𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜: 𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚!

      Sonic landed on his knees in the same cave, he realized when he looked around. He immediately realized that he had fallen through portals in the form of a huge ring. Either Tikal managed to save him at the last moment, who took away these very rings, or Tails did it. He didn't even notice that behind him there was a huge cage in the form of a square protective field on a huge stone pedestal. A huge red bull with black teeth appeared from the darkness, trying to break free and attack the blue hedgehog. However, the protective field did not allow him to enter. Sonic flinches in fear and runs away. Shadow appeared on his side in exactly the same cage, who did not understand how he got here. He also tries to get out, but the field does not allow him to pass. Next to him in the neighborhood there were two more similar cells. In one of them there was Silver, who was trying to escape from the cage and was almost straining. In the fourth cage there was a girl with short red hair, who was partly scared and partly calm, looking at the blue hedgehog. She herself was wearing a royal gray cape with a short dress and orange tights. Behind it there was a fifth cell, in which Terios himself fell through the opened portal from the ring on the ceiling, after which the portal closed behind him. Sonic, looking at these four and taking a breath from fear, tried to understand what was happening here. When suddenly someone’s hand touches his back from behind. The hedgehog screams in fright and turns sharply back, taking a fighting stance. — Hush, hush, it's me! — At least hang a bell around your neck! I almost died of fear. — blue hedgehog was hysterical and tried to calm down, catching his breath. — LET ME GO!!! — Silver shouted, banging his fists on the field of his cage. — Tikal, can you explain what this all means? Who are they? What kind of cells are these and what the hell is going on here? Tails and Knuckles immediately emerge from the darkness behind Tikal. — The spell you ruined for me, instead of making everyone forget about your existence. Now it drags anyone who knows about your existence from various parallel worlds into our universe to your planet. — Parallel universes? — Sonic didn’t understand. — Who are you all? — Shadow asked, not even trying to get out of his cage and calmly standing in place. — Where I am? — It’s better to avoid contact with them, as something could go wrong and some kind of collapse of the entire multiverse could happen. The multiverse is a concept about which we know very little. — Tails explained. — Multiverse? — Sonic didn’t understand again. — This is such a giant cosmic pocket that contains billions and trillions of parallel universes, including ours. Knuckles explained. — No, Knuckles. The multiverse is not a pocket, but a phenomenon or something that may or may not exist. Ideas about the structure of the multiverse, the nature of each universe within it, and the relationships between these universes depend on the chosen hypothesis. — the fox corrected the echidna and explains to Sonic himself. — You see, Sonic? The universes included in the multiverse are called alternate universes, alternate realities, parallel universes, and parallel worlds. And there are many other multiverses that also contain many ordinary universes. The multiverses themselves are contained in a single phenomenon, which also has the name universe. However, the name of this phenomenon is still unknown, but most believe that it is an omniverse, although this name is also attributed to multiverses. — These strangers come from other worlds to ours. It shouldn't be like that anyway. — the sorceress says with a sigh. — I thought you had lifted your spell. — said the blue hedgehog, and the red one answers him: — No. For now, I’ve placed a barrier around them in the form of that same Rubik’s cube, but it looks like these guys crawled through some kind of small crack. — When you ran away, we noticed this violent and red big guy in the cave, who called himself Zavok and wanted to crush us all. — explained the red echidna. — Then Tikal returned and helped us grab him, and then put him in a cage, and with him the girl who also showed up suddenly. She probably also came from another world. — the two-tailed man finished. — Charms? — black and scarlet hedgehog intervened in the conversation. — Is this a children's party? What nonsense? — Have you seen a blue hedgehog named Sonic in your world? — Tikal asked him to make sure she was right. Shadow nodded silently, folding his arms over his chest. — Is this him? — she asked him, pointing her finger at the Sonic from this world. — Nope. — Shadow answered briefly, since Sonic from his world looked a little different from how he remembered him. — My faker hedgehog’s eyes didn’t look the same as this one. — Why do you call me your faker hedgehog? — Sonic asked. — Because you