In the darkness of the night, Mobia waited.

Inside a rundown shack in downtown Aero, Mobia's young Ringweilder and a mutate fox slept fitfully, curled up in their hammocks inside. Waiting for the morning light, and whatever fate awaited them.

High on the cliff face overshadowing the city, inside the palace of Capital Aero, an auburn-haired princess lay awake in her chambers, her face buried against her cushions. Her mind whirred, scheming, like it had nights after nights before this one. Waiting for the day her father would come back and save their kingdom.

In the high-end residency street of Capitol Aero, inside Aero's Elite Tutelage Home for Girls, a small pink hedgehog stepped into the cellar from a tunnel behind the pantry. She began to climb the stairs to the sleeping hall and her room, her hammer still clenched in her hands. The rest of the night she would spend packing all her things and waiting. Waiting for the moment to rescue the only hero she had ever loved.

Far from the capitol, deep down in the Underground caverns beneath the forest of Old Mobia, a cyborg rabbit cleared plates from the floor. Farther down the room, a little girl's voice echoed through the cavern as she sang her patient to sleep on a heated ledge. The cyborg finished her work, took her communicator and called the princess while she waited. Waited for some hope that would save her comrades and country.

Across the horizon, in the depths of Robotropolis, a black hedgehog and white bat took their seats inside a small hover plane. With the thrum of the blue jet rays, the hover plane rose and left Robotropolis. To the forest, waiting. Waiting for any sign of their victims' trails.

And in the edge of this forest, a large shadow watched as well, ready to kill if the need arose—ready to kill if they tried to take him back and if they again tried to hurt the treasure he lived to protect. Waiting for the morning light to come, when he would have to crawl back into hiding once again.

Author's Note:

Aaaand, this ends Part 1 of this episode. I will keep all the parts in this same document, though, so stay tuned for Part 2. ;-)

~Connie