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Chapter 1: Beginning Anew
Sonic zoomed to his small house located in the Mystic Ruins. He was so excited that he was finally going to get the chance he has wanted for years. About a month ago Eggman attacked Station Square with a huge spider like robot that was sent to gather metal for some unknown reason. Sonic chased the thing from the rooftops but was never able to capture the beast. He hasn't heard from Eggman since then. It was perfect! Sonic walked into his house and headed for the rusty garage. He walked into the garage and took a look at his rusty red biplane.
"Probably should get it cleaned up before I go. Ah who cares, I'm famous!" Sonic chuckled then began to open the huge garage door. The sunlight poured into the garage and over the ocean to create a vision of pour sparkling water. Sonic walked on the planes' walkway and looked down at the sparkling water. "Yup, the weather says it all. It's my lucky day." Sonic ran toward his plane and jumped inside. He jammed the key in the socket and turned it. The biplane made a loud humming sound, which signaled that it was running. Sonic then drove the plane down the walkway and flew off the edge and into the air. "Whoo Hoo!" Sonic shouted flying off. Unaware of the silver liquid that was behind his biplane the whole time. The liquid shape-shifted into a metal figure.
"Blue hedgehog data has been copied. Preparing to return to Westside Island." Said the metal figure who spoke into the communication bracelet.
"Good! Did you put the device inside the planes' engine?" asked Eggman from the other end.
"Affirmative. His engine should expire in about an hour." Answered the metal figure.
"Great. Oh and remember, this plan better not fail !" Eggman warned. The metal figure turned off his bracelet and stood there for a minute.
"…Returning to Westside Island." He said before turning back into the silver liquid and seeping into the ocean below.
Westside Island
Miles sat on the open field of grass and stared at the sky. He wondered if his parents were watching him suffer. Why didn't they help him? He was the biggest disappointment to this island. No one even cared for him or tried to help him. No one even gave him their spare change. Miles looked at himself. He was dirty, smelly, and above all…a freak. He got up and walked toward his 'secret rock' and lifted it up. He took out a purple colored emerald and a picture. He looked at the picture and saw him and a woman he assumed to be his mom in it. The picture was found hidden in his baby booties back at the orphanage. The woman was a single tailed fox who was holding a baby. He thought it was weird. If this woman was his mom then why would she take a picture of him and her together knowing that if she got caught seen with him she'd be killed on the spot.
"Nothing about my past makes sense." Miles said holding the picture to his chest and clutching the emerald.
"Nothing makes sense about your life two tail!" Yelled HangNail from behind.
"Hang Nail!" Miles said completely startled. How'd he find this place? He put the emerald and picture behind his back.
"What's that behind your back?" asked Silt the Panther as she approached the scared fox.
"Nothing." He lied already knowing they wouldn't buy it. Silt grabbed Miles then forced his body around. She was now staring at a beautiful purple emerald.
"W-w-w-w-w-where did y-y-you get t-this?" She stuttered as she stared at the amazing jewel. Slips and Hang Nail walked up to them and stared at it too.
"Y-you're suppose to be broke and poor." Slips said surprised.
"I am." Miles answered.
"Then why do you have a jewel?" Hang Nail asked astonished.
"I thought it looked pretty so I kept it. Is it valuable?" asked Miles clearly showing that he had never seen or heard of a jewel before.
"Give me that!" Hang Nail snatched the emerald from him and pushed him down. Miles saw them grab his picture that fell off the ground. He stood up and tried to grab it from Hang Nail but Slips and Silt grabbed him before he could reach him. Miles struggled but couldn't break free.
"Please give it back." Miles pleaded. That was his only proof he had parents or at least someone who cared about him.
"Who is this? Two tails' dead mommy perhaps." Hang Nail held the picture out in front of him and drew back his sharp claws. Miles felt the tears coming.
"Don't do it." Miles mumbled. Hang Nail slashed the picture about four times with both his paws at a fast pace. Hundreds of small pieces of the picture fell on the ground. Miles looked at it in horror. Slips and Silt let him go and he immediately dropped to the ground.
