A/N: Time for part 7! Haven't been getting any reviews lately but thanks for reading it anyways. So, the heroes arrive at the Nanite City, where they get a huge surprise in store for them (minus the two who built it). Let's see how they handle it.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Sega except my OC.
When the rest of the mobians arrived at the city, they greeted by a great surprise. The Nanite City had been reshaped to resemble Mobotropolis long before it had succumbed to being an uninhabitable wasteland. Everything had been designed down to the last brick it seems, even a clone of the infamous Lake of Rings that had long dried out had been replenished. And to top it all off,
"Look Father! Castle Acorn! As it was in the days of our long lost city!" Elias proclaimed with joy. Even his stoic father was starting to shed tears of joy.
"That was what we had intended your highness." At the sound of the voice, everyone turned and was greeted by a great surprise.
There before them stood Nicole in her very life-like holographic form. She resembled a mobian lynx with brown fur, having small black streaks on her face, and she was wearing a purple striped toga. It was a form the other Freedom Fighters had not seen since the loss of the original Mobotropolis.
"This was something we've been perparing for quite awhile now. Dr. Eggman's efforts forced us to reveal this before we were finished, but anyway...welcome to New Mobotropolis! I will be your hostess Nicole, and your host here is Kor." Nicole said with a bow.
"Well, technically you did most of the work Nickki, I just helped." Kor chuckled, tapping his damaged robotic hand with his wrench in an effort to repair it. By now sparks were starting to fly from it. Nicole giggled at her nickname.
Sally, estatic to see her friend in her holo-form again, ran up and hugged her. "I didn't think you could maintain that form!" She said with a smile.
While Nicole could project a holographic form of herself from her PDA, it put too much strain on her systems and she would tire out easily. "I couldn't until me and Kor had made something robust enough to maintain me. We built enough holographic matrices to give me full use of the city."
"Good to have you back again Nicole." Sonic says with a smile.
Not a second too soon the other Freedom Fighters start to barrage her with questions. "Does the Lake of Rings really work?" "How do you have the power to support a physical form?" "Is it just like the old Mobotropolis?" "What are our defenses here?"
Kor chuckled at this. "Settle down guys, we'll answer everything in time."
"You've done a great deal for us you two. And all of you as well. Without you guys, none of us would've made it to see Nicole and Kor's beautiful city." Sally said genuinely.
"Hah, yer startin to make me blush abit Sally." Kor said, rubbing his head with his flesh hand.
"Don't congradulate us yet princess. It didn't take Eggman long to figure out what we did..." As Nicole said this, everyone looks up and see the Egg Fleet approaching.
Kor sighed. "I really wish I built them sentry batteries right now..."
Not only do they have to deal with the Egg Fleet, but among those rescued were Mammoth Mogul, Ixis Naugus, Bean, Bark, and Nack. However, Nicole had a contingency plan for them. While Mogul was ranting about making everyone submit to his will, Nicole teleported all 5 of them to specialized holding cells in the new prison.
"Oh for Chaos' sake! How many times am I going to get thrown in a damn cell by those fucking Freedom Fighters?! I can't stand the indignity of it all!" Nack swore out loud.
Back outside...
"Teleporting Mogul in mid-rant. Nice one Nicole." Sonic says with a chuckle.
"I am the most advanced A.I. there is after all." Nicole boasts.
"Can't argue with that." Sally says.
Seconds later, gunfire from the Egg Fleet hits the shield, causing Nicole's form to dissipate a bit. "Nicole!" Sally exclaimed, worried about her best friend.
"Don't worry Sally, I'm fine. I just have to re-route power that would support this form to the shields. Eggman isn't holding back with this barrage." Nicole stated calmly.
"I understand...but it's not fair! You've given us so much, and you can't even keep your body for long!" Sally said.
"Only until I can spare the energy, I will always be around." Nicole said before disappearing completely.
"Don't fret Sally. Once we get rid of that fatass up there she'll be back." Kor said, then looks at his hand. "...Maybe I should've told Nicole I was ready to upgrade my hand before she left..." Sally looks at him with a glare. "...Not the best time for that?"
Thankfully Sonic gets her attention. "What now Sal? I've filled my plan-making quota for the year."
"I trust that Nicole will keep us safe for a good while. We're too rattled from the attack to do much right now." The princess replied.
"If we could do much of anything right now." Elias adds. He then directs his attention to the other citizens. "Nicole and Kor took the time to build this city for us. Everyone should go out and find their new homes. Try to relax, keep your loved ones close to you, and be thankful we have them again." He finished, while at the end gesturing to his wife and child. He then turns to Sonic. "You should get some medical attention Sonic."
"Aw come on..." The hedgehog groaned.
"That's a double-order mister." Sally adds.
Sonic sighs in defeat. "Fine..." He walks off to find Dr. Quack. "Geez they're more relentless than Eggman's barrage..." He muttered to himself.
Throughout next hour, the Egg Fleet hadn't let up on the shield. "Just because I got roughed up a bit doesn't mean I need an special treatment..." Sonic kept talking to himself.
"Since when didn't you get an special treatment?" A voice said.
Sonic turns to the voice and sees Rotor lying on a carriable stretcher with medical bandages wrapped around his midsection.
Sonic gasps and runs over. "Rotor! Are you ok?!"
"I'm fine. That's what I get for catching a couple hundred pounds of rock with my back, but Dr. Quack says I should be fine after some therapy." Rotor assursd him.
"I'm sorry dude...I should've been fast enough..." Sonic said, guilt showing on his face.
"No worries Sonic. Besides, I got to play the action hero for once." The walrus chuckled, but then casts a worried glance to the side. "It's Charmy I'm concerned about..."
After being in the life-drain process in those few seconds, Charmy appears to have had his brainwaves scattered. He can't think straight, he's showing signs of amnesia, and he constantly has this goofy look on his face. However, Saffron managed to get him to remember her name at least. Currently, Charmy was being given a full diagnostic by Dr. Quack.
"Is that a good sign doc?" Sonic asks.
"We won't know the extent of his memory loss until he's had some time to recover. For now though, he seems better than I could've hoped." The duck with Charmy and other patients was starting to give him a headache. However, he was still good enough to work on Sonic. "Now let me take look at you, although I'm not too concerned about you Sonic."
"I'm touched." Sonic said, tapping his foot.
"Given how hardy you are, along with the magic ring energy you have clinging to you, you're the safest out of all of us here. Plus your eye is almost fully healed." Once he finishes, Dr. Quack packs his stuff. "Well, you were my last patient Sonic. If you excuse me I need to spend time with my family."
"Thanks doc, I'll make sure ya do." Sonic says, giving the doctor a thumbs up.
-Below New Mobotropolis-
While everyone else was spending time with their families, Kor was in one of the city's main control rooms monitoring the stress level of the shields from the Egg Fleet's attacks. So far they seem to be holding up well.
"How long do you think they'll keep pecking away at the shield Nicole?" The engineer asked.
"Until they finally break through it seems. I anticipated they'd try to do this." The A.I. replied.
Kor leaned back in his chair. "You know, back in my days the sound of gunfire would be music to my ears. However listening to this noise for hours may start to drive the folks insane."
"And how exactly would this be music to you? If I don't keep the shields up our city will perish." Nicole said sternly.
"It just reminds me of when I just sit around and let my sentry do its business, that being killing whatever was in site. Speaking of which, I wanted to built some sentry batteries to fend off attackers but didn't have time to make them due to Eggman attacking." Kor told her.
"I see. We'll see to that after the fleet is dealt with. Also I'll see what I can do for your hand." Nicole responded, taking note of the fox's damaged hand.
"Alrighty then." Kor said. As he monitors the readings, he sees that something is hitting the shield close to the ground with a stronger attack force. "Nicole...you seein' this?"
"Yeah...it's Eggman in his battle armor." The A.I. informed him.
"Welp, I'm going topside." The red fox says, getting up from his seat.
"But Kor, your hand..." Nicole began with concern.
"I won't do much fightin, just gonna watch. I think Sonic has a plan for him this time." He said as goes to an elevator.
-Outside-
Indeed, Eggman was attacking the shield with melee attacks, but he wasn't doing any better than his ships. Not only that, he was still angry about being tricked by the heroes. "Come out and face me! You stole that city from me so I have rightful ownership of it! Stop hiding behind your stupid shield and fight me! I conquered and destroyed your first city! I toyed with you as you built your little forest getaway, then burned that to the ground, and I've terrorized you for all of your pitiful lives! You will not rob me of my final victory! I won't allow it!"
"You done enjoying your tantrum or do you plan on shooting something other than the shield?" Sonic smirks as he exits the city via a door.
Eggman becomes elated to see his long time archenemy. "Oh this is grand! I knew you wouldn't disappoint me rodent, but you were foolish enough to face me alone! Did I beat you too hard and knock the memory of our last battle from your head? This armor was made specifically to out-perform you at every level! It is impossible for you to beat me!"
Sonic's smirk only grows. "Yeah, I figured as much. Which means you got nothing against these guys!"
At those words, the other Freedom Fighters and Chaotix attack. Eggman is easily being overwhelmed. For something that was designed against Sonic, it wasn't built to stand up to attacks from the other heroes, especially when being attacked all at once.
To make his situation worse, a familiar sound cuts through the air. Above, Kor's robot, which had taken awhile to reach the city, finally arrives. Kor smirks at this, and simply points at Eggman. "Yer about to have a real bad day Eggman."
At the same time, Bunnie charges up her arm cannon. "Yah shouldn't have riled us Eggman. On the other hand...I 've been savin' just fer ya!"
The other heroes quickly move away as Bunnie and the flying drone fire at the dictator. The combination of both attacks completely obliterates the top portion of the suit, leaving a very surprised Eggman and the bottom portion.
"Heavy hitter are done Sal." Bunnie says, blowing out the smoke from her cannon.
"Second line, move in!" Sally commands.
The less stronger heroes attack the bottom portion of the suit, all the while Sonic starts giving Eggman a banter similar to what he gave him during their last fight. "For all your smarts doc, you totally miscalculated us. Did you really think we'd just roll over and give up? Also did you forget that I wasn't the only hero on Mobius? I can handle anything you dish out, but on the rare occasion that I can't, I can count on my friends to back me up!"
The last leg of the battle suit is knocked off, leaving only a small pod floating in the air with Eggman sitting in it.
"Face it Eggy, you don't have a leg to stand on!" Sonic taunted.
"Augh! Shut up!" Eggman said defiantly.
"You said this was all just a game to you..." Sonic says before spindashing the last portion of the battle suit, destroying it completely.
"Nooooooooo!" Eggman yells before hitting the ground.
"And we've chosen to continue. Game on Eggman." Sonic smiles, standing over his beaten foe.
"You're trespassing on royal grounds. As princess, I order you to call off your forces and retreat back to your city..." Sally said with a glare.
"You won't get the last laugh here missy! Egg Fleet! FIRE!" Eggman commanded.
At those words, the Egg Fleet sends a ton of missiles at the exposed heroes, even Eggman himself. Luckily however, part of the wall protecting the city stretches out and shields everyone at the last second.
Nicole then appears from a holographic transmitter. "My friends are showing you more mercy than you deserve doctor...I highly recommend you retreat."
To enforce her words, Kor's drone, which had dodged the incoming fire, points at Eggman with its gun spun.
At that moment, a flying badnik swoops in and Eggman jumps onto it. "You'll regret this you miserable vermin! I was just toying with you before but now it's war! I will destroy all of you!" He yells as he flys Egg Fleet also retreats back to New Megaopolis.
"Gotta hand it to him. Man knows how to make an exit." Sonic says.
"Yeah, but he doesn't know when to make it." Sally adds.
"So, new 'do for the occasion?" Sonic asked, noticing Sally's hair was different. Originally it reached down to her mid-back but now it was neatly fixed on her head.
"Just a little something symbolic. It shows I've got my mind and heart back on track." Sally smirked.
"Hah, I've never known you to be so girly Sal." Sonic teases.
"Don't ruin the moment blue." Sally lightly punched his arm.
"Alright alright. Good to be back home again." Sonic finishes.
"Hey Kor?" Tails asks. "Yeah?" The older fox responded.
"I've been meaning to ask you, what exactly is that?" Tails said, pointing at the robot.
"Ah, I'll tell everyone once we get to the airfield. Hey Nicole, can you open the shield to let our new friend in?" Kor asked.
"Sure, I'll just register its ID into the system so it can pass through." Nicole stated.
After a minute and approval from Nicole, the bot passes through the shield and heads for the newly built military base located in the northern sector of the city.
"If everyone follow me please, there's somethin' I need to show y'all." Kor tells them.
A few minutes later and with everyone's attention, the fox gestures to his bot. "While I was also helping Nicole build this city, she was helping me design and build a combat robot that can give Eggman's forces a run for their money. It was built to withstand punishment and dish it back, and yes, this was why I wasn't seen all that often. I wanted it to be a surprise but it had make its first combat mission breaking all you guys out, and so far, I'm proud to say it worked wonderfully. Still haven't thought of a name yet though..." Kor finished, scratching his head, thinking for names.
"Gotta say Kor, that's a mean machine you got there." Sonic says.
"Iz it going to be one of the defenzes to our city?" Antoine asks.
"Well, was planning on it. It could conduct patrols now and then. I also planned to install defenses on parts of the wall to better fend off attackers." Kor told them.
"What did you have in mind?" Sally asks.
"Sentries." Kor chuckles, then thinks for a moment. "Hmm...I think I got a name for it." He turned to his bot, "From now on, you're military name will be K-1 Armored Gunship, but I'll call ya Killer Hornet since it sounds cute." The newly named Gunship grunted in approval.
"You have any other ideas on making robots Kor?" Sally asked.
"Not at the moment, but when I do..." He chuckles, "They'll probably be just as successful as this flying fortress behind me."
A/N: And that's the end of that. With Eggman dealt with, the heroes have a new home to settle in. However, good things never last.