(Ed Note: from here, who did which part was lost)
Thank you to Ian Potto for compling this and to fellow writer Tim.

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.
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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.

End part four of five (or is it six?)

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