Sonic Universe: Tales of Mobius
SEASON 1: THE EGGMAN WAR (3230-3239)
CHAPTER 5: FIRST MISSION
Somewhere on the outskirts of Robotropolis
The bush rustled as a figure popped out. He looked into the binoculars he was holding and scouted the environment around him. He was none other than Geoffrey St. John, former Platinum Rank Officer in the Mobotropolis Police Corps and now leader of his resistance group the Rebel Underground. Right now, the team was on their first mission which involved trying to find a way into Robotropolis and destroy Eggman's new Scrap Brain Factory. Of course, they had to get into the kingdom first without being detected.
The Rebel Underground would try to find a way in and take out the main robot workshop, hoping to get rid of Eggman's robot production. Unfortunatly for Geoffrey, Elias had ordered the Freedom Fighters to work with the team as well. Nobody except Geoffrey had a problem with it. The skunk had wanted to lead his team only, but now the Freedom Fighters were tagging along.
Geoffrey growled when the communicator buzzed. He clicked it and soon he heard Sonic's voice on the other end. And not only him, but everyone else had one too so they were all connected.
"Everyone good to go?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah", was the reply the hedgehog got from everyone. They were all nervous. This would be their first attack since Eggman had taken over and everyone was forced to retreat to Knothole in hiding. That was months ago. In these months, the fighters had all trained hard, getting ready to stand up to the man that had taken their home. Today, the day had come.
Sonic, who was on the other outskirts side of the kingdom, got ready and tensed.
"Remember the plan guys", Sonic said still crouched down behind the tree. "We break into the kingdom without the robots seeing us and then we rush to the factory and take it out. Geoffrey, your team has all the explosions and gadgets while my team has the combat skills. You know what to do", Sonic said.
"Of course", came the voice on the other end. It belonged to none other than Geoffrey.
"Once we break in, my team wil make way to the Scrap Brain Factory while you guys distract the enemy forces by causing havoc in the city. We take out the factory and book it", Geoffrey answered.
"Good. One more time, everybody good to go?" Sonic asked. He received the same answers from everyone.
"We've got this", Tails said confidently.
"Eggman's going down!" Mina exclaimed.
"I can't wait to strike back!" Hershey added.
"Just remember, we can't get cocky. This guy is something much worse than the usual criminals we all know of", Rotor instructed.
"Psshaw! They're just robots! What could go wrong?" Ash said.
"Ash, you try fighting a robot hand to hand and then see what goes wrong", Sonic said.
"Be happy you guys have weapons", Sally said.
"Ah am a living weapon mahself!" Bunnie proudly proclaimed.
"And we will make zat Eggman pay for what he did to you, Bunnie!" Antoine exclaimed making Bunnie blush.
"Can we get on with this? I just want to pound some bots!" Honey exclaimed. She of all was the least nervous.
"Mr. Sonic, we will get our kingdom back, right?" Cream asked. Sonic frowned. He definitly hoped they did. Mobotropolis was his home place as far as he could remember. He missed all of it. What upset him even more was the fact that an eight year old child like Cream was fighting against strong, dangerous robots just to get her home back. And they would.
"Alright, when are you giving the signal?" Flemming asked.
"Wait. Those guard bots in the front look tough. We need someone with extra stealth to take them out without making that much noise", Sally said.
"We got the man for that. Valdez, you're up!" Geoffrey said.
"...", Valdez didn't say anything as he silently used his Ninjitsu to cloud himself invisible and he crept towards the robots. Valdez was the most mysterious one out of everybody. He rarely spoke and was quite the fighter. He also was the only person whose backstory was unknown. Yes, Valdez wasn't even from Mobotropolis or Knothole. After everyone retreated into Knothole, Max had contacted an old friend and Valdez had arrived as the personal assistant of the friend. He had joined the Rebel Underground quickly and he was ordered by whoever sent him to stay in Knothole until the Eggman problem was sorted out.
"Where is he?" Tails asked.
"Just wait. The robots could hear him if he rushes", Geoffrey said.
