Whisper

"Hey Whisper!" Sonic said, happy to see one of his newer friends, though he was surprised to see that Whisper didn't flinch from his volume.

"So, I suppose this is the surprise you mentioned?" Whisper said, looking towards Knuckles.

"Yeah, he just kinda popped up a little while ago. Turns out he time traveled, who would of guessed?" Knuckles responded.

"Well, Tails said it was always a possibility, but we had no way of knowing when he would appear again. He could of traveled hundreds of years into the future after all." Whisper responded, earning a shutter from Sonic.

"Yeah, don't want to think of THAT possibility…" Sonic said.

"Sorry I brought it up then." Whisper said. "So, what was this favor you wanted from me?"

"Sonic needs a ride off of the island, figured that you would be the best bet, with that new toy of yours." Knuckles said, pointing to Whisper's hover bike. "That won't be an issue, right?"

"Of course not. I would be happy to help." Whisper said. "Got a place you want to go in mind?"

"Central City, want to see what everyone has been up to, and I figured that seeing Tails would be a good place to start." Sonic said, earning Whisper's attention.

"I don't suppose that Knuckles told you anything about what everyone has been doing to you, has he?" Whisper asked.

"Only stuff about what he has been up to, I guess Tangle too, with their whole treasure hunting team up that they have going on right now." Sonic answered.

"Oh, well I won't spoil the surprise." Whisper said.

"Knuckles said the same thing, now come on! Let's get going!" Sonic said before jumping onto the bike.

"Just one more thing Sonic." Knuckles said. "Like I said, Eggman disappeared the same time that you did, that much is common knowledge at this point. That means that if people see you just running around, it won't take long for people to figure out that Eggman might be back too. If that happens, then people might start to panic." He explained.

"Ok, so you think that I should lay low for a while?" Sonic asked.

"I am not saying that you should stick to alleys or anything, but try and be a bit careful. And don't do anything reckless either." Knuckles explained.

"Got it."

"It was good seeing you again Knuckles." Whisper said before hopping on her bike.

"Tell everyone I said hey!" Knuckles said as the two took off.

And with that, they were off. When they were over the ocean however, Knuckles took out his communicator and sent the most cryptic message to Tails he could think of at the time.

"Do me a favor and take a picture of it for me please?"

"So…" Sonic started.

"Hmm?"

"I AM going around to see what everyone has been up to these past fifteen years, and I have you right here, so how about you tell me about what you have been doing?" Sonic asked.

"Oh, nothing much." Whisper said. "A couple of years after you disappeared, I was invited to join G.U.N."

"Wait really? Did you accept the offer?"

"I did, I have been working with them to keep the peace." Whisper said. "Other than Rouge, I am their best when it comes to undercover missions."

"That's good to hear. Although, I thought that you weren't great with crowds, how did that change?" Sonic asked.

"Well, I guess a bit of Tangle rubbed off on me." Whisper said.

"Oh yeah, the two of you are still good friends?" Sonic asked.

"Yes, those two are the closest friends that I have right now." Whisper responded, referring to Jewel as well.

"That's good to hear…" Sonic said. "You know, you never DID get to tell me that one joke about the toaster."

CRASH

"Uh… what was that?" Sonic asked.

"Trouble, get ready for some action." Whisper said as she took her bike in for a landing.

When they landed, Sonic noticed two things, one was that they were in Green Hill, and the second was that there were badniks and super badniks all over the place.

"Wait, I thought that Eggman disappeared with me! Why are there badniks still around?" Sonic asked.

"Eggman may have disappeared, but Starline didn't." Whisper explained.

"I see, so he came back, huh?" Sonic asked.

Whisper nodded. "Turns out he was stuck on the Lost Hex for a while. When he came back, he pretty much took over the Eggman Empire, though he was a much less… effective leader." Whisper explained. "He isn't too much of a threat, but we can't let our guard down around him."

"Gotcha… so uh… how exactly are you going to fight these things?" Sonic asked. "It doesn't look like you have your wispon on you…"

Tangle didn't give Sonic a verbal response, and simply pushed a button on her bike, transforming the vehicle into her variable wispon.

"Ok, that is cool!" Sonic said.

"Tails sometimes likes to give it some upgrades when I see him. That was the most recent one." Whisper said.

"I am guessing that you had your green wisp friend help it to fly?" Sonic asked.

"Correct, the others also have different effects, but I will let that be a surprise." Whisper said.

"Well then, shall we?" Sonic said, gesturing towards the robots.

The two of them then charged into what Sonic thought would surely be a tough fight…

He was wrong. Terribly so.

As it turns out, Dr. Starline wasn't that good when it came to creating death machines, and the badniks didn't receive any upgrades in the fifteen years that Sonic was absent. In fact, they seemed to be even less threatening now. That, coupled with the revelation that Metal Sonic was incapacitated and in G.U.N. custody, meant that Dr. Starline's army was not much of a threat.

"Huh, guess this is why Knuckles said that there wasn't much of a threat to the Master Emerald anymore, if this is the worst thing he has to deal with…" Sonic said.

"That being said though, he is a slippery one thanks to that warp topaz of his." Whisper explained. "Anyways, I should probably return to G.U.N. and report what happened here. Don't worry though, I won't tell anyone that you were here, I am sure you want to surprise Shadow and Rouge."

"Thanks Whisper, for that, and for the ride." Sonic said.

"You're welcome. Tell Tails I said hi." Whisper said before hopping onto her bike, which became infused with the cyan wisp, and shot off into the distance like a laser.

"Ok, now that was cool." Sonic said before speeding off in the direction of Central City. "Alright Tails, hope you are ready for the surprise of your life!"

End of Chapter 2

As you can probably tell, not much changed with Whisper. Compared to Tangle and the rest of the cast, we know very little about her right now after all. That being said, Tangle and Whisper issue 3 is coming soonish, and that is going to have some of her backstory in it apparently, so that is something. I didn't want to do nothing with her though, so I ended up deciding that she would make a good fit on the G.U.N. team, and went with that route for her. The bike wispon was just a neat idea that I had earlier, and figured that I would include it. Not sure if I am going to include the other wisp effects on the bike, but we will see. Also, she seems to of opened up a lot more thanks to Tangle and her other friends. So that's nice.

We also found out what happened to Dr. Starline, Metal Sonic, and the Eggman Empire as a whole in this chapter… yeah, they are not a threat anymore.

Anyways, Tails is next… and that is gonna be a big one. Probably the biggest one yet. This is Sonic's closest friend/younger brother after all. Prepare yourselves, cause things have been… tame so far compared to what I have planned for Tails.

So, I will see you soon for the Tails chapter.

… Wait, what did Knuckles want Tails to take a picture of?