Sonic Blue Cyclone Chapter 9

FUSION STORM PRESENTS: SONIC BLUE CYCLONE
STARRING SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (Sonic and all related characters are (c) Sega, Sonic Team, Archie Comics and Chris Senn)
Fanmade characters are (c) Fusion Storm

CHAPTER NINE: WORLD OF ROTATION PART 2

Our Winter Island Heroes successfully saved Tails from the clutches of Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the man formerly nicknamed "Kintobor" in another part of time, and they recruited a friendly digital being named TOMMY. After a fierce fight, Robotnik is decommissioned for the time being. Next, the team sought out the Red Chaos Emerald in the Special Zone, the World of Rotation. However, there was a major setback. A band of birds struck them from out of nowhere and sprung a trap on them. They fell into a hole and were caught in a blazing light. Before their eyes was the land of South Island, where they discovered and met another robot fighting team, consisting of a young rabbit, a nervous pig, an old walrus with a grandiose moustache, two chicken brothers and a penguin like no other. It looks like our heroes have come across some moxie filled allies, but how will they get back to the Special Zone? And what's with the birds?

"Hey, rabbit!" Sonic shouted to Jonathan. "Tell me where we're headed?"

"We don't want to give away our position here." Jonathan answered. "Keep moving." They came up to a thick bush. "Stop!"

"Stop, guys." Tiara said.

"This is where my friends and I hide." Porker whispered to Tiara.

"Wait, are we running, or is this a game of hide and seek?" Max questioned.

"This is no game, Banana Top, but you're undoubtedly part of the party." Sonic responded to the monkey boy.

"Let's get through, everyone." Jonathan said.

"We better get Chirps to safety." said the walrus.

"And hurry." Porker squeaked, nervously.

Sonic and the gang headed into the thick green bush, expecting a safe place to hide from the bots. Bark helped the walrus move some big branches out of the way.

"I'll bet you guys have an underground hideout, just like ours at home." Tiara said to Jonathan's ear.

"Not exactly." Jonathan replied. "You'll see."

"From your scans, can you spot any form of an entrance, TOMMY?" Tails asked his friend.

"We're right on top of it." TOMMY and the penguin confirmed at the same time.

"Our shelter is down below." the walrus said. "Don't get skid marks on your butts on the way in."

The heroes opened up a door on the grass they were standing on, and they slid into a tunnel, leading to an underground, which had a computer, like the one that Sonic and friends used back at their home base, and a table with gadgets standing on top of it.

"Hey, you've got some neat machines down here." said Tails, fascinated. "Who constructs all this?"

"That would be me." said Porker. "Have a look if you want. But, try not to wreck anything."

Tails took a look at the different gadgets. He saw a gun that was labelled "Drill Gun", a katana that was labelled "Long Reacher", a big fan that was labelled "Fog Fighter", a suit that looked like it was made from the metal of beaten down Badniks, and a handheld device shaped like a searchlight.

"So, how about those introductions?" said Sonic.

"Oh yes." Jonathan said back, remembering. "I'm Jonathan Lightfoot, leader of the Green Hill Fighters and main tactician. Guys?"

"Ooh..." Porker uttered. "My name is Porker Lewis, the technician of the team, and I was raised in the farmlands of this island."

"Sounds like when I used to surround myself with edible vegetation back in my old life." Max commented.

"Yeah, I guess you could say it's like that." Porker said.

"I'm Joe Sushi." the Mobian walrus said about himself. "I've been training these young ones to fend for themselves ever since that mean old Robotnik came and spoiled everything."

"I'm Sharps." said Sharps. "I'm a reader, and this is my little brother, Chirps, the team's weapon refiner who mostly works with Porker."

"I try to make them as dangerous as possible to those bad bots." Chirps stated.

"What do you call this?" Tails asked, pointing at the searchlight-shaped device.

"It's a Surprise-A-Light." Chirps said.

"Once we work around all the gigs on that, it'll be capable of disconnecting the Pulse Chains that Robotnik has set up everywhere and negating forcefields." Porker explained.

"I think I can be of assistance." Tails offered, taking out his tech gear.

"If it's fine by Porker." said Jonathan.

"You have my permission, Tails." Porker consented.

"Care to define these "Pulse Chains" that you speak of?" Sonic asked.

"Hold on, I think I know what those are." Tiara remembered. "I remember that there happens to be some of those in some places of Westside Island. I encountered some of them with Bark on one of our first missions. It was a month plus a few days before we met Robotnik face to face."

Flashback Time...

A month plus a few days ago, in the Caves of Woe...

"Bark, take down these poles." Flashback Tiara told Flashback Bark.

Flashback Bark gave a thumbs up and destroyed a broadcast pole which gave off an eerie signal. With his might, Flashback Bark snapped it in half, grabbed the upper half and swung it at other poles. He howled with joy.

"Good going!" Flashback Tiara whooped.

Suddenly, Flashback Bark's swings were blocked by an invisible force. The recoil caused him to drop the pole and fall over. Flashback Bark quickly got up and looked around.

"What was that?" Flashback Tiara questioned. She noticed tha not far where Bark hit a forcefield, there were barbed chains radiating green waves that felt like hot air. "What on Mobius is this... pulse?"

Flasback Time over...

"I remember Sonic and I came across something like that in the swamps a month and a week ago." said Tails.

Flashback Time... again...

A month and a week ago, at the Aquatic Ruins...

"Sheesh!" Flashback Sonic shrilled. "Roadblock 101, where have you been? And Tails, what is that aura that's blowing through me?"

"It's blowing through me, too." Flashback Tails remarked. He looked at those barbed chains. "How curious. They look like chains covered in spikes, and this pulsating air seems to be coming from them."

"I don't know what that has to do with the invisible wall." Flashback Sonic said. "But why does Robotnik have such a strange robot parts assembling machine in THIS?"

"He probably treasures his most vital technology." Flashback Tails guessed.

Flashback Time over... AGAIN...

"Oh, those "Pulse Chains", I get it." Sonic said.

"Hey, dudes and lady, the World of Rotation!" Max reminded his friends. "I've dying for retaliation."

"World of Rotation?" said Jonathan, curiously.

"Oh, alright." Tiara said. "Do you people know any alternatives to the 5 Chaos Emeralds, which we don't have at the moment? We need to get back to the Special Zone to find one of the lost Emeralds."

"Just one of them?" Sharps asked. "That's disappointing." Quickly, he was nudged by Chirps. "Hey, hold on!"

"Well, there is a star post here on the island that is said to transport anyone who makes it turn at a high velocity to an alternate dimension." Porker explained. "I think it may take you to the Special Zone, but i'm not a hundred percent sure. I heard there were once more of them on our island, but as far as I know, the one in question is the last of it's kind."

"Well, it's worth a try, and we're going to find it!" Sonic declared. "I'm ready when you are." He lifted his right foot and pulled back his arms.

"Sonic, it could be surrounded by Pulse Chains!" Tiara admonished the blue blur. "The Surprise-A-Light needs to be finished."

"And hey, with me, Porker and Tails teaming up, hopefully, we'll get that done in no time." Chirps reminded. "Oh, and hey, our collector has the number one needs for it."

"Oh, man, I almost forgot." Jonathan said, feeling silly.

"It's alright." said the penguin, sitting comfortably next to a bag of materials on a desk. "I tend to be in the shadows."

"Meet Tux." said Jonathan. "He's the team collector. Whatever he finds that we may need in the future, he garners, such as Badnik parts and Mobius materials that Porker and Chirps put to use on their inventing time."

"Good to meet you." Tux said, calmly.

"OK, Mr. Collector." Max said, walking up to Tux. "How's about some tech work with your friends?"

"So, do we have a plan?" Sonic asked.

"I think we do." Tiara guessed. "I'll have to think about it, but I think I have a good idea."

"We better start now!" Joe exclaimed. "These young ones got another dimension to cross to, and there's one spot for them to do it!"

