King Scourge Saga Episode 4: Metal and Mettle Part 2

Sonic and Eve are now in deep trouble. First Sonic and Eve have another encounter with Scourge, Sonic's evil double. Then Eve is now fighting against her evil counterpart. And as they are trying to get Freedom HQ back, Sonic's robotic twin, Metal Sonic, makes the scene. And now, they have Metal robots of Eve, Scourge, and Line-Ra make the scene. From that it looks like, things are going to get interesting. If by interesting, they both mean by big trouble.

The four robots attack the four living hedgehogs at once, and have them crash into each other. Then the four robots spin dash in the middle knocking them, and have them thrown to the ground.

Sonic groans, "Not quite the stellar start I was aiming for?"

"Having one evil counterpart is already bad enough for us," Eve says.

"You can say that again," Sonic says.

Then turns to Scourge, "Think you can reconsider the truce?"

"You can join us too if you want Line-Ra, only to get rid of these four metal heads," Eve says.

"Works for me," Scourge says.

"Seems like the only option we have," Line-Ra says.

With that, the four hedgehogs head off to deal with the four robots.

Scourge turns to the hedgehogs, "You still haven't answered my question about conquering this planet and dominating the multiverse."

"We're kind of preoccupied with the present right now," Sonic says.

"I'll take that as a 'yes,'" Scourge says.

"No it doesn't," Eve sternly says.

Line-Ra sighs, "I suggest we focus more on fighting these robots."

With that, the four hedgehogs begin to battle against the four robots. Apparently, Metal Eve is equipped with an electrical sword and Metal Line-Ra has an energy like scythe. They also fight against them as well, and have proven to be a big challenge.

Meanwhile in the Eggdome of Megaopolis, Dr. Eggman is watching the whole from his security camera, and is enjoying this.

He maniacally laughs, "Wah-ha-ha-ha! YThat's it, my Mighty Metals! Pulverize those rodents!"

Dimitri walks into the room to see what is happening.

He says, "I am impressed, doctor. You have had time to construct four robot doppelgangers in hours. And yet you haven't had the time or the resources to build a new Badnik army to supplement the Dark Egg Legion."

"Hmm? Oh, right, the Echidnas. Later. I'm busy," Eggman says, not really paying attention to the Echidna head.

Suddenly, Dimitri uses his Dreadlock to coil around Eggman's wrist, and is not amused, "Do remember doctor, that the Legionnaires are my people. Some of the last Echidnas alive. I will not allow them to be used carelessly."

"Quite the contrary, Dimitri!" Eggman says, grabbing the dreadlock.

"I plan on using your people to the very last one. Since there are so few, I hope they aren't used up too quickly," Eggman says, and opens a control pad on one of the arm chairs.

Then has his button over a red button, "If you have any further complaints over the management of my troops, you can discuss it with the explosive I put in the cybernetics I supplied with them."

Reluctant, Dimitri says, "I-I can't say I'm truly surprised. I believe understand the situation now."

"That's my good little subordinate!" Eggman says, placing his hand on his head.

Then turns to the screen with a grin, shooing Dimitri away, "Now run along and prepare the troops for the next push from the Freedom Fighters, or Chaotix, or whatever."

Dimitri walks towards the darkness, but turns his head to show a bit of a glare.

Then continues on, "Yes. We must prepare for the next threat."

Back at Freedom HQ, Sonic, Eve, Scourge, and Line-Ra continue to fight against the robots. So far, battling against robotic counterparts feels that it's much harder than fighting against counterparts from another dimension. Metal Eve pushes Eve to the wall of Freedom HQ, but she then kicks the robot off of her. Sonic then bounces off the wall as Metal Sonic blasts it. At this rate, Freedom HQ might be destroyed.

Sonic turns to Scourge, "Neither of us wants Freedom HQ destroyed! We need to move this into great wastes!"

"No way! I'm not giving these things an inch!" Scourge says, battling against the robot.

Line-Ra turns to Scourge and asks, "Scourge? Do you want the rest of the Squad to step in?"

"You sayin' I can't handle this?" Scourge asks with a scowl expression, but loses his focus with Metal Scourge behind him.

