WFM1: Invasion of Resako

Invasion of Resako is the first 'episode' within the War for Mobius storyline. This episode contains the events that lead up to the starting parts of the war. The episode will be separated into Chapters.

A list of official/fan characters that have made an appearance thus far will be listed below (in order of first appearance) for reader convenience.

* Dr. Eggman
* Metal Sonic
* Joshua Sentrium Burns
* Jayden Sarah Burns
* Lord Mordred Hood
* Professor Dillon Pickle
* Sir Charles the Hedgehog
* ???

## Chapter One: Initial Attack

***Year 3238, March 31st. Location: Resako City. Territory Ownership: Resako Republic***

It was a fine day in the flourishing economical settlement known as: Resako City, which served as it's nations capital. It was 9:35 AM currently, as citizens in the southwestern outskirts were enjoying their daily routines, such as attending work and business, or going on a morning stroll through the park. Indeed, the overall atmosphere of that part of the outskirts was relatively peaceful... but that was about to change.

Shadows began to engulf the surface of the outskirts, as citizens stop what they were doing to look up to whatever was blocking out the sun... was it a cloud, they thought? As they looked up to the sky, they immediately realize they it was no cloud that blocked out the sun... instead, they saw an entire fleet of aerostats that consisted hundreds of warships, all embarking the logo of the infamous "Eggman Empire."

The numerous amount of citizens that were looking up to the fleet were in total shock... were they witnessing the initial phase of an invasion? They would get their answer soon enough, as a few of the warships in the fleet opened fire on the outskirts below, specifically a couple of neighborhoods consisting of various homes. To them, they were clearing up a place for a landing zone for ground troops to begin marching through the city with all of their might... for the citizens however, it was a utter massacre, as the citizens began to run away in panic.

A couple of military garrisons that consisted four divisions of First Home Defense divisions in total were alerted by the situation minutes later, as transports from the massive "Egg Fleet" had been dispatched to land in their first waves of troops, that were to mainly consist of: Egg Pawns, Swatbots, Egg Gunners, and Camerons, with the transports being escorted by Buzzbombers, Egg Flappers, and Airborne Egg Gunners. They would be deployed in formation, as the Egg Pawns and Swatbots would make up a majority of the force's Infantry, and the Camerons acting as armored support units.

A pod-like aircraft was seen descending down to the invasion force, accompanied by an automaton resembling that of a Mobian hedgehog... upon further inspection, it was none other than Dr. Ivo Robotnik, known to most as Dr. Eggman... and it seemed he brought along Metal Sonic for the ride! Eggman then looked down at his invasion force, grinning. "Eheheheh, this is all looking magnificent! These fools will pay the price for having their capital close to my borders!" He said, who then faced his troops. "Group A, I want you to charge directly forward into the city, leave no one standing! Group B, take the fight to the left side of the suburbs, support Group A whenever possible! Group C, take the opposite side and do the same as Group B" He ordered to his troops, and then faced Metal Sonic.

"Metal, I want you to go ahead and deal with those rodents personally. Take a squad of elite Gunners with you for support" He ordered, as Metal Sonic replied with a nod, as five Airborne Egg Gunners came into view behind him, which were seen in a red and yellow color scheme instead of the usual white. The six automatons then made their way forward, as the three groups in the first wave began to progress forward, marching in formation. "Yes... this will all be too easy! These fools will face the full might of the Eggman Empire!" He said to himself, who began to laugh hysterically, as his Egg Mobile began to ascend back up to the Egg Fleet.

Meanwhile, at one of the military garrisons that appeared not too far from the initial landing zone of Eggman's invasion force, a commanding officer was assessing the situation, before a trooper barged into his office. "Sir, we have word that the hostiles are moving forward into the suburbs. They're coming our way!" The soldier said. "Hm... notify the other garrisons in the city, let them know that we're being invaded" The commanding officer said "What about us, sir?" The soldier questioned. "...We'll buy the other garrisons time to properly mobilize, as well as set up some anti air batteries" The commanding officer replied, facing the soldier. "The three other garrisons in the area have been tasked to buy some time as well. As such, we should organize an effective defense. Prepare the 7th Infantry Defense Regiment for battle" He added, as he crossed his arms. "Yes, sir!" The soldier said, who exited out of the commanding officer's office.

As the 7th Infantry Defense Regiment, as well as the 8th, 10th, and 11th Infantry Defense Regiments were being mobilized from the four garrisons. Groups A, B, and C of Eggman's invasion force were progressing through the southwestern suburbs, capturing any civilian that got caught in their way... killing those who tried to resist. Metal Sonic's team on the other hand was seen approaching the garrison that contained the mobilizing 8th Infantry Defense Regiment. Upon seeing the complex of the garrison, Metal Sonic and the five "Elite Gunners" hovered, assessing the garrison's defenses and forces.

*"Complex consists of about one-hundred and thirty-six active personnel, with an additional sixty-four yet to have mobilized"* One of the Elite Gunners stated, as they continued to assess the complex. *"There are no visible defense turrets. We have been given permission to engage the complex when ready"* Another Elite Gunner said, facing Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic starred down at the complex silently, as it pointed it's right index finger at the complex, implying that it was ordering to attack. *"Affirmative"* The Elite Gunners mouthed, pointing their right cannons at the complex.

The Elite Gunners then fired missiles at the complex, of which said missiles soon dispersed into four smaller missiles, consisting of twenty missiles in total, that would then begin to rain down on the complex. "...INCOMING!" Yelled one of the mobilized soldiers in alert, who noticed the twenty missiles. The missiles impacted the complex, damaging buildings and injuring soldiers upon impact, a few of which were killed. The Elite Gunners and Metal Sonic then descended down into the complex, landing on the ground as the Elite Gunners opened fire with their left arm cannon, which consisted of a modified Vulcan cannon that fired High Explosive rounds... about another twenty were killed.

The soldiers were surprised and shocked from this sudden assault, as they did not expect their facility to be assaulted so quickly... it didn't help matters that they weren't completely mobilized, ultimately decreasing morale. It would take about another five kills of their own men before they began to retaliate, firing APS-95 Assault Rifles and Beretta Cx4 Storm Carbine Rifles at the Elite Gunners and Metal Sonic. In response, Metal Sonic projected his "Black Shield", while the Elite Gunners had their own energy shields to protect themselves. Metal Sonic suddenly disabled his Black Shield, boosting himself forward as he began to attack the other troops at close-range with his bare, metallic hands, which his fingers were sharp enough to act as claws.

Although Metal Sonic would be hit by a few bullets during his charge, they would have little effect on his armored plating as he attacked each soldier, one by one, as the Elite Gunners provided ranged support with their modified Vulcan Cannons. In Metal Sonic's assault alone, due to his sheer speed and strength, would have caused a total of thirty kills, adding up to the prime total of fifty-nine kills done by the entire squad... which was a quarter of the entire regiment's member capacity. One of the soldiers took aim with a RPG-7, firing it at one of the Elite Gunners. With fast reflexes, Metal Sonic noticed the missile firing, and managed to catch it in mid-air with his right hand, thankfully the missile not detonating upon impact.

Metal Sonic then managed to throw the missile towards the soldier who fired the missile, who in turn managed to leap out of the way, as the missile impacted a building, blasting a hole into it. The soldier tried to get himself up from the ground, but before he could, he was suddenly grabbed by the neck by Metal Sonic with his left hand, who had used his sheer speed to approach the soldier. The soldier gasped for air, as he reached to his right side holster to get out his side-arm, a AMT Hardballer. Before he could fire a shot though, Metal Sonic used his free hand to swat the pistol out of his hand, as the soldier was now hopeless to do anything.

In the background, the five Elite Gunners continued to unleash chaos through the complex, one of them even firing another missile at a group of soldiers, killing them instantly as the missile wasn't a cluster this time. Eventually, the soldier suffocated from Metal Sonic's firm grip on his neck, and was thrown onto the floor upon death. Not even half of the 8th Infantry Defense Regiment remained, as they now held up around the headquarters, forming a defensive perimeter. One of the energy shields of a Elite Gunner had finally depleted, as it was suddenly shot in it's head, making it no longer a threat as it fell backwards onto the floor.

