Chapter 1: Blackout one dark night, in the depths of winter, sonic, tails and amy were at a wonderful cozy tudor that they were staying at temporarily. they were traveling, you see. this particular lodge was in leavenworth, a small town in the cascade mountain range. tails was in the kithcen cooking some bacon and eggs (bacon and eggs are, of course, breakfast food, and this is for dinner, but, unfortunately they were almost all that was left in the fridge), sonic was in the living room trying to stack all of the megadrive components he brought along, sega cd, 32x, gameshark, etc.. amy was in the upstairs bedroom, unpacking her bags. tails finished cooking the bacon and eggs, so he brought them to sonic, who was in the living room still stacking the components. "hey sonic eat this, it's all we got". "okay, lets take it into the dining room". sonic smiled at tails, until he saw what the food was. tails observed sonic staring at the food with a serious look on his face "I'm sorry sonic, I know it's breakfast food, I'll get some food from the store tomorrow sonic". sonic looked up at tails, cleared his throat, and said "it's not that tails, it is just THESE" sonic pointed at the eggs. tails stared into space thinking for a split second. "OHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I'm sorry sonic, I forgot!!!". sonic gave tails an disapproving grimace, as tails walked away with just the eggs, embarrassed. sonic then heaved a great sigh, walked back to the living room and continued to stack the components. "it's okay tails, I forgive you". sonic grinned, looking at his giant tower. "hey tails, wanna see me turn on my "grand stack"?". tails walked towards the living room. "sure sonic, what is it again? GOOD GAWD!!!!!!!!!". tails was very surprised, earlier he didn't notice the stack, for it was relatively short at the time, but now it reached 5 feet up. "WOW, YEAH SURE SONIC, TURN IT ON!!!". sonic then reached for the power button, while standing on a footstool, because sonic is only 3ft 9in. "okay tails, here it goes". sonic pressed the power button. it seemed like an eternity, until sparks flew out of the sides of the tower of components. tails ran upstairs, screaming. sonic cursed as the tv exploded, showering him with sparks. the tower came crashing down and smashed on the floor. "MY MEGADRIVE!!!!!" sonic screamed. then tails came back downstairs, with amy right next to him. amy gasped at the sight of the broken game system, and especially sonic, who had burn spots all over him. "we were lucky sonic, we could have had a blackout!!!". just then the lights went out. "yeah great tails, real great". tails scoffed . "like I did anything". sonic knew that they needed light. "lemme find the flashlight tails". amy thought about it for a moment. "sonic, did we bring any flashlights?". sonic laughed and sarcastically said, "HMM, good qustion amy, let's go see". "but sonic, we can't see, it is pitch black in here. oh no, I hope we didn't cause a rolling blackout!!!". at that, amy ran to the front door, and saw that the whole town was out of power. "OH NO!!!!!!!". sonic looked into the endless darkness. "ah shoot, tails, you go find a flashlight, amy, uhhh, find the controller for the R/C fireplace here". "right, I'll look upstairs, I think that there is a flashlight in one of the bags we brought". "I think the fireplace controller is on the end table by the couch, I'll look for it when tails gets the flashlight, sonic". sonic was thinking about it for a moment. "oops, the fireplace needs electricity to work, so skip it, let's all look for flashlights". sonic ran to the entry closet, and opened it, which was hard to do because of the darkness. "okay, let's see what we got, um, whats this? ooh, a flashlight". sonic took the flashlight into his hands and slid the switch to the on position, the whole room lit up. "cool, now we can see!". sonic lifted the flashlight to his chin. just then tails came downstairs, let out a blood curdling scream, and ran back upstairs. "I wonder what is wrong with tails, oh, sheesh, what a scaredy cat, hehe". sonic remembered that cliche, the one where someone points a flashlight at their chin from below, where it illuminates certain parts of their face, and it scares somebody. "what is that muffled noise?" sonic then turned around. "okay amy did you find any fl.