Story 20: The Great Throw Down
While Sonic and friends brawled with Dr. Eggman's ferocious Egg-Scorpion, Horda and Borda finally made it out of the base and ran into their ship, which was parked directly beside Eggman's base. Horda leaped into the pilot's seat frantically and began pounding on the controls to get the ship up and running. Borda buckled himself up in the passenger's seat.
"We've gotta get outta here!" screeched Horda frantically as the ship began to power up.
"But what about the diagrams we failed to download?" asked Borda "M-master R-R-Rorda won't be pleased to see us come back after another failure to destroy the cities of this world!"
"I don't care!" screamed Horda "I just wanna get out of here before I'm turned into a scrap heap by that scary scorpion bot!"
The ship finally kicked into action and faster then the speed of sound, the ship raised off the ground and rocketed into the sky and vanished from view. The ship taking off caught Wilson and Mandy's attention and they looked up to see it.
"What was that?" asked Wilson.
"No idea." said Mandy "But it's left now so we don't have to worry about it."
"Do you think we should go into Eggman's base and give Sonic a hand?" asked Wilson "He's been in there an awful long time and he might need some help."
"You do worry too much." said Mandy "I'm sure Sonic has everything under control. But we don't know if he's alright so maybe we should see how things are going."
And with that, the two Mobians crept out of their hiding place and headed towards Eggman's base, being careful to avoid any robots along the way.
Egg-Scorpion made yet another dive into the floor a vain attempt to catch Sonic and friends. Every time Egg-Scorpion dived for Sonic or any of his friends, he missed and ended up embedding himself into the floor, only to pull himself out afterwards. Mecha Vanilla grabbed Cream and took shelter behind a cabinet since she didn't want Cream hurt. Egg-Scorpion pulled himself out of the ground and searched for Sonic. Sonic was standing right on top of the scorpion's head so the robot couldn't see him at all.
"Sonic, where are you?" asked Dr. Eggman.
"I'm up here Egg-Brains." said Sonic.
Dr. Eggman looked up and surely enough, saw Sonic standing right above him. He pulled on one of the levers to make Egg-Scorpion's left arm move and hopefully swat Sonic like a fly. Predictably enough though, Sonic moved out of the way and Egg-Scorpion ended up clopping itself on the head where Dr. Eggman was stationed. The cockpit window amazingly withstood the powerful slam but it cracked in many places. Another slam like that and the window would shatter all over Dr. Eggman and Alonzo. Before Egg-Scorpion could recover from its self-inflicted injury, Tails came in on the attack, carrying Amy by the arm. He threw Amy straight into Egg-Scorpion and Amy, with her Piko-Piko hammer at the ready, prepared to strike on the cockpit window. Unfortunately, Dr. Eggman was too quick for her and Egg-Scorpion ended up seizing her in its terrifying claw. Amy squealed as she was grabbed by the giant robot. Tails gasped in horror and flew towards her in an attempt to save her but Egg-Scorpion grabbed him with his other claw. Now Tails was caught. Dr. Eggman cackled with triumph as he admired the captured Mobians Egg-Scorpion held in his claws.
"Sonic! Help! Eggman's got us!" screeched Tails.
Sonic saw Tails and Amy's situation and dashed in to help them. Unfortunately, Dr. Eggman saw Sonic coming and blasted the hedgehog away with Egg-Scorpion's tail mounted cannons. Sonic was propelled backwards and sent crashing into the wall. He crashed into it so hard he was deeply embedded into the wall and stuck fast! As Sonic tried to free himself from the wall, Egg-Scorpion skittered towards the trapped hedgehog. Cream and Mecha Vanilla had been watching the whole fight and were shocked at what they were seeing.
"Mother, Mr. Sonic needs help!" cried Cream "I need to help him!"
"Cream, no!" cried Mecha Vanilla desperately "I don't want you to risk your life out there! That horrible man will kill you!"
"But…Who's gonna help Mr. Sonic if I don't?" said Cream.
Mecha Vanilla didn't want to lose Cream so shortly after getting her freewill back but she knew that Sonic was in trouble out there and he needed all the help he can get so she gave in.
"OK Cream, you can help Sonic, just be careful out there." she said.
"Thank you." said Cream "Come on Cheese, let's help Mr. Sonic!"
"Chao!" cried Cheese in agreement.
The two friends flew towards the advancing Egg-Scorpion. Sonic was still trying to free himself from the wall but he was embedded so deeply he couldn't get free. And he couldn't spin free since he was stuck so Sonic had no hope of getting out of this one. Egg-Scorpion stopped just in front of the trapped hedgehog and Dr. Eggman glared at him.
"Caught between a rock and a hard place aren't ya?" jeered Dr. Eggman "Now you will die!"
He aimed Egg-Scorpion's tail mounted cannons at the trapped hedgehog and prepared to blast Sonic to bits. But before he could fire, Cream the Rabbit flew onto the cockpit window and blocked Dr. Eggman's vision.
"Oy! Get off my cockpit window!" yelled Dr. Eggman "I can't see Sonic!"
Cream refused to move. Dr. Eggman had to get Cream off if he wanted to see where he was aiming but both of Egg-Scorpion's claws had captives in them and if he let them go to grab Cream, they would cause trouble for him and if he tried to swat Cream, he would smash the cockpit window to pieces and leave himself vulnerable to attack. Then it dawned on him he knew exactly what to do. He aimed Egg-Scorpion's cannons at Cream and threatened to fire at her. Cream fell for it and moved out of the way. Now she was off the window, Egg-Scorpion swatted her away with one hefty swipe of the claw. Cream hurtled into the floor face first and skidded for a few centimetres before coming to a halt. The impact had hurt her face an awful lot and she had a few scrape marks on her muzzle.
