Chapter 4 – The Reunion

(A small island in the North Atlantic Ocean, 6:30pm)

As Sonic, Tails, Cream and Ashley talked; a small video camera robot that was flying in the air. It has been recording the entire event that happens here tonight. It was now sending a small signal to a familiar aircraft, not far from here.

Inside the aircraft, was sitting in his seat, watching them on the big screen. It turns out his aircraft have crashed landed on a deserted island in the North Atlantic Ocean, not far from here when they were transported here thanks to Chaos Control. He continued to look at the screen while his two robot henchmen were busy fixing up the main computer of the aircraft. Next to the robots was the destroyed container that used to hold all of the seven Chaos Emeralds but now, they are all gone. Except for one Red Chaos Emerald that was left behind and now it is in the doctor's possession.

"So, we were transported here by Chaos Control. Not just us but that pesky hedgehog and his comrades too" he said as he continued to look at the screen while his robots continued to repair the computer. He then turned away from the screen and pulls a big smile across his face.

"Well then, I will create my Eggman Empire here and create an even powerful weapon that will get rid of that blue bozo once and for all! Very soon, the world will kneel before me as their new grand ruler of the new Eggman Empire!" he said as he laughed like a manic.

He then stops laughing and looks at the screen. "But first, Decoe, Bocoe! We need to get this ship up and running on the double!" he ordered to his henchmen. "Right away, Doctor!" they said as they continue to fix the main computer while continued to look at the screen with a huge grin across his face.

(Back in New York, at the same time…)

"So, you guys came from another world?" asked Ashley.

"That's right" Sonic answered "I think we were transported here by Chaos Control thanks to the power of the Chaos Emeralds."

"And what does the Chaos Emeralds look like?" asked Ashley again.

Tails steps forward a little towards her. "Well, It's a gem about this big and it's glows" he answered while making a circle with his hands to estimate how big the Chaos Emerald is to Ashley. Ashley then reaches for her pocket and pulled out a green Chaos Emerald. "Is this what you're talking about?" she said as she showed to them.

"A CHAOS EMERALD!" Sonic yelled as Ashley gives the Chaos Emerald to him.

"Where did you find it?" asked Cream.

That's when Ashley was stuck. She didn't want to tell them how she found it. But she will have the time to tell them, sooner or later.

"I…found it here when I was taking a peaceful stroll under the full moon." She lied, hoping to tell them when the time is right to be confided enough Sonic then looked up to the sky and sees the moon in a crescent shape.

"Not exactly a full moon to me" Sonic said. Ashley just glares at him.

"It was just an expression" she said. "But anyway, I never had seen a gem like that glows before." She points to the emerald in Sonic's hand.

"Maybe not in this world but from the world we live in, pretty much all of us knows about" Tails explained to her.

"Ok, speaking of, do you guys have any idea where your other friends are?" asked Ashley.

Before they could answer that, they were interrupted by the sound of distant siren. "Oh boy. I think we should get outta here" said Ashley as she said to the guys. The last thing on her mind was to become the suspects of what happen here tonight. "You guys can hide out at my place. But we have to hurry before the cops get here."

"No worries. We'll take the Tornado and fly us there. It would only take a second to get us into the air" Tails suggested as he, Sonic, Cream, Cheese and Ashley run to the plane. Tails then jumps into the plane and starts her up. "Come on, Ashley. You can sit behind me" he said as he points behind him.

Ashley then grabs hold of the handle and lifts herself into the passages seat. She finds herself pretty roomie in her seat. Tails then looks down and see Cream with an unsure look on her face. "Oh great. Where's Cream and Cheese going to sit?"

"They can sit in my lap. I don't mind" Ashley then motion Cream to jump on. Cream flies up and sits in Ashley's lap as she adjust her seat to make it comfortable for the both of them while Sonic sits on the wing of the plane.

Tails flicks on a few buttons before the plane starts moving. "So, Ashley, have you ever flown before?" Tails asked to Ashley "Yeah, I have couple of times on a big airplane during my brother's business trips but never in one of these before" answered Ashley.

