Sonic: The Last Standing

Chapter 1

Defeat Of The Inevitable

Explosions shook the ground. Dirt from the dusty cavernous area rose, making some of the team of Freedom Fighters breathe laboriously.

Another explosion from Doctor Robotnick's missiles shook the earth, but banked too far left, avoiding the massive army of Swatbots, and the Freedom Fighters as well. They were somewhat protected by a small dugout, but that shelter would not last forever.

"Run y'all! This fleets gonna blow any second!" Bunnie yelled, fearing some would not hear her over the powerful explosions that left everyone's ears ringing.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Sonic ran in the opposite direction, away from the once glorious army of improved Swatots, now demolished and programmed to explode by the push of a button.
The button, in which Tails was holding.
"Don't push it yet Tails! I want to see just how many there are..." Sally said, observing the immediate area, "If we don't do this right, we could cause a landslide!"
"Who cares? We can just split if a landslide happens, and Robotnick can take a nice dirt nap." Sonic said snatching the button from Tails' hands.
"Don't you dare! We're not as fast as you, we could very well be caught up in it if you detonate it now!" Rotor took the controller back "Have you forgotten what we came here for?"
"Yes, yes his new plans, I know! But if we finish him now then we won't have to look for plans anymore! It'll be over! Wait- I have an idea."
Sonic took the remote back and ran toward the Swatots.
"Get away from here, now! I'm going to finish this!" Sonic shouted back, hoping he wasn't too far away.
They clearly understood, since they were clearing the area; Sonic hoped he was making the right choice.
If it wasn't then it could cost him dearly.

The wind whistled in his ears as he ran; his quills were becoming straighter and straighter with the violent recoil of the wind.
He was coming up on the Swatbots; more and more began to pour out of the entrance.
"The entrance...I could just veer into the entrance." Sonic said to himself, the robots vastly approaching.
"But what's the fun in that?"
He pressed the button.
Almost instantaneously, the robots exploded around him. He had to dodge the debris from the wreckage, a robot head even landed in his arms.
"A worthy souvenir, but I already have one...well wait, this is the upgraded version isn't i-"
His voice was caught when he realized he was falling.

The robot head he had in his hands shattered when he hit a ledge.
"Well...there goes that memory." He tried to pull himself up,but the rocks jagged edges tore into his legs, making him cry out in pain.
He was forced to let go.
He tried to balance himself; find some sort of maneuver to land safely even though he didn't know what he would be landing on.
"Jagged rocks, water, heck...for all I know it could be more Swa-"
He landed with a hard thump on his back. Moaning, he sat up, stars in his eyes.
"I...kinda wish it was just some 'bots. But no it had to be concrete!"
He stood up with a groan, and began walking in the darkness.
"Helllooooooo? Anyone important in here?"
Suddenly he heard screams up ahead; he ran towards them, expecting to see animals in distress or someone he knew.
"Robotnik! What are you doing?!"
Sonic stared as he saw the horrific sight.

Robotnik was experimenting on a white cat who was strapped to the metal bed.
Her face was a picture of horror and pain; whatever clothes she had when she came were faded and tearing. Robotnik turned and smiled at the hedgehog.
"Why hello there!" His voice was rasping and unsteady, like he had swallowed a handful of rocks.
"Care to join me? I am only making history before your eyes! Dear Gale here is a fine contribution to science is she not?" He motioned to her, expecting some sort of claim. "You..." She coughed harshly, then continued, "A-are a...sick man...you know that? You ca...can...go to he-" Her voice cut short by a coughing fit.

