Yo what's happening!
Okay so as I mentioned before I believe we are getting into some action! Actually had some fun typing this and I had to restrain myself so I don't make it too long hehe. I plan to keep the chapters within a minimal word count so that I don't add too much yet at the same time I keep some suspense going so that the transition to the next chapter goes well. Hopefully it's going well hehe. xD
Anyway let's dive right in so I don't keep you waiting! ^u^
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the locations. They belong to Sega.
Chapter 21: Spagonia Siege II
"Where in the world am I?" an unknown voice said themselves looking around. "I don't remember being here before, but something about it familiar. Hmmm… this is very strange…"
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"CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow yelled throwing a shot of bright energy towards several egg-shaped robots as they blew up from the impact. The sounds of missiles and bullets were heard coming towards the Ultimate Lifeform as several more appeared from behind the black smoke produced by his attack. Announcing the name once more he threw a barrage at the mechs, several more explosions occurring as the black hedgehog maneuvered out of the way from the robots' own strikes. "Damnit! Can't keep this up with one arm!"
"That's why you got me hon!" Rouge replied as she acrobatically fought the melee-oriented ones, her powerful kicks crushing the metal and causing them to explode as well. She dodged an incoming sword thrown at her and retaliated with a high jump kick, knocking the head of the mech clear off and revealing its short-circuiting components. The body fell to the floor but the ivory bat wasted no time jumping high into the air at several mechs rushing at her, their weapons colliding in the middle. "Almost got me there losers!"
Rouge then started spinning in place and performed a drill kick which impacted the robots, sending scraps of metal all over and causing another series of explosions which erupted ash and soot into the air. The smoke cleared and revealed Shadow and Rouge side by side as more of the egg-shaped fiends surrounded them. "Don't think we can keep this up Shadow."
Shadow let out a grin. "Hmph, good thing you're with the Ultimate Lifeform."
"Yeah yeah hon we heard that story many times." Rouge said rolling her eyes, grinning back. "Good thing you're here either way." The two then took off towards their foes and continued the assaults with Shadow utilizing his martial arts and chaos powers while Rouge pummeled them with powerful kicks.
"TAKE THIS!" Jian clawed through several mechs at high speeds, her tiger instincts kicked into overdrive with slitted pupils and an expression meant to kill. Gunfire and axes were thrown at her but she weaved through them as if it was second nature to her, punching right through a robot with ease and pulling back her arm with its robot version of a heart in her palm. Crushing it within her grasp she performed a roundhouse kick against one behind her and threw an overhead punch to another at her left. She performed a front flip and sent an upward kick to a mech approaching from her right, the brute force sending it colliding against a rocket meant for the white tiger as it exploded violently. Jian noted more coming her way as she cracked her knuckles. "Man this is fun!"
Bunker blasted through several mechs rapid spinning within her shell. Like a pinball she employed heavy impacts against them while their weapons and projectiles did nothing to penetrate her high defense. Going through the last robot which caused a hole to be shown in its torso, Bunker came out of her shell and threw her hands to the ground and pushed off flipping in the air. Upon landing she did a few hand signs in which her palms began to glow and noticing several mechs approach her, she thrusted her palms forward causing a blast of energy to radiate off her hands and decimate the mechs. Several missiles and bullets thrown her way also dissipated from the intense heat as the wave disintegrated more mechs foolish enough not to avoid it. The teal-green tortoise heard the sounds of jet thrusters and saw above a group of robots armed with rocket launchers. Bunker lowered herself ready to strike. "You will not harm this land any further." she said instantly going into her shell and bolting off with a rapid spin.
FWOOSH!
Blaze shot out bursts of flames from her palms as they melted away at the metal, the purple feline running across the battlefield and engulfing her enemies with high conflagration. Two missiles launched at her and she reacted accordingly doing a barrel roll around one and jumping over the other. Two explosions were heard from behind but for Blaze she merely focused her attention on the two mechs that shot them, her feet literally blazing through and once she got close enough the cat delivered a barrage of fiery kicks that caused enormous damage and caused them to explode. Jumping back she sidestepped three maces thrown towards her and countered by charging up a fireball and launching it at the mechs. Another explosion resonated the area which was covered with intense flames and the sounds of metal being smashed and destroyed by her teammates and friends. Blaze panted lightly, glaring at the scene of more mechs coming her way. "They just don't give up do they…" she let out before imbuing her hands and feet once again with flames and took off into the sky at them leaving a trail of fire.
