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(The Unstoppable Duo) BGM: “Original Music – Alexander’s Theme”

<Alexander> “Hey there, kiddos. You’re probably wondering who the awesome gentlerat before you is. Name’s Alexander the ever so flipping great, although you can just call me Alex if you want. I happen to run this organization called Shining Force, but it wasn’t always mine to begin with. See, the two founding leaders had their own adventures regarding time travel, alternate universes, yadda yadda yadda. Its pretty much stuff too awesome to talk about. However, sometime during their adventures they aged rapidly to a certain degree and found out their days were numbered. I reluctantly took over leadership and established a new headquarters in the town of Granite Hill. So what is Shining Force? Well it’s sort of like the Freedom Fighters, except we actually get paid for our services and for the most part don’t answer to no one but ourselves. We’ve had our share of critics, but for the most part we keep up the good fight. Anyways, let me tell you about two particular members in our ranks, namely that gutsy kid of mine and his slacker friend. But hey! Let’s not go in and talk about them first! I’m the hero you all came to see, right? Let’s exposit a few things first.”

“The Youth of Alexander the Great”

“See I’m a war vet myself. Gotten into my share of scrapes. You might know bout this one hum-dinger called the Great War? Eh? Come on, you would have to live in some other universe not to hear about that. So living through that and eventually seeing what came after, I realized that the time and time in life when I’m hitched with a kid, I gotta get this next generation ready. Oh, also I got in this one scrape with this one other guy on the other side of the war way back. He’s not important right now.”

Playable: Alexander, Tig Stripe, & Amadeus
Enemies: Morph & GUN Hunter x2
Stage: The Great War

“To Parts Unknown”

“So the, eventually came the coup d’ grass. The time when that commie fatarse took over. Now to be honest the rest of my comrades in arms sorta had a mixed opinion of me. Julio always thought I was just a showoff that made an ass of myself and Shermy thought little of the fact that I was bout the only guy who used any Over-made guns I could find. Still, our resident war horse…cat actually, gave me his blessing as I had set out on my own.”

Playable: Alexander & Tig Stripe
Enemies: Snively & Swatbot x2
Stage: The Great War

“Raising Him Up”

“So while everyone was going to “Fort Knothead” or whatever it’s called, I went to one of the few thriving townships just off near the Baronies called Granite Hill. It would be years until I met the lovely couple I inherited Shining Force from, but their story is their own and this is mine. I set up my training facility to prepare the youth for all these coming struggles and one of my first test subjects was my kid once he came of age. By coming of age I of course mean once he were able to ditch diapers. He of course had this one slacker friend we’d eventually induct, but hey, I was willing to compromise.”

Playable: Alexander
Enemies: Axel
Stage: Alexander’s Cabin

“The Speedy and the Stout”

“Axel and his buddy probably wouldn’t be the way he was today if it wasn’t for me. Ever since the Great War, I’ve always made it my life’s goal to prepare youngsters for the harsh future ahead via my “Training from Hades”. My own kid kinda holds that against me, but he’s still gotten hella tough. As for Iggy, he’s always been his BFF. The two always competed with each other, but Iggy was always the stronger fella.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Axel
Stage: Training Facility
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CG Cutscene: Welcome to Shining Force                                    (BGM: Sonic Youth)

Within a wrestling ring Axel and Iggy would stand ready side by side. Their opponents were Blackjack the Bulldog and Ripper T. Rodent. Outside the ring, Downtown Ebony Hare and Renfield T. Rodent which of their fighters would go down first. Iggy would psych himself up twisting his arm around a few times and Axel would clench his fists.

<Axel> “Okay! Let’s rock!”

They would both rush in, Axel would slide under Ripper’s legs as he attempted to grab him.

<Axel> “Oy! Oy! You’re making the species look bad, yano!”

Axel would leap up from behind, going into a flurry of kicks to stagger Ripper. Blackjack would pummel Iggy with punches and eventually hit him upside the cheek. Iggy wouldn’t even flinch from the attack, giving Blackjack a surprised and almost fearful expression. Iggy then grabbed him and attacked with a series of consecutive head butts.

<Axel> “Alright! Time for the big crowd pleaser!”

They would force their two opponents to stagger back into each other so the backs of their heads would be knocked against the other. They would both slump down to the ground and a fight bell would ring. Axel and Iggy raised their fists up in victory. Axel would make excited fist pumps while Iggy kept the constant stoic expression. They would eventually head out where Alexander would be waiting for them. Iggy grunted with a polite nod, while Axel looked less than happy to see his dad.

