High Stakes on the High Sea Saga Episode 8: Robotic Battle on Pirate Island
The doors to the pirate's lair opens allowing Sonic, Eve, Tails, and Blaze to gain access to find the pirates. When they walk inside, they see the ancient ruins and it's full of different kinds of machinery and metal. What's more, they see a few robot pirates flying or walking. The four are surprised, but mostly shocked to see what has become of the ancient ruins.
"What's this?" Blaze asks, shocked.
"These are the ancient ruins? Look at what those fiends have done to this place!" Sonic asks.
"I guess the pirates decided to do a little remodeling," Tails says.
"No kidding. They're turning it into a robotic pirate lair," Eve says.
Seeing what happened to the ruins makes Blaze angry, "How dare they deface such priceless relics!"
"First, let's figure out where they're hiding," Tails says.
"And then we'll wreck that plan," Eve says.
"Yeah. That seems how we always spend our time," Sonic says.
Then turns to Blaze, "All right! Come on, Blaze!"
"Yes. Let's settle this, once and for all!" Blaze says.
The group then begins to explore Pirate Island that is full of ancient ruins that are being remodeled to be fit for robotic pirates.
Meanwhile, back on the Southern Island, Cosmo, Maria, and Jazz have searched everywhere for Marine, but are unable to find her. They return to Marine house and have no idea what happened to her.
"We can't find Marine anywhere," Maria says.
"Yes. She must still be very upset about unable to go, or what Blaze said to her," Cosmos says.
"Maybe Marine should have gone with them. Poor Marine," Maria sadly says.
"I know. I'm worried. I wonder how come we haven't found her. It's like she's not even on the island anymore," Cosmo says.
"Chao Chao," Jazz says, concerned.
Maria suddenly gasps and realizes, "What if Marine snuck into the Deep Typhoon and decided to go with the others?"
"Then that means… she must have gone off to the pirates' hideout," Cosmo realizes shocked.
Then says, "But I'm sure the others will find out she's there and will get her out of there."
"I hope," Maria says, concerned.
Back on Pirates' island, the four heroes are still searching around the island to find Captain Whisker and his crew. As they explore, they pick up some black materials that can be used for later. Suddenly, they end up encountering the robot pirates themselves.
"Ahoy, ye scallywags! Allow me to be showin' you a little something special o'mine!" Whisker says.
"And what's that?" Sonic asks.
"Be careful, Sonic! This could be a trap!" Tails says.
Whiskers whispers to his minions, "All right, mateys! Do it!"
"Aye-aye, sir!" Mini and Mum say.
The three Mobians and Princess look a bit confused about what the pirates are planning.
"It's time, mateys! 3, 2, 1, go!" Whisker says, giving the robots the signal.
Mini starts, "O ultimate evil, come forth to rule this world!"
"Rule the Seven Seas!" Mum adds.
"Justice is not welcome! Kindness is weakness!" Mini says.
"Master of Evil, show unto us those mighty whiskers!" Mum says.
"And so, it is I! The Dread Pirate Whisker! (WABOOM!) D'arr har har har! (Arrr! Fantastic job, mateys!)" Whisker says, and parts saying to his crew.
Sonic, Eve, Tails, and Blaze are rather well, confused about the pirates' performance.
Mini calls out, "Boss! Boss!"
"Look at them," Mum says.
Whisker turns to the group and asks, "Well? What do you think? Our sheer awesomeness has you speechless, I see! Mwahahaha!"
The princess and the Freedom Fighters blink their eyes and aren't able to think of something to say.
Tails is the first to speak, "Sonic, I, uh... think he wants us to say something."
"Er, well…" Sonic says, confused.
"It's a little well… interesting performance," Eve says, skeptic.
But Blaze demands, "Cease these shenanigans! Give the scepter back, now! And return the emerald you stole!"
"How dare you?! You seek to mock me splendid jig as... as a... shen... uh... Men!" Whisker angrily says.
Then turns to his crew and asks, "What are 'shenanigans?'"
Suddenly, someone says, "Antics. Tomfoolery. In other words, they think you're a joke."
