Chapter 6: The best know how to make an entrance.

X.x.x. New Mobotropolis, 6:00 p.m., six hours until encounter .x.x.X

As the looming battle approaches, the city of New Mobotropolis is filled with an atmosphere of subtle fear and confusion as a mandatory curfew city streets begin to clear out. Among the commotion, Tails and Sally are strolling to his hangar.

Tails is the first to break the silence, "Uh Sally, Do you really think that guy is able to get to Sonic from here?"

"Honestly," Tails nods, "I'm not sure, Tails. Any other time, nobody in their right mind would try except Eggman but now..."

"We're divided" Sally looks at the young fox in shock, not at his statement but at his ability to admit it. "Although they don't show it, Bunnie and Antoine are mad at Sonic for what happened with Amy, Rotor can't join us in the field due to his injuries, Knuckles can't find the Chaotix, Amy is missing, and" tears begin to well in Tails eyes "I'm too banged up to help him the one time he needs me."

"Tails don't beat yourself up about this" Tails is suddenly embraced by Sally. "You're doing more than enough and hopefully the plan works so we can put this nonsense behind us and focus on putting the team back together, okay."

Tails wipes his eyes and nods "Okay" he grabs her arm and begins to run, "Let's get to my hangar, I have a few things that can help us tonight...

X.x.x. New Mobotropolis, 2 minutes until encounter .x.x.X

The azure black sky to most would be a lovely contrast to the golden ambiance of the streetlights, but to the freedom fighters, the night was a veil hiding their potential threat. Sonic stands in the center of the courtyard in the open, while Sally, Bunnie, and Antoine stay out of sight hiding behind the various stores and statutes that dot the courtyard's edges. The silence of the once lively street adds to the uneasy nature of the mission leading every sound to cause someone to jump. From a hidden location Bunnie breaks the silence over the radio

"Ah swear Sal its two minutes 'til Midnight and I don't think he's gonna show."

"Hopefully he won't show, but until then we can't rule an assault in the city out."

Antoine's voice also chimes into her piece "This man must be a full of shit or crazy to not only attack sonic but also do it inside the city where he lives."

"Maybe I'll ask him for you," Sonic said as he stared at the ringing phone "Guys, be prepared for anything."

"So it's almost that time, I see you decided to keep the home field advantage. Hope you can pay for the damages."

Sonic grins "that's a lot of big talk for someone whose almost a minute from being late, don't tell me you got cold feet?" A massive object crashes into the ground at the end of the courtyard. "Alrighty," Sonic lowers the phone "Let's see what you got."

Bursting through the cloud of dust, a massive gorilla like robot charges at Sonic. Sonic grins as he stands firm as the hulking mech jumps into the air, raising two small car sized arms with full commitment to crush the hedgehog so far into earth that a coffin wouldn't be needed. As the arms of the robot is inches away from the hero's face, Sonic's image turns into scattering particles leaving both arms stuck in the ground. The particles reform out of range and appear as a smug Nicole.

"To be fair, you would have missed Sonic anyway with that slam." As the behemoth tries to pull its arms out of the ground, it is immediately locked to the ground as Sally and Antoine place a disc on each arm that magnetized them to a beam in the very place it had struck. As it struggles to break free; Bunnie walks to it, points her arm cannon at its face, and in the blink of an eye blows its head clean off its shoulders...

X.x.x. Outside of New Mobotropolis, 1 minute until encounter .x.x.X

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are watching the action on a tablet screen from the ledge of a cliff several miles away. The six hours given to prepare allowed Tail's plan to work flawlessly. The attack had ended so fast that he almost felt silly for setting up the thermal and motion alarms around the clearing. Behind him, he heard Sonic laughing into the phone. "Was that all? Eggman drunk off his ass could do better that this. You, mean I was expecting this grand plan and I'm given a single robot." Sonic looks at the time. "You still have about thirty seconds to do something else or are you done wasting mine and everyone else's time?"

"Your right," an array of lights form a blinding wall blocking escape into the woods, "let's cut to the chase and get to business!" A voice from behind the trio shocks them from their celebration. An armor clad mobian stands before them. Tails frantically looks for his alarms only to find them all deactivated. "I don't mind your two friends watching," Tails and Knuckles stand at the ready, "But I'd like to keep this fight mostly private, so I'll put the rest of your pals on ice." Within seconds, New Mobotropolis is sealed in a massive energy shield.

X.x.x. New Mobotropolis .x.x.X

The team in the city is stunned as the wall of lights catch their attention. Before they can act, the city's shields were activated and a projection of the heroes facing the assailant on the ledge was displayed on it.

Sally looks to the lynx "Nicole, lower the shields! He is at Sonics location and we have to get there now!"

Nicole tries to summon a holographic panel but it is destroyed as soon as it was made. "The shields are not responding to anything I do. I'm locked out of that system. I'll go find Rotor and we will try to override them."

Sally nods as Nicole disappears, she looks back to the projection "You say you always got things like this Sonic, I hope you are right."