p class="MsoNormal"The Serious Sonic Archives/p
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p class="MsoNormal"Author's Note: Welcome to the Serious Sonic Archives, as most of you Sonic fans know there has been a long running Sonic comic series since 1993, however until the issues reached their late thirties in the series, most of the stories were self-contained and cartoonish with a lot of whacky stuff that was common in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series. The point of this series is to capture every single story of every single comic that chronologically happened from the original mini-series, all the way to issue 50. Why go that far and why include the early specials? Well because even though the stories were becoming more and more serious, and actual story arcs were coming, there was still a considerable number of issues with cartoon antics in them, this series will tell the stories in a serious manner much like that of the SatAM cartoon series. This series will have major spoilers for events from issue 0 of the mini-series all the way to issue 50 of the main series, so only read if you're willing to have these spoilers but keep in mind this is a FANFICTION and as such it will have some major alterations from what was actually written and drawn in those early comics, some of the changes will include mentioning certain characters./p
p class="MsoNormal"On one very final note, for those of you who haven't read Knuckles the Echidna issue #29 it was revealed that the reason Princess Sally had her colors change from blonde and orange colors, to black and pink colors in issue #1 of the miniseries, and later on from black and pink colors to the iconic red and brown colors in issue #16 of the main series, is because she fell into a vat of chemicals while on a mission, the chemicals first gave her blonde hair and orange fur, but after a serious bath she got black hair and pink fur from the lingering chemicals trapped in her hair and fur, it was only after a series of serious baths that she finally regained her original red hair and brown fur. So in the prologue of this story, we'll get my take on that faithful mission that changed Sally's colors, along with some background and there will be notes if some stories are telling's from the points of view of other characters. Without further ado, here's the Serious Sonic Archives, enjoy./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Prologue/p
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p class="MsoNormal"Planet Mobius Year 3229, year 5 of the Robotnik War/p
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p class="MsoNormal"For half a decade, the Kingdom of Acorn and many small settlements across Mobius have suffered under the reign of the dreaded Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the man once known as Julian Kintobor, using his Badnik Horde of robots made up primarily of SWATbots, and aided by his nephew Snively Robotnik, he has claimed that he rules the planet wherever he goes, and has broken hope and morale across the globe. However a group of gifted children, led by Princess Sally Alicia Acorn, have formed a group of four heroes known as the Freedom Fighters. Princess Sally's team is made up of her acting as a tactician and field leader, a young (and skittish) soldier named Antoine D'Coolette, a gifted mechanic named Rotor Walrus who has a knack for making machines that can blow stuff up thus giving him the nickname Boomer, and an unusually super-fast hedgehog known as Sonic the Hedgehog! Princess Sally is a chipmunk squirrel hybrid, Antoine is a coyote, Rotor is a purple walrus and Sonic is a blue hedgehog. Sally and Sally are only 9 years old, Rotor and Antoine are 11 years old, and in spite of their young ages they have chosen to take on the evils of the Robotnik Empire from their hidden village of Knothole. Five years ago, they all lived in the glorious city of Mobotropolis, the capital of the Kingdom of Acorn, their mission is to save their loved ones including the king, and to restore their old home./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik, turned Mobotropolis into a city called Robotropolis, the capital of the Robotnik Empire that was described by Dr. Robotnik as being a city of the future. Robotropolis is a very nasty and dangerous city, it is ideal for anything mechanical and anything living in the city has to suffer from the pollution and filth that Dr. Robotnik makes on purpose, Dr. Robotnik is a mechanical genius with an I.Q measured at 300 or at least close to that number, he is also a very nasty and wicked dictator claiming to rule the world and spreads pollution and robots wherever he goes while greedily gaining resources. But today the Knothole Freedom Fighters, led by Princess Sally, begin their first mission to sabotage a chemical factory. Knothole is a very beautiful village, it is located deep in the Great Forest located in Northamer the name of the continent that the Kingdom of Acorn is in, half of the village is located on the surface of the Great Forest while the other half is located underground, Knothole was divided like this in order to try and keep the village safe. The Freedom Fighters, for the time being are using the underground section of Knothole as their base of operations, soon Princess Sally gathered her team and friends, and began planning their first mission./p
p class="MsoNormal"The Freedom Fighters were gathered around a table, and Sally talked over the plan, "alright guys. This is our very first mission, all of our training has finally led up to this big moment for us, and for Planet Mobius!" Sally said with excitement, she was wearing only a pair of boots and for some reason didn't wear much clothing unlike most female Mobians, part of this could be because she's a tomboy princess, but it might be something else? At least Mobians in general have thick fur to cover their bodies, with only a few exceptions./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the plan Sally?" Rotor asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well Boomer, we need to sabotage Robotnik's chemical factory, located in this section of Robotropolis." Sally said as she pointed to the southeast area of the city./p
p class="MsoNormal""How shall we commence the act of sabotage ma princess?" Antoine asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""I think its simple Ant, I just go in and mess the place up, and making it so Robotnik can't use it again!" Sonic said as he tapped his foot while waiting./p
p class="MsoNormal""Actually Sonic, you are going to distract Robotnik, while Antoine, Boomer and I break into the factory, and plant some charges on critical areas in the factory." Sally said as she showed the group one of charges, which was created by Rotor, aka Boomer as his friends call him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic seemed to like the idea of distracting the fat man himself, "you mean I get to kick ol' Robotnik's big butt on my own Sal?" Sonic asked the princess./p
p class="MsoNormal""Exactly." Sally said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I have only one thing to question about za plan, shouldn't it be just me and Boomer doing zhe sabotaging? The battlefield is no place for a princess." Antoine said, he was concerned for Sally./p
p class="MsoNormal""We've been through this before Antoine, I am the one who organized us in the first place, and I have to lead my team. Otherwise what kind of a leader will I be?" Sally said, insisting that she led the team./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sounds good to me, what about you Ant?!" Sonic asked Antoine./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well….. Um… I am thinking zat it is the need of vote, to see if zhe princess should stay." Antoine said, as he was insisting that Sally stayed behind, but he wasn't just thinking of keeping her safe, he also wanted to show her how great he could be, and mostly to keep the only heir to the thrown safe from Robotnik./p
p class="MsoNormal""Very well, all in favor of me staying say I." Sally said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I!" Antoine said./p
p class="MsoNormal""All who oppose, raise your hand!" Sally said with some excitement, and surely enough Antoine was outvoted. "Then it's settled, I shall lead the team on our mission, and every mission where I'm needed!" Sally said with excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal"Later that day, the Freedom Fighters started their mission, they had waited for the right moment for Sonic to go in and get the attention of the Badnik robots. Once he got the attention of the SWATbots, the rest of the Freedom Fighters moved on into the factory, they snuck around with backpacks on, and moved quickly and quietly, as they planted the charges. Outside Sonic was having fun using his speed, and his powerful Sonic Spin attack to destroy the SWATbots, "come on Robotnik, where are you?" Sonic said as he noticed Robotnik was nowhere to be found./p
p class="MsoNormal"Inside the factory Sally was walking down a railed bridge while getting ready to plant the final charge, "Boomer! Are you and Antoine all set?!" she called out./p
p class="MsoNormal""We're good to go Sally!" Boomer said, as he waved to her./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Antoine saw something big walk on to the railed bridge that Sally was on, it was moving toward her, "Princess! Zhere is ze monster! On zhe bridge!" Antoine cried out as he warned her./p
p class="MsoNormal""A monster? There's no such thing as monsters Antoine." Sally said casually as she was turning her head to the direction she was heading to./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then she paused and saw what Antoine was talking about, "hello Princess Sally. It's been a long time since we last met." The monster, was actually the dreaded Dr. Ivo Robotnik! He had figured out that Sonic was distracting his robots from guarding the factory, so he snuck in the back to see if anyone had broken into the factory./p
p class="MsoNormal""Robotnik!" Sally yelled out./p
p class="MsoNormal""The one and only, last time I saw you, you were only a tiny girl. I must admit I'm surprised to see you lead your friends in this game, but playtime is over princess. And now I shall turn you all into robots, in my Roboticizer." Robotnik said as SWATbots surrounded the bridge on both ends./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sally and her team gasped seeing the bots suddenly come in, "You'll learn that I play rough, Robotnik!" Sally said as she kicked his gut, which got him off guard, but then SWATbots tried swinging at her and attempted to capture her. "No! Stop! Stay back!" But she got forced backwards on to the railing of the bridge, "No! Don't come any closer!" she said as she kicked at the bots, then one fired at her, hitting the railing due to poor aim, "Aaaaaaaah!" Sally screamed as she fell off of the railing, and landed in a vat of chemicals./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sally!" Boomer said in shock./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ma Princess!" Antoine cried out./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik had his right hand on the railing as he looked down at the vat of chemicals, he saw bubbles come to the surface and then suddenly stop. "It appears that your princess is gone, such a shame, I was hoping I could've turned her into a robot to be my personal slave maid." Robotnik said to Boomer and Antoine./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sally… No…" Boomer said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I feared zat zhis would be happening." Antoine said as he cried./p
p class="MsoNormal"Just then Sonic came charging in, he destroyed some of the SWATbots and said to the doctor, "alright Robotnik! Where's Sally!" he said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh my! What speed? Who are you?" Robotnik asked the hedgehog./p
