Team Sonic
By: The White Dragon Rider
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! Are we clear? Good. P.S. Please don't sue me
(Don't expect much for this chapter, it basically a filler that shows what Sonic and Knuckles did while Tails and Amy were at the garage and it also sets up a few things I need in the next few chapters)
Chapter 9: Sonic and Knuckles' Day
Sonic's Day
The City
People were going about their daily routines in the bustling, high tech, race city
It was a mid-after noon and the city was alive with life
People doing daily shopping, tourists that frequented the city often during the IG-1 were buying souvenirs and taking pictures every three seconds, and business men went off to work to make lots of money for their bosses who did little work
All of them traveled on the elevated skyway paths that were spread all over the city due to the fact the ground was already built on
They all went about their usual routines until the familiar chaos of the city was broken (along with the sound barrier) by a blue blur traveling at impossible speeds
Everyone on the elevated skyway paths looked up to see a bright blue blur come streaking across the sky above them
It seemed to jump from skyscraper to skyscraper as it streaked across the sky at unimaginable speeds
It would jump onto the side of the skyscraper and ride along the side of it for a few seconds before it would jump to another and repeat
After a few hops along skyscrapers it dropped down to one of the skyway paths and raced along it
The people on the path couldn't see anything besides a quick glimpse of blue followed by a powerful wind
Anyone who hadn't seen it approach would've thought blue lightning struck the path
They all screamed as the blur rushed past them to some unknown destination
It followed the path until it reached one of the huge towers the surrounded the IG track
They were massive structures that were taller than any other buildings for miles around
The blur jumped off the path just as it reached the tower
It then began to run right up the tower's side
People on the ground watched as it ascended the tower with blazing speed in awe and amazement
They watched as it disappeared from sight as it got onto the tower roof
The blur raced across the tower roof and stopped on a dime at the opposite edge
For a second the dust cloud it had kicked up covered the blur
When the dust cloud cleared Sonic the Hedgehog was standing on top of the tower over looking the IG-1 racetrack and the rest of the city
His blue quills gently swayed a little in the wind as he brushed off his blue jacket and raised his emerald green sunglasses off his face
Sonic then began stretching his legs like a runner
"Well that was a good warm up" said Sonic casually as he stretched
He had just covered about a third of the huge city in just a few hours as a warm up
When Sonic was done he stepped right up to the edge and looked over the city and the race track
"(Whistle) Sweet! I still got plenty to go" said Sonic happy to have somewhere new to run
This was paradise to him
No Amy to avoid, no Shadow to race (even though he loved to), no Amy, no stupid, evil Eggman plans to stop, no Amy, a HUGE racetrack for him to run on, no Amy, the entire city was obsessed with racing like he was, no Amy, lots of new places for him to joyrun, no Amy, no bad guys to stop, no Amy, he could just relax and run all day here, and no Amy
Sonic let out a content sigh and felt the gentle breeze flow across his face
Everything was calm for a few seconds as he just stood still and enjoyed the moment which he rarely did
"Enough of this let's get going!" said Sonic eagerly as he got ready to run
Sonic looked down at the track below him with anticipation
He set a challenge for himself; he wanted to see if he could reach the IG-1 stadium in under a minute
Sonic let out an eager smile in anticipation
He then tore off at high speed straight down the side of the tower towards the IG-1 track
IG-1 Track Stadium
Within 40 seconds Sonic had reached the stadium easily
He had hopped from rooftop to rooftop on the lower buildings until he reached the stadium
He did a HUGE leap from the rooftop he was on and got airborne
He flew through the air for a few seconds that seemed like an hour to him before he gracefully landed on the roof of the stadium
He landed on one of the circles that hung out over the stadium seats that provided shade for the spectator seats below
Each circle had a letter that spelled out IGPX
He had landed on the edge of the one that had a P on it
Sonic walked over to the edge to look down at the race track
"(Whistle) Now that's what I'm talking about!" said Sonic happily looking at the tempting racetrack pavement below
