Lost Hedgehog Tales

by SuperSmashEPIC

After the Sonic/Megaman Worlds Collide. Imagine what would have happened if Archie didn't reboot the comic and things went back to the way they were before the Super Genesis Wave. Join the Freedom Fighters as they take the next step on their road to recovery. Rated T for swearing,blood and ALOT of fighting.

7. Chapter 6: Knuckles' Quest Part 3

Lost Hedgehog Tales

CHAPTER 6: KNUCKLES' QUEST PART 3

Lightning flashed in the sky and rain pour down harder as Sonic dodged an arrow, just barely scratching his shoulder. Geoffrey charged at Sonic and attempted to tackle him, but was halted when Amy smacked him on the side, sending the skunk off his feet and onto his side. Spitting out blood, Geoffrey shot a dart at Amy, who just swung her hammer. However, that dart exploded sending Amy flying. Sonic charged at Geoffrey ready to sock the skunk in the face. However, the skunk sidestepped him and shot the hedgehog in the back. Sonic suddenly had volts of electricity shooting up his body and he screamed. Geoffrey smirked.

"Again, the same kind of back shot? Wow, you must really be stupid", he said as he shot another electric dart at Amy who had recovered and was running towards Geofrrey. The pink hedgehog was also jolted. Sonic then glared at Geoffrey. "Alright, enough is enough!" he said spindashing into Geoffrey. "Ooof!" the skunk said as he fell on his back. Sonic then grabbed Geoffrey, threw him in the hair and homing attacked him. Geoffrey fell hard on his back and grimaced. He then noticed Sonic was still homing attacking him. Quickly, he used his wind magic and shot a little tornado out of his palm and hit Sonic. The hedgehog was spinning mad in every direction as he rocketed back in the other direction. Just before he hit the ground, Geoffrey shadow melded behind him and grabbed him. He then slammed Sonic on the ground repeatedly and threw him away. Sonic got up and wiped his face. There was dirt and blood on his face. Geoffrey then aimed another dart at Sonic and fired but the hedgehog dodged it. Goeffrey continued to fire several arrows and Sonic continued to dodge until he was hit by one and got shocked with electricity. Amy then came to Sonic's rescue by walloping Geoffrey on the head. She then struck Geoffrey in the gut making the skunk wheeze and slammed the hammer on the skunk's head. Geoffrey was now on his back, feeling dizzy. Amy raised the hammer and prepared to smash Geoffrey out cold, but he grabbed it and let out spark of fire. Amy shrieked and dropped the hammer, clutching her hand. Geoffrey grabbed the hammer and grinned at Amy, who backed away slowly.

"H-hey Geoffrey.Y-you want to give my hammer back, um?" she asked completly defenseless now. Geoffrey glared at Amy. "You think this is a joke? Treason will not be tolerated and as ruler of this kingdom for now, I shall have you blokes locked up!" he said. He then prepared to smack Amy with her own hammer. Amy shielded her face with both hands not wanting to see. But Geoffrey was kicked from behind before he could wallop Amy and fell facefront to the ground. Tails stood glaring at Geoffrey, and boy he was pissed. "I'll teach you not to mess with other people's work like that", he snarled before lunging at Geoffrey and tackling him. Amy looked in shock as both boys rolled around in the grass trying to overcome the other. She hadn't seen Tails this mad since he and Sonic last got into a fight. She then looked at Sonic who was also watching the fight except he was cheering for Tails.

"Woohoo! You show 'em little buddy! Make stinky wish he had never been born!" Sonic said. Tails and Geoffrey were shouting curses and throwing punches at each other angrily. Geoffrey then kicked Tails off him, but the fox skidded on his feet before rocketing back to Geoffrey with his namesakes and letting the skunk have it in the face. Geoffrey flew back and skidded on the ground. He stood up and dodged a flying kick and elbowed the child in the back. Tails just tailswiped Geoffrey back on the ground before grabbing him and tossing him to Sonic who just spinkicked the skunk away. Geoffrey slowly got up, pain racing throughout his body. He took it back. These guys were really tough. It was time to step up his game. Crackling with lightning, Geoffrey shot a bolt of electricity at Tails before shadow melding and kicking the fox in the back. He then blasted Sonic with a fireball and dropkicked the hedgehog down. Amy then came and tried to smash her hammer on the back of Geoffrey's head, but the skunk sidestepped it and she hit Sonic instead.

