Destructix

The Destructix is a group of war criminals who have faced off against Sonic the Hedgehog and his allies at various times. They currently constist of all four of the Fearsome Foursome and Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg, the latter of which leads them, and used to have Drago Wolf as well before he joined the Eggman Empire and temporarily included Scourge the Hedgehog and Fiona Fox. They are now a group of mercenaries and have so far been under the employment of Dr. Finitevus as guards/enforcers and Mammoth Mogul in a kidnapping plot, and three of its members worked for Fiona Fox in a mission to the Dragon Kingdom.

Formation and Early Activities
The six core members of the Destructix were brought together at Devil's Gulag prison after each of them had been defeated and captured by the Freedom Fighters and/or Chaotix. Drago Wolf was a former Freedom Fighter turned spy and saboteur for Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Sleuth Dog was an intelligence officer who turned traitor against Knothole, and the Fearsome Foursome were the defeated minions of arch-villain Mammoth Mogul. (StH: #42, #50, SSS: #1)

When Robo Robotnik, later known as Dr. Eggman, used a network of satellites to open the cells on Devil's Gulag, all six of these criminals--together with Snively Kintobor, Nack the Weasel, Warlord Kodos, and Uma Arachnis--escaped the prison, making Snively their leader. Following Kodos and Arachnis' reanimation, both of them having been left in immobile crystal forms by Ixis Naugus, the group kidnapped Nate Morgan to Big Kahuna Island offshore from West Robotropolis with the hope that he would provide them with his technical knowledge. He refused, and the villains were then attacked: first by Sonic the Hedgehog, Elias Acorn, and the Royal Secret Service, and then by a giant cyborg squid dispatched by Robo-Robotnik. Defeated and captured, the Destructix were shipped back to Devil's Gulag. (StH: #62, #63, #69, #70)

Escape and Roboticization
Eventually escaping once again, the Destructix took over a factory once owned by Dr. Eggman, bullying resident Tommy Turtle as they tried to sell the facility back to Eggman. Crafty as always, Eggman used his new roboticizing touch to turn all the Destructix into Robians. However, Sleuth Dog threw a grenade before being fully transformed, and the Destructix were all seemingly destroyed by the blast. In truth, they escaped, and were later returned to normal with the rest of Mobius by the Bem, a race of benevolent aliens. (StH: #117, #123)

They disappeared into obscurity for a time, though they were used as part of a plot by Eggman's computer virus son A.D.A.M., who created robot duplicates of their Robian selves to attack Sonic and fool him into taking an Auto Automaton of his old friend Tommy back to Knothole where it nearly killed him. Recovering the machines, Robotnik had A.D.A.M. analyze them, and was fed a series of lies regarding the Destructix's Re-Roboticization that included a falsified tape of a deal made between the group of criminals and a mysterious new enemy known only as "Anonymous"-in truth, an alias created by A.D.A.M. himself as he began making plans to take over. (StH: #135, #136)

Shifting Alliances
The Destructix were soon recruited to retrieve Mammoth Mogul's Chaos Emerald after he was sealed inside it by Titan Tails. Attacking Merlin Prower and his escort Sir Connery, they nearly succeeded in stealing the Emerald but were then defeated by the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix. Placed in prison once again, they were quickly freed after Mogul was liberated by the death of the Ancient Walkers. All seven villains then did battle briefly with the wizard Ixis Naugus, his Arachne minions, and their old enemies. When Naugus learned of Mogul's role in founding the Order of Ixis, he submitted himself to Mogul's leadership, and the Destructix and the Arachne joined forces against the defenders of Knothole. Almost immediately, though, all the villains were captured by the Egg Fleet and transported to the Egg Grape Chamber, where Mogul attempted briefly to defend them all using his Chaos powers. Later the Destructix willingly joined Dr. Finitevus when he arrived with Scourge and Rouge the Bat to rescue them, after witnessing Mogul force the Arachne and Ixis Naugus to bear the brunt of the Egg Grape's effects for him. (StH: #162, #163, #164, #165)