"Cream!" cried Mecha Vanilla, rushing over to her daughter's aid. Dr. Eggman noticed this act and scowled.
"So one of my Robians has gained her freewill back?" he grumbled "Oh well, I'll deal with her later. Right now, I end Sonic's life for good!"
Sonic was still trying to pull himself out of the wall but still to no avail. Dr. Eggman aimed Egg-Scorpion's tail-mounted cannons and prepared to fire once again. Then suddenly Egg-Scorpion's giant claws were sliced right off their wrist sockets! The claws dropped to the ground with a loud clang and opened up, releasing Tails and Amy. Dr. Eggman couldn't believe his eyes. Sonic wondered what had happened too. Then he found the answer. Wilson and Mandy had arrived on the scene at last and Wilson had used his trademark spinning blade weapon to slice Egg-Scorpion's claws off. Dr. Eggman got mad and lunged at the two but Wilson and Mandy were way too quick and they leaped out of the way. While Egg-Scorpion was distracted, Tails and Amy grabbed Sonic's arms and pulled as hard as they could in an attempt to pull him out of the wall. It took a lot of effort and a lot of hard pulling but they eventually pulled Sonic out of the wall. The wall had a neat Sonic shaped hole in it where Sonic once was. Sonic brushed some dust off of his quills and arms.
"Thanks guys." he said "Now it's time for me to, yet again, defeat Dr. Eggman!"
"Of course." said Tails.
Sonic leaped into the air, spun into a spiky ball and charged straight at Egg-Scorpion, who was still chasing Wilson and Mandy. Sonic hit the enormous tail and broke it in half so now Egg-Scorpion had no tail. Then Sonic's spin-dash smashed directly through the top of Egg-Scorpion and came out through the bottom. Then finally, Sonic went directly back up and ended up smashing straight through the cockpit, sending Dr. Eggman and Alonzo flying straight through the already horribly cracked window. Now Egg-Scorpion had no one piloting it so the huge machine stood to a stand still. Dr. Eggman and Alonzo fell to the floor and landed on top of each other. Alonzo unfortunately, was at the bottom. Dr. Eggman weighed quite a lot so poor Alonzo was getting squished under the fat man's weight.
"Get off!" he yelled, punching Dr. Eggman off of him with amazingly, one punch with hardly any effort.
Sonic landed in front of the two dazed villains and smirked at them with triumph. Dr. Eggman scowled a threatening scowl at Sonic. Sonic didn't care; he was used to that kind of scowl by now since Dr. Eggman uses it all the time.
"You snooze, you lose Doc Egg." snickered Sonic.
"Blast you, you infuriating sack of needles!" roared Dr. Eggman "Why must you always ruin my evil plans?"
"Because Eggman, I refuse to let you take over Mobius." snapped Sonic "We wanna live our own lives, not the life of a stinking robot! We've battled for eight months straight and I come out on top every time so why don't you be a good boy and give it up already?"
"Aaaah. You don't ALWAYS come out on top." noted Dr. Eggman "I actually managed to capture you a couple of times AND I actually managed to roboticize you*! So that proves I'm getting better!"
"But I always escape and I managed to get de-roboticized." noted Sonic "So what does that tell ya?"
"It tells me you only got lucky because you have friends to help you." sniffed Dr. Eggman "You couldn't defeat me on your own."
"Oh yeah?" yelled Sonic challengingly "I could beat you with both my arms tied behind my back and with my eyes closed!"
"Then we'll see about that shall we?" sneered Dr. Eggman "At exactly twelve o' clock tomorrow, you and I will have a showdown to determine who's the best! And you must face me ALONE!"
"Fair deal." sniffed Sonic, unimpressed "But YOU must fight me ALONE too!"
"Fair enough." said Dr. Eggman, grinning widely "I'll pick my greatest robot to fight you! You won't know what hit you!"
"I have an idea to make things more interesting." added Sonic "If I win, you will get your sorry butt outta Mobius once and for all!"
"But what if I win?" asked Dr. Eggman.
"Then you get Mobius and you get to roboticize everybody, starting with me." said Sonic smoothly.
"Sonic no!" cried Amy "You can't do that! What if Eggman actually beats you?"
"Oh relax, I've had eight months of practice defeating this guy." said Sonic calmly "This'll be a piece of cake."
Dr. Eggman got to his feet and he and Sonic shook hands on the deal.
"You have a deal Sonic." said Dr. Eggman "Now you Mobians better run home and rest. You'll need to be in tip-top shape if you want to witness my ultimate victory over Sonic!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." snorted Sonic "Whatever, let's go guys."
Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, Mecha Vanilla, Wilson and Mandy all left Dr. Eggman's trashed base behind. They carried on through the robotical city all around them and then they left through the giant iron gates that opened for them to let them out. Dr. Eggman was now alone in his base. He smiled wickedly to himself and yelled at Alonzo.
"Alonzo! Is my battle suit ready?"
"Yes sir!" piped Alonzo "Your battle suit is ready and functional!"
"Good." purred Dr. Eggman "Project: Metal Sonic maybe a good idea to use on Sonic, but hopefully I maybe able to finish him off with my side project, which is my battle suit. Sonic won't know what hit him…!"
And with that, he exploded into evil laughter.
