Chapter 29 - Endgame
Alarm klaxons went off in Robotniks fortress. Robotnik and Snively looked at the monitors to
see several armies coming at Robotropolis from all sides.
"So...they've finally come," Robotnik said. "Looks like I'll get the opportunity to not only
defeat the Freedom Fighters, but also the worlds of Arcadia as well. I wonder how a Hylian
would look roboticized..." Robotnik then motioned towards a communications panel. "All
robots...commence movement to your primary posts and prepare for combat. Commander Packbell,
acknowledge."
No answer. Robotnik slammed his fists on the panel. "Blast it! Where IS that accursed
android?!?"
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The armies of Arcadia saw the oncoming troops and readied themselves for battle. Hylas's
armies readied their new weaponry given them by Neo-Earth, Gardenia's troops readied whatever
magic they had, and the remaining armies powered their weapons. Anthony, Peach, Zelda, Tails,
and Protoman activated their Descendancy Powers as Sharpe took stock of the battleground and as
Lutherain perched on Tails's shoulder.
"Hmmm...quite a lot of robot troops there, and none of those workerbots we were warned about.
This will be tricky, but manageable. OK, your highness, fire the first shot and signal the
others to attack."
Peach began to cast a powerful spell which, upon completion, caused a meteor storm to rain upon
a large section of Robotnik's swatbots and cleared a path to the fortress.
"That did it," Anthony said. "Now it's my turn..."
Anthony used the Fade power which caused the five descendants to disappear. They then ran
towards the fortress as the other armies began to fire on the swatbots.
"Good luck, Gamemaster!" Sharpe yelled, then turned to a portable comm unit. "All troops, OPEN
FIRE!"
The descendants made it to the fortress as swatbots began falling left and right to the armies'
attacks. As they entered the building, Anthony released the Fade to conserve energy and his
group made their way inside.
"Good work, Anthony," Protoman said. "Now...let's find Robotnik."
"...and let's hurry," Zelda said, as the group began running further inside.
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"What in the name of God was THAT?!?" Robotnik cried as he saw a regiment of his troops get
destroyed by the meteor storm.
"It looked like a meteor storm, Doctor," Snively replied. "But...that's impossible!"
"Not unless those other worlds have powers we cannot comprehend. Blast it, WHERE'S PACKBELL?!?
I need him HERE!!!"
"I still haven't been able to contact him," Snively replied. "It's almost as if he's cut off
communications!"
Robotnik sneered at Snively and grabbed him by the shirt collar. "Well...you'd better hope you
DO reach him, or your HEAD will be the next thing cut off!"
Snively gulped and sweated profusely, and frantically returned to the communications panel. He
then noticed the security cameras.
"Sir! Intruders have entered the compound! It's that Gamemaster and four others!"
Robotnik looked at the screen to see the group in question.
"They shouldn't be a problem...considering the troops we have guarding our area. Strange...the
Gamemaster appears to be sporting different armor..." Robotnik pondered this briefly, then
turned his attention back to the battle, typing in a few secret commands to his troops.
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Outside the Gardenian forces were finding it easy to take down the troops. Nimbian
naturmancers were laying waste to the swatbots with several well placed lightning spells,
Floran and Mushroomer troops found their fire magic equally effective, and even the Magikoopas'
spells were making their marks.
Mario and Luigi were going head to head with a small batch of troops, using jump attacks and
attacks with their battle hammers to turned them to sparking heaps of scrap. Suddenly, one
swatbot knocked Mario off his feet using a sideswipe with its arm. Just as it was about to
fire on Mario, a clawed arm struck it square in the chest and drilled itself into it, causing
it to collapse into a heap and start bleeding oil.
Mario looked up to see Bowser there, and was equally surprised to see Bowser help him up.
"Let's just say...I owed you," Bowser said as he refocused on the battle. Mario shook his
disbelief away and returned to battle, taking out a swatbot with a hammer strike while Bowser
fried several others with his fiery breath.
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Hylas's troops were hard pressed, partially because of their lack of familiarity with the high
tech weapons they were using. Luckily, however, their aim wasn't hindered and they managed to
waste swatbot after swatbot.
Link was in the middle of the fray, having casted Naryu's Love to protect himself and was
using his whirlwind sword technique to scrap several swatbots as they tried to surround him.
Several of the Goron troops had the same idea, and were rolling over several of the robots and
knocking them to the ground like bowling pins.
It seemed that high technology was no longer an advantage Robotnik's troops had against these
seasoned Hylans...