The plane begins to move forward, across the park. Then at the right moment, Tails pulls the handle back towards him and plane begins to lift off the ground as Sonic hold on to the wing off the plane. Ashley then looked back and saw the police cars arrived at the scene.

"Hey Ashley, where do you live exactly?" asked Tails as he flies the plane.

"I live in an apartment with my brother. It's pretty close to park but there is a roof where you can land your plane" she said as she looks around to see if Tails is going the right way. "It's this way" she said as she points a bit to the right. Tails see the direction that she's pointing to. He then moves the handle to the right which causes the plane to go to the right.

A few minutes later, Ashley saw her apartment only a few blocks in the air. "There it is!" she said to Tails as she pointed to the building. The building was not that big, compared to the other building in the city. Even though the building is big, the roof was another story.

"Aw man. The roof is too small for the Tornado to do a landing. If we do, we might end up going over the edge"

"Don't you worry, Ash. We're going land in another way" Tails replied Tails then pushed a button on the control panel. Sonic then hops off the wing and onto the roof as the bi-plane suddenly began changing shape. It sprouted a lock-on Laser Blaster from behind the seat. Its wings shifted into walker legs that had the ability to hover with its Boosters. The bi-plane still retained its Bazooka Cannon at the front.

The Tornado has transformed into the Cyclone. Ashley looks at this with awe as carefully landed the Cyclone on the roof. Cream and Cheese flies out of Ashley's lap and lands on the roof.

"Wow, Tails! I never knew your plane could do that!"

"It could do a lot more than transform into the Cyclone. There is also the Jet Set Mode as well" replied Sonic.

Ashley now has her jaw dropped. "There's a Jet Set Mode?"

A couple of minutes later, Ashley opened the door that has the stairs that leads to the top floor of the building, the same floor where Ashley's apartment is. Ashley, Sonic, Tails, Cream and Cheese have to sneak their way to Ashley's apartment while trying so hard not to get caught. They got to Apartment room no: 23, Ashley opened the door to let Sonic, Tails, Cream, Cheese and herself in. As she closed the door behind her, she let out a sigh of relief.

As Sonic, Tails, Cream and Cheese were looking around the place, Ashley noticed their stunned look at her apartment.

Sonic whistles at the sight while Tails and Cream and Cheese gasp. "Nice pad you got here" Sonic said as he looks around and ends up sitting on the couch which it was very comfortable since its double-stuffed. "Man, I could sleep on this couch all day" he said as he prepared his resting state with his hands behind his head, one of his leg over the other and both his eyes closed.

"Thank god, its pet protected" Ashley muttered under her breath.

"What was that?" Sonic asked with one of his eyes open.

"Oh, nothing" Ashley quickly said as she puts her bag down on the dining table and takes her jacket off and puts it down, as Tails and Cream sat down on the couch. Ashley brought her beanbag from the corner near the fireplace. "So, now , maybe you guys can tell me a little bit about yourself and where you guys come from" she said as she leaned a bit back in her beanbag to get comfortable.

"Well, where do we start?" said Sonic as he, Tails and Cream began to tell their story.

(Somewhere in New York City, 6:40pm)

Meanwhile, outside only a few blocks away, a pink hedgehog was holding a hammer in her hand and a red echidna were walking along the alleyways, trying to avoid getting caught and looking for their friends out the same time. When they got to the end of the alleyway, the red echidna looked around the corner to see if anyone is coming. Luckily for them, there was no sign of anybody.

"Ok, all cleared" he motion to the pink hedgehog who was right behind "I hope Sonic is alright. I just hope he doesn't run into too much trouble" she said to her red friends who were standing right next to her. Ever since she met Sonic, she was madly in love with him and considers herself as his girlfriend although he doesn't return his feelings to her but consider her as a close friend. But even though Sonic doesn't like her 'like that', Amy still proves to be a valuable teammate to him.

"Yeah, that would probably be the first thing he gets himself into." Said Knuckles as he continues to look around.

Amy simply rolled her eyes at his remark. Other than that, she was getting tired from walking for hours. Even since she was rescue by Sonic, she, Cream and Cheese went with Tails to help Knuckles fight the robots. But when a big light swallow them up, the girl hedgehog ends up in a different park on the other side of the city with the red fist fighter.

