Episode 3: Enemies Strike Back
The next day, Sun is having breakfast with Cream, Cheese, and Vanilla in the kitchen. The four are kind of like a family. Sun lets out a yawn in exhaustion. Cream and Cheese giggle with smiles on their faces.
"Are you sleepy, Sun?" Cream asks.
"Maybe a little. I didn't get enough sleep last night," Sun answers, rubbing her eyes.
"How come?" Cream asks.
"It's nothing to worry about, except…" Sun says.
Vanilla, Cream, and Cheese look at Sun with confused expressions.
"I was thinking about my friends and my family back home. I haven't been here long and I already miss them quite a lot," Sun says.
"It's okay Sun. I'm sure we'll find a way to get you back home," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
"Thank you. I wonder what's going on today," Sun replies.
"Well, The Chaotix are going to come to the city to visit and to bring the Master Emerald back to the Island," Cream says.
"I really like to see Angel Island. You told me once that the island can actually fly in the air. I think I also saw it when the Master Emerald showed me the memories of you, Sonic, and the others," Sun says.
"Yes," Cream happily says.
Then Sun asks, "Do you think we'll be able to see Tikal again?"
"I'm not sure, but I'm sure she's glad we're able to see her again," Cream says.
Sun nods her head, "Sure."
"Alright, both of you finish your breakfast, Sally and the others want to meet you at the castle," Vanilla says.
"Okay," The girls reply.
Sun, Cream, and Cheese continue to have their breakfast and hurry to get to Sally's home.
Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman is showing Glittering Sparkle around. They are also accompanied by two small robots. A red round like robot named Orbot, and a yellow square like robot named, Cubot. Glittering Sparkle is interested to see so many machines
"So Doctor, how many robots have you made? It looks like you made thousands," Glittering Sparkle asks.
"This is only some of my greatest creations. There are more to come. Now then, you said that this Sun was transported with you," Eggman says.
"That's right. I think she was the only one who came with me. I think. She was also with that small weird rabbit and this cute adorable blue thing…. I think she called it a Chao," Glittering Sparkle says.
"I believe you have seen Cream and Cheese. Those duo are actually tougher than they appeared to be," Eggman says.
"Those two? They seem pretty harmless," Sparkle says, confused.
"None of the most important rule I've been learning is never underestimate your enemies," Eggman says.
Glittering Sparkle mutters, "I already underestimated Sun, and I ended up in this place."
Then turns to the small robots, "And these two are robots you made."
"Yes. This is Orbot and Cubot. They're my henchmen to say, but also manages to bungle some of my plans," Eggman says.
Cubot floats to Glittering Sparkle and says, "You're pretty."
"Thank you," Glittering Sparkle says with a smile.
Then turns to Eggman, "So, how are we going to find Sun and the Chaos Emeralds?"
"If she's with Cream and Cheese, then there's only one place where they can go," Eggman says.
"Where?" Glittering Sparkle asks.
Eggman grins and says, "New Mobotropolis."
Back in New Mobotropolis, Sun, Cream and Cheese with the Freedom Fighters are waiting patiently for some friends to arrive. They are relaxing under the bright sun and the blue sky.
"They sure are late. They should have been here by now," Bunnie says.
"They've been busy with work of their own. They said that they'll try to get here as soon as they can," Sally says.
"I'm sure they'll come," Sun says.
"Me too," Cream happily says.
Suddenly, a large ring appears out of nowhere. Walking through it is a pink echidna, a green crocodile, a purple chameleon, two small bumble bees, an armadillo, and a flying squirrel. Sun is amazed to see so many animals like being that lives like people. Then again, she's a pony who lives in another world and they live in a similar society to humans and Mobians.
The green crocodile walks over to Sally, and says, "Hey Sally, sorry we couldn't get here sooner, but we had to deal with some trouble back on the island."
"Considering that it has been floating on the water for a few months now," Vector says.
Charmy flies over, "So, where this special guest you told us about."
Sally walks to Sun and says, "She's right here. Sun these are our friends from Angel Island. Vector, Espio, Charmy, Saffron, Mighty, Ray, and Julie-Su."
"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I'm Sun," Sun says with a smile.
The crocodile walks over, "So you're the girl who found the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald. The name is Vector. Leader of the Chaotix and head of the Chaotix Detective Agency."