At approximately 9 o' clock next morning after breakfast, Sonic was doing his morning warm ups which usually consisted of a hearty jog around Green Hill Zone for half an hour. Doing this usually woke him up fully and prepared him for whatever dangers could be lurking around the corner. After jogging Sonic rested for ten minutes and then moved on to his next exercise which was target practice. The targets? Crudely made robots of course! Sonic was never really that great a builder and the robots were made out of pieces of old Eggman robots he had smashed in the past. Sonic would use these targets to practice his aiming when in spin-dash. Being the excellent aimer he is, he hit every single robot and after smashing them to pieces, he would put them back together just so he can do it again the next time he does target practice. After Sonic hit the last robot and smashed it to pieces, he took another ten minute break. However as he was resting, Tails, Amy and Cream & Cheese appeared.
"So how's your morning exercises coming on Sonic?" asked Amy.
"Eh, they're coming on OK." said Sonic casually.
"Where did all these robot parts come from?" asked Cream, taking note of the pieces of robot that littered the ground. Cheese tried to pick one up but to no avail.
"After Sonic destroys Eggman's robots he collects some of their parts so he can make up some robots to use as target practice." said Tails "Even though he builds them pretty badly."
Sonic gave Tails a casual smile. "What can I say?" he said snidely "I'm not a mechanic. And they're only for target practice so it doesn't matter if they're built up badly."
Tails chuckled at Sonic's snide remark.
"I know Sonic." said Tails "You build them how you want. They're your robots."
"More like they're Eggman's busted up robots for me to us as target practice and bust them up even more." laughed Sonic.
The others laughed with the blue hedgehog. After the laughing stopped, Amy suddenly said something.
"Does anyone other then me wonder what robot Eggman is going to use in the throw down this afternoon?"
"Who knows?" said Sonic, shrugging "But it doesn't matter; I'll just smash it up the same way I always smash Eggman's robots when I fight them."
"I'll laugh my socks off if he's using Scream Roller again." chuckled Tails.
"Nah, Eggman usually builds an entirely new robot from scratch rather then reusing the same one." said Sonic "After all, why use the same robot if he knows he can't beat me with it?"
Tails nodded in agreement. Then suddenly Cream put on a worried face.
"What if Mr. Sonic loses his battle with Dr. Eggman?" she asked "He'll turn us all into robots and Mobius will be a robot world! I don't wanna be a robot!"
"Relax Cream, Sonic can beat anything Dr. Eggman throws at him." said Amy, even though secretly she was just as worried over her beloved Sonic as Cream was "Sonic will beat that guy with his eyes closed!"
Sonic groaned. Even though he usually liked to exaggerate, he didn't really like it when Amy did it because sometimes she took it too far and she always had that fan-girl attitude on when she exaggerated about Sonic which embarrassed him. Still, Sonic had beaten Dr. Eggman so many times he could probably defeat him blindfolded. But even though Sonic had so much confidence about himself, even he was beginning to have a tiny nagging feeling that Dr. Eggman might actually best him this time around. Sonic knew that losing that fight would cost the lives of everybody on Mobius and even the whole planet since the deal was if Eggman won he'd get to roboticize everything and everybody. So losing this fight would be a heavier loss then just losing a fight, losing the fight would mean losing their freedom and their homes. And Sonic would even up becoming the terrifying Mecha Sonic once again. These horrible images were beginning to make Sonic lose his confidence a little. But then Sonic remembered who he was, the fastest thing alive, the hero of Mobius, there was no way some stupid fat man and his army of mechanical toys were going to defeat him. Not here, not now, not ever. Sonic was going to win the showdown with Eggman at noon and there was no way he was going to lose.
"Hey Sonic, you alright?" asked Tails, snapping Sonic out of his train of thoughts.
"Huh? What?" he mumbled "Oh yeah. I'm OK Tails. Just deep in thought that's all."
"About what?" asked Tails.
"The upcoming fight and how I'm gonna trash Eggman so hard he'll never forget it!" lied Sonic.
"That's the Sonic I know!" squealed Amy happily "I can't wait to see the fight!"
"Me too." said Tails.
Sonic then suddenly realized his rest was over and he leaped onto his feet.
"My break's over you four." said Sonic "Can you lot wait while I finish off my morning exercises?"
"Sure we can." said Cream politely "What are you doing next?"
"One final sprint around the forest for half an hour." said Sonic "Here I go!"
And with that said, he rushed off into his half hour sprint. Because he ran so fast he could do two laps around Green Hill Zone in two seconds flat so doing the same laps for thirty minutes was usually a good way to keep himself fit and sharp. And he needed to be fit and sharp for the upcoming battle at noon…
As for Dr. Eggman he was having some "morning exercises" of his own. Only his didn't involve jogging around a forest for half an hour (pity really. It would have done some good on his waistline), his involved testing his new invention's weapons and target practice. This invention of his was one to make your eyes pop. Dr. Eggman had made a robotic battle suit for him to us in the titanic contest that waited him in a few hours time. The suit was large just like his usual machines and it contained jet wings on its back for flying, a row of spikes that started from its nose and ending at the back of its head. On one arm it had a shield and on the other it had a huge spiked mace in place of an actual hand. It had a blaster cannon on each side of its waist and a missile launcher on its back. Its body and legs vaguely assembled Dr. Eggman himself and under the sharp pointed nose was a thin metallic moustache. The robot was coloured red and black with strips of white and bits of yellow just like Eggman's outfit was. This machine was one machine Sonic would never forget. Dr. Eggman fired the battle suit's weapons at the various hedgehog shaped targets had had set up for the target practice and every single target was blasted to tiny little bits. Then Dr. Eggman decided to test the machine's mace which could be used for hand-to-hand combat or long range attacks. The mace fired from its wrist socket and landed with a deafening smash on the last remaining target. The target was completely obliterated and to add insult to injury, the mace emitted a brief EMP shock after it hit the ground so anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby would be shocked pretty badly. So if you got hit by that mace you would either get skewered, smashed or shocked or even all three at once! Talk about heavy weaponry! Dr. Eggman was cackling like a demon inside the robotic suit. The top half of the suit made a loud hiss and detached from its legs to let Dr. Eggman out of the suit. Dr. Eggman hopped out of the suit and dusted his hands off.
