Sonic 5

Final Blow in Station Square

Sequel to "Evil Runs in Machines"

And

"Light Runs on Good"

By: David Carter

CH.1: Odds are this isn't your town

The sun in Station Square slowly began to wake from its slumber as the first portal dropped off its occupants. The first wore a blue armored suit, the others were two robots dusted in rusty coating and the third an overweight man in coveralls. As the blue figure dragged the three away a second portal came to life and dropped the final occupant; a man with frizzy white hair and a dusty lab coat. He got up slowly and looked around him to see grey surroundings and an odor quite like 2 day old tuna. His name was Dr. Wily, a mastermind of robotics and his main goal in life was to be rid of Light's very own Mega Man. He also now hated the blue blur Sonic the hedgehog and his nemesis Dr. Eggman. The Mega twerp was dragging him somewhere better find out where, Wily thought. He then stepped out from the alley.

Wily walked among the people of the streets and frowned at their choice of clothing and food. As he stopped by what said "Hot Dogs" the man asked him if he wanted one. Wily tried to fathom what he had meant and said, "yes, what is it again?" The young man, probably in his early twenties, Wily noted, gave him a skeptical look in return.

"It's a hotdog gramps," the young man said hotly. "Do you want anything on it?" Pondering on which topics to choose on made him have tiny flashes of recognition, many of which dealt with a past he had long chosen to forget. The taste of a hotdog in his youth and the constant bickering of his parents lingered in his mind. They had a stable marriage, up until Valentines when supposedly his mom was caught cheating. Much of what he had deciphered through the wall had to do with his mom getting practically ignored by his scientist father. The fighting eventually led to him leaving and getting an education.

"No," Wily said scratching his temple, "I don't see any hotdog on my agenda today, good day." As he walked away he heard a cry of surprise and as he turned around he saw the hotdog guy run and crashed into an unoccupied table storming in on the hotdog bin was a heat seeking missile. Taking out his ultra defined goggles he saw through the smoke and saw Eggman in a two legged robot. Apparently Eggman awoke and once he saw his captor disposed of him by throwing him into the nearest eating facility, not bad, Wily thought of his rival. Another heat seeking missile came through and with great sacrifice Wily threw his goggles to the side. He wasn't safe however because the missile blew up his goggles, the explosion was still near enough to send Wily flipping backwards and into a set of chairs. Eggman marched through the smoke and as he saw Wily covered in juice he grinned wickedly. Wily's healed arm went limp.

"My old partner, how fitting an end for you cowering in lemon juice, too sad indeed. To come into my world had to have some guts, but that won't save your present demise. Decoe switch to flamethrower…I want to see him burn!" As Decoe prepared the weapon, it was Bocue who saw an angered Mega Man. "Don't make this too-."

"Doctor Eggman…" Eggman cast him a glare, but then he caught sight of a noodle covered Mega Man. Rush II was at his side and robotic white teeth sparkled in deviousness. Holding out his arm he exposed the arm canon. The blue suit he wore became fiery hot and as he released the beam it burnt the tile until it hit Eggman's walker, then it really got hot. The walker split in two and in a heap of machinery sat Eggman and to his side was Decoe and holding a joystick was Bocue. "This is so humiliating," Bocue said in disgrace.

"Noodles are not the special of the day Eggman," Mega Man said picking off a strand from his shoulder plate, "the special today is served in humiliation…by a trip to Sonic's." As Mega Man led the trio away Wily let out a sigh of relief, before he held up his arm in pain. Rush II scooped the scientist onto his back and followed Mega Man in the air. The view from above revealed to Rush II that Station Square had quiet a rising in business and advertisement. As they neared the Thorndyke mansion he could already discern the outlines of Sonic the hedgehog and the female Amy Rose. Near the tree was the fox with two tails, the female bunny and Chao, and the blonde haired girl named Helen. In his memory banks he recalled leaving the white bat and echidna back in robotic city to watch over things. Activating his landing gears he hovered above the grassy backyard and then slid the doctor over onto the ground before assuming the shape of a dog. All was clear.

