After escaping G-Corporation, the three arrived back at Michael's house. "We're finally home." He said as Tails landed the Tornado 2 on top his rooftop landing strip. The roof also had a couple helipads with one pad containing a chopper. The three then hopped out of the Tornado 2. Tails then suddenly said, "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. Terribly sorry about that." Michael replied, "It's alright. You have to admit, it wasn't the best time for introductions." Tails replied, "Yeah, my name is Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails, and I'm Sonic's very best buddy!" Michael then noticed Tails' twin tails. He then said, "I can see why; It's nice to meet you."
Michael then led Sonic & Tails inside the building, heading down via a glass elevator. When they stepped out, Michael flipped on a light switch inside the living room causing a bulb to illuminate.
Sonic & Tails were impressed that someone this young could have such a nice place to live in, Tails said, "Wow. Neat place. How does someone like you get a place like this?" Michael replied, "Well, having the highest rank possible in the Tekken Force does come with some nice benefits. Mainly a good pay. Care for some wine?" Sonic said, "Sure." Tails followed up, "Definitely, especially after the night we've had." Michael replied, "Excellent. I'll be back."
Sonic & Tails then took a seat on the couch. Soon enough, Michael came back with 3 wine glasses in one hand and a bottle of Zombie Zin Red Wine in the other. As he took a seat on the couch, he put the bottle and glasses on the coffee table and said, "Alright boys, I got something real good." He then pulled out a waiter corkscrew and opened the bottle with no problem. He then poured glasses for all 3 shortly before plugging the bottle back up with a bottle stopper. They then took all took a sip at the same time. Sonic exclaimed, "This is quite good." Tails said, "I needed this." Michael replied, "I'm glad you guys enjoy It." Before taking another sip.
They sat around for a bit, slowly drinking the wine and discussing various things. "So how did you guys exactly get here?" Asked Michael. They then explained what happened as well as mentioning things Michael may not have been aware of. He simply replied, "Interesting." Before taking another sip that would ultimately be the last. Tails said, "Our friends might still be out there. Can you help us find them?" Michael replied, "Sure." They looked over at the clock noting its time, 10:30 PM. They arrived at 10:15 PM. "It's getting a bit late though. I suggest we go to sleep." He noted. The two, who had also finished their wine, nodded in agreement. "Come on, I'll lead you to the guest bedrooms." Said Michael as he got up setting down the wine glass on the table.
He then led the two through a hall before arriving at 2 doors next to each other. He opened the door on the left and turned on the light. "Hope you like it." Said Michael. Sonic walked in taking in the sight of the nicely decorated room. Sonic replied, "I like it." Michael replied, "Great. Oh, don't think I forgot about you Tails." Tails then opened the door on the right and turned on the light. It looked much of the same like Sonic's room, except for say a few small differences.
The two then took off their shoes, socks, and gloves before climbing in to the king sized mattresses in their rooms. For them, it was finally a relief to sleep on a nice warm bed after a long hard day. The only downside is that something was missing, their girlfriends. But for them, the wait to see them wouldn't be too long. They pulled the covers over themselves. "Goodnight Sonic. Goodnight Tails." Said Michael as he shut the lights off in their rooms. They both replied in unison, "Goodnight Michael." Which caused him to smile. "Sweet dreams boys." He replied before shutting their doors.
He walked back into the living room to clean a bit. He took the wine glasses and put them in the dishwasher completing a load in the process. He then went back into the living room, took the bottle of wine, and went back to his room. He took a pump and used it to remove the oxygen out of the wine to preserve it shortly before putting back in his own wine cooler. He then changed out of his armor and into a white t shirt and green athletic shorts before climbing into bed. Before he shut his eyes he thought, "I hope I can help reunite them with their girlfriends." His eyes then shut naturally as he fell into a deep sleep.
Soon enough, the new day came. It was about 7:30 AM when Michael woke up. He looked over at the clock and thought, "Yep that looks about right." He felt refreshed, it was like the wine they had last night helped. He got out of bed, took a quick shower, dressed in a black graphic shirt, black cargo shorts, and black shoes and socks.
