King Scourge Saga Episode 2: Duality
Not long ago, Sonic and Eve return to see Freedom HQ being invaded by the Suppression Squad with Scourge as their ruler, and a new member of the squad. Eve's counterpart, Line-Ra.
Sonic says to Scourge, "I'm guessing this home invasion is your bright idea, Scourge?"
"That's 'King' Scourge, Sonic," Scourge says.
Eve says, "Oh boy, so now you're officially a royal pain?"
"It makes me the superior!" Scourge says, and kicks Sonic in the face.
Then asks, "Do you remember what you said to me, from one of our encounters?"
"I call you a lot of stu-" Sonic says.
But Scourge gives Sonic a hard hit with his elbow on Sonic's stomach.
"You pointed out that, in the end we're the same guy… that all it would take for either of us would be to lean a little in the other direction," Scourge says.
"You were actually listening to me?" Sonic asks, and blocks Scourge's hit.
"I gotta admit it; you made sense. You got me thinking," Scourge says
He then grabs Sonic by his neck, "You one of the 'heroes of Mobius.' One of the most powerful dudes on the planet. What does that make me?"
He then throws Sonic to the wall, "So I went back to my home dimension. I let looks-applied myself, you might says. I conquered my Moebius in a matter of days. I gave my world the same treatment I gave you on our birthday, and your sister's. We're not just your 'Evil Twins' anymore. I am Scourge, King of a Bold New Mobius and now your world is gonna fall to my Suppression Squad."
Then turns to Line-Ra, "Of course, we have a brand new member who already gave you an introduction. Line-Ra. Now your 'sister' also has a double to deal with."
"Heh, what's in a name?" Sonic comments.
Then says with a smirk, "A 'dork' by another name is just as lame. You're messing with Sonic and Eve the Hedgehogs."
"Heroes of Mobius and the Freedom Fighters. Pack up and go home before you regret it," Eve says.
At the same time, Sonic and Manic are watching as Nicole turns on her screen.
"Are you all okay?" Nicole asks.
"We're fine, but for once, we're actually glad we're on the side lines," Manic says.
"Because we don't think we want to be in the middle of that," Sonia says.
And Sonia is right, the Freedom Fighters and their evil counterparts are now fighting against each other. Tails is fighting Miles.
Miles says, "You've ignored your magical heritage and you follow the blue fool like a pup! You make me sick!"
"Who are you to judge? Aside from me," Tails says.
Antoine and Patch fight against each other with their swords.
"You have much to answer for, villain," Antoine says.
"You know what they say, non? Like fathair, like son," Patch says.
"You'd willing give up ben' all natural," Bunnie says, and punches him in the stomach.
"Anything to claw my way out of obscurity!" Boomer says.
Rotor then punches him in the face.
"Thanks Rotor," Bunnie says.
Eve and Line-Ra fight against each other. They both use their own blade to attack. Eve quickly dodges as Line-Ra uses her scythe on her.
Eve then uses her sword to stop Line-Ra's attack. Eve holds her sword as Line-Ra tries to push her scythe towards her.
"You know. I never thought I'd be meeting you. How did you end up meeting the Suppression Squad of all people?" Eve replies.
Line-Ra calmly says, "It's a rather long story. In short, I was founded by Miles during the Scourge's conquest. He took me in and Scourge had me join their team. I find it interesting when he told me I have a counterpart from a different world. I'm glad to see she is just as strong and powerful."
"I'm more powerful than what Scourge told you," Eve says.
She spins like a tornado and Line-Ra uses her scythe to protect herself. Amy then swings her hammer, but Line-Ra repels with her scythe. At the same time, Sonic and Sally are standing back to back as Scourge aims for Sonic and Alicia aims for Sally. They both have an idea in mind.
"Sorry to call you back from your mission with the Chaotix, Sonic," Sally says.
"No worries, Sal," Sonic.
Sally jumps to Scourge while Sonic spin dashes to Alicia.
Sonic says, "We had things just about wrapped up.
Sally kicks Scourge, "Good. As you can see, we needed you here."
Sonic spin dashes Alicia.
Sonic rubs his nose, "Like always."
'Always,' huh?" Sally comments.
"Is there an echo? But serious, the Chaotix should be fine. I'm sure they've got things under control," Sonic says.
Meanwhile at New Megaopolis, things aren't exactly under control as Sonic thinks. Now that Dimitri, the Grandmaster of the Legion has arrived.
