Chapter 2 – The Search for Silver

Doctor Eggman was sitting in office of his secret base deep in the jungle of Brazil, watching the screen displaying Sonic, Tails, Blaze, Amy, Viper and the dragons. Unbeknownst to the group, he had sent a tracking device to spy on them, and saw to it that they would not suspect a thing by having it designed after a house fly. Eggman had relied on it to keep track of Sonic and allies for the last twenty years, and when he saw the team leaving the Anthro League, he had finally figured out what was going on.

"So the hedgehog and his allies are aligned with a movement dedicated to keeping the peace of the world," he said to himself. "Now it all makes sense where he gets his help from. But it is only a matter of time until I crush them and their pitiful band! They will all pay for ruining my plans to nuke the cities and destroying Pachytron! Well, at least I still have one more Robot Master left, and I could tell that they're trying to find the shield generator protecting so they can get to the Death Egg."

As Eggman had anticipated, he heard the sound of the doors sliding open, and Caribot, his fifth and final Robot Master, entered the room. "You wanted to see me, doctor?" the robot caribou asked.

"Yes, Caribot," replied Eggman. "As you have been informed, Sonic and his pesky friends have destroyed the Egg Convoy, and it appeared that Pachytron was just not enough as he met the same fate as the other three Robot Masters."

"Their defeats shall be avenged," said Caribot. "You have programmed me to be the strongest Robot Master, doctor, so rest assure that victory will be realised."

"Yes, good to know," grinned Eggman. "Anyway, I have a mission for you. I've learnt that those meddlesome fools are part of some pathetic freedom fighting organisation, and it is only a matter of time until they discover our shield generator and destroy it to infiltrate the Death Egg, so it will up to you to protect it from intruders. You will be reinforced with some of the troops."

"I'll see to it that they'll all be expunged should they dare to step foot at the shield generator," said Caribot.

"The time has come," continued Eggman. "I will arrange a little surprise for the Anthro League and reveal the location of the shield generator. They will never suspect that they are going to fall into a trap, and before they know it, it will be all over for them! Now then, prepare my shuttle for take-off! I shall be heading for the Death Egg immediately!"


Back at the village, Sonic, Tails, Blaze, Amy and the dragons were getting acquainted with Viper. They were very curious about who he was and where he came from. Viper revealed to his new allies that he was from another dimension and that he ended up in their world during a conflict with the Eggman of his world.

"And you see, I was in a war against the Chinese Army," he said. "My team, Fort Echelon, we were fighting in Shanghai with the US Marines. After hours of fighting against the Chinese Forces, I was assigned a new mission, which was to gather Intel in the air force base at Orang, North Korea. My bud Rodriguez and I were both separated by an ambush of North Korean soldiers. I was unable to find him, so I continued my mission without him. I was able to gain access by disguising as one of their own, I found this teleportation device, and so I thought that maybe I could travel back home with no problems. But I was wrong, and as the base went up with the C4s I detonated, it sent me to a different dimension, where I saw, well, you guys battling robots created by Doctor Eggman. Tails and Blaze of that world were surrounded by robots, so I hurried and rescued them. Eventually, they fell in love, and somehow, my buddies Harper, Rodriguez and Jordan found their way to the dimension. When I battled a team of Yakuza soldiers, a robot tore my arms and broke my legs, so I've been converted into a cyborg, and after that, I returned to help Tails and my buddies in the fight against Eggman and his robots. Sadly, Rodriguez was killed, and Harper met the same fate during a robot assault at the Kingdom of Acorn. Luckily, my other buddies Mason and Phillips were still alive, and we finally managed to incapacitate and capture Eggman. Tails was then set to take us back home, but instead we ended up in yet another dimension, where we've been stuck in for eight years. I was finally brought back as a human again, reunited with my old comrades, including Harper and Rodriguez, to my surprise. It was then when two kids named Flame and Saphira, who happen to be the offspring of Tails and Blaze, helped us return to their dimension. I forgot to mention them as I have witnessed their birth prior. To repay the favour, we brought Sonic and the rest of the gang to our dimension for a trip, but we were unaware that a Chinese and Russian invasion was happening. Nuclear fallout soon ended the war, Sonic and his gang went back to their world, while I disappeared. It was then when I got sucked in by some kind of portal, and here I am."

