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He slowly woke up to darkness.

He got up,blinking rappidly as he looked around curiously.

Where?

He heard a horns blasting and he turned to see two lights coming closser by the second,he got up and ran out of it's way,he turned his head again as a horn blasted once again he ran from it's path again.

He clossed his eyes as lights were blasted directly onto his face,he could hear tires screeching to a halt.

He opened his eyes and gulped as he met face to face with a truck.

Horns blasted in all directions and he took a step back,the noise was begining to give him a headache...

People stared at him from the sidewalks,and he curiously thought If he was an alien for them to have those looks directed at him.

Where am i??

"What is this halloween?!"a truck driver said,he decided to push his confusion away for now,he needed to know how he got on the road and get off it.

He looked over his shoulder as two police officers ran over,was it just him or were they really tall?

"What is that thing?" 

Actual good question i haven't even seen how i look like now, there's no way im in the same body i was born in

"Looks like a big hedgehog!"

A what  now?!

"A blue hedgehog?" "Well..whatever it is we better get it out of here" One of the police men kneeled down to his now abnormaly small height,hat taken off.

"Hey buddy,want a ride with us down the station?"

"Should i call for backup?" "I have three kitty cats at home,i think i can handle this little fellaw"The cop procided to make..kissing noises while trying to point towards him..

He felt extremely uncomfortable.

I don't think you do that with hedgehogs in general..

He looked away crossing his arms,turning his nose upwards,the guy was not amused.

"See that, that's things got an attitude,a bad one"

Yeah sure whatever helps you sleep at night

"Yeah well he wont get away from me"The officer jumped for him and he sidestepped,quietly panicking at how fast he had moved.

He kept a bored expression on.

That was extremely fast!what the hell?

"Why you little!"the other police officer said taking his baton from his waist.

Oh dear..would that be animal abuse If he hit me?im technically an animal now no?that feels so wrong..

Another police officer came catching the others wrist.

"Take it easy,i think we can handle this without gettin' rough" "yeah,but still" 

What the hell are they gonna try now?

They sorrounded him.

And jumped in for the catch.

Please tell me this new speed i have is fast enough to dodge them!

And now he stood a few feet away,almost failing in keeping his bored expression on as they fell to the ground after catching someones elses body part.

And he was suddenly in a net,a butterfly net?"Don't worry Sarge i got 'im!"he turned to see..another police officer.

Im not THAT special am i?

He decided to test out his speed and ran,the man barely held on to the handle screaming in fear.

Okay that's fast,i wonder If i have a limit?

He snickered as the rest of them latched on.

He ran past the cars,jumping over a police car,he looked back as the net fell off of him,finding it amusing the men were thrown inside the car.

He ran.

He jumped onto a police cars front,ignoring the two men staring at him dumbfounded on the inside.

I need to stop running into police offiers

He had concluded that he was indeed a blue hedgehog,one with white gloves and socks,red shoes that had a yellow buckle holding it tight.

A black nose that was pretty boobaple If he were honest.The peach colored belly,arms and muzzle,it certainly was an interesting choice of evolution..or he guessed it was.

The green eyes look nice too,overall i look pretty adorable

He jumped off the car and sped on the highway once again

He sighed as a light fell upon him.

I got helicopters on me,im not that important people!

Just then he saw it,a barrage,cars were lined up,trucks and signs,poeple looked at him as he came closser.

And with one thought going through his head he jumped over it.

And lander on the other side.

He continued running.

That was easy,like it was just a jump you do randomly,what kind of stamina does this body have?!

There he sat on a lamp post,staring at the moon.

I don't know what happened at all,i was at home,but then nothing,why am i a hedgehog on two legs with no actual clothes on?just red shoes and white gloves,i somehow don't feel naked

He clossed his eyes,enjoying the breeze.

I feel so at ease,this body feels natural,but i know it's not my original body,truly i wonder how i got here

Although thinking too hard on it will do no good,i barely remember anything about my human life,and don't miss it at all,maybe it's for the best?

I'll never know i guess..

He got off,stretching he looked to his right as lights came closser and closser,more cars he thought.

Are those..race cars?

They stopped and the middle ones driver got out.

"Hi there"The man said raising his arm,he could feel the ears ontop of his head twitch.

"You're hard to keep up with,we don't get such fast company around here very often"The guy said leaning on his car.

"In fact im glad you showed up,this place is way to peacefull,over the last twelve months i've only made one arrest,some joker got it into his head that he's a hotshot driver, had his own formula one car and everything"

Why are you telling me this?

"I guess he thought he would give me a run for my money,but it was all over in a minute it took me longer then that to suit up"He tilted his head,gazing at the pavement boredly.

"He never had a chance,of course it's our own fault,this town alright only because of us,because we're the high speed protection suit unit,the S Team,and im the leader of the team,they call me the high west star so even If you think you are the fastest thing around"the man formed a smirk"think again"

The cars next to him rumbled and he quickly ran,he nearly got ran over!

Alright he almost got me i can admit that!

He decided to run Pick up speed and he watched as they started trying to box him in.

He ran through the small gap of one of the cars and tapped the glass of one of the drivers.

The other looked and he stared at him before jumping on the car.

He pulled his arms behind his back and leaned foward,staring at the driver.

"Hey you,this is dangerous,it's iresponsabile what happens if kids start trying this?!"

Unless this chasse is being filmed up close i don't think any kids will get this idea 

He rolled his eyes at the driver before jumping away and continued running forward.

I look like a blurr right now,wow

He decided,right then and there,to give a little gift to the "S Team".

He turned around,mentally patting himself on the back as he easily ran backwards.

He then pulled the middle finger to the drivers.

And yup,they looked pissed.

He stopped as the cars parted away from the middle,a red car shot out,and he got out of the way with a wide eyes gaze.

Wow that's a fast car!

Hmm,i wanna try outspeeding him now, curiousity is getting to me alot in wanting to find out how fast i now am

He sped up,and up,and up.

He looked at the guy as he ran past him,he managed to stick his toungue out at him,sadly he wasn't able to see the expression he received.

A loud boom sounded and he gasped as he went faster.

Was that..the sound barrier?!

He realised the road was ending.

Well time to figure out how high i can jump like this!

He zoomed past and the city lit up,he stretched his arms out,admiring the view.

That was fun,maybe i can race with him again

He thought looking back.

Oh dear im falling now,wait,a pool!land in it,land in it

He landed in the pool,the dive bomb was surely impressive!

He tried swimming.

And failed.

I...how do i swim again?!

He forgot how to swim.

He tried jumping,but failed,he fell down in a sitting position and crossed his arms.

This is how i die?really?

He tried walking in the water,and failed again.

Just then someone jumped into the pool he was in,he looked up,suprised to see a human,a child even from what he could tell,swim down over to him.

The kid grabbed his wrist and pulled him up.

He coughed out the water,hitting his chest roughly,the kid sat near him,lightly patting his back.

"That was close,are you okay?"he looked at the kid and nodded,the orange haired boy looked at him in suprise"i didn't think you could understand me"his blue eyes stared at him in wonder.

Seriously,im not THAT special am i?

He nodded again,shaking his fur he coughed a couple more times before standing up.

"That's cool,that you can understand me i mean,my names Christopher,do you have name?"Christopher smiled.

He shook his head,he had no idea what name this body had.

"Oh,maybe we can come up with something together!"he already likes the kid.

He pointed at Christopher"You,want me to name you?"he nodded,Christopher hummed looking him over"Well,you have green eyes,like the forest,so,Forest Green!"

And a last name?well im not complaining

He nodded at the kid,and Chris beamed"It's nice to meet you Forest Green!"

He quietly chuckled..

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"You see there was this cat in the pool,and i got it out"

He sighed at that,he sat ontop of the roof,limbs spread,eyes clossed as he enjoyed the sun.

"Uh,Forest,sorry for..y'know,calling you a cat"he waved the kid off,not bothered.

The phone in Chris's hand rang again,his ears perked up at that.

Hearing a frantic man,probably the kids father talk made him bored,he should really get to eat something,he has no idea whens the last time this body ate anything.

"Oh!i almost forgot,are you hungry,Forest?"Chris asked after hanging up the phone again.

He leaned forward,nodding,legs kicking boredly.

"I don't know what you can eat..but,the internet told me hedgehogs like cat food alot"

Chris outstretched his arm up,a bowl full of cat food inside it,he reached down,grabbing it he pulled it back up to his lap and munched on a piece.

"How is it?"he didn't really taste it,bummer,he knows wet cat food is good though...wait what.

Why is that the thing he remembers from his old human body?

God,he was weird,he gave the kid a thumbs up,and the other smiled at him,happy.

He finished it pretty quickly, although he didn't feel full,he jumped down from the roof,pointing at his stomach.

"Oh, you're still hungry?"he nodded"ah,i can give you more?i just need to refil the bowl..um...If i can get it that is"he shook his head,as much as the cat food wasn't bad,he wanted something he can actually taste.

He jumped on the tree that was the near the balcony.

"Wait, don't leave, i'll get you anything,please!"he looked back,the kids hand outstretched to him,he sighed and gave the kid a smile and wave before jumping off and running out the garden and out on the street.

He wasn't leaving,but he wanted to be alone,just for a little bit.

"Look Forest!"Chris smiled,holding a butterfly net,a little butterfly in it,caught by the kid,he silently chuckled,watching from the tree.

"Are you sure you don't want to join me?"

Oh dear, he's giving me puppy eyes...good thing they don't work on me

He nodded,Chris pouted but continued to try and catch more butterflys,he leaned on the tree,hands on his lap.

Maybe a nap will be good for him.

He watched Tanaka move around the house,he was on the top of the chandelier,bored out of his mind,Chris had gone out,to buy something?he can't remember.

He let out a silent groan,he suprisenly liked the kid,needy yeah,but he seemed okay.

He's just some kid who's parents are away alot..

He yawned,maybe a nap was needed.

He watched the kid draw on the table of the balcony,colored pencils scattered around.

He watched from the roof,one eye open,the kid was concertrated on his drawing.

I wonder how wet cat food tastes like now-

"Forest!"his thoughts were interrupted by his name being called,he opened his eyes fully,looking down at Chris.

"Look!"he jumped down,Chris handed over the paper to him and he looked at it.

Oh,it was a drawing of him..and Chris,holding hands,ontop it read 'Friends',the drawing was pretty good actually.

He patted the kid on the back,giving him a smile,he got a happy smile in response.

He's only been here for a couple of days,but he's already got into a routine.

Wake up on the roof,peak out the window from Chris's bed,scare the kid slightly as he walked up,Chris brings him whatever he's getting that day and eat at the balcony,listen to the kid talk about random things,watch Chris play outside or read a book,sleep.

It sounded pretty boring on paper,but he was content.

I sound like those old people in retirement homes...meh

He stretched,getting more comfartable from his spot on the roof.

He ate the chips on the table,Chris watching TV,it was broadcasting about him,even days after,he was popular apperantly.

He heard the door to the room open,ears perking up,he decided he didn't care and continued eating.

"There you are,Chris"he watched as a old man walked in.

This the Grandpa,Chris has been praising so much?

"Have you seen the latest news? it's been going on for a few days already!"

"Oh,um"the man looked at him,face blank,then turned to the TV,then back at him.

He just looked at him boredly,munching on his chips.

He was then suddenly being suffocatted by a goddamn pillow,he trashed around.

Finally he threw the pillow away,giving Chris a 'what the hell was that' look.

He did not want to die via pillow thank you very much.

"Blue..just like that.."he crossed his arms"it's him!"

He yelps as he's grabbed by the old man,trying to push him away"easy Grandpa!"

Stop!ugh,is that a screwdriver?!

And suddenly the tool was being jammed into his back,he cringed,thrashing around before managing to jump away"Stand still!"

Hell no!you crazy old man!

"Grandpa,wait, he's not a machine,his name is Forest Green"

The baffled expression was amusing,he glared at the screwdriver as it fell to the floor..

"Now let's go live,to this late breaking story"

He almost ignored the news reporter when the sound of a little girl sounded from the TV.

He turned his head,watching firefighters try and climb up a billboard.

The camera zoomed in..that was a rabbit in clothes..and whatever the hell she was hugging,was clearly not normal.

He looked at Chris,pointing at the screen with a confused expression.

"You're right, they're just like you Forest"Chris watched the TV with big eyes.

He looked around the garage,it was big,he turned his head as Chuck ended his phone call.

"Well it seems like they were captured and moved to Area 99"

"That's that top secret military base"

He put a hand to his chin in thought"it's where they keep the tanks,fighter jets and high tech spy equipment,Forest"

He nodded at the kids explanation,not needed it of course,but still greatfull that the boy tried to explain.

"They are being watched in guarded 24 hours everyday,the authorities think they could be aliens,or mutants developed by an enemy power designed to attack our population"

He facepalmed at that,the elder chuckling at his reaction.

"Well, you're gonna need some help Forest, i'll go with you"

"Grandpa are you serious?!"

"Of course im serious,and you're coming along too,you told me you don't wanna lead a boring life,like your father,so here's some chance for some excitement"

"O-oh!okay then!"

He eyed the older man,if he tried to put the kid in danger,he was gonna need to have a stern talking to.

"Just don't tell dad"

At this moment of time he hated having fur.

Seriously why is this place in a desert!

He was gonna have a heatstroke at this point.. atleast the car was comfortable.

"Is it time?"he perked up at Chris's excited voice,ear flicking"It's time"

He was given a headset?or half a headset.

"Put it on your ear Forest"he did as told.

Chuck told him what it was for,and he blinked,looking around as his right vision was tinted red.

He gave them a thumbs up before taking off his seatbelt and jumping out the car,waving bye to Chris before zooming away.

"Forest can you hear me?tap the microphone two times If yes"

He almost jumped at the kids voice,he tapped the mic twice.

"Remember to get to a air vent!"he tapped it twice again.

"Hey,Forest,listen to me,once you get inside you won't have much time,so think quickly and act quickly"he let out a silent sigh at the older mans voice and tapped twice.

He easily jumped over the fence"Intruder alert sector B"

This is what i get for going slow

He runs past the cameras and quickly jumps through a vent entrance,rolling into a ball.flexing his quills to stop the motion of movement as he got at the end,he unforned,looking at the red lasers the headset let him see.

"Hows it looking there,Forest?"he absently tapped three times,going low,looking through a vent grit.

That's alot of cameras

he opened the grit,putting it aside he fell out, quickly hugging the wall.

He peaked his head out from the wall he was hiding behind,the door that had 'Staff Only' on it peaking his interest.

That and it said Laboratory above it.

Alright, let's see what's behind door number one

He blinked as the power went out,looking around confused.

He shrugged to himself and took the chance that was given to him.

He opened the door and ran in,forming into a ball and smashing the glass tube the second he saw the two now familiar figures inside it.

He grabbed them and quickly hid behind some machinary.

The rabbit beamed at him"Soni-!"he put a finger to her lips telling her to stay quiet.

Then the weird thing with Wings hugged him,making weird 'Chao' noises?

Either way it was weird and he didn't want hugs right now!

He pushed it away,sighing quietly as the noises attracted the people in the room.

He grabbed the rabbit girl and weird thing before dashing out the room.

He ran not too fast across the halls,having learned not too long ago other sentient beings can't witstand the level of speed he can go to.

"Wow,Sonic,how did you shut off all the electricity?!"he gave the rabbit girl a weirded out look,before shrugging.

Who's Sonic?is that this bodies actual name?that would mean this girl knew the person who was in this body before..

Well,Forest guessed,the girls gonna have to realise he wasn't this Sonic guy one way or another.

The power turned back on.

Wow..those technisions must be really good, it's barely been ten minutes!

And the cameras have lasers..this was starting to get really annoying..

After breaking cameras,watching small looking paper airplanes destroy them like swiss cheese,the power going haywire,saving the girl again,he finally jumped out the building once and for all.

And immediately smacked into a airplane,he yelped,grabbing the metal,the girl quickly doing the same.

He grumbled silently,head hurting.

"Hey Sonic!"

He looked at the one controlling the airplane,it was..a yellow fox,with two tails?

He blinked at him,confused.

What goddamn planet did this body come from?!

"Im Christopher,you can call me Chris though,Forest landed in my pool a couple days ago!"

He yawned,munching on a cookie as he held a cookie jar with his other hand.

The fox turned to him confused"Forest?Sonic..are you alright?"

He raised a eyebrow at the kid"um,Forest here dosen't really remember alot"

"Oh no.."the rabbit girl said sadly"Mr.Sonic.."

He made a 'X' motion with his hands"Oh yeah,i don't think Forest likes being called Sonic.."

Thank you Chris, atleast you learned enough from our interactions

"Oh,is that..so"the foxes tails wrapped around his middle"im..sorry,uh,i think we should also introduce ourselves to you then"

The rabbit girl nodded"Im Cream,and this is Cheese,my Chao"Forest nodded,putting the cookie jar on a desk nearby,alteast he had a speices he could slap onto..Cheese,what kind of name even is that..

"Im Tails!"he waves in return,Chris smiled"and i introduce you Forest Green"

Forest watched Chuck talk about the little airplane in his hand,not paying attention.

He took the small scolding he got from Chris for being reckless,not really minding it.

"I just thought of something,If me,Cream and Cheese got here,maybe the others are too"

He perked up at that, there's others?

"And maybe..Eggmans here too!"Tails said seriously,Cream looking a little scared of that name.

Forest just stood there dumbly watching.

Who's Eggman?and why are they named like that?!

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As it turned out,Eggman,was a human who made robots,and wanted to take over the world..

He's a Disney villain?

Chris watched the news with horror.

A robot,a massive robot was attacking the city!

He scrambled off the couch and outside,seeing Tails holding a hose,water spraying his airplane,he dashed over to the fox.

"Tails!"the yellow fox turned to him"Chris? what's wrong,you look worried"

"The city!in the news, it's being destroyed by some robot,it appeared from under the water on the beach!"

The fox dropped the hose"What?!"

His Grandpa,who had been chatting up with Tails,spoke up"A robot?!"

Chris nodded,Cream,who sat on a round table with bagels to eat,her Chao eating the food like a vaccum,gasped"It's probably Doctor Eggman!"

She got up"We need to tell Mr.Soni-i mean"she shook her head"Mr.Forest!he can stop him the fastest"she clasped her hands together"oh,but i saw him go out for a run earlier"

Chris frowned"then..If we can't contact him..people are being indangered,and the police can't handle a super robot made by a genius doctor.."

Tails namesakes twitched"I can help with what i can,distracting it will the best bet,if the news is being broadcasted through the whole city and more,so...Forest should be able to see it and help us"

Chuck crossed his arms"Leave it up to chance that he'll see the news and run over?"

The foxes ears drooped slightly"It's our best option,with no way to contact him"

Chris placed his hands on Tails shoulders"We have to believe Forest will see it,maybe you can even stop it yourself Tails!you just have to try"he smiled,the yellow fox slowly smiled"Yeah,i.. i'll help as much as possible"

Cream cheered"Go Tails!"Cheese let out a series of 'Chao's' right after,Chuck nodded"Be safe"

Being able to tour around just by running for a little while is nice 

Forest could remember a little snippet as a human,of himself wanting to scale a mountain.

Not really how my human self wanted to do this,but hey,i get to do it

He jumped off the peak of the mountain he was on,spreading his limbs for a few seconds before curling up into a wall as gravity hit him,he rolled down the hill,gaining speed.

God this is amazing!

He hit a natural ramp,and he went flying.

Im never gonna get bored of this!wait is tha-OH SHIT WATER-

Yeah he was still getting used to manevouring in general..

Tails.. couldn't wrap his head around anything at the moment.

His brother figure,Sonic,had amnesia, couldn't remember him at all,and they were in a whole other planet.

And now Eggman decided it was time for his spotlight.

He could deal with the feelings about Forest later, it's barely been a day,and he had been anywhere but where Forest was,the older hedgehog walked into the room Tails was in?he quickly walked out,he just..needed time to think.

Which he couldn't do right now.

"Ah!"His plane was hit by that things arms!

He grit his teeth,hitting the buttons and pulling the transformation sequence,his plane transformed into a better version of itself.

He needed to focus.

That was a nice run,the water wasn't though 

He dodged a car,running on the bridge to get back into the city.

He stopped as he spotted a small crowd hunched by a window display,curious he hopped onto the tree that was there to gain the height advantage.

The TV's showed..a man with a mustache laughing?

He fits the description Cream said that Eggman dude looked like..

The screen changed to..a airplane,it showed Tails,dodging attacks from a robot ontop of a roof.

Oh hey it's Tails getting attacked...wait a second

Tails gasped as he saw Amy getting captured.

"AMY!"He blinked,seeing a blue blurr in the distance,he basically bounced in his seat"SO-I mean,FOREST!"

Eggman turned to look around as he heard the Fox scream a name,the human didn't know who this Forest was,but if that Fox was shouting in relief,it meant bad news for him.

Tails flew close to the ground,getting the ring from his stash in his airplane,he held it out to Forest.

"IT WILL HELP!"He yelled out,the sound of the wind almost drowning out his voice,Forest on reflex caught it,gripping it tightly as he ran past the airplane.

Eggman was confused meanwhile,it was Sonic?who was this Forest then,was it Sonic?why was he called that..he pushed those thoughts away,the blue hedgehog was coming for his robot!

"Here he comes,E-23!"the robot threw Amy over it's shoulder,Knuckles quickly catching the pink hedgehog before she could fall off the building with the air time she got.

Forest watched the ring glow bright,and more,he shot off like a rocket as his gloved hand obsorbed the ring.

Holy shi-

He ran up the building,swerving left and right as the robot launched missiles at him.

He could hear the glass behind him shatter as he ran up them,it was a miracle his ears weren't hurting.

No time to ask why my ears haven't bled!

He formed into a ball as he got at the end,quills sharpening,he took the robots head off.

He unformed,seeing the air he was getting,he used the head he cut off as a platform to jump down,and with a frontflip in the air,kicked the sparking robots insides.

He jumped away as electricity sparked more,flying off the building as the explosion pushed him away farther.

He grabbed the ledge of one of the open floors of the tall building,glad that the glass had shattered,he jumped from floor to floor,getting back ontop the rooftop.

Body knows how to fight instinctively,and sturdy enough to kick metal and not feel a thing,sheesh,if the guy who piloted this body was cocky,i wouldn't of been able to blame him

He dusted himself off,ruffled up a little from the explosion"YOU..How are you Sonic!"the man on a..well Forest had no idea what he was sitting on,but it floated?The man was covered in soot.

He raised a eyebrow at the man,watching him fly off,talking about not being the end?he couldn't be bothered.

"Sonic!"He was suddenly hugged tightly by a pink hedgehog?

"I missed you so much!"he awkwardly pat the..girl?he was guessing by the sound of her voice,not her fur color,on the head.

He looked at the..red something,he honestly had no idea what the guy staring so intensely at him was.

He was let go of as humans in gear came out the elevator,guns pointed at them"Raise your hands where i can see them!"one called out.

Great,what i needed,so what are they this time,FBI?

He watched the red dude growl at them"You guys sure are rude"he said,the boxing gloves he wore flexing.

Are those spikes on them?cool..

"Forest!grab this!"He turned his head as he heard Tails shout,a ladder made of rope having been hunged outside the airplane.

He smiled,grabbing the girls hand,he grabbed the red ones too and tugged them away from the humans.

He grabbed the ladder,letting go of them,the pink hedgehog followed after,the red one still growling at the men.

"Knuckles,hurry!"Forest began climbing up.

Knuckles..fitting

Knuckles smirked at the men and dashed for the edge of the building,the humans opening fire on him,he jumped,managing to catch the ladder at the last second.

"Hey you two,we have a place to crash,Cream and Cheese are there too!"Tails said,smiling down at the newcomers.

Forest grinned,clinging onto the airplane tightly.

"Oh,before i forget,long story short,Sonic uh..got amnesia"

The pink one gasped"Sonic?!"

"Yeah,he goes by Forest now"Tails looked at the blue hedgehog with something Forest couldn't name.

"That's nice and all,but count me out on coming"Knuckles said looking to lock eyes with Forest.

"Knuckles The Echidna,remember that,i wish you luck If you ever remember anything,Forest"and with that the Echidna let go of the ladder,falling,he turned midair,arms outstretching to..glide?

Y'know that's the least suprising thing i've seen so far

"Um,if you really can't remember Son-i mean,Forest,then i will introduce myself,my name is Amy Rose"

Forest gave a thumbs up to the girl,she seemed to brighten up a little at that,clearly though,she seemed upset at the news Tails had given her.

They flew off into the sunset.

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It was only two days later that the gravity of the situation truly hit Tails fully.

His brother is gone.

Well..maybe he can get him back,but.

He looked at Forest,who was sitting on the window seat,napping.

The person who was now Forest was okay too..

The fox wanted Sonic back,he really did,but this Forest hedgehog?He had formed his own identity in a short amount of time of being here.

He felt..like he was bad for thinking,just what if his brother was here instead,what would he do,think,it made Tails feel horrible,because Forest did nothing wrong,he just..started existing,in a place he didn't know anything about,and formed his own personality and relationships.

Tails didn't blame Forest for Sonic not being here,that would be blaming someone innocent.

Tails can only move on,mourn what he once had.

It wasn't easy,Forest was always there after all,not always,but just one look his way and Tails would need to do a double take,to remind himself Sonic was gone.

He would help the hedgehog with anything if asked though,that Tails knew,sure he dosen't know Forest well,but he can make friends with the hedgehog,learn to cherish him.

Tails vowed that.

Forest was sat on the window seat,eyes clossed,hearing the others talk about a chaos emerald?

There's magical stones too,i should really stop getting suprised at this point

"There's a legend that says if you gather all seven Chaos Emeralds,the entire world will be yours"

Seven? that's..alot,if they were used to bring the others to Earth..

"I guess it ended the moment the Chaos Emeralds disappeared"Chuck piped in,Forest open a eye to look towards the group,ah he zoned out.

He opened his mouth,but nothing came out,he couldn't bring himself to talk,it felt like his neck was being squeezed just by thinking about it.

But,it would take longer to try charades,he learned a little while ago,the body he was in was not coordonated to write the human language,which made him question if this Sonic dude really never learned how to write,so that left him..to actually talk.

He hasn't done that..since he got here,in this body.

He can speak,he knows that,he's made sounds.

It just..he couldn't really form words?His conscious just, wouldn't let him.

He really wanted to convey his thoughts outloud though,just this time.

He inhaled and softly exhaled,not thinking about the strain he forced himself to do it.

"They were the source of the teleportation,that must mean they're on this planet,no?"

The sound of his voice was soft,a little deep,but still young sounding,it sounded hoarse from lack of use,but that was to be expected.

The room was dead silent as he spoke,heads turned to him.

Chris quickly responded to him,not wanting to make his friend feel bad for actually speaking up,he spoke!Forest clearly had been scared of doing it before,and Chris didn't know why,but he can accept it,right now,the hedgehog decided to finally voice something outloud,Chris wasn't gonna treat it like it was something to celebrate for.

Forest liked his quiet and space after all.

"You might be right Forest"the boy smiled.

This kid..

Forest gave the child a thumbs up.

"Forest.. he might be actually right"Tails spoke up slowly"the Chaos Emeralds after being used,will always scatter in diferent directions,you only have to find them again"

Tails grabbed his namesakes to have something to fiddle with"Although they might be in our world..that dosen't mean we can't hope they scattered here"

Cream clapped her hands together"I believe they are!"

Amy nodded"If we got here,then they must've too,im sure of it"

Forest had been napping on a branch of a tree when he heard Cream call for him.

"Mr.Forest! there's trouble!"he quickly stood up,jumping down the tree,Cream stopped infront of him,eyes wide with worry.

He pat her head,trying to calm her down.

He basically bounced against buildings trying to find a big crowd,and some kind of construction sight he was supposed to be looking for.

Cream had given Forest the best description she could of the place.

She did say she'll tell Tails and Amy too,maybe he can wait at a tall advantage point and watch for any airplanes he knows.

He jumped up,grabbing a pole he swung around it to throw himself up more,he landed on a rooftop of a tall building.

He leaned over to the edge,and looked around.

This is boring..

Chris knew it was stupid,what he was doing.

But he wanted to help.

He can get scolded after.

But right now,as he followed Tails airplane,he just wanted to help his new friends get back to their home.

He perked up as he saw the familiar plane.

He saw Amy wave at him,before pointing in the direction he needed to go,he gave the girl a wave back before jumping off the building.

"He still has those characteristics Sonic has,even if a little"Amy said softly,watching the blue hedgehog run.

"Yeah..but still,he's Forest,remember that"Tails said with a twinge of sadness"It's hard to look at him sometimes for you too huh"She said with a small smile.

"Yeah..it is"

Forest watched the giant crowd run as a flying robot and it's creator,Eggman floating in his pod appeared.

He would want that Chaos Emerald, this is gonna be a challenge

He continued running,passing by the humans,a shadow formed above him,he looked up to see..

That thing is dive bombing straight for me!

He jumped to a buildings wall,and started bouncing off the walls,the robot missed him.

He kept doing it as it tried to keep hitting him with it's beak,he was doing well honestly.

Of course then the universe decided to remind him he hasn't fully adjusted to the body he was in still.

It was almost like phantom limb, thinking it was there only to remember it wasn't.

He forgot he wasn't that tall anymore,he couldn't reach things that easily anymore.

He jumped for a street pole..and his arm didn't manage to reach,he faceplanted on concret.

He got up,holding his head,it felt weird,the pressure was there but not the pain.

He was distracted enough by that relevation that the robot bird managed to hit him.

He went flying up,yelping.

He was hit again,and again,again.

It was annoying.

God-mother-ah! grab onto-the thing!

"Forest!catch!"Amy shouted,he watched the golden ring get thrown at him,he reached for it..

Gravity hit it and it went straight down like a bullet.

He could feel his eye twitch.

"Alright,hold it out Amy"Tails said,concertrated,Amy nodded,doing so"Forest!"

They watched the blue hedgehog finally catch the ring.

Forest gave a two finger salute,before turning into a ball and falling back down to where the robot awaited to hit him again.

"Yes!"She cheered,Forest completely went through the robot entirely,it exploded one second later.

Forest landed on the ground,sighing in relief,his ears perked up as he hard a shout"HELP!"Turning to look up at the sound,he caught Chris holding onto the pod Eggman was flying away with,barely holding on.

He snarled,and dashed around the roads to get to them.

He watched the kid fall down,heading for the ground quickly.

He ran passed a car that was surely gonna run the boy over once hitting the ground,and jumped,grabbing Chris and running away as he landed back down on the ground,heading straight back to the mansion.

He sat back on his window seat,watching the group awe at the green Chaos Emerald Chris managed to get from Eggman.

He smiled,glad to have saved the kid in time.

He blinked as Chris walked over to him"Im..sorry,for worrying you Forest"

He waved him off,giving him a smile.

"Im glad you're not mad"

"I am,young man"Chuck decided it was his time to talk.

Chris smiled nervously at his grandfather.

Well,he did say he'll take the scolding.

Chapter Text

Cream never really got to talk to Mr.Sonic.

She met him a handfull of times,and almost all of them were greetings to eachother.

Her finding out Mr.Sonic lost his memories didn't impact her as hard as the others.

That didn't mean she wasn't sad about it,of course she was!

Cream just..never really got to know Mr.Sonic well,but she can get to know Mr.Forest now,he was nice,he didn't like talking,but he let Cream make all kinds of flower crowns from the field in the mansion to put on his head.

Mr.Forest was also a great listener!

Cream liked him,and was glad Mr.Forest was here,in this unknown world,it was less scary,even if her mother wasn't there to comfort her.

Knuckles caught the newspaper that flew passed him,looking at the picture on it,it showed Forest staring up at Eggman.

He stared at it for a few seconds,before letting go of it,watching the wind blow it away into the night.

He was about to start walking again,when he heard footsteps behind him,he quickly turned around to see Eggman.

"Please help me!"the man pleaded,getting on his hands and knees,head down.

The red echidna blinked dumbfounded"The Chaos Emeralds were sent to this world,if we collect them again,we can return to our world!"the human held onto his gloved hands.

Knuckles purple eyes widened.

"They're here?!"

His facial expression quickly deteriorated to annoyance as Eggman tried to play the victim.

"I tried to get the Chaos Emerald the other humans found,and Sonic took it,he won't listen to me at all,he dosen't want to get back home!"

The echidna crossed his arms"flash news Eggman,Sonic has amnesia,he goes by Forest right now"

Eggman froze for a second"Then,then that means that i-"

"I don't want to hear you anymore"he growled out"I know what i saw before i left them"

He turned,walking away"Get someone else to manipulate"

The human watched the echidna leave with a frown,he had known something had changed with Sonic,and it had given him the idea of trying to get Knuckles into his newest plan.

Too bad he hadn't gotten enough information to realise the hedgehog had amnesia.

The memory of that fox screaming the name Forest made so much sense now.

Oh well,he can do with what he has still.

Forest had been resting on the railing of the balcony when he heard voices coming from below him.

He opened a eye,to see Chuck,Chris and Tails running away from what Forest liked to call 'Chucks hiding hole'.

Finally out that dingy place huh

he watched them run into Tanaka,it was pretty amusing to watch Tails play doll,his eye trailed after Tanaka as he pushed Chuck inside.

I wonder how long that old mans been awake for

His ear twitched as he heard Amy saying how another Chaos Emerald was found.

He could hear the TV inside spout where it was found,Silver Valley,he might have run into it if he thinks about it hard enough,he does read the signs of the places he goes to.

"Hey Forest,you heard,right?"he opened his eyes slightly,green eyes looking down at Amy who had come outside.

"It seems to be a beautifull place,maybe we can have a picnic together,would you like to join us?"her hands were held together,a smile on her face.

"We're not going on a picnic.."Tails butted in,walking outside,Chris following after him.

Forest shook his head,he wasn't interested if he were honest,already explored the place, although he would go to get the Chaos Emerald he wasn't needed to get it,these three could do without him just fine.

"Aw..wait,have you perhaps been there already?"He nodded,clossing his eyes again"Hmp, let's go you two"he can practically hear the pout in her voice.

Sheesh,this girls a little demanding sometimes...maybe i can make a obstacle course if i do go there again,i did it as a human multiple times if my past memories say anything 

He yawned.

I've been getting pieces of them here and there,but nothing about familiar faces,the fact that i don't feel any sort of negativity about that fact makes me confused

He got off the rail,stretching.

This whole experience has felt like a fever dream,but it seems way too detailed to be fake,i don't feel scared that i lost my humanity,and i don't feel any sort of body dysphoria,so weird..

He ate some sandwhiches he snatched to make from the fridge and went back to the balcony to nap again.

Some time later he heard a weird sound,looking up he saw some kind of..thing?fly down infront of him.

It took out a small TV from it's satchel and held it up to him,pressing the green button,it turned on.

"Hello there Forest,interesting new name by the way"it was Eggman.

He tilted his head,curious.

"I've got your friends trapped here,after i..faked some news"the human snickered to himself,the hedgehog frowned.

"I want that Chaos Emerald,and i know you have it!"

The screen turned off,and a robotic voice went off.

"VIDEO COMPLETED,EVIDENCE WILL NOW BE DISCARDED"

The sparks emitted from the TV told enough to Forest to know what it's gonna do.

He pushed the TV into the robot that delivered it,the things eyes widened,he gave the poor thing a thumbs up before dashing away.

Alright Silver Valley,where was that again?

By the time he got there,the robot that held his three friends was already cracked.

He stopped running,giving Eggman a glare,arms crossed.

The human gave him a wide grin.

"Now!"Forest dodged a punch that came from behind him on instinct,the next punch landed though,he yelped,as he was punched into a tree.

He held his head with a grumble,ducking his head as a metal looking gloved hand punched the tree infront of him,the tree was broken instantly,falling down with a thud.

He rolled to the side as he was attacked again,he got up,looking at the robot he was now fighting.

You look like Knuckles,how great..

He dashed towards the trees for cover.

He stopped,hiding behind a tree.

Okay,how do i defeat it,just do that ball thing?the last two times i had that special ring though 

He yelped as the ground below him was opened up,punched by the robot,he grabbed the tree,jumping to another as it was ripped from it's roots by the robot.

Those things are shovels too?!Dammit to hell

He let go of the tree,falling down,the robot was too slow to block him as he front kicked it,the metal on it's head dented.

Ugh,i wish i just knew every skill this body has

He dodged the punches thrown his way,Forest ended up making it all the way to the edge of the mountain he and the Knuckles looking robot had made it up to.

The hedgehog grabbed the thing,taking the hit to the face,before throwing it over the edge.

He jumped after it,watching it hit all the rock formations on the way down, it's arms flailed around,trying to grab purchase,he formed into a ball,as the thing landed with a thud onto the ground he hit it,slicing the things head off.

He unfolded,kicking the head away.

With enough speed i can slice through anything basically,good to know i won't have to relly on those ring things the whole time

He ran back to that egg shaped robot thing,quills sharpening he sliced them through the things legs,it toppled over.

He watched Tails,Chris and Amy poke their heads out from the cracked glass.

He waved at them.

"Forest!"

"You came!"

"How dare-ugh,E-47,transform!"Eggman stared loudly.

The thing used it's other two limbs to get up,pointing it's machinery at him.

"Go!"It fired bullets.

He jumped behind a rock,the thing getting fired at,it was destroyed in a couple seconds.

He frowned,watching as it's thrusters propelled it into the air,gaining the advantage,it kept shooting at him as he ran citcles around the lake to not be hit.

He looked infront of him,seeing the head of that robot he bad just finished off.

I better land this 

He kicked the head straight to the flying robot,hitting one of the aimers it had to shoot at him from.

He procided to kick various of rocks of many sizes at it.

Finally,with one last rock,he destroyed the last one,not being able to shoot at him no more.

He got ontop the mountain and jumped off it, going for the roof of the robot.

It then launched missiles at him.

Oh dear

He barely managed to graze past the first,before with a quick idea,grabbing the second one coming straight for him.

He threw it back where it came from.

It exploded,and he managed to enter the now sparking robot,he took to throwing each of his friends out the robot,ignoring their yelling.

Tails quickly twirled his two tails,catching Amy before she could be a victim of gravity.

"Chris!"he called out,watching as the human child continued to fall.

Forest took a breather before hopping off the rappidly falling robot,catching Chris in his arms,he landed onto the ground easily enough,he did hear his knees make a weird noise though.

Shit,well it dosen't hurt,im being paranoid,i kicked metal and didn't feel a thing,landing with a human twice my size in my arms shoudn't hurt me or anything 

He sighed.

"Forest,Chris!are you two alright?"Forest put Chris down,the boy giving him a shaky smile.

"We're fine Amy,what about you two?"Chris said standing up slowly.

"Yeah,thanks Forest"Tails said"Are you okay?you look worried"

He nodded,rubbing one of his knees.

"Oh did your knees make a noise?"the fox rubbed the back of his head"It shoudn't worry you,Sonic didn't usually carry big things,so his knees would usually do this weird noise when he landed with something heavy in his arms"

Amy added her two cents"We think it's them adjusting so nothing breaks,gravity and all that,it's pretty cool"

Forest nodded before pointing away.

"Yeah,yeah let's go home"Chris giggled"Grandpa is gonna be so mad if he finds out what happened"he sighed.

"Oh yeah..um...we probably shoudn't mention this ever again"

Forest was gonna take a long and nice nap when they get back home..

Chapter Text

He ate the soup he held slowly,straight from the bowl,sitting on the window seat as usual.Amy and Tails sat on beanbags eating,Chuck having his own meal on his desk.

Chris opened the attic door,peaking his head up"Hey,Mom and Dad are coming over,be carefull"

Tails gave him a nod,munching on his sandwhich.

"They're busy people,so i'm sure they'll leave right away"Chris said, although more quietly.

Forest hopped off his seat,placing the empty bowl where Chucks desk lay,before opening the window and jumping out.

"Is he going for a run?he just had one half a hour ago i think"Chuck says,standing up to close the window back.

"Forest does what Forest thinks"Chris said with a giggle"Oh,i should go before im late for school,bye guys!"

Chris was... a little bit scared of the robot that took over his class.

Based on it's full name,it was definetly Eggmans.

"Relax your wrists and elbows!"It said to him,they had moved to PE,to play baseball,and he was being taught how to throw.

He felt uncomfortable.

It acted nice,it was even playing with them,but he just..

Whatever that man was planning,it involved children,Chris didn't feel safe,regardless if the robot had done nothing wrong.

Forest watched the helicopter land,Chris's parents coming out.He was resting on the roof of Chucks place,Amy and Tails looking out the window to his left.

"They're both nice looking,what do you think Forest?"Amy asked,turning her head to him.

He just yawned and clossed his eyes.

Amy sighed as she wasn't answered.

Chris watched by the stands as a robot flew down to E-51,as he had heard it call the robot teacher.

He couldn't hear them very well,but it was easy to say they were argueing.

He got up to get closser,his classmates following,curious.

"No matter what Dr.Eggman does,i will protect my students since that's my duty as a teacher!"

Those words made Chris feel warm.

But he couldn't trust it,no matter how Nice E-51 was, he's already seen the destruction Eggmans robots can do.

Of course when school ended,Eggman had to show up,threatening to scrap E-51 for not doing what it was here for,making the kids admire the doctor.

"Chris,help me!"the robot hid behind the brunette,he didn't like how close it was to him"Um, didn't you say it's your duty as a teacher to protect your students?"

"I said that?"his classmates nodded"You did!","Yeah,you said so!"

"Then i guess..it can't be helped"

Chris wanted to go home.

Amy and Tails watched through the window of the mansion as Chris's parents and Chuck sat worried,Forest standing on the roof,the blue hedgehog was glaring at the sky.

They watched the Father get calmed by the Mother.

"That's not normal,Chris should be here by now.."Tails ears drooped,Amy took a few steps back,looking up,Tails doing the same.

"Forest,can you check if Chris is okay?"She called out,worry in her voice.

They looked at eachother with relief seeing the hedgehog was nowhere to be found on the roof.

Chris drew on the sketchbook given to him,being forced to stay for after-school,and draw Eggman to reinforce admiration made the child sick to his stomach.

He wanted to go home,his parents had surely arrived by now.

Just then as E-51 started talking again,he was kicked by a familiar shoe,the robot letting out a beep as it smacked against a pole.

Eggman growled,watching as Forest quickly took to kicking and punching his robot.

"Attack Forest,E-51!"the teacher robot beeped, it's hat shapped head opening up as it called out it's attack and launched missiles,they shot upwards,quickly homing în on Forest.

Forest grabbed the robot,letting the missiles turn downwards,E-51 squirmed,flailing.

Chris watched with widened eyes as the hedgehog picked up the robot and turned it up,letting the missiles hit E-51 directly.

A explosion occured,the boy covering his eyes,he let them fall to watch Forest come out the reckage as the winner.

"How dare you!"Eggman started,he was cut off as Forest let out a growl,getting into a fighting stance.

The bald man knew his chances and quickly got into his pod,screeching as Forest kicked it,he went flying.

Eggman was but a dot in the distance after that.

Chris blinked as Forest came up to him,tugging at his hand,a frustrated expression on the hedgehogs face.

"Forest..thank you"he whispered,forming a small smile.

He squeaked as Forest picked him,dashing out the school,leaving students baffled and in awe.

He peaked through the window as Chris and his parents sat around the table,ready to eat.

"Forest?you also watching with us?"Tails said amused,Amy waved at the other hedgehog,they were watching from a window a couple feet over.

Forest watched the family for a few more seconds before walking away from the window.

"He's been more..in his head then usual today"Tails watched him jump onto Chucks roof to sleep on,Amy nodded"Yeah,we should let him be for a while,i think"

They moved away from the window.

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"Forest,what are you looking at?"Amy asked,walking over to where the blue hedgehog sat on the window seat.

Tails quickly followed Amy and peaked over Forests legs to see outside.

"Oh, Cream and Cheese are picking flowers"

"She did this alot,to give to her mother"Tails ears drooped"She must miss her alot"

"Cream is strong Tails,have some faith"

Forest looked away,blinking as he made eye contact with a poster on a wall.

He hightailed out the house,slipping out the window and dashing away from the property.

"Eh?!"

"Forest?"

Running around mountains is alot more annoying when you're looking for something specific.

Ugh,why am i doing this again?

He stopped to look around.

Oh yeah,Cream, she needs some cheering

He began running again.

He looked down at the waterfall that greeted him.

I've never been more terrified of water in my life..

He looked at the bridge that was hanging by a thread,wood splintered,rope brittle.

He ran through it.

The bridge shook,more of it ripping apart,finally the last of the rope holding it up snapped,falling into the river below.

He stopped again,looking down over the edge of the mountain he stood ontop.

He was greeted by a pool of water,flowers littered around it.

Finally!

He slid down,before walking over to the field,he kneeled down,picking up one.

She'll love these

Cream hid behind the curtain,hugging Cheese to her chest tightly.

She just wanted to help.

She looked up through the window,to see Forest on a tree branch,waving at her,in his other arm,a bouquete of flowers.

