Ch 3: Origins II

It was in the morning when Tails informed his fellow Freedom Fighters that Eggman had once again managed to breach the domed city of Knothole. Right now, he was flying his newest machine, the Egg Hornet, and was destroying sections of the city. A beam of ice knocked the doctor to the side as the machine was temporarily frozen.

"Nice work, Bark," Ash radioed in as he, Sally and Fiona stood from a safe distance, "But I don't think that was enough."

"Bunnie, see if you can knock him out of the sky!"

"I here ya, Sally-Girl!" the sixteen year old cyborg rabbit shouted in her Texan accent as she fired some missiles at Eggman who managed to evade them. Mighty used his geokinesis throw some boulders and smash the Egg Hornet to the ground.

Fiona smirked in satisfaction, "Mina, Honey, your call."

"Roger!" Mina responded, "We'll secure the area!" she and Honey ran to the site, when all of a sudden the Egg Hornet, rose from the ground.

"What?!" Honey gasped, "That thing's hardly damaged!"

"Heh heh heh…" Eggman snickered darkly, "You honestly thought that it could stop me? Give me a break!" Eggman launched more missiles all over the battlefield. One missile struck a building and Mina was right under it as it fell.

"Mina! Get out of there!" Ash yelled.

Mina, however, was just paralyzed with fear. As she braced for impacted, a blue blur caught her just as the building fell and placed her in a safe distance. It was a thirteen year old blue hedgehog with red running sleeks, emerald eyes and a sapphire lion pendant small enough to fit in his fist around his neck.

"Whew… thanks, Sonic!" Mina smiled.

"No problemo!" He winked, "Hang tough!" he ran after the machine as he evaded more missiles. He jumped and used Homing Spin to knock it back. "It doesn't have to be this way!"

"Oh, yes it does!" as Eggman charged at him, Sonic retaliated with another Homing Spin and blasted him out into the sky and out of the city as the dome reactivated. He wiped his brow as he sighed in relief.

Minutes later, the Officials was cleaning up the mess as Sonic looked on. He soon saw the third in command of the Freedom Fighters storming up to him. Sonic let out a nervous laugh.

"He he, well another rotten egg smashed, huh Fiona?"

"You sure have some nerve to be acting that way when you messed up again!"

"Messed up? Hey, I did stop Eggman!"

"But you didn't capture him! As always, you let him off! You know we can't do that after all he's done!"

"May I remind you that I did save Mina's life?"

"May I remind YOU that last time your antics nearly got Bunnie killed?"

"Alright, I was just off my game that time…"

"This is not a game. I thought you'd realize it by now. None of this is a game."

"I meant-"

"That's just what I don't like about you. You think that you're the spot light of everything; everything is all about you."

"I-"

"I've seen it all the time, you just play hero to get all the attention. My God, sometimes you're hopeless," with that, she walked off as Ash came up to Sonic and placed a hand of comfort on his shoulder. Sonic just sighed…

Later during the day in the Knothole Village where the Resistance spent most of their days, Sonic was talking to his kid brother, Tails, who was working on a computer, "Aunt Sally told me about the spat between you and Fiona. Sorry to here that."

"Yeah, she's been doing that since I first got to Knothole. All she does is look down on me all because I'm not as serious as the others…"

"I can understand her though, she's the only one who has the most grudge against Eggman. Unlike everyone else, she saw her parents murdered. We still don't know what happened to our parents, but… Still, she could be less harsh."

"I don't know," he sighed as he looked to the ground, "I think she hates me."

"No way!" Tails said as he gave Sonic a teasing look, "Fiona LLOOOOOOOVES you Sonic!"

"Hey!" Sonic shouted with an angry blush.

"Hahaha. Come on, Sonic, you know I was just joking…"

"Attention!"

Everyone turned from their business to see Fiona walking in with tickets in her hand, "As you all know, it's my fifteenth birthday today. So, I managed to get some tickets for us to go to Casino Night Zone to celebrate!"

"Casino Night Zone??" Mina gasped, "Wow! I always wanted to go there!"

"Well, today's your lucky day," Fiona started to hand out the tickets to everyone, however, when she got to Sonic… "Well, that everybody who's anybody," she said as she kept the other tickets out of his reach and walked away.

Sonic looked rather disheartened as Sally walked up to him, "Hang on, Sonic. I got this," and went after Fiona.

"Hey! Fiona!" the squirrel princess called after her, "What was that all about, huh? Why'd you disrespect Sonic like that?"

"'Cause I don't like him," she spat as she swirled around, "And I don't like his attitude."

