Okay, number 4! I'm on a roll!
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Tales of Destiny: The Beginning
Chapter 4: True Strength
The two hedgehogs charged at each other. Metal Sonic fired his arm-mounted laser cannon, but Sonic dodged the blast. Metal proceeded to use his claws to slice-and-dice his adversary, but Sonic dodged every strike, then jumped up and used homing attacks to repeatedly smash the metallic hedgehog into the ground. After the barrage, Sonic stood back and looked at the crushed bot. "You never learn, do you?" To the Blue Blur's surprise, MS (I'm referring to Metal Sonic as this. Takes too long to write.) got to his feet. He started glowing and the damage Sonic had inflicted repaired itself. "Actually, I do." Then MS zoomed forward before Sonic could retaliate and slammed into him with his own homing attack. Sonic flipped and landed on his feet. "I guess it's not gonna be that easy." He curled up and trying hitting MS with a Spin Dash, but MS calmly held out his hand and blocked his attack. "What?!" Sonic exclaimed, surprised at MS's power. "Did you think I wouldn't get stronger?" As he said that, he threw Sonic into a pillar. The battle looked to be in MS's favor. MS started to walk over. Sonic painfully got to his feet.
'Man, he gotten tougher. I really wish I had another method of attack.' Then something clicked in his mind. 'Wait, I DO have one!' MS aimed his laser at Sonic's head. "Any last words, Sonic?" Sonic smirked and pulled out the red Chaos Emerald. "Just two. SONIC WIND!!" MS, caught completely unprepared, was thrown against the far wall by the wave of energy. Sonic then yelled, "CHAOS CONTROL!" and zoomed forward, using his fists to give MS a dose of hedgehog fury. After the barrage, MS fell to the ground, obviously out of it. Dylan walked over to inspect Sonic's handiwork. "Nice. I forgot that I gave you that Emerald." Then they both heard a laugh and a voice, "Did you enjoy your walk, Destined?" Both spun around to see Eggman in his Eggmobile, hands extended. The craft swooped down and grabbed Dylan before Sonic could react. Sonic rushed forward to help his friend but MS, somehow still functional, grabbed Sonic's foot, stopping him.
"Dylan!" He yelled as Eggman started to fly upwards.
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Dylan struggled in the Eggmobile's hold, trying to get free. "Let me GO, you big piece of lard!" Eggman just laughed at Dylan's feeble attempt to free himself. "Struggle all you want, Destined. Nothing can break this grip!" After a few more tries, Dylan went limp with surrender. 'It's no use. I can't do it. What now?' Then something Sonic had said to him entered his mind:
Nothing starts until you take action…
Dylan's eyes widened with surprise, and then he smiled. 'Sonic's right. If I am to become strong, I have to take action!' With that, he wrenched his arms free, braced them against the Eggmobile's arms, and started pushing.
'Come on Dylan, put your back into it! Don't give up!'
Eggman watched his prisoner trying to push the arms apart. 'Doesn't the boy take a hint? I designed this machine myself! Nothing short of a bomb can stop those arms!' He laughed as he heard his boasts in his mind. 'This is surprisingly easy. At this point, nothing can go wro…' He cut off as a sound he didn't expect to hear reached his ears:
Creaking metal.
Sonic looked up as the Eggmobile ascended. 'Dang, he's getting away! And I can't do anything about it.' He thought as he looked down where MS gripped his foot. Then the sound of creaking metal made him look up to see something he didn't expect.
Dylan was still in the arms' grip, but he had started to glow. A purple aura was forming around him as he tried to push the arms apart, and somehow, he was succeeding.
Eggman was, to say the least, surprised. "What's going on?! This can't be happening!"
'Push, Dylan! PUSH!'
Dylan was glowing brightly as he slowly but surely forced the Eggmobile's arms apart. 'I can do it!' He put more force into it, making the arms creak even more.
"Stop that, you little pest. STOP!"
Ignoring Eggman's shouts, Dylan put the rest of his energy into one last shove, yelling:
"Get…OFF!"
The last shove did it. Metal shrieked as one of the arms was ripped out completely, hitting the ground with a crash. Dylan, exhausted from his effort, fell from the Mobile towards the ground.
Sonic quickly kicked MS in the face, breaking his grip, and zoomed toward Dylan and caught him before he hit the ground. MS got to his feet, aiming his laser to scorch Sonic's head, but he was tackled to the ground by a red blur, making his shot miss. The red blur formed into a short, red creature with red dreadlocks, a crescent-shaped patch of fur on its chest, red-and-yellow shoes, and huge spiked mitts for hands. It gave MS a good punch before running over to Sonic.
"You okay, Sonic?"
"I've felt better Knux."
The two looked up to see Eggman retreating with MS in tow. It was obvious that Eggman wasn't gonna stick around.
Tails came running up. "You okay, Sonic?" "I'm fine, bro, but Dylan's exhausted. Let's head somewhere safe."
Knuckles looked down at Dylan. "Tails filled me in. So this is the Destined?"
"Yep, and I think his powers are awakening. We'd better find a safe haven."
"We'll take him to Angel Island. He'll be safe there."
Sonic nodded, and the three left the scene.