𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜: 𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚!

      News presenters on some American TV channel begin to present the news: — Urgent message, a video message from a certain anonymous author appeared online from Sonic the Hedgehog himself, who was put on the wanted list after the military caught him, locked him in a secret zone and held him for a long time until he escaped from there. Due to its popularity, this video gained three million views in exactly one hour. By the way, here it is! Let's all watch it together right now and find out who it addresses and with what intentions! The presenters move away and show an image of Wakowski's room with Sonic himself, who was holding Disintegratus in his right hand. On the sides on the left and right there was a full-screen enlargement of the same video, but blurred, since the video itself was shot through a mobile phone. In the video itself, Sonic hesitated a little at first, but then made a serious face and began to say: — All inhabitants of the Earth, attention! It's all my fault. I wanted to make life better for my faithful Wakowski friends so that the military would leave them alone. I wanted you, the whole world, to forget about me by trying to use magic. But unfortunately, I ruined everything and accidentally brought all these villains here, from a water giant to a hedgehog-like demon, who are now walking the streets and destroying everything in their path. I realize my guilt and ask all of you for forgiveness for this. And if suddenly they are watching this themselves, then I would also like to address them personally. I really wanted to help you all. I could kill you. — After a pause, he raises the Disintegratus Mahina, showing it. — Any second, but I didn’t. Crazy Karl, who also died through my fault, always taught me that you need to give people a second chance, even if they are bad at heart... If you are watching this and if you want me to really spare you and help you, then I'll be waiting for you with this thing in the Pacific Ocean on an oil rig... You people, if you're watching this, wish me luck! Oh, how I need her!

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      After this video appeal was shown on TV on the news, Wade immediately deleted it from his channel. He completed his operation with this. The news with that video message from Sonic spread all over the world. Even the escaped villains themselves saw that same appeal. For example, Shadow noticed him on the screens of a bunch of TVs behind a windy store. Black-scarlet lowered his head down and thought about what he saw and heard from the TV. Even Chaos himself, who sailed somewhere to distant islands, accidentally heard that same appeal on a radio tape recorder. And so everyone heard and saw it in turn, being in different places with time zones. Even Princess Alice and Dr. Eggman, who were hiding, noticed that video on the news, hiding somewhere in the alleys and alleys.

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      The rest of the matter was small. Three Sonic, Sally, Amy, Tails, Knuckles and Tikal, using portal rings, ended up on an oil rig that was located in the Pacific Ocean. — HELLO!!! IS ANYONE HERE??? — Knuckles shouted, placing his hands between his lips. — No, Knuckles, this oil station is abandoned. It was built here a long time ago in order to extract oil from underwater in a safe way through cleaning pipes. However, after the accident, when the water began to become polluted due to oil and fish began to die, this station with the tower was closed and all its workers were fired. — Tails explained. — Why wasn’t it demolished then? — asked Sally. — Yes. Why is it there if no one else works here? — Amy added. — It was built by the Russians, back in the last century, when they were still called Soviet. They built it conscientiously and durable, so that it would work for about a hundred years and not break. It would take too long to disassemble it. This required a lot of equipment and money, and no one would invest in such a trifle. — the fox explained. — During that time, this place was used a couple of times to film a couple of scenes for the TV show “Ford Boyard”, so that the viewer really felt as if the players there were actually on the open sea without islands nearby. Around the 2000s and early 1900s. — added Sonic from this world. — What is Ford Boyard? — Tikal asked. — This... We will definitely explain everything to you later. We have a lot of more important things to do here now. — Knuckles said. — The main thing is that since there is no one here, then no one here will suffer because of our actions. This means this is the ideal place to lure them all here, catch them and heal them. — Tails added, placing the towel bundle on the floor. He opens it and everyone takes one or two devices into their hands. — They can appear any minute, so get ready! — Yeah. — Amy answers. Everyone went to their places, and someone decided to hide their guns in safe places so that they could get them out later. All that remains is to look at the open sea around and wait for at least the first of them to appear. While they waited, everything was quiet for now. Except that the waves sometimes made noise and hit the pillars of the oil station, on which it rested. Young Sonic with peach hands looked into the sea and thought out loud: — My Tails loved Fiona very much, until one day it turned out that she did not love him at all, but only manipulated his love for him as if he were naive. Because of this, he even almost killed me out of anger, deciding that I had taken she away from him. And even more so, this vile fellow Scourge has done so many bad things. Especially with Fiona. But somewhere inside me I still believed that perhaps somewhere, deep in their