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As Neo-Earth's troops fought on the ground, Megaman and Bass were engaging the stealthbots in
the air. T-Bone, FX, and the Wildcat were also aiding them and managing to take out groups of
stealthbots at a time. The dogfight was all Arcadia all the way, and looked like it was going
to be an easy victory from their viewpoint.
One thing bothered Bass though...where were the workerbots? Surely having Mobius's roboticized
citizens as a shield would have prevented the troops from targeting the swatbots...
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Sally and David were wondering the same thing as Mobius's armies pressed forward with David
leading the charge with both barrels of his Power Rifle blazing.
"Where are the workerbots?" Sally asked out loud. "You'd think Robotnik would use them as
shields."
"Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth, Sal," David said as he blasted several swatbots
into scrap. "Maybe he couldn't find ways to make them fight..."
"Unless..." Sally said, then grabbed her walkie-talkie and spoke into it. "Anthony, come in.
Robotnik may be using the workerbots to protect himself in the fortress. Be careful!"
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Anthony heard the communication as his group went further into the fortress.
"Clever boy..." Anthony mused out loud, then turned towards his group. "OK, guys, we'll have
to mind our fire in here just in case she's right."
"Looks like she is," Zelda said, pointing towards a hallway. "Look!"
Several workerbots, all looking like robotic animals of various fauna, closed in on the group
like zombies saying, "Surrender."
"How are we supposed to fight these?" Protoman said.
"We don't!" Anthony said, then turned towards Tails. "Tails, let's see if our psychic
abilities can pierce their minds."
"How? They're robots!"
"True, but some part of their mind must still remain it those metal shells! We have to try!"
Tails and Anthony both concentrated on trying to reach the workerbots telepathically.
Suddenly, they sensed the original minds of the Mobian citizens within the robots. Anthony
placed a hand on Tails's shoulder and concentrated on a way to free their minds using his and
Tails's combined powers. Within minutes the workerbots began shaking out of their programming.
"What...what happened?" one of them, a rabbit, asked.
"You've been freed from Robotnik's programming," Anthony said, addressing the group. "Go find
somewhere safe to hide while we deal with Robotnik."
The workerbots ran towards the nearest room and shut themselves in. Anthony's group then
continued towards where they came from, guessing that was where Robotnik was hiding.
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"You were on the money, Princess," Protoman communicated back to Sally. "Luckily, psionics
appear to work on workerbots. Their minds have been freed from their programming and they are
now waiting out the rest of the battle."
Sally gave a sigh of relief. She then turned back towards the battle, sending out orders with
increased confidence.
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Robotnik saw what happened and was in shock.
"The workerbots are USELESS now!!!" Robotnik sneered as he turned towards Snively. "Have you
reached Packbell yet?!?"
"No sir," Snively replied, fearful for his life. "His homing beacon is also disabled. Perhaps
he was destroyed."
"Not likely..." Robotnik said as he turned towards a back door of his command center.
"Perhaps we'd better get ready for our guests...ready the weapon."
"Yes sir," Snively said as he and Robotnik ran towards the door.
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After freeing several other groups of workerbots from the programming, Anthony's group
eventually arrived at the command center. It was only after Zelda cut down the door with the
twin swords of her weapon, which was coined a "bladebow", that they noticed he was gone.
"Oh, GREAT!" Protoman said. "Where'd he go?!?"
"There!" Peach said, noticing the door in the back. "That looks like a likely escape route."
"Then we'd better hoof it if we want to catch him," Protoman said, then blasted the door to
smithereens. The group then ran in, and received a major shock as a loudspeaker blared.
"Greetings, Gamemaster, and welcome to your doom!" It was Robotnik's voice, and it came from a
large vehicle that resembled a huge robot with clawed legs and large blaster cannons for arms.
"I've been meaning to test out my little toy here, and you will be the perfect test subjects!"
The robot then spewed large shots towards the group as they scattered in different directions.
Anthony erected a Master Barrier over the group to protect them as Peach and Tails fired their
strongest magic and Protoman fired charged shots from his blaster. Zelda had reverted the
bladebow to bow form and was firing Arrows of Light towards the robot as well. Unfortunately,
they seemed to make little headway in destroying the robot.
"This thing's indestructible!" Tails said. "How can we beat him?"
As the group continued to dodge the fire from the robot, Anthony noticed a possible weak point.
Near the spot where the legs met the body of the robot was a single part where the legs were
connected.
"I have an idea guys!" Anthony yelled to his companions. "NEUTER IT!"