"Am I the only one who doesn't really trust the guy that much?" Sonic asked.
"I promise you I am on your side", Valdez's voice nearly made Sonic jump. The chameleon also spoke at the most random times as well.
"Look!" Hershey exclaimed as the two large Shield Pawns at the front gate suddenly collapsed with a hole on both their torsos. Valdez reappeared before them and nodded.
"Coast is clear", he said.
"Alright, go in silently without being seen!" Sonic commanded as everyone made their way inside the gate. They all ran behind buildings or debris on the ground. Sonic took the time to realize how disgusting Robotropolis looked. There was not a single sign of nature in the city. All the buildings were made entirely of steel. Hell, the ground was steel as well. There was still piles of debris from the destroyed buildings lying around making Sonic wonder why Eggman didn't clean them up.
"Nicole, where is the factory?" Sally asked. Nicole was next to her, crouching next to a pile of debris. The lynx looked at the tablet she was holding and saw a large orange dot.
"There. Right next to that... black building thing over there", Nicole answered. Sally looked at her.
"Black building thing?" she asked. Nicole shrugged.
"I dunno. It looks like a building of sorts but it's shrouded in black for some reason".
"I see it too! What the hell is that damn thing?" Geoffrey exclaimed.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't look good, I can say that", Sonic said.
"Hershey, I'm sending the coordinates to you. You guys can proceed on", Nicole said. Hershey glanced at her tablet which now beeped various numbers.
"Got it. Let's go guys", Hershey said.
"Good luck guys", Geoffrey said before he and his team made their way to the Scrap Brain Factory.
"Tell us when you get there and we can start the show", Sally said.
"Tails, can you see how many robots are there?" Bunnie asked. Tails was on a rather large pile of debris. He peered over the top and saw numerous Egg Pawns and Knight Pawns walking around.
"Oh, there's a lot", he answered.
"Good. More for us to smash then", Sonic said smirking.
Back with Geoffrey's team, they were creeping along, hiding under any cover they found to avoid being detected by the robots. Honey gasped as she bumped into an Egg Pawn. The robot turned around ready to attack, but Honey quickly disabled it with a stun gun. Thanks to the training, she had faster reflexes.
"You good?" Geoffrey asked her. Honey nodded.
"Hey guys, um we have some big boys here", Ash said. He was ahead of everybody else and was right now peeking around a wall.
"What do you mean?" Hershey asked. Ash beckoned over to where he looked and Hershey gasped when she saw a horde of Gun Pawns walking by the Scrap Brain Factory. The building itself was fairly large with a large sign that read "Eggman's Scrap Brain Factory: The Latest of the Badnik Production!". Mina shook her head.
"That's so sick!" she exclaimed making a face.
"Yeah well, some guy named Eggman managed to take over our kingdom. Not really surprising", Ash said making Mina giggle and blush. The two had started dating not long a month ago. Flemming wearily looked at the robots.
"Uh, Geoffrey? Those guys look tough", Flemming said.
"Hmm, it seems that the Scrap Brain must be really important if Eggman would surround it with powerful robots!" Hershey commented.
"Yeah, well I say we go in there and-" Ash started until he heard a noise.
"What's that?" Honey asked. Everyone's communicator then buzzed.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" an enthusiastic voice sounded from the other end.
"Relic! What took you so long to call?" Geoffrey asked.
"I'm so sorry! This comms link is really bad. Anyway, I see something heading your way".
"Yeah, we can hear it but can't see it", Mina said.
"I see it", Valdez said pointing at the sky where several small figures were flying towards them.
"Wait a sec-GET DOWN!" Geoffrey exclaimed. Everybody rushed to the ground as several Spinners flew over their heads.
"Whew, that was a close one!" Geoffrey exclaimed getting up. Relic cleared her throat.
"Yeah. So, anyway I don't think charging in there head on is a good idea", the pika said. Relic unlike the others did not come out in the battlefield and instead stayed back in Knothole to work with the machines and defenses. She was the Rebel Underground's Nicole except without the combat experience.
"Well, what now?" Ash asked.
