Over at the Ponyville Train Station, many residential ponies are boarding the Friendship Express train to the Crystal Empire. One of the conductor ponies, spots a price tag on the train and wipes it off with a cloth.
A lavender alicorn walks in on the scene with her saddlebag ready to go. "Spike. You've got all my luggage?" She called towards a purple baby dragon, who's carrying a heavy load of luggage for her. He's pretty strong to be carrying this much but he continues to strain.
"Do you really... need this much?" Spike asked.
The alicorn notices this and comes to her senses. "Guess I over-packed." The weight pressured on Spike takes in and crushes him underneath. "Spike! Are you okay?"
Spike squeezes out of the luggage unharmed and tries to straighten his back up. "Yeah. I'm good."
Four more of the alicorn's friends walk in to see her off. "You gotta relax, Twilight." Said the orange pony wearing a country side hat, Applejack. "You'll only be gone for two days."
"Feels like I'll be gone longer." Twilight Sparkle said with doubt.
"Well, just because Princess Cadance invited you to the annual Crystal Empire Reunion Gala, doesn't mean we're not invited." Said the white pony with a beautiful purple mane, Rarity. "We're more than happy to accompany you."
"Yeah!" Said the pink hyperactive pony who smiles, Pinkie Pie. "I bet the reunion party will be fun. I hope there's music, balloons and parties... and balloons..."
"It's not that I'm being far apart from you girls. It's just that Princess Cadance needs me to protect the Crystal Empire in case something goes wrong." Twilight said.
"Protect the Crystal Empire?" Questioned the cyan blue pegasus with a short cut rainbow mane, Rainbow Dash. "From what?"
"I'm not sure yet." Twilight looks away with worry.
"Is it Nightmare Moon?" Pinkie asks in fright.
"No." Twilight answers.
"Is it Queen Chrysalis?" She grabs her mane and shivers.
"No."
"Is it Discord?" Pinkie covers her face with her tail.
"Pinkie! Discord is reformed."
Pinkie pops up behind Twilight, spooking her. "Is it Tirek? The sirens? Those cattle bandits? The Buffalo Tribe. The scary cupcake monster from my dream?" Pinkie gets so terrified at those thoughts she starts breathing uncontrollably.
"No. No. No. No. And no." Twilight answered all five of Pinkie's questions.
"Oh." Pinkie calms down and acts happy again. "Then who?" She asked again.
"I haven't even begun to figure it out yet." Said Twilight.
"Well, whoever he is. I'm sure you'll take him down like we did the rest of them." Said Rainbow Dash.
"All aboard!" The conductor called out and the resident ponies board. The Mane Four quickly say their farewells to Twilight.
"Are you absolutely sure we can't go with you?" Rarity asked.
"It's okay, girls. I'm a princess now." Twilight said as she opens her wings. "I have my own duties to attend to."
"Well, just be back here before the cows come home." Said Applejack.
"I will, Applejack." Nodded Twilight.
Pinkie pops up next to Rainbow Dash. "15 bits says the cows will come home before Twilight." She whispered.
"Deal." Dashie accepts.
The train whistle blows just as Twilight hugs her friends goodbye. Twilight enters the train and it rides off towards the Crystal Empire. Her friends watch as the train escapes their view.
Applejack sighs. "What's wrong, Applejack?" Rarity asked.
"It's seems like Twilight's princess duties are pushing us away from her." She said.
"I agree with AJ." Dash said. "We weren't having as much fun with her ever since she got wings and a castle."
"Yeah. She's super duper busy than before." Said Pinkie.
"Ah really miss the old times." Applejack lowers her hat and looks down. "I haven't been this sad since I lost the Rodeo Competition."
"Well, I'm sure we can all pull through. Twilight is still herself and always will be. She may have a fabulous castle and a dashing set of wings, but that doesn't mean she's a completely different pony. She's still our friend and we're here to wish her on." Said Rarity.
"Rarity. That has got to be the cheesiest thing you've ever said." Rainbow Dash said with her forelegs crossed.
"Yes, well, I plan to improvise." Rarity said.
Applejack then discovers one thing that no one else even mentioned. "Hold on a gosh darn minute." Applejack counts her friends. "One, two, three... Huh?"
"What is it?" Asked Dashie.
"Where's Fluttershy?" Applejack asks her friends.
