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Sonic Underground: The Continuation
Season 3 Episode 3: Robotnik's Revenge Part 1
"For many Freedom Fighters all around Mobius, it seemed as if fighting Robotnik with combined forces of friends and family would bring them to victory. But little did they know, it would soon be turned against them." – Queen Aleena Hedgehog.
At Mobius Southern Valley…
KABOOM! The Valley and Mountain folk were running for their lives from a surprise Swat Bot attack that was destroying their villages. "Run! Run!" Ordered Zeb, a senior valley folk member, struggling to move himself across the landscape.
"SURRENDER CITIZENS! YOU ARE TO BE ROBOTICISED UNDER THE ORDER OF DOCTOR ROBOTNIK!" Ordered a Swat Bot general in a drone-like voice.
Only a small group of Mobians were not running; a Condor and two cloaked figures. "Wow, looks like Robotnik's at it again Spikes!" Said one of the cloaked figures to the Condor.
"Yup! Robotnik seems to be obsessed with conquering villages all of a sudden!" Replied the Condor. "I don't think Sonic would approve of this!"
"Neither would I!" Sniggered the other cloaked figure.
"Of course I wouldn't approve. Ready Manic?" Whispered the Condor.
"Ready bro." Answered the first cloaked figure. The Condor and the cloaked figures all pulled off their disguises to reveal themselves as Sonic, Manic and Sonia.
"LET'S DO IT TO IT!" All three royal hedgehogs shouted, before they all charged towards the Swat Bots and attacked at full strength.
"WHAT THE?! THE HEDGEHOGS! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Panicked the Swat Bot general.
"You aren't going anywhere bozos!" Sonic informed him as he used his new Sonic Punch to destroy the Swat Bots.
As usual, the Freedom Fighters didn't seem to have much problem fighting the Swat Bots, even though they'd been upgraded to a new model.
But without warning, another explosion erupted nearby, with the impact sending them flying in different directions until they landed and could quickly re-group.
"Oh no!" Gasped Sonia in shock as she returned to her brothers' sides; all that she could see in the distance was the remains of the Mountain Folk village, just burning to the ground in furiously sizzling flames created by the explosion. Nobody was in the village luckily, but all its occupants had been taken away…
"Darn! It was a distraction! They took all the Mountain and Valley folk while we were too busy smashing bots!" Growled Manic.
Sonic looked up into the sky in anger and shouted; "ROBOTNIK! You'll soon pay for this, egg-breath!"
At Robotnik's control room in Robotropolis…
The tyrannical Dictator was fed up with his current state of affairs. As he lay in his mechanical chair in the war room, with a large pit below the bridge platform still filled with noises of what were presumably robotic creatures begging for oil and scrap metal for their daily meal, he thought to himself about his war with the Resistance. It had been a year and a few months since he declared war on them, and already things were beginning to escalate.
Though he had found Sanctuary and gotten himself even more Robian slaves to work in his factories, he still had the large problem of cutting down the amount of Freedom Fighters in Roboland. Not just the existing ones, but other Mobians who could potentially be recruited to it in the future. If that happened, he could be at a very big disadvantage!
This of course, was why he had begun to plan his revenge on the Roboland Resistance. But even that seemed to have hit a small snag. The supplies of equipment needed for his plan hadn't arrived by train yet!
"You! Why haven't my supplies arrived?!" Snarled the mad dictator to a Swat Bot standing in front of him.
"THE TRAIN PIPELINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED SIR. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY TO TRANSPORT THEM BY PIPELINE EXPRESS NOW." The automaton buzzed.
"The Hedgehog destroyed my pipeline?!" Growled Robotnik, as the echoing tone of his voice sent a chill down the spines of Sleet and Dingo, who stood behind the Swat Bot to contemplate whether they should report anything to their agitated master.
