alex

Metalla wasn't sure of what to do next. He considered weather or not to just attack Sonic again,
but that had turned into a disaster.
He decided on a more inderect course of action, this was not the Sonic part of his mind talking,
he would search though the memories he had gotten from Sonic since there last encounter and
find out where Sonic was. THen he would deliver his altimatum. But first he would have to pick
up something, or should he say someone . .. .

tim

So it was decided among the rebels to sneak into Echidnaopolis. They journeyed there. Sonic
thought for a moment as they reached one of the bakery buildings. Then he turned to face Bean
with a smirk on his face...

Sonic: "Yo, Bean. You think we could recruit some echdnas?"
Bean: "What are you talking about?"
Sonic: "I was thinking this would be the opportunity of a lifetime. We may be able to convince
some of the citizens that our's is the right cause to fight for."
Bean: "Don't be a fool. They think similarly to the gaurdian. They think echidas are the superior
race and that the LOJ are doing right by killing non-echidnas..."
Sonic: "Not everyone is the same. That goes for echidnas too. The Knux I knew from my
dimention..."
Bean: "Don't go talking crazy to us again. We need to concentrate on our plan at hand."

Sonic looked at a nearby echidna woman having trouble with her groceries. Before Bean could
stop him, Sonic ran to her aid.

Sonic: "Here ma'am. Lemme help."
Woman: "Oh my! A hedgehog?!"
Sonic: "At your service. You seem to be having trouble with those bags. I'll help you!"
Woman: "Well...I....ok."

alex

Metalla was no impressed, he thought it would be grander. Oh well, rebel hide outs always did
fall short of his exspectations.
The robot double ganger had left Silver on the primeter as ussual to act as permeter alarm.

tim

So Metal began his journey and snuck around (for once). He was looking to spot the rebels.
After seeing they weren't at their hideaway, he knew to head to Echidnaopolis (Seeing as how he
has the mind of Sonic, he knew that's the only other place Sonic and the rebels would be).

Meanwhile, just 5 blocks away, Sonic finished helping the lady echidna.

Echidna: "So...what is your name?"
Sonic: "Sonic...at your service."
Echidna: "My name is Saura Lu. Pleased to meet your aquain-"
LOJ: "Halt! Ma'am! Step away from him slowly!"
Sonic: "That's...Sonic of the rebels, ma'am. Alot of people know this handsome hedgehog!"
LOJ: "Ma'am! He's a wanted criminal! I'm going to open fire!"
Saura Lu: "No! Please! Don't fire! He'll go p-"

Sonic grabbed Saura Lu's arm and split just as the soldier pulled the trigger. Seeing that Sonic
was rescuing her, Saura Lu just clinged to him lest she get shot at again. She was scared.
Meanwhile, being as how it was only 5 blocks away, Metal picked up the unusual activity and
began to sneak in that direction...

alex

Metalla brought up the newly added file of the target he was to take. But unlike that time with
Tails, this time he would take her only as the bait. The image of Fiona Fox and a list of her states
and preious seen fight teachques and applities were brought to screen.

tim

Not far from Metal, Saura Lu looked at Sonic.

Saura Lu: "wh....why? Why help me get groceries in my car when you knew both of us would be
in danger?"
Sonic: "You needed to see that your "Protectors" were actually not."
Saura Lu: "But...now what do I do? Why me? I don't have any powers!"
Sonic: "You're a person like anyone else. Powers or not, I felt it my obligation to show a fellow
person what is going on."

alex

It never ceased to amaze Metalla, no matter how many times he hovered above the city, no one
noticed him, most people were to busy with there own lives to care, and others thought they had
had too much to drink.
It didn't really matter, Metalla's cencors were far more advance than the Guardain's equipment.
Metalla slowly turnes his head, looking for Bio-pattern, and it wasn't Sonic's he was looking for.

tim

Finally, Metal spotted her. Fiona was among the other rebels. Unfortunately, so was Sonic as he
just ran back to them with the echidna Saura Lu.

Bean: "That was outRAGEOUS, Sonic! Don't do that again!"
Sonic: "Bean, this is Saura Lu. Saura Lu, Bean."
Saura Lu: "Pleased to.."
Bean: "We don't need to go grabbing attention to ourselves. We want METAL to notice us, not
the LOJ!"
Sonic: "But if they make a ruccuss, Metal will notice too."
Bean: "And what's with the echidna girl? Have a crush on her or something? You're nuts!"

alex

"I thought we had astablished that some time ago." Replied Sonic darkly.
Fiona screamed, Sonic had been so engrossed with Bean that he didn't notice his steel counter
part moving in with one of his blinding fast pick up moves.(like the one he used to kiddnap Amy
on the Little Planet)

tim

Sonic: "Congrats, Bean! This is your fault!"
Bean: "My fau-"
Saura Lu: "WHO CARES who's fault it is?! Let's help her!"

