Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, now onto the reviews.
HyperShanic01: I know there are three new games, two coming out this year, and one coming out next year, its right after Sonic and the Secret Rings.
NUTCASE71733: I would warn him, though I don't feel like it.
Faermage-KH Junkie: And this Robotnik is not anything like the other… I hope…
theredone1223: Shadow won't be coming anytime soon, though very good guess.
The Conflicted Writer: I'm glad to hear that I'm doing well.
Count X. Gamlxltoe Nightmare: Yes, and Sonic going to crash this party, mahahahaha!
Northernmeags: First things first. They live in New York City. Well yes Sonic is new to this hero thing… Oh, I have the RE games though that is the last M one I can get, other then Call of Duty 4 which I will be able to buy at fall.
Shimohi Inferno Tiger: Yeah thanks for telling me those thing I went back and fixed them so, thanks!
Thank you ladyamalphia for beta reading this chapter, who did a great job for this chapter, so thanks!
Chapter 11: Party Crashers
"Ok, this is amazing." Dart said as he skimmed through the news paper clipping one more time.
"I know, I mean what were the odds?" I asked as I sat myself down on the couch next to the others.
Dart put down the news paper and then slapped me on the back of my head proudly.
"Maybe Tikal was right," he said with a grin, "you do have something special."
I rubbed the back of my head, really appreciating how hard that man could hit.
"Wow!" I said in surprise, turning square to him. "She said that?"
"Yep…" Dart replied with a smile. "And something about your likelihood of getting us all killed."
"Ah, yeah." I chuckled, grabbing the new paper clipping from Dart and giving it to Miles. "That sounds right."
Miles shifted his glasses a bit and read the clipping. "Hey, Sonic, are you planning to go to this party?"
"No, I'm going to head off the armored truck before it gets there," I said thinking I had it all planned out.
"That may be a problem." Miles remarked, glancing at the map. "I've been studying the map, and it looks like they're already shipping it… it's in a G.U.N base for now."
He moved to the map and pointed out.
"Uh… so what does that mean?" I asked uncertainly.
"It means that you're going to need tickets," Miles said with a frown, "if you want to get the emerald."
"How are we supposed to get tickets?" I asked, realizing how much more complicated this plan had gotten.
"Well, I have stuff to do, so I'll stop by your house." Dart said as he walked out the door. "If you haven't gotten the tickets by then, we'll think of something."
He walked out of the room, leaving Miles and I to think of something.
"Why'd he just leave like that?" Miles asked.
"Because he's very lazy." I said, grabbing my backpack as I walked out of the door with Miles. "Now, let's find us some tickets."
"So, what's the plan, sir?" Asked a G.U.N soldier as many of his colleagues loaded their guns behind him.
Doctor Robotnik scratched his head and looked around.
"It wouldn't be too hard to find him." He remarked. "So, we should set up sentries to keep watch around the building, as well as in the chamber with the emerald. And if he does manage to get away, I want the Air Force searching for him."
The G.U.N soldier nodded and walked away, shouting orders.
As the doctor's eyes fell upon the red emerald, greed flashed in his eyes. He reached out his hand to pick it up, when a voice called from behind.
He turned to see three people; two adults, and a teenage girl. He recognized them as his brother's family.
"Uncle!" The girl cried happily. She ran up and embraced him in a hug. "I'm glad to see you!"
"I'm glad to see you to Maria." Robotnik said, smiling at her. He looked up to the two adults.
"Thanks again for letting me stay till the party's over." The girl said cheerfully.
"You can stay as long as you want." Doctor Robotnik assured. "Maria loves it when you're here,"
"We'd love to," Said the doctor's brother with a smile, "but we have to get back to Texas as soon as possible."
Doctor Robotnik fixed his glasses.
"So, are you three coming to the party?"
"Of course we are." Mrs. Robotnik said.
"Ah, good." The doctor said, walking pasthis niece and to her parents. "But now I need to go get ready."
"Right… I pull the car around." Mr. Robotnik said, turning around to walk outside, Maria and her mother following
Doctor Robotnik was about to follow, when a G.U.N soldier stopped him.
"Sir, what happens if Sonic attacks earlier than planned?" The soldier asked.
"If he does, he won't be finding anything." The doctor assured him, picked up the red emerald. It grew brighter as he touched it. "I can assure you that much."
He put the emerald into a bag and walked out to catch the others.
