The Red Scarves
                fanfic by Daniel Wheeler

Prolog:  A Letter From The Author

Dear Reader(s),

        Thank you for taking the time to read my stories.  I am pleased
that you wanted to read this story.  What would please me just as much is
the fact that you enjoy my other stories (assuming that you have seen the
other couple that I wrote).  As you know, these stories take place in a
five Mobian-Year period after the fall of Robotnik and before the rise of
a villain far worse than Enerjak, Mammoth Mogul, or any villain Sonic and
his friends met or even heard of so far!

        In this story, Sonic and some of his friends encounter a gang of
criminals called the Red Scarves.  These people are a notorious group who
have a large charge list (murder, arson, theft, etc.), but their biggest
charge is pushing and using illegal drugs.  What I wish to say to you is
whatever you do, do not use drugs and stay out of gangs.  You are worth
it!  Don't wreck your life with drugs and don't get involved in gangs--
bad company corrupts good morals!  Now, on with the story.  Take care and
God bless!

                                        -Danny Wheeler


Chapter 1:  Tails' First Encounter With A Red Scarve

        Tails was taking a walk with Katrina and Kathleen (note from
Katrina:  "About time we got into Danny's fanfics!") one day when a
suspicious character wearing a red scarf walked by and drop a leather bag
and a suitcase.  Tails looked into what was dropped.  In the leather bag
was a white powder.  In the suitcase was a lot of money (in USA on Earth,
it would be about $60 Million!).  Feeling suspicious, and having a good
conscience, Tails decides to take it to Sonic and Sally and find out more
about this and, if it is bad, how to get rid of it (at least the powder
anyway).

        In the Acorn Palace, Sonic ran to his little fox friend and the
rabbit magicians.  "Sonic," Tails said nervously, "this one man dropped
these things.  I was wondering if you or Aunt Sally knows if this is good
or bad and, if it's bad, what to do with them."  Sally came up and
examined the powder with Nicole.  She was shocked at what she discovered
about it.  "Omigosh!," gasped Sally.  "This stuff is cocaine!  Whoever
dropped these was a drug dealer!  Did you catch a glimpse of the man,
Tails?"

        Tails said "The guy was wearing a red scarf."  Then the people
heard King Acorn shouting as he came out of the palace "A-Ha!  My first
clue-- a key witness."  "You know these guys, Daddy?," asked Sally. 
"Yes!," said the king.  "These guys, such as the one Tails encountered,
are part of a group called the Brotherhood of the Red Scarves!"


Chapter 2:  History of the Brotherhood

        "How do you know so much about this, your highness?," asked
Sonic.  The king explains:  "Some months ago, a man known as General
Scorn had brought his terrorist brethren into the vicinity of
Mobotropolis.  Though their hideout is a mystery, their criminal record
is not.  They are wanted for most any crime you can think of... but they
are mostly terrorists and drug dealers."

        "Who is this 'General Scorn'?," asked Tails.  "I do not know,"
sighed the king.  "But his leadership skills are like Sally's during the
time of my exile, yet Scorn's skills are for evil, while my daughter's
are for good."  "So what should we do now?," asked Sonic.  Sally tells
Sonic to get Geoffrey St. John and the Substitute Freedom Fighters and
try to hunt them down.  St. John was a little reluctant to go with Sonic,
though not as reluctant as he was during the reconstruction of
Mobotropolis.  The group was gathered together to find the Red Scarves.


Chapter 3:  The Chase Is On!

        Geoffrey makes this suggestion to Sonic:  "What do you say we
split up?  Arlo, Dylan, and I go to the north half of the city, while
you, Pelelope, and Hamlin go south."  "Good idea (I never thought I'd say
that!)," cracked Sonic.  So each group went their different direction. 
Geoffrey's group confronted a jewel thief in one of the jewerly stores in
the city.  "Halt in the name of the king!," shouted Geoffrey as he
pursued the thief.  Dylan plucked a quill from off his back and pierced
the sack containing the jewels.

        "Why did you do that, mate?," asked St. John.  Dylan replied
"From doing that, we now have a trail that will lead us to the Red
Scarves' hideout."  "Great!," said Arlo.  "Let's do it and bag those
creeps!"  "I couldn't have said it better m'self!," replied Geoffrey as
the three followed the trail of gems that spilled from the sack.

        Sonic and his group witness Bunnie and Melody being taken hostage
by four Red Scarves.  One of them notices Sonic and said "It is Sonic the
Hedgehog!  We must retreat back to base and report to General Scorn!" 
Before they could get far, Penelope throws as special "velcro" homing
signal onto a Scarve's red scarf.  Hamlin holds the tracer as they follow
them to the hideout... which is in the east outskirts of the city and
dangerously close to Knothole, the Freedom Fighters' home during the time
of Robotnik.


Chapter 4:  Entrance to Scorn's Den

        Geoffrey follows the gem trail Dylan made while Sonic and Hamlin
use the tracer to find the gateway... and each other.  Both of them
opened the hatch and prepared to enter.  Then Larry Lynx and Cyril the
Eagle came to them.  "Sally thought you made need extra help, just in
case it gets to hot to handle!," said Larry.  "Let's go in and kick some
Scarves!," said Cyril.  Sonic laughed "I couldn't have said it better
myself!"

