SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: SOLARIS

Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's

Chapter Two: The Chase

It was the next day that Sonic began searching the town for any signs of where Eggman might be keeping Elise. Sonic had searched the town, high and low, but had been unsuccessful. Just then, hope came in the form of Sonic's little brother, Tails. "Sonic!" Tails called from the skies. Sonic stopped in his tracks when the super genius fox landed in front of him. "Hey Tails. Long time, no see." Sonic said. "I'm glad you're here. I heard that you tried to save the princess from Dr. Eggman. You're going to rescue her, aren't you? Let me help." Tails asked. "I may not know what Eggman is up to, but it can't be a good thing." Tails added. "Ok. With your help, this should be a piece of cake. But the problem is, I don't know where Eggman is keeping her." Sonic said. "Let's check the central plaza. There's bound to be someone who knows where he went." Tails said. "Good idea. Let's go." Sonic said before he ran off with Tails flying close behind.

Sonic had entered the central plaza, which held several people gossiping over Elise's capture. "With all these people talking, finding out where Eggman is should be no problem." Sonic said. "Let's split to cover more ground." Tails suggested. "You got it." Sonic said as he ran in one direction while tails flew the other. Tails was currently hanging on the ceiling, posing as a ceiling fan, listening in on the conversation below him. "Did you hear about that crazy doctor kidnapping the princess?" Person #1 asked. "I know. It's just terrible." Person #2 said. Tails reached into the backpack he was wearing to pull out a small notepad and began writing the entire conversation.

Sonic was hiding behind a potted plant next to a group of gossiping girls. Sonic tried to listen in, but was soon interrupted by a high pitched scream. "AHH! It's Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic looked behind him to find a group of girls wearing clothes and holding signs with his pictures on them. It was obviously his fan club. "This is one of those times I wish Amy was here." Sonic said nervously. "Get him!" one of the girls shouted. Sonic used his super speed to run as far away from them as possible, which wasn't far because he had his back towards the sea. Sonic knew it wouldn't be long until his fan club reached him and quickly came up with an idea. When the fan club reached the site of where Sonic was, all they found was a person reading a newspaper. "You can't from us, Sonic." One of the girls took the paper from his hand and they all had a confused look on their face. They were looking at Sonic, but didn't know because he was wearing glasses and a false mustache. "Where's Sonic?" they asked. Sonic pointed to the right and the insane fans ran straight away.

"Sonic!" Sonic was about to for dear life until he looked up and saw that it was only Tails. "Hey, Tails. How'd the search go?" Sonic asked. "Uh, Sonic...Is there any reason you have a mustache?" Tails asked uncomfortably. Sonic chuckled in embarrassment as he got rid of the silly accessories. "Sorry. Just trying to escape the fans." Sonic said. "You know, it's not fair. You, Knuckles, and Shadow have hundreds of fans while I have none. I am so underappreciated." Tails complained. "Consider yourself lucky. So, did you find anything?" Sonic asked. "Yeah. I heard that Eggman's airship was seen around Wave Ocean, just outside of town." Tails said. "I'm on it." Sonic said before he ran away at top speed.

"I've got to hurry and save Elise." Sonic said as he passed the entrance gate to enter Wave Ocean. Upon entering, Sonic was stopped when several fighter mechs popped out of the sand and started shooting their guns at him. Sonic barely avoided the attack and curled up into his ball form. "Let's see how you like this!" Sonic shouted. Sonic then started spinning in place and quickly lunged himself at the mechs with his spin dash. Sonic's attack toppled the mechs over by crashing through their legs, making them immobile. "That was just too easy." Sonic said arrogantly. Just then, several laser shots hit the ground, nearly hitting Sonic. Sonic looked up to find a number of flying mechs headed in his direction. "Like I said, too easy." Sonic said confidently. While the flying mechs shot at the blue blur, Sonic quickly jumped to the air and curled up into his ball form again. Sonic used his homing attack to crash through the mech and destroy them. "Later!" Sonic called out before running off again.

Sonic was running along the boardwalk until he saw a herd of whales pass by. "Hey, I didn't there were whales here. This place has everything." Sonic said as he watched the whales swim away. But while Sonic wasn't looking, one of the whales swam in his direction. The whale jumped out of the water and, at the last second, Sonic moved away before the whale destroyed the section he was once standing on. "Wow! He looks hungry." Sonic commented. Sonic then noticed that the whale was coming back. "And he's coming back for seconds!" Sonic shouted in a panic. Sonic ran for his life as the whale destroyed the path behind him. Sonic then stopped running when he noticed that the whale wasn't following him anymore. "Where'd he go?" Sonic asked. Suddenly, the whale emerged from under Sonic, which forced him into the air and clung to its Dorsal fin. "Now I know how Amy feels when she gets caught. Somebody, HELP!" Sonic cried.

