Chapter 4: Unsung Heroes Pt 4: Fight the Power!

Seanzilla115: Hey minna. Well...this is it, the conclusion to the Secret Freedom Fighters Arc! Once I'm done with this and chapter 10 of Azure Rebellion, the crossover between my AR story, and Gammatron's Omniverse Underground story can finally begin!*calms down*Sorry. I got a bit overexcited there. Anyway...on to the disclaimer. I don't own anyone in this story, nor the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the Ben 10 series, and the Blazblue series.


Last time, Ace and his team managed to get out of the caved in crypt of Ixis Vale. unfortunately, they had to rest in order to regain their energy before they returned to HQ. At the same time, Geoffrey St. John had returned to his master and presented the bones of Ixis Vale to him. However, once he found out what Naugus was planning on doing with the bones, St. John refused to hand them over. unfortunately, Naugus reminded him that he had no where else to go, and was no match for Naugus in his current state. Sighing in defeat, St. John handed the bones over to Naugus, who was ready to begin the next phase of his plan. Meanwhile, after reporting in to Director Who, Ace and his team searched the bottom of the pit where Castle Acorn once stood and found King and his team. After a few explanations, the two teams unaware that St. John was spying on them, King had suggested that they should force the information out of St. John, only for Ten of Hearts and Ace and suggest that they should try talking to the skunk. Sighing in defeat, King allowed them to go with their plan, but stated that if St. John didn't cooperate, he and the others willl have to move in. the next day, Ace and a disguised Ten of Hearts encountered St. John, the skunk knowing who the two were since he'd spied on him. After a bit of talking, St. John told Ace and Ten of Hearts Naugus' plan to replace the wills of the Council of Acorn with his, and have Sonic and his friends executed. Ace and Ten of Hearts begged St. John to help them as he was leaving, only for the skunk to state that it was too late for him as he walked away. After a moment of silence, King and the other members of the Secret Freedom Fighters came out of a few hiding places surrounding the spot St. John was at. Later at Secret HQ, Elias and Director Who were going over a plan to take down Naugus before he could succeed. A few hours later, Ace and the other Secret Freedom Fighters stood before the pit, ready to stop Naugus' plan, or die trying. The battle between the Secret Freedom Fighters and Ixis Naugus has begun...but the question is...who will win?


"Ahh...everthing is porceeding perfectly!" Naugus grinned darkly as he flowed some of his energy into the glowing, crystal chalice containing the bone of Ixis Vale, "In a matter of minutes, the Eldritch Rites will be complete! The minds of the Council of Acorn's will be bound to my will, and the Order of Ixis shall rise again!"

"Sure...splended," St. John rolled his eyes, the skunk carrying his master's wand.


Meanwhile, directly above the room Naugus and St. John were in, the Council of Acorn were having trouble getting inside the Royal Military HQ.

"Any luck, Charles?" Rosemary Prower asked the elderly hedgehog as he tried to open the door.

"I'm afraid not, Rosemary. The lock's busted," Charles sighed as he shot a look over at Hamlin, "Of course, if Nicole were still here...we wouldn't be having this problem...now would we?"

"Don't get your mustache in a bunch," the pig frowned at him, "The vote to exile her was unanimous."

'Even if most of us didn't like it...' Rosemary thought to herself with a sigh.

"What's wrong, Councilor Dylan?" the porcupine turned around to see Vanilla and a crowd of concerned Mobians standing behind him.

"Um...heh heh...well...it seems we're locked out of the building," Dylan chuckled sheepishly, "We can't really ratify the new constitution if we can't get inside, y'know?"

'Which keeps you out of harms way,' a certain lucky/unlucky lynx thought with a grin as he hid behind a nearby bush, 'Come on Larry, keep working your bad luck in their favor...or mine...or...gah! You know what I mean! I just hope the others beat Naugus. There's no telling when my luck's going to change.'


Meanwhile, back underground, Naugus was almost finished completing the spell before he looked over at St. John, a suspicious look on the mad wizard/king's face.

"You're certain you've found nothing of the fools who've spied on me?" Naugus asked the skunk.

"Yes sir! Certain!" St. John nodded.

"...Keep a weather eye on the door then..." Naugus ordered as he resumed casting the spell, "This incantation is too complex and taxing to repeat. I cannot be interrupted at this delicate..." He was soon covered in cyan energy and was tossed hard into the walls of the room.

"You were saying?" the mad wizard/king looked up to see the Secret Freedom Fighters-minus Joker, standing before him, a serious look on their faces.

"Grr...you'll pat for your interference!" Naugus growled as he jumped back from them.

"Pretty big talk..." Ten of Diamonds began as he cracked his knuckles.

-For a guy who's retreating!- Jack finished as he pulled his blaster out.

"Grr...apprentice! My wand!" Naugus ordered St. John.

"Little busy at the moment!" the skunk replied as he used the wand to held Queen of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds back.

"Bah! I don't need the Chaos Emerald to defeat you!" Naugus growled at Ace, Jack, and Ten of Diamonds as the mad wizard/king sent a wave with stalagmites at the three, "My elemental sorcery is unsurpassed!"

Before the stalagmites could hit them, Ten of Clubs rushed in front of them and summoned a barrier made of magenta-colored energy, completely stopping the attack.

'What?-!...What kind of sorcery was...' Naugus began with a thought.

"Sorry...but you're in for a rude awakening!" Ace declared as he sent the stalagmites back at Naugus.

The mad wizard/king used his strength to block and push away the stalagmites sent at him before Jack blindsided him with a spin dash, sending him skidding back a few feet.

"Grr...I'l rip the very air from your lungs!" Naugus growled as he summoned a miniature tornado around Jack.

-...Yeah...that would probably work...- Jack, who was unaffected by the mini-tornado, began with a smirk as he fired at Naugus, sending him crashing into the wall -If I had lungs to begin with!-

"Bah! Another cursed robot!" Naugus growled as he got out of the wall, a look of anger on his face, "Apprentice! My wand! I'll crystallize the wretch!"

St. John ducked under a kick sent at him by Queen of Hearts before the skunk tossed his master's wand at him and resumed dodging the attacks sent at him by the two, female wolves.

"...", Naugus grinned as he was about to catch his staff, only for a tendril of magenta energy to grab it mid-air and pull it away from him, "What?-! Who dares to...!" he began as he trailed the tendril back over to Ten of Clubs, who was now holding his wand in her hands, "You! Hand my wand over now, you blasted wench!"

"Sorry..." Ten of Clubs began as she summoned another magenta-colored barrier to block the attack Naugus just sent at her, "But I'm afraid I can't do that..."

"That energy again...What manner of witch are you?-!" Naugus demanded with a growl.

"...I'm not a witch," Ten of Clubs began with a frown, her eyes now glowing a magenta color, "I'm a sorceress."


"Okay...that oughta do it...Doors are open," Rotor said as he managed to get the front doors open.

"...You just cant' stop working for the council, can you?" Penelope smirked a bit at the walrus.

"If 'grab handle and pull' stumps you guys, then you're beyond my help," Rotor smirked a bit back as he and the council walked inside the RMHQ(Royal Military HQ).

"Team Freedom...fighting Eggman and fixing locks...Do you unclog drains too?" Penelope asked.

"Sure. I'll tell Big to bring his fishing rod," Rotor quipped, earning a small giggle from the platypus.

"Oh brother..." Hamlin rolled his eyes as he and the rest of the council took their seats, "Alright, let's get this show on the road. Who's got the document?"

"...I thought you were bringing it?" Rosemary asked the pig.

"What?! Oh for the love of...we lost the new constitution?!" Hamlin yelled in frustration.

"Did you give it to me and I forgot to bring it?" Penelope asked Dylan.

"I thought you were delivering it to me!" Dylan replied.

"It's not lost...it's jsut...misplaced is all..." Charles stated.

"Yes! Now everybody go home and look for it!" Hamlin ordered.


Meanwhile, back underground, St. John was dodging each attack sent at him by Queen of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds.

"Gotta say luv, you have great form. The 'perfect double' thing is really disorienting, "St. John noted as he dodged a punch sent at him from behind before he fired an arrow to the side from the crossbow on his wrist, "But I know when I'm being distracted!"

"Uh oh...King, heads up!" Queen of Diamonds called out to King, who was halfway to the crystal chalice before he stopped just in time, letting the arrow fly by him and hit the wall.

King turned to see St. John charging at him and dodged a punch sent at him by the skunk before said skunk dodged King's kick. The two sent a series of punches and kicks at each other for a while until St. John delivered an uppercut to King's jaw, sending the chipmunk/squirrel back and letting his bottom face mask fall off.

"..." St. John's eyes widened a bit before he smirked, the skunk recognizing who King was now that the bottom face maks was off, "Agent 'Hing' huh? Going for 'so obvious it's overlooked?'"

"..." King didn't say anything as he put his mask back on and glared at St. John.

"There was a time I had wrapped around my little finger...poor niave Prince," St. John smirked at him.

"...I've come a long way since then..." King frowned at him as Queen of Hearts and Queen of Diamonds regrouped next to him.

"Yes you have..." St. John nodded as he got ready to fight again, "Alright, mystery agents...ready for round 2?"

Back with Naugus, the mad wizard/king was struggling a bit against Ten of Clubs, who still had Naugus' wand in her hand.

'Blast! No matter how many times I send a attack at that witch, she keeps summoning that blasted barrier! Wait...' Naugus began with a thought, a dark grin growing on his face as he gained an idea, 'Most of my attacks came from above...so let's she if she can block an attack from below...'

