Sonic and the Power of the Wisps.

Author's Note: I know that I should be finishing Sonic and the Werehog(and my other stories) but once again writer's block hit and I found that(despite the voices in the game, even though Sonic's current voice-not counting the movie-isn't too bad from Jason Griffith(who I like better, but that's me), are a bit questionable, especially Tails' voice) I actually enjoyed Sonic Colours a little more than Unleashed and the desire to start on this lead me to this point.

So yeah, this happens to me all the time. Anyway, welcome to another fanfic story and my second full on Sonic story. This will be a mixture of the game, Sonic X anime, and the short comic story...at least this chapter will for the latter part. Lol. Also, if you wish to wait until the other story is completed to avoid spoilers, that is your decision. If you wish to read this, then feel free to and enjoy!

I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog. All rights belong to Sega.

Chapter 1: Tropical Trouble.

"Ugh, finally." Groaned Sonic the Hedgehog, the young hero of Planet Mobius, a world where humans and anthropomorphic animals that live in peace and harmony. Or at least it would if it weren't for the continuous threats from the evil Dr. Eggman, or a few other threats that threatened to destroy or enslave all life.

Though where Sonic, and his companion, best friend and little adoptive brother, Miles Prower the young fox, who everyone including his friends call Tails due to his unusual twin tails that gives him the ability to fly, are right now, it may be a different story. But Sonic disagreed. Whenever Eggman was involved with something, the cobalt hedgehog knew he had to investigate.

Stepping out of the elevator after sneaking in, Sonic walked casually as though it was a normal occurrence, although he was very relieved to finally be out of the small box after what felt like forever since stepping onboard. Being trapped inside a containment like that not only made him feel claustrophobic, but it was like out of his worst nightmares; trapped with no way out against his well, taking away his freedom and unable to do anything about it.

Though to be fair it was a pretty fast trip...at least it was to Tails who, not having liked the experience himself, wobbled out and feeling woozy and was seeing stars circle around his head, making the young kit uncertain if it was just the stars outside of the place or the stars in his vision.

"You gonna be okay, bro?" Sonic asked, noticing his little brother's condition.

"Y-yeah. Just feeling the effects o-of the elevator." Tails replied, trying to recover from the ride.

"Yeah, well, it was still kinda too slow for my taste." The blue hedgehog replied as he and his best friend paused in front of the path that lead into the place; they were currently in a giant, Intersteller Amusement Park, right above the planet, along with five other attractions that looked suspiciously like other, but smaller planets. The main park itself was like a Tropical Hotel or a Cruise Ship. Maybe a mixture of both. They were in an Attraction known as the Tropical Resort, and the name fit the theme.

"Okay, let's see what that Egghead's up to with this place." Sonic continued as he and Tails scanned their surroundings. This was only one section of the large park, and unfortunately for the hero, he was utterly and beyond amazed. Hover Cars flew over their heads, buildings had all kinds of beautiful decorations, neon signs, and heaps of room for him to run.

"WHOA! This is amazing!" Tails exclaimed in awe, his nausea all but forgotten and his eyes glittering like stars. Sonic couldn't help but smile softly at his friend's expression. The eight year old kit always looked so cute whenever he smiled, laughed or being excited. Three of the many things the blue hedgehog loved about him.

"Hate to admit it, but it does look way past cool, even though it has Eggman's name written all over it." Sonic admitted, rubbing his nose. "That guy's idea of fun is like a nail replacing a haystack."

"Or maybe he really has changed?" Tails suggested with a shrug.

The hedgehog shook his head firmly. "No way. The last time he faked remorse was..." He paused, a bit uncomfortably and shrugged a bit even if he tried not to show it. "Well, you know. Back when the planet split apart."

His brother gazed at him worriedly and while Sonic tried to avoid his gaze by looking away slightly, Tails still caught on the hints of guilt on his expression and deep into his emerald eyes. Something that scarred the hero for life.