"Now that's what I like to see." Sonic and Tails said simultaneously.

"I'd look for it if I knew where it was." Max asked.

"It's in the Jungle Zone, and it's under Pulse Chain guard." Jonathan replied.

"Consider me out of here!" Max ran towards the exit. "This i'll be like finding sticks in a stack of grass."

"Banana Top!" Sonic called. "Wait a minute!" He ran up to Max and grabbed him before he could leave. "Why not have something to eat first?" He dragged Max back into the base. "After all, dude, it's no fun to go out on an empty stomach."

"Let's take a while to re-energize and put our ideas together." Tiara said. "Then, we can go back out."

"Fine." Max sighed.

Bark got everyone's attention by clapping. He made a couple of gestures, signifying that he'll make some good stuff to eat. Tails payed attention, while Jonathan had an expression of interest.

"Sign language?" Jonathan asked.

"He says he'll make us some food, but he'll need the essentials." Tails replied, translating Bark's signs.

"Everything you need is over at the right, son." Joe said, pointing at the right of the room, where a doorway was seen.

Bark nodded his head happily and headed towards the doorway, which lead into the cooking quarters.

"One more thing, about that Star Post." Tails inquired. "Where do you suppose the others went? Why was this last one left alone?"

"Make yourselves at home." Jonathan recommended. "We've got no answer. Right, boys?" Jonathan's allies nodded.

After some food eating, snack making, plan building and weapon making...

"Take us to the Jungle." Sonic said, lifting up his right foot.

"Let's put this big boy to use." Chirps yipped, holding the Surprise-A-Light with Tails.

The young warriors and the old walrus left the safe underground base quietly.

"OK, to repeat the plan..." Tiara began to appoint. "Near the Jungle Zone, Porker and Tux will distract the Badniks, Jonathan, Max, Sharps and I will ambush the Badniks, and Tails, Chirps and TOMMY will go unseen and take the Surprise-A-Light to the Pulse Chains that they need to deactivate."

"Huh?" TOMMY said, sounding dazed. "Who's that? Pulse Chains?"

"That's right." Tails said. "Forcefield Emission devices, if you will."

"Oy..." said TOMMY, queasily. "My former boss used to chortle about their quote "brillaince" unquote. I think I remember the forcefields being... ulp... virus constructs."

"Boss?" Chirps asked.

"Robotnik used to own him... as a slave... but I saved him." Tails said.

"My, my." said Joe, fascinated. "But, don't you want to ensure the safety of the kids on the mission at hand?"

"Yeah, where do Bark and Joe come in?" Sonic asked.

Bark jumped in front of Tails, Chirps, TOMMY and the Surprise-A-Light and took a blocking stance.

"Close protection." Sonic, Tails and Tiara said together.

Joe smiled.

"As for you, Sonic, you'll sneak around like a ninja, out of sight, and activate the Star Post when it's relieved of the forcefield's guard." Tiara finished.

"Can do." Sonic approved, giving a thumbs up.

"The Jungle is to the North." Jonathan pointed out. "Tails, Chirps, TOMMY, Joe, Bark, take these Walky Talkies if you need the others for something." He handed out a couple of Walky Talkies to the kids and the strong guys.

Later...

"Those kids ain't got a single lick of a decent fashion sense, I tell you, dear Badniks." said a large, goose-like robot. It was Winglock, one of Dr. Robotnik's commanders, patrolling the dingy Green Hill Zone with an army of flying Badniks. "Next thing I see, that's thing..."

"Hey Mr. Badnik!" called Porker from a few feet away from Winglock. "I like your toupee!"

"Huh?" said Tux, confused.

"What, it looks spiffy." Porker remarked. "Uh, hey! Is that beak your personal toothpick!?"

"Oh, that furry maggot didn't just..." Winglock growled. "Seize them, and clean the hog's kisser!"

"Better hurry!" Tux shouted. He ran off.