"Oh yeah. Where is Fluttershy?" Dash started to notice.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH!" Pinkie freaks out. "SHE FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO TWILIGHT BEFORE SHE LEFT!" She screams into Rarity's face.
"And that's a bad thing... becauuuuuuse?" Dash asked.
"Uh-doy! It's bad luck! When somepony isn't here to wish somepony luck on their journey and leave, horrible things happen!" Screamed Pinkie. "If Fluttershy wasn't here to cheer for Twilight..." *GAAAAAAASSSP* "...Then Twilight's gonna have a really really really bad day! I can't handle this much preasure!" Pinkie drops to the ground and sobs while her friends give off awkward looks to each other.
"Calm down, Pinkie." Assured Spike. "Twilight's gonna be fine. Nothing bad's gonna happen to her."
"Spike is right, Pinkie. You're just overreacting." Rarity assured also.
Pinkie wipes away her tears and starts to ask. "Then... where exactly is Fluttershy?" None of the three have a clue. But sure enough...
Sonic Equestria Universe
Power Insidious: Part 2 (Attack on Badnik) Hope someone gets that reference!
Everfree Path. Fluttershy is carrying a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog towards her town, Ponyville. Sonic is just relaxing on top of her back as she trots down the path. "Um... Mr. Hedgehog? Where exactly did you come from?" Fluttershy asked.
"My world, of course." Sonic answers.
"I mean, what kind of world?"
"Why does it matter to you?" Sonic sits up. "It's not like I'm a different kind of person."
"I don't think I know what the word 'person' means." Said Fluttershy. "I don't know any creature apart from my kind that has that name."
"You mean... your entire world is full of...?"
"Ponies? Why yes. This is Equestria, and us ponies live together in harmony and magic." Fluttershy said.
Sonic facepalms himself and groans in disgust. "Really? A world full of ponies?"
"Yes. What's wrong with that?" She asked.
"Nothing wrong with it. It's just that I really don't buy into that whole 'harmony and magic' thing. It's basically just kids stuff." Sonic said.
Fluttershy gasps and looks to Sonic. "How could you say that? Magic is the most powerful thing in all of Equestria."
Sonic is a teenager after all and he just sighs at what Fluttershy just said. "How old are you to be believing in that stuff?"
"There's really nothing wrong about believing in something. Besides, magic does exist. We have unicorns who do lots of magic. Twilight is best at it." Fluttershy talks while Sonic just lies in a slouchy position on her back. "And the pegasi control the weather here in Ponyville, while the princesses control the day and night."
"Yeah, pretty interesting." Sonic yawned in boredom.
"Oh and everyone in Ponyville are just the nicest, kindest and loving ponies in all of Equestria." Said the gleeful Fluttershy.
"Can I claw my ears off if that's okay with you?" Sonic could barely stand her talk even as he keeps his deadpan expression.
Fluttershy sighs calmly as she keeps up her optimism. "I love my town so much."
"Oh great, she's still talking." Sonic cringed.
"What's your world like, Sonic? Are there any other wonderful animals like you? Is there magic and harmony there too? Do you have very fond memories?"
When Fluttershy asked those questions to Sonic, the only fond memories he can think are the ones when Robotnik is trying to destroy the world.
Flashback sequence.
Sonic confronts Dr. Robotnik at the Scrap Brain Zone as he gloats in laughter. "Prepare to die, hedgehog!" Robotnik tries to crush Sonic with mechanical pillars that he pilots and all Sonic has to do is spin dash into the one he's controlling while he avoids getting crushed. Sonic destroys the Scrap Brain Zone after laying the final blow on Robotnik's machine and the mad doctor makes his escape. "This is just the beginning."
On the Death Egg, Robotnik pilots a giant mech suit of his image and tries to crush and maim Sonic with it.
Another shows Sonic battling Robotnik in Metallic Madness in which he uses spinning blades of doom to kill Sonic.
Another shows Robotnik piloting a mech with large arms and using it to slam Sonic on the ground multiple times.
The last one shows Sonic delivering the final blow to Robotnik's Egg Viper in the Final Egg.
End of Flashback sequence.
Sonic's life on his world was not all sunshine and rainbows judging by the glare on Sonic's face. "It's not what you think it's like." Said Sonic answering Fluttershy's question. Fluttershy then notices the glaring look on Sonic's face and stops walking.
"Oh... I'm sorry. Did I say something?" She quickly blames herself for asking him what his world is.
"No." Sonic said calmly.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Asked Fluttershy.
