(OOC: This looks really cool! Awesome man!

Mind if I join as my own character?)

Name: Wraith the Echidna
Age: 21
Appearance: Similar to Knuckles, as he is Knux's older brother, only his fur is a deep maroon color. Wears a bronze colored breasplate of Talainium armour, light and strong, and also has a trianglar implant on his forehead, the same color.
For Personallity, History and Abillities, go to the Character Profiles thread.

A couple of questions before I join though: Will the official characters be in this, and if so, who will control them? Or will they be NPCs?

Also, that intro is cool, but it may help to do another short scene maybe in Knothole or something, just to let people know where they can come in (it may be hard to have everyone intro their characters in the middle of Robotnik's base lol). Just so people know where they can start from.

Keep it up though man, this looks awesome! And welcome to the RP Guild^^ Good to see a new face here =) )

Character 1
Name: Scottie (Silhouette)
Age: 16
Appearance: Green chameleon with a gold horn. He has dark purple eyes. He wears a black leather jacket and black jeans.
Personality: A tad cocky and self confident, he is a very skilled mercenary. He's a bounty hunter, a thief, a skilled assassin, and he does it all for the highest bidder.

Character 2 (primary)
Name: Jack
Age: 17
Appearance: A pumpkin orange echida with a mid 90's grunge rock look. He usually wears a black and red horizontal striped long sleeved shirt, and baggy jeans that are ripped at the knees.
Personality: He's a funny, laid back guy with a passion for movies. He has an extreme interest in horror and slasher movies. He loves 90's rock like Nirvana and anything that evolved from it.
Likes: He likes girls...alot. He's very flirtatious and he always get his girl.
Dislikes: He hates people who think they're Billy Badass. That makes him mad.

OoC: Okay... to answer Wraith's questions...

Yes, the official characters are on here. All of them. From both universes. That means Hershey is on here, as is Bark.

Anyone can control the official characters

I'll add a scene in this post so people can join the Freedom Fighters. Dr. robotnik's army will be in my next post.
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Necro woke up from a nightmare. He wished it was all a dream - those events happened 12 years ago from this year. Necro looked at his clock. 6:00 AM was the time. He got up, and went to see if Stryker was awake.

He started to walk down the hallways of the base in wich the Bounty Hunters were having to stay - Dr. Robotnik's base. Necro went into Stryker's room without making a noise. She was awake and getting her shoes on.

"Well. I see your up early, Necro. What brings you to get up this early?", asked Stryker with a grin as she put on her last shoe and got out of her chair. "Hehe... couldn't sleep. You?", asked Necro.
"I couldn't sleep myself. I was thinking of how much Sonic could rake in.", replied Stryker.
"I guess we need to get a move on.", said Necro with a grin as he held her hand.

The two had been dating for a week now. And later on tonight, they would go to a fancy resturant. They walked down the hallways, looking at all the base had. They grabbed a quick breakfast wich consisted of poptarts, and left the base.
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Meanwhile, in Knothole Village:
Sally was hustling about, trying to find out Necro's true identity. She was puzzled about him. She fought him the other day, and discovered he was some kind of machine. She knew that he was not completely machine, but had some kind of family history. She was going through her files when she came across Miles Prower's files.

For no reason, she began to look through it. She knew that Dr. Robotnik had killed him, and a girl named Tani had let her now about the murder. What Tani did not tell her was Miles had a son. She began to read some more, and went down to family history.

"Father: Prower,A. Mother: Unknown, Son: David Roy Prower.", she read to herself.

She seen the picture of David Roy Prower in there. It was similar to the face of Necro, even though his face was covered with a helmet during the fight.. She then started searching the internet on her wireless laptop. She typed in "Relations between Necro the Bounty Hunter and David R. Prower". She found a site that said "David or Necro? CAST YOUR VOTE!". She opened it, and started reading.

"Necro the Bounty Hunter was just elected 'Best Bounty Hunter Under Dr. Robotnik's Command yesterday. For some reason, some peoiple call the bounty hunter by David Prower. Very few call him by this name considering his father, the famous Miles prower, was killed. Necro hates to be called by his family name, but enjoys being called 'Necro', wich is the name that Dr. robotnik gave him after adopting him.

So, we are taking a vote. Do you like to call the bounty hunter by David Prower, or Necro?", she read to herself.

She just found the missing link - David and Necro were one, the same, and always will be. She began to sob. Just then, Antione walked in. He looked at her strangely.

"Milady, are you well?", asked Antione.
"No, Ant. I just found out... one of us betrayed us 15 years ago.", wept Sally as she looked at him.
"Who is it?", asked Antione.
"Did you know that Miles Prower had a son named David Prower?", asked Sally.
"No, ma'am.", replied Antione.
Do you know the bounty hunter named Necro?", asked Sally.
"Yes, ma'am.", replied Antione.
"They are the SAME person! His own son turned his back on him.", said Sally as she put her head in her hands, trying not to beleive that David was that same person she fought just a few days ago.

She stooped after a few minutes. Antione tried to comfort her. She looked at him.

"We need to gather some troops to fight him.", said Sally
"Who?", asked Antione.
"Necro.", replied Sally.

Antione nodded, and went outside to a room full of people. He took out a whistle and blew it.

"I need your attention!", shouted Antione.

Everyone stopped talking. Sonic was in the crowd.

"What is it?", asked Sonic.
"We have just found out some heartbreaking news...", replied Antione.
"Speak up!", said Rotor.
"The late Miles Prower's son, David prower, is in fact the bounty hunter that Princess Sally fought a fewa days ago - Necro the Fox.", stated Antione.

The crowd gasped. Sonic grew angry.

"His own son killed him...", said Sonic as he looked at the ground in shame.
"No. He didn't kill him. But he joined Dr. Robotnik afterwords.", said Antione.

The crowd began to murmur and whisper. Antione blew the whistle again.

"Thos who want to join in order to fight Necro, raise your hands, and come up!", said Antione.
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OoC: Those who are on the Freedom Fighter's side or want to be on that side join at this point.

OOC: I think I can start mine off if you don't mind. Also, I might make another character to add to the two I already have.

Jack just got done talking to some friends at the Station Square mall. It was Saturday, his favorite day. He had a big date planned wih some girl he met yesterday at a party and some of his best friends. They were going to see the new slasher flick, PSYCHO KNIFE 2: IN THE SHADOWS.

It looked kind of dumb, but it gave him a good excuse to throw popcorn and Skittles at the screen if it sucked.

He stepped outside and shielded his eyes. It was bright. He saw a poster that said:

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
$60,000,000,000 BOUNTY
ORIGNATOR: MR. XXXXXXXX
If you have any information on the hedgehog's whereabouts, please contact through e-mail at this address
mr_xxxxxxxx@ivo.com

Why does this guy want Sonic so bad? And that sure is quite a paycheck. But Sonic? Why him? He was such a good guy...wasn't he? I had met him before and they got along great. And why is this guy going by Mr.X? What does he have to hide? Maybe...oh no! Maybe it's the Eggman!

Jack pulled out his phone and dialed the number for Knothole Castle. "Yes, I'd like to speak to King Max please. Yes. Yes it's an emergency. Jack Light. Yes. Thank you." He was patched over to King Max. "Sir I have some rather disturbing news. No, it's about Sonic. Yeah, it seems that someone has put a 60,000,000,000 dollar bounty on his head. Yes your highness, I thought it was Eggman too. Okay. I'll be standing by."

Jack was only in Station Square for the week. He lived in Knothole, that's why he's in good with the King. He's sort of an unofficial freedom fighter, but he plans to be full fledged some day.

OOC: Hope that's alright.

(OOC: Thx for the info Necro )

IC:

A maroon Echidna sat at a table in the corner promptly stood up and stepped forward, his metal armour gleaming in the light. "I'm in." he called, stepping up to Antione and folding his arms. "This "Necro" could be a major problem."

Antione nodded slowly. Wraith was brother of Knuckles, descovered on the Floating Island in stasis, and while Knux was guardian of the Chaos Emeralds, Wraith had agreed to join the Freedom Fighters in their battle against Robotink.

Grabbing the limelight again Wraith?" remarked Sonic wryly. The two were agrivated friends...good friends with each other, but they never missed a chance to get at each other when they could.

Wraith grinned. "Someone has to watch your back, Sonic. You do it so little yourself."

OoC: I forgot to mention - no one kills other human characters. Official characters can be killed, but not human characters (for example - Wraith's character or mine - Necro).
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Necro and Stryker looked around the parking lot. They got in her car. She had a cool looking car - it was a Dodge Viper. They got in and drove off. Stryker looked out her window at the base as they drove off. Necro put in a CD in his CD player and hooked it up to the car sterio. He put in a CD made by Cradle of Filth. He went through the CD until he found his favorite song - "Nymphetamine(Overdose)". He began to look out the window. He started singing alonmg with the song. Stryker kept her eyes on the road.

"Necro... how long has it been since we've known each other?", asked Stryker.
"Twelve years. We just started dating.", replied Necro.

Stryker began to remember that day...
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Flashback in Stryker's mind:

Stryker was running from a bunch of persons.

"Kill that girl!", said a voice from a mob.

Stryker was being chased for killing a man in defense. She was going to be raped, and killed the man. Now, she was running for her life. She came across a dead end. No one was there. The mob caught up. Each member had some kind of weapon, weither it was a knife or gun.

