Sonic Universe: Tales of Mobius
SEASON 1: THE EGGMAN WAR (3230-3239)
CHAPTER 8: BREAKING OUT
Somewhere inside the Volcanic Vault
Cream shifted uncomfortably as she gazed outside from her cell. Vanilla was next to her, hoping for some kind of help. The two had been captured by the Hooligans for Eggman's latest scheme. That had been hours ago. Now, they were sitting inside, tired from crying and looking for some kind of rescue. Cream sighed.
"Still no one here to save us mother", Cream said. Vanilla nodded.
"Don't worry my child. You know Sonic and the Freedom Fighters will soon figure out we're missing and they will come to rescue us. Trust me, I knowit", Vanilla said.
"B-but aren't we at another place other than Robotropolis? How will the Freedom Fighters find out where we are?" Cream asked. Vanilla looked down, not wanting to face her child. She knew that Cream was right. The Freedom Fighters would not be able to find them since Eggman had taken them to another, secret place. No one would ever be able to figure out where it was located, especially on somewhere isolated as Hill Top Zone. Still, she had faith on the Freedom Fighters.
"Mother, is this... the end?" Cream asked, ready to cry. Vanilla shook her head and wiping her tears away. Cream immediatly figured it out.
"You're lying mother! You know the Freedom Fighters will never find us. This IS the end!" Cream exclaimed. Vanilla tried to calm her down and hugged her. The Rabbits cried to the horror that was happening to them.
"Well, that was easy", a voice came from outside the cell. Vanilla and Cream looked to see Mighty standing there with three other figures, one being Sonic.
"Cream, Vanilla!" Sonic exclaimed running up to the cell. The Rabbits rushed to the cell.
"Sonic! How did you find us?" Vanilla asked.
"Mr. Sonic, you came to save us!" Cream exclaimed. Sonic smiled and nodded.
"Yup and now I'm gonna get you out of here. By the way, to answer your question Vanilla, I was ambushed and captured myself", Sonic said.
"You were captured? How?!" Vanilla exclaimed.
"Uh, guys. I don't mean to break up your reunion, but we got trouble!" Fiona alerted as a couple of Egg Pawns stormed the hallway.
"HALT! PRISONERS ARE FREE! CAPTURE IS PRIORITY ONE!" the robots chanted.
"Let's take these bots out!" Sonic exclaimed revving up a Spindash. He rocketed towards the robots and knocked them away like bowling pins, leaving them open for Mighty and Ray to attack while Fiona tried to get the cell open.
"Aaagh! This stupid thing won't open! Looks like we're doing it the hard way!" Fiona exclaimed grabbing a robot and using it as a battering ram. The cell door gave away and Vanilla and Cream crawled out.
"Thank you dear", Vanilla said. Fiona smiled and nodded. Meanwhile, Sonic, Mighty and Ray had finished dealing with the robots. They looked down the long hallway that strectched out a good yards.
"Come on, let's book it!" Sonic urged as he started to run. The others followed behind, eager to get out of the rusty cell. They ran down the hallway and made a sharp left into another hallway. This one had several doors, leading to different rooms. Sonic kicked open one of them only to nearly get his face fried as more Egg Pawns stood guard in that room. Not wasting another moment, Sonic, Mighty, Ray and Fiona rushed forward and easily dismantled the robots.
"Look!" Cream exclaimed pointing to a door. This one was blue steel colored.
"That sure looks suspicious", Sonic sarcastically claimed. He tried to kick the door open, but it just made a loud band while Sonic clutched his foot in pain. Fiona and Ray were laughing their eyes out at the sight while Mighty smirked.
"Let me show you how it's done", Mighty remarked. He reared his foot back and brought it against the door hard, knocking it down. The group had ended in a large room. They were on a walkway that seemed to be above the ground, where there was a massive pit of lava and several turrets were also sprawled along the room. There were many other walkways that led to the doors they had found before.
"This place is like a maze!" Fiona exclaimed. Vanilla looked at Sonic.
"Sonic, what do we do now?" she asked. Sonic tried to think, but couldn't due to the large amount of robots that intimidated him. Still, he decided the only option was to break out and make a run for it.
"Guys, we have to fight these robots off and then book it! By then, Eggy will have sent out reinforcements, but we will be long gone!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Sounds like a plan! Let's get a move on!" Mighty grunted before they leapt off the walkway, Vanilla and Cream taking the stairs instead. Sonic, Mighty, Ray and Fiona dashed towards the incoming Egg Pawns and Bomb Flappers and began to rapidly destroy them. Vanilla and Cream watched as the Mobians fiercely battled against Eggman's forces.
Mighty grabbed a robot and hurled it at a handful of incoming robots, creating a huge explosion. Sonic ducked and slid under the Bomb Flapper's fire before leaping up and homing attacking them out of the air. Fiona just kicked and threw disembled body parts of the robots at the Egg Pawns, destroying them. Ray flew around launching sneak attacks and weaving his way through.
Unknown to any of them, a figure was watching from above. They sat on the ledge that was connected to the ceiling which was glass. Under the moonlight, her face shown. She was a white bat wearing a black jumpsuit with a pink heart in the middle. She smirked at the ongoing battle, especially at Sonic.
