Hello hello to all my adoring readers hope your month has been joyful and terrifying because this chapter is the dark start of the dreaded Metal Virus saga from Sonic IDW but with Archie Characters MWAAHAHAHAH!
"Finally and here I thought I'd never get here!" Said Tangle riding a bike down a hill as the lemur then hits the brakes and sees the workshop of one Miles Tails Prower.
"Tails's place is so cute I wonder if anyone's home."
Tangle places her bike somewhere nice and easy to find as she enters the house until he notices Rotor trying to mop away some of the metal on the floor.
While Sonic is also there on a hamster wheel running on it with the lemur completely baffled.
"Okay I have a lot of questions." Was all she said Rotor then threw the mop out of the room as it also became covered in the same liquid.
"Yo Tangle I'll be with ya in a sec cool?" Sonic said as he was running.
Tails was struggling to hold a lot of books as he said. "I had no clue you were coming to visit." Tangle shrugged at him.
"Me neither but then something happened and I had to tell you guys!" Rotor chuckled to her. "Okay okay just let us finish up a few things then you can tell us a lot's happened in a few hours."
"So this is what you guys do in your free time?" Using her tail to point to the giant hamster wheel before saying with a shrug. "Who am I kidding? The giant hamster wheel does look fun. Can I have a go after you?"
Sonic then said as some of the virus was now off him. "Sure don't think I'm able to infect metal stuff." Tails nodded as he checked the results. "You definitely can't Rotor and I tested that looks like your okay."
Sonic then gets off with a sigh of relief. "So you think that did the trick?" Rotor then looks at the paper. "Hard to say Sonic… Your run back from the mines did drive it into remission."
"Guess I cured myself piece of cake!" Sonic said but Tails shook his head as Tangle then said.
"Ah yeah newest ringtail in the Freedom fighters what's this about?" Sonic then said. "Right, let me bring you up to speed."
Sonic then said. "After our latest victory over Dr. Starline Tails finally crafted the wrap rings needed to travel places faster without the need of refuelling the Sky Patrol when Eggman's forces attack but however the rings were still in early development and Riley decided to take his teammates and Cassia along with him on his journey to find Aura's big brother Jason the falcon."
Tangle's eyes widened as she was worried. "Ooh Clove's not gonna enjoy hearing that news since she did leave her sister in team Mystic's care after our own adventure."
"It wasn't long after Eggman was nursed back to health and got back into the game he had Maw develop this gunk that's much different any Roboticizer he made in the past making anyone who comes in contact into zombie like robots which I call the "Zombots" I battled Rough and Tumble who were turned into zombots as it turns out their touch spreads the effect and I got infected."
Tangle then said. "Are you contagious?!" Rotor then shook his head. "That's one of the things we were testing but Sonic's speed managed to keep the virus at bay for the time being. It's a good thing Sally and Amy informed us of what went down in the mines."
Rotor then pulls out an image of the photo of the faceship Nicole managed to copy. "And this is his newest weapon to spread his Metal Virus everywhere in our world!"
Tails then said. "We should warn the other freedom fighters about finding these." Before sighing annoyed it was bad enough he had to track Team Mystic's location across the dimensions most likely going to scold their leader for pulling a reckless stunt but those infected by Eggman's newest weapon before looking at Tangle. "Zombots Eggman's robots attacked your village before whose to say he could target it again."
Tangle smiled at the thought before remembering something. "You guys aren't gonna believe what's been happening back at home, you're gonna enjoy hearing my story!"
"You've once again amazed me, doctor but this is absolutely wild! How did you manage to even build a new flying fortress so quickly?" Starline as he, Verma, Stone and Eggman were being lifted up somewhere.
"It's simple my dear Watson two things, the first is having an unparalleled genius such as my own and the second an sub division of bosses and egg armies within your army to do your bidding!"
Starline then said with a small shuckle. "I didn't even think badniks were that dexterous but you find many ways to astound my mind!"
Agent Stone then said as he handled Eggman his usual latte. "Some of the robots the doctor creates are meant for building and the others are meant for war against countless Freedom fighters across the globe. But the size of the Empire's forces is limited to construct the shells, round up any animals and use their life energy to power them up thus combing them the two into one."
Eggman then sits in a chair powered by the two Chaos Emeralds he had acquired by Starline as his application into the Eggman Empire. "But no matter what, that will be a thing of the past for what I'm about to unleash!"