"Knuckles, can't we take a break? We've walking for hours and there are no signs of Sonic, Tails or Cream and Cheese anywhere! They are probably back on our world and we are the only ones here" she whined as Knuckles his rolled eyes. They kept on walking down the pathway, trying to avoid anyone until they saw another alleyway which it is across the road.

"Look, you can take a break if you want but I'm not stopping, ok?" Knuckles said as he run across the road. But when he got halfway, Knuckles didn't have time to react when he made contact with a car that came screeching to a halt screeched to a halt. Amy was scared out of her wits as she jumped back a little. She then ran over to Knuckles and helped him

One of the car doors opened, revealing a tall, black hair girl who wearing a purple hoodie with a black beanie, blue jeans and white sneakers. "Oh my gosh! Dan, I think you hit a dog!"

The girl walked in front of the car to get a better look. "…or not."

She was stunned to see a pink hedgehog and a red echidna on the ground. She was still staring at them that she didn't noticed her friend coming out of the car and saw them too. He was a bit taller than the girl next to him. He had brown short hair, wearing a dark brown jacket with dark blue demine jeans and white sneakers. He was also surprised.

"Whoa. What are they?" he said to his friend. The girl just shakes her head and mouth "I don't know" to her friend and looks back at Amy who was helping up Knuckles stand up. He still has his hand to his head where the bumper of the car hit him.

"Hey. Are you guys alright?" the girl asked.

"NO! I AM NOT ALRIGHT!" Knuckles barked at them which cause them to be a bit scared of him. "First, I get separate from the Master Emerald, then I'm transported to this place and NOW, I got a bump on my noggin!" Knuckles rubs the 'bump' on his head.

"Sorry about my friend here. He, uh, hit his head before we got here." Knuckles glares at her. "So, who are you guys?"

"My name is Jess" she said. "And this is my friend, Daniel" she pointed the boy next to her who waved at them. Amy waved back to them while Knuckles just nods at them.

"I'm Amy Rose" the girl hedgehog said. Then she motion to Knuckles. "And Mister Sunshine here is Knuckles." Knuckles then glares at her, again. But he shakes it off instead and turned his attention to Jess and Daniel.

"So, where are we exactly? This doesn't look like Mobius to me" he asked them.

"Well, you're in New York City of America and what the heck is Mobius?" replied Jess.

"It's our home planet. We were there until we ended up here by a bright light" added Knuckles to make more sense.

Then Amy thought of something. "Hey Knuckles, I bet Sonic been through here. Maybe we should ask him once we find him" Amy said to Knuckles.

"Wait, who or what is a "Sonic"?" asked Daniel.

"Oh, he's a hero from where we come from" answered Amy. "And I'm his girlfriend"

"In your dreams" Knuckles mumbled. Knuckles then yelps when Amy's hand made contact at the back of his head. Now, he has two bumps on his head.

"Anyhow, do you guys know a place where we can stay? We've been walking for hours now and we're getting pretty tired" asked Amy.

Jess thought for a second there and turned to Daniel who has the same look on his face. Then they both smiled. "I think I know you guys can stay for now" she replied.

(Meanwhile at Ashley's apartment, 6:51pm)

"…and then the machine begins to react because of the seven Chaos Emeralds, causes Chaos Control and teleported us here." Sonic said as he, Tails and Cream have just finished explaining to Ashley how he and his friends ended up in her world. They also told her about their recent adventure, the enemies that they faced and the friends that they made along the way. Ashley was pretty amazed of the accomplishments they have done. Their life is pretty much different from hers.

"Wow! It looks like you guys through a lot." Ashley said who was now holding Cheese in her lap. "But what about your other friends, Knuckles and Amy? Do you think they might be here too?"

Tails thought for a moment. "Maybe they are but they could be anywhere or who knows what might happen to them" he said while thinking about the worst possible situations that Knuckles and Amy might end up in if they have been caught or found.

"Well, if they are here, do you think that this Eggman person might be here too?" she asked.

The animals looked at each other and Sonic nodded at his two friends. It would be possible that Eggman is here as well since he and Sonic were the first one to see the bright light before they were teleported.

