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II: Future Shock

"Where the hell are we?" Sonic asked as he looked around the dark and gloomy landscape around him. There weren't any leaves on the grey, dead and lifeless trees and the grass was brown and crispy beneath his shoes. There was a cold mist in the air that sent a shiver to Sonic's bones and the moon was barely visible in the dark sky.

"Oh no." Sky gasped. "They've taken over another area."

"Who?" Sonic asked.

"The shadow demons." Sky whispered their names before shivering and looking around frantically. "My father should've been here."

Sonic looked back at the little light blue hedgehog and sighed.

"I'm sure that together we can look for your father." He tried to say cheerfully to cheer her up. "But where are we?" He asked looking around again.

"Green Hill." Sky sighed and Sonic froze in shock.

"What? How is that even possible? What's going on?" Sonic demanded looking around in confusion.

"Welcome to the future Sonic." Sky said pretending to be excited as she extended her arms and gestured to the waste land around them.

Sonic took a step back as he tried to absorb that information.

"How far in the future are we?" He asked as he looked in disgust at how someone could destroy such a once beautiful area. No birds were singing, no animals were playing and no flowers were blooming. Everything was just dead. As if the life has been sucked out of everything.

"I'm not too sure." Sky finally replied. "This is my time but I wasn't sure how far into the past I travelled to come and see you. I was being chased when I used chaos control and didn't pay attention to where I was going, but I'm guessing I didn't travel that far into the past. How old are you?"

"Fifteen." Sonic replied and Sky hummed deep in thought.

"But what happened?" Sonic demanded bringing Sky out of her daydream.

"The shadow demons." Sky explained. "About a year ago, Dr Eggman managed to access the underworld. Naturally he wanted to harness its power and build his little empire or whatever he calls it, but all the spirits and demons trapped under there leaked out and began running wild. It's throwing the balance of nature off as the dead are now interacting with the living and the shadow demons are sucking the life out of everything living thing they come across. After my father left I ran away from home to help out and ran into Shadow. He gave me his chaos emerald so I could look after myself while he got the shadow demons off my back but then some of them caught up with me and I panicked. My father was supposed to be battling them here right now, that's why I brought you here. If anyone can help, you can."

"But what about the future version of myself. Aren't I doing anything? Why do you need me?" Sonic asked in confusion. He couldn't believe Eggman would stoop so low – no pun intended.

"Well you were helping, until you went missing in action." Sky explained carefully and sadly. "No one knows where you've gone."

Sonic sighed and looked deep into the forest of dead trees before finally speaking up.

"Well, we're not going to find out just standing here are we? Let's get going kid." He said now determined to help out. Sky wasn't kidding around when she said it was bad.

Sky looked up at him and managed a small smile before they both took off into the forest. Sonic was careful to run at her pace and not leave her behind.

"So where should we head to first?" Sonic asked as they ran through the dead trees.

"No idea." Sky answered. "I'm making this up as I go along."

"That's generally what I do best." Sonic said with a grin.

They slowed when they saw colour on the horizon. The grass was becoming greener and the trees looked to have a bit more life in them and flowers were beginning to appear. It was like hoping from a separate painting where one was coloured and the other wasn't. The heat of the sun hit their faces and Sky breathed a sigh of relief once they were out of shadow demon territory.

"At least they haven't taken over this area." Sonic remarked as he smiled at a group of beautiful white flowers.

"Yeah, but I don't doubt for a minute that they haven't got their eyes on this place." Sky said sadly as she looked back at the dark and dead area that was receding behind them as they ran.

They both came to a stop as soon as the shadow territory was out of sight and Sky sat down on a rock hopelessly.

"Well, now that we're out of that horrid place, I have no idea where to go next." She sighed as she stroked a finger against the smooth surface of the rock and Sonic looked at her and sighed at how sad she looked.

"Well, do you have any idea where your dad might be kid?" He asked carefully, worried about upsetting her.

She shrugged before huffing in irritation.

"No idea, he was supposed to be in battle back there, I don't know if he's run off, been captured or…" Sky gasped as she came to terms with what the other option might be and Sonic panicked not wanting to see the little girl cry.

"Hey, I'm sure it won't come to that." Sonic said as gently as he could.

