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Chapter 11: Battle for Pirates' Island

Sonic, Tails, and Blaze were riding through the ocean in the Deep Typhoon submarine, with Marine hiding in the cargo bay, which they didn't know. Recently, Blaze had yelled at Marine, calling her a nuisance, which caused Marine to run off crying. Silver, who didn't like that, yelled at Blaze, telling her to see if he ever talks to her again. He then ran off, which technically meant they had broken up. Now the trio was headed back to the pirates' hideout, where Whisker was waiting for them. On the way, Blaze was thinking about Silver's words.

"Maybe I should have calmly told her why she couldn't go. I'm sure she would have understood." Blaze thought to herself. "I suppose I shouldn't have yelled, but I was getting tired of it. And now, I've lost Silver because of it."

Blaze let a tear drop. She had lost her boyfriend, and it was her doing. She was trying to think of a way to win him back when Sonic broke the silence.

"Is something wrong, Blaze?" Sonic asked.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing." Blaze declined, but that wasn't fooling Sonic.

"Come on, Blaze." Sonic said. "It's about Silver, right?"

"I…I just don't know anymore." Blaze told him. "I want to apologize to him, but I doubt he'll listen to me."

"I'm sure he will. Maybe he just reacted too quickly. Maybe you did, too." Sonic told her, calmly. "You'll just have to give him some time to think about it."

"I…guess you're right." Blaze admitted.

Soon, they were at the large door that led to the hideout. They pulled out the stone tablets and looked at them.

"Well, I guess it's time to break into the hideout." Tails said.

"We should have all the clues we need." Sonic told them.

Blaze was thinking about something else.

"Blaze, don't worry." Tails said. "Marine's going to be fine."

"Huh?" Blaze asked as she snapped back to reality. "N-no, I…I wasn't…"

"She'll probably stay at home pouting for a bit, but she'll get over it." Sonic told her.

"I hope so." Tails said.

"I…suppose you're right." Blaze finally said.

"Okay, let's get this door open." Sonic said.

The symbols were turned so that they didn't align correctly. They looked at the tablets and started turning the symbols so that they matched. Blaze worked on the lower left one, Sonic worked on the lower right, and Tails worked on the top one. Once they were aligned correctly, a neon-cyan light appeared in the center. The puzzle had been solved.

"Alright, it's opening." Tails announced.

"At last, the pirates' hideout!" Sonic said.

"Who knows what we'll run into from here on out." Blaze told them. "You be careful, you two."

"We will." Sonic said.

"Right. Let's go!" Blaze said.

The door started to open, revealing ancient buildings and relics, with water near the bottom of the place. They could see some robot pirates working on rebuilding the area to their likings. This enraged all of them.

"What is going on?" Tails asked. "It looks like the pirates have done some remodeling."

"These are the ancient ruins?" Sonic asked. "Look at what those fiends have done to this place."

"How dare they deface such priceless relics!" Blaze said in anger.

"We need to figure out where they're hiding." Tails said.

"Alright." Sonic agreed. "Let's go, Blaze."

"Right. Let's settle this, once and for all!" Blaze declared.

Sonic and Blaze ran off in the direction of where Whisker was located while Tails went to each pirate, knocking them into the water so they couldn't "work" on the ancient relics anymore.

Meanwhile, Marine was wandering the island, and believe it or not, she couldn't believe what the robots had done.

"Whoa!" Marine exclaimed. "These pirates have done a number on this place. Why would they do something like this?"

She soon found a few pirates running towards her.

"So, you wanna face me?" Marine asked. "Well, come and get me!"

The pirates did so, but as they got close, Marine punched one of them right off the edge and into the water. As the first one fell, Marine kicked the second one over the edge. The third one tried to run away, but Marine gathered as much strength as she could, lifted the robot over her head, and tossed him into the water.

"Don't mess with the captain!" Marine said.

At the moment, Silver had just reached the entrance to the hideout. He had created a psychic bubble so he could breathe underwater. He entered and saw the remodeling that the robot pirates had done.

"What the hell have they done?" Silver asked. "I won't let them get away with this."

Silver then saw a few robots coming at him. Unfortunately for them, however, he used his psychic abilities and tossed them all over the edge and into the water. He then saw a few coming up from behind, so he jumped into the air, placed his hand on the ground as he landed, and let loose with his Psycho Shock. The psychic arcs stunned the robots, allowing Silver to throw them over the edge.