copy me in everything. — Are you completely stupid? — Sonic also tapped his forehead with his left fist. — You and I are not alike at all. Look at yourself and compare with me. You're all black and a little red, and I'm all blue. Besides, I’m cheerful and mischievous, and you’re kind of angry and gloomy. — I'm not angry. — denies the ultimate form life. — I have this because G.U.N. They killed my loved one, whom I loved with all my heart as a friend. Her name was Maria. — Maria? — Terios intervened from afar. —HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT MARIA??? AND WHEN WOULD SHE BE FRIENDS WITH YOU, IF SHE HAD BEEN FRIENDS WITH ME ALL THE TIME AND SHE WAS KILLED BEFORE MY EYES??? — Now I’m convinced that he’s the faker hedgehog. — says Shadow. — Faker? — Terios bulges his eyes and gets angry, pointing his finger at his cellmate. — I think that you are the fake hedgehog. Do you dare compare yourself to me? Ha! You don't even deserve to be called my copy! — How dare you talk to me like that? — Shadow points his finger at Terios. — How dare you showing your finger at me? — dark-blue hedgehog with a scar was indignant. — Showing is not nice! — You showed me first. — black-scarlet one hissed. — I didn’t show it first. — Showed it. Both ultimate life forms started showed fingers at each other and swearing. — Well, which one of them showed the finger first? — Sonic asked. — Who cares? — Tikal answered the question with a question. — They’re both showed fingers at each other now. — I DIDN’T SHOW THIS, BUT YOU SHOWED IT!!! — shouted the hedgehog with a scar. — NO, YOU SHOWED IT!!! - shouted the black-scarlet one. — NO YOU!!! — NO YOU!!! — YOU!!! — YOU SHOWED THIS!!! — I JUST SHOWED WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING!!! — pointing with both fingers, Terios almost jumped on the spot. — WE ARE BOTH SHOWING NOW!!! — Shadow pointed with his left index finger and hit the protective field with his right fist. — NO, I’M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, AND HE’S TURNING EVERYTHING AGAINST ME AGAIN!!! — the hedgehog with a scar shouted to himself. — AND THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE AT ALL... WHO ARE YOU??? — SHUT YOUR MOUTHS!!! BOTH!!! MY HEAD IS ALREADY BOILING BECAUSE OF YOU!!! — Silver suddenly shouted at both of them and both SFJs fell silent, looking at him. — Thank you. — Do you know Sonic? — Tikal asked the white hedgehog. — Yes. This is Iblis trigger, who destroyed my world in the future. — Silver answers her. — What nonsense? What other Iblis? What is he carrying? — asked the blue hedgehog, and the red one began to calm him down: — Don't get angry! This is not about you, but about his Sonic from his world, where he came from. — Really? — Silver bulges his eyes from what he hears and turns his gaze to the blue one. — So?... You are not Iblis trigger? Sonic can’t stand it and, covered in lightning, starts yelling at him: — WHO THE HELL IS THIS IBLIS OF YOURS??? WHAT ARE YOU COMING TO ME!!! I WAS CALMLY WALKING AROUND THE MILITARY BASE AND TRYING TO TALK TO MAJOR BENNINGTON SO THAT HE WOULD LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE, WHEN SUDDENLY THIS BLACK AND RED PSYCHOS APPEARS FIRST, THEN THIS BASTARD WITH AN EYE SCAR, AND THEN ALSO YOU. AND NOTE!!! YOU ALL ATTACKED ME FIRST, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SO BAD TO YOU AND I DID NOT WISH ANY HARM TO ANY OF YOU!!! At the last shout, Sonic hits the floor of the cage with Silver inside with his fists and lowers his head down, trying to catch his breath to calm his nerves. — Don't be angry, Sonic! — the girl from the fourth cell spoke, smiling and looking at him. Having difficulty holding back tears. — Would you like me to teach you a calming technique? She sometimes helps me relax when I feel sad and want to cry. However, I remember my father's last words that I should never cry and hold on with all my might. Blue removes all his zippers, exhaling all his nerves and turns his gaze to the girl. — Thank you for comforting... What is your name? — Alice. Princess Alice. — she introduces herself. — And she, unlike those, is quite calm and adequate. — Knuckles wondered out loud. — Yes. She even felt sorry for Sonic. Maybe we can at least let her go? — Tails suggested. — What are you say? — the sorceress objected. — It is forbidden. Well, you never know! What if she is sick with something incurable and can infect us with it. Or worse. She pretends to get us to let her go free, and then she will kill us all and run away. — Fine. — Alice did not argue, smiling. — If it’s more comfortable for you, then so be it, I’ll stand here for now. Moreover, I myself am safe from everything in this cell. — Okay, here's how we'll do it. — suggested Tikal. — I don’t know yet how many of these people have arrived from other universes, but... — I saw another one. — Sonic interrupted the sorceress. — Sorry! Those hedgehogs and I saw another hedgehog in the forest. He was flying in some