Chapter 5: Family Relations
Within a day, Shade heads back to Angel Island to see her favorite guy sitting by the Master Emerald. "Hey Knuxie," Shade said using his pet name as Knuckle approached her to see her looking very sad and tired.
"I heard what happened in Station Square. These guys are pretty tough," Knuckle said as he gave her a hug to settle her on the steps of the shrine.
"Yes, but they got two of the seven emeralds and we have no clue what this wizard's plans are," Shade said as they noticed a flash of light to see a tall bat Mobian appeared wearing a cloak covering his features.
"So, this is the Master Emerald," Naugus said as the two Echidna looked at the cloaked figure wielding a magic staff.
"Who the hell are you," Knuckles said as the two Echidnas rushed at him. Naugus shows a nasty smile tapping his staff onto the ground summoning crystals to entrap Knuckles and Shade inside making them helpless.
Naugus looks on with glee at the Master Emerald casts a lightning bolt from the sky and scatters the emerald into many pieces. The force of the spell made the shards fly into the sky spreading out across the world. "This thing will not be used against me. Now I need to research this Onyx Horde and it is related to the ancient Echidna civilization over 8000 years ago. Seems like this world is similar to my world in terms of its past," he said as he teleported away.
His magic disappears to free Knuckles and Shade for they are dumbfounded by his magic which they had no defense against. "Gee, this is nuts," Knuckles said as he looked at the broken stub of the Master Emerald. "You got to be kidding me, it's broken again," Knuckles said as he felt flustered by this as they felt the island beginning to fall back into the ocean.
They both fall onto the ground as Angel Island crashes into the ocean to be near Mystic Ruins once again.
"Well, this is a thing again," Knuckles said as Shade patted him on the back.
"Hey Knuxie, we can put it back together again like before. Let's get the Chaotix group to help us find the shards," Shade said as Knuckles picked himself up.
"Yeah, we will put it back. I'm tired, let's get the ground rolling tomorrow," Knuckles said as Shade grabbed his hand tenderly to lead them back to their house right by the shrine.
A week has passed with no sight of attacks anyway with the Chaotix members aiding Knuckles and Shade seeking out the shards of the Master Emerald. Mina and Sonic are in Station Square after it was rebuilt with Mina setting up a concert to raise the spirits of the people there.
Sonic is in the back as Mina in her stage outfit using her mic to sing her favorite song. Human and Mobian fans are cheering for their favorite pop idol.
"Thank you, everyone. I am thankful for all of you to be safe and sound. Keep cheering us on and we will bring peace to this world once again," Mina said as the crowds roared with excitement shouting her name. She comes into the back row and she gives a big hug to Sonic. "How did you like the performance?" she asked as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Pretty nice like always," Sonic said as she giggled at his sweet-talking.
"Thanks, it's been pretty rough for the last week. Everyone is recovering from this, getting some time off to clear their heads," Mina said.
"Yeah and the Master Emerald breaking by that Naugus guy. This is nuts," Sonic said as Mina stroked his back putting him at ease.
"I know and he has not launched another attack for a week now. We need time to gather ourselves and help out when we can," Mina said.
"Yeah, your music is helping people put their minds at ease," Sonic said as Mina looked at her microphone to tap it against her thumb.
"Yes, I am quite happy to aid in any way I can. So, I am going to meet my mother soon, can you come with me? She always enjoys your company," Mina said.
"Cool I am, your mother's cooking is to die for," Sonic said.
"Oh Sonic, what about my cooking? I put all my heart and soul into it," Mina said in a teasing manner.
"I do, your chill dogs are total bangers," Sonic said as Mina giggled at this.
"I am teasing you, I did learn from the best," Mina said as they prepared to go back to their condo preparing to head for Mina's hometown of Okina City in Yurashia to spend time with Mina's mother Isabella Mongoose.
Elsewhere within Central City which is the capital of GUN. Whisper, Tangle, Omega, Shadow, Rouge, Shard, and Ace sitting in a bar enjoying the atmosphere with Ace and Whisper sitting together, Rouge is sipping some wine, Omega and Shard are playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Shadow and Tangle are playing pool.
"Hmm, this tastes delicious. This Red Ruby is divine," Rouge said.
"Rouge remember the last time you drank wine," Shadow said as Rouge pouted at this.
"Come on Shadow, I am a big girl. I can hold my drinks," Rouge said as Shadow heavily doubted this.
"You pissed drunk and were dancing naked on top of the tables," Shadow said as Tangle laughs at this silly moment. Rouge blushes in the face at that embarrassing moment.
