Chapter 3: Fight for Freedom!
Seanzilla115: Hey minna. I uh...I'm going to take a break from my Freedom Force story for a while. I need to focus more on my new story than my other one right now. Plus...I still need to work on my other story, The New Decade. But right now, I need to focus more on this story. Anyway...I don't own anyone in this story, nor the series Sonic the Hedgehog, the Ben 10 series, or the Blazblue series. I do own Haseo the Hedgefox.
"Wow. This is pretty cool," Ben noted.
"Wow! I have to thank Amy-chan for this when she gets back!" Makoto squealed.
"I must admit, these cloths are impressive," Rook noted.
"Indeed," Tsubaki agreed.
Ben was wearing a black t-shirt with a white line going down the middle. In the center of the white bar was a black space that separated the bar with a '10' in the middle. He still had his jacket, but the bottom had been lengthened to his knees. He wore a pair of black jeans with white and black running shoes.
Makoto's outfit was interesting. She wore a chestnut-colored jacket that went down to her waist with a brown and black tee that was stretched by her assets and exposed her toned, flat belly. On her shapely rear and hips was a pair of chestnut short-shorts with black leggings that covered her lovely, well-toned legs, her feet hid in black and acorn-colored running shoes. On her hands were a pair of brown, black, and chestnut fingerless gloves with the backs exposed in an acorn design and went up to an inch below her shoulders.
'At least it covered the breast and panties,' Ben thought with a small blush on his face.
Rook wore a blue shirt with white trimmings on the openings and a pair of jeans over a repaired version of his jumpsuit, courtesy of Nicole. On his head was a hat that complicated his outfit, and hid his ears to make him seem a bit more Mobian.
Tsubaki's outfit was interesting like Makoto's. She wore a opened, light-yellow vest over a slightly remodeled version of her previous outfit, a small image of a pair of golden, angel wings just below the neck line and the sleeves a bit shorter. She also wore a pair of creamish-white shorts that resembled the lower part of her previous outfit with gold trimmings on the waist and openings with a small image of a camellia rose on the side of the left pant leg, and a pair of brown boots with gold trimmings going down the center, and a image of a pair of angel wings on the heels. On her hands were a pair of brown, gold, and cream-white gloves that went up to an inch below her shoulders.
"Ano..Ben-san? May I ask you a question?" Tsubaki asked Ben, getting the teen's attention.
"Sure. Ask away," Ben nodded.
"Just...how many aliens can you turn into?" the crimson haired girl asked.
"I'm kinda curious about that as well," Makoto added.
"..Well...let's just say a lot for now. And I mean, a lot," Ben responded before chuckling a bit, "In fact...one of my aliens, Ditto, is known as one of my cutest aliens amongst my fans back in my world."
"I...I see..." Tsubaki sweatdropped a bit.
"Oh! Oh! Do you have any Aliens that go really fast? I bet one of them probably ran circles around those bad guys you told me and Tsubaki-chan about!" Makoto asked in excitement a little, her tail wagging behind her.
"Yep. I have quiet a few actually, some of my favorites being JetRay and Fastrack," Ben responded
"Wait a minute...what about this 'XLR8' Rook-san mentioned before we came here?" Tsubkai asked him, causing the brown haired teen to flinch.
"I...don't want to talk about that form right now..." Ben sighed.
"...I understand. Sorry I brought it up then, Ben-san," Tsubaki apologized.
"No no. It's okay, Tsubaki. It's just..when the times right..I'll talk about him," Ben stated to her.
"Okay..." Tsubaki nodded.
"You know...this talk about speed has me curious about something..." Rook spoke as he looked at the room Sonic locked himself in, "The way Sonic looked when he got back...what do you supposed happened to make him look...so angry?"
"I don't know...In fact...I'm starting to get a little worried," Tsubaki stated with a concern look on her face.
"Same here. I mean, he's been in there for a few hours now," Ben added.
"Hai..." Makoto nodded in agreement before she got an idea, "Wait! Maybe Nicole-chan knows something."
"That sounds like a good idea but...who'll go and ask her?" Rook pondered.
"Hmm...Maybe a game of Rock Paper Scissors?" Makoto suggested.
"I apologize miss Nanaya, but I would like to avoid playing that game. It's rather...confusing to me," Rook responded.
"What? How come?"
"Well...like I said, it's a rather confusing game to me. I mean...how is it that a piece of paper can beat a rock?" Rook responded.
"...you're...kidding...right?" Makoto sweatdropped.
"No I am not. I understand how Scissors beats Paper but...I'm confused on how Paper Beats Rock," Rook stated, "I'm..also a bit confused on the Rock Beats Scissors part of the game. I know that Rock can easily break a pair of scissors but...if the metal is tempered just right, even a pair of scissors can cut a rock in half."
"...Rook...it's just a game..." Ben sweatdropped.
"Yes. A rather...confusing game," Rook replied, causing Ben to facepalm and sigh.
"...I'll go," the Squirrel Beastkinvspoke, catching the others attention.
"You sure, Makoto?" Tsubaki asked her friend.
"Hai. Besides, I think I might have a pretty good idea on where she might be," Makoto responded.
Meanwhile, in the lab downstairs, Nicole was busy looking over some data files, a depressed look on the lynx's face.
Ever since the invasion from the Iron Dominion, she's been really down on herself since the Iron Queen took over Nicole's mind, turning her into Iron Nicole, and having the digital lynx capture anyone who defied the Iron Dominion. Even after Sonic and the others took New Mobotropolis back from the Iron Queen and her subject and freed Nicole from her control, the lynx still felt bad about what happened, considering that the citizens of New Mobotroplois were scared of her. It didn't help that Naugus did something that caused the people to go from fearing her to down right hating the digital lynx. And...to top it all of...she recently lost Sally, her best friend and one she considered a sister, to Eggman after she sacrificed herself to stop the mad scientist from Roboticizing everyone. And to add insult to injury, Eggman Weaponized Sally, turning her into a living weapon that could keep up with, and possibly go faster then Sonic.
"..Perhaps...everything would be better off...if I..." Nicole began with a whisper.
"Nicole-chan? Are you in here?" a certain Squirrel Beastkin's voice called out from behind the door leading to the lab.
"...Yes. please come in, Miss Nanaya," The digital lynx nodded as Makoto walked in, making sure not to hit her head in the door way, "What do you need?"