Cream smiled instantly.

The hedgehog pointed somewhere to meet and jumped away.

"Thank you Mr.Forest!"

She walked out the curtain,happy"Mr.Forest went out of his way to gather flowers for me"

She squeaked as she was grabbed by the back of her dress,pulled up,she stared up at the woman who grabbed her.

"..hi"

Forest came back to the branch to see what was taking Cream so long,to see..

Oh, it's that S dude..now that i look at him more,is he related to Chris?

The man looked at the window,getting out of his seat quickly as he saw the blue hedgehog.

"It's him!"he pointed.

Forest jumped away.

He watched Cream and Ella talk,preparing dinner,Chris walked up from behind him,seeing the view aswell,he smiled"They're getting along"

He nodded.

The amount i missed looking for some damn flowers

Chris sighed and walked away,he looked back,the boy seemed down suddenly.

That didn't sit right with him.

He opened the door to the kids room,seeing Chris sat on his bed,silently fidgeting with a rubix cube in hand.

He clossed the door behind him, walking over,he placed a gloved hand on the rubix cube,taking it away to gain Chris's attention.

It was silent for a while as Forest put the toy on the desk,he sat down on the bed next to the human child.

"I said something terrible infront of Cream"he started quietly.

"I think it's because of my parents..Cream can't see her own even if she wanted to,but i can still see mine,even if rarely.I hurt her feelings.."

Forest pat the boys back.

"I feel bad.."

They sat in silence,untill Cream came rushing in,two flower crowns in hand.

"Mr.Chris!here,a token of our appreciation for letting us stay with you,please accept it"She said holding it up.

Chris got on one knee,letting her put it on his head"Thank you,Cream,um,im sorry about.."

"It's alright Mr.Chris,i know i was mean about myself,now enjoy my present! Mr.Forest picked the most beautifull flowers,im going to give the other one to Ms.Ella!"

She ran out to look for the maid.

Forest stood up to be next to Chris,adjusting the flower crown as it stood slightly crooked.

"She really knows how to cheer others up"the boy smiled slowly,mood brought up finally,Forest chuckled into his hand.

Forest sat on the roof,looking up at the stairs.

Too peacefull lately

He yawned before stretching,he placed his arms behind his head.

The thought of going to where the others came from does interest me..

Chapter Text

It was a wonderfull day for a nap.

Peacefull,great weather.

He might get up to get something to eat in a bit,what was that smell?

He sniffed the air,eyes opening and his nose wrinkling.

Did they make food?

He licked his lips at that,Ella was a great cook,he had no idea what he was missing out on before she was told about their existance.

His ears straightened as he heard crying inside suddenly.He jumped off the roof and got in through the window,poking Chris's shoulder as he gave the human a confused look.

"Forest, it's just the TV is a bit broken,Cream was watching her show.."

"I can't believe it,i can't even watch my cooking show later today!"Amy frowned"We can't watch Mrs.Thorndykes movies either"Ella shook her head sadly.

"Nor samurai movies"Tanaka said at the door,Forest felt a little startled at how quickly the man finished mowing the lawn.

I think i slept too soundly

"That's besides the point"Chris said sheepishly,just then,the robot that Forest had gotten that message from some time ago came in through the window.

He glared at the little thing, it's yellow eyes round and unmoving.

It took out a small TV from it's satchel.

"I have a message from Dr.Eggman.Pay attention!"

It was turned on,showing said man.he smirked at the camera,before the scene changed to space?

What the actual..

A robot resembleing a bird came on screen,sucking up satellites.

Chris,who was hiding behind the couch,gasped"Oh, that's why the TV isn't working!"

The scene changed back to Eggman"People in this world like to stick their noses into other peoples business,which is why im punishing them!"he pointed a finger at the screen.

Forest crossed his arms,foot tapping against the wooden floor.

"It's pointless to think about doing anything against E-90, because it's in the stratosphere"the man laughed"you can't reach the robot,Forest!so what will you do?"

Before the video ended,the bald man added one more thing"This robot will now automatically cry"

Forest ignored the crying robot,thinking hard.

"Stratosphere?"Chris asked"I still don't know much about this world,but judging from Eggmans statement.."

Chuck barged in"To put it in simple terms,it means it's super high up in the sky!"the elder went to take out the still crying robot only to get blown up,he coughed up the soot.

"What do you mean by super high up,Grandpa?"Chris said,walking out of his hiding place to try and pat the soot away from Chucks clothes.

Forest clicked his toungue,annoyed.

He got me good

Chris blinked as he was given the estimate up how high it was from his Grandfather.

"We can take the Tornado then,no?"

Tornado?oh yeah i never actually got the things name

Forest let his arms fall, tugging at Tails"Forest?"the fox let himself be dragged away.

Tails's ears perked up as he saw the Tornado"oh,alright"he got in the drivers seat,Forest getting in the back.

The others came outside, shouting encouragements to them as they flew away

That thing has lasers,amazing,just what i needed

He was about to jump on the robot when the airplane swerved to the side to dodge the clossing mouth of E-90 "What a slow robot"the fox said passively.

Shit,im gonna die from falling then fighting robots,that would be a stupid way to go

Tails maneuvored expertly,dodging the lasers and explosives thrown at him,he flew the airplane to the robots head and twirled around it,E-90 mimicking him.

He gunned down the place where the lasers were coming from,blowing it up,the robot flew away from them.

"You're not getting away"Tails said with a scorn.

Wow he's pretty good at this-what the hell did it just let out?!

Tails barely moved the airplane out of the way.

Was that dead weight or something?

When E-90 spouted missiles again he jumped off the airplane,landing on a missile he jumped to another,mimicking his movements.

He kicked one back to the robot,it exploded head on,trying to get on the robot,he cursed as the missiles stopped,stopping his path to it,he barely caught the wing of the airplane as Tails flew close to him.

Then it opened it's mouth and started pulling the airplane closser.

"Hang on!"Tails shouted,with slow movements of the airplane,was able to get out from the vaccum.

E-90 was catching up,faster now.

It was dead weight.. It's swallowing clouds too

Then something hit the propellers of the airplane,it got swallowed up too fast for Forest to look at what hit them.

Tails screamed as they were falling,water coming closser and closser.

Forest's eyes widened like dinner plates,paralysed in fear.

He unfroze,kicking the chair infront of him,not hearing the yelp Tails let out he tried unbuckling his seatbelt,trying to get out before he hit water that would have definetly feel worse than concrete.

He would have survived of course,but the fear of water had sunk deep into his bones by now.

"F-Forest,wait!"Tails screamed over the powerfull wind.

He ignored the fox.

He almost got his seatbelt off,the water was mere seconds away from hitting.

No no no no no nonononono

"Come on!"The fox screamed pulling at the controlls,teeth almost hurting from how hard they were grinding against eachother.

Forest let out a screech of pure panic as he realised his seatbelt wouldn't come off,it was stuck.

Tails eyes widened as he heard the raw sound,he clossed his eyes and pulled again with the last inch of his strengh.

The Tornado turned up,just barely not hitting the water underneath.

"The enemy is stronger than we thought"Chuck said sternly, eyebrows furrowed.

Tails nodded"Yeah.."he fidgeted with his namesakes.

"Are you okay Tails?"Chris asked worringly,looking from the Tornado to the fox.

"It's just...before i managed to save me and Forest from the water,he..he let out,a scream,like..when you're afraid,but it was..so terrifying to hear"the yellow foxes ears pinned back against his skull.

"Sonics fear of water went to Forest but..was it that bad?did i just never see it with Sonic because he wouldn't let me see him that way?"

Chuck frowned"Tails,that was probably Forests first time being truly afraid to death about something,and it was falling into the ocean extremely fast,with no way out"

Chris spoke quietly, slightly hugging himself"i can't imagine feeling that myself"

"I think..i have a idea,a upgrade on the Tornado is needed"

Chuck smirked"Well,i might just be able to help with that"

The garage slowly opened,then stopped,only for the whole building to go up.

Out came the new slick Tornado.

"This is the X Tornado"Tails grinned,high-fiving Chuck.

"I thought Forest would join.."Chris said with a sad tone as the X Tornado started up.

"He needs time Chris, remember,don't get in the way,Chuck will kill me if even a hair is out of place on you"

Chris nodded to Tails"I promise!"

The palm trees were moved remotely to the side,X Tornado's wings expanded.

"Let's do this!"

Eggman was handling that annoying new Tornado well.

"Where is that rodent,i was sure he would be on that thing"he murmured,pressing more buttons,lasers shooting at his target.

He turned on the super sweeper,he punched his control desk as that fox did something for suddenly the Tornado was much faster.

"Damn that fox.."

He lost some dead weight and went up more in the stratosphere,the Tornado following him.

He watched with a big smile as the new Tornado started to freeze from the temperture.

"NO!"he screamed as it was unfrozen,he had no idea what it was,but the fox had planned ahead for this to happen.

"Either way,my missiles are still after you!"

Tails tried to outmanovuer the missiles that were much bigger,but they kept getting closser.

"Tails.."Chris whispered in fear,the yellow fox frowned.

"If i had known he also had this.."

Just then,Chris heard the X Tornado make thumping noises,he looked around,gasping.

"Tails!"

Forest held onto the side of the X Tornado tightly,his arms creaking at his strong grip,he got ontop the glass that held Tails and Chris inside.

"Forest!"Tails quickly commanded the X Tornado to launch the ring from it's side,Forest grabbed it and absorbed it,with a wild grin he formed into a ball,quills sharp and destroyed the three missiles that were about to hit it's target.

He shot forward into E-90's opened mouth,and not even one second later the robot was dented from the inside in multiple places.

Light came out from the holes it now had,sparks emitting,before the thing exploded.

Forest fell out the robots mouth like beak,gravity hitting him slowly but surely as he was pulled to Earth.

He caught the wing of the X Tornado as it came for him.

Chris smiled at him,Tails waving.

Im never getting near water that's not for drinking,AT ALL

He was in a blanket,shivering,the cold from space had finally hit him as adrenaline faded away.

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They were going to the beach.

He wasn't really listening to Amys words,he just knew one thing.

There's no way in hell im getting near the water

"This is the ocean resort of our dreams,so let's enjoy it to our hearts content!"She said,arms up in a cheer.

"This is my first trip to the beach"Cream said putting the items they had decided to take with away,pushing the make space on the X Tornado.

"It's exciting isn't it Cheese?"the Chao let out excitted noises.

"The engine is fine to go"Tails didn't look away from the panel infront of him and Chris smiled,letting Cream take the last item he was holding up for her.

"Please don't get too carried away,okay?"Chuck pat his grandchild's head"As long as they stay within the boundaries of our villa,no one will see them"

"Im just worried what will happen while im away"the child held up the invitation to the Hotel de Blanc opening ceremony.

"All you have to do is show up at the party"

Forest zoned out.

"Forest,wanna swim together later?"Chris asked excited,he snapped back to reality.

Forest opened his eyes,looking from where he was resting on some boxes,he shook his head.

"O-oh,my bad,i know you don't like water"He waved Chris's apology away,he stood up,walking out the garage"Forest, you're not coming with to atleast sit by the beachside?"the pink hedgehog asked curiously.

He dashed out the mansion,leaving a blue blurr behind.

"I think he hates water more than Sonic did by now"the fox got out of his creation"ready to go,see you when you're finished Chris"

"Yeah,have fun you four!"

He was in a field of flowers,just the sound of nature,fresh air,and the blue sky to look at.

He let out a sigh,picking a flower from the field to sniff it.

This is so much better

Chris felt like his hand was gonna fall off with how many handshakes he did.

He really wishes he were on the beach with the others.

Amy walked along the beach,humming to herself and picking up shiny rocks to put in her bucket.

"I wish Sonic was here"She said to herself,looking at the stone she held,her thumb rubbed it,getting rid of the sand on it.

She was brought out of her deep thoughts when a coconut fell on her head.She glared at it,before throwing it with all her might across the water,she watched it bounce before hitting something metalic.

She blinked,confused.

She didn't see what could have made that sound.

Amy continued walking.

"What kind of lucky charm is that?"a man said,she hid behind a rock"It makes you a better swimmer"a female voice responded.

"Really?"

"I made it with all my heart"Amy leaned forward,seeing the two bracelates,they were made out of small seashells.

"So please cherish it"

"Thank you"

Amy smiles,she can make something for Forest,maybe it will ease his fear of water,even if a little.

Chris watched the tentacle looking robot destroy the newly opened hotel.Tanaka pushing Chris behind him.Ella got closser to them.

Other smaller robots came out the water,taking to breaking the place apart more,to remake the hotel into what Eggman wanted.

The brown haired child watched with fear as the building came down,a statue of Eggman replacing it.

He needed to find Forest and get out of here.

"You're Eggman Sea Park's first guests,im not letting you escape!"

The three of them were surrounded.

Chris held onto Tanakas blouse tightly.

Forest opened the door to the living room,expecting the others to have been back by now,only to be greeted by a empty room.

They're still there..how nice 

He put the flowers he got into the empty vase on the table,smiling at the decoration.

"Forest! you're home!"Chuck barged inside,sounding histerical,he turned to the elder,ear flicking.

The man took the TV remote and turned on the TV.

"Many mysterious destroyers appeared in Emerald Coast and attacked various facilities,such as the hotel"The reporter on screen said,the background showed the reckage.

"They are also destroying nearby atras,people are being evacuated from the area!"the TV glitched out,Eggman coming on screen.

Forest crossed his arms,foot tapping.

"Im transforming these lame facilities into the ultimate amusement park and it will be called Eggman Sea Park!"the man on screen laughed.

Forest turned as a voice mimicked the bald man on screen,the messenger robot stood ontop the table,placing a bomb.

"We know you despise water,so we have alot of traps specifically tailored for you!"

It grinned widely"As usual,here's a pre-"the robot was cut off as Forest grabbed it by the neck,the blue hedgehog grabbed the bomb and shoved it inside the robots mouth before throwing it out the window.

He watched it explode before turning to Chuck.

"Good luck Forest"He nodded to the older Thorndyke and jumped out the window.

Chris watched the robots build what was once a beautifull hotel.

He sighed,wondering how he was getting out of this situation,he looked up and gasped as a blue blurr wrecked one of the buildings being worked on.

"Forest!"

I am not in the mood for any of this,i already got sprayed on with water,those traps were annoying as hell

"So you finally came,Forest!"The blue hedgehog watched as a robot with tentacles came out the water, it's head was huge.

Looks like a jellyfish

"Today is the day you die!"

The robot flung it's long appendages at him,he moved out the way,kicking one,seeing how elastic they were he put more space between him and the robot.

He knew the second he was caught in one of them he was gonna be drowned to death.

He kicked one the green glass on it's head,it cracked but didn't break.

Shit,how durable is this thing,it feels more sturdy

He barely managed to wiggle out the grip it got on him,he yelped as Amy came out of the sky,destroying one of the tentacles with her hammer.

Damn,woman!

He was impressed,he can admit that,he watched the X Tornado circle around them in the sky.

"How dare you try to use Forests fear of water!"She yelled,the robot tipped over,falling back into the water.

"No,E-58!"

Forest watched as a ring was dispersed from the X Tornado,falling down to him.

I need some to hold on myself,but they seem to absorb into me even if i don't want it to

He jumped up and caught it,watching it glow.

Alright then,Mr.Tentacle,back to where you came from!

He formed into a ball and dashed through E-58,it deflated like a balloon, although as it fell more into the water more,it exploded.

He ignored Eggmans cursing towards him,dusting himself off he absently watched the bald man fly away in his pod.

He squeaked as Amy hugged him"You're okay!"he let her have her it.

"Oh,before i forget,here"she took out a.. bracelet?

"This is a lucky charm that will help you become a good swimmer"

He took it and placed it on his right wrist,he smiled at her in gratitude.

Then the ground shook.

Wha-is that a snake?!

"This is what remodeling robot E-39 looks like when it combines!"Eggman said with a smirk.

The red and yellow looks good on it i won't lie

He walked away from Amy,waving his arms around to gain it's attention.

Then Amy took out a even bigger hammer and started smashing the robot to pieces.

Forest was now a little scared of her,he decided,she held that hammer like it was nothing.

Eggman seemed to think the same as he immediatly flew away when he saw the remains of his robot.

He watched from the roof of the house the others had rented,the beach did look nice when the sun was going down.

I'll visit here too then..

He rolled the seashells on the bracelet absently.

Gonna have to keep this somewhere with how fragile it is

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Ella realised one clear thing about Forest,one thing that made her job as a maid harder.

This hedgehog tracks mud everywhere!

She mopped the floor,the blue hedgehog having just walked by earlier to get a sandwhich,the maid sighed.

Those quills of his look dirty too,now that i think about it,his whole body has some kind of dirt on it

From what she gathered while talking to the young master,Forest had a extreme fear of water.

Still,to not clean yourself?he must be really afraid of it

Maybe she could try and find something to clean up the hedgehog that didn't involve water directly..

"Forest!"Ella looked ontop of the roof where the blue hedgehog sat upon,he liked being there alot,it was a wonder how his back hadn't protested from it.

Forest leaned over to the edge,looking down at the maid,ears perked up.

"Come down here for a second won't you dear?"

He jumped down,landing next to her"Now,i have heard you don't like water"she got a tensed reaction"But i thought maybe you can clean yourself with a wet towel? it's not perfect of course,but it will help the mud you keep tracking around the house"

The hedgehogs ears drooped at her words,he took the towel she held towards him,wet from the water it had absorbed.

He rubbed his face on it before rubbing it on his head,Ella smiled"Alot better no?"She recieved a nod.

Atleast i can do this for you,the young master would surely be sad if you didn't take care of yourself 

"Is it just me or does Forest smell alot more nice?"Tails asked,looking up from his reading.

"Oh,i thought i was the only one,i wonder what he did"

Amy put a thumb under her chin"Maybe he finally let himself be sprayed down with a hose?"

"Maybe,it's not like he'll tell us though"

"You're right"

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His eyes snapped open.

What is this feeling?

He looked around,spotting something.

Oh wow..i should check that out huh..maybe after my nap though 

He felt a twinge of pain in his chest,he hissed,placing a gloved hand on his chest.

"Forest,come inside won't you!"he heard Chris call out for him from inside the house.He frowned before jumping down from the rooftop,he dashed away from the mansion.

Chris opened the window after a few seconds"Forest?woah,what is that.."the beam of light glowed brightly in the night sky.

Albert blinked as the beam of light went away finally"What..was that?"

"It happens when Chaos Emeralds Unite together,with how big it was.."Tails frowned,he opened his mouth again to continue when Eggman floated down to them.

"Eggman!"

"So it was you,no matter,the others will come here soon"Tails dodged the claw trying to grab him.

Albert yelped as the claw went for him right after,grabbing the Chaos Emerald he had found.

A blue blurr sliced through the claw, destroying it, although a second too late as the Doctor had the Emerald in hand already.

"Forest!"Eggman called out angrily,Tails beamed"Forest!"

The blue hedgehog glared up at the bald man,before curling into a ball and smashing into the pod the man sat in.

Eggman screeched as he was hit,he became a dot in the night sky.

Albert held his chest,the adrenaline was gonna give the poor man a heart attack one day.

A quick talk between Tails and Chuck made sure the stadium won't be destroyed in the future.

Forest would never know he saved himself from being put as a cheerleader that night.

Being ontop of the X Tornado while not having robots trying to end me is pretty relaxing

"There's no signal yet?"Chris asked Tails,while those two were inside the cockpit,Forest was outside of it,letting his quills sway in the wind.

He yelped as the fox turned sharply.

"Not yet"

"We have to find the remaining five before Eggman, isn't that right Forest?"Chris turned his head to the hedgehog,a smile upon his face,only to see the blue hedgehog was nowhere to be seen.

"Forest?oh no,did you fall off?!"

Forest held onto the bottom of the X Tornado tightly,trying to dig his fingers into the metal as he kept starting to slip off.

A little warning next time would be nice!

"Forest?"

"The only one who managed to stop Dr.Eggman's activities was an unidentified creature named Forest,If we bring him to our side,we may have a chance"

"But will he negotiate with us?"

"We already verified that he understands the human language,i will make him agree"

"I will allow it"

"Thank you,sir"

Why was he doing this again?

Chaos Emerald,will able to see where this body originated from if we get all of them,dear lord,it could be anywhere,i need signs,i already forgot what the place im looking for îs called

He stopped to read one.

Alright, i'll go right-huh

He looked up as he heard the sound of airplane,the X Tornado was in the sky.He waved up at them before dashing away.

"We set a trap for Forest,but we caught someone unexpected instead"

I've been searching for hours now,i give up!

The search for the next Chaos Emerald was still ongoing.

He stopped back to where he had read the sign,seeing the pointer had popped off he sighed.

Maybe i should go left?

He wanted to go take a nap,but the others wanted results.

Im taking a ten hour nap after this..

"It's so creepy here.."Amy looked around,swipping her gloved hand across a machine"there's dust everywhere"

"Was the information fake then?"Tails crossed his arms,frowning.Chris and Danny,who had decided to tag along,looked ready to sleep upright.

Oh you have got to be kidding me

Forest growled quietly before kicking a round pebble on the ground,he had been on a wild goose chasse for nothing.

Although he did feel like he missed something in this abandoned factory...

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He's visited every place.

The only thing stopping him in exploring the whole planet is the ocean.

He stretched,sighing in satisfaction as his back cracked.He's been sleeping alot more recently,the rooftops being the only way to find him.

He dosen't really have anything to do.

I haven't hung out with Chris in awhile

Forest sat on the bed of Chris's bed, listening to the boy talk about his day at school.It was nice to just listen,the human boy was the easiest to get along with in Forests opinion.

"Look,i drew this for class"Chris smiled,showing him the paper,it was a scene of a field of flowers,clearly made by a child.Forest looked closser,was that crudely drawn him in there?

"I even sneaked you in there,do you like it?"The boy hid his face behind the drawing.

Forest smiled and tugged the paper down to look at the brunette,he pat his head,nodding.

"Our troops will attack from the air and the sea"

"Won't Eggmans robots counter attack?"

"This strategy is a diversion.While Eggman is distracted by our frontal assault on his island.Marine special forces will sneak into the base from behind,they will destroy the power station"

"Other then members of the Intelligence Agency and Rouge,several others will also take apart in this strategy"

"I see.."

The squeak of a chair sounded as a woman leaned over to whisper to another.

"Are we the 'others'?"

"It can't be helped.We don't make as much of an impact as Rouge"

"By the way,in regards to Forest.."

"Im sorry about that sir"

"No, it's okay,the truth is i decided to send a special envoy"

"A envoy?"

Forest's ear twitched as he heard talking by the front door.

He groaned before turning to his side,going back to sleep.

"He didn't even get to see him"

"He's one hell of a stubborn hedgehog"

"We have no choice, we'll do it ourselves"

"You don't have to worry"Rouge got off her seat"As long as im on your side"She winked.

"Ms.Rouge!"

"So the Chaos Emerald is somewhere in this corn field?"

"Yup,wait and see"

The X Tornado transformed,forming legs to walk on the ground with.

"What's with this thing,Tails?"Amy asked in awe"This is the X-Cyclone,an all-purpose robot that walks upright, we're searching for the Chaos Emerald in this!"

Chris giggled,pushing the weird glasses his teacher had given him back up.

As it turned out the X-Cyclone wasn't equipped with anything to dig,Chris ran through the field to find a shovel.

"Alright..launch the operation!"

Rouge smirked to herself.

Knuckles watched the jets take off as he stood some miles away from the base,his arms crossed"What's happening"he asked himself.

He got closser.

"First squadron,go!The target is Eggman's base in the Southern Sea!"

The person from the microphones said,Knuckles grabbed the fence infront of him.

"Eggman's base?"

Chris dug and dug,Tails and Amy keeping up with him.

"Just a little more to go"

A shadow went over them"What was that?"

A robot landed,fan attached to it's middle.

"It's Eggman's robot!"Tails quickly got into the X-Cyclone,Eggman laughed"Is this the location of the Chaos Emerald?"

"We won't let you have it!"

"You want to fight even though that rodent isn't with you?"

"I'll.. i'll get Forest"Chris said determined"we're counting in you Chris!"

"Go,E-35!"

Tails transformed the X-Cyclone back to the X Tornado,shooting towards E-35.

The robots fan started spinning fast.Fast enough to stop the jet,Amy was blown away easily.

"Amy!"Tails yelled,the X Tornado fell back to the ground"Well done E-35,keep at it!"

The fan spun faster,the field breaking apart,Chris panted as he felt the wind behind him getting stronger,he threw himself to the left,grunting as his elbows hit the ground first.

He watched with wide eyes as the barn house was destroyed.

The leftover corn field he was hiding in got destroyed,he was in the open.

He held onto the ground,the wind pushing his clothes,the glasses were taken away in the proccess,but Chris had other issues to deal with.

"They're really going at it.. it's time for us to go"

The team Rouge led followed after her.

"My fellow citizens,our military forces today launched an all-out attack against Dr.Eggman"

TV channels were turned to a announcement everywhere,the president was directly talking.

"Dr.Eggman has threatened the peace of our country numerous times!"

Cream watched with wide eyes"i have to tell Forest about this!"she exclaimed,getting off the couch,her Chao followed after her.

"Dr.Eggman wants to conquer the world.We cannot allow him to do this!"

The bomb exploded,letting them get inside Eggmans base.

"Come on!"Rouge got inside,her squadron following quickly.

A jet took off to join the attack,a echidna hid inside of it.

"Second squadron,go!"

Forest looked at the garage,seeing it empty"It's gone.."Cream mumbled to herself.

"Hey Forest,Taills left this morning with Chris and Amy,they havent returned yet"Chuck walked down the stairs,a cup of tea in hand.

"Where could they possibly be!"Cream hugged Cheese tightly.

"Why would this be here?"

He picked up the glasses.

"I'll backtrack"

"Im not going to lose Eggman!"

"You're no match for E-35!"

The bald man snapped his fingers,the wind blew harder than ever.

"I wonder how long you can hold out?"the man grinned as the X Tornado was blown away by the powerfull wind.

"What's going on?!"

His vision was filled with leafs,his car was being pushed back by a strong gust of wind.

He took his phone,calling the number he needed"Is this the Thorndyke residence?"

"Yes, that's right,yes..yes..what?!"

Forest stood with his arms crossed,foot tapping while Cream was sat down,jittery with worry.

"Tingaling Villa?I understand,thank you very much"Chuck ended the call"who was it?"The rabbit asked quickly.

"No idea,but..Forest!"the hedgehogs ears perked up instantly at the call of his name"Go to Tingaling Villa!"

He didn't need to be told twice.

He dashed away and when out of the residence,pushed himself more.

He cracked the concrete beneath his feet as after images went by the roadways.

A few seconds later,the wind blew hard.

The sound barrier broke.

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Knuckles watched the latch open,the missile he was holding onto ready to launch.

One last thought went through his head as it dropped.

How was Forest dealing with all this?

E-35 stepped closser to Amy and Chris,the fan blew so hard the human childs eardrums felt like they were about to explode.

"Where's Tails?!"he screamed through the wind"I think he's passed out!"Amy replied,holding tight as her dress flapped.

E-35 lifted it's pede,a shadow looking over the human,Chris looked up,eyes widened as metal was the only thing he could see anymore,he didn't register the scream Amy let out to him.

"Crush him,E-35!"Eggman cackled.

The blonde blinked as a blue blurr went past his car,he smiled"Save him..and whoever he's with"

He screeched as his car was thrown upside down,letting out a sigh If relief when he didn't feel any pain.

"Kill him!"

The field blew away,the lands green view disspearing completely,E-35 had been a second away from stepping on Chris,with Amy as it's onlooker.

The metal leg was taken off with a metallic thud,electricity crackling and wires twitching.

The blue blurr spun around it faster and faster,a tornado forming,E-35 was taking off the ground,beeping.

The tornado moved sporadicly before it threw the robot into a untouched forest area.

Eggman cursed,knowing he was definetly next he flew back just in time as Forest barely missed the doctor,the bald man scowled before flying away in his pod,knowing defeat when he sees it.

Forest landed,watching it go farther away untill he could barely make out a speck.

Amy quickly came to open the X Tornado,taking out a distressed Tails,she hugged the fox tightly to her chest,the yellow fox hugging her back.

Forest turned to Chris and walked over,he kneeled down,pulling the kid upright.

"F-Forest..thank y-you"he stuttered out,shaking badly,the blue hedgehog frowned deeply,hugging the brunette lightly.

He was instantly clinged onto,a sob escaping Chris"I t-thought,i really-"he pat the humans back,letting the other cry.

Forest slowly hummed,eyes clossing.

Meanwhile Amy and Tails watched with worry,the fox turning to the X Tornado"That was intense"

"We should leave them alone when we get back.."

Tails nodded.

A couple minutes pass as the pink hedgehog digs out the Chaos Emerald,Tails looking at the damage the X Tornado took and Chris finally calming down enough for Forest to make him walk back to the plane.

Suddenly a claw swooped in,taking the emerald from Amys grasp"Don't mind me!"Eggman smirked before quickly flying away"No!"

Forest snapped his head to where the doctor had gone,ears pinning back against his head as his glare formed.

"We gotta follow him!he already got one Chaos Emerald from us!"

Chris shakely walked back to the X Tornado"I'll.. i'll come with"

"Chris..are you sure?"Amy started"Y-yeah,please, don't worry about me,we need the emerald"

Forest tsked but otherwise hopped on top the planes front glass.

He let only one word,his voice hoarse and scratchy sounding.

"Go"

"What's that?"the news reporter said"something is approaching the base!"

The camera panneled to the X Tornado flying"it looks like an airplane and something is on top of it, it's blue..a blue"the camera zoomed in more"hedgehog?"

Alfred,who watched from the forming crowd,smiled "Forest.."

Marine..airforce..there are alot military trying to take down this island 

Forest took in the scenery infront of him,having watched Eggman get inside the tall tilted tower that resided on the small insland.

He smashed through the wall"Knuckles?!"the echidna ignored Rouge,smashing the many robots fireing at him to pieces.

"Oh,thank you,are you one of Forest's friends?"Topaz asked getting up from the floor"He's not my friend"the blue eyed woman blinked"But do you know him?"

"I guess..so what are you guys doing here?"

"We came to destroy Eggmans base"the bat responded"we will destroy the power station and stop the base from functioning"

Knuckles crossed his arms"that idea is reckless,you don't know if you can even get out of here alive"Rouge shrugged.

"We're aware of that possibility"Topaz piped up"i see..then i'll go with you,i cannot allow him to destroy this world any longer"

"Oh my..you have such a great sense of justice"purple eyes turned to green ones"huh"

"Nothing.."Rouge giggled,the echidna tilting his head at her laughter.

"Forest.. i'll shoot you down!"

The doctor pressed some buttons on his controll panel,a grin forming onto his face.

Missiles straight for us..how nice 

He held onto the X Tornado tightly as it manevoured to dodge the missiles.

Tails stared with concentration,using all his experiences as a pilot to fly the plane,behind him Amy breathed slowly to calm her beating heart while Chris held his eyes clossed tightly.

Tails shot at the missiles,exploding them early,doing spins in the air.

I need to get there..come on Tails

He formed a small smile as the fox shot at the building in a round shape,weakening the metal surface"Forest!"he didn't need to be told twice.

He stretched his arms open before letting himself fall,folding his arms behind him as he rocketed towards the weak wall.

He went straight through it,landing in a hallway,he quickly started running.

He rounded corner after corner,going up,before kicking down a metal door that came infront of him,he was in a spacious room.

"Forest..today i defeat you with my own hands!"

Eggman's voice echoed throughout the big room,the hedgehog watched as the metal doors a couple feet infront of him opened,E-18 painted onto them.

The robot inside looked well taken care of,shining.Eggman flew to the top,the pod he resided in clicking with the spot he made for it specifically.

"Bring it on!"

The blue hedgehog stared blankly up at him,pupils consuming the green around it.

The man didn't hesitate to punch the ground he sat on,he latched onto the arm.

My patience is thining

"The bomb is set"

"Understood, we're done Rouge-huh,where is she?"

Knuckles pointed upwards"She's still up there"

He jumped up,kicking,the robot moved out the way.

He barely grunted as metal hit his body,he was kicked into a ceiling,then into a wall,destroying debris.

The doctor laughed.

He stared blankly still,getting out of the hedgehog shaped hole he dashed for the robot,managing to kick it.

He was slammed by a metal palm into the ground,pressed tightly 

"E-18 is powered by a Chaos Emerald,or should i say two,let's see how much energy you have left till i finally crush you"

He pushed himself up forcefully,he could feel his bodys joints crack,being pushed to the limits,E-18 being powered by two Chaos Emeralds seemed to actually make his body stress.

He breathed deeply,managing to roll out the robots palm before running up it's arm,he was slammed against into the smooth metal by the robots right arm.

"Where do you think you're going,rodent"

He pushed back against it,again managing to roll out from under it,he jumped to it's shoulder,sliding on the metal to where it's back was before curling up into a ball.

He smashed through it's chest where he had guessed would be a weaker metal,taking the two Chaos Emeralds out of it.

He held them tightly as they glowed.

With instinct he swiped his arm in the robots direction,a spear of pure energy blasting towards it.

Eggman squealed, quickly deattaching himself and getting away,the energy spear sliced the robot in two like it was butter

And you get away just barely as usual..

The spear continued going,destroying the whole tower,even slicing the metal door Rouges team were trapped inside with no exit through,just in time before the bomb placed went off.

The tower crumbled and after a second exploded.

Tails,Amy and Chris watched with anticipation,searching for the blue hedgehog.

A glint sparkled underneath the smoke,Forest coming out the building with the Chaos Emeralds in both hands,walking among the sand.

"Forest!"they all screamed in union.

The hedgehog jumped up to the X Tornado as it went past him,he coughed into his hand.

"Forest.. you look"Chris mumbled.

Forest looked down at himself,his shoes were charcoal black,belt buckles ripped off,fur singed and bruised.

I really liked them too..

The TV broadcast showed the hedgehog smiling,holding the two emeralds up.

The crowd that had formed cheered,a chorus of 'Forest' loud.

A blue hedgehog got recognision for his efforts.

Chapter Text

Forest wasn't seen for two days straight after that fight.

It worried the others,alot,but didn't go searching,the hedgehog will come back when he's ready.

Which he is right now,sitting on Chris's bed,listening to the kid happyly talk about his school day.

"Then i drew a hedgehog, i've grown to really like them!"

Forest blinked,scratching at his fur,the burns still haven't recovered and they were extremely itchy.

"O-oh,yeah,Grandpa said you should probably put ointment on your burns"the boy sat down next to him,Forest raised a eyebrow"They look bad Forest.."

Those eyes are starting to effect me..

He looked away and nodded,the brunette beamed"He got some a day ago thinking you'll come back soon"

He rummaged through his drawers, toungue peaking out of his mouth in concentration,it took a few minutes but he found it.

"Ta-da!"he sat back down.

"Do you need help putting it on?"the hedgehog looked back at Chris,thinking for a moment before nodding.

If it helps..the itching is too annoying to ignore

The proccess was messy,Chris never used ointment or anything that needed to put on his skin in general,Forest had to hold back twitches with how rough the human was sometimes when he did it.

He didn't complain though Chris looked happy to help.

"Oh..about your shoes"

Oh yeah im still wearing them 

"I know they aren't..the same,i should have been more specific,but i hope you like them"Chris held a pair of shoes in his hands,they looked similar to his old ones in terms of shape.

Only thing off about them was the fact that it was white in color and had zippers on their sides,no golden buckle in sight.

"I ordered the best material for running shoes,there were two options but i picked engineered mesh"he smiled,holding them out.

Forest took them slowly,turning them,looking inside them,inspecting them throughoutly.

The human child fidgeted.

Forest kicked off his old shoes,burned to the point of no return.

He slowly put them on.

He hopped,then walked in circles with them.

"Do..do you like them?"Chris asked quietly.

Green eyes looked up at him.

Forest walked over,hugging the other,his hug was quickly reciprocated.

"Im glad"

I think i like these more than the old ones

Last test for them was to see how it was running in them.

He pat the kids head a couple times before giving him a two finger salute and dashing out his room,out the manor and into the streets.

"Ah wait-!"Chris sighed"I forgot to give a letter adressed to you.."he opened another drawer to take out a letter"from..the president"he decided to take it to his Grandpa so he could read it over with the others.

"The Destruction of Eggmans Base Celebration Charity Party,a invitation card?"Chuck read the letter,the four around him listening.

"It's a invitation for Forest,but we're invited too"Chris smiled,Cream looked incredibly curious,Tails seemed interested,Amy definetly looked ready to dress up.

"Let's wear some suits and dresses,and we'll all go then"They cheered at Chucks words.

"Im sure there's going to be extravagant meals"Amy theorised,she seemed to be daydreaming about the food already.

"Uh..Amy.. you're.."Tails tried,sheepish as he watched the pink hedgehog drool.

Forest opened the door to the room"Forest, you're back!How are the shoes?"he gave Chris a thumbs up.

There was silence.

He blinked.

Why are they staring at me like that?

"I don't think Forest can go looking like that"Chuck started slowly,Amy and Tails nodding in agreement.

"Mr.Forest,we all got a invitation from the President, it's a party!"

"Which means..you need to be clean!"Amy crossed her arms,looking up and down,from the disgust on her face, Forest could guess she didn't like how he looked like..

He was always dirty though,did he have to come?

He shook his head.

"You're..not coming?"Chris asked sadly,Forest was tempted to go with the expression on the kids face,but he was stronger than that.

"It's gonna be tommorow,are you busy then?"Tails asked,he nodded.

"Oh.."

"We cannot force him,Chris"Chuck put a hand ontop of his grandsons head,patting it.

Thing is..he hadn't had any plans at all.

He ran around the lake.

He just really hated parties.

Why do i hear the sound of metal rubbing on something?

He stopped to look around,finding a blonde girl stuck in some wet mud near the lake,he jogged over,pushing the wheelchair.

"Oh,thank you,you must be Forest?"he nodded,letting go"Im Helen"she gave him a smile.

"I came here to look at that island,i always do,Papa told me that there are many beautifull tiny white flowers growing on that island"

He looked at it with her"Papa says he'll take me there one day..but he's too busy..because of me"

He scratched at his ear,a small frown forming on his muzzle.

"At any rate,looking at it from a distance is okay for me"her smiled was alot sadder now.

He took a few steps back.

"What are you doing?"she asked,blue eyes watching with curiousity.

He sprinted,crouched down at the edge of the lake and jumped.

Don't think about it, think about what you'll see,maybe some cool shaped rocks,or even flowers!just don't think about the water below you 

Helen gasped,hands coming to he mouth as she watched with big eyes as the blue hedgehog made it over half the lake before landing on the island.

Forest turned to wave at her,she giggled and waved back"What a silly hedgehog you are"

"Where.. where's Forest?"

"He's not coming"

"WHAT?"

The camera crew complained quickly,walking out.

He can't let then go just like that!

"You three!"the bodyguards were at attention"Go to the Thorndykes house and bring Forest here!"

"Yes,sir!"

As it stands Tanaka gave them a good beating for breaking in.

His ear twitched as he heard what seemed to be the noise of a jet pass by.

Must be some private airplane

He stood up from his crouching,having made a bouquete of flowers,the field of flowers he was in was amazing.

He should take a camera to take pictures next time, Helen would probably want to see the field.

The sun was going down already,he should finish this quickly.

Give her this and you can go back home and take a nap

After getting everything he wanted he got a running start,jumping over the lake once again.

He landed next to her"Forest!"She beamed before gasping as she saw what was in his hands"Are those?"he let her take them"They're beautifull.."she sniffed them.

"They smell amazing,im gonna keep it in a vase,where my room is,thank you Forest"he nodded.

A spotlight was put onto them.

He looked up,it was a helicopter?

That's not something you see everyday

The doors opened.

Wow..the guests look beyond drunk

The White House looked..interesting?

Why am i here again?

"Forest!"oh hey the others are in the corner-

"Forest,thank you very much for coming,Mr.President!"

He looks hysterical..

Said president walked over,hands behind his back"Welcome Forest,glad you could finally make it"he outstretched his arm for a handshake.

He was hesitant,but did take it,the guy in the grey suit panicked when he realised the camera men were passed out at the table,having drunk plenty.

The others laughed,he himself rolled his eyes.

He watched the President make a face as he finally realised Forest wasn't exactly clean.

Honestly let this be a lesson to never invite me to a event ever again

Chapter Text

"Here,Forest"he was handed a cellphone"It's a cellphone,with this,we can contact eachother faster even if you're out,as long as you have signal that is"

He tilted his head"just.. don't get it wet,alright?"

This.. thing,looks like it'll break if i just drop it-

"Come on, let's get going!How long are you expecting us to wait?"Amy walked in the room,Tails following after.

"Sorry.."Tails waved at him,he returned it.

Forest's new shoe kicked the table infront of him,gaining attention back to him,he gave Amy a confused look.

"Forest,did you forget? I told you yesterday that we're gonna go shopping at Station Square,since we don't have to hide anymore"The pink hedgehog was ecstatic.

"Wait,Forest,you have a cellphone now?"Tails asked curiously,pointing at the object in his hand.

Chris opened his mouth to explain,but Forest was already throwing the cellphone at Tails and dashing away.

The human sighed"Oh well, can't say i didn't try"The fox chuckled,putting the cellphone he caught on the table"I more or less expected that"

Amy shook her head"Sonic really has transmitted his loner trait"

"He transcended amnesia just for that?"Chris blinked"That does sound like something he would do,even with no memory of doing it"

Tails smiled sadly.

Buildings,buildings and more buildings,this makes me remember working a 9/5 job as a salesmen...ignoring that

He jumped across rooftops, bored.

It's time i explore other parts of this planet,the biggest question is how i'll do that..

He stopped,looking over the edge to watch cars pass by.

If i just get on a plane..i mean,they wouldn't notice would they?

One way to find out.

He jumped again,passing by some exclusive restaurant,he looked through the windows absently.

Maybe i can-is that the others getting harrased?

He was so godsmacked he ended up smacking his head at a buildings wall he wanted to jump onto,falling back to the ground.

"A door.."

A earthquake started,pebbles,ripped metal and workers stumbling and bouncing.

The ground cracked,the destroyed tower falling once more.

"It can't be.."A drill came from the ground,loud.

Finally the ship rose from the ground,taking to the sky.

"What..is THAT!"a worker cried out,falling to her knees.

"Tremble before the power of the EggFort,the greatest airborne fortress i've secretly built for this very day!"Eggman laughed.

The two robot assistants looked at eachother,questioning their existance.

"Go!Our destination is Station Square!"

The thrusters boomed with power,quickly prepalling the fortress away from the Doctors once base.

"Eggman is alive.."

And they had only came here to grab the technology the human possesed.

"Is that.."Chris started,walking to the glass wall.

"Eggman"Tails frowned,Amy glared at the flying fortress,Cream held Cheese tighter.

Ella stood up from her seat,walking over she picked up Cream and Cheese,holding them to her chest.

"It's barely been a day!"Amy shouted.

The fortress let out robots from it's container.

"We need to go!"Ella started,grabbing Chris's arm and tugging.

Their car was destroyed,slowly getting surrounded, innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire.

They fired their recking balls at them.

Amy produced her hammer,swinging at them,they bounced back,hitting themselfs.

They dug holes intro eachother,Tails pushed the innocents away,letting them run.

"Tails!"

"Got it!"

The fox twirled his tails,flying onto the robots heads that still stood and using a screwdriver to stab into the tiny holes that weren't protected by the metal casing.

The robots went down.

"Where's Forest?!"Chris hugged onto Ella's arm tightly"He's probably near,but right now,we need to move!"

A car stopped next to them"Hey,Chris,need any help?"

"Uncle Sam!"Chris beamed.

The blue blurr destroyed the robots left and right,taking humans from harms way and kicking parts up in the sky at the EggFort,denting it's metal shell.

"Blasted hedgehog and those legs of his.."

"Doctor, he's destroyed 69% of our Talere's"the yellowish robot assistants said.

"Hmm,deploy,E-43"

"Yes,Doctor"

Small bird robots that explode,round green things that shoot lasers,how am i supposed to get up there?!

They were surrounded by floating orbs,they beeped rappidly.

A man jumped ontop the car,holding a hand mirror,the lasers the robots shooted bounced back at them,making them melt with how hot they were.

"Mr.Stewart!"

The blonde man got off the car"Hello Chris,are you all alright?"Sam got out"Stewart?"he asked.

"I am Chris's homeroom teacher"The man gave a smile.

"We need to start moving again!"Amy said in the car"Yeah!We need the X-Tornado!"Tails voice followed after.

"Oh,yeah"Stewart was pushed inside despite his complains.

Tanaka looked down at the white car as he drove,destroying the floating orbs that were about to fire on the others again via smashing the front of the giant car into them.

"Mr.Tanaka!"

Tails gasped"The X-Tornado!"

