(This is roughly a written down version of what happened in Sonic the hedgehog comic #229, from Sonic’s and Tail’s point of view, with a different ending. IF you already know what happens, then scroll down to the end to get to the alternate ending.)
He Ran. That was something he was always good at, running. Ever since the day he was born. It his was distinguishing mark, his talent. It just came so easily for him, and with such speeds he ran at ended up giving him his name—Sonic. Sonic The Hedgehog to be exact. To a casual observer, hearing the name in passing brought on thoughts and visions of danger, of excitement, of adventure! It was on one of these adventures that Sonic had found himself on. With the help of core members of the Freedom Fighters, and his best friend and side kick Tails, found himself deep within the scrap brain zone, a life consuming industrial waist land, filled with traps, deadly obstacles, and robot minions called “Badnicks” all to slow, or kill Sonic, whom was racing against time to stop the Death Egg from doing untold damage and destruction to the planet of Morbius.
Using the speed that he himself was famous for, Sonic ran through a turning metal grate tunnel, practically ignoring the forces of the tunnel that would of caught lesser, slower beings in its centrifugal grip leading from one section of the zone to the other, and deeper within. After exiting Sonic skidded to a halt, kicking up clouds of dust, and smoke from the bottom of his red with white striped soap brand sneakers. Looking up, the bright he took in a sight of a large nut on a screw, leading up high into the air, past pipes of every size attached to walls that seemed to just stretch on forever. Wide green eyes sparked with a barely contained mirth as an idea struck him. Seeking no other alternative, Sonic leapt on the nut and started running.
The nut started to turn on the screw slowly at first, but rapidly picked up speed due to the friction of Sonics sneakers on the metal surface. Soon enough he was making good headway, and the current smirk that was on Sonics face since he had entered the area had faded slightly into a more of a dry flat look as he spotted more machines hovering above him. They were shaped as a five pointed star, yellow in color with silver points at the tip. The center of the robot was also colored silver, with a red optical eye and sensor. Each silver five point was wired to explode, sending out deadly spears when the optical eye was tripped. Ran right into a trap. Hoo-Boy. I could be in trouble, unless- Sonic thought to himself as the four robots closed in on him. There! It was small, but there was a small air vent that lead who knows where, but it was the only chance that he had, and he was going to take it. Continuing on with his thought Sonics lower body blurred into a long oval shape, like the number zero turned onto its side. The familiar cocky smirk reappeared before he continued his thoughts. “Now the question is: Which is faster? You Detonators-“
The four star shaped robots continued to track their target that was currently stationary in a sense on the large nut as it continued to turn, not noticing the rapidly approaching ceiling above them. With split second timing, Sonic curled himself up into a ball and allowed his momentum to carry him off the nut just as it slammed into the ceiling and thus crushing the four robots in large ‘Pow!’ scattering hunks of twisted metal, circuitry and red optic sensors through the air. “-Or me?” He finished, punching a hole through the air grate which he spotted earlier without much of a second thought.
Sonic bounced around the air shaft, the spines on his back allowing him to grip into the smooth sides of the shaft and continue upward before it turned in a right angle. With a loud ‘Clang’ the grate covering the air vent was ripped off its hinges allowing the spiked ball to bounce once or twice into a large room, before uncurling himself and springing forward. The room was covered with shutters, moving gears that turned and churned, the ends of pipes that opened up and spewed out thick black smoke into the air around him, clouding his vision. “Yea, I know stupid question.” He replied to himself with a smirk. After all, he was the fastest thing alive. His ears perked up as another sound caught his attention, different from the background noise of all the machines and turned his body to the side slightly to regard where it was coming from, two feet still planted on the ground to launch him in either direction at a moments notice.
The sound was very distinctive, and very non mechanical that got his attention in the first place. The sound of two hands meeting together over and over again-Clapping. There was nothing at first, but before long the thick black smoke was violently ripped apart to reveal a pod of some sort, a large egg shaped floating chair with a small wind screen. Around it, small egg shaped pods spun around it spinning in a fast circle. Within the machine sat a man, rather heavy set dressed in a red suit with white gloves, a small yellow cape draped over his shoulders. The man was also balled, devoid of all hair, expect for the large handle bar mustache that stuck straight out on either side. All in all, it would have been a funny sight, if not for the maniacal grin that looked that it may split the mans face at any moment, and the two blackish blue spectacles that were balanced on the bridge of his nose, reflecting the light and making his eyes look almost robotic-inhuman.
