Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Sonic Hazard ❯ Make Way for Sophia Lightheart ( Chapter 1 )

Sonic Hazard: Chapter 1

Make way for Sophia!

Day: XI

Time: 42:46pm (14:46pm (2:46pm)

Place: Space Colony ARK

"For the past twenty-four hours, the Earth has been in complete turmoil. The Bernoulli Space Colony, known as ARK; one of the most advanced research centers of it's kind. Thought to be abandoned due to confidential circumstances fifty years ago, surprised us all when it's powerful cannon was used in front of all our prying eyes . The one in general who mainly caused the ARK to be shut down was Professor Gerald Robotnik; one of the brilliant minds of his time. Professor Gerald also was creator of the space colony but mysteriously disappeared by inauspicious origins. He also was behind the causation of the Eclipse Cannon, which in turn was pursued by his grandson, Dr. Ivo Eggman, twenty-four hours ago. He then powered it onto the moon, blowing a half away as a demonstration on what would have happened to the Earth itself if the president hadn't surrendered it to the Eggman Empire. But, thanks to that true blue hedgehog's heroism, he had stopped that vile, mad scientist from taking over the World once more with some sort of… Giant Lizard. The Earth will salvage in his righteous spirit, we finally got our Freedom and Peace back once again. Thank you, Sonic the Hedgehog.

Coming up, the inside story of the break-in at a high-level military base, G.U.N., by Eggman and later on, the black hedgehog impersonation, some say it was related to Mafia causes."

The news broadcast faded as an ice-cream commercial then took it's place. The afternoon sun rested in line with the clouds, but above the fog that was rising in Capital City. And with this sunny day came a light drizzle. Capital City, the entire World still cheered in it's glee as the threat given to them by Dr. Eggman seemed more so but a thought in the past. All was a time of celebration, everyone was in joy, everyone, except the group of six still afloat in space.

A dead silence passed through the shifting space colony, the group of six steadied their eyes at the now vanished news report. The volume was then lowered by a hand hidden inside a white glove. One very plumped figure stepped away from the television monitor screen and towards a blue hedgehog, the one and the same that was claimed to have save the Earth by himself.

"It seems again the World believes that you Sonic, is its savior." A red echidna broke the silence. He was standing next to the control deck with a female white bat.

The blue hedgehog turns toward him. "What can I say, the people know what they want, isn't that right, you vile mad man." Sonic said without looking at the echidna, his eyes fixated on the plump figure now in front of him.

"It's bad enough I had to work with you, my unworthy adversary, but having to listen to that rubbish about you hedge-hogging all the glory!" Eggman shouted back.

"Come on, you boiled Egg, how long will it take you before I'm stopping you at another one of your "brilliant" schemes. I think I deserve what I get." Sonic mocked making funny faces towards him.

"As soon as we're of this ship, you spiky imbecile! You'll deserve to be shown brilliant!" Eggman said pointing towards his Egg Walker.

"What kind of an insult was that." Sonic said as his eyes turned towards the Egg Walker, "Oh yes, another invention that hauls your blubber butt around all day." Sonic insulted as he began to laugh.

"That's it!" Eggman steamed as he clenched his fists, "We finish this now!!" he shouted about to take on the hedgehog hero, even without his Egg Walker, except:

"Will you two stop fighting!!!" Amy Rose shouted smashing both of their heads into the metal floor with her Piko Piko Hammer. "Oops, I'm sorry Sonic." She apologized in a sweet tone as bounced over to him. Without noticing, she waltzed right passed Eggman who was still smashed like a pancake under her hammer. She then helped Sonic up.

"Geez Amy, could you have hit me a little harder." Sonic said rubbing his now aching head.

"I said I was sorry, how hard did you want me to hit you anyway?" Amy was confused and about to wail for hitting her beloved Sonic.

As the two began a controversy of apology and fault, the echidna and the bat began their own chitchat.

"I don't believe they actually think Dr. Eggman was the cause of that Biological Hazard, not even worth being called a lizard, created by Professor Gerald in being a prototype of the ultimate life form." Rouge interrogated Knuckles as she began pushing the buttons on the operation panels.

"I don't believe you know how to work this thing." Knuckles said looking out the window.

"Didn't I tell you, I was the president's secret agent. Of course I would know how to work this thing, it's all apart of the training." Rouge explained.

"A jewel thief and the president's spy. What else is there about you?" Knuckles questioned with a sly grin.

"More then you need to know," Rouge was flushed. "Anyway, do they really believe Shadow was a disguised member of the Mafia?" Rouge changed the subject abruptly.

Knuckles looked over towards the rest of the group.

"NA, NA, come and get me `Lard-man'!" Sonic taunted running circles around Amy. Eggman as enraged as he was, jumped towards his fast opponent, but what do ya' know, Eggman missed and flattened poor Amy. Amy is now yelling at the top of her lungs for Eggman to get off of her crushed, fragile body.

