by Dr. Witt 20/20 May 15th 2010, 4:51 pm
Chapter 1
-Life in the Future-
It’s time to meet the team; apparently Tails and the rest of them were forced into hiding when Eggman took over, and over the years they formed a sort of underground resistance. Amy quickly leads you on a path through the forest until she stops in front of a steep rock face jutting up beyond the shade of the trees. She brushes away a pile of leaves revealing a hole in the cliff side and urges you to follow before she took off down it. The tunnel drops you and Amy into a dimly lit underground passage. She says that at one time these old tunnels used to be their main hideout, but since then they were forced to move somewhere else to avoid being captured. This route, she explains, runs between the park and the rest of the city, but doesn’t lead all the way to the hideout. You eventually come to what appears to be a dead end; Amy turns a knob on her hammer, making it shine a light on the wall. It turns out to be an elevator in the wall. Back at the surface you emerge in a back alley, and Amy hurries you onward, saying it’s really close. A moment later you round a corner to see a huge ring in the side of the wall start glowing with energy. She jumps into the ring and disappears; you reluctantly do the same.
It is a strange thing; it feels as if you are falling in an indefinite hole as you approach the impending light of the other end. Inevitably it’s a bit disorienting when you come back to normal gravity, but the weirdness fades away after a few seconds and you are greeted by someone who at first seems like a stranger. He was hard to recognize with everything he was wearing; he was totally dressed up in gadgetry and looked like someone who had been through a lot, which he was.
“Sonic, is that really you?”
“Tails?”
“It is you; I thought you were dead. How’d you find him?”
“Well, I was on my way back here when he just showed up in the middle of Green Hill Park; I couldn’t believe it either.”
“So where’s Knuckles?”
“Well, he’s been kinda busy lately.”
“Yeah, what’s that mean?”
“Well been getting a lot of attention from Eggman’s forces lately, since his attempt to break into the Scrap Brain Zone.”
“Scrap Brain?!”
“Yes, it’s a secret facility far beneath the city; that’s where the doctor conducts his experiments, and the source of his power over this city. That’s why we’ve been trying to find a way in.”
“Alright, I think I get ya; still, what kind of experiments has he been doing?”
“Well he’s been up to his old schemes again, turning animals into robots. . . actually, we’re just about the only ones left.”
“Isn’t there some way we could just bust them out?”
“Things aren’t that simple anymore, but we might stand a chance if we could free all of them.”
“Well, isn’t there anything I can do to help out here?”
“There just might, but first you should probably take these. They’re special glasses which give the wearer data regarding important points throughout the city as well as info about nearby surroundings; it should help keep you from getting lost. Go ahead and try em’ on.”
Looking through the strange lenses everything around you seems somehow more distant, and tiny readings and subtle lines cross your vision like little strands of neon light. “Whoa; it could take a while getting used to this.”
“I know it’s a little weird at first, but you’ll get the hang of it. In the mean time, I’m gonna see if I can’t get in touch with Knuckles; it could be a while so I suggest you both get some rest while you can. I’m sure it’s been a hard day, but we’re all glad you’re safe.”
And so it Begins :arrow: