Chapter 39: Wild Force Encounter P1

Disclaimer: I do not Sonic the Hedgehog, nor Power Rangers Wild Force whom are the guests for these two part chapters. I do own Amber the Cheetah, Frost the Leopard, Prince Sunflash the lion, the two places Tribal Plains. Sophie the Hyena is an OC from Tamara the Hybridian.

A/N, Sorry for the long, long wait, but I have been very busy working at my job. Please note that I haven't given up on Fanfiction, the fanfics I'm working on will be updated, but not at the same pace they have before. Also this chapter will switch POV between Amber the Cheetah, Cole the Red Wild Force Ranger, and Dr. Robotnic's short POV

Amber's POV

When we had arrived back at Knothole victorious over Zen-Aku, we were greeted with a warm welcome of applause from the civilians. We all knew that with Zen-Aku's death and that the last Chaos Emerald had been found, the true final battle was approaching. I actually felt that the end was certainly coming and glad that it was. Secretly I was hoping that Dr. Robotnic would be the one falling but something didn't feel right to me. Sure we had the most Chaos Emeralds, but if I knew one thing about Dr. Robotnic from my mother's stories it was this, that he would never give up and would be thinking of a clever strategy to steel them from us.

"Congratulations on your latest victory Prince Sunflash" Sally Acorn told him.

Prince Sunflash turns towards her "Thank you for your kind words Princess but I wouldn't have been able to handle it alone."

He pauses turning over to Frost, Knuckles, Sonic, Sophie, and me "Everyone of us pitched in to deal Dr. Robotnic a serious blow."

Sonic agreed "He's right! It took everyone of us to defeat Zen-Aku and deal Egghead a serious setback. Without Zen-Aku whom I'll admit is just as smart and cunning on the battle scenes we've had with him, Dr. Eggman is at a loss."

"There's still Matriarch" I told him.

He nodded "Yeah, the Hyena-Clan's leader is rightfully her now I suppose, but she should be easy to figure out."

I scratched my head as Sophie explains "Matriarch may not be as thoughtful and cunning as Zen-Aku was but she's got the power to lead the Hyena-Clan. Sure she'll want to kill Amber and eat her but she'll obey that mad man to the end."

"Correct she will" Frost agreed.

Princess Sally Acorn acknowledges her error "You're right Prince Sunflash, you weren't the only one that defeated Zen-Aku but you and Amber had the winning strategy. Still I will admit it took everything from everyone of you all to defeat him."

"I'll say" Sonic admitted "He caught the Spineforce Megazord in it's ball formation and batted us back to the Breaker Megazord and Tribal Plains Megazord without little effort."

We all nodded our heads in agreement. Zen-Aku was very hard to beat but we did. Frost now sighs "So what do we do now Prince Sunflash? The war is coming to a close."

"Just about" Sophie agreed "But we can't let our guard down. Dr. Robotnic is going to come up with something to steel the Chaos Emeralds from us."

Prince Sunflash answers Frost "We'll have to be on guard. Sophie makes a good point as I was going to send Amber to tell my father that the war is certainly coming to a close, but who knows what Dr. Robotnic is up to. For all we know he could be waiting for a chance to catch Amber and use her as a hostage at first to force us to give him the Chaos Emeralds."

I paled at Sunflash's words, just the mention of me being caught by Dr. Robotnic and perhaps Matriarch sent a shiver of fear down my spine. Leave it to my boyfriend to say such terrifying words.

Frost notices me shiver with my tail tucked between my legs. She eyes Prince Sunflash "I know honesty is your thing but couldn't you have put those words in a way that wouldn't frighten your girl?"

The lion sees me shivering holding my paw "Sorry Amber."

"D-D-D-Don't be" I told him trying to sound brave "You're just looking out for my well being."

"Plus Sunflash could be correct" Sophie admitted "Of course he could try to capture any one of us to use as a hostage too, but Amber would be too perfect for him to catch."

"Why you say that?" Knuckles asked her.

Frost knew "Because Prince Sunflash would do whatever he can to save Amber. I don't know what he'd do if Egghead were to capture her and use her as a hostage, only to...Kill her afterwards."

I just sighed glad Frost didn't say the word skin her. Still she and I knew where she was getting at, Dr. Robotnic would kill me by skinning me then most likely giving my remains to Matriarch.