"What's Wily doing here?" Chris Thorndyke said as he came out of the pool dripping wet. By now everyone was asking the same thing and the only one who was not was Helen. Wily picked himself up and gave them his most trustworthy smile, it died and seeing he had no escape, without injury, he sat back down. "The portal was fluctuating when we left, it had passed its limit…and you're here?"

"The doctor can't answer, but I can," Mega Man said. The gate was now wide open and as Mega Man stepped forward everyone saw the trio he had tied up. "You see when you left behind these three; I managed to persuade Dr. Light to create another portal. Since the two evil geniuses left on bad terms I thought I'd bring him along. And if you're worrying about the city I left Knuckles and Rogue to watch over it. Hey Helen," Mega Man said after his update to his friends. Helen turned her wheelchair and moved forward and just before she reached him came to a halt. She wagged her finger at him and when he leaned forward she pulled him into a hug.

"How can you just be here now Mega Man? Don't you realize that you can't stay here and neither can Wily? Both worlds can't have perfect harmony until things were as they were before, that means Rogue and Knuckles too." Mega Man kissed her head and walked over to Sonic who was rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Amy hugged Mega Man and Sonic gave him a slap on the back. Yet Sonic was disturbed.

"I really don't know about Eggman and Wily," Sonic said doubtfully, "it nearly destroyed your city, if it were to happen here the catastrophe would double. Don't take this wrong way Mega Man, but your idea is insane." Mega Man understood, and it was this time Wily chose to escape. Eggman stood in his way, but the little doctor kicked Eggman's shin hard enough that he fell. Events seemed to roll one after the other and then nearby explosions alerted them of the current disaster. "No rest for the weary."

"Mines have been set up all around the city's exits," Tails said in the air, "any disturbance of the smallest sort would blow up a great deal of the city. There are 4 exits in Station Square: Chris you take the northern one, Sonic you take the western one, Amy you take the eastern one, and leave the southern one to me. Cheese and Cream you watch Eggman and make sure they don't leave, ok?"

"Got it Tails," Cream said. Sonic left right away speeding out the gate and past traffic. The mine was ahead and by the way it attached itself to any object it seemed to be ready to blow.

"How do you deactivate a ticking mine?" Sonic asked aloud as he ran around it. Stopping he walked over to a box hooked into the mine and saw the decreasing numbers 15…14…13… "I wonder if this is touch sensitive," Sonic mused. Carefully as possible he lifted the mine out of its hole and held it above his spiky head. Swallowing nervously he began to run and as his red sneakers blazed a trail the mine became hot. Station Square had a big lake ahead, if he could just get there he may save thousands. 11…10…9…8…7…6…5…

"Sonic do you copy?" Sonic neared the lake and as the mine began to glow an intense yellow his speed increased. As he neared the middle of the lake he pulled out a gold ring and began to glow a brilliant yellow. The mine exploded in his gloved hands and sent the hedgehog skipping across the water and ending up on dry land…dry and beaten. On the other side of Station Square Tails was crisscrossing wires and sweat dotted his golden fur. Sonic hadn't checked in yet which meant he had either disposed of the mine or… "Focus Tails," he told himself as he held the wires in shaky hands. The red wire went into the blue and the green into yellow, as the two tailed fox stepped back the mine imploded. "Amy how goes it over there?"

"Fine Tails, have you heard from Sonic yet?" Tails tried Sonic's comm. channel again but still got static. His brow began to furrow and his mind raced through possible reasons why Sonic was delayed. However it would have to wait as Tails looked at the radar and saw certain colored blips surrounded Chris. Propelling into the air his two tails worked overtime and as he neared Chris's position it became clear what the blips were. These were Chao beasts that fed off the power of Chaos emeralds. Tails landed a foot away and spotted Chris being beaten. He had to act now!

"Hey over here you bucket of walking circuits," he yelled. The Chao beasts turned his way and as they stomped towards him he spun his tails into overdrive. Something gold caught his eyes and without thinking lifted his gloved hand up to feel the weight of a gold ring slip on. Tails turned a fiery gold color and as the Chao beasts had him surrounded he flew forward slicing them in half with his tail and smashing their faces in with one two strikes. The ring vanished and feeling all the power also fade he fell to his knees. "Chris…are you ok?"

