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 with some grilled cheese.

These * * indicate thought and Nicole speaking.

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. Thanks to everyone for reviewing it!
This is going to be a longer chapter, with a 'new spacing technique' being
tested.

The Band Break-Up
By Orion Gecko

Chapter 7- Conflicts

He opened his eyes and immediately shut them again. It was bright in the
room, all white and it stung his eyes. He rubbed his paws over his eyes
and opened them again. By this time he was used to the light. He was
suddenly aware of someone else in the room.

"Hi."

S***. He had died, and gone to heaven!

"You ok man?"

He glanced over to a green figure next to his bed. Bed? Wait, where was
he? Couldn't be heaven, it didn't have the distinct smell of disinfectant. A hospital!

"You saved my life, I just wanna know if you're ok."

He coughed. Yeah he was ok, but what did he do? He had just got revenge
on the thing that had killed most of his family, and it was just a
coincidence that this guy had been saved.

"I'm ok."

That sounded a bit impolite after the way he must have been treated while
he was unconscious.

"Thankyou."

"It should be me thanking you." He replied.



Outside the room, Sally was pacing. Knuckles was sitting down, helping
himself to a bunch of grapes that they had bought for him. Dr. Quack
wandered over to them, with a bundle of papers in his hands.

"Will he be ok?" Sally asked.

The doctor smiled.

"In time, yes. He has been severely dehydrated but should get better
provided he gets lots of fluids."

Sally nodded her head silently. Knuckles stood up and took her by the
hand. He led her outside and back to her hut. Sonic was waiting outside
for them, pacing, and looking really bored.

"So, when are we going?" He demanded.

Sally laughed. She took the two mobians into her hut and went through the
plan. About an hour later, they emerged and wandered over to the
'weapon hut' as it was known. Sally got loaded up with a small rifle
plasma gun and Knuckles with a larger, more powerful gun. Sonic
insisted on having just his feet and 'wits'.
As they were leaving Knothole, a small hedgehog raced up to them.

"Sonic!" she yelled happily.

She ran into the blue hedgehog and hugged him. Sonic went slightly pink
at having his 'fan' show him affection in front of his friendly nemesis.
Knuckles was, in fact, almost in tears at the blue hedgehog, and at the
expression on his face.

"AMY!" he yelled. "What do you want?!?"

"I Wanna go too." The little 10 year old wailed.

Sonic shook her off and pushed her towards the village. Tails trotted up
towards them, with a small gleam in his eyes.

"No." Sonic said shortly, and revved off with Sally and Knuckles in tow.


Another pink hedgehog was tramping down a slope. She had had enough
now. She was going back to her fiancée and back to living in a life of
comfort. She didn't care about what happened to her brothers now. She
suddenly slipped on a patch of muddy grass and fell the last few feet,
landing in a small puddle face-first at the bottom.

"AAAAAHHHH." she screamed.

The pink teen looked up, only to find herself surrounded by robots.
ULTRAbots and SWATbots. There were too many for her to take out at
once, so she put her hands up in submission. This was definitely a bad day
for her.


Meanwhile, her brother had arrived in Robotroplis, just a few miles away
from where his sister was. He looked around suspiciously. There wasn't a
bot to be seen anywhere. Sally jumped out of his arms and pulled out
Nicole.

"Nicole, scan for any robotic activity around here." She asked, puzzled.

The mini computer whirred for a few seconds and gave out an answer.

*There are no robots in the area who are capable of any damage to us."
Nicole confirmed.

Knuckles scratched his head. He looked bored with the talk, as did the
blue spiky teen next to him.

"C'mon Sal, it's empty! Lets get going before they come back!" He
moaned.

Sally sighed and clipped Nicole back onto her boot. She pulled out her gun
and they went into the city.


Inside the city, Sonia was strapped into a metal machine. All around the
room were SWATbots. The room and the corridors outside were filled
with them. She was nervous. All that the obese Overlander had to do was
press a single button and he would have her under his complete control. In
a matter of minutes she would be a metallic statue, only made to do his
bidding. So, princess. I am a powerful enemy, as you know. Or I could be
a valuable ally. Which do you choose? To rot in my dungeons for an
eternity? Or to reveal the answers to several of my questions?" he
murmured.

Sonia considered her options. She could do the right thing and take her
chances with the roboticizer, or she could just give in and stay alive. Since
she didn't want to think about how terrible her complexion would look as
a robot, she decided to spill the beans. (A/N. . .You can tell already that I
don't like Sonia can't you! :))

"What do you want to know?"

A loud beep came from the control panel near Robotnik.

"Sir, the hedgehog has been spotted on the outskirts of the city." Snivley
whined.

Robotnik's eyes narrowed.

"Get him!" he thundered.


All of the monitors in the room flashed on. A familiar blue hedgehog
stood in the centre screen. Behind him were two other mobians, also
frightenly well remembered. They looked as though they were well armed
and were ready to do some damage to his city. He turned back to Sonia,
whose eyes were blazing with malice at her brother and 'ex' standing there
with a girl she didn't know. Probably some worthless commoner.

An orange dingo and _slightly_ intellegent looking wolf stepped out in front
of the three mobians.

"Well, hedgehog, it seems we meet again." Sleet exclaimed.

Knuckles clenched his fists. The last time he had saw these two pricks he
had almost lost his emerald, and his home. The next second, Sleet had
brought out a small television set and set it in front of the blue teen's face.
The screen flickered on and Sonic saw his sister in the roboticizer. A part
of him felt smug that his sister couodn't cope without him as she had said.
But another part of him felt guilty. He was going to lose another family
member if he didn't do something quick.

"Sal, Knux, keep these guys busy, I'm gonna go grab my sis. We'll meet
back at Knothole!" He yelled.

He zoomed off at a rapid pace, so fast that his feet let off a thick black
smoke and a trail of fire followed the path he had just created.

Robotnik turned away from the screen and back towards the princess. She
looked angry, he noticed. Perfect. He could capture the hedgehog and get
rid of two pests at once. A ghost of a smile wandered over his bushy
mouth.

"Sonia, what is the matter? You obviously seem distressed. Is there any
way for me to help?"

"I hate him." The princess answered.


Sonic raced up the stairs, past the third floor now.

*I'm comin sis. Hold on!" He thought to himself as he raced up. Fourth
floor.

Fifth.

Sixth.

Seventh.

Eighth.

He crashed into a huge group of robots. There were thousands of them, all
bunched up.

"HEDGEHOG PRIORITY 2. PRIORITY 1- STAND AT BASE." Two
droned in unison.

Sonic backed off, and seeing that neither of them were going to attack, he
just walked straight through them, and hurled himself up the next flight of
stairs.

Ninth.

Another squadron of SWAT's. He simply ploughed through these, and
ripped them apart by the dozens. He sped up the next flight of stairs, and
skidded to a halt. He stared down the corridor. In it was. . .nothing? A
clear path to the main control room. It was too easy. Much to easy. But if
he didn't take the chance, he was going to lose his sister. He ran down the
short corridor, cautiously and stopped at the door. If he went onto his
tiptoes he could see inside the glass window just above his head. He could
see his sister unhappily strapped to the thing that had caused his family so
much pain. In a huge rage, he ran straight into the room and. . .everything
went black.