Tikal jumped between hiding places trying to avoid the conflict, but wherever she took cover was only destroyed by the attacking mechs and stray shots colliding near her. With heart pounding and anxiety at an all time high the echidna princess was VERY desperate to find somewhere safe. Her blue eyes looked around frantically for any type of cover; she could go into the buildings but unfortunately if they get hit the structure would fall on her so she settled with broken walls. Tikal then spotted a destroyed car that was still somewhat intact and quickly ran towards it.
ZAP!
"AHHH!" the orange echidna screamed as a laser struck the ground in front of her, close to its target. She looked up in fear to see several mechs flying above with one having a laser weapon which released smoke from the muzzle. Her body trembled and she didn't know what else to do. "P-Please, s-someb-body…" Tikal whimpered watching the robots charge up their weapons at her.
"TIKAL, DUCK!"
A voice from behind commanded her and squeaking a bit she did as she was told. Crouching down she felt some wind above her along with several explosions resonating in from of her, Tikal's eyes clenched tightly in fear. Another gush of wind blew against her with a shadow looming over. "It's okay Tikal, I'm here."
The orange princess slowly looked up to see Amy smiling down at her, the pink hedgehog's famous signature hammer at her side. "Come on we have to get you out of here." she said. Tikal nodded and got up quickly with Amy grabbing her hand, the two running off with the heavy footsteps and loud jet thrusters coming off the mechs from behind.
"GRAH!" Sonic let out flying several feet back but catching himself as he skidded onto the floor, his metal feet letting off sparks below him. Green eyes glared at red ones that belonged to a unique robot that was currently on a Moto-Bug, the engine revving deeply as the eyes on it also glared back at the blue hedgehog. Gun turrets and missile launchers were present on the motorcycle and given that Sonic was having a hard time with it meant that this mech was much stronger than the others and for good reason.
"Alright just because I don't have my speed doesn't mean I'll be taken down easily!" Sonic yelled spindashing in place and bolting towards it at breakneck speeds. Just as the mech itself launched its own barrage of missiles and bullets to which Sonic weaved through.
BOOM!
"AAUGH!" the blue hedgehog let out as a missile flashed to his side and struck him, sending Sonic flying and crashing into a building. Debris and smoke were let off from the impact as the mech drove to his location quickly and launched another volley of missiles. A bright blue light was emitted from the smoke and revealed Sonic spindashing once again and firing off towards his adversary doing the same result. But as before…
"WOAH!"
…Sonic barrel rolled around two missiles that met each other and exploded which sent the Blue Blur flying into the air. He looked down at the mech which had a launcher over their shoulder that let off a red beam. Sonic's eyes widened. 'Damnit!'
The mech launched the shot and Sonic dodged at the very last second, feeling the intense heat of a strong laser singe part of his back fur.
"AAHH!" he let out as the laser made slight contact. He started falling towards the ground quickly with his ears picking up the sound of the mech's motorbike heading his way. Ignoring the pain he curled into a ball and spun in place and rebounded off the floor almost grazing against the head of the mech.
BOOM!
"AAH!" Sonic blocked a teleported missile that struck his arms and sent him flying into pieces of debris. More smoke flew into the air as the blue hedgehog struggled to get up.
"SONIC!"
'Is… Is that… Amy?" he questioned himself with effort. His vision was blurry looking to the source: a pink blob was definitely heading his way. 'N-No, Amy… get out…'
Sonic was too distracted to notice the mech about to land with the motorcycle wheels heading straight towards him.
Ready to tear through.
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WHOOSH!
BOOM!
WHOOSH!
Knuckles fought fiercely against his opponent while avoiding the menacing spinning blades it possessed. The duo teleported throughout the area trying to land solid blows against each other, the very earth rumbling from the impacts caused by the two adversaries. Violet eyes glared sharply against red ones with Knuckles' fists glowing a bright yellow mixed with red lightning, his punches letting out devastating impacts with intense speed and accuracy.
But they were evenly matched against the mech's own counterattacks. Each powered up punch Knuckles tried to land it was countered by the robot's spinning blades along with it projecting a small force field to protect itself. Knuckles threw powerful kicks in the mix as well but the assault also delivered the same result as the mech countered with its own kicks. The field around them was covered in complete devastation as buildings burned throughout and the scenery mimicked that of an apocalypse already occurring, blasts of lightning and thunder roaring through the skies.
Knuckles growled as his fist met the mech's own punch, their power near equal just as the red echidna pushed further and caused a shockwave to be let out as the two flew away from each other. Doing a backflip Knuckles landed onto the ground with a skid and looked up.
