Superior Uprising part 2


Even with his inhabitant gone, the Superior Castle looked all but easy to access. There were guards at every floor, all heavily armed and armored with state of the art Eggtech, the likes of which Sonic had never seen in his home world. High polymer alloy armor for both defense and speed, guns that would’ve made Shadow froth in jealousy and each floor was guarded by around twenty of them, always moving in groups of three whenever they had to inspect a room or a corridor.
“Vulnerable my ass… This place is crowded with Eggs’ men…” grunted Sonic, spying on them from a hill near one of the castle’s side entrances, it was guarded by two men with the same uniform and arsenal.
“How could Zavok think we could sneak in without being noticed by those jerks?” commented the blue hero, sliding down to the rest of the Omega Freedom Fighters. Zero had worn his trademarked battle mask and wielded two katanas, Rough and Tumble took their weapons and so did the Hooligans.
“I have faith in Zavok. He would never lead us astray.”said Zero, his voice camouflaged by the mask.
“Sigh… I guess I need to get used to trusting him… In my world he’s one of the bad guys…” huffed Sonic, folding his arms.
“Well, here he is a paradigm of good intentions.” said Omega Bark, folding his arms.
“If he says we have a window, we must take it.” added Omega Bean, nodding.
“Okay okay. So, did this… Ace of Spades guy gave us some more info on how to get inside?” asked the Blue Blur.
“As I said, my blue friend, patience is a virtue.” said Omega Zavok through the earpieces Zero, the leader of the FF on the field, gave them as they got out of the tunnel linked to the Strength Monastery, which Omega Zeena promptly had closed with her Earth power.
“Ace told us that there is a safe window to get inside, but it’s very slim and requires speed and precision.” said the Zeti, safe inside his Monastery.
“You just said the magic word, red.” snickered Sonic.
“Heh… Now, if you go around the castle, there is one access Eggman always forgets to check properly: the sewers. Every minute, a squad of two guards passes by, but only stays for about a couple seconds before they leave. That’s when you come in. Get inside the sewers and travel through it until you reach the entrance of the canteen. I’ll receive further instructions as you enter.” said Omega Zavok.
“Hhhh… Eggs for Brains’ sewers… Creepy…” Sonic shuddered in disgust as he led the way around the castle, followed by his companions of the Omega Freedom Fighters.
“I have to say, it’s such an honor to work with a renowned hero such as yourself. Back to before Eggman did all this, I have never even seen you up close.” whispered Zero.
“Neither did we, even though we worked with your friends, The Chaotix.” said Rough and Tumble.
“We did meet, but back when we were petty thieves. You put us in jail many times.” said Bark, Bean and Fang nodded silently.
“Well, I’m sure I had my reasons to do so.” commented Sonic as they kept walking around the castle, making sure to not be spotted.
“We see those reasons now and we have promised Zavok to stay out of trouble once Eggman is overthrown.” added Bean. Fang answered with a nodding grunt. Sonic smirked and showed his thumb up as they made it to the sewer entrance.


It was a round pipe, big enough even for Bark and Tumble to fit in, which periodically discharged foul liquids into the moat around it.
“Ugh… I think I’m gonna hurl…” Sonic groaned, blocking his nose since the stench was so powerful he could smell it even from where they were. The others agreed in silence, them too plugging their noses to not hear the disgusting smell, then they stood quiet as a couple of guards passed by, punctual as a Holoskan clock.
“Man, I’m so glad we wear these breathing masks whenever we pass by. This has to be the stinkiest place of this entire freaking castle…” commented one of them.
“Whew, you said it, man. Good thing we only need to check it for a few seconds.” said his colleague as they stopped, one looking at the pipe and the other looking around, the Omega Freedom Fighters usd the hills to their advantage to hide from their sight.
“Why DO we only need to watch this entrance for such a short time, though?” asked the first guard.
“What, you wanna stay here all night?” asked the other, rolling his eyes under the mask.
“Oh, hell no! I’d rather wash the Emperor’s feet than this!” groaned the first guard, from the tone he too sounded like he was gonna barf.
