Sonic Universe: Tales of Mobius
SEASON 1: THE EGGMAN WAR (3230-3239)
CHAPTER 3: RETURN OF AN OLD ENEMY
Castle Acorn, Mobotropolis
"I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik!" the man said. "Pleasure to meet you King Elias Acorn".
Sonic just stared at Robotnik. Something about him was giving off bad vibes and a familiar feeling. The hedgehog felt as if he knew Robotnik from somewhere, but couldn't put his finger on it.
Elias looked at Robotnik suspicously.
"And what do you want?" he asked. Robotnik laughed.
"Why, my dear king, I simply want to make the world a better place. You know, eliminate the problems this world is facing", Robotnik said grinning. Everyone in the room began talking. A better place? Mobius was fine the way it was!
"And may I ask, what do you have in mind?", Elias asked. Robotnik nodded.
"Yes yes, my assistants will show you. Orbot, Cubot, Snively! Show the king our plans", Robotnik said. Two droids then appeared by his side, one resembling a red sphere and the other a yellow cube. A short little man then walked in behind Robotnik wearing the same kind of coat the doctor was wearing only green instead of red.
"Uncle Robotnik only wishes for everyone to live a peaceful life on Mobius", the man said.
"Of course I do, Snively! He's my nephew by the way", Robotnik said grinning. Snively pressed a button on a remote and a holographic screen popped up on it. The screen showed the entire map of Mobius.
"Orbot, will you be so kind to describe the legend of the map?" Robotnik said. The red spherical droid strolled up and pointed to a bunch of red dots.
"Those dots are some of our factories that are helping to make the health of Mobians better", Orbot said. He then pointed to a bunch of green dots.
"And those are our other factories that are contributing to the environment".
Everyone in the room was surprised.
"Wait a second, how are factories making the environment better?" Geoffrey asked.
"Glad you asked. Orbot, explain the purpose of those factories", Robotnik said.
"The factories provide energy to make the environment and the people healty. Of course, there is also one more reason to which Master Robotnik will specifically share", Orbot said. The Mobians however were confused.
"Energy?" Rotor said.
"This doesn't even make sense. What kind of scientist is he?" Tails wondered. Robotnik laughed.
"Yes, that last reason. I'm sure all of you will remember this reason".
"We probably won't", Sally muttered causing Sonic to snicker.
"Well, what is that last reason?" Elias asked. Robotnik looked at the cube shaped droid.
"Cubot, drumroll!" the doctor exclaimed. Cubot saluted him.
"Right-o, daddy-o!" Cubot exclaimed before playing a drumroll recording.
"Yeah, I need to fix his voice chip. Anyways, ready?" Robotnik said dramatically.
"Just get on with it!" everyone exclaimed including Snively.
"Wow, rude. Anyway, those factories will play a major role in my conquest of Mobius and the establishment of the Robotnik Regime!" Robotnik exclaimed. A series of gasps and shouts sounded from the Mobians. Sonic got a way more uneasy feeling. This all sounded way too familiar.
"W-what do you mean?" Elias exclaimed, not wanting to believe this was all happening right when he started took the throne.
"Wait a minute, are you that guy who was responsible for the tragedy in Green Hill Kingdom?" Chuck exclaimed. Green Hill Kingdom? Tragedy? Sonic thought.
"Yes, that's right. After years of hiding, I finally have returned. I also was responsible for that damage in Mercia, in case you're wondering", Robotnik said.
"In that case, why were you absent all this time?" Max said.
"That is none of your concern! Orbot, Cubot, call in the Robo Pawns! Snively, fire up the missiles from the Robo Carrier! I'll meanwhile start the damage in my Robo Walker!" Eggman exclaimed getting ready in his machine.
"What are you doing?" Alicia exclaimed. Robotnik sneered.