Ugh,how much longer do i have to do this, i've done every idea i got

Forest jumped building to building as he was followed,dodging lasers and divebombs.

He's exshausted every idea,he really had no idea how to get on the fortress.

"Forest!"He Heard Tails shout,he looked up to see the X-Tornado flying over.

Well, there's one idea i haven't used get

He took a sharp left turn,jumping off the building again,where the fortress was,as he expected a ring was shot out the jet and to his direction.

He caught it,feeling the familiar feeling of it being absorbed.

I am going to obliterate this ship and im gonna have a smile on my face while doing it

He had gotten extremely annoyed trying to get on it for half a hour straight.

He formed into a ball and sped to the aircraft,sadly he only managed to heavily dejt it,the metal witstanding him.

He landed on the X-Tornado's wing,holding on tightly as it flew to the fortress.

I need more than one..

They were shot at,some landing on buildings and destroying them.

"Forest,we need to lead Eggman to the ocean!"Tails screamed over the strong noise of the wind that Forest was hearing.

He nodded.

He was brought towards the front where Eggman with his two robots controlled the whole ship.

They stared at eachother.

Slowly,Forest raised a arm,formed into a fist.

The bald man tensed.

Forest pulled the middle finger up.

A pause.

Who knew he was this easy to rile up with just one motion

It had worked..a little too well,they were being followed at speeds only Forest has ever gotten to experience on foot.

And being shot at by powerfull blasts of energy.

"The energy circuit was hit,we won't last much longer!"Tails grit his teeth.

Amy groaned"We're gonna drop into the sea aren't we?"

"...probably"

Oh..oh fuck no

He growled quietly to himself, standing up as much as he could while the wind fought against him.

"Full speed ahead!"he screamed out, being heard faintly by the two passengers in the X-Tornado.

Tails didn't question his plan and went on with it,trusting the hedgehog.

"What are they planning to do?"Eggman watched the X-Tornado blast to them,not stopping.

Forest caught the two rings given to him,absorbing their power alongside the first one he took.

"Hang on!"Tails forced the jet to go faster,pushing it's limits,Amy holding on for dear life.

"Fire the machines!"

"There's still not enough energy Doctor,you used the energy beams too many times.."The silver robot said

"WHAT?!"

Forest jumped from the X-Tornado,the jet turning away.

He formed into a ball,quills sharpening,his form pulsing from the amount of energy it absorbed.

He blasted to the fortress with approaching speed.

The Doctor and two robot assistants screamed,hugging eachother.

They watched the fortress fall into the ocean,knowing the mad genius was not done.

"The fact that he managed to create that.."Amy said softly,Tails landed the X-Tornado.

"Yeah.."

"Hey..where did Forest land?"the pink hedgehog asked,looking around.

"Huh.."

I hate this 

He landed on a small island barely above sea level.

He hugged his knees tighter.

Tails..Amy..please help me

Chapter Text

"Really Forest,you should consider a sprinkler atleast deary"Ella said worringly.

He grunted.

"A wet towel can only do so much,you fell into mud today"She wiped at his fur harshly,the drying mud on him already starting to be a pain to get off.

He had accidently tripped while going down a mountain..and was covered in mud at the end.

"There,that is all i can get"She sighed"now to throw this in the cleaner"

His shoes were caked fully in mud,but a spray of a hose on them let the white come back somewhat.

They were wet when he put them back on,but atleast they were more clean.

Barely been a week and a half since i've had them and i've already destroyed them with mud of all things 

His ear twitched as he heard the TV.

As it stands,ever since he downed the fortress,it hasn't been found since.

Not suprising he's hiding this well

He walked out the mansion.

He came back inside some hours later,scratching at his quills as they itched.

Chuck turned to him as he heard Forests footsteps.

"Ah,Forest,just in time,i thought i had to look everywhere for you"he tilted his head,looking at the others.

Are those passports?

"This is yours"He blinked,taking the green passport given to him"It's a passport,so you can go to other countries legally now!"Chris explained excitedly.

His ears perked up.

Well...this beats sneaking on a plane

"Goodbye!"Amy waved at Chuck,Ella and Tanaka from the X-Tornado,Cream and Cheese following her movements of waving at them"Bye bye"

Chris looked towards where Forest layed on the X-Tornado's wing on his back napping,he smiled before turning to his Grandpa to say his own goodbyes.

Finally,i get to explore other countries..now..naptime

At some point Forest felt the X-Tornado shake.

He was awoken,half-asleep,he groaned,curling up into a ball,he fell asleep again.

"He looks really peacefull"

"Come on Tails,we arrived we gotta get to our hotel!"

"I'll carry him, don't worry"

"Come on Mr.Chris!"

"That was..alot"Amy panted,hands on her knees"Y-Yeah.. atleast we got to our rooms"Chris put the sleeping hedgehog on the bed.

Being deemed famous was not as great as they thought it would be.

"Alright..We should go to a secluded area of the beach then,where that Chaos Emerald is especially.."

"Tails,we can worry about that after we have a bit of fun"

"Yeah Mr.Tails"

Forest curled more,the bedsheets deepening his sleep.

"Let's go then!"

"Forest has a law pass?"Tails said with wonder as they walked out the shop,after two hours of relaxing they decided to go looking for the Emerald.

"Yeah.. apperantly the country pays instead,Forest really managed to make a whole law about himself.."Chris smiled.

Amy laughed"I think it's reasonable, we're not really from around here,being the only ones to be able to take care of Eggman means we shoudn't be treated badly unless we stop helping"

"Ms.Amy!But we always stop Mr.Eggman"

"Creams right,even if we weren't treated with hospitality,i wouldn't stop,and i have a feeling Forest wouldn't either"

The EggFort rose from the ocean to rest on the surface"Finally, we've finished repairs"Eggman said walking down the hallway,his clothes dusty and wrinkled.

"It was alot of work"his robot assistants followed behind him.The bald man rolled his eyes,he was the one doing most of the work,the two robots were polishing his latest creation still in progress.

The doctor turned the screen on as he arrived at the cockpit,going to the news"The famous Forest is currently enjoying his vacation at the Grand Blue Sapphire Sea"

The news reporter said,a blurry picture of Forest sleeping on Chris's back appearing next to the man.

"What?!"

"Isn't this the ship that the shop owner was talking about?"Tails asked,the Chaos Emerald in his hand glowed brighter as they got closser to the reckage.

"I think it's inside"Amy looked through the holes of the ships,searching.

It wasn't long before Cream found a treasure chest full of gold and other valuables.

"It's sparkling"Amy was in awe,waving her hand through the gold that practically glowed.

"The Emerald is glowing brighter,it might be inside this chest"Tails said,the fox stepped over to search through it when a crab came out..holding the Chaos Emerald they were looking for.

Cream got the Chaos Emerald after she gave the animal puppy dog eyes.

"Good job,Cream"the pink hedgehog praised.

"I found you hedgehog-wait, where's that blasted rodent?!"they turned to see the front of the fortress Eggman had built.

"It dosen't matter,you have two Chaos Emeralds i see..go,E-57!"

A robot shapped like a jellyfish went for them.

"Chris,Cream,swim away!"Tails pushed the human away and rabbit,letting them swim deeper into the crashed shipwreck.

Amy got her hammer out,smashing the tentacle going for them away.

"Up,swim up!"She yelled.

They had barely gotten to the surface,when the sound of a horn sounded.

Tanaka waved at them,driving a boat"Mr.Tanaka!"Chris beamed.

"Please hurry and come aboard the boat"the child didn't question why the older man was here, just glad to be saved.

E-57 surfaced,tenctacles going for the boat.

Amy knocked them away,Tails using his own tails to smack them away,Cream and Cheese getting some paddles to wack them away.

Chris took to the front of the boat,seeing a jet ski coming.

His Uncle,Sam,smirked as they made eye contact.

The boy ran to the controll room where Tanaka was.

Sam circled around the jellyfish shapped robot,dodging the tentacles shot towards him,keeping it distracted.

Meanwhile Tails spun his namesakes,flying towards it with a toolbox Cream found inside the boat.

It was then when E-57 exploded,a hole going through it,too fast for the naked eye to tell just what had happened.

The fox yelped as the shockwave hit him alongside Sam.

Forest opened his eyes.

What time is it?

He sat up from the bed he was on,he blinked,the window indicated the sun was setting down.

Oh dear..was napping for that long huh

He got off the bed,stretching.

Time to explore.

"Damn rodents.."Eggman grumbled to himself,screwing the robot infront of him with a screwdriver tight, it's chest having opened up slightly from pressure.

"Doctor, it's really wet"a silver assistants said,drying the robot.

"Stop complaining!"

Red pixelated eyes stared at the Doctor,the robots blue coat shining.

Chapter Text

"it's called Nature Continent, it's similar to how home is Forest"

Forest sat on the wing of the X-Tornado,listening to Tails talk.

The place below him was..green,with alot of diferent animals.

Chris jumped from his seat,pointing"Radar!"a shadow overcame them,the hedgehog looked up.

Of you've got to be kidding me

Eggmans fortress was here.

"Finally.. i've found you,finish him,Decoe,Bocoe!"Eggman commanded,the newly named robot assistants saluted.

"Yes,sir!"

They fired missiles,Tails manevoured the X-Tornado,spinning and twirling in the air,thankfully not getting hit.

Forest stretched his back,turning to Tails and Chris he nodded at them.

He was given a ring before he jumped,forming into a ball and shooting directly towards the fortress.

He made a hole straight through it,but it didn't go down, unsuprisenly.He ran around the ship,sticking his toungue out at Eggman when he got to the window of the cockpit.

Meanwhile the leftover debrise for when he shot a straight hole through the fortress began falling around the X-Tornado,the fox moved as quickly as possible but got hit anyway.

They landed with some dificulty.

Forest jumped off the ship and ran,Eggman commanding the ship follow the blue hedgehog.

Tails and Chris were left to repair the jet.

Chris decided to take a nap under the tree clossest to Tails as the fox repaires his creation,he didn't know any engineering so he decided to not get in the way.

The fox turned his head to look at the sleeping human.

"You know.."he talked to himself"It makes me wonder..if Forest would pick to come with us in the end"blue eyes turned sad"Sonic wouldn't have questioned himself..but..."he stopped.

He got back to work.

Eggman sent his assistants to E-65,might aswell go for that blue rat with a creation of his.

He snarled as another hole was blasted through his EggFort.

"Eh,what are they building?"the X-Cyclone stopped it's walking to look at the construction site.

"No idea"Chris blinked,turning his head to look at two men,they were shouting and commanding the workers,they must of been the leaders of the operation.

"I have a bad feeling about this.."the fox murmured,getting out of the X-Cyclone followed by Chris.

A long time ago,a fox was being bullied,held back by a monkey,he watched as his little creation was destroyed by two others

They laughed and pointed at him,leaving him with the pieces

He would walk mindlessly,staring at his broken creation with tears in his eyes

He was only 7,yet nobody seemed to like him..it couldn't just be because he had two tails..could it?

The fox squeaked as a blue blur went past him,with wide eyes he watched a blue hedgehog slow down,looking around and sniffing the air before running again

With curiousity deep into his bones,he ran after the hedgehog

Through the bushes,following the pathway,he escaped the jungle and where the beach side was

A lone red colored airplane stood,the name 'Sonic' painted on it's side

"Wow.."he climbed it,peaking into the drivers seat,he already was forming ideas on how he could update it!

Without thinking much about it,he got some blue paint as quickly as possible and went back to the airplane to paint, it's old coat having been starting to chip away

"Hello there"he squeaked,dropping the paint brush,a white gloved hand caught it

The fox turned around,seeing that same blue hedgehog"I-Im sorry!"

"Blue looks very good on it"he complimented

The yellow fox perked up at his words

"You followed me earlier this morning,did you need something from me Kit?"

He drooped,his two tails wrapping around himself"It's just..you seemed very interesting to me,and..and i saw you run so fast-"

"What's your name?"the hedgehog cut him off,he blinked"um, Miles Prower"

"Im Sonic,how about i leave the Tornado in your hands,you seem the type to use it more"

Miles smiled"R-Really?"

Sonic gave him a thumbs up"Sure,i don't mind,Tails"

The nickname caught him off guard..but he liked it..

He..

Liked it alot

Forest had alot of trouble with E-65.

In the end though,he managed to fight it off,listening to it's movements,despite it having camouflage.

He ran inside a construction site,Eggman and E-65 following after.

The place was mostly destroyed by them,in the end,Forest ripped apart the robot with carefully pulled wires from openings of it.

He pat himself off best he could with the dust he had accumulated on his fur.

"Forest?"he looked up,Tails walking over to him with a somber expression,the two men responsible for the construction being arrested nearby.

"When all of this is over,pick what you want,not what you think we want"the two tailed fox walked away to celebrate with the wild animals.

He tilted his head.

Pick?

His gaze wondered to Chris,the human was giggling,petting a Elephants trunk,the fox made him question some things..

It was a few weeks later,Forest was brought with the others to either watch or participate in a movie that Chris's mother was starring in.

He didn't come quietly and in the end,gave up,being brought onto a small island where the movie would take place...and surrounded by water.

He opened a eye to look down where the filming screw was,laying on the castles roof,trying to take a nap.

Why am i here again?

It wasn't like he would watch the process,he wasn't interested.

But Chris had really wanted to see his mother..

This boy,i swear..

He clossed his eye.

"Your mother is amazing,Chris"Amy praised as she watched the actress expertly convey her emotions in a scene.

The boy nodded.

"Chris,are you having a good time,dear?"His mother walked up,wiping her face from any makeup that had started to smudge from the tears she had let out.

"Yeah!"he said excitedly,watching as she interacted with Amy and Tails.

Chris was glad his mother treated them normally,unlike some people..

For a whole week on set,Forest had been napping or making flower crowns,not interacting with the others much,including Chris.

He was oblivious to the whole situation they were in the whole time.

The story he would be told later about ghosts would make him glad to not have been part of it.

"Doctor, he's almost finished,yes?"Decoe asked"Yes,almost,just needs a more powerfull thruster"

Bocoe made a suprised sound"He'll really be as fast as Forest?"

"Preferly,yes"

"I still wonder how he turned on that one time"the robot questioned.

"Either way,him destroying E-57 was only a error on my part"the doctor huffed.

"Whatever you say Dr.Eggman"Bocoe said handing him the new thruster.

Red pixelated eyes watched everything, remembering.

Chapter Text

Some time ago,a thing kept nagging him.

When he had destroyed Eggmans original base..the Chaos Emeralds made him do some weird,energy slash.

He can do that.

And it was powerfull.

It had literally destroyed the whole building.

He really wanted to ask Tails or Amy,hell even Cream if they knew something about the Emeralds being used to make energy slashes.

But also..he just didn't care.

He was curious,of course he was,but there was nothing rushing him,there was no timer,Chris wasn't kidnapped or anything and the only way to get him was using the Emeralds that way.

So he.. didn't.

He never forgot.

But he never tried to search more about it.

"Dr.Eggman,i finished repairing the main engine"

"The control device is also finished"

The EggFort had finally been repaired after the damages done by Forest.

"Alright,but why did it take two weeks?"

"It's because they were having fun and ignoring us!"Bocoe said annoyed,Decoe said something too but the bald man tunned out the robots words,checking the files from the finished robot stood next to him.

"Start the engines,idiots, we're moving to where those rodents are,i want to finally get rid of them once and for all!"

They did..the engine procided to shut down after a few seconds.

"What's going on?"the man demanded.

Decoe turned to his creator"Dr.Eggman,did you finish repairing the energy transfer system?"

"Are you doubtung my technique?!"

For reasons unknown to the two robots,Eggman decided to make a EggFort II instead of fixing the problem.

After two weeks of mini attacks from Dr.Eggman,the group decided to finally get out of the mansion..

And take a vacation on a cruise!

With Chris's father giving them one of the bigger ones,they went on a relaxing voyage to see even glaciers,the kid tried to get his parents to come,but sadly they were too busy to join,only getting Tanaka and his Grandfather on the ship.

Chris himself was relaxing on the deck,drink in hand and taking sips,sunglasses on,already three days since they went abroad,and the human was certainly having some peacefull time.

Well that and the impatience growing,but he can distract himself,four more days weren't that bad.

Except..

"F-four?!"Forest hoarsed out,checking the calender.

Halfway there,the blue hedgehog felt like he was being tortured.

He walked back outside the deck to where the brunette was and took a seat next to him,hugging his knees.

"You doing alright,Forest?"the kid asked,taking a sip of his orange juice.

He nodded,looking at the ocean,sparkly and so blue in color.

Im going stirr crazy and crazy in general

The cruise wasn't big in his eyes,barely big enough for a jog,he had visited every nick and crany on the second day,there was nothing else to explore.

He was pet on the head,his stuff body untensing the slightest bit by the action.

Atleast he had someone that can help him,if only a fraction.

That night,with Chuck passed out drunk,Cream,Cheese,Amy,Tails and Chris were left to try and come up with something to do.

"Do we really have to relax and be lazy for four more days?"the fox asked,taking a long sip of his lemonade.

"You don't have to.."

A blue blurr went past them.

"We can see if there's any board games around here"the pink hedgehog suggested,petting the Chao in her hands.

Cream nodded"Mr.Thorndyke went through all the trouble to give us this wonderfull boat,it should have games too right?"

"Well..im having fun without games too"Tails put his half finished drink down,he was immediatly crowded by Amy"Really?"

"Um..yeah.."he laughed nervously.

Chris frowned as he looked at the scene"We can manage but.."a blue blurr went past them again"Forest can't take it anymore..and it's showing"

Cream looked at him,worried just like him"Mr.Forest seems really jumpy lately"

"Yeah..this ship is too small for him"

"Well he's already gone crazy i think, judging by how he keeps going in circles.."the blue blurr went past them again.

"Im starting to really worry.."the two tailed fox sighed.

"Well,time to really check"Amy went around the table they had been sat at.

She put her arm out,stopping Forest right infront of her.

"Forest,can you hear me?"She put her hands on her hips,watching the hedgehog nod.

"How old are you?"the hedgehog shrugged,oh right no one ever told him huh"Nevermind that question,what you should understand the situation you're in"She leaned her head closser.

The others eyes were wide,looking.. nowhere.

"You're gonna sit still finally,take a breather,relax,because you have four more days,and then seven days on the way back,so you'll just have to deal with it!"

"You're a hero to others,being afraid of water while on a boat is not a good example for ones who look up to you"

The other three watched dumbfounded.

"You're giving others anxiety,the workers are stressed trying to help"She watched him start to calmly walk away.

"Did that actually work?"Chris asked"Maybe.."Tails mumbled.

The blue hedgehog stopped after a few moments, inhaled,brought his face into his hands.

Silence.

Then he procided to scream into his hands.

"Nevermind.."Amy watched him with a worried face.

"That's it"Chris stood up"Im calling my Father, he's clearly in distress and looks on the urge of a breakdown!"the blue hedgehog went into the fetal position,quiet.

Forest watched the helicopter start landing.

He was on his knees,gloved hands clasped together,he was nearly in tears.

Oh my god,FINALLY,finally im getting away 

"Is he praying?"the human child asked no one in particular"He's just glad.."Amy rolled her eyes at the other hedgehogs dramatism as he started kissing the floor.

Forest stood up,about to start getting on as it landed when the hatch of the back of the helicopter opened up.

And elderly humans walked out.

"What's going on?"Tails blinked,beyond confused.Tanaka appeared behind them,too silent"Good morning,these elders are from the Silver Star Home,Mr.Thorndyke asked them to coach you on this trip"

"Coach?"Cream asked.

"On how to relax"the butler replied.

Forest was pinched by the cheeks,tugged by the ears and arms, pet.

He stared at nothing,crying silently while his tears went down his muzzle.

Tails was staring at the clouds with one elderly woman and not really getting it,Cream and Cheese spent all morning and afternoon talking about the same thing over and over with another woman.

And..Forest tried jumping off the boat for the 45th time that day.

His record by now was 23 kilometers,and he had a new record for the most sounds he'd made in a single day.

Mostly being frustration sounds,crying, screaming and growling.

Amy spent argueing with a old man and lastly Chris played chess with a elder very,very slowly.

Eggman laughed"Those dimwits think they defeated me because they destroyed the tower,however my robot factory is still intact!"

"When did he have time to build such a huge robot?"Decoe asked Bocoe"I only knew about the previous EggFort,i didn't know about the factory.."

The three procided to argue about the names of their respective robot cockpits they controlled.

"Forest?"Chris called out entering the room the staff had given to the hedgehog"Are you in here?"

He clossed the door behind him,walking inside more he spotted the bed,a lump under the blanket visible"Hey.."he got on.

"Im sorry,i really thought it would be nice to go on a cruise"he said quietly,the lump didn't move.

"I thought i said clearly to my Father i wanted you to get on and leave..not have people get onboard to,help us,or whatever"

The lump began moving slightly.

"If..If you blame me,i won't think you're wrong,you have been miserable the whole way to the glaciers,and you'll be like this for the whole way back"

Chris could feel his vision begin to blur"I..I don't like,seeing you like this,this whole thing was my idea,and i pleaded and begged for you to come"the brunette felt his cheeks wet"Im sorry..im so-"the blanket was thrown off the bed,the boy cut off as Forest hugged him tight.

He didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around the hedgehog,he sobbed, mumbling more apologies.

Shit,you really are too good for your own good Chris

He leaned back to wipe the others tears away,he cleared his throat.

"Shhh, D-don't cry.."maybe he felt a little emotional himself but.. he'll blame the fact that he barely uses his voice for his tone to crack that much.

Chris formed a small smile"Your voice is so nice Forest,i like hearing it"he was almost too shy to finish,worried it'll bring something bad up.

Forest blinked before he smiled widely"Thank..y-you"

They went back to hugging eachother tightly.

"Those are ice rocks no?We must be close!"Tails beamed,his twin tails swishing around happyly.

"Yeah!"Chris thanked his Grandpa as he was given a jacket.

A whale went past them"Wow"Chris awed,he looked to his right as the water parted,thinking he'd see another one.

"That's..Eggman"Tails excitement went six feet under,the ship stopped.

"What the?"Chuck started"Mr.Thorndyke!We reached the glaciers, it's very beautiful!"the woman on the announcement said,Chuck facepalmed.

"We just had to arrive when Eggman found us"Tails complained.

The robot ships combine together to form EggFort II.

Forest came outside on deck after hearing the comotion,rubbing his eyes,he had been taking such a nice nap too.

He took a stance,ready to blow a hole into the ship of Eggmans newly created fortress.

Then a familiar robot hugged the glass of the cockpit,the messenger robot Forest liked to kick,it was crying?

"Let me inside!"it cried out,Forest and the others looked to where the robot had been flying away from to see...The X-Tornado?

But Tails didn't bring it-IS THAT ELLA?!

His jaw dropped as he watched the maid expertly drive the jet.

"HOLD IT,YOU BRAT!"She shouted.

"When did Ella learn how to fly the X-Tornado?!"Tails asked flabbergasted"I uh,taught her awhile back because i was bored"Chuck answered in defeat"What?!"Amy let out.

The blue hedgehog watched Ella turn the jet into the X-Cyclone and kick the fortress,it went so far it wasn't even a speck in the sky after 10 seconds of watching it dissapear.

When everyone had a moment to calm down,Tails asked Forest if he wanted back early seeing the X-Tornado was with him.

He denied it.

He watched Chris cheerfully thank Ella for the two ice creams she gave him,the boy turned to him"I remember that chocolate is your favorite"he gave Forest the chocolate favored one.

I might not like it,but life gives you situations that force you into these sometimes 

He licked at the treat in his hand.

Either way Chris was begging me,what was i supposed to do,say no?

Argueing with yourself isn't giving you any defense in the rising attachment to Chris,Forest.

Chapter Text

The night was pleasent,the Thorndyke residence quiet as ever at this time.

Forest himself was sleeping on the roof,arms behind his head as a pillow,quietly snoring.

The sound of some kind of jet was heard at the front of the manor,waking up almost everyone.

'The Bullet of Dawn',or for short,Sam,parked his sports car.

The blue hedgehogs ear twitched,waking up to the engine of it,he groaned mutely,eyes opening drowsily.

What time is it?

He heard Ella,Tanaka and Chuck come out,very much angry at the fact their beauty sleep was interrupted.

Forest turned to his side,propping his head in his hand,other on his hip and sleepyly looking down.

Is that Sam? it's like 3 AM why is here..

It was then he realised there was a giant crowd.

The he looked up as he heard helicopters.

"What's all the fuss about?"A cranky Chris came out of his room to his balcony, rubbing at his tired eyes.

Forest rolled off the roof to land next to the human"What's with all these people?"The human blinked,waking up more.

Those are police cars..why are they making space for the road?

"What's with your car?"the still half asleep hedgehog heard Chuck ask.

Now that Forest looked at it better,it looked more like a rocket than a sports car.

"I had a genius idea to have a race with Forest"Sam answered smugly,hands on his hips.

He feels like he heard glass cracking in the distance.

Excuse me?

He stared down blankly,not hearing the rest of the conversation.

"Forest,race me with this car!"he heard the racer shout,pointing up at him.

"Um,Forest?"Chris turned his head to him.

He stared...then immediatly jumped back up to the roof of the manor to go back to sleep.

Sam begged and pleaded,even got on the roof to try and have some kind of agreement,but to no ones suprise,Forest didn't agree.

The goverment had given Sam a special engine for this whole thing,he had been extremely excited to use it,but..

Not telling your opponent you are racing against them was a disaster waiting to happen.

Chuck put his foot down after two hours of negotiating,Forest hadn't budged abit,and the old human very much agreed with the blue hedgehog that it was a asshole move on Sam's part to try and force Forest to race via peer pressure.

The people in the crowd were dissapointed of course,but they later on would get angry at learning their hero figure was never told he was even going to race in the first place.

Chris's parents had even sponsered the race,a low blow to the child learning of this,his parents didn't have the time to even sleep at home but they could do this at not even 6 in the morning.

The night had all around been terrible for everyone involved.

Someone who worked with the President tried to get Eggman to help but got caught and fired.

The Doctor had been no way interested,he didn't know Forest well enough to know alot,but the one thing he knew was the hedgehog was extremely stubborn,there would have been no way he would have gotten him to agree.

"Mr.Forest?"He was woken up to the voice of Cream calling for him.

He yawned,looking down where the rabbit was straining her neck to look up at the hedgehog on the roof.

"Can you bring me some flowers?like these ones"she held up a drawing,Forest slid off the roof to look at it.

It wasn't great,but Forest could tell what she wanted so he nodded"Thank you!"

He pat her head before jogging away.

The pink hedgehog watched from the kitchen window,cleaning dishes,Chris was outside making flower crowns with Cream and Cheese,the Chao bringing flowers to them.

"I wonder if he'll be alright when we leave.."She murmured looking away,pushing more soap into the sponge in her hand.

The human child had clearly been lonely,even with Tanaka,Ella and Chuck around,they didn't take their time out of their way to spend time with the brunette personally.

From what she was told,Chris's friends weren't allowed any sleepovers,or to spend any time outside of school,their parents not a fan of the Thorndyke's,rich and all that.

Which makes her wonder how that boy last time managed to tag with them,he probably got punished for it,since Chris hasn't talked about him in a while.

She sighed"His parents are barely here,and i can count on my fingers on how many times i've seen them face to face"

She began to dry the silverware and plates.

The others went on a trip.

A school trip,but well,Tails,Amy,Cream and Cheese tagged along.

Tanaka even followed,from what Forest heard they were going to the butlers hometown.

He did actually decide to tag along somewhat..just,went around on his own.He jumped over a bullet train that passed by below him and landed.

The envirement is nice,wonder what else i can find

He found some town in the end,japanesse oriented structures,clearly well taken care of.

He hopped around the roofs with some level of gentleness.

He didn't want to break anything,this place looked pretty amazing after all.

He jumped down to a street.

"Hey, aren't you,Forest?"he turned his head to where he heard the voice,accent clear,two ladys were given him waves,dressed traditionally.

"I watch your feats on TV all the time"the other one said.

"We're go glad to meed you in person"Forest gave them a thumbs up.

I don't wanna know what camera men they have to be able to watch me in TV..

"Im exshausted"Bocoe complained.

Eggman growled,throwing his safari hat to the ground"Why is this country so hot and humid?!"

"Humidity is now at 80%,Doctor"Decoe said.

"Be quiet,chair and fan,now!"

The human wanted a small vacation,with all of his failures against Forest it was bound to happen.

He spotted the brats that's been giving him migraines for the last few months.

The vendors and street food makers were giving him alot of free food.

He wasn't complaining but..he can already feel the future stomachahe.

He chewed.

Well i don't regret it,so future me can piss off

Damn these cookies were amazing on his toungue.

When they lost Cheese and finally found him,Chris couldn't believe it.

At the end of the small tunnel was a small lake filled with Chaos.

"So they're also living in this world"Tails smiled,Cream took to searching for Cheese.

Chris giggled as he pet and hugged any Chao who got curious enough to go near him,they were adorable,he couldn't help it.

The rabbit thankfully found Cheese,twirling the Chao in her hands,her clothes getting wet the more she stayed in the water.

"Cream,get back to dry land, you're gonna get a cold otherwise"Chris sighed with a smile.

They might just stay here a little while longer.

He stood ontop the tallest building, watching schoolgirls done with school taking pictures of him,squealing.

Time to go,i am not dealing with that

He gave them a wave,watching their cameras flash at him before he took off.

He had been walking through fields of rice when he caught a robot rolling down the mountain,laying on the ground,now dirty.

He kicked a small pebble onto Eggmans head to gain his attention"Ack!What-Forest!"

The man seemed to be nervous"Um..i was,just on vacation?"he said it more like a question then a statement.

He raised a eyebrow.

The Doctor gave him a awkward grin.

Out of my sight you stupid,bald,son of a-

A little running and jumping on trees landed him to find the others,the giant trail that robot made after sliding off the mountain helped alot.

"Come on,the Chao can't live if the lake isn't clean"Cream said below him,throwing the mud that caked the water out the best she could.

He frowned,jumping down.

He was a bit suprised by the many Chao around,but rolled with it"Forest!"Chris spotted him.

He waved before in a burst of wind took everyone away from near the lake and some feet away.

Alright,just have to not splash any water on the ground..or on me

He ran around the lake,increassing his speed slowly but surely.

Seeing the water spin rappidly he began to take the mud out by hand.

He made it look alot harder since he refused to get in the water,but hopping around while snatching the mud in the center seemed to be doing just fine.

Two minutes later he stopped,finished.

His gloves were..more or less ruined,but a quick hose down will fix then somewhat.

"Thank you Mr.Forest"Cream said happyly,her brown eyes sparkling.

He gave her a small smile.

"Well..the mud on us was definetly not planned"Tails exclaimed,patting the wet mud from his fur.

Chris and Cream didn't seem that bothered.

That night,as the others played around with firework sticks,Forest was laying on a branch of a tree not too far away from the light show below him.

So Chao live here..and recently from what Tails told me,what other things will appear that aren't from Earth then,i wonder..

He needed to explore the planet this body came from now,no question about it.

After i explore everything around here of course

Forest was excited for when it was time to go.

Meanwhile a certain brunette looked up as his firework stick ran out,looking at the blue hedgehog that was in the tree with a small smile on his face.

Chapter Text

He woke up.

Which wasn't anything new,sleeping was essential to staying healthy.

But..it didn't feel like waking up.

He was instantly alert and he was seeing pixels form slowly into vision.

What

"Test run,let it get used to walking"Was that-

"Yes Doctor"

Oh.

Head turning down,he saw..metal.

He was metal,some blue,other grey,even yellow.

But he was metal.

He looked up,a screen a few steps away from him showed a boat,his vision seemed to zoom in to see-

That's..but..i have to help!

He can panic later,he needed to save them.

He was prodded and fixed for any leftover errors,given power.

He felt weird,he wasn't used to feeling like smooth metal.

I feel things just as before, atleast im not emotionless

"Metal Sonic,status"the Doctor commanded.

"Status;Functional"Before he could process the command he answered instantly,not given a choice.

Well good news was he had a voice to speak with,kinda deeper than his usual one and more monotone,but it wasn't that bad.

"Finally,now-"

"Doctor you based him off that hedgehog but you kept the old name?"

?

"Yes,that damn rodent can have his own,but Metal Sonic sounds alot better then Metal Forest now does it?"the humans voice dripped with annoyance.

"True.."

Who is Forest?

"Now,Metal Sonic,this here,is Forest"a button was pressed and the giant screen lit up to show-

That wasn't possible.

He knew something happened because he was suddenly like this but..

He..shoudn't.

But..

"You are to take care of him, Metal Sonic,by any means necessary"

He nodded,not wanting the Doctor to think he was broken still.

"Good,you will be put to use soon"

How..i..

The hedgehog was blue,had white gloves and socks,white shoes with zippers on their sides,green eyes,peach arms,muzzle and belly.

The photo was of the hedgehog sitting ontop of a tree branch,looking at something off screen.

How was it possible,the date showed it was only taken two days ago!

Sonic...stared at the photo of himself.

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"We've been waiting for you"

"Is that it?"

"Yes,after recovering and analysing Eggmans robots,we created a prototype"

"Got a name for it?"

"Yes, it's codename is 'Beetle', we're only one step away from completion"the metal robot certainly looked like the creature 

"The President is waiting,so complete it as quickly as possible"

"Yes"

Topaz and Rouge were having a nice day out,chatting.

Untill a limo drove and parked across of them,and a certain famous Thorndyke got out of the vehicle.

Rouges ear twitched as she heard his words,a present for his wife was the reason for the ocassion.

The man looked around,then promptly spotted a display hidden away behind some sheets.

The owner let him take a look..

The purple Chaos Emerald shined brightly behind the glass walls.

"This will be perfect for Lindsey"the Thorndyke smiled.

The rich man ordered it to be formed into a ring and walked out the jewelry store ten times richer than ever.

Alot of people would want that..

The human and bat looked at eachother.

"Chris,your father in on the line"Tanaka called out to the boy.

The brunette beamed,skipping stairs to grab the telephone quickly,Tails and Cream looked at eachother as they watched the scene.

"Hello,Dad?"the boy cheerfully called out"Yes,im fine,how about you?"the fox shrugged at the rabbit and got to the first floor.

"Huh,where's mom? She's filming a movie at Filmdom City"Chris seemed to deflate a little.

"She said she won't be back untill next week.. probably..okay,i understand"he put the reciever down.

"Mr Chris?"Cream walked up to him,tugging at his shirt"Are you sad?"

"Im fine Cream,im glad i got to hear dad"the boy managed a smile.

Tails squinted at the scene infront of him,turning his head towards where Tanaka had walked away to.

"This is getting ridiculous"he murmurs to himself.

"He um..invited us to come over to the city actually..dunno why"

Tails put the Chaos Emeralds found inside the X-Tornado,safe inside,and maybe to be used.

"We have four,and Forest told me he ran into Knuckles not too long ago and he has one,so we need only two more"

"That's great Tails"Amy quiped.

"But we still have to be carefull when we encounter a new emerald,the four has adapted to eachother,so they're fine,but if we add a new one, they'll repel eachother violently and unleash powerfull electromagnetic waves"

Chris blinked"So..like having two cats slowly be integrated with eachother?"

Chuck,who was writting on a notebook of his by his desk,spoke up"Yes,you can say it's like that"

"We got it professor,now let's go!"the pink hedgehog crossed her arms,as if impatient,but the smile on her face showed she was teasing.

"Right!"

That echidna sure knows how to bruise

Forest rolled his shoulder,feeling how sore it was.

He had gotten into a fight with Knuckles not too long ago, nothing big,just a 'haven't seen you since you were new' fight.

He also wanted to feel how those boxing gloves felt,especially with the two spikes on them.

Yeah they hurt...alot.

Me and my stupid split second decisions-is that the X-Tornado?

He thought about it for a second before jumping onto the palm tree that remotely moved for the jet to take off and spring boarded ontop it,landing on it's wing.

"Nice of you to join us,Forest"Amy called out from under the protective glass,he gave her a wave.

No idea where we're going,but whatever 

"Come in"

Chris opened the door,seeing his father he excitedly ran into the mans open arms.

The others got inside the room,Forest clossing the door behind him.

He twitched as he felt the Chaos Emerald Tails gave him to hold onto glow slightly and pulse.

He scratched at the back of his quills,squeezing the emerald hidden in them.

You're joking,here,of all places?

He blinked,as the others said together 'Mr Stewart'.

Zoned out again,woops

He shook his head,gesturing to Tails,the fox got the message.

How to find a Chaos Emerald in a film studio of all places,so many props and shit

Forest had never been glad that they glowed when near one another.

The story the Thorndyke explained was..bizzare,the hand movements and kissing sounds also made him go a little green.

His ears perked up as he heard the clang of a vent,he didn't turn his head to the noise.

Curious..

He was right about to go searching for the Chaos Emerald when the Thorndyke did the job for him and opened the little oversized ring box and show the Chaos Emerald.

The one hidden in his quills glowed brightly,the other in the box did too.

A beam of light went upwards,signaling to practically everyone what was happening.

Andddd,just what i needed 

And Forest had been counting on a relaxing day too.

The Echidna glided towards the beam of light,the red Chaos Emerald in his hand glowing brighter and brighter.

The scarf tails behind him flapped from the wind,the fabric looked used,needed knitting from the holes that started appearing.

The second the lights shattered just from how powerfull the energy was emitting Forest clossed the ring box in the Thorndykes hold 

"What.. happened?"the man asked,shocked"Sir, there's not much time left,you need to change now or otherwise the suprise will be ruined"Tanaka spoke up.

"Y-You're right"the man was clearly confused beyond relief,but decided to ask later when it was all over.

They left.

"It's a real Chaos Emerald!"Rouge smirked,Topaz hummed,the vent was screwed open.

"This is Teacher,i discovered a gem that might be a Chaos Emerald,im going to retrieve it"

This is so stupid..

He leaned against the giant door,looking at the set that was meticulously made for the film.

"Forest"he turned to see Knuckles walking over,he gave the echidna a smile.

"I saw it, think you need backup if Eggman comes?"he shrugged.

Kicking that bald mans ass has been getting harder and harder

"Ready,action!"

He looked back,the echidna doing the same.

The serious scene was broken as Thorndyke tripped,the ring box opening and the Chaos Emerald landing on the fake grass.

Shit

His hidden Emerald glowed brightly again,Knuckles own following after.

They glowed brighter and brighter,electricity sparking, everything that required power exploding from the overloading energy it absorbed.

Tanaka quickly put the purple Chaos Emerald back in the box.

He hissed,taking the emerald out of his quills to hold in his hand,he could feel them being burned.

That's gonna take a while to heal

He rubbed at them.

He watched Chris's parents start argueing,not at all amused.

"You don't have to say it like that!"

"What, don't you realise how hard i had to work to get a role in this movie?"

"I did this to make you happy!"

"Did this for me?!This was horrible!"

"Both of you,calm down"Chuck budged in,trying to break them up.

"Shut up!"

Stewart scooted away from the scene awkwardly,this was not how he thought this mission will go..

"I expect the Doctor anytime now"Knuckles said seriously,arms crossed.

Not even five seconds later and a ship went through the ceiling.

The amount of robots it let out was...alarming.

Oh,i am gonna kill you!-

Rouge and Eggman tugged at the ring box,fighting over it.

Topaz jumped on the floating mobile to help.

Another struggle,but in the end Eggman flung the two off...hitting Stewart into the pool underneath him.

"E-74!"he called out,pushing a button on his controll panel.

The robot that came in through the shattered windows was massive,green and with elongated limbs.

Knuckles clicked his toungue"deal with it hedgehog, i'll deal with them!"he gestured to the smaller robots,some already broken from his fists.

Forest huffed,but nodded.

The robot spewed fire at the Thorndyke family.

All Forest saw was Chris looking horrified.

He saw red.

The building was destroyed completely by the time Eggman left,managing to take the purple Chaos Emerald with him.

"Thanks again, Forest"Chris thanked the blue hedgehog.

"Um..can we go back down though?I think Mom and Dad are calling for me.."

The human sighed as Forest didn't move.

"Alright..a few more minutes then"

They were sat ontop a fake building,the child hugged tightly by the hedgehog.

"Im alright Forest.."Chris squeezed Forest back.

You're not dying on my watch

Forest A

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"Deploy Metal Sonic!"

"Yes,Doctor!"

Sonic has been moving heavy stuff around for Eggman for a while now,just thinking about the implications he had witnessed.

Someone was in his body.

Well..maybe,maybe this Forest dude really was him but with no memories,as Eggman had told him.

But that would mean he was split in two or something and Sonic didn't like that image.

"Come on,Metal Sonic, it's time for your debute!"Bocoe said,pushing him lightly towards the human,the now metal hedgehog dropped the box he had been carrying,walking to the bald man.

"Take this with you"the man opened up his chest and..put a Chaos Emerald in it?!

Sonic felt really light suddenly, his turbo engine felt itself absorbing the emeralds raw power.

Did this mean he can go fast as usual then?

"Doctor, you're giving Metal Sonic the Chaos Emerald?!"Deceo watched dumbfounded.

"No,this is a fake,i managed to create it after some throughout research,i was planning on it on Mobius,but that blasted hedgehog got us here before i could take all the data on them"

Well atleast he wasn't gonna need to take it out anytime soon.

"Now"the man started,tapping at his keyboard,Sonic's vision was filled with coordonates"You will find him here,go"

His body moved,engine turning on,he flew up and broke the glass instantly,with a giant blast from the engine in his chest,he flew away from the fortress.

"..fix that up"

Chris hummed a tune to himself,outside in the garden,a sketchbook in hand,he was doodling some flowers while sat on the floor.

A burst of wind went past him and he looked up,right into a pair of green eyes.

He smiled"Hey,Forest"he watched the hedgehog plop down infront of him"You look...clean today?"he said a little suprised.

Amy better sleep with one eye open tonight

Forest looked grumpy at the humans observation.

"..Amy got around to spraying water on you?"

He nodded.

The child giggled"Im sorry, it's just..you really needed one Forest,you don't smell as bad anymore now!"

The other took a flower from the ground,sniffing it,Chris looked at the scene,then got a idea"Wait,Forest,you like flowers no?"he got a nod"maybe i can get you perfume that smells like them?"

Forest blinked,head tilting"Um..i think it would be great,atleast others will tolerate being around you more.."

"Okay.."Forests voice was but a whisper,appearing and going like the wind.

Blue eyes sparkled at the one word he got in response.

The blue hedgehog looked away,hiding a smile behind his gloved hand,he would never admit it,but seeing Chris light up everytime he managed to get something out that weren't just sounds made him more willing to talk.

The sound of some jet going off alerted the hedgehog,ears turning to the sound.

Chris turned his head to where it was originating from.

It was a robot,not big,he couldn't see it's details but it looked blue.

"Eggman.."the human stood up"I'll go inside.."he ran out the garden,Forest stood up,hands clenching into fists.

After a few moments,the robot landed a few feet away from him.

Forest blinked.

It looked..exactly like him?

Why does it have yellow in it..

They looked eachother in the eyes,eye to pixel,green eyes to white ones.

The robot charged at him so quickly Forest barely dodged the fist thrown at his face,caught off guard.

It's fast!

That made him a little excited, but he pushed those feelings away,he roundhoused kicked the robot.

The metal hedgehog recovered and it's engine powered up again,in his face again.

He didn't manage to move his head în time,punched into the manors wall.

Forest wheezed,getting up,the him shaped hole behind him visible.

The robot took to him again.

Alright,you asked for it

"Chris?"Tails looked at the human child as he quickly clossed the door behind him"Eggman"

The fox nodded"Forest need any help?"Amy looked up from her reading,bending a page to remember where she stopped"I don't think so.."

The wall behind the couch let out a giant thump, something crashing into it.

"..Are you sure?"Amy asked.

"Forest is alot more carefull when it comes to fighting near the manor"Tails frowned,getting up from the sofa he was sitting on.

"..yeah,please be carefull,Tails"Chris pleaded "No promises,but i'll try,and maybe not get Forest stuck surrounded by water"the fox lightly joked as he left the living room.

Tails expected some big robot,the garden probably destroyed too.

But..

He watched curiously as Forest and the robot traded blows,both of them actively trying not to destroy the flowers around them.

It was expected from Forest,but the robot?

"Huh.."he spun his tails,flying away to Chucks atic,he needed to get his analysis tablet.

This thing is actually matching me in speed still

Forest has been gradually speeding up,the metal hedgehog was still going par on par with him.

A claw swipped at his muzzle,it stung.

He let out a hiss,curling into a ball and hitting it,watching it hit the ground with a metal screech,that hurt his ears pretty badly.

He pressed two fingers to his cheek and pulled away,looking at his gloved hand he saw blood.

That's..the first time i've bled in this body

He crouched down as a kick tried for his stomach.

This one is alot more diferent than the others

"Forest!"He looked up,seeing Tails fly down over to him,some tablet in his hands"Try and hold him still!"