"...It wasn't your fault, you know." The fox whispered, half-hoping Sonic wouldn't hear, but he did. Sonic gave his friend a small but sad smile, knowing that he was only trying to cheer him up. He was grateful for it, but he also felt terrible for making his friends worry. That was supposed to be his job, and his duty to protect them, to be the leader model, the hero of Mobius.

But lately, Sonic felt that he was slowly but steadily losing his touch. His previous adventure proved, at least to him, that he wasn't as stable as he used to be, and that terrified him a lot. Granted all of his adventures really would've gotten him killed, but he always managed to emerge victorious. However, his most recent one really got to him, and while he had recovered and returned to his cheerful and optimistic self, some mental wounds still refused to fully heal.

"It as well have been." Sonic softly replied, his weak smile fading and looked away again, rubbing his right arm as terrifying memories emerged but mentally fought against them. As much as he tried to hide his troubled thoughts and more emotional feelings, there were times when he felt that maybe he should open up a bit more. "I can't get over it, Tails. I tried, and I'm still trying not to let it get to me...but it's a lot harder than I thought."

Tails felt instantly guilty for having brought up that thought and lowered his gaze. "I'm sorry, Sonic. I didn't mean to bring it up."

"I know, buddy. C'mere." Sonic whispered, smiling again, and gently pulled his adoptive brother into his arms and the two shared a loving but brief hug. "Thanks, Li'l bro. I love you."

"I love you too, big bro." Tails replied, still feeling terrible, but relieved that the hedgehog was still the same as ever and wasn't angry or completely upset. Just scarred. He giggled a bit when Sonic gently kissed him on the top of the head. "Maybe investigating this place will cheer you up?"

Sonic chuckled at the suggestion and smirked, perking up almost instantly. "In that case, time for some exploring." The two let go and smiled, with the hedgehog feeling much better already. He then grinned cheekily. "Race ya!"

Without waiting for a second, Sonic sped off in a speed of sound down the golden path, with Tails close behind almost immediately as he spun his tails like a helicopter to try and catch up, calling out. "Wait up, Sonic!"

Though in retrospect, Tails was glad that his suggestion had cheered his big brother up, and mostly taking his mind off what had happened before and laughed happily as he caught up with him. It was the great advantage in being able to fly, almost matching half of Sonic's speed. He remembered the day when they first met, and after introducing themselves, they had a game of tag which made Sonic amazed and happy, and it made Tails happy to have finally made a real friend.

"WOOO!" Sonic cheered as he ran down the path, zooming past the attractions that, along with the rest of the place, really did look like extreme fun. Despite that it was Eggman who had built it, which was the major downside of it and it wasn't fair because of the evil doctor, the teenage hedgehog began to love it already.

Sonic ran along the hoops the road had and was delighted since it made him feel free, travelling up and down different levels and jumped onto the golden grind rails, surfing his way with gold sparks trailing behind him. Tails had caught up and even though he didn't usually fly for very long, the young fox has actually gotten better in being able to stay in flight a bit longer each day.

They surfed and flew over the lower levels that looked spectacular from above, but nothing compared to the view of space outside, especially the view of Mobius from each window angles.

"YEAH!" Sonic shouted cheerfully once more as he leaped from one grind rail to another to avoid getting hit by an obstacle that would've been his mistake. He really began to enjoy the Amusement Park, but was still vigilant. Really, building this place wouldn't really make Eggman atone for his actions and Sonic did admit that the evil scientist did help out on very rare occasions, there was no way this would be enough for the guy to say he was sorry.

And he still doubted that his enemy really built this place as an apology. Something suspicious was going on. The blue hedgehog could feel it; from the back of his quills right into this spine and all the way into his gut instincts.

Eventually Sonic and Tails landed on safer ground and walked casually side by side as they explore more of the park and the hero had to admit, he LOVED this place.

"Welcome to Eggman's Incredible Intersteller Amusement Park!" Eggman's voice echoed throughout the intercom, almost catching the duo off-guard despite having hard his obnoxious voice during their self-tour. "Where you can enjoy five planets to the price of one."

