Sonic the Hedgehog Lyra Unleeched, part II

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG IN:
LYRA UNLEECHED, PART II

New Mobotropolis, aka the former Nanite city. The Freedom Fighters entered HQ, immediately ready to start the search for their lost teammate. A holographic image of a Mobian lynx in a purple dress popped up and adressed our heroes: “Welcome back, everyone. I watched everything from afar…I’m sorry you weren’t successful. And I’m sorry about Fiona…” Nicole said.

“You should have come with us! You could have stopped those machines dead in their tracks! And then we would be able to save Fiona!” Tails muttered angrily.

“Don’t vent your anger on Nicole, Tails. She couldn’t help it. She had to stay here to watch the city, you’d have never known if Eggbelly would have lured us away so he could launch a full-scale attack or something.” Sonic said, trying to calm his little bro down.

“Not to mention, the backup program I am working on to manage the city in case I have to go out isn’t complete yet. If I went out there, the defenses of the city wouldn’t be at maximal capacity. However, like I said I watched from afar. I can see if I can scan the footage for anything useful.” Nicole said; as she created several holographic screens with various shots of the battle.

“These new versions of Heavy and Bomb seem to have stronger armor, more mobility, and updated intelligence. Probably upgraded software as well. And those Enforcers…they combine both Swatbot tech, Egg Pawn Tech and various others, but unlike the Egg Swats they are more properly combined, not to mention more stylish looking.” Nicole said.

“I know, the Egg Swats always looked ridiculous. They were also able to be an actual challenge.” Sonic noted.

“Never mind how much of good war machines they are, please let’s move on to finding Fiona.” Tails said impatiently.

“I was getting to that. Let’s see…this footage is a bit blurry…I can barely see Fiona on it…I also see something else, but I can’t make out what it is yet. It appears to be the same shape and size as a Mobian. She’s doing something to her but I can’t see it clearly, but she’s weakining Fiona from a distance, but I don’t see it use any weapon.” Nicole said. “But whatever she did, she used it to comply Fiona into coming with her…”

“Fiona wouldn’t go with a random stranger, would she? She must have been…drugged or something, or hypnotized.” Tails said.

“Narcotic invisible gas and hypnosis seem as the most probable explanations. There is also something I should tell you. There have been reports about people going missing. Most of the time they’re female Mobians. Male ones are missing too, but most of them are found back dead later on. It doesn’t appear to make a difference between Legionnaires, Freedom Fighters and civilians.” Nicole noted. “I even intercepted a message that confirms Drago Wolf is dead.”

“I normally wouldn’t wish my worst enemies dead…But can’t say I care much for Drago. But in short, we may dealing with a serial killer or kidnapper?” Sonic replied.

“Most probably. I should come in contact with the foreign authorities to see if they can give us information on the victims, so we can sense a pattern and it may also lead to a clue to Fiona’s whereabouts, if her abductor and the others are the same.” Nicole said.

“Then what are you waiting for, get on it already.” Tails said.

“Tails, Nicole will be doing what she can, but please keep yourself under control. We want her back as much as you do. But you got to keep your emotions in check.” Sally said. “It may not be easy, but we need to keep calm if we are to save Fiona, which we will!”

“I hope so…” Tails said as he clenched his hands into fists. “I made a vow to her…”

FLASHBACK (ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO)

It starts, surprisingly enough with a fight between Tails and…Sonic? The blue blur was sent flying into a tree by a very pissed off Tails, standing in between him and Fiona. “Tails, bro…what the heck are you doing?” Sonic asked.

“Cut the crap, I know you aren’t Sonic…You’re the Anti-Sonic are you?” Tails stated.

“How did you…” the revealed Anti-Sonic growled.

“Sonic is a bit of a ladies man, but he would not take advantage of Bunnie after she is sad about her breakup with Antoine…or flirt with Amy, the girl who is too clingy for his tastes, and he’s able to take ‘No’ for an answer. If Fiona would have said that to the real Sonic, he’d respect her personal space.” Tails noted.

“I already wondered why he was missing his usual suaveness…” Fiona noted.

“Ok, you found me out kid. It’s just that I had needs. But Bunnie turned out to be a prude, that pink girl is way too clingy…I was losing my patience a bit. And that bodysuit of hers is so sexy…” Anti-Sonic mocked.

“You sick perverted bastard…You won’t touch her! I’ll stop you.” Tails growled.

“What are you going to do to me, kid? You’re not even old enough to attend high school, let alone to wrestle with the big guys.” Anti-Sonic growled.

“I beat you before, remember? And that was when I barely had any combat training. But since then, I had training.” Tails said.

“Can’t remember a thing about that, kid. And whatever you think you can do, I’m still older, bigger and stronger, then you are!” Anti-Sonic said as he revved up. “And I have no qualms taking out a kid.” He then rushed at Tails.