Ivo pressed a small button in response, giving her an electric shock.
She howled in pain; Sonic couldn't take it any more. He launched himself at Robotnik,taking him down and also turning the machine off.
"How's it feel, Ivo?" He began by throwing into the wall,but he made no sound.
"Do you realize how much pain you've caused? How much suffering you've made?!"
He threw him into the metal bed; Sonic heard bones crack,yet Ivo didn't so much as yelp.
He heard rumbling.
"The robots...your robots are being destroyed as we speak, Ivo. Everything you've ever built is either destroyed or being destroyed. Just like you destroyed MY home."
He slammed him in the right wall.
No sound.
"MY friends!"
Into a computer monitor, shards of glass pierced Ivo's skin.
But he didn't flinch.
"MY FAMILY!"
Sonic threw the once grand doctor across the room.
"Why is he so silent?" Sonic thought to himself as he freed Gale.
"Can you stand up? Do you need me to help you?" Sonic asked, keeping an eye on the doctor, who was stirring.
"Don't touch me...I'm a monster..." She said quietly, as she tried to sit up, but with no avail.
"We're all monsters when we've been tampered by him...and trust me, I'm a popular experiment." Sonic said as he picked her up realizing how light she was.
And that she had something on her back.
"You don't understand, Sonic...these were not here before..."
She opened up her broad white wings.
They were covered in stitches, it appeared that they were grafted on. The girl couldn't hold them open for long, and let them droop limp in front and behind Sonic.
He put her down gently.
This was the last straw.
Ivo looked up expectantly,
"My...beautiful...creation, you are a living work of art my avian feline..!"
"Shut up already!" Sonic punched him in the back of his skull, instantly making him tumble over.
More rumbling. His wristband chirped on.
"Sonic! Can you hear me? You need to get out of there! It's an unstable rock cavern, it could cave in on you any minute now!" Nicole shocked his arm.
"Alright Nicole, alright I'm going but I sure am going to miss this pla-"
The ground shuddered, suddenly chasms spread out from everywhere.
"Oh no! Gale!" Sonic almost forgot. He turned back to only realize she was gone.

"I guess she made it out on her own, but how..?" Sonic ran as fast as he could back to the place where he dropped in.
"I hope I can do this, wait what am I saying? Of course I can."
Sonic began to build momentum by running in circles, then ran up the wall.
The wall shuddered, making it hard for Sonic get some leverage.
"I don't need another free fall! This isn't making it any easier!"
The hole above began to close.
"Oh no, no, no,no you don't!"
He jumped, praying that the momentum was enough to carry him out of the rapidly closing tunnel.
"There!" Even though dirt covered his legs, he was out.
He was alive.
But...what about Robotnik?
"Sonic, your okay!" Tails flew in from above, while everyone else ran in, careful not to step on the robot debris.
"Man, Rotor! Tails! You guys are both a genius! That self destruct code worked like a charm! There's nothing left of the Swatbot army." Sonic freed himself from the dirt, dusting himself off.
"Wait, what happened to ze docter? Where iz he?" Antione helped Sonic stand up after the mini-war he had been through.
"Ivo...Ivo is through guys. If you saw him you would have said the same thing. He looked...insane. He didn't look like a genius anymore...he didn't think like one either. My guess is that he locked himself down there and set up those Swatbots as a defense, because I took a look around; there were no other entrances." Sonic looked down at where he emerged from the ground; it looked in touched, like it had never opened.

"That explains why they were so easy to hack into..." Tails said, kicking a Swatbot arm "Some defense.".
"He could have escaped, Sonic. This is Robotnik were talking about." Sally was examining a Swatbot torso, searching for the hard drive.
"No we're not, Sal. He was different; something happened to him...something went terribly wrong...I just don't know what." Sonic and the others fell silent.
"If I may inter on your conversation, I have a statement." Nicole said, pretending to be considerate.
"Yes, Nicole?" Sally said grinning.
"If Ivo Robotnik and his robots are out if commission, then doesn't that make the citizens of Mobius free once more?" Nicole said, and even though a computer used a great deal of sarcasm.
"Why, yes...yes it-it does...!" Sally said, tears started to flow.
All of them, they were finally free...even Sonic could not help but shed a tear that day. Privately of course.
"We did it...Mom..Dad." Sonic stared at a picture once back home.
"We're free now...your free now."
What could he say? Freedom wasn't a natural thing for him...and neither were his tears of joy that night.