The Assault On Central City

Papers, papers, and more papers... that's all he saw on a day-to-day basis.

There was a new bill from Congress they wanted him to sign, there was the usual letter from some criminal nut job begging for a pardon, and there was some taxes he needed to go over with. Not only that, but he promised the Prime Minister a few rounds of golf today.

Yes... it was truly hard being the president.

The door to his oval office opened up, causing his eyesight to dart up from his papers. Before him lied his secretary. A tall slender woman, she always had these circular framed glasses around her eyes, and her hair was always tied up in a great blonde bun. She would have been a pretty cute woman, had her voice not be so mercilessly robotic.

"Mr. President," she said, shifting her gaze to the folders in her hand, "New developments on the recent string of Chaos Emerald thefts. The one located in Adabat, the white one, if memory serves, was recently stolen."

"That's... G.U.N.'s business secretary," he answered, "tell Commander about it..."

"I would love to," she answered, "but Central City's connection to the satellites have been shaken."

His eyes moved up to her.

"And that would mean?"

"It's not possible to call the Commander, Mr. President."

Yes... it was hard being the president. Especially when the planet is attacked four times every week. One would think he would have gotten used to this by now, but one would be wrong. No matter how many times his home is attacked, he still feels as useless as the first.

"Mr. President," his secretary called, a certain urgency in her voice, "what's that?"

He didn't want to look. A call like that could only mean horribly bad things. But he was the president, and it was his job to investigate such things. In his chair, he turned around slowly but surely. Before him, a great black machine with a needle like point. The president's head cocked at the sight of this machine, as it suddenly started to pulsate blue lights. Behind it, he could see, a great flying saucer. That sight made him pull back in major confusion. But one thought remained in his head.

Run...

...

Explosions riddled the city tenfold. Buildings were toppled, roads were cracked, and people were sent running for their lives. All on the streets, Egg Pawns and Egg Gunners, aiming their deadly weapons towards all that got in their way. Egg Walkers and E-2000s littered the skies, and fired their deadly lasers upon anything they saw. Such a brazen attack, such wanton destruction, this was truly not Eggman's style.

Sonic appeared in the city's midst, his green eyes looking toward everything. Fire... it was everywhere! The only time he saw destruction this horrible was when the Black Arms attacked. And, oh, this felt so familiar.

He glared up to the Egg Saucer, visible rage on his face, and pointed forth a finger.

"EGGMAN!" he roared, "STOP THIS ATTACK THIS INSTANT!"

"Ah, Sonic the hedgehog," his malicious voice responded, "My age-old enemy... I'm so happy you could have made your way here..."

The way he sounded... it was... eviler, than usual, if that makes any sense. Regardless...

"IF YOU DON'T COME DOWN HERE, I'LL HAVE TO COME UP THERE!" Sonic roared.

"Make my day, Sonic..." Eggman replied.

Farther up the Egg Saucer flew, before being covered by clouds and nighttime darkness. In its wake, a group of robots fell. Sonic took a battling pose, as Egg Gunners and E-2000s descended upon him. As one Egg Gunner fired forward, Sonic leaped up in his trade mark spin. The blue blur then propelled himself at high speeds, causing him to slam into the gun bot before him. The attack sent him higher into the sky, to which he did the same to a few other Egg Gunners and E-2000s. All of them were sent either careening into each other, or into a building. The destruction of the badniks finished, he fell to the ground, before shifting his gaze back up skyward. All around him, he felt a tingling yellow light. Sonic looked around to the yellow light, as he realized what it was. A laser strike... like the Black Arms.

Before the great laser could reduce him to ash, he was tackled to safety by a certain black and gold robot. Gemerl stood up tall behind him, blue eyes shining, and said,

"Are you okay, Sonic?"

The blue blur merely chuckled, however.

"Boy Gemerl, that old man voice is getting to me!"

"I don't get it!" Rouge's voice cried.

Suddenly, the bat fly up, Omega behind her. She gazed skyward with her teal eyes, scanned the Egg Saucer as best she could.

"Where's G.U.N.?" she questioned.

