Sonic: The Brotherhood of Shadows
A sequel to The War for Mobius
If you haven't read that story, then go read that one first.
You all caught up? Then let's a-go!
Chapter One: Handling with Death
It's been a few months since Sonic's sacrifice to kill Unicron. Since then, more heroes have been popping up. (Slight OC Alert)
Inferno, a brash Hedgehog who grew up listening to old stories about a blue hedgehog's war with the evil dictator they hide from. He wields flames like Blaze does.
Vanix the Elephant was a knight of Acorn, the sovereign kingdom that took over, and polluted it's strong morality and legacy. Vanix wishes to undo Eggman's destruction, all without powers, besides his immense Elephant strength.
Aniyah the Squirrel took a more 'vigilante' approach. She goes by the code name of "Ambush" and uses her skills she acquired from an old teacher, who just so happened to have trained Espio.
Uru the Fox is Ambush's partner. He goes by the name of 'Blackout', because his powers are electricity related. He was a good friend with a little Tails.
Those few, along with others, have taken center stage against 's maniacal empire.
The old guard, Tails, Knuckles, the like? Mentors to the new heroes, who go to them for advice.
"Tails? When are we going to attack Eggman?" Flyby asked, bored. She chose to stay behind, without the other Transformers.
"As soon as I finish with your new weapons; a chaos energy powered sword and shield, which can be stored in your new arm gauntlets I installed into your forearms the other day." Tails replied.
Flyby looked stunned. "Wow, you really thought this through..."
Just then, a giant explosion rocked the new Tails Labs, which is now stationed in Station Square, the haven and fortress which houses the city, humans, Mobians, and the new heroes.
Inferno busted through the door. "Eggman is here!"
Tails swiftly turned his head. "What?! Here, Flyby, I'm going to install this in you real quick, then we bust some robotic chops!"
He connected it to the Gauntlets.
Flyby transformed into the newly minted X-Tornado and flew off, Tails in cockpit.
Station Square was literally on fire.
Vanix and some G.U.N soldiers were defending the house district, while Blackout and Ambush were defending the factory district. Inferno and Knuckles were defending the center of the city, while everyone else were shooting cannons, missiles, and even lasers at the oncoming attackers.
"Tails, Shadow's trying to patch to comms. Should I answer?" Flyby asked.
"Yes, Flyby, you may," He answered.
"Tails, we are dying out here, suspected casualties: 43,000 soldiers. 1,382 civillains. We can't let either of those numbers rise. Take out the mothership, then we can deal with the bombers," Shadow said.
"Wow, Shadow, you are really militaristic now. Taken your new job to heart?" Flyby asked.
"The commander is sick, someone had to take over."
Meanwhile...
A cloaked figure whispered to his fellow cloaked.
"This war threatens to reveal us. If the world knows we exist, then our power over this world..."
Another one speaks. "...all gone."
The one, dressed in a more fancy cloak, and with an amulet around his neck, rose from his throne. "We will not interfere directly. Instead, we move our pawns, and let them alter the course of events."
All nodded in agreement.
One cloaked person said, "If only our greatest Knight of Shadows was still alive."
The amulet cloaked person nodded. "If only Sonic were alive, he would fix this mess. He kept the evil doctor at bay. Perhaps we can bring our legendary knight back to life."
A cloaked figure rose. "No! Sonic, that blasted knight did nothing for us! All he was...he was a pawn! Like the others we control. Now, if we had recruited Shad-"
He was interrupted by the obvious leader, the fancier cloaked person. He walked over to him.
"Ah, yes. Shadow... hehe, Shadow. That is our goal, for Shadow to join us. But yet, he remains, out of reach. Alias, Shadow is a delicate object. But very special. He would be no pawn. He would be a Knight...no, a Grand Knight. Truly one of us. But, if we mess up even slightly our chances of receiving him would be quite dire. So if you wish to rush that slow, yet necessary path...hehe, it would be very...deadly..."
He picked up a encrusted dagger with a shiny ruby in the shape of a Chaos Emerald.
"You and I, we are not connected like the others...so I have no regret..."
He struck with the dagger.
"...in killing you."
The ruby glowed, and the figure's eyes shined, he then collapsed off the blade, and died.
A lesser cloaked figure grabbed him, and took him out of the meeting hall.
"And with that, our Knight's resurrection shall commence."