He grunted as he was punched in the face,he grabbed the robots wrist,other hand wrapping around it's torso,the blue hedgehog held it tightly,the squirming was almost enough to free itself.

Tails landed,holding the tablet up to the robot he pressed a button on it's side.

He stared at the screen,waiting.

The metal hedgehog squirmed harder.

"Huh, there's a chaos emerald inside it?it dosen't have the same readings as one though,a fake?"

Eggman can do that?

"It's incredible that Eggman can do that"the fox murmured,then his face formed into confusion"Alarms?message.."

Forest let out a pained sound as he was stomped in the foot,letting go of the robot.

Tails started spinning his namesakes but it was too late,the robot grabbed him.

Sonic needed them to understand.

He held back the commands forced into his hardware,it was painfull,but he didn't want to hurt anyone,even if the one who controlled his real body was right infront of him.

He held Tails,claws around his neck as a threat,he was gonna have to apologise for this later when he has the chance.

The Forest guy didn't move,his expression didn't waver from it's half lidded look,it was weird,the other hasn't had any other face but that since he got here.

"Metal Sonic,what are you waiting for!"

The com connected to his new metal body crackled,turning on,Eggmans voice slightly staticky.

It wasn't internal,so Tails and the Forest dude heard it too,the fox himself seemed to droop,ears dropping.

Forest himself blinked,ears perking up at the name heard.

Sonic subtly pressed his sharp finger into the tablet that Tails still held,digging into it and into a internal wire,he hacked inside it.

Sonic was never into tech,sure he can fly a plane and do small repairs,but he left it to Tails,but ever since he got into this body,information was shoved into his now non-existant brain.

He could do this.

He left a encrypted message and pulled out of the system,just in time as the fox managed to wiggle a arm out to punch his eye screen.

It didn't crack,barely even made his vision glitch actually,but he acted as if he was stunted for the other to get away.

The robot..ahem,Metal Sonic as Forest heard Eggman call it, stumbled back,the metal hedgehog was clearly faking it,Forest saw first hand how durable that screen was.

It's doing something,im not getting bad vibes though 

He tensed up,the ground beneath him cracking before in a burst of speed hit Metal Sonic full force,sending it meters away,the wind taking it outside the manor walls.

He watched it retreat,the engine on it's stomach turning on and flying away.

"Forest?"he turned to Tails"This felt..diferent"the fox watched the robot in the distance get farther and farther away.

No kidding

"I did install you with retreatment protocol.."the Doctor grumbled,Sonic was sat on a work table,engine open for Eggman to work on,his casing had dented enough for the fake chaos emerald to be put in danger of being taken away.

All Sonic could do was internally curse the human out.

He hopped Tails will get his message..

Chapter Text

Finding the last Chaos Emerald is gonna be a pain in my ass

He held onto the X-Tornado as it took off.

Amy held a pair of binoculars,looking through them, meanwhile Chris,who was sat infront of her,stared at the blue hedgehog as Forest looked around.

Sonic was really starting to get bored.

He can only play tetris so many times.

"Luck is finally on my side,at this rate i'll be the one to get the last Chaos Emerald"

He shut down the game and shoved it inside his storage banks,turning his head to look at Eggman.

He watched him deploy a new robot.

It was..a bell?it had a clover design on it's front with rabbit legs.

"This is E-77,it will find the last Chaos Emerald"

Sonic watched it get up from having fell down.

"It's so innocent looking,it will be lucky to find anyone who'd want to hurt it!"

If the metal hedgehog could still talk,he would of groaned,loudly.

They watched through the cameras as the robot went through the forest.

"Metal Sonic,watch from a distance,if it manages to get it,i need you to make sure it will come back to me"

Great he was essentially babysitting.

"Glow.. show me the last one"

Meanwhile a red echidna walked along the forest with a red Chaos Emerald in hand,searching one himself.

"What must be done...The Seven Chaos"

That voice still clung to his mind.

Purple eyes caught E-77 struggling to stand up.

Class ended as the bell sounded.

Chris shook his head,realising it was lunch time.

He stood up.

Even if he wasn't feeling hungry,Amy made this sandwhich for him,he couldn't not eat it because he didn't feel like it.

He's been feeling..down lately.

"The seven Chaos Emeralds created Chaos Controll,causing all of you to arrive in this world"

"Yes"Rouge waved her hand"Which means if we create another Chaos Control,we can send Dr.Eggman away from out world"

The President said thoughtfully.

"Now wait just a second"Topaz spoke out,the room going quiet"We must first research what Chaos Control will do to our world"

The bat smiled,her partner was certainly thinking alot about this.

"..continue"

"Even Eggman couldn't prevent the Chaos Emeralds from going out of control, isn't that right Rouge?"

"I guess so"

"If Chaos Control is capable of producing that much energy, there's a chance for large-scale disaster"

"I see.."

"Im home"

Ella looked down to where Chris opened the attic door"Chris,welcome home"

"Where are the others?"

"They left to search again, Grandpa went into town to buy machine parts"she left soon after,done cleaning the room.

The human child looked around,it was.. empty.

It reminds him how it used to always look like this before the others came.

"Forest.."he mumbled out.

He should be happy for them,not sad.

Taking the stairs down he blinked"Knuckles?"

"Hey"

Next to it,a small robot in shape of a bell stood.

"I need Tails,he here?"the brunette looked back to the echidna"no, he's out searching with the others"

"Well i need the rest of the Chaos Emeralds,i need to create another Chaos Control"

"R-Right now?"

"Yes,i have a mission waiting for me back home,and it can't wait any longer"

"Um,well"

"We have our own world to live in,Chris,we can't waste our time here forever"

"I..okay,i trust you"

He hoped the others wouldn't be mad,Amy has told him Knuckles in trustable and reliable, he's the Guardian of the Master Emerald after all,he must make good decisions.

E-77 stared,hopping in place.

Sonic was bored.

He's been in the air following for a while,now watching the echidna with the four Chaos Emeralds that Chris kid let him have.

He knew Knuckles was desperate to get back,but if he was risking it this far?

Must mean he got something,the metal hedgehog knows Knuckles would sometimes explain visions he has.

Maybe he had one of them?

Somethings wrong

The X-Tornado landed,their search had been for naw.

He didn't care about that though.

Something is wrong,and i need to know why 

Forest felt agitated,his quills stood sharp,not relaxing.

Something.Was.Wrong.

"You want to go and see world you forgot,no?"

Hearing those words come out of Chris's mouth made Forest pause.

He nodded slowly,getting a shaky smile in response.

"Chris..where are the Chaos Emeralds?"Tails asked in the background.

I knew it

"The signal originated around here,be carefull!"Topaz looked around,the forest was quiet,moonlight illuminating the area.

Rouge looked around,pensive.

The team looked around for a few hours and finally found something,Eggmans base.

It was time to execute their plans.

A call from Topaz was all they needed.

She and Rouge were about to go when something red caught their vision.

It was Knuckles,the echidna was sneaking,seemingly trying to get inside the base.

Forest wasn't suprised by how angry the others were.

The Chaos Emeralds were taken to make another Chaos Control,and Chris had let Knuckles take them willingly.

Isn't that echidna supposed to be a guardian of them?

The human child was clearly in distress,letting himself be scolded by Chuck.

He stood up from his window seal.

Forest needed to find Knuckles,from the words Tails was throwing around,they had no idea what would happen to Earth if a Chaos Control was made.

He dashed out the manor in a blue blurr.

Meanwhile E-77 had made it's own adventure after being put in trash.

Trying to get out proved to get it a Chaos Emerald.

Chris didn't understand how he did badly,he trusted the Guardian of Chaos Emeralds after all,but apperantly making a Chaos Control may do something to Earth?

Why wasn't he told this..

He watched Tails look at his analysis tablet,a confused expression on the foxes face.

Amy was pacing,Cream and Cheese hugging eachother,Chuck was at the desk with his head in his hands.

They were distracted.

Maybe he can fix this?

He remembered what Knuckles told him he was going,Forest Hill.

Eggman perked up,a call from E-77?

The little robot showed the white Chaos Emerald it had in it's hands.

"Good,i take it Metal Sonic kept you undamaged?"

Said robot dropped down to looked at the screen,making a beeping noise.

"Good,come back here!"

Knuckles watched from the vents he sneaked inside"Better for me"he crawled.

Eggman decided to wait for tommorow to take off,feeling like it was better to not overexcite himself.

It was because of this that,that Chris took a long time to find the fortress,but when daylight came,it came easier to,barely squeezing inside the vent that had been smashed open from the outside.

Knuckles was already inside waiting,the human needed to stop him.

He considered himself lucky to find the base before it could leave anytime.

The fortress took off,Rouge watching"This dosen't feel good"

The bat shook her head.

A lone four-leaf clover swayed in the wind next to her.

Forest had went everywhere he could for hours,but found nothing,luck wasn't on his side today,the sun already rising.

His ears perked up as the sound of a strong jet was heard above him.

He looked up,grinning as he saw a familier fortress blasting past him.

Looks like Eggman let himself he found.

He followed.

Hours later,after they slept through the night for all the earlier searching of the last Chaos Emerald,Tails looked at the message silently,Amy looking over his shoulder with wide eyes.

"What does it say?"Chuck asked.

"If..if that robot really is Sonic..then.. who's controlling Sonics body?"the elder humans eyes widen"Tails?"

Amy looked over to Chuck"The message is..holding hard evidence to suggest that Metal Sonic from before is..actually Sonic himself"

"Mr.Sonic is alive?"Cream asked quietly.

"Who is Forest then?"Tails asked again.

"Maybe..he just appeared because Sonic isn't there anymore?"the pink hedgehog theorised.

"Or maybe something else entirely?"Chuck leaned back in his chair,frowning.

"There's no time to think about this Tails,the Chaos Emeralds are gone!"

The fox sighed,putting down his tablet"you're right,we can think this through later"

His best friend was still alive, that's all Tails cared about.

"Wait-where's,Chris?!"

Chapter Text

The fortress flew over the city,a blue blurr following after it.

"Oh no, he's chassing us,Doctor!"Bocoe said anxiously,the video feed showing Forest running in their direction.

"Let him be,getting the seventh Chaos Emerald is more important"the human said in a even tone,watching the screen with a neutral expression.

Sonic stood by Eggmans left,watching the screen himself,it was still weird seeing himself on live feed while knowing you're right here,he had arrived quicker,leaving E-77 alone waiting at the trashyard.

A alarm sounded,the screen turning to inside the ship,in the container rooms,where it showed two intruders.

"Metal Sonic,deal with them"the human grinned ear to ear seeing the Chaos Emeralds on the screen"We might just get lucky on this one"

The metal hedgehog clenched his clawed hands,turning around and walking inside deeper into the forttress,it was always annoying how his body reacted when ordered.

How can he spin this one,he wondered.

"Dr.Eggman is heading south through Station Square"

"Are the citizens being evacuated?"

"Yes,we don't know where Dr.Eggman is headed,but we've sent evacuation notices to everyone in the southern area"

"Ever since their arrival, we've become prepared for these types of situations"the President muttered to himself"Mr.President"he looked up.

"The Beetle from GUN has arrived on scene,they can begin operations at any time"

"The only question is how large the Chaos Control's effect will be"

"Knuckles..i..Tails he..he really dosen't know what will happen to Earth if you do this"

The echidna scoffed"And what if nothing happens Chris,what then?"

"And what if something does?"

"It's not my home to worry about"Knuckles glared at the brunette.

"Well it's mine!"Chris said shakely,tears in his eyes,glaring down weakly at the other"it's mine!And i want you guys to get home,but i want my home to be okay too!"

Knuckles flinched,eyes widening"I..i don't want something to happen,maybe..maybe nothing will happen,but..what if something does, Knuckles?"the child trembled,hugging himself.

"I can't..i can't think of what would happen,i..the others are angry at me for letting you take them,and i realise i should have talked to them first,but i want to fix this,so..im not letting you do it!"

"Chris,i.."

"I still trust you Knuckles,i know you want to do this because you wanna go back so badly,but..think of the humans,you don't know what even happened to your home,because you didn't get to see the aftermath!"

That caught the red echidnas attention.

"I know you went on a journey.. didn't you meet people you had a nice time with?"

"Yes..yes i have..Chris...fine.. you've convinced me,kid"he got a shaky smile at his words,the kid wiping away his formed tears"Thank you"

A string of beepings echoed throughout the room,they turned their heads quickly to the sound.

"M-Metal Sonic"the human child squeaked out.

"Stay behind me,Chris!"

"GUN is moving south,Tails,S105 course 237"Chuck said to the fox, holding the headphones to his ear.

The fox nodded,pushing the X-Tornado to go faster.

"Topaz..this is beautiful,i can really have this?"

"You better like it,the sales clerk guaranteed that you would"the human didn't look at the bat,her cheeks slightly red.

"No wonder it's so nice,thank you"

Topaz averted her gaze more"But in exchange,promise me that you won't say goodbye"

The forttress was finally at the trashsite.

"E-77,welcome back"a mechanical hand went down to the robot,ready to grab it.

A blur blurr went through it,instantly destroying it,E-77 went flying from the strong after wind.

"My Emerald!"

Luckyly the small robot landed on a destroyed mattress.

Decoe and Bocoe looked over their shoulder,seeing Metal Sonic walk to them,Chris being forcefully dragged,in his other arm held the rest of the Chaos Emeralds.

"A hostage,good thinking!"

As much as Sonic wanted to help,he couldn't throw the kid out like Knuckles,humans can't glide sadly,that and his program wouldn't allow him to throw the Chaos Emeralds with.

Decoe and Bocoe started with bolting the human child to the wall.

Sonic looked away from the scene,not wanting to watch the human struggle,he couldn't do anything about the crying and begging though.

Eggman glared at Forest,who was curiously watching E-77 outstretch it's hand to give the Emerald to the hedgehog.

"He's always getting in my way,E-77 don't let him have the Chaos Emerald!"the robot didn't listen.

Just as Forest was about to take it a giant metal machine popped up from the pile of rubbish,Forest yelped,kicking E-77 away and jumping away from the mechas path.

Didn't know he had one ready so soon!

Eggman stared,before turning to Decoe"Did you build it?"

"We don't have the skills to do that,sir!"Chris watched from his bolted down spot with teary eyes,also confused seeing how not even Eggman knew about it.

Even more mechas came,the same look as the first one.

Sonic was..incredibly confused,did the humans do this?

Okay..not acting like it usually does..i don't think this is Eggman's 

He stepped away from the tracks,not wanting to be squished.He watched the forttress start moving again,he realised he had kicked the little robot quite a far away and still going.

Shit

He quickly followed,dodging garbage,jumping off platforms,the obstacles were deterioting his speedup.

He looked up as a shadow went over his head,those mecha things were flying?!

Gonna question that when im not in fight or flight

He jumped on them,gaining air,hopping on others till he jumped past the forttress and to E-77.

He grabbed it,now falling,the thing made little clicking noises, it's beady eyes staring at him,he hated it.

"The ocean is below,our luck is on a roll today!"Decoe cheered.

They watched E-77 flap the wings on the side of it's bell form,flying up,a beweldired Forest holding on tightly,if Sonic could make anything but robot noises,he would have let out more than a giant beep.

The look on Eggmans face said everything.

"I think it betrayed us.."Bocoe leaned forward to whisper to the man.

The bald man snarled"Decoe,Bocoe,in position,i want EggFort II!"Sonic pleaded for his robotic life that he can be left alone and leave without the man knowing already.

Chris meanwhile had his tears dry a little while ago,a silent watcher,still he wished Forest would save him.

Great,it looks like one of those mecha anime

Forest can't remember which,but he remembers enough to know what the..Egg Emperor,as Eggman called it,looks like.

Him and E-77 stood by the shore,having watched the dramatic transformation,he put the white Chaos Emerald inside his quills.

It stopped flying and landed it's now metal feet in the ocean,the waves big enough to splash all the way to where the two were.

Forest was instantly wet while E-77 beeped as it was taken away by the waves.

"Hey brat,let me show you something interesting"Eggman turned his head to adress the boy bolted to the wall.

"You know what these are,yes?"he gestured to the Chaos Emeralds that Decoe put,the six Emeralds placed and ready to use.

Chris nodded silently"Let's see what happens when i embed them one by one into Egg Emperor"

The human child watched with big eyes as one..then two were used,the screen seeming to sharpen in view of Forest.

The blue hedgehog looked up,eyes as small as pinpricks,mouth in a thin line.

He didn't blink.

Finally three..four..five..and then six.

Chris could feel his tears start again,this time silently.

"Metal Sonic,stay,i won't need your help for this"the older human said with a gigantic grin on his face,Sonic internally cursed at the commaned,now unable to move.

Forest snarled,a animalistic one,loud.

Tense,the ground beneath his white shoes broke as he jumped towards the mecha,he punched.

He hit air as it dissapeared instantly from his view.

He stared at nothing,then his side exploded with pain.

He was thrown into the building by the shore,destroying it instantly,then went through another,and another.

"FOREST!"Chris screamed out, struggling from his restrains again.

"This is incredible"the Doctor muttered,finally able to see the power the Chaos Emeralds held,even with only six.

Sonic watched it all,a bystander,he should be helping,hell,he should be the one in that body fighting Eggman!

But he was stuck.

He really hoped Tails was able to get that message.

They watched from the zoomed in screen as Forest got out of the rubble,dirty and bruised,still the hedgehogs expression hadn't changed from it's wide look.

He was staring at something particular,even if it looked like he was staring up at the robot.

Eggman realised it quite quickly,Forest had been fast enough to see a glimpse of Chris held hostage inside the robot.

"This just got interesting"

"Is that a mecha?!"Amy screamed over the powerfull wind.

"Tails!is this really your limit in speed?"Chuck yelled watching the scene"im afraid so!"the fox gasped as he manevoured around,the group watching as multiple identical robots flew past them and towards Eggmans mecha.

They watched with wide eyes as the robot instantly destroyed them in seconds.

"Holy.."

"Tails..i think we should stay back"Amy shakely said.

Forest was essentially smacked around, although more force was used,the hedgehog kept standing back up,having stopped letting out pained noises a few hits ago.

The mecha glowed,seemingly gaining it's own control.

"Doctor?"Bocoe said scared"Egg Emperor!I am your creator,listen to me!"

"The Chaos Emeralds are too powerfull!"Decoe screeched.

A helicopter flew overhead,watching the mecha punch the ground where Forest seemingly was underneath the dust.

"Can't you do something?!"Topaz asked the pilot, watching in horror"i really can't get any closser mam!"

"With that many Chaos Emeralds gathered together, nothing can be done"Rouge watched the scene with crossed arms,frowning.

Knuckles,who had managed to get on the helicopters tire some time ago,watched angrily,he couldn't believe what he was seeing,this was essentially his fault.

Forest kicked,punched,bit,used his sharp quills, anything.

The mecha kept punching.

Chris,Chris,Chris ChrisChrisChrisChrisChris

His mind clouded with that one scene,he didn't stop moving,at some point he felt something in his arm crack,then his head hit something hard enough for his vision to half itself,but he didn't stop.

He was grabbed by the robots fingers and held up to Eggmans view.

The human himself couldn't believe it.

The blue hedgehog was..caked in blood,left arm snapped,cracked bone showing,his head bleeding and right eye clossed.

Despite just how bad the other looked,Forest didn't stop,he kept trying to bite the metal fingers holding him.

Sonic wanted to scream at what he was looking at.

Decoe and Bocoe stood in silence,and in the background,a human child looked at his best friend with shock.

He struggled..and struggled.

He felt his shoulder pop,even if he started screaming in pain he didn't stop.

He watched the Egg Emperor finally punch Forest away,the hedgehog finally going limp and falling into the ocean,blood following him.

Chris watched the animal cough,patting it lightly on it's back.

"That was close,are you okay?"the.. hedgehog?looked at him and nodded,he looked at the blue hedgehog,suprised"i didn't think you could understand me"his blue eyes stared at green in wonder.

He..can understand me?

The hedgehog nodded again,shaking his fur he coughed a couple more times before standing up.

"That's cool,that you can understand me i mean,my names Christopher,do you have a name?"Christopher smiled.

The hedgehog shook his head.

Oh, that's sad

"Oh,maybe we can come up with something together!"

A gloved hand pointed at him"You,want me to name you?"the other nodded,Christopher hummed looking him over"Well,you have green eyes,like the forest,so,Forest Green!"

Seeing the nod in response of the name suggestion,Chris beamed"It's nice to meet you Forest Green!"

The newly named Forest seemed to chuckle soundlessly.

Tails watched,mouth agape,the human elder looking away with his hand to his mouth,Amy quickly covered Creams eyes shakely,regreting taking her with them when she heared the rabbit burst into tears.

Topaz looked away with her eyes tightly clossed,teeth gritting,Rouge looking with a pained expression.

"Oh,you poor thing.."

Chris broke the bolts holding him to the wall.Screaming in pain the child jumped for the container holding the Chaos Emeralds,Eggman yelping in suprise.

The child took them out,almost passing out from shock by the burning and electricity shock he got in response and fell down,he pushed himself into the glass,holding the Chaos Emeralds close.

"I won't..let you,have it"he barely croaked out,whole body twitching.

"No..hurt..more..please"he held them tighter to his chest,Eggman got up from his chair.

"Fo..rest..st..ay..for..ever"the Chaos Emeralds glowed brighter.

"I don't know if he's stupid or reckless,good thing you turned off the main power,i don't think i could have stomached watching a child get crissped"

Decoe winced at the Doctors words.

The glass shattered, Knuckles breaking in,with a growl he punched the ground"Im taking Chris,Eggman"

"Ugh,not you, Metal Sonic"

Sonic felt like..this was a out of body experience,watching his body move.

He was gonna have to process alot of what he just saw and was unable to prevent.

"Where's Chris?!"the echidna looked around franticly.

"Stand still,kid,i finally get the Chaos Emeralds,and you're not gonna make me fight for it more!"Rouge huffed,her wings flapping.

Chris squirmed,letting out weak growls"kid, stop-"she yelped as the human child managed to kick her face,Chris fell from her grasp,and before Rouge knew it,the Emeralds landed in the ocean.

"My Emeralds!"she huffed,she caught a now barely conscious Chris.

She screamed in pain as she was caught in a death grip by the Egg Emperor,Chris letting out a weak groan.

"The kid destroyed this,and you destroyed that,now i can't control my robot you stupid echidna!"

Knuckles looked at the sparking circuits,regreting punching the ground,Sonic held the echidna tightly,claws digging into the others shoulders.

Tails finally got close.

"Chris.."Amy let out weakly.

"What's that?!"Chuck pointed down to the light,it was getting brighter,it originated from the water.

"It's so bright!"Cream squeaked out.

The water was cold.

Very cold.

So blue..and red?

Some red..mostly blue though.

He stopped going down.

The light reflection looked pretty.

What were those colors coming down?

Did you forget again?

They were coming closer.

Atleast it wasn't willingly this time

His arm twitched,slowly moving up,he wanted to touch one.

Why did you chosse to anyway?

One landed on his hand,a green one,the rest landing softly next to him.

It dosen't matter,you don't care to know

They all started glowing.

Remember

Forest could feel his bones cracking back in place.

The mechas hand exploded in tiny pieces,Chris and Rouge now free.

"He merged with them"Eggman frowned as he saw the white light,ignoring his robots damage.

"W-What do you mean,sir?"

"He merged with all seven..Chaos Control will begin"

Knuckles eyes widen,with no hesitation he escaped the mecha,gliding away as far as possible,Sonic cheering internally as the echidna did so,the metal hedgehog got out the giant robot,flying away.

A beam of golden light went through the mecha one second later,a boom exploding,a giant light started expanding.

Sonic watched it,Forest did it,Chaos Control was begining.

"This is bad, you'll also be caught alongside us!"Tails gave Chuck a sorrowfull look"Don't worry about me,i don't care!"

Amy watched in awe"Forest.."Cream and Cheese watched with gleam in their eyes,Topaz and Rouge accepted their situation.

Knuckles held onto the helicopters wheels tightly,clossing his eyes as the light took him.

The X-Tornado blasted by,the fog parting for it.

♪~There's magic cast on our world

There's nervousness of love is sealed by tears

Knuckles watched Angel Island accend to the sky.

Boy, let's search for a spell together 

To a land where our forbidden dreams can come true

Sonic stood flying in the air,looking around,his programming had been mostly wiped,he was no longer trapped to Eggmans commands.

Let's secretly meet tommorow 

Eggman groaned,his spacepod destroyed but the human was fine,Decoe and Bocoe banged up next to him.

At the place where we buried the bird,the hill where we can see the sunrise

In the cold morning mist,if i hold with you 

Chris stood on his knees in a grassy field,healed from his injuries and the fog heavy around him.

"What's going on?"

The seal to the shining path will be broken

Forest walked through the fog,revealing himself to him.

"We're still confirming,but there are two large islands, they're probably from the others world"

Forever...~♪⁠ 

The blue hedgehog stopped a few steps away.

"Hi,Chris"he whispered out.

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"what must be done,the seven chaos,chaos is power.Power comes from the heart,the one who masters that also controls chaos,feel within...the sea of chaos...the young waters...may the light that controls power shine down for eternity and protect us"

A ball of light fell down the night sky,shaking the ground,a big purple cat woke up,the frog that was sleeping next to him jumping in suprise.

The frog jumped towards the pink light in the distance.

"Wait up,Froggy!"

The big one ran after the frog,finding it near a crater"There was a lightning strike.."he looked down as something glowed.

"What is this?"he picked it up"It's pretty, i'll keep it as one of my treasures, it's a good luck charm"

Froggy hopped in place at his words,happy.

A liquid like substance made way through the mud, it's blue color abnormal,it creeped up behind the frog.

Before Froggy knew it,it was swallowing the substance into it's mouth,unable to force it out.

"What's wrong,Froggy?"

He watched Froggy grow a tail"Why do you have a tail?"a second later Froggy jumped on the big cat,taking the emerald in his hands and away,the cat let out a small surpsied sound,falling down.

"It's been six months,but you still don't know the cause of the phenomenon?"

The VIP plane lazily went through the air,the meeting inside important.

"We're certain that part of.. Forests world arrived here due to Chaos Control"

"The people are taking this situation is stride,the area known as the Mystic Ruins,is quickly becoming a tourist destination"

The President looked out the planes window"The problem is the people who hate the peacefulness"

"As for Dr.Eggman,the intelligence agency is still searching,sir,the plans for new surveillance satellites are also underway"

Rouge spoke up,hands on her hips"In other words,you haven't found him st all"

"Rouge.."Topaz started"Whatever, it's not like we were playing around, let's just admit that we lost"She rose her shoulders.

"Miss Rouge,is it correct to assume that Dr.Eggman has given up on trying to conquer the world?"

She shook her head"it's a miracle that he's kept quiet for the past six months"

"A miracle?...hm,by the way,how are 'they' doing?"

Stewart stepped up"The same as ever"he frowned,showing pictures"they have adapted,but still, nothing on Forest,or Christopher Thorndyke,that Sonic robot is doing well too"he sighed.

"Those two dissapeared from the face of the earth just like that"

The President leaned back in his chair"i will pray that Christopher is in Forest's care then"

"Sir?"there was clear suprise at his words.

"I do not know their relationship,but based off what i have gathered,they are probably spending time together,they will come out whenever they want to"

"But the parents.."

"Haven't filed a missing report even now, it's safe to assume they know something "

Stewart nodded"understood,sir"

Sonic finally was free.

The crying and hugs he got were..alot,but he can't blame them.

He dosen't..like his metal body still,but he can learn to tolerate it, he's just happy he can do whatever he wants now.

The Thorndyke residence was especially beautifull,the flower garden especially.

Still..no one was worried for that body snatcher taking the kid with him for six months now.

He dosen't get it.

"Will you be joining us to go to Mystic Ruins,Mr.Sonic?"Cream asked,Sonic turned his head,having been watching the outside through the window"yes,will you?"Chuck asked with a small smile.

"Sure, haven't seen it in a while"one other thing he loves to have back,his voice,almost identical to his actual one,just a tad deeper.

"I do wonder where Forest and Chris are"Ella softly spoke,taking a now empty plate into her hands.

"Probably still exploring,you know them Ella"

Sonic really didn't understand how they can be so chill about this.

He whistled loudly,the grand canyons around him echoed it back.

So peacefull,definetly worth the travel

"So pretty"he looked behind as he heard those words to see Chris look down in wonder, backpack straps tightly held.

Forest chuckled,he gestured if he wanted to go down.

"Oh,yeah,i wanna take some pictures up close!"

"Im at the ocean where the battle against Eggman took place six months ago,the waters are blue,making it hard to imagine that a fierce battle took place here"

Amy sighed,sipping her tea,the radio sounding in the background"No matter where i look,the scenery is always the same,i sure miss the good old days"

Memories of the boat,the first battle,underwater ship and swimming vacation went through her mind.

"And of course,Sonic"she frowned.

She had gotten to accept him to be gone,but then he appeared again,alive and well,just metal,and..Amy needed space.

She cried,took some time to talk with the now metal hedgehog,but she needed to process the information alone.

It was why she took to getting a apartment some far away,have some peace of mind where he can comfortably think about the situation.

"Dr.Eggman created chaos throughout the world,but where did he go?"

A small pink bird was placed down in a transparent casing, it's casing closing,metal claws grabbed the others just like it and were placed inside the open chassings of the robots lined up.

"Turn on the E-200 Series!"

They turned on,and a wall where the Eggman logo were opened up,a row of balloon looking blue hedgehogs inside.

"Begin target practice"The human watched the robots launch missiles,popping them"They work"

Bocoe spoke up"Dr.Eggman,i think that having pilot parts of small animals built into them has been your greatest idea yet!"Decoe nodded rapidly besides him.

"Now..code names"

Decoe scrambled up to the robots,tablet in hand"Alright,E-101 Serial Number 1 is 'Beta',Serial Number 2 is,'Gamma',E-103 is,'Delta',for E-104,'Epsilon' "

"With the completion of the new robot models, it's time for you to make your appearance!"the man grabbed the red Chaos Emerald that stood in it's glass cassing.

With that the giant fortress rose from the bottom of the ocean,Eggman having upgraded it to be a all-purpose air combat fortress.

"Egg Carrier"he grinned,standing at the controll panel,his two robots moving it,he held the Chaos Emerald up to his chest,the gem sparkling"Launch!"

The fortress moved it's parts around,becoming more jet like before taking off.

"Forest,look"Chris skid down the mountain,running over to where the yellow glowing was,he kneeled down and moved the small rocks away.

In a blue flash the hedgehog was right besides him.

"A Chaos Emerald!"he held it up for the other to see.

"A frog with a tail"Ella held Froggy up in her arms,Cream and Cheese looking up at her.

"Froggy!"Ella pushed the rabbit and chao away as the big cat fell down on his stomach.

The frog squirmed out of Ella's grip and hopped away.

"Oh dear,are you alright?"She asked worried.

"Froggy.."

The blue liquid grew,standing on the pavement of some park,it grew in size.

It's form formed, it's eyes green, it's liquid form transparent enough to show it's brain.

It started breaking light posts,benches,people runnung away from it's destructive path.

Sonic stood ontop of a tall building, he's been exploring this world for a while now,and he liked it,he decided.

He tilted his head as he watched police cars drive by,then helicopters.

"Huh"he stood up,his engine starting.

Sonic fought off the weird liquid monster,after breaking it's form it retreated into the sewers.

He put his hands on his hips as he heard a familiar laugh.

"Eggman!"Cream held onto Ella tight,Big the Cat looking confused.

"Sonic..this time i gathered information before turning up again,but seeing you were in my Metal Sonic all along"the man huffed.

"Long time no see"Sonic said mockingly.

"I've stayed quiet for awhile but i'll be getting busy again"

Cream held the box in her hands tightly,it having been given to her by Chris's mother, Eggman used a claw to grab it,she tried to tug it back but failt to,the claw tossing it on the remaining liquid not gone.

It absorbed the Emerald,growing bigger,a skeleton hand forming in it's right arm,in it's palm,the Chaos Emerald inbeded inside.

"It's happening exactly as it said on the stone tablet"the bald man grinned ear to ear.

"How's that Sonic,for every Chaos Emerald it gets,the Chaos becomes more powerfull!"

"Chaos?"Sonic murmured.

"If i gather all seven of them,it will turn into the ultimate monster, i'll use it to destroy Station Square and build my ideal city,Eggman Land!"

Sonic took a defensive stance.

"Finish them,Chaos!"

Just as Chaos was about to attack,a voice called out,jumping infront of Sonic"Eggman!"

It was Knuckles"What did you do to the Master Emerald?!"

The metal hedgehog tilted his head,the Master Emerald was gone?

"Two-on-one puts me at a disadvantage.."the doctor held up a Chaos Emerald,the red one.

Sonic took a few steps forward to be next to the echidna.

The man threw it at Chaos and it caught it,absorbing the Emerald"He never gives up,huh"

It's left hand formed just like the right one"Go,Chaos!"it slammed it's giant hand down,the metal hedgehog and echidna moving to the side.

Sonic spin dashed it to see if it'll work again,unfortunally it didn't as Chaos emitted a electrical shield,shocking Sonic back.

Knuckles went in for a punch only to be met with the same fate.

He landed with a thud,gritting his teeth,alot more roughed up seeing as he was flesh and blood.

Chaos blasted a string of strong water from it's hands,the metal hedgehog quickly grabbing the echidna away.

They landed ontop of a super market store"It changed methods..it evolves every time it takes another Chaos Emerald"Sonic observed.

"That's gonna be hard to get around with"they dodged as another strong burst of water was blasted to their spot.

"Good,well done,Chaos!"Eggman praised.

Knuckles went in for a series of punches,going back in when eletricuted,tireing the power out of Chaos slowly.

Sonic blasted off into the air,going faster and faster in a circle above the scene.

Electricity began to impute,the clouds crackling with thunder.

Finally he went down,and with extreme speed instantly went through Chaos's stomach,one second later thunder hit Chaos's form.

"WOAH!"the metal hedgehog came to a stop in the air,he didn't know that would happen!

Chaos went liquid again.

Eggman looked at the scene godsmacked,jaw open.

Ella,Cream & Cheese aswell as Big cheered.

"How dare-WHATEVER,Chaos's power is only just beginning!"Eggman floated up,pressing a button on his control pad he took Chaos's defeated form back.

"Sore loser!"Knuckles screamed up at him as the Doctor left.

The dark clouds crackled above them.

Sonic clenched his fists"Chaos.."

"If what the radio said was true,we need to go back.."Chris said worried,holding the radio up,they were camping in a deep forest.

Forest nodded,stomping out the campfire.

"Let me help!"

Chapter Text

Ella makes the best coffee

They were in Chucks room,he sipped carefully as to not burn his toungue,Forest and Chris arrived back at the mansion yesterday,it had been interesting to hear what Knuckles had to say.

There was just one thing that bothered him.

The stares he felt were very pointed.

Chuck drank his own, although he had a certain look on his face,Big,as Forest now met,was happyly drinking,unaware of the stuff around him, Knuckles was giving him a side eye and..

Sonic glared at him.

Chris was happyly drinking the hot chocolate he was given.

This was..awkward.

"It seems Eggman,is up to no good again"Chuck started,putting his cup down.

"I never thought he'd go after the Master Emerald,i let my guard down"Knuckles looked inside his cup that was half finished.

"The Master Emerald is the object you were protecting in your own world no?"Chris plopped down on the bed.

"Yes..but it was destroyed"all the others in the room stared at the echidna dumbfounded.

"That Chaos fellow came on Angel Island and destroyed it to pieces,it escaped before i could do anything, unsuprisenly the island fell after"

"It destroyed the Master Emerald..just like that?"Chuck leaned back in his chair"Big,you said Chaos also appeared before you?"Chris asked the cat.

"Froggy swallowed my treasure.."the big cat said sad.

"Treasure?"

"It was a very beautiful purple stone"

"A Chaos Emerald..if we don't find that frog quickly,it will be in danger"Chuck put a hand to his chin in thought.

If that thing eats Chaos Emeralds like they're candy,i don't want it near the one Chris found

Forest frowned,finishing his cup he placed it down on the desk.

"We must gather the Chaos Emeralds before Eggman"

"Okay,leave it to me"Sonic spoke up,giving a thumbs up,Chris turned to the metal hedgehog curiously"Do you know where they are?"

"If i fly around i'll find them eventually"He waved off the brunettes worry"i myself will be looking for the shards of the Master Emerald"the echidna stood up from the bean bag chair.

"I guess..hey Big,how about me and you look for Froggy?"

"Okay.."

Forest took out the yellow Chaos Emerald Chris found from his quills"Oh, you're gonna look for the Emeralds too,Forest?"the human boy smiled,he nodded.

"Hey,you didn't say you found one!"The metal hedgehog tried snatching it,but Forest held a leg to the others chest,holding the Emerald up.

"You two..please,you can both search"Chuck sighed.

"Hey!"

Meanwhile up on a mountain,a big building stood, it's giant garage door open,Tails turned around at the familiar voice"Sonic!and you too Forest"

Forest himself looked around as the metal hedgehog explained to the fox what was happening.

He found the green one randomly?you can find Chaos Emeralds way too easily these days

He remembers when he first got the first ever Chaos Emerald he ever saw,it had been aweing to see.

Now?well..it was annoying how they could hide from him.

"..Well,Forest here has one too,so i guess it will be much easier"

The fox turned his head to Forest who was jumping on the jets that were sat around the giant room.

"It's probably better if we scattered then,Forest!"The yellow fox called out,in a blur the hedgehog was infront of them in a instant.

Sonic felt a pang of jealously at that.

"Since you have your own,you can search on your own okay?"the hedgehog nodded.

A few minutes later Tails took off with the X-Tornado,Sonic magnetised to outside of it,Forest himself running to search the opposite way,the blur blurr becoming farther and farther away.

"You don't really like him do you?"Tails said passively,Sonic turned to the fox in the cockpit"That obvious,huh?"

"Very,but still,try to tolerant him atleast?Forest is his own person now Sonic,and he has become a friend i could rely on"the fox looked up.

"If i can give your body back,i could,maybe i would even swap you and Forest if i could.."

"Tails.. don't worry bud,im already starting to get used to it,i can fly now anyway,that should be something to celebrate,no?"

"Still..i wish you could have your body back,it makes me wonder if that first Chaos Control had something to do with it"

"Maybe.."

Water,sand,rocks,more water,boring

he held the yellow Chaos Emerald up,boredly running,it hasn't glowed yet.

Just gonna hope Sonic and Tails found one

That was also something to think about,Sonic.

He definetly dosen't like me, can't blame him,the others atleast haven't theorised about human squeezing into a blue hedgehog,actually if they did that,that would he impressive

He was getting distracted.

Either way,i am not staying in a room alone with him

"Ouch!that came out of nowhere!"Amy rubbed her head,she looked down to see what hit her,gasping when she saw it was a blue bird.

"Are you hurt?oh"she held it in her hands,it let put weak chirps in response.

This.. isn't a Chaos Emerald, think it's those shards Knuckles was talking about

Forest hasn't had any luck finding a Chaos Emerald,shards though?he did find one.

He put it inside his quills.

Well,might aswell take them with me

The sun was starting to come down,but the blue hedgehog wasn't planning on taking any sort of breaks.

No one would see Forest for a little while.

Chapter Text

Amy wiggled and kicked,but it was in vain.

The robot caught her in a tight grip there was no way she was getting out.

She held onto Lily,the small bird letting out distressed chirps.

Cream called out for the pink hedgehog,trying to follow,but the robot then went up flying,and was gone the next.

"Amy!"Cheese let out a series of sad 'chao'.

She needed to tell someone,maybe Sonic?

Knuckles held the shard close, watching the waterfall quietly.

He gasped as a vision flashed through his mind,of that female echidna watching the temple the Master Emerald resided in burning.

He looked at the shard in his hand.

He needed to find them all.

"Tails is pushing himself"Chuck said watching the X-Tornado fly off,Tanaka looked at him.

"But i guess he'll be alright with that Sonic besides him"

"I hope they rescue Amy as fast as possible"the butler chimed in finally"yes..i only know Sonic for half a year,but he's making one hell of a impact lately"

"Sir?"

"It's nothing..just,i don't want to compare him with Forest"

"I understand your concerns,but they have very diferent personalitys"

"Yeah,even if they don't seem to like eachother"the elder said amused.

"You alright Tails?"the metal hedgehog asked from outside the X-Tornado,once again magneted to the jet.

The fox had bandages wrapped around his head,that encounter with Eggman and Chaos being the cause,two Chaos Emeralds taken and absorbed,just like that.

"Im fine, Sonic"the fox gave a small smile"I can go alone y'know, don't overdue it"

"Im fine,really,you don't need to worry about me"

"If you say so.."

"Um,Big,why are you fishing?"Chris was sat down on the sand,watching the cat throw in the rod.

"I feel that im going to hook something"the replay the child got was vague,it only made Chris more worried for Froggy as time past.

He looked up as a jet went by,recognising it.

He looked back down and sighed.

Meanwhile not too far away from their fishing spot,Eggmans fortress sat underwater,a cell inside it held Amy and Lily in.

"Why did this have to happen to me"she sat down,Lily doing the same,the blue bird tired from having to carry the necklese around her neck 24/7,the blue Emerald giving a subtle glint in the low light.

She had just wanted to cook something with Cream as a way to pass time,even finally got her head out of the clouds about Sonic finally.

She was gonna make him a chili dog for being away for six months,not even talking through the phone.

She sighed"I finally proccesed he's back,and this happens"

Lily chirped,rubbing her head against Amys hand,the pink hedgehog raised it,petting the bird.

How did Eggman not scrap Bocoe and Decoe yet?

Oh yeah,assistants.

The human wished he made better ones,he was busy though.

"That frog with a tail..hard to catch"the minuscule drones he'd handed around had picked up Big's words not that long ago.

"Now to get the E-100 Series on it"

There were shards where the Master Emerald alter was.

Knuckles hadn't found that many.

"Someones been finding them too.."he placed his hands on one.

"Please take everyone and flee"

"I see,you say that you can't leave"

The chores of singing chao

The powerfull glowing of green

"You guided me here,so you believe me..what must be done..the seven chaos,the one who masters it controls chaos"

The glowing of seven others

"The seven chaos..the one who controls it"

A light gasp

"Is this the Emerald that controls the seven chaos?"

He shook his head.

"Just who is that.."He placed what he found together with the ones he found on the alter.

They glew and formed,almost back to it's former self.

"Still not enough"he grit his teeth.

He blinked and leaned closser to the Emerald, something was there,the Master Emerald was showing him where the rest of the shards were.

"Eggman's fortress!"he backed away"they must be inside.."

The sound of footsteps behind him sounded and without hesitation he turned around and punched whoever it was.

A gloved hand caught it.

"Forest?"he took a step back,looking at the blue hedgehog.

Forest gave him a wave"What are you doing here?"

The other pointed behind the echidna"You..did you find those shards?"a nod"i..thanks for the help"

The hedgehogs ears twitched"Can you help me again? The rest of the shards, they're in Eggmans fortress"

That seemed to make the blue one perk up instantly.

Sometimes,Knuckles thought,Forest was incredibly hard to read.

"I caught it!"Big reeled in Froggy.

Chris cheered.

"I found Froggy!"Chris stood up,dusting off the sand on his pants.

One second later a red robot snatched the poor frog.

"H-Hey!"the human called out weakly.

Big quickly ran for the robot,calling out 'Froggy',Chris following after.

It was how these two ended up on Eggmans fortress.

Gamma didn't like this.

They were all gone.

They had been looking for a frog not even that long ago!

They're.. they're gone.

They quickly walked past Beta,who was being broken down to parts,they were told by Eggman to get the bird.

They were gonna do that...they didn't want to go like the others did.

So they raised their gun towards the cell where the pink hedgehog and bird were hugging and spoke.

"Hand over the bird"

"No!im not giving you Lily!"

"Calmly hand over the bird"

"When i say no,i mean no!"

"Why not?"

"I don't need a reason?what do you want from her anyway?"

"I have no information"

"You don't know? Well..i know you're not going to treat her kindly!"

She got closser"If you feel even the smallest bit of sympathy for this bird,please..help us"

"Cannot comprehend,why do you try to help a complete stranger?Cannot comprehend"Gamma took a few steps back.

"Eggman dosen't give you anything does he?"Lily got out of Amys grasp and flew towards Gamma"Lily?!"

The bird let out chirps,giving Gamma a sad look.

Why did this make them feel something?

"My head hurts"

Amy held onto the metal bars "W-What's wrong?"She gasped as Gamma fired,destroying the cell.

"Hurry up and flee"

The pink hedgehog coughed as she walked out,the dust wavering"Why.."

"This place is dangerous,hurry"Lily gave him a happy chirp"You seem diferent from the other Eggman robots"

Amy smiled,holding out her finger for the blue bird to land on"Then the next time we meet, we'll meet as friends!"

She gave the robot a smile and turned on her heel, running.

"Friends..."

"There!"Knuckles pointed to the Egg Carrier blasting by in the distance,Forest turned his head.

