Unlikely Friends

Prologue

By: Soniclover28

"Sonic! Sonic, come quick!" Amy panted, and suddenly burst into the blue hero's house.

Said hedgehog's head popped up from behind the couch he was sitting on, and he immediately looked alert.

"What? What is it?" Sonic asked, standing up and coming to meet the panicked pink hedgehog.

"These-these things…! Th-they're gone! Tails and Knuckles are gone! They took them!" Amy cried, frantically looking behind her.

"Amy, calm down. Who took them?" Sonic asked, placing a hand on Amy's tense shoulder.

"I-I don't know!" The action did nothing to calm her. "Th-they had brains in their stomach! They looked like robots! They're… They're alien robots!" Amy shrieked.

Sonic just blinked at her. "Um… Just show me where they are."

Amy nodded frantically, and opened the door behind her. She swung it open, only to shriek again and stumble back in fright, knocking Sonic over in the process.

"What the-?!"

"That's them! That's them!" Amy yelled, scooting backwards.

Sonic looked up after rubbing his head, and his eyes widened at what he saw. Five android-like robots marched their way into his house, and Sonic immediately got into a fighting stance.

The intruders were humanoid, with a blue gel-like body and a robotic-like skeleton that could be seen inside the gel. The robotic being had pink, hollow eye-sockets, and—true to Amy's word—had a brain in its stomach.

"Ugh. That's just nasty," Sonic grimaced.

"Kraang shall capture the ones known as the hedgehogs," The android said in a metallic voice.

"Say what now?" Sonic growled, putting up his fists, "Sorry, pal, but you're gonna have to catch me, first!"

Sonic lunged at the first android, planting his foot in its face, and bouncing to the next one. He spun once in the air, and knocked the droid into the others. Sonic suddenly turned and scooped Amy up in his arms.

"Keep your head down," He ordered. Amy obeyed. Sonic lowered his head as well, and rammed straight through the androids, allowing them outside.

Sonic stopped dead when he saw about twenty more of the androids.

"Yeesh," Sonic put Amy back down, "No wonder Knuckles let himself get kidnapped. Amy, I'm counting on ya'; you got my back?"

"Always."

"Great; let's do it to it!" Sonic smiled, before shooting forwards. He curled into a ball and sliced right through about five of them as if they were nothing. They shortly exploded.

"Stop the ones that need to be stopped!" One of the androids ordered, holding up the gun it was carrying and taking aim.

"Uh oh."

Sonic frantically had to dodge, hop, and roll out of the way of the laser-like bullets. He whipped his head around when he heard Amy's terrified scream, and saw that she was being electrocuted by a rod of some kind.

"Amy!" Sonic called, shooting forwards again. He curled into a ball and spin-dashed through the android that was shocking her, and knelt beside her to see if she was alright. "Amy, are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah…" She replied. Amy sat up, shaking her head. She was about to say something else, but instead yelled, "Sonic, look out!"

Years of hearing this phrase made him learn not to even glance at what he couldn't see coming. Sonic scooped Amy up in his arms again and bolted away from the spot he was in.

Only then did he look back and see that another android had stabbed the ground he had been kneeling on with another electrified rod. Still running with Amy in hand, Sonic leapt into the air and started attacking the droids with all kicks alike. Once he landed, he glanced around to see even more of those androids filing out of a triangular portal of some kind.

"Oh, come on!" Sonic groaned.

He placed Amy one the ground again, making sure she was steady before throwing himself at the robots again.

"These definitely aren't Eggman's 'bots!" Sonic hollered.

"You think?!" Amy snapped.

Sonic rolled his eyes and spin-dashed through a handful of the alien robots, which seemed to be more effective than kicks and punches.

He rushed back to Amy, seeing that their fighting space was becoming smaller and smaller.

"There's too many!" Amy panted, swinging her hammer at another android.

"We have to try!" Sonic replied, realizing the droids were leaving them with scarcely any room. "Lock arms with me!" Sonic suddenly shouted as he realized there were only about three feet between him and another android.

Amy did so, knowing what he was planning, and Sonic jumped into the air. Amy held her ground while Sonic planted his foot in an android's face. He started running on their faces as if lapping around a circular wall, Amy spinning in sync with him. This knocked a majority of the droids off their feet, only to be replaced by tons more robots.

