A/N: You know what I hate? I had to let my typing get the better of me. Now, here I am with three parts rather than two parts. I'm sorry for the wait.
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Equipment Card: Chaos Energy Powered Human-Chao Spiritual Unity Morpher (a.k.a. Chaos Morpher)
Inventor: Miles/Unknown Scientist
Purpose: To recreate the now extinct Mobian species in present day
Notes: "I have discovered a rather peculiar fact from my last failed attempt with the Morpher. In order for a successful fusion of Chao and man, both beings must have a similar quantity of Chaos Energy. Mobians were said to be more durable than humans… I just need to find the right man to test the Morpher to see if this is true."
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Thorndyke Manor: 13:59
Miles hated it when Swift left without warning.
When the Chao woke up around a half hour ago, he expected to find Swift just lying around the house, bored and cuddling his precious Chaos Emerald. That way, he could get the Morpher, find somebody to test it out on, and see if those notes were worth the trouble they went through. But instead, he finds that Swift is gone, the Morpher is gone, the Emerald is gone, and Chris is gone.
Now, here he was practically flying around the house searching for them, being sure not to frustrate Ella like Swift did last night. However, Ella noticed Miles' running about the house- how couldn't she, he's a fox Chao that has two tails and could fly. Ella asked, "What's wrong, Miles?"
Upon hearing her, Miles stopped flying to look at the maid. "Well… have you seen Swift? I have the feeling he ran off."
"Oh, that's an easy one," Ella giggled. "He went with Master Chris and Tanaka to the mall. They should be back, soon enough."
Miles blinked. The mall? Isn't that some kind of shopping center in a town? Ah, well, as long as Swift doesn't bail on Chris and Tanaka, it wasn't important. Speaking of Tanaka, the butler practically kicked the door down, his face covered in sweat, and he was barely holding himself up.
"Whoa, Mr. Tanaka," Miles gasped, "you look pale."
"Forget about me," he told the fox Chao. "Turn on the television, and you and I have to talk, Miles!" Ella turned on the television, and the three could only stare at the television. A helicopter was covering a sudden report that the incomplete Station Square Speed Highway was being used as a race track by the Speed Team and what appeared to be a Mobian hedgehog.
Ella asked in Spanish, "¿Qué diablos es esa cosa?" Miles, in his two years of living in Maya, had picked up on a bit of Spanish. Not a lot, but enough to know that Ella just asked, "What the hell is that thing?" But all you really had to do these days to learn how to swear in another language was pick up an unabridged World Language-to-English Dictionary, look up your favorite words, and know how to properly put them in a sentence.
Anyways, Miles took a good look at the creature that was keeping up with the formula-one racecars, and he noticed something. His gear- the sunglasses, the cobalt bracelet, and the fancy wristwatch- they all looked like Swift's gear. However, he could tell that the watch was the Chaos Morpher. That could only mean one thing.
"Oh Chaos," Miles breathed, "the Morpher actually worked."
"Ella," Tanaka calmly breathed, "please call Master Charles."
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Speed Highway- 14:05
As Sonic rushed down the highway trying to catch up to Sam, Swift whooped, 'Alright! This is going to be awesome!'
'Don't get too excited,' Chris warned. 'The Speed Team is known to have some of the most outrageous gadgets at their disposal. This is going to be tough.'
And tough it was. Hector Drags pulled up next to Sonic, and pressed a button. After that, a retractable, metal boxing glove popped out of the side, and rushed straight for Sonic's face. The hedgehog had to fall back to avoid a bloody nose, a black eye, or missing teeth. Hector took second place after Sonic dropped back. "Feel like giving up, yet, runt!?"
'Lord Chaos, that guy pisses me off!' Swift steamed. 'Let's smoke him, Chris!'
'I think we have bigger problems at the moment!' Chris yelled as the yellow and green cars got beside him. The yellow car's side looked razor sharp, capable of cutting through normal metal plating, which was way harder than bone. The green car, though, had protection against this in the form of extremely spiked armor that looked freshly deployed. And right behind, the front of the violet car had large, deadly spikes on the front bumper of it. All three cars looked ready to ram the hedgehog.
