Disclaimer: Sonic The Hedgehog, Nack The Weasel, Sally Acorn, and all related characters are owned by Sega, Archie Comics, and/or DiC Entertainment.
Author's Note: Well, folks looks like I'm getting this series up and running (no pun intended). But please don't judge this one by the last one, this one is much better. All right, on with the show!

Characters (In order of appearace)

King Sonic Hedgehog
Queen Sally Acorn
Knuckles Echidna
Julie-Su Echidna
Miles "Tails" Prower
Jewel Hedgehog-Prower
Prince Speed Hedgehog
Basher Echidna
Princess Crystal Hedgehog
Duo Prower
Comet Prower
Mandy Treen
Nack Weasel
Rock Crocodile- Vector's brother, second in command of Nack's Gang.
Predator Hawk
Lightning Lynx
Flying Frog
Sgt. Simian
Ashley- Crystal's computer
Nicole
Bunnie Rabbot-D'Coolette
Mighty Armadillo
Kelly Armadillo- Mighty's wife
Espio Chamilleon
Vector Crockodile
General Antoine D'Coolette
Captain Roron

PREVIOUSLY: After the emeralds getting drained, the FFs where visited by the Knowing One. She informed them of a way to recharge them.

Cyber Sonic Episode 2

TIMELINE: A week later.

Chapter 1
Place: The Frozen Tundra, Mobius

The cold wind whipped across Sonic's face. If not for the goggles he wore, it would have blinded him. "Keep up the pace, guys!" Sonic yelled over the howling winds. "Another two kilometers and we'll set up camp!" He knew it was close. They were looking for the Water Cyber Emerald. They had figured out that certain Cyber Emeralds can track these new ones. This one was being tracked by Sally's. This one was hers.

Following behind them were Knuckles, Julie-Su, Tails, Jewel, Speed, Basher, Crystal, Duo, Comet, and Mandy. Antoine, Bunnie, Lara-Su, Jessica, Cristie, and Amy had stayed back on the aircraft carrier that had brought them here.

Speed, Basher, and Mandy were walking side-by-side. Basher noticed Speed staring at Mandy who was faced forward. "Hey, Speed." Speed didn't answer him. "Yo! Speed!" He still didn't answer him. So he smacked him upside the head.

"Hey! What ya do that for?" he asked Basher.

Basher paused for a few moments, then shook his head. "Man, you got it bad."

"What?!?" Speed said.

"You know what I mean," Basher said, pointing at Mandy.

"I...uh, um...uh...I d-don't know what your t-talking about," he said.

"Geeze," Basher said, "Ya can't even get a straight sentence out."

"It's the cold," he said.

"Whatever," Basher said. "Listen, I've known you my whole life. I can read you like a book. But it's your decision when and if you want to tell her."

Speed looked at her and sighed. "I guess you're right." They continued walking through the snow.

Nack Weasel sat at the helm of the oversized hovercraft, watching the Freedom Fighters on the moniters like he had when The Knowing One had first came. "Perect," he said aloud. "Alright everyone, we attack in the cover of darkness," he said to his gang, Rock Crocodile, Predator Hawk, Lightning Lynx, Flying Frog, and Sgt. Simian. "Once we get Queenie's Cyber Emerald, it will lead us to the Water Emerald." The others just smiled.

Two kilometers later the FFs set up camp. They first set up a huge tent to house their thermal heating unit and the smaller tents for them to sleep in.

Sally was amazed at how quickly Sonic fell asleep with the way the winds were outside. But she soon followed his example and drifted off to sleep herself.

She woke up at what she guessed was 2:00 A.M. Mobotropolis time. She could have sworn she heard something outside besides the wind which had died down. She rolled over and shook Sonic. "Sonic, hey, Sonic, wake up," she said.

"Just five more minutes, mom," Sonic said, still asleep.

She shook him again, harder. "Sonic Maurice Hedgehog, wake up."

"Wha," Sonic said in a sleepy voice, "What did you wake me up for?"

"I think I hear something outside," she said.

"It's just the wind," he said.

"No," she said in a stern voice, "it was something else."

Sonic sighed. "Okay, let's check it out."

Sally put her boots on, Sonic put his shoes on, then they both grabbed their jackets and headed outside.

Sally looked around also. "Maybe you're right, Sonic....."

Then they heard an energy weapon powering up.

"Hands up, 'Your Majesty,'" they heard a voice say. Sonic put his hands up slowly and turned around to see Nack holding a plasma rifle at him.

"Hello, Nack," Sonic said drily.

"Now, Queenie," Nack said motioning toward Sally, "hand over the emerald or I do to this king what I did to the last one."

