[One morning at the Thorndyke Mansion, Chris was on the phone with his mother while Sonic
watches this from the roof looking bored and knuckles looked annoyed]
Lindsey: [On the phone] Oh, this picture has been a disaster, darling! A complete disaster!
We've had to stop shooting because there's been torrential rain for days so there's nothing I can
do besides sit and wait. I don't think I'll be back 'til late next week at the earliest. But I had plenty
of time to go shopping and I'm having lots of wonderful presents that I hope you'll like them.
They're coming on daddy's jet so you should have them tonight!
Chris: Thanks, Mom. Mom, there's something I have to - well, there's something I did which I'm
kinda not supposed to.
Lindsey: Christopher, what happened?! Are you all right?!
Chris: Yeah, I'm totally fine. But remember about how you've said that I'm not allowed to swim at
night and how you wanted me to stay away from the adult pool?
Lindsey: Did you go swimming in the adult pool at night all by yourself?!
Chris: Um, well... not exactly. You see, there is these"cat" in the pool and I got it out.
Lindsey: Oh, you have a big heart just like I do. Next time, ring for Mr. Tanaka and he'll take care
of it, all right? Oh, darling, I must run. Kiss mummy goodbye [Kissing sounds between Chris and
Lindsey]. Ciao, sweetheart.
[Chris hangs up the phone as Sonic and knuckles jump onto the balcony.]
Sonic: Take a good look, I'm a hedgehog, not a cat!
Knuckles: and i'm an echidna
Chris: Um, I know. Please don't be mad. You see, my mom wouldn't understand.
Sonic: Why wouldn't she?
Knuckles[turns to sonic] think about it sonic, how many mobens have you seen science we got
here?
Chris: He's right. First of all, she knows that I wouldn't risk diving into a pool in the middle of the
night just to save a little hedgehog and echidna.
Sonic: Really?
Chris: What else could I say to her? I couldn't tell that I saved a blue, talking hedgehog and a
red talking echidna. That reminds me! Where and when did you learn how to talk, Sonic?
Sonic: Good question. Well, that prize goes to knuckles.[thumb point to knuckles next to him] He
taught me everything I know; heck he even raised me when I was a baby hedgehog.
Chris[shocked] Really?
Knuckles[held his head prideful] Yep. I was only six years old when I found him. My clain as
disappeared around that time. It was hard but I managed. [grabs sonic and gives him a noggie]
He is and always will be my baby brother.
Sonic: [tries to push knuckles off] knuckles stop.
Sonic and knuckles[laughing and play fighting]
[The moment stopped when the phone rings.]
Chris: Hello?
Nelson: Chris, is everything alright?
Chris: Hey dad, how are you?
Nelson: I'm fine but your mother just called and told me that you made an emergency rescue
last night. I guess our security system can't protect against stray cats that decide they want to
go for a midnight swim. Chris, I know you like animals but what you did was dangerous. Were
you hurt? Did the cats scratch you while you were trying to save it?
Chris: No scratches at all. I'm fine, Dad. Honest, I am. It wasn't really that big a deal. After I
jumped in and got it out of the water, it was really happy. I can tell.
Nelson: Yeah, gotcha, yeah-
Chris: Besides, I could've had Grandpa or Ella or Mr. Tanaka to help me if I needed to. Don't
worry, Dad. They're taking good care of me.
Nelson: Yeah, they better be. Listen, Chris. I've got an important meeting to run to. You call me
anytime if you need anything and no more late-night swims, promise?
Chris: Okay, Dad. I promise. See ya soon.
[Chris hangs up and then turns to Sonic who sighs in boredom and knuckles glares of
annoyance.]
Chris: [Lightly chuckles] I almost forgot, you must be pretty hungry. I was thinking you might like
to have something to eat.
Sonic: Yeah, I guess I could go for something to eat. What's on the menu?
Knuckles: I'm getting a little hungry myself.
Chris[Chris grabs two bowls piled with unknown foods of some sort] I checked out hedgehogs
and echidnas on the internet and found the perfect thing.
sonic[Sonic takes a piece for a bite.] Uh, what is this?!