Not too long after he stepped out of his room after getting ready, he found himself being greeted by Sonic & Tails who had just woken up as they opened their doors. He greeted them, "Good Morning Guys." They replied, "Good morning Michael." "Sleep well?" He asked. "Yeah. It's like the wine helped us sleep better." Said Tails. Michael replied, "Well, I can say the same thing. Care for some breakfast?" Sonic replied, "Definitely." Tails followed up with a nod.
The three headed into his kitchen, cooked and ate some breakfast all while talking about various things about themselves. After they finished eating, they cleaned up. "Alright boys, I suggest you both go take a shower. Then meet me in my room, and we'll discuss our plans from there." Sonic & Tails nodded in agreement and headed off to their own bathrooms attached to their rooms to shower down.
Meanwhile, Michael went back to his room, and booted up his super computer to check for any leads. As he was doing his usual internet checking, he pulled up the stocks and noticed something. "Huh, G-Corporation's stock took a hit." He continued the usual browsing until an interesting headline showed up in his feed. The headline read, 'G-Corporation facility severely damaged. Causalities involved.' His eyes widened. He had been presumed as dead alongside the squadron he leaded that night.
As if that wasn't bad enough, some rather interesting pictures and videos were sent to him. He opened them up, and what he saw shocked him. It was Cream & Cheese, trapped. The poor rabbit cried "Please stay away. I'm scared." Her companion also cried out, "Chao! (Help!)" As he continued to watch, he couldn't help but feel his heart hurt due to what he was seeing. Cream cried out, "Please stay away." Again while sobbing. Michael then said to himself, "So, they weren't the only ones who came here after all."
Just as Sonic & Tails finished their showers, Michael yelled loud enough for them to hear, "BOYS!" They had both finished drying themselves as they hurried into his room. He then showed them what he saw, "Looks like one of your friends is in trouble." Sonic & Tails said in unison, "CREAM!" Tails asked, "Where is she?" Michael replied, "They seem to have been transported from the police to Area 99 military research facility." Sonic asked, "Military?" Michael replied, "Yeah. The National Defense Force. They have war tanks, fighter planes, and weapons of war." "Something like Eggman." Said Sonic. "We got to get there quick. Both of you gear up, and let's go." Michael didn't want to waste any time helping them out. Within a matter of seconds, Sonic & Tails put on their shoes, socks, and gloves, and had met Michael, who had donned a black trench coat with some gear inside the pockets over his outfit, by the elevator. They took the elevator to the rooftop, hopped in the Tornado 2, and were on their way.
As they flew, with Sonic on the frontend, Tails asked Michael, "I don't get it. Someone like my girlfriend, why would they take her to this place?" Michael replied, "According to what was sent to me, the government fools believe you guys are some sort of aliens or biological weapons developed in another country. How could they mistake an innocent rabbit girl for something like that?" As they got closer to the base, Michael jumped out of the passenger seat and landed next to Sonic at the middle point of the plane's wings. He reached into his pocket of his trench coat and gave him an infrared scope. "Put it on." Sonic asked, "What is it?" Michael replied, "An infrared scope, Area 99 is going to be full of sensor traps. This will help you detect them; we can also communicate between each other, and I put the same camcorder technology used in the scouts from the Tekken Force's helmet. That way, I can see the action." As soon as Michael finished his overly long explanation, they arrived. Sonic said, "Thank you. Looks like we're here. I'm going in." Michael replied, "Good luck." Sonic jumped off the plane safely landing on the roof.
Meanwhile, inside the facility, Cream and Cheese were trapped in a testing chamber in the base of operations being prepared to be experimented on. Cream cried, "Please let us out of here!" But it was no use, a camera was pointed towards the chamber and examined them. Cream asked herself, "What is this place? What do they plan to do with us?" The camera continued to examine them as it provided the scientists with information. A worried look shot upon Cream's face as she felt a drop of sweat drip down her face.
As Sonic landed on the empty roof, Michael asked him through the communicator, "Do you read me Sonic? Are you in?" Sonic replied, "Yeah." Michael replied back, "Great. I suggest you go through the air vent. That's a dead blind spot for security." Sonic replied, "All right." Michael then told him, "By the way, if you keep going in suspicious looking directions, it'll probably take you to your destination." Sonic found the air vent and slipped in undetected by the cameras.
