1x06: The Base Blow-Up

Previously on Desperate Hedgehogs...

Amy and Rouge finally were able to exit their prison cell, only to have themselves taken away by Dr. Eggman's newest robot, E-123 Omega, reasons unknown.

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles went to search for Eggman's base, but a sand storm threatened their lives and now Sonic and Tails are split up from Knuckles, having no idea where he could be.

Shadow meanwhile retrieved a Chaos Emerald, but found out Eggman already had another one in his vault. He was finally given the chance to answer the questions, until he was interrupted.

Shadow was interrupted by Silver, who accidently escaped the hospital which turned out to be a simulation created by Dr. Eggman. Silver called Eggman Eggman Nega, the Iblis Trigger. Why did Silver call Eggman by this name? All this on this episode of Desperate Hedgehogs.

What in the world was this? All of a sudden, this strange white hedgehog that no one even knows comes barging into this secret place and calls Eggman something completely different from who he really was. At least, that's what everyone thinks he really is. But this Silver person didn't seemed to be acting, he seemed to feel like he was spouting the truth. But how could he be spouting the truth? Everything he's saying sounda absolutely ridiculous! Shadow wondered, is there more to Eggman then meets the eye?

To Silver though, he felt he finally found what he had been looking for. After this long journey, traveling to so many places he was unknown to, he FINALLY found the person that was the answer to his problems. THE person that was all he needed to fix everything he thought was wrong. THE person he needed to kill, needing the blood of. Silver was ready for this match he'd been wanting for a long time.

"Silver?" suddenly asked by a familiar voice.

Silver was very shocked to hear that voice, as he knew exactly who it was. He didn't expect him to be here of all places, but then again, maybe he was able to escape too. Silver turned around, and that green crocodile skin no doubt meant this was Vector, almost solving a whole nother question.

"Vector!" Silver said in shock. "W-where have you been?"

Vector smiled, as he always loved to explain the answers to such questions. He felt the question called for his detective skills perfectly, as detectives definitely had the skills to explain things in a cool yet informative way.

"I'll be happy to tell ya Silver!" Vector said. "You see, I suspected something was fishy with the hospital. You were still asleep so I couldn't talk to you, but Espio and Charmy, they disagreed with me. And strangely, no matter how much I told them to, they weren't going to follow me in this investigation. I was actually on my own. Not even Charmy, who usually gives into my threats, was going to go with me. So I investigated myself. Doc, there's a glitch in your little trap, because that's when I found a holographic wall, and then appeared in this base! It took me awhile to get over here though, this place is huge!"

"So that's how I escaped," Silver concluded.

"But now it's my turn," Vector suddenly said. Silver wondered what Vector was going to ask, but he had a bad feeling he knew exactly what the question was. "Silver, why did you just call that guy Eggman Nega, the Iblis Trigger? I gotta admit, that's a question even I can't answer!"

"Um....well," Silver had no idea how to answer that question. He didn't want to drag anyone else into this mess he seemed to be involved with. But now Silver was stuck, he had to either explain the whole thing to Vector, or try and come up with something just as convincing. Problem was, he wasn't very good at quick thinking. What was he to do? Vector was getting impatient.

But thankfully, Dr. Eggman grew tired of this back and forth between two creatures he didn't like very much. So he shouted, "Grr, SHUT UP!" This caught the attention of Silver, Vector, and Shadow. "LOOK, I don't know what you're supposed to be and why you think I'm whatever you're looking for, but you're tresspassing in my base. So for that, it's time to say good-bye. Shadow, finish that hedgehog off!"

Shadow nodded and then said, "With pleasure." Shadow meant that too, he was about to ask the doctor a very important question, and here was this random white hedgehog coming out of nowhere and interrupting him.

Shadow charged towards Silver, and began the fight as he tackled into Silver, making him fly into the wall, making an unstable crash.

Dark rooms meant no room for error. This is what Sonic and Tails' situation was basically. After a gigantic sand storm that came out of nowhere, Sonic and Tails found themselves inside this dark room. Had they finally made it into Eggman's base? Sonic seemed to be sure of it, it's not like there was an old shack somewhere they could visit in this part of the desert. This had to be Eggman's base.

