"You guys really didn't have to come, even with Shadow forcing you to come. I can handle this," Sonic said with a reassuring smile to the two cadets Shadow had sent to company Sonic in his mission to find the Phantom Ruby.
"We were kind of forced to. I wanted to sleep in, but Kathy here was too afraid to talk against Shadow," the green bird cadet said with a chuckle. The pink cat cadet blushed in embarrassment as her tail frizzled up.
"H-Hey, that wasn't it! Why do you always want to sleep in, Arrow?!" Kathy blurted out.
"To take a break from the nonsense," Arrow scoffed out amusingly. Sonic shook his head in embarrassment, chuckling afterwards.
"Alright, fine. If Shadow really insisted, let's head over together. We would probably cover more ground like that anyways," Sonic said as he rubbed his nose with a smile. Arrow and Kathy nodded in agreement as they held up their wispons. They were off to Sunset Hollow, hopefully to find the remains of the Phantom Ruby.
*SUNSET HOLLOW*
"I'm not picking up any energy traces here," Kathy said through her ear piece as she scanned her area part.
"Yeah, I'm in the same boat," Arrow mumbled through his ear piece.
Sonic was more towards the center of the wreckage. He decided himself that he would take the most dangerous damaged part in the area just to keep the cadets out of harm's way. He could definitely feel the energy of the Phantom Ruby. He decided to keep his mic off not before lying to the cadets and saying he was empty-handed too.
"Come on...Where are you?" Sonic mumbled as he felt the ground, knowing that where he was standing was were the ruby should have landed. He dusted off some dirt to the side, until a slight, magenta light pierced through the sand.
The Phantom Ruby.
He picked it up gently, noticing hood it wasn't glowing how it use to. It was probably due to the fact that both Eggman's war machine and himself had drained the majority of its energy during their battle.
'Finally...We meet again, Sonic...'
"What the?!" Sonic gasped as the Phantom Ruby suddenly glowed brightly, casting a magenta glow over Sonic as he was sucked into the gem. The ruby landed on the ground, glowing gently as a gentle breeze flowed by, and was followed with silence.
*INSIDE THE PHANTOM RUBY*
Sonic opened his eyes slowly, trying to adjust to the sudden darkness. In fact, he seemed to be floating in nothing but darkness. When he rubbed his eyes and opened them once again, he was in his bed, sitting up against a pillow. He rubbed his head, trying to subside the pain from a sudden headache.
"How I'm I home?" He asked out loud as he got up from the bed. Making his way to the living room, he felt like he was being watched, but decided to ignore it. It was strange, and Sonic knew all too well that wherever he was, he definitely wasn't safe.
Yet, he stayed calm and unresponsive as he noticed a small row of picture frames on top of his fireplace. He walked over to them, looking at the pictures as the images became clearer the closer he got. It was an old picture of Tails, Amy, and himself, smiling brightly.
He smiled softly, but it disappeared when he looked at Amy's side. He sighed sadly as he shook his head slightly. Sonic remembered how Amy treated him after she had found out that he was on Eggman's side and had attacked resistance members. Even now with Eggman gone, she doesn't look like she has forgiven him completely.
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Sonic Forces: The Phantom Ruby Strikes Back (SLOW UPDATES)
FanfictionWith the world finally won again by the resistance, it was finally time for our heroes to finally rebuild their world. Or was it? After the power was restored to the emeralds and the ruby, Sonic took it upon himself to search for the stones, first c...
