"Mmm, I'm gonna hold you on that offer sugah." said Bunnie, before kissing him once more. the two kept like this for just a little mroe before they got themselves proper and headed back to the castle bunker. Sally & Nicole asked questions on their tardiness, but the two simply explained what happened at the tower, excluding the sex after....
"I see..." Sally said arms crossed, "Nicole, can you run a search? See if you can find any info on this Jackal Squad..."
The AI Lynx nodded before despairing into her portable device. It took a few minutes before she popped up, a look of concern in her face.
"So, what is it, darlin'?" Asked Bunnie.
"Well, there isn't much, at least in normal information channels," Nicole explained, "however, after checking on shadier lines I managed to find more on their operations and business..."
"Business?" Asked Sally
"They are a Mercenary force-for-hire, having ranked a lot of successful heists in their hayday amongst lurkers of the black market. Espionage, sabotage, the gathering and retrieval of powerful tech. They seemed to be a very organized if a bit small group. Never achieving the top spots but still a steady income of illicit and legal cash."
She took a pause and continued, "Their reputation and reach did diminish, however, after allying with Eggman's Empire during his takeover..."
"Huh. Never saw them out in the field..." Bunnie muttered only for Nicole to reply with a distraut face, "actually we all did...not in the way you think..."
She send some data to the main computer, the huge screen showing pictures of the same Jackal members Tails and Bunnie fought, however there was one right in the middle that was different. A male jackal carrying the same blade the woman leader had, but this guy having long white hair and sporting two different colored eyes...
Somethng about him seemed familiar...reaaaally familiar....
"At the time of that picture, he was the leader of Jackal Squad and the one who arranged a partnership with Dr. Eggman. They were tasked to guard his base in Mystic Jungle only to be stopped by Shadow...enraged in defeat, he accepted the doctor's proposal in letting him be experimented with the power of the Phantom Ruby..."
Another image was placed on the previous one, one of a character Tails recognized immediatly, heck, everyone did, showing expressions of shock. The masked jackal being the very one they faced...
"Infinite..." Sally muttered.