Chapter 3 - Sonic Adventure

Scene: E-101 Beta Mk 2 is being worked on

Alarms start

Alarm: Warning! Warning! The ship is falling

Alarms continue until eventually the ship hits the ocean and Beta is knocked off the station. The hands start having trouble picking him up.

Scene: Mystic Ruins

Sonic: Argh! I hate Eggman! Where's this?

Lost World starts rumbling

Sonic: hm? That light, I think it's trying to show me something.

The light goes inside lost world and Sonic follows

Lost World: Sonic

Scene: Floating Island

Knuckles fixes the Master Emerald.

Knuckles: This should do it. Perfect. All is well now. The Master Emerald and the Island are now restored.

The Floating Island rises in the sky

Knuckles: I'll probably be on this floating Island forever, Guarding the Master Emerald again. I may not know the whole story behind this. But perhaps it's better that way, I'm at peace once more.

Scene: Above Mystic Ruins

Gamma is going over data banks of Beta, his friends, Amy and Eggman. He switches with them all until he stops on the Eggman data bank.

Gamma: Doctor Robotnik: enemy. Master registration, deleted. E-series: Friends. Must save

Windy Valley: Gamma

Red Mountain: Gamma

Scene: Lost World

Sonic follows the red light

Sonic: Woah! What's this? A mural.

Sonic is transferred to the past

Scene: Tails and Amy flying off

Tails is carrying Amy down into Station Square, and the birdie is back in Amy's arms. Tails sees Eggman flying weirdly in the distance and crashes, after a blank stare in the direction, he waves goodbye to Amy and makes his way to Eggman.

Amy: I wonder what Sonic is doing, he's always rescuing me it seems. I should be more independent.

Amy Starts walking with the birdie in her hands

Amy: You know, you sure surprised me, by having a chaos emerald with you. No wonder they were after you my feathered friend.

Amy notices the pendant

Amy: Hey, a pendant. (she opens it) Wow! So I'll help you find your family, does Eggman have them captive now? (the bird tweets in response) I bet he does, so I'll help you find your family, I've come this far, I might as well come all the way. That robot said Eggman's base is in the Mystic Ruins, so what do you say we check it out?

She goes into the train center

Tails: That's Eggman! I wonder what happened to sonic.

Eggman: I'm finished, chaos was defeated, and now my Egg Carrier was ruined. Whatever, I'll destroy Station Square anyway.

Eggman brings up a nuclear missle

Tails: If that missile was launched…

Eggman: Ready… Fire!

The missile launches and doesn't destroy anything

Eggman: Ah! Oh-no it was a dud. I can't believe this! BAh! I'll go deal with this myself.

Tails: Oh-no! I got to get to that missile before he detonates it!

Tails follows Eggman

Tails: I see it! I got to get it before Eggman. The fate of Station Square depends on me. Oh, Sonic! I changed a lot since hanging out with Sonic. But I can't depend on him forever, I know I can do this by myself. OK Eggman come-on. (He enters Station Square)

Speed Highway

Citizen 1: Oh No! It's Robotnik

Eggman: So, you beat me to the missile you little pest. I will make you pay for this.

Egg Walker shows up

Citizen 2: Let's get out of here!

Eggman: You fool, away! Before I make mincemeat out of you.

Tails: I'm not scared, I'm not scared. I can do this.

Egg Walker

Tails: Hey, I did it.

Citizen 1: You saved the day!

Citizen 2: You're the best

Tails: Heh! I did it all by myself

Tails takes off into the night

Scene: Outside Eggman's base

Amy: Hmmm, I don't remember this bridge. Looks dangerously suspicious. Wanna go?

Amy goes in

Zero shows up

Amy: Ah! Not you again!

Final Egg: Amy

Amy: Whew! That was a close one. I saw no sign of your relatives birdie. Oh! You escaped from the Egg Carrier, so maybe your family is still in there. Let's investigate, wanna?

Scene: The past

Sonic: What's this place? Where am I? This is really weird.

Tikal: Why? Why did this have to happen? It's terrible. I must stop this now.

Tikal approaches the Master Emerald and Sonic is back to the present

Sonic: What was that all about? I don't think I'm dreaming here.

Eggman flies by

Sonic: Hm? Eggman (He starts running) What's he doing here? Oh nevermind, this time I'll get him good.

Scene: Outside Red Mountain

Gamma: E-103 Delta, E-104 Epsilon, rescue mission accomplished. E-105 Zeta, E-101 Beta, location unknown. Perhaps aboard the Egg Carrier.

Scene: Final Egg

Sonic is walking towards Eggman in Egg Viper, he jumps down.