"Give up, Naugus?" Ten of Clubs asked him.

"Give up? Oh no my dear..." Naugus began as he slammed his fist on the ground, "I believe I should be asking you that question!"

"Wha...?" Ten of Clubs began before a fist made of earth slammed into her gut, causing the red head to cough up blood as she was sent flying into the wall, dropping Naugus' wand in the process.

"Gw...Ten of Clubs!" Ten of Diamonds gasped before he glared at Naugus and charged at him.

"Pathetic..." Naugus frowned as he grabbed Ten of Diamonds by the head and tossed him into Jack and Ace. He then walked over to the downed Ten of Clubs, a dark smirk on the mad wizard/king's face as he picked his wand up, "You put up a great fight my dear...but alas..." he began as he lowered his claw down to her neck, "This battle is o..."

"S...stop!"

"Hmm?" Naugus raised an non-existent eyebrow as he looked up to see Ten of Hearts glaring at him, the blond holding a pair of oversized guns in her lithe hands.

"D...drop the wand and step away from her!" Ten of Hearts demanded him.

"...Hhhhhhhahahahahaha! Really now child...you aim a gun at me?" Naugus tauntingly asked her as he pointed his claw at her, "You do realize no form of weaponry can damage me. So unless you..."

(BANG!)

"Gaaaaaaah!" Naugus cried out in pain as he fell to his left knee, the mad wizard/king holding his bleeding hand as his wand dropped to the ground, 'Wh...what just...how did she injure me?! how?! No bullet should be able to touch me! Unless...' he shot a look over at Ten of Hearts, or to be specific, her guns, 'Those weren't normal bullets she fired. I have to make sure that blasted wench doesn't hit me with another one!' he roared mentally as he sent a wave of stalagmites at the blond.

Ten of Hearts dodged the attack sent at her and fired more bullets at Naugus, only for the mad wizard/king to create a crystal barrier that barely protected him from the bullets, the barrier having multiple cracks in it before it shattered into pieces. Ten of Hearts then ran towards Naugus and leapt over him, the blond firing multiple bullets at the mad wizard/king, damaging him further as the blond landed behind him and ran towards the downed Ten of Clubs.

"G...Gwen-san...Daijoubu?" the blond asked quietly in concern.

"Y...yeah...just...didn't expect Naugus to pull a move like that," Ten of Clubs replied as she got up, wiping the blood from her lip as she looked over at Naugus, "We need to get that wand away from him again."

"H..hai," Ten of Hearts nodded as she and Ten of Clubs got ready to fight Naugus again.

The mad wizard/king was about to send a attack at the two girls, only for Jack and Ten of Diamonds, who was now covered in the same metal as the robotic hedgehog, blind sided him, sending Naugus skidding back a bit.

"Give it up Naugus. You're surrounded," Ace spoke as he, Jack, Ten of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts, and Ten of Clubs surrounded the Ixis Wizard.

"Grr..." Naugus growled a bit before he gained an idea, an evil smirk growing on his face as the Chaos Emerald on his wand started to glow, "Actually dear boy...it's the other way around!" he declared as he slammed the end of his wand hard into the ground.

Ace was a bit confused by the statement before a large, bulky hand made of crystal bursted out of the ground behind him and attempted to grab the silver hedgehog, who managed to jump out of the way in time before the hand could grab him, the others doing the same as more large crystal hands bursted out of the ground and attempted to either grab, or slam their prey.

"Wh...what's going on?!" Queen of Diamonds gasped as she, her sister, and King jumped back from the large crystal hand that was about to slam down on them.

"I don't know..." King began as he and his team watched the hands pull themselves to of the ground, revealing that they were attached to a large group of large, bulky golems made of crystal, "But I hope that back up Director Who mentioned arrives soon!"


"Found it!" Cream yelled as she ran through the crowd inside the RMHQ before she stopped before Penelope, the young rabbit handing the female platypus an envelope, "It had fallen right behind your writing desk, Miss Penelope."

"Well...that's embarrassing," Penelope chuckled sheepishly as she took the envelope, "Thank you Cream and Cheese, for volunteering to help look for it."

"We're on Team Freedom, helping people is what we do," Cream replied as she turned to face Rosemary, "But...that envelope was addressed to Mrs. Prower though."

"Hm...Ooh! haha! Ahh...I must've left it at your house when we had dinner the other night. My apologies," Rosemary said to Penelope, the female fox chuckling sheepishly a bit.

"At least it's been found," Charles stated before frowning a bit, "Now all we need to do is find Naugus. I mean...the King."

"We've been delayed this long and he's still late! I saw we get on with it!" Hamlin yelled, the pig starting the get frustrated with what's been going on tonight.

