Before I get started I might be a little late to say, BUT SONIC 3 IS PEEEEEAAAAAAAAK!
So is Shadow Generations!
Need Silver to have a year now, he needs it more than anyone.
Sasha sipped her tea while watching Amy play with the kids in the living room from the kitchen.
Though the time the hybrid had spent here was short, Amy's impact was extremely prominent.
Even though the girl wasn't a monster, Sasha felt that the girls' being cared for by someone similar to them brought an air that Sasha herself couldn't.
"Amy," Sasha called out to the pinkette, "Why don't you take the girls upstairs? It's nap time."
All children present collectively groaned.
"But we're not tired." A werewolf whined before yawning.
Amy laughed, "Come now. Let's get you all in bed and we'll play more later."
""Okay~""
As Amy led the kids upstairs Sasha stared with warmth, 'This would be for the best. Only a Mamono can truly take care of them.' She needed for this invasion to go through.
For everyone's sake.
.
.
.
"My my~ what an interesting expression."
Suddenly the air around her changed becoming ominous. Sasha looked down at the chair opposite her, nervousness prevalent.
Sitting there, was Druella's right hand- Kuroferuru of the Black Mud.
"...Lady Kuroferuru." Cold professionalism was heard in the nun's tone.
The Baphomet pouted at the tone, "Mou~ I told you to call me Kuro."
Sasha's neutral expression never changed, "We are merely allies."
A sly grin made its way onto Kuroferuru's lips, "But after everything you did for us I would assume we would be good friends."
"...What is it that you need?" Sasha curtly asked.
"Why must you wound me so?" The Baphomet whined before becoming serious, "The invasion is soon to happen. Just want to make sure you're not getting cold feet."
Sasha scoffed at the idea, "I am the one who approached. I will not be swayed so easily."
"Yes, I understand. You are a hero of the Order so better safe than sorry." Kuroferuru grinned, "Though, there is also the news about some... key individuals."
That made Sasha look confused.
"There seems to be a sudden appearance of certain 'monsters' with mana instead of demonic energy." The description made the nun's eyes widen, "The ones we have accounted for so far are two... handsome men~" Kuroferuru pulled out two papers and placed them on the table.
Sasha's eyes scanned over the pictures taking note that the two had a similar look to her new companion. The simplistic animalistic features and strange clothes made it evident that they were the same.
Yet she couldn't help but be shocked as she was looking at male monsters in this lifetime.
"I wanted to come by and see if you had any information on them." Kuroferuru tilted her head with a small smirk.
Before answering, Sasha picked up her tea and gave a long sip, "I have not found anyone fitting that description."
The Baphomet stared at the retired hero for a bit seeing if she would waver or give any signs of lying.
She did not.
Sighing, Kuroferuru floated out of her chair, "Fine. I just wanted to make sure." She stretched around with a grin, "Tell the kiddies I said hello."
Placing down her cup Sasha gave a nod, "I will."
Kuroferuru began to leave but stopped confusing the nun. The monster slowly turned her head before looking at the hero with a playful expression.
"Did you really think I wouldn't notice?"
The vibe became dark making Sasha stiffen.
Thump!
"Ah!"
Sasha looked over to the doorway connecting the kitchen and the living room to see Amy being held down by black tendrils.
"Oh my~ a Mamono with mana!" Kuroferuru's smile widened, "And what a cutie."
"Amy!" Sasha stood up quickly.
"Amy? My that's a pretty name~" Kuroferuru floated to the downed Mobian and wiggled her finger akin to a parent scolding a child, "You do know that it's rude to eavesdrop, right?"
"Lady Kuroferuru, please she doesn't have-"
"Ah ah ah~" The Right hand of the Fourth looked at Sasha with a blank expression, "If there's one thing I hate more than eavesdroppers, it's liars. So be quiet and sit tight."
RIP~
"Hm?" The sound of something ripping made Kuroferuru turn back to Amy as the girl tore off her constraints before- "Where did that hammer come from?"
"HACHA!"
PIKO!
Dodging the hammer swing at the last second Kuroferuru looked shocked at the sheer strength of the delicate-looking girl as the house shook from the impact of the attack. Jumping back she grinned as the human and 'monster' rallied, "How fun~ I never met anyone with strength like yours. Not even Heroes." She scratched her chin in wonder, "I bet those other two will be full of surprises too."
Sasha looked at the hedgehog-hybrid with worry, "Amy, I'm sorry but-"
"Yeah yeah save it for later." The hammer-wielding damsel gripped her hammer as her eyes steeled, "Let's worry about this first."
