Team Fighters

**Team Fighters** is a team led by Sonic the Hedgehog as one of two teams to replace the disbanded Knothole Freedom Fighters. Consisting of Sonic, Amy Rose, and Tails, the team's purpose is to handle threats caused by Dr. Eggman outside of New Mobotropolis, and inspire the people of Mobius that they aid to defend themselves as well. To this end, they have primarily worked to relentlessly track down the Death Egg Mark 2, hoping to not only stop Eggman, but also rescue Sally Acorn from aiding him as Mecha Sally. Their team travels light, using the Tornado as their main mode of transportation while also having T-Pup along for utility purposes.

## History

### Formation

Following the various losses of Sally Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette, and Bunnie D'Coolette, the Knothole Freedom Fighters had fallen apart. Sonic and Rotor felt that their best option was to reform into two new teams, and brought the idea before the Council of Acorn. Although King Naugus attempted to deny the motion on the premise that he alone could protect New Mobotropolis, the Council voted their approval. Sonic appointed himself the leader of Team Fighters, made up of himself, Amy Rose, Miles "Tails" Prower, and T-Pup, with their mission being to pursue Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Mark 2 in the Tornado and eventually rescue Mecha Sally. (StH: #235, #236)

### First Missions

The team followed the Death Egg to Furville and found it being invaded by Mecha Sally leading an Egg Swat army. In saving the town and its residents, they chased away Mecha Sally while inspiring the locals to fight off the lingering Egg Swats. While Team Fighters helped the townsfolk, the Death Egg retreated to Lost Temple of Shazamazon, however Sonic overheard Mecha Sally relaying these orders and the team took off in pursuit. (StH: #236)

Team Fighters then arrived in the Wolf Pack Nation to discover that Grand Chief Lupe had been captured and Lobo was rousing the pack leaders into holding the Felidae responsible. The team set out into the forest along with Leeta and Lyco as guides, and rescued Queen Hathor from Grandmaster Razorklaw and the local D.E.L. chapter. The team defeated Razorklaw with ease, and after learning Mecha Sally and Eggman were responsible for kidnapping Lupe, made their way to the Shazamazon Temple to prevent Lupe's Legionization. They arrived at the temple and swiftly took out the guards before Sonic engaged Razorklaw again. Amy and Leeta fought more guards, while Hathor and Lyco defeated Grandmaster Drago and rescued Lupe, as Tails planted a tracking device on the Death Egg and fought Mecha Sally. The team was forced to flee the temple as the Death Egg made a hasty takeoff, and with Queen Hathor's aid succeeded in mending the fences between the Cats and Wolves and driving off the remaining D.E.L. troops. Following this, Team Fighters again departed to chase down the Death Egg. (StH: #237, #238)

The team followed the Death Egg to Feral Forest on the Tornado, as Eggman dropped off invasion pods and fled. Tails used T-Pup's scanner to theorize that Eggman was heading back to New Mobotropolis as they set out to fend off the Egg Swats with the Tornado in a holding pattern. Amy soon realized Eggman was after Elias intending for Mecha Sally to kill her own brother. Before Sonic could do anything, Mecha Sally sent Silver Sonic to attack him. Meanwhile, Tails encountered Elias being sneaked out of his hut by agents "Joker" and "Queen of Diamonds", until being convinced to cover their escape. Amy in the meantime, faced off against Mecha Sally who had downed Sommersby for trying to delay her, with Tails soon backing Amy up, only for Sally to set fire to the nearby huts and create enough diversions to find no one in Elias' home. T-Pup helped stop Silver Sonic by shocking it with powerful static energy, as the villagers worked together to subdue the robot. Mecha Sally then retreated for the Death Egg, but as there were Egg Swats left to destroy, Team Fighters stayed to control the situation. After the fight, Sonic wished to see Elias, only to learn he was unavailable, but safe. Amy wanted to send a warning to New Mobotropolis about the Death Egg using T-Pup, but was unable to get through as the invasion already started. Tails was able to boost the signal and Amy tried sending her message again, unsure if any one was receiving it. Fortunately, New Mobotropolis was saved, and Team Fighters resumed their pursuit of the Death Egg. (StH: #239, #240)

