What's up everyone! SEGA Fan BOSS here bringing you the next episode of Sonic The Hedgehog-Sailor Moon. So I hope everyone is doing well in the time it's taken between uploads, and I must say that this one is going to actually get good - in fact this episode leads right into the meat of this story, and thus will begin a rather nice web of mayhem and intrigue. All right so with that being said, I present to you all, Episode Nine. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Sonic The Hedgehog belongs to SEGA, Sonic Team, and Archie Comics, while Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and Toei Animation.

Episode Nine

Sonic and "Tails" continue their flight through the skies in the Tornado. It had been the better part of nine hours now and the two heroes were making their way through Azya, and finally beginning to make some headway.

v Sonic: "Hey "Tails", didn't you say something about the Tornado having new booster engines and stuff? Why don't we use them now; it'd make the search-and-rescue mission go by faster. We could get Sailor Moon back and work from there."

v "Tails": "But using the booster engines would most likely cause us to overlook something important; there are other Sailors to look out for besides Sailor Moon. Traveling at this speed makes it better for us to go over things."

v Sonic: "But we've already gone an entire day trying to rescue them. Who knows what sort of crazy crap Eggman could have done in that time?"

v "Tails": (annoyed) "Sonic. We are nearly out of Azya at this moment. Cool off. If everything Rotor and I have researched is correct, Eggman can't have gotten too far by now."

v Sonic: (sighs) "You're right. As usual "Tails"." (thinking) "Man, I'm really high-strung about this. I know I have to rescue Sailor Moon and her teammates, but I've really been kind of a jerk recently about it. But I said I was going to help her and by golly I'm not gonna let her down!"

After some more time flying around "Tails" looked ahead and saw the massive form of the Death Egg in the distance!

v "Tails": "Sonic! Look!"

v Sonic: "There it is! The Death Egg! Full speed ahead "Tails"!"

v "Tails": "On it! Be on guard!"

"Tails" began to pick up the speed as they made their way over to the landed Death Egg. As they both figured, there must have been an Egg Army base somewhere nearby, and they were prepared for evasive maneuvers.

At the Egg Army base in question, Alexis was notified of an enemy aircraft approaching the base via her communicator.

v Alexis: (on her communicator) "What?! Who is it?!"

v Soldier 1: "Sensors indicate it is the Tornado!"

v Alexis: (on her communicator) "All weapons online! Blast that piece of trash out of the sky!"

Suddenly a barrage of missiles and lasers were flying toward Sonic and "Tails"!

v "Tails": "We were right! It's an Egg Army base!"

v Sonic: ""Tails", avoid the lasers! I'll deal with the missiles!"

The blue hedgehog jumped off the plane and rocketed ahead with his Spin Dash, locking onto the approaching missiles! He used the missiles either as stepping stones or sometimes he would jump onto them and direct them into the other ones. All the while "Tails" follows behind in the Tornado, dodging the laser blasts and continuing to close the distance between himself and the weapons of the base.

Inside the base, Dr. Eggman, who has been informed of the impending invasion of Sonic and "Tails", is yelling and berating his subordinates in their currently unsuccessful attempts to shoot the two heroes down.

Meanwhile, Sonic, approaching ever closer to the base, smashes his way through several of the missiles while continuing to accelerate. At this point, the Egg Army unveiled E-106 Eta, one of the most powerful E-Series robots ever constructed by Eggman. "Tails" attempted to call Sonic on their communicators to inform him of the new player, but he could not hear over all the cacophonous mayhem. Instead "Tails" tried to do some damage to Eta ahead of time, remembering quite clearly the account left by the Freedom Fighters when fighting him last time. The opportunity presented itself when "Tails" finally got close enough to the base. Firing his plane's patented Laser Gatling, the Egg Army base — and Soldiers — were liberally doused with multiple laser bullets! At this point in time Sonic had finally made his way to the front of the base, Spin Dashing into the ground with enough force to launch several Egg Soldiers in the air from the seismic impact! But almost immediately after his impact he was seized and hurled through a nearby wall by a fully-intact Eta! "Tails" swooped in with the Tornado and let loose on the E-Series robot with laser fire, but to no avail as Eta used his free hand and extended it, puncturing one of the wings as the Tornado went past.

v Sonic: ""Tails", NOOO!"

