Strangely enough, I listen to E-102's theme to write this ;; ....And in the process, I found countless "humour" stories and SonicxAmy stories in the Sonic section. Woo.
Blood is Thicker chapter 4
A blue and orange plane zoomed at top speed through the clouds, the rain still pouring down as hard as ever. Knuckles stood at the Master Emerald's alter like a stone, his arms crossed, dripping wet as the storm whipped raindrops at his body. He watched this plane, distant as it was, as it darted amongst the clouds swiftly and smoothly, clearly at the hands of a skilled pilot.
Knuckles shifted slightly. "Hmph.. Sonic and Tails... Strange of them to pay me a visit in weather like this.." His violet eyes followed the direction the Tornado2 headed in. It neared rapidly, lighning and thunder crashing just behind.
"KNUCKLES!" Tails shouted, his voice barely audible over the sound of the engine.
The echidna looked up as Tails and Sonic flew past, roughly twenty feet above him. "What's up?" he replied loudly.
Tails circled back around, obviously looking for somewhere to land. The propeller whirred loudly. "QUITE A BIT!" he yelled over it. "BUT I NEED TO LAND BEFORE WE TELL YOU ABOUT IT!"
Knuckles crossed his arms higher up on his chest and Tails hardly managed to land the plane nearby. It skidded a little way due to the wet ground, and Sonic and Tails hopped out.
"Yo Knuckles!" Sonic greeted, just as soaked as his friend was. Tails followed not far behind, his arms crossed to keep himself warmer.
"You guys are nuts to fly in weather like this," Knuckles grumbled. "So cut to the chase."
"Amy's gone and we've got no idea where! She's been off for hours!" Tails exclaimed.
"Yeah... It's weird, even for HER," Sonic added. "I've also got this weird feeling we haven't yet seen the last of Eggman because of it."
Without warning, Knuckles hopped into a battle stance and fixed his eyes on an area not far off. "Sonic... get out of here.. Now!"
"What? Why?"
"Just GO!"
Sonic and Tails exchanged glances, and Knuckles' eyes remained set on one spot. "Listen..." he said quietly. The three of them stood still, hardly taking a breath. First it was very small, barely noticable to the point where Sonic wondered how Knuckles could have heard it before, and slowly it grew closer. A whirring sound-- not quite like a propeller, more like the sound a small turbo engine would make.
CRASH!
Knuckles' eyes widened reasonably, and Tails dashed directly behind Sonic. Sonic's jaw fell. A plantinum-blueish robot stood straight, raindrops rolling off its metal exterior. Its otherwise pitch black eyes glowed in the center with an eerie red, unblinking and locked on the trio of allies. It slowly extended a silver hand, beckoning to them.
"Whoa... its.. Metal Sonic..!" Sonic looked just about speechless. Knuckles tightened a fist. "Well he's down and out," he growled decidedly. "Come and get it, you rustbucket!" In response to these words, Metal Sonic jumped, pouncing like a big metal cat, and flattened Knuckles to the ground. Sonic and Tails backed out of the way.
Knuckles threw the robot off himself, and it slid a little way. He pinned it down swiftly, then looked at Sonic. His eyes flashed. "GO! NOW!"
"Knuckles! Geez, I can help!"
"NO! Just go alright?!!"
Sonic shrugged helplessly. Metal Sonic sprang up, shoving Knuckles into Sonic. Knuckles pushed Sonic away hard. "Just... go okay?!!" Sonic gave him a look, but said nothing. Tails bit his lip as the fight progressed, mostly just a game of one pinning the other down on the soaked ground and trying to hit him before he got up. Metal Sonic appeared to be taking it easy. Without warning, he simply darted away into the trees.
"What the heck was that about?" Knuckles panted.
"Eggman..." Sonic breathed, angered at the thought of his nemesis. "Ohhhhhh... So Tails was right..."
Tails' ears perked forward and he looked straight ahead. "Sonic look! Eggman's ship!!" Miles ahead in the dark stormy sky, a dark shape drifted through the clouds. A flying fortress.
"Awright! Time to crash his party!" Sonic said with a grin. "Let's high-tail after him, buddy."
"Right!" Tails exclaimed, racing back for the Tornado 2 and hopping in. Sonic leapt up into the back. A whirring propeller started up, and the plane rode across the wet ground until it was easily lifted up into the sky.