Suddenly, they see Johnny descend from the air and lands on the ground. Sonic, Eve, and Tails are shocked to see him again.
Hearing the comment, Whisker angrily shouts, "A JOKE?! To Davy Jones' Locker with the lot of them!"
Then turns to Johnny, "And avast, there, Johnny! When'd you decide to drop on by, matey?"
"I got here as fast as I could. At my speeds, it's not easy to change direction," Johnny says with pride.
"D'arr, yes, well…" Whisker says.
"Oh great. So we gotta deal with you too," Sonic says.
"Yeah. What are you doing here, Johnny?" Eve asks.
"I'm glad you asked, since I know that you two are here, it will be a great moment. What a fantastic opportunity this is," Johnny says.
"Opportunity?" Sonic says, confused.
Eve asks, "For what?"
"Come! Let us have our final showdown, here and now!" Johnny days.
But Whisker says to him, "Arr Johnny! Don't be stealin' me thunder, here!"
"Okay, boss, fine," Johnny says, backing down.
Whisker turns to the group, "And I AM serious! Today, I shall teach you all the true meaning of fear and pain!
"Fear and pain?" Sonic says, confused.
"Yes! And that is... is…" Whisker says, not sure what to say.
Then turns to Johnny, "Johnny, what DOES that mean?"
"It means that you'll face them yourself," Johnny says.
Whisker says, "Ah, yes, of course!"
Then turns to the heroes, "You hear that? I'll blow you to bits, you meddling pests!"
"Ohoho! So, a little tag team action, is it? You guys are toast!" Johnny says.
`Blaze smirks, "Hah! Toast, he says."
"Well, if they think we'll go down that easy…" Sonic says.
"Then they need to think again," Eve says, bringing out her sword.
Whisker brings out his own sword, "I'll deal with ye personally you, meddling hedgehogs!"
Eve then uses her speed to reach Captain Whisker.
"I'll run you through," Whisker says, swinging his sword, but misses.
Eve then swings her sword, but Whisker intervenes with using his own sword.
"Take that," Whisper says, swinging his sword.
Soon, Eve is having a sword fight with Captain Whisker. Eve moves back as she uses her sword to prevent Whisker from attacking him. She then spin dashes with her sword and causes Whisker to be pushed back. Sonic and Blaze hurry to help, but are blocked by Johnny.
"Sorry you two, but I'll be the one taking care of you," Johnny says.
"Oh yeah, Johnny-boy! Let's see if you're fast enough to keep up!" Sonic says.
"We'll see about that," Johnny says.
Then he flies off into the city. Sonic and Blaze use their own type of speed to chase after him. Johnny makes twists and turns as Sonic and Blaze continue the chase after the robot.
Blaze says, "Sonic, Johnny is moving very quickly. We might not be able to catch up to him."
"I think you're right, but I think I have an idea," Sonic says.
He then whispers to Blaze who then shows a smile on her face to the idea.
"Alright, let's see if it will work," Blaze says.
Blaze continues to chase Johnny while Sonic heads off into a different direction. Sonic speeds on the buildings and continues to follow them and follows with the plan they have. Down on the ground, Johnny continues to fly away as Blaze gives chase.
Johnny turns his head to see Blaze. He chuckles, and says, "That little princess can't catch me. I'm the fastest thing on the entire planet."
Suddenly, someone says, "Not any more."
Suddenly, a blue spin dash rams into Johnny. Johnny is pushed back as Blaze uses her fire attack to blast Johnny into the air. Then both Sonic and Blaze give him a hard punch and send him flying. At the different part of the city, Eve continues to fight against Captain Whisker. She continues to fight and is able to knock the sword from his robotic hand.
"There, how would you like that Whisker," Eve says.
"Darr! You think you can defeat me little lass! I have more tricks on my sleeve!" Whisker says.
Suddenly, Johnny ends up crashing into him and they both fall to the ground. That's when Sonic and Blaze arrive.
"Hey guys, see you took care of Johnny," Eve says.
"Yep. He's no longer the fast thing alive," Sonic says.
"You guys were great," Tails says.
