True Speed

Heroes

Rated: T, for violence, possible swearing&blood, and to be safe.

Pairings: Future!Sonadow(Friendship&romantic)

Disclaimer: Not mineeee….It'd be very bad if it was.

Warning; AU! At least for everything Post!SA2...

AN; Wait, what? I already have a review? I'm honored! Oh, I should probably warn you guys...Chao will be appearing sometime later...They're my personal Sonic and Shadow Chao...Slip-stream and Phoebus(as I am naming this for the fic/series). Obviously, Slip-stream=Sonic Chao, and Phoebus is my Shadow chao...Those two chao are my favorite of all the chao in my SA2B gardens~

Chapter 02

Oh, crap, the Ocean!

Oh... hey, Lloyd? If you abandon me here, I swear, I'll come back to haunt you.

...I just had a sudden, violent urge to abandon you.

~Zelos Wilder and Lloyd Irving, Tales of Symphonia

Silver screamed.

Loudly.

Of course, you probably would too, when a blue hedgehog grabbed you and was running across the beach, spitting up sand behind him, at the speeds of over 100 Km per hour.

Shadow had not been grabbed, much to the white mobian's chargin, and was skating along next to the speedster. He did not scold the other for just grabbing Silver without warning and instead shot the silver-white hedgehog looks that clearly said, 'Not My fault you can't run as fast as us.'

Jerks.

The three hedgehogs dodged and weaved through several palm trees and what appeared to be dysfunctional robots. Silver yelped everytime Sonic had to jump over a fallen log or something else to that effect and the same said mobian would just laugh a little at the white hedgehog's discomfort. Shadow would also show some amusement in the form of a small smirk, which irritated him greatly...

Though, when he was nearly thrown across the beach after Sonic suddenly skidded to stop, he felt more irritated with the blue hedgehog then his dark counterpart.

Silver was dropped and Sonic dodged behind a nearby fallen tree with a cry of 'Water!' Shadow stopped next to the white mobian, who was struggling to his feet, "Honestly, Moron, what are you freaking out about?" The blue speed demon's head popped up out of his hiding place, "It's Water." The other two hedgehogs exchanged looks and the the dark mobian moved towards Sonic, "Alright, Idiot, get out here and explain yourself properly...Unless you want us to assume you're afraid of water?"

"...Would it be fair to say that I am?"

The two others exchanged looks that cleary said 'That doesn't cut it' and Silver turned to question the blue hedgehog more whilst Shadow stepped towards the beach surveying the blot of deep water between themselves and the next portion of the zone. The dark mobian frowned: There was no way Sonic or Silver would be able to get across that...and he couldn't just ferry them back and forth, as that would waste their time...

He turned his head.

And smirked as he saw something that may just be useful.

"Sonic, Silver." The said two looked up, but only Sonic scooted away from the smirk on Shadow's face, The only one of the two to know just what that smirk meant. When Silver opened his mouth to ask what he wanted, the dark hedgehog pointed his finger at what appeared to be a cannon: A cannon that was set to fire across to the other side of the drift water.

The blue hedgehog looked back and forth between the water and the cannon and decided then that the cannon was the lesser of the two evils and stood up, moving towards hi dark counterpart. On the other hand, Silver had started to shake his head, "No way! That's a cannon." Sonic snorted, "If you have a better suggestion than Shadow's, then tell us. It'd be useful, you know..."

Silver winced and sighed, his rebellious look caving in and replaced by one of reluctant acceptance. He slid forward and the three hedgehogs curled into balls one by one to enter the cannon. Despite Silver's thoughts that just maybe it wouldn't fire...It did, sending them across the water and into the sand. His two companions leapt up at once while he scrabbled to catch up.

Man, it just showed you who had the more experience in this sort of thing...