<Alexander> “Put on quite a show out there, kiddo. Nice to see some of my hard work paid off.”

<Axel> “Yeah, whatever. I’m the one who did most of the hard work and I’m done with your hard ass training, yano.”

<Alexander> “Hey…Hey now. No need to be like that, kiddo. I wanted to wish you both well, but I’m also here to offer you something.”

<Axel> “Oh heck no. Here it comes.”

<Alexander> “Nah, its not more training. I’m here to offer you a full time job where you can get in some fights for a living and put that tenacity to good use. Not to mention get some cash out of it. So what’ll it be? You in?”

Alexander handed them a card which showed Shining Force’s info on it. Iggy thought for a minute before smiling and nodding to Axel. Axel thought for a minute before smirking.

<Axel> “Okay then. Let’s show the world just what we can do!”
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“First Mission”

“Right after my boys were initiated, we got ourselves the first mission during my term as leader. This young lady from another world or something came asking for our help. Kid had apparently misplaced her gems somewhere on our end of the street. Course before she sealed the deal on the contract she wanted to see what our guys were made of.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Blaze
Stage: Great Forest

“Keep your Eyes on the Prize”

“We had gathered a bunch of those Sol Emerald thingies, but the last one was held by a certain well endowed lady. Iggy has always had a problem with fighting women since his mom taught him better. Not to mention this kid used her feminine wiles to throw him off. Course my kid and our employer managed to team up against her. Axel and Blaze. Huh. Sounds familiar. Maybe like the kind of duo that usually handles things with their “bare knuckles”, am I right?”

Playable: Axel & Blaze
Enemies: Rouge
Stage: Club Rouge

“Second Mission”

“We were eventually able to negotiate with the bat lady and sometime later we had ourselves another mission. Well it wasn’t really an official mission. One of our other members offhandly suggested we go spy on the affairs of potential bad guys. My kid got ahead of himself and tried to sneak into the Dark Legion’s HQ on Angel Island. Didn’t go well. The kid’s disguise was just a black cloak, his tail painted red, and a paper plate mask with the usual “obscured Legionaire face” on it.”

Playable: Axel
Enemies: Legionaire x3
Stage: Nekronopolis

“In Over Your Head”

“To say that things went downhill is kind of an understatement. The “baroness” type leading the Legion was ready to do my kid in, but Iggy came in to bail him out. After that me and said “baroness” had to work us out an agreement to negotiate the truce. We’d help those misanthropes during their neutral period a few times, but its clear the lady in charge could care less of us.”

Playable: Axel, Iggy & Alexander
Enemies: Lien-Da and Legionaire x2
Stage: Nekronopolis

“Wearing Out Your Welcome”

“Axel went to recover within the house-see-enda of a certain estranged sister. She agreed to it at first, but my kid helped himself a bit too much to her food. The kidna kid wasn’t that fond of freeloaders, so she was quick to give him the boot. Also, once Axel got home later, I made sure to give him extra “Training from Hades” in light of going off on his own.”

Playable: Julie-Su
Enemies: Axel
Stage: Echidnapolis

“Not Expecting Visitors”

“While Iggy was waiting for Axel elsewhere, he ran into one of the locals who wasn’t all that fond of visitors. This kidna was probably the biggest challenge that Iggy had gotten in a while, which encouraged him to be a bit less lazy when it comes to training.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Knuckles
Stage: Master Emerald Shrine

“Terms of the Truce”

“In order to make things coacher between Shining Force and the Legion we decided to take up a mission for them. For some reason or another, the dingoes have always had it out for kidnas and were vandalizing some of their old keepsakes. It was only fair we get on the bad side of the Legion’s enemies to have one less enemy of our own. It all evens out.”

Playable: Axel
Alternate: Iggy
Enemies: General Stryker (Nomad)
Stage: Mystic Ruins

“Forming Alliances”

“Eventually, I decided it was best that we form some alliances with the good guys that the general public usually focuses on. Now at the time I thought the king was the second most awesome guy on Mobius next to myself, so I looked forward to working with his kid. As for the southern sweetheart, she usually had fun sparring with my kids along with the princess, although Iggy is still too much of a gentleman at times.”

