"I've got one…what?" A swatbot was confused as it lost it's captured creature to a blue blur.
"Sorry, Bot-butts! These are two animals that you're not going to turn into robots!" Sonic exclaimed as he grabbed a bunny and racoon from the two bots.
"The Hedgehog!"
Sonic scowled as he kept running. "I hate it when Robotnik sends his swatbots on a raid! It forces us Freedom Fighters to find the forest animals before the 'bots do! A really fun game… Not!" He skidded to a stop in front of Antoine, Sally, Tails, and Rotor. "Here are two more, dudes!"
"We have a problem, Sonic!" Antoine pointed up a tree.
"Collin's creature detector shows that there's someone high up in this tree…" Sally explained.
"But he won't get down, even though the bots are coming!" Rotor gulped.
Sonic sped up the tree. "No problem! I'll get to him with Tree-mendous speed." He got up to the branch where the animal was. It was a Mobian lynx. "Hey, you're a lynx!" Again… stating the obvious… "Better not stay here! If the bots catch you, you'll never need Iron in your diet again!"
The lynx looked unimpressed. In fact, he looked quite bored. "So what? I'm used to bad luck." The lynx explained. "I'm Larry Lynx - - Super Jinx! I bring misfortune to everyone I come in contact with."
Sonic didn't believe in bad luck. "That's ridiculous! You're coming back to Knothole with us and…" a cracking sound could be heard. "What's that noise?"
The branch they were on started to fall. "The tree branch just broke off." Larry pointed out as they fell, still not worried at all.
With a heavy crash, the branch managed to land on the remaining freedom fighters! Sonic grumbled as he tried to remain conscious. "Uh… where can I find a rabbit's foot and a four leaf clover?"
Soon…
All of the present freedom fighters had injuries. "I think my quill is sprained!" Sonic groaned as he rubbed his head.
Sally had her arm in a make shift sling from one of their med kits that Collin always made them take with them. "And so is my arm…"
"And my foot!" Antoine had to use a stick as a walking cane.
Rotor was holding his back. "and my back…"
Tails seemed to have it worse. "That's nothing! How do I get this knot out of my tails?" Both of his tails had a knot in the tip of it, tying them together.
Sally had to make a tough decision, and she hated those. "I'm sorry, Sonic. I'd like to be fair, but if Larry is a jinx, he could cause disaster that would mean the end of the Freedom Fighters!" The others started to walk back home. "That's a risk we can't afford to take! You'll have to find another place to hide Larry besides Knothole! C'mon, guys!"
"But Sally…" Sonic tried to plead for the poor lynx.
Larry sighed dejectedly. He understood and was used to it. "She's right, Sonic…" The two started walking. "You'd better get away from me before it's too late!"
"No way! Sonic the hedgehog Never abandons a friend…" suddenly a bunch of apples from the trees nearby, burying the hedgehog underneath them.
"Sonic! Are you okay?" Larry asked with concern. No one had ever stuck around this long before, and he didn't like anyone getting hurt.
"Sure…" Sonic groaned from in the pile. "Uh, can you tell me that bit about being a jinx again?"
Later…
Sonic and Larry were out in a cavernous area filled with rocks and no trees. "What you need is some good luck to break your bad luck streak, Larry!" Sonic smirked as he explained his plan for Larry. "and we'll start by finding you a safe place to live, like a cave… just not Knothole cave…"
Larry looked at his surroundings when something caught his eyes. "SONIC, LOOK!"
Sonic quickly turned towards what Larry pointed out and was shocked into worry. "OH NO!"
"Keep moving, Freedom Fighters!" a swat bot exclaimed as the four were marched along with electric collars of some sort binding them together.
"Master Robotnik is on his way to congratulate us and to meet his future slaves!" another said.
Sonic steeled himself to rescue his friends. "The swatbots have captured Sally and the gang! They're taking them back to Robotropolis to be Robotocized!"
Larry noticed the strange devices around their necks. "What are they wearing around their necks, Sonic?"
Sonic got a good look at the collars and remembered some of what Rotor and Collin had taught him. "Steel collars, held together by a magnetic field and controlled by the lead bot!"
Larry sighed in a defeatist attitude. "This is all my fault, Sonic. I'm a Jinx!"
Sonic then had an idea. "If it is, Larry, then maybe it's time we put some of that bad luck to work for us!" Larry was confused. Sonic indicated for him to get out there. "Get going. I want the swatbots to see you."
Larry sighed again in defeat. "I guess I can't blame you for giving up on me, Sonic."
Two of the robots were quick to spot him. "Another living being!"
"Get him!"
"I'll grab him, 90763!"
"No, I will, 24885!" how many bots does the fat guy go through?
*SLAM* well that's two more down.
Larry was surprised to see things working out for him for once! Sonic was amused and happy as he continued spying from behind the rocks. The last robot tried to attach Larry to the magnetic collar system. "I missed him!" The robot managed before the zap came back to him and destroyed itself.
Sonic jumped out at the last second and caught the magnetic remote holding his friends hostage. "Whoa! I caught the controls! Now to free the gang!"
"NOT SO FAST, HEDGEHOG!" came the booming voice of Robotnik as he drove up in a cheesy car. Sonic was prone on the ground from catching the remote, and hadn't yet gotten up. "At last, I have you right where I want you! It's my Lucky Day!" He laughed as he sped up faster and faster.
Larry couldn't stand by and watch Sonic, the first person to stand up for him and stick with him in years, get run over! "Stop! Don't hurt my friend Sonic!"
Sonic managed to look up in shock. "Look out, Larry!" He didn't want the kid to get hurt after all.
Suddenly, without obvious reasoning, the car started to lose control. "What happened?! I've lost control! I can't steer!" Robotnik's car crashed into a nearby large rock. "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, AND THAT LYNX TOO!" Robotnik shouted from inside of an overlarge tire.
Sonic smirked as he led his friends back to Knothole. "My plan worked, Larry! I knew that sooner or later your bad luck would bring someone else good luck…" The blue hedgehog pointed out as they passed the tyrant. "Namely, us!" He patted Larry on the back. "The bad luck streak is broken, Larry," an idea came to him, "and I know how to prove it!"
Back at Knothole…
"…MATE!" Larry smiled as he finished another win of chess against Rotor.
Rotor sighed with a smirk. "Larry's won fifty games of chess in a row, Sonic. I think you've proven your point!"
"Uh, just checking mates." Sonic chuckled.
Collin, who was double checking Antoine's ankle and Sally's arm, just shook his head. "How a-pawn-ing."