souls, they still have at least something good that they are trying to hide. But I pushed these thoughts aside, believing that they were always this way by birth, which means they would never change. — But I’m not like yours. — the fox intervened in the conversation. — I didn’t give in to her. I will never become a naive fool because of false love and I will never attack my Sonic even if I get angry. Honestly. — Yes, I believe you, buddy! — the same hedgehog smiled back at him and winked at him. They were then joined by another Sonic with peach hands, who was an adult. — I always knew that there was at least something good in Eggman, which he always hid from everyone. — he said, holding onto two iron beams and leaning slightly towards the sea. — Although he has never shown or shown this before. He always pretended to be a great and evil scientist trying to take over the whole world. — Like mine. The truth is that mine has never had anything good at all. — answered little Sonic. — But unlike yours, mine still showed kindness once and helped me with my friends when we fought against the Mitarex. Until one day he took up his old ways again. — Why? — asked Tails. — If someone is not a villain and tries to take over the world, then who will need heroes and their exploits? — Adult Sonic explained. — Well, at least he thinks so. In this regard, I even understand him perfectly. Although he sometimes infuriates me, and I myself really want him to die sooner or later. But I’m still sure that he’s not doing all this out of malice or seriously. — But it’s hardly better than mine. Mine was always bad and cruel. — says little Sonic. He then turned to Tails. — Remind us. Your Eggman was also always bad or there was something good in him too. — Um... — the fox closed his eyes a little, not knowing how to explain to both of them. — He’s not only evil, but he wasn’t good either. At this time, Sally felt that her right shoulder was hurting and it was difficult for her to lift it and move it. Amy noticed that the little girl was slouching a little and holding her shoulder. — Here go again! — she said to herself, clutching her shoulder. — Does your shoulder hurt? — asked the hedgehog. — Yes. You fight with evil robots, and sometimes they grab you and throw you back and forth, and that’s you hurts. — Understand. Sometimes they grabbed me and threw me, wherever and against whatever they hit me. — Really? — Sally smiled, forgetting about her sore shoulder. — Can I help you set your shoulder? — Rose offered her help. — Yes, help me sister! — Acorn asked and stood sideways to Amy. The hedgehog threw her piko-piko hammer to the side, grabbed her shoulder with her left hand, and her neck with her right. — Stay still and get ready. It will hurt a little. — It’s okay, I’m used to the pain. — Sally added, took a breath of air and closed her eyes. Amy strained herself and straightened the chipmunk's shoulder. Sally just widened her eyes and gasped quietly, without even shouting. Then Rose walked around Sally from behind, slightly bent her over and began massaging her back and shoulders, to which Sally was a little dumbfounded. — What are you doing? — Back and shoulder massage. Sometimes it helps me myself so that this almost never happens again. It’s not a fact that it will work, but it’s worth a try. — O! That's it! Yes! Fine! — said the chipmunk, raising her head and the hedgehog finished doing the massage, allowing the first one, like a snake, to bend and stand up straight. — Feel better? — Yes. Thank you. — I see you’re getting along well with each other? — Sonic from this world addressed them. — Yes. You're not as bad, Sally, as I first thought of you when I saw you. Rose says, picking up her hammer and resting it on her right shoulder. — Don’t judge people without getting to know them better from the other side! — Sally added jokingly. — By the way, you’re fine too, Rose. It’s a pity that my Sonic and I have never met you in our world. — And to me, that we are with mine, you are in ours. — Amy added. — Yeah. Apparently your Sonics were lucky that they met each of you. — the hedgehog was a little jealous of she-hedgehog and the chipmunk with joy. — Have you never met anyone like us in your world? — asked Sally. — No. — he answered her a little sadly, lowering his head. — But to be honest, I didn’t even think about it. And strictly speaking, I never in my life ever thought about starting some kind of romantic relationship and having a wife. Amy laughed at what she heard and said: — Just like mine. — Your too? — Sonic looked questioningly at Rose, and she began to explain: — In fact, it was my own fault. — The hedgehog lowered her head. — I acted like a fool and was crazy about my Sonic. Every time I saw him or heard his name, I, like a crazy fan, ran to him and just wanted to hug him and kiss him. But he pushed me away in every possible way. — Why? — Sonic didn’t understand. — Why? — Sally repeated after him. She also became curious. — He saw me only as a friend and no one else. I thought that he would become my husband, like the same handsome prince and beautiful princess from fairy tales, that we would get married and that we would have children. But these are all the stupid dreams of young people. I realized all this over time, but it’s a pity that it’s too late. Perhaps if I had been patient and just waited until Sonic himself decided over time how to treat me, and for now remained just a friend to him, then over time he himself would have decided that he loved me and wanted to be with me. I even once asked him personally for forgiveness for this, after I immediately realized all this. And do you know what he did? — asked the hedgehog, and that Sonic and the chipmunk looked at her questioningly, not knowing. — He told me: Well, you finally understood everything yourself, Amy. And