Aliens were gaining an upper hand against G.U.N. soldiers, some of them definitely won't be going back home.

Maybe more men would share the fate, hadn't Sonic showed up giving aliens a beating with homing attacks.

A flying aliens was about to throw himself onto the hedgehog's head, but bullets hitting its body interrupted its intention.

As Sonic turns his look towards gunshot he grinned seeing his old buddy in the battle vehicle. - "Hey, Tails, long time no see."

Miles Prower - the yellow fox with two tails causing his nickname. Tails returned the greetings and assessed the city's state - "Look at all this destruction! Not even Eggman was capable doing THAT!"

Sonic doing an observation of his own says - "Man, those black creatures really mean business, I sure hope people got evacuated to the safety."

The alien star-creature appeared in front of them and spoke - "We've found 3 Chaos Emeralds in this city. Your interference will only delay the inevitable. Black Arms, our mission here is done! Get going!"

The remaining aliens jumped into their space ship a flew away in front of Sonic's eyes - "Tails, I'll catch up with those aliens and finish what we've started! Meanwhile, see if you can collect the remaining Emeralds before they do!"

Tails transformed his vehicle into Tornado plane "Okay, Sonic!"

The duo parted ways for their respective goals.


Stage 2: Lethal Highway

Player Character: Sonic

Goal: Chase the alien's tank


Sonic runs across the ruined higway - "Talk about road rage and all, but give me a break!" - The dark alien transport resembling a stingray appears in front of Earth's Hero

Sonic aimed his hooming attack for the stingray-like vehicle, but its force field has deflected the hit - "Not working. Alright then, I'll just track you down."

Some parts of the higway were surrounded by purple columns where GUN soldiers were shooting down the blob-like creatures, thus saving Sonic's time to pursue the aliens' main vehicle.

Sonic sees some kind of grown rosebud glowing. Next thing Sonic sees is a large secrion of road crumbles right im front of him. Fortunately for Earth's hero, he finds a speed springer pointing towards ramp. The device had boost to croos the pit. - "Better look out for these bombs."

The next detonated section has no ramp, forcng Sonic to jump down. There he sees a single Soldier with shield, barely fending off the blobs, Sonic sees human comrades lying immobile - "I've gotta help them!" - he curls into a ball and rides his body onto alien critters, squishing them.

The GUN survivor takes takes some large blue capsule and pours it's blue liquid onto his fallen comrades. They wake up and salute - "Thank you, sir!" - The unit see Sonic looking around area - "Your assistance is also much appreciated."

Sonic looks at the Soldiers - "How did these creatures even get here?" - The leader points at purple hole connecting th upper part - "Those alien creatures emerged from this... hole. They overwhelmed us by numbers."

Sonic steps on the whole and curls into spindash while generating his energetic aura. He finds himsef on the road's fragment, he aimed to reach. Sonic glances down wherr GUN stood - "Stay safe, guys!" - Soldiers bring their right hands to their heads.

The garage doors open the passage inside where Sonic finds black warriors and bolts - "Well, look what the cat dragged in!" - getting rid of them was no challenge.

Outside garage, 2 black warriors were guarding the exit. Sonic destroys them. Next thing protector sees is the rocket-parachute. Grabbing the device triigers it's launch in the air.

Having reached the heights Sonic runs onto boost springer and flies onto main highway, where alien's flew by - "I've finally caught up to you!"

Throughout the remaining chase Sonic tries to penetrate the force field again and again whenever he got the chance but it remains unscratched. The collapsing higway kept leaving a huge gaps, forcing Sonic to jump down the longer path.

Thaks to hedgehog's aid, another unit fends off the overwhelming number of aliens. As thanks they inform Sonic - "The Tank seemed to be flying towards higway's south outskirts. The forests of Glyphic Canyon" - Sonic follows the lead - "Thanks guys! And tae care!"


A/N: For old readers. This is a rewritten version of chapter.