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Dawn Of Chaos

Mobius, Great Forest
Incursion: Day 1

    “Sonic, can you hear me?
 Sonic grinned at the sound of Sally's voice as he ran through the great forest. “Yeah, Sal! Loud and clear!”
 Her voice came back slightly pained. “Loud is right. You don't have to yell.
 He shrugged, but didn't dare to slow down. “Sorry.”
 She seemed to be over it. “Anyway, you're coming up on the first one. Be careful, we don't know what all they can do.
 “It's okay, Sal. I'm not gonna actually try and fight him. Just get his attention and get him to chase me towards Robotnik.”
 “Alright then...” She seemed unconvinced. “Try to get as many of them as possible, though.
 Sonic nodded in response, completely forgetting that she could neither see nor hear a nod. He jumped over a bush and landed in a clearing. Sure enough, he found himself face to face with another one of the creatures. It screeched at him and he responded with a grin.
 His radio buzzed again, bringing Sally's voice back into his ear. “Sonic, look out. There's another one nearby. There's some sort of interference that Nicole thinks may be a cloak. Keep your ears tuned as well as your eyes.
 He touched the radio and held his hand up towards the creature, disregarding the fact that it would not stop it's approach for him. “Got it, Sal.”
 He turned back to it just in time to see it stab at him. When it's staff sunk into the ground, it began looking around in confusion, or at least something similar to confusion. Sonic was behind it now, standing on a tree branch above it's head. He whistled at it to get it's attention.
 “Hey, tall, dark, and stupid! Why are you attacking the dirt? I'm over here!”
 He jumped out of the way again as the creature slashed at the tree with it's staff. Sonic turned around to look back to his opponent. The tree was crumpling, as if a giant hand was crushing it. He whistled again, this time simply because he was impressed.
 “That's a hefty ability. I bet you'd like to test it on a fat overlord's mechanical minions.” He jumped out of the way as the staff cut into the ground again. He laughed. “I knew it. You're just looking for an outlet. Allow me to show you to the city.”
 Sonic dashed off, making sure that it was following him and that it wouldn't lose his trail. He headed towards the next one, smiling to himself and thinking of how much fun the day was turning out.

