New Beginnings - Part 3

This doesn't look good, Axel thought. That weasel didn't really look friendly (seeing how he just destroyed the wall behind the stage), and he had a very muscular dingo alongside a squad of swat bots on his side. And with all the innocent civilians here…

Suddenly, something hit a Swat Bot, which knocked it over. It was Trey's snare drum! "We ain't going without a fight!," he yelled at the Weasel. Everyone else in the theater agreed, as instruments, soda cans, among other things, were thrown at the other Swat Bots. Certain people in the crowd, as well as the Mastodons themselves, ran onstage to join the fight.

"Argh!," the Weasel groaned. "Troops, open fire!" As the Swat Bots started shooting at the crowd, the Weasel turned to the dingo. "Dingo! Get the hedgehog!"

"Ya got it Sleet!," Dingo said. He turned towards Axel, who was in a fighting stance. Dingo then ran towards Axel, arms stretched out to grab him. As Axel was about to move out of the way, he suddenly realized that he was already where he thought to move!

Wait, what?, he thought. I didn't even run over here like I thought I was going to. I literally just thought about being over here and I just appeared here!

Dingo was equally confused. He had just been running at Axel when suddenly there was a quick flash of red light and he disappeared! Turning around, he saw the hedgehog in question was behind him to his right. Of course, as dumb as he was, Dingo didn't think about the fact that Axel teleported behind him. He just started running over at him again.

Testing a hunch, Axel thought about being behind Dingo again. Just like last time, he appeared right behind him! Somehow I have the ability to teleport to anywhere I'm thinking!, he thought. Hey, I bet I can get the guys out safely! He quickly thought about where Tails was on stage (throwing gear at a Swat Bot), and he teleported over to him.

"Axel!," Tails exclaimed. "Wait, wha-?" But before Tails could finish, Axel teleported himself and the fox outside of the theater.

"What the-, where'd he go?," Sleet said confused.

Meanwhile, through his recently discovered ability to teleport, Axel got himself and Tails outside of the Theater. "Alright!," Axel said. "Now I just need to get-"

"Surrender citizen," a robotic voice said. Axe looked up and gulped. There was a squad of Swat Bots around him and Tails - all with their blasters pointed.

Play it cool Axe, he thought. I just need to teleport me and Tails somewhere else. But before he could do so, he heard a voice yelling in his direction.

"Hey bucket heads!," Sonic yelled. "Over here!" As the Swat Bots turned around, the saw Sonic standing by the theater. He touched his medallion to activate his guitar. Then he changed it to gun mode, and started shooting at the Swat Bots.

Man, Axel thought. I gotta get myself one of those guitars. Meanwhile, Sonia and Manic heard the commotion also ran outside to join their brother.

"Looks like we have trouble sis!," Manic said as he pointed out the squad of Swat Bots. "There's gotta be somewhere around 15 to 20 of them!"

Sonia rubbed her chin in thought for a second. "Ya know," she said. "We don't have to play stealthy today. So you want to try that song we've been practicing?"

"Good idea sis!," Manic replied as he rubbed his hand with a mischievous smile on his face. "Just give me some cover fire first!"

"You got it!," Sonia replied as she activated her keyboard and switched it to gun mode. As Sonia started shooting at the Swat Bots (who were starting to give return fire), Manic ran over to where Axel was.

"Hey guys!," he said. The Swat Bots then turned to face him, and he activated his drums. "We gotta a little something' special for ya that I like to call Hot for Teacher!" Manic then started playing a very familiar groove between his toms and his bass drum. As he did so, the ground around started to shake, making the Swat Bots lose their balance. As Manic moved to his ride cymbal, Sonic turned his guitar back to music mode and began playing the song intro.

It was at that point that Axel felt an unrestible urge to touch his medallion. As he did so, there was a flash of light, and a five string bass appeared in his hands! As he stared in awe at the instrument, he began to "feel" the song Sonic and Manic were playing. He had never learned to play "Hot For Teacher" before, yet somehow he felt as if he knew the song all his life, as he jumped into the song as well. Soon, he started singing it.

"I heard you missed us, we're back!"

~Oh yeah!~~T-T-teacher stop that screamin'Teacher don't you see?Don't wanna be no uptown foolMaybe I should go to hellBut I am doing wellTeacher needs to see me after school~

Soon, the other hedgehogs started harmonizing with him. They had never practiced the song before, but somehow it was almost as they had playing the song together all their lives.

~I think of all the education that I've missedBut then my homework was never quite like this!~~Ow! Got it bad,Got it bad,Got it bad,I'm hot for teacher!I've got it bad, so badI'm hot for teacher!~

~I heard about your lessonsBut lessons are so coldI didn't know about this schoolLittle girl from Cherry LawnHow can you be so bold?How did you know that golden rule?~~I think of all the education that I've missedBut then my homework was never quite like this!~~Whoa! Got it bad,Got it bad,Got it bad,I'm hot for teacher!I've got it bad, so badI'm hot for teacher!~~Whoa!~

It was during the guitar solo when Sleet decided that he couldn't stand the song anymore. He ran outside with Dingo and the other Swat Bots to figure out what was going on, only to start losing his balance due to the ground shaking. "Whoa! What in Mobius' name is going on?" Then he saw almost of the Swat Bots knocked over and destroyed on the gorund. Menahwhile, the Sonic Underground (along with Axel) were finishing up their song.

