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Tales of Destiny: The Beginning
Chapter 3: Desert Battle and an Old Foe's Return
The robotic beast roared and charged.
Sonic and Tails split up and dodged its attack, then proceeded to try and do damage to it. Sonic was rapidly spinning into it while Tails threw bomb after bomb, but the huge dog-bot just shook off their attacks like it was nothing. It then started chasing after the duo, trying to chomp them with its metallic jaws. The two friends kept dodging and attacking, but their attempts to destroy the beast had no effect. "How do we beat this thing?!" yelled Sonic as he dodged the metal jaws. "I don't know, but we can't give up!" Tails replied as they ran around the arena, the robot in pursuit. Meanwhile in the stands, Eggman was having a ball. "That's right, my little pests. Run, run for your lives!" He crowed with glee as he laughed at his adversaries' predicament.
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Dylan watched the fight with apprehension. 'This isn't good. Sonic and Tails are trying their hardest, but that thing seems unbeatable.' Then he remembered something. 'Hang on, wasn't that thing a boss? Yeah, yeah it was! So it must have had a weak point. But where...' He cut off as he noticed a short pole attached to the dog-bot's head.'There! That's it!' He then started to wave his hands above his head frantically, trying to get Sonic's attention.
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Sonic noticed Dylan waving as he dodged another attack. 'What does Dylan want?' He thought as he ran over to where Dylan was.
"Hey, what's up?"
'That thing's weak point that's what! Listen, there's a pole thing on the robot's head. You grab it, you can control it!"
Sonic was puzzled. "What's that gonna do? That's not much of a..." He trailed off as the idea went through his head. 'Maybe...' Sonic snapped his fingers as he got the point. "Yeah, that could work! Thanks Dylan!" He said as he zoomed back to help Tails dodge another charge. "Where were you, Sonic?" asked Tails. "With Dylan. He told me how to beat this thing! Keep it occupied!" Tails nodded and took to the air, flying around the stadium. The beast chased after it while Sonic ran up its back to land on its head. "Hope this works." Sonic said as he grabbed the pole.
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Eggman was shouting out with joy. "Yes, YES! My pet is crushing them! They haven't a chance!" Then He noticed something was off. The robot, while in a middle of another charge, stopped in its tracks. "What? What's going on?! ATTACK!" HE looked closer at it and turned pale, Sonic was on its head grabbing the pole.
"NO! He found the manual override!"
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Sonic gave a mighty tug, and the robot turned and ran full speed...into the wall!
CRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The collision sent Sonic flying into the air, where he was caught by Tails. The robot gave one last roar before it fell to the ground, not moving. "YES!" Sonic and Tails cheered as they landed to see Dylan running up to them. "Wow, you guys did it!" "Heh, no problem." Sonic said with a smirk and thumbs-up. "Let's get outta here." said Tails. Both Sonic and Dylan agreed, and the three ran out of the arena.
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When they got outside, all three heard the sound of engines. They looked up to see a squad of fighter mechs heading towards them. "Doesn't that guy give up?" "Sadly, no." said Sonic. "What do we do? They just keep coming." "I have an idea." said Tails. "Let's split up. I'll draw their attention while you two get to safety."
Sonic nodded. "Okay, be careful, little bro."
"Leave it to me!" With that said, Tails took off, flying into the distance, the robots turning to follow.
Sonic picked up Dylan again. "Hang on tight, Dylan." "Okay." Then Sonic took off running, leaving behind a sonic boom where he had been.
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After they got out of the desert, the two entered a field close to a town. Sonic finally slowed down til he came to a stop. "There, that should be far enough." He set Dylan down and sat down for a breather.
Dylan sat down next to him. "Thanks again for rescuing me, Sonic."
"Don't mention it."
With that, the two got up and started walking. It was few minutes before Dylan broke the silence. "So Sonic, you were gonna tell about the Destined?"
"Huh?" said Sonic. "Oh, right. Well, I don't know the whole story but I know some of the main stuff. History isn't my strong point, but if I remember correctly, there was a huge battle between good and evil about 40 or so years ago. The evil side had a huge demon as their champion, while good had a human as their champion. The human wielded unimaginable power and strength in his battle against the demon. The battle was a deadlock for a while til somehow, Evil gained the upper hand. When all hope seemed lost, Good's champion put all his power into one huge attack that would seal away the demon for good. It worked, but at a price. Before he died, the champion said a prophacy: There would another hero after him who would wield the same power as he did, and he would be the one to lead the forces of Good to strike down Evil once more and become Good's champion. He was asked how they would know, he replyed, 'look to the sword'. After saying that, he died, and his closest friends, the heroes he fought alongside, gave him a hero's memorial."
Dylan nodded, taking in the information. "That explains why the sword is important." He then fell silent. Sonic looked up at him. "Dylan?" Dylan was looking down at the ground, his face looking sad and depressed. "I'm supposed to have power equal to the previous hero. I have none, none of it. I haven't even felt anything close to it. How can I help fight evil? What can I do?" he said, letting out a depressed sigh. Sonic walked over and took Dylan's hand. Dylan looked up. "Huh?" Sonic then started running, pulling Dylan behind him. "Sonic, stop! I can't run that fast!"
"Its okay, just raise your head and run!"
The two ran across the field for several minutes before Dylan finally collapsed. Sonic let go and said, "How do you feel?" Dylan sat up and looked at Sonic, breathing hard. "I'm okay, I just...I've never ran like that before. I'm tired out, yet strangely I feel...good." Sonic smiled "Nothing starts til you take action. if you have time to worry, then run!" Dylan found himself smiling. "Thanks. I'll remember that." "No problem, now let's head into town." Dylan nodded. "Okay."
With that said, the two friends walked towards town.
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When the two entered the town, Sonic looked around. "This must be Soleanna. It's been a while since I've been here." Dylan looked down at Sonic. "You remember the Solaris incident?" Sonic nodded. "Yeah. It's been while, though. Still, I think Elise remembers me." Sonic then came to an abrupt stop. "What is it, Sonic?" Suddenly, Sonic grabbed Dylan and jumped, and a red laser blast hit the spot where they had been. "What the hey?!" Sonic said, then they both heard a voice:
"Its been a while Sonic, my loathsome copy."
Both Sonic and Dylan looked up to see a small hedgehog-like form descend to the ground. It looked like Sonic, but it was a robot.
"Metal Sonic!" Dylan said, recognizing him. Sonic smirked. "Well, look who's back from the scrap heap!" Metal Sonic showed no sign of taking offense. "I have been waiting for you, hedgehog. At long last, I will finally destroy you for I am the true Sonic!"
"Bring it on, Bolt Breath!"
The two hedgehogs charged at each other.
