Ixis Resurgence



The Ixis Resurgence are a series of events that occurred on Mobius in the year 3237 in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics. Within these events, Ixis Naugus returned from the brink of insanity and forced the Kingdom of Acorn current king, Elias Acorn, to lose his title in the Kingdom. Naugus' plans of the Ixis Resurgence was to control the citizens of New Mobotropolis and make a new Order of Ixis. Unfortunately, he lost against the Secret Freedom Fighters in an attempt to take control of the Council of Acorn.

Prelude
In an attempt to claim a Chaos Emerald from the Special Zone by King Max, Geoffrey St. John and Sonic the Hedgehog went to the pocket-zone to get another Chaos Emerald from Feist. After completing one of Feist's challenges, Sonic had obtained the purple Chaos Emerald, but Geoffrey had stabbed Sonic in the back, which caused the Blue Blur to get stuck in a paralysis for a short time. Geoffrey had then escaped the zone, and had traveled to Casino Night Zone to take Ixis Naugus back from Mammoth Mogul's control. Mogul accepted Geoffrey's plan to make a new Order of Ixis and Geoffrey had gave the Naugus the Chaos Emerald. Naugus had returned back to normal and, at first, snickered at Geoffrey for not defeating the Kingdom of Acorn, but Geoffrey pleads that most of the members are not currently in the state of ruling a kingdom except one: Elias Acorn, Max's son. Naugus and Geoffrey leave Casino Night Zone and they quickly plan their way into New Mobotropolis. (StH #219, #220, #221, #222)

Chaos and the Crown
It was about time for another Forget Me Knots concert at New Mobotropolis when suddenly, Geoffrey, in a black coat, runs in and takes the stage to present the all-new reshaped-Ixis Naugus in front of the citizens of New Mobotropolis. At first, NICOLE tries to lock him up inside a Nanite-powered barrier, but Naugus crystallizes the Nanites and tells the people he is hear to claim the crown of the Kingdom of Acorn once again. Naugus then leaves the people and hads to Castle Acorn. Sonic chases after Naugus while Sally Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette, Bunnie Rabbot-D'Coolette, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Amy Rose took care of Geoffrey. Despite Geoffrey taking down the Freedom Fighters, NICOLE is able to make a barrier around Geoffrey to evacuate the citizens. Sonic is able to reach Castle Acorn while Naugus was harassing Elias about giving the crown to the Ixis wizard. Sonic is able to get their and Elias gave him the Sword of Light to battle Naugus in front of the Council of Acorn. (StH #223)

Sonic and Naugus were at a battle in the castle while Geoffrey was dealing with his problem outside. As he told the Freedom Fighters of Hershey's death, Geoffrey told the citizens that if Naugus is king, he'll make the city feel safe again. Sally and the other Freedom Fighters continued to fight, calling Geoffrey a murder because they believed he killed Hershey. Geoffrey retaliated that she was killed while the two were one separate missions. Back at Castle Acorn, Naugus tells Sonic that King Max swore the crown towards him after his turn of the kingdom. But, Sonic continues to fight Naugus until he is pushed back away from the wizard. Elias comes in and fights Naugus that the crown is his, but Naugus beats him easily. While Naugus and Elias talk about the crown, Rotor Walrus tells Dylan, Hamlin, and Penelope Platypus to help the fight against Naugus since they were previous Freedom Fighters, but Penelope disagrees, saying that they are Council, not fighters. Rosemary Prower goes along further that the Constitution of the Council permits them not to fight. The Council continues to fight while Naugus and Elias hear their conversation. Back at the Civil Center, Geoffrey is finally put down and Sally checks up on NICOLE. NICOLE worries about the Nanites that were crystallized, which were destroyed by Naugus' crystallization magic. The citizens then begin to think that the Nanites are no match for Naugus' power and that Naugus should be the king. (StH #224)

At Castle Acorn, the Council still continues to fight about whether or not they should fight Naugus. An agitated Sonic then decides to take on Naugus, but Hamlin then retaliates at Sonic for being a hero that can skip the authority of the law. Naugus then comes back into the picture and tells the Council that Elias should decide. Sonic convinces Elias to get rid of Naugus, but Elias asks Naugus if he wants the Council as well. Naugus then tells him that he wants only the crown and the respect of the people. Sonic, furious, grabs the Sword of Light from Naugus and begins to fight Naugus again. However, Elias tells him that he can't kill Naugus for the people's sake and that Sonic is committing treason by pointing the sword at Naugus. Sonic doesn't understand that the Council is making things hard for him as he is trying to defeat Naugus, but Elias argues with Sonic about how this needs to be settled in a peaceful way. Suddenly, an earthquake disrupts the argument and Sonic blames Naugus at first, but the wizard admits he was not at part of that. They look outside, only to find the Death Egg Mark 2 above. (StH #223)