Back at Eggman's lab, the mad doctor was preparing to carry his new plan, thanks to a little help from an unexpected source.
"I think I know just the robot to use for this little experiment of mine." Eggman said to himself with a chuckle.
He then went into one of his supply closets, pulling out a small gray colored robot and placing it on one of his tables.
"I had a feeling this machine might come in handy." Eggman stated with a grin.
Eggman gathered his data sheet he had printed from the machine earlier when he first found it, saying, "If any machine can turn on someone, it's this one." As it turned out, the machine had negative reactions to increased energy sources, such as Chaos Emeralds.
He then grabbed some of his tools and began to modify the small robot. What he had in mind was none other than have it respond positively to high pitched voices. In other words, Cream's.
"Since my other machines really take an interest in her," Eggman concluded. "I'll have this one do likewise. Then, when she fully trusts the machine, I'll wait until Sonic and Tails are stupid enough to try and power it up with their Chaos Emerald that they have. And when they do… BAM! They'll never know what hit em." Eggman had slammed his right fist on top of his left one as a gesture of conquest, laughing heartily in response.
After he settled down, Eggman cleared his throat and put a hand under his chin to think, saying firmly, "I'll just need to make one more modification to make sure it still is under my control."
Eggman then attached an override to its console, commenting, "This way, the machine will respond to my commands no matter what."
Once it was installed, Eggman grinned with evil delight, rubbing his hands together, saying, Perfect. I'll have it fly to the mansion in the morning, hiding in an obscure location for those meddlesome rodents to find."
10 seconds later, Eggman walked away, saying, "Ok, now to get one of my other machines ready as its opponent, one that will make them believe it's on their side."
Unknown to Eggman however, the same mysterious figure had been listening in to his conversation the whole time, hiding deep in the shadows.
So… Eggman has an override command module for that robot of his, eh?
The figure put a hand under its chin, thinking deeply. I think this may just be my ticket to derailing Eggman's so called plans.
The shadowy figure then walked over to the small robot, scanning the module Eggman had placed on the machine with a special spy device in hand. The device was none other than scanning the computer technology Eggman was using to control the robot.
After the scan was complete, the figure said, "Perfect. "
With the program data in hand, the person in the shadows left the building in a hurry.
Now to take this back to HQ and hack it. Once I figure out its code, I can take complete control of this thing, even overriding Eggman's device as well.
The next morning at the Thorndyke's home, Sonic and Tails got busy to prepare for the upcoming battle with Eggman. By this time, Amy had recovered enough that she was physically able to train as well. She had told Sonic after they had returned to the mansion that she was going to help out in the battle with Eggman. Even when Sonic showed deep concern for this decision of hers, Amy still wouldn't back down.
"I'm starting to get the feeling you don't want me out there." Amy told him, putting her hands at her waist with a frown.
"Amy, it's has nothing to do with that." Sonic replied. "But let's not forget, you were seriously injured by Eggman's E-100 robots not even three days ago."
"I don't care about that!" She stated firmly. "I want to help and see Eggman's downfall."
Kitty unfortunately tried to reason with her, saying, "I think Sonic has a point here. That was a pretty serious wound you ended up with."
Amy then glared at the feline agent, saying with a bit of annoyance in her voice, "Oh, is that really the only reason you think I shouldn't be out on the battlefield?"
"Well… yea." Kitty answered with hesitation. "I mean, if that wound gets reopened, you could lose a lot more blood."
Amy though just glared at her even more intently, saying angrily, "I think you're just using that as an excuse to keep me away."
Kitty looked at Amy, deeply confused and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, don't play dumb with me." Amy told her firmly. "I can clearly see you have ulterior motives here."
Tails then spoke up and said sternly, "That was uncalled for, Amy. You know Kitty's only looking out for you."
"Ha! More like she wants Sonic all to herself so she can flirt with him without any hindrances." Amy retorted, crossing her arms tightly. "What, you think I was born yesterday?"
That statement made both Kitty and Sonic blush heavily, as the blue hedgehog stated with deep embarrassment, "Amy, that has got to be the craziest accusation I ever heard you make."
"Yea." Kitty reiterated. "I have no interest in him that way at all. I just want to help Sonic and the rest of you guys defeat Eggman."
But again, Amy didn't believe her story. "And it's because you two are in complete denial is why I believe it to be true."
By this time, Kitty put a hand on her face, letting out a mild groan, as she realized she was getting nowhere with Amy. This girl has some real serious jealousy issues.
Sonic then attempted to calm the waters, as he told her, "Amy, look, I'll make you a deal with you."
"What kind of deal?" Amy inquired with deep suspicion.
"If you promise not to accuse Kitty of this nonsense of yours anymore, I'll… take you out on a date after the battle is over."
Amy's face instantly brightened up, saying, "You really mean that?"
Sonic now cringed tightly after he realized what he had just said, but replied, "Err… yea, as long as you agree to my terms of course."
Amy didn't waste any time thinking it over, as she ran over and hugged Sonic very tightly, squealing with delight, "Of course, Sonikku! I'll do anything if it means a date with you!"
Sonic now swallowed hard, thinking to himself, Ah, great. What have I gotten myself into?
Amy then took one last verbal jab at Kitty, as she stuck her tongue at her in a triumphant matter. Kitty though just ignored it, shaking her head with another hand placed on her forehead.
Sonic's mind flashed back to the present, as he thought of this while doing his running exercises, I hope I did the right thing in letting her join us. She's still not 100% health wise.
Ten minutes later, He returned to the mansion, where he found Tails tinkering with the X-Tornado. He then walked up to him, saying, "Hey, bro. How's it coming?"
"Eh, not too bad." Tails replied, while underneath the X-Tornado, working on the engine component. "After I give the jet engine a tune up, I'm going to try and see if I can install some major weapons onto the wings to use against Eggman's base.
