Sonic Extended Generations
Chapter Eight: This is No Holiday!
"All of you ungrateful humans who took everything away from me will feel my loss and despair!" Said a voice via an invisible loudspeaker before the monster before Sonic and Shadow roared again.
"That voice... Professor Gerald?" Asked an injured Shadow, who was being held up by 'Modern' Sonic.
"Yeah... you probably don't remember that guy doing this, do you?" Sonic asked, and Shadow shook his head in response before he stared at the lizard-like monster who looked back at him and Sonic.
"I-ngh! I must... destroy all the evil... the Professor has created..." Shadow said as he limped towards the creature.
"No way, Shadow!" Sonic said as he stood in front of the black hedgehog. "You're in no condition to fight now. Leave this to me. Besides, I saw how you fought this thing last time... I think I can handle it..." Once Sonic turned around to face the monster, Shadow look at the blue hedgehog with a great deal of confusion...
Once 'Modern' Sonic stepped into the circular path surrounding the monster, it attempted to chomp at him, but he dodged it with a Quick Step before he started running. It was at this point that it followed Sonic with its mouth wide open...
"I can't run too fast, cause if I remember Shadow's fight with this creep..." Sonic thought out loud, before he unintentionally started gaining speed, which is when he noticed a large wagging tail closing in on him! "That's right. He'll just chase me with his tail..." Suddenly, the creature stopped in its tracks. When Sonic looked back at its face, he spotted one of its tubes had shining lights, which made Sonic remember something else about Shadow's fight with it... Sonic started grinding on the tube, which was connected to the life support system on its back... which Sonic managed to damage with a Homing Attack! "Yep... just like when Shadow fought this thing!" It then started spitting dark energy balls at Sonic from its mouth, which Sonic avoided by either jumping over them, or ducking under them... the monster didn't stop there, as it also attempted to flatten Sonic with its massive tail as it slammed the ground! "Sorry big guy, but you're just too slow!" As the creature spat more energy balls at Sonic, he avoided them with his Quick Step before he leapt onto the shining tube again, and grinded along it before landing a second Homing Attack on its back!
"C'mon, is that all you've got?" Sonic teased, before the monster roared again. During this roar however, it somehow summoned pink bubbles to surround him... but all this did was make Sonic smirk. Sonic then used his Homing Attack to make stepping stones out of the bubbles, before landing another Homing Attack on the monster's life support!
"Hmph. (He's certainly making this look easy...)" Shadow thought. "(Although this beast seems very familiar to me, and I don't know why...)" Just as Shadow finished his thoughts, the monster roared again, and as more pink bubbles appeared, the gravity in the area suddenly changed, making both Sonic and Shadow float in midair! Once Shadow used his Air Shoes to level himself, he noticed that some of the pink bubbles were being launched at Sonic, who seemed to have trouble avoiding them...
"Yeah... you think you've got me, don't you?" He said as he closed in on the creature's life support. But before he could attempt to hit it once more, Sonic was struck by a pink bubble that was launched at him! Sonic was sent flying back... but he also noticed an orange blur destroy the monster's life support with a Homing Attack, causing it to fall to the ground and spit out a blue Chaos Emerald as the gravity returned to normal.
"You're finished, you ugly prototype!" Shadow shouted as he caught the Chaos Emerald after landing safely on the ground.
"Nice save, Shadow!" Said Sonic as he approached the black hedgehog, before realizing something... "Wait a sec... how'd you know this creep was the prototype?"
"I... I'm not sure..." Shadow replied as he handed Sonic the Emerald. "I guess it just came to me when I attacked it..."
"Meh. Whatever jogs your memory..." Said Sonic as he walked towards a light portal that had just opened. Shadow growled slightly before following Sonic.
Seconds later, the two hedgehogs returned to the White Space, where the gang was all there waiting for them.
"Yeah, I figured you had something to do with this, Shadow!" Shouted 'Modern' Knuckles, who was winding one of his arms around as he approached the black hedgehog.
"Hmph. I have no idea what you're talking about." Shadow replied while folding his arms and closing his eyes, which made the echidna even angrier.
