Eggman Empire Downfall Saga Episode 1: Fire of the Egg Phoenix

Outside of the Egg Dome of New Megaopolis, Sonic, Eve, and the Freedom Fighters are performing another invasion on the Egg Dome belonging to Dr. Eggman. Sonic and Eve, along with Jazz are speeding to the battle field. Sally, Rotor, Cosmo, Galaxina, and Maria are in the metal van as they speed to get away from the Dark Legion's firing at them.

"Haven't been here long and we already met the welcoming committee," Sonic says.

"You said it. I didn't think they could be this direct," Eve says.

"Chao Chao," Jazz says.

Sally looks out the window and calls out, "Stop here!"

Then the van comes to a stop.

"Freedom Fighters, clear the immediate area!" Sally adds.

Seeing the cute, the Freedom Fighters begin to attack. Sonic and Eve perform spin dashes. Amy and Antoine swing their weapons. Fiona, Sonia, and Manic are using their physical strength to stop them in their tracks.

Sally calls out, "Bunnie! Eve! Give them some cover!"

"Good as done, Sal!" Bunnie calls out.

Then put up an energy shield.

Eve holds wrist out and calls out, "Chaos Shield!"

The shield appears on Eve's wrist and the attacks repel off of them.

"Think these guys are too much into their tech?" Sonic asks.

"Don't know about that, but I know how to use my legs for this," Fiona says.

Nic continues to use her blaster, "Let's just hope we can beat them before anything else happens."

"Yeah. Let's take care of this fast, and hope our little cavalry is all set," Eve says.

Sonic smirks with a chuckle, "Lien-Da and the Legion are in for a surprise."

Meanwhile, somewhere around the Egg Dome, Lien-Da and the Legion are waiting for the Freedom Fighters to attack.

But Lien-Da notices something off, "Why did they stop their advance? They were making such headway…"

Then wonders, "Unless… unless we actually stopped them! We broke their momentum!"

"The blue hedgehog is making faces at us, ma'am," The Legionnaire says.

Lien-Da thinks otherwise, "This is it! The tide finally turns in our favor! We can do it! This is our day!"

Suddenly, someone says, "No, you just got flanked!"

The Legionnaires turn their heads and find Knuckles and the Chaotix giving them a sneak attack.

"Blasted Chaotix!" Lien-Da shouts in anger.

The Chaotix push, punch, and kick the Legion out of the way.

Lien-Da commands the guards, "Rear guard! Advance to support the east flank!"

Suddenly, Sonic spin dashes through her hovercraft, "Whoops! You forgot about us!"

That knocks Lien-Da down and she lands on the ground.

She brings out her whip, "I won't be embarrassed by a base Mobian like you!"

Lien-Da then throws her whip and strikes close to Sonic.

Sonic dodges the attack, "Yow! Careful with that!"

Antoine hurries over and cuts Lien-Da's whip with his sword.

"Allying with ze Eggman, then such vile remarks? Have you no honor?" Antoine asks.

Lien-Da and the Legionnaire dodges the attack.

Lien-Da calls out, "Pull back to the perimeter! Call for some blasted support!"

Hearing Lien-Da's demand, the Legion begins to retreat to their location.

Charmy flies to Sally and calls out, "The Dark Egg Legion is in retreat, princess!"

"Thank you, Charmy. Spread the word to regroup," Sally says.

Charmy nods his head and heads off to tell the others. Just as Charmy flies off, Sally receives a call from her computer pad. She looks to see Tails on the screen.

Tails says, "Reporting in, Sally! I'm done ahead of schedule!"

"Good work, Tails. Meet up with us. It's time to finish this," Sally says.

Meanwhile in the Egg Dome, Dr. Eggman is ready to take his newest aircraft into the sky to destroy Sonic, Eve, and their friends.

Suddenly, Dimitri comes walking in, "There you are! My Legion is being severely punished. They need support!"

"Ho-ho! That's my cute!" Eggman says, and walks away.

Dimitir then follows him as he says, "While I appreciate the gesture of your personal touch, is there not a reserve Badnik horde?