Knothole

    Sally sat back in a chair facing a desk with an array of screens. On the largest screen was a map of the great forest, with a blue icon shaped like a hedgehog marking Sonic's position. There was a pair of red dots behind him following at a respectable speed, and another such red dot about half a kilometer ahead of him. There were another five scattered further away, one of which was headed towards Sonic's next target. The other four confirmed her suspicions that they were pairing up.
 She glanced behind her at the others. Antoine was talking with Amy concerning their defense strategy should Sonic be unable to redirect all the creatures to Robotropolis. Rotor was talking on a private line with Tails, who had gone with Fiona to the hospital. It sounded like they were talking about defense turrets or something. Finally, Bunnie and Nicole were watching the screens from behind Sally. It was slightly annoying to have them watching over her shoulder, but she shrugged it off.
 It was then that Sally's attention was brought back to the terminal by an incoming call. She looked at the origin of the signal to find it was from the Downunda Freedom Fighters. She flicked a switch and watched as Barbie Koala's face appeared on one of the screens along the side.
 “Sally! We have a serious problem! Approximately twenty minutes ago we spotted what looked like an attack force heading for Downunda. Bill contacted us and told us he had been ordered to defend his base camp, so they weren't Eggman's. The last transmission we received from Bill was interrupted. We can't get a signal from him anymore. All other signals in the area have gone dead as well. The others are risking themselves to defend this position so I could warn you.
 Sally shook her head sadly. “I'll check to see if anyone else can be sent to help, but we're dealing with more of them ourselves. Eight of them are worryingly close to the city.”
 Barbie's face showed confusion. “Eight? There are hundreds of them bearing down on us! Maybe thousands!” There was a rumble from behind her, followed by a scream. She looked like she was struggling to ignore it. “They've locked me in here, but I don't think the door will hold for long. I'm not asking for help. It's too late for that. I'm just trying to warn you.
 With that, the screen turned to static. Then another screen flickered before turning on, revealing Guntiver the Arctic Wolf. “Freedom Fighters, if you can hear me, we have a serious situation! A massive wave of unidentified hostiles appeared in our area just over fifteen minutes ago! They've already nearly wiped out the local Legion, and they're pressing towards Iceborough!
 Sally was about to respond when another screen turned on. This one had Shift, one of the Sand Blaster Freedom Fighters. “Come in please! We are facing a veritable army of unknown hostiles! They're devastating the Dark Egg Legion and tearing through our defenses!
 Another screen came on immediately, this time showing Li Moon. “Hello? Is this on? Sally! Can you hear me? We need help! Someone's attacking the village! Monkey Khan is hurt, but he won't stop fighting them! He says they've already attacked the ninja clans! I'm scared! Please help us!
 Sally felt a drop of sweat running down the side of her head. She had no idea who to respond to first. Nicole made the decision for her by pointing at the middle screen. Sally felt like she could hardly move as she watched more unidentified signals appear in the great forest. Nicole made sure to have these ones appear a different color, as they were definitely not the same as the first group. They showed up as purple dots, though it quickly began to look like a purple cloud covering half the map.
 Nicole stepped back. “Sally... you should call Sonic first.”
 Sally shook herself awake. “I know...” She clicked the button for the radio to Sonic. “Sonic! Get the heck out of there now! Forget about those things, there is a huge army headed straight for you!”
 Bunnie pointed at a spot on the map. Just as Sally realized that it was a pair of the red dots, one of them disappeared under the smothering weight of purple. The other one followed quickly behind it.
 Nicole looked intrigued. “Strange coincidence, both of these groups appearing at the same time. Even stranger that they evidently are not allied.”
 Ignoring Nicole's comment, Sally looked over the multiple screens, trying to decide. Hope Kintobor had appeared on another, and yet another showed Lupe. She threw her hands up and yelled at the terminal in frustration, then simply switched all of them on at once. This meant that they could all hear each other as well. They stopped, realizing what this meant.
 Sally yelled at all of the screens as loud as she could. “RUN! GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO SAFETY AS YOU CAN! GET OUT OF THERE! RUN!”
 One by one, they nodded solemnly and confirmed the order. Sally hoped they all made it out safely, but she knew that even if they did, it wouldn't be over. They would all try to fall back to New Mobotropolis. Even if they all made it, the city was surrounded. There was no way to escape.
 Slowly, the screens began to turn to static. When she looked up again, only one screen was active. She hadn't noticed this one being one before, likely due to the person on the other side not saying anything. It was Knuckles. He looked slightly confused and rather worried.
 It took a while, but he finally found some words. “I, uh... are we under attack?” Sally nodded. Knuckles frowned. “Okay, well... I'll see what I can do... Be there shortly.” With that, he was gone too.

Downunda

    Barbie stood with one foot on the communications terminal and one on the ground. The radio had gone dead, so there was no point in keeping the machine working. She raked her claws across the screens, her eyes watching the door. The sounds of battle were gone. She hoped that only meant her friends were captured. She refused to consider that they might have been dead.
 Something hit the door, causing a loud thud to assault her ears. Another hit and she could see the door begin to shake. Then a dent appeared, and another opposite to the first, then nothing. She decided it was best not to be in front of the door when it opened, and so moved to the side of the room. Another hit sounded, and the corner of the door bent inwards.
 She closed her eyes as they continued pounding, hoping for a long fight before she was either captured or killed. Considering the latter, she also hoped it would be quick if it did happen. Then she heard something strange. She couldn't be sure, but it sounded like the battle had started again. This time it sounded different, no shouting or yelling, just the roar of fire. Then the door melted.
 She took her stance, prepared to face whoever was coming in. What she saw made her jaw drop. In the doorway in front of her stood a tall Mobian figure, her hand wreathed in flame. From the glow of the molten door, Barbie could see that she was a Cat with lavender fur.
 Barbie managed to growl out two questions. “Who are you? Where are my friends?”
 The Cat gave a small smile. “I am Blaze. I'm sorry, but there is no one else left. I could find no one untainted by the parasite.”
 “N-no! That can't be! They were right outside!”
 Blaze's ears twitched to the left, and her eyes followed quickly. She lowered her voice. “We should go. More of them are coming.”
For the record, these didn't just show up out of the blue. These "newcomers" are like the thing that got Scourge.
There's a lot of them and they are very dangerous, so this should be fun. And remember, no one is confirmed dead yet. So don't expect to see or not see anything.

All characters copyright to Sega/Archie.
Monster bad guy things belong to various corporations that I will not name as it would risk giving away what they are.
Story is all mine.
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