p class="MsoNormal""The names Sonic the Hedgehog! And answer my question doc!" Sonic said, as he demanded an answer./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik chuckled, "Well Sonic, your princess fell into my vat of chemicals. She's probably dead from drowning in it by now?" Dr. Robotnik said as he pointed to the vat Sally fell into./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic however ran down to the bottom and used a Sonic Spin on the vat of chemicals from the outside, soon the chemicals flooded out, once the chemicals were drained out, Sonic began looking for Sally. But to everyone's shock and relief she was alive, she stood up with chemicals dripping off of her, Robotnik was shocked to see this. "What?! The princess survived! Now this is interesting." Dr. Robotnik said as he leaned over while looking down./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sal are you okay?!" Sonic said as Sally was panting for a moment./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sonic… I… I'm soaked in chemicals…" she said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah but what matters is you're alive Sal, and… Whoa! You changed colors!" Sonic said as he helped Sally walk./p
p class="MsoNormal""What?!" she said./p
p class="MsoNormal""No time to explain, we've gotta juice outta here!" Sonic said as he used his super speed to get him and his team out of the chemical factory./p
p class="MsoNormal""What speed! I've never seen a Mobian run that fast before, especially a hedgehog. At least not in person." Dr. Robotnik said as he was remembering something that happened a couple years back, but before he could recall what he was thinking about, a SWATbot came to him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sir! There are explosive charges in the factory, we must evacuate the facility at once!" the SWATbot said as it urged Robotnik to escape./p
p class="MsoNormal""What?! How is this possible?!" Dr. Robotnik said, as he and the SWATbot made for the exit./p
p class="MsoNormal""It would appear that the princess, and her friends planted charges in critical areas of the factory." The SWATbot said as it explained what happened./p
p class="MsoNormal"Soon the charges went off, and then the interior of the factory was destroyed, smoke rose from the factory and it was fractured in several areas. "It would seem that these children aren't playing around, perhaps they can be a challenge?" Dr. Robotnik said to the SWATbot as he headed for the nearest launch bay./p
p class="MsoNormal"Soon the doctor hopped into a hover pod known as an Egg-O-Matic, thought why he'd use the name egg in it is unknown, and it might have something to do with a family member? "Sir, may I inquire what you're planning?" the SWATbot asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well SWATbot, I am going to use my Egg-O-Matic and terrorize those so called Freedom Fighters, and I have just the substance to get that hedgehog in a little trap. My trap will involve one of my new Mobini model Badniks that I created." Dr. Robotnik said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Which Badnik is it?" the SWATbot asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Caterkiller, he will be good for my little plan, defeating Sonic and his friends will be Childs play." Dr. Robotnik said as he pushed a button on his Egg-O-Matic, soon it was hovering in the air, then he flew to the entrance of one of his Badnik factories and pushed a button to activate the main Caterkiller Badnik./p
p class="MsoNormal"The Caterkiller inched out like a caterpillar, "What is my mission mighty Dr. Robotnik?" the Badnik asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Quite simple, I'm going to use you in a trap so I can kill Sonic the Hedgehog or at least capture him, he might be a useful Robian." The doctor said as a clamp came out from underneath his Egg-O-Matic, it then picked up Caterkiller, and then he flew away with the Badnik to the edge of the Great Forest./p
p class="MsoNormal"Meanwhile, back in the underground of Knothole, Sally was shocked with how things happened, she was glad her training paid off when it came to holding her breath, but the most surprising turn of events was when her fur and hair colors changed, "I can hardly believe this happened." Sally said while looking in a mirror./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll say Sal, now you're blonde with orange fur." Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm so sorry zhat I was not able to protect you ma princess." Antoine said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sally, you need to take a bath to get those chemicals out of your fur." Boomer said, then all of a sudden an alarm went off./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's going on?" Sally said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Its one of the alarms on the edge of the Great Forest, Robotnik is heading in." Boomer said./p
p class="MsoNormal""No doubt, zhe tyrant must be invading to finded our village of Knothole?!" Antoine said, he often has trouble speaking sentences right because he wasn't taught how to speak proper English and only fully understood French, most of the time he spoke with a mix of the two languages./p
p class="MsoNormal""You mean Robotnik is trying to find Knothole, and that's something I can't allow to happen!" Sonic said as he was tapping his foot with impatience./p
p class="MsoNormal""What do you plan on doing Sonic?" Sally asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm going to go out there! And give ol' Robotnik a piece of my mind. He's gonna pay for making you fall into those chemicals earlier today, and then some for everything else he's done!" Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I would like to see you trying to beat ze Robotnik." Antoine said./p
p class="MsoNormal""I will Ant! And I'm gonna go do it right now!" Sonic said as he took off out of Knothole, and back up to the surface./p
p class="MsoNormal""Good luck Sonic!" Sally said./p
p class="MsoNormal""While he's gone you need to take a bath Sally." Boomer suggested./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll do that later, we have to know how this day will end." Sally said as she insisted on waiting for her bath, she'd have blonde hair and orange fur for the day./p
p class="MsoNormal"Soon Sonic ran out to the edge of the Great Forest, he stood still for a moment and looked at his left wrist and pretended to have a watch on, "come on Robotnik, I'm waiting." He said./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Dr. Robotnik saw Sonic, his robotic eyes glowed as he grinned and pushed a couple buttons on his Egg-O-Matic, he then used his throttle stick to move the Egg-O-Matic close to Sonic, he then pushed a button a fired mega-muck at Sonic, "farewell rodent!" he said, but then Sonic suddenly jumped out of the way./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nice try Robotnik, but I'm faster!" Sonic then ran and Robotnik chased after him./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Issue 0/p
