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OC featured: Neo the Phoenix, courtesy of Sonic Phantom.
Chapter 12: The Former G.U.N Hero
Amy and Rector had reached Central City after leaving the Green Forest. While there, they encountered Tomo the Chameleon, who was looking to avenge Espio because his death was supposed to be caused by her. Tomo decided to let Espio live for a few days after he was revived, and the three of them held out against Nega's robot army, with Tomo performing a fire move called the Flaming Pyroclasm, which wiped the robots out and launched Nega out in a direction.
Apparently, he was somewhere in Central City, because that was where Rector and Amy followed Nega's trail. If anyone was in the city, they would either be dead or fighting. But their main concern was if the President was still alive or not. He was living in Central City, so if he was alive, he would most likely be in hiding. But what Amy and Rector were looking for was another hero…one that might join them for real.
"Ah, Central City." Rector said in a relaxed tone. "It's nice to be here again."
"It would be, if it weren't for Nega." Amy told her brother.
"Yeah, I know, but I'm saying it's good to be here." Rector responded.
"We have to find the President." Amy said. "If he's still alive, maybe he can point out a potential hero."
Rector and Amy dashed off in the direction of the Presidential Palace. Little did they know, was that in a nearby alley, Nega had found the blue Super Emerald.
"Yes! That's one for me." Nega cackled. "Now I just need to get the one in the heroes' possession, and I'll have two of them. Then, finding the other five should be a snap."
Nega then left to decide what his next act of terrorism should be, while Amy and Rector, who had no idea of Nega's actions, were coming to the presidential palace. Hopefully, the President was still alive, and would be willing to assist them in some way. As they approached the front door, they saw that the palace had been untouched, which meant that Nega hadn't started attacking yet. This was good for the heroes, as this meant that the President was certainly alive.
Up above, the President saw Amy and Rector approaching from the view of his balcony. Someone else was in the room, and it looked like he was talking to the President.
"Hmm. It seems that Amy and Rector are here for something." The President said.
"Want me to battle them?" The figure asked.
"No. They're heroes." The President told the figure. "I'm sure they're here for a good reason. Don't attack them, Neo. Let them in."
"Very well." The figure, now known as Neo, replied.
Amy and Rector walked inside the palace, which they saw had been untouched, like from the outside. They knew that the President would be waiting. They headed up the stairs to the large doors, and entered the President's office. Inside they saw the President, in his usual blue suit. Off to the side, they saw a figure in the darkness.
"Hello, Mr. President." Rector greeted. He noticed the figure and pointed at it. "Who's this guy?"
"Ah yes." The President said as he turned to the figure. "Let me introduce Neo."
The figure stepped out to reveal an orange phoenix with long orange feathers. He was wearing shades over his eyes like a hunter would, a white scarf around his neck, a green leather jacket, blue gloves, and black leather boots. He was carrying a laser rifle with him. The look he gave them was a sign of heroism, which meant that maybe he would help out. He walked up to Amy and Rector.
"So, you two are this resistance group I've been hearing about?" Neo asked.
"Well, there were four of us." Amy started to explain. "But Jet the Hawk died on Babylon Garden, and Emily Leot the cheetah died in Future City."
"That's sad to hear." Neo said. "Because the more heroes that take part against Nega, the better our chances of winning."
"Wait! How do you know about Nega?" Rector asked.
"I was looking for something to do after I had quit G.U.N, but couldn't find anything that I liked. I looked for a long time, but just couldn't find anything good." Neo explained. "Then Nega started attacking everywhere he could be. I heard about it, and decided that I would fight against him. But I knew I wouldn't be able to fight alone, so I decided to try and scout out some people that would fight against him."
"That's what we're doing." Amy spoke up. "We're looking for heroes to join our resistance group. Unfortunately, no hero that we've come across is willing to join."
"Well, I don't know who might be willing to join." Neo told them. "But I'll help you out in Central City. I heard that Nega's around somewhere, so the President wants me to find him and either kill him or run him out of here."
"Well, either one will do." Rector told him. "But we were hoping to save Nega's death for Armand."
"Armand? Armand Novak? The son of Tobias?" Neo asked.
"Yeah. What's it to ya?" Amy asked.
"I heard about the whole legend. How Tobias got killed by Nega, how Armand wants revenge, everything." Neo explained. "Anyway, I'll try not to kill him, but if I do, I hope he won't get mad."
"I'm sure he won't." Amy told him. "Now, let's go."
Neo told the President to be safe and don't go anywhere before leaving with Amy and Rector to hunt down Nega. They exited the courtyard and started searching the city. They knew that they would find him soon enough, because he would start causing destruction soon enough. But one hour later, there was no destruction. Nega had to be hiding somewhere.
"Okay, he's not attacking." Neo commented, suspicious. "Something's up, but I don't know what it is."
No sooner had he said that than he was hit by a beam that knocked him into a nearby building. A large robot came out of the alley that the beam originated from. It was large, black, had a laser cannon in its left hand and a lance in its right hand. But it wasn't being controlled by Nega. Apparently it was programmed to fight any heroes it came across, and that was what it was doing now.