Porker saw the big, sharp knife-like appendages the Badniks had, including Winglock, and ran off, sweating.

Tails and Chirps were taking the Suprise-A-Light through the thickest bushes, where they couldn't be see. Bark held on to TOMMY, and Joe stood close, hanging tightly to his concern for the youngest ones.

"So, TOMMY?" Joe said. "You weren't always like this?"

"Yeah, I was once a swamp turtle, living among other turtles." TOMMY explained. "But I don't remember the names of my beloved ones. Not since the big man turned me into... this."

"But you do have a bunch of people that you can at least call a family, right?" Joe asked.

"Yes." TOMMY replied.

"He's like me to some degree." Tails said. "We once had a family, we don't know our families, we fell into disastrous states, but then before our eyes, we somehow found our way to ones we could cherish."

"I'd say you've got stuff in common." Chirps commented. "But, what's with Bark?"

Bark turned and made some signs again.

"He hurt his throat on a slide, and because of that, he never found his voice." Tails read the signs, translating them.

Bark made more signs.

"He says he's great with his hands, especially at making chow. But he hates being silent." Tails said.

"Sorry to hear that, son." Joe said, patting Bark on the shoulder.

Bark stopped, clapped and pointed at something. It was a pile of rocks. Bark flexed his muscles and shifted his eyes towards Joe.

"I'm thinking what you're thinking, boy." Joe confirmed.

"Looks like some of the Badniks made a rockslide here at some point." Tails said. "But, that's nothing Bark can't handle."

"Or good old Sushi!" Chirps whooped.

Working together, Bark and Joe moved the rocks out of the way from top to bottom, throwing them in any direction that was far away from the kids, TOMMY and the Surprise-A-Light.

"I have so much faith that we'll succeed." TOMMY said, gleefully.

Outside of their perimeter, some of those rocks were hitting Badniks and nearly hitting others. This made them suspicious, and they decided to raise their weapons and investigate. TOMMY picked up their senses.

"Oh, I hope they are walking towards the thing we least expect." TOMMY whimpered.

Suddenly, two big boomerangs came out of nowhere and sliced up the Badniks, and then flew towards a circle of rocks. Tiara grabbed her trademark fighting tools out of the air.

"Aha!" Tiara yelled from the rocks. Some flying Badniks came flying toward the rocks, ready to crush Tiara, but a flying metal bo staff appeared, spinning in the air, blocking and trashing them. Max jumped out and grabbed his weapon.

"Dice it!" Max said. Jonathan came out from the trees and fought off some Badniks with his spear. Max turned his bo into a chain whip and helped with the robot smashing. Tiara helped with the robot slicing. But then, 2 large humanoid Badniks, each one having a giant, golden cannon coming out of it's belly, jumped out and lashed the three heroes, leaving on the ground with scars on their bodies.

"Yeesh!" Tiara shrieked. "Ouch."

"Oh dear sweet..." Jonathan moaned.

"Oh, coconut sauce!" Max barked.

Suddenly, the Badniks were shocked by an electric surge, and they collapsed, their mobility systems sabotaged.

"Hark!" Max yelped. "The sound of a savior."

"Fear not, dear lady." said Sharps, coming out of the blue. "My stars aim to save your life! Now, what do you say to your savior, babe?"

"Four stars for you; one off for lack of attention to detail." Tiara commented, playfully.

"Oh, don't worry." Sharps assured. "I can read any guy's mind. You are safe, boys."

"Well, at least he didn't call us "its", ey?" Max whispered into Jonathan's ear.

"He used to have a lot of female friends in his previous life, so he takes more pride in saving the ladies." Jonathan whispered back.

Meanwhile, with Sonic...

"This ain't so bad." Sonic commented, quietly, while sneaking through the thick grass. "I'm not likely to be suspected like this, but of course, likely doesn't mean guaranteed. I hope all my friends and those guys are doing OK while i'm doing OK. I hope Tiara isn't taking all the abuse, because it's not right for a woman to get hurt. Also, I hope Tails isn't looking down."