"Knuckles!Forest.."the X-Tornado landed a couple seconds later besides them.

"Want a lift?"the echidna smiled.

Forest gave a deadpan look at the other metal hedgehog.

The X-Tornado was shot at,Tails doing his best to dodge,the lights and loud sounds made his headache worse,but the fox ignored it.

"You three!im gonna use my ace,make sure you don't bite your toungues!"

"What?!"Sonic beeped, Knuckles,who was holding onto one of wings looked at the fox with a beweldired expression.

Forest was also holding on,hanging onto another wing barely,eyes looking alert at the yellow foxes words.

"X-Tornado, change to Battle Suit Version!"the jet glowed brightly,the beam of energy that Eggman had fired was dodged effortlessly.

The X-Tornado now had two arms.

Sonic genuinly wondered what Tails has been doing while he was away..

The Egg Carrier started transforming too.

"Amazing..a ship that largly transformed"the yellow fox whispered in awe by the craftmenship.

It started shooting.

The three held in as tight as possible,the shield the X-Tornado now had protecting them more,the other hand transforming into a blade that cut through some of the missiles.

They got close enough to prepare a landing..only one problem"The plane has no legs!"Tails screamed.

"What?!"Knuckles,Sonic and Forest screamed in union.

They crashed.

Chapter Text

Sonic beeped as he fell off the X-Tornado and onto the Egg Carriers surface.

Maybe he should have tried to get close himself,as much as he wasn't that efficient with his thruster he would have taken that over a rough landing.

Forest walked past him,giving him a amused look,that just made the metal hedgehog irritated.

"Come on,Sonic!"Knuckles called out.

The four ran across the the metal ship,dodging the missiles that were launched at them.

Sonic kicked one down,creating a hole, Knuckles saluted to them before jumping inside.

"Is it okay to leave him on his own?!"Tails screamed over the loud explosions,Sonic powered his thruster"It's Knuckles, he'll be fine!"

Tails curled his namesakes,giving himself a boost.

A blue blurr went past them,a second later the sound barrier breaking,Sonic buzzed,his internal coding glitching.

"Forest!"Tails sighed"Could have warned us"

Sonic watched the other hedgehog break through the controll room of Eggmans fortress easily.

"He's been getting better and better at spin dashes"the yellow fox said to himself,proud.

Sonic wanted to slam his head into something.

"Amy!"he caught the sight of the pink hedgehog.

He kicked the rubble away.

The controll room was empty.

Forest walked around,the screens were static,spouting nothingness.

He pressed a couple buttons labeled and they came back online, cameras of inside the Egg Carrier showing.

He looked at every one,he tumbled a bit when the ship wobbled,hearing absent explosions,he held onto the nearby wall and looked at them again.

He caught something purple.

He checked what name the camera had,it didn't give him a exact location,but he was fast.

He dashed deeper into the fortress.

The forest burned,the alter stood in the middle of the chaos,the Chao down whimpering,the female echidna laying down,weak.

"I couldn't stop them,Father and the others finally came here,but i never imagined it would turn out like this"she spoke quietly,coughing.

Some tears fell down her muzzle,the Master Emerald that sat on the alter glowed,and the female echidna gasped.

She got up with some dificulty,running up the stairs.

It glowed brighter.

Knuckles shook his head,standing up and holding tur back tighter,he had the last of the shards,he can go now.

He blinked as a blue blurr went past him.

"What's Forest doing so deep inside the fortress?"

"I got Froggy!"Chris beamed,he was pulled back to safe ground by Bigs fishing rod,the purple cat happyly holding Froggy to his chest as the child gave it to the cat.

A blue blur came to a stop at the entrance of the room.

"Forest!"Chris smiled"We got Froggy!"the hedgehog didn't look amused,hand on his hip.

They got outside of the Egg Carrier,the fortress barely floating at this point from the damage it had taken.

They were met with Eggman and Chaos.

"So you let that frog out,eh?no matter,Chaos 6 will get it back for me"

Forest ran up and kicked the pod Eggman was floating in,the human letting out a screech,Chaos took that time to swipe at Big,getting Froggy out of his grasp.

Chaos slammed it's liquid like hand down on the frogs tail,Froggy chocking back out the purple Chaos Emerald.

Forest's eyes squint as he saw the blue Chaos Emerald in Eggmans hand.

The hedgehog landed back down on the ground,only to be slammed down by Chaos's giant hand,he let out a yelp.

"Forest!"Chris was pushed behind by Big,trying to shield the human child.

Chaos absorbed the purple Chaos Emerald and the blue one Eggman had taken from Lilys.

"Now,to absorb back your tail"Eggman laughed,watching the liquid monster absorb Froggy into itself,Big screamed for his friend,jumping ontop of Chaos in a attempt to stop it.

Chris went after Big,trying to also help.

In the end Chaos absorbed them too.

Forest snarled,pushing back against the claw that held him down.

A explosion was heard, Sonic coming back out from the Egg Carrier"Oiiiii!"the metal hedgehog slammed his foot onto Chaos's eyes.

It screeched,flailing,Forest rolling away as the hand lifted up for him to just barely escape.

Sonic activated his thrusters,going up as Chaos formed tentacles to go after him.

"Guess you needed some help there!"he said amused,circling Chaos.

The blue hedgehog just let out a growl in response.

"That's not nice-woah!"he was caught by one of the tentacles,squeezed and thrown into the metal ground,his screen glitching as Sonic hit the ground head first.

Forest stood up,breathing harshly, being squeezed down into metal didn't do well for his ribs.

He yelped as a tentacle smacked him further away.

He hissed as his furr skidded harshly across the ground,already feeling the rash he was gonna have by the end of this.

The ground beneath Chaos shuddered and one second later Knuckles came out,destroying the metal ground and punching Chaos.

The liquid monster screeched,stumbling.

"Knuckles!"Sonic called out,shaking himself from the feeling of wetness on his metal form.

"I guess it's my turn"the echidna took a fighting stance, his shovel claw on.

The two took to fighting Chaos,getting closser to the pink blob inside it,even if getting hit felt like getting hit by a train.

Meanwhile Forest got up finally,quills frazzled.

Being hit with something that had absorbed more than three Chaos Emeralds seemed to actually do something to his body

He hissed as his chest gave a pang of pain.

His ears perked up as a muffled voice sounded throughout all the fighting.

"Forest!"it was so muffled,like underwater.

He looked up,making eye contact with Chris,the child looked so weak,holding his neck.

Chris couldn't breathe and from the looks of it,so couldn't Big or Froggy.

Forest got out the yellow Chaos Emerald he had put inside his quills.

He held it tightly.

It glowed.

He stood up better.

He raised his free hand.

The Emerald glowed brighter.

A loud sound of energy blasted through the fortress.

Chaos was split in two,it exploded.

Knuckles and Sonic were blasted away by the wind alongside a screaming Eggman.

With Chaos down,Knuckles took one of the Chaos Emeralds,then they got out the Egg Carrier with some dificulty via Big highjacking the X-Tornado but they managed,Forest and Sonic going after a fleeing Eggman in the end as the bald man fled.

When the two hedgehogs lost sight of the human,they realised they found some temple accidently,it was ancient,a tree growing ontop of it.

And at the end of it all,Eggman launched a giant missile with a countdown in Station Square as a last attempt at something,Tails saving the day by difussing it.

"Mystic Ruins.. i'll leave you three be,i gotta go back on Angel Island"Chris waved at Knuckles retreating form,before realising something.

He had no way to get back.

He was about to call for Knuckles when something caught his attention.

Something was shining under the sand where the X-Tornado landed,he checked,finding a white Chaos Emerald.

He gasped.

"Wait Knuckles!"he ran into the woods where the echidna had walked into,waving the Emerald around.

Big watched curiously before looking back at Froggy"Let's go home"

Chapter Text

Chris panted,running on the long bridge,his legs burned,he felt tired,he was probably gonna form a fever later on.

He looked at the white Chaos Emerald in his hand.

But he needed to get it to Knuckles.

"Island..above,ha..water"he reminded himself.

He stopped for a moment to catch his breath,looking up as a helicopter past above him.

"Maybe..Tails..can help"

"Im currently above the Mystic Ruins,this area is currently off-limits fo the general public,we also do not have any new information on the floating island that fell"

The news reporter on the TV showed Angel Island.

Cream looked sadly on the screen,eating a pretzel,Cheese munching on his own next to her.

"Since the status in unclear,this area is also off-limits to the general public"

The screen changed to a video of Tails unfusing the bomb of Eggman,it wasn't the best quality,but it was easy to tell it was the yellow fox.

"And for stopping Eggman's time bomb missile,Tails,also known as Miles Prower, will be given a special award by the city"

The scene changed to outside the mansion where a crowd had formed outside the gates.

"Chris's still not home"Chuck murmured,worried.

Tails looked over at him"Hey,maybe he's with Forest?or maybe Knuckles?"the elder chuckled"I don't know why im worried"

Cream swallowed her food"I thought you're always supposed to worry about your loved ones?"

Chuck blinked at the rabbits words before he gave her a soft look"You're right,Cream"she and Cheese cheered.

Ella looked outside through the window"Now you won't be able to step outside"

Tails frowned"I still have to search for the X-Tornado though.."

"Leave it to me!"The elder grinned.

A distraction with a baby stroller and Tails was safely outside the mansion"Thanks,Ella,you too Tanaka!"

Tails started running,Ella waving goodbye to him alongside Tanaka.

"You don't have to listen to Eggman anymore"

Gamma landed on the dry ground.

"Eggman,Dr.Eggman,Gamma's master,why?"

They replayed the memory logs of their destroyed siblings.

"Delta,Beta,Epsilon"

The memory log of Amy saving them from being destroyed by Sonic flashed by.

"Friends...erasing Eggman from 'Master' status"

They deleted any files with Eggmans name on them.

"I will save my friends and teammates"Gamma took to the air again.

Sonic watched the other hedgehog take the leafs that had attached to him,the blue hedgehog scratching at his quills.

More or less Forest looked..bad.

The signs of bruising have already formed,road rash on his side extremely red,still even with all that,he didn't look that bothered.

Sonic was..actually impressed by the pain tolerance he sported.

"So..that looks like some sort of temple"he pointed at the ancient building,he got a nod in response.

Sonic beeped,hands on his hips,this would be much easier if both of them talked.

"Whatever..huh?"a red sphere that floated appeared,spinning once around the metal hedgehog before floating to the entrance of the building.

Forest tilted his head,he walked up the cracked stairs,Sonic following after.

They followed the red ball quietly,coming upon a open spaced room where more balls lay,floating upon their pillers as light sources,in the front of the room was a dragon sculpted head, it's jaw open to allow a small waterfall,behind the water was a hallway.

The red ball went through.

"Oh well"Sonic went through the water,looking back to Forest.

The other hedgehog stared for a moment before sighing and walking through,his body shivering.

The mud and dust he had collected on his body were cleaned somewhat.

They continued after the ball.

Chao flew in the air behind them,watching them follow the ball with sad expressions.

A few more minutes of walking and now down some stairs the ball dissapeared,infront of them stood depictions of a giant monster,aswell as a flood.

"When sadness and anger overflow,a great disaster will descend upon us"

A voice echoed throughout the room"What?"Sonic started,before he could say anything else,him and Forest were blinded.

They came back to them standing infront of the alter of the Master Emerald, everything burning around them.

They went up the stairs to see a echidna holding a Chao,others on the ground around her.

"How could this happen?"she asked herself,a giant roar went off into the distance.

"No! I have to stop it!"She ran.

Before they both knew it,they were back outside the temple.

"That.. wasn't a dream,i have memory logs of that"Sonic rubbed at his metal head in confusion.

Forest looked unbothered.

Eggman flew past them"Eggman!"Sonic quickly followed the human,engine starting he took to the air

Forest looked at him fly away,rubbing at his right side that burned more and more.

The hedgehog walked the opposite way.

"Despite the fact that you're back,Sonic"Eggman started as the metal hedgehog finally reached the deepest level of the base.

"Forest has made for work than you ever had when you first started meddling with my plans!"

Sonic spit out static,metal fingers turning into claws.

"And i can admit rodent,he is alot more menacing than you ever were"

Sonic attacked.

Forest watched from ontop of a hill as Sonic flew into the air,the base below exploding.

The blue hedgehog turned around and walked away from the scene.

"Your siblings are on Egg Carrier?"Amy walked on a dock,Lily flapping her wings besides her.

"But where did it crash.."she layed down,a moment later a frog hopped infront of her.

"What's Egg Carrier?"Amy hugged her legs,eyes clossed"It's Eggmans flying ship"

"Oh,you mean that big ship?"Amy opened her eyes,the frog hopped more into her space"You can talk?"

"Froggy can't talk,it was me"Big walked into her field of vision,she gasped"Who are you?"

"Im Big,and that's my friend Froggy,nice to meet you"the pink hedgehog smiled"Im Amy"

"There's a big ship over there"he pointed to the ocean where a destroyed ship layed patheticly.

"Confirming shutdown of E-103,Delta"a rabbit was freed.

"Confirming shutdown of E-104,Epsilon,Zeta and Beta whereabouts unknown"

Gamma stood up"Gamma will help his friends..they may still be inside Egg Carrier"

They flew out the cave.

"Confirming shutdown of Zeta"Gamma turned around as the ceiling above them collapsed.

Amy squeaked at the loud noise,ears twitching to where it was,she hugged Lily close"What was that?"they had barely arrived inside the ship and something was already happening.

"Beta"Gamma started,Beta didn't give them a chance and attacked,fireing their gun.

"Lily,wait!"Amy followed the bird as she flew to where the chaos was happening.

"Wait you both!"Amy put her hands over her mouth as she watched Beta explode after taking a direct hit from Gamma,the red robot took out the fire quickly,a small bird coming out.

"Thank goodness..Gamma,mission completed"

Gamma,having been hit themselfs,fell to the ground,happy to complete their mission,the red robot exploded.

A pink bird came out from the fire"Mr.Robot!"

The newly escaped birds flew up above the reckage,Lily gave Amy a hug,the hedgehog hugging back,slowly they let go of eachother and Lily flew up to the two birds waiting.

The pink hedgehog slowly kneeled down to Gamma"Thank you for saving them"She held in tears"Now you can live together with your siblings,where ever you end up"

Sonic stood below a tree taking a breather,it was nice to relax sometimes.

"Sonic!Hey!"he looked to his right to see Tails flying over.

"Tails!"he beeped,the fox landed next to him,sitting next to the metal hedgehog.

They watched the weather change slowly,getting dark."This feels bad"the fox started,frowning as thunder clapped.

Sonic spat out static in response.

Knuckles walked down the dirt road,head turned and watching the thunder collied with the earth.

His purple eyes shined.

Eggman had been cursing out profanities under his breath,when something jumped infront of him,he gasped"Chaos?!"his pod floated back in surpise.

The water floating liquid seemed to vibrate.

Chapter Text

Eggman's plans had been destroyed again and again throughout the months.

It wouldn't have stung so much,but being defeated by someone so wasn't even Sonic added to it.

"That Forest is quite annoying"he muttered to himself.

He had two rodents to worry about now,with Sonic in his precious creation he had taken so long to make and Forest in Sonics original body.

Just how did this even manage to happen

He made small loops with his mustache between his fingers.

The Chaos Control being powerfull enough to do it sounds plauseable,but something dosen't feel right 

He couldn't put his finger on it.

Forest was a enigma Eggman wanted to crack open,as much as he also wanted the hedgehog dead.

There was also another detail the human had picked up.

The hedgehog could sustain bad wounds with enough Chaos Emeralds used against him.

The Doctor has used alot of Chaos Emeralds in the past before the Chaos Control,even if Sonic wasn't there anymore,his body should still be resilient.

But it wasn't.

The theory of it depending on the ones mind might be more true than i thought

He's seen Forest bleed when he had all seven Chaos Emeralds for the second time,seen broken bone even.

The Chaos Emeralds could do damage,that was always true.

But only Forest seemed to take that damage the worst.

Besides that,he was still able to use all of them

Eggman never saw the aftermath of Forest after destroying his robot.

Maybe he did have some kind of backlash after using them?

So many theories and so little time on the humans hands.

"All in due time"

Chapter Text

"Chris hasn't come to school"Stewart said into his watch,absently looking at his students play basketball"If there are any changes, i'll contact you"the ball touched his leg.

"Mr.Stewart,please get the ball!"the blonde turned around,picking up the ball"Why don't you join us?"

He smiled"Of course"

"He's not here..i wonder where he went"Chris looked around the giant lab with a sigh.

His clothes were dirty and covered in sweat,he was tired beyond anything imaginable from all that running,he was gonna have to change later.

He walked passed some blueprients"Though he went through a lot,we ended up together in this world again"he didn't know how to feel about that..

The fox and metal hedgehog walked side by side through the forest.

They found Knuckles and with Eggman laying on the ground.

"Knuckles?is that Eggman?!"they stopped to look down at the human.

"Yeah,found him like this"Tails got a stick and poked the humans stomach with it,squeaking as Eggman raised to rest on his elbows.

"C-Chaos.."he started,Sonic leaned forward"Chaos?"

"It's still alive..and it's not listening to me anymore"The echidna grabbed the bald mans jacket tight"What the hell does that mean?!"Sonic lightly pushed the red echidna back"Cut it out,Knuckles"

"If anything happens to me, i'll haunt you for the rest of your life,rodent"two claws wrapped around his waist and pulled him up,Decoe and Bocoe taking him away in a air balloon.

"To the Point X,you buffons!"

"Okay!"the robots pulled up more and floated away.

They watched silently untill Knuckles broke the silence.

"If what Eggman said was true,then Chaos will wreck havoc with no one to controll it,if it gets all of the seven Chaos Emeralds.."

"I know"Sonic crossed his arms,white pixelated eyes looking down at the ground.

It was then a giant light envelopped them both, leaving Tails.

The both of them were a few away from the alter of the Master Emerald,they could see other echidna,with that one female they had both seen before trying to stop them.

"If we acquire the seven emeralds,we will have absolute power"

"Peoples ambitions are limitless,please..stop what you're doing!"

"I can't keep wasting my time on nonsense from a child! forget about her,go!"

The echidna charged.

"No!"

They ran past her,pushing her away to the ground.

When they got to the top,Chaos formed,the other Chaos Emeralds surrounding the Master Emerald.

Chaos raised it's arms,the Emeralds responding to it,they glowed.

They all vanished.

"Hey, she's still here"Sonic jogged over to the female echidna.

She opened her eyes,shaking"No..it can't be,this must be a lie!"she stood up,running up the stairs to the Master Emerald.

Knuckles and Sonic followed her.

"What must be done..the Seven Chaos,Chaos is power..Power comes from the heart..the one who masters that also controls chaos"

She seemed to finally realise something.

"The Seven Emeralds transforms a persons will into power,this Emerald keeps that power in check..please..stop it!"

The Master Emerald glowed.

"Are you two okay?"Tails asked slightly worried.

"Did you see her?"Knuckles asked,Sonic beeped.

"Fortunatlly,the Seven Chaos Emeralds haven't been gathered-"he was interrupted by someone calling his name from afar.

"Knuckles!"it was Chris and..Forest?

They were both walking over,the human child holding the white Chaos Emerald,the echidnas jaw dropped,what was that timing..

Two seconds later a pool of water formed under them,and a tornado of water transformed,taking Chris inside,Forest screeching in pain as the cold water hit his still open wounds.

Sonic beeped loudly,engine instantly starting he blasted to where the child was,taking him into his arms,Chris garbled,taking water into his lungs,his hold onto the Chaos Emerald weakening,it was taken away by the water.

Knuckles ran over and jumped,kicking his leg out,the shockwave of it cutting the water tornado in the middle,Sonic was able to start his turbo engine again and fly out.

Tails tried catching the white Emerald as it landed on the ground next to him,but the ground split in two,taking the emerald and the sack that Knuckles had collected the rest of the Master Shards under.

The fox spun his namesakes,going up,watching as a water like tentacle formed and took them.

Knuckles looked through the water tornado,finding Forest curled up in a ball,he shot through,taking him out.

The blue hedgehog uncurled,growling loudly as he checked his quills.

"Forest,are you-"the echidna flinched as Forest hit his fist into the ground,the hedgehog stood up,a unreadable expression on his face.

"Did..it took the yellow one too didn't it?he got a nod"then it took the shards at the alter too.."

"I-Im sorry,i shoudn't of.."Chris was put down by the metal hedgehog as the brunette coughed,the water in his lungs getting out,Forest was next to the child instantly,looking at him too see if he was injured.

"Don't be,The Chaos Emeralds originally belonged to it,this might be fate"the red echidna said calmly.

Sonic clenched his fists.

"Forest,im fine..but seriously"the human child looked at the hedgehogs injuries"You need a doctor,or something!"

Forest shook his head,taking Chris's hand into his own gloved one and squeezing.

"He's right y'know, don't want to die now do you?"Sonic started"That's also MY body you're injuring,take care of it dammit!"

Station Square quickly flooded,roads cracking and buildings collapsing as water burst through.

Out of all that water though,Perfect Chaos formed,now giant as ever,it roared,radiant green eyes watching everything below it.

Topaz and Rouge watched on TV what was happening,the President talking quickly on the phone next to them.

The bat clossed her eyes, sighing.

"What's wrong,Cheese?"Cream looked at her Chao in worry"Maybe it's scared?"Ella theorised.

"Don't worry, there's nothing to be afraid of,Cheese"the Chao didn't seem reassured.

"What are you doing?!We must leave immediatly!"Chuck barged into the living room.

"Chuck,but Chris isn't back yet,he can't be left out there!"

"What?!"

Sonic blasted through the air,pushing his engine to the limit to get to Station Square as fast as possible,the X-Tornado not too far behind him.

He had watched Forest destroy the sound barrier earlier to get there first,it reminded him how much slower he was now.

He needed to be faster.

He pushed the commaned on his engine again.

Stewart answered his watch"Contact them immediatly!"he didn't even get to say a word in.

"But,im busy right now!"he watched his students run past him"Didn't you hear me?this is a order!"

Stewart grit his teeth and faked static before ending the call,his students needed him.

Sam coughed,spitting out the water he had inhaled,opening his eyes he was met with Forest's own green ones.

"Hey.."he coughed again"Here to save the day again, hedgehog?"it was then Sam realised the hedgehog looked worse for wear when his vision cleared.

"Damn,you don't look good"he was put inside a still somewhat stable building with other survivors.

Forest turned to go and find more people"wait!"he did.

Some other humans came to crowd over him,he let out growls and hisses but still they managed to bandage him up.

Forest touched the already reddning bandages,hand twitching.

Sam laid down leaning on the wall,laughing at the scene"I guess you can go save more lifes now!"

The helicopters had already been taken down,Perfect Chaos took the bullets and missiles like they were nothing.

Forest jumped out the broken window.

Eggman launched Egg Carrier 2,floating into the air before it's giant engines were turned on,taking off to Station Square.

Sonic took to hiding behind buildings,watching the monster.

"Im not letting you have your way"he muttered.

He took to trying to get close to it,he was hit time and time again,his metal cassing denting more and more,but he did manage to get inside it's form,he was thrown out not long after though.

He shook the water on him,blasting away from a attempt swipe at him.

He saw a blue blurr jump around buildings and destroyed roads,the X-Tornado flying past him and getting the hedgehog below.

Water bullets were sent their way,Tails manevouring the jet effortlessly to dodge them,Sonic magnetised his hands on the X-Tornado as it flew past him again.

It was then a giant shadow envelopped them from above.

"Get out of the way,rodents!"The speaker from the ship said,Eggman had arrived with his new Egg Carrier.

The ship shot out missiles,Perfect Chaos forming a force field around it to protect itself from the attacks.

It roared and a beam of energy shot out through it's mouth,destroying Egg Carrier 2.

They watched Eggman fly away with his pod,Decoe and Bocoe clinging on.

"This is out of control!"Sonic said over the wind.

A ball of light formed around the jet,taking it away and down on a destroyed road.

Sonic looked at the figure that stood some away from him.

"Who are you?"

"I,am Tikal"the echidnas formed finally was revealed,the light dissapearing.

"My soul stayed alongside it throughout time to keep it's power under control"her clasped hands tightened"however,an evil black heart awakened it"

"Eggman.."Tails muttered,ears pinned back.

Perfect Chaos screeched,spatting out the Chaos Emeralds,only they were dull,lacking of their colors.

Tikal picked the one that landed near them up"it has absorbed the power of the Emeralds,using it's anger and sadness"her voice shook.

"If we don't hurry up and seal it inside the Master Emerald,it will destroy this world just like it did mine!"

"It won't come to that"he beeped"Even if you keep it under control with your sadness,it will just be the same as before!"static followed after his words.

Tikal blinked at him"then..what should we do?"

Sonic looked back at Perfect Chaos in thought.

Forest got off the X-Tornado,holding his side with a grunt,Chris quickly got out from his seat,catching him as the hedgehogs legs gave out on him"Forest!"

The blue hedgehog forced himself to stand up.

"Don't force yourself,p-please"the human begged,holding onto Forest tightly,head pressed into his chest.

His arms wrapped around Chris lightly,his white gloves were ripped and muddy,they needed to be changed..

"Mr.Sonic!"Cream ran towards them"I picked this up,here you go!"she smiled.

She held up a dull Chaos Emerald,Tanaka,Ella and Chuck running over,Cheese squirming in the butlers grip.

"Cheese is acting strange,it wanted to come here!"Chuck said slowing to a stop.

It was then a pink hedgehog appeared,running to them and holding up another dull Emerald,Lily and her her siblings flying with her.

Not long after Big jumped up on the destroyed road to also hold up a dull Emerald"This was my lucky charm,but i'll lend it to you"Froggy hopped next to him.

Knuckles walked over, Eggman,Bocoe and Decoe in tow,the doctor himself holding a dull Emerald.

Forest looked around,pushing Chris lightly to catch his attention he pointed at a Emerald not too far away.

The human beamed and ran to get it,coming back a few minutes later.

Forest looked around again,realising the humans he had saved were looking at them,they started yelling out words of encouragements.

He could feel his ears drooping.

The Chaos Emeralds started glowing.

"Power is returning to them!"Knuckles eyes widened as he watched each one glow after the other.

They began floating.

Forest twitched,taking a step back,tense,his whole body screaming for the jewels to stay far away from him.

Chris took his hand into his own,knowing what was wrong.

The blue hedgehog watched in relief and slight awe as they circled Sonic.

Tikal gasped"Anger and sadness aren't the only methods to draw out their power.."

The metal hedgehog felt his body heat up.

Warnings popped up,he was overheating,his body couldn't take it.

Still he tredged on.

He absorbed them.

They watched Sonics whole body glow,white engulfing his whole figure.

The Chaos Emeralds dissapeared inside him,the light dimishing.

A golden hedgehog floated instead,eyes acidic green.

In a burst of speed he dissapeared from where he floated.

Forest watched the other dodge Perfect Chaos's attacks and block them,even blocking the beam of energy coming toward them.

The golden hedgehog blasted into Perfect Chaos's mouth.

The monster froze,beams of light appearing on it,in a burst of a explosion Perfect Chaos was defeated.

The crowd went wild.

Sonic landed back down,his golden hue dissapearing.

A blue hedgehog stood.

Their attention was taken away when the base form of Chaos formed, Knuckles taking a fighting stance.

Cheese pushed him back,the echidna blinking confused.

Other Chao appeared from under the water,surrounding Chaos.

"It..no longer has the urge to destroy?"Knuckles said baffled"Sonics power probably erased it"Tails said.

"So many Chao"Cream said happyly.

"Come to think of it,there were many wild Chao in Tanaka's hometown"Amy quipped.

Tikal stepped towards Chaos"They're the Chao that you protected"She said softly.

"Their lived are connected to this world, it's fine now..thank you"She smiled.

Chaos seemed to nod,clossing it's eyes,Tikal did the same,light envelopping their form they dissapeared in specks of light.

"Oi!"Forest turned his head,squeaking as a identical face was inches away from his"Guess we're twins now..sadly"Sonic said,his tone had a hint of frustration.

Forest realised Sonic wasn't metal.

"Sonic?!"Tails said shocked.

Silver eyes looked at the yellow fox"My wish was granted"a smirk formed onto Sonics muzzle.

Forest felt his eye twitch.

Those fucking Emeralds-

Chapter Text

Sonic had taken to helping out in the aftermath,Station Square despite beyond repair,still had parts that could be reused.

His ears perked up as he heard the cry of a child,stopping infront of a recked building.

If there was one thing he truly wanted to thank the Chaos Emeralds throughoutly,it was that his speed was back,he jogged inside.

Chris watched the helicopter land,his class given the task to get supplies to the cafeteria,his teacher, Stewart smiling as the door opened.

It was Chris's father.

"Chris,hey there bud, thought I'd drop by to see how you're doing!"

The child awkwardly rubbed the back of his head,nodding.

He was seeing his parents more recently,not.. alot,but he'd see them around doing random tasks,never actually talking to him,it was weird.

He took a box and headed inside where victims of the attacks were,homeless with nowhere else to go.

He watched a couple cry and plead to a officer to find their child,he frowned at the sight.

He blinked as a blue blurr went past him,face brightening he opened his mouth to call out,only to stop as he watched the blue hedgehog stop infront of the couple holding a baby.

"This one yours?"the hedgehog asked amused,the couple quickly got the boy into their arms,the father thanking Sonic.

Chris blinked as he looked at the white gloves and shoes he knew Forest had a long time ago when they first met.

"This is alot harder than i thought it would be"he muttered to himself.

Blue was associated with Forest,for the longest time it was just that.

But now there's Sonic,whos also blue,almost identical looking to Forest,he was gonna have get used to it.

"I'll miss you,darling"Chris's mother hugged him tight.

"M-Me too.."

Cream and Cheese said goodbye to Tails and Amy,a little teary eyed to be leaving.

"Guess you'll go with him like a trained dog?"Forest looked next to him where Sonic stood,the other hedgehog had a hand on his hip,a grin on his face.

Forest's new black gloves clenched tightly.

Sonic leaned back at the look Forest gave him.

"Sheesh.."he turned his head away,slightly creeped out.

With a few more goodbyes,Forest got ontop of the RV as it took off.

Atleast i can finally sleep when we get there

Area 99 was silent,and almost looked deserted,but underground,a series of machinery was being made.

"With these robots,we should be able to be on par with Eggman"A scientist said,clipboard in hand.

What they didn't know,were the small spider like robot,stuck to the ceiling,recording everything live.

"Like they ever will"the bald man said amused,leaning back in his chair as he watched the footage on-screen.

"It looks like they made progress from last time,Doctor"Bocoe said leaning in to watch.

Eggman easily hacked into their security to look at their progress more in depth.

He skimmed through designs,it was clear they were stolen from him.He clicked next,a picture of..a man who almost looked exactly like him,only alot older and with a grey mustache instead of a brown one.

He quickly read more on the file,skimming through some of it.

"Doctor Eggman?"Decoe and Bocoe looked at eachother,confused at the humans random actions.

"Impossible..if this is true..i was,born on this planet!"

"What?!"his robot assistants beeped out"This is Gerald Robotnik,he was the greatest scientific genius of his time,and also..my Grandfather"

"Does this mean..this world and ours are connected?"

"This world is a parallel,sharing the same position in time and space..both unaware of eachothers existance untill now"the man leaned forward to read the text more.

"But with the Chaos Control,we traveled between them"

Eggman tried a couple passwords he could think of,but they were rejected,he thought more,a passing thought coming and going.

He typed 'Maria',it was accepted.

In Area 99,the alarm went off instantly.

"They detected us..Bocoe,Decoe!"

"On it,Doctor!"they answered back,instantly going on to download everything on the files Eggman got in.

It was easy,they deleted the original file,getting it download before they could be kicked out.

Eggman realised what he was looking at.

It was his Grandfathers diary,and the capitalised name 'SHADOW' peeked the doctors interest the most.

"I think it's time to awaken this,Shadow"he smirked widely.

"I don't know much about Project Shadow other than the name,but there was a file that we couldn't reach"the President sighed,leaning back into the car seat.

Rouge hummed"Why is that?"

"Password protected,no one ever cracked it,even for how simple it was to get in,the same man who created Project Shadow did it,so im not suprised,but all of that was 50 years ago"

"The hacker downloaded the file and deleted the original one"his secretary said,Rouge smiled"Sounds like Eggman"

"What is our mission then,sir"Topaz spoke up.

"We already have a agent checking Project Shadow,you will find out what Eggman wants with it"

With that they were dropped off"We're gonna need a Chaos Emerald as bait"Rouge stared as the limo drove away,Topaz nodded.

Chris wasn't exactly thrilled to be moved into a apartment complex while the mansion was cleaned up.

He wasn't that bothered though.

He watched the city below through the window.

"Forest,do you-oh"he turned only to see Forest sleeping on his bed,the hedgehog peacefully asleep.

He smiled,walking over"After everything,you deserve this"the child threw the blanket over him.

Sonic had a small incounter with the Messenger Robot,it was a little annoying having it screaming at him for saving it from the rubble.

He ran off pretty quickly,not wanting to deal with it.

It was alot more annoying than Tails had described it.

Stewart got a reporter who had relations to the people working on that project years ago.

Rouge flew with some dificulty,the Master Emerald tied on a thick rope,she and Topaz had gotten into Angel Island,with Rouge deciding the Master Emerald was a big enough bait to use.

"You sure are heavy"She grunted.

"HEY!"she looked back only to see rocks coming her way,she was hit,letting go of the rope in her hands and landing in a bush with a groan on pain.

Topaz gasped,about to come for her when she stepped on something with a dark blue color.

She looked down to see,a Chaos Emerald"Rouge,wait,i found a Chaos Emerald"She held it out for the bat to see.

Rouge huffed,muttering something under her breath before jumping after the Master Emerald again.

Topaz groaned,facepalming.

Rouge was tackled again by Knuckles,the echidna being caught off guard as he realised who it was when the mask on Rouge was taken off as she hit a tree.

"You're-"he yelped as he was kicked,Rouge taking the Master Emerald again,and flying up so Knuckles couldn't reach her,Topaz quick to follow the bat.

"I'll find you"the echidna growled out.

Meanwhile on a small island called Prison Island,a explosion went off in a part of the building.Alarms instantly went off.

Emergency lockdown began.

Eggman blasted through a clossing metal door laughing.

"Now this,this is alot more fun then getting files!"

A robot came to stop him,but a quick button press on his EggMobile was enough to destroy it as the missiles hit it's target.

"It really shoes how bad they are built"the man said annoyed by his ideas being stolen.

The machinery infront of him was old,dust littered everywhere.

The tank was too dusty to see what was inside,he got out of his pod.

He pressed some buttons on the panel next to it,and lastly with a white Chaos Emerald put into the box where a large battery were supposed to be,powering it up.

The tank opened as the lights on the machine turned on.

The form stumbled out before standing up.

A black hedgehog with red stripped quills looked back at Eggman,red eyes gleaming.

Forest snapped his eyes open,sitting up on the bed.

Somethings off

"Forest?you alright?"Chris looked up from his reading,the hedgehogs quills were up and tense,green eyes going to the window.

The blue hedgehog jumped out of bed to look out the window.

"Forest?"

He turned his head to the human.

"Something happened"he muttered.

Chapter Text

The two hedgehogs stood next to eachother,both cuffed,next to them two officers.

"I heard one of you two caused chaos at Prison Island,but you haven't done anything since we got you in the helicopter"one of the humans spoke up,a blonde.

"Don't know what you're talking about"Sonic sassed back,leaning away from the human and bumping into Forest.

The other blue hedgehog gave a warning growl at Sonics movement,the humans in the helicopters tensing at the sound.

"If you keep that up, you're gonna be in a world of hurt"another spoke up,this time the one across from them.

Grey eyes watched amused,a smirk on his lips.

I hate everything 

Forest looked pretty much ready to bite anything that got close to his personal space.

"We'll arrive at GUN in aproximately 30 minutes"the pilot spoke.

That was all Sonic and Forest needed to hear,they both broke out of their cuffs,easily with enough strengh to do so,kicking and punching the humans down before they could react.

Forest opened the door of the helicopter,Sonic walking besides him as they both looked down.

"I much prefer running than flying"Sonic said absently,jumping on the wing of the helicopter to rip out some metal as a makeshift board and falling fast to where the ground was.

Forest jumped after him.

Sonic luckyly fell where some human children were skateboarding,he did a couple tricks in the air before jumping off his metal board and running out the park.

Forest landed in a tree,getting some cuts he barely felt he jumped off and ran too.

The two of them ended up in a sewer system,getting chassed by robots not made by Eggman was not as great as the robots were destroying property.

"This place stinks"Sonic groaned,nose wrinkling,the other hedgehog next to him grunted.

"And i have to be with you too unless we wanna bring innocents into this"he groaned,that got him a growl.

"Yeah yeah,i don't like you either"

Chris watched the other kid his age wave goodbye to him.

He had finished his school hours,it wasn't as great as his old one,but it wasn't bad either.

Still,he wonders where Forest could have gone,he hadn't been there when he had woken up this morning,the hedgehog normally stayed untill Chris awoken before leaving.

He breathed in the fresh air.

It was midnight,and the National Museum of Art had clossed just a hour ago.

Inside stood a green Chaos Emerald,protected in a glass case,the reflection of the Emerald was tinted red as ruby eyes stared at it.

With no hesitation the glass was shattered and the Chaos was taken,the alarms sounded,red blinking on and off.

The black hedgehog skated out the building,stopping as floating orbs appeared infront of him.

With a small smirk the hedgehog easily dodged the electrical attacks thrown at him,destroying the orbs in a few kicks and punches.

He skated away into the dark.

With the permission of the President,a investigation was finally launched.

GUN unleashed the Beetle Troops to search the tunnels beneath the old urban district.

The robots flew into the night,hundreds of them in the sky.

"Here's a special report,someone stole the Chaos Emerald that was displayed at the National Museum of Art,i present you the footage of the culprit from the museums camera"

The reporter on TV said,Chris watched curiously,next to him Ella,Cream,Cheese,Tanaka and Chuck on the giant sofa.

The footage showed a hedgehog in the dark destroying the case where the Chaos Emerald was held and taking it for himself before walking away.

It was too dark to see the colors on the hedgehog,but from the form on TV it clearly looked like Sonic or Forest.

"The authorities have announced that the criminal might be either Forest Green or Sonic The Hedgehog"

The blonde reporter continued.

"What..but,Forest was.."Chris mumbled to himself,Cream and Cheese denying it next to him.

"Both of them are currently on the run and seen together last,which speculates if they are working together"

"That's absurd!"the human child blurts out"Those two don't get along, something must of happened if they are actually working together!"

"Chris, everything will be fine,i don't believe it's either of them either,dear"Ella pet the boys head,Tanaka nodding next to her.

Chuck crossed his arms"It dosen't make sense,Chris is right"

The brunette looked out the giant windows outside,the moon bright in the sky.

They ran past some people bunkering in the city tunnels themselfs,certainly homeless,the sound of police sirens not too far behind them.

"Y'know,this can be race to make it more fun"Sonic started.

Forest gave him a deadpan look.

"Buzzkill"Sonic stuck his toungue out.

"The way i see it,Sonic or Forest,maybe both,have teamed up with Eggman to steal the secrets of 'Project SHADOW', that is why we are trying to catch them"

Stewart leaned back into his chair more,the blonde had a calm expression on his face,looking at the screen presented to him,the reporter he got was gripping her knees tight,tense.

The blurred face of a hedgehog was on-screen, although to Stewart it didn't look like either of the blue hedgehogs.

Forest jumped out of the sewers,Sonic coming out not even a second later,green eyes watched the robots come out after,he turned into a ball and hit straight through them,cutting them like a hot knife through butter.

A light was suddenly put on them,they looked up to see a robot dropping down.

"I'll take this one!"Sonic took out a pouch from his quills and got a power ring from inside,absorbing it he turned into a spiky ball and hit the robots legs,crippling it.

He dashed away as missiles were fired at him,doing circles before jumping ontop of the robot and away,watching the missiles hit it instead.

He grinned,landing back down,Forest jogging over.

"Not too great of a robot"Forest nodded in agreement.

Suddenly a green light shined ontop of the destroyed robot,shimmering away to reveal..a black hedgehog?

"Well..it seems the Doctor was right,we do look somewhat alike"the black hedgehog said toneless.

"Hey, you're the one whos been pretending to be me..or Forest,i don't know who'd want to be him,but you're causing chaos everywhere!"

Forest gave Sonic a dark look.

Sleep with one eye open tonight fucker,cause i sure will have my foot kick your teeth out when this is all finished

Forest really wanted to take another nap.

Sonic ignored the glare given to him.

"Some kind of imposter"

"Imposter?how childish,i would say we're on completely diferent levels to even consider you two to be my fakes"the red eyed hedgehog crossed his arms.

"I am Shadow,the Ultimate Lifeform,Professor Gerald is my creator,i was created long before you two existed"

Sonic crossed his arms"Yeah,well you've-"Sonic stopped as the ground to his left cracked,the sound barrier broke.

He watched with wide eyes as Forest jumped for Shadow.

"If you hear anything new,let me know"Chuck hanged up the phone"That was Nelson,Sonic and Forest are fighting a GUN robot on Downhill Street"

Chris gained a determined glint in his eye,standing up he ran for the elevator,Tanaka running after him,Chuck not too far behind.

Eggman watched through the small drone he had flying around,watching the interaction with a grin.

"Getting Shadow was a great decision on my part,he is better than Sonic and Forest combined"he was being cocky,but Eggman was very sure of it.

Shadow was made for it after all.

The car got closser and closser to where the fight was seemingly happening,Tanaka driving as fast as possible.

Chris held the seatbelt against his chest tightly.

"Chaos Spear!"

Sonic watched it go for it's target, acknowledging the green Chaos Emerald the black hedgehog had in his hand.

"Forest!"

The Chaos Spear shot through the air and into Forests chest, where his heart lay underneath.

The car screeched to a stop as they arrived,watching the scene play out.

Forest,even with everything shutting down in his mind,forced his body to lean back last second,the Chaos Spear hitting a building behind him.

He lost consciousness.

Chris watched Forest fall to the ground with a thud,the blue hedgehog didn't make any sound,there was silence.

Shadow grunted,eyes widening at the sight,he quickly stuttered out a 'Chaos Control' under his breath and dissapeared in a green flash.

Sonic was at Forests side instantly,cursing profanities under his breath,he turned the hedgehog onto his back.

Lights were stuttered on the two hedgehogs.

"Forest Green and Sonic The Hedgehog,you are surrounded,calmly surrender!"

Some GUN grunt said,microphone in hand.

Sonic looked around franticly,his head screaming at him to just do something.

"We..surrender"he finally said,pressing his gloved hands tightly to where the giant wound on Forests chest was,he didn't wanna looks at the visible cracked ribs where he could see Forests heart pumping,but the sight was so gruesome that Sonic couldn't look away.

The hedgehogs were taken via helicopter,a medic coming with to analyse Forests condition.

After all is said and done,Chuck,who had hugged Chris tight and hadn't let go,finally let go of the breath he didn't know he was holding.

A few seconds later Chris let out the most terrified scream possible.

Shadow stood ontop the building,watching the helicopter fly away.

"I won't let anyone get in my way,Maria"he said to himself,ears flat against his head.

He pushed the image of what he did away.

Meanwhile Rouge began her plan,Chaos Emerald in hand.

Chapter Text

Chuck had the big issue of trying to put Chris to bed after.. everything.

The child had stopped screaming after a while and had cried so much he didn't have any tears left to show,but now he was silent,not responding to any of his Grandfathers questions.

So Chuck took him to bed,ready to tackle what had happened tonight in the morning.

Only to wake up and find out Chris wasn't in bed.

Tanaka and Ella hadn't seen them since they had woken up,which was earlier than the child normally does.

Chuck knows why.

Chris ran away,and probably,the elders best guess,was Prison Island,where the two blue hedgehogs were taken.

The old human couldn't do anything, it's been hours,there was no way to catch up to his grandson.

He prayed he came back safely.

"To think those two would team up with Eggman"Amy huffed,she and Tails were inside the X-Tornado,flying to Prison Island,having heard the news first thing in the morning.

"Yeah,i don't believe it either"Tails didn't buy it one bit.

Sonic sat leaned against the only wall in the metal cell he was trapped inside.

The writtings on it looked like gibberish to him,but they looked knowingly placed.

He turned his head from the writtings on the wall to look down to his right where a spiky blue ball sat,tips of black gloves holding the quills tight.

"You alright?"the ball growled at him lowly"alright, i'll leave you be"he turned his head the other way,grey eyes glinting in slight worry.

The quills untensed slightly,in the darkness of the ball shined two green eyes.

The water that surrounded them made Forest wish the spear that 'Shadow' person had done,actually killed him.

Still, I'd rather live just so i can shove my own quills into his stomach

His thoughts were morbid,but it kept him away from thinking about the tightly wrapped bandages around his chest.

It hurt,alot.