"Well, it's more likely that he is here. The robots who attack you are definitely his." Sonic said.

"I see…" Ashley looks deep in thought as she looks at the green Chaos Emerald that was placed on her coffee table. If these guys and the Chaos Emeralds were from another world, then her nightmares and her vision might have some connection to the emeralds and Sonic and the others. Maybe, it was time to tell them about it.

"Hey, guys. About the Chaos Emerald that I found in park? I didn't found it during my walk?"

"What do you mean, Miss Ashley?" Cream asked

"Well, um, I found it because I had a vis—"

'cause you're dancing with a star
Promise I could take you higher
'cause you're dancing with a star
We're gon' set this night on fire

She was then interrupted by Ashley's cell phone on the coffee table. She lifted herself from her beanbag as Cheese flies off her lap. Ashley took her phone and went into the kitchen for some privacy.

"Hello?"

"Good evening, madam. I am pleased to announce that you are in the draw to win 1 million dollar for you and your charming best friend, Daniel Holt!"

Ashley couldn't help but smile because she only knows one person who would come up with a call

"Very funny, Dan." But her smile vanished when she just realised something. "DAN! W-w-where are you guys right now?" Ashley was now frantic. She has forgotten all about her friends, Jess and Daniel coming over for a sleepover because of what happened tonight.

"Listen. We were on your way to your place when we run into some… kids who are lost, I think. And now, they are looking for their friends. Would it be ok if they come over for the night?"

"Oh, gee, Dan. I don't think this is the best time right now for me" she replied.

"WHAT? Just an hour ago, you said you were cool with it. What change your mind?"

And how was Ashley going to explain about this. She knew they were going to find out, sooner or later.

"I… ran into something like," She then looked back to Sonic and the others on the couch. "Something you guys need to see for yourself."

"Like what?"

Ashley then walks out of the kitchen and finds herself a few steps from the front door. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain. But you didn't answer my first question: Where are you guys right now?"

Then, all of a sudden, the front fling open which causes Ashley turn around in a spilt second.

"We're walking through your front door…oh!" It was too late. Daniel has already come through the door with Jessica in tow and their 'guests' behind them. Daniel was still on his phone with Jess next to him with their Chinese dinner. She looked behind them to see a pink hedgehog holding a hammer and a red echidna that just shut the front door with his right and using his left hand to rub the sore on his head from his recent accident.

"Wow. You definitely ran into something" exclaimed a shocked Daniel when he saw Sonic, Tails, Cream and Cheese in the living room.

Ashley points to the animals behind them. "Who are these guys?"

"Who are THOSE guys?" Jessica asked as she point to Sonic, Tails, Cream and Cheese behind them. Ashley looked at them and back to her friends.

"I… found them during a moonlight stroll!" Ashley answered as Jessica and Daniel looked at their friend, funny.

Sonic rolled his eyes and sits up from his seat. "Again with moonlight stroll? Seriously, Ash! It's not even a full moo—"

He didn't have time to react when the pink hedgehog who came forward and saw her blue beau in plain sight.

"SONIC!" she cried as she accidentally pushed Ashley out of her way which almost knocks herself out and run to her blur hero.

"Oh, no! No! No! No! Amy, Amy, wait!" But it was too late for Sonic when Amy gave him one of her usual bear hugs. Jessica helped Ashley off the floor that was a bit dizzy from Amy's strength.

"OH MY GOSH! I was SO worried about you, Sonic! I thought I never would see you again!" Amy wailed as she continues to hug him.

"Oh man! Does she have the strength of the Hulk or what?" she asked her best friend.

"Well, she does carry that big hammer around." Daniel said. Now, Ashley looks really surprised and looks at Amy who was still hugging Sonic as he tries to push her gently with no help from his friends.

"Ok. First, the Hulk and NOW Thor." Ashley as she went over to the animals. Ashley then noticed that Sonic's face going all blue. But not in a good way.

"Um, hey, uh, Pinky." Amy didn't bother to look at Ashley as she continues to hug Sonic. "I think you stop hugging him. Looks like you're suffocating him!" Amy quickly let him go to give him air.

