Sonic: Max Justice/The Beast Comes

This is the ninth issue of Sonic: Max Justice. It is the final part of the crossover with Wander of Wonder.

Transcript
The Freedom Fighters and the knights are seen sitting around a campfire late at night. Cream stares at him with her mouth agape. The group goes quiet and everyone looks at Nix. Nix takes a few breaths. It suddenly cuts into a flashback. In the flashback, it cuts many years later. Nix's mother is seen cooking something when his father walks in. Nix's father turns, revealing Nix to be standing beside him. He picks Nix up. He puts Nathanial down. She gives Nathanial a box which he opens, revealing a red scarf. Nathanial stares at the scarf and puts it on. His mother hugs him in response. She does. Nathanial runs upstairs and looks at himself in the mirror, taking off his scarf and putting it on the ground before jumping into bed and falling asleep. However, he is woken up late at night by a loud banging noise. Nathanial runs downstairs and is instantly grabbed by his mother, who becomes running with him. Nathanial looks around and sees that the whole village is on fire. He then looks up and stares in terror at the Drakonamera which is standing above the entire village. His mother trips but, luckily, a group of knights ride in and pick Nathanial up. Before they ride off, his mother hugs Nathanial. Nathanial is taken away as a fire separates him and his mother. Nathanial is then seen standing on top of a hill, staring at his now destroyed village with tears in his eyes. However, he wipes the tears away when he spots his mother's scarf laying on the ground. Seeing it, his face turns from terrified and sad to determined as he picks the scarf up and wears it staring at his now destroyed village as the flashback ends. Everyone turns their heads as Theodore Musk steps out of the shadows, lighting a candle and revealing Eggman, Snively, Khan, and Tangle are there with him. Everyone gets up and gets ready to attack only for Musk to hold up one of his hands, meaning for them to stop. They follow Musk, quite a few of them still ready to fight, while Mortimer Worthingham appears, limping and with a black eye. It cuts to later on, where the group is seen standing in the middle of an alleyway which has no doors or anything that would suggest there is a base there. Musk opens a trash can, revealing a secret door. The door opens and they all walk into an underground base where a large number of Muskbots are hard at work. They then turn and notice Sonic. Sonic waves. They follow Musk into a room where they can see Crystal in another room. She is sitting on the floor playing with her hood.
 * Sonic: Well... guess this is it, folks... end of the world, ma. Does anyone have any regrets? Or anything they'd like to confess? Nobody's gonna care now after all. If you need help, I'll start. I regret not asking my uncle who my parents are. Who wants to go next
 * Knuckles: I regret nothing.
 * Sally: I regret not finding my lost love from high school...
 * Tails: I regret not hunting down Scorpio Genovese, the man who killed my uncle.
 * Amy: I regret not being better... in general.
 * Cream: I'm sorry, did he just say something about hunting down the man who killed his father?
 * Tails: Uncle. He killed my uncle.
 * Cream: Wha... why am I just hearing about this now?
 * Tails: I mean, it's not really a secret. I said it a few times before.
 * Sonic: So, knights, do you guys have any regrets?
 * Jack: Falling in love with that rabbit.
 * Bartholomew: I regret not stopping him from falling in love with that rabbit.
 * Nix: I regret not being honest...
 * Maximus: You can tell us what happened now, Nix. If you're ready that is...
 * Nix: I am.
 * Nix: It happened six years ago...
 * Nix (VO): I was only six at the time and I was living in a village that was full of other rabbits. My parents were kind, humble people who were former adventurers. During one trip, my dad told my mom he was taking her to the Temple of Thoth, but when she went in, she found nothing but a very large sign that read "will you marry me?". My dad... wasn't one for subtlety. I didn't know what was happening since I was young but eventually... I pieced it together...
 * Mother: So, how was work today?
 * Father: Well apparently my fancy hat is a distraction for others. So that's fun... so how're the kids?