"Isn't it obvious, your majesty? I'm taking over this kingdom!" Robotnik exclaimed as he fired a missile from the Robo Walker. The missile was headed for the Acorns and they cried out in fear. Suddenly, the missile was kicked in the other direction where it hit the wall. Robotnik didn't even have time to think before the Robo Walker was pushed back and standing on top facing him was none other than Sonic.
"Don't hurt my friends!" Sonic exclaimed. Robotnik merely gaped. It couldn't be. Was that actually him? No, he had Metal kill the hedgehog off. He should be dead!
"Maurice...", Robotnik muttered before Sonic gave the Robo Walker a mighty kick back. So why was he...
"Get lost, Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed. Sally and Tails chuckled when they heard that. Robotnik fumed.
"No! In all these years, you still have the strength to call me that!" Robotnik exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Sonic asked. Robotnik stared at him.
"You don't remember? Ohohohoho! What a lucky day for me!" Robotnik exclaimed. Sonic just gave the Robo Walker a Spindash that sent it stumbling back.
"I don't know what your talking about, but all I know is that you ain't taking over this kingdom, Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed. He then looked at him.
"You know what? Yeah, I'll call you Eggman from now!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Fine! In that case, I'll change my name to Eggman! Orbot, Cubot, Snively, meet your new master. Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik!" Eggman exclaimed. Snively uneasily looked away while Cubot burst out laughing.
"Eggman? Haha, that's so classic-o!" Cubot said. Orbot was trying hard not to laugh. Eggman then smiled.
"In fact, I'll even name my machines with Egg! Instead of the Robo Walker, this will be the Egg Walker. Instead of Robo Pawns, they will be Egg Pawns. Instead of Robo Carrier, it will be Egg Carrier. Heck, instead of Robotnik Regime, it will be the EGGMAN EMPIRE!" Eggman exclaimed.
Sonic just shook his head. "Alright, now you've just gone crazy stupid".
"And the winner. Egg Pawns, attack!" Eggman exclaimed as the wall gave away and orange egg shaped robots marched in holding swords and shields. The Mobians in the room panicked and ran for cover while Sonic, Geoffrey, Sally and Antoine stepped up.
"Stand back, King! The Mobotropolis Police Corps got this! Call for backup!" Sonic ordered. Antoine looked at his communication watch, only to gasp in horror.
"Zee communications are not working!" Antoine exclaimed.
"What?!" Geoffrey exclaimed.
"It doesn't matter! We'll fight him off by ourselves!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Antoine, you and Geoffrey take care of those Egg Pawns, while Sally and I will take out the Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Genius", Geoffrey said rolling his eyes before he and Antoine charged at the Egg Pawns and started smashing them. Sonic and Sally rushed at the Egg Walker, which fired a laser that the two narrowly avoided.
"Stick with me!" Sonic exclaimed. Sally silently nodded and followed close behind. Eggman launched a another laser from the Egg Walker, but Sonic and Sally ducked under it. Sonic leapt up and homing attacked the machine and Sally added damage by leaping forward and downward slashing the machine with her twin blades.
Eggman used the rockets on the Egg Walker to lurch forward and boost into Sonic, smacking him down. Sally gasped and slashed the Egg Walker twice before kicking it away.
"Nice job, Sal!" Sonic exclaimed revving up a Spindash and smashing it into the Egg Walker.
Meanwhile, Geoffrey were having a fairly easy time dealing with the Egg Pawns. Sure they did put up a good fight, but they were really easy to take out. Antoine kicked the shield off one of them before slashing it apart with his sword.
"En garde!" Antoine exclaimed striking a pose. Several Egg Pawns rushed at him but he easily swiped his sword, taking them out. Geoffrey shot an explosive dart at two Egg Pawns before turning around and launching an electric shock dart at one more. He rushed forward and delivered a series of punches and kicks, taking out a bunch of Egg Pawns, but soon stopped when he noticed different colored Egg Pawns appear. These resembled a knight as they were grey colored with a red feather on top and were holding shields and a huge lance.
"My Egg Pawns will never be wiped out!" Eggman shouted dodging an attack from Sally.
