Cut Diamonds and a Team of Dragoons

It was a normal day for Team Dragoon. People were chatting, the Restoration was busy with activity, and of course, Team Dragoon was getting a mission.
Jewel: Team Dragoon, Diamond Cutters, thank you for coming.
Alan and Srish: Oooh! We get to go on a mission with THE Diamond Cutters.
Whisper winces at this.
Lanolin: Shh!
Sonic: So, Jewel, can you cut to the chase?
Jewel: Yes Sonic. There have been reports of a new design of aircraft Eggman's been using to preform raids. Your mission is to stop it, likely by destroying it. Tails is on standby to fly you up to it.
Sonic: Great! Let's go right now!
Dria: Now now, Sonic. Not everyone is their own weapon. We need to get our Wispons.
Alan: Well, except for me. I pretty much always have my Lightcutter Claws on.
Dria: Yes yes.
Some grabbing Wispons later...
Silence: Wait, how will the Tornado hold all of us?
Sonic: No need to worry, Tails will have a plan.
As they exit the Restoration base, they notice Tails waiting off the road in a different-looking plane. 
Tails: Hey, everyone!
Sonic: Sweet new plane, Tails!
Tails: Thanks! I call it my new Carry-model Tornado, or, more concisely, the Tornado-C! It can hold up to 12 passengers!
Srish: Well, we only add up to 8, so with you added on, that's just 9 passengers.
Tangle: Come on! Eggman's newest machine isn't going to crash itself!
Lanolin: Well she is right.
The two teams then all jump into the new Tornado-C, Team Dragoon picking seats at the front, Sonic refusing to sit and taking to the center of the upper wing, and the New Diamond Cutters sitting together. The Tornado-C then revs up it's propeller, before jetting off.
Tangle: So! Team Dragoon, huh? What's your individual names?
Alan: Oh! I'm Alan.
Dria: My name's Dria.
Srish: Srish is my name!
Silence: Silence.
Tangle: I... err?
Whisper: That's his name. I introduced myself to Sonic and Silver that way too.
Tangle: Ahh, gotcha. Next question, then. How'd you form your team?
Dria: Well, i was a member of the Restoration around the time the Badnik Corps were formed, I just joined as it formed.
Lanolin: Oh yeah! I remember that! You were the one to suggest the idea!
Tangle: You never told me you helped form the Badnik Corps.
Lanolin: I didn't see it as something to take credit for.
Alan: Back on topic, It was kinda my dream to join the Badnik Corps, even before they were called that. Back during the War, the Resistance helped save my city.
Tangle: Which one? The Resistance saved many villages and cities, including my own.
Lanolin: They saved mine too.
Alan: Well, Central City.
Tangle: Oh, you come from there?
Alan: Yes. Anyways, back then, i was too young to join, and when i was old enough, they had dissolved the active combat division. Then they reformed it, me and Dria met, teamed up, and now here we are.
Tangle: Neat. What about you two?
Srish: I was seeking out a team when i joined the Badnik Corps, and found Team Dragoon.
Silence: They found me back when i joined the Badnik Corps. They were the first people i found who could respect someone who prefers stealth over combat.
Alan: Of course, there was a fifth member back then, but we don't discuss him.
Tangle: Why? What happened? 
Srish: He caused the Wispon Badniks incident. He betrayed us all.
Tangle: Reminds us of someone we know(cough.)
Lanolin: It sure does.
Dria: Ahh yes, Mimic.
Whisper: Please don't speak his name.
Dria: Well alright. Question of our own. Our commander said that assisting the Diamond Cutters was our right and responsibility as the number 1 Badnik Corps Team. What was it like working with Team Sundown?
Tangle: You mean the guys we worked with the one time?
Whisper: Didn't like them.
Lanolin: We asked Jewel to not have them help us again.
Sonic: They were too egotistical for me.
Tails: And that's saying something.
Alan: Yep, sounds like Team Sundown alright.
Tails: Alright teams, we're approaching Eggman's aircraft.
Alan: Hey, i never thought to ask. Eggman's not just gonna let us land, how will we board his ship?
Lanolin: We'll slide down Tangle's tail.
Whisper: We've done it before.
Silence: While the cannons are firing at us?
As the teams work out the details, Eggman's doing the same.
Orbot: Sensors detect the Tornado.
Eggman: Good. Get me visual. 
