Okay, the idea is this: I was a tad disappointed by how short 'Sonic Forces' was, so, I'm gonna have the Resistance going to a bunch more locations across the globe, such as a few I imagine you'd wanna forget (Carnival Night or Crazy Gadget, anyone?What about EGGMANLAND?).

But enough torturing you with memories. Onto the story!

"Man…" Vector the Crocodile rubbed the back of his head as he entered the room. "Eggman's army is unstoppable! Without Sonic, the people are losing hope and giving into despair."

"Despair is a luxury we don't have," Silver the Hedgehog delcared, crossing his arms, frowning. Next to him, Amy Rose sighed dejectedly.

"I still dream that Sonic is with us…" She turned to Silver. "Do you think he might be-?"

"I'm an optimist, but I'm also a realist," Silver interrupted. "Sonic is gone, Amy. And Tails is… Well, he's gone, too; we just can't find him. If we're going to win, we're gonna have to do it without them."

Espio the Chamelion nodded in agreement. "Silver is right. We've been hoping for a miracle these past six months, but I'm afraid we have to make our own miracle." Charmy Bee nodded in silent agreement.

Silver walked over to the computer near the center of the room. "Eggman's army has everyone terrified. If we want the people to rally, we have to show them that strength doesn't just come from numbers!"

"Not everyone is terrified," Charmy pointed out. "Isn't a new recruit joining us today?"

Silver smiled. "Yes, a survivor from the city, right?"

"Three survivors, actually," Amy corrected them, flipping open the computer and striking a few keys. "I'm accessing the file now…"

A large screen on the wall beside her flickered to life, before showing an image of the city center.

"The three of them were discovered here, unconcious and lightly injured, but alive," Amy began. "We can't tell what species they are, but it looks like two of them are related, siblings, I think."

"Wait, what do you mean, 'we can't tell what species they are'?" Vector raised an eyebrow. Amy sighed in annoyance.

"Exactly what I meant, Vector. We can't tell what species they are. My best guess was 'mutant koala', and one of them, a pink one, said, 'We get that a lot'."

Just then, the door slid open, and Knuckles the Echidna walked into the room.

"Knuckles!" Silver turned to face him. "What's the sitrep, commander?"

"Happy to see you're all still alive," Knuckles smiled a bit, before frowning. "Eggman's forces hace chewed through our defenses at Green Hill Zone…"

The sound of groans filled the room.

"And the resistance in the city is reporting that whatever it is that finished Sonic…" Knuckles shook his head.

"Sorry. Still not used to saying that," Knuckles turned to the screen. "Whatever it is has got them running in fear."

The door opened once again, and Angel, Aurora, and Stitch walked in, all three of them sporting some light bandages.

"Well, all except this brave trio, who survived the battle and made it here in one piece," Knuckles smiled, walking over to them. "Meet our newest recruits."

"Not that we had much of a choice, really…" Stitch muttered. Angel lightly punched his arm.

Charmy flew up besides them. "Hm… They don't look like much."

"And you do?" Stitch shot back. Knuckles grinned a bit.

"Well, look at you. You've got some bite!" He then turned to Charmy. "And he's right. Neither do you, Charmy, and I still manage to find a use for your pointy butt!" Charmy rubbed the back of his head and laughed slightly at that.

Knuckles reached under the table and pulled out a red device that looked vaguely like a red fireball with several black nozzles, a black handle, and 3 white barrels. "Here, kid, take this."

He handed the device to Stitch, who quickly snatched it up and gave it a once-over.

"Like a child on Christmas day…" Aurora smiled to herself.

"Now, let's get going everyone!" Knuckles declared. "The world's not gonna save itself!"

"Yeah!/Alright!"

The trio of experiments were now waiting in a room aboard a large ship. There was no one else there, so no one could make commentary on their "odd" appearance, nor could they comment on the fact that Stitch was now messing around with his new weapon, apparently called a "Wispon".

He squeezed the trigger, and a small burst of flame erupted from the three barrels.

"Nice," He cheered to himself. Angel laughed a bit.

"Enjoying your new toy?" She asked teasingly.

"Yeah," He admitted, lowering the weapon. "It's pretty interesting how they power it, too. Apparently, it's powered by something called "Hyper-go-on" energy that was donated by some aliens called "Wisps" that live here."

"I see…" Aurora seemed to be deep in thought. "Hey, what do you think happened here, anyway? I don't recall hearing about something like this."

"It's hard to say…" Stitch scratched his head. 'But I'm willing to bet money that the strange ruby we saw, that masked freak, and Dr. Eggman…" He paused for a minute to laugh. "Okay, seriously, Dr. EGGMAN?"

Angel giggled as well. "Apparently, it was a teasing nickname that grew on him. Can you believe that?"

