BGM-Sonic Lost World OST-Wonder World

Ruby: My name is Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY! Ran into that green Zeti again. We fought and almost lost if Eggman didn't show up in some energy armor and beat her. I'll admit, it did look cool. I would be more happy, but things are getting a little shaken up with me and Tails between Spidey and Sonic. Why is it when we want to help, bad things happen? Should I nickname it my "Rosy Luck"?

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Issue 10: Sneaky Scheme

The Deadly Six's Base

BGM-Sonic X OST-Shadow #1

Zavok stands alone inside the dark base watching some footage of Sonic, Spider-Man, and Ruby attacking some badniks during the betrayal of the Six back in Desert Ruins. Despite being so young, the heroes have proven capable to impress even the mighty leader of the Deadly Six himself. "The D-Avengers are more formidable than I anticipated." He said.

"Yes…" Master Zik walks in behind his student, "They would make powerful slaves. Eggman taught us how to make robots using his Roboticizer-."

"So we'll make the Avengers robots! Excellent plan, Master!" Zavok complimented.

"I'm sure you would have thought of it yourself, given time." Zik said, believing his student would've thought of the same idea too, just much later.

"Time. Something the Avengers are running out of. Anti-Venom!" Zavok calls out for his symbiote partner in fear.

Seconds later, the monstrous alien drops down from a web and lands in front of the two Zeti. "What do ya want, Big Red? It's not polite calling me when I'm in the middle of consuming those little aliens with the weird energy the heroes are always using to cheat." Anti-Venom joked, implying he literally ate Wisps during his down time.

"You 'ate' those aliens?" Zavok asked.

"More like stored them inside my body, mutating them for later usage, which I thought I couldn't do until the old geezer showed me how." Anti-Venom answered, turning to Master Zik who has become his trainer in the same fashion as he was to Zavok decades ago.

"If you recall, you awakened what the people below refer to as an 'Aura', which then allows you to tap into it's secondary ability called a 'Semblance'. Yours appears to be different. Stronger. More potent. The combination of the host and symbiote. A Semblance that allows you to absorb others into your body to gain their powers." Zik explained, saying Anti-Venom has unlocked his Semblance, or "Sym Semblance", which is called "Absorption".

"Sounds it could be useful later, but right now, I require his other unique abilities. Ready for your next mission?" Zavok asked the crazed symbiote.

"Anything that'll torture Spider-Man and give me a laugh. Nyahahahaha!" Anti-Venom cackled monstrously, creepily looking forward to his next assignment.

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Silent Forest Zone

BGM-Sonic Lost World OST-Silent Forest (Zone 1)

Silent Forest. Deep inside the darkest of woods, Silent Forest offers maze-like caverns, tumbling temples and crocodile-filled swamps to stop anyone that comes across this path.

"Look, Spidey. Found your long-lost brother and sister, Tarantula and Tarantula." Sonic joked, fighting alongside Spider-Man against the Tarantula badniks that are hanging down above via robotic webs.

"I'm supposed to be the only dashing spider here. You guys are giving us arachnids a bad rep." Spidey joked, web-striking a spider-bot, destroying it instantly.

"GAH! Get them off of me!" Eggman shouts after being ambushed by a Tarantula that takes him away until Sonic destroyed it, saving the doctor.

Nearby, Tails is freeing numerous animal capsules in the area on a side platform next to Ruby, who's grinding on rails below with her scythe in hand in case enemies show up. Flying above the platform, Tails spots two giant crocodiles: a regular green one and a Grimm variant popping out from the swamp to bite Ruby as she approaches them. "Ruby! Crocodiles!" The young fox warned her via shouting.

"See them!" Ruby switches to the next rail avoiding the crocodiles' big jaws. "This swamp makes Emerald Forest look like a vacation spot," She jokes, "Have we recovered all the animals here?" She asked the fox.

"All but a few. I've also been taking notes for your report." Tails replied, remembering he still promised to help with Ruby's history report.

"Thanks, Tails! Almost forgot about it with everything that's been going on lately." Ruby smiled, grateful to have a smart friend like him.

"Hey! You guys doing okay?" Sonic runs up to check on his young friends.

"Oh yeah. We're doing just fine. Thank you for asking." Ruby replied a bit snarky and sarcastically, giving the hedgehog a deadpan look.

"No need to check on us. We'll let you know if we're doing anything that could get us killed." Tails glared at his best friend as he flies off. Sonic slows down to almost a complete halt to watch the two run ahead visibly sadden that they might still be a bit mad at him and Spidey for scolding them earlier back in Frozen Factory.

"Why did you slow down?" Peter asked him as he lands next to his worried hedgehog friend.

