Chaos on Mobius: The Mucho Grande Egg-cellent Saga

by TheTodStar

One month after the events of The Solaris Merger, Sonic & the Freedom Fighters were invited to Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park. WHY? What could Eggman be up to THIS time? Not kidnapping Wisps like in Sonic Colours, I'll tell you THAT much... Rated for violence and mild language.

10. Ch10 Emerald Hunt Pt3

Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
6th Saga: The Mucho Grande Egg-cellent Saga

Episode 128

Previously in Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
As their quest for the Chaos Emeralds began, TodStar & Amy arrived on Downunda, only to find Thrash fighting against the Downunda Dags! It turns out that Thrash claims to have started walking on the true path, and he and his associates will crush anyone who won't join him. While preparing for battle once more, Amy accidentely uncovered a ruined temple that TodStar seemed drawn to, while Amy herself found the mysterious Warrior Feather. After TodStar learned that the reincarnation of a goddess called Sora will help him fulfill his destiny, Thrash and his Mephilesologist allies -Bean the Duck, Bark the Polar Bear, and several dark crystalline creatures- returned.
While TodStar attempted to convince Thrash of the truth, his efforts were in vain, and the battle between the Mephilesologists and the Downunda Dags began! While Amy fought the strange crystal-like creatures, and the Downunda Dags retrieved a Chaos Emerald from Bean & Bark, TodStar struggled to keep fighting Thrash... until the recently-revealed temple nearby gave the Son of Chaos the strength he needed to throw the Mephilesologists out of Downunda, and the Chaos Energy coming from TodStar removed the poisonous darkness from the continent!
Now with a Chaos Emerald in their hands, TodStar is left wondering about his destiny as he and Amy approach a wrecked ship in the middle of the ocean...
Will TodStar and Amy find another Chaos Emerald? And who is this Sora that is supposed to TodStar fulfil his destiny? Find out as Chaos on Mobius continues!

Chapter Ten: Emerald Hunt (Part Three - Like a Bluebird to a Rose)

While riding their Extreme Gear over the ocean again, towards the mysterious wrecked ship, Amy couldn't help but notice how lost TodStar looked in his thoughts...
"Hey." She called out, getting his attention. "You OK, TodStar?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." He replied as he rubbed his eyes. "I just can't shake the feeling that I've seen those ruins in Downunda before... back when I was just a cub..." His thoughts were put on hold however, when a laser was fired at him and Amy! Both Mobians managed to swerve away from the shot in time. "What was that?"
"It came from the ship!" Exclaimed Amy, before the two of them spotted a handful of Mobian birds shooting at them from the ship. "What do we do?"
"Split up! We'll meet inside the ship!" TodStar told Amy, who nodded before they broke apart, giving their shooters more difficulty to hit them. As Amy evaded all of the shots she could, TodStar hovered onto the hull of the ship with his Extreme Gear, and punched all of the birds out! "Hah! At least make it a CHALLENGE for me!" As Amy approached an entrance to the ship, robots birds flew out of the top and started shooting at TodStar. While the echidna deflected a lot of shots with his Chaos Wave, he also took a fair few to the back before he was knocked out.
"WOO-HOO-HOO! Excellent work, my Pursuit Drones! Now bring that filthy echidna to me." Said an owl from within the ship, as he tightened his gloves and approached a small machine that consisted of claws connected to a base... which had the green Chaos Emerald attached to it! "At long last, I have a test subject for you, since she won't cooperate... or surrender to my will..."