kind of dark cloud, he had red eyes and was all made of crystals. He also didn’t have a mouth, although that didn’t stop him from laughing evilly. — Well, that’s great. You will find him first and bring him here! — the redhead explained and walked up to the pedestal, picking up a green Rubik’s cube with spells inside. — Get busy catching them, and in the meantime I will prepare the apparatus in order to finally cancel that failed spell and thereby bring them all back. Until they destroyed the connections of realities or until they did something worse in our universe. — Okay. I’ll try to find him, but in general I could catch him now if you would open the portals then and move us here a little later. — Sonic explained. — Do you want to be smart? — Tikal was angry and again became covered with yellow lightning, and the Dreads stood up. — No no no. I’m just hinting at the future so that you don’t rush to save me in the future. But thanks anyway for saving me. — A! Good. — Tikal answered and the hedgehog was about to leave. — Wait! Take this one too! — the sorceress approaches Sonic and hands him a cannon, somewhat similar to a blaster from a futuristic future. — When you find that crystal hedgehog, shoot it with this cannon and it will automatically move to one of the free cells. — How is that? — Sonic didn’t understand. — Like this! — for example, she pulled the trigger, shooting at Sonic and he immediately teleported to one of the free cells. But then Tikal threw the ring, opening a portal for him to freedom from that cage so that he would not sit there. The blue hedgehog leaves the cage and the portal closes behind him. — How are you doing this? — Shadow was surprised. — I am the daughter of a leader and studied to become a professional sorcerer. — she explained to him and then turned to Sonic. — Are you sure? One shot and they will immediately end up in cages here. So you don't have to thank me for your work. The redhead goes to a huge stone table and sits down at it until Sonic turns to her again: — Tikal! — What else? — I know it’s all my fault and I promise to fix everything, but I can’t do it alone. I need helpers. — What are your friends for? — she pointed her finger at Tails and Knuckles. — Maybe then you’ll free me too? I would also help you catch them all! — asked Silver. — No no no no no. — Tikal refused. — You already caused too much trouble and destroyed so many things, and almost killed the military. Therefore you are very dangerous. Therefore, it will be better if you still stay here. And only Sonic, Tails and Knuckles will go on the search. — Yes, but we need more helpers. — Sonic asked, fortunately he had one idea. Even though it’s crazy, it’s still an idea.

Some time later

      Tom and Maddie Wakowski slowly descended the rope into the same cave where Sonic, Tails and Knuckles took them. — Wow! I didn’t even know that there was such a cave near our city. — Tom thought out loud. — I’m shocked myself. — Maddie answers. Tikal herself came to the meeting. — Really? — she was a little indignant. — Do you need help from these two? Are they at least capable of anything, like you? Can they run fast? — No. — Tom answered, thoughtful. — Are you physically strong enough to break rocks? — No. — Maddie answered, also thinking. — Your IQ level is the highest and you understand mechanics and science well? — No. — Tom answered. — Can you do magic like me? — No. — Maddie answered. — Turn into a big green guy? — No. — Shoot lightning? — No. — See through the future and predict any movement of aliens from other worlds in our world in a few days? — No. — Summoning fire? — No. — Do you have telekinesis? — No. — Invulnerable to bullets and damage? — No. — Can you fly yourself without the help of aircraft? — No. — See and hear through walls? — No. — Well, maybe you can at least become invisible? — No. — they answered at the same time. — Sorry then. Well, we don't need you. You will only be a burden. We cannot waste time. — the sorceress excused herself and turned her back to them. — But, but... But I know martial arts and can knock a person out of consciousness with one blow to the head. — Tom tried to insist. — Everyone can do that. But they have incredible abilities to be useful, as I understand it. You do not have. So go home. Sonic stands in front of Tikal and starts pumping his license: — You have no right! These are my friends. They have helped me more than once and without them I will go nowhere and fix nothing. — he stated sternly and, like Shadow, folded his hands on his chest. Tikal clenches his hands into fists and is filled with yellow lightning, but then calms down. — O-o-oh! How you all me... — the redhead hissed through her teeth and fell silent before the last word. — Dears!... Follow me! Tikal led Tom and Maddie to the cages in which Zavok, Shadow, Silver, Alice and Reflection were sitting. The rest stood calmly in their cages for now, while Zavok was angry and kept hitting the protective field with his