"I'm inside the air vent." Said Sonic. "Roger." Replied Michael. Sonic kept sliding until he hit a stop. "This sure is deep." He said. He looked ahead and saw lasers thanks to the scope. Michael saw the action through his phone as Tails landed the plane away from the base. "Some blind spot this is." Said Sonic. "No kidding, even the air vents have security lasers in them." Replied Michael. Sonic then looked through one of the see through areas of the vent and saw the cameras' slow moment. "I can handle that movement hands down."
He opened the hatch, and he snuck past the cameras when they weren't looking. He made it to the other side of the all without a problem. He commented, "Piece of cake." He did the same for the next set of cameras, and so on. Back in the lab, the scanner of the chamber examined Cream & Cheese. The data that showed up surprised the scientists. "This is scary." Cream said worryingly. Cheese replied, "Chao (It is.)" Eventually, Sonic was around the corner of the facility in which Cream & Cheese were being examined.
Sonic thought, "This place sure looks suspicious. But how should I make it inside? If it's only me, I could handle it. But I'll have to bring Cream and Cheese with me, so I can't get too reckless." Just as he finished his thought, the power suddenly went off. At that point the door unlocked. "What's going on?" Said one of the confused scientists. One of the other scientists commented, "I can't see a thing!" All of a sudden, the glass broke in the chamber, but they couldn't see anything. One of the scientists asked, "What was that?! What was that sound?!" Unknown to them, Sonic had busted Cream & Cheese out.
She was about to call out his name, but she was shushed by Sonic as it would blow their cover. Unfortunately, Cheese didn't get the memo, and happily excited, "Chao Chao Chao Chao Chao Chao (Sonic! Thank you for rescuing us.)" All while hugging the blue hedgehog almost blowing their cover in the process. One of the scientists exclaimed," Who is it?!" Sonic told Cream, "We're going to run for it." She replied, "Ok." Sonic handed Cheese to her as the two ran for it. Michael told Sonic, "I see you found your friend. You can thank me for hacking in and getting the power offline. You all need to get out of there now. The power will come back up any minute now. Go!"
Sonic took Cream's hand as she held onto to Cheese all while they hurried through the darkened corridor. No camera was able to detect them due to the power outage. All while they hurried, Cream asked, "Did you do this too, Mr. Sonic?" Sonic replied, "No I didn't. A friend did." She replied, "You probably have the power to summon good luck." He replied back, "You think so?" Unfortunately, the power came back on after he finished his sentence. Cream said, "Could it be? I'm sorry, because I said something I shouldn't have." All while both cameras were pointed at them. Michael said, "It's not the bunny's fault. There was only a limited time window for the power to be off. They're probably gonna have guards swarming the place for you both, you both need to get out now!" Sonic re-assured her, "It has nothing to do with you." As he finished, the cameras both had guns' that popped out of the top. Sonic got a tighter grip on her hand and said, "Shit! Let's Go!" Cream replied, "Okay!" Cheese also replied, "Chao (Oh boy.)"
They kept dodging the gunfire quickly. Michael & Tails saw what was happening and couldn't believe it. "Just how powerful are these guys?!" Exclaimed Tails. Michael replied, "I don't know, but we got to get to them fast before something terrible happens." They both hopped in the Tornado 2 and took off quickly. Back at Area 99, Sonic got an idea. He let go Cream's hand worrying her in the process. Sonic exclaimed, "Run!" Cream worryingly said, "But…" But before she could finish, Sonic jumped in the air, punched out one camera, jumped to the camera on the opposite end of the wall, and used the laser to destroy the other cameras. Michael said into the communicator, "Buddy, I like the way you think." Cream couldn't believe what she saw. Sonic told her, "I said run!" She replied "Okay!" and ran quickly while Sonic destroyed the camera he was using. The system voice said, "D2 area blocked off." Soon enough, doors were shutting fast. Cream & Cheese hurried while Cream exclaimed, "We're going to be locked in!"
