Sonic the Hedgehog 3.5: The adventure continues
Prologue: a reunion
Arriving back in green hills, Sonic couldn't believe it.
They had done it, they had gone up to the space colony ARK, and saved the world!
Tails and Knuckles were basking in the adoration from the cheering citizens of green hills, while Sonic smiled at his two adopted parents, who looked on at him with pride. It was the moment the lonely little hedgehog had been looking toward his entire life.
Everyone was so wrapped up in the moment, that they had failed to notice the ring portal open nearby, or see the pink blurr in a red dress, zoom over towards the startled blue hedgehog, and tackle him to the ground in a hug.
"SOOONNNIIIIC!" She cried out, as they both hit the ground. "I'm so glad I finally found you!"
"A-Amy?!" he asked in surprise, as he looked up into a pair of alluring green eyes. "W-what are you doing here?!"
And after that, noting would ever be the same again...
Chapter one
Planet Earth, 2 months after the space Colony Ark incident.
Far above the Earth in space, over 100 large dark shapes hung in an orbit just outside Earth's ability to detect them, cloaked and well hidden from everyone on the planet below. These massive ships were shaped like giant metal War clubs, and we're painted in an early familiar red and black. On the side of each vessel, was the image of an angry looking cartoony man with the mustache, a logo that belonged to a man that up until recently, had been one of the earth's greatest threats. But though the man responsible for the ships' creation was no longer a threat, the egg Fleet was still very much a potential menace to the planet below.
Onboard each of the vessels, there was a flurry of activity. Thousands of humanoid robots called egg Robos scurried and scrambled about at their tasks, while thousands of swarms of motobugs and Buzz bombers zoomed about to and fro, making small repairs and maintenance on the vessels and they're un-living humanoid Crews. Caterkillers slithered all over outside the vessels, searching for and sealing up any breeches, and maintaining a pristine environment outside the vessels, while squadrons of obinauts patrolled the area around The Fleets space, making sure no Interlopers from the planet below interfered in its actions. In the cargo bay of the flagship, the only living being on the entire fleet watched out the window at the Earth below. With a sad sigh, former agent Julian Stone silently lamented as he looked at the planet below.
"Doctor, if only you were still here with us." The mustache faced Middle Eastern man said with a sigh." The great goal of the Robotnik Manifesto is about to be carried out, and you are no longer even alive to see it."
He still couldn't believe his beloved mentor, the man he had looked up to ever since he had saved his life in his home country, Dr Ivo Robotnik, had seemingly perished along with his grandfather after the incident aboard the space Colony Ark. It had been at the hands of those wretched fur balls who had always made the doctor's life miserable, including that obnoxious little lab creation made by the doctor's grandfather 50 years ago. But even though the great doctor was no more, this massive Fleet- along with the hundreds of thousands of badniks whom both maintained it and self-replicated creating an endless Army to conquer the world below- where his legacy, having been built during those months after the defeat of the Death Egg Robot in Green Hills Montana, and the doctors own apparent demise a short time ago. Even now, plans were underway to complete the doctor's dream of conquest of the world below, and the subjugation of mankind to the glory of the great badnik horde.
"Agent Stone, please report to the bridge at once." A mechanical voice ordered over the ships intercom system. "I wish for an update on our progress"
With another sigh, agent Stone clambered over to the elevator, passing some burrobots repairing a wall, and rode the elevator up to the bridge. Stepping out he walked up to the command chair in the very center, and kneeled before the figure on it
"Everything is in Readiness my lord, a detachment of badniks is ready to head down, and test the Earth's defenses." The former government agent replied in a humble tone. "We will be ready to attack the gun facility where the two mobian visitors to Earth are currently housed."