Chris: Cat food.
Sonic: Uggghhh! No wonder it tastes like there's a cat in it and we just been over the cat thing.
Chris: The website I went to said most hedgehogs love cat food.
[knuckles looked over his bowl of food and saw it was full of termites. He shrugged and ate
some. He side looked and saw sonic staring at him with disgust and his face green.]
Knuckles[confused] what.
Sonic: How are you eating that?! [turns to chris] What is he eating?!
Chirs: termites bugs.
Sonic[grossed out] eww. How could you eat that?
Knuckles:we live on a floating island sonic, we eat what we can find.
Chris[confuesd]floating island?
Knuckles: long story.[looks at sonic teasely. Put the bowl towards sonic's direction] You want
some sonic. There rich in protein.
[sonic jumps off the balcony onto a tree.]
Chris: No! Please don't run away!
Sonic: Sorry, but[glares at knuckles] termites don't do it for me!
Chris: I'll get whatever you want but just don't go!
Knuckles: Sonic, you get down from there and back here right now!
Sonic: Hah, make me. see ya!
[Sonic jumps off to go for a run.]
Chris: Come back! Sonic, you could get hurt out there!
Knuckles: don't worry about it kid. Once sonic realizes that he cant get food without getting
seen, he'll come back.
Chris: are you sure.
Knuckles: yes. [glares] but when he gets back he's going to be in so much trouble.
Chris[sweatdrops] oh boy.
[Eventully sonic did come back but got a scolding from knuckles of how reckless he's being. So
long story short sonic's grounded for three days. Now the three friends are on the couch
watching the news.]
Scarlet: The supersonic speed demon and glider seen here on police helicopter video has the
city baffled.
Police officer: It was about this high, it was blue and it looked like a freak! The other one was red
and freaky.
Citizen 1: I was doing about 60 when this thing went "wooo" right by me!
Citizen 2: Those things moved too fast to be a regular animal!
Dr. Kai Narasu: As to the question of whether this is a UMA, Unidentified Mutant Animal, it is
positively not. Even the cheetah, which is widely believed to be the fastest member of the
animal kingdom, cannot outrun a speeding Formula One police car. Because of this, the
inescapable conclusion one must inevitably come to is that this so-called "hedgehog" or the
"thing" other is, in reality, a machine.
[Sonic munches on some crisps while Chris frowns at him. Knuckles glares at the tv.]
Knuckles: don't they know an echidna when they see one.
Chris: I guess not.
Knuckles[croses his arms]hiph
[Suddenly an elderly man barged into the living room]
Chuck: There you are! Guess what?! A big, blue hedgehog and a big red thing came out of
nowhere and outran the S-Team yesterday!
Chris: Duh... umm..
Knuckles[growls] if someone calls me "red thing" one more time, they are getting punched.
[Sonic, knuckles, and Chuck stare at each other at close-up.]
Chris: Ahhh!
[Chris covers Sonic with a pillow.]
Sonic: Hey, cut it out, I can't breathe!
[Sonic forcibly removes the pillow.]
Chuck: Blue. Just like that- ahhh... it's him!
[Sonic yelps.]
Chris: Easy, grandpa!
[Chuck pulls out a screwdriver.]
Chris: Grandpa, what are you doing?!
[Sonic yelps in being ticklish.]
Chuck: I have to see how this thing is put together! Chris gets the other one.
[Sonic jumps out of Chuck's grasp and runs behind knuckles. Knuckles stands in front of him
protectively.]
Chuck: STAND STILL!
Chris: Grandpa, wait! They're not a machine. He's Sonic the Hedgehog and he's knuckles the
echidna!
[Chuck drops the screwdriver]
Scarlet: Now let's go live to this late-breaking story.
Cream: Please!
[Sonic and knuckles turn to look and see Cream and Cheese crying in fear as they are being
rescued by firefighters.]
Cream: Please, leave us alone!
Sonic: It's Cream and Cheese!