Verma nodded to Eggman before saying. "Establish the formation Echo-5! Let's give the entire world a wake up call for dealing a blow to the doctor's pride." The shrew declared as was her tactical commander Cortana the badger who then said to Orbot and Cubot.
"Status?" Cortana asked as Orbot then said. "Initiating launch sequence now!" "Up, up and away!" Cubot declared as some shrew bots onboard also chimed in.
"Deflector shields online."
"Shrew bot drop zones prepared."
"Engines at full power!"
"Opening the launch bay door!" A hatch above them opened as the flagship of the Eggman Empire flew upwards into the sky Orbot then said.
"We have now reached cruising altitude. All systems are stable heading to your first target now."
Eggman then gets off the throne and says. "Well since it's gonna be a while before we arrive at our destination, why don't we take the time for a tour of the Faceship."
Verma chuckled then said with an eager grin. "Count me interested, dear doctor!" Starline laughed. "Me as well."
"Very well we first begin our tour with the two chaos emeralds our good friend Dr. Starline has acquired, maybe only two of the seven emeralds but once the other five have been acquired it will be more powerful the throne also doubles as a power generator to keep the entire flagship afloat."
"Face ship?" Starline said with a nervous grin as Verma had a deadpan look before the tour as they turned a corner to see Shrew bots being assembled.
"In this room was requested by Verma to create her own badnik army which she calls Shrew-bots." Agent Stone said while Decoe and Bocoe are seeing the creation of the robots in the background.
Verma then said to Starline taking over Eggman for this part of the tour. "A fusion of shrew and robots which I call Shrewbots programmed to obey my every will so far I was inspired by these Battle Droids in Chao in Space the possibility of creating my genius robots have no limits."
Verma then said with a smirk on her face. "Can you imagine an enforcer droid strike force programmed to destroy your enemies? The unlimited creation of robots is unrivalled once I design the greater models to come Comando Shrews to act as my body guards and Gorilla bots for warfare!"
Eggman then said. "That's the brilliance of my plan Starline." Before showing a sinister smirk. "I don't have to!"
Before arriving at the mouth of the Flagship along with some Shrew-bots being hanged ready to deploy at any moment.
"And here's where the Metal Virus and the Shrew-bots will be distributed to the world below us! Soon everything will be perfected. No more illness! No More hunger! And the best of all? No more free will!" Verma whistles before hearing Orbot on the speakers.
"We're coming over the drop zone now boss!" Eggman chuckled.
"Wonderful timing Orbot we were just finishing the tour! The batch of Metal Virus will pour on the poor unfortunate souls under us transforming its population instantly and they'll wander off in any direction…" As robots began pouring the liquid onto the mouth of the Flagship ready to launch on Eggman's orders.
A shrew bot hands Eggman a microphone. "Spreading the infection for me. I only need to make a few drops over some places, and the Zombots do the rest of the work for me!" Starline then said amazed by Eggman's work.
"This is brillant! S-so elegant! So efficient I always knew you were a visionary but to see you in action."
Verma then said. "So who's gonna be the first suckers to receive your gift doctor?" Eggman chuckled to the shrew.
"Isn't it obvious? The place where I began my conquest, in the beginning of my early career it went under the name of Robotropolis before Sonic and his goody goody friends took over and returned to its original name Mobotropolis!" Below them people in Knothole were panicking as people were running away.
As the king of acorn alongside his wife, his son Elias, Queen Aleena and Professor Charles the hedgehog all rushed outside to see what was happening as they saw the Flagship.
"Hello Knothole, did you miss me? Don't be shy now, I know you did." Eggman's voice reached out as Nigel then said. "Ivo you're alive?!"
Eggman sees his former friend on the balcony of the castle and says into the speakers. "Nigel my old friend did you really think after the Phantom Ruby Incident I would be gone? Nope I was nursed back to health and ready to continue my conquest after all you all took good care of me in my humble origins! As the old saying goes, "your majesty.""
Eggman then smirked. "NO GOOD EVER GOES UNPUNISHED!" Eggman shows a thumbs down as the flagship unleashes the Metal Virus onto its civilians.