"They can't escape unless they're somehow magicians,if they do, they're surrounded with water,they can't do anything"

The Island was filled with security,only a miracle could free the hedgehogs at that point.

"Escape is impossible"the security man grinned watching the cameras,laughing..a little maniacly.

The workers with him seemed to scoot a way from the man.

"I say this is a nice place to relax in"

The mindless chatter had helped Forest relax a tiny bit,not holding his spiky form that tightly anymore,still,his quills remained sharp.

Forest could see Sonics own quills remain tense aswell,the other hedgehog looked relaxed otherwise.

Atleast im not the only one feeling like im in danger

Chris paddled the boat faster,the burning in his arms had went and past a few hours ago,he stopped feeling them.

He had stolen a boat from shore and took off to where Prison Island was in the middle of the night.

For hours he had been in the ocean.

And the island kept getting bigger and bigger the more he paddled,sun up and shining above him.

He turned his head to watch a small figure in the sky fly towards the island,he watched it in silence,not long after the Islands alarms went off.

He didn't waste any time and continued on,using the chance to get on the island.

"Never thought I'd be coming back here again"Eggman leaned into his EggMobiles chair more,hands behind his head.

His goal this time?

Activating the Eclipse Cannon,the one he had read about in that file,from Shadows words,he needed all the Chaos Emeralds too.

"Sorry to keep you waiting"Rouge landed next to him,Shadow teleporting a second after.

"So,are the Chaos Emeralds really stored inside the GUN military base?"the human asked.

"It's up to you whether you believe it or not"the bat responded,hands on her hips.

"Hm, i'll explain the plan"Eggman was gonna keep a close eye on the bat, that's for sure.

"I'll distract GUN,while you enter the base,next,Shadow will place this in the ammunition warehouse"he took out a timed bomb, small but deadly.

"We don't want them chasing us,so we'll blow up the entire island"Shadow caught the bomb thrown at him,nodding.

"Rouge,you will steal the Chaos Emeralds from the storehouse,our time limit is 30 minutes"

With that their mission began.

"What's happening down there"Tails looked at the carnage below him,smoke was coming from destroyed buildings on the island.

"Did Sonic and Forest escape?"Amy wondered.

"If they did,we have to help!"

Tails dodged some bullets that were aimed randomly around and managed to land where nothing had been destroyed.

Amy hopped out,she blinked when she saw the back of a black hedgehog.

Did Forest and Sonic turn super?the hedgehog didn't look gold though.

"Sonic?um,Forest?"she took a few steps forward towards the other hedgehog.

"Don't interfere, we're busy!"Eggman floated down,pointing his finger at the pink hedgehog.

"Eggman!"Tails gripped his controll panel.

"Shadow,Rouge, i'll handle this,go on ahead!"the human sent a missile at the metal door,destroying it,Rouge and Shadow running inside.

Amy took out her hammer,swinging it,Eggmans quickly took to the sky again,the hammer missing it's target.

Tails turned the X-Cyclone into the X-Tornado and followed after the Doctor.

Amy put her hammer away,thinking about what just happened.

"That wasn't Sonic or Forest,but..this Shadow person?"She also questioned Rouges involvement in this,working for Eggman again was weird for the bat these days.

She shook her head.

"Either way,i need to get to those blue hedgehogs!"she ran inside the building.

Chris climbed the rocks with dificulty,the brunette feeling the sweat on his forehead.

He didn't flinch away from the explosions above,or the rocks that fell past him into the water.

He just continued climbing up.

Rouge walked out the room with a red and light blue Chaos Emeralds in both hands.

The Emeralds sparkled brightly.

"Too easy"she smirked,she took out a walkie talkie as static spat out from it.

"Doctor, it's all set"Shadow held the comunicator on his wrist up to his face,the bomb was placed on one of the walls of the warehouse.

"What time should i put it on for?"

"We no longer have any time to waste,Shadow set the bomb to explode in 15 minutes,got that Rouge?"

"All i need is 5 minutes"Shadows ears twitched as he heard the bat speak.

"Then let's split the diference and set it for 10 minutes"

"Roger"he set the time.

Amy panted as she ran,coming to a stop to a peculiar room.

"What is this?"she walked closser"water?"

She quickly turned around as another pair of footsteps alerted her"Chris?!"

Her eyes widened as he looked at the child.

Chris gave her a numb look,walking forward,Amy followed him,the platform beneath them moved forward,further inside the room.

"That's..Them!"She beamed.

They reach the end,the doors opening,they both went to the cell.

"Sonic,Forest!"the pink hedgehog smiled brightly.

"Intruders detected!"a robotic voice echoed throughout the room.

Her ears drooped"Sheesh"

Sonic got up from his seating position to come closser to them"Amy,Chris,nice to see you two"

"Yeah! Don't worry, we'll get you two out!"Amys green eyes looked around the cell.

"Actually,im quite comfortable"

"Huh?"she crossed her arms"what do you mean?"

"I mean,think about it,if me and Forest are both here,we can prove our innocence from that imposter running around"

"Oh,you mean that black hedgehog? he's actually somewhere around the island"

While Sonic and Amy talked,Chris walked closser to the cell,eyes on the blue ball almost completely curled up.

"Forest?"the childs voice was but a whisper,still Forest heard it,the hedgehog uncurled,rolling right infront of the human,sat on the ground,the only thing separating them were the steel beams,Chris took a seat himself on the floor.

The human scanned the bandages tightly wrapped around the hedgehog chest,the blood on them dried, atleast he wasn't bleeding anymore.

"You're..okay"his voice quivered,hands grasping the bars.

Forest leaned forward,black gloves going between the bars to hold Chris face into them.He hummed a tune,one he had done a couple times when Chris would have trouble falling asleep.

The boy formed a small smile.

"What are those doodles on the wall?"Amy asked curiously.

"Don't know to be honest,still,if what you just is true,i need to have another round at this Shadow dude!"Sonic kicked the cell door open.

The four ran,the metal doors clossing one by one behind them.

Sonic held onto Amys wrist,while Forest held Chris in his arms,they finally got out the building.

"Hey guys!woah,Chris?"Tails waved,a confused smile on his face.

"Tails!Take Amy and Chris,im going after the Shadow dude"with no other explanation the blue hedgehog jumped across the destroyed buildings and away.

"Ah,and there he goes"the pink hedgehog sighed.

"Forest,you look..bad"Tails namesakes twitched,watching Forest put Chris back on his legs.

The hedgehog waved his hand at the fox.

"Oh no mister, you're not fooling anyone,i don't know what happened,but your legs are shaky,those bandages might hide the injury,but your legs sure don't!"Amy shook her head.

"Forest.."Chris tugged on the blue hedgehogs hand.

"Bomb detected,leave the island immediatly,i repeat,bomb detected"

the robotic voice echoed throughout the island.

"Oh no,we should go,now!"

"Tails,Sonic is still somewhere trying to find that Shadow hedgehog!"

"Well,then we'll find him while in the X-Tornado!"

Forest's green eyes shined,before tugging his hand softly out of Chris's own and dashing away.

"Forest!"

"There's no time,i don't know Forests plan,but we gotta believe he can do it!"

"Shadow,what are you doing?!The bomb is going to explode soon!"Shadow tsked at Eggmans words.

"Blow up?!"Sonic's eyes widened"I gotta-"he turned to run only to get kicked"Gah!"

His head was pressed into the ground by a metal shoe.

"Two minutes is all i need"

He quickly talked to Rouge on the comunicator,letting her know he's coming for the Chaos Emeralds,the bat haven been trapped in one of the rooms in the building.

He held up the green Chaos Emerald stepping away from Sonics form"Chaos Control"his red eyes widened as a blue blurr grabbed him,teleporting alongside the black hedgehog.

The X-Tornado flew around the island,the smoke coming out of it massive,having exploded finally by the bomb.

"Well,i can confirm he's not dead,teleported with the Shadow dude"Sonic said holding onto the jets wing.

"I hope he's gonna be alright"Amy said quietly.

Chris hugged himself,watching the island below burn.

Tails turned the X-Tornado,blasting away from the sight.

Chapter Text

"Shadow,wait-"

"Chaos Control!"

With the Chaos Emeralds in hand Shadow dissapeared alongside Rouge and Forest.

The timer went off,the island exploding miliseconds after.

"We have a follow-up report on the Prison Island explosion,acording to a formal announcement by GUN,there were no casualties"

The newly installed TV in Chucks apartment room was on,the report of what had happened yesterday finally answered.

"Told ya, Forest's fineeee"Sonic in fact,was not fine himself,Chris clinged onto him tighter at the hedgehogs words.

Sonic hasn't been let go of since they fell asleep,the child clearly clinging onto the clossest thing he knows is comforting

Which was Sonic..and after questioning Chuck,the elder could only come up with the fact that Forest would let Chris hug him for as long as the child wanted when he was in distress.

Sonic just resembled Forest.

If that didn't annoy the hell out of him though.

"Hm"Chris looked comforted by that, even if only a little.

The boy just played the scene he had seen over and over again in his head,he had barely slept because of this,he could only hope whatever Forest was planning didn't end up killing the hedgehog.

"Sonic the hedgehog and Forest Green are currently in hiding-"

Ella turned the TV off.

"Chris..come on bud,i can't be your plushie 24/7"Sonic begged lightly.

"Are you gonna stay here Sonic?"Amy asked"No way"Chris let go of the grip he has on him,Sonic didn't hesitate to dash out the door.

Chris mentally thanked the blue hedgehog for putting up with him for so long.

"With how this is going,Forest is definetly in Eggmans secret base"Tails stood up from his bean bag"We gotta find it"

"Then we split up to find it!"

"We'll look for it too!"Cream chimed in,Cheese nodding aswell.

Chuck looked at Chris,who stared at nothing in particular,he was gonna need to have a talk with his grandson.

Meanwhile in the desert, Knuckles ran,sand sticking to his fur and the sun beaming down at him.

"I'll get that damn bat!"he fell on his stomach as the ground shook,he looked around as the shaking stopped,spotting smoke not too far away from where he was.

He ran up the hill and stopped,purple eyes widening as he looked at the pyramid down below.

"What the.."

This was a horrible idea

Forest looked through the massive window,the planet in full view,he turned his head lightly to look at Shadow who stood to his left.

"This is the Space Colony ARK"the other hedgehog started"it was constructed by the great scientist,Professor Gerald"

Fuck my whole life that ended up to this point!

He was in space,miles away from actual ground.

Still,Forest could see the looks Shadow kept giving him,they were at his chest where the bandages were.

A hint of guilt, didn't take the guy for it,then again,who am i to judge a book by it's cover

If only he wasn't in space of all things, although..trying to change the hedgehogs mind about doing this might work?

"You've been silent since the first time i've seen you"his ears twitched at that.

"Can you not speak?"that tone had genuine curiousity in it.

For someone so capable of power,you sure act innocent 

It made Forest angry at how similar the hedgehog was to how he was like the first time he woke up.

No knowledge of how he got there and why he was like this,even after spending time with Chris he was tense,but still,Forest had been innocent to the world around him at that point.

Not the same,but i can see myself in him,even if a little 

Going by the glazed look Shadow had now,he was remembering something.

Forest raised a hand to his chest,rubbing at the pain that hasn't wavered.

"I know Maria,i promise"Shadow muttered under his breath, Forest's ears perked up,hearing those words.

Someone close,a promise maybe?either way, she's definetly dead by how he spoke of her

Forest's green eyes locked onto Shadows red ones.

Forest still wanted to pummel the hedgehog,but..he couldn't ignore the feelings of empathy he was begining to have.

"She sounded nice"the blue hedgehog muttered.

Shadow flinched,ears back,realising he had said those words loud enough for the other to hear.

He didn't respond to that,continuing to look out the window to where Earth was.

Forest did too.

Im so tired

"Doctor,are you really gonna let Forest alone with Shadow only?"Decoe asked,Bocoe himself working on the Eclipse Cannon.

"Yes, whatever that hedgehog planned,it went down the drain,he knows full well he can't do anything with Shadow looking at him"the human smirked.

"People around the world,listen! My name is Dr.Eggman"

Sonic skidded to a stop where a window to a random house was,hearing Eggman on TV,he walked close to the window.

"Always getting carried away,huh"

"Look up at the sky"

The hedgehog did,looking up at the moon,he blinked as a spotted another planet on the other side?

"Im broadcasting live from outer space! Now,witness the power of the Eggman Empire!"

Sonics eyebrows furrowed"What-"his grey eyes widened as that weird planet exploded,showing what was underneath.

He watched the giant sphere power up,then shoot a beam towards the moon,destroying half of it.

The X-Tornado flew by his line of vision.

"Holy shit.."the blue hedgehog whispered,caught off-guard,his question of what Eggman had been planning on doing gathering the Chaos Emeralds answered.

Forest's fists clenched as he watched the whole thing,Rouge,who had decided to stop by,gasping.

"He wasn't kidding when he said it's an ultimate weapon that can destory planets"she said under her breath.

"Did you see the power of the Eclipse Cannon? If you don't want Earth to meet the same fate,surrender within 24 hours!"the human laughed.

"Cocky"Sonic tsked,how was he gonna get up there?

The hours went by,again left alone only with Shadow.

Forest hadn't entertained the thoughts of trying anything,the black hedgehog could easily kill him,atleast that was Forests thinking process.

One fucking Chaos Emerald,one

His plan had being able to run around,being in space put a end to that.

"This is the final time that mankind will see the suprise"the blue hedgehogs ears flicked.

"You haven't killed me"he forced out,mouth forming into a frown.

Shadow seemed to contemplate his words,when a certain bat walked in again.

"Good morning"she said with a smile,Shadow didn't look at her"I didn't expect anything from Forest,but you Shadow?"

The black hedgehog walked away"Oh my,did i offend you?"he walked out the room silent.

She shrugged her shoulders"so defiant"

While Tails knew the X-Tornado couldn't get to space with only one Chaos Emerald,the fox had a genius idea of making a replica of the yellow Chaos Emerald he did have.

It wasn't perfect,but it worked.

So with that Tails and Chuck worked hard on the jet.

While Sonic outran some cops,he came across Knuckles who was getting attacked by some GUN robots.

He helped the echidna defeat them,even if he protested at it.

Tanaka raced through with his motorcycle,using his martial art skills to take a few out.

Cream came out the sewer system,telling them to get in,the hedgehog and echidna didn't hesitate to.

"A rocket?"

"Most likely"

The car went through the desert easily enough,specially made for the sandy terrain.

Tanaka drove with speed,Amy in the passengers seat, Cream,Sonic and Knuckles in the back.

"Is Rouge really with Eggman right now?"

"Yeah"Sonic looked around absently.

"There's a pyramid ahead!"Tanaka spoke up.

They got out the car,Tanaka wishing them good luck and Cream waving goodbye to them as he sped off.

Topaz peaked behind the corner of the pyramid,walkie talkie in hand"Sonics team is entering Eggmans base,please give me my orders"

After Sonic and Amy bullied Knuckles into finding the key to the golden door that kept them away from getting inside more,fighting a golem robot via Knuckles getting it to punch the door open.

Amy watched unamused as the echidna and hedgehog played with the robot,that went away quickly when the robot managed to capture Topaz as a hostage though.

The two stopped playing and destroyed the golem.

They got further inside,getting ahold of some control panels,Amy took to pressing them,watching the results.

Alot of them didn't do anything usefull,but one did get the top of the pyramid to open,allowing Tails,who had just arrived,to get inside easily.

The fox landed,hoping out the X-Cyclone.

"I reconfigured the X-Tornado,now we can get to outer space"he announced.

He frowned"there's only four seats though"

"Hm, you're right"Amy crossed her arms in thought.

"Then let's use the rocket!"Sonic pointed behind him,the rocket looked pretty new.

"After i went through the trouble of upgrading.."Tails groaned.

"Chris..son?"Chuck sat next to the boy on the couch.

Chris looked up at him"If there's something borthering you,you can talk to me"

They sat in silence for a moment.

"F..Forest!"the human child suddenly brought his Grandfather into a tight hug,bursting into tears.

Chuck didn't waste time hugging back,shushing his Grandson.

"It's gonna be alright son, he's Forest, he'll pull through"he muttered,eyes clossed.

Chuck really hoped he wasn't giving Chris false hope,he was gonna kill that blue hedgehog himself if he got himself killed.

Chapter Text

Stewart parked the car,watching the reporter he had gotten get out first,he stopped the car and got out,gently clossing the door.

They were in a retirement home,the blonde was certain himself they'd find something om Project SHADOW.

They just had to interview said person who happened to have been there.

Space was pretty in Tails's eyes.

He turned the rocket away from the atsteroids in it's path,Amy making awed sounds as the rocks moved out of view.

"It's pretty"she muttered.

"Your minions aren't very reliable"

"That's none of your business!"Eggman said at the screen,Rouge crossed her legs at her seat"Well, i'll prepare the counter-attack,give me the password to control the colony"

"It's 'Maria', i'll be on standby aboard Crazy Gadget"the call ended.

"Deceiving that old man is a piece of cake,now, let's get to work"she entered the password.

She got into the file and got to reading it.

"The ultimate creature development project,someone who must not exist..Shadow? Secure and dispose?"her eyebrows furrowed"what does this mean?"She stood up from her seat"then..who is he?"

Think idiot,what else can you do?

By now Forest was sat on the floor,back facing the window,lost in thought.

He rubbed at the bandages,the pain hasn't wavered even now.

"They're here"his ears perk up at that.

He stood up quickly,holding onto the window for support as he felt dizzy at the fast movement.

"They'll die here"

The blue hedgehog tsked at that,Shadow gave him a glance over"If you don't believe me,then i guess we'll see the answer soon"

That blue bitch might be annoying,but he isn't one to underestimate

The rocket in the distance got closser by the second.

"Leave,i have nothing to say to the press!"

"Please calm down, we're not planning to write a tabloid article!"Stewart watched the reporter talk,her voice trying to instill calm.

"What happened at that colony 50 years ago?"he spoke up,the balding elder looked away"i don't know anything"he denied the claims.

"Among the former members of GUN's special forces, you're the only person we could find,please,tell us what happened"the brunette pleaded again.

"You have no idea how dangerous this is! There's no point in digging into this now!"

"But i still want to know the truth! Many people who were involved in this project lost their lives! Like..like my father"

"Scarlet"Stewart put a hand on her shoulder.

They left,they couldn't force the old man to talk,but maybe if they came back at a later date they could loosen those lips.

As they walked out they stopped.

There were men in black,all wearing sunglasses and having the same haircut waiting for them.

"Scarlet,run as fast as you can to the car"he instantly said.

"H-huh"

"Hurry!"

"Okay!"

She ran for the car, Stewart taking the men on,his martial art skills surpassing their fighting prowess.

Unfortunally one slipped away to get to Scarlet, Stewart called for her as she was grabbed.

Then the man they'd been trying to talk to earlier knocked the man out,for the elders age,he was still good at fighting.

Black cars turned to their street.

"This way!"the old man called pointing,they followed.

"I think we're safe now"Stewart sighed in relief.

"Thank you"Scarlet said with a shaky smile,sat down on the ground.

"You sure are strong"he compliment the elder.

"I still work out at the gym,besides,i don't want anyone else to die"

The rocket slowly went beneath the ARK,Tails frowning at the lasers that adorned it.

"We have to be carefull"he said to Sonic who nodded.

Knuckles gasped"stop the ship!"the echidna grabbed ahold of the wheel,Tails yelping"K-Knuckles wait!"

"The Master Emerald is nearby!"

The eratic movement signaled the lasers,charging at the rocket.

Sonic grit his teeth as one of the lasers hit a wing despite Tails best efforts of evading them.

"I'll let you off the ship! Go to the cockpit!"

"Master Emerald!"

They crashed into the giant fan of the ARK.

"Intruder detected in Area M14"

The voice repeated again,Rouge blinked"What are they doing?"

The bat leaned back in her chair.

Knuckles busted down another door,running closser to where he felt the Master Emerald was,finally he punched the final door down,the Master Emerald in view down below.

"Finally!"he jumped down and ran over to it,he skidded to a stop as Rouge got in his path.

"Nope,i won't let you have this gem"she huffed,waving her hand nonchalantly.

The red echidna snarled,cracking his neck he got into a fighting stance.

They fought roughly,in the end, Knuckles won the duel,Rouge letting him take it.

She watched the echidna run off, Master Emerald held up in the air,the brown scarf tails twirling in the makeshift wind behind him.

"It's about time that i leave"the bat put her hands on her hips.

"This place is so empty"Amy commented,the X-Cyclone walking around the empty halls.

The X-Tornado was brought with inside the rocket,curstsy to Tails idea,it might have been the right choice with how long the hallways of the ARK were.

"We don't have much time left,we have to destory the weapon"Sonic grumbled,Tails's ears twitched at that as they got into a room.

"About that"He took out the fake Chaos Emerald and gave it to Sonic"A Chaos Emerald?"

"Chuck and i made it to power up the X-Tornado, it's not like the real thing,but it's made to absorb the energy of the Chaos And explode"

Sonic smirked"So i can use this to destroy the control system"

A crab like claw suddenly came towards them.clamping onto Amys form.

"I've been waiting for you,Sonic..give me the Chaos Emerald!"Eggman said with a grin,Amy squirming against the claw.

"Or else she's going to die!"

Sonic pursed his lips"i don't care"

The pink hedgehog got irritated at his words"Sonic,what do you mean by that?!"

"Even if i do this?"he pressed a button,the grip getting stronger,Amy letting out a yowl of pain.

The blue hedgehog got down the X-Cyclone"fineee"he held the fake Chaos Emerald in view for the human to see.

"Put the Emerald in the center of the circle"

"You're really acting like a real villain huh,i think im starting to see you in a whole new light"he walked slowly to the center,placing it down.

A glass circled cell fell ontop of him.

"I'll send you out into space and blow you up!"

Sonic cursed under his breath for letting his guard down.

"W-wait Sonic, i'll give you the real one-i mean!"

"Real?oh boy,that means i don't have to restrain myself!"

With a press of a button the pod ejected out the ARK and into the endless space,a few moments later the pod exploded silently,the others watching through the window in horror.

"Sonic was nothing more than an ordinary hedgehog after all"Shadow chided watching the scene.

The black hedgehog turned his head to Forest.

"Now you'll know that there's nothing in this world that's worth trusting"

Small green pupils looked back at him,a blank look meeting Shadows own.

Shadow frowned.

Forest growled.

"Our mission was simple,there was an accident on ARK,so we were told to close the facility"

"An accident?"

"Everyone knew that was just an excuse,however..none of us were brave enough to question it,we followed orders and went into space"

Stewart crossed his arms,leaning against the tree as he listened to the Ex-GUN member.

"There were many rumors about ARK,such as doing research for eternal life or creating the ultimate lifeform"

Scarlet frowned at his words.

"But then..i saw a little girl,she ran as quickly as i spotted her..i followed,she got inside a locked room and i thought she wanted to free those things in the pods..all i wanted to do was stop her"the elder brought his hands to his face, crying.

"I didn't know where the pod she sent went,our mission ended when we sealed away the prototype of the ultimate lifeform"

"So that's what really happened 50 years ago"

"We got rid of researchers who resisted,and it was all covered up as an accident,the girls name was also on the list of victims"the elder clossed his eyes, remembering.

"I volunteered for GUN because i wanted to be a hero that protects the peace,but in reality.."Scarlet took hers hands into his.

The old man looked into her eyes.

"We won't let your feelings go to waste"she said determined.

Stewart smiled.

Knuckles barely stopped to not crash into Sonic as he appeared in a flash.

"Sonic?!"he put the Master Emerald down to check on him"Hey,pull yourself together!"the hedgehog sat up shakely"Knuckles?"he looked down at himself"i really was able to do it when i tried"he opened his palm to look at the fake Emerald.

Even with the newly aquired body,Sonic did it,he Chaos Controled.

"Knuckles,im worried about Tails and the others,can you watch them for me?"

"And what about you?"

"Im going to throw this right down the weapons barrel!"

"Roger,im copying the data as we speak"Rouges talked on the walkie talkie,watching the screen slowly copy the files.

"It seems that destroying the Eclipse Cannon won't put an end to all the problems"

Topaz answered at the other end, she was still at the pyramid,hiding in the shade.

Rouge took the disk out as it finished.

"It looks like there's something more going on, Eggman dosen't know the details either,but i have a bad feeling about this"

"You should retrieve the Chaos Emeralds and leave, we'll analyse the data when you're back on land.Rouge-"

The walkie-talkie that was dropped on the ground was smashed under Shadows metal shoes.

"If you don't want to die,keep your hands off the Chaos Emeralds, you're the Presidents special agent Rouge"red eyes stared fiercely into blue.

"Did you check up on me?"the bat gave him a wink,putting distance"that's a invasion of privacy"

"I can say the same about you"the black hedgehog said back,he held onto the blue hedgehogs quills harder.

Rouge looked at down at Forest,the hedgehog having been dragged by force here,the bandages around his chest loose and blood trickling down them,a trail of blood leading from out the room showed he had been bleeding for a while.

Forest gave the bat little attention as he snarled showing his teeth,quills sharpening,still Shadow had a good grip on him.

"I finished my job so im taking what i came here to get and going home"The bat waved around the disk in her hand.

"You're a imposter"

"Which one of us is the real imposter"She gave him a knowing look.

"What do you mean by that?"

Forest tuned out their talking,ears turning to the sound some rooms away,maybe fighting?

Out,get out,im so tired,im so tired,out,let go

He couldn't really form a actual good string of thought,the pain in his chest growing by the minute.

"Shadow,i acquired all the Chaos Emeralds"

Hearing Eggmans voice made him focus again.

"Someone is heading straight towards the Eclipse Cannon, it's going to fire very soon,i want you to go there"

He was dragged across the floor again.

"Do you actually believe that you're the real Shadow? all your memories might be fake!"Rouge pointed at him,Forest blinked.

"Even if my memories are fake, that's all i have,all i care about is carrying out her wishes"he continued being dragged out the room.

"Im suprised"

Sonic turned,a frown already on his muzzle as he recognised the voice,he turned.

"I thought that explosion turned you into space dust"

The blue hedgehogs grey eyes widened as he looked down at Forest.

He continued walking alongside Shadow"Sorry,but im known for being stubborn"

He watched at the corner of his eye as Forest weakly squirmed,the bandages barely hanging on and slightly showing the gruesome wound underneath.

"What? You were able to Chaos Control with that fake?"

"Im in a hurry,so i'll go on ahead!"with that Sonic dashed away in a blue blurr.

Shadow let go of Forest and skated after him.

Forest wheezed,weakly sittimg up,watching the wreckage the two started to make from afar.

Even with whatever Shadow was doing down there,Eggman put the last Chaos Emerald in.

He pushed passed his robot assistants and smashed the button to fire.

The Chaos Emeralds glowed..then stopped,the lights turning off aswell as the Emeralds bright colors.

"What?!"

The the screen turned back on,half of them showing a timer.

The other half showed a old man with a mustache,locked in place my straps in a chair,behind him scribbles of formulas.

"Gramps?!"

The man in the video spoke.

"I declare the death sentence on all of mankind"

Forest froze,ears twitching as he listens to the intercom.

"In 27 minutes and 53 seconds,ARK will crash into Earth,you and Earth will die together"

The hedgehog could hear the ticking of a timer start.

His ears flattened,eyes darting around the room he was in.

No,no,no,nonononono

To declare a death sentence to all of mankind was a big announcement.

What Forest did understand though, through all that bloodloss,was that Chris was on Earth.

The child he left to try and stop this.

The boy had done no wrong.

He didn't deserve what that person said.

NononononononNONONONONONO

Forest's breathing quickened.

It hadn't even been a week since the Chaos incident.

Forest should of..tried harder to talk to Shadow,tried to reason with the hedgehog to stop all of this.

Not clamp up,not have his throat squeeze when he tried to talk again,not to realise that despite the guilt the black hedgehog had felt,the promise he has made to that 'Maria' was the most important thing to him.

He stood up fully.

Well,actions speak louder than words.

Shadow wasn't the only hedgehog that had a human they love dearly.

Chapter Text

"aw,you were worried about me?"Rouge said absently trying to get the jet going,having found it after a little searching around the ARK.

"The way our transmission was cut off made me worry yes!"

The bat shook as whatever was happening out there shook the room she was in.

Those two were Sonic and Shadow duking it out.

Although there was another reason to it.

"What's happening?!"Eggman punched the keyboard infront of him,the automated door behind him opening,showing the others.

Knuckles eyes widened as he saw the Chaos Emeralds be inveloped in a metal casing.

The scientist tried to grab them but was unsuccesfull.

And still Geralds repeated again,the broadcast still going around Earth,the video ending with a gunshot.

"Who..who is that"Amy asked shakely"Professor Gerald Robotnik,my Grandfather,he was known as the smartest scientist of the century"Eggman replied with a deep drown as the video once again repeated.

"The tremors are getting worse"the echidna said as another hit the ARK"it's over for us"Rouge said walking in.

"I just received a transmission from Earth,this colony is heading towards Earth at tremendous speed,at this rate, we'll crash into Earth"her expression held sorrow and anger.

"Gramps,you mad scientist..you sure did it"Eggman can give credit where it's due.

"Tell me what's going on"Sonic walked in.

"Sonic!"Tails called out.

"You're one tough hedgehog, where's the other?"the bald man looked over his shoulder.

"Forest is.. somewhere, couldn't find him,the blood trail stopped at a certain point"the blue hedgehog rubbed at his forehead,walking closser.

Eggman got a small laptop to type in"I found my Grandfathers diary in Prison Islands data bank"he showed it to the hedgehog.

"I don't understand why things turned out this way,was it a mistake to try and create a ultimate lifeform?"Sonic muttered reading,grey eyes scanning the text quickly.

He frowned"Well,a man with nothing else to lose is the scariest kind of person as they say,it says he could completely control Shadows memories and left everything up to him"

The timer showed 17 minutes left.

Topaz watched the sky with eery calmness,the red flame having slowly been coming closser and closser.

She held the walkie talkie close to her chest.

Forest breathed heavily,his footsteps heavy as he leaned on the wall for support.

The hallway he was in was almost silent if not for the ticking of the timer and the occasional shake of the ARK.

His vision was blurry and sometimes it was hard to open his eyes after blinking but he kept onwards.

He yelped as the wall he had leaned on opened,showing it had been a door,he hissed as he landed on his side, crushing his arm underneath.

He got up slowly,looking into the room.

There were alot of machinery,a giant table in the middle,diferent shaped gems laid across it.

He shuffled over.

He looked over the paper lying around,reading some of the text.

"For all this purpose,i don't think making something like this will ever work,Professor Gerald thinks it is a great item to be succesfully made,but i myself am doubtfull,making a energy source from negativity that can stay inside precious gems is a crazy idea"

He dropped it and leaned across the table to look at the gems.

They were red in color,see-through,one did pipe his interest though.

He grabbed a traingle shaped one in his black gloved hand,holding it up to his face.

The red color of it was duller than the others,almost black.

Forest tilted his head,ears pointed forward.

The others planned to stop the Chaos Emeralds, Knuckles and Sonic grouped together in particular.

After a round of water trying to sweep them away, Knuckles quickly pulled Sonic inside as the door started clossing,Bocoe and Decoe following after with the Master Emerald being carried by the robots.

Forest peaked through a room,perking up as he saw Amy in it.

He stumbled inside"Forest?!"the pink hedgehog quickly grabbed him as the blue hedgehogs strengh left his legs.

"Here,oh dear"she pulled him to the window to lean against"Are you alright?oh what am i asking of course you're not"

He waved her hands away"If..If you say so,the others are gonna stop this, don't worry"she gave him a smile.

"It's pointless"they looked at the entrance door to see Shadow,the black hedgehog took a few steps inside.

Forest could feel his quills tense up instantly.

"Shadow.."Amy murmured.

"Do you believe they created you as a tool?"

The words echoed throughout the empty room.

Shadow blinked,looking at Forest,the blue hedgehog pressed against his wound as it started bleeding again.

Amy gasped,not only for hearing him speak but because of the bleeding,she replaced his hand with her own.

"Forest..please,save your strengh-"

"You still haven't killed me"Amy looked back at Shadow with big eyes.

She gulped"He's.. he's right,then that must mean you aren't a bad person!"

"All im doing is carrying out Maria's wish"

"Revenge?"Amy scoffed"How would you know that?"

"What.."

"Who'd want their last wish to be something horrible,to put that responsibility to their friend even?"She continued

"You're living for revenge just to die afterwards,, aren't you?"She accused,Forest pulled his head back to rest on the window,green eyes piercing through red ones.

"There's nothing in this world worth saving"Shadow rebutted"they took Maria away from me,she wasn't allowed to leave because her body was weak since birth"

Amy gave Forest a look as the blue hedgehog scowled.

"But guess what humans did,they killed her!"he said louder.

Forest finally let out a deep growl,shaking Amys hands away to stand up and step towards the black hedgehog,Amy didn't try to subdue him.

"That might be true,so they're selfish, whatever you want to call them,but they're all living"She rebutted back.

Amy put a hand on Forest's shoulder"They're doing their best to live so that they can all live together in happiness someday"She said calmly.

"Don't take that future away from them"she pleaded.

"I won't let you take Chris's future away!"Forest tackled the black hedgehog in a screech,Amy grabbed the hedgehog and pulled him back"F-Forest,please!"

I'll fucking kill you,i don't care,i will,i swear,let me go!

Shadow stumbled,eyes glazed over as he started to remember.

Forest wheezed,coughing out blood as his body srcreamed at him to rest,Amy holding him upwards best she could.

Shadow stood up silently,a tear going down his muzzle.

"Maria.. that's what you were actually hoping for"Shadow smiled, Amy giving him one in return.

The clock ticked down to 9 minutes.

They were in the center.

The walls were rainbow tinted,the room was massive,some kind of laser shapped machine all in the center.

"This must be it"Knuckles said,they all yelped as the room shook,a giant lizard falling from ceiling and on the ground infront of them.

It let out a roar.

"This must be the prototype that was sealed away"the echidnas eyes sharpened.

Sonic took to a fighting stance although it broke when Shadow came into his periferial vision.

"Let me take care of it"

"Shadow!"

"Secure the Chaos Emeralds while i distract it!"Sonic looked Shadow for a few seconds before nodding.

Shadow skated to the lizard,hitting it in one of containers on it's back,it roared in pain.

"Let go!"Sonic dashed after, Knuckles following after,Decoe and Bocoe carrying the Master Emerald as fast as they can.

They went up the stairs of the makeshift alter,the robots putting the giant Emerald down in the center of it.

"Master Emerald,please stop the Chaos Emeralds!"Knuckles pleaded,the Master Emerald glowed at his words after a minute of silence.

Shadow meanwhile stomped on the metal container that the lizard had on it's back,it roared in pain again.

The Chaos Emeralds that stood ontop of each pillar dropped to the ground,colors dull.

"We did it"the echidna grinned,Bocoe and Decoe cheering.

They watched the prototype dissapear in white particals.

"It vanished.."Shadow appeared by the stairs"It Chaos Controled"he frowned.

The ARK shook.

"Can you hear me?The prototype is still alive, it's fusing with the colony to crash into Earth together!"

Eggman said on the intercom,panicked.

Sonic clenched his fists before letting out a laugh"That won't work"he stepped towards the Chaos Emeralds,Shadow quick to stand besides him.

They glowed brightly,surrounding the two,spinning untill their shapes were too blurry to look at.

Finally the light stopped, Knuckles opening his eyes to see two golden hedgehog floating off the ground.

The echidna smirked.

Amy and Forest looked out the window,the pink hedgehog still held her gloved hand to Forests still bleeding chest,the wound not having stopped to even a trickle.

Sonic's golden form appeared behind them,Amy gasped"Sonic!"

"Hey Amy,Forest,you doing okay?"the golden hedgehog floated towards Forest"You look..worse than earlier"

Sonic reached a hand forward,Forest could feel the power radiating through that hand,it was so..positive.

The blue hedgehog smacked the others hand away.

Red eyes widened"oh,ah,sorry"he looked at Amy"make sure he makes it"

"I promise"

With that the golden hedgehog dissapeared just as quickly as he appeared.

They look out the window,seeing two golden forms in the distance.

The clock ticked to 4 minutes.

"What are those?"the President asked getting out the car"We've detected two hedgehogs underneath the colony,sir"his secretary said looking down at her laptop.

"They're entering the atmosphere"

"Sonic and Forest?"

"The second one dosen't have the same energy as Forest sir..i think it may be project Shadow"

"He's..helping"the man frowned"If that's the case,where is Forest..that hedgehog wouldn't normally be in the back"

"Maybe something has happened?"

"Either way,if this fiasco ends in our victory, i'll congratulate Shadow myself"

"But sir.."

"He's clearly had a change of heart,and I'd rather he be a ally than a enemy"

"Of course"

Tails looked to his right,watching Forest"Hey.."he said quietly.

Knuckles didn't look away from the fight that was happening.

"He hasn't stopped bleeding"Amy said,her voice shaky,Rouge sighed"Well then, hedgehog,i don't think you'll get to see the end of this"she didn't sugarcoat it.

"Rouge..please"the fox said,ears flat,Tails looked away from the hedgehog bleeding chest,he was gonna have nightmares for weeks if they won.

"You said Sonic was here,why didn't he heal him?"the echidna asked.

"He tried but..Forest declined him"the pink hedgehog said quiet.

"What?!"Tails squeaked"Forest.."

Forest didn't say anything,looking down at the ground,trying to focus on breathing.

Rouge held up her walkie talkie"Topaz,can you hear me?"

"I can hear you, it's Sonic and Forest, right?"

"Sonic yes..the other is Shadow,Forest is.."she looked at the hedgehogs than back at the fight"too injured.."

"That red star is the result of a crime that the goverment covered up 50 years ago,our generation must take the responsibility,because looking away from the truth is also a crime,however, they're fighting for our behalf despite our sins!"

Scarlet said into her microphone,the camera standing infront of her video taping everything live.

Stewart looked up at the scene that was happening"Come on.."he whispered.

Chris watched from the window of the apartment building,hands on the glass,Cream and Cheese next to him cheering on the others in space.

Chuck watched with crossed arms,gripping his forearms tightly.

"Forest?"Chris said worried.

The prototype finally was destroyed, unfortunally the ARK was too close to Earth,it had already started being affected by the gravitational pull,it was starting to fall at faster rates.

"I won't let you go any farther!"Sonic said determined,Shadow next to him also having a determined expression.

They both put their hands infront of them,trying to stop the colony from going further.

It worked for a moment,but the two could feel it tax on their bodies even with the Chaos Emeralds absorbed.

Shadow grit his teeth, remembering Maria's words.

Just as he was about to finally take off his rings a black blurr hit the ARK,the force pushing it back.

"Come on.."Tails bit into his glove,watching anxiously,tails twitching behind him.

"Forest?"Amy stood up as the blue hedgehog got off the ground"you need to rest-"she stopped as the hedgehog took out the triangle gem from within his quills.

"What is that?"Knuckles looked at the gem confused.

Tails,Amy,Rouge and Knuckles watched the full red gem pulse in Forest's hand.

"What the-"Tails gasped as the gem floated up,circling around Forest.

I won't let it,i won't,Chris Chris,ChrisChrisChris

The blue hedgehog let out the deepest growl the group had ever heard him let out.

The gem dulled black, it's dark red color fading instantly.

I won't let it,Chris hasn't done anything,i won't let some,some,PROFESSORS ANGER DESTROY EARTH BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF ONE PERSON

The gems translucency was gone.

I WON'T LET IT DESTROY THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT!

Forest snatched the gem from it's floating position in a crushing grip,the triangle gem now so black it was a question as to how it was ever a gem to begin with.

"FOREST!"Amy tried to grab the hedgehogs shoulder but Forest dissapeared in a flash of black.

"What.."Knuckles looked back out the window"look!"they did.

Sonic and Shadow watched Forest help push the ARK back,they both looked at eachother then back at the colony,they didn't question it and helped the black hedgehog.

"SONIC,FOREST!"Shadow yelled out,Sonic was by his side instantly,Forest taking a late second to do so aswell.

Forest put both his arms on the golden hedgehogs backs,hissing lightly as it burned his hands.

"CHAOS!"they used their combined energy to do one last move"CONTROL!"

A giant beam of black and white light was shot towards the colony.

♪~Can you feel life,movin' through your mind

The light and darkness engolfed them.

Looks like it came back for more!

When you can't help but follow

The blindness went away after a whole minute,Forest grabbing Sonic and Shadows tired forms as the two hedgehogs golden color faded slowly.

It puts you right back where you came

The black hedgehog looked as the ARK appeared back into spaces stratospehere.

Live and learn!

With less than a minute left,the timer stopped.

Hanging on the edge of tommorow 

Forest looked around one last time,the galaxy around him reflecting back into his eyes.

Live and learn!

From the works of yesterday 

Live and learn!

"We have a message from the Space Bureau"

If you beg or if you borrow

"The colony is currently stopped at position L1"

Live and learn!

You may never find your way!

The President looked back up at the sky, remembering the third blurr that had come last second"They're heros,all three of them"

Live and learn!~♪

"When i was little, Gramps was my hero,i dreamed of becoming a scientist just like him"Eggman said.

"I wonder if Gramps really meant to kill us"

Tails held up the walkie talkie"I don't know,but we accomplished what we had to do"

"that's true,but next time,im going to accomplish what i have to do,im going to conquer the world!"

Amy rolled her eyes"You're still not giving up?"

"Of course not!"Eggman let out one last laugh before ending his end of the walkie talkie.

They all turned as the door opened,showing Shadow,Sonic and Forest.

They all called their names,happy to see them.

Forest dropped the two hedgehogs,letting out a huff as he rubbed at his hurt throat,the wound over his heart healed,only a scar left behind as a reminder.

Sonic moaned in pain as his head hit the metal ground"you're a ass"Shadow just grumbled.

"Let's go home"Tails said with a beaming smile.

Shadow and Sonic got up,grey eyes twinkling in happyness while red ones did in curiousity.

They took the shuttle back to Earth,green eyes taking one last look around the room before walking away.

The dull gem remained in his quills once again.

Chapter Text

"So far, they're appeared in only five locations around the city,most of them are at the Mystic Ruins"The Presidents secretary said,the TV next to her showing the house.

"And those creatures were inside?"the TV switched to a bunch of cartoonish looking animals,one bird in particular was close having a close-up with the camera.

"The name of the bird is Flicky"

"They're from the same world as Forest?"The President turned to Chuck,who sat on the couch across himself with Chris.

"Most likely"

"What does..Forest and Sonic think about this incident?"

"You don't need to beat around the bush, when you asked for just me and Chris,i had an idea what you were concerned about"the Grandfather looked to his left where his Grandson sat,the boy was kicking his feet absently,looking alot more happy these days.

Chuck thanks whatever deity was out there that therapy was working for the child,even if the progress was slow.

"Excuse us for being rude, however.."the secretary turned the TV off.

"Don't get me wrong,im grateful for your thoughtfulness"Chuck cut her off,smiling"Im sure Chris does too"

The human child played with his overalls strapps,nodding mutely.

Chuck watched Chris stand besides the shore,looking at the ocean.

It was midnight,and the moonlight of the half broken moon illuminated the water beatifully.

"It's alreddy late,we should hurry home for Ella's cooking-"

"Grandpa"Chris cut him off.

"Is it impossible? If people are from two diferent worlds..is it impossible for us to live together in peace?"

Chuck took to Chris's side,hand on the youngers shoulder"Chris.."

"Shadow saved us in the end..the President thanked him for it,but.. he's been taken to Mystic Ruins,told to not leave from there.."

The child clossed his eyes"Chris.."

"And..and i can't even see Forest"

"Chris..you know what your therapist told you?"

"That..that i need to stop attaching myself to Forest.."

"Yes..for everything,that hedgehog has kept you company,you two are great friends,but.."

Chris looked up,blue eyes big.

"You two need space,Amy told me the reaction he had,as great as it is knowing he deeply cares about you..i realised myself how dependent you both are to eachother after thinking of your previous interactions i've witnessed between you two "

"That's..bad"

"Yes, that's bad,you need to be able to function without him near you, you're a growing boy after all"

"Okay.."despite the understanding Chuck didn't miss the dissapointment in his tone.

He wasn't a great Grandfather before Forest came along.

That didn't mean he can't change that now.

"I'll make time for you to visit him soon"

That got a beaming smile out of the boy.

Meanwhile a certain detective team read over a newspaper a bee manage to get,confused at the picture they were looking at,they recognised the blue hedgehog of course..but not the fact there were two of them in the paper.

"Mr.President,a rocket has launched from Eggman's former base!"

"Where is the rocket heading towards?!"

The man put the phone back to his ear before speaking again"The moon!"

"Why does this have to happen now?"

"Mr.President!"

"What is it now?"

"You have a video call from Dr.Eggman.."

"What?!"

"Im sorry i scared you with that ARK incident,so..as a token of my apology,im going to repair the moon free of charge"

Eggman smirked,crossing his arms behind his head"The moon looks better when it's round right?"