"No. Enerjak saw to that. Not that I would use them now if I had them," Eggman says.

They then stop as they approach the claws of the Egg Phoenix.

"Those rodents have pushed things too far for me. I will be the end of them and that's that!" Eggman says.

Back on the battlefield, Lien-Da and the Dark Egg Legion are preparing for the next attack.

Lien-Da commands the Legionnaires, "Rockets forward! Riflemen provide cover-fire!"

Soon, The Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix group over the hill close by. Tails is able to watch up with them as they are sure their plan is going to work. But Sally still wants them to remain on guard.

"Stay together, everyone. If they refuse to surrender, they still outnumber us," Sally says.

"Not really since I count for like, thirty of them," Sonic says.

Eve sighs, "There are still a lot of Legionnaires over there. One false move could be our last if they try to fight back."

Lien-Da commands, "Dark Egg Legion! Open Fire!"

The Legionnaires hold their weapons and prepare to fire.

At the same time, Sally says, "Tails, shut them down."

Sudden;y, a strange machine has been turned on and makes some strange invisible electrical field. When the Legionnaires try to fire their weapons, none of them are working.

Seeing nothing happening, Lien-Da calls out, "Fire!"

The Legionnaires try, but nothing happens.

She shouts again, "Fire!"

They try again, but again, nothing is happening.

One of the Legionnaires says, "They… won't fire, Kommissar."

Sonic and Tails give each other a high five.

Eve happily says, "It worked."

"You were great, Tails," Sonia says.

Manic chuckles, "I like to see the look on their faces."

Sally then calls out, "Your weapons have been deactivated. Surrender and we can end this peacefully.

Suddenly, something flies out of the Egg Dome and dives towards them in a giant burst of flame.

Sonia asks, "What. Is. That?"

"Whatever it is. It's coming our way," Galaxina worriedly says.

The giant burst of flame reveals to be Dr. Eggman's latest machine, the Egg Phoenix.

Knuckles shouts, "Look out!"

The Egg Phoenix begins to fire out a blast of fire. Sonic, Eve, and the others move out of the way. Others like Charmy, Ray, Saffron, Cosmo, Galaxina and Maria are also being carried by the other Freedom Fighters away from the blast.

"What is Eggman trying to do?" Amy asks.

"Trying to Barbecue us!" Tails panics.

Everyone moves out of the way as the Egg Phoenix flies a distance.

Charmy notices, "Um… The Legion is retreating. Again."

"I'm not concerned about them right now?" Sally asks.

Then turns to Bunnie, "Can you generate another force field?"

"Sorry, hon. If I push it anymore I'll pass out," Bunnie answers.

Then Sally turns to Eve, "Can you make a large Chaos Bubble?"

"I'm not sure. I've already used a lot of my Chaos Energy and the flames might be too strong," Eve says.

Seeing no other choice, Sally shouts, "Everyone run! Scatter!"

The Egg Phoenix then begins to blast more fire with its robotic claws. Everyone scatters all over the area so they won't get burned.

Meanwhile, Snively and Dimitri are seeing the events from the monitor.

Snively is however, surprised, "I don't believe it. He's really doing it. He's winning."

"Yes. How wondrous for him," Dimitri says.

But adds bitterly, "I notice he came close to fire-bombing my people as well."

"Collateral damage, which I don't care about," Snively firmly says.

Dimitri walks in front of Snively with a dark expression, "Oh, but you should care. Because while the Doctor holds our destruction over my head, so Do I hold yours."

"...W-what?" Snively asks, sweating bullets.

"I know," Dimitri says.

Then continues, "I've gone some snooping in your network, searching for anything for my people. And that's when I found out about her. All your little conversations correspondences and treasonous talk."

"The welfare of my people should be paramount. Otherwise, your very violent uncle finds out about your little love affair," Dimitri adds, and presents his claw close to Snively's nose.

Snively pushes it away, "You're an enterprising man, Dimitri. Why tattle on me, when we both can benefit from her arrival?"