"What's funnier is that he actually calls his empire the 'Eggman Empire'," Aurora struggled not to laugh herself. "If it weren't for, uh, whoever that was, I don't think anyone could take it seriously."

"I know, right?" Stitch smiled. "Like how, by himself, Dr. Hamsterwheel wasn't much of a threat. …Anyway, I'm pretty sure those three did something that landed us here."

"Probably, and remember what he called you?" Angel recalled. "He called you, and I quote, 'extradimensional blue runt'."

"So, I'm guessing he DID teleport us," Stitch concluded. "In fact, I'll go ahead and say that he teleported us to another dimension. HIS dimension."

"But then," Angel paused. "Why did the island coast look like Kauai? It can't be the same location, could it?"

"It might be, technically" Aurora shrugged. "It could be the same location, but in this other dimension. I don't know. Something here just doesn't feel right…"

"Hey, rookies," Knuckes came in through the comm-links they were wearing.

"Heya, Knucklehead," Stitch answered. He could almost see the tick mark on Knuckles' head, given his reply.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" All three of them cringed.

"Then don't call us 'rookies'," Stitch retorted, crossing his arms as soon as his ears stopped ringing. Angel shushed him.

"Anyway, what were you going to ask?"

"Well, here's your first mission: Eggman's forces have torn our defenses apart at Green Hill Zone. Your job is to whittle down Eggman's forces so we can retake the area. I know it might seem tough, but we're counting on you!"

"Got it," Stitch grinned, holding the Wispon in a "ready" position.

A sudden jolt alerted them that the ship had landed, and the hatch that lead out of the room opened before them.

The three of them bolted out and were greeted by a ghastly sight; people were fleeing, smoldering craters dotted the immediate landscape, and an army of robots was advancing.

"...Uh-oh," Stitch muttered, his ears drooping.

"Yeah…" Aurora sweatdropped. "He wasn't kidding when he said 'tough'…"

"Well," Angel picked her hammer back up. "They're not going to destroy themselves."

"True," Stitch agreed, before bolting down the hatch and into the fray, with the other two following him.

The trio quickly came across a series of "Egg Pawns" as Knuckles had called them. However, Stitch squeezed the trigger of his Wispon, and subsequently all of them were caught up in a jet of flame. The robots immediately exploded into scrap metal.

There were a few rocks dotted across the path, though they were easily side-stepped by the trio.

"Remember," Vector said over the comm-link. "Your mission is just to relieve pressure on our defenses. You don't have to destroy all of those things, just-"

"Take out a lot of them. Roger that," Stitch interrupted, shooting his Wispon at a ring ov Egg Pawns that surrounded them.

Afterwards, they noted a few "Buzz-Bombers" above them, all aiming their stinger-guns at them. A snap of Aurora's fingers saw all three of them freeze in space, leaving them unable to evade Angel swinging down her hammer, causing several large pillars of earth to erupt under them, causing them to explode on impact.

"That's it!" Stitch laughed as they ran down a hill. Seeing more Egg Pawns at the bottom, Stitch curled into a ball and barrelled into them, his quills easily slicing clean through them.

The end of the slope saw them running into a spring that launched them over a small cliff and onto a Dash Panel, which saw them moving forward in streaks of color. However, as soon as they hit the end of the straight area, they were able to see the rest of the area.

"What in-!?" Angel gasped, sounding both horrified and angered.

Knuckles had told them that Green Hill Zone was a lush valley situated next to a large lake, with some remnants of what might have been an ancient civilization dotted around, such as (Or, rather, exclusively) totem poles.

That's not what they saw.

What they saw was desert. Golden sand extended far into the horizon, farther than they could see. Ahead of them, what should have been waterfalls were instead flowing with dry sand.

"Did that guy really desertify this place!?" Stitch asked, a low growl in his throat.

"…" Angel was completely silent. Stitch and Aurora noticed this, and began backing off.

"Uh, Angel…?" Stitch asked. No response. They noticed several robots were now approaching their location. All of a sudden, thorny vines erupted from the ground beneath them and wrapped themselves around the robots.

As the robots struggled against the vines, Angel balled her fist, and the vines contracted, crushing the robots into scrap metal.

Undeterred, more robots charged over their fallen allies, only for Angel to stomp her foot, causing a chasm to open up beneath them.

"…Stitch?" Aurora started.

"Yeah?"

"Please, don't make her angry…"

"I try not to."

"Stitchie, Aurora?" Angel spoke, her voice dangerously low.

"…Yeah?"

"Let's get rid of them. Let's destroy EVERY. SINGLE. ONE."

"Woah!" Charmy shouted over the comm-link. "What's gotten into you!?"

"She, uh," Stitch paused. "…Doesn't like it when people mess with the environment. Particularly desertification…"

"Oh… Yeah…" Knuckles sounded sheepish. "I guess I kinda forgot to mention that…"

"Well, take it out on the robots, not us!" Vector shouted, panicking slightly.

