Mina Mongoose

Mina Mongoose

**Mina Mongoose** is a character that appears in the *Sonic: Blue Streak* comic series. She is a Mobian mongoose that can move at high speeds nearly equal to that of Sonic the Hedgehog, and possesses an inherent musical talent, including a powerful singing voice. She joins the Knothole Freedom Fighters after her village is betrayed to the Eggman Empire by Fang the Sniper and her mother is roboticized, becoming their primary scout.

## Background

Mina is the daughter of Arthur, a rocking rebel, and Isabelle Mongoose, a high-class socialite. When she was young her father disappeared without a trace, and because of their tumultuous marriage her mother assumed he had walked out on their family. In reality Arthur had stumbled upon Doctor Robotnik's plans to overthrow Nigel Acorn, and was thrown into a secret prison under Eggman's control after he was caught. When said plans later came to fruition, Mina and Isabelle fled to Feral Forest, where they helped establish a Freedom Fighter movement against the Eggman Empire, which included Fang the Sniper.

Mina tried contributing to the resistance effort from the sidelines, but her clumsiness often caused things to go awry for the fledgling Freedom Fighters. This caused her to be a frequent target of Fang's scorn, ingraining self-confidence issues in Mina that only persisted when she continued to make mistakes.

Eventually Fang decided the effort against the Eggman Empire was a losing battle, and decided to sell out the Feral Forest Freedom Fighters in exchange for Robotnik's forgiveness. Once he had the village's location, Eggman sent the Battle Bird Armada under the cover of night to round up the citizens and promptly robotocized them.

Mina was spared the robotocizer to serve as an unwilling test subject in an experiment meant to determine the feasibility of enhancing a Mobian's existing abilities. Miraculously surviving the procedure, Mina found that her natural mongoose speed had been amplified to a superhuman degree. She was set to be robotocized in order to conduct further tests, but was rescued by the timely arrival of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.

After realizing she had nowhere else to go, the Freedom Fighters brought Mina back to the village, where she struggled to form any ties due to her being a stranger and her now super speed, which only made her more clumsy than she already was. It wasn't until the arrival of Amy Rose that Mina's luck began to change, finding a close friend in Amy that helped her build up her confidence, and she eventually joined the Freedom Fighters alongside Amy as a scout.

## Personality

Mina starts off as a very self-conscious girl, due in part to her father's absence in her youth, as well as Fang's constant verbal abuse for what he perceived as shortcomings. However after getting to know Amy and seeing how self-assured she is despite her own humble background, her confidence begins to increase, especially once she joins the Freedom Fighters and her role on the team becomes defined.

Once Mina begins to find her confidence, she becomes a much more cheerful person, developing something of an outspoken streak. She finds herself becoming passionate about the things that matter to her, especially when it comes to perceived underdogs - as a result of the mental anguish she suffered under Fang, Mina hates bullying of any sort, and doesn't hesitate to stand up for others who can't do it for themselves.

Early on Mina was intimidated by Fang, even showing signs of fear towards him, which he had no issues exploiting in their confrontations, but as her self-confidence develops Mina sheds these feelings, and instead comes to view Fang as her main adversary. She becomes determined to make him pay for betraying Feral Forest.

Mina is also a perfect example of embodying her parents' best qualities, being well-mannered and kind (traits she gets from her mother), while also being loyal and willing to stand up for what she believes in (traits she gets from her father). The family each share a collective love for music, albeit each having different tastes; Mina prefers pop music, while Arthur enjoys rock and Isabelle listens to classical.