Super Sonic Squad

Season Five, Episode One

Banished To Nowhere

By Cole Bezotte

Let us go back many years ago, when Dr. Eggman's once-mighty Robotropolis was turning into a massive shambles due to the invincibility of the Power Stones. The brave hedgehog Sonic and his trusted girlfriend Sally Acorn harnessed this power to completely destroy this wretched city of evil.

As the entire place was being destroyed, Dr. Eggman-known at the time as Dr. Robotnik-managed to escape with his wits, leaving his nephew Snively for dead. "There is only room for one…" he hissed as he entered his ship for escape. Like a man possessed, he flew out of the crumbling city, leaving his nephew behind to be crushed in the rubble.

"You don't give me enough credit, Julian…!" Snively muttered as he found an escape pod. It was just his luck that he managed to escape as well as his enraged uncle Eggman. But there was more to his escape than anyone had ever thought possible. Not only was his life saved, but a great finding was made as well: he found the powerful wizard known as Ixis Naugus, with his magic still as strong as ever.

After the successful escape, Snively found a desolate part of Robotropolis' ruins to land his pod. As he stepped out, his hissing laughter filled the air as began to exclaim his new plan for domination over the Freedom Fighters and their temporary victory:

"The big round guy…finally let Sonic defeat him! Well, don't celebrate too soon, hedgehog! Now...it's MY turn! And I am not alone!"

"This power…" Ixis muttered as he held a swirling red mist of energy on his right hand, "...It feels so alive! Julian never bothered to steal such precious power from the realm known as Straggo! With this...THIS...I shall conquer all of Mobius and destroy all of its inhabitants! It shall be MINE!"

"Yours?!" Snively replied. "We're BOTH in this master plan, are we?"

"Yes...but you are merely a pawn in this game. I shall succeed where Julian had failed! No living being will survive this assault I shall put upon the Freedom Fighters!"

True to Ixis' word, this power he had stolen from Plague, king of Straggo, was way beyond any limit. From Plague's magic staff came such powerful fire that scorched the Great Forest from all sides. There at first seemed no escape from the heroes that had thought their work was done. Sonic desperately took measures to take Sally and intrepid sidekick Tails with him out of Knothole Village.

But Sally refused help, no matter how much Sonic begged. She instead chose to stay and face the enemy that they had rejected to deal with during their war against Eggman. "For as long as we live…" Sonic said as his supposed last words to Sally, "...you will always be my brave loved one…"

With those words said, Sonic ran off with Tails and left the Great Forest, never looking back, never daring to return to the past. It had been years until the old friends reunited with each other, meeting in the combined realms of Earth and Mobius. It felt like old times, fighting Dr. Eggman on these occasions when these heroes were given the call for help. Now that the Freedom Fighters had expanded, even with the joining of the Mario Brothers and others, they were almost unstoppable.

After the destruction that Ixis had set up, King Plague demanded his power to be returned to him immediately. His oldest son Rech was the only one whom he could ask for help; Agape (back then known as Cobra) was still considered a traitor and still had young Courtney as his apprentice. As Courtney grew up, she began to doubt Cobra's loyalty from what he had mainly assigned her to do over the years: killing those whom he deemed an enemy. And Tails was one of the intended victims on his list.

And as for Snively, Ixis left him to start on his own quest for power. Snively became a scientist just like his uncle and soon found the secret blueprints for the new invention known as the Egg Timer, which was soon stolen by the brilliant scientist Christopher Thorndyke.

(Note: I hope you remember how that happened in season one of this spectacular series.)

It was until now that Snively defected to the G.U.N. Forces, working with his cousin Hope Kintobor and going by the name Dr. Julian Snively. His name may not have been forgotten, but he was hardly recognized by his new facial hair. He always wanted to avenge the death of his father Colin Kintobor, whom Eggman roboticized. After all these years, still no luck.

As for Sonic, he began to compose a song that described his life throughout the years. From the Great War to the reign of Dr. Eggman, from the separation of his beloved Freedom Fighters to his first visit to Earth, from Christopher's farewell to what he sees now. No matter how many times he had to fight the enemy, he would always strike. No matter how hard he would be hit, he would always stand right back up. No matter how hard life may be for him, he would always take a stand and endure it.

Everyone's good friend Agape felt like he was home once he was accepted into the team of courageous heroes. He was no longer afraid of his father Plague; he wished that someday he would reason with him and try to bring him to his senses. Agape still loved his father and his older brother Rech; but he said that this is "the way things have to be".

"Miles Prower log entry no. 324…

"I simply cannot WAIT for Sonic's new song to be released. From what I hear, he's telling about what he had to do to survive through trials such as the hard times we faced in the past. I wish I could write a song such as that; I too have suffered a lot…even the loss of my dear friend Cosmo. That's why I don't like being near plants in the house; they remind me too much of her.

"Anyway, I found Sonic at the studio finishing the official audio recording of his new song. He ended right when I entered the room, which was a good thing because I didn't want to know any spoilers. I'd much rather wait until I receive my copy of the track. But the last part of the lyrics I was able to catch was: 'The haunting past is now banished to nowhere…"

I MADE A CUTE LITTLE ENDING TO THIS CHAPTER. I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS CHAPTER KEEP ITS GOOD NAME "BANISHED TO NOWHERE".

SORRY THIS WAS NOT AS EXCITING AS YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT THINGS WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER NEXT TIME. WE SHALL WITNESS THE RETURN OF A FAMILIAR CHARACTER FROM TAILS' PAST. UNTIL THEN, GOD BLESS YOU!