GeneX - Shatterverse
Chapter 3 - Sage Appears
Sonic & related characters (c) Sega
GeneX-related OCs (c) 2BIT
As the robotic Tails fired his missiles, Sonic and Copter took off in opposite directions. The missiles turned to chase Copter. "Oh, OF COURSE!!" he groaned, rushing inside Tails' Workshop so that the missiles simply blew open the wall! Robo-Tails followed Copter in, while Sonic ran after Sage. "Put my friend back to normal, right now!" he shouted, attempting to spin jump into her, only for Sage to float up higher and evade him. "I have respect for Sonic the Hedgehog...but you are not the same. Still, I apologize... Your world must be subject to my experiment..." she said, floating away from Sonic and facing the city streets. Copter, meanwhile, was flung out of the hole in the workshop, presumably by Tails. "Unnh... Why am I ALWAYS getting my butt kicked by him??" he groaned, standing up and glancing in Sage's direction. Sage began to use that same strange power to transform more people in the streets into robots, a spectacle that Razor failed to notice as he approached his stolen bike from another direction. "Yeah, I shoulda known Tails was behind this..." he grumbled, hopping on his bike. Sage seemed to detect his presence, and turned in his direction, ready to transform him, too! "Look out!" Sonic and Copter shouted at once! Sage shot the weird energy towards him, but someone leapt into the path in time to block it! Copter realized that it was Chet. "Aw, no... He's gonna be a robot and I can't get home..." the fox whimpered. However, to Sage's surprise, Chet was unaffected! "Curious... I need more data..." she murmured, flying away. The newly created robots followed her, including Tails. "Wait, bro!" Sonic called, but seeing his words ignored, he turned his attention to the stranger who brought all this trouble, Copter.
Sonic and Razor looked at Copter and Chet with suspicion. "Just what is going on here??" Razor asked. "And why is my best friend a bot now??" Sonic growled. Chet shrugged. "Honestly? I have no earthly idea." he sighed. Copter looked thoughtful. "Bucky mentioned our world being on like, another wavelength or something. Maybe that means the robo-beam won't affect people from our world, like Chet here!" he realized. Razor crossed his arms. "Your world? You come from space or something?" he questioned. Before they could figure any more out, some missiles struck Tails' Workshop again, and as they looked, they saw Tails had returned! "I guess that Sage character decided we have to go!" Copter growled. Sonic stepped between them and his roboticized friend. "You figure out how to fix him, I'll keep him occupied!" he shouted. Nodding, Copter jumped on the back of the bike Razor was sitting on. "To Bucky's lab!" he shouted. "H-hey, I'm in charge here!" Razor stammered, but with Chet speeding ahead, the porcupine followed after him, all while Sonic kept Tails' attention...
Just outside the city was a warship where Dr. Eggman was monitoring the tax collection process. "That was Copter, no doubt. How is he alive?" he wondered to himself. He was suddenly startled as his control monitors flickered, and Sage leapt out of the screen! "Do not be alarmed. I am Sage, an AI created by another version of you. I request the assistance of your Eggpire in capturing a certain black fox." she said, getting straight to the point. Eggman looked at her curiously. "Another me? Not the most trustworthy person in the world... So why should I trust you?" he asked. Sage pointed to the screen she'd emerged from. It showed the roboticized army she had gathered for him. "I merely ask we pool our forces to deal with a common enemy." she stated. Eggman smirked and snickered. He was on board.
Upon returning to Bucky's lab, Copter turned over the Miles Electric Tails had given him, and sat himself down to rest while Bucky tried to see if he could come up with anything useful. This downtime gave Chet, Ridley and Tommy a chance to talk with Razor. Tommy hugged him tightly. "I thought I'd never see you again!" he sniffled while Chet smiled. "Oh, gosh, I'm gettin' misty-eyed, too!" he chuckled. Ridley gave Razor a salute. "Good to see you alive and kicking, partner!" he said. Razor awkwardly patted Tommy on the head. "Partner? Just...who are you people!?" he stammered. Tommy looked up at him sadly. "Y-you don't know me, bro?" he murmured. "You look like Tommy, but he's dead. I held him in my arms as he died... I told him not to get involved in the Despair War, but he... he wanted to be like me..." he grunted, pulling away from Tommy, "And I've never seen those two in my life." he added. "Yeesh, this world's harsh..." Chet muttered, "Guess I'm either a criminal or dead here." he added. "Same for me, if Bucky even bothered creating me..." Ridley gulped. As Razor went to pout in the corner, Tommy looked at him sadly. His brother was truly gone, he knew that now. And he felt foolish for thinking the multiverse could reunite them. They might look the same, but they were different people.
Bucky returned with a serious look in his eyes. "I used Tails' gizmo to run a scan of the area. It covered much of the city, but I found no energy signatures matching err... You four." he said, alluding to Copter, Chet, Ridley and Tommy. "So... the other missing Mobians aren't here?" Ridley asked. Bucky shrugged. "Perhaps. I did however pick up a different odd energy signature. I hypothesize that it belongs to this 'Sage' you mentioned. She may be from yet another different world... but I don't have enough data to say for sure." the rat sighed. Tommy raised his hand, "So, uh, is there...any way for us to get home?" he asked. Nobody looked very confident about that. "I'm just gonna say it," Zipp grumbled, "If Tails is gone, the only one smart enough to send them home is...Eggman." Copter rubbed his eyes and groaned. "Ughhh, Gemini, I could use your magic right about now..."
Razor had stepped outside for a bit, but now he raced back inside, grabbing Tommy by the arm. "We need to go! The Eggpire's flagship is hovering over this lab! I think you ticked 'em off, fox!" he shouted. "Gotta tell Vortex!" Zipp stammered, only for the chameleon to enter through a back door, armed to the teeth! "We fight our way out! Who's with me!" Vortex shouted, without his trademark hiss. An explosion sounded at the doorway, and several roboticized Mobians rushed in, aiming high-tech rifles at the group! Copter recognized Fred the fennec among the Robians. "Hehe... Hiiii, Gemini's dad! You look better than the last time I saw ya!" he said with a nervous chuckle. Simon the gecko and Ozzie the morph were two more Mobians deceased in Copter's world who now stood before them as Robians. Ridley glanced at Chet, and they both put their hands up. "Just surrender...we need to talk to Eggman anyway..." the coati sighed. The others frowned, putting their hands up as well, just as Sage floated into the room. "Surrendering is wise. Your chance of defeating us is roughly 7.216 percent." she informed them, "Now, submit to imprisonment...or face roboticization..."
To be continued...
Egg Memo X8
I arrived in a new world. To all appearances, this world is practically identical to the one I came from...and yet, at the same time, it's so...extra. I struck a deal with some disgruntled ex-GUN agents, and Sage has been using their network to piece together this world's history. It seems this is the Prime dimension for our multiverse... Thus meaning I'm not Eggman Prime, but who cares! Eggman Prime has seemingly retired after some war centered around Green Hill. And these GUN agents' leader has been arrested as well. They need a leader, I need an army. I'll just tweak GUN's designs for now...don't want to let Sonic Prime know that there's a new egg in town. Not yet...
