Sonic the Hedgehog XVII: Confusion Strikes, Part 2 Sonic started to panic. 'Whoa, now what the heck am I supposed to do? I can't hurt Uncle Chuck...but he's bad. I have to get Binx out of here, where is Tails? Is he okay? Where's Sally? I have to get out...I have to get out of here right now...' "Sonic, hold your breath on leaving now. There's no way out," Uncle Chuck said, smiling. "Uncle Chuck, please." "Chuck. It's just Chuck now. I never want to be associated with you again hedgehog." Sonic turned around and looked at Knuckles. "All of my friends are turning their backs on me, and why? What have I done to deserve this punishment?" "Being alive might be a starter Sonic," Sonic X said. "If you had a heart, or a brain Sonic X I think you would be using it right now." Sonic X jumped to his feet and walked over to Sonic. "Don't mess with someone you can't defeat hedgehog." "Get out of my face you lousy piece of junk," Sonic said, pushing Sonic X away. Sonic X sat back down and put his feet on the desk. He yawned. "Someday hedgehog, when I get in your face, I won't be leaving until there's nothing left of it." Robotnik laughed in the corner of the room. "It's amazing what the hedgehog says and what he does." "I say a lot of things I haven't done yet Robotnik." "Oh Sonic, you're all talk and no action." "You may think so now Robotnik, but when the Freedom Fighters get done with you, Knothole will once again belong to the people." Sonic grabbed Binx and walked to the window. "You may not think you're in danger now Robotnik, but the Freedom Fighters are ready for your next strike, and it's guaranteed to be your last." "You wouldn't be thinking about jumping out that window and falling to your death now would you hedgehog?" Sonic jumped out of the window with Binx on his back. Robotnik and Chuck ran to the window and looked down. Nothing was there. They looked up in the sky. Nothing was there. "Damn hedgehog," Chuck mumbled, kicking the wall. "We had him that time." Robotnik smiled. "Ah, but the fun has only just begun Chuck, I have plenty of plans up my sleeve!" "Scaling that wall was not a good idea Sonic," Binx said, collapsing at the lake. "It was the only way we could get away from them Binx, I had to think of something." She looked into the dried up lake. "Look what we've done to Knothole Sonic, look." She looked around her at all of the dead trees and dirt. "There's nothing left but dirt. No more gleaming water, no towering green trees, just a lonely house. One lonely house, that has been through a heck of a lot." Sonic came behind her and gave her a hug. "We failed ourselves by not fulfilling our duties while we were all together." "What do you mean?" "Like, with Bunny, Antoine, and Sonette. If we were all together, this fight would be a piece of cake, but since...you know...the explosion...." Binx broke down into tears. "We fooled around too much before, when we had the chance to kill them, we spared them their lives." "That is true." "We can do it though, I know it. Although it might take us a long time." Sonic looked at the castle. "I'm afraid there isn't that much time left." "Why?" "Binx, when I was in there...I saw something on the wall that scared me a heck of a lot." Binx looked at Sonic with a puzzled look on her face. "What did it say?" "I don't really know, it was in a code. I could see something about Doomsday though." Binx's face turned pale. "Binx, don't get worried. If we can stop them before anything drastic happens, we can live our life in peace... finally." He smiled at her. Binx gave Sonic a long hug. "I knew I could always trust you." Sonic blushed. "Binx, you know I still care about you." "I care about you too Sonic." "No Binx, I mean..." Sonic pointed to his heart, "I really care." Binx sighed. "Sonic-" "SONIC! BINX!" Tails and Sally ran into the clearing. Sonic groaned. `Aww boy Tails, you'll be hearing about this later... how you screwed up my life with Binx!' he thought. Tails collapsed in front of Sonic and Binx, out of breath. Sally leaned on Sonic. Sonic chuckled. "Where have you guys been?" "The question is....where have you two been?" Sally said, trying to catch her breath. "No where, I got tricked into thinking Binx was bad guy when she was really a robot by Sonic X and then found out that Robotnik and Chuck have some Doomsday thing going on, me and Binx almost died scaling the castle wall and...uh.. that's all for me. Now where were you two?" Sally and Tails looked at Sonic with blank looks on their faces. "Ours isn't as long...," Tails said, chuckling. "We were looking for you and Binx by the graves when we saw something that scared us out of our boots." "What would that be Sally? What...did a hand stick out of a grave or something?? Oooooo!" Sonic laughed as he made fun of them. Tails placed his hand on Sonic's shoulders. "Sonic, they're gone." "What's gone?" Binx asked puzzled. "The-the graves are gone, I mean. No bodies." Sonic's face turned pale. "Who exactly is missing?" "Antoine, Bunny, and Sonette," Sally