"Consider it done." With that, she darted forward, Stitch and Aurora in tow, both of them hanging back slightly.

The trio came across a spring that bounced them up onto a platform with more robots ahead. Stitch easily torched them and the trio continued without slowing down, coming across another spring.

Here, however, they found a small, red jellyfish/squid like creature that held more than a passing similarity to Stitch's Wispon floating ahead. The thing turned around, and as soon as it saw them, suddenly flew right into Stitch's Wispon and then phased out of it.

"Wait, what the-?" Before he could finish, the weapon began to glow red.

"BUSRT!"

"Look at you, rookies!" Knuckles said. "Looks like you've found a Red Wisp!"

"So, THAT was a Wisp?" Aurora asked. "It looked kinda cute…"

"Now you can use the Wispon's secondary function," Espio calmly explained. "The Red Burst Hyper-go-on ability allows you to create small explosions beneath you to get to new areas. Look around for new routes to take."

All three of them slowly looked up and found several rows of Rings above.

"Gee, I wonder…" Stitch aimed the Wispon at the ground and pulled the trigger. Before he did, however, he frowned.

"And I SAID, 'Don't call us rookies!'" He shouted, pulling the trigger.

A fiery explosion erupted beneath him, launching him into the air.

A series of explosions launched him into the rows of Rings. Despite his little outburst, he laughed, flipping over a Buzz Bomber and striking it as he did so. However, when he went to create another explosion, he was met by a 'click.'

"…Oh." He muttered, right before plummeting to the ground. In doing so, he unwittingly crushed another Egg Pawn. The robot's comrades turned to aim at him, only for the remaining plant life, mostly flowers and some grass, to suddenly grow to an extreme length, wrap around them, and crush them.

"Thanks," Stitch got up.

The three of them dashed forward, through a loop and onto a Dash Panel that sent the flying over a large chasm. However, once they landed…

"Uh…" Angel's eyes stopped glowing as she stared ahead. Stitch and Aurora mimicked the gesture.

Ahead of them, several grassy platforms were moving back and forth.

"This breaks more laws of physics than I care to list…" Stitch mumbled. "Aurora…?"

"Got it." The platforms froze in place, giving the experiments a safe path to leap across. Along the way, they collected a total of 30 Rings.

Moving past the platforms, they passed a 'sand-fall' (Angel growled at the sight), and onto a wooden bridge.

"Oh, look," Stitch pointed out. "More Egg-bots to destroy."

"You don't need to tell me twice," Angel said, slamming her hammer down. All of the robots were torn apart by a series of rocky pillars.

Eventually, they bounced off another spring and onto a checkered, rocky path.

"Okay, that's good," Knuckles chimed in. "The rest are just ahead."

"That wasn't as tough as I thought it'd be," Stitch noted.

"Eggman's robots are designed to be easily replaced," Amy explained. "The idea is to overwhelm the enemy with numbers."

"So they're cheap, expendable, and weak," Aurora concluded. "That's, um…"

"That's what?"

"A little odd, if you ask me."

"Eggman doesn't like thinking his ideas through," Silver stated, bluntly. Stitch chuckled.

"So he's an Egg-head, too."

"Yeesh, you're sounding just like…" Amy trailed off. The trio paused.

"Sounding like…?" Angel asked.

"Never mind…" Amy sighed. "I'm detecting the bulk of the robots ahead. And it looks like Eggman is up ahead, too."

"Good," Stitch growled. "Payback time."

"If the Masked One is there, retreat. IMMEDIATELY," Espio ordered/warned.

"Ugh, that's still sore…" Angel rubbed her arm, where she had been kicked. Stitch growled.

"More of a reason to crack the Egg," Stitch added, his eyes flickering yellow.

Now it was Angel's turn to get a little nervous.

"Okay, Stitchie, calm down. It's only a bruise…"

"Still…" Stitch's eyes returned to normal.

With that, the trio continued down the path, making a point out of trashing any robot that they saw along the way.

Eggman was staring intently at the holographic screens before him.

"Yes…" He muttered. "I think we can build a weapon factory there…"

"Another one?" Orbot lazily looked up from his mid-air resting position. "Don't we have five already?"

"We need to destroy those resistance punks!" Eggman shouted back. "They may be weak now, but who knows WHAT kind of trouble they could cause down the line?! Especially if they have that energy I was studying!"

Unbeknownst to him, the trio of experiments were right behind him, with Stitch holding up a recorder. Orbot, however, did notice them.

"Excuse me? Boss?" He pointed. Eggman turned around.

"You again!?" He bellowed. "Back for more, are you?"

"I don't see your attack dog anywhere," Angel pointed out, her eyes glowing again. "So, no one's gonna keep us from giving you what you deserve."

There was a pause. Eggman stared at her, before throwing his head back and laughing.