Lucky for Sonic, Tails had managed to catch up to him and heard his cry for help. "I have to do something to help Sonic. But what?" Tails asked himself. Tails scanned the surrounding area for anything that might help. Tails then noticed a large gate near the cove, which served as the only exit. "I got it! If I can shut that gate and stop the whales from leaving, Sonic should be able to jump off the whale and reach the shore." Tails figured. "Don't worry, Sonic! As soon as I find the switch, you'll be ok!" Tails shouted to him. "All right, but make it quick! I'm getting sea sick!" Sonic shouted back as his fur slowly turned to a sickly green color. "Uh oh. I better work fast before he keels over." Tails said before he flew off.

Tails soon reached an island with a watch tower that most likely held the control for the gate. "That has to be the control tower. I better get to it fast." Tails said as he broke into a run towards the tower. He was halfway there until man fighter mechs dropped from the sky to land in front of him. "Uh oh." Tails said. The mechs opened fire on the small fox, but Tails quickly jumped behind a rock for protection. "Man, there sure are a lot of them. I'm not sure I can beat them." Tails said to himself. When the shoot stopped, Tails peeked over the rock, only to duck back down as the shooting presumed. "This is hopeless. There is no way I can beat them." Tails told himself. Many thoughts entered his mind, making him believe that he was weak and inferior to everyone, making himself believe he was worthless. These thoughts continued to haunt the little foxes mind until a certain memory came back to him.

---Flashback---

It had been a week since Sonic and Shadow united their powers to defeat the Biolizard and save the earth. Sonic had just recently challenged Shadow to a race, which he graciously accepted, and ran off to who know where. Tails was currently in his workshop improving the Tornado II (Which is destroyed in Shadow the Hedgehog) and was very depressed. Ever since they fought together aboard the ARK, Sonic has been spending all his time with Shadow, leaving no time to spend with him. Sonic was Tails best friend and now he was losing him to Shadow. Just then, Sonic entered the workshop and slowly snuck up on Tails.

"Hey Tails!" Sonic shouted, which surprised Tails and caused him to bang his head on the hood of the Tornado II. "What do you want, Sonic." Tails said very cranky. "Geez, Tails, what's with you?" Sonic asked. "Nothing. Where's Shadow?" Tails asked. "Well, after the race he ran off somewhere." Sonic answered. "Well I hope he never comes back." Tails said quietly, but Sonic heard. "Hey, don't say that about Shadow." Sonic said. "Shadow, Shadow, Shadow! It's always about him! You spend all your time with him and leave me in the dust! I wish Professor Gerald never created him!" Tails snapped before he slowly stared to cry. Sonic finally understood why Tails was acting this way. He was afraid that he losing their friendship.

"Tails...I can't help it if me and Shadow are becoming best friends." Sonic said softly. "But we're supposed to be best friends." Tails said through the tears. "But we're not, Tails." Sonic said. "What?" Tails said in shock. He and Sonic were not best friends. "I'm sorry, but Shadow is starting to become my best friend. But we have a bond that Shadow could never take away." Sonic said. "What's that?" Tails asked. "A brotherly bond. Tail, you're like a little brother to me and no one, not even Shadow, can take that away from us." Sonic said. "You mean that?" Tails asked. "Of course. I'll always be there for you." Sonic said as he held his hand out to his brother. "And I'll always be there for you." Tails smiled as he shook Sonic's hand.

---End Flashback---

"That's right! Sonic is my brother and I promised him I would always be there for him! It's time to keep that promise!" Tails said with newfound determination. Tail rotated his tails and flew up into the sky above the mechs. Having caught sight of the two-tailed fox, the mech aimed their guns and fired. Tails maneuvered in the air to avoid the shots and reached into his backpack to pull out a hand full of golden rings. "Time to test my newest invention." Tail said as he threw the rings at the mechs. The rings looked pretty harmless until they made contact with the mechs and exploded. "All right. The ring bombs are a total success!" Tails celebrated. "Tails!" Sonic called to his little brother. Tails instantly remembered his mission and flew towards the tower. Once inside, Tails flipped the switch that shut the gate and forced the whale to stop. Seeing his chance, Sonic quickly jumped off and landed on shore.

"Sonic, are you all right?" Tails asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." Sonic replied. The sound of loud engines reached the heroes ear and they both looked up to see Eggman's airship escaping over the mountains. "Oh no, we're too late." Sonic said. "From the looks of it, the princess is being moved to a different location. "Do you know where their going?" Sonic asked. "Hmm...Judging by the speed and direction of the airship, my guess is he's headed for Dusty Desert. "Where's that?" Sonic asked. It's just north of the town. Let's go." Tails said. "All right." Sonic agreed. Sonic took a look at the direction of the airship one last time before running back to the town of Soleanna.

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