"Well...a few hour ago, Sonic came back and...well...he looked rather angry about something. I was wondering if you might know something about it," Makoto informed her.
"...It must've been Silver again," Nicole guessed.
"Silver?" Makoto repeated.
"A Hedgehog that claims to be from a destroyed future," Nicole explained, "You see...he came to this time because he thinks...no, he claims that there's a traitor amongst the Freedom Fighters."
"A traitor?"
"Yes. There were two people he suspected at first, Sonic and Rotor, a friend of ours that's retired from the field due to his back. But...after certain events happened, Silver saw that neither of them was the traitor."
"I...I see..." Makoto noted, "Hmm...maybe this 'Silver' did something that made Sonic mad."
"Perha..." Nicole began before her eyes widened, "Oh no...he didn't..."
"Eh? who didn't what?" Makoto blinked.
"Miss Nanaya, did Sonic tell you and the others about a friend of his named Antione and what happened to him?" the digital lynx asked her.
"Hai," Makoto nodded before her eyes widened as well, "You don't think..."
"Yes. Most likely Silver thought Antione was the traitor and...well...Sonic must've snapped at him and showed him Antione's current predicament," Nicole stated.
"...Well...I would too if one of my friends were in a coma and someone claimed that they were a traitor," Makoto stated.
"I see..." Nicole noted before asking, "You...you must really care about your friends, don't you, miss Nanaya?"
"I do. Because if anyone would dare lay a finger on my friends and harms them in anyway..." Makoto began as she clenched her hands, "I will hunt them down...and make them pay."
"..I...I see then..." Nicoel noted again, "Is...ther anything else you wanted to talk to me about, Miss Nanaya?"
"Nope. Thats about it actually..." Makoto responded as she starte to leave before pausing and looking at teh Digital Lynx from behind her shoulder, "And Nicole-chan?"
"Yes, miss Nanaya?"
"You can call me Makoto if you want. I mean, we are friends, right?" the Squirrel Beastkin asked.
"..." Nicole pondered for a bit before giving a kind smile, "Yes...I guess we are, Miss Na...Makoto."
Makoto giggled a bit as she left the room, making sure not to hit her head in the door way as she waved goodbye to the digital lynx, who had went back to looking at some data files, the smile still on her face.
'Perhaps...things are starting to get better...' Nicole thought, 'Perhapes..maybe...Makoto and her friends...will be able to help Sonic and the others defeat Eggman once and for all and...help turn Sally back to normal...'
Meanwhile, at the DeathEgg 2, a certain fat, egg-shaped scientist was busy walking down a metal hallway, a evil, yet cocky smirk on his face.
Ever since he regained his sanity, his mind has become more...clear and full of ideas he could've never imagined before, like upgrading his EggPawns into more powerful machines, creating a better version of the DeathEgg, the list goes on. Plus, he was acting very proud of himself since his recent victories over the bane of his existance, Sonic the Hedgehog. Even though he was upset about his World-Wide Roboticizer being broken after a certain Mobian Princess sabotaged it, the fact that she was Roboticized in the process made up for it since not only could Sonic fight back against her, but after he Weaponized her, Eggman had the most powerful robot in his entire army in terms of intelligence and power. Eeyup...Eggman felt pretty proud of himself for beating Sonic. But...that soon changed when he found out that his nephew, Snivley, had left the DeathEgg 2, with the Chaos Emerald he needed to power his machine.
'When I get my hands on that little runt...' Eggman growled as he came across a metal door. he entered a few commands on the keyboard next to the door before it opened up, letting the egg-shaped mad scientist proceed as his top commanders, the GrandMasters of each chapter of his Dark Egg Legion, sat across from eachother in a room with a large, metal table and a large, fish tank in it.
The first 2 there were Lien-Da and Drago, the former grumbling about something as he rested his head on his opened palm.
The third Grandmaster was a Rabbit Mobian with sandish yellow fur, a white muzzle, and soft blue/grey eyes that held a regal, yet care free and kind look in them. On his head, hiding his styled brown hair that was tied into dreadlocks and held by beads, was a brown, Stetson hat that let his long ears, which were tied back, hanged out from underneath. He wore a Dark-brown Duster coat with a white shirt worn underneath, a red tie done in a bow-like fashion around his neck, black pants that resembled Eggman's, only in the rabbit's size, black boots, and a fingerless blue glove on his left hand. however, that was were his normal look ended as his entire right arm was robotic in appearance. This was the Grand Master of the Great Desert, Beauregard Rabbot, or as some call him, The Baron.
The Fourth Grandmaster was a feral looking Wild Cat Mobian with Cybernetic claws like Drago's. His fur was a dirty orange, black, and white color while his eye were a sinister yellow. He wore a outfit similar to Eggman's, only the jacket was replaced by a torn vest, and opened 'toes' for his claws. This was Razorklaw, Drago's partner in leading the Dark Egg Legion's Chapter in Soumerca.
The GrandMaster that sat next to him was a Mobian Cobra with green, lime-green, and yellow scales, and cold, blue eyes. His body, arms and legs were cybernetic, and resembled obisidian-black knight armor in appearance, his tail sticking out of the bottom of the 'armor.' On his torso were two, orange triangle-shaped metal buttons colored yellow on the outside with white stripes circling around the back. This was the GrandMaster of the Dark Egg Legion Chapter in Mercia, and one of the more cruel and sadistic of the GrandMasters, Mordred Hood, or Lord Hood as his servants called him.
The sixth Grandmaster was a Platypus Mobian with teal colored feathers, the tips of the ones on his head orange, and a black bill and tail. He wore a purple version of Eggman's costume. This was Duck 'Bill' Platypus, GrandMaster of the Downunda Dark Egg Legion Chapter and, in secret, a member of the Downunda Freedom Fighters.
The next GrandMaster, and one of the only two females of the group, was a Mobian Lynx with orange fur and the tips of her ears black, and her muzzle a creamish-white. On her head was a Conical Straw-hat, a tuft of her raven-black hair hanging over her face. She wore a dark purple, Samurai/Kunoichi outfit with gold trimmings, the top of the outfit stretched a bit by her ample bust and the lower part of the outfit hugging her ample waist, brown boots with metal on the front, and black and grey gloves with red cuffs. Currently she had her eyes, which were a red orange color and cybernetic, closed. This was the Grandmaster of the Dark Egg Legion Chapter in the Dragon Kingdom, and the Leader of the Raiju, one of Mobius's most powerful Ninja tribes, Bride of the Conquering Storm.
