In a big cozy conference room were a group of five snakes gathered around a polished wooden table drinking some coffee with guards encircling the room; they were the highest authorities in the Mamba family. First, Redd mamba stood at the head of the table; he was a humanoid snake who looked middle aged, but also having the figure of a well-built human body and the extra features of a snake such as his yellow eyes, the red scales that covered the sides of his neck and part of his face, and he wore a fancy white suit and white fedora hat; he had a pressuring intimidation in his glare, his body stood erect and stiff, and he had a cane in his left hand that he used as support. Next to him on the left sat Lycoris in his humanoid form; Lycoris had a quite the young appearance, having messy green hair with purple highlights on a couple strands on the left and front. His eyes were sly and his smile was arrogant, his body language denoted high authority-which he had as the second in command both in physical power and leadership of the family; he wore a white renaissance style cloak that had purple and green as the secondary and tertiary colors, dark green pants, and brown boots. To the right of Redd sat Ailio, the strongest hitman in the family. Ailio wore a black fedora with a red ribbon, a matching black suit with a red tie and white dress shoes; he had the face of a killer with heavy bloodlust. Sera and Penny were two twins that were the youngest of the five, appearing to be around the same age as Cream. Sera had Orange hair while her sister had blue, and both were covered in their respective colored scales, and had tails instead of feet; they wore matching sweatshirts and also appeared to be the friendliest of them all from the innocent smiles that never disappeared.
Redd placed his right hand on the table as he slowly sat down into his big comfy rolling chair, "What are your thoughts about what we should do with Mr. Rose?"
"I honestly believe we should just kill this man and take complete control of this place." Ailio said bluntly.
"We're strong enough to handle the rest of the Roses that are left, and since we already killed their strongest member, they're weak." Penny added in support of Ailio's idea.
Redd shook his head, "We can't kill him, since he has very high connections to the U.F. If we killed him, we'd probably anger them enough to go war with us; with our numbers we wouldn't stand a chance against an army like that. Luckily however, we will one day fight against them…"- he looks over at Lycoris-"Right now, the plan is to negotiate with Rose on the transfer of all his power and resources to us, and we'll spare him and his family because the last thing needed is for any more of our soldiers to die."
Lycoris smirked, "You're being very merciful…"-he summons small vines from the ground-"I could handle the entire Rose family for you, boss; just like I handled the archer."
"Don't worry Lycoris, your day to shine will come against the U.F. Once you've gained high enough trust from them, you'll destroy them from the inside. Just be patient my boy."
Redd dismissed them a moment later, and all five of them exited the room with their own set of guards-splitting up to go their own ways. Meanwhile with Cream and the others, they snuck all the way up the stairs and arrived at the entrance to the dungeon where two guards stood across from with their backs to them. The guards were dressed like fancy men with machine guns in their presence, and one had a key in his hand that he was showing to the other guard.
"I snuck in there and got this from the room where they're holding Mr. Rose!" the guard with the key said enthusiastically.
"How did you do that!?" the other replied, worried that they might get in trouble if he got caught.
The guard with the key grinned, "When the others weren't looking, I swiped it up and hightailed out of there. The guards will leave the room to change shifts soon, so when they leave, we'll sneak in and interrogate him ourselves!"
"You just want to go in there and beat up the poor guy!"
"Duh! When is the next time we'll have the opportunity to have power like this?"
Cream peeked from the corner of the wall, so Amy's dad is here!? Judging from what one of those punks said, they have the keys. We'll have to figure out a way to get those keys and then find Amy's dad; maybe he'll know a way out of here.
"Hey Simon, notice how Frank's taking so long to come back up?" the guard with the keys said with a wink.
"I'm not catching what you mean Dave."
Dave face palmed, "I'm talking about the items! Did you forget we got two rabbits in our possession? That nasty bastard is probably having all the fun down there right now!"
Cream and Bunnie's ears shuddered while they had disgusted expressions on their face, "We should go join him, eh?" Dave said, elbowing Simon.
"But we're not supposed to leave our post Dave!"
"Ugh fine…"-he hands Simon the keys-"I'm going down there to get me some before that pig uses em all up! Take care of those keys, they have the room number of it so if you want, you can go and sneak a few licks in before I get back."
Dave confidently walks down the stairs; Cream and the others further retreat. As Dave turns the corner and leaves Simon's line of sight, Cream and Bunnie attack him-covering his mouth and whipping him unconscious with his gun, and then tossing his body down the stone stairs; Cream takes his gun and peeks over the wall again. Did he hear any of that? She thought with nervousness at possibly being caught.
"Why the heck does Dave always do this? He knows I'm not the guy for this!" Simon complained while he stared at the keys, oblivious to the ruckus.
Cream knocked on the wall with the gun, grabbing Simon's attention as he snapped out of his stare; he puts the keys at his waist and stares in the direction where the noise came from. He continued to stare in the direction where he heard the knocking, holding up his gun and aiming at the wall after confirming that some sound was coming from there, "That noise…it sounds suspicious." He said, slowly creeping over to the wall; Cream locks and loads her gun, anticipating the possibility of having to kill.