"True, my father is pretty relentless. All the times we thought all hope was lost he came springing back." She chuckled slightly before her face fell into a frown again. "He is going to kill me when he finds out what I've done." She gulped.

"You mean came to get me?" Sonic asked smirking. "Not wanting his little girl in on the action?"

Sky looked up and glared at him. "I am not a little girl and I can join in the action any time." She said jumping off the rock and standing up straight, trying to look tough and strong. "He's just really over protective, but I can't just sit by and do nothing while innocent people suffer."

Sonic chuckled. "You sound just like me."

Sky blinked and then looked around awkwardly.

"Well, a lot of the time you are my inspiration." She said biting her lip.

Sonic rolled his eyes. Sure he loved helping people, but he never wanted to seek any praise for it. He had enough of Amy fangirling over him, but he didn't particularly want Sky to idolize him either. She seemed like a good enough kid and he didn't want her to waste her life trying to be like him.

"You don't have to act like me you know." Sonic tried to reassure her.

Sky smirked before mumbling, "Sometimes I can't help it."

Sonic ignored her and began walking in a random direction. Sky began following him without a word.

"Why don't we go back to your family?" Sonic suggested and Sky's eyes widened. "They might offer some help or some clues as to what might have happened or your dad might be back there."

"No no no!" Sky said desperately as she began to panic. "We can't go there."

Sonic was spooked by her sudden reaction. "Ok, fine. I just thought you might want your family and they could help us."

Sky took a deep breath trying to calm herself down. "Trust me, going back there is the worst thing we could do."

"Why?" Sonic pressed as the woods began to thin and make way for giant fields that stretched out for miles.

"I don't want to risk putting them in danger." Sky explained. "The shadow demons know who I am now and I don't want to get my younger siblings involved in this. Plus, I can't let them see you."

Sonic snorted. "Why not?"

Sky didn't say anything for a few seconds as she thought about her answer carefully. "Because they'll see what I've done and I'll be grounded for eternity."

Sonic couldn't help himself as he burst out laughing and Sky shot him a glare.

"Ok then, no families." Sonic laughed before becoming serious again and tapping his finger against his cheek as he thought. "Now if I was my future self where would I hide?"

Sky waited patiently as Sonic thought.

"I might've gone to look for Tails, do you know who he is?" Sonic asked and Sky beamed and nodded.

"How do you know all my friends anyway? Do your parents become friends of mine or something?" Sonic asked smiling as he thought of all the possible new friends and allies he might meet in the future and it seemed as though he was meeting one of his future friends right now.

"Err yeah." Sky answered.

"Cool." Sonic replied excited. "I love making new friends."

Sky rolled her eyes and looked out into the open fields. "So you think your future self might be with Tails huh?"

"Possibly; it's usually where I always go when I need something important. Maybe my future self is just biding his time." Sonic explained as they began to speed up. "Then maybe my future self can help find your father."

"I don't doubt that you will." Sky said refusing to look Sonic in the face.

"Do you know something I don't?" Sonic asked accusingly, picking up on her weird behaviour.

"Oh no, I'm just nervous. First adventure and everything." She said still not looking at him.

"This is just another day for me." Sonic laughed before scooping the small sky blue hedgehog into his arms and taking off at the speed of sound towards where Tails lived.

He finally came to a stop when they arrived outside where Tails lived. Sonic set Sky down gently and kept his arms out, expecting the girl to collapse like everyone else did when they travelled at Sonic's speed. He was shocked to find the girl keeping her balance and seeming alright with what had happened.

"You know you're the first person who hasn't fainted after going on a run with me." Sonic laughed.

Sky laughed with him. "Strong stomach I guess, but what are we doing here?"

"This is where Tails lives." Sonic explained looking towards the house, but stopped short when he saw how overgrown the outside looked and the windows had been boarded up. It hadn't looked like anyone had lived there in years.

"Well done genius, this is the future remember? Tails doesn't live here anymore." Sky explained.

Sonic laughed awkwardly trying to cover up his mistake. "Right, my bad."

Sonic and Sky both jumped when they heard a sudden shrieked behind them. They turned around to see the most horrific looking creature emerge out of the trees.

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