Sonic and Bean looked at Saura Lu. Bean slightly annoyed at himself for being childish and
Sonic smirking at his choice of good echidna. Matel looked down at them.

Metal: "And who is THAT? A new..."friend" to replace your others? Can't get enough of my
destroying your friends Sonic? Well...I won't dissappoint."

alex

"Shut up you pile of tin! I thought you were thought bringing my friends into this!"
"She's just insurance to make sure you play by the rules."
"Which you can change at any time."
"Actully consider these rule forever standing till the end of our next fight. Meet me at the desert
just north of Sandoplious, alone, if you bring any of your FF cumes along I'll kill her."
"What will that prove to you you murderer?"
"Only that you can't take me alone. And therefore know that I am the better. Met me whenever
you feel ready, but I would wait too long, the desert is rather uncomfortable for organic units."
SOnic was ready to charge Metalla right there, if not for the power blast that hit them from
above, Silver. When the dust cleared both were gone.

tim

It had become obvious how much this situation had become a no-win situation. Sonic was
furious! And Bean was mad...but controlled.

Saura Lu: "Isn't there a way to set a trap with just Sonic on his own?"
Bean: "What do you mean?"
Saura Lu: "Like giving him gizmos and gadgets to use?"
Sonic: "Wouldn't work. He knows my every move. That includes what I'm GOING to do. He's a
clone of me no matter what new things I learn."
Saura Lu: "But...how fast is he?"
Sonic: "Faster. These shoes take me to running speeds that even HE can't run...but the rest of my
body? nope. He's faster than the rest of me."
Saura Lu: "Then either using your shoes or speeding up somehow is the ticket."

alex

"Master Emerald." Sonic whispered to himself.
Sonic knew he couldn't beat Metalla the way he was now. The assasin droid had made it clear,
no tricks, no friends, or Fiona dies, urg! Why did Fiona have to fall for his double? From
everything Sonic had heard about him he was a coward, a weakling, everything that Sonic was
not, well they say love is blind.
The only way to beat him was to go around the rules without breaking them, Metalla had said he
had to come alone, he didn't get any more seficic than that, it was a long shot, madness to be
sure, maybe he WAS crazy after all.
He would do it alone. This was his fight, one that belonged to his reality.
Sonic's plan was simple, he would go, break into the heart of Knuckles' empire, and use the
master emerald. Super Sonic would be able to, it was his only chance, even if it meant getting
himself killed more than likly.

tim

Impatient to get it done and figuring now's a good a time as any, Sonic zoomed off before Bean
could object. Sonic thought to himself that it was time to get serious. No more foolin'. That tin
man is going DOWN!

Sonic then zipped through the defences as they were not fast enough to even detect he had been
there. He ran non-stop throughout the whole island looking for the master emerald...

alex

Sonic cut though the Edcinda defense force as if they were nothing, Sonic knew where the
emerald was, though no one else did, Sally had told him about it after one of her trips to the
island, now he would find out once and for all if he WAS insane. For he knew the location of
Hidden Palace.
Now he would also find out the terrible truth he had been dreading. WHo was the Guardain? But
SOnic had a bad feeling he already knew.

tim

Finally arriving, Sonic sees Knuckles. The echidna folds his arms.

Knuckles: "Looking for something?"
Sonic: "Um..yeah! How's it goin' knux? What's shakin'?"
Knuckles: "Wha-? You're nuts. And where do you get off calling me 'Knux'?"

alex

"I'll call you Susan if I like. I'm someone whose seen what you should of been, instead of what
you are Knuckle-head." Said Sonic looking to the guardain's eyes he still couldn't believe it, how
had this nightmare come about?

tim

Knuckles: "And where do you get off knowing what I am? You say you know what I could've
been. What's to say I'm not?"

Sonic realised his response was a bit of a blurt from suspense in thinking / hoping not that
knuckles was indeed the gaurdian everyone was talking about...

alex

"What you could of been-" Sonic retorted speaking words of wisdom he didn't know he had, "Is
someone who helped his people instead of dominating them. And also, someone who knew what
the word 'love' meant! Someone who knew that he was no better than any other man, and as
guardain, he was to protect and not dictate. A warrior that knew what honor meant, a warrior
that would not become like the naniblating brother hood he hated, one, who knew that life in of
itself is a comodity too valueable to be disregarded or negletced."

tim

Knuckles: "You don't know what you're talking about you porcupine!"
Sonic: "That's hedgehog!"