"You're a detective. You don't look like one," Vector says.
"Looks can be deceiving kid. Including you, when Sally told us you were able to use the Emeralds," Vector says.
Sun blushes, "I guess you're right."
Of course, Vector can't be more right about it.
The bee wearing the helmet flies over, "Hi i'm Charmy."
"I'm Saffron," The girl bee with blond hair says with a smile and holding a doll.
"It's nice to meet you. I like your doll, Saffron," Sun says.
"Thank you," Saffron says.
The Armadillo walks over, "I'm Mighty, and the little squirrel is Ray."
"H-hello," Ray says.
The echidna girl says, "i'm Julie-Su."
"And I'm Espio," The purple Chameleon says.
"Hello. It's nice to meet all of you," Sun says.
"It's nice to meet you Sun," Mighty says.
"So you're the girl who was somehow able to use the Chaos Emerald and helped put the Master Emerald together?" Julie-Su asks.
"Yes. It's kind of hard to understand how it works since I never used Chaos Emeralds before," Sun says.
"You don't look like someone who possess Chaos energy or bound to the Chaos Force," Julie-Su says.
"It is true, but from what Sun told us. The real reason why Sun was able to use the Chaos Emeralds because of goodness she has in her heart. Her love and friendship is what caused her to transform," Sally says.
"Yeah. I have to say she is one special girl," Bunnie says.
Cream giggles, and says, "She is special. She's smart, athletic, hard working, kind. And so much more."
Sun blushes, "Oh Cream, I'm not that special."
"But you are. Your friends told me a lot and everyone thinks so highly of you. Your friends told me that you also used to be a unicorn from another world, but was changed into an alicorn. And that you're actually a princess," Cream happily says.
"Princess?!" Everyone exclaims in shock.
Sun blushes, "I uh, didn't want you all to think that of me. I guess that's something else I need to explain."
"Pretty much. We do need to discuss about the situation Sonic and the others are in, so we might as well hear the part about you being a unicorn and a princess," Nicole says.
Sun sheepishly smiles, "Yes. I think it will be the best option."
Sometime later, Sun along with the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix are in the meeting room of Acorn Castle. Like before, Sun explains to the group about her situation. Also involves how she used to be a unicorn until she lived in the human world and become a princess. From start to finish, everyone is surprised and fascinated of Sun's story.
"I have to admit Sun, you sure are full of surprises," Mighty says.
"Yeah. You're like a super princess or something," Charmy says.
"I don't know about that, but I do my best to help anyone who has a problem, especially with a friendship problem," Sun says.
"But still, I can't believing Eggman created a Dark version of a Chaos Emerald and tried to use it to control the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald," Julie-Su says.
"Y-yes. Th-tha s-sounds d-angrous," Ray says.
"It's very dangerous. Glittering Sparkle is able to use the Dark Chaos Emeralds to gain control of the Chaos Emeralds. Tikal taught me our to use the Master Emerald to cut the emeralds' connection. I was able to use the Chaos Emeralds, but I transformed. The next thing I knew, I ended up here with Cream and Cheese," Sun says.
"Sounds like Chaos Control. Maybe it had something to do with your desire to help Cream and Cheese get home. And it ended up taking you and this Glittering Sparkle along with them," Espio says.
"Still. I need to find a way to find Glittering Sparkle and get the Dark Chaos Emerald away from her. I'm starting to fear that the it's corrupting her mind," Sun says.
"Yes. We also know that Sonic, Knuckles, and the others are trapped in the Emeralds. Yet, Cream is able to get out," Julie-Su says.
Then turns to Sun, "Are you sure you didn't do anything to get Cream out."
"I didn't really do anything. I remember it happened during the Christmas party, my friends and I had. I remember Cheese really missed Cheese so I comfort him and promised him to help save Cream and the others. Applejack sang a song that cheered him up. The next thing I knew, the Chaos Emerald glowed and Cream appear through the light," Sun says.
"Hmm, that sound like a real big mystery. Sonic and the others are trapped in the emeralds, and you don't have a clue how Cream got out," Vector says.
"Sounds like the job for the Chaotix and we'll do it free of charge," Charmy says.
"Charmy. As much as we want to help Sun, we don't know where to start," Espio sternly says.