"Do you get shot out of cannons often?" Silver finally muttered to the blue hedgehog, who was shaking a bit of sand out of his quills. He shot him a confused look and then said, "Oh, well, yeah, I guess so. I never really thought about it before." The white mobian sighed and shook his head lightly: Sonic was insane. With a quick glanced to the black hedgehog that stood a little ways off, Silver concluded that both of his companions were insane.

Once Sonic was satsified with the lack of sand, he grabbed Silver, turning to move. Shadow was already at his counterpart's side and the white mobian couldn't help but marvel at how the two hedgehogs seemed to read each other's minds. He'd never seen anything like it before, never in his life...

The strangest part, though, was that it seemed that the two had only really known one another for a couple of months: How could anyone form a bond like that in that short amount of time? He sighed and then regreted it, as now he had a little less than the amount of air needed for actually breathing. He coughed loudly and Sonic slowed down enough for him to catch his breath.

Oh, great, another mystery: How the hell do these two breathe when they're running so fast?

Silver sighed once again, not choking on his own breath, as Sonic had decided to keep to a slower pace than before. He felt the pull of gravity as they( to his horror) ran through a loop very quickly and than, at the end, leap on to a three star-spotted bounce bar. The white mobian could not help his startled cry when they landed and the quick deposit to the ground.

"OW! Sonic!"

"Sorry!" The blue hedgehog aplogized and dodged forward, spin-dashing one of the robots that had seemed to have appeared from no where. Shadow landed next to Silver, who had hefted himself back up. "Ah," The black hedgehog entoned, eye-ing the robot drones, "Some of the Doctor's...minions, I suppose the right word would be. I think this is the part, though, Silver, when we go and help that Moron." The dark mobian shot off and Silver looked after him in exasperation. What the heck was he supposed to do? He couldn't fight!

...At least, he couldn't fight these things. They were far stronger than normal mobians, and the martial arts that he knew would do absolutely nothing against them. Dang it, why'd this have to happen to him? He'd been good, never hurt another being in his life(unless they were trying to kill him, but that had never happened), yet he had been dragged to another dimension where a crazy megalo-maniac tries to capture him and possibly just as crazy blue hedgehog saves him.

Again, He wondered, why.

He looked toward the two hedgehogs that had helped him get here, to this point, and frowned. It looked like most of the drones were defeated, but...Silver gasped, "Sonic! Behind-!" The blue mobian jolted and barely dodged the beam from the lazer-gun that a drone was totting. Moments later, Shadow put it out of it's misery, but, by then it was already too late.

The cliff side rumbled and rocks from far above, having been shot by the random shot of the heated lazer, fell. Sonic, who had dodged back, was standing right beneath it...And didn't realize it was coming down on top of him. Silver groaned and hurried forward.

He wasn't going to make it...! But...!

Silver threw his hands out, desperation making him slightly irrational, and closed his eyes tightly, wishing for the rocks to stop. There was few minutes of dead silence, and then, Sonic muttered, his voice echoing, "Silver...? Are you...?" The white mobian cracked his eyes open a little, and then opened them wide, his mouth hanging open.

The patterns that had always been on his hands were glowing softly, but that was not what he was staring at(though, it didn't help at all). Before him, all of the fallign rocks were simply floating in midair, Sonic gapping at them from below. Obviously, though, the speedster's mind caught up to him and the blue mobian dashed out from beneath the rocks, skidding to a stop next to Shadow. The next second, Silver's concentration finally slipped and the rocks hit the ground.

"What just happened?"

The three exchanged looks and Shadow moved towards the white mobian, reaching out and grabbing his hand. "These patterns," He began, "They weren't glowing before." Oh, how true, Silver mused looking down at his hand and than back at Shadow. The dark mobian pushed, pulled, and prodded his hand until Silver yelped and than stopped. "Are those marks natural?" Sonic mumbled staring at the vivd teal patterns and the silvery-white hedeghog could only nod a little in reply.