Knuckles looked around Knothole "True there...So honestly what do we do?"

Prince Sunflash had the answer "For now we can celebrate this much needed victory but triple the guards and Frost...We'll need your scouting duties most of all."

Frost's ears perked up "Of course my Prince! What can I do for you?"

Prince Sunflash turns to her "You, Tails and Sonic should be our first round of defense. I'm sending you three on the front lines."

Frost squealed really wanting this "Count me in! What should Sonic, Tails and I do? Can I be the team leader?"

Sonic rolls his eyes poking her in the ribs "Getting ahead of yourself Frost?"

Prince Sunflash and I held back a small smile, trust Frost to be excited on a such important mission. I turned to my boyfriend nodding "I think she should be if you are sending her."

The lion Prince now answers her "Of course you can Frost, now I want you to scout ahead towards Robottropolis, and spy on Dr. Robotnic and the Hyena-Clan. We'll need to be ready for anything Dr. Robotnic may have planned for us."

Frost nodded "Gotcha! Then what should we do when we see any movement?"

Prince Sunflash turns to her "Tell Tails to alert us immediately, while you and Sonic attempt to hold them off. Amber, Knuckles, Sophie and I will arrive there to aide you."

Frost saluted "Right."

The Lion prince turns to Sally Acorn "I'll leave the lion warriors and some leopard scouts here to help defend Knothole just in case Dr. Robotnic somehow gets passed us. You've got the most important mission of all making sure the Chaos Emeralds don't fall into his hands."

She shakes her head yes agreeing with him "You got it Prince Sunflash."

Once Tails arrived in the room, Frost grabbed him by his two tails and starts to drag him off "Come on you two we've got a mission!"

Tails was speechless for once crossing his arms while looking at Sonic, it was as if he thought Sonic was behind this. Sonic shrugged "Don't look at me little buddy, I don't know women."

I caught sight of Sonic desperately trying not to burst out laughing at his friend's predicament.

Bunnie Rabbot opens the door for them just as Tails asked his question "What mission are we going on?"

Frost answers tugging on his two tails "I'll fill you in on the way! Come on let's go!"

I had some sympathy for Tails as he winces at the tug "Hey! Not so forceful Frost you'll tear them off! Plus I can walk you know."

Frost lightens her grip on his tail but didn't not let go completely as the trio vanished. I was still feeling Tails's pain, I knew the feeling all too well with having your tail pulled. Well, mine was bit by Matriarch but still I knew his pain and spoke "You'll have your hands full with her in charge of the mission Tails."

"Is it bad that I feel a bit sorry for him and Sonic?" Sophie asked me.

"For Sonic...No, for Tails...Yes" I replied with a sweatdrop "Have pity on that fox. I know what it's like to have a tail pulled or in my case bitten."

"Point taken" Sophie admitted.

Sally Acorn turns to Prince Sunflash "Do you think it was wise putting Frost in charge of those two?"

Prince Sunflash eyes her crossing his arms as if she insulted him "Frost is dependable. She'll do what I ask of her and succeed, if anyone can do a scouting mission successfully, it is Frost due to her ability to blend in and appear to vanish. Sonic is fast that speed is an important key to a successful spying or scouting mission."

"But why drag Tails into it?" I asked him

The Prince smiles "Let's face it, she'll need someone smart to help plan out things.

"Oh" I said.

"For now we wait and see what he's up to" Prince Sunflash told me.

I gave him an understanding nod. Like my boyfriend, I trusted Frost deep in my heart. In the outside she acted like Sonic, impatient, and very eager to take on the enemy, but on a mission, I knew Frost wouldn't screw up, in other words Frost was just as serious as Prince Sunflash was on a mission especially if it involved scouting/spying or if it involved her skills.

Dr. Robotnic's POV

That darn Hedgehog and blasted Lion. They had delivered another setback. They had done the impossible by defeating Zen-Aku. I figured that with him on my side he'd crush our foes for good and he was doing a great job at it. I looked in the room where Matriarch sat also angry at the defeat well sort of angry. From the looks of things, she was angry that Zen-Aku had failed to defeat our foes for good, but she was also quite glad he was gone, now she could officially take over the Hyena-Clan again. I looked to see Metal Sonic still with me so my resources for my ally and army of robots was getting low.

