Chaos Uncontrolled

Chapter 1

Sonic stretched and sighed heavily before taking off. Scenery blurred past as he ran; not that he was really trying to pay attention anyway. Things had been pretty quiet lately. He supposed that was a good thing, but it had him on edge. Not hearing something from Eggman for this long only meant he was working on his next scheme. Though Sonic would be lying if he said the MIA doctor was the real root of his unease right now. Oddly enough it was the emeralds that had him on edge. He came to a quick stop on a hill that overlooked the zone he'd found himself in. Huh, he'd run all the way out to Emerald Hill.

During his last fight with Eggman he'd had to use the emeralds, and things started out how they normally did. Sonic went super; trashed Eggman's toys; and proceeded to throw some sass his way before, during, and after the beatdown. Things were different though when he expelled the emeralds. They seemed to almost resist, or something did at least. It was pretty quick to forget in the heat of the moment though, and under normal circumstances it was something he probably would have forgotten.

Still though the odd feeling continued to bug him. With the doctor gone, for now, he didn't have much to distract him from his thoughts. It was easy for his mind to keep coming back to the odd event. As many times as he'd used the emeralds at this point they had never done anything like that. Wracking his brain, Sonic tried to remember if Eggman had done anything to them, but no Sonic had brought the emeralds with him. Had Eggman done anything to him? Again no. This most recent plot had been pretty simple, no ancient gods or other force Eggman couldn't control involved. Just build a big, "undefeatable" robot. Yeah maybe Eggman had been running out of ideas, but if the doctor hadn't done anything to him or the emeralds then what happened?

Tapping his foot impatiently he sighed. This train of thought wasn't going to get him anywhere. Maybe he should go visit Tails. His little bro might have some insight on the situation. At the very least the visit would take his mind off things for a bit. With a nod, Sonic sped off in the direction of Tails' workshop. Yeah the visit should help; at the very least he could spend some time with the fox outside of stopping Eggman's plots.

Sonic skidded to a stop in front of the open garage where Tails was working on something. "Knock knock." Sonic said as he knocked against the frame of the garage. Tails flicked an ear in his direction and smiled as he caught sight of Sonic. Putting down the tool he was using and what he was working on, Tails walked over smiling. "Hey Sonic! What brings you here?"

"Just checking in on my best bud. As far as I know nothing world threatening is going on." Sonic shrugged, smiling.

Tails chuckled. "Well that's good at least. It's been nice to have some quiet lately."

Sonic nodded. Ah maybe he'd hold off on asking Tails for advice; the fox seemed pretty relaxed right now and Sonic didn't wanna ruin that. This could wait he was sure. "Yeah, so what are you working on?" Sonic asked, wandering over to the workbench that Tails had abandoned to greet him.

Perking up Tails joined him and picked up the object he'd been working on. "Oh! Not much. Just working on improving the emerald radar. Just to make things easier whenever we need to gather the emeralds." Tails rubbed the back of his head as he placed the radar down.

"Ooooh nice." Sonic nodded appreciatively. "Chaos knows we collect the emeralds a lot." He chuckled.

Tails nodded. "Yep! And I've had enough experience tracking them at this point to feel confident improving on my design." Tails' namesakes fluffed up proudly.

"Well don't let me stop you from working on it." Sonic shot Tails a lopsided smile. "I'll just hang around and watch you for a bit. Enjoy the peace."

Tails nodded and got back to work. Sonic didn't really know what he was doing, but he was sure his brother did and that's what mattered. Eventually Tails slowed and finally stopped in his work, turning to look at Sonic. The fox gave him an appraising look. "Not that I'm not happy to hang out with you but are you sure there wasn't any other reason?" The fox gave him a look.