Sonic Season Finale: My Enemy's Enemy

(A/N: Second up today mainly because I wanted to get to some action.)

Plans

"Sonic!" Chris exclaimed, having finally managed to find the key to the Queen's room. He raced in followed by his three friends. "What happened?"

"Chris, get us out of here!" Sonic demanded.

"Oh no," Helen said, quickly grabbing a knife and bending down from her chair in order to cut the triplets free.

"Where's the queen?" Francis asked.

"They took her! Team Vile took our mom!" Manic exclaimed.

"Crap this is bad," Danny said, instantly alarmed.

"Where?" Chris demanded.

"We don't know," Sonia said urgently. As soon as they were free she exclaimed, "Sonic, Manic, we have to get the others!"

"Eggman is going to pay for this," Manic agreed.

"Just what I was thinking," Sonic said. Taking their wrists, he said, "Come on sibs, it's juice and jam time."

SU

The Sonic Heroes listened angrily to the story. How dare they get so cocky? "Sounds like Buttnick wants his egg shaped backside kicked all over the place," Jet growled.

"It won't be easy with Mephiles on his side," Silver warned.

"We'll take them out, as always," Shadow flatly declared.

"Or they'll actually win," Espio remarked. Shadow darkly chuckled. Unlikely.

"We can help," Chris offered.

"Or how about you keep yourselves out of this whole mess?" Wave replied.

"We're not children anymore," Helen declared flat out, frowning.

"Yeah, but you don't have powers either now, do you?" Shade replied.

"But GUN won't care," Rouge suddenly declared. The others looked at her in surprise. Shadow's eyes narrowed dangerously at her. "Don't give me that look, Shadow. They want to help. The best way they can is GUN. Shadow and I can take them and talk to Topaz about hiring the three in. The more help we have against Eggman's forces, the better."

"Good. Mr. and Mrs. Prower, contact the freedom fighters and tell them to keep an eye out for Buttnick," Manic said. "It's Sonic Underground time." Immediately Sonic, Sonia, and Manic raced out, the others following. Shadow and Rouge exchanged looks with each other and then the humans.

"Try not to have any other good ideas, Rouge," Shadow growled lowly.

"Shadow, it'll take only a few minutes. After that, well, why should the Sonic Underground have all the fun?" Rouge asked. "I've got tabs on the weasel thief and his sister both. We just need to grab Omega and go from there."

"Fine," Shadow relented. He zoomed off, Rouge flying closely behind him.

SU

Topaz examined the group of four standing with Shadow and Rouge. "Well, we were looking to hire," she admitted.

"Then hire them so they'll stay out of our way," Shadow ordered. "Rouge and I need to get Omega. He'll be able to help Rouge track down Fang and Nic. From here you and the rest of GUN can keep tabs on Eggman's activities."

"If you need help…" Topaz began.

"We know," Rouge said, cutting her off. "Come on Shadow." Swiftly the two hurried to find Omega.

SU

"What's the plan?" Jet asked Sonic as he flew alongside him on his hover board.

"Honestly? Find mom, get on the airship, kick Eggman's sorry hide all over the place," Sonic replied.

"Really?" Wave incredulously asked.

"You got a better idea?" Manic asked.

"Not until we find the Flying Egg Fortress," Wave admitted. "But guys, it's not like we can just race all over Mobius and hope to randomly stumble over the thing. Huge as it may be, Eggman is good at keeping it out of sight."

"Chaos Control!" a voice exclaimed suddenly. All at once Team Dark was there, running alongside the Sonic Underground et al.

"Any luck?" Sonic asked.

"Surprisingly Chris was able to get a lock on them before Shadow and I even returned with Omega," Rouge answered. "Helen set us up with a GPS. Those four kids are naturals." She brought out the device and looked it over. They're flying between Knothole and Mobotropolis," the bat stated, frowning.

"Good. We can get Sally's help, and Cyrus's," Sonic said.

"You guys'll get to meet some real veteran Freedom Fighters," Manic said, winking back at them. The others, he knew, hadn't met anyone, really, from his and his siblings' days as the Sonic Underground. "You'll totally dig Cyrus, Tails. He's just like you. You too, Wave."

"Oh boy," Tails excitedly said.

"No one's like me," Wave boasted.

"You can say that again," Jet deadpanned, rolling his eyes.

"Hey!" she shot. Storm snickered.

"This'll be so cool!" Charmy squealed, clenching his fists excitedly.

SU

It was in base where the Freedom Fighters kept their children that the four factions met; the Underground Crew of Mobius, the Knothole group, the Elder Heroes including Max and Alicia Acorn et al, and the Sonic Heroes. On Uncle Jules's suggestion, they'd used a jet. Though Sonic was agitated at how slow it was going, and Jules and Chuck were up in arms about their kidnapped sibling, introductions needed to be made if they were all going to be able to work together in finding Queen Aleena. Well, they probably wouldn't need all hands on deck for this finding her part, but they might need all hands on deck later on. Might as well get to know each other now.

