STH COM - Saga1 Ep3

Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
1st Saga: In The Beginning of Chaos

Episode 3 {1}

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius... {2}
Tails detected a distress signal coming from Eggman's city, Robotropolis. Soon, the Freedom Fighters went to find the source of the distress signal, which turned out to be a robot known as a Gizoid. The Gizoid had information that it wanted to give the Freedom Fighters, but it got locked up before it could escape.
After a brief dogfight and a failed breakout, the Freedom Fighters were successful in rescuing the Gizoid. But Eggman's not letting them go that easily, as he has just released a robot to do his bidding, known as "Gamma".
What information does the Gizoid have for the Freedom Fighters, and with his utter hatred for robots, how long until Sonic loses it? Will Gamma bring down the Gizoid before it reveals anything, and who was that BLACK hedgehog that was following Gamma? Find out next on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius!

Chapter Three: The Gizoid's Rebirth

In the skies between Robotropolis and Knothole, the robot known as Gamma was flying what seemed like peacefully, until an arrow of Chaos Energy was thrown at it. {3}
"Stay away from that Gizoid..." Gamma detected a voice from behind him. He turned around and saw black hedgehog with red stripes floating behind it using what Gamma designated as 'Air Shoes'.
"NEGATIVE. I MUST COMPLETE MY MISSION." Gamma told the hedgehog.
"Hmph. Then I guess I have no choice but to destroy you." Said the hedgehog.
"YOU ARE WELCOME TO TRY, BUT YOU SHALL FAIL." Gamma warned as it and the hedgehog prepared for battle...

Meanwhile, Tails and Sally had just completed repairs on the Gizoid, when he detected a huge energy spike within the Gizoid for some reason... "Hmm..." {4}
"What's wrong, Tails?" Asked Sally.
"Only TodStar has produced an energy spike like that in the past, so how come... Ohh!" Said Tails while he was thinking about the spike.
"Tails?" Sally asked again.
"I think that the Gizoid is powered by a Chaos Emerald." Said Tails, which shocked Sally.
"A Chaos Emerald? But I thought they were banished during the last days of the Great War." She said.
"Well, that's not exactly true. Who told you that?" Tails asked.
"My parents." She replied. "They always told me that should the Chaos Emerald ever come together again, they must be destroyed, as they have terribly large amounts of power, and could destroy all of Mobius."
"They probably just said that so they couldn't bring up the passing of Sonic's dad." Said Tails. After that, there was a brief, quiet moment between the two. "Anyway, now that the Gizoid is fixed, what are we gonna do with it?" {5}
"Well, ever since it told me that it wished it wasn't a robot, I got to thinking... maybe it doesn't have to be..." Sally replied whilst remembering when she met the robot...
"What are you suggesting, Sally?" Asked Tails, intrigued.
"Maybe we could make it a near-Mobian..." Said Sally. Tails then revealed a barrel of nanites.
"And we could use these nanites for skin and fur tissue, as well as clothes!" He suggested.
"Great idea, Tails!" Sally replied, before she grabbed a handful of nanites from the barrel. "With these, she'll look like a real Mobian..."
"She?"
"Yeah, I heard a female kind of voice coming from her when we met. That, and there's not enough girls, here!"
"Well... Okay, let's get to work!" While Sally was smoothing the nanites all over the Gizoid, Tails was typing in commands for the nanites: How they should look on the Gizoid, obey every command it (or she, according to Sally) made, and never seperate from the Gizoid. {6}

Outside the lab, Sonic and TodStar were playing Wii Boxing, while Amy was reading a magazine, when she heard something outside... {7}
"No no no! C'mon Mii, get up!"
"8... 9... 10! KNOCKOUT!"
"Hee-yes! And you're out, mate!"
"Aww, c'mon Toddy, double or nothin'!"
"Not this time, Sonic. Now hand over your chilli dog!"
"But it's as cold as ice. You can't eat this."
"No worries, I'll zap it."
"Zap it?"
"*groan* I'll throw it in the microwave."
"Oh. Ok, 'mate'."
"Can you guys keep it down? I'm trying to hear something outside..."

