Episode 3: Another Love and Naugus' Return
In New Mobotropolis, Sonic and Tails are sitting with Sally and the rest of the Freedom Fighters. Sonic and Tails talk to the group about their other adventures while they are away. They talk about how they stop Eggman on all sorts of situations. When Eggman attacked the Wisp Planet, the adventure at the Lost Hex, The times with Metal Sonic. What Sonic and Tails explain leave the group in shock.
"Really? Dr. Eggman actually helped you. That's a first," Sally says.
"Oui. It is hard to believe," Antoine says.
"I know, but it's true. Well, mostly because he ended up stopping the trouble he started," Sonic says.
"I have to agree. Sounds to me that these Zetis you mention didn't like Dr. Eggman as much as we did," Bunnie replies.
"They really did. At the same time, they didn't like me and Tails either," Sonic says.
"Still, I'm surprised to hear you and Tails had a conflict during the time. Back when you lived here, you both practically never get into a fight," Sally says.
"That's true. After that incident. I'm never going to doubt Tails again," Sonic says, ruffling Tails' head.
Tails laughs, "Cut it out!"
"Still. It's good to know you made good friends to help you fighting against Dr. Eggman and his robots. I thought Dr. Robotnik with Snively were bad enough," Sally says.
"And those other two robots. Who were they called. Scratch and Grounder," Rotor says.
Sonic sighs, "Don't remind me. Those two are dumbbots."
"Hmm. Still, even though Dr. Eggman is a genius, but he sure does have holes in some of his plans," Sally says.
"No kidding," Sonic says, and begins laughing.
Then says, "Of course, Eggman is still causing trouble wherever he goes."
"Makes me wonder if that varmint will ever quit," Bunnie replies.
"Probably never," Sonic says.
Sometime later in the Great Forest, two female mobians and a small flying creature are searching around. The two mobians are Amy Rose, and Cream the Rabbit, along with her Chao friend, Cheese. Sometime ago, they received an S.O.S that is automatically activated from Tails' plane, Amy can sense that Sonic and Tails are in need to help, so they head out to look for them.
Amy calls out, "Sonic! Where are you?! Tails!"
"Mr. Sonic! Mr. Tails! Where'd you two go?!" Cream calls.
Then Cheese calls out, "Chao Chao!"
Cream asks, "Do you think they're here?"
"Hmm, they have to be. The distress signal is coming from this forest. Sonic and Tails could be hurt," Amy says, holding the tracker.
The Chao and the girls continue to look around for their friend. Suddenly, they notice a pile of Swatbots that are broken into pieces.
Cream looks at one and says, "These are funny looking robots. I wonder what happened."
"My hunch is telling me that Sonic has been here. I just know it," Amy says.
"How do you know?" Cream asks.
"Trust me, this has Sonic's name all over it," Amy says.
Cheese then points out, "Chao Chao."
And flies through the forest.
"Cheese must have found something," Cream says, and follows the Chao.
Amy hurry after them. Not long, the three are able to find Tails' plane.
"That's the Tornado," Amy says.
Then pats Cheese on the head, "Good job, Cheese."
"Chao Chao," Cheese happily says.
Cream notices with a gasp, "Oh no. One of the wings is broken. They must have crashed here."
"I think they're fine Cream. I see two sets of footprints on the ground," Amy says, kneeling to the footprints in the dirt.
Cream and Cheese look at the tracks themselves to see them heading away from the tree.
"You're right. But where does it go?" Cream replies.
Amy looks at the trail, "I'm not sure. But I know that if we follow the trail. We'll be able to find Sonic and Tails."
"Yay," Cream and Cheese cheer.
Amy says, "Stay close. We won't want you to get lost here."
"Yes Amy," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
Meanwhile in New Mobotropolis, Sonic and Tails are hanging out with Sally and the others in the city.
Sonic sighs, "It sure is a great day."
"I agree. It's been a great day in the city," Tails says.
"We're glad you guys can stay with us," Bunnie says.
"Oui. I do hope we can have the rest of ze day without any trouble," Antoine says.
Suddenly, Nicole appears in her holographic form.
"Sally, we have a situation," Nicole says.
"What is it Nicole?" Sally asks.
"Someone triggered the sensors in the Great Forest," Nicole says.
"Can you give me an exact location?" Sally says.