"Look, sometimes I think he can be immature too, but it doesn't stop me from being his friend. Just give Sonic a chance and invite him to the party."

"Why should I? He'll just screw up everything like he always does."

"You know that's not true. Just give him a chance; he can be a really sweet guy."

"You know, Sal, sometimes I wish I could believe you…" with that, she walked away leaving Sally to shake her head in disbelief. Sometimes, she couldn't understand why Sonic was attracted to her. No matter how many times he would try to please her, she still treated him like dirt.

That night, everyone was Casino Night Zone for the party, everyone but Sonic that is as he was uninvited, so he stayed and played on his guitar. Edna and Loran, the two old ladies who looked after the Freedom Fighters, could see the discouraged/bored look on his face, "It's tough to be the second youngest, isn't it?" Edna said.

"Yeah…"

"Why the long face, sonny?"

"Nothin'…"

"Nothing, eh?" Loran said, "Doesn't look like it. Well, we're going to a karaoke fest. Would you like to come?"

"If you want me to," he smiled.

At the club, the people applauded as Sonic came up to the stage. Though everyone was cheering, he still had his mind set on certain things.

"You ruined my machine by tripping over some cord, you klutz… You were the one I tripped over that made me become this…"

"This is not a game… I thought you'd realize it by now…. None of this is a game…"

Wiping his brow, he began to play a nostalgic tune on his guitar.

Meanwhile, a green hedgehog around the age of twelve with a green dragon medallion was walking near the club with an adult beetle carrying some loot. The hedgehog's ear suddenly perked up.

"Whoa, what's that rad rhythm I hear? Sound's really familiar…"

"What was that, Manic? I don't hear anything."

"Meet ya at that hideout, Farrell," Manic said as he gave his boss the loot, "There's something I gotta check out."

Elsewhere, a group of fourteen year girls were walking and chatting. One girl in particular was a magenta hedgehog with a purple unicorn medallion. Her ears perked up.

"What's that music? I think I've heard it somewhere before…"

"What music, Sonia?" asked a blue raven, "I don't here anything." The other girls nodded.

"Listen guys, I'll meet up with you later," she said as she ran off.

Back in the club, Sonic continued to strum on his guitar. At the moment, he felt useless. Like there was nothing in the world he could do right. Was he really just a pain in the ass?

"Wow, that's some gloomy rhythm."

Sonic turned around and found a green hedgehog walking to the drum set.

"Music should be hype and lively. Like this!" the hedgehog made a couple of beets on his drums with rhythm and balance.

"Or better yet…" said a magenta hedgehog that jumped on to an electric keyboard, "Like this!" she wiggled her fingers on the keys to create a spicy rhythm.

"Actually," Sonic said as he grinned, "I do know another song. Wanna help me with it?"

"Oh yeah!" they both said.

"Okay, try to keep up!" With that, they began to jam up a lively tune that had the audience cheering as Sonic took the vocals.

Well, I don't show off, don't criticize. I'm just living by my own feelings.

And I won't give in, won't compromise. 'Cause I only have a steadfast heart of gold.

I don't know why I can't lead though it might be though. 'Cause I ain't outta control, just living by my word.

Don't ask me why, I don't need a reason. I got my way, my own way…

Manic and Sonia suddenly recognized the lyrics. Not knowing why they did, they decide to sing along anyway.

It doesn't matter now what happens I will never give up the fight. There is no way I will run away from all of my price.

Long as the voice inside me says so I will always keep on runnin'. And there's no one to stop me from goin' to the very top.

It doesn't matter who is wrong or who is right.

Well, I won't look back, I don't need to. Time won't wait and I've got so much to do.

Where do I start? It's all a blur that's so unclear. Well I don't know but I can't be wrong…

This fight is not for anybody, it is clearly for myself. There is no way I will give up till the very end.

I can't tell what is wrong and what it is right I've got to find the answer. But until I do there's no way I will ever give up.

Place all your bet's for the one you think is right…

Sonic now felt a warm felling inside of him as did all other hedgehogs. As they were doing the instrumental, they felt as if they knew each other. But from where?

It doesn't matter now what happens I will never give up the fight. There is no way I will run away from all of my price.

Long as the voice inside me says so I will always keep on runnin'. And there's no one to stop me from goin' to the very top.

It doesn't matter who is wrong or who is right!

As the conclusion of the song cleared, the crowd jumped out of there seats and roared with great ambition. The hedgehogs walked up and took a bow.

"Now that was some radical tunes, Sonic!" Manic grinned.

"Huh? How do you know me?"

"Uh…"

"Wait… Sonic? Manic?"

"Sonia?" the hedgehog boys gasped.