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". sonic saw a strange monster! it looked sort of like a yeti, and it had one of it's hands over amy's mouth, and amy was trying to scream, so that was the weird noise! sonic ran forward to get amy, and the monster disappeared into the darkness beyond the flashlight's range, taking amy with it! "NOOO!!!! AMY!!!!" tails came downstairs and was terrified. "WHERE IS AMY!!!". tails was crying. sonic tried to calm him down. "that dumb monster took her away tails!!!!" ::The Halo And Sonic Fan: daj2500@hotmail.com:: Chapter 2: The Evil That Lies In The Darkness sonic and tails were standing there alone, in the darkness, that monster just took amy away. "sonic! shouldn't we go look for amy?". sonic and tails started walking towards the front door. "yes tails, lets make that monster wish he never messed with us!!!" sonic and tails grabbed their equipment bags, and set out into the snowy darkness, waiting for the daylight to shine through to them, which would not occur for several hours. sonic and tails ran down the street, ready to fight that monster if they were to come in contact with it again. sonic then noticed something. a yellowish-brown figure was running towards them, sonic could just barely make out the figure to be a young hedgehog, the hedgehog came closer and finally closed the distance. it was in fact, a young hedgehog. this hedgehog looked about 12 years old. he was wearing a yellow-brown parka, black snowboots and yellow pants. "HELLO!!! oh thank god, HELP ME!!!" the hedgehog ran right into sonic's arms, obviously wanting help of some kind. "HE'S AFTER ME, HE..HE IS GOING TO KILL US ALL!!!!!". "calm down! who are you? who is gonna kill us? hey tails, do you know who this is?". tails looked up at sonic with a relatively sullen gaze. "not a clue". sonic looked back down at the young hedgehog "hmm, silly question, so, who are you?". the young hedgehog looked up at sonic. "dirk, my name is dirk, which doen't matter, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!". "shut up about that, we are NOT gonna die! tails? let's all get outta here". tails looked at the young hedgehog. "and you are coming too! don't worry, you will be safe, sonic is a very powerful hedgehog". tails was trying to reason with dirk, in a way that would let him understand that these two are not your average hedgehog and fox. "um, what is your name? I heard the other hedgehog call you "tails", is that your name?". tails, somewhat glad that he was able to calm dirk down, said, "yes my name IS in fact tails, but even though I use "tails" as my name, it is really my callsign too, I'm an airplane pilot you see, my real name is Miles Prower. "does your real name have anything to do with the fact that you fly airplanes miles?". "umm, no. it is just my real name. you can call me tails". "okay, so, what is his name". dirk pointed at sonic. "his name is sonic the hedgehog, I don't know if that is his real name or not, but rumor has it that his real name is Trevor McBrad!!!".sonic shot a very irritated glare at tails. tails thought, oops, I shouldn't have said that. they continued on, further down the road. dirk stopped and gasped at the sight of one particular landmark. "NOOO!!! THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE MONSTER WAS CHASING ME FROM!!!!! HE IS GONNA KILL US!!!!!". "don't worry dirk, you are going to be just fine, and hey mister tattle-tails, uh, I mean tails, let's keep moving". tails face darkened. "you had better watch it sonic!!!". sonic looked at tails with a very authoritive face. "don't start, tails". tails stopped and crossed his arms. "fine sonic, if you wan't to be a jerk, then I will just stay here". "okay fine, I hope that monster eats you". at that sonic turned and walked off. "did you really mean that, sonic? tails is not all that bad". "I know dirk, I have had to put up with him for years, do you think that I don't know that". dirk looked down at the ground sadly. sonic heard a loud scream, he turned around, to see that tails was gone! "TAILS!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!!!!!! I'M SORRY!