"That takes care of them." Silver said to himself. "Now to find Blaze. I need to apologize to her. I hope she accepts it."

Silver then moved in the direction that he thought they would be headed in.

Back with Sonic and Blaze, they were having a hard time with the robots that had surrounded them. They were punching and kicking them, but the robots kept coming as if there was no end to them.

"Damn!" Sonic cursed. "Just how many of these guys are there?"

"I don't know, but we can't give up." Blaze said as she threw a small fireball at another robot.

As the robots started to grow thin in numbers, a larger blue robot appeared. It was double the size of Sonic and Blaze, not combined, and had two submachine guns for arms.

"That robot seems similar to Omega." Sonic said.

"Yeah, but bigger." Blaze added. "And possibly stronger."

The robot proved that right away, as it shot a few bullets at the two. The bullets were faster and more powerful than Omega's bullets, and Sonic and Blaze barely dodged them. But the robot was quick, and it charged at the two, knocking them both into the nearby walls. The force of the robot's attack smashed some of the ruins on impact. This wouldn't be an easy battle.

Blaze decided to go on the first offensive, throwing a fireball at the robot. It proved effective, as the fireball connected with the robot, pushing it back despite its attempts to block it. When the fireball dissipated, there was a large black mark where the fireball had connected. Sonic decided to attack next, charging up a blue sphere of energy in his hand.

"SONIC WIND!" Sonic called out his signature attack.

He threw the sphere of energy at the robot, which hit it at full force, causing it to back up as the attack started to make its mark. After the attack disappeared, there were several scratches on the robot, but it was still at top efficiency.

"How are we supposed to beat it?" Sonic asked.

"I don't know, but I won't give up." Blaze replied.

Blaze charged at the robot in a fire twister, and hit it directly. The attack was pushing through, but before Blaze could do any real damage, the robot grabbed her and threw her into the wall. It then slammed Sonic into another nearby wall before grabbing Blaze, holding her up, and forming a dagger with its free hand.

"Enemy life form, terminated." The robot said in a monotone voice.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Someone shouted from the distance.

Just then, a green twister of energy came out of nowhere and hit the robot's arm, causing it to free Blaze, albeit over the edge. But before Blaze could fall any farther, she was caught by someone. She looked at her savior, and to her surprise, it was Silver.

"Silver?" Blaze asked.

Silver nodded before placing Blaze back on land and turning to the robot. He started to levitate it into the air.

"This is what you get for trying to kill her." Silver said. "PSYCHIC COMPRESSION!"

Silver then clenched his fist, which started compressing the robot. It tried to escape and attack, but could do nothing. Silver then punched his clenched fist into his other hand, and the robot exploded into nothing but robot parts. The robot had been destroyed. Silver then turned to Blaze.

"Are you okay, Blaze?" Silver asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Blaze replied. "But why did you save me?"

Silver told Sonic to back away before turning back to Blaze. "Listen, I just want to say…I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier. I…guess I reacted too quickly when you yelled at Marine. It was a knee-jerk reaction, and it came out before I realized what I had said. I hope you can forgive me."

Blaze didn't answer, but instead gave Silver a kiss. They stood there for a few seconds before breaking apart.

"Apology accepted, Silver." Blaze said. "I love you."

Sonic looked at them and smiled. They were back together just as quickly as they had broken up. But before he could congratulate them, he found all three of them surrounded by hundreds of robots.

"Well, this is just great." Sonic said in a sarcastic tone as he stood next to Blaze and Silver, the three heroes forming a triangle.

"What do we do now?" Blaze asked.

"Nothing." Silver replied. "Look!"

Just then, some cannonballs came out from nowhere and hit some of the robots. The trio turned to find a ship carrying some polar bears that they recognized.

"It's the Vikings!" Silver said.

Indeed, it was the Vikings. They had come into the pirates' hideout to fight alongside them. Soon, the ship landed on a nearby shore and the Vikings exited, ready to fight. Their leader, Norman, walked up to them.

"Ohoo! It's been a long time, friends, yup!" Norman said.

"How did you know we were here?" Sonic asked.

"Well, we were coming to fight the pirates anyway, and as we entered, we saw your yellow fox friend coming towards us." Norman explained. "He told us that you were in trouble, and we decided to help. So here we are."

Norman then gave the signal to attack the robots. The Vikings acknowledged their leader, and started charging towards them, swords ready. The robots tried to fight back, but the Vikings wouldn't back down. Soon, they were cutting down every robot down to size.

"You guys go get the leader." Norman said. "We'll keep these guys busy, yup."