The three stared at each other for a good long time. The cheering seemed to fade out as they did. Just where have they seen one another before…?

"Who ARE you guys?"

BOOM!

The audience screamed in terror and fright as a giant robot on four legs armed with missile launchers stomped into the club, "Sorry if I'm too late," Eggman laughed, "I know you didn't invite me… so I crashed!"

"Eggman!" Sonic shouted. "How many times can you even break the dome?!:"

"Ah, Sonic. I didn't recognize you without your pesky Freedom Fighter friends with you. Actually, I didn't break the dome, I just went under it. And for the last time it is Robotnik!"

"Freedom Fighters?" Manic gasped as he looked at the blue hedgehog, "You fought him before didn't you?"

"All in a days work!"

"Let's see if any of you is fit to face my Egg Walker!" Eggman shouted as he fired missiles at the triples. They jumped away from the assault. Eggman continued his attack on Sonic as he swiftly jumped from wall to certain and etcetera. As he leapt high into the air, he did a summersault before delivering one of his lethal kicks on a leg of the machine.

"You guys follow the crowd and get out of here!" Sonic yelled as he landed, "This is too dangerous!"

"No way, man!" Manic yelled as he grabbed a piece of metal and ran to the to the Egg Walker, "We're gonna help!"

"Yeah, this creep is going down!" Sonia shouted as she threw some trash at the mech.

"Gah! Knock it off you twit!" Eggman snarled as the Egg Walker stomped its foot to emitted shockwaves. Sonia jumped away in an athletic back flip.

"Hey! Egg-In-The-Face! Pay attention!" Sonic slammed into another leg with a Homing Spin. Manic threw the metal into the other leg causing it to lose power. Eggman swerved uncontrollable as he fired more missiles around the club. Explosions erupted everywhere as they hedgehogs jump around to avoid getting hit. Sonia was struck on the back by rubble. Another round of missiles fired, but this time they were all aimed at…

"Sonia! Look out!"

Sonia woozily got up as she opened her eyes which now shined purple with her unicorn medallion. The missiles stopped in their tracks instantly.

"Whoa!" Manic gawked.

"Sonia… you rule…" Sonic gasped.

At her gestured command, the missiles flew at the Egg Walker and exploded against it. Eggman yelled in shock and fury as it happened. Sonia raised her hands as the Egg Walker levitated and slammed into the ground. The mad doctor tried to make a break for it on his Egg Mobile but Sonic jumped and kicked it sky high. Sonia slumped to her knees as the two hedgehogs helped her up.

"How'd the heck did you do that?" Manic asked her.

"I… don't know… I felt like I knew somehow…"

"Well, whatever you pulled, you gave that Egghead an old school whomping!" Sonic grinned as the walked out, "Let's get outta here guys…"

Later on in Eggman's base, Eggman snarled in fury as he rubbed his sore bald head, "Darts! Even with one blasted Freedom Fighter facing me, I still got crushed! Those three blasted hedgehogs!!..." the word 'hedgehogs' dawned on to him… "Wait… hedgehogs? Could it be… THEM? If it is... the prophecy!" he turned his chair and pressed a holographic security cam of him sleeping. In a flash of light, an iguana in a black cloak appeared. The Eggman in the cam woke up with a start.

"Robotnik, your days of tyranny are numbered!" the iguana boomed.

"What is the meaning of this!?" holographic Eggman snarled as he reached for a button to call his robots. The iguana used his magic to keep him from moving.

"You will listen! One day, Queen Aleena and her three children will form the Council of Four. On that day, your reign of tyranny will come to an end!" With those words said, the recording ended.

"That rotten blue hedgehog!" Eggman growled as he slammed his right fist on the desk. Amazingly, it went right through. "I should have seen it before! Why did I take it so lightly?! If he and his siblings find the queen, Eggman Land is done for! I'm declaring war on the Resistance!"

The next day, Manic walked back to the hideout but found no one there. "Farrell? Farrell!" He saw something on the ground and sees that it was some of Farrell's clothing. He felt a strong feeling in his gut.

Something had happened to his friends…

Elsewhere…

"Citizen, you are under arrest!"

"Let go of me you brutes!"

Sonia walked into the mansion just in time to see her adoptive mother, Lady Windimere, being hulled off by several Egg Pawns, "Mama!" she gasped.

"Run, Sonia!" she pleaded, "Run!" Sonia hesitated slightly but then ran out of the mansion with the Egg Pawns on hot pursuit.

Sonia and Manic met up with one another again and agreed to go to the Knothole Village to find Sonic. They busted into the door, startling Ash who was listing to his CDs.

"Hey! What the…!?"

