Tails gets a chance to shine
Two and a half months, that's how long Rainbow Dash has been on planet Mobius, her friendship with Sonic has grown, they are basically best friends.
There have been several rumors that the two are romantically involved with each other, neither pay any mind, knowing that if they do so, it's only gonna further fuel speculation.
Tails knows better than any of the others though, he knows that there's a chance the two could actually work as a couple, and that they may like each other, but are both too cool to acknowledge their feelings.
Speaking of Tails, his training with Sally was paying off, while he was pretty ok with hand to hand, he excelled at the use of his gadgets, especially to the point where it was a basic form of attack for him.
One day Sally called Sonic, Tails & Rainbow Dash over, she had another mission in mind for them, plus an opportunity to test out how well Tails has done lately.
"Sonic, Rainbow Dash, I have a new mission for you, Tails this is your chance to prove yourself, you're gonna be joining Sonic and Rainbow"
Tails did an 'oh yeah' arm gesture, "Yes! Finally a chance to prove my worth!"
Sonic & Rainbow chuckled at that, as did Sally, then she proceeded to explain.
"It has to do with Eggman's robots, they've taken over a city, and there's belief that Metal Sonic is leading them, and from what I've heard from official reports, Rainbow's friend Lightning Dust is there too"
Rainbow growled, "Lightning Dust...I'll be more than happy to knock her down a peg"
Sonic nodded, "Same, gotta deal with my metal counterpart, looks like we both have personal rivals"
"All I need is Fiona to be there, and then all our personal rivals would be there", Tails said.
"She might be, I didn't get any reports but she could be there, my sources don't stick around too long if it gets too dangerous", Sally said.
"Makes sense", Sonic stated.
Sally gave them the coordinates, then Sonic then turned to the door, "Rainbow, Tails, let's move"
Rainbow & Tails nodded and all 3 saluted Sally good-bye, they each left for the city, Sonic ran, Rainbow flew and Tails used his plane.
Sally went to her radio to contact Bunnie, and her team of Rotor and Antoine, "Any sign of Mephiles or Shadow?"
"No shug, no sign of them"
"Hm...keep searching, make sure Mephiles doesn't do major damage, and make sure Shadow's not trying anything funny either, there's been no sign of him the last couple of weeks, while he doesn't show up everyday, someone usually notices him or his teammates around, I'm really concerned about this"
"Don't worry Sally, we got this", Rotor said.
"Oui Princess, we will handle it", Antoine said.
Sally put away the radio and went to work on some war documents, she was concerned for her friends but had to trust that Sonic had this under control.
In the city, they noticed several citizens running away from Eggman's flying Robots.
The robots opened fire, shooting everything beneath them, even coming close on occasion to annihilating a family, before Sonic destroyed it with a homing attack.
"Keep running everyone! We got this!" Sonic continued to use his homing attacks to take out the robots, Rainbow Dash flew at them and punched several away and did strong buck kicks to a few.
Tails also flew in to attack them with punches, kicks and occasionally his tails.
Soon they encountered the ground troops.
"Hey look, more scrap Metal, let's go waste them!" Sonic said, and then used his Spin Dash to take out several of them, Rainbow flew in and used her wings to cut the robots, Tails did his spin flurry attack to take out many of them, and tossed a few dummy rings.
More robots came marching in, some of the bigger & stronger types, though it did not intimidate Sonic or Rainbow, maybe Tails a little but not enough to throw him off his game.
The robots shot some rockets at the trio, but Sonic managed to use his homing attack on several of the rockets and then focus some attacks on the robot that fired it.
One tried shooting Rainbow but she simply flew in and managed to reverse the rocket's direction with a little mini tornado, sending the missile back to the robot.
Tails simply summoned an arm cannon and fire at a robot, taking it down.
"Gotta love my gadgets", Tails commented.
Sonic walked around the rubble, "I thought Eggman made these robots stronger? Did he run out or blow everything on one attack?"
"He seems like an all talk guy", Rainbow said.
"Maybe the success you two have had lately has demoralized him to an extent, maybe he's losing confidence", Tails said.
"Or maybe you just walked into a trap!" they heard a voice say.