"NEGATIVE. THERE IS NO FOOTAGE OR SIGN OF THE HEDGEHOG DESTROYING THE PIPELINE. WE ONLY FOUND THE WRECKAGE OF IT APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS AGO. NO TRACE OF THE PERPATRATOR WAS FOUND IN THE AREA." The Swat Bot corrected its leader.
"Why, you incompetent fool! I've had enough of you!" Robotnik clenched his fists, then slamming the arm rest on his chair, which contained a very special button…
Without warning, a metal crusher fell from the ceiling, and landed on the Swat Bot.
Sleet and Dingo jumped out of their skins in horror as they saw the remains of the Swat Bot revealed while the crusher went back up into the ceiling. And so, to dispose of the remains, the bridge opened up and dropped the scrap metal straight into the pit, where the sound of mechanical munching was heard from whatever monstrosities the vile Dictator hid down there.
Immediately after, the obese Overlander set his gaze on his two henchmen; a gaze he'd given them many times before. Clearly this was not the right time to interrupt him.
"Erm, we'll just go, right Dingo?" Asked Sleet, nudging his partner when he didn't reply.
"Oh, errr yeah. I don't feel like being crushed." Replied Dingo nervously.
Once the two henchmen left, Robotnik slumped backwards in his chair and muttered to himself. "This body has worn its welcome now. Its old, feeble and it has served its purpose adequately. It's time to test out my new body chamber!"
Back at the current Freedom Fighter base…
"We're just wasting our time!" Sonic grumpily kicked a can around while ranting.
"It's not our fault Sonic, we didn't know that Robotnik had two groups of Swat Bots stationed there!" Commented Cyrus.
"But we're the Resistance! We should know better than this!" Moaned Sonic.
"Why do you always suspect the worst Sonic? We've only failed a couple of missions in the past!" Asked Sonia.
"Because everytime we suspect the best, the worst happens! Don't you see?! We've been going in circles for at least a year now! We've not gotten close to defeating Robotnik, or to even finding our Mother!"
"Calm down bro!" Informed Manic as he walked into the room. "I know we'll do so one day, it's just a matter of time!"
But Sonic was too frustrated about the failure of the mission to reply.
"Chill guys, we've got one simple mission coming up." Notified Cyrus. "There's been some sort of crisis at the Mobian University. It's been reported that Swat Bots have stolen artefacts from the Mobian University."
"What kind of artefacts Cyrus? Is it the same sort as what Robotnik dug up and told everyone they were from Mobupinchu?" Asked Sonia with curiosity.
"Yeah, it actually is! But we need you three to find out why he's stealing them, because it's not for money this time. Once you find out, do you can to stop whatever he's doing." Cyrus solidified.
"Gotcha, Cyrus. We best be on our way then!" Grinned Manic.
Meanwhile, far outside Robotropolis…
Several robots were digging underground for all kinds of mysterious weapons that had been buried for years in the ground.
Sleet and Dingo were supervising, but even they had no idea what and why Robotnik wanted them to dig up.
"Sleet, these weapons don't look too old. They're only a bit rusty!" Observed Dingo, who was holding up a dug up weapon.
"Interesting." Said Sleet, ignoring the fact that Dingo had actually been observant. "I'd say they're only more than 15 years old."
"Odd. Do you think there was a battle here or something?" Dingo scratched his head.
"Not just a battle you oaf. A war. There are tons of these weapons lying around. Millions. And not just that, there's helmets here too. Lots of battles must have happened here Dingo, not one."
"Woah. Then why do think Robotnik is asking us to dig them up?" The orange dingo asked curiously.
Sleet wondered for a moment. It was always suspicious when Robotnik didn't explain the full details of his plans. This one seemed absurd right now, but the more Sleet thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense. "I don't know. But perhaps he's using them for some really big plan. Weapons as destructive as these don't get used very often. Not unless…"
Dingo frowned. "Unless what, Sleet?"
Sleet suddenly grinned. "You'll see Dingo. I've never known Robotnik to be more devious than this."
