As Team Sonic touched a dash panel to launch them toward the next zone, Sonic started to panic as they started to hover above water.
"Oh, no, no, no, Nooo! Water!" Sonic screamed as the team started hovering above the large body of water. Luckily the dash panel made the team land on solid ground. If the panel wasn't properly aligned, well let's just say it won't look pretty especially in Sonic's case. At least they all have extra lives in case they mess up.
"Don't worry Sonic, we made it," Tails said as he tried to comfort Sonic.
"That was too close for comfort. Hey look it's a sea palace," Sonic said as he got distracted by the huge palace.
"Let's head inside," Knuckles said as he prepares to open the door. Unluckily, the door won't budge and the team was unable to move on.
"It's locked," Tails said as he noticed the door won't open.
"Hey, I have an idea," Knuckles said as he stares at Sonic and Tails very mischievously.
"I don't the sound of this," Sonic said very nervously.
"Get over here," Knuckles said as he grabbed Tails and Sonic and use them as battering rams to bust the door open. After several shrieks of terror from and Sonic and Tails, the door finally opened.
"See, that wasn't that bad," Knuckles said with a smirk on his face. After Sonic and Tails recovered from the damage they received from opening the door, the whole team shifted forward.
Suddenly a bunch of archaic ruins collapsed in front of them, blocking their path.
"Oh no, these ruins are blocking our path. Whatever shall we do?" Knuckles said with a smile on his face.
"Oh no, not agai..." Sonic said as he got quickly interrupted from Knuckles who once again used them as his tools of destruction to destroy the ruins.
"This is fun, I could do this all day," Knuckles said happily as he cleared the way for the "team." Sonic and Tails proceeded to give detestable looks at Knuckles as he is not suffering as much they are.
After numerous dodging of pillars and ring collecting, the group encountered a big fan.
"Hm, it's a fan," Tails said. As he looked up, he noticed that the platform was too high for their reach even with his flight abilities. 'I wish I still had the Tornado. I could have pursued Eggman a lot quicker and avoid this ridiculous adventure. I had to take the hard way. What was I thinking?' Tails said to himself silently.
"What was that Tails?" Sonic asked his little buddy.
"Oh, uh nothing," Tails responded uneasily. "What are we going to do? The air current from this fan isn't powerful enough to carry us high enough to reach the upper platform," Tails asked his teammates.
"I have another idea," Knuckles replied.
"Not another one. What are you planning on doing? You know you can't use your fists or our faces to solve all of your problems," Sonic said infuriatingly.
"We should hold hands!" Knuckles proclaimed.
"That's got to be the dumbest thing I ever heard!" Sonic said very perplexedly.
"Hey, I have an idea," Tails said. "If we all hold hands, we can obtain enough air to float us to the top. I say we should give it a try."
"Brilliant idea Tails; never doubted your intelligence for a second," Sonic said very proudly.
"Hey, that was my idea!" Knuckles yelled.
"Please Knuckles, you can never come up with a plan that brilliant," Sonic said very scornfully.
As the three members commenced to hold hands, the air current from the fan finally gave them enough height to proceed toward the rest of the level. After several more minutes of platforming over turtles, and several heart attacks Sonic experienced for almost touching the water, Team Sonic comes close to the end of the zone.
"I think we are getting close to the end. Let's speed up and aim for that A rank," Sonic said very enthusiastically.
After the team bounced through a spring and passed through several dash rings, a giant rock suddenly chases after them during the final stretch of the zone.
"Oh my god, it's a giant rock! It's chasing after us!" Sonic said very awestruck as he witnessed the giant rock.
As the team started to run for their lives before being crushed by the giant rock, suddenly another giant rock appeared.
"Oh my god, another giant rock! Run!" Sonic yelled as they continue their escape of the accursed Ocean Palace.
After the chase sequence was over, the team finally finished the zone and prepared to receive their rank. The goal ring awarded the team a B rank.
"So close, if the giant rock wasn't so distracting, we probably would have gotten an A," Sonic said.
"I guess we should move on, we don't have much time until Eggman tries to take over the world," Tails said.
