Sonic Returns

Chapter eight: invasion!

Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Agent Stone were all standing in the house's living room, the three suspicious mobians staring the mysterious human intruder down. There were several minutes of total awkward silence as they glared at each other, before Sonic finally spoke up.

"Okay, so let me see if I get this straight..." The blue blur started, raising his hands. "You are a government agent, and your name is Julian Stone."

"Yes, that's right." Agent Stone replied. "Though my code name is Snively." He looked down. "Robotnik chose that code name for me."

"And you used to work for Eggman, before he went crazy?" Tails asked. "You were his personal assistant back then?"

"Yes, he worked for the government, too. Just as I did." Snively nodded remembering things he wished he didn't have to. "I thought he was a great genius, even though he treated me like crud. He seemed like such a brilliant intellect, who could solve all the world's problems with his science. I thought he was just alienated, misunderstood... and I blinded myself to just how twisted, psychotic, and dangerous that lunatic I idolized actually was." The government agent shook his head sadly. "That's not a bad nickname for him, by the way. 'Eggman', I wish I had thought of that when I was his lackey."

"But why did you come to Sonic for help?" Amy Rose asked. "Can't your government deal with him?"

"My superiors want Eggman to be dealt with discretely, without getting the public concerned." Snively explained. "Since Sonic had defeated Robotnik once before, they are asking that he step in and 'save the day' again."

"We're already involved in a conflict with Eggman." Sonic replied, crossing his arms. "But what is old 'Buttnik up to this time?"

" This time, the doctor's scheme has gone as high as the sky." The agent replied. "Allow me to demonstrate."

Pulling out a tablet, Snively brought up a satellite image of the skies over Easter Island. Suddenly, a large ring portal opened over the tranquil scene, and a massive yellow fortress of colossal size came through the gateway. An entire army of badniks began to swarm down onto the island, terrorizing tourists and islanders alike. The trio of mobians stared at the events unfolding on the screen in confusion.

"Wait, why would Eggman be interested in-" Sonic's eyes went wide, as realization dawned on him. "Oh no..."

"The last Chaos Emerald!" Tails exclaimed in horror. "It's here! On earth! Eggman must have discovered it somehow!"

"We've got to get to that island, and scramble that egg!" Amy Rose finished. "Agent Snively, can you get us to the island?"

"Unfortunately, none of our aircraft are able to approach the island." Snively sighed. "We can get the three of you close, but you will have to get up to Robotnik's air fortress yourselves." He gestured over towards Tails. "Which, considering one of you can fly, really shouldn't be a problem."

"Don't worry about us getting on his ship, agent Snively." Tails reassured him. "A friend of mine and I have been working on a little project, that should get us in right under Eggman's radar."

"Understood. I shall return to Washington, and make the necessary arrangements." Snively nodded, before looking back at the blue blur. "Sonic Hedgehog, Dr. Ivo Robotnik is one of the deadliest minds on this planet, especially with the arsenal our spy satellites have observed in his possession. We are counting on you to take this threat down, to stop whatever it is this power-mad lunatic. Please save the world from this menace, before it can grow to threaten the entire world."

Less than Twenty minutes later, the mobian trio was out on Crazy Carl's farm, pounding on the conspiracy theorist's door.

"Tails, what are you doing here at this late hour?" Carl asked, yawning. "Did something happen?"

"Carl, we've got a problem... Eggman's back." Tails told him bluntly. "We're going to need the Tornado to stop him."

"Say no more." Crazy Carl told them, grabbing his lantern. "Follow me."

The old coot led them out to the rickety old barn, opening the doors, as he and tails rolled out the rebuilt plane. The blue blur was in awe of the aircraft; it had been repainted a bright red body with white wings, with Sonic's name emblazoned along the side (Showing Tail's admiration for his friend), and a big red star bumper logo with wings painted on the tail fin.

"Whoa, Tails!" The blue blur exclaimed in amazement, hopping up to stand on top of the wings. "You did an amazing job on this thing, it looks awesome!"

"The plane does look incredible, Tails." Amy replied, looking the plane over. "But there is only two seats, where am I supposed to ride?"

"Don't worry, Amy! You can have the co-pilot's seat." Sonic called down to her. "I'll just ride up here, standing on the wings!"

"Well, that's certainly a way to break your neck, just so you can show off." Amy rolled her eyes, before looking back up at the blue blur. "Just... be careful up there, okay? Try not to be too reckless."

"No problem Amy." Sonic gave her a thumbs up. "Don't worry, I'll be all right."

Tails and Amy Rose climbed into the seats, while pulled on the plane's propeller to start it up. The plane rolled forward, picking up speed as it used Carl's fields a plane took off into the Sky, heading west towards the pacific as Crazy Carl waved goodbye from the ground.

"Good luck, Tails! Hope all those upgrades and changes we made help out on your mission!" The old coot called out, even though there was no way the fox and his friends could possibly hear him. "You young fellers are going to need all the help you can get!"

...

In the skies over Easter Island, the Wing Fortress cast a shadow over the entire landmass. Most of the people who had been on the island had either evacuated or taken shelter, leaving the badniks free rein everywhere. On board the vessel, Dr. Robotnik watched on the monitor as his burrobots dug into the ground near the giant Maoi stone heads on the beach. Tapping his finger impatiently, the mad doctor could feel his temper rising.

"Come on, where is it? My sensors detected Chaos energy buried deep in this part of the island." Robotnik growled, disappointed in his badniks' failure. "Well, we'll just have to dig deeper, even if it topples over those all of these precious ancient statues!"

Suddenly, all the alarms on the Wing Fortress's bridge went off, and Robotnik saw an old biplane from the last century approaching his mighty vessel. The mad scientist was about to laugh at the absurdity of it, until he saw the familiar blue from riding on top of the plane's wings.

"So, that blue buffoon has finally decided to show up, eh?" The mad scientist snarled, pulling out The blue quill in a glass container he had from Sonic. "Well, wait to see what I have in store for him!"

Walking up to Metal Sonic's tube and opening it, he inserted the sparking blue quill into a slot on the blue badnik's body. Then, Robotnik pressed a button, and Metal Sonic's whole body sparked to life. The robot duplicate's eyes lit up with and evil crimson glow, and the turbine in its stomach began to spin. The mad scientist slowly began to smile, as his twisted creation stepped out of its storage tube.

"Prepare yourself, Sonic the Hedgehog." Robotnik boasted aloud, adjusting his glasses with his right hand. "My badniks and I shall deal with your two friends, while Metal Sonic brings about your own doom!"