SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: SOLARIS

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Chapter Four: The Reason

Sonic and Elise had escaped the Dusty Desert a while ago and were now running through a field just outside of town. It was only a few moments later that Sonic decided to stop running because of his injuries from his recent battle. "I never thought I'd say this, but I can't run anymore." Sonic said exhausted. "You're hurt. We can't go any further until your wounds are healed." Elise said. "I'm fine." Sonic said with a straight face. Elise wasn't fooled. She could tell Sonic couldn't go on much longer. "Don't be stubborn. Just sit down and relax." Elise said before taking a seat on the ground. Sonic knew he had no other choice, so he fell back to the ground and stared up at the crystal blue sky. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault." Elise said suddenly. "Don't say that. You had nothing to do with this. Heck, not even Eggman was to blame for this." Sonic said reassuringly, which caused Elise to smile. "But, why was he after you anyway?" Elise asked, obviously referring to the cloaked figure. "I don't know, but he seemed very familiar to me." Sonic said before he shut his eyes and fell asleep to rest.

Over an hour later, Sonic awoke and felt better then ever. He looked over his body to see that all his injuries were gone. "Oh good, your up." Elise said. "Yep, a nap was all I needed and now I'm raring to go." Sonic said as he jumped to his feet as stared walking away with Elise following close behind. "Eggman mentioned the Flames of Disaster. Is that why he's after you?" Sonic brought up the subject. "Yes. The name of the sun god of our country honor is Solaris. It's told that Solaris's rage would destroy the world. His wrath comes in the form of the Flames of Disaster." Elise explained the legend. "Ten years ago, we almost faced the full force of his fury. I was a child then, so I don't remember it very well. I lost my father. And now that man is trying to cause the same disaster again." Elise said. "Hey, don't worry." Sonic said. "I'm not." Elise said happily. "Huh?" Sonic said confused. "Even though I don't know how, something tells me that Silver will save us all like last time." Elise said proudly.

"You sure talk a lot about this Silver guy. Who is he?" Sonic asked. "Silver was the one who saved me from Solaris's rage ten years ago and gave me that chaos emerald." Elise said, referring to the emerald she gave to Sonic. "He said it was a good luck charm and that as long as I have it, I will always be happy." Elise said smiling at the memory. "I guess it's really important to you. Here, you can have it back." Sonic said as he held the blue chaos emerald to her, but Elise declined. "No, I would feel much better if you kept it till this is all over." Elise said. "All right then. When this is over, I promise to give this back." Sonic promised. Sonic then picked Elise and said "We should really head back to town. Hold on." Sonic broke into a run and head straight back to town.

Sonic was walking around the town of Soleanna with Elise until Sonic suddenly stops. "What's wrong, Sonic?" Elise asked. Suddenly, Sonic grabs Elise and jumped away as a green blast of energy nearly hits them. "What was that?" Sonic asked. "I've been looking for you. You're the Iblis Trigger." Silver said as he used his psychokinetic powers to levitate to the ground. "Your actions will condemn us all." Silver claimed. Sonic sets Elise down and asks "Who are you?" "My name is Silver." Silver answered. "For the future of the world, I will destroy you!" Silver exclaimed. "Elise! Hide!" Sonic shouted to Elise before she ran off to find a safe place to hide.

"Come, you monster!" Silver shouts to Sonic. "Hey! Who are you calling a monster?!" Sonic says as he jumps into the air. Once in the air, Sonic changes into his ball form and used his homing attack on Silver. But Silver wasn't afraid of Sonic's attack. Instead, he held out his hand to use his psychokinetic powers to grab hold of Sonic and force him out of his ball form. "What?!" Sonic exclaims, completely surprised that Silver could do this. "Do you really think you can stop me with such weak attacks?" Silver said confidently. Silver then holds out his other hand to pick up a nearby table with his psychokinetic powers. Silver threw the table at Sonic, which sent him flying and crashed into a nearby wall. It had become painfully obvious to Sonic that he couldn't win against Silver.