The next of the GrandMasters, and the third tallest in the group, was a Mobian Bear with brown fur. He wore a red, opened, torn vest, revealing the muscles on his chest, a chain wrapped around his abs, dark blue jeans, and brown biker boots. This was Diesel, Leader of the Dark Egg Legion Chapter in Efrika.
The third to last Grandmaster, and the second tallest of the group, was a well-built human male. He was Caucasian in appearance, and had a spiky, black beard. He wore a dark red military outfit with bronze and white, possibly ceramic, pauldrons on his shoulder, Eggman's symbol being seen on the left pauldron, combat boots, and a bronze device on his back that resembled a Sega Dreamcast. His arms, and the left side of his face, were cybernetic in appearance. This was Hugo Brass, GrandMaster of the Dark Egg Legion Chapter in Eurish.
The second to last GrandMaster was a strange, fat looking creature with booger green skin. He wore a white shirt that was stretched by his fat figure, black pants that were held up by a pair of orange straps, a orange tie around his neck, and a red cape. His left arm was robotic, and had the appearance of a claw crane. This was The Foreman, the leader of the Nerb Dark Egg Legion Chapter.
In the fish tank behind the other Grandmasters, and the largest of them, was a Orca Mobian with it's fin, tail, eyes, and flippers cybernetic. Even though his eyes were cybernetic, they didn't hide the ruthless, power hungry look in them. This was Akhlut, Leader of the Dark Egg Legion Chapter in the Northern Tundra, and the most dangerous of the GrandMasters.
"Ahh...Welcome, my GrandMasters," Eggman greeted, as he approached the large metal table, "I'm sure you are all wondering why I called you here?"
"This better be good, Eggman! I was busy with something before you called me in here!" Drago growled at the fat doctor, "I gave you my arms, and my allegiance! In fact, you better show me some respect! Especially since I got these killer cybernetics!"
"Oh? You mean the ones that'll explode if I give a single voice command?" Eggman smirked darkly, causing Drago to pale.
"Yeah...th...I...um...what were we talking about?" the feral wolf gulped.
"I thought so. Now sit..down," Eggman ordered as Drago did so, giving a small whimper as the fat doctor looked at the other GrandMasters, "And Drago isn't special, my dear GrandMasters. You're all one command prompt away from being permanently retired."
"Can we go ahead and start this meeting already?" Lien-Da asked him in a annoyed tone, having been reminded about the bomb inside her.
"Right. Now then..." Eggman began, "I has Lien-Da sent out a signal, yet nobody responded. Tell me, is there a reason you chose to disobey me?"
"W-well sir, we got word from Snively that the Empire had fallen and..." Beauregard began.
"And you believed him?-!" Eggman snapped at the rabbit before glaring at the rest of his GrandMasters, "You'd really think I'd grant any of you freedom in my demise?-! I Legionized you! I sponsor and Empowered you! I own you! You will serve the Dark Egg Legion and the Eggman Empire until the day you die! Or until I grow tired of you, which is pretty much the same thing in the end."
"Then...it was a trick by Snively? Why?" Akhlut asked the fat, egg-shaped doctor.
"...I don't know yet," Eggman responded as he turned to face the Orca.
"Pah! You cannot control your chief underling! You're not fit to command any of us!" Akhlut growled.
"Would you prefer I open the hatch and let you fly back into the ocean?" Eggman grinned darkly.
"..."
"No? I didn't think so!" Eggman smirked as he turned around to face the other GrandMasters again, "I know you all hate me, and I don't care! What matter's is that you hold your positions of powers, and I control that power! Do as I say, and only as I say! You all serve my well...but..." he paused as he placed a hand on Duck's shoulder, causing the platypus to pale a bit, "You're all...replaceable."
'Oh man...I can't let that happen...' The Platypus thought with a gulp, thinking about what would happen to his fellow platypi if Eggman replaced him.
"All that said, I also reward loyalty!" Eggman grinned as he took his hand of Duck's and motioned toward Lien-Da, "Take Lien-Da for example."
"Huh? Me?" the female echidna blinked.
"She could've taken over during the...'techinical difficulties' a few days ago. But...she did not! If that isn't loyalty, I don't..." Eggman pause, his left eye twitching as he turned around to face Cubot and Orbot, who were serving tea and biscuits to the GrandMasters, "What are you two bolt brains doing?-!"
"Just being gracious host to your guest, milord," Orbot explained.
"Si..." Cubot, now sporting a small moustache and had a thick, Spanish accent, added as he served Conquering Storm a cup of tea, "For you, Sinorita...please, enjoy."
"..Oh, fine! Carry on!" Eggman ordered the two before clearing his throat, "Anyway, as I was about to say, Lien-Da will receive her choice for her chapter's re-assignment. Understood?"
The GrandMaster's didn't say anything as they nodded in response.
"Good. Now that we're clear on who's in command, I have some additional task for you. You will continue to terrorize any un-conquered territory and Legionize new recruits as before. But..." Eggman began as with a snap of his fingers, a holographic image of a blue, emerald-shaped gem appeared in the middle of the table, "You will also be looking for this! You see...Snively took the Chaos Emerald and no doubt hid it. The Chapter to find and deliver the gem to me will be greatly rewarded! The quicker it's found, the greater my generosity will be. Try to keep it, and your punishment will be legendary."
"..You have set many task before us, Eggman-sama," Conquering Storm spoke after taking a sip of her tea, "If you continue to abruptly summon all of us in the near future, it would make it difficult to fulfill your wishes."
"I'm well aware of that. Today's demonstration was to make in impression. Also, I have other means of keeping tabs on your actions as well," Eggman responded as he snapped his fingers, causing a pair of doors to open behind him as four, robotic figures walked out.
The first two were robotic clones of Sonic and Tails while the third was a metallic red, robotic echidna.
The fourth was a robotic, female Mobian Chipmunk/Squirrel with dark blue, silver-white, and gun metal black armor. Her head was a light, metallic brown while her styled, metal hair was a metallic red, a strand of it hovering over one of her soulless, blue eyes.
"My latest Badniks, the Metal Series, will be enforcing my will directly, and 'assisting' you when needed," Eggman stated.
