A/N: Last we left our heroes, it seems their evil versions were invading Freedom HQ. Why are they here of all times and what do they hope to achieve? Let's watch.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Sega except my own OC.
As the Suppression Squad begins their attack, Rotor, Tails, and Kor quickly jump in various directions to avoid getting hit by another sonic pulse from Boomer.
"Just who the heck are these guys?! And why do they want HQ so bad?!" Kor yells while charging his laser hand.
"They're from an alternative universe called Anti-Mobius! And to answer your second question your guess is as good as mine!" Rotor yells back before ducking from another blast.
Kor finishes charging and opens fire on Boomer. As the 2 exchange fire around the lab Tails and Miles engage in an aerial battle, trying to out-fox each other (no pun intended). The noise draws the attention of Sally, Amy, Antoine, and Bunnie, who were elsewhere in the base.
This doesn't go unnoticed by Alicia. "Patch cover me. I'm going to disable the comm. line so they can't send for more help."
However, Patch plays it coolly. "Please ma Princess, these fools are hardly a threat."
He would've kept this stance, had Amy not sprang out of no where with that giant hammer of hers. She smashes part of the wall close to Patch's head. "You've got a lot of nerve coming back here after all you've done!" The pink hedgehog tells him.
"Mon dieu!" He panics and makes a run for it.
"Come back here so I can smash you!" Amy says while chasing after the French coward.
"This girl is a monster! AAAH!" Patch screams as the hammer behind him makes a hole in the floor.
As for Alicia, she makes her way over to the comm. line but Bunnie quickly pins her to the ground. She's unable to push her off until the cybernetic Mobian is blasted off by Boomer. Kor's hand needed time to recharge and is currently helping Tails deal with Miles. As she gets up, she begins engagement with her Prime counterpart.
"So what's your motive for coming back here Alicia? Last I checked you guys were never fond of this place." Sally points out.
"We aren't, but our 'King' and 'Queen' wanted some new digs." Alicia said begrudgingly. Like the others, they weren't fond of their new management.
"King and Queen? You don't mean..." Sally said, putting the pieces together.
"As much as I hate it, I do." Alicia says before swinging a roundhouse kick at Sally. Sally blocks before delivering a kick of her own.
-17 minutes later-
The fighting has kept going with neither side giving an inch. Antoine and Patch are locked in a duel of swordsmanship, Kor managed to bring Miles down to his level after his hand recharged and is trying to bash the fox's head in, but Miles manages to take off again. Amy and Sally dodge another blast from Boomer until the cyborg Moebian is attacked by Bunnie with Amy assisting. Sally sees an opening to the mic and makes a run to it only to be blocked by Fiona.
"What's wrong Princess? Need your 'boyfriend' to come and save you?" The vixen taunted her.
"No, I was actually just part of the distraction." Sally smirks at her.
Fiona's eyes widen in shock as she turns and notices Rotor at the mic. He desperately calls Nicole. "Nicole! We need Sonic back here ASAP! Things are getting out of hand!"
"Oh and mind telling Hornet to standby?! I'm not fond of destroying the place a second time but it might come to that!" Kor yells while firing another volley at Miles.
"I'll get on that right now!" Nicole said and sends the messages.
Three minutes pass before Sonic arrives. However as he does, a green hedgehog wearing a black biker jacket with flames on the sleeves along with a red pair of shades walks through the portal. He's also wearing what appears to be a silver crown on his forehead. This hedgehog, is known as Scourge. "Attention scrubs of this zone: the king has arrived! Respect."
Sonic groaned at seeing his counterpart and folds his arms. "I'm guessing this home invasion was your idea Scourge?"
"That's 'King' Scourge, Sonic." The evil hedgehog boasted.
"Oh, so you're a royal pain then?" Sonic smirks before spin dashing to him.
Scourge counters with his own spin. They continue to talk as they fight.
"Since you're the 'Hero of Mobius', that means I can be just as powerful, and way better. When I went to my world, I conquered it in only 3 days! Not only that, I decided to get the old gang back together to be much better than you so-called Freedom Fighters. We aren't just your 'evil twins' anymore. I am Scourge, King of a bold new Moebius, and now your world will fall to my Suppression Squad!" Scourge smirked.