"You seem to be a natural born telekinetic...," Shadow finally said aloud and the other two glanced at him. Silver stuttered a little, "T-telekinetic...?" "Nothing bad," The black hedeghog murmured, "Unless you used it to do something bad. But, ah, it basically means that you can...Simple terms, Shadow, simple terms...use your will-power, or mind, to, as you just saw, stop rocks falling. You could send things flying, as well as propel yourself forward..." He paused, "You could, most likely, use your new-found power to keep up with myself and Sonic."

Silver gapped. Sonic did as well, but seemed to come to terms with this news a lot easier than the white mobian, "Well, that's cool! Means you won't have to be carried by me anymore...Heheh, your diginity's entact, Silver. Though..." The blue speedster frowned. Silver raised his head to stare Shadow in the eye and asked quietly, "How...How'd this happen? I couldn't do this before..."

Shadow sighed softly, "You were pulled through dimensions with a chaos emerald. No doubt that your powers needed to come in contact with a strong source of energy to jump start...The fact that neither yourself nor Sonic had been in any real danger since you arrived here was probably why it didn't activate until just now." Sonic's mouth was hanging open, "Holy Chaos, that actually made sense!" His dark counterpart shot him a very dead-pan look before turning on his heel, "I suggest we continue on, or else we will not get to the end of this zone by sun down."

Sonic coughed lightly in response(It sounded very much like 'Grouch') before hurrying after him, waving to Silver, "C`mon, the best way to learn how to do something is by hands on experience! Or, in other words, Action!" He laughed and ran off, leaving the white mobian to sigh and shake his head ever so lightly before taking off after the other hedgehogs.

The three spent at least two hours fighting through what seemed like legions of the Robotnik drones. Or, apparently, 'Egg-bots', which made Shadow shake his head and mutter something along the lines of 'He hates being called Egg-man, so why name his creations after that taunt? Fool.'

True, Silver thought, but wisely did not comment on it.

However, once they came across more loops, Silver put his foot down.

"No. Way."

"Oh, come on!"

"No way am I going through one of those...those...Things again!"

"Just, come on, alright Silver?"

"Over my dead body."

"Fine."

"Huh? OOOFH-!"

Shadow hefted the white mobian over his shoulder as the hedgehog tried to regain his breath. Sonic looked on, and, if this was an anime, would have sweat-dropped. As it was, he looked increasingly dead-pan, "Was that really necessary?" "Yes," The other said bluntly before taking off around the loop. Sonic sighed and shook his head, "Yeesh, and people say I do un-necessary things." He took after and once he met up again with his two companions, Silver was screaming the black hedgehog's ear off.

Not Surprised, came Sonic's mental snort at the sight before he pulled his lips into an evil smile. "You know,"He drawled slowly, "You look just like a couple." Shadow spun around and glared heatedly at him(which made him a little happy: He was finally able to get a reaction of some kind from the dark hedgehog!) whilst Silver went red and began to splutter instead of his previous yelling. The speedster laughed and said, "Calm down, Silver, or your head'll pop!" The white mobian glared weakly and then turned away, his blush burning so deeply you could see it through all of his fur.

The black hedgehog, however, so not to be deterred, "Moron! I'm going to kill you for that-!" "Shush, you," Sonic said with a grin, placing his finger on Shadow's lips before leaping towards the platform ahead of them, "We're almost to the finish line! Besides, I thought you were the one who wanted to get there before the sun set?" Shadow scowled at him before jumping across the gap to join him. Silver, still a bit reluctant to get in on all this crazy stuff, was last to join the group.

They fought through the throngs of enemies for what felt like hours, jumping across any gaps, leaping into cannons(which Silver would later say was the most mild part of the whole adventure), dashing to the goal post...

Silver was slightly pleased that he had gotten the hang of his new telekinesis, propelling himself forward wit it to keep up with the two super-sonic hedgehogs. He would still have to slow down from time to time to catch his breath("Still don't get how you two can breathe." "It's an art, Silv, an Art!" Shadow just sighed). Both of his companions would slow down a bit to accomdate his need and would spend up again after he had caught his breath.

