Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Chapter 5: Ashley's Secret – Part 1
(New York City, Planet Earth – 4:43am)
After a night of extraordinary things like weird visions, magic gems, robots attacking you and creatures from another dimension, no-one would have the time to go to sleep. Well, this could be one of those reasons why this young girl is still awake as she lies in her bed; looking up to the celling with her hands behind her head.
She was thinking about the recent events that all happen in one night. She looked around in her bedroom to see Jessica sleeping in her room as well. Usually, when it's just the three best friends sleeping over, they would sleep in the living room after a late night movie. But with more guests in her house, they weren't any more room in the house for her two best friends and her new friends to stay so they all bunked out in the living room.
She looked at her clock beside her to realise how early it's still. The young teenager was pretty much having the weirdest day of her life. She grabs hold of her necklace that's was still around her neck.
First of all, the recent nightmares that she been having for years now which she is pretty much used to, then she had this weird vision, then the glowing gem she found in the park, then the robots that came out of nowhere and attacked her and then she was saved by a supersonic hedgehog and his friends. Speaking of the hedgehog, Ashley pulled the covers off her and place her feet on her bedroom carpet. She then went downstairs to check on him and his friends.
Ashley creep down stairs where she finds Sonic sleeping on the window still with his hands behind his back and one of his legs over the other one, Knuckles is sleeping in one the beanbags and Tails, Amy Cream and Cheese are sleeping on the couch and Daniel sleeping on the floor. They were pretty tired after having a day like this. Other than that, how is she going to explain this to her brother? That she's taking care of five animals that came from another world in their home?
Well, sooner or later, she is going to have to tell him what happen that night. And it's a good thing to because he won't be back until Monday which gives her plenty of time on how to explain her new friends.
Since she couldn't get to sleep and realised there is still a couple of hours left, Ashley decided to go up to the rooftops; to get a clear head after last night's events.
Quietly as she can, she puts on her blue boot-cut jeans that she wore on last night but this time, with her dark grey Tab Sleeve Hooded Zip up Jacket and a light pink loose top.
After she got changed, she tiptoed downstairs to find them still sleeping. Surprised that they are still sleeping, she began to think that they are really heavy sleeper or Ashley here was best at sneaky around early in the morning.
She picked up her black converse from the Hanging Wardrobe Storage that was placed from the front door. She takes on more look at her guests in the living as she turns the door knob as quietly as possible, opens the door, walks out and carefully, shuts the door behind her.
She then walks over the entrance to the rooftops where she and her new animal friends went through just a few hours ago. She finally arrived to the door and as she clutches the doorknob, she looks behind to see if anyone was following her. Sensing that no-one is following her, she opens the door, walks through and shuts the door. She finds herself on the rooftops of her building. She sees Tails' bi-plane is still on the roof as the warm night air surrounds her.
She looks over to the edge to see there were no sign of any cars or people at this late hour, which it is very weird since this city was known as the city that never sleep. Since they was no-one around, she decided to take a "scroll" through the city.
She steps up to the ledge of the building to look down on the neighbourhood. With her feet firmly on the concrete ledge, she quickly does a head check around the street. There was not one person in sight. Good, then she was about to "takes off". And when she means "takes off", she means it.
Literally.
She takes a deep breath as she jumps off the side of the building; falling straight down to the pavement. If any human being has ever done that without a harness or an air sack, they would properly became human paste.
As she got close to the ground, just like in her dreams, she unfurled her wings as hard and fast as she could and glides closes to the ground. She makes a sharp right before she was face planted into the building in-front of her. She then flies high up in the air where she feels the same warm night air that she felt moments ago. With a smile on her face and the warm air flies through her short hair and wings, she was happy as she continues to flies around the city.
She approaches Empire State Building, the place where the Twin Towers used to be, the Brooklyn Bridge, Governors Island, and finally, the Statue of Liberty. The sun began to rises in the horizon as her wings were glistering with the sunlight when she circles around the sculpture.
With these wings, Ashley can be free; as long as she doesn't get spotted by anyone or anything…
(Ashley's apartment, New York City – 6:57am)
…and unfortunately, Sonic and the gang are about to be spotted by someone else and that someone whom is very close to their new friend Ashley. But before that, the guests along with Daniel were awaken by someone else whom they known already.
"GUYS! GUYS!" Jessica exclaims as she comes racing down the stairs. The others begin to wake up from Jessica's outburst.
Sonic jumps out of the window still; fully alert. "WHAT! What is it?"
