Knuckles: Endangered Species Issue 1

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***Knuckles: Endangered Species Issue 1*** is the first issue of the Knuckles: Endangered Species miniseries.

## Summary

### Solicitation

*The Dark Egg Legion has prevailed over Team Fighters, and now Albion’s rescuers need rescuing—fortunately Knuckles, Julie-Su and Saffron are up to the challenge. But as Rad Red battles a robotic duplicate of himself and his guilt over his actions as Enerjak, an even greater threat looms on the horizon!*

### Story One

*"Endangered Species Part Two: In Captivity"*
In the echidna city of Albion, the citizens and Team Fighters are fighting the Albion Dark Egg Legion in the capitol district. Sonic is knocked back by Metal Knuckles and is immediately checked in on by Amy and Tails. Meanwhile, Lien-Da comments that the tides had finally turn against the heroes, followed by Knuckles' robotic duplicate telling her that it was more of Eggman's efforts than her own. With the citizens, Remington tells Teri-Lu that they have to fall back. They are lead by Amy in a full retreat while Tails is airlifting Sonic away. Remington is shocked down by his aunt, Tails and Sonic are knocked out of the sky by Metal Knuckles, and Amy is taken out of commission by Gae-Na.

A few hours later, the legionnaire Syntar is telling command that the citizens had been recaptured by the soldiers. Komi-Ko, who is in the large group of citizens with Crystal-La and some others, is confronting a small Bimmy Junior when Crystal snaps at the legionnaires, telling them that Knuckles, the avatar, would show up soon, when they began to make fun of him behind his back. A warp ring opens up behind them where the Chaotix appear and begin to fight, causing an uprising within the citizens. Knuckles is called the avatar in which he immediately denies, telling them that he had failed his people. Julie-Su and Saffron console him before splitting up; Knuckles and Saffron and the citizens go in to deal the legionairs outisde while Julie-Su sneaks in while in disguise.

With the prisoners, Remington and Team Fighters begin to get under Lien-Da's skin with informing them of the explsives in their cybernetics. Back with ground control, a massive fight happens where Knuckles and Metal Knuckles begin to fightt, ending with Saffron blowing him up and leaving him a head. In the building, Lien-Da gets a status report from Cobar before getting in an argumant in with Lien-Da. Julie-Su blasts the power source of the handcuffs they had on the prisoners, causing Sonic to take out the guards and go help to Knuckles. The two are about to get the civilians out of the city, but they are stopped by a large shadowy figure.

### Appearances

#### Characters

* Bimmy Jr.
* Crystal-La
* Devil Dogs
* Dr. Finitevus *(Mentioned)*
* Eggman Empire
	+ Badniks
		- Metal Series
			* Metal Knuckles
	+ Dark Egg Legion
		- Albion Dark Egg Legion
			* Cobar the Echidna *(First Appearance)*
			* Gae-Na
			* Lien-Da
			* Syntar the Echidna
	+ Dr. Eggman *(Mentioned)*
* Freedom Fighters
	+ Chaotix
		- Charmy Bee *(Flashback)*
		- Julie-Su
		- Knuckles the Echidna
		- Saffron Bee
	+ Team Fighters
		- Amy Rose
		- Miles "Tails" Prower
		- Sonic the Hedgehog
* Knecapeon Mace
* Komi-Ko
* Lara-Le
* Remington the Echidna
* Sally Acorn *(Mentioned)*
* Teri-Lu
* Thrash the Tasmanian Devil
* Wynmacher

#### Races & Species

* Mobian
	+ Echidna
	+ Tasmanian Devil
* Mobini
	+ Devil Dog
* Overlander *(mentioned)*

#### Locations

* Mobius Prime
	+ Mobius
		- Yurashia
			* Albion

### Off-Panel

The Krudzu Hybrid Hydra comes out of the ground and announces his amazing return. Almost immediately, he is run over by a Dark Legion tank; one legionnaire asks if they hit something and the other brushes it off as probably not anything important.

### Appearances

#### Characters

* Eggman Empire
	+ Badniks
		- Krudzu Hybrid Hydra *(Off-Panel Only)*
	+ Dark Egg Legion

#### Locations

* Mobius Prime
	+ Mobius
		- Yurashia
			* Albion

## Key Events

* Metal Knuckles is destroyed by Knuckles and Saffron.
* The Dark Legion attack is stopped by the Chaotix, Team Fighters, and the echidnas of Albion.

## Background Information

* Knuckles: Endangered Species is the first canon series original to Archie Sonic Online, not counting the noncanon Mobius Legends.

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