BGM-Sonic Adventure 2 OST-It Doesn't Matter (Instrumental)
Sonic: I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. There was an outbreak of weird cybernetically-enhanced Test Subjects and Badniks trashing Westopolis thanks to Eggman working with a mutant scientist that seriously calls himself Sugar Man. Me and the Freedom Fighters showed up to deal with the outbreak, and with some assistance from the X-Men, we managed to take down Sugar Man. He said he and Eggman are working under a bigger threat. Who is he anyways?
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Act 4: Joined Forces
X-Mansion, New Vale City
"Hah. Just as I had suspected."
BGM-X-Men Legends 2 OST-X-Mansion
Beast just finished analyzing the sample Tails got for him from a Test Subject in his lab at the mansion. All the Freedom Fighters and X-Men, including Professor X and Uncle Chuck, are assembled in his lab as he stands up from his chair with answers regarding the Test Subjects.
"These Test Subjects, the Infinites, are clones that were enhanced by Eggman's Cyberization process and injected with a serum created from the combination between ISO-8 and the Mutant Growth Hormone, or MGH for short." Beast explains.
"Mutant Growth Hormone?" Sally questioned as she never heard of that hormone before until now.
"An illegal drug that gives normal people superhuman abilities, or enhances the existing powers of metahumans." Professor X answered, briefly explaining what MGH are to the Freedom Fighters.
The explanation of MGH switches back to Beast as he says, "The drug is naturally produced and extracted from mutants, though research has proven genetically-altered superhumans work just as well. It's known to be highly addictive. A side effect of MGH use is increased aggression. The powers it gives are usually temporarily, though with ISO-8, this new serum last longer and is much stronger, to the point it breaks the minds of the user and causes them to go on a rampage."
Sally puts her pondering finger underneath her muzzle, "Just like what we experienced at Westopolis earlier. Eggman and Sugar Man caused the outbreak to test out their new army. And though we've apprehended Sugar Man, Eggman is still at large and is apparently working under a more dangerous villain."
"Sugar Man was acting like a kid at Christmas. What, did someone give him a bunch of people to torture?" Sonic joked.
"Not funny, Sonic. What's the one thing that would make a sadistic nut like Sugar Man happiest?" Cyclops asks both teams.
Both teams ponder to themselves who might be the true villain behind this outbreak and the mysterious alliance between Sugar Man and Eggman. Professor X closes his eyes and remains quiet, as he already suspected the identity of their ultimate foe, something that Cyclops notices.
"Yeah. You know what I'm talking about, do you, professor?" Cyclops asks his professor.
"It's about time we admitted that Apocalypse may be back." Wolverine bluntly remarks, revealing the identity of their greatest enemy.
The other X-Men are horrifyingly shock that one of their greatest enemies has reawakened with a vengeance and has a new plan to take over the world. The Freedom Fighters are understandably surprise and confuse as they have never heard of Apocalypse before until today.
"Keep that right in this room for now. No sense spreading panic without proof." Xavier told Logan to zip it about Apocalypse's return.
"Apocalypse…" Sonic remarks curiously.
"May I ask who is Apocalypse, Charles?" Uncle Chuck asks the mutant professor.
"En Sabah Nur. An ancient and powerful mutant that has lived for over 5,000 years. He is one of the first mutants born to the world, and has been one of the greatest threats to mankind. The X-Men have faced him multiple times before, with each battle proving more difficult than the last." Xavier answers, explaining to the heroes regarding the history of their mutual foe.
"You don't know if there's a Faunus equivalent to this guy, right?" Sonic quips while asking Blake standing next to him.
"Not that I know of." Blake responded.
"He has lived for over 5,000 years? How?" Tails remarked.
"It's because of his mutant ability. And thanks to his Celestial technology, he can recover from nearly every wound, practically making him immortal and extremely difficult to defeat." Beast answers his science buddy.
"So THAT'S how Eggman got his hands on Celestial technology. He's been working with Apocalypse all this time, but for how long?" Sally remarks as she figured out that little mystery.
"There had been rumors regarding Apocalypse's return for quite some time, which led us investigating his whereabouts starting with Mister Sinister and then Sugar Man." Xavier replied.
"It's bad enough we knew Sinister and Sugar Man were a part of this, but now we have Eggman involved in this crisis." Cyclops remarks, displeased a madman like Eggman is also working with a bigger madman like Apocalypse.
"There's nothing to worry about. I've taken down Eggman and ancient, immortal baddies hundreds of times before. Apocalypse shouldn't be too hard." Sonic grins, staying confident and hopeful they can defeat Apocalypse.