"Keep talking Egg-head!" Sonic exclaimed kicking the Egg Walker away. Eggman growled and called his nephew.
"Snively, where are the missiles?" Eggman exclaimed.
"Um, kind of busy right now trying to escape these guards!" Snively exclaimed on the other end. Snively then screamed when Flemming roared on the other end and the call shut off. Eggman cursed under his breath before charging up a large blue laser.
"Looks like I'll have to step it up a bit!" Eggman exclaimed. Sonic snorted.
"Yeah, right".
All the non fighters moved back. The Egg Pawns had taken up a fair amount of space. Luckily nobody was harmed.
"Oh my! What is this madness?!" Vanilla exclaimed.
"This guy has alot of nerve coming in and trashing the castle like that!" Hamlin exclaimed.
"Go tell him that", Penelope muttered. A loud explosion suddenly made them all panic again. Eggman had fired the large blue laser and it had blown a large hole in the ceiling.
"Our castle is being ruined!" Elias exclaimed.
"We gotta do something, we can't just sit here!" Bunnie exclaimed.
"Girl, we can't even fight. How will we be of help?" Mina said.
"Look!" Hershey Cat exclaimed as Sonic and Sally had both done major damage to the Egg Walker with a strong chain attack.
"Gaaah! Why can't you Mobians just surrender?" Eggman exclaimed.
"We don't like trespassers in our kingdom!" Sally exclaimed kicking the Egg Walker again.
"You hear her!" Sonic said dodging a laser.
"Sir, maybe we should leave", Orbot suggested.
"Yeah, these guys are roasting us, man-o!" Cubot excaimed. Eggman casted them both a death glare before turning to the heroes.
"Well they're going to get roasted soon enough!" Eggman exclaimed. His machine then emitted a loud ringtone that sounded like "I am the Eggman".
"Snively, there you are! What happened?" Eggman exclaimed.
"Sorry uncle, but I finally lost the guards by deploying the Bomb Flappers. Anyway, I'm inside the Egg Carrier as we speak. You want me to launch those missiles, yes?" Snively said.
"Yes! Good job, Snively! Launch them at once!" Eggman barked. Snively obeyed and the call shut off. Eggman gave Sonic and Sally a sinister grin.
"Well well well, looks like your time is up princess and Maurice", the doctor said.
"Stop calling me Maurice! My name is Sonic, get that right!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Oh right, forgot about that. Anyway, FIRE!" Eggman shouted.
"What in the bloody hell is that bloke talki-" Geoffrey said before he was cut off by the remainder of the wall exploding and bursting into flames. Everyone panicked when they saw that the Egg Carrier was bombing Mobotropolis with countless missiles.
"Stop that!" Elias shouted.
"Please, don't do this!" Alicia begged. Eggman merely laughed at them. Oh how he enjoyed this.
"Sorry to let you down, but I won't be stopping anytime soon!" Eggman said as another missile burst, this time taking out another wall. That's when Sonic saw it. The houses and buildings on fire, people running for their lives as robots stormed the kingdom, snatching Mobians away. He growled. This seemed way too familiar. He shook that feeling away and glared at Eggman.
"You won't get away with this!" Sonic shouted lunging at Eggman. Eggman only grinned as Sonic came closer. The Egg Walker was charging up its most powerful weapon, the Pulsor Cannon. Sonic would meet it face to face as the hedgehog drew closer. Eggman opened up the cannon and grinned. Sally saw this and shouted Sonic's name but it was too late.
"Pulsor Cannon!" Eggman shouted as a large blue beam shot out and struck Sonic directly, sending the hedgehog flying back into the rubble of the wall. Jules, Bernie and Charles screamed his name while Muttski and Tails cried out. Sally stared in horror before turning around when she heard Antoine and Geoffrey scream. The two were overwhelmed by the Egg Pawns, being knocked back repeatedly.
