Huge Shoot-out on the Savanna!/The Dam Scam

**Huge Shoot-out on the Savanna!** (Or, **The Dam Scam**), is the eighteenth episode that happens in Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters:

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Sally Acorn
* Rotor Walrus (Mentioned, seen in flashback)
* Bunnie D'Coolette (Mentioned, seen in flashback)
* Antoine D'Coolette (Mentioned, seen in flashback)
* Dulcy the Dragon (First appearance)
* Lupe Wolf
* Cream the Rabbit (Mentioned)
* Cheese the Chao (Mentioned)
* Amy Rose (Mentioned)
* Sonia the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Manic the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Mighty the Armadillo (Mentioned)
* Ray the Flying Squirrel (Mentioned)
* Lyco Wolf (First appearance)
* Leeta Wolf (First appearance)
* Vector the Crocodile
* Charmy Bee
* Saffron Bee
* Espio the Chameleon
* NICOLE (Mentioned)
* Sir Charles Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Jules Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Armand D'Coolette (Mentioned)
* Sabina the Dragon (Mentioned, not named)
* Drago Wolf (First appearance, flashback)
* Unnamed Mobians (Flashback)
* King Maximillian Acorn (Mentioned in flashback)
* Hope Kintobor
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Ella (Mentioned, not named)
* Mr. Tanaka (Mentioned, not named)
* Boris Bobrov
* Sergei Sergeyev
* Doctor Eggman
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Scratch
* E-65 Gorru-Gaooh (Only appearance)

## Plot

The episode starts off with brief scenes of some animals in a Savannah. Sonic, Tails, Hope, Sally, and Chris are flying over the large Savannah in Africa in the X Tornado. Tails and Sonic are admiring the scenery while Chris worries that he's missing his martial arts lesson with Lupe, to which Hope replies that Chris needs to get out more. Chris also starts worrying about a potential attack from Eggman, which Tails, Sally, and Sonic tell Chris that if they let stuff like near death experiences get to them, they would never be able to stop Eggman or any evil force in the world, as well as being able to step out of comfort zones. Chris still doesn’t feel convinced he should be there, but, the others tell him that bringing the bag of supplies is very important and remind him of how he managed to save Sonic from drowning. At this point, Chris frantically points at the radar in front of Tails. Above them is Dr. Eggman's Egg Fort. Eggman quickly tells Decoe and Bocoe to fire at the X-Tornado. They do, but, the X Tornado avoids the missiles. Sonic uses a Thunder Shield to gain static electricity powers and a strong magnetic field and uses a Spin Dash slicing right through the ship which greatly damages it. Eggman's airship starts to crash and Tails attempts to land the X Tornado, but, an explosion pushes the plane away. Tails tries to get the plane through the debris, but, a large piece of the Egg Fort shatters one of its wings.

Tails, Hope, Sally, and Chris continue to spiral down into the thick jungle. The four of them land safely and Hope asks for Chris to get the tools, as well as comment on Africa’s variety of wildlife, while Hope and Tails begin to repair the X Tornado. After a while, the mechanics finish and Sally suggests they turn the X Tornado into the X Cyclone to walk around to look for the missing wing. Tails does just that, ignoring Hope’s warnings, and just as the Overlander had predicted, one of the legs falls off, collapsing the plane onto its side. As Tails resumes fixing the X Tornado, Hope laments that Rotor had stayed behind to work on the Z Tornado, which she reveals to Chris to be a surveillance drone. Chris notes that he doesn't have phone reception where they're at and he asks Sally if she knows anything about life before Eggman took over their home. She replies she doesn’t, as she was five years of age when that occurred and Hope adds she was in space. Chris asked if Hope saw aliens, but, she was in suspended animation for 12 years. It’s here she recounts about being horrified by her uncle’s behavior and that most Mobians wouldn’t accept her. Chris then asks about how Hope met Sonic and Co.

A flashback begins showing that random Mobians would tease Hope and destroy the machines that she made and even beat her into the ground. Suddenly, a blue blur races over and knocks the other Mobians backwards. When they realize it’s Sonic, they try to get his approval, only for it to be revealed that he was disgusted with the incident that took place. He manages to get them to back off by threatening to kick them in the face. Sonic then asks Hope if she’s okay, then asks her to sit down so they can talk. A touched Hope starts crying tears of happiness, as she’s never met a Mobian to treat her with such kindness before. Chris starts crying at the touching story and Hope starts remembering another story where Sonic had saved her from Drago’s manipulation.