Back with Tails, Chirps, TOMMY and the strong ones...

"Huh, it looks like the bridge to the Jungle Zone has been deconstructed." Joe Sushi noted.

"Dear Furry Maggots, your bridge is gone, I ain't rebuilding it, don't even try to fly over the pit, you're stuck on the starting side, live with it. Toxic Love from, Robotnik and the Badniks. Ha Ha Ha." Chirps read on a sign.

"I don't know why he doesn't want us to fly over it, but hey, it's worth a try." Tails said. He spun his tails around and flew up into the dim sky.

"Whoa, you can fly?" Chirps cried in amazement.

"By the great Emeralds, how do you do that without breaking off your appendages?" Joe asked in awe.

"That's a question i've been asking myself for years." Tails replied, unable to give a solid answer.

Bark clapped and made some signs with his hands once again. Tails translated.

""Let's just say he was born with this miraculous ability and leave it at that", he says." Tails interpreted Bark's gestures. "Bark, grab my hands."

Bark scratched his head.

"Don't worry, you're strong." Tails reminded the young polar bear. "Plus, i've been able to lift Sonic just fine."

"But that hedgehog's less buff than this youngin." Joe stated.

"Yeah, but he'll have to trust me on this one." Tails said.

Bark nodded and grabbed Tails by the hands. They flew over the pit that once had a bridge over it, but then, out of nowhere, flying bug-like Badniks sprung up from the chasm below. It didn't take long for the kids and the big ones to notice.

"Crash!" Tails exclaimed in alarm and fear, as the robotic bugs swarmed the two heroes. Tails' namesakes and Bark feet were their only means of defense while they were airborne above the big hole.

"Oh gosh, this calls for my secret weapon!" Chirps meeped in panic. He brought a can of spray and shot it at the Badnik bugs. Most of them became disoriented and crashed due to being blinded, but the can ran out much quicker than Chirps needed it to. Suddenly, the bugs turned their attention to Chirps, Joe and the Surprise-A-Light.

"Did I do something wrong?" Chirps mumbled.

Joe was not impressed with the little chicken. The Badniks attacked. Joe used his melee attacks to fend them off, while Chirps more of his canned equipment to hurt the Badniks in order to prevent them from getting all over the Surprise-A-Light. One of the bugs turned Robotnik's sign around, and on the other side, it read "Follow the sign next time, silly pillowcases!". Tails and Bark had to go back to help them. Bark smooshed of the bugs, and Tails spun his namesakes around to whip as many as possible.

"OK, i've had just about enough of flying bad guys for one day!" Tails shouted, annoyed.

"Ditto." TOMMY groaning. He made some beeping noises. "Hey, I picked up that these bugs are distracted by light. Maybe..." TOMMY turned on a light on his screen, which went a far distance. The killer bug robots seized their attacks on the heroes and they left the Surprise-A-Light alone. They were fascinated by the light.

Took him long enough. Tails thought. "Well?"

"Move me." TOMMY suggested to Tails. Tails moved the pocket computer, moving the light to a different location, and so did the bugs.

"OK, now let's over to the other side while those gross buggers are distracted by their precious glow." Chirps advised.

"Hold TOMMY, Joe." Tails said, giving TOMMY to Joe to hold on to and continue pointing the light to keep the bugs away.

Bark grabbed on to Tails' arms, and together, they flew over the pit successfully. Once on the other side, Tails picked up his walky talky.

"Sister, come in." Tails called. "We could use back up. Requesting reinforcements. Come to the jungle bridge area. Over."

"Hold the turtle computer, son." said Joe, handing TOMMY to Chirps. "How about you wave it around a bit?"

"OK, sir." Chirps said, waving TOMMY's light around to continue luring the Badnik bugs away from the Surprise-A-Light and the ones trying to take it to the forcefield in the Jungle Zone.

"Bark!" Joe called.

Joe got Bark's attention and looked. Joe was holding the Surprise-A-Light, ready to throw it.

