Superior Uprising part 1 “...mmmgghhh… Ooohhh… What… What happened? Where… Where am I…?” Sonic groaned as he started to wake up from the deep sleep he fell into. A sleep that was unnatural, since just a few moments ago he had busted in Eggman’s lair, ready to land a whopper on his face for his next evil scheme before everything went black. He tried to move, but his legs and arms felt super heavy and he still felt dizzy after just waking up, not being able to see anything but darkness. “Wakey… wakey… eggs… and bakey…” commented a raspy and slightly modified but still familiar voice as the lights turned on, slightly blinding Sonic before realizing where he was: he was inside Eggman’s lab, trapped inside one of his weird contraptions. It looked like a huge metal ring with four appendages holding his limbs inside them, preventing him from moving. Also he felt like he had something on his head, but couldn’t see what was in it. Then, he came in. Dr Eggman, Sonic’s sworn arch nemesis and number one hater. And, dared he said, not looking too good. Eggman was wrapped in what looked like a cocoon made of metal, only moved by four massive metallic arms coming out of the back of the cocoon. His pale head was the only thing the cocoon wasn’t covering, and even then, part of it was covered by an artificial respirator. “E-Eggman? Damn, dude, what happened to you?” asked Sonic, showing genuine concern for his foe. “You… know damn well… what happened…” Eggman growled, every sentence he spoke was alternated with a pause to breathe but didn’t hide the absolute spite Eggman felt for his enemy as he moved closer, those additional limbs making the ground shake a bit as he inched towards the trapped hedgehog. “Wait… The power enhancers?! You’ve been playing with those again?! I thought I told you to stop! For Pete’s sake, look at what you've done to yourself!” Sonic gasped, tugging at the restraints holding his limbs. “Always… gotta play… the hero, huh? Instead of… being happy for… my precarious condition… You… You worry… about me… You… make me wanna… puke…” Eggman hissed in disgust at Sonic’s selflessness as he “walked” in circles around him, creeping around and actually making Sonic shiver a bit as never had he looked so… disturbing. “I-It’s in my nature, eggs for brains. I can’t help but be concerned for everyone’s sake… Even yours and you, my dude, look all but healthy.”said Sonic, trying to keep track of Eggman’s almost snake-like movements. “What… gave me… away?” Eggman sneered as he returned in front of Sonic, leaning forward to look him straight in the eyes. “You… did this… to me…” he growled lowly, a tentacle moved in closer to Sonic’s face and clenched its pincers ominously. “W-What?! N-No, I didn’t…” Sonic stuttered, not wincing but not knowing why his enemy looked so scary all of a sudden. “YES YOU DID!” Eggman’s sudden scream and approach made Sonic wince as the doctor then retreated and took a big gulp of air, the tentacles not sustaining him “looking” at him like sad puppies whining at their owner. “You… Always won… Always… made me lose… Had to… Be better…” he huffed as he regained his breath. “D-Does this look like becoming better, Eggman?” asked Sonic, while his enemy moved closer again. “You’re a husk. The shadow of the man you once were. I told you so many times that… That those power enhancers were too risky. But you were too full of yourself, too desperate to prove your superiority to listen. You’ve got no one to blame but yourself.” stated Sonic, gulping as Eggman was now very close. “First… you pity me… Then… you pretend… to teach me… a lesson?” asked the mad scientist as a tentacle darted at Sonic’s neck, wrapping its pincers around it and choking the hero, making him gag and gasp as those things were insanely strong. “Who… the hell… do you think… you are…?” he then growled as he pulled Sonic closer, so close that Sonic could smell his rotting scent. Then Eggman let go of Sonic's neck, making him cough as the dying doctor moved away. “No… No… No… Remember… the plan, Eggman… He is not… to be harmed…” Eggman spoke to himself, then watched Sonic and, judging by the contraction of his face muscles, he was smirking under the respirator. “...Yet…” he added, which had Sonic be even more creeped out as Eggman sat on a chair and had the tentacles remove the cocoon from him, revealing his decaying yet buff body, which had Sonic in awe and disgust at the same time. “Gah, dude! Put on some clothes!” Sonic groaned as the tentacles made Eggman wear a weird crown-like metal device. “Enjoy… the show… while you… can…” Egman said evilly and breathing