"Yeah, that was funny as hell," Tangle said as she used her long tail as a pool stick to strike a ball to hit another ball to miss it.
"Well, I wanted to forget that ever happened," Rouge said as Tangle giggled to see Whisper getting cozy with her favorite raccoon.
"Whisper is also a light drinker," Tangle teases her best friend as Whisper is blushing pretty hard.
"Oh please, don't talk about that," Whisper said.
"Wolfy, you are a pretty cute drunk," Ace turns to tease her.
"Yes, she is," Tangle said as the cool reserved Whisper was reduced to a bright tomato.
"Oh, it's getting uncomfortable here," Whisper said as Rouge laughs at this.
"The legendary Guardian Angel becoming a funny drunk. This is something I need to hear about," Rouge said.
"I would love to hear this story as well. It sounds amusing," Omega said as Whisper sighed at this.
"Yeah it was quite amusing," Shard said.
"She was drinking some wine she wanted to try out and she was getting tipsy. She starts singing out of her Mina's pop songs, it was pretty cute," Tangle said.
"Yeah, she is packing some pipes. Very cute voice to hear as well," Ace flirted as Whisper was glowing in the face.
"Stop it, you guys," Whisper said feeling bashful as Ace kissed her on the cheek.
"You are so cute," Ace said as Whisper fell apart from all the pressure around her.
"How adorable, let your boyfriend hold you nice and tight," Rouge said.
"Okay guys, enough teasing," Ace said as Whisper buried her face into a menu to hide her blush. "Sorry Wolfe. You okay?" he asked sounding concerned.
"Yes, I am. Sorry for being a buzzkill, I know you all are playing around," Whisper said as Tangle patted her on the back.
"Relax, we are all friends here. Right guys?" Tangle asked as everyone nodded their heads.
"Friends," Whisper said softly with a pretty reserved smile creeping onto her muzzle. She felt so warm within her chest as she saw Tangle, Shadow, Shard, Rouge, and Omega as her close friends with Ace being her boyfriend. These deep bonds she has forged during the conflict with Black Arms over 3 years ago and has cherished these bonds ever since.
All seven look over to see the news on the screen. "In other news, Sonic and friends managed to save Station Square despite all the damage that was caused in the conflict," the reporter said.
"Turn that crap off," Ace suggested as Rouge doesn't like the news channel either.
"Yes the owner Breezie the Hedgehog is quite annoying and only cares to push slander for ratings," Rouge said as they saw the owner of Breezy Media, a tall female, teal-colored hedgehog sporting a red business suit on a stage to greet the media.
"Hello everyone, I am making this press conference to calm the people and I will be able to use my new broadcasting networks to keep the people both Human and Mobian alike feeling safe and secure," Breezie said as Shadow saw through her façade of friendly.
"She is nothing more than a greedy attention whore," Rouge said.
"Takes one to know one right," Tangle joked as everyone laughed at Rouge with her looking flustered.
"That is not funny," Rouge said as Shadow smirked at her.
"You were like that before," Shadow said.
"Not anymore since I found the right people to steer me in the right direction," Rouge said looking into Shadow's eyes to place her hand on his own. Tangle is cooing at this as this annoyed Rouge and Shadow.
"Am I sensing some dancing in the moonlight here," Tangle teases them.
"Seriously, cut it out," Rouge said as she was upset this loudmouth ruined her moment with Shadow.
"Yes mother," Tangle said playfully as Shadow looked at the screen with Breezie being suspicious about her.
Elsewhere Naugus looks at the tablet talking about the legendary Onyx Horde with Metal Sonic coming into his quarters. "Sir, are you okay to translate the runes on those tablets?" he asked as Naugus had a vicious smile on his weathered face.
"Indeed, I did and it's quite interesting. Your world's history is a very stripped-down version of my own Mobius. The Onyx Horde is the most powerful army ever created on this planet and goes back 8000 years ago with a certain Echidna tribe called the Eclipse who were aces when it came to technology. Due to natural disasters, their city-state Albion was buried in the sands of time. This tablet confirms this mighty army's existence," Naugus said.
"What makes this army so special?" Metal Sonic sounds curious.
"These powerful Golem were a mix of science and magic. The Eclipse Tribe has made them unbeatable by allowing them to clone themselves endlessly allowing them to overpower anyone through sheer numbers but they never managed to activate them locked up in a secured location somewhere," Naugus said.
"Interesting," Metal Sonic said.
"There are some things I need to know like where the location of Albion is. It's been long lost and no one has found it in ages. We need to hit a museum which is closely related to Echidna history to gain some clues of its whereabouts," Naugus said.