Orbot pulls up a external camera's footage of the approaching Tornado-C
Cubot: Uh, sir, that's not the Tornado.
Eggman: I can see that! Prower's obviously using another one of his planes. Though this one's new. Zoom in, i want to make sure those annoying Diamond Cutters are onboard.
Orbot zooms in, allowing the New Diamond Cutters and Team Dragoon to be seen.
Orbot: Diamond Cutters confirmed, sir!
Eggman: What are those things behind them?
Orbot: Eh?
Orbot slightly shifts the camera, making the presence of Team Dragoon clear as day.
Eggman: Only those Diamond Cutters and Sonic are supposed to be attacking! Who are they, and why are they here?!
Cubot: Oh hey! I think i recognize that human.
Eggman: What?
Cubot: He appears in some of those videos we have. He's my favorite character.
Orbot: He means the recordings we get from destroyed bases. They must be from the Badnik Corps.
Eggman: Why are they here?!
Orbot: To assist the Diamond Cutters, perhaps? It's happened before.
Eggman: Right, i remember now. That annoying Team Sundown was with the Diamond Cutters one time. But why only once, and why and who are those people there now?
Orbot: I'm not sure i can answer that, sir.
Cubot: Maybe it wasn't just us who disliked them?
Eggman: Shut it, Cubot. Anyways, their presence just means that i can kill more pests with one stone!
Back with the heroes, they were getting prepared for the drop from the back end of the Tornado.
Tangle: Hold me tight, Whisper. To not fall, of course.
Whisper: Of course.
Dria: I'm gonna fly down. Which of you don't feel comfortable sliding down Tangle's tail?
Srish: Me!
Tails: We're just about to enter turret range, get ready!
Tangle then grabs Whisper tight, and lowers down, as Eggman's new battleship opens fire on the heroes. Tails swerves to avoid the Tornado or Tangle getting hit, shaking the lemur and wolf and causing them to hold tighter.
Tangle: You alright?
Whisper: Yeah.
The Tornado then approaches the deck of the battleship from above, and Whisper reorients to be facing forwards, before dropping and landing on the deck as the Tornado passes over. As Whisper lands, Srish jumps off the Tornado, holding onto Dria who carries them down in a controlled descent. The three then have to dodge as a stray turret blast strikes near them, before some Egg Pawns on deck catch notice and open fire. The three on deck return fire, as Sonic jumps off the Tornado's wing for a dramatic entrance.
Tails: Hold on! I'm turning us back!
Alan is then grabbed by the shirt by Lanolin as he's almost thrown off by the turn, before getting pulled steady. As Alan grabs for Tangle's tail and Silence gets up, Tails has to swerve to dodge again, knocking them both off. Lanolin grabs Tangle's tail and slides down after them. Alan, recovering quickly, immediately pushes himself towards Tangle's tail, with Tails slowing down and turning to allow him to catch on to Tangle's tail. Silence, recovering slower, is grabbed by Lanolin and pulled to Tangle's tail, allowing him to grab on. The three then slide down, crashing all together onto Tangle and causing her tail to uncoil and the four to fall onto the ship.
Tangle: Hehe, not how i expected that to go.
Alan: Wha? Where's the deck's Badniks?
Sonic: While you guys were sliding down, we dealt with the deck's Badniks.
Alan: Oh come on! Not even one for us?
Lanolin: Come on, we need to get moving!
At the cockpit...
Orbot: Landing successful. You sure we couldn't have aimed for them?
Eggman: Yes, it wouldn't have worked. Deploy the Tornado Disruptors, i'm not having the fox boy interfere!
Cubot: Deploying now, boss!
A bunch of robots that look like small Egg Wyverns turn on, before chasing after the Tornado-C
Tails: I've got some new Badniks on my tail. Gotta try and shake em.
Sonic: No worries good buddy, we've got this.
Sonic then homing attacks a door, busting through, with Whisper using Cube mode on her Wispon to break it down.
Silence: Now then, we've gotta do this stealthily.
Sonic: No, we should head for Eggman as quickly as possible!
Lanolin: Not everyone is as quick as you, besides, do you WANT whatever they have in here after us?
Tangle: It'd probably be fun.
Alan: Yeah!
Whisper: I'd rather not risk getting trapped again.
Eggman(Intercom): Sorry to interrupt this delightful argument, but so long as you're in here, i can track where you are, so-
Eggman is then cut off as Whisper shoots the camera with intercom with Laser Mode.
