Archie Sonic had finally reached the group along with Sally.
Sally was quicl to alert them to her discovery too!
"The mech with the mace for an arm... It's top heavy!" she began.

"Lukes fire attack would have toppled it if it hadn't stepped back when it did!" she exclaimed to the group.

"We gotta take that thing down first!" Sonic added.

The group began eagerly discussing anything that could lead to a plan. Jet however, after hearing Sally's announcement, had already thought of an idea.

"I think I have an idea guys! It's very possible that it will work too!" he chimmed in. "I can do it! But it's gonna need all of you guys to distract the mechs though and we'll need your fire attack Luke!" Jet began.

"Anyone interested in hearing?" he asked.

The more composed Rico closed his eyes, "I can aid in preoccupying the robot. Though I don't have much stamina remaining." He glanced over at Johnny, "Rabbit's make the best bait of course." Lightfoot smirked, "Just lemme know when you run out of juice, foxboy." Rico smirked and held his hands out, "Mother Tunare I give a request and wish you to hear it. Imbue my friend with the aspect of hawk and wolven spirit." A dull surge of energy seemed to aura around the rabbit for a moment before fading as lightfoot felt his senses sharpen and his body become more agile. The rabbit darted off at the maced wielding robot to keep it busy with his augmented physical abilities. Rico winced slightly, weakening from the strain of the enchantments already.

The injured fox smirked toothily at Jet, straining to keep himself on his feet, "Lukeyboy ain't the only one with firepower and I ain't dead yet. Just show me where to blast. I'm sick of these stupid bots, which one you want me to en-'lighten'?." He snicked painfully at his own horrible pun parodying his control of eletrical energy.

Kevin had already taken off running for the other mech chasing Sonic, Toby was still attempting to get Rico to stop pushing himself after his severe injury.

Jet was a bit annoyed that the gerbil and the rabbit left already. He was hoping to get a few more details in, oh well. If Rico helps it will almost certainly work!

"Ok Rico, from what Sally saw we need to hit the front near the head." he began. "If we could get folks to distact both mechs while we hit the top of the midsection on the slower one, it'll fall over before it can correct itself."

"You, me and anyone else with some sort of attack are aiming for the midsection." Jet said pointing to the slower mech with the mace arm.

"DIE, SPIKEBALL!" The second Mech suddenly leaned forward, disgorging a blast of fire from it's mouth that torched the grass in front of it into an inferno! Fleetway Sonic jumped back as his sneakers scorched slightly!

"Oh, for goodness sake, why do you always have to put so many different weapons on those things???" he shouted at the Mech's face, shaking his fist angrily.

Suddenly there was a hail of gunfire as Kevin, now implanted firmly behind the second mech, let lose with his guns, aiming for the small chinks in it's armour. Robotnik let out a loud shout and began to turn, but Sonic launched himself forward immeadeately. "Oh no you don't! You got it in sterio now bub!"

CLANG the blue hedgehog impacted on the suit's large chest, and to Sonic,s supprise, his spikes tore a large hole in the metal, exposing machinery within! "Hey, this guy isn't as armoured s the other!" he exclaimed as he dropped back down to the floor, noting on his way down also that Kevin's gunfire at the machine's neck had opened up some deep gashes, from which sparks now flickered! He raised a hand to the gerbil in a cheer. "Keep it up, dude!" Maybe this battle won't be as long as we first thought! he thought to himself as he set off running again, dodging another lazer beam that lashed past to his side...

"Can it ya damn lightweight and keep it up," The gerbil snapped. The moment he took to verbally lambast Sonic was the moment needed for the mech to home in on him. "Dammit," He cursed closing his eyes for the inevitable a moment before the laser fired.

The explosion resounded beside him, several yards away. He opened his eyes in suprise. He felt an arm around him, he looked up somehow expecting to see a fully healed Rico holding him safely. Instead he was dropped, hitting the ground hard. He sneered and looked up to see what looked like, him. The rodent was dressed in black robe-like attaire and was smirking almost poisonously at him.