"I'm good." He clearly doesn't want to talk about it.
"Are you absolutely sure?" She keeps pestering him but Sonic jumps off her flank and starts walking on his own. "Wait! Where are going?" She follows Sonic. "Mr. Sonic, wait! Was it something I said?"
"Look. I don't want to talk about it." Said Sonic.
"But you seem really angry about something." Replied Fluttershy.
"Yeah, so what?" Ignored Sonic.
"I want to help you, Sonic."
Sonic stops walking and turns to Fluttershy, showing her the guilt in his eyes. "Help me? What do you want to help me with? There's nothing you can do about it!"
"But that's what friends do." Fluttershy said.
"So, we're friends now?" Snapped Sonic. "You hardly know me."
"But you said you could trust me." She reminded him.
"Only because you could help me find Ponyville so I can go about this on my own."
"Go about what?" Fluttershy asked desperately for an answer. "What is it that you're not telling me?"
Sonic turns away and starts walking again. "Nothing. I just don't want to talk about it."
"It's perfectly fine to talk about your feelings." Flutters tries to catch up. "I talk about my feelings to my friends all the time." Fluttershy did not open her eyes as she was talking and bumps into Sonic who had just come to a halt from walking and is looking down at something. "Your quills are pretty sharp." She notices that he isn't paying attention to her. "Are you feeling all right?" Fluttershy then looks down with Sonic to see what he's looking at. It's a destroyed Buzz Bomber... well, almost destroyed... it's barely functional. The shock for Sonic is that it's the same Buzz Bomber that that almost paralyzed him. "What is that?" Questioned Fluttershy.
Sonic walks up to messed up Buzz Bomber and it recognizes him. Sonic gives the badnik a really angry snarl. The badnik sees that he is broken and is prone to shut down due to the damage. The badnik scans Sonic. "Hedgehog. Priority One." The broken badnik then says the last few words of his programming before it dies. "Sending probe unit to location. Location confirmed: Ponyville. Hail Robotnik." The badnik shuts off before leaving a shocked expression on Sonic. He looks up and sees more dead badniks and even a few dead Turtloids. Sonic turns to Fluttershy, thinking her as helpless, and realizes that Robotnik is here on this world and is planning to take it over.
"They're here too." Sonic somberly said.
"Who's here?" Fluttershy asked but Sonic grabs her hoof and drags her along. "Ahh!"
"Which way is Ponyville?" Sonic asked.
"Just straight ahead." She told him and he speeds towards it. "What's wrong?"
"Fluttershy. I have a bad feeling that your town is going to be in some serious hot water, because of him."
"Who are you referring to?" Fluttershy asked while she keeps up with Sonic.
"The jerk who took all of the harmony away from MY world." Sonic and Fluttershy quickly head towards Ponyville.
While at the same time, a horde of Buzz Bombers, Motobugs and Eggrobos come emerging out of hatches that were planted by Robotnik himself. Evidence indicating that he must have come here before. The badniks ride out of a hatch from a mountain. There are also Burrow Bots digging underground, shredding the through the dirt while making their way towards Ponyville.
"What's going on?" Buzz Bomber 1 started to ask before being authorized by Buzz Bomber 2.
"A probe has been sent by one of ours. The hedgehog is located."
"What do we do?"
"What do you think, numbnuts? Robotnik will have our servos if we fail to comply his orders. Remember. Hedgehog: Priority One."
One of the Motobugs ask. "Where is Robotnik? Is he here too?"
"He caught the transmission and he's sending us to investigate. We can't let the hedgehog interfere with Robotnik's plans." Commanded the Buzz Bomber. "So let's go."
The infantry of badniks roll out. "Hey, guys! Wait for me!" Shouted the Asteron badnik as he seems to be attached to the wall of the mountain and cannot get unstuck. "Just give me a minute, let me just. Hnnnnnggh! Hang on, I think I... I seem to be a stuck. Hnnnnnggh! Oh no! Why can't I get off the mountain? *sobs*"
The Burrowbots reach Sweet Apple Acres. And there, Big MacIntosh is doing his usual routine of plowing the cornfields with the sled behind him. And Apple Bloom is planting seeds for the apple crops. As soon as she planted those however, they just pop right out of the soil. "Huh?" Confused Apple Bloom but all of the other seeds she's planted get popped out of the soil as a burrow trail races towards her. "What the?" She stand idle but she becomes surprised as three Burrow Bots rocket out of the ground and almost land their drill noses on Apple Bloom had she not jumped a few steps back. The badniks look up and give out a red eyed glare at the ribbon wearing crusader.