In this flashback, Hope is reading a book next to an abandoned shack just as Sonic shows up. He asks if she’s been running due to being sweaty, but, she explains she was actually working on a shield which makes the user unable to take damage. Sonic then starts to realize something's up, as the wolf had said that Hope had been performing dangerous experiments. He quickly pushes Hope out of the way of a spear and it's hear that Drago revealed he was using Hope's Intelligence to his advantage, so he could challenge King Maximilian Acorn. Sonic is rightfully angry at Drago and tells Hope to run when the wolf tells her to give her the capsule. Drago, in retaliation, throws a spear at Hope, but, Sonic uses his body to shield her from the attack and he gets hurt, but, tells Hope to run to Knothole. She instead hides behind a tree to see if Sonic would be okay and she overhears the Mobians bantering about Overlanders and how they've been nothing but xenophobic and hostile to Mobians. Sonic is aware while that is true, he doesn't see Hope as that, instead, praising her to be worthy of a Knothole Freedom Fighter. As Drago tries to hit the wounded hedgehog with his spear, Hope gives Drago a kick in his kidneys. Hope grabs the spear and says that while Sonic is kind, he wouldn't hold back from a fight if he needed to and with her new sense of willpower, activates the Invincibility Capsule. She manages to break Drago's hand and knock him back into a tree. Sally, Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine, and Tails all race out from the village and are thoroughly impressed with Hope's invention and courage. After Drago is given a bloody nose, Sally walks over to Hope, proudly presenting her with a Freedom Fighter medal.

Back in the present, Hope concludes that the day she joined the Freedom Fighters was one of the best days of her life as she gained acceptance. After some happy discussion after the story, Chris lays down under a tree and Tails tells him he can rest, but, that only makes Chris feel even more down that before. He decides to take a walk and grabs a lunch box from the bag. Hope then gives him a Basic Shield Capsule for extra protection if Chris runs into trouble and warns him not to use it excessively as it's fragile, while Hope goes to help Tails fix the X Tornado.

Chris is on his walk, when he comes across a sleepy dragon. He tries to walk past the dragon, when she starts to wake up and smell something delicious. She smells the backpack, but, Chris backs away, scared, thinking she wants to eat him. The dragon then replies that Overlanders taste like burnt rubber and it's here that Chris realizes she's a Mobian. The dragon eases up a little upon the fact this kid realized what she was and not just a big animal, but, questions why he thought she'd eat him, to which he replies that dragons in storybooks devour human villages. Upon seeing the dragon upset, Chris apologizes and the dragon replies she's too hungry to be offended right now and she's lost a lot of weight. Chris offers her the food in the backpack and the dragon asks if there's chocolate, which she reveals is her treat of choice. She also sheepishly puts Chris down and he tells the dragon his name and she reveals hers to be Dulcy. After eating the food in the backpack, she tells Chris that the place she's in reminds her of Efrika, but, with 20% less wildlife and he tells her they are in Africa on Earth. He also says that Overlanders are Humans on Earth, and he asks Dulcy if she knows Sonic. She replies she does and Chris tells her that he, Sally, Tails, Rotor, Antoine, Cream, Cheese, Amy, Sonia, Manic, Sir Charles, Jules, “Bernadette,” Bunnie, Hope, Mighty, and Ray are all staying with him at his house. Dulcy is pleased to hear the news and she tells Chris that she's a Freedom Fighter, too, and a Fly/Power/Balance-Type, which is common for dragons. Chris then takes Dulcy back to where Sally, Tails, and Hope were. They are pleased to see her, but, are surprised to find out that Dulcy was hanging out with two of Lupe's Wolf Pack members, Lyco and Leeta, and she's surprised to hear Lupe is on Earth as well. Tails exclaims that the X Cyclone is fixed and the five go off to find Sonic. Meanwhile, the Egg Fort has crashed into a swamp.

Eggman opens the side hatch and soon gets surrounded by crocodiles. He pushes a button by accident and electrocutes them. Down at Station Square, Vector senses this and shudders with discomfort. Charmy and Saffron reveal they feel like that everyday, to which Espio replies they take it disturbingly well. It's here we learn the two bees take anti-depressants. Back with Eggman, he feels Vector will know about this and he tells Decoe and Bocoe then launch E-65, a large gorilla-like mech, to search for Sonic. They tell Eggman that they will inform him when they find Sonic and Eggman warns them not to fail him as Bocoe and Scratch question why Gorru-Gaooh needs cockpits in the first place. E-65 then takes off into the jungle. Meanwhile, Sonic is running across the plains, looking for Tails and Chris, when he comes across a cheetah. The two start to race and while Sonic would love to race, he focuses on trying to find his friends.

