Areion Ryuukaze was just a 14 year old young boy who wants to become a hero, but one day he was sent to an alternate version of earth where he discovers he was born with the powers and soul of a powerful robot called Emerl. Now with the spirit of Em...
In the middle of street in present day Soleanna, a blue swirling portal appeared and fell Sonic, Tails and Knuckles.
"Looks like we made it back in one piece." Knuckles said as he looked around to make sure they're back in the present.
"Yeah, but where did Shadow and Rouge go? I don't see Areion here either." Tails said. The trio turned to look at the portal which was slowly closing, then at the moment Areion came through it and landed before them.
"Hey Areion, you almost had us worried there for a second." Sonic said.
"Actually I'm a clone, the boss decided to hang back at the future." The clone said which surprised the others.
"Huh? But why would he do that?" Knuckles asked.
"Boss saw Shadow going after that doppelgänger we saw talking with Silver and Blaze and decided to hang back to get some answers on what he possibly knows."
"Are you sure he'll be alright?" Tails asked.
"Don't worry, the boss will meet up with you guys later." The clone said.
"Okay then, we'll catch you later." Sonic said with a thumbs up, the clone nodded in affirmation before disappearing. "While Tenga is doing his thing, let's find information that could help us locate where Eggman could have taken Elise." Then a newspaper which was floating in the wind hit his leg, Sonic picked it up to read it with Tails and Knuckles looking over his shoulder to read it as well.
Meanwhile in the future, Shadow had pursued Mephiles all the way to the middle of a large rock platform surrounded with lava. There he saw Mephiles standing on top of one of the strange trees.
"So you decided to avoid your return ticket? And it seems like you're not the only one." Mephiles said.
Shadow heard footsteps and turned to see Areion walking towards them much to his surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to get some answers from this guy, I have reasons to believe that he knowns what happened to make the future end up like this." Areion replied.
"And it's possible that he could be the cause from what we saw back at the facility, since he lied to those two about Sonic being the reason why the world was destroyed." Emerl said.
"That's part of the reason why I followed him as well." Shadow said, then they turned to face Mephiles. "Which leads me to ask, why are you here if you ruin this world?"
"The answer is yes and no." Mephiles said.
"What is that supposed to mean? Get to the point." Areion said.
"If you insist, then it's best that I show you." Mephiles snapped his fingers, then Tenga and Shadow saw a cage appear nearby but it was who inside the cage that shocked them. Inside the cage was... "That's right Shadow, it is you."
"What happened?" Areion narrowed his eyes.
"After the world was devastated by Iblis' flames what do you think happened? A search for the guilty. What did this you may ask? Humanity wasn't just jealous of your power, they feared it and used this incident to hunt you down."
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