A/N: Fun fact: This prompt is based on a dream I had back on December 10, 2020, making this the second dream that I turned into a fanfic! I've been wanting to write this dream for so long! Of course, I took a few creative liberties that I'll explain in detail at the end.
Without further ado, let's move on to the reviews and what matters most: the prompt!
6 Reviews
thor94
He more than likely had nightmares after facing Pumpty and Funfun, so that stress was still lurking in the back of his mind.
Also sorry I didn't reply to your review last chapter, I forgot to refresh the reviews page before posting the chapter.
Super duper waffles (first review)
1. In this universe, Nintendo has not collaborated with anyone else to make the Olympic games, but they were able to make standalone Mario at the Olympic Games titles.
2a. Creepypastas: Sonic EXE is canon in this universe; even though I'm not a big fan of him, the humans have a way of making creepypastas out of pretty much anything; also I can't type out his full name here due to FFN formatting. Majin Sonic is nonexistent due to Sonic CD not existing in this canon.
2b: Fanfictions: To preface this answer, all the main fanfic sites (FFN, AO3, Wattpad) are all canon in CoE Earth. Since FFN forbids writing stories with real people in them, and since Sonic is considered a real person, people can't write Sonic on FFN in the CoE Earth. However, there are TONS of Sonic fanfics on the other fanfic sites, especially Wattpad. Many of them involve shipping (similar to how a lot of celebrity fanfics are), while others take Sonic and friends on their own adventures, many of which are crossovers with existing video games.
3a. GUN's military training facilities are very similar to, but slightly less intense that, what the Marines go through in training. It's actually a hybrid of Marine and Army training. Since GUN exists on Mobius and I'm making plans to do another Sonic story on Mobius after Chaos on Earth and its sequel, I could explore it in more detail there.
3b. GUN has twelve training facilities across the United States, two in each division. Each one has names like Alpha-1 Bootcamp and Delta-2 Bootcamp, etc.
- Alpha's facilities are located in northwest Nevada and southern Arizona (near Tucson);
- Beta's facilities are located in southeast Washington and central Montana (neat Butte);
- Gamma's facilities are located in western Texas (south of Lubbock) and northern Arkansas;
- Delta's facilities are located in northeastern Minnesota (near Duluth) and northern Indiana (near Fort Wayne);
- Epsilon's facilities are located in eastern New York (near Albany) and southern New Jersey (near Atlantic City);
- Zeta's facilities are located in western Georgia (near Columbus) and western Virginia (near Roanoke).
Guest (first review)
Nuuuu poor Sonic!
...Wait, one of the alternate prompts for Day 15 was "Multiple Whumpees", so I may or may not have been saving it for a future day! Mwahahaha!
Jenaku
Thank you! Repeating the quote at the end was actually a spur-of-the-moment decision that seems to have worked out very well!
Guest (second review)
...Wait, it's out already?! :O
Fun fact: My username Stardown is actually a derivative of the name Starlow! I came up with it when I was a kid, very shortly after Bowser's Inside Story came out.
thor94
Yup!
CreativeKitty975
Whoopsie, I had a little trauma left over since Chris had his fill XD
I actually have the first two chapters written since January of this year with the help of LivvyKitty1208 and elprovchico, but I'll pick it up again after Whumptober along with Chaos on Earth season 3.
Chris only has to survive for 15 more days! Hang in there, Chris! We believe in you!
Super duper waffles (second review)
Good luck with your project, I can't wait to see it!
Day Seventeen: Nowhere Else to Go
Prompt: Nowhere Else to Go
"Good evening, my friends," came the voice of Yellow Zelkova as he squeezed his way through the airlock and made his way inside the Blue Typhoon. "May I come in?"
Tails and Cosmo, who happened to be in the same hallway as the airlock, were both rooted to the spot in shock. Tails snapped himself out of his trance and stood in front of Cosmo in a protective stance.
"It's not even nighttime," Tails corrected in annoyance, trying to hide his fear. "It's only 11:30am."
"Is it?" Zelkova said in a puzzled tone. "But it's dark outside, and there are stars everywhere."
"That's because we're in space, you idiot!" Amy shouted as she made her way onto the scene and charged straight at Zelkova with her hammer drawn. However, one single punch was all it took for him to deflect her and send her flying down the hallway.
"Would one of you be so kind as to direct me to the Master Emerald?" Zelkova asked, looking at Tails and Cosmo as he stepped further into the ship.
Tails blinked in astonishment and confusion. "You're just gonna straight-up tell us what your plan is?" he asked, before he tightened his resolve. "No way! You're not gonna touch the Master Emerald! Cosmo, come with me! I'll get you somewhere safe!"
"Hmm… You're going to regret not having a bigger ship," Zelkova said, stepping aside to reveal dozens of Metarex Troopers that swarmed inside and took off after the fox and Seedrian. "Troops, if you follow them, you can get to the reactor!"
Tails chuckled under his breath. "He really is dumber than I thought," he quietly told Cosmo. "We're not going to the reactor!"
He cradled Cosmo in her arms and made his way toward the bridge instead. Meanwhile, Chris, who watched them go, took off running in the opposite direction. He didn't know what was going on, until he saw at least eight troopers flying after Tails.
