Written by PrincessLeoStar

Based on the original comic book story written by Ken Penders for Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog Issues 150-151 and an unused storyline written by Karl Bollers and published by Archie Comics.

This re-write is intended for entertainment purposes and is also intended for those who feel the original story was lackluster and could have been better. No offense is intended for anyone who enjoyed the original story.

Evil May Care - Part 1 - From Hero to Zero

Just another day in Knothole City, Sonic is relaxing under a tree, enjoying the spring breeze. As he's relaxing, Mina comes by and sees Sonic. She decides to walk over to say hello to Sonic.

"Sonic!" said Mina. The hedgehog opens one of his eyes to find see Mina beside him. "What brings you here?"

Opening his eyes grants the blue hedgehog the sight of the pretty, purple silky-haired mongoose; she had gorgeous emerald eyes and an adorable smile. Seeing the mongoose here gave Sonic an idea. He gets up from his spot and comes over to Mina in hopes of wooing her.

"Hey Mina." Said the blue hedgehog. "I didn't have anything to do and I was thinking maybe you and I could hang out down by the creek!" he asks.

"Really?" She replied. This was unusual to her; the hedgehog that she once had a crush on is asking her out. She'd think that he wouldn't be interested since he never returned her feelings. Regardless, she accepts. "That sounds great! But what about Ash?"

"What about him?" Sonic says as he takes Mina's hand. They begin walking into the forest area of Knothole City.

* * * *

Sonic is spending quality time with Mina, taking her for a stroll down the river and picking a few flowers for her. Mina was not believing this; she is hoping that she's dreaming and yearns for someone to wake her up; she is finally with Sonic, the boy who she wanted to be her boyfriend, and he is… No. she can't do this to Ash. She can't hurt her boyfriend by being with her former crush… so she lets go of Sonic's hand.

"Something wrong, babe?" asked Sonic.

"I just… this isn't what I wanted." Confessed Mina while looking sad, and she runs off, leaving Sonic behind.

"Yeah," Sonic says as he watches Mina running away from him. Sonic was disappointed that he couldn't make any more moves onto her. "…sigh…so close… yet so far…"

As Mina runs off, Amy, who is walking on the same path as Mina, walks past her. The pink hedgehog notices the mongoose running away and turns to her.

"Mina! Mina! What's the rush?" She yells to Mina, but Mina was already gone from her sight. Seeing Amy after Mina has just left, gave the hedgehog a new idea.

"Well, the day may not be a total loss…" Thought Sonic. "especially with all the hot chicks in the local vicinity…" With his new sights set on Amy, Sonic rushes up to Amy and greets her with a smile. "Say, babe. Wha'cha up to?" he asks Amy.

The pink hedgehog was shocked to hear what Sonic had just said to her. "Uhh… Sonic… did you… did you just call me "Babe"?" She asks nervously.

"Yeah, and I was wondering if you were free right now?"

If she's free right now? The words excite Amy. She couldn't believe this; the hedgehog of her dreams is asking her out on a date. Her face is blushing in rosy-red, and her heart is racing. She is wondering if this is a dream if this is unreal.

* * * *

One hour later… Tails is walking through the floral parts of Knothole City, searching for Sonic.
"It's been hours since Sonic was supposed to have come over!" Tails thinks to himself. "It's not like him to not show up! I've asked everyone, and no one has ever seen him! Wherever could he-?" Just then, he hears giggles and kissing noise from behind the bushes. Tails go over to investigate, and… to his surprise, he catches Sonic kissing with Amy. "HOLEE-!"
Having her lips pressed onto the lips of her long-time crush made her feel like she was flying, walking on air. Her dreams of being with the love of her love are coming true.
"Sonic, I… I didn't know that you'd be really interested in me. I guess you were just too shy to admit your feelings." She tells Sonic.

"Oh, Amy," replied Sonic "a sweet girl like you? What's not to like?"

"Sonic! Amy!?" The hedgehog couple hears Tails' voice and turns their heads to find that he has been standing there the whole time as they were having their moment.

"Tails!?" said a surprised Amy.

"'Buds before Babes', huh?" Tails questions Sonic.

"What's it to you? When I need a sidekick, I'll let you know!"

Tails was really angry at Sonic for what he had just said to him. "Sonic! I can't believe you!" He shouts. "Forget this, I'm leaving!" Annoyed and frustrated by Sonic's words and actions, Tails storms off, leaving behind the blue hedgehog and his 'mistress'. Amy herself couldn't believe that Sonic would be straight-up mean-spirited and rude, especially to his best friend. She was shocked.