“There’s your answer…” chuckled the second guard as he put away his weapon.
“All, clear, let’s go.” said the guard, walking away and joined by the other. Their chatting about going to see if there were some leftovers left at the refectory got lost as they vanished behind the castle corner, prompting the FF to get out of their hiding spot heading for the pipe.
“Ugh, ew… It stinks even more up close…” Sonic whined, he knew this Eggman stinked, but he didn’t know how much he stinked.
“Suck it up, FFs. Let’s go.” said Zero, he was protected by the mask. The others sighed and nodded, wearing gas masks and proceeding to slid inside the pipe, one by one, and advancing slowly through the foul sewage, the sounds of their breathing accompanied by the splashing sounds as they made their way through the muck.
“Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew… I’m not coming out of the shower for days after this…” Grunted Sonic, he was used to crappy situations but this was by far the crappiest, literally.
“Ugh… And you don’t have nearly as much fur as the rest of us…” grunted Zero as they came out of the pipe into the sewer system. Sonic shook his fur away from the others as much as possible, even going as far as to put himself under a stream of clear water coming out from another pipe, before he joined the others, walking down the sewer system and aided by an holographic map of the castle, courtesy of Ace of Spades.
“Man, this guy’s prepared. Who do you think he is?” asked Sonic.
“I hope we find out soon. This way.” said Zero, leading them towards a set of stairs carved in marble and leading to a rusty door. The jackal took out a few burglary tools and began to work on the locket while the others guarded him.


Meanwhile, Superior Eggman had reached a huge tower in the middle of the desert, his pride and joy. This was a super prison he built to contain those Mobians who could in time become a threat thanks to their powers. He’d incarcerate and leave them there, to suffer the continuous experiments of the warden while they waited in poor conditions to be roboticized or disposed of. Superior Eggman passed by the cells, smirking as the others cowered in his presence, and headed for the laboratory where the warden and his second in command whenever Iron Queen wasn’t around was working. The tyrant landed, retreating his tentacles in the backpack and walked in, saying :“Hello, Tails.” to who used to be Miles Prower, Sonic’s best friend and sidekick. Eggman had turned him into a robot, his tails had become folding helicopter blades and his entire ocher furry body was now made of yellow and white metal, his eyes blue over a black sclera much like his former friend, now master. 
“Doctor.” he said with a metallic voice, going away from the table he was working on to go bow in front of Eggman.
“Yeah yeah, no need for these shenanigans now. I need my dose.” grunted Eggman, now that they were alone he couldn’t stop his body from shivering violently and by his voice he sounded needy. Tails pressed a button and an operating table came out.
“Take off your clothes, Doctor.” said the mechanical fox. Eggman grunted and took off his clothes, staying only with his gloves and shoes.
“I don’t understand how you Mobians are used to going around like this. I feel so exposed…” huffed the doctor, revealing that his now Mobian body had become more ripped. Each one of his muscles were constantly tensed, crossed by violet-hued veins which gave him an even more disturbing look. Eggman went to the table and laid on it, then Tails tied him up with strong leather straps and placed a gum-like slab in his mouth so that he wouldn’t cut off his tongue, then he pressed another buttons and needles full of an ominous purple liquid came down from the ceiling, jamming into Superior Eggman’s body and injecting him with the liquid. Soon, he began to shake and scream through the slab violently as Tails made sure that the straps would hang on during the process, after which his veins began bulging and became more purple. As the injection stopped, Tails closed Eggman into a metal coffin and left him there to scream and shake as the fluid spreaded in his body. Back to the heroes, they managed to enter the castle and found a secure spot to contact Zavok from.
“Okay, we’re inside.” said Zero, talking while the others kept an eye out for any eventual guard passing.
“Excellent. Now what we need is a diversion. Someone must get the guards and the Iron Queen’s attention while the others find the armory.” said Zavok through the earpiece.
“That’s my cue.” said Sonic, cracking his knuckles.
“We’ll cover you.” said Bean, the other Hooligans nodded.
“Ok. Me, Rough and Tumble will go find the armory. Please, be safe. The Iron Queen is Eggman’s most deadly warrior. Many have fallen under her cold cruelty.” said Zero, holding Sonic’s shoulders.
