All characters are (c) Sega or Archie Comics! I own MARK!! He's MINE,
MINE, ALL MINE! Anyone using him without permission will be fried
and put on a sandwich.

These * * indicate thought.

I got the idea for this story whilst reading another fic. The ending was a
bit crap so I decided to do a similar story and hope that it turned out better.
Oh yeah, and this is a SU/SatAM story, so if you don't like it, don't
bother reading it and flaming me, cause there ent no point. There is a
Sonic/Sally relationship in here as well, so once again, if it ent your cup
of tea, then don't bother reading it. And guess what? Tails is in this chapter
too!! And guess what else? So is Knux!!

The Band Break-Up
By Robyn Echidna

Chapter 4- Reunions

In a holding room in Robotroplis, Manic was pacing. His mind was
racing. Surely the Freedom Fighters knew he was here, and were going to
rescue him. The door opened and a solitary Overlander entered the room.
The only Overlander that didn't have the need for weapons. He was a
weapon more sophisticated than anything that the Freedom Fighters could
throw at him. He was Packbell. A smirking, black-haired android, more
powerful than any other 'living' thing on Mobius. Manic, however, did
not know this. He leapt at the android, and attempted to suffocate him.
Packbell grabbed the green hedgehog by his throat and held him out at
arms length.
"You really think that you can hurt me?" he laughed.
His captive was going blue around the mouth and moments later he hung
loose in the androids grip. Packbell gave a sinister laugh and dragged the
unconscious hedgehog to the interrogation room.


Tails, meanwhile, had woken up, scared and cold. The young kit was lost.
He wanted to go home. But there was no-one there to help him. He
shivered. It was dark in the room, since night had fallen long ago. He
crawled out of the corner he had nestled in and made his way towards the
entrance to the building. It was pitch black out. He started to cry again. He
wanted his aunt Sally. There was a loud thumping noise. It was getting
closer, and closer. It stopped just outside the house that Tails had hidden
in.
"FREEDOM FIGHTER: TAKE TO HOLDING CELLS." It announced.
Tails screamed as the SWATbot grabbed him and took him towards a
huge metallic building.


Meanwhile, Sonia was vacating on Mobius' eighth wonder-the Floating
Island. She was convinced that the Guardian, Kuckles, had a thing for her.
He didn't in fact, because he was going steady with another echidna by
the name of Julie-Su. He was getting tired of the pink hedgehog by now,
since she had spent the last 5 weeks on his island, constantly annoying
him. He was now hiding in the emerald chamber, with Archie, his tutor. The
small Fire Ant was instructing the teenage Echidna how to levitate
himself, and other things.
"Concentrate, young Guardian, focus your energy on raising yourself off
the ground." Archie snapped.
Knuckles was levitating, about an inch off the floor. He sighed and fell
back with a thump.
"S'no use Archie. I just can't concentrate." He sighed, getting up.
Archie scratched his head.
"Maybe you could have a break for a while. Go visit your friends on the
mainland maybe." He murmured, shaking his head.
"Ok, see ya later. Look after the island for me." Knuckles yelled as he ran
out.
Sonia, who had been looking for him, saw him and chased him off the
island, watching him until he was a small red speck in the distance. She
saw him lower down over the Great Forest, going out of sight around the
centre.
"I'll follow him!" she thought.
She turned on her heel and walked over towards the Floating Island's
airport, built after the SU had first crash landed on the Island.


Sonic, Sally, Bunnie and Antoine were standing on the edge of
Robotroplis, gazing over the huge city.
"Sure he's in there Sal?" The blue hedgehog asked.
His love nodded.
"Yes, Nicole says he and another prisoner are in the Interrogation Block."
Sonic looked bummed. Sally went through the escape plan again, for the
boys' sake. They split up at the old Doomsday tower and raced off, Sonic
with Sally and Bunnie with Antoine. Bunnie and Ant were the distractions
and Sonic and Sally were going in to rescue the captives. It was a simple
plan, but Robotnik fell for it every time. The two raced towards the main
control tower, keeping out of sight whilst the others crashed things up and
littered the streets with robot parts.
Once inside, they split up. Sally took the direction towards the holding
cells while Sonic took the scenic route up to the Interrogation room.


"Sir, the hedgehog has been sighted!" Snivley exclaimed.
He was monitoring the computer screens. His uncle slammed his fist onto
the arm of his chair.
"Capture him!" he yelled.
His nephew nodded and pressed a few buttons. He pulled a small mike
towards him.
"All SWATbots go to sector 143. Capture priority 1." He called.
He sat back in his chair and watched the huge screen in front of him.
Robotnik, behind his nephew, also sat and watched the same screen,
which swapped from camera to camera, following the speedy blue
hedgehog.


Packbell was strapping Manic into an electrocution chair. He yawned and
opened his eyes blearily. The android moved away from the chair and over
towards the control panel. He smiled cruelly.
"So, rodent, where is Knothole?" he asked smoothly.
Manic shook his head. Packbell, thinking it to mean that he wasn't
telling, pushed The Button. An electrical current flew through the green
hedgehog's body. His body jerked upwards and he howled like crazy.
Then, it stopped.
"I...I haven't...heard of...of any Knothole." He gasped.
Packbell growled and pushed The Button again.
"Then where is your mother?" he growled. Manic was screaming, a high
pitched wail that continued for minutes. Tears poured down his face. The
electric stopped, once again. There was a loud thump. Sonic stood in the
doorway.
"Hey Packsmell, didja miss me?" he asked, smirking.
The grin was wiped off his face as soon as he saw his green brother
strapped up. In a flash he was gone. Packbell lay on the floor, stunned. He
had been hit by a whirling blue ball of light speeding towards him at 50
miles an hour. Sonic grabbed his 'bro' and took off through the door. The
entire scene was watched by Robotnik and Snivley.

Sally, meanwhile was unlocking the door to Tails' cell. The young kit was
soon freed, and he flew into his aunts arms as soon as he was loose. He
cried and cried.
"I missed you aunt Sally!" he wailed.
Sally hushed him softly.
"Lets get out of here first honey, and join up with the rest." She said gently,
placing a soft kiss on the end of his nose.
The young kitsune nodded. A small boom reached their ears and seconds
later, Sonic appeared, carrying some sort of green 'thing'. Sally looked at
him.
"The prisoner?" she asked.
"My brother." Sonic grinned.
Sally's eyes widened, but a split second later she and Tails were being
dragged along at the speed of sound, towards the exit. Moments later, they
reached the spot they had started from. Bunnie and Antoine were there as
well, looking out of breath.
"How did you do?" Sally asked.
Bunnie smiled. Ant just looked exhausted.
"The back-up supply's busted sally-girl." She announced.
Sally smiled. Everything had worked out perfectly.
"Well, we got the captive and rescued lil' dude here." Sonic grinned.
Tails was still holding onto Sally, sniffing into her chest.
"Can we be goings to Knothole now?" Antoine asked.
He was still totally exhausted, but he didn't want to stay there a minute
longer. They made their way to Knothole, with Sonic carrying his brother,
Sally carrying Tails and Bunnie carrying Antoine.


Yay! 4th chapter finished at last! Sorry this took such a long time. There'll
be more of Knux in the next chapter as well, and Manic will wake up as
well. So thats two more characters in Knothole now!
Till the next chapter,
Robyn Echidna