Chapter Six: A Very Unexpected Guest

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow have been flying for about ten minutes now, making their way towards Eggman's fortress.

"So Tails, how do you know where Eggman's base is? And how do you know we could trust him?" Knuckles asked.

"Surprisingly, I actually talk to Eggman quite a lot. And he mentioned where his base was to me, and he asked me to bring him tools and stuff at one point." Tailed replied.

"So was that why you've mysteriously disappeared from the workshop, and not told me why?" Sonic teased. Tails chuckles nervously.

"You can say that, yes." Tails replied.

"Well at least we know he's trustworthy enough. Don't want him pulling any ridiculous stunts while we're there." Shadow added.

"Oh, you won't need to worry about that, Shadow." Tails convinced him.

"Anyway, did you get anywhere with Cream? That was also kinda the reason I called her over to Amy's place." Sonic teased. Tails gulped, but then shook it off.

"Um, actually I have. We're now officially a couple." Tails replied. The guys just laughed in happiness.

"Congratulations, buddy!" Knuckles said.

After a while, it turned from a happy moment, into being serious again.

"Anyway, how far is Eggman's fortress?" Sonic asked.

"We're actually here." Tails asked.

"Oh, really?!" Knuckles asked.

"Yeah, it's right there." Tails nodded his head towards it.

It's changed throughout the years. It's not like the dark evil fortress it use to be. It's actually turned out to be a very peaceful place. After that, Tails landed the plane. Everyone then got off the plane, and walked towards the door.

"You weren't kidding when people said he's changed. Didn't think he's changed that much." Knuckles thought.

"Well, all he wanted was to build children's hospitals after he gave up his plans of world domination." Tails explained.

"Right, so let's do this!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Agreed!" Shadow added.

After that, they made it towards the door and Tails pressed a button for the intercom.

"Who it is?" Eggman asked.

"It's me, Eggman. It's Tails, along with three others." Tails replied.

"Come on in." Eggman finished.

The main doors opened, and then they enter the fortress. As they walk into the fortress, Tails lead the three towards Eggman's lab. As they enter the lab, Eggman was right there working on his latest model.

"Hello Eggman!" Tails called. Eggman turns around, and sees all four of them.

"Well, hello everyone! It's very nice of you to be here." Eggman exclaimed. He then shakes everyone's hands.

"So what brings you four here?" Eggman asks.

"Well first off, have you seen the news at all?" Knuckles asked.

"I have indeed. It's sad to see that Big was murdered." Eggman stated.

"And before you say anything, it wasn't me who killed Big!" Sonic warned.

"No, I believe you, Sonic! I know for a fact that it wasn't you who killed him. I've known you for years, Sonic. But even I know you'd never do anything so dastardly." Eggman explained. Sonic cooled himself down.

"Well, good to know you're not actually believing it." Sonic stated.

"Of course not. It's preposterous!" Eggman stated.

"Anyway, should we get to the very reason why we came here?" Shadow asked, impatiently.

"Right! So what brings you four here?" Eggman asked.

"Well, we need to ask a favour of you. Amy was nearly attacked by something, and this was all that was found. This isn't Amy's blood, it's something else." Tails explained, as he brought the cotton swab in the jar towards Eggman.

"Apparently from what Amy told us, some kind of aura came out of her ring. We think that maybe this thing was what could have murdered Big." Shadow explained.

"Oh? Well, I still have my DNA machine here. I'll take that swab, and find out who or what this thing is." Eggman stated, as he took the jar, and then opened it to bring out the swab.

The swab had the blood of this creature of some kind placed on it, and Eggman brought it to his device. He scanned long and hard to find something.

"Computer, scan this blood, and see what information you can find of this." Eggman asked.

"Affirmative!" the computer responds. After ten seconds, a match has been found.

"OK, a match has been found here. Now it's just buffering to see who or what this thing is." Eggman explained. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Hopefully we can nail this bastard!" Knuckles added.

"We will, Knuckles. But only if I'm the one to finish it." Sonic told him. Just then, a bleep was heard on the computer.

"DNA matched, successful!" the computer acknowledged.

"OK, now it's ready! Now we can find out what has done this." Eggman stated. After a long hard read of this, Eggman gasped in horror.

"Eggman! What's wrong?!" Tails asked.

"It's... not possible!" Eggman said in fear.

"What is it?!" Sonic exclaimed impatiently.

"Well according to this Sonic, this thing is actually you!" Eggman explained in shock.

"Me?! But how?!" Sonic thought.

"It's 100% your DNA. Only except..." Eggman pauses.

"What?!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"... this thing isn't even alive! It's deceased!" Eggman finished. Everyone gasped in shock.

"What?! How the hell is that even possible?! What else does it say about it?" Shadow asked.

"Well according to this, this Sonic has died in battle. Nobody knows how he died. But he must've been resurrected into some kind of zombie." Eggman explained.

"Well it can't be from this dimension, if this confirms that this thing is Sonic." Knuckles added.

"There must be some kind of explanation here." Eggman thought.

"Maybe I can help explain this?" this deep demonic voice randomly talks, and this began to frighten everyone. They looked around to see if they can see it.

"Who's there?! And how the hell did you enter my lab?!" Eggman yells, angrily.

But all of a sudden, Eggman felt his abs being ripped apart. Blood was pouring out, and Eggman collapsed to the floor, and bled to death. Everyone was horrified.

"OH MY GOD! EGGMAN!" Tails screamed.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?!" Knuckles calls out in horror.

"THIS IS SO MESSED UP!" Shadow yells.

"SHOW YOURSELF!" Sonic yells.

"My, my, you don't have to be so rude. But fine. I will show myself." the voice stated.

After a while, an aura slowly approached the room. The aura made its way to the centre of the room, and after it got there, all that was seen was a pair of eyes. The most demonic looking eyes anyone has ever seen. The eyes were black with glowing red irises.

"Now before you say anything at all, answer our questions! What the hell are you? What are you doing here? Why do you do the things that you do?" Shadow asked in anger.

"And how the hell do you match my DNA?!" Sonic asked sternly.

"Well, to answer your question, Sonic, that's because I am you!" The voice said.

It now dissolves the aura, and it now looks like a figure of a hedgehog who looks exactly like Sonic. Only it's a little darker blue fur, its eyes were black with red irises, it has razor sharp claws on its fingertips, sharp teeth, and its eyes were dripping with blood. It gave an evil smile, and laughed.

"My God! How is this possible?!" Knuckles said with fear.

"Now answer the fucking question, asshole! WHAT ARE YOU?!" Sonic yells at the top of his lungs. The monster then laughs evilly again.

"My, my, Sonic. You're so rude to me. I haven't even been in this dimension for a day yet. But I guess I owe you an explanation. Alright, I'll tell you every little thing about me!" The monster smiles evilly.