said. Sonic sat on the rock, shocked at what he was hearing. "What would someone want with the bodies?" "That's what we were trying to figure out. Sonic, there is no doubt in my mind that Robotnik took them." "But Sally, why? Robotnik has no use for three dead bodies," Binx said, pacing. "Four," Tails said. "Four?" "Yeah, they have Rotor, me and Knuckles found him underneath the castle when Destiny was like...number two in command." "I never knew that," Sonic said, standing back up. "Well, what do we do now?" Binx asked. Sonic smiled. "I think we have to go to plan B." "What was plan A?" Sally said, laughing. "Plan A was just trying to stay alive. Now I think we should attack. Surprise attack." Tails raised an eyebrow. "Nothing special eh?" "Special it is indeed Tails. We get you know who back." "Who know who?" Binx questioned him. "Kit." Chapter 2 "KIT? ARE YOU CRAZY?" Sally screamed. Tails shook his head. "No way Sonic. No way will I ever be on that witches side." "Tails, she is our last hope." "No she isn't Sonic. I would never ask her to come back to Knothole. She killed my brother, and I can never look at her in the same way again." Binx put her hand on Tail's shoulder. "Sonic does have a point. Kit can help us destroy Robotnik." "Tails, we can't beat them without cheating a little!" Sally said. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ALL! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SMOKING THAT IS MAKING YOU THINK LIKE THIS?" "Tails, calm down!" "CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN SONIC?! YOU WOULDN'T BE SAYING THAT IF ROCKY HAD BEEN KILLED BY THAT BEAST!" "You're probably right, but if we can convince Kit to be good, we can beat Robotnik, and Knothole will look like the old Knothole," Sonic said to him. Tails walked up to Sonic and got in his face. They were almost touching. "Damn it Sonic, I tried so hard to like you, do you know that? And I thought you had some dignity left, that maybe just once you would care about my feelings more than Robotnik. Well, all of you can kiss....my...a-" "Tails, listen to us. Let us explain..," Sally pleaded, trying to calm him down. Tails turned to Binx and Sally. "When I was little, I kept my mouth shut. Never said a word. But now, now that I hear what you are planning to do...frankly....it makes me sick. Miles is dead, and Kit Panther is responsible. She killed him, and you guys let her get away. Who should we go after....my brother's killer or Robotnik? Well, it seems you all shoved my brother aside, like a piece of meat. I hope you all are happy..." He turned around and walked toward the cabin. "Tails? What are you doing??" Sonic asked. He didn't respond, didn't look back. Sonic, Sally, and Binx watched him walk into they could no longer see him. Sally began to weep softly, and Binx tried to hold back the tears. "Sonic, what are you going to do?" Sonic kept looking straight ahead. "I'm going to do what I said, look for Kit." "Sonic, maybe this was a bad idea," Binx said. "Yeah, maybe she wouldn't help us," Sally told him. Sonic glared at both of them. "She is the only one left to turn to, I have no time to hear Tail's crap." Binx and Sally looked at one another. "Sonic..." Sonic began to laugh. And laugh...and laugh. He looked at Sally and Binx, his eyes turned red. Binx and Sally screamed. Sonic gagged, and black ooze started to come from his mouth. "KIT! NOOO! TAILS! TAILS! HELP US!!" they yelled. The ooze took Kit's form, and Sonic collapsed. "Ladies ladies ladies, quiet down!" Kit said. "Kit...what are you doing back??" Sally screamed. Kit walked toward the cabin. She turned around when she heard what Sally had said. "Oh Sally....isn't breaking up hard to do?" She smiled and disappeared into the ground. Chapter 3 Destiny moved away from the telescope. "Robotnik, you wouldn't believe what I am seeing!" "What?" he said, rolling his eyes. "Panther is back!" He jumped to his feet. "Kit Panther? Ugh not her! That's all I need is that freak to get in the way of my plans." "She shouldn't interfere too much Robotnik, we have plenty of time to get rid of her," Chuck said. "Yes, that's true." "Plus, she may help us out." Knuckles smiled. "She can sure help me out." "Yeah, help you find a life," Sonic X mumbled. Tails X pulled Destiny away from the window. "Knuckles, you're jealous of me and Destiny." "Ha! You wish! Remember, I did have a brief fling with Binx." Bunnicula and Foxton were finally untied and were sitting in the corner. Chuck was watching them. "The Freedom Fighters will be here soon, and then, Bunnicula and Foxton, you two will have your chance to redeem yourselves!" "I don't want to fight them, you can't make us!" Foxton yelled. "Let's put it this way...," Sonic X stated, "....you either fight them when they come or I will fight you, to the death." Foxton grabbed Bunnicula's hand. "My lovely, we must fight the Freedom Fighters, if not, our lives will certainly be in danger," he whispered to her. Bunnicula sobbed. "I only wish there was same way