A warning ahead of time, Sonic will act sort of the same way he does in the Fleetway comics so he'll be kind of mean.

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"Sonia, what were you thinking?" Lady Windemere asked.

"Not now Lady Windemere, right now, we've got one more person to save from Robotnik, right Sonic?"

"Yeah, let's do it to it." Sonic agreed.

"Saving people? Sonia, what have you been doing all these years?" Windemere asked.

"I've been with the resistance to stop Robotnik."

"Yes, but who are all of these people?"

"They're my friends! Lady Windemere, I'd like you to meet, Sonic, Manic, Knuckles, Shadow, Ed, Double D, Eddy, Kevin, Rolf, Nazz, Sarah, Jimmy, Johnny, Plank, Shelby, and Ferral."

"It's very nice to meet you all." The robot did what looked like a curtsy but she could not lift her dress, now that it was metal and part of her body.

"We can take care of the formal introduction later, we've still gotta find Uncle Chuck!" Sonic said, surprisingly firm.

"You're right Sonic. Let's hurry." Double D agreed.

"Sonia, how in the world did you meet someone with such poor English?" Windemere asked.

"Not now, we've gotta save Sir Charles!" Sonia told her.

"'Gotta'? Why, I think I'm going to faint!"

"Do it later, we've got a hedgehog to save!" Manic said, pushing her.

"Oh my!"

"Why do I have a strange feeling about all of this?" Double D asked Eddy.

"Beats me." Eddy shrugged before running after the others.

Double D groaned and ran to catch up to the others.

(Flashback)

"Sonic, run as fast as you can to Uncle Chuck's. Don't look back and don't stop for anything."

"Why, what about you?" Sonic asked his "father".

The large mouse hugged him tightly before saying,

"We'll alright son, but you know what I need to see? The biggest rev you've ever done!" His father told him.

Sonic was surprised. They called his fast running revving but he had always been told not to do it.

"Really, you want me to rev?" Sonic asked in confusion as tears built up in his eyes.

"Sure do pal." His father said. "Now let's see it."

"We love you, son." His "mother" said as she too began to cry and placed her face on her husband's shoulder.

"Go Sonic!GO!" His father told him.

The young hedgehog wiped the tears from his eyes and began running into the nearby forest, unaware of what was happening behind him.

The couple tried to hide in their home, but it was already too late. The door was kicked down by one of most disgusting sights in the universe: a SWATbot.

"Halt citizens! You are under arrest!" It droned.

In the forest, Sonic skid to a halt. There was a strange noise coming from his home, but more importantly, a strange smell. The tiny blue hedgehog turned around, but he soon regretted it: His house was on fire!

"Oh no!" He cried.

The tiny hedgehog really started crying and began to run back towards the doomed house. On the other side, the SWATbots were taking away the only family he had ever known. As the ship left, Sonic was in full view of the house.

"NO!" He cried as more tears escaped his eyes.

The house was erupting in flames, and the heat was blistering. Sonic gasped as he heard something come crashing down inside.

"Sonny!"

The tiny hedgehog turned around at the sudden voice. It was a familiar light blue hedgehog to him. Sonic ran to him at once, and came to a stop right in front of him.

"Uncle Chuck!" Sonic cried and jumped into his uncle's open arms.

Sonic began crying again as he held onto his uncle's neck.

"It's gonna be alright now Sonny boy." Uncle Chuck said as he petted his nephew's head.

(End flashback)

Sir Charles Hedgehog mentally sighed. The, oh so great minister of science, now a nearly mindless machine. He had made the ultimate mistake years ago, and now he, and the rest of the world were paying for it. He looked to the floor, and sighed again.

He was being forced to accompany Robotnik on a trip to gather more materials for his next line of robots. Sir Charles had no say in the matter, he couldn't even speak freely, and if he did speak, it made him sick to his circuits.

"Come, Charles, it is time to leave." The evil overlander told him.

'If only I had a Power Ring, then you'd be sorry, Ro'butt'nik.' Charles spat in his mind.

Having no control in his body, he was forced to walk forwards and onto the hover unit.