"Yoww!" Sonic yelled clutching his nose. Amy's eyes widened. "Sorry Sonic!" she said quickly. Geoffrey then kicked Amy away and sweeped Sonic's legs, knocking him down. Geoffrey grabbed Sonic and headbutt him and punched him in the face with a fiery fist. Sonic cried out in pain as the flaming fist had left a burn mark. Tails slammed into Geoffrey with his shoulder and tailswiped the skunk repeatedly until he was on the ground gasping for breath. Tails sneered at his foe. "Any regrets?" he said. Geoffrey uppercut Tails and slammed him back down.

"Not at all!" Geoffrey said as he kicked Tails. He then saw that Amy had dropped her hammer and lunged for it. However, Sonic kicked it away before Geoffrey could grab it. The hedgehog then grabbed the skunk and kneed him in the gut before shoving him away. Geoffrey backflipped away and shot a beam of ice at Sonic's feet, immobilizing him. Sonic struggled to move his feet but couldn't since they were frozen. Geoffrey chuckled. "Well well well, look at the predicament we have here. It's time to end this", he said before holding up his hand and squeezing it into a fist. Sonic felt the ground shaking and soon it broke apart. "Ahhnooo!" Sonic yelled before falling in the ground. Geoffrey then raised his hand in the sky and soon a huge pillar shot out of the hole Geoffrey made with Sonic on top. The hedgehog was holding on for dear life as the pillar rose up all the way in the sky. Amy and Tails saw what Geoffrey was doing and rushed to him, but the skunk raised his other hand and a wall rose up from the ground blocking Tails and Amy. Amy desperately tried to smash through the wall, but no avail.

"We've got to help Sonic!" she said. Tails thought for a few seconds and snapped his fingers. He turned around. "T-Pup! Here boy!" he said as his robotic helper landed next to Tails and barked. "Arm Cannon, now!" he said grinning. T-Pup happily opened up his back slot and out popped a red arm cannon which Tails took and blasted the wall apart. "Nice shot!" Amy said. "I know" Tails said smiling before he and Amy ran to find Geoffrey grinning at the sky. Sonic looked down from the pillar nervously. That was a long drop. Normally he would have jumped off and air boosted, homing attacked or used his figure eight move to get to safe ground, but since his feet were still frozen, Sonic could only pray that he lived. Geoffrey then chopped the pillar with a glowing hand and the whole thing crumpled apart. Sonic shrieked as he plummeted down. Tails flew forward and kicked Geoffrey and flew up to catch Sonic. Amy walloped Geoffrey to keep him busy. But the skunk quickly dodged and kicked Amy away and shot a dart to Tails. The dart stuck to Tails like a suction and there was a string attached to it. Geoffrey pulled his arm back which was connected to the string and Tails was slammed to the ground.

"Nonononono!" Sonic screamed. The ground was coming closer and Sonic knew he wasn't going to make it. Shutting his eyes, the hedgehog hoped it wouldn't hurt that much. But instead, he was in the arms of someone else. Sonic looked up.

"Rotor!" Sonic yelled. Tails and Amy looked in that direction and cheered. Geoffrey stared open mouthed. Just how many times was this hedgehog going to cheat death? Rotor smiled. He was wearing a yellow cap with goggles, yellow gloves and yellow boots. The purple walrus set Sonic down. "Yup, I'm here. Dr. Quack and Rosie called me for assistance. When I heard you were back, I was overjoyed and made up my mind. Sides, I have a bone to pick with this guy", Rotor said snarling at Geoffrey. The skunk smiled back.