we could plan this out with the Freedom Fighters, maybe give them some warning.." "I'm afraid...," he sighed, "there is no way." Sally and Binx walked over to Sonic and helped him up. He was unconscious. "Sonic, can you hear me?" Binx asked, trying to wake him up. He didn't respond. "Binx, let's get him back to the cabins...as soon as possible." "But Kit is there! She might attack us, and right now we aren't prepared for an attack." Sally stopped to think about the situation. "You're right, maybe we should go to the clearing and wait until Sonic wakes up." "Good thinking. Let's go. Help me carry him, he isn't that light you know!" Robotnik and Chuck were talking about their plan while Knuckles, Tails X, Sonic X, and Destiny sat in the corner. "I need your guys help for something important," Sonic X told them. "Why?" Tails X whispered. Sonic X showed them the bracelets that Sonic had put on him. "Get these off. Find me a saw or something. I need these off of me." Knuckles looked at Destiny. He then looked at his bracelets. "Get the whip." "Me? Why me?" Destiny asked him. "Because you can just tell Robotnik that you need the whip for Tails X," he laughed. She rolled her eyes. "Oh real funny Knuck." "I'll go get it. It's right in the corner, right?" Tails X said, walking over to the corner. "Yeah yeah, near one of those inventions," Knuckles said, pushing him over in that direction. Tails X opened the box and coughed. "It smells in here!" "GET OUT OF THERE!" Robotnik shouted. "I need to find the saw," Tails X told him. "SAW? WHY?" "Um....uh...," Tails X glanced at Knuckles. Knuckles just shook his head. "I need it for Destiny." Robotnik and Chuck looked at each other. "You going crazy fox?" "Uh, yeah. Heh heh. Sorry to bother you sir," He said, closing the box and going back over to Sonic X, Destiny, and Knuckles. Knuckles smacked him in the back of the head. "Could you have sounded any less intelligent?!" "Sorry!" Sonic X stood up and stretched. "I can see you three aren't going to help me much." "I'll get it Sonic X, you just sit back down," Knuckles winked at Sonic X and gave him a thumbs up. Knuckles whistled as he walked over to the box and opened it. "GET OUT OF THERE! NOW!" "Robotnik, remember....I can go just as quickly as I came." Robotnik growled. "GET WHAT YOU NEED AND GET YOUR NOSY BUTT OUT OF THERE!" "Okay, okay," he grabbed the saw and ran over to Sonic X. "I knew I could trust an ex-Freedom Fighter! Not some mindless machine!" Sonic X laughed as he sawed off the bracelets. He threw them at Tails X's head. "What an idiot." Tails X chuckled. "What purpose does sawing off the bracelets do? You're still one of us." "I am not one of you, I am an independent." Destiny laughed as she hugged Sonic X. "You are so cute sometimes!" She suddenly stopped and pulled away. "What is that smell??" She sniffed as Sonic X. "What smell? What the heck are you talking about girl?" "You smell like Binx! Ew!" He rolled his eyes. "I wish!" "No....," she motioned for Tails X and Knuckles to smell him, "You smell like BINX!" Knuckles and Tails X shrugged. "I don't smell anything," Tails X said, pulling Destiny into his arms. "Someone is jealous!" Knuckles whispered to Sonic X. Sonic X nodded in agreement. Destiny was about to say something when she saw Robotnik smiling at them. Sonic X stood up again. "What are you looking at?!" he asked. Chuck giggled. "We've changed the plan." "Totally?" Sonic X asked. He raise his eyebrow. "Totally, the other one would not have worked." "I knew that if we did the Super Emerald again it wouldn't work." "Yeah, but I could have duplicated the emeralds, each of us would have had one, then instead of just one Super Emerald we would have six!" Sonic X shook his head. "The emeralds are gone, well six. The one in the cave is gone, Binx took it when I threw her in there." "Why didn't you watch her?" Robotnik asked. "She was blind, give me some credit," he said, snickering. "Well, enough about that, the emeralds hold no real powers unless they are together. I think they also have the teal and ruby emeralds. So don't really worry about that. The plan is changed, and we have decided this time not to tell you guys the plan until we are ready to carry it out." Sonic X rolled his eyes. "That's a bunch of crap." "We don't want to leak the plans out," Chuck said, standing up and walking over to Foxton and Bunnicula. "Especially with these two around." "Let us go!" Bunnicula screamed. "We don't want to fight the Freedom Fighters! They are our friends!" Foxton screamed. He tried to get up, but noticed he was tied down. "THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS! THEY ARE YOUR ENEMIES!!!" Chuck said, applying more rope to their hands and feet. "The battle is almost ready to begin! And this time...if you fail us..." he picked up the saw on the ground. "...it will be your final battle....for either side!" To be continued... Stay tuned for Sonic XVIII: Confusion Strikes, Part 3!!! The series ends...and some lives will be changed!