Sonic hated these ceremonies. The officiate present just keep dragging on and on and on. He didn't even know what was being said at this point. He just didn't care. After what felt like an eternity (it was ten minutes, which is admittedly pretty long but still). Amy stood and Sonic thought they were going to put the crown on her head and call it a day but no, she started talking. "Are you even listening?" Shadow whispered. "Not one bit." Sonic replied. Shadow smiled and rolled his eyes. Sonic could have sworn he started hearing one of the members of her council snoring and he wanted to laugh, but stifled it into a muffled snort, disguised in a cough.
He felt his foot start tapping but quickly stopped it, ever since Knuckles had told him about it, he had tried to be conscious of it. In his boredom he started looking at ceiling taking in every paint stroke of the large mural of his ancestors. Honestly, he had always found all of the eyes watching him creepy, and that didn't change at this moment. He started looking around the room when he noticed something outside the window. Just as his sister turned to kneel and have the crown placed on her head, he saw something that looked a lot like a drone outside the window looking like it was about to do something. He acted quickly, running at top speed to his sister and tackling her to the ground just as the bullet fired, shattering the window and missing Sonic and his sister. People began to panic; screams could be heard all throughout the room. Then that same window shattered more as a man in what Sonic thought looked like a flying egg without its top half. The man had a bald head, giant mustache, and glasses that made it so you couldn't see his eyes. Next to him were two robots, a red one with a round head, and a yellow one with a cube head. "Lord Robotnik." Amy said, standing up. "This will not stand, how dare you come in here and attempt assassination."
"Oh please, that was just a distraction." He said and the lights went out, there was now a full-blown panic as people tried to flee the scene. Sonic felt someone grab him in the dark, holding his arms to his sides and legs above the ground. When the lights came back on, Jet was holding a knife to his sister's throat, and Wave was holding Tails under her arm as he hit and screamed. This led Sonic to the assumption that Storm was holding him. "And it's Doctor Eggman your highness." He said while stroking his mustache. Sonic rolled his eyes at the stereotypical villain. Sonic looked over and saw the worry in his friend's eyes. He could tell that wanted to attack, but there were a lot of problems with that. It could put the three of them in danger, it would expose them, the society, and their powers, this Eggman might do something if they were to attack, not to mention that his sister was being held with a knife to her throat. "Now your royal majesty," Eggman said, flying what Sonic was now referring to as the eggmobile, closer. "You have a few choices. You hand your kingdom over to me willingly or I take it by force after I kill both of your brothers." Tails stopped fighting long enough to look scared. "So, what's it going to be?" Sonic start thinking and he had an idea. "Hey Egghead!" Everyone turned to look at him. "I've got a third option for you." He said. "You let us go and I don't kick your butt." Eggman just scoffed. "I don't think you're in any position to do that." Sonic smirked. "That's what you think." Sonic enacted his plan. He used his weight to knock Storm forward away from his center of gravity, enough that he could touch the ground and then flip Storm over him and onto the ground, knocking the wind out of his captor. He dashed at Jet, ripping the knife away, kicking him in the back to where he fell over, and then punching Wave in the gut, leaving her breathless as well, jumped onto the Eggmobile, and held the knife to Eggman's throat, all in the span of less than five seconds.
"So, what's it gonna be?" Sonic smirked at his enemy, who smiled back at him mischievously. "January." Eggman said. Sonic turned to look at his friends, newer and the five he had gotten to know this summer, all being held at the point of a chaos spear created by January. "Drop the knife." Eggman told Sonic. He listened. Jet grabbed Sonic's hands holding them behind him. And that's when someone else made their move. January screamed as she was stabbed by a sword in the shoulder by that knight, Aubrey, making her lose her chaos spear, allowing for Sonic to turn and kick Jet in the face. "Next time, I will not hesitate to hit your heart." The knight said.
"Everyone out!" Amy ordered, and the crowd started making a dash for the doors. Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Rouge, and Knuckles all ran to the stairs as fast as they could as Sonic fought the Rogues on his own. January was incapacitated, and currently being held in cuffs by the knight. Shadow was the first to make it there, aiming a chaos spear at Jet, who dodged the attack. Knuckles and Storm began a fist fight, seemingly evenly matched. Knuckles got in a hit at Storm's stomach, knocking the much larger boy over, struggling for breath again. Wave was quickly stopped by Silver, holding her in the air.
Eggman seemed to realize that his team was about to lose. "Rogues!" He shouted. "It's time for our tactical retreat!" He said as Jet ran, grabbed Wave out of Silver's hold, and the two of them grabbed onto the side of Eggmobile, Storm joining them soon after with Knuckles trying to give chase, but Eggman decided to fly out of reach. "Robots attack!" Eggman said and an onslaught of drones came in from the previously broken and now broken windows. Silver created a psychonetic shield around the group of 8. "By the way Silv and Blaze." They heard Jet. Silver focused on protecting them from the onslaught of bullets. "Wave and I abdicate our thrones." He laughed. "Enjoy that bullshit." Wave finished. "This is not the end Prince Maurice!" Eggman shouted. "It's Sonic, Egghead!"
"Eggman! You know my name is Eggman!" He shouted and flew out the window. Sonic figured this wasn't the end of the attack because bullet's continued to fire and Silver was struggling to hold the shield. "Maurice." Amy put on her big sister voice. "What is going on?"