Ah, Station Square is quiet this spring morning. The birds are singing. The water is calm. The palm trees on the beach are swaying. Rockets are aiming towards the skyscrapers. Wait, what? The first rocket bursts into flames, taking an office building down with it. The second rocket is about to strike until an anthropomorphic, red echidna glides from an opposite tower to push the rocket into the ocean. A volcano of salt water soars into the sky and rains onto the pavement.
The echidna wipes his brow and deeply sighs. "In the nick of time, too," he says to himself.
In a split second, a blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog races to the foot of the still standing building and shouts, "Nice save, Knuckles."
"And I made it before you did, Sonic, which makes it all the better. Where are Tails and Amy?"
"Still trying to find the creep shooting rockets all over Station Square."
"They've been searching for an hour. What is this thing? Invisible?"
Beep! Beep! Each of their watches go off, signaling an incoming call. They look down at their wrists to see the double tail insignia flashing yellow. They both activate the two-way camera by pressing the sides of the watches. Their screens combined into one, so they could see their yellow and white furred, blue-eyed, anthropomorphic fox friend, Tails.
"Speaking of the devil," mutters Knuckles.
"Tails!" exclaims Sonic, "Any good news?"
"Downtown Station Square, Sonic! It passed the Shopping Center!" Tails frantically informs.
"Come quick!" shrieks the voice that belongs to the only female in the pack. An anthropomorphic, pink hedgehog pokes her head into the screen area, batting her long lashes quickly. "Sonic, Knuckles, there's a girl here! She's in trouble, and this thing has more rockets than I have shoes in the closet!"
"Then, what time is there to waste, Amy?" Sonic replies, "Come on, Knuckles. There's going to be nut and bolt oatmeal for breakfast."
Downtown, Tails's plane zooms past over the store roofs, chasing a silver, flying robot with red, metal hands and feet. The robot has fire-powered rockets blasting from the soles to keep it balanced in the air. Its arms transform from hands to machine guns in seconds. The torpedo bullets are fired and form holes on the sidewalk. Dodging the shots is a pale girl with the height of five foot five and blonde, shiny hair that reaches the bottom of her upper back. Her sneakers are worn, and her laces are loose, causing her to trip block after block. The flight instinct continues to kick in when the robot's shadow consumes her physical body. Tails and Amy would assist her by distracting the robot with pellet shots to its metal skin. The robot would only strike the plane once each time and return to head hunting the innocent human.
"Tails, it's closing in on her!" Amy shouts.
"I'm running out of ammo, Ames," he responds at equal volume. "I don't know how much longer we can distract him until he finally gets her!"
"Oh, Sonic! Knuckles! Where are you?"
Coming from the opposite direction, Sonic spin dashes through the streets, avoiding each civilian at perfect distance. His apologies are too quick to hear. Knuckles races and glides across the rooftops. The overview sight gets him a good look at the robot responsible for the rockets that have been blowing up all over the city.
"Sonic, do you see him?" he calls to his friend on land.
"So that's the ugly thing responsible for ruining my morning," the blue hedgehog answers. "I'll get the victim. You take out its head."
"Right!" Knuckles skydives off the roof and speeds towards the robot. His spiky knuckles pierce the metal, causing the echidna to land hands first. Small sparks pop, but they aren't enough to create a major effect on the functioning of the mechanical villain. "So you like picking on little girls, huh?" he mocks, "Well, let's see if you can squish me instead." One smack to the head is all it takes for the robot to start attacking a different target.
On the ground, before the girl could reach the wall, Sonic scoops her from the ground and dashes out of the area with Tails's plane flying over them as a shield. "Don't worry, princess. That bully won't try to lay his hands on you again."
As weak as her response is, the girl still manages to express her gratitude. "Thank you."
Knuckles jumps once both of the robot's arms come swinging, and the fists miss and hit the head. The robot freezes in mid action, which gives the echidna the perfect opportunity to tease the mechanical creature some more. "Hey, Boltface! Over here!" he calls from the left shoulder.
The robot attacks with the right.
He approaches the right and says, "Ya missed me, moron!"
It attacks with the left next.
He returns to the original spot and taps the robot's head. "I have to say. You're aiming is weak." Before the living machine could strike again, Knuckles climbs down to the back of it, where the black symbol of Eggman is marked. "Sorry to say, pal, but your mission is done." With a loud grunt, his right fist punches through the metal, and it comes out with wires in between its fingers.
The rocket power from the feet gives out. The hero safely lands on the street, and the robot crashes, still in whole.
"Could've gone faster if we found you earlier, jerk. Oh well. We all can't be choosers, can we? Give my regards to Eggman for me." Cracking his knuckles, the echidna starts his way back to the main area of Station Square. His feet sense a minor tremor, which causes him to turn. One more rocket is fired towards him, and the best Knuckles can do is to hop onto it and push it into the partly cloudy sky. "Nice improvement for your last." Before he can say anymore, the sky bursts into flames. Shortly after, rain pours into the city. "You have got to be kidding me," is all Knuckles can say when the water wets his bangs over his eyes.