harshly as the tentacles turned on a machine linked to the crown. It was then that Sonic noticed that he had the same crown on his head thanks to a reflection in the machine but, before he could understand what was going to happen, he was zapped with a powerful jolt of electricity, feeling the most intense pain he had ever felt in his life and he saw that Eggman was enduring the same pain, but grinning ominously, then everything went black for Sonic once again. Sonic started to come back to his senses after a few minutes, groaning as everything hurted and he still couldn’t move. He had no idea what Eggman did, was this a new method of torture? Then, as he opened his eyes, he blinked as he was now in a different position than before, much lower. He struggled to breathe and tried to look around but found out that he couldn’t. Then he heard the shake of the arms moving next to him and going towards the restraining machine. “Wait, what?” he said, not catching on that his voice sounded weird. He saw the machine go to the device and freeing… him?! The tentacles clearly detached his body from the restraints, but he was there! How could this happen? Then, the hedgehog in front of him held himself straight and opened his eyes. What Sonic saw made his blood frozen: his body now sported the same black and red eyes as Eggman! His quills had seemingly turned off a darker blue too, for some reason. The hedgehog in front of Sonic looked at his hands, shivered and hunched over himself before exploding in a bone-chilling laugh. Sonic’s own usually cheerful laugh, but twisted and warped into something terrifying. “Yes… YES!! It worked!” said the hedgehog between his laughter, touching his cheeks with his hands and then noticing Sonic. Smirking, the hedgehog walked to him with nonchalance and placed a hand on his shoulder. “Heh, what’s up… doc?” he asked, grinning. “W-What’s going on? Who… Who are you?!” asked Sonic, finding out that breathing was surprisingly hard. “Why…” said the hedgehog, pointing his hands at himself “I’m Sonic the Hedgehog!” he said, grinning. “And you… Well, if you haven’t figured it out already…” he added, taking a mirror and showing it at Sonic. He was shocked: he was Eggman now! “Wh-What? Wh-Why? H-How?!” asked Sonic as he stumbled on the ground. “Surprised? Well, I’m not. I’ve spent years, YEARS, studying the complex science behind mind swapping but, after I found out that it was indeed possible, I decided to make a test drive on the only two subjects my mind was fixated on: us.” said Eggman, grinning and kneeling down to Sonic, who could barely move in Eggman’s weakened body. “You, my friend, have the perfect body. Incredible powers, retarded aging, heightened senses… Combined with my genius, this body can do wonders! For the Eggman Empire, that is…” said Eggman, grinning as he got up and watched Sonic, his greatest foe, reduced to nothing more than a gasping and groaning mess at his feet. He snapped his fingers and had the arms come to him, the cocoon morphed into a backpack and Eggman wore it, using the arms to gain some height and grabbing Sonic all the while. “E-Eggman… P-Please… Th-This is agony… Please, give me… give me back my body…” Sonic whined, stretching a hand as Eggman held him by the waist with a coil of his metal arms. “What? After all the trouble of getting it? Forget it, ‘doc’! Not gonna happen. This body is mine now! With all the pros and no one of the cons of becoming you, my irritating former foe.” said Eggman, tossing Sonic down and making him whine in pain. “Ugh, look at you… So disgusting… I can’t believe I used to be so… revolting…” Eggman growled in contempt as he stared down at Sonic with a disgusted grimace, then he looked at himself in the mirror and smirked as he heaved his new hair. “But this one? Oohh, this one’s a keeper! I think I’ll enjoy being you.” cackled the mad scientist as Sonic crawled to one of the arms and held onto it. “E-Eggman… Y-You won’t… G-get away… W-With this…” Sonic coughed, feeling pain every time he talked. “Oh, my friend…” said Eggman, yanking the arm away from Sonic and going for the exit. “I already have.” he concluded, snapping his fingers as a series of automated machine guns came out of the ceiling and straight up riddled Sonic with bullets, leaving him immobile in an extending puddle of blood as he didn’t even have time to scream as he was shot. “...Well, that was anticlimactic… Egg Pawns, do me a favor and take out the trash, please. I have some pressing matters to take care of.” said Eggman, going into a changing chamber while the hatch opened and the robots took away