Don't own Sonic or related characters; everything else is mine. Except for Wildkid and Teepo, property of their namesakes. Now read.
The six warriors stood as the hatch opened to the Carabineer Hill base. Three humans, a hedgehog, a bat and a hedgebat (oddly enough) stepped into the entrance hall, challenged by no one but attracting a few suspicious looks. They walked up to a guide map to the base.
"I'll head for the inquiries office." said Bingo. "Anyone want to come with me?"
"I'll come." volunteered Rouge.
"Hey Wildkid, let's head for the science bay," said Teepo. "They might have some clues on where to look."
"All right, I'll meet you there if I need you." said Bingo. "Sabre, Shadow?"
"I'll try and pick up some leads…" said Sabre. "See you in the bar! Hey Shadow, wanna come?"
"Uh…" Shadow thought. "Alright-"
"Great!" said Sabre, as he grabbed the black hedgehog and zipped off to the nearest bar, also indicated on the map.
"Leads won't be the only thing he'll be trying to pick up…" said Bingo.
Rouge giggled. "I've heard…"
The other four then went to their separate destinations.
Sabre and Shadow surveyed the assortment of soldiers, thugs, workers and the rest of the assortment of tough, suspicious-looking characters filling the bar.
"A lead…" said Shadow to himself. "Who would have any idea where Maria is…?"
Shadow stepped through the bar, getting quite a few glances from various people. He looked one guy in the eye, and he proceeded to hastily excuse himself to the toilets and locked the door. One thing Shadow can do is look dangerous, believe it or not. Sabre noticed.
"Jeez Shad, you're seriously getting uptight over this…"
"I'm not wasting any time finding my sister." answered Shadow. "I don't know why you thought we could get any information here."
"You need to calm down pal, need to relax…" Sabre then got a twinkle in his eye. "Gimme a sec…"
Sabre surveyed the bar himself, but looking specifically for members of the fairer sex. From being in the military once and most of his young adult life as a wandering warrior, Sabre knew his bars and what there was to do in them. He looked over several attractive females before settling on one.
"Hey dark dude, you see that girl over there…" Sabre pointed.
"Where?" said Shadow.
Then the hedgehog spotted the girl. A sassy young fox with blue fur sat alone near the bar, fingering a light drink. Sabre smiled.
"I think you ought to go talk to her… you never know, she might have information worth hearing…"
Shadow turned to ask, but Sabre was gone. The hedgehog looked around and saw him chatting up a young blonde human girl, who seemed already entranced by whatever the enigmatic warrior was telling her. Shadow shook his head, and then decided to go and talk to the fox anyway.
She was pretty hot, after all.
She noticed Shadow as he walked over to her. "And who would you be?" she asked. "You don't look like you're from around here… Earth?"
"Arrived not long ago." said Shadow. "I'm on a mission. The name's Shadow."
"I see. I'm Sapphire."
Sonic and his pals rocketed over the red dusty desert of Mars.
"Hey, wait up!" said Knuckles, rushing across the rough terrain like a freight train.
"Whee! Ha ha ha!" said Tails, as the lightweight fox leaped long distances with ease, well compensating for his inability to fly in this atmosphere.
"All riiiiiight!" yelled Sonic as he pushed himself faster than ever before, unimpeded by the air pressure and gravity of Earth. The only time he could remember being able to go this fast was in space…
A teenage boy and his sister were boosting across the outskirts of the mining base they called home on hover-cycles when Sonic, Tails and Knuckles rushed past them, calling out greetings. The boy looked dismayed, while his sister waved back. Then they caught up as Sonic stopped and called on his general frequency radio.
"Hey, we're looking for a little girl! Around nine or ten, blonde hair, frozen in a cryo-capsule somewhere on this planet!"
The boy and girl stopped, and looked at each other. They exchanged a few words on a private frequency, and then spoke to the three.
"We might have heard of what you're looking for." said the boy.
"Wow, are you really Sonic!" asked the girl excitedly.
"Yep!" said the blue hedgehog. "And this is-"
"Tails and Knuckles, I know, I've read all about you!" said the girl.
Her brother shook his head. "Sorry about my sister. If you want to know about the capsule, you'd better come and talk to out parents. Uh- you don't have any weapons do you?"
"Of course not!" said Sonic. "Why would we need weapons?"
"You obviously haven't been on Mars very long, have you?" said the boy.
"Come and meet mum and dad!" said the girl. "They can tell you everything! I'm Jessica, by the way!"
"And I'm Tom. Come on, let's go."
Short and sweet, I just gotta get this up. The only way a Sonic fanfic can survive here is frequent updates, and REVIEWS! Please, don't be shy, make them as long and detailed as you want, and someone to beta for me wouldn't be minded. Also, check my profile for my other fic, Sonic Forever- also a sci-fi Sonic story you lot might just like. Peace out!