"Excellent! Ambassador vanilla rabbit is on a Goodwill visit to Earth and is being hosted by gun before she meets with the UN and America's leaders in secret. If we are able to abduct her, it could trigger a war between the alliance of Nations on Mobius, and the nations of the human world. Make sure she is abducted unharmed.. but little daughter's death is acceptable collateral damage. " the figure on the throne turn to the monitors on the wall. And one of the preparations to make sure that my loathsome copy and his accursed friends does not interfere with the abduction?"
"I have already dispatched a dozen of your new generation of badnik Fighters down to the surface my Lord." Agent Stone replied. "The blue one, his little two-tailed friend, that's stupid Echidna Warrior who betrayed the Eggman Empire, and the blue ones pink mate will be Well distracted, sir."
"See to it that they do not interfere, use those two foolish humans they consider parental figures as bait if necessary." The blue metallic form sitting in the command chair, the lord of the entire badnik army declared Rising him from his throne and walking over to look out the window with lit metallic eyes. "Though my beloved creator is no longer with us, I will see his dream of a subjugated Earth fulfilled, and my loathsome copy and his accursed friends shall pay dearly for the death of the greatest scientists who ever lived!"
"Come on you guys, try to keep up!" The blue Hedgehog exclaimed, staying well ahead of the others. "It's like you guys can't roll around the speed of sound or something!"
In the pine covered forests of Green Hills Montana, the blue hero known as Sonic the Hedgehog raced along at top speed zipping through Hollow logs racing round trees and zooming through the endless hills and mountains of green. This was the brave hero who had saved the world a few times, facing and defeating the evil doctor Robotnik twice as well as well as stopping him and his grandfather from nearly wrecking the planet aboard the space Colony ark. Having fought most of these battles besides his friends and loved ones, the blue mobian Hedgehog had found a place for himself in the human world, as well as friends and family to call his own. Daredevil Antics like these are what made life bearable now for the Blue Blur, as when he and his friends weren't saving the world, it was small little games like these that made life in the rural West bearable.
"Sonic, slow up! We can't all keep up with you!" The two-tailed fox Racing beside him gasped out. "If you don't slow down soon, I estimate another 2.5 minutes before the rest of us run out of stamina, and need to take a break."
Miles Prower, known to all his friends as Tails the fox, had been a child prodigy from a mobian village who's inhabitants did nothing but make fun of him after his parents death. Seeing Sonic through a monitor on Earth doing heroic deeds, the young fox had come to idolize the hero, and eventually came to Earth to help him out during Dr Robotnik's second attack. The little fellow had become something of a younger brother to sonic, one who looked up to him, and hoped to be a hero like him someday.
"Sorry Tails, but if you can't keep up with the speed, stay off the racetrack!" The Blue Blur Shrugged " you guys never had any trouble keeping up with me before, what's the problem now?"
Sonic's teasing laughter was cut off, as a massive fist knocked down in front of him, finally forcing the heroic hedgehog to stop. Looking up an annoyance, Sonic grumbled at the angry red form before him.
"The Boy Is Right, Sonic! You need to practice more caution and not just running around impulsively." The angry echidna advised. "While speed can be a powerful ally in battle, foolish impulsiveness can get one killed, as my tribe learned the hard way."
The last surviving member of the Angel Island echidna tribe, knuckles had come to Earth in search of a master emerald, ready to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog As Longclaw's Apprentice in order to get it. But while he initially sought an alliance with Dr Eggman, The Angry Red echidna managed to make friends with Sonic the Hedgehog after Robotnik's betrayal, and together with tails help to save the town of Green Hills and the entire world from an emerald powered Dr robotnik. The Echidna now hoped to one day return to Mobius with the Master Emerald, placing it on the emerald altar and causing Angel Island to rise into the clouds once more. But until that day came, he lived with Sonic and his other friends in this boring little town of Green Hills, protecting the earth and its people from all possible threats.
"Oh, come on Knuckles, chill out! Robotnik and his gassy old grandpa are gone, shadow is currently in the custody of gun being reformed, and there's no threat to the planet! We can just sit back here, chill, and relax! Nothing to do but have a good time!"