Vector contacts the others, "So Charmy, Saffron, and Ray got the tower ready to blow?"
"Yeah," Julie-Su says.
"So we just gotta get through them?" Vector asks.
"Yeah… just the Dark Egg Legion," Knuckles says.
"And I thought things with your relatives couldn't get any more complicated," Nic says.
"No kidding," Fiona says.
Suddenly Dimitri calls out, "Knuckles! Why do you recklessly press your offensive? You did considerable damage…"
"Maybe it's not his fault, grandfather. Perhaps he's just being a good little lap dog for the Republic of Acorn," Lien-Da says.
"Perhaps," Dimitri says.
Then says to Knuckles, "Angel Island is free from the influences of all your enemies. Yet you are here. Are you simply greedy, grandnephew?"
This displeases Julie-Su and angrily says, "Don't try to play the saint, Dimitri! You and Lien-Da sold out our people to Dr. Eggman!"
"My dear Julie-Su, our families have been quibbling over who started what for hundreds of years… Frankly…" Dimitri says.
And says, "I'm tired of it! FIRE!"
The Legionnaires then begin to fire at them. The Chaox, Fiona, and Nic dodge the attack and hide behind what's left of the wall from the assault.
"This is getting way out of control," Fiona says.
"Yeah. How is Eve related to these creeps I'll never understand," Nic says.
Then turns to Julie-Su, "Course I'm not counting you in that mix."
"Thanks," Julie-Su says.
Vector turns to Knuckles, "Knux, listen to me, man. I know you're still raw over all the stuff you did as Enerjak, but these guys threw in their lot with the Eggman Empire. Right now, we have friends to save, and a mission to finish."
Knuckles groans as he rubs his head.
But soon agrees, "You're right. I can only protect so many at a time. Come on Chaotix… We can take 'em!"
Back in Freedom HQ, Sonic is able to attack Scourge with a spin dash, "Keep it up! We can take 'em!"
With his spin dash, Scourge almost falls through the portal of the Star Post. Lucky for you, Line-Ra grabs him by his jacket and pulls him back in.
Line-Ra picks up his crown and asks, "I got you, sir. What do you want us to do now?"
"Do?" Scourge asks.
He then angrily takes the crown from Line-Ra's hand, "I almost got tossed back home. I want you jerks to get your act together! You don't want to be sent back with me!"
Line-Ra and the Suppression Squad look very reluctant for Scourge's threat. They then decide to get serious.
"You heard the man! For ze king!" Patch says.
On the side lines, Sonia, Manic, and Nicole are shocked to see where this is going.
"This is only getting worse! And it will get even more if we don't do something," Manic says.
Sonia turns to Nicole, "Can you call the Chaotix back?"
"I wished I could. I can't get through to them," Nicole says.
"Now what?" Sonia asks.
Nicole says to the twins, "You need to get out of there to safety. They're getting too dangerous."
"What?" Manic asks.
"Wait Manic, it might be for the best. We'll need to check on everyone and possibly get some medical items ready," Sonia says.
The twins then hurry to the exit, but Alicia sees them, "Those two are running! Somebody stop them!"
Miles is about to attack, but Tails hits him with his foot. Alicia has Sally tied with her whip.
"You're not in charge anymore, Alicia?" Sally questions.
"Things got shuffled around when Scourge came back," Alicia says.
Then pulls Sally, "But still, survival's more important than titles."
At the same time, Eve and Line-Ra continue to fight against each other. Line-Ra swings her scythe and Eve repels the attack, but soon falls to the ground. Eve still has her sword in her hand, so she is able to block Line-Ra's attack as she presses her scythe close to Eve still at her sword.
"You're strong, but not strong enough," Line-Da says.
"I must admit, you are strong, but the weapon of choice is questionable," Eve says.
At the same time, Patch, Miles, and Boomer are able to get the jump on Bunnie and Antoine. Luckily, Sonic is able to spin dash at the three, allowing them to escape.
Sonic says, "That will be enough of that! Take two aspirins and don't call me in the morning!"
Suddenly, Scourge spin dashes under Sonic's feet, "You don't get it… do you, Blue?"
Scourge stands and faces Sonic, "I'm king now. You kneel to me!"
Amy charges with her hammer, "Leave him alone!"
"And I don't need to deal with another one of you!" Scourge angrily says and kicks Amy in the face.
That gives Sonic the chance to knock Scourge off his feet.
"I know the Chaotix, Fiona, and Nic are having an easier time than we are…." Sonic says.
