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First Battle with New Friends
(P.O.V. none, Canterlot)
Celestia and Luna watched the giant battleship looming over them, poised to strike. A guard came up to them.
"Ma'am, we have begun to get the citizens to safe havens in case of a battle. The progress is going smoothly." He reported.
"Thank you. Any word from Twilight and the others?"
"No ma'am, the message was sent, but no word back yet." Celestia didn't like that news, but remained composed.
"Okay. Go back to the civilian efforts and be ready for an attack." She ordered. He bowed and trotted off quickly. Luna had been staring at the ship in the sky and the logo on the side.
"Sister, I think that this-"
"Hello my soon-to-be new loyal subjects!"They heard from a voice from the flying ship. A small compartment opened up and out flew a man wearing a golden-buttoned red lab coat, black trousers, as well as glasses and a large mustache. He flew down near the two Princesses in a small spherical vehicle. He grin devilishly as he bowed before the two Princesses. "And hello Princesses. It's so good to finally make your acquaintances. I am Doctor Ivo Robotnik, but many call me Eggman." The sisters stared at him coolly, their poker faces strong.
"Hello Eggman. I am Princesses Celestia, co-ruler of this land. And this is my sister Luna, but something tells me you already know that. So if you don't mind my bluntness, why are you here?" She asked him, oozing authority. Eggman chuckled.
"Right down to buisness, I like that. If you don't mind my bluntness, I've come to rule over this land and turn it into my new EggmanLand. And since I'm such a sensible man, I've come to get your peaceful surrender so I can begin my plans quickly." He said. Both sisters gawked at him, confused and shocked.
"Do you really think we will give up these lands so easily? You must be a fool for thinking so." Luna said. Eggman chuckled again.
"Oh no, I never thought you were going to give it up so easily, but I can at least say I tried to do things peacefully before I used force. Oh Metal!" He shouted. A small object shot out of the ship and quickly came over to its master's side. It was another bot, and looked nearly identical to Sonic, except for its eyes, snout, and stomach. Its red eyes gave Luna chills with memories of Neo.
"Now Princesses, this is Metal Sonic. I'm sure you remember my first creation, Neo? Yes, he was a failed attempt, and I'm more than grateful that you were able to get rid of him for me. It was a big help, to say the least. But anyway, Metal here is way more obedient than him, and will help give you some incentive to give up quietly. Metal, show them what happened to those who stand in my way."
At his master's command, Metal shot right towards the Princesses. Just before he could strike the shieldless Princesses, a hand caught him.
"Man, Metal. You really do need to learn some people skills." Soler remarked, delighting the princesses. "This is not how you treat ladies." Soler then kicked Metal, sending the bot into the air. Eggman gritted his teeth.
"Soler showed up. And if he's shown up, then that means that-"
"Eggman!" He turned around to see his long time enemy standing with his friends and ponies in the middle of the street. Sonic glared at him, and Eggman returned the favor.
"Sonic, you vile little rodent! You won't be getting in the way this time!" He shouted. Sonic only smirked.
"Don't you say that every time? And don't I beat you every time? What makes you think this time will be any different?" He boasted. Eggman only laughed.
"But this time, I've got some friends to help me." He then pushed a button on his vehicle, sending pods shot out of the ship and onto the ground. They opened up, and squads of bots came out, ready to attack.
"Guys, lets go!" Sonic shouted. They all entered combat with the bots. Soler and the Princesses watched as the battle scattered around the city. Soler looked up as Metal floated above.
"Don't think this dance is over, Metal." He declared. Mutely, the bot flew into the ongoing battle. Soler sighed and looked back at the Princesses. "I think that's my cue to go. Oh, but before I do." Soler whistled loudly. Then a howl could be heard in response. Down by the gates, a slight commotion could heard. It wasn't long before Wolf came bounding up the steps to them. The Princesses were surprised, not knowing that Soler had a wolf.
"How long have you had him?" Luna asked. Soler petted Wolf.
