Episode 1: New Beginnings, Old Friends
DISCLAIMER: Sonic and related properties aren't owned by Me. They belong to SEGA.
It was a warm spring day on the planet Mobius. It was a world filled with Anthropomorphic Animals but it also had humans. And one particular Human, named Dr. Eggman, was hovering in his round flying car-thing called the Eggmobile. He was shaped a bit like an egg and had a big brown mustache. Right now the Doctor was looking for an ancient creature for one of his evil schemes.
"This will be my lucky break," Eggman chuckled, "Once the Ah is under my control, I can-"
"Gosh, I forgot how cool this place looked," Sonic's voice cut in.
Eggman whipped around.
"Not that irritating hedgehog again," he grumbled loudly.
With the press of a button, the Eggmobile transformed into a battle mech about 9 feet tall. Its arms had missile launchers inside, and the Doctor sent a barrage at the oblivious hedgehog over a small hill.
"Woah!" Sonic yelled as he barely dodged them.
One did manage to send up shrapnel that hit Sonic's arm, but Sonic ignored the small cut.
"Eggman! You just HAD to ruin my vacation, didn't you?!" he called.
"Don't pull that on me, Sonic. I know you tracked me here!" Eggman yelled back, coming to the top of the hill.
"And why would I be tracking you this time, by chance?" Sonic said, quickly dodging more missiles.
He figured that he could at least get some info out of Eggman while they fought.
"You know exactly what I'm doing, hedgehog!" Eggman retorted, turning one arm of the mech into an actual hand and trying to squash Sonic with it.
Sonic jumped to the side, then onto the mech's hand. The hand sparked with electricity, and Sonic fell to the ground. He sat up, groaning, then quickly dodged another attempt to squash him.
"Maybe I know, but I can't remember!" Sonic tried, "You're… researching another creature, right, egghead?"
"Oh course," Eggman said, "The Ah, as you no doubt know…"
Eggman noticed Sonic's pleased look and stopped.
"You DON'T know what I'm doing!" he exclaimed with realization.
"Of course I do!" Sonic claimed, covering his panic, "You're looking for a beast, that's made of, uh, fire!"
Eggman looked triumphant.
"You really don't know, rodent, Hohohoho!" Eggman said with his signature laugh.
Eggman turned away, turning the mech back into the Eggmobile.
"Good luck, rodent! I hope you have a good vacation!" Eggman laughed as he flew away.
"Is that a threat, or…" Sonic turned away from the direction the Doctor flew off in, "I need a moment to figure this out," Sonic muttered to himself.
The hedgehog soon ran off to think.
--
Knuckles and Tails were at a new juice bar near the coast of Central City. Sonic had been gone for awhile, and so had Eggman. In that time, Knuckles and Tails hung out pretty regularly.
"You know, Knuckles, I could build you a shield for the Master Emerald so you could visit us more often," Tails offered.
Knuckles considered the offer, sipping his grape juice. After a minute, he answered.
"No thanks. It's my job to guard the Master Emerald myself," he said.
'Not to mention I can get Shadow to guard whenever I do visit,' he thought.
"Anyways, how is Cosmo's seedling doing?" Knuckles asked.
Tails looked down at his fruit punch.
"It's doing fine," he said quietly, "It's getting quite big, too." He wasn't sure if he was doing a good job or not.
Hearing the sadness in his friend's voice, Knuckles put his hand on Tails' shoulder.
"Your really doing great at raising it," Knuckles said. "Cosmo would be really proud."
Tails looked up at Knuckles, seeing his compassionate smile.
"You think so?" he asked.
Knuckles nodded.
"Yeah, I really do. You're one of the most mature of all of us, and one of the youngest. Your doing fine," he punched Tails' arm lightly.
Tails smiled a small smile.
"Thanks Knuckles. I appreciate it," he said.
Knuckles shrugged.
"Now drink your juice," he instructed playfully.
Tails laughed at him.
"Yes, sir!" he said jokingly.
The Chaotix were taking a walk back to their house, also used as the HQ of their detective agency. Along the way, Charmy noticed a figure on the ground.
"Look, guys!" he called to his teammates.
Vector and Espio saw the figure. It was a whitish-silver colored hedgehog. Espio immediately recognized him.
"Isn't that…" he whispered to himself.
"Who?" Vector asked.
Ignoring him, Espio ran up to the still figure.
"Silver, can you hear me?" he asked quietly, shaking the hedgehog's shoulders.
The hedgehog was a bit delirious and muttering to himself.
"Luke… it hurts… the gems… g-get… them… mind control….. serum……"
"What's he talking about?" Charmy asked.
"I don't know and I don't like it," Vector answered, "Espio, how do you know him?"
Espio turned to face his boss.
"This is the supposed Chao-napper you sent me after a few years ago," he answered, then turned back to Silver, "We need to get him inside. I'm not leaving him here."
"Hey, who's in charge here?" Vector asked, a little upset.
"Did that stop me from doing my own thing with Silver before?" Espio shot back.
"Who's Silver?" asked a confused Charmy.
"This hedgehog," Espio answered.
"Gotcha," Charmy replied, nodding.
Vector sighed.
"Fine, we can bring him to the house," he said, "But we're not being overly nice to him, okay? I don't like what he said about a 'serum'."