"Knowing the people of Earth, they'd believe anything, especially that that egotistic hedgehog is hero." Knuckles admonished. But then he noticed something, or nothing for that matter, next to Tails' Cyclone. "Where's Tails?" Knuckles inquired everyone but only Rouge heard him.

"Wasn't he here during the news broadcast?" Rouge asked looking around the room expecting to see the two tailed fox examining some wires... Nothing.

"HEY GUYS!!!!" Knuckles alerted. Everyone looked towards Knuckles.

"What, `Knuckle-Head'." Sonic retorted.

"Tails is gone?!" Rouge said finishing Knuckles' sentence. Everyone then looked around the control deck.

"Ah man," Sonic panicked, "He's probably off exploring this dump." Sonic kicked one of the tubes on the wall, it fell with a smash. "Let him be, if he wants to look around let him." Sonic said calmly.

"That's just it, Sonic, we only have ten minutes left until we're above our destination." Rouge warned.

"So." Sonic said coolly.

"So, when the ten minutes are up we're gon'na be teleported back to Earth." Knuckles was alarmed at how the hedgehog didn't show any signs of curiosity.

"And?" Sonic paced the room, looking as if he wanted to race someone.

"And you only have two minutes to get everyone transported back to Earth! This isn't a group teleporter, you have to go one by one." Sonic winced back as Rouge screeched. "If you miss this chance you don't know how to work the control panel to the teleporter. You're the fastest one here, you got to go now!"

"I'll just have Tails' work it for me. It wouldn't really matter if time runs out right? We can go anytime." Sonic said still keeping his cool.

"Sonic…" Rouge murmured, "You don't even know where Tails is." Rouge began to shout. "It might take you longer then you think to get Tails back here, and the longer you take to find him, the faster your time is fading! Unless you rather wait a year until this thing orbits back around to the transporter in Eggman's base." Rouge hissed. "If you transport without going to the right transporter, or ANY transporter for that matter, you will implode in the ARK's teleporter. It's suicidal."

"Hmm, well okay, wouldn't want to upset my fans now if I implode without getting my victory celebration. Plus I can't stand waiting, especially in such a slow move'n junk mobile like this, I'll be back in time, no worries." Sonic ridiculed brushing his quills back with his hand. "Amy, watch over Tails' Cyclone until I get back." Sonic said racing out through the automatic door.

"Goodluck… Sonic." Amy whispered back. A profound silence then rushed upon them again, the echoing sound of Sonic's feet clinking on the ARK's ground was the only thing heard.

Suddenly, Eggman finally mutters out loud, breaking the overcoming silence: "He's still a glory hog… Goodluck."

Time: 42:49pm (14:49pm (2:49pm)

Place: Top Floor of the ARK

Room after room each one more diverse then the other. Storage rooms, computer labs, regeneration facilities, everything. The ARK had it all. Footstep after footstep, Tails had a feeling he was getting closer and closer to something… but what? He crept away from his friends just as the newscast went on break, he wanted to learn more about this ingenious colony before it was time to leave. He didn't know about the so little time he had left before the ARK was in line with Eggman's not-so secret base.

Pipelines, shattered glass of tubes, locked doors, all made Tails wonder, was this space colony really just made to construct the BioLizard in being the ultimate life form. He soon came to the last door at the far edge of the top floor of the ARK. Unlike the others, this one was opened. As he pushed on the door a faint creak vibrated throughout the room. It had a very astringent, creosote must to it. The foulness of black mold actually growing on the edges, Tails entered the room with utmost caution. If he wasn't careful, he might've been exposed to some type of infection for this room not only being an open one, but, the only one he's seen that had such a run down theme.

A busted light flickered from the ceiling at the far-left corner, as if trying to show him something. He stumbled over there since there was much debris of broken parts camouflaging the floor. Once in position with the corner, several tubes, shattered and whole, blocked his view of seeing the wall bare. With a very delicate touch, not wanting to cut himself, he pushed the tubes aside to see… A trap door leading into another room! Tails then grasped hold of the lever by this cellar door and yanked it open.

Inside was what seemed like an isolation chamber! There were so many tubes that seemed to take on the shape of pods and could fit an organism like Tails. All pods were broken open as Tails walked through the columns; maybe Shadow came from one of these, maybe… All of a sudden, Tails was speechless when he came to the end of the row. Another door!

"Top secret, Research authorities only." Tails read out loud looking at it. "Hmm," Tails sighed. "I came this far, might as well go further." Tails said to himself as he placed his hand on the door's lever. The door swung open as he was met by an unwathering rush of chill, one that makes you feel this way when you know something is reeking in front of you, something not quite dead.

