[ECHO Data Recollection Files
AUTOMATED MEMORY ACTIVATED
Electronic Computer Helping Operative was rebooted at location Oppenheimer Techlabs on 23 May 2001. Sonic Five and Dr. Oppenheimer were granted entry after an attack forced them to battle. Vyzerman finished the battle by killing the Horneticons, thus revealing them to be life forms who have been ceased at the hands of Vyzerman. Soon after, Robin Edge was granted entry. He then proceeded into the med bay.]
[The med bay. Nicholas is still watching over Pixel.]
Pixel: ...my...
Nicholas: Yeah. Now come on, the androids will hear me. I've got to get you out of here.
[Having heard nearly everything, Rob steps out of the doorway to finally say something.]
Rob: Nicholas.
Nicholas: You... one of them...
[Nick snaps around, and after spotting Rob, prepares to kick him. His foot clangs off Rob's chest.]
Oh man!
Rob: What do you think you're doing?
Nicholas: Don't you understand? You can't keep my sister captive here any more!
Pixel: I'm not a captive!
Rob: She CHOSE to be here!
Pixel: Yeah, and whoever you really are, you can't just pick me up and take me away!
Nicholas: I'm your brother! I was told that you were being held prisoner!
Pixel: I'm not. In fact, I've never been happier.
Rob: But it looks like you've got some explaining to do. (gets closer) How do we know you're who you say you are? For all we know, you may have no recollection of Pixel being your sister.
Nicholas: Wait. I have something to show you guys. It'll prove who I am.
[Nicholas gets an old photo out of his pocket and hands it to Rob. On it is a picture of Pixel as a baby, with a full-haired version of teddy.]
Pixel: That... is me...
Rob: I still don't know. I am going to have to see some photo ID.
Nicholas (annoyed): Here.
[Nicholas tosses his wallet at Rob. He snatches it from the air and opens it, removing a visa card and placing it on Echo's scanner.]
Rob: Echo, scan this man's visa chip.
[Echo proceeds with the scan.]
Echo: Identity confirmed as Nicholas Arthur Brayman.
Rob: Nicholas... Thank you. (tosses back the wallet)
Pixel: Who told you I was being captive anyway?
Nicholas: I'm not at liberty to say... (looks out of a window) Someone may be watching.
Rob: This building is under constant surveilance. A cockroach can't get in without Echo knowing it.
Pixel: Then how did you get in?
Nicholas: It's a... long story.
Rob: We've got time...
[Dr. O and the rest of the Sonic Five show up.]
Neil: Hey, Robbie. How's Pix?
Nicholas: More of them?
[Nick goes up to Sydney and begins to knock on her chest.]
Sydney (grappling Nick's arm): Do you mind?
Rob: Forget him. He's just... Pixel's brother.
Kevin: A brother?
Carter: You never mentioned a brother.
Pixel: To tell you the truth, it's kinda news to me too. I mean, I may have been too young to remember having a brother.
Carter: Let's see. (to Nick) Nicholas... Nick... Brother... How old are you, anyway?
Nick: I'm fifteen, okay? Can I have my sister back now?
Neil: Hold up one sec, kemo sabe. What would bring a little worm like you to the Big Apple, anyway?
Nick: You really want to know?
Rob: Well, like I said, we have all day.
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Arachness: So word has it you have taken a captive.
Argox: Yes. It would have been two, but the other one got away, and this one isn't talking.
Arachness: You just need a woman's touch, that's all.
[Arachness proceeds up to the captive's cell.]
Hello there, sir.
[Inside the cell sits an adult male... and a gorgeous one at that. He has short but curled black hair that reaches around his forehead, showing off his features, which can't be placed into a race category. The man is wearing a gold vest, dark tan pants, with hiking boots and a white turtleneck.]
Captive: Arachness.
Arachness: Azritan.
Azritan: I told you. My name is Adam now. ADAM BRAYMAN.
Arachness: You've taken a false name, like many living here... but we've still managed to find you, like we managed to find your wife.
Adam Brayman: And don't forget, you're going to PAY for what you did to Noelle and to Ramona.
Arachness: I'm afraid that without your Galtean abilities, you're just like your rebellion... hopeless.
