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Sonic Tales Chapter 5
Let's go back in time a bit, shall we? During the whole time Sonic and the group were going to Twinkle Park and such, Eggman was busy collecting the chaos emeralds. Here is what happened during that time, until we reach the present. Here we see Eggman has just landed in a village. The people rushed out to witness the arrival of this stranger. The minute they saw who it was, they quickly ran to their homes, afraid of what might happen next.
"Greetings, everyone!" Eggman shouted so that everyone will hear. "I'm only here on a business trip! Hand over the chaos emerald, and I'll depart quietly! Otherwise, there will be quite a fiasco!"
The village chief courageously exited his hiding place, and approached the mad scientist. He was a Walrus, dressed in Mayan chief style clothing, and carrying a large staff in his hand.
"Hello there." He said. "I am the chief of this village. We are but a peaceful tribe, and wish for no quarrel. We do not know of this chaos emerald that you speak of."
"Don't lie to me! My radar shows the exact coordinates! Now, hand it over!"
"What do you plan to do with it?"
"Take over the world, of course."
"Then I cannot let you have it!"
"Perhaps an example is necessary." Said Eggman as he looked around the village. "Let's see..." He finally found a target. From the looks of it, the building resembled something of great importance. "Ah, a temple, no doubt."
"Wait! Don't do this!" The chief pleaded.
"Then hand over the chaos emerald!"
"I can't!"
The scientist wasted no time. He quickly fired his cannon at the temple, completely destroying it. He then turned back to the chief. "I hope I made myself clear."
"I will never give it to you!"
"Perhaps another example is needed." He looked around for another building of possible importance. He grinned evilly when he noticed what looked like a hospital. All the chief could do was watch in horror as he completely destroyed 'that' building as well.
"Please! Stop doing this!"
But Eggman ignored him as he searched for yet another building to destroy. He couldn't find any, so he just started shooting random buildings. This caused the villagers to run out of their hiding places in a state of panic. When there wasn't much left to destroy, he called some of his robot minions.
"Capture every villager that you see!"
"Please! I'm begging you! Stop this right now!"
"You already know what will make me stop."
So the robots captured all of the villagers, including the village chief.
"Give up?"
"Never!"
"(Hmm. This chief has a very strong will. What could possibly make him crack)?"
Just as he finished his thought, Omochao appeared.
"Interrogations aren't the only way to spill the beans. Try something that he really likes."
"Like what?" Eggman asked. "I already captured everyone in the village. What more could he possibly have?"
"Did you know that the chief is a materialistic person?"
"But I destroyed everything!"
"Bye-bye!" then Omochao flew off.
"What could that robot possibly mean?" Eggman said to himself, all the while looking at the destruction he caused. As he was searching, he caught glimpse of two buildings that he didn't destroy. One was a sacred fountain. The other was the chiefs' home. Then he got an idea.
He aimed the laser cannon at the fountain. He looked at the chief, who still shown no resistance. He then pointed it at the house. That was when the chief started speaking.
"Okay-okay! You win! Just don't destroy my house!"
"Then get me the chaos emerald."
So he let the chief go, who quickly ran inside his house. Seconds later, he ran back, carrying the chaos emerald. Eggman took the emerald, and then the robot captured him again.
"But I gave you the emerald!" exclaimed the chief.
"And I thank you for it. However, I cannot let you go and warn that hedgehog of my presence just yet." Then he turned to the other robots. "Take them back to my base! Place them in the robotization pods!"
The robots quickly did as they were told. When they were gone, Eggman looked back at the chiefs' house, grinned evilly, and destroyed it anyways. Then he mounted his eggmobile, and went towards the next destination of the next chaos emerald.
Some time later, he reached an active volcano. He looked at the signal, and, sure enough, it was going off. Pondering the situation for a while, he flew the eggmobile over the mouth of the volcano. Peering down inside, he could clearly see the chaos emerald. So he used the crane that was built in the eggmobile, used it to grab the emerald, and then flew away from it.
