Now I'm going to include a scene here that isn't in the original game, but thought it would be fun to add. Hope you like it!
Chapter 75: Surprise
On their way to the continent of Shamar where the next Gaia Temple was supposedly located, Werehog Sonic and Chip decided to drop themselves off in Empire City as the Tornado-1 flew over it. Miles, Amelia, and Professor Pickle watched as the two fell with anxious looks. They were relieved a few seconds later when they saw Sonic and Chip running off after they landed.
"Are you sure it's a good idea for them to go off like that?" Amelia asked as she took Sonic's place on the platform with the gun mounted on top. "What if the G. U. N. soldiers think Sonic's a Dark Gaia monster and start shooting at him?"
"Well, it's too late to turn back now," Professor Pickle said, looking back at the city that was fading quickly behind them. "Therefore, we must press on to my research facility in Shamar."
"If it will make you feel any better, I'll head back to Empire City after we drop you and the Professor off to see if Sonic and Chip are okay," Miles offered.
Amelia grumbled. "Fine."
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On the tops of the skyscrapers that took up the majority of Empire City, Sonic fought dozens of Dark Gaia monsters while Chip was constantly taking pictures of people possessed by the monsters on the streets allowing the G. U. N. soldiers to fire at the monsters and not the civilians. But then a light-blue aura suddenly enveloped Sonic and froze him in place.
"I've got you now, beast!" shouted a teenage boy with long spiky white hair and yellow eyes who floated down from the sky.
"Sonic!" Before Chip could try to stop the boy with the white hair, he was grabbed from behind and had a gun pointed at his head.
"Don't move, kid, or I'll blow your brains out," said the owner of the gun, who was also a teenage boy but his hair was black with red highlights.
"Chill out, Shawn," said a girl with medium purple hair tied up in a ponytail who was approaching the black-haired boy after ascending a nearby fire-escape. "We're supposed to be rescuing the kid, after all."
"Yeah, quit being so trigger-happy," said another girl with ash-blonde hair who followed after the purple-haired girl.
A few seconds later, a third teenage boy appeared only this one had medium red hair. "Where's the monster? Let me—
The red-haired teenage boy stared at Sonic for a long time and then he said, "Sonic?"
"Chuck," Sonic said despite feeling crushed by the aura. "What an unexpected surprise."
"You know this monster?" the purple-haired girl asked.
"Yeah, he's the guy I told you about who has saved the world multiple times before," Chuck replied. "Though I'm not sure why he looks like that."
"Just tell your floating friend to let me go, and then I'll explain," Sonic offered.
"Wait," Shawn interjected. "How do we know you're the real Sonic and not a Dark Gaian monster pretending to be him?"
"It's also possible that Sonic is possessed by a Dark Gaia monster," the ash-blonde girl suggested.
"He's neither one of those!" Chip exclaimed as he struggled to ready his camera. "I'll prove it by taking a picture of him with this camera, which can expel Dark Gaia monsters from people."
After Chip got out of Shawn's grip and took a picture of Sonic, nothing happened.
"Then I guess that means you're a Dark Gaia monster," Shawn said as he pointed his gun right at Sonic's head.
"Don't shoot him," the purple-haired girl said getting in Shawn's line of fire. "Let's hear what the beast has to say for himself."
"Yeah, do what Blake says," Chuck added.
"I know it's been a long night, Shawn, but this creature seems more rational than the others we've encountered," the ash-blonde girl said putting a hand on Shawn's shoulder. "Besides, the kid seems familiar with the creature which is highly unusual and definitely worth looking into without the need for violence."
"Rouge," Shawn said and then he sighed. "Release the monster, Silva, but don't hesitate to freeze him again if he makes any threatening movements."
In response, the white-haired boy lowered his hands which dissipated the light-blue aura that held Sonic in place.
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After Sonic had finished explaining his story to Shawn and the others, he aided them with cleaning up the rest of Empire City from the monsters that plagued it. Then just before the sun rose, the Tornado-1 appeared. It landed on a building near the river that ran through half of Empire City where Sonic and Chip met up with him.
"So did you enjoy your little adventure in Empire City?" Miles asked.
"It was…interesting," Sonic said. "Now let's get to Shamar and find the next temple."
"Roger!" Miles replied as Sonic and Chip climbed aboard.
Though Sonny had the chance to fire at incoming Eggman robots in the sky during the day, he was unfortunately forced to change back into Werehog Sonic as the sun fell over the Shamar village where Professor Pickle's research facility was located. After avoiding the streets, Sonic and Chip finally made it to the Professor's office where they were greeted by Amelia. She glared at both of them and said nothing as Professor Pickle explained how to access Shamar's Gaia Temple.
"You will also have to face the Dark Guardian, which the Shamareans describe as a terrible monster that guards the Temple at night," Professor Pickle added.
"Doesn't sound any more threatening than the Dark Phoenix or the Dark Moray," Sonic said bumping his fists together. "In other words, this'll be a piece of cake!"
"Then let's get going," Chip said and ran out of the tent followed by Sonic.
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When they got to the Gaia Temple entrance, Sonic and Chip were greeted by a human-sized gremlin with sharp teeth, clawed hands, and he swung a giant hammer around violently.
"This is it? Just a larger version of the Dark Gaia monsters I've been pummeling this whole time?" Sonic said in disbelief.
The gremlin responded by charging at Sonic with his hammer positioned for a blow. But Sonic in turn responded by punching the gremlin so hard that he fell on his face. While the gremlin was recovering, Sonic followed Pickle's instructions and pushed a large square-shaped stone across the pavement all the way up to an altar which in turn caused the rocks that were blocking the entrance to crumble away. This also seemed to cause a great deal of pain for the gremlin as well, who recuperated and charged at Sonic again.
Once Sonic punched the gremlin a third time and cleared away all the rocks, he and Chip entered the temple together. Inside, Chip used the stone on his necklace to elevate the pedestal and then Sonic stretched his arm to place the third-to-last Chaos Emerald on top. A few seconds later, the Chaos Emerald was glowing yellow which was then followed by the ground shaking.
To be continued…