Instantly catching the mech's large hands coming towards him and causing another shockwave to burst below the red echidna. It now became a test a strength with Knuckles clenching his sharp teeth against the mech. The glow around his palms became more intense as Knuckles struggled to push back successfully, feeling his shoes scrape against the pavement below him. 'Damnit! There's only one way!'
Knuckles jumped and used his two feet to kick away the robot and send it crashing into a building. He landed back on his feet and wasted no time blazing towards the foe before it can do anything else.
BOOM!
'Damn wasn't fast enough!' Knuckles thought feeling a missile collide against his raised arm as he flew into a building. Large bits of the structure fell onto the ground causing loud thuds which were only overlooked by the crackling sound of the thunder and lightning. A fist burst out of the rubble and Knuckles dug himself out.
"CHAOS WAVE!"
The red echidna emitted a barrier of green energy that disintegrated the missiles heading towards him successfully. He jumped up avoiding the two that teleported near his sides and collided with one another causing a huge explosion which sent him up higher.
"CHAOS DRILL!"
Knuckles spun with his fists out covered in red energy as he bolted towards the approaching mech with the latter using its spinning blades.
The two met in a large blast that encompassed the area up to a half mile away and several seconds in revealed the two not releasing their attacks. Knuckles kept on spinning against the mech's own blades as each tried to penetrate through one another's defenses. Sparks of electricity and sounds of tremors rattled the area and caused several booms to erupt in the air around them. Several buildings still standing began to crumble from the force as the two didn't relent.
The mech mech fired off a missile midway until it teleported.
BOOM!
"AAUGH!" Knuckles was struck dead on into his side as he flew towards a building, crashing through the window and skidding down a flight of stairs until he knocked himself against the wall. The red echidna coughed several times as he clutched his side, dust in the air with bits of brick and concrete around where he landed. "This one's… tougher than I thought…" he struggled to say clutching his side. Lifting up his muscle shirt Knuckles noticed a bruise from the result of the missile and quickly did he imbue his hand with a green glow and placed it there, feeling the effect of the energy and the pain subsiding. Taking his hand off he smiled a bit to see the bruise having gone away. "That should do i-."
A series of blasts rocked the building he was in and quickly did he teleport out crouching onto the floor outside, the structure crashing down in the end. His gaze watched the mech floating in the air with the launchers letting off smoke from its muzzles. Knuckles got up and began charging up a sphere of blue energy within his palms.
"CHAOS…!"
The mech placed its own palms together and emitted a dark purple sphere with black lightning around it.
"RAY!"
The two shot off their attacks and instantly did they collide with one another emitting high levels of energy. Intense light radiated off the beams as Knuckles and the mech poured as much power as they can into them, the surroundings quaking violently as the sky roared overhead. Knuckles glared hatefully against the mech as the beams struggled to overtake the other. Bright blue clashed against ominous purple as the two adversaries continued to keep it up, Knuckles standing his ground while the mech used its large rotating blades to push against the force emitted by the beams.
"AAAHHHH!" Knuckles yelled delivering a final push and released more energy into his attack. The result was in his favor, the blue beam overtaking the dark purple one splitting the opposing attack from between and headed straight towards the mech.
White hot light imbued the robot, its form disappearing inside Knuckles' attack.
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"DID YOU SEE THAT?!" Cinder cried out pointing into the distance. Dulcy looked to where she pointed at and saw an intense beam of light go off into space. "That looks like Knuckles! We have to hurry and get to him!"
"Lead the way!" the orange pheasant stated as the two flew towards the echidna's location. "Do you think he'll be okay?!" Cinder asked. Dulcy looked back and grinned. "He will. He's the toughest of them all!"
Cinder returned a bright smile as Dulcy looked forward again, but inside… she was worried.
'What if Knuckles… no don't think that Cinder! Dulcy's right he will win!... but… why do I have the feeling…'
She may be on to something… a surge of dark aura revealing itself after the attack…
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"P-Please… h-help…" a low voice was heard coming from inside Spagonia University.
End of Chapter 21
And that's the chapter.
Looks like everyone's gonna be having a tough time in these fights, especially with some of the Phantom Heavies being way stronger compared to when Sonic and his friends fought them before. Will they be able to defeat them or will they fail? Will Cinder and Dulcy reach Knuckles in time? Who was that voice at the end of the chapter?
Heck even I don't know but stay tuned to find out next week! ouo/