"Three down, four to go." The evil scientist was about to depart, but then grinned evilly as he looked at the volcano. Then he flew back to its mouth, dropped an explosive inside, and quickly flew a long distance from it. The explosion caused the volcano to act up, and then erupt, spilling magma all over the small island. Eggman cackled a typical villain laugh. It was cut short, however, by a signal of a different type. He looked at what it was, and scowled.
"No! Someone is heading to my base at a very rapid acceleration! It could only be that hedgehog! But how did he find out?! He mustn't find out anything else! I have to reach the base before 'he' does!" Then he pulled out a remote from his belt. "This should buy me some time to get inside my base and hide the evidence. I didn't want to have to attack until absolutely necessary, but I suppose the time came sooner, rather than later." Then he pushed a few of the buttons. "Let's see that hedgehog handle 'this' playmate!" Eggman then quickly sped his eggwalker to his base as fast as possible.
[Back to the present: A few miles from Eggmans 'secret' base]
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were quickly racing to Eggmans 'secret' base.
"We're almost there." Said Sonic.
"I am going to have a serious yelling at a certain bat when I get there!" fumed Knuckles.
"I thought we were going after Eggbutt." Said Sonic.
"Uh, yeah. Him too."
Sonic just rolled his eyes. Tails spoke up.
"Um, Sonic? Am I the only one who thinks that this is too easy?"
"Well, now that you mention it, it 'does' seem kind of easy."
"Easy is good." Said Knuckles.
"More like disappointing." Answered Sonic. "I hope I get to see just a 'little' bit of action."
"Be careful what you wish for, Sonic." Said Tails.
No sooner had he said that, a giant, dark gray robot emerged from the ground, blocking the path of our heroes. It was fifty feet tall, had long arms, wheels for legs, missiles for fingers, a shielded body that looked like it could store a lot of stuff, a head that was shaped like a bucket, and visor-like eyes that glowed red. It looked at Sonic and the crew, analyzed them, and then prepared for attack.
"Looks like I spoke too soon." Said Sonic.
"Thanks a lot." Said Knuckles sarcastically.
[E.G.G. D.E.M.O.L.I.T.I.O.N.E.R.]
"If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears." Said Knuckles.
"What ideas?" asked Sonic impatiently. "Just attack it!"
As soon as he said that, he spin dashed it. Just as he was about to hit it, spikes emerged from its entire body. Sonic was hit on impact, losing rings. While he was gathering them, Knuckles distracted it by flying around its head while searching for a weak spot. Tails was scanning the robot for any possible weaknesses. Using the analyzed data that it collected, the robot swatted the echidna at the right moment, causing 'him' to lose his rings. It was now Sonics turn to distract the robot. He climbed it, and then jumped on its head.
"Sonic Wind!" he shouted.
However, it had no effect. Just as he was about to be swatted, Knuckles quickly scooped him up, and flew out of its range.
"Thanks, Knuckles." Said Sonic.
"No problem." He answered.
"Guys!" Tails shouted. "Look out!"
They looked back at the robot, which had already fired missiles at them. The two dodged them just in time. As they were dodging more missiles, Tails beamed in delight when he pinpointed a weakness.
"I found a weak point!" He said excitedly. "All we have to do is get him to open his mouth, and fire a rail cannon at us! Then we attack the open spot just as he is slowly closing his mouth!"
"Brilliant, Tails!" said Sonic excitedly.
"But how do we get him to do 'that'?" asked Knuckles.
Tails laughed a bit nervously. "Hehe, I'm still trying to figure that out."
The two would've face-faulted if they weren't too busy dodging missiles and mini lasers.
[Meanwhile: At Twinkle Park]
Sometime after accepting the award and such, Amy, Shadow, and the two Marias were by the food court talking. Actually, Amy was doing most of the talking. Sr. Maria was politely listening to her, while lil Maria fell asleep. Shadow wanted to shut her up, but resisted in doing so. Amy was babbling about her life, her friends lives, how Sonic saved the world countless times, and how Shadow came to be. When she was done speaking, Shadow spoke up.
"Well, now that you're done telling her all of everyone's business, I'd like to do something that won't bore me to death."
"Like what?" asked Amy.
"Well, if it were up to 'me,' I would go and leave you here. However, since I already told Sonic that I would baby-sit you, I'm not really sure."