Sonic: Guess it's decided then.
Sonic then spindashes down the left of the hallway, destroying a bunch of Egg Pawns. He also jumps over one, which is destroyed by Whisper.
Alan: Killstealer
Whisper: We're wasting time.
Sonic runs through the not so long hallway to find a far wider one, followed by the others. Multiple squads of Egg Pawns and other Badniks then turn to face them, headed by a Mega Motobug.
Sonic: Remember this one?
Tangle: Yeah!
Sonic then runs around the Mega Motobug, tricking it into stabbing it's claws into the ship. Lanolin then blasts the Mega Motobug with her Wispon, knocking it back and severing it's claws, which Tangle throws back at it, destroying it. While that was happening, Whisper was firing Laser shots at Spinners and Nebula above as Team Dragoon dealt with various Badniks on the ground, Alan tearing through Egg Pawns with Laser claws, Dria shooting what Alan didn't get, Srish gathering Badniks around himself, and Silence destroying the groups Srish formed. As the ones after the Mega Motobug return, Alan slips on a Technosqueek, with Sonic catching him and Dria destroying it.
Sonic: Now now, no need to fall into my arms to get my attention.
Alan shoots a Blitz in annoyance, before slicing through a Boa-Boa and a Rhinotank. He then charges back into the fray with Dria, cutting down another Technosqueek as he and she attack the Badniks. Sonic then turns to everyone else, Tangle now defending Whisper from ground Badniks, and Lanolin attacking beside Srish. He then notices Silence being attacked by some Gun Flappers, and destroys them for him.
Silence: Thanks.
Sonic: It's what i do.
Sonic then sees a nearly open gap in the Badnik groups, and destroys the Badniks in the way, before getting everyone's attention.
Sonic: Hey guys! The way through!
Alan: Oh really?
Alan then busts through the other side of the Badnik group and runs for the gap, with Silence following Sonic and Dria following Alan. Tangle and Whisper run for the rest of them, and Srish and Lanolin break their own gap through their gathering of Badniks and follow everyone else. Sonic, seeing the gap closing, smashes through bunches of Badniks to keep it open as the others arrive and break through, before helping gather the group. The teams rush for the end of the hallway as the Badniks chase after them, with Team Dragoon and Whisper firing at the Badniks to slow them down, until the heroes reach the end of the large room with two hallways, with Whisper and Silence both firing rockets to scatter the Badniks before running into the right hallway. The heroes then turn right, break through some Egg Pawns in the hallway, and then turn left as they run through to a external section with turrets. Sonic then looks up to see Tails still being pestered by the Tornado Disruptors, as Alan, Silence and Whisper all destroy a turret. Tangle then twists the final turret so it's firing at the other, larger turrets, and Lanolin gets it to fire.
Alan: Yeah! Blast those turrets!
The turrets then turn to fire at the heroes and destroy the turret used by Tangle, forcing them to run for the next hallway. They then have to go through a confusing array of hallways, destroying Egg Pawns as they find them, until they find one final hallway with one door at the end of it. 
Srish: Finally! The way through! 
Eggman(Intercom): Oh, nearly forgot to tell you! I brought along Metal Sonic.
Metal Sonic then opens the door, zooms forth and grabs Sonic, before throwing him into a side room and charging after him, with a shutter slamming behind them.
Alan and Tangle: Sonic!
Sonic: Don't worry about me! I'm game to tackle Metal any day of the week!
The teams, minus Sonic, then run into the cockpit, finding Eggman, of course, at the controls in a lower region, with Orbot and Cubot occupying some smaller control pods to his left and right. Whisper immediately fires at Eggman with Laser and then Rocket, but both do nothing against Eggman's shield.
Lanolin: We've caught you now, Eggman. Surrender, or else.
Eggman: Don't you think that was a little bit easy?
Srish: He's got a point. We've seen factories with a better Badnik complement than this ship.
Tangle: And? We've still caught him.
Eggman: Actually, i have you!
Eggman then shuts and locks the door, before retracting the floor into the middle point, dropping the heroes into the open sky. Tangle latches on to that point, with Lanolin, Alan, Srish and Silence grabbing onto her, Whisper using Hover mode to glide safely, and Dria just flying back up to the cockpit. Eggman then activates spikes on the middle point, making Tangle lose grip in pain, causing her and the others to fall. Shots from a Wispon then hit his cockpit.
