Chapter Eight:

The League of Sonics


Down in the underground lab, Sonic and Tails assembled their counterparts, making sure they were all gathered.

Sonic knew a good many of his variants by this point, even though the Sonic in green garb did make him curious, especially since it reminded him of a dream he once had where he ran through a world called Hyrule and found an artifact called the Triforce in a mysterious shrine.

As he looked at every single version of himself and Tails, Sonic wondered if there were variants of Amy and Knuckles here somewhere, maybe some versions of Shadow and a good many of the others.

He couldn't begin to imagine the things that could happen with Shadow meeting a version of himself from another universe, those two hedgehogs would likely be out to see who was the coolest or, perhaps, the strongest hedgehog ever.

Sonic looked over at Blaze, who stood with him and Tails instead of the other Sonics. Tails made sure his counterparts were by his side, they would be the Sonics' back-up during the coming battles with the Eggman Alliance.

Sonic lay eyes on his LEGO-y self among the others along with LEGO Tails, no doubt those two had probably followed LEGO Eggman through whatever space-time rift Eggman had opened.

"Sonics from across the multiverse..." Tails declared, "Or the past..." He glanced at Classic Sonic and shook his head; nobody could forget the silliness of when he mistook him as a Sonic from another universe once.

"You ok, Tails?" Classic Tails asked.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Classic Sonic quipped up.

Tails slapped himself and he resumed talking, "We've all been brought together in the midst of one of Doctor Eggman's most dangerous plan he could ever hatch.

"The doctor has once again formed an alliance with his own past self and his future-y alternate dimension counterpart Eggman Nega, but this time, he has also teamed up with your worlds' versions of himself and forged an Eggman Alliance."

"Is my world's Robotnik involved?" Movie Sonic asked.

"And how tough is the League of Robuttnik?" AoSTH Sonic chimed in.

"We haven't seen him and they are very tough as one." Tails said, "They are a danger to our universe and they launched a joint attack on Furtree Village with a horde of our Eggman's own robots.

"And chances are, they may be about to attack other regions around the world. Eggman joined forces with them for a reason, to finally take down Sonic and conquer the world.

"However, the world won't be enough. Once the Eggmen are done here, chances are, they'll build up a bigger army and a bigger alliance of villains and go on to invade more worlds. The multiverse is at stake and the cost may be higher, the damage they could do could be much bigger."

"Yo, we've dealt with bigger challenges before." Boom Sonic remarked.

"I know, but this is nothing like our previous individual battles with Eggman." Sonic said, "We're not up against a water monster, a dream fairy's dark half or a freaking lizard attached to a space station, a metal dragon or space aliens or... a time deity that people can't remember.

"Nor are we facing a rogue genie, a witch, a mechanical time devourer or a pair of Zeti or a jackal with a magic gemstone. No, this is a man with an army of robots out to take over the world and build a theme park, teaming up with multiple versions of himself and who knows how many other villains.

"And for crying out loud, I almost got obliterated by their firepower in that village had it not been for my speed, you've all fought these guys too and you know how dangerous they are."

"Dude, you don't know anything about my world." Green Tunic Sonic stepped forward, "In my universe, we were terrorized by an evil overlord named Doom and I took him down.

"But that was in another life, which is very important, since Eggmandorf, my Eggman, is the reincarnation of that guy and he keeps coming back, intent on ruling the kingdom of Myrule and obtaining the TriChaosForce for himself.

"I've battled him, on several occasions, throughout time with Princess Amy Rose by my side in every timeline. And he's not the only one who comes back, Amy and I have lived several lives. Yeah, I'm not the only Sonic of my world. This is the current me and you haven't even met my predecessors."

"This is deep!" Sonic whispered in Tails' ear.

"Yeah, I know." Tails whispered, "I asked him if he's met me in any of his previous lives and it's hard to tell if I exist in his world in all of those timelines."

"Wow, dude. I should come by your world someday." Sat AM Sonic quipped to Myrule Sonic, "The fact you have a princess is just, whoa, beyond way past cool. Not to mention you're with a princess too, we have so much in common!"

"Depends on what era when you show up." Myrule Sonic told Sat AM Sonic.

Just then, a red light blared and an electronic blare echoed throughout the laboratory. Tails and his counterparts quickly checked their computer as a report came up. The twin-tailed fox turned to Sonic with urgency in his eyes. "Eggman's attacking Westopolis." He said

"Which one?" Sonic asked.

"All of them, I think."

"Eggman's attacking?!" Boom Sonic exclaimed, "Where's it happening, what village?"

"We got no time to waste!" Blaze shouted urgently, "The doctor has launched another attack and people are in danger. We must mobilize as soon as possible; people will be needing help. Sonic, you know the drill already. I will be in Westopolis and will help as best I can."

"You got it, Blaze." Sonic saluted.

Firelight filled the room as Blaze vanished, teleporting out of the lab and leaving a scorch mark on the floor to Tails' dismay. Sonic turned to his counterparts with confidence in his eyes.

"Ok, guys! Let's move!" He declared, "It's time to kick some butt and give Eggman a headache he won't forget, trash his Badnik army and send the doctors packing!"

"Uh, to be technical, Eggmandorf isn't a doctor." Myrule Sonic raised his hand.

"Who cares?" Sat AM Sonic smacked a fist into his palm, "It's time to juice and jam!"

"Isn't that my line?" Underground Sonic asked, he then shrugged, "Oh, what the heck? ITS JUICE TIME!" He then raced out of the lab, launching into a spin-dash and flying up the elevator as the other Sonics began to follow suit with their respective Tails' following them.

"Alright, Tails!" AoSTH Sonic high-fived his universe's version of the twin-tailed fox genius, "We're up, over and GONE!"

ZOOM! The cartoon-y blue hedgehog raced out of the lab, heading up to the surface at high speed with the brown fox flying behind him. Sonic watched with a grin before he got moving, launching into a speed boost and running up the ceiling through the opening above. It was time for action once again.

Hopefully, the world was ready for the League of Sonics...