In a temperary fit of rage Sally leapt at Nack. Not expecting this he took a step back. Taking this advantage, Sonic did a spinning heel kick, knocking the gun out of his hand. He then grabbed Sally and ran back into the main tent.

Knuckles emerged from his tent followed by Julie-Su. "By who?" he asked.

"Nack and his gang," Sally said.

"Don't worry, I have a plan." He turned to Speed and Crystal. "Kids, you stay here."

"WHAT?!" the twins exclaimed at the same time.

"Let me finish," Sonic said. "So you can come around in ten minutes to sneak attack them." The twins looked at each other then looked at their father and smiled.

"Okay now," Sonic said, taking out his Cyber Emerald, "let's give this baby a field test. Cyber Emerald activate!" Fire erupted from the emerald and swirled around him, his Cyber Armor fitting to his body. The armor looked like a robotic version of him that was red, black, green, and silver. "You guys ready?" he asked.

"Ready," they all said.

"Okay, let's go."

They said nothing. They only let loose blasts of plasma fire. Sonic, luckily, was able to block them from it using his speed and avoiding damage from the blasts through his armor.

"They're not gonna give it up," Nack said. "Simian, Hawk, execute the backup plan." The two of them pulled out two small cylinders each and threw them into the snow. Then Nack pulled out a controller and pushed a button. He smiled under his helmet as the ground started to shake.

"Oh yeah, hedgehog. I take it that with the winds the way they were you didn't notice the mountain you camped next to," Nack said as he flew away.

"Huh?" Sonic said as he looked up, saw snow coming down on top of him, and his world went dark.

"Hey, has anyone seen Mandy?"

"Hmmm," Crystal said. "Here she is," she said running over to Mandy," Looks like she's out cold..." Then tears welled up in her eyes.

"Cris," Basher said, "What's wrong?"

"Sh-she-she's not breathing!"

"C'mon," Speed said, "BREATH!" Speed had been giving Mandy CPR for the last two minutes with no results. Everyone was on the verge of tears, Crystal was sobbing into Basher's shoulder.

Just as Speed was almost ready to give up, Mandy coughed. She opened up her eyes and weakly said, "W-wh-what happened?"

He set his blasters and soon evaporated the snow off everyone. After he checked to be sure everyone was okay he set a fire that his computer said would last for a few hours. He then pulled Sally to the side. "Sal, did you get Nicole to call for backup?" he asked.

"Yeah, they should be here in an hour," Sally said.

"Good. We need to go for the emerald by ourselves."

"What?! Why?" she asked him.

"Because, we can cover more ground that way," he said.

"But the terain is very dangerous, and now there's Nack.....What about the kids?" Sally asked.

"They're okay," Sonic said.

"How do you know?" Sally asked him, almost on the verge of tears.

"Listen, Sal," he said,taking her face in his hands, "They have gotten through worse. Heck, we've gotten through worse. And they're even more resourceful than we were." Then he kissed her.

"Thanks, I needed that," she said. "But what about the others?" Sally asked.

"Well..." He thought for a few seconds. "The fire I made should last for a while, and our backup should be here soon, soooo we don't need to worry about that."

"I guess you're right," Sally said. "Geeze, I haven't had to agree with you this much in years. Don't expect ut to become a habit."

"Don't worry, I won't. Now you ready?" he said, slipping the armor's helmet back on. Sally nodded.

"SEARCHING, CRYSTAL," Ashley said. After a few moments and a few beeps from the computer, Ashely said, "NONE FOUND, CRYSTAL."

"Crap," Crystal said. Suddenly, she heard a loud noise and one of the cave's walls burst open. A figure stepped through the hole created. Crystal didn't know what to think until she saw who it was. "How did you get here?" she asked.

"Backup," the figure said.

She nodded, then having to talk over the winds she added, "I'm sure of it." They said nothing as Sonic headed toward the mountain. It was difficult to talk because of the rate that they where traveling. Soon they landed outside the cave entrance to the mountain.

"Okay," Sonic said, "Lets go."

"I don't think so," they heard a voice say. They turned around to once again see Nack and his Gang. "I'm gonna give you one more chance. Hand over the emerald." Nack said.

"Sally," Sonic said, "Go get the emerald, now!"

"But what about you?" she asked.

"I'll be fine, just go!"

"Okay," Sally said as she ran into the cave.

"Hawk, Flying Frog," Nack said over a comlink, "Follow her and stop her at any cost." The two did as they were told. "Everyone else," he said aloud, "KILL THE HEDGEHOG!" As Sonic fought he never noticed the two missing members.

"Well," Basher said as he cleared some rocks away looking for an exit, "He's been bothering Sonic and my dad since they were our age. He's been doing it ever since."

"But, why did he attack us? What's his motivation?" Mandy said.