Suddenly, a large red and yellow hammer slammed down on the ground besides Sonic, getting both his and Knuckles attention. The hammer had successfully smashed the nearby Boulder to Pebbles, revealing that it's wielder had a strength that while only half of the red echidnas power, was still none of the less a force to be reckoned with. Looking over at the lovely pink female hedgehog in a red dress with long glowing pink quills beside him, Sonic smiled
"Hey babe, good to see ya! Don't tell me that these two worry warts are getting to you too!" The blue blur put arm around her, as the pink Hedgehog tried to stifle a small Giggle and blush. "There's no bad guys around to worry about right now, and Tom and Maddie are away on their second honeymoon, so what do we have to worry about?"
"Sonic, this is no time to be clowning around!" The pink Hedgehog sighed, rolling her eyes. "Don't you remember that Commander Walters told us that that ambassador from our Home world is arriving today? The one that's going to negotiate a treaty between the nations of Earth and the nations of mobius?"
As strong and smart as she was beautiful, Amy Rose the Hedgehog had been a young girl who had grown up on the South Island with Sonic, when they were both little. Amy had first met Sonic when long claw had brought him back to the island as a toddler, and at first the two avoided each other as she was afraid of him. But after Sonic had saved her from falling over a cliff one day, the little pink wonder had become enamored with the blue male hedgehog, and followed him around the island whenever she could, trying to keep up with him. The two had lost touch when the echidna tribe had attacked the island, and Sonic fled to Earth for safety. Over the next ten years Amy trained under her father's Warrior skills with the hammer, and studied her mother's psychic Tarot Card abilities, to grow strong like Sonic. She is always hope to reunite with him again one day, and when a tarot card reading said that she did a great battle was taking place on earth, and Sonic was involved, she took the ring portal back to reunite with her childhood friend. Arriving just at the closure of the Ark incident, the two had been Overjoyed to see each other semicolon Amy tackling Sonic to the ground in a big hug, well the blue Hedgehog laughed happily it seen his old friend again. Amy had elected to remain on Earth with Sonic for the time being, while she entails were slowly trying to convince him that he should return home to Mobius one day, since the threat of the Echidna tribe was no more.
"Oh yeah, I had heard about that." Sonic replied, scratching the back of his neck. The big countries back home like the acorn Kingdom and the Hedgehog Kingdom on Christmas Island send an ambassador and her daughter over after gun reached out to them bye satellite communication. But why should we care if some big shot from home has come to Earth?" Sonic looked at Amy thoughtfully. "Say, Tails and Knuckles think I might be related to the Hedgehog kingdoms ruler Queen Aleena, and her two children Sonia and manic. Think there might be any truth to that Amy?"
"SONIC!" Amy Rose pouted with a cute face, her cheeks puffing up in anger. "What if someone tries to hurt the ambassador? Even though this Eggman character you guys thought is gone, there's still the threat a bad guys from home, like the battle bird armada, the wizard Nagus, or even alien threats like the zeti or metarex! What if any of them should decide to go after the Ambassador?"
"Awww, chill out! You three are worrying way too much!" Sonic exclaimed, leaning back against a tree as his two friends and possible girlfriend looked on. " there's no way any alien threats are going to attack Earth while we're protecting it!"
It was at that moment, when a whirring sound could be heard from come as if it were coming from all around them. The four mobians jumped to attention, as several motor bugs rolled up on the ground, and several Buzz bombers zoomed around in the sky overhead.
"Uh oh." Sonic the Hedgehog groaned, raising his fists. "Me and my big mouth."
"Badnik forces! But how can this be?" Knuckles exclaimed "Has that vile Dr Robotnik Come back from the dead?" " no, these look more colorful and cartoony than eggman's normal Bots." Tails replied in a fascinated voice, as he kept a fighting stance. " it's almost like someone was building on his work."