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!". dirk had a serious look on his face. "I guess we won't be leaving after all, sonic". sonic just stared at dirk. well, it seems that their plans have changed, haven't they. ever since they met dirk. I wonder what will happen next? ::The Halo And Sonic Fan: daj2500@hotmail.com:: BLACKOUT Saga 1: The Power Outage Chapter 3: The Frozen Lake Sonic felt terrible. His tears turned into ice the second they left his eyes. Dirk was sad too. Sonic felt tired, groggy and cold, but he had to continue on. Sonic had his head in his hands in sadness. Dirk came over and put his hand on Sonic's shoulder, trying to encourage him and cheer him up. "Sonic, we have to continue on. Our luck may change! If we were to just sit here, that chance may become ruined!" "But Dirk, without Tails we can't go on." "Sure we can Sonic! I can help you; I do know how to defend myself quite well, And I am trained in some of the most powerful fighting techniques, but not even the strongest warrior can kill that monster With his bare hands, or even a sword! But maybe two, and with weapons." "But we don't have any weapons Dirk!" Sonic exclaimed. "Like I said Sonic, our luck may change. This area has 3 hidden legendary weapons, and lots of Caves. We could hide in one of the caves, and wait until daylight. And then look for the weapons. The legendary weapons are the nunchaku of kortul, The Bo staff of maji, and the sword of Durandal, no, wait, oh yeah, the sword of Duran. If we were to retrieve any of these weapons from their respective places, We could become VERY powerful, and be able to destroy that monster. The nunchaku of kortul has the power of fire, the staff of maji has the power to cause earthquakes, and the sword of Duran has the power to slice anything!" . Dirk finally finished his monologue. "LET'S DO THAT!!" Sonic exclaimed in happiness. Sonic thought to himself, "how does this kid know all this? Then again, How come I don't?" "Okay then! Lets go to one of the caves!" dirk said, happy that sonic agreed with his plans. Sonic and Dirk headed for the nearest cave. They stuck a large boulder In front of the cave entrance so that the monster would not find them. If it did find them it would be able to easily move the boulder away though. Sonic took his equipment bag off of his back, removed a compact shovel from it, and proceeded to shovel some dirt from the inside of the cave, to the area around the boulder, thereby decreasing The chance of the monster sniffing them out. They needn't worry about suffocating, because air comes from the other end of the cave, on the other side of the mountain range. In a place that the monster cannot reach. Sonic and Dirk slept well that night. Sonic awoke to a loud rumbling noise. Sonic watched in horror as the boulder was being moved away! Sonic jolted dirk awake. Dirk gasped at the sight. Then, a white, yeti-like monster appeared. It let out a loud roar when it saw them. Sonic jumped to his feet, grabbed the shovel, and threw it at the monster. Sonic and Dirk watched as the monster grabbed the shovel right out of the air! "That monster must be pretty smart!" Sonic yelled. Then Sonic and Dirk watched as the monster started to eat the shovel. "No, not really." Dirk said sarcastically. "Boy, I sure hope he didn't do that to Tails and Amy already!" Sonic shouted. "Let's go Sonic! Dirk shouted. They started running just as the monster discovered that the shovel was not very tasty, At which moment the monster started chasing them. Sonic grabbed dirk's arm and started running a bit faster. The monster managed to gain on them. Dirk was slowing sonic down, but sonic was not going to leave dirk here. The monster took a shortcut and ended up in front of them. Sonic rushed the monster, still holding on to dirk. The monster swiped at Dirk, causing 3 big gashes on dirk's side. Dirk screamed in pain. Sonic kept on running. he and dirk had to get out of that cave. The monster was close behind them. As a last resort, the monster lunged at sonic's feet, sending them flying. They quickly got to their feet. Dirk was slower than he usually was, because of his terrible wounds. Sonic grabbed Dirk, and burst from the cave. He stumbled at the exit, and looked down in horror at the long drop below. Sonic turned around to see the monster charging at them. Sonic thought about it. It would be a much better death to be pulverized at the bottom of this ravine, Than to be torn apart by this monster. "I