I don't look like a bad guy. But then, the last thing they'd expect is to see a 'superhero' in their house, wouldn't they?

Sonic walked down the street, trying to look relaxed. He walked for a good hour. He stopped when he heard a loud voice that sounded like it was coming from a loudspeaker. A tall man was standing on a wooden box. He looked like the President of the Hero World, only meaner and younger too. He was holding a microphone. There was a speaker to his right.

- Soon, the world of heroes will be ours! he shouted.

The villains applauded loudly.

- In a few hours maximum, we'll have achieved our greatest victory of all time!

They cheered louder and louder, some shouting for joy.

- It's great, isn't it?

Sonic was startled and turned to see a young hedgehog. Her fur was silver and her eyes were blue.

- D... de? Oh, yeah... Yes, that's great,' begged Sonic.

- Yes, I know, I don't look like a bad guy. It always surprises everyone. But it's one of my powers. I can get close enough to innocent people and heroes to surprise them and kill them. My name's Maya, what's yours?

- Er, I'm Sonic. But your name doesn't sound too bad either.

- Yeah, I know...

Sonic looked at the building behind the crowd of people.

Their presidential building. It looks like the heroes'. Funny, who copied who?

- Scuse, but I've got to go.

He broke into a run and entered the building. The hall was deserted. He saw a sign with explanations of all the floors. In the basement was the warehouse.

If the source of power is in there, I'm in luck.

The hedgehog then took the stairs, almost flying over them. He found himself in a room full of objects. He sighed. It was really big in here. He then went deeper into the room. Suddenly his powers went into overdrive. He gasped in surprise. He closed his eyes to try and calm things down when a large object hit him in the stomach, knocking the breath out of him and knocking him backwards. His powers had calmed down, although small flashes of lightning continued to travel through his body. What had struck him and was now in his hands was a large, luminous, sky-blue crystal.

- Is that the...

He was interrupted by a high-pitched alarm that hurt his ears. He wanted to put his hands on it but he couldn't let go of the crystal. He ran towards the stairs, climbed them and headed for the door, which he tried to open but received a shock when he touched the handle. He then saw all the people outside looking at him sideways, including the tall man standing on a box who was probably their President. He gave them a nervous smile and slowly backed away from the large double glass door, his heart pounding, clutching the crystal. He looked around, trying to find another way out, but there was none. Then he saw the President enter with a gang of four guys who literally looked like the bodyguards you see on TV dressed in black with black sunglasses and earpieces. Except they had superpowers too. He headed for the lift, which fortunately opened immediately. He got in and pressed a floor at random. The lift closed. Sonic leaned against the wall, huffing and puffing. But as the lift began to rise, the President appeared in the lift directly in front of him.

- Stop the lift,' he shouted.

The lift stopped immediately. Sonic flattened himself against the wall, clutching the crystal tighter and tighter.

- I don't know how you got here,' he said menacingly, 'but you're dead, Superhero.

- I don't think so.

He propelled himself as high as he could with a spin dash and passed through the trapdoor above him. He then found himself just above the lift. He had an idea. He was going to run into the wall.

Time to try out Tails' super shoes and gloves.

He bent down to press a small button on the bottom of each of his soles and put on his sticky gloves. He then jumped up and clung to the wall. He held the crystal to his chest with his left arm. He began to accelerate up the wall, first with the help of his gloves, then finally running normally.

-WOOOOOOUUUUUUHOOOOOOUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! he shouted, triumphant.

After about thirty seconds, he saw the ceiling and the lift door to the top floor. When he reached that level, he propelled himself towards the door, fist first, and smashed it. He landed in a small office, rolling on the floor. His arm hurt, the one that had smashed the door, but also the one that had been burnt. He sat up, dizzy.

- Wow, that hurts too much,' grunted the hedgehog. Hey, how did I manage to smash a metal door like that? I'm too strong. Wooooouuuuu!

The crystal had rolled away from him intact. As for Sonic, he was still shot through with little flashes of blue. He picked up the crystal and stood up.

- Well,' he said, examining the crystal, 'maybe you could help me create a portal to the world of heroes?

He placed the crystal on the desk, put both hands on it and concentrated. Almost immediately a portal opened, as if the crystal knew what Sonic wanted. He grabbed the crystal and threw himself into the portal. He landed in the world of heroes... in the middle of a battle. He clutched the crystal tightly, preparing to run and weave through the people. He took off. The people were so engrossed in their battle that they didn't realise that a blue hedgehog was speeding between them. He entered a house plunged into darkness where there was no one to hide, waiting to think of a plan.

Think of a plan! I don't know how! I just go for it. That's usually Tails' job, or Amy's! But there's nothing else I can do. It's far too important...

Just as he was about to close the door, someone collided with him very quickly, throwing him and sending him rolling to the ground. Fortunately, he hadn't let go of the crystal. He stood up and saw a hedgehog a little taller and obviously older than him, with dark blue fur and menacing red eyes.

The look on his face reminds me of Shadow...

- That's mine, little one,' he growled.

- Did you steal it?' asked Sonic, backing away slowly.

- Oh yeah!

- How did you do it?

- You don't need to know. Should I be asking you how you did it?

- You see, this crystal helped me. It seems somehow attracted to me. Well, I'm going to have to give you the slip. Hi there!

But the dark hedgehog ran towards the door and blocked Sonic's path.

He then ran to a window and hit it with a spin dash. The glass shattered and he was able to get out. He took off running. He winced, because he felt that bits of glass had stuck in his skin and that he had several cuts. But he didn't care. He had to find the President and/or the Ninjas at all costs. But the other evil hedgehog had started chasing him again.

Here we go again!