"Ready?!" Sonic yelled.

"Always!" Amy shouted back.

They unlinked their arms, causing Sonic to be flung to the side, and Amy still spinning in place. Amy summoned her hammer just before she stopped spinning, and the added weight of her mallet let her continue spiraling, taking out ten androids at a time with every complete circle.

Sonic curled into a ball again, rocketing through a whole line of androids before springing off from one to the other and delivering fierce attacks.

They seemed to be doing well, but deep down, Sonic knew they were ridiculously outnumbered. Amy would eventually stop spinning, and Sonic, though his stamina was strong, would have to eventually stop for a breath.

"Sonic!" Sonic's ears pricked to the sound of Amy yelling in pain again, but when he looked around for her, he couldn't see her through the sea of robots. While he was distracted, however, an android finally struck him with an electric rod, causing him to yell in pain, too. Sonic fell to his knees when the electricity ceased, with static dancing along his fur.

"The one known as the hedgehog will remain silent unless the one known as the hedgehog wishes to be restrained by Kraang, who is also known as the Kraang," The android babbled.

Sonic, although not completely understanding the robot's language pattern, got the gist of what it was saying.

"Yeah… How 'bout no?!" Sonic shouted, giving a low kick and sweeping the android off of its feet.

Two other androids shocked him in response.

"Kraang," Sonic heard the android address another through the ringing in his ears, "The one known as the hedgehog is not being silenced by the Kraang. Perhaps it would be wise that Kraang use the substance known as sedative to silence the one known as the hedgehog."

This caught Sonic's attention. He couldn't rescue Amy—or Knuckles and Tails—if he was unconscious. Then again… Knuckles was probably sedated as well…

While Sonic was debating this, two androids dragged Amy over to him. She was conscious, which Sonic was grateful for, and the androids were guiding her by gripping her arms.

Sonic decided to stay silent; Amy was scared, and he wasn't going to make her even more nervous.

Sadly, the androids had already prepared a syringe, and they stuck it in the blue hedgehog's shoulder. Sonic gasped as the cold liquid seeped into his system, and he suddenly felt light-headed.

He saw Amy give him a look of horror, and Sonic tried to force his drooping eyes to stay open.

The two androids that had suggested the needle grabbed his limp arms and dragged him behind the androids that held Amy.

Sonic's world was becoming fuzzy around the edges, and he mentally cursed himself for getting captured like this.

The group came to the triangular portal, and all of the droids filed in behind the two hedgehogs. Sonic glanced around his surroundings, and found himself somewhere…very pink. Hundreds of other triangular portals were scattered throughout the strange dimension, and Sonic wondered if these robots were possibly taking them to a whole other world—or possibly a whole other universe. Briefly, he mused that it wouldn't be the firsts time.

They went through another portal, and Sonic found himself in some type of building that was made purely of metal and a glowing pink substance that ran in electrical circuits.

Sonic wondered why he hadn't fallen asleep yet from the drug, but then he figured that it was probably something to relax him; not knock him out completely.

And, boy, was he feeling it.

Eventually, the alien androids came to a room sorely lit by pink, and pink alone. Sonic looked around, noticing pink capsules that held hundreds of strange creatures inside of them, and they seemed to be hovering in mid-air. After a while of walking, Sonic spotted Knuckles and Tails in capsules of their own, and they spotted him and Amy as well.

Tails looked at Sonic worriedly, noticing the spaced-out look he wore. Sonic was unceremoniously thrown into a small capsule by himself and Amy was shoved into the one beside his. Amy instantly rose to her feet again, glaring at the androids, while Sonic stayed down, his limbs feeling like jelly.

Sonic landed in a position so that he was facing Tails, and the fox was talking to him through sign language.

'What happened to you?' was the message.

For once, Sonic was glad that Tails forced him to learn the code of the hands. It really came in handy with the soundproof glass he was surrounded by.

Sonic, with effort, sent a message back to him.

'Sedative.'

'Oh.'

Sonic sighed, and shifted to get into a more comfortable position. He dragged his wobbly limbs to the side of the circular capsule, and leaned on it, his body forcing itself to relax. Sonic's eyes were utterly heavy, and he couldn't help but let his head lean on the glass as well. He tiredly gazed around at the other capsules, and at the creatures that occupied them.