Eggman’s body with Sonic’s mind in it. Eggman came out soon after with a version of his iconic red suit tailored for his new body. “How do I look?” he asked, grinning. “ VERY-FANCY-DOCTOR-EGGMAN.” said the Pawn, which was immediately destroyed by Eggman’s new metal arms. “Doctor Eggman is no more! He was weak, sick and disgusting! I have become something more than Eggman, something more than Sonic! I am now… The Superior Eggman! And NOTHING will EVER stand in my way again!” proclaimed Superior Eggman as he let go another terrifying laugh while two of his arms protruded in the air. The Superior Eggman didn’t wait long enough to become known. That same day, the President received a visit from him. And by visit, I mean he massacred all of the guards patrolling the palace, forced his way into the Oval Office and killed the President by skewering his heart with his hyper speed-vibrating arm before tossing his corpse out of the window and thus, declaring his complete patronage of the world. From there, his Superior Empire expanded unstopped to the entire world, having taken over G.U.N. and roboticized all of their soldiers into doing his bidding. Everyone who tried to fight him was either captured and sent to a super prison he had built or sent to his laboratory to be roboticized and turned into his personal army, the Superior Armada. Not even Sonic’s closest friends had a chance and all followed the same fate: either roboticized or thrown in jail, rotting as they waited to be next in line for the robotization process. Soon no one else remained that was strong enough or had the right tools to take on the newborn Superior Eggman. He was now invincible and he was going to make sure that the entire world knew that. First, he transformed the remains of the White House into his new home: the Superior Castle, completed with his own laboratory. Then, he ultimated his super prison and turned it into an impregnable fortress from which no one ever escaped ever since its ultimation. Finally, he strengthened even more his army, turning it into a gigantic invasion force, ready to conquer every world that their master wanted without batting an eye and placing his newly formed Metal Commandos in charge of it and a specific corner of the world, leaving him to control Central Island and every other decision they took. From his new throne room, Superior Eggman could see everything he now owned and smirked evilly as now he was the undisputed ruler of everyone and everything, and he loved it. On Mobius Alfa, the Mobius we all know and love, another much more heroic version of Sonic was chilling at home, jamming to his favorite music without a care in the world, when he heard a vigorous knock on the door. He removed his headphones and went to see who it was, since he wasn’t expecting a visitor. “Yessssss?” he asked as he opened the door, then paled as he saw it was Zavok, the leader of the infamous Deadly Six group. “Hello, Mr. Sonic.” he said with unexpected calm. “Zavok! What do you want, you big-horned monster?!” Sonic growled and got in a fighting stance. “Not off to a great start, I see…” sighed the Zeti. “Listen, before you try and do something wildly unpleasant, let me start by saying that I am not the Zavok you know.” said Zavok, putting his hands in front of him. “That’s just the type of overly complicated plan you lik, Zavok.” Sonic grunted, not losing the stance. “Don’t you think that if I wanted to attack you, I would’ve already done so?” asked the Zeti, sighing again and rubbing the spot between his eyes. “...That’s true. Ok, I give you one minute to convince me.” said Sonic, relaxing slightly, but still being ready to attack. “Thank you. You know about the Multiverse, right?” asked Zavok. “Yep. Been doin’ some zone hoppin’ for quite some time.” Sonic replied, folding his arms. “Then this makes it easier.” said Zavok, opening his hand and showing a holographic projection of Mobiusm, or rather HIS Mobius. “I give you Mobius Omega, a dimension located to the farthest points of the Multiverse. Our world is right now facing a crisis. The greatest crisis that ever befell on us.” said Zavok. “Huh, and what’s that?” asked Sonic, leaning over to the projection to look at the planet before Zavok closed his fist and made it disappear. “... It’s you.” he said, making Sonic look up. “Oh. So your me is evil? Like Scourge?” asked Sonic, not seeming too surprised. “We are aware of Moebius’s evil Sonic. But trust me, compared to what we’re up against, his deeds look like child’s play…” Zavok replied with a low voice. “Is that so? How bad is it?” asked Sonic