Dr. Ivo Robotnik have never in his life thought that his life would be the uncertanty of all things. Never have he thought that he would fight for his life in a old, worn down arena, facing a giant forty foot tall robot, named the Divine Golem. Certantly, odds have been a benefactor for him...
Now the odds have stacked againsts him....in a handicap match, if he thought that is was one. Robotnik thought that this match is suicide. Another way for Snivley to get his revenge on those he most hated.
It didn't matter anymore to Robotnik though. Once he heared Snivley say "Go!", he just ran.
The giant robot set his sights on the scientist, and charged his cannon. Robotnik looked up and cursed himself for not looking at what his arsenal was. Now was not the time to think though.
The Divine Golem fired at Robotnik and just missed his head. 'Eggman' ducked just barely and turned to see the damage that cannon caused. *Shit!* he thought when he saw that the blast caused a huge crater in the arena.
*Think you fool!* he snapped at himself. He looked up again at the robot and saw something that might give him a chance to get to his machine. The Divine Golem was charging again and Robotnik was counting down.
*One....two....three....four....WOAH!* The robot knew what he was thinking cause he slammed his foot hard at Robotnik just missing his own feet. He contiuned his count while sprinting again.
*Six....seven....eight....he must be halfway charged now....eleven....twelve....DUCK!* Another wild swing at him and missed poorly.
*Seventeen....eighteen....nineteen....He's almost there....Whats he doing now?*
The Divine Golem was holding his charge now and was setting his aim at Robotnik. The instant he figured it out, the robot fired. Robotnik turned to see the cannon blast coming straight at him with not enough time to react. He ducked just a little bit but the bottom end of the cannon roared through the scientists right arm. Robotnik screamed in pain as his right arm was completely gone.
"Oh my god!" Knuckles whispered.
"It looks like he's bleeding badly," Sally said.
"Dammit Robotnik!" Sonic said, "Get up! Get up dammit!"
Robotnik slowly got up and looked at the damage and quickly turned his head back. He was bleeding protusely, and his bone was sticking out. He guessed that that cannon also had some type of acid in the blast to just deterioate its' target.
*I....must....move on! Whats he doing now? He's beginning to charge again. One....Ughh! Two....Start running....three....Medipak in the machine....five...*
Snivley stared blankly at the match and was thinking soundly about how his revenge will be played perfectly. He looked at his former boss and smirked maniacally.
*He's somehow holding his charge and making me lose the count. I gotta figure out when he is holding it. Fourteen....fifthteen....What was that sound? He's loading up....a machine gun.*
The robot fired it's shoulder gun at Robotnik now and was showing relentless thinking as it also fired wildly all over the arena. Shocked, Snivley looked at the damage after getting up from just being hit by hiw own machine and saw that about two hundred spectators and five guards were injured or killed.
"That fucking piece of shit!" he growled.
Robotnik was about ten yards away and heared the canned roaring again. The Divine Golem was about to fire again. With all the energy he could muster, he sprinted at full charge to his Mini Death Egg.
*Five....four....three....two....one....*
It fired again and Robotnik jumped at the last second sending a shock to his missing arm and more blood spurting out wildly. The blast missed and as the scientist landed perfectly in his machine, he grabbed his medipak and took out the two small medibots and activated them.
*These old farts better get this done quick.*
"Its' charging again," Sonic yelled.
Robotnik looked at the giant robot and saw the cannon starting to charge once more. *Damn! That thing just never fucking quit!*
The two medibots finished their work on his missing right arm and flew away. He looked at the work and was satisfied at it but was still in pain. Now he was really at a disadvantage. One arm and a whole slew of weapons but can do both at the same time...or can he?
"Computer," Robotnik said.
"{WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST DOCTOR?}" the onboard computer asked.
"Engage Autopilot under evasive maneuvers."
"{UNDERSTOOD.}" With that the Mini Death Egg started to fire up it's engines and started to lift off.
The Divine Golem started running at the mini machine with its' cannon still charging. Its' sights set on the mini pod that looked like a egg. At about twenty feet, it fired the cannon at Robotnik.
Thanks to the autopilot, Robotnik got away with time to spare. One task was done, now he must finish the other one.
"Wow! I never thought that he would do it," Tails said.
"Yeah, you're right little buddy," Mighty responded.
*There you go Ovi,*Sonic thought. A smile came across his face.
Flying full speed straight at the robot, Robotnik fired his pulse lasers at it leaving minimal damage to the cannon. *That cannon is preventing me to get to his weak spot. Snivley you clever fuck! Still trying to make your AI program even better. Ha! I'll find its' weakness before the weakness.*
The shoulder gun started firing at Robotnik. The autopilot easily evaded the attack. *Look, look, look....Where is that blasted spot? Wait! Thats it!* Robotnik spotted a Chaos Emerald in the core of the cannon. Even he knows that the power of the emerald is only temporary. *Thats why he takes so long to charge. His body need time to asorb the energy from the crystal. That's too obvious. But that means that this hunk of junk is run by the Chaos Emerald itself. Snivley tricked me. It's not on the back of his neck, it's inside the cannon.*
Robotnik started to charge his main cannon himself and waited. Meanwhile, the Divine Golem targeted Robotnik and fired. The autopilot moved out of the way but the cannon nicked the underbelly of the pod. He checked all the systems and saw that the autopilot was shut down now. *Shit! Now I have to do this the hard way...*
He grabbed the stick and picked up speed dramatically. As the others watched, they were baffled at why he was moving towards the cannon. They found out the answer as the Divine Golem fired his shoulder gun at the Mini Death Egg and it was still coming towards it.