“Bravo! You have gone to a lot of effort to get to me, Rodent!” The fat man cried in a daring manner, leaning slightly forward in his command chair to get a better look at the smaller creature in front of him. This blue one always seemed to mess up his plans, always succeeded in the last possible second, and dash his dreams of world domination every single time! It was infuriating that a man of his genius could be defeated! The last single large defeat at the hands of his nemesis had drove him completely mad, and if it were not for his strong will, and reasoning himself back to being sane, the world would very may have heard the last of Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnick.
Sonic’s eyes suddenly widened in a realization, before speaking. “-Rodent? You’ve called me that before. We have been doing this for a lot longer then a few days.” There was a vague recollection on Sonic’s part. Something that he couldn’t place his finger on, but something that had to do with his friends. Eggman’s grin vanished momentarily, turning into a deep frown that his mustache followed, slumping at either side in a downward angle. “So you’ve finally begun to remember have you? Bah! We can’t have –that-“ Pressing a button among the many others that lined his control panel, the mad doctor once more found himself grinning as the pods around him grew and inflated, features becoming more and more recognizable before duplicates of his own machine and more importantly-himself floated around and a dizzying pace. With the duplicates of himself deployed Eggman cackled. “Come and get me Sonic!”
The fight was fast and within a short time was over. For Sonic, all he had to do was keep moving and to coax the doctor into firing off one of his dummies at him to open up a hole in his rather impressive defense. With the dummies gone, and the egg-mobile now in desperate need of repairs, Eggman decided it was once again time to retreat and try a new strategy. Sputtering both flame and smoke, the egg-mobile shuddered as it gained altitude, as Eggman within rose slightly out of the cockpit to shake his fist angrily at Sonic and to voice his displeasure. “This means nothing! The Death Egg is primed, and this entire world will be Robotized!” He cried, going higher still even as Sonic used his speed and bounced from one support beam to another, hot on the trail of Dr. Eggman. However his pursuit was quickly ended as Eggman rose through a hole just big enough for him and his machine to fit through, before quickly sliding shut.
Sonic frowned, and uncurled from his ball form after striking the rather dense armored plate that now separated him from Eggman. Moving his gloved right hand to his left, Sonic reached into it before producing a small two way radio. This made it easier to communicate with Tails, or any other of the Freedom Fighters, by just switching to different channels in case he needed back up. Which rarely happened, but unfortunately for Sonic, it was one of these moments. Sonic never stood still for long, and was on the move again, moving through the large factory to find a way out. Badnicks were scattered here and there, but by the time they had locked on and realized the threat, Sonic was long gone, leaving a dust trail, or scattered robot parts behind.
Finally after hours of searching, which helped by Sonics speed was cut down to mere minutes, found a way out by a use of a window. The hallway was rather dark, but the natural light shone through the glass. Nearing his destination Sonic spoke into the radio. Come to think of it, he should of done that earlier, but was too concentrated on finding a way out. Glancing down just for a moment to make sure the channel was still on Tail’s he pressed the button and spoke into it. “Yo, Tails! Eggman’s getting away. I’m heading out a window about a ten minute run from where we split up. I need a pick up!” After that, there was just no time as the window neared frightening fast, and Sonic once again curled himself up into a ball, and smashing out through the window with a crash, and a rain of glass as they twirled and sparkled with a rainbow of colors and while beautiful, were deadly sharp. “Tails?” Sonic Repeated, worry seeping into his voice noticing as gravity finally took hold and started to pull him down toward the ground below.
