-Episode 6: Geoffery St John-
On the other side of the snow-covered forest, Bunnie, Antoine and Tails continued to tread through the thick, white snow as they continued to navigate their way through the vast woodland. Upon seeing a large cloud of smoke coming from debris of the Death Machine that Sonic and Sally faced in the last episode.
"Whew, that's a lotta commotion over there!" Bunnie said as the southern belle rabbit faced the smoke in the distance and pointed to it.
"Is that the giant robot from earlier? If so, how did Robotnik get ahold of this kind of tech?" asked Tails as he walked over next to Bunnie and looked over at the smoke. Just after asking this question, a sneeze can be heard from Antoine.
"C-c-c-can we just go home now? Eet es very freezing out heur!" said Antoine, who was shivering from the snow, despite the conditions starting to ease up. Before anyone can respond, a group of four rogue Badniks appeared in front of them, ready to attack the Freedom Fighters.
"Eek!" Antoine exclaimed before he started to cower in fear as the Badnik was about to attack him. Just before the machine could hit the Coyote however, the machine was instead sliced in half.
Bunnie was seen firing a series of projectiles from her mechanical fingers, which turn out to be bombs that explode on the Badniks. She looks over and sees Tails flying over to one of them.
"Come and get me, you bucket of bolts!" Tails said, taunting the Badnik. The Fox takes a page out of Sonic's playbook and distracts the Badnik, just before it gets sliced in half. Someone is seen heading down and the last Badnik gets sliced in half. Tails, Antoine and Bunny look at the person in awe as they reveal themselves.
"I noticed that you could all use a little extra help." said the unknown male, who resembles a skunk.
"And who might you be, sugah?" Bunnie asked in a sultry manner, to which Antoine responded with a slight, jealous huff to himself.
"My name is Geoffery St. John. I'm the captain of an off-the-radar branch of Freedom Fighters. I've been assigned to help you out." explained Geoffery after introducing himself. He was a skunk who sported purple gauntlets and boots, as well as a green scarf. He also had a scar on his left eye, which was likely obtained from battle.
"Well, nice to meetcha Geoffery. I'm-" said Bunnie before being cut off.
"Bunnie Rabbot. I know all of your name. And I must say, you're even more beautiful in person." Geoffery said sweetly before kissing the Rabbit's mechanical, to which she gave a small blush and a giggle.
"Aww, shucks.." she said as she sweetly rolled her eyes.
"Ahem! Well, I zink ve should be going. Sonic and ze princess are surely searching for us." an annoyed Antoine chimed in.
"I've been tracking their position, and they're close by. Let's go to them." said Tails, who has been walking around the whole time holding his Miles Electric in order to track down Sonic and Sally's position to find and meet with them.
"Let's go. Woudn't wanna keep 'em waiting, would ya?" Geoffery asked rhetorically.
The scene cuts to Sonic and Sally, who were finished listening to the recorded message from who is presumed to be Robotnik. The two of them look around as they start to wonder where he could actually be. Not too long after, and with a look of uncertainty, Sally begins to speak.
"I thought he would be here...I guess I made an error in judgement." said Sally as she took some steps closer to the debris of the crash site.
"Nah, seems like Robotnik's too much of a coward to show himself. After all, we did kick his butt three years ago so hard, his empire came crashing down." said Sonic as smirked and took some steps and looked around the debris.
"Eheh, that's true." said Sally as she let out a small laugh. After this she takes out the mobile device she uses to store Nicole. She then contacts the Lynx.
"Nicole, triangulate the position on Robotnik's broadcasting location." Sally requested.
"Got it, Sally." Nicole replied as readings started to show up on the mobile device.
"...Signature...unknown? He's not too far from here. And it looks like the others approaching you, seems they also made a friend as well." said Nicole. Sally looked ahead and saw that Bunnie, Antoine and Tails were walking over with Geoffery, whom the three of them met earlier.
