Chapter 4: A Familiar Friend
After some hours later, the sun started to rise. Sonic woke up with a yawn. The kids were still asleep. He got up slowly and walked to the shore. He was going to tell their parents that the kids were okay. He believed that his friends would still be asleep by the time he got back.
Sonic looked out to the ocean and then looked back at the kids.
"I'll be back guys. Try not to go anywhere" whispered Sonic. The Blue Runner then sped off into the ocean. Sonic hoped that the kids would be safe. However, a metal Flyer came by. It was silver and black colored with metal armor and red robotic eyes. It was Ichy. He saw Sonic zoom off. The Flyer flew around and spotted the kids sleeping near a big rock. Eggman watched through Ichy's eyes.
"I found the kids Doc. Is it time to destroy those rotten little ones?" said Ichy.
"Not yet. And I told you to stop calling me that! It's Eggman or Master, understand?" Eggman said with a frown.
"Uh sorry sir. So, what's the plan?" said Ichy.
"Search inside the woods. I want to know more about this new island. Then we will destroy them" said Eggman.
"Okay uh Master" said Ichy.
"Good. Now get to work my feathered friend" commanded Eggman. Ichy then flew off into the woods. Eggman then told Metal Sonic the next plan. Sonic and the kids had no idea of the hidden danger that was coming.
Meanwhile, Sonic zoomed on the water towards the adults. It only took him a few minutes to reach the other shore. The adults started to wake up. Of course they were still worried about the children. Suddenly, Grandpa Longneck spotted Sonic speeding towards them. The adults were happy to see Sonic again. Sonic stopped on the shore. Some adults walked over to Sonic. Grandpa Longneck lowered his head to Sonic.
"It's good to see you Sonic. Have you found the children yet?" said Grandpa Longneck.
Sonic nodded. "Yes. They're okay." The adults smiled and sighed with relief.
Topps stepped forward. "So where are they?"
Sonic turned around and pointed at the island. "They're over there on that island."
The adults gasped. They were also very confused. How did their children get stuck on the island? Both Grandpa and Grandma Longneck looked around.
"But how did they get there? We don't see a bridge or anything" said Grandma Longneck.
Sonic then explained. "There was a narrow land bridge that led to the island. But it was destroyed by an earthshake."
The adults gasped but Sonic comforted them. "Don't worry. They made it to the island" said Sonic.
The adults sighed again. Sonic then also explained that he went to search for them and how he found them. He also explained that Eggman appeared and about the Hydrosaur. They were relieved to hear that Sonic protected the kids and defeated Eggman again. The parents now knew that the kids went to the island in search of more green food. Sonic assured the parents that he will protect them from any dangers and from Eggman.
"Well, the children won't have to worry about finding more green food anymore" said Grandpa Longneck.
Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Why?"
Grandpa Longneck then explained to Sonic that the parents found a little plant sanctuary. There was plenty of plant life and fresh water. Sonic was very surprised but very happy. He knew that the families will not separate after all. Then Sonic's eyes went a little wide. He remembered that he still has to protect the kids.
"I have to go back to help the children. I'll be back soon" Sonic told the adults. The adults nodded.
"Bring them back safely" said Grandma Longneck.
"Look after Cera and the others" said Topps.
Sonic nodded and smiled. "Don't worry. I will."
Sonic then zoomed off again back to the island. The parents were amazed to see that Sonic could run on water.
Back on the island…
Littlefoot started to wake up. The others were still sleeping. Littlefoot then noticed something. A shadow appeared on the big rock. Littlefoot gasped. The shadow belonged to a Sharptooth. Littlefoot then started to wake the others. They started to wake up and then gasped when Littlefoot gestured to the shadow. The Sharptooth shadow made roaring sounds. All the kids screamed and took off running. They ran as fast as they could. The shadow followed them. They then climbed over a big log and kept running while panting. But then they suddenly stopped and gasped. There was a big rock wall that blocked them. They could go no further.
Meanwhile, Sonic made it back to the island. But then Sonic went wide-eyed when he saw that the kids were not by the big rock they slept by. He looked down. He saw their footprints. He knew that they ran away. He guessed that Eggman might be attacking them again. But then he spotted another set of footprints. He silently gasped. The footprints belonged to a Sharptooth but they were too small for a normal sized Sharptooth. Sonic then believed that could have been a raptor but he wasn't sure. He ran off and followed the footprints.
The kids looked around for another way to run. But then they saw that the shadow was very close now. The kids shook and whimpered in fear. It was a Sharptooth that found them but it wasn't a raptor. It was someone they knew pretty well.
"Littlefoot?" said the little Sharptooth that was revealed to be Chomper. He wasn't an infant anymore.
"Chomper?" said Littlefoot.
"Yep, it's me" said Chomper.
