A/N: As I'm sure you know, I've finally chosen a type of pattern for updating my stories. And now, it's MTA's turn! I've been looking forward to writing this for a long time, so read it slow and soak up the action!

Chapter 6: Schnieders Unleashed!

The time for revenge had come, and all of the plans were in place. Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik sat in his cushioned control chair, his mustachioed face buried in a book on highway systems. As the evil scientist studied the diagram of Indianapolis, he read aloud. The huge computer screen showed a very detailed chart, filled with notes on his latest scheme.

"The whole city runs on Meridian Street," stated the doctor in a monotone. A picture of the map appeared on-screen, and Meridian was marked with red.

"IS THAT ALL, DOCTOR?" a computerized voice asked.

"I think we have all we need…" Robotnik said with a chuckle. He dropped the book to rub his hands together maliciously. "We attack at dawn."

xxx

"Hey, Knuuuuux!" Shadow called from the kitchen at seven o'clock on Friday morning. The tired and disgruntled echidna poked his head around the side of the door to the living room.

"What do you want, Shadow?" Knuckles growled irritably. "I was sleeping."

"I made fried Flicky for breakfast," replied the Ultimate Lifeform simply.

"I don't care."

"You might as well wake up," Shadow pleaded. "Class starts at eight thirty, and I don't feel like Chaos Controlling you today."

"You prick," was all the Guardian had to say, but he got up and ate some stale potato chips for breakfast. As the clock neared eight, Sonic's annoying car horn could be heard, and Knuckles begrudgingly headed off to anger management.

xxx

"Good morning, class!" Mr. Schnieders greeted with an unusual burst of cheer. "Today, I thought we'd try doing some skits to relieve ourselves of some of the stress that our classmates might cause us."

"We've been bothering each other all this time, and you decide to do skits now?" asked the black fox in a confused tone.

"Well, Mayhem…" Schnieders began, scratching his head. "Until last Tuesday, nothing really bad happened."

"Didn't a fight happen in here about a week ago?" Alex asked as he inserted a piece of paper into a Braille-writer.

"Yeah," James said with a snorting laugh. "That was cool."

"You got stuck in here for the rest of the semester, and that's cool?" said a girl with long, dark blonde hair.

"You have to remember that James is easily amused, Rylie," Amanda told her.

"I think we're getting away from the point, kids," Mr. Schnieders said with a bit of irritation. "Now, everyone prepare a short skit involving an interaction you had with someone who irritates you. You all have five minutes, and after you perform your skit, we'll talk about how you could've handled the situation better." All of the students set to work, some loading the Braillers, and some setting up laptops. After a few minutes, the teacher stopped the brainstorming.

"First up, we'll have Amanda perform her scene," announced Schnieders. Amanda walked to the front, her guide dog, Connie, sniffing people's shoes as she passed. "Okay, what do have for us?" After a command from the short girl for Connie to stay put, a fake plant was pulled forward.

"This plant represents Jules," Amanda informed, placing an unfolded cane's loop on one of its branches. She crossed the room, retrieved Connie, and walked near the plant. "USE YOUR CANE, JULES!" she bellowed, punching the false tree's stem so hard that the top of the ornament snapped off.

"My, my!" proclaimed the gray-haired instructor. "You punched him for not using his cane?" A resounding giggle erupted from Andy. This skit was followed by a short speech on why violence is never the answer, and a few more skits performed by Andy, Kane, and Rylie. Andy's involved another fake plant and a recording that sounded like "Noof." The plant ended up broken. Kane's skit portrayed a scene in which he appeared to be trying a difficult song on the piano. The teacher (yet another plant) apparently tried to instruct him on how to improve. A resulting kick from Kane snapped the tree's spine. Rylie's skit consisted of her and her boyfriend, Kyle, watching American Idol. Rylie found out that there was already a blind contestant on the show, and shook Kyle (a plant) so hard that it broke.

"Well, now that all my plants are gone – " Schnieders was interrupted suddenly by a huge bang that came from somewhere downtown.

"What was that?!" Andy shouted, looking around.

"If I had a guess…" Knuckles mumbled, remembering how Sonic had found one of Eggman's bases near the city. Just as the thought of the blue hero crossed the echidna's mind, the board that had previously patched the hole in the window flew into the room, and an azure ball uncurled, revealing the agile rodent.

"Hey, kids!" the hedgehog cheered jauntily. "Anyone wanna help save Indianapolis?" Several cheers erupted from the room. A few seconds later, Tails had flown in, panting feverishly.

