Eighteen Years Later

New Station Square - Time: 12:31 PM
November 24, 3540

Much has changed for the past eighteen years since the rise of Xiran. Once Hamon was killed, the entire city began to get destroyed, and Xiran created an empire to shape the world in his own image so he could watch the world burn, and nobody was against it because of how powerless they truly were without Hamon, while some were forced into being a soldier so it could help destroy the world, and some were born into it. But unknown to them that he had twin children, now grown up.

Inside the city, a Brown streak ran through an alleyway, and looked over the edge to see some soldiers from the new Xiran Empire strolling through to see the very same Brown hedgehog, Ken the Hedgehog. He was now grown up and looked very much like his father, except he now had glasses, wore a Brown and Grey shirt, also having a Black one armed backpack with it being held together by sports tape, along with his left arm and leg, also having Black pants with his Grey arrow symbol on it along with chains, Black and Grey shoes, a ring through his ear, and had White gloves with the palms being Black.

"Looks like it's clear now." Ken said to himself as he quickly sped through them, found a wall that had a poster of Xiran that said 'Hail Xiran', took out a spray paint can, and started spraying on it with Grey paint over it. "Oh man... Won't this be awesome?" He kept spray painting until he stopped, making his symbol on it. "There. Now THAT'S art!"

"Hey! What are you doing?!" A Mobian soldier asked with his gun in hand, in which Ken whistled a bit as a taunt and made him start shooting at him, with Ken running out of there. "I found one! Get him!"

"Haha! You can't catch me you slowpokes!" Ken said with a happy smile, with some of the new soldiers chasing after him through motorcycles or tanks. "Ok, now THAT'S just cheating!" They tried to punch him in the face, which they did successfully and made him trip on the road, with them circling around him and aiming their guns at him, to which he looked. "Wow... You really think that'll stop me?" He grabbed his chain from his pants, making them adjust their guns. "I'm not planning anything..." He quickly whipped it above him, catching onto a speeding train and taking him away. "Except I just did!"

"Get him!" A soldier asked while Ken got on top of the train and relaxed a bit.

"Ah... Now THIS is more like it!" He said while he walked over to the front of the train and sat onto it, enjoying the speed and view until snipers onto helicopters started flying over him, making him get up as they started shooting at him. "Hey now! These are only new duds!" They kept shooting while he started running off the train, with him jumping off and landing on the streets, with him starting to run until started jumping off of tank onto tank, until he quickly landed again and spindashed through the streets. While he spindashed through the street, tanks started to block the way, making him stop and they started to fire at him, making him jump backwards.

"You're not going anywhere you little rat!" A commander yelled in anger, with Ken looking around to see they circled around him and thinking they caught him, to which he sighed.

"Man... I'm guessing you didn't learn at all?" Ken asked in which he raised his hand, with his spray paint can in hand until he threw it at the ground, causing a large gust of Grey smoke to come out. Seeing it made them quickly shoot while Ken ran up a building and got to the top, while smiling. "And point for the hedgehog." He ran off with a smirk.

"Where the hell did he go?!" One soldier asked as the smoke cleared up, seeing he was gone and the remains of the material used in the spray paint formed Ken's symbol. "...Just what the hell is that kids deal with that symbol?"

In the distance, Ken kept jumping from rooftop to rooftop nonchalantly with a smile in his face.

"Those guys are just too much fun to mess with!" Ken said with a smile, doing a few flips after jumping, until he heard a scream in the distance, making him look. "What the... Who could that be?" He stared more until he shook his head and looked away. "Nah... Could be anyone... Besides, it's not like it doesn't happen rarely." He started to walk away until he heard the scream again, making him look as he closed his eyes, and ran to the source of the scream to see a Mobian soldier trying to pin a female hedgehog that has Green fur with the same colored eyes, and female clothing.

"Let me go!" She said while trying to punch the soldier in the head, but still kept his grip.

"I'm not letting something nice looking as you go just like that." The soldier said with a smirk behind his helmet, while Ken dropped down.

"Hey, let her go!" Ken said in anger, with the soldier looking at him.

"Well, if it isn't the punk of the town!" The soldier said with a smile. "What are you going to do? Spray paint me?" He looked at Ken was at, only to see he was gone.

"Well if I had my can, I would." Ken said while he was behind the soldier, surprising him.

"How the hell did you get behind me?! The old hedgehog clan could only do that! Xiran killed them all!" He yelled in shock until he realized something. "Hamon?"

"Hamon? Never heard of him." Ken said while he took out his chains and hit it against the soldier, sending him against a wall and knocking him out, then looked at the girl. "You ok? I mean, I know he was about to... you know to you, but couldn't help but be concerned."

"Yeah... I am." She said while looking at Ken. "That... Was fast. Are you really Hamon?"

