#its a bit wordy but its supposed to intro zonic so.

[spiderman616]

SSS #8 but better

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Zeep. "Zonic."

The aforementioned Zone Cop was his home zone, the No Zone- a place 90 degrees to the side of everywhere else in the multiverse. Why, you might ask? He was bored.

"-Gah! Why does the alert sound exactly like an alarm clock?"

"Never mind that. We have an unplanned zone breach into the Prime Zone. That's your area of expertise, think you can handle it?"

The Prime Zone was the name of the zone that the one and true Sonic, Sonic Prime, resided in. It was the zone that all others stemmed from. Which also meant it was a hot item- something that the Zone Cops, the inhabitants of the No Zone dedicated to maintaining the right balance of order and chaos in the multiverse, had to defend.

"Well, who am I dealing with? You know this would be much easier if I had access to the logs myself." Zonic began putting his heavier gear on; it was obvious he was going to go out into the field.

"Nice try. Ivana Robotina, Luna Zone. Currently engaged in combat with Sonic Prime."

Zonic swore under his breath. Sonic Prime!? That threw a wrench into things. Now Zonic needed to try and make sure Prime didn't notice his interference while still detaining the threat. Through gritted teeth, he responded to his superior before cutting the communication line.

"Consider that problem solved. Over."

Now, he can't very well go up to Dr. Robotina and fight her alongside Sonic. Although that would be pretty fun. Ideally, Prime inhabitants were to never know of the Zone Cops' existence. It was far too risky. Although this was the first breach into Prime in a good while, not counting the ones Zonic had a hand in himself. The Ultimate Annihilator incident, or the UA event as it was being called now, was facilitated by the higher ups. But it seemed to be causing a whole lot of side effects.

Right. Back to the current problem. Zoop!

A bit of dimensional alteration here and there, and boom. Sally Moon, the sworn enemy of Dr. Robotina, along with Chibi Rose, had just gotten teleported to the Prime Zone through her scepter, and none were the wiser. None, that is, except Zonic. But that's a given.

"Oops- almost forgot one."

And in another flash of light back with our hero, (Sonic the Hedgehog, fellows. Don't forget.) a flying rose pierced the enchantress, and vanquished her with a flourish. That, of course, was thrown by none other than tuxedo Knuckles.

"I trust that you're okay, Princess?" Tuxedo Knuckles held Sally Moon in his arms.

"Now that you're here Tuxedo Knux..." She was this close to swooning.

"WHAT?!" And it seemed like the Hero of Mobius had finally came to his senses. And he was not happy with what was going on.

"Well, there's your cue, officer. It's probably not a good idea to revel yourself like this- but then again, it's also not a good idea to leave things as they are now."

Weighing the options, Zonic teleported himself over to Prime. Hopefully they wouldn't be too freaked out by his whole- sideways thing.

"Wow, Sonic. Way to interrupt a tender moment."

Yeah, he was gonna try not to freak anyone out. Didn't mean he couldn't also have some fun.

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!"

Ah. A good first reaction.

"Not to leave you hanging, Prime, but-" Zonic warped away the three visitors before turning back to Sonic once more, smirk still firm on his muzzle. "Duty called."

"Alright sideways wise guy, I want answers. Now!"

"Sure, kid! I'm from a sideways zone. The No Zone. And it's my job to make sure everything's running smoothly. Nobody gets into places they're not supposed to."

Sonic crossed his arms at the officer, who was significantly taller than Sonic in his clothes.

"Yeah, right! I've been to plenty of zones, and nobody's stopped me-"

"On the contrary, I sent you there."

"WHAT?!!"

Wow, he sure was using that line a lot.

"Come on, Sonic. Think. You thought portals would just pop out of nowhere? Zoop-" He snapped his fingers. "And there you were, wherever you were needed? When you went to the Special Zone, when you met your evil counterpart, when you've travelled through the cosmic interstate, and all the other times you've helped out? That's not just dumb luck, Sonic. Getting to the right time and place is a feat in and of itself."

The blue hedgehog stood there for a while, mouth agape.

"...Wow. That's a lollapalooza of a doozy. You mean to tell me if I hadn't gone to those zones-"

"Lots of bad stuff woulda' come down. I know. You can thank me later, though. I'm on a schedule."

"B-but why always me? Why not send someone else, or heck- do it yourself?" Sonic tried to ask Zonic his questions before the officer had entered a portal he just created.

Zonic grinned, and flicked the other hedgehog's nose.

"Because you're Sonic Prime. The one true Sonic of every dimension. Destined to save the multiverse and a whole lotta other stuff you don't care about. Chao."

And without letting Sonic get in another word, Zonic hopped into his portal and it closed behind him.

"Woah..."

Sonic looked out into the distance for a good while, before responding to nothing.

"Oh, yeah? Well, a whole lotta good that's doing me!"