Lucas (Sonic Unleashed)


 * This is about the human that appeared in Sonic Unleashed. For the Metarex that appeared in Sonic X, see Lucas/Dark Oak.

Lucas (ルーカス) is a human resident of Apotos in Sonic Unleashed. He is the father of Mauro, and a fine sailor. He cheerful, yet calm man and is well-known for his distinctive chuckle "heh heh heh". He used to live in Spagonia with his son, but an accident at sea caused Lucas to get amnesia. While everyone believed Lucas to be dead, he actually survived and came to live in Apotos with no recollecting of his former life. It was first many years later that Lucas finally recovered his memories and returned to the life he had left.

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''A sailor with a distinctive chuckle who also happens to be Lambros's accomplice at sea. Something about that chuckle reeks of secrets, but maybe it's better that way: some secrets, the world just isn't ready for.''

History
According to Lucas, he was much like his son in his youth: cocky and cynical. As a kid, he was friends with Denise, and they remained close friends over many years. At some point in his life, Lucas became a sailor for a living and had a son, named Mauro.

While Mauro was still very young however, Lucas was lost in a boat-accident while at work, possibly a shipwreck, and everyone believed that Lucas had died in the incident. Lucas however, had managed to survive the incident, but the experience had caused Lucas to lose nearly all his memories, even those of his own son. After the incident, Lucas came to live in Apotos, where he became Lambros's accomplice at sea. While Lucas managed to adjust to his new life, he always had the feeling that he had forgotten something important.

Many years later, during the events of Sonic Unleashed, the Earth broke apart due to Dark Gaia's awakening, and Lucas was left unable to travel to Spagonia, for the first time since he left, to look for work. Despite this major occurrence however, Lucas managed to take this and his situation in stride, and just found it interesting of how he had never expected this to happen.

Lucas first appeared in the game, when Sonic and Chip first arrived in Apotos and began looking around the town for clues to Chip's identity, as Chip suffered from amnesia as well. Later the same evening, Lucas saw Sonic, Chip and Tails take off in the Tornado, and asked Sonic when he returned to Apotos, if he could get a ride in it one day. He would also often check up on Sonic if he had been to Spagonia, and if he had restored its continent. Along these lines, Lucas continues to get the feeling that he has forgotten something, but let it slide each time.

Soon after Sonic and Chip restored Spagonia's continent, Lucas traveled to Spagonia to look for work. There he meets Sonic and Chip and remarks how fancy it is for them to bump ínto each other here. He also mentions to them that despite this being his supposed first trip to Spagonia, he gets this nostalgic feeling about this place, but guesses that it must be his imagination.

Not long after arriving, Lucas had an accident where tripped on the step on the side walk and hit his head. The resulting jolt from the impact however, caused Lucas to regain some his memories and could recall that he used to live in Spagonia. Despite having recovered some of his memories however, Lucas still felt that was something he was not remembering.

During the following day, Lucas ran into his son Mauro, who had become a prankster to get attention and fill out his lonely life, for the first time in years, but he was not able to remember him. Upon seeing Lucas, Mauro asked Lucas if was a sailor and Lucas then told that he was. Lucas then asked Mauro why he asked and hears from Mauro that his father was a sailor, but he lost him. Lucas then says that he is sorry to hear it and that he must miss him, though Mauro claimed otherwise.

Later that evening, Lucas met Denise who had been looking for Lucas after she had heard he was back in town. At first Lucas wonders what is going on, but then recognizes Denise and remarks that he had not seen her in ages. Their reunion is cut short however, as Denise told Luas to go see Mauro, and he asks her why he has to go see this kid. Denise then angrily tells Lucas that Mauro is his son and how she had helped raising him. At first Lucas is calmly surprised over the news, but then yells out in shock over hearing that he has a son.

The next day, Lucas approaches Mauro and tells him that he is his father and apologizes to him for it taking so long for him to get his memory back. After Mauro begins to cry in joy and confusion, Lucas asks Mauro to forgive him and swears that he will make it up to him and that nothing is going to keep them apart.