A short time later, Amy was creeping around within the ship, when she heard footsteps approaching. She started running away from the noise, when a door opened in front of her, an arm emerged from the dark, pulled her in and shut the door before any of the birds could see what happened! Amy tried to scream out, but her mouth was covered by a gloved hand.
"Whatever you do, don't scream." Said a female voice from next to her as the gloved hand was removed from Amy's mouth. Amy took this chance to jump away from who grabbed her.
"I don't know who you are or why you dragged me in here, but I'll scream whenever I wa..." Amy started shouting, but stopped when light from the sun started shining on the person she was yelled at; A blue female Mobian bird with blue eyes. She also had her "hair" tied-up in pigtails, which was mostly covered by a purple beanie. She also wore a white t-shirt with purple sleeves, brown workgloves, along with yellow pants, brown kneepads and purple shoes. Seeming confused, the bird approached Amy.
"Hey, are you OK?" She asked. "I-if you're gonna keep yelling at me, that's fine." Amy couldn't seem to move after catching a glimpse of this girl, and it confused her.
"(What's wrong with me?)" She asked herself, as the Mobian bird started waving her hand in Amy's face. "(Now that I've seen this girl, I can't seem to talk. This feels weird, but... familiar...)"
"Helloooo?" Asked the bird, still waving her hand in Amy's face. "Are you all right?" Amy startled the bird by rapidly shaking her head.
"Y-yeah. I-I think I'm okay..." Amy replied, feeling strangely nervous as she did so. "Now... who are you, and why did you drag me in here?"
"Lily. And you are-?"
"Amy. Amy Rose."
"Well Amy, I brought you in here because the rest of the Armada is looking for you and your friend, as well as looking for me." Amy seemed confused by what Lily had just told her, so the bird told the hedgehog her story...

At that moment, TodStar was shoved into the lab of a certain Mobian owl by soldier birds.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Son of Chaos himself..." Said the owl, making TodStar growl as the door closed behind him.
"Yeah, that's me." He replied, before getting a look at the owl's swirly glasses. "Wait... my brother told me about you... you're that Armada scientist... Dr Foo-Rock-N-Roll, right?" This made the owl angry as one of his eyes twitched.
"WRONG! It's Dr Fukurokov! Why is it NO ONE can pronounce my name right?!" The owl yelled in TodStar's face, getting saliva on the echidna before clearing his throat. "Anyway, welcome to my lab, within the remains of the once-proud flagship of the Battle Bird Armada!"
"It's... homey..." TodStar stated, looking disgusted by the state of the lab; Broken beakers on their sides -some of which were still pouring some liquids- while most of the floor was covered with water that dripped from a vent in the ceiling.
"That sounds like sarcasm..." Fukurokov replied, as he was putting some finishing touches on a remote of some sort. "...but I'll let it slide, since I'm going to be using you as my test subject." Fukurokov then stepped aside to show TodStar the claw machine. But something else about it caught the echidna's eye...
"A Chaos Emerald!" He exclaimed. "How'd you get your claws on that?!"
"It's quite simple, really..." Said Fukurokov, as he told TodStar his story...

Dr Fukurokov was working on a project with a young Lily in the lab, which looked quite clean, despite the state of the Battle Lord.
"Doctor Fukurokov took me in like no one else in the Armada." Lily said to Amy. "I even started to see him as my grandfather. But then one day, something terrible happened that made me lose all respect for him..." Lily & Fukurokov both looked happy as they worked together. Fukurokov's glasses didn't have the swirly look to them, either.
"I trusted Lillian with ALL of my creations, unlike that selfish swallow Wave, who kept insisting on making 'modifications' to each one of them... and she calls herself a perfectionist..." Fukurokov said to TodStar. "Then one day, something glorious came to mind..." While Lily was happily cleaning beakers, Fukurokov was struggling to come up with an idea for the Battle Lord, when suddenly...
"I've got it!" He shouted with joy, getting Lily's attention.
"Got what, Doc?" Asked Lily, as Fukurokov was sketching out blueprints.
"The Battle Lord wants me to find a way to defeat the Guardian of Babylon Garden, does he?" Fukurokov asked, before showing Lily his blueprints for the claw machine. "I say: Why bother fighting what you can CONTROL?" Lily looked somewhat scared of Fukurokov's idea, but he paid her no mind. "I'll just need a test subject once I've got a prototype ready..." Fukurokov then looked at Lily, who jumped at how quickly he turned to face her. "Lily? You want to make your teacher proud, don't you?" As Fukurokov got closer to Lily and she backed away, Lily noticed that Fukurokov's glasses started to develop swirls within them, making her grab a crowbar sitting on a table behind her.
"Y-yeah, about that... I quit!" Lily quickly whacked Fukurokov on the head with the crowbar before running out of the lab.
"OW! You can't hide from me, Lillian Cerulean Bluebird!" Fukurokov shouted as Lily ran further-and-further away from the lab. "You WILL be my test subject... even if I have to KILL you first! WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!"