Sparks was flying all over the cockpit. Robotnik was still holding his target. *Just a few more seconds....Ughh! Damn arm. Gotta....hang on....NOW!!*
Robotnik fired his shot and at the same time bailed out of the Mini Death Egg. He landed hard on his back from about thirty feet in the air. The crash at the cannon was a success. The Divine Golem let out a horrendous scream as its power was shutting down. As the cannon exploded the Cahos Emerald that was intact at the core, flew across the arena. It landed ten feet in front of the fighters box. The others were surprised at it.
"A Chaos Emerald!?" Sal said.
"Holy shit!" Vector said, "Snivley played Robotnik like a fool but Robotnik smartened up."
Snivley looked at the end result of the match. His anger growing like a volcano, and his face getting red.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The echo of his scream hitting the arena hard as the crowd was totally silent upon seeing that their favorite fighter was destroyed.
Slowly, the boos started.
Robotnik, meanwhile, was not getting up anytime soon. Sonic and Sally ran to him and was shocked at the end result.
"Are you all right?" Sonic asked.
"I've....never felt.....better," Robotnik responded. "How bad is it?"
"Other than your arm missing, your legs and your ribs are broken," Sally said.
"Your bomb is gone too," Sonic said.
"Duh, fool!" Sonic and Sal couldn't help but laugh at that one. "Cmon then. We gotta get you outta here." As Knuckles and Mighty ran over to help Sonic and Sal carry Robotnik to the box, they were stopped by ten guards surrounding them.
"Dr. Robotnik, you are to come with us."
"Yeah right!" Sonic said getting in a fighting stance.
"Wait Sonic," Robotnik said, "Don't worry about it. I'll go with them."
"But..."
"Chill Sonic," Knuckles said. He then whispered, "Let Robotnik play his game with Snivley. Besides, we also have our plans remember? We'll see him again."
"Fine," Sonic grumbled. The guards instantly grabbed Robotnik not caring for his injuries. As Robotnik screamed in pain while being taken away, Sonic couldn't help but to think that there is something else going on here. Robotnik so far have never let Snivley get his way. So why now.
2 PM"I know why I am here." Robotnik said to Snivley in the interrigation room. "I already know that you have one of my energy generator blueprints as well."
"Whats your fucking point Robotnik?" Snivley snapped back.
"You are missing something. Something that was not in the plans and you want that information from me. But seeing that I didn't have it, you've guessed that Metal Sonic had the missing piece of the puzzle."
Snivley looked blankly at his former leader and Robotnik just smiled. "Are you surprised that I know this or are you just going to stand there and sizzle in your poor thought of mind?"
Snivley raised his hand back and back punched Robotnik square in his jaw. He fell hard on the floor and his ribs felt the shock of it. He started to bleed again out of his mouth. Snivley may have fixed his injuries but made sure that there was little pain to endure.
"What makes you think that I will let you get away with such sarcasm."
"Because," Rrbotnik responded, "you know damn well that if I die then you will never have the access codes for Metal Sonic's internal files."
Snivley growled loudly enough for Robotnik to hear. "Dammit Ivo, give me the codes, or I'll put you throught hell once again. Even you know that without your machines, you will not be able to survive the next match."
"No!" Robotnik scowled, "I'd rather die than give in to such treachery."
"Fine then. GUARDS!" Two guards came in and grabbed Robotnik. Once again, they did not give a fuck about his injuries.
"Put him back in his cell," Snively said.
3:30 PM"We are ready to test the generator sir," a StatBot said.
"Good," Snivley said, "Bring him in."
"The doors opened with Knuckles being held by two SwatBots bringing him in. He looked around and saw the anergy generator that Mecca Knuckles was talking about. Knuckles noticed that it had a giant Chaos Emerald but not as big as his Master Emerald back home. Snivley smiled at him. "Welcome Knuckles to the grandest movie you are about so see. Show him."
One of the main monitors showed Knuckled home the Floating Island.
"Why are you showing something that we already know asshole?" Knuckles asked.
"Beacause,' Snivley smirked, "You are about to say goodbye to it right now. Charge the generator."
"Huh!?" Knux asked to himself confused he looked at the monitor at his home. How he misses it already.
"Generator is at full power. Target: The Floating Island."
"NOOO!" Knuckles screamed.
"FIRE!" Snivley shouted.
The Generator shot out a high pitched beam of energy. It traveled straight up the tower and out to it's target. As it did, everthing but the monitors shut down. Knuckles looked at his home for the last time.
3:50 PMThe lucious desert of the Sandopolis Zone. The brightly yellow sands, the preserved temples of the Echidnas past. Its inhabitants natutrally playing its fate. One of the most beautiful sited of the Floating Island.
The sky grew bright green and the traveling energy beam landed hard and deep inside the middle of Sandopolis. The illuminating light grew brighter and a white mass of energy engulfed the entire desert.
The energy spreaded throughout the entire island. Destroying the rich deep natures of anything in its path. At the core of the attack, the explosion began.
Knuckles looked in deep horror as the entire Island exploded suddenly.
"No," Knuckles whispered. "Why? WHY! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?"
"Don't ask me," Snivley said, "Ask Robotnik. In fact, you can thank him. Take him away."
All Knuckles was think of now was his home being gone now. Twice now Snivley played with his emotions, and won. He now demanded answers and the first person he wanted those answers was...
"ROBOTNIK!"
END OF PART IV