fists. He's still trying to break free. — I'LL TEAR YOU ALL INTO PIECES WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE!!! — he shouted. — Shut up, you! — Shadow answers him. — I'm sick of you. — I WILL SHUT YOU UP SO MUCH FOR AN THAT YOU WILL WHINING LIKE A GIANT!!! — the bull got angrier and angrier, and then with acceleration he tried to knock the field off his shoulder in order to attack the black hedgehog. However, the wall of the protective field again did not let him go and was pushed towards another wall. Zavok hits her with his back and falls to the floor. — And to your point, whiner! — says Shadow. — These are the five aliens from other worlds that we caught. It remains to find and catch a few more. — Sonic explained to Tom. — Have you returned? — Silver asked upon hearing Sonic's voice. — Yeah. If only we would be glad to see them. — the black hedgehog answers gloomily, holding his hands folded. — Sorry, but what is your name? - Maddie asks the black-and-scarlet one, and despite his stern appearance, he politely answers her: — The ultimate form life. Shadow the Hedgehog. From what they heard, Tom, Maddie, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles at first stood like statues, not knowing what to say. After a couple of seconds, they smile sharply and cannot contain their laughter. Shadow didn't understand why they were laughing. — No. Really, buddy! What's your real name? — asks Tom. Shadow decided that he probably didn’t hear and repeated. — My name is Shadow the Hedgehog. — And again the blue hedgehog, the two-tailed fox, the red echidna and two people laugh because of the name Shadow. The latter widens his eyes: — I don’t understand? Why are you laughing? What's so funny about my name? — Sorry, buddy. But... — sir Donut takes a breath. — Shadow is not a name. This is a word denoting the essence that manifests itself in each of us when rays of light or sun fall on us. And you are by no means a shadow. — But it's true? My name is Shadow. — black one insisted, and they laughed again. Shadow can no longer stand it and punches the protective wall that was holding him back. — STOP LAUGHING AT MY NAME!!! I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FUNNY HERE!!! — Then maybe you can take a different name for yourself? — Maddie asked. — Well, for example, Alex, Marty, Scourge, Victor, Ivan, Samoel... — Lady Pretzel turns her gaze to Silver and turns to him: — For example, what is your name? — Silver the Hedgehog. — the white hedgehog politely introduced himself. — Here! It's also a pretty normal name. But Shadow?... — she, like the others, also can’t stand it and the laughter started again. — Won’t you laugh at my name? — the hedgehog with a scar on his eye interrupts the laughter of the main characters. — What’s your name, um... Handsome? — asks Tom. Regarding the handsome man, he really went too far, looking at his terrible appearance and the scar under his eye. — My name is Terios. Ultimate form of life. — Here, it’s also a completely normal name and, most importantly, it sounds cool. — Maddie explained to Shadow, pointing her hand at Terios. — Why are you listening to him, he’s a faker hedgehog. — Faker? And I think you're the faker one. — the blue hedgehog with a scar on his eye snapped towards the black-scarlet one. — If you and I weren’t sitting in separate cages, I would hit you a good slap in your disgusting face for such words. — Shadow hissed in response. — Calm down, both of you! Enough for you! — Sonic tried to calm them down. — Mind your own business, beast! — Terios swore at Sonic. — Hey! — Tom got angry and took out his pistol and took aim at the scarred hedgehog. — You snap in front of my friend one more time and I’ll leave you a second bullet scar under your second eye. — You won’t hit me because I’m a ultimate life form. — I am ultimate life form, and you are an impostor. — Shadow started again. — My God, can you finally shut up about this topic? — princess Alice couldn’t stand it and she almost started yelling, but she tried to be calm. — Don’t you really understand? We are all aliens from different worlds who accidentally came to this world. Who knows, maybe each of you came from your own different worlds, but at the same time, for each of you, both there and there, events went the same way, but at the same time you look different. Why don't you just see each other as a twin brother from another universe who was created a little differently? — She is right. — Sonic raised his left index finger to the top. — Judge for yourself. Although you look different, you are created and have the same backstories. You both think you're ultimate life forms, you both think each other is fakers, you both hate each other, you both have the same emerald, the way you speak with a stern temperament is the same and you both have the same history with person... Remind me again, what was her name? — Maria Robotnik! — Shadow and Terios answered at the same time. — Robotnik? — Sonic suddenly