A very built and man-like tiger, a black dog-like skeleton…thing, a plant-like monstrosity, a deformed, giant pigeon, a bat-like creature that was absolutely repulsive, and so much more. While he was gazing at the creatures, he noticed that some of them wore a hexagonal, pink badge-like device on their bodies. He also noticed that it was the creatures wearing the badges that were standing stiff-straight, and staring coldly into nothingness.

It creeped Sonic out.

Sonic's attention was brought back to Tails when he started waving his arms wildly, and sent him a question in sign language.

'What are we going to do?'

Sonic just looked at him and sighed, too tired to think straight. He shrugged and leaned against the glass again. It seemed that he didn't care, but Tails knew he just was drowsy, and that thinking up a plan now wouldn't be a good idea.

That, and the fact that the next time Sonic closed his eyes to blink, he found he couldn't open them again.

Elsewhere…

"Kraang, does Kraang look as one would call Kraang…'fat?'" The man in the suit asked, his stiff lips moving almost mechanically.

"Kraang thinks that Kraang looks as one would call…'fit.' Does Kraang look to Kraang as one would call 'fat?'" The other man in the suit responded, identical to the one that asked the question.

"Kraang thinks that Kraang looks as one would call 'fit,'" The first man in the suit nodded.

"Let me settle this for you," a voice suddenly snickered, "You might not be fat, but you sure are ugly!"

"Now!"

The two men whirled around upon hearing the two voices, and were suddenly knocked to the ground by two green blurs.

"Haha, nice one, Raph," the mutant in the orange mask chuckled.

"Guys, there's the porta-portal; let's get in there and get out before more Kraang come back," the purple-masked creature said, already running towards the triangular-shaped portal.

"Right behind you, Donnie!" The blue-masked turtle nodded, and they filed in behind the tallest mutant.

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo were on a mission of sorts tonight. April O' Neil, a close friend of theirs, was captured by their sworn enemies—the Kraang. The turtles swore to get her back, and that's just what they planned to do.

Once through the portal, Donatello used one of his many inventions to locate the next portal they needed to warp through. He located it with ease, and the four turtles jumped through that portal as well. They were met with metal and pink corridors, and hid behind crates in order to stay hidden.

"Ninja stealth mode…" Michelangelo chuckled, taking cover behind a crate with Raphael.

"Will you shut it, meathead?" Raphael hissed, knocking the younger turtle on the back of his head. "If they know we're here, we'll never find April."

The freckled turtle just stuck his tongue out at his older brother.

The four turtles eventually came to a door that held hundreds—if not thousands—of captives behind it, and Donatello immediately got to work. He pulled out a strange device, and held it up to the panel that required a key of some kind. The lights on the panel flickered, and the metal door slid open.

"We're in," Donatello smirked.

"Alright, guys; let's go. Everyone remember the plan?" Leonardo asked quietly, glancing at a particular turtle.

"Yes," they all replied.

"Mikey, are you sure?" The team leader crossed his arms.

"Yes," the youngest of the bunch smiled.

"Alright, explain it to me."

"Um…" Michelangelo's smile faltered a bit and he rubbed the back of his head bashfully. "Why don't you explain it again? To be honest," the orange-masked turtle blocked his mouth from the view of Donatello and Raphael, "I don't think those two were listening."

Raphael rolled his emerald eyes.

"Fine," Leonardo sighed, "We go in, look for April, and get out before we get noticed. Got it?"

"Yep," Michelangelo grinned.

"Great; let's go. Stay quiet and out of sight."

The four brothers snuck into the giant prison and came to a hallway that forked into four different hallways. Each turtle took a different path, and each turtle found different types of prisoners at the end of each tunnel.

Leonardo found captives related to water.

Raphael found captives related to the sky.

Donatello found captives related to the ground.

Michelangelo found… Well, he wasn't quite sure.

The young turtle, seeing as hardly any guards were around, strolled casually through the corridors. Large capsules were on his left and right, and he stared at them in awe at—not the capsules themselves—but what was inside of them.

Mutants—possibly some aliens—filled each and every one of them.

"Whoa…" The teen gaped, continuing through the seemingly endless prison.