"He loves to hear his own lips flap, but I gotta hand to the Eggster; this place is epic! Everyone and their brother will wanna come here." Sonic admitted as he turned to the left, motioning his companion to follow.

"No doubt." Tails agreed as he followed his best friend, walking along by Sonic's left, and while he had his own slight suspicions, he was a little uncertain. "But now I'm not sure why we're here. This place looks totally harmless."

'Had a feeling Tails would begin to buy into this.' Sonic thought to himself, not surprised as he explained via experiences, adding up the situation. "Because Eggman plus "secretly built amusement park" equals evil plot for us to foil. Lucky for us he's not very good in keeping things hidden."

Tails giggled. "Yeah, it would be hard to miss a giant floating space amusement park surrounded by planets." He then frowned a little. "Still, an evil plot? I dunno."

He then quickly realized what he said and, remembering their conversation from earlier, held his hands up in defense and apologetically said with a nervous smile. "Uh, d-don't get me wrong! I mean, well, you know-"

"It's okay, Tails. Sure, I did say it's hard to get over, but I try not to dwell into it. Not the first time I messed up while trying to stop Egghead's plots and I doubt the last time will be my last, even if I'm really careful this time. Like I always say." Sonic replied, smiling warmly.

"Keep moving forward and don't ever look back." The duo chorused and laughed in unison. Sonic then stopped near the edge of the resort and gazed up when something caught his eye. Tails paused to see what his friend was looking at and both their eyes widened in awe and admiration and love.

From the most perfect angle and window was Mobius itself. It looked absolutely beautiful, somehow shining among the stars and as though it was glowing in blue aura. They had seen the view of Mobius before, given the events on the ARK, but this took the cake of the most wonderful sight the duo had ever seen.

"Whoa..." The two murmured in awe.

"Plot or not, you can't be mad at this view." Sonic said, smiling as he folded his arms. He loved the planet. It was his home, Tails' home. Everybody's home. He loved everything that Mobius had to offer; the zones, terrians, the people, everything. "This place is takin' beauty to the next level! I'm just surprised it was so easy to sneak in here."

Tails however begged to differ, as he murmured nervously while he remembered how they got here and sweatdropped. "Uh, I wouldn't say it was THAT easy..."

Around an hour or two earlier...

It was a beautiful day in the fields near Station Square. So beautiful that Sonic wished it would last forever, but then again he was for something new. One thing that wouldn't change for him though, was the beauty of Mother Nature. He was never grow tired of it. Other than his friends who had been family to him since his departure from his parents, especially his best friend and adoptive little brother Tails, he loved Mobius.

The trees, the flowers, the grass, the sky and the clouds, all the mountains, and despite his aqua phobia and not being able to swim, the rivers and ocean were beautiful to look at too. Even the cities and kingdoms he visited were fabulous too, along with the people, and the delicious food. And the Temples and ancient places he'd never seen or heard of before as well, especially from his most recent adventure two months ago.

'Wonder how Chip's doing? And Sun.' Sonic thought to himself as these thoughts made him think about his two newest friends whom he had to depart with.

That adventure had affected Sonic quite a lot, and while he still felt guilty for what has happened, he tried his best to move on. He missed them deeply, though, and while he knew that he had a chance to see Sun again someday, the same wouldn't be said for Chip.

He tried not to think about it much, and at times managed to continue on with his life. Like today as he raced through the fields with Tails flying by his side.

"WOOO HOOO!" Sonic cheered happily, loving the breeze that blew into his quills and on his face. "This is living!"

"It's really a beautiful day, huh?" Tails asked in agreement. "We would do this forever if we wanted to!"

"You said it, li'l buddy! And today, we're going on another adventure! Just you and me! Whaddya say?"

His best friend laughed happily. "That would be awesome, dude!"

Sonic laughed, smirking brightly at his best friend. "That's the spirit! We'll grab some Chili Dogs for lunch and then plan our next journey. We could go anywhere!"

Before either of them could come up with where to go today, however, something way ahead of them caught Sonic's sight and blinked in surprise and confusion and exclaimed, "Tails, hold up!"

