*Note* A "cabbit" is a cross between a cat and a rabbit. ------------------------------------------------------------- Legal Stuff: Sonic the Hedgehog and all related characters are property of Sega of America, Archie Comics, Fleetwood Comics, and/or DIC productions. "Manifest Destiny Part 2," "Megabyte 'Meg' Echidna, Ela Regnig, Bane, Vertigo, and Horzion" are copyright property of Kristen George, 1997. "Rabcat, Georgie, and Spy Bot" are property of my brother, R.J. George, 1997. Manifest Destiny Part 2 BY: Kristen & R.J. George Planet Mobius, home to one of the biggest wars in the universe. It's bad enough they have to battle against one from there own planet. But now, aliens from another planet wish to seduce the planet as well for there own puporses. And what makes things even worse is that these outsiders come from the planet, Kazmeka, home to the most vicious race who would do anything to see a planet destroyed. * * * * * * "So where are we going Bane?" Vertigo questioned as he, Horizon, Bane and the brain-washed Ela flew over the wide sea. "First, were going to ditch the geeks tailing us in that tropical island called Flickie Island or something like that, then it's off for the Chaos Emerald on the Floating Island!" Bane answered. "Such big thoughts for a small mind." Horizon whispered to Vertigo. Ela looked confused by the three's conversation but kept out of it. "There it is! Ela you go that way and I'll go straight ahead through the center," Bane ordered. The two headed on their way with Vertigo behind Bane and Horizon behind Ela. * * * * * * About for or five miles away from the harbingers of evil was Sonic, Bunnie, Tails, and Meg. They were inside an aircraft built by Meg. "EEEKKKK!!!" Bunnie exclaimed. "What, what is it?" Meg turned around to see a surprised Bunnie. "There was something next to my feet!" "Oh, I know what scared you." Meg reached under her chair to pull up a small robot. "Meet Mouse#2. (The first one blew up)." "Squeak," Mouse#2 replied. "Can he talk?" Bunnie asked. "Well sort of. He can repeat what it hears and play it back to you. Mouse#2 is kind of like a tape recorder, but much more advanced," explained Meg. "EEEKKKK!!!" Mouse#2 said. "I think it would be wise to sit down and buckle up since the next few minutes might be bumpy ones," Tails said. Meg got back in her seat and held on tight to Mouse#2. Tails lowered the plane dangerously close to the tropical island, in attempts to catch Bane who was about two miles ahead of them. Bane noticed them on her tail and decided to hide in the forest. Tails didn't notice a big tree in front of him and suddenly a big *CRASH* was heard thoughout the whole island. * * * * * * The Flickie birds cherped of relief after the loud boom. In the distance laid a clear stream that led to a peaceful pond. The only thing that looked odd in this picture was the totaled airplane next to a big tree. As Sonic laid unconcious on the grass, a Flickie bird landed on Sonic's nose, which woke him up. Sonic rubbed his head and got up to see where everyone was at. Suddenly Sonic looked up to see Tails, Bunnie and Meg caught in some vines in the large tree. "Come on guys. It's not the time to be 'hanging around'," Sonic chuckled. Unknown to him and the others, they were being watched. "Come on, we better report this to the head honcho," one voice said. "Right," said another then they disappeared. "So this is the Flickie Island. I've heard of it before but never actually seen it in person," Meg looked around to notice a flower which had a gem in it's center. "Wow, what intresting greenery! I've never seen anything like it!" She seemed spellbound towards the tropical plants. "HAULT!" said an unseen voice from the distance. Suddenly a red stream of magic came towards the four. Sonic pushed Meg, who was busy looking at the gem like flowers, Tails flew up over head, and Bunnie used her robotic legs to shoot herself above and out of harms way. "What's the meaning of this buddy?" Sonic hollered. "'What's the meaning of this?''What's the meaning of this?'" The voice grew louder. "I'll tell you the 'meaning of this' is. You are trespassing on my Island that's what!!" Suddenly a cloaked figure jumped out of the shadows. "My name is Rabcat, and you better