They realized what he was saying and aimed their weapons. Anthony fired a powerful psionic
blast, Zelda fired an Arrow of Light, Protoman fired his blaster, and Peach and Tails fired
their most powerful lightning bolts. All five shots hit the joint at the same time, causing
the legs to be blown off and sent flying in opposite directions and causing the robot to crash
to the ground.
Upon impact with the floor, Robotnik and Snively were thrown from the robot and landed at the
feet of the heroes. They soon found themselves at the business end of Protoman's weapon.
"I'm going to enjoy your demise, Buttnik," Protoman said. "Your acts gave robots a bad name and
this planet little hope. Now it's time to pay the piper..."
"Stand DOWN, Proto!" Anthony said. "As I said, I have other plans..."
Anthony paralyzed the two despots with his powers then placed his hands on their foreheads.
His hands soon began to glow and the two began to convulse as if they were having a stroke.
After ten minutes or so, the movement stopped and Anthony took his hands away. His companions
were stunned by his actions...
"What...what did you do to them?" Peach asked.
"You'll see..." Anthony said as he looked down at Robotnik's prone body. "They should awaken
within a few seconds. When they do, nobody say a WORD! Let me do the talking..."
Robotnik then stirred and arose, shaking his head as if he just woke up. "Where...where am I?"
Anthony kneeled down and spoke to him. "Sir...do you remember who you are?" The group
wondered what he was doing but said nothing.
"Yes...my name is...Julian...Kintobor..."
Tails's jaw nearly dropped to the floor as he heard the name, the name of who Robotnik was
before the accident with the Retro Orbiting Chaos Converter that turned him into Robotnik.
"No...way..." he whispered to himself.
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Outside, the battle raged on, and several of the Arcadian armies were beginning to get battle
weary. Suddenly they noticed that the swatbots weren't fighting back, and that the stealthbots
were all plummeting to the ground.
"What the heck?" Sharpe said to himself, then turned towards his communications console. "All
units, hold your fire!"
Every army in turn stopped firing and saw that the swatbots were not moving. Mario, Link, and
several others were even pushing them over like they were dominoes.
Sharpe saw this and had a large smile on his face, then turned back towards the communicator.
"Looks like Anthony's group did it! All units stand down! We won!"
Cheers erupted from all the Arcadians, the loudest coming from the Mobian armies. They were
finally free...
Alarm klaxons went off in Robotniks fortress. Robotnik and Snively looked at the monitors to
see several armies coming at Robotropolis from all sides.
"So...they've finally come," Robotnik said. "Looks like I'll get the opportunity to not only
defeat the Freedom Fighters, but also the worlds of Arcadia as well. I wonder how a Hylian
would look roboticized..." Robotnik then motioned towards a communications panel. "All
robots...commence movement to your primary posts and prepare for combat. Commander Packbell,
acknowledge."
No answer. Robotnik slammed his fists on the panel. "Blast it! Where IS that accursed
android?!?"
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The armies of Arcadia saw the oncoming troops and readied themselves for battle. Hylas's
armies readied their new weaponry given them by Neo-Earth, Gardenia's troops readied whatever
magic they had, and the remaining armies powered their weapons. Anthony, Peach, Zelda, Tails,
and Protoman activated their Descendancy Powers as Sharpe took stock of the battleground and as
Lutherain perched on Tails's shoulder.
"Hmmm...quite a lot of robot troops there, and none of those workerbots we were warned about.
This will be tricky, but manageable. OK, your highness, fire the first shot and signal the
others to attack."
Peach began to cast a powerful spell which, upon completion, caused a meteor storm to rain upon
a large section of Robotnik's swatbots and cleared a path to the fortress.
"That did it," Anthony said. "Now it's my turn..."
Anthony used the Fade power which caused the five descendants to disappear. They then ran
towards the fortress as the other armies began to fire on the swatbots.
"Good luck, Gamemaster!" Sharpe yelled, then turned to a portable comm unit. "All troops, OPEN
FIRE!"
The descendants made it to the fortress as swatbots began falling left and right to the armies'
attacks. As they entered the building, Anthony released the Fade to conserve energy and his
group made their way inside.
"Good work, Anthony," Protoman said. "Now...let's find Robotnik."
"...and let's hurry," Zelda said, as the group began running further inside.
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"What in the name of God was THAT?!?" Robotnik cried as he saw a regiment of his troops get
destroyed by the meteor storm.
"It looked like a meteor storm, Doctor," Snively replied. "But...that's impossible!"
"Not unless those other worlds have powers we cannot comprehend. Blast it, WHERE'S PACKBELL?!?