sure hope I live through this!!" Sonic grabbed dirk, and jumped off of the cliff. Sonic then heard a voice in his head. "Sonic, remember what you are". The voice brought back eerie memories. "Shadow? Wha.... oh yeah! I forgot all about it!!! Okay, here it goes". Sonic breathed in as much air as possible. "CHAOS CONTROL!!!" Sonic screamed at the top of his lungs. Sonic and Dirk teleported, and ended up at the bottom of the mountain standing on a big, Frozen lake. Dirk gasped. "Y..you are the ultimate life form!!!". ::The Halo And Sonic Fan: daj2500@hotmail.com:: Note, my grammar is better because I used Microsoft word. Capitalization's, spelling, the whole thing! BLACKOUT Saga 1: The Power Outage Chapter 4: A Red Hued Savior Dirk was staring at sonic, speechlessly. "Yep, that's right" sonic said sarcastically. "I AM the ultimate life form. Shadow The Hedgehog revealed this to me, when he died". Sonic looked down in sadness. "I'm sorry" Dirk said in a sad tone. "he sacrificed himself for earth and all the people on it, by killing that monster, and keeping the ARK space station from falling to the earth." Sonic said in a serious tone. he wanted Shadow's legacy to be firmly imprinted in Dirk's head. "Sonic, isn't Shadow that secret american government project, that was stolen by that illegal japanese military syndicate? G.U.N.?" Dirk inquired. "Yeah thats right, how do you know so much?" Sonic said, surprised. "I like to sneak into military bases, by using the ductwork, I can gain access to rooms filled with many libraries full of confidential information." Dirk said, in such a calm way, it made Sonic shiver. "W-WHAT!!??" Sonic yelled. Dirk just giggled. "are your ears not working?". Sonic's face was pale. it dropped to a very angry face. "WAIT A MINUTE!!! YOU ARE THAT KID THAT AMBUSHED ME AND RAN AWAY WHILE I WAS IN ONE OF G.U.N.'S BASES!!! YOU JERK!!!" sonic screamed. "what? I think I know what you are talking about, OH MY! I am sorry for beating you up so badly! I thought you were K-MsM. Sonic's anger cooled down. "Wha.....? who is that?". Sonic stared at Dirk. "he was the final result of the Simon project, by the swedish government, which was supposed to be a counter to shadow. then, shadow was captured by G.U.N., and K-MsM became useless. his anger and grief of being left out, of being the outcast was too much for him, so they put him in cold storage. the process they used to freeze him was so obsolete, when they woke him up a few months ago, he was crazy. he killed the science team, and raided the facility. He looks a lot like you sonic, except for longer quills that have light neon blue tips, and blue shoes with black stripes. ever since they woke him up he has been on a rampage of destruction, tearing apart 15 G.U.N. facilities in just 5 days. he believes that G.U.N. is responsible for all of his pain and suffering. he has all of his gear. armor, shields, health packs, grenades, knives, 2 custom-made handguns, and a big MiniGun, and much, much, more. he is very deadly, Sonic". Sonic stomped on the ground in frustration. "not another one!!! I wanted a vacation!". "What about tails, sonic? we have to stop K-MsM". Sonic looked at Dirk, and started to cry. "he is my best friend! I have to help him!". just then, Dirk spotted a strange object in the distance in the center of the lake. the sun glinted off of it. "hey sonic, look over there, see that?".dirk pointed at the shiny object. Sonic and Dirk looked at each other. they ran towards the object. when they reached the object, they looked at it and identified it as The Nunchaku of Kortul. "YES! we found one of the 3 legendary weapons!". Sonic bent over to look at the weapon, as dirk dislodged it from the ice. it had maroon stained wood, flame paint, and golden end caps. and the chain was made of gold too. when they stood up, they stood face to face with a blue hedgehog. he had long, bushy quills that reached down to his knees. they had a neon light blue color about 5 inches to their end. he had thick black eyebrows and blue shoes, that had black stripes. he was decked out with equipment. he wore a green kevlar jacket, black sweat pants, and black fingerless gloves. no doubt, this was him. K-MsM. another experimental hedgehog. "I see that you have made a friend Dirk, why? is it because you are too cowardly to