Miles and I walked down the sidewalk to my house. We were both really tired, and angry that we weren't able to find any way other than crashing the party as Sonic the Hedgehog.
"So now what?" I asked as we walked up the small stair case that lead to the front door.
"The best suggestion I can make is that you go in as Sonic the Hedgehog." Miles said as I unlocked the door.
"Yeah." I said, hardly excited about the prospect. "Anyways, thanks for helping out."
Miles was about to respond when my mom came in and saw him.
"Hey, Miles! Are you going to stay for dinner too?" she asked with a smile.
Who's staying for dinner? I wondered, as Miles gave my mom his reply.
"No, thank you Ms. Suai." He said politely. "I have to go back home."
He turned around to the door, waving goodbye, "I'll see you at school tomorrow, Sonic."
"Sonic, I wish you would have told me company was coming for dinner."
Ok this is weird, I thought mildly as I followed mom into the kitchen. There, talking to each other, were Dart and Tikal. I would have liked to greet them normally but because I couldn't find any of the tickets, I just groaned and walked over.
"Hey…" I murmured, as I sat down at the table with them.
"Dinner'll be ready in about an hour, so you don't have to stay here." mom said, as she turned to stir a pot of boiling noodles.
"So, did you find the tickets?" Dart asked.
"…No…" I murmured, keeping my head low.
Dart rubbed his hand through his hair. "So, now what?"
"We find another way in." I replied.
Dart was about to speak when my mom turned to us.
"I'll be in the family room for a bit."
I nodded, and she turned to leave. But when she reached the door, she paused and glanced back at me. "Oh, Sonic! I almost forgot to tell you. One of my clients gave us these tickets to some big party your friends uncle is hosting. But your father is going to be busy tonight, so we won't be going. Sorry."
She tossed them into a trashcan and walked off.
There was a new, albeit odd, glimmer of hope coming from that old trashcan… true, it was full of dirty, smelly garbage, but still!
Tikal grinned as I walked over and picked up the three tickets. One had my father's name, the other had my mother's, and the last one had mine.
"What are you doing?" Dart asked as I stared at the tickets.
I turned to him and Tikal holding the tickets so they could see them.
"What I have here," I said, grinning, "are our golden tickets."
Dart got up and hit my shoulder in delighted approval.
"You did great!"
"Yeah… thanks." I said, rubbing my shoulder.
"So, now what are you going to do?" Tikal asked us.
I laughed. "Go to the party."
"In what you're wearing?" She asked, staring at us.
"What's wrong with what we're wearing?" Dart asked.
"You can't go to a nice party in that." She said sternly. "But I can get you something nice to wear by tonight."
She got up and walked to the door before saying, "I'll be back in a couple hours."
Dart and I just looked at each other. I scratched my shoulder where the scar from the bullet was.
"So… you want to play Wii?" I ask, hoping for something to do other then just sitting around.
Dart looked around and then nodded.
As promised, Tikal came back a couple of hours later with three bags.
"The party starts in ten minutes." She said handing them both a bag. "Where're your parents, Sonic?"
"Gone." I said, putting the Wii remote down. "Dad's working late, and my mom is getting ready for a case at her office."
"Ok, good." She said, peering into her own bag. "Now we'd better get ready."
Dart and I nodded, and went up stairs.
Dart went to one of the bathrooms to change while I went to my room. The first thing I did when I entered was check what she'd got for me.
Inside the white paper bag, I found a very nice looking navy blue jacket, a white button up shirt, and navy blue jean. I hadn't worn anything this nice since I was living in Kansas.
After I'd slipped everything on, and brushed my hair, I walked down to find Dart in a tuxedo, and Tikal in a red dress.
Tikal smiled when she saw me, and then pulled out the three tickets.
"Here you go, guys." She said, giving Dart my Dad's ticket, me mine. My mom's she kept for herself.
"So, are we ready to go?" I asked.
"Yes," Tikal warned, "but remember that the emerald is going to be blocked by guards. So be careful."
We nodded, then stepped out the door and on our way to the party.
Just looking at everyone in their fancy clothes made me shiver. Or maybe it was the thought of being caught and thrown out… or even shot.
Get that out of your head, Sonic!
We walked up to a man who was checking the tickets.
He looked at the ticket, then up at Dart and Tikal, brows raised. "Mrs. and Mr. Suai?"
"Yep." Dart said, trying to remain calm.
The usher stared at the odd couple with a look of doubt, but he took the tickets anyway and let us pass.
