Chapter 2

Author's note: Yottsu in Japanese means "four." The Yottsu Villains are Dante, Sporeon, Mystery, and Charade.

Sonic looked around this strange metal city. He asked himself if this is earth or if they're on another planet. He stared in confusion long enough until he heard the voice of the female pink hedgehog calling his name.

"Sonic! Sonic! I thought I was gonna lose you!"

Sonic turned around and saw that Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Tails, Shadow, Cream, Chaotix, Omega, Blade, and Joyce were here with him, but there was no sign of Dr.Eggman, Decoe,Bocoe, Bokkun, Metal Sonic, and the Yottsu Villains.

"Amy where did Eggman go?"

"I don't know Sonic. I think he and his group left before we woke up. Where are we anyway?"

Sonic shrugged his shoulders then Joyce walked up to him.

" Is this what earth really looks like? "

" I don't know. I don't remember earth as a metallic city."

Then Sonic heard the sound of roller blades on the street. Sonic turned around to see a young boy with brown hair shouting "sorry " when he got in the way of other pedestrians. He skated passed Sonic and his friends. It looked as if the boy didn't notice him at all until he looked back.

"Lan what's wrong?"

A mysterious voice said.

" It's nothing. I thought I saw someone. It looked like…a blue-"

" LAN WATCH OUT!"

"Huh?"

The boy turned around and hit his head on a pole. Shocked by this scene, Sonic ran over there to see if this boy was okay, everyone else followed him except for Omega and Shadow who just standing with his arms crossed.

" Idiot."

The boy rubbed his head and groaned in pain, he opened his eyes to see a hand covered by a white glove. He looked up to see a blue hedgehog.

"You okay?"

"Ummm…. yeah. You're a-a… talking blue…hedgehog."

"So you never heard of me before?"

The boy shook his head. He turned to see other strange creatures following the blue hedgehog. The mysterious voice spoke again.

"What are they?"

" I don't know. I've never seen them before."

Sonic looked closer to hear what this boy was whispering about, then the boy took his hand and Sonic helped him up.

"Who are you guys?"

"The name's Sonic! Sonic The Hedgehog! These are my friends Knuckles, Rouge, Joyce, Cream, the Chaotix, A-"

He was about to say Amy's name but she cut him off with a frown on her face and she smiled sweetly at Lan.

"I'm Amy Rose. I'm Sonic's girlfriend and I'll be his future wife someday!"

The blue hedgehog sighed and rolled his eyes again after Amy's speech and continues to introduce the others.

"Anyway this is Joyce and Blade. Shadow and Omega are over there."

Sonic pointed his finger to the black and red hedgehog that stood still with the robot.

"Nice to meet you all. My name's Lan."

Lan pulled out an odd device that had the words PET labeled on the top. Inside this device there was a boy in blue armor, with green eyes.

"Hey I'm Megaman."

Everyone was surprised that this strange being can talk through the PET. Tails seemed to be more interested than the others; he quickly grabbed the PET and tried to open it.

How did you do it? How did you make it talk?"

Lan grabbed his PET and tried to pull it out of Tails hands, but the two tailed fox refused to let go. Shadow looked away from them. He thought to himself, "I'm surrounded by idiots." Later Tails has given up and decided to let it go.

"I'm sorry I just became so curious. So anyone we're here to see someone. Do you know anybody by the name of Christopher Thorndyke?"

"Christopher Thorndyke? No. Not really."

"Hey is this earth? If this is earth then what year is it?"

"You're on the right planet. This is earth and it's the year 200X."

"200X!"

After Lan answered Tails question everyone gasped. Now they have realized that they went into the future instead of the present. They also realized that nobody had heard of them, nobody knew that two hedgehogs saved the world before and that Chris Thorndyke has been dead for years and years. Knuckles finally spoke up.

"No wonder why everything was so different than last time!"

Megaman looked at Knuckles with confusion.

"Last time?"

"Yeah you see we where here on earth before. It was a long time ago. We always saved the city of Station Square from Dr.Eggman. Sonic and Shadow even saved earth once from being destroyed."

"Dr.Eggman…?."

Sonic replied in a very witty tone.

"Eggman's this evil scientist whom is trying to conquer any civilization he can with his robots and technological know how. He wants to build the Eggman Empire."

"This guy almost sounds like Dr. Wily." Lan replied.

"….Dr.Wily….?"

Lan's expression became serious as he described Dr Wily.

"He's this old guy, he has been trying to bring about the end of net society for years. He has a very high intelligence and knows all sorts of tricks and schemes to try and end net society. Luckily, Megaman and I have always stopped him".

He paused for a moment and then continued.

"Then there was his son, Dr. Regal. He wasn't much better. But unlike Wily, he wanted to see the earth's destruction. Wily wanted to conquer the world and rule it. Even he objected to Dr. Regal's intentions. But anyway, Wily hasn't attacked us for a while, which means he probably will soon. He's probably recruiting new members right now".

Everyone's eyes widened as they remembered Eggman had disappeared along with his henchmen. Lan looked confused.

"We need to find Eggman, and quick!", Sonic exclaimed.

Lan, still puzzled, objected.

