The new freedom fighter
By LazerTH
In the land where Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters fought for justice, a visitor came,
from another country utterly laid to waste by the evil forces of the same man that threatened the
peace of the land he now came to, Dr. Ivo Robotnik. The visitor was alone, all the people he ever
knew were gone forever, and a fire for justice burned fiercely within him. This visitor was a powerful
addition to the Freedom Fighters, for the abilities granted to him years ago were far from ordinary...
The oncoming night promised a storm as a lone figure hurried into a nearby tavern that once
belonged to a town, a town that no longer existed since Robotnik had taken over most of the free
countryside. Places for the gathering of people were scarce now, with robots regularly patrolling
the area and enforcing the laws Robotnik had set. His reign had started after the first Great War,
when he had overthrown King Acorn and his city, Mobopolis, which Robotnik had renamed "Robotropolis",
where there was nothing but metal and machines to be seen from what had been the most beautiful
city of the land.
"Good evening, everyone," the figure said, still shivering from outside as he hung his overcoat
on a nearby rack. The other people in the tavern grunted several greetings and went back to their
card games and their beers.
"You're not usually this late, Max. What kept ya?" growled the barman, a rotund badger who
leaned against the bar as the fox walked slowly toward him and took a seat alongside the polished
surface.
"I was talking to Tyler," he explained, wringing his tail to get the sogginess out. "He heard of some
very interesting news."
"Hmm. What kind of news?"
"There is a new Freedom Fighter!"
Others who had been listening perked their ears up and huddled in a small group around
where Max was sitting.
"What? A New Freedom Fighter?"
"Who is it?"
"Where did he come from?"
Max looked around uneasily at the sombre faces of those around him. Life was not easy for
many of them with robots enforcing laws, that had to be obeyed, or else.
"Before I start talking about this, you all must realize that if any of Robotnik's robots hear of
this, we are all sure to be in a lot of trouble. So I ask for a vow of secrecy to be taken, and it must
only be told among your families, and to other friends not working for the enemy."
The barman raised himself to his full height, and took the vow solemnly. The other people
around him each swore, and only then did Max begin to tell them.
"The new freedom Fighter is a hedgehog, like Sonic except he's red. Red and orange all over..."
"Red? There isn't such a thing as a red hedgehog!" protested a female hedgehog that was
among them. Max looked at her.
"Do you wish me to continue or will you interrupt me every time I say something unusual?"
She stayed in an embarrassed silence.
"From what Tyler said, he is red. He has spines on his head two feet long, and the funny thing
is that he only has two sets of 'em. His face is strange, too. Along his forehead he has a big V shaped
patch of fur and he has separate eyes. I heard that he arrived a week ago, and I think he already
has a hut by the Lake of Rings, set up by Rotor and Tails themselves. Tyler heard that he came
from another country, that was destroyed by Robotnik during a war that country had with him."
"Robotnik!" sneered a coyote, his fangs bared. "If this country ain't good enough for him, he has
to go and destroy another one!"
"The way it was destroyed was horrible. Tyler was almost crying when he told me, said that
Robotnik used a nuclear Megabomb."
Gasps of horror came from the group. Such mass murder was unforgivable. The horrific power
that Robotnik had! He was responsible for the deaths of thousands, maybe millions, some of them
thought, and he might do the same to us.
"That... that is terrible!" murmured the barman, who had slumped into a large chair. The group
was silent for several moments until Max found the courage to resume his story.
"However, Robotnik is in serious trouble. I had to ask Tyler to repeat himself twice to believe
what he told me next.
The group waited and listened, barely breathing.
"On the same day that this new guy arrived, Robotnik sent a huge force of over a hundred
Hoverbots to destroy Knothole village where the visitor had went to after he arrived here. Oh, wait,
I almost forgot to tell you something else that happened. Tyler said that the visitor had met with
none other than Mecha Sonic! He also said that the visitor destroyed Mecha Sonic when they fought!"
"Oh, wow, this is getting good," said the female hedgehog.
"Yeah. Now, back to the original story. When this huge squadron arrived now, Tyler said that
the visitor and Sonic completely annihilated the entire squadron in under ten minutes."
"What!"
"Impossible!"
"Incredible!"
"You are serious?"
"More serious than I ever was," Max answered quietly.
"But... how was that possible? And how on Mobius did he defeat Mecha Sonic?!" asked a
squirrel, quite jittery from what he had just heard.
"Well, uhh, none of you are going to believe this. This visitor you see, has an incredible power
that has saved us more than once these past years. It is the same power that Sonic used to crush
several plans of Robotnik before..."
"You are joking."
"Not that. How could it be that? Only Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have the ability to use it."
"Max, are you saying that this... visitor has the power of the Chaos Emeralds themselves!?"
"That is exactly what I was told. That is why Robotnik is in trouble. If the visitor has this limitless
power with him, nothing can stop him."
At this point everyone, including Max, had a smile on his or her face.
"Then," said the barman, not quite ready to believe what he was about to say, "Then, we're... saved?"
Everyone was silent. The storm outside poured rain down and sent a cold wind to chill this
gathering.
"We are not certain," Max said, the smile melting away. "The visitor was injured badly by Mecha
Sonic before he destroyed Robotnik's squadron. However, the moment that he recovers, he will
make Robotnik pay for the terrible crimes he has committed. That is what everyone who knows
this is certain of."
The group was silent once more, and listened to the rain outside. They could not celebrate,
for robots had very sharp sound sensory equipment.
"This is wonderful news, Max, but I have a question which everyone must know to spread this
story of hope. What is his name?"
"His name," Max said, drawing in a breath slowly as everyone else held their breath, "Is Lazer."
From this story many more have come. The arrival of this new Freedom Fighter may save them
from destruction, however, only time will tell...