Eta, still not releasing Sonic, then hurled the hedgehog into the ground making a similar earthquake-like effect caused by Sonic's Spin Dash from earlier. At this point more Egg Soldiers come up to assist but were temporarily thrown out of whack when "Tails" dive-bombed them with Dummy Ring Bombs, which release an electromagnetic pulse that deactivated their cybernetic parts! The young fox, now without his plane, threw multiple Dummy Ring Bombs at Eta, causing a similar reaction! While not deactivated, Eta definitely showed signs of discombobulation, allowing Sonic to capitalize on the massive robot's misfortune. He Spin Dashed the robot at insane speeds, wearing down Eta by inches as the onslaught occurred. When Eta was at about half of his height and size a massive explosion came from nowhere, destroying the robot and launching Sonic through the air and crashing down, almost unconscious! Both "Tails" and Sonic looked over to the left and saw that the one who blasted our blue hero was none other than the Egg Boss Alexis Fox herself, her right arm apparently morphed into a giant laser cannon! Backing her up was Dr. Eggman in his Eggmobile, grinning evilly at them.

v Alexis: (clicking her tongue) "Pity. I really liked that robot."

v Sonic: (slowly getting up) "Eggman…where are they? Where's the Scouts? Where's Sailor Moon?"

v Eggman: "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not at liberty to discuss things with dead people!"

v Alexis: "You heard the man..."

The fox woman fired another powerful blast at the two heroes! "Tails" grabbed Sonic and the two just avoided the laser's impact. When they landed, they were accosted by Eggman's flashlight laser from the Eggmobile! Both heroes went flying, greatly battered and "Tails" unconscious.

v Eggman: "E-106 Eta, even in your demise you have served me well. And now, to finish the job!"

The despotic madman began charging up his flashlight laser, ready to take his young enemies' lives right now. At his side the vixen was charging her right arm cannon, adding her power to his and guarantee their demise. Sonic's eyes darted over to "Tails"' unconscious form as his mind began racing, trying to find ways to avoid their imminent doom. When he turned his gaze to his enemies his eyes were widened with anger, yet at the same time, focus. In an instant both Sonic and "Tails" vanished into thin air, and suddenly Eggman's Eggmobile was obliterated and he was launched into the distant skies, spiraling out of control and screaming all the way. Alexis whipped her head around to see her master was nowhere to be found. She was on guard, waiting for Sonic to prepare his attack on her, keeping track of all her vital areas and using her cyborg reflexes to their best advantage to rival the blue hedgehog's speed. The evil vixen closed her eyes and focused, waiting for Sonic to make his move.

After several seconds of tense waiting Alexis' eyes snapped open, knowing her target was ready to attack! Instantly she swiveled to the right of herself, cannon at the ready and firing a highly pressurized blast of plasma! But it seems like she wasn't quite fast enough as Sonic had struck the Egg Boss four times with heavy Spin Dash attacks, ripping loud screams of agony from her throat with each hit, the fourth one finally bringing Alexis down and into unconsciousness! Sonic then landed on his feet and trotted over to the area where "Tails" was safely resting. When he began his speedy assault on Eggman and Alexis his first order of business was to get the young fox to safety. "Tails" looked pretty bad from the two attacks; his fur was singed in numerous areas and certain bruises — likely caused from the kinetic force of the two laser blasts — marred his small body. Sonic then took "Tails" under his left arm and grabbed the unconscious Alexis with the right and made his way inside the base.

Running along at high speeds it did not take too long for Sonic to encounter some Egg Soldiers trying to defend their base.

v Soldier 1: (aiming his blaster at Sonic) "FREEZE!"

v Sonic: (hoisting up Alexis in his arm) "Back off! I got your boss lady here! One false move and I can pull her right into the line of fire! Now show me where the sick bay is so "Tails" can be healed! Do it, or your boss lady's toast!"

