Knuckles and the gang have made it to Wood Oak City things have gotten violent since the last time Mr. X was defeated a few years ago. Two criminals that were involved in Mr. X's Syndicate were picking a fight with them the last time and we may see them fight and get to the bottom of this soon. You may see some more familiar faces for those of you who are huge Streets of Rage fans. Enough talk, let's get this started and have one hell of a chapter!
The two criminals had walked towards the group like a pack of wolves surrounding their prey. Only Toejam, Earl, and the Bonanza Bros. were afraid since they can easily be intimidated by tough guys like these. Everyone else didn't feel threatened the slightest since its just two men as opposed to an army and these guys would easily be defeated in a few hits. Knuckles gave a cold stare to the muscle-bound wrestler since he could tell that he was taking him the least serious of the group. Ash observed the backsides of the men in a depraved manner, while still intimidating his prey. Kiryu was the angriest in this situation since this is where he would want to beat this sick criminal as fast as possible. Kasumi slowly reached for a shiruken and looks around for a vital region to hit on the wrestler's massive body. Big the Cat knew that it's time to fight physically and glanced at his massive yellow hands in a worried manner.
"So what's the matter? Aren't any of you going to attack us? Or are you afraid that we might wipe the floor with you easily?" said the burly wrestler.
"If anything, you should be the ones afraid since we are purposely waiting for you to make your move. After all, gang members like you are probably that gullible," said the belligerent red echidna.
"That's right, big cats like you are just bluffing and want to chitchat with us instead of fighting. Why don't cha come at us with your bad selves," said the snarky cab driver.
The wrestler stops and grimaced in anger since his intimidation tactic weren't working on the heroes. This is the first time that he was every insulted and pushed to actually attack someone first. Ash did a slightly effeminate giggle in response to his partner getting steamed up for a fight.
"You pretty guys and disgusting women must be masochists if you want to get your pretty asses handed to you by Andore," said the depraved criminal.
"If you're the type of disgusting person that finds women disgusting, then you need to be corrected the hard way," said the blue kunoichi.
The burly wrestler prepared to punch B.D. Joe since he was the closest target to hit, but the smaller man dodged his attack in a jig. He turned towards the glasses wearing man with a pissed off face and aimed to attack him again.
"I'll crush you like a worm if you're going to talk dirty about me!" Andore shouts.
The chill taxi driver pulled out his special megaphone and blares it in the larger man's face. He cringed in pain and covered his ears due to the shrill sound rupturing them, this gave Beat the opportunity to finish him off.
"Never mess with the New GG's when I'm around!" he remarked before knocking him out with a roundhouse kick.
With the velocity of the kick and the force of the rudie's yellow skates, this ought to knock this man cold with a concussion. Kasumi threw a shiruken at Ash's chest, which causing him to give off the scream of a large woman. Then Honey kicked him in his crotch with her black boot, making sure that the stiletto had punched him in his weakest parts.
"Toejam and Earl, entrap these guys for later uses!" she said slyly.
Both alien rappers obediently had tossed their Trap-o-Matic Jars at the defeated criminals to imprison them in their comically small "jail cells".
The two spherical jars had shaken violently like ticking time bombs, which caused a majority of the group to laugh at them.
"Now that's what I call a roundhouse trip!" said Jacky in a joking manner.
This caused the rest of the group to laugh even harder due to how corny, yet hilarious the blonde fighter's joke was.
"Why did ya guys trap them so fast? We didn't even get to steal any valuables that they had owned," said Mobo angrily.
"Why don't cha break open the jars and fight them if yaselves if ya want dem valuables so badly," said the sarcastic three legged alien.
The entire group laughed at the red and blue thieves when they had shuddered at the though of fighting them alone. Kiryu had kept walking ahead of the group since he would least want to have fun instead of focusing on the more important reason why they were here. This gave Knuckles a sign that he needs to tell everyone else to stay focused on their mission.
"I really hate to end this fun experience, but we need to stay focused on finding the next shard and find this "Mr. X" guy to get more information on the Legion of Subspace. We have about a few more blocks to walk and we'll be in our next destination," the red echidna explained.
He eventually ran away to catch up with Kiryu while Beat and his group had followed.
"He's right, we shouldn't let our guards down since this place was overtaken by violent crime. Who knows, we might run into even more dangerous foes than them," said Akira.
He ran beside his American friend to leave Ryo and the girls behind, giving them a chance to follow after some time to discuss certain issues.
"I really was mad when that freak insulted us and ogled your butt, Ryo. That's why the two of us beaten him had felt really satisfying," said the cheerful idol.
"Thanks Honey, I had appreciated what you've done for me. Same thing goes for you, Kasumi," said the black haired boy.
"You're welcome, Ryo. As a member of the Mugen Tenshin Clan, I need to fight anyone who opposes me and show no remorse for those that have evil intentions," said the blue kunoichi.
Just seeing the smile on both girl's faces were enough to make Ryo feel comfortable about continuing their mission. Especially Honey's face since the two were getting closer since their predicament back at the Maneki District, he even enjoyed having women as powerful as fight by his side. Soon as they noticed Kasumi running towards the east, the two lovers held hands and ran after her.
Honey, you are one interesting girl. I'm actually glad that we'll be able to fight together on this crazy mission to save the world.
The idol fighter smiled cheerfully as she ran with Ryo pulling her hand with the finest care.
Not only that he's a brave fighter, but he's also so charming based on the way he's holding my hand. Me and him will be so famous when we actually succeed in defeating these subspace jerks. If only I could recover my armored outfit whenever we stop since I do feel a little too free in my chest area.
Mr. X's headquarters is looming above the dirtiest parts of Wood Oak City in all its ominous and powerful glory. This three story building were the sinister crime lord had has terrorized this city years ago before Axel and the gang had foiled his plans. But this didn't stop the city from getting any better since he managed to take over the city again with the help of the Legion of Subspace after he was revived and many of his older goons were recruited. Many of the citizens were either killed or imprisoned by the various criminals in this gruesome city. If anything, things were even worse here than in Tokyo-To since the atmosphere was at least crazy in a fun way unlike Wood Oak City. Several criminals were seen blocking the building's main entrance; a majority of them were male while few were female. Some of them were familiar faces like Souther, Bongo, Electra, Break, Shiva, Jet, and Jack the Juggler.
They were clearly waiting on the heroes since they were probably informed about this after Dedede's defeat a few days ago. A few more wrestlers and knife nuts were waiting a few feet in from of the Big Seven as pawns in case any of the heroes would be too touch for them to handle. One man noticed Knuckles from afar and did a creepy laugh in response. The other criminals had noticed and started laughing altogether like a pack of hyenas. Souther had clashed his claws together while Bongo breathed some smoke to prepare for battle. Jet activated his jetpack before flying away from the juggling Jack, who had his torches and hatchets ready for a big show. Electra readier her electrical whip while Break clenched his metallic fists for battle.
"They are finally here and ready for our trap. Mr. X would be proud of us when we scare these fools away form our hideout. If they think that they can get away with our crown jewel, they will have to get through all of us," said the dark haired criminal.
Shiva walked further way from the building and gave off some signals to have the other Neo-Chaos members to attack. Eventually, various criminals started to charge down the street to attack the intruders in the name of Neo-Chaos. Various knife nuts were licking their blades in anticipation of the bloodshed that might occur when they reach their enemies. Knuckles and the entire group had charged at them as well, preparing for once hell of a gang war.
"Guys, prepare to beat the snot out of these punks. We need to keep that Master Emerald in that building at all costs!" he shouted.
Everyone had readied their fists and weapons before they could butt heads with the bloodthirsty crime syndicate. Within minutes, they had finally reached them with Knuckles dealing the first few hits to his targets. Since many members of the group were skilled martial artists, they've deal blows to the knife nuts with no problem. Though, the wrestlers were the bigger foes to deal with. Earl managed to knock down one with a deadly belly bump as his three legged partner created a bramble bush to entrap another wrestler. One wrestler managed to grab a hold of Big, who struggled to hold him back while being held.
"Let go of me, you big meanie! I'll defeat every one of you until I find my little buddy!" he shouted.
He breaks his hold and lifted the muscle-bound man into the air. Then, Big threw him out and took out his trusty fishing pole to fish him back like any whopper he would normally catch. The reel flew after the flying target past Honey and Ryo, who were fighting together. The black haired boy managed to take out a few knife nuts with a few quick strikes with no problem. Honey had knocked out a few men with her Cat Punches before one wrestler tried to attack from behind.
"Honey, look out!" her boyfriend shouts.
She became well aware and knocked the muscle-bound man backwards with her Butt Swing technique. He staggered back a little from the attack only to be knocked out by a few backward kicks from his smaller foe. This really impressed Ryo since he least expected a girl, let alone a very skilled fighter, to defeat a massive man like him that easily.
"What was that, Ryo-san?" he asked while tilting her head innocently.
Ryo could help but blush at her actions, despite being in the middle of a gang war. The same wrestler that was caught by Big's fishing reel was eventually slammed to the west of them. The Bonanza Bros. had pit-pocketed the large man to find some cash in a wallet to much of their pleasure. They had already stolen plenty of things from many defeated gang members in the midst of the chaotic battle.
"Well whaddaya know, Robo. We are going to get rich robbing these guys clean," said the shorter blue thief.
"Well what do you expect, ya lummox! These guys are criminals like us, so them having this much loot is a given," said the Robo loudly.
They eventually ran when Kazumi had slammed a wrestler in their direction. The yakuza member dealt a few deadly blows to the knife nuts that were surrounding him afterwards.
"Fools like you call yourselves "criminals", yet you depend on useless weapons like knives in battle," he remarked.
He grabbed another wrestler by his arm and started to spin him around like a wrestler would do to his victims. Kiryu had eventually thrown him at Beat, who would leap up to the flying muscle head and kick him towards the nearby knife nuts. He marked the New GG's territory by spraying the name "Beat" onto the pile of defeated foes as Kasumi ran past for battle.
"Several punks down and only few more to go. We will probably be done with these guys sooner than we'd think," said the arrogant rudie.
He continues to shove a few thugs while going on his skating spree as he passed his good old friend B.D. Joe. He had tossed a wad of cash at one knife nut, causing him to be mugged and beaten by nearby criminals that wanted the money. Then the crazy taxi driver had charged at a speed comparable to his own taxi and knocked them all out at once.
"This is what you get when you come between me and my money, ya crazy fools," he said while recollecting his cash.
Within twenty minutes, the entire army of criminals was singlehandedly defeated to much of Shiva's disappointment.
"These guys were tougher than we had anticipated. Good thing we are the elite members and shouldn't have any trouble against these guys. You guys should handle them, I'll just communicate with Mr. X immediately in case things go wrong," he said.
The dark haired man then headed into the desolate building to complete this task while his fellow members would do as they're told.
"You heard what Shiva just said, let's go rip these guys apart for Mr. X!" said the psychotic Souther before licking his lips.
"Hopefully we'll find something to eat after we deal with these bastards. I haven't eaten in days," said the massive Bongo.
"Don't worry big boy, perhaps you may feed on these guys' corpses once we get through with them," said Electra as she struts away from the building.
"I just want to break some bones already since it's been years since I've last had a good fight. Even though I was destroyed by Axel and his damn gang the last time," said the robotic doppelganger.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get this party started!" said the killer juggler.
"If you guys need me, I'd prefer hanging in the air," said the jetpack wearing criminal before flying west.
The Big Six started walking towards the intersection of the street, where they would come face-to-face with their shard hunting foes. Knuckles was unsurprisingly in the lead since he wanted some answers from these gang of crooks. Kiryu had clenched his fist since he's aware that they're up against high class criminals unlike the low level ones he had defeated. Jacky and Akira were more worried about Jet since he's an aerial fighter unlike them and kept watching him with serious looks of fighters. Kasumi was more interested in fighting Souther since he seems like the interesting foe for her to fight. Big had his eyes on Bongo since the hungry fighter was glancing like him as if he were fresh cat meat.
Electra became interested in Honey due to her accidentally skimpy fashion sense and the fact that she looks skilled to be her "masochistic target". Toejam and Earl thought that Jack would be the perfect Earthling to capture since he reminded them of some fool they knew in the past. Then, out of the blue, a familiar yellow foe just landed right in front of them with his big arms hanging into the air. Knuckles and the others grew cautious since this guy looked very different, yet even more dangerous than his allies due to his obese appearance and alien appearance. The yellow opponent just smacked his lips as if he was looking at a full course meal and smacks his potbelly in a taunting manner.
"I guess I've finally managed to find you, friend of that blue hedgehog! The boss ought to be happy to hear this news," said Zomom.
"Wait just a second! You know Sonic?" the echidna had questioned.
"Yeah, we have fought him on the Planet Hex a while ago and lost thanks to that Eggman. Now we've gotten much stronger and the LOS had recruited all six of us," the obese Zeti said before belching.
"So you and your friends were the ones who were sucking the life out of world in the past? If that's case, I'll gladly be the one to beat you into submission," Knuckles had said belligerently.
"Goodie, because I've been starving to fight someone as tasty as you. Hopefully you aren't too spicy for me to handle," the obese Zeti boasted.
Knuckles wasn't kidding around since he is fired up and ready to teach Zomom a lesson for what he and the Zeti had done in the past.
"Before we begin this fight, I would like to personally know what this slob's association with a lowly gang like you," the yakuza member had asked.
Souther and Electra glanced at each other and nodded before turning back to their new enemies.
"This guy had visited our humble city a few days ago before explaining that he's here to help our massive organization. So he's been waiting here to fight one of the hedgehog's friend's since he was told about his possible arrival. But enough talk, let's have some fun with you all before wasting any more time," said the clawed criminal.
The Big Seven got into their battle positions before clashing with the heroes as their opponents had done the same thing. Knuckles had leapt at Zomom first since he was ready to feed his obese foe his own fists. Eventually, everyone had charged towards their desired opponent and fought with them in a heated battle that might last for a while. The yellow Zeti knocked his foe away and bounced into the air for a deadly body smash, which his more nimble foe had dodged at the right time. He appropriately had stamped his feet in anger while glaring at the red echidna.
"No fair, I could have crushed you like pancakes by now! You are even more annoying that that hedgehog!" he complained.
Knuckles had smirked and puts his dukes up for another round with his fat opponent.
"I am nothing like Sonic since I'd rather confront bigger foes like you when they're tired out. Come at me again if you really want to get serious!" said the belligerent echidna.
The round Zeti had charged at him again to have a more fair fight with his new nemesis. Souther swiped at his kunoichi opponent rapidly as she effortlessly dodges each of his attacks. She had kept an eye on his quick movements in order to avoid having her sin sheared by such claws.
Damn it, she's dodging my attacks even more than Axel and his foolish friends had done in the past. She must be a highly skilled fighter if she's able to have such reflexes.
She managed to find a blind spot on her foe's body and intercepted his pursuit with a powerful kick to his gut.
As he had flew from the hit, she charged at him to deal another kick to his face. The claw wielding criminal had spun towards the ground to save himself and glanced back at his surprised opponent.
"You may be fast, but that isn't enough to stop a killer like me!" he said before dealing a deadly uppercut to her.
At first it seemed like she was fully decapitated from the attack, but "she" dissolved into a cloud of sakura petals before the disappointed Souther.
What? I could have sworn that I've killed her that easily!
She had reappeared behind him and dealt a few punches to his back. This caused him to gag for air from the attack as she stared at her target without feelings of remorse.
"Never underestimate anyone from the Mugen Tenshin Clan! Time for you to give up!" she said before dealing a powerful strike to his back with both hands.
The man with the claws had flown towards the west, which Big managed to grab him with his pole. The purple cat decided to fling him towards his direction to protect himself from an incoming fireball from Bongo. He really didn't want to hurt anyone, but he figured it was necessary since he was a meanie in his eyes. Bongo scowled from this situation since he really didn't want to burn one of his own comrades and clenched his fists.
"You dirty coward! Why don't you fight me physically instead of having me harm my own ally!" the massive man bellowed.
Big knowingly charges at him with his bat out for a round of baseball during battle.
"Whatever you say, you big meanie. I'll teach you a lesson for threatening my friends!" said the angry big cat.
Souther managed to get out of his "deep sleep" and started to roll around on the ground comically to remove the flames off him.
"Damn it Bongo, why did you have to do this to me!" he cursed.
It wasn't until Big's bat had clashed against his body and caused his eyes to bulge out in a funny manner.
"Hey, watch your mouth!" he said before launching the human sized "ball" at his own partner.
Souther flew towards Bongo at the speed of a bullet, causing him to accidently defend himself with more fireballs. The fireballs managed to hit the flaming criminal, but he had tore through them like a hot knife going through butter. The overweight man was eventually hit by the human projectile and he lost the balance that would keep him on his feet. Bongo's body had burst into flames as he fell to the dark ground and yelled in pain from the heat.
"Damn it, get the hell off of me you flaming bastard!" he remarked.
"It wasn't my fault, fatass! Now push me off of you" the clawed man barked.
Big managed to lift his burning opponents like he had done to a car in the past and threw them at a pile of trash.
"Now enjoy adding a new smell to the trash, meanies!" he said before clearing his hands.
Now things get even funnier as Toejam and Earl comically dodged Jack's many dangerous weapons ranging from torches to hatchets.
"Can't keep up with the heat, stay out of our turf!" said the misshapen juggler.
He was really enjoying this since he laughed the whole time.
"Who are you talking to while you're wearing such horrid clothing, Earthling," said the smart-mouthed red alien.
"Uh TJ, I think we need to get our act together if we eva gonna beat this guy," said his fat yellow friend.
This gave his devious friend an idea since he had realized that this guy was a juggler and Earl had mentioned an act. He pulled out a small green pogo stick and hopped onto it for his next plan.
"Yo Earl, hop onto your pogo stick since this guy wants to see our next act. Ya feel me?" Toejam said.
"I've heard you loud and clear, homie," he said while adjusting his shades.
He pulled out his purple pogo stick and hopped after his friend as Jack grew surprised.
"You call that an act? Then let me prepare my next trick of infernal chaos," he said while changing his ammo.
He charged at the bouncing aliens while juggling even bigger torches with one of them in his mouth. Jack hurled a few of them at his annoying targets and started spinning his last few torches incase they got any closer. Needless to say, the alien rappers had bounced higher to dodge them and aimed at him during their last huge bounce. The juggler had spun his torches fast to make things harder for them, but it was too late for this clown. The bottoms of both pogo sticks managed to hit the end of the torches to flip them and knock Jack down to the ground. Due to the force of the fall and that last hit, he spat out his final torch and allowed his hair to be caught on fire. He ran away while screaming comically, leaving the two aliens laughing their asses off.
"That last act wasn't too bad, dog. Put your hands together for the TJ," he said before giving his buddy a five.
Jet was finally knocked out by Jacky and Akira after a few rounds of dodging his dive-bombing.
"That was rather annoying. I hope we don't run into guys like these again," said the blonde fighter.
"If anything, we should be more concerned about the trouble that Honey's going through with that woman," said the Japanese fighter while directing his friend's attention to the situation at hand.
She was already struggling from fighting her opponent as the blonde dominatrix stood before her with whip in hand. Kiryu was standing next to her as well since he had been helping her fight Electra while taking on Break a few minutes ago. He had taken the most hits since he's the type that willing to get very close and personal regardless of how dangerous an individual was or if he's outnumbered. Honey glared back at her scantly clad opponent as she had tauntingly licked her lips.
"Well that was disappointing. I had expected someone from the Yakuza to be a bigger challenged than that. Even Axel had taken more hits and managed to fight back. But I can't blame you since Break did manage to break your bones, no pun intended," said the femme fatale.
"Yeah, he was an even bigger disappointment than Axel. That really makes me miss fighting him even more. Do you thin he'd be here by now, Electra?"
Electra giggled a little at the thought of what her cybernetic ally had said.
"I'd highly doubt he would be here since he would be aware of X's true whereabouts," she said sarcastically.
In the abandoned throne room of the crime leader himself, Shiva had observed the green gem that shines through a glass case. It sat across from his golden throne on a lone wooden table with a few documents in place. One document mapped out the location of the green Chaos Emerald (which was the Land of Dragons) while the other had revealed the location of the next emerald (which is none other than Outrun Bay). It was a location that is known for its sunny beaches and being home to the best of all drag racers. Shiva walked over to the table and viewed these documents since knowing the whereabouts of his beloved boss was a necessity for the right hand man. The black haired man looked deeply into the document with determined eyes and scans the boss's notes quickly, getting in one every detail one what they plan to do there.
"So that's what you guys are planning do for the Legion? I wouldn't even be surprised since that maniac would plan on taking over places other than this city," said a serious voice.
Who the hell was speaking to me? No ….. it can't be him!"
The startled Shiva turned to see his long time foe, who was waiting for him in the corner of the room this whole time. With the same blue headband and recognizable American appearance, this was without a doubt the famous Axel Stone of the Metro City Police. The man definitely had the face of a determined cop and slowly walks toward Mr. X's most trusted member.
"So you just couldn't stick your nose out of someone else's business, didn't you Axel?" said the dark haired man.
"You sound so surprised if you think me and my comrades would give up after years of hunting you guys down. Considering something as big as going after these Chaos Emeralds, this was situation that I just couldn't ignore," said the blonde policeman.
"To be fair, I was expecting you to show up since Break really missed you. And that's right, our new allies helped rebuilding both Break and our beloved boss," said the devious Shiva.
"Hmmph, I've expected Mr. X since he was the one who had supposedly written those documents. Though Break was a surprise to me since I least expected that failure of a doppelganger to be even rebuilt," Axel remarked.
Shiva got into his infamous battle stance and gave off an excited look to the least of Axel's surprise.
"Now that you've found out what we are really up to, I'm afraid that I'll have to beat you into a submission for old time's sake. After all, I'd like to see how rusty you've gotten since our last battle," he said in a state of ecstasy.
The blonde policeman got into his trademark stance and grinned slightly to express how've long since he have wanted to fight an equally matched opponent like him.
"I've been waiting for this moment since the last time we've defeated you. I'll definitely make sure that this will be the last time we'll ever fight," he beamed.
Both fighters charged right at each other and clashed fists like the hot-blooded fighters they were. This was going to be one hell of a brawl in Wood Oak City
Most of Mr. X's men were defeated at the hands of the heroes, but only a few of them remain standing. Electra and Break are going against Honey and Kiryu (who are both having a hard time against them), Zomom is fighting Knuckles (who may have more spotlight in this next chapter since he's more of a pain here than in Sonic Lost World), and Shiva gets to have a showdown with the famous Axel Stone (a famous fight that many of you have been waiting for). The most interesting thing is that we know the location of the next Chaos Emerald (though we might focus on Mishaela's group's location first story-wise.). The next chapter might take a while since I'll be enjoying the Independence Day weekend this week. I'll see you guys later and don't forget to rate and follow if you've enjoyed this so far. ;)
