On a tall snowy mountain in Ice Valley Zone, Doctor Eggman was up to no good again. "Christmas has come again!" The villain declared, "And I am going to ruin it with my most evil plan yet, I'm going to kidnap Santa Claus, steal what he will deliver and then CONQUER THE WORLD BY STORM! It'll be deliciously evil, my most terrible of all terrible schemes!"
Eggman laughed and activated his super computer, the screen blinked to life and Santa Claus in his sleigh appeared on the screen. Eggman pressed a button and declared, "Capture that jolly man, I'm going to hold him hostage and nobody will stop me! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Machinery activated and a tractor beam appeared atop Eggman's lair, a blue light lit up and high in the sky, Santa was traveling until something pulled at his sleigh. "OH NO NO!" Santa wailed, "Who is kidnapping me on Christmas? I must do something, we must esca..." Unfortunately, it was too late, Eggman's machines did its work as Eggman expected.
First Comet and then Prancer, then Dasher, Then Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen followed by the sleigh were pulled out of the sky right into Eggman's lair. A force field raised around the captured reindeer and robots emerged to tie up Santa Claus and bring him inside.
"Welcome, Santa Claus." Eggman declared, "Enjoy your stay... AS MY PRISONER!"
"Robotnik, you fool!" Santa protested, "Unhand me, you evil fiend, this is why you never got any presents from me during Christmas, you mustached menace!"
Eggman chuckled as his robots hauled Santa off to a cell. "You're the menace, Santa boy." The villain said, "From now on, I'M THE KING OF CHRISTMAS! OH HO HO HO!"
Santa erupted in anger, "NOBODY STEALS MY LAUGH, YOU FAT FIEND!" But his words fell on deaf ears as Eggman's robots threw him into his jail cell deep within Eggman's lair. And with that, Eggman headed to his changing room and emerged minutes later, dressed as Santa Claus himself.
"It's time to cause some mayhem on Christmas!" Eggman gloated, "PREPARE MY FLYING MACHINE AND BRAINWASH THOSE REINDEER!"
Eggman's robots obeyed and Eggman soon hopped into his Egg Mobile with Santa's reindeer at the front, under mind control. Even Santa's sack had become bigger... on the inside. Eggman was going to ruin Christmas, nobody was going to stop him, no one.
"Let us fly!" Eggman boasted.
The reindeer got moving as their enslaver instructed them, Eggman left his base and flew off into the sky, ready to steal the gifts and Christmas decorations while terrorizing the world once again. The mustached madman was ready, he was more confident than ever before and not even a hedgehog was going to ruin his vile plan.
Meanwhile, a blue blur streaked through the snowy countryside, carrying a bag as it headed towards a house next to a workshop. Sonic the Hedgehog was delivering Christmas presents to his friends and this Christmas was going to be very fun for him, especially since the world was safe... for now anyway.
"Hi, Sonic!" Tails greeted as he stepped outside his house in night clothes.
Sonic came to a stop in front of the house, holding the bag of gifts. "Merry Christmas, Tails." He said, "I got you some toys and more tools for your inventions."
Tails took the bag and looked inside before hugging the hedgehog happily. "Thank you so much, Sonic, thank you." The two tailed fox exclaimed, showing appreciation for what his big brother figure had just done for him.
"Enjoy your Christmas, Tails." Sonic nodded.
"And Happy New Year, Sonic." Tails said in agreement with happiness. With those words, Tails headed back inside his house and Sonic took off at light speed to find some adventure. Tonight was very chilly, but Sonic was exceptionally warm, especially since he had fur and never got cold unless he was in some icy cold territory like Ice Cap Zone on Angel Island.
While tonight was relatively peaceful, little did Sonic know that Christmas had a big wake-up call for him.
Just as Sonic was passing through Station Square, he heard jingling and looked up to see a tall figure making off with a tree and a bag of presents on the rooftops before jumping into a hover-pod and flying off with reindeer pulling it along as if they were hypnotized.
"SONIC, DO SOMETHING!" A little girl cried, "That mean guy is trying to steal Christmas!"