Reluctantly, the Egg Soldier knew Sonic had won this battle; he knew how powerful Alexis was. She was one of the most powerful Egg Bosses in the Empire, and she had the exceptionally powerful E-106 Eta on her side, plus Dr. Eggman himself. If, even after all of that, Sonic had made it this far, there was clearly no point in fighting on. As they made their way through the base the Egg Soldier-turned-escort told his troops to stand down for fear of hurting their Egg Boss. In time they made it to the sick bay, and after getting the medical Soldiers there to stop they were ordered by their fellow Soldier to help "Tails". During this time the MedTech Soldiers gently took "Tails" from the hedgehog's grip and placed him on the hospital bed; Sonic then beheld multiple restoratives on the shelves as well as giant storage units that must surely possess more such medicinal items.

v Sonic: "All right! Which of these things can heal "Tails" fastest?!"

v MedTech 1: "What happened to him?"

v Sonic: "He got hit by Eggman's laser! Now tell me! What can heal him the fastest?!"

v MedTech 2: (looking over "Tails" and touching his torso) "Hmm...Certainly the burns can be treated with ease — but "Tails"' body has suffered severe trauma from the blast. We can patch him up to some extent but the best thing for him is to be hospitalized for a few days."

v Sonic: "WHAT?!"

v MedTech 2: "That's the only way you can reasonably expect him to heal from such an injury. Dr. Eggman's flashlight laser is highly pressurized, and — "

v Sonic: "There's no way I'm leaving my little bro with the likes of you!" (tightening his grip on Alexis) "This gal's only gonna stay out cold for so long, and Eggman's probably off somewhere stirring up trouble with the Sailor Scouts! Do what you can to bandage him up and we'll be on our way! And be quick about it!"

The group of medical Egg Soldiers began tending to the ailing fox, who slowly began to stir. Shocked to say the least finding himself be worked on by Egg Soldiers, "Tails" attempted to resist but was calmed by Sonic, saying that the cyborgs were under control because he had knocked out their Egg Boss and has been holding her hostage so that the Egg Soldiers will listen to him. The young fox heeds Sonic and relaxes, allowing the MedTech Egg Soldiers to continue their job. As Sonic looks on with the utmost concern for his adopted brother he has become unaware of the treacherous figure in his grip that is slowly beginning to regain consciousness. Unfortunately for Alexis, since the last thing she remembered was battling Sonic, she suddenly jerked around in his arms, causing the hedgehog to promptly send his right hand into her temple, knocking her out immediately! This caught the Soldier by surprise and in the short time Alexis was awake he barely turned his head before Sonic had knocked the vixen back out.

Approximately an hour and a half had passed before the MedTechs had managed to patch up "Tails" and treat him with painkillers; the majority of his torso was covered in thick bandages and the crown of his head as well. They gave Sonic the okay, and the little fox was swiftly and tenderly in the hedgehog's arms, having dropped Alexis in a heap, and shortly afterward the two were out of the sick bay.

v "Tails": "All right then. Now that that's done, let's get to the Death Egg, right Sonic?"

v Sonic: "Um...Actually, little bro...I wasn't counting on you getting so badly hurt. I think the best thing to do is get the heck outta here and wait for the Sky Patrol to pick you up."

v "Tails": "You're not going at this alone, are you?!"

v Sonic: "I won't be alone for long, little bro! Soon I'll have Sailor Moon with me to help, or if not her, it'll be one of the Scouts. I just don't want you to get hurt any more than you already are."

v "Tails": "But Sonic —"

v Sonic: (looking into his eyes; firm) ""Tails". Don't argue with me."

v "Tails": "...Okay. I'll stay back. So where are we going in the meantime?"

v Sonic: "First we're gonna get away from this base and set you down so your bandages don't get too ruffled, and then I'll call Sally and let her know about what happened here. After that, I'm gonna —"

Suddenly the two of them heard what must have been some major chaos occurring below them!

v "Tails": "What's going on?!"

v Sonic: "Must be some kind of showdown! But we were the only Freedom Fighters here! Either the Sky Patrol made it here since we arrived, or it could be Sailor Moon or one of the others!" (thinking) "I should go up and check, but "Tails" is way too bad a shape for me to risk something like this! Argh…! I should've stuck to my original formula and left "Tails" aboard the Sky Patrol where he'd be safe! Guess there's only one thing to do!" (holding "Tails" close; aloud) "Brace yourself "Tails"! We're about to crank it up to warp-Sonic speed!"