"I'm the fastest thing alive! Don't worry guys we'll make it. Let's get going!" Sonic said very impatiently. Team Sonic continued their way out of the zone and are anxious on what challenge lies ahead.
Meanwhile, Team Dark had just arrived at the Ocean Palace as well.
"Wow, this palace looks really beautiful," Rouge said in amazement.
"I sense the presence of Eggman's robots drawing near; I can't wait to annihilate them all!" Omega said very eagerly.
"Take it easy Omega. Remember the last time you got overexcited of overpowering those stupid machines? You nearly trashed the zone," Rouge said timidly.
"I find his outbursts quite amusing Rouge. Just let the war machine do what he wants. I enjoy the sight of mass destruction," Shadow said with a grin.
"Fine, whatever. Let's just go," Rouge said as Team Dark continued to move forward.
As they went further into the zone, I giant stone wall prevented the team from progressing.
"No, a door! My mortal enemy!" Shadow said in agony.
"Omega, could you break this door for us?" Rouge asked.
"No thank you, I'm good," replied Omega.
"What?! The one time I ask you to go wreck something; you just go around and ignore me! I thought you love wrecking things!" Rouge said angrily.
"I love wrecking robots; the door did not do anything to deserve being annihilated," Omega responded.
"This door is preventing us from wrecking robots! Are you going to let this door get away with that," Rouge asked Omega.
Omega suddenly became enthralled with anger and yelled, "Darn you door! I love wrecking robots!" Omega then used his fist to break the door and pieces out of anger.
"You know I could have used my Chaos Control to warp us past this door," Shadow asked his teammates.
Rouge yelled, "Then why didn't you do that in the first place?! Or better yet, why don't you just warp us to Eggman himself?!"
"Where's the fun in that? Being the ultimate lifeform isn't all that fun if I could just skip everything, and destroy everything in my path. I need excitement and challenge too," Shadow responded.
"Why do I even hang around with you?" Rouge said.
"Because I'm good looking," Shadow responded.
"Let's just move on," Rouge said. She knew deep inside that he is right.
After several minutes of destruction of robots, the team found something very shiny.
"Oohh, shiny thing, I must grab it!" Rouge said very excitedly.
"It looks like a key, let's keep it. It may be important for later on," Shadow said as he grabbed the key.
"Affirmative; guard it with your life Shadow or else I'll take your life," Omega said earnestly.
"That sounds a bit too dark Omega. I thought we were friends. It's just a key, it's not like it will take us to a special world filled with energy spheres that will help us gain treasures that we'll never actually use," Shadow responded.
"Okay…? Can we just move on to the rest of the zone and find out what secrets this key holds. Remember not to get hit Shadow or else you may drop it," Rouge said.
"Whatever, Let's move on," Shadow said as they continue moving forward.
After a few more minutes, the team encountered a giant rock. As the whole team was distractive about the massive size of this rock, Shadow came up with a plan.
"Looks like this rock will start chasing us the second we try to proceed any further. Rouge, Omega, prepare yourselves as I am about to unleash my ultimate power as I perform my ultimate move! Chaos Control!" Shadow yelled as he performed this technique.
"I think you are being a little too over dramatic Shadow. It's not that impressive," Rouge said very annoyed.
"You're just jealous. Now that the rock stopped moving, we can move on without any worries," Shadow said.
As the team avoided the chase sequence with relative ease, the team finally made it to the end of the zone. After touching the goal ring, the team received an A rank.
"Haha, I owned this zone!" Shadow said very arrogantly.
"You mean we owned this zone," Rouge said.
"No, I meant what I said. Rouge, I carry this team, you guys wouldn't get a rank this high if I wasn't here," Shadow said very smugly.
Suddenly, the key that Shadow obtained earlier started to move and made its way into the goal ring. The key opened a portal to a special stage.
"My treasure hunting instincts tells me that there is a chaos emerald hidden inside the portal," Rouge said. The team made their way into the portal and arrived through a special zone filled with spheres.
"Look at that, the key really did lead us to a special world filled with energy spheres that will ultimately lead us to the greatest treasure. Go figure," Shadow said very dumbfounded. A chaos emerald appeared in the stage and started to run away from the team.