At the Mobian University…
"Lard-belly's certainly wrecked this place up." Commented Sonic, who looked around one of the classrooms of the University. They'd been here before to check out some artefacts that Robotnik claimed had been dug up from the long lost city of Mobupinchu. But of course, they weren't.
"Yeah, it looks like he was desperate to get whatever he wanted from here." Observed Sonia.
"Sonia! Thank goodness you're here!" Came an elderly voice.
"Professor! Are you all right?" Sonia instantly rushed to her old teacher's side. He was hiding amongst the rubble of walls damaged by laser fire.
"I'm fine Sonia, I managed to hide after they first came. Swat Bots, they came out of nowhere! Normally Robotnik just leaves the University alone, but now he's been taking people for Roboticisation from all around the country! I think I'm probably the only one here who didn't get captured." Breathed the Professor as his old student helped him up.
"Professor, I know you're probably tired after all that, but could you show us what he's stolen?" Sonia asked politely as the Professor dusted his lab coat.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Follow me." Replied the elderly Mobian, picking up his walking stick to help him move quicker. Slowly but surely, he showed them into his office, which had cracked windows now due to the attack.
"Y'know there's something I've been meaning to tell you." The Professor began, now sitting down into an arm chair. "You know those artefacts I told you were about 500 years old? I'm afraid Robotnik is not the only one who lied about what they really were…"
"Say what?!" Sonic frowned, as did Sonia especially, surprised at the notion that one of her old teachers had apparently lied to her.
"You're a good student Sonia. A really good one. But even you haven't learned all of Mobius' history. What I called the Third Mobian War is actually the Great Mobius War. Those artefacts you found were just weapons used during the war that Robotnik dug up to sell at his own auctions. Of course, they're not 500 years old. Oh no, that would be impossible. To be honest, they're probably more so around your age. The War wasn't that long ago…" The Professor explained in detail, nearly boring Sonic.
But now as he was disturbed at the thought of the event, the Professor quickly changed the subject.
"Look, if Robotnik needs these weapons, it's for something that he can't do with his own weapons." The Professor theorised. "And whatever that is, I don't think its good news."
"So Prof, where could he have taken them?" Sparked up Sonic.
"Most likely to the old Swat Bot facility outside Robotropolis. There's also a battle site there, and I've heard rumours that Robotnik might be digging up more Great War weapons there." Whispered the Professor.
"Then we'll just have stop him. Come on guys!." Sonic called his siblings, quickly rocketing off out of the classroom as they were forced to head after him and back into the van outside.
Later, at the Swat Bot Facility…
"Something's not right here guys! The place is empty!"
"Shh! We don't know for sure Sonia!"
"He's right Sis! Who knows who could be lurking here?"
The three hedgehogs as usual were using ventilation pipes to travel through the facility, but there seemed to be no danger whatsoever. "I have a bad feeling about this…" Muttered Manic.
"Same. Why do I get the feeling that we're expected here?" Grunted Sonic.
"Guys! Look! Down there!" Called Sonia.
As Manic crawled behind Sonic, he heard Sonic gasp.
"What is it bro?" The green Hedgehog carefully whispered as so not to alert any Swat Bots that might be hiding near the pipes.
"Look down this gap, and see for yourself!" Sonic motioned his brother to come closer.
Much to Manic's surprise, he saw an enormous missile of some kind, down a large pit dug deep down in the rocky ground that the facility was built on top of. Next to it, were some conveyor belts, which were carrying many rusted explosives into several different containers inside the missile.
"I don't believe it…So that's why Robotnik wanted those old weapons! He's using them to fill the shell of that missile for when it explodes! But what does he need a missile for?!" Pondered Sonia.
"No idea, but we need to find out." Said Sonic seriously.
"Still, I don't get it. Why is the place not filled with Swat Bots? The Battlefield site is empty too! It feels like a Ghost Town!" Muttered Sonia.
"I know, this place gives us the creeps too." Whispered Manic.