Apple Bloom screams for help as she runs away from the approaching robots. "BIG MAC! GRANNY! HELP!"
Big Mac hears his sister's cry for help but he gets too distracted as a couple of Eggrobos in the air fire off laser shots at him. Big Mac ditches the sled and flees from the oncoming shots being fired by those robots.
Granny Smith comes out of the house after hearing the racket. "What's all the commotion about?" She asks, oblivious to the hostile robots in the area. She spots some orbinauts and they fling their spike balls at her, thankfully she dodges them but they shatter the wood and windows of the house. "Hey, I payed my taxes for these damages!"
Apple Bloom quickly tries to get Granny Smith back into the house by pushing her back in along with Big Mac. "Granny. Get back inside!"
"Is it repo day already?" She asked.
"Nooope!" Big Mac answered as he quickly shuts the door from two more spike balls just as they impale the door.
Back in the fountain area. Bon Bon and Roseluck try to explain to two of the royal guards on what they saw eariler.
"Okay. Now tell us exactly what you girls saw." The guard assured them.
Bon Bon starts off. "It was a fox."
"Keep going."
"It was yellow and it had shoes on for some reason." Bon Bon continued. But Roseluck interrupts her.
"It wasn't a fox! It was a mutant! A MUTANT! It was this tall. It was furry. It had two tails. And it look like a freak!"
"Strange." Royal Guard 2 speaks up. "A cockatrice. A chimera. Now a two tailed fox?"
"This is indeed a disturbing world." Royal Guard 1 replied.
"Aren't you gonna do something about this?" Bon Bon pleaded.
"Think of the fillies!" Berry Punch puts her hooves to her face in fright. "Won't somepony please think of the fillies?"
"Now, calm down, ma'am." Royal Guard 1 calmed. "If this were a real disaster we would have notified Princess Celestia about it. It's not."
Those words were taken right back just when the fountain blows a hole from the ground and out comes a Bubbles badnik and an army of Crabmeat badniks. The bystander ponies once again panic and flee from the area as the badniks cause trouble. The two royal guards step up by swatting the Crabmeats away from the ponies. However, the unsuspecting Royal Guard 1 gets knocked out from behind by a Shellcracker badnik who extends it's large claw at it's target. Royal Guard 2 prepares to fight it but the Shellcracker shoots its claw and shatters the pony statue completely. This petrifies Royal Guard 2 and flees from it, not wanting to die. "Help! Inform Princess Celestia, we have a disaster!"
Soon, the badniks invade Ponyville. "Our allegiance of the Robotnik Empire is strong. Find the hedgehog at all cost!" Said the leader Buzzer. "Destroy the town if you must."
The Eggrobo charges up his blaster. "With pleasure!" He fires straight at a group of ponies who flee from his attack. "I haven't had this much fun since Angel Island."
The resident ponies panic and scatter as badniks attack Ponyville. Rhinobots ram and destroy Filthy Riches cart full of bits. A crabmeat claws at the mane of a galloping and screaming Sapphire Shores. And a crazy Clucker badnik driving a mini tank blows up the Sofa and Quills while laughing maniacally. He was about to blow up the Golden Oaks Library but to his disappointment it was already blown up before they even got here. "Aww..."
A couple of Buzz Bombers fire directly at Vinyl Scratch, who is too busy jamming to her music and her hearing is muffled out by her headphones. She dances to the beats as she avoids getting blasted by the Buzzers.
Inside, Sugarcube Corner, Motobugs and Caterkillers break down the door and start attacking the ponies inside. "What in the world?!" Shocked Mrs. Cake.
Mr. Cake sighs. "I was afraid it would come to this." Mr. Cake goes to his kitchen and presses a switch with a note stuck to it reading 'Do not open unless it would come to this.' The walls flip around and on the other side holds a Cake Launcher. Mr. Cake dons a bandanna, grabs the cake launcher and fires numerous pieces of cake at the rampaging Motobugs. "Get out of our shop, you hooligans!" One of the cakes hits a Motobug and starts acting like he's dying.
"Ahh... I'm hit. Go on without me, friends. I'm done for."
"You're not dying, you idiot." The Caterkiller said.
"I know. I just want to be dramatic." The Motobug said.