"I understand, but this is all a mis-"
BOOOOM!
Everyone stopped what they were doing as the wall in the kitchen exploded with wood and dust. A figure was flung in between the three making them look down in surprise.
A Kunoichi laid their batter and broken looking weakly at the Baphomet.
"Lady Kuroferuru..." The mamono mumbled before passing out.
"Hmph, attacking me out of the blue yet you can't even finish what you started."
The three women took note of the new voice, being male, echoed through the house.
The two natives didn't recognize the voice but did feel the immense power of whoever it was.
However, Amy knew exactly who the voice belonged to.
Stepping out of the dust and wiping dirt off his jacket with a scowl was none other than-
"SHADOW!"
A few minutes ago...
Shadow teleported right outside the area where Amy was supposed to be. Looking around he looked at his wrist as a holographic map appeared pinging a location.
Putting it away the Ultimate Lifeform began walking forward with a bit of pep in his step before ending up near a run-down house. Stopping, he closed his eyes and sighed.
"I'm not privy to being followed so show yourself." Shadow spat out in annoyance.
Suddenly several Kunoichi appeared surrounding the artificial Mobian.
"...You're face is similar to a certain individual." One of the mamono commented, "Yet besides that and your build you don't resemble him at all."
"I'm assuming you mean Sonic?" Shadow crossed his arms, "It seems that fool has already made himself known. What a pain."
"Even if you aren't him we must take you with us for... questioning~" The way she finished that sentence and the giggling from the other kunoichi made it clear they had alternative motives.
Letting his hands sag to his side Shadow balled his fist, "I'm not interested."
Every kunoichi pulled out their weapons, "We weren't asking."
Orange energy cracked along the GUN agent's fist.
"I don't care."
Shadow looked over at Amy, "Just the person I was looking for." He also took note of the other two, "Seems I'm interrupting something."
Sasha stared at the hedgehog-hybrid with wide eyes. Even though she was shown the prospect of male monsters earlier, seeing it in person was mind-boggling. It was also the fact that this mana she felt from him was incredibly more powerful than Amy's.
Yet that wasn't the only thing she felt.
And Kuroferuru felt it as well.
The Baphomet's eyes widened as her throat became dry. A union that should be impossible even with the Incubus they recruit.
This man was the perfect fusion between humans and monsters.
Unlike the others, he not only had mana but also-
"Demonic energy," Kuroferuru mumbled to herself. Immediately she stretched her hand out and shot out several tendrils with the intent to restrain.
"Hn." With ease Shadow weaved between the tendrils, before jumping between the two females, "I won't ask about the details, but we gotta go."
Amy wasn't in agreement with the action, "We can't leave-"
"We will and we must." He grabbed Amy's and Sasha's arms, looking at the human seriously, "You're coming too."
"Wha-" Before Sasha could even process what was going on-
Zip!
The three vanished in an orange flash.
Kuroferuru looked at the spot the three once occupied before scowling, "Damn!" Anger flashed in her eyes.
She had found more key suspects and a true union between humans and monsters just to lose them like that.
"Don't think you can hide~" A wide grin stretched her face, "We'll find you. This only delays the inevitable."
First, she needed to make sure the word spread about these two new individuals. More people like them could bring breakthroughs to Mamono kind.
Kuroferuru looked up to the stairs as shadows slowly descended the steps. Another issue she had forced upon her was.
She had children to care for.
"WOOOO!"
Blasting through Viscera using his boost to knock Mamono away, Sonic looked behind him making sure Jericho was still there. Looking ahead the Mobian skidded to a stop making the boy halt the carriage.
"Ah, you have gotta be kidding me." Jericho groaned as a wall of monsters appeared in front of the two.
"Looks like it's not gonna be that easy." Despite being outnumbered Sonic couldn't help but smirk, "This is gonna be fun."
Jerich scowled at his companion, "We have very different definitions of fun."
"Blue Devil of the Wind," A Witch called out, "For crimes against the Demon Lord's Army you are under arrest. Please come quietly or else we will have to use force~"
"Hehe, that's a pretty cool alias. Might steal that one." Sonic mumbled to himself before accusingly pointing his finger at the Mamono, "On what charges!?"
All present looked behind the two males at the knocked-out monsters that lay in the path of destruction. The witch looked at Sonic blankly, "Should I add my companions you bulldozed through?"
That made him roll his eyes, "I'm soooorry that I put the beat down on some crazy chicks trying to take over a town." Sonic apologized with his voice laced with sarcasm, "Is that good enough for ya?"
