A/N: It's time for Chapter 8! Please excuse the delay, had some stuff to take care of the last few days.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Sega except my OC.
-A week later-
"You know guys, this place is really reminding me of the old days at home." Kor said with a smile.
"Which would be?.." Tails asks with Rotor looking questioningly as well.
"Oh you know, getting into the fight of our lives like every day it seems." The engineer noted.
Rotor shrugs. "Well, when you have to deal with someone like Robotnik for years, you kinda get used to it."
"I mean, we had to deal with Knuckles being Enerjerk and Mogul got out of prison recently." Kor said.
"Trust us Kor. You'll see alot of random things getting thrown at us." Tails said, which Kor chuckled in agreement.
"Oh, and how's your new hand holding up?" Rotor asked.
"Alot better than my other one that's for sure. I owe you and Nicole one Rotor." Kor said, flexing the fingers his newest accomodation.
"Heh, it was nothing buddy." The walrus replied.
Kor's new robotic hand was more robust than his last one. It was silver colored like most typical robotics and was comprised of some nanites Nicole used to help make it, which meant it could endure a good amount of abuse. Also, at Kor's request, the hand could open up and turn into a tri-barreled laser. The main downside was it could only fire for a good minute before the hand's core needed to recharge for 2 minutes. They finally had time to make it after recent events.
The last few of days were pretty hectic. First, Knuckles had been manipulated into becoming a demigod known as Enerjak and tried to rid the world of technology, but thankfully this was stopped when Sonic accessed his Super Form, and at the cost of Knuckle's father sacrificing himself to break a hex sealed on the master emerald. The second issue was that Mammoth Mogul used Tails, Mina, and Mighty to break out of prison. Afterwards, the old mammoth set up a now very popular casino in the Casino Night Zone where he planned to beat Sonic by simply out-living him.
The good news however, was that after Eggman had captured Enerjak to use him as a giant battery, the demigod broke free and destroyed most of Eggman's forces. His entire Egg Fleet was downed and 90% of his badnik horde was destroyed. Unfortunately, the crazed dictator gained some followers in the form of a group of echidnas known as the Dark Legion. From what the Freedom Fighters heard, the doctor promised to restore their cybernetics, which were taken away when Knuckles was Enerjak. Fortunately, they weren't that much of a threat.
-New Megaopolis, or what's left of it-
Most of the city was in ruin after Enerjak's rampage, and with Eggman's forces dwindling, the heroes pressed their assault. Currently, the Chaotix and Sonic were engaged with the newly formed Dark 'Egg' Legion.
"Charge Chaotix! We got 'em on the ropes!" Vector yells as the group pushes through any legionnaire that stands before them.
Sonic homing attacks a few before running alongside Knuckles. "You sure you guys need me here? This whole Legion thing is a joke."
Knuckles gives Sonic an irritated look. "I'm the reason why these guys went to Eggman in the first place, so I'm responsible for them..." He then punches another enemy.
"Come on it's not your fault Knux. They shouldn't be so dependent on cybernetics in the first place." The hedgehog pointed out.
"Still, I have to try to reason with them, which means I need to get to Lien-Da." Knuckles replied.
Sonic shrugs. "Alright, I'll cover for you." He says before attacking another legionnaire.
Meanwhile, Lien-Da was sitting in a hover pod talking to Snively via radio. "I asked for reinforcements minutes ago! Where the hell are they?!"
"In case you forgot, the Dark Egg Legion is the standing army now. We don't have any badnik reserves, at the moment, to help you." Snively said calmly.
Lien-Da curses to herself before noticing Knuckles gliding up to her. "Lien-Da! I understand how important those cybernetics were to you, but working for Eggman isn't the best way to do it. He's just going to betray you in the end. Why don't you join us? We can help you any way we can."
However, Lien-Da disagrees. "You so-called Guardians never knew what was right for us! And after all these years you still don't!" She says before retreating.
Knuckles sighs in frustration as the others catch up to him.
"This area's clear. Great job everyone! I wonder how team 2 is doing." Vector says, stretching his arms.
Julie-Su then uses one of her cybernetic locks to contact them.
Saffron's voice is heard a second later. "Yes?"
"How are you guys doing? We've just cleared area down here." Julie replies.
"We're good! The boys just finished setting up the charges. If we blow up this tower, Eggman won't be able to communicate with half of Mobius!" Saffeon cheered.
"Sounds good. Think you guys can meet us at the rendezvous point?" The pink echidna asked.
Saffron looks at the surrounding area. "Um...that's gonna be difficult. We got legionnaires approaching the tower..." The bee replied, looking outside a window.
"Alright, we'll be there soon." Julie says before closing the line. She then gets another message, this time from Nicole. "Nicole?"
"Julie-Su, it's urgent. We need Sonic back at HQ immediately!" The A.I. informed her.
"Alright I'll tell him." Julie then turns to the group. "They're gonna need back-up. The tower's being surrounded. Also Sonic you're needed back at the HQ. Something's going on over there."
Sonic nods. "Think you guys can handle this without me?"
"Don't worry Sonic! We got these chumps on the run! We'll handle the rest." Vector says with assurance.
"Alright, if you say so." Sonic replies before dashing towards the HQ.
-20 minutes earlier-
"So what do these star posts do?" Kor asks.
"Well, me and Tails created them so it would be easier to access the special zone. From there we can find a chaos emerald to use for a certain purpose before returning it." Rotor said while gesturing to the inactive portal.
"So THAT'S where the emeralds go. I thought they were just scattered around the world waiting to be found." Kor said.
"Well, it used to be like that until an incident years ago had them sealed in that zone. In my opinion its better for everyone, especially so they don't fall into the wrong hands, plus they're guarded by a powerful being." Tails explaned.
"Ah, I see...out of curiosity do you think it's possible they could access other zones?" Kor said out of curiousity.
Rotor shrugs. "Well, it wasn't made for that purpose but it's possible".
As he and Kor begin to discuss this further, Tails suddenly notices the posts activating. "Um, Rotor? Is it supposed to open up by itself?"
"It shouldn't. It was only designed to go to the special zone..." Rotor tells them, becoming wary.
Before any of them can question about it more, the 3 are suddenly pushed to the ground by a sonic blast eminating from the portal. When regain their senses, Rotor and Tails look in shock. They see another walrus looking exactly like Rotor, but sporting cybernetic enhancements on its head and arms.
"A-Anti Rotor?! How did-" Rotor started before his counterpart cuts him off.
"It's Boomer now, wuss. What's wrong? Scared of your 'shadow' outshining you?" Boomer taunts.
Kor shakes his head before changing his hand into its laser form. "I don't care if you're Rotor's opposite, but you're going to-UGH!"
Kor was kicked into a wall. He looks up and sees a yellow fox floating with its tails spinning. Unlike Tails' hair he has smoothed gray hair on the top of his head. He's also wearing a red jacket fitted with black spiked gauntlets and boots to match. "Let me guess, you're Anti-Tails?..."
The fox glares at him in disgust. "Don't you dare call me that! My Prime version may lack respect but I only respond to Miles."
Before they can go any further, the counterparts of Sally and Antoine walk through the portal. After looking around the chipmunk turns to the coyote. "You can tell her 'highness', that the area is secure." She says sarcastically.
Not a second after that, a red fox in black clothing and wearing a yellow ribbon on her head steps through. "I heard that Alicia, and I suggest you watch your tone...Suppression Squad! Forward!"
Kor sighs in frustration. "This week just keeps getting better..."
A/N: And that's enough for now. Again I apoligize for the late delivery, had writer's block and was busy for awhile. Now I was thinking of giving Kor a counterpart which would have 2 ideas. The first one being that he's a pacifist like Knuckles' opposite, or one that's way more insane than Kor is and is comparable to the Borderlands psychos. So just tell me what you think.