Playable: Sally & Bunnie
Enemies: Axel & Iggy
Stage: Knothole Village

“The Friend of my Friend”

“Since we got ourselves cozy with the Freedom Fighters, we decided it was best we do the same thing with their allies. The Chaotix in particular come to mind. After my boys got done sparring with them Axel even drew up some drawings to help advertise their Detective Agency. Although, people were a bit weirded out about the Chaotix members looking all muscled up like in foreign comics Axel reads now and then.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Espio and Charmy
Stage: Emerald Hill

“Fighting with the Best”

“So now that we got all buddy buddy it was time for Shining Force and the Freedom Fighters to collaborate against the current Eggman. I of course wanted to get that Sonic kid in my training course. Maybe I could use some extra tough training to help him get over that fear of water.”

Playable: Axel & Sonic
Enemies: Swatbot x3
Stage: Speed Highway

“Getting Over That Little Hang-Up”

“So I been hearing a lot of things about Sonic. Like, you know, that he has this problem with water? Really? Oh~ This just won’t do. So I took out to this one river round South Island and thought it was the best place for some heavy duty training to face his fears. Heck, I even gave him my own personal lake-monster by the name of Iggy to spar against while in there. Didn’t quite help him, but ah well. Worth a shot.”

Playable: Sonic
Enemies: Alexander & Iggy
Stage: Jungle Zone

“On the Same Side”

“Remember the busty bat kid I mentioned earlier? Well apparently she got to work with us again since GUN also wanted our co-operation. Course they sometimes butted in and told us how to do things their way, but I’m willing to compromise now and then.”

Playable: Iggy & Rouge
Enemies: Egg Pawn x3
Stage: City Escape

“Fight Fire with Fire”

“After the end of our first “break Eggman’s toys” mission. We found some of his leftovers that had this whole copycat thing going. Ever since then Axel’s been fixated on doing impressions. His idea on Knuckles is wearing boxing gloves with pencils stabbed into them for example. No way am I letting him wear dreadlocks in my household though.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Emerl x3 (Phi)
Stage: Mission Street

“One Sided Romance”

“Sooner or later this one starlet gave our humble town a visit. Axel was quite taken aback with her at first glance and offered her some self-defense lately. Normally I would say he had a good chance to get me a new daughter in law, but I think that sour-faced manager was already going out with this kid.”

Playable: Mina
Enemies: Axel
Stage: Granite Hill Night Concert

“Take It Easy On Her and Such!”

“Yeah after Mina left, he sulked for hours after finding out she was taken. Course all Iggy has to do is say the “emo” word around him and Axel will snap out of it saying he’s anything but that. Was also pretty steamed at Iggy and got all overprotective during the sparring match too, even though Axel’s “princess” told them both not to hold back. She still got along with them both pretty well enough.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Mina and Axel
Stage: Granite Hill Night Concert

“A Crooked Deal”

“Some time later this one ne’er-do-well paid us a visit. This is the kinda guy that takes the extra mile to live up to the weasel title, even though the rats in my family never like to reinforce negative stereotypes. This kid tried to recruit Iggy has his hired muscle, but I made sure he didn’t take the dirty money and sent the crook tail on his way.”

Playable: Iggy & Alexander
Enemies: Nack
Stage: Granite Hill

“A New Rivalry?”

“It wouldn’t be the last time that a certain weasel-bastitch came to pay us a visit. He decided to take advantage of this one time we were training Sonic and his own lil’ buddy, bringing his whole gang around. Brought these three whose names I can’t be bothered to remember, his sister, and these other two I think we'll see later."

Playable: Alexander, Axel, & Iggy
Alternate: Sonic and Tails
Enemies: Nack, Bean, & Bark
Stage: Training Facility

“Late to the Party”

“You win some…and then you really lose some. My boys were late to Bunnie’s wedding and arrived just in time to see Knothole toasted. Nobody respects other people property anymore these days. In all seriousness, it was quite the tragedy. Axel and Iggy felt particularly beaten when the fatass responsible didn’t even capture them with the rest, pretty much saying “they weren’t worth the effort”.”