"This adventure has turned into a total bummer. First the world is in danger because of me, and now Tails and Ruby are mad at us. Think we may have been a little too harsh earlier. Think they'll forgive us?" Sonic asked him, looking slightly down sad.

"Not unless we apologize." Peter replied.

"You think that'd be enough?" Sonic asked him, not sure a simple apologize would get them on their good sides again.

"Of course. It's natural for siblings to have arguments with each other, then apologize afterwards," Spidey replies, not sounding distraught that his friendship with those two friends of his are strained, "I may be an only child, but I had people I see as brothers like Kaine, Ben Reilly, and Eddie Brock. We had our fair share of arguments, mostly the violent 'want to kill you' kind, which is typical from Kaine and Brock, those jerks, but we made up in the end. Tails is your little bro like how Ruby is my little sis. Things will work out in the end."

Sonic smiles now that his spirits are somewhat lifted, "Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks, Spidey. C'mon. Let's go catch up with the others."

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The wondrous S.S. duo quickly caught up with the others after finding another animal capsule just lying about, yet for some reason, there's something different about this capsule. That it feels out of place. That there's more to it than meets the eye. Suspicious, Tails checks his Miles Electric for some answers. "Hmm…Something's not right. Does your Spider-Sense tell you anything about this capsule?" He asked Spider-Man.

"If it's wired to blow, no. Looks like your regular capsule with imprisoned animals to me." Spidey replied, finding nothing suspicious about this capsule whatsoever.

"I dunno. Something seems weird about this one…" Tails replied, still feeling doubtful.

BGM-Sonic Lost World OST-It's a Trap!

"Must've missed this one. Stay back, Ruby. I'll save the animals." Sonic told her.

"Yeah, sure. Steal the spotlight, why dontcha." Ruby sarcastically said with her arms crossed.

As Sonic runs up to open the capsule, Tails figured out what this capsule really is. "Sonic! It's a trap!" Tails jumps in front of him as the hedgehog leaps forward just as the capsule opens up for multiple white symbiote tendrils to thrust out to the open, grabbing Tails's limbs instead of Sonic's and drags the poor fox back into capsule.

Everyone, mostly Sonic, are shocked to see tendrils dragging their fox friend into the capsule. "Tails! No!" Sonic dashes to save his friend but it was too late. The symbiote capsule closes up then disappears, presumably back to the monsters that laid the trap for them.

Ruby gasps, "Those were symbiote tendrils, and they got Tails!"

"No wonder it didn't trigger my Spider-Sense!" Spidey said angrily, silently cursing Anti-Venom for laying such a devious trap.

But it is Sonic who is the most furious out of the three. His best friend. His little bro. The little kid who he practically raised himself since they first met many years ago back on Westside Island, got kidnapped because of his recklessness. The same recklessness that strained their friendship in the first place and put the entire planet on the verge of destruction.

"Oh, those rotten, sneaky-." Sonic said furiously, cursing the Zeti and Anti-Venom for kidnapping his best friend.

"Tails acted for the greater good. Let's make sure his sacrifice isn't for nothing." Eggman said with a surprise somber tone, as he too seems to feel sadden for his arch-nemesis.

"I'm supposed to be the fastest, but I was too slow to save my buddy." Sonic said sadly, berating himself for Tails's sacrifice.

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"Spidey, can you track him?!" Ruby hurriedly asked Peter, who was already on the case using a holographic screen from his wrist device to pinpoint Tails's signal, but sadly to no avail.

"I can't! His signal's jammed. Gah! It doesn't make any sense. Usually it's symbiotes that bonded with me and their offspring I couldn't detect with my Spider-Sense, so why is Anti-Venom immune to it? Is he an offspring of Venom too?" Spidey started to wonder what is the true nature of Anti-Venom, if he's truly related to the original Venom symbiote in some capacity, which might be true. His Spider-Sense did detect something though. An enemy that's hiding just a few miles from where they're standing. "Spider-Sense detected something!" Peter announced.

"Is it Tails?!" Sonic quickly asked, extremely worried for his little bro.

"No. Someone dangerous. One of the Zeti." Peter believed.

Wasting no time to even say anything, Sonic speeds off through the forest to find the Zeti alone. "Sonic! Hold on!" Peter shouted, swinging ahead with a worried Ruby by his side to catch up with the worried hedgehog before he does something else that he might also regret.

Elsewhere in Silent Forest…

BGM-Sonic Lost World OST-Apathy Meets Disappointment

The moody emo Zeti of the Deadly Six, the small purple-haired demon that sounds like Sam Rigel, Zor now enters the scene to pick up a flower from the ground and does an emo sigh, even saying the word sigh to show off his nihilism. "Sigh. Everything seems so pointless." Zor said, sounding constantly depressed and moody, which is his entire character.