"You got it." Tails replied. He had rejoined them before they headed off.

After a few minutes, they came to a large, multi-tiered structure. Up ahead, they saw Captain Whisker, who seemed to be expecting them.

"Ahoy, ye scallywags." Whisker said as they approached. "Allow me to be showin' you a little something special o' mine!"

"And what's that?" Sonic asked.

"Be careful, Sonic." Tails warned. "This could be a trap."

"All right, mateys. Do it!" Whisker commanded. The two little robots, Mini and Mum, acknowledged their leader. "It's time, mateys! 3, 2, 1, go!"

Whisker started moving back and forth as Mini and Mum started reciting some chant.

"O ultimate evil, come forth to this world!"

"Rule the Seven Seas!"

"Justice is not welcome! Kindness is weakness!"

"Master of Evil, show unto us those mighty whiskers!"

"And so it is I! The Dread Pirate Whisker!"

Whisker then banged his chest, releasing a large metal booming sound. "D'arr har har har! Fantastic job, mateys."

Sonic, Blaze, Silver, and Tails just looked at Whisker. What the robot pirate leader had done was stupid to them. Whisker didn't take their silence this way, though.

"Well, I see that our sheer awesomeness has you speechless! Mwahahaha!" Whisker said. Blaze was tired of this.

"Stop these damn shenanigans!" Blaze demanded. "Give the scepter back, now!"

"How dare you!" Whisker said, instantly offended. "You seek to mock me splendid jig as…as a…shen…uh…Men, what are shenanigans?"

"Antics. Tomfoolery. In other words, they think you're a joke." Someone said from in the distance. Sonic was surprised to see who it was.

"A JOKE?" Whisker asked. "To Davy Jones' Locker with the lot of them." Whisker demanded before turning to the newcomer. "And avast there, Johnny! When'd you decide to drop on by, matey?"

"I got here as fast as I could." Johnny replied. "At my speeds, it's not easy to change direction."

"Johnny!" Sonic said, surprised. "You're working with these guys?"

"Ah, Sonic." Johnny said, turning his attention to the cobalt hedgehog. "I didn't expect to see you here. What a fantastic opportunity this is!"

"For what?" Sonic asked.

"Come! Let us have our final showdown, here and now!" Johnny challenged. Whisker broke in, though.

"Johnny, don't be stealing me thunder, here!" Whisker demanded.

"Okay, boss, fine." Johnny replied.

"And I AM serious!" Whisker declared. "Today, I shall teach you all the true meaning of fear and pain!"

"Oh, really?" Sonic asked in a taunting voice.

"Yes! And that is…is…Johnny, what DOES that mean?"

Johnny just rolled his eyes before saying, "It means that you'll face them yourself."

"Ah yes, of course!" Whisker replied. "You hear that?" I'll blow you to bits, you meddling pests!"

"Ohoho! So a little tag team action, is it?" Johnny asked. "You guys are toast!"

"Hah!" Blaze scoffed. "Toast, he says."

"Well, if they think we'll go down that easy, let's go!" Sonic said.

Sonic and Tails went after Johnny, while Silver and Blaze turned their attentions to Captain Whisker.

Pirates' Island: Whisker and Johnny

The battle started with Whisker breathing fire at Silver and Blaze while Johnny did a super speed dash at Sonic and Tails. Sonic countered with his spin dash while Blaze absorbed Whisker's fire breath.

Sonic and Johnny were going at it at a high speed, determined to beat one another.

"You can't beat me!" Sonic said as he rammed into Johnny.

"I can, and will!" Johnny replied as he slammed Sonic into the ground.

Tails then picked up Johnny, but with his speed, the green robot started spinning and threw Tails into the ground. Sonic jumped up with a blue energy sphere charged up into his hand.

"SONIC WIND!" Sonic called out his attack.

The attack hit Johnny, leaving multiple scratches on his body. Johnny retaliated by bringing his body into a compressed form, and started flying at Sonic headfirst.

"SPEED MISSILE!" Johnny called out.

The attack hit Sonic hard, driving him into the nearby wall. But the hedgehog recovered and came back at Johnny, continuing the battle.

Over where Blaze and Silver were at, Whisker had just detached his fists, and shot them at the two heroes. They dodged, however, and attacked with Silver tossing him up and Blaze slamming him down. Whisker recovered, jumped into the air, did a flip, and came down hard, creating a small shockwave that knocked Blaze and Silver back. They recovered and continued their battle against the pirate leader.

