Episode 40: Virtual Freedom Fighters Part 2

Trapped in the game, Sonic, Eve, and Amy are able to find Shadow and Knuckles. More like, they accidentally bump into them, and they all begin to fall down to who knows where.

"Well this is another fine mess Dr. Eggman dragged us into," Knuckles angrily says.

"How do you manage to figure that out, Knuckles?" Sonic asks, rolling his eyes.

"Besides the fact that Dr. Eggman has managed to take over the city of Mobotropolis and ruined everyone's lives," Amy says.

The group then bounces off some bumpers allowing them to travel to different locations and gather Power Rings along the way.

"And it's not like we can just stand there and let Eggman conquer our world," Eve says.

"You and Sonic always seem to be the one to deal with him," Knuckles says.

"That's because we have always been fighting Dr. Eggman since we were seven, and he took over our home and either roboticize most of the people or drove us into Kothole in the Great Forest," Eve says.

"And we're not going to let him conquer any planet we live on," Sonic adds.

"Seems they raise a good point," Shadow says.

Soon, they all land on the grounds and at a safer location.

Eve sighs, "If Robotnik or Eggman have left us all alone, we have no reason for having to fight him all the time."

Suddenly, they hear laughing. They all look up to see the fake Dr. Eggman with a spike on the bottom of his hovercraft.

Knuckles jumps up and shouts, "Eggman!"

"Knuckles, wait! That's not Dr. Eggman!" Sonic calls out.

But it's too late, Knuckles hits the spike on his head and falls to the ground. The girls become shocked to see Knuckles has fallen. Sonic and Eve quickly grab Knuckles and they make a run with Shadow and Amy. Eggman then slams the ground and has it caught on the ground.

"Looks like we grabbed you just in time," Sonic says.

"I wonder if Tails is around here too," Eve says, worried.

"Me too," Sonic says.

Meanwhile, traveling in one of the airships, the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix are trying to get a signal to the Comlink. Rotor, Nicole, and Sonia are trying to strengthen their tracking beacons so they can find them.

Fiona asks, "Do you have the device ready?"

"We're doing the best we can," Sonia says.

Cosmo says worried, "I do hope we hurry and find them. I hate to think what Dr. Eggman has gone to them."

"I'm worried, but we need to do what we can from our end," Sally says.

Suddenly, the tracking beacon is beginning to pick up on something.

"That's weird. There seems to be some strange readings. And in the direction where Dr. Eggman's base is," Rotor says.

"Do you think it could be the trackers or maybe one of Dr. Eggman's inventions?" Nic asks.

"Possibly, but if we find that, then we'll find our missing friends," Rotor says.

"Then let's hurry," Bunnie says.

Manic, who at the wheel says, "Roger that."

Manic then drives the ship to the direction the tracker is tracing.

Still in the game, Knuckles is able to get up and Sonic and Eve each give Knuckles and Shadow a ring.

"Why do we need these for?" Shadow asks.

"They protect you from getting hurt," Eve says.

The group turns to see the Eggman flying over and is going to spike them. Everyone quickly moves out of the way.

"Let's wrap this up!" Sonic says.

Sonic, Eve, and Shadow spin dash him while Knuckles punches him with his spiked fist and Amy kicks him rapidly.

Amy says, "This would be easier if I had my hammer."

Soon, Eggman's hovercraft explodes again.

Knuckles asks, "What happened to your hammer?"

"Ever since I got to this place, I can't feel it anymore and Eve's Chaos Energy isn't strong here," Amy says.

Soon, Eggman continues laughing as he flies away in his Eggmobile.

Knuckles chases after him as he shouts, "Get him!"

"Don't bother. You won't be able to catch him," Sonic says.

Eve then runs to the container, "Besides that thing is some kind of robot and we need to free who's trapped in this."

Eve hops on the button and it opens to reveal Rouge the Bat.

"Rouge!" Knuckles exclaims.

"You better believe it, big boy. That bat is bustin' out!" Rouge says.

"By the way, how did you and Shadow get here anyway?" Eve asks.

"We were on a mission until this weird beam of light sucked us in. the next thing we knew, we here here," Rouge answers.

Suddenly, the ground begins to rumble and crack.

"Now what?" Knuckles asks.

"I'd say we're being moved to the next level," Sonic answers.

The floor breaks from beneath them and they all fall into the water below. The gang stand up as they are soak and wet.

"My favorite dress is wet," Amy says.

Rouge then picks a couple of rings, "Hmm, pretty little things, just like me."