"Sally!" said Bunnie as she ran over with Antoine and Tails, while Geoffery calmly walked over.
"Bunnie, Tails, Antoine! ..Who's this?" said Sally as she ran over, before stopping during the question.
"This is-" Bunnie was about to say, before being cut off.
"Geoffery St. John. I'm a leader of an Off-The Radar branch of the Freedom Fighters. Nobody really knows about us. I've come here to help ya track down Robotnik. ..And you're even more beautiful in person than I could imagine, Princess." explained Geoffery.
"Oh...well, thank you Geoffery." said Sally, as she blushed slightly, to which Sonic have a slight look of jealousy mixed with suspicion.
"How did you find Bunnie, Tails and Antoine?" she asked him.
"Well, pure luck really. I just saw that these guys were in trouble and thought I'd help out who I'm assigned to be with." Geoffery said, before giving a confident smirk.
"Well that's awfully brave of you, Geoffery.." Sally said sweetly, shooting a smirk back to him.
"AHEM!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Oh, Geoffery, this is-" Sally said, about to introduce Sonic before being cut off.
"Sonic The Hedgehog. I've heard much about you. You saved this world about three years ago." said Geoffery, pointing out the hedgehog's accomplishments.
"Well, it did take us a lotta time and work, but we kicked Robotnik's butt outta here in the end." said Sonic before smirking.
"Impressive." said Geoffery, before everyone was interrupted by the arrival of an aircraft. All of the Freedom Fighters looked up and saw who they believed to be Robotnik the whole time.
"A pleasure to meet you at last, Knothole Freedom Fighters." said a voice, the figure whom it belonged to walked towards the platform of the aircraft.
"Who are you?!" Tails called out to him.
"Since you're so interested, I'll tell you. I am Dr. Eggman. I have come here to take over Mobius and place it under an iron fist once again!" said Eggman, briefly explaining his plan.
"So you're NOT Robotnik?!" Sally asked in shock.
"Close, but not quite. I far outrank that weakling. Now, minions, attack!" said Eggman as he swung his arm out, signalling Badniks to attack the Freedom Fighters. Sonic jumps up and takes all of the Badniks out with ease, just before dashing through two, before giving the last one a slight tap with his foot, causing it to fall right over.
"...Show-off." Sally said, unamused as she crosses her arms.
"Impressive! Now, how about THESE?" said Eggman as he orders a swarm of Stingers to attack Sonic and the Freedom Fighters. Sonic attempts to take them all out with a series of homing attacks, but he gets knocked down due to the sheer number of them.
"Oof!" Sonic exclaimed as his feet scraped along the cold, white snow.
Bunnie responds by using the boosters on her feet and flying up, before opening her mechanical fingers and firing a series of shots at the large swarm of Stingers. By the time each of them realized what had happened, Bunnie lands in a dramatic fashion before standing up and placing her hand on her hip, blowing a kiss and giving a wink to the camera, just in time for the Stingers to explode. The Freedom Fighters react with a thunderous cheer.
"Retreat for now!" said Eggman in an obvious panic, before he flew away in his aircraft.
After some celebration, the Freedom Fighters notice another ship arriving. This time, it was one of their own. Nicole began to speak through Sally's mobile device, so that everyone can hear what she's about to say.
"I sent you a lift home. Thought you could use it." said Nicole with a smile on the other end.
The scene cuts to Eggman, who is seen flying away in his aircraft. Just as he reaches for one of the commands on the control panel, he starts to speak as he's communicating to someone. As he navigates his way through the calming snow, he begins to speak.
"Make sure you learn everything you can about them. Tear them apart from the inside out." said Eggman, just before cutting back to the Freedom Fighters, all of whom are flying back to the Knothole on the aircraft that was sent by Nicole.
The last shot focuses on a tracker that is seen on the back of the aircraft, which is shown to be bleeping and flashing slowly.
-To Be Continued-