"Not bad eh Alonzo?" he crooned smoothly "My machine does a lot of damage doesn't it?"
Alonzo, who was supposed to be overseeing the test had taken shelter behind a stack of crates due to how terrifying Eggman's new weapons were. He emerged from his hiding place, shaking like a million leaves.
"Y-y-y-yes s-s-sir." he stammered, still shaking from the sheer scariness of Eggman's brilliance "Y-y-y-you g-g-got e-e-e-e-every s-s-single target! Th-th-that hedgehog's a g-g-goner!"
"Oh that's good!" said Dr. Eggman happily "At long last my genius will triumph over Sonic's puny speed once and for all! Mobius is practically mine! Oooooh I can almost feel it crumble before me in the palm of my giant metal hand!"
"You don't have a giant metal hand you doofus!" snapped Alonzo.
"It's a figure of speech my steel stooge!" said Dr. Eggman crossly "And don't you go calling me a doofus either! I'm the brain and you are the stooge!"
"Yes boss I'm a stooge." said Alonzo pathetically "And you're the brain."
He pulled out his famous pointed hat with the word "stooge" printed on it and put it on his pointed head. He pulled a silly face and Dr. Eggman laughed at him.
"That never gets old Alonzo!" he chuckled "I could watch you do it all day!"
Alonzo just turned his back on his fat master and gave him the cold shoulder. Dr. Eggman didn't seem to notice this though as he climbed back into his robotic suit. The top half of the suit closed around him, forming the whole robot once again.
"I can't wait to pound Sonic into the dirt with this ingenious device!" he crowed to himself "He'll never forget the day I, Dr. Ivo Eggman, well and truly defeats him once and for all!"
Alonzo was not impressed by his master's gloating. Why does that tub of lard always gloat about how he is going to stop Sonic and yet always gets sorely defeated every time? Maybe it was because Dr. Eggman was such an egotistical nutcase he doesn't care how many times he gets defeated, he just takes the old "If at first you don't succeed: try, TRY again" routine and constantly comes back for more. Alonzo couldn't wait to see Eggman get defeated by Sonic once again. And he only had a few hours to wait until the showdown over the planet began…
Twelve o' clock midday.
It is time.
Time for the colossal contest between Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman to determine the fate of everybody on Mobius. Sonic and his friends gathered around into the Great Dunes which was where the battle would be taking place. There was Tails, Amy and Cream & Cheese (of course), Mecha Vanilla and even Knuckles the Echidna had come to watch the fight. He was only here because he had nothing better to do and he always did enjoy watching a good fight.
"Who are you?" asked Amy "I don't believe we've met before."
"The name's Knuckles." said Knuckles "I'm from the famed Angel Island and I'm a friend of Sonic's."
"Well any friend of Sonic's is a friend of mine." said Amy, shaking Knuckle's hand politely "I'm Amy Rose, Sonic's biggest fan and soon-to-be love interest."
"And my name is Cream." said Cream "How do you do?"
"Um…fine thanks." said Knuckles modestly "And may I ask who's the robot bunny there?" he added, pointing at Mecha Vanilla.
"I'm Vanilla, Cream's mother." said Mecha Vanilla "But as you can see, I've been turned into a robot by that horrible Dr. Eggman person."
"I know what that fat man can do." said Knuckles angrily "And I'm going to make him pay for trying to steal the Master Emerald the other day!**"
"The what, what?" questioned Amy.
"The Master Emerald keeps Angel Island a float." explained Knuckles "Without it, the island will fall to the ground and goodness knows how much catastrophe it'll cause!"
"And Eggman tried to steal it?" said Amy "How low can that man go?"
"As low as he can I guess." muttered Knuckles. Then he turned to Tails and said "How's it going Tails?"
"Just fine Knuckles." said Tails "How's things been since Mecha Sonic attacked your island***?"
"Not too shabby." said Knuckles "I was kinda bewildered to find out I was defeated by a roboticized Sonic I'll admit. I wonder if still that strong now he's not a robot!" he added jokingly.
Tails gave Knuckles a fake chuckle and turned his attention to the battlefield which had Sonic already there, waiting impatiently for Dr. Eggman to arrive. Tails was beginning to feel worried for his friend out there. What if Dr. Eggman well and truly defeated him? What evil scheme did he have up his sleeve to defeat Sonic? And would Sonic see it coming?
On the battlefield, Sonic was still impatiently waiting for Dr. Eggman to arrive. Two whole minutes had passed and Dr. Eggman hadn't arrived yet. What was keeping the fat man? Had he chickened out before the fight even began?
"Hey Egg-Brains! Where are you?" yelled Sonic "I'm getting old here!"
Then as if on cue, Dr. Eggman arrived on the scene in his giant robotical suit. He hovered through the skies and then landed a good distance away from Sonic, who smiled happily at the fact Eggman had finally decided to arrive. Alonzo had been riding on the suit's shoulder and he hoped off. Sonic smirked at Dr. Eggman's new invention.
"Is that seriously all you got?" he sneered "A robot that's the spitting image of you only fatter? You've gotta be kidding me!"
"Snide remarks and bad jokes won't help you in this fight Sonic." snarled Dr. Eggman from inside the robot suit "This will be one beat down you'll never forget!"
"Pssh Whatever." said Sonic in a bored tone.