Silver walks over and kneels down to the defeated Sonic. "Humph! Is this a joke? How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?" Silver asks. "What do you mean?" Sonic questioned. "It doesn't matter. For the future of the world, the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!" Silver Exclaimed. Silver raises his hand to finish off Sonic until he felt someone send a powerful kick to his chest. "What?" Silver questions as he looked around and found no one there. Suddenly, Mach appeared out of nowhere using the invisibility function of his suit. "Mach!" Silver and Sonic exclaim at the same time. "Get out of my way, Mach! This is my mission!" Silver tells him. "Absolutely not! If you want to get to him, then you'll have to go through me first!" Mach tells him. "I didn't want to do this, Mach. But you left me with no choice. "Silver said. Silver used his psychokinetic powers to lift Mach off the ground and hurtle him towards a nearby wall. Once Mach collides with the wall, he falls hard on to the ground to the ground. Once he hit the ground, Mach's helmet falls off, exposing his true identity to everyone.

Seeing that Mach was in trouble, Sonic formed a sphere of blue chaos energy and crushed it in his hands, shouting "SONIC WIND!" Suddenly, a blue whirlwind came out of nowhere and surrounds Silver. "What is this?" Silver questions. The whirlwind then shoots him straight up into the air. When the fight ended, Elise walked out of her hiding place with a sad expression on her face. Silver was supposed to be a hero. Why was he doing this? Sonic quickly ran over to Mach to help him. "Are you ok?" Sonic asked as he kneeled down to him. Mach got to his knees and rubbed his aching head. "Yeah, I'm fine." Mach said with a strangely familiar voice. I didn't take long to figure out whose voice it was. "I can't be." Sonic thought. Sonic grabbed Mach by his shoulder and turned him around to reveal his true identity. Sonic stared in shock as Mach was none other then Amy Rose, the girl he had been searching for these past six months.

"Amy...it's you. I can't believe I found you." Sonic said emotionally. "Uh...yeah." Amy said as she turned away. "You've been here all this time and you didn't even tell me. Why?" Sonic asked. "I didn't want to tell you." Amy answered. "What do you mean? You know I have been looking everywhere for you." Sonic said. "I didn't want to be found." Amy answered. "But why?" Sonic asked. "Well, it all started six months ago, back on Prison Island." Amy started.

---Flashback---

"Eggman told me everything about you, Amy. In all of Sonic's adventures, you always play the role of the hostage." Kumori told her. "Shut up." Amy said quietly. "You're always getting Sonic in more danger. It's a wonder why he is still your friend." Kumori continued. "Then Kumori kidnapped me from the hospital, remember?" Amy continued her story.

Cream was about to close the curtains until Kumori busted through the window and pushed her back. "What are you doing here?!" Amy shouted from her bed. "You're coming with me." Kumori demanded as she pulled Amy out of bed and carried her to the broken window. Just then, Sonic and Tails opened the door and found Cream of the floor. "Cream!" Tails shouted as he quickly ran to her side. "What do you want with Amy?" Sonic questioned. "I need her questioning. But in the meantime, why don't you play with some of Eggmans new toys." Kumori said. Then a series of white fighter mechs appeared flying outside the broken window and aimed their rifles at the small group. "Fire." Kumori said as her and Amy disappeared, thanks to Kumori's super speed. "It was only after that I made a discovery." Amy continued

Kumori was running through the forest with Amy squirming in her arms. "Let go!" Amy shouted. "Quiet, brat!" Kumori shouted back. "I said, let go!" Amy shouted again as she pulled out her hammer and nailed Kumori in the stomach. Kumori clutched her stomach in pain, which gave Amy a chance to escape. Amy ran as fast as she could until she ran into something. "Ow, huh?" Amy questioned as she saw that the object she ran into was a goat. "That's weird." Amy said. "How did you do that?" Kumori's voice came from behind, which scared Amy for a moment. "Do what?" Amy asked. "Do you know where we are?" Kumori asked. Amy shook her head no. "We're in Mexico." Kumori answered. "That's impossible." Amy said. "Then how do you explain the mariachi band?" Kumori asked as she pointed behind Amy. Amy looked over and saw that their was a mariachi band playing.

