Chapter 1: An Opportunity

Sky Patrol, 15th June 3238, 9:30 am

Roman's eyes found themselves forced to open as he heard his alarm clock buzzing aggressively nearby. Letting out a groan, Roman rolled over and swatted lazily at the clock, hoping to shut it up so he could get a last little shred of sleep. But alas, it was not to be, as the alarm clock continued to buzz, as if an angry bee was flying over him shouting at the top of his voice: 'WAKE UP!' Grunting in frustration, Roman swatted at the clock once more, then finally losing patience and slamming his fist onto the clock, at last silencing it. Then he rolled back and closed his eyes again, hoping to catch a few more minutes of sleep before he was forced from his sanctuary. After about fifteen minutes, he heard a knock on the door. Throwing off the covers and muttering the darkest oaths he knew, Roman opened the door to reveal a face he knew all too well: Sally.

"Roman, what exactly did I tell you about getting up when your alarm clock goes off?" Sally asked with a raised eyebrow. As usual, she looked absolutely stunning, wearing her usual ensemble of her blue vest jacket, although right now, it was open when usually, it was closed, a black crop top that exposed her curvaceous figure, some black shorts with white trimming, and her signature blue boots. Her blue eyes sparkled.

Roman checked the day. "Sally, it's Saturday. Can't a dude get a little bit of extra sleep at the weekend?"

"Not if that 'dude' is you." Sally said. She also didn't appear fazed that Roman was topless, which usually made her blush whenever she accidentally caught him as such. Maybe she was hiding it. "Not to mention, we have something important today, so I suggest you get up."

Roman wiped some sleep from his eyes and said: "Just let me take a shower. I'll be in the common room in a minute or two. Tails up yet?"

"As usual, yes. Which is more than you or your master can say." Sally said as she walked off, giving Roman a good view of her derriere.

Roman nodded appreciatively before heading to the bathroom, undressing and turning on the water, stepping into the shower as he let out a sigh. Showering always relaxed him. After washing and all, Roman shut off the water and stepped out, making sure not to slip on something, as had become a habit of his. After this, he looked in the mirror. Hard to believe it's only been two months, Roman thought. It had only seemed like yesterday that his own troops had raised their guns on him and everything Roman had known had been turned upside down, with what had once been the Republic now having turned into the Galactic Empire, ruled by the Sith; one being Darth Sidious, the other being Sidious' brand new attack dog: Darth Vader. Turning away from the mirror, and returning to his room, Roman threw on some clothes, namely his favourite outfit: Said outfit consisting of a black zip-up leather vest jacket similar to Sally's but worn open, a black sleeveless shirt, and black spacer pants, picking up his lightsaber as well and attaching it to his belt. Once he was satisfied with the look, he stepped out of his room and headed on into the meeting room of the Sky Patrol.

Sky Patrol Meeting Room, 10:00 am

The moment Roman walked into view, he saw a familiar twin-tailed fox walk over. "Morning, Tails."

"Morning to you too, Rome. Or should I say, good morning sleepyhead?" Tails asked, drawing a few laughs from the Freedom Fighters present, those being Sonic, Sally, and Bunnie. Tails was currently wearing a button up shirt over what looked to be a white vest, both of which were tucked neatly into his jeans.

Roman rolled his eyes but clapped Tails on the shoulder. "Ha-ha, Tails. You do realise this means I'll be training you extra hard today as payback, right?"

"Not if what I have planned is going ahead." Sally said.

"Speaking of that, what exactly is it?" Roman asked curiously.

"I'll tell everyone when they've all woken up." Sally replied. "Speaking of which, would you be so kind as to wake up Roth? He's always had trouble getting up when we need him."

Roman shrugged. "Not the first time I've had to get him up." Turning, Roman stopped and motioned to Tails. "Want to come with?"

Tails instantly shook his head. "No. The last time I helped you wake him up, he got even with me by waking me real early the next day in a prank involving my balls and a baseball bat."

"Well," Roman said, "how about we prank him back? With the same prank?"

Tails smiled. "Sounds like a plan to me." At this, the two friends turned on their heels and headed off to put their prank into action.

Sally looked at Sonic, who looked at Bunnie. The three said nothing, merely shrugged.

Roth's room…

Steadily, Roman opened the door to Roth's room as silently as he could, stepping into his former master's inner sanctum. Looking around cautiously, once he had ascertained that Roth was still asleep, he motioned for Tails to enter the room.

Tails complied, baseball bat in hand. Stepping forward, he noted the position Roth was in: Roth was lying slightly on his back and slightly on his side, the duvet covering nothing but his legs, wearing a shirt and boxer shorts. Other than that, to say the least, his position was… vulnerable, mostly due to the fact his legs were wide apart, leaving a painfully clear shot at his genitals. Tails looked at Roman, who nodded, flashing the a-ok sign to him. Tails allowed himself a triumphant grin, raised the bat ready for the swing, and swung.

The bat hit Roth's groin with a crack so audible, Roman grimaced a little and his hands instinctively went to his groin.

With Roth, it was a different story. His eyes snapped open, and he rolled to the floor as a loud groan escaped him. "Fuck… You bastards hit me in th' balls with a baseball bat." Roth moaned.

Tails squatted next to Roth and said: "Next time, don't wake me up by using my balls as a batting tee. Otherwise, you'll get a similar thing done to you."

Roman squatted next to Roth too, saying: "Payback's a bitch, Roth. And this morning, Payback's mine and Tails' bitch. You hear me?"

Another loud groan escaped Roth as he grunted. "Jus' get the fuck out of here. I'll be out in a moment. Once I regain feeling in me testicular region."

Roman and Tails laughed and shared a fist bump before turning and walking away.