They turned around and saw Lightning Dust, she was alongside Metal Sonic.
"Oh look, the wannabe Sonic and the wannabe Rainbow Dash", Tails stated.
"Shut it half pint, we're the only Pegasus and Hedgehog that matter...well robot hedgehog but still"
Sonic & Rainbow Dash stood before Metal Sonic & Lightning Dust, ready for a fight.
"Gonna be a real pleasure to deal with a sellout like you Lightning!" Rainbow said.
"Hey, I didn't sell out! I simply smartened up and sided with the bigger power, I'm not the only one either, remember Trixie Lulamoon? Remember Flim & Flam? Suri Polomare? All Sombra followers"
"Figures, they're scums of Equestria as well"
Sonic warmed up a little, "Looks like you two have a score to settle, I know what it's like dealing with a traitor, namely Fiona"
"She told me you abandoned her or something like that, I'd say you betrayed her first"
Sonic face palmed, "Whatever she told you, believe me, she has it all mixed up, things just happened and I wish I could have helped, but this doesn't justify her actions"
Lightning scoffed, "Right, you're simply no different than the ponies of where I'm from, bunch of hypocrites, you act like you care about others when in reality it's just some act, if the person is useless to you, then why care?"
Sonic shook his head, "You and Fiona have a twisted sense of things, shame you both choose to believe the crap that Eggman or that King Sombra jerk say, instead of thinking on your own"
Lightning growled, "I did realize this on my own, I realize that the Elements of Harmony only care for a select few, just like you Freedom Fighters only care for a select few, it will be a pleasure to work with Sombra & Eggman to take all of you down!"
Sonic stepped forward, "I've had enough talk, if you wanna fight, we'll give you a fight", Sonic got into a defensive position.
"Fine by me", Lightning said, then she flew in to tackle Sonic, Rainbow flew after her but Metal Sonic rammed her.
Tails flew over to Lightning and pulled her off Sonic, he received a kick in the gut for that and an uppercut.
Sonic wanted to help Tails but Metal Sonic had flown in and rammed Sonic, then attacked an oncoming Rainbow Dash.
Tails went to fight Lightning, he threw a few punches, she dodged most of them until he managed to land a shot on her.
She wiped her face and then kicked him on the side of the head and flew in for a few punches before back hoofing him.
Tails shot his arm cannon at Lightning, she dodged the attacks though and dived down on Tails with a kick to his head.
Tails rubbed his head, and then Lightning had grabbed his legs and spun him around a bit before letting go, sending Tails crashing through a building window.
Meanwhile Metal Sonic is blocking attacks from Sonic & Rainbow Dash, for each punch or kick they dish out, Metal Sonic blocks them and knocks them back.
"We need a strategy or something, straight forward isn't working", Rainbow said.
"That's an understatement, though we might be able to pull it off if we can try to disorientate it or something", Sonic said.
Rainbow nodded and they proceeded to run & fly around, Metal Sonic tried keeping an eye on both but their increased movements made it hard for it to pinpoint one location.
Soon it decided to focus on Sonic and went to pursue him but Rainbow took the opportunity to ram it, when Metal Sonic tried to focus on Rainbow, Sonic hit it with a homing attack.
Sonic & Rainbow continued their tactical maneuvers and attacked Metal Sonic on every occasion, eventually Metal tried firing a few lasers, but even it had trouble focusing on two speeding objects, eventually the two double teamed it hard and knocked it back.
They posed a little before going to attack again but Lightning rushed in and rammed both of them at the same time.
Sonic and Rainbow stood side by side, Lightning stood with Metal.
Tails recovered and noticed the face off, "Taking them down is tougher than I thought"
Sonic then battled Metal as Rainbow battled Lightning, matching blow for blow, Tails quickly geared up his arm cannons and looked around, "Ok if I go with this angle of trajectory, plus the wind direction and the fire rate, take into account their speed and styles and where they might end up next, I can set them up for a little something"
Once things looked right to Tails, he fired his arm cannons at different directions,'the shots rebounding until they hit their targets, Metal & Lightning, taking them both down, though not out.
"Got'em!" Tails jumped for joy and did some air punches in success.