"Take it easy, Amy. I think I'm all hugged out for one day!" Sonic barley said as he taking deep breaths from almost getting crushing

"Sorry, Sonic. I couldn't help myself." Amy apologise to Sonic. "I'm just really glad that ok." Sonic just smiles at her. He was also glad that she was ok too. Ashley looked at her best friends.

"Why is she hugging him like that?" Ashley asked Jessica.

"Well, she did mention something about being his GF" she whispers in Ashley's ear. Ashley turned her attention to the two hedgehogs.

"Ok. I thought you were supposed to kiss your boyfriend, rather than hug him to death" Ashley remark with a sly grin.

Amy just blushes slightly while Sonic's face was now turning bright red, brighter than Knuckles' fur while Ashley and Tails giggled at his reaction. Knuckles was also laughing to himself because he love to see Sonic get embarrassed by someone but mostly from a girl especially the one they just met. Tails then noticed Knuckles who was next to Ashley.

"Hey there, Knuckles!" Tails said.

"We are so glad to see you and Amy alright, Mr Knuckles" Cream said when she saw them. Ashley then turned to her two best friends.

"You never told us that you have animals in your apartment" Daniel said to Ashley, pointed to Sonic, Tails and Cream.

"Well, you never mention me about them" Ashley answered as she points to Knuckles and Amy.

"Touché" he replied. As the animals talking together in a group, Jessica looked at her best friend.

"So, are you going to tell us what happened?" Jess asked her best friend.

After a while, Sonic, Ashley and the others had already brought Jess and Daniel up to speed on what happen an hour ago. They were also eating some of the Chinese food that Jess and Daniel brought for the night. They had no idea that they were going to have extra guests tonight so they

"And so, that's what happen" Ashley said as she finished

"Wow! You definitely had a busy night" said Jess, astonished.

"Yeah, I know, right" said Ashley to her best friend.

Ashley then turned to Sonic who was in his resting state. "So, what are you guys going to do now?"

Sonic then sits up a little. "Hey, don't worry about us Ash, alright. I'll think of a plan to find a way to get the rest of the Chaos Emeralds and get us back home" he answered.

"Oh yeah sure like every plan that you ever come up with, we always ends up in trouble and this is pretty much the worst that you made so far!" Knuckles said, raising his toned at Sonic. He was pretty mad at Sonic because the Master Emerald that he guards back on Angel Island but now since they're on a different planet, the Master Emerald is left unguarded.

"Hey don't look at me, Knuckles. It wasn't my fault that we were transporter here in the first place. All that I did was trying to stop Egghead from using the Chaos Emeralds" said Sonic to the red echidna.

"Look, I don't know how you caused Chaos Control or care about what happened in that aircraft but since the Master Emerald is now defenceless without me, YOU'RE THE REASON WE'RE STUCK HERE!" he yelled as he clenched his fists and charged at Sonic. He was going to put him in than anyone else has made.

Sonic manage to dodge him due to his quick reflexes, jumped and landed near the front door. He grinned at Knuckles which makes him madder than ever. "GET BACK HERE, YOU SPINELESS HOG!" he screamed as he begins to chase him around the room with everyone watching them.

"HEY! Cut it out, guys!" Ashley shouted as the boys still kept on fighting.

"Oh boy" said Tails.

"Oh dear" said Cream with a worried look on her face.

"Here they go again" said Amy.

As Knuckles keeps on chasing across Sonic the room, Ashley went over to where Tails was sitting. "Shouldn't we do something to stop them?" she asked with a concern look on her face.

"Good luck with that. They keep on fighting for who knows how long" he said to her while watching the fight.

"But don't worry, they'll stop fighting, sooner or later" Amy said.

Ashley turned to her friends until they heard a big crash. Sonic has tripped Knuckles over which caused him to roll in a ball and felled into the kitchen and comes out with a giant metal pot that covers his face. "HEY! Who turned out the light? SONIC! Where are you? You are SO dead when I get out of this! And this is NOT FUNNY!" he said as he tries to get to get the pot off his head but it was stuck on real tight. Sonic was on his back, cracking himself up. Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Ashley, Jess and Daniel were giggling at this.