"Really?" Sonic said with intrigue. "What kind of weapons did you have in mind?"
"Well, I'm kind of torn right now of trying to decide whether to outfit it with missiles to shoot, or just install a powerful laser weapon instead."
Sonic put a hand under his chin to think. After contemplating it for five seconds, he replied, "Well, why not do both?"
Tails looked up at him and replied firmly, "That's going to be very difficult thing to do. I really don't have room to outfit it with both."
"I guess you do have a point there." Sonic said, shrugging his shoulders.
Tails then asked out of the blue, "So, you think Kitty will come by to visit again sometime?"
Sonic chuckled at his question, stating with a grin, "Boy, you must really like her a lot to want to take time out of your schedule to chat instead of working on your aircraft."
Tails now deeply blushed inside, telling him, "Sonic, I already told you. I'm just going to be good friends with her. I know deep down there's no chance of me and Kitty being together. And, I'm ok with that for now." Tails then added under his breath, "Maybe when I'm older though…"
"Huh, did you say something?" Sonic inquired.
"N-n-no." Tails replied stammering. "I was just talking to myself about the jet."
Sonic though had a feeling he was lying about it, but decided to not to push the matter again, as he knew how deeply embarrassed his young bro was about when talking about Kitty.
Tails meanwhile continued his work on his jet, as Sonic began chuckling to himself, saying to Tails, "Man, can you believe Amy actually thought Kitty and me were an item, or even getting friendly with each other? I tell ya, that was just hilarious thinking on her part."
Tails chuckled back in response, though more with hesitation than anything, as he commented, "Well, you do know how much Amy doesn't like any female cutting in on her turf, so I'm not really surprised."
"Yea, I know that." Sonic stated firmly. "But I never even made any implications I liked Kitty that way or visa-versa. There was no reason for Amy to even suspect me of flirting with another female."
"True." Tails answered. "I bet it's for that reason why you never made a move on Amy since she's so possessive of you."
"You got that right." Sonic muttered. "I actually wish Amy would let me breathe once in a while without feeling the need to cling to me every chance she gets. I probably would like her more if she did."
"Oh, are you trying to say you do like her more than you let on?" Tails ribbed.
"No, I do not." Sonic reiterated firmly while crossing her arms. "Don't get me wrong, I do like her as a friend, but until she actually learns to trust me more and lets our friendship grow without smothering me all the time, I don't see any chance of us ever being a couple."
Tails though just chuckled at this response, as he thought Sonic was also embarrassed about displaying his feeling publicly.
While this was going on, Kitty finally arrived, as she decided to visit them. Since Topaz was still too emotionally shaken up to train for the day, and Kitty had mastered just about training exercise Topaz had given her, the feline agent felt this was the best time to get to know Sonic and his friends better, not to mention help develop chemistry as comrades.
As she walked towards the mansion, she saw Cream in the front yard picking flowers, though not exactly with a smile on her face, as the events from before still affected her emotionally.
Kitty then greeted the young rabbit, saying while walking up to her, "Hey, Cream, how you doing?"
Cream turned around and replied with a halfhearted smile, "Oh, hello, Miss Katswell."
Kitty knelt down on knee and told Cream at her eye level, "You know, you don't have to be so formal with me. You can call me Kitty if you want."
Cream was in deep thought now, as she replied softly, "Oh, ok then. I was just trying to be respectful since my Mom always said to be courteous to adults."
Kitty couldn't help but smile at this, as she patted her head, saying, "You must have a wonderful Mother to take after her at such a young age."
"Yea…" Cream then lost her train of thought, replying with a deep sigh, "But I haven't seen her for a while."
Kitty looked at the young rabbit confused, asking her, "You mean you haven't seen your Mom since coming here?"
Cream softly nodded her heard, saying with a sniffle, "No, unfortunately not. We've been separated since that weird accident at Eggman's base."
At this point, Kitty felt deep sympathy for her, as she hugged Cream tightly, saying softly, "Aw, I'm sorry, honey." She then told her with confidence, "But don't worry. We'll find a way to get you to see your Mom soon."
"I hope so." Cream replied softly. "I sure miss her now after all that's happened."
Seeing the sadness on Cream's face added to Kitty's determination to make right what Eggman had wronged all the more. The feline agent then excused herself a few seconds later, giving Cream one last pat on the head, as she went to see how Sonic and Tails were doing.
The poor child. Kitty thoughtwhile she walked. Hopefully there will be a way to reunite her with her Mom soon. Kitty though began to wonder what Cream had meant by "accident." What exactly happened anyway?
Kitty would have given this more thought, but since there were more pressing issues at hand, she would think about this later.
Within ten seconds, she found Sonic and Tails, as they still were chatting with each other.
"Hey, guys." She greeted warmly while walking towards them.
Sonic soonsaw her and waved at her, saying, "Hey, Kitty."
Tails though didn't say anything to Kitty, but just waved at her too with a big smile on his face.
"So, how's it going?" She inquired.
"Eh, ok, I guess." Tails replied. "Trying to get the X-Tornado ready for battle."
Kitty watched him at work, soon commenting, "Sounds good."
Sonic then spoke up, telling her, "Uh, listen, Kitty. I'm sorry about Amy's antics yesterday."
"Ah, don't worry about it." she told him with a slight smile. "I can tell she's very crazy about you."
"More like obsessed." Sonic muttered.
Kitty stifled a giggle at that statement of his, putting a hand in front of her face while doing so.
"It's not funny." He told her with a frown while crossing his arms together.
"It is a little you have to admit." Kitty said, still giggling inside.
Even Tails was chuckling to himself about this. Sonic though just sighed heavily and shook his head with a slight groan.
Sonic finally said to them after five seconds of them ribbing him, "All right, enough of this silly talk. We got a battle to prepare for, don't we?"