"Okay Matriarch" I told the Hyena Queen "Here is the full deal. All Seven Chaos Emeralds have been gathered. Three are in our hands, and four others are in our enemies hands."

"Sadly so" she agreed.

Metal Sonic crosses his arms "In order to fully crush the Freedom Fighters and their Big Cat Tribe allies, we need all seven of them."

I agreed with him "Correct. Which won't be easy because we still haven't found the location of Knothole."

"Three of the Chaos Emeralds our enemies have are in Knothole" Matriarch reminded me "The other is in Tribal Plains closely guarded."

"Thanks for that reminder!" I snapped at her.

"So what's the next step in the plan?" Metal Sonic asked me.

I calmed myself down a bit "Prince Sunflash is quite a worthy foe indeed...Except he doesn't have the brains to fully think on what I am up to next. He knows I'll be up to something, just doesn't know what. So we'll need to make a clever distraction to find Knothole and to get into Tribal Plains."

"It is what they'll expect though" Matriarch reminded me.

"True" I said giving her one of my rare thoughtful smiles "But not with the plan I've just came up with. They can expect any kind of diversion but this one...They won't see coming."

This silences my two remaining allies with Metal Sonic asking "What is your plan Master?"

I grinned evilly "Matriarch..."

"Yes?" Matriarch asked me.

I then asked my question "Do you remember what Zen-Aku told us about a certain group of Power Rangers?"

"Yes," Matriarch admitted "He called them the Wild Force Power Rangers..."

Then I saw that she immediately got my plan "Forget it! From what Zen-Aku told me about them, they are goodie two shoes! They'd never work for us! They'd join the Freedom Fighters and Big Cat Tribe! Plus when they do, they'll be possibly giving two more Megazords to our enemies."

I calmed her down "Relax Matriarch. It seems that you know part of my plan, and it's true on most cases they wouldn't dare aide evil. However, not if we convince them that their home of Anamerium is in danger of being attacked by a new group of enemies. Plus-"

I pause snapping as another robot appeared escorted by Clang "We've got Shapeshifter"

My new robot appeared. It was designed wonderfully by me of course when Zen-Aku was fighting our enemies, I was creating this one in person. Metal Sonic looks at it "What does this robot do master?"

I gave my two allies a grin "This robot nearly has the same ability as you Metal Sonic. Well you can match and copy any opponent's power. Shapeshifter can use it's power to become anyone or can make a group of robots turn into any group."

Matriarch was slowly getting it "Then..."

I gave them my plan "When the time is right, Shapeshifter will disguise itself and five Cogs to look like our enemies and kidnap Princess Sheila, the Wild Force Ranger's mentor in front of the Wild Force Rangers. You, Metal Sonic and I will pretend to arrive to aide the Wild Force Rangers in the chase to save their precious Princess. This act will get them to think we are on their side. In short the three of us talk to them and inform them about this new attack and that we've been trying to deal with it for quite a while...Plus Zen-Aku had tried to assist us only to fail."

"Then when they take the bait to save their Princess from our enemies?" Matriarch asked grinning as if getting it right away?"

I gave her an evil chuckle "We'll commence phase two of my plan, I'll need you to guard the captured Princess for a while, allowing Shapeshifter to turn into Sonic himself and ask Princess Sally Acorn where the Chaos Emeralds are and swipe them with Metal Sonic going deep into Tribal Plains to capture the Chaos Emerald there. Then hopefully if all goes well, the Freedom Fighters and Big Cat Tribe will all die by the Power Rangers' hands without us getting our hands dirty...Then we'll have all Seven Chaos Emeralds to commence my final phase of conquest in conquering the word!"

I began laughing my evil laugh. Once done I turned to Shapeshifter "Get five Cogs and get to work!"

"Yes, Dr. Robotnic!" the robot replied to me.

Cole Evan's POV

It was another fine day on Animarium. It had been one year after Master Org was defeated. Peace had been restored to Earth. The other Wild Force Rangers Max, Danny, Alyssa, Merrick and I were still together watching over Animarium . We were all walking around when suddenly six creatures appeared. Four seemed to be in a Power Ranger outfit but more armored like. Two others appeared to be like a blue Hedgehog and a red Enercha. All of which had surrounded us.

Tayler the Yellow Wild Force Ranger looks around "What's going on?"