p class="MsoNormal"The Beginning of Don't Cry on me Mobius, and Oh No-Robo! No Mo' Mobo!/p
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p class="MsoNormal"Planet Mobius use to be a beautiful and fun place to live, but then Dr. Robotnik took over, and began polluting and unleashing robots wherever he went. But a team of young heroic Freedom Fighters, are the only hope for the world and their led by Princess Sally and Sonic the Hedgehog! The Freedom Fighters are the heroes of Knothole, they are made up of Sonic (fastest and coolest dude on two feet), Tails (junior member), Sally (the princess), Rotor (nicknamed Boomer) and Antoine (a skittish and slightly snobbish young soldier). Together they fight the villains of Robotropolis, led by the evil Dr. Robotnik (evil scientist dictator), and his commanders Buzzbomber (commander model), Cluck (commander model that doubles as a pet to the doctor), Crabmeat (commander model close to becoming Lt. Crabmeat) and Caterkiller (commander model)./p
p class="MsoNormal"After the Freedom Fighters sabotaged one of Dr. Robotnik's chemical factories, the mad doctor wanted revenge, outside of the Great Forest, he ambushed Sonic and plans to capture or kill the hedgehog using his mega-muck. "This mega-muck will stop you in your tracks Sonic!" Dr. Robotnik said as he fired mega-muck from his Egg-O-Matic./p
p class="MsoNormal""You gotta hit me with it first, Robotnik!" Sonic said with a grin on his face as he ran from the doctor, he saw this as just some sort of fun game taking on the doctor./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik moved his throttle stick he used to pilot his machine forward, he then said, "and so I shall! I've gauged your speed and now…" he fired his mega-muck from a cannon at the bottom of his Egg-O-Matic, but Sonic jumped out of the way, "Hey! No fair jumping!" the doctor shouted./p
p class="MsoNormal"While Sonic was in the air he said, "all's fair in love and war doc, and this ain't love!"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHe said sarcastically./p
p class="MsoNormal""AAAARRGH!" the doctor yelled out as he waved his fists in anger./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic picked up on his back sass to the doc, "Then again maybe it is! I do love to drive you crazy!" He said as he looked back at the doc who was angry. Then Sonic began heading back for the Great Forest to check on Sally, "Well, that's enough for today… I'd better head back to… whoa! Roadblock!" Sonic said as he suddenly saw a big robot big in front of him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Please, call me Caterkiller!" the robot said./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Robotnik came flying toward Sonic, "haw, haw! Now I've got you trapped hedgehog! You will tell me the location of Knothole Village, or I'll encase you in mega-muck forever." The doctor said as he flew over Sonic and Caterkiller./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic held his hand out in front of Dr. Robotnik, while tapping his foot, "Let you capture me? Let you turn them into robots? No way, tubby!" Sonic said as he made it clear he wasn't surrendering./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then prepare to perish Sonic." Caterkiller said as he reared his front robotic body up, he was ready to strike at Sonic./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik smiled evilly, he then pulled back a leaver on his control console, "I've been waiting for this moment." He said as he closed his eyes in excitement as his machine launched out mega-muck./p
p class="MsoNormal"However, Sonic used a Spin Jump and dodged the mega-muck with ease, "Well, you'll have to keep waiting, 'cause a Sonic Spin is gonna keep that mega-muck off of me." Sonic said as the mega-muck missed him and not only hit Caterkiller but sent the Badnik commander into pieces, Caterkiller model Badniks are made up of segments that can detached if the Badnik is damaged, however if the head is hit then the Badnik is destroyed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Egad! It splattered all over my Caterkiller." Dr. Robotnik said as he saw the damage he did to his own robot./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ain't that just bad?" Sonic said sarcastically/p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik was angry, his plan to capture Sonic failed, he pointed at the hedgehog and said, "You're responsible for this you… you… you…" but before Dr. Robotnik could finish his threat, Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Your needles stuck chubby." He said with a grin on his face while smiling, his record player reference comeback was pretty good. Then Sonic began to run away from the scene, "I'd love to stick around, but I've gotta juice!" He said as his running caused mega-muck to go flying all over Dr. Robotnik./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik lost control of his Egg-O-Matic, he then crashed into the remains of Caterkiller, the head of his Badnik went flying into the air during the crash, and it then landed on his pointy head. "I'll get that hedgehog, if it's the last thing I do…" the doctor said angrily as he pushed himself up out of his wrecked machine, Dr. Robotnik had minor injuries from the crash, but he could easily call in Badniks for help./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic looked back and said, "Catch you later metal mouth." Sonic then ran deep into the Great Forest, he then thought to himself as he was remembering the secret entrance into the Knothole underground. (This is the way to the underground of Knothole, Dr. Robotnik hasn't found it yet, and as long as I'm around he'll never find it. All I have to do to find the entrance is pull down this vine for the entrance to open up, of course I like doing it like Tarzan.) Sonic thought to himself as he swung on the vine like Tarzan, he then aimed for a wood stump that's top opened up. Sonic then landed in the hole, and slid down a slide like tunnel, the entrance closed up and Sonic thought to himself some more, (whoa! I really like this part of the tunnel!) He thought to himself as he slid through a corkscrew like section of the tunnel. Sonic then came flying out and landed on a hay bale, "time to hit the hay!" He said as he landed, he then jumped down and said, "I'm baaaaack!" and Sonic was greeted by his friends Tails and Boomer./p
