Chapter 1: A Daring Escape
The place was a little deserted road near Rome. A speeding motorcycle roared down the road causing the silence to retreat like a whipped dog. Followed by the lone motorcycle were three black cars that, when their motors' noise combined, made a sound like thunder. The man on the motorcycle was none other than special agent, Solid Snake who was on his way back to the USA's Italian Embassy with something incredibly vital to national security when he had made a fatal mistake and alerted his enemies. Now, he was racing for his life as the cars' windows rolled down and heavily armed men peered out at him. Snake knew he had very little time left and kicked his cycle into its highest gear just as the men started shooting. "Of all the idiotic things to do but get caught by a security camera! Nice going, Snake." Snake thought to himself as he continued to try and concentrate on the road ahead of him.
The chase seemed to last for hours and hours until finally the chase came to an end, but with a price. Snake rounded a bend on the road going at about 120 miles per hour when he didn't notice that the bend immediately turned into a sharp left curve. Snake, in a panic, wiped out on the side of the road. As he tried to get up, he felt a sharp pain around his ankle. "No!" He yelled as he continued to try and get up. "It must be broken! Of all the..." Snake's thoughts were blotted out as the three black cars approached and parked in front of him. The men inside the cars got out, followed by another individual dressed in an odd attire along with being an odd individual himself. The being that had approached Snake last was some kind of man and wolf merged together. He wore barbaric armor but yet had a decorated uniform on under it. He had only one eye while the other was covered by a futuristic looking eyepatch. Snake assumed that this being must be from another galaxy. The wolf peered down at Snake with menace and then after a silent pause turned back to the other men. "Make sure his body is never found and then meet me back at the base. We've been compromised." The wolf said as he got back into one of the cars with two other men and then drove off.
The next thing Snake knew, he was looking straight into a gun barrel as one of the men prepared to fire. Just then, a blue flash of light appeared and the man's gun disappeared into thin air. Or at least, that's what it seemed. The flash returned and in a split second, all the men had been wiped out by what seemed to be an invisible force. The flash appeared once again but this time stopped in front of Snake and turned into a blue hedgehog that wore tennis shoes and gloves. Snake knew who it was that saved him. "Sonic the Hedgehog, right? What are you doing around these parts?" Snake said as Sonic helped him up. "I was sent by Colonel Campbell to aid you after you didn't return. When I saw you crash and almost killed by Wolf O'Donnell's goons, I raced in and, well, here I am." Snake motioned Sonic to put him down and then faced him. "Who is this Wolf O'Donnell?" Snake asked. "He's one of the galaxy's mercenaries for hire and arch-rival to the Star Fox team. He's usually employed by criminals and terrorists to do dirty jobs." Sonic replied. "Well, it looks like he's got a new employer. I need to get back to the embassy as fast as possible. I've got something with me that could link Wolf to something new coming into the black market." Snake said as Sonic picked him up. Sonic, with Snake holding on, ran as fast as he could towards Rome.