Eggman Empire Downfall Episode 3: Knocking on Eggman's Door
Time has gone by and everyone is beginning to wake up. Sonic and Eve are still a little tired from their late night mission. Many of them are waking up while some of the younger Freedom Fighters are still a little sleepy. Jazz also yawns and flies on Eve's head with a tired look on her face. Sonic walks to Rotor as he stretches his arms and lets out a big yawn.
He then says, "Morning, Rotor! Sleep well?"
"Couldn't sleep. So I set up the link to New Mobotropolis instead," Rotor says, looking very tired.
"New Mobotropolis?" Eve says, confused.
"I think one of us needs more sleep, because that made no sense," Sonic says.
But Sally types on her computer pad and says,, "We're setting up a live data stream back to our city."
"Oh cool! Why?" Sonic asks, interested and confused.
"To keep everyone back home informed. One way or another, our fight with Dr. Eggman ends today," Sally says.
"We… the whole thing will be monitored?" Sonic says, confused.
Eve says, "I wasn't told about it. Why is the whole mission being monitored?"
"I propose the notion. Our people have the right to know," Sally says.
"I guess that makes sense, but how do you suppose we monitor the entire thing?" Eve asks.
"Chao Chao," Jazz replies.
"With my help, of course," Nicole says, on the computer pad.
Then says to Sally, "The monitors are online here and I've just synced with Rotor. Can I get a level check please?"
Back in New Mobotropolis, many of the citizens are walking around the city and seeing the big monitor close by. Just then, the screen turns on to reveal Sonic.
Sonic waves and says, "Hi mom!"
Eve walks to the scene with a giggle, "Oh Sonic!"
Many of the citizens are excited to see the events. Back at the battle field, everyone is now ready to finish the way with Dr. Eggman.
Sally turns to Julie-Su, Okay… last check, Julie-Su?"
"I'm synced with Nicole and will be the contact for our team," Julie-Su says.
With the Chaotix, Knuckles says, "The Chaotix are ready, Sally."
The Freedom Fighters are ready as well.
"Let's do it to it, Sal," Sonic says.
"I'll keep things under control here," Rotor says.
With everyone ready, Sally commands, "Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! Let's take down the Eggman Empire!"
The Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix charge to invade the Egg Dome.
Meanwhile, in the Egg Dome itself, the Legion is carrying different types of metal, rods, beams, and other stuff to a specific location.
Lien-Da gives the order, "The enemy has begun their assault! Step it up, everyone!"
Then turns to the Legionnaire with a gun, "Team 'Fire' to entry point Alpha."
Then turns her head to the opposite direction, "Team 'Ice' to Entry point Beta. You're the front lines."
She continues to call out, "Every piece of material goes to the barricade outside of the Core Chamber. Follow Dr. Eggman's blueprint exactly!"
One of the legionnaires brings a giant beam and makes Lien-Da duck her head as they walk by.
"Follow the plan, everyone," Lien-Da says, to the Legionnaire.
The Legionnaires continue to follow the directions and fill the barricade as fast as they can.
Lien-Da groans as she says, "It makes no blasted sense, but it's all we've got."
"The plan does make sense, Lien-Da," The robotic voice says.
Lien-Da turns her head to see Dimitri walking towards her.
Lien-Da sarcastically asks, "A barricade with a hole just big enough for Sonic and Eve to get through makes sense?"
"No, not the doctor's plan. That madness I mean the plan," Dimitri says.
"Ah, still. That's a risky gambit," Lien-Da says.
Then starts questioning, "Can we really trust Snively? We know nothing about 'her' except what he's told us."
"As the saying goes, Granddaughter: 'Any port in a storm,' Dimitri says.
Then begins to walk away, "Until then, follow the doctor's orders. Our people should emerge largely unscathed, and then the 'heroes' will be his problem?"
Outside of the Egg Dome, Bunnie and Mighty use their strength to slam the door as hard and it begins to leave a large amount of cracks.
"Almost thought!" Bunnie says.
Just a couple of more hits!" Mighty says.
At the same time, Sonic and Eve are ready themselves as Amy is holding her hammer.
"Man-o-man. I feel bad for anyone waiting for us on the other side," Sonic says.
"You can say that again. The moment we go in, they'll be seeing two hedgehogs," Eve says.
Amy holds her hammer, "Ready for launch, Sonic?"
"Two speed-dash special on our mark!" Sonic says.
Just then, Mighty and Bunnie are able to make an opening.
"We're in!" Mighty says.
Then Bunnie says, "Go, sugah-hogs!"`
Sonic and Eve begin their spin dash and Amy uses her hammer to hit them like croquet balls. Sonic and Eve are launched inside and press their feet on the wall to see no one is around.
"Aww… I guess they're all lying in wait," Sonic says.
Eve calls out, "Coast is clear, guys!"
That's when everyone enters the building.
"Alright everyone! Let's move in!" Sally says.
Everyone then hurries inside.
Sally says, "Eve, Maria, Fiona, and Nic. You and the Chaotix have the east hall! Julei-Su, keep me posted!"
Julie-Su gives her a thumbs up.
"On it Sally," Eve says.
With that, Eve and her Freedom Fighter Group and the Chaotix head off down the East Hall.
Sally turns to the rest, "Freedom Fighters! Take the West hall! Sonic, you're on point!"
"Sweet!" Sonic says.
The groups head off in different directions. Sonic begins to jump on their heads.
He laughs and says, "I can't smash you guys like Badniks, but you're just as much fun to jump on!"
"This is so exciting! In the thick of the final battle with the love of my life!" Amy happily says and swings her hammer around. Knocking the Legionnaires down.
"It's especially nice since we've been fighting Eggman for a long time and we're going to end it," Tails says.
Sonic then jumps and kicks them while Manic swings his foot around the ground, tripping them.
"And I wouldn't have it any other way. Keep up the pace, guys!" Sonic says.
Antoine fights the Legionnaire as he blocks the blast of their guns. Suddenly, one prepares a sneak attack from behind.
Sally punches the Legionnaire, "Got yer back, Sugah-twan!"
"Merci beaucoup, mon amour. There iz one behind you," Antoine says.
Bunnie then punches the Legionnaire from behind.
"Thanks, hon. Tails made a good point, y know? Ah think we have been fighting Eggman for a really long time," Bunnie says.
"Oui. Our lives have changed because of zis war against ze doctor," Antoine sand slices the Legionnaire's gun.
Sally punches the Legionnaire, "You can say that again. Even I have to fight them."
Then slices their weapons with her Ring Blades.
Sally turns to the Fighters, "Keep the pressure, Team! We don't want to keep the others waiting!"
Meanwhile, Eve's Freedom Fighters group and the Chaotix are still fighting against the Dark Legionnaires. Vector punches the Legionnaire while Julie-Su uses her blaster.
Vector turns to Julie-Su, "Feel weird blasting your old comrades?"
"Ever get tired of being so dense?" Julie-Su asks, not pleased.
Then turns to Vector, "And the Legion stopped being my comrades a long time ago!"
"I notice you've still got that tech hanging off her head, though," Vector remarks.
Suddenly, they both shout, "Behind you!"
Vector punches the Legionnaire behind Julie-Su, while Julie-Su blasts the Legionnaire's gun behind Vector.
They both turn to each other with confused expressions, "... Thanks."
"Let's not make a habit of rescuing each other," Julie-Su says.
"No way! We don't want folks thinking we like each other," Vector says.
Meanwhile, Espio ducks down while Mighty rolls into a ball using his shell to protect. Eve is also using her Chaos shield to protect herself.
"Stay back! We're pinned down!" Espio says.
Just then, Charmy, Saffron, and Ray fly towards the scene.
"Charmy and friends to the rescue!" Charmy happily cheers.
With that the three begin to attack the Legionnaire.
Charmy shouts, "Take that! And that! And some of those!"
"How do you like that? The ones we swore to protect…" Mighty says.
"... End up saving us," Espio adds.
In another location, Fiona and Nic continue to fight together. Fiona uses her foot to kick the Legionnaire while Nic uses her blaster.
Nic says, "Take me back to the day we first met!"
"Yeah. We were also attacked by the left over robots and we ended up having each other's back," Fiona says.
She jumps and gives the Legionnaires a high jump kick.
"And we've been together ever since," Nic says, blasting the Legionnaires' weapons off.
"Having adventures, searching for treasure, and all like. And now we've joined the Freedom Fighters and are getting to beat Eggman," Fiona says.
"Yeah. Hoping we can still have a great treasure hunt after this," Nic says.
"Sounds good to me," Fiona adds.
Soon enough, Knuckles, Julie-Su, Eve, Jazz and Maria are chasing the Legionnaires.
"We've got them on the run, Knux," Julie-Su says.
"We can't let them get away," Eve says.
"Suddenly, Julie-Su asks Knuckles, "Hey, are you okay? Can you go through with this?"
"They may be half the last of our kind, but they're still working for Eggman. We have to stop them for their own good. You with me?" Knuckles replies.
"Always," Julie-Su says.
Eve giggles, "Alright, love birds. Let's get going,"
"But um, what about you Eve?" Maria asks.
"What about me?" Eve asks.
"Well, um, Legion were technically from your dad's side of the family and well, they are part of the Echidna kinda like your dad. Will you be, okay with it?" Maria asks.
"It might not be easy, but I always have to do the right thing. The best thing is to stop them and Knuckles is right, it's for their own good," Eve says.