get off my island or your going to pay!! Now scram!!" said the angry cabbit. "You know, you can't claim a piece of land to be yours," said an enraged Tails. "Get out of here you punks!" Rabcat threanted. "We don't want to hurt you, Mr. Rabcat wizard, sir. We're just looking for a cabbit accompanied by two flying racoons and a calico cat, have you seen them," Meg asked. "Did they look something like this?" Rabcat replied. Suddenly a cloud of smoke surrounded the wizard and when it cleared, he turns into a cat and a rabbit who look somewhat like the people Meg described. Next to them was a racoon who suddenly, as well, split into two and played the roles of the small racoons. "Wow, how did you do that?" asked Bunnie. "That's a secret that us wizards keep," Rabcat said. "Hey do you think you could help us get them off this planet?" Sonic asked. "Humm, why not. I have nothing else better to do," Rabcat said as he disappeared back in the cloud which when it cleared he was one instead of two. "The racoon is Georgie and the little camera on wheels is Spy Bot." "Uh, how are we going to get back?" asked Tails as he pointed towards the busted plane. "Don't worry, I can fix it," and with those words Meg went to work on the aircraft. * * * * * * As Ela stood by the shore of the island, she noticed Bane and Vertigo heading towards them. "What took you so long?" asked Horzion. "What do you mean 'What took us so long'? It only took us four minutes to lose them and get here!" Vertigo exclaimed. "Quit your yelling Vertigo," Bane said. "Come on I found a better place to get our emeralds at." And with that they headed on their way. * * * * * * "There, I'm done," Meg got up to brush herself off. "I even added more seats in the back, so it won't be so cramped." Rabcat was the first inside. When he rested his feet he noticed something rubbing against his feet. "AAAHHHH! What was that!?" "Meet Mouse #2." Meg said. "Hey Knuckles! We have an aircraft heading towards the Island from the west side. I think you should come and check it out!" Mighty yelled as he ran towards Knuckles. "Ok come on, let's go then," he said as they ran towards the edge of the island. When they reached the edge of the island, the aircraft came closer and closer. When it came close enough to hit them upside the head, Knuckles pushed Mighty out of the way so they wouldn't get hit. When the plane came in contact with the ground it stopped two centimeters from a huge rock. Sonic was the first to step out. "Sonic? What are you doing here?" Knuckles enquired. Sonic took a deep breath, "I'm not here to fight (but that sounds fun). We need your help getting some brats off this planet. Because if we don't they'll come here and take your Chaos Emerald, making your island sink and then you have no place to live because the planet will be blown up into smitherings!" Sonic let out all the excess air, which wasn't very much. "Ok. When do you need us and where should we meet?" "Before seven and at the ruins north of Robotropolis." As this coversation went on Meg thought to herself 'How come that Echidna looks so familar?'. Sonic got back on the plane and they headed on their way to the Great Forest. * * * * * * When the aircraft reached the edge of the Great Forest, Bunniewas the first to step out. "I'll go get the princess and the rest of the Freedom Fighters," Bunnie said and ran towards the quiet forest. As Bunnie approched Knothole, she explained what had happened to the others and they were more than willing to help out. A few mintues later Bunnie, Antoine, Rotor, and Sally appeared from the trees. And from the ruins approched Knuckles and the Chatiox. "Hey, who's watching the Island for you Knux?" Sonic enquired. "A friend of mine," he answered but not looking the questioner. "Enough with the chit-chat, look above you. They're here," Sally said. Everyone looked up to see two figures floating above them. At exactually 7:00 Sonic and his band of fighters stood along the horizon. One second later Bane, Ela, Vertigo, and Hozion came down and lined up along the oppoisite side of then with their backs facing Robotropolis. While trading evil stares back and forth, they slowly charged at each other... ****************** to be continued... ******************