"Now it's time to take care of these two," Blaze says.
The group then circle around the two pirates and are ready to send them packing. That's when the two robots sit up to see they are surrounded.
"If I go down here, then all the speed lovers all over the world will be devastated! Sorry, boss. This calls for a strategic retreat!" Johnny says, and runs away.
Whisker calls out, "Johnny! Arrr! Avast, I say! Take me with you!"
"So, Whisker. Looks like your friend left you to dry," Sonic says.
"There's no way out now. Hand over the Jeweled Scepter!" Blaze says.
"And give us back the Chaos Emerald," Eve adds.
Suddenly,Whisker begins to panic, "! Arrr, no, I can't! Ye don't understand! If I don't bring this plunder back... Then ye shall all know his wrath, savvy?"
"His wrath?" Sonic asks, confused.
"Aye! So you see, I clearly cannot let ye have it!" Whisker says, frightened.
"He's not listening to reason," Blaze says.
"D'arr, mateys! Yer captain needs ye! Show yourselves!" Whisker calls out.
What's when Mini and Mum arrive.
Mini whispers to the captain, "Boss! Sorry to keep you waiting!"
"Arr, well, a little warning next time, you scurvy dog!" Whisker says.
"Boss, look! We've got a way out!" mum says.
"Arr! Nice work!" Whisker says.
Then laughs out loud, "Ha... hahahahaha!"
"What's so funny?" Blaze asks, firmly.
"You have to be rememberin', ye landlubbers, that a pirate... ...has always got tricks up his sleeve!" Whisker says. Then runs away with his minions.
"Wha?!" Blaze asks.
"Where'd he go?!" Sonic asks.
"Never mind that, he's getting away," Eve says.
Tails calls out, "Guys! Look, over there!"
The group turns their heads to see the open sea where Captain Whistler and his crew are. They are out of the ocean and are standing on a large robotic ship.
"D'arr har har! Aye, that's it! Look here and see!" Whisker says.
"Argh! When did he...?" Blaze asks, frustrated.
Tails notices something on the ground, "There's a hole through here!"
"Darn!" Sonic says.
"Landlubbers like yourselves can never keep up true buccaneers, savvy?" Whisker mocks.
"You're not so smart after all, hedgehogs!" Mini says.
"Yeah! And neither are your little friends!" Mum mocks.
"D'arr har har! Right ho, mateys!" Whisker says.
"No! We can't let him get... Hunh?" Blaze shouts, but notices something.
Suddenly, something begins to rumble.
"Huh? What's that noise?" Whisker says.
Suddenly, what they see is Marine heading toward them on a small speed boat. From the appearance, it seems to be one of the boats on Pirate Island.
Marine shouts, "You can't escape from me, you no-good pirates!"
"Marine?!" Sonic and Eve exclaim in shock.
"Bail out, mateys!" Whisker calls out.
Then they begin to run away.
"I'll teach you a lesson, you... you... you mustachioed menace" Marine says, and chases after them.
Sonic, Eve, Tails, and Blaze are shocked to see Marine here and are going after the pirates.
"What is she doing here?!" Blaze asks, shocked.
"She must have followed us!" Sonic says.
"And she's going after them all by herself!" Eve says.
"That's not good," Tails says.
"That's not going to end well! We've got to go after her!" Sonic says.
"Let's hurry," Blaze says.
"It will take too long to get the submarine ready. Looks like we're flying," Sonic says.
Tails spins his tail and begins to fly and picks up Sonic. Blaze and Eve use their own powers and fly towards Captain Whisker's ship. When they arrive, they already see the boat Marine has taken and it's empty, so they assume she is already on board. They land on the deck of Whisker's ship and hurry off to find her.
"I could have sworn she went this way... Where could she be?" Sonic replies, looking around.
Tails calls out, "Marine? Are you there?"
"Marine!" Eve calls out.
Blaze looks around and notices something, "...! Sonic! Tails! Eve! There she is!"
What they see is Captain Whisker and he has Marine by her tail, Marine struggles to break free and to punch Captain Whisker, but it's no use.