"Sonic! Did you just upset Tails?" She asks in disbelief. "We should go after him!"

"Nah! He'll be okay!" He says, then he tries to kiss Amy again, but Amy lets go of Sonic's arms and backs away from him.

"Umm… listen, I gotta go now. Thanks for the date, by the way!" Amy walks away, leaving Sonic behind in the bushes. Sonic tries to go after Amy as she's leaving.

"Oh, c'mon, babe! Just one more kiss?" He asks as he tries to catch up to her, but Amy just ignores Sonic and heads back home.

* * * *

Hours later, as the sun begins to set, Sonic is still searching for Amy, but with no luck. Amy is gone, disappeared from Sonic's view.

"Dang! Little rascal's gone. And she was so much better than Mina!"

As Sonic is still annoyed for Amy leaving him, he accidentally bumps into Fiona Fox.
The sight of Fiona made Sonic infatuated by her beauty. To him, she looked like a goddess, her figure was so captivating, her long red hair is like silk, and her eyes are like the ocean. He thought that since Amy's gone, he might as well find someone else to have some more fun with.

"Hey, Sonic!" said Fiona, after bumping into Sonic.

"Sorry, babe!" greeted Sonic. "Didn't see ya there." He offered her back up, but the fox was able to do that by herself. "Say, what's a pretty girl like you doing at this lovely time of day?"
Fiona is surprised, and at the same time crept, on what Sonic just said to her. She isn't going to have it, especially since she was left for dead by him years ago.

"Alright, blue, what is your game?" Fiona asked raising a brow. "Is this some kind of a joke?"

"What?! No, no." Replied Sonic, being cool. "I just thought you wanted some company.

Besides, a pretty face like you shouldn't be alone on this beautiful evening."

Fiona turns around, folding her arms. She's looked pretty upset. She had always been hostile to him due to him leaving her for dead years ago. While that is still the case, she did gain somewhat of respect for Sonic ever since the Xorda incident the previous year, which severed her hatred towards him. However, today he called her "a pretty face", before that, it was "babe". Maybe he's only trying to be nice but that was flirting. If he wanted to be nice, he could've just said "hello" or "how are ya"?

She looked over the horizon as the bird flew across the sky and the sun has almost sunk into the ground, saying nothing. As Sonic tries to prepare for another move on the red fox, Fiona turns to the hedgehog while unfolding her hands.

"I would like some company, Sonic. But not right now, okay?" Fiona tells Sonic "I gotta go now."

"Aww, really?" said Sonic with disappointment. "But I wanted to do more stuff with you."

"Some other time, okay?"

Fiona walks away and heads home, leaving Sonic behind. He tries to reach out to her but she's already at the path leading to the residential area where their houses are. Sonic is once again disappointed that he could not get his hands on another girl to hang out with. He wanted to see what else he can do while there still some light outside. He could go grab a chili dog, or he could go for a nap like before, there are so many things he could do before the day is done, but he just decided to go home.

* * * *

Much later, Sonic arrives at a house with a mailbox that shaped like the Classic Sonic emblem. By that point, the sun is down and stars begin to come out, each star was a shining diamond in the sky. He goes to the door of the house and knocks.

"Come in." said a voice. Sonic opens the door, where he is welcomed by his parents.
"Welcome home, son." greeted Bernadette.

"Mom…" Sonic thought as he sees his loving mother, the lilac-colored hedgehog with blonde bangs.

"How was your day, son?" greeted Jules.

"…and Dad…" Sonic didn't know what to think, seeing his robotic father and being greeted by him. Regardless, he gives his father an answer. "It was great, dad."

Sonic sits at the table where his father is. His father looked really happy. Sonic never saw his father smile at him like that before. "He's giving me that strange look…" thought Sonic. "Never saw my dad look at me like this…"

"Something wrong, champ?" asked Jules.

"Huh? Oh, no," answered Sonic. "It's just that… that's some smile you've got there…"

"Oh. Thank you." Jules says, surprised by his son's compliment.

"I'm guessing that you must be really happy at me for some reason," Sonic said while rubbing the back of his head.

"Well, it's not every day that a father gets to be with his hero for a son."

"Really?"

"Of course. Even when you have to fight Robotnik to protect the world, you'll still able to return home to me and your mother, and we're both very proud of you for doing has you have to for the sake of Mobius."

The words coming from his father is making Sonic feel something that's he's never felt before; his father just told him that he is proud of him for being a hero. He saved the world many times before but hearing from his father that he's proud of him for this actually made him really happy. His father had not been with him for most of his life, only having Uncle Chuck until Robotropolis captured and roboticized him. Now, he's got his entire family back now and all but his father has been derobticized.