Maria nods her head, "Right."
"Led to know we're on the same page," Knuckles says.
The four then hurry down the hall and find the others.
"Let's hurry up and…" Eve says.
But the two hedgehogs and Echidnas come to a stop.
Shocked, Knuckles says, "You!"
When they reach an entryway, they see that Dimtiri is blowing it with his dreadlocks supporting him, as he stands in the center.
He says, "That's far enough, children."
Meanwhile, Lien-Da walks into Snively's Quarters.
Snively calls out, "What's the latest report, Kommissar?"
"Team 'Fire' and 'Ice' reports losing on schedule. Points Alpha and Beta have nearly fallen and…" Lien-Da says.
But something seems off, Snivley walks over and wears a yellow cape.
Lien-Da smells something and becomes disgusted, "Ugh… are you wearing cologne?!"
"It was a gift from her region of the world. Quite the scent, isn't it?" Snively answers.
Lien-Da pinches her nose, "You could say that. Your nose is bigger than mine. How can you stand that?"
"Hmph. Yet one more thing you animals will never understand about my kind," Snively says and walks past her.
Then says annoyed, "Never mind. You may direct the legion to move on to phase two."
"Yes… sir," Lien-Da says, coughing.
Somewhere in the Egg Dome, Sonic, and the rest of the Freedom Fighters are waiting down the hall as they see the Legionnaire continue bloating them.
"Thorough bunch of cronies aren't they?" Sonic remarks.
"Unfortunately, they broke our momentum," Sally says.
She then turns to the others, "Okay, I didn't want to use our trump so soon, but I'll need a shield from Bunnie. Sonic will go in low, and Tails high. Amy and Anotine will come in next and cover them. Disarming where they can. Then Bunnie and I will…"
Cosmo suddenly says, "Um Sally…"
"Yes Cosmo…?" Sally asks, turning her head.
Cosmo says, "I don't think we need your plan anymore."
"They're gone," Galaxina says.
Sonic, and the others walk to the hall to see the Legionnaires are leaving.
"Looks like we can ditch the plan," Sonic says.
"They just retreated," Cosmo says.
"What?! They had us pinned! What's going on?" Sally asks, shocked.
Back at the east hall, Vector and the others hurry to Knuckles, Eve, and the others.
"Hey, Knx! WE're just about…" Vector says.
The Chaotix and the two Freedom Fighters come to a stop to see Dimitri.
"Hold on, Vec." Knuckles says.
Then turns to the Grandmaster, "Move, Dimitri!"
"Is that what you command. Guardian?" Dimitri questions.
Nic mutters, "It kind of is."
Dimitri continues, "At over six hundred years, I am a well of information. I am one of the few remaining Echidnas alive. I am almost all that is left of your family."
Fiona whispers to Eve, "You know, I have to wonder how you are related to this guy. I mean, I know it's because of your dad, but still…"
"Sometimes, I have to wonder about it myself," Eve mutters.
Dimitri asks, "If I refuse, will you make me move?"
"Yes," Knuckles answers.
"Hmph. Edmund's convictions live in you. Good luck, Nephew," Dimitri says, and moves out of the way.
"Uh… Knux?" Vector says, confused.
Knuckles answers, "I don't know Vec. I just don't know."
"We better get going. We need to meet up with the others," Eve says.
Right," Knuckles says.
The Freedom Fighters and Chaotix head down the hall and hurry to find the others.
Soon enough, the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix meet up at a barricaded entrance.
"Knuckles! I trust things went okay?" Sally calls out.
"Fine," Knuckles answers.
"Too easy, to be honest," Julie-Su says.
"Ditto. I know we've kicked their butts a lot recently, but it's like they're not even putting up a serious fight," Sonic says.
"Dun sound so disappointed ah think we're owed an easy win," Bunnie says.
Eve thinks, "Maybe… maybe too easy."
Tails looks at the barricade, "Maybe because they prepared for a siege? This barricade may be made of junk, but it's solidly built."
"All except for this hole. I wonder what it's for?" Ray asks, looking at the hole.
Suddenly, Espio's voice says, "It's a bottleneck and an invitation."
That's when Espio appears in front of Ray, startling him.
"Sorry, Ray," Espio says.
"Explain," Sally replies.
"Most of us could squeeze through just as they did. But we would be easy to single out and divide, hence the bottleneck…." Espio says.
"Sounds strange," Galaxina says.
Then says, "Given the chatter I heard about Eggman, I also believe the hole was meant for Sonic and Eve to spin dash through quickly and deliver them to the doctor. Hence the invitation."
"He should know how to make a couple of hedgehogs feel welcome," Sonic says.