*"EG-1004 is down"*  Said one of the Elite Gunners, as the rest continued to put pressure on the defensive perimeter. Metal Sonic faced the downed Elite Gunner, as he began to scan it's remains... suddenly, Metal Sonic's right hand reverted to an arm cannon, as he took aim with it and began firing the same modified Vulcan cannon the other Elite Gunners were using! But did it simply copy the downed Elite Gunner's weaponry to use for his own use? It would have appeared so, as he was using the same one the other Egg Gunners were using.

A few minutes would pass, before the complex went from a total warzone to completely silence, as the last of the regiment's members had been dealt with, as well as the garrison's commanding officer, who was killed without a second though. *"Facility clear of hostiles. The doctor will be pleased"* One of the Elite Gunners stated, as the others stood in a line in front of Metal Sonic, of which his arm cannon reverted back to his base hand. ...Suddenly, Metal Sonic had been hailed by Dr. Eggman from his fleet.

"Good work in exterminating those pests, Metal! However, Group C is facing a lot of heavy resistance than previously thought! I need you down there to ensure that we don't lose our first wave!" Eggman said via a radio uplink, as he gave Metal Sonic his new orders. Metal Sonic relayed Dr. Eggman's orders to the four surviving Elite Gunners, and just like that, the five took off to the sky, heading to Group C's position.

***Meanwhile at Group A's position..***

Group A of Eggman's first wave had made contact with the 10th Infantry Defense Regiment, as both sides exchanged blow after blow. Though initially the battle was favoring the 10th Infantry Defense Regiment, as the majority of the Egg Pawns were being gunned down, the Egg Gunners and Swatbots had gained the initiative soon after, but was still under fire. *"Causality rate* *of Group A has reached 45%. Requesting an Egg Flapper squadron to commence an airstrike"*  One of the Swatbots relayed on a radio transmission, as it was firing it's laser cannon from cover.

A Cameron began to march up in the middle of the battle, as it quickly charged it's Laser Cannon to fire a circle-like pulse wave at a group of soldiers garrisoned in a house, of which said soldiers noticed the pulse wave coming straight at them and moved to a different part of the house, as the pulse wave blew a hole into the part of the house it was aimed at. Only a single soldier was injured from the blast, as the other trooper's retaliated with Rockets. The Cameron retracted it's head and legs into it's shell, as the rockets impacted it's armor and laser cannon. It's armor would help it survive, but it would ultimately be disarmed as it's laser cannon was blown off. It would remain retracted in it's shell as it's only use was now a viable cover for other friendlies.

*"Casualties are increasing at an alarming rate. Conquest of southwestern suburbs by the first wave is in jeopardy"* One of the Egg Gunners said, firing a missile from it's right cannon at another house, this time injuring the soldiers in it successfully. The sounds of wheels can then be heard nearby, as a HMMWV Humvee was then seen coming into view, as a soldier manning it's Heavy Machine Gun began to open fire on the troops of Group A. "Eat my fifty caliber turret, you sons of bitches!" The soldier cried out as he continued to fire, providing Suppressive Fire and getting some "kills" on the hostile forces.

Another Egg Gunner took aim at the Humvee with it's right cannon, but before it could fire a missile, it was shot in the head from afar by a sniper, who cocked the rifle after firing. Another Cameron came up into view, gaining the full attention of the soldier manning the turret as he fired at it's shell, which took little damage. The Cameron took aim with it's laser cannon, and fired a circular pulse wave at the Humvee. The soldier manning the turret hopped out, as well as another soldier who was the driver, as the pulse wave hit the Humvee, causing it to explode. The two soldiers took cover wherever they could, as they used their rifles against any opponent within their eyesight.

"Fall back and regroup!" One of the soldiers yelled out, as some of the soldiers began to go on retreat, some firing at Group A whilst doing so. *"They are retreating, press on the assault"* A Swatbot stated, as the remaining forces in Group A, which had lost forty-eight percent of their forces due to the almost complete wipeout of their Egg Pawns, but nevertheless pressed on. The Cameron that had it's laser cannon blown off had moved itself to the side in order to make room for any other Cameron to proceed forward.

As the troops began to go on the retreat into a section of the outskirts, several troops began to set up an ambush within some of the houses while the rest kept retreating, arming themselves with rocket launchers and light machine guns as they waited to get sight on the advancing Egg troops. They would be waiting for several minutes until they would get visual sight on the enemy however..

Group A then enters the ambush's line of sight, keeping their guards up as they marched through the street. Suddenly, a barrage of missiles and bullets comes firing right at them as they were taken by surprise, destroying a couple of Camerons as well as some Swatbots and Egg Gunners before they thought to retaliate. *"Ambush! Return fire!"* Called out a Egg Gunner before it was shot in the upper chest a couple of times by a LMG, disabling it. The troops in Group A not immediately wiped out from the ambush began to return fire.

"We got them on the ropes, men!" Rallied a soldier as he mowed down a few Egg Pawns (which were the last ones in the group) with triumph. *"Egg Pawn member capacity diminished... Chance of survival is less than twenty percent"* Claimed a Swatbot, as it was out in the open, returning fire. ".*..Standby, Egg Flapper squadron inbound. Chance of survival increased... All units, enter a minimal safe distance."* The same Swatbot said, as it began to fall back, as well as the surviving forces.

"I don't believe it... they're retreating!" A soldier said, as the soldiers apart of the ambush watched as the hostile Egg forces go on full retreat. "Yeah, suck it you eggheads! Hah hah!" Another soldier said as he cheered along with his fellow comrades... however their little celebration would be short lived, as the sounds of aircraft could be heard overhead. A minute passes, and the entire street is suddenly bombarded with explosives, destroying anything in it's wake... the Egg Flapper squadron had conducted a bombing run of the entire street.

*"Hostiles eliminated, you may proceed with the assault."* The squadron's flight leader said to the surviving ground forces, as they turned to rearm themselves at the Egg Fleet that was still overhead. *"Affirmative, proceeding with assault. Current member capacity is at twenty-five percent, reinforcements may be needed in the area."* A Egg Gunner replied, as the survivors of Group A went back into marching formation. They marched through the bombed to all hell street, apparently no survivors being found in the destruction caused by the bombing run.

The remaining forces of the 10th Infantry Defense Regiment continued to fall back, proceeding to take up arms within the very compound they were in. "Guys, I just got word that the 11th Regiment has been wiped out by hostile forces" One of the soldiers said to his comrades. "So it's just us, the 7th, and the 8th then..." Another one said "I'm afraid not... a scout informed command that the compound containing the 8th regiment was destroyed, with them with it." The other soldier replied "...May Gaia help us" A third soldier said, as his, along with some other troop's morale was lowered.

The commanding officer of the 10th Regiment at that moment stepped out of his quarters, seeing most of his men missing. "Where's the rest of the regiment?" He asked one of his troops with a stern tone "Sir, the hostile forces eliminated most of our troops, it's just us and the 7th Regiment in this area now" The soldier replied. "Hmph, Eggman will pay for that... Due to the progress the enemy has made here in this area, I've arranged for transportation of any survivors of the 7th and 10th Regiment to Fort Ascension so we can cooperate an effective counter-attack" The commanding officer said. "But sir, what about the outskirts?!" The soldier said in shock "The outskirts is lost, private. All we can do now is defend the main city itself, and hope that the others can take out as many of those robotic bastards as they can" The commanding officer said "Now get your gear, the transport helos will be here any minute" He added, as the soldiers responded with "Sir, yes sir!" in unison, as they all prepared to gather their gear.