"Whoops, I accidentally ripped it apart." Hang Nail said before they all laughed wildly. Miles tuned out what they had said. He stared at the obliterated evidence of his families' existence. The three bullies walked off with the purple emerald in hand. Miles couldn't believe it. His last and only clue to figuring out his past was gone.
"It can't be gone." Miles reached for the pieces but the wind completely blew them away. Miles still continued to stare at the spot where the shreds once were. He then got an angry look on his face and turned to look at Hang Nail.
"So do you think that jewel is real?" asked Slips.
"I don't know? I think I'll take it to a diamond shop and get it…" POW! Hang Nail was hit over the head by the rock Miles used to cover the emerald and the picture. Hang Nail grabbed his head in pain. Slips and Silt gasped and turned to Miles. Miles stood there with an angry look on his face, which soon turned back to normal when he realized what he had done. Hang Nail turned to Miles and gave him a huge glare. The three bullies walked toward him and grabbed his arms.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…" Miles began before he was punched by Hang Nail across the face. Miles looked shocked for a second before the three bullies slammed his face into the dirt and began pounding him. There were forceful blows put at his body for 30 minutes!
"No one messes with me and gets away with it." Hang Nail said before walking off with the other two. Miles was left in the dirt with a battered and bruised body. He was barely conscious anymore.
"My…picture…mommy…me…baby…freak…" He mumbled slowly before drifting to unconsciousness.
Outside the Diamond shop
"This island seems far enough from Station Square. I think I'll poke around here for awhile until my trail cools down." Said a white bat in a purple jumpsuit walking on the sidewalk. She was outside a diamond shop when she saw three kids walk into the shop holding a beautiful purple gem. The bat stared at it for a second then watched as it was taken into the shop. "Hmm, I may be running but I'm diffidently not hiding." The bat said entering the shop and jumping to the ceiling. She immediately stuck to the top and looked down at the three kids.
"Hey clerk! Get out here!" Demanded the jaguar. A store clerk immediately arose from behind the counter, which startled the hell out of them.
"What can I do for you." Said the lizard. The bat gasped when she saw who the store clerk was.
"Yes can you tell us if this jewel is real." Slips said as Hang Nail held it out to the lizard. The lizard's eyes widened.
"Sweet Mary Mother of God! Jackpot!" He shouted while snatching the jewel from him. The three kids looked confused for a second until the lizard cleared his throat. "Uh, this is no jewel. It's an emerald." The lizard said fake examining the emerald.
"Is there a difference?" Silt asked.
"Of course! I'll have it back to you once I've discovered it's worth. Now get out!" He shouted. The three did what they were told. They were obviously thinking the lizard was really weird. Once the lizard saw they were gone he quickly turned around and ran into his office. "Ha Ha Ha! I've finally found it." Started the lizard.
"Found what?" The white bat somehow made its way in the room.
"I know that voice. Rouge, Rouge the Bat? What are you doing here you slut!" The lizard asked.
"Listen Gel, I may be a jewel thief but I know a lot more than you do. That includes what that thing is. It's called a chaos emerald. There are only 7 of them in the whole world. No one else knows much about them but to know as much as I said is probably enough." Rouge explained.
"Oh you think you're so smart. Well at least I have the emerald and your stuck with…that sexy attire and…that wonderful figure." Gel said trailing off for a minute.
"Put your damn rolling eyeballs back in your scaly head Gel! Give me that emerald!" Rouge lunged at the lizard and he quickly dodged. Rouge pounded her feet against the wall at the other end of the room and lunged at him again. Gel jumped and flipped over this time. When he landed he grabbed Rouge's foot. Rouge thought quickly and immediately spun around. The force caused Gel to twirl around as well. He soon stopped the spinning when he let go of the foot and ducked as soon as Rouge stopped spinning and threw a kick at him. She kept kicking and he used his tongue for defense. He then rapped his tongue around her leg and lashed her against the wall.