"Take care, you pair of idiots.." Knuckles muttered as he watched the plane speed as fast as it could from sight.
Tails kept the bi-plane fairly steady in the awful storm, rain and wind whipping into his face and blowing his fur back. "He sure is far enough out...!" Tails said loudy over the engine. He couldn't quite make out what Sonic had saidin reply, but it sounded like an agreement.
FZOOM.
BEEP.
FZOOM.
BEEP.
Tails perked up slightly at the oddity of the sound. It was fairly loud, but seemed distant. He took a short glance to the right, and, seeing nothing, decided it was nothing important and kept on-route. "It's probably nothing..." Tails thought calmly, watching the skies as he flew.
SHHCCHHHTTTTTTTTT!
"What the heck?!" Sonic's eyes darted in the direction of the sound. In a flash of shining metal, Metal Sonic darted past the plane's side and around to the other. Tails jerked off course somewhat, trying to veer off Metal Sonic's path.
SHNNNCCCCCCCCCC
The blur of blue and platinum metal darted by again through the dark skies, rain blurring the sight of it. This time, Tails took a huge turn, back in the direct of Angel Island, trying to get out of the way. Metal Sonic tried to head him off. Frustrated, Tails yanked the plane back onto the original route to Eggman's fortress. "...waste of fuel..." he muttered.
"Ughhh... good timing, you metal head bozo," Sonic grumbled at Metal Sonic as it flew by again, taunting its turbo powered speed. "I can't even hit you when I'm not on the ground."
"Let's ignore it, Sonic," Tails said loudly over his shoulder. "There's no use wasting time and power playing sky-tag with him like this!" And he kept on course to Eggman's.
The flight in general was a fairly smooth one. The wind was getting bitterly cold, but the rain had slowed up. It was difficult to see their destination, as it was getting quite late. Slowly, the dark shape loomed nearer, and Tails pressed on with the speed.
And then it cut through the clouds. A big, indigo beam. There was a sound like tearing... And the beam collided directly with the engine of the Tornado 2. Tails and Sonic both cried out at this. With a flash, the beam ended, and the engine burst into flame.
Blood is Thicker chapter 4
A blue and orange plane zoomed at top speed through the clouds, the rain still pouring down as hard as ever. Knuckles stood at the Master Emerald's alter like a stone, his arms crossed, dripping wet as the storm whipped raindrops at his body. He watched this plane, distant as it was, as it darted amongst the clouds swiftly and smoothly, clearly at the hands of a skilled pilot.
Knuckles shifted slightly. "Hmph.. Sonic and Tails... Strange of them to pay me a visit in weather like this.." His violet eyes followed the direction the Tornado2 headed in. It neared rapidly, lighning and thunder crashing just behind.
"KNUCKLES!" Tails shouted, his voice barely audible over the sound of the engine.
The echidna looked up as Tails and Sonic flew past, roughly twenty feet above him. "What's up?" he replied loudly.
Tails circled back around, obviously looking for somewhere to land. The propeller whirred loudly. "QUITE A BIT!" he yelled over it. "BUT I NEED TO LAND BEFORE WE TELL YOU ABOUT IT!"
Knuckles crossed his arms higher up on his chest and Tails hardly managed to land the plane nearby. It skidded a little way due to the wet ground, and Sonic and Tails hopped out.
"Yo Knuckles!" Sonic greeted, just as soaked as his friend was. Tails followed not far behind, his arms crossed to keep himself warmer.
"You guys are nuts to fly in weather like this," Knuckles grumbled. "So cut to the chase."
"Amy's gone and we've got no idea where! She's been off for hours!" Tails exclaimed.
"Yeah... It's weird, even for HER," Sonic added. "I've also got this weird feeling we haven't yet seen the last of Eggman because of it."
Without warning, Knuckles hopped into a battle stance and fixed his eyes on an area not far off. "Sonic... get out of here.. Now!"
"What? Why?"
"Just GO!"
Sonic and Tails exchanged glances, and Knuckles' eyes remained set on one spot. "Listen..." he said quietly. The three of them stood still, hardly taking a breath. First it was very small, barely noticable to the point where Sonic wondered how Knuckles could have heard it before, and slowly it grew closer. A whirring sound-- not quite like a propeller, more like the sound a small turbo engine would make.