As the surviving 10th Regiment began to gather their equipment, one of the lookouts spotted Group A approaching the complex from afar. "Sir, hostile forces inbound, E.T.A seven minutes!" He said to the commanding officer. "That's enough time for some of us to get out of here, but not all of us... unless..." The commanding officer replied, as he got out a portable handheld radio, proceeding to contact friendly forces. "This is Captain Randers of the 10th Infantry Defense Regiment, my men and I are at the extraction point but hostile forces are approaching, I need fire support ASAP" He spoke before awaiting for a reply from the radio. "Roger that, Captain, we have a spare barrage of artillery shells we can provide to you, mark the area of effect with red smoke and we'll fire at will" A friendly replied on the radio, as the commanding officer sighed in relief.

"Will do" Randers said, as he faced the soldier on lookout "Grab a red smoke signal grenade and toss it in the street where they're marching, the artillery barrage should at least buy us enough time for all of us to retreat" Randers said. "Yes sir!" The lookout said, as he went to go do so as ordered, retrieving a red smoke grenade from the complex's armory, and went into the middle of the street. The approaching Group A notices him, and the soldiers at the front in the formation began to open fire. The lookout pulled the pin of the grenade, and threw it towards them as hard as he could, before getting shot in the lower chest, falling to the ground as he let us a loud "Agh!" in pain. As he was on the ground, he glanced over to his wound before looking over to where the smoke grenade released it's smoke.

"Smoke signal sighted, firing barrage" The soldier on the radio said to Randers, as he awaited for the barrage to rain hell down on the street. Distant shots were heard from afar, as the force in Group A began to pull back upon seeing the smoke grenade. The lookout soldier closed his eyes as he ultimately accepted his fate, as explosive shells began to rain down on the entire street. Most of the troops in Group A managed to get out of range of the artillery barrage, however several unfortunate SwatBots and Egg Gunners would fall prey to the relentless assault, as well as the unfortunate lookout soldier who sacrificed himself so the rest may escape. "Alright captain, that's the last of our spare shells, good luck down there" The soldier on the radio said, as Randers watched the last shell impact the street.

Sounds of rotors could be heard approaching, as Randers turned to face the sounds. A total of three Boeing CH-47 Chinooks and one Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey approached the complex, as the chinooks began to land inside the complex while the osprey hovered above the complex, it's gunner aiming the Osprey's rotary autocannon at hostile Egg units in it's sight. The sounds of it firing were then heard, as the Osprey was providing suppressive fire on Group A. Upon the landing of the chinooks, the surviving 10th Regiment began to board the chinooks with any equipment they could carry, followed by Randers as he boarded the second chinook.

"Is that everyone?" The co-pilot of the second chinook asked, as he had his head turned to face the troops in it's hold. "Yes, that's everyone. Now quick, we've got to move!" Randers said to the pilot, who replied with "roger that", as the chinook began to take off, with the first and third one soon following suit. The osprey soon followed, it's rotary autocannon almost overheating as it turned to follow the three chinooks. "How many in the 7th regiment made it in the escape?" Randers asked the co-pilot with curiosity. "The captain of the 7th is alive, as well as a few dozen troops... we should be rallying up with them up shortly." The co-pilot replied. As a couple of minutes passed, Group A had made it to the now abandoned complex, raising the flag of the Eggman Empire, implying it's capture.

Soon, the chinooks holding the surviving 10th regiment and it's escorting Osprey had made contact with the chinooks carrying the surviving 7th regiment, as they were escorted by a couple of MD MH-6 Little Birds. The two regiments would rally in mid-air, as they formed a convoy within the skies. "Captain Belosky to Captain Randers, glad to hear you made it out alive" The CO of the 7th regiment said as he contacted Randers. "Belosky, is that you? Good to hear from you" Randers said to Belosky. "Likewise, Randers. It looks like we both may make it out of this mess after all" He said.

...Suddenly, an object hit one of the chinook's back rotors at high speed, causing it to spin out of control as it would crash onto the ground soon after, killing everyone on board. "Transport seven is down, what the hell was that?!" Stated one of the chinook pilots in shock as he turned to look over at the object that seemed to be spinning relatively fast. The object looked to be blue, as at that moment it would then stop spinning, beginning to hover whilst facing the air convoy as the object looked to be an automaton... it was none other than Metal Sonic!

"Hostile bogey sighted, light them up, boys!" One of the pilots said to the Little Birds and Osprey. "Roger that, we'll take that little robot down" The Osprey pilot said, as the Osprey reverted it's rotors from VTOL status to flight status, as it began to charge towards Metal Sonic, with the two Little Birds following. Metal Sonic began to fly away from the incoming attack aircraft, as the Osprey began firing it's rotary autocannon at him, the Little Birds holding fire for now. Suddenly, Metal Sonic curved itself into a ball, spinning relatively fast as it suddenly boosted backwards towards the right wing of the Osprey, ultimately slicing it off. "Our right wings hit, we lost control!" Yelled the pilot of the Osprey, as it began to spiral downwards out of control, crashing into the ground moments later.

"Sweet Gaia, it took out the Osprey like it was nothing!" One of the Little Bird pilots said in shock, as Metal Sonic positioned himself behind the two little birds. He right arm suddenly changed to a cannon of some sort, firing a heat-seeking missile at the first little bird. "Incoming missile, deploying flares!" The pilot said, as the Little Bird deployed a few flares, the heat-seeking missile reverting it's attention to one of them as they collided. The two Little Birds turned to face Metal Sonic, returning fire with their mounted Miniguns. A few shots managed to hit him, before he suddenly boosted downwards, and then flying underneath the second Little Bird, reverting the cannon on his right arm back to it's hand, using it to grip onto it.

"Helo-One, be advised, bogey has gotten underneath you" The pilot of the first Little Bird said to the other Little Bird, holding it's fire to avoid hitting the other helicopter "I can't shake it off!" The pilot of the other Little Bird said. Metal Sonic's left arm then reverted to the same modified Vulcan Cannon it used earlier, aiming it on the Little Bird's tail rotor, firing a few rounds at it. The rounds made quick work of the tail rotor, as the Little Bird began to spiral out of control. "I've lost control!" Yelled the pilot, as Metal Sonic let go of the helicopter, boosting backwards as the little bird crashed to the ground.

Metal Sonic then had his sights on the last remaining Little Bird as it faced him. "Take this!" The pilot yelled out, as the helicopter began to fire multiple homing missiles from it's missile pods at Metal Sonic, while also firing it's Miniguns. Metal Sonic was hit by multiple bullets as he proceeded to execute evasive maneuvers to dodge any bullet coming at him... he had something else in mind for the missiles however. Metal Sonic boosted at full speed suddenly, as he zoomed underneath and passed the Little Bird.

As his left arm was still configured to it's Vulcan Cannon, he opened fire at the incoming homing missiles that were still locked onto him, blowing them all out of the sky... except for one. As the last missile remained, Metal Sonic waited until it got within close proximity with him. Once it did, Metal Sonic suddenly dodged the missile, as he proceeded to hover on the right side of the Little Bird, as the pilot lost sight of him. "Did... did I get it?" The pilot asked himself as he tried to search for Metal Sonic, but unfortunately he was within one of his blind spots.

Unfortunately for the pilot, the Little Bird's missile warning systems were not going off, as the missile that was locked onto Metal Sonic had not locked onto the helicopter, therefore the pilot had no warning for what was about to come. The last missile that was still remaining had reconfigured it's flight pattern, as it rushed over to Metal Sonic, who was still hovering besides the right side of the Little Bird. Once the missile got within close proximity to Metal Sonic again, he suddenly descended at a fast speed, as the missile collided into the Little Bird, destroying it as it's remains fell out of the sky.

Metal Sonic hovered in triumph as he reared his head over to the remaining Chinooks, that had managed to gain some distance during the little dogfight. He then boosted himself towards them as he rolled himself into an aerial spindash, targeting one of the Chinooks at it's middle... However, a sudden explosion diverted Metal Sonic's flight pattern downwards, while also canceling out his spindash. Metal Sonic shook it's head for a second, as he looked around to see what caused that explosion.