Soon enough though, he had noticed the strange feeling that would tingle up and down his arms, legs, and spine. Finally, he turned to Sonic, "Am I the only who feels...That?" The blue hedgehog hummed, "You mean the tingly feeling?" The white mobian nodded. Sonic turned his head to Shadow, "Do you feel it, Shadow?" His dark counterpart 'hmm'ed softly before giving a light nod.

Sonic patted the side of his leg, "Hmmm...Lessee, where've I had this feeling before...? Oh! I rememeber now," He smiled brightly, "It's a Team Blast."

...

"Are you insane?" Shadow asked bluntly while Silver just looked on in confusion(He, unfortunately, seemed to be doing this a lot lately). Sonic spluttered indiginantly, "I'm serious! It's a Team Blast, I used to do a few with Tails and Knuckles!" The black mobian snorted and the third hedgehog frowned a bit, "I don't really understand."

The blue speed demon huffed, "Guys, guys, It'd be easier just to show you it, instead of trying to explain! And the best way to do that is..." He pointed a finger at the largets group of drones, "Use it on enemies!" The two hedgehogs exchanged looks. Sonic pouted, "C`mon, don't share looks like that, I'm serious. It's just like using your telekinesis or chaos powers! Please?" He batted his eyes at them and Silver groaned a little: How in the world was Sonic able to do puppy-dog eyes like that? Shadow, on the other hand, seemed unmoved.

"No, Sonic."

"Pretty please, with chaos emeralds on top?"

"No."

"Oh, come on! You're the only person who has ever been able to fight the kicked puppy look(Besides Knux, of course, but he falls for Tails' look all the time) and the only person who has never agreed even after I offered a chaos emerald! Unfair!"

"Life," Shadow drawled, "Isn't fair."

Sonic glared here and then turned away with a huff and another deep pout. The black hedgehog glared back at him before sighing lightly. Damn, did Sonic actually...? "Fine." Holy Sol, Silver gapped at them, He agreed, the World must be ending!

Actually, in another dimension, Space Colony ARK crashed into the Earth at that very moment, in essence ending it.

Not that Silver knew that, of course.

Meanwhile, in the dimension known only as 'True Speed', Sonic the Hedgehog look like he very much wanted to jump and hug his dark counterpart if it wasn't for the fact that the other might just change his mind again. Instead, He settled for a little dance, "Alright~! C`mon, let's go try it out!" The look on Shadow's face clearly said he regretted agreeing, but knew it was too late to change his mind. Silver couldn't help his puff of agreement to this sentiment.

So, the group of three moved towards the enemy party, Sonic muttering bits of advice here and there about what to do and how to do it, such as "Don't try to control it, your body will do everything on it's own." "It's like using your powers, just reach to it and pull!" "Gotta try it in the middle of the crowd...We don't know what the range is for it yet." Silver was getting slightly annoyed with the bits of advice(yet a part of him as a bit grateful for it, too).

The blue speed demon took the lead by landing in the center of the enemy group, whom all turned to survey him. Silver and Shadow fell to the ground next to him, the darker fo the two landing far more gracefully then the former. Sonic stood strong and than hissed to the others, "Now."

Silver suck in a breathe, grasped the tingly sensation, and pulled. In the next instance, the white mobian was no longer in control of his body. His hands raised and two of the bots were flown away into the air. Before him, Sonic and Shadow had grasped hands and were spinning increadibly fast before taking off and cutting through the enemies surronding them with ease. After this, they spun back to him and Silver's hands raised towards them, the teal glow catching them and letting them stop right in front of him. Shadow threw a hand into the air, his green chaos emerald glinting in the light, and cried softly, "Chaos Control!"