As it began infecting all the people encasing them in steel which horrified King Acorn on what Eggman had unleashed as he witnessed his people being turned into soulless machines before the doors busted open. And out emerges Shrewbots blasting guards with the metal virus turning them into Zombots before the robots reloaded King Nigel slashed some shrew-bots with his energy sword as the shrewd-bots began blasting at the king but his shield protected from the liquid as he began slaying a bit but his luck ran out as one of the shrew bots came in close and tore off the energy bracelets which horrified him the moment he saw his energy sword and shield vanish as the shrewd bots pointed their guns at him before giving out.
"RUN!" To his family and to his friends before the metal virus conferred him into a Zombot and very soon the hedgehog and acorn royal families succumbed to the Metal Virus.
Hours passed as the entire city was infected as all in the kingdom became zombots.
"And like that the entire kingdom has fallen!" Verma said almost sombre as all resistance was squashed out from the planet.
"It's over just like that." Starline said speechless before laughing in almost joy. "I was always told as a boy to never meet your heroes but you lived up to your legend!"
Agent Stone smiled as he handed Eggman a microphone. "The Doctor sure does!" Eggman then speaks into it. "Attention my Grim glittering garrison! Head out into the world and share what I've given you! Be fruitful and terrorise MWAHAHAHA!"
"ROGER ROGER!" The Shrew bots in the area shouted before marching out as with Zombots following from behind moving out of the peaceful kingdom of Knothole as the now zombot King Acorn placed his hand onto a tree as it slowly began to be encased in steel.
"Wow and Whisper along with the others are okay with that?" Tangle nodded and said. "Yep! See what you missed while you're off trying to get the robo flu? Sorry that was tacky."
She then said, "So what's the next step?" Tails then explained. "Not sure. Sally and Amy found evidence that Eggman had built a flying fortress most likely to send out the mechanazing agent."
Rotor then came over and said. "I think we may be a bit behind schedule." They look at the walrus who said. "That was a distress beacon in Knothole before they saw this battleship and it turned the entire nation into these Zombots."
Sonic and Tails gasped that Eggman had launched his latest weapon making it airborne, Tangle then said. "Well if we find that battleship and where it'll strike next give me a shout I look forward to wrecking Eggman's toys!"
Sonic got off his seat. "Yeah, let's send old egghead packing!" Before he realised he couldn't high five Tangle due to being infected as the lemur fell flat on her face.
"No worries! Totally meant to fall on my face!" Said Tangle Rotor then said as he folded his arms. "You know it's a good thing that Team Mystic did Tails's rings otherwise they would be along to ride with us." Tails nodded before going over to Sonic.
"Seems the virus is still on you but it seems your speed can burn it off and keep it in check but not fully cure it you need to let me and Nicole run some models."
Sonic then shook his head. "Eggman's newest weapon isn't gonna find itself!" Before heading over to the door. "You know what, I'll start the search. I'll let you guys know when I find it."
"Sonic!" Tails and Rotor shouted as the hedgehog left with both the fox and walrus sighing. "I better make contact with the other Freedom Fighters that Knothole got hit with Eggman's newest weapon and have them get in contact with every freedom fighter across the entire globe." With that he left as Tangle then said coming over to Tails.
"Hey chin up I'm sure Sonic will be okay because you're gonna find a cure." Tails nodded. "Thanks Tangle."
Sonic sighed in relief as he thought to himself. "Too close! I really need to keep my distance and keep my friends safe!" Sonic then began to ponder.
"It's totally strange! Normally it's always "Eggman does this thing, I show up and stop said things, rinse, wash and repeat" But yet however we're aware of each other, yet feels detached this isn't like the last time he did something and that was before the whole Super Genesis Wave."
Sonic then looks at his arms still covered in metal remembering the time he was a werehog and that time he took a flaming arrow to the chest to save a genie from Erazor Djinn. "I'm not used to being a liability. Maybe If I pushed myself to the limit I might be able to cure myself save Nicole and Tails the hassle. And besides I've dealt with something similar like this before even as a Werehog we got this I know we do!"
Sonic then said out loud. "Totally sure after all the Freedom Fighters won't let that happen!"
As the sun began to set over the deserted Kingdom of Knothole the tree that was touched became infected as a flicky became a zombot before flying off to the nearest city.
Seaside City.
The Zombot saga has now begun with the dreaded Metal Virus unleashed upon the world will the Freedom Fighters be able to overcome only time will time I was also worried that I wasn't gonna write for a while but there's only one way to go and that's up that is for sure I hope you guys have an amazing Halloween