When he looked downwards, he saw multiple mobile anti-air vehicles that gained sight of him, as they proceeded to fire at him with Flak cannons. Another shot hit Metal Sonic directly as he began to fall as he sustained significant damage. He managed to regain stability in mid-air however, as he began to boost away from the area, seeing there was too much anti-air in the area for him to handle, as well as requiring repairs. "Target is retreating from the area, he won't be bothering you anymore" An operator of one of the anti-air vehicles said to Captain Randers via radio. "Thank you, we'll be on our way now." Randers replied, as the remaining Chinooks made their way out of the city to their destination at Fort Ascension.

That section of the outskirts however was now left in Eggman's iron grip, as his Egg Fleet began to split into multiple strike forces, heading to various parts of the outskirts, and soon the main city. Further deployments of ground forces from the fleet accompanied the aerial ships, as they would begin to eliminate any defenders on the ground as best they could. The defending military personnel of the Resako Republic fought valiantly against Eggman's forces, but they were no match for their superior numbers and firepower, as Eggman's control of the city soon spread at a rapid rate.

Several hours pass, and Resako City falls under the superior might of the Eggman Empire.

## Chapter Two: Diversion

***April 2nd, Location: Resako City, Territory Ownership: Eggman Empire***

Two days have passed since the initial attack on the capital city of the Resako Republic. In that little time, the forces of the Eggman Empire have tightened their grip on the city, boosting the defenses of the city with twenty-four hour patrols, and establishing garrisons and chokepoints in the city streets. At the city center of the capital, the construction of a new headquarters was taking place, as it would soon serve to be Eggman's main base of operations in the region. Within the construction site of the headquarters, Dr. Eggman himself was present as he oversaw the operation.

"Yes... this is all going according to plan... Soon, I will make the Resako Republic a new territory for my Empire, and then I'll be one step closer to conquering the world!" Eggman said to himself, as he began to laugh. His self-boasting was interrupted however when a Swatbot approached him. *"Sir, we have news from the front lines"* The swatbot said to Eggman, who turned to face the Swatbot. "Hmm? Ah, yes, what is the news of my upcoming conquest?" Eggman asked the Swatbot. *"Sir, our forces are sweeping throughout the land, conquering inch by inch at a fast rate. However, our forces are having a problem-"* The Swatbot began to explain before being interrupted by Eggman. "Problem? What sort of problem? Don't tell me it's that meddling hedgehog" Eggman said, slightly irritated to hear this.

*"Negative, sir. Our forces are having major difficulties in taking Fort Ascension. Their defenses are proving much more of a hassle than they thought... they've so far repelled three of our attacks"*  The Swatbot said to Eggman. "What, is that it? Can't those robots of mine accomplish even the simplest of tasks? Ugh, no matter... Have Metal Sonic go over to the fort so we could-" Eggman was about to order before being interrupted by the Swatbot. *"Sir, Metal Sonic is busy dealing with resistance at the Town of Haven. He's unable to provide support at this time"* The Swatbot said. "Well tell him to hurry up then! I cannot allow my plans for world domination to be compromised!" Eggman said to the Swatbot, who acknowledged his order and turned to walk away. "...I have to admit though, the more time we waste waiting for Metal, the more time it gives that blasted hedgehog and his rodent friends to mount a counterattack... Perhaps a diversion is in order, yes" Eggman said to himself as he walked over to a panel that displayed the entire globe of Mobius.

"Hmm... though where should I send this diversionary force?" Eggman asked himself as he looked at many various locations to where he could start his diversion. "Hm... no that city won't suffice... not that one either... Ah, perfect!" Eggman said as he had his eyes focused on a certain city located in southern Eurish. "The city of Spagonia! Sure it'll tick off the United Federation a little more than they already are, but they'll be dealt with easily" Eggman said to himself, before using the same panel to establish a communication uplink. "Get me Lord Hood, I have new orders for him" Eggman said.

***Meanwhile, at the cultural capital of Spagonia. Territory Ownership: United Federation***

Unaware of the conflict that was going about in the Resako Republic, the citizens of Spagonia were enjoying a relative peaceful in this fine cultural city of theirs. Vendors and Shopkeepers were attending to many tourists from all around that wanted to visit the city. At one such stand, a vendor was selling various products involving Ice Cream, two Mobian hedgehogs were seen to be buying chocolate milkshakes for themselves.. upon further inspection, they were none other than Joshua Sentrium Burns and Jayden Sarah Burns.

"Enjoy your stay here in Spagonia!" The vendor of the stand said to the two as they purchased their shakes. "Thank you!" Jayden said to the vendor as she and her brother walked away from the stand, the two looking at the amazing architecture Spagonia offered. "I have to hand it to you Sis', It was a good idea coming here" Joshua said to his sister as he took a few sips out of his shake. "Mhm! I've always wanted to visit Spagonia for a while now, it all looks so wonderful here" Jayden replied to her brother, before taking sips from her shake as well. "Yes, the cultural aspects of this city is truly remarkable. I can see why you wanted to come here to visit" Joshua said.

"So Josh, where to go next? I want to explore every part of the city!" Jayden asked him. "Hm... I've heard that there's a university here, quite popular from the sounds of it... I want to see what it has to offer" Joshua replied. "Okay! We'll go there next then" Jayden replied as the two of them headed off to what was known as Spagonia University, a very popular place for those in seek of knowledge. Though much like the rest of the current populace of the city, the two siblings were unaware of the force that would soon be sent to strike the cultural city.

***Meanwhile,*** ***Forty-five miles north-west outside Spagonia...***

Unknown to the inhabitants, an army was taking residence in the area as they had the mark of the Eggman Empire. The military forces that wore Eggman's mark was a division of the Empire that was called the Eurish Egg Army, led by Lord Mordred Hood... who was just now being contacted. "Dr. Eggman! What a surprise, I was sure you were too busy to contact me, what with your invasion..." Mordred said nervously. "I'm never busy when it comes to world domination, Mordred... where is your Egg Army located right now?" Eggman asked Mordred. "We're located approximately forty-five miles from Spagonia, we were actually about to head over to the Resako Republic to assist you in your invasion... um, why do you ask?" Mordred replied. "Change of plans, you're going to lay siege on Spagonia to act as a diversion while I deal with these rodents" Eggman said.

"A diversion attack in Spagonia? Um... I won't question your motives, but-" Mordred said, unsure of this plan and was about to protest against it before being interrupted. "You better, now get whatever forces you have right now and begin the diversion. Remember, it's only a diversion, so try to keep up the pressure for as long as possible" Eggman said. "...I'll be sure to keep up the charade long enough to buy some time for you" Mordred said, acknowledging his order. "Good, now get to it, I need as much time as I can get" Eggman said, before the communications ceased between the two. "...Isn't that coincidental, we just so happen to be close to Spagonia, of all places, and he orders a diversion by sieging the city... well, I guess we have a diversion to commence" Mordred thought to himself as he went to address his troops on their new orders.

***Meanwhile at*** ***Spagonia University, twenty minutes later...***

At this time, Joshua and Jayden had already made it over to Spagonia University, where they were going through it's vast library. Joshua had a book regarding the city's history as he was sitting in a beanbag chair, reading said book, as Jayden approached the beanbag he was in and plopped right beside him, having a book in her hands as well. "Hey Sis', what book did you get?" Joshua asked his sister, still facing his book. "This one" Jayden replied as she showed him a book, of which he glanced to look at it's title.. it was a book on basic cooking. "Huh, didn't know you had an interest in cooking... learn something new everyday I guess" Joshua commented as he faced back to his book to continue reading it. "Mhm!" Jayden mouthed as she opened her book to read it.

As the two siblings were reading their books, they heard the sound of books hitting the floor. "Oh dear me" A voice was heard. The two siblings turned to look over to the source of the voice, only to see someone near them had happened to had dropped their books... they looked to be a elderly male human in his eighties, as he was seen putting some kind of sandwich on a table before kneeling down to grab his books. Upon seeing this, Joshua closed his book and set it on the beanbag before standing up and walking over to the man, kneeling down to pick up one of his fallen books before handing it to him.

