Author's Note: I first like to thank the compliment by GameFreak38. Like I said when I will answer all your questions, but some I cannot answer since they will be answered in later chapters. To answer Shade-the-Hedgehog's question, I added the Battle Bird Armada since I feel they were forgotten and I didnt' want to have Robotnik (Eggman) attacking Westside Island again. To continue to answer his question (if he doesn't already know),they were only in one game, Tails' Adventure, and I felt they needed to be in a fanfic since they are nearly forgotten. Since I could not find out their true objective in Tails' Adventure, I gave them an insane objective that almost borders world domination.
Chapter Two
Reunion of Old Friends
Emerald Hill, a beautiful plain of hills that sparkled like emeralds in the sun and the palm trees waved in the wind with their bounty of coconuts thick at their tops. The inhabitants of Westside Island used this plain as a picnic site throughout the year (if the beach was too crowded). This was once a peaceful place to relax, but now this time it is different since the last time this plain's peace was disrupted.
Now, the Battle Bird Armada is kidnapping the inhabitants and using them to enslave them into rebuilding their fortress. On a cliff that overlooked the hills stood two of the planet's heroes; one of them well known worldwide and the other is known in a city for a heroic deed.
"This is bad," the blue hedgehog said.
"Yes," his young twin tailed fox friend said as an aircraft took off from the hills with its stash of slaves.
"What's that?" the hedgehog said as he spotted a tightly packed blob and he could tell that there was a fight going on since he could see small figures flying from the blob. "I'll go ahead on the ground while you take them from surprise in the air, Tails," the hedgehog said to his friend.
"Roger, Sonic," Tails said as Sonic jumped off the cliff face and ran down its face toward the ground as Tails used his twin tails like the propeller of a helicopter to gain altitude and take his place for his surprise assault.
Down where the blob was; there was a fight occurring as the armored birds tried to subdue the two they had surrounded. One of them was a red shelled, black eyed armadillo and the other was a yellow and brown, black eyed flying squirrel. They were both caught in the middle of the melee as they both fought against the birds. The armadillo punched one of the birds causing it to be sent backwards at such an incredible speed that it caused it to knock over the others behind it and caused considerable damage to their armor. The squirrel on the other hand, used his prehensile-like tail to grab one of the armored birds and toss them like a rag doll against the others. He also used his tail as a bat to swat the birds away.
"This is getting bad," the squirrel said slightly scared.
"We've been through worst times than this. We can beat them!" the armadillo said as he hit another bird and causing the same result as before as it knocked over its own comrades.
"Really," the squirrel said sarcastically, "the last time we've been in this much trouble is when that Eggman character captured both of us along with Sonic the Hedgehog," the squirrel said as he used his tail to grab another bird and to bat others from getting to him before he let it flying into another.
"Come off it Ray; we can take them all on!" the armadillo said as he took one of the birds and tossed it into another causing the others behind him to fall over.
"Like the time you got captured on Angel Island, Mighty?" the armadillo didn't answer the squirrel's question.
"LOOK OUT!" the armadillo named Mighty shouted as the birds started to bombard them with laser fire from the air.
They began to dodge the laser fire which was almost impossible since they were both surrounded. That was until a blue blur came by and it attacked all of the birds out of the sky forcing them to the ground. The blue blur came to a stop revealing it to be a blue, green eyed hedgehog dusting his hands after accomplishing his task. The birds abandoned their armor and they began to retreat.
"SONIC!" Mighty and Ray said in unison as they approached him to greet him.
"Long time, no see, Mighty and Ray," as they all greeted each other with high fives and hand shakes, but their reunion would be cut short by the drone of an engine.
Four mechanical-like birds came down and they were twice the size than the three of them. A familiar laugh was heard and Sonic knew that laugh too well since he had heard it before. It was the same muscle bound duck in his familiar aircraft. He was holding a gem in his hand and Sonic could only guess what it was.
"Well landlubber, you've enlisted the help of more like you?" the leader said and he sounded amused. "You won't be able to destroy my elite since their armor is much tougher than the ones on my other men. By the way, I have another Chaos Emerald to add to power my fortress as I come one step closer to dominating the world. So, are you ready to surrender?"
"No, but I have something to say that you should also now," Sonic said casually.
"What!" sounding the least of being surprised.