"What a conflict", she muttered. Her phone then buzzed. Annoyed, the bat answered it.
"Yes Topaz?" the bat asked.
"Agent Rouge, how is it looking over there? Did you find out what Eggman is up to?" a feminine voice on the other end said. Rouge sighed.
"Yes, I told you I'd get it done! Now, hang up please, I'm in the middle of something important!" Rouge exclaimed before cutting off the call. She sighed again and watched the battle with interest.
"Let's see where this goes", Rouge muttered.
Hill Top Zone
The animals and Mobians turned around and darted away as the Mobo Cruiser drove through the lush zone. Sally was in the front seat with Rotor as she looked through the window frantically for any sign of Sonic, Vanilla and Cream while Rotor drove. Antoine, Bunnie, Nicole, Tails and Muttski were in the back.
"Sally, stop worrying already. We'll find them", Rotor said. Sally sighed.
"I know, I'm just worried. It's not usual for Sonic to be captured", Sally said.
"I know what you mean, but we need to think right now", Rotor explained.
"Mon! I see ze suspicious building!" Antoine shouted pointing to a large building in the distance. It was mostly grey colored with some red, blue, yellow and black. There were even purple bubbles coming out from the side.
"Is that a... factory?" Rotor said.
"Ah'll check it out!" Bunnie exclaimed. She activated her rocket boots and took off towards the building faster than the Mobo Cruiser.
"Let's go Rotor! There shouldn't be a factory just mysteriously lying around in Hill Top", Sally ordered.
"Right on it!" Rotor exclaimed accelerating after Bunnie.
Back inside the Volcanic Vault
A loud explosion sounded throughout the prison as Sonic briefly kicked the Egg Pawn into another gas pipe, causing it to explode. He turned around and darted towards a Shield Pawn that was lurching towards him and unleashed an Axe Kick that knocked it down. Sonic then leapt up and power stomped the robot until it was destroyed.
A Laser Drone flew up and shot Sonic off the Shield Pawn with a laser shot and prepared to use a Buzz Saw to slice Sonic in half. Ray however intercepted and smashed the drone with his tail. He flew around a group of Bomb Flappers and easily made them crash into each other, taking them out.
"Haaah!" Mighty shouted as he lifted up a Bomb Pawn and tossed it into a group of Gun Pawns and Shield Pawns, causing a massive explosion. He then ducked and rolled under a Full Auto fire from two Assault Drones and ran towards them in an effort to take them out. Suddenly, two Egg Pawns tackled him to the ground and wrestled the armadillo in an effort to bring him down. Mighty was pinned by the robots and the Assault Drones took this opportunity to charge up and Buzz Saw and prepare to rip Mighty apart.
"Oh no", the armadillo muttered as the drones grew closer. He shut his eyes preparing to feel the blades tear through his skin. Suddenly, the robots were smashed apart by Sonic who had Spindashed through at the last second.
"You good?" Sonic asked helping Mighty up.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's hurry up and finish this", Mighty urged as he and Sonic charged at a Guardian Pawn, ready to take it down.
"This guy is not easy", Sonic said dodging a laser from the Guardian.
"Oh yeah? He looks just like the other guys!" Mighty exclaimed punching the robot a good inches away.
"Yeah, well me and my team were almost killed by this thing. Trust me, no one knows Eggman better than me!" Sonic exclaimed boosting into the Guardian Pawn, sending it tumbling back.
"Yeah, well no one should underestimate me!" Mighty exclaimed giving the Guardian Pawn a hard uppercut, completly ripping through its torso and destroying it. Sonic stared in awe while Mighty smirked.
"Surprised? I told you shouldn't underestimate me!" Mighty exclaimed flexing his muscles. Sonic was about to say something until he was knocked over by a blue blur. Mighty was shocked and tried to catch it, but the blur trampled over Mighty and knocked the armadillo into a nearby steel crate.
"What the hell was that?" Sonic shouted seeing the blur race up to a high walkway that was veiled in darkness. The blur stopped and stood on the walkway. It was the same figure from before who had been outside of the cell. It was still camouflaged in darkness but its red piercing eyes seemed to bore into Sonic.
"Get him", the figure ordered and after that, a large dozen of stronger robots emerged behind it. They were Gun Pawns and Shield Pawns, but a higher mark. Sonic tensed as the robots chargedat him, and he dashed out of the way and started to homing attack every robot he saw.
"Whoa!" Fiona exclaimed as she was nearly cut by a Laser Drone. The vixen kicked the drone into a gas pipe, destroying it.
"We need to get out of here!" Ray shouted as he flew around being chased by a large number of Bomb Flappers. Fiona cursed under breath before running after them, picking the flying robos off one by one. Once there were a decent amount of Flappers left, Ray turned around and began to fend them off himself. He tailswiped a Bomb Flapper and kicked it into two more, exploding. He then flew under and uppercut one more Bomb Flapper before charging at the remaining and rapidly attacking the robots.