Tails, Sally, Hope, Chris, and Dulcy come upon what looks like a construction site. Two working men (named Sergei and Boris) are talking and Tails, Chris, Hope, and Sally go up to them while Dulcy offers to continue looking for Sonic (Humans wouldn't be ready to see dragons yet, anyway). The two men ask how they got in, saying that this is a restricted area. The two heroes ask what they are building and the men reply that they are building a dam. Chris is astonished and Tails asks what a dam is, but, says he was kidding and he knew exactly what it was because he read a thesaurus to bed. Sally scolds him on the joke and after a quick apology, the fox looks around and says that he doesn't see any water around the dam. Hope calls the men fools and the men get an idea to try and get Hope's approval of the dam because of her defiance of her uncle. Hope is disgusted with the idea and readily turns it down. Sergei says that they are being too nosy and Tails spies the animals watching the construction sight. Tails asks the men if they thought about what will happen to the wildlife when they are finished with the dam and Hope rips the contract into shreds. Sergei then calls over a man named Ivan. Ivan turns out to be a large construction worker and the men tell Chris, Hope, and the two Mobians to get lost, as the two men leave.

The four friends realize they'd need Lupe's help. Chris can't use his phone because A, he doesn't have a signal, and B, Lupe doesn't have a phone. Sally can't use NICOLE because she's studying some files she found at Eggman's base. Hope then shows everyone her Hypersonic Summoning Whistle, which works on canine Mobians and she tested this device on Antoine and Tails. Upon hearing that, Chris gives Tails some earplugs while Hope blows the whistle. Lupe hears it in the forest, and plays a tune on her Mystic Melody Spear which gave her the ability to fly on top of her Speed abilities, heading all the way to Africa. After a quick analysis on the situation thanks to her emphatic link with nature, she realizes she cannot sit by and let things fall apart. Lupe suggests they rally the humans of a nearby town. Sally suggests that Chris would make the best choice to speak to them as they are still getting used to being noticed, but, Lupe tells them that a child's words may not be heeded so well. The Mobians, Hope, and Chris all decide to go together despite any odd stares. To show that they want to help, the animals behind them step forward, all with a determined look on their face. Lupe uses her Mystic Melody Spear to get the attention of the humans and they recognize Hope from the news. She displays a projection of the dam and explains the fate that may befall on the animals if nothing is done. The tourists immediately agree and before long, a large protest crowd has begun in front of the dam construction site. Sergei and Boris try to calm the mob down by explaining the dam's purpose, but, this makes the tourists even angrier. They also realize it was Hope and her friends that launched the protest and the men realize the four of them are standing nearby.

The two men drive off into the middle of the jungle and Sergei starts to unload gasoline cans from the back of the jeep. Boris asks how they will build the dam when there isn't any water and then Sergei explains that they will burn down the forest using the gasoline cans and once the forest is all gone, rainwater will have fallen in the area with seemingly with nowhere to go, so the people will be begging them to finish the dam. Just then, the two hear a noise and E-65 comes out from the forest. After looking at the two men, Decoe and Bocoe say they aren't Sonic, but, they then see Sonic in the distance.

They order the gorilla mech to pursue Sonic and, after pounding on its chest (making Decoe and Bocoe question the cockpits again), it charges at him. Boris tells Sergei to forget the plan, but, Sergei doesn't give up and the two of them run into the forest, each of them holding gasoline cans, just as Sonic trips over tripwire. Just then, two figures approach and Sonic realizes it's Lyco in the blue body suit and Leeta in the green body suit (apparently, he got their names mixed up before). He asks if they got caught in the Chaos Control, to which they didn't know it was Chaos Control at the time, but, now they did and they mention Dulcy, much to Sonic's surprise. Sonic then explains about how he and some of their friends were taking on Eggman and he got separated from his team. He also explains they've been making the best of things and that he was taking refuge at a human's house, while his staff promised to keep them safe and he explains that humans are nice, but, behind on technology. Before Sonic could explain anything else, he, Lyco, and Leeta were punched by E-65 and they managed to get up unscathed, but, they all get kicked again.

Meanwhile, Sergei and Boris are about to pour the gasoline when Dr. Eggman approaches them in his Eggmobile. Eggman asks if they have seen Sonic and Sergei calls him a weirdo. The doctor doesn't appreciate the insult and shoots a green laser from his Eggmobile, which cuts down the tops of some trees close to the two men, making them run away.

