A/N: I have a sort of fanfiction announcement to make. Recently, I adopted a Sonic OC named Amelia the Hedgehog from a DeviantArt user named SonicMarioAIArt. I've already done two pieces of fan art of her, and I created a profile for her on the Sonic Fanon Wiki (man, haven't used that in a long time), so expect to see her in a fic in the near future.


Fortunately, Sonic grabbed on to the missile in time. After a few seconds of being airborne, he let go and kept falling until he hit the ground face-first in some sort of jungle. He picked himself up and then shook himself off.

"Well, it's better than that cramped cell!" said Sonic. "Hey, that's…!"

"That blue hedgehog again, of all places!" said Shadow.

Sonic thrust his index finger at Shadow. "I found ya, Faker!"

"Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here. You're comparing yourself to me? HA! You're not even good enough to be my fake!"

"I'll make ya eat those words!"

"There's no time to play games. You won't even get the chance."

Sonic and Shadow charged at each other. Shadow attempted to strike Sonic with a Homing Attack, but Sonic sensed this and did his best to jump out of the way, thereby evading the attack, but just barely. Quickly spinning around, Sonic aimed a Spin Dash at Shadow, but the black-and-red hedgehog dodged him effortlessly and attempted to land a punch on the back of his head. However, Sonic sidestepped him and tried to answer with his own punch, only for Shadow to grab his arm and twist it around in an attempt to break it. Fortunately, Big Blue broke out of this hold by yanking his arm away as hard as possible, and then followed up by roundhouse kicking Shadow.

"I'm the coolest," said Shadow.

Sonic laughed. "Yeah right!"

Sonic aimed a Homing Attack at Shadow, but the latter caught him and threw him against a tree. Though very briefly stunned, Sonic got up and charged at Shadow, who attempted to throw a punch at him, but the Blue Blur caught his arm and threw him down on the ground. However, Shadow got up shortly thereafter.

"Oh, I see how it is," said Shadow.

"Want another piece of me?" said Sonic.

"I'll take a piece from you so large that nobody will be able to resurrect you!"

"Bring it, turkey!"

Sonic and Shadow charged at each other, the former rolling up for a Spin Attack. However, Shadow caught on to this and karate chopped him, knocking him to the ground. Undeterred, Sonic got back up and very narrowly missed a vicious right hook from Shadow. Sonic then attempted a roundhouse kick, but Shadow jumped away. Next, Sonic and Shadow each came at each other with a Homing Attack, and upon striking each other, they immediately engaged in some anime-style fisticuffs, neither one being particularly willing to back down. After about half a minute of this, both of them somehow managed to land a punch on the other, throwing the two hedgehogs back quite a ways.

"Not bad for an impostor," said Shadow.

Suddenly, Sonic heard a beeping sound.

"Shadow, what are you doing!?" said Robotnik over Shadow's wrist communicator. "Hurry up and get back here right now before the island blows up with you on it!"

Sonic recoiled a bit. "Hold up! Nobody said nothin' about this joint blowin' up!"

Shadow said nothing else; he just ran away, while Sonic called Tails on his watch communicator:

"Tails, ya there?"

"I'm here, Sonic. What's up?"

"We gotta get off this island FAST! Robuttnik's gonna blow the whole joint sky-high!"

"OK, where are you?"

"I'm in this jungle, I dunno exactly where, but I'm headin' for the shore!"

"Got it!"

Sonic ran at his trademark super speed, heading down a path that resembled a half pipe. He then soared over a river, and when he landed on the other side, he encountered some small G.U.N. mechs. Fortunately for him, these proved just as easy to destroy as anything that Robotnik had thrown at him. The next few sections proved easier for him, but there was one question that he just couldn't shake, and that was the question of exactly how much time him and Tails had to get off the island before it got blown to pieces. Knowing this, he vowed to push himself as fast as he possibly could. In spite of this uncertainty, the Blue Blur didn't even break a sweat as he swung on a vine to a higher platform and destroyed a few G.U.N. mechs and drones before moving on.

For a short time, he appeared to be having an easy jaunt, but more mechs came at him. What Sonic found odd about the whole thing was that it seemed as though G.U.N. wasn't exactly pouring all of their resources into trying to recapture him. In his opinion, they should've been sending a lot more units to try to stop him. At one point, Sonic bungee jumped off of one vine and sailed quite far, destroying a couple more mechs and drones. Coming towards the beach, a few G.U.N. troops attempted to stop him, but he came upon a friendly face just in time…

"Sonic, let's go!" said Tails.

Sonic grabbed onto Tails' wrists, and they flew away. Fortunately, they made it a fair distance before Prison Island was obliterated by a nuke.


Back on the shore of Station Square, Sonic and Tails were taking a brief rest.

"Tails, you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"

Tails put his index finger on his cheek. "What are you thinking?"

"We better call Knux about this. We need all the help we can get."

Tails nodded. "Right."

Sonic called Knuckles the Echidna on his watch communicator:

"Knuckles, it's Sonic."

"Hey Sonic, what's going on?"

"Listen, we need your help! Robuttnik's back, and he's got this hedgehog named Shadow workin' for him who looks almost like me!"

"Sorry, I'd love to help, but this crazy bat tried to steal the Master Emerald, so I have to put it back together!"

"Well, best of luck, and if ya get a break, come down when ya can, ya dig?"

"I'll try, but no promises!"

Knuckles ended the call.

Sonic put his fists on his hips. "All right, this is gettin' way past freaked out. First a guy who looks almost like me comes along and frames me for some crimes I didn't commit, and now Knux is in trouble again. I hope ya got somethin' useful, man."

"I do." Tails pulled out the yellow Chaos Emerald.

Sonic's eyes widened. "Where in the houses of the holy did ya get that!?"

"It washed up on the shore when I was taking off to find you. Maybe we can use it to find Robotnik!"

"How?"

"The Chaos Emeralds are like magnets; they have the power to attract each other, so if Robotnik has any, we'll know where he is."

Sonic yawned. "That's super fly and all, but all this runnin' from the law is makin' me sleepy. We oughta find a place to crash for the night."

Tails nodded. "Good idea."

Thus, Sonic and Tails headed back to Station Square to find a place to stay for the night, hoping that Robotnik wouldn't get too far ahead while they were asleep.


Fortunately, it didn't take Sonic and Tails long to find a youth hostel for them to spend the night. Here, they snuggled in the nearest available bed.

"Tails, thanks again for the help!" whispered Sonic. "I swear, the more I hang out with ya, the more I like ya!"

"You're welcome! I could say the same of you, Sonic!"

"Good night!"

"Good night!"

And so, Sonic and Tails went to sleep. Even if Robotnik was still out there, at least they could rest a bit easier knowing that they still had each other.


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