"But policy dictates we have a majority of the council and the King to..." Dylan began.

"I know the policy!" Hamlin snapped at the porcupine.

"...and you always complain when Sonic or somebody doesn't follow the..." Dylan began again.

"Alright! Alright! Can we just have a quick vote to decide what...?" Hamlin began before the lights in the building went off.

"...did we just blow a fuse?" Dylan pondered.

"OH FOR PITY'S SAKE!" Hamlin yelled in frustration.


Meanwhile, back underground, King and his team were having trouble with the crystal golems.

-Okay seriously! This is getting fustrating!- Jack yelled as he fired his blaster at a crystal golem, which was only slightly damaged by the attack as it attempted to smash the robotic hedgehog -We've been hammering at Naugus, and he's keeps pushing us back! and to make matters worse, he summons these guyss!-

"I know that, Jack! But we need to push through before Naugus can complete his spell!" King replied as he barely dodged a strike from two crystal golems.

"And we supposed to do that?!" Ten of Diamonds yelled as he barely managed to push back a golem that attempted to crush him with its body, "The only one's doing any damage to these things are Ace, Ten of Hearts, and Ten of Clubs! But no matter how much they keep getting damaged, they either just get back up, or they regenerate themselves!"

"We know! Just...try and hold on as long as you can until we get through!" King ordered as he dodged another strike from a golem, 'Come on Harvey...where's that back up you promised?'

"Yes...yes! The spell is nearly complete!" Naugus declared, a sadistic, evil grin on his face as the crystal chalice started to glow brighter, "Soon the Order of Ixis shall rise again, and I'll be rid of that blasted hedgehog and his friends once and for all! But I won't stop with just this city! Station Square, the Shazamazon, all of Mobius shall soon subcome to my will! No longer will I be the king of a small kingdom...I shall become the god of all Mobius!"

"No!" King yelled as he attempted to push through the golems and rush over to Naugus, only for one golem to grab the chipmunk/squirrel.

"Shame that none of you will be around when I achieve my goals...so I guess this is good bye, fools," Naugus stated darkly as he looked over his shoulders at the struggling heroes.

'D...damn! I...I can't let this happen...I...gaah!' King gasped in pain in his head as the crystal golem tightened it's grip on him, 'I...I can't believe this is how I die...Megan...I'm sorry..but I...'

(BOOOOM!)

"What?! Now who dares to...?!" Naugus began with a growl as he turned around to see who caused that noise. Big mistake on his part as one of the crystal golems were tossed into him, sending the mad wizard/king crashing into the wall, away form the crystal chalice as the light on it began to die down.

"Wh...what?" King began before a large into metal fist destroyed the head of the crystal golem that was holding him, letting the chipmunk/squirrel free himself as the golems body fell to the ground before shattering into many pieces of crystal, "Wh...who just...?"

"I apologize for being late, Agent King. There was a slight delay with the teleportation process."

King slowly turned around to see who said that before he fell on his butt in shock, his eyes widened at the figure before him.

The figure was a very large... man, and large was quite an understatement compared to him. He was easily twice as large as alone in the room, the crystal golems barely reaching half the man's height. His skin color was red, and was wearing yellow sunglasses, that he pushed up after cutting off communication. He has two sharp teeth on his lower jaw line presented, even when his mouth was closed. His hair was all black, except for one streak of hair that was white directly above his left eye. He was wearing a shirt with varying colors of red, with two large zippers on it. His arms were very muscular, and the entirety of his forearm and his hands were covered by enormous black metal gauntlets, that seemed to be sparking a bit. He wore a brown belt with various slabs of metal on it, as well as a metal covers for his legs held up by said belt, the covers a dull gray on the sides and red in the middle. He wore grayish steel-toe boots that seems to cover his legs completely, even though covered, with the tips of those boots being red.

"Wh...who's that?" Queen of Diamonds asked, she and the others looking at the large, red giant standing before King.

"...Well..." Ten of Diamonds began with a grin, "Didn't expect the professor to have her go to guy appear here."

"Huh?" Ace pondered as he and the others- minus Ten of Hearts, Ten of Clubs, and the still surprised King, turned towards him, "You know who that...that...giant of a man is?!"

"Eeyup," Ten of Diamonds nodded as he pointed at the figure, who began to lower himself to King, "That there's Iron Tager, quite possibly the strongest guy you'll ever meet."

"Are yo okay, your majesty?" the new introduced Tager asked King.

"Y...yes," King nodded slowly as he got up, "But...how did you...?"

"I had read your profile before coming here," Tager replied as he stood back up.

"I...I see..." King noted before asking, "I take that you're the back up Director Who told me about, right?"

"Correct," Tager nodded, the red giant adjusting his glasses a bit as he looked over at a glaring Naugus, who had just freed himself from the golem that was on top of him "He also informed me of your current mission."