Alonzo trundled into the centre of the battlefield and made an announcement.
"This battle will determine who is the superior in combat." he said "We have Sonic the Hedgehog competing against Dr. Eggman. The winner will decide the fate of Mobius. There are no rules in this fight except win and they must fight without any assistance."
Sonic raised an eyebrow suspiciously. Something was beginning to smell fishy around here when Alonzo said there are no rules except the two he just mentioned. Did that mean Eggman would try and do something unfair to Sonic which would give him the advantage in the battle?
"Are you ready?" yelled Alonzo.
"Ready!" the contestants said.
The onlookers watched closely as the fight was beginning to start.
"Ready…Set…" said Alonzo slowly as he trundled out of the centre of the battle field. Sonic and Eggman tensed themselves as they prepared to lunge at each other and begin the fight.
"GO!" yelled Alonzo.
Sonic and Eggman lunged at each other faster then you could blink. Eggman had the shield raised so Sonic charged straight into the shield. Sonic bounced off it harmlessly and rubbed his head.
"Nice one." he said "But still not good enough to stop me."
Sonic span into a spin-dash and was about to attack until suddenly Alonzo pressed a button on a remote device he held and the ground began to shake. Sonic stopped what he was doing and looked around him as the ground shook. Dr. Eggman didn't seem to be bothered about it though, he remained clam and contained. Then the whole ground began to crack all around the two fighters. Then four large black iron walls began to emerge from the cracking ground around Sonic and Eggman. The onlookers gasped in amazement at the giant walls. Sonic had no idea what was happening but he knew this must be some kind of trick Eggman had up his sleeve. The walls finally finished ascending from the ground. Now Sonic and Eggman were enclosed in a rectangular enclosure formed by the black iron walls. Sonic glared at Dr. Eggman crossly.
"OK, what's going on?" he demanded.
"These walls are merely there to stop anyone from trying to interfere with our battle Sonic." said Dr. Eggman "And since no one can see us, no one knows who's winning and it raises the tension doesn't it?"
"Yeah I guess." said Sonic "But it doesn't mean I'm gonna lose!"
Sonic leaped into the air to attack Dr. Eggman…and suddenly got zapped in the back by a brilliant flash of electricity. Sonic fell to the ground painfully and he rubbed his electrocuted back.
"What the heck happened?" he asked.
"I forgot to mention something." crowed Dr. Eggman "These walls are fitted with motion sensors and EMP cannons and they'll zap you every time you leap into the air! So no homing attacks or spin-dashes from you in this fight it seems!"
Sonic was absolutely livid.
"This is an outrage!" he yelled "How can I possibly fight back if I can't use my signature moves on ya without getting zapped? That's not fair!"
"There are no rules in this game except win and no allies." sneered Dr. Eggman "So I can use anything to help me vanquish you for good!"
"It's still not fair on me though." muttered Sonic.
"That's the point Sonic!" laughed Eggman "I DON'T play fair!"
He aimed the robot suit's wicked mace at Sonic and fired at him. Sonic leaped out of the way of the mace but due to the motion sensors and the EMP cannons, he got zapped the minute he leaped out of the way. Sonic fell to the ground again and Eggman's mace returned to him. Then he fired the mace again before Sonic could get back up and the poor hedgehog was hit full on by the mace. Luckily the mace's spikes didn't quite get him. The mace crashed into the iron wall and embedded itself into the wall thanks to its spikes. Now Sonic was trapped between the wall and the mace. And then suddenly he was zapped by the mace's built in electricity conductor. After the mace's shock ceased, Sonic panted heavily.
"How many times am I gonna get zapped in this fight?" he gasped "I may as well become a lightening rod!"
The mace suddenly freed itself from the wall and returned to Dr. Eggman. It attached itself neatly into the robot suit's wrist socket. Then Dr. Eggman proceeded to raise the robot arm with the mace on and then swing down on Sonic in a hopeful attempt to crush him. Sonic managed to recover just in time to get out of the way. Eggman hit the wall with a terrific smash of the mace. The impact of the mace had cracked the wall slightly. Sonic ran around the arena at his trademark speed while he tried to think of a way to attack Eggman without leaping at him. Dr. Eggman noticed Sonic running around madly and decided to try and blast him. The suit's waist cannons fired at Sonic as he ran around the arena. Sonic couldn't leap to dodge any of the blasts since doing so would just get him zapped so he relied on running fast enough to get by just as the cannon blasts were fired at him. Then Sonic had an idea. He carried on running at supersonic speed but he aimed at Eggman's legs in hope of hitting them hard enough to take them out. Unfortunately Eggman caught sight of him and put the shield in front of the legs to stop Sonic from hitting them. Sonic hit the shield and bounced straight off it and into the wall. Sonic fell from the wall and landed front first onto the ground.
"Valiant effort Sonic." said Dr. Eggman "But I'm afraid it's not valiant enough. You'll have to try much harder then that to stop me this time!"
"You mean like this?" cried Sonic.
He got back to his feet and charged at Dr. Eggman's robotic suit. But instead of charging into him like a shooting bullet, he began to run rings around Eggman. Dr. Eggman knew what he was attempting to do; Sonic was using his Sonic Tornado move, a powerful move that did not require leaping to perform. Why hadn't he made it so every time Sonic attacks he gets zapped? Sonic continued running around Eggman and forming the familiar blue tornado that appeared whenever he performed the move. Eggman was beginning to get caught up in the wind and his suit was spinning around madly. Sonic finally stopped running and the tornado span Eggman directly into the wall. The move had clearly shaken Eggman a little because he seemed too startled for words. Sonic smirked at him.