Back at the meeting room…

"I'll assume due to your mischievous grins that you managed to pull the prank off?" Sally asked as she noticed Roman and Tails re-enter the room.

Roman nodded as he looked around. The meeting room had filled up some more, as more of the Freedom Fighters had gotten out of bed. The fighters in question were Amy Rose, who right now was chatting to Bunnie, Rotor, who was tinkering away at something, to which Roman thought: As usual. Looking around further, he saw the unmistakeable mass of the Freedom Fighters' largest member: Big the Cat. Raising an eyebrow, he walked over, and as best he could, tapped the near seven foot cat on the shoulder. "Yo, Big."

"Huh?" Big asked vacantly as he turned to see Roman. "Oh. Good morning, Roman."

"Morning." Roman said. "Everything alright?"

Big nodded before his attention was diverted by none other than Froggy.

Roman rolled his eyes. Quite frankly, he did like Big, but found himself irritated by the fact that Big was quite dim-witted. Turning, he walked over to where he usually sat, which was next to Tails.

Not too long later, Roth walked in, dressed in his usual Jedi attire, complete with some additions of clone armour. "Morning all." Roth announced as he entered the room, throwing Roman and Tails a glare as he did.

Roman and Tails both responded with triumphant grins, again, sharing a fist bump.

Sally noticed this and rolled her eyes, drawing Sonic's attention, and gesturing towards Roman and Tails. "I swear, one of these days, we'll have Rome and Tails pranking my dad at some point."

"Now that, I would pay money to see." Sonic chortled.

Sally again rolled her eyes, smiling at the same time, just as Antoine, who had appointed himself the Freedom Fighters' cook, headed in with several plates of pancakes, which he handed to various Freedom Fighters.

"Breakfast eez served." Antoine said triumphantly in his trademark French accent.

The moment he received his share, Roman looked around for the maple syrup, noticing that Tails was reaching for it. Smiling, Roman said: "How about you try and use the Force to get the syrup?"

Tails nodded and closed his eyes, holding his hand out at the syrup as the rest of the Freedom Fighters watched with interest. At first, all the syrup did was shake slightly before it soon rose into the air, slowly moving into Tails' hand.

Everyone clapped as Tails poured some syrup onto his pancakes, with Sonic ruffling Tails' bangs.

"Nice job, little bro. Guess your training is paying off." Sonic said.

Tails shrugged. "I am a fast learner, in case you hadn't noticed." The young vulpine replied as he passed the syrup onto Roman.

Roman smiled. He and Roth had spent the past two months training Tails in the ways of the Force, preparing Tails as he readied himself to start legitimately training as a Jedi Knight. As Roman though on this, he poured some syrup onto his pancakes before beginning to eat, swallowing his mouthful and said: "Tastes great as usual, Antoine. Compliments to the chef!"

Antoine shrugged. "I do my best."

"You shush." Bunnie said. "You're the best cook this side of Mobius."

"Aside from Amy here." Roman remarked as he gestured with his thumb at Amy, who blushed a little. "Or Cream's mother from what I've heard, as unfortunately, due to her hatred of me, I have never partaken of any of her deliciously baked goods." He then made a comedic disappointed face, making a few on the table laugh.

Sally smiled as she watched this. Roman was of course referring to Vanilla, the mother of one of the Freedom Fighter's youngest members, Cream. She was a very uptight woman, which had of course, led to her being one of Roman's favourite prank targets, which had led to her developing a dislike of Roman, as she never saw the funny side to one of his pranks. Nevertheless, Roman had sworn an oath that until she found one of his pranks on her funny, he would keep pranking her. As she thought this, her plate arrived, and she began eating, as did everybody.

Half an hour later…

Roman wolfed down the last few bits of his pancakes before getting right down to business. "So Sally, you said when you woke me up we had something important to do today. What is it exactly?"

Sally nodded and rose from her chair, provoking everyone's attention. "Okay, listen up. Today, we've been given an opportunity to learn some new techniques from a very specific source." Turning to Sonic, Sally said, and you can thank Shadow for the chance to do this."

"Fair enough." Sonic said.

"So, what exactly is this 'opportunity'?" Roman asked bluntly.

"A chance to train with G.U.N for a few days." Sally declared. "We'll be staying at a top secret facility while we learn some of their techniques for clearing buildings filled with hostiles, some of their tactics, and all round, just learning how to use some of their weapons. We'll be in simulated environments, and all that good stuff."

Roman blinked. G.U.N was one of the best military forces on Mobius. Their training was second to none. To have an opportunity to train with them was like giving a kid the chance to get as much candy as he wanted for free. "Damn." Roman said. "That's something."

"Too right." Tails said.

"Anyway, who's training us?" Roman inquired.

"G.U.N's best agents: Shadow, Rouge, and someone called Ashley the Cat." Sally replied.

Roman's eyes narrowed. "Shadow and Rouge, I'm familiar with. This Ashley the Cat, I have no fucking idea who he or she is."

"Neither do any of us, so, we're as much in the dark about this Ashley as you are." Amy replied.

"Thanks for telling me." Roman said sarcastically.

Clapping her hands, Sally said: "We're almost there anyway, so I suggest you all get ready. Got a long few days."

Roman shrugged as he got up. "Okay then. Let's get ready to train with G.U.N!" At this, he turned and sprinted off, letting out an elated: "Woo!"

Sally watched him go while shaking her head. "Wow."

Yo! T-Rock14 here with a brand new fanfiction! Didn't take me too long to write this up last night after I finished the fanfic before this one.

(Little note: the baseball bat to the balls wake-up prank is a reference to the Dudesons. They did it to fellow Dudeson Jukka in order to get him back for pranking them most of the time on Season 1 Episode 2.)

Anways, please leave your reviews, enjoy the fic, and may the Force be with you. Always.

T-Rock14