"Ah, thank you young man. Seems I've gotten a bit clumsy in my old age" The man said in thanks as he had all of his books in hand now. "It's no hassle at all, Mr... um..." Joshua said in reply, before stopping to speak as he did not know the man's name. "Oh, I don't believe I've introduced myself yet... I am Professor Dillon Pickle of Spagonia University... and who might you be?" The man said, introducing himself before asking Joshua his name. "Joshua, Joshua Sentrium Burns" Joshua replied to Prof. Pickle's question.

"Oh ho, I see! Well I appreciate the help you gave me, Joshua... now where did I put my sandwich... ah, here it is" Prof. Pickle said before turning to the table where he placed on what was apparently a cucumber sandwich and went to grab it... unintentionally dropping his books again as he was using one hand, almost getting them on Joshua, but fortunately he stepped back a bit. "...Oh, I'm terribly sorry for that, Joshua" The professor said to him apologetically. "Ah no, it's fine... here, let me carry these books for you, you look like you need the assistance" Joshua said, as he reached down to grab all of the professor's books. "Ah, that's greatly appreciated, thank you" Prof. Pickle said to him, grateful for his help.

Joshua then stood up with all of his books in hand, as he looked at the professor, who took a bite out of his sandwich. "Alright, so where will we be taking this books, professor?" Joshua asked. "We'll be heading over to my dormitory to drop off the books, which is quite close actually... oh, there seems to be someone behind you" Prof. Pickle said to Joshua, noticing someone behind him. "...Hm?" Joshua mouthed as he turned around to face whoever was behind him.. it was Jayden, and she looked happy.

"Oh, hello Sis', just helping out someone in need" Joshua said to his sister. "I can see that, that was really thoughtful of you" Jayden replied to him "Do you need help carrying them though?" She asked him. "No, I got it for now" Joshua replied, insisting he didn't require the aid. "I'll carry a couple for you anyway" Jayden said as she grabbed a couple of books from him. "Well, thank you... I guess" Joshua said as he had less books to carry now.

Professor Pickle looked at the two siblings as he observed their behavior. "...Ah, you two must be siblings from the looks of it... who might you be, young miss?" He asked Jayden, who turned to look at him. "Oh! I'm Jayden, Jayden Sarah Burns!" Jayden said, introducing herself in a kind tone. "Well then, it's great to have you and your brother help me, Jayden" Prof. Pickle said as he turned around "Let's head off to my dormitory now, I have some things to gather when I get there" He said, as he began walking off to his dormitory, with the two siblings following him.

***A couple of minutes later...***

The three were then within the professor's dormitory, as the siblings had already set down the books upon a table when entering. "...You have a nice place here, Professor" Joshua said as a compliment, when he was looking around his surroundings, with Prof. Pickle replying with a simple 'thank you', as he went to grab a clipboard with some papers on them. "Alright, I have what I need now... Once again, I thank the two of you for your help" The professor said to the two siblings. "You're welcome, Professor" Jayden said in acknowledgement, with Joshua giving a simple nod.

"Well, I-" Professor Pickle was about to finish before being interrupted by a knock at his door "...Oh, who could that be?" He said, as he walked over to the door to his dormitory, with Joshua and Jayden watching him approach the door. Upon opening the door, a lightly-shaded blue hedgehog with a grey mustache and eyebrows, looking to be middle-aged as he was seen standing within the doorway. "Good afternoon, Professor" The hedgehog said to the professor upon him opening the door. "Ah, Sir Charles, glad you could make it" Prof. Pickle said before welcoming him in. "Of course. You didn't think I'd let you start our research without me, did you?" The hedgehog named Sir Charles said, giving a soft laugh as he walked in.

"...Charles?" Joshua mouthed as he and Jayden saw him walk in, surprised to see him. Sir Charles looked over to face the two siblings, looking surprised as well to see them. "...What a pleasant surprise this is! I didn't expect to see you two here with Professor Pickle" Sir Charles said to the two siblings. "We were helping the professor carry his books over here" Jayden said as she gave a kind smile. "So I see" Sir Charles said as he faced Prof. Pickle "I presume they didn't give you any hassle?" He asked him. "Not at all! They were quite helpful" Prof. Pickle replied.

"Ah, well that is good to hear then" Sir Charles said as he turned to face the siblings once more "How is your father by the way?" He asked the two. "He's doing alright... although he's gotten more busy than usual though" Joshua replied to his question. Sir Charles gave a soft, acknowledging laugh "Your father always liked to keep himself busy... He still takes time to spend some with you though, right?" He asked. "Mhm! He hasn't forgotten about quality family time" Jayden replied. "That is good to hea-" Sir Charles said, before being interrupted from a noise outside.

Sir Charles, along with the other three in the room, had heard explosions in the distance, not close enough to the university or the surrounding buildings to do structural damage, but close enough to be heard clearly. "Oh my, what on earth was that?" Prof. Pickle said upon hearing the distant explosions. Joshua and Jayden glanced at each other, before suddenly breaking off into a sprint out of the room to see what was going on, being followed by Sir Charles as he ran after them. Soon, the three of them were outside the building, as their eyes slightly widened.

Off in the distance in front of them, was a fleet of aerostats up in the sky that had the mark of the Eggman Empire, with mobian and robotic troops were on the ground, the robots consisting of standard Swatbots and Egg Gunners, with the Mobians wearing uniforms that resembled a certain Eggboss... that alone gave the impression that this was the Eurish Egg Army attacking. The ground troops were marching into Spagonia, as they were ignoring the fleeing civilians, not even attempting to capture them.

"Agh, of all the places Eggman could be right now" Sir Charles said in slight frustration as Joshua quickly slid down something from his forehead to his eyes, resembling that of aviator sunglasses. Sir Charles notices this and turned to face him "Those aren't sunglasses you're wearing, are you?" He asked Joshua, who shook his head. "This is a Battlefield Tactical HUD... It allows me to see anything through a bird's-eye view and communicate with others with a valid uplink" Joshua said, describing his eyewear. "That's a useful pair of glasses then... I'm assuming you can see their forces" Sir Charles said. "Mm-hm, they have that part of the city on lockdown as of right now and they're progressing... wonder how G.U.N is going to respond to this" Joshua answered.

"Josh, I think we may have to get involved in the defense" Jayden said as she faced him. "Indeed" Joshua mouthed in agreement.. when he reached behind his back though, he felt nothing "...Damnit, that's right... I left my equipment back at the Fort before we left, all except the emerald... how about you, Sis'?" Joshua said as he looked at her. "I brought my modified DC-24 and my emerald" She replied. "Hm, so at least we have your sentries and our shields... but without anything else, we're sitting ducks" Joshua said.

"...Emeralds? You two have Chaos Emeralds on hand?" Sir Charles asked as he looked at the two. "Oh, um.. not exactly, but... look, we'll have time to explain later" Joshua replied, with Sir Charles replying with a simple 'right'. "Wait, Josh, you have your ice too! You could use that in absence of your weapons" Jayden pointed out. "Hm... yes, I could do that, though I feel like our efforts will only delay them... Charles" Joshua said, turning to face Sir Charles "You know anyone that could give us a hand?" He asked. "I can contact the Freedom Fighters to help with that HUD of yours, they'll certainly be of some help" Sir Charles said.

"That's good... um... you know how to work a BFT-HUD, right?" Joshua asked him. "...Not necessarily... though I'm no stranger to technology and hardware, I'm sure I can figure it out" Sir Charles said, reassuring him. "Alright, Let's hope your folks come to our aid" Joshua said as he handed the BFT-HUD to Sir Charles, who put it on "In the meantime, we have to fend them off... if we're lucky, maybe G.U.N's first response will be here within a few minutes" He said. "You two should make contact with Eggman's troops a few streets ahead, if you feel like you're being overwhelmed, head back to the university... I'll watch over Professor Pickle while you two are gone" Sir Charles said.