"How this for trying harder?" he crowed.
"Very clever Sonic." said Dr. Eggman "But this suit is strong enough to withstand your mere tornado attacks."
The robotical suit stood back up and aimed it's mace at Sonic. Then it fired the mace at him. Sonic ducked and the mace whizzed over his head and hit the ground a few meters behind him. The mace returned to Dr. Eggman. Then he began to spin the mace arm around at an incredible speed. Sonic ran away from Eggman but the determined villain chased after him, his robotical arm still spinning. The robot suit was fast enough to keep up with Sonic and since they were in an enclosed area, Eggman didn't have too much trouble chasing him down. He eventually caught up with Sonic and walloped him with the mace. Sonic hurtled into the wall like a golf ball that had just been hit by the golf player. Sonic leaped off the wall and ended up whizzing towards Eggman like an arrow. Eggman raised the shield up and Sonic bounced straight off it once again. Sonic hit the ground face first and before he could recover, Dr. Eggman walloped him with the mace again. Sonic hit the wall and slid back down to the ground. This fight was going in Eggman's direction and he knew it. Sonic needed a plan and fast otherwise he would be defeated and Mobius would be doomed forever.
Outside the enclosure, everybody was wondering what was happening.
"What's going on in there?" asked Amy.
"Is Sonic winning?" asked Tails.
"Is Eggman getting thrashed?" asked Knuckles.
Alonzo was less then helpful though.
"I'm sorry but there are no windows for you to see through and I can't be bothered to install any." he said "You'll have to wait until the fight is over and you'll see who's won."
"Oh shut up!" snapped Amy, whacking him on the head with her Piko-Piko hammer.
Alonzo fell to pieces yet again. He cursed Amy under his breath and put himself back together.
"I have no idea how he does that." said Tails.
"I really hope Sonic's alright on the other side of those walls." said Knuckles "But I have a feeling in my bones he isn't."
And that feeling in Knuckles' bones was right. Sonic wasn't alright, he was getting caned in this fight. Dr. Eggman kept whacking him with his mace or kicking him. Sonic kept recovering and trying to retaliate but Eggman was too quick for him and kept defending the suit's weaker points with his shield. Sonic tried another Sonic Tornado move but all that did was shake Eggman a little and then in a trice, he would recover and attack again. Sonic needed an idea and he needed it fast. But he had no idea on what to do. He couldn't spin-dash or homing attack Eggman since he gets zapped every time he leaps and his Sonic Tornado didn't do much harm to him. Then Sonic had an idea. Dr. Eggman bore down on him and prepared to attack until Sonic stopped him.
"Hey Egg face!" he yelled "I surrender! You win!"
Dr. Eggman stopped in his tracks and stared at Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog is surrendering to him? What on Mobius was going on? Sonic would NEVER surrender to anyone! Then Dr. Eggman realized something. This must be a trick. In fact…it was!
"Oh no you don't Sonic!" said Dr. Eggman "You're pretending to surrender so the moment I lower the walls to announce the winner, you'll cut loose on me all you like!"
"No I won't!" protested Sonic "Honest!"
"Try all you like, I'm not falling for it!" bellowed Dr. Eggman "You will fight this fight to the end and that's all there is to it!"
"Fine Egg Breath!" yelled Sonic "I'll defeat you the old fashioned way!"
And with that Sonic revved up and charged straight at Eggman's legs again. Eggman lowered the shield but Sonic stopped in front of the shield before he could hit it. He grabbed the edge of the shield, pulled himself onto the shield and kicked the robot suit's head. Then Sonic grabbed the robot's head and pulled himself onto it. Dr. Eggman knew what Sonic was up to, he would try to coax Eggman into attacking him and then leap off so he'll hit himself. Dr. Eggman instead decided to grab Sonic instead of hitting him off. Sonic saw Eggman reaching out to grab him and moved out of the way. Then he kicked the robot's head again and was about to retaliate with another attack but Eggman grabbed him with the robot's only hand and threw him into the ground. Sonic skidded across the ground for a good few meters before stopping. The impact had left several grazes on his face and his lower lip had a thin trickle of blood coming from it. Before Sonic could get up, Dr. Eggman fired some missiles at him. The missiles almost hit Sonic but they only just missed and instead, the force of their explosions sent him flying straight up. The onlookers saw Sonic going straight up and sensed the fight wasn't going well for the poor hedgehog. Sonic plummeted straight back down but unluckily for him, he hit the top of one of the walls on his way down and ended up with searing pain flooding through his back. Sonic landed back on the ground front first. Dr. Eggman decided not to wait for Sonic to get back up and fired his mace at him. Sonic saw it coming and just managed to kick it away and send it flying back into Eggman. The mace hit Eggman and knocked him over. Then the mace's electric attack shocked the robot suit. The mace hadn't done grievous damage to the suit, but it had definitely shaken Eggman up a bit.
"How about that Eggman?" crowed Sonic "Talk about a taste of your own medicine!"
"I must admit that was unpleasant." said Dr. Eggman as the robot suit got back to its feet "Now I know what my own weapons feel like. But it's still not strong enough to stop me!"
Then Eggman blasted Sonic with the waist mounted cannons and sent Sonic flying into the wall. Sonic hit the wall and slid back down to the ground. He gasped and panted for breath as Dr. Eggman advanced on him menacingly. Sonic stared helplessly as Eggman's robot suit raised its mace arm and prepared to strike.
"Say goodbye Sonic the Hedgehog!" yelled Eggman.
Eggman swung the mace down on Sonic. But Sonic did a spin-dash on the ground and catapulted himself into the robot's undergarment. He sent the robot wobbling about madly. After Eggman regained his balance he glared at Sonic.
