Sonic the Hedgehog

Forced AU

Rating: R

Pairing: Undecided

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It was a tiring trip, and it had taken quite an exhausting blast of psychokinesis to his surroundings before Silver was able to give Infinite the slip, save Espio, and leave City with the survivor wolf.

Some time after escaping from the masked enemy capable of creating illusions, the purple chameleon had seemed to be able to gather back his bearings and had found the actual, real ground again.

"... you can put me down now, Silver." Espio whispered, and he was promptly set back down on the ground by the hyperalert hedgehog.

He took a few steps. It definitely felt good to be able to walk normally again.

They had arrived at the base, and Gadget found himself being taken by the two mobians into the bunker, to a big room located underground.

The interior walls were reinforced with brick. Stacks of newspapers could be found in one corner of the room, and a computer was in the middle of the room connected up to big screens. The the edges of the room were filled with big wooden crates.

"Oh good, you're finally back." acknowledged Knuckles, welcoming their return.

Charmy and Vector - who were pacing around - turned their heads at the arrival of Silver and Espio, along with a new face.

The white hedgehog was in a really, really bad state: His quills looked more disheveled than usual, and his eyes looked like they were going to shut any second. He took more frequent deep breaths, and his couldn't even stand up straight anymore.

Tails was currently swiping his finger around the screen of his Miles Electric, as he tried to analyse the time machine that Silver asked him to take a look at. The young fox had taken notice of the new guest.

"A survivor we found from the city." Espio gestured to the red-furred wolf, who looked away awkwardly.

"Took ya long." commented Vector with folded arms.

"We ran into-"

A loud, sudden gasp was heard from the corner of the room, catching the attention of the white hedgehog, and the purple chameleon; and they were presented with the sight of a pinkish-purple cat walking towards the red wolf.

There was also another pine-green bird; sat on top of one of the crates in the room.

"You're Gadget the Wolf, aren't you?" she excitedly asked, revealing the wolf's name to the rest of the mobians in the room. "I love your performances! I watch you play all the time!"

The red wolf just awkwardly blinked, as the cat smothered him in questions and elation of an eager fan. Gadget did not speak a single word in response.

"... you don't think he's mute, do you?" Silver whispered to the chameleon. This went unnoticed by the rescued wolf who was distracted by the cat.

"I have no idea." he replied. And suddenly, Espio's demeanour became more stern. "But now, I insist that you go rest, Silver."

The almost-collapsing time-traveller began to walk tiredly to his room in a slouching manner.

"Shall I lock you in your room?" added the chameleon rhetorically.

"That won't be necessary." Silver replied with a slightly irritated reaction due to fatigue, as he made his way to his bed; all the while feeling the ninja's piercing eyes focused on him.

And he - quite literally - passed out on his bed.

He was going to be out of it for quite some time.

Around half an hour later: four of Sonic's friends - the fox, the echidna, the crocodile and the chameleon - were stood around a corner of the room, while they discussed recent events.

While that happened, Charmy was busy keeping their new guests acquainted with the group.

"You ran into that guy again?" Vector's eyes widened.

"Yes. Silver is able to get us out before he could track us down." Espio recalled with slightly furrowed eye ridges. "I have no idea how; but Silver told me that the enemy fights using illusions that are somehow, able to affect reality."

"... a false reality, huh…" Knuckles mumbled, rubbing his chin with his right hand.

"That shouldn't be possible." Tails established - he had never heard; or seen such things happening before.

"But it did happen, Tails." disagreed the Guardian. "We all saw it happen. That guy is definitely a new weapon of Eggman's!"

"But, Knuckles-" Tails argued back with some indignance. "-Eggman builds robots! He doesn't create bio-weapons!"

"He is right, Guardian." agreed the ninja chameleon. "Somehow, Silver can directly see through the illusions created, and nullify the effects. However; it took a big toll out of his mental spirit. I myself have experienced the effects; and it was not the most pleasant of experiences."

The fox stared at the chameleon for a moment.

"How did you snap out of the illusion?" Tails inquired.

"It was Silver's idea." Espio began. "He had told me to simply shut my eyes, and focus on finding my bearings of the actual physical reality. Even with my trained mind; it had taken quite the time."

"... it might be because of the guy's psychokinesis abilities…" Vector mumbled; with his detective mind trying to work out connections.