"Yes, we do." Kitty replied, now composing herself. She then turned to Sonic, asking, "Just curious though, where is she by the way? I haven't seen that girl since I've been here."
Sonic shrugged his shoulders, saying, "Eh, Amy went out for a jog to get herself ready to go for the upcoming G.U.N raid. She should be back in a bit."
"I see…" Kitty now glanced at Tails and asked him, "So, do you have a plan ready to go?"
"Not quite." Tails answered, now crawling out from underneath the X-Tornado. "But I do have some ideas in mind."
"Sounds good, let hear them." Kitty said with a smirk.
Just then, a large shadow from above engulfed them, making them all turn around startled. What made the shadow was none other than Eggman's latest machine.
"You don't need formulate a plan." Eggman taunted them from a radio device attached to his robot, "especially since I already have one for you."
"Oh yea, and what's that exactly?" Sonic demanded, crossing his arms together.
"Simple, you just die!" Eggman retorted, soon laughing heartily afterwards
Kitty then glared at the large robot, replying with her fists clinched while in a fighting pose, "Why don't you follow your own advice for a change, you sadistic madman?"
Eggman though just blew her off, saying, "I don't have time to verbally spar with you today, Kitty Katswell."
Kitty almost did a double take, demanding, "How did you know my name, Doctor? I never told you it."
While this was going on, Cream was walking around the bushes, still picking flowers. She then noticed something metal from within of them, making her very curious and intrigued.
"That's classified information." Eggman replied firmly. "But enough talk. Now face the wrath of my new robot, the super E-2000."
At this point, Kitty felt hesitant and a bit nervous inside, as she unfortunately didn't bring any weapons with her.
Sonic though wouldn't back down, telling the mad scientist firmly with arrogance. "Please… that robot of yours will be a cinch for me to take down."
"Ha! Dream on, rodent!" Eggman fired back. "Because now I've now made some impressive modifications to it. You won't find it so easy to beat this time!"
Sonic took those words as a challenge, replying, "Very well then. Let's see what your so called gizmo can do!"
And with those words, the battle was on.
Sonic then revved up his legs and sped towards the E-2000 at full speed. As he continued to close in, he quickly spin into a ball and hit it right on the head. But unfortunately for him, the moment he went to attack with a homing spin dash, the E-2000 instantly blocked it with its thick metal shield. Sonic's attack was completely negated, as he didn't even scratch up the paint.
Kitty looked on a bit baffled, as Sonic soon landed on the ground after being deflecting off, muttering, "Oh, a tough machine, eh?" He again revved his legs, saying firmly, "Well, I have ways of dealing with nuisances like yourself!"
Within seconds, Sonic attacked the E-2000 again with fury, as he spin dashed the E-2000 over and over in an attempt to damage it. But no matter where he tried to hit it, the E-2000 blocked his attempts with ease, as it moved its shield all over to block the blue hedgehog's offensive assault from all angles.
Forty five seconds into this, Eggman finally began to laugh heartily through the radio.
"Pathetic, vermin!" He scoffed. "I told you wouldn't be able to defeat it so easily!"
Kitty at this point was completely stunned while watching. How on earth is that thing about to withstand all those attacks without so much as a dent?
Sonic though used his words as incentive, attacking with yet another spin dash. This time though, Eggman had his machine attack back. Once Sonic got close enough for its tastes, the E-2000 countered with perfect timing, using its shield to smack Sonic hard onto the ground.
"Sonic!" Tails shouted with concern.
Sonic was sent twenty feet backwards, landing a couple feet in front of Kitty and the two tailed fox.
"So much for your fighting ability." Eggman taunted him icily. "Why don't you just give up and surrender already?"
"Sonic, are you ok?" Kitty had been trying to help him get back on his feet during that taunt, which set the blue blur off. He instantly stood up with fierce rage in his eyes.
"I'm done playing around, Eggman!" Sonic shouted, with his fist clinched. "Now I'm gonna toast your little machine!"
Eggman again laughed at him heartily, retorting, "Really? Well, let's see you do it then, big mouth!"
Kitty then tried to reason with him, saying, "Sonic, you can't beat it alone. We're going to have to work together."
Sonic though would have no part of her words, as he again blasted off towards the E-2000.
"No, Sonic, don't!" Kitty pleaded, extending her hand out towards him. But again, he wouldn't listen.
As the blue hedgehog edged closer to his foe, Eggman again chuckled to himself. So, he still wants to play, eh? Well, fine by me!
At this point, Eggman decided to quit messing around and let Sonic have it, and hit him with both barrels. This time, Sonic decided to confuse the robot by spinning around it in circles.
Oh, so he's going to try that little stunt again, eh? Eggman pondered with a grin. Well, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Eggman wouldn't be the fool against Sonic's strategy this time around, as he baited him, having his robot pretend to get confused by the constant spinning around it. Soon after this, Eggman set the trap, as he made his robot look dazed and stunned by this move on Sonic's part.
Seeing this, Sonic chuckled to himself, saying, "I got it now."
Seconds later, Sonic attempted to blast it to bits, now charging up for a light speed dash. But as he did this, Eggman quickly went to attack.
Kitty instantly saw the E-2000 charge towards Sonic while he was powering up, yelling towards him, "Sonic, look out!"
Sonic thankfully managed to hear her warning, but it was too little late. The blue hedgehog was smacked yet again with its shield, sending him fifteen feet high in the air.
"Sonic!"
Kitty and Tails were unfortunately helpless to help during this assault, as the E-2000 now went all out on him. Within seconds, Eggman's machine fired its lasers at the blue hedgehog, hitting him in the chest and leg left, inflicting serious burns to his body. Then, in a finishing move, the E-2000 transformed into a plane, quickly flying towards the seriously stunned hedgehog while in midair, smacking him a second time towards the ground.
