Sonic froze as clouds rolled over Station Square. "What's up? Is Eggman
hatching some evil scheme again?" A nearby TV store turned all of its
display units in the window to the local news station, allowing Sonic to
quickly identify the source of the disturbance.
A robotic suit twice the size of a normal human landed in the city square, quickly drawing a crowd as its jets cooled. Sonic appeared in a flash, inexplicably stopping on a dime, though he was running faster than anything you've ever seen on a highway. He sized up this man-made threat, it's designer obvious by the device's rotundity; not to mention its metal mustache and domed head. "What do you want this time, egghead?"
"Overconfident as ever, my eternal adversary," mused the voice of Dr. Ivo Robotnik from within the machine. "But you won't win today, I promise you that. I've spent a lot of time over these years studying your techniques and strategies..." Robotnik smiled, unseen. "If you and I were the same speed, I might even be able to best you without going to such lengths as I have."
"What lengths?" demanded the blue hedgehog, as the crowd grew more nervous with each passing moment.
"Do you know why you always win, Sonic?"
"That's easy! My speed!"
"That's only partly true, Sonic. There's been plenty of times where, had it not been for the seven Chaos Emeralds, you would never have succeeded."
"What's your point?"
"My point is that you can be overpowered, and so long as you don't have the Emeralds handy, there's no way for you to turn the tables on me."
"So? You'll never be able to trap someone as fast as I am, Doc. If you're too powerful for me to face, I'll just speed off and be back with the Emeralds in no time." Sonic smirked. For someone with an IQ of 300, Eggman sure didn't seem too smart.
"We'll just see. Come, Sonic! One last fight, for old times sake!" With that, the battle-suit charged forward, using a huge arm to smash the ground where Sonic had been a split second before.
"Is that all you got?" asked Sonic, reclining in an outdoor café chair a good fifty feet away.
Eggman whipped around and fired a green laser out of his right arm's cannon. The chair was left a black mark on the ground, but the hedgehog merely yawned – unharmed – while standing atop Robotnik's head. "No more games, Sonic!" he snarled as he swiped at the top of his head, prompting Sonic to jump up, curl into a ball, and slam down on the poor genius' creation.
Hopping down to the ground and skipping a safe distance away, Sonic started taunting again. "I don't see how this is different from anything else you've built, Eggman. Give it u—"
But with that, the doctor got the drop on him, skipping over to him so fast you could've sworn he teleported were it not for the blur. In mid-syllable, the blue blur was dealt a lethal backhand and was sent careening into a wall. "Ugh..." he groaned as he got to his feet. "Impossible... How could you possibly build something that fast?" To answer, Robotnik bolted over to him and pummeled him into the sidewalk as the crowd collectively cried out in horror.
"Had enough, Sonic?" Robotnik grinned widely within his armor as the dust cleared, but suddenly was struck in the back of the head. "Oof! Don't you get it, you fool?" he yelled, turning around once again to see Sonic, who was clutching his injured side, but still standing. "You're wounded, but I'm not even scratched! You can't possibly hope to win this battle!"
"I've still got my speed. You may be fast, but you'll never catch up to my top speed! See ya when I'm Super, chump!" The crowd barely had time to part as their hero dashed by, but he hadn't gone ten feet out of the city square when Robotnik snatched him up with one great clawed hand.
"That might be a bit difficult," stated Eggman, as his suit began to glow with an otherworldly light, "seeming as how all seven Chaos Emeralds are powering this very suit!" The power of Chaos began to surge into Sonic like raw, multicolored electricity, and all his senses suddenly became blocked out by the pain. "Any last words?"
"You'll never get away with this, you monster!" said the hero, through gritted teeth.
"I already have. Farewell, Sonic!" and with that, the evil Eggman clenched his fist, extinguishing the life of the great hero—
—forever.
A robotic suit twice the size of a normal human landed in the city square, quickly drawing a crowd as its jets cooled. Sonic appeared in a flash, inexplicably stopping on a dime, though he was running faster than anything you've ever seen on a highway. He sized up this man-made threat, it's designer obvious by the device's rotundity; not to mention its metal mustache and domed head. "What do you want this time, egghead?"
"Overconfident as ever, my eternal adversary," mused the voice of Dr. Ivo Robotnik from within the machine. "But you won't win today, I promise you that. I've spent a lot of time over these years studying your techniques and strategies..." Robotnik smiled, unseen. "If you and I were the same speed, I might even be able to best you without going to such lengths as I have."
"What lengths?" demanded the blue hedgehog, as the crowd grew more nervous with each passing moment.
"Do you know why you always win, Sonic?"
"That's easy! My speed!"
"That's only partly true, Sonic. There's been plenty of times where, had it not been for the seven Chaos Emeralds, you would never have succeeded."
"What's your point?"
"My point is that you can be overpowered, and so long as you don't have the Emeralds handy, there's no way for you to turn the tables on me."
"So? You'll never be able to trap someone as fast as I am, Doc. If you're too powerful for me to face, I'll just speed off and be back with the Emeralds in no time." Sonic smirked. For someone with an IQ of 300, Eggman sure didn't seem too smart.
"We'll just see. Come, Sonic! One last fight, for old times sake!" With that, the battle-suit charged forward, using a huge arm to smash the ground where Sonic had been a split second before.
"Is that all you got?" asked Sonic, reclining in an outdoor café chair a good fifty feet away.
Eggman whipped around and fired a green laser out of his right arm's cannon. The chair was left a black mark on the ground, but the hedgehog merely yawned – unharmed – while standing atop Robotnik's head. "No more games, Sonic!" he snarled as he swiped at the top of his head, prompting Sonic to jump up, curl into a ball, and slam down on the poor genius' creation.
Hopping down to the ground and skipping a safe distance away, Sonic started taunting again. "I don't see how this is different from anything else you've built, Eggman. Give it u—"
But with that, the doctor got the drop on him, skipping over to him so fast you could've sworn he teleported were it not for the blur. In mid-syllable, the blue blur was dealt a lethal backhand and was sent careening into a wall. "Ugh..." he groaned as he got to his feet. "Impossible... How could you possibly build something that fast?" To answer, Robotnik bolted over to him and pummeled him into the sidewalk as the crowd collectively cried out in horror.
"Had enough, Sonic?" Robotnik grinned widely within his armor as the dust cleared, but suddenly was struck in the back of the head. "Oof! Don't you get it, you fool?" he yelled, turning around once again to see Sonic, who was clutching his injured side, but still standing. "You're wounded, but I'm not even scratched! You can't possibly hope to win this battle!"
"I've still got my speed. You may be fast, but you'll never catch up to my top speed! See ya when I'm Super, chump!" The crowd barely had time to part as their hero dashed by, but he hadn't gone ten feet out of the city square when Robotnik snatched him up with one great clawed hand.
"That might be a bit difficult," stated Eggman, as his suit began to glow with an otherworldly light, "seeming as how all seven Chaos Emeralds are powering this very suit!" The power of Chaos began to surge into Sonic like raw, multicolored electricity, and all his senses suddenly became blocked out by the pain. "Any last words?"
"You'll never get away with this, you monster!" said the hero, through gritted teeth.
"I already have. Farewell, Sonic!" and with that, the evil Eggman clenched his fist, extinguishing the life of the great hero—
—forever.