Chapter 2: Eggman's Escape
"This is all your fault, Ivo!" Said Snively in his cell.
"Oh, shut up, Snively!" Said Eggman "They may have won the battle, but the war goes on!"
"I think you'll find that they've won that too."
"Or so they think."
"What do you mean?"
"I still have a few tricks up my sleeve."
There was suddenly screams of terror coming from the wedding.
"Is that one of them?" Said Snively.
"No." Eggman leaned towards the tiny window in his cell. "My oh my, it certainly does sound like quite the party. It also sounds like the ideal diversion."
Eggman pressed one of the golden buttons on his suit. There was suddenly a high pitched screech that made the cell doors explode.
"Now to make our escape." Said Eggman.
"What about the guards?" Said Snively.
"What guards? NICOLE is the only one here who watches the prisoners and she's at the wedding."
"What if she comes back?"
"That will be all the more likely if we don't get out of here now."
He pressed another one of his buttons. Within a matter of seconds, the prison doors were vaporised by laser fire, with Eggman's Eggmobile being the cause.
"Here's our transport." Said Eggman, walking towards the craft. "Did they honestly think they could keep my technology under lock and key for long?"
They took off. Eggman was about to shout out "Goodbye Freedom Fools" in triumphant glee. But then he saw the Black creatures. His features could have been etched in stone.
"Are you alright sir?" Said Snively.
"No. No I'm not alright. It appears we have some competition." Said Eggman, snapping back to reality. "I knew these creatures were coming, but I didn't expect anything like this. We must go to Iron Jungle. Is the Death Egg ready, Snively?"
"I don't know, sir. It should be."
"Were the added features of space travel finished before we were captured?"
"Yes, sir."
"What about my new mechs?"
"Fully operational, sir."
"Excellent. We must be ready to take on our visitors."
Sonic couldn't understand what had happened. He tried to take out one of the creatures and he'd been sucked towards it by a strange weapon, and then darkness. The same darkness he was in now. He tried escaping using his spin dash, but nothing worked.
Then, light appeared. An odd purple light. He was then tossed out of his prison. Before him stood an odd figure. Well, you couldn't say stood since it was floating five feet off the ground. It had a very menacing appearance. It, unlike the rest of it's species, had three glowing red eyes, was wearing a worn robe, and various golden chains decorated with star symbols along with gems like Sonic had never seen before.
"You idiots!" The creature roared with a booming and terrifying voice, despite the lack of mouth. "You've captured the wrong hedgehog!"
"Who are you?" Said Sonic.
"That is no concern of yours!"
"I demand to know who you guys are! If you are guys."
"We are the greatest and most powerful species in the universe! We come to Mobius after a fifty year long wait to retrieve what is rightfully mine!"
"Fifty years? Wait a minute-you're Black Doom aren't you? And these are the Black Arms. I remember Gerald talking about you!"
"Such knowledge for a being in his adolescence. How do you know of Professor Gerald?"
"I saw inside his diary. Now what do you want!?"
"Your planet. We are fighting a war, and my soldiers need energy. The humans and mobians provide just that. These beings are perfect for our needs."
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Sonic tried to attack Black Doom, but he couldn't move.
"Say all you want, hedgehog. You can't move with my special weapon. This gas, once released, is quickly absorbed in to your blood stream, paralyzing you. We have a more lethal version of this, but I think you could come in useful. Secure him in one of the Black Arm holding cells next to Ceneca-9009."
"Ceneca-9009? How'd she get here?" Asked Sonic.
"She was handed over to us by the Bem to make sure their planet wasn't destroyed. She was going to be sentenced to death for illegal use of a deroboticizer." Black Doom chuckled. It was an unnerving sound. "That's where I remember you from. The security footage we stole from the Bem. You helped Ceneca-9009 escape. You're Sonic the Hedgehog, aren't you?"
"I'm also know as the blue blur, hero of Mobius, supersonic hero and one stylin' hedgehog hunk."
"Quite an arrogant creature aren't you? What are you waiting for? Imprison him already!!"
Back at the wedding, the guests were fighting for their lives. The Black creatures were too strong for them. NICOLE tried to capture them using her nanites, but they broke free from their prison as if it were sugar glass.
The Commander was firing like crazy until he ran out of bullets. He then proceeded to go hand to hand. All credit to him, he held his own as if he were thirty years younger.
Multiple Freedom Fighters were trying to hold back the attack.
"We've got to regroup!" Said Lupe. "Whatever these creatures are they're too powerful for us. We need reinforcements!"