"Oh...mah...stars..." Beauregard gasped in horror as he looked at the robotic chipmunk/squirrel, "Is...is that...Princess Sally?"
"Indeed it is! Roboticized, and Weaponized by me personally!" Eggman smirked, "As you can see, quite contrary to Snively's little fib...I'm winning this war!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Serves that dumb bitch right!" Drago laughed cruelly as he pointe and laughed at the Roboticized princess. However...that soon ended when a laser blast zoomed right past his head, barely hitting his ear.
"As you just saw..." Eggman began as he motioned to Mecha-Sally, who had one of her hands out and opened before putting it down, "Sally's equiped with some of the best weapons I created in the past! Combine that with her knowledge on the battlefield, and you got quiet possibly the most dangerous weapon ever! And the best part about her...is that Sonic can't, no, won't go up against her! Hohohohoho!"
'Why that no good son of a rattle...!' Beauregard thought with a growl before calming down, 'No Beauregard...don't. Remember why you joined him in the first place...'
"...Is that all you wanted to talk to us about, Eggman? Or is there something else?" Razorklaw asked.
"Why yes...there is. Lien-Da, play it," Eggman ordered the female echidna.
"Yes sir," Lien-Da nodded as she entered a few commands on the device on her wrist, causing the hologram of the Chaos Emerald to disappear and be replaced with the video she showed Eggman last chapter.
"Grr..." Dragon growled when he saw the part with Rook shooting the blasters out of the Legionairs' hands before looping back to the beginning.
"As you can see, this boy here seems to have the ability to transform into this giant creature you see before you," Eggman informed the GrandMasters, "And something tells me he can turn into other kinds of creatures. If any of you see this boy and he transforms into a creature aside from the one in the video, I want you to take notes of the creature he transforms into and send them to me."
"And the tall one? What do we do about him?" the Foreman asked, pointing to the image of Rook before the video looped back to the beginning again.
"Hmm...That weapon of his does look pretty interesting..." Eggman noted after seeing Rook's Proto-Tool, "Very well then. If any of you see this person as well...I want you to steal that weapon of his and send it to me. Any of you decide to keep it and..well...you know where I'm going with this. Understand?"
The GrandMasters nodded in response again, not once saying a word afer the video was finished.
"Good. Now...get back to work!" Eggman ordered as with a snap of his fingers, the GrandMasters-minus Lien-Da, were transported back to their respective Chapters, "Ahh...that went well."
"Sir...if I may ask...what's our next move?" Lien-Da asked the fat, egg-shaped doctor.
"Good question," Eggman noted before looking at Orbot, "Orbot? Where are we right now?"
"Hmm..." the orb-shaped bot pondered before pressing a button on the wall, causing a part of the wall to open, revealing a window. Orbot then flew towards the window and looked down, "seems we're coming up to the town of Furville, which is not too far away from our current location."
"Ahh...Excellent," Eggman grinned as he turned to face Lien-Da, "Lien-Da, you're in charge while I'm gone."
"Yes sir!" The female echidna nodded before blinking, "But...return from where?"
"A little hunting expedition," the fat, egg-shaped doctor replied as he turned his attention towards Mecha-Sally, "Mecha-Sally, listen to Lien-Da while I'm gone."
-...Yes...Lord Eggman...- the Roboticized princess nodded.
"Good girl," Eggman smirked as he started to leave, "Cubot, Orbot, ready the Egg'stach Flyer.
"Yes, my lord/Si senor!" the two ,shape bots nodded as they followed him.
"And change his voice chip once we're inside. That accent of his is kinda getting on my nerves for some reason," Eggman whispered to Orbot.
"Yes, my lord," Orbot whispered back as the three left, leaving Lien-Da and Mecha-Sally.
"So...I'm in charge while he's gone..." the female echidna whispered to herself before smirking, "That works out for me just fine..."
Meanwhile, in the town of Furville, a Mobian Hedgefox with midnight-black fur hummed a bit as he walked through the town square, carrying a few bags of groceries.
His muzzle, tail tip, chest fur, and the ear tips were a pure snow white while his eyes were a soft, ice blue. He wore a pair of snow white running shoes with black lines going down the middle and a small image of a ice blue 9 tailed fox. What was interesting about him was that he had two tails, one in his normal color, and the other a pure, snow white.
"I hope I have enough food for dinner tonight. Roll-Onee-chan is supposed to be coming home tonight after all..." the hedgefox said to himself before a shadow loomed over him, "Eh? Nani? Nobody said anything about it being cloudy to...day..."
He slowly looked up and paled, seeing the DeathEgg 2 hovering over Furville, the size of the giant ship completely blocking out the sun.
"E...Eggman..." the hedgefox paled.
-Attention! Everyone in this town is now the property of the Eggman Empire! Any resistance will be met with violence and force! Victims will be Roboticized while those with immunities to Robotization will be Legionize, conscripted into the Dark Egg Legion and used to hunt down your loved ones! Anyone who tried to run away will be beaten into submission by the EggSwats!- Lien-Da's voice declared from the DeathEgg 2 as the same robots from the 1st chapter flew down from the ship and started to capture the people of Furville.
"...Ahh...ahh..." the hedgefox whimpered when two EggSwats closed in on him before he tossed the food he was carrying at the two bots and ran off in a black and white blur.
The two EggSwats shook off the food as they gave chase to the hedgefox, who was barely dodging the laser blast fired from the robots' blasters.
"Ahh mou! What do I do?-! Roll-Onee-chan! Tatsukete!" the hedgefox screamed as he ran away from the EggSwats chasing him.
Meanwhile, back in Freedom HQ, a certain blue hedgehog was looking up at the ceiling, an empty look on his face as he sat in one of the chairs in the men's bed room.
Things weren't looking really good for him. What with having Naugus being king of the city and having Nicole exiled from it, losing his girlfriend to Eggman, Antione Being in a coma, Bunny gone missing, and...the recent incident with Silver...Sonic's sense of right and wrong was slowly dying. He then recalled the words of a certain, green, evil Zone-Double of his...
"And it's not the Fiona thing, or that I'm better looking...it's that all it takes is one bad day, and you'll end up...just...like...me..."
"...Maybe Scourge's ri..." Sonic began before someone began knocking on the door.
"Sonic! open the door! We have to talk to you!" Tail's voice called from the other side.