"Uncle Chuck!" Sonic gasped from where they were hiding.

The group was hiding behind another hover unit, watching Robotnik and his robotic hedgehog slave.

"So he's the last one we're saving?" Ferral asked.

"Yep." Manic nodded.

"And we're doing this again for what reason?" Windemere asked.

"To save Sir Charles and because we're part of the rebellion." Sonia told her firmly.

"Oh, yes."

Sonic was shaking where he stood, he could barely keep himself from jumping out, grabbing his uncle, and running for all his worth.

"Only so many of us will be able to make it on board, six at the limit." Manic said, crunching the numbers in his head.

"Well I'm going!" Sonic said sternly.

"Of course you're going, you're the only one who can save him!" Sonia said. "And that's why Manic and I are going with you!"

"We sure are. You'll need somebody to guard your back while you're saving Chuck." Manic agreed.

"Then we'll be joining you." Double D said.

"What you say, Double D?" Eddy asked.

"I said that we're going with them." Double D repeated. "They will be needing assistance."

"And we get to fight Robotnik!" Ed added, jumping like mad.

"Yes, more or less." Sonia said. "He never sullies his own hands in battle."

"'Sullies'? What kind of stupid word is "sullies"?" Sonic asked, getting more and more annoyed by the minute.

"Sullies means to never do the dirty work." Sonia informed him, now becoming annoyed herself.

"Oh brother." Manic sighed. " Look, can we just go?"

"Right, come on, Sonic. Let's go get your uncle back." Sonia said, taking her brother by the hand.

"Well, here goes something." Eddy said, took flight, and followed the royal hedgehogs.

"Here goes Ed!" Ed said and casually walked after him, but not without walking into a few things.

"I best tend to his medical needs. Excuse me." Double D told the others and chased after his friend.

Once he managed to catch up to the others, they were climbing onto the bottom of the ship, and hanging on.

"Whatever you do, don't look down or let go." Manic told them as a joke.

"Wouldn't think of it." Sonia replied.

Sonic didn't need to reply, his grip on the muffler he was holding onto said enough when he bent it. Double D looked nervously to Eddy, who returned the some glance.

"What's with him?" Eddy whispered.

"He's obviously under great stress with the fact that his guardian is so near and yet, so very far away." Double D answered.

"…What?" Ed asked, not quite understanding.

"What I mean is that Charles is near as in his body, yet his mind is very far away." Double D clarified.

"…Oh, I get it!" Eddy declared.

"Hush." Sonia hissed, placing her index finger over her lips.

"How do we get into this tin can?" Sonic asked.

"That's Robotnik's security panel." Manic explained. "The only way past is with a Frequency harminizer." The green hedgehog then gave a cheeky grin. "Oh, look what I "barrowed" from Robotnik: a Frequency harminizer!" Manic then pulled set device out of his backpack.

It looked like a flat circle with a small out put on one side.

"Like I've always been telling Sonic: You never know when you're gonna need this stuff." Manic grinned widely as this.

"Yeah, yeah, just use it." Sonic said, pure annoyance in his voice.

"You might wanna wait until we're in the air, they could call for reinforcements while we're still in the base." Sonia told her brothers.

"Good point." Manic agreed.

"Whatever." Sonic said in pure annoyance.

The Eds simply looked at each other, worried. Sonic was really serious about all of this.

"Hang on, we're about to take off!" Sonia warned them.

They tightened their grips onto whatever part of the hovercraft they were holding. The craft suddenly began to shake violently, and the metal became extremely hot.

"Let's move." Sonic growled and began to pull himself closer to the door.

"Wait until we're in the air, at least." Sonia told him firmly.

Sonic grit his teeth angrily, but didn't move. Double D, now being able to stick his fingers and feet to the something while climbing, quickly crawled closer to the door, and stopped right next to Sonic.

"Sonic, what's wrong?" The chameleon asked.

Sonic looked away before saying,

"Look, Robotnik didn't only take my uncle from me, but the foster family Mom left me with. I was only three at the time, so there was nothing I could do about it. They burned our house to the ground after they captured 'em and them away. Uncle Chuck then took me in, so with this chance of getting him back, I'm not letting it get messed up."