"Maybe so, but don't underestimate him, Sonic. Apocalypse is as powerful as he is cunning. We must stay vigilant." Xavier responded.
"Agreed. All of us need to stick together if we want to have a chance against this guy. Do we have any clues what he's planning, or leads on his current whereabouts?" Sally asks the professor.
"Not yet, but for now, I recommend we do our best preventing any more outbreaks of his forces." Xavier recommended.
'A bit too late for that, professor.' Nicole responds as she appears on her handheld. 'I'm just receiving reports of two new outbreaks, one at Ice Paradise and the other at Splash Canyon.' She informs the heroes of the current situation and their new missions.
"Then we'll split up into teams and stop them before they destroy anything. Some of you will stay here with me and Sir Charles as we might need help locating Apocalypse's base." Xavier said to the heroes.
"Cool." Sonic grinned.
"Get moving, people. This situation is escalating quickly." Sally says as the heroes split into two separate groups as they are dispatch to their own mission.
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Ice Paradise Zone
BGM-Sonic Advance 2 OST-Ice Paradise Zone Act 2
The X-Jet flies over the icy city as it lands near a snowy mountain. Cyclops walks his strike team out of the jet consisting of Sonic, Amy, Antoine, Iceman, Beast, Phoenix, and Rotor to stop the Test Subject outbreak in this zone.
"Here we are in winter wonderland." Sonic smiles as he enthusiastically introduces the team to the icy zone.
"Ice Paradise. Sends chills down my spine, and I am loving it!" Iceman quips as he feels right at home in a place that embraces his ice powers.
"I am so happy for the mutant covered in ice. I'm freezing over here!" Amy sarcastically remarks while shivering from the freezing weather.
"I'll warm you up, Amy." Phoenix forms a ball of cosmic fire in her hand next to Amy, who is quickly feeling relax as she's not shivering anymore.
"Thanks, Jean. Those Phoenix powers sure come in handy." Amy smiles, grateful for the mutant's cosmic powers.
"When it's not turning me into a malevolent cosmic force of destruction, I would agree." Phoenix jokes about her dark persona, the Dark Phoenix, whenever she loses control over the Phoenix Force.
"Are we at the right place, Nicole?" Cyclops asks the A.I.
'You're close. I pinged you the address of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Iso-8 research facility. They're in trouble.' Nicole replied.
"What kind of trouble?" Cyclops asks.
'The Test Subject/Badnik kind. Their batch of Iso-8 is in trouble.' Nicole said.
"They'll want ISO-8 to create more of the energy serum to enhance Apocalypse's forces." Beast claims their motive behind this attack.
Sonic eagerly cracks his fingers with a big grin as he remarks, "Not if we stop 'em. Let's go!"
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BGM-Sonic X OST-Battle
Sonic's team quickly approach the ISO-8 facility where they see SHIELD agents going to war against Test Subjects and Badniks like Egg Gunners, Buzz Bombers, and Orbinauts. The agents throw everything they have to make sure Apocalypse's forces don't break into the facility.
"They're trying to break into the lab!" Iceman noticed.
"As if!" Sonic boosts towards the action and uses his speed to splash massive amounts of snow onto his enemies, earning their attention and gunfire while the hedgehog runs away from their attacks with a cocky smile, "All eyes on me, fellows!"
The enemy horde becomes too focus on Sonic that they left defenseless against the surprise assault from Cyclops' optic blasts and the rest of his group as they join the fight. "Don't let anyone inside the facility!" Cyclops commands his team.
"Cyclops, eyes up!" Sonic kicks several Badniks straight into the air for Cyclops, who uses his optic blasts to blow each of them to bits.
Beast and Rotor unleash a brutal assault on the goons with their powerful punches. Jean telekinetically lifts Amy and Antoine into the air, throwing each of them at a goon to smash with their respective weapon while the telepath charges up a psychic blast that obliterates several robots.
"This is the worst place to fight an Omega-class mutant who can control ice! In a chilly place like this, I'm invincible!" Iceman boasts as his dispatches a small army of goons to the ground with piercing icicles. Suddenly, a Test Subject that also has the power of ice uses the environment to their advantage and unleashes a powerful ice blast that knocks Iceman through the snow, leaving him lying on the ground a little banged up. "Hey, not cool." He grunts in pain while holding his head.
"Then let me heat things up." Jean attacks the icy Test Subjects with a powerful fire blast shape as a bird, burning the cyborgs and knocking them out cold.