"Arr, what do we have here? A wee lass thinkin' to sneak up on me, it seems!" Whisker mocks.
Marine struggles and shouts, "N-no! L-let me go!"
"Arr! Yer a feisty little sea dog, then, aren't ye? " Whisker says.
"You... bushy-faced freak!" Marine shouts.
"B... bushy-faced?" Whisker says, feeling insulted.
And now he's mad, "You really must learn to watch that tongue of yours, lass! Arr, let's see... how best to teach ye that lesson? Mateys! Bring out... ...the device!"
"Yes, boss! The device!" Mini says.
"Wh-what are you going to do to me?" Marine asks, confused.
"Ahoy! This here be a gift from me boss, the most torturin' of tortures! I call him... 'Mr. Tickler!'" Whisker says.
"Yeah, boss! Tickle her real good!" Mum says, excited.
"Now, I do hope ye be ready for the tickling of a lifetime, lass!" Whisker says, glaring at Marine.
Marine begins to scream and panic, "Nooo! Anything but that!"
"Marine!" Sonic calls out as he and the others hurry over.
Relieved, Marine says, "Y-y-you guys! You came for me! Oh, I knew you would, mates!"
"Didn't we tell you not to run off on your own?" Blaze sternly asks.
"S-sorry!" Marine says, feeling sorry.
"Come on, Blaze, we'll have this discussion later," Sonic says.
"Hey Whisker! Let Marine go!" Eve demands.
"Sorry, matey, but it'll take a wee bit more than soft worlds to get me to bend," Whisker says.
Suddenly, a giant robot appears from the inside of the ship and Whiskers give Marine to the robot and take her high up. Marine screams as she is carried up high as the robot can take her.
"Marine!" the group exclaims.
Whisker says to them with a smirk, "If ye want the lass back, then swear a pirate's oath... to me! Well? What say you, mateys? Or would you rather leave the lass to her face?"
Just then, the group begins to whisper to themselves about a plan to rescue Marine and teach these pirates a lesson.
"Speak up, landlubbers! I can't hear ye!" Whisker demands.
Tails whispers, "Okay, Sonic, leave it to me!"
"Come on, girls!" Sonic whispers.
"Right," Eve replies.
"Good luck!" Blaze says.
Whisker becomes ?
Tails then calls out, "Aha, look! There's the Jeweled Scepter!"
"Wh-what?! How did it get...? D'arrr!" Whisker panics and runs away. Mini and Mum hurry after him.
Seeing their chance, the group then hurries away from the scene so they can rescue Marine. Whisker and his crew arrive at a secret place where they place it. They look in the cabin to see the Jewel Scepter.
"Boss! The scepter's over here!" Mum says.
"W-wait, so then... that means…" Whisker realizes.
Captain Whisker and his minions leave the room and leave the scepter in the room. They hurry out and turn their heads to see Sonic and Eve do a double spin dash and smack at the giant robot's arm where Marine is. Marine falls and is about to hit the deck, literally. Luckily, Blaze is able to catch Marine in the nick of time.
The group looks up to see the giant robot red, yellow, and gray color robot and is ready to start fighting.
"Come on, guys! Let's finish this!" Sonic says.
"It's time to stop Whisker's plans once and for all," Eve says.
The giant robot soon begins to attack them. The group then dodges the attack. Sonic and Eve perform a double spin dash at the robot. Then Blaze fires her fire blast at them. Just then, the cannons on the ship begin to fire at them. The group quickly dodge the attack.
"There are so many of them," Eve says.
"We'll need to take that thing's weapons out," Sonic says.
"I'll deal with them, and I think the cannon can also be useful," Blaze says.
"Thanks Blaze," Eve says.
Blaze then continues to use the power of her fire to blast the weapons. At the same time, Sonic and Eve continue to attack the robots. The robots reach its arms out and try to attack them, but they both manage to dodge the attaks. Sonic spin dashes on the arm and slams into the robot's head. Eve then uses her Chaos energy and her sword to attack the robots' mechanical hands. Blaze continues to fire at the ship's cannons, but is able to leave one out.