"It's a few miles away from Knothole. Close to where Sonic and Tails' plane have crashed," Nicole answers.
Sonic asks, "Is it Dr. Eggman? Snively? Or any of their robots?"
Nicole scans the area with her cameras in the forest, "No. I've detected three unknown beings."
"Can you show us?" Sally asks.
Nicole nods her head in reply. She then creates three holographic images. One is a pink hedgehog wearing red clothes, a small rabbit wearing an orange and white outfits, and a small blue Chaos. Seeing them leave Sonic and Tails in shock.
"It's Amy!" Sonic says, shocked.
"And Cream and Cheese too," Tails adds.
"You know them?" Sally asks.
"Amy, Cream, and Cheese are friends of ours. Cream is the small rabbit and the Chao is Cheese. The pink hedgehog is Amy," Tails says.
"And the one hedgehog who has a major crush on me," Sonic adds, rolling his eyes.
"Really?" Sally asks, surprised.
"Yeah. She likes me so much, that she says that I'm her boy friend, or kept wanting me to marry her." Sonic says.
Sally giggles and softly says, "Seems I'm not the only one who wants Sonic's attention."
Then Rotor asks, "But, what are they doing here?"
Tails says, "They must have received a distress signal from the Tornado when we crashed. I've installed one on the plane in case something like this happen."
"It's best that we go find them," Sonic says.
Then turns to Nicole, "Do you know where they're heading?"
"Yes. They're heading to Knothole," Nicole answers.
"I'll go find them," Sonic says.
Sally quickly says, "I'll go help."
Sonic, "Alright. Let's go."
Sonic and Sally head off to Knothole to find Amy and the others. Tails and the others hurry after them to help find the girls and small Chao. Sonic and Sally know that they need to find Amy and the others, before anything happens.
Later on in the Great Forest, Amy, Cream, and Cheese are still following Sonic and Tails' tracks. So far, they are starting to feel tired, even Cheese is having trouble staying in the air.
Cream says, "Amy, I'm starting to get a little tired."
"I know. I'm tired too, but we can't give up. I'm sure Sonic and Tails are around here somewhere," Amy says.
"I hope we find them," Cream says, concern.
"I do too," Amy replies sadly.
Cheese then flies forward to notice, "Chao Chao. Chao Chao Chao."
"What is it, Cheese?" Cream asks.
Cheese points ahead, "Chao Chao."
Amy turns to the direction Cheese is pointing to. She sees houses that are made of wood and roofs made out of either wood or straw. What's more, there are also some Mobians walking around.
"Hey Cheese found a village. Let's see if someone have seen Sonic and Tails," Amy says.
"Okay," Cream replies.
"Chao," Cheese happily says.
The three head to the village to find help. Not long, they reach the village. As they walk through the village, they are amazed to see so many Mobians walking around with their everyday lives. There are also so many wooden houses as well.
"Wow! I never knew this place was here," Cream says.
"Me too. It's really pretty here," Amy says.
The two girls and Chao walk around the village to see if anyone can help. Suddenly, Cream ends up bumping to someone and falls to the ground.
Cream worriedly says, "Of my. I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean too."
Cream looks up to see a light blue hedgehog with a white mustache, Uncle Chuck.
"That's alright. Are you both new here?" Uncle Chuck asks.
"Um yes. My name is Cream, and this is my Chao friend, Cheese," Cream says.
Amy says, "Hello. My name is Amy."
"My name is Sir Charlies, but you can call me Uncle Chuck," Uncle Chuck says.
"It's nice to meet you," Cream says.
Suddenly, they hear someone shouts, "Amy!"
The group turn their heads to see Sonic the Hedgehog and the others hurrying out of the forest.
Amy happily screams, "Sonic!"
Amy hurries to Sonic and humps on him to a hug. Then the two fall down with Amy on top of Sonic and still hugging him.
"Oh Sonic, I've been looking all over you!" Amy says, then begins to kiss him on the cheek.
Sonic struggles, "Amy! I'm happy to see you two, but this isn't a kissing booth."
Sally, Tails, and the others are able to find the others to see Amy hugging and kissing Sonic.
Sally giggles, "When Sonic told us Amy has a major crush on him, he's pretty serious about it."
"Yeah. She'll be like this for a while," Tails says.
Sally walks over to Sonic and Amy, and says, "Okay. I understand you are eager to see Sonic, but you're kind of crushing him."