"And she's been hiding from me ever since." Fukurokov said to TodStar, who seemed horrified by the story. "She even disobeyed the Battle Lord in order to keep her distance from me, which now makes her a threat to the Armada altogether."
"And Lily didn't wanna work with you. Imagine that..." TodStar sarcastically pointed out, getting the insane owl's attention. "But that still doesn't explain how you got the Chaos Emerald..."
"Enough." Stated Fukurokov, as he made his claw machine approach TodStar. "It's time to see whether I can control you with my Remote Manipulator or not..." As it got closer to TodStar, the claws on the device started snapping, making the echidna even more uncomfortable...

"And I've locked myself in here ever since." Lily said to Amy, who looked quite sad after hearing the bird's story. "I can still fend for myself in here. But..." Lily then picked up a photo of the 3 Babylon Rogues riding their Extreme Gear across the sky. "...I wish I could've run away with Wave when I had the chance. I want to know the feeling of the wind flowing through my wings..." When a tear fell down Amy's face, she leapt at Lily in order to give her a hug. Lily felt uncomfortable at first, but she gladly returned Amy's hug.
"I'm going to get you out of here, Lily. I promise." Amy said to Lily as they met face-to-face, before Amy revealed her Emerald Radar, which was flashing yellow. "My friend and I just need to find a Chaos Emerald, first."
"A Chaos Emerald?" Asked Lily, making Amy nod. "Knowing Fukurokov, he's probably got his filthy feathers on it..." Suddenly, the girls heard a scream that Amy knew all too well...
"TodStar!" She exclaimed as she stood up to face the door she was pulled into. "I've gotta help him!" Before she could walk out however, she couldn't help but look back at her new friend... "Oh, but I don't want to leave you behind, either..." Lily then got up and wrapped her arms around one of Amy's.
"You won't have to, Amy... because I've decided that I am never letting you out of my sight." The two quickly hugged, before Lily placed her wings on Amy's shoulders as they stood face-to-face. "Besides, I think I know how we can save your friend..." Lily then pointed Amy towards the tunnels within the chamber they were in, intriguing the pink hedgehog...

Later, Amy & Lily were crawling through a wet vent, which Amy didn't like...
"Ugh... you couldn't have picked a vent that wasn't as wet?" She complained quietly.
"This water always leads to Fukurokov's lab, which has been a sty ever since I left it..." Lily replied in a whisper, which startled Amy. "What? You're surprised that I was the only that kept the lab clean? I had to make my 'teacher' happy, after all..." Amy shuddered before following Lily through the vent, until they came to where the vent opened, and the water was dripping through the grate... right down to where Fukurokov was working. It was here that Amy and Lily peered through the grate to see the crazy owl using a remote control to move TodStar around the lab with his Remote Manipulator attached to the poor echidna's limbs and head. Amy was shocked to see what her friend was being put through.
"TodStar!" She whispered as she placed her hands over her mouth, while Lily stared at Fukurokov in anger.
"(You've certainly flown over the cuckoo's nest this time, Doctor...)" She thought as she slowly and quietly opened the vent up. "(And I think it's about time you got a strait jacket wrapped around you...)"

Unaware that he was being watched, Fukurokov was playing with his new toy. The echidna had an emotionless look on his face as he was forced to walk around the lab, due to having Fukurokov's claw machine attached to his limbs and his head. This made Fukurokov laugh out loud.
"It works! My Remote Manipulator works! WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!" He squawked as he continued to make TodStar pace, unaware the vent above him was opening. "Now with the Son of Chaos under my control, NOTHING will stop the Armada from conquering Mobius! Not the Chaotix, not the Nocturnus, not even the Babylon Rogues, and certainly not the Eggman Empire!" Suddenly, Amy and Lily fell down from the vent above, startling Fukurokov. "What in the name of? LILLIAN?!"
"That's right, Doctor. I've come back, but not to surrender myself..." Lily announced as Amy revealed her Piko Piko Hammer.
"All right, Doctor uhh... Doctor Foo-Krok!" Amy yelled, making Fukurokov angry when she mispronounced his name. "Give me back my friend AND the Chaos Emerald, and I promise I'll leave you alone."
"IT'S PRONOUNCED... Ahem. Forgive me. I'm not sure your friend wants to go with you. Isn't that right, Son of Chaos?" Fukurokov asked as he moved TodStar in between him and Amy. Amy was horrified to see the blank expression on her friend's face.
"He only thinks that because you're manipulating him!" Lily shouted.
"Well, that's quite unlike you to shout like that, Lillian..." Said Fukurokov, making Amy look back at Lily, who winked at her. "And this poor boy wouldn't be under my control if YOU weren't so selfish!"
"Selfish? You're talking about a person's free will!" Amy yelled. "Everyone deserves to have a mind of their own, and you clearly gave yours up a LONG time ago..." This made Fukurokov angry again.
"That tears it. Boy, destroy them both!" He ordered, forcing TodStar to throw a Chaos Spear at Amy & Lily, but they both jumped out of harm's way before it struck them!