The prime pavement was calling his name and he planed to answer with a few laps around the track at speeds the racetrack had never seen before
Sonic looked at the seats on the opposite side of the racetrack and saw no one was there
The stadium was always empty on days when no one was racing or practicing since it was off limits to civilians so that no one could somehow tamper with the track or its systems
Sonic got a mischievous smile on his face
Tails and Knuckles had told him to stay away from the racetrack because it was monitored too heavily
"What's the harm if no one's here?" asked Sonic innocently as he crept over to the side of the stadium roof
He got into a runners stance with a happy smirk on his blue face and was about to tear down the track at blinding speeds
The second he lifted his light dash show off the roof he heard a sound below him
"Come on Takashi" said a female voice teasingly
Sonic tripped and fell on his face from the shock
"Don't worry about me, watch your own back" came a male voice
Sonic got up and wiped himself off
"I guess someone is here" he said as he wiped his jacket off
He then went over to the edge of the roof; he grabbed onto the side of the roof and hung down a little to see the seats below him
He saw in two of the seats a teenage Japanese looking boy with messy brown hair and a girl around the same age with short blond hair
Both were playing Watch World on portable games
Sonic recognized them as Takashi and Fantine from the news he had seen on the IG-1 and pictures Amy had shown he, Tails, and Knuckles
"Not bad Takashi" said Fantine as Takashi's little dog-like character beat two monsters with his fists
"Come on this is the easy part" said Takashi confidently
Suddenly Takashi was caught off guard by a fire attack and lost a life
"The easy part huh?" teased Fantine
"I'm only warming up" said Takashi
"Well I'm already hot" said Fantine confidently as her character beat six spider-like monsters with punches and kicks
"Just you wait" said Takashi unleashing furious attack with his character
"I'm going to be here for a while then" said Fantine as she beat six more monsters with ease
Takashi just gave a frustrated groan as he did on powerful combo after another but was still outmatched by Fantine's small pink character with a round head and big bow on top
"It's that Takashi kid that Amy told us about" said Sonic quietly watching them play
"Too bad I can't talk to him, I wanted to ask about the IG-1" said Sonic knowing that if he was seen Tails and Knuckles would give him hell for it…well Knuckles would
"Wait, what if I can talk to him without him seeing me?" said Sonic with a clever smirk on his face looking at the Watch World games
Sonic pulled himself up onto the roof and sat down
Sonic pulled out his Watch World system he had gotten when he and Tails were out earlier
He turned it on and looked at his character on the small screen
With Tails' help he had managed to get the thing set up and his character programmed
Sonic's character looked exactly like him except it looked more like a cartoon, it's shoes were all wrong, and it had no clothes on(Think first Sonic games and you'll know what I mean)
Sonic logged into the game's online mode and entered the game
Watch World
(Must…resist urge…to do…Matrix…jokes)
Takashi's little dog and Fantine's pink creature were in some sort of mystical castle setting
They were in a castle hallway surrounded by tons of purple spider-like monsters
"Well this looks good" said Takashi sarcastically looking around at the monsters that formed a circle around the two, small, cartoon-like, digital creatures
"Getting scared already?" teased Fantine
"Not even close" said Takashi determinedly
Both of them then leapt out at the monsters and began attacking
Takashi did a furious punch combo of several of the monsters destroying them in seconds
Fantine dodged several attacks from the monsters and quickly countered with a few fast kicks and punches
Takashi unleashed some kind of thunder spell destroying six monsters while Fantine did a spell of her own on three more of them
They then both did a powerful punch, kick combo on a small group of ten wiping them out easily
The battle went on for well over two minutes
Takashi and Fantine kept beating them down and the monsters kept on coming through several doors and windows
But it seemed no matter how many they destroyed the just kept coming in waves and waves
"How many of them are there!" asked Takashi frustrated as he blasted more with his punches
"Maybe if you ask them they'll do a headcount" joked Fantine still fighting hard
Takashi was so busy fighting some monsters he didn't see one approach from behind
"Look out Takashi!" warned Fantine
Takashi turned around to see a giant purple spider coming down right on him