Knuckles charged at Sonic with his wall-penatrating fist cocked... but to no avail. Sonic simpley
saw Knuckles's movements comming from a mile away and dodged them. Usefully enough,
Knuckles had, as a result of charaging at Sonic, gotten away enough from the emerald that Sonic
could stand on it and begin...

alex

"NO!" Screamed the edcidna, he drew the sword of Arcorns from it's seeth, ready to stab the
hedghog in the back where he stop panting against the side of the master emerald.

tim

The hedghog seemed to burst into flames and the blade clanged against an invisable wall as a
furnace turned to face Knuckles. The once blue hedgehog was now a burning efigy of chaos
power with eyes that glowed as the sun and a low rumble from the yellow flames that sounded
much like twisting metal in a sinking ship.

Super Sonic: "My turn..."

alex

Knuckles smiled, and swung the blade again, this time calling upon the forces detirmend to drain
the hedgehog dry, he could not udnerstand how this dirty non edcidna could possible call upon
the power of the emeralds. But the hedghog was no longer there, it took a moment for Knuckles
to realize he was behind him and he was grapping for the sword. Sonic knew something about
the emeralds Knuckles didn't, need was as much a detirmination of th flow of power as well, and
Sonic had a great need, to save a live. As they grapped for the weapon it went flying and into a
solid crystal wall.

tim

Sonic, as quick as though, finally delivered the first blow, wacking Knuckles suqare across the
face! Knuckles flew several yards and then did a backflip to land. The gaurdian felt the blood
from the corner of his mouth as he stood.

Knuckles: "You may be able to use the chaos powers... but ever since I took Enerjak's power, I
have the strength of 13 chaos emeralds in my veigns!"

The blood seeped backwards and a green aura surrounded the echidna.

Knuckles: "Prepare to face your DOOM hedgehog!!"

alex

"The Servers are nothing to the Controller Knuckle-head!" Spat Sonic, however, Knuckles then
landed a soilder blow to Sonic's face sending him flying. Sonic speed shift out of existance and
then reappered standing ready to fight.
"Prepare to die!" Hissed Knuckles.
"I haven't got time to play games with you." Hissed Sonic thinking of what Metalla might be
doing to Fiona.

tim

Knuckles: "You haven't a CHOICE, hedgehog!"
Sonic: "The name's Sonic, ECHIDNA!"

Sonic charged up his spin dash and shot at Knuckles with a full-speed attack! Knuckles had also
been charging up and so shot a giant hole in the ceiling when he was blown back by Sonic's
barrage! While Knuckles started to regain his wherwithall, Sonic hurried off to find Metal. Sonic
knew how right he was that he didn't have time. The chaos energy would eventually wear off.

alex

Sonic was likea bolt of gold light across the sky, burnign to where Metalla had told him to met
him.
_________
Metalla's scanner's picked up, yes, yes this was what he wanted!

tim

It would definately be a challenge. But Metal had no idea what kind of a legend Super Sonic was
except by his data banks. And since Sonic himself could not fathom the powers bestowed to
him, neither Metal OR Sonic knew what they were in for.

alex

"He is at his best. Like I have always wanted to face him . . . now I"ll fight him at my best as
well." His power stone began to glow, then shuttered as it's power screamed though out him, his
blue armor turned red as a crimson aura serounded his metal body. "This fight, must be to the
death . . ." He glaced at Silver.
"Test Sonic's power when he arrives." Metalla said knowing he was sending Silver Sonic to his
grave.

tim

Sonic arrived. He saw the metallic clone of himself burning crimson and then quickly felt Silver
bump into him. He looked down to see Silver had fallen over from bouncing off of Sonic.

Sonic: "That didn't even tickle."

Sonic ripped Silver's head off so quick and easy that even Metal had a hard time seeing it
happen. He knew Silver's demise would be assured. But he had NO IDEA it would be quite
THAT easy. Then he saw the effigy of power he knew to be Sonic look at him...

Sonic: "Your next, Metal."

alex

"For the LAST time, Soniku, it Metallla, not Metal, Meachca, not Metal Sonic, not Meachca
Sonic, Metalla!" Then Metalla surprised Sonic with a strike so fast that it sent Sonic flying back
a step.

tim

Sonic narrowed his eyes as the glowed even brighter.

Sonic: "How about 'ROBOT'. Does THAT work for you, you hyper-active tin can?! All you ever
do is follow that programming of yours... maybe SLAVE is a better title!"
Metal: "And you don't follow your own programming?"

Suddenly, Sonic's hand came across Metal's face quicker than the crimson robot could react and
sent him back a step. Metal slowly turned his head to look back at Sonic with a wicked smile on
his face.