'Well, then,' Swift grinned, 'let's kick it up a notch. Focus on the Chaos Energy in your body… let it flow freely through your veins.' Sonic closed his eyes, and took a few relaxing breaths. As he did this, the Chaos Energy started to build up inside of him. It made him feel faster, stronger, more at peace. The energy seemed to flow out of his body in the form of a dozen brilliant lights surrounding him in a protective aura. 'Now release it all in a blinding Sonic Boost to outrun these suckers!'
Sonic then shot his eyes open, and roared with the rage of a gladiator as he suddenly sped ahead just seconds before the two cars on the side made their moves, letting them crash into each other. The man in the violet car in last was so shocked at this sudden move, he didn't have time to even stop as the front of his car smashed dead straight into the back of the two.
"HOLY CRAP!" Sam yelled to Hector over his radio, seeing the carnage from miles ahead. "You shouldn't have made him mad, Hector! That hedgehog just took out three of our guys, and he's heading straight for you at speeds only I've managed!" Hector just laughed at this.
"Don't worry, Sam," Hector grinned. "He's going to have to watch his feet." One of the oldest tricks in old race cartoons is the stereotypical oil slick trap. Well, Hector had it installed on his car in case of emergencies like this. Not only did it slow down just about anything that ran straight over it, but at the speed the hedgehog was suddenly moving at, there were sparks practically coming off of his feet from the friction of the rubber soles on his shoes. The result of the hedgehog getting too close would light him up hotter than grandma's apple pie fresh out of the oven with a nice, hot mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows after Christmas dinner. Sweet revenge for what he did to the other three, but with less pie and cocoa. "One cooked hedgehog coming right up!" Hector yelled as he pressed the button, spewing oil all over the highway. He even swerved left and right to get it everywhere. No way could the hedgehog dodge that unless he could just jump onto Hector's car.
Sonic noticed all of this, and gasped. 'Swift,' Chris asked, 'how far can I jump with your powers!?
'Even with the intense speed boost that the Chaos Energy gave you,' Swift nervously answered, I wouldn't say far enough over the oil. Luckily, the Battle Scanner that Miles has equipped to my shades has a homing feature.' Sonic placed the sunglasses over his eyes, and flipped through all of the settings on the sunglasses with Swift's instruction. When he got to the Battle Scanner, he was surprised to see that there was indeed a feature that allowed him to lock-onto Hector's car. 'Jump into the air, curl into a ball, and thrust yourself at his car with a forward spin while using the Battle Scanner mode. I'll do the rest.'
Just as he was about to touch the oil, Sonic jumped over it. The sparks caused by his speed did start a fire as he went spinning towards the back of Hector's car. Hector only saw the explosion. "See, Sam?" Hector told the leader of the Speed Team. "He took himself out! That hedgehog was an idiot! Damn shame, though; I was looking forward to seeing him run circles in a prison cell!"
"Um, Hector," Sam casually warned. "You may wanna-"
"Well, that wraps up that vigilante," Hector continued, not even listening to Sam's warning. "What do you say after the fire's dealt with, we grab the boys, get them patched up, and head out for steaks tonight? My treat!"
"Hector, you should-"
"You know, seeing the rodent burn like that makes me wants my steak well done! How do you want yours, Sam? Or perhaps you want to keep on that seafood diet? I'll get you a nice fried grilled salmon!"
"Damn it, man," Sam snapped, "the hedgehog is on the back of your car!" Hector looked up from his self-congratulation and dinner plans to look in his rear-view mirror. Sonic was crawling to the front of his car, a fist drawn back with a calling card in hand.
"What the!?"Hector gasped, confused. Sonic just smashed a fist through the glass of the cockpit, shocking Hector even more. Sonic didn't stop there, as he placed a calling card onto Hector's chest. "How the hell are you alive!?" He then found the button he wanted- the eject button.