"Hang on Sonic!" Mighty shouted when he saw a Shield Pawn throw Sonic into a circle of Gun Pawns, ready to blast the hedgehog to smithereens. Mighty charged at the Shield Pawn and kicked it into the Gun Pawns. While they were distracted, Sonic escaped by rolling under a robot and kicked it into the circle, creating a dog pile of robots. Mighty picked up a metal rod on fire and tossed it into the pile of robots, lighting them on fire and destroying them.
Grinning at his victory, Sonic turned around only to find the figure was gone.
"Where'd he go?" Sonic said. He looked around but found no sign of the figure.
"Heads up!" Mighty shouted as a Sentry Drone flew in trying to slice Sonic's head off, but Sonic ducked under it and homing attacked it.
"We need to get out of here. If we keep this up, we won't be able to continue!" Sonic exclaimed. Mighty nodded.
"Gotcha! But right now we're trapped and we have to fight our way out!"
"Mr. Sonic, over here!" Cream shouted. Sonic and Mighty turned around to find Vanilla and Cream standing near a hole in the prison's wall.
"Let's get out of here!" Vanilla exclaimed. Sonic grinned and nodded.
"You heard the woman! Let's go!" Sonic shouted to Mighty, Ray and Fiona. They heard him and followed the hedgehog to where the Rabbits were standing. After fighting their way through robots, Sonic looked through the hole and saw where tey actually were.
"Whoa", the hedgehog breathed out when he saw the maroon sky and the buildings filled with purple chemicals. A neon sign nearby read "Eggman's Chemical Plant City: The Only Nuclear Place on Mobius!".
What's with these corny signs? Sonic thought as he turned around.
"Ray, you carry Vanilla down. Cream can fly and us three will jump down", Sonic instructed.
"Hold on hold on, where in the hell are we?" Mighty exclaimed with wide eyes when he saw the large radiated city.
"No time to explain, just go!" Fiona exclaimed before jumping off. Sonic and Cream took off and Ray grabbed Vanilla's hand before flying her out of the hole. Mighty turned around one last time and his eyes nearly bugged out when he saw the large amount of robots trailing after.
"Oh fu-" Mighty exclaimed before he turned around and leapt off faster than Sonic himself.
Once everyone touched ground, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was too close", Sonic said.
"I agree. I almost got my head cut off!" Ray exclaimed.
"At least we made it out of there. Mr. Sonic, how far is home?" Cream asked.
"Cream! Sonic was captured as well. We're all going to find a way home, don't worry", Vanilla assured.
"Vanilla's right Cream. Don't worry, we'll get home!" Sonic said. Fiona looked around.
"Hey, where's Mighty?" the vixen asked. Right on cue, the armadillo landed right next to Fiona, making her jump.
"Chaos, you didn't have to scare me like that!" Fiona exclaimed. Mighty looked up and swallowed the lump in his throat.
"Um, we need to go, like NOW!" Mighty exclaimed. Everyone looked up and screamed when they saw the armada of robots flying towards them.
"RUN!" Sonic shouted and the group took off.
Meanwhile, the wall exploded and the Mobo Cruiser charged through destroying several robots along the way. Bunnie flew behind shooting her lasers at aerial robots trying to shoot them down. Rotor stopped the vehicle and the Freedom Fighters hopped out. Sally looked around and grimaced. This place was disgusting. There were chemicals everywhere and the air smelled like bleach.
"What the hell is this?" Tails exclaimed scrunching his face.
"This is gross!" Muttski said when he noticed a bunch of blue dots emerge from a hole and craw back down into another.
"Is this Eggman's main factory? Where he gets all of his robots?" Sally asked looking around. If that was the case, then they had to take this factory down in order to defeat Eggman for good.
"This definitly has Eggman written all over it! Take a look at those robots!" Bunnie exclaimed pointing at a group of grey Egg Pawns that were charging at them.
"HIIYAH!" Antoine exclaimed slicing one apart. He tried to slice another one, but it just made a dent.
"Mon deiu! Zis robots are ze upgraded models!" Antoine exclaimed taking a step back from the Egg Pawn.
"I think our search for Sonic and the Rabbits ends here", Rotor said.
"Why do you say that?" Nicole asked. Rotor pointed in the distance.
"Look", he said. Everyone turned to the direction Rotor was pointing at and gasped when they saw Sonic dashing towards them along with Vanilla, Cream and three other Mobians they didn't know. Sonic sighed with relief when he saw his team waving at him and sped up towards them, the others following. He stopped right in front of Sally and hugged her, making her blush.
"Guys, you found us!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Oh Chaos, this place is horrible! Thank God you came!" Vanilla exclaimed.
"What happened?" Sally asked.
"And why do you guys look like your about to pass out?" Tails commented.
"Sorry to interupt your reunion, but we got company!" Mighty exclaimed pointing at the large army of robots approaching them.
"What the hell? I thought we lost them!" Fiona shouted.
"Apparently not. This is Eggman's city and he knows every nook and cranny here!" Sonic exclaimed. Sally got her blades ready.
"There's no way we'll make it out of here! The Mobo Cruiser won't be fast enough to lose these guys so we have to fight them!" Sally exclaimed.
