Sonic Extended Generations
Chapter Eleven: From Spagonia to Space
Both Classic and Modern Sonic arrived in a town that seemed all too familiar to Modern Sonic; a large town with basic buildings bunched together, aswell as a university on the edge of town, and a large clock tower in the center.
"Spagonia... Man, I haven't been here since..." Muttered Modern Sonic as he got out a grey ring with some sort of green jewel on one of its sides, making him sigh. Classic Sonic noticed this and stood in front of the older hedgehog to get his attention. "Hm? Oh, I'm okay. Just having another flashback, I guess... Hmm... I wonder if Pickle's still teaching over at the university..." Just before Modern Sonic was about to move, he and Classic Sonic both spotted a familiar box-shaped airship that came into view. "Eggman's Flying Battery?! I thought me & Knux took out that floating trash-heap years ago!" Classic Sonic then pointed to some bulky robots storming the streets, giving Modern Sonic an idea... "Okay, buddy. How 'bout you go after that ship, while I deal with the 'bot invasion?" Classic Sonic nodded in agreement before the two of them split up.
Classic Sonic began by running through the street that he thought would lead him to the Flying Battery, but he ended up at a dead-end until he realized he could bounce off of one of Eggman's robots to run on one of the rooftops in order to catch a ride on a gondola. After jumping off of the gondola, Sonic started climbing up the university building, taking out what robots he could. Once he reached the top, a large barrel started rolling down towards him, making the young hedgehog run down a slope that led into a cellar of some sort. While Classic Sonic got in with little trouble, the barrel sealed the entrance, making it impossible for Sonic to jump back out. As he began jumping underground and taking out more robots, the young hedgehog was wondering how his older self was doing...
Meanwhile, Modern Sonic was Boosting through the streets of Spagonia to take out what robots were around. "Well, at least I'm not doin' this at night..." He said to himself as he started running across the orange rooftops. "Clearing this place of robots oughta be a lot faster with another me around here." Then Modern Sonic spotted a familiar-looking ship in front of him. "The Flying Battery? Where's Mini-Me?" Before his question was answered, the Flying Battery started dropping spiked red barrels down towards Modern Sonic. "Whoa! Well, I guess I'd better pick up the slack." Modern Sonic said as he started Quick Stepping to dodge the barrels as he chased after the Flying Battery. "I just hope Classic Me's bashin' more 'bots right now... hey, where d'you think you're going?" The Flying Battery started ascending because the buildings were too tall for it to fly through, but Modern Sonic jumped through them with out any trouble. When Sonic landed, he took a quick look around to find the Flying Battery, only to realize where it was going... "It's headed for Spagonia U... not on my watch!" Jumping onto a large bridge, Modern Sonic continued his chase after the ship, but more flying robots appeared between them, and they started firing green lasers at Sonic, which he Quick Stepped to avoid! The Flying Battery then started dropping more bulky robots in Sonic's path, but he Boosted through them so they would be sent flying into the flying robots, destroying both robots in the process! Modern Sonic kept doing this to take out the flying robots, before sending the ground robots to attack the Flying Battery, aswell! Eventually, the ship started flying away from the bridge, making Modern Sonic stop in his tracks to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "Phew! It's changing course." Also at that moment, Classic Sonic suddenly jumped out of the bridge and raced after the Flying Battery. "And it looks like Past Me's back in the game, too. I guess I'd better start takin' out the rest of Eggman's robo-cronies..."
At that moment, Classic Sonic started running after the Flying Battery once again, only to realize that it seemed to be damaged since he last saw it, since it had a lot of dents and burns on the back of the ship. Soon, Classic Sonic arrived at the base of the clock tower, only to realize that the Flying Battery wasn't very far from it, making the young hedgehog start racing up the clock tower. Once Classic Sonic reached the clock face, he spotted some small flying robots around the face, and they started firing at him! After dodging most of their attacks, Classic Sonic Spin Dashed up to the center of the clock face and started spinning again, causing the hands of the clock to move in different directions before a loud bell was heard. This resulted in the clock face popping out of its frame, and swinging right into the front of the Flying Battery, crippling the ship in the process! Classic Sonic took this chance to board the ship, and Spin Dash through its interior, giving it even more damage! When Classic Sonic jumped out of the ship, a certain green crocodile followed him out as the ship started to explode.
Classic Sonic and the crocodile landed just as the ship was completely destroyed, and Modern Sonic approached them. "Vector... what were you doing up there?" Modern Sonic asked the crocodile.
"Ahh, I was looking for some info about this whole situation." Vector replied. "And I figured, why not go straight to the source?"
"I'm probably gonna regret this, but did you find anything?"
"Nah... but I've got a hunch that someone or something is controlling that monster that brought us all here, y'know?" This made Classic Sonic think, but Modern Sonic just shrugged it off as two light portals suddenly appeared before them and Vector.
"I've seen creeps like this before." Modern Sonic pointed out as they all walked towards the portals. "And like Chaos & Dark Gaia, this thing's smart enough not to listen to someone else..."