"Okay so you've gotten better." Rouge said getting up and lunging at him for the third time.
"I've done some practicing." Gel blocked the kick she was trying to deliver to him and they both stood there for a while.
"Okay Gel, I was trying to save you but if you want to get your dumb ass killed. Go right ahead." Rouge turned around and exited.
"Good, she's gone." Gel said turning back to the emerald.
Over the ocean
Sonic was riding happily in the biplane while wearing sunglasses and holding a bottle of sunscreen.
"Okay, I'm coming up on an island known as Westside. Sounds so plain. Oh well I'm coming vacation!" Sonic shouted. All of a sudden his biplane began beeping. It started out slow but rapidly increased. "What's that sound?' Sonic looked down at the cockpit of the red biplane. Suddenly without warning the cockpit exploded.
"What the!" Sonic freaked out as the plane started to smoke. Sonic tried a pathetic attempt to blow out the fire with the wind from his mouth. He blew on it about two times before the front of the plane erupted in flames. "AHHHHH!" Sonic scouted to the back of the plane. All of a sudden the plane began to spin out of control. Sonic grabbed on the seat of the plane and watched as the plane plummeted to the water below. He had to think of something, but what? That's when Sonic remembered the stuff he packed. He reached down into the seat and grabbed an inflatable titanium raft and an umbrella. He pulled the cord of the raft and threw it below the plane. It immediately inflated into the titanium raft. Sonic held the umbrella above his head as the plane crashed into the raft.
"It's time to go sailing." Sonic said as the raft popped a huge hole and blasted the raft, the plane, and Sonic toward the nearby island. "It's a good thing this raft can hold over 1000 times it's own weight." Sonic smiled. His smiled faded when he saw that he was coming up to the island and was about to crash into a tree. Thinking quickly Sonic opened up the umbrella and the wind picked him up as the plane crashed into the tree. The turbulence from the rush caused a huge amount of sea water to splash on top of the biplane. The flames died down to small flicker. Sonic floated down toward the island safely with the black umbrella extended.
"Hey everybody look! I'm Mary Poppins!" Sonic shouted as he landed on the beach. "Heh, Heh, well that was fun." Sonic said. The huge eruption of a loud horn startled him and caused him to fall. Suddenly hundreds of people came out of nowhere and started to trample over Sonic to gather around the beach.
"Everyone get in the correct order! Commander Smoke Stack is here!" Shouted a bear who was wearing a black suit and a top hat. All the people scrambled to get in order, unknowingly stomping on the poor hedgehog's body while they did it. Soon they were all lined up into two halves. They made a walkway on the beach so that someone could get through. The huge horn honked again and then, out of nowhere pops out a huge submarine. The people flinched. Sonic couldn't react to what was happening because his face was in the sand. The sub docked on the beach and opened up. Out came a man with spiked white hair, a gray jacket, blue jeans, a green sweater (Which is weird since it is over 80 degrees outside), and brown boots. He appeared to have a small piece of paper in his hand.
"Okay where's the head of this island!" He shouted. The bear in the suit ran up toward him.
"Y-yes Mr. Smoke Stack sir." He asked stuttering a bit. The man shoved the piece of paper in his face.
"Read this!" He demanded. The bear took the paper from the man's greasy gloved hand and began reading.
"It says that 'over the past month Westside Island's record sales have gone down. It appears that the head of the island has neglected to give his share of profit to the council of SmokeStack headquarters.' But sir I've tried to give you the share of profit but being on an island I just couldn't get through." The bear said obviously lying by the way his voice sounded.
"Or maybe you found away to get it through but you have deliberately sent the profit to the wrong person." Smoke Stack suggested.
"Oh please! I suppose you don't have any proof." The bear sneered. The crowd couldn't believe he said something like that to Commander Smoke. Smoke however didn't reply to his comment. Instead he snapped his fingers. A huge crate came out of the submarine and fell on the beach. Sonic was off the ground now and was hiding behind a tree as not to be seen. He watched as Smoke (Short for SmokeStack) gave the crate a small tap. The crate then thrust open and broke apart. Everyone was now staring at a huge pile of gold coins, rubies, diamonds, and other treasures.
