"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! You've ruined my schemes for the last time!" A large fat man with a red uniform that had spiked shoulders and a yellow cape growled as he pulled on a rope that held a stitched together stuffed hedgehog.
"Ha!" laughed a crab like bot as it jumped at its master's rage and enjoyment in his task.
"You and your Freedom Fighter Friends have destroyed my robot makers and foiled my foul flans… er… PLANS!" He growled as he held a cane up to it as though to tease a real enemy.
"Do it, oh circular one! Do it!" cried out the crab bot with glee.
"NOW you shall pay the price!" With a swish of the cane and a pow at the hedgehog shaped piñata, the fat conqueror had destroyed the mockery of his enemy.
"Whee!" Cried the crab robot as it scuttled about to collect candy.
The fat man grumbled as he slammed the cane down onto a desk. "How pathetic! Me, the Great Ivo Robotnik, reduced to hitting a piñata made to look like my sworn enemy!"
"Oh, but it's so good, Master!" the crab bot chuckled as he held up a piece of candy. "Try one of these caramel creams!" He offered.
A large humanoid like bot entered the room at that point with a pot in hand that seemed to be sprouting a plant. "Research and Development Swatbot #693-47892 reporting!" came the stereotypical robotic voice. It placed the plant like thing upon the desk in front of its master. "For you, oh keeper of the blubber!"
"A PLANT?! You have the nerve to bring me a PLANT?!" Robotnik screeched at his science bot.
The crab's eyes widened in anticipation as to what was going to happen. "Uh-oh…"
"YOU WORTHLESS BUCKET OF BOLTS! You know my rules! No SINGING, LAUGHING, READING, CUTE ANIMALS, DANCING… and most of all… NO PLANTS!" Robotnik started to smash the robot with his cane in his fury.
"But…" The bot tried to explain as he was being smashed into the floor. The sudden snapping of the plant in question brought the evil dictators attention over to him. "Master… the plant is not ORGANIC! It's mechanical! I call it… KRUDZU!"
"Wotzat?" Robotnik turned his black eyes to the plant as it started to whirr, bzzt, and click.
"Look!" The crab robot exclaimed.
"Gadzooks! It's true! It's a machine!"
"Hail Robotnik!" The plant like machine cried out. It looked similar to a strange venus fly trap.
"Ulp, and a scary one at that!" The crab machine looked at it with concern before it was captured by the vines of the robot. "YIKES! It grows so fast! It's got me trapped! HELP!"
"Yum!"
"A most interesting concept!" Robotnik mused as he grabbed the science bot by the neck. "How can I use the Krudzu against Sonic and his friends?"
"By having this customized burrobot seed the great forest, your lardness!" The bot exclaimed. A yellow digger bot with a drill for his nose came in and started to demonstrate its ability. "Observe how he digs a trench while spreading the seeds of destruction!" Robotnik pulled the science bot and the crab bot up with little trouble.
"A wonderfully sinister plan!" He smiled deviously. "One that only I could have conceived of!" He started to shove the two bots into the robot disposal bin. "Isn't that right, Burrobot?... or do you want to be promoted to the spare parts department, too?" He mused.
"Y-yessir…n-n-nossir…whatever you say!" The bot saluted hastily as fear rumbled through it.
Meanwhile, in the secret underground village of Knothole…
A young coyote with blonde hair was daydreaming as he thought about something that was unobtainable to him; the love of the teenage warrior princess. Antoine D'Coolette was a brown coyote with a French accent that wore his father's uniform in memory of him, since his father had been captured long ago. He sighed as he looked upon his fellow Freedom Fighters, 'Princess Sally is discussing strategy with Sonic instead of me, Antoine D'Coolette, military leader of the Freedom Fighters.' He shook his head, unable to hear what they were really talking about as his mind went wild.
"I dunno, Sal… maybe just an aluminum frame…" Sonic proposed as they looked at the map of their area. Sonic was a blue hedgehog who wore red sneakers and had a need for speed.
"I thought it would look nice double matted!" Princess Sally Acorn countered, her pink fur lightly starting to turn to a healthy brown as she grew up. Her black hair in a ponytail. The two pre-teens were known as the key leaders of the Freedom Fighters.
"I'm so jealous! Why doesn't she ever notice me?" Antoine muttered as he walked towards the exit of Knothole's underground village. Uncaring of the hooded figure he passed in the halls.
"Careful there, Antoine…" the cloaked person chided, as he noticed the boy was in his thoughts again.
"Let's ask Antoine…" Sally suggested as she remembered the coyote was nearby. He had just started walking away as she called to him. "Ant!... ANT!" She called, but to no avail.
Sonic just groaned. "He's lost in his thoughts… and brother, that's lost!"
"Indeed." The cloaked figure came over, his blue eyes the only distinguishable thing on him under the large green cloak. "Hmmm…" He mused at the two's map problem. "Just frame it and double mat it why don't you." He shrugged before walking in another direction.
"Thanks, Cousin. That might work."
Back with Antoine, he was contemplating how to get the princess to notice him. He groaned as he thought about it all. "Perhaps I treat her too formally… maybe I need to appeal to her feminine side!" He thought as he climbed to the surface. "Cards? Candy?... FLOWERS!" Antoine exclaimed as he left the tree stump that hid the village. "That's it! I'll pick her a lovely bouquet!" He ran through the forest looking for a flower that might peak his princess's interest. "Something unusual…ah! There's a unique-looking bit of flora…" He exclaimed, unaware of the dangers it held.
'You're about to find out how unique 'Twan!' the Burrobot thought to itself as it hid from the freedom fighter behind a tree.
"AIEEEEEE!" cried out Antoine as he was ensnared by the Krudzu!
"Omigosh! Did you hear that?" Sally asked from the underground safety of Knothole.
"Yeah! It came from up above!" Sonic grabbed Sally by the wrist, pulling the princess at an astounding speed. "C'mon, Sally! Someone's in trouble!" As the duo made their way to the surface, "Hi ho, hi ho, it's up to the woods we go!"
As the two exited the tree stump that hid their village, they came to see Antoine entangled in the Krudzu's grasp! "Look!" Sally gasped as they spotted their friend.
"YOW! Some horrible plant has entwanned Antwine… er… entwoined Twinwan…um…Antowingwang… I mean-GRABBED HIM!" Sonic exclaimed as he struggled to speak. This was one of the reasons that Antoine usually didn't leave the safety of Knothole without permission from the adults, the princess, or without a friend. Trouble always followed most of the group, including Sonic, it was just a matter of who was prepared to take care of themselves.
"GO BACK! SAVE YOURSELVES! I'M DOOMED!" Antoine cried out as the mechanical plant kept trying to put the squeeze on him!