"You've got to share those rings, Rouge. They protect us from attack," Knuckles says.

Sonic looks at himself, "Water! I hate water!"

"Great. You like surfing on it, but you don't seem to know how to swim," Eve says, rolling her eyes.

"Kind of ironic," Shadow says.

"Shut up Shadow," Sonic angrily says.

Rouge then gives Knuckles the ring and he puts it on.

"Does this make us engaged now?" Rouge asks with a smile.

Knuckles blushes and screams in anger, "Not in a hundred million years!"

Eve holds Sonic hand, "Relax Sonic. Amy and I will help you get past them."

The group begins to swim under the water. Sonic tries to swim, but is also supported by Eve. Suddenly, robotic fishes begin to come out and have drills on them. One of them hits Rouge, making her drop her rings. Knuckles swims over and punches the robot, freeing a few seals. Shadow spin dashes them too and freeing a few more.

Soon, the group continues to travel through the water. They have to carefully swim over and under spikes under the water.

Sonic thinks, "Running out of air!"

"I wish I hadn't dropped my ring," Rouge replies.

When they reach the other side, they are attacked by more fish bots. Sonic, Eve, and Shadow spin dash them while Rouge and Amy kick them. Soon, they are starting to have trouble breathing in the water for so long.

Knuckles then notices a strange button, "I wonder what this does?"

He presses it and a hatch opens, sucking up the water. Soon, Sonic, Amy, Eve, Shadow, and Rouge are being sucked in.

Knuckles panics, "I guess I shouldn't have stepped on that button!"

Soon, Knuckles ends up being sucked inside too. Everyone soon finds themselves able to breath and in a different room. The only way out is to go up, and the water is filling in. They soon hear laughter and look up to see the Fake Eggman.

"There's the fake Eggman," Sonic says.

"Let's go up before we're in deep water," Eve says.

The group begins to jump on the blocks to get above the water. Rouge tries to fly, but she falls into the water.

"What happened?" Knuckles asks.

"I can't fly for some reason," Rouge answers.

Shadow looks up and notices, "I think there's a way out."

"Well, hurry! The water's about to overtake us!" Knuckles shouts.

In the Egg Carrier, Dr. Eggman can see that Sonic, Eve, and the others are still trapped in the game and are reaching high into the level.

"Well, isn't this a hoot! I am going to permanently remove those meddlers from this planet once and for all. Then nothing can stand in my way of me conquering this pathetic planet" Eggman says, and maniacally laughs.

"So what exactly is this death trap, father. It seems that the game itself is one," A.D.A.M asks.

"It's quite simple. I trapped those two hedgehogs and some of his friends in a Deadly Virtual Reality World that is powered by a half of the Deep Power Stone I've found. By the time they reach the final level of the trap, they will have expanded so much energy that it will overload the circuits of our secret way. Then they and the trap will be blown to Kingdom come, or at least the moon, solving what has been an infinite crisis across multiple Mobius and will lead to the Ultimate House of Eggman!" Eggman says.

"Sounds brilliant father," A.D.A.M says.

Then mutters, "Of course, that won't come out as your original plan. Not the plan I have of my own."

In the game, Sonic and the others are able to get out of the hole.

"Where did that Ersatz Eggman go?" Rouge asks.

"He disappeared as soon as I got to the top of the cavern," Sonic says.

Amy looks around and asks, "Where are we now?"

"I'm not sure, but I see these rings for us," Eve says.

The group walks along the path as they pick up rings for each of them.

Knuckles then notices, "Do you smell something burning?"

His question has been answered when the back of the path explodes. Everyone quickly runs down the aisle until they got to a safe place and took deep breaths.

"I guess we've got to be on the lookout for bombs," Amy panics.

"You think?" Knuckles says.

"I thought I was the hot stuff around here," Rouge says.

"This isn't the time for puns Rouge," Shadow says.

Everyone walks down the road and notices a large wall in front of here.

"How do we get up there? We've already discovered I can't fly in this world," Rouge asks.

"And I can't climb," Knuckles says.

"And I can't get my hammers," Amy adds.

Sonic notices some kind of metal that looks like a lever.

Sonic steps on it and says, "Someone jump on the other side. I have an idea."

"You got it, bro," Eve says.

She jumps on the other side and bounces Sonic in the air. Sonic then lands on the top.

Sonic calls out, "Everyone hop on!"

Everyone jumps on one side of the lever. Sonic throws the block on the other side, causing them to jump up to the other floor.

"Let's get a move on," Sonic says.