Soon, the noises Amy was hearing got louder.
"Whatever they are, they sound like they're getting closer." Sonic pointed out.
"Ay, those sound like fight noises!" Added TodStar, who had a mouthful of re-heated (or 'zapped') chilli dog in his mouth.
"Oh, I thought those were from the game... Wait, fight noises?!" Amy said, before she realized what she had heard. All of a sudden, there was a brief flash of light just outside their doorstep...
"...CONTROL!!!" Yelled a voice as a black hedgehog wearing a brown cape appeared on their doorstep as if from nowhere! {8}
"Shadow!" Sonic growled.
"Sonic." Said the black hedgehog as he turned to face the blue hedgehog.
"Master!" TodStar exclaimed before he bowed before the black hedgehog.
"Master?" Asked Sonic & Amy.
"TodStar, it's good to see you again, my loyal apprentice." Shadow said as he put his hand on TodStar's shoulder, until he noticed his right hand on fire. "Hmph, still haven't mastered those flames, have you?"
"Master, behind you!" TodStar yelled as he saw a robot fire at his master. Shadow warped out of the way using Chaos Control, while TodStar deflected the attack by putting his arms in the forms of a cross, then swinging them apart, forming a wave a Chaos Energy.
"Sonic, who's this Shadow guy?" Asked Amy while TodStar was running after Shadow and the robot.
"I'd rather not talk about it..." Sonic replied before he zoomed towards the battle scene to help TodStar.

At that moment, back in the lab (since they couldn't hear Sonic, Amy, TodStar or Shadow!), Tails & Sally had just finished remodelling the Gizoid into a female lynx with a purple dress.
"Wow. She looks beautiful. Have you done this before, Sally?" Said Tails, amazed by the result.
"Well, I did do a little pottery as a kid... So, what should we name her?" Sally replied, then quickly changed the subject.
"Jeez, I don't know. Uhh... What about Claire?" Speculated Tails, but Sally was quick to shake her head.
"No, that won't work. How about Nicole?" Sally asked.
"Yeah. Nicole. I like it. Better than my suggestion!" Answered Tails. Before Tails and Sally knew it, the former full Gizoid had opened her eyes. {9}
"Miles 'Tails' Prower... Princess Sally Alicia Acorn..." She said while she scanned them. "...thank you for repairing my systems."
"Thank you for the info!" Tails replied. "It's still being decifered, but I'll get around to reading it soon enough."
"I am glad I could- what?" Said the lynx before she got a look at herself. {10}
"Here." Said Sally as she gave her a mirror.
"...this is not my body..."
"It is now." Said Tails.
"I'm sorry?" The former Gizoid asked.
"Thanks to us, you're almost completely Mobian." Sally replied.
"Well, I am detecting a large number of nanites surrounding me... are they responsible for my new body?" She asked again.
"Yes and no. We helped out, too." Said Tails.
"In fact, we even named you. Here." Sally added as she held up a piece of paper in front of her with her name on it.
"Nicole... Nicole the Lynx..." She said softly. "...I like it. Thank you."

Before Nicole could thank Tails and Sally any further, an alarm sounded in the lab. {11}
"What's wrong, Tails?" Asked Sally.
"Aah! One of Eggman's robots is just outside!" Tails replied.
"What?!"
"I am also detecting a number of Mobians fighting the robot..." Added Nicole. "... although two of those Mobians are fighting each other..."
"Oh, don't tell me Sonic and TodStar got into another fight..." Tails grumbled loudly as he left the lab.
"Tails, wait up! Come on, Nicole." Yelled Sally before grabbing Nicole's arm.

When Tails, Sally and Nicole made it outside Freedom HQ, they saw TodStar & Amy fighting Eggman's robot, while Sonic was fighting a black hedgehog. {12}
"That robot is designated as E-102. Codename: Gamma." Nicole pointed out.
"Okay, but who's that black hedgehog?" Asked Tails.
"Searching data banks... I'm not entirely sure, but his name is Shadow the Hedgehog." Nicole replied.
"What do you mean, 'not entirely sure'?" Asked Sally, not sure about Nicole's answer.
"I seem to have an insufficient amount of data on him..." She replied whilst hanging her head.
"It's okay, Nicole." Tails said while patting her on the back. "That's not your fault."

While Amy and TodStar were still fighting the robot, Sonic was still trying to get Shadow to fight him, but to no avail. {13}
"C'mon Shadow, fight me!" He yelled as he threw another punch, but missed.
"I have no reason to fight you, so why should I?" Asked Shadow, who kept dodging all of Sonic's attacks.
"Cause I have a reason to fight you!" Sonic yelled again before he Spin Dashed into Shadow, finally landing a hit.
"*grunt* Which is?" Shadow asked again, which made Sonic stop for some reason... {14}
"You don't know, do you?" That last comment really ticked Sonic off.
"SHUT UP!!" He yelled as he threw another punch at Shadow, but he missed, due to Shadow's ability to warp through time and space (Chaos Control). Sonic was then left there. "(Why do I hate Shadow so much?)" He then shook off his thoughts, and chased after Shadow.