fight me alone?". with that statement, Dirk's rage built up inside him. dirk punched K-MsM in the shoulder, which did absolutely nothing. K-MsM simply stood his ground. he let out a devilish smile, grabbed Dirk by the neck, and punched him in the stomach, which sent Dirk flying. when dirk landed he doubled over in pain. "I won't allow this! you aren't gonna mess with me, or my buddy here!!!" sonic yelled. "wanna make a bet?" K-MsM said, with a devilish voice. K-MsM spun around horizontally, not vertically, like Sonic does when he spindashes. his fists left behind fire trails. his fists appeared to be on fire. but, strangely enough, they were not being consumed by the fire. "what the?". sonic was mesmerized by the blur of colors in front of him. K-MsM sent one of his fists into Sonic's jaw, which sent him reeling backward. Sonic spindashed into K-MsM's chest, which staggered him, but only a little. this was Sonic's chance. he ran over to Dirk, got the Nunchaku of Kortul, and ran back at K-MsM, at such a blistering speed, K-MsM did not have a chance to recover. Sonic brought the weapon down hard on K-MsM's shoulder. this sent him to his knees. but K-MsM quickly recovered. he backflipped while drawing his large pistols. K-MsM sent a volley of rounds at Sonic, in mid-air. Sonic flipped around, avoiding each bullet. Sonic then tore towards K-MsM and unleashed a flurry of blows with the nunchaku. this sent K-MsM to the ground. K-MsM glared at Sonic. "you won't win! this is only a fraction of my power!!!" he shouted. "oh yeah? BRING IT ON!! or are you just bluffing?" Sonic challenged. K-MsM relaxed and his devilish smile reappeared. "did you really mean that?". "yeah! thats right, dumbass. just for fun, let's see your real power!". K-MsM got up, smiling all the way. "alright, hedgehog. you asked for it". K-MsM faded out into nothing. "hey! you wimp!!! come back here!!!". Sonic ran to the place where K-MsM was standing. a crucial error. Sonic waved his hand through where K-MsM was. nothing. not a trace. gone. then suddenly, Sonic felt an arm around his neck, holding him tightly. Sonic struggled to free himself, but his assailant was too strong. just then, a knife impaled his shoulder. sonic screamed in pain. his assailant stabbed him again. this time in his leg. then the assailant dropped him to the ground. sonic turned around on his back to see his assailant. it was K-MsM. "that is even less power than I was using earlier" he said, in a cold, evil tone. "now, you will bleed to death. and, I believe that is mine" K-MsM pointed at the nunchaku. "no way! I will never give this to you!!!". just then sonic thought, "he might not kill me now if I just give it to him, and then, I might survive". then sonic spoke. "I'm gonna die anyway, guess I could give it to you". sonic was trying to persuade K-MsM. "thank you, and by the way, what is your name?" he said, sarcastically. "Sonic The Hedgehog" he said. "I have heard of you before. I am quite surprised at how easy you were to defeat. my name is Simon Kasmia, or K-MsM.". just then, knuckles appeared. he slammed his fist into Simon's head, knocking him out. "nice save knuckles!" sonic blurted. "anytime". ::The Halo And Sonic Fan: daj2500@hotmail.com:: Disclaimer: K-MsM and Dirk are copyrighted to *THASF* A.K.A. The Halo And Sonic Fan. all other characters are copyright of Sega. you may not use K-MsM or Dirk in any way shape, or form. they aren't up for grabs either, so don't come asking me for permission of use. I like keeping them to myself, after seeing what sotsu did to kevin. he branded that kanji symbol on kevin's head (and I thought kevin lu, the author, not the character, said "don't change my characters in any way"). Chapter 5: Slingshot it was early morning, 6:45 AM to be exact. Knuckles had just knocked K-MsM's lights out. Sonic was seriously injured. Dirk was sitting where K-MsM sent him flying to. he watched the whole thing. Dirk ran up to Knuckles. "who are you?" Dirk asked Knuckles. "hi, my name is Knuckles. you can call me Knuck for short. but DO NOT call me KNUCKIE!!". Dirk's quills stood on end. "OK-K-AY" Dirk stuttered. Knuckles looked at Dirk, perplexed. "and who might YOU be?". "Dirk Johnson, but you can call me Dirk." he said. Knuck smiled. "nice to meet you dirk. Sonic and I go way back. I was working for this