This is an story idea that has been rolling around in my head ever since I heard the game over thinker's ideas for sonic. I will admit that he spawned the idea for it so much of the beginning will be based on his spitball idea for a sonic reboot.

I've felt for some time that if any series needs a reboot it's this one and this story will basically serve as throwing my ideas into the ring for said reboot. So if you wish to read this do so with the knowledge that everything you know about the games is malleable to me at this time. I will be trying to keep the personalities of the characters intact, and the characters that seem to have had several throughout the cannon or appear in several cannons I will be choosing the one I like best, or just making up my own. With that in mind, let's get this party started.

Chapter 1 Sonic Boom

The crack of thunder rolled across the barren landscape of the Red desert. One of the most featureless landscapes on all of Mobius the normally tranquil place had been split by several earth shattering booms over the last few hours. Sonic the hedgehog was board, and when he was board only one thing could cure it; Speed. The wind screamed past his ears and the dust stung his eyes, but this was as close to soothing meditation he ever came.

Sonic's short blue fur and similar colored spiny quills were pushed back by the fierce wind cause by his movement. His red sneakers were a blur as his feet propelled him along. His tan belly was near parallel with the red ground that zipped past him at incredible speed and his equally tan muzzle was fixed in a cocky smirk.

He pored on the speed, moving his feet ever faster; arms forced near strait back by the g forces and turbulent wind alike. Another crack shattered the air as he broke the sound barrier yet again. He had been running for hours, slowing down and then speeding up just to send the sonic boom across the desert just for fun. "I am amazing" he thought for the hundredth time today.

Throwing out a leg to change direction, Sonic made a sudden ninety degree turn, letting the dust that had been kicked up behind him fly past and blasted off in the other direction directly towards a cliff.

He glanced back to see the dirt devil he had cause for just a few seconds, then leaped off the cliff deliberately. Time seemed to stand still for a few moments as he hung in the air for what felt like, to him, an eternity, more of the desert lay below him broken only by several pillars of red stone. The open land gave way after several miles to a massive forest whose name he had never bothered to learn.

Within the brief seconds of hang time, he had plotted his way down to earth. He instinctively touched the two gold rings he wore on his wrists to tap into their power.

"Here we go…" he said to himself.

Sonic then balled up into a tight summersault, spinning a great speed. Blue energy surrounded him in a protective shell and he was propelled forward by the power of the rings, guided by his will. The connected with the first tower of stone, launched off it with his feet, leaped to the next, then back. Leaping between the two pillars he quickly found his way to the ground. As soon as his red sneakers hit the ground he was off again, a sonic boom following closely in his wake. Behind him the pillars, having been knocked off balance by his acrobatics, began to collapse towards him. Thinking it would be no fun if he just out ran the falling stones, Sonic slowed down and began the intricate dance of dodging stones two to ten times his size.

Left, right left, roll, duck, jump, dash, side step, right again.

Dust rose in a great cloud that could be seen for miles. A single line of dust escaped the wreckage, the blue hedgehog at its head.

Once he had put some distance between him and the dust cloud he put on the "breaks" and let his own dust trail settle around him. Once it cleared and he could see the results of his dare devilry his smirk only got more lopsided.

"To slow gravity, better luck next time." He quipped.

He took a few moments to admire his handy work, and just as he was about to take off and sound another boom across the land he heard a much more subtle sound. A yell, coming from the forest, not just any yell. Was that…a child?

Sonic tried hard to hear the noise again. There it was another yell. Someone was in trouble, and it did indeed sound like a young Mobian. His first instinct was to just let whomever it was deal with their own problems. After all, wasn't that what he had always done? He had yet to face anything that his speed could not simply just take him away from. However, this sounded like a child. They weren't expected to deal with their own situations yet were they? Sonic stood for several moments in indecision, and before he had realized he had made up his mind, his red sneakers were taking him into the forest towards the cries.

The trees made it impossible to top out his speed, but he still made excellent time, pausing only a few moments to zero in on the cries for help. Soon he found himself in a meadow full of flowers and grass, but more noticeably a large robot.

The machine moved on two legs and sported two arms as well. It stood about twenty feet tall and had no head, but a single "eye" line in the center top of its torso. On its shoulders were two huge metal boxes full of rockets. Under one arm was a cannon, and under the other was a gatling gun. On its back were two metal bars that stuck out as a slight upward angle. Currently the underside of these bars were glowing and spouting fire as it used them for clumsy flight.

It seemed to be trying to catch something out of the air at the movement, jutting an arm out and slamming its fist shut like a trap, only to come away empty handed as the small, flying, orange object it was after struggled to get out of the way. It looked like…a fox?

Shaking off his usual desire to not get involved, he speed forward strait at the metal monster. Touching the rings on his wrists, the energy field wrapped itself around him becoming more powerful as he built up speed. With tremendous force, he leaped up into the air and slammed strait into the robot's right flight bar. The thing was immediately off balance in the air and landed hard with an earthquake like crash.

"Hey chrome dome! I would tell you to fight someone your own size but nothing around here is as big and dumb as you so looks like I'm the only choice. Let's see if you can catch some hedgehog!"

The machine reacted immediately by aiming its gatling gun directly at the blue menace. The gun span up and began to fire, but sonic was already gone. The bullets hot on his heals, Sonic ran a wide circle around the machine, power building up in the rings. He suddenly stuck out his leg and changed direction heading straight at the robot. The blue energy field surrounded him and he slammed strait into its leg tearing it off with him, the momentum carrying it into the forest ware it landed with a crash.

"Oh, to bad!" yelled Sonic.

The robot fell down, but caught itself with an arm. It pushed itself back onto its one leg and balanced itself out.

"Want some more big guy? Here I come!"

Sonic curved back around, and darted strait at the machine again grass and flowers flying in his wake.. This time the machine was ready and slammed a huge metal fist down at the creature, but missed entirely. Sonic had jumped at the last moment, as he two had been ready for the attack. Above the behemoth, he was spinning, his quills out and the blue energy again surrounding him.

"Can't catch me!"

Sonic came down like a cannon ball smashing into the hunk of mettle and sending bits of armor in all directions.

The robot was driven into the ground but still functional. Before it could recover, sonic was coming at it again, building up speed, then somersaulting at the last moment, the robots gatling gun arm was severed at the shoulder as if by a saw.

"SYSTEM DAMAGE SEVERE. COMPLEATE SYSTEM FAILURE IMMINATE!" cried the hollow metallic voice of the machine.

Knowing victory was close Sonic ran straight at the machine again, but stopped just short of its torso-head. With a smirk on his face he could not help but indulge is ego a bit.

"You didn't really think you could beat old Sonic the hedgehog did you bolts for brains?"

"Mister! Mister!" cried the fox cub he had come to save some ware behind him.

"Oh hey kid! Are you…" he began turning

"No you don't understand you have to…" but his words were cut off by an earth-shattering boom.

Behind him the robot had exploded in self-destruction. Sonic found himself flying through the air. The ground and sky traded places several times until the ground made up its mind and came up to meet him. With a sickening thud, Sonic landed awkwardly. For a few moments, the world was pain. His vision blurred and the last thing he could remember seeing was the worried face of a fox cub standing over him.

"Don't worry mister!" the cub called to him from far away. "I'll get help! Your gona be all right…"