"Is that proof enough." Smoke said in a calm voice. The bear was astonished, as was the crowd.
"So what! You still don't half any proof it was me who smuggled it to Central City." The bear said then covered his mouth, realizing what he said.
"I never said it was put in Central City. How'd you know if you didn't do it?" He asked still looking very calm.
"Well…I…" The bear was at a loss of words.
"I also found a note hidden on the crate that stated the money was to be sponsored for Westside island, not the smoke stack company. On the note the were the initials B.M written on it." Smoke finished. Sonic chuckled when he heard him say B.M but decided to keep quiet. "You're the only one here on the island that has the initials B.M, Bear Crater Mayer." Smoke said the bears' full name out loud. The crowd gasped.
"This is getting good." Sonic murmured.
"What's wrong Mayer? You look kind of scared. Well you should be. Sending you money to anywhere except my company is completely off limits. I bet you used your initials for fear that I would find out huh?" Said Smoke.
"…Hahahahahahaha! Nope. I did that because I didn't want them to know who I am, not you." Said the bear. Smoke's eyes widened a bit.
"Who exactly is them?" He asked.
"I'm not telling you. All I'm saying is that there was no reason to prove my existence
to them because I'm much better then them all anyway." The bear lied again. Smoke reached his gloved hand out to his neck, grabbed it, and picked him up.
"Where do you get the gull! You are right about one thing though. There isn't any reason to prove you exist because pretty soon you won't." Smoke clenched his fist tightly which choked the bear.
"…If…you kill me…smoke…your company goes down the tub." The bear said.
"I don't know what you're talking about. But then again I don't care." Smoke said squeezing harder.
"…The fox…the one with two tails…is still alive." The bear choked out. Smoke's eyes widened to the limit.
"What!" Smoke now understood what the bear meant. His company would be completely destroyed if that fox kid was still alive. Did he pretend to be afraid of him so he could frame him? Smoke wasn't about to let him live now.
" Now what Smoke Stack? If you kill me it wouldn't make any difference." The bear said calmly.
"You may have the power to detect any mortal's energy with that metal eye…but that's all you have special about you." Smoke said as a thick gray smog appeared out of nowhere and rapped around the bear. The smog started to fly in the bears' ears, mouth, and nose. "This smoke will clog up your lungs so badly they will literally explode inside you. When that happened their will be a big gapping hole in your stomach. That's what you get for messing with me." Smoke said still sounding calm and non-threatening.
"You monster! No you can't!" the bear shouted. The crowd didn't know what they were talking about but knew it was something bad after Smoke said that thing about his lungs exploding. Sonic couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"I've gotta help that guy." Sonic whispered.
"Stay where you are hedgehog!" Smoke shouted in Sonic's direction. Sonic stopped in his tracks.
"…H-how did he…?" Sonic was stunned. He soon heard the sound of blood splattering in the air. Sonic looked on and saw Smoke holding an almost dead bear with blood pouring out of his stomach.
"…Never thought…you'd end up…killing me…after all we've been through…" The bear's body went limp and he died. Sonic stepped out in the open.
"I don't know what just happened but I now you killed that man and that's good enough for me." Sonic said.
"If you value you your life…it would be wise not to tangle with me." Smoke said.
"Ha, do you know who I am?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic the Hedgehog, age 11, 3 ft and 3 inches tall, 77 pounds, known as the Blue Blur across all of Mobius, and is the famous hero who has defeated Dr. Ivo Eggman/ Robotnik over 100 times." Smoke said.
"Damn, you know all that! Uh, I mean, so what. I'm still going to defeat you though." Sonic said running forward. Smoke stood there and watched the hedgehog foolishly attack. Sonic jumped and disappeared in front of Smoke's face. He still didn't do anything however.
