Okay, this next story-arc is based on Sonic '06 and will thus be switching between Sonic, Shadow, and Silver's perspectives along with their human hosts' perspectives.

Chapter 57: Premonition

With the holidays closing upon him, Sonny anxiously waited for them while he was also trying to finish up schoolwork and rescue trapped civilians in Westopolis as Sonic. While G. U. N. made sure that him and friends' identities weren't captured on camera or filmed, it was becoming more difficult with news anchors constantly reporting everything that was happening in Westopolis during the relief efforts and rescue operatives. Sonny was also constantly worrying about Eggman due to his recent lack of activity, which based on previous experiences indicated that he was planning something big.

On his way to lunch one snowy day, Sonny happened to pass by the classroom where The Blue Blur Fan Club met. Inside there were pictures taped to the white-board, though most of them were copies of the newspaper clipping depicting Metal Sonic impersonating Sonic as he was stealing Froggy and Chocola, and four girls shifting through a stack of newspapers. The one closest to the door had light-blonde hair that went slightly down past her shoulders and was wearing a blue long-sleeved dress with matching shoes and tights. Next to her, the second girl had pink hair that was braided into a long ponytail and wore a magenta peasant top with Celtic designs and a matching skirt that went down to her ankles. Across the table sat another girl with pink hair only hers was tied up in a ponytail that curved over her head while she wore a strapless top underneath a pink jacket and white khakis. Then the last girl who sat at the head of the table had short chestnut-brown hair, blue eyes, and wore a white cotton sweater with orange jeggings and red slippers.

For a brief second, Sonny made eye-contact with the girl who had the short chestnut-brown hair before walking away. He only got a few feet from the classroom door before he heard his name called. Turning back, he saw the girl with the chestnut-brown hair standing outside the club room. Reluctantly, Sonny walked up to the girl as students walked past him.

"What is it?" Sonny asked. "I'm kind of in a hurry."

"Then I'll get straight to the point," the girl said and took a deep breath. "Would you like to come to Soleanna with me for the holidays?"

"Soleanna? You mean that little kingdom in the tropics?" Sonny scratched the side of his head. "I don't know if I could afford it."

"It's a pre-paid trip, so you don't have to worry about travel expenses," the girl answered.

"Well, can I bring some friends with me?"

"Sure. How many?"

"About three or five depending on how many can make it."

"That's fine. I'm bringing my friends along too."

"Who's paying for it?"

"My father."

"He must be really rich or something."

"He's involved in politics. So is that a yes?"

"I'll think about it."

"Well, let me know soon okay?"

"So how do you know me? I don't think I've met you before."

"Oh, I'm Elise Soleanna, the president of The Blue Blur Fan Club. I sent you an invitation to join awhile back."

"Right. Sorry I didn't respond to the email."

"That's okay. I'll give you my phone-number so you can call me to let me know if you want to come to Soleanna or not."

"Sure."

After Sonny and Elise exchanged phone-numbers, the two parted ways.

"I don't think you should go to Soleanna, Sonny," Sonic said appearing in front of Sonny in a ghostly form.

"Why not?" Sonny asked.

"I just have a feeling that something bad will happen there."

"Was there a Soleanna in your time?"

"Yeah."

"What happened?"

"Well, the weird thing is…I don't remember it very well. The only memories that come to mind are a festival and a girl."

"Sounds pretty harmless to me," Sonny said as he entered the cafeteria where Miles and Amelia waved to him from a seat near the back.

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In the snow-covered tundra of White Acropolis, which was Eggman's northernmost base, Shadow was in the midst of fighting robots and dodging incoming missiles. He was told by the Commander of G. U. N. that Rouge the Bat had been sent in to retrieve something valuable but she hadn't made contact in a period of twenty-six hours. His main mission was to rescue her from the base unharmed with the item of importance intact, which the Commander didn't bother to describe since he figured that the less people knew about it the better.

It was after Shadow destroyed several searchlights using missiles launched from a four-wheel jeep that Rouge finally showed herself. She flew down on bat-wings that emerged from a specially designed purple winter coat with black snow-pants and white snow-boots with heels. In her white gloved hands, Rouge was carrying a scepter-like item with a purple gemstone adorned upon a shaft that pulsed a dark purple energy from within it.

"I was told that you needed rescuing," Shadow remarked as he folded his arms. "Would you mind explaining why you didn't make contact with the Commander after a twenty-six hour delay."

"My radio transmitter was destroyed while I was trying to grab this thing," Rouge answered as she showed the scepter to Shadow. "I'm not sure why, but it kind of looks...familiar somehow."

Shadow stared at the scepter carefully and then he said, "I know what that is. We have to get out of here now."