At this point, both Kitty and Tails looked on with panic on their faces. Kitty even tried to catch Sonic before he hit the ground, but was not able to, missing him by three feet. Sonic slid onto the ground in a heap, now seriously stunned.
Kitty quickly tried to help him up, saying with fear in her voice, "Sonic, are you all right?"
While Sonic tried to regain his focus, Eggman laughed again heartily at them after the E-2000 landed on the ground back in its robot form, saying, "What a joke you are! And to think you call yourself a hero. You're nothing but an arrogant showoff!"
Back in the flower garden, Cream finally found what had intrigued her from before, as she saw a silver looking machine. Normally, any robot would have traumatized her after the E-100's massacre, but this one did not make her the least bit frightened. Instead, it made her feel safe, even somewhat secure.
"What kind of machine is this?" Cream pondered to herself. "Is it really friendly?"
Kitty meanwhile glared angrily at the E-2000, as Eggman continued, "Now then, I think it's only appropriate you surrender to me this moment, Sonic, since I've clearly beaten you."
Not being able to stand it any longer, Kitty shot back, pointing at him with her right hand, "Never, Eggman! We'll fight you to the end before even thinking about surrendering to a creep like you!"
Eggman smirked at her retort, saying, "Well, aren't you one to talk? You haven't done a thing to help out your little friend here, and yet you run your mouth like you can do better yourself."
Those words deeply infuriated the feline agent. Sonic meanwhile finally stood up, though very dazed at the moment.
"Last chance, vermin!" Eggman challenged. "Surrender to me this instant or face the full wrath of my E-2000!"
Kitty would have said something in response to this threat, but Sonic did it for her this time, saying, "As she already told you, Eggbelly, we're fighting you to the end, so just deal with it!"
"Very well then!" Eggman roared. "It's your funeral."
Sonic then turned to Kitty and Tails, saying softly, "I hate to ask this, but you mind helping me out?"
"With pleasure." Kitty replied firmly.
"Same here." Tails added, smacking his fists together. "Let's toast that machine of Eggman's!"
Seeing all three of them united now didn't deter Eggman's enthusiasm the least little bit. "It doesn't matter if you work together or not. You're still going to be annihilated when it's all said and done!"
With his moxie back, Sonic retorted, "We'll see about that, Egghead!"
Now the real battle would begin.
Moments later, the E-2000 attacked the three of them with fury, firing multiple lasers from its arm cannon. But it missed its target, as they were able to evade its attack with ease, leaping away of the lasers' range, soon charging towards the E-2000, except for Tails, who was using his two tails to fly instead.
"We'll have to flank this thing in order to wear it down." Kitty told them as she ran.
"Sounds good to me." Sonic replied firmly. "Let's do it to it."
As they drew closer to the E-2000, it again fired multiple lasers at them with speed and power, determined to take them out. But again, they were able to evade due to their high agility. Sonic zigzagged around the attacks while Kitty did a few frontal flips. With Tails being in midair, he just changed direction while flying.
"Tails, help me draw its fire so we can give Sonic a clean shot at it." Kitty instructed.
"Can do, Kitty." Tails replied with a sly grin.
Within seconds, the two of them put the plan into action, as Kitty and Tails began to bait Eggman's E-2000 into attacking them. Not surprisingly, it took the bait. Once Kitty was close enough, it quickly fired several lasers at her in attempt to take her down. But again, it missed, as Kitty was agile enough to evade, leaping into the air and somersaulting past its ammo. When the E-2000 turned around to attack her, Tails then flew near its face to confuse Eggman's machine.
As planned, the E-2000 fired lasers now at Tails, trying to shoot him down. While Tails kept the machine busy, Kitty shouted at Sonic, who had been close by the whole time, "Now!"
Sonic instantly responded, quickly spinning into a ball and attacking the robot from behind. With its shield down, the blue hedgehog easily damaged Eggman's machine, slamming it hard onto the ground flat on its back.
As it tried to get up, Sonic's confidence, along with the others was now very high.
"Oh, yea!" Sonic said pumped up. "Now that's what I'm talking about!"
Eggman meanwhile growled at their recent tactic, shouting through the audio device once his machine was righted. "Very clever, furballs, but you won't get away with that so easily the next time!"
"Want to bet?" Kitty challenged.
"Just try your luck!" Eggman dared. "My E-2000 is more advanced than you think it is! A cheap shot like that won't get you very far in the long run!"
"Save your big speeches for after you've beaten us." Sonic retorted. "It's battle time now."
Eggman let out a small, "Humph!" adding, "So be it! Prepare for another painful lesson, blue boy!"
Seconds later, the E-2000 again attacked them again with multiple laser shots, but this time even faster than before. Nonetheless, that didn't deter them one bit. Sonic then spoke up, suggesting as he ran towards it, "Let me lead the charge this time, while you two back me up."
"Fine by me." Kitty replied, now filled with adrenaline.
Sonic did just that, as he began to run around the robot again, trying to confuse it. Like before, the E-2000 wouldn't be fooled by running around it a bunch. It soon adjusted to this move, preparing to smack Sonic aside with its shield again.
But when it went to hit him, Kitty made her move, as she quickly did a few frontal flips again, now landing right top of the machine's head. Instantly, the E-2000 attempted to take the feline agent down, firing many lasers at her. But again, it was interrupted, as Tails quickly got in its face a second, soon hovering above it from the back side.
Again, the E-2000 took the bait, as it went to blast Tails out of the air. That's when Sonic made his move, as he finally stopped spinning around it and went to attack, this time charging up a light speed dash. With Tails able to keep it a busy, evading its lasers without too much difficulty, Sonic got more than enough time to charge up.
