Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 7

Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and Knuckles congregated at the entrance of a graveyard located near the edge of Death City. Tall, black metal fencing surrounded the area.

"Our remedial lesson is in a graveyard?" Tails wondered.

"This is the address," Sonic confirmed. "We can open the instructions now,"

Tails brought up a large envelope, opened it, then took out the documents inside. He didn't need long to read them over.

"Wait, this is a mission briefing!"

"Like, an actual mission?" Knuckles asked.

"We're looking for a rogue scientist who's been stealing and modifying Eggman's tech for his own purposes. No name is listed, just a picture of this house. The scientist is using this house as a base of operations located in there," Tails pointed at the graveyard, holding up the picture for the others.

"So we can expect resistance from the bots on our way?" Sonic already knew the answer.

"Yup. We're encouraged to exercise caution while repelling any modified robots that pose a threat." Tails replied.

"Sweet! Is this really supposed to be a punishment? I was worried we'd end up doing chores or something!" Knuckles celebrated.

"Dunno. I guess it could just be grunt work. Maybe no one else wanted to clean up bots at night?" Sonic added.

"Let's find out," Tails opened the gate.

The group of four entered the graveyard. Chirping crickets could be heard, scattered throughout the grass. A few lampposts were spread out along a path that led deeper into the sea of tombstones. The darkness was barely kept at bay by the minimal lighting. Grave markers of varying shapes and sizes sat motionless around them.

"I like how dark and moody this place is," Sonic took a moment to soak in his surroundings.

"Sonic, let's ready-up, just to be safe," Shadow said.

"Good idea," Sonic caught his partner once he turned into a scythe.

Tails and Knuckles were thrown off by Shadow chiming in so casually. Knuckles transformed shortly after. At first, Tails had been annoyed over being dragged into the remedial lessons by his partner's misbehavior. Now that he was getting a chance to fight side by side with Sonic, he felt a lot happier. Moments like this were the reason Tails became a weapon meister, after all.

"Incoming," Shadow alerted.

An object was flying through the sky followed by a glowing trail. Sonic and Tails had been spotted by a robot. They prepared to dodge any long ranged attacks but the robot landed a short distance away from them instead. It had red and black metal plating covering its thick, bipedal body that towered over the meisters.

"Greetings students. My name is E-123 Omega," The robot began.

"It knows we're students?" Tails wondered.

"[Meister: Sonic] [Meister: Miles Prower] identified. Both armed. Instruction shall commence in 3...2...1..." The robot held out its arms. The metallic hands shifted into cannons. "Die die die die die die die die," The robot chanted while firing a barrage of laser blasts from its arms. Sonic and Tails took cover among the tombstones.

"Looks similar to the classroom instructor models. It's been modified," Tails observed.

"You don't say?" Sonic replied.

Pellets of energy whizzed past the meister duo. The shots that did collide with the graves did little to damage their stone structure.

"Commencing close combat tutorial," Omega announced while advancing.