As Sonic fell, he could hear through the wind whistling by him a sound of an engine in the distance. It grew softly at first, but in moments became a roar as something solid thumped beneath Sonic’s feet. Opening up his eyes, he found himself to be standing on top of a red biplane with silver wings. Letting out a sigh of relief he turned his attention to the twin tailed fox sitting behind at the controls, a pair of flying goggles strapped over his light blue eyes that held a look of concentration, but faded into laughter as he noticed Sonic’s stunned expression. “Hahaha! Sorry! You’ll need to give me more warning next time!” Sonic just shook his head, centering himself near the middle of the plane before crouching, grabbing onto the edge of the wing to keep him from falling off if Tails took evasive action.
Beneath them the ground shook and some buildings collapsed as Tails turned the plane around and began a slow bank over to the right to survey the damage that the last earthquake had caused. Thankfully there weren’t any living beings in this area, only robotic guards and slaves used to maintain the factories below. Tails once again spoke up, his expression of laughter quickly turning to one of worry. “Does this mean Dr. Eggman wasn’t the cause of the Earthquakes? Or are we just too late?” Sonic Glanced over at Tails for the moment. “No, this is all his fault. And it’s never too late. We just have to find him and-“ At that moment, something blotted out the sun, casting the plane, and a large swath of the ground below them into shadow. It took a moment before Sonic realized what was going on, and looked up, mouth slightly agape as Tails followed his gaze, before putting his plane into a steep climb.
High above them, parting out between thick gray storm clouds floated what could only be described as a floating sky fortress. Large booster rockets located on its belly near the front and the back kept the large winged structured behemoth afloat, while large propellers latched onto the wings pushed it forward. Located slightly underneath of what looked to be the cockpit was a smaller more stream lined craft, that looked more like a rocket ship, or space shuttle then a plane itself. Tails frowned. Although he was just as smart, perhaps smarter then Dr. Eggman, he never had built something so big and massive before. Perhaps one day he would also build something just as gigantic, but for peace instead of destruction instead.
“Well- That was easy.” Sonic said, trying to ease up the tension in the air. They continued climbing, Tails positioning the plane above the massive air ship, before banking towards the large flat structure that was the Sky fortresses deck. “I’ll get you close to the deck as I can!” Yelled tails over the wind, intending to drop Sonic off so he could find a way to Dr. Eggman. “Don’t bother. That’s just a decoy.” Sonic replied, his normally carefree expression turned into a frown, as his eyebrows furrowed, before pointing out to his younger partner what they were really supposed to be going after.
The large structure of the flying fortress shuttered as an explosion erupted with a roar which propelled the rocket that was under the nose , its five large thrusters on full burn, belching out smoke and fire pushing it up and away from the larger craft and further towards the outer reaches of the atmosphere and space. “-He’s making a brake for the Death Egg!” Tails turned to regard Sonic for a moment, a look of confusion crossing his face. “The what?” He replied, before it turned into a expression of shock as Sonic leapt off of the wing of the biplane, as the rocket flashed by them, and grabbed at the side of one of the panels, holding onto it for dear life as it took him to what looked like a small moon.
If moons were Egg shaped with the visage of the mad Dr.’s face on it that was. No, instead it was a space station. It was an occasion such as this that Sonic wondered how he could survive long enough in the vacuum of space, between the exit of the atmosphere and the docking at the space station, before the large shutter closed behind the docking shuttle and pumped oxygen into the compartment. Sonic rolled off, collapsing on the metal floor of the hanger, on his hands and knees, gasping air into his empty lungs as he inhaled large gulps of it. Coughing and hacking, Sonic climbed to his feet. “Not one of my brighter moments.” He managed to choke out between breaths. Finally regaining his composure, Sonic made his way to one of the vast windows that over looked the planet.
What stood before him sent a pang of shock through his heart. Entire land masses, continents were trying to force themselves apart, or push themselves together. Large cracks, noticeable deep beneath the oceans from space splintered out and grew like long bony fingers. In the skies, large destructive storms began to form over both land and sea. That coupled with Earth Quakes made it clear to Sonic that it was not just the earthquakes but the whole planet was tearing itself apart. He stood there, shaking his head in disbelief and placing one gloved hand on the thick glass.