"It's time for the Freedom Fighters to play their part", Geoffrey said as his communicator buzzed again.
"You guys good?" Sonic asked on the other end.
"We made it to the Scrap Brain in one piece, but there are tons of powerful robots there guarding it", Geoffrey answered.
"There is physically no possible way in unless you want to face off against several tank bots", Hershey said.
"What about Valdez? Can't his invisibility help?" Mina asked.
"Yeah, why didn't we do that?" Honey asked.
"Because Eggman's got Vision Sensors installed in this area. Nothing can stay hidden from those. And I can only blend in with the environment, not completly vanish", Valdez explained.
"Well dang, what now?" Honey askedslumping down.
"Um, you guys are forgetting the Freedom Fighters are here to help!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Of course. Splendid", Geoffrey muttered.
"Alright, we'll start smashin' while you guys sneak in. Hopefully with the distraction, those bots will come here and you can get in", Sonic said.
"Got it. Let's go", Geoffrey said.
Back on the other side, Sonic shut his communicator off and turned to his team.
"Ready guys?" he asked.
"Yeah!" was the answer he got from everyone. The time had finally come. Sonic grinned and nodded.
"Great! Let's go!" he exclaimed hopping over the debris and charging at the Egg Pawns with everyone else following. The Egg Pawns all turned to see the charging Mobians and immediatly charged back, ready to slash them apart with their swords.
Sonic curled into a Spindash and rocketed towards the first Egg Pawn and smashed it, causing a loud, small explosion to ensue. Right after that, things just went ham.
Sonic ran threw the battlefield and rapidly smashed into any robot he came across. He jumped and homing attacked each one, bouncing on their heads and breaking them apart. Antoine charged at the robots as well, swinging his sword madly slicing up robots. He was the most nervous of all right now, and was already sweating.
"HIIYAAH!" Bunnie screamed as she shot out a purple laser from her palm, destroying a pack of Egg Pawns. Spinners and Bomb Flappers came at the group, proceeding to take them out by attacking from the sky.
"Aerial division, now!" Sally exclaimed as Tails, Cream and Bunnie rocketed up in the sky. Tails flew towards the first flew Spinners and bashed them out of the sky quickly while Cream did the same and threw Chao at the robots. Cheese helped as well, always being the first Chao thrown. Bunnie melted the Bomb Flappers away, but more came up to them, eager to eliminate the intruders.
Back on the ground, Rotor slammed into a Knight Pawn before tossing it into a few Egg Pawns. He then took out a minigun and began to repeatedly fire it, destroying a large number of robots along the way. Sonic spun in a circle, then released a massive whirlwind that ate away more robots.
"Zis is crazy!" Antoine shouted ducking under a laser. Sonic kicked the robot away.
"You gotta do better than that twan!" Sonic exclaimed Spindashing another Knight Pawn. Sally slashed apart several robots before beckoning to her team.
"Advance further!" the princess exclaimed. The Freedom Fighters, upon hearing this, started to take out the remainder of the robots before advancing further into the city where they fended off more robots. By now, the front of the city had been damaged severely and the fighters were moving rapidly up. If they continued this, soon Robotropolis would be liberated.
Eggman's HQ, Heart of Robotropolis
Unfortunatly, the thought of liberating Robotropolis would not happen today. Eggman had found out what was going on and began freaking out.
"What the hell is happening to my city? How are my robots being taken out?" Eggman exclaimed. Snively ran up to him.
"Sir! The city is under attack by the same people who you took the kingdom away from! And that hedgehog is one of those people!" Snively exclaimed. This made Eggman panic even more.
"What?!" he shouted. Orbot and Cubot scrambled towards them.
"Sir, they are moving towards us quickly! The Egg Pawns aren't even doing anything!" Orbot exclaimed.
"Send in the big guns then!" Eggman shouted.
"Gotcha, bro!" Cubot exclaimed before running off with Orbot. Eggman ran towards his chair with Snively standing behind him.
"Uncle, what are you going to do? Capture them?" Snively asked. Eggman glared at the screen which was showing the Freedom Fighters taking out numerous robots as they ran through his beloved city. But most of all, Eggman was glaring at him.