The question was what happened to Knuckles. He was a tough guy, but if Sonic was blown by that storm, no doubt Knuckles was too, who isn't as fast as Sonic was. But maybe strength was a key factor in surviving that storm. The two could never really tell. And they had other things on their mind besides the best way to tackle sand storms.

"This has got to be Eggman's base!" Sonic concluded. "I can feel it Tails, this place feels all too familiar."

Tails nodded in agreement, and said, "Definitely. The walls feel just like they did five years ago when we were here. They're more dusty, so there's a chance Eggman might not have come here."

"Well, how else did we get in here then? We must have fallen through some kind of secret entrance or something, which egghead obviously had to build."

"Well, let's just get going Sonic, maybe we'll find Knuckles on the way."

Sonic agreed, and the two began walking off into the dark to find any signs of light, meaning that some person has been down here recently, most likely Dr. Eggman. But every turn, and every hallway had absolutely no lights on, they were just filled with dust. They kept on searching, and they kept wondering if this search was actually useless. Either way, they don't know how to actually get out, so they just continued on with their search.

But there were still many doubts, not a single sign of light had been spotted. Perhaps they were going in circles, but the both of them did not want to believe that, no matter how true it started to seem.

"Man, every hallway feels like the same thing, it's like a maze," Sonic said. "Tails, don't you have some light on your watch we could use?"

Tails' faces suddenly had a large mouth attached to it. Sonic was right, why didn't he think of this before? His watch had a flashlight, not to mention tons of other features that could've been helpful. Looks like Sonic was the one to help him this time.

"Oh darn it, why didn't I think of that?!" Tails asked in absolute frustration.

Sonic, noticing Tails anger, then said, "Hey, no worries Tails, we all forget stuff in a really dark base."

Tails sighed, he wasn't mad at Sonic in reality, he was more mad at himself, wanting to show Sonic that he had changed, and that he didn't need Sonic's help in anything. Nevertheless, Tails turned on the flashlight, and they saw all sorts of symbols that looked very familiar. Yep, this is no doubt Eggman's base the both of them thought, at least it was finally confirmed.

"LET ME GO!"

Amy was repeatately yelling that as she and Rouge were being grabbed and taken somewhere by force by this new Eggman robot named E-123 Omega. At least they were no longer stuck in that prison cell, but now they were being taken to who knows where to do who knows what. Amy was very nervous, crying to be let go. She wish she could grab a hold of her hammar, but she didn't exactly have it at the moment.

Rouge meanwhile looked very displeased. She never liked to be forced to do something. She always was the type to do things her way, and this was definitely not her way. Also, it didn't really show in her face, but Rouge did have a certain amount of fear as well. Unlike most situations, she didn't know what was going to happen next, and she was nervous about what was going to be done.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO! LET ME GO! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The robot remained unaffected by Amy's loud and obnoxious voice. It was unfortunately what it was, a robot. A very silent one at that, but stronger then all of Eggman's other robots. Rouge herself tried to break free of the robot, but she couldn't get free, no matter the amount of kicks she inflicted on the robot. It just remained emotionless, continuing on its path.

"Where are you taking us?" Amy asked, after getting a little tired of worthless yelling.

Omega didn't say a thing, but the answer came when the two entered this large room that contained this gigantic fleet in it, with tons of robots working on it. Amy and Rouge stared in amazement. This fleet was even bigger then the Egg Carrier, and THAT was pretty hard to top in their eyes. This fleet was probably three times the size, it was so obviously larger.

The fleet was colored a grey and red color, with Eggman's face plastered all over the fleet and its weapons including cannons and guns. It was enormous, why in the world is Eggman letting them see this?

"Woah!" Amy said in amazement.

"I guess a month is all the doctor needs," Rouge said.

Was the doctor going to do something to the two that involved the fleet? If that was true, whatever could it be? Amy and Rouge were nervous, it was uncomfortable to see such a gigantic ship right in front of them capable of destroying large cities, including their comfty homes and museums with jewels.

Omega flew onto the ship and suddenly put Amy and Rouge against a pole. He suddenly made this glowly kind of string appear, light blue was the color, and tied Amy and Rouge to the pole. Oh my, if Eggman was going to take this fleet to the sky, he wanted the both of them to come with him for some reason.

