Chapter 2:

Training

These are the memoirs of the zone cop Speed the Hedgehog

The Zone Cop Headquarters was unlike anything I had seen before, I soon realized why Zonic walked on the walls, and every room in the building was twisted by about ninety degrees! This was very disorientating and it took me about an hour to get over it. Not only that but I was getting stares from all of the other zone cops there.

"So what exactly did you have in mind for me anyway?" I asked.

"You will be part of a new section of zone cops; you will be by yourself, making sure things happen in zones the way they are supposed to happen."

"What?"

"Did I stutter?" said Zonic

"I mean please explain."

"You will go to a zone, and make sure the, shall we say 'important' people of that zone do what they are supposed to. You will also be working alone, and without help from the rest of us. You will only use force when authorized, you will not deter from this rule. You will introduce yourself only to the main people of the zone, no civilians. You will not only make sure things go the way they are supposed to, but you will never destroy the main villain of any zone, unless things get too much out of hand and only if you are authorized by me and me alone."

"Okay, there's a lot I can't do, but tell me what I can do."

"You main goal is to sabotage the main villain of each zone, and you may stop any of the lesser villains by any way you see fit."

"So what am I now a spy?"

"Exactly."

As we walked what seemed like ages, he took me to the training room.

"I know you have a replicator aboard your ship, I want you to replicate these items."

"What are they?"

"The the seven smaller gems are known as chaos emeralds, the seven middle sized ones are known as super emeralds, and the larger one is known as the master emerald, we hope you will not need any of them, but just in case."

"I thought I was here for training."

"You are we need to test you tolerance levels for chaos energy."

That was the first time I went into super form, a very strange feeling, it was as if all of my body was getting stronger to an unspeakable level, Zonic wanted to test my abilities in super form, and did I show him, I actually destroyed all targets, but to show off a little I twisted the entire headquarters to a normal position so I could stand properly, I of course moved it back before the effects of the emeralds wore off.

"That was a little stronger than usual; I don't think we'll need to test you in hyper form, but just in case take the super emeralds with you."

"That still didn't feel like training though."

"That was just a test; we're going to train you on the different types of shields now. First is the bubble shield, it will prevent an attack against you and it will allow you to breathe underwater. Second is the lightning shield, it will protect you from energy attacks and will disappear with water and physical attacks. Finally we have the flame shield which will protect you from fire and heat and allow you to do a fire blast; it also disappears with water and physical attacks."

"What are you a game manual?"

"No, but you need to know what each shield can do, they will come in very handy later on, and each can be activated by the buttons on this belt."

"So what's the fourth button for?"

"I was fixing to get to that, the fourth button activates the holographic program on the belt, it will allow you to take your human form temporarily, because let's face it, not every zone has anthropomorphic hedgehogs, and you may be looked at as a monster."

After some training with the belt, I was ready to go on my first assignment, however back on Mobius things were getting worse. Dr. Robotnik was beginning his plans for the weapon known as the Death Egg.

End of Chapter 2