Seconds later, Sonic unleashed his attack, hitting the E-2000 with speed and power on its legs, sending it over twenty feet high in the air, where it soon crashed onto the ground hard, even putting a small hole in the grass. By now, the E-2000 had received serious damage to its interior.
Kitty, who had lept off of the robot before Sonic attacked it, said with a victorious expression on her face after landing on the ground, "Oh yea, we got it on the run now!"
At this point, Eggman had finally lost its cool. "That does it!" he shouted, after the E-2000 righted itself again. "I've had it with your cheap shots! Now you're going to pay in spades!"
"Aw, what's the matter, Eggbelly?" Sonic taunted. "Can't handle the fact your machine isn't so super after all?"
"Just keep gloating, you arrogant rodent." Eggman fired back. "You'll get what's coming to you soon enough!"
"Look in the mirror if you want to see arrogance. " Kitty retorted.
At this moment, Eggman realized he had to change strategies. His E-2000 was sadly being worn down by their combined efforts. Well, since Sonic is the only one who can do any damage to me at the moment, I'll just have my machine ignore the other two.
Eggman then pressed a few buttons from his control panel, giving new orders to the E-2000.
Meanwhile, Kitty said to Tails, "Ok, you lead the charge this time. We'll be right behind you."
"Will do." Tails replied firmly. Deep down, he felt honored she had asked him to do this.
Seconds later, Tails flew towards the E-2000, ready to bait it a third time.
Ok, here's my chance to impress her with my skills. Tails thought to himself. tails, don't let me down.
As he flew closer, the E-2000 prepared to counter his strategy. Tails then got in his face, daring it to attack yet again. But to Tails surprise, it didn't seem to bite this time, perplexing him inside.
Kitty again leaped on top of its head to bait it as well. But again, it didn't try to attack her, confusing the feline agent as well.
Sonic meanwhile prepared to be within striking distance and attack when its back was turned. However, he got a huge jolt instead. While he was running around it, the E-2000 immediately targeted him, firing a huge laser blast in front of him. Sonic was instantly knocked backwards to the ground, seriously stunned.
"Sonic!" Kitty and Tails were completely dumbfounded by the E-2000 sudden change in behavior.
Eggman then scoffed at Sonic while he picked himself off the ground, "Ha! So much for boasting you could beat my machine. I told you this wouldn't be easy."
Sonic though was undeterred by this sneak attack, as she stood up, countering, "I'm just getting started, Robotnik. Watch and weep!"
Sonic instantly ran towards the E-2000 again, with Eggman retorting at him, "You're going to be the one who will be weeping when it's all said and done, Sonic, if you're still alive that is."
Kitty meanwhile said to Tails, "C'mon, we gotta get this machine's attention somehow."
Tails nodded his head, quickly springing into action.
Determined to get it to bite, Kitty used a few karate kicks on the E-2000's metal head. But again, it would not budge. All it did was give her a bit of a sore foot. Tails even tried get in its face again to block its view of Sonic. Unfortunately for the two tailed fox though, the E-2000 did respond, but only by heavily smacking Tails with its metal arm.
"Tails!" Sonic shouted with horror, running towards him. Tails was sent crashing violently through the garage door, where the X-Tornado was being kept, putting a large hole in the door.
Kitty looked on deeply horrified, but soon became enraged, shouting after getting off the E-2000, "All right, you twisted machine! You're going to pay for that!"
Eggman though chuckled at Kitty's flustered expression, taunting, "What's the matter, Agent Katswell? Can't handle the fact you don't have the upper hand this time?"
By this time, Kitty was really regretting not having a weapon on hand. Nonetheless, she countered, "I still can beat you, even without an advantage."
"Then why don't you show me already, big mouth?" Eggman dared.
Kitty instantly attacked after his taunt, as she tried to attack with a few more martial moves to its head and chest. But again, her attacks did nothing, only bruising up her hands and feet instead.
Tired of watching her futile attempts, Eggman unleashed his wrath on her. Instantly the E-2000 grabbed by her the neck during one of her flying karate kicks, even cutting off part of her windpipe.
As she struggled to get free, Eggman said to her firmly "Now then, get a load of this!"
Within seconds, the E-2000 tossed in the air about seven feet and then smacked her hard with its shield, hitting her directly in the chest. Kitty was instantly sent flying higher into the air as a result of this move. The E-2000 then injured her further, as he fired multiple lasers at her body, hitting both shoulders, even zapping one to her right knee. Then, as a finishing move, the E-2000 again transformed into a plane, as it flew towards her, smacking one last time on the back towards the ground.
In spite of the pain she had just been dealt, Kitty was still able to use her feet to slow her fall by sliding against one of the mansion walls. But before she could take a breather, the E-2000 quickly targeted her and then dive-bombed, in an attempt to crush the feline agent into the ground. Kitty though saw it coming, quickly diving out of the way at last second. Seconds later, the E-2000 slammed against the wall where Kitty had been leaning against hard, instantly destroying it. Debris from it quickly scattered everywhere, with smoke soon billowing from it as well.
Kitty then tried to stand up, but something in her chest really hurt as she did so. Seeing her pain made Eggman laugh, "You really are all talk, feline. You couldn't even put a scratch on my new machine!"
Cream meanwhile finally heard what was going on, as turned around, and saw the carnage the E-2000 was doing to the place. She quickly gasped in horror, saying to herself, "Oh, my, this is terrible!"
She then ran back to where she found the small robot, pondering, Maybe this robot could help us out…
Kitty then retorted to Eggman, though having a hard time keeping her composure, "I have to give you credit, Doctor. You're as vile of a fiend as I thought."
"Why thank you for the compliment." Eggman replied. "Nonetheless, you're still going to get it." He then ordered his E-2000 to finish her off with a large laser blast. His machine instantly responded, as it pointed its large arm cannon at her, charging up to fire.
Kitty tried to get out of the way, but was having a hard time moving in the process.
