Kai and the Chaos Emeralds

Chapter 29: Must get to Eggman!

"I wonder when he'll wake up," a voice said in the darkness.

Kai's eyes slowly opened. When his vision became focused, he saw Tails hanging over him.

"Tails!" Kai exclaimed as he sat up.

He looked around. He discovered that he was in Tails' Workshop.

"How did I get here?" Kai asked.

Kai then felt a splitting headache.

"You had some nasty bruises," Tails said. "You're lucky that Sonic and I were test-flying the Tornado."

"Sonic?" Kai asked.

The door to the workshop opened. A blue hedgehog with red and white shoes walked in. This hedgehog (for those extremely few who don't know) was Sonic the Hedgehog.

"So he's finally awake," Sonic said.

Sonic walked over to them.

"So you're Sonic," Kai said.

"That's right," Sonic said. "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. You must be Kai."

"How'd you know?" Kai asked.

"Tails told me that you and your friends were after the Chaos Emeralds," Sonic said. "So I'm guessing that Eggman's after you."

"Yeah," Kai said.

Kai then remembered how Eggman kidnapped his friends and shot him down.

"Damn him!" Kai shouted as he slammed his fist down.

"You sound pissed," Sonic said. "What happened?"

Kai then explained the whole story to Sonic and Tails.

"I just wish I got him," Kai said. "But he shot me down with those stupid missiles."

"We'll help you out," Tails said. "It probably be best if you don't try to fly."

"Maybe," Kai said. "I think my wings are clipped until I get some of my strength back. I'll be able to fight, but that's it."

"Then we'll take the Tornado," Sonic said. "Tails, let's go!"

"Right!" Tails exclaimed.

Tails then began to prep the workshop for liftoff. Soon, the runway appeared. They all then boarded the Tornado.

"Next stop, Eggman's Flying Fortress," Tails said. "We have liftoff in 10…9…"

"Just fly already," Sonic said.

"Fine," Tails said as he pressed a few buttons.

The Tornado then shot across the runway and flew straight into the air. Kai examined the Chaos Radar as they flew.

"Where do we go?" Tails asked.

"Um…left!" Kai exclaimed.

The Tornado flew to the left.

"No! Right!" Kai shouted.

"Which is it?!" Tails asked.

"I'm not sure," Kai said. "Toad is usually the one who uses this thing."

Despite the crappy navigating that Kai gave, they eventually caught up with Eggman.

Meanwhile, Eggman was enjoying his victory while he checked the radar for any sign of the final Chaos Emerald.

"Where is the last emerald?" Eggman thought. "It seems that it has disappeared from the face of the planet."

Meanwhile, Zero was meditating, Toad and Serena were calmly sitting in their cages, and Hazel…was yelling.

"You monster!" Hazel shouted. "You killed Kai! When I get out of here, I'll…"

"Hazel, shut up," Zero said. "I'm trying to concentrate."

"Don't you tell me to shut up!" Hazel shouted. "Kai is dead! Are you that heartless?!"

Tears were still in her eyes.

"If you'll be quiet, you might calm down," Zero calmly said. "Think about it, Kai's survived worse than a fall. If we break down like you're doing now, we won't have the strength to fight when we do make our escape. So just calm down."

"F-fine," Hazel said as she wiped her eyes clean.

"He's not exactly nice, but he knows just what to say," Serena said.

"That's Zero for you," Toad said.

Suddenly, a red light began to flash on and off continuously while a siren blared. Eggman started to examine the computer.

"What's going on?!" Eggman shouted. "Bring visuals on screen!"

Kai's friends looked toward Eggman and his computer. The screen showed the sky from behind them. There was a small blue dot on the screen. Eggman zoomed the camera in. The screen now showed a close-up view of the Tornado.

"Kai!" Hazel happily exclaimed.

"He's alive!" Toad and Serena exclaimed together.

"Told ya," Zero said.

The Tornado rapidly flew straight toward the airship.

"He's like a cockroach!" Eggman shouted. "Not only that, he's brought that hedgehog with him! It's time I exterminate that roach."

Eggman quickly pressed many keys on the keyboard that was connected to the computer. The cannons that shot Kai down earlier rose out of the ship and pointed toward the Tornado.

"FIRE!!!" Eggman shouted.

All of the cannons launched their missiles.

"You aren't getting me twice with the same trick," Kai said as he grabbed a handful of bomb-rocks.

Kai then threw his bomb-rocks straight toward the many missiles. He managed to destroy most of the missiles, but there were still more coming.

"Fire lasers!" Tails shouted.

His ship fired their lasers at the missiles and destroyed them.

"Damn!" Eggman shouted. "But I still have more tricks up my sleeve. Let's see if they can handle my Kamikaze Egg-bots."

Eggman then pressed another key on the keyboard. A small portion of the airship's roof opened up. There were hundreds of robots with wings, jets, and bombs flying straight out of this opening.

"Incoming!" Kai shouted.

"I've got this," Sonic said.

Sonic then jumped straight toward the first robot.

"Sonic Wind!" Sonic shouted.

He curled up into a ball and began to spin. He then shot from robot to robot and destroyed then one-by-one until they were all gone. He then landed on the wing of the Tornado.

"That was awesome!" Kai exclaimed.

Sonic just gave Kai the thumbs-up. They continued to fly straight toward the airship.

"It's like they're invincible!" Eggman shouted. "I have one shot left. It's time for the Beam Cannon."

Eggman then hit some more keys. Then, the back of the airship expanded. It revealed a cannon as large as a building.