Back with the robot, it was starting to get the upper hand in its fight with Amy and TodStar... {15}
"YOU CANNOT STOP ME." It stated. "I MUST COMPLETE MY MISSION." Before it could shoot TodStar, Shadow threw a Chaos Spear at one of it's legs, disabling that leg. TodStar then leaped at the robot, preparing to smash it with his spiked fist, when he felt something hurting him... {16}
"Aagh! Nnrrrgh!" He cried as he hit the ground.
"TodStar! What's wrong?" Amy asked him.
"There must be a Chaos Emerald nearby. That's why he's like this." Said Shadow.
"What? What do you mean?" Asked Amy.
"*groan* Let's just say I'm 'allergic' to them, and just leave it at that." TodStar replied.
"(I knew I sensed something different about this robot...)" Shadow thought before he charged at it.
"Hey, I'm not done with you yet!" Yelled Sonic as he raced after Shadow.

While Sonic was fighting Shadow and the robot, something was triggered in Nicole's system as she watched the three of them fight... {17}
"Sonic, can't we put our differences aside until this robot is destroyed?" Asked Shadow.
"Grr... fine. But once he's smashed, you're mine." Sonic warned. Sonic and Shadow then started Spin Dashing around the robot, hoping to disorient it... but it managed to lock on to both hedgehogs and shoot them with a laser set on stun that knocked them both out!
"Sonic!" Amy cried.
"Master!" Cried TodStar.
"I AM GAMMA." Said the robot, as it walked towards Sonic and Shadow. "I WILL COMPLETE MY MISSION." Before it could get any closer to the unconcious hedgehogs, another Spin Dash was detected, and it hit Gamma. When the Spin Dasher uncurled, it was Nicole! {18}
"Nicole! What are you doing?" Yelled Sally.
"I am protecting my new friends." Nicole replied.
"Uhh, Tails? Who's that?" Amy asked the two-tailed fox.
"Oh, that's Nicole. She used to be that Gizoid we found at Robotropolis." Tails replied.
"Wow. She looks beautiful."

While Nicole was giving all she had to Gamma, but the robot seemed to hold back...
"Why are you not fighting back, Gamma?" She asked it. "You were giving my friends all you had. Why are you not doing the same against me?"
"MY ORDERS ARE MERELY TO CAPTURE YOU. NOT TO FIGHT YOU." Gamma replied. When Shadow came to, he grabbed Gamma's leg.
"Chaos CONTROL!!!" He yelled as he activated the Chaos Emerald inside Gamma, and they vanished without a trace.

"Nicole, you were awesome!" Said Tails, amazed by the lynx/Gizoid. {19}
"Thank you, Tails." She replied.
"*groan* Huh? Where'd Shadow go? And who's this?" Sonic asked himself, just after waking up.
"How'd you do all that, Nicole?" TodStar asked her.
"It's my primary function. I can copy any ability I either witness or experience." Nicole replied.
"How cool! Right, Sonic?" Said Amy, but Sonic just stood there, not answering her.
"(Shadow... wherever you are... I will find you... and I will pound you into the Realm of Iblis!)" He said in his head, while wondering where Shadow went...

Hours later, Gamma's system came back online, and it soon recognized it's location as The Great Desert. However, he was suprised that it's disabled leg was now functioning properly. {20}
"DOES NOT COMPUTE." It stated. "HOW CAN ALL OF MY SYSTEMS NOW FULLY FUNCTION?"
"Because I repaired you..." Said a familiar voice. Gamma recognized the voice as Shadow's before it turned around.
"WHY DID YOU REPAIR ME, WHEN I DISABLED YOU IN OUR BATTLE?" It asked him.
"Does there have to be a reason?" He asked back while standing up. "Is there also a reason why you HAVE to obey the Doctor?" That comment startled Gamma for some reason...
"Think about it." Said Shadow as he walked off, leaving Gamma to question it's loyalty to the Eggman Empire. Eventually, Gamma made a decision, and followed Shadow out of the desert.

At that moment, Dr. Eggman was sitting in what looked like a bridge of a ship of some sort. {21}
"Hmph. I expected Gamma to turn against me after he met Shadow..." He said. "...But my next plan to eliminate the Freedom Fighters will not fail! Set course for Angel Island! I need to have a chat with the Guardian..." Eggman continued cackling as his ship moved closer to it's destination: A floating island in the sky...

END OF CHAPTER {22}

Emerald Count:
Nicole - Purple Chaos Emerald
Gamma - Green Chaos Emerald
TOTAL - 2 Chaos Emeralds