I need him HERE!!!"
"I still haven't been able to contact him," Snively replied. "It's almost as if he's cut off
communications!"
Robotnik sneered at Snively and grabbed him by the shirt collar. "Well...you'd better hope you
DO reach him, or your HEAD will be the next thing cut off!"
Snively gulped and sweated profusely, and frantically returned to the communications panel. He
then noticed the security cameras.
"Sir! Intruders have entered the compound! It's that Gamemaster and four others!"
Robotnik looked at the screen to see the group in question.
"They shouldn't be a problem...considering the troops we have guarding our area. Strange...the
Gamemaster appears to be sporting different armor..." Robotnik pondered this briefly, then
turned his attention back to the battle, typing in a few secret commands to his troops.
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Outside the Gardenian forces were finding it easy to take down the troops. Nimbian
naturmancers were laying waste to the swatbots with several well placed lightning spells,
Floran and Mushroomer troops found their fire magic equally effective, and even the Magikoopas'
spells were making their marks.
Mario and Luigi were going head to head with a small batch of troops, using jump attacks and
attacks with their battle hammers to turned them to sparking heaps of scrap. Suddenly, one
swatbot knocked Mario off his feet using a sideswipe with its arm. Just as it was about to
fire on Mario, a clawed arm struck it square in the chest and drilled itself into it, causing
it to collapse into a heap and start bleeding oil.
Mario looked up to see Bowser there, and was equally surprised to see Bowser help him up.
"Let's just say...I owed you," Bowser said as he refocused on the battle. Mario shook his
disbelief away and returned to battle, taking out a swatbot with a hammer strike while Bowser
fried several others with his fiery breath.
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Hylas's troops were hard pressed, partially because of their lack of familiarity with the high
tech weapons they were using. Luckily, however, their aim wasn't hindered and they managed to
waste swatbot after swatbot.
Link was in the middle of the fray, having casted Naryu's Love to protect himself and was
using his whirlwind sword technique to scrap several swatbots as they tried to surround him.
Several of the Goron troops had the same idea, and were rolling over several of the robots and
knocking them to the ground like bowling pins.
It seemed that high technology was no longer an advantage Robotnik's troops had against these
seasoned Hylans...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As Neo-Earth's troops fought on the ground, Megaman and Bass were engaging the stealthbots in
the air. T-Bone, FX, and the Wildcat were also aiding them and managing to take out groups of
stealthbots at a time. The dogfight was all Arcadia all the way, and looked like it was going
to be an easy victory from their viewpoint.
One thing bothered Bass though...where were the workerbots? Surely having Mobius's roboticized
citizens as a shield would have prevented the troops from targeting the swatbots...
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Sally and David were wondering the same thing as Mobius's armies pressed forward with David
leading the charge with both barrels of his Power Rifle blazing.
"Where are the workerbots?" Sally asked out loud. "You'd think Robotnik would use them as
shields."
"Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth, Sal," David said as he blasted several swatbots
into scrap. "Maybe he couldn't find ways to make them fight..."
"Unless..." Sally said, then grabbed her walkie-talkie and spoke into it. "Anthony, come in.
Robotnik may be using the workerbots to protect himself in the fortress. Be careful!"
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Anthony heard the communication as his group went further into the fortress.
"Clever boy..." Anthony mused out loud, then turned towards his group. "OK, guys, we'll have
to mind our fire in here just in case she's right."
"Looks like she is," Zelda said, pointing towards a hallway. "Look!"
Several workerbots, all looking like robotic animals of various fauna, closed in on the group
like zombies saying, "Surrender."
"How are we supposed to fight these?" Protoman said.
"We don't!" Anthony said, then turned towards Tails. "Tails, let's see if our psychic
abilities can pierce their minds."
"How? They're robots!"
"True, but some part of their mind must still remain it those metal shells! We have to try!"
Tails and Anthony both concentrated on trying to reach the workerbots telepathically.
Suddenly, they sensed the original minds of the Mobian citizens within the robots. Anthony
placed a hand on Tails's shoulder and concentrated on a way to free their minds using his and
Tails's combined powers. Within minutes the workerbots began shaking out of their programming.
"What...what happened?" one of them, a rabbit, asked.
"You've been freed from Robotnik's programming," Anthony said, addressing the group. "Go find
somewhere safe to hide while we deal with Robotnik."
The workerbots ran towards the nearest room and shut themselves in. Anthony's group then
continued towards where they came from, guessing that was where Robotnik was hiding.