The cobalt hedgehog skid to a stop on top of a small hill and gazed out at the sight before him and the two tailed fox who slowed to a stop and landed next to his best friend, his expression mirroring Sonic's. In the small distance in front of the duo, standing right in the middle of the huge field of grass and dirt path, was a massive towering white building that was so tall that lead right into space. Sonic and Tails's eyes widened in awe and confusion and no small amount of suspicion as they followed the gaze all the way and noticed a large floating fortress that looked colourful.

It was surrounded by what looked like to be smaller planets, though whether they were actual planets or just attractions was left to debate. The very middle looked pretty colourful, though the bright sky and sunny day made it almost impossible to see completely.

Sonic whistled, "If that ain't both way past cool and suspicious, then I dunno what is."

"It's weird, but I kinda looks like an amusement park." Tails thought, squiting his eyes and shielding them with his hand to try and get a better look.

"A Space Amusement Park?" Sonic remarked, sweatdropping this time with an rised eyebrow. "That just has Eggman written all over it. Whenever you see something that is way past normal and suspicious, you just know that that Egghead has something to do with it."

"You think we should check it out?" His best friend asked.

The blue hedgehog smirked eagerly and gave him a thumbs up and a wink. "You just read my mind, bro. C'mon!" He then dashed off towards the towering white building, with Tails calling out to him before following via flight.

When the best friends reached it in no time, they found that it was an elevator leading towards the huge floating building. Sonic and Tails then entered it and found, to their confusion, was a set of keys that allowed them to open the doors.

"Well, that was too easy." Sonic remarked, picking up the keys and examined it. As he and Tails gazed at the doors again, they both raised an eyebrow each when they recognized the ugly symbolitic face of Eggman's hidious grin and un-mistakeble mustache painted in purple that almost covered it completely.

The blue hedgehog let out a groan as he rolled his eyes with a small sweatdrop. "Forget what I said about Eggman written over it. This is Eggman painted all over."

"I'll never tell if either the real Eggman or his paint logo are the scariest." Tails shuddered, shaking his head with a small groan of his own.

"Yeah, he likes to fill his giant-egg-ego, doesn't he?" Sonic nodded, then smirked and slotted the keys into the keyhole, opening the automatic doors. "Oh well. Let's go investigate this joint."

Few minutes later, the two friends stepped inside as the doors closed and then were on their way to the very place, much faster than either of them expected, for an elevator. Tails let out a startled yelp at how fast it was going, and while it was still slower than Sonic, even the Mobian hero had to admit this was faster than an average elevator. But he is still the fastest thing alive.

As they were nearing their destination which still seemed to be really slow for Sonic, halfway as they left the Planet's orbit, as the sight from outside was incredible even if it gave them both memories of the ARK, and in the blue hedgehog's case, the fortress from two months ago was beautiful, they began to hear Eggman's voice in the recorded intercom.

"Hello, happy people!" Shouted the voice, which made Sonic mentally cringe. "Buckle up as Eggman's Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator whisks you to an interplanetarly wonderland of fun!"

'His idea of fun is turning people into his slaves or killing them for his own amusement.' Sonic thought to himself, shaking his head as he said aloud, his hands tucked behind his head. "I can't believe somebody was dumb enough to leave the keys in this thing! It's like Eggman's begging us to sneak in and trash the place."

Tails would've replied, but he was desperately trying to hold onto the wall for dear life, shaking like a leaf as the elevator's speed was making him feel very woozy, his stomach flipping all over the place inside him.

"M-man! This thing's got c-c-crazy acceleration!" The poor terrified fox stuttered, his eyes wide as a dinner plate.

"You call this fast?" Sonic scoffed, leaning against the wall. "I can run faster than this piece of junk."

In fact, the only major problem he was facing was the fact that the elevator wasn't going fast enough, and the longer he and Tails were stuck in the small room, locked inside and heading towards the Amusement Park, the more Sonic began to feel like he was inside a prison, captured by the evil doctor with no way out. The blue hedgehog had to restrain himself from rubbing his arms as memories of both being mistaken for Shadow and his nightmares of Eggman winning began to fill his mind.