"Let us go!" Amy shouted. "What does Eggman want from us?"

"Answer is unavailable," Omega stated.

"You mean you don't even know?" Amy asked. This is just what they needed, another mindless robot only following orders. It's too bad Eggman seemed to had learned from his lesson with Gamma. The two would just have to keep struggling to get rid of the rope, but there was something different about it that made it unbreakable, it seemed like the equivalent to steel.

Before Omega could leave the room and leave the two hanging there though, a crash was heard, and the three of them and the hentchmen working on the fleet all turned their attention to the right of the room. A hole had suddenly appeared in there, and once the smoke disappeared, a familiar red echidna appeared out of it.

"KNUCKLES!" Amy and Rouge both shouted.

"So this really is Eggman's base!" Knuckles concluded. "Amy, Rouge, it's a good thing you two are okay. I'll get you guys out of there and then we can look for Sonic and Tails!"

Omega knew no doubt that this was an intruder however, so Omega quickly charged towards Knuckles and punched him, ignitiating the match between the two powerhouses.

The battle had just begun, and both hedgehogs had their weaknesses and strengths. Silver and Shadow had never met or heard of each other up to this point, so it was interesting to immediately be on bad terms. But then again, what was Silver supposed to expect when he barges into the base and spouts such things anyway? Silver faught with no hesitation, as he had no idea who this creature was, and Shadow thought the same.

The battle gets into the air, as Silver keeps flying upwards in the large room and begins throwing object after object down at Shadow. Shadow avoids each one though, as he gets higher and higher trying to reach Silver. Silver gets nervous, this guy obviously has alot of strength, Shadow could NOT get anywhere near him.

But Shadow was about to finally charge into Silver for another attack, but Silver quickly held Shadow himself using his psychothenesis.

"Gah!" Shadow growled. "Just what is this power?"

Silver smiled, thinking that his powers must be that threatening to make someone like Shadow feel out of place. Silver answered his question, feeling a little more comfortable saying, "It's called telekinesis. You're gonna be sorry you challenged me!"

Shadow chuckled however, which got on Silver's nerves hard. Silver was about to throw Shadow into the wall as hard as he could and be done with him, but Shadow all of a sudden said two words, ending Silver's advantage.

"CHAOS........BLAST!" Shadow screamed.

The red aura suddenly surrounded Shadow, and once Silver's body touched it, Silver let go of his control of Shadow and suddenly crashed into the ground. Impossible, who in the world would have the power to break through his control like that? This hedgehog was definitely no joke, Silver had to be on his guard.

"Shadow you idiot!" Eggman yelled in anger. "Don't do that again or you're going to destroy this base!"

Shadow looked arround him and he suddenly saw that he may have ruined a few of the doctor's machines. Shadow had to make sure not to use that attack again, the last thing he wanted to do was upset what could be the solution to all of his problems.

Shadow suddenly landed on ground just in time for Silver to recover. And the two soon went into hand to hand combat, as they both began throwing rapid punches and kicks at each other. The both of them didn't seem to be able to lay even a sratch on each other though, they seemed to actually match melee wise.

While Silver was attacking, he glanced an eye at Vector, who just seemed to be standing in the background watching. Isn't this guy twice the size of him? Why isn't he helping? You would think Vector was the brute force of the group, but he actually looked quite scared.

"Um Vector, aren't you going to help me out?" Silver asked.

Vector looked at Silver and Shadow fighting nervously, so he answered Silver's question nervously. "Um, no offense Silver, but I'm not the one in the group that's there to fight the ultimate life form! Espio's the guy you're looking for!"

Silver kept looking at Vector in disappointment whenever he could, but this caused Shadow to gain the upper hand for a bit, and he finally hit Silver. Silver got hit pretty hard, but this didn't completely knock him down thankfully. Silver got control of Shadow yet again with his telekinesis, and he was prepared to not waste anytime and really attack this time.

Silver kept pushing Shadow into walls, machines, and the ground. Eggman stared in horror at all the destruction happening in his room. This place was obviously not meant for a match as intense as this. Shadow was too weak by all the pain to use Chaos Blast again, so he just kept getting hit, and hit, and hit, and there seemed to be no end to it.