Meanwhile, Fiona, Nic, and the Chaotix are fighting against Dimitri's giant robot.
Dimitri calls out, "Hold the line! Hold the..!"
But Knuckles pouches the robot, "Enough!"
Lien-Da is able to contact Snively, "We've been routed, Snively! Hace Eggman sent anything he got!"
"I already told you. You're all there is. Deal with it," Snively says.
Suddenly, Lien-Da feels her hovercraft being hit and looks to see Julie-Su
Julie-Su calls Saffron, "You're clear, Saffron! Let's wrap this up!"
Suddenly, the tower begins to blow up as Saffron, Charmy, Ray, and Jazz fly out. Lien-Da and the Legion look to see the tower is being destroyed.
Lien-Da calls the Legion, "It's over! Everyone into the inner city!"
Soon, the Legion begins to retreat. The Chaotix and two Freedom Fighters see them retreating.
"Godo work, everyone! Mission accomplished!" Knuckles says.
"But we still got one more to deal with," Fiona says, pointing ahead.
Knuckles sees Dimitri disconnecting himself from the robot since it's destroyed.
Knuckles walks over to confront him, "Why are you doing this, Dimitri? You're a scientist, not a general. With you as Grandmaster, Eggman's more likely to lose as we push deeper into the city."
"Harsh words, Guardian. You make it sound like I'm purposely weakening the greatest evil this world has ever known from within," Dimitri says.
Suddenly, Dimitri then flies away. Knuckles calls out, "Wait… are you saying…?"
"A shame your line didn't inherit my brother's intellect. Until next time, Knuckles," Dimitri says as he flies away.
The others are forced to watch as Dimitri retreats.
"Well, if I was a brain in a robot head in a bubble. I guess I'd go crazy too," Vector says.
"Come on guys… let's get back to Freedom HQ," Knuckles says.
Back in Freedom HQ, things are not looking to go for the Freedom Fighters at all. Scourge and the Suppression Squad are starting to overpower them.
"It's no good! They've got us match blow-for-blow," Tails says.
"And the place is getting wrecked. We got it fixed from the last time we had a fight here," Sonic says.
Eve turns to Sally, "Hey Sally! We could use an idea right about now! This is getting tiring."
Sally sighs, "I hate to give this order, but we might not have a choice!"
Then calls out, "Fall back to the Command Room!"
Everyone hurries outside of the lab and into the command room.
Sally turns to Bunnie, "Can you buy us some time?"
Sho'nuff! Just give me a second to..." Bunnie says, adjusting her blaster.
Then hears a click, "Got it!"
Once everyone is out, Bunnie fires a force field at the door.
"We're falling back to New Mobotropolis…" Sally says.
But Sonic is shocked, "What?!"
"Where we'll link up with the Chaotix and plan our next move," Sally says.
But Sonic denies, "We're not leaving Freedom HQ behind."
"I don't really like it either, Sonic, but what choice do we have? They've got us matched in every way, and had the element of surprise. What's more, they also have that… other me in there. If we prolong this, there isn't going to be a Freedom HQ and there might not be an 'us' Eve says.
Bunnie turns to the others, "Let's get a move-on, y'all! This shield here ain't gonna last!"
Then a sound blast fires with full force and knocks Bunnie off her feet. Luckily, Antoine is able to catch her.
"Let's get out of here," Eve says.
With that, everyone, but Sonic and Eve are able to escape, they turn to see Scourge and the Suppression Squad.
"What's the matter, you two? We play too rough?" Scourge mocks.
"Don't get comfy. We'll be back," Sonic says.
Sonic, Eve, and the others hurry away from Freedom HQ. At the same time, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the three Freedom Fighters return.
"What happened?!" Knuckles asks.
"And invasion from the anti-iverse…" Sally answers.
"And they took over Freedom HQ," Amy adds.
They also notice Antoine and Sonia are helping Bunnie walk and seems that one of her bionic limbs is a little damaged.
Julie-Su asks, "Are you hurt?"
"Naq, ah'll be fine. But Freedom HQ is lost.
"No, it's not," Sonic says.
Everyone turns to see Sonic having a serious expression on his face.
"It's on temporary loan, and we'll be taking it back soon," Sonic says.
Seeing the expression on her brother's face, Eve knows that Sonic plans on getting Freedom HQ back from the Suppression Squad, but with the Suppression Squad matching them and having a new member, the fight to get their Headquarters back is not going to be easy.