But he was managing to hide it and repeatedly told himself that it was going to be okay...Well, as long as he didn't mess up again.

"This amusement park has been constructed entirely out of sense of remorse for my past transgressions and is in no way associated with any evil plot or premeditated misdeeds." Eggman's voice blared once again.

"Well, that's a relief." Sonic said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. He didn't buy this even one second. Last time he did, he had been trapped, stripped from the Chaos Emeralds which were then used to power up a cannon that split the world apart, awakening Dark Gaia at the wrong time. It was also when Sonic had met Sun for the first time...and almost eaten that day, too.

"Next stop: the Tropical Resort! There you'll find breathtaking views from our giant Ferris Wheel! Amazing deals at the shopping mall, and constant threat of bodily harm!"

Sonic rolled his eyes again and shook his head with a sigh, folding his arms with an exasperated and dull look, eyes half open. "Give me a break."

Back in the Present...

Tails groaned as he placed a hand on his forehead when he remembered that trip of nightmares. "Ugh, just thinking about it makes my head feel like it wants to-"

BOOM!

A loud explosion behind the duo cut Tails off as he and Sonic spun around to see what it was coming from. The latter narrowed his eyes with a frown and without second thought and telling Tails that he'll be right back, he raced off to see what was going on. The blue hedgehog followed the sound, which was soon followed by weird squeeling babbling he couldn't understand, and familiar machinery moving.

When Sonic arrived, he skid to a stop on the ledge that peered down the lower part of the resort. What he saw wasn't a pretty sight. In fact, despite the strangeness below him, it made his blood boil in anger as he spotted not one, not two, but five robots, four he recognized, the fifth obviously new, chase after unusual but very cute small creatures all over the place. They looked like jellyfish, but one had one eye with a cute curl on it's head, the other two similar to it either spikes or a sphere shaped head. All three of them had two or three tentacles that looked like arms, the bottom parts of their bodies legless. Two were white, including the curled one, and the third was a cyan colour.

"What the...?" Sonic whispered to himself. "What are those things?"

"Yee-haw! Git along, li'l aliens!" A yellow and black cube-shaped robot bellowed in a cowboy voice, named Cubot, as he was chasing after the aliens with a butterfly net. The other robots, Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun, and Orbot, the rounded Robot not only having been reprogrammed after Eggman's humilating blast off by Dark Gaia, but also had the top of his head painted red to match his hands, were also chasing after. Orbot had a laser gun, Decoe and Becoe had crates, and Bokkun had a hammer...which was nothing more than a plastic toy hammer.

"Your voice chip is stuck on cowboy again, Cubot!" Decoe groaned in annoyance.

"Can't you have a NORMAL voice like everybody else?" Becoe asked, just as annoyed.

"Stop talking and net those aliens!" Orbot cried out, as he tried to shoot the aliens...only to repeatedly miss miserably.

"Come back here, you squid-shaped blobs! Hold still, will ya!?" Bokkun shouted, irritated as he and the other robots continued to chase after the terrified aliens who continued to try and escape. Cubot repeatedly yelled out in cowboy mode which was irritating the other three robots.

Orbot in the meantime, realizing that he had terrible aim, simply shrugged and relaxed. He decided to let his companions do the work...even if Cubot was now officially the stupidest and slowest robot ever created.

'Aliens, huh? Gotta say, those little guys are cute.' Sonic thought to himself. While his experience with Aliens had left him uneasy due to Black Doom and his Black Army who had targeted the back-then amnesitic Shadow for the Chaos Emeralds and devour the world, mainly to engulf humanity, he really didn't like the scene below him.

Those little guys looked completely terrified, and innocent. While Sonic knew that looks can be decieving, his gut instincts and conscience were telling him that these aliens were captured against their will and he knew right there and then that Eggman was really up to no good once more.