"Chomper!" exclaimed all the kids except Cera.
"I wasn't scared you know" said Cera.
"I know" said Littlefoot. They all walked over to Chomper. They were happy to see him again. Littlefoot hoped to see Chomper again someday.
"Me not see you since you just barely hatched" said Petrie.
The kids were happy to see a familiar friend and they were amazed to see how big Chomper was. Cera, however, was being very cautious.
"You live here?" asked Littlefoot.
"Yep. Me and my mommy and my daddy" answered Chomper. The kids shook with fear at Chomper mentioning his Sharptooth parents. The ones that attacked their valley once.
"Me remember them" Petrie said with fear.
"Anyway, it's great to see you" said Littlefoot. He nuzzled Chomper. Suddenly, they felt a gust of wind. They all saw that Sonic found them. Sonic then smiled. Chomper then did too.
"Sonic!" exclaimed Chomper. The little Sharptooth walked over and hugged Sonic. Sonic returned it.
"Hey little buddy! It's been awhile huh?" said Sonic. Chomper nodded. Sonic was relieved to know that his dino friends were safe.
"I missed you guys" said Chomper. Chomper then gestured them to follow him. He wanted to show them around.
"Come on" said Chomper. He led the way through the woods. Sonic and the kids followed. Cera frowned and hmphed. Though Chomper was their friend, Cera was being cautious around him. She believed that Chomper could hurt them and still believed that all Sharpteeth are bad. Chomper then said that he was happy to talk with others instead of roaring. They all heard roaring in the distance.
"I never thought that you lived on an island" said Sonic. Chomper shrugged in reply. Sonic wondered how the Mysterious Beyond could lead to the island they were on since Chomper and his parents came from that mysterious place.
"You like it here?" asked Littlefoot.
"It's okay. Not much to eat" replied Chomper.
"Till now" Cera said with a frown. Littlefoot and Sonic frowned at Cera. They continued walking. Unknown to them, Ichy and Metal Sonic were flying high above them. Eggman watched the kids and Sonic on his screen. The evil genius grinned wickedly.
"Time to put the plan into motion" Eggman told Ichy and Metal Sonic. Ichy and Metal Sonic then flew away.
Sonic and the kids then heard a big roar that was close by. All the kids except Chomper shook with fear. Sonic then frowned. He was getting ready for any danger coming.
"Don't worry. It's just my mommy" said Chomper.
"Your mommy!?" exclaimed all the kids. They heard another deeper big roar. They shook in fear again.
"And my daddy" said Chomper.
"Your daddy!?" exclaimed all the kids again. The kids shook and trembled in fear. Sonic, of course, wasn't afraid.
"Come on. I want you to meet 'em" said Chomper. Littlefoot and Sonic went wide-eyed.
"No Chomper, wait" said Littlefoot. Chomper looked confused.
"I, uh, don't think that's such a great idea" said Littlefoot.
Sonic nodded. "Yeah. We, sort of, had a disagreement with them the other time we met them."
"Oh why? I know they'll like you guys" said Chomper. He didn't know that Sonic had to fight his parents to protect the others.
Cera frowned. "How? Rare, medium, or well done?"
"Oh I don't think they would…"said Chomper. Chomper then believed that his friends felt uneasy about his mean parents. He told them to wait where they were. He was going to go talk to his parents about them. Chomper then walked away to find his parents. Littlefoot then looked at Cera.
"What's with you? This is Chomper, remember? We saved him from those Egg Eaters. We hatched him. We're like his family. He'd never hurt us" said Littlefoot. Sonic nodded in agreement.
Cera frowned. "Grow up will ya? He's a Sharptooth! We're not his family. We're his diet!"
Sonic then glared at Cera. He was already getting tired of her attitude again. Before Sonic could argue with Cera, they all heard another great roar. The kids screamed and hid in some bushes. Sonic zoomed and hid behind a tree. Chomper came walking back and he saw them hide from the big roar. Chomper's dark green colored father then walked over to Chomper. He was followed by Chomper's mother who was dark yellow colored. They both roared loud. Chomper then roared back. They were speaking in their Sharptooth language. Sonic peeked from behind the tree and the others peeked from behind the bush. Littlefoot wondered what they were saying in their strange tongue. Chomper's father told his son that he and his mother were worried about him and they want him to come to dinner. Chomper asked if could bring some friends. Both Tyrannosaurs looked at each other. Chomper's father said that he could because they could use some for dessert. Chomper went wide-eyed. That meant that it wasn't a good idea for Chomper to introduce his parents to his friends. The 2 Tyrannos started to walk away but then they stopped. The Sharptooth father smelled something good. He smelled Littlefoot and the others. He walked towards the bushes. The kids ducked down in the bushes. Suddenly, Chomper's father also smelled something weird. He and the mother have smelled it before but it was still mysterious to them. The smell belonged to Sonic. But before the Tyrannos took another step, Chomper ran in front them to distract them. He told them that he burped and had Longneck for breakfast. His parents looked confused but they believed their son. His mother told him to come now and the 2 Tyrannos started to walk away. Chomper told them that he would be with them in a moment.
