Here's the third chapter. It's Emerl and Metal Sonic vs. Seth and Juri. Who will emerge the victor? Who will be the vanquished? Find out, now!
Emerl and Metal Sonic finally managed to make their way to the base's hangar. Their plan now was simple: Hijack a plane and fly as far away from this place as possible. They found the plane that was used to take them here. But as they reached it, Seth teleported in front of them with his arms folded. This time, Seth wasn't wearing his buisness attire, exposing his muscular body. The strangest thing about him was the rotating orb in the exposed area of his chest that resembled the Yin-Yang symbol. "You are quite the resourceful one." Seth said. "And you're little friend there would make quite the addition to my army."
At that moment, Juri jumped in as well. "You know, I didn't exactly appreciate being electrocuted." She said as her left eye began to glow. "So, I think I'll dismantle you piece by piece and let the science geeks examine what's left. How's that sound?" Seth turned to face Juri with a stern expression. "You'll do no such thing." he said. "I need the Gizoid alive. The blue robot, you can do with as you wish." Juri turned to Metal Sonic, licking her lips. "Guess it's just you and me." she said.
"Look's like we're going to have to fight our way out!" Emerl said as he dropped into a battle stance and changed his color scheme in a flash of light. He was now mostly black with traces of yellow and grey. The fin on his head had turned yellow had two more, giving the appearance of a unibrow. his blue eyes how had red rings under them. He had yellow fins on his arms and legs. Eggman had rebuilt him this way during his attempt to take over the world. Tails later modified him so that he could change into this at will.
Metal Sonic melted into a pool of liquid metal before changing shape. His head now had five long quills as opposed to his regular three, with white stripes and markings around his eyes, similar to that of Shadow's. The yellow color in his ears had been replaced with red and his nose was now black. He also gained a more pronounced body armor, with black and curved shoulder plates, larger gauntlets and leg armor with pointy knee caps that had white outlines, a plate that covered his pelvis and elf-like shoes. He also wore a spiky belt with a black cape that protruded out of the back of his waist. This was his "Neo" form, part of an upgrade Dr. Eggman gave him. Eggman tried to remove it after Metal Sonic tried to overthrow him, but Metal managed to regain it overtime.
"This is going to be fun!" Juri shouted as she leaped at Metal Sonic to deliver a downward kick. Metal Sonic brought up his arms to block before retaliating with a kick of his own that hit Juri directly in the chest, sending her to the ground. Metal leaped up to stomp Juri underfoot, only for the Korean to roll out of the way and fire an energy blast with her foot. Emerl meanwhile charged at Seth using his jetpack, only for him to teleport away. Seth then stretched his arms a great length to grab Emerl by the leg before slamming against the celing. Seth leaped up to deliver a punch, only for Emerl to teleport as well, appearing behind him to deliver a hard blow to the back of Seth's head and send him to the ground. Emerl followed up with a Chaos Spear, but Seth quickly countered with his Sonic Boom.
Juri and Metal Sonic seemed to be equally matched. Juri blocked an incoming punch from Metal Sonic with her knee, retaliating with a kick. Metal Sonic dodged then used his Plasma Pulse attack, firing a laser from his chest that sent Juri backwards into a wall. Taking advantage of this, Metal Sonic spun his hand like a drill and charged at Juri. Juri recovered and moved out of the way just as he impaled his hand in the wall. Metal Sonic pulled his hand out of the wall and charged at Juri again, attempting to slash her with his drill hand. Juri dodged each swing before grabbing Metal Sonic's arm and throwing him against a wall. Metal Sonic charged off the wall and delivered a hard punch to Juri's face, sending her to the ground.
Emerl, meanwhile, was having trouble with Seth. Seth it seemed was using his attacks against him. Emerl artfully dodged as Seth tossed Chaos Spears at him. Emerl fired a missile in response, only for Seth to teleport behind him and fire a blast of chaos energy from his hand, knocking him to the wall. "You can copy my moves!" Emerl exclaimed. "How observant." Seth replied. "Not that you'll live long enough for it to hold any significance." He tossed another Chaos Spear at Emerl only for him to raise a red barrier in response. At that moment, Metal Sonic got thrown next to Emerl.
"Okay, this is getting nowhere." Emerl said. Metal Sonic beeped a sarcastic response in return. "Oh great, you were programmed with sarcasm." Emerl deadpanned. "Look, If we have a hope of getting out of this alive, we'll have to work together. Let's switch opponents. I'll take Juri and you take Seth. But be careful, Seth can copy powers too." Metal Sonic nodded and the two put their plan in motion. Emerl charged at Juri for round two, delivering rapid punches before ending with a kick to the face. Metal Sonic fired a blast of electricity from his hands at Seth, hitting him squarely in the chest.
Juri tried to fight back, but Emerl managed to confuse her by with a hit-and-run strategy, teleporting and moving around her at lightning speed while landing hits on her whenever he could. Juri eventually got enraged and unleashed her Fuharenjin attack, breakdancing and sending purple energy blasts in different directions. Emerl used a red barrier to defend against them. Metal Sonic, seeing the incoming shots, moved out of the way as one of them hit Seth. "Juri, show some self control!" he shouted.
"Well, move out of the way, tin man!" Juri shouted back. However, she was too distracted to see Emerl attack her from behind with a Spin Dash. He then followed up with a kick to the back of her head before teleporting in front of her to slam her into the ground, knocking her out. "And stay down!" Emerl said triumphantly. He then saw Metal Sonic hold his own against Seth. The two were locked in arms, grappling each other. Metal Sonic broke the hold with his Plasma Pulse attack, knocking Seth to the ground.
