4The panic on Angel Island has begun to subside thanks to Sonic, Elias, Vector, Espio, and Charmy. Although there were still many questions about what had happened. Unfortunately, the answer that the inhabitants of the city received from the blue hedgehog and his companions was that they had no idea what was happening, but that this would not stay that way and that they would start the investigations right at that moment and that they would solve all this.
Although this was not what the inhabitants of Angel Island expected, they knew that they could always be trusted, since they had always shown that they kept their promises and had always saved them on many occasions.
After the inhabitants dispersed, Sonic approached his friends and said "Well, we better get in touch with the other Freedom Fighters and Chaotix, if this was the work of some mastermind we don't know about, we better not. Let's all get together to see how we can stop them and get everything back to normal."
"We will contact Knuckles, Kneecaps, Mighty, Ray, Matilda and Liza" Vector said pointing to himself and also to Espio and Charmy.
"I'll be able to contact Harvey, Leeta, Lyco, Shard and Larry" Elias said.
"I'll let Tails, Amy, Antoine, Bunnie, Rotor and Nicole know, maybe I'll contact other Freedom Fighters from other places to see if they can help us" Sonic said.
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Meanwhile in another part of the city Rutan, Jacques and Belle were at the EST base, they had been found by Cream and her friends, and they took them there so their parents can be located. Fortunately the agents recognized Jacques and Belle, had already contacted their parents and were waiting for them to come pick them up.
Rutan was a little nervous, because he knew that the EST were going to put him behind bars, thinking that they were still looking for him for the food he stole from the supermarkets so they could feed themselves after he had run away from home and before he began to live hidden in the forest with Shadow.
Fortunately for him, no one had noticed. He realized that being rejuvenated hadn't gone all wrong, but he couldn't let them realize it was him. So he kept his head down the whole time.
At that moment, one of the EST members approached Rutan, seeing him downcast, gave him a piece of candy so he wouldn't be nervous, and sat next to him. She was a red echidna that had a lock of red hair on her head and also had a ponytail, and she wore a blue dress and boots.
"You don't have to worry, I'm sure your parents are looking for you right now, but it would be easier for them to find you if you give us their names and phone numbers to contact them."
Rutan was relieved to see that they didn't recognize him, but he was nervous, since he couldn't tell that his father is deceased and that his mother was Lien-Da, since he would expose himself. And he wasn't going to tell her about Dimitri, he'd rather be arrested than go back to him. I also didn't tell him about the fact that Knuckles was his in-law's uncle and that Remington was his cousin so as not to raise suspicions about his identity. And he couldn't tell where he lived since he would reveal the hideout where he and Shadow had lived in peace without anyone bothering them for the past 8 months. But right at that moment he remembered a person who could help him get out of this, he just hoped that she could get there before Knuckles or Remington.
"Well, I don't really have a dad or a mom, but I do have someone to take care of me. Her name is Hope Kintobor" said the little red echidna.
Hearing that the female echidna was surprised, hearing the name of one of GUN's highest ranking members.
"It's fine, I'm going to call her. By the way, what's your name?"
"Oh… my name is… NATUR".
Rutan came up with the idea of saying her name backwards so he could get out of it more easily. Since the first time he met Hope, she had told him that if he needed to communicate with her, he should use his name spelled backwards so that he would be free of suspicion, and that way she would know that it was about him.
"Okay, I'll be back in a moment" said the red echidna.
As Rutan finished eating the candy he could feel Belle placing her head on his lap before falling asleep. He realized that she was very tired from everything that had happened that day, and more taking into account the fact that since she was a baby now, she didn't miss him.
As he stared at her, he began to blush, he had never noticed but after everything that had happened in the last few days he had not had time to think about how beautiful Belle looked, he had just realized that that kind of feelings he had for her were the same ones he had for Salma before their relationship began to fall apart, and he had only met her in person for a few days. But the current circumstances made it impossible to form a relationship with her, taking into account that he was now a child and she was a baby.
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On the other hand, Knuckles, along with Kneecaps, Big, Remington, and Archimedes, were helping Dr. Quack, Dr. Shockra, and Vanilla treat the injured. The help that the three doctors received from the three echidnas, the cat and the fire ant was helpful, they were already treating the last eight patients and they would finally finish their work.
While Knuckles finished with his help tasks, he didn't stop thinking about what would happen in a short time, he felt great fear for his loved ones, he felt that if these strange things were happening, he could be sure that the events that Spectre, Sojourner and Sabre told him could happen at any time, even before he originally expected.