Playable: Egg Beater
Enemies: Axel and Iggy
Stage: Knothole Ruins

“Testing Their Potential”

“The two were really out of it after that, both physically and mentally. Iggy couldn’t even work up the will to say the “e-word” to help Axel out of his funk. Then one day, they got a visitor. They told me this old timer offered them two gauntlets that would give them a power boost if they were willing to accept the responsibility that came with them. Course I always prefer hard effort over those shiny macguffins flying about these days.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Merlin
Stage: Granite Hill

“The King of Mobius Tournament”

“Those two had gotten their mojo back and decided it was high time to test their power. All they needed was something to push them hard enough, so they checked out a local fighting tournament. Let’s see, what do we have here? A noisy frantic guy and a quiet strong guy. Seems like a pretty even matchup. Believe I've actually seen these two slightly sociopathic variants on our two boys before actually.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Bean & Bark
Stage: Emerald Budokai Arena

“The King of Iron Beasts”

“Once they got themselves a good running in, they moved onto the single matches. Iggy fought against one of those “tazzes”. Don’t see much of them anymore. The two seemed to respect one another, but I had a feeling at the back of my head that we should keep an eye on this kid. Can’t explain why, but it’s probably nothing.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Thrash
Stage: Station Square Gardens

“Grudge Match”

“Okay, so at this point the weasel and Axel had some bad blood between them. Axel was already pissed about hearing him trying to buy off Iggy, but he also got wind that he got a few shots in at his lady friend twice over in the past. Axel’s power was heating up from his anger, but not quite ready to burst yet. Our opposing party was beaten into submission and by all means trashed him, but Axel still lost after falling out of the ring first.”

Playable: Axel
Enemies: Nack
Stage: Emerald Budokai Arena

“It’s Time for Revenge and Such!”

“Course that weasel-bastard wasn’t the only one who threatened our favorite songstress’ life in the past. There was also this elephant-bastard who was a bit more nigh-god tier on the villain scale. He happened to be running the tourney and wanted more than a sample of what Axel and Iggy had gotten recently. Axel was more than happy to take on the fella due to him recently getting off scot free for this and that.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Alternate: Alexander
Enemies: Predator Hawk and Lightning Lynx
Stage: Casino Night

“An Impossible Opponent”

“After taking on some of the hired hands outside the arena, Iggy and myself had to take on the big boss since he had rightfully earned the privilege. Sadly, it was a bit too much for the guy to handle and I don't do that chaos-juju like everyone these days. Don’t know much about this Mogul, but not even I can think of any future contingency plans regarding encounters with him. I mean I’ve already got a portal gun ready in case we meet that albino doctor I been hearing about, but this guy’s too dang good at being bad.”

Playable: Mammoth Mogul
Enemies: Iggy and Alexander
Stage: Station Square Gardens

“I Don’t Care If You’re Immortal!”

“Axel had all he could stand, but couldn’t stand no more. Mogul had threatened Mina in the past, just now threatened Iggy, and had that overall “I’m better than you” attitude. I mean I brag too, but I ain’t so flipping smug bout it. Axel got himself heated up and decided now than ever was a great time for a beatdown.”

Playable: Axel/Hot Blood Axel
Enemies: Mammoth Mogul
Stage: Casino Night
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CG Cutscene: The Not Quite Victory             (BGM: Original Music – Axel’s Theme)

The fight was occurring on the rooftop of the Casino Night building. Axel stood there with his fists clenched. His makeshift cape made from his torn shirt would flow in the wind behind himself. Iggy lay to the side defeated and Mammoth Mogul stood there glaring at Axel.

<Mogul> “Still and still you fight, you concupiscent cavy. Do you really think your efforts here will amount to anything? My aptitude is far beyond you. I am perennial. Everlasting. Your reptant friend is mighty, but proved futile before my might. I will acquire what Prower has given you. For you see, you have already lost. You have already lost to your own emotions trying to fight on the behalf of a naive caroler that does not return your affections and while she is free of my sway for now, let it be known that…”

An explosion could be heard propelling Axel forward. He would suddenly punch a fist right into Mogul’s gut where his Chaos Emerald currently was.

<Axel> “YOU TALK TOO DAMN MUCH, YOU ELEPHANT-BASTARD!~~~”

The clash of powers would cause a larger explosion that sent them both sliding back in opposite directions. Axel then shouted out and caused another explosion behind him. He was propelled forward and grabbed onto Mogul’s tusks. He spun around with a gymnastic handstand, before slamming both feet into Mogul. Mogul would be stunned and knocked to the ground. As soon as he was knocked down, Axel would begin pummeling Mogul. His fists would leave behind a blur of afterimages and cause constant explosions upon impact.