Just then, he begins to smell something. He sniffed for the scent; it smelt so good, it was a pungent smell of peppers and cumin.

"Wow…" though Sonic. "What's that amazing smell?"

"Dinner's ready, sweetie." Said Bernie as she brings a huge silver platter to the table where Sonic and Jules are sitting. What's on the dinner place is a huge silver platter, full of chilidogs. It's not just the smell of the dogs, it's the look of them that got Sonic excited. His mouth was watering a little, and his stomach was growling just by looking at it. Sonic picks up a dog from the top of the pyramid of chili dogs and puts a bit of it in his mouth. He bites into the tip of the dog, tearing the piece off and begins to chew it. After a few seconds of chewing and tasting the flavor, he swallows it. After a few seconds, he becomes amazed by the taste of the chili dog.

"This is great!" exclaimed Sonic. "Thanks!"

"Anything for our special little guy." Replied Bernie as she smiles at her son for his compliment as he scarfs down his chili dog.

* * * *

Later that same night, Sonic is laying down in his comfy car bed, on top of the sheets his head on a pillow and his hands both behind his head. He has a grinning smile on his face, happy after having a great day.

"Man! What a day, what a day! Got to hang with some babes, all the chili dogs I can eat, and now, I get to have a hot shower and sleep a comfy bed."

He thought back to his day, sending time with Mina, Amy, and Fiona, before thinking about his parents, Jules and Bernadette. Thinking about them, his demeanor becomes a little somber.

"Mom and dad…" he said. "They were nothing like the folks I got back home. They were so kind to me… I… felt something that I never felt before…"

{Flashback}

No Zone. In a giant building known as the "Zone Jail", where criminals from all over the multiverse are sent there for the crimes they've committed. Anti-Sonic, the evil version of Sonic the Hedgehog from another dimension known as Anti-Mobius, is brought before the Parole Board with his hands cuffed. Zonic the Zone Cop is right beside Anti-Sonic's side as he's being presented.

"Sonic the Hedgehog of Mobius-372! You stand before the Parole Board. What do you want?!"

"Your honor, I would like to be granted full parole… for good behavior. You see, I-"

For a brief moment after Anti-Sonic's request, there was some silence, before the Parole Board all laugh at Anti-Sonic for his request. After about twelve seconds, they stop and calm down for a moment. The leader of the Parole Board stands to give Anti-Sonic their answer.

"After all the crimes you've committed in the universe, I wouldn't let you go, even if you were the last prisoner here! Your permission for parole has been denied! Guards, take him back to his cell."

"Aww, c'mon!" he yells as he's dragged back to the cells.

* * * *

Now back in his cell, frustrated from his rejected permission for a temporary leave. He's taking out his anger by repeatedly punching his pillow.

"What's that board's problem?!" he said. "I just wanna have a bit of fun! I've been in this stinking dump for so long, the only thing I can find here is boredom!"

"It ain't fair!" he yells as he gives the last punch on his pillow before it hits the wall and plummeting to the floor. He sits down on his bed, putting his hands under his face, upset. After a few seconds, he looks up at the ceiling, having conjured up a plan.
"In that case, I'll have to take matters into my own hands!" he said with a snarky grin.

* * * *

Anti-Sonic waited until the Zone Jail Guard arrives for his late-night shift around Anti-Sonic's cell. Once the guard is in-range, Anti-Sonic grabs a blunt object and whacks the guard on the head, knocking him out. After getting keys from the KO'd Zone Jail Guard, Anti-Sonic unlocks his cell and gets his chance to sneak inside the Prison Processing to get to the Zone Link Generator he stole from Anti-Rotor while Anti-Sonic was still with the Anti-Freedom Fighters. He had to be quick; if one of the patrol officers arrive at Anti-Sonic's cell, they'll discover that one of the guards are knocked out and that Anti-Sonic's cell is empty. He finds and enters the Prison Processing Room to look for the Zone Link Generator, looking for the shelf with his prison number; "004-1994-011". He finds the Zone Link Generator inside the box with his cell number, quickly grabs it and runs out of the room.

When Anti-Sonic got out with the Zone Link Generator, one of the patrol officers discovers the knocked-out guard near Anti-Sonic's unlocked and empty cell. At that moment, Anti-Sonic activates the Zone Link Generator, opening the portal to the Cosmic Interstate. Anti-Sonic jumps into the portal, and it closes behind him as he travels through the Cosmic Interstate.