"..." Sonic sighed as he got up and unlocked the door, letting Tails and Amy in, "Well...what is it?"
"Sonic! Eggman's attacking Furville! We need to...!" Tails began.
"No..." Sonic spoke, earning a shocked look from both Amy and Tails, "Why should we bother anyway?"
"Why shoud...Sonic! We're the Freedom Fighters! We need to..!" Amy began.
"We need to do nothing, Amy!" Sonic snapped at her.
"But..Sonic! The team's falling apart! We need you!" Tails begged him.
"..Tch! 'Falling apart?' Dude. Eggman beat us, Naugus is king. Face it...the Freedom Fighters are done. So...Hey what?!" Sonic gasped as a very ticked off Amy grabbed him by his hair and dragged him into the recreation/living room with Tails following behind.
"Huh? What's going on?" Ben blinked, pausing from his conversation with Makoto as they, along with Rook and Tsubaki, turned to see Amy dragging Sonic by his hair and stopped right in front of Ben and Makoto.
"Ben...Makoto...move..." Amy stated with a growl.
"But...what's...?" Makoto began.
"Now..." Amy stated in a cold, dangerous-tone.
"Yes ma'am!" both Ben and Makoto yelped as they got up and moved to a different part of the room, letting the Pink hedgehog slam Sonic onto the couch.
"Ow! Hey! What the H-E-double hockey sticks was that for Amy?-!" Sonic growled at the pink hedgehog.
"Sonic...you better have been joking in there..." Amy growled at him.
"She's right Sonic. You better have been joking back there, because the Sonic I know never gives up, especially when your friends need you the most," Tails added with a frown, "We didn't learn to be Freedom Fighters from just anyone, y'know.
"Yeah...but..." Sonic began before Amy slapped him hard, and I mean HARD, in the face, earning a shocked look from everyone in the room.
"BUT NOTHING! YOU DIDN'T QUIT WHEN YOU GOT ARRESTED! YOU DIDN'T QUIT WHEN EGGMAN CAME BACK! YOU DIDN'T QUIT WHEN WE LOST OLD MOBOTROPOLIS, OR KNOTHOLE, OR OUR FAMILIES, OR ANY OTHER TIME! NOW GET UP! WE GOT FREEDOM FIGHTERS TO SAVE!" Amy yelled at Sonic at the top of her lungs before she panted heavily after exploding like that.
Sonic sat there for a few moments, touching the place where Amy slapped him before he started to chuckle.
"Is...there something funny?" Rook asked in confusion.
"No Rook. It's just...I can't believe I let all this get to me," Sonic replied as he got up and looked at Amy and Tails, "Amy. Tails. It's good to know that you two are still in this all the way. Look...the old Freedom Fighter are gone, But..." He paused before grinning, "That doesn't mean we can't come up with something new. We're going to have to seriously brain-storm though. We maybe in rough shape, and we got a lot on our plates right now...but that won't stop us. With the three, scratch that, with the seven of us, we can kick Eggman's butt! So...you guys in..or out?"
"I'm in!" Tails grinned.
"You know that's a silly question, Sonic. I'll follow you any where," Amy giggled.
"Sweet!" Sonic grinned before he looked oer at Ben and the others, "What about you guys? You in?"
"...you better believe we're in Sonic," Ben nodded with a grin.
"Hai! By the time we're done, Eggman's going to be sorry he messed with us!" Makoto agreed.
"Indeed. The crimes that man has done is unforgivable. So I will personally see to it that he receives justice," Tsubaki stated with a frown.
"Same here, miss Tsubaki," Rook nodded in agreement.
"Alright! With you guys on our team, old Egg-butt won't know what hit him!" Sonic grinned.
"Heh heh. It's good to know that you're back to your normal self, Sonic."
The group turned around to see a Mobian Walrus leaning against the doorway leading downstairs.
"Rotor? I didn't notice you there," Sonic blinked before motioning to Ben and his group, "Oh! This is..."
"Nicole already told me about them when I was in the lab downstairs," The walrus/Rotor explained before sighing, "Sonic...I'm afraid I got some bad news..."
"..okay..I'll bite. What is it?" Sonic asked with a sigh.
"Naugus tried to convince the council to have Nicole exiled from Freedom HQ," the walrus sighed.
"WHAT/NANI?-!" Amy and Makoto gasped in a shocked tone.
"Y...you mean...my...my mom...was okay with this?" Tails trembled.
"No. In fact, she was against it, along with Sonic's uncle and myself before I retired from the council," Rotor reassured.
"Oh thank goodness..." Amy sighed in relief.
"Yeah..." Tails nodded in agreement, "But...why would Naugus suggest something so...extreme?"
"My guess is he wants to get rid of her all together. You know, make himself look good for 'his' people," Sonic guessed with a frown.
"But...but...that's not fair! I mean, this is the only place Nicole can live in! And that Naugus guy wants to ban her from here too?-! That...that...OOOH! If I ever meet that jerk, I'm going to...!" Makoto began with a growl before Ben placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Makoto...I know you're mad right now...heck, I'm as mad as you are right now...but we need to focus right now with the task at hand," the Omnitrix wielder stated to her.
"...You're right. Sorry about that, minna. It's just...I can't stand it when people try to hurt my friends, both mentally and physically," Makoto apologized.
"It's good, Makoto," Sonic nodded as he placed his arm around Rotor, "Besdies...now that Rotor's back, we got nothing to lose, right?"
"Right. except...with just the four, scratch that, with just the eight of us, we can't keep watch over the city and chase after Doctor Eggman."
"Hmm...that is.. true..." Sonic noted.
"Hold on," Rook spoke, getting everyone's attention, "If we can't watch over the city and go after Eggman at the same time...then what if we create two seperate teams for each task?"
"...Rook...you're a freaking genius dude!" Sonic smirked as he looked over at Rotor, "Rote, get ready."
"Huh? Why?" Rotor asked in confusion.
"because we're going to the castle to talk to the castle and Naugus," Sonic responde with a smirk, "Besides...Rook just gave us a really good idea."
Meanwhile, back in Furville, the town was still under attack by the EggSwats with more than half of the populace being captured.
"Wh...which way do we go?" a Mobian Tanuki whimpered as he and three more Mobians stood in a alleyway, hiding from the robots.
"This way! We'll slip out the edge of town and..." a Mobian Ferret began before a EggSwat landed right in front of them.