"Your time's up.", said a man.

Just then, a mechanical fox landed in front of her. He held a SMG in his hand.

"Leave her alone.", said the machine.
"Or what?", asked a member.
"THIS!", replied the machine as it raised its gun and shot the mob members.

Some shot back at him, but the bullets bounced off and hit them back. Finaly, he ran out of bullets. He drew his blade, wich was a machette, and sliced the last of them before they could even land a hit. The machine looked at Stryker. He approached her. She began criying.

"D-dont hurt me.", pleaded Stryker.
"I am not going to harm you. I do not beleive in raping women.", said the machine.
"You mean your...?", asked Stryker.

The machine removed the helmet. It was not a machine, but a fox around the age of 15. She was young for her age, as was the fox.

"I am Necro - a bounty hunter serving under Dr. Robotnik's command. What's your name?", asked the fox.
"Lori... but everyone calls me Stryker.", replied Stryker.
"I have a question... would you like to work with me? I'm sure my master will se it in his heart to let you join.", said Necro.
"What kind of work do you do?", asked Stryker.
"I am a bounty hunter. The pays good - I got paid a good bit today, around 780 bucks.", replied Necro.
"A job that pays that well... alright. I do owe you something for saving my life.", stated Stryker.
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Back to reality:
"I remember that day twelve years ago.", said Stryker.

Necro remembered it too. He never forgot that day - it was the same day that his mother and father were killed.
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At Dr. Robotnik's base:
Dr. Robotnik was upset. He was running low on machines.

"This isn't good.", said Dr. Robotnik.
"What isn't?", asked a robot.
"I am running low on machines... I need some real persons, like Necro.", replied Dr. Robotnik.
"Should I put some posters asking for members?", asked the robot.
"Yes. Do that.", replied Dr. Robotnik.

Shortly, posters were put up all over Mobius and Station Square asking for recruits that were not machines.
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OoC: People wanting to join Dr. Robotnik's Army join in here.

OOC: I take it your a real Cradle of Filth fan? That's good music dude. Glad to see you like stuff like that. I'm not alone. Also, CKY rocks.

IC: Jack forgot all about that poster after a little while and roamed around Station Square. He got tired of all the hustle and bustle sounds of the city, so he put on his mp3 player and started listening to Escape From Hellview by CKY. That was his favorite band.

After a while, he walked up to a skateshop. SPAZZIE'S SKATE SHOP. Huh. Well, he had money. Why not look at some of the stuff. He walked in to it and immediately liked what he saw. Deck galore. Then he spotted it. That same damn poster.

"Where did you get that poster?" He asked the clerk.

"We got it in...not an hour ago. Some robot came in and paid me $1,000 to let me hang it in here." Replied the clerk.

Jack tore down the poster, and went outside to trash it. He was getting mad. He had to cal someone. Maybe Wraith could help him. He pulled out his phone and dialed Wraith's number.

"Hey Wraith, I got a problem"

(OOC: Mind if I use another character too? He's a character from a different board, with a few minor adjustments.

Name: Serash
Spicies: Scorpion
Appearence: Very similar to this picture, however he has 6 legs not 4, two arms with powerful claws, and his tail is one spike, not split into two. He is over seven feet tall.
(Monster in pic credited to Square-Enix)
Abillities: Extreme strength, and hard shell gives him incredible protection from attacks. Fast and agile, with lightning reactions and a cold, calculating mind. Also has very potent venom in his tail.
Weaknesses: Paranoid, short, explosive temper, and a major superiority complex. Also hates working as part of a team...he is a loner.
History: Even from his youth, Serash had always been a loner and sinister, attacking anyone who wanted to be his friend. Serious emotional problems made him agrophobic, and that, coupled with his unusual looks, led to a lot of ridicule and bullying. This in turn led him to hate the rest of society with a vengance, and eventually he decided to pay them back for what they had done to him. He sneaked out one night and killed someone.

It felt so good that he continued, reveling in death, and has since become the most dangerous serial killer in Station Square. He hides in the forest outside the city to avoid the authorities, and regularly takes trips into the city by night to exact more of his revenge.)

IC:

He looked out at the peaceful suburbs silently, staring through the foliage around him. Outside he was calm, still, silent...

...inside he was fuming.

They acted like nothing was wrong. The fools. They went about their daily lives as though everything was rosy with the world. The fools. They'd get their due!

He rarely ventured this close to the city during the daytime, but he had had nothing better to do. Secretly he was hoping someone would wonder past on the road nearby, all alone. He wanted another fix.

It was like a drug to him...he was addicted. It just felt so good.

But this was no drug, this was more grotesque. The thing he longed for was death.

He loved the feeling of power as he killed, the warm, cloying heat of blood as it rushed over his body, the harmonic symphony of chokes and gasps as the victim breathed his last...

His work was an art, and he was incredibly creative...

But there was no one about...the streets ere deserted. He hissed to himself in irritation.

Suddenly he noticed a poster on a wall beside the road, one that hadn't been there yesterday. Normally he wouldn't have been remotely interested, but this one caught his eye, because it had a lot of red on it. Was it blood...?

Carefully he scuttled out of the cover of the trees, glancing around to make sure no one saw him. Eventually he got close enough to see the picture more clearly, and hissed in anoyance as he saw it was only the red cape of a fat man with a big orange moustache.

He knew the face...who didn't...but he wasn't interested in anything Robotnik had to say.

He continued to read the poster though, without thinking...

Do you want to be powerful??? Got some skills??? Then join up to the Doctor Robotnik Peace Keeping Force today! Good pay, impressive dental plan, and lots and lots of fun and excitement! You'll be given power beond your wildest dreams! Sign up now!!!

Serash's face looked thoughtful. Interesting...maybe this advertisement could be useful after all! Doctor Robotnik was powerful, that was certain, and one of the few things Serash craved other than death was power. What if he joined up now with the Doctor...helped him out?

And then in the end, when all Robotnik's enemies were crushed, Serash could kill him and take over his empire!

The plot had potential! Serash turned and set off back into the forest quickly. What was the quickest way to the adress stated on the poster...?

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Wraith's mobile started to chime (to the tune of Lava Reef Act 1, S3&K) and he yanked it out of his pocket. He recognised the number as being Jack, a fellow Echidna who had been with the Freedom Fighters when he joined. They hadn't had the chance to speak much, but what conversations they had had gone well, and they considered each other decent friends, despite not knowing each other very well.

"Yo." called Wraith into the phone.

"Hey Wraith, I got a problem"

"Yeah, you aren't the only one! We got some things going on here too. What's up though man?"

"Robotnik's put posters up everywhere offering rewards for Sonic's capture." replied Jack, looking down at the torn remains of the poster in the bin. "I'm worried bounty hunters'll see em and..."

"You say bounty hunter?" Wraith cut in suddenly. Antione, still stood next to Wraith, pricked up his ears.

"Yeah, why?"

"The problem we got over here is to do with a bounty hunter too." muttered Wraith thoughtfully.

Sonic had sauntered over to Wraith while he had been speaking, and was now stood looking at him expectantly. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Hang on Jack..." Wraith quickly explained the situation to Sonic, who scowled angrily.

"Trust Lardbelly! I'm gonna go teach him a lesson!"

"That may not be wise." muttered Antione. "It's your head he wants after all..."

"Yeah, you should stay here this time Sonic, where it's safe." agreed Wraith. "Me and Jack'll go out and see if we can figure something, and maybe we'll take a few others with us."

Sonic didn't look pleased at all, but Wraith turned back to his phone before he could answer. "Jack where are you? I'll come and meet you and we can start investigating this."

OoC: Yes, I am a huge fan of Cradle of Filth, supershadow70, "Nymphetamine(Overdose)" being my favorite song, and it is Necro's theme (On one site). It brings out the 'Necro' in me. That band CKY rocks too.

You can have as many characters on here as you want. That one you mentioned Wraith is ok to join.

Time to put up the Bounty Hunter join-in!
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Necro and Stryker finaly came to a stopping place. They got out. They were going to try and find Fang the Sniper. Since he liked money and had tons of it from selling rare artifacts, they knew that he was at the fanciest resturant in Mobius. They went in to that resturant - the Flying Kitsune.

Necro had put on his fake fur and removed his helmet before going in. He and Stryker also had a lot of money - around $2,000 each. Necro looked around after paying a man for letting them in. Stryker held her pellet gun in her bra - she had it custom made. Necro had his arm cannon. They looked around and finaly saw Fang.

"I'll get him this time...", said Stryker with a grin.
"Don't let that pervert in any manner tough you!", replied Necro as he saw Fang messing with some girls next to him.

Stryker nodded, and proceeded. Necro went to the men's bathroom to contact Dr. Robotnik. Metal Sonic answered it since Dr. Robotnik was busy making posters.

"Robotnik Inc. here. How may I help you?", asked Metal Sonic.
"Hey! Metal Sonic.", whispered Necro.
"Necro the Bounty Hunter! What are you doing?", asked Metal Sonic.
"Fixing to watch stryker get a hold of Fang's stupid bum!", replied Necro.
"I'd love to see this. Do me a favor - turn on the camera in your left shoulder.", requested Metal Sonic.

Necro turned it on, and went out.

Stryker was sitting next to Fang.

"So you're Fang.. did you know I love weasels?", asked Stryker.
"No. I'm glad you do. Under this here hat, I've sold over 100 jewels.", replied Fang.