Jericho leaned over to the hybrid, "Er Sonic, are you sure we should antagonize them while being surrounded?"
Sonic held a finger up, "Hush Jerry I'm doing a thing."
"How rude!" the witch gasped before smirking. "Let's see how long that bravado can last." She was about to signal an attack, which made both tense up.
The witch gave waved her hand signaling for an attack.
Yet nobody moved confusing both Sonic and Jericho.
The confusion didn't last.
"AH SONIC!"
Turning around the blue blur's eyes widened as a harpy snatched up the adventurer with impressive speed, already in the air.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic jumped up and was bout to hit the harpy with a homing attack only to realize one thing.
The Mamono was using Jericho as a shield.
"What the heck!?" Sonic landed at his original position glaring at the rising monster, "Now that's playing dirty!"
The witch then gave another signal, "Get him!" Immediately the many monsters rushed the teen.
That didn't make Sonic falter as he got into a fighting stance, "Don't get cocky." Zooming forward he jumped up and used the incoming monsters as a springboard straight to Jericho. Holding his hand out Sonic grabbed the human's leg, "Gotcha!" The sudden weight shift caused the harpy to lose balance beginning to descend rapidly, "Yo Jerry," Sonic called out to the boy, "Try not to throw up!"
That made Jericho pale, "Oh God noOOOOOOOOOO-" ZOOOOOOOOOOM~
Without warning Sonic did a midair spin dash making the harpy lose his grip and fly off into the distance while Jericho was momentarily ragdolled. The two swiftly, or one of them swiftly, landed back to square one.
Right dab in the middle of the mob.
"P-please don't do t-that again." Jericho woozingly groaned recalibrating his senses.
"Yeah, that might be the least of our worries pal." Getting back into a fighting stance.
Once again the monsters began zoning in on the two.
BOOOOOM!
The area shook as Mamono flew overhead getting everyone's attention to shift once again.
There was a plume of smoke encompassing the area as the sound of something hitting something else could be heard. Several monsters were seen flying out of the smoke battered, bruised, and defeated. All wondered what the hell could have done this.
A monster?
A Hero?
Neither.
Through the smoke, a towering man walked through with power present in every step. His brow furrowed as red electricity crackled along his spiked fist.
Jericho didn't know who the man was but could tell he was extremely powerful.
The mamono knew of the man from the wanted posters that recently decorated their campsites.
And Sonic... he knew exactly who it was.
"Well, I'll be damned." Sonic grinned widely, "Knock knock it's Knuckles!"
Almost immediately Knuckles dropped his serious expression recognizing the voice, "Sonic!?"
"Yo!" Sonic waved to his friend with a wide smile, "Long time no see!"
The redhead placed his fists to his sides, "Good to see ya. What are you doing here surrounded by monsters?"
Sonic shrugged, "Came here with the gang to save your butt, got lost, made a friend." He pulled the human to his side, "Jerry say hi!"
"IS THIS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAVING WHILE WE ARE SURROUNDED!?" Jericho comically screamed.
"Oh right," Knuckles coughed in his hand, "Yo Kuroshi!"
ZOOOOOOOM~
On queue, a black blur zoomed over the crowd before a flash of blue light came crashing down into the mob-
BOOOOOOM!
-Clearing a good chunk of it.
Landing right beside Knuckles, Kuroshi gave the echidna warrior a serious expression, "I have found where they are keeping all the towns folks. They seem to be huddled up around the town hall."
Knuckles smiled at the dragon, "Nice job Kuroshi."
That made the dragon blushingly smile, "I-it's no problem love."
Sonic zoomed over to the two with Jericho while giving his fellow Mobian a smirk, "You've been busy."
Knuckles rolled his eyes, "Don't get started with me. We got company." Immediately he shifted into a fighting stance.
Sonic and Kuroshi glanced at each other before squaring up as the many monsters began piling in.
Jericho looked at the three and gave a tired sigh, 'What the hell is even happening right now?' Grumbling he unsheathed his sword and lined up with the other three.
So began the battle for Viscera.
"...mmm."
Waking up the succubus noticed that she was laying on something soft. Enjoying the comfort she pushed deeper smiling while fading back into dreamland.
Until she remembered the events that happened leading up to this.
Shooting up the succubus immediately regretted the action as her head racked with pain "Damn..." Rubbing the spot where the golem had hit her to soothe the pain. Looking around she noticed several things.
She was in a bed floating off the ground while hooked up to a strange device.
She was also not alone as the two companions she was with were still knocked out in similar beds.