'I will the others about our new goals," Metal Sonic said as he exits out of his chambers.
"Soon, the power I seek will be mine, and I will be the new king of Mobius while Robotnik bows before my might," Naugus said putting up a devilish smile at his dream becoming closer to reality.
Elsewhere Sonic and Mina are within Okina City to go to a large house for them to be by the door. Mina knocks on the door to see a taller female mongoose with long purple hair and green eyes while wearing a blue dress. "Oh, hello darling along with Sonic as well," Isabella said as she hugged her daughter.
"Hey there Mom," Mina said as she returned her hug.
"Hello Miss Mongoose, good to see you again," Sonic said as he hugged Isabella as well.
"Goodness dear, you look very pretty," the mother said as Mina shaped up her long purple hair while wearing a blue top, and a beige skirt that went to her knees along with her using brown shoes.
"Thanks, mom. I wanted to look good today," Mina said.
"It's to impress your future husband right?" Isabella teases her as Mina gets flustered by her mother's teasing.
"Future husband," Mina gets flustered by her mother's teasing. She lets them inside for Mina sees her little 14-year-old sister Melody Mongoose donning a green dress and blue sandals. She goes up to her and hugs her.
"Hey, big sister. I saw your concert earlier on live stream, you were so pretty and awesome up there," Melody said.
"Thanks, sis, I was putting up one heck of a show after all that bad stuff happened," Mina said as Melody looked sad at this.
"After what happened with Station Square, it's quite worrying what's happening to the world," Melody said.
"It's no difference when the Black Arms were invading Mobius over three years ago. We can handle this," Sonic said.
"Yeah, we will save the world like we always do," Mina said putting on a brave face for her sister.
"Yeah, you two are the power couple. I believe you can do it," Melody said as Isabella was bothered by all the things happening.
"I believe you two along with your friends should be able to aid the government to resolve this problem. Now enough of the serious stuff, let's enjoy ourselves. Make yourselves at home," Isabella said as they went into Mina's family home.
Sonic can see the tofu shop is built within the house on the side as it's closed off for the day. "Oh, you are not serving Tofu today?" he asked.
"Oh no, I closed up the shop so I can spend time with you both. Come to the kitchen, I prepared the food for us," Isabella said as they all went to the dinner table. " I got all kinds of foods for us to chew on. Fried chicken, pork buns, miso soup, and of course chili dogs," Isabella said as Sonic was ready to dig into this tasty bouquet of dishes.
"Madam, you are speaking my language," Sonic said as Sonic, Mina, Isabella, and Melody sat at the table to enjoy a new family meal. Sonic is biting down on one of the pork buns to see the TV on to see a news report about what happened at Station Square to see the CEO of Breezy Media going on a news conference.
"Gee, I hate that woman," Mina said.
"I know right, all she does is pour out false information all the time to boost up ratings," Melody said as they hated the female hedgehog's smug look on her face thinking she was better than anyone else.
"Quite sad really, some people only care about the bottom line and then use a crisis to further their agenda," Isabella said as Sonic has a bad feeling about this Breezie woman.
Sonic grabs one of the pork buns to chew into it as his mouth is bursting with flavor. "Oh wow, this is great," Sonic said.
"I am a wiz when it comes to local Yurashia food. Hey Mina, did you show Sonic that lovely Cheongsam you have gotten recently?" Isabella asked.
"Oh no, I didn't have the chance to get it and show it to him yet," Mina said.
"It's quite lovely, I think you would agree Sonic," Isabella teases them as Mina blushes from this.
"Mom," Mina said feeling embarrassed as Sonic was curious how her body would look in a tight-fitting dress like that.
"Well, it's placed in your room. Try it and show it to him, he will like it," Isabella winks at her with Mina sighing at this.
"Wow, this Chili Dog is awesome, especially these Tofu ones," Sonic said as Isabella laughed at this.
"Nice to know how you feel, did my cooking rub with Mina's cooking?" Isabella asked.
"Oh see, she learned from the best," Sonic said.
"Indeed, she did," Isabella said as they finished their meal with Sonic rubbing his stomach.
"Oh boy, this is awesome Miss Mongoose," Sonic said.
"You are welcome, enjoy your stay here. I will wipe up some desserts," Isabella said as Mina wanted to take Sonic to her old room.
"Come on Sonic, I want to show you how I look in that dress," Mina said.
"I can't wait for it, with a body like yours. It will be a real treat to watch," Sonic said as Mina giggled at this.
