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Sabotage

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Station Square, the coastal area

Sam Speed's Formula One car drove along the streets laid down near the coast after coming off of the highway that led back towards the city. Soon, he spotted what looked like a small house that was behind a wooden deck surrounded in front by a rope fence. Pulling over to the side of the road, he opened the glass covering and raised the visor on his helmet to get a better look at the building. Above the door was a sign that said "Detective Office," while an "OPEN" sign was hanging from the circular window in the door.

Having found what he was looking for, Sam removed his helmet and stepped out of the car. As he walked up to the door, he said to himself, "Normally, I wouldn't disturb these guys, seeing as they are the only detective agency around. But I have a feeling that if Sonic's friends are going to find out if there really is something going on, they're going to need all the help they can get. I just hope they're not on a job already." Walking up the white wooden steps, he knocked on the door three times and waited.

After a moment, the door lazily opened and Sam saw Charmy Bee, whose eyes were half-closed. Seeing Sam, Charmy yawned, "Sorry, mister, but Vector says we're not here right now. And it's not because it's nap time." Sam sweat dropped while Charmy just looked back at him blankly, Sam eventually saying, "Look, I'm a friend of Sonic. Can I come in for just a minute?" Charmy yawned as he buzzed to the side, Sam assuming that this meant yes.

Stepping inside, Sam saw Espio with his legs crossed in a yoga position on the floor while Vector was asleep at his desk, snoring and leaving a trail of drool. He spoke, "Hey!" At this, Espio's eyes shot open and he said, "*Snrk!* I was meditating!" Vector, meanwhile, woke up frantically and cried, "Waugh! I already mailed the check this morning!" Seeing this, Sam said, "Sorry for the wake-up call." Vector calmed down a bit at this stood up, saying, "Ah, Sam! I never thought you'd show up here, being a part of the police and all." Sam replied, "Yeah, that's true. Which is also the reason I came here." Espio asked, "What do you mean?"

Sam answered, "I've got to keep an eye on what's going on in the city, which doesn't give me a lot of time to do a lot of investigating on my own unless I'm assigned to do so. So I was wondering if you three would like a case to work on." Charmy began flying around the office shouting, "A case! A case! We're getting a new case!" Vector asked, "So what kind of case are we talking about here?" Sam answered, "From the look of things, it's shaping up to be a conspiracy case. Sonic has been sent on a government mission to investigate one of their research labs that has been attacked by something while Shadow was sent to investigate possible signs of the Black Arms. But Sonic suspects that there may be a conspiracy afoot, which is where you can help. I've already told Tails and the others about this and they're headed to Guardian Mountain to investigate. Help them out with this investigation and I'll be sure to pay you well for your services."

Vector spoke, "You've got a deal, Sam! With the Chaotix on the job, the truth will be out in no time!" Sam nodded, "Good to hear. I think the best place to start is with the others at Guardian Mountain. I know of a secret underground transit system that the officers sometimes use to get to various parts of the world. One of my old buddies from the Police Academy works for the military and he happens to be a security officer for the transit system, so I think I can pull a few strings and get you guys a ride." Vector said, "Great! Do you mind showing us where it is?" Sam replied, "Sure. As long as you don't mind riding on the back of a car without seatbelts."

With that, they all went over to Sam's car, Sam climbing in the driver's seat while the Chaotix got on the back of it. Once they were secured, Sam drove away, going a little slower than he normally did so that they wouldn't fall off but still driving at a fast speed, suspecting that time was going to be of the essence.

As they headed towards the heart of Station Square, they passed a purple feline that was sitting near the edge of the water and fishing, his frog friend sitting next to him. After Sam and the Chaotix passed him, Big said, "There aren't many fish, but it sure is nice today, isn't it, Froggy?" His frog companion hopped up and down as it said, "Ribbit! Ribbit!"

SRL Station, elevator shaft to the access shaft

Sonic's uneventful ride down the elevator shaft was suddenly disturbed by a short vibration that originated above him. Having been rocked a bit, he glanced up the shaft, but couldn't see anything due to how dark it was. When the elevator reached the access shaft a minute later, it immediately stopped glowing as it gave off a slight whine, Sonic remarking, "Great." He then ran to his right, where a glowing 1 on the wall indicated the entrance to Sector 1 (SRX), getting on another elevator and riding it down.

Arriving at the Navigation Room, Sonic contacted his ship's computer, which downloaded a map of the known areas of the sector to him. It then spoke, "The Main Elevator in the access shaft has been severely damaged. It will be totally unusable for some time, unfortunately. Some unknown agent is at work. Something very powerful... Certainly not human." Sonic said, "No, really? I thought we already established that we're not looking at anything human here."

Ignoring Sonic's remark, the computer continued, "I'll report when I know more. Now, listen closely." Sonic leaned over to listen as the ship spoke, "The X in Sector 1 have invaded the atmospheric stabilizers. They must want to alter the environment to suit their needs. They are already reproducing. Clear all 5 atmospheric stabilizers to stop them." Sonic replied, "Alright, I can do that. So let's go already!" At that, the locked hatch to the side of him opened, allowing Sonic to access Sector 1.

Passing through a Computer Room and a Recharge Room, Sonic stopped to refill his missiles and make sure his suit's shields were still strong. He then passed through two more rooms, the first being an average-sized room that had a few zombies in it, as well as a pair of locked hatches, one blue and the other green, in addition to an unlocked Level 0 hatch. The second was a hallway filled with blue blobs that were green on the inside and could get bigger as X joined them. They tried to sap his energy, but he quickly took care of them and broke the barrier at the end of the hall. His suit's systems indicated that one of the stabilizers was in the next room.