* * * *

The portal to the Cosmic Interstate opens on Mobius Prime and Anti-Sonic emerges from the portal. He lands in the Great Forest, where the hidden city of Knothole should be.

"Now to find my goody-two-shoes prime-self!"

Anti-Sonic is outside of Knothole City's range, hiding behind the bushes, waiting for Sonic the Hedgehog until he's the closest he can be. Moments later, Sonic comes out of the city as his happy-go-lucky self and once Sonic is finally close enough to where Anti-Sonic is, Anti-Sonic jumps from the bushes and attacks Sonic, knocking him out before Sonic could notice his Anti-counterpart jumping him. After this, he takes the unconscious Sonic Prime to a solitary cabin in the darkest area of the Great Forest. He opens the cabin door and brags Sonic Prime in there. Anti-Sonic then takes off his sunglasses and leather jacket and puts them on Sonic-Prime. Leaving Sonic-Prime behind in the cabin, he heads to Knothole City.

{End of Flashback}

Anti-Sonic is laying down on Sonic's bed with a snarky grin, his eyes closed, and satisfaction, having taken over the life of his Prime-self.

"I'm glad that I broke outta stupid Zone Jail!" He mutters as Anti-Sonic softly drifts to sleep in Sonic's bed.

* * * *

The next day, Anti-Sonic arrives at Town Center, where he is immediately greeted by everyone there. Anti-Sonic couldn't believe the praise he's getting, even allowing the children to walk over and asking for high fives. "Is this what it's like to be a celebrity, being well known and beloved 'round these parts?" Anti-Sonic thought. "There was nothing like this back on Anti-Mobius. I got rid of Sal's father by sending him to the Zone of Silence and what do I get? Not even a stinking thanks."

He stops at the front of a Hog Dog Shop as the children leave and the Hot Dog Vendor was already there by the stand.

"Bonjour, Sonic." Greeted the Hot Dog vendor. "How's Knothole's favorite hero on this fine day?"

"Ah, can't complain, sir." Said Anti-Sonic.

"What can I do you, monsieur, a Chili Dog, I presume?"

"You don't hear me arguing!" Anti-Sonic replied.

"Alright then, monsieur. I'll be back in a jiffy." Said the vender with a smile.

After the vendor leaves to prepare a Chili Dog for a well-renounced customer, suddenly Anti-Sonic hears the cries of panicking civilians from yards away. The other customers nearby also hear the screams and begin to panic, some even run away in horror.

"Sonic! Please, help us!" cried a civilian.

Anti-Sonic hears the cry for him, and he rushes over to the civilian crying for him.
"What's going on?" he asked.

"Knothole City is under attack!" she cried.

"There's a Shadowbot tearing up the city's flora!" another one said.

"Is that all? What is even doing here?"

"I don't know, but hurry over there and stop it before it destroys the city!"

With the citizens in a panic and calling for their hero's help, Anti-Sonic has the sudden curiosity of how Sonic Prime handles it whenever his home has been threatened. In no time flat, he arrives on the scene, finding the Shadowbot wreaking destruction around the Town Center; wreaking the streets, smashing shop windows, ruining flower and plant pots. The blue anti-hedgehog sees what the Shadowbot has been doing.

"So, this is what the fuss's about?" remarked Anti-Sonic, giving the Shadowbot a smirk while not looking pretty impressed by the sight of the Shadowbot. "Ha, that tin can can't scare me." But then, the Shadowbot, marches towards the blue hedgehog.

As Anti-Sonic trash talks about the Shadowbot, "It's more like a-" the Shadowbot is already standing before Anti-Sonic and attacks Anti-Sonic, leaving him astonished from how quickly the bot strikes the blue anti-hedgehog. He dodges the punches and kicks in opposite directions; first, he goes to the right, then to the left. Anti-Sonic was left surprised by the bot's sudden attack.

"Okay, this guy's got some mad moves!" admitted Anti-Sonic, as he's taken off-guard by the Shadowbot's punches once again. He jumps away by the robot's second attack and evades. He runs up a nearby tree to recuperate and think for a moment. Anti-Sonic had never fought with Shadowbots before. He did work alongside them when he was working for Robo-Robotnik, but now he's facing one in battle. The only robots he ever had to deal with were his Robotnik's Sweepbots and all they ever did was clean up after him and the Anti-Freedom Fighters.