"Hiya! You really shouldn't close your eyes in a fight, it gives your opponent a really BIG advantage." He said cheerily. The other gerbil grumbled and stood up, "Who the hell are you can how the hell did you DO that." The black clad rodent just smiled stupidly, "Oh dear, we really should discuss this later. That large robot is going to squash your friends if you don't do something." Kevin looked and twitch in panic seeing the hedgehog barely avoiding the blasts, "ARGH, dammit how the hell do we beat that thing."

"Weeelll, if you ask me it seems its armor is weaker to allow for more weaponry. AND since you've already weakened it; a little more damage to it should do the trick!" He smiled and laughed a little. Kevin snarled, "You dodged a damn laser beam why don't you help?" The smile stay on his look-a-like's face, "Sorry, thats a secret. Ciao." He suddenly shot backwards and vanished. Kevin grunted out loud in frustration, "Damn useless idiot, well lets see if THIS works." He released his weapon's existing clip and exchanged for another, "Might be awhile before Tobe and make another batch of these explosion shells so lets hope this is worth it." He loaded the second pistol and charged back in aiming for the weakest looking spots while the mech was busy with Sonic. *Blam* *Blam* *Blam* The shots started ringing out signaling a new attack. The gerbil kept running to avoid the response, hoping playing his ace this early paid off.

(OOC: Incidentally, are we the only three left here?)

OOC: Not really sure. It looks like it. =/ I'm still in though.

ooc: dieing of chest infection and temp of 103 for last three days. The only reason I haven't posted is A; two days ago I was hilusinating that massive croud of people were in my room, all arguing about the stock exchange. and B; I symply don't know where to go with it, as I doubt Logan would want to take inocents on to a battle feild. If something comes to me I'll post again.

OOC: It's okay Astral. You concetrate on getting better. Being sick is awful! Even if you miss school it still sucks.

OOC: Lets at least hold off till ast gets back. I'm still game as long as everyone else is.

(OOC: Stock exchange? lol wierd hallucination!

But yeah, np man, I hope you're feeling better soon! Just post when you can. I'm ill quite a bit myself, so I know what it's like to not be able to post.

And Rico, by "hold off" did you mean hold off posting? May be an idea so nobody gets left behind, although if Astral is ok just reading for now so he knows where we are, we could continue if all wanted to. Either way is good for me.)

OOC: I think he's doing a lot better now. So belay that order.

"Sweet. Mother. Of. Fen..." The Fulf muttered with disbelief, still not sure what to make of the mecha's that had joined the melee. Gently, he tapped the com device on his ear and relayed a quite, clear message back to the RailRoad, his tone dead level and never more serious "Nicky... Knothole is compromised... Repeat, Knothole is not a valid fall back point. We head for the mountains south of here.. Pray to Gettoen that they haven't moved."
There was a sullen silence along the line, the other side taking in this drastic news.
<"...understood.">
Logan looked back at the cub and other two younger mobians following him, acknowledging the fear in their eyes as another loud crack of lazer fire filled the air. Knothole was lost. Yet there were still others fighting blindly to protect an undefendable position, and while some resistance remained, there was hope yet for mobious. But if they died here, in a pointless battle, then it would all be for nothing.
"..Nicky" He whispered quietly, resting the back of his head against the wall and taking a long, slow drawn breath.
Sally was the key. As long as she survives the people would rise behind her still.
His mind set, he looked down at the three, with the same serious expression.
"We're getting out of here. Head around the back of this hut and get ready to run for the exit."
"But we can't get back up the waterfall, and the front is blocked by the mechs!" Someone yelled, slightly scared but more exasperated by the swings and roundabouts they seemed to be engaging in.

"Not the exit I was talking about kid," Logan muttered, peering around the edge of the hut to locate Sally and her distance from the wall of Knothole.

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Robotnic laughed manically as his laser shot ripped through the tree line, missing one of the hedgehogs by millimeters. This battle was his, he could feel victory beginning to rush through his veins, guiding his shots to their targets. Suddenly there was a loud 'Pa-kling' The doctor glanced out of his window, seeing a large black dint in the shield left by a rather precise shot. Frowning in confusion, the doctor's eyes focused a little further to his left, spotting the source of the attack standing defiantly some distance away from the main battle. The creature's pistol was razed, its aim remaining somewhat true despite the range. In a blink, the targeting computer zoomed in on the creature and analyzed its facial features, bringing up a quick reference table of info on the subject.