He didn't have time to move
He was about to be hit when, out of nowhere, a blue spinning ball hit the monster hard and destroyed it
Takashi watched as it unfurled mid-air and landed in front of him
The ball unfurled into another player that looked just like the creature he had seen the day of the race
"Need some help?" it asked calmly
"Well…" Takashi was about to answer but he was cut off by the sound of a charging monster roaring
The other player quickly curled up into a ball again and spun for a few seconds before shooting off like a bullet right at the monster
He hit the monster head on destroying it easily
After the impact the ball bounced back to Takashi
Whoever the other player was he unfurled mid-air, did a back flip, landed right near Takashi and Fantine, and quickly got into a fighting stance facing the monsters
"Not bad" said Fantine impressed
"This is nothing! Are you two ready?" the mystery player asked eagerly
"You bet!" said Takashi
"Of course" said Fantine smoothly
"Time for a little 3-on-300" the mystery player said jokingly
All of them then charged into battle
Takashi, the mystery player, and Fantine battled the monsters in a fierce battle
Takashi began unleashing more combos on the purple spider monsters, Fantine unleashed powerful spells destroying many of them easily, the mystery player began doing the ball attack wiping out huge numbers of the monsters in seconds
Takashi dodged a attack from a monster and quickly countered with punch to the face
A second monster approached from his side but was met with a flying kick from the blue player
"Nice one" said Takashi impressed kicking a monster several times
"Not bad yourself" said the blue played before doing a summersault kick into another monster
Two monsters approached them from opposite sides
Takashi and the blue player jumped at each other, grabbed the other one's hand, spun around mid-air, and gave the monster on the other side a powerful kick to the face
Takashi then began beating a monster mercilessly with punches while Fantine covered his back
"Time to end this" said the blue mystery player
He then curled into a ball and began spinning rapidly while energy swirled around him
"LIGHT ATTACK!" he called out
The ball took off at high speeds and began wiping out all the monsters at such a fast speed Takashi and Fantine couldn't keep track
The ball flew along the ground wildly striking monsters
When it was done destroying all the monsters it flew into the air and the mystery player unfurled and landed on his feet gracefully
Takashi and Fantine looked around at the now empty hallway impressed
"Whoa" said Fantine looking around at the destruction that attack had caused
"Nice! Your speed stat must be really high!" said Takashi at the mystery player
"It was nothing" he replied calmly
"Who are you?" asked Fantine
"You can call me Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog!" said Sonic proudly
"I'm Takashi" said Takashi introducing himself
"I'm Fantine" said Fantine politely
"You mean the racers?" asked Sonic already knowing the answer
"Yeah" answered Takashi knowing he should have expected that reaction due to his fame
"Cool, I'm a bit of a racer myself" said Sonic coolly
"Really? Are IG-3 or something? Since I've never heard of someone by the name of Sonic in the IG-1 or IG-2" asked Fantine
"I'm not in the IG tournaments, I just like to go fast" answered Sonic
"Oh" said Fantine
"Nice character, you based it off the creature that appeared at the race awhile back right?" asked Takashi thinking that's were Sonic got his design from since the creature had been all over the news
"Yeah…right from the race" lied Sonic barely holding back a chuckle
"It's not quiet right though the shoes are suppose to be different and he looked taller" said Takashi remembering the blue creature clearly
"I'll have to work on that" said Sonic nearly busting out laughing
"That was an amazing move" said Fantine commenting on Sonic's light attack
"Yours weren't half bad either" said Sonic
"You play often?" asked Takashi
"Nope, this is my first time" said Sonic
"Really! This is your first time on Watch World?" asked Takashi in disbelief
"Yeah but I fight all the time so it comes natural to me" said Sonic
"You fight? Do you mean you know judo or use a sword or something?" asked Takashi curious
In fact Sonic did know a little about swordplay
Shadow had taught him some moves with his samurai blade since he thought Sonic should be able to use a weapon even if he wouldn't touch a gun
"Well I mostly do hand to hand but I know a little about swordplay" said Sonic
"Takashi knows a lot about swordplay" said Fantine
"Well I'm not a master but I'm pretty good" said Takashi modestly
"So where are you from?" asked Fantine "Are you from around here?"