Eggman: Well isn't it my old pal Sonic, I'm surprised you made it this far.

Egg Viper flies up

Sonic: Hold it right there Eggman

Egg viper

Sonic and Tails meet up

Scene: Egg Carrier

Arms finally get Beta up, and start fixing him and finishing upgrades.

Gamma: E-series data, beginning search. Accessing data, Hot Shelter, E-series location confirmed. Unlocking the Hot Shelter sector now. Beta: presumed out of commision.

Hot Shelter: Gamma

When he gets outside, he lists the remaining E-series units left to hunt down, with a detached realization he looks at his hand blankly.

Gamma: Gamma. (he looks out into the sea) Shutdown activation process, begin.

Gamma's display turns to static, and he hunches forward, having ended his own life. From his back panel, the pink Flicky emerges, stretching out its wings and flapping around in glee. It lands in front of Gamma, and observes him, almost somberly. Beta MK 2 flies by, and spots the now lifeless gamma.

Beta: Gamma?

He scans the robot, trying to determine what happened to him. Before he can complete his inspection, apink bird pops up in front of Beta's display tweeting at him, as if it's trying to say something. It tries to call out to the animal inside Beta. Beta begins experiencing some strange and anomalous system changes. Beta remains utterly silent, and shows no signs of sentience. The iron hearted machine smacks the pink bird out of the way with one of it's blaster arms, knocking it down to the ground. The ird is now badly injured, barely able to fly for only a few inches at a time. Life is rapidly leaving its tiny feathery body. Beta continues to analyze Gamma, and determines that his life battery has been disconnected from him. He declares the robot deceased and prepares to depart, Beta turns to leave. The pink bird is distressed by its injury finding a small spot to hide, flying into Gamma's back panel. A blast then connects with Beta's back exploding into sparks and electricity. He turns revealing Gamma with his gun pointed.

Gamma: Units remaining: Beta.

E-101 Beta

Gamma begins dominating the crippled Beta and doesn't pull any punches.

Meanwhile

Amy: Here we are, little birdy. (She hears the raging battle.) Hmm? What's going on?

She investigates the battle and sees Gamma. She keeps her head down in her hiding place for the moment, and watches as Gamma, with some effort, begins to out maneuver his older brother. Beta is destroyed, setting free the bird that resides in him. Gamma is appeased, he finalizes his log.

Gamma: E-101 Beta, rescue complete.

The white flicky flies around Gamma and triggers some genetic memories, of the pink bird, in him. The blue flicky flies out of hiding, and Gamma watches them fly around, but hears something hostile nearby. Zero, appears and starts to aim at the blue birdy, but Gamma turns, and destroys Zero with one shot. With the bird safe, Gamma watches as they reunite, twirling around in midair, as if they're dancing. He turns, and then sees Amy. Amy is happy to see Gamma again.

Amy: I'm so glad to see you again, Mr. Robot, and Thank you. You see I was trying to find the blue birdy's other siblings. Now that I think about it, it should've been a no brainer that one of them was in… Beta? Was it?

Gamma: Yes.

Amy: Wait! There were three of them in the locket, where's the other one?

The 2 birds then descend onto Gamma's shoulders, and nuzzling into him, as if they've always known him.

Amy: WAIT! Oh! The last one is inside you. So that's why you let us out.

Gamma: My mission is to save every single one of my E-series friends. I am the last surviving member of the E-series. It's time to cease malfunctioning.

Amy is saddened

Amy: This isn't fair, you're your own person… or robot. It's not right that you have to throw away your life like this!

Gamma: I admire your honesty and bravery, however it's time to shut down.

Amy: No! Mr. Robot, don't I'm begging you! Don't give your life away, there has to be another way! My friends can accept you into the-

Gamma: Something is wrong.

Gamma checks his internals and the bird inside. Amy is confused.

Amy: What's going on?

Gamma: The bird inside is hurt too close to death, letting it out now would be fatal.

Amy: Are you okay Mr. Robot?

Gamma: …..

Amy walks over to the beta pieces and picks them up

Amy: You should come with me, I know someone who can help.

Amy starts walking while Gamma is hesitant

Amy: I mean it, come NOW!

Gamma: Alright.

Amy: Actually,I don't know your name, what is it?

Gamma: Gamma.

Amy: Hello there Gamma, my name is Amy Rose.

They shake hands.

Scene: Tails's workshop

Tails: I actually did it, I beat Eggman.

Sonic: Awesome job buddy.

Amy knocks on the door.

Tails: Come in!