Blaze turns to Sonic and Eve, "Sonic! Eve! Hurry into the cannon!"
"Right!" Sonic says.
"You got it, Blaze!" Eve says.
Both of the hedgehogs hurry into the cannon and Blaze aims it towards the giant robot. With the cannon at the right angle, Blaze fires the cannon and both hedgehogs are launched. For the final blow, Sonic and Eve perform a powerful spin dash right into the robot's head. Just then, the head's glass case burst open and the Green Chaos Emerald that has been stolen flies out.
Sonic grabs the Chaos Emerald, "Got it!"
Suddenly, they look to see the robot is malfunctioning. Soon, the giant robot begins to explode. Sonic, Tails, and Eve hurry and abandon ship. Soon, they end up landing on the Deep Typhoon. Luckily Tails actually installed an autopilot on the submarine for emergencies. Everyone watches as the ship explodes and sinks into the ocean. Tails is able to sail the submarine above water and has it placed on autopilot again for him and Marine to see them.
"Well... THAT'S finally over…" Sonic says.
"Yes. Now we can finally put an end to all of this trouble," Blaze says.
"Speaking of which...!" Eve says, turning to Marine.
Blaze understands and sternly shouts, "Marine!"
That causes Marine to flinch and asks, "Wh-wh-wh…"
"Why were you trying to chase down the pirates all by yourself?!" Blaze dementia.
"Yeah, Marine! That's way too dangerous!" Tails says.
Marine tapes two of her fingers together, feeling nervous, and says, "W-well, I mean, I just figured since... well, I'm the captain and all... I thought I could have my big moment, and if I just did a little bit more, then…"
"Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?" Blaze asks with a frown.
"I... I know. I didn't…" Marine nervously says.
"Don't worry about it. What counts is it all worked out fine…" Sonic says.
"Yeah, that's right. But you really do need to be more careful in the future, Marine," Tails says.
"Aw, well, all right. I guess I can do that. A little. Hehehe!" Marine says, and giggles a little.
Eve turns to Blaze, "Hey, Blaze. So, about the Jeweled Scepter…"
"It probably sank along with the pirates. That would be my guess," Blaze answers.
Eve places her hand under her chin, "Hmm. Well, there might still be some way for us to find it."
"I appreciate the sentiment, but it must be on the sea floor by now," Blaze says.
Suddenly, Marine giggles, "Heehee!"
"Hm? What is it, Marine?" Tails asks.
"Are you talking about THIS scepter?" MArine says.
Then pulls the scepter out, "Ta-daah!"
The four become surprised to see the item, "The Jeweled Scepter!"
"The one and only! I nicked it while I was free from that robotic monster you saved me from and when you were fighting those no good pirates," Marine says.
Sonic laughs and says, "Nicely done, Marine!"
"Yeah! Great job!" Tails says.
"Aww, heh heh! No drama!" Marine happily says.
"Anyway, 'ere you go, Blaze; one Jeweled Scepter!" Marine says, giving the scepter to Blaze.
Blaze takes the scepter and says, "...Thank you."
"Heheh!" Marine says with a giggle.
But Blaze calmly says, "Still, what if we had failed? What would have become of you? Marine, next time, you mustn't put yourself in such danger. Do you understand?
"Y-yeah…" Marine says, feeling sheepish.
Blaze then says, "And I apologize about what I said back there. I felt that I had to be harsh, but I still should have said that to you."
"That's okay. And I'm sorry for sneaking aboard and stuff," Marine says.
After returning to the island, Cosmo and Maria are relieved to see Marine is okay. Marine also apologizes for allowing them to worry. Feeling tired from their adventure, they decide to relax for the rest of the say.
Later in the night while everyone is fast asleep in their homes, but are not aware of the fact that something is about to happen. In a locked room, is where the Jewel Scepter is standing in the middle of the room and being secured and that it will not be removed again. Suddenly a dark shadow overshadows it. The figure is tall and looks like he has a big mustache, and wears goggles, and the figure looks very familiar, and yet, it's not. The figure stands in front of the scepter with an evil grin on his face. The next moment, the Jewel Scepter has disappeared.