" Well, whoever it is, they're not going to get the best of us! Amy exclaimed pulling her Hammer up ready for a fight. " We'll smash these badnik thingies into scrap!"
And as the dangerous looking robots closed in, Sonic and his three friends stood back to back, Preparing themselves for battle ...
...
It was mid-afternoon at G.U.N., and preparations were underway for the new arrival. The , dressed in their uniforms and carrying weapons and helmets, were lining up on either side of the grand entrance way that had been prepared and a long purple carpet had been stretched out. As the stern and serious Commander Rockwell, the organization's second in command, barked orders for everyone to get into place, the organizations new Commander stepped out of his office, straightening the metals on his uniform.
While Commander Abraham Tower was a far more Stern and serious figure than his predecessor, the Olive Garden-loving Commander Walters, he was far more relaxed when it came to dealing with alien extraterrestrials. Commander Tower had been with the organization since his childhood, his father having been an officer in the Black Ops unit that oversaw the creation of Shadow the Hedgehog. He had grown up with Maria Robotnik as a childhood friend, and remained a part of the organization all through his life, up into the days that Ivo Robotnik took it over, and through Commander Walters 10-year of trying to stupidly catch Sonic the hedgehog. Commander Tower was far more friendly towards the Blue Blur and his friends, willing to give them free run of the world to perform their super heroics, as well as working with them on different situations that were too difficult for g.u.n. to handle alone. Now, with project Shadow back in custody and being rehabilitated and given a chance to redeem himself as a G.U.N. agent, things were starting to look up again for the clandestine government organization.
"Commander Rockwell, is everything in Readiness for the arrival of the mobian ambassador?" General Tower asked, as agent Rockwell snap to salute. I want to make sure this goes off with no mistakes or errors this time."
"Affirmative, sir. All agents and security Personnel are in place to ensure no one is able to disrupt the ambassador's visit." Commander Rockwell replied, lowering her salute. "Agent topaz is currently working with training agent shadow in training to control his powers at our Australian facility, and so we expect no trouble out of him."
"Very good Rockwell, it seems like you performed your job admirably." The G.U.N Commander smiled. "It cannot be stressed enough how important that this day is for the Earth and what this historic event means for Intergalactic relations."
Commander Rockwell knew exactly what General Tower was talking about, of course. Is it only been a week after the space Colony Ark incident where Sonic and his friends had saved the world, but they received a transmission from across space from Sonic's home world, the planet Mobius. The nations of Mobius had detected the release of energy from the battle between Sonic and the Robotnik family on the space colony, and realize that Earth was now going from being a Backwater to a potential Friend or Foe in the galaxy. Therefore, they had sent a transmission of peace and goodwill to Earth's satellites, proposing diplomatic relations be established, and sending an ambassador to represent all the nations of Mobius to the nations of earth. The American government and the United Nations had agreed to this visit, and preparations were currently underway to receive the ambassador. General Tower just hoped everything would go smoothly, now that both Dr Robotniks were no longer a threat.
Just then, a signal flashed on a nearby console, and Commander Rockwell ordered all her troops to stand to attention, neatly drawn up in two lines on either side of the purple carpet had been laid out. A rain portal opened at the far end of the room an out stepped a beautiful mobile rabbit woman wearing an elegant dress. Raising her skirts, which look like something out of Earth's Victorian period, she gracefully walk down the few steps and Strode her way down between the two rows of guards to greet the gun command her. Coming through the portal and flanking her on either side was to her left a little rabbit girl who looked just like her mother, wearing a similar dress in a much more simple Style. And to her right a very attractive mobian bat woman with a tight black bodysuit with a pink heart-shaped emblem on it. Commander Rockwell could see the mail soldiers in line stepping up a bit as the sultry looking bat with exposed cleavage past them, her attractiveness so strong that it affected even human males.
