Me: *pokes her head cautiously into the room before ducking out again to avoid the things thrown* I'm so sorry guys…I've been so busy lately, I haven't had the time to finish this up and post it. So I took a couple hours today to write and edit it to put up. Please, don't forget to read and review!

Brightshadow: Idalia does not own anything in this story, except her OC.

Girl of Darkness10: Thanks lol. I do try ;)

''Dark Sonic's thoughts''

''Sonic's thoughts''

The Great Forest, 11:50 AM

"So….uh…what are we waiting for?"

Sally turned to look at the hedgehog and werehog in the clearing.

"Well, one of our core members, Sonic, was fighting Scourge just a couple moments before you showed up with the two Overlanders. We're going to wait here for him since he might end up needing our help."

"Scourge?"

"He was the Sonic from one of the alternate zones, Moebius. In a fight against Sonic though, he absorbed some of the Master Emerald's power, turning his fur green and eyes an icy blue."

Idalia looked at her father, who looked to be thinking hard about something.

"I take it then he's not a good guy, if he and this Sonic are fighting."

Sally nodded.

"He's an evil version who's taken over his zone, and trying to take over ours."

Hunter stared at Sally, who shifted a bit uncomfortably.

"Is he the reason you guys are this Freedom Fighter group?"

Sally shook her head.

"No, he's just one of the many adversaries we've encountered. The main reason for this group is Julian Kintobor, or as he likes calling himself, Dr. Robotnik. He was my father's warlord many years ago, and he betrayed us, in a coup d'état to take over. We were secreted away to Knothole, which became our base of operations. We've made strikes at the city, but Robotnik has a firm hold on most of Mobius."

''Their idea of a firm hold is nothing compared to the sway I held over the planet.''

Hunter snorted, which earned him a strange look from Rotor, and a suspicious one from Sally and Bunnie.

''Firm hold? You? Hah. Shadow and the others made strikes at you, and inspired so many people to fight back for how long before you resorted to using Idalia to find them?''

Dark Sonic's growl deep inside Hunter's mind just made him smirk.

Watching the two newcomers closely, Sally could see Idalia looking worriedly at her father, who seemed to be deep in thought.

At the sound of a sonic boom nearby, Hunter's head jerked up and stared in the direction it came from, clawed hands coming up, and body shifting into a defensive position, Idalia doing the same beside him. The rest of the Freedom Fighters also got into fighting positions, when all of a sudden a blue hedgehog came skidding into the clearing on his back, a green one walking out of the forest after him with a wicked smile on his face. Sally leaned over to whisper quietly to Hunter and Idalia.

"The blue hedgehog is our final member, Sonic, and the green hedgehog is Scourge."

Sonic slowly stood up, blue fur smeared with dirt, and a bruise starting to become visible on his left cheek. A quick glance over to his friends revealed two new sapients standing with them, one that looked eerily like Scourge. The fact that Sally did not seem to be concerned convinced him though that the two new sapients were on their side.

This moment of distraction would cost Sonic though, as Scourge once again dashed forward and hit Sonic, sending him flying into a tree at the edge of the clearing. Sally glared at Scourge, who smirked back at her.

Behind the group of Freedom Fighters, Hunter looked at the two speedsters fighting, then at Idalia. Lowering his voice and switching to ancient Echidnan so none of the freedom fighters would understand him, he spoke quickly to Idalia.

"Ou apospásei tin prosochí, na ton odigísei píso sto dásos, an boreíte. Écho mia idéa."

Sally turned around quickly to look at the pair and stop them from doing something they'd regret, but it was too late. Hunter dashed into the forest, and Idalia had shot at the two speedsters at speeds that could rival them easily. She collided with Scourge, who let out a shocked cry, and then ran after Hunter, with Scourge following.

Cue Green Forest music from SA2

Hunter dashed through the forest on all fours, ducking under branches and leaping over fallen logs. Soon, Idalia caught up and slowed to his pace, followed by the other hedgehog, Scourge. Jumping for a branch above, Hunter grabbed on to it, and Scourge, who had been going right for him, wasn't able to stop him in time and hit the trunk of the tree. Growling, Hunter dropped down on top of Scourge, who realized he was now unable to move with the heavy werehog on top of him.

End music

"Alright Scourge, you're going to come peacefully with me now."

Scourge smirked.

"And why should I? If Sonic can't stop me, what hope do you think YOU have?"

Hunter growled, green eyes narrowing and the hold he had on Scourge's arms tightening until Scourge could practically hear his bones creaking.

"Simple. I've learned the hard way that a freed enemy is a more dangerous enemy. I lost my brother because I didn't properly deal with one of my enemies. I won't let these people be put through the same. Now either you come, or I break your legs and carry you. I will do what I have to, to protect them and their innocence."

Scourge stared at Hunter, eyes wide.

"Alright, alright! I'll come quietly and won't try to escape. You have my word."

Hunter scoffed.

"Whatever that is worth."

Picking up the green hedgehog by one of his arms, Hunter tugged Scourge along back to the clearing, where Sally and Sonic were arguing over the trustworthiness of them when they had run off, followed by Scourge. The arguing sapients stopped though, when they noticed Hunter dragging Scourge by one of his arms, and the look of wariness and grudging respect whenever he looked at Hunter. Idalia followed her father, skipping happily.

Antoine and Rotor shared an amazed look, while Bunnie looked at Sally and Sonic, who both looked slightly suspicious.

"How exactly did you manage to take down Scourge, when Sonic has trouble with him sometimes?"

Hunter rolled his eyes.

"You're joking, right? My daughter is faster than this reject. Also had quite a few fights with sapients with their speed back in our original time."

With that statement, Hunter grabbed Scourge's scruff and tossed him to the ground in front of Sally. Scourge glared back at Hunter, who smirked at him. Getting up and brushing his fur clear of dirt, Scourge rolled his eyes and held out his arms for Sally to tie. He smirked at Sonic and chuckled.

"One day Sonic. One day you'll be just like me. All it takes is one bad day and the whole world could go to hell for all you'll care."

Sonic stepped forward with a snarl.

"Never."

Sally put a hand on Sonic's shoulder, giving him a significant look.

"Don't go starting another fight Sonic. Come on guys, let's get back to Knothole and show our two new friends their new home."

With that, she handed the rope to Antoine and took the lead with Sonic and Bunnie, and the three of them started talking in hushed tones. Hunter and Idalia took up the rear, Hunter keeping a close eye on Scourge.

"Sal-gal, there's something ah saw when Scourge was talkin' to Sonic. When he said all it takes is one bad day and the whole world could go to hell, Hunter looked pretty upset about something. Had his ears flat back and everything. Did the whole zoning out thing too, like he was arguing with himself or something, like back when you were talkin' about Robotnik."

Sally sighed and looked back briefly at Hunter, who was glaring at Scourge.

"What choice do we have but to trust them for now? They have nowhere to go, we can't just throw them out just because they didn't share all their secrets with us. For now we'll give them a hut, and discuss this all in the morning."

"Alright Sal-gal. I'll go with you on this. I just hope you're not wrong about them."

"Me too Bunnie….me too."

Me: Okay…yeah. That didn't turn out quite the way I planned. I'm sorry it's short, I'm sorry there wasn't much of a fight between Hunter and Scourge, but this was the best I could do while trying to slog through writer's block and my final semester of college. I'll try to make the next chapter better…and earlier than 6 months later! (I'm so sorry!)