"About a month or so. Saved him from some Timberwolves and he's been with the team ever since. Now, may I please have your hoof?" Soler asked with a slight bow. Luna was confused by the request, but placed a hoof in his hand.
"Thanks you, milady. Now Wolf, remember her scent." Wolf walked up to the hoof and swiftly sniffed it. Luna restrained herself from giggling. As quickly as Wolf started, he finished, and gave happy bark. "Great work boy! Now Celestia?" Soler released Luna's hoof, and motioned for Celestia's. She nodded and placed her hoof in his hand. Wolf sniffed once more, barking upon completion.
"Great work, boy. Now, if I ever tell you to go protect, you run right back to these two. Got it? They might need your help." Wolf barked in agreement. "Great, now go!" Wolf bounded off back to the battle. Soler took another look over the battle.
"Welp, time to join the party. Don't worry, we'll kick his but right outta here." Soler said, giving them a thumbs up.
"Soler, wait." Luna said, stopping him. He looked back to be met with her lips on his as she kissed him briefly. "For luck." Soler smiled, nodded, then ran off to join the fight.
*With Shadow*
Shadow and Twilight battled a group of bots in what seemed to be a good fight. Shadow threw a Spear into one, while Twilight blasted a few with a strong spell.
"These bots are very susceptible to magic." Twilight said as she blasted another group.
"Well that's good. These bots might not be the strongest, but their numbers can overwhelm us, so don't over do it." He said with a tad bit of concern.
"I got it, Shadow. No need to worry." The two stood back-to-back as a new group of bots showed up. With Twilight's magic, and Shadow's skill, they dispatched the bots with ease.
"Hmph, simply pathetic. I expected more from Eggman." Shadow said.
"I'm just glad we got through them. Now we can go help the others." Twilight responded. Before they could leave, another pod rocketed to the ground in front of them. Prepared for another fight, the two didn't see normal bots when it bursted open.
"Mecha Sonic." Shadow said, gritting his teeth. The bot stood tall over them; a bigger, taller, metallic version of Sonic. Twilight and Shadow stood in Mecha's sights.
"Shadow, this one feels different than the others." Twilight said. Before Shadow could reply, Mecha shot right at them and sent Shadow flying into a wall with a punch. Caught off-guard, Twilight managed to fly up before Mecha could slam his fist down on her, leaving cracks in the ground.
Woah, he's fast and strong. Well, as long as I have the air, I can keep an advantage until Shadow recovers. She thought, readying an attack. But when she looked down, he was gone. The alicorn scanned the ground but couldn't see him. That's when she saw a shadow behind hers and looked back, shocked to see Mecha. He brutally kicked her back to the ground. Shadow caught her in time to keep her from being killed on impact.
"Thanks, but he can fly too?" She asked. Shadow nodded.
"Yeah, Mecha is strong, fast, and can fly. He can also pull off a powerful spin dash. I haven't fought him often, but when I did, it was always a tough fight. So this won't be easy." He answered. The two watched as Mecha slowly hovered back down to the ground, staring them down. The two got into battle stances and prepared for a long battle.
*With Soler*
Soler ran into the battle and homed in on a few bots away as he looked for Metal. Instead of finding Metal, he found Rarity and Wolf fighting some bots together. Wolf protected her as she blasted away. Soler dashed into a bot before joining them.
"Glad to see you here. I could use help with these awful bots." She said.
"Don't worry. Now that I'm here, everything will be okay." He boasted lightly. The three got to work and took down bots left and right. Soler homed from bot to bot while Rarity blasted them down with ease. Soler noticed that he was working harder than normal in a fight with Eggman.
Man, not using my Chaos powers makes me have a whole new respect for Sonic. He thought as he kicked away another bot. The three soon had the area cleared out.
"Man, that was a workout." Soler said, walking back to them.
"Really? I was quite at ease against those creations." She replied. Soler noticed that she had barely broken a sweat. Wolf happily barked as Soler petted his head.