unexpectedly for me, from which I was shocked, he... Kissed me right on the lips. Sonic and Sally breathed a sigh of relief, as they were afraid that perhaps on the contrary, something terrible would have happened. — Was it the same with your Sonic? — the hedgehog asked the chipmunk and she answered: — No. In my world, strangely enough, he was immediately in love with me, just as I was with him. Believe it or not. Unfortunately, we ourselves no longer know and do not remember how and when exactly this happened. But would you like me to give you some advice, Sonic? — she asked the hedgehog of this world and he began to listen to her carefully: — If you ever, sooner or later, meet one of our analogues in your world. It doesn't matter who it will be. Amy or Sally! The main thing is to be polite with her, don’t offend her, try to get to know her better and who knows, maybe you will fall in love with her too someday. Sonic nodded back at her, and then Amy spoke: — But the most important thing is, if this happens... Well, approximately my analogue, if, of course, this happens and she, too, is crazy about you, just like I was once... Then be honest with her... Tell me right away tell her the truth that you see in her only a friend or a stranger... The main thing is to try to explain this to her in such a way that she doesn’t get offended by you and accepts this harsh reality herself... Perhaps she will later, like me, too, over time, all this will accept, understand and become more adequate with you. — I promise! — smiling, he answered both of them and walked away, leaving the friends alone with themselves. He approached those two Sonics with peach hands who were still communicating with each other. — It's great to be with you! All my life I dreamed of my own twin brothers. But I couldn’t even imagine that somewhere in some possible alternative reality there was a second me, exactly the same as me, but with a different history of origin and development. — explained the little one. — I understand. It is not easy to try not only to think, but to imagine that this is possible. Especially when you only had an evil double in your world, who also differed in color and name. — the adult answers and notices that Sonic from this world is approaching them. — Oh, hi! And here we are discussing each other. Listen, do lightning come out of your body on its own? Straight from you? Movie Sonic was a little doubtful. — Let's not discuss this! — I didn’t think it was you... — Why tease? — Nonono! — Little Sonic denied. — He wasn’t teasing at all. It’s just that, unfortunately, we ourselves can’t do this, so we’re wondering, where did you acquire such an ability, in addition to super speed? — I thought it was cool, but if it’s a painful topic, then fine. Not worth it! — the adult answered, holding out his hands. — No, I would be glad to tell you about it. But the thing is... I don’t know this myself... Honestly! I myself was shocked when I first mastered this and found out that I could still do this. — This is nonsense. I can do that myself. — Knuckles intervened. — True, my lightning is red, not blue, like his. — And I have orange ones, if that’s the case. — added Tikal. — Do you control it yourself or only when you use it in rage? — asked little Sonic. — Differently. But at first it was out of rage and I couldn’t control it in any way yet, and it all started with the fact that I was still living on Earth completely alone. It all started the night I decided to play on my own at the baseball field. I portrayed four of myself at once. The fan who helped the player, the batsman himself, the pitcher and the catcher. Fortunately, with my super speed, I quickly performed all these four roles. I threw the ball myself, hit it, ran three phases and ran back to the base. I had fun, but there were no spectators in the stadium because I played at night. I was terribly lonely and realizing this, I was so upset that I ran a few more circles around the bases and got so fast that I didn’t notice how I was covered in lightning and splashed out a powerful explosion. The lightning blast I left behind was so powerful that it knocked out power throughout the US. That was the first time I accidentally revealed myself to people and the military G.U.N. started looking for me. — But now you are not alone. Considering us too. — explained little Sonic. — My G.U.N's people were hunting me too. They were even able to catch me a couple of times. Because...Shadow was setting me up. — How is that? — the little hedgehog asked, and the big one answered: — All the people, when they saw him, thought that he was me and believe that I stole the Chaos Emerald and attacked the ARK colony. Although in reality it was not me. — But how could they confuse you? Are they all blind? — Movie Sonic asked and the two Sonics looked at him questioningly. — I mean that you and Shadow are completely different in color, body structure and character. How can you be confused if you are different? Maybe your Shadow was similar to Terios? He is exactly like Shadow in character, but outwardly he is almost like us. — No, I assure you. It was Shadow. Just why did you decide that we are different? — Sonic with peach hands asked his movie self. — But it is really. Judge for yourself. You and I are all blue, not counting the fact that, unlike me, your hands are not blue, but white. Plus you both are different in height. Shadow, as I noticed, is all black and with red stripes, and the needles on his head are pointed and stick out like branches on a tree, while the needles on our heads are smooth and pulled back. — Strange. For some reason I didn't pay attention to this. — Sonic scratched the back of his head. — I would never want to meet my Shadow or Terios in my universe. If they exist in my universe, of course. I've just never met