        As they went through the tunnel that lead to their hideout, they
were ambushed several times by Red Scarve Guards.  Larry simply used his
jinx power to cause the guards to hit each other with their lasers. 
Soon, they arrived at their hideout, which is an enormous fortress deep
underground.  Two giant robot guards assaulted the team.  But Cyril
divebombed the windshields and caused the bots to tumble.  At last,
entrance is gained into the fortress.


Chapter 5:  Damsels in Distress

        As Sonic traveled through the fortress, he and his friends fought
several guards in the maze of maze-like rooms.  Arlo goes down into the
lower levels and found Bunnie and Melody tied up at the other end of a
river of glowing radioactives.  There were moderately small but stable
stepping stones for Arlo to use.  He crossed the river of death and makes
it to the other side.  But before he could untie them, he was ambushed by
a fierce Basilisk, with an energy-draining eye laser.

        Arlo looked for some way to defeat the monster.  Then Melody
remembered that she had a mirror with her.  "Arlo!," shouted Melody. 
"Get the mirror from my pocket!"  "All right!," said Arlo as he reached
into her pocket.  She giggled a bit, since she was a bit ticklish.  At
last he got Melody's mirror.  He aimed it at an approaching beam and it
destroyed the Basilisk easily.  He untied the ladies and got them out of
the area, then they rejoined their other friends and continued to fight
the Brotherhood of the Red Scarves.


Chapter 6:  Gauntlet of Fire

        The group went into the ardent Gauntlet of Fire, with
flamethrowers and lava pits to keep them hopping or get burned! 
Fortunately, Bunnie located some Flame Shields.  Melody tosses Sonic into
the air, where he spins into the ledge, where the Flame Shield Monitors
fell before them.  They all hit the monitors and got the Shields.  With
them on, the team could go through the maze without fear of being burned.
 As they crossed the expanse, they encountered a nasty Red Dragon, with
fire breath that could almost penetrate the Flame Shields.

        Melody then realized that there was a way to pass him without
fighting.  She simply sang a lovely lullaby to the dragon and put it to
sleep.  The group then made it through the gauntlet and into the main
fortress.  It was pitch black for a moment, and Sonic and Geoffrey were
unaware that their friends were being taken from them, nor were they
aware of what General Scorn had planned for the two Freedom Fighters.


Chapter 7:  Gladitorial Combat

        Soon, the lights turned on, and Sonic and Geoffrey found
themselves in a large arena.  Red Scarves were everywhere, General Scorn,
who wore a strange mask and a fuschia cape, was in the main box, and the
other Freedom Fighters were chained to the walls.  Scorn shouts "I now
place you in gladitoral combat.  Before each of you lies a sword.  Fight
each other to the death.  The one left standing wins the boon of his
choice.  Begin!"

        Sonic and Geoffrey thought to themselves "What's to lose?," and
picked up their swords and fought.  Geoffrey  tries to do a sideways
slash on the hedgehog, but Sonic countered with another sideways slash. 
The renegade skunk then attempts an overhead slash, but Sonic simply
steps to one side and delivers a thrust that damages him somewhat.

        The battle heats up as they beats swords and each other, until
Sonic strikes a blow that knocks Geoffrey to the ground.  Scorn stands up
and says "Excellent!  Now, I hear that this skunk tried to take your
beloved Princess Sally from you.  Well, here's your chance for revenge! 
Finish him off!"  The arena echoed with the Scarves shouts of "Kill him! 
Kill him!  Kill him!..."  Geoffrey knew the grief that he caused Sonic
and of the jealousy that he cause to arouse in the Blue Blur, so he knew
he deserved to die.  But strangely enough, Sonic spared his life and
helped him up.

        "Sonic!," Geoffrey said, amazed, "I am amazed that you chose to
spare m' life when you could have taken it!"  Sonic replied "Never let it
be said that a hedgehog can't have a change of heart!  Besides, how does
General Scorn know so much about Sally?  He is definitely not her friend
nor a friend of Robuttnik..."  Then Geoffrey concluded "That would
mean... he must be somehow related to the king!"


Epilog:  Confession

        Scorn removed his mask to reveal... he almost looked exactly like
the king, only he had no mustache and had an eyepatch on his left eye. 
He said "I am the king's younger brother!  I would have taken his throne
if it weren't for Robotnik's invasion.  I should have been the one who
led a coup in 3224, not Julian.  But, all said and done, I shall lead a
new coup as soon as I deal with the likes of YOU!"

        At saying that, he jumps into the arena with his sword unsheathed
and charges at Sonic.  Sonic sidestepped and let his adversary miss. 
Then two Scarves jumped into the arena and grabbed Sonic.  It looks like
the end for Sonic, but Geoffrey shoots an arrow into Scorn's back.  Scorn
reeled over and collapsed.  He pressed a button on his chest that
triggered a self destruct sequence in the fortress!  Sonic freed the
captives, but it was too late to help Scorn; he was already crushed by a
boulder!  They made it out of the fortress just in time!

        Melody said "You know, Scorn was a demented guy, but for some
reason, I feel sorry for him."  Geoffrey turned to Sonic and said "I
still can't understand why you showed me mercy when you could have killed
me!"  "Well," said Sonic, "If I did kill you, I would be no better than
Robotnik!  Besides, I still remember the time you helped me save
Knothole, so I returned the favor by sparing your life in combat!" 
Geoffrey sighed "You're right!  Let's visit your parents and your Uncle
Chuck for a chili dog or two!"


                                        The End
                                        :)