"I...I see...but...we can't get to Naugus because of the golems he summoned," King stated as he pointed at the crystal golems, who were now standing in front of Naugus defensively.

"...I see..." Tager noted as he began to analyze the situation, "I'll keep them and Naugus distracted. When I give the signal, you and your team rush in and destroy the source of the spell Naugus is casting."

"R...right," King nodded as he ran over to the others to regroup.

"..." Naugus glared at the giant of a man, "I don't know who you are...but you will not get in my way! Golems! Destroy him!"

The golems gave a roaring like motion as they charged at Tager, the red giant just standing their as he reeled his fist back, yellow-green electricity crackling off it.

"Fist of Steel!" Tager declared as he punched forward, destroying and shattering a few of the golems.

"Holy...!" Ace gawked.

"He...he just destroyed those golems with one punch..." Queen of Hearts whispered, both she and her sister's eyes widened in awe.

"Eeyup. Like I said, Tager's quite possibly the strongest guy you'll ever meet," Ten of Diamonds grinned.

"Sledge Hammer!" Tager declared as he thrust his arms forward in a slicing motion, destroying and shattering more of the crystal golems before he brought his fist together and slammed them hard into more of the charging golems, destroying them upon impact. He then looked over at the single remaining golem, who appeared to be shaking in fear.

"...what are you waiting for?! Attack him!" Naugus ordered the golem with a growl.

The crystal golem looked at Tager before 'gulping' seeing how the giant of a man easily destroyed his fellow golems. The golem then pulled out a sign that said 'SCREW THAT! I'M OUT OF HERE!' before grabbing the arm of what used to be a crystal golem and started hitting himself with it until her was nothing but tiny shards of crystals.

"...well...that was...interesting," Tager sweatdropped before looking over at Naugus, "I suggest you surrender now Naugus. Your last line of defense has been destroyed."

"...N..no! I refuse to lose to you!" Naugus growled as he looked over at a gawking , "Apprentice, attack him now!"

"..." St. John slowly looked over at Naugus before shaking his head 'no'. Almost like he was saying 'ARE YOU BLOODY CRAZY?!' Well...not that I blame him, especially after what he just saw.

"Bah! Useless fool! I'll deal with him myself!" Naugus growled as he rushed towards Tager and stopped a few feet away from him.

Iron Tager Vs Ixis Naugus

Stage: New Mobotropolis (Underground Chamber)- Even the brightest of utopias hides the darkest secrets.

"Do not think I'll go down so easily, Tager stated as he adjusted his glasses a bit and got into a fighting stance.

"You'll pay for interfering with my plans!" Naugus growled at him as he got into a stance as well.

THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING - REBEL 3 - ACTION! -CUE: MOTOR HEAD- THEME OF IRON TAGER

Naugus began the fight by sending a wave of stalagmites at Tager, only for the red giant to block it with his fore arm before he crossed both his arms over his chest, the same yellow-green electricity crackling off of him.

"Spark Bolt!" Tager declared as he uncrossed his arms and fired a sphere of yellow-green electricity at Naugus, who couldn't move out of the way in time as the sphere hit him in the chest at incredible speed.

"Gah!" Naugus grunted a bit as he skidded a few feet backwards before the mad wizard/king noticed that he was suddenly being towards Tager, "Wh...what matter of sorcery is this?!" he demanded as he became a dark cloud of smoke and attempted to strike Tager from above, only for the red giant to grab him.

"This isnt magic nor sorcery...it is science," Tager replied as he adjusted his glasses a bit with his free hand before he slammed Naugus hard into the ground, "Atomic Collider!"

"Guh!" Naugus grunted in pain as he managed to become dark cloud of smoke once more to free himself from the attack before he landed across from Tager, the mad wizard/king panting as he wiped the dark red and black blood from his mouth, 'Blast it! Just what matter of creature is he?! He appears to be a demon, yet those hands and attacks of his says otherwise. A robot perhaps? No...he appears to be more man than machine. Just who created this...this thing?!'

"Are you ready to surrender now, Naugus?" Tager asked as a bit of steam came out of his large metal hands.

"...Surrender? SURRENDER?! YOU DARE TO TELL ME TO SURRENDER?!" Naugus growled dangerously as he charged at Tager, "I'LL ERASE YOU FROM THIS VERY EXISTANCE!"

"...Very well. Then you leave me with no choice," Tager stated as the faint image of a emblem/crest appeared behind him, his body becoming engulfed with the yellow-green electricity. Once Naugus got into range, Tager began to spin at a high speed and pulled Naugus in, the mad wizard/king getting shocked and got hit nineteen times by Tager's fast before the red giant slammed his fist hard into Naugus' body, "Magna-Tech Wheel!" he declared as Naugus bounced off the ground after the attack before Tager reeled his electricity covered fist back and punched Naugus hard with it, "Tera-Break!"

