1Sonic the Hedgehog: Tales from Mobius

Author's Notes

Hey there users of . Since I have so many ideas for Sonic the Hedgehog: Heroes of Mobius and so little space for them all, I've made this separate story so I can tell some tales that I don't have room to tell in H.O.M. (Heroes of Mobius). These stories take place during certain events in H.O.M. and I hope you'll find these as enjoyable as the stories in H.O.M. Well enjoy…

Arc 1: The Malicious, Metropolis Masquerade

Takes place during Story 3 in Sonic the Hedgehog: Heroes of Mobius

Part 1: Delayed Journeys

The council's decision had been made and the decision was to send some of their own Royal Fighters to help out the less fortunate groups in other places on Mobius. Two of these fighters were an orange dog named Wilson and a purple mouse named Mandy. They had been requested to go to Grand Metropolis, the second largest city on Mobius. The Royal Fighters of Grand Metropolis were suffering heavily from Eggman's never ending army of robots and they needed an extra hand otherwise Grand Metropolis would suffer a terrible fate. Wilson and Mandy were skilled in combat and spy work and both could take down most robots easily thanks to some combat training from fellow fighter Geoffrey St. John. Their skills had paid off for eight months so far so hopefully their skills would pay off in their mission in Grand Metropolis. Wilson and Mandy were both disappointed that none of their team mates were joining them on this mission. In fact Wilson even wished they could have brought Sonic the Hedgehog or Geoffrey St. John or even Bunnie Rabbot but sadly they couldn't for as they were occupied elsewhere.

After the council had made their decision, Nicole the Lynx, Sally Acorn's lady-in-waiting informed Wilson and Mandy on where they had been requested to go.

"The council has decided to send you two to Grand Metropolis to help the fighter groups there." she explained.

"We know, we overheard you lot talking in there." said Wilson "And we shall not let this kingdom down."

"We'll make sure Grand Metropolis is free from Dr. Eggman's reign of terror." said Mandy, saluting "That fat man won't know what hit him!"

"You two had better be careful though." noted Nicole "This is the first time you're going on a mission without Sonic the Hedgehog so if you get into trouble, he won't be able to help you since he's staying with the Mobotropolis fighters."

"We'll take care of ourselves." said Wilson, even though he was shivering at the thought of getting caught and Sonic wouldn't be able to help him like last time*.

"OK then." said Nicole "Castle Acorn wishes you two luck on your mission."

"Thank you Nicole." said Wilson "And we wish you lot luck while we're gone."

Nicole smiled at the fighters and left the room.

Moments later, Wilson and Mandy left Castle Acorn and got into a sleek, silver hover car Mandy had built herself. The car had black windows, four hover pads and three jet boosters in the back. Mandy was a skilled car mechanic and she could make hi-tech hover cars of any shape or size in a matter of moments so that really helped her and Wilson. After they climbed into the car and strapped themselves up, they saw Geoffrey St. John heading off, presumably to an airport so he could catch a plane to Downunda, his designated place. They also saw Bunnie Rabbot flying off to Megapolis, her designated place. Strangely enough, they didn't see Fiona with Sonic the Hedgehog. Maybe Fiona was doing something elsewhere. They watched Sonic zip off away from Mobotropolis and into the forests of Green Hill Zone.

"I hope Sonic and the others have good luck on their missions." said Wilson as Sonic disappeared into the distance.

"Oh they'll be fine Wilson." said Mandy calmly "Especially Sonic, that guy's unbeatable and he's the reason we're still fighting now."

"But now we're on a mission without him, do you think we won't be so lucky against Dr. Eggman?" wondered Wilson.

"Oh Wilson, you worry too much." chuckled Mandy "But I find that cute about you. Now let's get going to Grand Metropolis! Those fighters are waiting for us!"

She turned the key in the ignition and the glamorous, sleek, silver hover car hovered five centimetres off the ground and hurtled off through the under construction city of Grand Metropolis. As the two Mobians drove through the city, Wilson admired the hard work going on to rebuild the destroyed city. Mobotropolis had been a great place of civilization and Dr. Eggman shattered all that in a matter of moments with his giant battleship**.

"Do you think the new Mobotropolis will be better then the old one?" asked Wilson.

