Ch 6: Back to Mobius

"Hey, Sonic?" Sonia asked him as the Leaf Storm reached Mobius, "Where did you learn that ability? Even mother and I couldn't do that."

Her brother smiled as he rubbed his nose, "When me and Tails got to Earth, I touched the Master Emerald and it shocked me. I think it gave me those new powers for some reason, like it was my fate. Cause when Tails touched it, he wasn't shocked."

"That sounds interesting," Ash said, "So now you can like warp reality and stuff like that?"

Sonic shook his head, "Naw. I have the power to manipulate time. I can only freeze it or slow it down. I also have aerokinesis and other abilities called Chaos Powers. They're really cool, but I don't use them often. But enough about me, what happened? And what about mom?" the Freedom Fighters remained silent. Sonic could sense that it was something they did not want to bring up, "Guys… what happened to mom?"

Mina was the first to speak, "…The queen tried to fight Dark Oak. That thing put a curse on her and now she can't wake up."

"WHAT? You mean mom is-!"

"Don't worry Sonic," Sally cut in, "She's in a sleeping trance. I think it would take the combine powers of you and your sibs to wake her up. You are the Counsel of Four after all. Right now, we need to get the Time Stones first."

"If you say so."

The Leaf Storm entered the atmosphere and went into a snowy area called the Central White Zone. It was a snowy field with a train station. The Leaf Storm landed and entered the station from the runway. "Come on, bro," Manic said as they exited the Leaf Storm, "We have some people waiting for us."

The Freedom Fighters went into the café area of the station where the found five people waiting for them, "Well now," said an elderly blue hedgehog as he stood up, "Back so soon?" he soon noticed Sonic and Tails, "S-S-Sonic! Tails! You both are still alive! But I see you both are still quite short!" he ran to hug his nephew and his kid brother.

"Oh man!" Sonic smiled as he returned the hug, "I missed you too Uncle Chuck. And you're not robotized anymore! That's even cooler!"

"So you are alive!" Edna and Loran squealed as the also grabbed Sonic and Tails in a hug, "We thought you both were dead!"

"Hey, we're cool!" Tails laughed.

"Sonic and Tails," Maximillian Acorn, the former King of Mobius and Sally's father smiled gently at them, "Good to see you both still alive and well."

"Good to see you out of the Zone of Silence, sir," Sonic nodded.

"I see you were fated for an even larger task after the dethroning of Robotnik," the Oracle of Delphius said, "I can see that you have gained more intelligence, wisdom and strength from the last time I saw you."

Sonic nodded again and rubbed his nose with a smile, "So the Metarex are back, huh? What's been going on?"

"Actually, it has been rather quite since Dark Oak appeared," Uncle Chuck explained.

"That's because they've been messin' around with the other planets." Bunnie said, "We managed to catch up with em' on Earth where we found Sugar-Hog and Tails."

"I see," Maximillian said as he sipped some of his tea, "So the Metarex do not want any more mistakes this time."

"And now that they have what they were looking for," Bark continued, "They are coming back here. Luckily, thanks to Sonic, we got here much faster before they did."

"It would seem now we need to locate the seven Time Stones." the Oracle said as he rubbed his chin.

"Luckily, we have already found one," Edna said, "It's being transported here right now. While we wait, why don't you boys tell us what you both have been doing this past year?"

So over some hot coco, Sonic and Tails told their old friends about their past adventures on Earth. They were all amazed about everything the accomplished, the trouble they went through, the new friends they made and the rivals and enemies that challenged their abilities. Maximillian was the first to speak.

"I am… speechless. During your first days on Earth, you challenged an angry god unleashed by Dr. Eggman."

"And after that, you were framed by a black hedgehog that looked like you and you had to clear your name?" Mighty continued.

"Then Metal Sonic portrayed himself as Eggman to get his revenge on you," Loran went on.

"And another band of aliens tried to evade Earth?" Sonia said.

"Then this band of thieves challenged your speed?" Cosmo added.

"And long after that you had to fight another beast unearthed by Eggman's antics," Ash finished, "You guys sure were busy."

"And those were just a few of our adventures," Tails said.

"And these Chaos Emeralds," Chuck said in awe, "I never thought there would be something more powerful then the Time Stones."

"But… you were killed once?" Fiona said. "How were you revived?"

"That's… pretty complicated," Sonic answered with a hidden blush, "But what have you guys been up to?"

"Well…" Mina started with a smirk, "I became a famous singing idol with big brother as my manager."

"Really?" Tails smiled, "I knew you could do it! Keep at it!"

"And I became a fashion designer," Honey added.

