The New Recruits

by Gnat1

The Freedom Fighters have recruited an extra team. A team that does all the odd jobs why the original group worries about Robotnick. Unknown to these "new recruits" is that they've become the target of a new, dangerous enemy, and possibly a regrouped Destructix. NO LONGER ACCEPTING OCS! Sorry, but I've reached the limit.

3. Recruiting a Team

A/N: NEWS FLASH: GNAT1, AUTHOR OF THE NEW RECRUITS, AND VARIOUS OTHER
STORIES, HAS BEEN MISSING IN ACTION.

But I'm back. No worries. This would have been up sooner, if it wasn't
for a poor school grade (Curse you, biology.) but 'eres chapter 3 :)
:) :) XD XD XD

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, except for Thunder.

-Chapter 3: Recruiting a Team-

Time: 6:05 AM

Location: Directly Outside New Mobotropolis

The sound of moterbike engines roared, surrounding the two mobians.
The fast bikes took sharp circles around the duo, threatening to slam
into them. The pale, morning sun barely shone down on them, revealing
the bright green remains of the nanite-made grass. The two mobians
glared at the dangerous riders of the motorbikes, waiting for a chance
to escape.

One was a male fifteen year old hedgehog. He had red fur, black
stripes, and red eyes. His appearance was completed with black
sneakers and white gloves.

The other mobian was a male nineteen year old lynx. He had pink fur,
wore an army jacket with a beret, and a belt along with combat boots.
A six-shot
revolver hung in a holster on his belt. He also wore what appeared to
be shock gloves.

Niether were having an enjoyable time.

Suddenly, the motorbikes stopped, and the engines turned off. Three
figures exited their bikes, and walked toward the two.

"Now whatta we got here?" a purple weasel asked in a mocking tone.
"Surely you two werent planning on leaving without saying goodbye."

The lynx looked up and growled. "Leave us be, Nack. It was an accident."

"Or what, Devlin?" the weasel, known as Nack, addressed the lynx.
"Next time you should be more careful, knocking our bikes down like
that. Then, you wouldn't have to deal with Team Hooligan."

A yellow polar bear grabbed Devlin, the lynx, and began squeezing his
neck, in an attenpt to strangle him. Devlin smirked and placed his
hand on the polar bear's arm, a wave of hot electricity coming from
his gloves. The bear yelped and dropped him instantly.

"None of that now, Bark." Nack growled at the bear. He turned to the
hedgehog. "He's weaker. Deal with him first." he said as Bark,
accompanied by a green duck, made their way toward the hedgehog.

"Pound the red one, big guy." the duck said with a smirk.

The hedgehog only chuckled. His hands burst into flames, shooting a
fireball at his enemies. The bear and duck screamed as they tried
desperately to get the flames off. The hedgehog smiled as he watched
them run into a nearby pond.

"For the record, Bean, you can call me Scorch."

Nack glared at them.

"Alright, game over." He growled as he pulled out two revolvers.
Devlin sighed why Scorch rolled his eyes. There ALWAYS had to be a
gun. It was unavoidable. No matter how good one could fight, it never
ended without a gun. Devlin considered pulling his revolver out, but
knew it would just make Nack shoot him. With a sigh, he raised his
hands over his head, Scorch following.

Nack chuckled. "We're not doing that."

Scorch growled. "Your just gonna shoot us?"

"Why not?" Nack said with a smirk. Cocking both guns, he aimed for his
targets, about to pull the trigger.

"OOF!" he shouted as a blur of green shot out of a nearby tree,
tackling the weasel.

"You know the rules. No guns allowed in public areas." a female voice
hissed, punching the weasel and knocking him out cold. Devlin made
sure to hide his revolver.

The figure that had taken out Nack stood up, allowing Devlin and
Scorch to see it more clearly.

It was a female, emerald green fox. Two tails flowed in the light
morning breeze behind her. Thick bangs took up her forehead, and were
swept to the right, allowing her light, ocean blue eyes to be seen.
She wore a fuschia string halter top, a black skirt, complete with
black boots. She appeared to be around thirteen years old.

"What happened here?" She asked.

Scorch shrugged. "Don't ask me. We just tipped their bikes."

"Motorbikes." Devlin corrected. "HE did it, I just tried to back him
up. I've had a few tie-ins with these chums before." He then brought
his hand out. "My name is Devlin. Devlin of the Raiju clan. And you
are?"

The kitsune shook his hand firmly. "Janice Cahill," she responded,
"But you can call me 'Bangs'."

Scorch turned to face the others. "Um, yeah. It was nice meeting you
guys, but I need to get going."

Devlin rolled his eyes. He just meets Scorch, after watching him knock
a couple of bikes over, helps him get rid of Team Hooligan, and now
he's just going to take off.

"Aren't you going to explain why you knocked their bikes over?" he
asked impatiently.