"Ok," I said in a low voice, "let's spilt up and look around."
I quickly walked away from the two.
I continued on a bit, trying not to bump into everyone.
After a minute of looking for the emerald, I saw two men bring a large, shining glass case into the room and put it behind the stage.
Ok, I found the emerald. Now where are Tikal and Dart?
First, I went to see if Dart was at the food stand. He wasn't, but before I went to check somewhere else, I grabbed a plate of side dishes.
I then dumped in a trash can after trying them.
Once I got the taste from my mouth, I went looking for him again. After a few minutes of searching, I found him talking to a bunch of other people… about me!
"Yeah, yeah. John is a great kid." Dart said with a smile, trying to act proud.
"I thought you said your son's name was Sonic?" remarked one of the men.
Dart froze and then put the smile back on his face to cover up his mistake.
"Huh? John, Sonic… they sound the same."
I mentally slapped myself. However, I didn't want to walk over there and ruin our cover more, so I took one of those awful appetizers and threw it at him.
After the green nacho dip hit his head, he turned to see me, looking irritated. I motioned for him to come to me.
"If you'll excuse me," he said to his small crowd, "I need to check in on something."
Dart walked to me and then growled. "What did you throw in my hair?"
I opened my mouth to answer him, but the truth was, I really couldn't identify the green entrée. So, I went straight to the point.
"I think I found the emerald."
Dart looked around, and then back at me.
"Where?"
"They carried it back stage. Now, where's Tikal?" I asked as I scanned what I could see of the ballroom.
"I saw her looking around back there…" Dart said, pointing, as he tried to get the appetizer out of his hair.
"Ok then, let's go get her."
Dart and I walked to the area where he had pointed.
I pushed my way through the crowd, trying to find Tikal.
In the end, though, she found me.
"Sonic!" I turned to see her. "Have you found the emerald?"
I sighed and smiled.
"Yeah, yeah. They put it behind the stage."
"Ok, good. I can't wait to get out of here. What's your plan?" She asked, as we stepped towards the stage.
"Grab the emerald and get out before anyone sees us." I replied, really not having much of a plan.
Tikal and Dart both sighed.
"You do know that is the stupidest plan you have ever thought of?" Dart remarked, trying to get me to rethink my plan.
"Yeah, I know," I said, wishing we had thought of a better plan.
And then one came to me.
"Ok. You two should get going… I can be in and out like that."
I snapped my finger indicating what I meant.
"That works." Tikal said, as she thought through my plan.
"Ok, good. So you two get going."
I took one step forward then I heard a female voice call my name. When I turned, I saw Maria Robotnik.
"Sonic!" She said cheerfully as she walked to me. "What are you doing here?"
She was wearing a plain white dress and high heels. Her blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail.
"Hey." I said, then quickly turned back to Tikal and Dart. "Change of plans… you get the emerald."
They looked at me like I was stupid… and maybe I was… but it wasn't an option. They shrugged and continued to the stage.
I turned and smiled.
"Hey." I said. "My family was invited. Why… why are you here?"
She crossed her arms, "Because my uncle's hosting it."
"Oh yeah… I forgot." I scratched the back of my head, watching Tikal and Dart go behind the stage out of the corner of my eye.
"Sonic, are you ok?" She asked, guessing that I was hiding something.
I was about to reply, when a man got up on the stage. He wore a tuxedo, and was holding a small glass of wine. He possessed the overall look of, 'I'm overly rich.'
He cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention.
"Three month ago," he began in a magnified voice, "some American diggers came across an emerald. This emerald was perfectly cut - but showed no signs of human refinement. A final thing that got the world interested was its unusual color. We have with us a man of great intelligence studying the gem. His name is Albert Robotnik!"
A man around his thirty's stepped up onto the stage. He waved, and shook hands with the man who was talking.
He then turned and spoke into the microphone.
"Hello, and thank you for coming. I plan to find out why this emerald is so special - I will learn to harness this power it hides from us."
The man talked on forever, but I just hoped that Dart and Tikal had already found the emerald and got out.
What felt like the hundredth G.U.N jumped at Dart, only to be kicked and sent flying into a wall.
"Tikal, hurry and grab the emerald!" Dart said, as he ducked and slammed hit fist into another soldier.
"I would," She replied in panic, "but they have a security lock on it!"
She hurriedly tried to disable it as Dart continued to fight off their attackers.