"Don't say it like that." Said Amy. "I'm very capable of taking care of myself."
Shadow just rolled his eyes. Sr. Maria spoke up.
"How about we go to the chao races?"
Shadow brightened up. "That's a pretty good idea. Amy, you pay for the gambling."
"But I don't gamble." Said Amy.
"You do now." Answered Shadow. "Besides, Sonic does it."
"Really? In that case, I guess I could try a couple of times."
So the group went to the chao races.
[Back to the battle]
"You know, the thing seems very reluctant about wanting to fire that rail cannon of his." Inquired Sonic.
"No matter how many times we taunted it, it still won't fire." Said Knuckles. "Find anything yet, Tails?"
"No, not yet." Said Tails, disappointment written on his face. "If only I could think of something."
"Be careful what you wish for, Tails." Said Sonic as he dodged yet another barrage of missiles. "Look what it got me."
"But 'my' wish won't hurt anybody."
Just then, Omochao appeared right next to him. Tails looked, then groaned.
"You were saying?" said Sonic.
"This is the EggDemoltioner." Said Omochao.
"Tell us something that'll actually help us!" shouted Knuckles as he was dodging some more missiles. "And be quick about it!"
"To find his weak spot, make him say 'ah'."
"We know that already!" exclaimed Tails.
"To make him say 'ah', impair his vision."
Tails thought for a moment. He looked at the visor-like eyes, then at Sonic and Knuckles, then at the robot again. Then he came up with an idea.
"Sonic! Knuckles! I got it! Distract it until I can get within firing range! I'll handle the rest!"
So that's what they did. Sonic ran around in zigzag circles around it, Knuckles flew in circles around its head, and Tails crept up on it. When he was within firing range, he fired his own rail cannon at its visor- like eyes, blinding it. The other two stopped what they were doing, and watched as it opened its mouth and fired a rail cannon in a random direction. When it was done firing, Knuckles quickly picked up Sonic, and threw him on its head.
"Sonic Wind!" he shouted.
This time, the robot took extreme damage. It immediately closed its mouth, convulsed for a couple of seconds, and then normalized. Sonic quickly jumped away from it.
"Now all we have to do is repeat the pattern and we'll win!" shouted Tails.
So they did so. They kept repeating the pattern until it was destroyed.
[Meanwhile: At Eggmans 'secret' base]
As Eggman watched what was going on through the monitor, he scowled in fury.
"Curse that hedgehog and his friends! I haven't thought up a plan yet!" He was thinking frantically as he watched the three get closer and closer to his base. After a few seconds, he finally came up with a quick idea.
"It maybe somewhat rushed, but I have no choice."
He quickly gathered up a bottle, a syringe, and a band-aid. He quickly rushed to the area where he kept Rouge captive. He looked through the window. Rouge was still her normal self, but now conscious. He quickly reversed what little effects the machine did, and then vented out more sleeping gas, causing her to lose consciousness once again. He opened the door, filled the syringe with the concoction, inoculated her with it, and placed the band-aid on the spot that had been poked.
"She can't testify if she can't remember anything." He said as he quickly went to the next room and launched her inside a cannon like machine. He pushed a button, and she was launched somewhere far away. Then he quickly hid himself.
[Outside of Eggmans 'secret' base]
The three noticed that Rouge had just been shot out of the base.
"I'll go after her." Said Knuckles, then flew after her.
"I'll go inside." Sonic said.
"You're not going anywhere, hedgehog!" said Eggman via speakers. "What do you want?! I haven't done anything lately!"
"Yeah right." Said Sonic. "Then why did you send that robot after us?"
"Trying to kill you, of course! I'll try doing it every time, even if I don't have anything planned!"
"Look, I'm kinda busy right now, so if you could just hand us the master emerald, we'll be on our way."
"You have got to be kidding! Me? Give up the emerald to you? Ha! I bought it fair and square!"
"Don't make me come in there!"
Suddenly, the door opened, and Eggman, donning his eggwalker. He pulled out the master emerald. "You want it? You have to fight me for it!" Then he put it back.
"No problem." Said Sonic coolly.
Before the scientist could react, he was attacked by a spin dash.