Time: 42:53pm (14:53pm (2:53pm)

Place: Control Deck of the ARK

"Do you think they'll make it back in time?" Amy's voice arose as she walked around the room.

"Knowing that hedgehog, he'll keep us up for suspense." Knuckles said doubtfully.

"Oh…" Amy said in a very melancholy tone, her face hung with a desolate expression.

"Hey," Knuckles called out to her, "here's hoping he won't keep us riding on a double edge sword."

"Bah, I wouldn't mind seeing him stuck up here for another day. Gives me more time to create the Eggman Empire. Yosh, Yosh." Eggman boasted as he got into the cockpit of his Egg Walker.

"Not that again, bragging like a four year old, weren't you the one that muttered goodluck to the hedgehog anyway, Doctor?!" Rouge piped up as she stepped passed him.

Eggman then reddened in embarrassment. "D'aah!! Hard to tell, I got hit pretty hard with that hammer before that of Amy you know, I was just delirious." Eggman finished as he powered his Egg Walker up. The machine began walking towards the automatic door.

"Oh please," Knuckles was about to say something else but before he was able to finish, a loud bang came from up above.

Time: 42:55pm (14:55pm (2:55pm)

Place: Top floor of the ARK

With a crash as loud as the dire crack of heaven opening on Judgment Day, a missile from a G.UN. Spacecraft collided with the ARK. Tails was caught off guard as the space colony slid sideways, tipped, and rolled, back and forth. Tails quickly used both of his tails to balance himself as he stood to face the capsule in front of him.

Out of the freezing temperature, Tails felt a rush of warm air around him as he melted looking at this pod. Unlike the others, there was a living breathing creature inside. Only one way to find out, Tails stepped forward towards the control panel and pushed the blinking red button marked, "Release".

Time: 42:56pm (14:56pm (2:56pm)

Place: Top Floor Hallway

Rocking as if afloat on a torrential river from that last hit of the G.U.N. Spacecraft, Sonic grew impatient. "Tails? Tails! Where'd he go, he couldn't have gotten this far?! OoooHhhh… TAILS!!!!" Sonic vociferated as he peered out of the space colony's window. There it was, the spacecraft, directly in front of the ARK, "Err, what do those amateurs want now?" Sonic growled.

As if on cue, the monitors and speakers of the ARK was being tapped by the spacecraft's control system. "All personnel, all personnel. You have three minutes to evacuate the Bernoulli Space Colony! Failure to cooperate will result in another warning shot. I repeat, You have three minutes to evacuate the Bernoulli Space Colony!"

"What the," Sonic mumbled as he watched the speakers, they kept on repeating the same thing over and over. Sonic's ears began to twitch. "Just great, what do they want with this hunk of junk, this sure is starting to tick me-"

"OAEEEE!!!!!!" a shrill shriek came from the room at the end of the hall, a cry that Sonic knew to well.

"Tails!" Sonic jetted towards the end of the hall, a smoky silhouette standing in his place back by the speaker. With great haste he leaped into the room, only to have his nose curl up. "Ewww, hasn't anyone every heard of "Breath Control" lately!" Sonic gasped as he immediately ran towards the trap door, knowing the cry had to have come from there. "What on Mobius?!" Sonic panted the name of his old home before he had came to Earth. Before him he saw the same thing Tails had seen, the pods that were broken and empty. "Tails?" Sonic shouted as he placed his hands behind his ears, hoping to hear Tails call for him.

"Sonic!!!" It came from the secret room at end of the columns.

Sonic flew right through the door, not caring of the chill that met him, but the thing waiting for him wasn't only an ecstatic, Tails who happened to be kneeling on the floor, but a pair of powdered purple eyes? There, nose to nose, neither moving an inch, both toe to toe as the sentinel silence remained unbroken between both Sonic, and the pale green hedgehog girl.

Time: 42:59pm (14:59pm (2:59pm)

Place: Control Deck of the ARK

"Well, two minutes left, let's get going." Rouge assured as she began walking out through the same automatic doors Sonic went speeding through ten minutes ago.

"Finally, I knew that hedgehog would get left behind. HAHAHAHA!!!" Eggman bellowed as he began to operate his Egg Walker. As soon as Eggman left the room, Rouge stayed behind, waiting for the other two.

"Hurry it up, you don't want to be left do you?" Rouge crossed her arms, concealing her chest.

"You go Knuckles, I have a promise to keep." Amy whispered, a hint of sorrow to her voice. She rubbed her hand across Tails' Cyclone.

"Amy…" Knuckles was about to say something but didn't.

"Come on Knuckles, you heard what those G.U.N. men told us. Let Amy be, she's a big girl." Rouge alerted as Knuckles began to stroll towards her. "Amy, two minutes." Rouge advised.

