Spoiled Brat Part Three

by Martial Arts Master

Sonic and all related characters copyrighted by Sega, Sonic Team, Archie, DiC, and the original Japanese creators. I, however, created Emperor Kip and the Kip Empire, though. This takes place after the events of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (I finally got that game). Sorry, I don't know what happened in Sonic Adventure because I don't have a Dreamcast. Don't worry, Dark Jainex, I'm not going to have Kip become furry. Kip will remain human. And as for how he'll be defeated, I'll try not to have it be "ridiculous", but that's a matter of opinion, so I guess you'll have to judge it yourself when it comes around. Whaddya know, I have time for another part after all. But on August 9th, I'll be leaving on a trip and won't be back for around a week. I promise, when I get back from the trip, I'll continue putting up parts. Now, on with the story!



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"So what do we do now?" Sonic asked. "Should we find all the Chaos Emeralds and turn me into Super Sonic, and then we go to Chao World?"

"Of course not; Kip absorbed the Master Emerald's powers, one of which was to neutralize the power of the Chaos Emeralds," Knuckles answered.

"You mean he could turn me from Super Sonic back to regular Sonic?" Sonic asked.

"Yup," Knuckles answered. "So we'll just have to find a Chao Key and enter Chao World as we are."

"You mean this?" a voice asked from behind them.

Our heroes spun around only to find Rouge the bat standing behind them, holding a Chao Key in her hand.

"What are you doing here?!" Knuckles asked, surprised.

"I overheard what you said just now," Rouge said. "And I, too, know about Chao World. I even raise Chao myself in my spare time. They're so cute..."

"Wow...I never would've guessed..." Tails said, stunned.

"Of course, I'll only give this Chao Key to you if you agree to let me come with you and if you tell me the whole story, otherwise I'll leave with it," Rouge said smugly.

Knuckles grumbled, but then told Rouge the whole story about Emperor Kip.

"So now we need the Chao Key to get to Chao World and stop him," Amy Rose finished before Knuckles could.

"Emperor Kip's going to do something to the Chao? That's an outrage!" Rouge shouted, mad. "Now I want to go with you more than ever!"

"Don't forget about me," said a voice from above them.

Our heroes (Rouge included) looked up, and saw none other than Dr. Eggman himself flying above them in his Egg-o-matic/walker in Egg-o-matic mode.

Everyone else gasped.

"What vile, twisted, sick, evil plot are you coming up with this time, Dr. Eggman?" Sonic asked menacingly.

"Actually, I overheard your entire conversation right before I was about to blast you all, and I want to help," Dr. Eggman said.

"Yeah right, Eggman," Amy Rose said with a smirk. "You're probably just here to put us all in some trap.

This made Dr. Eggman angry.

"I'm perfectly serious, you imbeciles!" he shouted, throwing up his hands. "When I'm not thinking up evil plots to dominate the world, I go to Chao World and raise Chao there. If this Emperor Kip fellow does any harm to them, I'll blast him into a million pieces!"

Everyone studied his face carefully, and he looked sincere enough. Besides, he had helped them save the world from Finalhazard, albeit indirectly. Too bad they couldn't see his eyes behind his glasses.

They decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

"Besides," Dr. Eggman continued, "why would I deceive you? If I do, Emperor Kip wins, and I want to dominate the world. I can't have that young upstart upstage me!"

Our heroes couldn't argue with that.

"Okay, you can come along, but no funny stuff," Sonic said with a shrug.

"Excellent!" Dr. Eggman said in glee, rubbing his hands together. "Now let's go!"

"Wait, hold on a sec!" another voice chimed in from beside them.

By this time our heroes were getting really tired of being interrupted, but they spun around again only to find Omochao beside them.

"What are you doing here?!" Tails asked in astonishment.

Omochao, of course, was a robotic Chao who could fly with the wind-up-resembling propeller on his back. Nobody knew where he'd come from, but he'd helped them along their adventures, giving them tips.

"I was watching in the bushes, and I overheard everything. Those Chao are my friends," Omochao said, crossing its arms. "And I'm not going to let some bratty Emperor hurt them. I want to come with you."

"But you can't fight! What do you expect to do?" Dr. Eggman asked, sounding unsure.

"I can ram into stuff, and I can help, if you give me a chance," Omochao said. "I helped you guys out before, but all I did was give you tips. Let me get a chance to actually be part of the action, and to save my Chao friends."

Everyone else got into a group huddle. There were mutterings and whisperings, and finally, the group huddle disbanded.

"Okay, you can come along," Rouge said.

"Whoopee!" Omochao shouted in glee. "Now let's go give Emperor Kip what he deserves!"

"Too bad Shadow couldn't be here..." Sonic muttered...



Meanwhile, in the Chao World, Emperor Kip and his guards had gathered up all the Chao that were in the Hero Garden and Dark Garden and placed them among the Chao in the Chao Garden. Because Kip and his guards weren't Chao, time did pass because they were present in the garden. Currently he was "playing" with them, but his idea of playing with them was playing with them like stuffed animals; bouncing them around, ramming them into each other, and generally abusing them without realizing it. The Chao were all crying, but the five-year-old Emperor Kip, in his glee, didn't notice.

"This is so much fun!" he declared.

"Emperor Kip, shouldn't we be conquering the planet and inducting it into your mighty empire?" one of his guards asked.

"No! I wanna stay here and have fun first! Somebody kill him for questioning me..." Emperor Kip said.

The other guards all tossed the guard who'd spoken off a cliff, and Emperor Kip laughed in his amusement. He wasn't really evil, per se, but he was a spoiled brat, so he wasn't bothered at all by this death.

"Hmph. I'm bored," Emperor Kip said, changing his mind as quick as any brat. "I wanna have some fun."

He grabbed two of the Chao. One was an adult Hero Chao, with dragon horns and dragon feet that had come from dragon animals that the heroes had given it. Sonic had taken it to the fortune-teller in its youth, and it had been named Chappy.

The other was a baby Dark Chao with seal arms and legs that had been given it by the villains. Shadow had taken it to the fortune teller in its youth (before Shadow died in the Finalhazard incident), and it had been named Casino.

Emperor Kip pulled a knife, still in its sheath, out of his pocket. He took the knife out of its sheath.

"Time to play my favorite game: Destroy the toys! Mwahahahahahahaha!" Emperor Kip shouted in glee, holding the knife poised above the two Chao.

Emperor Kip didn't know that the Chao were not just toys for him to play with, and he prepared to unwittingly murder the two Chao...



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To be continued...

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