"You did good too, boy, but this fight ain't over yet." He said. Metal Sonic flew down over to them and hovered. Soler smirked as he cracked his knuckles. "Glad to see you haven't forgotten about our little dance, Metal. I guess you know who the real priority is." Staring at him, Metal prepared aton attack.
Must be getting a message, Soler guessed as he watched Metal stop and put a hand to his ear. Metal put his hand down and blasted off, leaving Soler feeling defeated, and the others in confusion.
"Wait, if Metal isn't worried about me, then that means that… I'm not the main protagonist anymore." He muttered. A pod dropped down in front of them with a loud crash. Before any of them could react, it opened up and a silver hand grabbed the rim. A shiver went down Soler's spine. "Oh no, not him again. Why do I always get him?" Silver Sonic stepped out of the pod, resembling Sonic if he were a silver robot with red eyes. Soler looked at the bot, somewhat afraid.
"Soler? What's the problem with this one? He seems like he'll go down easy." Rarity said. Before he could respond, Silver curled up into a spinball and dashed at her with extreme speed. Soler had to tackle the startled unicorn, lest she she was struck down by Silver. "Thank you, darling. That would've been dreadful if he had hit me." Soler shook his head.
"No, you would've been dead if he hit you at that speed." He said, making her eyes widen. He pointed at where Silver did hit, and saw a stone pillar cut through as if it was paper. Silver Sonic rose and retargeted the three. Wolf growled at the bot, while Soler and Rarity stood back up as well.
"This might be a problem." She said, still shaken. Soler looked at his hand and tried to created a Spear, and hopelessly failed.
"Yeah, this is going to be a major problem." Soler said. Then Silver charged them again.
*With Sonic*
"Man, these bots are cakewalk!" Rainbow shouted as she dove through a few bots before heading back to the skies. Meanwhile, Sonic dashed through bots, letting his speed do the work.
"Yeah, but don't let them overwhelm you. They might not be all that strong, but they do have numbers!" He shouted back before spin dashing through five more. He landed in a clearing and watched Rainbow take some of the ones in the air down with little trouble. Sonic watched and enjoyed seeing how she got into the fight. She went from bot to bot, letting nothing stand in her way as she went to work. Sonic stopped watching when he noticed that a new batch of bots had appeared around him. He smirked and shook his head.
"Got to give it to Eggman, he does know how to mass produce these walking trash cans. Ah well, might as well put them down like the rest." He said, and got ready to battle. Rainbow's scream shook him to his core, and he whirled to the sight of her falling towards the ground. He quickly ran and caught her before she hit ground.
"RD! You okay? What happened?" He asked. Before she could answer, Metal Sonic flew down to the ground, staring them down. Sonic glared right at him.
"He's what happened." She said as she got herself back onto her hooves, "He clipped my wing by surprise. That's what sent me to the ground."
"Is your wing alright? Can you still fly?" Sonic asked. She fluttered her wing a bit, and despite a slight sting, she could handle it.
"Yeah, I can still fly. But I don't think it'd be smart to try and fight in the sky while worrying about him and these bots." She said. That's when Sonic noticed that more bots had come to their area and were starting to surround them. He looked back to Metal, who held his cold stare at his eternal rival.
"Welp. For once, I think we might need some backup." Sonic said as the two prepared to fight.
*With Knuckles*
Knuckles and Applejack were helping in the relief efforts, and kept the bots away from the civilians while the others got them to safety. Knuckles had beaten another bot down while Applejack bucked one square in the chest, leaving a hole as it fell over.
"Man, they just keep coming. Tails, how is the evacuation coming along?" Knuckles shouted. Tails was in the sky, looking around for leftover civilians.
"I don't see anymore from here. Fluttershy and Pinkie should've gotten the civilians down into the bunker already, so I think were good." He said back.
"Well that's great news, partner. How's the fightin' looking from up there?" AJ asked. Tails scanned the area again.