"FIRE AGAIN, WITH MORE POWER!" Eggman shouted and the castle was then bombarded by the missiles. Everyone in the room panicked and took cover. Elias gasped as a missile was aimed at his face. He rolled out of the way and the missile zoomed by, exploding the wall behind them. He knew he had to do something. It was time to take action as the king.
"Geoffrey, Antoine, take everyone to cover. Head for the secret location at once!" Elias commanded. Geoffrey and Antoine obeyed and escorted some people out of the castle, taking out robots along the way. Elias turned to the others.
"Alright, we'll get out of here alive. Listen to me. I'll lead the way out of here, so just stick close all of you", Elias said.
"And what if this doesn't work?" Hamlin said.
"Shut up Hamlin! This is no time for your bullshit!" Mina spat. Hamlin glared at her while her mother scolded her for using profanity.
"Alright? Let's go!" Elias exclaimed and the group ran off to the hole that was in the wall. Bunnie stopped as everyone exited and she turned to Sally who was kneeling over Sonic.
"Sally girl, aren't you coming?" Bunnie asked.
"I'll come in a few minutes. You go on ahead, Bunnie", Sally replied. Bunnie nodded and turned around but two Egg Pawns blocked her path.
"Aaaah!" Bunnie screamed as the robots seized her. Sally turned around and her eyes widened in horror.
"BUNNIE!" Sally shouted. Eggman laughed.
"Going somewhere?" he sneered. Bunnie just continued to scream and struggle to free herself.
"Toss her into the Roboticizer with the other prisoners", Eggman said and the robots dragged Bunnie away to a machine that had been mounted to the ground by the robots.
"HELP ME!" Bunnie shouted as she thrashed against the Egg Pawn's iron grip, but it was of no use. Sonic had recovered from his attack and gasped.
"Oh no, Bunnie!" Sonic shouted. The Egg Pawns tossed her in the machine and shut the lid. Bunnie desperately pounded against the glass, but no avail as the machine started to emit electricity. Bunnie screamed as her organic body was turning to hard steel. She cried and pounded on the glass but it was all in vain. Sally was screaming her name while Sonic was shouting at Eggman to stop.
"Leave her alone!" Antoine shouted slicing up the Egg Pawns who were controlling the Roboticizer. He stopped the process and opened the lid up to reveal an unconcious Bunnie inside. He scooped her up and ran off into the Great Forest while Eggman cursed.
"Damn it! My Roboticizer!"
"Yes!" Sonic shouted homing attacking the doctor away. He turned to Sally.
"Come on, let's finish this!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Of course!" Sally said smiling. The duo ran towards Eggman who was trying to shoot them down. Sonic jumped and initiated a homing attack and knocked the Egg Walker back and Sally prepared to spin kick and slash the Egg Walker. Eggman screamed in rage.
"Egad! I hate you so much, Sonic! You still are a nuisance like all those years ago!" Eggman exclaimed.
"What are you even..." Sonic trailed off as Eggman pressed a large button on the machine. He heard the booster of engines from the sky and immediatly knew what was happening. Sonic turned around to see Sally dodge a laser from Eggman, confident smirk on her face. Sonic's eyes widened in horror as the roof suddenly blew apart and the rubble rained down on Sally. Thinking quickly, Sonic dashed forward and tackled Sally to the ground, letting the rocks fall on him.
"Aaahhh!" Sonic screamed as the rocks burnt him and badly injured him. He was on top of Sally, defending her from the onslaught. Sally gasped as Sonic slumped over, tired and beaten.
"Sonic!" Sally said as she held him in her hands. Sonic weakly smiled at her in pain.
"It's... all good", Sonic weakly said. A tear slid down Sally's cheek. She couldn't believe Sonic had taken the pain and saved her.
"Hahahaha! Oh this is such a good show!" Eggman cackled. Sonic and Sally both glared at him.
"You won't be laughing once we're through with you", Sally hissed. Eggman smirked.
"Go ahead and try", the doctor challenged.