Subject: Logan
Known activities: Terrorism, Saboteur, known leader of Rebellion faction
Risk level: High
Elimination Level: High

The Doctor's eyes widened slightly before collapsing into manic laughter as he rapidly retargeted SRM's on the Fulf "TWO problems in one place! This is our lucky day brother!"

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Logan stood quiet still, his look defiant and unmoving. He knew the doctor had seen him, and much as he had expected, a missiles launcher mushroomed out from the back of the mecha and preceded to release an SRM in his intended direction. And yet, he stood quite still, waiting for the right moment, when the missile had reached the point of no return. As the missile hurtled towards the Fulf, Logan braced, and in the last second, turned in a flury, diving clear as the airborne rocked rawed just of his head and slammed into the walls of knothole behind him with an immense fireball, carving a brand new exit into the mass of thorns.

Logan was up and running, holstering the glock as he ran flat out toward the battle zone, they had very little time. Spotting Sally behind cover, he dove down next to her, skidding to a stop and keeping his head down.
"Your majesty! We have to go now!"

"Eh hehe, I very much agree." The snide remark's origin dropped down behind Sally and Logan. The look-a-like of the gerbil Kevin smiled rather disarmingly, "I'm hoping you have an idea where we would go TO, though."

"I do, but right now, ANYWHERE is safer then here." Logan Growled, thinking the girble was one of the common Knothole defendors "Start gathering suvivors and tell you're troops to peal off. head out through that gap and start heading south together. Sonic seems to be keeping those two distracted enough, and we should be able to out run these things once we get to the thicker part of the forest. ." He thumbed back to indicate the two mecha before turning to the princess "Your' highness I'm in no mood for polotics. Knothole is compromised and you're no good to the people dead. We're leaving right now."

OOC: Oops! I better update a bit. Well the idea is to damage the robot's legs and then Jet Rico and whoever else knows magic can blast the front and see what happens. Sorry, I'm not real comfortable writting it out myself. Let's see... Just a quick one. More when I think of something.
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IC:
Jet was glad that there we folks willing to go through with his idea, but then he had another thought that might make a world of difference.
"Is there something we can do to damage it's legs? It'd fall easier if we could figure that out." he thought as he pondered a moment waiting until the others were ready.
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Archie Sonic, meanwhile, had skirted around thefirst mech, calling to Jet and the others as he went: "Okay, you get this one, I'll help...er...myself...with the other!" Or should that be "help myself TO the other"? he thought with a grin as he raced towards his counterpart.

"Hey bud, you getting tired of this?"

Fleetway Sonic glanced round. "What, two Lardbellies? I could fight this all day, it's fun!"

"Yeah, sure. I got an idea...wait here." Archie Sonic set off in a long arc, circling round the mech towards Kevin. Without stoping, he shouted as he ran past: "Keep it's attention bud, we're gonna try something!" He continued his circle, heading back round the other side of the mech towards the other Sonic again.

"Oh sure, no problem." muttered Kev to himself sarcastically. "Just how am I supposed to do that?" He looked up at the mech...well, it was facing him right now. He raised his gun again...

"Grab my hand!"

"You what?"

"Just do it!"

Fleetway Sonic reached out, taking his couterpart's left hand in his own left. "Now start rinning in circles!" continued Archie Sonic as he began to run himself. "If I'm right, this is gonna be quite some move!"

Fleetway Sonic looked at him curiously, but began to do as he was told, racing round and round in circles with his other half at arms length. They continued to pick up speed until they were both blurs, a speeding blue wheel on the grass!

By now the G-forces were taking their strain, and both hedgehogs were leaning back, barely hanging onto each other as the speed tried to pull them apart! "Now when I say," shouted Archie Sonic with a grin, "let me go!"

"Whattheheyareyoutalkingaboutyoucrazy...???" exclaimed Fleetway Sonic, wide eyed, but he was cut off as the other Sonic suddenly yelled "NOW!"

Both at once, the two of them let go.

Both of them went flying in oppisite directions, far faster than they could ever have run normally thanks to the acceleration! Fleetway Sonic quickly skidded to a halt, calving big ruts in the grass with his feet, but Archie Sonic simply aimed his headlong rush, jumping into the air and curling into a ball...