Back with Sonic, Lyco, and Leeta, they look for E-65, wondering how can they fight something they can't even see. Lyco then questions why a primate robot has camouflage instead of a chameleon robot and Sonic admits for a high IQ, Eggman can make stupid mistakes. E-65 suddenly drops down from the trees, invisible once again and then becoming visible and slams both of his fists down on Sonic. He then turns invisible as Sonic gets up. Sonic hears laughing and it turns out to be Eggman. The doctor claims that Sonic has met his match. Sonic questions that he's going to keep saying that until someone makes a t-shirt out of it. Eggman then shows him a few T-Shirts such as "Snooping as Usual", "I Hate That Hedgehog!", "I am a genius! I have proof!", and "Promotion!" E-65 punches Sonic from out of nowhere. Lyco then throws dirt at the robot and uses her Cavalier Twister move with her sword, allowing the trio to get away.

E-65 soon catches up with Sergei and Boris in the jeep, as does Dulcy, who meets up with Sonic, Lyco, and Leeta, only Dulcy crashes. Dulcy then asks Sonic if he's gotten skinnier and he admits he has. Leeta then points out their matter at hand and Dulcy grabs E-65 while her friends rush off. She effortlessly body-slams the robot and flings it away like a rag-doll, much to Decoe, Bocoe, and Eggman's dismay. To add insult to injury, Dulcy freezes Eggman over and he makes a bad pun, much to Dulcy's chagrin.

Sonic, at that moment with Lyco and Leeta in tow, comes running into view and runs over to his other friends. Tails, Chris, Hope and Sally tell Sonic and the twins what they did and at that moment, Dulcy comes in with E-65 and Eggman trails after them, telling his robot to get the Mobians. Dulcy then creates a twister on the robot, sending dust on it and exposing the robot. Leeta then uses her own move, Saberang, which knocked the robot into a construction machine and some of him is still visible. Upon realizing that, Sonic, Lyco, and Leeta defeat the robot with ease while Decoe and Bocoe evacuate and Eggman ends up destroying the construction site in frustration. Tails, Hope, and Chris all comment on the irony of Eggman's situation, that he doesn't know he's doing a good thing. The police arrive, arrest Sergei and Boris and close the construction site. Lyco and Leeta then use their Family Combo, Double Moon Slash, which causes the robot the explode and Dulcy takes off the Eggmobile's wings. Dulcy is about to use some of her fire breath on Eggman, but, he cowardly runs off. Hope laments how they had lost one of the X Tornado's wings and Dulcy reveals she found it while looking for food. Chris asks if Dulcy, Lyco, and Leeta would like to come home with them, but, the twins decline, saying they wish to stay with Lupe and that's the reason why they got separated from Dulcy to begin with. Lupe meanwhile was tending to the animals and Lyco and Leeta go over to her. She tells them she's pleased they remember their training from their old teacher and that Armand would be proud of them as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the original episode:

* Tails' flashback in the original was told after he and Chris failed to get the crooks to stop building the dam. Here, Hope's flashback was when she, Sally, and Tails were trying to fix the X Cyclone.
* In the original episode, Tails and Chris were talking about how Africa and Station Square are vastly different from each other and how Africa didn't feel unusual for Tails, but, did for Chris, as well as plans for their futures. Here, Chris starts by asking Sally and Hope if they remembered how Mobius used to be before Eggman took over.
* Chris takes a walk in this version of the story, but, he remains talking to Tails in the original.
* The crocodiles being electrocuted was cut from the English dub, but, it's shown here. In addition, since Vector wasn't seen in the original series until much later, he didn't comment on the crocodiles dying.
* Tails and Chris decide to go looking for Sonic only after they stopped the dam problem. Here, Dulcy heads out to find him while the rest of the team deals with the dam.
* Somehow, Chris and Tails are able to make it all the way back to Station Square in the original. Here, Chris, Tails, Lupe and Hope head to the nearest tourist town.
* Tails doesn't call the animals losers here, mostly because he wasn't grieving over his rough past with bullies.
* There was no shirt gag in the original. Instead, the random gag was Bokkun tap dancing and he doesn't appear in this episode.
* The police arrested the men earlier than they actually did, as did the comment about Eggman doing a good thing. In addition, in the original, everyone was commenting that if Eggman didn't make the team crash, they wouldn't have helped the animals. Here, they were commenting that it was ironic that Eggman was destroying a construction site that was made for evil purposes.
* In the original episode, Sonic destroyed Eggman's Egg Fort with a ring. Here, he destroyed it with a Thunder Shield capsule.
* Sonic destroyed E-65 in the original, here, Lyco and Leeta destroyed it.
* The original episode ended with everyone commenting on Eggman's accidental good deeds, while this one was Lupe praising the twins for making Armand proud.