Chapter 4:

Tails and Emel fought long and hard. Tails had learned a few new moves, but Emel copied then in mere seconds. The fight went on for longer than any of others had that day. However, Emel was slowly wearing out Tails since he had Sonic's and Rouge's skills to work with in addition. Tails was starting to tire when Emel landed a screw kick on him. Tails went flying back and landed hard on his chest. The crowd waited with baited breath as he struggled to get up. Cream was about to throw her handkerchief into the ring when Knuckles put a hand on her shoulder. "Tails isn't giving up" he said flatly. Tail was almost up when arms gave way and he fell down again. He was about to silently ask the Silver One for another chance when Fred's voice broke the silence from the stands. "Don't give up Tails! Believe in yourself!" A voice that sounded like it could belong to someone's mother added "Your an inspiration to kids everywhere, Keep fighting!" The rest of the crowd joined in cheering things like "Go Tails!" and "Beat that bucket of bolts!" Tails started to raise himself up again as he listened to the crowd. The more he heard, the stronger he felt. Suddenly he flipped back onto his feet and then charged at Emel.

Emel's combat AI told him to copy Tails again since he must be exhibiting a new skill. However when he tried, the copy function returned "Error, this data already exists". Emel could copy skills and fighting styles, but not emotions and feelings such as determination. Tails fought Emel with renewed vigor and soon Emel's power supply was running low. Tails landed an upper cut that sent Emel flying. Then he flew into the air and swiped Emel downward with his tails. Emel landed hard and didn't get up. The bell rang and Tails went up to receive his prize while the crowd cheered. As he walked up, he thought "I did it. I won". Once Tails was at the podium, the President shook his hand and said "Congratulations Tails. Your an inspiration to people everywhere." He turned to his aid and said "Bring the award." The announcer said "The Chaos Emerald presented to the winner is the most valuable prize ever awarded in a sporting competition." Tails was given the Emerald by the President, who announced "On behalf of the whole nation I congratulate Tails! Tails stared at the emerald and felt its power restoring some of his energy. Then he walked over to Emel as if to shake hands with him. Tails's hand held the emerald however and thus Emel absorbed it instead.

Tails jumped back when Emel's eyes changed color. Emel started attacking people and rampaging like last time. Sonic had just showed up and thus tried to stop him. He was aided by Rouge while Knuckles cleared a path for people to evacuate. Tails was thinking of a way to stop Emel for good. He knew what to do first. While Emel was buys fighting off Rouge, Tails picked up a sharp piece of rubble and batted it at Emel with one of his tails. The rubble hit Emel in his right eye which cracked and a piece of it fell off. Without both his eyes functioning, Emel couldn't copy skills anymore. Tails charged in yelling "Round two tin can!" The two of them fought fiercely once again. Then Emel knocked Tails to the ground with a spin dash. He came at Tails again trying to hit him while he was down, but Knuckles knocked the robot away. Tails saw some sparking wires in the wreckage next to a destroyed sign that would have read "Caution: High Voltage" if it was intact, and had an idea. Emel threw Knuckles over his head and was about to rampage again when Tails threw a piece of rubble at him. Emel took the bait and charged at Tails. Tails grasped one of the still sparking wires behind his back with his tails. Emel threw a punch, but at the last second Tails ducked and shoved the wire through the crack in Emel's eye. Emel tried to remove the wire but Tails grabbed his hands. Emel went limp after a few seconds of struggling. Tails saw Emel's body start to glow a second later as if it was overheating. Tail's eyes widened and he jumped back just as Emel exploded. Tails was far enough away not to get burned but the blast flung him into the air. The ground was coming up fast, but Tails was too weak to fly. He shut his eyes waiting for the impact but opened them when he felt gloved hands break his fall. He saw Sonic's concerned face looking at him and weakly said "Thank you Sonic" before blacking out.