"Not a bad pun, Jeannie." Sonic quips while easily taking out more cyborgs.
"I try not to make one too often." Jean remarks.
After Antoine slices an Egg Gunner apart, he notices several of Apocalypse's forces blowing a hole into the lab and infiltrating the facility. "Some of them have broken into the lab!" He hurriedly informs his teammates.
"I'm also sensing a powerful psychic presence within the facility. If it's who I think it is, we must stay on our guard." Phoenix warns her friends with a stern expression, sensing a familiar foe has also infiltrated the facility.
"Wanna tell us who it is?" Sonic asks the telepath as they race into the lab, destroying every goon they come across.
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"AAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Suddenly, they heard a scream coming from further inside the facility as they rush towards the source. The heroes arrive in the main lab that's researching different kinds of ISO-8 where they see two SHIELD agents dying at the hands of a beautiful and mysterious black-haired woman in a black dress. Whoever this woman is, she's clenching her hands tightly on the agents' necks as she psionically drains their energy into herself, empowering herself while her victims crumble into dust on the floor, horrifying the heroes behind her.
The mystery woman turns around facing the heroes with a sinister smile as she greets Jean and her team, "Ahhh, Jean. I knew that was you I sensed approaching. I see you brought your boyfriend along with two other X-Men. As well as the famous Sonic the Hedgehog and his Freedom Fighters. I've been expecting you."
"Who's this chick?" Sonic asks Jean as he looks at her.
Jean answers while sternly glaring at her psychic foe, "Selene, the Black Queen. One of the Externals and a member of the Hellfire Club. She's a mutant sorceress that has lived for thousands of years by absorbing the life force of her victims. She's not one to stay dead." She said, implying that Selene is also immortal since she is an External.
"So she's the illegitimate love child between Salem and Morlun. Gotcha." Sonic jokes, describing Selene in a nutshell.
"I am FAR older than Salem to be considered her 'daughter'. I am eternal." Selene claims.
"Eternally full of herself. You don't scare me." Sonic quips with a grin.
"Come closer and I'll show you something to be scared of." Selene remarks with a wicked smile that would scare any normal being.
"Nah. I'm good right here." Sonic smirks.
"Why are you working with Apocalypse, Selene? What do you have to gain?" Cyclops asks the sorceress.
"Nothing much. Just the destruction of the X-Men and a lifetime supply of precious humans to feed on while living in his new mutant world." Selene answers snarkly with a smile.
BGM-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 OST-Into the Fray
"None of that is happening, Selene. Not while we still stand. We're taking you in!" Cyclops fires an optic blast at Selene, who smiles as she easily blocks his attack with a mystical barrier. "Beast! Take Amy and Rotor with you and protect the scientists!" He says while continuing to attack Selene.
"Understood. Follow me, you two." Beast says to Amy and Rotor as they follow him to protect the scientists from Apocalypse's henchmen.
Meanwhile, Cyclops leads Phoenix, Iceman, Sonic and Antoine on a relentless assault against the Black Queen, who does her best fending them off. "We're going in!" Sonic states as he and Antoine rush towards the evil mutant.
"Be careful! If she touches you, she'll drain your life force!" Cyclops warns them.
"You heard 'im, Twain. Don't let the vampire lady touch you." Sonic quips to the annoyed coyote.
"I am pretty sure he was talking to you." Antoine remarks with an annoyed look at the hedgehog.
"She'll have to catch me if she wants to touch me." Sonic smirks, blitzing Selene with several spin attacks that prove too fast for her to dodge. Selene grunts in annoyance as she uses her magic to deflect the hedgehog away, just as she gets knock back by a swift swing from Antoine's sword. The external lifts the coyote in the air with her telekinesis, suspending him in place.
"Uh oh. I do not like this." Antoine sweats in fear as he is pulled closer to Selene, who intends to drain the mobian of his life energy.
Suddenly, an ice wall forms between the two thanks to Iceman, saving Antoine but accidently causing him to smack his face onto the wall. Phoenix lifts Antoine away as Cyclops fires a powerful optic blast through the ice wall, shattering it as he attacks Selene on the other side and allows Sonic to knock her around with a spinning kick.
"Sorry, lady, but Twain's already taken. 'Sides, you're like a thousand years too old for me." Sonic quips to the Black Queen as they confront each other.
"Age is just a number, boy. Especially for mutants. Our time is coming. I'm more interested in you anyways. Some very important people have high expectations for you, Sonic. I do hope you won't disappoint them." Selene said ominously.