"Targets sighted." The robot announced. "Preparing to terminate."
The robot started firing its laser cannon at the heroes, taking multiple shots in the hopes of hitting someone. But the three heroes weren't about to let the robot kill them. They quickly took cover and hoped that it would run out of energy. But it was a laser, so it would take a long time. They didn't have time to wait for it to run out, so they had to find some way to go on the offensive. Amy saw a piece of cover off to the side. She charged up a Spin Dash and moved over to it, taking cover as soon as she reached it. Of course, the robot turned to her position and fired at the cover, hoping to get a lucky shot. This gave Rector and Neo the chance to stop the robot. Neo took his laser rifle and shot its head, which caused it to turn towards them and fire at them.
Amy then did another spin dash to catch its attention. She sped towards another piece of cover that was behind the robot. As expected, the robot heard her and started turning to fire at her. This gave Rector the chance he needed. He spotted a glowing node on the robot's back. He readied a Leaf Whirlwind kick, and ran at the robot. He jumped into the air and aimed the kick at the weak spot. Before the robot could even turn around, the kick struck the weak spot and sent shocks throughout the robot. Rector backed off and took cover as the robot short-circuited and exploded. As the robot parts that remained dropped onto the ground, the trio emerged from the cover they were using.
"Well, that takes care of that." Neo commented.
"Yeah, but that was too…" Rector began to say before being punched away by an extended fist. Another robot had come out of nowhere and punched Rector before retracting its fist. "…easy."
The robot started moving towards the trio, determined to kill them. But Neo wasn't about to let that happen. He walked toward the robot with a determined smirk on his face. He folded his wings and charged up some fire. He then spread his wings. "PHOENIX BLADE!"
Neo started flapping his wings. Rector and Amy had ran and taken cover before the attack. The heat coming from Neo was at a temperature of 300ºF. But the flapping was light, so any faster flapping would result in a higher heat. The robot backed off because it didn't want to get melted or incinerated. But Neo wasn't about to let it get away. He moved closer and flapped his wings harder, raising the temperature to 600ºF. The robot started to get burnt, so it tried to run faster. But the intense heat had slowed it down.
Finally, Neo flapped his wings at the hardest and fastest he could flap. The temperature hit 900ºF, and the robot was incinerated immediately. The metal ashes fell to the ground and quickly cooled off. Neo stopped flapping his wings, and the heat returned to normal.
However, the intense heat left a few buildings burned at some parts, but that didn't bother him. It would be restored when the world was restored, however that would be accomplished. But this time, the burn had removed some debris from nearby, revealing a small glow of yellow. Amy and Rector returned as Neo picked it up and examined it. It was a yellow emerald-shaped emerald.
"Is this one of those legendary Chaos Emeralds?" Neo asked as he showed it to Amy and Rector.
"Yeah! That's one of them!" Amy exclaimed. "Where'd you find it?"
"I found it over here after the Phoenix Blade attack ended." Neo told them. "The rubble I found it under had been moved due to the heat and force."
"And I think I'll be taking that!" Someone said as a claw extended and grabbed the Chaos Emerald out of Neo's hands. The claw retracted into a hovering vehicle. It was Eggman Nega, and he had a new robot nearby. "Gah ha ha ha! I've finally got another emerald!"
"Return the Chaos Emerald or suffer pain!" Neo demanded.
"You're in no position to be making demands, birdie!" Nega taunted, making Neo mad. "Besides, I've not only got this emerald, but THIS as well."
Nega then held up a blue spherical emerald.
"That's the…Super Emerald!" Rector noted, shocked.
"That's right." Nega said. "And now, I'll take your lives, and then this world will be destroyed by my power! NegaLand will finally come to be!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Someone said from the side. "G.U.N soldiers, fire at will!"
Right then, about 30 G.U.N soldiers started firing multiple weapons at the Negamobile. However, Nega activated a force field to block the ammunition being fired at him as he landed the Negamobile into the robot he had with him. The robot had four legs, a tail, and a head with a horn, all supported by a body. The whole robot was black, with yellow lining in the joints, and the horn was red. This robot was the Nega Cerberus. Nega piloted the Negamobile into the head of the Nega Cerberus, which then closed, shielding Nega from any outside attacks.
"Oh great!" Rector complained. "How are we supposed to beat this thing?"
"We have to destroy it." Neo said.
"Well, duh!" Rector snapped. "I meant HOW are we going to destroy it?"
"I…don't know." Neo said; Rector just sighed.
The Nega Cerberus started running around the area, determined to trample everything in its path. The heroes started following it while the G.U.N soldiers scattered and spread out. They were determined to stop that monstrosity, even if they died. Talk about dedication. Amy used her spin dash to catch up to it, while Neo led Rector through some alleyways in order to catch up. It didn't take long, because after about a minute, Rector and Neo emerged in front of the Nega Cerberus as Amy caught up to it and sped in front of it to reunite with Rector and Neo. The Nega Cerberus stopped, and Nega's voice was heard.
"Why are you heroes trying to stop me?" Nega asked.
"We always stop madmen like you." Neo replied.
