Chapter Six:

Sonics, Sonics Everywhere (including Blaze)


Tails led Sonic and the others to his workshop, taking them straight to an elevator that led underground. By Sonic's guess, it was an underground bunker lab.

Tails confirmed straight to him that it was, he even had a tunnel leading from his workshop in Mystic Ruins all the way here in case of emergencies and it had taken the fox a long time to get it all set up.

The elevator led them down into a lit chamber, filled with blinking lights with a few neon Tails symbols on the wall here and there. Sonic gazed around the room and his eyes widened as he saw the scene below him...

All at once, a pair of blue hedgehogs just like him were running around and doing spin-dashes while a few more just acted casual and chattered to themselves.

An explosion caught Sonic's attention and he turned to see a lab table occupied by a two-tailed fox in goggles playing with a chemistry set, trying to mix liquids together only for an explosion to erupt, shaking the laboratory.

"Luckily, I made the lab big enough for more than one person to work here or hang out here." Tails said, "It's like a nuclear bunker designed for shelter in the event of a nuclear war.

"I couldn't just have them all in the house, not enough room, so I let them stay down here. Plenty of air conditioning technology, plenty of food bots, mostly built from all of the Badniks we trashed over the years."

"You know how to plan ahead…" Amy said, "And is that Blaze?"

As the elevator descended towards the ground below, Sonic caught sight of a lavender cat talking with a blue hedgehog in a scarf with blue arms, quickly recognizing her at once. And even before the elevator touched the surface, Sonic leaped down and raced towards the cat as he called, "BLAZE!"

Tails watched with an eager smile, it was always great to see a familiar face, especially someone who originated from another dimension and whom the gang hadn't seen in a long time. Sonic ran up to Blaze with an eager wave and the cat took notice.

"Long time no see, eh, Blaze?" The hedgehog said, "It's been ages since we last saw ya, how are things in the Sol Dimension?"

"Not as busy as you might think…" Blaze replied casually, "But that is not why I am here, the Sol Emeralds have told me of an impending dimensional crisis and sent me here to warn you. However, it is obvious that events are moving quickly with all of these Sonics here."

"Yeah, I faced a slew of Eggmen." Sonic remarked, "You missed it."

"I was busy interacting with the other versions of you, keeping a low profile sometimes is easy, especially if you counted as an alternate version of Sonic the Hedgehog from another world."

"Oh, c'mon, Blaze." Sonic said sarcastically, "You don't even look like me..."

"I run as fast as you and I use the Sol Emeralds, I technically am an alternate version of you…"

"HI, BLAZE!" Amy hopped off the elevator and ran towards the fire-wielding princess, throwing her arms around her friend in a wide hug. Blaze just smiled and returned the hug, hugging Amy back with compassionate optimism.

Sonic smiled and looked around at the group, taking in the sight of all the different Sonics right as a potbellied blue hedgehog with black eyes walked up; his past self.

"It doesn't feel that long since I saw you." Sonic remarked.

"And I bet people are wondering what forces brought us together this time." Classic Sonic quipped, "Not to mention that it doesn't feel like generations since the Phantom Ruby drama. Hope the doc didn't decided to bust out another Time Eater, the last one was a pain to obliterate."

BOOM!

Smoke alarms went off as smoke filled the area, everyone groaned and Tails rolled his eyes.

"SORRY!" A Tails variant stepped forward, bearing a near-uncanny resemblance to Classic Tails, but with a brown-ish color and a cartoon-ish appearance, "I mixed soda into the formula..."

"We don't do that, Tails." Tails chided, "You and Goggle Tails should know that. And you're making a mess in this lab bunker at this rate, how many times do we have to bring out the cleaner robots to mop up the messes you keep making. If you're gonna experiment, do it with me."

"Yo, what's up?"

Sonic turned around to meet one of his variants as he approached him. The hedgehog's eyes were a blue-green color and his arms were blue, like the other Sonic that Blaze was talking too, even his shoes looked different compared to Sonic's shoes despite some resemblance.

"I'm Sonic..." Movie Sonic said, "You probably know that by now since, well, y'know..."

"What's your story, pal?" Sonic asked.

Movie Sonic snapped his fingers and everyone turned, looking at the blue hedgehog. Sonic paid close attention, letting his counterpart explain his story.

"Let's start at the beginning like with all stories..." Movie Sonic said, "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog and I come from another planet, lived on this island in a place called Green Hill Zone. I was raised by Longclaw, the last of the owl warriors, and I was born with the power of super speed, making me the embodiment of chaos energy…"

Movie Sonic's fur suddenly crackled with energy that lit up the room.