"The radio and satellites are being interrupted!" Hope's voice answered, "The Egg Saucer is causing this!"

"Ya'know," Sonic stated, "that thing is beginning to piss me off!"

"Danger, danger!" Omega yelled, "Egg Saucer has launched two of its seven battle stations! Caution is advised!"

"Perfect," Rouge sarcastically replied, "Omega! I want you and Sonic to attack find and destroy these stations! Gemerl and I will protect Hope and Tails!"

While the hulking robot nodded, the blue hero and black robot was a bit weary of her words.

"Uh... are you sure?" Gemerl asked.

Rouge shot him a glare.

"You question my orders?"

In a defeated manner, Sonic raised and lowered his arms. Next thing he knew, he was being forcefully moved forward by an annoyed Omega.

"Eggman's machines won't destroy themselves!" he stated out loud.

"Okay, okay, I'm moving!"

Next thing any one knew, they were gone, rushing down the streets at high speeds. Rouge's glare shifted skyward to the pulsating lines visible through the clouds. Somewhere on that saucer, Shadow was trapped. She couldn't fly to it, not now, not when so many people were being attacked down here. Besides, the fly up was to long, and she was sure the hull of that ship was well protected. She needed to return to Hope and formulate a plan.

"C'mon, Gemerl."

...

He didn't trust her.

He remembered her last name. The girl who was called Kintobor. And he knew it was a lie.

Hope Robotnik...

He stared at her. In the flames of the city. Scanning her blue eyes. They were a dull color, absent of life and order, as if chaos was running her mind. She looked pain... regretful even...

"Uh, Tails..." she said, not looking at her, "Can you stop looking at me like that?"

The fox was taken aback by her words, and immediately gazed away.

"I'm... sorry..." he apologized.

"Don't think about it," she replied, "We need to focus one finding this cloaked figure, however..." her head shifted up, "And to finding out what the Egg Saucer can do..."

The device she used to keep all the information she had on the Egg Saucer appeared from her pockets. Sliding through various amounts of energy, she tried her hardest to formulate some kind of plan.

"Now..." she questioned, "Why would Eggman attack Central City... there's nothing in here he would want, is there?"

"I wouldn't say that..." Tails answered, "Not to long ago, the yellow Chaos Emerald was brought into town. Only Sonic and I were told this, since we are, ya'know, world heroes..."

"Oh... then that changes everything..." she replied, eyes shifting away, "We need to find that Chaos Emerald, and quick! I'm sure that cloaked being is looking for it!"

Returning her glare to her device, she started to switch its apps. Coming to a module that allowed her to track Chaos Emeralds, she gave a slight smile, and started off. Tails however, lingered a bit. Blue eyes looking at Hope run off, he kept his distrustful thoughts to himself. But that last name never left his mind.

...

"I love a defenseless Shadow..." Maria whispered, breast pressed up to him.

He tried his hardest to ignore her, he really did, but the touch and feel of her breast leaning up against his chest constantly shook his mind.

Here he was, still stuck on this table, with Maria Rivet rubbing up against him. Her legs were rapped against his, while her bare chest constantly rubbed him. Her smile was scandalous and sexual, as if trying to get a rise out of him.

"C'mon, Shadow..." she stated, "Just have a little fun with me."

He didn't answer, though his face grew angered.

"Just one quick poke, it's all I need..." her hand started to slide down his leg, "Come on... just once? Fuck me, please?"

Still, his voice remained silent, though his face continued to tighten. Suddenly, her hand found his crotch, and she started to rub it closely.

"That's a good boy..." she stated, "Just sit there and let Maria do all the work..."

She may have been strong, she may have been sexy, but that didn't make all of this feel any better. She wouldn't get him, no matter how much she tried. He would just fight and fight, and if his restraints were removed, he would be choking her right now. But damn, those fingers against him felt so soft, warm, and lovely. Shadow found himself to start panting as her skillful fingers teased him so. But no, he would fight her.

"Oh, so good..." she whispered, her voice so sexually charged, "You just keep fighting, Shadow, I like doing things my way anyway."