Finally, the room she was in looked... strange. There were many designs and decorations she didn't recognize along with the devices that surpassed anything she had come across.
It was strange.
"You're awake."
"Eep!" Jumping at the new voice the succubus looked at the newcomer with wide eyes. Floating in front of her was a little girl, who looked to be in her preteens, with pale skin, stoic eyes, and a bowl cut with some bangs covering her right eye. The only piece of clothing she was a baggy dress yet the strangest thing was she seemed to flash between reds and blacks to whites and blues.
The girl waved her hand making text appear in thin air, "It seems your vitals are stable and the knot on your head should heal soon." With another wave, the text disappeared, "I shall notify Father of your condition."
The succubus looked at the girl confused, "I'm... sorry are you a ghost mamono?"
The girl shook her head, "Negative, I am an artificial intelligence program known as Sage."
"Artificial intelligence program?" That made the mamono confused even further.
Sage nodded, "No need to worry. Father will be here to explain everything soon."
"Father?"
Almost immediately the doors slammed open getting both girls' attention.
Stepping into the room was a cartoonishly round man shaped like an egg. He stood at 6'5" with peach-tan skin, and his only hair was a large brown mustache. He wore blue round glasses that hid his eyes very well, goggles on the top of his head, a red long-sleeve tasseled shirt with a large silver zipper and four black strips that connected to four square golden studs along the shirt, and spandex pants lined with silver shoes.
The succubus couldn't help but be taken off guard by how ridiculous the man looked.
But it was strange that she felt nothing from him. Even her instinctual desires seemed tamed within his presence.
Not looking at the succubus the man acknowledged the girl first, "Sage, status."
Sage reported monotonously, "The three are recovering fast, the data from the egg drones should be uploaded within the hour, and repairs to the Egg Carrier 3.0 are going smoothly."
"Good." The man's mustache curved as he smiled, "Now then onto business." Turning his attention to the monster he had a certain expression.
An expression that she would never forget.
"My name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik, but you can call me Dr. Eggman. I wish to discuss some possible investments that could benefit all parties."
"SHIFT!" Knuckles threw a right hook at a Jurougumo utilizing its large body to crash into multiple mamono.
"C'mon step it up!" Sonic cockily teased as he dodged several sword swipes from Dark Elves before kicking them away.
Right now the two were fighting off the incoming mobs of monsters as a distraction for the other two missing members to do their part.
Currently, the plan was simple enough- Sonic and Knuckles fought the hordes as exaggeratedly as possible to keep the attention away from Jericho and Kuroshi who went to rescue the villagers. So far everything was going smoothly on their part since this wasn't anything new to the two.
"Ya know." Sonic started as he dodged several strikes from a werewolf before drop-kicking it away, "I know we're supposed to be a big distraction, but I think we're doing our job way too well." He then went into a spin dash going in a circle and knocking away several monsters.
Doing a quick combo on a Lamia Knuckles grinned, "Too hot to handle blue boy?"
Sonic scoffed at the notion, "Not even close knucklehead!" Jumping into a ball he spun around Knuckles' fist.
In turn, the warrior jumped up raising his fist, and let out a yell, "RAAAAAAAAH!" Coming back down he slammed his fist into the ground-
KRAKOOOOOOW!
-making blue and red energy rip the ground up making several monsters fly back and knocking out many.
Jumping out of his ball form Sonic whistled at the destruction, "Welp, dream work makes the team work." Swiping his nose as he looked around.
"Don't ease up just yet. We still have work to do." Knuckles reminded as more forces converged in on them.
The incoming attackers didn't make the otherworldly hero falter at all, "Well let's kick this party up a notch!"
Jericho peaked from around a corner of a building seeing two orcs standing guard at the entrance of the Town Hall.
"It looks like the plan worked and most of the forces should be going after Sonic and Knuckles," Jericho commented.
Kuroshi nodded, "Good, let's get this over with." She began walking to confront the two monsters.
"Woah!" Jericho grabbed the dragon's shoulder halting her, "We can't go attacking like that! What if they use the hostages." 'Holy shit she's built.'
Kuroshi shrugged his hand off and scoffed, "They wouldn't have the chance with me there." Her expression then went dark, "Also, do not touch me so casually human."
Jericho quickly reeled back, "Ah sorry." He looked away in annoyance, 'What's up with these guys going head first into situations?'
Turning to go Kuroshi stopped in her tracks making Jericho look at her with worry, "Is everything alright-"
"Get back!" Pushing the male further away from view confused him even further.
