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The next thing Davey Crockett knew, he was slammed against a metal wall, knocking his wind out for a moment. Next he heard the thump-thump thump of a toe tapping. He looked up to find a blue hedgehog above him. "Well?"

Davey recognized him immediately. "You must be Sonic."

"That's who I am, but who on Mobius are you?"

Just then a girl squirrel sped around a corner and into the scene. "Sonic, who's this guy."

"That's what I wanna know, Sal. The void just appeared outta nowhere and spewed him out. It's gone now, by the way."

"Sal?" Davey asked, "as in Princess Sally Acorn?"

"Yes, I am," the squirrel said.

"Great. That makes my job that much easier." Davey got up. "My names Davey Crockett. I bring a message from your father, King Acorn." He holds up his right hand.

Sally's face lights up when she sees her father's ring. After a moment, she looked at Davey. "You're coming with us."

"Hey, waitaminute Sally! Look at his left arm--It's roboticized!! For all we know, Ro-butt-nik's found the fountain of youth--"

"HEDGEHOG AND SQUIRREL--PRIORITY ONE"

Several Swat-Bots entered the scene.

"Wanna bet?" Davey said as he grabbed Sally and booked out of the corridor while Sonic dived into the Swats.

"Quick, Davey, in here," Sally said, pointing to a storage room. Davey went in and locked the door behind him.

Sally looked around and found some computer chips that she came to Robotoplis for. ("Robotoplis?" Davey cried as he found out where he was. "Sire, your aim on your void sucks!") Davey found a jetpack to strap to his belt and a shotgun.

An English-accented voice came from just outside. "Come on out, Princess. I know you're in there." It was Snivley, and someone else in a struggle. "I've got your boyfriend, Sonic, and now I've come for you."

Suddenly, the door blew away, smashing into the Swat that was holding Sonic, removing the arm with the hedgehog. Five seconds later, Snively got a good look at a gun toting Davey Crockett. "What about me, Dipstick?" Davey fired on the remaining Swats, downing them all in a barrage of robot body parts and motor oil in so many seconds. Before anyone knew it, the hallway was littered with mechanical limbs and sparking wires, and the walls got a fresh coat of crude.

Sally got out of the shock of the sudden storm of violence to go to Sonic. "I can't believe you got caught."

"Sally, Snively's got a robot version of myself! He's just as fast as I am!"

"Correct you are, hedgehog! Mecha Sonic, Get those three!"

"As you wish boss," said a mechanic version of Sonic's voice from the darkness, large red and black eyes glowed ominously.

"Let's get outta here!" Sally cried as she and Sonic sped away--at an equally high speed! Davey followed the best he can with his jetpacks. "Princess, how in the heck can you run this fast?"

"It's a long story. I'd tell you, but right now isn't the time. And Davey, please, call me 'Sally'."

"All right, Sally. Let's get you back to Knothole so we can swap some files, Okay?"

The trio screeched to a stop just outside the building fifty Swats encircled around them. "I've got the back," Davey shouted. "Can you two handle them?"

"No sweat, Davey Crockett," Sonic replied. "C'mon, Sal, it's double ring time!"

Davey stood straight arrow in front of the dark corridor, aiming his shotgun directly at the red eyes rapidly approaching. "All right, pal, what's on your mind?"

Sonic and Sally held up the power ring, which makes them and the ground around them glow golden fire. "I d-d-don't t-t-think I-I-I c-c-can get used t-t-to t-t-this, Sonic-c-c . . . "

"Don't worry Sal, it took me six months to get used to power rings. You've only been jucin' for two whole weeks . . . Get ready . . . "Sonic's voice was drowned by the glow going nova. It brightly illuminated Davey's current target before he got into point-blank range. Mecha Sonic looks exactly like Sonic would look roboticized, Davey thought, and then he pulled the trigger. Mecha Sonic was thrown back into the dark hallway almost as fast as he came in.

That was the rifle's last round, so Davey threw it at the next Swat he saw; this one was riding a hover cycle. He jacked the bike, grabbed another gun from the next nearest Swat and charged into the fray Sonic and Sally was in. Robots were still flying everywhere, although the flying oilshed was at a minimum, until he started shooting at the poor robots who got too close. "Anyone around here needs a ride outta here?"

"I do!" Sally cried as she hopped on, her boots were smoking.

"You all right?"

"OwOwOw! Hot Feet! How can Sonic handle it?"

"Must be the shoes, I guess?"

Sally slaps herself. "Arrgh! I just remembered, I've got new boots at Minoc Grove! I should've waited."

"Hard to wait when you're up to your eyeballs in Swats." David shoots down another.

"Or in Swat parts. Just remember to watch your aim on that thing, you could hit a friend of mine."

Davey slaps himself. "Oh crud, I forgot! Some of these 'bots is actually roboticized Mobians!"

"No, not here. This is a Swatbot factory. You'll know a Worker Bot when you see one; they'll look so cute you'll like to hug one."

"I'll stick with fur, thank you. So, make a personal note: Don't go, 'Kill 'em all, let Robotnik sort them out!'"

"C'mon," Sonic stopped just enough to say, "Let's go!"

Davey did a hoverbike's version of a peel-out and sped towards the main gate leading outside. It was closed tight and had several Swats standing guard.

"Sonic, the ring--PASS IT!" Sonic threw it like a frisbee without thinking beforehand, as usual. When Davey caught it, he accelerated full throttle on a collision course toward that gate.

"Davey, you don't have to do this to impress me."

"All I'm asking, Princess, is if you got any fingers left, I suggest you close them."

"Oh, boy." Sally grabbed on tight to Davey's pants.

At this point, Sonic's brain caught up with the rest of him. "Hey! That ring won't work on you!"

Davey leaned over the bars and held the power ring forward. It sparked to life, shooting star-fire toward the gate like a roman candle.

"Never mind."

The main gate exploded by the blasts, blowing shards of steel into the Swats guarding it. They could only twitch and bleed oil as they got a good look at the newest and by far the deadliest Freedom Fighter rode past, only pausing enough to splatter one more into oblivion.