"With a Homing Attack," Sonic answered as Hector stared, helpless to stop the hedgehog, "it wasn't as tough as your landing's going to be." He then pressed it, pulling his arm back in time before the show happened. Sonic barely had time to duck as the cockpit's glass shield popped off, and Hector flew out of it attached to his chair, practically screaming at the fact that he was being thrown out of his own car against his will at such speed. He waited for the parachute to deploy from Hector's chair before jumping off of the car and hitting the ground running, easily getting far beyond the car. The car, no longer having a driver, didn't take long after the whole affair to go out of control and crash straight into a wall, erupting in flames.
Sonic had to grin as his only opponent left was Sam. Speeds like the ones the two were going would be impossible to go for normal humans. However, Sam had a supped up formula-one racecar given to him by the police, as well as the training undercover cop street racing and working in NASCAR gave him. Sonic, on the other hand, had a mutant Chao controlling his superhuman speed and strength, and a steady supply of Chaos Energy. This would have left them even, had Sonic actually had more Chaos energy. The two bursts from earlier, using the Sonic Boost to outrun the three cars before they tore him apart and the Jump Dash Homing Attack to attach to Hector's car and avoid being burned alive, had saved his life, but they unknowingly drained a good amount of the Morpher's battery. He only had five more minutes of morph time before who knows what happened. That, and the two racers were getting very close to the designated finish line.
'I'm feeling pretty drained,' Chris told Swift. Swift had to eye the Morpher for Chris so he could focus on the race. The light of the Morpher was growing dimmer by the second, hence Chris' exhaustion. They couldn't stay as Sonic for much longer.
'We've been using too much energy with those goons,' Swift answered. 'I guess when I do that stuff solo, it doesn't harm me as much, but the Morpher's different. It drains our battery faster. We use something like that again, and we're as good as sunk.'
'Then we have to stop and recharge the battery,' Chris stated.
'We can't stop now,' Swift disagreed, focusing on the race. 'If we drop back now, we won't catch up to that guy in front in time. And I don't know about you, but orange jumpsuits aren't exactly my thing.'
'Well,' Chris asked, 'what do you suggest we do? We use your powers again at this state, and we may end up breaking our necks and losing!'
'I'm thinking, I'm thinking…' Swift answered. '…I've got it! Get us as close as you can, and concentrate the last bits of Chaos Energy you have left in the Morpher. We're going into overdrive!'
Sonic started to sprint harder than he did with the last four cars, rushing straight for Sam's car. Sam yelled over his radio, "I'm really impressed you've made it this far, hedgehog! Most guys are usually smoked by now! However, I'm even more impressed that you took out my other four buddies by yourself! Perhaps instead of being a vigilante, you can join the Speed Team as the Blue Racer! Provided if I don't arrest you, of course."
"So, you're okay that I just beat up those other guys?" Sonic asked as he started to catch up.
"Actually," Sam admitted, "I'm mixed feelings about them. The other three seemed to have good ideas at the time when you took all three of them at once in the most painful fashion imaginable. However, Hector's been getting cocky, lately, and he probably needed that trip you gave him. So… do you have a name, or should I call you Mr. Vigilante, still?"
The hedgehog thought about it. Does he actually want to go with that new name? Well, it was cool enough, and there wasn't anything else. "…Call me Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Sam casually grinned at the name. "Sonic, eh? Pretty cool. I have a feeling we're going to be rivals for a long time. But right now, our race is reaching its climax. We have only twenty more miles left to go!"
Sonic realized it then- it was now or never that he used the last Sonic Boost. Eighteen miles. Sonic calmly started breathing again, ignoring the searing pain that was starting to strike the muscles in his legs. Fifteen miles He kept telling himself to ignore it, but they wouldn't listen. Fourteen miles. So, Sonic told himself that he didn't take years of martial arts and join the track team back in middle school to have his legs give now. Only ten miles left. When they didn't listen, he warned them that if they didn't help, now, then they wouldn't be able to move again in jail. His legs reluctantly let him keep using them, allowing him to gather more Chaos Energy. Four and a half miles. The energy flowed right out of his pores, manifesting itself as the mystical lights floating around.