"Longclaw said to keep the powers a secret, but long story short, I did a lot of running and got the attention of a pair of echidnas, the owls' ancient enemies. They hunted me down, wanting to use me to get to a powerful gemstone called the Master Emerald.

"Longclaw entrusted me with the Warp Rings, sent me to Earth and I spent the next ten years living alone. In all honesty, it wasn't too bad. I lived in a cave, had a lot of fun and read comic books, visited this groovy place called Green Hills.

"One day, I was playing baseball when, lets just say, I got upset and ran at super speed and caused a power outage, attracting the attention of a lunatic named Doctor Robotnik. Oh yeah, and the government came for my spiky butt.

"I met a cop named Tom, also known as Donut Lord, while trying to get to the Mushroom Planet and lost my bag of rings, which ended up in San Francisco. We went on a road trip, got into a bar fight, battled a robot on the road and then met Pretzel Lady aka Maddie before reaching the big city.

"Robotnik caught up, we fought and then I banished him to a Mushroom Planet. Tom and Maddie adopted me afterward, then I met my buddy Tails, then Robotnik came back and we fought an echidna named Knuckles, fought Robotnik again and stopped him from using the Master Emerald to take over the world.

"And I went super during the battle, that was way past cool. Since then, we've been living in Green Hills and living our best lives. But just recently, I was reading one of my Flash comics when Tails detected a dimensional disturbance and asked me to look into it while assuring our adopted parents that I'd be back.

"So, I zipped out to the edge of town and got sucked through a dimensional rift and here I am in Green Hill Zone, in this world, and y'know the rest..."

Tails stepped in, "I found him while scouting around in the Tornado after my Miles Electric picked up a strange energy reading coming from Green Hill Zone, never thought it would be due to whatever Eggman is up to with how he brought his other selves here."

A cartoon-y Sonic with Mohawk-style spikes ran up, sporting a similar appearance to Classic Sonic. "Yo!" He said to Movie Sonic, "You said 'way past cool', that's way past cool to meet another Sonic who actually says the line. Dibs on the next Sonic who says, 'let's do it to it'."

"I can say 'let's do it to it'." Sonic remarked to Sat AM Sonic, "So, what's your story?"

"I'm from Mobius…" Sat AM Sonic explained, "The world was peaceful and all was cool until the king's trusted Great War ally Julian betrayed the kingdom and took over Mobotroplis, dubbed himself Doctor Ivo Robotnik and then assumed control of Mobius.

"Since then, me and the Freedom Fighters have been fighting to liberate the world from the iron fisted grip of Robuttnik."

"Dang! " Sonic exclaimed, "My Eggman took over the world ages ago and we formed a Resistance against that as well. Just hearing that you're up against a Robotnik who already took over the world is wild."

He extended his hand, "It's an honor to meet you, Sonic."

Sat AM Sonic shook Sonic's hand, "Thanks."

Movie Sonic stepped forward. "Yeah, thanks, Sonic." He shook Sonic's hand, "Great meeting you as well. Can't wait to kick some butt with ya."

Classic Sonic agreed as he bro-fisted the three hedgehogs, "And it's great to see you, guys. Heck, it's good to see ANY Sonic at a time like this when our worlds and timelines are in peril with Eggman's crazy evil antics at play."

Sonic nodded and turned to the other blue-armed version of himself. "Sup?" He said.

Boom Sonic looked at Sonic in the eye. "My story's simple..." The hedgehog told the speedster, "My friends and I live on Bygone Island, we battle Eggman when he attacks the village every week.

"Tails is the genius, Knuckles is a goof, Amy has her own thing and is an archeology girl of sorts, we also have Sticks. Eggman's not as dangerous as your Eggman, our adventures are zany and straight-forward."

"No way, bro. My adventures are wacky too!" Another cartoon-y Sonic came forward, looking exactly like Sat AM Sonic; AoSTH Sonic, "Tails and I travel Mobius, fighting off Doctor Robotnik and his Badniks when a scheme to conquer the world comes up.

"Ages ago, I became Santa Claus and we're still dealing with the doc and the occasional attack from the S6."

"I could have told them that, Sonic." AoSTH Tails exclaimed as he came forward.

"Me too." Boom Tails agreed.

Tails came over to Sonic and whispered in his ear, "Gonna take a while to get to know all of these versions of you and me. Might as well assemble everyone and give them the scoop while we have the time..."

Sonic nodded. "No kidding, Tails." He replied, "It's time for the League of Sonics and the Tails Council to assemble and kick some real serious Eggman tail to save the multiverse."