KA-CHUNG!!! Metal exploded out of the chest of the second mech as Sonic blasted clean through, his speed slicing through the weaker armour like tissue paper! Inside the head, Robotnik let out a roar of anger "CURSE YOU MEDDLING RODENT!!! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT US!!!"

It's control circuits severed, the mech locked up, slowly collapsing to the ground with a massive BOOM, dropping like a fallen tree. The two Sonics raced up to each other, skidding to a stop beside Kev, and high-fived each other with wide grins. "Awesome!"

(OOC: well I did say this would be a quick boss )

OOC: *prod* *prod* Wraith, arn't you controling sally too?

(OOC: Oh, I thought she was an NPC but sure, I'll contol her if everyone wants^^)

IC:

Sally looked up in shock from Nicole. "What? No, my place is here! I can't leave!"

"Princess..."

"Take any civillians you can find and get them out of here! I'm staying!" At this point the BOOM of the mech falling echoed around the village, and Sally turned to look at the battle, smiling gleefully. "Go Sonic!"

The gerbil looked up seeing the Hedgehog singlehandly do what the others couldn't. "Ha ha, excellent. Yes! Go Sonic!" He smiled with an odd happiness.

Luke blinked as he leaned aganist a tree. Knowing he had no real use at the given moment. Let the hero do what heroes do. He took a large, deep breath as the events occured. "Yay..." he managed.

"Go...Sonic."

Kevin snickered lightly at Luke and fired off happily, "Oh come now Lucas, where's your sense of appreciation? Mister Sonic just saved all our lives, you don't really seem that happy about it."

"Just tired." he'd mutter. "It's been a long day, with the whole world colliding and y'know. Me being absoletley useless in this situation." Archie Luke blinked. Wait a second. -he was acting like his double just now. That isn't how he acts himself. Maybe this collision didn't just combine realties, but maybe it forced part of his personality into him.....

He shrugged bitterly at that thought.

"Ah yes, it has been a long day for us all hasn't it. I suggest we find a new hideout and.. GURK" The gerbil suddenly found himself being held by his shirt by his universe's Rico.

"Cut that small talk Adiabat, what the hell are YOU doing here. Don't tell me you've ALREADY figured a way to cause trouble." Rico growled lowly at the now very nervous Kevin.

"Guh, what did I do?" The newcomer choked out still not expression anything but slight nervousness and a silly grin, "Uh, Miss Sally could you please assist me here?"

"Whether he's me from another universe or not, I don't trust this guy. You see him back there, Luke? He literally teleported me away from the line of fire. He's got that kinda power and he just stood around and didn't help fight at all." The other gerbil muttered walking over by Lucas and folding his arms.

"It seems a lot of the second universes characters are cowards in some shape or form. I mean take a look at my double. He ran off earlier, when he knew he could of helped." Luke spat on the ground. "And now Im thinking since this merger- our personalties have taken on each others in some form. Even a little- it's very annoying. I'm not Doctor Angst at all." Luke coughed as he nodded.

"Lets just hope I get some of his power. About time someone around here played hero other than Sonic." Kevin said lowly, watching his double squirm uncomfortably in the fleetway Rico's grasp, still looking to Sally for assistance.

OOC: So.. Is someone distracting the other mech? Sorry I read the posts and I'm slightly lost here. ^^;

(OOC: yeah, don't forget the second mech guys...it's just the one with weaker armour that's been defeated, plus Robotnik is still inside that thing...he's gonna be trying to escape soon! And Ivo's Mech is still alive and kicking!)

(OOC: Is anyone still into this, I mean it came quite a bit. I'm going to at least try a post to bring some life into this.)

"Though we have a bigger problem." he reverted his eyes to the second mech. Who was getting a tad closer because of Luke's distractive conversation. He mentally hit himself. Why would you forget about a second foe? He closed his eyes, maybe just maybe he could stall it some more..... just a few more fire summons, then he could rest. He nodded to himself as he raised his staff once more and his eyes glew the same color as last time and he chanted. "Nature, a intruder is here to intend you harm. Summon your energy to I so we can depart him, deform." the chant seemed to work on Lucas cracked another fire ball and this time he aimed for its right leg. Hopefully that ice weilder could help. But before he relied on that, he shot another fireball at the ground the mech was going to step on- softing the soil much faster. If it stepped the soil would give in....

