'Many people have been interested by the possibility of other worlds than our own. It's a area that is untapped, untouched. A fresh start. However, the problem with fresh starts. Fresh mistakes...' - Unknown.
THE LEGEND OF SONIC: Plague of The Dark King
Chapter 1
....It was another great day in the Acorn Kingdom
A wall of wind tore through the streets, the leaves from the trees of the forest following closely behind. A blue blur ripped past the people, who actually didn’t seem to surprised by this accuracy. Then again, when you lived on Mobius, you were rarely surprised when Sonic the Hedgehog came through. The hero who had saved the Kingdom of Acorn
Sonic was enjoying yet another great day. It had been months since Egghead had shown his ugly face around anywhere, and he was making the most of it. He had been off doing whatever he felt like for the past couple of days, just enjoying the rare peace and quiet the kingdom was getting. Today, however, he had a place to be. Miles Prower, a.k.a Tails had called him yesterday. Tails had something very important to show Sonic.
‘I think I discovered something BIG Sonic. I need you to come to my workshop as soon as you can!'
Sonic, naturally unable to deny his 'little brother' had taken off at breakneck speed to reach him. He had been on the other side of the planet when Tails called.
Sonic ground to a halt just a few feet from the massive building just outside the town. Sonic could not help but reminisce about when the building had been so much smaller. Tails never stopped building though. He was always making something. And that's why the kingdom was doing as well as it was in Sonic's opinion. Not because he was always helping to defend it, but because bright thinkers like Tails were hard at work trying to improve everything. He stopped at the door and quickly dusted of his sneakers.
"Can't have these being dirty." Sonic said to himself. After he was satisfied with their look, he knocked. He heard a lot of commotion inside. A crash one second, the sound of something hitting something else. Then a yell. After about 5 minutes of waiting, the door finally opened. Standing in the door was a bright-eyed fox, the goggles on his head fogged up and covered with grease, as was most of the fox kid. His two tails twitched slightly as he rubbed his head.
"Hi Sonic!" he said excitedly, then started rubbing his head faster.
Sonic grinned. "Hi ya lil' bro. Get hit on the noggin?'"
Tails nodded. "Yeah. When I heard you knocking, I got in too big a hurry and jumped up while I was under the Tornado making repairs...then I hit my foot on a metal pipe...and tripped over a cord...." Tails trailed off, embarrassed.
Sonic smiled and laughed. "And you tell ME to slow down? This thing you wanna show me must be pretty sweet if it's got ya this worked up."
Tails' ears perked up upon hearing Sonic's comment, and he suddenly looked VERY excited. "OH YEAH! The machine I made! That's right! I'd forgotten that I wanted to show it to you!” Before Sonic could say another word, Tails spun on his heels and raced into the depths of his workshop. Sonic chuckled to himself a little and walked in, the door closed silently behind him.
Tails' workshop was in major disorder, more so than usual, which struck Sonic as odd. While no one else could find anything in here usually, Tails never even had to think about where something was. A yet now, he was racing all over the floor of his workshop, moving parts and cloth covers for machines that he wanted to keep dust free. Sonic simply grabbed a chair, sat down, and waited. He had never seen Tails this worked up over something that didn't involve Eggman or certain planetary doom.
It wasn't too long thought before Tails pushed something on a wheeled cart over to the space he'd cleared in the center of his workshop. He stopped finally for the first time since Sonic had arrived and looked to him. "This," Tails said, gesturing toward the tarp covered object, “is what I wanted to show you."
Sonic stood and sauntered over to what he could only guess was a machine. He walked around it twice before looking at Tails. "Yep...it's a tarp alright."
Realization spread across Tails' face. He blushed slightly and swiftly removed the tarp. Sonic's initial guess had been right. It was a machine. However, it looked far more different than most of what Tails usually built. It was sleeker and shined. I didn't look like it was made of metal at all. It was arch shaped and tall, with a mini Star Post on the very top. Sonic whistled. "Pretty sweet Tails. So, what's it do?" he asked.
"You know how we use the Star Posts to travel to the Special Zone and to the alternate Mobius?" Tails asked.
"Yeah. So?"
"This machine can send someone to a completely different world. A different UNIVERSE if I'm right." Tails explained, unable to hide the excitement his voice.
Sonic started nodding. "Pretty cool Tails. Have ya tested it yet?"
Tails began rubbing the back of his neck. "That's the thing. I...Uh...haven’t actually put it through an official test run. That's actually why I asked to come here."
Sonic was sitting back down. He had grabbed the chair and brought it to the spot they were talking at and sat down without Tails even realizing. "Okay. I'm all ears."
"You see, the thing is that if I am right, and this machine does transport someone to a different world, there is no telling what will be on the other side of it. And you know that I'm not all that fast...or at least, not as fast as you...so I was wondering...”
"If I'd test your machine out for you. Right?" Sonic finished.
Tails nodded. Sonic closed his eyes and exhaled, seeming slightly frustrated. Tails immediately felt bad for asking. Sonic looked back at him and grinned.
"Did you really think I'd say 'No'? Of course I'll help." he said.
Tails' head snapped back up and he smiled. He had a determined look now. "Okay then! Let’s get started!"
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A half hour later, Tails had everything set up. He had the Star Portal (as that was what he had come to name the machine) hooked up to several different power generators. He was messing with dials and knobs and switches at a nearby control post on the upper floor of the workshop. He looked down at Sonic, who was still sitting in the chair he had been in earlier.
"Okay. I'm powering up the Star Portal. You ready Sonic?" Tails called to him.
Sonic grinned and gave Tails a thumbs up. Tails gave Sonic the same signal and flipped a blue switch on the control panel. There was silence for a second, followed by the sound of power being drained from the generators. The lights of the workshop began to dim and flicker as a light began to flicker to life inside of the arched machine. Just as the whole workshop went dark, it was lit up by the soft glow of an open portal. Sonic stood, eyes fixed on the machine.
"So what now?" Sonic asked as Tails slid down an access ladder to his far left.
"That's the thing." Tails said, running up beside him. "I don't think that there's anything else except walk through."
Sonic gave Tails another one of his famous grins. "Then I guess that's what I'll have to do." He began walking toward the portal.
Tails couldn't help but feel anxious. "Be careful Sonic. I'm still not 100% sure what will happen."
Sonic got up close to the portal, examining it closely. Then he looked back at Tails. "Well, let’s test it. Shall we?"
Sonic stepped through the portal.
Not gonna lie Tim... Thats pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteI like how you took somthing as well known as Sonic, and gave it your own "tim" to it :D