He eventually came to a particular capsule that caught his eye. He hadn't noticed it before, but Michelangelo realized that all of the imprisoned creatures were either standing tall as he passed by, or at least giving him a hopeful glance. The creature in this capsule looked…almost sick. The young turtle briefly wondered if the poor thing needed help.

He caught the eye of a fox-looking creature, whose hands were pressed up against the glass of his container. He started making some weird hand motions to Michelangelo, but the turtle, not knowing sign language, merely waved. The fox creature gave him a deadpan, and pointed to the lock on his capsule.

"Oh," The orange-masked turtle blinked. He came to the foreign lock, looked it over, and eventually glanced back up at the fox, whose eyes were shining in hope.

The fox's gaze faltered when Michelangelo shrugged at him.

"Wait, maybe Donnie can help me!" Michelangelo exclaimed, smiling. The fox tilted his head and pointed to his ears. "Right, you can't hear me…" The turtle rubbed the back of his head. He pulled out his specially designed cell phone—the T-Phone—and dialed his older brother's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Donnie, I found something really cool you might wanna check out."

"Did you find April?"

"Oh, um… No, not yet, but-"

"Mikey, this whole mission is supposed to be about finding April and saving her; we're not here to sight-see."

"Yeah, but Donnie-"

"Don't 'but Donnie' me! Don't call again unless you find April!"

The line was cut, and Mikey glared at his phone.

"Hey, maybe Raph'll listen to me!"

He quickly dialed in the tempered turtle's number.

"Hello?"

Michelangelo almost greeted him back, but figured that his brother wouldn't take him seriously, just like Donatello. Instead, he replied in a much more… urgent matter…

"Raph, help! I'm being ambushed by hundreds of Kraang! I can't fight them all by myself!"

"I'm on my way! Just hold on! I'll call the others!"

The line was cut again, and Michelangelo smiled.

He could always count on good ol' Raph.

The young turtle turned back to the fox and gave him a thumbs up, which the fox happily returned.

In a matter of minutes, Michelangelo caught sight of Raphael rounding the corner to the hall he was in, staring intently at his cell phone. When he looked up, expecting to see androids everywhere, he watched dumbly as his younger sibling played 'rock, paper, scissors' with an imprisoned alien of sorts.

"Mikey, you're okay!" Raphael exclaimed, bringing his brother into a hug. After a moment, Raphael froze. "You're… okay… You're not… surrounded by Kraang…" He released his brother.

"You had me worried sick! Don't do that ever again! I called Leo and Donnie and everything!"

"Calm down, Raph! I can explain-"

"Mikey!"

Both Raphael and Michelangelo turned to see their other brothers meet up with them.

"You're okay!" Donatello smiled. "Wait a second… If you're okay, then-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know; I lied to get you guys to come down here! But I have a good reason! Look, these-"

"Mikey, we're wasting time; you could've gotten caught, yelling like you were to Raph over the phone," Leonardo scolded.

"Yeah, I know, but-"

"No 'buts', we're leaving now," the team leader dismissed, turning to head deeper into the prison. Donatello and Raphael followed him, but Michelangelo just stared disbelievingly at his brothers.

"No."

All three of them froze. They slowly turned around to stare at their youngest sibling. He almost never refused an order; especially one as simple as getting a move-on.

"These guys need our help," Michelangelo gestured to the alien fox, "And I'm not leaving them here." He stood defiantly, his fists clenched at his sides and his gaze daring anyone to argue with him.

Finally, Leonardo understood why Michelangelo was acting so demanding. The four capsules the young turtle had pointed out were holding alien—perhaps mutated—creatures that looked as if they belonged in the same place. One of the creatures was lying down, as if weak, and Leonardo finally gave in to the desperate turtle.

"Fine. Donnie, unlock the capsules. Raph, you get the one that's in bad shape. Mikey," the eldest brother inspected the youngest, "make sure your new friends don't get in the way."

"Right!" Michelangelo grinned, turning to the fox creature again, and giving him another thumbs up.

Donatello picked the locks on all four capsules, and, with a hiss, they all slid open.

The fox hopped out of his containment and looked at Michelangelo with a look of sheer gratitude.

"Thanks a lot, mister! We really owe you one!"

"No problem," Michelangelo smiled.