again, starting to worry about what the Zeti was saying. “Bad enough that, if left unsupervised, he might conquer the entire Multiverse.” said Zavok, folding his arms. “I have come here to request your help in facing this threat, Sonic the Hedgehog. I will explain further once we get to Mobius Omega. If you decide to follow, of course.” added Zavok, stretching his clawed, giant hand to Sonic. “Well, I gotta say, this does sound like a kickass adventure to embark on. Plus, you got me curious about this whole upside down world idea ya have. I’m on it!” Sonic replied, shaking Zavok’s hand. “Thank you. I promise, I will not break your trust. We should go now.” said Zavok. “Oh! One sec, tho!” said Sonic, zooming away and returning with a piece of paper, a sharpie and some adhesive tape. He wrote GOING OUT, SEE YOU LATER on the paper and attached it to the door before locking it. “There. Now we can go.” said Sonic, giggling. “Alright.” said Zavok, using a Warp Ring to teleport himself and Sonic to Mobius Omega. The two arrived inside an underground cave full of scientific tech, with roots coming out of the ceiling. Sonic looked around, smiling a bit as he was reminded of the Freedom Fighters base which looked a lot like this one, except more lively. “My apologies. I barely had time to clean up my Monastery, but the situation is… precarious out there.” said Zavok, sighing. “Precarious how?” asked Sonic, to which Zavok allowed him to see outside thanks to a dome window on the ceiling. Sonic peeked and, for once in his life, was not expecting the mess he saw outside: the ground looked dead, yet from it came out lots of unnatural and metallic-looking plants that almost covered the ominous leaden sky above, occasionally torn by lightning. “...God, this… This was unexpected… And insanely disturbing… How did this all happen?” asked Sonic, confused and slightly worried, to Zavok who sighed and told him everything. “...Woah… So this world’s Eggman has switched bodies with me and now calls himself Superior Eggman. That’s like, super tacky. Like, on such a high level of tackiness that should annihilate everything it touches.” commented Sonic. “Please don’t joke. What Superior Eggman did to this world is beyond anything he had ever tried as of now. Those unnatural plants you saw? He made them by fusing one of Sonic’s friends, the psychic from the future, with a parasitic telepathic plant named Psychonia.” explained Zavok. “He did WHAT to Silver?!” Sonic asked in shock. “That’s not all. He roboticized or imprisoned most of this world’s strongest warriors, leaving no one capable enough to take him on.” added Zavok. “The only one who can at least slow him down is me. Me and my brothers, the Wise Six.” he then said. “So, here you’re wise? In my world, you’re deadly.” replied Sonic, raising a brow. “Me and my brethrens are the avatars of Mother Nature. We were born from her and for her we guard this planet. Each one of us controls one aspect of Nature and also represents one aspect of Will. For example, I represent Fire and Strength.” explained the Zeti, creating a fireball. “That’s actually super cool!” said Sonic, waving his fists a bit giddy. “It is. Come along, I want to show you something.” Zavok smiled and walked to another room of the cave, bringing Sonic to a wide round room with a huge tree trunk radiating a pulsing red aura coming out of the soil and piercing the ceiling. “This is the center of my power. This tree was the previous holder of my position. Everytime one of us dies, we become the tree and, from its bark, we spawn our successor, in an eternal cycle of life, death and rebirth that not even Eggman can break.” said Zavok, rubbing the bark as it pulsated with power. “Woah, I can feel it too!” said Sonic, gasping as he felt somewhat reinvigorated. “The aura from the tree can not only power me, but regenerate others who absorb it. Sigh, if only it could work on more serious health problems…” he then sighed and walked to a hospital tent, pulling it away. Sonic gasped in shock: Eggman laid on a hospital bed made of roots and leaves, attached to several high tech devices that read his vitals and allowed him to breathe. “Oh geez, it’s… even worse than what I thought! You said Eggs was sick, but not THIS sick! And, inside his bald head is my mind? I mean, this world’s Sonic’s mind? And didn’t you say he was riddled with bullets?” asked Sonic, coming closer. “Yes, he was when I found him. I immediately carried him here and the tree’s energy cured the wounds and slowed down the sickness, but aside from that there was little I could do. Sadly, this illness