"I'm from Mystic Ruins on the Emerald Coast" answered Sonic
"Where is that?" asked Fantine having never heard about the Emerald Coast
"Oh it's far, far away. Me and my friends just got into town and have been staying with a friend" said Sonic
"Your pretty good for being so new at the game" said Takashi
"Well when it comes to moving fast and fighting I learn fast" said Sonic
"I know what you mean" said Takashi being a natural at racing in the IG-1 he had learned how to use a mech fast
Suddenly Takashi's alarm went off
He looked at his watching the real world and saw the time
"I gotta go" he said to Fantine and Sonic in the videogame
"I should be going to" said Fantine
"It was nice meeting you, I hope we meet again" said Takashi's character shaking Sonic's hand
"How about we chat later?" suggested Sonic
"Sure, bye" said Takashi signing out
Fantine soon followed
IG Stadium
In the real world Sonic logged out and turned off the game
He put it in his pocket and went back over to the edge of the roof
The blue hedgehog leaned over the side again to look down below
He saw Takashi and Fantine exchange goodbyes and leave the stadium
Watching them he couldn't help but remember the few good times he and Amy had together back home
He honestly thought Amy wasn't that bad it was just the fact she was…"forceful"
Sonic climbed back onto the roof and stood up
"Well it looks like I made a new friend" Sonic joked
"I get the feeling that things are going to get more interesting around here" said Sonic before got into a runner's stance again
He looked out at the city that was now turning orange as sunset approached
"It's getting late, I don't have a lot of time to get home" said Sonic
"That means I have more than enough time to do a lap around the city" he said with a grin
He then tore off at high speeds off the roof, onto the ground, and into the sunset
Knuckles' Day
Canyons outside the City
It was mid afternoon in the desert outside of the city (If I remember correctly the city is surrounded by desert)
The hot sands were wavy from the heat and the air was dryer than one would think possible
All forms of life were in the few shady areas or underground to avoid the blistering heat
The only wind was a hot desert breeze that flowed over the land
A certain red echidna was busy riding that breeze as he glided over the desert below
Knuckles was gliding high over the desert only stopping periodically when he had to land because he was too low
He was wearing his red jacket, flame pattern jeans, his hammer gloves, his shovel claw, the air necklace, and his blue treasure hunter sunglasses
The jacket was a bit warm in the heat but he was hardly fazed by it
He hardly minded the heat since he was used to using fire attack and a hot series of canyons where near Angel Island that he explored often
He was gliding and enjoying the fresh air that was nonexistent in the city
He hated too much time in the city, he preferred the wilds where he could go where he wanted and do mostly what he wanted to do
"Now this is more like it" said Knuckles happily as he glided over some sand dunes
Suddenly the desert landscape blow turned to a series of brown canyons that cut deep holes into the landscape
Knuckles flew over them for a while until he heard a beeping sound
"What the?" asked Knuckles looking around while gliding
After checking below and to the sides he looked up and found it was the treasure hunter glasses he was wearing on his head that was making the sound
Knuckles stopped gliding and dropped about 100ft onto a canyon cliff below him
He landed heavily on the brown and orange rock cracking the area beneath his shoes
"What's up?" asked Knuckles putting his treasure hunter sunglasses on
Through the glasses everything looked blue and a minimap appeared in the corner of the lens showing the surrounding area
Knuckles began cycling through the different vision modes to see what sensor had went off
He turned them to thermal mode
The entire canyon he was looking at lit up with a blue glow to show how hot it was
He saw nothing unusual there so he switched to electro mode that showed where electricity was
He used it mostly to find Eggman's robots and other machines
The lens turned green and so did everything Knuckles was looking at
He looked over the canyon and found nothing
He then decided to turn it to treasure mode
It was the mode he used to detect Emerald pieces and other valuable things
The lens turned back to blue
This time the glasses showed a few glowing white objects beneath the canyon walls
An alert screen said it was Carbon
"Carbon? Wait…that means!..." Knuckles didn't even finish his sentence
He quickly jumped off the cliff and glided over to one of the glowing white objects