Amy stops kidding him and look up to see the chipmunk princess. She then gets off of Sonic and helps him up.
"Hello. My name is Sally, it's nice to meet you," Sally says.
"Hello Sally, I'm Amy," Amy says.
"And I've been smooch," Sonic says.
Then Sally turns to the others, "This is Rotor, Bunnie, Antoine, and Nicole. Welcome to Knothole."
"Hello I'm Amy Rose, it's nice to meet you," Amy says.
"I'm Cream, and this my Chao friend, Cheese," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese happily replies.
Amy asks, "Sonic, what happened? Cream, Cheese, and I found your plane and it's wrecked."
"Eggman happened. He blasted Tails' plane and crashed and the Great Forest. Luckily, we ran into Sally and the others. They're good friends of ours," Sonic says.
"Really?" Amy asks, surprised.
"That's right. Long before we met you guys, we used to live in Knothole. Back then, we're known as the Freedom Fighters, and we fought Dr. Eggman when he was called Robotnik," Sonic says.
"Wow!" Amy, Cream, and Cheese says, impressed.
"That's right. Sonic was our leader before he left with Tails to fight Dr. Robotnik when we stay here fighting his nephew, Snively," Sally says.
"Really. I didn't know you were a leader," Amy says.
"There's actually a lot you don't know," Sonic says.
"I didn't know Dr. Eggman has a nephew," Cream says.
"He does. He's an evil genius too," Tails says.
"So what do you guys do?" Amy asks, turning to Sally and the others.
Sally says, "Well, I became leader when Sonic left. I'm also Princess of New Mobotropolis that is close by."
"Really? You're a real princess?" Cream asks, amazed.
"Yes, but I like it if you treat me like a normal girl, okay?" Sally replies.
"Okay," Cream happily says.
"We all used to live in New Mobotropolis until that scoundrel Dr. Robotnik took over. Many of us, including Sonic and Tails became uh, how do you say, orphans," Antoine says.
"That's awful," Amy sadly says.
"Yes it was. Sonic, Tails, even Bunnie, Antoine, and myself. We were separated from our families and we haven't seen them since. Bunnie also had in accident during the invasion and Uncle Chuck gave her these robotic parts to save her life," Sally explains.
"Is that true?" Amy asks.
"Yes. It was hard for me at first, but with Antoune and the others help, I was able to put these robotic limbs to good use. Rotor and Tails were great with machines and Antoine is great with a sword," Bunnie says.
"We have all kinds of adventures being here, even battling with Robuttnik," Sonic says.
Cream asks, "Can we hear one of your adventures? Please?"
"Sure Cream. All tell you the time that Rotor and I had to go to space to stop a spy ship Robotnik set up to find Knothole," Sonic says.
Sonic begins to tell the young ones the story. What they don't know is that someone is lurking in the shadows in the tree. The mysterious figure. The figure has light brown skin with red eyes, and a long white beard. He has a horn on his forehead, pointed ears, one hand and one claw in grey claws. He wears a purple suit, a black cape, a grey belt, and belt. The being is known as Naugus. An enemy that Sonic and Tails haven't seen in a long time.
He growls in anger to see Sonic and Tails in Knothole. He grits his teeth with a bitter face, and has a grudge against Sonic. He knows that Sonic can be trouble for his own intentions. He continues to listen to the group of friends talking.
At the same time, Sonic is finishing telling Cream, Amy, and Cheese the story.
"And that's how Rotor and I were able to take Dr. Eggman's satellite down and cause it to crash to the ground," Sonic says.
Amy, Cream, and Cheese are amazed to hear it.
"Wow! I didn't know you traveled to space before," Amy says, surprised.
"I agree. Can I hear another one?" Cream asks.
"Chao Chao," Cheese happily replies.
"Sure. How about I tell when we meet the Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters," Sonic says.
"There are more?" Cream asks.
"There sure are. It all began when…" Sonic says, beginning to to tell the story.
Amy turns her head to see Sally a short distance away and looking at the sky. Amy walks away from the group and to Sally.
"Say Sally, whatcha doing?" Amy asks.
"Nothing much, just admiring the nice sky," Sally says.
"You wanna go for a walk?" Amy asks.
"Sure," Sally answers.
The two girls begin to walk away from the crowd. Naugus sees the two girls are walking away. Naugus gives off an evil smirk and decides to secretly follow them.
