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Author's Note:
Okay, now, we get to the "Sonic" part of the story. After all, the show wouldn't be called "Sonic X". (LOL) For starters, not much time had passed in Sonic's world: It had been only three months since our heroes (and Eggman, too) defeated the Metarex. The time has come to bring them back to Chris' world. That's where Shadow comes into the picture. Of course, if you had followed either the original version or the French version of season three's finale, you'll know that Shadow is indeed still alive in "Sonic X". Of course, unbeknownst to our heroes, a suspicious trio tag along for the ride, hidden from view from even Eggman. I'm sure you'll know who upon reading this story since they're from a recent Sonic game, one of the games I plan to adapt into my take on "Sonic X" season. This fic will hint at the coming of the game adaptation in question. Oh, and one more thing: Sonic narrates in this chapter, so, his narration will be in italic. Now, let's send them back to Chris, shall we?
Chapter 2 - Brave Old World...
On a sunny afternoon in Sonic's world, which is six years apart from Chris', Sonic is standing on a cliff overlooking a quiet grassy valley. Sonic appears to be uninterested in his surroundings. He narrates.
Wow. I still can't believe it's been three months since we beat the Meterex.
Inside his workshop in the hills, Miles "Tails" Prower waters the sprout he's been growing in his planting pot.
Tails is still taking care of that plant which grew from the seed that I gave him. ...one of Cosmo's.
Tails puts the watering can beside the sprout and strokes the sprout's leaves.
He really misses her a lot and I don't blame him, we all miss Cosmo.
Flashback to when Cosmo, who magically became an adult, floated over to the black, lifeless planet made by the Meterex generals, then, Tails shooting the Sonic Power Cannon at said planet, heartbroken over losing Cosmo this way.
She risked herself to help us destroy the Meterex once and for all.
After the flashback has ended, in her kitchen, Amy Rose takes her freshly baked cherry pie out of the oven and takes a satisfying whiff of the pie's aroma as she places it on the windowsill.
Amy's been baking a lot lately, mostly for me. If she's trying to win my heart through my stomach, she's still got a long way to go.
Amy looks out the window with a dream-like sigh. She's obviously dreaming about Sonic again.
...a really long way.
Big the Cat naps by a tree under a moonlit sky with his fishing line in a nearby lake as Froggy naps on Big's legs.
Big the Cat is still fishing. ...as usual. At least, Froggy is there to keep him company. He is, after all, Big's best friend.
During the sunny daytime, Cream the Rabbit and her Chao, Cheese, are picking flowers in the fields.
Not much has changed for Cream and Cheese, either.
Cream and Cheese then take their respective bouquets to show Cream's mother, Vanilla, who giggles at the sight.
They're still making flower crowns for Cream's mom. She just loves 'em!
In a nearby bush, The Chaotix - Vector the Crocodile, Charmy Bee, and Espio the Chameleon watch this tranquil scene.
Little do they know that the Chaotix are spying on them.
Espio folds his arms in satisfaction. Charmy happily sniffles a bit before quickly getting a hankerchief out of his "pocket" and blowing his nose in it. (The hankerchief, not the pocket.)
And that's about all they can do since they never had a case to crack when we got back from space.
Vector watches Vanilla through his binoculars as she holds a big bouquet of flowers and watches Cream and Cheese go pick some more.
I think Vector has a thing for Cream's mom.
Vector brings down his binoculars as he dreamily gazes at Vanilla with a light-hearted sigh. Because of seeing Vanilla hearts are in his eyeballs where his pupils would be.
Heh heh heh. I wonder what Cream would think about that.
On Angel Island, Knuckles the Echidna relaxes by the shattered pieces of the Master Emerald on the altar.
And Knuckles is still waiting for the Master Emerald to restore itself.
Rouge the Bat flies over Knuckles and the emerald pieces from a distance.
Rouge checks in on him now and then.
Rouge gives a soft smile and flies off.
With the Master Emerald all broken up, she's been looking for the Chaos Emeralds, but hasn't found any, yet. None of us have.
Sonic still stands on the cliff, overlooking the scenery.
Yep. It's all been really quiet for us. ...too quiet.
A faint image of Eggman's evil grinning face appears in the sky and then, disappears just as quickly.
Eggman hasn't attacked in almost a week. A whole week! I wonder what he's up to, what he's planning.
Sonic sits down in boredom.
I wish he would hurry up and attack already. I'm getting bored outta my mind!
Sonic then looks at the sky in curiosity.
"Huh?"
A small yellow light slowly grows as if something was coming toward him. Sonic stands up and looks at the light with a sly smile.
"Looks like Eggman finally decided to come out of hiding," Sonic thinks.
As the light comes closer, Sonic curiously notices something.
"Wait. That's not Eggman," he thinks.
Soon, a familiar black figure comes through the light which now surrounds this figure. Sonic recognizes the figure in surprise.
He thinks, "That's..."
This figure is Shadow the Hedgehog, coming toward Sonic on like a comet. Sonic quickly covers his head and ducks as Shadow goes over him. Sonic slowly uncovers his head and watches Shadow crash into the ground, leaving a meteor-like trail behind him.
Sonic shouts in horror, "Shadow!"
Sonic rushes over to Shadow who slowly sits up, holding his head in pain.
Shadow groans, "Oh! Talk about 'crash and burn'."