The other girls giggled. Stryker did too, trying to fit in. She was perfect at these operations.

"I got a question.. where's your room? I'd love to see a REAL man!", requested Stryker.

Fang got up, and grabbed Stryker.

"Sorry, girls. I'll go with her tonight.", said Fang.

The other girls sighed. Fang and Stryker went upstairs. Necro followed them quietly. He turned on his camoflogue mode.He went in the room as soon as Fang opened the door. Stryker could tell Necro was in there, but Fang was so drunk, he couldn't. After They went in, Stryker closed the door. Necro grabbed Fang adn became visible.

"What the hell?!", asked Fang.

Stryker pulled out a badge. It showed she was a licensed Boutny Hunter. Necro put a knife to Fang's throat.

"You ahev 2 options. One, you go with us quietly andf live. And two, you die and come with us. Take your pick!", said Necro.

Fang hit Necro in the eye and made him fall down. Stryker reached for her pellet gun and shot Fang. Fang took his pop gun and shot out the window and jumped out. After landing on the ground, he began to run off, wounded by a pellet.

"Oh well. Let's head back to the base...", said Necro.

Stryker nodded, and in less than 30 minutes, they arrived back at the base. Metal SOnic stood at the door, looking at Necro.

"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe!", laughed Metal Sonic.
"Oh, shut up!", replied Stryker as they went in.
"You missed your target.", said Metal Sonic.
"I know... I am going to go and hire some more Bounty Hunters.", stated as they went in.

Necro and Stryker put up their weapons and went to the room where the posters were made. Dr. Robotnik was in there.

"Hm... need some posters?", asked Dr. Robotnik.
"Yes. I want it to say 'Looking for Bounty Hunters. Willing to pay 500 dollars a week.' on it.", replied Necro.
"You heard him. Get to work!", said Dr. Robotnik with a grin.

After a few minutes, robots were sent out putting up Necro's posters all over the place, as well as Dr. Robotniks.
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Persons wanting to be Bounty Hunters join in here.

OoC: Oh hell, why not. See Breech and Gus. First post in Character Profiles.

BiC:
Breech watched the robots put up posters.

"500 a week? Cheap job..." she muttered.

"What dost Robotnik thynk we art?" asked the short, ugly rat beside her. He stubbed the butt of his cheap cigar out under his heel, "A duo of ignorami?" He bit the end off a fresh cigar, and spat it into the gutter before lighting it.

"Yeah, he's a tightwad alright," Breech agreed, "But unless you can pull money outta thin air the way you do with those godawful cigars, I'm broke."

"Nay, yt seems so that hys employment ys our only option," answered Gus, in his strange accent. He blew out a cloud of thick, boiling smoke, and Breech sneezed.

"Come on, it's time we picked up from where we left off," she told him, "Let's go pay him a visit."

Necro and Stryker got through watching the last poster being carried out.

"I've got to go do something...", said Necro.

Stryker and Dr. Robotnik nodded, and Necro left the room. Necro had went back to his room where he began to look around for something. He found what he was looking for - a small journal. He began to write in it. He used some strange language to write in it. The letters were all numbers and the numbers were letters. This was his language wich he had made. It was so complicated, only he understood it, and not even Dr. Robotnik, as smart as he was, could figure it out. This is what it said translated:

"Dear Journal...

I couldn't sleep last night. That horrible dream about my past showed up again. This is the second time this week. Me and Stryker are fixing to go date each other in a litle bit, so I figured I'd write some. I missed my target today. I hope I do not mess up the next time. My next target will be captured tomorrow. I'm taking one wild guess of who it will be - Bean the Dynamite, or Espio the Chameleon. Either one will be satisfactory. I am still worried about Stryker's skills. They are improving, but I fear that she may just become a ruthless Bounty Hunter like me. If she does, she'll have to pay the consequences, like I did so many years ago...

Oh well, enough writting. I gotta go.

Necro logging off"

Necro put up the journal as Stryker walked in. Stryker looked at him.

"Writting in that journal full of numbers again?", asked Stryker.
"Yes. Just finished. I am ready to go.", replied Necro.

Stryker nodded, and they went out of the room. They kept hearing a squeking noise. Necro checked himself and found some rust in his elbow.

"You're growing too old for hunting...", stated Stryker.
"No... I had contact with water. I suppose you didn't know about me and water - we don't mix.", replied Necro as he put some kind of rust remover on his elbow.

They continued further on until Necro seen a room. It looked familiar. This hallway was new to Necro - they must have taken a wrong turn. Necro opened the door, and found a room full of spare parts and such. Necro remembered this room at last - this was the room where he got his first upgrade.

Flashback:
Necro was injured badly. He had lost his right arm. A pair of robots escorted him into this room, Dr. Robotnik behind them. The injury was caused by an explosion from one of Dr. Robotnik's experimetal chemicals that Necro accidently knocked over on a table. Dr. Robotnik looked at Necro's arm. Necro was groaning in pain. Even thought he was nearly machine, he could feel pain and everything else a living being could.

"It'll take a little while for me to fix your arm.", stated Dr. Robotnik as he grabbed a screwdriver and loosened Nero's arm.

He pulled off the rest of it, leaving Necro with only 1 arm. Necro was in pain, but waited patiently. After about fifteen minutes, Dr. robotnik returned witha diffrent arm that looked exactley like his left arm. However, it was made like a right arm.

"I added an upgrade to this arm for you.", said Dr. Robotnik.
"What is it?", asked Necro.
"A cannon is hidden in the palm of the hand. It is powerful, so use it wisely.", replied Dr. Robotnik.

He atached it to Necro, and fixed it to where it worked just as good as the left arm.

Back to Reality:
Necro and Stryker had just got in the Dodge Viper. She cranked it up, and the two left out.

However, it wasn't long before they were under attack. A van full of Freedom Fighters were opening fire on them. Necro took out his SMG and started to shoot back at them.

"Drive, Lori, drive!", said Necro to Stryker.
"You got it!", replied Stryker.
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OoC: Do not interfere with this part. You can witness it, but do not participate. It is a main plot.

OOC: I'm assuming a combination of Supershadow's and David's bounty hunter posters, since that will help me get started.

IC: The general populace of Station Square was abuzz with the news of the posters that put a bounty on Sonic's head. To think that someone would post a bounty on one of the greatest heroes of Mobius! And at such a ludicrously-high price! Some claimed it was a joke or a hoax, while others decided it was a scare tactic cooked up by Robotnik to keep Sonic from coming out of Knothole so that Robotnik could go undisturbed for his latest scheme.

But there were some who took it seriously, like the heavily-dressed Mobian rabbit who took down one of the posters as she passed it and read it top to bottom. The high collar of her gray trench coat effectively hid her neck and the lower half of her face. The mirror shades she wore made it almost impossible to identify her personal features beyond the thick locks of brown hair that cascaded over the back of her collar, or the black-furred ears that stood erect and alert on her head. So Robotnik has put a bounty on Sonic's head. His advertising tactics lack subtlety, but he does show brilliance. He has proven time and time again that he cannot defeat Sonic, so now he requests it of those who can.

She folded up the poster and placed it inside her coat as she smoothly continued to walk down the sidewalk, reaching with a black-furred hand into her pocket, from which she pulled a cell phone. She punched in the contact number and waited as it rang. "Dr. Robotnik? This is Rydia. I am contacting you about your contract...yes, I am registered with the bounty hunter's guild. Just transfer the money to my account there. I can begin as soon as you would like...immediately? Of course."

With a beep, the lightweight cell phone was off and stuffed into her pocket once more. It was legitimate. I must admit, I was skeptical. But it is work, and productive work at that. I'll have to hurry if I expect to be the first hunter to bag this mark.

And so she continued along, but as she walked past a skate shop, the door was slammed open by an orange echidna who looked like he was in a hurry, talking on his cell phone. Rydia was knocked off-balance by the door and fell down onto the sidewalk, and the poster she had been carrying fell out of her coat.

"Oh, sorry 'bout that," apologized the pumpkin-orange echidna. "I didn't see-"

Her shades had also been knocked off, but she merely glanced up at him with cold blue eyes, her unsmiling face still hidden behind the tall collar of her coat. She retrieved her shades and got up to her feet, replacing them and began to move on without speaking.

"Wait, you dropped something!" said the echidna as he stooped down and picked up the poster, which unfurled in his hands. Rydia stopped and looked back at him in time to see him glance from the poster back to her. That was unfortunate, she cursed as she stared at him, waiting to see what he would do. He's probably one of Sonic's friends. But perhaps I can take advantage of this and find out where the hedgehog is...

Jack cocked an eyebrow and shot a smile. "Please tell me you aren't working for that idiot Robotnik?" He picked up the poster and pulled out his lighter and burned it. "Come on now lady. You're probably way too good of a bounty hunter to work for that idiot." He said smartly.

He had just concocted a plan. "I'll pay you double the 60,000,000,000 dollars he's going to pay you. That's 12,000,000,000 dollars. Think about it." He handed her a slip of paper with a phone number on it. "Call that number if you decicde to take me up on the offer, okay? Right now, I'm late for a date." He ran off past her to the movies.

OOC: Ok...i'll bite. This looks fun. As usual, I will be using Reni. Dunno whether or not her profile is still in the profiles thread, (will check that later(Edit: It is now )), but she is Sonic's daughter,for starters.