A large ball of energy began to form at the cannon's opening.

"Tails, what is that thing?" Sonic asked.

"It's a large energy cannon," Tails said. "If that thing hits us, we're done for."

"THEN DODGE THAT THING!!!" Kai shouted.

"It's time for jet mode," Tails said. "You guys might want to jump."

Tails then pressed a red button. Kai and Sonic then jumped into the air. The wings on the Tornado began to form an x-shape. Its tail then rose higher up. Kai and Sonic then landed on the plane's wings.

"Cool," Kai said.

"Let's move it!" Tails shouted.

The plane then shot straight upward. The energy cannon fired its blast. The Tornado barely managed to dodge it.

"Let's take that thing down," Tails said.

Tails then fired many small energy blasts toward the cannon. After a while, the cannon broke down. Tails, Kai, and Sonic took this opportunity to fly toward the airship.

"Why didn't you do this before?" Kai asked. "This mode's awesome!"

"Well, I haven't installed any landing gears into this mode yet," Tails said.

"And that means?" Kai asked.

"That means we're gonna crash," Sonic said.

The plane then hit the deck of the airship. When they crashed, Kai, Tails, and Sonic fell out of the plane. They bounced on the deck.

"That hurt," Kai said.

Tails got up and ran straight for the wreaked Tornado.

"This will take a while to fix," Tails said. "You two go on ahead. I'll stay here and try to repair the plane so we can make our escape."

"Good idea, Tails," Sonic said. "Let's go, Kai."

Kai and Sonic then rushed toward where they believed Eggman was. They made their way to the inside of the airship. As was expected by a machine-obsessed maniac, the inside of the airship was filled with computers, unfinished robots, and more.

"So where do we go from here?" Kai asked.

"Who knows?" Sonic asked. "Whenever I invade Eggman's bases, I just make a wild guess."

"Ok," Kai said. "So let's get moving."

Kai and Sonic then began to run deeper within the sky fortress. Meanwhile, Eggman was scanning the computer for the intruders.

"Where the heck are they?" Eggman thought. "There we are!"

He found a pair of red dots running across the maze shown on the screen.

"Bring camera 27 on screen!" Eggman shouted.

Suddenly, the screen showed a hallway that Sonic and Kai were running through.

"Excellent," Eggman said. "They are heading straight for my robot room. They will be overwhelmed by my army!"

Kai and Sonic eventually reached a red door with Eggman's logo on it.

"Let's go," Kai said.

They opened the door. There were about two hundred robots in a large, circular room. On the other side was a second door.

"Intruders detected!" several robots shouted at different times.

"This is gonna be fun," Kai said.

Kai and Sonic then began to fight the various robots in there. Sonic curled into a ball and bounced from robot to robot. Kai slashed the robots one by one. When a whole group of them surrounded Kai, he performed a spinning slash and knocked them away. Soon, a pair of large, black robots came forward carrying axes.

The robots swung their axes toward Kai and Sonic, who managed to dodge the strikes.

"Kai, I'll take these two," Sonic said. "You go ahead and take down egg-head."

"Alright," Kai said.

Kai then ran right past the robots and walked through the second door.

"Alright," Sonic said. "Come and get me!"

The robots charged forward toward Sonic. Meanwhile, Kai was running through different hallways filled with red doors. Eventually, he reached a blue one with Eggman's logo on it.

"This might be a trap," Kai said. "But I don't give a care."

Kai then opened the door. He entered a large, circular room that was as large as an arena. This room had a pungent smell of motor oil. The floor had a gigantic Eggman logo that covered it. On the other side of the arena was another blue door just like the one he just entered.

"I've seen this kind of thing before," Kai said. "The moment I step forward, both doors will lock."

Kai then stepped forward. One second later, two metal gates blocked the doors.

"Now comes the bad-guy," Kai said.

Suddenly, Eggman came down in his small, copter thing.

"Hello, Kai Kamai," Eggman said.

"Alright, Eggman!" Kai shouted. "Where are my friends!"

"Their waiting beyond this door," Eggman said. "If you want them back, you'll have to beat my latest invention!"

Eggman pulled out a small remote control with a red button on it. Eggman pushed the red button, and the room began to quake. From the ceiling, a large, metallic snake with a hole in its head slowly descended down on to the floor. Eggman's copter fit neatly into the hole. Once Eggman was connected, the snake began to glow a blue light.

"Meet the Egg Anaconda!" Eggman shouted.

Kai watched as the Snake's head rose into the air.

"Nice pet," Kai said. "What does it do?"

"You're about to find out," Eggman said.

A small, clear dome covered Eggman to protect him from attacks. The snake then charged straight for Kai. Kai dodged the attack and countered with a slash. Unfortunately, his attack did nothing.

"What?!" Kai exclaimed.

"This snake is made of a steel that can't be broken easily," Eggman said. "Your puny butter-knife can't slice through my machine!"

The Egg Anaconda then opened its mouth. It's large fangs shot out like missiles toward Kai. Kai managed to dodge these missiles and watched as they hit the wall and exploded. The Egg Anaconda then grew two more fangs to replace these two.

"Let's see your snake take this!" Kai shouted as he jumped back into a fighting stance.

He held out his right hand and began to charge his magical power. Unfortunately, he could only get enough energy to create a Dragon Pulse the size of a ping-pong ball.

"This sucks," Kai said.

The Egg Anaconda then charged straight for Kai. Kai barely dodged it this time.

"I still don't have enough spell energy to cast a spell," Kai thought. "And I can't break that thing with only my sword. I'm screwed!"