The Shadowbot's a lot stronger than he thought, it's on a whole new level from the Sweepbots. He has to get rid of it, but how? Now, how does his goody-two-shoes prime-self deal with this sorta crud? Oh right, he smashes it! Having a new plan of action, he begins attacking the Shadowbot by hitting it with a Spin Attack, followed by a kick to the head. The Shadowbot grabs him by the leg and throws Anti-Sonic to a tree. While the blue anti-hedgehog gets back up while clutching to the back of his head, the Shadowbot marches its way through to the blue hedgehog. It tries to punch Anti-Sonic, only to hit the tree thanks to Anti-Sonic jumping to the left. The Shadowbot swings to Anti's direction and starts swinging its fists to the hedgehog, but Anti-Sonic manages to barely dodge it by doing a backward flip.

Anti-Sonic manages to get another hit on the Shadowbot with a spin attack to the chest, making the bot tumble backward for a bit but wasn't to knock it down with a low kick. He then caught off-guard and was nearly stomped in the face, merely scratched on the cheek from the bot's hard, metal foot. Just what is he going? He thought. What is he anyway, some paper-weight? If he doesn't get rid of this Shadowbot now, he'll be done for. He needs to step it up. He jumps back up on his feet and prepares to face the Shadowbot. He charges his spin dash and directly attacks the Shadowbot to the chest. It landed on it rear with a large dent in where Anti-Sonic spin attacked it. It gets back up but was then attacked again by Anti-Sonic with a double kick to the head.

"Hey there, tin can!" said Anti-Sonic after landing. "You wanna pick on this handsome hog? Well, here I come!"

He finishes with a homing attack around the Shadowbot, making it dizzy and causing it to wobble, looking like it was about to fall. He jumps and kicks its head several times following it up with punch which causes its head to spin. The Shadowbot raises its hands and uses them to stop its head from spinning. It then proceeds to attack Anti-Sonic again with a couple of punches, Anti-Sonic manages to evade before head butting it, kicking it in the chest three more times, then another on the head.

"Time to finish this!" said Anti-Sonic, and he jumps into the air, lands on the Shadowbot's knees and finishes it with a triple spin kick. The Shadowbot collapse, falling backwards towards a fountain. Hitting the water, sparks fly and it's destroyed.
"What an absolute shocker!" marked Anti-Sonic, having defeated the Shadowobot.
The moment after their blue hero has just saved the day, the crowds begin to cheer. The sounds of praise were headed by Anti-Sonic, and he turns his head to the cheering crowd.

"Yay, Sonic!"

"I knew you could do it, Sonic!"

"Sonic! Sonic!"

Anti-Sonic cannot believe what he's hearing; he just wrecked a Shadowbot and suddenly, people are cheering and even thanking him. When he was in his own Mobius, he wrecked some robots and that was it. Here, this was completely different. He just saved their city and people and praising him.

"What is this?" he thought. "Is this… what it's like to receive praise?"

He was back at the stand where the hot dog vendor was waiting for his hero. He was watching the whole fight whiles he was preparing the chili dogs. He was super impressed with the hedgehog's heroics.

"That was tres Magnifique!" said the Hot Dog vendor.

"Yeah, it was, wasn't it?" answered Anti-Sonic.

The crowds run to Anti-Sonic as the vender brings over a plate of twelve chili dogs to the stand, making Anti-Sonic's mouth water.

"Now this was certainly deserving of a dozen of my finest chili dogs."

Surround by a praising crowd and with a plate of chili dogs in front of him, he's beginning to feel something that he hasn't felt in a long time; admiration. He's never gotten this much admiration ever since he sent Anti-King Max to the Zone of Silence and took over Anti-Mobius by Anti-Sally's side. After that, all he and his Anti-Freedom Fighters ever did was cause trouble by littering and graffitiing. Most of those schemes were his idea and not once was he ever given any thanks for it.

It made him happy inside, for the first time in a very long time.

* * *

Anti-Sonic is sitting by the same tree he sat by just like the day before. He's smiling because he's getting admiration for his heroic deed of saving Knothole City from an out of a control Shadowbot.

"Wow. Is this what it's like to be famous? Is this why dad was so proud of me?" he thought to himself. "If this is the kind of life my goody-goody prime self gets, then I can just use to this."
He smiles and as he thinks back to everything, he's gone through over the past two days, he just remembers Sonic Prime he imprisoned back at the hidden cabin in the Great Forest. "That's right," he thought. "If that "goody-two-shoes" Sonic comes back; he'll expose me as an imposter!"

Realizing this, he gets back up on his feet and heads back into Knothole City. "In that case, I'd better take care of the problem before it occurs. Time to start looking for that another Sonic… and eliminate him for good!"

Anti-Sonic walks back into the city with a dark demeanor and a malevolent plan in mind.