Walking through the hatch, the room Sonic entered definitely simulated the surface of SR388, save for the strange clouds floating around and a red, blaring alarm in the distance. Working his way around some rocks, Sonic found the atmospheric stabilizer, which was covered by a green, gelatinous kind of X. Three missiles were enough to break it down into a smaller green X, which Sonic quickly absorbed to pick up a few missiles. The alarm stopped blaring as the strange clouds disappeared, the area returning to normal. Sonic chuckled, "Heh heh, sweet! At this rate, I'll be done in no time!" He then moved on through the unlocked hatch to reach the next stabilizer.

After fixing the second stabilizer and passing through a natural hallway, Sonic was in for another shock. As he descended a shaft, two X suddenly took on the form of a Black Warrior! Although he was able to watch out for its attacks and defeat it with a missile, Sonic muttered, "Who the heck was storing Black Arms DNA here...? If they were trying to research that, I'm going to be having a long talk with someone after this; who knows what that stuff could do."

After dealing with two more stabilizers, Sonic destroyed another eye that was blocking a hatch and went inside. It had the same feel of the room he had just exited, having a futuristic look to it, but it was bigger and contained several platforms that looked like they could be steps. Going to the far end of the room, he found a statue sitting on the ground holding out a ball, as if it were offering it to him. Wondering what it was, Sonic switched from the Combat Visor to the Scan Visor, his suit collecting information from the statue and searching its databanks. Soon, his logbook came up with an entry, stating, "Chozo Statue - The ancient bird people of Zebes are immortalized in the form of these partially sentient statues. By firing on the balls held by many of these statues, you'll reveal special items."

Glancing at the ball that the statue was holding, Sonic decided to give it a try, so he brought out his blaster and shot the ball, which broke away to reveal a glowing sphere. At that moment, however, the sound of a raspy hiss filled the once-silent room as the statue faded away. It then revealed its true form, a purple Core-X! Immediately, Sonic began to fire missiles at it, but they bounce off harmlessly, not damaging the outer shell at all. Even more surprising was when it opened a red eye, which began to glow and blasted him with a red beam shot, knocking him against a wall.

Falling to his knees, Sonic could feel a few sparks shooting out of his suit due to the impact with the wall. He then glared up at the Core-X that was hovering above him and curled up into a Morph Ball before it fired its next shot, rolling away from it. After rolling a bit, he uncurled and turned to face it, this time waiting for it to open its eye. When it did, he fired a missile into it, causing it to scream in pain as it launched another shot at him. Sonic grinned, "Yeah, that's right. You know you're in trouble now! C'mon, show me that pretty eye of yours again!"

The battle continued, Sonic jumping and rolling out of the Core-X's path and shooting missiles into its eye every time it opened and dodging the counter shot it did. After three more missiles delivered to the eye, the outer membrane cracked and released the X within. Quickly absorbing it, Sonic received an upgrade to his beam known as the Charge Beam, which allowed him to charge up a shot that had the strength of a missile and allowed him to do a pseudo-Spin Attack. Before leaving the room to deal with the last stabilizer, Sonic filed a mental note in his head to remember to aim for the eye in the future. With his suit fully recharged, he moved on.

After making use of the Charge Beam to dispose of the X on the last stabilizer, Sonic worked his way around the halls of Sector 1 until he found the Recharge, Computer, and Navigation Rooms. Going to the Navigation Room, he contacted his ship, the computer saying, "Atmospheric stabilizers online. But many X have already made it to other sectors, it seems. In particular... Sector 2 (TRO), the tropical habitat, shows abnormalities. I suspect the X entered this sector with the help of our unseen saboteur. He, she, or it may be in TRO now. Sonic, get over there. We need to put a stop to this. Start moving. I'll brief you at the TRO Navigation Room."

After the screen went back to normal, Sonic went to the elevator one room over and headed for the access shaft. Through the ride, he thought about the briefing he had just been given and debated whether it would be safe to trust the computer or not, since machines typically ended up getting on his bad side.

Meanwhile, above the ocean on Earth, a ways away from Guardian Mountain

"Tails, look out!" Chris cried over the communicator, a laser blast headed straight for the X-Tornado. "I see it, Chris!" Tails called back, tilting the plane as the blast went flying past underneath it. "How much farther is it to Guardian Mountain, Tails?! We need to land at some point!" Amy exclaimed. Tails checked the radar and said, "Not much farther now, Amy! It should be coming into view any minute now!"

Almost right after he said this, the mountain that served as G.U.N.'s base of operations after the Black Arms' attack could be seen. As they got closer, a massive robot hand suddenly reached out of the water in front of the land, in an attempt to smack away the X-Tornado! Before it could even take a swing, Knuckles glided onto the scene and smashed it with a single punch! He then turned around and glided onto the front of the X-Tornado, landing right next to the cockpit.

Upon landing, Knuckles yelled, "Tails, what's going on?! Why is the military attacking you?!" Tails shouted back, "I don't know, Knuckles! But I see a good area to land up ahead! You feel like sticking around to find out what the problem is?" Knuckles nodded, hanging on as Tails shifted the X-Tornado into X-Cyclone mode and went to land in a forest a couple miles away from the base of Guardian Mountain.
Aboard the SRL Station, Sonic moves to exterminate the X that have taken over Sector 1, but what new forms have the X taken in the SR388 simulation?

And back on Earth, Sam recruits the Chaotix into unraveling the mystery while Tails, Amy, Chris, and Chuck are aided by Knuckles, allowing them to get close to Guardian Mountain.
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So you replaced the Zebian Space Pirates with Black Arms, nice touch!
Anywhoo I'm starting to like the suspense in this story, and whenever you do a part with Sonic is always my favourite since it brings back memories of me playing Metroid Fusion every time I read it! I always thoght that first sector was always the easiest. I could never get beyond that giant spider though. It always killed me!