"G...GAAAAAAH!" Naugus yelled in pain as he was sent rocketing into the wall from the powerful attack.

DISTORTION FINISH!

"Mission accomplished..." Tager stated as steam came off the red giant. He then slightly looked over at a gawking King and his team-minus the only three humans in the group of course, "I believe that's your cue, Agent King."

"Huh? Oh! R...right," King nodded as he shook to shock of and looked at Jack, "Jack?"

-I'm on it!- the robotic hedgehog replied as he shot off and fired at the crystal chalice, destroying both it and the bones, -And boom goes the dynamite!-

"N...no!" Naugus grunted as he crawled out of the hole, the wizard/king bleeding badly from his mouth and head, "I...I can still finish it! I can still..." just before he could grab his staff, a familiar tendril of magenta energy grabbed it and pulled it away from him, "No!"

"Sorry Naugus. But you won't be hurting anyone with this anymore," Ten of Clubs stated as she took the staff and pulled the Chaos Emerald off the top of it.

"Good jobs agents," King stated as Jack rejoined with the others.

"...You could've done that from the start, you know," King turned to see St. John approaching them, "Of course, I didn't expect that giant of a man to come barging in her and defeat Naugus like it was nothing. But who am I to judge?"

"...You don't," Ace stated with a frown as he turned to King, "Let's wrap this up King."

"Right...but how are we going to get?" King began.

"If I may suggest something..." Tager began as he walked towards King and his team before pointing to a large hole in his size, "Why not go through the entrance I made. It'll lead us outside just before you set up the explosives."

"Right," the chipmunk/squirrel nodded as he looked at Jack and the other members of his group, "Jack, grab the queens! Ten of Clubs, Hearts, follow Jack inside the hole once me and Ten of Diamonds set the bombs up."

"Got it/hai," the two human females nodded as they followed Jack, who was carrying both Queen of Diamonds and Queen of Hearts in his arms, inside the hole Tager created.

"Okay...everything's ready!" Ten of Diamonds called out as he set the last of the bombs before running inside the hole.

"Good," King nodded as he looked at Ace, "Ace, get us out of here, fast!"

"Got it!" the silver hedgehog nodded as he covered King, Ten of Diamonds, and Tager in a cyan energy.

"Well...this is intre...WOAH!" Tager yelped a bit as Ace carried him, King, and Ten of Diamonds inside the hole, the silver hedgehog struggling a bit to hold all three of them up.

Once they were inside, King pulled out a switch and activated it, causing the explosions inside the chamber to explode.

"N...no...a...all my work...all my careful planning...Vales Bones...wasted..." Naugus said in shock as he saw the chamber he created underneath the RMHQ being destroyed. He then looked over at St. John, who was doing his best to dodge the fire and debris, "Apprentice! Help me!"

"..." ST. John didn't say anything as he turned his back at Naugus and ran into one of the remaining exits.

"N...No...No escape..." Naugus began, his voice starting to become distorted as he started to turn into his demonic form again, "NO ESCAPE!-!-!-!-!"


"Oh you've gotta be kidding me!" Ten of Diamonds groaned as the exit leading outside was covered in crystal.

-Oohh...no! No-nope-nuh uh! No more being buried alive!- Jack yelled as he looked over at Ace, -Ace, grab the others! I'm going to make us an exit, and it's going to be loud!-

"I'm right...behind you," Ace panted a bit as he covered everyone but Jack in the cyan energy.

-Good- Jack nodded as he curled into a ball and spin-dashed through the crystal, destroying it as he flew outside -Freedom! Fresh air! Makes me wish I could breath so I could enjoy it!-

"Good. Now let's get back to base before..." King began.

"NO ESCAPE!-!-!-!-!-!"

"Oh no..." Ten of Hearts and the Queens paled as they recognized that roar.

"He's almost here..." Queen of Diamonds whispered in fear.

"...Are you talking about Naugus?" Ten of Diamonds asked the three, who shakingly nodded in response, "Okay...there's no way he was that sca..." he began before he noticed the glow coming from behind as Naugus came charging right at them, the demonic wizard covered in magma-colored flames again.

"RAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!-!-!-!-!-!-!"

"Holy shit!" Kevin yelped as he turned to Ace, "Get us out of here man!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Ace replied as he carried the others and flew out of there as fast as he could. And just in time too as Naugus sent a large, wave of flames in the shape of a demonic dragons head right at them, the attack hitting the other side of the pit as King and his team, along with Tager, got out of the pit and ran off into the forest.

"Grrr..." Naugus growled until he noticed a certain skunk approach him before the demonic wizard trapped his 'loyal' apprentice in a cage of crystal, "TRAITOR! LEFT ME! PUNISH!"