The mind-controlled TodStar leapt at Amy, but she blocked his punch with her hammer, before Lily grabbed hold of the Remote Manipulator on TodStar's back. Lily tried to pull it off, but it was no use. Especially when TodStar unleashed a burst of Chaos Energy that knocked Lily away from the echidna, making Fukurokov laugh and laugh! Especially when TodStar was forced to pin Amy to a wall!
"I'm sorry, TodStar..." Amy sadly said to the emotionless face of her friend, before using her hammer to shove TodStar off of her. Now free from the echidna's grasp, Amy ran over to Lily. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah, but listen to me. You can't block Fukurokov's hold over your friend just by fighting your friend. Look." Lily said as she pointed to the remote control in Fukurokov's hand. "That's what's keeping your friend under his control."
"So we need that if we're gonna free TodStar..." Said Amy, realising what they had to do, before tightening her grip on her hammer. "You get that remote off of Dr Foo-Boo, and I'll hold TodStar off as long as I can." Lily nodded before the girls split up to engage their targets...

Armed with a spanner, Lily jumped at Fukurokov, but the owl used his own spanner to block the girl's attack.
"You really thought I would be crazy enough NOT to defend myself, Lillian?" He asked, making Lily fall down to the floor.
"I've ASKED you... REPEATEDLY... NOT... to CALL me... LILLIAN!" She yelled as she attempted to strike at Fukurokov's chest, but he kept blocking her attacks. Meanwhile, Amy tried swinging her hammer in between her and TodStar, hoping to stop his advance, but it didn't seem to do anything.
"C'mon TodStar, don't make me hurt my big brother!" She begged, but he eventually pinned her to the wall again, making Amy swing her hammer behind TodStar, hoping to hit the device controlling him. While she missed the base of the device on his back, Amy did manage to strike at the claw that clasped TodStar's head, releasing it in the process, and freeing TodStar's mind! "TodStar?"
"Amy... I can't hold it for long... Help me..." TodStar struggled to say.
"How? You're not giving me much of a chance to fight back!" Said Amy, before TodStar's head started shaking violently as he turned it to the right.
"The... Chaos Emerald..." He told Amy. "I-if you take t-that... OUT... his hold over me will be... GONE." Understanding what TodStar told her, Amy kicked him away so his back would be facing her, and she swapped her hammer for her wand.
"Hang in there, TodStar..." She said, just moments before the claw clamped down on TodStar's head again, making him lose his free will for a second time. With a wave of her wand, Amy threw a small lightning bolt at the device on TodStar's back before he could turn around, causing the device to overload, the Chaos Emerald to eject, and the device to fall off of TodStar before he too fell to the ground.

"NO! MY PERFECT SLAVE!" Cried Fukurokov as he spotted Amy running over to her friend. While he was distracted, Lily was tinkering with some of Fukurokov's failed creations... but the owl quickly turned to see what she was doing. "And what do you think you're doing?!"
"Taking Wave's advice, and messing with your experiments." She replied with a hint of teasing in her voice, as she managed to turn all of Fukurokov's failed creations into weak-yet-dangerous robots. Robots that considered Fukurokov their enemy.
"No! Get off of me! LILLIAN! You DARE to turn MY OWN CREATIONS AGAINST ME?!" As the rebelling robots started smothering Fukurokov, Amy & Lily carried TodStar and the Chaos Emerald back through the vent.
"I sure did, and I'll be glad to do it again!" She gleefully replied before slamming the grate shut behind her, as some Armada troops arrived through the lab's door.
"Doctor? Are you in there?" Asked one of the birds, and while Fukurokov was screaming from the top of his lungs, the troopers couldn't hear him over the robots.