When he arrived he landed near it and took off his glasses so he could see everything normally
He walked over to where the glasses said something was buried and began digging with his shovel claw into the rock
After a second he found what it was that was buried
He lifted a small diamond out of the hole
Knuckles lifted it up to his face to insect it
It was uncut but of high grade and it was fairly large
It would be worth quite a lot
Knuckles then put his glasses back on and looked around
The entire canyon was covered with glowing white dots that indicated diamonds where buried there
"This entire canyon must be full of diamonds!" said Knuckles looking around at all of them
He pocketed the diamond he had in his hand and cracked his huge knuckles
"Time for some good old treasure hunting" said Knuckles in anticipation with a huge grin on his face
Knuckles spent most of the afternoon gathering the diamonds from the canyon
He would climb up the canyon's walls and dig into the rock until he found another diamond then head off to the next one
By the time the sun was setting his pockets were full of them
Knuckles climbed to the top of a small plateau and rested under the orange sky
"Man would Rouge be jealous if she knew I found a huge deposit of diamonds all by myself" said Knuckles thinking of her possible reactions
Knuckles took a diamond out and looked at it
"I wonder where they all came from?" he asked looking at it
He hadn't even gotten through the entire canyon yet and he had found a massive amount of them
Suddenly his glasses began beeping again
"Again?" asked Knuckles putting them on
He looked around and saw that the glasses showed a huge deposit of something beneath him at the base of the small plateau
"Let's see what it is this time" said Knuckles getting up and walking to the edge
He dove off the plateau and did a drillclaw into the ground
The extra height had given his drillclaw a lot of power and he dug deep into the ground
Treasure Trove
After about a solid minute of digging Knuckles broke through the roof of a huge cavern
He landed heavily on the rocky cavern floor
"Where am I?" he asked standing up
It was pitch black in the cavern so he couldn't see anything
He took out a flashlight Tails had given him as a present and turned it on
"O my……." said Knuckles in disbelief at what he saw before him
The entire cavern was covered in jewels
Diamonds, Sapphires, Rubies, Emeralds, and many other valuable jewels lined the cavern walls
The jewels are sparkled in the light from the flashlight so the cavern looked like it was covered in multi colored stars
Knuckles put on his glasses again and scanned the area with his x-ray mode
There were veins of the jewels buried all over the area, what he had found on the surface was only the tip of the iceberg
He had found the ultimate treasure hunter stash
Knuckles was speechless for a minute
He then broke out into a celebratory dance and began yelling "YES! YES! YES! YES!" happily
After a minute he collapsed on the floor breathless with a huge smile on his face
"If only Rouge was he to see this" he said while resting and looking at the galaxy of jewels all around him
"Ah well more for me" he said getting up
"Wait till Sonic and the others get a look at this" said Knuckles with a smile looking at the roof that looked like the night sky with various color stars
Amy's House
Back at Amy's house Tails and Amy walked into the living room
Sonic was on the couch playing Watch World and Knuckles was nowhere to be seen
"Hi Amy" said Sonic calmly still looking at his game as Amy and Tails walked into the room
"How was your run?" asked Tails
"Ah good, I kina miss all the open spaces of the Emerald coast though" said Sonic
"Where's Knuckles?" asked Amy looking around the room with Luca in her arms
"He's not back yet, he's way too slow" said Sonic
"Oh" said Amy
'Slow to Sonic maybe' said Luca
"So how was the garage? You find anything to help you fix the Tornado Three get us back home?" asked Sonic to Tails
"Oh man I forgot!" said Tails haven forgotten that was the whole reason he went to the garage
"You can probably go back soon Tails, we still haven't figured out just what we are going to do about the race so we'll probably meet for strategy meetings soon" said Amy reassuringly
Tails let out a sigh of relief
"So Sonic, you seem to like that game a lot" said Amy as Sonic played Watch World
"Yeah, I even met a new friend on it" said Sonic
"Really, aren't you suppose to hide?" asked Amy
"Yeah but on this they never see the real me so it's alright" said Sonic
"Ok, good" said Amy with a tone of relief
Tails and Amy then sat on the couch and relaxed
"This world isn't so bad" said Tails