Double D nodded, obviously understanding.

"Oh Sonic, I'm sorry, I didn't know." Sonia said.

"Yeah, ditto." Manic added.

"Yeah, whatever." Sonic said, turning away.

The group of six remained quiet, even Ed until Manic spoke up.

"Come on, we're in the air. Let's go."

The Eds watched as Manic made like a monkey and climbed across the large amounts of metal that covered the bottom of the hovercraft until he reached the other side, reach up, and pull himself onto the side of the ship.

"C'mon!" Manic called.

"Can't I just fly there?" Eddy asked.

"Eddy, if you let go, the force of the wind will knock you away from us!" Sonia informed him.

"Huh, good point." Eddy said, actually thinking about it.

"Ed is next!" Ed declared and began his own climb after Manic.

Eddy and Double D were surprised as to how well he was doing. It was like he had done it a thousand times before. Ed was quick in climbing up the side of the ship and was soon right next to Manic.

"Next!" Manic called.

"Like you said earlier, Eddy: Here goes something." Sonia said and, like the two before her, began her climb across the metal. Eddy let out a whistle as to how good she was.

"Eddy, what are you envisioning?" Double D asked.

"Quiet, the kids are asleep." Eddy said with dreaming look on his face.

Sonic and Double D looked at each other before laughing.

"Wait until Manic hears about this!" Sonic said, holding his torso with one hand, the other holding him up.

"Oh dear, what would his brother think?" Double D asked with a chuckle.

Sonia, on the other hand, had just made her way onto the side of the craft and was being pulled up by her brother and Ed.

"Who's next?" Manic called.

"Here I go." Eddy said, made like a monkey, and followed the princess.

"I didn't know Eddy could do that." Double D said in surprise.

Sonic simply chuckled quietly before saying,

"Love can do all sorts of things to a guy."

Double D nearly fell off when he heard the word "love".

"You mean you think that Eddy is…"

"'Think'? I know! Eddy is in love with my sister!" Sonic smirked.

"Okay, I'll give my brain time to conduct that one." Double D said.

Eddy let Sonia and Ed pull him up to their side.

"Next?" Manic called.

"Here I go." Sonic said and began to climb across the metal.

Double D just watched and smiled. He had never felt so true to himself.

(Elsewhere…)

"There they are, your highness." The Oracle of Delphious said, pointing into the image in the water.

Queen Aleena nodded, seeing the new friends her children had made. The water they were looking was in a stalagmite that the oracle had broken the top of and hallowed out, now allowing him to see anything going on in Mobius.

"Tell me, are they truly from…the other side?" The queen asked.

"Yes, I am afraid so." The oracle said in response.

"But there are no mobians in that world, only overlanders." The queen protested.

"Yes, that is true as well."

"Then they transformed into mobians when they arrived."

"Yes, it would appear so."

'Just like him.' Queen Aleena thought and looked deeper into the pool.

(With the heroes…)

Sonic and Eddy helped Double D onto the side of the hover unit, while Manic inserted the Frequency harminizer into a small slot near the door. There was a few beeps and the door opened just enough for them to slip through.

"Here we go." Sonia said as she began to slip in.

The boys slowly and carefully followed her into the hover unit, so not to get caught.

"Okay, now what?" Double D asked.

"We find Uncle Chuck and saved him!" Sonic said, punching his palm.

"Let's do it to it!" Manic cheered and with that said, Sonic took the lead with the others on his heels.

(Meanwhile…)

'Robotnik, I swear, when I get back to normal, I am going to make you pay.' Sir Charles spat in his mind.

If Charles could, he'd be making the most disgusting face he possibly could when Robotnik turned around. However, the evil tyrant was busy ranting to Sleet and Dingo as to what they were going to get.

"And then, we need 500,000 pounds of iron from the new line of SWATbots." Robotnik said, going over the list of metals they needed, and how many pounds they needed.

"You know, that has to be so bad for the surrounding area." An all too familiar voice chirped.

"Sonic!" All four cried, or thought in Charles' case.

