Sonic 7

CH.3: Troubled assistance

Sonic sped from battle with one person in mind to help, he was reliable at some crucial times, and other times he was too cocky to rely on. Sonic had to realize there was another hedgehog out there with his powers and if he didn't admit it soon he'd be in denial. Shadow was a creation of a late relative of Eggman's and recently brought to by Eggman, in a hope of causing chaos. Sonic at times had many run ins with Shadow and each time it was constant rivalry like Knuckles. The location Shadow was last seen in was the park, weird to choose such a calm place, Sonic thought. Skidding to a halt Sonic brought out his skateboard and rolled into the park. Shadow was seen by a tree resting, Sonic skated over and flipping the board awoke Shadow. "Mind if we talk?"

"Make it fast," Shadow said. The two walked to the dried up pool and Shadow pulled out some skates. "Try and keep up and I'll try to listen," he said, a challenge working itself on his lips. Sonic jumped in after Shadow and as he hit the ramp he performed a 360 before landing and racing up the other end. Shadow spun in the air and each time Sonic was behind him. Shadow held out his arms and two Chaos emeralds appeared in his hands. "Chaos-."

"Oh no you don't!" Sonic began to glow a turquoise blue and as he raced forward tackled Shadow to the concrete. "Listen, Station Square is under attack and we need help. Try and see past that loner brain of yours and help, c'mon Shadow be a hero." Shadow got up and then like that the emeralds blazed white and he was gone. Kicking his skateboard up Sonic ran from the park and then got into his X Tornado and flew to Angel Isle in search of Knuckles. "Hey Knuckles rise and shine."

"Sonic…hey Sonic!" Tails was in his own plane and seemed disturbed and for him that meant bad news. "Helen has been kidnapped by Dr. Wily and wants Mega Man to meet him in the downtown area. There's also a disturbance in Station Square revolving around a chaos. Hey where's Mega Man?" That struck a chord as Sonic remembered the chaos and Mega Man chasing after it. If Shadow was too stubborn to help, then it may have to come to a fight, possibly with little hope.

Chris Thorndyke was once again left home and he felt irritated each time. An hour ago his parents came home and they were in the living room watching a T.V. show. Amy was pacing too, worried about Sonic as usual, Chris thought. Right now Helen was a captive of Dr. Wily, and Mega Man probably was distracted by an ensuing battle, Chris thought with worry. The X Tornado was being used by Sonic and if he went by foot he'd be liable to face that chaos beast. Peeking into the living room he saw his parents snared in the sappy romance series, now's my chance! "Mom, dad, Francine called me and asked if I could sleep over, can I?" Both of his parents were about to launch into their interrogation mode, but since they knew their son had good grades, let him. "Thanks mom and dad, and don't worry I will be the perfect guest," he said leaving the room.

"Where are you going Chris?" Amy stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips. Chris realized it was foolish to leave Amy here when it came to Sonic in danger. But he intended to save Helen, even if by himself. "If you're going out then I'm coming too, who knows what danger has Sonic in a corner," she said with concern. So the two headed out; down the dirt road, and to the meeting place in downtown. Dr. Wily's machine stood over a crumbled building and as light was turned on Amy and Chris hit the dirt. "I thought we were helping Sonic!"

"I didn't say I was," Chris snapped back. "Mega Man is held up in battle, and if I've learned anything from Dr. Wily's character is he has no patience. Helen's wheelchair was left behind so she may be hurt by now. If Sonic needs help he can contact us…so what is it going to be?" Amy looked up from the dirt at the impending machine then back at the darkening road, Chris already knew her answer by the way her face twitched with decision. Definitely Sonic-.

"I'll stay and help," she said finally. Chris nodded his head and together the two crawled towards the machine. They waited for the light to pass before getting up and racing to the leg of the machine. "How are we going to crack that skin of armor?"

"There must be an access panel nearby, first we'll shut down the force field, and then climb our way up." The plan was set and Chris made his way to what he believed was the access panel. As he entered a few random codes he tripped a silent alarm that had drone like monsters on Amy in seconds. Amy brought out her hammer and swiped through them trying to buy Chris the time to crack the code. One was behind her but with a flash of anger in her green eyes swung her hammer low breaking off its legs. Chris finally got a positive chime and the shield around the machine died. "It worked, let's go."

"You expect us to climb that?" As Chris looked up he saw the legs were as tall as a spaceship rocket, the base of the machine was square and had short spiked arms. "We need Tails or Knuckles to scale this, even Sonic's assistance would be helpful, but all three are missing. Chris it's not like anyone up there would lend us a helping hand, so I mean why-?"

"Amy, I believe helping hand means danger!" It was too late because just then a grappling arm had Amy and was pulling her up. Chris began to climb up the metal leg after them and after many minutes made it to the closing hole and pulled himself up before its jaws snapped his foot off. The screams of Amy quickened his pulse and forgetting how close he came to dieing ran down the hallway as blind as a bat. Most 12 year olds never went through this, at times he forgot what a normal life was. The cell up ahead had Amy, Helen, and some one similar in height and appearance to Mega Man. "Who are you?"

"No introductions now Chris," Helen said, "Station Square is in danger and everyone in it. Get us out of here before Wily discovers-." The sound of a door opening was heard and in his white lab coat was a grinning Dr. Wily. Proto Man stirred uneasily in the cage and Chris backed away slowly. Chris had his back to the only exit and Wily still advanced, his grin growing colder each step.

"Won't Mega Man be pleased to see you all," Wily said. Out of his lab coat he pulled a small remote control, the electricity shock had hit Chris and sent him to the floor squirming like a fish on dry land. "I've waited long enough its time to leave this city in rubble!"

"Ruff!" Rush II cut off Mega Man's next sentence and sent him onto the chaos beast. The beast bucked around and Mega Man held on staring up at Rush II in bewilderment. His robotic canine transformed further into his jet mode and now carried graviton beams. Rush II began to glow purple and as the graviton beams played across the beast, the emerald within reacted. The beast in its fury kicked Mega Man to the ground and roared a huge belly growl. Rush II didn't cease the beams power and soon the beast collapsed. The emerald however created an unstable force and within minutes the city would be totaled. Mega Man held his ribs and started for the emerald when it shot out a beam sending him up.

"Rush II thanks for-." Mega Man's eyes widened as he saw his rescuer was a golden hedgehog. The hedgehog had him dropped off on a rooftop and as he left he felt weary. Sonic soared down to the emerald and bounced off its very strong field. The ground shook more and then with a crack a tall skyscraper was split in half. The people of Station Square were trapped and if he didn't hurry they'd be dead. He sped over there leaving a fiery gold trail behind and with all his power began to balance the building. As soon as it was though, another skyscraper began to fall.

"This…is…exhausting," Sonic said. Rushing to the next building he once again pushed against the opposing force, this time it didn't work. The building was winning and Sonic's power was fading. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a white flash and then a speeding hedgehog in gold.

"Never late to save your sorry butt," Shadow joked. The two hedgehogs pushed together and soon the skyscraper was in its original pose. Shadow chose this time to leave but before he left he said, "next time I'll call you." Sonic didn't understand and as Shadow said these partings words he vanished.

"Who's that?" Sonic turned around and saw a huge machine lumbering towards him. The face shield slid back and in the cockpit was Dr. Wily! Standing in the back was Amy, Chris, a stranger, and Helen leaning on the rail. The old scientist smiled in greeting and Sonic felt sick in his stomach. Holding his ground he readied for the attack.