Everyone hurries down the road and soon come across small robots with spike red balls circling around them. They all crawl down and crawl under the robots.

"This isn't good for my back," Rouge comments.

Suddenly, they hear someone calling out, "Sonic! Help!"

Everyone looks up to see Tails is being pushed to the wall by a big and powerful fan.

Sonic calls out, "Tails! We'll save you, buddy!"

Sonic stands on Knuckles' shoulders. Eve hurries on Sonic. Finally, Amy stands on Eve's shoulder.

Amy grabs Tails, "Gotcha."

Then pulls him out of the way. Soon, everyone jumps off of each other's shoulders and lands on the ground.

"Boy, am I glad to see you guys! I've been trapped in this area for days and trapped by that fan for hours," Tails says.

Everyone begins to walk down the path to find a way to leave this world.

"Have you learned anything about this place?" Sonic asks.

"Until I saw you guys, I thought it was all happening in my head… like a bad dream," Tails answers.

Soon, the group walk around a large loop

"Do you think it could be some kind of virtual reality mind game?" Rouge asks.

"It could be Rouge," Tails says.

"I wouldn't be surprised this is another one of Eggman's games," Eve says.

Soon, they reach another area.

"Then how do we get out of here?" Sonic asks.

Knuckles notices, "We have other things to worry about right now!"

They soon hear laughter and look up to see the Eggman impostor again. Soon, the fake Eggman is starting to throw spike balls at them. Sonic, Eve, and the others begin to attack the change they have.

Meanwhile, the Freedom Fighter's ships are closing in on Dr. Eggman's lair.

"The scanners seem to be picking up something around here," Rotor says.

"I can't help, but feel that Sonic and the others are inside," Sally says.

"That… or in that strange building over there," Fiona says.

"What building?" Nic asks.

Fiona points out, "That one."

Sally and the others look out the window to see a strange building that is in the shape of Eggman's lair.

"What is that thing?" Charmy asks.

"I'm not sure, but this has Eggman written all over him," Vector says.

Rotor then notices, "The signal seems to be coming from that building."

"Then let's check it out," Sally says.

Eggman shouts, "I'm winning!"

"Indeed you are, but they seem to destroy your replica," A.D.A.M says.

"Yes yes. However, the genius who invented this technology is based on this brilliant trap. Besides… look at the power meter…" Eggman says.

On the power meter, the arrow turns to the explosion symbol.

Eggman says, "Sonic, Eve, and their friends have expended so much energy that they are at the danger level. By my calculations, one more major battle will push them over the edge… and they will be sent to the moon! And once they are sent to the moon, they will be destroyed one and for all."

In the game, Sonic, Eve, and the others are not running past large sharp saws. They move out of the way.

"Is there any way out of this place?" Tails asks.

"And if we do get out, where will we be?" Knuckle asks.

Rouge leads to Knuckles to avoid the saw, "Hopefully some place cozy where a girl can get to know a boy better."

Eve gags as she sticks her tongue, "Rouge."

Soon, they ride on an escalator.

Sonic says, "All I know we have to find a way to get out of here and that we all have to be careful because none of us have any rings left," Sonic says.

After the escalator they come across pig bots with rolling metal balls.

"Look out!" sonic shouts.

"This is not my idea of having a ball," Eve says.

Shadow kicks the ball and they slam into the robots. Soon, two small pigs escape from it. After that, they run through a hall that is rolling.

Amy notices, "Eve! Look!"

Eve and the others notice Jazz trapped in an egg.

"It's Jazz!" Eve says, and about to run in.

Shadow grabs her by her arms, "What do you think you're doing?"

"What else am I doing? I have to save Jazz," Eve answers.

"But how are you going to get there?" Knuckles asks.

Everyone looks to see the hall is launching electricity and fire.

Rouge looks down and notices the box she's sitting on, "Do you know what this is?"

"The last time Sonic opened one of them it had a shield inside," Eve says.

Eve then spin dashes it and the box breaks. Soon, Eve becomes sparkly.

"What is that?" Rouge asks.

"I don't know, but I feel like I can do anything," Eve says.

Eve then flies through the fire and lighting like they're nothing.

"I'm invulnerable. Don't worry Jazz, I'm coming!" Eve says.

Eve then hits the glass egg and it breaks. Eve and Jazz joined together for a hug.

"Oh Jazz, I'm glad you're okay," Eve says.

"Chao Chao," Jazz says.

Tails calls out, "What about us?"

Eve looks at herself to see that she's not glowing anymore.

"I'm not sure. My invulnerability has worn out," Eve answers.