Seconds later, the E-2000 prepared to fire, but was abruptly interrupted, as Sonic hit it as hard as he could with a light speed dash. The E-2000 was instantly knocked into the air, landing on its face viciously this time.
"What in the…?"
Sonic now glared at the E-2000 with fierce anger once it righted itself, saying while seething, "You seriously injured my little bro, Robotnik! Now you're gonna pay severely for that!"
Eggman though kept his composure, retorting, "Well, I was wondering when you were going to show up again. I thought maybe seeing your little buddy hurt maybe would have knocked some sense into your thick skull. I guess I was mistaken."
Sonic though ignored his jab, saying to Kitty, "Hurry, take care of Tails. I'll handle this monstrosity."
Kitty didn't even argue with him this time, as she nodded her head and ran towards him as fast as she could.
Once she was of sight, Sonic said to Eggman, pointing a finger at his robot, "All right, Egghead, let's finish this!"
"With pleasure, warthog!" Eggman replied.
Moments later, Sonic revved up his legs and blasted towards to the E-2000. With fierce anger and determination in his eyes, Sonic would now hold nothing back. The E-2000 meanwhile saw him coming and prepared to counter attack. In spite of the fact Sonic no longer had Kitty and Tails to help flank the machine; he vowed to finish it off.
Sonic then pretended to run around it again, hoping to get it to bite. Thankfully for him, it did. The E-2000 attempted to smack him hard with its shield. Sonic though was ready for it, as he changed direction a split second before impact, attacking the machine with another spin dash to its head.
"What in the…"
Eggman was a bit dumbfounded by Sonic's new strategy, but still kept his resolve. "So, you found a crack in my robot's attack pattern. Big deal. That still won't get you very far, Sonic!"
"I'm just getting started!" Sonic countered.
While this had been going on, Kitty finally made it inside the garage, where she saw Tails on the ground, trying to sit up. As it turned out, getting slammed through the garage door had seriously sprained his left knee, as well left him with a black eye on the right side of his face.
Kitty knelt nearby, asking with concern, "Tails, you ok?"
Tails groaned in pain, but replied trying to act tough, "Yea, I'll be fine. Just help me up."
"But you can barely stand." Kitty protested.
"Don't worry about me." Tails told her. "Just help me inside the cockpit of the X-Tornado."
"Why? What are you going to do?" Kitty inquired curiously.
"You'll see…" Tails answered with a grin.
Back outside, Sonic went to attack again. Fighting on pure anger and adrenaline now, he was determined to make Eggman's machine pay for all the abuse it had caused.
Seconds later, the E-2000 fired multiple lasers at the blue hedgehog as he ran towards it, trying hard to zap him. Sonic though would not be stopped. He again went to confuse Eggman's robot. This time, he jumped around in all direction, trying to bait it again. Since Sonic had a very erratic pattern, the E-2000 was unable to focus in to smack him with its shield.
This went on for over thirty seconds, with no success at all.
"C'mon, hit me with your lasers for a change you hunk of junk!" Sonic dared.
Eggman surprisingly took the bait, as the E-2000 fired laser after laser. But unknown to Eggman and his machine, Sonic was again outsmarting him. As it tried to zap him again and again, Sonic finally quit evading and then got down to business. With one quick spin dash, Sonic hit the machine directly in the chest, seriously stunning it.
With the opening, Sonic went all out, as it spin dashed the E-2000 many times from all directions, hitting it in the head, chests, arms, even legs. He then knocked off its feet with a quick strike to its lower right metal leg after spin dashing it as hard as he could. Again, Eggman's machine was knocked to the ground, flat on its back once more.
Seconds later, the garage door opened. Sonic turned around and saw Tails inside of it, making him feel more confident inside.
"Tails, toss me a ring!" He shouted.
Just then, Sonic noticed the E-2000 trying to get up, so he put a foot on its chest, declaring, "Oh no, you don't! You stay down, you bucket of bolts!"
Tails quickly went to toss Sonic a ring from X-Tornado's nose, but when Sonic attempted to catch it, the E-2000 finally broke free of his foot, knocking the ground. The E-2000 then grabbed the ring nearby and broke it into pieces with its bare metal fist. Kitty and Tails both looked on with shock on their faces after witnessing this.
Sonic though was deeply enraged inside, as he glared at the E-2000 with fierce anger after standing up. Eggman however just taunted him, saying, "Ha! So much for your super ring! Maybe if you didn't try to pin it down in futility, you might have not lost it!"
"That does it!" Sonic shouted, pointing at it again. "I'm gonna turn that machine of yours into a tin can!"
"Go ahead and try it!" Eggman dared. "You're too weak to pull it off!"
Eggman's taunt fueled his determination, as Sonic ran towards it with full vigor. Once he was within range, he spun into ball and went to spin dash it. Unfortunately for Sonic, he forgot the machine could block it with ease with its shield. The E-2000 again and again negated Sonic's homing attacks. Ten seconds into this, Eggman machine timed its counter measure with perfection, as it firmly grabbed Sonic by his chest.
Sonic tried valiantly to get free, but Eggman's machine kept a tight grasp.
Eggman started laughing at him, saying, "Forget about it, blue boy. You'll never get free."
"Sonic!" At this point, Kitty and Tails could only look on helpless due to being injured from before.
Moments later, Eggman said to Sonic, "Now then, it's time you met your demise."
The E-2000 then tossed him into the air and smacked him hard under his chin with its shield, sending the blue hedgehog flying.
Kitty now quickly ran out of the garage, trying to see what was going on. Seconds later, the E-2000 flew after him, changing into a plane, quickly hitting him a couple of more times with its metal body while in midair. Then, as a finishing move, Eggman's robot smacked him one more time with its body, sending Sonic hurtling towards the mansion in a hurry. As a bonus for Eggman, the E-2000 fired a large laser blast at Sonic, hitting directly hitting him in the right shoulder. The result of the laser attack resulted in not only the blue hedgehog ending up with serious burns, but plummeting to the ground below at an ever faster velocity.