Adam Brayman: There's more rebels here than you think. You WON'T succeed in finding Chronos.
Arachness: We'll see about that, my old friend. Once my father IS released from his eternal Hell, we'll be able to destroy your petty rebellion AND these pitiful people you've come to admire.
Adam Brayman: Humans are WORTH it. You'll see.
Arachness: I guess we will.
[Arachness heads off. Once she's gone, Adam gets up and reveals a pic which he had hidden under his mattress.]
Adam (quietly): I'll see you in HELL, bitch.
[Adam picks the lock and manages to escape the cell block. He heads down a hall, but several Lexicons spot him.]
Great, just what I need.
[Adam starts running towards them, stops, and manages to gracefully flip over the lot of troopers. Then he heads (with the Lexicons in pursuit), into a room. He finds that the area is full of giant eggs.]
Where did all these EGGS come from? They make a Galtoid Chicken or something?
[Adam grabs one of the giant eggs as the Lexicons break in and spot him.]
Argox: I heard something. Show me!
[Adam, in a panic, makes the only choice he can at a time like this.]
Adam: Let's just see what these things can do.
[Adam bites the side of the egg and his body starts to convulse.]
What's -- go- in-going...
[Adam howls and enlarges. He reaches his monster form and full Galtoid Monster size.]
Azritan: Whoa, I'm huge.
[Arachness gets word that Azritan has reached his fullest power potential.]
Argox: He was here! I know it! These eggs were tampered with.
Arachness: ARGOX! Get him!
Argox: You got it.
[Argox bites into an egg and becomes his usual giant gold-and-white monster form.]
Azritan: Argox. You'd go to such lengths just to catch me.
Argox: Let's go, Rebel.
[The two giant monsters begin to fight. Argox prepares to charge him with his sword, but Azritan uses his quick reflexes to grab it and, by using his heat powers, make it severely too hot for Argox to handle. He drops it and proceeds to back up.]
Azritan: Hot enough for you, Argox?
Argox: This isn't over yet. I don't need a sword to fight you.
[The two continue fighting.]
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Jackson: Guys. We've got Argox and a Galtoid fighting up north. Sonic Five better check it out.
Carter: We were about to hear Nick out, though.
Rob: Kevin and I will go.
Kevin: Yeah. Let's go. Sonic Pentium Charge, Black!
Rob: Sonic Pentium Charge, Red!
[The two transform and head to the Mechatrons.]
Nick: The... Sonic Five?
Sydney: That's us.
Nick: Arachness has a trillion dollar bounty on your head... seemingly.
Neil: We've heard, but then again, there's more of a bounty on her head, so I guess it evens out.
Sydney: So back to you. Why are you here?
Nick: Actually, Pixel's about two-thirds of the reason I'm here.
Pixel: What? Then why are you here?
Nick: Horneticons.
Neil (dropping his snack): What about Horneticons?
Nick: You might have heard about the Horneticon crisis a couple of weeks back. You fought them. A being called Vyzerman even went so far as killing them.
Sydney: Yeah. We got concerned when we found out that they were real people and that Vyzerman killed them.
Nick: I wouldn't be too concerned. Those Horneticons weren't created from what you think.
Carter: Say what?
Nick: The DNA structure of the Hornetox Horneticons and the ones you fought were totally different. The ones you fought were actually rejected Galtoids with modified DNA.
Dr. O: You better start from the beginning.
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Argox: You're too late, Sonic Soldiers.
SonicRed: We'll see, Argox.
[SonicBlack pushes Azritan aside and begins to fight Argox. Azritan, angered, pushes back.]
SonicBlack: What the hell?
Azritan: You mustn't interfere with this fight.
SonicBlack: But this is Argox we're talking about here!
Azritan: I am aware of that!
SonicBlack: So let us take care of it!
Argox: Yes, Azritan. Let Sonic Five take care of it.
Azritan: No! I have to get... to my daughter!
SonicRed: Your.. daughter?
[Suddenly, SonicRed has an epiphany.]
Pixel!
Azritan: What? SonicRed? How do you know my daughter?
SonicRed: It's actually a long story.
Azritan: I'd say it was a pretty short one. You are one of the false men!
SonicBlack: Again with the false men?
