((Hey everyone! This is… Kind of a strange tie-in to my Mean Bean Machine stories, which all take place in the AoStH-verse. This first one is a prequel, the second one is what happens during/after, and the third… Well, I dunno what I planned exactly for that. These are all just silly stories centric on how an AoStH episode would play out.

This is also just a small little vent of ideas, before making either the next MBM story in Spring, or something else entirely!

You may recognize some characters from the show, while others are just mere background fodder made into full characters- Like this first story. Later down the road, we'll see original characters, thankfully only two of them.

With that in mind, if you're an AoStH or MBM fan, enjoy!))


ROBOMARY'S BADNIK

PART 1

"Hey Dr. Robotnik! How come we're not the ones doing today's plan for catching the hedgehog? Huh?" Scratch was following the large doctor around along with Grounder tagging behind as always.

Robotnik's patience was wearing thin very quickly, he turned around, shouting at them. "You two had failed me for the last time! I didn't want to do this, but I'll have to rely on my bounty hunters once again! Before you two nincombots, I had made them to chase Sonic!" Both Scratch and Grounder jumped back a bit at his yelling.

"Uhh, but if they failed you last time, what makes you think they won't again?" Grounder asked in a dopey manner.

Gritting his teeth, Robotnik kicked down the door to the main hall, multiple badniks standing in a line. "Because, you drilling-dunce! I selected the most intelligent, lethal, and talented robots of them all this time! I had no choice but to rank them!"

A red-colored bird badnik similar to Scratch stood there, having wings for arms and sharp talons for feet. "Vultorment! He has the eyes of an eagle, and can catch his prey easily, alive or otherwise!"

Robotnik then gestured to one with a red and yellow spiky head, wearing a scarf along with holding a sniper. "Boltlet the sniper! He can shoot down a speeding bullet with his own firepower!"

Then there was one with a propeller where his nose would be, colored a blue-gray. "Aeron! He can swoop down at the hedgehog, and has the same cunning as any pilot!"

Looking proud, was a golden badnik wearing orange overalls, however, instead Robotnik directed Scratch and Grounder's attention to the demon-looking robot. It seemed to be female judging by the eyelashes, and torso area. She had wings folded down, horns, and a devil-tail.

"Lucie! The most devilishly cruel, yet also a trickster!" The gold badnik glared at Robotnik, and then Lucie, before waving his hand to try and get the doctor's attention. "Oh yes, that's right… I nearly forgot!"

He then directed at a knight. He had hair around his chest and back, like it was a cape, and he carried a trident. "Sir Ffuzzy Logik! My champion, has won nearly every duel!" The gold badnik grew even more impatient, clearing his throat so he could be heard.

"Along with him… Drrrrragon Breath!" Robotnik rolled his 'R's per usual as their attention was on the giant, dragon-bot. Mostly gray colored, spikes going down the back of his head, red armor on his shoulders along with a kilt. "His brute strrrrength and flames can destroy a forest— No! A village! Along with his direction amongst the bounty hunters, he's a near perfect leader!"

Dragon Breath gave a smug expression at the compliment. The golden badnik had just about enough as well, and whistled, this time Robotnik finally noticed. "Oh, and yes! Spike, the most boisterous brrrruiser one could ask for! He's more than capable of thinking up a perfect trap for that pesky hedgehog!"

Spike then puffed up his chest, trying to show off, only to be kicked in the rear by the demon badnik, who giggled mischievously at his misfortune. "I hereby appoint you all to come up with a plan to catch that hedgehog and his two-tailed frrrriend!" Robotnik then looked back at Scratch and Grounder. "You two, are demoted until further notice! Dragon Breath and Ffuzzy Logik will be taking your places in the Super Special Search for Sonic and Smash Squad! And whoever brings the hedgehog back, will get a big prrrromotion!"

Before Dragon Breath could even say a word, Ffuzzy Logik gently shoved him to the side, gloating. "Lord Robotnik, I shall not fail you! Capturing the rogue of a hedgehog… Tis what I was made for!" In annoyance, Dragon Breath pulled him back by the hairs, making the knight yelp.

"You can count on us, your nastiness!" With that, the doctor went back into his quarters. Scratch and Grounder just watched as Dragon Breath was soon smacked across the face by Ffuzzy Logik, who in turn grabbed the knight and gave him a noogie. Spike ignored them both, in an attempt to look superior.