“Meh, I’ve handled worse.” Sonic shrugged cockily as he came out of the hiding spot, strolling around the corridors and humming a catchy tune, seeing a bunch of guards walking away from him.


“Eh-Ehm… YUHUUUU!!" he shouted, making the guards look back and see him.
“Master Eggman? Back so soon?” asked one of them.
“Why yes, my fellow goons, I have returned. I was looking for you.” said Sonic, giving his best Eggman voice impression.
“Why do you sound so weird?” asked one of the guards.
“Eh-Ehm, I caught a very nasty egg cold… COUGH, COUGH!” said Sonic, the others had to bite their tongues to not laugh.
“Oh, well, shouldn’t you be in bed, then? And why aren’t you wearing your suit?” asked another guard. 
“WHAT’S WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS, IMBECILES?!” Sonic’s very believable Eggman-like growl made the guards and even the Hooligans wince.
“F-Forgive him, master, he’s new…” whined another guard.
“Then allow me to give him a run of how things work here…” said the hedgehog, beginning to rev a Spin Dash, aiming at them and speeding through them, toppling them down like bowling pins.
“SSSSSTRRRRRIKE!” he said excitedly, then he turned back and grinned as maliciously as he could.
“C’mon, weaklings, fight back! Gimme a challenge!” said Sonic, cockily swinging his fists. The guards were used to Eggman going berserk and just wanted to abuse them, and they had been told when it happened to let him do so to blow off some steam.
“Betcha can’t call everyone else to try and outnumber me!” Sonic chuckled and one of the guards alerted the others, calling and telling them to join what they thought was a sparring match in the main living room. The other gurdas nodded and left their posts, soon surrounding Sonic while he grinned and erratically waved his fingers, itching for a fight.
“Oh yeah, I called backup too.” he chuckled as then the Hooligans came out, beginning to beat up the others.
“Now don’t worry, these are not the real Hooligans, but some life-like drones I whipped up in order to train you all. However, they are as fast and as capable as the real deal so don’t think they’ll spare you!” Sonic giggled as he revved up again, hitting multiple targets at once with his Light Speed Attack. Fang hopped on a column and began shooting at the guards from above, Bean threw his stun grenades at them and Bark charged and striked any foe that came his way.
“...Wow.” commented Zero as he, Rough and Tumble left to look for the armory. Meanwhile, Iron Queen was watching the security footage, when she saw the dogpile in the living room and, amongst them, she saw Sonic, gasping.
“Wait.., That’s…!” she said, getting up and leaving the room.


The guards were losing badly to the one who they believed to be Eggman and his “drones”. Everytime they got up, one of their four assailants would knock them back down, also they could attack multiple enemies at once while they couldn’t use their weapons inside the castle grounds or against him. If only they knew the one attacking them wasn’t Eggman… A sudden blast from a wall made everyone wince, a massive hole had been opened in it and, in the middle of it, stood Iron Queen, one of her hands having morphed into a bigger, more powerful and mechanized version of Amy’s trademarked Piko Piko Hammer.
“Oh shit…” commented Sonic getting up and getting in position but, as the dust settled, he saw who his adversary was and drooped his ears, lowering his guard.
“A… Amy…?” he whispered, shocked to see this version of his girlfriend reduced like this.
“You incompetent fools, this is NOT Superior Eggman. This is Sonic the Hedgehog.” she ignored Sonic and scolded the others, her hand mallet became a normal hand again as she walked past the other guards.
“W-What?” asked one of the guards, getting up before receiving a punch from the Iron Queen that sent him flying and crashing onto a wall, flopping down lifeless as his neck had cracked due to the impact.
“How could you all be so damn stupid?! If our lord and master found out we let another version of Sonic the Hedgehog not just into his world, but also in his castle, he would have our heads!” she snarled at the others, who winced in fear as they got back up. Sonic was shocked: his Amy, his girlfriend, one of the sweetest hedgehogs he ever met, had been reduced to this? A cold-blooded cyborg monster? Sonic clenched his teeth and fists: Superior Eggman was going to pay for doing this to her.