<Axel> “I DON’T CARE IF YOUR IMMORTAL! I’LL BEAT DOWN YOUR SORRY TRUNKED FACE AS LONG AS IT TAKES! I KNOW PRETTY DANG WELL MINA’S NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE THAN A FRIEND TO ME RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT’S ALL THE EMPHASIS I NEED IF IT MEANS PROTECTING THAT FRIEND! THAT’S THE KIND OF THING WE DO IN SHINING FORCE AND ITS SOMETHING SOME DAMN IMMORTAL COULD NEVER BRING HIMSELF TO UNDERSTAND!”

Eventually the roof would give way beneath them, leaving Axel and Mogul to fall into the casino interior. Debris would crush several slot machines and poker tables. Sleuth Doggy Dog could be seen trying to make his way out of the mess, just barely missing being hit by a falling bumper straight from Sonic 2. Axel would pull himself up from the rubble, no longer in his enhanced form. He breathed hard and struggled to stand up.

<Axel> “Need…cherry…cola…”

Iggy would leap down and catch his friend before he fell over. Iggy then looked up as he saw debris around the casino rising up on their own. Said debris would attach itself to right where everything in the casino was before the fight broke out. Iggy tiled his head, not knowing what to make of all this.

<Iggy> “…Huh?”

Mogul stood up and dusted himself off. Burns and cuts seemed to heal on their own. When he stood upright, he attempted to snap his arm back into place, his calm expression not changing.

<Mogul> “You said all that in one breathe, although your speech lacks any intelligence behind it.”

Mogul looks to Iggy carrying the still conscious Axel.

<Mogul> “I wanted to see what the fledgling Walks have offered to your firsthand and I am satisfied. You are free to leave.”

Axel grunts and looks up, glaring at Mogul.

<Axel> “Hey…we’re not done yet.”

<Mogul> “Oh yes you are. If you continue to remain on my premises than I will assure Shining Force will suffer more than merely paying for the damages. Now leave before I have to show the people here just how I tend to gatecrashers.”

Iggy would walk off, carrying Axel despite his protests.

<Axel> “Hey…it’s not over yet. He’s the bad guy and he’s getting away scot free. We can still win this and beat him for good. Hey! Stop, Iggy!”

Mogul would smirk in satisfaction and turn around as the two left.
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“What’s Loyalty These Days?”

“So I was a small acquaintance of a mister Ian St. John back in the war and after all that Mogul mess, I spotted his son acting a wee bit suspicious as if he had just been having a talk with ol’ traunk-face. Had some criticisms of us. You know. Loose cannons, greenhorns, mercenaries, more keen on using Over-based weapons. I gave him a few criticisms right back and an argument evolved into a back-alley shootout where I coulda swear he pulled some weird juju on me, but nothing to absolutely confirm. What? Didn’t get a good look is all I’m saying? Not like I’m old or need glasses. Who you kidding?”

Playable: Alexander
Enemies: Geoffrey/Dark Geoffrey
Stage: Casino Night

“Totally Bizarro and Such”

“Axel was still steaming after the Mogul fight and thought that both he and Iggy needed to blow off some steam. Iggy found out this gang of greaseheads came in from this one mirror universe acting like they owned the place. They found some counterparts of their own and had at it. Heck, the bizarre Iggy even had himself a goatee. How bout that?”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Axel and Iggy (Slash/Lizzy)
Stage: Training Facility

“Show Them Who’s Boss”

“Well the other two apparently answered to someone and came to our side of the street without his say so. He had already got himself a spot at the Freedom Fighters’ place and while there decided it was time to give the two some discipline. Let it be known that while I do offer hellish training on a regular basis, I am not a hellish boss to everyone.”

Playable: Scourge & Fiona
Enemies: Axel and Iggy (Slash/Lizzy)
Stage: Alexander’s Cabin

“We Can So Take These Guys On!”

“Sonic eventually kick out the sharp toothed version of himself without our help, but he was still willing to offer some place for Axel and Iggy to help hone their skills. Huh, my training facility not good enough these days? Basically, this one “neo pet” girl living inside a computer offered them some kind of VR sim to help prepare them for future bad guys on the agenda.”