Azritan: I want my daughter back, you son of a bitch!
SonicRed: No! Wait! You're making an erroneous flaw!
[Azritan forgets about Argox and fights RoboSonic. RoboSonic fights a losing battle, primarily on the defensive. SonicBlack reaches from behind only to be knocked several yards behind. Soon, another warrior comes into play, slashing Azritan back into his place.]
SuperVyzerman: Galtoid, he said that you were making an erroneous flaw.
Azritan: Another... false... man...
[RoboSonic tries to hold SuperVyzerman back from Azritan.]
SonicRed: Vyzerman, hold on! This monster is Pixel's father!
SuperVyzerman: Pixel's... his... This changes everything, then.
SonicRed: What do you mean?
SuperVyzerman: I have to go back to New York. Now that I know that Pixel is part Galtean, I cannot allow her to live.
[That being said, Vyzerman walks off. RoboSonic and MacroCarrier go off after him.]
SonicRed: Wait!
Azritan (clasping onto both of their shoulders): I'm through with waiting!
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Nick: As you know, my name is Nicholas Arthur Brayman. I'm also known as Sengu.
Dr. O: So where did you come from?
Nick: My mother is originally from New York City, before the Galtean attack team came. According to my father, she didn't want Ramona to know where she came from, so she gave her to her sister in Toronto.
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But then the Galteans started to attack. My aunt and her family died in the crossfire. Pixel managed to escape by using her psychic force to ward off the invaders. But it couldn't fix the emotional scars. She was now alone in the world, not remembering where she came from.
Pixel: But what about my parents?
Nick: With the tyrannical Arachness on Earth, Galtus was freed, so we all fled there thanks to my father's mental transport device. We all lived there for the past twelve years, rallying support for the takedown of Arachness on Earth and peace for all the universe.
Adam (amongst a crowd of cheers): We have the power. We have the purpose. We have the mission. Now we must put them all to good use! The people on Earth have no idea what will happen until it's too late! We have to help them!!!
[Flashback ends]
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Nick: After hearing about what happened with the fourth Treaty of Paris, we feared the worst for Pixel, so I convinced my family to return to Earth. When we heard about Horneticons being built somewhere in North America, I immediately thought that Pixel would be one of them, having been captured. I traced her mental processes here. I thought that you were keeping her here against her own will.
Pixel: No! The Sonic Five are nice people, with the same mission as you and Dad.
Sydney (looking at her V-Pager): Apparently not.
Pixel: What do you mean?
Sydney: I just got word that Azritan is sucking the energy out of the RoboSonic and MacroCarrier.
Carter: We've gotta let him know of the mistake that he's making before it's too late!
Pixel: Wait! I'm coming with you.
Sydney: Are you sure?
Pixel: I figure that I have to face my past sooner or later.
Dr. O: You better be careful. This could be a trap.
Neil: We're Sonic Five. We're ready for the worst.
Sydney: Then let's go. Sonic Pentium Charge!
[The three transform and head out of O Techlabs in their Sonic Speeders. Pixel rides with SonicBlue and Nick rides with SonicWhite.]
SonicWhite: I'm warning you, Nick.
Nick: I've learned my lesson.
SonicBlue: Good. We got no time to lose. Blue Speeder, find SonicRed and SonicBlack!
[The onboard computer tries to pinpoint the Sonic Soldiers' biorhythms.]
They're near the Earthbase. This is too dangerous.
Nick: I'll be able to help. Don't worry, Carter.
SonicBlue: All right, then. Let's go!
[The Sonic Soldiers head towards the northern territory and the battle between Azritan and RoboSonic and MacroCarrier.]
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Argox: Azritan is fighting the Sonic Five.
Arachness: This is working out better than I had hoped. The more that idiot thinks about his daughter, the better the chances of defeat for the Sonic Five.
[Divit and Synchron rush in.]
Synchron: The rest of Sonic Five are on their way.
Arachness: Good.
Divit: The two half-breeds are with them....
Arachness: Even better... Let them come. It's time for a family reunion. Argox, you may get your catch yet...
[Arachness drowns herself in a sea of wicked laughter.]
SONIC V STAND BY
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An awkward family reunion...
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