was caused by technology, therefore the tree’s powers are limited. There is nothing else we can do aside from this. At least, that’s what we thought…” said Zavok as Sonic came closer to Eggman’s sickly, immobile body. Suddenly he grabbed Sonic’s wrist and made him wince as he held it tightly in his hand. “...Y-You…”Eggman growled and squeezed Sonic’s wrist. “Ow ow OW! HEY, LEMME GO, ME!” Sonic groaned as he tried to free himself from Eggman’s grip, which was surprisingly strong despite his condition. “Sonic! Sonic, please! This is not Eggman, this is you! It’s another Sonic I found!” said Zavok, separating the two. “Oh… H-Heh… S-Sorry, dude… M-My bad…” Eggman groaned, coughing. “It’s fine. But damn, you look horrible.” said Sonic, massaging his wrist. “I’ve been better…” Eggman chuckled and coughed again. “Don't worry, me. I’ll get you outta there, okay? I promise.” Sonic said, clenching his fist. “I hope so… I’m… still young… Deep inside… I can’t die… Not like this… Suffering like a dog… And to add insult to injury… in this body…” Eggman groaned again. “You won’t be suffering for long. Now rest.” said Zavok to Eggman, who nodded and closed his eyes, his chest heaving and falling as he breathed slowly. Sonic stared at him for a bit more, then he walked out of the room, his fists still clenched and his teeth gritted. “Sonic… I know that what you saw wasn’t… Nice, but…” Zavok tried to say. “Not nice? NOT NICE?! In my world, Eggman tried to kill me several times, but never by doing something like this! It’s inhuman! I’ll find my evil me and kick his ass ‘til the cows come home!” Sonic bursted and slammed his fist in the other hand, he had never been this mad at Eggman before. “I know you want to, and you will. But first, please, listen to me. We have a plan to save Sonic… I mean, our Sonic.” Zavok said, huffing as he tried to calm down his new ally. Sonic breathed through his teeth and managed to find some level of calm, then he turned to Zavok. “Ok. What’s the plan?” asked the blue hero. “Well, we have a mole in Superior Eggman’s organization. We don't know who he is, or if it’s even a he, but we call it Ace of Spades. It’s been fundamental in slowing down Eggman so far, and now he told us that he has something in his Armory that might help us.” explained the Zeti. “Oh cool. So, what are we waiting for? Let’s go get it!” said Sonic, already about to leave but stopped by Zavok. “Where do you think you’re going? Blazing in Superior Castle is not like walking in a supermarket. Do that will get you captured, or worse…” said the Zeti, holding him. “Then what? I don’t know if you know but waiting isn’t my game…” grumbled Sonic, trying to get out of his grip. “You just have to wait a few more seconds…” said Zavok, smiling. He blinked, then he saw the wall in front of him open up and from it came out the rest of The Deadly Six, or in this case The Wise Six. “These are my brethrens: Zeena, representing Humility and Ground; Zomom, representing Frugality and Electricity; Zik, representing Wisdom and Water; Zazz, representing Control and Air; and finally Zor, representing Courage and Energy.” said Zavok, presenting them to him. All of them, Zavok included, looked exactly like the Zeti he knew, only that they all wore white cassocks with a golden brooch on their shoulder, each with a symbol of the element they controlled. “Hey Blue.” said Zeena, waving her fingers at him. “Hi guys. Just so you know, I am NOT Eggman, kay?” said Sonic, waving his arms. “We know, Sonic. Zavok did inform us about his plan. All of us.” said Zik. “Uh, all of us?” asked Sonic to Zavok. “Ah yes. You may not know it, but we have taken the lead of the Freedom Fighters. They’re on their way here, ready to support you on the field.” said the Zeti, smiling. “Oh, cool! Boy, can’t wait to see how they look here!” said Sonic, grinning excitedly. “Oh, you’ll find them pretty… exotic.” replied Zavok, smirking slightly which left Sonic confused. Not too long after, they came and Sonic was indeed surprised to see that they weren’t the Freedom Fighters he was used to. Rough, Tumble, Team Hooligan, Dr Starline, Infinite and Fright walked inside the Monastery. “You weren’t kidding…” said Sonic to Zavok, who chuckled and went to them. “Welcome, my friends. And thank you for showing up.” said the Zeti to the group. “I wouldn’t miss this for anything.” said Infinite, smiling and swinging his sword and then he saw Sonic. “Oh! You must be the other Sonic! It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir.” said the jackal, shaking his hand. “Uh, nice to meet you too, Infinite.” said