"It's Ashley. She's gone!" she replied.
That's when the room fell silent.
Ashley. Is not here.
This was pretty weird for Sonic and the others. It has only been a few hours since they met Ashley and all of a sudden, she decided to take off with a word. Daniel got out of his sleeping bag and stand up.
"Wait. Didn't she leave a note or took her phone with her?" he asked.
Jessica knew he was going to say something like that. "She didn't leave a note and…" She looks over to her left to see Ash's phone that was left on the coffee table from last night. She goes over to it and picks it up. "…her phone is right here."
Daniel signs as he rubs his head. "Oh, great. First, we met creatures that came from another world and now, Ash is nowhere to be seen. Well, this can't get any worse." But the teenager boy was about to eat his words.
The knob on the front door turned around and the door was flung open. Carrying books in his arm with his suitcase in hand was a young man in his late 20's with dark brown short hair was wearing a blue business shirt with black pants and dark brown shoes. Once he closed the door behind him, he turns to face the living room to expect something…unexpected.
The person was then halted the moment he saw not just the two dazed teenagers but the creatures, standing in his living room.
It's Chris! And looks like he has already come home early.
Jessica and Daniel both thought Ashley had told them that he wasn't going to be home until Monday but she never knew he wouldn't come home early. He looks at the animals who were shocked as he was. Flabbergasted; he dropped his papers and briefcase and landed on the wooden floor with a big thud. Look like Ashley didn't bother to tell her brother about…extra companion.
He looks at his sister's two friends, then to the Creatures then back to the teens again.
Jessica holds her hand up high and waves to the adult. "…hey, Chris. Didn't expect to see here today."
Chris was no longer surprised and now has a riled look on his face. By the looks of this, this is going to be one long story. Chris sternly looks at the two teenagers who look like they were in serious trouble.
"OK! I WANNA KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE OR ELSE I'M GONNA CALL THE POLICE!"
Yep, this is going to be one long story…
(New York City – 7:01am)
Ashley was still in the air with her eyes closed and the wind flying through her hair and wings. She opens her eyes and looks to her left so noticed the sun has risen form the horizon
"Well, time to get back." She announce to herself as she dipped her right wing and makes a U-turn in the air and heads back to the apartment. She started to flap up and down when she senses something again and her necklace started to glow. Just like what happen last night. She looks around; trying to find the source. After doing a couple of 360, she got the lock on her source: the New York Times Company building. Good thing it was not far from here.
She was approaching the building and landed on the rooftops. She looked around the rooftop and to her surprised, she sees another glowing gem but not just any glowing gem, it was another Chaos Emerald!
Like the green one that she found, this time it was a blue. She then looks at her necklace which has stopped glowing as soon as she touches the Emerald. She couldn't wait to tell the gang that she has founded another Chaos Emerald. Her mind was halted when she heard a whirring sound in the distant. It was faint but it sounded like it was close. Ashley turned around and to her horror's, they were robots. Not just any robots but the same ones that attacked her last night
"IDENTIFIED SUBJECT: HUMAN WITH IDENTIFIED ITEM. LOCK AND DESTORY!"
At the sight of those robots, Ashley could only express the one thing that comes to her mind.
Trouble.
Big trouble.
"Oh no…" that is the one thing that came out of her mouth before she makes her get away by jumping off the building, open her wings and flies off with the Chaos Emerald in her grasp that is close to her chest. The robots then began chased for the gem…and the girl.
(Ashley's apartment, New York City – 7:11am)
"…and that's what happened." Jessica concluded as she and Daniel finished explaining to Chris for the past ten minutes about last night's events. Chris was absolutely astonished by the story that he keeps looking at the animals and his little sister's best friends; back and forth. After the news has settles in, Chris has finally made up his mind. He stands up from his seat and stares at the animals. Knowing that her best friend's brother will be angry at Ashley because she didn't have the nerve to tell her brother what has happen to her. Jessica decides to take fall for her.
"Look. I know you don't believe us but please. Ash didn't get a chance to tell you about them last night. It's not her fault this all happened
"I believe you." Those were the words that made both Jessica's and Daniel's eyes go wide and their jaws dropped.
"You do?" she asked.
"You do?" Daniel was surprised as his best friend was.
Chris simply nods. "Of course I do. The both of you." He gestures to Jessica and Daniel. "I also knew something was up when I was talking to her on the phone yesterday morning. She was distracted during the conversation." Chris crossed his arms over. "I haven't heard a peep from her ever since then."