"Eh. Probably." said Mandy casually "I don't care if it's better or just the same, it'll still be Mobotropolis all the same."

Wilson nodded in agreement.

"I do hope my parents are OK." he suddenly said aloud.

"What's made you say that then?" asked Mandy as she steered the car out of the under construction city.

"My parents live in Grand Metropolis." explained Wilson "And since it's under heavy siege from Dr. Eggman I'm concerned about them."

"Coincidentally." Mandy suddenly said "My sister Marion Mouse lives in Grand Metropolis. She originally lived here with me and my parents but she wanted to live on her own so she moved to Grand Metropolis. Come to think of her." she added, her face fell into a sad expression "I hope she's OK, what with Eggman and his robot army attacking it."

"So going to Grand Metropolis is almost like visiting old relatives for us." said Wilson "Let's just hope they're alright by the time we get there."

"I think for the time being, we should keep our minds focused on helping the Royal Fighters of Grand Metropolis instead of our relatives Wilson darling." said Mandy kindly.

"Good idea." said Wilson quickly.

The hover drove on through the Great Forest, a forest located on the west side of Green Hill Zone. From there on, it was on to the mighty and magnificent city of Grand Metropolis.

An anonymous robed and hooded figure with mechanical arms was sitting in a robotic throne and watching the computer monitors that loomed in front of her with close intention. These monitors displayed several areas of Mobius such as Green Hill Zone, Megapolis, Downunda, the Great Forest and Grand Metropolis. The figure watched the monitor displaying Green Hill Zone. The monitor showed Sonic the Hedgehog running to some place unknown to the figure.

"So, Sonic's going somewhere is he?" the figure purred into a nearby microphone that altered her voice and made her sound creepily robotical and growling "I do hope Eggman is well prepared for his arrival otherwise we'll have a repeat of what's happened for eight months straight already."

Then the figure looked at the monitor displaying Megapolis. The monitor showed Bunnie Rabbot arriving on the scene at last and introducing herself to Thomas Tiger, leader of the Royal Fighters of Megapolis. The figure smiled a cruel sadistic smile.

"Miss Bunnie Rabbot has arrived at last." she purred once again "All the better for us to capture her and finish off the roboticization that was unfortunately halted by that stupid skunk Geoffrey St. John***."

"Speaking of Geoffrey…" purred the figure, she turned her attention to the monitor displaying Downunda "That little prat is on his way to Downunda. I do hope the Eggman army there will remould his image into a skunk carpet for me to wipe my feet on."

Then the figure turned her attention to the centre monitor that displayed the Great Forest. The monitor showed Wilson and Mandy in the hover car, heading to Grand Metropolis at a terrific speed. The sight of this didn't surprise the figure the slightest. She tapped the arms of the chair.

"So, those wannabe fighters Wilson and Mandy are heading here are they?" she sneered "Well I'm not about to let them get here in a hurry! I think I'll take some of my precious time to slow them down or better still, stop them from coming here at all!"

She pressed a button on the throne. A missile shaped robot dressed in a tutu appeared into the room and stood beside her. The robot looked very similar to Dr. Eggman's assistant bot Alonzo only it was thinner in appearance and instead of black hair; her head was painted like it had long flowing blonde hair. The robot even had a stupidly girly bow on top and one wheel that it balanced and moved around on.

"You summoned me Mistress of Darkness?" the robot asked in an ear piercingly high girl voice.

"Send a squad of Police Bots out into the Great Forest and order them to terminate these two Mobians." ordered the figure, whom apparently was called the Mistress of Darkness.

She pointed at the monitor displaying Wilson and Mandy so the tutu wearing robot knew who she meant.

"At once Mistress." said the robot.

"Oh and BECK-E." the mistress called the robot back for a moment "Don't you dare show your face in these premises if you fail, or something very horrible will happen to you."

"Yes Mistress." gulped BECK-E, shaking like a leaf.

BECK-E left the room to call the Police Squad. The Mistress smiled darkly and tapped the sides of her throne with her fingers.

"Dr. Eggman, I shall not let you down my lord." she purred to herself "I will not let this wonderful city fall out of your malevolent grasp."

She clenched her fist tightly.