Sonic, confused to hear one of his most deadly foes call him sir and acting so politely towards him. Then everyone else shook his hands and presented to him, it was here that he saw that this version of Nack was a silent sniper like Whisper, Bean wasn’t crazy and was the leader of the three and Bark was all brains and all brawn. “Good, we’re all here. We can start our meeting.” said Zavok, pulling down a map of the castle that Ace of Spades sent them. “According to our anonymous friend, all the entrances are usually very well guarded. All, except this one, on the underground level of the castle. We will be able to enter here as soon as Ace of Spades sends us the signal.” said Zavok. “Wait, what signal?” asked Sonic. “Right, you don’t know. Once a week, Eggman casually leaves for about an hour and leaves the castle to The Iron Queen, his bride. No one knows where he goes or why he leaves but during this moment, the defenses of the castle are minimal and ideal to sneak in unnoticed.” explained the Zeti to Sonic. “Oh, I see. So, we sneak in, then what?” asked the hedgehog. “Always impatient. We’ll give you better instructions once you’re in, but for now, we have to wait.” Zavok scoffed at Sonic, who pouted and sat down with his arms folded, like a bratty baby. Everyone else giggled at that and got comfy as all they could do was wait. Meanwhile, in the castle, Superior Eggman sat on his throne, his hands tangled with each other and laying his chin on them, when the doors opened and The Iron Queen, AKA this world’s Amy Rose, walked in. She wore a red jumpsuit which covered her from her neck to her crotch, Superior Eggman’s logo emblazoned on her chest. Her eyes were now red on a black sclera, much like Eggman’s, and her arms and legs had been replaced with robotic limbs, which greatly enhanced her strength and speed. She walked towards the throne and stopped at the center of the red and yellow carpet lying in front of it, putting down one knee and bowing to him, waiting for him to notice her. She knew it was not wise to interrupt him when he was thinking, the last dumbass who did that vanished and was nowhere to be found. After a bit more thinking, Eggman stretched his arms and got off the throne, putting his arms behind his back as he descended, smirking to his bride. “Good morning, Your Greatness. You look astoundingly smart and handsome today, just like any other day.” said Iron Queen, without looking up. “Hu hu hu… My dearest darling, Iron Queen. You know you don’t need to respect these formalities. You’re my bride, the bride of the most powerful being in this world.” said Superior Eggman, giggling disturbingly as he got in front of her, kneeling and lifting her chin tso that she could look at him. “Right, sorry.” she said, both of them getting up after that with Eggman still creepily caressing her chin. “Funny… All this time, I would’ve never guessed you could look attractive in my eyes… Another thing I would’ve never achieved being the old me.” he cooed, smirking. Though this may have sounded like a compliment it was nothing more than him feeding his own ego. “Thank you, my spouse.” she said, grabbing her own hands as he caressed her. He smiled and walked past her, going for the exit with her following him with her gaze. “You’re leaving?” she asked. “As always, my dear. I’ll be back shortly. I trust you will guard the castle well in my absence.” he said, slightly looking at her. “Of course… But…” she said, rubbing her arm and looking down. “But?” asked Superior Eggman, looking back at her. “Forgive my curiosity but, after all this time, I feel I have to ask: what do you do when you leave?” asked the Iron Queen. At that Eggman’s eyes shrunk in his eyeballs, his tentacles came out from the holes in the back of this suit and two of them darted at her, making her shriek as they wrapped around her from neck to toes and dragged her to him, the other two tentacles’ pincers turned into spear point and aimed at her. “WHAT I DO IS NONE OF YOUR CONCERN, YOU NOSEY RODENT!” he suddenly snapped and growled, his tentacles squeezing her as he shouted, making her grit her teeth and exhale in pain as, even with the enhancers he gave her, she was still weaker than him, a deliberate choice from Eggman’s part. “ACK! G-GGHH… I-I’m s-sorry, Master, I… HHHKKK!!!” she whined as the tentacles tightened harder, making her metallic limbs creak along with her ribs, her breath cut off by the coil on her throat as Eggman panted, enraged, then he smirked and brought her close, while she squirmed pathetically in his grip. “...I’m so sorry, my bride, but I have warned you