Maybe this would have been easier to deal with if he could move his legs. But he couldn't, and the chances of Maria letting him free were slim to none.

And those blasted fingers! Shadow wasn't sure what was worst! Maria's hands on him, or her erect nipples rubbing against his chest.

"Good job, Shadow," she stated, "still trying to fight me..." her lips got near his ears, "I like a strong man..."

Her tongue snaked out, and lined the side of his muzzle.

How much longer would he have to suffer? How much longer would he have to sit through this, and Maria's sexual advances. If it weren't for the fact that he was clinging on to the image of Hope, he would have surely relented by now.

Hmm... He didn't know just how much strength that girl gave him.

"I love you, Hope Kintobor..." he whispered, almost unconsciously.

Everything Maria did stopped suddenly. Ruby eyes snapped open almost immediately. Lining the room slowly, the black hedgehog finally got the strength to look at Maria. From head to toe, she was naked, while on her face lied a very annoyed, very angry, visage. Her fangs were visible through her open mouth, and her eyes were... red... flaming red...

"How dare you..." she whispered.

Whenever Shadow mentioned Hope, it ruined anything Maria had planned. She really, really, hated that girl.

"Ya'know, Shadow," she stated, "I didn't really wanna do this..." her body turned away, "I was really hoping you would come around eventually... but I was wrong..." turning back, she held two certain objects in her hands, "But, oh well... you didn't want to go through this process the fun way..."

"The... fun way?"

"Yes, my way was much more pleasant, much more... pleasurable... but of course, you didn't listen."

"How are you connected to Black Doom!? What did he mean by more than one Ultimate Life form!?"

"We're more alike than you would think, Shadow..." she answered, "Much, much, too alike... Doesn't matter, however..."

She pushed forward the two objects in her hand. They were golden, and ring-shaped, much like his inhibitor rings, but... on them, they had the spiraling black mark that belonged to the Black Arms. Maria giggled at the sight of them, as she slowly got closer to Shadow.

"After this, Shadow," she said, "you'll be my personal slave... willing to do anything I wish, no matter what you think."

He shook his head.

"There's no way I'd listen to you..."

"Oh, but... you have no choice..." slowly, she started to drag her finger lovingly through his chest, "I love you, Shadow the hedgehog."

Suddenly, those two rings snapped onto Shadow's wrists. At first, everything was okay... but then, his mind went black. He sunk into a world of darkness, where he landed on a chair surrounded by nothing.

"What the hell?" he murmured, gazing about, "Where am I!?"

"I'm really sorry I had to do this, Shadow..." she answered, "But I really needed to make sure you'd listen..."

"Maria! What is the meaning of this!?"

"Nothing... slaver boy..."

Seconds later, her giggling echoed in the darkness. Shadow covered his ears in an attempt to drown out the cackles, but it just wasn't working.

"Stop it!" he yelled out, "STOP IT!"

...

He landed with a heavy crunch. Red optics gazing skyward, he saw the floating battle station belonging to a certain Egg Saucer. When it wasn't half-submerged in an ice bank, it was large, black, and had a sharp tip at the end. Right now, it was in complete attack mode. Gun turrets were open on all sides, while electrical poles gave it a shimmering force field. Hard to get around yes, but not impossible.

"Great!" Sonic commented, rushing up, "How the hell do we get through that?"

"Contact with Hope is needed." Omega replied, before his head turned to Sonic, "Keep it busy..."

"How?"

Suddenly, he was in the great machine's silver claw. Pulling back, it launched him forward toward the slow-moving battle station. As soon as Sonic's body touched the force field, he was electrocuted and sent crashing down to the earth. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, the battle station switched its guns down on Sonic. Meanwhile, Omega slid open a panel on his arms, and started to tap out many buttons.

"Hope," he called into his radio, "the battle station has a force field... how do we deal with it?"

"I've equiped you with a special virus that can affect the battle stations," she answered, "but you must be in close proximity to it..."

"Affirmative!"