"He who has the high ground; has the advantage," Sonic pointed to the sky and as if by cue; something became attached to the leader's elite men's armor. Then they were all dragged together by the devices; where they were pinned with their backs to each other.
Something hit the leader's aircraft as it was flipped upside-down and he hit the ground face first. The leader groaned as he hit the ground and two emeralds became dislodged from his uniform. A figure dropped from the sky to where the Emeralds have landed. It was a young twin tailed; blue eyed fox and he bent over and picked up one of the Emeralds.
"I think this one belongs to me," he said indicating toward the turquoise colored emerald.
The leader of the Armada gave out a low growl before he activated a button on his wrist and causing another smokescreen consuming everyone just before the fox could pick up the second Emerald. Everyone ended up gasping for air as they coughed and after the smoke had cleared. The duck was gone and so was the Chaos Emerald, which was green, which was on the ground.
"Great, he gets away and with a Chaos Emerald!" Mighty said after he had regained his breath.
"We will Mighty," Sonic reassured him.
"I suggest you run and hide kid before they come back," Ray said as he addressed the fox.
"Excuse me!" the fox said sounding offended as he put the Emerald into his backpack. "I just help save your hides, and do you two know the island as well as me?" Mighty and Ray could only stutter. "I thought so."
"Chill you two. This is my best bud, Tails, and he knows this island like the back of his hand. Tails these two are some friends I met, Mighty and Ray, when we ended up being captured by Eggman a few years before we met." Sonic said putting his arms around their shoulders.
After a short greeting, Mighty asked Sonic a question, "Do you still have that biplane that Ray and I gave you?"
"Well," Sonic said with a nervous chuckle, "it got shot down by Eggman and it became lost to the depths of the ocean."
"How did you get here?" Ray asked surprised that their gift to Sonic was shot down.
"The same way I left after you two gave me the biplane," Sonic replied.
"You flew another biplane here?" Mighty asked raising an eyebrow.
"I didn't," Sonic simply replied and their jaws dropped as they turned to Tails before turning back to Sonic.
"You're telling me" Ray began but Tails cut him off.
"That I flew the biplane and I also built it. I am an expert mechanic and an expert pilot when it comes to anything that flies," he added to their shocked faces.
"Let's stop our arguing and focus our sights on stopping the Armada's attempts to gain the rest of the Emerald," Sonic said trying to divert their attention from Tails.
"Right," Mighty and Ray said in unison.
"Where to first, Tails?" Sonic asked Tails.
"Well," he said as he used his twin tails to hover a few feet on the ground as he began to think with his hand on his chin, "we could first check out where the old chemical plants were when Eggman was here and it's impolite to stare," Tails added as Mighty and Ray stared at the young fox hovering off the ground.
"Lead the way and we'll follow."
"Sure thing," Tails said as he turned and took off in the opposite direction. Sonic took made sure that Mighty and Ray had a firm grip on him before he took off to follow his young friend.
Sonic has been reunited with some old friends and they join him and Tails on a mission to halt the Armada's ambitious plans. The current Emerald count is one to zero in the Armada's favor. Can they keep the Emerald that powers the Tornado safe so that the Armada does not make a mistake in stealing it and cause total chaos around the world? The Armada's elite have failed, but what else does the elite have in their armory to counter the effects of Tails weapons? Can they, especially Tails, stay one step ahead of the Armada's plans to halt them?
Preview:
This is Tails, and with our new allies, Sonic and I first check out the old chemical plants to find out that everything associated with them is gone. Upon finding nothing, we journey toward the ancient ruins on the island. After showing Sonic's friends that I can handle things on my own, we come across the Armada's attempt to gain another Chaos Emerald. However, they played dirty when we attempted to gain the Emerald. After that blotched attempt, we journey to the only part of the island that appears at night and I, however; me some people who I thought I would never see again. Find out what happens next time!
Copyright: Sonic, Tails, Robotnik (Eggman), Mighty, Ray, and the Battle Bird Armada are all copyrighted by Sega. The leader of the Armada also copyrighted by Sega in this fanfic.
Post Author's Note: Again, this may be short and I don't want to go too fast in the action. The attacks for Ray are based on the game he was introduced in (I can't remember the title) and since that game was not introduced in the US; I felt it necessary to stay true to his character. On a sidenote, to state a quote I found on the net and I can't remember where I have seen it: "Mighty is as strong as Sonic is fast." That should give you an idea of the strength of Mighty.