Metal: "Well... aren't we just the agressive one?"

alex

"Your history you ugly copy!"
"Heh, you say I"m a slave?! I BROKE my programming a long time ago! Robotnic's orders
would be for me to knife you in the back while you were asleep. I intend to prove just which one
of us is the better!"
"SAVE IT! Now where's Fiona?"
"Being the heroic type eh? She's alive, and getting plenty of air too, only sleeping with the
mummies!" Metalla said tapping the sand beneath them. "About ten feet below the surface.
She'll live no matter how much damage we do to our seroundings, I want you to fight at your
best Sonikku, at your fastest, at your strongest. And I;ll do the same . . . Now then . . ."
MetalLA's power level began to rise. "Let's get strarted before one of us shuts down from age . .
."

tim

Sonic jetted at Metal head-on rather than waiting to power up. There were to many left hooks
and right-hand punches to count before Metal finally kneed Sonic in the belly, forcing him to
bend forward for Metal to slam his laced fists into the back of Sonic's head. Of course, it was
only a fraction of a millisecond before Sonic was up and fighting again. And so the two duked it
out at speeds only they could comprehend.

alex

"NO! NO! NO! This is not what I want! Unless I fight you at your full then my victory will never
be complete!" Metalla flew back from Sonic as the two hover over the air, Metalla crossed his
arms.
"Power up to your fullest Sonic, I won't stop you! I want you to!"

tim

Sonic: "I don't have a choice, do I?"
Metal: "Not unless you don't care about Fiona."

Sonic growled. But, giving in, he began to power up. Yelling at hundreds of decibles and making
the planet quake by his voice, Sonic lived up to his name. He sounded like a chorus of tortured
gods and the surroundings began to warp as though reality itself was buckling from the power!
The purity of the chaos power was astounding even to Metal. But the chaos was so powerful at
this point that it was warping Sonic's mind and heart.

When he was fully charged, Sonic looked at Metal with now burning eyes that glowed as the
sun. When he spoke, it was deep and sounded like many people talking as it echoed in an almost
backwards way.

Sonic: "Now we'll see who will die."

A soft breathe sound whispered through the breaze that calmly aftershocked from the power-up.

Metal was not quite expecting this much power, but it's not like he knew how powerful he
himself was... and if he could beat Sonic at THIS point... well... let's just say it would be more
rewarding than words can describe.

(Ok. Remember, Sonic is used to the emeralds from his world. And from what I recall, he never
used the master emerald in the Archie-verse. So in this, he'd think 10 minutes, but be able to go
on for days even AFTER powering up.)

alex

"Now then . . . where was I?" Metalla spoke darkly before the entire planet shoke a second time,
red eletrisity leaping over his body and leaping towards the horizen and beyound as he powered
up to his full.

Bean neary stumpled as the entire island shoock from a sudden impact, but he didn't have time to
sturdy himself as the impacts kept coming.
__________
Alpha and Beta watched from afar two forces, one as gold as the sun, the other and red as blood,
flying about each other, striking hard, the very sand beneath them was formed into ribbles from
the force of the blocks and strikes.
The two ninjas only knew that they only stand by and watch.
__________
Amy head picked up, something strange for her to do anything at all, she sensed something,
something powerful, something increadable, it was first time in her memory she felt stimulated.
Gamma whatched her in equal awe, Amy actully looking alert was unheard of in the modiefied
Robian's memory.
__________
They had abandoned that world, but what was this? Whatever it was. It caught there attion. The
three of them turned their attion to this unknown battle, with two being who did not belong
there.
__________
Knuckles as he regained conious could not believe it, now he sense TWO forces soppior to this
own. His anger boiled, this could not be happening, he was the Gaurdain! He had no equals.
___________
Miles Prower was just as distrate if not more so, he had figured with Knuckles dead he would
have no opposition, now he sense two powers that were beyound even his care taker. But he also
sensed that were conflicting, he the fox kitesume had the hope that would simply distory the
other, only maybe one would succed, challenge Knuckles, then the child would make his move.
____________
~Shadows of a dark creature, steel cloads floating in the air! Some people run for shulter.
What's gonna happen heerrree?
Can't hold on much longer, but I'm getting stronger, I know this is a one way track, tell me now
how long this will last.
I wanna make my own way, I don't care what you say. Close my eyes and feel the burn. Now I
see what I've got to learn.
Open your heart it's gonna be aright!
Open your heart it's gonna be aright!
Open your heart it's gonna be aright!

Shadows of a dark creature, shadows keep attacking, thunder, rain, and lighting!~

tim

It seemed like forever as the second hand went from one second to the next. Time had no
meaning. The two were lost in the battle and only one of them would remain. Both of the omni-
beings intimidated by the other (and their selves) for how much power and the pure essence of
their aura.

Sonic wasn't sure why, but he was tempted to just spray power everywhere with the intent of
destroying the whole planet. He knew that the robot did not need the planet to survive, but was
so filled with chaos, he was still tempted to just DESTROY!!!

Metal was also dueling himself. His chaos was tempting him to cheat and be sneaky about
Sonic's demise. He knew it was because the chaos just wanted assured destruction, but he also
wanted to know if he could truely beat Sonic at his best.

The two demi-gods were very distraught and distracted.