-Targets acquired! Peparing to capture- the robot stated before the ferret jumped on his face and started attacking it.
"Run! Run!"
"But what about...?" the Tanuki began.
"I'll hold him off! Just go!" the ferret yelled.
The Tanuki and the other two Mobians were about to run until Mecha-Sally appeared right in front of them and grabbed the Tanuki by his neck.
-All will serve the master- the Roboticized princess stated in a cold tone.
Nearby, hiding in another ally way, the hedgefox from before stood watch in horror as the EggSwats captured the people of Furville and sealed them inside pods. No one was safe from the attack, not even the children.
'Th...this is...terrible...I...I don't know what to do...' the hedgefox thought in fear as he lowered his body and hid behind a box in the alleyway so the EggSwats don't see him, tears flowing down the frightened Mobian's face, 'R...Roll-Onee-chan...anyone..O...Onegai...tatsukete...'
-70% of the town's populace has been captured. Resistance from them is at 5%- Mecha-Sally reported to Lien-Da, via the communicator on her wrist.
-Excellent job- Lien-Da's voice responded, -And with no Freedom Fighters in sight, things are going a smooth as possible-
(Earlier in New Mobotropolis)
Sonic and Rotor stood in front of the Council of Acorn, which included Sonic's uncle, and...the current king of New Mobotroplois, Ixis Naugus.
Naugus was a tall, gruesome Mobian with bat ears, a rhino horn sticking out of his forehead, a long, white beard, and a gloved, lobster claw in place of his left hand. He wore a dark purple suit with a long, black cape in teh back, a glove on his right hand, a belt around his waist, and a pair of boots. His Red eyes may have looked bored right now, but deep inside, they were filled with a look of lust for power...and greed.
"And since the old Freedom Fighters formula wont cut it, we want to split into two teams. I'll be leading the first one, hunting down ol' Robuttnik and rescue Sally," Sonic explained to the council.
"Which leaves me in command of the other team to protect the home front," Rotor finished as he chuckled a bit, "I think you all know my resume pretty well."
"Nobody doubts your leadership experience or bravery Rotor. But...what about your back injury?" a member of the council, a female Platypus Mobian with purple feathers asked.
"Good question, Penelope. But I already got that covered," Rotor chuckled as he snapped his fingers, causing a electric-yellow, cyan, and black jumpsuit and helmet to appear on him, "This Battlesuit provides corrective support and puts me back on active duty with no problem what so ever."
"Heh...and you really thought you could retire from the hero business..." Sonic whispered teasingly to the walrus as he playfully nudged him.
"There's no need for these teams, quickster. I protect this city," Naugus scoffed, "Motion denied."
"Now hold on, my king," another member of the council, a female fox Mobian, spoke, "We vote on motions here, sire. Even if we're one chair short. All in favor of the formation of the new teams? Aye"
"Aye," Uncle Chuck nodded.
"Welcome back to the active service Rotor. Aye," Penolope smiled.
"Aye," a Mobian Porcupine added.
"I like you went through proper channels this time. Aye!" a Mobian Pig grinned.
"...If such is the will of the council...motion carried..." Naugus growled.
"If I may ask, who's going to stay behind and be on your team, Rotor?" the porcupine asked Rotor.
"Actually, Tails is helping me bring two former Chaotix agents out of 'retirement' to join Team Freedom first. Then I paln to hold a Recruitment Drive here in the city," Rotor explained.
"'Team Freedom' Huh?" Uncle Chuck repeated with a small chuckle before looking at his nephew, "And what bout you, Sonny-boy?"
"I'm taking Amy, Tails, and 4 others for my team. We'll travel light, hit hard 'n' fast, bring some hope to Mobius, and as you probably guessed, we're calling ourselves..."
A blue blur immediately shot past Mache Sally and destroyed a EggSwats head, freeing the two Mobians it was holding.
-What the?-! What's going on down there?-!- Lien-Da snapped through Mecha-Sally's communicator as more of the EggSwats were destroyed by missiles from above while the pods holding the Mobians captive opened up, freeing them, -Mecha-Sally! Respond!-
-...it's the hedgehog again- the Roboticized princess responded with a frown after seeing the blur stop.
-What?-! Put me on screen!- The female echidna ordered as Mecha-Sally projected a holographic screen from her communicator, Lien-Da's face being seen in it as she frowned, -Oh you got to be kidding me...-
"So sorry we're late everyone!" Amy stated to the people of Furvill.
"Eeyup. You're in good hands now. Just leave everything to Team Fighters!" Sonic declared with a grin as Amy stood next to him while Tails flew in the sky in his personal plane, the Tornado.
-What're you doing here, you damn rat?-!- Lien-da growled at the blue hedgehog.
"...huh. Figured ol' Eggbutt would be running the show here. Except he's got one of his cronies doing his dirty work for him," Sonic noted before grinning, "What's the matter? Baldy Mcnosehair run out of hair gel for that rat on his face?"
-Shut up!- the female echidna growled at him, -How many of your damn friends do we need to destroy before you give up, you blue rodent?-!-
"I'm not giving up! I won't stop until I've saved everyone you and your boss captured! I won't stop until I honored the sacrifices of everyone who has fallen along the way! I won't stop until I kicked Eggman's flabby behind once and for all!" Sonic declared as he and Amy jumped out of the way before a group of EggSwats could grab them, "So no matter how many times Eggman pushes me, I'll just push him right back! Oh, and by the way...I'm not a rat! I'm a hedgehog!"
-Tch! Big talk for someone who's about to get attacked by a army of EggSwats and his only back up is a pair of brats- Lien-Da frowned as all the EggSwats in the village closed in on Sonic and Amy.
"Yeah...funny thing about that..." Sonic chuckled a bit, "You see...Amy and Tails aren't the only ones I brought with me..."
Lien-Da raised an eyebrow at that before a few of the EggSwats were suddenly frozen solid before being blasted, punched, or sliced into pieces, suprising the female echidna as 4 new figures appeared next to Sonic.
The first three were Makoto, Tsubaki, and Rook, who had his Proto-Tool in its Blaster Mode, while the last figure was a muscular, blue and black, moth like alien with large, blue moth wings. On it's black face was a Icy-blue, vent-like mouth, a tiny black beard, and somewhat large eyebrows over his lime-green and white oval eyes. On his waist was a belt that had a symbol Lien-Da immedeatly recognized.