"It was an accident. I was heading towards the
Freedom-base-thingy-whatchamacallit."

"Your reffering to Freedom HQ?" Thats where I was heading." Bangs
said, looking across the field, spotting the familiar Freedom Flag.

"Hmph. I was going that way." Devlin said. "We might as well go
together. Could be easier."

Bangs smiled. "I don't mind that, lets go!"

Scorch yawned. "We're supposed to come early, lets try to pick up our pace."

With that, the trio headed towards their destination.

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Time: 6:07 AM

Location: Freedom HQ

While that had been going on, Sally Acorn had been going through
papers. One was a bio G.U.N. sent her of a mobian eligible to join the
new ranks. The paper read as follows:

Miss Acorn,

Upon seeing your advertisement, we found someone that could prove to
be of assistance. Here is some information for her.

Sally found a picture attached to the letter. It showed a purple
female hedgehog with quills reaching midway down her back. She had
emerald green eyes and a slightly tanned muzzle. She wore a white
t-shirt under a black leather jacket. She also had black jeans, and
jet black trainers with a white stripe around the edge. Three long
blades were worn on each of her knuckles. Sally continued reading the
information.

Name: Lexi the Hedgehog

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Bio: She has become well known for stopping wanted criminals. However,
against our wishes, she kills them. We can no longer keep up with all
of the villians she's killed, and hope the Freedom Fighters can keep
her busy.

Sally thought for a minute, then turned to Sonic and Tails, who were
playing a game of chess.

"Could you two go find this 'Lexi the Hedgehog'?" she asked, tossing
Sonic the letter. Sonic, without a glance, caught it and took off with
Tails in less than three seconds. Sally smiled and turned towards the
rest of the papers.

"Um, excuse me?" a voice asked.

Sally looked up to find a female kitsune with creamy orange fur. She
had black hair reaching down to her waist, and blue eyes. She wore
blue jean capris, a hot pink tank top, black sneakers, and a black
belt with two guns attached to it. She looked to be fourteen years
old.

Sally smiled, reconizing the fox. "Kaitlyn Thorne, I've been expecting you."

"Please, just call me KT." she responded, somewhat quickly.

Sally nodded. "Your brother, Leif, will be cared for by my two
friends, Antione and Bunnie, why you work with us."

KT nodded. "As long as he's kept safe."

Sally once again nodded in understanding. "I promise he will be given
the best of care. I'm glad you decided to join. Please go into that
room on the right. Thats where the recruits wait." she said as she
motioned to a door. KT said a quick thank you before entering the
room.

The room contained rows of chairs, in which KT took a seat. Another
mobian sat in the room, as well.

This mobian was unlike any other mobian. For one thing, not many
mobians were the heir to the throne of Camelot. He was sixteen years
of age, nearly ready to be king. However, he had decided early on to
give himself more experience before becoming king, and thats why he
had joined the new ranks. He was a turtle with deep blue skin, blonde
hair, and yellow eyes. He wore an aqua shirt with a blue X crossing
over it, and a virgo sign over the X. His appearance was complete with
navy blue boots, along with a navy blue headband placed slightly above
his forehead. His weapon was a sacred sword called "Aquarion". It had
a golden flared appearance with a V end, and was enveloped in two
golden spirals. Sacred swords are very unique from regular blades. For
one thing, it had magic properties, for another, it could speak. Most
of the time, this was seen as a gift. Other times, it was a curse.

"Sir Bedwyr, I do believe we've been here for a solid hour." the blade
said to his master.

"Hush, Aquarion. Be patient."

"Patient? Patient!? I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, SIR, THAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR MY USE ALL THE TIME YOU WERE BEING TRAINED TO WIELD ME! THAT TOOK
MOST OF YOUR LIFE!"

"I KNOW, AQUARION. BUT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT IT?" Bedwyr asked, just as
loud as Aquarion. He was hoping that shouting back would give his
blade a bit of a "message" that he shouldn't be yelling. Sadly, it
didn't work.

"SIR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WAITING HERE FOR TWO HOURS HAS
RUINED MY PATIENCE."

Bedwyr felt like shouting back, until he noticed KT giving him an
awkward stare. He chuckled nervously.

"Um, just ignore him." he said quickly.

KT gave a sarcastic grin. "Ignore who? Do you have an imaginary friend?"

"IMAGINARY FRIEND?!" Aquarion shouted, "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, YOUNG
LADY, THAT I AM A SACRED SWORD, MIND YOUR MANNARS!"

KT growled. "Do you have a problem with me?"

"N-No! He said that!" Bedwyr stated as he pointed at the sword, trying
to not cause trouble.

"Whatever." KT said.

"Great, now I'm stuck in a room with some weirdo with a split
personality." she thought.

Bedwyr glared at his sword. "Careful, Aquarion. You need to stay
quiet, we're irritating the poor girl over there."

"We? I believe it was YOU, sir."