Metal: "Soniko!! We must take this farther from the planet. We are both being held back by our
distracting thoughts and temptations."
Sonic: "So? DIE!!!! DESTRUCTION TO ALL!!!"

Sonic had not yet slipped, but spoke his mind to make Metal think he had already given in.

alex

Metalla was taken a bit back by that, then his eyes narrowed, he had forgotten something, this
fight would be point less if it was not disposed of.
"We're still linked, Trying to freak me by making me think you've already lost it was cheap. "
"I just want to save a life!"
"And I just want to find out once and for all which one of us is the better. I no longer care which
one of us that turns out to be. But I must know."
"That's why you sent Silver at me!"
"He was programmed to kill you in your sleep if nessary. He had free will. But he could never
understand why I simply didn't kill you. I didn't because I knew Silver could, so could Robotnic,
so could Chaos, so could an angery fan with a pistol! I was to beat you! To defeat you! Only then
can I have the Answers to my questions! We are very much alike but still different. But I know
you crave the Answer too!"
Sonic hand's clentch, like Metalla's they could crush steel like styro foam at the moment. And
Sonic knew, that he indeed, want the the answer too . . . . With metual decision on both parts at
last, they link severed, they were blank as much as anyone else now. Now the fight could begin,
but first, a chance of venue was in order.

Chapter Four: Duel of the Gods

(Ed Note: from here, who did which part was lost)

Sonic got back into his fighting stance.

Sonic: "This is nuts! If I destroy you, you'll never know! You won't be around to know."
Metal: "But then the curiousity won't be there either. And if I live, I'll know. Either way, I'll be
cured."

Metalla also got into his fighting stance, then in a moment the two blasted at each other, then
went stranight up over the island then horazontal over the open sea.
There was NOTHING holding them back now. Metalla call upon all the power of the power
stone and Sonic did the same with the chaos engery inside him. There were now at the peak of
their power. 100% of there true strength.

Many a legend of the holders of chaos energy would be proven true or false this day. Most would
be true. The sky opened up like a scroll and a giant beam of energy came from above. Sonic was
using the chaos energy to summon powers from afar in addition to his own. Metal picked up on
it and did similarly. When they both could no longer take it, they charged at each other with
massive force! the collision ripped time and space.

Tails found himself in a prarie with Bunnie...

Tails: "Where... am I?"
Bunnie: "Dunno."
Tails: "Why do I feel so... good?"
Bunnie: "Why do I feel like appreciatin' ma arm and legs?"

Little did they know that this peaceful site and these feelings of bliss where a direct result of
Sonic and Metal. The time and space ripple was so severe that other people were living in
several alternate universes at the same time. But time and space aside, Sonic and Metal were
unefected by it. They kept fighting.
Prower then felt something he had never felt in his entire life, guilt, sadness, remorse, it didn't
make sense! What did he care what that weakling Knuckles did to other non edciddna's? Because
they are alive. And all live is precious. Prower had NO idea where that alien thought came from,
but it was somehow familiar. He didn't want to feel like this! He was used to not feeling at all!
Except enviy at Knuckles' power, and lust at the sword of arcorns.
_______
Wave were created from the shock waves in air from the collection of blows and blocks.

Sonic delivered a blow to Metal that would shatter a world! Metal retaliated with a kick that
almost hurt Sonic. But so far, neither of them could deliver blows that were capable of harming
the other.

Metalla grapped onto Sonic's shoulders, and considered weather or not it was fair play to knock
Sonic between the legs, and decided Sonic would smash though his main power core if he had
the chance and it was simply a fighting taking advantage of a switation, he and Sonic both had
their strengths and weakness', this fight was to detirmine which one of them was simply the
better.
Off hand one would think himself would be the obiovious choice, but then why had Sonic beaten
him on Stardust Speedway? And how Knuckles defeated him with the power stone? Metalla
knew how good a fighter he was, other enemies had fallen like wheet before a scyth before him.
This fight indeed served a perpose, it would prove which of them was not just the faster,
stronger, but the smarter, cleverer, more skilled, simply put, the suppior model.
Sonic blcoked the knee and grabbed Metalla by the shoulder, but instead of head bashing Sonic
took a nose dive with Metalla into the water below, gaint wave crashed on the serface,
explosions of water erupted from the sea serface for a few second before the gold and crimson
warriors began their dance in the air again.

So it was. The two titans had seen each other as sutch. Nobody was going to interrupt this fight
(if they valued their life anyway). At last, Sonic felt the last bits of his sanity buckeling under the
power of the chaos energy dwelling through his veigns. He decided to take this "outside" and
gave an uppercut to Metal that would never be matched again in the future! It sent Metal soaring
through space for a couple million miles. And there was Sonic in front of Metal.

Sonic: "Now I don't have to hold back. I can let my sanity go..."

Metal was scared.