CRASH!
Knuckles' eyes widened reasonably, and Tails dashed directly behind Sonic. Sonic's jaw fell. A plantinum-blueish robot stood straight, raindrops rolling off its metal exterior. Its otherwise pitch black eyes glowed in the center with an eerie red, unblinking and locked on the trio of allies. It slowly extended a silver hand, beckoning to them.
"Whoa... its.. Metal Sonic..!" Sonic looked just about speechless. Knuckles tightened a fist. "Well he's down and out," he growled decidedly. "Come and get it, you rustbucket!" In response to these words, Metal Sonic jumped, pouncing like a big metal cat, and flattened Knuckles to the ground. Sonic and Tails backed out of the way.
Knuckles threw the robot off himself, and it slid a little way. He pinned it down swiftly, then looked at Sonic. His eyes flashed. "GO! NOW!"
"Knuckles! Geez, I can help!"
"NO! Just go alright?!!"
Sonic shrugged helplessly. Metal Sonic sprang up, shoving Knuckles into Sonic. Knuckles pushed Sonic away hard. "Just... go okay?!!" Sonic gave him a look, but said nothing. Tails bit his lip as the fight progressed, mostly just a game of one pinning the other down on the soaked ground and trying to hit him before he got up. Metal Sonic appeared to be taking it easy. Without warning, he simply darted away into the trees.
"What the heck was that about?" Knuckles panted.
"Eggman..." Sonic breathed, angered at the thought of his nemesis. "Ohhhhhh... So Tails was right..."
Tails' ears perked forward and he looked straight ahead. "Sonic look! Eggman's ship!!" Miles ahead in the dark stormy sky, a dark shape drifted through the clouds. A flying fortress.
"Awright! Time to crash his party!" Sonic said with a grin. "Let's high-tail after him, buddy."
"Right!" Tails exclaimed, racing back for the Tornado 2 and hopping in. Sonic leapt up into the back. A whirring propeller started up, and the plane rode across the wet ground until it was easily lifted up into the sky.
"Take care, you pair of idiots.." Knuckles muttered as he watched the plane speed as fast as it could from sight.
Tails kept the bi-plane fairly steady in the awful storm, rain and wind whipping into his face and blowing his fur back. "He sure is far enough out...!" Tails said loudy over the engine. He couldn't quite make out what Sonic had saidin reply, but it sounded like an agreement.
FZOOM.
BEEP.
FZOOM.
BEEP.
Tails perked up slightly at the oddity of the sound. It was fairly loud, but seemed distant. He took a short glance to the right, and, seeing nothing, decided it was nothing important and kept on-route. "It's probably nothing..." Tails thought calmly, watching the skies as he flew.
SHHCCHHHTTTTTTTTT!
"What the heck?!" Sonic's eyes darted in the direction of the sound. In a flash of shining metal, Metal Sonic darted past the plane's side and around to the other. Tails jerked off course somewhat, trying to veer off Metal Sonic's path.
SHNNNCCCCCCCCCC
The blur of blue and platinum metal darted by again through the dark skies, rain blurring the sight of it. This time, Tails took a huge turn, back in the direct of Angel Island, trying to get out of the way. Metal Sonic tried to head him off. Frustrated, Tails yanked the plane back onto the original route to Eggman's fortress. "...waste of fuel..." he muttered.
"Ughhh... good timing, you metal head bozo," Sonic grumbled at Metal Sonic as it flew by again, taunting its turbo powered speed. "I can't even hit you when I'm not on the ground."
"Let's ignore it, Sonic," Tails said loudly over his shoulder. "There's no use wasting time and power playing sky-tag with him like this!" And he kept on course to Eggman's.
The flight in general was a fairly smooth one. The wind was getting bitterly cold, but the rain had slowed up. It was difficult to see their destination, as it was getting quite late. Slowly, the dark shape loomed nearer, and Tails pressed on with the speed.
And then it cut through the clouds. A big, indigo beam. There was a sound like tearing... And the beam collided directly with the engine of the Tornado 2. Tails and Sonic both cried out at this. With a flash, the beam ended, and the engine burst into flame.