Tails was ready however, and as Anti-Sonic was going at him at full speed, he was making a few calculations at a similar speed, stepping aside at the last moment, and tripping up the anti-hedgehog, making him tumble and roll along the floor until he bumped into another tree, very painfully. Anti-Sonic picked himself up, and looked really ticked. He resumes his attack and created a spin-dash, but Tails did a spin-dash of his own, the two bouncing off one another, and both landing back on their feet.

Anti-Sonic rushed at Tails and tried to deliver a high speed punch, but Tails ducks under it and slashes at his arm with his namesakes. Anti-Sonic held his arm in pain as he growled and then grabbed Tails by his namesakes and then swings him around and then smacks him on the floor. He still held on to the tail so he could continue repeating that, but Tails could control the density of all the hair on his tail, so he made sure to turn individual hairs into needles that jab themselves into the palm of Anti-Sonic’s hand, as he screeched in pain but let go of Tails.

Tails wanted to use the moment of distraction to get up, but Anti-Sonic recovered much more quickly then he anticipated and pinned him down on the ground with his foot. “You stay there, where you belong!” he growled.

“I don’t like how things are now, care to trade?” Tails said, his namesakes still free, using them to grab Anti-Sonic’s leg, make him trip again, before Tails got up, landed on top of Anti-Sonic and held his tails close to his neck. “I have been training a lot with these, they can cut through metal. You don’t know what they can do to your throat.” Tails threatened.

“I can’t believe a little punk like you got the best of me…” Anti-Sonic moaned.

It was at that moment, several others came onto the scene, under which Sally, the real Sonic and his No-Zone counterpart Zonic. “Fiona, that is not the real me, that’s…oh, it’s already taken care off.” Sonic said when he saw how Tails had apprehended his evil doppleganger.

“That makes my job easier as well. I’ll take this punk in, he already has a record for trespassing zones, and this is another one we can add.” Zonic said as he put special cuffs on Anti-Sonic and dragged him off.

“Whoa…you managed to bust him all on your own…you’re really growing up so fast. It only seemed like yesterday I taught you that spin-dash.” Sonic said.

“This reminds me how dangerous it can be with evil counterparts of ourselves being able to hop into our zone and take our place, that’s the second time that has happened. Maybe we should keep an eye on a few others just in case. That reminds me that Antoine has been acting weird lately…” Sally noted.

“Tails…you were very brave for standing up for me. We are on the same team for a while, but I never took the time to actually get to know you. I kind of regret that now.” Fiona said to Tails.

Tails looked flustered. “Well, I…there is this age gap between us and I would understand if you don’t want to hang out with a kid…” he muttered.

“You’re very mature for you age…more mature then Anti-Sonic that’s for sure. There’s no reason for us to hang out. In fact, why don’t I treat you for a drink or something…so we can talk a bit, and I get to know my hero a bit better…” Fiona asked.

Tails wasn’t sure if she was asking him out but to Tails it counted. “Er…sure. I’d like that.” He said, blushing under his fur.

“Whoa, he’s really growing up fast.” Sonic said, slightly snickering. “Sal, let’s give the kid some space.” Sonic suggested.

“Sure, there is still…this thing…Nicole needs help with, I’m going to do that now.” Sally said as they left the two lovebirds alone.

While later that day they would just have a drink together, these non-dates would become more common, and eventually as they grew closer, would grow into actual dates. And Tails couldn’t be happier. Tails had promised himself something that day he saved Fiona from the one who would become Scourge: “No matter what happens, I vow I’ll be there to protect you.” But he shouldn’t have made a promise he couldn’t keep.

END FLASHBACK

We now cut somewhere else, in a hidden facility, where the Enforcer robots were put to work, using the tech stored into the Storage cube to reverse engineer into their lair. In the middle of the room was some kind of odd contraption, which consisted off a circular platform and three vertical pole parts that looked that were made to spin around the center, like a centrifuge or something. “The final touches are coming along nicely. Soon our master will return and both that oaf Eggman and the Freedom Fighters have to look out.” Heavy noted.

“If my bombs won’t blow them away, then his return will. But I’ll blow them away with my bombs anyway. After all, fish got to swim, birds have to fly and I need to blow shit up!” Bomb laughed. “Say, where is the leechlady at?”

“She’s playing with her collection again. Let her bef or now, she’s an enforcer, not a technician. She has done what’s asked off her, what she does for a hobby is no tour problem.” Heavy noted.

“She kind of creeps me out…and I’m a machine. Does she really needs to be around?” Bomb asked.

“She’s as loyal to the cause as we are, and that’s what’s important. Like us she is a warrior for our master’s goals and for that we should respect her.” The loyal Heavy said.