"N...no sire! I...I went to chase down those..." St. John began.

"LIES!" Naugus snapped as he began to look up, "Council...No control...they must've felt that tremor caused by the explosion! Must...attack first..."

"Or..." St. John began as he managed to crawl out of the cage and pulled out a red Chaos Emerald from the pack on his belt, "You play for sympathy. Say you were investigating the instability of the ground and were caught in a cave-in. You saved the city from collapsing. Get it?"

"Grr..." Naugus growled at the skunk as he took the emerald, placed it on his wand, and transformed back into his normal(if you can call it that) form, "Yes...Yes. That will do. Good thinking, apprentice."

"...I live to serve...my lord," St. John said with a small frown.


=A little bit later at Secret HQ=

"Congratulations team. You all have done an exceptional job today," Director Who stated to the Secret Freedom Fighters, "Not only have you stopped Naugus, but you've stolen his main source of power as well."

"And just in time too. By the time I regrouped with you King and the others, the council had just finished signing the new constitution," Larry added.

"That's good to hear..." Kevin nodded as he eyed to Purple Chaos Emerald.

(A/N: I'll be referring Agent King and the other Secret Freedom Fighters by their normal names now)

"...Kevin," Gwen began.

"Before you say anything Gwen, the professor asked me to see if we can get our hands on a Chaos Emerald so she could study it," Kevin stated.

"...I see..." Gwen noted, the orange-red head wondering why the professor wanted to study the Chaos Emerald.

"It's a shame Tager couldn't come down here to join us," Elias stated.

-True. But you saw how huge he was right? the guy had to create his own entrance just to get where we are- Shard replied as he turned to face the three humans of the group -By the way...this 'professor' guy or gal you guys keep talking about...when are we going to meet him or her?-

This caught Elias and the other Secret Freedom Fighters' attention as they turned to face Kevin and the others.

"I'm...quite curious about that as well," Elias noted, "If we're going to be helping you three out, we need to know who he or she is."

"...You guys are in luck," Kevin replied with a small grin as he walked over to the computer and started entering some commands, "The professor wanted to meet with you guys after the whole 'Naugus' situation was taken care of."

"Wait...so we're going to meet her right now?" Silver asked.

"Eeyup," Kevin nodded as he finished entering the last of the commands on the computer and stepped back a bit, waiting for the screen to turn on.

'Now let's see who this 'professor character really is,' Elias thought as the screen turned on, showing a famliar two-tailed, pink haired catgirl.

-Finally. I was wondering when I'd get to meet the team Harvey assembled- the catgirl stated as she looked at Elias and the rest of his team -Then again...I was kinda doubting you guys would come back in one piece-

-...who's the cosplayer?- Shard asked Kevin, causing Kokonoe's left eye to twitch as a tickmark appeared on her head.

-...Ignoring the question from the robotic idiot...- Kokonoe began.

-Hey!-

-Let me introduced myself. I am Professor Kokonoe, the chief scientist of a group known as Sector Seven- the catgirl introduced herself -and I guess you can say I'm Kevin, Gwen, Noel, and Tager's boss-

"I ...wait. Sector Seven?" Silver repeated while thinking, 'There wasn't about a Sector Seven from the books in my time. In fact...there wasn't any mention of Kevin, Gwen, Noel, or Tager either. Just what's going on here?'

-Let's just say Sector Seven's a group of like-minded Scientist who are against the N.O.L- Kokonoe replied.

"...The N.O.L?" Elias repeated.

"Wh...who are they?" Larry asked.

-...I don't like to talk about them...but I will say this. Some of the people working there make both Naugus and Eggman seem like beginners- Kokonoe responded with a frown.

This caused Elias' eyes to widen in shock and fear. As if Eggman and Naugus were bad enough..now he had to worry about a group that was even worst then both of them?

-Look...I don't want to sugar coat it, but at the current state most of you are, none of you can fully take on Naugus- Kokonoe stated, snapping Elias out of his shock.

"Wh...what're you talking about? We just beat him and..." the former king began.

-No. You just barely beat him. and he wasn't even in that demonic form of his- Kokonoe stated with a frown as she pulled pu a small glass tube with dark red and black blood in it -After that little stake out mission of yours, gwen sent me a sample of Naugus' blood. And trust me when I saw this, but you and your team barely made it out of there alive the moment he turned into that...thing-

"I...I see..." Elias said as a cold feeling started to grow inside him.

-...Which is why I want you and two others to come here and start some serious training- Kokonoe stated to the former king of New Mobotropolis.

"What? B...but what about...?" Elias began.