“Leave. He’s probably not here alone. Bet those idiot Freedom Fighters are in here as well. Find them and bring them to me, alive. I will handle these intruders myself.” she said, cracking her metallic knuckles and walking towards Sonic, who reprised his fighting stance, glaring at her with an unbridled fury in his eyes.
“Heh, surprised, hedgehog? Bet you weren’t expecting this when you got here…” she said, caressing one of her metallic arms with her other hand.
“This… This isn’t right! What Eggman did to you… It’s monstrous!” Sonic growled, not mad at her but mad at Eggman for what he did.
“No, what he did was give me power. The power to crush his enemies without regret or fear. He made me strong! He made me… and this world… superior.” she sneered and got in her own fighting stance.
“Stay back, you guys! She’s mine.” said Sonic to the Hooligans.
“Roger.” said Fang.
“We’ll give you support when you need it, ok?”asked Bean, to which Sonic gave them a thumbs up, prompting them to go hide as the two hedgehogs squared up, moving in circles as each contendant studied the other.


“Your cockiness will be your downfall, hedgehog.” she said, smirking.
“Gh, now she sounds like Eggman, too…” Sonic winced, shivering in disgust. Her two hands became mallets and she elongated her arms, thrusting her hammers forward and trying to hit Sonic.
“WOWZAH!” Sonic yelped and dodged the hammers a la Matrix, revving up a Spin dash and bursting towards Amy. However, all she had to do was shriek to make him stop, allowing her to hit his face with a knee, sending him sliding back, whining and massaging his muzzle. She grinned and called back her arms, running at Sonic at great speeds and attacking him from above with her hammer arm, missing him only because he rolled away a few seconds before impact.
“Tsk…” she grunted as she began to swing at him several times, each one of her blows were very fast and hard and, as Sonic dodged them, he knew he couldn’t allow himself to get hit even once, but also he knew he couldn’t bring himself to hurt her.
“Amy! Please, stop! Don’t make me do this!” he groaned as he continued to dodge, to which Iron Queen replied with a “GRAAAAAHHHH!!!” as she continued to swing at him, in a very similar way to Knuckles’ Flurry Punch attack. Sonic gritted his teeth as he saw that he had no choice, so he dodged an attack which left her open and struck her with a quick palm thrust to her stomach, causing her to widen her eyes, gag and slide back, falling on one knee as she held her stomach, shivering after the quick yet strong attack.
“You brought this on yourself, Ames.” said Sonic, displeased of having to hit her.
“DON’T. CALL ME. THAT!” she roared, punching the floor with her free hand.
“Amy Rose is DEAD! I am the Iron Queen now! And the Iron Queen never loses to anyone! Least of all, YOU!!” she shouted, getting up and turning her hands into mallets, hitting the wall behind her which caused a series of cracks to form on them, which got to the security cameras above them, making them fall down and break. Sonic blinked confused, then he saw Iron Queen dash at him, yelling in anger and frustration, making him yelp as she pushed him against a wall and tried to slam his head. He dodged just in time, making her mallet hand sink in the wall and giving him enough room to push her away and roll away from the wall, but she got free immediately and attacked him again, slamming him against another wall and again, hitting the wall as hard as she could and,. again, missing him of just a few inches, then he’d get out only to be chasen again, rinse and repeat.
“...Weird…” commented Fang from his high position.
“Huh? What’s weird, Nack?” asked Bean, raising a brow.
“The cameras…” he said, pointing at the walls Iron Queen slammed Sonic into. Bark and Bean looked and saw that all of them had cameras, which got broken.
“The cameras… They’re broken…” said Bark, then he widened his eyes and gasped “Wait, don’t tell me that…!”.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Omega Freedom Fighters were caught in a wave of guards attacking them and trying to stop them, yet all of them got defeated by Zero’s excellent swordplay and by Rough and Tumble’s combined bullet rushes and stink attacks, and soon there were no more guards coming their way.
“Huff… Huff… Not bad, FF’s. Now, where’s that…? Ah!” said Zero, finding the armory.