Kitty at this point gasped in horror, as she saw the angle Sonic was descending towards. It was an ugly one to say the least. Again, she tried to catch him in time; even it meant injuring her further. But it wasn't to be. Due to being banged up, Kitty was unable to help him in time, as Sonic crashed through the mansion's front window with fierce velocity.
"SONIC!" It was all Kitty could do now to keep from tearing up; as she didn't know how badly injured Sonic was due to all the glass shards around the living room. Thankfully though, his fall was cushioned by the sofa nearby. Nonetheless, Sonic received several cuts to his body, including a very serious one across on his chest that began to bleed a bit profusely.
Kitty immediately ran in to check on Sonic as fast as she could. She soon saw him lying on the couch, where he was now fighting to stay conscious. Seeing this, she ran to his side, asking with fright, "Sonic, are you all right?"
Fortunately for her, Sonic was able to sit up, though not very easily, replying with loud groan, "Yea, I'll be ok. Don't worry about me."
Seeing the multiple cuts on his body, Kitty said to him, "C'mon, we've got to get you bandaged up."
Just then, the E-2000 blasted through the wall violently where Sonic had taken out the window, with Eggman saying to them icily, "I don't think so, vermin. I'm afraid your time is up."
Kitty quickly turned around startled, as she almost forgot about Eggman's machine.
Eggman then pressed a few buttons on his control panel, as his E-2000 now pointed the laser gun at them, saying, "Farewell, troublemakers!"
And with that taunt, the E-2000 charged up its arm cannon. Kitty unfortunately realized they were now literally in a catch-22. With many glass shards around the room, the chances of them getting cut if they decided to evade its oncoming attack were very high, not to mention Sonic was already cut up badly already. On top of that, due to Kitty being weakened from before, she was in no position to grab Sonic and flee safely.
Seconds later, the E-2000 went to fire, but again was abruptly interrupted, as it was hit fiercely from behind by a large yellow and red hammer, knocking it the ground flat on its metal chest.
"What the…?"
Huh? Could it be…? Kitty pondered.
Within moments, the smoke cleared, revealing a familiar face. "Amy?"
Indeed it was, as Amy now stood before them, looking on with fierce rage in her eyes.
Eggman's robot quickly stood up again, with Amy shouting at it while pointing with her right hand, "You dare try to kill my Sonikku? I'll turn you into scrap metal for this!"
Eggman though was not the least bit amused. "So, the whiny brat comes to the rescue, eh? No matter, my E-2000 will crush you just like the others."
"Just try it, Eggman!" Amy challenged. "You messed with the bull, now you're gonna get the horns!"
Amy then instantly charged towards the E-2000 at full speed, with her Piko Hammer firmly grasped in both hands while she ran. Once she was within range, the pink hedgehog began to swing wildly at the machine with everything she had. The E-2000 of course countered her attacks by using its shield to block her oncoming assault. Nonetheless, Amy's vigor and rage would not be deterred. She continued to swing at the robot again and again.
While this had been going on, Kitty subtly began to try to move Sonic out of harm's way without being spotted. Seconds later, Tails then came flying over from the south side, though a bit slowly due to previous injuries, landing nearby. There he saw Sonic's cuts, gasping with disbelief, asking, "What happened to him, Kitty?"
"Sonic went flying through the front window." Kitty explained. "C'mon, help me get him to safety."
Tails quickly nodded his head, as he grabbed Sonic's legs with both of his hands.
Meanwhile, Amy and the E-2000 continued to duel. At first, all her hammer swings were negated due to its metal shield. But eventually, Amy began to wear it down, as she finally got it out of position with a smack on the back its metal knees. Her attack knocked the E-2000 off balance, and that was all Amy needed to get an advantage. While Eggman's machine tried to regain its lost footing, the pink hedgehog smacked the E-2000 upside the head, stunning it further. Even then, Amy wouldn't let up; as she again and again hit the robot with everything she had, knocking it backwards further. It soon got to the point she was basically smacking Eggman's machine right out the front door with each hammer swing.
Kitty happened to turn her head while she and Tails were moving Sonic to another room and saw Amy's resilience and fury, making her think perplexed, My goodness, she really does love Sonic. She's going to kill that robot by herself if that's what it takes.
Kitty's words were a serious understatement to say the least. Seconds later, Amy finally smacked the E-2000 outside of the mansion's walls. Then, she went for the kill. She smacked the robot into the air with one quick swoop, where she quickly lept into the air as well and hit it again, this time directly on top of its head like a railroad spike. Her attack was so strong, the E-2000 hit the ground hard, now wedged half way inside.
Eggman during this time was completely aghast from her rage and determination. He had seriously underestimated the pink hedgehog's abilities.
"How is she able to do that to my machine?" Eggman demanded from her control room. "It's just not possible!"
But Amy still wasn't done. She then walked up to the heavily damaged E-2000 and said to it seething with her Piko hammer held high, "This is for all the pain you caused my true love!"
Amy quickly wound up her arms as they would go, and then swung her hammer as hard as she could, smacking the robot underneath its chin. Again, her attack was strong; it even knocked the robot out of being jammed into the ground, where it slammed hard against one of the mansion's walls.
At this point, the E-2000 began to severely spark, as Amy's attacks had weakened it to the point where it could barely function. Kitty finally came out after moving Sonic to safety and saw the job Amy had done. She was blown away to say the least.
"Whoa, you were something else." Kitty commented softly. "Impressive.
Amy though just let out a small huff, retorting, "You're not the only hotshot female around here, you know."
