-Episode 1: Robotnik Returns-
On the outskirts of the city of Mobotropolis, a mixture of Badniks and defector Mobians are seen patrolling marked areas of the area: a more run-down, worn-out area of the city that suffered many years of turf wars before this army came along and killed criminals on both sides. One guard heard a sound coming from a nearby dumpster.
"Hey, go and check that dumpster. I think someone's hiding in there." said one of the goons to another.
"Why do I have to?! Y'know, you never do anything around here!" the other goon argued.
"Do you wanna take it up with the boss?" the first goon retorted.
"...Fine." said the second goon before walking over there, while grumbling to himself. He proceeded to open up the dumpster and spotted a device under the lid. The device released a long string, attached itself to the goon and pulled him in, then knocking him out before he can scream as the dumpster lid slams shut.
"Hey, what's happening over there?!" said the second goon as he came running over. Before he could lift up the dumpster lid, he felt something hit him in the back of the head, causing him to be knocked unconscious.
"Shoulda worn a helmet, boys." said female voice, who is soon revealed to be the Freedom Fighter's field leader, Sally Acorn. She walked over to the second goon and finds the ID tag that was kept on him. She noticed a familiar-looking logo on the tag.
"He can't be back...can he?" Sally thought to herself before contacting Nicole via a comm network.
"Nicole, I found a logo on the tag that one of the goons had. Could it be that...Robotnik's back?" asked Sally.
"That's impossible. Robotnik's been gone for three years. What makes you think he'll appear out of the blue now? Wouldn't this...be a bad time? Given all the incidents that have been happening for the past few weeks? Wouldn't it be...too close to call it a coincidence?" Nicole replied.
"Well...it's given us some real work, at least. Beats three years of doing jobs only once in a while.." said Sally as she walked over and used the tag on a door's ID lock, then walks inside. She entered an abandoned building that looks like a set-up to a possible hidden plot from the defectors.
"Either way, I'll keep you updated if anything happens. Nicole out." said Nicole as she hung up.
Sally proceeded to sneak around to try and find any clues about Robotnik's possible return. While thinking about this disastrous possibility, she hears a scream in the distance. Sally immediately runs over, looks down and sees Antoine on a floor below. trying to fight off some Badniks that were chasing him.
"Get back, I vill not tell you again!" said Antoine as he used his sword to try and fight them, only to have it snatched out of his hand and be grabbed by the throat by one of the Badniks. Antoine screamed out for someone to help.
His cries were heard in the form of Sally using her ringblades to slice down the Badnik that was grabbing Antoine by the throat. She proceeded to slice down the one on the left, before kicking the one on the right and stabbed it in the chest before slicing it in half. She retracted the blades and walked over to Antoine.
"Antoine, what happened?" asked Sally before she kneeled down beside him.
"I don't know! Zey started chasing me and I started running! I thought zey were deactivated! But I think those defectors brought them back..." explained Antoine.
"Thanks for telling me everything you know, Antoine." said Sally before helping Antoine up, then getting in touch with Nicole.
"Nicole, try getting in touch with Sonic." requested Sally.
"Got it, Sally." Nicole replied.
Sonic The Hedgehog was seen taking down reprogrammed badniks, which were crawling all over a further, inner part of the city. He looked around to see if any more were about to crawl out. At that moment, he heard a ringing coming from a device in his ear.
"Nicole, what's up?" asked Sonic as he answered the call.
"Hey Sonic. Sally asked for you to give a status report." said Nicole.
"Badniks are crawling around all over the inner parts of Mobotropolis. I've been dealing with them the whole ti-" said Sonic, before he was cut off by what sounded like a large helicopter.
"..I'll get back to you. Something came up" said Sonic before he hung up the comm.
All of a sudden, a large mobian thug, along with a bunch of other goons dropped down, ready to fight Sonic. The smaller ones were ready to fire their guns at Sonic, but before they could act, Sonic took all of them out at once with a series of single punches and kicks, before moving onto the bigger thug, which he quickly found out would take more than one hit to knock out.
"I'll take your head back to him!" shouted the meatheaded thug.
The thug knocked Sonic back, who then landed on his feet. Sonic then proceeded to jump over the thug, who was starting to charge towards him, aiming to hit Sonic with his huge stature.
"Come on, I've seen better swings from Antoine!" Sonic taunted.
Enraged, the thug started to charge at Sonic once more, who then smirked and, as soon as the goon got closer, Sonic proceeded to flip kick him straight in the jaw, causing the goon to fly back and land hard on his back. The goon ended up passing out from the impact.
At that moment, the comm device in Sonic's ear began to bleep again.
"Yello?" answered Sonic.
"Sonic, what part of 'don't go into the inner city' did you not understand?! I went over this with you in the briefing! Now I'm getting complaints about collateral damage to the city! Caused by you!" said Sally.
"Sal, relax. We took down the big guys, didn't we?" Sonic replied as he walked around.
"That's not the point! You need to think before you act! I'm trying to not get people killed, but when you do something and you're part of the Freedom Fighters, it's gonna reflect badly on me as the leader!" said Sally with a tone of obvious exasperation.
"I get it, I get it...I'll be more careful, alright?" said Sonic.
"Thank you. You better mean it this time. We don't want another incident, like the one from three weeks ago." said Sally.
"Oh come on, that wasn't completely my fau-!" Sonic retorted before being cut off.
"Just get on with the mission and don't cause any more trouble, alright? Sally out." said Sally before she cut off the comms.
At that moment, Sonic saw the helicopter in the sky once again. He began to ran towards it, despite hearing what Sally warned to him earlier. He jumped onto a roof and proceeded to look over at the person who was travelling inside the machine.
"Is that?...No, it can't be..." Sonic thought to himself. At that moment in time, a missile from a bazooka is seen being fired from someone inside the helicopter at Sonic. He failed to dodge the missile in time and is knocked back from the blast. Sonic sees a huge chunk of the building that's about to fall onto the civillians below.
"No no no no!" Sonic said frantically as he jumped down and spin dashed the piece of building in half, before kicking the halves off into the sky. After this, he pursues the helicopter carrying the person that just fired a rocket at him.
He jumped and spin dashed through the helicopter doors and sees a hooded figure in the vehicle.
"Hi, is this the flight to Robotnik HQ?" Sonic smirked and asked rehtorically as he came crashing through the helicopter passenger cabin. Sonic soon latches onto the side of the helicopter before questioning the hooded figure, who then hides a weapon behind his back in a very calm fashion.
"Why are you doing this?!" he interrogated.
"Because you stopped me before!" said the hooded figure before he fired a round from a ray gun he was hiding behind his back and shoots Sonic, causing the blue hedgehog to fall from the helicopter and straight onto the ground. Before he can rebound and jump back onto the helicopter, Sonic found himself exhausted from the effects of the ray gun.
Sonic stood up and looked at the helicopter as it left.
"Does this mean...he's back? Sonic thought to himself.
At that moment, Sonic heard another bleeping noise from his comm device. He answered the call, with a anxious expression on his face, having a gut feeling about who it is?
"...Sonic? We're gonna have a long talk when we get back." said Sally through the comm.
The episode ends with a view of the damage caused by the recent battle. The last image is of Sonic lowering his arm as his eyes look down.
-To Be Continued-