p class="MsoNormal"Tails is a very unusual Mobian, he was born with a rare mutation; two tails! And even more surprisingly the little fox cub has shown the ability to twist and turn his twin tails without hurting himself, although he was very little he could speak full sentences and showed some skill for speed, "Sonic! My hero! Were you battling dozens of Robotnik's androids?" Tails asked./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic closed his eyes as he was clapping his hands to get rid of dust, "well I hate to brag Tails… But…" Sonic said, but he was suddenly interrupted but Boomer./p
p class="MsoNormal""But he will, give him a chance to brag." Boomer said with a bit of sarcasm in his tone./p
p class="MsoNormal"Just then Princess Sally stepped in, "Bragging is one thing Rotor, leaving a trail for Robotnik to follow is another." She said as she showed concerns that Sonic was probably followed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Princess Sally, have no fear your royal worry wart. I took off at warp Sonic speed, my feet never touched the ground!" Sonic said as his way of saying he wasn't followed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hmmph!" Sally said as she crossed her arms./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh boy, I know just how he did it! I've been practicing this move!" Tails said with excitement as he was getting ready to dash./p
p class="MsoNormal""Careful Tails." Boomer/Rotor said with concern./p
p class="MsoNormal""Here I goooo-ooof!" Tails said as he took off, but he tripped and crashed on to the floor, "I'm okay!" He said as he was getting up on his own. Boomer showed concern for Tails, and offered to help him up but Tails insisted he could do it alone./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aw, isn't it sweet how he idolizes you Sonic? Like how we all do?" Sally said as she looked over to Sonic. Sonic, did the princess just give him a compliment and mean that she idolized Sonic? Sally then said, "err… I mean all of the residents of Knothole, but not me of course! Imagine that… Me idolizing you… Ahahahahahaha!" Sally laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic laughed along with her, she and Sonic then shared the same thought at that moment as they turned, but looked at each other over their shoulders, (Yeah… Imagine that.) But their thoughts were interrupted by Antoine./p
p class="MsoNormal""Your Highness, I have an important announcement!" Antoine said as he stepped into the scene./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well if it isn't Antoine D'Coolette, Knothole's number one blowhard." Sonic said sarcastically to Antoine./p
p class="MsoNormal""Sonic, please be nice…" Sally whispered to the hedgehog./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ahem." Antoine said./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's the announcement Ant, too much starch in your underwear again?" Sonic asked as he made a joke./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes as a matter of fact… ur… no! My message is most urgent, a leak has been discovered here in Knothole, and worse it could lead to flooding in the underground of Knothole or worse… Robotnik could use his technology to locate and destroy us." Antoine said as a drop of water hit his left index finger./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh how horrible!" Sally said in shock at the news, soon water started dripping down and Tails and Boomer didn't like seeing it./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll say… Ant needs help delivering dramatic speeches." Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal"Meanwhile in Robotropolis, Dr. Robotnik had safely returned to his capital city thanks to his Badniks, the commander model Caterkiller was being repaired in one of the factories while he was in the command center of one of his factories. "Sonic the Hedgehog must be eliminated!" He said as he suddenly remembered why he needed brought back to his city with Badnik support, at the front of his office desk for the command center of the factory, it read out the following. Dr. Robotnik Supreme Dictator, Industrial Polluter, Megalomaniac, Corrupt Politician, Underhanded Reprobate, Rain Forest Ravager, Puppy Kicker, Oil Spill Coordinator, Holiday Hater, Insurance Salesman. A few of these things were not serious, but most of them were very true, for Robotnik was as evil as they came and he enjoyed making that fact clear, every now and then./p
p class="MsoNormal"His Buzzbomber commander was in the office while Robotnik said this, "yes doctor… But how? We can't find the Freedom Fighter's hideout." Buzzbombers are wasp like Badniks that can fire lasers from their robotic stingers, they can sting like a real wasp to and have nasty razor like teeth, some models can fire rockets but these are few in numbers./p
p class="MsoNormal"At the nearby spy monitor, Commander Crabmeat who was close to becoming Lt. Crabmeat, was keeping eyes on the monitor, "Sir! I'm getting something on the spy screen!" Crabmeat said, Crabmeats are Badniks modeled like crabs as their names suggest, in addition to a nasty pinch they can also fire laser balls from their claws, and some models can fire rockets. Next to Crabmeat there was a sign on Robotnik's desk that said, "Rights violated while 'U' wait" which was one of the few puns Robotnik allowed in his factories./p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Robotnik looked at the monitor and said, "good work Crabmeat! It looks like a group of non-robotic beings are on the edge of the Great Forest. Capture them at once!" He ordered./p
p class="MsoNormal""As you will, Dr. Robotnik." Crabmeat said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Come with me Buzzbomber, we shall find these beings, and then crush them!" The doctor ordered, Buzzbomber might've reminded him he didn't fully recover from the fight he had with Sonic, but the robot knew best not to argue with the doctor./p