"I always aim to please my adoring fans." Sonic jokes with a smirk, shifting into his Spin Dash as he revs up and uses the charging wind to pull Selene towards him, much to her surprise.
"What?" Selene remarks, as she didn't expect that type of trick with his Spin Dash.
As she's being pulled, Sonic launches his Spin Dash and sends her flying through the air. The Black Queen stops herself in midair and launches a barrage of mystical bolts at the hedgehog, who uses his incredible speed to dodge her attacks as he jumps towards her, surprising her with a lightning-fast Homing Attack before being blasted to a wall by a mystical beam.
"You are stronger than I initially thought, mobian." Selene remarks on the hedgehog's strength.
"Compared to the spider-eating vampires I fought recently, you're a joke." Sonic quips, stating she is weaker than an Inheritor as he launches another spin attack from the wall and brutally pummels the witch down.
"You dare underestimate me and my power!? You are simply mortal! I am not! Allow me to demonstrate!" Enraged by his taunting, Selene blasts away Sonic and his group with a powerful explosion of mystical energy that was unleashed from her body. Fortunately, the heroes survived albeit a little weakened from her deadly attack.
"She is too powerful." Antoine comments as it would seem Selene is invincible.
Jean remarks otherwise stating, "No, she's growing weaker. I can sense it. Sonic's taunts are causing Selene to lose focus, making her forget that great usage of her power causes her to age unless she absorbs more life force." She stated, as they stare at Selene, who is slowly showing some wrinkles on her face after expending much of her power.
Sonic ponders, "So grandma needs to take a pit stop so she could continue fighting. That gives me an idea. You guys get her attention!" He smiles before speeding away from the scene.
"What is he doing?" Cyclops asks what Sonic is up to.
"This is Sonic we're talking about, so he's either saving our lives or dooming us all." Antoine jokes with an unamused expression.
Nonetheless, the rest of the heroes attack the weakened External with everything they have that's slowly weakening her with every second. The more injuries she takes and the more power she uses, the more her age starts to show on her face. "I cannot keep this up. I must absorb another life force." Selene mutters to herself, setting her sights on Antoine again to absorb his life force. But before she could pull him towards her grasp, Selene is suddenly stomped and pinned to the ground by Sonic's feet.
"Miss me?" Sonic tauntingly asks the pinned mutant, looking down at her annoyed face with his sarcastic grin.
"Bad move, hedgehog. You're just BEGGING me to absorb your life force and leave you as a dried-up blueberry!" Selene scowls.
"Yeah, but it's the only way for me to do this." Sonic vibrates his arms so fast as he slams them onto her back, vibrating her entire body as she's unable to resist and screams in pain. Somehow, vibrating her body is causing Selene to age rapidly until her face is all wrinkly and her hair turns grey as she weakly stands away from Sonic.
"AH! What did you do to me?!" The elderly Selene shouts while staring at her wrinkly hands.
"Just sped up your molecules to use up all that absorbed life energy in a single stroke." Sonic explains.
"How dare you!" Selene uses what little energy she has left to blast Sonic, but he easily blocks her attack with a grin.
"Sorry. That's not gonna work anymore. Nighty-nighty, granny." Sonic defeats Selene with a simple kick that knocks her out on the ground.
"I didn't know you could do that with your speed. I thought you were only fast on your feet." Iceman said to the hedgehog as he comments on his ability to vibrate his body in that fashion.
"I've learned a few new moves recently, and Quicksilver taught me some tricks but I rarely use them." Sonic replied.
"Not bad." Cyclops compliments the hedgehog's victory over Selene with a grin on his face.
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SHIELD shows up to apprehend the unconscious Selene and take her to jail, just as Beast's little group reunites with their friends. "All the scientists are safe again." Amy informs her friends that their mission was successful.
"What about the ISO-8?" Cyclops asks.
"That too." Rotor nods.
"Looks like our work is done here." Sonic grinned.
"For now. We still have a long way to go until we can defeat Apocalypse. Let's head back to the mansion and see if the professor found his base." Cyclops leads the team out of the facility and leave SHIELD to their business. Unaware to the heroes, they were being watched by a hidden Egg Flapper controlled by Apocalypse as he secretly plans his next move of his conquest over the world.
BGM-Sonic Heroes OST-System Screen: Select
KFX Here: Ahh, it feels so refreshing writing a non-Spider-Man-related story. I'll be honest, part of the reason I started the Super United Heroes series is because I've grown sick writing about the character a lot. There's only so much I could with Spider-Man and I need a breather. Give other heroes a chance in the spotlight.
Next time: The Mutant Agenda!
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