"Yea…" Amy whispered as the two walked out of the room "Don't worry, I know he'll make it back." Amy smiled as another blast hit the ARK, this one more severe. "Hurry up Sonic.."

Time: 43:00pm (15:00pm (3:00pm)

Place: Top floor of the ARK

"Machinate? Are you Machinate?" she whispered to Sonic, edging closer to him.

"What?" Sonic gasped stepping back.

"She means engineer." Tails explained walking towards them.

"I don't care! We only have one minute left!!! Get your friend and let's go!" Sonic said grabbing both of their arms.

"Sonic, be delicate, I just got her out of that thing, she's probably fragile." Tails worried.

"Search out and destroy, altered to be perfect." The pale green hedgehog mumbled expressionless.

"Gee Tails, you sure have great friends! Hold on, got'ta juice this one!" Sonic shouted in full velocity, he took off out of the secret room.

"Sonic Wa-IIIII" Tails shouted as Sonic raced on. As soon as Sonic was out into the hallway, another blast hit the ARK head on. Sonic tumbled to the ground, Tails was the first to regain his balance, but as soon as the female hedgehog fell, a slight clinking sound was heard rolling back down the hall.

"Arr, Come on!" Sonic yelled outraged as he gripped hold of them again. This time, Sonic flew down the halls faster then he'd ever gone, as fast as if the ARK would explode if he didn't get back to the teleporter in time. He was an impatient creature, he wanted to experience life, one step at a time, and staying on this colony wasn't what he had in mind. He didn't even know he was following the instructions of the female hedgehog, giving him as many shortcuts as she could remember. She wasn't half-bad at all, even if she did talk about searching and destroying something. Maybe good things do rear their heads if you wait around the last minute. But now, even with her short cuts, would they make it in time?

Time: 43:02pm (15:02pm (3:02pm)

Place: Eggman's Hidden Base

"Well? Did they get out on time?" Knuckles deliberated. The group was in Eggman's computer room. Millions of screens were popping up everywhere; Eggman was sitting in an over-sized beanbag chair typing something vigorously.

"Didn't I say don't rush me. I don't know why I'm doing this; I could summon my Egg Keepers any minute… I could've summoned them right now, MWAHAHAHAHA!!!" Eggman mocked the group as he pointed to a blue button on his keyboard panel.

"Do it and they'll be a new meaning to the term, `Scrambled Eggs'" Knuckles apprised jumping on the bean bag chair.

"There, done, happy." Eggman groaned jumping off the beanbag. "My computer system picked up no life force on, in, or even on the outside of the ARK. The only life force found was that miserable military spacecraft. No Sonic, No Tails! Happy!" Eggman muttered pointing to one of the screens.

"What?!" Rouge gasped from the far side of the room. She quickly ran over to the screen, knocking Eggman and Knuckles out of her way. "If they aren't on the ARK, or outside of it…" Rouge began pushing more buttons.

"What are you doing?" Knuckles said regaining his footing.

"Scanning the teleporter." Rouge said with uttermost desire. "Oh no!" Rouge gasped after a few more pushed buttons.

"Hmm?" Eggman marveled.

"Dust particles were left… Left in the teleporter." Rouge hung her head down.

"So? What does this mean?" Knuckles asked alarmed. "Did they.. huu… implode." Knuckles hesitated to hear it, of course some times he didn't treat Sonic like the friend he wanted to, but the hedgehog always got him doing something, he didn't really mind it either.

"Um.. Well?" Rouge struggled with the words.

"It means the fastest thing on Earth is right here in front of ya', or behind you at least" a familiar, smart-ass remark came from behind the group. Sonic! "Told'ya I'd make it back in time."

"Uh yeah," Knuckles smiled walking over towards him. And in an instant, Knuckles smacked Sonic upside the head. "Next time tell us when you're listening to our conversation!" Knuckles shouted shaking Sonic.

"Ha, what's wrong Knux, `sniff', did he… `wah wah' Explode?" Sonic taunted Knuckles with what he said earlier.

"I said Implode you Spike-Haired Rodent!" Knuckles barked as both jumped at each other.

As the two squabbled in the background, Rouge walked up to Tails and his new friend. "Who's she?" Rouge questioned as Eggman followed behind her. The hedgehog girl was standing behind Tails, as if hiding.

Sonic then pushed Knuckles aside and ran towards Tails. "Yeah, that's what I wan'na know." Sonic itched his head.

"Well, it's a long story but I think I know how it goes." Tails pondered as Knuckles walked up to the group, rubbing his back.

"It… Gets longer." The female hedgehog finally said, her voice filled with agony. Everyone's eyes turned to her. "My name is Sophia, I was created by Professor Gerald to…. Hugh?"

Conclusion to this whole new Hazard Series, Chapter 2, or in other words, Double the Trouble: Let there be Rein Pt.1, catch ya' then!