Her eyes sharpen as she counts his footsteps, Almost there…-watching the stone floor for when his boot reached the entrance where they were waiting; Simon placed his left hand on the wall as he peeked over, seeing a gun touch his forehead.
He puts his hands up as his life begins flashing before his eyes-"I-I-I…"-his mouth chattering with fear; Cream's eyes lower to his waist, spotting the keys.
Cream whips him unconscious and takes his keys, "With these keys, I can find Amy's dad." She said to herself, studying the appearance of the key.
"Ah see you got an idea of what to do with them keys." Bunnie said coming up next to her.
Cream nodded, "I have one more person to rescue, please bear with me for having to hold up the escape."
"No problem kid, but why do you need to rescue that guy? He's the don of the Rose mafia, one of the baddest mafias in the world." Arnold said, stepping forward with his arms crossed.
Cream stared at the keys, "I don't know him, but I am best friends with his daughter. I came here with the intention of helping to rescue him; now that I know where he is, this is the chance."-She held up a finger-"But there's also another reason why I need to rescue him."
Bunnie blinked twice, "What is that other reason?"
"Since Mr. Rose has such bad blood with the Mamba's, more than likely he knows the infrastructure of this place; he couldn't be such a top kingpin unless he knew his opponents territory well."
"So you think he could orchestrate our escape?"
"It's most possible..."
"Ah'm in!" Bunnie said enthusiastically; Arnold and the others agreed, nodding their heads.
Cream smiled, "great, now we'll need some weapons to defend ourselves and we should be covered!'
Arnold picks up Simon's gun, "I'll support you on defense, Cream."
"Ah can back you up, too!" Bunnie said holding up two fists with a smirk.
Sonic and the others waited at the large gate, staring at what would be their battleground in a few moments; the guards at the front had already been knocked out from Sonic ambushing them. They were waiting outside for the rest of the allies to arrive, but they were taking much longer than what Lily had estimated. Lily and Amy got into another sibling dispute, arguing over whether to head inside and attack.
"We can't just go in! You guys don't even know anything about the enemy!" Lily yelled with cruciform veins popping from her forehead, irritated with her older sister.
Amy leans against the car with impatience and concession, "Fine!"
Lily regains her composure, "Now before we enter, it is imperative that you know about the mamba family in a little more detail."-she waves for everyone to come close while she has Richard keep watch for them-"The Mamba's are a strong organization filled with many tough grunts that all know how to use some sort of firearm, but at the top of the food chain are their four executives-led by the don. The lowest of the four are the twin sisters, Sera and Penny…"-she turns to Tails-"appearance-wise they appear to be innocent, but they probably the most deceptive of them all-using under the table methods in combat to grab victory, so be careful if you run into them. Ailio is the next one, and he's going to be a tough opponent…"-she turns to Richard-"Ailio is a skilled hitman-an arms specialist and natural born assassin-if you run into him, make sure to leave no weaknesses."
"What about Lycoris…" Sonic darkened.
"He's the second in command. He has the incredible ability of controlling any form of vegetation and it is rumored that he can even create his own vines from out of his body; he is a truly terrifying opponent, befitting of his title as one of the saints…and at the top is the boss himself, Redd Mamba…"-She turns to Amy, locking eyes-"it's unknown of the abilities of Redd Mamba, but one thing for sure is that he is powerful enough to control Lycoris. So should we face him in battle, we'll need to cooperate."
"Working with you sounds like a pain…" Amy snarled.
Richard hands Lily a thin-but very sharp-blade, "Hey, you use swords?" Tails asked, pointing at her beautiful blade.
"Yes, I am a student to art of swordsmanship. It is an art that can be bold and abrasive-yet gracious and elegant depending on the user."-She said while imitating a couple jabs with the sword-"With this blade, I'll strike down Redd Mamba…"
Sonic grinned, "Then I guess we better give those snakes a warm welcome!"
Sonic scales the wall and saw the huge landscape before him, spotting the building where to open the gate was. He drops down and zooms past everyone in a blur, performing the homing attack on a couple of the grunts before entering the small building. Sonic defeats the grunts before they can use their guns, and opens the gate by pulling a lever; the alarm goes off, since Sonic didn't open the gates systematically with a code but instead with the lever-which also set off the alarm to warn everyone that there was an intruder.
"Uh oh…" Sonic said with embarrassment.
Amy, Tails, Lily and Richard rush through the gate with their weapons in hand; Amy had her hammer, Lily had her sword, Richard had his shield and Tails had his Blaster. The four of them blaze through the courtyard, defeating every enemy on sight as more of them flooded out after hearing the alarm go off.
Amy becomes irritated, "Enough!" she yells, taking a hard swing at the floor with her hammer-shattering the floor and stunning her enemies; Tails flew up and shot all of them with his paralysis bullets-which he created to avoid having to kill anyone.
"Talk about an easy entrance!" Sonic joked as the five of them proceeded forward.