"What a neat trick." Smoke mumbled. Sonic appeared to be jumping all around his body but was still nowhere to be seen. He soon decided to attack. He stopped behind Smoke and attacked his back. Smoke merely turned and positioned his arm so it would be in front of Sonic. Sonic's stomach ended up colliding with his huge arm. Smoke then flung his arm out which sent Sonic flying into the sea. Sonic all of a sudden jumped out of the water and ran toward Smoke.
"It's a good thing that water was shallow." Sonic said as he did the homing attack at Smoke's head. Sonic was about to hit his head but he suddenly stopped and was floating in mid air. He looked at his body and saw that he was covered in a cloud of smoke.
"What's happening?" Sonic asked as the cloud took him higher in the air.
"That cloud of smog will take you above the clouds that are already in the sky then it will literally squeeze the life out of you." Smoke explained as Sonic disappeared as he flew higher and higher into the clear blue sky (Their was really only one or two visible clouds anyway). He then turned to the scared crowd of people. "When you see blood rain from the sky you'll know he's dead. Now tell me…WHERE IS THE ONE KNOWN AS MILES PROWER!" He shouted.
In the sky
Rouge had always wondered why Gel was such a hardheaded lizard. To think they used to be boyfriend and girlfriend. She pondered why he was at a place like this when she heard the sound of struggling. She looked forward and saw a blue hedgehog stuck inside a cloud, struggling for his life.
"Hey Sonic!" Rouge shouted to him. She hovered up to him and smiled.
"Hey there…could you get me out of here…please." Sonic struggled as the cloud got tighter. "Wait how'd you know my name?" he asked getting of topic.
"Everyone knows who you are. I'd be happy to help you if you have any jewels on you." Rouge said.
"No…I don't…but…there are…some jewels down there…on the beach…you can take as much as you want." Sonic said.
"Okay sure." Rouge said drawing back her foot. "This may hurt your back though." She warned as she slammed a huge kick on top of the cloud. The cloud disappeared and she ended up kicking Sonic in the back. The force was so strong it sent him crashing into the ground.
"Thank you Rouge!" Sonic said before he crashed headfirst into the beach. This scared the hell out of everyone there.
"Your welcome…wait a minute…how'd he know MY name?" She asked heading toward the beach. Her eyes widened as she saw a pile of gold coins and priceless gems…being hauled into a truck that said Gel's Diamond Shop.
"Get all this money to my shop quickly." Gel said as the two men pushed the huge pile of money into the back of the truck. They truck appeared out of nowhere after a certain jaguar led SmokeStack to the area Tails usually hung out. Gel called his men using a walkie-talkie as soon as he saw SmokeStack dump the money and gems on the beach. It drove up and Gel and his men began hauling the stuff inside his truck. The truck drove away leaving a dead body of a bear and an unconscious hedgehog on the ground. The crowd stared at the hedgehog's body and realized they were in the presence of the legendary blue hedgehog Sonic. Everyone ran home to get their autograph books.
"Well the hedgehog did say I could have the gems. I guess ill have to pull off a job tonight. Never thought I'd end up robbing Gel, that's for sure." Rouge said flying off.
In the forest
Hang Nail led the scary looking man toward Miles' grass area. He found out where it was by simply following the fox there. That was the farthest thing away from his mind however.
'Who is this dude and why does he want to see a loser like Two Tail? It's not like that kid is important to anyone or anything. But if that's true then why does he want to see him so badly?' Hang Nail thought then remembered the talk between the bear and SmokeStack.
Flashback
"…The fox…the one with two tails…is still alive." The bear choked out. Smoke's eyes widened to the limit.
"What!" Smoke shouted.
End Flashback
'I can tell by the way they spoke that he didn't want Miles dead because he stole his hamburger.'
"Kid." Smoke said suddenly, which startled the jaguar. "How much longer must we walk." Smoke asked.
"…Uh…we're coming up on it now." Hang Nail led Smoke to the grass patch. Hang Nail ran to the spot where they last left Miles. He walked up to the area and saw…a huge blue cat with a frog lying on his chest.