"Who the heck is this Hamon? I'm Ken; Ken the Hedgehog." Ken said with a smile.

"You just... Look so much like him." She said while Ken looked at her.

"Well I don't know who this Hamon is, nor do I know him." Ken said while he put the chains up. "But I'll look into it. What's your name?"

"...Gemstone." She said quietly. "Thanks for saving me back there."

"Hey, it's not a problem. It looked like you needed help." Ken said with a smile. "You have a place that your family or friends are at?"

"...No... They're all dead..." Gemstone said until she looked at Ken. "But there's you."

"Uh... Sure, I can let you come with me. My friends Comet and a little guy named Edge should be there." Ken said as she picked Gemstone up, surprising her a bit. "Hang on tight and we'll get there soon."

"O-ok." She said as Ken started running while carrying her.

Time: 1:21 PM

Yune, now older, mature, and now wearing a White shirt with a Blue vest, jeans, and Black shoes, walked down stairs to see her adoptive mother, Ariel, an old Red colored fox, watching the television about Ken the Hedgehog.

"I swear... That boy is just nothing but a trouble maker. Always leaving a mark behind just to start trouble." Ariel said while she mixed some cookie dough in a bowl, with Yune walking toward her to see it as well.

"Do you know on why he does it?" Yune asked, with Ariel shaking his head.

"Maybe he's just one of those punks that crave for attention." She said while she shook her head. "Typical kid, you know?"

"Yeah... Maybe..." Yune said while she observed Ken more. "I feel like... I know him from somewhere."

"Yeah?" Ariel asked. "And what makes you think that?"

"I'm... not sure. But I feel like me and him are... Connected in one way or another." Yune said while she then looked at herself through a reflection. "But I can't put my finger on it..."

"Well all I know is that I'm going to make sure you don't get anywhere near that boy. He'll only be trouble to you. You might only feel that way since you're nothing like him." Ariel said she put down the bowl and looked at her. "I want you to promise me that you will NOT go near him."

"I promise. I was just... Talking on what was on my mind is all." Yune said while she looked outside of the house. "I'm going to go out for a bit, is there anything you need?"

"No dear, just be careful." Ariel said as Yune walked out and started walking on the sidewalk in thought.

Xiran Empire - Time: 1:32 PM

In the center of the ruins of the Mystic Ruins, had a large robotic castle that had a ton of soldiers on the outside while on the inside had Xiran, now wearing a Black suit, fingerless gloves, sports tape on his left wrist, and a Purple cape, while he sat on throne.

"Emperor Xiran!" A soldier yelled, the very same one who tried to rape Gemstone, with Xiran opening his once closed eyes and looked at him. "I have some urgent news for you! Regarding from the Hedgehog clan you destroyed nearly twenty years ago!"

"Ah... Is that right?" Xiran asked as he slowly turned his throne toward him. "Alright... You have my attention."

"W-well..." The soldier said while Xiran gave him a cold and dark look. "I-I found somebody who seemed a lot like the former protector of the clan, Hamon. The very same Brown one you killed years ago."

"So... The hedgehog had a son. Of course..." Xiran said silently. "He seems to have already planted the seeds for his revenge long before I was created."

"There's more than that Emperor." The soldier said. "Based on all of my gathers, he's also had a daughter; twins. The Brown hedgehog, and a Black hedgehog that looks like Hamon's now deceased wife; Jasmine."

"And they're here in this very empire?" Xiran asked, with the soldier slowly nodding until he was grabbed by the neck. "Then why haven't they been killed yet?"

"I-I tried to... But the son is as powerful as his father... Even stronger than him... I don't know about the daughter-" The soldier tried to say.

"But yet you failed to stop them..." Xiran said while he closed his eyes. "I have no use for you." He quickly applied pressure to the soldier's neck, making it snap loudly and threw it away. "Bring me one of our best warriors." Another one of them nodded, left the room, and came back with a young adult male hedgehog that was Light Grey in both it's fur and eyes. "Top Warrior: Stone, I trust you will deal with these pests?"

"Yes sir. I'll deal with the them. Alive or dead?" Stone asked, with Xiran staring at him.

"Dead... I want to make sure those vermin will no longer be a threat." He said with Stone nodding.

"Understood sir. I'll be sure they're no longer a problem for you." He said as he walked away, leaving Xiran along until a female hand was behind him and trailed a finger on his chest.

"Don't worry about them too much my love." She said, revealing to be a female hedgehog with Grey fur and eyes along with wearing Black latex. "They will no live long enough to see the day of you rising... The world has already become your slave." Xiran still sat there, unmoved while he looked at her.

"But in order to have control to have the world burn, you must obtain power... There two are only loose ends. Ends waiting to be tied up to misery and death itself." Xiran said while he sat there still and looked through the window.