I may put my black widdow character in this as well...as a bountyhunter, but I will have to see.

Also have an urge to put in a neutral/wildcard character, will have to think about that.

Anyway, no IC tonight, 'tis late.

OOC: Supershadow, did you see Wraith's last post? His character is calling yours up to see when they can meet and investigate the matter. I didn't know if you'd seen it or not, but that may be a good way to get some of the characters together.

IC:
Rydia had seen a lot of things as a bounty hunter, but this was the first time she had been surprised in a long time. She had been expecting this echidna to either attempt to stop her or to threaten her, but he instead made a counter-offer and then had the audacity to run off - to a date!

Very, very foolish, she thought with narrowed eyes as she watched the echidna running down the street toward the movie theater. A bounty hunter interested only in money would easily take that offer, but I am not greedy. And by revealing that he is against bounty hunters going after Sonic, then that means he must be at least a sympathizer with the Freedom Fighters. Or perhaps...

A plan began forming in her mind as she began to follow the echidna, waiting until he had gone into the theater before coming down the street to the theater entrance herself. Right now, he is my best lead to Sonic. If I follow him around long enough, then either he will lead me to Sonic, or to someone closer to Sonic...

(OOC: lol I was trying to figure something out, but since Terg has mentioned it I'll wait before posting with Wraith^^)

IC:

Robotnik was wondering up and down the command center of his base, his face contorted into his customary scowl. "Too few..." he kept muttering. "Far too few..."

"Doctor, forgive my intrusion but you have a visitor."

Robotnik spun round to face Metal Sonic, who was stood in the doorway of the massive room. "Not now, you fool! I'm buisy!"

"It is about our latest venture, sir." replied the machine coldly.

Robotnik's moustache twitched and his eyes widened. "Well why didn't you say so before??? Don't just stand there, send him in!" Metal Sonic bowed and left the room, and Robotnik turned and ran over to one of the many computers around the walls of the room. "One more..." he muttered, grinning as he tapped in the tally on the keyboard. "Maybe this is going to work reasonably well after all..."

He felt a prescence behind him as he finished typing. "I'm impressed!" he muttered without looking round. "Not many that can move about so quietly!"

"I've had plenty of practice." hissed a cold, sinister voice. Robotnik, despite his many years of experiance with evil people and villans, jumped at the sound, and turned around quickly! His already wide eyes grew even wider as he beheld the massive black form before him, towering over him like a skyscraper, it's powerful claws and visiously spiked tail twitching slightly as it stared down at him!

"I have come in response to your poster, Doctor." continued the quiet, hissing voice. The creature bowed low, a sly grin on it's bone covered jaws. "Serash the Scorpion, at your service."

OoC: Wraith has a scorpion character... lol! That's awesome, Wraith.
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Necro kept shooting while Stryker drove. They couldn't keep this up. Stryker and Necro were running out of gas. Necro decided to bring out the big gun. He folded his fingers back, and his cannon was revealed.

"Eat this, bozos!", shouted Necro as he shot the gas tank. The vehicle blew up, and Necro got back in. Stryker looked at him and grinned. Just then, she had just swirved off the road. They seen a cat and a rat in the way.

"Oh, holy pie!", said Necro as he got out of the Viper and quickly grabbed it.

It stopped, and nearly bumped the two. Stryker got out. They looked at the two.

"You alright?", asked Necro to the girl.

Stryker looked at the Dodge Viper, and seen some bullet dents on it.

"Oh, man... Necro, look.", said Stryker.
"Not now, Stryker.", replied Necro.
"I bet Dr. Robotnik is gonna be mad that the gift he got me is messed up.", stated Stryker.

The two looked at Stryker just as soon as she said that.

"What? Don't you know a Bounty Hunter when you see one?", she asked.

She then noticed the cat looked at the poster, and back at Necro. It had his picture on there.

"Necro... I think they're Freedom Fighters...", stated Stryker.
"Great. Just what I need. My girlfreind's car messed up, get shot at, and now I have to fight two more of you loosers! Why don't you Freedom Fighters just LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME DO MY BUSINESS?!", shouted Necro.

Just then, some ambulence sirens were heard.

"I gotta split. Just remember this - ", said Necro before Stryker cut him off.
"LET'S GO!", she shouted from her car as she got in.
"Heh. I'm Necro. And I'll see you two later.", finished Necro.

He got in the car, and rode off with Stryker.

OOC: I see. I'm sorry. Let's....I think Wraith just basically covered it. I'll play it from there.

Jack remembered all about Wraith and getting cut off after he asked if they could meet up. He called him back.

"Sorry Wraith. I got disconnected. Right now, I'm a few blocks from the Station Square Mall. I ran into a female bounty hunter who had the same fliar in her jacket." Jack said.

"Really? Do you think she planned on taking the offer?" Wraith asked.

"Probably, but I offered her twice as much to help us get to the Eggman. I figured we could use a double agent." He said.

"Well I'll meet you somewhere in a few hours, okay?"

Wraith hung up and Jack hung up. They had to get to the bottom of this. Sonic was in danger, and Robotnik is probably really mad. Sonic had foiled his evil plans at least 6 times. In any case, it wouldn't be long now.

Necro and Stryker were lucky they got out of the area. Those weren't just sirens of an ambulence - there were also police. Stryker looked at Necro.

"Who were those two?", she asked.
"Don't know... the cat looked good, but not as good as you, my darling.", replied Necro.

After about five minutes, they arrived at the resturant that Necro said they had a table at. The place was a bounty hunter hangout. There were bounty hunters all over the place. Necro was well known here, as was Stryker.

"Good evening, Mr. Necro and Mrs. Stryker.", said a bounty hunter.
"G'evening.", replied Necro.
"I hear you almost hit two people today...", stated the bounty hunter.
"Yes. Heh. Just a couple of pedesdrians.", said Necro.
"The cat was Breech.", replied the bounty hunter.
"Breech, huh? I'll remember that.", said Necro as he got a glass of wine for Stryker and himself.

The three took a seat at a table.

"Tell me more of this 'Breech'.", said Necro.
"I can't. All I know is her name.", stated the bounty hunter.
"Hm... this Breech person sounds mysterious.", replied Stryker.
"She is. Rumor has it she's commited dozens of crimes. More than you and Necro.", said the bounty hunter.
"Sounds like a good turn in?", asked Stryker to Necro.
"Maybe. She might not be worth nothing. I say we not put our attention towards her. She doesn't sound like a threat.", replied Necro, getting what Stryker ment.
"If you say so.", sighed Stryker.

Necro heard a song begin to play. He looked on stage and saw the Baha Men. They were performing live. They were singing "Who Let the Dogs Out?". Necro looked at Stryker.

"Shall we dance?", asked Necro.
"Sure! I've always wanted to see how you dance in all that machinery.", replied Stryker.

They grabbed hands and started to dance with the crowd. A bat stood in the corner. She wore a tight dress. She watched as Necro and Stryker danced. The bat was non-other than the treasure hunter known as Rouge.

OOC: I hope there are no objections if I join. ^^

IC: Peter sighed as he sunk into his chair. This was NOT turning out be a good day. The ferret reached up, removed his police cap, and sat it on the desk in front of him.

"Not only have there been reports of an increased number of bounty hunters in Station Square... But these bounty posters for Sonic The Hedgehog aren't doing much to ease public tension either... Yeah. Definate coincidence right there..."

Peter Kingston was a member of the Station Square Police Department. His role was one of public relations. When the stuff hit the fan, he was the one put out into the media eye to make statements, and calm everyone down. Because of his amazing ability to put people at ease, this became his full time role in the force. He never got to go out on busts, or do anything REMOTELY resembling actual police work.

"I'd better get this report done soon..." The ferret muttered to himself, focusing his dark brown eyes on the computer screen in front of him.

"Kingston!" Came the call from the office behind him. "The media are out front, and they want answers now!"

"Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.... Another day, another dollar, another dammed soul..." Petet uttered his favourite saying, pushing himself up from his chair. His picked up his police cap, set it on straight, made sure his shirt was neat, and headed out to the front of the police department...

(OOC: np SS70^^ I've done similar things myself lol)

IC:

"Sonic, I'm telling you, get your butt back in Knothole before I have to drag you back in!"

Wraith was out in the forest, checking his equipment and preparing to make for the city to meet with Jack. Sonic had followed him out, along with some of the other Freedom Fighters.

"Robotnik's been after us for ages!" exclaimed Sonic hotly. "Did I sit back and chill then? No!"

"You weren't the single target then Sonic...we all were!" exclaimed Sally in response. "Besides, who knows how many have signed on to his latest scheme!"

"Well if there's plenty of danger then Wraith shouldn't go alone too!"

"Three words on those posters Sonic." replied Wraith. ""Sonic the Hedgehog." Yuo're the target here, not me."

Sonic kicked a stone on the floor and began to sulk. "This sucks! I want some action too!"

Wraith sighed. "Sonic, Sally's right. We have no idea how many people have signed up with Robotnik. It may take the whole of the Freedom Fighters to fight them. I'll find out some information, then I'll call you all and we can work out a plan."

"Just take care, Wraith. Robotnik knows you too." replied Sally, fixing the echidna with a look.

Wraith nodded slowly, a shiver running down his spine. He was secretly in love with Sally, although he was too noble to say anything. Plus he was worried what Sonic would say, or even worse, Sally herself! He saluted smartly and set off at a run through the forest, making for the garage on the edge of the forest that held cars available for use by the Knothole villagers.