"Yeah, I'm liking it so far" said Sonic still playing
"I hope guys stay for a while" said Amy
'Yeah it's a lot more fun to live with someone besides Amy, no offense' said Luca even though only Amy could hear him
"We have to get home eventually" said Tails
"Oh" said Amy disappointedly
"But we might be here for a while" said Tails trying to cheer her up
Amy gave Tails a happy smile
"I just want to get some racing done" said Sonic
"Too bad we can't enter the IG-1" said Tails
"Well you can help us win" said Amy
"How?" asked Tails curiously
"Well you already helped with the playbook, maybe you can help with the mechs since you're an inventor" suggested Amy
"Yeah he can probably do something with the mechs, can't you Tails?" said Sonic
"Well…" said Tails thinking "I have been coming up with some ideas since I saw those mechs for the first time. The only problem is how am I going to work on them? I can't just sneak in and start messing with them. The mechanic will notice if he comes in and finds them improved for no reason"
"Oh yeah" said Amy disappointedly
"But we can still train her" said Sonic
"What?" asked Amy and Tails
"We can show her how to fight, we can help teach her to be a better fighter" said Sonic
"Yeah I can help show her how to do those moves I did in the training pod, I can also help her figure out how to do that team blast I made for her team. Would you like that Amy?" said Tails happily
Amy thought about it a second
Amy remembered how Tails had decimated the training team
'Could I really learn how to do that?' she wondered
'At least they're not as weird as Andrei' joked Luca dryly
"Ok" said Amy happily
"We can start tomorrow" said Tail
Suddenly the door opened and Knuckles came into the room
All three of them turned to see the red echidna come into the room with a bag slung on his shoulder
"Hey Knuckles what's in the bag" asked Sonic
"I was out in the desert today and I found a nice surprise under a canyon" said Knuckles with a smirk
"What surprise?" asked Tails confused
Knuckles walked over to the coffee table in front of the couch and dumped the contents of the bag on it
Amy and Tails watched in amazement as a pile of jewels was dumped on the table
"WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THESE?" asked Amy in shock
"I found a huge deposit of valuable gems underneath a canyon, no one must've dug there yet so no one knows it's there" said Knuckles as Tails looked over the raw, uncut jewels
"You mean you just found a huge fortune in jewels by chance?" asked Amy
'And I thought Takashi had a lot of luck' said Luca
"What do you expect from a treasure hunter as good as me" bragged Knuckles
"Not bad Knuckles" said Sonic half impressed
"So now we're rich?" asked Tails
"I guess" said Sonic
'We should charge them rent' said Luca
"The only problem is that we can't spend it since it's in diamonds and we can't just walk down to the local jewelers with a bag full of them and sell them" said Knuckles
"I know what we can do" said Tails
"What?' asked Sonic
"Well we could sell them online to different jewelers and at a very slow rate so that we don't draw suspicion, I can set up a dummy account in a local bank to keep the money that will keep anyone from tracing it to us or Amy" said Tails
"Sweet no we don't have to worry about money" said Sonic
Tails looked at the jewels and got an idea
"I know how I can get at the mechs" said Tails slyly
"How?" asked Sonic
"Just leave it to me" said Tails happily
He then flew out the door and to some unknown location
"Think he knows how?" asked Amy concerned to Sonic and Knuckles
"Well considering he's a fox with an IQ of 400 odds are he's got something clever planed" said Sonic
"It's getting late we should go to bed" said Knuckles looking out at the dark sky through the window
"Ok tomorrow we start training Amy" said Sonic
"Goodnight" said Knuckles jumping onto the couch
He fell asleep using some of the jewels he had found as a teddy bear
"Goodnight Amy" said Sonic before jumping onto the back of the couch and falling asleep
Amy went off to her room to go to bed
'What do you think they have planned?' asked Luca as Amy headed down the hall to her room
"I don't know" said Amy
'I just hope you're ready for it' said Luca
"I hope so too" said Amy as she walked into her room
End Chapter
(As I said not best work but what's coming us should be a lot better. The next update won't be for a while since I have a lot of work to do so don't be surprised if the next chapter doesn't show up till July)
Next Chapter:
Chapter 10: Training
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles begin training Amy so that she will become a better fighter but will Amy be able to live up to the expectations of these Sonic heroes?