Eve then kicks Metal Scourge away. Then turns to Scourge, "She's saying these things are tough and you could use a hand right about now! And honestly, so do we!"

Sonic turns to Scourge, "Honestly, it's like you're completely new at this!"

"Get off my back, you two. There aren't any 'metals' in my world," Scourge says.

Then winks his eye at Eve, "Yeah, so thanks for the save back."

Eve groans as she rolls her eyes. Suddenly, Metal Eve attacks Eve while Metal Sonic does the same to Sonic.

"With a smirk, Scourge says, "Don't expect me to return the favor."

Meanwhile, Miles is busy watching the fight, when Boomer walks over to see what Miles is doing, and what's going on outside.

Boomer notices the expression on Miles' face, "You've got that look again, Miles. What's on your mind?"

"A curiosity while I'm quite content to watch two 'Sonics' and two 'Eves' bludgeoned into nothing…" Miles says, as he watches the fight.

Miles adds, "I can't help but notice Sonic's selflessness. He wholly committed to the greater good… regardless of who is involved. Eve feels the same way, and from what I also come to understand from the computers here… she also lives up to her promises. Of course, Line-Ra is new to all this, so there's much to learn about her being the opposite of her.

Alicia walks over, "Careful with what you say,Miles. That's got a twinge of treason to it. You've seen it all. You know we don't want to cross Scourge."

"Oui. I remember when zis patch was just for show," Patch says, placing his hand on his eye patch.

"'Treason,' Princess Alicia?" Miles replies.

Then says, "I'm merely observing that with Sonic and Eve's present, it wouldn't take long to tip the scale of war in either direction."

The group continues as Sonic and Eve continue to fight against the robots with Scourge and Line-Ra.

Meanwhile, in the Eggdome, the Legion are in their barracks. Some are either resting, walking around the area, or doing work. Dimitri walks into the barracks to see Lien-Da giving orders to some of the trips. Dimitri walks past Lien-Da as he uses his dreadlock to coil around her wrist and drags her away.

This catches her by surprise, "Grandfather?!"

"Come here for a moment," Dmitri says.

He drags Lien-Da away from the barracks and into the hall.

Angry and confused, Lien-Da asks, "What's the meaning of this?"

Dimitri says, "Blast it, he wasn't bluffing. There's a bomb."

"Bomb?" Lien-Da asks, shocked.

"In all of us, I'm afraid," Dimitri says.

This infuriates Lien-Da, "This is all your fault! You're the one who sold himself to Eggman first!"

But Dimitri protests, tightening the dreadlock around Lien-Da's wrist, "I came to Eggman for an ally against Enerjak. You sold the Legion to the Emerald for your cursed cybernetics. Do not lay this at my… feet."

He then uncoils it allowing Lien-Da to take her wrist and rubs it from the pain.

She asks, "So what do we do? Surely you're not thinking of turning to Knuckles at this point?

"No, not the Guardian. Not yet," Dimitri says.

He sighs and says, "I am Grandmaster of the Legion now, Lien-Da. These are my people, and you are one of the few who are the only family I have left. I'll think of something."

"I suppose," Lien-Da says.

Then Dimitri walks away, sort of speaking. As he walks away, he does think having Knuckles might be one of his best options, but even though he doesn't say it to Lien-Da, he knows there is someone else who might be able to assist them. Question is, if she is willing to accept or not, or if he's able to talk to her.

Back at Freedom HQ, things are still getting out of control. Now the four hedgehogs are standing back to back and see the four robots have them surrounded.

Gritting his teeth, Scourge says, "We're getting whooped, and I don't like it. You're the big hero, think of something!"

"Calm down Scourge! The last time we got matched up with something like this. Kind of a few times, the only thing to do was to bring in someone the bot wasn't designed to handle," Eve says.

"Oh, come on! You can't mean… Scourge says, complaining.

"They're your team. You make the call," Sonic says.

Lina-Ra says, "He is right. It's entirely up to you, sir."

"Fine!," Scourge says.

Then calls out, "Suppression Squad! Attack!"