"Oh believe me, we tried", Mighty said getting ready. The robots came at them like beasts ready to rip their flesh off. They all charged at each other and as soon as they hit, a loud explosion took place after that.
Sonic was briefly in the air before curling into a ball and rapidly homing attacking Bomb Flappers in the sky. He kicked one into another and homing attacked them both before curling into a ball and rocketing towards another, taking it out. Sonic then rapidly kicked a robot before launching it back and air boosting five Bomb Flappers out of the sky before falling down. Tails flew down and grabbed Sonic's hands and both prepared to do their Blue Bomber combo they had been training for. Tails spun Sonic around in a circle and let go, causing Sonic to spiral towards a dozen Bomb Flappers and slamming into them in a chain of homing attacks before shooting upwards and letting Tails grab his hands. The two then spun in a circle creating a yellow and blue Spindash and homing attacked into a dozen more robots and rapidly picking them off one by one. The duo then split when they hit a large number of robots and double homing attacked them out of the sky in blue and yellow blurs before Tails grabbed Sonic's hands again and spun him vertically before throwing Sonic down with all his might. Sonic spun into blue energy and slammed into the ground creating a blue shockwave destroying more then two dozen robots. It was then Tails also slammed down, creating another shockwave and destroying more robots.
"Yeah!" Sonic and Tails exclaimed high fiving each other before running towards more robots and destroying them. Sally jumped and brought her blades down on two enemy robots, destroying them. She then kicked a destroyed robot into another robot that was charging at her and sliced the two up. Nicole was right behind, kicking and punching her way through enemy Egg Pawns. The lynx was having the toughest time as she was the weakest member of the team, but also the most intelligent being behind Tails and Rotor.
"Watch out!" Nicole exclaimed just as a Egg Pawn shot a laser at Sally, who ducked just in time because of Nicole's warning. She gave a "thank you" look to Nicole before hurrying off and destroying more Egg Pawns. Nicole did the same until she came across a Shield Pawn that was towering over her. The lynx gulped.
Okay Nicole, you can do this. It's time your training finally paid off Nicole thought as the collosal robot swung a giant fist at her. Nicole yelped and rolled out of the way before running up to the robot and giving it a mighty kick.
"Owww!" Nicole shouted clutching her ankle. She had sprained it due to the force of the kick she gave. The worst part was that the Shield Pawn barely took a dent. Nicole gulped as the massive robot approached her and swung a fist at her again. Nicole tried to dodge, but due to her ankle, she barely moved an inch and was met by a giant steel fist that nearly knocked her out cold.
"H..help", Nicole muttered as the giant robot grabbed her and started marching away. Too bad everyone else was busy concentrating on the fight. Bunnie rapidly shot her laser at two Gun Pawns and destroyed them before flying up to two Guardian Pawns and shooting them.
"It's about time I give y'all a payback!" Bunnie exclaimed. Her lasers just bounced off the Guardian's armor. Suddenly, the two Guardian Pawns were swung into each other and destroyed immediatly when Mighty came smashing through them with his shell. He smirked at Bunnie whose face was with shock.
"They don't call me Mighty for no reason, you know", Mighty said as he smashed a fist into an Egg Pawn and tossed it away. Bunnie giggled.
"Ah already have a boyfriend ya know!" Bunnie exclaimed shooting more robots down.
"Oh", Mighty sadly muttered. He ran up to three Bomb Pawns and destroyed them all by rapid punches and kicks. Ray flew towards him grinning.
"This is awesome!" Ray shouted smashing a Sentry Drone. Mighty grinned back.
"Don't get cocky, kid", the armadillo said.
"He's right, Ray!" Fiona exclaimed roundhouse kicking a Laser Drone into a Bomb Pawn causing a massive explosion.
"Sacre bleu! Zis is pure chaos!" Antoine exclaimed ducking under a laser fire that barely scratched his blue uniform.
"Everybody stand back!" Rotor ordered taking out a large minigun from the Mobo Cruiser. Antoine yelped and immediatly ran for cover.
"BOOYAH!" Rotor shouted blasting a large number of robots with his minigun. He moved the gun around, making sure to get as many robots as possible and not shoot any of his team members.
"Whoa! Watch where you fire that thing!" Sally exclaimed. She turned around and her eyes widened with horror when she saw the Shield Pawn carrying a badly injured Nicole away.
"Oh no, Nicole!" Sally shouted chasing after her best friend. Sonic saw her and ran up to her.
"Sal, where you going?" Sonic asked stepping in front of her.
"Sonic, Nicole's being captured! We have to save her!" Sally exclaimed pushing past Sonic, who stared with wide eyes.
"What?! Oh no!" Sonic exclaimed running after Sally. Unfortunatly for them, the Shield Pawn was carrying Nicole through its fellow robots that were now blocking Sonic and Sally's way.
"Oh no, no, no!" Sonic said.
"Hahahaha! Oh yes, hedgehog!" a familiar voice called out. Sonic and Sally looked up to find Snively Robotnik in his own Egg Mobile hovering above them. He was grinning wickedly as the Shield Pawn who had Nicole stood in front of him.
"You monster! Let Nicole go!" Sally ordered. Snively laughed again.