Quiet relief filled Espio. He hadn't wanted to go against Vector, but would have if he had no choice. Vector picked Silver up, and the Chaotix continued on their way home.
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At the Emerald Hills Mall, Rouge, Amy, and Cream were enjoying lunch. Amy looked thoughtful as she chewed a bite of hamburger before swallowing.
"Hey girls? I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with Sonic lately," she said.
Rouge rolled her eyes.
"Oh, honey, not this again," she said.
Cream looked up at Amy cautiously.
"What are you going to do?" she asked with some trepidation.
"I'm gonna stop going after Sonic," Amy said bluntly.
Rouge and Cream both stare at her in shock.
"What?" Amy asked in annoyance.
"Should we call an ambulance?" Rouge asked Cream.
"You don't believe me!" Amy said angrily.
Cream looked down at her burger.
"Well, Amy, you've been chasing Sonic for over 2 years…" she said.
"Actually, over 5 years if you count the Classic Era, Cream," Amy corrected.
"That's her point, honey," Rouge said, "We find it hard to believe you'd just give up after so long."
Amy sighed.
"Well, I've been thinking a lot lately since Sonic's been away, and it's been a real eye opener, Rouge," Amy looked to the side out of the window, "Besides, I'm a strong, independent woman. I don't need Sonic to protect me anymore."
Rouge and Cream exchanged worried looks.
"But what if Sonic has been thinking about you this whole time too?" Cream asked.
Amy paused for a moment.
"Then that's his loss. I'm totally over Sonic. It's time Amy Rose started working on herself," she said with determination.
"And if he starts chasing after you?" Rouge asked, "We've seen the lengths you've gone to."
"Yeah, I doubt that's ever going to happen," Amy said flatly, "Besides, he had his chance. I need to move on with my life. I've been totally obsessed with Sonic and it's time to let go!"
At this declaration, Rouge rolled her eyes. Cream nodded slowly.
"Okay, Amy. We'll support your decision," the young rabbit said.
Amy gave one of her signature bright smiles.
"Thanks, Cream!" she said.
Rouge snorted.
"I'll believe it when I see it," she said.
--
Several hours later…
Cubot was watching a monitor of the space surrounding Mobius. He'd always been interested in Eggman's stories of space and the Metarex. The only time he'd been to space was for getting hyper-go-on energy, and that was barely out of Mobius' atmosphere. He then noticed something strange on the monitor.
'Hmm… it seems to be a hyper-magnetic frequency,' Cubot thought to himself with his always hidden intelligence.
"Hey, that's a big green ball in space," he said loudly, "And it's getting bigger."
Eggman turned from his own monitor.
"A big green space ball?" Eggman walked over and pushed Cubot out of the way, "Lemme see."
After a moment of inspection, Eggman muttered, "That is quite troubling."
"Oh good," Cubot said, getting off the floor, "I thought that it was bad."
Eggman hit Cubot's head.
"Of course it's bad, nincombot!" he said.
"Maybe now isn't the time to insult us, boss," Orbot said, looking at the monitor himself, "That green space ball is going to hit Mobius."
Eggman turned back to the monitor, and his mustache drooped.
"Oh," he said softly.
Cubot cowered behind Eggman, internally bracing himself for the impact.
'20… 19… 18…'
In his lab in Mystic Ruins, Tails had the same mental countdown. What else could he do?
'17… 16…'
Tails' eyes drifted to the place the energy ball would land, and his insides froze. He opened his com-link in a hurry
"... Stay inside, Cream!" Tails told the young rabbit.
Cream looked out of her window and saw the green ball hurtling towards her.
"Mother! Take cover!" she called, running to the kitchen.
Vanilla turned towards her daughter.
"Why, dear?" she asked.
"There's a green comet that's going to land in front of our house in a few seconds!" Cream explained quickly.
Chocola and Cheese flew into the room quickly.
"Chao Chao Chao Chao!" Chocola said.
Cream pulled her mother into the middle of the living room. A huge crash shook the house, and Vanilla and Cream fell to the ground. Cream got up first and peeked outside. The green energy surrounding the comet was fading, and Cream saw that it wasn't a comet at all.
"Mother, it's a spaceship!" she said, "Just like how we found Cosmo, remember?"
"Don't go outside, dear, it could be dangerous," Vanilla responded.
Cream didn't look away from the window. After a minute, Cream gasped and went to the door.
"Cream, what did I tell you?" Vanilla scolded, now on her feet.
Cream ignored her mother and left the house. A few moments later she dragged an unconscious mostly black female hedgehog inside. Vanilla gasped.
"She was hurt by that spaceship, wasn't she?" Vanilla fussed.
"No, mother, she came from the spaceship," Cream said, "Doesn't she remind you of Shadow?"
Vanilla scanned the roughly 19 year old looking female hedgehog.
"I guess, dear," she said doubtfully, "Let's just get her into bed."
NEXT TIME: A NEW INTERGALACTIC THREAT
Well I'm finally back everyone. I wrote this story with a friend of mine and she helped me with this a lot. We honestly worked really hard on it together. This is the first 'episode' in a new sonic series I am writing which is a combination of Game cannon and Sonic X cannon with a couple of references mixed in. If a few characters seem a little off that's a bit because we're using a little bit of our own head cannon but they're mostly normal so don't worry! Anyways I hope you enjoyed and please leave a review.