"Give up?"
"That was a cheap shot! Dodge this!"
He fired a combination of missiles from the left and right, but not at Sonic. The blue hedgehog almost laughed at his pathetic aim, but then was a bit worried when Eggman was charging up his rail cannon. He shot it, and since Sonic had nowhere to run, he braced himself, getting ready for extreme pain. That was when he was quickly picked up and saved from the cannon.
Sonic looked up to find that Tails was the one who picked him up just in time.
"You're a lifesaver, buddy."
"Just doin what a hero does."
Before Eggman could turn the missiles to their direction, Tails quickly threw Sonic at the Eggwalker. Sonic quickly used a spin attack, causing even more damage to it. He finished it off by using the Sonic Wind attack, completely destroying the EggWalker. Sonic did a victory pose while Tails picked up the master emerald.
"I can't believe I lost to that hedgehog, again." Muttered Eggman.
"So, is this the master emerald?" asked Sonic.
Tails examined it, and then responded. "Yep, it's the one. No mistaking it."
"Good. Now let's take ol Robuttnik to jail." Said Sonic, but then noticed that Eggman was already gone. "Maybe he's inside the base. I'll go find out." So Sonic rushed inside the base. Two minutes later, he came back. "Nope. I guess he wasn't 'that' stupid."
"Well, we did it, Sonic. Let's go back to the park. There are still many prizes to win."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that."
"And you still have your date with Amy."
Sonics eyes narrowed. "Oh yeah, we can't forget that."
So the two quickly raced back to Twinkle Park. Meanwhile, Eggman stepped out from behind the base.
"I'll let you have the master emerald for now. I still know the locations of the other remaining chaos emeralds. Until then, enjoy your life, while it lasts!" Then he did his normal evil laugh, and then went back inside his base.
[Somewhere miles away in the forest]
We see Knuckles trying to find Rouge. He is looking everywhere, but cannot find her. After an hour of searching, he finally spots her inside of some bushes, slowly walking out of them. He quickly rushed there, and landed in front of her.
"Alright, games over." Said Knuckles. "Sonic and Tails already took back the master emerald. What I want to know is how you got involved! Answer!"
Rouge looked at him in bewilderment. "What, are you talking about?"
"Don't play games with me! I 'know' it was 'you' who took my emerald!"
"Who, are you?"
"This is getting irritating! I can't believe I almost trusted you! You didn't think I would find out?!"
Rouge was still looking at him in confusion. "I-I don't know who you are. I'm not kidding!"
Knuckles looked at her skeptically. "You really expect me to fall for the old amnesia bit? Stop lying!"
This made Rouge back up fearfully. "No! It's not a lie! Really!"
"(What if she's telling the truth? Then again, what if this is another trick? I need a second opinion)."
That's when Omochao appeared.
"Did you know that Rouge has amnesia?"
"Who are you?" asked Rouge.
"Hi. I'm Omochao. I'm here to help you."
"Is what she said about having amnesia true?" asked Knuckles.
"Sure is. Her memory has been erased. It'll come back in time."
"How long?"
"Three."
"Three what?"
"Tough to say. Three can be days, weeks, months, or years."
"What do I do until then?"
"Bye-bye!" then it flew off.
"So, that's it? I have to take care of her until she remembers?"
"I'm so sorry to be such a burden." Rouge said apologetically. "Tell me. What kind of person was I?"
Knuckles thought for a moment, wondering if he should say it. He shrugged off the thought for now. "Listen. I have some friends who might be able to help you. I'll take you to them."
"Was that, robot, one of your friends?"
"Thankfully, no."
"You 'do' remember how to fly, right?"
"I'm not sure. Let me try." So she tried lifting herself up, but only managed to glide. After several tries, she was able to fly again. "Wow! Flying's pretty easy!"
"Alright then. Let's go."
So the two of them flew back to Twinkle Park, with Knuckles being the navigator, of course.