Feeling a bit bad for the echidna, Ashley walks over to him and grabs hold of the pot. "Hey Knuckles, if I get you out of this pot, can you promised me to lay off fighting against Sonic for now until we figure out what you guys are going to do and then you guys fight again until you're blue in the face" Ashley said as she offered to help him.

"Fine" Knuckles said as Ashley twist the pot a little to the right and pulls it off his head. "Thanks" he said to her.

"No problem" she said as she put the pot down on the dining table. "Look, I know you're disappointed right now but don't worry. Me and my friends are going to help you guys find the Chaos Emeralds and fine a way to get you guys back home" she said as she sat down next to Jess.

"Thanks we're going to need all the help we can get" Sonic said.

"Speaking of which, if we're all here, wouldn't Eggman be here too?" Amy asked Sonic who was sitting next to him, looking a bit worried.

"He's definitely here because he sent a couple of his robots here that attack Ashley because she had a Chaos Emerald with her" he answered. "He would properly know by now that we're here after we gave his robots the royal treatment."

"Well, in that case, we may want hide out here for a while until we come up with a plan to find the rest of Chaos Emeralds and find a way and since we have one, this will be easier to track them" said Tails as he pointed to the green Chaos Emerald that Ashley found before.

"Well, finding the Chaos Emeralds is one thing but finding a way to use them to get home is another but we'll talk about in the morning. I bet you guys want to get some sleep after a day you guys just had." Ashley said to the animals.

With the others getting ready to hit the hay, Ashley couldn't help to think that maybe the vision she had was a sign. Maybe, it's a sign about the events that will occur in the distinct future. Other than that, she does need to explain to the others about her visions and her nightmares.

If she does have that kind of time.

(Somewhere in the New York, 7:09pm)

In tallest building of the city; NYLAB – New York of Scientific Geniuses and Machinery Laboratory, a tall, middle-aged man was watching footage from his computer that happened at Washington Square Park a few hours in his office. He saw a blue hedgehog battling three robots with the help of an orange fox and a beige rabbit in a blue plane. He also saw a young girl who nearby, holding some kind of gem in her hand. He then stops the tape and switch over to what's showing right now. The police force was observing the robots that were destroyed from the battle. He was then interrupted by the phone next to him which he answered. "Hello. Mr Cross speaking." he answered.

"Sir, this is Officer Johnson. We found some kind of robots at Washington Square Park that we have never seen before in my life" he answered. "Do you have any idea what's this is all about?"

"Don't worry about a thing. I'll send someone over there to pick it up so we can observe them and find out what we are dealing with. Thank you, Officer" he said as he hanged up. He then looked back at his computer and looked at the previous tape and pause it at the young girl facing at the robots. He got a clear view of the girl's face. He then opened up a new file that has a list of teenagers in New York. After a few minutes, he's found a match with a picture beside it:

NAME: ASHELY ROSE FAITH

AGE: 16

GENDER: FEMALE

DOB: 1/1/1996

OCCUPTATION: STUDENT

RELATIVES: CHRISTOPHER ARNOLD FAITH – BROTHER

He pulled a sly smile across his face. He knew there was something about this girl that has been on his mind for a while now. He has been watching not only her but her brother as well who works here as a scientist and an inventor for a long time and he was planning to do something to them but first, he's going to find out who sent those robots to attack her.

So, Sonic and the others have finally reunited and a plan to sends Sonic and the others home is in motion. And Eggman is already here too and who is this guy and what does he knows about Ashley and her brother? Only one way to find out!

A/N: Another chapter gone, another one coming up very soon so don't you worry, ok. This has by far the LONGEST chapter I have ever written! And I'm so sorry I wasn't able to post up my stories because last week was Mother's Day! A special time where we give thanks to all the mums in the world on this special day. And I also had work that day in the afternoon.

I will have the next chapter very soon, as soon I have come up with one but it's going to be more on Ashley's nightmare and vision about the Chaos Emeralds. Do you think she has some kind of connection to them? Well, once I have the next chapter up, you'll see!

Until we meet again,

TheDragonLord2912

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and the crew but I do own the characters that do appear in this fanfic. This is not an official Sonic story.