“Okay guys, you’re up.” said Zero, making way for Rough and Tumble to open the door.
“After you, boss.” said Rough. Zero walked inside, followed by the two skunks, and the three gasped at the sheer amounts of weapons,armors and other tech Eggman had stored in there.
“Oookay… So, what are we looking for again?” asked Rough, looking at all the weapons.
“Zavok, we’re in the Armory. tell us what we’re looking for.” said Zero in the earpiece.
“Well done, Freedom Fighters! What you need is in a crate, labeled 23-6-91. Find it and bring it back, with every means necessary.” said Zavok to Zero. he nodded and ordered Rough and Tumble to split up and search for the crate.


In the meantime, Sonic had been slammed and thrown around like a ragdoll, he was slightly bruised now yet he still managed to get up after the Iron Queen’s continuous assaults, wiping his mouth and smirking while she breathed heavily, glaring at him.
“That all you got, Ames? MY Amy punches harder than you…” he sneered at her, causing her to growl and lunge at him, tackling him against a wall and breaking the last camera in the living room. Sonic grunted and tried to get out of her grip, but she had pinned his arms at his sides and her arms were stronger than him. She could snap him in two like this… yet she did nothing of the sorts, just breathing hard as she held Sonic against the wall.
“Crap… I broke all the cameras… Now no one can see us…” she said panting, to which only now Sonic noticed the cameras broken and blinked, then he groaned as she tightened the grip, but he quickly realized that she wasn’t trying to hurt him. She was hugging him. She also began to shiver and sob on his chest as she nuzzled it, then she looked up, her red and black eyes were full of tears as she looked at him.
“S-Sonikku…” she whimpered, making him gasp.
“Woah woah woah… You’re still… you?” asked Sonic, confused as hell.
“It’s her.” said Fang, coming down and walking to them, followed by the others.
“She’s Ace of Spades.” said the sniper, to which she sniffed and let go of Sonic, wiping her eyes and nodding soon after.
“I am…” she said, calming down.
“Woah! So wait, Eggman didn’t roboticize you? I mean, not fully?” asked Sonic, scratching his head.
“No. He just modified my body and tried to brainwash me. I had to pretend it worked to stop the pain and to make sure I could help the Freedom Fighters in resisting Eggman's attacks.” she said, rubbing her arm.
“It’s… It’s been so long since I saw… you… I missed how warm and comfortable your body can feel…” she purred, blushing slightly. Sonic blushed slightly too but brushed it off with a giggle.
“Well, if our plan works, you’ll get to hug your Sonic soon…” he giggled embarrassedly.
“Yeah… Sorry for roughing you up, but I had to make it look real as I was smashing the cameras… How did I looked in the part of the deranged robotic monster?” she asked, giggling back.
“Oh, you were great! Had me fooled, 100%! You’re a great actress!!” Sonic chuckled.
“Th-Thanks… Oh right, we don’t have much time. Once the cameras break, a silent alarm reaches Eggman. You need to leave, now.” she said, getting serious.
“Right. How do we get out with the item we need?” asked Sonic.
“Now that all of the guards have been defeated, you can just leave from one of the side entrances. I suggest the one next to the kitchen, the closest one to the Armory.” she said, pointing them towards it. Sonic nodded and was about to go, but Amy stopped him.
“Wait… You need to knock me out…” she said.
“Excuse me?” asked Sonic, raising a brow.
“We need to make this look like a break in from you and the Freedom Fighters. I can’t look unscathed or he’ll suspect me.” she sighed.
“I… I can’t punch you!” Sonic groaned. It was then that bark moved in and landed a whopper on Amy’s face, sending her straight to the wall and making her slide down. Then Bean damaged her more with a bomb and Fang shot at the wall, making it crumble on her.
“DUDES!” Sonic grunted at them.
“Look, I know you care about her, but we’re on a time schedule here. We’ll apologize later. Now, let’s regroup with the others and get outta here.” said Bark, cracking his knuckles. Sonic huffed, knowing they were right, and dashed to the kitchen, followed by the Hooligans.