"Sweet!" Sonic grinned, "Guess you guys haven't had any dull moments ether!"

The PA in the station let out static before someone began speaking, "Attention, attention. The train is now approaching the station in T-minus… hey! What the… w-who are you!? AHHH!" that was all they heard before it when dead.

"What the hell?" Fiona gasped.

"Someone is after the Time Stone?!" Bunnie asked.

"Is it Sleet, Dingo and Whiplash?!" Sonic demanded.

"I think so," Manic answered, "Even with their boss gone, those guys still cause trouble."

"We have to stop them! Freedom Fighters move out!" Ash ordered as he, Sonic, Mighty and Bunnie moved in to stop the criminals.

Outside on one the front car two dogs and a cobra jumped out with the cobra holding a green stone, "That was really easy!" said the big orange dog Dingo.

"Yes," the grey dog, Sleet nodded, "The security in there is rather poor."

"Don't let your guard down now, boys," the cobra, Whiplash said, "We aren't off the road yet." The hunters started to run off the train but the found themselves stopped by the four young rebels.

"The Freedom Fighters! Sleet gasped, "I didn't think you kids would arrive back here so… hm?" He soon noticed the lost members of the force, "Well, well, if it isn't the prince. So you are still alive eh?"

"Long time no see, handsome," Whiplash cooed as she licked her fangs seductively, still knowing of Sonic's weakness with women, "You look much cuter than when I last saw you."

"Sh… shut up Whiplash," Sonic stammered, trying to hide his shyness, "Give us that Time Stone you have! We need it!"

"Sorry but so do we!" Dingo huffed.

"If you want it so badly, just try to take it!" Sleet challenged as he pulled out a laser blaster and fired several blasts at the Freedom Fighters. They managed to quickly dodge them.

"Come on, guys you can't be this stupid!" Ash shouted a he and Bunnie escaped another blast, "We already outnumber you! That and the fact that we're on a moving train!"

"You think we're supposed to be afraid of children like you?" Sleet laughed as continued firing.

Dingo charged at Mighty, ready to crush him. But as soon as he got on top of him, Mighty lifted him over his head, "Come on, now," Mighty frowned, "Even you know that my strength greatly surpasses yours!"

"Heh heh," Dingo sweatdroped, "I forget things sometimes."

Meanwhile, Sonic was swiftly evading Whiplash's whip strikes with ease. What made it difficult was that it was the girl who would constantly seduce him any chance she got that was throwing the whip. As mentioned before, Sonic has a weakness with women; he was bullied by girls a lot during his youth and that gave him a mild case of gynophobia. Suddenly, she twilled her whip around him and brought him close to her. He gulped as her blue eyes locked with his emerald ones, "Still fast as ever," she whispered and she licked his cheek, "But still having trouble with girls like me. You haven't changed one bit."

Sonic squirmed before he unraveled himself and kept his distance from Whiplash, "The Time Stone! Now!"

"You want it?" she smiled as she stuffed the Stone in her chest, "Come and get it."

Since grinned, which confused Whiplash, as her brought out his Copy Emerald, "If you say so! Adrenaline Rush!" Sonic used his aerokinesis to summon a blast of freezing wind. Whiplash was blown back and dropped the Stone. Sonic picked it up grinning. Sleet saw this and began to aim at him but Bunnie shut him down with a stun blast from her arm.

"You sure weren't kidding when you said you gained new powers, Sugar," Bunnie smiled at him.

Sonic smiled back, "Yep. Pretty cool, huh? Looks like the three amigos are still making a mess though. Even with Eggman not bossing them around…"

"We'll after you vanished and the war ended, they were pretty much out of the job. So the reverted to robbery," Ash explained, "…Where are they anyway?" they all looked around the train to see the three bandits gone."

"The best thing that they're good at is making disappearing acts," Mighty said, "We got what we came fore though, let's stop this train."

TIME BREAK

"So you got the first Time Stone!" Maximillian smiled, "Good show, children!"

"Looks like you tikes still have your mad skills!" Chuck nodded.

"Still," the Oracle reminder them, "Time is getting short. I sense the Metarex approaching."

"Then we have to get the rest of the Time Stones before they come," Sonia said, "Then we can reawaken mother and she can help us stop them!"

"Then we had better be on our guard. Use caution but also speed… the Metarex will be searching for the Time Stones as well. We will be staying at Castle Oblivion for the time being. Good luck brave heroes!" the Oracle said as he warped him and the adults to the castle.

"Looks like we've got a lot of work to do," Sally sighed.

"Yep," Sonic nodded, "So where to next?"