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It was the perfect day for a nap. After returning home to Green Hill and after that last adventure he had with his friends, Sonic deserved a long week's nap after everything he'd been through. In fact, after that last adventure, Sonic was asleep underground for four full months, replenishing his energy for what laid ahead. He slept in his lava pool, dreaming about what happened in the Shatterverse. With Shadow. The Paradox Prism. With Nine and Wasp. Sonic knew that the prism was in a safe spot since Shadow had chaos controlled it out of the cave, yet he thought about his Shatterverse friends.
Sonic lashed his tail as he dreamed about them. He missed seeing their faces, Nine and Wasp's especially. He wondered if they had made and were living in their new world in the Grim. Sonic wanted to go see it, yet he knew he could never go see them again since he could no longer exist in those worlds. Maybe he still could. After all, he was a Dark Gaia in each world, and every world needed a Dark and Light Gaia. "Sonic? Sonic!" a voice called in the real world. Sonic woke up to see Chip, Lucius, and Abyss all staring at him.
"Sonic? Are you alright?" Chip asked his friend as Sonic rubbed his eyes and yawned. He shifted to their height to greet them. "Oh man that was a good power nap. I haven't had a good one in ages!" Sonic said as he stretched. He then said hello to all of them, saying that he was fine and was fixing to go see his friends again from above. "Were you thinking about those from the other worlds?" Abyss piped in, with Sonic seeing his defeat. He nodded, saying that he missed them.
This made Chip's ears flatten, understanding his pain. Afterwards, he told them not to worry about it as he teleported to the surface back in his normal hedgehog form. He got to see the sun again after only seeing just darkened voids and such. It felt good to be home. He would run into Shadow every once in awhile and the two would often spar or race each other for fun before Sonic would check out the rest of his friends. His last stop was with Annabelle and Tails at their workspace.
Sonic headed into the place with a smile and a wave on his face. He had told all of his friends about what happened in the Shatterverse, but it seemed they didn't exactly believe him. Tails and Annabelle did though. They were actually interested in each of them and did some research. The blue hedgehog would always poke his head in ever so often so see what they did on their research before his hand would tingle. It was like he could make a portal to those other worlds. Maybe he was wrong before when his prism energy was extracted. Maybe he could still go to them. He could see Nine and Wasp again, along with everyone else in their own world!
Tails span his chair around. "Sonic? What are you thinking?" he asked. Annabelle also span her chair in confusion, wondering what was up. "Oh, it's nothing. Just thinking about Nine and Wasp," he said as he rubbed the back of his head. Both foxes understood as Sonic sat on the table, sighing. He had just woken up from a powernap for four months and they were the first things that came to his mind.
"You know...I've been having dreams about them and everyone I knew in the Shatterverse. I knew I said that I couldn't go back to them after when my prism energy got extracted, but I am a Dark Gaia in those worlds. I was wondering if I could go back to each of them for a visit," Sonic then said to the foxes. He played around with a flame in his hand as he sighed. Annabelle happened to cheer Sonic up with a sea dog, which he gladly took. "Cheer up Sonic. You just woke up after four months, so you should be happy!" Annabelle exclaimed with a smile as Sonic smiled back. He thought of Desiree, Black Rose, Rusty Rose, Dread, and the rest of the No Place crew. He missed the fun adventures he had with them.
Then he saw the special palm in the workspace. It reminded him of the Boscage Maze crew. Seeing Tails and Annabelle made him think of Wasp and Nine. He had to try going to go seeing them again. He got off of the table, making Tails question where he was heading. "I'll be back guys!" Sonic exclaimed as he dashed out of the workspace. He returned to the cave where the Paradox Prism formerly was, and began to thinking about Nine and Wasp. His hands began to burst with power as a portal formed in front of him.
He gasped, not believing what had just happened. He'd done it! Cheering to himself, Sonic stepped through the portal. It led him to a newly formed Grim. It seemed the Paradox Prism did reshape the Grim into the world the two New Yoke foxes wanted it to be after when Shadow and Sonic returned to Green Hill. He immediately began to search for Nine and Wasp. And he found them, having the time of their lives next to a workshop similar to Tails and Annabelle's.
He then called out to them, and they both looked back, happy to see him again after so long. "SONIC!" both Wasp and Nine shouted happily. Sonic rushed over to the two, and they all group hugged in advance, the New Yoke foxes crying tears of joy over their reunion with Sonic, the Dark Gaia of their new world for the two of them to live in and of all of the Shatterspaces of the Shatterverse beyond Sonic's home of Green Hill.
Sonic, the darkness god of the Earth Dark Gaia, sighed happily. "I missed you two so much. I'm happy to see you both again...Nine and Wasp."