The Knothole Mobotropolis Exploits: New Teams Arise

(A/N: Last chapter of this story. I hope you've enjoyed. I said I was canonizing everything Sonic, therefore I couldn't really leave anything out. Don't worry, however, the characters mentioned in this chapter won't be used often. The rival isn't Eggman Nega, though I plan to use him at some point in time, nor was it Metal Sonic, who is controlled by the rival, but most of you will know him. I think he's a fan favorite. I'm not sure. Anyway, enjoy. On an alternate note, it's funny, sort of, how technically, Aleena is way taller than either of her brothers and most of her friends, not including Vanilla or Vector. Unless, of course, I have the true heights of the comic characters off.)

Old Foes Arise

Team Acorn pursued the paths of the bots, growing more and more excited with each passing moment. "We must be getting close. More and more are coming into sight," Sally said.

"Ah hope they don't find us," Bunnie worriedly remarked.

"Follow my advice, girls, and we won't be caught," Nic stated confidently. The other two nodded silently.

All at once Sally gasped. "Sal-gal, what is it?" Bunnie asked.

"There it is," Sally declared, pointing ahead. The other two slid to a halt and looked over at a large metal building.

"Nic, you are certain you can get us in?" Bunnie asked.

"Just follow the plan. I'll fly us up to that barred window up there. Bunnie, you break it quickly and we'll drop in. Sally, you tear down the halls as fast as you can and follow my directions," Nic said.

"A little shaky, isn't it? What about potential alarms?" Sally asked.

"We don't have time for detail," Nic replied.

"Hopefully, without Eggman controlin' them, it'll be fairly easy," Bunnie added.

"All right, I give in. Let's go," Sally said.

"Grab on girls," Nic said, activating her jet pack. They obeyed.

Nic hovered a moment, watching. All at once she shot ahead as the robots guarding the area weren't looking. "Bunnie, go," Sally ordered.

Bunnie let go, kicking in the bars and glass. "Sally, Nic, come on!" Bunnie said. Sally hit the ground running, the other two right behind here.

"Intruder alert!" a robotic voice said over the speakers. Robots began to converge in the hallway, but swiftly Team Acorn dealt with them.

"Hurry it up Sally, if we don't find the source of these bots and make sure he or she doesn't call them back, we'll have only minutes before the whole army converges here!" Nic said.

"Hold on," Sally said through gritted teeth. With that she pressed herself to go faster.

"Stop intruders!" a voice ordered over the speakers. Nic looked around for any cameras, drew her pistol, and began shooting each one she saw so as not to make their position in the base known.

"That voice. It sounds vaguely familiar," Bunnie remarked. Nic grimaced.

"Take a left then two rights, then one more left. That should be where the control room is. All Robotnick's bases are laid out the same with rare exceptions, especially these old ones," Nic ordered.

"Got it," Sally confirmed, instantly following Nic's instructions.

As they neared their destination, Sally cried, "Bunnie, get the door!"

"I've got it covered Sally," Bunnie confirmed, jumping at it and kicking it in. All at once the trio of girls stood in the main computer room panting. A figure cried out in terror, spun around, and jumped up. The three girls gasped, however, on seeing who it was.

"Snively!" they all cried in shock.

"Well if it isn't Princess Sally, Bunnie, and Nic the Weasel," Snively said after recovering from his surprise long enough to scowl at them.

"Long time no see Snively," Nic said with a wink.

"You're the one who's been sending these robots out, ain't you?" Bunnie demanded.

"Of course I was! It was all me, and you'll never catch us at it! Did you think my Uncle remembered you? Come on Clack, let's get out of here!" he exclaimed, running towards a door. The all too familiar metal bird made its sound and flew after Snively.

"I thought he hated that bird," Nic remarked.

"I guess after Robotnick ditched, he took it in out of pity," Sally suggested.

"He has pity?" Bunnie asked as the three ran after him.

"However little there is," Sally smiled. "Look at Hope Kintobar, his half, or step, sister. I forget which one."

"What's he been doin' all this time? How do he know that Robotnick has moved on to somewhere else?" Bunnie asked.

"Maybe he's a better spy than we gave him credit for," Nic suggested.

"He was no spy, but he was the leader type," Sally said.

"He knows enough. I wonder what other old toys of Eggman's he's stored up here," Nic stated.