"(Yikes, do I ireally/i get that paranoid?)" 'Classic' Knuckles asked himself.
"Easy, Knux..." Said 'Modern' Sonic, stepping in between Shadow & 'Modern' Knuckles. "Shadow's just as clueless as we are. Though he did help me get this." 'Modern' Sonic then threw the 4th Chaos Emerald up in the air and caught it.
"I'm surprised that you had to fight the Biolizard again!" Stated a shocked 'Modern' Tails.
"No big deal. I've dealt with it before." 'Modern' Sonic proudly replied.
"Don't be so cocky, Big Blue." Rouge pointed out. "The only reason you beat him last time was because you had Shadow helping you AND you were both Super!" Hearing this, Shadow seemed somewhat curious about his past once more...
"(If that's true... then that fight must've taken a lot out of me... which I assume was when the Doctor saved me...)" He thought as 'Classic' Sonic walked up to him. When Shadow noticed, he merely petted the young hedgehog's head, making 'Classic' Sonic feel a little angry...
"Yo, Sonic!" Yelled 'Modern' Sonic, getting 'Classic' Sonic's attention. "Whaddya say the two of us head back to the beach?" 'Classic' Sonic was excited, but before he could run towards the Emerald Coast, Shadow stopped him.
"I think your older self was referring to the beach over there..." He said as he pointed towards what appeared to be a seaside location surrounded by hills and ruins. Feeling excited once more, 'Classic' Sonic raced towards the place, while 'Modern' Sonic quickly followed after him...
The instant 'Classic' Sonic runs out of the portal from the White Space, he stops to see a large stone temple of some sort, that had red markings all over it. Around the temple was nothing but hills similar to those back at Green Hill, and of course, there was plenty of water and sand around aswell. "Welcome to Seaside Hill, where there's not a pail in sight! Cause it's racetime, people!" Said a voice over a loudspeaker that he couldn't recognize. Not only that, but he also spotted eight different vehicles lined up on a nearby shoreline.
In first place was an egg-styled car that was being driven by a young boy in a rooster outfit of some sort. In second place, riding a motorbike was an older man wearing a brown jacket and jeans. In third was what appeared to be nothing more than a pod with legs and wings. In forth place was four different-coloured mice piloting a red rocket. In fifth place was a large male zombie, while the smaller female zombie drove their run-down hotrod. In sixth place was a couple of martial artists in a red muscle car. In seventh place was a tall, yellow figure wearing black shades and a red top, while the other figure was short and brown, wearing a blue top as he drove their black car. And in last place was a red truck driven by a brown bear, wearing yellow shorts and a blue backpack... which housed a red bird!
After all eight competitors screeched off the starting line, 'Classic' Sonic shook his head and started running into the water-logged temple. He then stopped at a ledge when he saw how far the next part of dry land was, making him a little nervous... but that was when an Egg Pawn landed behind him, making him fall into the water in shock! Landing on the floor, 'Classic' Sonic quickly spotted a trio of fish Badniks swimming towards him... using his Spin Jump, Sonic managed to bounce off of all three of them, and he reached the surface of the water... but that's when he arrived at a cannon...
Seeing no Badniks in the cannon's line of fire, 'Classic' Sonic jumped into the cannon, which blasted him over to the hill seperate from the temple, but there were plenty of Egg Pawns running around! Not that this didn't sour the young hedgehog's experience, however... he was just about to run towards the row of Egg Pawns blocking his path, but the eight racers drove through the robots! They would have blocked Sonic's path if it wasn't for three Egg Flappers above the 'track.' Little did 'Classic' know that the Egg Flappers didn't lead anywhere, making the young hedgehog think he was falling into the ocean... but an orca rose up from the water and knock 'Classic' Sonic up to another temple, which was also water-logged!