"Rotor, aren't you bound by the law? You know this is a serious offense", Geoffrey said. Rotor balled his fists. "That was before you broke my team. Now, I'm with Team Fighters". Sonic grinned. "Well, what now stinky? Your being rebelled!" he said smacking his fist into his palm. Geoffrey just got in a fighting stance. "Simple. I'll crush you blokes and have you locked up for decades!" And with that, they charged at each other shouting battle cries.

Twilight Cage

"Ugghh.." Knuckles woke feeling tired. He slowly got up and looked around. There were various domes and buildings around him. Lava was dripping down, dividing the city into two sections. He looked up. There was a huge tower in the shape of... an echidna?! He had hair that stood up straight and had a mask on his mouth. Knuckles looked around. There was Mighty and Ray lying unconcious on the ground along with Thrash the Devil. He growled at Thrash. They had been fighting and had ended up here. Speaking of the devil, he got up, feeling woozy and scratched his head. "Huh, where?" he wondered out loud. Knuckles cleared his throat and spoke.

"Finally awake now?" Thrash looked at Knuckles and growled. "I'm gonna make you pay for dragging me in here with you!" he said lunging for Knuckles. The echidna just moved out of the way. "Yeah, well your gonna pay for trapping my species in this dimension!" Thrash looked around in confusion. "Wait wha-" he was cut off by Knuckles who socked him across the face. Thrash stumbled. He rubbed his cheek in anger. "Why you son of a.." he said before Knuckles tackled Thrash and both fell down punching each other. They rolled around until Thrash punched Knuckles off and slammed both fists on the echidna's head. Knuckles wobbled around after that, but retaliated with an uppercut followed by several lightning fast strikes that Thrash couldn't defend against. After the onslaught, Thrash wobbled trying to keep his balance. He slumped down on his knees.

"Aight mate, you won. But I'm still not gonna free yer kind", he said. Knuckles grit his teeth. This guy was more arrogant than Sonic. "Well, too bad! I'm gonna make you find them or else-" he was cut off by an electrical surge that ran up his body. Knuckles screamed as fell on his side. Thrash looked in confusion before he was zapped as well and the devil was knocked out before he hit the ground. Mighty and Ray were still unconcious and Knuckles couldn't do anything. He couldn't even move. What's going on? Why can't I move?, he thought. Suddenly, five figures appeared before him. They were all in black and grey uniforms and had glowing blue. "We got them. The trespassers are now secure. We are bringing them in now", the leader said. He had wings and a single giant blue eye. Knuckles was slowly starting to black out and he eventually did before the people took him.

Waking up in a locked room, Knuckles looked around. He was hanging off a wall. His arms were cuffed with laser cuffs while his legs and feet were free. He looked around hoping to find his friends, but they weren't there. He looked around. There were neon colors everywhere, on the wall and floor. The ceiling was glass, but was glowing neon green. Suddenly, a door opened up. Three figures came inside. Two were wearing the same uniforms but the one in the middle was different. They had grey, black and pink instead of blue. The leader looked at Knuckles, who frowned. "Guardian of the Master Emerald Knuckles the Echidna", the leader said. "Looks like you poked your head where you shouldn't have". Knuckles glared at them. "Who are you? And why did you capture me? And where are my friends?" he shouted. The leader, who appeared to be a girl due to her voice didn't seem fazed.