After finishing their work, the two doctors and the nurse thanked Knuckles and his companions for his help. After that the three left.
While everyone observed that things had calmed down a bit, they could still see a bit of confusion on the island's inhabitants. Since an event like that was something that had never occurred in the history of Mobius. But even though all five of them were worried, this was most noticeable on Knuckles's face.
"Is something wrong bro" Kneecaps asked him.
The rest turned to look at Knuckles.
"Yes, something is wrong, but don't worry. It's nothing serious" was the only thing he answered.
"Are you sure. I can tell from your face that it's about something important" said Archimedes.
"It's important, but I can't tell you. Not yet."
Before they could ask him a question, the communicator that Knuckles had kept in one of the pockets of his guardian suit rang, he quickly took it and answered.
"This is Knuckles, what's going on?"
"Hello Knuckles, this is Vector. I'm calling to let you know about a very important meeting that all the Chaotix and Freedom Fighters are going to" the crocodile said through the communicator.
"Is it something serious?"
"It's about what just happened on the island. We're trying to contact as many as possible."
"Well, I'm right now with Kneecaps, Remington, Archimedes and Big."
"Tell them to come with you. We will all meet at the Chaotix base at 7:00 PM."
"Okay, I'll see you there at that time."
After finishing the call he observed his companions.
"Who was he?" Big asked.
"It was Vector, there will be a meeting tonight about the events that occurred today."
"Who's going?" Remington asked.
"He told me that several members of the Defenders of Liberty and Chaotix would be going. He also said that it would be good if you guys come with me."
"To have asked us to go, it must be something that concerns us all," said Kneecaps.
"It is better that we all go to Heaven II, and warn the other guardians and Tikal to come."
They all nodded and went to Heaven II.
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While all this was happening on Angel Island, the Freedom Fighters had been contacted in various parts of the planet.
In Mercia: Rob, Mari-An, Jon, Friar, Alan, Munch, Bow and Thorn received the call from Sonic, Amy and Cosmo; they saw that he was serious by the expressions on their faces as they talked to them and they responded positively to his coming to the meeting.
In Downunda: Walt, Barby, Guru and Bill received a call from Stu (who was already on Angel Island after having gone to see how his girlfriend Matilda was doing) they notified them of the situation and their teammates agreed to assist.
In Arctic: Guntiver, Augustus, Erma, Flip and Sealia received the call from Rotor, Nicole and Tails. As a preview, they told them a little about what had happened with the device that Rotor had built, and that possibly whoever stole the device caused what had happened.
On the other hand, Monkey Khan, who had not yet returned to the Dragon Kingdom, met Elias and he notified him about the meeting, and he without hesitation confirmed his presence there.
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In Anti Mobius
Miles, Alicia, Patch, and Boomer were ready to depart for the Light Mobius universe. He already had several things prepared, among them laser ray guns. But before they could open one of the rings to cross them, they heard a female voice coming from nearby, they all turned around and realized that it was a pink hedgehog they hadn't seen in a long time.
"Rosy!" all four said at the same time.
"They didn't think they were going to forget about me" said the pink hedgehog holding her green hammer and with her typical crazy look.
"And what is your reason for wanting to come with us?" Miles asked.
"It's not obvious, wherever my Scourgey has gone, I'll go. Besides, I don't want to miss the opportunity to get rid of Amy, no matter what version of the multiverse she is from" he replied swinging his hammer from one side to the other.
"And who said you could come with us" Patch said pointing her sword at her.
"Well, if you don't want anyone else to find out about your plans, especially the Mobius Prime Freedom Fighters, let me go with you. Or else it could cause some kind of trouble on Mobius Prime that would lead the Freedom Fighters to you and capture you".
"Bad girl. Treacherous and manipulative. I like her. You can come with us, you will be of great help" said Princess Alicia.
Miles, Patch, and Boomer were shocked to hear that from Alicia. But then they thought that if she accepted Rosy, it was because she had a plan for her.
"Well if you're all set it's time to go" Boomer said.
After that Miles took one of the rings, and made it grow in size thus opening an entrance. They quickly crossed the ring and it closed behind them.
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At the Ark Space Colony, Snively was watching the monitors seeing how things were going on the planet Mobius after the event accidentally caused by Silver. He could see that the people had calmed down little by little after that event, but in his opinion it was quite entertaining.
But while he was watching, there was a specific screen that caught his attention, since from it he could see a yellow fox, a brown squirrel, a brown coyote, a pink hedgehog and a purple walrus coming out of a giant ring.
"Scourge, I think you need to see this" Snively said calling him over one of the speakers.