"Oh really? And what if I say no?" Snively challenged.
"Then you're in for a massive beating!" Sonic exclaimed jumping up. He was about to homing attack the frightened Snively until a blue blur slammed into Sonic and flew away with him crashing into a building. Sally looked in horror at the sight while Snively wiped a sweat from his forehead.
"That was too close! I wouldn't want to meet the spiky end of that hedgehog!" Snively exclaimed.
"You fool! There are weapons in your Egg Mobile for a reason!" Eggman exclaimed hovering next to Snively in his own Egg Mobile.
"Ehehe, sorry uncle", Snively nervously said. Eggman snorted and grinned at Sally.
"Well well, looks like your hero is quite busy at the moment with my greatest machine, so you're on your own!" Eggman said. Sally grit her teeth when she saw the robots drawing closer.
"Oh, this is it! I've been wanting to see this!" Orbot exclaimed.
"Ya'll better git ready to experience pain! PAIN, YA HEAR ME?!" Cubot stupidly exclaimed making everyone sweatdrop.
"How hard is it to fix a single voice chip?" Eggman muttered.
"Well, he's a natural!" Snively said chuckling until Eggman shot him a glare telling him to shut up.
"You'll never take Nicole alive, you hear me?" Sally exclaimed.
"Ohohohoho! You and what army?" Eggman challenged.
"This army!" Tails exclaimed suddenly flying up to Sally and shooting a laser from his arm cannon at Eggman who managed to dodge it. Antoine, Bunnie, Mighty, Ray, Fiona and Cream appeared after that.
"We took care of the robots over there, Sally girl", Bunnie reported.
"Ms. Nicole!" Cream exclaimed when she saw the captured lynx.
"Eggman, you'll pay for this!" Mighty glared. Eggman uneasily looked at the Mobians while Orbot and Cubot turned away and began whispering.
"Psst, ten bucks saying the Mobians will win this one!" Orbot challenged.
"Yer on, boy!" Cubot exclaimed.
"Maybe you shouldn't have jynxed it sir", Snively nervously said.
"Shut up you twit! These pesky Mobians won't do anything! Start the Roboticizer!" Eggman ordered.
"Yessir!"
Snively turned to the Shield Pawn that was standing on a platform next to a large cylinder. He nodded and the Shield Pawn placed Nicole inside and shut the lid. The robot pressed a button and the process started.
"No! We have to save her!" Sally exclaimed.
"Let's go!" Tails shouted and the heroes all jumped at the robots and started frantically beating them out of the way.
Meanwhile, the blue blur was smashing Sonic through numerous buildings, not letting Sonic do anything. The blur then threw Sonic to the ground once they were on a blue and yellow walkway. Sonic got up and glared at.. himself. The blur was a robot, but this one looked remarkably similar to him. It had red piercing eyes, blue armor, three quills on its head, a grey torso and yellow shoulder pads on its shoulders. It's legs were also long and it was just as tall as Sonic.
"Hello Maurice", the robot said. Sonic growled.
"Again with Maurice? What is this, Maurice day or something? Who the heck are you, bub?" Sonic exclaimed pointing rudely at his robotic doppelganger. The robot darkly chuckled.
"So you don't remember. Well then, let me refresh your memory. Do you remember Queen Aleena?" the robot asked. Sonic frowned. Why was this robot asking about the queen of Green Hill?
"How is that even related to this? Yes I know who she is, but I never met her!" Sonic answered. The robot laughed.
"What about your brother and sister? Do you remember Manic and Sonia?" the robot asked. Sonic frowned even more.
"No, I don't but I do know they are the children of Queen Aleena. Why are you asking me this?" Sonic asked.
"Well then", the robot said completly ignoring Sonic's question.
"Do you remember the incident years ago? The night of the tragedy?" the robot asked.
"Yes I do. And I know it was Eggman who did it. But why are you asking me all of this even if I know it?" Sonic said getting iritated.
"Very well. It seems you do not remember how I supposedly killed one of Queen Aleena's children, Prince Maurice", the robot said.
"You killed one of her children? Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" Sonic angrily said.
"I didn't kill him. He's still alive today", the robot said. Sonic snorted.
"Yeah, how do you know? Did you capture him and turn him into a robot? Cuz I'm about to go and make that not happen!" Sonic exclaimed.
"No because he is standing right before me", the robot said. "You".
Sonic's eyes widened and he didn't say anything. He couldn't get a single word out. This had to be a joke. Had to. But the robot was dead serious.
"Me?" Sonic hoarsely asked. The robot chuckled.
"Yes you. You were supposed to die right there by my hands. I shot you off the cliff of South Island!" the robot exclaimed. Sonic didn't even know what to say. No. There was no way in hell that was true.
"Who... who are you?" Sonic whispered. The robot let out a cold laugh.
"I am your superior. The true blue hedgehog. Metal Maurice was my name before, but now, Eggman upgraded me and made me a new identity... Metal Sonic!" the robot exclaimed.
"No! You're lying!" Sonic exclaimed lunging at Metal Sonic. The robot just smirked and sidestepped Sonic, letting the hedgehog miss and turn around.
