Sonic Spinball

(based on "Sonic Spinball" for Genesis and Game Gear)

Fan fiction by Danny Wheeler

Prolog

King Max Acorn contacted Sonic and Tails to come to the palace. Once there, Sonic and Tails were told of a distress signal the king got from the Mobius of Darkness. Eggman had built a gigantic Badnik maker in one of the volcanoes there, known as the Veg-O-Fortress. Sonic said, "Don't worry, your Majesty! We'll take care of Eggman... like we always do!"

At that, Sonic and Tails flew to the Mobius of Darkness and entered the sea area surrounding the Veg-O-Fortress. Soon, a laser knocked Sonic off into the water, but he was rescued by dolphins. Sonic gestured to them to take them to the volcano. He soon found himself in a sewer like area. Sonic's communicator buzzed. Tails told Sonic that he found out that the Veg-O-Fortress has a Pinball Defense System, and that he would hack into it to help Sonic get through.

Chapter 1: Toxic Caves

The first part was the Toxic Caves, where Cluckbots (chicken robots), Magma Worms (worm robots), and some traps guarded the caverns beneath the volcano. Tails told Sonic, "Each part of the Pinball Defense System is powered by Chaos Emeralds. Plus, the Emeralds are what keep the volcano from erupting!" Sonic said, "So, by swiping the Emeralds, not only will it shut down the defenses, but trigger the volcano to explode, destroying the Veg-O-Fortress!" At that, Sonic prepared for action.

In the Toxic Caves, there were three Emeralds- two in hidden mines, and one in a vat of toxic slime. After emptying the toxic slime, Sonic was able to move on and get it. The other two required him to open some trap doors to reach. Once the Emeralds were collected, Sonic went and took on Scorpius, a sick scorpion Super Badnik with Eggman's face on it!

Tails told Sonic, "Sonic! Go in between the back and the tail to destroy the tail! Without it, Scorpius will just be a few hits away from destruction!" "Gotcha, Tails!" Sonic replied as he entered the gap between the tail and body, going ballistic once inside! Soon, the tail went off and Sonic went back and forth, hitting Scorpius till it exploded!

Shortly after that battle, he entered a small arcade area to relax a bit before the next part of his mission. The pinball game was called "Trapped Alive". Sonic hit some Badnik Maker capsules, freeing dolls shaped like Sonic's friends, then hit the moving Eggman bumper to complete the game. Sonic then exited to the next part of the Veg-O-Fortress, and he started to feel a bit warm...

Chapter 2: Lava Powerhouse

Sonic meets friends Hip and Hop (two kangaroo brothers who barely escaped from Eggman). The Badniks here were Cluckbots and Ferrons (flying knight robots). Sonic had to be very careful, since there were lava pots everywhere. There where three Chaos Emeralds here like back in the Toxic Caves. One was just above the Steam Arena, where Cluckbots liked to gather, but some where sealed in Steam Shafts that were plugged up. Sonic had to remove the corks to enter the Steam Shafts. When Sonic gathered the Emeralds, he went up to face the Egg Boiler.

Sonic first hit the targets, as suggested by Tails, to protect himself from falling into a big tub of lava that was at the bottom. Once that was done, Tails told Sonic to try to go up into the boiler, where the Eggman faces were. Sonic then realized that by destroying the heads, the Egg Boiler would self-destruct. Sonic hit all the heads until they all fell. After destroying the Egg Boiler, Sonic exited the Lava Powerhouse and found another mini-arcade.

This mini-arcade had a game called "Robo-Smile". The objective? Bust out Eggman's Teeth (obviously, someone got in trouble with Eggman by making these games)! Sonic chuckled as he hit the ball into Eggman's teeth until the last one fell out. After a good laugh, Sonic entered the heart of the Veg-O-Fortress!

Chapter 3: The Machine

Things got trickier when Sonic entered the Machine, where the animals were changed into Badniks! The place was guarded by Krondors (condor robots) and Busters (flying patrol robots). There were five Emeralds to find here- two were in turning wheels, two in the shafts, and one in the Animal Prison, where victims awaited to be changed into Badniks! After saving the animals and getting all the Emeralds, Sonic found his way into the Veg-O-Machine, the giant Badnik Maker!

After removing the Badniks that came out, and activating a surge to help fight the Badniks, Sonic got a message from Tails. "Sonic," said Tails, "I found out how the Veg-O-Machine can be destroyed!" "Tell me, Tails!" said Sonic. "First, get rid of the intake tubes. That will save the rest of the animals and stop its output of Badniks!" said Tails. He continued, "Then, get into the Veg-O-Machine and wreck it from the inside!" "Got it!" said Sonic.

Sonic jumped and touched a mini-surge and bounced into the left intake tube. When it was smashed, he went after the right intake tube. Once both tubes were destroyed, he entered the machine and wrecked it from the inside! Soon, the Veg-O-Machine exploded, and he found one more mini-game, called "The Cage". Sonic removed the clones of Scratch, a more sophisticated (but goofier) chicken Badnik, then smashed the Badnik Maker and freed the dolls inside. After the game, the area started to shake! The Veg-O-Fortress was about to blow, and Eggman was getting away!

Chapter 4: Showdown

Sonic entered a construction area and saw Eggman's ship in the sky. After bashing some Buzzbombers and Krondors, Sonic found the last five Emeralds (which were placed in somewhat hard to reach areas), then pursued Eggman to his ship. Eggman said, "So, rodent! You destroyed me plans! Now I'LL destroy YOU!" Eggman activated some metallic claws to grab Sonic, then added some windsocks to block Sonic and send him to the windows!

Tails contacted Sonic and told him, "Hit the button underneath the engines until the claws and windsocks are gone! Then race up to the dome a few times and hit him!" Sonic said, "Right!" Then Sonic hit the button until the pod was defenseless. Sonic soon shot up to the glass dome and hit it a few times. When the claws and wind socks returned, Sonic just simply hit the button again a few more times. After a few hits on the glass dome, the ship exploded!

Epilog

Both Sonic and Eggman fell from the sky. Tails caught Sonic on the plane, while Eggman fell into the ruins of his Veg-O-Fortress. Sonic and Tails led the freed people and animals back to the Mobius of the Sky, where they were safe (for a while). Sally came up and kissed Sonic for a job well done!

End