"It seems like the guards have entered combat with Eggman's robots too, but they seem to be holding their own pretty well." He replied. Knuckles bashed the head of another bot and threw its body at a few incoming bots.
"Good. What about Sonic and the others?" He asked.
"I can't see them, which worries me. These bots aren't too difficult, so they should've been done and back with us by now." Tails commented. Knuckles agreed.
The bots aren't too tough. If Eggman really wanted to seize the place, he would've sent his most elite bots to attack. So that means he has some other reason for attacking like this. Knuckles thought. Tails flew back down as they finished clearing out the closest bots, giving them a breather.
"So Tails, you thinking what I'm thinking, right?" Knuckles asked. Tails nodded.
"Yeah, I think he has some sort of plan for this attack, especially since it's Eggman. He always has three steps planned ahead, so this attack might not be his main concern or something. It's very troubling." Tails said. AJ's blank expression told of her cluelessness about the situation. Knuckles noticed and chuckled,
"Sorry AJ. What we're talking about is-" Knuckles' sentence ended when new bots landed around them, appearing more serious than the last. "Looks like we got more trash to take out." Knuckles cracked his knuckles as the three got into battle stances.
"Yeah, but these look a lot more stronger than the ones before, so be careful." Tails told them. They nodded and got ready to charge in.
Eggman watched the battle going on with a devilish grin, knowing his forces were being taken down.
Everything is going according to plan. He watched as data poured into him on the abilities of the ponies and their effects on his machines. He smiled as he saw all the new information coming in, loving every minute of it. A sensor went off, and he pushed a button on his pad.
"Report." He commanded.
"Sir, a few pods have launched not commanded by you." A metallic voice replied. Eggman raised an eyebrow and watched as the new pods dropped into the battle below. He thought on it, but pushed it aside. He used his weaker bots to drain some energy from the heroes and sent in the Metal Sonic units to try and finish them off. Plus, he sent some elite units to deal with the ones protecting the civilians.
Even if I don't take the city, it'll be a decent blow to them. A wound for a later battle! Eggman thought proudly.
"Hmm, forget about those pods and focus on collecting as much data as possible." He responded.
"Yes sir." The bot signed off, leaving Eggman to enjoy the battle.
*Shadow's Battle*
Shadow and Twilight took heavy breaths as they backed off from another attack on Mecha. Mecha stood there, hardly damaged at all.
"We're barely making any leeway on him." Twilight said, "My magic isn't really affecting it. Plus, his speed and strength is a problem for both of us."
"Yeah I know. I'm trying to think of a strategy, but nothing is working on him. We need more firepower." He said. Mecha charged at them once more. Shadow was quick and made a Spear to defend with, but Mecha knocked him out the way and went after Twilight. She braced herself for the attack when a barrage of missiles struck Mecha and sent him flying. Then a barrage of bombs dropped on Mecha, stunning him temporarily.
What did that? Twilight wondering and she watched what everything transpire.
"Target confirmed. Missile barrage effective." A mechanical voice said. Twilight looked behind her at a big robot with black and red armor walking up to her. Its hands smoked from releasing the missiles before they turned back into metal claw-like hands. "Lifeform protected. Shadow not in vicinity." It stared down at Twilight and turned its hand into a gun again, pointing it at her.
"Lifeform must tell me where Shadow is, or risk elimination." Twilight didn't even know what to say as his guns started charging, her eyes wide open with shock.
"Relax big guy, I got handsome right here." A female voice soothed. Both Twilight and the robot looked over at a bat holding up Shadow, who was quickly recovering from the attack. The bat wore thigh-high white boots with pink hearts at the toes, as well as black tights and another big pink heart that covered her chest. She also had on white gloves to match her boots. She let Shadow stand and brush himself off. At the sight of Shadow, the robot put his guns away and offered Twilight a hand.
"Shadow confirmed. Little lifeform safe. Proceeding to help." It said. Twilight hesitantly looked at him, unsure of what it was going to do.