End of chapter 5
A/N: Well, I hoped you liked it. Were you expecting that? To tell you the truth, I sure wasn't until the event Eggman had to think of something quick to distract Sonic. Anyways, thank you all very much for the reviews. Remember, my email address is rubynall@hotmail.com
Sonic Tales Chapter 5
Let's go back in time a bit, shall we? During the whole time Sonic and the group were going to Twinkle Park and such, Eggman was busy collecting the chaos emeralds. Here is what happened during that time, until we reach the present. Here we see Eggman has just landed in a village. The people rushed out to witness the arrival of this stranger. The minute they saw who it was, they quickly ran to their homes, afraid of what might happen next.
"Greetings, everyone!" Eggman shouted so that everyone will hear. "I'm only here on a business trip! Hand over the chaos emerald, and I'll depart quietly! Otherwise, there will be quite a fiasco!"
The village chief courageously exited his hiding place, and approached the mad scientist. He was a Walrus, dressed in Mayan chief style clothing, and carrying a large staff in his hand.
"Hello there." He said. "I am the chief of this village. We are but a peaceful tribe, and wish for no quarrel. We do not know of this chaos emerald that you speak of."
"Don't lie to me! My radar shows the exact coordinates! Now, hand it over!"
"What do you plan to do with it?"
"Take over the world, of course."
"Then I cannot let you have it!"
"Perhaps an example is necessary." Said Eggman as he looked around the village. "Let's see..." He finally found a target. From the looks of it, the building resembled something of great importance. "Ah, a temple, no doubt."
"Wait! Don't do this!" The chief pleaded.
"Then hand over the chaos emerald!"
"I can't!"
The scientist wasted no time. He quickly fired his cannon at the temple, completely destroying it. He then turned back to the chief. "I hope I made myself clear."
"I will never give it to you!"
"Perhaps another example is needed." He looked around for another building of possible importance. He grinned evilly when he noticed what looked like a hospital. All the chief could do was watch in horror as he completely destroyed 'that' building as well.
"Please! Stop doing this!"
But Eggman ignored him as he searched for yet another building to destroy. He couldn't find any, so he just started shooting random buildings. This caused the villagers to run out of their hiding places in a state of panic. When there wasn't much left to destroy, he called some of his robot minions.
"Capture every villager that you see!"
"Please! I'm begging you! Stop this right now!"
"You already know what will make me stop."
So the robots captured all of the villagers, including the village chief.
"Give up?"
"Never!"
"(Hmm. This chief has a very strong will. What could possibly make him crack)?"
Just as he finished his thought, Omochao appeared.
"Interrogations aren't the only way to spill the beans. Try something that he really likes."
"Like what?" Eggman asked. "I already captured everyone in the village. What more could he possibly have?"
"Did you know that the chief is a materialistic person?"
"But I destroyed everything!"
"Bye-bye!" then Omochao flew off.
"What could that robot possibly mean?" Eggman said to himself, all the while looking at the destruction he caused. As he was searching, he caught glimpse of two buildings that he didn't destroy. One was a sacred fountain. The other was the chiefs' home. Then he got an idea.
He aimed the laser cannon at the fountain. He looked at the chief, who still shown no resistance. He then pointed it at the house. That was when the chief started speaking.
"Okay-okay! You win! Just don't destroy my house!"
"Then get me the chaos emerald."
So he let the chief go, who quickly ran inside his house. Seconds later, he ran back, carrying the chaos emerald. Eggman took the emerald, and then the robot captured him again.
"But I gave you the emerald!" exclaimed the chief.
"And I thank you for it. However, I cannot let you go and warn that hedgehog of my presence just yet." Then he turned to the other robots. "Take them back to my base! Place them in the robotization pods!"
The robots quickly did as they were told. When they were gone, Eggman looked back at the chiefs' house, grinned evilly, and destroyed it anyways. Then he mounted his eggmobile, and went towards the next destination of the next chaos emerald.
Some time later, he reached an active volcano. He looked at the signal, and, sure enough, it was going off. Pondering the situation for a while, he flew the eggmobile over the mouth of the volcano. Peering down inside, he could clearly see the chaos emerald. So he used the crane that was built in the eggmobile, used it to grab the emerald, and then flew away from it.