"Oh, you will be disappointed," Mina said as they came into her room which had an exotic dress lying on the bed. "There it is, the Cheongsam. It's beautiful, I am going to try it on now. Just sit there and enjoy the view," Mina gives him a wink as she turns her back to him to begin stripping out of her outfit.
"Okay," Sonic said as Mina got out of her top and skirt to only be in a white silk bra and white silk panties matching her coat of yellow fur. "Looking perfect as always," Sonic said as Mina felt her cheeks get red from his sweet words.
"Oh; I am just getting started," Mina said as she slipped onto the dress to properly put it on and spin to face Sonic. She saw that her boyfriend was floored by her outfit. "Oh, I got him good," Mina said.
Sonic looks upon Mina's beautiful purple hair and crystal green eyes along with her outfit fitting her shapely hourglass figure for she can be mistaken for an angel. Her silky red dress is form-fitting and reaches her knees. The skirt has slits on the sides to show off her long curvy legs. It also has a green dragon etched across the front of the dress.
"Damn babe, you are 6 out of 5 right there," Sonic said as Mina giggles at this.
"You liked it that much?" Mina asked in a flirty tone.
"Pretty much," Sonic said as he felt like leaping onto her and having his way with her but he held down the impulse.
"I am glad you like it. You will be seeing it more often," Mina said as she switched back to her outfit from before.
"Can't wait for that," Sonic said as Mina placed the dress back on the bed for them to head back downstairs to see Miss Mongoose place a tray of rice pudding and sponge cakes.
"I have treats here," Isabella said as everyone began to enjoy the snacks.
Everyone is finished with their treats. "Hey Miss Mongoose, I am going to take a walk and get some fresh air," he said.
"Okay," Isabella said.
"You want to take a walk with me?" Sonic asked to reach out to take her small hand.
"Of course, I know the area. So, I don't want you to get lost," Mina said as they both went out of the house to go into the local forest to take in the scenery.
They are within the mountainous wilderness to see the warm glow of the afternoon sun against the horizon.
"It's so beautiful," Mina said as Sonic looked at her to see something even more stunning.
"Nothing compared to you Mina," he blurted out as Mina had a blush on her face from his sweet comment.
"Thank you, baby," she said to give him a bright smile which he adores for them to see a big lake in the middle of the forest. "I used to swim in this lake when I was a kid. It was a lot of fun with the rest of the kids in the neighborhood," Mina said as her heart was about to burst out of her chest.
"Hey babe, what's wrong?" he asked appearing before the lovely mongoose.
"You mean the world to me Sonic. You are my best friend as well as a loving partner. I am grateful for you to be by my side," she said.
"Yeah, it is a total pleasure, Mina," Sonic said as his sweet words made her have a soft red glow on her cheeks.
"Sonic," she said softly as her velvet voice made Sonic's heart melt making him blush as well. "No matter what happens, I will always run beside you heading into any danger we come across in the present and the future," Mina said pouring her heart into her words.
Sonic responds by giving her a big hug to give each other a long passionate kiss while there is a tight tender embrace. Sonic pushes Mina onto a tree to enjoy how soft her body feels with Mina holding his chest while he is gripping her hips.
They feverishly brush their tongues and their lips pressing down hard drawing air with each withdrawing breath. Mina feels Sonic's strong hands going to her tail popping out of the silt of her skirt. "Oh Sonic," she said as he stroked her tail making it feel very sensitive.
"Sorry babe, can't help myself," Sonic said as Mina giggled to continue kissing him.
"Isn't that precious," Isabella said as both Mina's mother and sister were watching from the sideline.
"Mom," Mina said in protest as the couple looked embarrassed by this.
"So cute big sis," Melody teased them as well.
"Well now, I would like some grandchildren sooner than later," Isabella keeps teasing them as both lovers are red like tomatoes. They both walk away with Mina and Sonic coming along with him as they enjoy the rest of the day together.
Elsewhere within the HQ of Breezy Media, Breezie is storming into her main office trying to get away from the public eye. "Gee, what a pain in the ass but that loss in Station Square is juicy for some news bits," Breezie said as she looks at her phone to see the Eggman icon on it. "Oh my, this number hasn't been used in a while now," she said to use her smartphone.
"Hello Breezie, I need a favor from you," Naugus's voice came on the call.
"So, you're the new guy in charge. I thought Dr. Starline or Eggman's niece Snively would take over but this is a surprise. You killed the big guy?" she asked.
"Yes, and it's a long story. You and I will benefit from this relationship," Naugus said as Breezie had a nasty look on her face.
"Oh, my new stories are about to get more interesting," Breezie said as she began her partnership with Naugus and his forces.