Sonic crossed his arms and frowned. "Can't believe some nut is trying to do that, and by nut, I mean somebody shaped like a rotten egg." He remarked, "I'm gonna resolve this as quickly as I can, since I'm the fastest thing alive, we're gonna save Christmas before daylight!" Without a moment to lose, Sonic blasted off with a double boost after the not-so unknown enemy.
Eggman was flying through the air towards another town, ready to steal some gifts and ruin Christmas even more when he heard something and looked down to see a blue hedgehog chasing him. "AGH!" He yelled, "Not that rodent again!"
Airships flew in and robots dropped down, wearing Santa outfits and glaring at the very determined Sonic. The robots fired lasers at the speedy hedgehog, acting on their master's orders, but Sonic tore through them like they were butter. A tall robot appeared, taking the form of Santa Claus while its beard dangled below its chin.
"Oh ho ho..." The robot buzzed, "No Christmas for you, this year, only coal!"
Santa Bot threw coal at Sonic, the black objects exploded and Sonic swerved to avoid the coal bombs as he rushed at the big robot. 'Can't let Eggman stop me with this.' He thought.
"Have some coal!" The Santa Robo threw another coal bomb at Sonic, but the hedgehog caught it and threw it back at the robot.
"Return to sender!" Sonic sang.
BOOM! The robot exploded and parts flew everywhere, even as the head landed in front of Sonic and said "You'll be getting coal for..." before shutting down and never moving again. Sonic dusted his hands off and continued racing after Eggman, having a hunch on where he would go soon.
Eggman flew as fast as the wind, stealing trees and gifts wherever he could while stuffing them into his bag. Once he felt that he'd done enough, Eggman flew to Snow Hill where his super-secret doomsday base was set up.
"This shall be delicious!" Eggman purred again, "I'm going to conquer the world on Christmas by freezing everything and mind-washing the people of this planet as Santa Rrrrobotnik!"
Eggman flew his Egg Mobile and the reindeer into Snow Hill and headed right for Snow Mountain where the entrance to his secret base was. Once he'd landed, Eggman made a dash for the cave with the bag while his supervillain cape flapped in the wind. But just before he could reach the entrance to his base...
"Hey, Eggman Claus."
Sonic was standing there, having found and followed Eggman here. Eggman dropped the bag and turned, a look of shock on his face. "No way!" The villain exclaimed, "I can't believe this!"
"Ya better believe it, Eggbreath." Sonic quipped, "Because I got you redheaded."
"That may be so, hedgehog. BUT I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU AND I WILL NEVER TELL YOU HOW TO RESCUE SANTA CLAUS, WHO IS MY PRISONER IN ICE VALLEY ZONE, even though I just told you where he is but it won't matter anyway! EGG GOBLIN, GO!"
The cavern exploded and a giant goblin-looking robot in a Santa outfit appeared, looming over Sonic like the giant it was. Eggman laughed evilly as he vanished and reappeared in the cockpit of the robot. "That's right, rodent!" Eggman bragged, "THE EGG GOBLIN! Look at that, it looks like the love child of an elf and gremlin if they ever had a kid together."
"Your analogy is disgusting, Egghead." Sonic remarked as he resisted the urge to gag.
"NOT AS DISGUSTING AS A PRINCESS KISSING YOU, PINHEAD! Now shut it and die! MERRY CRUSH-MAS, SONIC!"
Eggman took the robot's controls and the Egg Goblin attacked, trying to smash Sonic like a pancake just like the others had done. Sonic dodged out of the way and rushed at the robot's legs, he hit the Egg Goblin's knees with a homing attack and tripped it up.
"YOU'RE NOT STOPPING ME!" Eggman pulled out a big hammer and brought it down on Sonic, trying to crush him like a pancake. And just like the other attack, Sonic dodged it as well. He leaped up and tried to hit the cockpit, but the Egg Goblin swatted him like a fly. Eggman laughed and bragged that this was the day he finally destroyed him.