"Three down, four to go." The evil scientist was about to depart, but then grinned evilly as he looked at the volcano. Then he flew back to its mouth, dropped an explosive inside, and quickly flew a long distance from it. The explosion caused the volcano to act up, and then erupt, spilling magma all over the small island. Eggman cackled a typical villain laugh. It was cut short, however, by a signal of a different type. He looked at what it was, and scowled.
"No! Someone is heading to my base at a very rapid acceleration! It could only be that hedgehog! But how did he find out?! He mustn't find out anything else! I have to reach the base before 'he' does!" Then he pulled out a remote from his belt. "This should buy me some time to get inside my base and hide the evidence. I didn't want to have to attack until absolutely necessary, but I suppose the time came sooner, rather than later." Then he pushed a few of the buttons. "Let's see that hedgehog handle 'this' playmate!" Eggman then quickly sped his eggwalker to his base as fast as possible.
[Back to the present: A few miles from Eggmans 'secret' base]
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were quickly racing to Eggmans 'secret' base.
"We're almost there." Said Sonic.
"I am going to have a serious yelling at a certain bat when I get there!" fumed Knuckles.
"I thought we were going after Eggbutt." Said Sonic.
"Uh, yeah. Him too."
Sonic just rolled his eyes. Tails spoke up.
"Um, Sonic? Am I the only one who thinks that this is too easy?"
"Well, now that you mention it, it 'does' seem kind of easy."
"Easy is good." Said Knuckles.
"More like disappointing." Answered Sonic. "I hope I get to see just a 'little' bit of action."
"Be careful what you wish for, Sonic." Said Tails.
No sooner had he said that, a giant, dark gray robot emerged from the ground, blocking the path of our heroes. It was fifty feet tall, had long arms, wheels for legs, missiles for fingers, a shielded body that looked like it could store a lot of stuff, a head that was shaped like a bucket, and visor-like eyes that glowed red. It looked at Sonic and the crew, analyzed them, and then prepared for attack.
"Looks like I spoke too soon." Said Sonic.
"Thanks a lot." Said Knuckles sarcastically.
[E.G.G. D.E.M.O.L.I.T.I.O.N.E.R.]
"If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears." Said Knuckles.
"What ideas?" asked Sonic impatiently. "Just attack it!"
As soon as he said that, he spin dashed it. Just as he was about to hit it, spikes emerged from its entire body. Sonic was hit on impact, losing rings. While he was gathering them, Knuckles distracted it by flying around its head while searching for a weak spot. Tails was scanning the robot for any possible weaknesses. Using the analyzed data that it collected, the robot swatted the echidna at the right moment, causing 'him' to lose his rings. It was now Sonics turn to distract the robot. He climbed it, and then jumped on its head.
"Sonic Wind!" he shouted.
However, it had no effect. Just as he was about to be swatted, Knuckles quickly scooped him up, and flew out of its range.
"Thanks, Knuckles." Said Sonic.
"No problem." He answered.
"Guys!" Tails shouted. "Look out!"
They looked back at the robot, which had already fired missiles at them. The two dodged them just in time. As they were dodging more missiles, Tails beamed in delight when he pinpointed a weakness.
"I found a weak point!" He said excitedly. "All we have to do is get him to open his mouth, and fire a rail cannon at us! Then we attack the open spot just as he is slowly closing his mouth!"
"Brilliant, Tails!" said Sonic excitedly.
"But how do we get him to do 'that'?" asked Knuckles.
Tails laughed a bit nervously. "Hehe, I'm still trying to figure that out."
The two would've face-faulted if they weren't too busy dodging missiles and mini lasers.
[Meanwhile: At Twinkle Park]
Sometime after accepting the award and such, Amy, Shadow, and the two Marias were by the food court talking. Actually, Amy was doing most of the talking. Sr. Maria was politely listening to her, while lil Maria fell asleep. Shadow wanted to shut her up, but resisted in doing so. Amy was babbling about her life, her friends lives, how Sonic saved the world countless times, and how Shadow came to be. When she was done speaking, Shadow spoke up.
"Well, now that you're done telling her all of everyone's business, I'd like to do something that won't bore me to death."
"Like what?" asked Amy.
"Well, if it were up to 'me,' I would go and leave you here. However, since I already told Sonic that I would baby-sit you, I'm not really sure."
