Okay, so now that the Sonic Lost World story-arc is over, I'll be dedicating the next few chapters to the second-to-last story-arc of my fanfic which will be based on Sonic Colors. Once again, I thank you all for continuing to read my fanfic and be sure to check out some of my other works as well!
Chapter 106: Ticket
It had been several months since the Lost Hex incident and as Sonic had predicted, neither Dr. Robotnik/Eggman or the two robots were found where they would've fallen. As for the humans who were possessed by the Zeti, G. U. N. had decided to temporarily put them into suspended animation though Shawn was against it while they were busy removing all of Dr. Eggman's machines and remaining robots from the Lost Hex. Then once that was done, G. U. N. released the Zeti-possessed humans from suspended animation and placed them on the Lost Hex which now served as a prison of sorts. While Miles and Amelia were attending Spagonia University with Professor Pickle as their supervisor, Sonny spent most of his free time either saving people from harm or aiding G. U. N. in its search to find Dr. Eggman.
But in the present, Sonny was relaxing in the apartment he used to share with Miles when several knocks sounded at the door. Reluctantly, Sonny answered it and was surprised to see Miles standing there.
"Miles," Sonny exclaimed. "Isn't school still in session for you?"
"It's a long story," Miles said. "Mind if I tell you inside?"
"Sure," Sonny replied and allowed Miles to step in before closing the door.
"A few hours ago, the G. U. N. Commander called me through my PAD," Miles said taking out the yellow handheld device he carried with him. "And this was what he had to say."
Miles pressed a button, and the Commander appeared on the screen.
"Miles Prower," the Commander said sternly. "As of this morning, a majority of the world's satellites have mysteriously gone missing. We're not exactly sure what the cause of this is, but here's the only clue we have."
Up to the screen the Commander held a photograph that showed what looked to be a large object floating in space with a hemispherical underside that had several buildings inside a glass-like dome while several yellow beams shot from its topside. Then below the hemisphere there looked to be a long shaft that ran down past the edge of the photograph.
"We've also been getting reports from civilians out in the midwestern part of the United Federation describing some kind of elevator that goes all the way up to the sky," the Commander said taking down the photograph. "I'm assigning you and Sonny to investigate these two things to see if there's a connection between them and if you do find out who's responsible for this, let me know."
After that, the message ended.
"But if most of the world's satellites are destroyed, how was the Commander able to send a message to you?" Sonny asked.
"My PAD doesn't rely on satellite transmission," Miles said. "Instead, it relies on sophisticated radio-waves."
"I see," Sonny idly looked at the TV set. "Now I know why the TV wasn't working right this morning."
"By the way, did you also receive this in the mail?" Miles reached into his pants-pocket and pulled out a bright orange ticket with the words 'EM's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park' in red lettering.
"Yeah, though the envelope didn't say who it was from," Sonny said as he picked up a similar ticket from the coffee-table. "I have a theory, though."
"Same here," Miles nodded.
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One Tornado-1 flight later, Miles and Sonny found themselves in a grassy field with people gathered around a colossal structure with a snail-shaped pod attached to it. The two made their way through the crowds who were taking pictures of themselves standing next to the structure and approached the door to the pod. There was a small slot right next to the door-handle, which wouldn't budge no matter how hard Sonny tried to pull.
"Maybe it requires some kind of ID," Miles said as he took out his and Sonny's tickets. "Let's see if this works."
Sonny stepped aside as Miles pressed the tickets into the slot, which gobbled them up one-by-one. Then immediately after, the door swung open on its own. The crowd watched with confused stares as Sonny and Miles entered the pod. But before anyone else could get in, the door shut itself closed and the pod shot up into the sky aided by rockets attached underneath.
"Hello, fellow passengers!" said Eggman's voice as it blared through the speakers inside the pod. "Buckle up as Eggman's Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator whisks you to an interplanetary wonderland of fun!"
"M-m-man," Miles said as he knees started shaking. "This thing's got c-c-crazy acceleration, all right."
"You should see the view," Sonny said looking out the porthole-shaped windows of the pod where the planet was starting to vanish beneath them. "We're actually in space!"
"This little amusement park of mine was created out of a sense of remorse for my past misdeeds and is in no way an evil plot in disguise," continued Eggman's voice as the pod approached the hemispherical underside of the object that was in the Commander's picture.
Up close, Sonny and Miles could see that underneath an invisible glass dome was an entire resort with palm trees neon rails and floating waterfalls. Once the pod stopped, the two got out though their feet were incredibly wobbly.
"Welcome to Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park," Eggman's voice said through speakers posted along the lane Sonny and Miles found themselves walking on. "If you have just stepped off the Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator, you'll find yourselves in the Tropical Resort area which is a perfect resting-place and starting point for any would-be explorer! From here, you will get to explore five distinct planets that I've pulled from various corners of the universe with several rides and attractions lined up for your enjoyment! Be sure to visit the various gift-shops posted throughout and a wide assortment of restaurants catered to your individual tastes! But most important of all, be sure to be safe and have fun!"
"Geez, Eggman sure likes to hear the sound of his own lips flapping," Sonny said after a brief yawn as he looked around. "But still, this place is amazing."
"It sure is," Miles said looking towards Mobius which was a large blue hemisphere below them. "I'm almost half-tempted to believe that Eggman doesn't have some evil plot in mind."
"I know, right?" Sonny chuckled a little and said, "But considering how much trouble he went through to invite us, it's almost like he's begging us to trash the place."
"That may be true, but he could just be using us as guinea-pigs to test out his new theme park," Miles responded. "And if we like it, then he'll probably open this up to the public."
"You think?"
"I don't know."
A crashing noise suddenly got the boys' attention. Sonny immediately ran down the lane towards the source and came up to a ledge where below him he saw Orbot and Cubot chasing a couple of strange creatures with nets and lasers.
"I'm not sure what's going on, but clearly those two bots are up to no good," Sonny said as he transformed into Sonic and jumped down toward the lane below.
In one fell swoop, he grabbed the two strange creatures and landed back on the ledge. Up close, Sonic could see that the creatures had translucent bodies that consisted of two arms with no fingers, small torsos, and curved tails with no legs. But they were also distinctly different from one other as one was cyan blue with a pair of orange eyes while the other was light blue with one big pink-colored eye in the middle of its face.
"Wait, aren't you—
Before Sonic could finish his sentence, the cyan blue creature suddenly merged with his body transforming him into a cyan-colored head with bright yellow eyes that shot in zigzag directions throughout the resort.
To be continued…