Until he felt it.
A blur flew over the two in the direction of the South Islanders as a pressure of power flooded the area before disappearing just as fast, but the effects were felt.
Jericho's face was red and his breath was slightly ragged. He felt uncomfortable and it didn't help that Kuroshi was still touching her chest.
Kuroshi looked at the teen and knew all well that this was the effect of Demonic Energy.
Since Knuckles seemed to have an immunity to it she temporarily forgot how aggressive its effects were on humans.
"Are you okay?" Kuroshi quietly asked.
After a few deep breaths, Jericho managed to calm down, "Y-yeah... I didn't expect to be hit with it being so... potent."
Kuroshi nodded, "Neither did I but let us go." She started forward again this time a bit more careful.
There were only a few monsters whose Demonic Energy was that strong, yet besides her kind the only mamono that she knew who could produce such power...
...were demons.
South Islanders were a strange phenomenon in nature.
While they looked mostly human, their animalistic features weren't just for show. Their sense of smell, hearing, sight, and abilities were all reminiscent of the animals they were based on, and just like the animals they all had one thing to feel incoming dangers.
Instinct.
And currently, Sonic's instincts started flaring as he noticed the remaining mamono started to back off.
Knuckles grinned at their action, "Ha, they're too scared!"
Sonic wanted to agree, but he noticed their expressions showed that they didn't feel scared at all.
They looked like they knew something the two didn't.
Suddenly, a powerful pressure encompassed the area making the two tense up. They both looked up and saw something begin to descend onto the battlefield.
Floating with black leathery wings stretched out, black curved goat horns, and a long spad tail was a curvaceous woman. She stood around 5'11" with long silky straight hair, grey skin, and yellow-slitted eyes with black sclera. She wore black bikini armor with gold trimmings and had a sword sheathed to her right side.
And by the power she was emitting, they could tell she was the boss.
Flapping her wings to stay afloat in the air, the mamono looked at the two and analyzed them before speaking, "Blue Devil of the Wind," She addressed Sonic first, "Red Demon of Power." Then Knuckles.
"HA!" Sonic raised his fist in victory, "My name is still cooler."
"Is that what you should be worrying about?" Knuckles growled at the blue blur.
In turn, Sonic smirked, "Jealous?"
"I am Zeolis, fifth commander of the Fourth's army." The succubus cut in, "For your laws against the Demon Lord's army I am here to place you under arrest."
"So you expect us to not attack people doing war crimes against innocence!?" Knuckles shouted, "I know all about your war against Lescatie, but attacking civilians is out of the question."
"If you knew then you would understand why we are doing this." Zeolis shot back, "The Chief God will continue to corrupt humanity into an endless war devoid of anything. We can stop this needless war and show humans the way with our love."
"So, you think that subjugating everyone by force will make everything better?" Sonic sarcastically asked, "If there's one thing I can't let slide it's that."
"Humans do not understand what they want. It is our duty as mamono to guide them to true enlightenment." A smile stretched upon the succubus' face, "No matter the means."
That made both Mobian's expression darken.
Sonic growled, "Woah really, well that changes NOTHING!" Speeding straight for the girl he jumped up and went in for a homing attack.
Zeolis sighed before unsheathing her sword and blocking the attack. A green light covered the area knocking the hedgehog-hybrid back. Both Sonic and Knuckles stared at the sword with wide eyes as they saw a certain object embedded into the hilt of her sword.
An object that the two recognized all too well.
"That's a Chaos Emerald!" Knuckles shouted in shock.
Sonic facepalmed, "Oh great. When things were going so smooth."
"A Chaos Emerald?" Zeolis mumbled the name before bringing back the conversation, "I was hoping we could come to an agreement since we're both not human, but I should've understood that you two wouldn't understand. Like the rest of them." Pulling power from the emerald a green aura exploded around her making the wind pick up, "I will bring the two of you down in the name of Lady Druella!"
Sonic and Knuckles squared up getting ready to fight against the amped-up demon.
"Man, this reminds me of another individual who used an emerald's power to beat us," Sonic remarked with a grin.
Knuckles nodded in agreement, "But unlike him, she isn't a metal doppelganger."
Sonic's grin stretched even further, "Well, either way, we gotta knock her down a peg." Glancing over to his companion the Hero of Mobius asked one question, "You ready to scrap this crazy chick?"
Knuckles grunted, "Just don't slow me down."
"You first!"
The three dashed towards each other, both sides having the intention to win.
No matter what.
That's all I got.
Love you guys so stay safe.
PEACE!