The two siblings nodded in acknowledgement as they turned around towards the streets. "Let's go, Sis'" Joshua said, as he broke off in a run forwards, his sister following him, as Sir Charles began his attempt to contact the Freedom Fighters with the BFT-HUD "Let's see here..."

***Meanwhile, within the Eggman-held areas of Spagonia, few minutes later...***

Lord Mordred Hood was overseeing the entire city through a screen within a makeshift command post that was basically a taken over apartment building. "No response from the United Federation nor the Freedom Fighters yet.. surely both have noticed this invasion by now" He thought to himself, before looking at another screen as a Mobian chipmunk in a standard uniform appeared on said screen. "How goes the occupation?" Mordred asked the chipmunk. "Our forces are sweeping through the city with ease, my lord. It'll only be a matter of time before we approach Spagonia University" The chipmunk reported in. "Magnificent. But remember; this is only a diversion. We will only go as far as the university before we hunker down and cause as much damage to their counterattack as possible" Mordred said "..And if they give up trying to drive us out, then.. well, guess Spagonia will be ours" He added to his statement.

Suddenly another screen blinked online as a Mobian Lemming came into view "Lord Hood!" The lemming called out, sounding to be on alert and caught the attention of Mordred. "What is it? Do you see G.U.N forces inbound?" Mordred asked, noticing the lemming's alerted tone. "No my lord, but we do have two unconfirmed sightings of Freedom Fighters near the university" The lemming replied. "...Unconfirmed? Why are the sightings unconfirmed?" Mordred asked as he had a confused expression. "We found remanments of one of our squadrons while we were on patrol... only one of them is still alive, and they told us that their squad encountered two hedgehogs in the area" The lemming said, which the mention of two hedgehogs surprised Mordred, as he became very nervous.

"T-two hedgehogs? You're telling me we're going to be dealing with Sonic and Shadow?" Mordred asked, his nervous expression clearly visible. "No my lord, the squad member reported that the hedgehogs looked nothing like them" The lemming said, Mordred's nervousness calming down as he sighed a bit in relief. "So... if they're not Sonic or Shadow... then who are they?" Mordred said, as he began to ponder on their identities. "We don't know, my lord. However, as the squad member recalls, the hedgehogs had red fur and wore clothing... nothing like Sonic or Shadow, my lord, though he doesn't know if they're fellow Freedom Fighters, but we suspect they are" The lemming said.

"Is that so? Hm... continue on your patrol path, keep an eye out for those hedgehogs" Mordred ordered the lemming. "By your word, Lord Hood" The lemming said, before the screen flickered off. Mordred turned back to the screen that displayed the entire city, pressing a couple of buttons on a control panel to contact his forces "Attention everyone of the Eurish Egg Army, keep on the lookout for two red hedgehogs near the university. If you see them, bring them in alive for questioning" Mordred ordered his forces, with numerous division commanders replying in acknowledgement. After he gave the order, Mordred continued to look at the screen in front of him, as he began to ponder "Just who are we dealing with... no matter, G.U.N forces will be here soon. If worse comes to worse, I'll just spring the trap earlier than intended if they get too close" Mordred thought to himself as he looked at the screen.

***In the streets of Spagonia...***

The same squad that had contacted Mordred earlier was at this time continuing on their patrol path as instructed, with the squad consisting mostly of Mobians of multiple races, with one Egg Gunner as well. "...Can you believe it? An entire squadron taken out by only two people... crazy, right?" One of the squad-mates, a Armadillo said to the others, starting conversation. "Yeah... not hard to believe though, the Empire was always having trouble with the Freedom Fighters running about" Another squadmate, a Coyote replied "Very true" The armadillo said "Cut the chatter, we need to keep up awareness" Their squad leader said, which was the Lemming that contacted Mordred earlier.

*"...Signatures detected, unknown... most likely hostile"* The Egg Gunner stated to the squad, as it was suddenly on alert. The Lemming turned to face the Egg Gunner "How many signatures did you detect?" The lemming asked the Egg Gunner. *"Two signatures in the street ahead... they are on the move, heading towards our position"* The Egg Gunner replied. "What? Everyone, form up into defensive positions, we got hostiles incoming!" The Lemming ordered, as the squad listened to his orders without delay, forming a circular formation as they took any available cover, most of them kneeling behind cars with one of them having their back against a wall in a alleyway.

*"Signatures have entered the current street"* The Egg Gunner stated to the squad. "Anybody got a visual?" The coyote asked his squad as he hid behind a car, peeking out of his cover for a bit before going back. "Nothing yet... where are they?" The soldier in the alleyway said, who was looking out into the street from his cover. The entire street went quiet for a bit, as the squad looked all around them, wondering where the supposed signatures were *"Signatures are closing in, they will arrive in approximately thirty seconds"*  The Egg Gunner stated to the squad, as they continued looking out in the street. "...I see no movement... the Gunner's scanners must've gotten faulty" The soldier in the alleyway said as he began to walk out of said alleyway walking back to his squad. *"...Alert!-"* The Egg Gunner said as it suddenly looked up to face the rooftops.

The soldier that was walking to his squad was suddenly struck by a large, sharpened rod of ice, as he led out a 'Uh!' when the ice rod struck his upper chest, with him collapsing on the ground. *"Hostiles have reached our current position"* The Egg Gunner said as the rest of the squad looked up to the rooftops, facing one of the red hedgehogs, a male one to be exact that was mentioned earlier... unknown to the squad, the hedgehog was Joshua, who had a sharpened rod of ice in his left hand as he stared them down. Without hesitation, the Egg Gunner pointed it's Vulcan cannon at Joshua. Seeing this, Joshua raised up his free hand, an ice barrier forming in front of him as the Egg Gunner opened fire, the bullets hitting the barrier as Joshua replenished whatever damage that was inflicted on the ice barrier. "Open fire on that hedgehog!" The Lemming ordered the squad, as the remaining squad fired at the barrier that Joshua was behind.

The Egg Gunner then boosted itself into the air using it's jet propulsions to get above the barrier as the squad continued to fire at the ice barrier. Before the Egg Gunner prepared to attack however, it detected a third signature behind it, along with the second previously mentioned signature as the Gunner turned around. When the Gunner turned around, it saw another hedgehog on the rooftop across from the one Joshua was on, of which the Gunner identified the hedgehog as a female, of which said hedgehog was Jayden as she appeared to be shooting a beam of energy a couple of feet on her right with some sort of device, as a turret began to take form of where the beam was being shot at. Taking quick notice of the turret being constructed by the apparent device, the Egg Gunner took aim with it's right arm cannon, preparing to fire a missile at Jayden to halt the construction process.

Before the Egg Gunner could fire however, it was suddenly struck by a sharpened rod of ice that impaled it's right arm cannon, preventing a missile from being fired but fortunately didn't cause the Gunner to explode. The Egg Gunner turned around to face Joshua, who had thrown the rod and used his ice manipulation to accurately strike the Gunner at his intended target, quickly retaliating as it fired it's Vulcan cannon down at Joshua as it was high enough in the air to bypass the barrier that was still taking damage from the squad's continued onslaught, with the barrier close to destruction. Seemingly, Joshua would have been struck by the Gunner's attack, but said attack was fortunately blocked as a shield of some kind had became visible to block the shots fired from the Egg Gunner's Vulcan cannon. While his shield was tanking the bullets fired, Joshua leapt to the left to commence a roll to dodge some of the Gunner's shots, before making a run for another rooftop with some cover as the squad noticed him come out of the previous cover of his ice barrier, and concentrated their fire on him.

A loud "*BEEP-BEEP"* was then heard by the squad as they fired at Joshua, hitting his shield a few times before he got into cover. Before they could react however, the Egg Gunner was suddenly struck by shots of Antimatter and Dark Matter before it exploded due to the damage it sustained. One of the squad members, the coyote from earlier was the first to turn to look up at the rooftop Jayden was at, seeing an automated turret as it pointed down at them "Get in the building!" The Lemming ordered his squad as they all began to run towards the windows of a building as the sentry fired Autocannons at the squad, managing to take down the Armadillo from earlier as well as another squad member, as the rest managed to enter the building they were running towards via it's windows on the first floor.

