"Hey, there's supposed to be four of us!" Tails shouted.
"There are." I ripped off my penguin suit to reveal a green jumpsuit, and my opponents looked astonished. Sonic had donned a shirt and tie and came in, taking my microphone. He started introducing the competitors.
"Playin' in red, the guardian of the Master Emerald and outcast of Echidna society, Knuckles." He sounded totally apathetic, and Knuckles shaked his fist at Sonic.
"In yellow, some huge fatso who doesn't stand a chance." Big nodded his head in shame, and the audience laughed.
"And now, in blue, my good buddy and surefire winner if I have anythin' to do with it, Miles 'Tails' Prower!" He started whooping and cheering, getting the audience to follow suit.
"Finally, in green, Mr. I'm Writin' This So I Can Do What I Want!" Sonic suddenly became a rock which I picked up and threw at Tails. Hey, artistic licence, right? Alright, how do I put things back? Let's try this. Sonic walked in (more artistic licence) and picked up the rock. Walking out, he said "Three two one go" quickly, as if to say 'Get on with it'. And they did.
First, my three opponents seemed to have formed an alliance, so I can go two ways with this story. One is to start doing Matrix-like bullet time and win spectacularly. The other is to take a beating. It's a hard decision, but I think we'll stick to being realistic here. Besides, if I got through to the final we all know who'd win, and that's not fair...
Words failed me in the twenty seconds that followed. I ran to the slot machine and gave it a spin, getting three boxing gloves. I opened the hatch, and a boxing glove came out and hit me in the face. So I'm on the floor, and Tails had found a bomb. He got his tails going, flew up above me, and night-night. Sonic threw in a timer, and I naturally hoped someone would help me.
Of all people, Tails came over and pressed my button. I got up, went to thank him, and found two hands around my neck throttling me! It was Knuckles. He pulled me into the pole and held me there while Tails beat the living daylights out of me. Suddenly, a two-ton cat landed on my head. At that moment, I saw these characters in a totally different light, they weren't half as cute as they look on the other side of the screen... I got up and managed to pick up two power stones. But Knuckles got three first and became Super Knuckles. I found a shield to protect myself from Super K's attacks, and grabbed one of his power stones.
Now in all the stuff I've read about power stones, I can't say I knew what would happen when I morphed, but I didn't exactly have a choice here. And I still have to admit I don't know because I can't remember any of it, so I'm going off the video here.
I morphed into Super Col, and started victimising Tails. What I didn't count on was Big yanking one of the stone steps out of the wall and smacking me over the head with it: Super Col was tough, but not THAT tough. I was face down on the floor, and the three of them held me there until the morph wore off so I couldn't hurt them any more.
The first thing I remember after morphing is lying down with Knuckles' foot squarely on my back. I howled under the pressure, and Big hit me again with the step and the lights went out. Tails helped me just so he could beat me up some more. I'll kill him.
Again going off the video, Big dropped the stone and went to celebrate. Tails and Knuckles together picked up this massive stair, and rammed into Big: two more winners.
"There are." I ripped off my penguin suit to reveal a green jumpsuit, and my opponents looked astonished. Sonic had donned a shirt and tie and came in, taking my microphone. He started introducing the competitors.
"Playin' in red, the guardian of the Master Emerald and outcast of Echidna society, Knuckles." He sounded totally apathetic, and Knuckles shaked his fist at Sonic.
"In yellow, some huge fatso who doesn't stand a chance." Big nodded his head in shame, and the audience laughed.
"And now, in blue, my good buddy and surefire winner if I have anythin' to do with it, Miles 'Tails' Prower!" He started whooping and cheering, getting the audience to follow suit.
"Finally, in green, Mr. I'm Writin' This So I Can Do What I Want!" Sonic suddenly became a rock which I picked up and threw at Tails. Hey, artistic licence, right? Alright, how do I put things back? Let's try this. Sonic walked in (more artistic licence) and picked up the rock. Walking out, he said "Three two one go" quickly, as if to say 'Get on with it'. And they did.
First, my three opponents seemed to have formed an alliance, so I can go two ways with this story. One is to start doing Matrix-like bullet time and win spectacularly. The other is to take a beating. It's a hard decision, but I think we'll stick to being realistic here. Besides, if I got through to the final we all know who'd win, and that's not fair...
Words failed me in the twenty seconds that followed. I ran to the slot machine and gave it a spin, getting three boxing gloves. I opened the hatch, and a boxing glove came out and hit me in the face. So I'm on the floor, and Tails had found a bomb. He got his tails going, flew up above me, and night-night. Sonic threw in a timer, and I naturally hoped someone would help me.
Of all people, Tails came over and pressed my button. I got up, went to thank him, and found two hands around my neck throttling me! It was Knuckles. He pulled me into the pole and held me there while Tails beat the living daylights out of me. Suddenly, a two-ton cat landed on my head. At that moment, I saw these characters in a totally different light, they weren't half as cute as they look on the other side of the screen... I got up and managed to pick up two power stones. But Knuckles got three first and became Super Knuckles. I found a shield to protect myself from Super K's attacks, and grabbed one of his power stones.
Now in all the stuff I've read about power stones, I can't say I knew what would happen when I morphed, but I didn't exactly have a choice here. And I still have to admit I don't know because I can't remember any of it, so I'm going off the video here.
I morphed into Super Col, and started victimising Tails. What I didn't count on was Big yanking one of the stone steps out of the wall and smacking me over the head with it: Super Col was tough, but not THAT tough. I was face down on the floor, and the three of them held me there until the morph wore off so I couldn't hurt them any more.
The first thing I remember after morphing is lying down with Knuckles' foot squarely on my back. I howled under the pressure, and Big hit me again with the step and the lights went out. Tails helped me just so he could beat me up some more. I'll kill him.
Again going off the video, Big dropped the stone and went to celebrate. Tails and Knuckles together picked up this massive stair, and rammed into Big: two more winners.