After being able to sneak Amy aboard the ARK without Eggman or Shadow noticing, Kumori was chatting with Amy in the viewing room. "There's no doubt about it. Somehow, you obtained super speed." Kumori said to Amy. "But how?" Amy asked. "I think I know. Do you remember when you were hit by that lightning?" Kumori asked. "Yeah." Amy answered. "if I remember correctly, the lightning hit the chaos emerald first and then struck you." Kumori explained. "So you're saying the chaos emerald gave me this power?" Amy questioned. "That's impossible, even for the chaos emerald. I think you had this power all along, but there was a wall stopping you from using it. I think the chaos emerald broke through that wall." Kumori explained. "So now I can run as fast as Sonic?" Amy questioned. "Maybe even faster. He'll be so impressed with you." Kumori said.

Kumori expected Amy to be happy, but instead she looked depressed. "Ok, what's wrong now?" Kumori questioned. "I've been thinking about what you said before and I think your right. All I've ever done is cause Sonic more trouble, but not anymore! Kumori, teach me how to use my new powers!" Amy pleaded. "Ok, I'll teach you. but only on one condition." Kumori bribed. "What?" Amy asked. "Teach me about my emotions." Kumori requested. "It's a deal." Amy agreed.

---End Flashback---

I told Kumori to tell you that I was dead so that I could secretly train with her and stay out of your way. But when I heard you were destroying the city, I knew I had to do something. So I took a suit and helmet created by Prof. Gerald to become Mach" Amy finished. "Do you really believe that all you've done is get in the way?" Sonic questioned. "It true! I've always been a hostage and got you into more trouble! I'm useless!" Amy cried. Then, to Amy's surprise, Sonic spun her around and hit her across the face. "Sonic?" Amy questioned until she felt Sonic being her into a warm hug. Amy had always dreamed of this. It felt too good to be true. "You're not useless, Amy. I have been searching all over for you. you're the most important world to me, Amy." Sonic said. "Do you really mean that?" Amy asked. "Of course. No one could ever take your place, Amy." Sonic said.

As the two slowly broke apart, Sonic couldn't help but stare at Amy's emerald green eyes. Something inside Sonic's heart jumped after that. You know, I never noticed before, but you have really beautiful eyes." Sonic told her. Amy blushed deeply red from his comment. "You...really think so?" Amy asked. "Yeah." Sonic said before leaned his head forward towrds here. Seeing Sonic getting closer, Amy decided to do the same. This was the moment Amy had dreamed of for the past three years and now it was finally about to come true. Sonic and Amy's faces were only an inch apart before they felt themselves being lifted into the air. "You've got to be kidding." Amy whined before they were thrown across the plaza.

Sonic hit the wall and fell to the ground as Silver walked up to him and says "This time, you won't get away." Silver raised his hand to finish Sonic, again, and was stopped, again, when he heard Elise's scream. Sonic and Silver looked over and saw Elise being taken away by Eggman's Eggmobile. "Elise? Wait!" Sonic shouted as he tried to catch her. But Silver wasn't about to let him get away. Silver used his psychokinetic powers to hit Sonic in the back and forced him to the ground on his knees. "Don't you dare turn your back on me! It's time I finally put an end to this!" Silver exclaimed as he prepared a blast psychokinetic energy in his hand. He was about to throw it until. "Stop!" Amy shouted.

Suddenly, Amy jumped between the two fighting hedgehogs. "For the last time, Mach! Get out of my way!" Silver shouted at her. "No!" Amy said sternly. Sonic gets back to his feet and looks back to Amy saying "Thanks, Amy. I appreciate it." Sonic then ran off to save Elsie. "I can tell just by looking at you, your real name isn't Mach. So then, who are you?" Silver asked. "My name is Amy Rose." Amy answered. "Well, Amy, I suggest you get out of the way. I finally found him and I won't let him get away." Silver said. "So the person you were looking for was Sonic? Were you planning to kill him?" Amy asked sadly. "He responsible for destroying my world." Silver told her. "That's crazy! Sonic would never do that!" Amy told him. "But it's true! In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world! So I must-" Silver was cut off by Amy. "No! I don't believe that. Even if that was true." Amy told him. "If I had to choose between the world and Sonic. I would choose Sonic!" Amy told Silver before turning her back towards him and started chasing after Sonic.

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