Scratch just scowled at the two. "Yeesh, do we act like that?" He asked Grounder, who shrugged.

Lucie on the other hand, just turned away from them all. "Promotion… Sounds like I'll have to dispose of anything in my way… Or should I say, anyone~" With a chuckle, she then glanced at Boltlet, who was putting tranquilizing darts in his sniper. "Darling, could I have your attention for a moment?"

Tensing up, Boltlet tried to remain calm and cool, trying to show off to the girl badnik. "What is it, sweetcheeks? You wanted to see these guns?… Or these ones?" He then flexed an arm, despite being rather thin, rather than bulky in the slightest.

"No, I just came here to say…" She then grabbed his body, squishing it around into a cartoonish, metal ball of parts, before dunking him into the nearby garbage chute. "That you're dumped~ Not that we were a thing at all to begin with, huhuhu!"

Scratch watched the whole thing from around the corner as Lucie exited Robotnik's fortress while laughing. For once, the chicken felt uneasy about another badnik, rather than just the demented doctor himself.

"I got a feeling that demon is exactly what she's made up to be!" He said while narrowing his eyes.


Vultorment stood at the top of a tree with binoculars, searching for the hedgehog, Aeron standing next to him. "When does that hedgehog show up?! I'm just itching to grab that blue rat and drag 'im back to Dr. R!" Aeron cracked his knuckles, the propeller on his nose was spinning.

"Can't you be patient at all, you airhead?!… Wait, I see him!" His sights laid upon Sonic the Hedgehog, who stopped for a moment to let his friend Tails catch up.

Aeron stamped his foot down. "Wait?! I'm not gonna wait if he's there now!" Revving himself up, the badnik proceeded to fly over towards them. Vultorment's eyes widened at his hasty nature, unable to notice the devil robot behind the tree he was perched upon.

Taking out a saw, Lucie chuckled. "This should be one way to bring that birdbrain back down~" She then glanced at the saw, before thinking it over. "Hmm… No, perhaps that's too much." Lucie tossed it aside like it was nothing more than garbage.

… And then proceeded to take out a chainsaw instead. "Or, maybe it's not enough!" As she turned it on, Lucie then cut the tree before her multiple times, until it was nothing but sawdust and toothpicks. Vultorment however, stayed up in the air as he didn't notice the change beneath his feet.

"That idiot! He's going to get wrecked for sure!" Putting the binoculars away, Vultorment proceeded to try and climb down the tree… Until he saw that his hands and feet weren't attached to anything, and that he had to follow the cartoon logic of what happens when you look down.

Vultorment fell from quite a height before crashing onto the ground, his parts scattering, with only his head remaining. Lucie stepped over to him, picking it up. "Alas, poor Vultorment! I knew him well!"

His beak attempted to bite Lucie's hand, before she quickly dropped him, and kicked Vultorment's head away entirely. "Now, for that pest of a jet!" She snuck over to where the hedgehog was, wanting to spectate whatever was going to happen.

Tails looked up, seeing the badnik circling them. "Sonic! Look out!" He pulled the hedgehog out of the way, just as Aeron swooped down, and screeched to a halt when he saw that he didn't catch Sonic.

"Oh, so you're not gonna sit still for me, you rat?!" Quickly jumping to turn around, his hands retracted into his metal arms, which were shortly replaced by giant fans. "In that case, let's see if you'll keep up!"

With that, harsh winds began pushing Sonic and Tails past several trees. Aeron ran over to the duo, who were trying their best to run through the gust by keeping their speed up. It felt like they weren't moving at all though, and were just pushed further.

"He's too strong…!" Tails felt his body give in, unable to keep it up much longer. Sonic grabbed his arm, trying his best to keep them both from falling to whatever was down that cliffside behind them.

"No way are we getting done in by some blowhard!" Sonic taunted. Aeron heard the trash talk coming from the hedgehog, and gritted his metal teeth before drawing in closer.

"Repeat that! I dare ya!" Sonic felt his body pushed even further back as the force from Aeron came nearer. As he turned his head back slightly, Sonic could feel his feet on the edge of the cliff… And down below it was a speeding river.