Sonic sent a savage reackless blow at Metalla's glow red center, Metalla managed to give above
him and sent him down below again, creating a creater on the ocean floor, Sonic flew back to
find Metalla with a alien expression on his metal face.
Then the fear was replaced by something most would never connect to Metalla: concern.
"Sonic don't! If your mind goes then might distroy everything, INCLUDING Fonia and Sally."
Sonic's mind went kinda into a loop for moment.
"What did you say?"
"She's on Angel Island Sonic, she goes to a lot of trouble to hid who she is, but her fighting style
gives her away easily enough, and her termel scan was a perfect match. Your pricness, or at least
this world' verison of her, is alive on the floating island, she hasn't become corrupt like all the
other people you knew in our world sonic, I won't say she's the same kind of person, but you
won't find her killing people for fun or being withdrawn half the time. Sonic . . . if your mind
goes to keep the feild even I would have to disengage my logic curcuits, but if I did that and beat
you, I may not be able to restart them, and my victory would mean nothing. Sonic if you loss
your mind and distory me then your victory will mean nothing!"
This was a switch, and it set Sonic's mind on reevauleate current brain statue and report, Metalla
actully being concerned about him?
"Why?" Sonic hissed.
"Because, your the cloest thing I have to an equal as a suppior or inferior."
Sonic's sanity began to come back.
Sonic: "Then why does this have to be a fight to the death? Can't we find OTHER ways to
compete?"
Metal: "All I know is what is in this head of mine. And I know that I must defeat you."
Sonic: "We are obvious as close to 'equal' as they come. So this fight may last longer than Fiona
can survive. Let her go and I PROMISE you I'll give you what you want. I've been worrying
about her..."
Metal: "I suppose you are right. 10 feet under is hardly deep enough seeing as how you or I could
slice right through this planet if we wanted. Very well."

Metal said this because he knew Sonic's mind and knew that Sonic was sincere. But it intrigued
him. After all this, Sonic showed some concern back at him! Why would the heroic Sonic be
concerned for a killer like Metal? When Metal searched Sonic's mind he found that Sonic felt as
though Metal was imprisoned by his programming to kill. But if he could have what Sonic had,
he'd be free...

Metal: "What is it you have that makes you free? Are you not ALSO a slave to your
programming, Sonicku?"
"What's that soppost to mean?" Sonic said, there phyic link cut before the fight had begun.
"You do as your programming instructs. Protect those you care about. Peserve your own life.
Exspand your programming to others. In that order."
"That's different."
"How? How often have you said, you have done something because you've had to?"
Sonic wasn't sure how to answer that. No matter how much he would argue, the point metal just
made would ring loudly. After all... why can't Sonic be evil?

Sonic: "Nevertheless. Let Fiona go and I shall give you what you want."
"She is as safe where she is now as anywhere," Metalla had lied when he said Fiona's air supply
was limited, he needed Sonic to fight at his fullest. Other wise he would not know The Answer.
"Above ground or below it will make no difference Sonikku. It is my perpose to fight you and
your perpose to protect those I might harm!"

Sonic: "But you saw it yourself! I was about to give that up. I was so angry, I was ready to
destroy everything JUST to destroy you. For me, it's not about who's better, but that you die! Isn't
there ANY other way to resolve this instead of being like foolish children?"

Meanwhile, Bean was talking with the others...

Bean: "This robot was created by someone. Had to be. If we can find out who, perhaps we can
pull the plug on this whole deal."
Rotor: "At that level?"

Rotor pointed to the two bright lights in the sky. There was a moment of silence. Miles
materialised with Bunnie.

Miles: "I think Sonic has a hold on things. But if things go arry, I have a plan."
Rotor: "What the-?! It's one of the gaurdian's -"
Bunnie: "I know. But he's also from the alternate dimention that the Sonic we've been watching
be a hero is from."
Bean: "What? Has his craziness rubbed off on you?"
Miles: "In the alternate dimention, Kintobor created Metal. He was also quite the evil guy. But
with these powers of mine, I'm sure I can find a way to use the powers from Sonic's fight to open
a portal if I have to."

Still... the fight was at a stand-still. Sonic trying to convince Metal to stop fighting and Metal
trying to convince Sonic that there was no other way...

"Don't you believe in Fate Hedghog? It's our destiny to kill the other. We must, because it was
destine before we came into existance, fleash and blood, steel and circuts, more or less"
Metalla looked at Sonic's feet. "Are all that seperate us. We must fight, to find out which is not
stronger, but better, the most powerful. We are the same hedghog. 'Sonic wai Ochine(sp)'. There
can only be one Sonic!"

In that last spot, Miles is still both of the dementions' Miles. Bunnie is also still both minds.
But the rest of them had not been effected by the clash yet. So Bunnie and Tails had gotten an
understanding of what was going on by this point.
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Sonic saw how pointless it was to argue and threw yet another planet-spashing punch at Metal.
The two fought again, going so fast that light itself found it difficult to give them the ability to
see each other. Normally, that would be an advantage for Metal, but Sonic had new powers now
and a sort of 6th sense...