The conversation fell silent.

"Hey."

It was that pine-green bird that Vector had rescued from City, and brought back to the base.

"I wanna join your fight." he declared, with a serious look and posture. "I wanna take back my city from those robots."

"I could join too!" the purple cat accompanied.

"Who're they?" asked Espio.

"That one's Corvin the Bird-" Knuckles gestured at the green mobian, followed by the purple mobian. "-and that's Fuschia the Cat."

The echidna's eyes suddenly widened subtly; as his brain presented him with an idea.

"That's right!" exclaimed the Guardian. "We could gather people, and form a resistance against Eggman!"

"We could." Vector agreed. "But first of all, we need some furniture in this place; my legs could use some rest."

Silver had slept for one whole entire day without waking up.

And when he did wake up, he felt a subtle headache disturbing him. Then, he made his way slowly towards the main quarters of his secret base, which Sonic's friends have now adopted.

The white hedgehog was greeted with the sight of three unknown mobians that he have never seen before, and that the layout of his secret hideout has been altered drastically. A pine-green bird and a red wolf currently moved empty crates around the room to create dividers around the base.

"Oh good, you're up." stated Tails, and he returned to staring at his laptop screen in thought.

"Hello, Silver!" Amy greeted the groggy hedgehog as she supervised two strangers with the movement of some crates, pointing at a direction. "Put this one over there."

When did she arrive?

"What happened while I was out?" inquired Silver as he massaged his own head to ease the migraine.

"I've been analysing your device, and they went back to Green Hill Town to gather some supplies." Tails replied, transferring information from a piece of paper into his laptop. "This place really needs some proper rooms."

"This is my base." reminded Silver, as he took notice of bags of food items in a corner of the room.

"And it will soon be a shelter for any survivors of Eggman's attacks." Espio was leaning on a wall at the side of the room, with his arms folded as he spoke with a relaxed posture. "Unless you can come up with another base that we could use for our operations."

"I'm a psychokinetic, Espio, not a magician." deadpanned the white hedgehog. "You're going to have to find another base anyway; there are too many people on Mobius for one shelter."

"And the echidna tried to find some recruits to join the resistance against Eggman." added the ninja chameleon.

"ESPIO!" exclaimed Vector, without warning while he hysterically gestured towards Knuckles. "Do not get this ECHIDNA started on that topic again! I've had enough of his rambling!"

"He had stood on the fountain and shouted at everyone too!" laughed Charmy.

"Shut up!" came the response from the red echidna, with a slightly annoyed and indignant look.

The time-travelling hedgehog raised an eye ridge at the display, before turning his attention to the two mobians moving his empty crates - that he used for practice - around the room. The red wolf was struggle slightly while the green bird moved the crate without issue.

He decided to help, as he was feeling quite recharged from the - frankly, long - sleep that he had just indulged in. Focusing his mind on the box, he channeled his energy while aiming his palm at the object.

The two mobians previously carrying the wooden box gasped as they suddenly felt the object leave their grip and start floating right in front of their eyes.

"What the-" came the reaction from the bird.

"Where do you want this?" asked Silver, as he kept the box steady up in the air with his powers, while the green mobian recovered from his surprise.

"Uhm-" the bird cleared his throat and pointed at a direction where the bunk beds were. "-over there; stacked on top of the other crates."

Moving the boxes over by walking towards the direction of the bunk beds, Silver asked another question. "What's your name?"

"I'm Corvin." came the reply as the box stacked neatly atop the other boxes.

"... umm…" a tiny noise caught Silver's attention.

Turning around, he saw the red wolf that he brought back to the base. He looked incredibly nervous, and he was not making eye contact with the hedgehog.

"... thank you-" came the soft voice which spoke relatively quickly. "-for saving me…"

So… the wolf was not a mute; but was instead, incredibly shy…?

"You're… welcome." replied Silver, awkwardly - never having had to deal with such a situation before. "Can I know your name?"

"My name is… Gadget." came the reply as the wolf nervously adjusted his spectacles.

Unexpectedly, the red-furred mobian suddenly inhaled deeply and looked at Silver the Hedgehog daringly with his framed eyes.

"I wish to join the resistance!" he exclaimed with wide open, determined eyes as the time-traveller stared back with equal amounts of surprise.

"... okay…?"

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