As if sensing, perhaps knowing what Sonic’s thoughts were, a voice spoke up from behind. “Indeed.” Eggman stood there, feet disappearing into a flesh colored dome which was currently half opened, arms outstretched. “Since you have made it all this way Sonic, I shall tell you what my plan is. Currently, the planet is desperately trying to return to what it once was. But when I fire the Death Egg’s Robotizer- it will cement the dimensional shift, as well as turn every living thing, into my robotic slave.” Eggman grinned. Sonic just stood in shock however, as if Eggman announcing his plan, triggered something deep within his psyche. Suddenly it all flowed back, all the past battles, the losses, and the triumphs. Sonic spun around from the window and made a mad dash for the Dr, fists clenched in anger. “So there –was- another world! And there’s still a chance to set things right!” Eggman scoffed at Sonic. “Tehc. There was. But I’ve changed it to be primed for my conquest!”
Sonic lunged and curled himself up into a ball, spinning to injure or knock out the mad doctor out before any other harm befell the planet, or himself. The half flesh colored dome snapped shut, revealing the grinning visage of Dr. Eggman. “While you might had a chance before.” It boomed out, before a large robot built in the Dr.’s image rose up out of the ground, its head nearly touching the hangers ceiling. “-It’s too late now!” Sonic had just enough time to skid out of the way before a large metallic spiked fist slammed into the floor where he had just stood, gouging a rather impressive hole.
“While I can’t recall everything of the old world, I know one thing for certain-“ The fist retracted back into the arm with a ‘wirrr’ by a long thin cable attached just below the wrist joint. A loud snap was heard as the fist locked back into place. Sonic found himself to his shock on the defensive for once. It was always he that was attacking, and the robots, or the Dr. defending. But this time it was reversed, and Sonic didn’t like the feeling at all. Sonic backpedaled and rolled out of the way with a surprised grimace as a giant foot slammed into the ground inches from him, close enough to feel the gust of wind and the smell of metal and hydraulics. “You always ruined things at the eleventh hour! So I reshaped the whole world- reality in its entirety to change you!”
Again to Sonic’s surprise the giant Robot –jumped- through the roof of the hanger and disappeared into the blackness above. Sonic could hear his heart pound in his ears, along with the shallowness of breath of being just out of the Dr.’s range. Sonic moved to side to side in a sig-zag fashion to make himself more harder to hit. His ears twitched, his fingers moving slightly within the white gloves and his knees bent just slightly to allow himself to zip out of the way in a moments notice. However, in another first in his life, Sonic didn’t have the time to move, as the ceiling above him crashed open with the rending of metal as the giant Egg Robot came crashing down, its feet landing on either side of him, knees bending to keep it in a crouch as it slowly stood back up. Ceasing the moment, Sonic jumped and turned into a ball, ramming into the lower underbelly. The Giant sparked and fizzled slightly.
That however just served to make Eggman angry. With a woosh of displaced air and a whine of mechanics one arm slid back in the position to punch again, while the other shot out sideways and into the shuttle still docked in the docking bay, and unfortunately still full of fuel. “But here you are—again! Trying to foil my plans—Again! Getting in my way at the last possible second—Again!” The outward skin of the shuttle buckled in, sparked once or twice, before it exploded in a gigantic fire ball with an earth shattering kaboom! Bits of metal, large and small, what was left of the shuttle were flung into the air, along with Sonic. The blue Hedgehog lay stunned by the blast, the wind currently knocked out of him as he struggled to re catch his breath as he lay sprawled out on the hangers cold metal floor. “However this time I win!” Eggman gloated. “I have all the aces. I have my death egg. Its powered by all seven of the chaos emeralds- you can-not- beat me!”
As Eggman continued to gloat, Sonic continued to lay on the floor, along the flaming twisted metal, stunned. From the expression on his face, it looked like he had finally given up, that there was no hope and that Eggman was speaking the truth. That there was nothing he could do, that the Dr. had won. However due to the explosion, or whatever it was, a power cord was severed in half, lay sparking multi colored sparks of red, purple, orange, blue, pink, white.. it was memorizing, and Sonic had barely registered what Eggman was talking about. “What? Powered by the chaos emeralds?” He wearily spoke out, to himself.
