Me: Well, here's a bit of a quicker update than usual. Thank you to TatlTails for pointing out the real name of Chris' wife. I'm too lazy to go back and fix it so I'm just gonna say that Chris and Helen had a falling out, and he is now married to Alexandra. As well, looking over the 3 positive reviews I've had for The Darkness Within, I will eventually be turning it into a fanfiction as well. Not until I'm done one of the 2 I'm still working on though.

Brightshadow: Idalia doesn't own TMNT or Sonic the Hedgehog or all related characters.

The old station

"So Knuckles, how did you get here anyways? Might help me figure out how I got here too. One minute I'm in Apotos and the next I'm in an alley having to fight alien robots they call the Kraang."

"Well…you were missing for a few months before I got here."

Sonic paled.

"Wh...What? A FEW MONTHS!"

Knuckles flinched and nodded.

"It was after a week when you first went missing that Tails started getting worried. He started building a machine to track you down. After picking up your Chaos Energy signature in a whole different dimension, Tails started on another machine to get us here. He only just got it to work in the past few days."

"I still don't get it…I've been here for 2 days at the most!"

Knuckles shrugged.

"Tails would be able to figure it out, but I don't know what happened to him. He must have been transported to somewhere else in the city; we can search for him after dark."

At the dark look in Sonic's eyes, Shadow came over from where he was watching the 4 brothers' train.

"Sonic, Tails knows you well enough; he won't care what you look like. Tails also knows better than to judge by looks, I can pretty much guarantee that he won't have the same reaction as Knuckles."

"I believe your friend is right. This 'Tails' sounds much like my sons, especially Donatello. Most people are not quick to judge on appearance alone."

Sonic smiled.

"Thank you Master Splinter. You too Shadow."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Sonic was knocked over by an orange-haired human. In a grip tight enough to suffocate, Sonic squirmed but couldn't get out. Finally resorting to desperate measures, Sonic concentrated and Chaos Controlled out. When Shadow and Knuckles stared at Sonic, both apparently unaware that Sonic could USE Chaos Energy, Sonic just shrugged before focusing back on the human. The Turtles were in a circle around the human, but apparently unaware of them, the human was focused on the 3 sapients in a tight group nearby.

"Sonic...Shadow…Knuckles…it really is you guys!"

Still slightly in shock, Shadow was the first one to speak.

"Who the HELL are you?"

A younger looking version of the human stepped out from hiding behind the first and spoke to the older version.

"Dad...maybe their memories were wiped by the Chaos Emeralds as well? You said it was a possibility."

Sonic, still slightly grumpy about the past few hours, scowled and crossed his arms.

"The three of us are too important to the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds for them to wipe our memories. Trust me; we've never met you in our lives."

"That's…then how have I met you before?! I KNOW my memories aren't faked…I've gone through too much for them to be all unreal. I'm not the only one either; my wife remembers everything that's happened!"

Donatello interrupted the human before he could panic even more.

"You know, there are theories that there are alternate versions of our world. Just…try to imagine that every time you make a decision, good or bad, a new world pops up where you made the opposite decision. It could be almost the exact same as your world, but there could also be ones out there that are so different from your world it seems nearly impossible. This means it's very possible you DID meet Sonic, just a different version of him."

Looking over at the human and deeming it safe to try Sonic walked over to him.

"Let's try this again. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog; this is Shadow, Knuckles, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo. Nice to meet you."

The human took the proffered hand and shook.

"I'm Christopher Thorndyke and this is my son Michael. Nice to meet you too."

Elsewhere in the city

The fur on the back of his neck rising, Tails followed the strangely clothed man into a large room, feeling very uneasy. He had almost started laughing when the man had found him and said something about a Master Shredder, which had at first sounded like some sort of salad maker…until he actually met him. The feeling Tails got from him was horrible, even worse than the feeling Nazo had given off. When he was told he was being commissioned to test a mind control device that the Shredder's lackeys had been working on, Tails did the only thing he could think of. He told the Shredder he was a mechanical genius and could make one that would outlast and outdo the one already made. Tails was ashamed but he had to do whatever he could to stay alive until Knuckles found him. Tails did feel better about the device he made once he was shown a picture of the strange creature the device would be used on. He was told of an ooze that some in the city had come in contact with, and according to them, this creature was one reaction some unfortunate soul had. Looking again at the picture, Tails couldn't help but think it looked a little bit like Sonic. It looked part wolf and part hedgehog, and absolutely vicious. Muscled, and with sharp looking claws and teeth, Tails couldn't help but think he was doing the right thing.

Whipping around, the door opened and one of the Shredders lackeys walked in, followed by someone he recognized.

"Blaze! Oh my gosh, how did you get here? Did they do anything to you? Was there anyone else with you?"

"Tails, slow down! No there wasn't anyone else with me, no they didn't do anything to me, and I don't know how I got here."

"Oh…ok. I just thought that if you were here, you might know where Sonic was! He disappeared a few months ago and I was able to trace his Chaos Energy signature to this world. Took me a few tries, but I finally managed to make a portal here. I got taken by these guys not long after arriving here. They've had me work on a collar for a creature running around the city. I'm hoping they let me go soon now that I've finished making it."

Blaze sighed and looked sadly at Tails.

"I don't think they're going to let us go even if you've finished making it. They're going to want someone to test their control over the creature on."

Tails paled and shook his head frantically.

"They promised I'd be safe until I finished making it!"

At that Blaze looked at Tails, pity written all over her face.

"Until it's finished…you said you finished it earlier today. Tails…we have to get ourselves out, we can't trust them to let us go."

Looking frustrated Tails nodded.

"Let's get planning."

Me: Two more characters introduced, and that is IT for the Sonic fandom. There will be one more TMNT character added (free cyber cookie for all those who figure out who, nice and obvious as long as you've seen an episode or two of the show). For those of you wondering what's going to happen with the mind control collar…you should have a good idea reading this chapter, and YES, I'm evil enough to do it. Right then, review replies!

TatlTails: I agree….never EVER type the word 'thar' again ;) Glad you liked the last chapter.

madagascarmaster:We've got Tails for Donnie, Knuckles for Raphael, Sonic matches up to Leo at night and is more like Mikey during the day, Blaze matches up to the character I have yet to introduce, and Shadow is just….Shadow. No one can pull off the 'leave me alone' grumpiness like Shadow can.

Girl of Darkness10: I have to disagree with you a little there. Dark Sonic has to be my favorite of Sonic's different forms, Werehog is second best ;) As for Chris, I know most people think he's useless, but in all honesty, I like him too. They didn't do the TV series to match up exactly to the games, and Chris gave the show a bit of uniqueness. Glad you like my story!