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"You were on the money, Princess," Protoman communicated back to Sally. "Luckily, psionics
appear to work on workerbots. Their minds have been freed from their programming and they are
now waiting out the rest of the battle."
Sally gave a sigh of relief. She then turned back towards the battle, sending out orders with
increased confidence.
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Robotnik saw what happened and was in shock.
"The workerbots are USELESS now!!!" Robotnik sneered as he turned towards Snively. "Have you
reached Packbell yet?!?"
"No sir," Snively replied, fearful for his life. "His homing beacon is also disabled. Perhaps
he was destroyed."
"Not likely..." Robotnik said as he turned towards a back door of his command center.
"Perhaps we'd better get ready for our guests...ready the weapon."
"Yes sir," Snively said as he and Robotnik ran towards the door.
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After freeing several other groups of workerbots from the programming, Anthony's group
eventually arrived at the command center. It was only after Zelda cut down the door with the
twin swords of her weapon, which was coined a "bladebow", that they noticed he was gone.
"Oh, GREAT!" Protoman said. "Where'd he go?!?"
"There!" Peach said, noticing the door in the back. "That looks like a likely escape route."
"Then we'd better hoof it if we want to catch him," Protoman said, then blasted the door to
smithereens. The group then ran in, and received a major shock as a loudspeaker blared.
"Greetings, Gamemaster, and welcome to your doom!" It was Robotnik's voice, and it came from a
large vehicle that resembled a huge robot with clawed legs and large blaster cannons for arms.
"I've been meaning to test out my little toy here, and you will be the perfect test subjects!"
The robot then spewed large shots towards the group as they scattered in different directions.
Anthony erected a Master Barrier over the group to protect them as Peach and Tails fired their
strongest magic and Protoman fired charged shots from his blaster. Zelda had reverted the
bladebow to bow form and was firing Arrows of Light towards the robot as well. Unfortunately,
they seemed to make little headway in destroying the robot.
"This thing's indestructible!" Tails said. "How can we beat him?"
As the group continued to dodge the fire from the robot, Anthony noticed a possible weak point.
Near the spot where the legs met the body of the robot was a single part where the legs were
connected.
"I have an idea guys!" Anthony yelled to his companions. "NEUTER IT!"
They realized what he was saying and aimed their weapons. Anthony fired a powerful psionic
blast, Zelda fired an Arrow of Light, Protoman fired his blaster, and Peach and Tails fired
their most powerful lightning bolts. All five shots hit the joint at the same time, causing
the legs to be blown off and sent flying in opposite directions and causing the robot to crash
to the ground.
Upon impact with the floor, Robotnik and Snively were thrown from the robot and landed at the
feet of the heroes. They soon found themselves at the business end of Protoman's weapon.
"I'm going to enjoy your demise, Buttnik," Protoman said. "Your acts gave robots a bad name and
this planet little hope. Now it's time to pay the piper..."
"Stand DOWN, Proto!" Anthony said. "As I said, I have other plans..."
Anthony paralyzed the two despots with his powers then placed his hands on their foreheads.
His hands soon began to glow and the two began to convulse as if they were having a stroke.
After ten minutes or so, the movement stopped and Anthony took his hands away. His companions
were stunned by his actions...
"What...what did you do to them?" Peach asked.
"You'll see..." Anthony said as he looked down at Robotnik's prone body. "They should awaken
within a few seconds. When they do, nobody say a WORD! Let me do the talking..."
Robotnik then stirred and arose, shaking his head as if he just woke up. "Where...where am I?"
Anthony kneeled down and spoke to him. "Sir...do you remember who you are?" The group
wondered what he was doing but said nothing.
"Yes...my name is...Julian...Kintobor..."
Tails's jaw nearly dropped to the floor as he heard the name, the name of who Robotnik was
before the accident with the Retro Orbiting Chaos Converter that turned him into Robotnik.
"No...way..." he whispered to himself.
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Outside, the battle raged on, and several of the Arcadian armies were beginning to get battle
weary. Suddenly they noticed that the swatbots weren't fighting back, and that the stealthbots
were all plummeting to the ground.
"What the heck?" Sharpe said to himself, then turned towards his communications console. "All
units, hold your fire!"
Every army in turn stopped firing and saw that the swatbots were not moving. Mario, Link, and
several others were even pushing them over like they were dominoes.
Sharpe saw this and had a large smile on his face, then turned back towards the communicator.
"Looks like Anthony's group did it! All units stand down! We won!"
Cheers erupted from all the Arcadians, the loudest coming from the Mobian armies. They were
finally free...