Amy opens the door with Gamma in tow. Tails and Sonic are slightly taken aback, and leap into action.

Sonic: Amy! Lookout!

Amy: No, Sonic you don't understand, he helped me. He let me out of my cage, he isn't hostile towards me like that other robot is, his name is Gamma and he saved the lives of the two birds on his shoulders, he almost has feelings of some kind.

Sonic: Alright, Alright. Whatever you say. Well then, hi Gamma, I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic holds out his hand, with a warm smile on his face. Gamma looks confused. Sonic smirks, he then takes Gamma's hand and puts it with his own, forming a handshake.

Sonic: So what's with the sudden urgency? You wouldn't come like that without a reason. Also what's with those parts?

Amy: Oh! Right. You see, Gamma's mission is to "save" his friends and release the animal inside them, and he's including himself, which I think is ridiculous, he's a hu- robot with his own free will, he is not with Eggman anymore, and, and….

Tails: Amy! Slow down. And stay on track

Amy: Sorry, and well after an incident, the bird inside him is hurt, and near death and I was wondering if you could find a way to get the bird out without killing the bird and Gamma.

Tails: I can't promise anything, but I'll do the best I can to help Gamma and the birds.

2 days later

Amy walks inside the workshop, and sees the birds in an Aviary, with food and water for them, feeling safe with Gamma's watch, and Tails tinkering away. Amy looks around and looks confused.

Amy: Where's Sonic?

Tails: Gah! Oh, it's just you, Sonic is out on a little vacation, needed a little break with everything that has happened the last few days.

Amy: *rolls eyes* Makes sense.

Tails: Thanks for bringing Gamma here, I've been so giddy to learn more about Eggman's tech. Gamma is such a wonderfully unique and fascinating machine.

Amy giggles.

Tails: I've been learning more about him, and asking him lots of questions. I am amazed about his self awareness, since he seems so identical to any other Eggman robot. I've attributed it to a ghost in the machine type of thing, I actually wonder if any other robot could exhibit these same characteristics.

Amy: Well what about the bird? Is there anything you can do?

Tails: I've spent time analyzing Gamma's specs, but it's still a bit alien to me. I'm used to badniks, but these E-series are like a foreign language.

Amy: Well what about another power source?

Tails: I could theoretically make a substitute power source for the robot to keep him online, however it's a gamble, we don't know what will happen.

Amy: Well, what about the remains?

Tails: Beta's components are compatible with Gamma, there is sadly nothing there that could fix this issue.

Amy: Well, do you know how to get the flicky out?

Tails: I've modeled how to safely get the bird outside of Gamma, but I checked on the state of the flicky, but I don't know how to get it out, without greatly risking its life. The bird has become so dependent on Gamma's systems that Gamma is like a walking talking life support system. It's placed in suspended animation when it went back inside Gamma, while also simultaneously keeping the bird alive, it's a symbiotic relationship. One can't live without the other, Eggman is the only one I could think could know how to fix this, but asking him for help, is definitely out of the question.

Amy is wrought with dismay, and the three of them contemplate what to do next. They start brainstorming, but it's cut short, when Tails looks out the window, and sees Angel Island falling from the sky once again. A huge tremor shakes the workshop.

Tails: Unfortunately, Gamma has to be put on hold for right now. Let's go everyone, we have to find Sonic.

Scene: Mystic Ruins, Eggman is monologuing on Sonic

Eggman: Oh! I hate that Sonic, he always seems to get in my way. But he can't foil my master plan.

Eggman notices Chaos on the Ground

Eggman: Chaos!

Scene: Falling Island, Knuckles is confused.

Knuckles: The Master Emerald is where it belongs, but Angel Island is falling again. This doesn't make any sense. Maybe, those chaos emeralds, that I brought back with me, have something to do with what's happening. I'll take them to Sonic for his advice.

He turns around seeing Eggman panting on the ground, out of his egg-mobile.

Knuckles: Eggman.

Knuckles runs towards him.

Eggman: This is terrible, C-Chaos is..

Knuckles: Is what?

Chaos starts to sneak attack knuckles when the scene changes.

Scene: Mystic Ruins, Sonic is sleeping under a tree.

Sonic: *Yawn* Guess Eggman learned his lesson, yep. And maybe I'll take another vacation somewhere. (he says in his sleep)

Tails: SONIC!

Startled Sonic wakes up.

Sonic: Tails what's up, anything on Gamma?

Tails: No time for that Sonic, Angel Island has fallen again.

Sonic: Hey! No Way! Who blew it this time!?

Tails: Uh- I don't know but we better hurry!