The corridor the two heroes were in reverberated with a deafening sonic boom, and within the minute timescale of five seconds Sonic and "Tails" were about thirty miles away from the Egg Army Base! He told "Tails" to call Sally about what happened and Sonic soon after took off into the distance. After getting away far enough he boosted off at the same hypersonic speed from before. Tearing back into the Egg Army base at about Mach 28, Egg Soldiers went flying through the air upon the initial entrance, slowing down to safe speeds once inside. From there he just followed the sounds and made his way to the basement, whereupon he was almost knocked down by an Egg Soldier being launched out of that very corridor! To Sonic's surprise and delight his eyes laid upon a tall human teenage girl with a sailor fuku accented in green and luxuriant brown hair tied into a ponytail; it was none other than Sailor Jupiter!

v Sonic: (rushing over to her) "Yo! Help is on the way!"

v Jupiter: (surprised) "Sonic! Good to see you!"

v Sonic: "This base has already been pretty trashed; you should see the rest of it. These last few stragglers don't matter; we've gotta get back to "Tails"! He's hurt!"

v Jupiter: "All right then! Let me clear a path!"

From the valley of her tiara extended a lightning rod, which soon afterward brought down a blast of lightning that engulfed her entire body! With great effort Sailor Jupiter brought both her arms forward, aimed at the final Egg Soldiers who were in the vicinity.

"Jupiter…Thunder…DRAGON!"

In an instant the lightning surrounding the brunette Sailor launched forward, coalescing into a gigantic dragon! The cybernetic warriors leaped for their lives to evade Jupiter's attack, with Sonic and Jupiter racing in the wake of the electric behemoth. With a quick warning of his intentions Sonic scooped up Sailor Jupiter and dashed ahead at hypersonic speed, making it back to "Tails" in moments.

v Sonic: (setting her down) "Sorry about that, I'm usually a bit more gentle but this is kinda important."

v Jupiter: (holding her head; sluggish) "Sure…no problem...How do you…run like that?"

v "Tails": "Sonic! You rescued one of the Sailor Scouts!" (sticking his hand out to Jupiter) "Hi! I'm "Tails"!"

v Jupiter: (shaking his hand; somewhat sluggish) "...Hey. Sailor Jupiter, at your service. Thanks for the help, Sonic."

v "Tails": "Sonic, I called the Sky Patrol just like you said; they should be here in about two hours — seems they experienced some trouble on the way, but everything's been dealt with now."

v Sonic: "Awesome." (clapping his hands together) "OK! Sailor Jupiter, I know you're a super-capable fighter. You're the Scout that protects and deals with the tough enemies, right?"

v Jupiter: "Yeah...How'd you know?"

v Sonic: "I'm a huge fan of you guys so I kinda did my research. You're all very important figures to people in Japan, and some of us in other parts of the world are also pretty moved by what you do."

v Jupiter: "Thanks, Sonic. Coming from the world's most influential hero is major praise."

v Sonic: "You're welcome. So since you are the protector of the Scouts and the strongest one, could you watch over "Tails" and make sure he's safe?"

v Jupiter: "Of course! No problem Sonic!"

v "Tails": "Before that, Sailor Jupiter, I have to ask. As a member of the Sailor Scouts, don't you all have some form of communications device to keep tabs on each other?"

v Jupiter: "Had one. When I woke up and found myself hogtied inside that capsule I noticed my communicator was gone."

v Sonic and "Tails": "Eggman!"

v "Tails": "If he took your communicator then more than likely he took the other Scouts' devices to keep them isolated."

v Sonic: (eyes narrowing; looking elsewhere) "He just had to pick this time to become really good at this crap..." (turning to them) "All right then. I'm off to the Death Egg; hopefully if everything works out Eggman should still be sailing through the air, or better yet, falling into a lake filled with sharks or something. I plan to rescue Sailor Moon and the others."

v Jupiter: "Good luck, Sonic. Make sure you get my friends back safe and sound."

v Sonic: "I promise I will. Count on it."

With that Sonic took off into the distance, making his way toward the Death Egg.