 Zero, Rough and Tumble, in the meantime, kept searching for the crate, until Rough happened to trip on it, grunting but then gasping as he saw the serial number.
“Oi, chief! I got it!” said Rough, to which Tumble and Zero catched on with him, the two skunks lifted the crates while Zero contacted the others.
“Item obtained. And the guards have been taken care of.” he said.
“Coolio. We’re headed for the side exit in the kitchen. Meet us there.” said Sonic.
“Roger.” said Zero, closing the call and heading for the kitchen with the others carrying the crate. A few guards had woken up and tried to stop them, but they quickly lost to Zero and his sword. Soon, they regrouped with the others in the kitchen.
“You defeated the Iron Queen?” asked Zero, to which Sonic sighed and nodded.
“It’s… complicated. We’ll explain on the way back.” said the hedgehog as they opened the door, getting right in front of the two guards who they saw patrolling the sewers before.
“What the…?” asked one, quickly grabbing the gun, but both him and his partner got knocked out by Sonic’s Spin Dash.
“Go go GO!” he said, to which they all got out.
“Zavok, we’re out! Open the tunnel!” said Zero. Immediately the ground shook and opened to reveal the tunnel and the Freedom Fighters entered it, the hole closed soon after, just before the few guards still up and running could see where they went.
“FUCK! We lost them!”groaned one of them.
“Search around! They can’t have gone far with that crate!” said another. The other guards nodded and spread out to find them. If only they could search underground, but fortunately for the heroes they couldn’t and they stopped to catch their breath.
“Whew… That was close…” huffed Zero. 
“Man, I haven’t felt this rush of adrenaline ever since I was in my world’s version of the Freedom Fighters! Are all your missions like this?!” said Sonic, pumped after the escape.
“Usually we don’t see the fun in them…” panted Tumble, putting down the crate.
“You should start to see the glass half full. Trust me, it works.” said the blue hero, winking.
“Well, we’re safe now.” said Zero, sitting down.
“Get comfy.” he said, as the ground beneath them started to move.
“Woah! It’s like those things at the airport!” said Sonic, giggling and sitting down.
“Now, we have enough time to chat. Tell us how it went. How did you defeat the iron Queen, the most fearsome warrior in this world?” asked Zero. Sonic nodded and had everyone gather around to tell the story. Meanwhile, back at the super prison, the metal coffin which housed Superior Eggman during whatever process he was undergoing beeped and Tails opened it, undoing the straps and letting his master walk out, his body more toned than before and he himself looked more relaxed.
“Procedure completed. How do you feel, master?” asked Tails as Eggman tightened and loosened his fists.
“I feel… Superior.” he said, grinning as he dressed up again.
“Good. I have added an extra dose, that way you can last for more than 48 hours.” said the twin-tailed talent, at which Superior Eggman lost his smile.
“My power enhancer… It’s being assimilated faster and faster…” he growled, looking at his fist.
“Damn you, Sonic… Damn you and your hypermetabolism… How dare your body assimilate so quickly a formula that’s supposed to last forever?” he growled, balling his fist tighter.
“Like this… You made my formula imperfect… Forcing me to assume it more constantly… It makes me stronger than ever, but… I’m lasting less and less… And what’s worse… I’ve gotten addicted to it… It’s like a drug, I can’t… I can’t stop assuming it…” he growled, gritting his teeth and punching a mirror, shattering it in a billion pieces and also creating a hole in the wall.
“Curse you… Even dead, you keep mocking me…” he hissed, then he turned to Tails.
“How’s the definitive formula going?” he asked, grunting.
“The synthesization process is at 65%. Significant progress will be made in the span of three days.” said Tails, clicking rapidly on the keyboard of his computer.
“But with the current dose, you’re going to last for 96 hours, if you avoid further stress.” added the fox.
“Four days… Good enough. Keep working on it, Tails. I have full faith in you.” said Eggman, wearing back the tentacles, which beeped.


“What the?” he asked.
“Oh, the silent alarm went off again. It already happened a few minutes ago.” said Tails.
“WHAT?! And you’re telling me this now?!” Eggman growled as he contacted the castle.