Scene: Angel Island: Sonic, Tails, Amy and Gamma find Knuckles and Eggman out cold.

When Gamma sees Eggman, he hangs back a bit, staying vigilant. He harbors a grudge against the doctor for his cruelty against his own creations, as well as how he treated the animals, expressing something close to anger, albeit in Gamma's own way. Nethertheless, he bites his robotic tongue and sees how things will play out.

Knuckles: Sonic, ugh, I'm sorry.

Sonic: Knuckles! ..and Eggman, what happened here?

Knuckles: He stole the Chaos Emeralds, and Chaos is still alive.

Sonic: What!?

Eggman gets up.

Eggman: Arghhh, he's not going to get away with this.

Knuckles: Wait! What is that Robot here for?

Eggman turns around

Eggman: Gamma! There you are, where have you been?

Eggman is relieved to see his prized e-series model in one piece after the Egg Carrier's crash, but is confused as to why two birds are sitting on his shoulders, not even recognizing the blue one, which he took an emerald from a few days earlier.

Eggman: Gamma, come with me, and help me track down Chaos!

Gamma remains silent

Eggman: Do I have to repeat myself? Get over here! That's an order, obey your master.

Gamma: Master registry has been deleted

Sonic: Heh!

Eggman can't believe what he is hearing. He is furious.

Eggman: You Gamma, I thought I could rely on you, getting the frog you know. But now I know I can't. You're disobedient and an insolent machine. Beta was much better than you will ever be!

Eggman is furious but also curious, wondering how he is able to override his own programming, he steps towards Gamma.

Eggman: When you come back, and you will. You will learn your lesson, and if you don't I will disassemble you piece by piece, hurting you where it hurts. You hear me!?

Gamma raises his arm blaster

Gamma: Doctor Eggman, you are my enemy, you can't control me anymore.

Sonic, Tails and Amy block Eggman from Gamma, defending him. Eggman begrudgingly steps back and runs to his Egg-mobile

Eggman: This isn't over, I'll find you, you traitorous tin can!

Knuckles: Hey Eggman, wait up! Sonic, Chaos is a fearsome beast. If he gets that last chaos emerald, we're done for.

Sonic waves his finger. Sonic: No need to explain, we're on it, Guys.

Tails, Amy and Gamma: Right.

A bright light envelopes sonic, and is taken to the flaming past.

Sonic: What? Oh geez.

Sonic looks around

Sonic: this place, it looks familiar. It's not a dream after all.

Pachacamac: Get out of my way!

Tikal: No way!

Pachacamac: DId you hear what I said!?

Tikal: I won't obey!

Pachacamac: We need those seven emeralds to give us total power. It's power for the people, they are your people too you know. We must get those emeralds.

Tikal: Greed is our enemy, once it starts, you will always want more. Please don't do this. I beg you.

Pachacamac: Bah! I don't listen to the words of a child. Ready men? Charge.

Tikal: Father!

The Chao behind Tikal are run over. In reaction to the charging men at the temple, Chaos stands between them and the emeralds.

Pachacamac: Ah! It's a monster!

Chaos Absorbs the emerald's power and disappears along with the echidnas besides Tikal.

Pachacamac: No!

Sonic: Hey, are you alright?

Tikal: Ugh, I think so. (she gets up) Oh my gosh! No No No!

Tikal runs to the temple

Sonic: Hey, wait up!

Sonic follows Tikal

Tikal: The seven emeralds are the servers, chaos is power, power enriched by the heart, The controller serves to unify the chaos. *gasps* The seven emeralds can change our thoughts into power, if this emerald controls that power, please you must stop him!

The Master Emerald glows and sonic is transported to the present

Tails: Sonic, wake up.

Sonic: ugh, uh I was on a snooze cruise I guess.

Tails: Good thing you're okay, you just sort of conked out there. Knuckles left already. Come, we gotta get to the last emerald.

Sonic: Uh, lead the way.

Tails: It should still be on the Tornado 2

Sonic and Tails find the Tornado 2

Tails: Look! It's the Tornado 2.

Sonic: Yeah! So let's get the chaos emerald and leave. (they walk towards it, only for a pipe shape made out of water surrounds the plane) What? (the pipe shape goes away) No! He's got the last emerald!

Tails: Now, what do we do?

Scene: Station Square

Water starts flooding the sewers and starts sprouting out of sewer systems. Cracks start to form, and buildings start breaking. Eventually, Station Square is destroyed and Perfect Chaos sticks out of a building

Perfect Chaos: *unintelligent noise*

Scene: Station Square, with Sonic

Sonic: If I wasn't just dreaming, that monster... is a real menace (he turns around and sees the Egg Carrier 2) Eggman. Looks like he's after Chaos too.