"We'll catch him and find out soon enough," Sally said, a glint in her eyes as Snively looked fearfully back. Team Acorn was gaining.

"Oh no you don't Snively!" Bunnie called, leaping at him in a tackle and knocking him down. Snively cried out in pain.

Clack paused a moment to look back. "Clack, get help!" Snively ordered the bird. Clack sounded in agreement and continued on.

"Should I go after it?" Nic asked.

"Leave Clack alone, we have Snively now," Sally replied.

"Not for long you won't!" Snively shot, trying to pull free and almost succeeding, until Bunnie got a hold of him.

"Uh uh, you ain't goin' nowhere suga," she declared.

Just then, however, they heard a high pitched laugh and the sound of Clack making his little sounds. They looked up with gasps. "Hey girls, I've come with a message for you," the little black flying thing declared as he drew, from a bag, a TV screen.

"What is that?" Nic asked.

"Oh ain't he the cutest little thing ya evah did see?" Bunnie asked, grinning at him.

The creature looked thrown at this. Clack cawed at him, but he ignored, asking, "You think I'm cute?"

"Why honey, you're adorable," Bunnie cooed. "Ah just wanna eat you up."

"You're gonna eat me?" he asked, eyes widening, tears filling them.

"Oh no honey chile," Bunnie quickly said.

"Bokkun, you may be out of practice, but drop the message already!" Snively ordered.

"Wait a minute, Bokkun! Sonic told us all about you, you little trouble maker! Every message you deliver blows up!" Sally shot at him.

"Wha, Sonic! You know Sonic!" Bokkun cried.

"Of course we do!" Sally declared.

"He said you were a trouble maker, but you just look too sweet to be one," Bunnie said sadly.

Bokkun looked at her with big eyes, guard down, asking, "I do?"

"Of course ya do suga," she replied, seizing him from the air and nuzzling him.

Nic and Sally looked confused at first, but soon enough their eyes lit up. "Ooh, she's good," Nic whispered to Sally.

"I see," Sally replied.

"Bokkun, drop the message!" Snively yelled at the little robot, or creature, whatever he was.

Bokkun frowned at him then demanded, "What do you say?"

"Drop it or I'll deal with you for good!" Snively barked.

"You ain't puttin' a hand on little Bokkun!" Bunnie declared, holding the little thing close to her.

"You're nice, I like you," Bokkun declared, putting the screen back and beaming up at her.

"Ah like you too sweetums. Ma name's Bunnie, and these here gals are ma friends, Sally Acorn and Nic the Weasel. Can we ask you a favor?" Bunnie asked.

"Sure, what is it?" Bokkun asked, albeit suspiciously.

"Sonic told us about some old bots Robotnick used to use," Bunnie began.

"You mean Doctor Eggman?" Bokkun questioned.

"Sure luv. Can you show us where them bots is? Betta yet, tell us where Sonic is son," Bunnie said.

"Son?" Bokkun asked. Bunnie patted his head.

"Bokkun, it's a trick!" Snively tried to warn. Bokkun, however, was flying once more, looking ponderous.

After a moment, Bokkun replied, "I'm not telling you where Sonic is, but I'll show you where the robots all are."

"Bless ma stars honey chil' you're a dream," Bunnie said.

Bokkun took her hand and dragged her off, the others following. Bokkun then said, "Come on Miss Bunnie."

"I'm comin chile," Bunnie giggled. Nic and Sally grinned victoriously at each other, dragging Snively along, Clack perched on his newest master's shoulders.

Soon enough they reached an old storage room. Bokkun then declared to Bunnie, "They're right in here mom."

"You stupid pathetic attention starved brat, it's a trick! She doesn't like you!" Snively insisted.

"I'm not attention starved, and she does like me!" Bokkun defended.

"You're calling a rabbit you met ten minutes ago your mother!" Snively shouted.

"I am not!" Bokkun retorted. Looking to Bunnie he added, "Come on mom."

"I'm coming son," she replied, playing it up, yet somehow feeling guilty. He was a cute little guy, she didn't exaggerate that. She kind of liked him. However, Sonic's stories of his little pranks kept playing through her mind. She followed Bokkun inside as Nic and Sally gave each other a high five.