His radio died out, and his jet thrusters ignited. Taking to the air, he flew up and behind the battle stations. Opening up his panel once again, he started to search his files for the virus Hope spoke up. Eventually he found it. If he could smile, he would be. Being so close to the battle station, he was able to enter its electronic mind. In digital form, the sadistic machine placed down its virus, and exited just as quickly.

The noise of malfunctioning echoed throughout the battle station, as its guns started to flail about wildly. Then, in the blink of an eye, its force field fizzled out. The battle station remained flying, however, and shifted its attention to the robot that sabotaged its field. Omega was elated though, and couldn't wait for a battle. Hands receding into his body, he replaced them with his coveted Gatling guns.

Sonic ceased his bullet dodging, as the noise of falling lead fell upon the battle station. Omega flew about, firing rockets and bullets at the black device, as he dodged its own attacks. His attacks were fruitless, however, as the machine defended well against his many blasts. The blue blur looked at this battle with a heightened sense of need, for this battle was a deadlock. So, running in place, he suddenly pealed out toward the flying machine. Rushing up a building, he leaped off at its summit, and landed directly on the machine's head. Crouching down, he started to spin in place. He quickly gained so much inertia, he began to bore into the black machine's top. And then, he stopped. Not by his own fruition, however.

A scaly hand was placed tightly around his neck. Sonic couldn't breathe, as this creäture's grip grew tighter and tighter. Air rushed out of his lungs, as his green eyes looked into the sky. He could see the Egg Saucer flying above, even through all of the clouds. A sudden clench by this creature shifted his attention away, however. Gazing down, he looked into the red shining eyes of this cloaked figure.

"You," he coughed out, finger-pointing forward, "you're the one who -ACK!- attacked Amy!"

The alien nodded. Suddenly, its other hand reached into the cloak covering his body. When it returned, it held in its hand an other worldly weapon. It was like a pistol, but was silver, and had purple lines pulsating on it. Sonic's eyes widened at the sight. He could recognize that gun from anywhere.

Black Arms...

Suddenly, Omega was on the battle station's head. He swooped his claw at the cloaked figure, and struck the gun from its hand. Though its grip on Sonic never faltered, it shifted its gaze toward the violent machine. Pulling back its now empty hand, the cloaked figure struck forward with a punch. The hit connected to Omega's chest, and sent him flying to an adjacent building. He crashed into it, and landed in a small apartment building. Almost immediately, Omega got to his feet. To his surprise, the cloaked being was before him, its hand still wrapped around Sonic's neck. Once again, it pulled back its fist to punch, but Omega rushed forward with a shoulder charge. He slammed into the cloaked beings chest, and sent him flying back through the wall. Not only that, but Omega's hit dislodged Sonic from the cloak beings hand. The blue blur fell to the ground, and quickly started to breathe in and out.

"What the," he said through coughs, "heck was that?"

"Couldn't scan in time!" Omega stated, "Though it looks like a-"

"Black Arms..." Sonic answered.

Suddenly, the cloaked being returned. Its ruby eyes were still the same, as they shot heated beams into his enemies. Its glance was so intimidating, but the heroes wouldn't be deterred.

"So, uh... what now?" Sonic questioned.

"Show yourself, alien!" Omega demanded.

It must have listened. Hands stretching from its cloak, it peeled back its hood. Once that was gone, the rest of the brown clothe fell. It was tall... very tall... taller than Omega in size. It had three fingers, each with sharp dagger like appendages at the end. Its whole body was black and scaly, and it had red lines running all about its body. The teeth it owned was separated in three sections, with the bottom jaw being two different jaws forming one. Legs were skinny, yet sharp, with its toes being knife like. Last, but not least, its tail was long, blade-like, and could separate into different forms.

The new age of Black Arms was here...

"Whoa..." Sonic said, unsure of what to do, exactly.

The alien clenched its hands, and let out a great roar. The scream was so loud, it forced Sonic to cover his ears. Regardless, Omega aimed forth his guns and fired them forward. The hail of gunfire was quick, and caused the black alien to dodge it in such a snake-like fashion. It was quick too, and easily made its way to the heroes. Sonic launched a punch toward the sudden intruder, but the alien quickly dodged it. Then, it pulled back its tail, and struck forth with a stab. Since Sonic was Sonic, he was able to dodge it by leaping back. Replacing Sonic was Omega's heavy fist. It connected with the alien, sending it through the wall, and to the streets below.