Minutes later, the three Mobians made it out of the Armada's flagship safely. Once they were all topside, Amy and Lily let TodStar lie down on the hull as the girls caught their breath.
"*pant pant* Th-thanks for the help back there, Lily..." Amy said as she panted.
"I told you, Amy... *pant* I'm not leaving your side... *pant* No matter what comes between us..." Lily replied, causing her and Amy to look away from each other as they both blushed. TodStar opened his eyes to see just how red their faces were, and smirked. As Amy and Lily were about to look back at each other, they both saw a black boat approaching the ship.
"SHIP HO!" Shouted a voice from the boat as it slowed down close to the ship. Emerging from below deck of the boat was a grey Mobian pitbull terrier girl with brown eyes. She wore a black pirate hat with pink lining that had a ruby and a rose in the middle of the hat. She also wore a red coat over a black jumpsuit, and brown boots. Finally, the Mobian was also armed with a sword, as well as a pistol.
"Arrgh, there be some fine treasure here, I can feel it!" Said the pitbull terrier, making Amy hide the Chaos Emerald. But the captain of the ship spotted the shine from the Emerald disappear behind Amy's back. "You! Where did you find that trinket?"
"W-w-we found the Chaos Emerald within the Armada's flagship, here." Amy said, sounding scared of the pirate. Making the pitbull terrier angry.
"The blasted Armada beat us to it again, boys." She growled, making most of her crew groan, unaware that the Mobian echidna in the crow's nest had spotted the Chaos Emerald as well. "And here I thought we be the only pirates sailin' the Great Sea..."

"Hold on, ma'am." Said the echidna with a voice TodStar & Amy recognized, before he jumped down and revealed that he was a red echidna, wearing a strange hat and robe. His shoes were also pointy at the tip, and looked somewhat familiar... "Show me what you found within the ship."
"Knuckles?!" Asked Amy, but TodStar raised his hand in between him and the new echidna.
"Hang on. Who are you lot?" He asked, making the pitbull terrier panic slightly.
"Oh, I'm sorry! It be rude of me t' not give a proper introduction..." She said, confusing the three Mobians. "I am RubyRose, Captain of the Black Rose ye see before ye! And this here be me first mate."
"I am Sinbad of the Great Sea. Also known as the adventurer of adventurers." The echidna resembling Knuckles added. "Who the heck are you?"
"Well, I'm TodStar, this is Amy, and this is-"
"Ooh, skip the intros! Captain, we need to get to the mainland before the Armada gets wise to us. Would you mind giving us a lift?" Said Lily, feeling somewhat desperate.
"Well, I could use another excuse to be with Shaggy again..." RubyRose said to herself before giggling.
"I'm not so sure, Captain." Said Sinbad, before turning back to the three Mobians. "What's in it for us?"
"You get to look at the Chaos Emerald we found?" Amy suggested while nervously chuckling. Thinking for a moment before hearing footsteps from the flagship, Sinbad snatched the Chaos Emerald from Amy's hands! "Hey!"
"Climb aboard, mateys!" Yelled RubyRose as she and Sinbad returned to their boat, letting TodStar, Amy & Lily jump onboard too.

As the Black Rose sailed further away from the Armada's flagship, RubyRose smacked TodStar and Amy on the shoulders and laughed at them.
"What luck it be that we've got two of the famous Freedom Fighters on our ship!" She shouted with glee, making her crew -not counting Sinbad- cheer with her. "So... ye wish to be gettin' to the mainland in order to meet up with the rest of yer team, eh?"
"That's right." TodStar replied. "We're not causing too much trouble for you, are we?" This resulted in RubyRose and her crew -again, not counting Sinbad- to laugh in response.
"Are ye kiddin'?! We live for this stuff, right lads?!" RubyRose happily said, making the crew -yet again, not counting Sinbad- cheer again. "Tho' we can only take ye as far as Frontier Canyon. Savvy?"
"That's fine with us. Thank you very much." Lily pointed out, making TodStar & Amy nod in agreement. Just then, the ring on Amy's finger started glowing, and Shahra emerged from the ring, but only Amy could see her.
"Well, I'm glad to see you happy again, Amy." She said to the pink hedgehog she was bonded to.
"What d'you mean by that?" Asked Amy.
"It looks to me like you've finally found what you've been looking for all this time..." Shahra replied before returning to the ring, making Amy think for a little bit... but she eventually shugged it off, and enjoyed her time oboard the Black Rose with TodStar & Lily...

END OF CHAPTER