"So we basically go through that hole and find Eggman. Knowing Eggman, he has one of his giant robots waiting for us. We also then trash it and turn the robot he has to scrape" Eve says.
"All the more reason for us to go in and beat him," Sonic says.
Then walks to the bottleneck, "Well, time to take care of business."
"Wait guys! I don't think you should go in there alone!" Sally protests.
"I'm not sure if we have any other choice," Eve says.
Then Sonic says, "Eve's right. If we spend all our energy tearing the wall down, we'll have to fall back. And then what? Wait for their counter-attack? Let Eggman run for it? Or… We go in. Start the show, and you guys come back us up. That's worked for pretty much the whole war."
"Yes, but…" Sally says, concern.
Sally sighs and hugs them both, "You be careful in there!"
"Of course we will, Sal," Sonic says.
Sally lets go of Eve and kisses Sonic on his cheek. Amy does feel a bit jealous, but decides to let it slide.
"Be careful guys, and make sure you save some fun for us," Knuckles says.
"Depends what's going down," Eve says.
Sonic turns to Tails, "Find the Breaking point for the wall for these guys, alright?"
"S-sure thing. Be careful there," Tails says.
Suddenly, Amy kisses Sonic on the other cheek, "Oh, my brave Sonic! Good luck! I love you!"
"Amy…." Sonic says, embarrassed.
He sighs and says, "Thanks."
Eve passes Jazz to Maria, "You both take care of each other and I'll be back."
"Chao Chao," Jazz says.
"Okay. Be careful," Maria says.
Sonia says, "Good luck!"
"Give Eggman a good beat down!" Manic says.
Sonic and Eve approach the hole.
"See you on the flip side, guy," Sonic says.
Sonic turns to Eve, "Ready sis."
"You know it bro," Eve says.
Sonic and Eve each take turns spin dashing through the bottleneck. They jump out and look to see the Legionnaires are giving a salute and a straight path without a fight.
"Salutes? A minute ago it was lasers. And now it's the red carpet?" Sonic says, confused.
Eve whispers, "Sonic, I'm thinking that something is off about him."
"Let's hurry," Sonic says.
The two then speed past them and are heading down the hall.
"I'm sure the Doc wants a show-down, but I think you're right. This feels off. Something's up," Sonic says.
"I'm not sure, but the Legionnaires are behaving kind of strange," Eve says.
"Maybe we can ask him once we're done overthrowing his global empire," Sonic says.
As Sonic and Eve are speeding down the hall, Snively, Lien-Da and Dimitr are seeing them heading to their destination.
Snively rubs his hands together, "And there they go; like clockwork. The anticipation is killing me!"
Then turns to Lien-Da, "Kommissar! Make sure the Dark Egg Legion holds the hedgehogs' friends at bay until they seal in with my uncle."
"Yes, sir," Lien-Da answers.
Then heads off to tell the Legion what their orders are.
Snively turns to Dimitri, "Grandmaster, you may wait for me at the landing bay on top of the Egg Dome."
"Very good, sir," Dimitri says.
Dimitri then leaves as well.
Snively walks in the different direction and says, "I'll join you shortly. I need to oversee the last moment of the Eggman Empire."
Then holds a small remote in his hand, "With a little trick up my sleeve."
Back in the center of the Egg Dome, Sonic and Eve have reached their destination.
Sonic looks at the door, "Massive armored doors. Little, enclosed space. Nowhere to go but 'in' and nowhere to go but 'back' Why didn't he just put a big, lit sign saying 'This way to the trap!' So much for presentation. Ready to party, Eggman?"
"Take it easy, Sonic. Let's just beat this robot that Eggman has and stop Eggman," Eve says, and walks ahead.
"Aw Eve, I'm just setting the mood," Sonic says, walking alongside her.
"I know, but remember what Shadow said. If he is really starting to well, lost sight of reality, we need to be careful while we're battling him," Eve says.
"I suppose. I know it's a bit off, but Shadow is usually right about things, especially you Eve. I don't want to doubt your instinct like what happened with Mammoth Mogul," Sonic says.
Eve sighs, "Yeah. I don't want something like that to happen again."
The two enter the room and the armored door closes behind him.
"I'm guessing that's when Eggman comes over with his robot," Sonic says.
Just then, a robotic leg comes walking from above. The four look up to see a giant robotic spider with a red, yellow and gray color scheme. He also has a yellow star on it.
Eggman says, "This is the end of it, rodents! You won't leave this room alive!"
"We'll see about that Eggman. Talk about big words," Sonic says.
"And now it's time we settle this war once and for all," Eve says.
"We'll see about that! I WILL destroy you! I WILL be VICTORIOUS!" Eggman says, and maniacally laughs.
Sonic and Eve prepare themselves with the battle against Dr. Eggman and put an end to this war once and for all.