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"Im-pressive!" muttered Robotnik as he strode around Serash, looking at hi from all angles. "I've heard about you on the news...you're very good at not getting caught so I hear."

"I've had a lot of practice." replied Serash quietly.

"Your skills and strength would certainly be useful," said Robotnik as he completed his circuit and stood once more in front of the Scorpion, "but I am curious as to why you have come now. If you wanted to join me, why didn't you do it earlier?"

"It hadn't occured to me before." replied Serash evenly. "I saw your poster and it made me think." That much was true at least.

Robotnik nodded thoughtfully, stroking his moustache slowly with a finger and thumb. There was something about this character that he didn't trust, but he would be a valuable ally. "We're glad to have you on the team." the doctor replied after a moment, stepping forward and reaching up to pat Serash on the arm.

Serash withdrew quickly, as though Robotnik's hand was diseased! "Don't touch me!" he hissed menacingly.

Robotnik raised an eyebrow. "Why I thought it would be hard to continue your trade without touching anybody!"

"Then it is my choice, and I know I will be killing them shortly afterwards."

"Indeed." Robotnik turned and moved over to a bank of moniters on one of the walls, each screen displaying a different TV channel. "You may have to get used to capturing people without killing them in my employ." he continued, studying the screens. "Sometimes I need prisoners, not corpses."

Serash stared coldly at the doctor's back. "I'll do what is nessecarry." he replied evenly. The prospect wasn't appealing, but he would have to stay undercover until Sonic and all of Robotnik's other enemies were defeated, then he could take care of the good doctor himslef.

"Excellent!" replied Robotnik, turning round. "First, a test of your skills and abillities." He pointed to one of the screens, currently on a news channel. It showed a high ranking police officer stepping outside Station Square Police Station to give a report to the media. The picture was live.

"Peter Kingston." said Robotnik, eyeing the figure on the screen. "His job is to play down the news of my attacks and make the public feel everything is rosy with the world, something which I do not like. I need people to fear me and be afraid of me, not believe a pack of lies about me not being dangerous."

"You want him assasinated?" replied Serash, looking at the ferret.

"No, I want him captured...and on live television no less! That will show the dumb people of this city just how powerful I and my allies are!"

"I work at night, and I cannot reveal myself to people." retorted Serash. "I'm wanted!"

"All the more reason why you are perfect for the job!" exclaimed Robotnik, grinning at him. "You are feared, my dear Serash...people hear your name and quake! If people see you do this in broad daylight and before the media, they will be even more afraid of you than ever, and if they know you are working for me, my fear will skyrocket as well!" he leaned back on a deask nearby. "It's a win-win situation for both of us, my friend...unless you believe you are unable...?"

Serash hissed in exaspiration, his tail twitching with anger. "I'm able." he replied coldly. "Have a cell ready." The scorpion spun round and strode out of the room.

Robotnik brought a hand to his chin, thinking. A moment after Serash left, Metal Sonic appeared in the doorway.

"Is everything alright sir?"

"Keep an eye on that Serash character, Metal Sonic." Robotnik muttered quietly. "He could be useful, but I'm not sure I trust him."

OoC: No objections, Geyser.
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Rouge watched Necro and Stryker closely. She then took out a cell phone. She was undercover for the Freedom Fighters for a handsome jewel.

"I found Necro. Appears he has a sweet heart.", said Rouge as Sally answered the other line.
"Alright. Who's his sweetheart?", she asked.
"A fox. She's solid white. He called her Stryker.", replied Rouge.
"Good work. If we can get his little 'sweetheart', we can probably get him to work for us.", stated Sally.

Rouge hung up, determined to stop this bounty hunter. Besides, she was looking for a date, and wanted to see if Necro was man enough to be hers. One problem - Stryker was in the way. Rouge would love to capture Stryker and bring her in.

She waited till thy stopped dancing, then made her move. She slowly walked in the crowd, worming her way towards Stryker. When Necro turned his back to see something, she grabbed Stryker. She then muffled her and took her out. Necro started looking for her. He went outside, and saw Rouge taking off Stryker.

"HELP ME!", shouted Stryker.

Necro was pissed. He got in her Dodge Viper and used his set of keys to crank it. They got an extra key made so Necro could use it. He then began to give chase.

OOC: Ok...Now that the circus has left my room...I can think again enough to come up with something...hopefully. *headach from all the hyper freshmen screaming in the room* FINALLY some peace...and...well...Serenity. *shot* 😛

Reni's going to be a bit younger than usual in this. Around 13. Also, no twins, as they wouldn't fit with the set history of this. Or...would they?
IC:

Serenity was bored. There was absolutely NOTHING to do in Knothole. Also, being a kid didn't help anything. She was too young to be a Freedom Fighter.

"Bored, bored...So bored..." She ran aimlessly around the vilage. She came to a stop when she heard some of the adults talking. Probably talking Freedom Fighter type stuff... Without anything else to do, she decided to find out what they were talking about.

As she got closer, she noticed her father, acting impatient as usual. Unable to restrain herself, she launched herself at him, tackling him in a big hug. "Hiii< Daddy!" She said brightly, sitting on his chest, her tail wagging exitedly. "'Sup?"

TBC

OOC:Geh...Can't think straight right now.

(OOC: Vi will you need Wraith to get you into the RP (ie. hiding out in the back of his car or something) or will you find your own way? Wraith is on his way to Station Square now, and his next post would be at the city, but if you want to have Reni interact with him somehow before then that can be arrainged^^ I won't post Wraith until I know if he's needed.

Also, scratch that bit about Wraith being in love with Sally lol. If Sonic and Sally are married then he'd banish all thoughts like that, such is the gentleman he is. )

IC:

Fifteen minutes and Robotnik was aleady pushing it...this contract was off to a bad start.

Serash scuttled across the rooves of the buildings, jumping from building to building across the small alleyways. His powerful legs had little trouble making the distance. That was the one thing he did like about society in general...they rarely looked up.

He reached the police building without incident and peered over the side. Sure enough, there was the ferret Robotnik wanted, surrounded by reporters and news cameras.

This went against everything he stood for! He was a creature of the night, a creature of myth and shadow. To expose himself before all the cameras was like a nightmare! The very reason he isolated himself was because he hated crowds!

But if his overall goal was to ba achived, sacrifices would have to be made, and he'd have to do some things he didn't like. He knew that.

Grimly he gritted his mandibles as he stepped over the edge of the building, sharp claws on his legs digging into the masonry and holding him in place. He began to walk down the side of the building towards the gathered crowd...

Peter stepped out of the office, and into the media circus. Cameras flashed, and reporters screamed out questions. Taking a deep breath, Peter stepped up to the podium in front of him, and cleared his throat.

"Now ladies and gentlemen. I know that a lot of you are concerned by the recent increase in bounty hunter sightings, and by the bounty posters that have sprung up all over town, but I assure you that the Station Square Police Department have several strong leads that shall lead to a swift end to this whole situation."

Peter turned to leave when a strong female voice called out.

"Mr Kingston, Mr Kingston! Are the rumours true that several top members of the Station Square Police Force have turned up dead in their own homes?"

Peter looked at the reporter. She was a tall and slender cheetah, with glasses and her hair tied back into a tight bun.

"I wonder how she heard about that...?"

Peter regained his composure and answered the question.

"No. All of the police force are in fine health, thank you for asking."

Peter turned and walked back inside, while the entire media outside went into a frenzy over this little rumour which could be turned into a major story, and possible promotion. What no-one noticed was the cheetah, had dissapeared...

Inside, Peter scratched his head in confusion.

"Great... This looks like I'm gonna have some serious covering to do... I better let the Chief know..."

OOC: Wraith: I was actually going to comment on your character's crush on Sally, seeing as how Tails was old enough to have a teenage kid before the RP even started, which would infer that Sonic and Sally might be old enough that Wraith could have been one of their kids. 😛 I thought it was funny, myself, but you already picked up on that situation.

Also note that I'm gonna have Sonic shorten "Wraith" to "Ray," it just seemed appropriate at the time.

SS: no worries, I was just trying to point that out so we could get our characters doing stuff with each other. In this post, I'll be trying to tie together the plot you already had running with meeting up with Wraith soon, since Jack was still going to the movie theater I imagine he'd have told Wraith to meet him there so they could begin the investigation.

David: Can anyone use Rouge, or do you still not want anyone to be involved with the Necro/Stryker plotline? I don't have any real ideas myself at this point, just curious to see whether that would be okay or not.

Violet: hope you don't mind, but I'll take on Sonic's role. I remember that your character is based on the SatAM, so I'll try to reproduce his style from there as much as I can. I'd say you could continue to use him as you see fit. I'm not sure if the thirteen-year-old Reni would be encouraging him to go into action or be like the others, I wrote it the way I did to provide a contrast with what everyone else has been saying.

IC:
Sonic smiled up at his young teenage daughter, seated on his chest. Serenity had always been the apple of his eye, and even in these depressing circumstances her enthusiasm and energy helped him feel better.

But not even Serenity could keep him occupied from the current situation, and his expression lapsed into frustration. "Robuttnik went and put some mondo bounty on my head, so everyone's telling me I've gotta stay put here in Knothole!"

