(3rd Person P.O.V.)
Sonic fell back, sliding a bit before he got to his feet. Shadow was somehow over powered by their enemy, but landed on his feet, glaring at the beast. "What. The. Hell."
"Sooo, its a bear and a bee. I can see why its angry, he must hate being a Bee Bear!" Sonic commented.
Twilight flew over, firing a stream of lasers as Rainbow kicked at the white bear with four arms and black and yellow stripes. "Sonic! Aim for the Bug Bear's head!"
Little Sonic and Wolf Sonic had slightly better luck in the fight. They nodded as they climbed the bears arms and together kicked its head as Lancelot pulled on the bug bear's antennae. Jet repeatedly circled the beast as it held Rainbow in his arm, "supervising" for Big Knuckles, who was told to punch its stomach.
Somewhere behind, Silver noticed a donkey known as Matilda shoving ponies away and screaming, "Where's Pinkie Pie?! I need my wedding planner!!!" She gasped, before screaming, "A monster attack on my wedding day?!" Silver wanted to help, but the bug bear tossed Little Sonic waaay too far for comfort.
Silver held his hand out, but couldn't catch Sonic. He gave out a yawn as he grumbled, "Stupid Twilight lectures... Why does she think that nighttime is teaching time?" With his weak energy he followed after Little Sonic, a curious Sonata deciding to join.
(Silver P.O.V.)
"Hello? Sonic?" I called out, Sonata at my heels. We've been searching for him in the Everfree, no sight of him so far and no sound.
"If you can hear us, play Johnny B Goode!" I gave Sonata a look as she shrugged. "He a mute with a guitar."
"Fair point?" Silver replied, unsure how to think about Sonata being the brains of the two. We pass some brush to see Little Sonic and his siblings tied up, tape of two of their mouths.
Subliminal messaging?! Just as we turned, there were five SWAT Bots around us. Sonata flailed her arms, "It's a-"
(Sonic P.O.V.)
I was shaken awake by Silver, "Sonic! Sonic! You will not believe this!" What wont I believe? My eyes slowly opened, revealing-
A hand was placed on my shoulder as I sat at a wall, looking up to see a familiar chipmunk girl with blue boots and open blue jacket. "Welcome to New Knothole-Mobotropolis! New K.M. for short." The Rotor's Knothole Lab!
Sonata was the last to wake up screaming, "Where are my tacos?!!" As she went from a lied position on the ground to on her feet, head butting Manic across the room. "S-sorry!" She looked over to the chipmunk next to me, "Woah! Who are you and what is this place?"
"I'm Princess Sally Acorn... You can call me Sally- Or Princess Sally." She finished under her breath. I was going to ask why, since she never liked being called 'princess', but I lost my white board in the bug bear attack. "Before I give the tour, I'm waiting for a few others to join us."
An elevator made itself known with a loud "bing" and music.
A second Sally in a different outfit, two Walruses, a bee, and Metal Sonic holding two handheld devises entered from the elevator across the room. Second Sally asked the stronger of the two Walrus, "Why do you insist on using that music for the lift, Rotor?"
Rotor crossed his arms over his chest, "Fast music to welcome Sonic, plus its catchy."
"But it does get annoying," the other Walrus said.
Princess Sally walked up to her slightly taller other self, "Mission accomplished. Sonic is here. How was your mission Princess Acorn?"
Princess Acorn sighed, "I thought we agreed you were Sal Acorn and I was Sally Acorn."
"Try convincing the locals! These ponies wont stop calling me princess! I know its my title, but I rather keep it for formal events."
The mobian bee got between the two, screaming, "Where's Vector?!"
Metal smacked his face with a loud clank, "Oh my god, not again! How do you lose a crocodile?!"
Sal rolled her eyes, "He's probably down stairs, wondering where you went."
Metal let out a soft chuckle, "Or he's pestering Vanilla, again."
Silver's head snapped towards Metal, "Wait, you knew Cream's mom was here?!"
"As of today, yes. I've never actually been here, but I kept in touch through Nicole who decided to stay with me." He said that last part, looking at Sal.
"She could be corrupt, it might be Stockholm syndrome. Its unconfirmed." Sal replied, glaring.
"Then how come Sally trusted me with both terminals?" he asked, balancing one on top of the other. Metal moved his hand from under them to examine his claws, causing Sal to attempt to grab the handhelds, but they didn't fall. He actually held one in blue magic and the other in purple, the auras looking like pixels instead of a candle's flame.
Snatching one with a scowl, Sally said, "I didn't." Rotor handed her a ring that she placed on the terminal in her hand, activating the Nicole inside. She looked like the normal Lynx Nicole, but had a dress that made her resemble a sorceress. Other Nicole appeared next to her, projected from Metal Sonic's chest. She still had a green dress and her black stripes were still replaced with green stripes as the result of being with the altered Metal Sonic.
"Nice dress," she complemented as Nicole 2.0 looked her over. "What?"
"Sorry, but green is not our color."
"I know, but it was unavoidable." Nicole Beta said with a sad smile. "A sacrifice to keep Metal's free will active. Luckily, he's on our side."
The two Sallys looked to each other then gave the Rotors a 'help me out, here' look, almost in sync as the Rotors gave different silent responses. Metal's face was blank as always, but I'm sure he understood what was happening.
Manic clapped his hands together, joining the group, "This conversation is cool and all, but I want to know why you kidnapped us." He gave a wide grin despite his eyes giving an angry vibe.
He's the meeting in a nutshell: They want us to send the Bunnies and Antoine over and to inform the others of their existence, but keep it secret from the Shadow Amy, ponies, and G.U.N. They don't trust the fact that Equestria has three princesses ruling the land and one with close ties ruling an empire that could turn on everyone at any moment. Also Sonic needs to fix time in other areas. Time Sombra is slowly getting stronger and only he can stop it, because he always does. Silver and Sonia keep trying to convince them that their being paranoid and Sonata was forced to wait outside halfway through. Metal is partially on the pony side, but admits Celestia and Luna might cause problems if they become corrupt. I wanted to add my own thoughts, but thoughts are not words and nobody can read minds. Manic hasn't said anything at all or fallen asleep, but just glaring.
His eye flashed red for a moment!
I reacted, jumping off the back of my chair and finding the sweet spot that gave off a hollow *tink* as I bounced off it's head. Everyone stood and had their reactions of objections until they saw a dent in the robot's metal head. Sal growled as she began to run off, but was stopped by her exact duplicate, entering the room with tape over her mouth.
Metal Sonic quickly scanned the fakes, exclaiming, "This room may have blocked their signal, but she's more than just a spy bot!"
Sonata entered from another door, screeching Mecha Sally to pieces.
"Sonic, wake up!" I awoke to Manic shaking me from the seat he sat at. "Dude, I saw you nodding!" I tapped his head, checking to see if he was real. "OK, can you stop?"
I nodded in agreement as the meeting continued. I was pretty sure we were forgetting something.
Tails walked past Celestia and Luna as they argued over by the presents, going to the two pairs of Sonics and Amys. "Has anyone seen Little Sonic?"
As the Sonics groaned in one Amy's hold with other rolling her eyes, Caliburn replied from one Sonic's hip, "We haven't. By the way, Silver and the band seem to be missing. Luckily they found a court jester and a cellist." The wedding was starting as they left their gifts on their way to their seats.