"That big, fat liar!" Sonic growled softly, knowing that Eggman's so called 'remorse' in the intercom really was another lie. The blue hedgehog clutched his fist which shook in anger which he tried to keep under control. "I'm not sure what's going on...but I'm sure of what I'm gonna do!"

Wasting no time, the heroic hedgehog jumped and leaped from structure to structure, leaping over Cubot, bouncing on top of Decoe, Becoe, and even Bokkun who gave a childish whine, "Ow!", the three robots shoved onto the ground painfully and he then zoomed straight towards the Aliens. Just as Cubot was about to swing his net to capture them, Sonic scooped up the trio into his arms and ran right back to where he came from.

"Huh!?" Cubot exclaimed, dumbfounded when he saw that his net was empty.

Sonic sighed in relief as he let go of the aliens who floated a bit away, but were staring at their blue hedgehog savior. He smiled at them with a thumbs up, before turning back down to the robots and glared.

"Hey! What's going on?" He called out. "What're you doin' to these aliens?"

Before Sonic could get an answer, he noticed that the aliens were circling all around him and confusing him. The cyan one stared at the blue hedgehog who stared back, quickly uncertain and half-wondered if maybe saving these little guys wasn't such a good idea after all. Before he could say anything, he softly gasped as the cyan alien glowed before practically absorbing itself like lightning into his body, a little dangerously close to his heart.

"Huh?" Sonic muttered as he began to float, and the next thing he knew, he turned into a cyan laser energy and was zoomed away further into the park, screaming. "WHOA!"

He ended up leaving the other aliens behind, the curled one flying off into one direction while the other flew away.

"AAAAHHHHHHH!" Sonic screamed as he was zooming faster than HE normally would across the park in his new laser form, taking out robots that were giving out welcome signs but didn't look friendly at all, with hands on their arms ready to attack anyone who might cause trouble to Eggman's plot.

"H-HELP ME!" The blue hedgehog exclaimed. While he had to admit it was really cool, he just wished that he could turn back to normal and figure out what was happening. Fortunately, the laser power wore off and Sonic returned to normal, being gently set down onto the ground and the Cyan alien flew out of his chest.

Slightly shaken from the experience even if it had been fun now that he thought about it, Sonic placed a hand to his chest and leaned forward, his other hand on his left knee as he panted. He didn't feel hurt or sick or anything, he just hadn't been expecting it. Not only that, he had been scared. The blue hedgehog had that brief but terrifying moment that he thought he made the wrong choice.

"What the?" He muttered, as the Cyan alien hovered next to him curiously. Sonic glanced up at it and asked, incredulously yet utterly amazed. "What'd you do to me, little guy?"

"$%#%*#$^%$*." The Cyan Alien babbled, rubbing the back of it's head as though sheepish about not giving Sonic a warning.

"Uhhhh..." The teenager murmured, confused. He then smiled sheepishly and mirrored the alien's posture and apologetically replied. "Sorry. I can't understand you. Gotta say, what happened back there did catch me off-guard but was it really cool, too."

Even though the alien didn't seem to understand what Sonic was saying either, it seemed to understand his expression and it's eyes closed in a expression to which Sonic understood full well that it was happy. It circled around him once more in a very friendly manner and hugged him on the face, tickling him.

"H-hey! Ha ha! Cut it out! That tickles!" Sonic laughed. Eventually the alien did stop and let go before waving at him and flew off. The hedgehog waved back before gazing back at the destroyed robots.

Deciding to investigate further, Sonic sped into the newer, unexplored parts of the Resort after realizing that he was inadvertely lost and far away from Tails. He raced and jumped through many obstacles and surfed his way along the grind rails. As he did, Sonic saw large robot with a large welcome sign, but didn't like the sight of him.

"All this welcoming is making me nauseous. Especially when Eggman lied again." Sonic grumbled under his breath, and went into his spin dash, smashing it into pieces instantly. As he did, three more aliens emerged, much to his surprise and shock and realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

'Eggman's using these aliens to fuel his robots!? It's like at Green Hill all over again!' He thought to himself. Before Sonic could scream out in anger, he cooled off when the aliens, the white ones this time like the other two he saved earlier, hovered towards him and circled around him really fast, with relieved, curious and happy expressions and movements.