-Wait a minute...you're that boy from before!- the female echidna pointed at the moth Alien.
"Eeyup. Ice to meet ya again," the Moth smirked a bit, his voice somewhat slow and cold.
"Now's not the time for that," Tsubaki stated to the moth alien while Makoto held back her giggles.
-Grr...Mecha-Sally! I don't care how you do it, just take them down! And grab that weapon the tall one 's using! By any means neccesary- Lien-Da ordered as the holographic image disappeared.
-Affermitave- the Roboticized princess nodded, two energy blades appearing on her wrist as she charged.
"...Sorry Sal," Sonic sighed as he curled into a ball and shot right into Mecha-Sally, sending the Roboticized princess crashing into a wall, "But I can't pull any punches with you! It's like when you pulled all the stops when I was Roboticized. 'Course, I was a way-cooler looking robot..."
"Sonic? Sweetie? Less banter, more saving folks, please!" Amy yelled as she sent a EggSwat flying with her hammer.
"Will ya quit nagging me? Sal's leading the ground troops! I am saving folks!" Sonic responded with a grin as he jumped out of the way before one of Mecha-Sally's energy blades clould slash him.
"I'm not nagging!" Amy stated as she attempted to hit Mecha-Sally with her hammer, only for the Roboticized princess to block it.
Rook was dodging the laser blast fired by the EggSwats with ease as he fired a couple of shots from his Proto-Tool at the machines heads, destroying them upon impact as the EggSwats' bodies fell to the ground and exploded into junk.
Much like Rook, Tsubaki was easily dodging the laser blast as she closed in on a few EggSwats and leapt up, slashing the heads off t machines as she landed behind them just as their bodies hit the ground and exploded into junk. One EggSwat was charging right at Tsubaki, the crimson haired girl preparing to counter it before she felt a sudden pain in her head.
"D...damn it...not now!" Tsubaki cursed as she fell to her knees, holding a hand over her eyes as her vision was starting to go again.
The EggSwat that was standing in front of her was about to grab the crimson-haired before...
"Lightning Arrow!" A certain, Squirrel Beastkin declared, delivering a powerful, electric, falling dunk punch to the EggSwat's head from behind, crushing it completely as it was sent flying from another punch by Makoto before she ran over to Tsubaki to see if she was okay, "Tsubaki, Daijoubu?"
"H...hai. Just...a migrain is all..." the crimson haired girl replied, her vision slowly returning as she got back up.
"...you sure?" Makoto asked in a worried tone.
"Hai..." Tsubaki nodded as she charged back into battle, Makoto following behind as the two friends dealt with more EggSwats.
Th Moth alien was surrounded by a group of EggSwats as they prepared to fire, a bored look on his face as the Moth suddenly went intangible, letting the EggSwwat's lasers pass right through him as the EggSwats ended up destroying themselves.
"Heh heh..." the Moth chuckled as he became tangible, "God I love being Big Chill at times."
Nearby, the Mobians that decided to stay behind watched as Sonic and the others fought the EggSwats.
"...Come on! If those guys can fight to protect our home, so can we!" the ferret from before declared as he picked up a steel pipe and charged, the other Mobians picking up various items on the ground as they charged as well and started attacking the EggSwats.
"Yeah! That's the way to do it!" Tails cheered on the people of Furville from above.
"Mistress Lien-Da, we're rapidly losing prisoners and Ground Forces!" a Dark Egg Legionnaire yelled to a very pissed off Lien-Da, "If we retreat now, we'll have just enough power to escape and refuel!"
"...Damn it..." the female echidna cursed as she activated the communicator, "Mecha-Sally, order all Ground Forces to cover our escape! We're retreating for now!"
-Orders recieved- Mecha-Sally stated as she pushed Amy away from her and started flying towards the DeathEgg 2, -Returning to base for Shazamazon objective-
"Oh no you don't! You're going to be rescued whether you like it or not!" Sonic yelled as he jumped off a EggSwat's head and attempted to grab the Roboticized princess, only to fail as the EggSwat Sonic jumped off of grabbed him by his foot, "Tails! Shoot her down!"
"Roger!" Tails nodded as he gave chase after Mecha-Sally.
-All Ground Units, provide cover fire at these coordinates in three...two...one...- Mecha-Sally counted down as the remaining EggSwats on the ground fired at Tails, -Returning to base-
"It's no good, Sonic. They're getting away!" Tails yelled at Sonic as the young fox dodged the laser blast from the EggSwats.
"It's no sweat, little bro! I heard where they're headed! And Trust me, you'll remember the place!" Sonic responded as he freed himself from the EggSwat's grip and looked back up at the young fox, "Now help us finish th rest of these robots! The sooner we save Furville, the sooner we can move on!"
"Roger that!" Tails nodded as he turned his plane around and fired at the EggSwats that were firing at him, easily dodging the laser blast.
"Whew! That's most of them," Amy panted after she and Makoto took care of three more EggSwats.
"Hai..." the Squirrel Beastkin nodded in agreement as Big Chill landed next to her.
"Most of the Citizens are really helping out," the Moth Alien noted, seeing some of citizens attacking a EggSwat.
"Eeyup. All they needed was a little inspiration from the right heroes," Sonic grinned as he turned to face Amy, "Bet ya I can take out more stragglers than you can!"
"You're on!" Amy accepted as the two Hedgehogs charged at the remaining EggSwats.
"...Bet ya I can take our more than they can," Big Chill challenged Makoto with a smirk.
"Oh, you're so on, Ben Tennyon! But don't come crying to me when I win this bet!" Makoto smirked back as she joined Sonic and Amy in fighting the EggSwats.
" Oh I don't think so, Makoto!" Big Chill quipped as he flew in after her and started freezing EggSwats one by one.
Meanwhile, Back in Mobotropolis, Rotor stood in front of a large crowd, a grin on the walrus' face.
"Citizens of New Mobotropolis! After considering all the volunteers(All two of them), I present your defenders of freedom at home...Team Freedom!" Rotor declared as the camera zoomed out to reveal his team.
The first two members were robots, the smaller one black and red and closely resembled a bomb while the taller robot was silver and resembled a anvil/spring fusion with boxing gloves.
The third member of Team Freedom was a rather big Mobian cat with purple fur with dark purple stripes on his arms and tail.