"I think your little buddy over there thinks otherwise, Sonic." Said Vector, referring to Classic Sonic.
"Well, we don't know for sure. Listen, you'll find Espio through there." Modern Sonic told Vector, before pointing towards the other portals with lights, stars and tropical trees. "We'll take this one."
After seeing Vector off, both Sonics ventured into the multi-coloured portal, where they found themselves in a familiar amusement park in space; rides galore in a tropical setting complete with trees, aswell as a light-blue barrier around the park, with the barrier being clear enough to get a nice close-up view of the blue planet below. Seeing this place, Classic Sonic was amazed, while Modern Sonic felt a little awkward... "Don't get too excited, little dude..." Modern Sonic told his younger self. "This place might look pretty awesome, but remember... EGGMAN built this place. And that's no good..."
"Welcome to Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park! Here you can find breath-taking views from our giant Ferris wheel, amazing deals in the shopping mall, and constant risks of bodily harm." Hearing Eggman's voice via loudspeaker, Classic Sonic shuddered.
"Sure, Eggman and his goons built this park..." Yelled a familiar voice to Modern Sonic, as he and Classic Sonic also heard what sounded a jet engine approaching them. Suddenly, a green hawk riding an airboard styled after him flew in and started hovering above the hedgehogs! "But there's plenty of stuff he's built that've made some pretty neat racetracks."
"Jet?!" Asked Modern Sonic, seeming shocked at the hawk's appearence. "What're you doing here?"
"Hey, I got thrown into this place just like everything and everybody else, Sonic the Hedgehog." Jet replied. "Y'know, I've been watching you throughout your whole journey in this world. And I've gotta say, you and Baby Sonic over there have been lookin' pretty slow..." This comment angered both blue hedgehogs. So much so that Classic Sonic started walking towards Jet. "Ha! Think you can beat me, little boy blue?" Modern Sonic held his hand in front of Classic Sonic before the little hedgehog got too angry.
"Why don't you go exploring?" Modern Sonic asked his younger self. "We'll catch up." Classic Sonic merely shrugged before taking Modern Sonic's advice, and running deeper into the park.
"Please feel free to fill out a brief survey after your visit. Your opinions matter to us... unless you didn't have fun, then we don't care."
"What d'you want, Jet?" Asked Modern Sonic.
"Same thing I've always wanted from you, Sonic..." Jet replied, before pointing towards the Ferris wheel. "To beat you in a race! So how 'bout it? First one to the other side of park gets the title of fastest thing alive!"
"All right..." Modern Sonic started before spotting some fireworks on the other side of the park. "When the next set of fireworks go off, it's on."
"Lookin' forward to it!" While Modern Sonic got down on all fours to get himself ready to take off, Jet lowered himself in order to get one of his feet on the ground...
As Jet and Modern Sonic prepared to race, Classic Sonic began his run through the park by racing under platforms with Egg Pawns holding WELCOME signs.
"We here at Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park consider ourselves the universe's first fully green amusement park! Although the green is from all the nausea and vomiting, but still, green is green." Said Eggman via another PA announcement, making Classic Sonic poked his tongue out in disgust before stopping in front of a strange red lifeform sealed within a capsule. "Please do not be concerned if you encounter any screaming aliens. The screams are how they communicate. Really! I promise." Not believing Eggman for a second, the young hedgehog jumps into the capsule, breaking it and releasing the alien which happily flew into Classic Sonic's body! While shocked at what just happened, Sonic quickly felt a new power rising up within him just before he spotted a group of Spinners above him. "Please refrain from teasing the robots, as they are very sensitive, and require expensive maintenance." Hearing this, Classic Sonic smirk before his body started glowing red and was set on fire. BURST! Suddenly, Classic Sonic was nothing more than a large fireball that was bouncing up towards the Spinners. After a brief charge, Classic Sonic caused all of the Spinners around him to be engulfed in a massive explosion!
Once the area was clear, the alien flew out of Classic Sonic and waved at him before flying away. Classic Sonic waved back before Spin Dashing up a wall to higher ground, where more Egg Pawns were gathered around another red alien sealed within a capsule. "No aliens were harmed in the creation of this park. They were all harmed after the park was created." Classic Sonic Spin Dashed through half of the Egg Pawns, before using his Homing Attack on the rest and on the capsule, smashing it and releasing the alien. Moments later, Sonic and the alien came across some sort of Ferris wheel with only one spot to sit. Sonic jumped onto the platform, but nothing happened. Once the alien flew into him however, the young hedgehog got an idea... BURST! Once Sonic was nothing but a fireball again, the ride suddenly activated, and started spinning Sonic around before throwing him into a breakable wall! But the ride didn't stop there, as Sonic came into contact with another ride of the same nature, but it was on a different angle, and threw him down to the ground below, making him destroy whatever robot was in his path! Once the alien flew out of him, Classic Sonic came across some fireworks being fired from below, and they were bigger than him! When he grabbed onto one, it exploded seconds later before he grabbed hold of another one, and another, and another... until he reached the top, where the rest of the fireworks exploded as he landed on solid ground. "Please refrain from foiling evil schemes, plots, and/or plans while inside the park. Foiling is strictly prohibited." After hearing that announcement, Classic Sonic just started laughing to himself.