"Don't know," Basher said. "Wish I did, though."

"Hey, everyone!" they heard Crystal yell. "Come here!"

"What was that about?" Basher asked.

Mandy shrugged. "Don't know, let's go check it out."

As they entered the main cave what they saw surprised them.

"Alright!" Basher said," We're gettin' out of here."

"FIFTY YARDS DOWN THE NEXT TUNNEL, SALLY," Nicole said. "BUT BE WARNED, THE CAVE IS SET UP TO COLLAPSE ONE QUARTER OF THE WAY IN, SO I SUGGEST YOU RUN."

Sally made her way carefully down the tunnel, her Cyber Emerald ready so she could absorb the power from the Water Cyber Emerald, waiting for Nicole's signal. Five from the one quarter mark Nicole beeped, "RUN NOW, SALLY." Sally sprinted down the tunnel. It started to shake. Pieces of the wall started to fall. What Sally wouldn't give for her husband's speed right now. Halfway there. Sally ran faster, avoiding the pieces of rubble. Three quarters. Sally put on an extra burst of speed as the walls started to fall down. Sally lept for the emerald as the ceiling fell on her.

Flying Frog and Predetor Hawk flew out of the cave slamming into Nack. Sonic looked up to see Sally in her blue, silver, black, and green Cyber Armor. "Sal-uh-ly." Sonic tried to stand up but fell down and Sally caught him. "I've got you, Sonic," she said. "Lets get out of here." And she rocketed off.

She landed behind a snow bank and took hers and Sonic's helmets off. "You're in bad shape," she said. Sonic had blood coming out and he had a cut above his left eye. "I'm going to try something I read about on my computer." She put her hands on his shoulders and closed her eyes. A strange energy surrounded them and Sonic's wounds started to heal.

"Whu-what happened?" Sonic said.

"Ready to kick Nack's butt from here to the Downunda?" she asked. He nodded.

"I don't think so, sugah!" he heard a voice say. He looked up to see Bunnie Rabbot-D'Coolette who had gained the ability to switch back and forth from her robotic form, and the Chaotix, Mighty and Kelly Armadilo, Espio Chamileon, and Rock's brother, Vector. The Chaotix had their Cyber Armor on. He was about to attack when he saw General Antoine D'Coolette and the Mobian Royal Navy.

"Oh, Naaack," Nack heard another voice say. He turned around to see Sally flying on the other side of him.

"Dammit," he muttered. Nack flew up higher, trying to avoid their plasma blasts. He shot down small rockets and some of his own plasma blasts. Once he saw an opening, he took it. Heading in the direction he came. He soon saw what looked like an entire army point their guns at him and knock him out of the sky.

Place: The Battleship Trident

Sonic, Sally, Crystal, Basher, Knuckles, and Mighty were with Captain Roron, commander of the battleship Trident, briefing him on what happened. "What I don't get," Crystal said to Mighty, "is how you were able to use the Cyber Emeralds. I thought that their power was drained."

"Well," Mighty said," Since we weren't involved in the final battle with Robotnik -remember we were backup- or that last fight with Enerjak, we weren't affected. But because of our first fight with Robotnik using the Cyber Emeralds, our power is limited."

Sonic meanwhile, looked at Sally who was looking at him. For a short moment they felt a strange connection. But it soon went away. "What was that? "Sally asked. Sonic looked puzzled, then he shrugged.

"Um, Speed." Someone interrupted his thoughts. He turned around to see Mandy standing there.

"Oh, hi," he said.

"Hi," she said, "um, well I just wanted to thank you for saving my life today." She paused, then kissed him, somewhat surprising him.

" I...um...well," he couldn't get the words out, so he acted on instinct, and kissed her back. " You're welcome." She then placed her head on his shouder, and they watched the sun sink into the horizen.

The End.....uh, not quite.....

Mobian Army Transport Vehicle, En Route to the Devil's Gulag

"Great plan, Nack," Rock said.

Nack sat in silence.

"Yeah," Hawk said, "You got us captured."

"Will you shut up?!" Nack snapped, "We won't be in the Gulag long. In fact, it could work to our advantage."

TO BE CONTINUED.....

NEXT: Knuckles' Reckoning

Prince Speed Hedgehog
Age- 17
Sex- male
Relatives- Sonic (father) Sally (mother) Tails (uncle) Crystal (sister) Jewel (aunt) Comet (cousin) Duo (cousin) Jules (grandfather) Bernie (grandmother) Charles (great uncle)
Friends- Basher, Cristie, Mandy, his sister & cousins, Lara-Su, Jessica
Cyber Emerald- De-powered

That's it for this time, join me for "Knuckles' Reckoning"! See ya then.