Sonic listened to Viper's story with great interest and recollected everything he said. "So, if I recall, you're telling me that you ended up in a world completely different from ours, yet it has its own version of Tails, Blaze, Amy and myself, is that correct?" he asked.

"That's right, Sonic," answered Viper. "It's quite convoluted to tell all the differences."

"Very fascinating indeed," said Blaze. "Though it is quite funny how the results between Tails and I are pretty much the same."

"Hey, I'm wondering," said Draco. "If Sonic, Tails, Blaze, Amy and the rest of his gang exist in that world, does that mean that there are versions of us dragons there too?"

Viper looked around with uncertainty. "I don't know," he replied. "Of course, there are dragons over there, but I have never seen any of you before."

"Well that's a stinker," said Charonus.

"Viper, I have a question myself," said Cynder.

"Okay, then," said Viper. "Please, ask away."

"This question doesn't really have anything to do with your world, though," said Cynder. "But I'm curious to know, since you arrived at the Egg Convoy with Moonracer, how did you meet him in the first place?"

"It's quite a funny story," remarked Viper. "You see, after I ended up in this world, I was trying to find someone to help me out, and when I overheard Moonracer mentioning Eggman's name, I decided to offer in some assistance, having experience with that evil doctor myself, so he brought me to the Egg Convoy where I found you guys fighting the robots."

"So that's how," said Jakkin.

"That's quite an amazing story you have, Viper," said Tails. "I do feel sorry for all the hardships you've been going, though. Tell you what, once we've put a stop to Eggman for good, we'll use the Chaos Emeralds to get you back to your world. How does that sound?"

"It's all good, Tails," said Viper. "Flame and Saphira must be worried sick about me. But before we do that, I need your help in finding Silver as he's stuck in this world too since he was with me at the time, and I can't leave him here."

"Wait a minute," said Sonic. "Did you say that Silver's here?"

"Yes, I did," replied Viper.

"How is that possible?" asked Blaze. "From what we know, he is from the distant future."

"It's kinda a long story," said Viper. "Yes, Silver is from another timeline, but sometimes he comes to that dimension and help us out."

"Pardon me for asking, but who is Silver?" asked Draco.

"Silver's a hedgehog from the far future," said Tails. "See, the Eggman of this world had his own counterpart from that timeline too called Eggman Nega, and the couple of times they had caused trouble in this world, Silver came in to help Sonic."

"He sounds like a very cool guy," remarked Torden.

"Quite so," agreed Sonic. "Silver came from a timeline where this world was brought to ruin by Eggman Nega, so he was determined to prevent our timeline from suffering the same fate as his."

"Well, now it looks like we have another objective in our list," said Tails. "First we'll track down Silver, next we destroy the Death Egg after disabling the shield generator, and finally we get both him and Viper back where they came from."

"Sounds perfect," smiled Amy. "Percival, will you go and check on the Chaos Emeralds. We're going to need them very soon."

"Not a problem, Amy, I'll be back in a moment," replied Percival, and he hurried to his hut.

"I really appreciate all the help you guys are offering," said Viper. "All my allies back there are probably wondering where I am."

"Don't sweat it," said Sonic. "We also really appreciate you wanting to help us stop Eggman from taking over this world too."

Viper nodded, feeling content that his new friends accepted his assistance.

"No time like the present," said Blaze. "It's time we get a move on and start finding Silver. Perhaps he could also be of another help aside from Viper."

"Certainly," agreed Cynder. "Of course, we'll get started once Percival comes back."

"OH NO, NOT AGAIN!" screamed Percival.

Alerted, the team hurried into his hut and saw him in a state of distress.

"What is it, Percival?" asked Draco.

"The Chaos Emeralds!" exclaimed Percival. "Someone has broken in and stolen the Chaos Emeralds, just like last time!"


Author's Note: So now we know about Viper's backstory and how he ended up helping our heroes, but pressing matters have arisen with the Chaos Emeralds gone missing, yet again. More action to happen in the next chapter!