Archie Sonic Universe Issue 2


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 * This issue takes place between Sonic the Hedgehog #198 — Sonic the Hedgehog #199

Archie Sonic Universe Issue 2 was the second issue of the spin off Sonic Universe comic series.

Story One
"Time and Again"

Past - One Year ago

The story opens with Sonic confronting Shadow on Prison Island in White Jungle. After some discussion, the two battle all around the area and Rouge reports into Shadow saying she's found the other six Chaos Emeralds in the vault.

Present

Following thier orders from Chief Commander Abraham Tower earlier, Shadow and Rouge set out to the ruins of New Megaopolis to destroy a large telescope in an observatory that had been converted into a laser capable of destroying the Knothole Freedom Fighters's force field, the camp inside it, and half of the Eggdome itself. In order to complete this mission, Shadow recruited the help of Sonic. The blue hedgehog uses his spin dash technique to burrow underneath the shield and outside. Shadow informs him of the mission and Sonic proceeded to race off to the laser, leaving Shadow behind before catching up to him.

Past - One Year ago

Dr. Eggman calls up Shadow on his communicator and tells him the charges have been set and that the island will blow in five minutes. Rouge then says that the vault she's in has gone into lock-down. Eggman says to leave Rouge and that they'll dig the emeralds out of the ashes.

Overhearing this, Sonic proposes a temporary truce with Shadow to help save Rouge. They use their spin dashes to burrow inside the fault where Rouge is with the Chaos Emeralds in a bag and Shadow grabs the bag and uses Chaos Control to teleport them to the desert near Eggman's pyramid base. Rouge flirts with Shadow for rescuing her saying it was unlike him, he then says that he only did it for the emeralds and uses Chaos Control again to teleport off.

Sonic and Rouge then team up to get inside Eggman's base and find Eggman.

Present

Outside the observatory where the Doom Laser is being kept, Sonic and Rouge discuss its capabilities while waiting for Shadow. Sonic believes it to be a bit over the top for Eggman to build something so powerful that could destroy his base in the process. Shadow then shows and informs Sonic that GUN believes Eggman to be losing his grip on reality. Sonic disagrees, and Shadow says he can believe what he wants, but that he shouldn't underestimate Eggman.

Rouge then said they should psychoanalyze Eggman later, and the trio crashed into the observatory and Sonic and Shadow distracted the laser security system while Rouge tried to hack into the laser just as it was moving into position.

Past - One Year ago

Sonic is inside the base dodging laser attacks from an E-100 Series robot that looked remarkably like Gamma, asking Rouge on his communicator if she's found the key yet.

Present

Rouge then accidentally activated a self-destruct on the control console.

Past - One Year ago

Sonic and Rouge fly up to the Space Colony ARK in a rocket in Eggman's pyramid base.

Present

Rouge then suggests destroying the Doom Laser in a more devastating fashion. Shadow, agreeing, then used his Chaos Spear attack, but it proved inaffective and the same went for Sonic's spin dash. Rouge then suggested breaking the coupling locks to throw the laser off target.

Past - One Year ago

Sonic and Shadow are racing down a narrow strip outside the ARK to get to the Eclipse Cannon while combatting each other. Just after Shadow struck Sonic with a Chaos Spear attack, Rouge tells him to stop as she has found a video that he should see.

Present

Rouge flew them up to the locks and Sonic and Shadow dislodged them, but put it right at the angle of fire.

Past - One Year ago

Sonic and Shadow are aboard the ARK in a room with some sort of shrine in it along with the seven Chaos Emeralds. A huge beast uses Chaos Control to disappear and Rouge tells them it has merged to the ARK. Sonic and Shadow then use the emeralds to transform into Super Sonic and Super Shadow and fight the monster.

Present

Shadow then took off his inhibitor rings in the hopes that it would give him enough power to divert the laser using his Chaos Control powers.

Past - One Year ago

Super Sonic and Super Shadow then use Chaos Control to put the ARK back into orbit, but Shadow then falls to earth.

Present

Shadow's plan worked, but he fell off the laser and was caught by Sonic saying that they weren't going through that again. With the laser beyond repair from all the damage, Shadow and Rouge left Sonic to his final battle with Eggman and wished him good luck. Rouge then marvelled at how far Sonic and Shadow's relationship had come and then headed back to base with the black hedgehog.

Off Panel
The story opens with Sonic and Shadow reading over this issue's script while drinking sodas, and Sonic points out that Sonic Adventure 2 came out in 2001, but yet Archie are only getting around to it now. He then jokes that they'll probably do Sonic Heroes in 2010. Knuckles then comes up to the two and says that he doesn't appear until #9 and yet Sonic's in the second issue and he isn't despite the fact that he was in Sonic Adventure 2 too. Sonic looks to Shadow for back-up, but Shadow uses Chaos Control to teleport away and Sonic races off to get away from an enraged Knuckles, while telling the readers to either write in or e-mail Archie to tell them what they think of Sonic Universe.

Quotes

 * Sonic: "I found you, Faker!"
 * Shadow: "Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here. You're comparing yourself to me? You're not even good enough to be my fake."
 * Sonic: "I'll make you eat those words!"

Key Events

 * Sonic, Shadow and Rouge destroy the Doom Laser.
 * In a flashback, Super Sonic and Super Shadow stop the world from being destroyed.

Background Information

 * This issue ties in directly with StH: #198. Shadow comes to Sonic who is asleep under the protective forcefield with the other Freedom Fighters, outside New Megaopolis. This is where we last left the Freedom Fighters at the end StH: #198.
 * Although the video Shadow was shown a year ago was never seen, some believe it to have been the video from the 2005 video game Shadow the Hedgehog that showed Professor Gerald revealing to Shadow his purpose to protect the planet from the Black Arms. This is disputed somewhat by the fact that Shadow does not become aware of this purpose until StH: #171.
 * This issue completes the adaption of Sonic Adventure 2, which started in StH: #98, taking into account the absence of Tails, Amy Rose, and Knuckles, (despite the latter's protest in the Off-Panel). The reasons for their absence were given in issues 90, and issues 94-issues 97,
 * Though not shown, assuming this was as close to Sonic Adventure 2 as possible given the limitations above, this was when the moon was damaged, as shown at the end of StH: #129.
 * The beast that guarded the shrine room with the emeralds was known as the Biolizard, a prototype of the ultimate life form, shown in Sonic Adventure 2, but since this was never stated in the comics it is not considered canon by this site's canon policy.
 * The shrine room that the beast guarded was the power generator for the Elipse Cannon fashioned after the shrine of the Master Emerald to harness the energy of the Chaos Emeralds, but since this was never stated in the comics it is not considered canon by this site's canon policy.
 * Shadow mentions Eggman 'losing his grip on reality', a foreshadowing of what was to come in StH #200.