"Don't say it like that." Said Amy. "I'm very capable of taking care of myself."
Shadow just rolled his eyes. Sr. Maria spoke up.
"How about we go to the chao races?"
Shadow brightened up. "That's a pretty good idea. Amy, you pay for the gambling."
"But I don't gamble." Said Amy.
"You do now." Answered Shadow. "Besides, Sonic does it."
"Really? In that case, I guess I could try a couple of times."
So the group went to the chao races.
[Back to the battle]
"You know, the thing seems very reluctant about wanting to fire that rail cannon of his." Inquired Sonic.
"No matter how many times we taunted it, it still won't fire." Said Knuckles. "Find anything yet, Tails?"
"No, not yet." Said Tails, disappointment written on his face. "If only I could think of something."
"Be careful what you wish for, Tails." Said Sonic as he dodged yet another barrage of missiles. "Look what it got me."
"But 'my' wish won't hurt anybody."
Just then, Omochao appeared right next to him. Tails looked, then groaned.
"You were saying?" said Sonic.
"This is the EggDemoltioner." Said Omochao.
"Tell us something that'll actually help us!" shouted Knuckles as he was dodging some more missiles. "And be quick about it!"
"To find his weak spot, make him say 'ah'."
"We know that already!" exclaimed Tails.
"To make him say 'ah', impair his vision."
Tails thought for a moment. He looked at the visor-like eyes, then at Sonic and Knuckles, then at the robot again. Then he came up with an idea.
"Sonic! Knuckles! I got it! Distract it until I can get within firing range! I'll handle the rest!"
So that's what they did. Sonic ran around in zigzag circles around it, Knuckles flew in circles around its head, and Tails crept up on it. When he was within firing range, he fired his own rail cannon at its visor- like eyes, blinding it. The other two stopped what they were doing, and watched as it opened its mouth and fired a rail cannon in a random direction. When it was done firing, Knuckles quickly picked up Sonic, and threw him on its head.
"Sonic Wind!" he shouted.
This time, the robot took extreme damage. It immediately closed its mouth, convulsed for a couple of seconds, and then normalized. Sonic quickly jumped away from it.
"Now all we have to do is repeat the pattern and we'll win!" shouted Tails.
So they did so. They kept repeating the pattern until it was destroyed.
[Meanwhile: At Eggmans 'secret' base]
As Eggman watched what was going on through the monitor, he scowled in fury.
"Curse that hedgehog and his friends! I haven't thought up a plan yet!" He was thinking frantically as he watched the three get closer and closer to his base. After a few seconds, he finally came up with a quick idea.
"It maybe somewhat rushed, but I have no choice."
He quickly gathered up a bottle, a syringe, and a band-aid. He quickly rushed to the area where he kept Rouge captive. He looked through the window. Rouge was still her normal self, but now conscious. He quickly reversed what little effects the machine did, and then vented out more sleeping gas, causing her to lose consciousness once again. He opened the door, filled the syringe with the concoction, inoculated her with it, and placed the band-aid on the spot that had been poked.
"She can't testify if she can't remember anything." He said as he quickly went to the next room and launched her inside a cannon like machine. He pushed a button, and she was launched somewhere far away. Then he quickly hid himself.
[Outside of Eggmans 'secret' base]
The three noticed that Rouge had just been shot out of the base.
"I'll go after her." Said Knuckles, then flew after her.
"I'll go inside." Sonic said.
"You're not going anywhere, hedgehog!" said Eggman via speakers. "What do you want?! I haven't done anything lately!"
"Yeah right." Said Sonic. "Then why did you send that robot after us?"
"Trying to kill you, of course! I'll try doing it every time, even if I don't have anything planned!"
"Look, I'm kinda busy right now, so if you could just hand us the master emerald, we'll be on our way."
"You have got to be kidding! Me? Give up the emerald to you? Ha! I bought it fair and square!"
"Don't make me come in there!"
Suddenly, the door opened, and Eggman, donning his eggwalker. He pulled out the master emerald. "You want it? You have to fight me for it!" Then he put it back.
"No problem." Said Sonic coolly.
Before the scientist could react, he was attacked by a spin dash.