Chris: It's who?
Knuckles: Two of our friends. were not the only ones who got transported into this weird world
after all.
Sonic: I'll save those two!
[Sonic runs off.]
Knuckles: Sonic!
Chris: Do you know where they are?
[Sonic screeches to a halt, turns around, runs back, stops and shrugs while knuckles
facepalms.]
[In the mansion's garage, Chuck is on the phone with a military official.]
Chuck: I thought they probably do something along those lines. Well, thanks very much for
giving me the scoop and I'll talk to you soon.
[Chuck hangs up the phone.]
Chuck: Well, it seems like Sonic's friends have been captured by the police and moved to Area
99.
Chris: Area 99?! That's that top-secret military base!
Sonic: What?
Knuckles: they'll be scared stiff!
Chris: It's where the national defense force keeps all their tanks, fighter jets, and high-tech spy
equipment.
Sonic: That sounds like Eggman's kind of place!
Knuckles: no kidding.
Chuck: Your friends have been taken there by the army and placed under 24-hour guard. The
authorities believe they could be aliens or perhaps members of a mutant species developed by
an enemy power designed to attack our population. I wonder if they might not be right, Sonic,
eh?
Sonic: Think what you want! I'm gone! Now I know where my friends are, I'm outta here! Sonic
proceeds to walk out of the garage]
Chris: But if you show up at Area 99, they'll lock you up too!
Sonic: They can't lock me up!
[Suddenly, the garage door in front of Sonic closes.]
Sonic: Open that door!
Chris: Don't look at me, I didn't do it!
Chuck: Heh, it was me! You're going to need some help, Sonic. I'll go with you!
Knuckles: The first part I appersheat but the second part I'm not so sure.
Chris: Grandpa, are you serious?!
Chuck: Of course I'm serious and you're coming along, too. You told me you don't want to live a
boring life like your father so here's your chance for some excitement!
Chris: Well, if you're up for it, I'm up for it! Just don't tell Dad!
Chuck: Alright, let's get going!
[Sonic, Chuck, and Chris are then seen in the middle of a deserted road driving out to Area 99.]
Sonic: It's gonna take forever to get there! I rather just go by myself!
Knuckles: sonic patients
Chuck: Chill out!
Chris: Is it time?
Chuck: It's time!
[Chris gives Sonic an Infrared Scope.]
Chris: Put it on.
Sonic: What's this?
Chuck: An Infrared Scope. I'm certain that Area 99 is full of infrared motion detectors that set off
security alarms. If you wear that, you may be able to avoid them.
Sonic:cool. [turns to knuckles] can i do this myself please[puppy eyes.]
Knuckles[tries to resest the puppy eyes but couldnt] Alright but you be careful and [gently
knocks on sonic's head] use your brain.
Sonic[pouts] fine. [Jumps off the car and runs off.] See ya later, guys!
Chuck: He certainly is a speedy little critter, isn't he? YEAH
Knuckles: yep[wipes a single tear from his eye] he's growing up so fast.
[Chuck steps on the accelerator pedal hard to keep up with Sonic. The scene changes to the
facility of Area 99 and the security are observing a researcher who walks towards a laboratory.
He then stands in front of an eye-scanner to validate his identity.]
Area 99 mainframe: Identification number: F219563. Confirmed.
[The door opens for the researcher to proceed through. Inside, Cream and Cheese are inside
some sort of a scanning tube device.]
Cream: We didn't do anything, please let us out! [She is then examined by a camera.] What kind
of place is this? Cheese, we've gotta get out of here!
[The camera conducts further examination while Cream looks out in fear. The scene changes to
Sonic who is still making his way towards Area 99.]
Chris: Sonic, can you hear me?
Sonic: Yeah!
Chris: Remember, when you get to the main building, go in through an air vent. That should be
a blind spot for security. Got it?
Sonic: Got it!
Knuckles[sternly] don't do anything reckless sonic.
Chris: But grandpa, after he gets inside, how will he find where his friends are?
[Chuck takes the communicator from Chris.]