At that moment, Sonic and Tails burst into the room, with another
hedgehog following that could only be Lexi.

"WE'RE BACK!" Sonic shouted.

"...And your telling me to be quiet?" Aquarion asked in a whisper to
his master. Bedwyr, who had had it past his highest limit, hung his
head back.

"OH, JUST SHUT UP!"

Sonic glared at the turtle. "Geez, Bedwyr, no need to get all touchy with me."

"I-I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Aquarion."

"Oh..." Sonic replied in understanding. Bedwyr was an old friend of
his, so he knew very well that he owned a sacred sword.

"Um... is Aquarion a real person?" KT asked.

"Of course!" Tails said, "Aquarion, say something!"

Bedwyr lifted the blade up, so KT could see the voice would be
originating from the sword.

Oddly enough, Aquarion refused to speak. KT rolled her eyes. "Great,
all three of you must be crazy."

Bedwyr spoke up, "Sir Tails, I believe he isn't speaking because I...
shouted at him."

"Uh huh." KT said sarcastically.

"Hey, it really does talk!" Sonic stated, not pleased that Bedwyr was
currently being veiwed as a crazy mobian.

At that moment, Scorch, Devlin, and Bangs entered the room. Devlin
noticed Bedwyr.

"Ah, your the legendary knight that helped Sonic, correct?"

"Well, you could say that..."

Seriously?! Your the dude with the talking sword?" Scorch asked, butting in.

Sonic looked at KT and smirked.

"Told'ja so."

Bangs looked around the room. "...Are we in the right place?" she asked.

"You are." Sally answered.

"Good, I was begining to think Sonic brought me to the nuthouse." Lexi
said with a smirk.

Sally just smiled politely. "Your Lexi, correct?"

"No, your thinking of the other girl. Yes, I'm Lexi.

Sally ignored her sarcasm. "GUN told me about you, I hope you make the
most of your time here."

"Yeah, whatever."

Sally then turned to the rest of the room. "Good morning, everyone! I
would like you to all to introduce yourselves, starting at my right."
The introductions came as follows:

"Devlin of the Raiju Clan, your highness. It is an honor to help the
Freedom Fighters."

"Sir Bedwyr the 2nd, at your service! And this is my loyal blade, Aquarion.!"

"Thank you, master." Aquarion said, finally speaking again. The
introductions continued.

"'Sup! I'm Scorch!"

"Hi, everyone! You can call me Bangs!"

"I go by KT, or whatever suits me best."

"Lexi. Seriously though, why do we have to do this if we already wrote
our names down on the form?"

Sonic grinned. "Because we don't have forms."

Tails spoke next. "Training will begin soon, I hope your all ready!"

Unknown to them, a figure stood outside the door, listening intently.
With a chuckle, he sped out of the base. He had to report this to his
new boss.

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Time: 6:28 AM

Location: New Mobotropolis Central Park

"Here we are, guys!" Unova said as the foursom looked around.

"I never asked for help..." Whirl growled.

"Oh, hush dude. Your lucky Darkness didn't arrest you." Eclipse said
with a chuckle.

Darkness, meanwhile, was reading a poster. "Guys, you might want to
check this out."

When the others gathered around the poster, Darkness read it out loud.
"Recruits needed. Location: Freedom HQ Be there by 6-7 PM. Hmm..." he
pulled out his tablet. "You know..." he said as he read over
information, "Shifter's first form was discovered by these 'Freedom
Fighters'. Joining them could prove to help thw three of you find
him."

"Interesting..." Whirl said, re-reading the poster. "Maybe we can stop
him this way..."

"I'll do it." Unova said with a smile.

"I guess I don't really have a choice here." Eclipse implied.

"I'll stick around, maybe It'll be fun." Darkness grinned. With that,
they made their way to Freedom HQ.

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Time: 11:00 PM

Location: ?

The figure zipped into the base, past a gate carved into stone, and
through a passage within a giant rock. He stopped in front of a dark,
large silhouette.

"Sir, the Freedom morons made a new team. It appears that they'll be
sent after us, while the original team goes after Robotnick."

The large silhouette slammed his fist on a table, causing it to crack.
The figure bowed in a mixture of respect and fear.

"S-Sir, killing them c-could prove to be... worthwhile."

Mechanical sounds were heard as the silhouette stepped into the light,
and smiled.

"It will. Consider it done."

The figure smiled at his boss, then left the room.

A/N: GOSH, THAT TOOK SO DANG LONG TO WRITE! I hope I did well with
everyone's OC's. Special thanks to Acid Fish for supplying the villian
for this fic (he was the silhouette at the end of this chappie).
Please R&R.
ALSO,, I've got a question: What should the name be for the new team?
Say it in the reviews, and I'll pic my favorite. In the meantime,
check out my other fanfic, "The Echo".

Ciao!

-Gnat1

It doesn't matter what you say, but how you do it.