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16. Enter Ares
The Freedom Fighters encountered 12 Robots within 50 miles of the base.
"Where's Laoch?" asked Sally
"Never never land."
"This is not the time to quote Metallica!"
"So you know what song I'm talking about!"
"I love Metallica."
"A royal princess likes Metallica?"
"Ryko!" she said, dodging a robot attack.
"Aw, come on! Did you see that Sonic Underground concert?"
"I get to see every Sonic Underground concert. I'm dating the lead guitarist."
"And you never gave me tickets?" he playful asked Sonic.
"Never got around to it. You wanna sing lead next concert?"
"Hell yeah! Manic and Sonia cool with it?"
"Sure! Robot to your left."
"Thanks."
10 more came.
"We can't keep up this pace!"
A being flashed briefly for a second. It flashed around the robots. Ryko knew who had just made his grand entrance. It flashed around even more. When it stopped, the robots fell. Standing in the center was Laoch.
"I haven't had some action in a while."
"Not since Unfamiliar Faces."
"Ooh, I read that!" said Sally.
"Then you would know that I'm fashionably late."
"Yea. How did you find this base, anyway, Sally?"
"Hacker."
"Forgot."
"Anyway, We need to get moving. Sadie needs saving."
"Yes, she does." Said a familiar voice. Standing in the middle of the smoke was Shadow the Hedgehog.
"It's the edgy hedgey himself! What brings you here, Shadow?" asked Ryko.
"I just got done hosting Anubis. I was bored and I thought I'd swing by. I heard your, um, predicament."
"Well, now that we have thing one and thing two, I think we made this 4000 times easier. " said Ryko.
As they were walking down to the base, Sonic got a little bored. He needed a challenge.
"Betcha I can make you cry, Shadow." said Sonic.
"You'd lose." said Shadow.
"Maria Robotnik." Said Ryko.
"Oh please, that won't… won't… Maria…"
"I win. I think that's the base."
"Chaos Control." said Laoch and Shadow in unison.
Sadie's Jail Cell, 2:30 PM
Sadie was underfed and beaten. She could barely keep her eyes open.
"R-Ryko." she said weakly, still believing his presence as a dream.
"It's really me, Sadie. Come on, it's me."
"She's suffering from dementia. She doesn't know what is and isn't real. She'll get better, but she'll need some rehabilitation. Her pain has to have come with some psychological torture as well." said Tails.
"Oh yes, I did." said the voice of Ares.
"What did you do to her?" demanded Ryko.
"I played the Sonic Underground theme for twenty four hours straight."
"You monster! No one deserves that!" said Ryko.
"Ah, but I gets better. I have the Freedom Fighters worst enemy. Guess who it's pointed at."
Sure enough, the bane of the Freedom Fighters rested in his hand; the roboticizer. And it was pointed at Sadie, still in her trance.
"Why is it on the ground?" asked Sally.
"What? It isn't on the-"
A bullet hit the roboticizer and it clattered to the ground. Ares looked up and saw Shadow with a gun out.
"It is now."
The Freedom Fighters plus the ultimate lifeforms surrounded Ares.
"It didn't happen like this on paper."
"Obviously."
"Now I play my trump card."
"And what would that be?"
Ares hit a button on a remote.
Sonic Undergrrooouunnnd!
Sonic Undergrrooouunnnd!
"No!" everybody shouted. The Freedom Fighters were on their knees; Sally, Ryko, Laoch and Shadow were still standing, clutching their heads in agony. When the song stopped, Ares was gone.
"Damn you, Sonic Underground!" said Sally.
"Oh well. We have Sadie. Hey, we gotta make it to the beach bash at Angel Island. I'm offering what I offered to you at the beginning of the chapter. Wanna sing lead? We all suck, except for Sonia but we can only use her for country songs."
"Sure, but do we have an opener?" asked Ryko. Sonic facepalmed himself.
"No! Any suggestions?"
"The Forget Me Knots."
"Great idea! I'll call Mina."
Mina's House, 4:00 PM
Mina was listening to some music as loud as she could possibly get it. When her phone rang, she barely heard it.
"Mina Mongoose."
"Hey, Mina."
That was Sonic's voice!
"We need you to open up for us tonight for the Beach Bash."
Was this some sort of joke?"
"You're kidding."
"No."
"AWESOME! We're in."
The Beach Bash, 7:00 PM
Sadie woke up on a towel on the beach. She immediately recognized the location as Angel Island, as there wasn't any water. She looked over to see loud music and a Sonic Underground poster. That was the Beach Bash! Sonic would know where Ryko went…
The Beach Bash, 7:05 PM
She didn't need to look for Ryko, as he was on stage singing 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica.
Exit light!
Enter night!
Take my hand…
He pointed at the crowd and they finished.
"OFF TO NEVER NEVER LAND!"
Ryko somehow spotted Sadie in the crowd and winked.
"He never ceases to amaze." said Sadie aloud. She then saw Mina Mongoose from the Forget Me Knots close to the stage. Next thing she knew, they were on to Cult of Personality.
Like Mussolini, and Kennedy,
I'm the smilin' face on your T.V!
I'm the Cult of Personality!
She was enjoying herself. She never usually liked concerts, but Sonic Underground was really good.
"Alright, everbody! We know everybody here knows this one!"
Sonic broke into the Crush 40 version of 'His World' the crowd went insane.
Beware of the time as it moves along
Takin' you back always feared and strong
Like the rush of the wind he moves on and on and on and on and on
He's the fire, flame, conflicting pain, untouched and crushed and will remain
The one, the two, the three, the four
Headed straight for an unopened door
He can see, he can feel without one touch it seems unreal but it's true
The power lives inside of you - inside of you, yea!
Ryko then gave the mic to Sonic, who, surprisingly, started rapping.
C'mon light the fuse, he's a rocket and he's ready to go
'Cause now the countdown has started and he's ready to blow
He's got the dope sounds pumpin in his stereo (-eo! )
Kickin' ass fast... puttin' on a show!
C'mon and get yourself together, there's no time to rest
And if you put the time in he'll put you to the test
He's like a runnin' man, in his world, more is less
And if you wanna test him best bring your best
Don't make me spell it out, bring your best!
The crowd loved it, Sadie included. She went backstage to go see Ryko and the gang.