"You're a liar! I'm not Prince Maurice! I am Sonic the Hedgehog and I was born here, on West Side Island! You are a cold blooded murderer and a liar!" Sonic shouted curling into a Spindash and rocketing towards Metal. The robot just kicked him back and got in a fighting stance.
"Call me whatever you want. But today, your death shall be at my hands! I shall make sure I finish what I couldn't do years ago... kill you! Die!" Metal Sonic exclaimed flying towards Sonic and socking the hedgehog in the face. Sonic stumbled back but regained his balance. He jumped out of the way as Metal Sonic tried to piledive his organic part to the ground. Sonic curled into a Spindash and rocketed towards Metal Sonic and struck the robot in the side, then kicked him in the air before preparing to homing attack. Metal Sonic easily recovered and swatted Sonic out of his homing attack before launching his own homing attack, striking Sonic in the face and punched him in the stomach, arms and face and uppercut him back.
Sonic hit the ground hard and grimaced at the pain. Man he's tough! Looks like I gotta go all out for this one! Sonic thought as he got up and raced towards his robotic counterpart with great speed and tried to homing attack. Metal Sonic moved out of the way at the last second and kick smashed Sonic to the ground before spin kicking the hedgehog away. Metal Sonic chuckled.
"It's useless. I have your speed and power. I know what you are going to do and you can't stop me!" Metal Sonic exclaimed. Sonic angrily got up and charged blindly at Metal Sonic in an effort to bring him down. He boosted towards the robot and Metal boosted back. The two faced off, trying to overcome each other with the boost, glaring at each other.
"Grrr, you'll...pay...for...this!" Sonic exclaimed, a boost of energy suddenly spiking inside him and letting him overpower Metal Sonic and send him flying off the walkway. Sonic jumped off after him and homing attacked Metal Sonic, hitting the robot in the face, then leg and arm. Sonic power stomped on Metal's torso, bringing both hedgehog's down and slamming into the ground, creating a crater on the walkway. Furious, Metal Sonic kicked his counterpart off him and punched Sonic in the gut before harshly kicking him on the side of the face and knocking him down. Sonic tried to kick Metal Sonic, but the robot grabbed his leg and swung the hedgehog over his shoulder. Sonic fell flat on his face and got up before charging right back at Metal Sonic.
"Die you insolent wretch!" Metal Sonic exclaimed firing a laser from his torso. Sonic leapt over it and dropkicked Metal Sonic back before Spindashing him into a building. Sonic slammed Metal Sonic through the building and kept dragging the robot across before emerging through the other side of the building and landing on yet another walkway. Metal Sonic was thrown back due to the force and Sonic just charged at his robotic counterpart before the two started exchanging blows to each other.
Tails looked up to see Sonic and Metal Sonic duking it out on the walkway in the distance and knew he had to help. Propelling his namesakes as fast as he could, Tails flew towards the hedgehogs but Snively interfered by smacking Tails down with a checkered ball from his Egg Mobile.
"Going somewhere?" the nutty man teased. Tails just growled and charged at Snively, fending off the machine.
Sonic heard the commotion behind him and turned around to see his friends trying to save Nicole. That was a mistake as Metal Sonic took the opportunity to uppercut Sonic sharpely, sending him flying and Metal Sonic jumped up before homing attacking Sonic hard and air boosting him back before kick smashing and power stomping Sonic to the ground. Metal Sonic kicked Sonic away and charged right at the hedgehog.
"You are annoying", Metal said as Sonic proceeded to block every punch and kick thrown by Metal Sonic and launching a few blows of his own. Metal Sonic struck Sonic hard on the cheek, side, gut, leg and face, but Sonic still continued to fight and even landed a few blows on Metal's torso, legs, arm and face. Sonic roundhouse kicked Metal Sonic in the torso and Spindashed the robot back.
"Axe Kick!" Sonic shouted unleashing a blue wave of wind at Metal Sonic. The robot sidestepped it and launched an Axe Kick of his own, Sonic dodging as well.
"I've got to say. I'm impressed. You've improved alot since our last battle, Sonic", Metal Sonic acknowledged.
"Shut up!" Sonic exclaimed rushing at Metal.
"Still hot headed as before. Black Shield, Defensive Matrix", Metal Sonic said and a black crystal formed around him, protecting the robot. Sonic bounced off and landed on his side. He was beginning to get tired.
"But you're no match for me. I am the true Sonic", Metal Sonic said. At that point, Sonic felt the anger fuel inside of him. Ignoring the pain as much as he could, Sonic charged up a powered Spindash and rushed at Metal Sonic and collided. The attack weakened the Black Shield and Sonic proceeded to repeatedly Spindash until the Black Shield was broken. Unfortunatly, this left Metal Sonic with an opening to Spindash Sonic back and surround himself with yellow electricity.
"V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, Overdrive Matrix!" Metal Sonic exclaimed bashing into Sonic with yellow energy sending a electrified shock throughout Sonic's body and sending the hedgehog flying back and smashing through a robot.
Coughing up blood, Sonic struggled to get up. He had bruises on his arms and a little on his gut. There were cuts on his body and he was slightly bleeding. Metal Sonic stomped up to his organic counterpart and looked him in the eye.