Hopefully it'd work.

Jet kept watching from the group. All he could do was hope it worked so he could try hitting it too.

If Lukes plan worked, Jet was hoping the others were ready cause he was ready to chareg either way. He just needed one good chance at it's top to topple it.

"Hey. Dumbass. Stop wasting your energy flirting and help." Growled the injured fox directly at his counterpart. The other Kydane sneered, "If you knew the trouble this rat causes you'd be helping me..." "What rat?" Rico broke him off pointing. The other Rico turned back to where the gerbil had been only to see empty air. He groaned and dropped his arms to his sides, he was starting to perspire more and more due to the strain of keeping whatever enchantment he'd placed on the rabbit in place.

*WHAM* The sound of metal on metal shattered the air as the mech took another hit from Lightfoot's staff. The hare was moving much too fast for the robot to keep up with him, thanks in part to the other Rico's enchantment.

Rico sneered, "Nuff of this. I ain't waitin' around anymore." Rico barked out pushing himself way from his brother's grasp. "How bout a little fire, Scarecrow! Ka Metan!" A split second blinding flash followed by the well rehearsed roar of thunder accompanied a blast of lightning hit the other Mech.

Sky spirit, interesting. I wonder which one is in my counterpart? The black clad gerbil thought to himself, watching this world's Rico very intently.

(OOC: wow people are still interested in this? Cool, I'll try to keep it going then^^ I have a lot in with family matters atm (weddings, aneversaries, etc) but I'll get something down soon as I can^^)

Logan kept his head down as the fray escalated, watching as the refugees fled through the gaping hole in the outer walls. There was no one else left but the trained resistance members, all throwing what ever they could at the mecha's, slowly gaining the upper hand on their rather cumbersome, if not daunting targets. But the Fulf knew it would all be in vain. The Mechs were just holding the line, waiting for the bulk of the combined army to arrive and surround the city, making escape for the resistance impossible. Yet Sally stood her ground, against all his warnings, refusing to leave her post despite her importance to the campaign. Finally, as the second Mecha reeled from the Mage's burst of lightning, Sally tried to brake cover, intending to bring her own weapon to bare on the attackers, only to be pulled back rather forcefully by Logan's strong grip on her arm, the Soldier snarling angrily at her lack of mind and bringing her about to look sight into her brown eyes with his own.
"What are you trying to prove you foolish girl! Knothole is lost! The only reason it has survived this long was because of its secret location and now that its location has now been compromised they will keep sending wave after wave until there is not a soul left alive within these walls! There is nothing we can do apart from save as many lives as we can, and to do that We Must Leave NOW!"

The squirrel blinked for a moment, her resolve momentarily shattering at the Fulf's words, only to return seconds later as she struggled free of his grasp.

"NO!" She yelled firmly, still thankfully staying behind cover, "I will no throw away everything I have fought for! Every thing my people have died to protec-"

"Oh For the love of Saint Philip!" Logan grumbled irritant, "I'm sorry for this your majesty but we no have time for a monologue"
Sally was about to make retort, when suddenly she was once again stopped shot as the Fulf grabbed her by the arm and threw the surprised woman unceremoniously over his right shoulder. Ignoring her shrieks of protest and constant struggling, Logan turned back to the brawl, checking that the twin machines were still distracted enough for their escape, dodging between savaged buildings and crudely constructed barricades and aiming for one set of crates in particular. Diving into cover, the fulf grabbed the first officer he could find with a 'dog whistle' growling lowly to him: "Sound the 'all retreat', NOW!"
Recognizing a superior officer when he saw one, but not entirely sure why he was carting the princes around on his shoulder, the Skunk lifted his whistle and blew a long silent note upon it, followed by two shorter blasts, every furred ear in the compound twitching simultaneously as the sound reached them.

(OOC: Ok I am now convinced life has it in for me. Majorly sorry for the delay all, had a lot on with the family events as mentioned above, and also had a severe bout of ilness, but I'll be updating soon as I can, if anyone's still interested. Sorry again for the dissapearence >< )

(Anything to keep the guild alive.)