"Fools!" Seth shouted as he rose into the air. "You are slow to learn. I can assimilate all of your abilities!" Seth demonstrated by firing a lightning bolt from his hands at the two robots, knocking them both to the ground and causing Metal Sonic to regress to his original form. "We need a new strategy here." Emerl said. "This guy's taking everything we can throw at him and he's slinging it back double!" Metal Sonic gave a few beeps and buzzes. "Okay, so he can copy powers, but maybe he can't copy powers used all at once. Attack from all sides and try to overwhelm him."
Metal Sonic made more buzzing noises. "Well do you have a better plan?" Emerl asked. Metal Sonic rolled his eyes as the two of them charged at Seth. Seth tossed three Chaos Spears, but Emerl and Metal Sonic moved out of the way. The two began to move around Seth at high speeds. Metal Sonic managed to land a hit on him with his claws. Seth tried to fire a lightning bolt at him but was distracted by Emerl delivering swift punches to his chest. Seth tried to retaliate only for Emerl to teleport away just in time for Metal Sonic to deliver a hard punch to his face. Emerl reappeared to uppercut Seth with such force that it sends him into the air. Metal Sonic then used his V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, piledriving Seth into the ground with such force that it left a crater on the ground.
"All right!" Emerl shouted and held his fist out. Metal Sonic looked at him with his head tilted in confusion. "C'mon. Fist bump!" Emerl said. Metal Sonic simply walked into the plane. "Okay you know sometimes you are just no fun!" Emerl complained as he followed Metal in. The two then strapped themselves in as Metal Sonic activated the plane. "You sure you know how to fly this thing?" Emerl asked. Metal Sonic nodded as the bombay doors opened. And the two flew off.
"Well, this turned out to be one heck of an adventure!" Emerl proclaimed. "I can't wait to tell Cream about this! she'll-Oh no! Cream! Those guys know where Cream lives! They might go after her! We gotta do something!" Metal Sonic gave a few buzzes to tell Emerl to calm down. "What do you mean it won't be a problem?" Emerl asked. Metal Sonic gave a few more buzzes. "You left them a surprise?" Emerl repeated. "What kind of surprise?"
Meanwhile, at S.I.N. Headquarters...
"What?!" Seth shouted. After his and Juri's battle with the two robots, the doctors managed to fix them up. After that, the science team came with most distressing news. All of the data from Project Gizoid had been deleted from the computer mainframe. Seth, understandably, was far from pleased. "How did this happen?!" He furiously asked. "It seemed that robot hedgehog implanted a virus that deleted all of our data." The scientist asked. "The combat data from the Gizoid, the footage we've captured of him. It's all gone!"
"Can it be recovered?" Seth frantically asked, not wanting to accept that all of his hard work had been erased in an instant. "Surely we can salvage something from it!"
"I'm afraid not, sir." The scientist replied. "We've managed to delete the virus, but the damage is too far gone. All the data's been erased. Project Gizoid is halted indefinitely." Seth growled and punched one of the computer screens in a rage. "Months of planning, days of research, all that precious work only for it to be erased! Worthless, all of you!" He left out of the room as Juri began to crack up laughing. "Well, this wasn't a complete waste. At least I got to see silver boy blow a fuse." She began laughing again only to wince at the pain from her injuries.
Meanwhile, at Cream's House...
"Oh, where could he possibly be?" Cream asked as she paced the floor nervously. Emerl had been gone for a while now, far longer than it would take to go to the grocery store. "I'm sure he's okay, hun." Vanilla, her mother, said. "He can handle himself."
"I know, Mama." Cream replied. "But I can't help but feel nervous." At that moment, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, and Amy Rose walked into the room. "Oh, Sonic. Have you found Emerl yet?" Cream asked. "I've looked all over the city, but I haven't found him." Sonic said. "Me too." Amy said.
"I asked around the city and found something troubling." Tails said. "I talked to a guy and he said that he saw Emerl and Metal Sonic getting into a fight."
"Metal Sonic?!" Cream asked, panic settling in her tone. "Does that mean Eggman kidnapped him?!"
"Where Metal Sonic is, Eggman isn't far behind." Sonic said. "I wouldn't put it past Baldy McNosehair to pull something like that."
"Oh no! We've got to rescue him!" Cream shouted, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "We have to do something!"
"Cream! Calm down!" Amy said, placing her hands on her friend's shoulders. "We're all worried about Emerl, but panicking isn't going to solve anything." But before anyone could do anything. Knuckles the Echinda ran into the room. "Guys, you might wanna come out here!" He said. The gang ran out the house to see a large black plane on the beach. "Do you think it's one of G.U.N.'s ships?" Tails asked.
"No way. I don't see the insignia." Sonic replied.
"The doors are opening!" Amy said. At that moment, the doors of the plane started to open. Amy drew her Piko-Piko Hammer as the others dropped into a fighting stance, ready to attack. "Alright you!" Sonic said. "Come out with your hands, claws, pincers, tentacles, or whatever you have up!" But what they saw next made their eyes widen. It was Emerl, and he walked out the plane with... Metal Sonic?! "Emerl!" Cream replied as she flew straight into Emerl's arms for a warm embrace. "Hey Cream!" Emerl said as he returned the hug.
"Emerl, you're back!" Tails shouted.
"Nice to see you're safe!" Amy said.
"We were all worried about you!" Knuckles said.
"Where you been, Emerl?" Sonic asked. "And what are you doing with Metal Sonic? Looks like you two had one heck of an adventure!" Metal Sonic and Emerl exchanged glances before saying. "You don't know the half of it!"
Final chapter will be up soon! Stay tuned!