"Catch this!" Joe hollered, throwing the Surprise-A-Light with his might across the chasm. Bark catched it with ease.

"Great catch, Bark!" Tails complimented.

"TOMMY, you're going next." Joe said.

"What was that?" TOMMY asked.

"I'm gonna throw you across the pit to Bark and Tails." Joe explained.

"But, the bugs..." TOMMY murmured.

"Well, if those mean parasites want a fight, we'll try our best to beat them." Chirps said.

Joe took TOMMY out of Chirps' hands.

"Enjoy your roller coaster throw, pocket-sized friend!" Joe yelled.

"Oh boy, don't throw me too hard..." TOMMY whimpered.

With a well aimed throw, TOMMY landed safely in the arms of Bark.

"We better hurry now, Bark." Tails indicated.

Bark and Tails ran closer to their destination.

"It. Is. ON!" Joe declared, facing the bugs, which had lost the light and spotted Joe and Chirps again. They stormed towards the walrus and chicken. Chirps shivered and Joe closed his eyes, fists ready. At that very moment, the bugs were ambushed by a blue streak flying around, two large boomerangs spinning rapidly, a monkey on a vine swinging his chain whip around, a spear stabbing a line of the bugs, and a bunch of electric stars jamming into the robotic bodies of a bunch of them. Suddenly, the swarm was calm, and each and every bug crashed. Some to the ground, and others back into the pit.

Sonic the Hedgehog appeared before Joe and Chirps.

"Somebody buzz in the cavalry?" Sonic cracked a joke. He looked at the wrecked bug Badniks. "Well, it looks like the big man will have to iron out the bugs." He slapped his knee at his own joke and laughed.

Tiara, Max, Jonathan and Sharps came in.

"Hey there, Joe." Tiara greeted.

"How are you doing, little brother?" Sharps asked Chirps, concerned about the younger chicken's health.

"Fine." Chirps answered.

"Tails contacted me and told me to back him up, and it looks like we came in on time." Tiara clarified.

"Does the kid usually time his calls this well?" Jonathan wondered in a complimentary tone, retrieving his spear near a rock.

"Tails?" said Sonic. "Trust me, my little bro always knows when to ask for assistance. Oh, Tails. The Surprise-A-Light thing. The forcefield. Walrus man, where did Tails scurry off to?"

"He went over the pit with the bear and the computer." Joe clarified. "He took the Surprise-A-Light with him."

Sonic looked down at the monstrous canyon below.

"No problem." Sonic said. "C'mon, Ti."

"You better hurry up, guys!" Max shouted from the other side. "I'm already halfway there."

"Sonic, just to tell you now, you cannot let go of me, for your grip is vital." Tiara mentioned. "It's not that I don't trust me, but you can be a little... you know..."

"Ha!" Sonic cried, running towards the cliff really fast and jumping a really long distance. The two teenagers successfully landed on the other side.

"See? Nothing to it." Sonic said. "Now..." He noticed that Tiara was missing. "Ti? Tiara!?"

"Up here, smart guy." the sound of Tiara's voice uttered from above. Sonic looked up and saw Tiara lying up on a thick tree branch. She didn't look very pleased.

"Oops!" Sonic exclaimed, a single sweatdrop flowing down his head. "At least you're not-" He then remembered the injury on Tiara's side. "Oh, geez."

"Now, what happened to Porker and Tux?" Jonathan wondered.

Meanwhile, with Porker, Tux and Winglock...

Winglock is trapped in a waterfall with some damaged Badniks.

"I hate these dirty walking meat steaks!" Winglock groaned.

Porker and Tux gave each other five.

Up ahead in the Jungle Zone, with Tails and Bark. They reached a Pulse Chain, with the Star Post surrounded by it and engulfed in a forcefield, like the one that Bark found in the Caves of Woe, and the one that Tails encountered in the Aquatic Ruins. The forcefield was also guarded by a giant crab-like robot with a giant whopper of a right claw.

"He looks pretty intimidating, i'll give him that." Tails said to Bark, both of them hiding where the monster robot couldn't see them. "But we can handle this, right?"