"You're weak!" Metal Sonic spat kicking Sonic. "You are nothing but a mere inferior being who stands in my master's way of conquering the univere!" Metal Sonic said kicking Sonic again. He put his foot on Sonic's chest and started punching him in the face.
"You deserve to die! You don't deserve life! You shall now die by my hands!" Metal Sonic exclaimed raising his sharp claws and electrifying them. Sonic weakly looked up at his robotic doppelganger. He couldn't go down like this. He would not let this bucket of bolts get the best of him. Mustering as much as strength, Sonic glared at Metal Sonic.
"You won't get to kill me, you wannabe piece of crap!" Sonic spat. He then used his strength to give Metal Sonic a solid kick, knocking the robot off and getting up. Ignoring the pain, Sonic curled into a Spindash and smacked Metal Sonic in the face before recoiling off and homing attacking the robot in the face again and this time, he gave Metal Sonic a hard kick that sent the robot flying back into a gas pipe.
"Noo!" Metal Sonic grunted as the pipe neared. Suddenly, a field of blue electricity surrounded Metal Sonic before he crashed into the gas pipe, causing a large explosion and blowing up a building in the process. Sonic's eyes widened when he saw Metal Sonic emerge out of the smoke, unharmed. His electric shield still surrounded him.
"My Burst Shield is impenetrable. It is also an Offensive Matrix", Metal Sonic mused.
"I don't care what your weapons are! You're going down and that's that!" Sonic exclaimed rushing towards Metal Sonic. The robot just snickered evily before flying towards Sonic as well. Sonic surrounder himself in blue energy as he boosted towards the robot and the two collided with each other head on.
Eggman stared in awe as his robots fell apart one by one. The Mobians were trashing his army apart. He turned around to see Nicole's roboticization almost complete. Soon, he would have an all powerful robot lynx in his army that the heroes wouldn't be able to fight.
"We almost got them! Keep pushing forward!" Sally shouted. Eggman cursed under his breath when he saw her take out a Bomb Pawn.
"S-sir, at this rate we won't have that many robots left!" Snively exclaimed.
"Which is why we have to end this now!" Eggman exclaimed pushing a button on his Egg Mobile. A large rocket emerged from the bottom and it was held by a steel arm.
"Activating Rocket Missile!" Eggman exclaimed.
"Oooh, push th button, ya hear me?" Cubot exclaimed.
"Yes sir, uh, push the button!" Orbot exclaimed. "You lost", the red droid then whispered to Cubot, knowing the rocket would not work.
"Yer making a grave mistake!" Cubot exclaimed confidently. Eggman pushed the red button and fired the rocket. The green rocket flew towards the Freedom Fighters, ready to blast them to smithereens. Tails saw this and gasped.
"No!" Tails shouted flying up and smacking the rocket back with his namesakes.
"GAAH!" Eggman, Snively, Orbot and Cubot screamed as the rocket flew towards the Roboticizer and exploded on impact. The explosion was so wide that all robots were destroyed within the radius. The Freedom Fighters were all blasted back by the force and flew a huge distance away, smacking into each other. It was so loud, that every robot far away even stopped doing whatever they were doing.
Sonic and Metal Sonic stopped fighting for a second to survey the aftermath. Sonic's eyes widened when he saw the large smoke and fire in the spot.
"What the hell was that?!" Sonic exclaimed. Metal Sonic hovered beside him.
"Hmm, it seems Master Eggman has used the Rocket Missile from his Egg Mobile. Although I see no sign of life from him", Metal Sonic claimed.
"Rocket Missile? What the hell is that?" Sonic said. Metal Sonic sneered at him.
"What do YOU think you fool? Besides, I don't have to tell you anything!" Metal Sonic exclaimed.
"Why you son of a-" Sonic said but stopped. The two turned around and watched as the Freedom Fighters emerged from the smoke, battered and a little burned, but not to much.
"What the *cough* fuck was that?" Mighty exclaimed.
"I don't fucking know! That piece of shit nearly blew us up!" Fiona exclaimed.
"Fiona, watch your mouth. There are kids here!" Bunnie exclaimed pointing to Tails and Cream.
"Oh no... Ms Nicole!" Cream exclaimed. Sally gasped and turned around. Out of the smoke emerged Eggman and Snively. The two were inside their respective Egg Mobiles that were not damaged and had a glass pulled over their heads.
"Whew! Thank Chaos this baby has alot of perks!" Eggman exclaimed wiping a sweat.
"I-I almost died! Oh my Chaos, I ALMOST GOT MY HAIR BLOWN OFF!" Snively screamed in horror.
"You don't even have any hair! Besides, being bald is not so bad!" Eggman retorted.
"Oh dear, that was the most traumatizing experience in my life!" Orbot exclaimed.
"Bleh! That wuz nothin! Ah could've handled that big boom like no tommorow!" Cubot exclaimed.
"...You were screaming mother the entire time".
"That didn't happen!"
"That's my cue!" Metal Sonic exclaimed shoving Sonic out of the way and flying towards Eggman.