"Yeah, and I'm here for one person and one person only." Sonic growled in a dangerous tone as he walked forward. "I want my Uncle Chuck." And he pointed at the robotic hedgehog.

"Ha! He's no longer your uncle Sonic, he is only my slave." Robotnik cackled.

"That's where you're wrong, Robotnik." Sonia said as she stepped in.

"Sonia." Dingo said in a daze, his crush over taking him again.

"We've already turn Ferral and Lady Windemere back to normal." Manic added, stepping forward.

"Terrific, all three hedgehog brats are here, with taunts in hand as well." Sleet said.

"That's where you're wrong, ugly!" Eddy tossed before flying in.

"We have freed them from their control!" Ed then added before tripping and landing flat on his face.

"And it was all thanks to Sir Charles' invention from years ago." Double D said, now crawling along the walls.

"Invention, what invention?" Sleet asked.

"This!" Sonic said proudly and held up the Power Ring.

"A Power Ring?" Robotnik said in astonishment. "So it was you who created those cursed rings!" Robotnik yelled, pointing at Sir Charles. "I'm going to take you apart piece by piece!"

"Not if I can get to him first!" Sonic yelled, holding the ring above his head.

"Oh I don't think you'll have the chance." Sleet said, reached behind his cape and pulled out a laser gun!

"Scatter!" Sonic ordered.

Sleet began to fire at the six, starting with Sonia. She ducked at the first four but then jumped at three that were shot at her feet.

"Okay, I've had enough." She growled dangerously.

She touched her medallion, and her keyboard appeared in her hands.

'In the name of the Queen!' Sir Charles thought in astonishment.

"I like where this is going!" Manic said, jumping from the laser.

He touched his own medallion and his drum set appeared.

"Now it's a party!" Manic said, twirled his drumsticks, and began playing.

'My word!' Charles thought, trying to balance himself with all the vibrations.

"I swear Robotnik, I'm going to save Uncle Chuck TODAY!" Sonic yelled.

"Says you." Sleet said and shot at Sonic's feet.

"Whoa!"

Sonic was mopping like he was on hot coals.

Eddy was having a field day with Dingo, flying all around him and making him dizzy. Ed was also having fun, he was biting into the computers and pulling anything he could out. Double D on the other hand was trying to get Sleet so he could stop the laser but Sleet was moving around too much for him to catch him.

"I've got you now." Sleet said and shot a little too closely to Sonic's feet, causing him to trip and lose his grip on the ring, which skid across the floor…and under one of the computers.

"NO!" Sonic cried, getting to his feet. He reached under the computer, but couldn't feel the ring. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon." He chanted as he felt around.

"HA!" Robotnik took this chance and opened the door near the computer. Everyone grabbed onto something so they wouldn't be flung out with the wind. Sonic however, was still looking for the ring. When he finally spotted it, it was being pulled out by the winds.

"I've got it!" Sonic cried and dove for it.

"Sonic, no!" Sonia cried from the pole she was holding onto.

It was too late. Sonic was being sucked out of the hover unit! He managed to grab the ring in one hand, twisted in midair, and grabbed the edge of the hover unit.

"Sonic!" Manic cried, seeing his older brother in trouble.

"We have to help him!" Double D called to Ed and Eddy.

"If we get any closer we'll be sucked out as well!" Eddy reminded him.

'SONIC!' Charles cried in his mind. Something in him broke.

Sonic was losing him grip, he couldn't hold on much longer.

"Sonia, Manic, tell Mom, I'm sorry." Sonic said.

"What's he talkin' about?" Eddy asked.

Sonia and Manic quickly understood.

"NO!"

Sonic let go.

"SONIC!" The other five cried.

Someone leapt.

Sonic could feel something cold wrap around his wrist. It wasn't warm and soft like a living creature's hand. It was cold and hard, metal. Sonic looked up and got the biggest surprise of his life.

"I've gotcha. You alright there, Sonny Boy?" The robotic hedgehog asked.

Sonic, for the first time in years, shed tears.

"Uncle Chuck?"

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There's chapter 51. I hope you enjoyed it. R&R please.