Prologue
May 17, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Greetings, champions of the true faith. Now you will see how powerful forces interfere in our lives, threatening to destroy this world. Who sneaks through the corridors of the museum under cover of darkness? Meet the lover of everything that is bad and the cruelest of all Mobians... The formidable weasel Neg!
A purple weasel in a brown hat, armed with a pistol and grinning to the side, approaches a large stone slab covered under glass.
β A! Sacred Slab of Chaos! I'll sell you on the black market and swim in gold. β he whispers to himself, removing the glass lid and was already preparing to take the stove in his hands, when suddenly he heard someoneβs voice:
β Yes, it wonβt hurt you to take a swim. Maybe you can stop smelling so bad.
β What? Sonic? β Neg recognized the blue hedgehog by his voice. The latter, hiding in the shadows at this time, turned on the flashlight and, shining it on his head, made a face at himself.
β Scary?
β You again! Why do you always get in my way and bother me? β the weasel grumbled.
β Sorry. This is pure canon. You are a villain, and I am a hero and must always stop you from robbing. Tell me! Why would you steal a valuable relic and sell it for gold? And generally speaking! Souvenirs are sold in the gift shop! β Neg didnβt answer, he just took out a pistol and tried to shoot the hedgehog. Moreover, he shot with real bullets, and not with some kind of traffic jams. However, the hedgehog deftly bounced from wall to wall and thereby dodged the bullets. β You're slowing down again! Nana-nanana-a-a... Too slow.
β Shut up! Stop this idle chatter. I'm not your clichΓ©d movie villain. β Neg said, continuing to shoot where the hedgehog was jumping. With his free hand he took out a bomb, lit its fuse and threw it towards the exit.
β Oh no! No need! β Sonic said, managing to grab the bomb and throw it at the weasel. The latter managed to hide behind that same stone slab and BANG. The explosion did not hit the slab, and the slab itself suddenly shone with a blue glow.
β What? What is this? β Without expecting it, he asked, looking at the stove.
β Hey, gentle one, think faster! β the hedgehog said and ran to attack. Neg again tried to defend himself with the slab as if it were a shield, and Sonic hits the slab with his foot. Suddenly the slab becomes cracked and breaks. All the fragments at once, with a green explosion, scattered to the sides and disappeared without leaving a trace. All except for one single fragment that remained between Sonic and Neg. While they were coming to their senses, Neg woke up first and touched the floating fragment in the air. When he touched it and took it in his hands, he felt a certain power within himself, and then he himself disappeared from sight.
β Wow! What else was this? β Sonic didnβt understand. When he saw that Neg had disappeared somewhere, he began to run back and forth inside the building and even around the building, thinking that maybe Neg was hiding somewhere. β Okay. Where have you gone this time?
Suddenly, a voice was heard behind Sonic:
β Sonic! I need you!
The hedgehog turned to the side of the voice in fear, not expecting it, and saw nothing. At first there was no one in front of him. Then a bright light formed and from the glow appeared a long-bearded, gray-haired old man with muscles and armor, somewhat reminiscent of a mixture of a Viking and a Russian hero.
β Who are you? β Sonic asked.
β Don't be afraid of me, Sonic. I'm not hostile. I am the otherworldly guardian of the multiverse. My name is Watchguardian.
β Guardian of the multiverse? The evening becomes increasingly strange. β Sonic thinks out loud.
β The Chaos Plate is the most powerful artifact in the world. Even more powerful than the master emerald and the Chaos Emeralds... And you smashed him! β the Watchguardian calmly explained despite his stern appearance.
β Yes... It's a pity that it happened like this. Well, what can you do? Now is the time. Everything is done with snot and not firmly, as if it was done in China. β the hedgehog explained, and the keeper continued to explain where he left off:
β Now its fragments have scattered across different dimensions, which are distorted reflections of your world... β with his arms outstretched, the Watchguardian showed Sonic an image of how Maria Robotnik managed to save the hedgehog Shadow on the ARK colony, but she herself was hit by a bullet, after which a sudden malfunction occurred in the capsule and Shadow emerged from the capsule on the surface of Mobius before he was supposed to awaken. β The past that never happened... β then the Watchguardian showed a world in which Sonic constantly walks in the guise of a werewolf hedgehog, even during the day. β An alternative present... β Finally, Watchguardian showed Silver the hedgehog in a good future, where Iblis never existed. β The distant future, which may never come and your world accordingly...
β Who is this?... My fan? β Sonic asked, noticing one of the images that showed a person, apparently a human in his twenties, wearing a blue sleeveless tank top, jeans, and a blue wig on his head, pointing his finger at him.
β Do not be distracted! I need your help β yours and three other hedgehogs. Heroes whose worlds were hit by fragments. β Watchguardian explained, but in the end Sonic interrupted him:
β Well, well... Wait! Other worlds? Other hedgehogs?
β Yes. I already explained the same thing to them. They will help you. β answered Watchguardian.
β But admit it, am I the most obliging of all? β asked the blue hedgehog.
β You must collect all the pieces of the tablet before they fall into the hands of the villains. Otherwise, not only yours and their reality... But also completely other worlds will be destroyed. β said Watchguardian and at the last word he disappeared, leaving no trace.
β Stop! Watchguardian, come back!... Great!... I manage to get myself into this story? β Sonic was indignant, lowering his hands. β What should I do now?