bulged his eyes. This name reminded him of someone. Even Tails, Knuckles, Tom and Maddie were shocked when they heard the name. They all suddenly remember Dr. Robotnik himself. Is this a coincidence? Or do their universes, where they came from, also have their own Doctor Robotniks? — What is this, a joke? — Tom asked. — Robotnik had no relatives. — Oh, maybe you’ve already finished chatting with them and will finally look for the others? — Tikal intervened. — Yes. Sorry! — Tails apologized. — You will only find ghosts. — Zavok spoke, causing the main characters to freeze like statues and then turn to him. — What? — You search and go to catch only the ghosts of the past. — Zavok finishes. — Why do you think so? — Knuckles asks. — Because I know that crystal hedgehog you described earlier. In my reality, he died a long time ago. CinemaSins: Plot Hole: How does Zavok know that Mephiles once existed and was defeated by his universe's Sonic, if he was defeated by erasing him from the timeline. This happened when Sonic and Alice returned to the distant past and extinguished the fire from which Mephiles and Iblis were supposed to be born at the same time. After this, the memories of the old timeline were erased from all inhabitants of this universe. It turns out that Zavok should not have remembered this at all either. AntiSins: It's easy to explain. Sonic the Hedgehog is able to remember things that never happened. Including, he remembers well the old time line, which used to coming and was erased. Who knows, maybe Zavok has exactly the same ability.

At the same time

      Mephiles clears the cloud behind him and flies to Green Hill. Standing on a rock, he looks at the mountain and suddenly thinks: — “Something is wrong here! I don't remember these places. I was going to kill that blue hedgehog, but suddenly... I found myself in the forest, behind me. But I don’t remember this for sure... Where did I end up?” Suddenly, a bus passes by, whose passengers, driver and tour guide notice the crystal hedgehog. The bus stops abruptly and the guide begins to talk about this demon: — And to your left is a charming humanoid hedgehog, who apparently decided to change his appearance for beauty and become covered in crystals. — “Why aren’t they afraid of me?” — Mephiles thought about these people. It was clear from their reaction that they were even glad to see him. — "Something is wrong here."

Some time later

      Tails brought a lot of instruments for a scientific laboratory into the cave and, going online, began reading the news in search of aliens from parallel worlds. Since they appear suddenly, it means they will definitely be reported in the news or on the Internet. Even if the information there is always fake according to the majority. — Guys, I think I found it. — the two-tailed man called his friends to him. Sonic, Knuckles, Tom and Maddie walked over and looked. — Four cases have been found today. More precisely, three, if you exclude what was at Major Bennington’s base! — A huge boy in a wolf helmet flying over a hydroelectric power station? — Sonic asked after reading the next line. — A huge wave of water rushed over the Statue of Liberty and sank it to the bottom of the water? — Knuckles read the third. — And a certain liquid metal substance floats through the subway, slowing down the movement of trains. — Tails added, since he had already read the entire news site. — Each of us will take one target and go there, after which we will capture those aliens from other worlds. — Wait! I don’t know what kind of hydroelectric power station we are talking about and where should I look for it? — explained blue hedgehog. — That's where you'll find her! — the echidna sat down at the fox’s computer, entering a map with the indicated point in the search engine. After turning away, he answers gloomily. — Her is there. The blue hedgehog clicked a couple of times on the indicated point and a photograph of this place was displayed, where supports with cables in the forest were displayed. — Strange place. I thought the hydroelectric plant looked different. — Sonic wondered out loud. Knuckles looked at this picture and began to make excuses: — No no no. These are supports, idiot. CinemaSins: Why did you get call him an idiot? After all, you yourself directed the point on the Internet map to the wrong place. AntiSins: Knuckles hates Sonic and thinks he's an idiot anyway. That's why he did it on purpose to make fun of him. The red echidna points to another place, to the left and clicks there twice, after which a photo of a waterfall flies out, next to which there was a small building. — Here it is, a hydroelectric power station! — Oh, maybe stop mocking me. I know that I am to blame for all this. But I wouldn’t mock you so brazenly if it were you who ruined that spell. — Okay, stop arguing. — Tails interrupts both and hands each a gun. After studying the cannon from Tikal, he made two copies of it for each. — Now let’s get on the horses!