"Excuse me, um, fox kid…? Are these your only friends here? Are there more of you?" Leonardo asked, jerking his head to the other three creatures. The turtle couldn't help but notice that the fox had two tails.

The fox laughed and shook his head, "No, it's just us. And my name is Tails. This is Knuckles, Amy, and… Sonic!"

The twin-tailed fox cub ran over to Raphael, who was carefully trying to find a way to pick up the hedgehog without nicking himself on the millions of quills sticking out of the anthrop.

"Don't worry, I got this," the red creature named Knuckles said, waving Raphael off. He scooped up the unconscious blue creature in his arms, and turned back to the turtles, smirking. Oh, how he would blackmail Sonic for this.

"Right; Knuckles, Tails, Amy, and 'Sonic!'. Got it," Michelangelo nodded, pointing to each alien in turn. "Will your friend be okay?" He asked, pointing to Sonic.

"I think he'll be alright. All those androids did was sedate him so he couldn't run off. Sonic doesn't take kindly to being kidnapped," Tails chuckled.

"Alright, if you say so," the youngest of the four turtles nodded.

"So are you four mutants, or…?" Raphael started, staring at the bunch of animals.

"'Mutants'…? No, we're Mobians," Tails explained.

"I hate to interrupt; but we have a girl to find," Donatello suddenly said, pointing deeper into the prison.

"Oh, so that's what you guys were arguing about earlier," Tails realized. "What do they look like? We could help; right?" He turned to Knuckles and Amy, and they nodded.

"Okay, then. I'm Leonardo, that's Raphael, that's Donatello, and this is Michelangelo. Mikey'll fill you in on what we're doing," The leader explained, "Let's go find April."

"Wait, so they're your brothers?" Amy asked.

"Yeah; Leo's the oldest, Raph's the second oldest, Donnie's the third oldest, and I'm the youngest," Michelangelo smiled.

"And you're ninja… turtles…?" Tails tilted his head.

"Yeah; pretty cool, huh?" The young turtle grinned. "Enough about us; I wanna know about you guys!"

"Well, I'm a fox, Knuckles is an echidna-"

"A what?"

"An echidna," Knuckles repeated, shifting the slumbering mass of quills in his arms. He was so going to blackmail the hedgehog with this.

"Oh, yeah…! Never heard of it," Michelangelo shrugged.

Knuckles sighed in annoyance.

"You get used to it after a while," Raphael chimed from in front of them, having been listening to the conversation.

"Anyways, Amy and Sonic are both hedgehogs, and that's pretty much it," Tails finished.

"Yeah, but… You're different colors… Aren't hedgehogs brown…?" Michelangelo asked.

"Well, we're not your everyday hedgehogs," Amy giggled.

"And Tails has, well… two tails," Michelangelo observed.

"Yeah, I was born that way," Tails replied, swishing his namesakes.

"And Knuckles has… nails coming out of his hands…"

"They're knuckclaws," Knuckles snapped.

"Oh, so you're like Wolverine!" Michelangelo gasped.

"What? I look nothing like a wolverine!" Knuckles growled.

"Guys, look!" Suddenly came from the front.

Everyone took cover behind the metal crates that always seemed to be conveniently placed where the turtles needed them.

A lone capsule, surrounded by Kraang droids, held a red-headed girl that sat stubbornly in the center of her cell with her arms crossed.

"That's her!" Donatello exclaimed, pulling out his lock-pick.

"Man… there are Kraang dudes everywhere…" Michelangelo observed, poking his head further above the giant crate he was behind.

"Mikey, get down!" Raphael hissed.

Unfortunately, Raphael's command caught a Kraang droid's attention, and the skeleton-looking robot turned its head. The metallic whine of motors working in the android's neck while it scanned the area caught all of the other Kraang's attention.

"The ones called 'the turtles' have infiltrated Kraang's prison with the ones known as 'mobians,' who are working with the ones known as 'the turtles.'" One of the androids reported to no one in particular.

"Kraang will annihilate the ones known as 'the turtles,' while Kraang will annihilate the ones known as 'mobians.'" Another took aim with its gun.

"Kraang agrees."

"Destroy them!"

Dozens upon dozens of Kraang started firing at the turtles and the mobians. The beings from different worlds scattered, and, without even having said a word, began fighting.

Leonardo unsheathed his pair of katana, twisting and flipping while wielding his swords.