"Yeah, just a little shaken," Chris Thorndyke said. Amy Rose ran forward and was glad both were ok. Sonic was missing so the group headed to his last known location. Amy led the way with fiery determination, followed by a shaken Chris, and in the back a puzzled Tails. They found Sonic sitting on a rock looking at the sunset. "Hey, Sonic, why didn't you call?"

"I…was having difficulty communicating," Sonic said, still not looking their way. "Even at my fastest I couldn't dispose of the mine immediately, what's happening to me?"

"Sonic you saved Station Square," Amy said taking a gentle tone with him, "you did what any hero would do, take the mine out of the city where people wouldn't be hurt. The reason you doubt yourself as a hero is you're tired. My suggestion is to loosen your load and let us do some work." Sonic turned to Amy and gave her a smile. Getting up, Sonic walked back into town and decided to take Amy's suggestion.

Robotic city was a mess, towns were burned and the air was cloudy with foul air. Knuckles the echidna and Rogue the bat patrolled the city considering how to deal with this ordeal. It wasn't Sonic who asked for their help rather the opposite; it was a young kid named Mega Man. Mega Man propositioned them with duty and jewels and neither had anything better to do, so they accepted. Knuckles picked up a piece of a wall and as he put it backup, it fell back to the floor in pieces. "No fair!"

"Hey the kid said it wouldn't be like glue," Rogue said, "he said our first job was to the people. Now stop pouting over spilt milk and let's tend to the people." She flew ahead and just then spotted a wide eyed girl clinging to her blanket. Landing a few feet before the kid she put out her hip and the child a smile. "Hey little one, lose somebody?" The little girl's eyes then foamed up.

"Look Rogue a kid should be handled directly, observe," he said with a smooth tone. Walking by carefully Knuckles pretended not to see the young child and just then faced the child with surprising speed and said, "do you need help finding a lost family member?"

"I want my mommy!" The little girl screamed sending a shocked Knuckles onto his butt. Rogue gave him an amused smile and began to fly above the charred buildings. She had to admit him method did work, but he still made her cry; perhaps the echidna had qualities still hidden, more could mean possibilities-

"Knuckles I found her! She's buried under some loose gravel, hurry!" Knuckles smashed through concrete debris and climbed over impending walls and with great speed made it to the woman's location before a loose column of brick rained down on him. The mother had her legs buried and her face was dealing with much perspiration and anguished pain. Sliding his knuckles into the crevice he lifted up the heavy slab and then with a big cry he threw it up into the air and into Rouge's care. Taking extra care he picked her up and at a nice even jog made it safely to the mom's daughter. Mother and daughter were reunited. It was a scene so moving Knuckles didn't even notice he was crying.

"The damage here won't take a day to clean up," Knuckles said to Rogue once she came back. The two were walking into a part of town where so many of Wily's machines tore away crazily. "I still can't believe an old scientist, a robotic dog, and a blue suit kid could deal with this everyday. Then again Station Square has many heroes fighting one extremely rotten potato. Rogue sooner or later you have to choose a side, much like that mysterious Shadow."

"Look who's crabby," Rogue said irritably, "half the time you're at your nerves end in Sonic's presence, then the other half your buddies, then there's that confusing dumb percentage that leads you to trust Eggman. And the reason I haven't chosen a side is…is the fact I don't have to!" The two walked in utter silence for the rest of the trip, up until they made it to Dr. Light's house. The scientist was busy mixing chemicals when the two walked in. "Dr. Light we're back from patrol."

"Have fun?" Knuckles frowned and Rogue folded her arms looking the little bit amused. "Sorry, just a little humor in a time of no laughter. Usually Mega Man comes here upset and the next day he seems to forget and settles only on getting rid of Wily's machines. You two on the other hand are tired."

"That obvious huh?" Rogue elbowed his sarcastic tone and the two respectively headed to bed. Dr. Light chuckled a bit before retiring himself to bed.