Scene: Egg Carrier 2

Eggman: The Egg Carrier 2, was made if something like this would happen. You've defied your master, stupid beast. Now, you must be destroyed at all costs.

Perfect Chaos shoots a laser and runs it through the Egg Carrier 2, destroying it. Eggman is launched into the sky like Team Rocket.

Scene: Station Square

Sonic: I've had enough, who do you think you are anyway? (A red ball flies towards Sonic) Oh, it's you, the one who sealed Chaos in the Master Emerald, Tikal.

The ball disappears and Tikal appears a couple of feet in front of Sonic

Tikal: My heart has always been inside the emerald, along with Chaos's, now he's filled with anger and sadness, and if it goes on, he'll eventually destroy the world, like he did before.

Chaos takes the negative energy of the emeralds, and sends them to different places around the map.

Tikal: Look! He's absorbed the emerald's power, he must be sealed into the Master Emerald NOW!

Sonic: How can that help? It won't change how he feels inside won't it? His heart will still remain in turmoil, and his anger just won't vanish. He'll just be trapped forever.

Tikal: What choice do we have?

Sonic's friends find the chaos emeralds, and Amy and Gamma show up with 2 chaos emeralds.

Amy: Here take this.

Tails shows up with an emerald in his hands and Knuckles is carrying 2. Big shows up shortly after with his chaos emerald, he sees Gamma.

Big: Hey, don't steal froggy this time, okay?

Gamma: ….

Cheers start to form up on the rooftops of station square, cheering for the spiny blue hero.

Tails: Negative forces aren't the only way to empower the Chaos Emeralds, our positive feelings toward each other will make them work. Our hearts together form awesome power

Sonic absorbs the power of the Chaos Emeralds, and flies towards perfect Chaos

Perfect Chaos

Chaos is back to normal, and chao start to come out to greet their friend after thousands of years.

Knuckles: Chaos has changed again, this time for the better.

Tails: Yeah! Super Sonic must've neutralized it, so it's nice again.

Tikal: These are the chaoo you were protecting. (Tikal appears) They've stayed alive for generations and now live peacefully with humans. The fighting's over, harmony is restored, and life goes on. (to sonic and others) Thank you so much.

Sonic sees Eggman fly off

Tails: All's well that is well, right? Sonic?

Sonic runs off into the distance

Tails: Well, Amy, Gamma, let's get back to the workshop.

Amy: Alright.

Gamma: Affirmative.

5 days later

Scene: Workshop

Amy: Let's go on a stroll Gamma.

Gamma: Alright.

Scene: Beach near the workshop

Gamma: I've enjoyed your morality lessons

Amy: Thank you, it's the least I could do after, what you've done for me.

Gamma: I've embraced it, after seeing what Sonic did for everyone in Station Square

Amy: You know, there's some similarity to that

Gamma: How so?

Amy: Sonic's mission was to save Chaos, not destroy it, he destroyed Chaos's outer shell of anger and sadness but he saved what was good, and kept him with Tikal. It's like your mission to save the E-series, you destroy the robot to save the animal from within, without knowing it, Sonic has rubbed off of you. You're good Gamma, you're a hero

Gamma: But I failed my mission, I could not rescue them all.

Gamma places his hand on his chest

Amy: But the little bird could've died without you, in a way you did save them all, just by being around, you're now free, and the pink flicky is a part of you, so in a way it's free too. Just what do you want to do know, now that all of this is over.

Gamma: I.. don't know, my only purpose was to destroy the E-series, but it hit an impassable brick wall. What should I do?

Amy: Everyone in life has to find their own purpose, no one can do that for you. Oh... wait, you've seen the 2 birds on your shoulders, but you've never seen the pink one in you. Blue birdie, (It flies to her arm) There is a pendant on the blue bird, here. (she opens it)

Gamma stares long into the image, recognizing it somehow, his lens looks at every minute details of the captured scene. Suddenly he begins twitching and convulsing violently. Seeing the photo triggers something in him. His heads up display fills up with static, and he begins seeing flashes of places he doesn't recognize, places he's never seen before, as well as posing for the very photo in front of him. He then catches the glimpse of a person, holding out their hand, calling to the birds, lovingly stroking them with a finger as they rest on his/her arm.

Amy: Gamma? Gamma! What's wrong?

Gamma: New mission determined, return home.

No-one thought to ask, who took the photo in the locket, who put it on the birdie. It was now Gamma's mission to find him or her.