"A chaos emerald! After it!" Rouge yelled. The team started to dash toward the emerald while collecting power spheres along the way. As they collected these spheres, the team managed to gain speed. Eventually after grabbing a mass amount of spheres, the team managed to acquire the emerald.
"Yes! We got the emerald!" Rouge said very excitedly.
Suddenly they were teleported out of the special world and returned back at the ocean palace. After celebrating their victory of acquiring the chaos emerald, Omega started to sense something suspicious.
"I sense Eggman's presence," Omega said very determinedly.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get him!" Rouge exclaimed.
"I'll finally know the secrets of my past. Eggman, here I come!" Shadow said with strong determination. The team dashed their way out of the zone and prepares their epic confrontation with the doctor himself.
Meanwhile, Team Rose just arrived at the Ocean Palace at a different point in time.
"Wow, this is a beautiful white palace," Amy said as she was admiring the view.
"Amy, we are not here to go sightseeing," Cream said.
"You're right; we're here to look Sonic. I almost forgot," Amy said as she remembered her mission.
"You mean to look for Chocola and Froggy?" Cream questioned.
"Priorities first Cream. Once we find Sonic, he will tell us where Froggy and Chocola are," Amy replied.
"OK!" Cream shouted excitedly.
"Froggy, where are you?" Big yelled.
"Don't worry Big, I think we're getting close! My girlish intuition says that Sonic is that way," Amy said as she pointed at the white palace. "Come on guys, let's head inside!" Amy said as the whole team entered the palace.
After several minutes of exploration, the team was ambushed by a flock of Eggman's robots again.
"These idiots again; Big could you be a gentleman and take care of these robots for us, please?" Amy said politely.
"Okay! I'm going to show them my big rod," Big said ecstatically.
"Wait, show them your what?" Amy said as she misinterpreted what Big was saying.
"My big fishing rod!" Big exclaimed
"Oh, okay," Amy said as she sighed of relief.
Big the cat proceeded to whack the robots one by one with his big rod. No one should get in the way of Big and his rod.
"Wow, nice rod Big," Cream said as she was impressed by his performance.
"Thanks, I made it myself," Big said boldly.
"All right, now that Eggman's robots are out of the way, we can continue to look for Sonic," Amy said very benevolently.
"Don't forget, Chocola and Froggy!" Cream exclaimed.
"Who? Oh right, them too!" Amy said as she remembered their primary goal.
After several brawls with Eggman's robots, and several miles of running, Team Rose encountered a large body of water with turtles carrying platforms on their backs.
"How on Mobius can turtles have plants growing on their backs, and why are there cannons everywhere?" Amy said as she questioned the design of the zone.
"I don't know. Looks like these cannons lead toward the platforms on the turtle's backs. I can see the goal ring all the way across this water. I think we should use these canons to move on," Cream said as she examined the layout of this area.
"Uh, can't we just swim across?" Big questioned.
"Silly Big, that would make too much sense. I bet those robots are expecting us to take the easy route. Besides, this body of water seems to be bottomless," Amy answered.
"Should we use the cannons?" Cream asked.
"It looks pretty dangerous, but I guess we have no choice," Amy responded.
The team ultimately decided to use the cannon. The cannon was aimed at one of the turtle's back. The cannon proceeded to launch the team forward. Luckily, the team made it safe and sound. They made their way toward the goal after jumping from one turtle's to another. While coming in contact with the goal ring, the team received another A rank.
"Yay, we got another A," Cream yelled happily.
After their joyful celebration of conquering the stage with minimal effort, Amy's Sonic senses were tingling.
"Guys, I think Sonic is close by! Hurry up before he gets away!" Amy screamed happily as she knows that her hero is nearby.
Team Rose escaped from the Ocean Palace and rushed their way to Sonic. He better prepare himself because Amy looks like she is going to give him the most painful hug that she could muster.
Finally, the Chaotix crew crashed their way in to the Ocean Palace as well.
"Well, we made it to the next zone. What's our next mission boss?" Vector asked Dr. Namegg from the communicator.
"For your next mission, I want you to rescue a chao that is imprisoned in this Ocean Palace," replied Dr. Namegg.
"How is finding a chao relevant? We're detectives, not chao catchers," Vector replied angrily.