"Sonic!" he said bitterly. Eggman frowned. For months after his takeover, he had been trying to locate the place Sonic and his friends were hiding, but no avail. Now they were in front of him, destroying his city. No, he would not let that happen. Eggman got up and marched towards a room.
"Uncle?" Snively asked. Eggman grinned at him.
"Snively, this is a good day. The people I have been looking for all this time are now in front of me. Keep sending the units in. I'll get our latest toy!" And with that, Eggman marched off in the room to get his latest invention.
Back outside in the city
"Alright, they're moving!" Geoffrey exclaimed as the Gun Pawns guarding the Scrap Brain were called by Snively to go check out the ruckus and started walking away. Soon, all of them were gone and a few Egg Pawns replaced them.
"Now's our chance! Let's go, go, go!" Geoffrey shouted and the team hopped over their hiding spot and dashed over to the Egg Pawns. Using their weapons and acrobatic skills, the team easily took out the Egg Pawns and ran toward the door. Honey began to plant an explosive on the door while the rest of the team defended her by destroying the reinforcements that saw them.
"Everybody stand back!" Honey shouted as the door blew open, giving the team an entrance inside.
"Quick, everyone inside!" Geoffrey shouted once there were no more Egg Pawns. The group ran inside with Relic giving them instructions where to go.
"It's time for the big boom", Ash said planting an explosive on the wall.
"Ssh! They're more robots!" Valdez said crouching down. They all crouched down as well and peered over the wall. Apparently there was a ground floor below them and several Shield Pawns and Bomb Pawns walked around.
"Man, that's alot of tough robots down there!" Mina whispered. Hershey looked at Geoffrey.
"Any ideas?" she asked. Geoffrey looked at her. There was no way they would be able to take on this much robots at once. But they had come so far to give up. Geoffrey looked further and saw another door at the side downstairs.
"There! That must be the control room of this factory!" Geoffrey said excitedly. The others looked where he motioned and saw the door. It even read "Control Room: Do Not Enter!" on the side.
"Well that's great, but how do we get there?" Honey asked.
"Relic?" Mina asked. Relic tried to find a way in, but no luck.
"Ugh! Sorry guys, but there is literally no other way besides picking a fight with these guys!" the pika answered.
"Well then, I guess we have to take the hard way", Geoffrey said grinning at Flemming, who in turn grinned back.
"Finally, a challenge!" Flemming exclaimed.
"You're serious right now?" Ash said.
"Hold on, I have an idea!" Valdez said. Everyone looked at the chameleon.
"You all keep the robots busy and I will sneak inside with my invisibility and stop the robot production from the inside! And then I'll plant an explosive on the main device and once we're in the safety zone, we'll detonate them!" Valdez explained.
"Huh. Good idea. Well, since we're out of options, let's just do that!" Hershey said.
"Just be careful!" Relic warned.
"We'll be fine. Alright now, let's go!" Geoffrey exclaimed hopping down to the ground floor followed by the others with Ash praying they make it. As soon as he touched ground, Geoffrey turned and fired an electric dart at the Shield Pawn, causing it to be electrocuted and lurch back right into another Shield Pawn.
"Let's take em out!" Mina exclaimed dashing towards another robot with her speed and kicking it back.
"Use your weapons as well!" Flemming roared as he fired his minigun at the Bomb Pawns, causing them to explode. Hershey took out her revolver and fired it at another Bomb Pawn. She then yelped as a Shield Pawn tried to punch her, but she rolled out of the way. Flemming continued his assault, causing two Shield Pawns to stumble back, but remain contact. Ash rushed forward and delivered a powerful kick to a Bomb Pawn. The robot however barely even had a scratch. Angered, Ash continued to kick the robot until taking out a Grenade Launcher and firing it directly at the Bomb Pawn. The explosion rocked it back, but still not major damage. Ash then screamed as the Bomb Pawn launched a Mega Bomb at the mongoose, sending him flying back into the wall and slumping down with a groan.