"Who the hell are you?" Hang Nail yelled at the cat.
"I'm Big the Cat and this is Froggy." Big said pointing to the frog on his chest.
"Is this some kind of joke." Smoke said walking up behind Hang Nail. Hang Nail freaked out. He saw what Smoke did to Bear Mayor. He even took on Sonic, the hero of Mobius.
"No! It's not! I beat him up and left him here. Honest." Hang Nail said.
"Then where is he?" Smoke asked raising his voice. "You! Cat! Did you see a fox here earlier?" SmokeStack asked to him. Big, who had his eyes shut, opened one eye and pointed in the direction across from him. SmokeStack jumped over Big and Froggy and ran into the forest. Hang Nail followed behind.
Back in the forest
Miles limped toward town. He was planning on stealing some ice from the restaurant to help heal his wounds. He was left unconscious there for a while until he was woken up by a big blue cat. Miles ran off when he saw the cat for fear he'd be beaten up again. Miles limped on until he heard loud clomping footsteps. He thought it was someone coming after him so he ducked behind some bushes. SmokeStack ran by the bushes then stopped.
'W-who is that?' Miles asked in his head. SmokeStack took a few steps back until he was standing directly beside the bush Miles was hiding behind. 'Whoever he is, he probably isn't nice.' Miles thought. Smoke stared at the bushes hard. Miles knew that he was there and his fear was so intense that Miles could've died right there. Smoke punched through the bushes and nearly hit Miles' head. Miles freaked out but knew that he had to keep quiet. Hang Nail ran up behind him and tapped Smoke's shoulder. Smoke moved his eyes aside to see Hang Nail but that seemed to be enough time for Miles to get up and go.
Miles ran as fast as he could even thought the pain was unbearable. He kept running until he thought it was safe. He stopped and decided to climb into a tree as to not be seen. He climbed up and felt a huge jolt of pain as he did so. Once he was in the tree he looked down to see if anyone was there. He soon saw Smoke and Hang Nail walk past the tree and toward the beach. Miles sighed and tried to climb out of the tree. He wiggled his foot around to see if it would touch a branch but sadly it was not to be. Miles fell out of the tree and hit the ground hard.
"Ohh. That hurt." Miles got up and looked in the direction Smoke and Hang Nail was heading. That was when he remembered the ice. Miles ran off toward town again.
On the beach
"That's it! I've had it with this place. I'm going back to my company's main building to count my money." Smoke said walking back to the submarine completely ignoring the fact that he had just walked past an unconscious blue hedgehog that he thought was dead.
"So you're just giving up. Just like that!" Hang Nail shouted walking behind him. Slips and Silt trailed behind Hang Nail wondering if they could get tipped off about what just happened.
"No I'm not giving up! My visits don't usually last this long. I need to get back to my company. Scrap the bear's body up and make sure you collect the money for my next visit. If you don't you all will end up like him. Oh and the fox was hiding in one of the trees back in the forest. I don't care what you do to him as long as he is dead by the time I return. If he's not I'll do it myself." Smoke said walking into the submarine and closing the hatch door. The submarine disappeared as it dived into the ocean, leaving the 3 kids confused. They stood there and stared at the sea and didn't seem to notice the silver liquid come out of the ocean and make it's way toward the forest. There it transformed back into its metal form.
"The hedgehog is still alive? I must report to Eggman." The metal figure had noticed Sonic lying there on the beach and immediately ran off to tell his master.
"So what now Hang Nail?" Slips asked.
"We go eat." Hang Nail said as they walked off.
"Ah man…that hurt…where am I. Sonic asked lifting his head up. Suddenly many, many animals with their autograph books surrounded him. The people all held out their autograph books and pens to his face.
'This is just the kind of crap I wanted to get away from.' Sonic thought.
Chapter 2 complete. If you are confused about what Smoke and Bear Mayor was talking about, that's good! It makes it more enjoyable when you finally find out. Review please. I'll update again soon.