Eve then flies over and notices a button, "Chao."

"Chao Chao Chao," Jazz says, and presses the button.

Soon, two portals open from each side, and everyone is sucked inside. Soon, they appear into a different location. Soon, they see Dr. Eggman.

"Prepare to meet your ends! This is the final stage!" Eggman says and maniacally laughs.

With that, everyone begins to attack, Dr. Eggman and his machines.

At the real world, Dr. Eggman is excited, "I have almost won! Five… four… three… two more hits and they will get the surprise of their lives."

The needle on the device moves to the explosion section as a machine says, "Launch sequence activated thirty seconds to ka-blooey!.

Two hits… one hits! Now!" Eggman says, as the needle reaches to the end.

"Now it's bang, zoom, to the moon! And no one can stop me now!" Eggman says, eagerly.

Meanwhile, Rotor and the others arrive at the front of the building.

Rotor says, "The scanner shows that the strange readings are coming from the other side of this door."

Everyone enters the building and to their shock to see Sonic, Eve, and the others trapped inside. They soon see a machine that has the other half of the Deep Power Stone.

Sally says in shock, "Sonic!"

Sally hurries over and removes the helmet. Sonic soon wakes up with a groan. Fiona and Nicole help Eve and Jazz. Julie-Su helps with Knuckles. Mighty and Ray with Rouge and Shadow. Bunnie and Sonia help with Amy and Tails. As they free the others the countdown continues. Manic then punches the machine and grabs the Deep Power Stone.

Sonic sits up as he asks, "What happened?"

"Sonic, we need to move fast. Eggman has this place set to launch to the moon in the matter of seconds," Sally says.

Manic holds out the stone, "And uses the Power of that Deep to do it."

"Launch!" Amy exclaims.

Suddenly, they hear the machine say, "Deep Power Stone disconnected! Launch aborted. Systems overloaded. Systems will terminate in forty-two seconds! Evacuate premises immediately!

"Everybody! Get out as fast as you can!" Sonic panics.

Everyone hurries out and into the ship that is close by. Once everyone is inside, Rotor drives the ship out of the area as the building explodes. In the Egg Carrier, Eggman sees what has happened.

"NO! Sonic and his friends have foiled my plans yet again! But I will have my revenge once I get my hands on the Master Emerald! Once those Dingoes find it, I'll use it to destroy those Freedom Fighters once and for all!" Eggman angrily says.

On the ship back home, Sally and the others explain what happened.

"Eggman has you trapped in a virtual reality world that was primed to launch you into space when you reach a certain level," Nicole says.

"Looks like you were right sis," Sonic says.

"Yeah. We've been stuck in that game for three days," Knuckles says.

"Three days? You guys were trapped in there for three weeks," Julie-Su says.

"What?!" Sonic and the others trapped in the game exclaim.

"Eggman just keeps coming up with weirder and weirder methods to get rid of us," Sonic says.

"And he'll never quit until he does," Eve adds.

"But as long as we're fighting, Eggman will never win," Sonic says.

"You said it Sonic," Eve says, and winks her left eye.

The ship continues to fly the group back home where they can relax and see what has happened while they're gone.

Sometime later, everyone gathers in Freedom HQ explaining what has happened recently./p

"I see, so both of your parents are going to be gone for a few days and you need to rule the kingdom in the meantime," Sonic says.

"Yes. They're leaving this evening and I might not be able to send a large group on mission," Sally says./p

"We understand," Eve says.

Knuckles says, "Now, what's this about no one responding from Angel Island."

"That's right. We try calling your dad, the other Guardians and even your mom. So far, no one is answering," Vector says.

"I'm getting a bad feeling, especially since I've been gone longer than I should have been. I need to get back to Angel Island and see what's happening.

Suddenly, Nicole appears and says, "Sally, I'm receiving an incoming transmission, but it seems faint."

"Can you get a signal?" Sally asks.

"It seems to be coming from Angel Island and it seems to be for Knuckles," Nicole says./p

"For me?" Knuckles says, confused.

Nicole nods her head, "Yes. I'll try to get the transmission."

Nicole then uses it then tries to get the reception to the signal. All they hear is static and strange sounds.

Finally, they are able to hear a voice.

The voice says, "Locke... held prisoner... Angel Island... Knuckles... friends... help... Angel Island... endanger! Locke captured…"

Everyone becomes shocked to hear the reception, especially Knuckles. Knuckles is stunned and yet begins to clutch his fists. Something has happened to Angel Island and his father is in terrible danger.