Diamond Cutters Base

Diamond Cutters Base, is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing. It was the secret base of operations for the Diamond Cutters, where its members plotted their schemes to oppose the Eggman Empire.

Description
The rec room seen in base is a rectangular room, of which one half of it was used for meetings between the Diamond’s members and allies.

The HQ is situated in an oceanic environment. It is a large red, brown and gray building that is at least three storeys high. It is a worn out building with areas of chipped paint, worn down walls and broken windows.

History
At the former Diamond Cutters's base in the Clove Sea, Tangle looks out into the horizon, realizing that she and Whisper must have really ticked off Mimic and Dr. Eggman. While watching the approaching squadron of Badniks approach them, Tangle jokes that it did not seem like a fair fight for the robots. She then turns to Whisper and mentions how she struggled with a Buzz Bomber battleship back at her home town and wondered how they would be able to face two.

Ready to demonstrate, Whisper uses her Variable Wispon to shoot at one of the Buzz Bomber's torso, which damages it enough to end its flight. The Buzz Bomber crashes into another Buzz Bomber and takes it down with it. Tangle praises Whisper for her shot and cheekily wonders if Mimic was on either of the battleships, to which Whisper replies that he was not and was instead using the Buzz Bombers as decoys while he would be sneaking into the base by now. Tangle realizes from this that she had to begin the plan but still offers to fight the Badniks alongside Whisper. Whisper assures her that it was fine. Tangle then reminds her that this was her home but the wolf once again assures her that it was fine.

Following this, Tangle runs off while Whisper readies her weapon. As the Blowfish Transporter lands on the dock to release several more Badniks, Whisper uses the Variable Wispon's Rocket Mode to destroy the docks to force the Badniks into the water. After doing so, Whisper hugs her Orange Wisp. She quickly turns her attention back to the regular-sized Buzz Bombers who began to shoot at her.

Inside the base, Tangle tripped up who appeared to be Sonic but was actually Mimic in disguise. Pretending to fall for his disguise, Tangle revealed the trap she and Whisper had set for him. She played back footage of Smithy, Slinger, Claire, and even Whisper praising him for his past work and asked if betraying them was worthwhile. Reverting to his normal form, Mimic showed no remorse for his misdeeds, dismissing the Diamond Cutters as means to an end and declaring friendship to be a show of weakness. With that, he assumed Jewel's form and dared Tangle to attack her. After some initial hesitation, she did so, but Mimic overpowered her, intending to use her form to get closer to Whisper. As he was about to kill Tangle with his dagger, Whisper walked in and disarmed him with the Variable Wispon's Cube Mode.

Mimic reminded his former Blue Wisp partner of its kind's hatred of violence, causing it to exit the Variable Wispon in shame. However, Whisper persisted, and while he briefly turned her own Wispon on her, he was finally subdued when Tangle wrapped her tail around him like the coils of a snake. Refusing to admit defeat, Mimic fought Tangle's grip, shapeshifting into Smithy, Eggman, and even Vector the Crocodile, but to no avail.

Whisper then pointed her Variable Wispon at Mimic's head, ready to shoot him, but she was stopped by Tangle; the lemur told her that shooting Mimic would be an event that would remain with her for the rest of her life and suggested that it would be worse for Mimic to live on with regret. Whisper gently turned to the wall where the other Diamond Cutters' masks were and looked at them with sadness. She then said that Tangle was correct and the Diamond Cutters were done. When Whisper asked what they would do with Mimic, Tangle suggested taking him to Tails.