"What's going on?" Cream asked as she emerged from her stateroom, right as the ship's alarms suddenly went off. The white halls were bathed in red lights as the Typhoon underwent an emergency lockdown.
"Metarex on board the Typhoon!" a frantic Tails exclaimed over the intercom. "Zelkova's here too! Protect the Master Emerald at all costs!"
Chris and Cream stood still in the hall, listening to Tails' order.
"How did they get in here…?" Cream said, her small voice shaking.
"I don't know…" Chris admitted. "I didn't even hear them dock. So how did they–"
"Knuckles, stay in the reactor and guard the Master Emerald," Tails continued. "Sonic, Amy, both of you stall the Metarex. Everyone else, stay somewhere safe until I give the all-clear."
"L-Let's go back to our rooms," Cream said as she took a few steps back toward her open door.
"Good idea," Chris said. "If we split up, they'll have a harder time finding us."
"I think they're here for the Master Emerald," Cream said. "And even though Mr. Tails wants us to stay somewhere safe, I really want to help Mr. Knuckles protect the Master Emerald."
"I don't think Tails would have a problem with that," Chris said, feeling his own pulse; his heart was pounding faster than he thought. "I should still hide though since I can't fight."
"It's okay," Cream said before she took off down the hall. "Stay safe!"
"You too!" Chris called. He ran into his room and quietly closed the door before locking it. He didn't realize he was panting until he could hear himself in the quiet of his room.
Even though he was safe in there, he still didn't entirely feel safe. There were Metarex crawling all over the ship, and even one of the generals was on board.
He wasn't safe in his own room, and suddenly the 300-meter long ship felt like it was too small.
He made his way to the bed and sat there for a while. His muscles were tense, and he constantly felt like he needed to run and hide somewhere. Every sound made him jump, and he never knew if the Metarex would come to his door.
Outside he could hear the sounds of fighting and battle cries, and the occasional sound of crunching metal. Chris could only hope that was the Metarex and not parts of the ship being damaged.
Fortunately Chris had his comlink with him, but he almost forgot that it wasn't interfaced with the ship the way Tails' comlink was. He could stay in touch with his friends at least. But he didn't know if he wanted to call them now since they were all in the middle of a battle.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about that because at that exact moment, his comlink went off.
"Chris, where are you?" Tails asked him.
"I'm in my room," Chris responded.
"Okay, good. Stay there, because the fight may be heading your way soon."
"O-Okay, um… Where's Zelkova?"
"He finally figured out where the reactor is and he's on his way there, but it's the troopers you should be concerned about. Whatever happens, don't let them see you."
"Okay," Chris said, wondering why they would need to access the bedrooms. His guess would be to round up those who would dare defy the Metarex's law of tranquility and order.
Chris stayed quiet after that, opting to hear what was going on outside his room. He could hear several metallic footsteps approaching his direction, before a door opened outside. Fortunately, it was not his door, but his heart skipped a beat when he realized it sounded close.
Fortunately there was a storage space under his bed, so he pulled out some of the boxes and squeezed himself into the tight space. He realized he would look suspicious with the boxes out in the middle of the room, so he carefully reached out and pulled them back under the bed with him. Then he lay there and listened.
Almost a minute later, there came the sound of the lock being disengaged and the door sliding open. His heart beat even faster in his ears when he realized that the footsteps did not sound organic.
The Metarex were in his room.
And there was nowhere else for him to go.
He was stuck.
He heard the footsteps slowly approaching his general direction, and he held his breath, hoping, praying they wouldn't look under the bed.
He could see them now as they stood next to his bed, and he could hear faint metallic movements from them as they surveyed every square inch of the room.
And then as fate would have it, one of them bent down and looked under the bed.
And Chris mentally freaked out when he locked eyes with the trooper.
In one swift movement, Chris pulled out one of his flash grenades and rolled it out from under the bed, and it detonated, seemingly stunning the troopers. Taking advantage of the distraction, he slid himself out from under the bed and made his way toward the exit of the room, seeing that there were only two troopers in his room.
The rest were out in the hall.
He kicked himself for making such a foolhardy move.
The troopers immediately saw him and opened fire. Chris tried to run back in his room, but the two troopers in there had already recovered from the flash grenade. And as fate would have it, they did not aim like stormtroopers. He felt the sensation of a dozen needle-like objects striking his back as the lasers directly impacted him, and he fell to the ground as the two troopers left and rejoined the others.
He felt like he was to blame for something that was far beyond his control.
He felt his strength quickly giving out. Everyone had been so busy with Zelkova himself in the reactor that he felt like he was a lower priority. Everyone thought he was safe in his room.
They were wrong.
The pain in his back was unbearable. He had dozens of small burn wounds that felt like needles. There was no way he could treat them on his own.
He felt his eyes drooping closed, but before he could radio Tails or anyone else, he lost consciousness.
A/N: That concludes day 17! The dream I had was simply the first part, where Tails was protecting Cosmo from Yellow Zelkova who was boarding the Blue Typhoon with several Metarex Troopers. I woke up before I found find out what happened next, so I took some creative liberties and added Chris and the rest of the crew in, as well as a motive for Zelkova.
Now I only have two more Sonic dreams to turn into fanfics!
Tomorrow's theme is "Revenge!"