them before. — explained little Sonic. — Can you name the coolest villains you fought? Except for Dr. Eggman of course! — Why explain it here? — the little hedgehog asked, smiling. — You’ve already seen some of them yourself. But it's an interesting question. — Yes, and as I already told Wakowski, I remember with my friends I fought with the Mitarex. Plants are similar humanoids in the bodies of invulnerable alien robots. Moreover, in space and sometimes on other planets. — With aliens? — asked this world's Sonic. — You can say so. — Adult Sonic with peach hands said a little shyly. — Unfortunately, I didn’t fight the aliens. Almost. — said movie Sonic. — Me too. That's what's in space, it's a real respect. Later, after my Eggman, I fought against his evil nephew. His name was Snively. — Smedley? — those two did not hear, and he corrected: — Es. En. I. Ve. E. El. Y. Snively. — explained in letters. — He was even more evil and cruel that half of us almost died. The Sonic of this world sighs heavily and says: — It’s a pity, I’m far from you. I did not fight with aliens, neither on Earth, nor in space, I did not even meet my relative Eggman and did not experience the terrible war between countries, rebels and others. But... I tried to pretend to be a superhero in this world and fought with ordinary bandits, stopping them from robbing stores and banks. — And he said that it was far from us. You've outdone us. — said little Sonic. — Yes, even we could never afford such a thing and never in our lives have we fought with ordinary human criminals. — added adult Sonic. Then he looked slyly at himself from this world. — Are you being modest? — I didn’t mean that I was giving in to you. I simply didn’t have my own stronger and cooler opponents, and I also didn’t experience more terrible and dangerous adventures like you did in your worlds. — Just think! Sooner or later, something else will happen to you, or you can calmly do without all this and just continue to live happily ever after, judging by how calmly you live in your own world. Take my word for it! — said little Sonic. — Let’s somehow raise the self-esteem of each of us? A bit! — suggested adult Sonic and turned to his little self. — For example, um... Just... Classic. You have to somehow know your worth. — I know, but you’re completely modern, which isn’t bad either. One could say that this even amounts to almost modernization. — little Sonic answered him. — And I’m probably nobody. — suggested the movie Sonic. — Why? — They looked at him questioningly. — Just... Probably a perfect hedgehog. — And that’s true. Unlike us, he shoots lightning, which means he is perfect. — the adult suggested. — And even unique. — added the little one. — Guys! — Tails distracted them and they turned to the fox. — I was just thinking, before they come yet, let’s give each of you numbers. — For what? — the three asked at the same time. — Judge for yourself. Each of you is called Sonic. So? — asked the fox and the three hedgehogs nodded. — So here it is. If during a battle each of you needs each other's help and you call each other by name, you may get confused and neither of you will understand who is talking to whom. — He’s right. After all, we are almost identical in appearance and each of us is simply called Sonic. If we call each other not only by names, but also by numbers, then it will be easier to understand which of us is addressing whom. — suggested little Sonic. — Only you must agree among yourself on this topic, who will have what number. Because it may also turn out that, for example, Sonic one can call Sonic two for help, while turning only to Sonic three, he will also think that they are turning to him, but the real Sonic two will also run to help, and so you can also get confused. — Tails explained. — Right. — Sonic from this world agreed. — So which of us will take which number? — Why think about it? You will be called number one. — adult Sonic answered him. — I? But why me? — This is your world and you have always lived in it? In principle it is logical. — he explained to him. — I’ll call me number two, since I was in space and fought with aliens, and was also the first to cross paths with Wakowski. — Well then I'll be number three. — Little Sonic agreed. — It's decided! Sonic one, Sonic two and Sonic three are in action. — he added and extended his palm forward, over which the adult Sonic, and then the movie Sonic, placed his palm. — The main thing is that you remember us this way too! — This world's Sonic said to Tails. — Without a doubt. I will inform each of us about this so that we don’t confuse you either. — the fox answered and ran. Even the hedgehogs themselves then went their separate ways. — To be honest, I liked them too. They look so harmonious together, even though they look the same. — Knuckles thought, looking at the Sonics. — It’s a pity they can’t stay with us in our world. — We would love to, but in our worlds we have friends who miss us. Besides, we ourselves have our own unsettled affairs in our worlds. Therefore, unfortunately, we cannot stay with you, no matter how much you yourself want it. — Amy answered him. — You know, I like you too. I hope you are not married yet? — the echidna grinned. — Not yet, but unfortunately I’ve been busy for a long time and I don’t like echidnas. Sorry. — answered the hedgehog. — It's a pity. Maybe me be lucky with the other one who appears in this world? — Knuckles suggested. — Who knows? — Rose thought. — I personally am just on friendly terms with my Knuckles and he himself didn’t feel anything like that towards me. And suddenly they heard someone's evil laughter. The first to appear next to the oil rig was a red holographic cube, inside of which Infinite itself was formed. He looked menacingly at the station and spoke with an echo effect: — Hello, Sonic!