Playable: Sonic, Axel, & Iggy
Enemies: Black Doom, Finetivus, and Eggman Nega
Stage: Mobotropolis Grid

“Signs of Worlds Beyond”

“So let’s move to the turning point of our little plot. Basically something was ripping the fabric of reality a new one and was letting a bunch of newcomers in. Iggy got into a fight with this pup with a bad haircut and no shirt. Put up a good fight, but Axel found his partner a bit too easy.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Dingo
Stage: Leaf Forest

“Half Hour Invasion”

“We had heard that more stuff like earlier was going on, so GUN asked for our help in the pest control department. Kind of ironic, being rats and all. From what I remember there were these space aliens coming to pay us a visit, but they weren’t quite the ones everyone was expecting. Surprisingly, we were able to send them their walking papers pretty quick.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Yellow Zelkova and Black Narcissus
Stage: Prison Island

“The Replicas”

“Not all mirror images we encountered were from that Moebius zone. How is that pronounced again? Moe~…bius? Never mind. So for example there were these two based on kids we’re usually pals with, but they were really biological androids out to kill everything in sight. Never quite figured out what the deal with their world was.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Mighty and Blaze
Stage: Granite Hill

“A Chance to Be Hero”

“Axel wanted to visit Mina over at the Freedom Fighters’ place and take a break from all the stuff so far, but there’s no rest for the wicked these days. Some “egg mooks” attacked and Axel saw it as a chance to impress the lady despite the fact that it’s already been established she was with someone. General Armand’s kid helped talk some sense into him and told my boy that he should fight for all the right reasons.”

Playable: Axel & Antoine
Enemies: Egg Pawn x3
Stage: Knothole Ruins

“Patching Things Up, Except Not Really”

“So I was thinking we needed some allies in on this upcoming war of ours. So I went to our old friend, the baroness. She don’t like me, but I think she’s alright. She basically told me what happens with us ain’t her problem and she’s got enough problems with one Eggman…amongst other things. Apparently some old adversaries of hers were also on her old stomping grounds. Ah well. I’ll settle for this brief team-up. Thanks for the chat, kiddo.”

Playable: Alexander & Lien-Da
Enemies: Finetivus and Hunter
Stage: Lava Reef

“Taking on the Eggman”

“After that little pep talk, Axel was ready to go into action along with Iggy. See, some of the Egg Fleet was still going and en route to retake Angel Island. I sent our Shining Force usuals to help out the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix with that fight. Those two had themselves literally launched into the main ships and even punched some holes in the elite bots.”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles
Stage: Egg Fleet

“Slight Nuisance”

“Apparently the doc had been recruiting some talent from off of our world. Axel had worn himself down quite a bit, so he was easy pickings for this one little rascal. Iggy was able to help bail him out later, but not before handling a problem of his own.”

Playable: Bokkun
Enemies: Axel
Stage: Egg Fleet

“An Unwilling Opponent”

“After we rescued this guy, we learned his story. Wouldn’t shut up about it. Basically the lardball of his world forced Shorty into his cyber armor until he eventually got out and the one of our world forced him back in order his control. Iggy wanting to help the guy out was enough for him to get his secret weapon going. Once we retrieved our squirrelly friend I was able to pry him out. Just like removing an engine from a car. Nothing to it.”

Playable: Iggy/Cool Blood Iggy
Enemies: Shortfuse
Stage: Egg Fleet
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CG Cutscene: Iggy’s Strength                         (BGM: Original Music – Iggy’s Theme)

Shortfuse would fall defeated on the ground. His was now suit inactive, while Shorty himself was unconscious inside. Axel ran in, coming in a little too late.

<Axel> “Geez. I didn’t think some little black imp thing could give me so much trouble. Oy, Iggy. You all done here and such?”

Iggy would pick up Shortfuse with one arm and hands him to Axel, who struggles with the weight.

<Iggy> “Take care of him. Still got something to do.”

<Axel> “Ungh…hey! Hold up! We gotta go! What else is there to do?!”

Iggy steps up to an open hanger bay. He triggers his transformation once again. Wind swirls around him, tearing the top half of his shirt off. A blue aura would form around his sunglasses, making them look like even bigger shades.

<Iggy> “…Finishing this….”

<Axel> “Iggy! What the heck?!”

Iggy suddenly jumps off, going into a freefall as he maneuvers himself in range of the Egg Fleet’s other ships. He grunts and curls into a ball, winds swirling around him making him go faster and faster as he collides into a ship.

<Iggy> “METEORA!”

He plows into the ship and while still spinning, drills through the other side. He continues this using the winds to maneuver him and drill through other ships. One of the swordfish ships would even fall, its front piercing into a manta ray ship. Iggy would finish by spinning up the side of a falling swordfish ship, using its front landing pad to shoot himself back up towards the main ship. From afar, Sonic would be standing on the Tornado piloted by Tails.

