Chapter Ten:

Three Angry Eggmen, a Mama Robotnik and Several Sonics


He blasted through another legion of enemy Badniks, liberating another occupied street corner of the city, slowing down just enough for a group of hiding citizens to give their thanks to the speedy blue hedgehog.

He knew there were likely a ton of folks in a state of confusion, especially since there was more than one version of him running around the city. And undoubtedly, he was right when Classic Sonic ran by no sooner than Sonic had passed by, with a couple people making remarks such as "how did he get shorter".

The speedster watched as a pillar of fire appeared near the city's southeast avenue, melting a pair of Egg Pawns and Swatbots in seconds just as she appeared.

Blaze flashed Sonic a thumbs up and dodged a laser streak from one of the robots, then she sent him flying with a flame tornado by the snap of a finger. Sonic grinned, having not forgotten that Blaze was with him and the other Sonics.

Racing at lightning speed through the besieged avenues, the hedgehog curled into a Spin-Dash, knocking over an Egg Fighter along with a Swatbot coming his way, taking them out of the fight completely as they popped apart and deactivated.

"I blasted sixty Swatbots!" Underground Sonic called as he ran by, firing his guitar blaster.

"Nothing I can't handle!" Myrule Sonic yelled as he appeared, his sword held high.

Sonic raced down another district until he was in town square, within kilometers of Westopolis City Hall. He launched himself at a pair of Egg Pawns, smashing them to pieces on the street, and then disassembled the nearby Swatbots just as every single one of his counterparts arrived on the block.

Sonic stepped aside, letting the others take care of the rest.

"So, where's Eggman?" Boom Sonic asked, "I haven't seen him yet. In fact, are they all here? Is it one of them or is it a pair of Eggman's variations."

"Does it matter, guys?" AoSTH Sonic held up the head of a trashed Swatbot and toyed with it casually, "Oh man, these guys were way different back home. And yet, no matter what universe, the robots are still a big joke that can be spin-dashed in seconds."

"Losing focus here!" Movie Sonic said, "But the robot models should be a clue as to which version of the doc is attacking!"

"Yeah..." Sonic nodded, "We got Egg Pawns, Swatbots, Egg Fighters and I saw Scratch, Grounder, Sleet and Dingo. If I were to guess, my Eggman is attacking along with Goofy Cartoon Robotnik #1, Not-so Goofy Julian Robotnik and Goofy Cartoon Robotnik #3.

"One has Scratch and Grounder, the other has those bounty hunters with the red-blue Swatbots and the other has the white Swatbots..."

"AND WE'RE REALLY ANGRY!"

A robotic shuttle flew in, lights shining down upon Sonic and the others. Myrule Sonic raised his sword, Underground Sonic prepped his guitar blaster, and Classic Sonic stood next to his future self in a combat-ready stance alongside most of the other Sonics.

The shuttle came closer and Sonic looked through the window, seeing three of the Robotniks that he'd encountered in the village. No, not just three, FOUR Robotniks. One of them was wearing a dress and a hat.

"Hey, buttheads!" AoSTH Sonic yelled, "It looks like your invasion is toast! So, where's the head-honcho behind your alliance? Is he afraid to come out? Did you decide to break off, steal some Eggman tech to use with your own tech? You guys don't have a chance and neither of your Stormtroopers can hit the broad side of a barn even with their target practice experience."

"Yeah, you got a Burnbot somewhere for us to trash?!" Boom Sonic chimed in, adding to the snark, "I bet you got a lame Claw-bot or a pretty stupid Bash-Up Bot in the wings somewhere. Can't wait to send the rest of your goons to the multiversal junkyard real soon!"

"SHUT THE JABBERING, YOU INSOLENT BLUE ROAD-RUNNING BUFFOONS!" AoSTH Robotnik shouted over a P.A system, "WE'RE HERE TO VAPORIZE YOUR SPINY PINGAS INTO OBLIVION FOR GOOD!"

"Hey, Doc Cartoon Nose!" Sonic called, "You keep using that word, but you said it means nothing, so why keep saying it when you don't understand what you think it means if you said that it doesn't mean anything?!"

"THE MEANING OF PINGAS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" A female voice yelled, it had to be the odd female version of Robotnik, "BUT THE FACT THERE IS MORE OF YOU IS INCONCEIVABLE!"

"And we're gonna roast you back to your home-worlds, butt-heads!" Underground Sonic called.

"Hey, Eggheads!" Myrule Sonic called in a somewhat serious voice as he held his sword high, "Do you fear us?!"

"Attention, Sonics!" Sat AM Robotnik took to the microphone, "Your quips mean nothing to us and your numbers don't matter, especially in the seconds you have left before we vaporize you and establish our dominance over the town you call Westopolis.

"After you're both gone, we will be roboticizing the population. NOW BE SILENT AND SURRENDER AS YOU FACE YOUR DEMISE!"

The shuttle began opening fire and the hedgehogs dodged, Blaze appeared on the side of the street and threw a fireball at the ship, but the pilots swerved out of the way and began firing on the newly-reappeared cat princess.

Blaze leaped into the air to avoid the enemy fire and ducked just as Swatbot shuttles flew in, firing on her and the other Sonics' positions.

"NEW TARGET UNRECOGNIZABLE!" A Swatbot buzzed in one of the shuttles, "BEHAVIORAL INDICATION THAT FEMALE IS ALLY OF HEDGEHOG! CAPTURE, CAT! PREPARE FOR ROBOTICIZATION!"

Blaze launched herself at the incoming shuttles and unleashed a fire storm, wiping out the ships along with the robots. However, a pair of Swatbots escaped into the streets, only to get trashed by Sonic and Classic Sonic.

Bursts of laser fire rained down as the Robotniks' shuttle flew over, with AoSTH Robotnik laughing, and a troop of Egg Pawns arrived on the scene with lasers in hand. Boom Sonic rushed over and smashed them to bits, tore off one of their heads, and then threw it at the passing shuttle despite it doing nothing.

More Swatbots entered the fray, shooting at the blue streaks from all sides. Movie Sonic ducked behind a car, closed his eyes and leaped into the air as a powerful aura of energy emitted from his body.

He tucked himself up into a ball as his powers charged up and then he threw his very being at the incoming robots, obliterating them in seconds.

"WHAT POWER IS THAT?!" Underground Robotnik shouted.

"Something... I would be delighted to study..." Sat AM Robotnik purred.

"AFTER THE HEDGEHOGS ARE SMOKING CARCASSES!" Mama Robotnik yelled, smacking him on the head with a stick.

AoSTH Robotnik growled evilly. "Okay, hedgehogs..." He said, "GET A LOAD OF THIS! You two might want to strap in for this move, because what comes next will certainly be special for the hedgehogs' destruction."

The cartoonish would-be dictator slapped a button and mechanical seatbelts tightened around Sat AM Robotnik and Underground Robotnik, then AoSTH Robotnik slammed the pedal and took the controls, streaking up into the air.

He grinned maniacally and twisted the steering, sending the shuttle in for a spin, while Mama Robotnik yelled as she was thrown around by the gravity.

"What the heck are they doing?" Boom Sonic asked as he briefly turned away from smashing a robot, seeing what was going on up above.

"I doubt they're retreating..." Blaze remarked as she observed, "Be careful, they're up to something!"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU IDIOT?!" Mama Robotnik yelled as she was thrown around by the G-Forces generated by the way AoSTH Robotnik piloted the shuttle.

"Well, someone didn't strap in..." Sat AM Robotnik sneered.

"Doctor?" AoSTH Robotnik smiled encouragingly at his counterpart, pointing to the dashboard.

Sat AM Robotnik slammed a button and the door behind them opened, causing Mama Robotnik to fall into the back of the shuttle. Underground Robotnik tilted the ship and then pressed another button, opening a hatch in the back, and Mama Robotnik fell out of the shuttle, falling towards the streets of Westopolis below.

"NO SON OF MINE IS GOING TO TREAT ME LIKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSS?!" She screamed.

On the shuttle, AoSTH Robotnik pushed down on the throttle, sending the shuttle down in a nose-dive, streaking right past the falling Mama Robotnik and right towards the streets below. Underground Robotnik chuckled and squeezed the trigger, firing lasers down towards the hedgehogs.

Down below, Sonic, Classic Sonic and their counterparts ducked as the lasers rained down and they looked up in time to see the shuttle streaking towards them like a kamikaze.

And they could hear both Robotniks laughing maniacally, they must have snapped seeing multiple Sonics trash their forces and were now going for the big one.

And on top of that, they could see a glimpse of the female Robotnik falling, screaming furiously all the way down until Boom Sonic zipped in, leaped off of a car and caught her in his arms before crashing into the pavement with the odd dress-clad, hat-wearing mustached woman on him.

"OW, OW, OW! Your quills are sharp!" Mama Robotnik yelled as she climbed off Boom Sonic.

"Jeeze, and Mombot was way nicer than you..." The bandana-wearing hedgehog groaned.

"ENOUGH WITH YOUR SNARK, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'RE FROM, NO HEDGEHOG IS GOING TO HUMILIATE A ROBOTNIK AND THEN INSULT ME AFTER SAVING ME!" Mama Robotnik swung a broken stop sign at the speedster.

"And your appearance almost reminds me of Lady Walrus, who has issues with her baby ending up in trouble, except she was nicer than you despite the occasional 'turning on me alongside the other villagers on a dime' that often happens."

"CAN YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?! FOR FIVE MINUTES?!" Mama Robotnik roared.

The shuttle roared closer, the other Sonics prepared themselves and then launched into a homing attack as the ship closed the distance. Movie Sonic unleashed a torrent of his energy, flinging himself at the front alongside Sonic and AoSTH Sonic.

They smacked into the shuttle, sending it off course towards a building, and Underground Sonic opened fire with his guitar blaster.

KA-WHAM! The smoking, damaged shuttle spiraled out of control, its laser system offline, and crashed into the street corner where Mama Robotnik was at, missing her by an inch, right as Boom Sonic zipped out of the way.

"Oh no!" Scratch cried as he entered the vicinity on a wheelchair, pushed by Grounder.

"Here comes the screaming..." Sleet and Dingo groaned as they limped into view.

The shuttle door burst open and the still-alive AoSTH Robotnik emerged with Sat AM Robotnik and Underground Robotnik, shaken by the crash, and shaking with rage.

"I HATE THESE HEDGEHOGS!" AoSTH Robotnik raged, "THOSE ROBOT-WRECKING, SPIN-DASHING SPIKE-COVERED TWERPS, THOSE INSOLENT ROAD-RUNNING FUN-WRECKING PORCUPINES OF TERROR! WE HAD A GOOD PLAN, BUT MORE THAN ONE SONIC CAME?! WHY? WHY? WHY?"

"Oh, this is far from the end!" Sat AM Robotnik growled, "We're not finished with this yet, you insolent rodents. By the time we've finished, everyone you ever cared about, WILL BE DUMPED INTO THE ROBOTICIZER AND DEPRIVED OF ALL FREE-WILL!"

"YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE LAST OF THE MULTIVERSE'S CONQUERORS AND THE SUN WILL SOON RISE ON AN ERA WHERE WE REIGN EVERYWHERE!" Underground Robotnik shook his fist.

"Doctors!" Sleet whipped out a remote and fired a beam at Sleet, morphing him into a large helicopter.

The three Robotniks glared at Sonic one more time and then made a break for the helicopter with Scratch, Grounder and Sleet, the villains got inside and the helicopter took off, leaving Westopolis while Mama Robotnik leaped onto the side, her fist shaking with rage.

"LET ME IN HERE, AT ONCE!" She yelled, "I AM VERY ASHAMED IN BOTH OF YOU, HOW DARE YOU TOSS YOUR MOTHER OUT OF THE SHUTTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF BATTLE?! WE LOST THIS FIGHT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID? ARE YOU LISTENING? I'M ON YOUR TEAM AND I AM YOUR MOTHER! HEY! HEY! DO YOU HEAR ME?! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE..."

"I guess that's all for now, folks..." AoSTH Sonic shrugged, watching the villains retreat with the rest of the Sonics.

"Hopefully, no one was badly hurt." Sonic remarked.

"Dude, we got here in time, didn't we?" Boom Sonic pat Sonic on the shoulder, "We smashed robots, kicked some Eggman, and sent the villains retreating. I think this calls for some chili-dogs at Tails' place before the next attack. And usually, we'd go to Meh Burger, but that doesn't seem to exist in this universe."

"Sonic!"

The Sonics watched as Tails and his counterparts came in for landing, their tails spinning until they had touched down. Sonic saw the look on his little buddy's face and hugged him, realizing the mistake; He and the other Sonics were so fast, they left their buddies in the dust and never gave them the time to help in the action.

But then again, things were fine, and there was always a next time for when the sidekicks could see action with the big leagues too...