An angry Sonic comes running into view and furiously confronts the depressed Zeti, "Hey, what did you do with Tails?!"

"What? Seriously? We captured you. Or at least the spider or that other kid covered in roses." Zor responded in shock to see Sonic has not been captured according to their plan.

"Sorry to disappoint." Spidey quips in, with he and Ruby finally caught up with the furious hedgehog.

"Where's Tails?!" Ruby demanded, already in the mood to threaten and hurt Zor if he doesn't talk.

"Now don't play dumb! You grabbed my friend, and I want him BACK!" Sonic demanded through his anger, never been this angry before, but it's understandable. Between putting the world in danger and his friendship with Tails at risk, he's never been so stress in his life.

"Man, this day keeps getting lamer and lamer. Whatever, I gotta go tell the others the bad news," Zor says as he walks away from the Avengers, "Heh. Giving bad news is actually the one thing I enjoy. I'll deal with you later, Losers!" He mocked the trio before leaping away.

"Huh?! Get back here!" Sonic shouted, running up to give chase.

"Hey, Sonic!" Spidey shouts, with he and Ruby also giving chase to Sonic and then Zor himself.

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BGM-Sonic Lost World OST-Owl Lights

Sonic rushes through a sorta haunted-like area outside the forest on some ruins. He spots Zor far away in the middle of the area on top of his robotic owl, who is looking for the hedgehog with its eyelights. Sonic could tell getting spotted would mean trouble, so he does everything in his power to avoid his searchlights. He runs on some vines fighting Slicers and Grimm, quickly dispatching them as he doesn't have time to play around. He's gotta a best friend to rescue. 'Where are you, Tails?' He said repeatedly in his thoughts, quickly being anxious for his friend's safety. The robot owl almost caught Sonic, but he quickly managed to hide behind a tall bush just in time to elude its watches.

"That was close." Sonic whispered to himself, then feels someone touching his arm. "Who is that?!" He quickly turns around only to see it was Spider-Man tagged with Ruby.

"Easy. It's just us." Peter calmly told him.

"We can't stay here! We need to stop that guy! We need to find Tails!" Sonic almost dashed away recklessly again if Spidey didn't stop him by the arm.

"Hold up and calm yourself! Rushing in headfirst is what got him kidnapped in the first place! Trust me. I know what you're going through right now, but you need to slow down and think!" Spidey calmed the hedgehog down as he has been in his shoes more times than he could count, having his loved ones like Mary Jane and Aunt May were caught in the crossfire of his battles for many years.

"It's all my fault. Everything. I didn't get the chance to say sorry." Sonic said with depressed face, feeling guilt he's never felt before.

Ruby holds up Sonic's hand and serenely tells him, "It's not your fault. It's gonna be okay. We'll find Tails. Now more than ever, we need to stand together if we want to rescue him. Alright?"

"I know. I know…" Sonic replied, but still feeling a little guilt in his heart.

"Good, 'cause we need to be careful around here." Spidey said, standing behind the bush to see the spotlight beside him, but thankfully it didn't see the trio. "Follow my lead. We'll surprise him." He told his partners, planning to use his Spider-Sense to make it easier to traverse this stealth section without getting spotted.

Working as a team, the D-Avengers follow Spider-Man and his trusty senses through these nightly-sky ruins towards Zor. Thanks to his Spider-Sense, this stealth section was a total cakewalk as they avoided the spotlights almost perfectly. As they get closer to Zor's location, they made up a quick plan that'll help them deal with Zor and his Owl Mech.

On top of his Owl Mech in the center of a circular arena, Zor continues to act as his emo self, saying things like, "I rouse myself from a deep depression for this?" He then sighs, "This whole battle thing reeks of effort…"

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BGM-Sonic Lost World OST- The Deadly Six Theme

The sound of a gunshot fires to the night sky, startling Zor to a startling position. "What was that?" He asked himself. He turns down to see it was a serious-face Ruby that fired the shot from her gun. "Huh? Hey. Where did she came from?" He asked.

"TIYAAARGH!" Sonic gave out a battle cry, leaping towards the distracted Zor to furiously kick him off his mech down to the arena where he's confronted by Spider-Man as well.

Zor sighs, "I suppose we're gonna have to fight."

"Sheesh. Lighten up. You're only going to get a severe beatdown. That might brighten the mood." Spidey joked.

"You're going to tell us where Tails is, and we're not gonna stop until we find him!" Sonic declared.

"Don't bother. Nothing means anything in the end." Zor replied, moody as ever.

Annoyed, Sonic throws the first punch, which got blocked by Zor's arm. The Zeti counters with his own punch, sending the hedgehog slightly backwards until he recovered for a jump kick that knocked him backwards. Ruby follows up with a scythe swing that knocks the emo zeti to Spidey smack around, but it'll take more than that to stop him.