"OH-hohohoho! Look at you, trying to act all tough!" He laughed. "It's adorable! You think you're heroes!"

"We ARE heroes," Aurora responded, adopting a fighting position. "If we can stop you here…"

"Go ahead and try," Eggman smirked, before the dome of his Egg-Mobile closed and he flew off.

"Hey!" Cubot shouted, the projection disappearing. "Wait!"

He and Orbot flew off after their boss. The trio was ready to do the same, when, all of a sudden, a huge horde of Egg Pawns, Buzz Bombers, and Moto-Bugs suddenly sprang up around them.

"Woah!" Stitch shouted as the three were suddenly surrounded. "Where'd they come from!?"

"Hey, Knuckles?" Aurora asked. "I think there's more robots than you expected…"

"Rgh… Dammit!" Knuckles growled. "Look, we can get a ship to you, but it might take some time! You need to hold them off as long as you can, okay!?"

"Easier said than done…" Stitch mumbled as a Buzz Bomber lunged for them. Aurora saw it, and quickly blasted it out of the sky with an energy blast.

A series of Moto-Bugs then drove at them from the horde, only for Angel to easily turn around and bat each one away with a series of hammer strikes.

Then, several of the Egg Pawns took aim. Stitch saw this, and quickly roasted all of them with a blast of his Wispon.

"Too weak," He muttered. He quickly ended up feeling like kicking himself when a stray shot from a Buzz Bomber grazed his cheek.

"Never mind."

For close to an hour, both sides continued to fight. The experiments would handily destroy any robot that came their way, but for every robot they destroyed, it seemed like five more would spring up to take it's place.

"Yeesh!" Angel gasped in exhaustion. "Do they EVER let up!?"

"At this rate," Aurora noted. "They'll wear US down!"

"We've got you covered!"

"!?" The trio looked up and found that the ship, the one they flew in from, was now bearing over them. All at once, Knuckles came down and slammed into the earth with such force that huge rock pillars erupted around them, instantly wiping out most of the robots.

"Woah…" Stitch mumbled, looking around at the destruction. "That was pretty cool."

"Well, that wouldn't have gone so well if you hadn't worn 'em down like that," Knuckles grinned, dusting himself off. "Good going, rookies. That's mission accomplished. We can get some more defenses set up, now."

Stitch promptly bopped him on the head.

"Ow!" Knuckles shouted, grabbing the big bump that was forming on his head. "What'd you do THAT for!?"

"Don't call us 'rookies'," Stitch shot back.

"So, we can go back?" Aurora asked, cutting in between the two to keep them from fighting.

"Yup!" Charmy flew in behind them. "The ship's ready to take ya back. Leave the rest to us!"

"Thanks," Angel smiled, before turning to the desert in the distance. "Also…"

"Yeah…" Knuckles grunted. "It's supposed to be a lake. I don't know how Eggman managed to turn it into a desert, only that he had started before, well…"

"Before what?"

"Nothing," Knuckles brushed them off. "Head back to the ship. You guys seem pretty tired."

"By the way..." Stitch paused, before handing Charmy the recorder he was using. "This is what the Egg-Head was planning. You might find it interesting."

A short distance from where the Resistance was setting up, a black figure was watching Stitch, Angel, and Aurora as they stepped onto the ship.

"I-I-I think that's S-Stitch and Aurora I see…" She stammered. "Shouldn't w-we follow them?"

Next to her, a green-and-yellow yawned lazily.

"Whatever," He muttered, not bothering to look up.

"S-Summer…" She turned.

"What?" The green and yellow experiment, now identified as "Summer" cracked open an eyelid. "It's not like they can tell us what's going on, Lady Kuroko."

"S-Still…" Lady turned around. She nervously looked back and forth, before suddenly disappearing into her shadow and darting after the trio. Summer groaned.

"This is gonna be a pain…" He floated after her, managing to evade detection and entered after his sister, just as the hatch closed and the ship began to lift off.

It then activated it's thrusters and shot off towards Central City, with the three Resistance experiments and two stowaway experiments in tow.

And… That's a wrap for this chapter! I wanted it to be done in time for Christmas, so, yeah. It's not quite as long as the previous chapter, mostly because, well, they were pretty much fighting Robot Storm from 'Sonic Heroes'. And we all know how boring THAT 'boss' is. That said, I think it's time I introduced something I haven't used in a while:

Character Card:

Name: Stitch (626)

Age: ?

Height: 3'5"

Weight: 120 pounds (54 kilos)

Status: Healthy

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Character Card

Name: Angel (624)

Age: ?

Height: 3'2"

Weight: Unknown (Don't ask)

Status: Healthy

Alignment: Neutal Good

Character Card:

Name: Aurora (585)

Age: ?

Height: 3'3"

Weight: Unknown

Status: Healthy

Alignment: Neutral Good