As they entered the building, the remaining four squad members moved away from the windows as they went into a separate room that resembled a Living Room. "Barricade this room up, we need to contact Lord Hood and notify him of the situation!" The Lemming said to his squad, as two of the squadmates began to overturn furniture to block up any entrances via doors and windows or otherwise use them as potential cover, while the Coyote began to hail Mordred. The lemming waited for the coyote to establish contact with Mordred as the living room had soon been barricaded. Soon contact with Mordred was established as the Lemming turned to the coyote who had Mordred visual on a screen upon the front of the coyote's eyewear.

"Lord Hood, we have a situation to report" The Lemming said to Mordred as he was seen with his arms crossed "What is it? Do you have anything regarding those hedgehogs?" Mordred asked "We do my lord, we're caught in a skirmish with them and taking losses" The Lemming replied "How many have you lost?" Mordred asked, sounding a little anxious "We lost half of our squad including the Egg Gunner, the rest of us are currently barricaded in a living room" The lemming said "Half of your squad is down? That does not bode well... Hmm... since you're still alive, tell me everything you know about them during your skirmish" Mordred said, his anxiousness fading, knowing he now has an opportunity to learn more of his opponent. "As the survivor of the previous squad had reported, they do indeed have red fur and clothing, one of which is a male and the other is a female... judging by their appearance, they look related, my lord" The Lemming said "They're siblings? That can be advantageous... tell me more" Mordred said, sounding interested as the Lemming continued on with his report.

As the Lemming's squad was held up in the living room, Joshua had gotten out of his cover to walk over to the edge of the rooftop he was on, looking down on the street before looking across over to Jayden, who was looking back at him "Where'd they go?" Joshua asked her from afar "They went in that building over there" Jayden replied, pointing at the first floor of the building that was next to the one Joshua was on, of which he looked at said building "They want us to engage in close quarters... without our swords we're highly inefficient in that case" Joshua said while looking the building before looking back up to Jayden "So what should we do then?" Jayden asked him "I'm going to survey the surrounding area... give me a second" He said as he extended his left hand down on the rooftop beneath him, as a platform of ice appeared below his feet, of which the platform rose Joshua upwards by a few dozen feet, allowing him to get a visual on many streets in the area.

"...Oh this isn't good" Joshua thought to himself upon observing some of the streets for about a minute, before having the platform lower him back to the rooftop he was on previously. Afterwards, he turned to face Jayden as he stepped onto the rooftop "We need to move now" He said "Move? Where are we going?" Jayden asked him "Back to the University, Eggman's forces are advancing and we must get there to protect Charles and Professor Pickle" Joshua replied as he began to head towards the university upon the rooftops, with Jayden following him from the other rooftops across from them.

A sound in the sky caught their attention as the two of them looked up, seeing several jets flying straight towards the Eurish Egg Army's aerostats as the two siblings slowed to a stop as they turned around to look at the jets. The jets began to fire autocannons that fired lasers, as well as missiles at three aerostats, which said aerostats were Mako Gunships as the jets were aiming for the cannon batteries on the Mako Gunships to ensure that they render them combat ineffective and not to send them crashing on the city below. The missiles and lasers fired by the jets managed to destroy the cannon batteries on the targeted Mako Gunships as the jets zoomed by the fleet, before turning around for another pass. The fleet dispersed response fighters as they flew towards the jets, as a dogfight would soon commence near the fleet.

"Those are G.U.N Jets..." Joshua said as he saw the jets combat against the fleet's fighters "That means help has arrived!" Jayden said as she faced over to her brother "Indeed, but that's only their jets, if any ground forces or transport helicopters are on their way, it'll take a bit for them to get here" Joshua said to Jayden, turning his head to face her. "Right, then we must hurry to the university, come on!" Jayden said as she began running over the rooftops again to head to the university, Joshua following her soon after as the two siblings eventually got on the same rooftop, the two of them nearing the university.

***Meanwhile, in Mordred's Command Post...***

Lord Mordred Hood was within his command post as he was looking at a screen which showed his fleet, the G.U.N Jet Fighters, and his fleet's own fighters. In the ongoing dogfight, G.U.N's fighters seemed to be getting the edge over Mordred's fighters "Agh... first those two nuisances of hedgehogs come to be a pain for my patrols, and now G.U.N is swatting my fighters like flies... can't my forces do anything right?" He said as he groaned in frustration "...Hm, no matter" He said as he turned to face another screen, as it flickered on to reveal an Egg Pawn with a worker helmet as it appeared to be in a sewer "What's the progress on those charges?" Mordred asked the Egg Pawn.

*"We are still planting the charges alongside the sewer lines with a 46% completion rate, Lord Hood"* The Egg Pawn on the screen said. "Forty-six percent? Can you go a little bit faster, Mmmm?" Mordred said as he glanced at the other screen "G.U.N Forces are on their way and they'll in Spagonia at any moment" He added while looking back at the screen with the Egg Pawn. *"We will take measures to speed up the planting of the explosives, Lord Hood"* The Egg Pawn said "Good, now get to work" Mordred said as the screen flickered off before he faced back the screen showing the dogfight between his fighters and G.U.N's jets.

Suddenly the sound of an alerting bleep was heard by Mordred as he turned to face a third screen, which displayed a radar that had coverage of the entirety of Spagonia as well as the surrounding area. The radar seemed to have detected something heading straight towards Spagonia as it was displayed as a small dot on the radar, specifically a red one to indicate a hostile signature... unlike what seemed to be other red dotted signatures that were approaching from a different angle, as well as approached in number and were slow to approach, this red signature was by itself and flying fast. "What? That can't be a G.U.N transport, otherwise it would be flying with it's squadrons... who is that?" Mordred said puzzled as he saw the dot approaching Spagonia.

Mordred then pressed a panel on the screen displaying the dogfight as he contacted one of his fighters "This is Lord Hood, I need you to scout and intercept the lone signature heading straight for Spaogina" Mordred said to the fighter he was contacting, of which the fighter obliged and managed to divert it's path from the ongoing dogfight without any of the G.U.N jets pursuing, as it flew towards the detected signature at high speeds. Mordred turned over to face the screen with the radar as it was replaced with a live-feed coverage displayed from the fighter "Let's see who's coming over to pick a fight" Mordred thought to himself as he watched the feed.

The fighter continued to fly towards the detected signature until it got within visual sight, first appearing as a small dot on Mordred's screen, until the fighter neared closer and eventually zoomed past overhead the signature, it's appearance able to be seen fully by Mordred. The detected signature seemed to be a blue vintage biplane with red tips on the wings with yellow outlines on the front, along with a insignia that displayed two orange tails on the back rudder of the biplane. The fighter then turned around to face the biplane's backside, as Mordred was able to see the pilot of the aircraft, as well as seeing a couple of passengers as the biplane had two seats, holding the passenger and pilot while a second passenger was apparently standing on the biplane's wings, specifically the center.

Mordred's eyes widened a bit as he recognized the passenger standing on the biplane's wing, as well as the pilot and the other passenger. "Shoot them down, without hesitation!" Mordred ordered the fighter. The fighter acknowledged as it fired a couple of missiles at the biplane as they locked on. The biplane suddenly however flew upwards as it commenced a half loop while rolling with high maneuverability and speed in order to remain upside up as the missiles curved after the biplane as the fighter flew past them from underneath. The biplane waited for the missiles to get close before swiftly turning to its left side as the first missile flew past it, before the biplane did a roll to the right slightly as the second missile flew past it overhead, both of the missiles detonating mid-air soon after passing the biplane.