Meanwhile, over where Johnny was at, Tails had been taken out of the battle due to a speedy pile-driver attack, leaving only a one-on-one battle. Johnny was attacking Sonic left and right, with Sonic dodging almost every attack. Johnny then connected with a speed bullet, hitting Sonic in the back, which threw him to the ground. Johnny then walked up to Sonic.

"You may be fast, but I'm faster." Johnny said.

"You know, you could go as fast as you wanted at any time if you didn't listen to that overweight pirate." Sonic said. Johnny immediately stopped his attack. "Just think, the freedom to race at any time."

Johnny thought about those words, but was quickly brought back to his senses as Silver and Blaze landed near Sonic and the knocked out Tails. Whisker had caught them.

"Johnny, finish them!" Whisker ordered.

But Sonic's words were floating in Johnny's head. Sure, taking orders from Whisker took time away from going at high speed, and if he didn't have to listen, he could do that all the time.

"Johnny, your captain orders you to FINISH THEM!" Whisker yelled.

Johnny sighed and started spinning. He launched at the four heroes, ready to attack. Sonic closed his eyes and awaited the blow, but he didn't feel a thing. Instead, he heard the sound of clanging metal behind him. He got up to see that Johnny had attacked Whisker instead.

"Sorry, Whisker, but I don't take orders from you anymore." Johnny said.

"What!? You traitor!" Whisker said, but it was too late.

"Ready, Sonic?" Johnny asked.

"Ready." Sonic replied, smiling.

"SONIC BULLET!" Sonic and Johnny called out in unison.

Johnny grabbed Sonic, moved back, then started flying at Whisker at high speed. As they neared the bad captain, Johnny released Sonic, allowing the cobalt hedgehog to fly at Whisker, drilling him in the stomach. The force wasn't enough to pierce Whisker, but it was enough to drive him to the point of bailing out. Whisker had been beaten.

Whisker: Defeated

"Argh! I'm not finished yet!" Whisker said. "I'll retreat for now, and when I return, I will destroy you all!"

Whisker then tried to retreat, but saw that he had nowhere to go.

"You know there's no way out." Blaze pointed out. "Hand over the Jeweled Scepter!"

"Arrr, no, I can't!" Whisker replied. "Ye don't understand! If I don't bring this plunder back, then ye shall all know his wrath, savvy?"

"His?" Johnny asked.

"Aye!" Whisker replied. "So you see, I clearly cannot let ye have it!"

"You don't know, Johnny?" Sonic asked.

"This is new to me." Johnny replied.

"At any rate, he's not listening." Silver said.

"D'arr, mateys!" Whisker called out to Mini and Mum. "Yer captain needs ye! Show yourselves!"

They hopped onto his shoulders and started doing something as Whisker laughed.

"You have to be rememberin', ye landlubbers, that a pirate…" Whisker said as he jumped through a portal. "…always has tricks up his sleeve!"

"What?" Blaze asked.

"Where'd he go?" Sonic asked.

"He got away!" Blaze discovered.

"Over there!" Tails said.

Everyone looked in the direction that Tails pointed to see that Whisker was on the edge of the island.

"D'arr har har! Aye, that's it!" Whisker said. "Look here and see!"

"Hey, when did he…?" Blaze began to ask.

"Everyone, there's a hole through here!" Silver announced.

Whisker decided to taunt them. "Landlubbers like yourselves can never keep up with true buccaneers, savvy?"

"You guys aren't so smart after all!" Mini taunted.

"We can't let him get…" Blaze began when she saw something. "What the…?"

Just then, they heard a rumble from where Whisker was at.

"What's that noise?" Whisker asked.

"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FROM ME, YOU NO-GOOD PIRATES!" A familiar voice called out. It was Marine.

"Bail out!" Whisker called as he ran away.

"Get back here!" Marine demanded. "I'll teach you a lesson, you moustachioed menace!"

Marine started chasing Whisker as the others looked on.

"What's she doing here?" Blaze asked.

"She must have followed you guys." Silver said.

"Guys, she's going after them by herself." Johnny announced.

"That's not going to end well!" Sonic said. "We have to go after her!"

Sonic, Blaze, Tails, Silver, and Johnny hopped through the portal and gave chase, hoping that they weren't too late.

End of Chapter 11.

Johnny has betrayed Captain Whisker and sided with the heroes. Now they have to try and save Marine before anything bad can happen. Will they succeed? Find out in the next chapter.

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