 * Mother: Hank, Tommy, Lewis, Samantha, Ashley, Ruby are all asleep, Kyle and Quinn are out, and Nathanial is...
 * Nathanial: I'm over here!
 * Father: Hey then, bud, what're you doing up so late?
 * Sonic (VO): Wait, your parents had nine kids?
 * Nix (VO): We're rabbits, a big family is a part of the deal. Now can I continue?
 * Nathanial: I'm not tired!
 * Father: I wasn't either but I still went to sleep. You know why?
 * Nathanial: Because you have work?
 * Father: That's right. And you have school. So what does that mean?
 * Nathanial: I have to sleep?
 * Father: That's right.
 * Father: Now, run along.
 * Mother: Oh, but Nathanial, before you go, I have a gift for you!
 * Nathanial: What's this?
 * Mother: I was shopping earlier and I saw it. I thought it would be perfect for you!
 * Nathanial: I don't really like scarfs...
 * Mother: Do it for me?
 * Mother: Oh, you look so adorable in it, my little Nix! You could be a brave hero one day!
 * Nathanial: Mom, please let go...
 * Nathanial: Huh?
 * Mother: Be the best you can ever be. Be the best the world has ever seen my little Nix...
 * Nix: And that's how it happened... that's how my village turned to dust... happy now?
 * Sonic: Oh... wow... sorry man...
 * Nix: It's fine. It... kinda feels nice to tell some people about it...
 * Maximus: Why didn’t you tell us?
 * Nix: I wasn't ready to. But after all that I realized there's no point in keeping secrets.
 * ???: And there's no point in being alone.
 * Sonic: Musk!
 * Musk: No, no. You have the wrong idea. I'm not here to cause trouble.
 * Jack: You sure? cause from what I can tell causing trouble seems to be your modus operandi!
 * Sonic: Same! Even though I don't know what modus operandi is.
 * Maximus: It means the way he does stuff.
 * Musk: I know, I know, I'm probably not the most trustworthy person you've ever met but that thing is currently destroying Mobius and I doubt it'd be too much fun to rule over something that isn't even there anymore.
 * Sonic: Why did you even free it?!
 * Musk: Taking control of the creature was my newest plan to rule Mobius.
 * Nix: It can't be controlled!
 * Musk: Yes, I know. I realize that now. I may be an idiotic megalomaniacal lunatic, but I’m an idiotic megalomaniacal lunatic with morals.
 * Nix: Oh hey, you said the thing I said.
 * Musk: I know but that's not the point. The point is that time and time again you people have defeated me, as sad as it is to say. And clearly, you're doing something right so... there's no way of putting this that will keep my ego intact but I think I may need your help defeating the creature.
 * Sonic: Fine. But the moment you even think about betraying us, I will kick you in the mouth so hard you'll be able to taste my boot for months.
 * Musk: Deal. Now follow me, I have a base. It's not a big one but a base is a base.
 * Mortimer: Hold on! wait... Wait for me! Mortimer Worthingham!
 * Musk: Jackpot!
 * Sonic: Uh, hi... Hey, don't I know you?
 * Muskbot: Destroy. Convert.
 * Sonic: Oh yeah, you're the robot that started my life as a hero. Didn't I destroy you?
 * Sally: No, that was a different robot.
 * Sonic: Right. Musk, you should turn these off.
 * Musk: Muskbots, new orders, you are not allowed to attack Sonic the Hedgehog or his associates until I say it is okay.
 * Muskbot: Yes, sir!
 * Sonic: Wow, did it just say something not related to destroying and/or converting? They're getting smarter, aren't they, Musk?
 * Musk: No, I just programmed responses to my orders. Now follow me.
 * Nix: What the...? is this some kind of prison?
 * Musk: Technically yes. From the many conversations I've had with her, it's clear she knows how things work and she's probably the only one that knows how to actually put away the Drakonamera. Unfortunately, whenever I talk to her she goes into random tangents and never lets me get a word in. I need one of you to go in there and get the information out of her.