"But we have to do something! Knuckles is trapped in one of the emeralds. We need to find a way to get him out!" Julie-Su says, sounding upset.
Sun blinks her eyes a few times. Sun then takes out the purple Chaos Emerald. What she remembers, Knuckles is trapped inside of it. Sun the places the purple Chaos Emerald on the table.
Saffron notices, "Wow! You did have the Chaos Emerald."
"Yes. the rest of them are in the bag Sally gave to me," Sun says.
"So why brought it out?" Julie-Su asks.
"Well, Cream and the others are each trapped in an emerald. This is the emerald Knuckles is in. Sonic is in the blue. Shadow is in the red. Rouge in White. Tails in yellow, and Amy is in the cyan blue one," Sun adds as she takes each emerald out of the bag by name.
Sally takes the blue one and says, "I see. So Sonic and the others are stick in there."
"I wish there was a way to get them out," Julie-Su says, grabbing hold of the purple one.
"I do too, but if Cream was able to get out of the emeralds, then there's still hope for Knuckles," Sun says.
"I really hope so. I miss him," Julie-Su sadly says, holding the purple emerald close.
Sun walks to Julie-Su, "Don't worry Julie-Su, I promise to help you all save your friends."
Sun the places her hand on Julie-Su's shoulder. Suddenly, her geode glows and her powers activate. Sun's eyes turn white.
Suddenly, she sees many of her memories. How she meets Knuckles and she wears a black cloak. She then see the two go on missions with Sonic and the others. Other times, is how the two spend time just only them. Knuckles and Julie-Su lean together and hug each other at the docks. The two echidnas are deeply in love with each other.
Sun then takes her hand away and blushes a little, "Uh, sorry about that?"
"Are you okay?" Julie-Su asks.
"I'm fine. I kind of accidentally used my magic on you," Sun says.
"What mind of magic? You said you have two abilities," Julie-Su asks.
"Well, one of them I can control fire. The second, I can see into people's thoughts. I can see their memories and feel their emotions. That the magic I accidentally used on you," Sun says.
She then sheepishly smiles, "Sorry about that?"
"That's okay. Still, that magic can come in handy, especially when you want to know about your enemies," Julie-Su says.
"Well, don't let anyone know about it. I don't want anyone to use it. So far, I'm the only one who can use it. Plus, the last time someone tries to use a lot of her magic, we ended up with a boost and our powers got a bit haywire," Sun says.
"How did that happen?" Rotor asks.
"My friend, Rainbow Dash, loved to use her super speed so much that she's been using them for everyday activity in every second. We tried our best to remind Rainbow to not use her powers so much," Sun says.
"How that go?" Bunnie asks.
"Not too well. Getting Rainbow to stop running so fast is like telling my friend, Pinkie to stop throwing parties," Sun says.
Sally giggles, "She kind of reminds me of Sonic. A lot."
Soon the group of friends begin laughing. Suddenly, they hear a loud banging sound that cause the whole ground to shake and everyone to jump off their seat.
"What in tarnation is that?" Bunnie asks.
"It sounded like an earthquake," Sun says.
"Let's go see what's up," Vector says.
The group hurries outside of the castle to see what is happening. Sun makes sure to put the Chaos Emeralds in the bag for safe keeping and hurry with them. When everyone reaches outside, they gasp in shock to see a large robot walking to the city. The robot has a dark blue and gray body with red in the middle. It has black robotic hand sand feet. It also has a large scary red, black, and blue head.
"What in the world is that?" Ray asks.
"I'm guessing it's trouble!" Espio says.
Suddenly, the robot begins to speak in the voice of a man, "Hello Freedom Fighters, it's so good to see you after so long. I believe you have the Chaos Emeralds along with the girl, Sun who has it."
"What?" Sun asks, shocked.
Sally demands, "How do you even know she's even here?"
"Simple, I have someone who wants to say hello," Eggman says, a grin.
Then a girl's voice, familiar to Sun, "Hello Sun, glad to know you're still here."
Sun gasps in shock, "Glittering Sparkle?!"
In the control room of the robot, Dr. Eggman is sitting at the main control. Orbot and Cubot are sitting at opposite sides of the control systems. Glittering Sparkle looks through the window with an evil smirk as her eyes glance a dark purple glow.
