Chapter 8

Look-a-Likes

When we got back to Tails' Workshop, we all sat outside and talked for a little bit, my friends seemed shaken from the ride. We explained to them the Eggman situation; they were up for whooping him again. "You do remember what we planned on doing today, right?" Sonic asked me, I thought for a second. "Wait! We are supposed to get the Chaos Emeralds back from Eggman!" I said remembering our plan. Sonic nodded, "I'd hate to say this, but you guys have to stay here, we don't have enough room for everybody in the Tornado, and besides, you guys aren't exactly prepared." Sonic said to our three friends. They all moaned, "But, David's car needs work now anyways, so I guess you guys could do that." I suggested. "I don't wanna fix a car." Cassy said. I shrugged, "I'm sorry, or you guys could go to Station Square! It's really cool there! They've got all kinds of neat stuff, and stores to shop in." All three of them grew a big smile, they wanted to shop. Not so much David, but he likes exploring too. "That's fine with me!" Angela said as bounced with excitement. "Alright, well, you have to take the train to Station Square." They nodded, said they're goodbyes, and then quickly ran over to the Train Station.

"Okay, now we should probably get back to getting the Chaos Emeralds back from Eggman." Tails said. Me, Court, and Sonic all nodded, and then followed him into his workshop garage. "And in the plane we go… again." I said with a chuckle. We all climbed in, the garage doors opened again, and Tails drove the plane down the runway and soared into the sky. "Here we come Eggman…" Sonic said menacingly. I decided to kick back, talk to Court, and catch a view of the scenery. We were back at Eggman's base in no time at all. Tails flew the Tornado over the top of it, "I'll stay in the air, incase you need backup!" Tails said as he circled the top of the base, "Alright then! Let's jump!" Sonic said as he opened the cockpit. Me and Court quickly looked at each other. "JUMP!" We said simultaneously. Sonic nodded and held out his hands, we then put our lives in Sonic's hands. We unbuckled our seatbelts, and each gripped one of his hands, then grabbed each others. "Now Tails!" Sonic yelled. Suddenly the Tornado flipped upside down in the air and we jumped.

I held on to Court and Sonic's hands tight, we did a Triangle Dive right down to the roof of the base. Sonic laughed when we landed, "See! That wasn't so bad!" Sonic said, "It reminded me of what happened last time…" Court said as she curled her lip. I nodded, "Me too." Sonic held a thumb up, "But you guys are alright now, that's all that matters, don't let what happened on our last adventure scare you. Let's crack this Egghead wide open!" We both nodded with a smile, Sonic then jumped into the air and curled into a ball. He shot straight down and cut in a circle into the roof, allowing us to get into Eggman's base. Me and Court hopped down into the hole. "We're in! Now to find Eggman!" Sonic said encouragingly. We then ran through the creepy corridor. There were screens on the walls. They were advertising all of Eggman's bull crap. We stopped and watched one; it was for some robot ruler thing. Suddenly Eggman's face appeared on the screen,

"Ohohoho! You idiots! What made you think I would stay in one place? I have decided to proceed with my plan using my Egg Carrier! You won't be able to stop me while I'm on the move! Ohohoho!"

I felt the ground shaking vigorously, "W-Whoa!" I stuttered as I started to lose my balance,

"The base is now set to self-destruct in less than 60 seconds! It will be completely destroyed, as will you three! Ohoho! Goodbye, irritating hedgehog, and friends!"

"We have to get out of here!" Court said to Sonic, Sonic quickly looked around, "I know! I know!" He said, looking for a way to escape. Then suddenly, me and Court's communicators on our gear began beeping. I clicked a button, and Tails' face appeared on the screen, "Guys! The Egg Carrier just launched! Get out here and we can catch him!" Sonic grabbed my wrist, "Tails! Eggman is going to blow up the base!" Sonic said quickly, "Oh no! Don't worry; I have a lock on your position!" Tails then disconnected. Suddenly there was an explosion and the roof caved in about 20 feet down from us. Sonic took the chance and grabbed our hands, ran and jumped out of the base. The first thing we noticed on the roof was the Tornado hovering over the base. We all quickly jumped in and the Tornado took off just in time, the base exploded right as we got away. "After the Egg Carrier!" Sonic yelled as he pointed at the Egg Carrier. Tails nodded and caught up to the Egg Carrier. "I'm gonna have to land on this thing again!" Tails said as he straightened up the plane for landing.

The landing was rough, but Tails got it. "You guys go!" Tails said as he opened the cockpit. The three of us jumped out and ran full speed towards the control tower, without stopping Sonic jumped and kicked the metal door down. We ran down a large corridor and Sonic spun through another door. This led us into a giant chamber, with two Stasis Pods filled with green fluid so thick you couldn't even see through it, and Eggman in the center of them. "I see you survived! I'm not surprised." Eggman said as he tapped his finger. "What are you up to! Give us the Chaos Emeralds!" Sonic growled at Eggman. Eggman gave a small laugh, "I will happily explain!" Eggman said as he held two vials in his hand, one with a dark purple liquid, and one with a bright clear blue liquid. "After you have thwarted my plans, even with the most powerful beings by my side, I have decided to take a new approach!" Eggman preached, "These vials," Eggman held them out, one in each hand, "Contain essence of both Dark Gaia, and Chaos, two of my greatest plans!" I shook my head, realizing how much power was actually in the vials.