"Sonic…" the amber fox spluttered. "I told you… I can't keep up…"

"Sonic, Tails!" Knuckles shouted happily, a plan for escaping the skit exercise forming in his mind. "What's going on?"

"Just look!" Tails implored, producing a portable satellite TV. The device was set on the news channel, and the current story showed a massive airship. The vessel could be seen dropping things onto a busy street below, and the objects bared a disturbing resemblance to a familiar nemesis's face.

"Eggman!" Knuckles growled. "Where's he attacking?"

"Downtown Indy," said Sonic shortly. "We need at least four people to help us take down the Egg-sterminator, but we can't find Shads!"

"How can we take down something we can't reach?!"

"We have these," the fox presented cheerily, holding up four elastic wristbands with flashing green lights. "Teleporter bands!" The sound of one's throat being cleared caught the three Mobians' attention. Sonic and Tails turned around to see Mr. Schnieders holding out his hand.

"Schnieders, you want to help?" the Guardian asked incredulously. "But you're so old."

"You know, Knuckles…" the teacher replied slowly. "I might not be as young as you three are, but I used to be quite the athlete."

"C'mon, Knux!" pleaded Sonic. "The more, the merrier, after all!"

"Yeah!" Tails chimed in. With a reluctant nod from Knuckles, the aged instructor was given the spare teleporter band.

"Oh, could you hold onto this bag for me?" Sonic asked, handing Schnieders a small knapsack.

xxx

An enormous orange moustache shook as its rotund owner laughed heartily in satisfaction.

"This is perfect!" Robotnik cried, spinning in his swivel chair. "I hadn't expected to cause such chaos, but one teensy attack utterly discombobulated the entire city!" The night before, Eggman had completed the Egg-sterminator, a battleship worthy of the description "invincible." The behemoth of an aircraft stretched over five hundred feet long, and three hundred feet wide. The gray and black surface was protected well by several laser turrets on the outer edge of the main deck, and a huge control tower about twenty feet tall marked the very center of the craft. The front of the awesome vessel was beautifully designed to look like its glorious creator. Now, in the heat of the afternoon, the powerful airship drifted lazily through the skies over Indianapolis, dropping its Egg Bombs on Meridian Street and some of its intersecting avenues. The US Air Force had tried to bring the Egg-sterminator down, but their puny machine guns and high-powered missiles were no match for the new invention's Egg Ray. The tiny planes had been incinerated by the powerful energy beam, causing hundreds of lives. "This couldn't possibly go wrong now!" shouted the doctor. At that moment, four figures appeared on the main deck. Several laser turrets turned to fire at them, but the blasters were too tall, so quite a few of them ended up destroying other turrets.

xxx

"Let's go, team!" Sonic shouted, dashing toward the ugly control tower.

"Boy, don't that sound familiar?" Knuckles sighed, keeping pace with Tails. The ragtag group of heroes kept to a tight diamond formation, allowing them to easily pass through the barrage of laser fire. Then again, it's not like the lasers had any probability of hitting them.

"I don't get it…" wondered Tails as he ran.

"What is it, Tails?" Sonic asked, grabbing a few spare Rings that were lying on the ground.

"It seems like Eggman hadn't counted on in infiltration assault at all…" Tails mused. "almost like he completely forgot to figure us in."

"Who cares if he thought of us?" Knuckles shouted.

"It's just suspicious." His worries came to fruition as several Egg Pawns were pushed up through circular holes in the deck.

"This didn't happen last time…" Sonic groaned. His fears were assuaged as Schnieders leapt into the air, landing in between two of the enemies. The Pawns instantly rushed forward, trying to seize the elderly educator. He responded by jumping over one and grabbing it. The drone was then thrown at its cohort, destroying both in a very small explosion.

"Nice one, Mr. Schnieders!" Sonic called, Spin Dashing into three of the Pawns.

"Call me Dave!" replied Dave as he picked up another robot and tossed it up, where it exploded due to laser fire.

xxx

"Curses, curses, curses!" Eggman roared, slamming his fist into the keyboard. "Those fools shouldn't even be here! How did they get past the lasers?!" The scene of battle was visible in front of the doctor, and the team of wretched heroes was easily picking the proverbial bones of his army clean. Already, he had lost half of his starter team, and they would soon reach the control tower.

"DOCTOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACTIVATE PLAN 'HEADACHE'?" the mechanical voice of Robotnik's computer asked.

"No," he hissed. "I'll soon have them right where I want them…"

Well, it took half a school week, but I finally got Chapter 6 done. I don't think it's very long, but it's probably the most development this story's gotten in a long time.

Next Chapter: Last Chapter, Part 1