"That's correct Sun, I have a bit of a run in with Dr. Eggman and we decided that we need the Chaos Emeralds. So be a good little girl and hand them over," Glittering Sparkle says with a grin.
Sun clutches the bag that has the emeralds, "I'll never give you the Chaos Emeralds!"
Eggman makes an evil grin, "Very well. I can tell that you have the annoyance of those Freedom Fighters. We'll just take the Chaos Emeralds by force!"
Eggman, Orbot, and Cubot use the control and raise the E-3000 arms in the air and smashed it to the ground, causing the ground to shake. Everyone scream and fall to the ground. They turn their heads to see the machine about ready to perform another attack. In the control room of the robot, Eggman and Glittering Sparkle maniacally laughs as they prepare the E-3000 for another attack. Sun grits her teeth in anger that now Glittering Sparkle has teamed up with Mobius's intelligent villain and has sent a robot to attack them.
Eggman lifts his robotic arm and smashes it to the ground close to where Sun and the others are. Sun and the others jump off their feet and land on the ground.
Julie-Su stands up, "We gotta stop them before they crush the city."
"I agree," Sally says, standing on her feet.
Then turns to the others, "Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! We gotta stop the robot! Sun, you need to get Cream and Cheese to safety and protect the Chaos Emeralds."
"But Sally, I can help you," Sun says.
"I know, but Dr. Eggman and Glittering Sparkle are after you. We can't risk you or the Emeralds to fall to their grasp," Sally says.
"But," Sun says.
But Sally shouts, "Go!"
Sun steps back a little in concern. She then grabs Cream and Cheese and hurry away to get them to a safe place. Sally then activate blades from her rings.
Sally then shouts, "Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! Let's go!"
With that, the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix begin to fight Dr. Eggman and his robot. Many uses their physical strength or weapons and robotic parts to fight against the enemy. Sun hurries through the city and meet up at the castle. Sun turns to see Sally and the others fighting against the robot. Espio throw his ninja weapons. Bunnie firing from her robotic arm. Mighty strength holding back the robotic arm.
Sun clutches her necklace in her hand thinking, "I… I can't just stand by and do nothing. Sally wanted me to stay here and protect the emeralds… but still… I… I can't let them get hurt, after what they have done for me and wanting to help their friends…. I need to help them…"
Unknown to Sun, the Blue Chaos Emerald is beginning to glow from the bag.
Sun, Cream, and Cheese look out the door to see the group are doing their best to fight against the robot, but so far, none of the hits the attack they have are working on it.
Eggman chuckles, "I think it's time to bring up bigger fire."
"Glittering Sparkle, if you please, show them my latest upgrade to the E-3000," Eggman says.
Glittering Sparkle smirks, "With pleasure."
Glittering Sparkle presses a button on the control pad and a two electric rods comes out. Glittering Sparkle clutches her hands on the rods and sends dark Chaos Energy through it. Outside of the robot, the eye glows purple and fires a type of Chaos laser at the Freedom Fighters.
Bunnie screams, "Look out!"
The laser hits the ground and swift across the area. Sally and the others move out of the way with a scream..
Sally asks, "What in the world was that?"
"That doesn't seem like a normal laser, right? Right?" Charmy asks, scared.
Suddenly, Eggman appears on the speaker, "This is my special Chaos Laser and my new partner Glittering Sparkle uses the Power of my Dark Chaos Emerald to power it."
Glittering Sparkle's eyes glow purple again as she clenches her fist to send more energy to the laser.
Orbot whispers to Eggman, "Doctor, do you think that girl can be trusted?"
"Zip it Orbot!" Eggman angrily says.
Then whispers, "Besides, she is only a temporary employment to say."
Orbot becomes a bit confused, and asks, "What do you mean?"
"You'll have to wait once we gathered all of the Chaos Emeralds," Eggman says, and mischievously grins.
Then says, "Glittering Sparkle, blast those Freedom Fighters!"
"You got it, Doctor," Glittering Sparkle says, and sends more Chaos Energy to the laser.
The laser fires toward the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix. Everyone scream as they dodge the attack. Soon, the laser begins to attack some of the buildings close by. Seeing from the castle door, Sun gasps in shock to see the dark laser firing at them.
Sun bits her lips, "That's Chaos Energy. Glittering Sparkle must be using her Dark Chaos Energy she got from the Emerald to power that machine!"