Once the alien got to its feet, Sonic and Omega had already arrived. The blue hero rushed forward immediately, and struck with an axe kick. The alien blocked the attack, but Sonic suspected this. Dodging the aliens counterattack, he gave way to Omega, who aimed forth many of his rockets. He fired them upon the alien's position, and caused explosions to riddle the earth. Fires and flames danced skyward as well on the roads about. Being caught in the epicenter of the explosion, Sonic was sure the alien was dead. To his surprise, he was grabbed by it, and slammed into the earth, causing visible cracks to form. Suddenly, Omega appeared behind the alien. Silver claws grabbed a hold of it, and Omega lifted it above his head. The alien tried to strike him down, but Omega wasn't having it. Claws increasing in strength, the great robot started to stab into the alien's body. It wiggled and wiggled in attempt to break free, before stabbing Omega in his leg with its sharp tale. The machine buckled under the pressure, and released his grip on the alien's body.

It flipped away, landed on a car, and started to rub its many injuries.

"Ah... darn it..." Sonic said, struggling to his feet, "Doesn't this thing know defeat?"

"It seems it doesn't," Omega stated, "So we must teach it defeat..."

He pointed forth his arms, and revealed a powerful laser cannon within. After a second or two of charging, it fired out a purple laser of pure strength. The alien dodged the attack quickly, but Omega's laser followed its every move.

"Sonic!" he then called out, "Quickly restrain the alien! It is moving to fast for me!"

"Whoa there!" Sonic yelled back, "If I do that, what's stopping you from incinerating me with that laser of yours!?"

"You will have to trust me then..." Omega replied.

The blue hero groaned, as he was in no mood to attack this foe. However, he knew the urgency of his work. So, feet running in place, he dashed off toward the alien. That black creäture may have been fast, but no one is faster than Sonic. His arms wrapped around the aliens, and held it in a full nelson.

"Okay, Omega!" he yelled out, "Now try not to kill me!"

The machine nodded. Next thing Sonic new, he saw purple lights engulf him. The scream of the alien filled his ears, but he continued to hold onto his foe. This went on for a second or two, before the darkness of night returned. Sonic's green eyes opened, and in his hands, lied the charred husk of the alien he was battling. Immediately, he let go as he gave a face of pure horror.

"Egg Saucer is descending!" Omega stated, ignoring his work, "We must formulate an attack!"

"Uh..." Sonic said, gazing at the alien's body, "Yeah..."

...

Gemerl was knocked back by an attack. Crashing into the ground, he glared directly at the floating battle station. Thank God Hope was able to turn off the battle station's force field, or else they would be fighting an up hill battle. Still didn't make this job any easier, however.

"Gemerl, are you okay?" Tails questioned.

"Yes, Tails," he responded, "but the battle station is proving to be quite a formidable opponent."

"Hey now!" Rouge called, "The Egg Saucer is moving down..."

Everyone looked up to the giant vehicle as it slowly made its way downward. Two circular panels on the underside opened up, and the battle stations floated up to meet them.

"What are they doing?" Tails asked.

"Returning to base," Hope responded, "Their... mission, it must be over!"

Quickly, she withdrew her device and scanned it. To her horror, the yellow Chaos Emerald ceased showing its place on the map.

"NO!" she yelled, "How did they get it so fast!?"

Suddenly, Rouge started tapping on Hope's shoulder. The teen looked to her face, to see shock. Not wanting to know where the shock was coming from, but knowing she'd have to look eventually, the mechanic gazed skyward herself.

The Egg Saucer had a panel opened up on the bottom side. Standing on said panel... was Shadow... His eyes were completely red, and his face held a certain scowl. On his arm, like some sort of eye candy, was Maria Rivet.

He said nothing... did nothing... just... stared... while Maria gave this uppity, gleeful look.

And then, in the blink of an eye, the Egg Saucer was gone.

There was nothing but silence.