'Classic' Sonic slipped on the ground he landed on, which made him fall back into the water! This water had a pretty strong current, aswell. Spotting a pole up ahead followed by a spikeball, Sonic grabbed onto the pole in order to get himself out of harm's way just before the pole broke apart. Soon, Sonic Spin Dashed out of the water -and out of the temple entirely- and soon heard rumbling behind him... when the young hedgehog turned around, he realized he was being chased by a large circular rock that had creepy markings all over it! As he ran along the hill, Sonic jumped over whatever blocks that were in his way, while the rock just plowed through them! Soon, Sonic jumped onto a seperate loop while the rock fell into the ocean. Stopping to see the rock sink into the sea, 'Classic' Sonic sighed with relief before running along the hill once more...
Meanwhile, 'Modern' Sonic was on the other side of Seaside Hill, when he spotted ten different cars revving their engines on top of some ruins... "Huh... didn't think they'd start this year's Grand Prix without us..." He thought out loud as he spotted who was racing. He saw a monkey with big ears driving a banana-like car -"Aiai..."- an adult human driving what looked like a taxi-cab -"B.D. Joe..."- and a teenage human wearing headphones who drove what looked like a quad-bike. "Beat..." A human with pink hair was driving a futuristic three-wheeled car -"Ulala..."- while behind her in a car that looked more like a boat with wheels attached was a boy with an eyepatch-like glass over one of his eyes, who also had a scar under the other eye... "Cool, Vyse made it! Who else is here?" Behind Vyse was a viking riding on a beast-like statue -"Gillius..."- and a strange lifeform in the shape of a car with a Chao-like character driving it... "...NiGHTS?! Okay. I thought he'd actually be drivin', but whatever..." Behind NiGHTS was a small red car driven by a pale white girl with black eyes and a decent amount of brown hair, wearing glasses with a blue shade, while her blue dress is connected to her arms and hands, and she also wears brown pants that are connected to her feet. "Hey, that's a Mii! Cool. Wait... is that an Avatar? I can't really tell cause of that brown-and-green armor..." What 'Modern' Sonic was taking about was behind the Mii; He basically resembled a bounty hunter from a sci-fi movie series that Sonic couldn't remember, but judging from the slick black car with green lining, Sonic was positive that it was an Avatar. But it was the racer in last place that caught Sonic's eye... "Wreck-It Ralph! Awesome! I knew givin' him that invite was a good idea!" The last racer was a large humanoid character with big hands and feet, who was wearing an orange shirt with brown overalls, and driving a red truck with a wrecking ball attached to it. "3... 2... 1... GO!" Said a different announcer than what 'Classic' Sonic heard, which made all ten car screech away from the starting line. It also made 'Modern' Sonic start running across the grassy hill he saw the racers from.
Once 'Modern' Sonic jumped up into the air, he spotted a set of ruins rising up from the sea, making him remember something from the last time he was here...
"(Some of the submerged sea ruins move when you get close to them...)" He remembered Knuckles saying before Jump Dashing towards the ruins and continuing his run into the temple. What Sonic found was a bunch of moving ruins surrounding a couple Egg Flappers, which he used his Homing Attack on in order to keep moving and find a cannon. "Looks like I could probably use this cannon to go up... just like the last time I was here..." After jumping into the cannon, 'Modern' Sonic was blasted up to the highest part of the temple before running down a slope, and across the sea, Boosting through whatever Egg Flappers were in his way!
Soon, Sonic ran along a loop that lead to another cannon, but this one fired him onto a set of ruins lined up like a racetrack. Not only that, but he landed right next to an empty blue car that seemed perfect for him.
"*whistle* Now that looks like one sweet ride..." He said to himself as he admired the car. But just before he jumped in a red pod with two large exhausts on either side of it flew past him. The man flying the pod was obvious... "Eggman..."
"Ohh hohoho! If it isn't Sonic!" Eggman exclaimed as he turned to face the hedgehog and the ten racers who just braked once they saw Sonic and Eggman. This time, Eggman looked taller and slightly slimmer, and also wore a pair of goggles on his head. "Sorry to inturrupt your race, people, but I have a date with destiny... and it starts with me tearing up this racetrack! GAH HAHAHA!" Turning back around, Dr. Eggman started bombarding the track with missiles, making Sonic and most of the racers pretty angry, while the rest looked scared...