"Ash!" Mina gasped as she ran towards her boyfriend, but was blasted away by another Bomb Pawn. Hershey was smacked back by a Shield Pawn while Flemming continued to fire his gun until he ran out of bullets. The Shield Pawns he was fighting had taken alot of damage but were still standing and both double punched him back. Geoffrey looked back in horror as his team was being defeated and desperatly rolled out of the way as a bomb exploded.
"Guys, don't give up yet! We can do this!" Geoffrey shouted shooting an explosive dart at the Shield Pawns, this time finishing one off.
"He's right! This is only the first mission!" Hershey exclaimed taking out a crossbow and firing an explosive dart as well. She was followed by Honey and Mina who took out laser guns. Ash groaned and scrambled to his feet. He was not having a good time. He looked at his right arm which had a large cut. He was bleeding as well.
"Alright, it's payback time!" Ash exclaimed, mad about his injury and he took out two Desert Eagles before firing them. Geoffrey was easily dodging the repeated bombs and punches from the robots before he was launched back by a Mega Bomb. Mina screamed as she was punched and blasted away by a Bomb Pawn. Flemming grappled with another Shield Pawn but was pried off easily by one that snuck up from behind. Hershey, Honey and Ash desperatly tried to avoid the remainder of the robots while Geoffrey recovered and ran back towards the robots until the Bomb Pawns launched a Giga Bomb, sending everyone flying back. They all groaned as the five remaining giants advanced on them ready to kill them.
"What do we do?" Mina asked.
"Oh man, where the hell is Valdez?" Ash said.
"Just hold them back!" Geoffrey shouted rushing back. The others followed and continued to fight until two Shield Pawns were easily taken out by Shuriken Bombs and a Bomb Pawn exploded as Valdez kicked a Mega Bomb back.
"Valdez! Finally!" Ash shouted as he dodged a Shield Pawn's punch.
"What took you so long?" Honey asked. Valdez shook his head.
"Let's just get out of here!" he exclaimed tossing three more Shuriken Bombs, taking out the rest of the robots. Everyone took a minute to pull themselves together after that.
"Man, how come you took those bots out that quick?" Ash complained.
"If it makes you better, I nearly died in there fighting off two Shield Pawns. Plus, these robots were already weakened", Valdez answered.
"Alright, no time for talk! Let's call the others so we can get the heck out of here!" Geoffrey exclaimed. He pressed his communicator and called Sonic.
"Hey Sonic, we're done here. Let's go", Geoffrey said. He received static instead of an answer.
"Sonic? Do you copy?" Geoffrey asked again. Everyone else was starting to get worried.
"His communicator might be broken", Hershey said.
"Nope! I'm still here!" Relic's voice exclaimed from Geoffrey's communicator.
"Sonic? DO YOU COPY?!" Geoffrey practically shouted only to receive the same static.
"Oh my god, what if something happened to them?" Mina said.
"Don't say that. Come on, let's go check it out", Geoffrey said leading his team out of the factory. Once outside, they saw that no more robots were in the area and it was dead silent.
"Oh no, they've been captured!" Honey exclaimed.
"Now why would they-" Ash was cut off by a loud explosion in the distance. The group turned in the direction and saw massive smoke there.
"That's our cue! Let's go!" Geoffrey exclaimed taking off in that direction. Everyone looked at each other uneasily, but nodded and took off after their leader.
At the explosion site, near the heart of Robotropolis
Meanwhile, the Freedom Fighters were in quite the situation. They were all standing on the ground panting and tired. They all had scratches and bruises on their body as well as some cuts. Sonic glared up at the menacing robot in front of him. Eggman was in his Egg Mobile hovering beside the robot and boy was he laughing his head off.
"Hohohohoho! How do you like my Guardian Pawn my fellow Mobians? I designed this Super Badnik with extra defense and more powerful attacks as well! You're all doomed!" Eggman cackled. The Guardian Pawn was a large green robot that looked alot like a Gun Pawn, only bigger and different color and without the rocket cannons. Instead it had two cannons on its hands and a large torso cannon. Not to mention it's armor was impenetrable.