Eggman: Huh?! Oh right, one of you can fly.
Eggman then has the "middle point" detach from the wall and slam into Dria, knocking her out. He then detaches most of his "cockpit" from the battleship and flies down, ramming into Whisper and deactivating Hover mode before flying off to prepare for his entrance. Meanwhile, Tangle and the others had reoriented from their fall and now had their arms out and linked to one another to slow their descent.
Tangle: Any time now, Tails...
The heroes then notice and grab Dria and Whisper, bringing the groups back together.
Alan: Ok, everyone's back together. Does anyone have a plan?
The heroes then look up to see the Tornado-C chasing them down, with Eggman's Battleship fading from view.
Whisper: We didn't destroy the ship.
Tangle: That's ok, Sonic's got it.
Team Dragoon: We can vouch for that.
Suddenly, the Tornado-C's knocked aside by a unseen force, with Tails attempting to get back after them. The heroes look around to see where the force came from, and notice a cloud approaching them from the previously clear sky.
???: Now now, this isn't over quite yet.
Alan: Now now, Eggman, why are you chasing some people in freefall?
Eggman: If that hedgehog's taught me anything, it's that death by gravity is never a sureity. Even without the Tornado, you'll probably find a way to survive this fall. As such, i'm here to make sure you DIE! You four weren't supposed to be here, but now that you are, you can die with the rest!
As the heroes are swallowed up by the cloud, they notice a machine in the centre, with holographic wings armed with turrets, cloud emitting from many small vents, legs with two sets of claws that also had Orbot and Cubot inside little barriers, controlling them, the spikey tail from earlier and a mouth similar to a dragon's. The mouth then pops open, revealing Eggman within it, with the machine posing like in some sort of boss introduction.
Eggman: You second-rate heroes can't stand up to the Egg Wyvern!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKywbnmWAtc
Eggman then closes the maw around his machine and starts firing energy blasts from it, forcing the heroes to seperate. Team Dragoon and Whisper immediately fire back, hitting, but the Egg Wyvern then flies away. Whisper and Dria continue to deal damage as it moves around, even as everyone else fails to hit. Eggman then stops again, this time opening the maw and charging a sweeping laser.
Eggman: Let's see all of you dodge this!
As Eggman's charging and boasting, Tangle grabs her teammates and tail-grapples onto the Egg Wyvern, as Team Dragoon bombards the entire body. The legs, directed by Orbot and Cubot, try to swipe Tangle away, but fail due to the head getting in the way. Tangle then starts tail-punching the cockpit as Whisper hammers with Cube at it, with Lanolin doing her best to keep the maw away from them. Quickly, the cockpit shield fails and Whisper cracks the cockpit glass, causing Eggman to panic, shaking the Egg Wyvern around wildly and ceasing maintaining height with the falling speed of the heroes, firing the charged up laser at the same time.
Eggman: Gah! Get off! Get off! Get outta here!
The wild flailing causes the three heroes to lose balance and fall off as the maw closes, floating up due to the Egg Wyvern falling faster than them, They, and Team Dragoon, have to dodge the laser, with only Srish avoiding getting singed by the swinging beam. As Tangle, Whisper and Lanolin return to the group, Eggman ceases the flailing and returns to the heroes's height, enduring fire from the Wispon users.
Eggman: Clearly there's way too many of you. Let's cut that seven down to a more manageable four!
The Egg Wyvern then fires blasts of wind at Tangle, Lanolin, and Whisper, knocking all of them out of the cloud. The vents on the Egg Wyvern then start emitting wind along with the cloud, turning the cloud into a swirling, and currently inescapable and inenterable, windstorm. Team Dragoon immediately starts feeling the swirling wind pushing them around.
Eggman: Orbot! Cubot! Time for you to actually do something!
Orbot: On it, boss.
Cubot: Finally! I've been waiting to test this baby!
The Egg Wyvern then shifts it's body so that Orbot and Cubot are facing towards Team Dragoon. The two begin firing the energy claws at Team Dragoon, with the wing turrets helping out, forcing the team to dodge as they fire at the Egg Wyvern. Alan eventually gets hit with a wing turret blast, knocking him into the wind walls, which then knock him towards the Egg Wyvern. Alan uses this opportunity to grab on to the leg Cubot was controlling and starts cutting into it, while shooting at the main body of the Egg Wyvern and dealing little damage. Orbot suddenly turns the leg he controlled at Alan, as do the wing turrets, but Cubot throws Alan off the leg before they could do anything.