But when we take a look with Lyra…we see a room we wouldn’t expect of her at first. It was all so pink and girly grown man would believe in cooties again. It was equipped with pink drapes, rug and wallpaper, plushies, and pony-related marchandise. But then the truely frightening part comes in as several Mobian girls, dressed up in frilly dresses and staring out in front of them like zombies, gathered around the table for the teaparty. Lyra had a look of delight on her face as she admired them all.

“Aren’t you all just precious? You know that you are all very lucky, I don’t consider just anyone pretty enough to be a dolly. But I was so lucky to stumble onto two perfect dollies in a short time. Isn’t that right, Mittens?” Lyra said with glee as she turned to Hershey, who unlike the others was stripped of any clothing, had cute white mittens over her hand and feet, plus a collar with a bell on it. She lay down in a basket, like she was an actual Mobini cat and not a Mobian one. Lyra rubbed her belly and Hershey purred, as part of the hypnotic suggestion implanted in her. “Whose a good kitty, yes you are, yes you are.” Lyra cooed. She then gave Hershey some yarn, whom gleefully (as brainwashing gets at least) toyed around with it.

“But that’s where the second dolly comes in. I was just helping my big brothers make an errand and I stumbled upon her. Welcome our newest dolly, Fifi!” she said as she showed off the now mindless Fiona. This was the cue for the other dollies to start applauding. “She is joining our tea party soon, but first she needs to have the right outfit. Such a bodysuit is not proper enough.” Lyra rushed at the door of her closet and pulled out another frilly dress and a hairbrush.

“This will look perfect on you. Once I put you in this and give you an adorable new haircut, you’ll be such a pretty dolly!” she said. She put the dress and brush down on her bed. She approached Fiona from behind, puts her hands on her shoulder and whispered in her ear. “It’s an ugly world we live in…people fight all the time, they lie, they cheat…but there are who deserve to live in a more beautiful world. Like you, my dear Fifi.” Lyra’s hands rubbed Fiona’s shoulders before eventually travelling down her upper arms. “And while we need to bring back the Master to make the world beautiful again, you have your own little piece of beautiful world right here with me, and your sister dollies. We’ll be so happy together.” Lyra licked her lips. Lyra slowly walked in front of Fiona, and reached for the zipper on her bodysuit’s front, planning to undo it so she could put on her new dress.

“Wha…what am I doing here? Why…” Fiona stammered, causing Lyra to panic slightly.

She pinched Fiona’s cheeks playfully. “Hush now…no thinking. It’ll be too painful. Just let me think for you so you’ll never be in pain again. I do this for your own good.” She said as her dreads snaked back to Fiona’s back and injected her a second time. “My, are you a strong dolly. I made a good choice with you. But stay stil land quiet, as mommy dresses you up.” She said as she grapped the zipper and undid the bodysuit. Fiona would spend the rest of the night being dressed up and being groomed…

Nicole was able to put the data of the dissapearances together and was ruling out several possibilities. “Sourmerca…now Knothole…previously around the desert…what is this pattern? Wait, maybe the tech that was used for those robots could have something to do with it.” Nicole stated. She started to analyze some scrap from destroyed Enforcers that was recovered earlier.

“Standard Swatbot and Egg Pawn as we already knew…but there are some odd components in them. These are like a signature. Eggman doesn’t use this kind of engineering anymore. But it’s familiar nontheless…Wait!” Nicole grabbed some of her oldest files, dating a long time back. “Yes…these match. But the pattern of the places that were attacked…they are not random. They are all in a certain radius…but what was at the center of the radius?” Nicole took the files of the entire history of the center of that particular area. “Nothing…that’s odd. What was on that spot? Or maybe not ON the spot…but above it? It would make sense…checking data…that has to be it! Oh no…if it’s really…I must warn the others.” Nicole said.

Later on, she had gathered the Freedom Fighters in the HQ. “Ok guys, I have put together a pattern, and you’re not going to like this. The places where those people went missing were not only places were robberies had taken place of valuable tech, but also…I made some calculations and…they aren’t hundred percents, but they are the most probable…”

“Spit it out Nicole!” Tails said.

“Those are the places where the wreckage of the Death Egg have been spread after we destroyed it.” Nicole stated.

“The Death Egg? Somebody is collecting the wreckage of it? Putting it back together?” Sonic asked.

“Most of the wreckage has been cleared long ago, but some had landed in unpopulated desolate areas or tech has been stolen to replace a lot of the parts. I also found out that the engineering used to create the Enforcers, while combining modern tech, bears the signature of the original Robotnik.” Nicole stated.

“But he’s dead. He was vaporized…twice. Can someone recover from that?” Sally asked.

“It wouldn’t be easy. But as you know Eggman brought his Prime counterpart to life briefly, but it only lasted shortly. I also don’t know how he did this.” Nicole said.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s really him or not, what we know is that we have to stop that Death Egg and save the missing people. Where is the rebuilt Death Egg?” Tails asked.

