To her surprise, Rouge was dragged by a force field she was familiar with. "My my, she didn't wait long." she said chuckling before appearing in front of the group. She had missed them all, but now wasn't time for heartfelt reunion. "Nice to meet you all again, now what's the situation? My tech detected the presence of a strong electromagnetic field and it could be bad news for us." she briefly explained after she was mentioned to be the ideal woman to gather intel.

She tied her hair in a ponytail and triggered the punching daggers in her gloves ready for a fight. "James, if you'll provide me with a distraction. I will go find out who's our new enemy and maybe hack in a few robots along the way. I am dying for some action and a post villain ass-kicking massage." she said jokingly to ease up the tension in the air. She triggered a few trackers the size of a fly from her bracelet and waited for a comfirmation to proceed and go on her way to reach the target.'tracking devices online... '

Nodding in agreement as Amy suggested a plan to the rest of the group, she was already mulling over the negative what ifs in her mind. At present this was the best course of action  they had in such a limited timeframe and she knew that if there was anyone that could exploit the weaknesses of their enemy in record time it would be Rouge, hacking was one of the many talents her mature friend possessed. Risky as trying to seize some of the smaller ships would be it was a risk that if successful would help turn the tides in massive ways. She had feeling that the operational systems wouldn’t be as easy as they all hoped but she trusted her comrades would figure that out when the time came.

Coaxed from her own inner monologue by the hesitancy in her sisters tone Sonyas sky blue hues met her emerald green ones, not that she was prepared for what she heard next. Still she forced herself to remain calm on surface fully taking in what Amy said. Had this been coming from anyone else she would have accused them of trying to play a very twisted prank. But this was Amy and Sonya trusted her word unconditionally, so if she said that Sonic was nearby, then he was nearby. Taking a moment to collect herself Sonya took in a shaky inhale and exhale before she spoke quickly dabbing at the tears that pooled in the edges of her vision. “Mine to. I’ll do my best to deal with the other threats along the way, but I’m not leaving here without Sonic.” Despite being aware that her transparency about her personal priorities were on display Sonya felt a little awkward but didn’t waver.

Her large fluffy ears twitching Sonya stiffened at the sound of that same confusingly familiar but disturbing croaky voice rattling through her sensitive ears she couldn't comprehend how it sounded so much like the man who should have been a ghost of the past."Am I being made fun of!? Am I being prrranked!? Am I being attacked by natives? I want to know what's going on, unit! Brrrring me the destroyed one's blackbox, find and bring me those aggressors that did this! This is unacceptable! I'll have someone's ass for dinner! Find them, find them, fiiiiiiiiind theeeeeeeeeem!" “Guys our time is up we have to-“ Her warning interrupted by arrival of the robotic underlings, static psychic energy was once again rippling around the entirety of the group, as a protective orb rapidly enclosed around them countering for the onslaught of stun rays, she knew that if given more time she would of been able to put up the force field around the entire tree rather than just the group but this would do. “I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep this up for so we need to decide on our next move quickly!” Although it would appear that their next move would be partially decided for all of them thanks for the wall of blue flames that erupted from the ground creating a divide between them and the machines, and effectively buying them the few precious minutes they needed.

A wide grin spreading across her muzzle Sonya knew that flame magic anywhere, it looked her emergency frequency hadn’t failed her after all. "Thank you Soul! though you might want to stand back!” Taking advantage of the distraction provided the fennec thrust both hands outward before mentally and physically taking aim at the robots below, all the psychic energy that had been moulded into a protective barrier for herself and the group would immediately begin to cascade and swirl into her hands causing the orb around them to dissipate as her magic continued to build up, readying to be released swiftly in the form of a miniature shock wave, and clapping her palms together when the time timing felt right she did that. If her blast made successful contact with the intended targets below the impact with any luck would cause some kind of damage to the metallic humanoids although there was no guarantees.

Knowing that time was of the essence she sprang from the tree not long after James, manoeuvring into a frontward roll to cushion her landing, and pressing the small side button on her communicator to activate her battle suit she made strides towards the remaining robots attempting to propel her shield towards them with the hope of knocking them off balance.

The black hedgehog's little stunt would prove to have been a bad idea, seeing as so far the patrolling bots' search was proving fruitless. The robot did not even know what hit it but by the time between its demise and the group finishing their chitchat, just about every bot and scanner in the area was raising an alarming amount of transmissions in their monotone, dead voices.

"B-Series Unit 02-95 is not responding, search the last known whereabouts."

"All units, caution mode. Sweep for hostiles. Nonlethal unless ordered otherwise."

"Contact Lord Robotnik as soon as you find something."

The remnants of the wrecked heap that was once a robot were found surprisingly quick by a handful of the humanoid bots. Soon, in the already bustling activity of the mechanical creations, a few moments after one of the units relayed its report a new voice joined their radio transmissions, muffled, and... Hauntingly familiar to more than one of the hiding Mobians.

"Am I being made fun of!? Am I being prrranked!? Am I being attacked by natives? I want to know what's going on, unit! Brrrring me the destroyed one's blackbox, find and bring me those aggressors that did this! This is unacceptable! I'll have someone's ass for dinner! Find them, find them, fiiiiiiiiind theeeeeeeeeem!"