-Trust me. in the current state you're in, Naugus would eat you alive- Kokonoe stated -Which is why I want you to come here. Aside from doing missions for me, you and the two you'll bring with you will become strong enough to fight Naugus, even if he's in that demonic form.-

"..." Elias was silent for a minute as he began to take in the words Kokonoe told him. If what she said was true...then he would have to strength to protect his people...the strength to protect his wife and child...after another moment of silence, Elias looked up at Kokonoe with a serious look on his face, "Alright...I'll do it."

_Good. Now choose who you want to...- Kokonoe began.

"We're coming as well," Leeta spoke as she and Lyco stepped up next to Elias.

"..Are you girls sure? There's no guarantee that you'll..." Elias began.

"We don't care. We want to get strong as well...so we could help protect our home," Lyco replied.

"Yeah. Niehter of us want to loose anything..." Leeta replied while thinking a bit seriously, 'Not ever again...'

"...Alright. You can come as well," Elias nodded as he turned back to the screen, "Looks like you jsut got yourself three more agents, professor."

-Good. Now get ready to leave. I'll have a portal ready for you three, Kevin, Gwen, and Noel ready to leave in before...- Kokonoe began.

-Woah woah woah! Hold up!- Shard spoke, catching the catgirl's attention as the robotic hedgehog pointed at Silver and Larry -Why can't we come as well?! plus, what about that Tager guy? How's he-

-Because the machine I used to get Kevin, Gwen, Noel, and Tager there to your world only has enough energy to transport 6 people here- Kokonoe replied -Oh, and as for Tager. I already had him transported back her by the time you guys just entered Secret HQ-

-...But why can't we...?- Shard began again.

-Because Harvey Who needs someone to hold the fort down while Elias and the others are gone- Kokonoe replied before stating -And no offense, but you can be a bit loud, Silver has something he needs to do, and Larry...- she paused when she looked at the lynx -No offense kid, but I don't need someone who has hardly any control of his luck here. I don't want to risk my lab blowing up after all-

"R...right," Larry nodded, "A...and it's okay. I...I'm okay here with Silver and Shard."

-I see- Kokonoe noted as she looked back over at Elias, Leeta, and Lyco -As for you three, grab as much stuff as you can from your rooms. You're about to leave in a few minutes-

"Got it," Elias nodded as the screen went off. He then turned to face Director who, "Harvey...I just want to..."

"No need. I already know what you're about to say, your Majesty," Director Who replied, the Owl giving a small, sad smile at him, "And do not worry. I'll be sure to check up on your family from time to time."

"Thank you...old friend," Elias said with a small smile as he, Leeta, and Lyco started to head for their rooms, "Until we meet again..."

"Right...Until we meet again, your Majesty," Director Who replied once Elias and the two, wolf sisters were in their rooms.

"We better get ready too," Gwen stated to Kevin and Noel as she started to head for her room as well.

"Got it/H..hai," Kevin and Noel nodded as they did the same.

-Since I'm not needed here...I'm taking Joker and heading for the training room- Shard stated, the robotic hedgehog a little upset that he wasn't going.

"R...ri...wait what?" Larry blinked before he tried to run out, only for Shard to grab him by the tail and dragged him into the training room, the lynx crying anime tears.

"Right...and as for you..." Director Who began as he looked at Silver, "I didn't forget our bargain. I've been ivestigating the potential traitor among the Freedom Fighters you've been looking for."

"R...really?" Silver asked, earning a nod from the owl, "Th..that's great! Have you found what I was missing?"

"Yes I have," Director Who nodded as he pulled out two, worn out old diaries from one of the pockets in his coat, "I've compared the entries of Antione D'Collette's Diary, both from the present, and the one you've recovered from your time, and I've taken into account everything you've told me and applied it to all the profiles I have on file."

"...was it obvious?" Silver asked as Director Who took out a piece of paper showing Sonic, Antione, Rotor, and a de-Roboticized Sally on it.

"Not immediately. Time has a way of twisting the facts and obscuring the evidence," Director Who replied as he took out a small red marker from his coat pocket, "But giving the sum of it all, I'm confident I've discovered your 'traitor'."

"Great. So who is it?" Silver asked the owl.

"See for yourself. Of the original members of the Freedom Fighters, we can eliminate these three," Harvey stated as he crossed out three pictures, "So that only leaves this one..."

"..." Silver slowly took the paper from Harvey's hands before his eyes widened, seeing who's picture wasn't crossed out, "A...are you sure? Th...this is the traitor I'm searching for?"

"Yes...and I can tell you why," Director Who stated.


Seanzilla115: There you have it folks, the final chapter of the Unsung Heroes arc. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as I did writing it. But...it now leaves a few questions...who's the traitor Silver's talking about? What does Harvey know about the traitor Silver is seeking? All will be revealed soon people. Also be prepared, because next time in Azure Side stories, Azure Omniverse! Until then, this is Seanzilla115, and I bid you all a good day*snaps fingers before dissipating from view, leaving a small note*

P.S: Sorry about the recap being long again.