As the Sonic Underground crawled through the pipes, they saw more and more sections of the launching area for the missile. It seemed that all the systems were either on automatic, or being controlled from somewhere else. Once they reached a porthole and climbed out of it, they found themselves in a mysterious room.
"This must be an observation deck!" Examined Manic.
Suddenly, without warning, the facility started to vibrate. "What the?!" Spoke all three hedgehogs.
"I think the missile is going to launch!" Cried Sonic, turning back to get back into the pipe, but strangely, it had vanished. "Hey, where'd the pipe go?! It was here a moment ago!"
"You know, Sonic, Manic. I think this place is some kind of trap!" Gulped Sonia, realising there wasn't a single door in sight that they could exit through.
The Missile's rocket booster then burst into life, and took off instantly once a hatch in the roof opened. "Woah wait! It took off already?!" Stuttered Manic.
"Uh, look at this." Whispered Sonia.
There was a small screen, showing a camera view of the missile travelling to its location, with an electronic graph below, showing how far and what its location was.
"It's headed for… MOBODOON?! But how?! Mobodoon's normally blocked off to the rest of Mobius at this time! It's not the right time for it to appear yet!" Sonia boomed in confusion. Usually Mobodoon was supposed to appear for one day in March, but what the screen implied that the portal had prematurely opened at the wrong time of the year.
"Uh Sonia, I think today is different." Spoke out Sonic, who was pointing at the camera view on the screen.
Much to their surprise, the Hedgehogs saw a portal opening in the same place that they'd gone to Mobodoon in the past; the rotted forest, still filled with fog and the tracks of the destroy vehicles that Sleet had used to try and steal precious items from the mysterious city.
"Oh no!" Cried Manic, as Missile made contact with the portal and easily squeezed through it.
The Camera View now showed the Missile flying high above Mobodoon, before then pointing itself straight at the city.
The Hedgehogs now watched in horror as the Missile hurtled down at the city; how could this be happening? It felt like a bad dream. In fact, more than just a bad dream, it was a total nightmare!
Mobodoon itself had not only been a secret and hidden city, but the birthplace of Sonic, Manic and Sonia. Their last trip to it was on their birthday where they'd saved it from dying by recovering its power source from Sleet and Dingo in yet another adventure.
Manic had almost decided to stay and live in the city, because originally he thought he had 'found his home.' But in the end, he decided that his true home was with his brother and sister, a decision he still maintained to this day as they continued their perilous adventures across Mobius, fighting Robotnik and sending all his plans into meltdown. Of course, after all the craziness in the Virtual World a few months ago, he never suspected Robotnik would try to destroy their own birthplace!
Now their eyes were glued to the screen, even though they couldn't bear to look. They knew that there was nothing they could do; even with Sonic's speed, the rotted forest was hours away.
As the Missile got closer, the Camera View showed many people screaming from below and running for their lives.
FLASHBACK TO FIRST VISIT TO MOBODOON:
"Come on, sis! You know the word is the Oracle said we were born there. And when the moon's full on the second even day of the third month, bam, it shows up just like clockwork! Today's the day and I just know when Mobodoon shows up, so will Ma!" Manic told Sonia.
"I wanna see Mother as well as you. But all I see now are dirty trees, yuck!" Replied Sonia.
Back to now:
"No…No!" Came a familiar voice from the screen.
The Missile was moving slowly, as if to torture it's victims, before death, and give pain to the Hedgehogs watching it.
It didn't take very long for the Sonic Underground to recognise the voice.
It was Mayor Winniham.
FLASHBACK TO FIRST VISIT TO MOBODOON:
"Hm, ah-hm, eh-yeah...Yum!" Said Manic, stealing an Apple.
"Wait!" Came the voice of the Mayor.
Manic gasped.
"Trying to get us thrown out of here?!" Growled Sonia.
"Whaddya doin'?" Spoke Sonic.
"Oh, it's cool! It's not what you think! I-I was just-" Grinned Manic nervously.