The monitor infront of him changed from the recording of the rocket to the Presidents face"Repair the moon?"

"I can't return it to it's original state,but i can atleast repair the shape"he made a sorrowfull expression,scratching his head.

"I hope you understand that i really feel bad about what i did"with that the end ended.

His assistant frowned"Can you trace the call?"he said into the microphone attached to his headset.

"What's come over Eggman?"the President murmured to himself.

"What?You succesfully traced the call?!"that got the man to perk up"really? I want to talk to him,make contact!"

His assistant nodded"..hm,95 Riverside? Wait-that's ridiculous, that's my house!"

The President sighed,he got his hopes up for nothing.

Still,Eggman was true to his promise,the moon was fixed,only now having the broken half made out of metal.

Shadow looked up at the moon curiously,ears twitching.

Forest,who was on a tree branch napping,opened one of his eyes.

"What the"Sonic stopped his rambling to look up too.

".. that's not normal,is it?"the black hedgehog muttered,looking at the blue hedgehogs.

"No,at all actually"grey eyes turned to look back.

The three hedgehogs have been camping together for a small while,Sonic had warmed up to Shadow quite quickly after the whole 'Destroying Earth' fiasco wasn't looming over his head.

Forest has been..quite moody,which wasn't suprising,having not seen Chris even now,being told they need time off eachother.

As much as he had wanted to sneak in visits,he very much didn't want to get the wrath of a Grandfather..

Shadow himself was quiet but observant,pleasent to be around,unaware of earth culture,but that was to be expected from someone who lived in space for most of their life.

"Forest,want to figure it out togethe-okay asshole"Sonic deadpanned as Forest gave him the middle finger.

"..Good luck"Sonic gave Shadow a grin"Thanks"with that he dashed away in a gust of wind.

Forest turned on his side to fall asleep once again,Shadow himself laying down on the grass to take a nap himself.

Eggman can go shove it,i need sleep,for a week preferly

Forest would dodge the bullet of meeting with Eggman when he'd be told later.

Forest grumbled as he pushed his pointer finger on Shadows forehead,the latter clossing his eyes at the movement,a innocent butterfly eaten by the black hedgehog who didn't know any better.

Shadow spat out the dead butterfly"Sorry.."

Green eyes were rolled.

You're hopeless,how are you the Ultimate Lifeform again?

A little bump in the road of Vector the Crocodile accusing Sonic of kidnapping,the blue hedgehog brought back Vanilla after a random encounter with her.

It was nice to watch Cream and her mother reunite.

"Soooooo,when did you have grey eyes?"Charmy the Bee asked as his wings buzzed around the blue hedgehog.

Sonic sighed.

Meanwhile Espio groaned outside,his knocked out state didn't look to be dissapearing anytime soon.

"You eat this?"Shadow asked confused,holding a apple.

Forest nodded while holding one of his one,he took a bite out of it.

Shadow followed his actions"sweet"he said chewing.

Don't speak with your mouth full..i sound like a parent,fuck

Forest scratched at his ear,watching the black hedgehog demolish the red apple,he took his time with his green one.

You're alot more curious than i thought you'd be

The blue hedgehog passed it off by Shadow being lab born.

The next day didn't come as the moon decided to block out the sun fully.

The two hedgehogs looked as the sun and moon raised up in the sky.

"..Once when i was on the colony,i read a book that had this phenomenon in it, it's called a eclipse"red eyes turned to him.

A eclipse? What is an eclipse-oh now i remember 

Forest crossed his arms.

Dosen't feel like a natural eclipse though 

Hours later when he gets some books for Shadow as the hedgehog had asked for something to read,he'd be proven right when a giant sattelite gets put into space to get light that way.

Forest just took Shadow to a river where fireflies have been roaming alot lately so the hedgehog can read properly.

It was.. suprisenly peacefull,laying down on the grass watching the little ball of lights fly around.

Shadow seemed to be having a nice time reading,engrossed in the stories he had grabbed.

Sonic can deal with Eggman

Forest growled at Topaz,the woman didn't come closser,the helicopter behind her having landed abruptly to his and Shadows sleeping spot.

"Im not here to hurt you two"she held her arms up"i just need to know,have you seen Sonic?"

Shadow took a step forward,Forest had to hold himself from jerking the black hedgehog back behind him.

"Last time we saw him was when the moon got fixed"red eyes looked distrustfull at the human, although he didn't look ready to harm her.

"Alright,thank you"

"...And that's what happened!"Sonic gave a big grin as he finished his story.

"Humans are.."Shadow pursed his lips,trying to think of words to express the story he was told.

"Dumb?"Sonic finished for him"Yeah,still, they can be cool,Chris is nice for example"

That got him a deep growl from Forest.

"Calm your quills,you act like im gonna take him from you or somethin"

No i don't want Shadow to know anything about him idiot!

"Chris? That's..you called his name before in the ARK"

"He did?well,yeah those two are like,really close,kinda like me and Tails,now that i think about it,i need to visit him"

Shadow tilted his head"friends?"

"Best friends.. atleast i think so"Sonic muttered the last part to himself,the hedgehog genuinely had no idea what to think of the weird dynamic between Forest & Chris.

Forest tuned out the hedgehog as he kept talking, curling up into a ball,he fell asleep quickly.

It was when Sonic was laughing his lungs out at Shadow eating tree bark while Forest tried tugging it out of the black hedgehogs mouth that the three heard a excited shout in the distance.

Their ears perked up and they looked in the direction the sounded was.

Forest let go of the tree bark,Shadow letting out a grunt as he fell down,the green eyed hedgehog dashed in a blue blurr away and threw himself into the arms of Chris,who had been running over.

"Forest!"the boy twirled him around,hugging back tightly.

Chuck walked over after a few minutes.

"Hey"he greeted the other two hedgehogs.

"Sup!"Sonic gave the elder a two finger salut.

Shadow gave a nod in Chucks direction.

Forest grinned looking up at Chris,the human childs eyes sparkled"I got something to play all of us together with!"he put Forest back down and ran back to the car,coming back with a ball.

Forest didn't care about the amused look Sonic was giving him,he was just happy to finally get to see Chris again.

Shadow watched the green eyed hedgehog closely as he stood back up nibbling on the tree bark,noticing the similarities between him and Maria,down to the same way his own tail would wag furiously when she would get down to playing cards with him and Gerald.

All five took to playing ball for a few hours.

Chapter Text

Messenger Robot poked the orange robot, pouting"Wake uppp"

It then banged it's fist against the robots head"Come on!"it stopped as the dull blue eyes of it lit up.

Messenger Robot grinned as the robot stood up"Come on,we have to carry out an important mission, i'll let you be my servant!"it pointed at the fellow robot, it's blue eyes illuminating the dark room.

"You have to do whatever i tell you"the orange robot nodded.

"Great,come with me!"Messenger Robot started the rocket on it's back and took off outside.

The orange robot followed.

"That is.. something i've never seen before"Shadow stared at the triangle gem Forest held.

"Really?i mean..if this was on the ARK,i would have thought you'd atleast heard Gerald talk about it"Sonic stretched,having woken up from his sleep a little bit ago.

"No..but still,this is what made you..transform into something so negative,it makes me wonder if there were others"the black hedgehog frowned.

Forest shook his head.

It's a miracle i even found that room to begin with

Chris sat on the couch reading a book,the mansion having been liveable once again,the TV turned on.

"This fad has even spread to the world of track and field,new world records are constantly being broken im competitions around the world,sports science experta say this is due to-"

Vanilla changed the channel.

Cream played with her blocks on the floor,Cheese holding up pieces to her.

"Chris, you've said Forest was the first no?"the older rabbit said.

Chris blinked,looking up from his reading"um, yeah"

"Well,the news have only been mentioning Sonic,i would have expected that Shadow to be also mentioned,but nothing"

"Ah..well,Forest never liked the attention in the first place..and well,Sonic didn't mind it,so..i guess you can say Forest took the opportunity when he saw it?"

"Hm,that dosen't explain Shadow though"

"With what had happened,i don't think mentioning Shadow would be good right now,he also wants to be left alone"

"I see..i hope they're doing well"

"I visited them awhile back,they seemed alright!"

Eggman finished his second portion of food,putting it down next to him.

He would ask for a third,but he already begged so patheticly earlier for his second filling.

Still,he already had a plan,he won't be staying much longer in jail.

He had his execution date already planned despite his court date being put on pause,he won't be showing up for it though.

Meanwhile, Messenger Robot took to picking fights with Sonic.

The hedgehog dodged the missiles that were meant for him,running around the place he had found Messenger Robot,the tank the robot had taken to controlling was amusing to him.

"This..cat,is biting me"Shadow deadpanned,the so called cat had taken to biting the black hedgehogs gloved fingers,back legs kicking.

Forest quietly laughed at the scene.

"I cannot eat it,no?"

Why do you wanna eat everything you see?!

The blue hedgehog shook his head.

"I see.."

"Im not letting you escape! Take this!"Messenger Robot yelled,the tank shooting..small TV's?!

Sonic moved left and right,the TV's crackling with electricity upon impact with the ground.

He ran up a wall and jumped off it,landing on the tanks muzzle,he grabbed it and used his strengh to bend it,making it useless.

Good thing he still had strengh in that regard.

He kicked it for good measure,yelping as robotic hands grabbed him.

He was thrown into boxes.

Still he got up and ran in circles,tangling them up to the point the tank tipped over.

He put his hands on his hips"I hope Sam won't be mad for how late i am"he had promised the human he'll have a race with him today.

He kicked it one last time.

Out came a TV at his hit,Sonic yelped as it exploded in his face.

"I tricked you,haha!"Messenger Robot took to the sky laughing at him"The other machine is freeing Dr.Eggman!"he blasted off.

Sonic shook himself of the soot,grabbing a leftover junk of metal on the ground he threw it up at the robot,getting a headshot.

He watched with satisfaction as Messenger Robot fell from the sky.

"The other machine?"he asked himself.

He looked inside the tank seeing something had broken out of it,inside were wires, something had looked attached to them,but were no longer there.

Sam blinked as something sped past him,it had looked like some kind of Eggman robot now that he thought about it.

He quickly finished his ice cream and got into his car to follow it.

He had been quite bored lately,it seems like his prayers had been answered.

He changed the mode of his car,calling his agency to let them know what he was doing.

He put on his helmet and got closser to the fast machine,seeing how his car couldn't get past it he took a shortcut.

"This may be a stupid idea,but it's my only option!"

He got passed the car and turned,speeding straight towards it.

He hit it dead on with his car.

He laughed.

Sam pressed his breaks,finally stopping,looking back to see it destroyed,smoke coming off it.

His car was definetly banged up,but for Sam,it had been a excited experience.

"Amazing as always"

He was gonna have to reschedule the race he and Sonic agreed on,oh well.

Cream hummed a tune to herself,Cheese in her hold,she had taken to taking a stroll so she could have a appetite for dinner.

She stopped as the bush to her left made noise.

She got closser,moving the leafs apart so she can see better,the rabbit gasped as she saw a scratched up robot.

Eggman crossed his arms,teeth gritting as he gave Messenger Robot the silent treatment.

Said robot cried on the floor.

"I guess we're staying longer"Bocoe said defeated,Decoe faceplanted to the floor next to him.

"This..is my favorite so far"Shadow said holding the book in his hands up for Forest to see the title of.

Medieval kind of guy,good to know

Forest gave the black hedgehog a thumbs up.

"Are there more?"he nodded.

"I want to read more after i finish this one..please"

The blue hedgehog pat Shadows head.

Well atleast Gerald gave you manners

Chapter Text

I wonder why Forest hasn't left

Shadow looked up subtly from his book,watching the blue hedgehog who was napping on the grass,the sun beaming down on him.

He must like running just like Sonic..

Shadow.. didn't get Forest.

He was..quiet,slept most of the time,but otherwise didn't do anything besides listen to Shadows random strings of words.

That Chris boy must of taken up most of his free time..

The black hedgehog looks back down at his book as green eyes opened to look in his direction.

He's taken to teaching me about Earth,it makes me wonder why though 

Shadow was fully capable of learning,observing was what he usually did in the ARK after all,but the blue hedgehog had taken to giving him books to read,and of course telling him what not to eat.

All the butterflies i've eaten before this..

So maybe Shadow felt a little bit guilty at that..

He looked up as Forest stood up,watching him jog off.

He gives me..lone vibes, he's not lonely,clearly,he likes his space,but he's clossed off,if what Sonic said is true,Forest would more than likely not help if it didn't concern him

He bookmarked his book and clossed it.

It makes me wonder if all of that care went into that human boy,he didn't care how wounded he was when i..did that to him

The memory of that wide eyed look the hedgehog had given him when they thought Sonic had been killed.

He knew he couldn't do anything,he had put his trust in Sonic,but..it almost looked like he snapped

That was still up to debate in his eyes.

I don't know what happened when he transformed into that..form,but he was incredibly angry

That negative form had screamed anger,Shadow had almost tried to Chaos Spear him from how much there was.

Still..he has to have a limit, dosen't he?

Shadow hoped that day didn't come,he didn't want to admit it,but he was begining to like Forest,and seeing him lose control wasn't something he wanted to see anytime soon.

I should keep an eye out on Chris whenever i get the chance

Forest could feel his bones cracking back in place.

Memories clicked back into place,and he remembered...everything.

His anthro form enlongated glowing brightly.

He floated in the water,looking down at his hands,he couldn't see his form,but he knew exactly what it was.

Atleast he had the mercy of his whole body glowing,not showing human skin,and whatever he wore under the golden light.

He looked up,where he knew that damn robot was.

With a raised hand he formed a Chaos Blast,shooting through the water and out.

Everything went white.

He was in the sky,looking around he spotted a familiar blue on the ground,he floated down,pressing his fingers against Metal Sonic's head as the robot was out like a light.

Ah..

"You don't deserve to be in Robotnicks control"

He dearly wished for him to be free of his programming.

He took a few steps back,holding his head as pain shot through it.

He could feel the Chaos Emeralds squirm underneath his skin like worms,wanting out,they were spiking in what seemed like anger.

He turned,walking into the forest that was clossest to him,rubbing his temples,his form slowly started loosing it's golden glow.

He was gonna see what he looked like.

He didn't want to.

"Make me forget"he said as the Chaos Emeralds shot out of him,floating"I don't want to stay like this"

They pulsed,seemingly empathetic.

They spun rappidly around him.

"Thank you.."

Forest opened his eyes,catching Shadow quickly look back to his reading.

What was i dreaming about?

He couldn't remember.

The blue hedgehog got up,jogging away.

Whatever,i should get some food

Chapter Text

The animals that had traveled to Earth had been excited to explore Earth and the houses that had been dropping randomly stopping finally,a small anthromorphic squirrel running past a human couple that watched them curiously.

Forest himself was running through the streets,taking a stroll.

He had left Sonic and Shadow alone together..the blue hedgehog had a feeling he'll come back to a destroyed forest,but for now he was enjoying his alone time.

He stopped near a park where humans had gathered,children running around in poses of how he and Sonic ran,women in familiar hairtyles of his own quills,he even sees someone make a portrait of Sonic on the ground with colorfull rocks.

Some man in his own corner was carving out wooden statues of Forest.

He blinked.

What..the fuck?

A older lady noticed him,having been painting Sonic"Oh, it's Forest!"

Others quickly noticed him after that.

His ears flattened against his skull,he turned and ran.

Nope,nope,nope,fuck no!

Meanwhile,not too far away from where the park resided, Chris's Father was working in his office on the top floor.

He was given four giant piles of documents from his secretary.

"Wha.. what's with all these documents?!"

"These are complaints that our home appliance department received over the weekend"

The Thorndyke blinked at that"Complaints?"

"Please look at this"his secretary,named Miranda,turned on the TV in his office.

A reporter in a orange uniform came on screen.

"Sonic's and Forest's deeds have made a great impact on the people"

The camera panned to the people that were doing various activities.

"Groups of citizens are skipping school and work to attend Sonic & Forest appreciation events,others sleep all day on their roofs"

It changed to some indeed sleeping on their roofs,then to a elderly lady screaming on her front porch.

"There's an increase in the number of people who go on vacations and don't come back,this is turning into a social phenomenon"

It changed back to the reporter.

"They believe that Sonic's and Forest's carefree lifestyle is cool and the situation is becoming serious"

She formed a small smile.

"Although a small wish i want to see,is something for Shadow himself,that is just my personal opinion though,this is Scarlet Garcia,reporting for SSTV"

With that Miranda shut down the TV,Nelson stood up from his seat,laughing a little"They're becoming very popular"he walked around his desk to stand next to his secretary.

"But what does that have to do with the complaints?"

The blonde sighed"Many of our employees are also Sonic and Forest fans"he nods"They're skipping work,so there are fewer workers in our factories,and the ones that do,do whatever they want,therefore,the quality of our products go down"

She gestured to the documents on the desk"That is the result"

Nelsons jaw dropped.

"Please check these documents immediatly and give us your orders"she said amused.

"O-okay! This is the job for the CEO!"just then his phone rang,he picked it up"Hello?"

He watched the sky through the giant glass wall in his office as he listened.

"What happened to Chris?"

Ella,who was on the other side of the phone line, didn't seem worried"He's caught a cold and has a slight fever,so im keeping him home from school"

Chris,who was bedridden,mumbled"There's no need to tell Dad about this"

"If he drinks some hot chocolate,eats some chicken soup and rests, he'll recover in no time, don't worry sir, i'll handle it"

Nelson himself shifted from one foot to another,looking at the documents on his desk with a frown.

"You never know what might happen,so im coming over right away!"he hang up.

Lindsey herself was filming a shot with a motorcycle when Nelsons inside a helicopter came to take her alongside with.

The director that was in the car following her facepalmed.

"That was our 13th take,dammit!"

The camerawoman herself stopped recording with a frown.

In a certain jail,Eggman himself was repairing fridges,TV's and other electronics.

He was quite hyper.

"Sir,are you alright?"Decoe asked,Bocoe himself struggled to put everything in the truck"yeah, you're too fast,sir!"

"Don't you understand!"the human snapped at his robots.

"Look at the mountains of objects that need to be repaired!" He gestured to the destroyed objects around them"This is all those two,no three rodents fault!"

He pulled out a newspaper"the humans are starting to copy them even! So all these appliances have come to this prison factory for repair!"

Even his trial was pushed back, although that wasn't anything special.

"Everything are those hedgehogs fault!"

"Then.. let's stop making repairs?"Bocoe suggested.

"Yeah, let's leave them alone!"Decoe agreed.

"That's what separates you from me,the genius Doctor Eggman!"

Decoe and Bocoe look at eachother,not at all in the mood for the humans boasting.

"Listen up,im going to get my revenge on those two by using this"he helds up..a small chip?

"Whoah! that's.."the robots start.

"Just watch,rodents!"Eggman laughs.

Tanaka signed the delivery boys chart,taking the vacuum inside.

In the mansion,almost everyone was sitting in the living room eating,the orange robot Cream had found sitting silently in it's own seat.

Ella came in the room holding some pastries.

Chuck looked in her direction,taking a sip of his tea"How's Chris doing,Ella?"

"Alseep,im sure he'll get better quickly"she put the tray on the table.

"I see"

"Ella, we've received the vacuum cleaner you sent for repairs"Tanaka walked in,the vacuum in his hands still in it's plastic package.

She beamed"it's finally here,all the recent electrical appliances aren't very good,so they always break"she wondered why briefly.

"Ella,im sorry for not usually fixing it for you as i do usually, i've just been so busy working on Emerl"Chuck said with a tinge of sadness.

"It's fine,please don't worry about it"Ella took the vacuum from Tanaka's hands.

"Is something wrong with Emerl?"Cream asked innocently,looking at the orange robot now identified as Emerl.

The elder Thorndyke frowned"When i analyzed it's activity AI,all the data on it's past was erased"

Tails quickly explained"AI stands for Artificial Intelligence,normally we'd be able to see it's past,but that's not possible if the data has been deleted"

Amy hummed"I feel sorry for it"

Cream smiled"But it'll be fine because we're friends"Cheese let out a series of 'Chao' in agreement.

Vanilla herself leaned in to rub her daughters head"you're very kind,Cream"it was then the sound of a helicopter alerted everyone.

Why is this tower so climbable?

Forest jumped on a grabable edge of the tall tower,looking for another to grab.

He had found the tower interestingly enough to investigate,the name of it that he had read at the entrance was familiar to him.

Then he realised it was climbable.

So..he started climbing it,out of boredom.

He finally got to the last floor,unable to climb anymore as the wall he was climbing on turned into glass fully,he peaked through to see..a man at his desk.

He watched everything unfold.

Chris's father, haven't seen him in..who knows how long

His ears were pressed forward to hear the conversation on the phone he was having,silently thanking his hedgehog body for having good hearing.

His grip on the building tightened as he listened to every single word.

Chris was sick.

A fever.

Not that bad..Ella can take care of him just fine 

Still it was bugging him alot.

He's fine..totally fine

Forest let go of the building,falling down.

Continue your alone time

Forest ended up breaking the sound barrier to get to the mansion.

So much for keeping Chucks words serious

He sneaked in quietly,seeing how the others were all eating in the living room,he also saw some random robot in there strangely enough,but he was too fixated on Chris to care.

He opened the window and stepped inside,clossing it behind him.

White shoes walked over to the bed where the brunette was laying on,the boy blinked slowly as he heard footsteps"Ella?"he said quietly.

Forest hopped on the bed and into the humans field of vision.

Chris instantly brightened up"Forest!"

The child wiggled his arm over the blanket over his to reach for the hedgehog.

Forest formed a small smile,leaning over so he can be hugged,he was a little dusty but didn't dirty the bed otherwise.

"I missed you"Chris mumbled into the hedgehogs fluffy chest and into the scarred flesh.

Forest bit his toungue as he almost let out a pained grunt,the pain instantly flarring.

"O-oh,sorry"the boy leaned back as he realised where he was leaning his face against"is..does it still hurt?

Green eyes looked down at blue ones,a moment of silence went,before finally Forest nodded.

"Oh.."

They continued hugging,this time Chris leaning his head against the side where the scar wasn't.

"Im sorry that..that you got it.."he got a growl at that"i know,sorry,not my fault,but..still"

The blue hedgehog let out a chirp making the boy giggle at the sound.

The moment was broken when Nelson and Lindsey barged in.

"Are you alright dear?!"

"I was worried!"

They grabbed the boy,hugging and kissing him,Forest squeaked as he was essentially pushed off the bed,hitting the wooden floor headfirst.

Chuck walked in,sighing as he spotted the hedgehog"i don't even wanna know how you figured it out"

He turned to the parents"More importantly,what about work?"

Nelson and Lindsey turned to the elder"After i heard Chris had a fever,i couldn't stop myself"

"Same here"

Chuck deadpanned at the explanation given"..Ella was taking care of him just fine,but the second you heard that he caught a cold,you flew here via helicopter?"

"Um,Father.."

"No excuses,Nelson, you're setting a bad example to your child,you idiot son"

Chris frowned at the interaction,looking down at his blanket and fiddling with it.

Nelson gaped"Well i can say the same about you,Dad! You always ditched work so that you could play with the kids!"

Forest got up from the floor,frowning.

The hedgehog got on the bed again,tugging at the childs arm,Chris looked at him,a distant look in his eyes.

"Stop bringing up stories about the past! Ugh,this is why you're getting complaints!"

How Chuck even knew about that was a mystery, although knowing the elder,he probably got Tails to hack in and see.

"These two topics are not related! Those complaints are due to employees who are Sonic and Forest fans-"

Chuck quickly cut his son off"You're going to blame everything on them?! I didn't raise you like this!"

Chris looked back up,tears slightly forming in the corner of his eyes"Both of you,stop it!"

"Chris.."

"Son im sorry,we were just so worried-"

"I want all of you to leave except Forest!"

Meanwhile the vacuum Ella had gotten back glowed green,before moving on it's own.Putting itself together it rolled across the floor and up the TV to plant a chip on it.

It rolled out the living room and through the hallway before it ended up in the kitchen and planting another one on the fridge.

Then a microwave,a toaster,drier,washing machine and multiple other rooms that held electronics inside.

The group stood on the giant staircase,Ella suggesting to make Chris's favorite cherry pie to cheer him up.

Emerl stood silent, watching.

When they did try to make it in the kitchen..the whole room started coming alive,all of the elctronics trying to hurt them in some sort way.

Amy and Tails wacked them away, with a hammer and tails respectivele,although a mixer managed to get passed them and hurling towards Ella.

It was smashed into pieces by a ball of sharp quills.

Forest uncurled,looking around confused,having come after hearing loud thuds outside Chris's room,watching as the last of the moving electronics were taken down by Amy and Tails.

Emerl himself watched the hedgehogs move and analyzed it fully,copying it for later use.

The fridge then tried dropping itself on the blue hedgehog,thankfully Amy noticed and smashed it with her hammer.

A scream rang out.

Emerl turned and started running to the source.

Forest was instantly at alert,he did a head count as realised who screamed.

CHRIS!

Chris was backed into a corner,hugging the wall as the now transformed TV got closser to him.

Then Emerl,the robot Cream had found,broke the window from his room in a spinning ball,destroying the TV.

Forest himself was there a second after the TV was defeated,looking around franticly.

He spotted Chris and dashed over,holding Chris up in a tight hold.

"F-Forest,i think Emerl just did that spin attack thingie you and Sonic do!"he stuttered out.

Emerl? What-ah

Forest finally got a good luck at the orange robot.

Emerl..alright

The TV on the floor got up again,Forest took a step back as he was still holding the boy.

Emerl formed into a ball and destroyed it again.

You aren't so bad i guess 

The door burst open by more electronics running in,it surrounded them.

Emerl got into a fighting stance,Forest himself raised a leg and stomped it on the floor,a crack forming on the floor and towards the newly made robots,it destroyed the floor beneath them,plummeting them underneath the floor,unable to get back up.

Emerl got back into a standard position,blue eyes lighting up a bit before dulling again.

Ugh,Eggman is in prison for fucks sakes,how is he doing this?

Forest didn't even try to think of someone else that could of possible done this,no human other than that man could  make objects instantly killer robots.

Wait.. it's probably happening to other people probably if random objects like a mixer is moving..fuck

Forest decided he WASN'T gonna deal with this,so he got Sonic to help.

As much as the hedgehog complained that he was 'winning' the fight between him and Shadow.

Forest had been right about that,atleast though,the forest wasn't destroyed..thankfully.

Chris's fever got worse from all of this,so the blue hedgehog wasn't leaving the boys side.

Eggman himself finally escaped prison,leaving on his mobile quietly.

The alarms never sounded.

Shadow was left on his lonsome,the black hedgehog though didn't mind,enjoying not having a blabbering mouth in his ear 24/7 anymore.

"Maybe i can explore more places in the future"he mumbled to himself as he turned the page in his book.

He was still content to stay in Mystic Ruins,but he won't be forever.

He was gonna have to ask Forest if he can get more freedom to explore when he comes back.

Chris sneezed softly,feeling sick all around.

He looked over at the round ball of quills that laid to his left on the bed.

"Forest.."

The ball uncurled slightly to show two green eyes had his full attention.

"Do you think..im a burden?"he asked,his body doing a shiver.

The blue hedgehog uncurled fully,leaning over to bump his head against Chris's,shaking his head side to side.

"I.. you've saved me lots,but..i haven't really done alot"Forest growled at that"You're just doing that because you know it won't hurt my feelings.."

The hedgehog gripped the blanket under his black gloves tight.

He opened his mouth,taking a breather,before speaking.

"You've saved me,still do..to the night..i almost drowned..to now..just being..here...saves me"

Chris's eyes widened,repeating those words in his head.

Forest's voice was hoarse as usual,unused,but the message was clear.

Forest didn't think Chris was a burden.

Chris felt tears go down his cheeks"I..thank you"he gave a wobbly smile.

Green eyes twinkled,a smile on the hedgehogs muzzle.

Because what burden made someone keep on living?

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Forest watched the President walk back and forth in thought,the sunlight from the window beaming down into the room.

He stopped pacing"Eggman escaped from prison..he must be captured back,i will also need to have a talk about delaying that mans court case.."

Topaz stood at attention to the blue hedgehogs right"Is this why you called us?"A certain bat dropped down from the ceiling next to the human"This is what the secret mission was about?"she asked,not at all amused.

I came here for diferent reasons, don't log me in with them

"So all we have to do is find Eggman's whereabouts"Topaz said.

The man leaned his back against his desk"The Intelligence Agency is also looking for him but.."he cleared his throat as he thought about Stewart.

"You know more about Eggman than the spies at Intelligence"

"What will be our reward"Rouge clossed her eyes,wings lightly flapping behind her"You'll have as many sparkling objects as you like"

She opened them to look at the President in the eye"What beautiful words,it almost makes me swoon"Topaz rolled her eyes at the display,Forest himself facepalming.

"I pray for your success then"

He watched them leave before looking back at the human male"With that over,what do i owe the pleasure of a visit from Forest Green himself?"

Forest took out a written piece of paper from within his quills and showed it to the man.

"Hm..ah, Shadow wishes to have more space?"he nodded.

"Well,i initially thought he'd want his space away from humans,seeing how even if he saved us,i didn't think he'd want to be near them as much..but if he wishes to,he has my full permision"

The man put the paper down at his desk"I'll sign the necesary papers and he'll be a free hedgehog to go as he pleases,it will only tale a few minutes"he gave the President a thumbs up.

I really need to learn how to write, it's been like a year and i still haven't remembered anything related to holding a goddamn pen

The hedgehog had to ask Shadow to write the paper himself.

Chris walked out of his school as the final bell rang, backpack over his shoulder and walking out the gates.

He smiled as he spotted Cream,Cheese and Emerl waiting for him on the other side of the road.

"Hey you three"he greeted.

"Hello Mr.Chris,we were just taking a stroll when we ended up at your school!"

"That's nice,Vanilla let you go alone with only Emerl?"the rabbit nodded,the robot in question tilted his head at the human.

Chris smiled at Emerl,having come to like the robot.Finding out that he can copy abilities made him more cool if someone asked him.

They walked together.

And passed Stewart who was inspecting a random tree, running after Decoe and Bocoe as they ran for the hills after being found.

Chris stopped suddenly as he spotted something bright red in the corner of his eye.

"Mr.Chris?"

Chris gasped as he realised who it was"it's Eggman!"

Cream quickly hid behind Emerl,the robot holding a arm to hide her,Cheese flying to hide behind the robots head,the Chao easily becoming distressed at even the mention of the mans name.

"Is he..buying books?"the human boy squinted harder"Wait,no, he's robbing them,nevermind" And here the human thought the bald man had atleast basic manners.

"Mr.Chris,should we try and follow him?"Cream asked peaking over Emerls shoulder.

"Um..i don't think so,no"the boy thought hard,knowing he dosen't have alot of time as he saw Eggman wave for a taxi.

He searched for his cellphone in his backpack, quickly pressing the number of his Grandfather.

It was picked up after the first ring thankfully.

"Chris?why are you calling-"

"Grandpa i don't have much time,i see Eggman,and i need to follow him,im leaving Cream and Cheese here for Amy or Tails to get"

He looked over at Emerl"Im taking Emerl with me too"As much as Chris wanted to let Emerl do everything,the chances of the doctor getting his hands on him and doing something to the poor robot were higher than what Chris wanted.

"What?! Chris i want you stay where you are,you are not going!-"

"Gotta go!'He hang up and turned to the rabbit"Cream stay here,the others will get you,alright?"he got a hesitant nod,the thought of leaving a young girl alone waiting did not feel right in any sort of way,but the human was on a tight time limit.

"Emerl, you're with me"the robot nodded giving Cream a once over one last time.

Chris will happyly be grounded later,right now,he had a escaped prisoner to follow and find whatever he was planning this time.

Chuck stared at his phone wide eyed before snapping his head towards Tails,the fox jumped at the fast turn.

"Tail,get the X-Tornado,Cream and Cheese need to be picked up! Station Square,you know where Chris's school is right?!"

"Yes!"

"What?!"Vanilla came out of the kitchen in distress as she heard the elders words.

Chuck's face turned serious"It seems Chris and Emerl are following Eggman,he is so grounded after this"

"Tails,let me come with!"

"Of course Miss Vanilla!"

Amy walked out the kitchen,apron on,hands dusty with baking powder"Chris found Eggman?!"

The Grandfather groaned,running a hand down his face"Where is that hedgehog when you need him?!"

Chuck cursed the blue hedgehog for denying the cellphone awhile back,he had no way to contact him.

"It's..loud"Shadow's ears were pinned down against his skull,red eyes wiping around the scenery of cars passing by as the three hedgehogs walked on the sidewalk,quills slightly bristled.

"Eh,you get used to it"Sonic threw his arms back,putting them behind his head,his grey eyes glinting as the sunlight hit them.

Forest himself blinked,not really liking how bright it was today.

"You two are supposed to be popular..so-"Sonic cut the black hedgehog off before he can finish his sentence"this part of the city is more chill,Forest found it actually"

Do not speak my name you repulsive hedgehog 

Forest was in a bad mood today.

"Anywayyyy,watcha wanna do?"Shadow looked to his left where shops were advertising"Inside one of these?"

Green eyes sparkled as grey ones clossed to groan.

Chris held onto Emerls neck as the robot held him,following the taxi on foot, Emerl hid behind a wall as the car stopped to park,Eggman getting out of it.

The car drove off,and Eggman seemingly dissapeared from their view.

"What the.."Chris blinked"Where did he go?"

He got back on his feet as Emerl put him down.

"Come on Emerl"

They decided to go down under where the water was,entering the sewer.

Chris's nose wrinkled,the smell bothering him"The water smells like overcooked fish"he mumbled to himself, Emerl tilted his head behind him.

A few minutes later of walking,Emerls blue eyes lit up and grabbed Chris in a hold,the boy squeaking at the sudden act,the human hugged the robots neck tight as he sped up,running.

In the distance the mobile that Eggman sat în got closser"There he is!"

Emerl sped up.

Chris leaned closser to the robot"This is definetly a trap,but maybe we can get something out of this"the robots eyes flickered on and off in response.

Chris was right in the end,Eggman catching them both in a metalic net,it sparked dangerously at the human boy when he even twitched a finger.

Sonic held up the many bags of purchased items,a blank look on his face as he was handed another one,he had stopped complaining some time ago.

Rouge awed at a certain ring on display"Topaz dear,this would suit you, I'd say it has the same shade of blue as your eyes!"

Topaz herself rolled her eyes,a little red in the face"Whatever.."

Shadow himself eyed the hat on the top shelf,the cap reading 'Battle on Battle',a weird choice of words in his opinion.

Forest sat on one of the free chairs in the store,enjoying Sonic's suffering.

They had ran into Topaz and Rouge out of pure luck,the two women having been drinking coffee when they had walked passed them.

Either way..

This is a nice day

He blinked as in a red blurr,Shadow was infront of him holding a white cap,in bold black letters on the front saying 'YOLO'.

"Want this"the blue hedgehog raised a eyebrow, something about the capitalised words felt familiar to him.

He nodded either way,it probably wasn't anything special,it was the first item Shadow got interested enough to want to buy it anyway.

They left the store,Rouge happyly using the goverment card she was given to pay for everything as a agent.

They got out the store,Topaz holding in some giggles when she saw what the black hedgehog bought,keeping it to herself.

Shadow put the cap on,taking the taging off it,it didn't fit unsuprisenly,put he adjusted it so it hanged off more to the side,one ear free from it's cap prison.

"Oh,before i forget"Rouge said grabbing the bags off Sonic who looked in near tears at this point"Do look out for Eggman won't you? If you do find him,come to me,mission and all"

Shadow nodded seriously"Of course"

"I might need to go to the mountains after this actually"Sonic said to himself,arms feeling like jello.

Chris rubbed at his shoulder that was shocked by that net earlier, Emerl standing over him,they had been put in a cell,the robot having tried to spin dash out only to bounce back,the metal bars looked more resilient then they looked.

Eggman smirked down at them from the other side of the bars.

"I hope it was worth it,rodents"with that he walked out of view.

Chris stood up finally"Emerl come on!"He kneeled down to where the keyhole was at the metal door,taking out the bobby pin he had hid underneath his toungue.

Emerl watched curiously.

The boy had taken liberties of learning how to pick locks,wanting to have something if he was ever taken to a cell like right now.

So he had hid a bobby pin,his backpack had been searched through and his pockets,so he had hid it where even someone like Eggman wouldn't think to check,the man probably thought someone at the boys age couldn't come up with something like that.

He grinned as the door unlocked"Alright,we have to be quiet"

"Momma,Mr.Tails!"Cream beamed as she ran up to the X-Cyclone as it landed some away from the busy street.

"Cream,Cheese!"the fox and rabbit chanted together,Vanilla getting off and spreading her arms,Cream and Cheese instantly running into her mothers arms.

"Oh deary,are you alright? Nothing hurt?"

Cream shook her head"Mr.Chris didn't want to leave me,but he didn't want to take me with him!"

Vanilla let out a sigh of relief,she was still mad the human had left her young child alone,but understood taking her with him to go after Eggman wasn't the greatest thing either.

"Come on you three!"Tails called,Cheese himself chirping as he flew inside the X-Cyclone.

The base Eggman had taken to using was alot bigger than Chris had thought it would be.

He and Emerl stopped infront of a giant metal door,the number,one carved into the metal.

"Emerl,think you can do something?"the robot nodded and walked over to a metal poll connected to the wall,breaking into it with his hand as the metal was weak enough and pulling some wires untill the metal door started opening.

"Good job"He praised the orange robot,patting his head,they walked through the door,the boy frowning as another metal wall,this time named two,appeared.

He grabbed Emerl as the robot tried to walk towards the panel that needed a password.

"We need to get through another way"Chris realised the trap that was set easily enough,so he looked at his surroundings.

Finally Chris looked up,spotting.. Messenger Robot?

The robot was sleeping ontop the numbered wall.

He thought what he can get it's attention.

Then he remembered the words thar Ella had told him some time ago about how she had to keep an eye out on her apple pies because Messenger Robot liked to try and sneakily steal them.

Chris smiled.

Forest had been basically tackled from behind,he squeaked,eating cement.

"Apple pieee"he turned his head to see Messenger Robot.

Just what i needed

Shadow grabbed the robot by it's big head and held it up"Is this one of Eggmans robots trying to attack?"the black hedgehog was hesitant in his words,seeing the drooling the robot was doing.

"Uh,he brings messages from Eggman to us from time to time,have no idea why he's drooling over..apple pie?"Sonic said watching the robot squirm,trying to escape.

Forest stood up,turning to the robot he grabbed it by the neck tightly.

"Gah-hey!"Messenger Robot went instantly quiet at the dark look Forest gave it.

"Please,i just want to find Chris's house for apple pie,he said Ella is making some!"

"Huh..im pretty sure Ella-"Forest snapped his free gloved hand on Sonics muzzle to silence him.

"Chris?"Shadow mumbled confused.

"Um,i..i can show you where he is,just please don't destroy meeeee!"

Forest's grip on it's neck tightened.

This is a horrible day

Topaz and Rouge blinked as Messenger Robot dropped down from the sky to where they were"Message from..from Forest"it said shaking,beady yellow having seen it's worst nightmare.

"Eh?"

"Sewers"

"Sewers?"Topaz repeated.

Chris backed into the metal wall as the giant robot spider got closser, Emerl infront of the boy to protect him.

"Im going to test the power of my new weapon,the Egg Spider,if you're gonna stand around all day!"

A claw swipped at them,Emerl grabbing tightly,he was pushed back slightly as it's power was stronger than the orange robot in terms of strengh.

Another claw was raised.

Chris bit his bottom lip,grabbing the claw and using his bobby pin to jam it into the tiny hole in it's outer shell,he took a step back as the Egg Spider sparked, Emerl took the opportunity to spin dash,hitting it at the chest,getting a good hit.

Sadly the tides swapped again quickly,this time Chris having nothing to help Emerl as the orange robot held back another claw.

A loud growl rang through the sewers,and one of the Egg Spider's leg was taken out in less of a second.

"Yo,Eggman!"Sonic jumped over the wall with enough speed,Shadow following.

"Sonic!"the doctor screeched as another leg was taken"Forest!"said hedgehog appeared infront of Emerl and Chris,standing between them as a shield.

Shadow jumped down,kicking the Egg Spider,taking out a giant chunk of it's chest,Eggman angrily letting out a 'Shadow!'.

Lastly Sonic whooped as he fell down freestyle,curling up into a ball and instantly sawing through it's metal casing.

Eggman wasn't done though.

Behind the robot Rouge dove in,using her signature screw kick from behind.

Emerl watched everything,blue eyes lighting up as he copied everything he didn't already have.

The orange robot turned to the metal door and used the screw kick,destroying it.

Chris's eyes widened as he watched the leftover debrise fall to the floor.

Finally Shadow yelled out"Chaos Spear!"the black hedgehog didn't have a Chaos Emerald on hand sadly,so the spear was weaker,but it did the job of finally destroying the Egg Spider.

Eggman took to getting his EggMobile out the destroyed robot before it exploded into bits.

"We'll settle this another time,rodents!"the genius screeched as Forest tried to kick him, attempting to float away from the attacks only the realise his mobile was also damaged.

The Eggmobile exploded...

"We're home.."Chris said tiredly..clossing the door behind him,having three hedgehogs and one robot including himself covered in soot.

Ella gasped as she came to the entrance to greet them"all of you are so dirty,i don't even wanna know how you got covered in so much soot!"

Forest didn't look bothered to say the least,he sneaked in a glance at Chris as the boy was harshly scolded by his Grandfather.

He didn't look that guilty,he looked quite accomplished with himself actually.

Initially Forest thought the boy had done this to prove himself,even if the words he had told him before had effected the human.

Although looking now,he realises Chris had just wanted to help.

Forest didn't care for goverment searching,but he does know Chris's actions made GUN have another base to take apart now.

Maybe i should take him out for a little while

His ears flicked as he watched Shadow brood over his dirtied hat,Ella comforting the black hedgehog and telling him she'll clean it back to look brand new again.

Sonic besides him grumbled,he ignored the other blue hedgehog as usual.

Last time they got along well enough

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Chris giggled into his hand as Cream put the flower necklese on Emerl,the rabbit beaming.

He held the house up more,watering the flowers.

"Chris dear,are you almost done?"Vanilla asked as she got up from the ground.

"Almost,glad i did this last"For the past week he's been doing chores,part of the grounding his Grandfather had said.

Emerl walked up to him,watching the stream of water"Hm? What's up Emerl?"the robot walked infront of the hose,drenching himself.

"Ah..um"the orange robot remained still,the flower necklese around his neck getting wet.

"I think Emerl likes being sprayed"Vanilla said with a smile,Cream ran up to also stay infront of the hose.

The mother shook her head in amusement.

Chris just continued holding the hose as is,not knowing what to do in this situation but amused nontheless.

Eggman wacked the hammer on the metal under him,hitting the nail hard.

The human wiped the sweat off his forehead before looking down at his assistant robots"You two,go into town and do some shopping"

He got a list from his pocket and let it drop down to where they were,Decoe picked it up and read the first part"Six tons of spikes and five thousand cans of vanish?"

Bocoe looked up where the doctor was"Wow, that's a lot Dr.Eggman!"

Decoe looked up aswell"Why don't you ask for a delivery instead?"

"Idiots..I would if i could! Just hurry up and go!"

"Yes,sir!"

"Acording to goverment authorities,Eggman is working on his newest plan, therefore the President has an Anti-Eggman Project he is working on,he is also requesting the help of Sonic, Knuckles and Rouge,developing a large scale strategy that centers around the three"

Scarlet took a breather before speaking again.

"The President is here to inspect the practice drills,so we were planning to ask him about his plans, however.."

She walked over to the door and opened it,camera man following,she blinked as she saw Sonic, Knuckles and Rouge sitting on the same couch.

She spoke up again,this time sheepish"The President has asked for their help to stop Eggman,however,they don't exactly look interested"

The President himself rounded the corner and lightly panicked as he saw the news reporter and camera man,he pushed them away from the door"No filming!"the camera stopped recording at that,the President walked inside"What's going on?"he asked Topaz.

She saluted,looking unsure"Well.."Sonic decided to speak up"I can't do it"

Knuckles open a eye as he leaned further back into the comfortable couch"I can't get excited if it's not an actual fight"

"Fights?"the older human repeated.

"And i can't unless i receive extravagant gifts"Rouge shared her side.

"I see..well,what if we have it be a matches tournament-style?"he smiled"the winner will get a Chaos Emerald"

That got their attention"You're going to use a Chaos Emerald again to hook us?"The echidna deadpanned"Count me out"

"You're only saying that because you don't think you can win"the bat teased,poking his muzzle,the echidna slapped her hand away"Don't touch me!"

"That's dissapointing"Scarlet said in a sad tone"That you're not entering the tournament"

The President hang his head down"Totally,im dissapointed in you, Knuckles"Topaz herself just shook her head.

