Sonic Squad

Season Two, Episode Two

Chaos War

Plotted and written by Cole Bezotte (author of "Zangief's Big Day")

Approved by Forrest Bezotte (author of "Legolas and Tauriel")

It was a very peaceful day at the Mushroom Kingdom, especially a day for Mario and Luigi to be doing who-knows-what.

As they both walked through the gate to the friendly village, they began to talk to their hearts' content. "Nice of the princess to invite us to a picnic, eh Luigi?" Mario started.

"I hope she made lots of spaghetti!" Luigi replied, eager for his favorite meal.

Suddenly, something from the distance caught Mario's eye. "Luigi!" he said as he pointed out to a piece of paper nailed to a nearby tree. "Look!" He went over to the paper and tore it from the nail that held it to the tree. "It's from King Acorn! He needs us back at Mobius immediately!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" Luigi said. "Let's get going! That Cobra creep probably escaped from prison."

Luigi was closer to the truth than he suspected. He, Mario, and Shadow once again used the portal to enter the peaceful realm of Mobius. Once they were there, they noticed that King Maximilian's kingdom of Mobotropolis was coming back together. It was becoming just like it was before the Great War; the kingdom was being completely repaired.

Later, after walking through Mobotropolis' courtyard, Mario lined up with Luigi and Sonic in front of King Max himself, awaiting what was to be said.

"I am glad you three have arrived just as ordered," Max spoke up, "and on time as well. I have some very shocking news: Julian Kintobor, or Dr. Eggman as you call him, has escaped this castle's prison. I know this because of someone informing me about newly-designed robots marching this way. Only Julian could create such monstrous machines."

"We would know if it really was him if a robot has the Eggman emblem on his arm," Sonic replied.

"That is true. We will have to see for ourselves. Anyway, we must go out and search for Julian immediately!"

"Another battle against Eggman, eh?" Luigi said. "This keeps getting better!"

"Don't get too far ahead of yourself, Luigi," Mario replied. "If Eggman's making such advanced machinery, he would make money off of them as well. And remember, if you pinch Eggman's pennies, they pinch back."

As the Freedom Fighters prepared for their battle against Dr. Eggman, someone came and frantically interrupted. A fellow duck, Dr. Quack, came bursting in, shouting: "Your majesty! It's horrible! Cobra has escaped!"

"First Julian, and now Cobra?!" Max replied.

"He has killed many innocent people! He's slaughtering them all as he goes along!"

"You all wait here! I must go and stop Cobra before he turns this restored kingdom into a bloodbath!" With that, Max took his sword and ran out into the courtyard, chasing after Count Cobra, who had indeed escaped from what seemed like his eternity.

It took only one look at the courtyard to see so many bleeding bodies dragged across the ground. Cobra certainly had gone berserk after he had seized his sword from the prison guard who kept it safe from anyone else's reach.

Max went to the main gate of Mobotropolis and saw the man who caused all the chaos. It was indeed Count Cobra, in the flesh, standing on top of the gate. He stood there silently, not moving at all, but breathing heavily out of anger.

"There you are, evil one!" Max shouted up to him as he drew out his sword. "You are to either surrender peacefully or die once and for all! You have already caused so much death and destruction in our realm, and I will no longer tolerate it!"

Cobra did not reply at first, but he then spoke after ten seconds went by. "Nobody knows me!" he hissed. "I, Count Cobra, prince of Straggo and warlord, shall build my new kingdom here. I shall lead my mechanical army to destroy all life on this pathetic planet!"

"Wait a minute!" Max thought. "Julian actually has nothing to do with this at all! COBRA created those robots, and he plans to use them against my kingdom!"

Cobra quickly leapt off the gate he was standing on and started running throughout the nearby forest. One of the gate's doors came crashing down due to Cobra pushing it back while jumping off it. It was about to fall onto Max and squash him, but Sonic came zooming right in to push him out of the way just in time. The door crashed to the ground and shattered into many chunks of dry stone.

"Are you okay?" Sonic asked Max as he stood him back up properly. "Cobra was here, wasn't he?"

"He wants to wage war against us!" Max replied. "And if it's a war he wants, he shall have it!"

Over a week later, King Max organized everything needed for the new Chaos War. The first battle was to take place on the well-known Angel Island, where the Master Emerald was kept. Cobra wished to obtain the Master Emerald and keep its unlimited power to himself.

At the Knothole Village, Max chose who were to help him in this battle at Angel Island. He picked mainly the ones mature enough to fight in this very harsh battle, leaving out the inexperienced and young. Tails became disappointed when he was not accepted into this battle.

"You're too young to be into this stuff, Tails," Sonic told him after hearing him say how unfair it was. "As your friends, we wouldn't want you seeing this bloodshed. Even YOU might die out there. As Freedom Fighters, we are willing to give our lives to save our planet."

"I'd say the same thing too," Tails replied. "But why are you keeping ME out if I am a Freedom Fighter too?"

"You have not lived a full life."

"But neither have YOU!"

Sonic sighed; he wanted to end this useless argument. "We'll talk about this another time. I better get going."

Everyone soon left the hut, leaving Tails standing exactly where he was before it was all agreed. Courtney came over and saw what had happened; she knew that Tails could not go, and so she decided to stay behind and keep him safe.

"I decided not to go for a good reason," Courtney said to him after hearing him complain. "I just don't want to lose you. The same goes with the others; they don't want to see you die out there."

"That is true," Tails replied. "But I don't want to see THEM die as well! Even now, Sonic might need me!" Tears began to spring from his eyes as he thought of such a horrible thing. "That's why I want to go out there and help defeat Cobra once and for all!"