"Those Mobians will pay ever so delightfully for daring to defy you oh glorious master." she said ever so sinisterly "And I can't imagine Bunnie, Geoffrey or even Wilson and Mandy will do well without that idiot Sonic the Hedgehog here to help them…"

The Mistress focused her attention back onto the computer monitors that loomed in front of her.

Grand Metropolis was definitely not looking so grand right now. The second largest city on Mobius was crumbling to the ground like a sandcastle under the heavy onslaught of Eggman's nefarious army of malevolent robots. Out of all the cities on Mobius, Grand Metropolis was suffering the heaviest from Eggman's robot army due to the lack of defence Grand Metropolis had. The Royal Fighters had managed to form a group in Grand Metropolis but not many had joined up and many of those that had joined up had fallen in combat so they needed an extra hand, which was why they had sent requests to borrow a fighter or two from Mobotropolis since Mobotropolis had the best Royal Fighters. The leader of the Metropolis Royal Fighters was a chipmunk with a tough gravely voice, a fierce dedication to his duty and little tolerance for failure named Bostock. Bostock wore a traditional army man's outfit complete with green uniform and tin hat. Bostock was a tough fighter and was hard to beat in battle and he had a long track of battles with Eggman robots to prove it. Bostock had a friend named Mortimer who was equally as tough as he was and was specialized in strategic measures. Mortimer was a chipmunk just like Bostock and he wore combat fatigues and heavy military boots. Bostock and Mortimer had been waiting for help for a half an hour now and nothing had come so far. They just stood there and watched Grand Metropolis crumble before them in the distance.

"Where is the backup Mobotropolis is supposed to be sending us?" grumbled Bostock gruffly "I sent that call over thirty minutes ago!"

"Clam down Bostock." said Mortimer "Help will arrive sooner or later. And don't forget Mobotropolis isn't very close to Grand Metropolis so they'll take a bit of a long time at the most."

"I know, I know Mortimer my friend." sighed Bostock loudly "It's just I'm not a patient man and I can't bear to watch this city crumble any longer."

"I hate watching the city crumble too." said Mortimer glumly.

"And I also can't stand to wait by, knowing there are innocent people getting enslaved or slaughtered by those menacing machines!" grumbled Bostock.

"I know, it's awful isn't it?" said Mortimer.

"And if that wasn't bad enough, I've heard that those robots are planning a drilling operation in the centre of the city." said Bostock "Who knows how much damage that'll cause?"

Mortimer didn't know what to say so he just nodded and stared into the distance.

"Hopefully, the backup we've requested will be here and then we can stop that drilling operation." said Bostock "I refuse to let this city fall any further!" he cried, clenching his fists.

But unfortunately, help was going to take a little longer then expected…

Meanwhile, Wilson and Mandy were driving through the peaceful Great Forest. Wilson had a map opened out so he could tell Mandy which way they had to go while Mandy concentrated on the driving. It had only been ten minutes since they left Mobotropolis and they'd be driving for another ten or fifteen minutes at least. Mandy could make the car go faster if she wanted but she risked crashing into a tree and there wasn't much space in a forest so she had to keep it slow and steady.

"Where are we now Wilson?" asked Mandy, keeping her eyes on the path.

Wilson glanced at the map.

"We're almost out of the Great Forest." he said as he eyed the place they were in now on the map "Once we get out of here, you can pick up speed and make up the lost time."

"That's a relief." said Mandy "I hate driving in the forest, you risk crashing a lot more in a forest then on a normal road."

She spotted a log lying on the path. She pressed a button on the steering column and the hover car levitated over the log. It settled back down in its normal hovering height after passing the log. Then the sleek silver car finally made it out of the Great Forest. Now there was nothing but wide open space, Mandy could go as fast as she liked. She pressed down on the acceleration pedal and the hover car's three jet boosters began to roar loudly. Then the car shot down the road like a charging bull. Mandy loved going fast but Wilson, not so much. Going fast always made him feel giddy and he always worried about crashing since a car going extremely fast is very likely to crash into something if you lose control. Nevertheless, Wilson didn't say anything and just let Mandy have her fun. After all, the faster they got to Grand Metropolis the better and then they'd be able to assist the Royal Fighters in pushing back Eggman's nefarious forces. Mandy laughed childishly as she sped down the road with the wind whooshing past the car.

"I dunno why but it's always freaking awesome when I go this fast!" she squealed with delight.