"Why?" Rouge asked as Shadow ran ahead of her.

Unfortunately, Shadow and Rouge's path was blocked by a large robotic dog that appeared out of a hole that appeared underneath the snowy ground beneath them. Once it spotted the two, the robot immediately charged at Shadow and Rouge causing small tremors in its path. While Shadow dealt with the robot head-on by warping onto its back and causing it to ram into the nearby walls, Rouge tried to back away but ending up tripping over her two feet. She hit the snow-covered ground hard while the scepter went flying out of her hands. Upon impact, it shattered onto the snow and a black substance escaped from the scepter's shaft and flew up into the sky. Shadow noticed as soon as he managed to destroy the robot dog for good and warped over to Rouge to help her up.

"What was that?" Rouge asked as the black substance disappeared into the gray clouds above.

"Something bad," Shadow answered. "Nothing we've ever faced till now compares to the evil we've just unleashed upon the world."

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"Silva!"

A boy of sixteen turned when he heard his name called. He had long spiky ash-blond hair, yellow eyes, and wore a white fur-lined jacket with matching tight pants and knee-length black boots lined with yellow and blue. Behind the boy who was called Silva stood a girl about his age with medium purple hair tied up in a ponytail, golden cat-like eyes, and was wearing a purple fur-lined trench-coat with white jeggings underneath and purple sneakers. They were both standing in front of a mansion that was barely standing while the street behind them was littered with cracks and overturned cars.

"What is it, Blake?" Silva responded.

"I found an empty fast-food restaurant and managed to grab us some dinner," the girl with the purple hair responded, holding up two brown paper bags. "The meals in here are half-eaten, though."

"That's fine," Silva said taking one of the bags. "Do you know when the next G. U. N. helicopter is supposed to show up?"

"I don't know," Blake answered. "The radio said there should be one coming early tomorrow morning."

"But that's what they said last time, and yet we somehow missed it."

"Bad timing, I guess."

"I just still can't believe this is really happening to us," Silva said looking back at the ruined mansion. "A few weeks ago we were living there…and now it's gone. Instead of saving ourselves, we decided to stay and look for our parents. But that got us nowhere, and now we're stuck in this frickin' hellhole."

"Chill out, Silva. It'll make you hungrier, and we don't have a lot to eat at the moment."

"If it wasn't for that stupid comet…none of this would've happened." Silva reached into his bag and pulled out a half-eaten hamburger while Blake did the same. "I feel so useless, like I could've done something but was unable to."

"I can remedy that feeling."

Silva and Blaze turned to the right and saw a mysterious figure walking toward them. He had spiky black hair with gray highlights, piercing green eyes with narrow pupils, while his mouth was covered by a black scarf he wore around his neck. His clothes consisted of a long black trench-coat with white fur-lining, black pants and matching shoes.

"Who are you?" Silva asked.

"For now, you may call me Mephiles," the dark-haired figure answered. "I've come with a warning in hopes that you two will prevent the events that will cause the entire world to be destroyed."

"Oh, yeah, and why should we believe you?" Blake said skeptically.

"Because I can take you to the future that will result once these events come to pass," Mephiles answered, and took a large purple gemstone out of his trench-coat pocket. He held it aloft and shouted, "Chaos Control!"

In an instant, the decimated street Silva and Blake were standing on suddenly turned into the top of a skyscraper. While Mephiles stood nearby, the two looked over the edge and beheld a large city that was full of empty buildings, broken-down highways, and pools of lava surging underneath. One such pool grew especially large and from it emerged a fiery monster with several arms, a pincer-like mouth, and serpentine eyes.

"What the hell is that?" Silva exclaimed as he backed away and dropped his food in the process.

"That is Iblis, an unstoppable creature made from the purest fire on Mobius known only as The Flames of Destruction," Mephiles said calmly. "It destroys everything in its path and can regenerate quickly no matter how much damage is taken."

"So how do we stop this thing?" Blake asked nervously.

Mephiles folded his arms. "I thought you didn't believe me."

"Well, we believe you now," Blake responded and tore her half-eaten hamburger in half. "Right, Silva?"

"Yeah," Silva replied, taking the hamburger piece Blake gave to him.

"The only way to destroy this monster is to eliminate the Iblis Trigger."

"The Iblis Trigger?" Blake raised an eyebrow as she and Silva were eating their hamburger halves.

"A single individual from your time-period who will be responsible for unleashing Iblis into the world. He is known as Sonic the Hedgehog, and he's currently on his way to the country of Soleanna. I shall take you him."

Mephiles then held up the purple gemstone again, recited the words 'Chaos Control' once more, and a swirling vortex of purple light engulfed Silva and Blake.

To be continued…