"Just give up, Avengers! That's what I do!" Zor said, jumping back onto his Owl Mech and begins firing capsule-like missiles at his foes. "As a matter of fact, I've already pretty much given up on hope, happiness, success... Come to think of it, what am I still doing here? I should just crawl back into bed..."

"Man, this guy's depressing." Ruby quips while smacking the missiles back at him. Sonic and Spidey does the same thing, reflecting the missiles with either spin kicks or web-throws in the form of electric sparks that damages the Owl Mech. During the battle, Ruby spots another new Wisp capsule containing the music note-looking Magenta Wisp. The silver-eyed Huntress speed dash for it after avoiding an explosive missile and frees the alien, who was kind enough to allow itself to be absorbed by Ruby's weapon. Her rifle doesn't change much except gaining a magenta-looking color scheme.

"What does this one do?" Ruby asked herself. Extremely curious, she fires a large magenta music note that resembles the eighth note. A shot so powerful and loud, it screeches, hurting the ears of friends and foe alike, even herself. The sonic blast shocks Zor with loud sound distortions, knocking the zeti off his mech while it blows up.

"Remind me you never enroll in music class." Spidey joked with his ears still ringing from her note blast.

"WHAT?! I can't hear you!" Ruby shouts, as her ears are still ringing for being so close to the loud screeching noise of her own Wisp attack.

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"This is a total bummer. I guess that's it for now. See ya later, losers!" Zor leaps farther away this time to escape his pursuers after accepting his first defeat.

"NO! Come back here! I'm not done with you yet!" Sonic loudly growled, furious with himself Zor got away.

"He got away, but don't worry! Whatever they had plan was clearly meant for us! Tails is strong! He's safe for now! Let's go regroup with Eggman and continue heading for Lava Mountain! That's where we'll find Tails, I'm sure of it!" Spidey assured the worried hedgehog Tails is okay right now and that they will save him before it's too late.

Sonic scowls with a lowly growl but understands what they must do, "So be it. But know this, Spidey: I'm gonna make those monsters regret they ever crossed me! You have my word!" He declared, more incline to be more serious against these Zeti and Anti-Venom to the point of not holding back.

The Deadly Six's Base

While Zavok is seen typing on the computer, Anti-Venom and the other Zeti besides Zor are standing before the capsule trap that was used to capture the D-Avengers. As Zazz volunteered to open it up, Zavok says, "And now, Avengers, it's time for-."

"Um, how come there's only one of them? He doesn't look blue, has webs, or wearing a silly dress." Zomom points to the person they actually captured, which is a very annoyed looking Tails just sitting there, not scared by the demons he's surrounded by.

"Hmph." Tails grunted.

"You incompetent fools! I cannot trust you with the simplest of tasks." Zavok berated everyone except for his Master Zik of course.

"Their fault, not mine." Anti-Venom quickly quipped.

"Of course it's your fault, idiot!" Zeena retorted.

"No, he's the idiot. I'm the smartass." Anti-Venom snarkly replied, poking fun towards Zomom and the irritated Zeena.

"I'm the idiot?" Zomom scratched his confused head.

Zavok sighs, not in the mood to deal with his allies' behavior and just accepts what he's got. "All right. We can work this to our advantage." He said, looking at the still annoyed Tails, who's simply tapping his legs while lying on his side.

Everyone turns around to see Zor running in from the door to tell them, "Somebody messed up royally, because we don't have Sonic, Spider-Man, or that Ruby kid."

"We know!" The rest of the Six and Anti-Venom replied simultaneously, all while Tails simply gives Zor a silent two-fingered salute.

KFX Here: About six more chapters left plus the standard epilogue. Tails is kidnapped. Sonic is angry. And again, it gets worse. This is not gonna end well. We'll also see Anti-Venom's "Sym Semblance" in action next time. What is it? Let me quickly explain:

Anti-Venom's Sym Semblance: Absorption

Description: A more "advanced" technique of how symbiotes copy powers. Usually, they have to bond with you to gain your genetic code for their next host, which is how symbiotes like Venom have powers similar to Spider-Man's. For Anti-Venom, he can outright absorb you. Shrinking the person and put them inside his body in a pod like cans in storage just waiting to be used. For example, Anti-Venom absorbs Wolverine and places him inside his body, giving him access to his powers like claws and heightened regenerative abilities.

Limitations: Anti-Venom can only absorb people his size or smaller. Anything bigger, like the Hulk, is impossible. For super-beings his size, he can store up to three at a time. For smaller creatures, like say Wisps *hint, hint*, he can store up to a dozen at a time.

Question of the Chapter: How do you guys feel of Anti-Venom's portrayal so far being a smartass and a bit of a jokester while still acting very dangerous and a threat?