"I am not a madman!" Nega yelled. "My plans are for the good of everyone!"
"I think he means himself." Amy whispered to Rector.
"Yep, he's a madman." Rector said.
It was battle time. Amy started running around the robot, trying to distract it so that Neo and Rector could have a chance to find the weak spot. The Nega Cerberus kept trying to follow her, but Amy was too fast, and the robot was too slow to keep up with her. Neo then took aim at the horn with his rifle, leading it just a bit, and then fired it. The laser beam that emerged from the rifle hit the horn and jostled it a bit. The Nega Cerberus reared back from the pain it felt and roared. They had found the weak spot.
Rector jumped up onto one of the joints, then to the horn, grabbed it, and started pulling it out. It slowly came out, but Rector was having a hard time because the Nega Cerberus was moving around, trying to shake Rector off. But Rector, determined as he was, held on and kept pulling, then he realized something. If he could time his jerks on the horn with the movements of the robot, he'd have an easier time pulling it out. The robot started moving again, but this time, Rector pulled it to the left each time the robot moved right, and he pulled it to the right when the robot moved left. By doing this, Rector pulled out the horn and sent an electrical shock through the robot.
"What? What have you done!?" Nega asked.
"I pulled out the horn!" Rector told him. "Now your precious robot isn't as strong as it was."
And indeed it wasn't as strong. Not only that, but the shockwave knocked off four armor plates, one on each leg. These plates revealed four red nodes, which were obviously the weak spots. Things just got a lot easier for the heroes. Well, in terms of defeating it, because now the weak spots were easily reachable by the heroes. Neo backed off so he could get a good shot, Amy pulled out her hammer, and Rector prepared a punch. However, the robot jumped into the air and came down, unleashing a shockwave. The heroes jumped over it, and the Nega Cerberus was stunned briefly.
Amy took the first attack, driving the handle of her hammer into the weak spot on the left rear leg, destroying the node and sending a shockwave throughout the robot, weakening it even further. Rector let loose with one of his most powerful punches, destroying the node on the right rear leg. The shockwave pulsed through the Nega Cerberus and weakened it more. Neo, off to the side, fired a well-placed laser beam at the right front leg's node, destroying it and costing the robot its mobility. Now, who was going to get the last node?
Amy decided to finish off this one. She took out the pistol, aimed carefully, and pulled the trigger to fire a bullet. The bullet hit the node in the direct center. As with the other ones, this node busted and sent a shockwave throughout the robot. This one, however, was more than enough to start short-circuiting the robot. However, when it had stopped, instead of exploding, they heard a beeping noise. They had triggered a fail-safe.
"EVERYBODY TAKE COVER!" Neo yelled.
The heroes and anyone else that was around quickly took cover behind anything sturdy, because a bunch of explosive blasts started shooting out from the robot. Each blast was strong, and everyone could feel the vibration off of each explosion. It didn't last long, however, because when it stopped firing, it exploded, shooting Nega out of the city.
"I'LL BE BACK!" Nega yelled before disappearing. The heroes walked over to the remains of the Nega Cerberus, and found a blue spherical emerald. It was the blue Super Emerald! Amy picked it up and put it in her pocket with the green Super Emerald. They now had 3 Chaos Emeralds and 2 Super Emeralds.
The heroes returned to the Presidential Palace in Central City, where they found the President waiting for them.
"I thank you for protecting the city and running Eggman Nega out of here." The President told the heroes.
"It was our pleasure." Rector said. "After all, we aren't doing this for no reason. A lot of other heroes have died in Nega's attacks."
"Well, it's getting late." The President noted. "I have a few guest rooms if you want to stay the night here."
"That's very generous of you, Mr. President." Amy said. "We'll be glad to."
Rector turned to Neo. "Hey, Neo, do you want to join our little resistance group?"
"As much as I'd like to, I think I'd rather protect the President." Neo told him. "I may not work for G.U.N anymore, but I still feel that I have an obligation to protect the nation's leader."
"Very well." Rector said, with a bit of disappointment in his voice.
With that, the heroes retreated to their rooms as the sky turned black, signaling the nighttime. As Amy and Rector got settled in their beds, they wondered what the next day would bring them. Where would Nega be next? And where should they head? Those questions would have to wait for tomorrow. Amy drifted off to sleep, but Rector stayed awake for a few minutes.
"Where could the other Chaos Emeralds and Super Emeralds be?" Rector thought to himself. "And will we ever get another hero to join our cause? I guess it's no use to dwell on it."
With that, Rector drifted off to sleep. The next day would be a big one, especially if they encountered Nega.
End of Chapter 12.
Amy and Rector, with the help of Neo the Phoenix, defeated Nega once again, and got another Chaos Emerald and another Super Emerald, to boot. But where will they head next? Will another hero join the resistance group? And what will Nega have prepared the next time they meet? Find out as the story goes on.
What about the Nega Cerberus battle? I decided to do it a different way. As you all will remember, in Sonic 06, all you had to do was take control of it and make it run into the wall. I twisted it up to make it better. And I believe that what I did works out fine.
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