"My name is Shade and I am Procurator of the superior race... The Nocturnus Clan" she said coldly. Knuckles' eyes widened. He'd heard about the Nocturnus Clan. Tikal had told him everything about them. The vicious rivals of the Pachamac Clan- his clan. "But I thought the Pachamac Clan had defeated you?" he said. Shade chuckled. "Oh, defeat us they did. They imprisoned us in this hellish dimension for centuries. But it just made us stronger because of the superior technology we have adapted to". Knuckles glared at Shade. "What about my friends and Thrash?" he asked. "Oh that purple tasmanian devil and the other two? Don't worry, they're in the same situation as you", she said. Knuckles sighed with relief. He really did not want his friends to be caught in this mess. "Then, why have you captured me? We come in peace. I was fighting Thrash because he had imprisoned my people here. We just want to find them and bring them back to Mobius", Knuckles said.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. You see, my clan is currently in a war with some unfamiliar echidnas. My guess is that they are yours. They are lead by two commanders, a girl and a boy", she said. Knuckles gasped. "Remington and Lien-Da", he said. Shade then nodded. "Yes, but our two strongest warriors, Charyb and Scylla are keeping them at bay. There also was another echidna, who was with a bee", she said. Knuckles immediatly lit up. "Julie-Su and Saffron!" he exclaimed. He was happy that his love was okay. Even Saffron since she was a friend and the love of Charmy Bee. "Can you let me go? I'll talk some sense into them. I'll get them to stop fighting!" Knuckles said. "No". That was all Shade said. "They're trying to fight us. As a punishment, we will kill them. Be happy that we will let you and your friends go alive guardian". Knuckles was beyond shocked. "W-what are you saying? You mean you're just going to kill them?!" Knuckles yelled. Shade nodded. "Yes. And we will celebrate our victory. Master Ix has a plan that will wipe out the offending army".

"I WON'T LET YOU!" Knuckles yelled as he strained against the cuffs. The two soldiers held up their weapons, but Shade held up a hand, signalling them to stand down. She walked over to Knuckles and put a hand on his chin. "Well, someone seems to have lost his cool". Knuckles glared at Shade. The procurator smirked under her mask. "Well, I'm off. Master Ix has called for me". She then pointed to the two guards. "Watch out. Don't let him escape", and with that she left the room. Knuckles sighed. He finally knew where all the echidnas were and he couldn't do anything to save them. The laser cuffs held him firmly, not allowing him to move. He slumped down. Looks like it just wasn't meant to be. No. Knuckles looked up at the two guards, who were busy talking. It's not going to end like this. I WILL save Julie-Su and Saffron, along with the other echidnas. Maybe I can also talk sense into the Nocturnus Clan as well. But first I gotta get out of here. He struggled to move his arms. Hmm, these cuffs are pretty powerful. I need to blast them open. But how? He suddenly looked at the guards and an idea came into his mind.

"Hey, dimwits!" Knuckles said. The two guards looked at Knuckles. "You talking to us?" one of them said. "Who else, the wall?" Knuckles said. The two didn't look too happy. "Keep your mouth shut, guardian. You don't know what we're capable of", the other one said. "What are you gonna do, shoot me?" Knuckles snorted. "Actually, yeah that's what we will do", the guard said holding up his gun. "Do it". The guards were bewildered. "What did you say?" one of them snapped. "I said do it. I'm not afraid", Knuckles sighed. The guards didn't say anything, instead just went back to talking to each other. Knuckles quickly acted. "That's what I thought, you chicken". One of the guards quickly took out his gun and fired at the wall right next to Knuckles. The echidna slightly flinched. Okay, getting somewhere. He smirked at the two. "Wow, shooting the wall just to scare me? You're not so tough as I thought you were, wuss". The guard that shot was enraged. "I'll show you!" he yelled and quickly fired a few more shots. They all missed, but one grazed Knuckles' side. He hissed in pain. Once the guard stopped shooting, Knuckles smiled. "Thank you", was all he said. The two guards then saw the cuffs were broken and Knuckles was free. Before any of them could move, Knuckles lunged forward and bashed the their heads together knocking them out cold. Brushing his shoulder, Knuckles looked at the door, before slowly opening it and looking around. No one was there so he crept out slowly and walked down the hallway.