awful man. Dr. Ivo Robotnik. you see, this guy was, and probably still is, Sonic's enemy". "you get the picture." Knuckles joked. "yeah, but "probably still his enemy?" I don't think that it is possible to be "probably-anything" with stuff like being enemies.". "well, you see, in his last conflict with Sonic, he said he would no longer be evil. that his battle against Sonic was over. but I don't believe him". "wow. Sonic looks hurt. Knuckles, you get him back to town, and get help for Sonic!!! I'll take care of K-MsM". Dirk picked up the unconscious K-MsM, and ran off. Knuckles went around the deep canyon, and back to town, and to the nearest house. the house was vacant. Knuckles smashed the window out with a big rock. he jumped into the house while carrying Sonic through the window. he rested Sonic against the wall near the kitchen, and went into the kitchen. he grabbed the phone, which was being used by realtors, only to hear no dial tone. he noticed that the phone was plugged into a caller ID, and that the answering machine was plugged into the nearest power outlet. he thought for a moment, if he did a bit of re-wiring, he could use the phone. first, he unplugged the answering machine. then, he unplugged the caller ID, and plugged the wall socket's cord DIRECTLY into line 2. because line 1 was dead. he then picked up the phone. there was a welcoming dial tone. he called 911. the operator said "how may I help you?". "yeah, could you get me an ambulance? we have a guy here that has been stabbed."."goodness!!! I will get an ambulance there right away!!! where are you located?". "hold on a sec, i'm checking the address.". Knuckles went outside, he checked the address, and street name. he then went back to the phone."yes, my address is.....". knuckles was interrupted by the operator. "no need for that now, we have traced your call. we now know your adress and street name". Knuckles thought to himself "what a waste, fumbling in the dark, just to have your work replaced by someone else's efforts. which are not as large as yours. damn.". the operator spoke. "we have sent an ambulance to your location. by the way, you are located at a vacant house. did you break in?". "there is a power outage here. I did what I had to, it was an emergency!!! this guy is dying!!!". "the ambulance will be there in two minutes, hang tight!!!". Sonic, who had been quiet all this time, spoke up. "h-hey K-k-n-nuckles, I-i'm hurt pretty bad. I don't know how much longer I can last. please get help Knuckles.". "Sonic, help is on the way.". the ambulance pulled up, and the rescuers brought a stretcher to the door. one of the rescuers knocked on the door. Knuckles answered. "come in, quick! my friend has been stabbed twice!!". the rescuer stayed calm and professional. "he needs something to stop this intense bleeding. hey Mike, get a couple large bandages.". "Mike" nodded and got the bandages. Mike gave the bandages to the rescuer. the rescuer bandaged Sonic up. Dirk was going to do something terrible to K-MsM, for hurting his friend. Dirk did that terrible thing to K-MsM. what he did is a secret. Dirk then ran off, back to town. but he noticed something, the Bo Staff of Maji!!! but it was inaccessable, but Knuckles could climb up to where it is. Dirk continued on. K-MsM awoke. he looked into some reflective ice at himself and screamed a bloodcurling scream. "DIIIIRRRRRRKKKK!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!". K-MsM was crying. for reasons that I will not yet tell you. Dirk got to Knuckles just as the ambulance pulled away. "hey Dirk, what did you do with K-MsM?". Dirk gave off an evil grin. you don't wanna know. what will happen next, and what will K-MsM do about his..... you will see! ::The Halo And Sonic Fan: daj2500@hotmail.com:: Disclaimer: K-MsM and Dirk are copyrighted to me. all other characters are copyright of Sega. you may not use K-MsM or Dirk in any way shape, or form. they aren't up for grabs either, so don't come asking me for permission of use. I like keeping them to myself, after seeing what sotsu did to kevin. he branded that kanji symbol on kevin's head (and I thought kevin lu, the author, not the character, said "don't change my characters in any way"). but it is a good thing that he fixed kevin's hair. please tell me if you are inspired by my fanfic! :)