"Don't worry, you can trust him." Shadow said, "These two are allies."
"Aww. You sure we're only allies, big boy? I always thought we were a little more." The bat said, causing Shadow to roll his eyes. Twilight didn't like, and shot up quickly.
"Hey!" She shouted. The bat glanced at her.
"Hey, easy there. I'm only teasing here. I know mister brute here couldn't take me seriously, even if I begged. Which no lady would do. So who is the horse, Shadow?" She asked.
"I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, and who are you?" Twilight asked before Shadow could speak.
"Rouge the Bat. And the robot is Omega. What are you two doing here?" Shadow demanded. Then, Mecha stood back up.
"We'll explain later. Right now, we've got a bot to take down," She said. Shadow stopped Twilight from coming forward.
"You rest. We got this." Shadow said as he, Rouge, and Omega stepped up. "Team Dark, let's go! Alpha formation!" Rouge and Omega nodded. Then, the three took positions for battle.
*Soler's Battle*
Soler tackled Rarity to the ground as Silver did another sweep attack, barely missing her.
"Thank you Soler. That Silver is a monster. How did you ever manage to stop it?" She asked as Soler helped her up. Wolf came bounding up to them, also somewhat exhausted from the fight.
"Well, to be very honest with you, I've never fully destroyed him." Rarity's eyes widened in shock.
"What?"
"Yeah, I know. See, the reason it's silver and bulky is because its armor is thick and tough. Every time we fought, which is more times than I'd like to admit, I've only been able to damage him enough to force him to retreat." Soler explained, failing to raise Rarity's spirits. Silver Sonic stood up and looked back at the three with something of a fire in its cold eyes. Soler gritted his teeth.
Rarity's magic isn't as strong as Twilight's magic. But still, I don't even think Twi or Luna's magic could stop Silver. Its armor is too tough and those spines can cut through anything. I can't use my Chaos powers, and Wolf isn't standing too much of a chance against him either, even with the magic Twi put on him to harden his teeth. He can't chomp through Silver's armor. As he thought, he slowly realized the dread upon them.
"Wolf. Go protect." Soler said. Wolf looked at him, confused, and whined weakly. Soler just smiled and petted his head. "Don't worry boy, we'll be alright. Now go protect Luna and Celestia, alright?" Wolf felt that something was off, but barked and ran off to the castle anyhow.
"Why did you send Wolf off?" Rarity asked.
"To be honest, I don't want him to be around if I don't make it in this fight. And so Luna will have something to remember me by." He admitted. Rarity looked at him blankly.
"Well aren't you just a ray of sunshine?" She remarked.
"What? I'm just being realistic here. This fight isn't look too good." He said. Silver charged, and Soler immediately charged right back at him. When he threw a punch, Silver caught him midair. "Oh no." Silver slammed him into the ground, and tossed him past Rarity into the side of a building, leaving a body-sized crack in the wall. Rarity was stunned to see him get flung like that. She prepared for Silver to go into a spin ball and charged right at her. Soler saw it, but was powerless to stop it.
"Rarity, no!" Closing her eyes, she turned and braced herself to meet her doom. After a few seconds, Rarity opened her eyes to see Silver hovering right in front of her, still in a spin ball. Surrounded by a strange aura, the robot was thrown into the ground away from her. Silver quickly stood back up, only to be pelted with two massive fireballs that blew up on contact. He was left in a blaze of fire.
"Who did that?" She asked aloud.
"That would be me." A voice said. She looked up and saw a silver hedgehog floating down from the sky towards her. He landed softly in front of her and offered a hand. "Need some help?" His yellow eyes were directly on her. For the first time, Rarity was speechless. She just nodded and placed her hoof in his hand.
"Good. Hate to see a lady on the ground. Hey Blaze, how's Soler?" He shouted behind himself. Rarity turned to a purple cat helping Soler up. She wore a purple jacket that had white fur around the end of the sleeves, as well as white pants with the same white fur at the ends. She also had on gloves and heels resembling Sonic's shoes without buckles. Some of her hair was in a ponytail on the top of her head.