'Let's do this!' Swift whooped as Sonic unleashed the energy in one final burst. Sam watched in what seemed like slow motion as Sonic surpassed his car in that final push, easily dashing past him and the car. Sam only looked down for a second to check his speedometer- it read about two-hundred fifty miles per hour. If he had to take a guess, Sam would say that the hedgehog was moving about three hundred miles per hour. Now that was fast, even for Sam.
True to his word, Sam stopped chasing the hedgehog by actually pressing the brakes, and watched him run. He then looked back at the still visible carnage that was four wrecked cars and about three injuries. Well, Station Square's Speed Highway was going to be closed for a few more months. Looking at where Sonic went, he grinned. "Looks like I've finally found some competition in this life, after all."
Back with Sonic, he was grinning as he looked back. Sam was true to his word, and let him escape without pursuit. 'All right,' Chris stated, 'now that we've outran my uncle, let's get back to the manor.'
'Not to be a party pooper,' Swift pointed out, 'but you do realize the battery has about thirty seconds worth of life left, and we're getting dangerously close to the unfinished portion of the highway, right?'
'What?' Chris asked Swift in confusion, looking at the Morpher. Only twenty-two seconds left. However, that's not what scared Swift.
'Look forward.' Sonic obeyed, and was shocked to see that they were nearing the end, and had no way of slowing down.
'Oh, son of a-!'
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Thorndyke Manor- 14:21
"You saw it here, folks," the reporter, a dark brown haired woman with green eyes and an intrigued look on her face, stated as she watched Sonic rush off the bridge from the safety of her helicopter. "This mysterious blue vigilante has not only saved our city twice, but he has single-handedly outrun the entire Speed Team, totaling four of their cars. I plan to get a report from Sam Speed later on. As for the hedgehog, he appears to have escaped by running off the bridge. With leg strength like that, I hope he survived that fall. This is Scarlet Garcia, Station Square News."
The four people watching it- I say four because Chuck is now there- just sat there, completely shocked. Then, the three humans turned to Miles. The Chao, confused with the sudden attention, had a question mark over his head. "Is there something on my face?"
"No," Tanaka answered, "there is something I want to ask you, about." He then pulled out the oily calling card that Sonic gave him at the mall. "Do you know anything about this, Miles?"
The fox Chao's question mark disappeared. "So," Miles breathed, "my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. The Chaos Morpher works."
"Chaos Morpher?" Chuck asked Miles. "What is that?"
"You know that watch I had last night?" Miles began. All three people nodded. "Well, that watch was really the remade invention based off of the notes of a scientist that were left in Maya. According to the invention, by the exposure of Chaos energy, the Chaos Morpher could bond the soul of a Chao to the body of a human, creating a super human or something. However, since we Chao are the only remnants of the Mobian species on the planet left, it would most likely recreate the Mobian species."
"So," Chuck summarized, "you built a watch that was based off of notes probably ahead of their time that could create something among the lines of Neo Mobians?"
"Neo Mobians?" Miles asked. "Well, that name does sound better for the topic… anyways, yes. I thought it wasn't going to work, but the writer knew what they were talking about."
"And Master Chris is now a super powered hedgehog for the rest of his life?" Tanaka scowled at him. Miles looked rather nervous at the dark stare he was getting from the butler. "Choose your next words carefully, Miles… they may be your last."
"…Look, the Morpher's a prototype, so I could fix this. Chris isn't going to be a hedgehog permanently. Just until the battery dies." That seemed to do little to quell Tanaka's newfound rage. But what did was that they heard a noise that was the equivalent to the sound of a cannonball crashing into water coming from the backyard pool. "What in Chaos' name?" The four ran outside to see that there was water all over the side of the pool. The fox Chao slowly looked over the edge of the pool, and saw a dark blue object at the bottom. "…It really worked." Just then, he noticed a dark red flickering around the blue object's wrist, until it turned into a dark red flash. The one object turned into two, a small hedgehog Chao and a brown haired teen. The teen grabbed the Chao, and headed towards the surface.
The two broke the surface, gasping for breath. Chris looked like he just remembered how to swim, and Swift eagerly jumped onto the boy's head. Ella went back inside, saying something about getting some towels. Chris breathed, "…Swift, why didn't you tell me you can't swim!?"