p class="MsoNormal"On the edge of the Great Forest, in the sector not too far from Robotropolis, Sonic and the Freedom Fighters were investigating the source of the leak, they were very close. Antoine moved forward insisting he could find the leak, and he landed in a puddle, Sonic laughed seeing Antoine all wet. After Sonic had his laugh he pointed out that the leak was being caused by Mobian Weeping Willow Trees, Sonic explained that recently acres of forest was recently destroyed by Robotnik while he was hunting for the location of Knothole, and the Willows were crying over the loss of their friends and fellow trees. Mobian Weeping Willow trees are among the few know species of Mobian Trees, these trees can't do much communication like Mobians or Overlanders like Robotnik, but they do express emotions especially ones for their namesake, it is to this day unclear how they can release water from their branches and weep but it is known that they can just do it. Sonic then pulled Antoine out of the puddle, just then Tails warned everyone that they were under attack, and then Dr. Robotnik in a new Egg-O-Matic alongside Commander Buzzbomber, attacked the Freedom Fighters./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is the plan of attack doctor?" Buzzbomber asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""First we'll smash Sonic's friends, with my Checker Wrecker Ball!" The doctor said as he pushed a few buttons, then a wrecking ball with checker markings attached to a chain came out from under the Egg-O-Matic, he then began to chase the Freedom Fighters alongside Buzzbomber./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic ran toward a hill and yelled out, "Aw c'mon, Robot-Nood-Nik! I'm the one you want… Or are you to chicken to chase me? Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Sonic said sarcastically as he tried making an insulting nickname for the doctor as he ran down a pathway./p
p class="MsoNormal"Robotnik's Egg-O-Matic was faster than Sonic thought, "Spiny Swine! How dare you! I'll gladly flatten you into a Sonic Pancake!" Robotnik shouted as his machine smashed a tree in half near Sonic, this Egg-O-Matic was faster than the first one./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well, well, well, well, well, look at that!" Rotor/Boomer said with excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why do you, do you keep saying that Rotor?" Sally asked him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Because that's where Sonic's heading, to the well. And not just any well, but the one where he hid the first Power Ring that his Uncle Chuck made for him." Rotor/Boomer explained to Sally./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic reached the top of the well, but Robotnik was right on top of him as he reached inside the well for a Power Ring, "say your prayers hedgehog." Dr. Robotnik said as he was ready to smash Sonic./p
p class="MsoNormal"The Buzzbomber counted down the seconds until Sonic was smashed, but then Sonic said, "Yes a Magic Ring!" He held it and then said fast, "your days are numbered Buzzbomber, because you and all the other robots' days are numbered!" Sonic then said as he jumped through the Power Ring, or Magic Ring as he called it for now. "When I jump through this Ring like a hula hoop, Robotnik's ball will loop the loop!" Sonic did just that, the Power Ring enhanced all of his natural abilities tenfold./p
p class="MsoNormal"The Checker Wrecker Ball, was sent flying in a loop, Robotnik barely had enough time to grab it with his strong flesh arm and robotic arm, he then went crashing with his Egg-O-Matic, he quickly threw off the ball and wheezed while saying, "My beautiful ship... Ruined!" He said as he was pushing himself out of the wreck, which was the second wreck he survived today./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sonic then said, "and you're next Robotnik!" while pretending to roll up a sleeve on his left arm./p
p class="MsoNormal"Buzzbomber saw the Robotnik needed rescued, so the Badnik went down and Robotnik grabbed the robot by its stinger, thankfully Robotnik wore gloves. "Hey come back here and fight me like a man! Or robot!" Sonic said as he wasn't quick enough to catch Robotnik as he made his escape./p
p class="MsoNormal""Not today hedgehog! You may have won the day, but I will return!" Robotnik then ordered Buzzbomber to get him out of the area, "I'll get you yet Robotnik!" Sonic said as he waved a fist at the retreating doctor who was heading back to Robotropolis for his own good./p
p class="MsoNormal"Later on in the Great Forest, the Freedom Fighters planted Mobian Weeping Willow Trees around the Great Forest, in order to help regrow areas of the forest that were lost to Dr. Robotnik. After the work was over, the Freedom Fighters celebrated their first victory against Dr. Robotnik, it was a glorious start for the Freedom Fighters, for it would be the first of many victories for them, especially with the help of Sonic the Hedgehog!/p
p class="MsoNormal"Later at night, while Tails was being tucked into bed by Sonic, the fox cub said, "say Sonic, how come we're fighting Dr. Robotnik?" Sonic then said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well big guy, Robotnik wasn't always around making trouble. It all started years ago, before you were born. Back in those days my Uncle Chuck was an inventor, but he then began selling out chilidogs, part of the reason is because my old place I chilled at for a chilidog was torn down, by Dr. Robotnik." Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""No way!" Tails said with excitement and surprise in his tone./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes way! And one day after I returned from delivering chilidogs, Uncle Chuck got an order for two hundred chilidogs, and I was the only one able to deliver such a big order. After Chuck finished the chilidogs, I ran super-fast with a wheelbarrow of chilidogs, and went into a nasty old city. Then I rang the doorbell of a factory, and out came a nasty robot chicken named Cluck!" Sonic said as he was making shadow puppets with his hands./p