Sonic and the kids came out of their hiding spots. Littlefoot then asked what was going on. Chomper then said that they might not be safe with his parents. Chomper then told them that his parents could smell them. The kids felt uneasy and afraid about that. But Chomper then told them that he knows a place where his parents will never find them. Sonic then told Chomper to lead the way.
"It's a good thing my folks are the only big Sharpteeth around here" said Chomper. Chomper then led the way. However, Chomper was wrong about his parents being the only big Sharpteeth. As they walked away, they didn't know that a Giganotosaurus (Big Sharptooth) walked over to the bushes. It smelled the kids' scent. It sniffed the air again and then bit down on the bushes. It ripped a big part of the bushes out, only to spit it out when the big lizard tasted only plants. It growled and then tried to follow the scent once more. Ichy was flying around and watched the kids. He then heard growling noises. He turned toward the sound and saw the big and nasty Gigasaur. Eggman raised an eyebrow when he saw the big Sharptooth. Ichy's eyes went a little wide.
"Wow. Now that's a mean Sharptooth" said Ichy. The metal bird then flew off again.
Eggman then grinned evilly. "Oh yes. He's a mean one alright He He He."
Chomper led Sonic and the others through the woods. He told his friends to stay close together. Littlefoot assured him that they will. Sonic nodded. The kids were very afraid of what other things could be lurking around. They all walked carefully through the woods. Ducky however got too curious. She started to wonder off away from the others. The others didn't know that Ducky wandered off. She looked around some more. Then she realized that she was alone. She didn't pay attention to where she walked. She was now at the edge of a cliff and almost walked off of it. She tried to regain her balance but part of the edge broke off. She screamed as she fell off the cliff.
"Littlefoot! Sonic! Somebody help!" yelled Ducky. She was falling very fast. She had a very fearful expression.
Suddenly, a blue hand reached down and caught her. She sighed with relief and looked at the arm. It was blue and silver colored.
"Oh, Sonic thank you! Thank you lots!" said Ducky. But then she saw that the arm was very long like a Longneck. She was confused.
"Wow Sonic! Your arm has gotten very long" said Ducky. The arm started to pull her back up quickly. The arm returned to its owner. Ducky looked at the cliff. It had a deep ravine. Ducky sighed with relief and turned to look at her rescuer.
"That was close So…" said Ducky. Her voice trailed off and she gasped. She sat on the palm of… Metal Sonic!
"You're not Sonic! You're Metal Sonic!" exclaimed Ducky.
"That's right little one. Hm, hm, hm" laughed Metal Sonic. Ducky then tried to run off the robot's hand but the robot closed its claw hand on her. She struggled to get free but Metal Sonic squeezed her hard.
"Sonic! Littlefoot! Help me!" yelled Ducky. Metal Sonic then covered her mouth with one metal finger.
"Silence! No one's coming to help you" said Metal Sonic. The blue robot then walked to a tree. He shot out a metal rope from his palm that coiled up Ducky. He then stuck her on the tree. She tried to get free but it was hopeless. The metal coil held her very tightly. Ducky then frowned at the evil robot.
"Sonic and my friends will come for me. They will! They will!" said Ducky. Metal Sonic then showed Ducky his claw hands. Ducky shook with great fear.
"It would be unwise to provoke me child. You better learn to control that tongue of yours" said Metal Sonic. Ducky then gulped. Ichy then came over to Metal Sonic. He was carrying a green and yellow ball of sorts. Ichy set the ball down and landed. The ball then unfolded. It was Metal Ducky. Ducky went wide-eyed. Metal Ducky also had black and red eyes. Suddenly, electricity surged around Metal Ducky. Its appearance started morphing. The electricity then vanished. Metal Ducky turned into a clone of Ducky. With blue eyes and everything. Ducky's mouth hung open. She stared at her look alike clone with great astonishment.
"Who are you?!" said Ducky.
"I'm you. The new you. Hm, hm, hm" said Metal Ducky with Ducky's voice. Ichy then flew at Ducky.
"Yep, this swimmer will replace you forever kid. Your friends won't know the difference. And then it will be over for them" said Ichy.
Ducky gasped. She knew that her friends will be in great danger. Ichy then commanded the Ducky clone.
"Now hurry back to the others before they notice" said Ichy. The Ducky clone nodded. It activated its jet boosters on its feet and flew over to the group. Metal Sonic and Ichy then flew off. The evil robot and bird laughed evilly.
End of Chapter 4