"He should be fine, Silver. How's the unicorn?"
"She's fine. I stopped Silver just in time. And good work with the flames as back up."
"Well someone had to get him down." She retorted. Soler recovered and brushed himself off.
"Silver, Blaze, am I ever so glad to see you two. Just a quick question, what brings a time traveler and a princess from a different dimension to the world of Equestria?" He asked. Silver was about to answer when they all looked over as Silver Sonic stepped out of the fire, hardly damaged at all. In fact, he appeared more upset than anything else.
"We'll explain later. I think we should handle him first." Silver said. Soler and Blaze nodded, and joined his side. Silver looked back at Rarity.
"Don't worry, we'll handle this. You rest up." He said. She simply nodded and stood back. Soler smirk as he took lead. "Alright, let's do this! Team Soler is reunited!" Silver and Blaze looked at him, bemused.
"First, since when have we are been a legit team? I mean, we've worked well together in the past, but that's been only maybe a handful of times. And second, Team Soler, really?" Blaze asked. Soler looked back at them.
"Come on, guys. We're straight up a Sonic Heroes team here. Silver is the flight, Blaze is the power, and I'm the speed. We're a perfect setup. Come on, nothing?" They stared at him blankly. He sighed and shook his head. "Nevermind, let's just do this." The three readied themselves for the fight ahead.
*Sonic's Battle*
Sonic and Metal clashed again and broke apart. Sonic tried to recover but then another bot came and took a swipe at him, causing him to have to dodge it. When he did, Metal took the chance to spin dash into him, sending him back.
At the same time, Metal was quick enough to battle Rainbow in the air while she fought off robots. When she took down one, Metal attacked her, forcing her to dodge. This left her open for a blast from one of the other bots, which pained her already injured wing. She had just taken down three flying bots when Metal took her by surprise and gutted her, knocking all of the wind out of her. He then flung her down to the ground. Sonic stood and helped her up, both of them looking around at all of the bots surrounding them. Metal hovered before them, watching them. Sonic looked to RD, neither of them in the best shape.
Man, we could use some backup right now. He thought. Metal's engines revved up. He rushed at them, but when he was upon them, a giant hammer smacked him in head and sent him into a nearby wall. Sonic and RD stared at what had just transpired. Sonic smirked, knowing the hammer, and who threw it. Bots were being sent flying by something on its way towards them, with strength and speed, down to the last bot. Rainbow expected to see a muscular beast or creature, but instead saw a pink hedgehog in a red dress and boots. She held a giant hammer that looked exactly like the one that sent Metal flying. The pink hedgehog brushed off her dress, and her eyes instantly lit up when she saw Sonic.
"Oh! I knew my darling Sonic would be here!" She said before hugged him. Rainbow was dumbfounded.
"Darling Sonic? Hey! He's my-" Sonic cut her off with a motion. He broke the hug with the hedgehog and she stood there, smiling at him.
"Amy, you don't know how glad I am to see you. But how did you get here?" He asked. Amy giggled.
"Oh Sonic, don't you know that when you're in love with someone, no matter how far away they are, you can always find them again." She said. Sonic could see that Rainbow was ready to burst, but he silently motioned that he would explain later.
"Hehe, listen Amy, we're gonna have to talk later. But first, think you're up to help me smash some bots?" He said, grinning. Amy lifted her hammer and beamed.
"Do you even have to ask?" She retorted. Rainbow stood, attempting to help, but Sonic stopped her.
"Don't worry, we got this RD." The two hedgehogs stepped up to the horde of bots before them, their confidence high. "Amy, up for a little Sonic spinball?" He curled into a ball and started revving up. Amy gripped her hammer tightly.
"Oh you know it!" She said, striking Sonic into the fight.
*Knuckles Battles*
AJ skidded across the ground in pain as one of the elite bots approached her. She tried to stand, but was too hurt to. The bot was about to strike, but stopped when a different bot slammed into it.