Sonic got back up, ready to fight and faced down Eggman, who prepared a missile. But before anything could happen between them, an explosion blasted off the Egg Goblin's arm. Shadow the Hedgehog had appeared with a missile launcher with E-123 Omega at his side.
"TARGET ENGAGED!" Omega blared, "OBJECTIVE: SAVE CHRISTMAS FROM EGGMAN! EXTERMINATE!"
"Glad you could make it!" Sonic quipped.
"We were tracking Eggman's activities and we just happened to be in the area." Shadow remarked firmly, "You could use some help, if you're interested."
Sonic flashed a thumbs up, accepting Shadow's offer just as Rouge flew in, wearing a winter-themed battle outfit. Knuckles arrived too, so did the Chaotix and Amy. Sonic's friends had come to help. Eggman snarled with fury, ready to keep fighting. "I DON'T CARE IF THE GANG'S ALL HERE!" He raged, "I'M GOING TO BURN YOU AND RULE THE WORLD!"
The vile doctor stepped forward, even as his mech sparked after its arm got blasted off. Eggman prepared to attack and equipped a missile launcher, but just before he could fire it, Sonic and his crew charged in and attacked the mech all at once.
Without breaking a sweat, Sonic trashed the mech's legs while Amy and the others helped break its weapons and smashed its remaining arms before breaking the head. The Egg Goblin crashed over, shattering into pieces while Eggman tumbled out. Sonic and crew ganged up on him, glaring at the doctor with smirks of confidence and telling him he'd just lost.
"Happy Christmas, losers!" The villain said with an angry sneer, he scrambled into his Egg Mobile and flew away, apparently leaving Santa's reindeer behind as well.
Sonic high-fived with his friends just as an explosion shook the mountain and snow rained down, Eggman's defeat with the Egg Gremlin's destruction had apparently triggered the self-destruction mechanism in Eggman's secret base that had been located in this region.
Now that the doctor had been defeated, Sonic could fix everything. He picked up Santa's stolen bag with all of his strength and thanked his friends for their help, then he got to work.
Sonic raced to every town and city neighborhood, putting all the trees and stolen gifts back where they were supposed to belong for the time being. Then he rattled a pair of jingle bells and Santa's reindeer came to him, free from the brainwashing Eggman put on them. With those details settled, Sonic raced off to Eggman's Ice Valley Zone to save Santa.
He smashed through the base's defenses and made his way to the cell where Santa was, Sonic broke it open and raced out with Santa in tow. They made sure to save the sleigh from the tractor beam and then headed to a nice countryside as the base self-destructed.
"Thank you, Sonic!" Santa said with pride, "I will never forget the service you provided for me, I am eternally grateful and so will my elves and Mrs. Claus when they learn of what happened. May we meet again as good friends and special brothers one day, continue to protect the world and make people happy while having your adventures."
"No prob, Santa." Sonic said happily, "Just happy to help." Santa extended his hand and Sonic accepted it, the two shook hands and Santa pulled out a wrapped package out of the bag to give it to the hedgehog.
"A gift for you to open later." He said, "Now, I must go, I have a job to do. Merry Christmas, Sonic."
Sonic waved goodbye as Santa hopped into his sleigh and took off into the sky, the reindeer pulling his ride and they soon vanished among the stars with nearly no trace. However, just as Santa was vanishing, a voice bellowed out, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night."
'Merry Christmas indeed.' Sonic thought. He looked at the package Santa had given him and smiled again, thinking about what his gift was going to possibly be. Without lingering in this snowy area for too long, Sonic raced off at light speed with his Christmas gift in hand.
As Sonic raced through the snowy environment, he breathed in the fresh air and thought of his friends along with all of those special times he'd spent with them during their merry adventures. This Christmas, like every Christmas, was a time of joy and love and friendships, virtues Sonic would never forget.
'To all a good night indeed.' The hedgehog thought, he headed off to a nice cave located in Green Hill and sat down to relax with his Christmas gift. And so, feeling tired after saving the world again, Sonic closed his eyes and let himself fall into a peaceful winter night's sleep...
The End