Back at the battle field, everyone is able to stay behind large rocks as the Egg Phoenix continues to fire like actual fire at them.

Sally asks, "Any idea?"

"All of mine involve getting in close. Which we can't do. So… no," Knuckles says.

"But we have to do something to stop that thing," Fiona says.

Nic dusts off her hat, "Otherwise, we're going to be burned by that robotic bird."

"But how are we going to do that?" Galaxina asks.

Tails suggests, "Maybe we can reuse the neutralizing mines?"

"They can take it out?" Knuckles asks.

"I think so, but they'd have to be on that thing to pack enough punch," Tails says.

"So we're back to the same problem," Knuckles says.

Suddenly, Sally has an idea, "I've got it. Knuckles, find Vector. Tails find Bunnie. Here's the plan…"

Moments later Sonic and Eve are standing on a pipe

"This is my most favorite part of the plan ever!" Sonic says.

Eve grins, "You only like it cause we get to mock Eggman."

"So do you, sis," Sonic says.

"Alright, then let's begin the plan," Eve says.

Sonic nods his head, and calls out, "Hey, Eggman! Nice pyrotechnic, but your Egg sparkler hasn't hit us yet!"

"Yeah! Try to see you can hit us with your overgrown robotic bird! Unless you're a big chicken!" Eve calls out.

The Egg Phoenix fires at them, but the hedgehogs dodge the attack. They both land on the ground and speed away from the Egg Phoenix.

Eve and Sonic turn their heads and call out, "Nah nah nah nah nah nah!"

The Egg Phoenix sees the hedgehogs and begins to chase after them.

"Looks like we got his attention!" Sonic says.

"Yeah. Reminds me of the time we stopped Scratch and Grounder when we were on that train," Eve says.

"Yeah. We were able to outsmart those dumbbots," Sonic says.

Sonic and Eve begin laughing with grins on their faces. Soon, they meet Vector.

Sonic turns to Vector, "Toss and get clear!"

"Right!" Vector says.

Vector grabs Sonic and Eve grabs Sonic's hand. Soon. Vector tosses them in the air and quickly gets clear.

Sonic flies up as he says, "This is the most we've had since the invasion!"

"Taking out Eggman is better than dealing with those creeps," Eve says.

"You're hopeless!" Knuckles says, annoyed.

Knuckles then grabs Sonic's hand and tosses both hedgehogs in the air. The next moment, Tails grabs both of the hedgehogs and toss them in the air.

"Good throw, Bud!" Sonic says.

"Good luck, guys!" Tails says.

Bunnie then grabs them and tosses them in the air.

Eve says, "Almost there."

Bunnie calls out, "Here he comes, sugah-hogs!"

Sonic and Eve continue to fly in the air as the Egg Phoenix continues to fly towards them. Soon, the flying machine is closing in on them.

"Having flown the Tornado a fair bit, I should warn you about flying straight up, doc," Sonic says.

"He's right. And in the matter of minutes, your engines will give out…" Eve says.

Egg the Egg Phoenix continues to fly up straight, it's engine begins to give out of itself. The Egg Phoenix begins to fall out of the sky. Sonic and Eve fall out of the sky as well and close to Eggman.

"Seriously, dude. You're supposed to be a genius," Sonic says.

Eggman angrily says, "Don't you dare mock me! I'll burn you both alive! All of you!"

Unknown to Eggman, Charmy, Ray, and Saffron are close by and see the Egg Phoenix is no longer on fire.

"The fires are out! Now's our chase!" Ray says.

With that, they begin to put Tails' neutralizing mines on the Egg Phoenix.

Charmy places them on as he says, "It's like planting flowers!"

"Just do it quickly, dear!" Saffron happily says.

The group continues to put the neutralizing mines on the Egg Phoenix until they are all covered with them. Eve acts quickly and uses her Chaos Energy to lift herself and Sonic in the air.

"Nice work, guys! Now let's get out of here!" Sonic says.

Down below, Sally and Tails are seeing the Egg Phoenix is diving right towards them, and Tails has the remote to activate the neutralizing mines.

