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Dreams - Part 2

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Dreams
Part 2



Will and Helen both went to sleep at their houses after the experience with the mysterious man, trying their best to get some dreaming on, so they could reach Nightopia again. As they peacefully slept on their beds, visions of their past adventures began flowing in their minds: their fights with the Nightmarens, the encounters with the vicious Reala, and their fight against Wizeman himself. However, there was something else. The peaceful melody of a flute playing in the background, in a calm and soothing tone that made both kids smile in their sleep. As they heard the flute playing, they heard a faint whisper amongst the melody, which sent them only one message:

"Next time you sleep, you shall reach the place you seek. But for the perils that will come, you will need help from the most unlikely of places."

Soon after the message ended, the kids woke up on their beds, smiling as the sun shined outside. Now they knew how to return to Nightopia and investigate the syndrome from the inside.


Thorndyke Building
12:30 PM (Friday)


Johnathan called all of the Mobians to the building's conference room, in order to explain to them the current situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, otherworldly friends." he said. "We have a major crisis in our hands! If any of you checked the news recently, then you know what I'm talking about."

"We haven't." said Shadow.

"Okay, then I'll elaborate." said Johnathan. "There's some sort of condition called 'Morpheus Syndrome' spreading across the world. This condition apparently, from what I can gather, puts the victims in an endless sleep that traps them in their own dreams, but also somehow connects them to some sort of 'collective unconscious', where other victim's dreams are located. And get this: all of the victims until now are either children or teenagers!"

"Do we have any clues on whoever's doing this?" asked Rouge.

"Unfortunately no, Rouge." said the scientist. "But I'll tell ya this much: whoever, or even better, WHATever's doing this, is something really big!"

Suddenly, Flavio came rushing through the door.

"Doc!" he said. "We've got another one!!"

"Another case!?!?" asked the scientist. "Where???"

"At the reception lobby right now!"

They all rushed to the lobby to see all of Flavio's classmates looking at the couch, worried. There they saw Luis and Thiago sleeping exactly like Jade was, and when they tried to nudge them, there was no reaction.

"How did they fall asleep here??" asked Sonic.

"It was during class." explained Alex. "Luis slept in the middle of it like he always does, but when the teacher called him, there was no answer! And then we carried him here and put him on the couch, where Thiago told he would keep an eye on him. I guess the jock also got carried away and slept on the job."

Johnathan tried to read their minds, but clutched his head in pain when he did so.

"And they're having the same dream as Jade...!" said the scientist. "But with these two, now I figured it out: it's not just a dream, it's a nightmare!"

"What difference does that make??" asked Sergio, who was amongst the crowd. "They're both sleeping forever, now, aren't they?? What if one of us goes to sleep, tonight?? Are we going to be caught in that, too??"

"Not if we can stop it!" said Sonic.

"But how can we do that??" asked Flavio.

Johnathan began to think deeply, until he came up with a theory.

"Where did this whole thing began??" he asked.

"Some city in England..." said Derek.

Johnathan bolted to the computer and called Seymour on his new office at the Weever Industries HQ in Central City, USA. Unfortunately, the connection didn't seem to catch on, so he tried to remember the city's name. Flavio eventually relieved him from pressure.

"The city's called 'Bellbridge'." he said. "I remember the news announcer saying the name yesterday."

"So this is my plan, then." said Johnathan. "We're going to Bellbridge to discover the source of this syndrome and cut it short!"

"Wait a minute!" said Miley. "Half of us don't have a passport!!"

"Who the heck said you're coming??" said the scientist. "We can't just tell your parents that you're going to England to fight off a disease! They would never buy that!"

"But we wanna help, too!" said John.

Johnathan began thinking, but Shadow began speaking before he said anything.

"Alright, think about it for a second." he said. "We're heading towards the disease's starting point. Don't you think it could be dangerous if, I don't know, the syndrome was in higher levels in the area it begun spreading??"

The students were left speechless. He had a point. And a good one at that.

"Okay, you win." said Lucia. "But what if it gets to us?"

"Then here's my office's telephone number." said Johnathan. "Nelson allowed me to use it. Tell your parents to call it if they see you sleeping and there's no response."

"Where's your office at?" asked Derek.

"Right here at the laboratory."

The students then said goodbye and headed home. Flavio, however, stayed behind for a bit longer to wish them good luck and then went home. Johnathan began searching the coordinates on the computer.

"There it is!" he said. "It's not that far from London."

"So how will we get there, again??" asked Tails.

"Use the Tornado." said Johnathan. "I'll call Chris and tell him to meet me there, seeing as he's apparently at Seymour's mansion. I'll need a few of you to stay here, though."

They nodded as Tails headed for the new hangar built by Johnathan to see the X-Tornado safely stored, in very good state. Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Knuckles and Silver went with the Tornado, while the rest stayed behind. Blaze called Johnathan before he could leave.

"Why do you need us anyway?" asked Blaze.

"Frankly, I'm worried." he said. "I want you to stay here, so you can check on those kids' conditions. The addresses and communicator logs are all on the computer, and if you want to visit them, just give them a call. And while the guys are out, you're in charge, Blaze."

She nodded.

"Alright, then." she said.

The scientist then opened a portal and entered. Blaze sighed and saw Big entering the room with a tray filled with cookies.

"Umm..." he said. "Does that mean I can eat these??"