"I'll say it is!" yelped Wilson as he clutched onto the edges of his seat and trying to refrain from having a panic attack "Maybe a little too awesome!"

"There's no such thing as too awesome Wilson!" laughed Mandy.

The car was going so fast that Mandy failed to notice the line of hovering police cars sitting on the edge of the road. Unfortunately for her, they were not police cars driven by normal policemen, they were police cars driven by Eggman robots. This was the police squad that the Mistress of Darkness had sent out earlier and they were going to capture Wilson and Mandy and stop them from ever reaching Grand Metropolis just like the Mistress had ordered them to. The police cars activated their sirens and they zoomed down the road. The sirens screamed and wailed as they drove after Wilson and Mandy. Wilson heard the sirens and glanced at the rear view mirror to see what was behind the car. He saw the police cars chasing him and Mandy down and he groaned loudly.

"You see Mandy, this is what you get for going too far!" he scolded "You're going miles too fast and now the cops are after us!"

"Ya what?" asked Mandy.

"Look in your rear view mirror girl." said Wilson.

Mandy glanced at her rear view mirror. Surely enough, she saw the police cars chasing after them with their sirens blaring and their roof mounted light bars flashing brightly. Mandy sighed in annoyance.

"Good grief!" she groaned "Just like the cops to ruin my fun! Oh well, there's a place I need to be at right now and it's not jail so I'd best slow down and apologize for my speeding."

She lifted her foot off the acceleration pedal and pressed it down on the brake pedal. The hover car ground to a halt and the police cars surrounded it as if they were trying to make sure it wouldn't get away. Mandy rolled the window down and poked her head out of the car so she could speak to the police car on her left.

"Ahem, what seems to be the problem officer?" she asked politely.

The window to the police car rolled down, revealing the driver which was a silver coloured robot with a red domed shaped head. The robot pulled out a pistol and pointed it straight at Mandy's face!

"Oh my god!" shrieked Mandy "Wilson, duck!"

Wilson ducked, even though he wasn't sure why he had to. Mandy ducked just as the robot shot at her. The blast whizzed over their heads, smashed through the window on the other side of the car and hit the police car that was guarding the right side of Mandy's car. The car was accidentally blown to smithereens. Quick as a flash, Wilson pulled out a smoke bomb from his utility belt and threw it at the robot shooting at him and Mandy. The bomb landed on the robot's lap and smoke billowed out and filled the entire car top to bottom. Now the robot was distracted, Mandy slammed her foot on the pedal. Her car levitated above the ground and whizzed over the police car preventing her from going forwards. The car landed and the two fighters whizzed off. The police cars chased after them, their sirens wailing loudly. One police car rolled its window down and a robot leaned out of it. This robot wasn't driving the car; it was in the passenger's seat. The robot was also armed with a rocket launcher. It aimed the launcher at Mandy's car and opened fire. A rocket shot out of the launcher, screaming loudly. The rocket hit the ground just centimetres away from Mandy's car and the force of the explosion sent the car hurling into the air.

"YIIIIKKKEEEESSSS!" screamed Wilson, clutching the edges of his seat for dear life.

"Quit messing up my car you vandals!" screamed Mandy.

The car landed with a very sharp thud bonnet first on the ground. Then it hurled through the air in a somersault and landed front first. Then the car spun around wildly before coming to a halt next to a tree which it bashed into. Several acorns fell from the tree and landed all over the car's roof. Wilson looked like he was about to drop dead whereas Mandy looked like she wanted to kill somebody. The car's front was a bent and buckled mess and the windshield had cracked so badly I bet it would shatter to pieces if someone merely flicked it. If there's anything Mandy can't stand, it's her car getting wrecked. She opened the door and stepped out of the car. Wilson staggered out after her.

"This is why I prefer to walk!" he squeaked.

The police squad finally caught up to them and all five cars ground to a halt. The robots occupying the cars all stepped out of the cars and aimed their weapons. The robots were all blue with red heads and they were armed with pistols or rocket launchers. There were ten robots in total since two robots occupied one car. Mandy bent down in a battle ready stance as the robots prepared to shoot her.

"That's it you scoundrels!" she spat "Trying to blow my head off is bad enough but wrecking my beautiful car is going too far!"

"Yeah, what she said!" added Wilson.