"But… he could be anywhere in Den City by now! I don't think you will find him! Plus, you just got here and have no idea where anything is. Why don't you all come back to ACDC town with me? I'm sure my dad could help you all find this guy! And we are kind of attracting a crowd anyway".

Everyone looked around to see numerous people staring at them. Shadow and Omega had joined the rest of the party to avoid getting swarmed by people. Knuckles glared at people and scared them off with an angry outbursts "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!" Sonic looked back at Lan and nodded.

"Ok, I guess we can come back with you".

Lan grinned excitedly and motioned his hand to have everyone follow him. Everyone nervously clustered as they walked to avoid themselves from the crowd. Joyce nervously clung to Blade. Amy attempted to show off herself and Sonic as a couple by holding on to him tightly and grinning.

Hovering above and behind the group, a small floating camera watched them as they proceeded along the futuristic sidewalk. On the side of it was branded the infamous Eggman mark. On the other side of the line, Eggman sat in what appeared to be a park, in some bushes with his henchmen and robots. Sporeon was the first to talk.

"So, knowing you, I assume you are going to attempt to find this Wily guy and make a partnership deal with him?"

Eggman replied half mindedly, appearing like he was thinking about something.

"Why yes Sporeon, exactly. I need to know if we can find any clues as to where he is".

Decoe interjected with his thoughts.

"But doctor, what to we have as an offering? He's not going to take just anyone. We need to find something he could use. We are in another era after all".

Mystery quietly whispered.

"The chaos emeralds…"

Eggman turned with a mixed look of confusion and concentrated thought.

"What's that, Mystery?"

Mystery spoke louder, so more could hear her.

"The chaos emeralds! I'm sure Wily would be interested in those. Such powerful gems, though ancient, would prove to be of some use for him. I'm sure of it".

Eggman's face lit up in evil delight as he decided to use Mystery's idea.

"Good idea Mystery! We will use the chaos emeralds we have as a bargaining device. Then we will get the rest from Sonic and his friends! But now… we have to find him".

Everyone pondered in thought as to where they would find him. Bocoe was the first to think of something.

"Doctor, I believe that, since this society is very much dependant on the internet, that we should try to look up his organization and maybe get his attention somehow that way".

Eggman nodded in approval, and turned back to his computer and opened the internet link. His eyes bulged behind his glasses as he looked upon what they called the internet. It wasn't so much that as it was another dimension of sorts. Eggman thought for a moment, then thought of something devious to get Wily's attention.

"Metal Sonic, I have a job for you."

The blue metallic robot stepped forward from next to Dante.

Eggman pulled out a little connection wire and showed it to Metal Sonic.

"Metal Sonic, since you are robotic, I need you to materialize in the Cyberworld and cause some sort of disturbance, to get Wily's attention.

Metal sonic nodded and Eggman plugged the wire into him. The red glow in his eyes vanished as he reappeared on Eggman's monitor in his other form with a cape, elf like shoes, and longer spikes on his head that was blue and white.

"Alright Metal Sonic, do whatever you need to so you can cause a disturbance!"

Metal Sonic shook his head and flew away at the speed of sound.

In the dark, an old man who carried a cane with a skull on it sat in his chair calmly looking at a wide screen. He was watching a strange creature that looked a floating lighter that had flames on its wrists. On the screen, it turned around to see a metal hedgehog-looking navi flying towards it. The floating lighter shot flames from the holes of its fingertips, but the metal hedgehog dodged them all. Then the lighter closed itself up, crashed into the ground, and fire rose up from the ground all around it. The metal hedgehog landed on his feet and stared into the fire.

"Your attacks seem to be powerful…. but it's not good enough."

The metal hedgehog turned into a ball with spikes and was spinning towards the lighter and he attacked it. A voice was heard from the screen.

"What the hell is this? That thing can't possibly attack Heatman that easily!"

The screen went black and it turned back on, with a completely different image on it. Dr. Eggman's face appeared in the screen with a sinister grin.

"Sorry that you can't watch the rest of the fight between your friend's Net navi and my Net navi. You must be Dr. Wily."

"Who are you? How did you find me?"

" My name is Dr. Eggman. I've set up cameras all around this town and thanks to its special ability of locating organizations I've found out where you were. I'm also a scientist that's interested in creating an empire and I've heard that these "pests" are stopping you from reaching your goal. I also have annoying pests from reaching my goal as well. If we team up we can rule the Net Society and the world by using the chaos emeralds."

"Chaos emeralds?"

The overweight man pulled out a shiny blue emerald and showed it to Dr. Wily.

"Yes. You see they may look like ordinary emeralds but the chaos emeralds can cause destruction. My crew members will help you defeat those fools!"

Dr. Wily grinned and got up from his chair.

"Alright Dr. Eggman I will let you join me, but first I want to see if these emeralds are powerful enough to rule the Net Society. You may bring your crew members."

"Excellent we'll be right over there! That's enough Metal Sonic. You can fight other Net navis later!"

The metallic hedgehog disappeared from the net as Dr.Eggman's face disappeared on the screen. Dr. Wily cackled as it echoed through the walls of his hidden forretress.