Chuck: Give me that! Listen to me, Sonic! Once you head inside, you won't have much time so
think quickly and act quickly!
Chris: Grandpa, what if he doesn't?
Sonic: Thanks for the tip. I'm going in!
[Sonic jumps over the large gate of Area 99. Security cameras sense that an intruder has
arrived and scan everywhere to look for Sonic.]
Area 99 mainframe: Intruder alert, sector D. Intruder alert, sector D.
[Sonic runs past a security camera and jumps into an air vent.]
Sonic: I'm inside the air vent.
Chris: Be careful.
Sonic: It feels like I have skid marks on my butt.
Chris: How's it looking there, Sonic?
[Sonic sees lasers also being placed in the air vent.]
Sonic: Just great. [Looks down at the moving security cameras] This will be piece of cake!
[Sonic drops down to the corridor and moves from wall to wall while avoiding the cameras.] I'm
too fast for them! [Sonic looks at the next section of the corridor filled with security cameras.]
Heads up! [Sonic repeats the same action to navigate through the section.]
Area 99 mainframe: Searching for intruder. Searching for intruder. Searching for intruder.
Chris: I wonder if he's okay...
[Back in the laboratory, the tube is sealed with a binder to perform more scans. The researchers
are supposedly surprised by their results.]
Cream: I don't like this…
[Cheese cries in worry. The scene switches to Sonic where he is outside the laboratory room.]
Sonic: (Hmm, maybe that's where they are. I have to get inside and check it out, but this won't
be easy. If it was just me, I could get out quick, but if I have to bring Cream and Cheese with
me, I can't get too reckless.)
[Suddenly, the power of Area 99 goes out as the facility's lights stopped functioning.]
Area 99 mainframe: Abnormality detected in the electrical system. Abnormality detected in the
electrical system.
Area 99 researcher 1: Ah great.
Area 99 researcher 2: Now we can't see anything!
[Suddenly, sounds of glass breaking can be heard.]
Area 99 researcher 3: What the-?!
Area 99 researcher 4: Hey, where'd they go?!
Cream: Sonic-
Sonic: Shh!
[Cheese hugs Sonic, making him laugh.]
Area 99 researcher 3: Over there!
Sonic: Let's go!
Cream: Right.
[Some electricians appear and find that the power wires were struck with tiny mechanical
airplanes.]
Head electrician: What are these things? Somebody has sabotaged the whole system! Boys,
let's move it! We need the power back now!
[Sonic and Cream are running through the dark corridor.]
Cream: Wow, Sonic! How did you shut off all of the electricity?
Sonic: I didn't do it, Cream! I guess it just happened!
Cream: Maybe it just happened because you bring good luck everywhere you go, Sonic!
Sonic: You might be right!
[Sonic and Cream gasp in horror as the power is restored and the security cameras are looking
at them.]
Cream: I shouldn't have said anything. This must be a jinx!
Sonic: This isn't your fault.
[The security cameras reveal laser weapons on top of them.]
Sonic: Cream, hang on!
[The laser security cameras fire their lasers at Sonic and Cream but they avoid getting hit by the
lasers.]
Cream: Right.
[Outside, Chris and Chuck hear the alarm go off.]
Chris: Sonic, what's going on?! Are you and your friends alright?!
Sonic: Not exactly.
Knuckles: what do you mean by not exactly?!
Sonic: I can't talk right now.
[Sonic lets go of Cream.]
Cream: Sonic-
Sonic: Run! [Sonic jumps onto a laser camera which he uses to shoot down the other laser
cameras.] Keep running!
Cream: Right!
[Cream continues running. The scene switches to the security surveillance room.]
Area 99 mainframe: D2 area lockdown in progress.
[The doors of Area 99 begin closing one by one. Cream is about to approach one that is just
about to close.]
Cream: The door! We can't make it out! [Sonic rushes to Cream's aid and just speeds past the
closing door. In the next room, they encounter more laser security cameras.]
Cream: [Notices something approaching from the other end of the room] Hey, what are they?