Before we could act the blue hedgehog whirls around so fast that it knocks us all onto our feet. The orange armored one reaches for Princess Shayla whom dodges but not the red Enercha.

The Princess tries to escape but the Enercha was amazingly strong not letting go of her. With the Princess in his hands the group of six attackers now run off with the Princess.

I gave my friends a look nodding. The Six of us including Merrick pull out our Wild Force morphers "Wild Access!"

Within seconds we morph and quickly give chase to the attackers to rescue our Princess.

We chased them half way through the forest amazed how fast they were in getting away. Just when we thought we came close in rescuing the Princess they would attack with the Blue Hedgehog which with so much speed wiped us off our feet again. Then just when it looked like we finally got them a black Hyena appear with a metallic blue hedgehog similar to the regular blue one and oddly a fat bald man. These three would try to help us but by the time they helped the attackers seemed to vanish.

"They got away!" the Hyena snapped in anger.

The robotic hedgehog spoke "As always..."

The fat man turned over to us "They always do seem to be one step ahead of us. Wonder what they wanted that Princess for."

By the sound of things these three sounded pretty sincere and honest.

"Who were those?" Taylor asked.

The bald man turns to towards us "Forgive us for coming late, I'm Dr. Ivo Robotnic. Ruler of Mobotropolis. This maybe a bad time but we must chat on things. I'm sensing you are wanting to know who those six were?"

"We were" I told him.

There was something about this guy that I felt like he was lying about something even if he was sounding pretty sincere and honest...He did try to help us rescue Princess Shayla. So I had to give him the benefit of the doubt.

We all brought him to the area where we normally had our meetings in. Dr. Robotnic had introduced us to his friends, Matriarch the Hyena, and Metal Sonic.

"Mobotropolis has been in conflict ever sense a power struggle had occurred" Dr. Robotnic said "We try to hold them off but barely, and are losing ground."

"That's bad" Merrick admitted.

"It certainly is" Metal Sonic said "Those mutli-colored armored foes, blue hedgehog, and red Enercha had been the most formidable opponents. They also control Zords-"

"Which one of those was a spy and stole the blueprints to our Zords we were building because of that threat" Matriarch interrupted.

"Leading to the Egg Zord's destruction" Dr. Robotnic added on dryly.

The other Wild Force Rangers and I knew how painful losing Zords could be, especially ones that were sentient like ours.

"You could of asked for our help" Tyler told them "We'd come to help."

"We had some help from Zen-Aku" Matriarch said.

Merrick looks at her "I was wondering where he suddenly vanished too...So you requested his help to help you...How'd it go?"

"Zen-Aku was a powerful warrior bringing with him two Megazords to combat our foe's Megazord...Matriarch and him nearly defeated our foes using those two Megazords till they stole them form us using a special weapon that expelled Zen-Aku and Matriarch from them.

"Stupid Elements of Harmony" Matriarch muttered under her breathe.

Dr. Robotnic then explained more "A last...In our last effort to claim the last item known as a Chaos Emerald so we can use it to defend ourselves...Zen-Aku tried to claim it but ultimately he too was cut down by our foes."

The other Wild Force Rangers and I were surprised to hear this for no one but the six of us working together could defeat Zen-Aku. We never imagined another force being able to unless they focused on his horn and quickly knew of that weakness.

"They currently have Four Chaos Emeralds" Metal Sonic explained to us "While we have three of them luckily...For if they manage to gain all of them...They'll overwhelm Mobotropolis within a day and take over it."

No decision was necessary. The way they sounded, and the way they acted something needed to be done to stop these attackers. Otherwise a peaceful land will fall.

"We'll help you to defeat them, but first rescuing Princess Shayla" I told Dr. Robotnic.

The bald, fat man agrees to my handshake "Very well."

The white Ranger asked him "Do you know where they've taken her?"

Dr. Robotnic shrugged "Perhaps to Knothole the underground kingdom from where they secretly plot to attack me and my forces. Too this day no one has ever known where it is."

Metal Sonic had an idea and whispered something to Dr. Robotnic.

Dr. Robotnic thought on this and nodded "Right. It appears that they are now spying on my forces. Near a forest area."

Metal Sonic manages to show us where the disturbance was. I gave my friends a look "Let's go check it out."