On entering, the girls all gasped. Shutting the door behind them, they let go of Snively and looked around. "There!" Nic cried, pointing. The other two looked towards a row of bots, sitting against a wall, each one deactivated.

"Who are they?" Sally asked.

"Oh, that's easy," Bokkun replied, having long forgotten the message bomb. He flew up to them, saying, "These two were my friends, Decoe and Bocoe. These next ones were Robotnick's first robot employees, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts. He was like their dad too, at least Scratch and Grounder's. These last two were the ones he took after he left all of us, Orbot and Cubot."

"My stars sweetie; why didn't he deactivate Clack or get rid of you?" Bunnie asked.

"Eggman liked Clack for real. Clack was his pet, but he stopped loving him as much and left him here still activated. He left me too because, I don't know, I looked up to him like a father, and he played the part sometimes, so I guess he did like me, but other times he was really mean and made me cry," Bokkun narrated.

"Why that's awful! Who leaves a small child on his own?" Bunnie asked angrily. Bokkun shrugged and kicked at Decoe's foot.

"You've seen all you need to see, now get out!" Snively ordered them.

"Not so fast Snively. We still haven't found out where Sonic or your uncle are, or why you're even here," Sally stated.

"I'm here because Robotnick decided to do some spring cleaning. These bots he left were perfectly fine, useful even, and this base was still operational. Since he didn't have it in him to keep up with it, I took over, and I kept an eye on my uncle too. After his latest defeat, I decided to start putting the pressure back on Mobotropolis and Knothole. Since he seemed to forget, it was all fair game," Snively replied.

"I see we're not getting anything else from you," Sally stated. "Nic, can you reactivate them?"

"I'm on it," Nic confirmed, hurrying over to the seven deactivated bots. "Which ones?" she asked.

"All of them, they'll all have information on Sonic or Eggman somewhere," Sally replied.

"Unlikely, their memories haven't been used for a long time. The chances they'd remember are slim to none. Even if they did, it would take time for their systems to reboot. For once I'm glad I didn't activate them immediately," Snively declared proudly.

"We have time," Sally growled. "You aren't calling in any robots any time soon."

"Got it!" Nic exclaimed, pulling back. Suddenly the bots began to show signs of life. Team Acorn gasped. Slowly, jerkily, they were coming back to life. Feeling nervous, the team regrouped.

Meanwhile, Sleet confronted Nack, demanding, "What was that about? Who were you referring to? Who besides us would come up with the same plan!"

Fang sighed, then answered, "Eggman Robotnick had a nephew and niece Sleet. Hope Kintobar wasn't bad, she sided with the freedom fighters. However, her much older brother, Snively, went from good to evil and stayed that way. He was treacherous, siding with whoever was winning then stabbing them in the back. He even overthrew Robotnick once or twice, only to be brought down by Sonic. He was a genius too, like his Uncle, but he was never as menacing a villain. I'm betting that's who came up with it. He would have access to all Eggman's old robots and know how to use them, including the metal's."

"Whoa, who knew?" Dingo asked, amazed at this knowledge. Sleet frowned at him.

"Incidentally, Maria Robotnick, that old and dead friend of Shadow's, was Eggman's cousin too," Fang said.

"Oh was she? That is interesting," Sleet murmured, perking up and looking ponderous.

"We can't be bothered with that mate. We need to wait to hear from Nic," Dingo said.

"She'll call in soon enough. What trouble could she have possibly gotten into?" Nack asked.

Back with Team Acorn, Bunnie questioned, "Uh, Sal-gal, what if they ain't too friendly?" Just then, however, they began to make robotic beeps. The girls turned in fear and began to back away. What had they gotten themselves into?

(Final Notes: To be followed by, "Sonic Heroes Adventures: Installment 1-Tower Prison Escape."

I hope you've enjoyed this story, though it wasn't one of my better ones. Trust me, the next one will be. There will be more characters introduced, and the Sonic Underground will be back in. The Vile Files will be the ones where either the Council Of Four deal with Eggman and Team Vile's plots, or focusing on Team Vile itself. In the Sonic Heroes Adventures, who will be included is determined by whatever the story is about. One could focus on the Babylon Rogues, another could focus on the Chaotix and Team Underground. This next one, however, will focus on them all. Whether there will be more than that I'm not sure yet, but I have some of it down already. I hope you enjoy that one as well. Thanks for reading.)