"AJ, you okay?" Knuckles asked as he ran over to her. He helped her shakily stand to her hooves.
"I ain't gonna lie sugarcube, I ain't holding up so well against these ones. They're tougher than the Neo clones." She admitted. Though they were pretty tough, Knuckles knew that he could hold his own against Eggman's bots after fighting them for so long. However, Applejack's never fought him before. Tails was helping him fight this time, holding his own like the red echidna. He looked to Applejack.
Hate seeing her like this, Knuckles thought when he saw how beaten up she was. Tails won't be able to keep up at this pace. We need to get them out of the fighting, but then I'd be fighting solo. Damn, what do we do? Then Pinkie Pie came out of the shelter.
"Tails, we have everyone safe and secure. Fluttershy is helping the wounded." She shouted. She saw AJ, and her eyes widened. "Applejack!" She ran over to her and Knuckles.
"I'll be alright, sugarcube." She said, wincing in pain.
"AJ, I'm pulling you out of the fight. You're too hurt, Pinkie, help her into the shelter while I have Tails pull back too." Knuckles ordered. Pinkie nodded and supported Applejack the best she could.
"Knuckles, no. Those bots are too tough for you to fight on your own." She said. He saw the number of bots coming in as Tails fell back to them.
"Knuckles, these guys are really tough to fight. We might need some backup." Tails said. Knuckles placed a glove on his shoulder, causing Tails to look at him.
"Tails, fall back inside with the girls. I'll hold them off until Sonic and the others can come help. Now you help Pinkie with AJ." He said, stepping in front of them. Tails nodded and helped carry Applejack. They quickly got AJ inside and laid her with the others. Fluttershy looked at her, shocked by her condition, and ran over to tend to her. Once they saw she was secure, Tails and Pinkie relaxed.
"I'll tell Knuckles she's safe." Pinkie said, dashing off. When Pinkie made it back outside, she was shocked to see that Knuckles was really holding off over a dozen bots on his own. He smashed one bot's head in, grabbed it and threw it into a few more. Then, he ripped a limb off another and used it as a bat and start smashing as many as he could before the limb broke.
Impressive, she thought, though one of the bots occasionally got in a hit on him. But he's not gonna be able to take much more. She was so busy thinking, she didn't notice that one of the bots slipped away from the others and was about to attack her. In the moment of the attack, she noticed it and screamed, causing Knuckles to whip towards her, only to be confused. Pinkie had her eyes closed, waiting for the pain, but instead felt like someone was holding her. She opened her eyes, and was floating midair.
"Sorry to pick you up all of a sudden. But you were in danger, so I acted." A voice said. It was a purple lizard with a yellow horn and weird gauntlet holding her. His yellow eyes studied the area around them efficiently. Knuckles saw him and instantly smiled.
"Espio, am I glad to see you here." He said. Espio noticed him and smirked.
"Good to see you too, Knuckles."
"Um, excuse me, mister lizard." He looked down to Pinkie, who had a slight blush on her face. "But, uh, think you could put me down?" Espio nodded and placed her carefully on the ground. Then the same bot that was after Pinkie lunged quickly, and then a kunai in its head shut it down.
What happened? Pinkie wondered before noticing that Espio had his hand out, signaling that he had thrown it.
"I'm sorry ma'am, but I'm a chameleon, not just a lizard. And I think you need to get inside to where it's safe." He advised. Pinkie simply nodded and quickly went back inside, but not before looking back to see Knuckles and Espio standing together, ready to fight.
That's it for this one, and with it, the new characters have been introduced. Will they have a big role on the coming of days? Who knows? Heck, I don't even know, and I'm the author. Tune in next time on ATA: The Eggman Saga, to find out! This is Solerwolf… Out!
P.S. I know the chapter stopped kinda abruptly, but it was way longer than I intended it to be. And I needed to find some sort of stopping point. So, uh, sorry.