"Look, I hired you for a reason. If this task is too much for you to handle, I'll take my business and my stack of cash elsewhere," Dr. Namegg responded irritably.
"Sorry, what I meant to say is that we will find this missing chao of yours." Vector replied anxiously as he was afraid to lose his client.
"That's more like it," Dr. Namegg said as he finished his call.
"Well you heard our client, let's go find that stupid chao," Vector said disappointedly.
"That sounds so boring!" Charmy said.
"Quit whining Charmy! If you behave, I will give you some candy. Is that alright with you?" Vector asked.
"Yeah candy! Let's go!" Charmy said eagerly.
As Charmy went forward, Espio quietly said, "Vector, you know how Charmy is when he eats too much candy; he gets too hyper. He once almost destroyed the whole agency due to his agitated behavior and he didn't sleep for 3 days."
"Don't worry, its sugar free," Vector said with a grin, relieving Espio a catastrophe that could have happened.
As they ventured deep inside the palace, the team found the missing chao trapped in a cage, guarded by a hefty amount of Eggman's robots. The group decided to hide behind a pillar to avoid being detected and attempt to create a strategy to rescue the little chao.
"Why are these robots guarding this chao?" Espio asked Vector.
"I don't know. But the boss specifically said that he wanted us to save this chao," Vector answered.
"Why is this chao so special, does it have super powers," Charmy asked curiously.
"No you idiot, if that chao had super powers he would have easily got out of that cage and destroy these robots," Vector said.
"Should we give these robots our special performance?" Espio said with a grin.
"Do you mean the band performance that we rehearsed? That same performance that we did at that one concert that got us kicked out of there for life for making numerous people deaf?" Charmy asked Espio.
"Yes," Espio responded.
"Do you think that uproar is strong enough to destroy these robots?" Vector questioned.
"We won't know until we give it a try," Espio said.
The team gathered their instruments as they try to prepare a special performance to these poor robots.
"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to hear the most atrocious performance of your lives? We are Team Chaotix!" Vector screamed as the robots stare at them blankly.
"I suggest you should cover your ears," Espio said to the chao who quickly done what he said.
The team started to play their instruments. The no talent, off sync band made Eggman's robots scream in agony of what they are hearing despite the fact that they have no ears. The loud uproar from the horrendous recital blew up every bot one by one as the chao continued to cover its tiny ears. Once the performance was over, the robots were all destroyed.
"Yeah, that's all of the robots! Now we can rescue the chao!" Vector said as he approached the cage that was imprisoning the chao. He broke the cage free with his fists, and freed the chao from its clutches. The chao proceeded to give thanks to the heroic team and flew away back to its natural garden.
"We rescued the chao boss," Vector said to the communicator.
"Excellent, you may move on to the next zone to start your next mission. I rank your performance with a B rank. I am pleased but you could have finished a bit quicker. I expect more effort next time," Dr. Namegg replied and proceeded to end the call.
"We did pretty good team. We rescued a chao, and we pleased our boss. We will be getting our pay in no time," Vector said happily.
"Great, now where's my candy?" Charmy said very impatiently.
"Here you go," Vector said as he handed him the sugar free candy.
"Sugar free?! Gross! I don't want it," Charmy said as he threw the candy at the ocean.
Suddenly a giant ruckus could be heard outside the palace. With a chill down his spine, Espio said, "I sense danger ahead, I think we are about to encounter an old enemy."
"Your right, I can hear a huge ruckus coming from outside from this palace. Why don't we check it out for ourselves," Vector said.
"Okay!" Charmy said excitedly. Team chaotix made their way out of the palace and went to the beach to see what all the commotion was.
At the coast of the ocean, a certain robot senses a group of heroes heading his way.
"Finally, after waiting here for hours, I can finally sense Sonic approaching," Metal Sonic said zealously.
"Hm, my scanner also indicates there is also 11 other strong beings headed my way. I might as well record all of their battle tactics and DNA as well. I'm one step closer to finally achieving my perfect form. Sonic, prepare yourself!" Metal Sonic said very ominously.
Author's Note: As you can probably guess the next chapter will feature the first battle against Metal Sonic who is obviously disguised as doctor Eggman.
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