It lifted his spirits a little to see his daughter's reaction mirror his own. "And do nothin' while 'Buttnik's out there?! Way past uncool!" She seemed to be the only one who really understood his feelings right now, which made sense to the hedgehog; after all, she was one of the few people who was fast enough to keep up with him, and she knew how good it felt to be free to run around.

Serenity clambered off of him, and Sonic kicked up onto his feet, starting to walk through the rest of the village, pacing as thoughtfully as a super-fast hedgehog could. Serenity kept pace with him easily. "Yeah, that's what I said, but Ray and Sal won't let me go! They think it's a trap." He stopped and crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow confidently. "Like we haven't already been through a hundred of Robuttnik's traps? I've breezed through so many of them you'd think they'd stop worrying about me now."

"Yeah, and what if he wants you to stay away this time?" asked Serenity.

Sonic turned to the purple hedgehog and gave her one of his best wide-eyed, uncomprehending looks. "Say what?"

"What if 'Buttnik knew that everyone'd want you to hide out until this blows over?" repeated Serenity patiently, reminding Sonic fondly of her mother when she tried to simplify things for him. "Maybe that's why he put up that bounty, to keep you from coming so he could get away with his latest scheme without having you come along to mess with it."

Sonic rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Huh, didn't think of that." He smiled and winked at her. "That's a past cool point, Reni. Wanna come with me to find your mom? I think we seriously need to discuss this with her, pronto!"

Rydia watched from the lobby door to see which movie Jack and the friends he met in the lobby were paying tickets for, and then she went up to the counter to buy another ticket for herself for the very same movie. Such crude taste, she thought spitefully as she went on past to have her ticket stub removed by one of the theater employees before following Jack from afar into the darkened theater. But no matter, what's important is that he's going to stay here for a while. With any luck, a friend of his might turn out to be a known Freedom Fighter, and then I'll be right on track to hunting down Mr. Hedgehog.

She sat at the far back of the theater away from where Jack and his friends were, so she could easily observe them from where she was. She removed the mirror shades, which only hindered her in the darkened room, and waited for the movie to start. It was only then that she noticed that Jack was in a group made up fairly evenly of males and females, and Jack was sitting next to one of the girls.

A date? How carefree our young Freedom Fighter accomplice is, she thought narrowly as she settled into the comfortable theater chair. But we will see how carefree he is when the beloved hero Sonic is captured by none other than Rydia.

Robotnik was scheming once again in his laboratory complex base when a comm channel opened and a robotic voice said, "Two bounty hunters have arrived to answer your request for mercenaries, Sir."

"What? I seem to be having a lot of visitors lately to what should have been a secret base. The nerve! Very well, send them in."

The hatchway doors to the laboratory opened, and Robotnik sat in his command chair, his hands pressed together in front of him, as a cat and a rat both stepped in, the cat with a slightly annoyed expression on her face and the rat with a dirty cigar held neatly between his teeth.

"Ah, Breech and Gus, it's been a while," said Robotnik conversationally as he spread his arms widely for dramatic effect. "So you decided to sign up again with me, eh?"

(OOC: lol actually Terg, Wraith is Knux's older brother...about the time of Sonic Heroes he'd be 20, and assuming this takes place after that (it's the Archie universe, not Sega, but you get my point) he'd be older same as Sonic.

But yeah, I hadn't actually considered the fact that tails has a son lol.)

IC:

Suddenly a scream errupted form outside the doors! Peter spun round, looking out through the large glass doors, to see the reporters and newscrews all looking upwards, looks of horror in their faces!

Then suddenly they scattered as a dark shadow fell across the floor. There was a loud CRASH as something landed on the steps outside, something big! The concrete steps cracked with the impact, shards of stone skittering across the floor from the creature's tough, armoured legs.

Serash had jumped the last few storeys of the building...he needed to utilise the element of suprise as fully as possible. After all, most of the police officers were armed!

He spun round, looking into the station through the glass doors. Sure enough, there was his target, stood in the middle of the reception area with a look of shock on his face.Serash swung one of his claws forward and the glass doors shattered, sending shards of glass flying in all directions! Before Peter could react the scorpion had darted forward, suprisingly quickly for his size, and wrapped an arm around his waist, lifting him bodily off the floor!

Some of the police officers in reception had now got over their initial shock and had pulled out their guns. Bullets pinged off Serash's tough shell as he retreated back out of the doorway...it was only a matter of time before they found the cracks in his armour. He lifted Peter infront of him, using him as a shield as he reversed through the doorway. He could hear the officers calling to each other urgently: "Cease fire! Don't hit him!"

The cameras and reporters outside had retreated some way, but they were still close, still recording the action fearfully. Serash's cold eyes swept them a moment, before calling in a loud voice: "Long live Doctor Robotnik!"

It sickened him to say it, but it was nessecary for the time being.

Jumping upwards, he once again latched his legs to the masonry of the building and quickly scuttled up the wall, dissapearing onto the roof and taking a slightly dazed Peter with him...

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Wraith guided the car into the parking lot of the cinema, jumping out and locking the door. He was very much a car fanatic, and the garage had just happened to have a certain Nissan Skyline GTR, his favorite machine of all time. Needless to say, it wasn't a tough choice thinking what to drive.

He sauntered up the steps and went inside. He couldn't believe Jack had asked him to meet here...there was a assive plot going on to capture Sonic and take over the world, and he was interested in watching a film!

Well, it was kinda typical of him. Besides, with Sonic safely secluded away in Knothole the danger wasn't TOO immeadeate. Wraith quickly purchased a ticket, bought some popcorn, coke and a hot dog, and trailed into the screen, looking round for the other echidna in the dim light.

(OOC: Okay, taking bets on the likelyhood of a car chase scene somewhere in this RP...Viper vs Skyline...who wants to put their money up? lol)

((OoC: Hey, Wraith! Be gald to! rotfl!

Hm... the car chase scene right now can be interfered, and am waiting for someone to do so... so no IC till then for me.))

OOC: I got a C-note on the Skyline! I love that freakin' thing! Is it a 1999 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR? I hear Nismo redid like 20 of those things, since they're such rare, discontinued gems.

IC:
Jack saw Wraith park his car, and then proceeding to enter the lobby. "Hey buddy!" Yelled Jack. After he said it, he reminded himself of Pauley Shore.

Jack walked up to him. "I know, your whole way eher, you were thinking, why the movie theatre, right?"

Wraith replied with a sort of shocked look. "Yeah, actually I was. How'd you know?"

"Well, that's just like you. I figured, who's gonna look for us Freedom Fighters here, right? Anyway, we need to talk about Sonic. My idea is to get him out of harm's way, where Robotnik can't find him, and if he does, he won't cause harm to anyone else. Essentially, not anywhere near here, Knothole, or Angel Island. What do you think?"

(OOC: Oh the scene can be interfered with now Necro? lol sorry I didn't realise. I may be able to put Serash in there, but I'm kinda waiting for Gyser to reply before posting with him...if anyone else has chance before then then go ahead.

And SS, lol I was kinda thinking more R33 than R34...I dunno, I kinda prefare that one, but I specificly didn't mention which R it was so anyone could substitute their fav...plus I didn't want to bore anyone who's not into cars lol. Rest assured it's a GTR V-Spec II though, whichever R it is

And about the cinema, I thought Terg said you had already gone into the screen. How could you have seen me park up if you were already in lol? Doesn't matter, I'm gonna take it now that they're both sat in the cine seats with Terg's char a little way behind them.)

IC:

Wraith raised an eyebrow."Good look convincing Sonic." he muttered absently. "He isn't keen on sitting still for very long. Besides, I figure he's safer where he is than moving anywhere...I mean, Robotnik's not gonna find Knothole any time soon is he."

Jack shrugged. "True. I just figured better safe than sorry. Robotnik may not, but the Bounty Hunters might."

"It's certainly something to consider." Wraith replied thoughfully. "At any rate, at the moment I'd say we need more info. Just how many Bounty Hunters are signing up to this scheme? We need to know what we're dealing with."

He was quiet for a moment, then continued. "Truth is though, I have absolutely no idea how we'd be able to find out..."

Rydia was, of course, not watching the screen at all, but was focused on the two echidnas who had begun to talk. I can't hear everything they're saying, but I definitely heard "Sonic," she thought, getting up from her seat and moving down the aisle to get a closer seat. I must be careful, but I can only surmise that they are at least sympathizers with the Freedom Fighters, and if so...then they might lead me to Sonic himself.

She took a seat a mere two rows behind the two, leaning forward to get a better position to listen from. Hmm...they're curious as to how many bounty hunters have signed up for this operation? I admit that I share the same curiousity. It would be effective to know how much competition I have for the mark. But more importantly, where is Sonic now? That I have to find out...

Someone behind her muttered something about "lousy bunny ears, down in front," but she did not care to listen to that. But how? Either one of these echidnas could be a Freedom Fighter, but who would be the likeliest to go and talk to Sonic, or at least near his location, in the near future? I will have to wait and see if I can't find out...my objective is clear, I must find the hedgehog.

OOC: Sorry about the delay in reply. =P

IC: Peter soon recovered from his slightly dazed state, due to the cold wind hitting his face as they bounded over the roof tops.

"Great... How am I going to get out of this...?"

Peter had never got any combat training at the academy...

The ferret slammed a fist down hard into the scorpians exo-skeleton. "HEY! Let me go!!!" Peter screamed, as his hand throbbed from the pain.