Kitty could still sense some jealousy from her body language after hearing that, making the feline agent put a hand on her forehead again with disgust.
"Anyway, I moved Sonic to one of the bedrooms." Kitty told Amy. "He should be safe there for the time being."
"Still trying to win him over, eh?" Amy inquired with a frown.
Kitty now let out a loud groan, rolling her eyes, saying, "What is your problem? We're in the middle of a big battle, and all you can think about is romance?"
Amy though didn't get a chance to retort, as Eggman's machine abruptly stood up and hovered a few feet in the air, though still heavily sparking.
"Very clever, Amy." Eggman told her. "But you still haven't finished the job. My E-2000 is still alive and kicking."
"Not for long it won't!" Amy countered. And with that, she charged after it again with her hammer held high.
"Amy, wait!" Kitty shouted, extending her right hand out again
"Save it, Catwoman!" Amy fired back while running. "You're not stealing this moment from me!"
But unfortunately for the pink hedgehog, Eggman was ready for Amy this time. The second Amy lept into the air with her hammer held high, ready to swing, the E-2000 quickly fired a large laser from its arm cannon. Its attack was directly on target, hitting her squarely in the chest.
"Amy!"
Kitty could only watch with shock, as Amy was knocked backwards and then slammed hard against one of the large trees in the yard. To make matters worse, her wounded side from before took the brunt of the blow.
Kitty quickly tried to run to her aide, but was unfortunately cut off, as the E-2000 abruptly stepped in front of the feline agent, firing multiple lasers at her. Kitty though was able to evade it, but only briefly, as the E-2000 then smacked her backwards again with its shield. This time, Kitty was hit in the gut, knocking her backwards several feet onto the ground, where she soon clutched in it in pain with her right arm while down on one knee.
"Ha! So much for you trying to save the day!" Eggman taunted again. "Not even the four of you combined could beat my machine!"
At this point, Kitty fought through the pain, as she stood up again, trying to keep her resolve. Eggman though was just laughed at her courage, saying, "You might as well stay down, feline! You and the rest of your kind will be wiped out soon enough!"
Cream meanwhile happened to have seen what had happened to Amy and Kitty, now making her tremble inside with fear.
"Oh my, this is terrible." She said to herself. "I've got to do something."
She then ran to where she saw the small robot was still sitting and decided to try to get it to help. Even if it was a long shot; the young rabbit was desperate by this point.
"Please, Mr. Robot, you've got to help my friends." She pleaded. "They're in big trouble."
Strangely, the robot seemed to take her words to heart, as it quickly stood up and flew towards the battle.
As Cream saw it leave, she could only hope it would help.
On the other side of the house, Eggman prepared to have the E-2000 fire and finish off Kitty.
"Say goodbye, G.U.N agent!" he taunted.
And with that, the E-2000 charged its arm cannon again and prepared to fire. Kitty by this time could barely move, as her body was aching all over. She then closed her eyes, as she thought it was over for her.
But it was not to be. Out of nowhere, the small robot Cream had asked to help her friends, did indeed. It quickly slammed against the E-2000's chest hard, knocking it backwards several feet.
"What in the world?"
Eggman quickly got a look at it, saying angrily, "What is that hunk of junk doing here? I think I trashed it a long time ago!"
Kitty finally opened her eyes after her demise was abruptly interrupted, and there saw the robot herself, making her think, Huh? What is that thing?
Before Kitty could ponder this further, Eggman input the commands for the E-2000 to destroy the small robot. Fortunately for Kitty and her friends though, it would not happen. Unknown to her though, it inadvertently copied her abilities and used it against Eggman's machine. The small gray then began to use its new martial arts ability to pound the E-2000 into submission, as it used multiple karate chops and kicks with speed and power. Due to being a machine, having Kitty's martial arts ability made this unknown robot a lethal threat.
While this was going on, Kitty slowly ran over to Amy, where she was moaning loudly, trying to stay conscience. As it unfortunately turned out, her wound had been reopened from hitting the tree, and was bleeding pretty badly.
Kitty then pressed with wound with her partially torn dress, saying, "Hang in there, Amy, I'll get you to safety."
Eggman meanwhile could only watch in disbelief, as the gray robot soon finished off his machine, taking it high into the air while clutching it tightly with its right metal hand and then quickly descending. There, it body slammed the E-2000 to the ground with fury, putting a big hole into the ground as a result.
Kitty even happened to witness this, where the gray robot soon came out of the ground victorious. The E-2000 on the other hand was finally damaged to the point where it could no longer function. It finally sparked out of control and then blew up violently a few seconds later. Pieces of metal from its body instantly flew everywhere, with smoke quickly billowing from the hole.
At this point, Kitty was completely dumbfounded by how strong the small gray robot really was.
Where did that machine come from? And how was it able to destroy that E-2000 with ease?
Kitty even pondered how it was able to use martial arts moves as well, especially since the fact those moves looked a lot like hers.
It's like that machine copied my abilities and performed them on its own… Is that even possible?
Kitty though decided to worry about that later, as she picked up Amy in her arms, who was now unconscious and carried her towards the seriously damaged mansion. But just before she could get inside, she saw Eggman's severed radio receiver nearby on the ground, the same one he had used to taunt them with during the E-2000's assault.
It then took her by surprise, as Eggman gave one last stern message. "Very clever of you to use one my former machines against me. But know this… The battle's just beginning. I will return, and I will finish you all off. You can count on it!" Eggman's receiver had been heavily damaged at this point; even to the point the audio was slightly garbled.
Kitty though paid no attention to his threat, as she finished the radio off instead by smashing it with her right foot as hard as she could, breaking it into pieces. She then continued walking towards the house, thinking, You caught me off guard this time, Eggman. But you won't again.
Halfway into carrying Amy back to the mansion, she added, your days of causing chaos and destruction are numbered. You can bet on that.