p class="MsoNormal""Whoa! What did you do after you met the robot?" Tails asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then the nasty old Cluck told me to wait, then I heard a checkered wrecking ball drop from the sky, I barely had enough time to dodge it as it crashed the chilidogs into chili sauce!" Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then what happened?!" Tails asked as he was shaking a little./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then I naturally knew something was fishy, I ran back to my Uncle Chuck's chilidog shack, and nasty SWATbots were tearing it down! I gave one the old one-two! Then I used my speed to trip them up! I then learned the same place I was at sent the robots. Then I went back to the city, I knew that the name of the guy who made those nasty robots was called Dr. Robotnik. When I arrived behind a hedge at the edge of the city, I knew it was time to kick some Ro-butt-nik! But then it happened…" Sonic said as he was building suspense./p
p class="MsoNormal""What happened?! Tell me!" Tails said with interest and excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal""I felt hands touch my shoulders! I jumped high and met a girl, she said her name was Princess Sally, she was telling me not to go. But I was like, I've gotta go save my uncle! But she was like, no you can't go because of all those Buzzbombers! Then we saw a bunch of Mobians including my Uncle Chuck turned into robots! I was trying to save my uncle, but Robotnik's robots captured Sally! Then do you wanna know what happened next?" Sonic asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah!" Tails said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then, I made a vortex, and destroyed the robots made by Robotnik, thankfully I didn't hurt the people turned into robots. But I sent Robotnik flying away! Then I heroically ran into the Great Forest with Princess Sally in my arms, then she asked me a question, do you wanna know what it was?" Sonic said as he was close to finishing his story./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, yes! Tell me what she said!" Tails said with excitement./p
p class="MsoNormal""She asked me if I'd join the Freedom Fighters, and I said yes because I'm cool." Sonic said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh really? Is that how it happened?" Princess Sally asked Sonic as she stepped into Tails' room./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well… Yeah, it totally was." Sonic claimed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Was it really how it happened, Sally?" Tails asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Not quite… But close." Sally said./p
p class="MsoNormal""When can I hear how it really happened?!" Tails asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""When you're older, but for now rest Tails." Sally said as she gave the fox cub a kiss goodnight./p
p class="MsoNormal"And so ends the story of the very first mission of the Freedom Fighters, but you probably want to know a little more about these children and the villains that they fight? Well we shall explain what we can for now, Sonic is a nine year old hedgehog Mobian, for reasons unknown Sonic (like some Mobian hedgehogs) has the unique ability to run at speeds that no living thing normally could, this has easily earned him the title Fastest Thing Alive (at least in Knothole, there could be faster people elsewhere?!), Sonic grew up as good friends with Princess Sally, Rotor and Antoine and the four witnessed Robotnik's takeover of Mobotropolis five years ago, Sonic loves chilidogs and for a brief period acted as a delivery bog for his beloved Uncle Chuck Hedgehog, before Uncle Chuck was captured and Roboticized. He has been inspiration for the people of Knothole for many reasons, he laughs in the face of danger and easily turns steel plated robots into scrap metal all while grinning and often making a sarcastic comeback, if not for his speed then the Freedom Fighters might not survive against Robotnik./p
p class="MsoNormal"Princess Sally Acorn, the appointed leader of the team, Princess Sally (or simply Sally or Sal for short) is the last known living royalty in the noble Acorn linage, under the teachings of her nanny and instructor Sally has shown a lot of gifts in various fields, from developing hand to hand combat, to gymnastics, to developing technical skills and leadership that is always trusted, she also shows a very kind, caring and understand personality and a skill for diplomacy, making her very important both as a member of the Freedom Fighters and for the very survival of the Kingdom of Acorn. Recently she led her first mission, which met success but she took an unexpected chemical bath and got a change in colors as a result./p
p class="MsoNormal"Antoine D'Coolette, a young soldier who was trained by his father since he was a toddler, Antoine is among the older of the children in terms of age and has had more training for combat but mostly for self-defense. Antoine witnessed his father Armand lead the last military charge to reclaim Mobotropolis, and believes that his father fell, having no parents he's grown skittish over the past five years and has often been the butt of Sonic's jokes, Antoine was taught French by his mother and English by his father, but he often speaks a mixture of both and has trouble making proper sentence structures while talking. And to top it off, Antoine is quite a show off (as most boys tend to be) and will do most anything to impress the princess whom he has fallen in love with, he acts quite snobbish around Sonic but is truly a good guy (he has trouble showing it right) and although his skills may not yet be much against robots. He is a useful young swordsman and will do anything to save his king and country taken by the evil Dr. Robotnik (and hopefully kiss the princess in the process). Antoine wears the most clothing among his friends, a soldier uniform, socks, boots and a sword sheath./p