"How did you do that without getting zapped?" he asked "It's supposed to zap you every time you leap!"
"Correction: I didn't leap." said Sonic "I did a spin-dash on the ground and doing so catapulted me into you, I didn't leap at all. So your plan is now crumbling into little bits!"
"So what if you've seen a way around my plan?" snorted Dr. Eggman "You're injured and weak Sonic! You'll not be able to keep this up any longer!"
"I'll show just how long I can keep this up for!" yelled Sonic angrily.
He did another spin-dash on the ground and propelled himself into Dr. Eggman again. Unfortunately, Eggman was too quick for him and he raised the shield just in time to block his attack. Sonic bounced off of it as if he was a tennis ball. Sonic managed to land on his feet this time and tried his attack again. But instead of using the shield to defend himself, Dr. Eggman whacked Sonic away with the shield and sent Sonic crashing into the wall face first. Sonic had hit the wall so hard he was literally stuck in it. But since only his face was stuck in the wall he could actually pull himself out this time. Sonic pressed against the wall with his feet and pulled his face out of the wall. Unfortunately, Eggman saw the opportunity to hit Sonic with the mace. Sonic was sent hurtling up into the air and then he came falling back down. Before Sonic could hit the ground, Eggman hit him again with the mace. Sonic was sent flying back up and then hurtling back down. Instead of hitting him with the mace and sending him flying back up, Eggman hit swung the mace sideways so when he hit Sonic, he hit him to the side and not straight up. Sonic hit the wall and bounced off of it and landed back first on the ground. Then Eggman kicked Sonic with the robot suit's large feet as if Sonic had now become a football. Sonic hit another wall and bounced off of it. Sonic recovered and did the ground spin-dash again. He propelled himself into Eggman and hit the suit just below the neck but he didn't do much harm to it. He merely bounced off it and hit the mace arm so hard the mace detached from the wrist socket and fell to the ground hard. Then Sonic used another Sonic Tornado move. This time, he did it around the mace and the mace was sent hurling around and around. Then the mace was sent hurling out of the tornado and it hit the robot suit straight in the head. It hit it so hard it almost tore it straight off! Eggman recovered from the attack and reattached the mace back on the robot's arm.
He saw Sonic trying another ground spin-dash attack and raised the shield to protect himself. But Sonic didn't catapult himself into the upper part of the robot suit. He hit the legs and sent Eggman toppling over. Sonic then began to rapidly kick the head at sonic speed but Eggman blasted him away with one of the waist mounted cannons. Sonic slid across the ground and hit the wall head first. He was beginning to feel exhausted and he knew it. But he knew he couldn't let Eggman win so he had to try his hardest. Sonic got back to his feet and charged at Eggman, only not at top speed. He was too injured to run at top speed now. Eggman noticed Sonic's slowed condition and swatted him away with his mace. Sonic flew in a rainbow arch and landed on the ground. Eggman then raised the mace for another attack. Sonic saw this and leaped out of the way before Eggman could smash him. But seeing as he leaped, he got zapped by the walls again. After Sonic got zapped, Eggman caught him on the shield and tossed him into the air. Then before Sonic could hit the ground, Eggman walloped him as hard as he could with his deadly mace. Sonic hit the ground and scraped across it, leaving more cuts on his face then before. The battered and bruised hedgehog knew he couldn't keep this up any longer so he had to give in already. But he couldn't let Eggman win otherwise Mobius would be a robot paradise for Eggman. Sonic tried to get back to his feet, only to find out he couldn't Eggman had beaten him up pretty badly and now he couldn't get back up. Sonic's muscles eventually gave in and he flopped on the ground in total and utter defeat. His eyes closed and he passed out. Dr. Eggman glowered down at his defeated opponent and smiled like a maniacal witch. He'd done it! He'd finally done it! He'd defeated Sonic the Hedgehog at long last! He'd won the fight! Mobius was his at last!
Outside the walls, Alonzo listened to them to see if he could hear any fighting going on. Instead, he heard total silence. Alonzo decided to lower the walls to see who the winners was. He could almost picture the sight of Eggman's defeated machine right now. Tails, Knuckles and Amy stared hard as the walls began to lower while Mecha Vanilla hugged Cream & Cheese. The walls descended into the ground, revealing a triumphant Dr. Eggman and a very battered and beaten Sonic the Hedgehog lying on the ground, well and truly defeated. The Mobians gasped in horror at the sight of Sonic. Alonzo was so shocked at that revelation he almost fainted. His master had actually won for once? How could this be possible? Dr. Eggman's robot suit opened up to reveal Dr. Eggman and the fat man spoke.
"As you can see Mobians, I have won the fight!" he announced gleefully "Now Mobius is mine at long last!"
He cried out for joy and waved his arms about in triumph. The Mobians didn't know what to say. They were too horrified at the fact Sonic just got defeated.
"No…" gasped Tails, tears welling up in his eyes "No…No…No…It…It can't be! Sonic never loses!"
"Oh no!" cried Amy "My Sonic lost the battle!"
"We're gonna be robots!" wailed Cream.
Knuckles was extremely mad at this. He was not letting Eggman get away with this at all. He was going to take on Eggman himself and vanquish him in the blink of an eye. While Eggman cheered, Knuckles charged towards him, roaring angrily. Eggman heard Knuckles coming and raised the shield to defend himself. Fortunately, the robot suit wasn't designed to withstand Knuckle's sheer strength. Knuckles hit the shield with his spiked fists and he hit it so hard it cracked. Then Knuckles punched the shield clean off the robot's arm and he began to launch a series of punches on Eggman's robotical suit in blind rage.