"Why do you think I avoid water!?" Swift questioned as Chris swam the two over to the edge, and climbed out. "It looks like while my good powers transfer to you, my weaknesses also go to you, as well."
Miles then asked, "So… how was it, you two?"
"How was what?" Chris and Swift asked. Miles pointed to Chris' wrist- it still had the drained Chaos Morpher on it. "Oh, that… here." He then took it off, and handed it over to Miles. He also gave the Chaos Emerald to Swift
"It needs a little work," Swift answered, eager to hold his precious Emerald. "The battery only has an hour of life, and it gets drained every time we used some of my stronger moves. However, the test run we did against that Robotnik guy and the Speed Team was pretty successful. Oh, and we have calling cards, now."
Chris then asked, "By the way, Mr. Tanaka… is everybody okay?"
"Yes," Tanaka answered, a smile on his . "Though they wondered if you're okay, too. You were bleeding, earlier." Chris remembered the gash he received while trying to protect Helen. However, the wound had already sealed up without a single stitch or bandage. "It's already gone? Interesting… perhaps Mobian hedgehogs have as fast of a healing factor as hedgehog Chao, like Amy and Swift."
"Guess my fast healing got to you, as well," Swift grinned. Ella came back outside, and wrapped each of them in towels. Chuck eyed both the Chaos Morpher that Chris took off and the Emerald that Swift was holding in complete suspicion.
'If those things are for real,' Chuck thought to himself, 'and if Chris really did become a super powered hedgehog… then all of those years under him weren't a mere waste of time. If that's the case… then damn it, Gerald Robotnik, you just had to force your work on me, again.'
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Robotnik's Unknown Base- 21:03
Robotnik watched the combat footage of the hedgehog running buck wild on both his Egg Crower and the Speed Team in complete interest. "So… my grandfather's work wasn't completely wasted."
"Sir," the gold robot noted, "with all due respect, what are you talking about?"
"…I've told you about Prof. Gerald Robotnik's work, right?"
"Yes sir."
"Years before he was executed, he had been doing research on the Chaos Emeralds. There are said to be seven in total. They were said to be the reason why the Mobian race died out, but yet here this hedgehog is. And now that I know that this hedgehog has one… I know they exist. And if this hedgehog gets his powers from one of the Emeralds… then imagine what power could be used for the Robotnik Empire's robots with all seven."
"Are you trying to imply we put our efforts away from America to collect the other six and then steal the Chaos Emerald from this hedgehog?" the short, silver robot questioned.
"No," Robotnik corrected. "I'm suggesting that we put some effort into finishing the Death Egg, and while others deal with our new enemy, here, the three of us will scour the globe for the other five."
"Wait, five?" both robots asked. Robotnik flashed a wicked grin.
"Because I know where another Emerald is," he explained. "I found the location of the light blue Emerald around China. Grab your winter coats, Decoe and Bocoe… you're going to be the first machines to climb Mt. Everest!" Both robots looked at each other in shock.
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Swift: Hey, Tanaka, I've got a question.
Tanaka: What is it?
Swift: What exactly is a "physical?"
Tanaka: It's a medical check-up to see if you're healthy Swift. Why do you ask?
Swift: Well, according to this letter, Miles and I have to attend one in order to become citizens.
Tanaka: Well, then, as long as nothing out of the ordinary happens, you'll be fine.
Swift: Okay, I probably was asking for the chicken, but a kick-boxing kangaroo robot? Do I have bad luck?
Tanaka: Next time, on Sonic Chao Chronicles: Getting Physical! Adventure at the Hostile Hospital!
Swift: Just try to keep up with me!
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Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Sorry if this episode seemed rushed despite how long it took me. But, I wanted to introduce Sonic in a "badass" fashion. Also, I know that the only pure video game character that has calling cards is Sly Cooper, but the insignia deserves more love. Oh, and I believe I've updated so fast that there wasn't anytime for reviews in this chapter.
Now that that's settled, it's time for me to depart. Kingdom Rider92 out!