Hired by Finitevus to act as his enforcers, the Destructix played the part of reformed mercenaries in defending the Echidnas of Angel Island from the Dingoes who sought to destroy them. Their true nature remained obvious as Sleuth Dog joined Scourge the Hedgehog in coming to Knothole in search of a Warp Ring stolen from them by Rouge the Bat. Soon joined by Fiona Fox, the Destructix ambushed Knuckles the Echidna when he returned to Angel Island, handing him over to the Dark Legion and thus enabling his transformation into a new Enerjak. (StH: #165, #171, #181)

Staying out of this new powerhouse's way, the Destructix were set to guard a weapon created by the Brotherhood of Guardians to destroy Enerjak. Sonic the Hedgehog, Julie-Su and Knuckles' father Locke did battle with them to reach the weapon, aided by the Fire Ant Archimedes. When Sonic retrieved the weapon, the criminals confronted him, only for Sonic to destroy it to demonstrate his unwillingness to kill Knuckles with it. Their mission complete, the Destructix left the heroes in peace, and fled Angel Island through a Warp Ring as Super Sonic did battle with Enerjak. (StH: #183, #184)

Re-Hired by Mogul
Following Mammoth Mogul's escape from yet another prison in New Mobotropolis, he called upon the Destructix to serve as his mercenaries. They agreed, taking on a mission to bring Sonic to Mogul, dead or alive. They ambushed Sonic with Bean the Dynamite and Bark the Polar Bear only to end up having Sonic get the upper hand when Bean and Bark were bribed into helping Sonic by Sally. During the ensuing battle, Bean hinted that Predator Hawk might be a deserter of the Battlebird Armada as well. They emerged victorious, however, when Nack stunned Sonic with his gun from far off. After they tied Sonic up they headed off to the Casino Night Zone to deliver Sonic to Mogul and receive their payment. Later on, they were attacked by Sally Acorn, Amy Rose, Geoffrey St. John, and the newly freed Sonic. The Destructix, Bean, and Bark were swiftly beaten by the heroes. All except for Sleuth, who was confronted by Rouge, who informed him of something that Mogul wanted him to do. After that, Sleuth was seen trying to sneak out of the casino. Mogul got angry at him after he revealed that he and the Destructix were using the Bar and Grill for "mercenary actions". Mogul angrily told him to take the Destructix and leave the premises. It was then learned as Sleuth was going to get the rest of the Destructix, that the Destructix's job had been to arrange for Sonic to accuse Mogul of wrongdoing without proof inside his own casino as well as destroying some of Mogul's robots, leading to Sonic himself being discredited. Mogul was still going to pay the Destructix for their actions, so they left their mission in success, despite getting beaten up by Sonic and his group. (StH: #187, #188)

The Dragon Kingdom
After Lightning Lynx defected back to the Raiju Clan, the remaining members of the original Fearsome Foursome were found sulking in the Bottom of the Barrel Bar 'n' Grill by Fiona Fox with Sleuth Dawg. She demanded the Destructix, and Sleuth offered them to her on a platter since it had lost two of its members, but did not join the mission. They travelled to the Dragon Kingdom to get back Lightning Lynx, and along the way they confronted Sonic and Tails while a team they were part of was holding negotiations with the resident clans to break the backbone of the Iron Dominion. After Fiona lured them in, Simian, Frog and Hawk went in for the kill and captured them with their strength and numbers. The pair then received assistance from Sally Acorn and Monkey Khan, each of them engaging a different criminal before Fiona called a truce, stating that she and her allies had not come to fight but to offer them a chance to join the Destructix's mission, which they do if they help the heroes in their own mission. They then journey to the Iron Fortress where the Raiju Clan are stationed and stormed it, confronting the clan, Lightning Lynx and the Bride of the Conquering Storm. Monkey Khan proposed a duel where the victor would choose the fate of the clan. Sonic then fought Lightning Lynx, emerging victorious, and Lightning rejoined the Destructix after he was banished for his failure. (StH: #201, SU: #14, #15)