"Argh!," Sleet yelled. "Dingo! Let's get outta here!"

"But Sleet!," Dingo replied. "Won't Robotnik be angry about us not bringing that red hedgehog back?"

"I don't care!," Sleet replied. "I just want to get away form this music!" And with that, the bounty hunter duo ran to their ship and flew away. Axel then got the last part of the song with a loud "Class dismissed!"

~I've got it bad,Got it bad,Got it bad,I'm hot for teacher!~~I've got it bad,Got it bad,Got it bad,I'm hot for teacher!~~Whoa!Oh! Ooh, yes I'm hotWow!~~Woo!~

As the song came to an epic close, every Swat Bot around the theater had been destroyed. But thanks to his now more advanced control over his earth powers, Manic hadn't destroyed the theater as well.

Axel stood in awe for a moment. Then he looked down at his bass. Where did this come from?, he thought to himself. His bass then turned to medallion mode, as if to answer the question. Axel then turned around to face the other hedgehogs. "That was… amazing!," he said. "How we play that song so well together even though I don't even know you?"

"That's what I wanna know dude!," as Manic turned his drums back to medallion mode. "I also want to know where you got your medallion?"

"Same here!," Sonic said as he returned his guitar to medallion mode. "Yours look a lot like ours!"

"I honestly don't know," Axel explained. "I've had this all my life. Ever since my family found me."

"Found you?," Sonia questioned. She put on a thinker's face for a moment. She then huddled with her brothers. "Do you think he could be-?"

"The Oracle did tell us to watch for an ally in the form of a relative," Sonic continued.

"But how'd we never know about him before?," Manic questioned.

"Because it would have been dangerous to know," an old and familiar voice said. The hedgehog triplets and Axel then turned around to see the Oracle of Delphius standing (in astral form) in front of them. "You see, your mother did not have triplets as you were originally told. She had quadruplets. Unfortunately, one of the children was very weak when he was born. That child was kept in the care of the royal doctors, and his father, as his sibling often went out to play."

"Wait, our father?," Manic asked, but he was shushed. The Oracle continued.

"Just as the weak child was about ready to go out and join his sibling in play, doctor Robotnik began his reign of terror. When the Acorn kingdom fell under his rule, the king went into hiding, taking the weak child with him.

A month later, Robotnik had arrived at Mobotropolis, and soon took control. The remaining three children and their mother were separated for their safety. The father also separated from the last child for his safety as well."

The Oracle then turned to Axel. "That forth child is you, Axel. Or should I say, Prince Axel?"

"Wait a minute," Axel said. "Are you telling me I'm one of the royal children?"

"Also," Sonia interjected. "You're saying that our father's out there too?"

"Yes," the Oracle replied. "Your father is out there. However, that is not important right now. What is important is that Axel learns of his destiny to join you on your quest to defeat Robotnik."

"Waitasec - what about the council of four?," Sonic asked. "I thought that was just Sonia, Manic, mother and me?"

"It is," the Oracle. "While Axel and your father may not be part of the council of four, they still play an important role in the defeat of Robotnik."

"So, does this mean I have to leave my friends - and my band?," Axel said.

"I'm afraid so, Axel," the Oracle answered. "But, it must be done in order for Robotnik to be defeated."

Axel stood for a second thinking. He hated to leave his friends. When they were in the middle of their first tour together as a band, no less! However, one of the reasons they had put the band together was to put out messages of hope and freedom. And he was certainly was going to do better at that being with these people - supposedly his siblings - than with The Shenanigans. "Alright, I'll so it."

Soon, everyone was gathered around the Underground van. The members of The Shenanigans were in tears with the thought of Axel going away with his siblings. Nonetheless, they knew it had to be done. They all started giving hugs to their friend.

"I'm gonna miss you man," Trey said as he hugged Axel. "You've always been like a little brother to me."

"And a big brother to me!," Tails said as he hugged Axel and his brother. Mike and Mina also joined in the group hug. "Thanks guys," Axel said in tears. "You've all basically been family to me. I'm going to miss you so much."

When the hug ended, Axel then walked over to the Underground Van where his siblings were waiting for him. With a final wave goodbye , he boarded the Van.

"Here we go," Manic said as he started the engine. As the quartet drove away into the sunset, Axel began to ponder about what way ahead of him on this new adventure. If he only knew what was to come…

Song featured:

Hot for Teacher - Van Halen (1984, 1984)

Author's Note: Special thanks to prettyflower34 for fallowing and srb2adx for fallowing and favoriting! Don't forget to PM me song requests! It will help make this fanfiction a lot cooler! Now if you'll excuse me, I going to get back to listening to "Alive at Last" by Train right now. XD