of what would happen should you stick your nose in my business, haven’t I?” he asked, cupping her cheeks as the pressure didn’t relent, in fact it only increased, with the Iron Queen’s pained expression growing more and more distressed. “Y-Y-Yes-s, m-master, I… A-a-ah-h-h-…” she choked, her cheeks turning blue as the pressure increased, she began to drool and even cry as she couldn’t breathe, her still organic lungs and brain crying to receive air. “Mmm… That face, that… pure agony… Simply… Delicious…” Superior Eggman purred creepily as he kissed her on her lips, making her whine and moan, closing her eyes as she was moments away from passing out, but then the pressure decreased, the tentacles stopped tightening and she sharply inhaled air through her nose. Unlike the others, she hadn’t been roboticized, instead Eggman opted to turn her into a cyborg for his sick pleasure, which meant that she still needed to breathe, though her resistance had been greatly improved by the enhancers. Superior Eggman purred more disturbingly as he kissed Amy on the lips, even wagging his tail as he did, then finally he pulled away and freed her, causing her to collapse on the floor on her knees, inhaling sharply through her mouth and coughing as she massaged her neck. “Never forget this feeling, dear… For you belong to me, no less than the other robots. And just as easily, I can destroy and replace you. I merely choose not to because your pain amuses me. You may be my bride, but you’re still as inferior as everyone else. Remember that.” he said, grinning evilly and leaving, his tentacles lifting him in the air as he moved on them. The door closed behind him as Iron Queen gritted her teeth as she massaged her neck and coughed slightly while she got up, still stumbling, and gazed back at the door for a second before going to the throne. Meanwhile, back at Zavok’s Monastery, Sonic took his time to get to know the rest of the Freedom Fighters. He found out that the Hooligans were, just like in his own world, petty criminals. Then Superior Eggman had tried to roboticize them, so they seeked asylum at the Strength Monastery. Zavok took them in even if they weren’t pure of heart, since they still were in need of help, and that selfless gesture was enough to convince them to switch sides in order to take down Eggman. Fright, or Dr Johnny Crow as he prefered to be called, was a scientist for Eggman along with his father, but he rejected them once he saw the horrors he had in mind. While his father stayed with Superior Eggman, now Johnny decided to work against them with his colleague, Dr Starline. The platypus fought against Eggman because he kidnapped his adopted sons, this world’s version of Surge and Kit whom he loved and cared for unlike his Alpha variant, once they began to show the development of electrokinesis and hydrokinesis respectively. The same reason moved Zero, Infinite’s real name, whose son, Jerry, had been captured by Eggman once he showed to possess latent psychic powers. Rough and Tumble were instead associates of the Chaotix and had helped them many times before with their cases, showing an intelligence and brightness that their Alpha version simply lacked. Sonic, by listening to their stories, found himself even more invested in their case and even more determined to take down Superior Eggman. This monster couldn’t just continue to do whatever he wanted to this world, to these people. Zavok looked at them bonding, sighing in relief as Alpha Sonic was just what they needed to infuse new hope in this world, when he received an email. “Hm? Oh, it’s…! Come over here!” he said to the Freedom Fighters, calling them to the monitor. “Is it time?” asked Sonic, ready to bust some bots. “Yes, my friend. Superior Eggman has left the premises of the castle. Now it’s our time. Sneak inside and find the Armory. We’ll give you further instructions as you go!” said Zavok, dramatically pointing at a tunnel dug in the ground, his cassock floated as he moved. “Aaaaaaalrighty then! You go, guys! I’ll be right behind ya!” said Sonic, smirking confidently and showing his thumbs up to the other Freedom Fighters. They nodded with determination, Sonic’s mere presence there inspired them and made them feel way more optimistic. Infinite, Rough and Tumble and the Hooligans went in the tunnels while Starline and Johnny remained at the base, to monitor their progress. Sonic smiled and went to the exit, turning back one last time to the base. “Hold on, me. I’ll save you.” he said, then he blasted through the door, leaving a trail of smoke and dirt behind him. To Be Continued