I will open fire on the others," Robotnik ordered.

Tails obeyed and threw the bag toward Robotnik knowing that he can't risk anyone else getting hurt. However, the bag exploded when Robotnik had caught it and he was blinded by the blast. Something was falling to the ground and Tails approached to catch it before it hit's the ground. Before Tails could catch it, Robotnik caught it and Tails had to stop in his tracks. Robotnik looked like the blast hadn't affected him.

"What do we have here?" as he looked at the book and tried to open the lock on it but he couldn't. "Why can't I open it?" he tried again and neglected to notice what was written on the cover of the book.

As Robotnik tried to open the book, he was kick in the face by Tails. Tails had kicked Robotnik in the face with both of his feet and that was enough to dislodge the book out of his hands. Robotnik was knocked to the ground and Tails caught the book on the rebound from the kick with a back flip.

"I don't think anyone would approve with you looking at their private entries in a book," Tails remarked.

Robotnik recovered and shot out electric robes that grabbed the two five year old foxes. The Chao then started to viciously attack Robotnik. Robotnik tried to swat it away but he couldn't get it away from his face. He was able to swat it away and it flew toward Tails. Robotnik's armor was slightly damaged from the attack but it was not enough to do enough harm. Tails dropped the book and caught the Chao. While the two foxes cried out to their parents for help.

"Hurt a defenseless Chao, and kidnap a pair of five year olds?" he angrily said as he set the Chao gently on the ground. "You will pay for that!"

Robotnik left with his cargo and jumped down the cliff without a word. Tails quickly followed him down the cliff while the witnesses to the incident tried to comprehend what had happened. Others ran while a very few stayed where they stood.

"What just happened?" the male squirrel-chipmunk hybrid said.

"I don't know but does that fox look familiar to you?" the girl squirrel-chipmunk hybrid asked.

The vixen named Amber approached to where the Chao laid and she cuddled it. She then picked up the book that laid near it and gave out a gasp.

"What's wrong Amber?" Bruise asked.

She walked toward them with the Chao and book in hand to show them what was written on the book. On the cover of the book was the words printed in script: Miles Amadeus Prower.

"No," the rabbit said.

"Sacre bleu!" the coyote said with a French accent.

"Chao?" the Chao said as it took a stand on her head and look toward where Tails had jumped.

"Miles, alive?" the older vixen choked and her head fell onto her husband's shoulder where she broke into tears. They all looked toward the cliff where Tails had jumped off while the older vixen named Rosemary continued to cry on her husband's shoulder.

Now Sonic's old nemesis, Dr. Robotnik, has a new plan for world domination. While Sonic races his mechanical double, Mecha Sonic, towards a volcano to rescue some hostages; one of which he knows. Tails races after Robotnik to free the two foxes that he has taken hostage. What about the witnesses to the fight? Do they have something to do with Tails' past? Will Sonic be able to beat his double to the volcano or will he fail? Can Tails stop Robotnik before he gets away with his cargo? What about Robotnik's new robots, the SWAT-bots? How many more does he have? What has gotten Tails so angry with Robotnik over capturing the older vixen?


Preview:

This is Tails! Eggman has taken a pair of twin five year old foxes hostage and I must stop him from getting away. Meanwhile, Sonic is after Mecha in an attempt to beat him in a race to save two captured hostages. There is something about those two foxes and they look almost like me. I must save them before any more harm comes to them. What sort of plan does Eggman have now for world domination? Find out if we succeed in our missions next time!


Copyright: Sonic, Tails, Robotnik (Eggman), Metal (Mecha) Sonic are all copyrighted by Sega. Amadeus, Rosemary, the SWAT-bots are all copyrighted by Archie comics. Bruise, Amber, and the two unnamed five year olds are copyrighted by me. The Chao named Ace is copyrighted by me, but not his appearance.
Post Author's Note: I will be calling Metal Sonic 'Mecha' since (I think) it sounds more menacing than saying 'Metal' (wouldn't you agree?). Like I said, when I would combine the several Sonic universes and you now see some of my own twist to the series. Just to let you know, I will only put the copyright to the characters that are mentioned by name and not without their name. One more thing, Ace looks like the Tails Chao (I thought I would just give you what he looks like) that you can acquire in the games. I just added some accessories to him (I also thought it looked cute). I will be calling Eggman 'Robotnik.' I will only use 'Eggman' as an insult to him and I will use his given name outside of any dialouge.