Shatter

Chapter 1

The earth was in danger. Far above the planet, a massive fleet of ships amassed, geared to take over the world. Within the armada's mothership sat the leader of the impending invasion, Doctor Eggman. He laughed, certain that no one would be able to stop his evil machinations. However, little did he know, the only one capable of stopping him had just arrived. Hearing a crash, he turned around to see that none other than Sonic the Hedgehog had just infiltrated his defenses; he grimaced.

Eggman quickly pressed a button to get his robotic soldiers on deck and screamed, "Fire!"

This didn't faze the young hedgehog, who merely smirked and ran straight ahead. He dodged attacks from all sides without slowing down for a single second. Sonic blasted his way across the flight deck, knocking aside a hapless robotic minion. He leapt into the air and attacked multiple drones with his signature homing attack, when he was caught off-guard by the booming barrage of the heavy assault cannons lining the ship's exterior. Thanks to his speed, the azure speedster was able to narrowly avoid the likely fatal blast and set his sights upon the turrets.

He swiftly dealt with the threat and continued pushing forward. A group of Egg Fighters stood in front of him, poised to attack, however, in a burst of speed, Sonic ran straight through the crowd, blowing them all away. He sped closer and closer to the egg-shaped menace.

He felt a rush of energy as he continued to surge ahead. That rush he felt began to slow down as he realized there was nothing in his way. He stopped for a moment to assess what was going on. There was still a while until he got to the end of the ship, so he clearly couldn't have destroyed everything. He started running again and although he felt a tad nervous, he refused to admit it to himself. He just kept moving, keeping an eye out for any surprises.

Crash!

"Ohohoho!" Laughter emanated from behind him.

Sonic turned around to see none other than Eggman himself inside a giant mech suit, yet he wasn't surprised by this in the slightest. The scientist wasted no time in attacking him, shooting a barrage of missiles in Sonic's direction. He avoided them as he headed straight to the mech and threw his arm up to shield himself from shrapnel. He jumped up to perform a homing attack on a lone Egg Fighter that showed itself.

"Why you little..." Eggman growled.

Sonic ran on the side of the wall, chased by both missiles and bullets as Eggman amped up his attack. Rather than attempt to continue the fight, the hedgehog rushed inside the ship, where Eggman wouldn't dare fight inside the mech. He could still hear missiles whooshing after him, none of which could catch up.

However, he quickly heard a more peculiar mechanical sound. He turned his head to see the hand of the mech reaching out to grab him. He laughed, certain he could outrun it.

"Whoa!" Sonic exclaimed as it got hold of him.

He struggled against the metal as it dragged him back out. The hand brought him up to the glass and face-to-face with the evil doctor himself. Sonic looked Eggman right in the eye and smirked. In a flash of light, the seven Chaos Emeralds appeared around him.

"What?!" Eggman said, shocked.

The blue hedgehog's fur began turning yellow and his formerly green eyes became a fiery red. As Super Sonic, he easily destroyed the robot's arms and escaped. He flew straight through the mech, leaving a gaping hole in the center. Eggman immediately detached the Egg Mobile and flew inside. Sonic simply chased after him and after they had both left the ship, it exploded. This continued as he followed Eggman to a strange cylindrical station.