"Wow, talk about creepy", he said. The hallway was rather large and dull unlike the room. He suddenly heard voices coming from the corner. Thinking quickly, the echidna hid behind the wall and listened carefully. There were two people. He peeked behind the wall. One was a Nocturnus soldier, like the two in the other room. The other was a robot. Knuckles immediatly knew it was a Gizoid, since he had read the ancient documents about the rivalry between the two clans. Seeing that their backs were turned, Knuckles slowly sneaked up on them and quickly smashed his fist into the Gizoid's head and slapped the soldier's neck, immediatly knocking him out. Knuckles took his arm out of the Gizoid and let it fall. Looking further down the hallway, he saw various rooms. I gotta find Mighty and Ray. And maybe Thrash as well. Walking up to the first room, Knuckles could make out a person, no a jellyfish?

"What the ...?" he muttered, before reading the holographic nameplate. "Voxai". He turned and went up to another door. Looking through the glass door, he saw two different Nocturnus guards, who both had their right arm up, which also had an arm cannon. And the prisoner- Ray! Knuckles tried to open the door, but it was locked. Guess I have to take the hard way in. He smashed through the door, making the guards turn around. He quickly punched one and dodged a laser being fired. He threw the guard into the other one and socked them both in the face knocking them out. He then broke Ray's cuffs and the squirrel seemed relieved. "Knuckles, t-there you are!" he exclaimed. Knuckles smiled. "You okay?" Ray nodded. "They didn't do anything just asked questions". Knuckles then nodded. "Julie-Su and Saffron are okay. They along with Lien-Da and Remington and the other echidnas are currently in a war with these guys". Ray's face lit up. "They're okay?!" he asked excited. "Yeah, but not for long. I met the commander of these people and she said her master has a plan to kill our friends and that we will be allowed to go. But I highly doubt that will happen considering that I just broke out". Ray gasped. "Oh no, what do we do?" "Let's find Mighty and Thrash. We need to help the others and stop this 'Ix' guy". And with that said, both ran off to find their friends.

Running down the hallway, Knuckles looked in every door, but didn't find their friends. He did however break every prisoner free. Ray flew beside him, assisting in every way possible. Turning a corner, Knuckles and Ray came face to face with three armed guards, two being Gizoids. The one in the middle was holding a blade. "Stop right there!" he said. Knuckles and Ray just looked at each other and charged towards the three bashing them. Ray kicked a Gizoid down and dodged the soldier. Knuckles smashed one Gizoid and ripped it apart. The Nocturnus soldier lunged towards Knuckles with the blade. "Leech Blade!" he yelled, attempting to slash Knuckles. However, Ray intervened by kicking the soldier down. Knuckles then punched the soldier in the face before grabbing the other Gizoid's fist and hurling him towards the soldier knocking him out. The echidna then smashed the Gizoid apart. "Yeah!" Ray exclaimed as he high fived Knuckles. "Hey!" They both turned around to find five guards approaching them. "Run", was all Knuckles said before he and Ray took off, leaving the guards to chase them down. More rooms approached the two. Knuckles quickly smashed into one and freed a prisoner called "Zoah". He then freed two more before turning to another room and breaking into it. Three Gizoids charged at him inside and he and Ray fought them off, with Knuckles smashing two of their heads together and Ray tossing one into Knuckles' fist. They turned to the prisoner who just looked at them in surprise.

"Well took you mates long enough", Thrash said. Knuckles just growled at Thrash. "Save it. Right now you need to help us find Mighty and escape". Thrash smirked. "And why will I help you? I could just ditch you and use my warp ring to go back home". Knuckles broke Thrash's cuffs. "Because, if you don't we're all gonna die here. They took your warp ring and that's the only way back home". Thrash's eyes widened and he sighed. "Fine, but I'm not doing this to help you. I just want to go back home". Knuckles nodded. "Works for me". "Uh, guys? We got a p-problem!" Ray said as they were soon cornered by the five soldiers. "Put your hands up and come with us!" one of them said. Thrash walked up and put his hands up smiling. "Here ya go, mate", he said before blasting them all out with a sonic scream. The trio then ran out. "The one time that loud shit is actually useful" Knuckles said. Thrash grinned. "Hey its always useful. This bad boy helps alot". They soon came to another room. Busting inside, Knuckles and Thrash took out three more Gizoids before freeing a 'Kron'. "Why're we freeing all these unnecessary people?" Thrash asked. "To buy us some more time by causing a riot", Knuckles said. The echidna soon stopped at another room and looked inside. There were at least two Gizoids and three soldiers, one who had wings and the giant blue eye and the others that were holding grenades. Smashing through the door, Knuckles slammed into the wing eyed soldier and took out a Gizoid. A soldier reacted quickly and punched Knuckles off. Thrash grabbed the soldier and threw him across the room. He blasted a Gizoid apart with a sonic scream. One of the soldiers threw the grenade.