"Ok then. Let's try this!" Dart said, and slammed his fist into the security box.
It broke into pieces, and he took out the red emerald.
"Now, let's get out of here." Tikal said as she turned to the exit.
"Right."
Dart turned away, not noticing that the curtain was being raised up.
"Now, you are about to see the worlds greatest mystery…"
Doctor Robotnik pointed his finger at the curtain as it raised, only to see three G.U.N solders laying unconscious on the floor, and a man holding a red emerald in his hands. Robotnik looked shocked. Apparently, he hadn't been expecting Dart.
"H-huh?! But you're…she said…you're not Sonic!" He yelled as the crowd stared frozen at the scene.
Dart turned to leave when five more solders burst through the door behind him.
"Sonic, catch!" He yelled, throwing it to the shocked Sonic Suai.
Maybe it was because of all the panic and running, or maybe it was because I'm not a very good catch, but that emerald hit me square in the forehead.
The red gem rolled across the floor and away from me.
I rubbed my head and looked around; people were running to the exit, and G.U.N.'s were closing in on the emerald. I had to make a split decision:
I could call it quits, and let them take the emerald, or I could dive for it… or transform in the midst of all the confusion, run out of the city, and come back once I thought it was safe.
(Play Secret Identity's main theme: His World- Ali Tabatabaee and Matty Lewis. Sonic the Hedgehog: Vocal Traxx Several Wills.)
I dove for the emerald, grabbing it, with a G.U.N steps from it. I started glowing bright… so bright that the soldiers had to close their eyes. When they opened again, they saw a blue blur speeding across the room.
"Civilians are out of danger- fire!" One of the soldiers shouted, as the rest started shooting at me.
I dodged the bullets so easily that I started feeling sorry for them… until one nicked me in the leg. I grunted in pain, and looked to find Dart and Tikal. But all I could see where they'd been a moment before was a pile of unconscious G.U.N soldiers.
"Hey, this is one cool party," I remarked, still peering around to find the other two, "but I have to get going!"
I ran out of the building and out of the city.
I stopped to take a breath, but heard something speeding towards me. I looked up to see three jets flying towards me. They let out missiles at me as I got up.
I clumsily stumbled head over feet, quickly picking myself up and running, missiles right on my tail.
I ran around trees, but I only managed to lose one of the three. I had to think of a plan.
I flipped my blue emerald in my hands, and turned.
"Chaos Gale!"
The wind from the emerald blew the missiles to the ground… but I had clearly underestimated their explosion range. The shock wave sent me tumbling down into the forest, hitting my head.
I sighed and got up, brushing off the ash from the explosion.
"God, I hate G.U.N." I said to myself as I walked out of the forest.
Once I'd made it out of the forest, I saw a helicopter shinning a light onto me. I covered my eyes as the wind from the helicopter got stronger.
Despite everything, I could hear the pilot speaking.
"We have the subject in sight - we are opening fire."
I didn't like the sounds of that.
Bullets ranged down near me. I dodged, and then jumped up at the helicopter.
I landed on the cockpit's glass, and raised my fist.
I used a little chaos power to break the glass, then pulled the pilot to me. I growled at him:
"You're pissing me off."
The pilot looked as if he was going to faint, but he did get out some words of apology, "Ok, ok! I'm sorry!"
"Better." I said, grabbing him and jumping off the helicopter just as it slammed into the ground.
I landed on the ground with the pilot then turned to see the fire.
You've got to be kidding me!
The fire from the helicopter has spread to the forest. I dropped the pilot then ran to pond.
With the last bits of my power, I used Chaos Gale to send the water right onto the fire.
I tried to catch my breath, but the two Chaos Gales had taken a lot out of me. I got up and ran home, looking for a long, nice, safe, sleep.
(End: His World- Ali Tabatabaee and Matty Lewis. Sonic the Hedgehog: Vocal Traxx Several Wills.)
A G.U.N soldier stepped quickly to Doctor Robotnik. He saluted him, and then carried out the report.
"Sir, we lost Sonic the Hedgehog, but we think he went back to the city. What is our next move?"
Doctor Robotnik had leaned down to the floor. An evil grin appeared on his face.
"Nothing, I'm going back home."
"But- but I thought we had to catch this Sonic!" The G.U.N soldiers said in surprise.
"I have found what I need." He held up a small container that carried a blood… More specifically, Sonic the Hedgehog's blood.
That's it. Thanks for reading, advise and comments are wanted flames are not.