"Give up?"
"That was a cheap shot! Dodge this!"
He fired a combination of missiles from the left and right, but not at Sonic. The blue hedgehog almost laughed at his pathetic aim, but then was a bit worried when Eggman was charging up his rail cannon. He shot it, and since Sonic had nowhere to run, he braced himself, getting ready for extreme pain. That was when he was quickly picked up and saved from the cannon.
Sonic looked up to find that Tails was the one who picked him up just in time.
"You're a lifesaver, buddy."
"Just doin what a hero does."
Before Eggman could turn the missiles to their direction, Tails quickly threw Sonic at the Eggwalker. Sonic quickly used a spin attack, causing even more damage to it. He finished it off by using the Sonic Wind attack, completely destroying the EggWalker. Sonic did a victory pose while Tails picked up the master emerald.
"I can't believe I lost to that hedgehog, again." Muttered Eggman.
"So, is this the master emerald?" asked Sonic.
Tails examined it, and then responded. "Yep, it's the one. No mistaking it."
"Good. Now let's take ol Robuttnik to jail." Said Sonic, but then noticed that Eggman was already gone. "Maybe he's inside the base. I'll go find out." So Sonic rushed inside the base. Two minutes later, he came back. "Nope. I guess he wasn't 'that' stupid."
"Well, we did it, Sonic. Let's go back to the park. There are still many prizes to win."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that."
"And you still have your date with Amy."
Sonics eyes narrowed. "Oh yeah, we can't forget that."
So the two quickly raced back to Twinkle Park. Meanwhile, Eggman stepped out from behind the base.
"I'll let you have the master emerald for now. I still know the locations of the other remaining chaos emeralds. Until then, enjoy your life, while it lasts!" Then he did his normal evil laugh, and then went back inside his base.
[Somewhere miles away in the forest]
We see Knuckles trying to find Rouge. He is looking everywhere, but cannot find her. After an hour of searching, he finally spots her inside of some bushes, slowly walking out of them. He quickly rushed there, and landed in front of her.
"Alright, games over." Said Knuckles. "Sonic and Tails already took back the master emerald. What I want to know is how you got involved! Answer!"
Rouge looked at him in bewilderment. "What, are you talking about?"
"Don't play games with me! I 'know' it was 'you' who took my emerald!"
"Who, are you?"
"This is getting irritating! I can't believe I almost trusted you! You didn't think I would find out?!"
Rouge was still looking at him in confusion. "I-I don't know who you are. I'm not kidding!"
Knuckles looked at her skeptically. "You really expect me to fall for the old amnesia bit? Stop lying!"
This made Rouge back up fearfully. "No! It's not a lie! Really!"
"(What if she's telling the truth? Then again, what if this is another trick? I need a second opinion)."
That's when Omochao appeared.
"Did you know that Rouge has amnesia?"
"Who are you?" asked Rouge.
"Hi. I'm Omochao. I'm here to help you."
"Is what she said about having amnesia true?" asked Knuckles.
"Sure is. Her memory has been erased. It'll come back in time."
"How long?"
"Three."
"Three what?"
"Tough to say. Three can be days, weeks, months, or years."
"What do I do until then?"
"Bye-bye!" then it flew off.
"So, that's it? I have to take care of her until she remembers?"
"I'm so sorry to be such a burden." Rouge said apologetically. "Tell me. What kind of person was I?"
Knuckles thought for a moment, wondering if he should say it. He shrugged off the thought for now. "Listen. I have some friends who might be able to help you. I'll take you to them."
"Was that, robot, one of your friends?"
"Thankfully, no."
"You 'do' remember how to fly, right?"
"I'm not sure. Let me try." So she tried lifting herself up, but only managed to glide. After several tries, she was able to fly again. "Wow! Flying's pretty easy!"
"Alright then. Let's go."
So the two of them flew back to Twinkle Park, with Knuckles being the navigator, of course.
End of chapter 5
A/N: Well, I hoped you liked it. Were you expecting that? To tell you the truth, I sure wasn't until the event Eggman had to think of something quick to distract Sonic. Anyways, thank you all very much for the reviews. Remember, my email address is rubynall@hotmail.com