It all happened so fast. Eggman rose the robots foot to squish Sonic flat. “Good-Bye, Sonic!” He crowed. Sonic reached out and grabbed the power cable. The foot stomped down and a bright golden glow erupted from beneath the robots foot. Slowly inch by inch, something was repelling the foot back and up. Sonic stood where he was laying, in a small crater. One had held onto the power cable, its sparking end pressed against his chest, the other was actually lifting the multi toned foot and leg of the robot, its joints whining in protest. Sonic himself had a color change; his normally blue fur had turned into a bright gold. Little pin pricks of light swirled and danced around his form as blood red eyes glanced up at the robot, a grin playing across his features. “You know, sometimes you make this too easy!”
With a simple shove, the now Super Sonic tossed the robot off its feet. With a burst of flame from its back and feet, the robot righted itself before touching back down onto the hanger floor some feet away with a thud. The frustrated voice of the Dr. rang out through the external speakers. “It’s—It’s just not possible! A direct current should of fried you like a bug!” In the mean time, Super Sonic pushed off the ground and floated eye level with the robot. The robot wound back to punch again, and with a sudden clap of his hands, Super Sonic struck forth with a blade of super thin white energy which cut the fist and arm up to the elbow where it fell off neatly in half with a smirk. “You’re the one who told me what kid of juice was running through those cables Doc.”
A frustrated scream emitted from the robot again as Eggman lost it. “I hate you! I hope you get die!” The words rose in pitch as the last word, die was nearly screamed out. All the while the robot launched small bombs into the air rabidly which Super Sonic took down with little trouble. Eggman rounded the robot at Super Sonic again, and fired off its remaining fist at him. Super Sonic just smirked and batted the fist out of the air, leaving the robot now with no defenses at all. “Dr. If you can hear me, the Dimensional stability is degrading-“ A fizzle as the com shorted within the robot as Eggman franticly tried to get something, anything working out of the ruined giant. “—Do you hear me!? The world is tearing itself apart, and we can’t stop it!”
The smirk on Super Sonics face faded and was replaced with a frown. “Well, lets save it where there is a planet still left to save.” Sonic flew forth and smashed what was left of the Egg Robot into the wall, leaving quite a big indent as it slumped forward, unable to right itself anymore. A string of curse words escaped the robot as there was nothing more it could do. “Right. I’m going to need to tap into as much power as I can. This is usually Shadow’s shtick. But I have seen him do it enough times myself to figure it out. Least I hope.” He mumbled at the end, as he grabbed the same to cords of sparking energy that allowed him to transform in the first place.
Closing his eyes, Sonic concentrated. He could feel the power running through him, coursing through his veins, his being. Slowly his consciousness expanded outward, from himself, to the hanger where Eggmans ruined robot lay on its back, to the control room of the Death Egg itself, to the planet below, where Tails, his friends, counted on him. Before slowly drifting off into infinite space. ‘I must set things right. Set things back the way things were before. If Chaos got us here, then Chaos will get us back.’ “Chaos-“ He began to shout out. Yet at that moment something else tugged at his mind. From something beyond space and time. There was screaming. Someone was screaming and in obvious pain and distress. “No! No!” Whom ever it was, it was protesting fiercely, only to fall into unrecognizable screaming. Visions assaulted him shortly there after. Fire, death. The clash of—Swords? What the? Some sort of.. War? “Control!” Whatever the event was, it lasted only a moment to distract Sonic from turning the world back into the way it was, and into something- someplace else.
Around the Death Egg, there was nothing but infinite blackness, space, and the bright blue planet that was Earth. There was nothing at first, like whatever had happened somehow fizzled out, or completely stopped working due to the distraction. However moments later a bright shockwave of light rippled out from the Death Egg itself, and then engulfing the planet as well. From the ground the light was visible from everywhere. Tails had to shield his eyes from the blast to keep himself from crashing the Tornado. “What was that!? Everything’s vanishing! But somehow, I know that Sonic has everything under control…” Tails exclaimed, as everything started to slowly fade into an endless sea of white.