“...No one’s answering! Why the hell didn’t you warn me before, Miles?!” growled the deranged doctor.
“You were in the middle of the treatment. I couldn’t just stop.” whined the fox.
“Weak ass excuse!” he grunted and wrapped tails in one of his arms, using the others to go back to the castle, after a bit switching to running as he needed to go faster. He got to the castle and went in, gasping as he saw his main room destroyed.
“What the fuck??!!” he growled, zipping around and seeing all the cameras destroyed, the walls destroyed and his men taken down.
“Who?! Who’s the dead man who did this?!” he growled, then he heard debris shifting, so he ran back to the main room and saw a mass of bricks shift. He placed down tails and dug Iron Queen out of it, badly injured. One of her artificial eyes were cracked and her arms were hanging on from her torso by the wires linked to her skeleton.
“My bride! Who did this to the castle and you?!” he said, shaking her.
“Cough, cough… Th-The F-Freedom F-Fighters…” she groaned, she didn’t need to pretend she was hurt since she really was injured.
“Them?! Impossible! How did they sneak in unnoticed?” he grunted, placing her down.
“Th-They… They were aided… Their ally destroyed the cameras and… and reduced me like this…” she coughed as Superior adjusted her limbs.
“I don’t understand! You’re the ultimate warrior! How did this… ally reduce you like this?” asked the doctor.
“It was… It was Sonic…” she groaned. At that, Superior Eggman stopped working on her, instead grabbing her by the neck and lifting her.
“You know the rules: that name is forbidden in these walls. Besides, it can’t be him. I killed Sonic, remember?” asked Eggman, gritting his teeth.
“N-Not… our S-Sonic…” she coughed, she couldn’t even try to get free because her arms hadn’t been fixed properly yet.
“Not our…?” Eggman gasped, letting her go soon after and catching her with his tentacles which gently guided her down and resumed working on her.
“Heh… I see… Damn Zavok, he resorted to the Multiverse, eh? He called another Sonic to come do his dirty work for himself, huh?” Eggman chuckled, his fingers twitched and shivered as he licked his lips.
“What a… delicious opportunity! Getting to kill Sonic all over again…” he shuddered, the idea was clearly enticing to him.
“Before that, though…” said Iron Queen, getting up as her arms and eyes were repaired.
“I saw them leave with a crate from the Armory.” she said, making him glance back at her.
“So, all this to steal something?” asked Eggman, scoffing. One of the guards got to him after a quick inventory.
“Nothing fairly important seems to have been stolen, but…”said the guard, bowing to him.
“But?” asked the doctor, folding his arms.
“The crate labeled 23-6-91 is missing.” hje said, which caused Eggman to grab him with his tentacles.
“THAT ONE?! Of all of the weapons, armor and tech they could take, they stole THAT ONE?!” he growled, squeezing the guard.
“I-I know I shouldn’t butt in, but… What was in that crate? I could only see it was very big before they knocked me out…” said Iron Queen.
“That crate contains my most powerful version of Metal Sonic! Omega Metal Sonic was almost ready, all I needed to do was to program it to serve me!” hissed the doctor, continuing to crush the guard with his arms.
“So… It’s still not programmed to serve you? Can they program it to fight us?” asked Iron Queen, gasping.
“If they do… We could be in trouble… But if I call in the Metal Commandos…” muttered the doctor, then the gagging guard managed to squeak “T-There’s also… a-another item m-missing…” he coughed, making Eggman look back at him.
“What?” asked Eggman, pissed off.
“T-The m-mind s-switcher…” was all the guard could say before getting squeezed to death, his bones reduced to dust and his neck getting snapped by the powerful metal arms while Eggman shouted in anger and frustration.
“Well… It’s a useless thing now, right? What could they use it for?” asked Iron Queen, getting silenced by Eggman’s furious glare.
“I don’t give a damn about why! They stole from me! ME! I will not allow it! tails, call in the Metal Commandos! Iron Queen, wake up the kid! From this moment on… We are at war!” growled the mad doctor, clenching his fists as his tentacles shot in the air and lifted him up, grappling on the walls.


To be Continued