"Stay right behind me, everybody." Sonic told the competitors as he jumped into his car. "Once I deal with Eggman, you guys can keep racing without any problems."
Once 'Modern' Sonic floored it with his car, everyone else followed him as he raced after Eggman, who was bombing the track until he saw who was behind him...
"What? Sonic? You dare to lead an army against me?!" He angrily asked. "I'm not lettin' these guys get hurt when they should be racin'!" 'Modern' Sonic replied. "So get ready for some burnt rubber... Sonic style!" Sonic put the pedal to the metal, making him close in on Eggman... Sonic then got out of his seat and got ready to jump before Eggman managed to blow a hole in the racetrack, causing Sonic and the ten racers to fall down towards the ocean!
"Ahh HA HA! I always knew you would meet a watery end, Sonic!" Mocked Eggman as he looked back, only to find that all eleven cars behind him and transformed into water vehicles! "What?!"
"Come on, Eggman. It's not just racing..." Sonic teased back as he changed his boat into a plane, while a small pod-like spaceship (with rotatable wings) flew up in front of Eggman, and dropped a bomb which left a pulse that disrupted his controls! "GAH!" As Sonic flew closer to Eggman, a monitor with an arm attached to it flew up to Eggman, replacing the spaceship. The monitor then shot a light up to the sky with its finger, causing dozens of blocks with question marks on them to rain down on Eggman! Some of these blocks even exploded when they hit the overwhelmed Doctor! "It's racing TRANSFORMED!" Sonic shouted with pride just before he rammed into Eggman's pod with three Homing Attacks, resulting in the engines sputtering!
"Grr... fine! Have your little race!" Eggman angrily yelled as a dark portal appeared in the sky. "I'll be seeing you later, Sonic..." Once Eggman flew through the portal, Sonic attempted to do the same, but it vanished before he even got close... Sonic then landed back on the racetrack and jumped out of his car before running on the hills once again.
"Catch you guys later!" He shouted as he ran away, allowing the ten racers to race again. 'Modern' Sonic then Boosted across the sea, Quick Stepping past the rolling rocks that were on either side of him, before reaching another temple with had a light portal in the doorway... aswell as a certain chameleon stuck as a lifeless statue... "Espio... hang tight..." 'Modern' Sonic just gave the statue a touch, and Espio's colour and movements returned to him!
"Thank you, my friend." He softly said.
"Eh, wasn't that big of a deal..." Sonic replied.
"But it was..." Espio added. "It takes a mighty foe to trap a ninja. Be on your guard, Sonic..." Sonic merely shrugged as he led Espio into the light portal.
Seconds later, Espio and 'Modern' Sonic arrived back in the White Space, where 'Classic' Sonic & Tails, aswell as 'Modern' Tails were waiting for them. "Sup, guys?" 'Modern' Sonic said to them. "Anything new since I've been gone?"
"Well, I think Classic Tails & I have pieced together more of what's happening... and it's not good..." 'Modern' Tails replied, before they all felt rumbling. The next thing they knew, they all saw the dark beast that brought them all here for a few seconds.
"When that thing goes through time, it tears space apart!" 'Classic' Tails pointed out as 'Classic' Knuckles, 'Modern' Amy and Shadow joined in on the conversation. "It's leaving all of these areas empty and dead, and sticking them in this weird white limbo!"
"But when the Sonics accelerate through time, they fix space, returning colour and life!" Added 'Modern' Tails, making Shadow step forward.
"If it's that easy, then just give me the Chaos Emeralds so I can fix everything in a flash!" He told 'Modern' Tails.
"Sounds like a bad idea to me..." Muttered 'Classic' Knuckles, loud enough for Shadow to hear.
"And why is that?" Shadow asked.
"For all we know, your Chaos Control could make things worse around here..." 'Modern' Amy suggested, making 'Modern' Tails looked at her with confusion. "What? I know about time travel..."
"Then I guess we'll have to run like there's no tomorrow, or there won't BE a tomorrow!" 'Modern' Sonic said to 'Classic' Sonic, who nodded in agreement before they both started running away...
END OF CHAPTER