"You're not going to have our home as your kingdom!" he yelled "And you're not populating Mobius with your wretched, filthy machines!"
"Oh woe betide you red head!" sneered Dr. Eggman and he swatted the angry echidna away with his mace.
Knuckles was sent flying into the ground. Dr. Eggman advanced on the downed echidna but suddenly he was hit in several places by a blue blur. It was Sonic the Hedgehog! He had finally recovered and now he had no walls to stop him, he could leap all he liked and he was free to spin-dash Dr. Eggman. He smashed Eggman's mace arm and knocked it clean off as he hit him. Knuckles got back to his feet and joined in with the smashing and trashing. Eggman tried to fly away but Knuckles punched the jet wings off and the robot suit came crashing down to the ground. Sonic knocked off the wrecked head and Knuckles smashed the shield arm to smithereens. Amy decided to add insult to injury by joining in the fight and giving the robot suit a good pounding with her Piko-Piko hammer. Eggman cried out in agony as his robot suit was ripped, smashed and torn apart limb from limb and piece by piece. After the three Mobians were finished, all that was left of Eggman's robotical combat suit were tiny pieces that littered the battlefield. Dr. Eggman sat in the midst of the debris. He looked like his sanity was about to explode. He had come so close to victory and now his triumph had crumbled to pieces before him all thanks to Sonic, Knuckles and Amy. Sonic smirked at Eggman triumphantly.
"I win Egg nose." he grunted "I've just proven you cannot defeat me without cheating or having any assistance. Whereas I can defeat you by myself and without cheating."
Dr. Eggman scowled angrily at Sonic. His face was darker then a thundercloud.
"You'll regret robbing me of my ultimate victory rodent!" he snarled "I'll be back!"
And with that, he and Alonzo ran for their lives. The Mobians watched them disappear from view and then they cheered.
"Hooray! We won!" cried Amy.
"We totally beat that bad egg!" cried Tails.
"Yeah but being the bad egg he is, he won't keep the deal we made." noted Sonic "He won't leave Mobius like he should do now I've defeated him, he'll just come back for more."
"We'll be ready for him buddy." said Knuckles, with a smile "He can't defeat you or all of us together."
Sonic smiled back at Knuckles.
"Cool punches by the way." he said.
Knuckles was about to say something back but Sonic suddenly fainted. Amy shrieked and knelt by his side.
"Sonic? Are you OK?" she cried.
"I think he's fine Amy, he's just so worn out he can't stay awake any longer." said Tails "We need to get him to a hospital and fast."
And with that, Tails and Cream picked Sonic up and flew off with him. The others followed them on foot. They were going to deliver Sonic to a hospital in Empire City where he could recover from his injuries.
Later at Empire City, Sonic had been delivered to the hospital and was now placed under care from the doctors. His injuries from his fight with Dr. Eggman had been pretty severe but not fatal luckily. In a few weeks time, Sonic would be as good as new. Until then, he had to rest up and let his body heal from the beating it had received. Tails and Amy stood beside Sonic's bed as they waited for him to come around. They had been waiting for a long time. After what felt like forever, Sonic opened his eyes and he turned to see Tails and Amy beside him. Their faces were full of joy seeing him awake at last.
"Oh Sonic! You're awake finally!" cried Amy.
"How did I get here?" asked Sonic.
"Me and Cream brought you here." said Tails "After the doctors ran a test on you they said you've gotta be the luckiest Mobian alive because you're injuries were only severe, not fatal so you'll live to fight again."
"That's good news." said Sonic "And that Eggman better watch out because next time, he won't be so lucky!"
"You said it handsome!" shrieked Amy happily "Oh and we made this card for you."
She handed Sonic a card. The card was plain white and had the words "Get well soon Sonic!" on the front in glittering blue letters. Sonic opened the card and inside it read in a neat felt pen:
To Sonic,
We hope with all our hearts that you make a speedy recovery. Get well soon!
And the letter had been signed with Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla and even Knuckles' names at the bottom. Sonic closed the card and smiled at Tails and Amy.
"Thanks guys, you're the best friends a hedgehog could ask for." he said.
"You're more then welcome Sonic." said Amy happily "We're with ya no matter where you are."
"That's way past cool." said Sonic, giving Tails and Amy his trademark thumbs up sign and winking.
Tails and Amy giggled with pleasure. Seeing how caring his friends were really made Sonic feel a lot better already. He couldn't wait to be up and at them again.
Back at Eggman's base, things were not going well. Eggman had shut himself in a room and although Alonzo had no idea what was going on, he knew Eggman was throwing a fit in there. Alonzo decided to keep out of his master's way until he calmed down. In the room Eggman surprisingly enough, was not throwing a fit or smashing things out of anger. Instead he was working on Project: Metal Sonic. Since his side project had been a failure, he decided to work on the greater project, Metal Sonic.
"You narrowly defeated me this time Sonic." Dr. Eggman said to himself "But you'll never defeat Metal Sonic once he's completed in a week's time!"
As he worked on his new machine, he cackled to himself, knowing that Sonic would never be a match for Metal Sonic. Once he unleashed Metal Sonic, victory would finally be his…
Footnotes:
*How many times am I gonna bring up the damn Mecha Sonic saga (Stories 12-14)?
** See Stories 8-9
***Mecha Sonic attacked Angel Island in Story 13
What an epic showdown that was! And Eggman ALMOST beat Sonic! Will he beat him next time or is this the only time he's going to get close? We'll see about that. ;) Join me next time as a certain Seedrian finally makes her grand debut... :) Reviews will be appreciated (Sorry if I sound demanding, I'm just curious on what you think of my story.)