Finally though, after much damage, Silver let go of Shadow, and Shadow was left to stay on the ground looking pretty pathetic. Silver had powers that Shadow couldn't 100% overcome, and that was a problem.

"Had enoguh?" Silver asked.

Shadow slowly looked up at Silver then to tried to answer the question, with fire raging in his eyes.

The flashlight was really helping out Sonic and Tails, as the places they were encountering kept becoming more and more different. It looks like they were actually getting somewhere in the base. But there were still no lights. If Eggman was here, they were in an unused part of the base. Perhaps it was unused for a reason...

"How much longer is it going to take to find a room actually being used here?" Sonic asked.

Tails thought about Sonic's question. It really did feel like they were walking around for a long time. But in reality, this place was huge, and at walking speed, they weren't going to explore it very fast. "Just be patient, we'll find something," Tails said.

Sonic sighed though, he wasn't used to having to wait since his legs could get him anywhere so fast that he never had to wait. "But this is taking FOREVER. Tails, how about we split up?"

Tails knew exactly what to say to Sonic to answer that question, and his face basically showed the answer. "Sonic, that's a horrible idea! Just look at what happened to Knuckles! Unless you want to get lost, you need my help, okay?"

"Ok ok Tails." Sonic was a little startled at Tails' comment. It seemed like anything Sonic would say would get on Tails' nerves. Tails certainly had changed. He was a teenager now, so maybe things were just a little more complicated. Still, Sonic couldn't help but feel there was a bigger reason other than Tails was a teenager.

"Um Tails, did I do something wrong?" Sonic asked.

Tails always wished Sonic would never ask that question. Tails didn't want to answer, he wanted to look like he didn't much care about what he was thinking about. But he knew that was a blatant lie deep down, and he hated it. But, Tails would continue to try to look like he didn't much care. "Why would you ask that?" Tails asked.

Sonic knew when Tails was trying to hide something, and Tails wasn't doing a good job of hiding it this time like always. It may have been five years, but he still knows his friend. "Because Tails, you've kind of been giving me the cold shoulder ever since we talked to each other back in the Mystic Ruins," Sonic explained.

Tails sighed, and just kept walking on, trying to avoid Sonic's question. But Sonic wasn't going to go down without a fight, he wanted answers now. He was sick of wondering what could've happened to make Tails act like this.

"Tails? Say something, please."

Tails decided to respond this time to shut Sonic up by saying, "Look Sonic, nothing is going on, okay? Let's just get back to looking for Egg..."

Suddenly the two heard a crashing sound in front of them. There was basically a pile of rocks in front of them, but they heard some sort of sound on the other side of them. It sounded like some kind of fight. Sonic and Tails knew they had to get to the other side of those rocks.

Sonic spin dashed his way through the rocks and broke them all apart. At the other side of them, there was finally some light, and the sound only got louder. It was true, Dr. Eggman was in this base. Well, at least SOMEONE was in this base.

Power robot versus power echidna. They both had incredible strength. It was just a matter of whether the more advanced one in tenchnology or the one with more natural power was going to win. Omega was currently shooting as many bullets as he could at Knuckles, as Knuckles continued to glide avoiding each bullet.

Omega suddenly began to shoot minature rockets at Knuckles. They were faster and were getting much closer to Knuckles. Knuckles was a little nervous. He knew he wasn't as fast as Sonic. He was also getting sick of playing defense. Time to try offense. Knuckles began to glide towards Omega and then crashed into him.

Omega and Knuckles began to go into hand to hand combat. Knuckles found it difficult to make even a dent on Omega's steel armor however. Never had he see an Eggman robot as tough as Omega was. Looks like Eggman decided to put quality over quantity this time.

Omega didn't fight back. He just kept blocking punch after punch and kick after kick. It was as if he thought tiring out the echidna would be the answer to defeating him. Knuckles seemed to be a pretty aggressive person, maybe he should take advantage of it.

Amy could only stare at the two in horror, hoping that Knuckles would live up to his image of being this power fighter and save them. Her and Rouge were definitely not in the mood to travel in the air along with Eggman. All the hentchmen just stared along with the two, even though they definitely had to work on the fleet.

"Kncukles, don't give up!" Amy shouted. "It's just an Eggman robot!"

