Chapter 4: Act 1, Start!
Our heroes, Son-ick, TT, and Nuck-alls dash and dodge in the forest chasing after the some-what distant flying fortress. After a few minutes, they finally reach the end of the forest and enter a grassy plain of emerald green hills with palm trees, waterfalls, cliffs and winding dirt roads. It's almost like an obstacle course.
Son-ick: "Huh. That's weird. All this time that I've been running around in the forest and not once have I seen this place."
TT: "Me too. We should really get out more."
Nuck-alls: "Guys, look!"
Nuck-alls points to a few robots about the size of them roaming the area. There's a robot monkey, some kind of robot beetle, and robot fishes jumping up from the water. They all look mean and evil. There's also some golden rings laying around on the ground and in the air.
TT: "Whoa! I've never seen robots like these before!"
Nuck-alls: "I've never seen robots period!"
Son-ick: "Guys, I know they look some-what intimidating, but we gotta keep moving if we want to save Rosy."
Nuck-alls: "Please! They don't look scary at all! I'll pound them with my new gloves!"
Nuck-alls charges in and punches a beetle robot square in the face causing him to blow up. When the robot blew up in a small puff of smoke, a small bird jumps out and flies away.
Nuck-alls: "What the...? Was that a bird?"
TT: "It seems so. But that's so weird..."
Son-ick: "There must be more animals trapped in those robots. We gotta save 'em!"
Son-ick runs and jumps up towards a robot monkey, and when he does, he curls up into a spinning ball. He hits the monkey dead on and makes that robot blow up and release another animal.
TT: "Hmm...Son-ick's right, but we can't free them all. It'll take too long. The fortress will be long gone by now."
Son-ick: "Then I say we go on a little speed run! We'll take care of some of the robots who get in our way while we run this big obstacle course."
Nuck-alls: "Sounds like a plan! Let's go!
So Son-ick, TT, and Nuck-alls line up side to side and crouch as they get ready to run.
Son-ick: "3...2...1...GOOOOO!"
And they dash off! Jumping on and punching any enemy in their way as they zoom on by to reach the end. They went through loops, spirals, spikes, waterfalls, even some occasional sign posts. They finally make it to the end where they past a sign with a picture of a chicken's face, spun it, and now shows Son-ick, TT, and Nuck-alls' smiling faces.
Son-ick: "Sweet! We made it!"
Nuck-alls: "That was awesome!"
TT: "Guys, look! Something's coming towards us!"
Our heroes look up and see a mechanical round floating chair just like Son-ick had seen before, except Rosy is not with the chair. It floats down to where our heroes are and reveals the person in the chair. It's...a giant fat chicken with goggles and a zig-zaggy mustache?
Son-ick: "What the...!? A chicken!?"
Nuck-alls: "Who are you!?"
TT: "And what have you done with Rosy!?"
Giant Chicken: "Hmmm, little brats. You kids shouldn't be here. I'm on important business here."
Son-ick: "Answer us! Who are you and where's the girl you kidnapped!?"
Giant Chicken: "Hm? Oh, yes, that girl with the pink hair. I assume she's your friend?
TT: "Yeah! Give her back you freak of nature!"
Giant Chicken: "Huh!? Freak!? *Bwak!* I'll have you know I'm a very intelligent scientist known only as Dr. Ivo Robotnik!"
Nuck-alls: "...Yeah, we never heard of you."
Son-ick: "Yeah, and besides, you look more like an Egg-Man to me. But defiantly not a doctor."
Egg-Man: "What!? I have you know I AM a doctor! I made those robots powered by the animals as organic batteries, which you three happen to destroy most of them!"
Nuck-alls: "That...doesn't necessarily make you a doctor..."
TT: "So you're the one who trapped all those animals in those robots!"
Egg-Man: "They are called "Bad-niks", stupid kid!"
Son-ick: "Hey! No one calls TT stupid! Especially a giant chicken like you!"
Egg-Man: "Grrrr...*Bwak!*, I'm tired of talking! I need to find those Chaos Emeralds and these little kids are in my way. Time to change that!"
With a push of a button from Egg-Man's chair, a giant ball with a steel chain attach to it and the chair drops from underneath the chair. Another push of a button and the ball starts to swing and spin around the chair.
Egg-Man: "Bwa ha ha ha ha! Try to dodge this! *Bwak!*"
The ball swings overhead Egg-Man and strikes the ground in front of our heroes making them blow back from the impact. Our heroes quickly get back up, but only to find the ball coming back around for another attack. They all dodge it with TT flying in the air, Nuck-alls rolling to the side, and Son-ick jumping high up in the air. Son-ick aims for Egg-man's chair and with a quick dash in the air, hits him.
Egg-Man: "Gaah! You got lucky, brat! Take this!"
The ball comes up out of nowhere and spikes Son-ick back down to the ground.
TT: "Son-ick!"
Son-ick: "Ngh! Don't worry about me, TT. Take him out!"
TT flies towards Egg-man and dodges every swing from the ball with his great flying maneuvers.
Egg-Man: "Grrrr! Stand still, you stupid flying kid!"
Then to Egg-Man's surprise, something hits the underside of his chair real hard. He looks down to see that it was Nuck-alls that punched a hole in his floating chair.
Egg-Man: "Aaaaagh! No! My chair!"
Son-ick: "Alright! Now, let's finish him off!"
Egg-Man swings his head to look towards the sky and sees TT holding Son-ick a few feet above Egg-Man's chair. Nuck-alls gets his fist out of the hole of the chair that he made, lands on the ground, and crotches to get ready for another punch. TT let's go of Son-ick and he curls up into a spinning ball. Nuck-alls jumps up to uppercut the chair.
Egg-Man: "C-crap! Not enough time to..."
And just like that, Son-ick's spinning ball attack and Nuck-alls' uppercut lands on Egg-Man's chair at the same time and in result makes the chair explode. Son-ick flies up in the sky from the explosion and TT catches him while Egg-Man falls down onto the ground hard. Nuck-alls seems hurt the most, but his tough attitude shakes the pain off easily. TT flies down with Son-ick to Nuck-alls and they all slowing walk towards the battered Egg-Man (pun intended).
Egg-Man: "Uuuuugh...*Bwak!*"
Son-ick: "Alright Egg-Man, now that you got your beating, where is Rosy!?"
Egg-Man: "She's...she's up in my...Egg Carrier up there..."
TT: "You mean that flying fortress?"
Egg-Man: "Yeah, but you'll never get up there without a plane...or something. Besides, I think you have more problems on your hands."
Egg-Man points behind our heroes. The heroes turn to see what Egg-Man was talking about. Behind them was a water-like creature with green eyes. He was a little taller than our heroes and he resembled a kid around their ages.
TT: "What the...?"
Son-ick: "Whose this guy?"