"Wait a minute. Doesn't the frosting short circuits our programming?" Asked the other Motobug.
"Oh yeah. I forgot." The Motobug remembers and the frosting causes him to short circuit and blow up.
"Well that was unexpected." The Caterkiller remarked before getting hit by a cake and he blows up too.
"So was that." Said the other Motobug before speeding off.
On a hill overlooking Ponyville, Sonic and Fluttershy arrive a bit too late as Sonic watches in his horror, the Badnik Army is already attacking Ponyville. "Shoot! I'm too late!"
"Oh no! Ponyville!" Fluttershy looks with utter horror.
Sonic gives off a angry grunt. "I'll drive them out!" Sonic speeds down towards Ponyville while Fluttershy just watches in plain shock as explosions and lasers go off in the town. "I hope my friends are okay." She wishes.
The Mane Four and Spike walk down over to Sweet Apple Acres and to Applejack's surprise, it has become overrun by attacking badniks. "Sweet Celestia!" Shocked Applejack.
"What are those things?" Rarity questioned.
"Who cares? The Apple Family's in danger!" Said Rainbow Dash. The four ponies and Spike rush over to the farm house to help the Apple family as they attempt to fend off the badniks getting in.
One of the burrowbots sticks it's driller nose through the wood but Granny Smith knocks it away with a frying pan. "Keep your mits off of mah property!"
Apple Bloom tries to hold the door up by placing furniture behind it. But the Motobugs force the door to break it's hinges and slides across the floor with both Apple Bloom and Big Mac pushing back.
Applejack comes to the rescue by lassoing one of the Motobugs and hurling it towards the barn. It impacts the wall and shatters to pieces. Rainbow Dash buck kicks the burrowbots away while Applejack gets inside to see if her family is safe.
"Is anypony hurt?" She asked desperately.
"Noooope." Big Mac simply answered.
"Applejack! What's happening?" Apple Bloom hugs her sister. "What were those things?"
"Is it another super-magical monster?" Granny Smith asked.
Rainbow Dash kicks a burrowbot through the window and into the house before scatters to pieces. Everypony gathers around it to get a quick examine of it. "Whatever it is, it's not magical." RD said.
"You're right." Pinkie feels the pointy metal of the broken robot. "It's so pointy."
"Where did these things come from?" Asked Spike.
The group then hears the cries of the townsfolk over in Ponyville and they spot smoke coming right out of it. "No time to think about that, Spike. Ponyville is in calamity chaos." Applejack wastes no time to rush over along with her friends and family.
Sonic runs into the town while watching everypony flee from the rampaging badniks. A couple of Motobugs charge at Sonic but Sonic spindashes into the Motobugs, destroying them to pieces. "Pieces of junk!"
Three orbinants toss their spikes at Sonic, but he manages to dodge their attacks and homing attacks them.
A Motobug informs the situation to his fellow Buzzer and Crabmeat. "Guys! Guys! Sonic is here! He's here! He's right there!" The three see Sonic spin attack a group of Motobugs. "The hedgehog!" Said the lead Buzzer. "Get him!"
The Motobugs, Buzz Bombers and all the other badniks leave the ponies and turn their attention to Sonic the Hedgehog. "Hedgehog: Priority One!" Announced the Caterkiller as the army charges at Sonic. Sonic gets ready to fight but unfortunately his wounds start to come back and once Sonic tries to perform his spin attack, it aches it pain and he falls to the ground.
"Oh great! Not now!" Sonic gets up but thanks to his ankle injury he struggles to keep his balance as the Buzzer fire their blasters at him. Sonic looks to his left and gets rammed by a Rhinobot. Sonic slams into a house but retains his footing, but as he looks up he gets dragged by the ramming Rhinobot and through the house where apparently Amethyst Star is reading a book and the attack just disturbed her peace. Sonic clings onto the Rhinobot as it crashes through Octavia's violin causing her to flee as well. Sonic scraps the rubble off him and hops onto the Rhinobot's back. "Whoa, boy!" Sonic grasps the horn and steers it towards an alleyway. It rushes into the alley and Sonic quickly jumps off just as the Rhinobot implodes into the oncoming wall. "Hope your faceplate stands out!" Sonic lands on the rooftop and starts getting chased by the firing Buzzers. Sonic jumps from house after house until his ankle slips up and flings himself into Lyra Heartstring's house via crashing through a window. Lyra looks at Sonic with a confused look as the latter gets back up. The Buzzers then start to open fire at the house, causing Lyra to flee in panic while Sonic gets behind cover from the bullets flying into the house. Sonic peeks out at the window, only to be startled by more bullets being shot at him and he quickly speeds out of the house and through the next one. The Buzzers riddle the houses full of bullets as Sonic jumps through house after house. Sonic makes a leap from the last house and bounces off three Buzzers before his waist starts to ache again and causes Sonic to lose momentum. Sonic lands on top of the Carousel Boutique and the Buzzers corner him. Sonic gets back up and readies to fight again. But then an Eggrobo rams Sonic through the windows and crashes down to the floor. Sonic tumbles into a line of pony shape manikins. Rarity's sister, Sweetie Belle was apparently sleeping in as she is woken up by the ruckus downstairs. "What was that?" She yawned.