Cubot: No touching my dragon leg! Don't touch the dragon leg!
Orbot: Cubot...
Srish: I don't think we're doing much damage to the body...
Dria: Then let's focus on the legs!
As Team Dragoon turn their focus to the legs, the Egg Wyvern repositions itself and starts firing more concentrated blasts of energy. Team Dragoon dodges through these multiple storms and shoot back at the legs, quickly destroying them. As the legs fall, Orbot and Cubot eject into compartments on the Egg Wyvern's back.
Srish: You won't be walking onto your landing deck anymore!
Eggman: You won't be walking at all!
The Egg Wyvern jets towards Team Dragoon, forcing them to dodge. The Egg Wyvern then turns around and jets back at them, forcing them to dodge again, with Alan getting clipped by a wing. Then, the Egg Wyvern jets away from them, bringing the cloud barrier with it and knocking Team Dragoon against it multiple times. Eventually, Srish manages to take advantage of it and grabs on to the Egg Wyvern, then starts shooting the back of the jaw to loosen it. Eggman quickly stops the Egg Wyvern, throwing Srish off, but also allowing his friends to reform.
Eggman: Not too far from the ground now!
Silence: Oh shut up and give us your next opening!
Eggman then puts the Egg Wyvern in a whirling pattern, with the wing turrets firing at Team Dragoon. He then flies the metal beast sideways, causing the vents to fire towards the centre, stirring up a tornado that draws Team Dragoon towards it. As Team Dragoon attempts to keep away from the tornado as well as dodge the blasts, Silence gets a idea, and lets himself be pulled towards the centre. As he approaches the tornado, he calls upon one of his Ghost Wisps to use it's Color Power. As the Egg Wyvern makes another cycle, Silence dispels the Color Power and grabs on to the machine, holding on even with the shaking and intense wind from the tornado, aiming the Silencer, and then firing, blasting off the upper jaw and busting a hole into it's internals. Eggman immediately stops when he realizes this, throwing off Silence.
Eggman: The jaw!
Dria: You done yet?
Eggman: Grr, BEGONE!
The Egg Wyvern then starts actively flapping it's wings while turning off the wind supply to the cloud, knocking Alan, Srish, and Silence out of the cloud, but Dria managed to stay in the cloud by flying against the wind, which Eggman didn't notice until he turned back on the wind to keep the heroes out. As soon as he realized, he redirected some electricity into the cloud vents, drawing in ambient electricity and turning the windy cloud into a windy thundercloud. Next, he raised the Egg Wyvern's tail, which drew in lightning strikes like a lightning rod, allowing it to fire balls of electric energy at Dria. Dria swiftly dodged them and landed on the Egg Wyvern, blowing out the shield generator with a Eagle blast before being blown away by the wings.
Eggman: Get away from my Egg Wyvern!
Dria: Why not just give up?
Eggman: I'm not abandoning this machine!
Dria: This machine is badly damaged! Give up and flee it!
Eggman: Repairs are quicker than a complete rebuild!
The Egg Wyvern then reveals the fake floor in the tail from earlier and uses it as a makeshift fan in a attempt to blow away Dria. Dria resists it, and manages to fly through it just enough to grab the Eggmobile at the cockpit. With her Wispon being blown around too hard to be of any use, she instead punches through the glass as lightning rings out, shattering it. This forces Eggman to abandon the Egg Wyvern with Orbot and Cubot or be thrown around by his own weather, and with the Eggmobile gone from the Egg Wyvern, it quickly falls as the cloud dissipates. Dria, exhausted from the sheer effort and everything else, freefalls towards the ground below, before being caught by Alan and put in the Tornado-C.
Alan: Dria, whatever you did in there, that was epic!
Srish: Yeah, Dria! You destroyed the Egg Wyvern!
Dria: Well it wasn't really "me" per se. I just forced Eggman to abandon it to it's fate.
Tangle: Don't sell yourself short! You did it!
Lanolin: She's right. You destroyed the Egg Wyvern, preventing Eggman from repairing it.
Sonic: The rest of you weren't half bad either.
Dria: Oh! Right! Sonic, what happened to the battleship?
Sonic: I think it's going to crash over... there.(He points to somewhere to the right of him.)
Tails: It looks like the mission was a complete success. Let's get back to the Restoration.
The Tornado-C then flies away.
The End.
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