"Keep laughing Egg-head! You won't even crack a smile after we're through with you!" Sonic exclaimed. Eggman faked a sad face.
"Aw, you're right. I'm going to miss your sad face when the Guardian Pawn blasts all of you apart!" Eggman said. The Guardian Pawn charged up a massive laser from its torso and the Freedom Fighters prepared for their demise, but Sonic had a better idea. It was not the time to die yet. Gathering up his strength, he curled into a ball and charged up blue energy. Eggman grinned while the Freedom Fighters gasped.
"Sonic, don't! You'll die!" Tails shouted.
"Please Sonic, don't rush into action yet!" Sally exclaimed. Sonic ignored their pleas and continued to charge up energy.
"Fire!" Eggman shouted as the Guardian Pawn released its green laser. Sonic immediatly rocketed forward in a blue aura and tore right through the laser, slamming into the robot's open torso, completly disabling it. The Guardian Pawn fell back while Eggman screamed as Sonic landed on the ground.
"Now!" Sonic shouted and all the Freedom Fighters rushed forward and delivered their best attacks on the Guardian Pawn while it was weak and destroyed it completly.
"Nooo! My brilliant invention!" Eggman shouted as the robot was destroyed. The Freedom Fighters smirked at Eggman.
"Well what now? Your toughest boy is down!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Give up and surrender and we won't hurt you!" Sally said.
"Mon! You have caused enough damage to us! Now feel zee revenge!" Antoine shouted.
"You said it sugah-twan! Eggman, ya'll made a big mistake in roboticizing me!" Bunnie exclaimed.
"We're taking back our kingdom now!" Tails exclaimed. Eggman glared at them.
"Never! I'll never submit to you!" Eggman shouted.
"Well too bad then!" Geoffrey exclaimed appearing at the site with his team. Eggman looked at them.
"More people? Oh, this is not my day!" the doctor moaned. Geoffrey nodded to Sonic.
"We got the job done. Now let's book it!" Geoffrey said. Sonic smirked.
"Gotcha! Let's go guys, we gotta blow this joint!" Sonic said.
"Wait! Where do you think you're going?" Eggman exclaimed. "I'll just call for more reinforcements and soon my army of Egg Pawns will subdue you all!"
Sonic smirked at him.
"Oh we'll see", he said before winking at his friends.
"All the explosives are set?" Sally asked. Geoffrey nodded.
"Yup! Let's blow this pop stand now!"
Eggman's mustache drooped.
"Explosives?" he said.
"Time for the boom!" Sonic shouted before taking off followed by his friends. Eggman immediatly went into a frenzy panic.
"Orbot, Cubot, Snively! Run for the bunker! They set explosives up!" Eggman exclaimed in his communicator. He could hear the three screaming on the other end and a steel door slamming shut.
"Wait for me dammit!" Eggman shouted as he flew back into his HQ.
Back outside on the outskirts of the city, the heroes stood eager to watch the explosion.
"Ready?" Tails asked holding up a remote.
"Ready!" everyone replied and Tails pressed the button. Soon, there were multiple massive explosions in the city and soon, it was shrouded by fire and smoke. The heroes cheered for their victory while Sonic smiled. They had succeeded in the test. Finally, Eggman's terror would cease for a long time. But he knew Eggman was far from giving up. And when the doctor would strike back, he would be ready.
And so, the first raid has been successful. Having halted the Badnik production by blowing up the Scrap Brain Factory along with a chunk of Robotropolis, Sonic and his friends could finally relax for a while. But evil still reigns and Eggman will strike back, next time with even more power. It's time for the rise of the Freedom Fighters...
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's note: As promised, this chapter had action in it. The Freedom Fighters are successful in their first mission! But will Eggman stay down for long? We'll find out next time.
Also, I decided to have Relic the Pika as an extra member of the Rebel Underground. In this universe, she doesn't reside on Angel Island like in the comics. But she will meet Knuckles. And I had the Scrap Brain return! The Sonic 1 arc is over! Join us next time for more adventure!
EPIC Out!