Chapter Nine:
Chaos in Westopolis
Explosions rattled the streets of Westopolis and people scattered in terror, smoke rising into the air and shrieks filled the streets along with the sound of clanking metal.
Various robots of different model lines moved through the smoke-filled avenues, firing in every direction, as a district fell to the invaders with minimal resistance.
A G.U.N task force arrived on a truck, scrambling with their weapons ready, and trying to fight off the horde of invading robots. A pair of tall gray-and-white-colored humanoid robots blasted a G.U.N barricade, sending the troops scattering.
"The situation in Westopolis looks chaotic and very uncertain..." A reporter said, "...but it is no doubt nothing like the Black Arms invasion, especially since we're dealing with Eggman robots and some robots that we have never seen before..."
The camera turned to one of the tall red-eyed robots close by.
"Excuse me, sir?" The reporter asked, "Can you tell us what model you are?"
Much to the news crew's shock, the robot grabbed the microphone without asking and turned towards the camera with a menacing gleam in its eyes.
"We are Swatbots and we are loyal to Doctor Robotnik..." The Swatbot said, "Robotnik's word is law and it is of the utmost importance that you surrender and submit to the forces of Doctor Robotnik as resistance is futile. Doctor Robotnik's word is law!"
The Swatbot then crushed the microphone and the news crew scattered, the reporter running for their lives, just as several shuttles flew over and began bombing the streets.
A wall exploded and another group of Swatbot model robots moved forth, ones that were red and blue, even bulkier than their gray-white counterparts who were also accompanied by dark-blue variants.
Several blocks away, Sleet and Dingo from the Underground universe were commanding a legion of Swat-Bots, along with some Egg Pawns and well-recognizable Badniks.
And they weren't alone, especially as Scratch and Grounder from the other wacky cartoon-y universe were giving orders to a pair of Swatbots that seemed to be from the AoSTH universe.
"Forward, Badniks!" Sleet cried, "Doctor Robotnik wants this city conquered! For the glory of the doctor, for victory, and the destruction of that hedgehog!"
"Eh, Sleet?" Dingo raised a hand, "Maybe we should lead the charge and actually cause some mayhem instead of just backseat driving. Bet the docs wouldn't mind if we did that, eh?"
"Oh, Dingo, you twerp! YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE POST TO ACTUALLY FIGHT?!" Sleet yelled, "Uh, fine. We're still giving orders to the troops, but the doctors are still in command of this attack and we will do as they tell us. You got that? Alright..."
The bounty hunter grabbed his remote and aimed it at Dingo, pressing the shape-shift button that shot a laser out towards Dingo.
In a second, the beam struck the large dog and morphed him into the shape of a military motorcycle. Sleet slapped on an army hat and hopped on the Dingo-cycle, then he hit the gas and rode through the streets as he drew a blaster from his belt.
"BWA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAA!" Scratch cried at his command post, the parking lot of a hotel that the Badniks had just captured over an hour into the attack, "Oh, this is so glorious! I can't believe we Robotnik flunkeys are finally conquering a piece of the world for Doctor Robotnik!"
"Ha-ha! Yeah!" Grounder agreed as he sent out some Burrow-Bot Badniks to join the battle, "And no hedgehog is getting in our way!"
"YOU IDIOT!" Scratch slapped him on the head, "DON'T FORGET THAT THIS IS PART OF DOCTOR ROBOTNIK'S PLAN TO CATCH AND DESTROY THAT BLUE HEDGEHOG! It won't be long before we have him surrounded from ALL SIDES, just as the Eggman intended. AH-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAA! HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAA!"
From above, AoSTH Robotnik observed the progress of the invasion of the city from inside a shuttle above Westopolis alongside Underground Robotnik and Sat AM Robotnik, accompanied by a couple Egg Pawns they borrowed from Eggman alongside some Swat-Bots.
However, Mama Robotnik was on the deck, glaring at AoSTH Robotnik wordlessly, even though the villain didn't pay her much attention.
"Excellent..." Sat AM Robotnik purred, "...even without that hedgehog bound to appear, I say we've conquered nearly 80% of the city. And I had Mobotropolis conquered and converted to Robotropolis within one day, a pity we couldn't bring in a version of the Destroyer to change Westopolis into a cyber-utopia worthy of our genius!"
"Oh, how we are similar..." Underground Robotnik chuckled, "...But I didn't even get to toss the city's ruler into a void, unlike when you managed to do so, especially since she went on the run while you had him captured right away."
"And what do you intend to do when you capture Queen Aleena, Doctor Robotnik?" AoSTH Robotnik asked giddily.
"Once she has been captured and brought before me, I WILL MAKE ALL OF MOBIUS WATCH AS THEIR ONCE-RIGHTFUL RULER IS ROBOTICIZED, HER OFFSPRINGS' SPIRITS WILL BE CRUSHED AND THE RESISTANCE WILL CAPITULATE TO THE RULE OF ROBOTNIK!"
"When I rule Mobius... I will be hanging the hedgehog's head in the wall of my throne room as I begin my reign as the supreme dictator of the planet. AND ANY RESISTANCE WILL BE MET WITH PUNISHMENT BEYOND ANYTHING UNIMAGINABLE! Perhaps the Supreme High Robotnik will put those fools in their place, make them think BEFORE THEY ATTEMPT TO DENY MY RULE OVER THEM!"
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
Both Robotniks looked at the scanner, seeing a red dot approaching the city, which the computer indicated that it was Sonic coming to the besieged Westopolis. They were about to smile with glee, knowing that the attack had worked...
...only for the dots to multiply.
"I thought it was one, indicating Sonic!" AoSTH Robotnik remarked.
"But if there's multiple dots..." Underground Robotnik murmured, "...then either it means that Sonic is bringing his friends, or..."
"THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SONIC COMING!" Both Robotniks shouted.
"PREPARE FOR BATTLE, YOU NITWITS!" Mama Robotnik stepped in, smacking AoSTH Robotnik on the head while glaring at Sat AM and Underground Robotnik, "THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN, WE ATTACK AND THE HEDGEHOG COMES! OUR PLAN WILL SUCCEED! NOW, ALERT THE TROOPS!"
"Yes, Mama..." The Robotniks groaned, unable to believe they were taking orders from a female version of themselves.
As he sped towards Westopolis, Sonic looked up with wide eyes as he saw the smoke rising into the sky and heard the sounds of explosions. It was nothing like when Black Doom's forces had begun their invasion not long after Metal Overlord had been defeated, but it was nearly similar to the attack in Furtree Village.
Except this time, the hedgehog had back-up, in the form of nearly every Sonic from across the multiverse.
"Hope we're not too late for the party!" Boom Sonic quipped as he raced alongside Sonic, "But there's no doubt that this attack is part of some trap laid out by the Doc as part of some newly-planned attempt to destroy us."
"Well, the docs better be prepared, because they're messing with the wrong hedgehogs." Sonic said.
"HEDGEHOGS WITH ATTITUDE!" Sat AM Sonic yelled excitedly.
"Let's load and go!" Underground Sonic raised a guitar blaster.
"Guys, wanna determine who can bust the most robots?!" Movie Sonic called sarcastically.
"Hope we got our rings ready, because this is gonna be tough." Lego Sonic said.
"Focus, Sonics!" Sonic called.
The hedgehogs zipped into Westopolis, seeing the attacking robot models in seconds. Sonic signaled to his counterparts to split up, help as many people as they can, and bust up the Badniks.
Many of the hedgehogs split up, leaving Sonic with Classic Sonic as they blasted towards a pair of Egg Pawns and smashed through them, reducing them to scrap in seconds.
"HEDGEHOG, PRIORITY ONE!" A group of Egg Fighter-y robots buzzed.
"Can't catch me if you're too slow!" Sonic taunted.
"These guys may not be a ton like the robots from my world, but they're not so tough." Boom Sonic remarked as he blasted through a pair of Swatbots a few streets away from Sonic and Classic Sonic.
Sonic spin-dashed through an incoming group of bulky robots, knocking them over, and then veered right down an avenue right as he spotted a tall humanoid dog riding an orange motorcycle with the ugliest face ever.
Underground Sonic had warned him about those two on the way here, they were Sleet and Dingo, the latter being the one currently in motorcycle form.
"SONIC!" Sleet shouted.
"CAN'T CATCH ME, UGLY FACE!" Sonic yelled.
WHAM! He ran right into the bounty hunters, knocking Sleet off the Dingo bike before he could fire a ray gun, and causing Dingo to crash into a stop sign. Sonic lagged his finger at them before heading off to trash the robots alongside his counterparts, leaving Sleet and Dingo in dazed hazes in the streets.
Sonic spotted a chicken robot and a Burrow-Bot coming his way on a robotic tank, the gun aimed at him while the chicken let out a battle cry that sounded like odd clucking.
The speedster just rolled his eyes and ran right towards the tank, launching a homing attack that smashed the tank's wheels and damaged the gun all in one shot.
And then, in one charged spin-dash, he streaked through the tank and it collapsed to pieces, with Scratch and Grounder falling in the rubble before they could even act.
"I thought we had him!" Grounder wailed.
"I thought YOU had him!" Scratch snarled at his little brother.
"You stink at targeting!"
"OH YEAH! YOU STINK AT NOT STOPPING THE HEDGEHOG FROM WRECKING EVERYTHING, NO MATTER WHAT UNIVERSE WE'RE IN, YOU DRILL-FACED STOOGE-BOT!"
"You're the stooge-bot, Scratch. You're just as dumb and you have the most mentally-programmed laugh I've ever heard in our time serving the doctor."
"Say that again, you dumb-bell!"
"Man, some things just neeeeever change."
AoSTH Sonic had arrived on the avenue, dropping the head of a Swatbot that he'd just trashed, and the two Badniks turned to see him with wide eyes.
"How's it goin', Scratch and Grounder?" He said, "Looks like you need some help with the junk collection!"
The cartoon-y hedgehog launched into a spin-dash and blasted towards the two Badnik lackeys, who screamed, before AoSTH Sonic decapitated their heads and then raced off, leaving both Badniks in shambles.
"Does that mean I get to say it now?" Grounder asked.
"What, that you're sorry?" Scratch asked.
"Not that, you know how Robotnik starts screaming whenever we get beaten by Sonic every time? Man, I have always wanted to say it whenever he trashes us."
"If it makes us feel any better, go ahead and say it since he just trashed us!"
"Okay. Here comes the biggie!" Grounder screamed in a furious manner, "AHHHHHHHH! I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG! I HATE HIM! I HATE THAT SPIN-DASHING BLUE PORCUPINE IN WHITE AND BLUE! THAT RAGING ROADRUNNER, THAT ANNOYING SPEED LIMIT-BREAKING RODENT OF TROUBLE AND MISERY!"
'This is just sad.' Scratch thought with annoyance, 'How can the Sonic situation get any worse?'
In the command ship, AoSTH Robotnik was pulling his mustache with fury as he observed the situation on the monitor. "I CAN'T BELIEVE TWO OF THE SONICS JUST WIPED OUT YOUR BOUNTY HUNTERS AND MY SUPER-SONIC-SPECIAL-SEARCH-AND-SMASH-SQUAD!" He ranted furiously.
"At least those nitwits are still alive and didn't lose their heads!" Underground Robotnik thundered.
"FOCUS! ON! ANNIHILATING! THE HEDGEHOG!" Mama Robotnik yelled, smacking the two Robotniks with an umbrella, "WE'LL DEAL WITH YOUR GOONS LATER! HE'S COMING OUR WAY, NOW GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER AND QUIT THROWING TANTRUMS IF YOU WANT TO BEAT THAT HEDGEHOG TOGETHER!"