The jet touched down in the central and most secret base the Underground had possessed. They entered determinedly, Tails, Wave, and Cyrus talking animatedly together and comparing notes, excited to finally be meeting one another.

"Eggman will be on the lookout for a large group of people coming after him. He'll probably be expecting it in fact. That means not all of us are going to be involved in the field. At least not when it comes to finding Aleena. The majority will have to work from here at communications and tracking. Besides, if any of our enemies are searching for us—Snivley included—this place is at risk. We'll need to have patrols wandering around and some of us will have to be keeping tabs on the Chaos and Sol Emeralds," Elias Acorn said, taking the lead immediately.

"Um, just how many of us, exactly, will be going into the field?" Nic, still playing the role of double agent, questioned. Sleet would love to hear this. He might even reward her. She smirked at the thought.

"It should be two teams of three. Sonic Underground and Team Dark can cover this," Shadow said, speaking up from the back of the room. "If push comes to shove, Team Sol can come bail us out. If that doesn't work send out Team Babylon, then Team Chaotix, then Team Rose, then Team Isle, consisting of Knuckles, Tails, and Tikal when they aren't with their respective teams. When all else fails, the rest of you can decide whom to send."

"Though if all of us fail, the chances of them succeeding are virtually nonexistent," Espio pessimistically threw in.

"It won't come to that. Team Dark and Team Underground will handle it. The rest of us are just extras, background noise. At least for now," Silver assured his friend. Espio nodded, willing to concede to his friend's analysis.

"We'd better see some action by the time this is done," Vector grumbled.

"Oh don't worry, you will," Mindy assured. "Where the Sonic Underground is involved, everyone sees their share of action."

"Now let's rock and roll," Sonic said.

"Not so fast. We find the Flying Egg Fortress, we get our mother, and we leave. No use battling until they attack us. The rest of you should be ready for that, because it will happen, count on it," Sonia intervened, pulling her brother back from doing something headstrong.

"But sis…" Manic and Sonic began to whine.

"No buts! Just do it!" Sonia insisted. There was no room for argument with her. With that, the Sonic Underground and Team Dark raced off.

Vanilla pulled Vector and Big to the side. "We need to do something," she said. "I hate to think of what's happening to poor Aleena up there. We don't have to get into any of the action, just keep tabs on them."

"Like Queen Aleena did for her children before they reunited?" Big asked.

"Exactly," Vanilla confirmed.

"I agree," Vector said.

"And so do we," Jules's voice suddenly said from behind. The three gasped, turning around only to spot Chuck and Jules listening to their every word!

"Chuck, Jules," Vanilla breathed.

"Do what you have to. Chuck and I will make sure they never notice you're missing," Jules vowed.

"Right. Besides, as much as it pains me to admit it, I doubt Aleena was even supposed to reunite with Sonic, Sonia, and Manic so early in the first place," Chuck gravely added, looking up at the sky. The others followed his gaze worriedly.

SU

Meanwhile, back on the Flying Egg Fortress, Sleet was awakened by someone shaking his shoulder. His eyes flickered open and tiredly he groaned only to see Lucas, aka Dark Oak, standing at his side. "What is it?" Sleet groaned, sitting up and rubbing his eyes curiously.

"Potential disaster," Dark Oak answered.

Sleet perked up, immediately alert. "What do you mean?" the wolf questioned suspiciously.

"Mephiles, Ix, and Drago have spoken to Eggman about your defense of Queen Aleena. Dr. Robotnick is not impressed. Nack, Dingo, Scourge, and Fiona are doing damage control, or trying, but Eggman is unconvinced. You must tell him what drove you to react, but be warned; Team Apocalypse is moving towards a Coup. I can sense it. I fear… I fear they may succeed."

"Oh, they'll succeed all right, but when Dr. Eggman Robotnick falls, we'll be ready. We will take the Queen and retreat as far from them as possible," Sleet said.

"And if they pursue or if we are separated?" Lucas pressed.

"Stay ahead of them, no matter what. We will meet up at some point," Sleet replied.

"You have names in mind," Lucas observed.

"A nephew of Eggman's, a villain like us, and his robotic group of rejects that Robotnick has cast off. Somehow I don't think he will turn his back on his Uncle when Eggman explains the situation to him. They may not be the biggest fans of one another, but Snively is no fool. Go to him if things go south. The rest of us will meet you there," Sleet murmured.

"Always ready with a plan," Aleena's voice suddenly remarked from behind. The two turned to see that she had been awake. "It has always served you well, Sleet. It will continue to. I wish you all the luck I can. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't." Sleet nodded to her in understanding. Quickly he and Dark Oak rose to go to the throne room and give their side of the story to Eggman.