Raphael slid his pair of sai out from their respectful place in his belt, and started stabbing away at the Kraang.

Donatello, using his Bo staff, propelled himself upwards, where he flipped once, and smacked three Kraang droids clear across the prison.

Michelangelo, laughing in glee, pulled out his nun chucks, twirling them in his hands and, using the sharp point that poked out of his pair of weapons, hooked a droid and slung it into four others.

"Hot-"

Michelangelo hooked another android.

"-Nun chuck-"

He yanked it to the side, almost ripping off its torso in the process.

"-Fury!"

The Kraang droid was hurled into six others, having an almost domino effect on the robots behind them.

"Yeah, boy!" The young turtle laughed in triumph. His baby blue eyes suddenly caught a blur of yellow, and he stared in awe as his new fox friend's tails spun around each other, and he actually took flight.

Tails suddenly dived down, sticking his feet out from under him at the last second, and smashing one of the robot's head into pieces. Using his momentum, the kit spun once, ramming his tails into nearby androids.

"Nice!" His ears pricked to hear Michelangelo's voice, and Tails turned and smiled sheepishly at him.

The fox suddenly ducked when he spotted a silver blur heading for him, and he looked to see a smashed android on the ground behind him.

"What the-…?" Michelangelo blinked, walking closer to the deformed droid.

"Don't worry," Tails assured him, "It's just Amy."

As if on cue, both turtle and fox turned around when they heard a battle cry of sorts.

"And that's for scaring me earlier!" The pink hedgehog yelled, hammering another android at the emphasized word.

"And that's for taking us!" Another swing.

"And this—" Amy started hammering at every word, "—is—for—hurting—my—Sonic!"

The enraged girl stood panting after that, glaring at the many androids she had just dissembled.

"Whoa; that girl's got skills," Michelangelo smiled, impressed. He blinked in confusion when he realized something. "Where'd she get that hammer…?"

"No one knows," Tails shrugged.

"A little—urgh—help over here, guys!" Everyone turned their heads to see Knuckles trying to fight with an unconscious Sonic in his hands, but ultimately failing.

Tails, Amy, and Michelangelo rushed to his aid, and took out the androids surrounding him with almost no effort.

Looking around, Michelangelo saw that all of the Kraang droids guarding April's capsule were defeated.

"Alright, Donnie, go unlock April's capsule; we gotta move fast," Leonardo said, coming closer to the mobians with Raphael behind him.

"Right," The tall turtle nodded, pulling out his lock pick.

While the group came together again, a certain hedgehog suddenly decided to join the real world again.

"Uhnn…" He grunted, shifting in strong, red arms. Emerald eyes slid out from under blue eye-lids, and he groggily lifted his head up. "Wha's goin' on…?" He slurred.

"Sure, wake up after the fight," Knuckles scoffed, but nonetheless helped the hedgehog to his feet.

"Wh-…What fight…?" He blinked tiredly.

"Sonic!"

The blue anthrop was suddenly tackled into a bear hug, and Sonic's foggy head was forcefully yanked back into clarity.

"Sonic, I'm so glad you're okay!" Amy squealed, burying her muzzle into his chest.

"Uh… Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," Sonic answered on an auto-pilot of sorts. He was glancing around confusedly, trying to figure out what was happening.

"Aw! You and your sister are so cute together!" Michelangelo smiled, clasping his hands together beside his cheek.

"Uh… what…? Amy's not my sister!" Sonic exclaimed quickly.

"But you're… Then you're cousins…?" The young turtle tried again, his grin being replaced by a look of confusion.

"No; we're just friends," Sonic replied a bit more calmly, pulling out of Amy's hug. He suddenly shook his head, "Forget that; what's going on; who are they?"

"I'm Michelangelo! Everyone calls me Mikey," The orange-masked turtle introduced himself. "That's Leo, Raph, and Donnie; they're my brothers."

Sonic nodded, though his eyes said that he was still skeptical about the mutant.

"They rescued us," Tails chipped in, solving a major piece in Sonic's puzzle.

All confusion and uncertainty left the hedgehog's eyes at that statement.