The two girls walk close to the forest. They feel the sunlight and breeze of the wind around the village. They both can see the Mobians enjoying their everyday lives.
Amy asks, "I want to ask, how long have you known Sonic?"
"Oh. I've know Sonic for along time. We've been best friends since we were five," Sally says.
"Since when you're five?" Amy asks.
"Yes. Back then, Sonic and I along with the others used to play together all the time. When we became Freedom Fighters, we kind of grew up in a way, but Sonic. Seeing him back, I can tell that Sonic hasn't changed much at all," Sally says with a smile.
"Have you two kissed before?" Amy asks.
Sally blushes a little, "Actually we did. Of course, it's a long time ago."
Amy sees the redness on Sally's cheeks. She can tell one thing: Sally has feelings for Sonic as well, and knows him longer than she has. However, Amy can't help, but smile. She can tell that Sally and Sonic have been together for a long time.
Amy asks, "So Sally, what's Sonic like?"
"Oh. There are tons of stories about his adventures and when we're not having adventures, there are still plenty of laughs. There was this one time when Sonic and I used powerful stones called Power Stones. We used their incredible powers to destroy Dr. Robotnik's Doomsday Project. When we gave each other a high five, a power jolt seems to happen. I asked what will happen if I give him a kiss, but before I could for the first time, he got embarrassed and ran away," Sally says.
Amy then begins giggling and says in her thought, "Sounds like she really cares for Sonic, maybe as much as I do. Of course, Sally and Sonic have been friends for a long time."
"Sounds like you really care about Sonic," Amy replies.
"I really do. In fact Sonic is actually the one who found Tails a long time ago. In a second, they both loved each other like their brothers. Back then, Tails called me Aunt Sally," Sally says.
"Awww. That's so cute," Amy happily says.
The girls continue to talk about Sonic and Tails. Sally explains to Amy about what their lives are like living in Knothole. Naugus who is hiding behind the trees, smirk to hear their conversation and can tell how much Sonic means to them. He laughs ghastly and decides to make his next move. Meanwhile, Sally and Amy are still talking about the adventures they have.
"And that's how Sonic and Tails were able to stop Dr. Eggman from turning Mobius into a blizzard. At least from what he told," Sally says.
The girls begin laughing with smiles on their faces.
Suddenly, Amy pushes Sally down and shouts, "Look out!"
As they girls fall to the ground, a beam fires over them. They turn to where the beam fires to and then turn around to see the source. Sally and Amy gasp in shock to see the Ixis Sorcerer a short distance from them. Amy begins to become frightened to see the monster's appearance. Sally quickly brings herself and Amy up and have Amy stay behind her.
"Amy, stay behind me," Sally says.
"Um okay," Amy answers.
The creature, Naugus laughs and says, "It's been a long time since our last encounter, princess!"
"What are you doing here?" Sally demands.
"You know him?" Amy asks.
"Yes. Naugus was trapped in the Void with my father when Robotnik took over. He dragged me and Bunnie to the Void so he can use Sonic's speed to escape. When we found a way to save my father, he possessed him. Sonic was able to defeat him, but we haven't seen him since. He's an evil Ixis Sorcerer, so you better be careful," Sally says.
"That is correct young princess, and I haven't gotten over it. Saw the Quickster and his twin tail companion and decide to even the score. Starting by capturing his little princess and his little hedgehog friend," Naugus says.
He lifts his hand up to cast a spell on them. Suddenly, a spin dash attacks him and makes him fall to the ground. The girls are soon relieved to see Sonic landing on his feet.
Amy quickly runs to Sonic and gives him a hug, "Oh Sonic, I was so scared! That crazy wizard attack us!"
Then Amy begins to kiss him.
"Amy, cut it out! We got more important things to worry about," Sonic complains as Sally rolls her eyes.
Sally walks over, "Amy. Sonic. We don't have time. We need to stop Naugus, right now."
"I agree," Sonic says as Amy releases him from her grasp.
Sonic turns to the Ixis Wizard, "It's been a long time, Naugus. I thought you left the city for good."
"Indeed it has, Quicksters," Naugus says.
Sally activates her ring blades as Amy summons her piko hammer. Sonic smirks as he looks at Naugus.
"Alright gang, let's do it to it," Sonic says.