The robots opened fire. Wilson and Mandy both somersaulted out of the way of the laser blasts. Wilson landed a powerful dropkick on one robot and sent it falling flat on its face and before it could recover, he stole the robot's gun and shot the robot to pieces with it.

"Now that's what I call giving you a taste of your own medicine." he said.

Two more robots tried to shoot him but Wilson shot them first. The robots crumbled to pieces before him.

As for Mandy, she landed feet first on one robot and knocked it over. Then she gave one robot a flying kick around the head. That kick was so powerful it sent the robot's head spinning around and around like a roundabout. The robot she had knocked over got back to its feet and tried to seize Mandy but the tough mouse spotted it and punched it over. The robot whose head was spinning around finally stopped his head spinning and tried to attack Mandy but she grabbed it by the arm and flipped it over her shoulder and onto its back.

"That's what you get for wrecking my car!" she said crossly.

Then suddenly one robot grabbed her by the tail and pulled her towards itself. Then the robot grappled Mandy into a choke hold, its arm wrapped tightly around her neck. Robots often had strong grips and this one was of no exception. Mandy was powerless to do anything in the robot's grasp. Luckily for her, Wilson saw she was in trouble and blasted the robot's head off with the gun he had. The robot released Mandy and collapsed onto its back.

"Thanks Wilson." said Mandy.

"No probs." said Wilson "Just doing what Royal Fighters do best, smashing Eggman robots."

Wilson should have kept his eye on the battle instead of making statements because a robot managed to creep up on him and kick him in the back of the head. The stunned dog fell on his stomach and the robot snatched his gun away and pointed it at the back of his head.

"This is why I prefer not to use weapons most of the time!" whined Wilson.

"You get off my friend or I'll make you sorry!" warned Mandy.

The two robots she had knocked out had regained consciousness and they grabbed her by the arms. Mandy tried to get free but like the robot that got her in a chokehold earlier; their grip was too powerful, even for someone as strong as her.

"Let me go you mechanical freaks!" yelled Mandy.

The robots ignored her and carried her to one of the police cars. Wilson watched helplessly as his friend was taken away. He had a feeling he would be next unless he did something fast. The robot that was holding him at gunpoint then grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and began to carry him towards the police cars. That's when Wilson had an idea. He grabbed a smoke bomb from his utility belt and hurled it into the robot's face. The robot staggered backwards and dropped Wilson. Now he was free, Wilson ran up to the two robots carrying Mandy to the police cars and kicked one of them in the back of the legs. This caused the robot to kneel down and Mandy saw the opportunity to punch it in the head. The other robot still had hold of her but not for long. Wilson gave it a sharp kick to the back and this in turn caused the robot to let go of Mandy and then Mandy gave it a kick to the head so hard its head came clean off its body. The headless robot fainted. Wilson and Mandy gave each other a high five.

"As Sonic might say, way past cool!" chuckled Wilson.

"Whatever you do cute stuff, don't quote Sonic the Hedgehog." giggled Mandy "No one does it better then him."

As for the robots, there were only five left and they had decided to change tactics. Instead of facing the two directly, they hid behind the police cars and aimed a rocket launcher at them. They prepared to fire at them but unfortunately for them, Mandy heard them loading the rockets. Wilson heard it too and they both ran for it. The robots fired just a fraction too late and the rocket soared past the dog and mouse and hit some trees instead. The rocket exploded and several trees fell over. Wilson picked up a robot's gun that was lying around and opened fire on the police cars. He was hoping to shoot them so badly they would explode due to the damage done to the cars. The robots had no idea what he was doing but they decided to try firing another rocket to see if they could get him this time. The robots fired another rocket at Wilson. Wilson only just managed to dodge the rocket and continued to fire at the police cars. He managed to shoot the engine to one police car and that one shot to the engine blew the car to smithereens. The explosion of the first car set the other cars off and they exploded. The robots hiding behind the cars were blown away from the sheer power of the explosion and they were reduced to nuts and bolts. Chunks of metal from the cars showered the entire woods and smoke and fire billowed out from the destroyed cars. Wilson punched the air and whooped with joy.

"Now that's serious shooting baby!" he cheered.

Mandy had watched the whole thing and she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Whoa Wilson, that was incredible!" she said "You're one sharp shooter!"

