Hey guys! Thrawn here, back with another chapter! Found out this past week that the upcoming Star Wars trilogy does NOT take into account the events of the Expanded Universe. Ergo, half of my book collection is now irrelevant. :(
I know it's been a while since I have said this, but I do not own RWBY or Sonic the Hedgehog.
Beacon Arena, 5:30 p.m.
Everyone in the building stared at the man in the hoverpod, now identified as Eggman. There was a lot of tension in the air.
"You mean Fatty McBiglarge over there is the enemy you keep talking about?" asked Ruby innocently.
At this, the tension broke as everyone burst out laughing, with the Mobians laughing the most.
"Fatty McBiglarge?! I gotta remember that one!" guffawed Sonic. Even Shadow, being the serious guy he is, had to lean against Omega, he was laughing so hard.
"Um, Doctor? I don't think they are intimidated by you," observed Orbot. He and Cubot were in the hoverpod with Eggman.
"What was your first clue, Sherlock?" asked Eggman sarcastically. The laughter at his expense continued for a while. Eventually, he pulled out a small laser pistol and shot the ceiling.
Everyone suddenly became serious, though there were still pockets of people snickering.
"He doesn't seem that dangerous," commented Yang.
"Believe me, he is very dangerous. He may be a madman, but he is a very intelligent madman," warned Tails.
"Oh, man. That's the worst kind!" groaned Jaune. The others had to agree with him on that.
"How come you're by yourself, Doc? I'm surprised you don't have an army by now," said Knuckles.
Now, it was Eggman's turn to laugh. "Just look down, genius."
Everyone did so, and was surprised to see a large amount of robots that had entered the arena. To the Mobians, they looked like normal Egg Pawns, but instead of the normal garish orange, the metal was black. Kind of an improvement, all things considered.
"Soon, everyone will bow before me! GAHAHAHAHA!" proclaimed Eggman. His laughter was interrupted as every student in Beacon who had a projectile weapon pointed them at Eggman.
Glynda stepped forward with a predatory grin on her face. "I know that you and our Mobian guests are new to this world, but you really should have picked up the fact that Beacon is an academy that trains students to fight evil." She gestured around her. "Do you really think that you could get away with something like this without a fight?"
"A fight against what? A bunch of cheap weapons that would never hold up in a real battle?"
Suddenly there was a loud "THUNK" sound as a pink grenade got launched into the middle of the robot horde. The resulting explosion took out three of the robots. Nora smiled as she put down Magnhild. "Still think they're cheap?"
"Boss-man, Ah reckon' that we may be in over our heads here," whispered Cubot.
For once, Eggman seemed to agree. "My quarrel is with Sonic, not with you. Mark my words, I WILL establish the Eggman Empire soon. For now, allow me to fight Sonic."
"Deal!" shouted the Blue Blur, as he spin dashed towards the Dark Pawns. To everyone's surprise, Sonic just bounced off, with no visible damage.
"Ohohohoho! Your spin dashing won't work on these Pawns!" boasted Eggman.
"Indeed. This new metal is ten times as hard as the steel used from previous robots," Orbot informed.
Sonic tried a new tactic. He revealed Cobalt Shard and hacked away at the robots. Soon the sound of robot dismemberment was in the air.
"Come on, guys, let's not let Faker have all the fun!" With that, Shadow skated towards the Dark Pawns, firing Crimson Dusk. The rest of the Mobians followed suit.
Meanwhile, the Beacon students stood a respectful distance out of harm's way. "You think that they will be okay out there? I mean, they did receive those weapons only ten minutes ago," said a worried Blake.
Ruby, on the other hand, wasn't worried at all. "Come on, Blake, this isn't like our Initiation where I had to come up with a crazy plan. It's pretty much a guaranteed win for Sonic as far as I'm concerned."
Back at the fight, Knuckles was punching away at the robots, dodging various blades and bullets. Not surprisingly, he was still a little unsure about his new weapons. However, when a Dark Pawn came at him with a large sword, he instinctively activated the blades and punched the robot's gut. The punch turned into a stab, and the robot shut down from the fatal hit. Knuckles had to dodge a bullet from another robot, but before that, he could have sworn that the liquid on his blade was not the typical oil, but something that was redder.
Rouge was flying through the air shooting the pistols in her hands, but when a Dark Pawn tried to grab her, she simply triggered the heel pistols. The result: the robot did not have an arm anymore.
