Me: Hey all, sorry for not updating this for a while. My dad messed up my computer which had a working chapter saved on it and I've been updating The Mysterious Island.

Lamorak: Here's the part where you all have been waiting for.

Me: Yep, the fight between Sonic's group and the Hydra and Tails Escape with his new allies. Enjoy.

The Hydra and the Escape

"Finally I get to go on an adventure with the king. This is so awesome!" Estrella exclaimed as she flew overhead, doing backflips in midair in excitement as she followed the rest of the group through the barren wasteland.

"How can she still be this excited in this unbearable heat?" Lamorak muttered as he removed his helmet and wiped off a drop of sweat that rolled down his emerald feathers. He glanced up toward the sky, catching sight of the blue owl performing yet another black flip and momentarily blocking the blazing sun before it reappeared in the clear blue sky.

"What, are you jealously that she can fly, but you can't?" Starkage joked as he bumped into the hawk's side. As the knight regained his balance, he let out an angry growl as he glared at the dragon.

"I can fly, but with this armor on makes it hard to." Starkage snorted, a smirk spread on his face as faced in the direction the group were heading.

"Sure." The phthalo reptile sarcastically replied, making the bird growl once more before quickening his pace to separate him from the dragon before he end up with another scorch mark.

"Hey Bastion, how much longer til we arrive at Cauldron?" The blue owl asked as she glided down toward the ground to get a better view of the map.

"Not much longer." The panther replied as glanced down at the map in his hands before looking across the land and toward the distant horizon.

"Well that good news, we've been walking this desert for what, hours." Sonic exclaimed as he checked the surrounding area in boredom for something new. A few cacti were scattered around, large rocks desolated the ground, a few lizards scurrying around the ground, yep, same as the last five minutes ago, and before, and before.

SCEEEEEEECH!

The group stopped as the screeching sound echoed through the Outlands and quickly covered their ears as it continued. Estrella practically fell out of the sky, her ears hurting too much due to the high sensibility in them, making her forget about flying and more desperate to at least dim the terrible and irritating sound. Lamorak, who had happened to be the one under here at the time, was unlucky as the young teen plummeted onto him, their armor creating a clanking sound on collision, but was easily muffled by the screeching.

"Can that blasted thing stop?" Nightmare growled as the screeching continued for another minute before stopping as quickly and sudden as it had started.

"What was that?" Gawain asked as he looked toward the distant, smoke visible in the distant.

"It's the Hydra." Bastion replied as he burst into a run, forcing the others to speed up, which was an improvement for Sonic since he was getting irritated by the slow pace. The blue hedgehog, slightly confused, rushed up to the panther's side before slowing his pace to match the large cat's slower one.

"Uh, what's a Hydra?" he asked, earning several bewildered looks from the rest of the knights.

~ Castle Prison ~

A yellow two tailed fox lay on the hard and cold stone ground; his tails twitching slightly as small snores escaped his mouth.

Clink, Clink, Clink, Clink

"Huh," Tails lazily opened his eyes as he stared blankly at the wooden door as the clinking sound increased. His small ears twitched slightly, recognizing that it wasn't one, but three sets of steel armor approaching his cell, the metal clinking and clanking as it shifted and hit the ground. Tails sat up slowly, closing his eyes as a soundless yawn escaped. He stretched his arms back, hearing a few bones pop due to the uncomfortable ground, and picked himself off the ground just as he heard the rattling of keys. Seconds later the door was pushed open, revealing Charles, Reptar, and Marcus, all outfitted in their Underworld armor.

"Hey, Tails, glad to see you're awake." Charles said as Reptar walked over to the fox and undid the chains restraining him to the small area.

"We're going to have to skip breakfast if we don't want this plan go south ok." The croc said as the chains hit the ground with a loud rattle seconds before the clanking of the cuffs was heard.

"Alright, so, exactly how many of your people are helping in the escape?" the mammal asked as he rubbed his now cuff free wrist.

"Only five, a few might have gone on the trip to Cauldron with the Black Knight. He made sure that nobody would escape his rule." Tails frowned slightly, five would not do, compared to the few attacks he witnessed they would be outnumbered by the corrupted Underworld Knights by a lot.

"And exactly how many are we going against?"

"Thousands, maybe more," the bee replied as the feeling in the air became a bit grim.

~ Cauldron ~

Roars were heard through the area while several knights tried to hold their ground, and their confidence, against their opponents.

"Commander." one of the knights asked nervously as he looked at the leading knight. His armor was a brighter color that the rest of them, even if it was covered with grim, debris, and scorch marks.

"What?!" the commander replied angrily glancing back toward the knight who was shivering slightly in his armor, the metal make slightly creaking sound. The others were also doing the same and some could barely keep a grip on their weapons.

"Shouldn't we just run, sir? We don't really stand a chance." The commander growled at the response and opened his mouth to make an angry comment, but stopped before a word could escape as an easily recognizable voice was heard.

"You should listen to the knave. He seems to have more sense than you."

"The Black Knight!" all but the commander shouted in surprise. Most now wish for nothing more than to be somewhere else but there. The leading knight turned his head quickly in the direction of the voice.

"Yes, it is I, your one and true king. If you wish to still live and see your families once more, I advise that you give up now." Arthur laughed as he looked down at the small group of knights, a smug smirk hidden from view by his black helmet. The ghostly stallion neighed in impatience, it hoofs tapping on the cooled lava. Behind him were hundreds of his knights, swords drawn and ready to tear through flesh and armor and break the bones of those who opposed their leader.

"Like we will ever submit to you, Sir Sonic defeated you once; he'll do it again with the help of his knights. Arthur laughed out once more; earning an annoyed looked from the commander.

"I underestimated the pest, this time; it will be different, with a more useful ally." The ground shook violently as Arthur cackled madly as fifty snake heads burst out of the large cave opening below him. Green slit eyes stared at the knights as several forked tongues slithered out of the reptile's mouths before moving back inside. Several of them let out feral hisses as other opened their mouth, revealing sharp, deadly fangs.

"For this time, I have the Hydra of Legends!" The knights barely had time to gasp as heads of the mythical beast strikes out towards them, mouths ready to swallow their prey.

Unrelated To This Story Note: If anyone is wondering what happened to Sonic Origins and The Dark Realm, I deleted them because I have it remade into a sequel after several other sequels of The Mysterious Island.