The screaming orders cut out afterward, in fact, the sheer boom of his voice over the radio seemed to have glitched up, the last "find them" coming off as less of a prolonged yell and more like a paulstreched sound-byte. With the increase in activity and... Proper inspiration to search every spot, it was unsurprising that the group was discovered by a squad of 7 relatively quickly in a most... Awkward fashion. The leading bot spotted the slightest oddity in colors within the foliage of a certain tree, halted his units, seemingly began scanning- Before all 7 pointed their wrist-weapons at the suspected spot. "You are intruding on Robotnik property, do not resist." they informed before just straight-up beginning to pelt the entire treetop with stun-rays.

Back inside the temporary headquarters' laboratory, the round man himself collected the ever-increasing physical paper reports being printed out of the large computer, still breathing heavily from his previous outburst. "...Fascinating. This is no merrre animal. At the very least, one good thing happened today... Male... Rrrelative of the Hedgehog species...? Physically appears to have been thrrrough a lot. I need to have a better look at this later- Guard, take this to my personal archive!" he handed out the, by now, large stack of inter-connected papers to the red guard-bot. "Physical! Naturally... Don't mix my holo-pads and papers up again..." with that, he turned to the other robotic assistant in the room. "And you, disconnect him and put him in a healing pod. And make sure it's worrrking first! Those things haven't seen use in ages... H- Heheh-" he finished with a shaky laugh, turning his red gaze to the hedgehog on the table. "I wonder if you'll make me happy a second time today, frrrrrriend..."

When her transmission didn’t receive any immediate responses the fox medic began to fret. What if her wide range frequency had been jammed by the storm? Or what if her emergency message had managed to reach others but it was too static for them to make any sense of? Just as all these various what if scernaos began to swirl anxiously in mind her communicator burst to life with multiple voices that she recognised, and in that moment relief swept through her like a tidal way upon shore. Suppressing the lump of emotion that tried to form in her throat she raised her communicator to her lips for a reply, only to stop short as her towering fluffy ears pinned high on her head giving the occasional flicker when she unintentionally tuned into parts a conversation that she knew wasn't supposed to be overhearing.  "Scanner units... Sweep-scan surrounding area outside fooo-rrrest! "Foooooorrrrrwaaa-a-a-rrrd. "As for... That. An... Hmmmnnn, interesting specimen. I want it in my perrrsonal laboratory. Bring a body bag, and... Sssstrrrap it down just in case. "I want detailed readings, hook it up to my rrresearch desk, I will be over shortly..."
 
Struggling to hear much else beyond her heartbeat pounding in her ears Sonya forced herself to inhale and exhale until the weakness that had plummeted deep into her bones felt manageable. Her mind was running wild with countless questions and confusion about what she heard but she needed to focus first. Her fellow resistance members were nearby by but if she didn’t act fast then they would be located within moments thanks to the prompt surveillance increase. Waiting until the others communicator dots appeared to be grouped closer together in proximity on her own CPU screen, Sonya splayed her palm outwards, having only seconds to provide caution as she spoke into her gadget. “Everyone take a breath.”  

Her fingertips crackling with psychic energy she closed her eyes, concentrated, and then coiled her fingertips tightly into a fist, in sync with the movement all within her location range would soon find themselves only on ground for a split-second before being engulfed by dome shaped electric blue energy, followed by being immediately delivered and deposited to where she was currently taking refuge. Only when they were within the coverage of the thick tree boughs would Sonyas bubble like force-fields vanish from sight releasing her friends and teammates in the process, in a display of lethal looking but harmless electric shimmers. “Sorry about that but given the amount of security patrolling the area I didn’t have time for us to group less impromptu. Whoever this person is they’re clearly no armature. We did have the element of surprise here to a degree, but thanks to a certain someone that’s out the window.” Fixing the black and crimson hedgehog with a briefly vexed stare she continued. “I wanted us to meet here because from what I’ve seen and heard so far there’s no way we can go charging into this without a solid strategy, does anyone have any ideas?”  

It was early in the morning and slow as ever in the city. Some of the townsfolk were either still sleeping or out and about doing morning routines. One such person was busy at his agency catching up on the latest comic book series. Blaze the wolf, bounty hunter of Wolves May Cry was just simply sitting around waiting for anything to happen. He had been up for sometime now after his partner had already headed out for the day. He never understood why she was so eager to get out and work but he choose not to speak on it.

After finally finishing his last comic, he sat it down on the table and started tapping his foot as he tried to think of something to do. After a few minutes, he sighed and stood up. " Come on man! Veira gets all the good jobs and I'm stuck here waiting for something to jump off. Every since Eggman kicked the bucket, its been pretty slow around here. And with Sonic gone...." he paused as he looked out the window. Memories from the war came back to him as he crossed his arms staring at the morning sunrise.

" It's just not the same without blue here...what i wouldn't give for some action right now." he replied to himself. Suddenly as if on cue, his communicator went off. A voice began to go off on a open frequency . He would recognize the voice for only a moment before responding to it.

" Doctor Sonya? Well what do you know. My plans for the day just changed. On my way Doc sit tight. " Blaze replied as he walked over to his gear and slipped it on. Taking one last glance around his shop, he gave a small nod to his thoughts and proceeded to head for the forest area. Once outside, he stretched for a moment before blasting off in blazin speeds with a small trail of fire behind him.

" I can already tell....this is going to be one hell of a party." he thought to himself as he blasted pass the city gates and into the forest zone.