Sun sees as Sally and the others are being thrown from the blast and the attacks the robot is giving them. Sun then has enough of this. She opens her bag to see the blue Chaos Emerald.
"Huh?" Sun replies, confused.
Sun takes out the blue Chaos Emerald and it begins to glow. She doesn't know why, but it seems it wants to be used or can sense something. Sun makes a determined look as she clutches the emerald.
Outside, the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix are tired and are knocked down to the ground. They all take deep breaths as they are trying to recover from the damages they have received.
Rotor groans, "This Glittering Sparkle is gaining powers from the Dark Chaos Emerald."
"We need to find a way to remove it," Sally says.
Antoine shouts, "Sally, look out!"
Sally quickly turns and gasps to see the laser is pointing right at her.
Glittering Sparkle smirks, "Say goodnight, chipmunk."
Then fires the laser at Sally. Sally is shocked and shield her eyes. But then, something gets in front of her and creates a fire like energy to block the attack. Sally turns her head and gasps in shock to see Sun creating a powerful fire shield and holds the Blue Chaos Emerald in her hand. Then cancels out the laser.
Sun clutches the Chaos Emerald in her hand and shouts, "Alright Glittering Sparkle and Dr. Eggman, you mess with my new friends, then you'll have to mess with me!"
"Well well, the little Sun comes out of hiding," Glittering Sparkle says.
"She sure reminds me of that annoying hedgehog," Eggman says.
Eggman says on the speaker, "Listen fire girl, either you hand over the Chaos Emeralds or you'll be blasted."
"I won't! I won't give any of them to you! And I'm not going to allow you hurt anyone in this city or this world," Sun says.
"Why are you so determined? You barely know these Mobian and this isn't even your home!" Eggman asks, through the speaker.
"It's simple, because I want to help and protect these Mobians. I may not know them well, but I can see that the planet is not yours to rule over. I promise that you and Glittering Sparkle will be stopped! I just gotta do what I gotta do! That's all!" Sun says, determined.
Suddenly, the Blue Chaos Emerald glows so bright that it blinds the area. In the control room of the robot, Eggnan, Glittering Sparkle, Orbot, and Cubot shield their eyes.
Eggman yelps, "What is this?"
"I have no clue, boss. It seems that the Chaos Emerald is starting to react," Orbot answers.
Down on the ground, Sally, and the others are being blinded by the light as well.
"Hey! What's with the light show?!" Vector screams.
"I think the Chaos Emerald has something to do with it. I seems to cause some kind of reaction to Sun or something," Sally says.
"Anyway to make it stop." Ray asks.
"I'm not sure!" Sally answers.
Sun holds the blue Chaos Emerald and is astonished to see it glowing like that. Suddenly, two balls of energy fly out of the Chaos Emerald in a blue beam of light. One of them is placed on Sun's hand, the other lands in front of Sun. Still having her eyes shield, Sun takes a peek to see something there. It's shorter than she is, and seems to have long hair… or quills. Sun looks down to see a strange charm on her hand. It's the shape of a silhouette of a blue creature with long quills. It seems to also show white eyes with black in the middle.
Soon, the light disappears and Sun is able to open her eyes and remove her hands. Sun becomes surprised to see someone blue standing in front of her.
A boy's voice appears, "Heh. I knew there's something special about you, and your determination to help my friends proved it."
In the control room, the villains and the minions unshielded their eyes from the blinding light.
Cubot notices, "Uh boss, you might want to look at this."
Eggman looks out of the window of his roboti and exclaims in shock, "Huh?! It can't be…"
In the battlefield, The Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix are in a state of shock and amazement to see what has happened. Sun continues to stare at the figure in front of her.
The boy says, "So kid, you sure have the guts to take on Eggman and the power to protect others. I can tell you are a hero just like me. You also using the Chaos Emerald to go super also proves it."
"Wow! So… I guess I did freed you…" Sun says, sounding a bit speechless.
Then says, "My name is Sun… what's your name?"
The figure turns around to reveal his face. The being looks like a blue hedgehog with sharp quills on the back of his head and back. He wears white gloves and socks, white and red shoes. He has a peach stomach, arms, and a muzzle. He also has green eyes.
The hedgehog gives Sun a thumbs up, "My name is Sonic… Sonic the Hedgehog!"