"Heh, what's in a name? A 'dork' by any other name is just as lame. You're messing with Sonic the Hedgehog, hero of Mobius, and the Freedom Fighters. Pack it up and go home before you regret it." Sonic says, smirking back at him.
"I'm so glad I'm sitting this one out...my back isn't healed yet and I'd hate to be in the middle of that." Rotor says with Nicole agreeing with him. The 2 groups charge at each other once more.
Both groups are evenly matched, lasers and sonic pulses flying every which way, various mobians engaged in different forms of combat from Sonic and Scourge's high speed brawl to Sally and Fiona using martial arts. Sonic spins at Scourge once more, nearly knocking him back through the star post. Unfortunately, Fiona manages to grab him. "I got you hon. What should we do?"
Scourge looks at her in anger. "What should we do? I almost got sent back! The rest of you better get it together! You do not want to be sent back with me!"
After that short pause, the Squad resumes their attack, forcing the heroes to get pushed back again.
However, Sonic begins to notice the damage being wrought to the base. Various pieces of equipment are damaged or destroyed and many holes are in the floor and wall due to the shootout. "Everyone! Fall back!" The Blue Blur commanded.
"I call cover fire!" Kor says and begins to pepper shots at the Suppression Squad while everyone else runs out of the lab.
Once everyone else is out Kor shuts the door. Bunnie throws one of the sofas at it to keep it shut, at least until they blow the door down.
"Guys we need a solid plan. If we keep fighting like this there won't be an HQ left to save." Sonic said.
"Right. Given all of our options right now, I think it's best if we retreat for the time being." Sally suggested.
Sonic frowns at her upon hearing that. "That wasn't the kind of plan I was hoping for...We can't just abandon this place Sal."
"I know but they caught us off guard and we aren't in the position to continue this fight." The princess pointed out.
Sonic looks around and notices most of the Freedom Fighters are sporting bruises or other indications of battle damage. Bunnie's arm has several dents in it thanks to Boomer, Kor's hand is smoking a little from overuse, Antoine has some cuts from his fight with Patch, etc.
"Alright. I don't like it, but I agree with ya." Sonic sighed.
As they make their way to the exit, their counterparts finally break down the door.
"Aw what's wrong Sonic? Did we play alittle too rough?" Scourge taunts him.
"We'll settle this later Scourge. Don't think you won yet." Sonic retorts before exiting himself.
"You know, we could blow it up if we're unable to liberate it from them." Kor suggests.
Sonic gives him a look. "We aren't going to destroy it Kor."
"I know, just sayin' it might come to that..." The engineer replied.
As they begin to trek back to New Mobotropolis, they meet up with the Chaotix.
"What happened to you guys?" Knuckles asks with concern.
"We had to deal with an invasion from Anti-Mobius. For now they've taken control of the HQ." Sally said grimly.
"Great, now we got two things to worry about...is everyone alright?" Julie-Su asks after taking note of everyone's condition.
"Don' worry Su, we'll live. Did y'all manage to do yer mission?" Bunnie asks.
"Yeah. It was pretty tough but we managed to knock down one of Eggman's communication towers. Unfortunately after Sonic left we were nearly overrun since the Legion managed to reorganize, but at least Eggman can't talk with half the planet now." Vector says with a smile.
Sonic chuckles abit. "Sorry I had to leave you guys to deal with that."
"Don't worry about it Sonic. We handled them well." Knuckles assures him.
As the group reaches the outskirts of their city, Kor asks a good question. "So what are we going to do about the 'Faker Squad'?" Some chuckle at this.
"For now, they'll have to be our first priority. With Eggman's forces down he shouldn't make an attack any time soon. Given how strong they are, we should plan to stop them now before they become a bigger problem." Sally explained.
"Sounds great, but I'm still wondering how they managed to get here through the star post. They're supposed to be only linked to the Special Zone." Rotor said, scratching his head thinking about possibilities.
"We'll figure that out soon enough. First, we need to explain the situation to the Council." The chipmunk told them.
A/N: Well the Suppression Squad are a nice little group aren't they? Given the circumstances it's a good idea that they are the immediate threat, but main question is: will the Council agree?