The three walkers looked at each other. THe two demi gods were now going so fast even they
could not track there movments.

All that remained was the sound, land scape though not anillated, or by any means demolished,
felt the sting of the two compatants no one could see save each other.
The sound of there blows and blocks becaming a sound akin to a hail storm!
It was about that time that Knuckles had finally caught up to Sonic to see where he had gone.
Empowered by 13 chaos emeralds, the gaurdian was definately a force to be reconed with. And
with a shout to catch their attention, knuckles shouted telepathically to the two...

Knuckles: "HALT!!! How DARE you?! You metal maniac ruining my city. And you
meddlesome hedgehog comming to steal the power of the master emerald!"
"No more . . . ." Metalla said flatly.
Sonic just looked at him.
"After we get ride of HIM. No more great power, no more great destruction, only you and me,
and our ability to fight." Metalla sent a few commands though his system. "Now Sonikku. If
anyone after we beat him, except you kills me, the resulting explosion will take out all septators,
not just the opponent. May that be my tumb card that no one interfers. Now, let's go teach
Knuckle Head some manners!"

Knuckles: "Teach ME?! ISOLENCE!!! You Arrogant prick!"

Knuckles turned yellow much like Sonic. In fact, alot of his super trates resembled Sonic's.
Knuckles was causing just as much rucuss as either of the other two titans had caused by
powering up. But he kept powering...

Knuckles: "I'll show you how much more powerful 13 emeralds can be than the master emerald!"

Everything stopped. Knuckles had stopped time. There were very few people immune to this.
Namely the Walkers and Athair. But fortunetly for Sonic and Metal... them too!

Sonic's eyes narrow, he didn't have any idea that Knuckles had stopped time.
"Knukcle Head you have NO idea how the emeralds work do you? They were created orginal as
DEFENSIVE weapons, the seven of them only being at their strongest when it was for the call to
protect others.

The servers are the seven chaos.
Chaos is Power.
Power inrich by the soul.
The controller is the one who unifies the chaos. "

"What kind of meaningless garbag is that?" Hissed Knuckles.
"Only this. Your heart is filled to the rim with evil and mine is not, and there is no way I can
lose! You think the emeralds are things to be commanded, they are a force to be exsertion of
one's desire to protect my friends. Something you Knukcles-San, I'm sorry to say in this world
you might never understand."

Knuckles: "So you have some gay quote. So what? CHAOS IS CHAOS!!! All things tend
towards CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION! HAHAHAHAHAA!!!"

A giant sweatdrop appeared next to Sonic and Metal.

Knuckles: "Don't you see, Metal maniac? If what Sonic says is true, then YOU'll lose for sure
too! HA!"

Knuckles looked back at Sonic.

Knuckles: "And the power of 13 chaos emeralds used for evil can out-do the power of 1 master
emerald used for good... even IF what you say is true."

"It was said by a woman who spend 5,000 sharing her soul with the God of Duestion himself
stupid. And a great enough need can overwhile any suppior number of emerald!"

note: evil NEVER sees itself as evil.

Knuckles: "And what makes YOU so pure? Aren't we ALL evil to a certain degree?"
Sonic: "Perhaps. But the goal is pure."
Knuckles: "Don't be foolish. The ends never justify the means! If you kill me, your "pure" goal
will be ruined, mr. holier-than-thou!"

"Your one to talk you toltal biggit! How many non-edcidnas have you slaughtered for your
'higher goals'? You treat the Dingos as witeless beast of burdan, the Overlanders as a deasese to
be wiped out, and the rest of us as animals to be flited down into either of those catagories."
Retorted Sonic.
"Can we just paralise this guy from the neck down so he can think for the rest of his life about
what he's done so we can get to our duel already? People like him never want to talk as long as
they think they're at the advantage." Said Metalla getting annoyed.
"It worked with you at Mount Mobius. Otherwise you would of gone crawling back to Eggman."
Replied Sonic.
"I had my own reasons." Spoke the assasin droid.
"How dare you speak to me as if was criminal for you to judge!" Hissed th Gaurdain.
"Is" Metalla did a perfect play back of Knuckles' voice. "'How dare you!'" He switch back to his
own sysetic version of Sonic's. "The only exclaim you know? How do you rule a planet sized
empire with such stale dialoge?"

Knuckles got tired of arguing and threw an enrgy blast that knocked Metal silly! Amazed, but
reacting fast, Sonic layed a punch Knuckles thought he'd never have felt... one equal with his
own when powered! Metal quickly recovered and so did Knuckles.

Metal: "Now that's more like it Sonicku! KILL HIM!!"

Sonic thought this over...

Sonic: "You want him dead so badly, you do it!"
Knuckles: "I do not die so easily!"