Knuckles didn't think Amy's words were all that encouraging. This wasn't just an Eggman robot, it was a real powerhouse. Just what was Eggman thinking when he made this robot? The only thing weak about it was its speed, but it made up for it with its powerful projectiles. "Amy, maybe if you were fighting this robot yourself, you'd agree with me when I say this ain't no ordinary robot!"

Amy didn't like Knuckles' response to her comment. If it was Sonic, he'd appreciate it she thought. Oh well, Knuckles was an idiot anyway. If he wanted to fight with absolutely no support, she was fine with it. But she sighed, she didn't know what else to do being tied to a pole against her will.

"Rouge, don't you have some GUN thing you can use to get us out of here?" Amy asked.

Rouge shook her head in disappointment, then said, "Sorry gal, nothing I have can cut through this rope. I don't even have that much, I think Shadow may have went through my pockets while I was asleep."

"Or maybe you were too busy focuing on jewels to realize you forgot to bring some key items!" Amy complained.

"Wow, you sure aren't a little miss sunshine like you were five years ago," Rouge said.

Meanwhile, Knuckles and Omega continued to fight. None of them could really lay any damage on each other. Omega was too strong to damage, and Knuckles was too fast for Omega to attack. It seemed pointless for awhile. No one was winning, no one was losing. Suddenly however, the both of them just stopped, as everyone in the room began hearing a rumbling kind of noise. It seemed like massive amounts of energy was suddenly being exerted, but where?

"CHAOS..."

What was that voice? The person who shouted it was nowhere to be found in the room, and he sounded very angry as well. But before everyone could think about it a little longer, the mysterious person then shouted,

"BLAST!!!!"

Suddenly, the wall on the left side of the room collapsed. As the dust was diffusing into the new rooms, and the stones that used to make the wall fell, it was revealed who the attacker of the wall was on the other side. It was none other then Shadow the Hedgehog, and Silver the Hedgehog laid next to him, very weak from the attack.

"S-Shadow!" Knuckles shouted. "You really are alive!"

Amy and Rouge stare at the destruction of the wall, as they spot the likes of Shadow, Silver, Eggman, and Vector on the other side.

"Vector?" Amy asked.

"Oh, hey you guys!" Vector said. Vector suddenly noticed Knuckles however, and suddenly felt this uncomfortable sensation inside his stomach. It was Knuckles' chance to finally get him, and there was nowhere to run. Knuckles looked at Vector with anger in his eyes. Finally, a chance to finally get a clue as to where the Master Emerald was. "Um Knuckles, I cam explain!"

But before Knuckles could get to Eggman, two figures decided to join the chaos, and Sonic and Tails suddenly appeared in the room with the fleet, as they looked at all of the confusing mess that was in front of them. Noticing everyone, including those they thought were dead.

"Wow, this looks like quite the party!" Sonic said. "We've finally found you Eggman! You're coming with us!"

"No, Eggman first has to tell me where the Master Emerald is!" Knuckles said.

"Wait, he is not what you think he is!" Silver shouted. "I have some unfinished business to take care of with him!"

"SILENCE!!!!!!!!" Eggman shouted. So many people apparantly wanted something with the doctor. He was getting annoyed with his name being tossed around everywhere. While he loved being the center of attention, these were all pests to him. People he didn't want attention from. "I'm not going anywhere with any of you, but I'll be sure to put you all into the dumps! E-500 Reptar, go!"

And suddenly, a giant prehistoric dinosaur like robot dropped onto the scene right behind Eggman, surprising everyone. How did Eggman make so many things in such a short period of time? Eggman got onto his eggpod and flew to the top of the machine, then inserted himself into it. "Shadow, Omega, let's finish this!"

It was an epic fight indeed that was to happen. It was Shadow, Omega, and Eggman's giant robot, against Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Silver.

The robot was as large as you would imagine a dinosaur would be. But this dinosaur in particular had lazer guns and missles. Not to mention tons more brute force then a regular dinosaur. Shadow and Omega looked just as ready to fight the crew. They could take em, no problem. At least, they hoped they could.