"Hiya!" Sonic greeted with a kind smile. "You okay, little guys?"

"&%$*$ %$&!" The three aliens babbled, again in the alien language Sonic did not understand. Before he could say anything, they each flew right into his chest, catching him off-guard again.

"AHH! W-wait!" Sonic cried out, a little frightened as memories of the Rings of Anger, Hate and Sorrow filled his mind, back when he saved the Arabian Nights Realm. That experience had turned him dark and it terrified him, even now. Sonic hugged himself and squeezed his eyes shut, not knowing what to expect from these aliens.

To his surprise, it felt like a much lighter version of Chaos Energy, almost like a rainbow entered his veins and heart. Sonic blinked in confusion and gazed at his hands, before he found himself speeding forward and ran once more, this time much, much faster, almost like it was...

"Whoa! Boost!" Sonic exclaimed, and ran, leaving a trail of sparks and colours and while he still had no idea what was going on or why the aliens were giving him such incredible yet scary powers, he found that he was beginning to enjoy himself.

"WOOOOOOOOO!" The blue hedgehog cheered, running so fast that he while couldn't see where he was going, and tried to block out Eggman's annoying PA Announcements that echoed through out the Resort, he was having a blast.

Especially when he saw more angles of Mobius that he admired and loved so much as he ran. Eventually the boost power wore off and Sonic was back in his normal speed. The aliens flew out of him and giggled before flying away, probably to rejoin it's other freed friends. Sonic couldn't help but smile, even if he was still a tad nervous.

"Man, these little guys sure have a bit scary but way past cool way of showing off their gratitude." Sonic remarked to himself, placing his hands on his hips. He looked around to see where he was now, and saw a giant Ferris wheel with a huge welcome sign, and narrowed his brows at it. There was something very off-putting about the ride.

"Must be the Ferris Wheel Eggman talked about. Kinda creepy." He muttered.

"Please do not be concerned if you encounter screaming aliens. The screams are how they communicate. Really, I promise." Eggman's voice recording echoed once again.

"Yeah, right." Sonic scoffed, already knowing better. "The only reason the aliens are screaming is because they're freaked out, no thanks to you, Egghead."

The moment he said that, though, Sonic softly gasped to himself as another realization dawned onto him. He folded his arms in deep thought and concern.

"Wait a sec...that wasn't me being scared even though I was a little freaked out myself. It was their fear I was feeling inside me." Sonic murmured to himself, gazing at his hands. "I could feel it. It's not just their mysterious powers I was feeling. These aliens are scared beyond belief, because of what Eggman's done to them."

It didn't help that Sonic had his own memories that were brought up accidentally, due to experiences in his two previous adventures. He knew that the aliens didn't mean to scare him, even if he couldn't understand what they were saying. The blue hedgehog suddenly felt guilty for reacting as such, especially when he went through the trouble in saving them. These creatures were innocent and friendly, but being brought here against their will terrified them.

"I know what it's like being so afraid and captured like that, and the thought of your future being put into doubt and your friends in danger as well. Not knowing what to do. I'd go nuts in terror if I were ever imprisoned by that creep, too." He muttered to himself.

Nodding to himself with determination, stronger than ever before to get to the bottom of this, Sonic sped off to rescue more of these pure hearted aliens. The blue hedgehog leaped and found a large capsule which had more aliens inside, and three robots surrounding it.

"Hang on, li'l guys! I'll save you!" Sonic shouted, leaping and performed a karate kick at one of the robots guarding it. "Hiyaa!"

He smashed it's head off cleanly where it stumbled to the side, caught off-guard by the unexpected attack from the blue hedgehog. It stumbled into the other one who collapsed onto the ground and the third one, being alerted by his presence, shot out lasers at him. Sonic smirked and easily dodged to the right before running forward and kicked and karate punched it in the chest and arms and then took out the first two, destroying them instantly.