[Sonic and Cream watch the paper airplanes knock the laser security cameras out of their
stands in surprise.] I don't understand. What's going on?!
Sonic: We can't stick around to find out!
[Sonic and Cream come run to the next door that they just managed to pass through before it
closes. The scene switches to the security surveillance room where monitors begin blanking
themselves as the personnel struggle with losing control of the base.]
Area 99 mainframe: Facility lockdown in progress. Facility lockdown in progress. Facility
lockdown in progress.
[The power of the facility is cut off once again. Some of the laser security platforms attack in a
random manner, destroying walls.]
Area 99 guard: The laser surveillance cameras are out of control!
[Sonic and Cream now run up a staircase.]
Cream: Sonic, are we going to make it out?
Sonic: Don't worry, we'll make it!
[A laser security camera destroys a staircase where Cream was standing. Cream screams as
she almost falls, only to still hold onto Sonic's hand. Sonic realizes that the room will not hold
out for much longer. With all his might, Sonic carries Cream and jumps from one broken
staircase to another until they reach the top.]
Sonic: See, Cream, I told you we'd make it, and we did! You didn't doubt me, did ya?
Cream: [Shakes her head] Thank you for saving us!
Sonic: Ah, anytime, Cream. Anytime. [Suddenly hears a plane droning] Huh, what's that? [A
close-up view of the Tornado 2 outside Area 99 is seen.] Sounds like a plane. The Tornado!
Tails: This must be the place. [Sonic holds Cream and Cheese as they smash through the roof.]
Alright, Sonic!
[Tails flies closer to Sonic so that he can land on the plane with Cream.]
Sonic: Hey!
Tails: Haha!
Cream: It was you! You are the one who helped us get out of there!
Tails: I helped, but Sonic is the real hero!
[The Tornado flies past Chuck and Chris as they watch in excitement.]
Chuck: Well, Chris, mission accomplished! Let's head for home!
[Later, the scene changes to the Thorndyke Mansion's garage.]
Chris: My name's Christopher. Sonic landed in our swimming pool last night and I dove in and
saved him.
Tails: My name's Tails and I'm Sonic's very best buddy! Right, Sonic?
Sonic: Correct.
Cream: My name is Cream and this is my very special Chao friend, Cheese. Thanks for having
us.
Chris: It's very nice to meet all of you. I have a feeling that we are going to become really good
friends. Oh, and this is my grandfather.
Chuck: Extraordinary. Tiny, radio-controlled airplanes. Extraordinary.
Tails: We got lots of neat gadgets.
Chris: Listen, Sonic! This isn't some game we're playing, you know. You could've gotten all of us
thrown in jail!
Sonic: Maybe I could, but I didn't, did I?
Knuckles: sonic this isn't a game. What you did was very dangerous, you couldve got hurt.
sonic[ teary eyes] I-Im sorry.
Knuckles[sigh. Hugs sonic] Its okay. Just be careful next time okay.
Sonic[hugs back] okay
Chuck: This is an amazing piece of equipment. It goes beyond anything I have ever seen. How
did you develop it?
Tails: It's nothing special. Not in the world, we come from.
Chuck: And where is exactly that world, Tails?
Tails: Beats me, but I think we got here through a warp in time and space.
Chuck: Hmm, very interesting. Not very helpful, but interesting.
Tails: I just thought of something. If you and me and Cream and Cheese are here, maybe the
others got here too.
Sonic: You might be right about that, Tails, and if you are, that means, maybe...
[A flashback of Eggman from the first episode of him holding the red Chaos Emerald appears.]
Sonic, knuckles, Tails, and Cream: Eggman's here too!
Knuckles[facepalm] great just what we need.
[The scene switches to Dr. Eggman's fortress where it is located on a deserted island. Floating
orb-shaped robots surround the tower at various heights, some occasionally turning to observe
the area.]
Dr. Eggman: So, we were transported into this world by Chaos Control. Very well then, I'll
rebuild the foundation of the Eggman Empire here, and soon I will rule the entire universe!
[Laughs]