"Oh! Sorry; I didn't realize. I'm Sonic, Sonic the-"

"Yeah, I know," Michelangelo interrupted, not rudely, but excitedly. "Your brothers and your sister—sorry—your cousin said you can run really fast. I wanna race as soon as we get out of here; I'm the fastest out of those three slowpokes," the young turtle gestured to his siblings, who were rolling their eyes at the mild insult.

"Wait, you think we're…?" Amy started, glancing from Tails to Knuckles.

Tails and Sonic just blinked, and Tails almost corrected the turtle, but a loud laughter interrupted him.

Knuckles was bending over with his hands on his knees, howling in laughter. "Y-you-…! You think that I'm…" Another moment of just laughing. "Related to him?" Knuckled pointed to Sonic.

"Grow up, Knuckles," Amy huffed.

Tails rolled his eyes and tried to explain again, "Sonic is my adopted brother, but Knuckles, Sonic, and Amy are in no way related to each other."

"Wait, so there're more of you?"

"Well, technically, yes-"

"Got it!" Suddenly rang from the container April was being held in, and everyone looked to see Donatello pumping his fist in triumph.

"Guys! You made it!" The red haired girl exclaimed, hopping out of her container. She hugged Donatello gratefully, and turned to smile at the other three turtles.

"Good to have you back, April," Leonardo nodded.

"Uh, guys…? I think we gotta go!" Michelangelo warned, pointing down a hallway behind them. Everyone looked to see dozens upon dozens of Kraang droids marching their way, and Leonardo quickly looked for an escape route.

"This way!" Leonardo's head turned when he heard the blue hedgehog blurt that out, and everyone followed him down an empty hallway.

Leonardo blinked in surprise when the spiky alien kept in front while he and his brothers ran full speed. Michelangelo caught this as well, and sprinted up the side wall in order to pass his brothers. He sprung off of the wall and landed in front of Leonardo, running right beside Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Wow, you are fast if you can keep up with me!" Michelangelo smirked.

"That a challenge?" Sonic's eyes sparked in mild interest. He was somewhat used to racing people who didn't know him, and he was used to them thinking they were faster because of this. Sonic was about to blow the turtle's mind.

"If you can keep up!" Michelangelo suddenly bolted forward, putting about twenty feet of the hallway between him and the hedgehog.

Raphael blinked in surprise after he saw his younger brother run full speed ahead; he never really noticed that Michelangelo was so fast.

Sonic smirked, and pumped his legs faster; he absolutely loved the challenge he was given.

The hedgehog caught up to Michelangelo, whose breathing was still normal, and his stride never faltering. They ran side by side, weaving through the hallways, laughing in joy as they charged into adrenaline.

The last bit of grogginess left Sonic's head, and he could feel the relief as new energy sprouted inside of him. Momentarily forgetting about his opponent, Sonic went even faster; his legs nothing but a blur.

Michelangelo stared in awe as the hedgehog raced forward, turned a corner, and disappeared. He smiled at his new friends' talent, and strained to catch back up with him. He turned the corner he saw Sonic take, expecting him to be only ten feet away from him, and saw…

…No blue hedgehog.

Michelangelo almost sprinted again, but suddenly remembered his brothers, and Sonic's team; they couldn't run as fast as he and Sonic could. Chuckling to himself, Michelangelo turned around and jogged back to the group. It didn't take long to find them, seeing as how they had sprinted after Michelangelo and Sonic shortly after they'd begun their race.

"I guess Sonic won…?" Tails smirked.

Michelangelo nodded, "Yeah. He's really, really fast! Faster than anything I've ever seen!"

Sonic's friends were a little surprised at the turtle's boundless energy. He had just raced with Sonic… Shouldn't he be gasping for air by now…? Yes, the young turtle was a bit out of breath, but was still energetic, nonetheless.

"C'mon, slowpokes; what's taking so long? I found the exit to this dump, if you're interested."

Everyone looked behind Michelangelo to see Sonic casually leaning on the wall with his arms folded, tapping his foot impatiently.

"I, for one, am about done with today, so let's get the heck outta here," Raphael said, walking past the blue hedgehog.

"He's right," Leonardo nodded, "When we get to the portal that leads to the others, those Kraang droids are going to be everywhere."

"Let's go," Sonic smirked, and took off towards the portals. Everyone followed him after a brief nod, and they soon came to the portal Sonic was talking about. Everyone jumped through, and, after a moment of calculating from Donatello, found the portal that led to the turtles' home.