"Stasis Grenade!" he yelled. However he missed and hit the other soldier, who immediatly was knocked out. Thrash punched the soldier who threw the grenade and knocked him out. The winged soldier dodged Knuckles' punch and countered back. He then flew in a spiral and launched an energy beam. "Leech Wave!" he yelled. The attack hit Knuckles and the echidna hit the ground hard. Growling, he stood up and uppercut the soldier and slammed both fists in the soldiers gut, knocking him out. Ray quickly broke Mighty's cuffs and the armadillo freely flexed his muscles. "Well, that's better", he said grinning. "C'mon, we have to get out of here and go help Julie-Su and the others!" Knuckles said. The four then ran off to find the exit. A soldier blocked their way, but Mighty just back handed him. They ran down another hallway, before turning right and smashing their way through five Gizoids and knocking three more winged soldiers out.

"Over there, I see a window!" Thrash yelled as he blasted multiple guards out of the way with his sonic scream. Smashing through the window, the four were now on the roof and jumped from builing to building. Once they were far away, they hid on top of a roof trying to catch their breath. "That was too close" Knuckles said. "Yeah, man that was pretty freaky. I mean, those people all looked the same", Mighty said panting. "They were no ordinary people, Mighty. They are the Nocturnus Clan, rulers of this dimension". Mighty, Ray and Thrash gasped. They had heard about the Nocturnus Clan. They were the dangerous rivals of the Pachamac Clan and ruled with an iron fist. "So what do we do now?" Thrash asked. "Now, we find Julie-Su and the other echidnas and stop the Nocturnus from killing them. And then we're out of here. But we also gotta find that warp ring you lost Thrash". Thrash shook his head. "How'd you know I lost the warp ring?" Knuckles smirked. "The Nocturnus Clan are very smart. Besides, before they knocked us out with that ambush, I saw one of them take it from you". Thrash nodded. "H-hey, look!" Ray said. The others quickly rushed to see. Below them, several soldiers were swarming the streets with their weapons.

"They must be searching for us. It's better if we travel by staying up here and keep our heads low. We gotta find the others fast. C'mon let's go!" Knuckles exclaimed as he along with Mighty, Ray and Thrash took off to find Julie-Su and the other echidnas and set out to stop the Nocturnus from killing them.