"Is Sonic here?" Manic asked.

"…Yeah, I think so. Why?"

"We have to see him! It's urgent!" Sonia said.

So all of the Freedom Fighters gathered and listened to Sonia and Manic close encounters with the robots and how their legal guardians were kidnapped, "Oh mah stars!" Bunnie gasped, "That's terrible!"

"But why do you think Eggman was after them?" Mighty asked.

"Don't know, but I don't want to find out," Fiona frowned as she pounded her fists together, "This is our chance to bring Eggman down once and for all!" Just then, a flash of light blinded everyone in the room. It cleared as the cloaked iguana appeared before them.

"I am sorry children," the iguana said grimly, "I am afraid it is too late." He threw magic dust in the air and it showed robotic versions of Farrell and Lady Windimere.

"Oh no!" Sonia cried.

"They're… robotosized …" Manic chocked.

"Damn it!" Fiona balled her fists as tears poured from her eyes, "Not more victims…"

"Who are you?" Mina asked.

"I am the Oracle of Delphius," he bowed, "I am here for Sonic, Sonia and Manic for they have an important mission to fulfill."

"What kind of mission?" Sally asked.

"Young hedgehogs… do you wish to know why you we're all left with a medallion? Now's the opportunity to discover your past."

"I always wondered why I had this," Sonia thought out loud as she looked at her medallion.

"Yeah, and why I couldn't bear to take it off!" Sonic added as he did the same.

Fiona stared furiously at Sonic. The boy as no sense of remorse, she thought to herself. "Have you really lost it this time?!" she snarled as she got into his face. He had an imaginary exclamation point appear over his head, "Eggman just robotosized their family and all you want to do is find out where your crummy necklace came from!?"

"There she goes again," Bark sighed.

"You're going a little far on him," Honey tried to calm her down.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" she bellowed as she cornered him, "I can't you keep your mind on the salutation!?"

"Enough child!" the Oracle intervened and pulled her back, "Do not speak to the prince in that matter!" Silence filled the room.

"What did you call, Sonic?" Tails blinked, "A… prince?"

"Yes, young fox. Sonic, Sonia and Manic are triplets you see. That is not all; they are the descendents of Queen Aleena I."

"Wow," Sally gasped, "Then that means… they have royal blood! They are the true heirs of the throne!"

"And… we're sibs?" Manic continued.

"I can see that this will take sometime to soak this in," the Oracle walked out the hut, "Take sometime to prepare and say your goodbyes. You must hurry! Time is of an essence!"

Later, the Freedom Fighters met with the descendents of Queen Aleena I for one last goodbye, "So this is it then," Ash sighed, "Time for you all to follow your destiny."

"With your mom found, Eggman will be off his rocker in no time," Bark grinned.

"Stay cool now!" Mighty gave a peace sign.

"Show that Egghead who he's messing with!" Mina smiled.

"Yeah, do it for us! Maybe we'll see each other again too!" Honey added.

"I always knew that the descendents would show up soon," Sally smiled as she hugged Sonic, "I just never thought that one would be right under my nose. I'm gonna miss you Sonic."

"It sure is gonna be borin' with out you, Sugar-Hog!" Bunnie cried as she grabbed Sonic in a crushing hug, "Get back here soon, ya hear?"

"Take it easy, Bunnie!" Sonic hacked.

"You're gonna come back, right Sonic?" Tails asked, sad that his big brother is leaving.

"Don't worry, little bro," Sonic smiled as he rubbed his head, "I'll be back sooner then you can say chill dogs twenty times without missing a beat!"

"Take care off yourselves!" Sonia smiled slightly.

"Keep your heads up!" Manic added.

Sonic turned to Fiona who looked at him with a slight glare. He could see in her eyes that she was sad as well, "So… you're a prince huh?"

"Yeah… kinda awkward. I'll come back…"

Fiona turned her back, "Just go. Do what you have to do," In another flash of light, the Oracle appeared again.

"Are you ready to begin the journey?"

"What journey?" Manic blinked, "We have to stop Eggman."

"And to stop him, you must make this journey of discovery and bonding! You have powers within you!"

"Powers?" Sonia asked in awe.

"Powers which you will need to fulfill your quest," he gave Sonic a scroll, "Follow this map and remember, you must learn to work with each other… the fate of Mobius is in your hands!" with that said, he vanished.

"Come on," Sonic said as he and his bother and sister held hands, "We have a long way to go."

As the triplets walked into the sunset, the Freedom Fighters dispatched one by one. Fiona was the only one to see them disappear. Slowly, she whipped a tear as she whisper something to herself.

"Till we met again…"