Sally calls out, "He's coming around. Tails…?"

"They have a limited range. We have to wait until he's close enough," Tails says.

But the Egg Phoenix is closing in on them and at a very close range.

Sally worriedly says, "Tails…!"

"Almost… almost…" Tails says.

Seeing the right range, Tails presses the button, "Now!"

With that, the neutralizing mines begins to cause the Egg Phoenix to shut down.

Eggman screams, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Then the Egg Phoenix crashes to the ground.

Eggman grows and shouts in rage, "Nooo… Noooo… Not…. possible! Can't… won't… how… RRRGH!?"

Sonic and Eve use their super speed to reach Dr. Eggman as he ejects from the ship and flies away on his hover chair. Then the Egg Phoenix explodes, sending the two back. Amy, Maria, and Jazz hurry to the two older hedgehogs.

"Sonic! Are you okay?" Amy asks, concerned.

"Yeah. Just medium rare," Sonic says.

Eve groans, "I think I have enough jokes for one day."

"Are you alright, Eve?" Maria asks.

"Chao Chao," Jazz replies.

Eve nods her head, "I'm okay."

Rotor drives over with the van and says, "All clear?"

"Yes. You're good. Park it over here and we'll unload the shield generator," Sally says.

Confused, Sonic asks, "Wait, that's it?"

"Yes, that's 'it.' We've made it to the Egg Dome's perimeter, driven back the Legion, and survived one of Eggman's Killer machines," Sally says.

"I suppose that makes for a full day. Y'know. For you people," Sonic says.

Sally playfully punches his shoulder, "Honestly! Go set up camp for the night."

"Sure, sure," Sonic answers with laughter.

Soon enough, Rotor, Sonia, and Manic put the shield generator and activate it. It shows a long beam up a few feet and creates a protective shield around the campsite. At the same time, everyone else put up their sleeping bags. Sonic and Eve are just about finishing theirs when they notice Tails is feeling a bit distracted.

Sonic asks, "Nervous?"

"No… yeah… I guess. I mean… this is it," Tails says.

Sonic and Eve sit next to Tails.

Tails looks at the Egg Dome and says, "Tomorrow, when we attack… it'll be over. One way or the other it'll be the end of the war."

"Yeah. It's about time, too. But don't you worry about it, little bro. We've saved the day hundreds of times over, and we'll do it again," Sonic says.

Eve says, "Yes. It's hard to 's been years since our lives were at ease."

"I know. I still remember the day it all happened when Dr. Eggman who was called Robotnik invaded the city and many of us were able to reach Knothole," Sonic says.

"And even though our lives were never the same soon after, we were able to become Freedom Fighters and work together to fight back," Eve says.

"And meet great friends, like you little bro," Sonic says, ruffling Tails' head.

"Yeah. And I became a Freedom Fighter too," Tails says.

"Yeah. I just hope once we were able to stop Dr. Eggman we can move on with our lives and live in peace," Eve says.

"Yes. I hope so," Sonic says.

Suddenly, Maria begins to yawn and lays inside her sleeping bag.

"Tired Maria," Eve asks.

Maria gently nods her head.

Eve also tucks Maria in and says, "We should get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow."

"Yeah. To stop Dr. Eggman once and for all," Sonic says.

Soon after, the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix decide to sleep early and get themselves ready for tomorrow's final battle.

Meanwhile in the Egg Dome, Dr. Eggman returns with burn marks and smoke coming out from them. He is furious about being beaten once again.

"Uncle," Snively replies.

Dimitri asks, "Are you all right?"

Eggman angrily says, "Shut up! Round up the Dark Alliance!"

"Legion!" Snively and Dimitri correct him.

Eggman angrily says, "Whatever! They have work to do! Tomorrow is it!"

"Yes. It certainly will be," Snively says, and turns to Dimitri.

Snively seems to be waiting for something as well, and it appears he and Dimitri are having a secret alliance with one another. What will happen? Will the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix will be able to defeat Dr. Eggman and end the war?