We left the area to stop these new attackers and to save our Princess.

Dr. Robotnic's POV

Matriarch, Metal Sonic and I waited till the last of the Wild Force Rangers which happened to be Merrick left us behind and out of ears length away. Oh I loved it when everything was going to plan! Now the three of us had to wait till the Wild Force Rangers engaged the Freedom Fighters and the Big Cat Tribe. All through out the conversation with Cole Evans the Red Wild Force Ranger, I had to make sure not to show an evil grin. Once they were out of hearing length, I turned to Matriarch "This plan will not fail! Remember it's only a way for us to steal the Chaos Emeralds from our foes."

Matriarch nods "Right, in the end we'll be successful in stealing the four Chaos Emeralds, but I do wonder if the Rangers and Big Cat Tribe will not destroy each other and find out about our lies."

Metal Sonic chuckles evilly "Oh Matriarch, I believe Master has foreseen that."

"And I have" I admitted chuckling myself "But by the time they figure out that we set them up...It'll be too late. All Seven Chaos Emeralds will be in our possession."

Matriarch herself was grinning "Oh...Perfect!"

We now made our way back waiting for our chance to perform stage two of my ingenious plan! All we had to do was wait till the time was right. We went back to my base where Shapeshifter and five Cogs awaited my orders guarding the captured Princess. The robot straightened up seeing me.

Princess Sheila looks at me "You won't get away with this!"

I gave her an evil smile "I've already have! Soon those Rangers will actually finish off the ones that are the true heroes. Then no one will ever come to rescue you. For now...Shapeshifter we relax till the time is right."

Amber's POV

We were all still at Knothole. Frost hadn't called us back yet. This is what worried me slightly. Normally Frost would've called in to let us know of her progress. So far we hadn't heard out anything from her. Sophie looks at me "Amber?"

I gave her a worried look "She should've called us back by now."

Prince Sunflash pats my shoulder "Amber, chill out. Somethings take time to decipher plus she has to make sure not to get caught."

I gave out a sigh, he was right. Still, there was something that bothered me and that was my woman's intuition. This was telling me something bad was going to happen. It was then we heard the communicators go off.

Prince Sunflash answers "This is Sunflash, go ahead Frost, did you find something?"

Frost answered "Yes...Sonic just reported that Dr. Robotnic seemed to disappear somewhere and now have returned and now...I've spotted six humans approaching us."

"Odd" I muttered "Six?"

"Are you sure they aren't robots?" Sophie asked.

"Positive" Frost answered "Ether that or Egghead surely stepped up his game and can make robots that actually look like humans."

"Where's Sonic?" Prince Sunflash asked.

"He's currently talking to them...And one of the humans nearly punched him!" Tails reported.

"Alright" Prince Sunflash said eying Sophie, Knuckles, and me "We're on our way!"

With this we teleported to the area to see the scene. Sure enough there were six humans. Four boys and two girls. They were all wearing similar uniforms except for their shirts. Sure enough one of the girls a blond one was trying her best to catch Sonic off guard but the speedy hedgehog was easily keeping her at bay even taunting her. I just shook my head knowing this would make that girl mad even more.

It is then the one that looked like a jungle native and wearing a red shirt spotted Prince Sunflash "A lion!"

The blond haired girl stops and looks at Prince Sunflash "What about it Cole?"

"Lions are trustworthy and do have a sense of honor, perhaps he can help us rescue the Princess" the boy said he then spoke.

"First of all" the girl said to him "Ask him to help catch that hedgehog!"

"Princess?" I whispered to him.

"Got me" Prince Sunflash admitted in a whisper to me in a sweat drop "The only Princess I know is Princess Sally Acorn. And even I know that's not the Princess he's talking about..."

The boy I guessed whose name was Cole advanced "Sorry to disturb you mighty lion. We're here to rescue Princess Sheila from that blue hedgehog."

"And Enercha!" the girl interrupted pointing to Knuckles.

This confused me even more as Knuckles pointed to himself "ME? What did I do?"

Prince Sunflash also looked confused as he asked the same question eying Sonic and Knuckles whom were next to him "What are you talking about? What just happened?"

Cole answered "Not too long ago a group of six individuals appeared in Animerium kidnapping Princess Shiela who lives there. Two of those individuals looked like your friends Knuckles and Sonic over there. If you be so kind to hand them over to us for questioning."