By LazerTH
In the land where Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters fought for justice, a visitor came,
from another country utterly laid to waste by the evil forces of the same man that threatened the
peace of the land he now came to, Dr. Ivo Robotnik. The visitor was alone, all the people he ever
knew were gone forever, and a fire for justice burned fiercely within him. This visitor was a powerful
addition to the Freedom Fighters, for the abilities granted to him years ago were far from ordinary...
The oncoming night promised a storm as a lone figure hurried into a nearby tavern that once
belonged to a town, a town that no longer existed since Robotnik had taken over most of the free
countryside. Places for the gathering of people were scarce now, with robots regularly patrolling
the area and enforcing the laws Robotnik had set. His reign had started after the first Great War,
when he had overthrown King Acorn and his city, Mobopolis, which Robotnik had renamed "Robotropolis",
where there was nothing but metal and machines to be seen from what had been the most beautiful
city of the land.
"Good evening, everyone," the figure said, still shivering from outside as he hung his overcoat
on a nearby rack. The other people in the tavern grunted several greetings and went back to their
card games and their beers.
"You're not usually this late, Max. What kept ya?" growled the barman, a rotund badger who
leaned against the bar as the fox walked slowly toward him and took a seat alongside the polished
surface.
"I was talking to Tyler," he explained, wringing his tail to get the sogginess out. "He heard of some
very interesting news."
"Hmm. What kind of news?"
"There is a new Freedom Fighter!"
Others who had been listening perked their ears up and huddled in a small group around
where Max was sitting.
"What? A New Freedom Fighter?"
"Who is it?"
"Where did he come from?"
Max looked around uneasily at the sombre faces of those around him. Life was not easy for
many of them with robots enforcing laws, that had to be obeyed, or else.
"Before I start talking about this, you all must realize that if any of Robotnik's robots hear of
this, we are all sure to be in a lot of trouble. So I ask for a vow of secrecy to be taken, and it must
only be told among your families, and to other friends not working for the enemy."
The barman raised himself to his full height, and took the vow solemnly. The other people
around him each swore, and only then did Max begin to tell them.
"The new freedom Fighter is a hedgehog, like Sonic except he's red. Red and orange all over..."
"Red? There isn't such a thing as a red hedgehog!" protested a female hedgehog that was
among them. Max looked at her.
"Do you wish me to continue or will you interrupt me every time I say something unusual?"
She stayed in an embarrassed silence.
"From what Tyler said, he is red. He has spines on his head two feet long, and the funny thing
is that he only has two sets of 'em. His face is strange, too. Along his forehead he has a big V shaped
patch of fur and he has separate eyes. I heard that he arrived a week ago, and I think he already
has a hut by the Lake of Rings, set up by Rotor and Tails themselves. Tyler heard that he came
from another country, that was destroyed by Robotnik during a war that country had with him."
"Robotnik!" sneered a coyote, his fangs bared. "If this country ain't good enough for him, he has
to go and destroy another one!"
"The way it was destroyed was horrible. Tyler was almost crying when he told me, said that
Robotnik used a nuclear Megabomb."
Gasps of horror came from the group. Such mass murder was unforgivable. The horrific power
that Robotnik had! He was responsible for the deaths of thousands, maybe millions, some of them
thought, and he might do the same to us.
"That... that is terrible!" murmured the barman, who had slumped into a large chair. The group
was silent for several moments until Max found the courage to resume his story.
"However, Robotnik is in serious trouble. I had to ask Tyler to repeat himself twice to believe
what he told me next.
The group waited and listened, barely breathing.
"On the same day that this new guy arrived, Robotnik sent a huge force of over a hundred
Hoverbots to destroy Knothole village where the visitor had went to after he arrived here. Oh, wait,
I almost forgot to tell you something else that happened. Tyler said that the visitor had met with
none other than Mecha Sonic! He also said that the visitor destroyed Mecha Sonic when they fought!"
"Oh, wow, this is getting good," said the female hedgehog.
"Yeah. Now, back to the original story. When this huge squadron arrived now, Tyler said that
the visitor and Sonic completely annihilated the entire squadron in under ten minutes."
"What!"
"Impossible!"
"Incredible!"
"You are serious?"
"More serious than I ever was," Max answered quietly.
"But... how was that possible? And how on Mobius did he defeat Mecha Sonic?!" asked a
squirrel, quite jittery from what he had just heard.
"Well, uhh, none of you are going to believe this. This visitor you see, has an incredible power
that has saved us more than once these past years. It is the same power that Sonic used to crush
several plans of Robotnik before..."
"You are joking."
"Not that. How could it be that? Only Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have the ability to use it."
"Max, are you saying that this... visitor has the power of the Chaos Emeralds themselves!?"
"That is exactly what I was told. That is why Robotnik is in trouble. If the visitor has this limitless
power with him, nothing can stop him."
At this point everyone, including Max, had a smile on his or her face.
"Then," said the barman, not quite ready to believe what he was about to say, "Then, we're... saved?"
Everyone was silent. The storm outside poured rain down and sent a cold wind to chill this
gathering.
"We are not certain," Max said, the smile melting away. "The visitor was injured badly by Mecha
Sonic before he destroyed Robotnik's squadron. However, the moment that he recovers, he will
make Robotnik pay for the terrible crimes he has committed. That is what everyone who knows
this is certain of."
The group was silent once more, and listened to the rain outside. They could not celebrate,
for robots had very sharp sound sensory equipment.
"This is wonderful news, Max, but I have a question which everyone must know to spread this
story of hope. What is his name?"
"His name," Max said, drawing in a breath slowly as everyone else held their breath, "Is Lazer."
From this story many more have come. The arrival of this new Freedom Fighter may save them
from destruction, however, only time will tell...