With that, the Suppression Squad charges at the robots and begins to attack. First Eve and Sonic are able to stop Metal Sonic with a kick from each side. Then Miles uses his Tails to take the robot's head off.

Alicia then uses her whip to tie the Metal Scourge.

Patch swings his sword, "Kneel to the king!"

And takes off its head with the sword. Scourge then spin dashes at Metal Eve and Metal Line-Ra. Eve and Line-Ra jump up and use both their blades to take off the heads of the two robots. With the final blow, Boomer uses both of his weapons to destroy the robot's bodies and disappear. Soon, all four of the robots are defeated and destroyed.

"Now that's more like it! Thanks for the hand!" Sonic says, and kicks Metal Sonic's head away.

"We seem to work surprisingly well together," Miles says.

Eve says, "I guess you could say that."

Suddenly, Scourge says, "Now back to my offer. You never said 'no.'"

"That's because we were too disgusted for words," Eve angrily says.

"She's right. You're sick if you think we'd even consider that," Sonic says, with the same anger.

"Your loss. You both still want to try your luck kicking us all out of Freedom HQ?" Scourge asks, with a grin.

"Not after all that work out, Consider this an extension on your lease," Sonic says.

Then turns to Eve, "Let's head back."

"Yeah. I have enough of this crazy mess for one day," Eve says.

With that, both of the hedgehogs speed back to New Mobotropolis.

"Yah, you run away. Can't nobody take down King Scourge," Scourge mocks.

Line-Ra and the rest of the Squad look at each other.

After returning to New Mobotropolis and meeting the others at Uncle Chuck's diner for dinner, they both explain to the group about what happened today. It's a bit of a shock, but glad to see that some of the threats are over for now. However, Rotor, Tails, Sonia, and Manic are the only ones not here.

"Gotta say, you both had one crazy afternoon," Sally says.

"No kidding, my hands are getting tired from punching that robot," Sonic says.

"That was one intense day," Eve says, feeling exhausted.

"Anyway, it looks like the Suppression Squad still has more time in Freedom HQ before we can get it back," Sonic says.

"We have to find a way to get rid of them quickly," Amy says.

"It's too bad we can't get any help or know anyone from Moebius," Cream says.

Sonic and Eve eyes wide open to hear Cream's statement.

Eve turns to Cream, "Cream, you're a genius."

"It is?" Cream asks with glee.

"It is?" Knuckles asks. Confused.

"It is. Eve and I actually know someone from Moebius who can actually help is," Sonic says.

Both hedgehogs say, "Ovi Kintobor!"

"Ovi Kintobor? Who's he?" Amy asks.

"He's Dr. Eggman's counterpart, but he's actually the good guy in that world. He might be able to help us," Eve says.

"Question is, how are we going to get to Moebius?" Julie-Su asks.

Sally says, "Luckily, I already have an idea on how to do it. Which is why, Sonic and Eve are going on an important mission with Amy, Maria, Sonia, and Manic."

The group soon becomes confused. Soon, Sonic, Eve, Amy, and Maria are following Sally to their destination.

"The Science Center? Why are we going there?" Sonic asks.

"You'll see," Sonic says.

The group arrives in the Science bay to see Sonia, Manic, Uncle Chuck, Rotor, and Tails working on a brand new Star Post.

Sonic says, "Scourge and his hang invaded our zone and took away our Headquarters."

"Wait… those are the new Star Post?" Eve asks.

Exactly. Turnabout is fair play… pack your bags guys. You're invading Moebius.

"Sweet!" Sonic says with a smirk and punches his fist to his other hand.

Eve says, "I see. It's time for a little pay back."

"So um, how long will it be until the Star Posts are finished?" Maria asks.

"We think it will be until tomorrow until we get the Star Posts finished," Tails says.

"That should give you two some rest after the scuffle you had," Sally says.

"Good to know. I'm plum tuckered out," Eve says.

"Yeah. I guess we could use a little R&R. Anyway, let's prepare for tomorrow's little fun," Sonic says.

Later in the night, Sonic and Eve are sleeping in their bedroom. In Eve's case, it's the household of her adopted parents. Since they have an important mission and tired from earlier, they both end up sleeping early after having everything prepared. Unknown to them, someone decides to sneak into their home for an after dark visit.