Just as things seemed rather grim, most would know by now that just about nothing could go bad for our heroes, and that's just what was intended when Lucie spied on all three of them. "Goodness me, he's doing so well… Would sure be a shame if something happened during all this!"

Glancing at a small, flexible-looking tree, Lucie held it down with just her foot, before attaching some kind of orange object to it, and then letting go…

"Say goodbye, hedg— OW!" Something splattered on the back of Aeron's head. He shook around, turning off the fans and then looking at what was just tossed at him. "A PUMPKIN?! What?!"

Becoming smug, Sonic ran past Aeron, and curled up into a ball. "How about I wash that off of you, buddy?" As he dashed into the robot's leg, Aeron felt his whole body shoved beyond the cliff, Tails dodging him narrowly just in time.

He was unable to activate his propellers due to the the strings and goop of pumpkin covering his head, and before long, Aeron fell into the river, face-first and short-circuiting from the water. "I won't forget this you—" Aeron was constantly electrocuted while attempting to curse out Sonic, before long he was carried away by the rapids.

While Tails was grateful for what had just occurred, Sonic couldn't help but seem suspicious. "Somethin' ain't right here Tails… Who even tossed that squash at him?"

Tails thought about it, unsure. "Ummm… A nearby vegetable farm?"

Now would be as good of a time as ever to catch Sonic and his friend, but just as Lucie wanted to grab him from the bushes, the hedgehog shrugged. "Either way, it's unsafe here! Let's juice, kid!"

Her arms and wings attempted to get them both, but Sonic and Tails were far too fast. Lucie snapped her fingers in annoyance. "Drat!… Well, now is a good time as ever to find the others and keep them from reaching him…" Lucie's eyes narrowed, amused at the possible plots in her mind.


"So, when that hedgehog arrives, he's gonna try to run past here like anywhere else! But he's not gonna be payin' attention, and run into the tacks! Whaddya think?" The focus was on a small road covered in tacks that were sticking up from the ground, and then to Spike, who turned to Sir Ffuzzy Logik and Dragon Breath.

Dragon Breath was about to state his opinion, but Ffuzzy Logik once again decided to interrupt him. "Nay, Spike! Tis a coward's way of confronting that rogue hedgehog!"

"Are you kidding me?! That's as good as we're gonna get, Ffuzzy-Fface! You got a better plan?!" Dragon Breath asked.

"That I do, foul dragon! We shall stand guard out in the road, until we cross paths!" Sir Ffuzzy Logik suggested, looking proud.

Spike just slapped his palm against his own face, while Dragon Breath smacked him over the head with his club. "That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard!" Dragon Breath replied. "You know how the hedgehog is! He'd find a way to escape with you trying to make a fair fight!" Standing up straight and trying to look composed, Ffuzzy Logik merely remained calm, trident inhand.

"I do not see thou coming up with anything either…" He then lowered his trident, poking Dragon Breath in the rear with it, making him yelp and his kilt flip upwards for a moment from jumping up in pain.

"YEEOWCH! Oh, that does it!" Before long, the two got into a cartoonish dust cloud of a fight. Spike, fed up with the both of them, was about ready to storm off, until he could hear the sound of someone speeding through.

His face brightened up as he saw a familiar blue blur. "The hedgehog! He's right where I want 'im!" Spike just watched as Sonic was about to step onto the tacks…

… Only to find that Sonic was going so fast, he blew through all of them as if nothing was there. Spike did a double-take, before approaching the trap he had set-up. "But how?!" He examined all the tacks, the path now having a perfect split in the middle as they were just scattered to the sides.

Spike was infuriated, he couldn't believe his perfect plan had failed, and he wasn't going to let that blue hedgehog get away with it. While Spike wasn't exactly too fast on his feet compared to Sonic, he was sure going to try to catch up at least.

Unfortunately, Spike had accounted on Dragon Breath and Ffuzzy Logik at least following him, not that it mattered once he noticed. "I don't need those rivet-brains! I'll get him myself, and—" Without paying attention, his foot got caught on some kind of net, which triggered and bundled him completely.

He took a moment to process what had just happened, before struggling to tear his way out. "Well, look at who was sticking out like a nail…"


((I'm gonna try to come up with a bad pun-title for each ep…))