(OOC: np Gyeser^^)

Serash barely flinched at the attack, his tough shell absorbing the impact like a brick wall. He said nothing as he continued to run across the rooves of the buildings, hopping over the alleyways with his powerful legs.

"I said let me go!!!" repeated Peter angrily, prompting a hiss from the scorpion.

"We're over fifty floors up...if you don't shut up I will let you go...over the edge!"

As Serash spoke they arrived at a building overlooking a main road...the distance was way too far to jump. Serash immeadiately dived off the edge, embedding his claws in the masonry as he scuttled down the side of the building towards the ground.

Peter was at first scared by the change in orientation, but Serash was holding him tightly...there was no way of him dropping. He looked up at his captor and spotted Serash's cold yellow eyes in his head above him. Maybe...

Steeling himself, he punched out with his knuckles, aiming for the eye visiously.

Serash recoiled in agony as the punch struck home. He had been concentrating so hard on the escape he hadn't even noticed! He let out a loud screech as he released his grip, losing his hold on the building too, and suddenly both figures found themselves dropping towards the ground!

Fortunately they were already quite low...a mere ten storeys up, and fortunately for Peter there was a dumpster on the pavement below him with lots of old newspaper in it. It was still painful, but it broke his fall enough to escape serious injury.

Serash wasn't so lucky...as he had recoiled from Peter's attack, he had accidentally kicked away from the wall, and was now dropping deractly towards the tarmac of the road! Traffic flashed past below as he fell, a large black object of spikes and claws, writhing about wildly as he looked for something to grab hold of.

At that point two cars were racing down the road after each other, both being driven erraticly. The first shot past underneath Serash as he dropped, but the second, a Dodge Viper, wasn't close enough to do the same. The scorpion's black form thudded to the floor with a sickening CRACK, directly in front of the persuing Viper and causing the driver to swerve wildly to avoid the road block!

Necro swirved off the road. He hit a pole, and saw the mass of spikes fall off. He was falling behind, and he knew he couldn't catch up - he had lost her. He started cursing out the blot of spikes.

"YOU STUPID BALL OF SPIKES! GET UP!", he shouted as he grabed the tail. He noticed it was that of an insect. The ball of spikes got up, and stared him in the eyes as its claws opened and closed.

"Holy pie!", shouted Necro as he backed up. "I bet Dr. Robotnik'd LOVE to see this!"

The insect was a scorpion. It hissed and growled at Necro. Necro had a strange feeling this foe was stronger than him. The tail it had was hovering over Necro. It then came down, and Necro grabbed it.

"Dang!", he said as the tail went back up. it came down again, and Necro dodged it.

"I'm in no mood for games!" Serash hissed visiously. He had survived the fall thanks to his shell, but only just. His body ached all over, and his shell had almost cracked from the impact!

His claw suddenly whipped out, catching Necro unawares and closing around his neck in a vicelike grip.

"You have something to say to me...?"

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Even through the soundproofing of the cinemaWraith heard the police sirens as they roared past. They must have been ery close!

Most people in the cinema hadn't noticed...it was so quiet it was barely audible, and they were concentrating on the movie anyway.

"Hey, you hear that?" Wraith muttered to Jack. "Those police sirens? Ususally when I'm here I go check it out if I hear the police on the move...never know when they'll need help."

Jack raised an eyebrow. "But I thought we were talking about protecting Sonic."

"How do we know this isn't related? Anywho we can talk on the way." Wraith jumped up from his seat and quickly left the screen, not looking to see if Jack was following him...

Necro began to breath labordly - the grip on his throat was tight. His bodymay have been machinery, but his head wasn't.

"Yes... I do...", said Necro.
"Then speak up!", Serash hissed.
"EAT THIS!", he said as he charged his plamsa cannon, and stuck it to Serash's claw. The creature hissed, and let go. Necro went to take cover.

Necro had never seen a foe like this. He had seen hedgehogs, rats, weasels, and all sorts, but scorpion, wich he guessed it was - no. He was like a mouse to the scorpion. He tried to think of some way to get away from the thing. He finaly got an idea - try to distract it.

OOC: Miss me? You can be sure, Reni's gonna end up doing something foolish that will get her captured somewhere along the line...

IC: Serenity followed her father toward the command center. It wasn't much, but it sure beat sitting around and doing nothing.

OOC: Sorry...all I could come up with. *shrug*

He wanted to tear him limb from limb!!!

"You coward!" he roared as Necro dived for cover. "Get out here right now!"

"No thanks!" replied Necro as he crouched down behind the trunk of his Viper. "I don't have my tin opener on me for your thick hide."

Trafic on the road had slowed to a crawl thanks to the Viper parked in the middle of the road, and padestrians had gathered on the pavement, watching the developments with interest.

Serash scowled. "I'll tear you limb from limb you freak!" he hissed.

""Hey, that thick shell of yours go all the way into your thick head too? I bet it's solid all the way through right?"

Serash was about to step forward and physically turn the car over on top of the upstart that was mocking him, but his ears caught the distant wail of police sirens. "If I didn't have to get back to Robotnik you'd be dead by the end of ten minutes!" he retorted menacingly. "Once my mission's finished I'm gonna hunt you down and tear you to peaces!"

The scorpion turned and stepped onto the pavement, forceably knocking onlookers out of the way as he headed for the dumpster where Peter had landed...

OOC: I hope it's not to late to join. And if it's not could someone give me a summery of everything that has happened so far. I have read these pages, but I may have over looked something and don't want to mess anything up. Well this is my characters profile.

NAME: Clayton (last name is unknown)
AGE: 21
SEX: male
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 5' 9'' 170 lbs.
PERSONALITY: Clayton is doesn't officially work for the Freedom Fighters. He's more like a part time member. He has a score of his own to settle with Eggman. He is also more of a night person. Though he is active in the day, he likes to operate at night. Not much else is really known about Clayton. Though it is rumored that he is good friends with Rotor and Princess Sally.
SPECIES: Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
ABILITIES: He's stealthy, cunning and intelligent. He may not have the greatest eyesight in the world, but he has trained his other senses to compensate.
WEAPON: under his cloak he has a belt that holds gadgets he uses.
WEARS: wears black boots, a navy blue shirt, black button-up shirt(unbuttoned) w/black pants. He also wears a black trench coat.

and here's a tiny in-character piece. nothing big, because like I said I could really use a summery of events so I know where I can really start. because like I also said, I don't want to mess anything up.

IC:
The city seems alive today. A dark figure sits on top of one of the taller buildings. The figures coat flails in the gusts of winds. The light of a wrist computer illuminates his face. He sees a bounty has been posted on Sonic the Hedgehog. He closes the wrist computer. He then looks out over the city, he knew Sonic would definatly be making an apperance somewhere. And he would need the back-up because of the bounty hunter activity.

OOC:
I hope that was all right

Eslewhere, in an unknown area. An echidna stood there, in knight's armor, watching from a building. The sword in his hand glared around with its two eyes. It then started to speak to the echidna.

"Siegfried...", said the blade.
"Yes?", asked the echidna.
"Why do you go by 'Darkstalker' anyway?", it asked.
"From the fact I am a stalker of souls.", replied Darkstalker.
"I sense a soul nearby...", said the sword.
"Soul Edge... where is it?", asked Darkstalker.
"Beneath us...", replied Soul Edge.

Darkstalker nodded, and jumped down. He landed close to Necro and a bunch of Police.

"FOOLS!", shouted Darkstryker as he lifted the blade and slayed the Police in one fell swipe. They all fell, dead. Necro looked at Darkstalker.

"Is this the soul?", asked Darkstalker.
"Yes... him... capture him...", replied Soul Edge.

Darkstalker hit Necro before Necro could respond. He fell out cold.

Peter shook himself off, and pushed himself up so he could see over the side of the dumpster. Serash was heading for him, and obviously not for a tea party.

"Uh-oh..."

The ferret scrambled out of the trash, his police uniform dirty. He started to race down the street, but stopped suddenly as Serash landed in front of him.

"I see running isn't going to work..." Peter muttered, looking around for some other way out...

OOC:
I have a question about character building in this RPG. Can we make a human character or do they all have to be furry characters?

(OOC: You'll have to ask Necro about that, Wayne.

Just a heads up to say I'm still here all. I'm waiting for Supershadow to post, so I can continue Wraith's story at the same time as Serash, but if he doesn't post soon I'll do Serash seperately. I have an idea for a bit of a scene between them though, so if I can get them together I'd like to.

Sorry for the delay, and I will be posting soon.)

Sally barely finished sending a transmission to Rouge when she heard the twin sonic booms, and by the time she turned around she was faced with a pair of hedgehogs she was intimately familiar with.

And judging by the smirk on Sonic's face, he looks ready to try to convince me to let him go, she thought a little wearily.

"Yo, Sal," began Sonic, "Reni just had a mondo cool idea why Robuttnik set that bounty on my head in the first place." He put an arm on Serenity's shoulder. "Go on, I think you can say it better than I can."

Sally crossed her arms as she listened to Serenity's reasoning, and she did really listen. But after Serenity was done, Sally nodded, then turned her head to look at Sonic. From the way she noticed both Sonic and Serenity back up a step, they could both clearly see the "Sonic, you're in big trouble" look she had in her eyes.