As the badniks continue to take everypony hostage, Applejack and the others gallop into town to overlook the destruction that is happening around them. Applejack shields Apple Bloom's eyes from the horror. Pinkie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity watches in shock and horror as the robots capture ponies in metal capsules. Rainbow Dash attempts to swoop in to their aid but she ducks quickly as a laser shot zips over her head by an Eggrobo. Spike is also in distress by what he's seeing.
"What are those things?" Spike asked desperately.
Rarity spots her boutique in the distance. "My shop! Sweetie Belle is still sleeping in!" She sees a horde of badniks closing in on it. They gallop towards the boutique amidst all of the chaos.
Spike turns his head as he runs to see more ponies get put into capsules. "SPIKE! Don't look!" Applejack told him as Spike becomes heartbroken of what is happening. "We'll help them. Somehow."
At the same time, Fluttershy flies in to see what is happening to her humble town. She becomes horrified at all the things that are happening. Her friends getting captured, houses destroyed and the nature being tarnished. It breaks her poor heart apart.
Sonic felt dazed for a moment but the Eggrobo doesn't hesitate to shoot at Sonic. Sonic quickly speeds away from the shots fired as they instead destroy the dresses around the boutique. Sonic trips again thanks to his leg and rolls into a pile of fabrics. The Eggrobo fires a blast at the pile completely exploding it. But instead of destroying Sonic, it created a large hole in the wall. Sonic, aching from his waist again, manages to limp away but he gets cornered by a whole pack of Badniks and Eggrobos. "Oh, gimme a break." Complained Sonic just before his ankle hurts again. "Ow."
The armed badniks and robots aim their weapons at Sonic, preparing to fire at him. But Sonic remained vigilant and prepares to fight again. Just before they could fire, a couple of stones get thrown at them.
"Hey y'all!" Shouted a country speaking pony, grabbing the badnik's attention. They spot Applejack, Apple Bloom and Big Mac with a pile of rocks and hay bales to throw at. "Leave our town alone, ya buzzing varmints!"
The badniks prepare to attack them while Sonic watches. "Hey! What are you doing? Get out of here! They're too dangerous!"
Applejack and Big Mac buck a bunch of hay bales at the Buzz Bombers, crushing them from underneath. Sonic is amazed by this while a Crabmeat sneaks up behind him but gets crushed knocked away by Rainbow Dash. "Watch your back, little guy!" She told him.
"Little guy? What the..." Sonic is still struck with amazement.
Pinkie Pie shows up and throws a bunch of cake at some Motobugs along with Mr. Cake and his cake launcher.
Two Shellcrackers come charging up at Sonic and shoot their claws at him. Sonic braces while Rarity pops up with a long ribbon shes pulls out with her magical aura and ties it around the Shellcracker's claws, causing them to be tangled and tip over. Rarity turns around to see her boutique is in bad shape and gasps. While she's distracted, a Rhinobot starts charging at Rarity but Sonic manages to shove her out of the way. "Look out!" The Rhinobot hits Sonic and he gets sent flying into boutique again, slamming into a shelf and hits the ground, but after that Rarity's gold statue of Prince Blueblood tips off the shelf and hits Sonic on the head, knocking him out cold.
Applejack and Big Mac continue holding off the Motobugs while Rainbow Dash continues bucking away the Buzzers and Bubbles bots. "There's too many of them!"
She sees the Motobugs about to surround the unconscious Sonic in the boutique. All the while, Rarity's sister Sweetie Belle comes down to see what's going on. "Rarity? What's with all the noise you're making?" The Motobugs turn to her and Rarity screams for her safety.