"Well, that was easy. I'm kinda disappointed." Sonic taunted, before setting his task to jump onto the capsule and hopped on top of it, pushing down a button which opened it and then landed on the ground. Twelve more aliens emerged, six that were white, and six that were cyan.

The aliens giggled and huddled each other happily as Sonic smiled happily. They then circled around their Mobian hero with giggles in their language.

"Hey there. Don't worry, you're safe and free now." Sonic reassured them. "I'll make sure that horrible man in red doesn't hurt you again."

They seemed even more relieved by his kind words, and one of the cyan aliens was about to enter Sonic's body to give him the power of laser once more. This time he braced himself for it and while he was still a little uneasy, he allowed it to happen and once again turned into a laser, zooming away across the resort.

A little while later while waiting for Sonic to return, Tails had been acquainted with the curly alien and, not understanding it at all, decided to adjust his hand-held device, the Miles Electric. He was fiddling with it to turn it into a translator while sitting on his blue tool box.

"Let me see. Gotta connect the framistatic capacitor to the maximizing modulationzer..." The eight year old fox was muttering to himself.

The little alien with the blue curl hovered around him curiously, and even tried giving out body movements with it's tentacles while speaking it's language, hoping to be helpful. " #^$# ^ ^#$%#."

Sadly Tails couldn't understand it even with his intelligence and sighed apologetically to his and Sonic's new friend. "I wish I knew what you were saying little guy. Or gal. Or...whatever you are."

"WHOA!" Came Sonic's screams as he suddenly appeared once again in laser form as though appearing out of nowhere before returning to his original form and landed safely on the ground. The latest Cyan alien flew out of his chest and waved a goodbye to him before flying off. Probably to rejoin the rest of it's friends.

While Sonic was recovering from his continuous transformations due to the aliens lending him their powers, he was totally hyped by the experience no matter how hard he tried to get used to it, and then realized that he finally made it back to his best friend.

"Whoa...Oh man! That...was...CRAZY!" Sonic exclaimed in disbelief and utter excitement, waving his arms to emphasize his words, only to notice that Tails was too engrossed with his fiddling that he hadn't even noticed what happened. But the two-tailed fox did notice him standing there.

"Oh, hey Sonic. I was just configuring my hand-held into a translator so I can understand this guy." Tails spoke up, gesturing at the little alien, before asking. "Did you...go somewhere?"

"Didn't you see?" Sonic asked, unable to believe that Tails hadn't seen what happened. He then explained his experience. "I absorbed those aliens and got powered up by with, like, some kind of wild energy! And after a few seconds they popped outta me!"

Even though Sonic was truthful, Tails shared a glance with the little alien who looked sheepish as it shrugged. The young fox then turned to his hedgehog big brother and apologetically replied, "Uh, I find that hard to believe."

"No, really! It's true!" Sonic exclaimed. "It all started when I saved this little guy and his friends from Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun and Orbot, and some Cowboy voiced block robot that's new."

The aforementioned alien flew up to Sonic's side and nodded, as though understanding him and attempted to confirm that the blue hedgehog was telling the truth.

Tails only blinked, before rubbing the back of his head. "Okay, so maybe you're right. I still find it hard to believe, though."

Sonic sighed, disappointed. He then decided to drop it and then changed the subject, spreading out his arms in a serious tone. "Okay, seriously. We need to find Eggman and figure out how catching these aliens fit into whatever heinous plan he's hatching!"

"And wreck that plan, right?" Tails guessed with a knowing smile.

"Yeah, that's how we pretty much spend our time." Sonic shrugged, still knowing that his best friend still found that Eggman was up to his usual tricks again hard to believe as well. "I'm gonna look around a bit more. Be right back."

With a final wave, Sonic then raced off to continue explore the Tropical Resort and find Eggman to learn more of this newest plot.

A/N: I was gonna fit in the boss battle in this chapter, but I ran out of time as it was getting late and I didn't want to wait another week before I could get the chance to post this story again. Hope I did okay with it.

See you in the next chapter!