All of a sudden, an unknown beep went off. It came from Chris' pants pocket. He reached his hand inside and pulled it out. It was his phone.
"What is it?" Jessica asked.
"A message at work." He replied as he goes to the coffee table and grabs the TV remote. "Telling me to turn to the morning news."
He pressed the on switch on the remote which turns on the flat screen TV.
"We interrupted your regular broadcast to bring you this breaking news." The announcement spoke through the flat screen speakers. As the gang watches the TV, a woman in her thirties with brown long hair while wearing a blue blouse appears on the screen.
"I'm Kelly Foster, with a shocking story. The beloved city of New York has been invaded? By robots?"
At the word robots, the creatures from Mobius couldn't help but feel uneasy. This could be trouble for them. Have they been spotted?
"Witnesses say that they have heard a commotion near Washington Square Park where they spotted what seem to be destroyed robots near the fountain. The Authorities have reported that that they were no witnesses during the robot rampage that happens here last night. The park will be closed off until the source on this crisis has been found."
The creatures whether don't know if they can relax. They don't know if they should blame Eggman for sending his robots in the first place or destroying them in the first place. Chris has turned off the TV by the remote as he placed it down on the dining table. "Looks like you guys and Ash weren't spotted by the cops or anyone last night." He said to the teens and animals. "Speaking of, where is she?"
"Ash is not here. I told them when I woke up." She told him.
"Well, where is Miss Ashley?" Cream politely asked Jessica.
"Chow chow." Cheese said who was in the young rabbit's grasp.
As everyone ponders on of the whereabouts of Ashley, Chris knows exactly where.
"The rooftops." He whispers to himself but Knuckles manages to hear him.
"The what?" he asked as Chris raced over to the front door.
"Let's check the rooftops. She is usually up in her spare time." He explained as he opens the door to let him and the others out.
They raced up to the rooftop; hopefully to find the missing teen but to their disappointment, Ashley isn't there. Tails' bi-plane was still here but there was no sign of the young teenager.
"She's not here." Amy replies as she, Cream and Cheese walk around the entire rooftop.
Jessica looks at Chris. "She might have gone out or something." She replies as he nods in acknowledges. Tails approaches them with a worried look.
"But where?" the young fox asked
Sonic was on the ledge in deep thought. She couldn't have gone back to the park where the robots attacked her last night. Well, only one way to find out.
Sonic then turned to the others. "I'll go find her. I have a feeling that I might where she is." He announces.
"Are you sure?" Chris asked the hedgehog whom began stretching his hamstrings.
"Yeah. I'm sure." Sonic replied as he jumps off the building. "I'LL BE BACK!" As he falls, he curls up into a ball before landing on his feet to avoid getting an injury and resumes his running as he left a sonic boom behind.
The gang runs over to the edge and witness the supersonic hedgehog off through the city to find the missing teenager. He was now stunned to witness an animal that can run at the speed of sound. "I just hope she isn't in too much trouble." Jessica whisper to Chris who was standing right beside her.
"Let's hope so." Chris acknowledges her.
At the same time, Sonic has raced through every alleyway of the entire city but so far, there was no sign of Ashley. He raced to Washington Square Park; hoping she would be there. He manages to make it there without anyone spotting him. At a split second, he looks up to see an arch that leads into the park; near the fountain where the battle that happen last night took place
He then began to race up on the side and keeps going until he got to the top. He walks along the arch as he watches the scene. The place was packed with cops, news reporter and a huge crowd of civilians huddling the area where they are only permitted. Although it was still early in the morning, it sure has brought out a lot of commotion.
Scanning from above at the crowd who were, Sonic can't seem to find his new friend in the crowd. If she was not here, where could have she gone? It was kind-of weird to meet someone last night and then just…disappear the next day. Maybe…she decided to go and get breakfast without telling anybody?
He looks back to the fountain and sees the robots that attacked Ashley last night. Since they were Eggman's robots, he had no problem destroy them.
While watching the construction crew cleaning up the android parts, he hears something else in the background.
Sounds like a machine gun.
What? More robots? Here?
Sonic look around to find the source of the noise. He then looks up high above the buildings to spot four objects in the air. Three of them appear to be the same robots that attacked his new friend last night and the fourth seems to be a human with white wings.
Wait a minute.
A human? With wings? Since when does human have wings?
Sonic shade his eyes with his hand as he cringe them to get a closer look. It appears that the robots are attacking the flying human and he or she was doing the best he or she can.