"Serenity, Daddy and I have to have a talk," said Sally, keeping her voice calm but not hiding the edge that her words held. "Could you-"

"Yeah, yeah, I should go find something to do," sighed Serenity, who gave Sonic one concerned glance before revving up and zipping out of the central command center in Knothole.

Sally's hands went immediately to her hips. "Sonic, it's one thing to argue for yourself, but it's another to try to use Serenity."

"But Sal, she's got a point! What if 'Buttnik is doing this on purpose to keep me from juicin'?" defended Sonic.

"And what if he's doing it on purpose, knowing you'd get that idea in your head and go running off and right into a trap?" Sally shot back, her voice rising in volume.

"Like we haven't been through hundreds of his traps? Sal, I can take care of myself, you know that!"

"And I also know that Robotnik's nearly killed you hundreds of times! Sonic, don't be so stubborn!"

Sonic crossed his own arms as his furrowed brows deepened. "Pot calling the kettle black, Sal. 'Buttnik's out there, and what he may be planning could hurt a lot of innocent people! I can't just sit here and let that happen!"

"And what if he hurts you, Sonic?" Sally asked bitterly as she plopped herself down on the chair in front of the computer console. "What if that's what he's planning this time? It's not just about you, Sonic, it's about Serenity, it's about me! This isn't like the old days where you only had yourself to worry about! Are you so determined to get yourself killed? Fine then, go right ahead, if that's what you want then there's nothing I can do to stop you!"

Tears filled her eyes, and she turned, laying her head down onto her arms as she shuddered from the sobs that overtook her. Why does he have to be so stubborn? she thought, waiting to hear the familiar sound of his feet revving up and the sonic boom that would mark his passing. Why when we've come this far...

But instead of a sonic boom, instead of that buzzing sound that came from feet going round and round at blurring speed, she heard the tapping of steps coming toward her, and then she felt Sonic's arms around her waist. "Sal," said a much quieter hedgehog, "I'm sorry. I'll stay here in Knothole."

She brought her head up and turned to look into his eyes, his expression so pathetic and apologetic that she couldn't find it in her heart to keep hating him. She twisted in his arms and threw her own around his neck, pulling him close and resting her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry too, Sonic...I shouldn't have-"

"Shh, it's okay Sal. It's okay. If you didn't, I might've run off without thinking about who I'd be leaving behind. And you and Reni are the world to me. I still don't like it, but I'll stay here in Knothole."

"Thank you," Sally whispered, remembering just why it was she loved this hedgehog who she had married over ten years ago.

Rydia made a snap decision and clambered out of her seat to dash after the other echidna who was now leaving the theater in response to the police sirens. I don't usually listen to mere "gut" feeling, but something tells me I might find more leads by following this one.

Her ears bobbing behind her alongside her hair, she easily kept up with the echidna, though she did attempt to keep some distance between herself and him. She did not want to appear too intrusive, and in case something bad DID happen she wanted to be far enough away to take advantage of the situation.

OOC: If this doesn't work please inform me and I'll go back and fix the problem.

IC:
It had been a little while and Clayton hadn't heard the familiar sonic boom that roars through the city when he runs in. Clayton looked out of the city, "Maybe he's not coming... something must have happened at Knothole." he thought. With that he ran across the building and started to leap from rooftop to rooftop. He continued for about three buildings. After he reached a fourth, he leapt into the alley bouncing from walls of the alley till he reached the bottom. He reached into his coat and pulled out a small device.

"Cloak off." he said into the device.

As is out of no where a Suzuki NUDA01 motorcycle appeared. Clayton got on the cycle and turned the engine. With a few revs of the engine Clayton was off. Within fifteen minutes Clayton reached one of the secret entrances to Knothole. Clayton got off the bike.

"Cloak on." Clayton said into the device from earliar. With that command the bike blended in with the surrounding area. Clayton then proceeded into Knothole village. He quickly made it to the home of Sonic and Sally. The door was still open. He walked in and saw Sonic and Sally. Sonic was sitting with Sally at the console. Their backs were to him.

"I hope that I haven't interrupted anything." Clayton said. The married couple quickly turned around. "I saw the bounty that was put out on Sonic. And when he didn't make an appearance in the city, I decided to drop by." Clayton continued.

Wraith dived into the car in the parking lot, and a glance back told him Jack wasn't coming. Probably too engrossed in the film.(He thought nothing of the rabbit that was walking past, casually glancing into the car at him.) With a flurrish he brandished the key and started the machine up, roaring out of the carpark to the tune of almost 1000 horses!

He looked down at the in-car computer system that the Freedom Fighters had installed. It had triangulated the position of the police sirens from the frequency, and mapped out the quickest route to the scene!

Wraith floored the accelerator as he charged down the road towards the scene...

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Before Peter could escape Serash grabbed him by the shoulders and lifted him bodily out of the dumpster, holding him a few feet from the floor. "Try something like that again and it'll be your corpse that meets Doctor Robotnik!" he hissed angrily.

By now the police had arrived, and were pointing their weapons at pretty much everyone in the area. "SSPD...freeze!"

Suddenly another figure appeared as if from nowhere, landing next to the police officers! He swung his sword in a wide arc, cutting most of the officers down in one blow! One or two at the back remained, but they had ducked down behind their caars out of the way!

The figure moved over to Necro, and after a short exchange, he delivered the figure a sharp punch, knocking him out! Serash stepped forward angrily, raising a claw and pointing at the newcomer. "You touch him, you die! He's mine!"

The figure just raised his eyes and looked at him oldly.

Suddenly the air was rent by gunfire as the remaining officers opened fire on the rennagades! Serash clicked his mandibles in fraustration and lept across the road, climbing the building on the oppisite side and dissapearing from view over the top, Peter still firmly in his grasp. A few of the bullets found their mark, but none penetrated his shell. He hadn't looked to see what the newcomer had done to avoid the gunfire.

Another face on the hitlist...they would pay, both of them!

OoC: Sorry for being gone for so long... I am back! And better than ever! You have questions... PM me.
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Necro started to wake up. He looked around, and found himself in Darkstalker's grasp. He shoved him away. He noticed Darkstalker was filled with bullet holes.

"Ouch...", said Necro.
"DAMN THOSE FEEBLE WEAKLINGS!", shouted Darkstalker.

He drew his blade, and unleashed a Dark Wave. The wave hit several cars and caused them to blow up. The police were dazed. It was his chance to get away while Darkstalker fought. Necro started to run off. Hopefully, Darkstalker would not see him.

He finaly ran for about ten minutes, found a building, and stopped to catch his breath. He looked around, cautious of his surroundings.

"Why me?!", he thought. "It's not my day... I need some rest. It's already starting to get dark."

He sighed and started his walk back to base. Hopefully, he'd find Stryker tomorrow before the Freedom Fighters killed her or in any manner injure her. He worried about her. Worse, the scorpion was a deadly foe who towered over him... he'd have to get some upgrades or get unroboticized. Unroboticized if possible.

He then noticed someone ahead. He started to walk towards the figure...
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OoC: That person is whoever posts that "(Name Here) saw a machine-like fox comming." in their next post.

ooc: sounds interesting Ill join do my own thing in this post and try to meet up with the others later.

ic:
Name: Josh
age: 21
alliance: Its a surprise.
appearance: brown hair and green eyes. Black t-shirt with khaki pants and a SOG vest. Usually has a pistol on his side and a rifle slung over his shoulder.

A human lay in a prone position on a ridge over looking a valley. He pulled the Dragunov sniper rifle (extended version of an ak47) firmly to his shoulder and rested his cheek on the butt of the rifle to look through the scope. He could see the mobian weasel over 150 yards away. He drew in a deep breath and exhaled squeezing the trigger halfway through. There was a loud bang as the rifle kicked into the humans shoulder. He looked over at the list and drew a line through one of the names.

((OoC: Alright... this thing is dieing. So, to spice things up, Miles Prower is going to come back... how? You won't beleive your eyes. No one is to control Miles but me. Any other people will get a warning.))

BiC:
Miles looked around, standing on the street. He had grown old. Twelve years had passed since the events at his house. If not for his plane, the Tornado, he would not have gotten away. He never thought his son would have went and joined Robotnik and his army, but he did. How could he have let Necro out of his sight that night? He hated himself... he had started drinking and smoking, trying to keep those thoughts out of his head... but he couldn't. It was a waste of time. He looked at the figure aproaching him... he thought it to be a Eggman Robot. He took out his Magic Hand and aimed it at the figure.

"Fool...", said the figure as he drew his own cannon.

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Necro looked at the person who had drawn the weapon.

"Fool...", he said as he took out his own cannon to aim it at the figure. He pulled the triger, and the figure dodged it, running into the ally.

"NO, YOU DON'T!", snapped Necro. He started to run after the figure.

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Miles looked back to see the figure chasing him. He threw off his hood to run a little faster. He started spinning his tails to go faster.

"Why won't he stop? Does Eggman want me that bad?", thought Prower as he stopped. The figure aproached and Miles cane around with the Magic Hand, hitting the figure with an upper cut and sending him flying.

The figure groaned in pain as it got up. it's eyes flared as it looked upon the fox.

"You're under arrest for attacking me, Necro the Bounty Hunter, Dr. Robotnik's highest order Bounty Hunter.", said the figure.
"D-david Prower?", asked Miles.
"Hell yes! Now... prepare to be arrested or killed!", snapped Necro as he held his cannon up.

((OoC: A fight between Miles and Necro...a good one at that.))