The fourth, and youngest of the group, was a Mobian rabbit with soft peach and cream fur. She had long rabbit ears that ended at her waist and wore an orange dress with a white collar and blue tie. She wore orange and yellow dress shoes with large socks. Her eyes were a innocent chocolate brown. Flying next to her was a small blue and yellow creature with big blue eyes and a red ribbon around its neck.
"Hello everyone! We'll do our best!" the young rabbit waved.
In the crowd, a Mobian rabbit with the same colored fur as the younger rabbit, and long orange-red hair stood in the crowd, a motherly smile on her face. She wore a long light pink/purple dress with a white trim and a fitted burgundy vest, an orange ascot, white gloves with gold cufflinks, and low-heeled burgundy shoes. In her arms was what appeared to be a doll of Tails with a red, attenae on it.
"I have to admit Vanilla, I'm surprised you'd allow this," a old Chipmunk Mobian asked the older rabbit, "You weren't very pleased the last time Cream had a little...erm..'adventure.'"
"I know. I'm used to a quiet life, Rosie. And I want my daughter safe. But at the same time, Cream could never pass by the opportunity to help," the Rabbit/Vanilla responded, looking up at the younger rabbit/Cream with the smile still on her ace, "Ms. Rose said Cream has the potential to be a great hero, and I believe her. This way, she can start in safety. After all, the children under your care turned out quite extraordinary."
"Aye...my little charges have saved the world dozens of times over. I'm sure yours has just as brave a heart," Rosey smiled back before she and Vanilla were pushed out of the way by Naugus.
"So...these will be our defenders, should the doctor attack with unyielding steel and uncaring fire?" the 'king' of New Mobotropolis scoffed when he noticed the two robots in Rotor's team, "You'd defend us with badniks? Two who had attacked you in the past?"
-Salutations! We are happy to return to service- the taller robot saluted.
-Ping!- the smaller robot declared as it saluted as well.
"Just as you fought us before?" Rotor reminded him with a frown, "Heavy and Bomb rebelled against the doctor first. Tails and I recovered their primary cores and rebuilt them."
"The rest of the citizens believe I am enough to protect them!" Naugus growled as he turned his attention towards Cream and the purple cat Mobian, the young rabbit and the small blue creature with her hiding behind the big cat, "Those who don't are..what? This child and simpleton?"
"My name is Big," the purple cat/Big waved a bit.
"...Yes...of course it is..." Naugus said as he turned around to face the crowd, "Citizens of New Mobotropolis! Tell these well-meaning, misguided few that they are unneeded. My people, your king is all you need!"
"We are sanctioned by the council and are here to help!" Rotor frowned at him, "One man can't protect all of New Mobotropolis by himself," He then turned towards the crowd, "He couldn't stop the Battle Bird Armada from blowing a hole through the heart of the city! And it's thanks to Nicole's nanites that we have our homes back at all!"
"Grr...your words border on treason, walrus," Naugus growled at Rotor as he turned to glare at him.
While both Naugus and Rotor were arguing, in the crowd, the doll in Vanilla arms started to glow a bit as it's attenae glowed a dark red.
Before anyone could blink, a dark red barrier suddenly appeared around half the crowd, the barrier vaporizing part of the building the crowd was standing next to. Panic ensued as the crowd started to run away from the crumbling building.
"Shut up! Shut up! Let men do all the work!" Naugus barked at the panicking crowd, "We'll all be crushed if...!"
"Heavy! Big! Catch the Civic Center!" Rotor ordered the purple cat and silver robot as his battlesuit formed on his body.
"Okay!" Big nodded as he and Heavy rushed over and held up the part of the building that was destroyed by the barrier.
"Cream! Start Air lifting people out of there! I'll join you in a minute!" Rotor ordered Cream next.
"Right away sir!" Cream saluted as she used her ears to fly up and help carry the people tha there trapped inside the building down onto the ground.
"Be careful, dear!" Vanilla called out to her daughter from the crowd.
"Cheese! I need you to throw Bomb towards the collapsing roof! Bomb, I need a blast to reduce and blow back the rubble, got it?" Rotor asked the smallest members of the group.
"Chao!"
-Ping!-
"Good!" Rotor nodded as he aimed one of the blasters on his wrist at the roof, "On my mark! Three...two...one...now!"
Cheese threw Bomb right at the roof of the collapsing building, the small robot beeping a bit as he exploded just as Rotor fired a beam from the blaster on his wrist, creating a barrier that contained the blast caused by Bomb. Once the explosion died down, both Rotor and Cheese flew back onto the ground, the Chao flying back over to Cream once they landed.
The crowd was silent for a moment before they started cheering for Team Freedom.
And as for Naugus...well...
"Now do you see what you've done?-! You've ruined everything!" the wizard growled, a sorta crazed look on his face.
"Excuse me?" Rotor blinked as he turned to look at Naugus.
"Nothing! Just...talking to myselves. Myself! Yes...that's what I meant..." Naugus corrected himself before declaring to the crowd, "Behold! Nicole's nanites have betrayed us yet again!"
"Nicole's not here, Naugus," Rotor replied with a smirk, "If anything, she would've prevented this glitch before it happened! I can direct the nanites in my suit to repair the damage, but it would be faster and more efficient if Nicole were here."
"Then...I will go and investigate the earth beneath, made treacherous by the Armada's assault!" Naugus growled as he turned and left the area, a evil smirk growing on his face, 'And in the shadows, perhaps find a means to solve my problems of the council and the fickle temperament of my people!'
Seanzilla115: Woah boy! Looks like Naugus has something dark planned. And it looks like Eggman has informed the GrandMasters about Ben and Rook! But that's only the bad news. The good news is Sonic's back, and Team Fighters and Team Freedom are born! Will Sonic and his team be able to rescue Sally and turn her back to normal? Will Rotor's team be able to Protect the city while Sonic's gone? And just what does Naugus have planned for teh people of New Mobotropolis? Find out next time in the next chapter of Azure Rebellion! Until then...I'm Seanzilla115, and I'm signing off. Ja ne, and Good night.*snaps fingers before dissapating from view, leaving a note behind*
P.S: I know I said I was going to do the Omake last chapter but...*yawns*I was way too tired to do it considering how late it was when I finished this chapter. But don't worry, I'll make up for it next chapter. I promise. Also, I apologize if I got anyone's discription wrong.