"Sal, be careful", Sonic warned. Sally smiled and nodded. She got her blades ready and charged at the Egg Walker. Eggman fired a laser, but Sally dodged and swiped at the left leg with her blade. She then kicked it and leapt up, preparing to bring her blades down. However, at the last second, Eggman put his shield up, electrocuting Sally in the process and blasting her away.
"Ha, pathetic!" Eggman spat.
"Sally!" Sonic exclaimed. That wasn't the worst part. That laser had sent her crashing into the rubble. Eggman scoffed before lighting the rubble on fire, the flames ready to take her away.
"No, Sally!" Sonic shouted. One of his best friends was about to die. No. He couldn't let Sally die like this. Ignoring the pain, Sonic scrambled up and darted towards the flaming pit. Eggman however intercepted him.
"Uh uh uh, going to have to get through me", Eggman taunted. Sonic grit his teeth. Now was not the time for games. Thinking quickly, Sonic curled into his signature Spindash and rocketed towards Eggman. However, the doctor's shield electrocuted Sonic and sent him tumbling back.
"Victory will be mine, Sonic!" Eggman exclaimed. Sonic hissed and got up. His body was burning. Sonic just wanted to flee and collapse and take a nice long nap. But Sally was in trouble and there was no way in Mobius Sonic would leave her to die.
"Rrrr, get out of my way!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Fat chance!" Eggman replied firing a laser. Sonic dodged it and ran forward before ramming a homing attack on the shield, not damaging it at all. Eggman tried to fire a laser again, but Sonic narrowly avoided it, and leapt up before power stomping the shield. Still, no damage.
"Give up Sonic! You simply cannot win this one!" Eggman exclaimed shooting a projectile at the hedgehog. Sonic ran forward and kicked the projectile back into the shield, causing it to explode and deactivate, sending Eggman flying back screaming. Sonic then ran towards the flaming pile where he could see Sally lying there in the middle.
"Sally!" Sonic shouted stepping out of the way as another piece of the roof collapsed. The entire castle was on fire, and Sonic knew it would eventually be too late. Hang on Sal, I'm coming to get you! Sonic took a step back before charging through the flames and crashing down hard.
"Unggh!" Sonic grunted as he hit the ground. He looked to see Sally was unconscious and the flames were closing in.
"Sally...", Sonic walked over to her and knelt down checking her pulse. Thank chaos she was alive. Sonic sighed. Even when hurt, Sally was still beautiful. No he couldn't think about that right now. Sonic scooped Sally up bridal style and looked around him. The flames were closing in and he didn't have much time.
"Hohohoho! Let's see if you can make it out of this one!" Eggman's voice rang throughout the chaos. Sonic scowled.
"Oh we'll see Eggman", he muttered as the entire roof this time collapsed along with the remainder of the castle and soon was a fiery mess. There was no sign of Sonic or Sally anywhere. Eggman, who was now hovering in his Egg Mobile, looked around.
"I can't detect him anywhere, sir", Orbot said.
"The hedgehog went boom-o!" Cubot exclaimed. Eggman smirked.
"It appears so", he said. No sooner than he said that, Sonic burst through the wreckage with Sally in his arms as he sped away towards the Great Forest at breakneck speed. Eggman cried out in anger. The hedgehog had survived yet again! But how was he still alive after all these years? Eggman would have to find out more...
Meanwhile, Sonic had sped away from Mobotropolis and was now scurrying through the Great Forest.
"I'm almost there", he said. Sonic looked at Sally. Dr. Quack would make her better. Sonic then slowed down when he saw the familiar stump of the tree and he sped deeper in the woods.
"At last, Knothole!" Sonic exclaimed when he reached his destination.
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's note: Wait a second, this seems too familiar. Now where in the Archie Comics did this ever happen? That's right, this chapter is supposed to be the telling f how Robotnik in the Archie Comics took over Mobotropolis before Sonic and the others even started fighting him. Anywa, looks like things have changed. Robotnik, now being dubbed as "Eggman", hasn't changed at all and he has destroyed Mobotropolis. What will happen now? Keep reading to find out!
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