"I'll go." Said Rouge. "I'm the fastest flyer here. And I know a few manoeuvres."
Rouge ascended in to the air with remarkable speed. She dodged every laser fired at her, which is harder than it sounds while wearing a dress.
Then a huge black figure, about fifteen feet tall, used a giant club to knock Rouge to the ground. She was flung in to a wall and rubble trapped her wing. The giant moved in for the final strike.
"Help!" Rouge yelled.
As if on cue, Chuck, Omega and Shadow came bombing in. Omega was about to unleash his arsenal on the creature, when Shadow stopped him.
"I'll take care of this. You help the others."
"Affirmative." Said the robot.
Shadow took a look at the creature. It was mountainous. He certainly wished he had a weapon. Then he spotted a suit of armour, complete with lance and flail. Perfect.
"Back off pal!" Said Rouge.
The creature roared. It was an incredibly terrifying sound. It was too much for Rouge's sensitive ears, knocking her out cold.
The creature was about to crush Rouge with his club, when he was hit in the back by a spiked ball. It looked behind itself to see Shadow in an ancient suit of armour. Or at least half of it. Back in Mobius' medieval times, knights were roughly five feet tall. Which is quite big compared to the average mobian.
"Back away from the bat, ugly." Said Shadow.
He swung the mace at the giants head, making direct contact.
The beast took a few unconcious steps backwards, trying desperately to gain back its balance from the assault.
Shadow was after the beast in under a second. He moved so fast that he looked for all the world like a silver and black blur. He attacked every inch of the creature's body he could find. Until finally, it fell to the ground unconscious.
Shadow went over to check on Rouge.
"Rouge? Are you okay."
It took her a moment to realize it was Shadow as he had his visor closed.
"Fine. Now, do you mind telling me what the Lancelot outfit is for?"
"You always said that you thought the love of your life would be your knight in shining armour." The hedgehog replied with a smirk.
Omega was driving back the black creatures with his weapons. "Omega Machine Gun!" The robot said while firing a hail of bullets at the aliens.
Thay all scattered, unprepared for the oncoming assault.
"We've got them on the run!" Shouted Sally.
The creatures fired on Omega, but his armour was too strong and their laser fire bounced right off him.
Then Shadow came in with Rouge.
"May I?" Said Shadow to Omega, raising his flail.
"Certainly."
Shadow spun on the spot. He used the spiked ball to knock back the creatures. Then, he abandoned the mace altogether, diving for one of the strange alien weapons. He lifted what looked like a gun and started firing.
The aliens went down one by one. A few were armed with shields that stopped the lasers.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Yelled out one of the creatures.
All of a sudden, all of the creatures were teleported out of the castle.
The commander wasted no time in contacting headquarters.
"GUN Base 53? This is Commander Lionel Westwood. We have just been attacked by black aliens. I want a satellite operational immediately to locate these creatures."
"Yes, sir." Said the GUN agent on the communicator. "We'll send our best-"
"NO! You'll send my best. Contact Paladin Team Sigma Alpha-1, ASAP. Topaz, you'll escort me back to GUN Base 53. Team Dark will stay here and investigate." Team Dark was the nick-name the GUN soldiers had given Shadow, Rouge and Omega after they were assigned to become a group to combat some of the more tougher enemies.
"Yes, sir." Said Topaz.
"Sir, with all due respect, we need everyone we can get here." Said Sally.
"Why?" He responded.
"My husband just got kidnapped! He could even be dead. And I need everything we've got to help find him."
"I didn't say I wasn't going to help. If these creatures are aliens then they've come from space. My best troops and I are going up to the ARK to see if we can learn something of these creatures."
"They're the Black Arms, sir." Said Shadow. "They came to Mobius fifty years ago. Their leader, Black Doom, helped to make me. I have no proof, but there is not a doubt in my mind that they were after me. They must have thought Sonic was me. I mean it has happened before."
"It is true that Sonic has been mistaken for you, and by some of the best. But why they kidnapped him is not the priority. Stopping them is."
Knuckles came walking in at this moment before Sally started yelling at the commander.
"Hey! Shadow knight! King Arfur wants a meeting at the round table."
"This is no time for jokes." Said Shadow.
"Well somebody has to keep the moral up since Sonic isn't here."
NICOLE came towards Sally, she appeared to be in a state of shock.
"What's wrong NICOLE?" Said Sally. "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"S-Sally." The AI stuttered. And when an AI stutters, you know it's bad. "I just went to check on the holding cells, and Eggman has escaped."
Shadow was so shocked he dropped his flail, which wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't landed on Knuckles's foot.