Down stairs, the window opens to reveal Scourge the Hedgehog sneaking into the house.

Scourge looks around with an evil grin, "Top-notch security you've got here, hedgehogs HA!"

Suddenly, a robotic voice says, "Good evening. Scourge isn't it?"

Scourge stops to see the lights turn up. He quickly looks in front of him to see a robotic hedgehog sitting on the couch with his hand on the switch. Unknown to him, the robot is actually Jules Hedgehog.

"Oh great. Another Metal Sonic," Scourge says, annoyed.

"Actually, I'm Sonic and Eve's father," Jules says.

Seeing who the robot is, Scourge says, "Ah, so that would make you Jules. Hey there 'dad.'"

"Given how late it is, I'm guessing this isn't a cordial visit," Jules says.

"Just some late-night surprise-pummeling," Scourge says.

"I almost died saving my children once," Jules says.

"You want a medal?" Scourge sarcastically asks.

"No. I want you to understand I will do what it takes to keep my children safe," Jules says.

"Cute. Trying to prove you're not afraid of me?" Scourge asks with an evil grin.

"What's to be afraid of? This world is full of heroic beings that fight a single great evil. That tells me your world is full of cowards, each doing their part to ruin their world. That's why you don't scare me… because I know at your core, you're a coward too," Jules says.

"Coward? I conquered a planet on my own!" Scourge angrily says.

"You brought a different brand of ruination," Jules clarifies.

Try again, pops. On my world, we had the time called 'The Great Peace.' My dad was a part of that. Brought everyone together in one big group hug. Ten years later, everything had stagnated and fallen apart. I didn't ruin the world. I woke it up," Scourge says.

With a stern expression, Jules asks, "That's your answer to it all? Violent takeover and anarchy?"

"Not really anarchy since everyone bows to me," Scourge says.

Then turns to Jules, "Since you seem so hung up on the correlations, how do you like this one: Sonic's dad isn't really a Mobian anymore. My dad simply isn't."

"Are you trying to shock me? Intimidate? That falls short when the mighty world-conquering 'king' has to sneak in during the middle of the night to get a leg up on both my son and daughter," Jules sternly questions.

Annoyed, Scourge grabs Jules by his face, "Sonic and Eve are good at smashing bots. Want to see what I can do?"

Jules suddenly stands up and says in anger, "I am not your father. I was on the front lines of the Great War. I won't go quietly."

Then begins to walk up to scourge as the green hedgehog steps back.

"And while you may not care about the loss of your Jules, I'm certain my son and daughter will be very upset," Jules continues as Scourge walks back towards the window he walks into.

Then Jules asks, "Do you want that on your head too?"

Scourge is surprisingly shaking with an uncomfortable and possible sad expression on his face. He simply decides to leave through the window, and not continue with his plans. However, he ends up releasing tears from his eyes.

A he leaves, he says, "Just a bunch of empty words. You're no different from my old man after all."

Scourge leaves through the window and heads back to Freedom HQ. Once Scourge is gone, Jules closes the window.

Suddenly, he hears someone ask, "Jules? I thought I heard voices."

Jules turns his head to see Bernedette walking over wearing her pink robe and has tired eyes.

"You look nervous," Bernadette says.

She lets out a yawn and asks, "Who were you talking to?"

Jules sighs and answers, "Nobody."

Jules and Bernedette then head off to bed, well since Jules is a robot he doesn't really need sleep, but decides to anyway. Unknown to them Scourge isn't the only one who decides to pay a late night visit.

In Eve's bedroom, she is happily sleeping as the cover is only covering the lower part of her body and one of her dreadlocks is leaning to her face. Jazz is happily sleeping next to her head on the pillow. The two are so fast asleep, that they aren't aware that someone has snuck into the room through the window and is now overshadowing them.

Standing in front of Eve's head, it's a strange shadow that has one glowing red eye. The being just stares at her. Then some strange red tentacle or dreadlock gently places a note under Eve's pillow. It then places the covers over her and moves back her dread lock. Then gently leaves the window and closes it behind her before she has a chance to notice.