Up in the air, one of the robot swings it machine gun at the human but she flies upward, does a flip in the air, over the robot's head and kicks him in the back; sending it forward a few metres in the air. Just when she was about to fly away, she was not expecting another robot to appear in front of her. It lifted its machine gun high above in the air and slams it down on her left shoulder. Hard.
On impact, it earns a bone-crunching noise which nearly pops the arm out of its socket and earns the human an ear-piecing scream. Back on the arch, Sonic's eyes widen when he hears the scream. Looks like the flying human is in trouble. He might be fast on the ground but he could sure use Tails' Tornado or the seven Chaos Emeralds right about now in order to get into the air.
Hurt from the impact, the human cling on to her injure shoulder. She has lost her mobility to fly due to the pain and was now sent falling fast to the streets and the park below.
As she falls closer to the ground, the hedgehog readies himself to save the flying human. Just as he was about to take a running start, he noticed the flying human had brown hair.
Strange. Does he know anyone who has brown hair?
Just before she hit the ground, the wings on the fallen human starts to flap downwards. The human then starts to gain altitude and begins to fly upwards; flying over the arch and past the stunned hedgehog. As she quickly flies past him, Sonic didn't get a good look at the human who zip right past him.
"Who was that?" Sonic muttered to himself. He then looks up to see the robots that were still high up in the air have just witness their target still moving; resume the chase. Curious to know who that flying girl was and concern that she might need help, he jumps off the arch and lands in front of the park's entrance; surprising the crowd behind him and runs off in the same direction.
Once he find where the flying human and the robots are, he will get a kick out of it when he finds out who this flying human really is…
Look like Sonic is getting a bit closer to Ashley's secret (Hench the title) by the looks of it. So,…whats with the wings? Is it all connected to Ashley's nightmares, the vision, her necklace and the Chaos Emeralds? Well, only one way to find out. Next time!
Author's Notes: Hey hey! Sorry for the wait. A lot on my plate: Work, finishing TAFE, Family visit, games, movies/TV shows to watch, balancing my life out, trying to find inspiration for my stories, making videos of my faves show. Part 2 will be up next week.
First off, I was writing my TMNT story for the past few months and I didn't have time to finish this chapter. But I decided to hold my TMNT story for the meantime and finish off the other ones that need to be finish. Didn't I tell ya that when I make a promise, I keep it. So sorry for the long wait though.
Speaking of videos… while watching the TMNT 2k3 series, I have always wondered:
How many times does Mikey scream like a girl in the show?
So after over a week of watching the entire series plus the special movie, I have realised that he screamed 107 times! (I think…) and to prove it, I have made a video under my YouTube account named Jessie Order. That's where you'll find the video. After watching it, comment on which your favourite scream is and also, don't forget to vote your favourite scream which will go in the draw for your Top 20 Mikey's Screams.
Also before I go, a new chapter will be up every week if I use my time wisely but I might be late with this one if I'm booked for the next few days with no access of my computer. But other than that, I promise I won't stop until I have finished it.
Also, looking at my previous chapters, I could really fix them up when I have time.
Another thing, if you think this chapter wasn't actually at my best, I'm trying my hardest. Since it has been so long since I last updated a chapter from this story, it just that…I feel like I have lost inspiration of Sonic the Hedgehog. I have watching Sonic X, played video games, read fanfics, trying to get my head around the game, that kind of jazz. It kind-of hard when you come up with Sonic stories when you are thinking about another series. But it will take time. I guarantee that.
Also, in the next few chapters, I wanted a certain hedgehog to sing a song to another hedgehog if you know who I meant… what I'm asking in the next two weeks is a song suggestion. If you know any song that has either an upbeat to it, probably RnB or Hip Hop or Pop or anything that we can dance to it, let me know. Oh! And we have to keep it PG. so no swear or anything like that.
Finally, this happen recently in the news that hit everyone rock bottom.
Cory Monteith who plays Finn Hudson on Glee has passed away last weekend. The cause of his death might be related to drug abuse. Sources say that he has been having trouble throughout his life when he started smoking and drinking at a young age. He also quit school before he graduate and his drug abuse continue to rise. He has been in rehab for a few months before his time was up.
Other than his trouble life, he proved to be one of the most talented people on a popular show. He proves to be one of my favourite actors over the years and this news took a bit of toll on me. He will dearly miss and never be forgotten by his cast members, family, friends and fans all around.
Well, with this chapter done and dusted, it's time for me to vamoose!
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.