"This one's not ripe yet. Here, take this one. It's better!" The Mayor told Manic.
"Uh, thanks ma'am, but I... don't have any money."
"We don't use money in Mobodoon! Everyone's welcome to all our town has to offer." Chuckled the Mayor.
"Really?" Gasped both Sonic and Sonia.
"In that case, there's a beauty spa that's playin' my song!" Said Sonia dreamily.
"And I could swear there's the distinct aroma of chili dog on the breeze!" Sniffed Sonic.
Once Sonic and Sonia ran off to do their things, Manic continued eating apples.
"Wait, Manic! I have something to show you." The Mayor informed him.
"Hey! My... you know my name!" Gasped Manic.
"Of course I do! I know all three of you." Snickered the Mayor.
"How?"
"You'll learn everything in due time. Please, won't you come with me? First, let me introduce myself. I'm Mayor Winniham, leader of Mobodoon. And, if I may say so, it's good to finally have you back where you belong."
Back to now:
"Oh Oracle of Delphius, please protect us. Save our souls!" Came the muffled voice of the Mayor from the Missile Camera View.
Then, the Graph below the Camera View on the screen turned to a countdown.
10
"Our Birthplace…" Said Manic, tears pouring down his eyes.
9
8
7
"No….All those poor people." Said Sonia, who also had tears pouring down her eyes.
6
5
4
3
"No… Why? Why Buttnik? Why Mobodoon?!" Growled Sonic in shock.
2
1
0
There was no sound of an explosion, as the camera view suddenly turned to analogue static, blurring on the monitor as it was realised that the camera had been destroyed in the explosion. The electronic radar, on the other hand, now showed some text that crushed so much hope still in the Hedgehogs' hearts; "MISSION COMPLETE!"
But before the Hedgehogs could mourn the loss of Mobodoon, they were interrupted by an evil voice from behind them. "Enjoying my Eggstreme victory, Hedgehogs?"
The Sonic Underground swivelled around to see Dr. Ivo Robotnik's face on another screen behind them, grinning like the megalomaniac he was.
Standing below the screen, was Sleet and Dingo, holding them at gunpoint with some Swat Bots.
"Now then, Spikeball." Sneered Robotnik. "Prepare yourself and your brother and sister for Roboticisation!"
"How could you do this Walrus – face?! Oh, and nice new look. It suits your cruel and fat self very well!" Said Sonic in anger.
"Why thank you, Hedgehog." Chuckled the Dictator vilely, taking pride in his own vanity.
"But don't think we'll ever forgive you for this, Robuttnik!" Sonic mocked him angrily.
"This, Spikeball, is only the beginning of my takeover of Mobius! Now that Mobodoon is wiped from the face of its own dimension, I can concentrate on capturing other parts of Mobius for my Empire, and crush all those who oppose me! Soon I will have no need for these puny aristocrats! On one day Hedgehog, one day...I shall emerge triumphant, and watch as your pathetic little Freedom Fighter suffer under my wrath. It is you who shall not be forgiven for your actions!"
He laughed maniacally, before returning to his serious tone and expression.
"But it is a shame that my supplies didn't reach me! Because the pipeline was destroyed, the train was unable to deliver my original explosive supplies, as it crashed! I had to dig up Great War weapons just so I could get my missile to work! So then. Before your Roboticisation, I would like to know one thing. WHO DESTROYED MY PIPELINE?!"
Suddenly, a different voice unexpectedly echoed through the room's speakers.
"FEAR NOT, DOCTOR ROBOTNIK! FOR YOU SHALL NOW KNOW THAT IT WAS I! THE GREAT METALLIX BETA, WHO DESTROYED YOUR PIPELINE!" Boomed the voice.
Everyone in the room, including the surprised Robotnik on the screen, turned towards a dark hallway entrance, where pair of red electronic eyes was glowing.
"AND NOW, I SHALL ASSIST IN AVENGING MOBODOON!"
END OF EPISODE 3.