### Battle of Albion

After engaging various forces deployed to slow them down--including the Krudzu Hybrid Hydra possessed Titan Metal Sonic--the team was forced to stop in Albion in order to aid the resident Echidnas against the New Megaopolis Dark Egg Legion and their robotic ally, Metal Knuckles. Joining up with Remington and his Echidna Security Team, they learned that the Echidnas planned to evacuate Albion and relocate in Mercia. Team Fighters then went with the E.S.T. in an attempt to rescue Albion's matriarch (and mother of Sonic's close friend Knuckles the Echidna) Lara-Le. As Tails and Amy dealt with a newly-installed defense grid, Sonic fought against Lien-Da. After dealing with Lien-Da's newly-gained electrical enhancements, Sonic was almost-immediately knocked out by a returning Metal Knuckles. Upon seeing this, Tails and Amy tried to retreat with the E.S.T., with Tails airlifting Sonic and Amy leading the E.S.T. However, Tails was defeated by Metal Knuckles, while Amy found herself against the D.E.L. Kommissar Gae-Na. While she did put up a fight, Amy too was knocked unconscious in a matter of seconds, resulting in Team Fighters' defeat. (StH: #241, #243; KES: #1)

Team Fighters and the E.S.T. were then captured and taken to Albion's capitol building, where Lara-Le was being held captive. After an ensuing argument between Lien-Da and Remington, Team Fighters were freed by one of their closest allies--Julie-Su the Echidna, who, along with Knuckles and Saffron the Bee, arrived in Albion to save the populace. Now freed, Sonic immediately sprang into action, taking out a bunch of Legionnaires. After Lien-Da's eventual defeat, Julie-Su attempted to bring Team Fighters to safety via a Warp Ring, but it failed to activate, much to the team's confusion. Deciding to improvise, Sonic met up with Knuckles, and together the two manage to defeat more Legionnaires. After that, however, the were soon confronted by another party--Thrash the Devil and his Devil Dogs. (KES: #1)

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### Reclaiming Sally

Team Fighters soon tracked the Death Egg to the Northern Tundra. Here they joined forces with the Arctic Freedom Fighters for an assault on the Death Egg, and were also joined by another unexpected arrival: Silver the Hedgehog, who explained that Sally Acorn was the traitor and he was there to help rescue her. After engaging in battle with Akhlut's pod, Mecha Sally was sent to engage Team Fighters and the Arctic Freedom Fighters. They were quickly overpowered and just when she was about to kill Sonic and Amy she was switched off when Silver used his psychokinesis. (StH: #247)

With their top priority secure, more Egg Swats arrived to subdue Team Fighters. Amy began to hold them off along with Silver and the Arctic Freedom Fighters. Sonic and Tails decide to try to find a way to power down the robots so everyone could excape safely. As the two fought off more Egg Swats, they overheard Dr. Eggman as he kept looking for a bio-analyzer crucial to deroboticizing Sally. Sonic went to distract Eggman, chasing him out of the room, while Tails explored the room and eventually obtained the bio-analyzer. Pursuing Eggman to a storage room, Sonic cornered Eggman, only for the scientist to unveil his newest Badnik--Emerl. Sonic dealt with Emerl and his ability to copy his abilities, before escaping to the Death Egg control room. After destroying the power source to the Egg Swats, Sonic met with the rest of Team Fighters and their allies, and together, they escaped the Death Egg II. After saying goodbye to the Arctic Freedom Fighters, Team Fighters went with Silver and a stabilized Mecha Sally to New Mobotropolis. On their way, Tails contacted Rotor and Uncle Chuck, telling them to prepare the deroboticizer for Mecha Sally. (StHO: #248)

The team's return to New Mobotropolis went without a hitch--however, they were almost immediately assaulted by not only Emerl, but a new version of Metal Sonic as well. Team Fighters immediately began battling the two robots, but Mecha Sally reawakened and immediately targeted Sonic. As Sonic and Mecha Sally continued fighting, Tails went to the lab to get the deroboticizer ready, while Amy began to hold off Metal Sonic and Emerl to buy time. After Amy attacked Metal Sonic, Emerl copied her Piko Piko Hammer, resulting in the Hedgehog and Gizoid fighting to a standstill. However, with Silver's help, Amy managed to incapacitate Emerl, and began to watch over him as Silver went to chase after Metal Sonic. Meanwhile, Sonic kept on fighting Mecha Sally, until Metal Sonic arrived and triggered Mecha Sally's self destruct sequence. Sonic went after her, and he finally managed to subdue her and bring her to the deroboticizer at the last second, finally restoring Sally. (StHO: #249)