Lightning and Metal struggled to get up, Sonic & Rainbow had approached them, ready to keep fighting.
"If you don't stay down, you're gonna get more of an ass kicking", Rainbow said.
At that moment, Rainbow got blasted back, Sonic looked to see what happened but he also got blasted.
Tails froze at the sight, "Oh no, it's Mephiles!"
Mephile shad hovered over Sonic & Rainbow Dash, holding more chaos energy in his hand.
"Pathetic beings..."
Sonic glared, "Mephiles, so you've shown yourself again, haven't seen you since you ditched out on fighting us"
"Ditched out? Is that what you call it? Very well, if you insist on fighting, I'd be glad to oblige, I'll deal with you like I dealt with Shadow"
Sonic looked confused, "Dealt with Shadow? What does that even mean?"
Mephiles chuckled, "You're about to find out..."
Before Mephiles could do anything, Tails flew in and attempted to blast Mephiles with his canons, Mephiles simply whacked Tails out the sky.
"Tails!" Sonic shouted, then he went in to attack Mephiles but Mephiles had teleported behind Sonic and whacked him down, when Rainbow tried to attack him, she got whacked back.
Tails shook his head and looked to Mephiles, "Attacking head on won't work, we need more power, we can sure use a Chaos Emerald right now or something, or more allies", he went to his radio, "Maybe I can call for back up, I just hope that Sonic & Rainbow can stall Mephiles long enough"
As soon as he pressed a button, a fire shot at Mephiles, causing him some frustration, "What!?"
Tails blinked, "That was fast..."
He then saw Blaze run past him and jump at Mephiles with a fiery claw, knocking him back.
"Who the hell is she!?" Lightning asked.
Metal & Lightning went after Blaze but a few barrels went at them.
Tails looked to see Silver arrive and use his powers to knock the villains back.
Soon Bunnie herself had arrived to help fight the villains off, Tails felt relieved, "The numbers can help us hopefully"
Mephiles grew angry and attack each of them, Blaze then pulled out a White Chaos Emerald, "Sonic!"
She tossed the emerald to Sonic and he used it's power to increase his speed and strength, and managed to attack Mephiles a few times and knock him back.
The Chaos Sonic plus his allies was gonna be a bad thing to deal with right now, so Mephiles created a smoke screen and left with his allies.
"I'll return, and when I do Sonic & Rainbow Dash, I will extinguish you both!"
Once he was gone, Sonic huffed, "Quitter"
Rainbow shook her head a bit and noticed Silver & Blaze, "Never seen them before"
Tails approached Rainbow, "Rainbow Dash, I'd like you to meet Silver the Hedgehog, and Blaze the Cat"
Tails turned to them, "Silver, Blaze, meet Rainbow Dash, a guest from Equestria"
The two waved at them Rainbow, which she returned.
"Kinda cool to see a Pegasus", Silver said.
"Quite nice, what's it like in your world Rainbow Dash?" Blaze asked.
"Um, before King Sombra it was really happy and peaceful, full of Harmony, stuff like that"
"What did this King Sombra pony do? Assuming it is a pony", Blaze said.
"Unicorn to be precise, and he filled the world with shadows and darkness, I need to get back to my world and along with my friends, help the two princesses get their throne back"
Blaze and Silver grew curious, "Two princesses?"
"Yeah, the Princess Sisters, Celestia & Luna"
Silver & Blaze looked amazed, Sonic then stepped in, "Let's chat back at Knothole"
Bunnie nodded, "Yeah, Sally's gonna want a report, plus I'm sure our speedy couple wants to enjoy their victory"
Silver grew curious, "Couple? Are you two dating?"
Sonic and Rainbow simply glanced at each other a bit awkwardly.
"No"
"Not Really"
They both failed to hide their blush though, Tails chuckled a bit though.
"You two are definitely made for each other"
Sonic glared, "Shut up Tails"
Tails put his hands up defensively, "Hey, I have no problems with it"
Sonic & Rainbow face palmed/hoofed.
"Let's just go home", Sonic said and ran off, Rainbow Dash following.
Bunnie chuckled, "It's only a matter of time"
The others went home, though more danger was on the horizon.
More Freedom Fighters.