"Great, now all I have to do is find your portal, and we're all set," the purple-masked turtle reported, pulling out some of his gear again.

"There's no time," Sonic stopped him, seeing countless androids charging towards them, "We gotta move; now!"

"What?! Sonic, I have to get back to the master emerald; we can't go with them!" Knuckles snatched Sonic's arm just as he was about to order everyone into the pink triangle.

"Knuckles, I wanna get back home, too, but we're gonna have to put that on hold! I'm not putting you all in any more danger! Tails, Amy; get through that portal! I'll hold the droids off!" Sonic turned his head to the two younger mobians, and they hesitated only a moment before nodding.

Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello gave each other a glance before hopping through their way home.

"C'mon, guys; our world's not that bad! Earth is a cool planet!" Michelangelo assured Tails and Amy, removing his attention from the Kraang droids, who had begun to aim their guns at the group.

"Earth?" Tails gawked.

What were the odds…?

"Oh, no! I'm not going back to that planet again!" Knuckles growled, fists clenched, "I have to get back to the master emerald!"

Michelangelo blinked in confusion.

"Wait, you've been to earth before…? How did-"

"There's no time for that right now! Move!" Sonic barked, shoving an unsuspecting Knuckles towards the portal. The echidna stumbled and fell through the lit up hole through space and—quite possibly—time.

Was Sonic the only one aware of the guns that were now being triggered?!

Michelangelo jumped through the portal as well, followed shortly by Amy.

Tails and Sonic shared a glance, nodded, and jumped through the portal.

"Shut it off! Shut it off! Shutitoffshutitoffshutitoff! " Mikey shouted, diving to the ground as the laser-like bullets practically chased him just as he exited the portal. With all of the mobians out of the dreaded dimension, Raphael unsheathed his sai and chunked it at the device that kept the portal open. The pink light flickered, and the small, metal piece fell to the ground, destroying the portal as it did so.

Everyone stood up, glancing at each other awkwardly for a moment.

"We should get back home; the Kraang are bound to come back, and we need to be gone by then," Leonardo spoke up, nodding off towards the streets.

Sonic nodded numbly, gazing around at what the orange-masked turtle had claimed to be Earth. He didn't recognize anything at all. The only thing he did remember to be the same was the night sky and the full moon over their heads. They were standing on a roof-top of a four-story building, overlooking a small part of the civilization they had arrived in.

"I hate to sound dumb, but what city is this?" Tails asked, as if reading his brother's thoughts.

"Manhattan, New York," Donatello blinked, "Why?"

"Is Station Square anywhere near here?" Sonic asked.

"…What…?" The purple-masked turtle sputtered. "I've never heard of that; you must be thinking of somewhere else."

"Ah… Alright, then…" Only Tails caught the almost unnoticeable disappointment in his big brother's voice. "Lead the way," Sonic said to Leonardo.

Leonardo nodded again, and jumped off of the rooftop. Everyone followed him, and they came to a dark alley with a lid in the ground below a balcony of sorts.

Raphael plucked the metallic circle out of the ground, and stepped back, gesturing for everyone to enter.

"Wait, we're going into the sewers…?" Amy asked in disgust. "I thought we were going to your home."

"We are," Michelangelo blinked, looking at the pink hedgehog as if she had just asked the most obvious question in the world.

Three of the turtles jumped down into the underground passageways, with Raphael holding the lid up for them. Tails and Knuckles shortly followed in reluctance, but Amy just huffed and crossed her arms.

"C'mon, Amy; it's not that bad," Sonic chuckled, "You've been through worse."

The pink hedgehog sighed and jumped climbed down the ladder that led into to the sewers.

"Go ahead; I'll be down in a Sonic Second," Sonic winked, taking the lid from Raphael. He nodded and hopped down the hole as well. Sonic gazed up at the sky, inspecting the moon as closely as possible.

It was completely whole—it wasn't half-way covered by metallic pipes and plates at all.

It wasn't the same moon that Sonic had seen last time he'd been to Earth.

It wasn't the same moon that had been nearly destroyed by Sonic's nemesis.

It wasn't the same moon that he and Chris remembered each other by.

Sonic sighed and began to climb down the ladder, sliding the entrance to the sewers shut again.