"Ah Metal Sonic. Good to see your still here", Eggman said.
"I'm not easy to defeat. Though I must say, I almost did blow up", Metal Sonic commented. The heroes didn't even have time to stare at Metal Sonic in awe as Sally ran towards the now destroyed Roboticizer.
"Nicole! Nicole, where are you?!" Sally exclaimed trying to open the lid. Mighty walked over and helped her by easily removing the lid. Nicole was inside, intact in one piece. What really surprised everyone was the fact that she wasn't a single spec of metal.
"W-what happened? Why isn't she roboticized?!" Eggman exclaimed. Sonic slid down to everyone and gasped when he saw Nicole in one piece.
"Nicole!" Sonic exclaimed. Nicole slowly opened her eyes and weakly grinned at the heroes.
"Are you okay?" Fiona exclaimed.
"Ms. Nicole, are you alright?" Cream asked.
"Speak to me girl. Are you okay?" Bunnie added.
"Mon deiu! Nicole!" Antoine exclaimed.
"Sally... Sonic...", Nicole slowly said. Sally and Sonic were by her side.
"Nicole, speak to me!" Sonic exclaimed.
"I'm so sorry", Tails muttered. Suddenly, Ray screamed.
"What's wrong, buddy?" Mighty exclaimed. Ray pointed to Nicole.
"Her...her arm! It's gone!" Ray exclaimed. Everyone looked to see where he was pointing at and screamed when they saw Nicole had no left arm.
"Oh my god!" Sally exclaimed. Nicole looked at her arm and suddenly, her left arm materialized back in green energy. Everyone was now confused.
"What the actual fuck?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Whoa, talk about exorcism..." Mighty muttered.
"Huh? What happened to me? Why do I feel so...different?" Nicole exclaimed. She slowly disappeared from her spot and materialized in front of Tails, who jumped.
"What the hell is this?" Fiona exclaimed.
"Ms. Nicole... are you a ghost?" Cream asked. Nicole thought for a moment before grabbing Tails' hand. When she felt the fox's touch, she shook her head.
"Nope, I'm good. What the hell happened?" Nicole asked. Sonic turned to Eggman who seemed to be lost in thought.
"Yo Eggbrain, what happened?" Sonic asked.
"Hmm. It appears that Nicole has turned into a half holographic Mobian. Due to the Roboticizer being blown up, it must have transformed the effects into this", Eggman said.
"So instead of being a robot, she's a half hologram?" Metal Sonic asked.
"Yes, that is it", Eggman answered.
"How does that even happen?" Tails asked.
"Well, she's a half hologram that is materialized out of these cyber chips called Nanites. And considering the fact that the Roboticizer was powered by Nanites, she is half organic, half nanite", Eggman explained.
"Half...Nanite?" Nicole asked.
"Um, sir. I think we should go", Snively said.
"Yes you're right. Well, I'll let you go this time Sonic. But next time, you won't be so lucky!" Eggman said.
"Hand them over", Cubot said. Orbot gave him a strange look.
"What do you mean? It's a tie!" Orbot exclaimed.
"H-hey wait!" Sonic said as Eggman's Egg Mobile took off with Snively following. The heroes looked around at the other robots, but they weren't doing anything except repairing the damages.
"I guess we're free to go", Sally said sighing. She began to lead the way.
"Nicole...I'm sorry. I kicked the rocket back and this happened to you", Tails sadly said. Nicole smiled.
"It's not your fault. You were just doing your duty. It's my fault. I tried to fight a powerful robot and ended up getting my butt kicked. Come on, cheer up. Let's go home and do all kinds of cool things in my new form!" Nicole said. Tails smiled. The two jogged up to the others back to the Mobo Cruiser where Rotor and Vanilla were waiting.
Away from the action, Metal Sonic looked in the distance as the heroes regrouped and hugged each other.
"I will have my revenge one day, Sonic. And you'll suffer the ultimate demise at my hands whether you like it or not", Metal Sonic coldly said.
With old enemies back and new friends made, our heroes have finally been relieved of Sonic's capture. But the world is not yet at peace, as more evil arises within. Soon, it will eventually be too much for our heroes to handle. And with Sonic reminded of his past, a series of events shall occur that may just shake up the Freedom Fighters.
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's note: Behold, the biggest chapter of the story yet! And that wraps it up for the Volcanic Vault arc! Yeah, I had Volcanic Vault be a high tech prison inside Eggman's Chemical Plant City. I plan to make this story different from the comics and games you guys know. And Metal Maurice is back, now dubbing his name as Metal Sonic! What will happen now? With Sonic's worst rival back, how will the war between the heroes and Eggman go now? And Rouge the Bat makes a cameo appearance in this chapter. It's a build up for an important role she will play later on.
Question of the Day: What would you like to see in Sonic's 25th Anniversary? My opinion would be a sequel to Generations or something. Please leave your answer in your review!
Next, I have some news for you Pokemon fans. I will be releasing the first chapter of my Pokemon fanfic, which is a mix between the games and the manga. Sorry, no anime. Be on the lookout. It's called "Pokemon Ultimate Adventures: The Kanto Saga".
EPIC Out!