New Mobotropolis

"AUGHH!" Geoffrey yelled as he was thrown off the hill and landed on dirt. Shaking his head, he looked up and moved out of the way just in time before Sonic's heel could smash onto his head. "Give it up St. John, you're outnumbered!" Sonic yelled as he spinkicked Geoffrey, sending the skunk flying. Skidding on his feet, Geoffrey shot a fire arrow at Rotor who was charging at him. The arrow hit Rotor and the walrus cried out in pain. Geoffrey dropkicked Rotor, before dodging and uppercutting Tails who had flown from above. Tails went rocketing up in the air, but used his namesakes to launch himself back down at Geoffrey and kicked the skunk in the face brutally. Amy then tried to hit Geoffrey with her hammer, but he just moved out the way. Shooting an electric dart at Tails, he dodged Amy's hammer again and grabbed it before violently swinging it and smashing it into Amy and Rotor. Geoffrey saw Sonic rushing at him and he pulled the hammer back and let Sonic have it in the face. The hedgehog slid across the dirty mud, before standing up and boosting into Geoffrey and homing attacking him in the air repeatedly before air boosting Geoffrey to the ground. Sonic then prepared to power stomp Geoffrey, but the latter just shot a tornado out of his hand blowing Sonic away. Geoffrey then charged at Rotor and kicked the walrus in the face. However, Rotor grabbed Geoffrey's legs and slammed in on the ground repeatedly before tossing him aside and taking out an electric whip. He violently tried to hit Geoffrey with the whip, but the skunk just grabbed it with an electric hand and pulled with such force that Rotor went flying over his head. Tails and Amy then rushed at Geoffrey from both directions, but Geoffrey just ducked and let Tails and Amy smack into each other. Geoffrey split kicked the two and shot a stun dart at Tails, who ducked and uppercut Geoffrey. He then jabbed Geoffrey in the gut and sweeped his legs, taking out the skunk's legs before tail swiping Geoffrey. Tails then took out his arm cannon and blasted Geoffrey with a powerful laser. The skunk went flying in the air and taking this opportunity, Sonic rushed up and kick slammed Geoffrey to the ground. Sonic then curled into a spindash and charged up in one spot before leaping backwards and letting Geoffrey have it with a powerful gust of blue wind. The skunk went tumbling backwards and everyone rushed at him all at once shouting. With lightning fast reflexes, Geoffrey back flipped and threw multiple bombs at everyone. They all exploded, blasting Team Fighters away. He then shot multiple arrows at everyone and hit them all, binding them in a strong rope. Everyone struggled to break free as Geoffrey calmly walked up to them, smirking.

"No fair, let us go!" Sonic yelled. "Yeah, this is cheating!" Amy yelled. Geoffrey chuckled. "Well, too bad. It looks like I win". Tails shook his head. "We're still standing and in good shape to fight Geoffrey. You haven't beaten us yet!" he said. Rotor nodded. "Don't forget, I still have to get payback after you broke my team apart!". Geoffrey laughed. "I don't think so, because you blokes are gonna be locked up in New Mobotropolis Detention Center for chaos knows how long for disobeying a direct order from the council!". Sonic rolled his eyes. "And by council, you mean yourself right? You told us not to come back until we saved Sally, but the council just said to slow Eggman's plan down for a while. And we also got a lead on what his next plan might be". Geoffrey glared at Sonic. "But Naugus is the king and a king's orders are absolute!". "Geoffrey!". The skunk turned around to find Rosie and Dr. Quack running up to him. "They did save the city from the Tails Doll and find out what Eggman's plan is, right? So don't they at least deserve a fair trial?" Rosie said. Rotor smirked. "That's right. It says in chapter 47 of the Mobotropolis Files that every convict deserves a fair trial. And you are listening to the law, aren't you Geoffrey?". The skunk didn't say anything. They knew they got him right there. Geoffrey cleared his throat. "Very well, you are to immediatly come to Castle Acorn for your trial. As king, I want this done right now!". He then turned to walk away. "Um, who's gonna free us and let us walk?" Sonic asked, rolling his eyes. Geoffrey sighed and pushed a button on his glove, freeing Team Fighters from the rope. "Now let's go!" he said before walking off. Sonic turned to Tails.

"You gonna be okay bud?" he asked. Tails turned to him and smiled. "Yeah I'll be fine. I can just rebuild the Tornado. I was just mad because it was that jerk who destroyed it for a stupid reason". Sonic smiled. Dr. Quack turned to Amy. "Hurry up now. The council must be waiting". Amy nodded before pulling the others. "Let's go now, I HATE GETTING MY HAIR WET!"

TO BE CONTINUED

*Author's note: Well, it seems that Team Fighters has finally got a new member: Rotor! Let's see how the trial goes. Will the heroes be declared innocent or guilty? And what about Knuckles? Will he and his friends stop the Nocturnus Clan from killing Julie-Su and the remainder of the echidnas or will the unthinkable happen? Join us next time as we wrap up the "Knuckles' Quest" arc!

EPIC Out!