If someone had asked what Silver and Blaze were doing, the answer would be described as a thing of beauty. Silver was firing Shume, using the boomerang function to knock enemies over when the weapons needed to cool off. Blaze waved Okibi around in a circle while channeling her pyrokinetic abilities, transforming into a deadly fire tornado.
Tails and Amy made sure the robots didn't get near the students in case Eggman had any ideas about taking hostages. The pink hedgehog could be seen pancaking robots with her hammer, occasionally using the guns on her boots to great effect. Tails took a more ranged approach. He simply fired off many ball bearings from Techie Bro, and then fired out lightning from the arm cannon to those bearings. Any robots in between the bearings and the cannon soon became charred husks of metal.
Omega was busy using his machine guns while he downloaded the plans for the grenade launcher. Finally, the download was finished, and the parts that made his machine guns shifted into two large barrels. Of course, Omega wasn't completely satisfied, so he made a subtle change. In a few seconds, a large blade appeared underneath the barrel of the launchers. Eager to show off, Omega started to hack and slash using the blades. Often, he would insert a blade into a robot, and then activate his grenade launcher, embedding a live explosive in said robot. The Dark Pawn would comically try to get it out before it exploded, but it was a futile attempt.
Shadow was in his element. He hadn't had this much fun since beating up aliens during the Black Arms crisis. He would switch Crimson Dusk between gun and sword mode often, mixing it up between shooting and stabbing. He also would teleport around, confusing the heck out of the Dark Pawns before ending their brief existence.
Eggman looked on in dismay. "Where and when did they get these weapons?!" he asked in horror.
Five minutes had passed, and there were no robots left functional. The arena was littered with robot parts, burn marks, and bullet holes.
"Doctor, I think this calls for a strategic advance to the rear," Orbot recommended.
Cubot looked at him with confusion. "Huh?"
"I think he means run away!" shouted Tails.
"Don't think that this is over," warned Eggman as his hoverpod started to exit the hole in the arena. "You may have defeated this army, but you will never find out what kind of scheme I am hatching!"
On cue, there was the sudden sound of a rimshot after Eggman uttered that proclamation. All heads turned to look at a Dark Pawn, who somehow got his hands on a drum kit during the battle.
Sonic lost his composure and started to laugh. "Okay, tell me that was planned, because that joke was too good to be accidental."
Eggman looked at his nemesis in anger. "What are you talking about?!"
"You said that … We would never… find out what… you are hatching!" Sonic managed to say between laughs.
"And how is that funny?! You should be quivering in fear, not laughter," said Eggman, now thoroughly annoyed.
"It's because your name is Eggman! Get it? Egg, hatching…" explained Sonic.
At this, everyone connected the dots and joined Sonic in the laughter.
"Gee, Ah reckon' you could be a comedy man, boss," said Cubot.
Eggman sighed to himself and shot the robot that did the rimshot. "Don't be too proud of yourselves, those were the easy ones!" he yelled as he exited the hole.
"We've heard that before!" shouted Sonic in retaliation.
"Well done, Sonic. You and your friends did an excellent job of destroying those robots," Glynda complimented. "And with unfamiliar weapons, no less."
"Just part of the days' work!" replied Knuckles as he activated the blades on his weapons.
"Hey Knux, what's that red stuff on the blades?" asked Yang.
Knuckles looked and saw that there was indeed red liquid dripping from his blades. "I don't know…"
"Guys, check this out!"
Everyone went over to Tails, who was busy opening up a Dark Pawn. He finally opened it and revealed something… kind of disturbing. In the middle of the robot was a small Nevermore that was compacted into a small sphere with many electrodes inserted into it.
"What? What does this mean?" asked Pyrrha.
Shadow tried to explain to the Remnant natives. "It seems these Dark Pawns are actually Badniks. Normally, Badniks are robots powered by small animals. However, now they are powered by-"
"The Creatures of Grimm," finished Ruby grimly.
Just in case anyone is curious, Omega's grenade launchers now resemble the Brute Shot from Halo. For people familiar with Red Vs Blue and not Halo, first off, that's sad to know one and not the other. Second, and probably more relevant, Omega's launchers now take the shape of the weapon of the Meta/ Agent Maine. Hope you don't mind that slight change.
Anyway, keep those reviews comin'! Shoutout to Child at Heart Forever for the "hatching" pun. XD