It...was a strange sensation, a Team Blast. Yet, he kind of liked it. Silver roled his shoulders and then realized that the bits of egg-bots were slowly falling, "Huh? Why...?" "Low-power Chaos Control, right, Shadow?" Sonic grinned widely and the black mobian gave a light nod. "Thats...Kind of cool," Silver murmured, flushing a little. The speedster crowed his agreement and Shadow turned his head away. There was no way he was embarrassed...as he?

Silver didn't dare to ask.

Sonic, however, had suddenly sprinted off, screaming something over his shoulder that was lost to the wind. The hedgehog next to him snorted and took after the speed demon, with Silver catching into the other two's slip-stream before hurrying after.

The two caught up rather quickly to the blue hedgehog, who was bouncing in place, "Guys! Goal! There!" Oh. That's why. Shadow turned his head and saw the circle of gold. "If we get to that circle before nightfall," Sonic said gleefully, "Then, we can move on! Let's go, come on!" Silver nearly groaned aloud when the speed demon streaked off again(He heard Shadow snarl something under his breath, but didn't dare ask what he said). The two quickly followed once more.

Surprisingly, there were no enemies between themselves and the gold ring and Sonic as the first to jump in, the other two skidding to a stop on either side of him. The blue mobian threw a fist into the air and cheered, "We got to the end!" The younger and elder exchanged looks once more before shifting to stand upright. "What now?" Shadow rumbled softly, his voice still slightly scratchy from it's healing cords. "We wait."

"Wait for what?" Silver asked, tipping his head to the side. Sonic clapped his hands, "Night fall! Or, Sun down, either one." The three companions turned their hands to the setting sun. "See?" Sonic clapped again. The area around their feet glowed gold while the world around them blurred with whirling colors. Silver felt a little sick and awed at the sight, having never seen a sight quite like it before. Once it stopped, the area had changed, but they were(thankfully) not at the beginning of the zone. Instead, it seemed the gold circlet had transported them to another area.

The blue mobian waved a hand lightly, "This is one of the inbetween areas, between zones. Zones are usually only in the South Kingdom, but there a few in the rest of the world...Um, anyway. The inbetween areas are usually were cities and the like are made, like that little village by my old place: It's between the Green Hill zone and the Emerald Hill zone," Sonic hummed softly then, "Oh, memories..." Shadow turned his head to survey him, "Memories?"

"I first met Robotnik in Green Hill zone," The speedster explained, "I was ten years old, and I just thought he was a crazy nut-job...Up until the part he tried to kill me with his old-school badniks. Then I decided he was serious about taking over the world and chased after him...," He laugehd here, "I ended up at the top of his black list and he's been trying to kill me ever since." Shadow tipped his head towards Sonic, hiding his curious eyes: Why was Sonic in Green Hill zone to begin with? He wondered...

Silver, too, was wondering, but at the moment he was far too tired to ask. "Hey," He mumbled, his companions turnign to him, "Can we get a bit of sleep, now? I'm, well, exhausted..." Sonic grinned in reply and waved his hand, "Sure! You sit down and rest a bit, Me and Shadow will set up camp, `kay?" As the two walked away, the drifting comments of 'It's said 'Shadow and I', Moron' and 'Oh, ha, Shads, stop being such a busy body' reached his ears. The white mobian sighed, feeling a bit of contentment deep inside as he half curled up in the crevice of a nearby tree. His eyes began to slide close...

Maybe, His last thoughts were, Tomorrow won't be as exhausting...

WHUT.

It's...Super Long. WTF.

I wasn't expecting this chapter to be so long...But then I got carried away with descriptions and the dialogue and it just sort of...grew. Into this. Um. Yeah.

Also, I lied last chapter. VV:COS hasn't been updated, and I'm too lazy to go and finish it. Gah. I've been too busy with this thing to do it...

Oh, and I wanted to put up Character Sheets for the characters in this story at the end-So, if you want to know who was in the story, just go to the end, sort of thing~ Yeah. KaySoBye.