"Sweetie Belle, get back!"
Sweetie screams as she sees the Motobugs dashing to her but Rainbow Dash manages swoop in and save Sweetie Belle from the badniks.
"Wait, Rainbow Dash! What about my cat?" Rarity screamed out.
"Oh, come on!" Agitated Dashie as she carries Sweetie Belle to safety, unaware of what's happening.
"Who are those things?" She asked.
Just as Applejack and Big Mac get overwhelmed by the Motobugs and Caterkillers, Rarity gets her tail latched by a Crabmeat and Pinkie and Mr. Cake run out of cake to fling at. The badniks were about to swarm the team and all seems pretty dim. They stop however as they hear a plane engine from a distance.
Applejack hears a plane engine as well. "What in tarnation is that racket?"
"Hey. What's that in the sky?" Apple Bloom points at the sky. "It doesn't look like a pegasus."
The ponies look up to see a contraption they have never seen before. The Tornado and Tails is piloting it.
"Who is that?" Rainbow Dash asked.
The Buzz Bombers attempt to shoot it out of the sky but Tails dives down and shoots down the badniks, causing them to shatter to pieces. He also shoots down all of the other badniks surrounding the Mane Four.
"Quick! Everypony retreat to Twilight's Castle!" Applejack informed.
"But what about, Opal?" Rarity worried. At this point, a small orange pegasus filly rides into the boutique and out on her scooter with Rarity's cat, Opalescence on her helmet. "I've got Opal! Let's get out of here!" Scootaloo shouted and the ponies flee.
Not before Fluttershy quickly enters the scene and screams for Sonic's name. "Mr. Sonic? Mr. Sonic, are you here?"
Rainbow Dash spots Fluttershy and tries to get her away from the rampaging badniks. "Fluttershy! Quick! Get away from here!"
"But... SONIC!" Fluttershy spots Sonic, lying unconsciously, through the hole of the boutique. "Wait! I have to save him!"
"We don't have time!" Dashie continues to pull Flutters towards her.
Flutters tries to fly to Sonic but because Rainbow Dash is pulling her away, it slows her down. And before she knows it, the Buzz Bombers destroys the boutique, burying Sonic underneath all of the debris. Fluttershy shouts his name out so loud. "SONIC!" And gives up. Rainbow Dash pulls Fluttershy out of the warzone of gunblazing badniks and Motobugs while they retreat to the castle for shelter.
After the skirmish, Ponyville is all but tarnished thanks to the badnik's rampage. The Buzz Bombers examine the destroyed boutique for Sonic's remains and instantly confirmed him as 'terminated'. "Hedgehog is nowhere to be seen. Hedgehog terminated confirmed." Said the lead Buzz Bomber.
"What about the civilians?" The Motobug asks about the Pony folk they have captured and put into cages.
"Keep them. Robotnik plans to roboticize this whole planet after he succeeds in his plan." The commanding Buzz Bomber said.
"What plan is that?" The Motobug asked.
"To uncover the remains of the Unicorn King of Monsters."
"You know, you do realize you just said the plan out loud?" The Caterkiller points out.
The Buzz Bomber gives him an uninteresting look and blasts him to bits. "Slave the ponies!" The Buzzer commands. "Make sure they don't escape. This world will belong to Dr. Robotnik. And nothing can stop him now."
Sonic's hand sticks out of the boutiques ruins and climbs out of the wreckage with battered bruises around him. Sonic turns his eyes towards the town and makes a cold remark. "Guess again, scumbots!" To Be Continued...
Off Words
Rainbow Dash comes up to Sonic. "Hey, Sonic! I challenge you to breath-holding contest. Are you up for it?"
"Eh... Sure thing." Sonic accepts.
Sonic and Rainbow Dash dive down to the bottom of the lake with their breaths held and the two stare at each other to see how long they can hold their breaths underwater. Time passes as they stare but then the Classical Drowning Music starts to play and it seems like Rainbow Dash is starting to struggle as she blubs. Sonic looks at his watch as he doesn't seem bothered by it. A countdown shows up above Rainbow's head. 5... Rainbow Dash's face turns purple. 4... Her eyes shrink. 3... She struggles for air. 2... She waves her forelegs at Sonic. 1... And then... Dashie quickly swims back to the surface, leaving Sonic down in the water.
It turns out Sonic can use air bubbles underwater and with them, replenishes his air. Sonic eats an air bubble up and gives the audience a smirk.