Shadow charged towards Knuckles in his ball form. Knuckles grabbed onto Shadow though and tried to hold him back from attacking him. But Shadow was strong, and with Knuckles still in utter shock seeing Shadow, Shadow broke though and hurled into Knuckles. Knuckles quickly got up, and went in for a punch. And then the two went into hand to hand combat.

Omega started to shoot as many bullets as he could at Silver. But Silver actually took control of all the bullets with his telekinesis, and threw them back at Omega. Omega's armor was damaged a bit, but it was minor. Omega knew he had to get Silver to let his guard down somehow. So Omega flew to the skies, and tried to confuse the hedgehog by moving around as fast as he could. Silver flew up too, to try to get a good look at where Omega was.

So Sonic and Tails were left with the big Eggman himself. Sonic and Tails nodded at each other, they knew that to do. Tails flew to the top and then flew around Eggman to try and distract the guy. Eggman kept trying to grab Tails, but in the air, Tails was a bit fast for Eggman's robot to catch.

Meanwhile, Sonic began running up to the robot and began to try and spin his way through the stomach. But the material the robot was made of was pretty tough. And without a Chaos Emerald, it was hard to break through it. Eggman saw Sonic trying to attack him, and Eggman grabbed Sonic and threw him into Tails.

Omega continued flying around Silver, and Silver could not get a proper reading on where Omega was. Until Omega snuck up behind Silver and punched him in the back, causing him to fall and lose control of his pwoers for a second. But before Silver could fall to the ground, Sonic and Tails crashed into him.

Knuckles was repeatately getting beat up by Shadow. Knuckles was unfortunately no match for the ultimate life form. But Knuckles kept trying to attack, he was not the type to just give up despite the hopelessness. He was a fighter, so he would keep on fighting.

But Knuckles unfortunately had to stop fighting, when Sonic, Tails, and Silver crashed into Knuckles and they all crashed into a wall, all four of them lying on the floor helpless. Vector, Amy, and Rouge stare in despair. Had they lost the fight?

"Oh ho ho ho!" Eggman laughed. "I still got it after five whole years! You all better not do a thing to deter my plans, or else your girls are going to get it!"

So that's why Eggman is taking Amy and Rouge along with him. He was going to use them to his advantage. Amy didn't like it one bit. She was not going to be the reason Sonic loses this fight. Amy suddenly began struggling more then ever to get out, but it was still useless.

"Grr, you won't get away with this Eggman!" Amy shouted.

But Eggman knew he could. He knew the cards were in his hands, and all he had to do was make the right moves and he would win. "Alright, while you all rest up here, I'm taking off on my brand new fleet, and all of you will be able to witness my official return, as I announce to the world that they are all doomed. OH HO HO HO HO HO HO! Shadow, Omega, let's go immediately!"

Shadow and Omega nodded, and they, along with Eggman, quickly got onto the new fleet. All of Eggman's hentchmen then followed. Eggman quickly ran into the control room to get things started.

The four fighters tried to get up, seeing the faces of Amy and Rouge made them feel absolute despair. They had to save the two now, so Eggman didn't have an advantage. Then they all could attack full force. They slowly got up, and tried to hurry to the two of them.

But Eggman was already a step ahead, as the fleet finally started up and began to fly. The four fighters tried to run to the ship and jump onto it, but they were still beat from the beatings they were given. Unfortunately, the fleet was now too high to reach for them, and it finally took off into the sky, leaving the captives on board.

"Amy! Rouge!" Sonic screamed.

"They're gone," Silver said. "Now who knows what he's going to do next!"

"If we get back to the Tornado 3 outside of the base, we can quickly catch up to Eggman and launched an attack on his fleet," Tails said.

Sonic nodded in agreement, then said, "Okay Tails, let's get going then!"

"Espio and Charmy are still trapped in that virtual reality program Silver," Vector reminded. "We need to get on that ship and save them!"

Silver nodded in agreement, and then said, "Okay Vector, I'll help you."

Knuckles had a question in mind that he thought everyone had forgotten due to all of the excitement. They had finally found Eggman, and also found where he was staying. But now a new question has risen up. Knuckles faces Silver, and then askes, "Um, who are you?"

Eggman's base has finally been discovered, but now what will happen once the public sees Eggman's fleet in the sky? What will become of all four of the hedgehogs now? Find out on the next Desperate Hedgehogs!