Prince Sunflash was still a bit confused eying Frost whom climbed down the tree "Sonic was with you the whole time right?"

"Yes, he was" Frost answered "Plus you know Sonic would never do that."

"And neither would Knuckles" Prince Sunflash agreed he eyes Cole sensing that Cole was sensible too "I'm sorry Cole, but it appears you maybe having the wrong idea. Sonic was with my friend Frost the whole entire time. Knuckles was with us waiting. Plus we know Sonic well enough that he'd never do that."

Cole looks at him "Really? Well then we'll have to do this the old fashion way going through you to get to them."

Prince Sunflash growls "Over our dead bodies."

Cole, and his five friends pulled out some kind of morpher and all shouted "Wild Access!"

Within seconds the six appear to morph as if it was the same thing Prince Sunflash, Sophie, Frost and I do with our Element Armor.

"Cole Evans! Blazing Lion!" The Red Wild Force Ranger shouted jumping up and posing.

"Alyssa Enrile, Noble Tiger!" the White Wild Force Ranger shouted.

"Taylor Earheart, Soring Eagle!" The Yellow Wild Force Ranger shouted.

"Max Cooper, Surging Shark!" The Blue Wild Force Ranger shouted.

"Danny Delgado, Iron Bison!" The Black Wild Force Ranger shouted.

"Merrick Baliton, Howling Wolf! The Lunar Wolf Ranger shouted.

"Guardians of the planet...United we roar!" Cole announced "Power Rangers Wild Force!"

Prince Sunflash eyes Cole "This is going to be your last mistake. But I won't let Sonic go into your hands!

From the looks of things we'd need our Element Armor for this battle. The Prince looks at me and I gave him a nod.

"Element Armor Activate" Frost, Sophie, Prince Sunflash and I shouted.

"Lightning!" I shouted.

"Ice!" Frost shouted.

"Nature!" Sophie announced.

"Fire!" Prince Sunflash shouted.

Within seconds we go into our Element Armored forms.

Cole was shocked at Prince Sunflash "Wait, no way would a lion do this. Deceit?"

Prince Sunflash shook his head "You appear to be confused! Just as much as I am now. I never recall meeting you in the first place."

Cole eyes his friends "Be on guard guys, we aren't sure what powers their suits have, but we have to take them down!"

"Let's get them!" The Yellow Ranger shouted coming at me.

The Wild Force Power Rangers charge us. Prince Sunflash brings out his Flame Axe "We've got to fight back! Commence counter attack!"

"Right!" Sophie, Frost and I shouted drawing our Element Weapons.

Sonic and Knuckles prepared to help us as well.

"Not sure what got into their heads" Sonic admitted "But it's time to knock some sense into them!"

"Agreed" Knuckles said banging his fists together "I've never met them ether!"

Prince Sunflash eyes the advancing Rangers "Sorry Rangers...But if you're attacking us without any good reason then we'll have to stand our ground and fight back."

The Wild Force Power Rangers continued their charge as Prince Sunflash drives his axe into the ground "First, let me introduce you this, Uprising Fire!"

He drove his Flame Axe into the ground and underneath the Power Ranger's feet an upward fire wave erupted catching each of them off guard. Sparks flew as it swept them off their feet and onto the ground.

"What the heck just happened?" Alyssa asked.

"That lion managed to drive that axe into the ground to erupt fire from under us" Merrick told her.

The Wild Force Rangers get back onto their feet and come at us once again.

"I'll take the Red Wild Force Ranger" Prince Sunflash told us "Ladies, and gentlemen take your colors."

"Yellow's mine!" I hissed.

"Blue's mine" Frost agreed.

Sophie eyes the White Ranger "White's mine then."

Knuckles bashes his fist "That Lunar Wolf Ranger is mine."

"Then I'll be taking the black one on" Sonic sighed.

With this we charged the Wild Force Power Rangers. Each of the Wild Force Power Rangers went up against us.

End of Chapter

Part 1 of Wild Force Encounter is over! Next Chapter is Chapter 40: Wild Force Encounter PII

Here is the summary: The battle between the Wild Force Rangers, the Freedom Fighters, and the Big Cat Tribe intensifies into a showdown unaware that Dr. Robotnic is making his move to steal the four Chaos Emeralds.