"Greetings ambassador, we are pleased by your safe arrival. I am General Abram Tower, the leader of the organization known as the guard unit of Nations." He bowed formally to the elegant looking rabbit woman. "I hope that your visit to our planet will prove beneficial to both the people's of Mobius and Earth."
" thank you, General tower. On behalf of all the peoples of Mobius, I bring you greetings." She curtsy politely to Tower, before reaching out to shake his hand. "Allow me to introduce my small but important Entourage. This is my young daughter cream, who I brought with me to accompany me on my journey." The little rabbit girl did a curtsy in response. "And this is my bodyguard, Rouge the bat. She may not look like much, but she is quite enough to fend off any potential threats to my person, I assure you."
Having read some of the files the mobian government said over on who was coming, General Tower had no doubt about that. Apparently, Rouge had been something of a jewel thief back on Mobius, breaking through every security system and every volt and safe on the planet. She was apparently only stopped when a trio of detectives called the chaotix managed to set a trap and foil her on one of her heists, and afterwards she had plead to the mobian court for amnesty and return for giving up fellow thieves in her profession. The sultry bat now worked as an agent for the mobian governments, similar to how g.u.n. worked for Earth's government. Right now, the look of annoyance on rouge's face told Abraham Tower that she was annoyed to be stuck on what was basically glorified babysitting Duty for an ambassador. Although the bat woman look like something that had stepped out of a adolescent male teens fantasy, the g.u.n. had no doubt she was a very capable fighter.
"Mommy, when are we going to get to go to the amusement parks like you promised?" Cream blurted out, as any toddler would, causing some of the gun agents to laugh at the cuteness under their breath. "I want to meet all the funny animal characters from the cartoons we see on the Transmissions from earth!" " now come on, little one. Your mother's busy doing her ambassadors Duty." Rouge put a hand on the little girl's shoulder, urging her forward extremely politely but firmly. "You'll get your chance to see all the really nice stuff on Earth."
The Mobian bat smiled at the thought, already dreaming of taking a look at all the gemstones and museums around the world in her spare time on this mission. What happened next, happened so fast. Suddenly, explosions rocked the whole G.U.N. facility, and many people were thrown off their feet. Orbinauts and bakiris suddenly poured in from every entryway in the facility, and began opening fire with laser shots.
"We're under attack!" Commander Rockwell screamed out waving her right arm for her troops to get into position. "All soldiers, protect the ambassador!"
What followed was a barrage of laser fire the end blasts being exchanged between the army of badniks and the gun soldiers. The armored human troops fell left and right, well at the same time dozens of badniks sparked and exploded as the shots rang out. Rouge moved in front of the Ambassador, but vanilla gestured for her to protect cream instead, before jumping up and delivering a fierce kick with her strong rabbit muscled leg. Getting over her initial surprise at The Ambassador was capable fighter herself, Rouge moved to protect the terrified cream, spin kicking and destroying every badnik got near her.
Soon, the whole base was filled with smoke. Eventually the fighting and Chaos died down, and is the smoke cleared the surviving g.u.n. officers could see both smashed up badniks and the bodies of Fallen Soldiers scattered everywhere. While Rouge was standing over to the left and trying to comfort the now sobbing and weeping cream, General Abraham Tower looked around and saw no trace of the Ambassador anywhere. Knowing that they had failed in the simple task of protecting the first diplomatic visitor to Earth from another world, the leader of g.u.n. let a sigh.
"Sir, it appears the Ambassador has been abducted." Commander Rockwell saluted as she stated the obvious. "Shall I contact agent topaz in Australia, and request she bring trainee Shadow the Hedgehog in to handle this matter?"
"Absolutely not! The last thing we need is an angry overly emotional Loose Cannon running around and blowing things up and causing chaos all over the planet in a delicate situation like this!" General Tower shook his head. "No, Shadow stays pickled in his tank, except for the brief hourly training sessions he gets brought out for to reform him." The gun leader looked over at the monitor. "We must call upon team Sonic once again.. the fate of this world depends on it."