"Yeah I am, aren't I?" said Wilson "And the irony of it all is, I'm not that keen on using a gun and yet I use one quite well."

"Well it's a good thing you do use one well because you've just saved our necks out here." said Mandy "Now those robots are gone, we can get to Grand Metropolis now."

"Is the car alright?" asked Wilson.

Mandy ran over to her car to inspect it. The car's front and grill was slightly buckled and the right door had a dent in it from when the robots sent it flying and crashing. Other then that, it still seemed to be in working order. Mandy opened the door, stepped into the car and turned the ignition on. The car started up surprisingly nicely.

"I think the car's alright!" cried Mandy.

"Well that's a relief." said Wilson, throwing the gun away and running over to the car.

He opened the door and got into the passenger's seat next to Mandy. They both buckled themselves up and Mandy stepped on the pedal. The car roared into life and it sped off down the path at top speed.

"If we hurry, we can make up the lost time." said Mandy "I just hope Grand Metropolis isn't too roughened up from Eggman's attacks."

"I just hope my parents are alright." said Wilson, looking at the window and watching the scenery whiz past as the car sped on.

They would find out these facts once they arrived at Grand Metropolis. And that was still a good few minutes away but with Mandy going as fast as possible, they would arrive in no time…

"Come on you worms, you can work faster then this!" snarled the Mistress of Darkness.

The Eggman robots began to pick up the pace on the enormous drill they were setting up. The terrifying Mistress just stood and watched the robots build the drill and barked out orders. The robots were setting up an enormous drill with a drill bit that was larger then a five storey building and laden with ferocious spikes. This drill was going to dig down into the earth so they could unearth the sea of oil that had been detected down there. With this much oil, Eggman would never run out and his robots would always have some. Not to mention they could ruin the environment a little just to add insult to injury with so much oil. All the Mobians would get stuck if they were drenched in oil after all. The Mistress of Darkness was looking forward to this operation dearly and she did not want it to fail otherwise she would get harsh punishment from Dr. Eggman.

"The drilling operation must go according to plan." she said to herself "This oil must be mined and unearthed otherwise Eggman's robots will be limited on amounts and they won't be able to run!"

"Mistress!" squealed the obnoxious shrilling voice of BECK-E.

She zoomed up beside the Mistress in a salute.

"What is it you obnoxious little tin-can?" barked the Mistress "I'm overseeing the operation right now!"

"I have terrible news Mistress!" squealed BECK-E "The police-squad you sent to get Wilson and Mandy has been completely destroyed!"

The Mistress said nothing. She pointed a sharp metallic finger at BECK-E and fired a laser at her. BECK-E was blown to smithereens but just like Alonzo, she could put herself back together so it didn't matter. The Mistress turned away from the destroyed BECK-E and groaned loudly.

"How did Wilson and Mandy survive that?" she screeched "They're supposed to be useless! They're talent-less wannabes, not skilled fighters! It's obvious I overlooked those morons isn't it?"

She put a metallic finger to her lips and mused for a moment.

"I'll need a better robot to stop them coming here." she said to herself "And I have just the thing."

She turned to BECK-E, who was finishing putting herself back together and pointed a finger as sharp as a dagger at her.

"BECK-E, send out Egg-Taurus to get Wilson and Mandy!" she barked.

"But Mistress!" protested BECK-E "Egg-Taurus isn't finished yet!"

"That's an order!" snarled the Mistress.

"Y-y-yes Mistress, at once Mistress!" cried BECK-E, zooming off like a toddler pedalling really fast on a tricycle. The Mistress watched her gormless sidekick rush off and said to herself:

"That Egg-Taurus is bound to give them a run for their money. It is the most powerful Eggman robot so far built and since they don't have Sonic with them, they have no chance."

And she cackled a cruel, icy cackle at the very thought of Wilson and Mandy, defeated and dead by the horns of Egg-Taurus. Once they were gone, the drilling operation could commence and no one would be able to stop it. Eggman would be wallowing in oil when the Mistress was finished…

Footnotes:

*Wilson and Mandy were both narrowly saved from roboticization by Sonic in Story 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog: Heroes of Mobius

** See Sonic the Hedgehog: Heroes of Mobius Story 2

*** See Sonic the Hedgehog: Heroes of Mobius Story 1 (Again!)