10:30 p.m.
As Sonic enters his room to the Soleanna Suite, Steve Prower the Fox turns away from his laptop and sees the hedgehog.
"Sonic, what took you so long?" he asks, "You had us worried sick. Amy even went out to look for you."
Us? Want to know why Sonic and friends are here?
You see, Princess Elise had invited some famous people to the Sun Festival and hopefully meet her. And of course, Sonic and Amy, along with their two other friends Tails and Knuckles were some of them. Since they were all minors, they needed to have an adult chaperone, and here we have Steve, Tails' dad. All their other parents were busy or just didn't want to go.
"Eggman showed up and kidnapped the princess," answers Sonic as he grabs his pajamas from his suitcase.
"DR. EGGMAN IS HERE?!" Steve shrieks loudly, but not loud enough for Tails and Knuckles to wake up, "Did you at least do anything?"
"Well, I did save her," Sonic explains, "But then Eggman's stupid robots came to attack. And of course, being my best self, I defeated them, and when I turned around, Eggman kidnaps her right on the spot!"
"That sounds fun," says Steve as he turns his laptop off.
"Not really," Sonic comments as he walks in the bathroom.
"I know," says the yellow fox, "I was being sarcastic!"
After Sonic changes into his pajamas, he plops on the bed he and Knuckles are sharing. "I'm too tired to save her," Sonic complains, "What should I do? Should I wait 'till morning? I don't even know where Eggman took her."
"Just get a good night sleep, and after we get ready, we'll get started on finding the princess," says Steve as he turns off the light, with him and Sonic going to sleep.
Meanwhile, in White Acropolis...
The alarm from Eggman's base is heard, as the Egg Gunners march forward, ready for battle. Another black hedgehog (this one has red highlights, red eyes, and a mouth) comes skating out of the snowy forest and towards the base. The Egg Gunner's shoot at him, but he runs through the robots, destroying them as he passes them. He then jumps into the base perimeter as an explosion is heard in the background and hides from the searchlights.
He then gets a call from GUN (Guardian Units of Nations) Headquarters and answers his watch.
"Transmission from HQ," says a random agent, "There's an SOS coming from Dr. Eggman's base. Our last communication from our agent was 26 hours ago. We expect an immediate rescue, Shadow Perez-Rodriguez."
Shadow's watch turns off and he says, "Understood. Initiating the mission now," and teleports away using Chaos Control.
Ten minutes later, in Eggman's base...
"YOU CAN'T LOCK ME IN HERE, ROBOT!" a female white bat, behind bars, yells.
"I know, but the doctor said you have to stay in here," says Robot, "And now will you excuse me, I need to go polish his guard dog."
Robot exits the room as the bat asks herself, "Polish his guard dog...? What is he talking about?"
Just then, Shadow comes in the room and notices the 14-year-old bat in the prison cell. "Rouge!" Shadow runs over to her, "What happened?"
"I was sent on a mission to grab something," Rouge explains, "and when I came here, Eggman's robot's kidnapped me and put me in this stupid cell!"
"Yeah that's nice," Shadow uncaringly responds as he karate chops the cell combination lock. Of course, it breaks, and the cell opens, with Rouge flying out of it.
"Now what did you need to get?" Shadow asks her.
Rouge answers by flying over to a statue-thing and grabs a miniature staff with some purple-ish stuff in it. Shadow takes one look at it and says, "I'm not impressed."
"Whatever," says Rouge, "Let's get out of here before Robot catches us."
Outside the base...
Shadow and Rouge have just walked out of the base with the staff.
"I can't believe you don't want to learn about this scepter!" Rouge complains to Shadow about her staff.
"Mobius, why are you yelling?" Shadow asks, "We're agents; we could get caught!"
Just then, a giant robot dog runs up to them and starts barking. Shadow and Rouge cannot believe their eyes.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?!" Shadow shrieks.
Robot comes over and answers, "This is one of our newest creations: the Egg Cerberus!" Shadow and Rouge exchange weird looks on their faces, wondering about the robot's name. "The doctor picked the name, not me."
"Well that explains it," Rouge replies.
"I swear, the doc needs to find better names for these things," Shadow says, facepalming himself.
"He really does," says Robot, "I tried to tell him that Cerberus had three heads, and this thing only has one, but he wouldn't listen." He then looks up at Egg Cerberus and yells, "Alright boy, attack them!"
Yes, I am stopping it right here. And spoilers, they beat the Egg Cerberus. Next chapter will involve more Shadow and Rouge, while Sonic and friends find the princess. Remember to review and I'll see you in Chapter 4!