“I can’t pinpoint an exact location, I made several scans, but it has to be cloaked because I can’t find anything that bears the signature of Death Egg tech.” Nicole said.

“So we know their plans but we didn’t get a step forward in the investigation?” Sonic asked.

“We should wait until Heavy and Bomb strike again, or wait for another kidnapping, but when and where will that take place. We need bait, something they should be taking with them and lead us right to it.” Sally said.

“Great plan, only where will they strike next?” Tails wondered.

“There are several crash sites of Death Egg wreckage still unexplored. They have been recovering the ones closest to the center first, so they have to go by the borders of it now…which means they’ll target one of these destinations next.” Nicole said as she marked two crosses on a holographic map. “These are the last two sites.”

“Then we better split up in teams. Each time should travel to protect one site. Either we put a tracker on the wreckage or on Heavy and Bomb.” Sally noted. “We also may need all the help we can get if it’s really the Death Egg. Nicole, whom else beyond us are available?”

“Most remaining Freedom Fighter teams are busy with Legion affaires. Apparently Eggman sped up their activities now someone is putting a monkey wrench in his operations. But Geoffrey St. John and his reformed Secret Service can help, he’ll be glad to assist on this one because we have recently learned Hershey was abducted as well…Amy is still off training in Mercia with her cousin, but I can ask if they can spare her for a while. My backup program for the city is also nearly done so I’ll be able to join in.” Nicole said as she pulled out a list.

“That’ll have to do. We better prepare ourselves for things to come, and no matter what happens, the Death Egg can’t rise again. Roboticization may not be possible anymore, but it’s still a weapon of mass destruction. We get inside, save the ones that have been abducted, and we destroy it.” Sally said firmly.

“We won’t fail…I refuse to fail.” Tails noted.

At New Megaopolis, the base of Eggman, a disgruntled Snively was in his quarters. “It’s not my fault that Mecha-Goblin and Blockhead decided to crash the party. They came out of nowhere. Instead of putting me into place he should spend his time on more fruitful endeavors…if you call it that. He blew up a Metal series to futilely wound the Freedom Fighters, put Enerjak in the Egg Grapes without retooling them first…how did he rebuild where my true uncle left off is a mystery to me…”

But the pointy-nosed scientist was grabbed from behind, gagged by someone’s mouth and dragged off somewhere else. The person who did that was physically stronger then him and had no trouble in doing so. Snively was taken in a seperate room and locked him in. “Who the heck do you think you are?” Snively growled.

The one he was faced with was no one else but Lyra. She had put on a Grandmaster outfit, only with a skirt. “You know, I like these outfits. Very stylish, but they are the only good thing brought forth by that faker Eggman.” She said. “You and I both don’t like him, right?”

“You are with Heavy and Bomb, are you? What do they want from me?” Snively asked.

“That would be telling, would it? It would spoil the big surprise. But it’s one you’ll find a lot of fun! And you would greatly benefit from it too!” Lyra said as she pulled out something, that projected a hologram of a familiar Asian-looking Overlander woman, who had the grey dull eyes all of Lyra’s victims have.

“Regina! That’s not the prison of Chun-Nan…you have her! What have you done to her?” Snively asked angrily.

“I only calmed her down, because she didn’t want to come. But it’ll wear off. I don’t want her with my dollies anyways. I don’t like Overlanders, they make ugly dollies. You can have her back, but you will have to do something for us first.” Lyra said as she playfully poked Snively’s nose.

“What do you want me to do? Buy you a pony?” Snively asked sarcastically.

“No…though it would make a cute dolly. But no. When the surprise pops up, you just make sure Eggbrain doesn’t notice until the last second. We want to surprise him as well, only his surprise is less fun…for him. You do that, you get your girlfriend back, and you won’t have to worry about Humpty Dumpty, everyone goes home happy!”

“How am I sure you will keep to your word? And what will prevent me from ratting you out right now?” Snively asked suspiciously. Lyra demonstrated by baring all her fangs, stretching her mouth wide open so Snively could see them all in their frightening glory, as her eyes became two black empty voids that pierced into his soul. “Ok, I oblige! I oblige.” Snively said frightened.

Lyra returned to ‘normal’. “Good boy! Now, make sure you do as we say, because we are watching you. If you do something bad…well, just look in the closet.” Lyra said.

Snively opened the closet and out fell several dead echidna Legionnaires, all sporting a bite mark on their necks and crusts of dried blood. Snively felt nauseous. “Legionnaires aren’t bad but they have a bit of an oily taste. I never tasted Overlander before. Just make sure I don’t develop an appetite for it.” she said as she snuck out, leaving Snively alone.

“I should have become a dentist…” Snively muttered sickly as Lyra already had vanished.

TO BE CONTINUED