"I hope so." TOMMY murmured.

Bark nodded and cracked his knuckles. Tails and Bark snuck up on the behemoth and struck it. The monster robot tried to smash them with his feet and his claw. In a rage, the robot extended his claw and swung it around with ease, destroying whatever surrounding trees and rocks there were.

"Go for the feet!" Tails requested to Bark.

Bark took out the feet of the crab robot, rendering it immobile. However, the robot had an alternative. He flew up into the air with a rocket booster on his bottom and swung his claw downwards, attempting to crush Tails and Bark. Bark acted quickly and used all his might to weight down the claw.

"Now, where can I do something to this thing?" Tails said, observing the robot. He then spotted a slot. It looked big enough for TOMMY's pocket computer shelter to fit in. "Hey, TOMMY. I think I found something for you to use."

"I hope it's useful." TOMMY said.

Tails quickly inserted TOMMY into the slot on the robot.

"Ah, I feel some of the robot's programming." TOMMY said. "That button that reads "Withdraw", could you press it, my double tailed companion?"

"Withdraw?" Tails questioned. "I don't know what you're on to, but I guess it couldn't hurt." Tails pressed the Withdraw switch on the pocket computer.

"Downloading." TOMMY stated.

"What are you uploading?" Tails asked. TOMMY didn't respond. Tails just waited a couple more seconds for a response.

"Download complete!" TOMMY confirmed. "Shellcracker's Long Claw has been copied. I have learned a new technique."

"Cool!" Tails expressed his amazement. He lowered himself down to the ground. "You can release it now, Bark."

Bark released the Shellcracker's giant claw, and it came flinging back up, smacking the Shellcracker really hard in the face, causing it to explode like a firework.

"Excellent!" TOMMY whooped. "Excellent show!"

"Now, the Surprise-A-Light." Tails said.

Putting the Surprise-A-Light in position, Tails turned it on, and it released a strange light at the Pulse Chain. The chain's purple aura was absorbed back in at a lightning pace, causing it to get overwhelmed and break down. With that, the forcefield was gone.

"Alright!" Tails yipped.

Bark gave two thumbs up.

"Johnny, come in." Tails called, pulling out his walky talky again. "The Surprise-A-Light was an uttermost success. Come over and pick it up if you can. Over. Yes, it IS wonderful. Over."

Max, Sonic and Tiara came in.

"Did you win?" Max asked.

Sonic looked down at the deactivated Pulse Chains.

"Sweet!" Sonic shouted. "The light had blessed us."

"But, why did they call it Surprise-A-Light, that's what i'd like to know." Tiara questioned, putting her right index finger up to her right cheek.

"Because it doesn't fail to make one look up in awe and go "alright!", followed by a happy face." Tails explained. "Now there's one thing left to do. You've got this, Sonic."

"No need to tell the obvious." Sonic said, smiling. "Oh, don't take it too personally. I kid. Here we go!" Sonic spun around the Star Post and caused it to spin rapidly. After just 2 seconds of spinning, a burst of light occurred, and a portal opened up on top of the Star Post, showing a blurred image of the Special Zone.

"My question is answered." Max affirmed, smiling and straightening his sweatband.

"Looks like we're back on track, everyone." Tiara declared.

Jonathan and his friends saw the portal from a far distance, on the starting side of the bridge area.

"They did it." Jonathan verified.

"Be safe, my sweet brown cauliflower." Sharps said romantically, obviously referring to Tiara.

Sonic, Tails, Tiara, Max and Bark jumped into the portal to re-enter the World of Rotation. Their quest for the Red Chaos Emerald continues. Will they get it, safely return to their own home base and tell Chuck about their meeting with the Green Hill Fighters, or will the buzzards from before prove a formidable obstacle and send all their efforts down the drain? Wait for the next thrilling chapter of Sonic Blue Cyclone to find all the answers. Next time, it's close encounters of the bird kind.

TO BE CONTINUED...