"I misjudged you"the reporter sighed"I thought you were a warrior of courage and strengh"

Topaz held a small smirk as she decided to speak up"I didn't realise you were such a coward"

Rouge just shrugged at him when the echidna looked back at her with widened eyes.

Knuckles clenched his mittens tight,anger boiling,finally he jumped on the coffee table,screaming"Fine! If you're going to go that far, i'll do it!"

They managed to bully the mobian into joining"I'll win by a large margin,i won't lose!"

"That's the spirit!"Scarlet clapped for him.

Sonic himself rolled his eyes,turning away from the sight"Knuckles you're so easy to rally"said mobian dropped his dramatic stance as he realised what just happened.

The President leaned to his secretary as she walked in"Do we actually have any Chaos Emeralds?"she nodded,the man let out a giant sigh of relief.

And so with that,a tournament was announced on live TV.

"The winner gets a Chaos Emerald?"Shadow hummed,hand under his chin in thought.

"Yeah?do i need to repeat myself?-"he squeaked as Forest kneed him in the stomach to shut him up.

"Jerk,anyway,Tails is joining,so i said yes in the end,wanna have a fight off with my buddy if i get the chance"he punched the air a few times"We haven't spared in a while"

"While i wish for a Chaos Emerald on hand,i do not need it necessaryly"the black hedgehog decided"i bid you good luck"

"Alright,and you Fore-alright dickhead i get it"The second grey eyes turned to meet green ones he was greeted with a middle finger"I guess you're gonna watch too"he got a flick to the forehead at that.

"Ow! Then you're joining?"he got a nod"Why are you like this?!"

"Chris" Tanaka called out,the butler walking towards the boy who sat in the living room with the others,having just watched the newest news"It's Mr.Thorndyke"

Chris took it and held it to his ear"Hello?"he listened to his fathers words,eyes widening"What?! Dad, you're entering the tournament?!"he held the cellphone with both hands"What?! Grandpa and me too?!"

He drooped as he listened too"Ella,Tanaka,Amy and Tails too.."

Ella gaped at the boys words"Me too?"Tanaka himself seemed ecstatic going by the moves he was starting to pull.

Before Chris can get another word in Nelson hanged up.

They looked back at the TV as the commercial break ended.

"The tournament brackets have been announced,the tickets are selling fast,but there are still some left"

The screen changed to show a bracket.

"Call as fast as you can"

And with that another commercial break started.

Eggman held in a pained scream as he accidently hit his thumb instead of the nail he'd been hammering down.

"Where are those idiots?!"he screeched"Messenger Robot!"

"What is it,Dr.Eggman?"the human turned his head back to see the robot behind him.

"Go find them right this minute!"

"Aye,aye,sir!"

The fireworks in the sky were still pretty despite being daytime.

The announcer on the microphone was the President,it was loud in the stadium.

"We will now begin the Chaos Emerald Martial Arts Tournament!"

The stadium looked way too pyramid shaped in Forest's opinion.

"The prize for the winner is a Chaos Emerald!"

The man held up a red Chaos Emerald and the crowd cheered.

Forest was in the tunnel of the entrance in the arena,watching everything.

Why did i decide to do this again?

He watched the President get orange boxing gloves on.

Oh yeah,because i wanted to get Shadow that Chaos Emerald 

Forest sighed silently.

He watched a dark skinned man enter the arena,ears twitching as he heard the reporter say his name.

Emer Johnson..that name sounds familiar..eh

He watched the man hold up a microphone"In the red corner is President Michael K!"

Wait his name is Michael?-

"And in the blue corner,Black Knight!"

Who the fuck allowed someone to enter in medieval armor?!

It wasn't suprising that the President gave up after a few failed punches.

The second round was starting, which was Forests round.

He walked out the tunnel,ignoring the massive cheer that got him and walked up the stairs to the stadium and stood still,waiting for his opponent.

His ears fell down as he watched Chris get onto the stadium.

They looked at eachother awkwardly as the viewers waited for something to happen.

"Hi,Forest"the boy greeted,rubbing his neck.

Forest stared,turned around and spin dashed into the wall of the stadium and out the tournament building completely.

The human boy watched, beweldired.

"Um,Chris Thorndyke wins?"

Chris watched Chuck do squats in his red spandex,then he heard the elders back crack.

Looks like the Thorndyke won't be coming back as the 'Red Rage' as he was told earlier.

"Grandpa fought in tournaments.."you learned something new everyday.

As it turns out it was E-77 who he had been up against,making the bell like robot win by default.

Luck was truly on it's side.

Decoe and Bocoe ended up in the tournament somehow,which ended up with the police being called on them.

They ran out the tournament,cop cars following close behind.

Shadow watched down the deep hole infront of him,spotting a blue dot far down.

"Forest?"he called out,he got not response.

Meanwhile the blue hedgehog himself was curled up into a ball,ashamed for even thinking of all the ways to destroy his opponent when it had been Chris of all things.

Between Big and Ella,the cat had won after Froggy had scared the maid into fainting after he jumped on her face, although Ella was declared the winner then as Big had run out the stadium without realising it.

Tails won his fight against one of Knuckles friends he'd made while alone awhile back.

Messenger Robot-er..Bokkun,as it turns out the robots name actually is versus Amy,the pink hedgehog winning via knockout.

Eggman flew around in his EggMobile,watching the humans below him,attempting to find all three of his robots.

"Where are those idiots?!"

"That was amazing to watch"Sonic laughed,leaning against the chair he sat on.

Chris himself drank the orange juice provided in the break room they were in"yeah,i didn't expect Forests reaction though"he giggled into his straw.

"I wish i could have taken a picture,the face he made when he realised was pure gold"the hedgehog wheezed as he remembered.

"Hehe,leave him alone,Sonic"the boy defended weakly,trying to hold back more giggling,he couldn't deny it himself that the look Forest had was funny now that he looked back.

The second round started,Black Knight against Knuckles.

It turned out the Black Knight had been Jerome,a former employee of the President.

Knuckles showed no mercy though,so the human fled the stadium in fear, Knuckles winning the round.

Chris watched it all go down, although he looked up as he heard the sound of a helicopter above him,he gasped as he saw someone jump out of it.

It was Nelson,the man opened his parachute and landed on the stadium in a dramatic entrance.

It was Chris's father against Chris himself.

"Chris,if you want to make the quarterfinals, you'll have to beat me first!"the man took a weird fighting stance.

Chris breathed in deeply.

The boy won after almost pulling Nelson's arm out of it's socket,the older man weakly giving his white flag.

Next up were Sam and Stewart,Sam ended up being disqualified after attacking before the bell rang,he gave the blonde one last salute before speeding away in his car.

E-77 once again won by default.

Next up was Topaz against Tanaka,the butler ended up winning after confusing Topaz with random gifts that ended with her being squeezed out the stadium platform.

Up next were Emerl and Ella,Cream and Chris cheered for both of them, though the rabbit ended up confusing Emerl with the orders he was given to not hurt the maid,Ella was kind enough to surrender,she had dinner to cook anyway.

The 7th matchup had Rouge against Tails, they traded blows for a little bit before Rouge managed to grab the fox and kiss his cheek,Tails instantly blushed, embarrassed,the bat threw him out the ring in the progress,winning the round.

The last fight of the second round was against Amy and Sonic.

The pink hedgehog refused to fight,not wanting to fight against Sonic of all Mobians,the blue hedgehog frowned,turning his head to call out to Chris in the crowd"Say something so she'll get mad enough to fight"

"What?Me?!"the boy screamed over the cheerring crowd.

"Uh, please?"

"Sonic i have nothing!"

Just then Eggman floated above the tournament,spotting the hedgehog,he put his glasses on and zoomed in to see which one it was,grunting as he realised it was Sonic.

He put them back on his head"Excellent timing"he grumbled before speeding up to float down,pressing a button on his control panel to shoot down

Sonic perked up as he spotted the human in the sky"Amy wait!"he pushed her out of the way of the lazer.

"Sonic?!"

"Oops!"the bald man started flying away"Hey,come back here!"the blue hedgehog ran after him,losing the match via leaving the ring.

Amy scratched her ear before shrugging.

And so with that,the third rounds ended.

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Knuckles held his gloved hands up,taking steps back"Stay back!"he almost tripped on his scarf tails in the proccess.

Chris took to taking steps forward in return,taking a wide stance he then tried tackling the echidna, Knuckles weaved out of the way,watching with a wince as the boy scrapped his knees and elbows against the cement.

Chris got up,ignoring the pain suprisenly well.

"I told you to stop!"

Scarlet stood to the far side out of the ring,Tails next to her at the table she set"What's happening?"she said into the microphone, she turned to the fox"Tails,what are your thoughts?"

The yellow fox smiles and gives the human a shrug"Knuckles never fights anyone who's weaker than him"

The crowd were invested nontheless.

Scarlet continued watching,the boy was determined"Chris knows it,so he's trying to take advantage of it"Tails rested his head on the palm of his hand.

Knuckles dodged another tackle"Kid,are you sure you want to win?"he takes a few steps back"You're gonna go up against Rouge or Amy if you do win"

The human winced at that"Well.. that's..uh"Chris really hadn't thought about what would happen if he did win..

Knuckles adjusted the scarf around his neck"Really kid,think about it"

The brunette scratched the back of his head"I think..i give up,you can deal with them"he gives the echidna a beaming smile"Good luck trying not to eat cement!"

"Thanks ki-wait what,what does that mean,Chris?Chris! Kid get back here,did he just insult me?!"

"You did a great job making it this far,Chris"Nelson said as his son walked down the ring,the boy only hummed in response,walking past him and to the nurse on sight to treat his scrapes.

The next fight was up against E-77 and Stewart..said human sadly booked it out the stadium when Scarlet came up to him and figured it who he was.

E-77 won by default... again,Chris's father meanwhile left in his helicopter,needing to go back to work,in his own words.

The third match was Emerl against Tanaka,the butler taking a traditional wardrobe with a real katana on hand to fight the robot.

"Feel my Shitten Batto Sword Style!"the ravenette jumped into the air,sword out of it's sheath and ready to slice.

Emerl's blue eyes shined as he copied the skill,catching the katana between his palms.

"What?!"Emerl took the katana and did the same move,Tanaka gaping at the beautiful view of the sun making the scene much more majestic in his eyes.

Emerl didn't hurt him thankfully,just giving the butler a scare,Tanaka surrendered right after.

Cream,Cheese and Chris cheered.

The fourth consisted of Rouge and Amy,one wanted the Chaos Emerald for her collection,the other wanting a good fight against the bat.

They duked it out,kicks and hammer cracking the ring,Chris was glad he didn't win with what he was witnessing.

The fight ended after Rouge managed to screw kick Amys hammer out the ring,the hedgehog knowing defeat when she saw it,gave up.

"The next two rounds will be Emerl versus E-77 and Knuckles versus Rouge!"

Meanwhile Decoe and Bocoe were still being followed,this time by tanks instead of police cars,above them Eggman flew past them,Sonic hot on the humans trail.

"Oiiii,stop running!"

"No one is stupid enough to stop because someone tells them to!"

The match started between E-77 and Emerl.

E-77 was dancing and gloating,letting out squeaks at a attempt to sing,sadly it's luck finally run out,it tripped and fell,the bell loudly making noise,the poor robot unable to get up.

Emerl was declared the winner.

"Emerl made it to the finals!"Cream squealed,jumping up and down in her seat,Cheese letting out loud 'Chao' happyly.

Chris felt his cheeks hurt from how much he was smiling.

Finally the second match between Rouge and Knuckles started.

The suspense was heavy in the air as they stared down at eachother,finally Rouge crossed her arms"Knuckles,since you're fighting against a lady,will you give me a handicap?"

"You are a very capable woman Bat,you don't need a handicap"the echidna grit his teeth,Rouge sighed,welp, atleast she tried.

They fought viciously,punching and kicking hard,breaking the ring beneath them,being able to only take so much abuse.

The fight could have ended on either side,both skilled in their own ways.

In the end though, Knuckles managed to hit Rouge's wings,the bat no longer having the air advantage,she was still holding her own,but it was clear she relied on flying alot more.

Knuckles won by the skin of his teeth,the bat almost managing to take him down after not being able to dodge a kick to stomach.

The crowd went wild.

"You're so stubborn!"Eggman looked down to where the blue hedgehog was still following"Im currently busy preparing a humongous project,so i don't have time to waste on you!"

"You're the one whos stubborn!"Sonic yelled back.

The human turned his EggMobile to charge at the hedgehogs"AHHHHHH"

Sonic ran faster"AHHHHH"

"We will now begin the championship match of the Chaos Martial Art Tournament!"

Knuckles cracked his necked,prepared.

"In the red corner, Knuckles The Echidna!"

Emerl stood in his usual silence.

"In the blue corner,Emerl!"

"Fight fair and square!"Cream screamed out over the crowd,Vanilla reminded herself to make some tea for her daughter later,the sore throat was innevitable at this point.

The fight started with Knuckles on the attack and Emerl on defense,the echidna punching and kicking while the robot dodged every attack thrown at him.

Finally Emerl did a screw kick which the echidna dodged and got behind him,arms holding the robot up trying to restrain it"How's this?!"

"Hang in there Emerl!"Chris screamed out,eyes sparkling as he watched.

Emerl managed to form into a ball,taking Knuckles with him,the robot spun rappidly then went into the air.

The red echidna screeched,feeling sick to his stomach from all the spinning.

Finally Emerl fell back down, Knuckles going face first into the ground,indeed eating cement.

The orange robot didn't let him recover,spin dashing again to land a hit in the head, then doing many mixtures of martial art moves on the poor echidna who felt like a pretzel at this point.

Chris winced at every move that landed"He must be tired from his fight with Rouge" he muttered to himself,Cream beside him hid her face in her hands,Cheese following her actions aswell.

Vanilla looked away,not wanting to see anymore.

Finally the referee ended the match,calling Emerl as the winner, Knuckles and Emerl doing a handshake to show good sportmanship.

The crowd cheered the loudest they did that day.

"It's time for the awards ceremony"Scarlet said into her microphone.

Cream gave Emerl a happy smile"hold you head up high Emerl,you should be proud for winning!"Vanilla herself gave the robot a warm smile.

Emerl turned his head to Chris"You were amazing back there"the boy kneeled down to place his hands on the robots shoulders"Now go get your award,you absolutely deserve it!"

"Everyone please give a round of applause!"

Emerl climbed up the cracked stadium and to the President,they shook hands"Emerl,congratulations on your victory"the robot let out a series of beeps in response.

"Now then.."his secretary took the red Chaos Emerald in her hands.

"For winning the tournament,Emerl will receive the Chaos Emerald as the grand prize"

The President was handed the Chaos Emerald,he held it towards Emerl.

"Emerl, we're counting on you to take part in the Anti-Eggman Project,here you go"the robot took it, holding it in his hands.

"Because of you,i also faced danger! I was lucky it was Sonic and not Forest!"Eggman scolded his assistant robots.

"Im sorry.."

"We're sorry that we caused you such inconveniece"the human tsked and turned on the TV,ready to have some distraction when his jaw dropped at what he saw.

The finished tournament on TV continued.

"Everyone give Emerl another round of applause!"

Emerl continued staring at the Chaos Emerald,slowly he twitched, then the sound of something sparking was heard,the Chaos Emerald began glowing intesnely.

Shadow sighed as he finally got Forest out the hole"Come on,it wasn't..that bad,was it?"

The blue hedgehog rubbed his temples"Well,you should go support Chris then,no?"

That got Forest's attention fast.

Shit he's right,i ran out there like a idiot

He took Shadow's hand in his own and took off,the black hedgehog squeaking in response.

Chris watched with eyes as wide as dinner plates as Emerl absorbed the Chaos Emerald,his eyes now red instead of blue.

That's when Emerl started destroying the building,the people screamed in fear,running and accidently trampling others trying to escape.

Vanilla held back her daughter and Chao as they tried pleading for the robot to stop,trying to also exit the building,it was unsuccesfull though as the humans were too many in numbers also trying to do that.

Sonic got there in time to see the scene after his scuffle with Eggman and got to fighting Emerl,even if he felt confused on why the robot who had been so docile before would suddenly act like this.

Rouge and Knuckles joined him despite still being injured themselfs.

Still even with Sonics speed, Knuckles strengh and Rouges cunningness, Emerl managed to attack them,copying their moves and analysing their future attacks.

It was then the robot screw kicked in the rabbit familys direction,Sonic thankfull he had his speed as he saved them,Cream crying from the attempt at her life,shaking in her mothers hold,Cheese himself having passed on from the stress of it all.

Amy took her own chance at Emerl with her hammer,the robot copying her move and taking a pipe that was out from the floor and parrying her hammer.

She let out a yelp of pain as her hammer was knocked away and she was hit with the pipe,Sonic smashing the weapon in Emerls hold as the robot tried to hit her again.

In a small corner,Chris sat on the floor, breathing heavily,watching Emerl jump out the destroyed building,the boys body shaking.

He got up,hugging the wall as his legs barely responded from fear.

Chris followed the best he could.

Tails flew above the city with his namesakes,watching the dot that was Emerl speed around destroying everything"Something must of happened between his AI chip and the Chaos Emerald"

He spotted a familiar EggMobile"Great.."he perked up as he spotted a blue and red blurr approaching fast.

Forest stopped,looking at the scene before it.

Destroyed buildings,water spraying everywhere from broken pipes,roads cracked beyond repair,he could even see humans stuck in rubble,some trying to get out,others unmoving.

"What.. happened"Shadow looked on with a grim expression.

Forest spotted Emerl punching a wall in the distance and pointed for Shadow to see.

"That looks like the robot Sonic said Cream found"he nodded,his expression half-lidded.

".. I'll try and..stop him"

Forest gave Shadow one last look before in a burst of wind dissapeared.

"Oh my, it's totally destroying the city!"Decoe said leaning to look down at the carnage below.

"It's a complete mess!"

"That's it's true identity"Eggman said"It's an ancient combat robot that can aquire it's opponents abilities,by giving it tremendous energy from the Chaos Emerald, it's only natural that this would happen"the human laughed.

Sonic grinned as he appeared besides Shadow"Late to the party i see"Emerl stopped a few feet infront of them.

"Better late than never"they took a fighting stance.

"Don't destroy him,we might be able to get him back"

Chris staggered out of the way as a chunk of a ceiling almost killed him,he had been forced to walk inside a building as he wasn't sure he could climb the wall made of rocks earlier.

He gulped and continued walking,finally exiting the building.

A blue blurr went past him and he gasped,it came back,Forest now infront of him"Forest!"

He was immediatly hugged.

The boy held back tears"He's..i..i don't know,w-what happened,he was okay then,then the Chaos Emerald-"he sobbed.

Forest gently pushed the boy to the floor so he can sit down,shushing the human as he cried.

The sound of explosions and falling buildings were loud in the background but Forest ignored everything.

"I can't..i can't"Chris stuttered out, giant tears going down his tears,blue eyes hazy.

The blue hedgehog let the human cry,letting Chris hug him as tight as he wanted.

The boy calmed down a little after a few minutes"You should,should be helping"he looked up to watch the smoke in the air "they need all the help they could get"

They have Shadow,he is plenty help

He shook his head,bumping it against the humans chest.

"..Is it selfish of me that i want you to stay instead of helping them?"Chris muttered,blue ears twitched.

"Both..selfish"he wheezed out.

The brunette chuckled weakly.

A large chunk of stone blitzed in their direction,Emerl having barely spotted them, although he was distracted again as Tails tried smacking him with his tails.

Forest stood up and turned, punching the incoming chunk,it exploded into tiny pieces,Chris behind him gasping and holding his chest,breathing rapidly again.

Green eyes zeroed on the orange robot as it ran,knowing the direction it was going was the beach.

"F..Forest?"Chris gulped down the saliva in his mouth.

Forest turned his head to look at Chris in response.

The brunette opened his mouth but clossed it as he saw the blue hedgehogs expression.

He formed a small smile,shaky,but genuine"It's alright"

Forest walked a couple feet away from the boy,silent as ever.

Then the cement beneath his white shoes cracked as he instantly dissapeared,it took a couple seconds but the wind blasted small chunks away,the sound barrier breaking.

"Emerl!"Cream screamed out,standing infront of the others as a shield,Vanilla called out to her but the rabbit held her ground,Emerl stopped.

"What's the matter with you?"she asked,deeply saddened,she wiped away her tears even as they kept coming.

"Anyone who does horrible things to my friends is no friend of mine!"for a moment it seemed like it got through to Emerl.

But then it charged at her,Cream screamed in fear.

Sonic was ready to dash in when he yelped as a very strong gust of wind went past him,he barely held his ground,the others not so lucky,he grabbed Amy and Vanilla from being blown away,Tails, Knuckles and Rouge fighting the wind,Shadow holding his own ground while holding onto his hat so it didn't fly away.

They all watched as Forest tackled Emerl into the ocean.

"Forest!"the black hedgehog ran over to the edge of the platform,seeing the leftover ripples in the water.

"Woah.."Sonic looked aswell,others following after.

It didn't take long for Forest to come back out,soaked,some oil the ocean didn't manage to get out of his quills and furr,aswell as holding a ripped off arm of what remained of Emerl.

Sonic shook his head"He's insane"Shadow himself looked happy to see the other blue hedgehog alive after quite literally nosediving into water.

Chris wiped at his tears,his overalls were dirty beyond washing,he was gonna need a new pair.

"Emerl.."he whispered.

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"The Maritime Research Foundation's research vessel Seahawk dissapeared after leaving an SOS message,GUN is searching from the Sky and from sea but their whereabouts are still unknown"

Tails took a piece of the jenga tower carefully,Cream waiting her turn,on the couch was Vanilla listening to the news.

"At the time of the incident,there was heavy fog at the Gran Pacific Sea,the authorities believe there must have been an accident"

Sonic,who was resting on the other end of the couch,creeped a eye open to look at the screen"The ocean sure is scary"

Cream turned her head to him"That's because you don't like water Mr.Sonic"the hedgehog shrugged.

Chuck got up from his armchair to stretch his back"My first guess was it crashed into something in the fog,but it took place in a location where there should be no fog"he got back in his seat.

"There are ugly rumors about the Maritime Research Foundation though..i should investigate"

Cream spoke up quietly,hands fidgeting"Is scary things going to happen again?"

"Who knows.."

The rabbit looked teary eyed already.

Vanilla nudged her daughter from the memories she was certainly thinking about"Deary, please don't blame yourself.."

Sonic gave the rabbit a thumbs up"Don't mind Cream, i'll never do anything to make you feel sad,promise!"

"Even Mr.Forest and Mr.Shadow?"she hugged Cheese.

"Um..yeah?"

"There are still people grieving,no?"Shadow asked as he laid on the grass,hat in his hands as he stared at the four letter words inbued to it.

"Yeah,barely been a week,alot of people died apperantly"Chris said running a hand through Forest's quills.

The black hedgehog watched the interaction"I thought you can't stay near eachother?"

The smile on Chris's lips dissapeared"Yeah..well,Grandpa can endure it, it's finally summer anyway,so im not missing school"

"I didn't do much schoolwork before.."

"Oh,why not?"

".. wasn't good at it,the Professor liked to teach us math alot"the boy hummed"Don't do well with numbers?"

"..no"

"Want to tell me where you stopped? Maybe i can help"Shadow put his hat back on"..Alright? I don't know why you'd want to though"

"Aw come on Shade"Chris gave a grin"It will be fun for both of us!"

Forest watched the interaction.

"The..GUN Fort V3?"Chris said baffled as he listened to what had happened while he,Forest and Shadow had been by themselfs.

"It was..interesting to say the least"Chuck took a bite out of his sandwich.

"Grandpa..you should be more carefull"Despite Chris's detachment lately,he was still worried for his oldest family member.

"Im still as spring as ever kid,also turns out GUN just took Eggmans old fortress to repair it,i won't even lie,GUN's version is alot more boring looking"

"Um.. that's..nice?"

"The battle was really something to look at"

Chris looked at Amy as she held the ice pack to Chucks head,the pink hedgehog just gave him a shrug.

"I think you need rest.."

Knuckles walked past them"Yeah the old man took one hell of a fall"

Chris wondered if missing out on this adventure was a good move on his part.

From the looks of it though,Decoe and Bocoe seemed to have finally put their foot down with Eggman.

"GUN actually did alot of damage"Sonic said as he rested on the couch,Tails sat down besides him"No kidding,they got better"

"That combo attack me and Knuckles did was amazing too"

"Sonic.."

"What?"

"I don't need to hear it.."

"Hear what bud? Bud..? Hey..did i say something wrong?"

Two weeks later,the three had gotten to spending time together quite nicely.

They get along well

He watched while laying on a tree branch,an eye open slightly to watch the sight below him.

Chris had a small white tablet with a marker he wrote on, some books around him and Shadow,the black hedgehog himself owning a pencil and notebook, looking immersed in the humans teaching.

He's a good explainer, he'd make a great teacher

He scratched at his ear before turning from his sleeping spot,clossing his eyes and finally falling asleep.

Chris kicked his feet back and forth as he drank his lemonade,Shadow next to him while Forest was across the table.

"World records seem illogical"Shadow said as he took a bite out of his sandwich.

The boy put his drink down on the table"Well,humans like entertainment,i don't really know the history of it though,the Freedom Movement i've seen while passing by stores with TV in them are really into it though"

Forest tapped his pointer and ring finger against the wooden table,a random beat he has been doing for a couple minutes now.

"Sonic has gained alot of popularity, it's a wonder how he still is at the top after the Emerl incident"

Chris winced at that,taking another sip"I was actually gonna take the blame in saying i was the one who found him..media really wanted to put the blame on someone and..i couldn't let Cream be the victim"

The blue hedgehog growled at that"And uh,Forest didn't let me,in the end the President had to hold a press conference so no one would try anything"

"I can understand their anger"Shadow muttered as he finished his food.

"I can only imagine.."

Forest slammed his fist against the table,gaining their attention.

"Oh, yeah,i should go back today"

"Already?"Shadow asked,ears drooping lightly,his expression didn't betray his dissapointment though.

"Mom and Dad are supposed to come home today"

Why do you still give them your attention..

Chris was suprised to find out they were gonna do a BBQ backyard,still he was happy to join.

"It's been a year since the entire family was together for dinner"Ella said as she sheepishly took the burned kebabs onto a plate.

Nelson had taken to giving his employees a month long vacation as they were skipping it anyway for the Freedom Movement,while Lindsey had decided not to do her next movie for a while.

The Freedom Movement had influenced them to finally take a break from work,Chris was happy they were taking time off of course,even if the boy no longer felt the old feelings of want for parental affection from them.

Chuck sighed as he stirred the pot.

The butler came out the mansion"Mr.Thorndyke, there's a phone call for you"he said looking at Chuck,the elder got up"Alright"

"What did you say?"he sat down at the couch,phone to ear.

"I understand, it's tonight.. i'll be waiting,goodbye Mr.President"he hung up.

Sam had been trying to detain a man speeding in a empty highway for a little while now,the man in the car wasn't skilled with the racecar he had stolen though,failing to drift at a corner.

A blue blurr saved the man from crashing to the ground below,putting him back on the road.

Sam got out the car,a grin on his face,the helmet abscuring it though.

"Forest,long time no see"

Green eyes looked in his direction,giving the man he saved a couple pats on the back.

"Race me!"he pointed at the shorter.

For old times sake then

Sam got back into his racecar,Forest already jogging,they left the human alone,now having to get back home on foot.

They raced for a couple minutes before they parted ways,Sam drifting off the highway while Forest jumped in the sky in a powerful jump,the city below glowing in colorfull lights.

It reminded him of when he woke up that first night.

I get to fully enjoy the view

Chris looked out the window,watching the half moon half metal in the sky.

He was at his desk,working on a sheet the school had given him before summer break,a question of what his dream was for the future.

"Tough question.."he rested his head in his hands"My dream..i know!"

The long black car parked outside the manner,two women getting out of it,they were greeted and brought inside to the living room.

"This is the geophysicist Professor Chaco Bankissy"Chuck shook hands with the ravenette.

"Just call me Chaco"

"My dream for the future,is to be with Forest forever..and maybe do tech stuff that Grandpa does"he wrote on the paper"It sounds a bit childish.."he frowned before ripping the paper apart and throwing it into the bin next to the desk.

He perked up as he heard a big splash outside.

He pulled the curtain away,seeing the leftover ripple the adult pool had"what was that.."

He ran out his room and down the stairs,finally he got out the mansion and to the pool.

He saw a familiar shape in the pool, without hesitation he dived in,swimming deeper.

Green eyes made eye contact with blue ones,hands eagerly grabbing for the other.

The human swam up,the hedgehog going boneless.

Chris inhaled as he finally got his head from under the water,pulling Forest up to take oxygen aswell.

He got out the pool,tugging Forest out aswell.

"What were you doing silly?"

Ears twitching,the hedgehog let out a grunt.

"Come on"

"Time will die? That's nonsense!"Nelson argued,Chuck quickly corrected his son"No, it's possible"

Chaco crossed her arms as she was sat on the couch.

"This world and Sonic's world used to be one,for some reason,it split into two,diferent worlds and dimensions,that means each world had a diferent timeline"

She tucked a stray hair strand behind her ear.

"The worlds have now reunited,so the timelines are also reuniting"

"What's going to happen"Nelson asked"If we do nothing,the two timelines will interfere with each other and eventually freeze,in other words..time will die"Chaco blinked,her words affected the woman herself.

"However,it will be diferent than psysical death that humans experience,make sure you don't make that mistake"

Tails frowned,his namesakes twitching in anxiety behind him.

"I have named it,the Time Stagnation Phenomenon"

"Time Stag..what?"Lindsey tried and failed Ro repeat the phenomenons name.

Chuck sighed"Psysical death will no longer exist"

Nelson and Lindsey were shocked beyond words.

Chaco continued"The world records and rise of Freedom Movement prove that it's occurring"

The Presidents secretary spoke up"That's why we've come to ask you if it's possible to split the worlds again"

Tails slammed his hands against the desk in suprise"Cause another Chaos Control?!"

Chuck clossed his eyes"To go back how it once was"

Forest caught the vase that Chris accidently bumped as they both heard the conversation.

The boy stared blankly at the wall,the hedgehog putting the vase back where it was,he took his gloved hand into the others and dashed away.

They were outside the mansion and into the streets in two seconds.

Chris clossed his eyes tightly,holding back tears.

Forest squeezed the hand he held.

They walked down the street,almost empty by how late it was,they didn't speak,there were no words to describe what they wanted to say.

The minutes ticked by when Forest's ears perked up,hearing a familiar sound of a jetback in the sky.

Messenger Robot..

It was easy to convince the robot to take them to Eggman,Forest really just had to give it a look and the robot was ready to cry and beg for mercy.

"And why are you here?"Eggman asked as he turned his rolling chair to face them, Messenger Robot quickly walking away now that it's job was done.

Chris took a few steps closser to the older human,Forest stood back,if only to watch the human if he tried anything.

"What do you want?"

"Are you planning something?"Chris asked,his voice a little shaky"Why yes,yes i am,not at all out the drafts though"

The child gulped,staring silently through those glasses of the Doctor.

Finally Chris sobbed quietly and turned around,walking out the building completely,Forest let him go alone,continueing to stare at Eggman.

"What are you looking at rodent?"

Silence.

"Y'know,it makes me wonder"the man started and turned his back to Forest"How come two people,diferent species even, bond together so much"

Silence.

"You are an anomaly rodent,Sonic always bounces back, he's stopped suprising me,but you?"

Silence.

"You've kept me going further,you are not Sonic,you don't gloat,tease,you do and finish"Eggman looked through the blueprients at his desk.

Silence.

"I do not believe you're what others do"the human turned his head to look at Forest,glasses shining.

Green eyes stared back.

"I believe rodent,that you are not what others think,you haven't denied or comfirmed their words"

The humans head turned back to look at his work.

"I will figure you out"

Forest walked out the base.

Nelson paced around the room in worry, Lindsey deep in thought herself,and Chuck remained sat on the couch.

They had heard the gust of wind,a vase had even crashed to the ground,they knew Chris had heard their talk.

"Chuck,is Chris really okay?"

"We really should call the President!"

Chuck tsked.

The front door opened,Chris peaking inside,Nelson and Lindsey were quick to hug him,blabbering out words that the boy didn't bother to hear.

The Grandfather let out a sigh of relief,Tails next to him smiling.

"We'll have to get ready"he told Tails,the fox nodded and they both got off the couch to get to work.

"We only need two more Chaos Emeralds"the fox started,Chuck smiled"the goverment is doing their best to find them eh?"

Tails beamed"Yeah!"

"Sleep well"Chris's parents bid him goodnight,the boy clossing the door finally.

Chris ran over to his window to look at the moon once again.

"Forest.."

The blue hedgehogs ear twitched as he looked up at the moon, Shadow besides him asleep,Sonic also sleeping a few feet away.

"Chris.."he weakly mumbled out,his throat tightening,a moth flew by his face,he blinked as it landed on his nose, inspecting it's perch before flying away.

He stood up,taking a small run to clear his thoughts,it was when he was jumping across some sharp rocks that he spotted something red shining.

He tilted his head.

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"The President will soon make a statement"

Amy took one last look at her once owned apartment before leaving.

The rays of sunlight hit the room in a orange tint,items once scattered around gone, leaving it just as it once were when she first got it.

"Good morning,my fellow citizens,im afraid that i have sad news"

The TV was on in the mansion at the early hour of the day.

"It's been several months since our world and Sonic's world became one, unfortunally,the two worlds will separate soon"

Tails and Chuck tinkered in the humans attic,working silently.

Ella was up and making breakfest,listening to the Presidents words in the kitchen.

Chris meanwhile was outside, standing where it all started,the reflected pool shined back at him,he could just lightly see his reflection in it.

A gust of wind went by,leafs plucked out of nearby trees to venture out wherever the wind took it.

The boy looked up,on the other side of the pool was Forest,the hedgehog waved.

"Forest..good morning"

A leaf hit the waters surface,the blue hedgehog remained where he was was,the wind lightly picking up.

"The two worlds cannot co-exist in the same dimension"

The brunette formed a small smile,enjoying the breeze against his form.

"They've shown us courage and touched our hearts,im proud that they're our heros"

Forest felt like.. something new will start,he hasn't really thought about the implications of everything.

To know i can finally get to see their world? Still sends chills down my spine

"Let's show them our thanks"

"I think it would be wonderful if time freezes"Amy said taking her spoon to dip into her soup.

The table was filled with a variety of foods,one last festive,was Ella's words when questioned.

Shadow picked up a piece of bread to munch on,Cream next to him reaching for the brocoli.

"I think it would be boring to live the same day over and over dear"Lindsey said taking her cup to drink from.

Cream nodded her head rappidly,gulping down her food to also put in her two-cents.

"I'll be bored,it won't be fun"

"That's true.."Amy hummed.

Chris finished eating his food,having been scarfing it down,he stood up from the table,wiping his face with a napkin"Thank you Ella for the food"with that he walked out the dining room.

Shadow blinked owleshly,head tilting.

Chuck wiped at his forehead"It's no good"

"I wonder what's wrong?"Tails eyebrows furrowed.

The machine was giving the two massive trouble.

"On behalf of the people, i'd like to extend our gratitude,Sonic and friends, we'll never forget you"

Sonic munched on his own food,standing ontop of the roof of the mansion, chili dog in hand half eaten.

"Woo,im gonna miss these,i won't lie"he spoke muffledly,cheeks round like a chipmunk.

He swallowed his food.

"Savor it as much as possible.."

How did everything went to shit so fast?

Forest dusted himself best he could,destroyed robots he knows aren't Eggman's,scattered around him.

Definetly not from the President,he did a whole speech on TV earlier,a second party?

He palmed the scar over his heart as it flared,hissing at the pain.

Gonna need to find out..

Eggman tsked as he stood down,a piece of rubble over him to hide his colorfull clothes that would instantly give away his position.

Shots and missiles still rang around him,his once base ruined,he was gonna strangle Messenger Robot for giving up information when this was over.

He looked up as white shoes came into his vision.

Forest stared down at him boredly.

"Forest.."the hedgehog picked up his own rubble to hide underneath.

He raised a eyebrow at the human.

"I'd run if i could,rodent"he muttered.

As dead as i want you to be,it will be by my hands,not some humans 

He jumped out of his hiding spot as a rocket was launched in their direction,catching it midair and directing it back to where it came from,destroying one of the robots in the air.

"Do whatever rodent.."

Forest rolled his eyes and dashed away,used the trees as a way of getting air time,kicking and punching the robots in the air.

"This is Director,come in"

"This is Topaz,Eggman is the target of an all-out attack,one of the hedgehogs are helping him,i cannot tell who from where i am"

Rouge shuffled through the air vents as quiet as possible with her wings tucked in,she opens up a grate and falls down gracefully.

The wall next to exploded into pieces as Knuckles came in,wearing his shovel claws,she yelped in surpise before huffing"You're such a blundering echidna"

Said echidna just rolled her eyes at her.

"This is Topaz, what's going on Rouge?"

Rouge took out her walkie-talkie"This is Rouge,i just ran into a hibernating echidna, don't worry, i'll make sure he sleeps in the dirt again"

Knuckles blinked, dumbfounded"eh?"

"Understood,The President is confined in his office,rescue him"

"I know"

"Be carefull"with that the bat put the walkie-talkie away"She worried too much"

Eggman ran throughout the field,dodging the missiles thrown at him best he could,Forest above him.

The human got inside the entrance to his base"What i wouldn't do to have Decoe and Bocoe as cannon fodder!"

The smoke was gigantic around the field,begining to obscure the hedgehogs vision slowly.

Can't keep this up forever Egg bitch!

Finally Eggman got to controlling three of his biggest fortresses he had,pressing the button to combine them manually without having two other people pilot them each machine.

"This is the giant fortress,Grand Egg Imperial!"He shouted in the microphone.

Forest groaned at the name as he ripped apart another robot.

That is so stupid

Forest worked around the lasers Eggman shot out the fortress,weaving around them untill he got ontop the fortress to be free of getting cut in half.

They don't seem Chaos powered,but im not taking bruises today

Rouge fought with the agents in suits she came across,easy to defeat with a couple of kicks and punches from Knuckles.

They were only intimidating in their outragous numbers.

The last one went down.

"Thanks for waiting,Mr.President"Rouge gave the human a wink,the man sighed in relief.

"Thank you,you two"

Since when did he install a ice generator?

He watched the robot get frozen over,falling to the ground as gravity took ahold of them.

Seeing there were no more,Forest went down,sliding against the smooth metal and back to ground.

"Goodbye,Forest,oh,i almost forgot,here you go!"

He dashed across the field as a small box shot out the fortress,he jumped from a tree branch and finally caught it,he opened it,ears instantly perking up.

The President put down his phone as the person who orchastrised the whole attack was captured and detained.

"Mr.President,to be honest,you think Sonic and Forest are nuisances, don't you?"

"What? It all began when Eggman caused Chaos Control"

"It's not just Eggman's fault,many factors lead to a result, it's never a single persons fault"

The President frowned"No one wanted the end result, that's the truth"

"Everyone wants someone else to take the blame"the bat clossed her eyes.

"This is it!"Tails held the box in his hands,Forest tilted his head"With this,the device will be complete!"

Chuck laughed as he looked over the foxes shoulder"Put it in,Tails!"

"Yeah, let's hurry,Chuck!"

To think he actually helped

He looked over to where Sonic and Shadow were,both sat on a beanbag each, apperantly the mansion had also been attacked.

I'll need to give Shadow that book he really wanted for destroying more than Sonic..

He did realise Chris hasn't come back yet.

Still at the lake,huh?

Chris watched the lake,it was peacefull,he was sat down on the ground,he looked down at his reflection.

He hummed a tune,a familiar one Forest originaly started.

The sun slowly went down as the hours went by,and finally the boy got up,dusted himself off and began walking back.

Shadow was curious.

Should he also go?

He knows he can,he can decide now.

The question was..what would Forest do?

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♪ ~S O N I C   GO!

The day was cloudy,but it was also the day the others go back.

F O R E S T   GO!

Chris looked himself in the mirror,he hadn't changed his clothes,still deciding to wear his overalls,he didn't want to make it so..serious.

GO,GO,GO,GO, LET'S GO!!

He didn't want to act like it was giving a elite soldier the letter of being able to retire.

So he didn't change.

The boy took a few items in his room and pocketed them.

He got out of his room,Chuck didn't say anything about his atire as he alongside Tails and Amy,got in the car.

The car started.

Yesterday's rules are simply loose today

The best goal is to break them

They both were at the balcony,the half moon half metal staring down at them.

If i don't keep running 

"Hey,Forest?"he got a ear twitch in response.

"Do you wanna go to Sonic's world?"

There's no other meaning

Forest stared up at the moon,he wasn't really thinking hard about it.

He nodded finally.

Chris clenched his hands around the banister,eyes clossing.

It's a punk philosophy

The boy turned his head to look behind him where the Tornado was being dragged by the car,Forest sat ontop of the wing,enjoying the breeze.

Biorhythm is a two-time rhythm

The scenery instantly becomes countless lines

Knuckles stood infront of the ring shaped portal,behind him the bridge stood in all it's glory.

The wind envelopes me!

A camera crew were already there waiting to record everything live to broadcast.

Inside Outside Attack! Surpass everything altogether

The first to arrive were Cream,Cheese and Amy,the others appearing not long after.

I won't let no one and nothing go forward 

Chuck took one last check on the machine before giving Tails the go.

Inside Outside,Go Sonic!! 

The fox started the portal,only to frown seeing how weak it was"We don't have enough Chaos Emeralds"

Everything altogether,Yes! Forest!!

Sonic was quick to show one he found,Forest pushing him away to also reveal he had a red one.

"We have all the Chaos Emeralds now!"the fox was quick to put them inside,adjusting the machine before starting it up again"Activate!"

"Watch out!" And "Have a nice day" are similar 

The portal exploded in a beam of light as it started taking the animals,Eggman,who had been waiting not that far away in the sky flew towards the portal,the fortress quickly being taken,the mans last actions in this world being laughter.

The portal stablelised itself.

That's right both are by the skin of your teeth

"Good job Tails!"Sonic gave the yellow fox a thumbs up.

Chuck took Tails into a hug"Goodbye Tails"the fox smiled,tails wagging"Goodbye Chuck, i'll never forget what you taught me!"the two cried as they hugged tight.

Throw boredom away and start running right now

Cream smiled as a flower crown was placed on her head by Ella,Vanilla herself also wearing one,Cheese chirping as he was also given one.

Amy comforted Ella as the human cried,even though the pink hedgehog herself held back tears.

S O N I C   GO!

Amy gave Ella the cactus she had taken care of till now as a goodbye gift.

She also took to hugging Tanaka,the butler smiling as he cried.

F O R E S T   GO!

Ella gave one last gift to the pink hedgehog,a book containing her recipe for apple pie.

Finally the first one to go through the portal were the rabbit family.

GO,GO,GO,GO, LET'S GO!! ~ ♪

The portal became alot more visible,as it showed what was on the other side.

Forest..could never picture it himself even as Sonic explained,but the view?

Better than what i could have ever imagined..

Amy walked in second,suitcase in hand as she waved them goodbye.

Tails flew his Tornado in,giving them a salute as he went in.

Rouge handed Topaz a gift"It's very rare that i give someone a gift,you should be grateful"

Topaz watched the bat fly in with tears in her eyes 

Knuckles gave them one last nod as he walked in,Sonic quick to follow as he gave the others a peace sign.

Forest stepped up.

Shadow could feel his ears flatten,watching with a frown upon his muzzle.

Chris clenched his fists tightly,nails digging into his palms and almost drawing blood.

It's beautiful..

Forest had always knew he would go if he had the choice.

The others would describe their universe in such words that it entranced him.

He knew he was leaving.

His hand was grabbed,he looked up to see Chris.

"Forest..i"

Shadow's ears perked up,Chuck biting his nails as he watched.

The boy looked towards Shadow,the black hedgehog walked up to them.

"Me and..and Shadow talked,a little while earlier today"

Forest blinked.

"I don't wish to stay here if he goes Chris,im sorry"

"No,i get it Shade..it won't feel right"

"Yes..even with you here..it will feel like something is missing"

"..then we can agree on something"

"We don't stay?"

"Yes,we follow Forest, whatever choice he finally makes,he is home to me,aswell as you Shade, don't forget that"

".. Thank you,Chris"

Forest could feel himself smiling,he took Shadow's hand.

Chuck's eyes widen"Chris?!"

The boy turned to his Grandfather.

"I think you knew from the start Grandpa, i'll be fine, i'll miss you though,even if barely"

The elder raised a arm as if to try and reason with his Grandson.

Still,he didn't do anything as the trio walked inside the portal,Ella and Tanaka watching quietly,sad themselfs,but having accepted it a long time ago.

Forest grinned happyly as he tugged them inside,Shadow looking very curious to see what was on the other side,and Chris just held the biggest smile upon his face.

The portal dissapeared a minute later.

I haven't felt this happy in so long