Knuckles wacked Sonic with one of his collosal punches and then charged up for a second.

Knuckles: "You underestimate me. I may not know much of what YOU were talking about, but I
DO know what Enerjak taught me. I have cards you'll never yield! You may be powerful, but I
know how to USE mine!"

Metal: "We'll see about that!"

Metal charged at Knuckles and hit him as hard as he could... but Knuckles stood like a statue
while Sonic twirled as though he had be hit by Knuckles. Kncukles laughed.

Knuckles: "By the time you've finished killing each other through me, you'll be too worn out to
fight back!"

He then laid another collosal punch onto Metal that sent him crashing into Sonic.
note: in the character profiles it said Knuckles was made arrogant by Dimitri's teachings, and did
bother to look for a way or another way to use the emerald, thus Knuckles' super form could no
be, I feel this mock super form is the cloest he can come.
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"This Enerjak may of taught you a lot of cards Knuckle Head." Hissed Sonic. "Too bad they were
all two of clubs!"
"Here's another things you way ward back end reverse mock hero." Retorted Metalla at
Knuckles. "I don't want you dead. I want you history! Get lost! We don't have the time to
BOTHER with the likes of you . . . ." Metalla made a 'go away' gesture his hands. "shoe, shoe."

note: That would be under normal cercumstances, Alex. Unfortunately, that was because Ian
intended to do this whole thing without bringing in the "super" people. Including Sonic. In a
desperate sercumstance like this, seeing Sonic turn into a demi-god, Knuckles would become
that way simply from instinct (Knuckles simpley had to see Sonic become "super" in order to do
it himself in the archie comics). Sonic becomming Super is as much out of character as Knux
doing so.
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Knuckles was ticked (well...DUH!). He looked Metal in the eyes.

Knuckles: "NEVER command me! I am the gaurdian! I will not budge until you stop
endangering the planet! YOU should leave! I heard you... you're OBSESSED with fighting. And
at top notch! If that's so, then the planet Mobius will soon suffer at your hands. My duty is to
stop you!"

Knuckles looked at Sonic

Knuckles: "Don't think I've forgotten you, thief. Stealing the master emerald's power like that!
However... if you gang up on him with me, I'll be leniant on you!"

Atully Ian said Super Sonic MIGHT make an apperence in other-M 50, (the grand finally if it
makes it that far).
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"One." Metalla said using his finger for enpahsise. "The only fight I'm " Metalla played back of
Knuckles own voice. "'OBSESSED' is with him." Metalla did a sidesway point at Sonic.
"Second, after this fight goes either way, I'm outta here."
"Three." Said Sonic picking up after Metalla. "As much as I hate to say it. Metal here is one of
the Seven Sameri compared to you! You have as much honor as the pick pocket who stabs his
own mother in the back for her gold teeth! I wouldn't trust your word if my life depened on it.
Metalla at least plays by rules. You have no honor, you treat the lives of other as exspendable
camodies. Four, and by the Walkers, Creator, whoever, I'm going to put you in your place you
over powered emotionaly deprived overgrown child! Five, the Master Emerald accepted my call
because it sensed my cause was just. You'll never be able to unlock it's full power as long as you
allow Demitri's biggetry and pride to rule you. Six, I think I agree with Metal for once. Get lost
or suffer the fate you have layed for yourself! Seven." Sonic looked at his steel counter part.
"Feel like some tag team?" Sonic asked smiling.
"After you . . . ." Gestured Metalla. The machine reached out his hand offering it to Sonic, the
hedghog got the idea.

(start playing main theam of Sonic Anima)

As Soon Sonic grapped hold of Metalla's hand, Metalla did a horzontal spin attack spinning
Sonic with him for one roatation and then letting go thus launching Sonic at Knuckles, Sonic got
one solid hard strike in as he sped past, Metalla speed shifted to grap hold of Sonic again, and
now it was Sonic's turn to launch his counter part as their foe, Metalla sliced hard across
Knuckles' side, blood staining the white uniform, and Sonic and Metalla came at the edcidna at
the same moment from opposite sides, slamming their elbows into the sides of Knuckles' head,
followed by a double knee jab and then hard strike to the shoulders sending the edcidna back
down to the ground, creating a deep and perfect impression in the hard rock below.

(stop anima music)

As Knuckles crawled out of the hole Sonic grapped the edcidna and the gaurdain was face to
face with the hedgehog in the blink of an eye.
"Your no Gaurdain. Your just a bully." With that Sonic threw Knuckles not gently on the rocky
ground. "And bullies arn't worth killing."

"I . . . won't be DEFEAT!" Screamed Knuckles his power aura flaring wildy out of control. His
mucles beefing, his eye going pure green.
"NO! Your can drain that much power out of the Master Emerald at once: it'll shattar!" Warned
Sonic.

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