Meanwhile, Jet and Modern Sonic were still waiting for the fireworks, when they both heard another announcement... "Would Sonic the Hedgehog please report to the security office? Sonic the Hedgehog, please report to the security office. We've found your... um... your keys! Yes, that's it, we've found your keys! No need to be ready for a trap, since we only want to return your keys!" Eggman said in the announcement, making Sonic groan.
"Well? What're you waiting for, Sonic the Hedgehog?" Asked Jet, sounding cocky.
"I'm not buyin' that... and I didn't the last time I was here, either..." Sonic replied. "Besides, if you think that I'm gonna bail on this race just to get my 'keys,' you got another thing coming, bird-boy..."
"Meh. I wasn't expecting an easy win, anyway." Jet told Sonic.
Once both Sonic and Jet spotted the fireworks go off in the distance, they blasted away from where they started and began racing through the park as fast as they could! But Jet had an idea of how to slow Sonic down... "Whoops, I slipped!" He shouted as he leaned over to knock Sonic off of the path! Sonic managed to land on a rail that he started grinding on, but Jet didn't seem too concerned... "So long, chump!" Once Jet zoomed out of Sonic's sight, he got so angry that he Boosted across the rail. He was so focused on Jet in fact, that he didn't even noticed that he Boosted through a capsule, releasing a cyan-coloured alien! It wasn't until the alien flew into Sonic that noticed something different, yet familiar...
"What? When'd I pick up one of you guys?" He said to himself, before spotting a group of cyan diamonds in the starry sky, making him smirk. "Here's where I catch up, Jet..." Just moments after Sonic's body started glowing cyan -LASER!- he blasted through the diamonds, before landing back on the path next to Jet, and returning to his normal self as the alien flew out of his body. "Thanks, buddy!"
"What?! How'd you catch up so fast?!" Jet angrily asked as Sonic high-fived the alien before it flew away.
"You didn't hear? I've got friends in space, dude..." After saying that, Sonic Boosted away from Jet, making the hawk angry as he chased after the older hedgehog.
"Please feel free to leave all valuables in your vehicle during your stay here at Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, as they will be perfectly safe. In no way will roaming bands of robots break into your vehicle." Hearing this, Modern Sonic merely scoffed.
"Heh, yeah right." While mocking Eggman however, he failed to notice that he wasn't moving, even though he was running. "Huh? What's goin' on?"
"Hey Sonic, remember this?" Asked Jet as he caught up to Sonic and showed him a certain ring-shaped stone that made Sonic's eyes widen.
"That's one of those gravity-changing stones." He pointed out. "But how? That rebel robot of Eggman's stole all five, and we trashed it!"
"I guess whatever brought us here affected everything in our history." Jet suspected.
"I don't care, since I've finally got the power to beat you in a race! AHH HAHAHA!" Sonic growled in anger as he floated in zero gravity, while Jet zoomed away. At that moment, another cyan alien appeared in Sonic's sight, giving him an idea...
"Hey, you!" He called to the alien, getting his attention. It started talking to him in a language he didn't understand. "Ugh, I wish I had Tails' translator... LISTEN, CAN YOU, GET ME, OUT OF HERE?" The alien responded by flying into Sonic's body, giving him that power again. "Wasn't what I was goin' for, but I'll take it." LASER! Sonic blasted along the path, quickly catching up to Jet before bouncing off of more cyan diamonds that sent him further ahead!
"NO! NOT AGAIN!" Jet yelled when he noticed that both Sonics were at the other side of the park.
"Sorry Jet... YOU'RE TOO SLOW!" Modern Sonic mocked as both he and Classic Sonic formed an eight with their legs as they ran in place, making Jet stomp on the ground as a light portal appeared behind the hedgehogs.
"Grr... this isn't over, Sonic the Hedgehog..." Jet grumbled as he walked towards the portal. "I'll beat you eventually, and my title as the Legendary Wind Master is gonna mean something again!"
"Whatever." Said Modern Sonic before the portal vanished with Jet inside, making Classic Sonic panic. "Relax, buddy. We'll find another way back to the White Space." Just as Modern Sonic said that, a shuttle-like ship landed near them with Eggman's face on the front of it. As the door opened, another announcement was made from inside the shuttle...
"Next stop, Planet Wisp. This attraction is currently off-limits as it is still under construction and may not be dangerous enough for visitors yet." This made Modern Sonic tap on Classic Sonic's head.
"I betcha this is where we need to go next..." He told his younger self, before another announcement was made from outside the shuttle...
"Would the owner of a white hovercar shaped like an egg please report to the front desk? Your car has been broken into." Hearing this, both Sonics started laughing as they boarded the shuttle, because they both knew who that hovercar belonged to. "Repeat, would the owner of a white hovercar shaped like an egg please report to the front desk? Your car has been broken in- Wait a minute, what the heck?!"
END OF CHAPTER