"You can't go out there!" Courtney protested. "You'll get yourself killed!"

"I don't care what the cost is! I just want to save Sonic from your worst enemy!"

"I know Cobra is my worst enemy, but this is important! You're my dearest friend! If anything should happen to you…"

"Just think!" Tails interrupted. "We can both win the war together so easily by defeating Cobra. After all, his main target is ME, not you. He wants revenge on me for turning you against him. Together, we can take him out so that he won't have to bother us again!"

"That is true…" Courtney replied. "It may sound tempting, but are you sure it will work?"

"I'm sure it will! Come on! Let's head to my plane!"

At Angel Island, things were already getting intense. Many canons blasted their bombs into the air. Explosions clouded the sky, hardly a thing could be seen through the thick black smoke and the heavy snow. Many bodies and mechanical parts lied all over the ground, but many other soldiers were still eager to fight on and win the war.

Sonic and his friends were still alive while the fight went on. They breathed heavily from exhaustion and cold; they could not take it any longer. But Sonic, Max, and others encouraged them to keep on fighting if they wanted to survive this war and receive the victory they crave.

Max, Mario, Luigi, and Sonic were stationed in the specific area near the temple, where Cobra oversaw the battle. He did not plan to run out and fight until his desired time. The four knights who came to infiltrate the temple were garbed in very heavy winter armor; they could hardly be recognized, but at least they still kept track of each other.

They all watched as black smoke began to billow from inside the temple. There was definitely something going on inside. "This is it, Luigi!" Mario shouted over the heavy snow and wind. "Remember: where there's smoke…"

"There's fire!" Luigi finished the saying.

"But we cannot get in without the proper enemy access!" Max reminded.

"I still have some of Geoffrey's blood in my water bottle!" Luigi replied. "Maybe it could work!"

Mario protested and said: "I've got two words for you Luigi: IM-POSSIBLE!"

"Nothing's impossible, Mario! Improbable…unlikely…but NEVER impossible!"

But right when they were going to march right in, Sonic saw something fly up above their heads. It was Tails and Courtney flying the Tornado, Tails' best plane. "What the heck are they doing here?!" Sonic thought. "I told them to stay behind, but they completely disobeyed orders!"

But Max did not notice Tails and Courtney landing behind the temple. Instead, he carried on with the orders: "I hear Cobra has hired a new assassin to do some of his deeds! Be on the lookout for him! We may never know when he comes out!"

"Perhaps…" Sonic thought to himself, "…if I can defeat that assassin, Tails will be safe. But there is still Cobra to worry about. I must defeat him before anything happens to my little buddy!" With that, he rushed right into the temple, searching for what could be his newest foe.

Later, Tails and Courtney safely made it inside the temple, ready to head straight to Cobra and defeat him. But first, Tails saw how dizzy Courtney felt after that wild ride on the plane. "Sorry about the way I drove," Tails said to her. "I promise I won't be that wild next time."

Right when he was about to step into the temple's rear entrance, Courtney stopped him in his tracks. "If you want to think twice about doing this…" she said to him, "…now would be the time."

"Don't worry about anything," Tails replied. "We can win this together!"

Tails continued to walk along what seemed like the correct hallway to the main control center. Courtney stealthily followed behind, making sure that the coast is clear before moving on. After about three minutes of slowly exploring the halls, someone finally approached them. Courtney heard heavy footsteps coming their way, and so she quickly dove down and pushed Tails out of the way of sudden gunfire. "Look out!" she exclaimed as she brought Tails down to the floor.

In stepped a man in bulky silver armor, his hands equipped with double chain-guns, and his face disguised with a black mask. And on that mask bore the symbol of the planet Straggo; this was definitely Cobra's doing.

Cobra himself walked right in to meet the two intruders that had infiltrated his fortress. "It seems we have some unexpected visitors!" he spoke up. "Miles Prower, I have always hated you ever since that day I brought back the king. Now is my chance to finally put an end to all the misery you've caused!"

"I haven't caused ANY misery!" Tails barked at Cobra. "YOU'RE the one who ruined our lives! I will not let you touch Courtney!"

"Don't be so sure about it! You have no weapon, but I have my own ideas!" With that, Cobra moved as swift as a fox and drew out his sword. That was his signal for his assassin to keep Courtney occupied. The armored assassin reached out, grabbed Courtney, and squeezed her really tightly.

As Courtney was being strangled, she became very dizzy again. She could not think straight, and so she could not see what was going on between Cobra and Tails. Suddenly, the assassin felt himself being blown backwards by some mysterious invisible force. Courtney somehow broke himself free of the assassin's grasp.

(Note from the author: I shall soon reveal what mysterious powers Courtney possesses.)

After Courtney broke herself free, she went back to seeing what had happened to Tails. It took her only one look to catch sight of a nasty surprise. Cobra had already beaten Tails up very hard; Courtney could not really recognize Tails at first. Tails' arm had a hideous bite mark, his right eye now black and swollen and with a red scar across. His face bore many bruises and bleeding marks.

Tails could no longer stand to his feet; he lied down hopelessly on the floor, severely battered. Cobra knelt down to him and placed the palm of his hand to the injured fox's forehead. Tails suddenly rose up to his feet and turned around to face Courtney. His fur slowly changed from yellow to a brownish-orange. His eyes were now a reddish-orange. He was now very angry as a consuming, burning, raging hatred grew wild inside his brain. "Courtney…" he hissed evilly, "…I HATE YOU!"

"Well said!" Cobra said, smiling as he watched Courtney's shocked and hurt expression. "Like the rules of Straggo say, 'those who betray the master will be punished by eternal death'! And so, Miles Prower, destroy Courtney!"

TO BE CONTINUED!