p class="MsoNormal"Rotor Walrus, a gifted inventor who originally came from up north, Rotor is among the older of the children (like Antoine) and possibly one of the most mature of the group? Rotor's family moved to the city for a better life, for a couple years he got to know Sonic, Sally and Antoine before Robotnik took over, Rotor lost his father Sherman in the last military attempt to reclaim Mobotropolis and his mother vanished among the chaos. Like Antoine, Rotor remembers the times before Robotnik, and he has as much motivation to fight against the doctor as any of the Freedom Fighters, his skills as a gifted inventor aren't perfect quite yet, and like any inventor he's had machines blow up on him and he has had a knack with making weapons such as the charges used to sabotage Robotnik's factories, these actions have given him the nickname Boomer which he is often called by in Knothole both by his friends and the people. Rotor wears his lucky yellow hat (and has a spare red and yellow hat) along with a tool belt./p
p class="MsoNormal"Miles "Tails" Prower, is the youngest of the member of the team, technically a Junior Freedom Fighter, this three year old has shown some remarkable intelligence for his age, and is a bit speedy. Miles' got his nickname Tails from the odd mutation he has, which is a pair of tails (no other reported documents on Mobians have had such claims to the knowledge of the Kingdom of Acorn) and whatever the case for this mutation is, Tails is proud of his nickname and his enthusiasm and innocence of his youth make him adored by his teammates. Tails admires Sonic more than anyone else, and he tries following him wherever he goes, Tails wears only gloves, socks and shoes to mimic his heroes' attire. Tails has much training to undergo and among his few abilities he's displayed besides above average speed, is the ability to twist his twin tails without causing himself any form of pain, rather he can use these tails to gain speed or something else remains to be seen!/p
p class="MsoNormal"Dr. Ivo Robotnik, a villainous and wicked man the likes of which hasn't been seen in thousands of years, Dr. Robotnik was a criminal among his own people, wanted for crimes that were said to be weapon experiments on his own people, he was arrested and made his escape, he would be found by Mobians and took refuge among them while helping them fight his own people the Overlanders, Robotnik was at first a hero but after about a half year of peace, he took the robots of Mobotropolis and made them all serve his evil plans for the city and its inhabitances, he captured about 85% of the overall population by the time he took over the city, those he captured were turned into robots using his Roboticizer or Robo-Machine for short. In the following years Robotnik would make tons of robots to serve him, and claims to have taken over the entire world (with the exception of Knothole) and under his dictatorship he's made a series of strict rules and will enforce them personally, Robotnik is an evil genius scientist and a former warlord turned dictator, making him a truly dangerous person both physically and mentally./p
p class="MsoNormal"Exactly why he's done all of this is uncertain, but he has made his robot hordes known collectively as the Badniks to enforce his rule. SWATbots were once police robots and medical care robots but Robotnik made them into the standard foot soldiers of his army, most SWATbots are a series of greys in color with either wrist mounted lasers or laser cannons they carry as weapons (these are the most commonly seen of the SWATbot variants, Robotnik tends to give some personality to these variants), special ops/mission versions come in black, there are also aerial variants that patrol Robotropolis and are built into their hovercrafts (these ones have bug like heads and red colors), there are also SWATbot patrol ships, and robots that double as vehicles for the otherwise slow robots. Badnik robots like Caterkiller, Buzzbomber and Crabmeat are mass produced and at the head of each Badnik unit or army is a commander. The Badnik Commanders display various personalities, but all of them ultimately are loyal to Robotnik and always get their personalities recycled into a new body when the old one is destroyed. Cluck and Lieutenant Crabmeat are special cases, Cluck acts as a commander of all the Cluck robots, and acts as Robotnik's pet (and possibly the only thing Robotnik truly cares about other than himself), and Lieutenant Crabmeat is currently the highest ranking Badnik and is prone to suffer a lot from Robotnik's tantrums and tirades whenever the scientist is angry./p
p class="MsoNormal"And the terms Mobian and Overlander refer to the two dominate races that the people of Knothole know about, the Overlanders were four fingered beings like Dr. Robotnik, they fought a five year war with the humanoid animal people known as Mobians, after the war the Overlanders (with the exception of Robotnik and a nephew his) vanished. Mobians are all some kind of animal, but some (such as the Weeping Willows) are plants, it's said that there is a Mobian of every single animal species on the planet Mobius. And some of these Mobians live in certain regions of the world, Mobotropolis was known for having a member of practically every Mobian species alive in the community, each one had a unique quality or gift that helped out. Some Mobians have displayed what would be categorized as super powers, these rare gifts (depending on the species) vary from super speed like Sonic, to super strength, to flight and heightened IQ, and even other abilities that are just difficult to explain. Mobians in general are peaceful people, and tend to live in coexistence with nature, perhaps part of this comes from their animal ancestry? Or perhaps part of it is habit/nature? Whatever the reason, Mobians don't generally make high tech cities like Overlanders, and it's known that Overlanders regularly consumed resources for building and creating machines, because of this Overlanders made toxins without much thought to it. Dr. Robotnik is regarded as the worse possible Overlander of all, after all he was hated among his own people, and that hatred was for a genuine reason and not simple barbaric behaviour that Overlanders often show. In spite of this there were some Overlanders, who were truly kind and gentle and voiced concerns with the environment, and it is a shame that those good Overlanders along with the others vanished./p
p class="MsoNormal"And so ends the first story!/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p