Naugus lifts his hands up and releases a barrage of energy. He then fires at Sonic, Amy, and Sally, but the gang dodge out of the way. Sonic then uses his speed to ram at Nauugs. However, Naugus uses his Ixis magic to freeze Sonic's feet in place.
Sonic struggles, "I can't move."
"Don't worry Sonic, I got you," Amy calls out.
She hurries over and uses her hammer to hit the ice. The ice shatters and Sonic's feet are free.
"Thanks Ames," Sonic says.
"You're welcome, Sonic," Amy says.
Sally then uses her Ring Blazes to fight against Naugus. Naugus then uses his claw to prevent the attack.
Suddenly, Sally hears Amy shouting, "Sally! Out of the way!"
Sally turns to see Amy running with her hammer as she screams. Sally jumps out of the way and swings her hammer at Naugus. Naugus flies in the air and lands on the ground. Naugus quickly sits up in shock to witness Amy's strength.
Naugus growls in anger, "You little pink meddler!"
Naugus stands up as Amy is going to strike him again. Naugus then uses his magic to trap Amy in a block of ice. Amy is frozen solid.
Sonic screams in shock, "Amy!"
Sonic is so angry that he spin dashes at Naugus. Sally is not pleased of Naugus' action towards Amy, and begin to fight Naugus along with Sonic. Suddenly, Tails and the others hurry over. They all gasp in shock to see Sonic and Sally fighting Naugus. Cream and Cheese gasp in horror to see Amy trapped in ice. Tails, Bunnie, and the other Freedom Fighters are shocked to see Naugus has returned. Naugus then throws Sonic at Sally and they both fall to the ground. He then notices the rest of the Freedom Fighters close by. Sonic notices Naugus being distracted and spin dashes him to the ground. When Naugus comes through, he finds himself surrounded by the Freedom Fighters. Naugus growls in anger and teleports himself away.
Sometime later, Sonic is able to free Amy from the ice. However, Amy wraps her arms around herself and is shivering.
Amy teeth chatter as she says, "Th-th-th-than-an-anks S-s-s-son-i-i-i-c."
"It's okay. I'm just glad you're okay," Sonic says.
Tails brings a blanket and places on Amy's shoulder. Then Sally passes Amy a cup of hot chocolate. Amy then begins to drink the hot chocolate and wraps herself with the blanket.
"Don't worry Amy, all you need is some rest and you should feel a lot better," Sally says.
"Thanks Sally, but we still need to find him," Amy says.
Nicole appears in front of the others.
"How was it Nicole?" Sonic asks.
"I scanned both Knothole and New Mobotropolis. I haven searched the Great forest. I couldn't find him," Nicole says.
"That means Naugus is long gone by now," Rotor says.
"Don't worry, I'm sure help come back and then we can take him down," Sonic says.
Sonic and the others nod their heads in reply.
Amy turns to Sally and asks, "Sally, can I talk to you in private?"
Sally nods her head in reply. Sometime later, Sally and Amy are sitting next to the Power Ring Lake.
Amy says, "Sally, I've been thinking. Do you think it's possible that Cream, Cheese, and I can join the Freedom Fighters with you?"
"Really. I actually wanted to ask you if you want to join us. With Sonic's testimony and your actions, I believe you three will be excellent Freedom Fighters," Sally says.
"And make sure you take good care of Sonic, okay?" Amy asks.
Sally nods her head in reply.
Meanwhile somewhere in the sky, there is a large gray ship that has G.U.N symbol on one side. The ship is one of G.U.N's and it transporting a very critical passenger. In one of the rooms, the door opens to reveal Team Dark: Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, and E-123 Omega. They walk through the door to see a large cage in front of them.
Rouge says, "I never knew he would walk into G.U.N HQ and then make a deal for a light sentence."
"I hope he has more information that we need," Shadow says.
They all approach the cage to see an eighteen year old boy who is wearing a prison jumpsuit with handcuffs.
Rouge walks over and says, "That's why he hacked into the servers of every known criminals and groups, including ours."
"He may be a human, but his skills would make him one of the most dangerous hackers," Omega says.
Rouge nods her head as Shadow walks towards the cage himself. Outside in the sky, a missile is following the transport ship. The boy looks to see Team Dark and simply smiles. Suddenly, the missile hit the left wing of the ship and begins to spiral out of control. Team Dark find themselves spinning as the Transport ship spirals and begins to fall out of the sky.