Sonic stands in front of Shadow in concern as Shadow slowly stands up.
"What happened to you?" Sonic asks.
Shadow shakes the pain out of his head as he stops holding it. Then, he seriously looks at Sonic.
Shadow scowls, "What's it to you, Sonic?"
Sonic wonders, "I thought you were..."
Shadow interrupts Sonic, "Ha!" Shadow turns away from Sonic and looks at the sky, adding, "It'll take more than an explosion to get rid of me that easily."
Sonic curiously notices the rings on Shadow's wrists.
Sonic points to Shadow's wrists, "Your bracelets."
Shadow looks at his bracelets in confusion upon hearing this.
"Huh? What about them?" Shadow demaneds.
Sonic looks at Shadow's face, wondering, "You didn't lose them?"
Shadow chuckles, "Heh." He looks at Sonic, telling him, "Of course not. I'm not that stupid."
"So, where were you?" Sonic wonders.
"Well, if you must know," Shadow explains, "I was collecting the the Chaos Emeralds for something... special."
A sly grin comes to Shadow's face.
Sonic becomes confused, asking, "Oh?"
Later that day, Sonic and Shadow stand at the top of altar on Angel Island with Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla, Vector, Charmy, Espio, and Rouge standing behind them. The seven Chaos Emeralds float around in a circle in front of Sonic and Shadow. Tails holds the pot with the sprout in his arms.
Sonic wonders, "You sure this'll work Shadow?"
"It has to," Shadow replies. "It's the only way you'll get to see Chris and his friends again."
Sonic looks at Shadow, saying, "You know, you don't have to come with us, Shadow."
Shadow looks at Sonic, assuring him, "Hey, who else is gonna keep you fools out of trouble?"
Knuckles has just put the last piece of the Master Emerald in a brown burlap bag. Sonic and Shadow watch Knuckles approach them.
"So, is ev'rything ready?" Knuckles inquires.
"Yeah, but is it really necessary to bring those pieces with us?" Sonic complains.
Knuckles scolds Sonic, "Sonic, I'm the guardian of the Master Emerald, broken or not. I have to be there when the emerald restores itself. Besides, it's easier to take the emerald with me this time around."
"Alright then," Shadow confirms. "We're all set. I must admit that I have never used Chaos Control with all seven Chaos Emeralds without going super." He looks at Sonic and adds, "Which is why I need your help to pull it off."
Sonic looks at Shadow and tells him, "I understand that, but why do we need Knuckles?"
Shadow explains as he and Sonic look at Knuckles, "Because his chant to the Master Emerald can boost the power of the Chaos Emeralds to pass through the dimensions while traveling through time and space." Shadow looks at Sonic and continues, "If I'm right, we'll be able to see Chris and his friends again."
Sonic nods at Shadow in determination. Knuckles does the same.
Cream exclaims excitedly, "I can't wait to see Chris again!"
Cheese excitedly agrees, "Chao chao chao!"
"Now, dear, try and keep calm," Vanilla tries to calm down Cream and Cheese.
Amy shouts, excitedly, "I so need to shop for some new clothes!"
"It'll be nice to add some new jewels to my collection," Rouge said with a twinkle in her eye.
Tails tells the sprout in his arms, "You hear that, Cosmo 2? We're going to a new world!"
Charmy shouts, excitedly "Whee! This is gonna be great! I just know it!"
"Whoa! Easy there, Charmy! Don't get carried away," Vector calms down Charmy.
"When is he not?" Espio muses.
Meanwhile, three pairs of eyes peer through a bush near the bottom of the altar. One pair of eyes is small, beady, and light blue. The other pair, regular-sized and deep blue. The third pair is in-between the other two in a regular-sized blue, as blue as Sonic.
"Okay then, let's get going," Shadow instructs.
Soon, Dr. Eggman flies in on his Egg Mobile high above the altar, far from anyone's view. His robot minions - Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun, are riding in the Egg Mobile along side Eggman.
"Alright, Knuckles, start us off," Sonic incourages Knuckles.
A sly grin comes to Eggman's face as he views the scene below him.
"Okay," said Knuckles, "here goes." He clears his throat, "Ahem."
Knuckles flings his arms up in the air in front of the Chaos Emeralds and closes his eyes in concentraion.
Knuckles chants, "The servers are the seven Chaos. Chaos is power, power is enriched by the heart. The controller serves to unify the Chaos!"
The Chaos Emeralds glow brightly and start spinning faster upon Knuckles' chant. Knuckles brings down his arms and opens his eyes as he steps back beside Rouge. Sonic and Shadow then approach the emeralds. The two hedgehogs look at each other.
Shadow tells Sonic "Let's do it."
Sonic nods in agreement, "Right."
They look at the emeralds and raise their hands out to reach them, but not quite touching them.
"Chaos Control!" Sonic and Shadow shout.
Suddenly, a bright white light comes through the spinning emeralds, engulfing them. Then, the light covers Sonic and Shadow. Then, Knuckles, Rouge, Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla, and the Chaotix. The light soon reaches Eggman and his robots high above the scene. The light even gets to the eyes in the bush.
A/N:
So far, so good. Looks like the gang's on the way. ...as well as some uninvited guests. But will they make it to Chris' world safely? And what about Maria? How is she adjusting to life on Earth? These questions and more will be answered in the next chapter. See ya then.