Sonic heard that, exclaimed, "Oops." And picked her up quick enough to get through the door picking her up in the process. But he soon stopped and put her down as they encountered yet another camera set. All of a sudden, a set of small paper airplanes appeared. Cream asked, "What are those?!" Soon enough, they destroyed all the cameras. Cream asked, "What's going on?" Sonic replied, "I don't know, but now's our chance." They hurried through the door. All of a sudden, the power shut off yet again. One of the operators in the operating room said, "The laser surveillance cameras are out of control!"
The laser cameras that weren't destroyed were going haywire shooting all over the place as Sonic, Cream & Cheese hurried up the stairs to get to the roof. She asked, "You honestly aren't doing all this, Mr. Sonic?" He replied, "I told you no!" As he finished, one of the lasers cut off a part of the stairs, causing Cream & Cheese to almost fall. Lucky for them, Sonic grabbed her hand, unlucky for them, the lasers destroyed yet another part of the stairs. With all his might Sonic grabbed Cream and held her tightly the same way her boyfriend would do when they snuggled, all while they jumped from wall to wall before landing at the top of the almost destroyed stairs. He then put her down.
Sonic assured her, "We're safe now. You were scared. Weren't you, lady?" She shook her head no and said, "Thank you, Sonic." He replied, "Ah, it was really nothing." He then heard a sound, "This sound is…" he said as he took off the scope and put his ear towards the wall and listened closely. He mumbled, "It's the sound of a plane. Oh I see." He was able to figure it out, Tails & Michael had arrived. Michael said, "We made it, let's extract them out and go home." Sonic, Cream & Cheese busted out of the building & landed on the right wing of the plane face down. They looked up and saw Tails & Michael. Sonic greeted Tails, "Hi there." He replied back, "Hi." Cream said, "I see. So it was you, my lovely Tails." Michael followed up, "Well, it was your boyfriend, and me." Cream asked, "Who are you? And how do you know I'm Tails' girlfriend?" He replied, "I'll explain later. Let's get back to my house." Michael then hopped out of the passenger seat and landed on the left wing of the plane that way Cream could have it. Tails told them, "Hang on tight so you don't fall out." They all flew back to his place shortly after.
After they landed, they stayed on the rooftop for a bit. Cream introduced herself, "I'm Cream and this is my friend, Cheese." They both said in unison, "It's nice to meet you." And bowed while they said it. She followed up with, "And yes, I'm Tails' girlfriend." Before giving Tails a peck on his check making him blush red. Michael replied, "My name is Michael, and it's certainly nice to meet you both. It seems we'll become really good friends. Sonic then said, "Oh. By the way, thanks for the scope." Before giving the scope back to him. He then put the scope up in his pocket of his trench coat. Afterwards, he pulled out one of the paper airplanes and examined it, "I've never seen such micron sized radio controlled planes before." He said. Tails replied, "Something like this is no big deal." Michael replied, "No, well, this is really fantastic. Where did you learn all this scientific technology?' Tails further replied, "Where? All I can say is that I learned it in the world that I came from."
Michael said, "Even someone who has so much knowledge with technology as myself needs to learn something like this." Cream then said, "Tails, Thanks for helping out in rescuing us." Before giving him a sweet & gentle kiss on the lips which he gladly returned. She followed up with, "And thank you Mr. Michael for also helping out." He replied, "Glad I could be of assistance." Tails then asked, "Uh, Sonic. If you, I, Cream and Cheese were all affected by that accident, could it also be that…all the others are here too?" Sonic replied, "The others who were there at that time were Knuckles, Amy and…" Just as he was about to finish, he realized something. Everyone said in unison, "Dr. Eggman!"
Yes, indeed. Eggman and his robot assistants were thrown into Earth as well. Their base had landed on a small island. Eggman said, "Oh. So we were thrown into this world by Chaos Control, eh? Oh well. I'll establish the foundation for the Eggman Empire in this world. Then I'll expand my territory to other worlds!" shortly before doing an evil laugh.
Author's Note: Oh boy. This was a big one, but I'm glad chapter 2 is done. Hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for chapter 3.