Escape From Eggman Island (Episode)

**Escape From Eggman Island** is the first one-shot of Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

* Amy Rose
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Ray the Flying Squirrel (Flashback)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Flashback)
* Fiona Fox
* Sally Acorn (Mentioned, not named)
* Julie-Su (Mentioned)
* Miles "Tails" Prower (Mentioned)
* Matilda the Armadillo (Mentioned, not named)
* Canus Wolf (Does not speak, not named)
* Cheryl the Armadillo (Mentioned, not named)
* Bill the Armadillo (Mentioned, not named)
* Aurora (Mentioned)
* Doctor Robotnik/Eggman (Flashback)

## Plot

This episode starts with Amy and Mighty practicing their boxercise, including Amy doing a Gazelle Punch, but, Mighty manages to block her. The timer goes off and Amy and Mighty go over to Sonia, who hands them bottles of water. Mighty notes that while Amy is strong, she's not a Power-Type like him and Sonia are and she needs to take it easy. Sonia then gets curious about how Mighty and Ray met Sonic, and Mighty notes it was on Eggman Island five years ago.

Back then, Mighty was in handcuffs when he meets Ray for the first time, the poor flying squirrel shaking like a leaf. He was very timid back in the day and Mighty notes that Ray was always considerate of others feelings even if that meant hiding how he truly felt. They then see a young female fox come in and Ray moves to offer her a seat. Mighty and Ray introduce themselves and the fox reveals herself as Fiona. She notes Mighty is from Mercia and she knows this because Northamer armadillos look noticeably different from Mercian armadillos, but, she also notes Mighty has a Northameran accent. Mighty tells her that his parents liked Northameran English more.

While the trio were chatting a Commander Silver SWATBot hits Mighty in the head with it's blaster barrel and some black SWATBots grab Fiona, saying that Robotnik has plans for her and some more SWATBots take Mighty and Ray to hover barge and it's here that the two Mobians notice a blue Mobian hedgehog in a fedora on the back of the barge, laying surprisingly calm. He gives a cocky greeting, much to Sonia's annoyance as she's hearing this back in the present day, but, Mighty notes Sonic was only 10 years old at the time. Back in the flashback, Sonic explains to Mighty and Ray that he's a thorn in Eggman's side and he's a Freedom Fighter who's gone solo for a while. When they get confused, Sonic explains that Eggman's a nickname he gives Robotnik, along with a long list of other nicknames. When Mighty questions why Robotnik didn't take precautions with Sonic like he did with Mighty, he explained he slipped in secretly to rescue the prisoners and he uses a key card to take the cuffs off Mighty and Ray. Sonic notes that because Mighty is shackled with Inhibitor Rings, he must be a Power-Type, but, Mighty points out he's a Balance Speed/Power-Type, Ray explains he's a Balance Speed/Fly-Type, and Sonic reveals to them that he's a Speed-Type. He suggests they make a Team and after a moment's hesitation, Mighty and Ray both agree, as Mighty wanted to give Robotnik a piece of his mind and fist.

The newly formed Team heads over to Robotnik, who is angered about the messed up plans. However, Sonic doesn't see a tripwire as he walks toward it, leading him to be electrocuted. Back in the present. Amy is in deep shock, thinking Eggman killed Sonic, much to Sonia and Mighty's annoyance as she had been seeing him recently, but, she admitted the story felt real enough she was there. Cutting back to the flashback, it's revealed that the electric shock made Sonic unable to swim so he can't get off the island, as well as loosing his breath for a few moments. Ray is shivering in fear as Buzz Bombers and SWATBots are released to cause havoc. Sonic suggests they do a Team Blast, but, Ray admits they don't have one and Sonic tells them to improvise one. Sonic and Ray fly around in circles to create a tornado and Mighty smashes it as it blows all the robots away. The trio follow Robotnik in his haste to escape and stumble upon a vault of very large Power Gems. Robotnik then reveals Mighty's parents have been mining and selling the Power Gems on the black market to keep his little sister safe, leaving Mighty horrified, even more so that Robotnik didn't keep his promise. At that moment, Fiona shows up and tries to shoot Robotnik, but, he shoots with his own blaster, leaving the blasts to cancel each other out. Robotnik reveals that his Laser Rifle is an Overload Blaster and overloads anything it comes into contact with. Mighty realizes that if that happened to a Power Gem, 20 seconds is all it takes to wipe out a city block. He then shoots one of the Power Gems in the room and grabs Fiona, forcing her into a hover car. Ray tries to save Fiona, but, Robotnik punches him away and Sonic catches the young flying squirrel. Mighty immediately realizes they needed to escape and the trio rush off at tremendous speeds as the explosion moved closer and closer. Mighty smashes a wall that was in the way and the trio escape just in time.

Back in the present, Mighty reveals to Sonia that Sonic had a submarine ready to go, much to Sonia's amazement. Mighty then went on to tell Sonia that eventually, Sonic parted ways with Mighty and Ray and hoped to meet up with him again. They finally did years later and Mighty is glad Sonic has matured since. Amy then notes that they don't know what Fiona went through during her side of the story and she was pretty friendly in Mighty's story, but, Sonia gets defensive of how Fiona took advantage of Tails, shot Julie-Su in the back, and Fiona believes she's the only one who suffered under Eggman. Mighty manages to dispel the argument of the two hedgehogs before it gets out of control and notes both of them have good points: they didn't know Fiona's side of the story and she wasn't on anyone's side but her own.

Out further, Fiona is starving and sobbing into a picture of her parents and it's revealed she wears the yellow bow they had given her. She's wondering why her parents were taken from her and she passes out from exhaustion in the hut she has made for herself. A cloaked figure slips over to give her some bread and walks away as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* The present day parts takes place after Episode 38 and before Episode 39.
* The Flashback takes place when Sonic was doing his "solo missions at age 10."
	+ As Sonic was 10 years old when the flashback took place, Mighty and Fiona would be 11 years old and Ray at age 5.
* This is the first time we've seen Eggman as Robotnik.
* Tobyandmavisforever2 guessed the cloaked figure was Geoffrey St. John or Scourge, but, MrBLUERANGERHERO admitted they were incorrect.
	+ The correct answer was Canus Wolf.
* This One-Shot was written by MrBLUERANGERHERO and Rrfyggyyhyyhuythh.