Since this next arc is going to be based on Sonic Heroes I'm going to be switching between the perspectives of Team Sonic, Dark, Rose, and Chaotix instead of just sticking with Sonny's perspective. So hope you enjoy and continue to support my fan-fiction!

Chapter 41: Save and Search

It had been a few months since the Space Colony ARK nearly collided with the planet Mobius and in that time a lot of things happened. First, Sonic kept his promise with the Commander of G. U. N. and told him everything he knew about him and his friends' condition. Afterwards, the Commander pardoned Sonic of the charges against him regarding the jewelry store robbery in a private courtroom where no cameras were allowed. However, as a result of the information revealed on Gerard Robotnik's threatening message, the Commander was forced to answer for the massacre that occurred onboard the ARK fifty years ago in a world-leader council led by the President of the United Federation. But in the end, the Commander got to keep his job due to the lack of living witnesses.

Rouge, on the other hand, had not only quit G. U. N. but she also ran away. Shortly afterward, a series of high-end jewel robberies started being committed by a mysterious thief called The Bat. Thinking there was a connection between the two, the Commander tried to track the thief down but they proved to be more slippery than he thought. As for Dr. Robotnik, he had initially complied to turn himself in, but a few weeks later he was broken out of prison again. The perpetrator was speculated to be the same person who broke Robotnik out the first time, but G. U. N. still had no idea who did it.

Meanwhile, Sonny and Amelia were officially a couple, but they were dating on an irregular basis. This was mainly due to Sonny's restlessness for adventure, though he suspect this was how Sonic was feeling, while Amelia was struggling to decide whether her feelings for Sonny were hers or Amy's feelings toward Sonic. But Miles was still keeping in touch with Marina, who was now sailing around the globe after reuniting with her cousin Stilla who turned out to have a spirit in her named Sticks the Jungle Badger. Chuck was content guarding the Master Emerald on Angel Island, though he occasionally called Sonny and the others to tell them how he was doing.

It was now summer vacation, and Sonic was running laps through Wild Canyon to get back into shape. The sound of an airplane engine suddenly caught his attention, forcing him to look up. Tails waved back at him inside the newly rebuilt Tornado 2 with Knuckles lying in the back.

"Hey, Sonic!" Tails shouted, flying the plane closer to the ground.

"What's up, Tails?" Sonic replied back.

"I—Miles got this in the mail this morning," Tails replied, taking out a piece of paper from the glove compartment. "You might want to read it."

Sonic took the paper from Tails and discovered it was a letter with Eggman's profile on it. Then to his surprise, the profile started moving. It laughed upon recognizing Sonic and narrated the letter out loud:

Dear Sonic,

It's been awhile since my last letter, but I have a good reason to send one to you now. You see, after months of tedious preparation and avoiding G. U. N.'s detection, I've finally created the Ultimate Weapon to take over the world with. But to make this endeavor more fun, I dare you to try and stop me in three days' time. That's when I'll unleash the device on the entire world and build the Eggman Empire on what remains afterwards!

See you then!

Sincerely,

Dr. Eggman

"Sounds like Eggman's back in business," Sonic said.

"So what should we do?" Tails asked.

"What we've always done, Tails," Knuckles said turning on his side and letting his feet prop out from the backseat of the plane. "Beat Dr. Eggman and save the world."

"You said it, Knuckles," Sonic said excitedly. "Now let's get going! We wouldn't want to keep Eggman waiting!"

"But Sonic, shouldn't you at least let Amelia know what we're doing?" Tails said as Sonic jumped onto the top wing of the plane. "I know she'll be worried if you don't tell her."

Sonic sighed. "All right, fine, I'll send her a text."

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"Ugh, can you believe this?" Amelia said, showing Crème a text message she received from Sonny. She was at the Seaside Hill beach with Crème and Biggs, while Crème's mother was busy getting them snacks. "I told Sonny to meet us here, but instead he went off to run laps in Wild Canyon as Sonic, and now he's telling me that Eggman's threatening to destroy the world again! So he, Tails, and Knuckles are going off to stop him and they won't be back for three days."

"That sounds terrible," Crème responded. "He shouldn't ditch you like that."

"I know, but I can't tell him not to go after Eggman," Amelia said irritably. "Maybe being Sonny's girlfriend wasn't such a good idea."

"Aw, cheer up, Amelia," Biggs said, picking up his fishing rod. "Do you want to go fishing? That always makes me feel better."

"Thanks, Biggs, but not today," Amelia replied. "I just want to catch some rays and forget about my problems."

"Hey, kids," Crème's mother said, approaching the three with a box full of hot-dogs and shaved-ice cones.

"Yay! I love shaved-ice cones," Crème exclaimed, taking the lemon-flavored one.

"Me too!" Biggs added as he munched down on the grape-flavored cone.

Amelia was about to take the cherry-flavored cone when she noticed the newspaper tucked underneath the arm of Crème's mother had a picture of a blue blur on it.

"Um, Ms. Hare," Amelia asked. "Could I take a look at the newspaper?"

"Sure," Crème's mother said.

Satisfied, Amelia took the newspaper and looked at the front-page which said "The Blue Blur Up Close!". To her surprise, not only did the picture show Sonic from the back with his face turned away from the camera but he also seemed to be dragging two objects behind him. One was a large green frog and the other was brown-colored Chao.

"Um, Biggs," Amelia said hesitantly. "When did you say Froggy went missing?"

"This morning," Biggs replied while eating his hot-dog. "I still miss him, though."

"What about Cheese's friend Chocola?" Amelia said, looking at Crème. "When did he go missing?"

"I think it was this morning," Crème said.

Cheese the Chao nodded in response.

"Well, this doesn't make sense," Amelia said, showing the picture to Crème and Biggs. "If Sonic was in Wild Canyon, then how did he get here and steal Froggy and Chocola early this morning when he hates water?"

"Maybe it was another impostor?" Crème suggested.

"I don't know," Amelia sighed. "Maybe I'll ask Sonic when he's done saving the world."

"Hey, isn't that their plane?" Biggs asked pointing towards the sky.

Amelia and Crème followed Biggs' finger, and sure enough the Tornado 2 was flying overhead with Sonic standing proudly on the top wing as always.

"Or I could ask him now," Amelia said after a pause.

Then in a split second, Amelia got out of her chair and ran after the Tornado 2 along the beach.

"You'd better go after her," Crème's mother suddenly said. "She's going to be needing some company."

Crème smiled and nodded. "Thanks, mom!"

To be continued…