The biplane then made a sharp turn to the left as it dived down to reach the same attitude as the fighter, managing to get behind of it before firing lasers from a couple of blasters as the shots managed to hit the fighter's backside several times. The fighter then caught fire as it soon began to plummet to the ground as the damage it sustained was too much for it to remain airborne, resulting in it crashing to the ground, with the biplane continuing it's flight path towards Spagonia.

The screen showing the live-feed from the fighter went to static before displaying the radar coverage once more as Mordred just stared at the screen in silence "...Damn it to hell!" He said in a temper, smashing his fist into a wall as his cybernetic hand made a hole through said wall. Taking his hand out of the wall, he turned his head to face the screen with the radar, watching the biplane getting closer to Spagonia on said radar "You may come at me, Freedom Fighters, along with G.U.N and your two boots on the ground... but watch out, you should never underestimate a snake's strike" Mordred said to himself as he looked over at the screen displaying the dogfight, as a couple of G.U.N jets were shot down and crashed into the buildings below, which made Mordred grin as he thought it was only a matter of time until he maintained superiority of the skies once more.

As Lord Mordred Hood continues to provide a diversion for G.U.N with the battle of Spagonia, the conflict in the Resako Republic continues as the might of the Eggman Empire moves it's advance forward.

## Chapter Three: Havenfall

***April 2nd, Location: Fort Ascension, Territory Ownership: Resako Republic***

At the Resako Republic's major military stronghold: Fort Ascension, which was damaged from the three attacks thrown at it earlier, the many commanding officers of the Resako Republic's armed forces were overseeing the many battles taking place within the republic's territory within the fort's command center, watching the battles through screens that displayed said battles through a bird's-eye view. Overseeing these commanding officers was General Rommel Saniuqa, the leading commanding of Resako's armed forces, as he faced one of the commanding officers.

"How's it looking for us so far in our defense?" Rommel asked the commander officer "It's not looking good for us General, our outposts and towns are falling to the enemy at a rapid rate, we're barely holding onto the Town of Haven, but it's still under siege" The commanding officer said as he turned over to face Rommel "Damn it... are we the only bastion left in the entire republic?" Rommel asked "No sir, we still have Fort Valleyheart and Outpost Columbia, but reports state that Columbia is about to be attacked" The commanding officer replied back to Rommel "Hm, good to see we're not by ourselves then... in that case-" Rommel said, about to finish his sentence before being interrupted as another commanding officer "General, we got another attack incoming! Bigger than the last one!" He said to Rommel.

"What? This is their fourth wave..." He said with a sigh "...Well, let them come... we repelled three of their attacks so far, who's to say we can't do it again?!" Rommel said to the others in the room "Yeah, we can beat them back again!" One of the commanding officers said "We'll prepare the garrison, General!" Another said "Good... let's defend our home!" Rommel said as the other commanding officers.

***Meanwhile, in the Town of Haven...***

As the garrison in Fort Ascension were mounting up for another defense against the Eggman Empire, the battle for the Town of Haven was still ongoing, as the Eggman Empire had taken almost half of the town, with the Resako Republic's garrisons barely holding onto the territory they have left. The 7th Armored Division, 10th Infantry Assault Battalion, and 24th Infantry Defense Regiment were currently battling Eggman's troops within a couple of urban city blocks, as they were fighting to halt their advance further into the town.

"We can't let them take Haven men, fight with everything you got!" A familiar voice said as he addressed his troops... it was Captain Belosky, and it seemed he was out on the front with his troops. As he addressed his men, a M60A3 Main Battle Tank that he was standing next to had fired a HEAT shell from it's 105mm main cannon, aiming at a Cameron from afar as it's shell was hit, the shell piercing through it's armor which resulted in the destruction of the Cameron. There were several Swatbots nearby the Cameron as they fired at infantry from the 10th Infantry Assault Battalion with their wrist laser blasts, as the targeted infantry retaliated with standard M16A4 Assault Rifles as both sides were out in the open.

Some of the infantry were taken down, about four were either injured or killed from the Swatbots, who also lost a few of their own as well. A couple of Egg Gunners come flying in from above, landing on the ground as they opened fire at the rest of the infantry that were in view with their vulcan cannons, catching them by surprise as several were killed, though a few more emerged from cover to fire at the Gunners and Swatbots, taking out the two Gunners along with a single Swatbot before they could retaliate.

Shots suddenly rang out from behind the M60A3 as a couple of ZSU-23-4 Shikasopened fire in the skies as dozens of Egg Flappers were seen, accompanied by several aerial Egg Gunners and Buzzers as the Shikas took out many of the Flappers, with some of the Buzzers and Gunners being taken out as well. In retaliation, the Gunners aimed their right arm cannons at the Shikas, before they fired missiles at them to destroy their mobile anti-air coverage, while the Buzzers and Flappers fired lasers from their stingers and rifles at the M60A3 and the infantry nearby it, the infantry along with Captain Belosky retaliating by firing their weapons, Belosky being armed with a M27 IAR Assault Rifle.

Due to the light armor on the Shikas, they were destroyed when impacted by a couple of missiles, while the M60A3's heavy armor prevented it's destruction, though was damaged as the soldier manning it's M73 machine gun was shot and killed, along with several other infantry near the tank. Some of the Buzzers and Egg Flappers however were taken down as well from the infantry's retaliation, though more were coming as a few Humvees that were ordered to do force recon sped past the destroyed Shikas as they passed the M60A3 and the infantry, raming their bumpers into some of the Swatbots from earlier, basically running them over as they opened fire at some Egg Pawns that were present not too far from the now destroyed Swatbots with their machine guns.

The Egg Pawns' numbers began to dwindle as some of them began to fire back at the Humvees with Egg Guns while a few others blocked the bullets with a handheld heavy metal shield, which also saved some other pawns from getting shot at. The Humvees were damaged from the shots being fired at them, even killing a machine gunner on one of the humvees, which caused the driver of that humvee to backup to drive away, while the other three kept on firing. The Egg Pawns' numbers were decreasing fast, until one of them held up an Egg Bazooka, taking aim with it before it fired a missile at the middle Humvee, resulting in it's destruction as the other two machine gunners resumed firing as reinforcements were seen coming into view, consisting of Egg Gunners, Egg Pawns, Swatbots, Camerons, and even Egg Flappers and Egg Flyers as they were heading straight towards them.

"We did enough damage and provided enough recon, fall back!" One of the drivers said as the remaining two humvees began to back up to drive away, as another Egg Pawn fired their Egg Bazooka at one of the humvees. Unfortunately, the missile missed as the humvee managed to drive out of the way as it struck the lower part of a building instead, the machine gunners covering their escape by firing more bullets

The two surviving humvees made it back to Belosky's position as one sped past him to go back deeper into the Republic's side of the city while the other one stopped at his other side, as the M60A3 was still there waiting for more targets. The driver of the humvee rolled down his car door window as he turned to face the captain "We lost two of our cars Captain, but we whittled down some of their current forces and caught sight of their reinforcements" The driver said "How many are there?" Belosky asked the driver.

"We managed to take a lot of their current force of Egg Pawns out sir, but we got more incoming, supported by a variety of units!" The driver responded "This is going to be a tough standoff then... not to worry, we got some Puma IFVs, more M60A3s, and even an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams heading our way to support us" Belosky said, which surprised the driver as he looked at the captain "We got a SEPv3 Abrams?!" The driver said in shock to him "That's not all, we got a few Boeing AH-6Is and one of our imported Mil Mi-24 Hinds... heh, can't you believe G.U.N can make some crazy helicopters?" Belosky said with a chuckle.

"Will that be enough to halt their advance, sir?" The driver asked "The upcoming fight will determine that corporal, now I must notify my surviving forces to keep a stern hold of this area, you get back to the garrison" Belosky said to the driver "Affirmative, sir!" The driver said in acknowledgement as he began to drive away from the captain, rolling his car window back up as he did. Upon the humvee driving off, Belosky pulled out a handheld radio as he began to contact his forces to prepare themselves for a hard fight.

***Meanwhile, in another part of the town...***

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