"What do you plan on doing with those, Eggman!" Sonic growled. Eggman laughed, "Oh you'll see, but first…" Eggman pressed a button that shot a helmet-type thing with a long thick wire down from the ceiling of the room. "Ohoho!" Eggman cackled as the helmets landed on me and Court's heads, and latched on. "What the!" I said as immediately began trying to rip the helmet off of my head. "Get off!" Court screamed and she shook around also. As fast as the helmets went on, they were off. I felt the hair on my head, nothing was different. "What did you do Eggman!" I yelled at the round scientist. "I took your DNA!" Eggman cackled, "Our DNA? For what!" I yelled. Eggman laughed again, "You will see…" Sonic growled, "I'll show you something!" He yelled as he dashed towards him. "Ohoho! Sonic, so hot tempered!" Eggman said as he pressed a button on the control panel in front of him, causing a force field to emit from the walls, blocking Sonic's advance.

Sonic skidded to a stop, "Eggman…" He said with a snarl. Eggman then held up two pieces of hair, a long straight brown one, and a short slightly curly one. He then put Court's hair onto a panel on his right, and mine onto a panel on his left. "What are you doing!" I yelled at Eggman. "Ohoho, patience, boy!" Eggman barked. We watched as the panels lit up, and then the stasis pods did. He put the Chaos Emeralds in a slot on each side, they lit up, as did the pod again. Eggman then put the vial of Chaos onto a single vial holder on his right side, and then the Dark Gaia in one on his left side. "Here's where the fun begins!" He said as he began to press buttons again. The vials sank into the panel, disappearing from our sight. Suddenly, the stasis pod on his right side began swirling with the light blue Chaos Essence, and the one on the left swirled with the dark purple and black Dark Gaia Essence. The Essences of Chaos and Dark Gaia were absorbed by whatever was in the pods. "Ohoho! In mere moments, my plan for world domination and revenge will soon unfold!" I gritted my teeth, "Eggman, you better tell us what's going on! I'm getting tired of waiting!" Eggman raised an eyebrow, suddenly a small ding was heard, "Ohoho! You don't have to wait any longer! Prepare to meet your doom!" Eggman smiled as the green fluid began to drain out of the stasis pod.

We watched as the pods emptied, "What!" I said as I stared at the humans in the pods. "Ohoho! These are genetically altered cyborg clones!" I was speechless as I stared at my copy. "How did you do this!" Sonic growled. "Your DNA, the power of the Chaos Emeralds, plus adding Essence of Dark Gaia and Chaos makes them extra vicious! Ohoho!" Eggman cackled. "I-I can't believe this…" Court said. "Oh believe it!" Eggman said as he pressed a button that opened the stasis pods, the clones' eyes opened. The duplicates stepped down from the pods. "Digital Yearning Logical Assassination Neohuman, and Cybernetic Organism Ultimate Replicated Terminator" Eggman said as his clones stood by his side, "Otherwise known as D.Y.L.A.N. and C.O.U.R.T." Eggman said as he rubbed his hands together. "We are here to serve you, master." D.Y.L.A.N. said to Eggman. "You… I can't believe it!" I said in astonishment. Eggman gave a small chuckle; he then pressed a few buttons on his panel, and as he did this, the force field dissipated.

"I've created these clones for the sole purpose of destroying you two! After that, they will go into your world and cause total chaos and destruction!" Eggman laughed, "But the best part of it all is everybody will think it was you two, so even if you do make it out alive, you won't be able to go back! Ohohoho!" I gritted my teeth and clenched my fists, "You won't be able to beat us, and your clones are never as good as the originals!" Sonic said, taunting Eggman.

"Yeah, how many times has Sonic beaten Metal Sonic? We've even beaten Metal Sonic!" I said, backing up Sonic. Eggman shook his head, "The Metal Sonic you two destroyed was not the original, and it was no where near as powerful as the original!" Eggman corrected us. "I didn't know that…" I muttered, "Me either." Court replied. "It doesn't matter," Sonic said, "You still won't be able to beat us!" Eggman laughed.

"Don't let them live! Destroy them!" Eggman ordered as he pointed his finger at us. The clones jumped down from the stand and exchanged glances. They then did a small nod and looked at us. I took a few steps forwards, accepting the challenge, as did Court. "Are you guys ready?" Sonic asked us. "I've never been more ready in my life." Court said confidently, "I won't let them win!" I said as I glared at the clones. "Prepare to be annihilated! Get them!" Eggman yelled.