Bottom of the Barrel Bar
Lightning, Flying, Simian, Predator and Fang were all having a pint, waiting for their next assignment by Naugus, who had just walked into the room.
"Morning, Gentleman," Naugus said. "I've got big plans for you all!"
"And what's that?" Lightning asked.
"Listen, Naugus, whatever it is, I can't do it," Fang said. "I still have to kill my sister after leaving me while we were trying to get the Chaos Emerald!"
"Fine, fine," Naugus laughed. "I guess you don't want this then!" He threw a bag of rings on the table. All the crooks reached out to grab it but it then poofed out of thin air.
"Where'd it go?" Lightning asked. It was in Naugus' hand.
"There's plenty more where that came from!" Naugus smiled. "So, are you in?"
Sky Patrol
Sally called for a meeting.
"Before we begin, I would like to welcome Amy Rose as a Freedom Fighter," Sally said, clapping. Everyone else joined in. "Now for the main reason we're here: Robotnik. Or as Sonic called him, 'Eggman.'"
"Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week!" Sonic said, bowing.
"Ahem, yes," Sally said. "Anyways, we now know about his Egg Fleet, which attacked a much more defended city than Mobotropolis yet did more damage to Station Square than the Battle Birds did to Mobotropolis!"
"This team isn't even a week old and, already, we fighting a losing battle!" Tails said. "That, and Naugus has said that he plans to kill us and we don't know when that is! The moment Naugus shows up, we've lost!"
Mystic Cave Zone
Naugus' crooks ran in, then jumping into fighting poses. No one was there.
"We look stupid!" Lightning said.
"No one is here to see so does it matter?" Fang asked.
"Tee-Hee-Hee," Flying laughed. "Come on, giant crystal lion. Come to Flying!"
"Is he always this…" Fang started saying. Flying turned and looked at him with a 'I'm gonna kill you in your sleep,' look. "...creepy?"
"You get use to it," Simian said.
"Us four have been working together for years and I'm still not use Flying!" Predator said.
"This place is covered in crystal!" Lightning yelled. "How do we know which one is the one we want?"
"Found it!" Flying laughed, standing ontop of a giant crystal in a shape of a Lion Mobian.
"Contact Naugus!" Simian ordered. "Tell him we're heading back."
Sky Patrol
"Why don't we attack this Naugus guy first?" Bunnie asked. "Ah mean, if he's planning on kill us, why not take him out before he does?"
"We have no lead on where he is?" Rotor said.
"And even if we did, he's too powerful!" Nicole said. "We have nothing on us to even fight a wizard!"
"You've got me!" Sonic smiled. "That's all you need, right? I may not of ever met this Naugus in person but I'm sure he's no threat compared to Eggman."
"Don't underestimate Naugus, Sonic," Sally said. "He was once my father's royal wizard but he then allied up with the warlord at the time."
"Which was?" Antoine asked.
Bottom of the Barrel Bar
"Ah, Warlord Kodos!" Naugus laughed, looking at the crystal lion. "Look how far you've fallen! It's felt like forever since we betrayed King Acorn and started a mini war with him!"
"Where's our pay, Naugus?" Fang asked. "Me back is still hurting after carrying that thing!"
"Apologies I'm late, dear brother," an old woman crackled, walking in. "I had a spot of trouble on the way here!"
"Ah, sister, so glad you could make it!" Naugus laughed, walking over to her. "My friends, this is my 'lovely' sister: Wendy Naugus."
"Hee hee hee. Oh, you're too kind, Walter, too kind!" Wendy crackled.
"Any reason why we would care about all this?" Predator asked.
"Because she's going to do the deed of bring Kodos back to life!" Walter Naugus (who I shall refer to as Naugus like before) laughed. Wendy got out a spell book and mumbled a few words. The crystals started gaining cracks.
"I recommend you all step back a bit," Wendy said. "Probably should take cover!"
Sky Patrol
"The war between my father's kingdom and Naugus was long and only recently ended." Sally explained. "Kodos was turned into crystal and stored away while Naugus was sent to the detention center."
"Wait, why turn Naugus' minion into crystal but Naugus himself?" Tails asked.
"Because Naugus is a wizard and you can't turn wizards into crystal," Sally said. "Let's just move on from the Naugus business, please?"
Bottom of the Barrel Bar
"The deed is done!" Wendy laughed. Kodos opened his eyes.
"Where am I?" he asked. "Last thing I remember…"
"It's alright, old friend." Naugus said. "We lost the war but we can now plan our revenge, under my leadership!"
"Yo, our pay," Fang said, still waiting. Naugus ignored him.
"Your leadership?" Kodos asked. "Your leadership nearly got us killed! I'm taking charge!"
"No your not, I am!" Naugus yelled. "It was my idea to take over the kingdom!"
"Which failed!" Kodos yelled. "And I'm not taking orders from someone with an idiotic hat!"
"Shut up!" Naugus yelled. "Without me, you would still be made of crystal!"
"Without you, I would still be working with the king, planning my own attack!" Kodos said. "That's it! I'm taking the Destructix and planning my own attack on the King!"
"The Destructix?" Naugus asked.
"The Destructix, aka, your crooks right here!" Kodos yelled, pointing to the unpaid criminals.
"Do we get paid?" Lightning asked.
"Of course!" Kodos laughed. "Let's go, Destructix. We have other business to attend to!" Kodos marched out of the door, with the others following. Fang stopped.
"Wait…" he said. "My pay from Naugus!" Kodos grabbed him and ran off.
"Well turned on me quickly…" Naugus said.
"Worry not, my dear twin brother," Wendy laughed. "For we have magic on our side! With our magic combined, we will have revenge on that warlord and his goons!"