===Meanwhile===================================================================

Ryan stood in a building rooftop at Bellbridge, grinning to himself while overlooking silently as the crowd walked on the streets below, without noticing him. His cane's ornament began bleeping, as he pressed a button.

"Ryan here..." he said.

"Sire, I've detected the Mobians's X-Tornado coming towards Bellbridge." the voice of Ryan's robotic butler Timothy said on the other side. "What plan do you suggest?"

Ryan grinned.

"Get me a direct line with the Tornado." he said evilly. "Oh, and Timothy... Send them our air squad, to make sure they are well received."

"Yes, sire. As you command." said the butler on the other end.


===Near the coast of England====================================================

The X-Tornado was flying towards the city, passing through the clouds with elegance. Sonic and Shadow stood each one in a wing, while Knuckles, Tails and Silver were inside the cockpits, the young fox obviously piloting.

"At this rate, we'll get to Bellbridge in no time!" said Tails cheerfully.

As they reached closer to the island, something began screeching on the Tornado's communication line.

"What was that!?" asked Silver.

"Pardon my interruption, good sirs. I'm afraid this plane model you're using is already obsolete... Which might have cause the screeching you just heard."

A voice chuckled evilly on the communicator, loud enough for every passenger on the Tornado to hear.

"It's Weever!" said Shadow.

"I am sorry to say, but you're entering unauthorized aerial space." he said mockingly. "Stop and return, otherwise I'll have to attack you with extreme prejudice. Emphasis on the 'extreme'."

"I doubt you can take out a plane like the Tornado!" said Knuckles.

Ryan chuckled.

"Well, Knuckles, I'll have you know that I am also from German ancestry, which means I'm actually very invested in aerodynamics and aircraft building." answered Ryan. "I as a human may not be able to fend off a plane... But these men will."

Tails looked forward to see three forms emerging from the clouds in a spiral motion, with two of them circling around a rising third one. The forms then began flying towards the Tornado.

"What are those??" asked Shadow.

"Meet my aerial squad, simpletons!" said Ryan through the radio.

Sonic saw the figures of three attack planes completely painted in red, with Ryan's logo on the left side of each's fuselage. The planes also had old designs, possibly from the 1914-1918 era, but were equipped with laser Gatling guns and robotic pilots.

"I call them 'Red Richthofens'." said the scientist. "Named after the Red Baron himself! Have a safe sinking, Mr. Prower!"

The planes began shooting against the Tornado with their guns, scratching the fuselage and nearly hitting Shadow.

"Tails, we can fight back, can't we?" asked Sonic.

"I think so, but these planes look pretty fast!" he said. "I'll try to take them down!"

Tails activated the Tornado's guns and fired away, but the Richthofens were too fast for them, as they easily dodged the blasts and fired back. Tails was forced to do evasive maneuvers, forcing Sonic and Shadow to hold on to the plane tightly.

"Ryan sure as heck wants us gone, doesn't he?" said Knuckles.

"But he won't get it!" said Shadow. "Tails, if we can't shoot them down, then trick them into hitting each other!"

"Alright!" said the fox. "Hold on to your seats!!"

Tails began to turn the Tornado towards the planes, but going a bit lower. Two Richthofens began following him while one appeared in front of him and prepared to shoot again, but Tails saw it coming and dodged it in the last second. The Tornado's absence caused the planes to accidentally shoot themselves, blowing each other up in the process. They looked behind as the planes' pieces fell to the ocean below.

"Nice work, Tails!" said Knuckles.

"Thanks!" said the fox.

It only took a few more minutes of flight for the plane to reach Bellbridge, as the group landed near a soccer field they sighted on the proximity. Once they landed, Sonic contacted Johnathan.

"Doc, we reached the city, but Ryan's probably around here somewhere." he said. "He sent some attack planes to get us when we were coming."

"Drat! If he tried to stop you, then he probably has something to do with this!" said the scientist. "But nevertheless, leave the tracking to me. Concentrate on finding the first victim of that syndrome, so we can study this case further and come up with a cure."

"Roger that!" said Sonic as he and the rest ran towards the city.

However, little did they know they were being watched at the moment by two children who witnessed their landing. Both got out of their hiding spot and looked at each other.

"They said help would come from the most unlikely of places..." said Helen.

"The voice probably meant them!!" said Will. "Let's go!!"

Both ran towards the city square as well.


===At Flavio's House================================================================

Blaze rang the doorbell as Flavio's mother Lisa opened the door.

"Oh, hello, Blaze!" she said. "You can come in if you want, but Flavio's asleep right now..."

"I promise I won't take long." she said gently. "I was just told to check on something. In fact, I want you to come with me."

Lisa didn't understand her request, but showed Blaze where Flavio's room was as they approached it. Flavio was lying comfortably on his bed, the covers near his head as he breathed slowly.

"Did you watch the TV recently??" asked Blaze.

Lisa finally understood.

"You don't mean...!" she said.

Blaze nudged Flavio's shoulder, but there was no answer. She tried to shake him, and then proceeded to make a flame on her hand to create light. No answer.

Lisa gasped in horror. Blaze sighed in sadness.

"Just what I feared..." she said quietly.
Part 2 of "Dreams". Hope you enjoy it.

Sonic and all related characters belong to SEGA.
Chris Thorndyke and related belong to Sonic Team and 4Kids.
NiGHTS and related characters belong to SEGA and Sonic Team.
Flavio and other characters belong to me.
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Dasher-Dart's avatar
I loved the dramatic ending. :XD: