Dark Tidings

(Theme song - Pokemon Journeys: The Series (Season 23) - English Dub Opening)

(Abigail's POV)

Amy: Sonic . . . The cheering . . .

Sonic: It's not for us.

Crowd: RAH! RAH! HORRAY FOR NAUGUS, OUR HERO!

*We all watched in horror as almost every Mobian in New Mobotropolis & Knotehole cheered for Naugus as their hero, although we wasn't looking to pleased with it*

Ixis Naugus:*fake laughing* Do you see New Mobotropolis and Knotehole? I can protect you from Dr. Eggman. Tell me . . . Who should be your hero?

Crowd: YOU!

*Geoffrey turned to King Nigel, who was standing in the crowd with Alicia, Elias, Megan, & Alexis as Naugus jumped down*

Geoffrey St. John: It seems the people have spoken, Your Majesty. My Master would like to reclaim his original position as Royal Wizard to the Kingdom of Acorn. As you recall, he served you loyally until you both, along with your wife, were banished to the Void.

King Nigel Acorn: Then what was all that talk about him becoming King?

Geoffrey St. John: Merely a jest, Your Highness. After all, the place of the Royal Wizard is at the King's side, not the throne.

*Suddenly, Sonic got in between both of them*

Sonic: No, no, no! Have you all lost your minds!? Naugus is the bad guy!

Geoffrey St. John: We can choose the Council. We should choose our heroes.

*The crowd agreed with him*

Sonic: You want to shake things up when the Death Egg is flying around!? You really want to do this when Sally's been roboticized!?

*The eyes of the Royal Family went wide when they heard that*

Elias: . . . What?

*The crowd began to look scared*

Citizen #1: Princess Sally's . . . Gone?

Citizen #2: Roboticized!?

Citizen #3: But I thought . . .

Citizen #4: Who's going to lead . . . !?

*Elias grabbed Sonic by the shoulders*

Elias: What do you mean "roboticized"? That technology isn't supposed to work anymore!

Sonic: I'm . . . I'm sorry, Elias. I don't know what to tell you. Eggman did something, the world blanked out for a second, and now roboticizers work, I guess. Sally . . . She saved us by destroying it, but . . .

*While Sonic was explaining everything to the Royal Family, I was hugging Huck & crying*

Abigail:*in her mind* This is Enerjak all over again. And it's all my fault, again. Sonic and the others are going to blame me. I just know it.

*I then turned back too that Sonic & Naugus had gotten into a fight about who is the rightful hero of New Mobotropolis & Knotehole. Just then, the King stepped in*

King Nigel Acorn: Alright, enough. What's done is done. Let's focus on one problem at a time. Sonic, we'll figure out a plan to save my daughter after we get this whole "Royal Wizard" mess sorted out. Naugus. Geoffrey. Let us discuss this further with the Council*

Ixis Naugus: Yes, Your Majesty.

*The Royal Family went back to the castle, Alicia in tears, Naugus & Geoffrey right behind them, & the crowd dispersed, leaving me & Freedom Fighters alone*

Amy: Sonic! What do we do now?

Tails: We need a plan to save Sally!

Sonic: Yeah . . . I think I've got something. You guys fill in the Council and everyone else about Sally and the Death Egg. *he then scooped me up in his arms, bridal style* Abby and I'll handle the rescue plan.

Tails: But, Sonic . . . *Sonic zoomed away, me holding on to him tightly* You and Abby were the only ones on the Death Egg.

Amy: We don't know the details . . .

(Third-Person POV)

*As soon as they were alone, waiting outside the Council room at Acorn Castle, Naugus turned to Geoffrey*

Ixis Naugus: What on Mobius was that!? I thought the plan was to put me on the throne as King!

Geoffrey St. John: Yes, that was the plan. But unfortunately, because the fear among the citizens has weakened since the concert, your spell didn't deliver the results we had hoped for and since everything in this city is decided by the public's opinion, I'm afraid we don't really have a choice but to go along with this arrangement.

Ixis Naugus: So all that grandeur was for nothing!

Geoffrey St. John: Not necessarily.

*Geoffrey looked confused*

Ixis Naugus: What do you mean?

Geoffrey St. John: With your status as Royal Wizard restored, you can get close to the King.

*An evil smile grew on Naugus's face as he heard this new plan*

Ixis Naugus: Yes . . . And once I've completely earn his trust again, I'll also have the Council under my thumb. And once their guard is completely down, I'll get rid of them all. And once I am King, my first act will be to order Abigail Catz to give me her pendant. With it's powers in my grasp no one will ever stand in my way again, not even that Quickster!

(Abigail's POV)

*We zoomed all the way to Freedom HQ. As soon as we got to the science lab, he put me down & went to one of the computers*

Sonic: Yo, Nicole! Patch us through to Angel Island! We need to see Knuckles! And while you're at it, the city needs to be patched up, y'know?

*She didn't answer*

Abigail: Nicole? Are you in there?

*Suddenly, words appeared on the screen*

I am here. I was in the handheld on the Death Egg. That was my original body. It's gone now. I was there when Sally sacrificed herself. She was my best friend. She's gone now.

*Both of us were saddened when we saw this*

Sonic: Listen, we're going to get Sally back. But we need to get in touch with Knuckles to do that. Tell him to open a Warp Ring to Freedom HQ, okay?

*Still, she didn't say anything*

Abigail: Nicole, can't you at least talk to us. We want to hear your voice. Not see words on a screen.

*Just then, a Warp Ring opened behind us*

Sonic: Er . . . Thanks. Look, we'll talk when we get back, okay? Nicole? We'll talk.

*We went through the Ring & found ourselves at the Master Emerald Shrine on Angel Island. Knuckles, Charmy, & Julie-Su were waiting for us*

Julie-Su: There they are. Am I done playing operator now?

Knuckles: Sure. Thanks, Su.

Sonic: Just the Echidnas we wanted to see! Dude, we need a Warp Ring!

Knuckles: Mighty and Ray took one . . .

Charmy: . . . And send us letters through it!

Knuckles: . . . And you two just stepped through the spare. What's up?

Abigail: Well, it's like this . . .

*Sonic & I took turns explaining what happened*

*When we finished, Knuckles was less than happy*

Knuckles:*to Sonic* YOU LET HER GET ROBOTICIZED . . . AND THEN YOU LET EGGMAN GET AWAY WITH HER!?

Sonic: Yeah, Genius, I just let it happen!

Knuckles: And when were you going to tell us about the Death Egg!?

Sonic: You're on a flying island! You'd see it coming?

Julie-Su: Easy, Knux . . .

Abigail: Sonic, calm down . . .

Sonic: Look, just loan us the Warp Ring so we can hop over, find Sally, and bring her back safely.

Knuckles: No way! That's a bad idea.

Sonic: What do you mean, it's - !?

Knuckles: One - You have to know exactly where you're going to use it! Two - If he hid the whole Death Egg from you, then who knows what else he's got hidden in there? And three - If you bungle this, Eggman could get the Warp Ring and use it against us!

*While the boys were fighting, Julie-Su shrugged in & then looked at me. I caught her eye & then she looked away. Neither of us had said a word to each other since the Enerjak fiasco*

Sonic: If this was about finding all your Ancestors, you'd be all for it!

Julie-Su: You think it's so simple!? For one thing, we were told what happened to the Brotherhood! So we tried to use a Warp Ring to rescue them . . . But even though we knew where to go, it wouldn't transport us. Dr. Finitevus invented them, so he must have some special way of getting them to work between Zones. Even if it had worked, we'd have no idea what dangers were on the other side. That was my point then, and it still applies now.

*While she was explaining, Knuckles sat down on the steps of the shrine*

Knuckles: So it look like we both have to be patient until a opportunity arises.

Sonic: Forget it. We'll figure something else out.

*The Warp Ring we used reopened & Sonic went through. I turned back to Knuckles, Julie-Su, & Charmy*

Abigail: Sorry, for wasting your time, guys.

*When I stepped back through the Ring, I saw Sonic talking to Tails*

Sonic: To see how useless Knuckles is. What's wrong now?

Abigail: Sonic! Knuckles is trying his best!

Tails: Antoine just arrested Geoffrey for treason!

Sonic: Really!?

*I was surprised when I heard this too. I knew Geoffrey had it coming, but I didn't the new "Royal Wizard/Protector of New Mobotropolis & Knotehole" would allow it. Suddenly, Ben Muttski ran into the room*

Ben Muttski: Sonic! Tails! Miss Abigail! Emergency!

*As soon as Ben finished telling us what was happening, we ran back to the city & stopped at the half destroyed Stadium. We all looked up & a feeling of dread began to grow in my stomach*

Mobian: What now!?

Mobian #2:*to her husband* We have to move out of this city!

Mobian #3: Naugus! Naugus will save us!

Sonic: Are you getting a sense of deja vu?

Tails: More than you know. I hoped I wouldn't see these guys again for a long time.

Rotor: I'll get Nicole to raise the city's defenses.

Tails: I better see if I can get the X Tornado up and running!

*He ran off*

Sonic: First those Ixis jerks Naugus and St. John stink up the city, then Eggman tries to wipe us out of existence. For Sally's sake, we're gonna take these turkeys down before they torch the town! BRING IT ON BATTLE BIRDS!

*Up in the sky, above the city, was an army of Battle Birds*