Sonic Waves (Espio 1)- Lotus
Tarnished blades sheathed in dust covered remnant glory. A warrior on a path far from home disbanded from his clan , his team, his purpose. In search of a place to call his own , or glorious battle to reclaim dead flames of a past life. I am that warrior, I am that ninja.
The iron kingdom was no longer open to me . Angel Island was no longer open to anyone but Knuckles and his trusted few ,a group that I no longer belonged to. My team had long forgotten me. Charmmy had to grow up eventually and when he did he out grew a life on the road. Vector had no need for a master of combat and shadows with his new found fame as a reality TV star. I was on my own.
I traveled to New Centro, an inland city north of Emerald coast and south of Green Hills. It was like my home in the iron kingdom but the people were of their own breeds. No one followed the paw of the walking sun but rather the pit of moons eye. It was a beautiful place that hid danger and crime behind every wall. A perfect place for one who needed redemption and a home. I thought of cleaning the filth from the jade and making it my own. Could I start fresh , start a new?
Where would one begin to fix a place so broken? Eggman was taken out of the world years ago but his robots , fortresses, and vast resources were still in play under the control of those who should not have had the power to wield them. They made up three factions of major crime across the city.
The city's most notable street gang was The Ragdolls. They seem to have raided Eggmans cache of robots from his abandoned base. They used said machines to commit theft and robberies.
Then there was the the city's masked bandit. A masked murderer who seemed to only have interest in the death of a number of politicians and various citizens. Who ever they were they had Eggman's weapons on their side.
The last source of muck in the city was Mayor Wolf Bain. He turned Eggman's abandoned base into a central hub for businesses. Everyone thought he was what the city needed. But those who opened shop in the new market place soon found themselves forced to pay for protection from the city's crime. Through his well paid henchmen the mayor keeps his hands clean allowing him to be reelected numerous times by those naive to his side business. And under ground beneath the new shiny market place that citizens circulate Mayor Bain operates a literal black market where he sells the remainder of Egg tech to the highest bidder.
Three factions to be dealt with. With nowhere else to go and no battle calling for me I decided to pick up my own and attempt to regrow the petals of my lotus flower.