Scratch

Scratch is the leader of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad.

Appearance
Scratch resembles a tall, lanky, roughly humanoid rooster or chicken with white feathers, scaled feet, wing-like arms, silver body armor, black collar and belt, a red rooster comb on top of his head, a red two-feathered tail, and a yellow beak and legs, similar to Cluckoids or Clucker.

History
Scratch was built, along his brother, Grounder, after Coconuts went missing. Their first task was to find and repair Coconuts, but they were stalked by Sonic and Metallix. After a short, yet shocking encounter, Scratch and Grounder succeeded with their task.

It is revealed that Scratch and Grounder convinced Coconuts to join the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad.

Personality
Scratch is darker, smarter and more evil than his canon counterpart, mostly to make Freedom Fighters NEO darker. He is also more observant. However, Scratch's canon counterpart does shares a trait with him: DETERMINATION.

Powers and abilities
Aside from being smarter than his canon counterpart, Scratch does not have many significant abilities. Like a real rooster/chicken, Scratch is capable of pecking foes, with the pecking more reminiscent of a woodpecker. He also seems to have a telescopic neck which can extend and retract - his head often retracts into his torso to protect himself. Like Grounder, Scratch is fairly durable; whenever he get damaged or blown to bits (which is very often, considering Metallix' desire to kill Eggman), he can be repaired very easily and always come back for another battle, even being capable of putting himself back together.

Grounder
Scratch and Grounder have a slightly better relationship than their canon counterparts, as of they don't fight against each other as often.

Dr. Eggman
However, they still are as loyal to Eggman as their canon counterparts.

Trivia

 * Since Freedom Fighters NEO is based on Sonic SatAM, which is the darkest canon Sonic AU, Scratch is smarter than his canon counterpart, to make him darker.