<Sonic> “Whoa! That was tight!”
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“Who’s Side Are You On, Jerk?!”

“At this point, Eggy knew to take us seriously now, but we had other problems on our hands with visitors constantly spilling out from other worlds. You know about that one “Black Sonic” with the attitude problem? Well my kids had to help fend off one that was even worse off. Apparently he was some sort of king staking claim to everyone’s humble abode. Got the feeling we’re going to have to do this again someday.”

Playable: Shadow (King)
Enemies: Axel and Iggy
Stage: New Mobotropolis

“Within Dreams”

“Sometime after that battle, Iggy had dozed off on the spot. It’s kind of a bad habit for him from time to time and he’s more or less a narcoleptic if I may use the term loosely. Within his dream, he got a visit from someone who basically wanted to “test” Iggy. Your guess is as good as mind what the deal with this guy was. It was a guy, right? Apparently Iggy said he fought a shady figure in his dreams and that was it. Could have been nothing for all I know.”

Playable: Iggy
Enemies: Lightmare
Stage: Maginary Land

“The Return of Evil”

“After having to punch around so many peeps jumping in from other worlds, we eventually got the worst of the worst. Ol’ Julian was back from a zone where he didn’t quite die and he was causing all of this via his brand spanking new Death Egg and also had his whole danged city brought in from his world. The usually Egg’s bad enough, but this one !@#$ that I’ve been wanting a shot at since the Great War ended.”

Playable: Sonic, Axel, & Iggy
Enemies: Swatbot x3
Stage: Robotropolis

“Union against the Greatest Enemy”

“Shining Force and some of the other good guys were taking a shuttle to the Death Egg while the rest of us were making a charge into the city. Julian had gotten himself a new Annhilator prepped, so we had to do something bout that. I even lended a hand. Thanks to Niccy’s nanos I was able to jack a robo and make my personal mech suit, Chainz Roze. You should have seen me cut the UA open with the mech’s chainsaw arm. In a word…groovy.”

Playable: Tails, Shadow, & Knuckles
Enemies: Neo Metal Sonic x3
Stage: Robotropolis

“The Lights in the Sky are Heroes, but the Star’s Down Here.”

“Now wait-wait-wait-wait~ a minute~. You thought I was gonna cop you out and not even show you Chainz Rose in action, eh? Well here it is exactly as I described! Yeah its just taking on the runts of the litter, but I gotta feeling that it could take on that Death Eggbert all by itself if I wanted to! Course where I was needed is there…to put my all into cutting the Ultimate Annihilator a new one!”

Playable: Alexander/Chainz Roze
Enemies: Metal Sonic Kai & Death Egg Robo x2
Stage: Robotropolis Ruins

“Reunion between Archrivals”

“Of course these two were eventually gonna go at it again. I know that a lot of us want to shove a bullet into Julian, but Sonic’s called dibs on him before any of us were even born…somehow. So business as usual between those two, but we ain’t gonna linger on that since we’re here to talk about Shining Force. No complaints? Good.”

Playable: Sonic
Enemies: Robotnik
Stage: Death Egg – S&K

“Shining Force Alliance”

“So here’s how things went down. Those two thought that I had bit the big one down on the surface and that was enough to get them fighting. You kids, should have seen what they did to that one “pecker nose” and his mechs. I of course didn’t intentionally fake out dying to fuel their fighting spirit. What crazy bastich would do a thing like that?”

Playable: Axel & Iggy
Enemies: Snively and Mecha Snively x2
Stage: Death Egg – S&K

“We Are Shining Force!”

“So after a while, Eggman was sick of his version 0.1 stealing the spotlight and sent some of his mecha to peel off the egg to its yolk. Anything in their path was free game and they happened upon a certain two while they were already pretty hyped up. Cue explosive ending in 3…2…”

Playable: Hot Blood Axel & Cool Blood Iggy
Enemies: Egg Emperor, Egg Dragoon, & Egg Beater
Stage: Space Fleet
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CG Cutscene: Everyone’s Victory                                                (BGM: Sonic Youth)

Explosions would occur all around the Death Egg. Spacecraft from GUN would fly away from the scene. The Death Egg would eventually explode and a chunk of his “face” would fall towards Mobius. It would comes into his atmosphere before eventually crashing down in the Great Wastes, embedding itself into the ground upon impact. Sally and a few of the Freedom Fighters would come forward to look at the scene. A moment later, something could be heard banging on the eye of the Death Egg’s remaining piece. It would be kicked off, revealing Axel and Iggy gasping for air and having very little clothes on save for their shorts.

