Octo-Limb Strikes With A Vengeance!

**Octo-Limb Strikes With A Vengeance!** is the seventh episode of the spinoff series Shard's Journey.

## Characters

* Shard the Hedgehog
* NICOLE
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Cream the Rabbit
* Rosemary Prower
* Vanilla the Rabbit (Mentioned)
* Brandon Mutt
* Daryl
* Mitch
* Trisha
* Boss
* Doctor Eggman (Mentioned)
* E-19 Octo-Limb (First appearance)
* E-05 Rhinoking (Mentioned)
* E-06 Mantis Reaper (Mentioned)
* E-07 Ant Acid (Mentioned)
* E-08 Spiderbind (Mentioned)
* E-09 Vempire (Mentioned)
* E-10 Wererobo/Silver Tooth (Mentioned)
* E-15 Macheeta (Mentioned)
* E-16 StarRisk (Mentioned)
* E-17 Pinsponge (Mentioned)

## Plot

The episode begins with Shard meditating and NICOLE noting he needs it after all the hard work he's done lately. She also sees Tails and Cream snuggled on their bed together, commenting on their cuteness. The kid Mobians wake up and Cream comments on the nightie which Rosemary had made for her. As they hang their feet over the bed, Cream asks why most Mobians don't have toes. Tails explains they do, but, they are covered by fur. Cream touches one of her feet experimentally and notes she has three toes on her foot. Tails notes he has three toes himself, though sometimes, he feels like he has five due to Mobian biology being weird. Cream asks if she can feel them and Tails agrees. She does so, noting they feel very soft, and she notes it feels like Tails has three toes. Rosemary calls the kids for breakfast and they head to the kitchen to eat some freshly cooked pancakes. Cream realizes they are like how her mom makes them and Rosemary tells her that's because she taught Vanilla to make these pancakes. Cream feels more at home.

Shard is heading to work after breakfast (not that he has to eat anyway) and hopes today would be better. Later, just before noon, Shard enters Daryl's office to clean it. Shard asks how Daryl is doing and he comments he doesn't have a story for tomorrow's paper, as Mitch and Trisha still haven't found one. Suddenly, Trisha enters, saying she's spotted an octopus robot attacking the docks. Shard believes it's one of Eggman's robots and his internal communicator starts going off. When Daryl asks about the beeping, Shard dashes off, saying he needed to take this call from his cellphone. Hiding in a broom closet, Shard realizes it's from NICOLE, who tells Shard about the problem at the docks. Shard immediately notes it's the robot. Luckily, lunch break is nearing and he rushes out of the building when the clock hits lunchtime.

Down at the docks, the robot, E-19 Octo-Limb is using two of its tentacles to make a humanoid bipedal body. He uses his tentacles like whips and the dockside workers take off running. Shard then enters the scene, ready to take Octo-Limb down. Unfortunately, he hears Eggman's voice in his head and Octo-Limb starts thrashing poor Shard like crazy, saying that each thrashing is for every single robot he had taken down previously, save for Wererobo as Octo-Limb thought he was "pathetic". That being said, every beating Shard takes makes him more injured for his organic body and more damaged for his Robian body. Octo-Limb smashing Shard through a wooden shack was enough to block the transmitter for Shard however and he starts to fight back. The two engage in a brawl as Trisha arrives at the docks to take some shots. She's very surprised to see the robot hedgehog fighting Octo-Limb as he looks familiar. Shard then cuts off one tentacle, but, Octo-Limb keeps at it until Shard manages to cut off one of the two making up his bipedal body. Shard manages to Cyber End Octo-Limb into spare parts. With that done, he rushes back to work and Trisha heads back to the news stand. Shard is then told to clean the building, much to his dismay.

A tired Shard returns in the evening and tells Tails about being treated poorly, both at the news stand at at the docks. Shard decides to go charge his batteries and before he could say anymore remarks, Tails tells him it's for the best he takes a break. NICOLE sees Shard and feels very worried for him as she notices his organic skin has come off his back and some of his Robian parts are damaged, too. NICOLE realized the problem is far greater than she initially thought, as Shard is being both physically and mentally drained once he returns home each day. Shard explains to NICOLE he was slammed like a ragdoll and NICOLE realizes he'll be damaged beyond repair if he keeps this up. She advises for Shard to develop a Heal Skill and Shard doesn't know how to do that. NICOLE then uses her nanites to heal Shard, her hands glowing as she does so. She then dubs Shard's heal skill as Nanite Fix and Shard goes to sleep with NICOLE making sure he's alright as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* Brandon Mutt appears to break the fourth wall to explain how NICOLE is healing Shard.
* It's never mentioned anywhere, but, it's likely this episode takes place during Episode 33 of the main series.