<Axel> “…And that’s…what’s called…opening a can on em…”

<Iggy> “…Nah…more like…a whole carton…yano…”

After a minute of catching their breath, they would slide down the side where the others would be waiting for them. Axel and Iggy would brush themselves off before Sally approached him.

<Sally> “Sonic…did he make it out?”

Iggy had a solemn on his face and was about to say something before Axel jumped in with a snicker.

<Axel> “Of course he did, yano! Guy like that doesn’t go down so easy”

Iggy paused for a moment before smiling with a nod. Axel then pivots around on one leg and nearly falls over. Iggy catches him and they lean on each other’s shoulder. Sally looked at them with reassurance before wiping a slight tear from her eye.

<Iggy> “Guess…we bout dead even in strength now…”

<Axel> “Heck yeah…course I still don’t plop off asleep in the middle of the road like you do.”

As they say this, they would both fall back onto the ground exhausted. The Freedom Fighters would chuckle at this and rejoice in victory, while the two laid on the ground half asleep with smiles on their faces. Up above, the Tornado would be flying in with a familiar blue figure standing on the wing.

<Caption> “Years later”

A fight could be heard within a building somewhere in Mobotropolis. Members of the Dark Presence would be sent flying out the window and from the front door would step Axel and Iggy. Axel now had a long ponytail and a bomber jacket while Iggy had a black bandanna, an eyepatch under his sunglasses, and a jacket worn over his shoulders. They would look ahead seeing the streets flooded and Tikhoas rising up from Castle Acorn.

<Iggy> “Hrm…think we a bit late..”

<Axel> “No problem then, yano. Let’s catch up with everyone and see how fun this reunion party is.”

Axel would smirk and Iggy would nod, adjusting his shades. They would both walk towards the scene of the fight, taking their time in arriving.
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<Sonic> “So that’s how everyone at Shining Force does things. Pretty cool! From what I’ve see so far you guys are pretty awesome!”

<Alexander> “Much obliged kiddo. Like I’ve been saying we’ve gotten our share o critics, but so far it’s been good to get the support of the FF.”

<Sonic> “Pleasure’s all mine. Axel really puts his all into it and so does Iggy once he really starts moving.”

<Alexander> “Well one’s a “slow-mo” as you would say and there are plenty times where my kid doesn’t think things through, but a little training always helps get them out of their funk.”

<Sonic> “Oh yeah…that whole “Training from Hades” thing.”

<Alexander> “Yup. Besides giving it to members in Shining Force I also accept applicants as kind of a hobby. Its usually in helping kids get past their weak points and be ready for this coocoo nutty world we live in.”

<Sonic> “Don’t gotta worry about me then. You can always count on me to be up to speed.”

<Alexander> “Funny. Iggy tells me that you got some hang up with water, kiddo. Maybe I can give a special course in helping you cope with that.”

<Sonic> “Agh! No way, hose’!”

<Alexander> “Hey-hey-hey, no need to think of it as a nightmare. It’ll feel like breathing once you get through the first part.”

<Sonic> “Igottago! cya!”

<Alexander> “Can’t go running off all light speed forever, kiddo! I know you’ll come around one way or another!”
Well I've finally got this one over with, detailing the fights involving my two OC characters. For those who forgot or don't know, Axel's a rat and Iggy's an iguana. I intended this as sort of a "gaiden" story coinciding with events in the Archie continuity.

As for theme songs; Axel's would likely have a punk rock sound to it, Iggy would have a rap/alternative mix, and Alex would have classic rock with a blues sound to it. As for Alexander's voice actor I have none other than Bruce Campbell in mind for him in mind

Don't expect any scenarios in the near future. Again, I'm still waiting to see when Sally gets back to normal so I can end the next Archie batch in a lighter note. Not to mention see how the Mega Man crossover works out, so that I can have material to work with my guest characters.

Update: This is about the same, but has some additional stuff involving Axel's dad Alexander as a playable characters. Thus I changed the title to emphasize the team as a whole. Pretty much the same otherwise.
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Nice job. BTW can you do the SU Scenario of the game? Well, since SU had an awesome storyline why not make it?