Sonic the fighters 2: Sonic Tournament
TIME REMAINING: 161 hours 56 minutes 59 seconds 48 milliseconds
Tails was in shock at the large amount of people outside his house and workshop. Already there was a squirrel, a bear, a duck, Big and Cream with her chao cheese. And judging by the dust clouds in the distance, more were on the way.
"Give us your rocket!" "Yeah, give it up, what's the big deal." "All your rocket are belong to us!" "The little rabbit needs to fly!" "Please Mr Tails, hand over your space ship now!"
Now that these five were here, that made ten people trying to get Tail's one seater rocket!
"People, people, this is my rocket and I'm going to stop Eggman!" said Tails to the people outside.
"Then why haven't you, you fiend! You must have joined forces with the Eggman!" yelled Bean, who Tails hadn't met before.
"I haven't gone because it turns out that Sonic also happens to be the most annoying hedgehog in the world, as well as the fastest."
"Excuses, excuses. Hand over your Rocket, fox boy!" raged the polar bear.
"I don't even know half you people, what makes you think I would give you my rocket!"
"I am Bean the Dynamite Duck, and I will blow you up if you don't give it to me!"
"I'm Bark the Polar bear, and if you don't give it to me... well, you don't want to know what I'll do."
"I'm Ray the Squirrel, and I need that rocket for official mayors business, now hand it over!"
"Look you guys, I know you all think you can stop Eggman, but I don't think you know all about how I've saved the world all those times. I think I'm a little more experienced than you guys are."
"Oh I doubt that." said Bark menacingly.
"Sonikku! Where's my Sonikku!" yelled a certain pink hedgehog as she hurtled towards the crowd.
"Oh no! Not Amy too! Who else is gonna try to steal my rocket!" yelled Tails.
Far away, on the other side of the city, Vector and Mighty were arguing over the map. Mighty was sure Vector was leading them the wrong way, and Vector was sure that Mighty couldn't read.
"Just give it here!" argued Mighty "I can get us out of this mess."
"You can not. You probably can't read maps!" retorted Vector.
"I'll have you know that I was top in my geography class, thankyou!"
While the two argued, Espio took the chance to snatch the map out of Vectors hands. He studied it carefully.
"Um, Vector?"
"Not now Espio, I'm arguing with this dimwit!"
"You had the map upside down."
"WHAT! YOU HAD THE MAP UPSIDE DOWN! AND YOU THINK I CANT READ MAPS!" yelled Mighty to Vector.
"Just hand here and I'll get us out of here!" yelled Charmy "Bees have a great sense of direction."
"I'm taking the map, wether you guys like it or not!" yelled Mighty, who snatched the Map, and began to lead them in the correct direction. They didn't get too far when they happened to come across an old 'friend' of theirs.
"Nack! What are you doing here!" yelled Espio.
"Oh, you know the usual head hunting." replied Nack.
"Yeah, yeah, sure. Well, we gotta get to the Mystic ruins so we can fight Eggman!" said Vector.
"Fighting Eggman huh? That's a step up from your usual errand running."
"Hey, we're an outstanding detective agency! Now get out of our way! We're on official government business here."
"You were outstanding, but only while I was with you."
"What are you talking about? You were never with us!" yelled Charmy
"Actually Charmy... he was."
"Oh Great, another of your boring flashbacks, eh, Vector?"
"Shut up you puny Bee. My flash backs aren't boring. Any way, seven years ago, before you were even born, The Chaotix was a prominent Detective agency. Back then, Nack here was known as Fang the Sniper. He had a real attitude, too. He thought he was the best detective ever to grace this green earth. But, back then, when Knuckles was still in our midst, he and Nack got into a fight. I don't remember what it was about, but Knuckles and Nack soon left the Chaotix because of it. Since then Nack has been nothing but trouble for the Chaotix."
Nack was now getting annoying in Espio's eyes. The ninja-chameleon whipped out a shuriken and said;
"Back off, Weasel boy!" yelled Espio.
"No need violent, Espio."
"There's plenty reason! Now get out of here!" yelled Espio as he leapt into the Air and sent a Shuriken into Nack's foot, pinning him in place.
"C'mon guys, we got an evil doctor to defeat!" yelled Mighty as they sprinted off. Up above, on top of a building, Shadow watched as the shake 'n' bake detectives ran off to fight Eggman.
"They must know where a spaceship is!" he exclaimed as they were running off. He jumped from rooftop to rooftop, following them.
When the Chaotix got there, Tails let out yet another groan.
"Not more people!"
When Vector was in range, he yelled to Tails;
"Hey, kid, we need your spaceship! Now hand it over!"
"Yeah, well pick a number and get in line!" yelled Bark, throwing Vector behind him.
"Nobody messes with the Chaotix! Get em' boys!" yelled Vector. The Chaotix charged, but as soon as Mighty threw the first punch at Bark, he was stopped by a familiar black hedgehog.
"We're not going to get anywhere by fighting over this rocket." said Shadow. "So let me take it."
"What! No way! I'm taking this rocket to the fortress, wether you like it or not." stated Sonic
"Shall I destroy it, sir?" said the Robot.
"No, I think I'll see what he's here for. I know that ship. He's a bounty hunter named Nack, and if he didn't want to be detected then he would have found a way. Somehow I think he has a proposition."
And he was completely correct. When Nack stepped out onto the surface of the Egg Fortress's hangar, he found Eggman was there to greet him.
"Welcome back, Bounty Hunter. Looking for work still, eh?" said Robotnik calmly.
"Actually, I came to offer you a proposition."
"And why should I trust you?"
"Because I know who's going to try to stop you, and I think I know exactly how to stop them."
"I'm listening..."
Back on the planet, Tails thought he had worked out the perfect solution to their problem. It would guarantee that only the strongest person would go to the Egg Fortress.
"Guys, I think I know how I can solve our problem!"
"Oh yeah? What's that." said the ever-arrogant Sonic
"A tournament!"
"A what now?" said Bean.
"A tournament- you know, where you beat people up to win something."
"OH BOY!" said Bean, dancing around.
"Where have I heard this before?" said Bark
"I don't know. But anyway, before we get started we need to choose a referee. Anyone? Sonic, Shadow, Amy, Rouge, Knuckles or anyone else? Will anyone volunteer?"
"I believe I can help you there." said a strange voice from behind them.
Espio didn't even have to turn his head to know who it was.
"Nack, how unpleasant it is to see you." he said, without actually seeing him.
"As I said before, I think I can help you. I'll be your referee."
"Like hell you will!" yelled Knuckles. "You're a dirty cheating scoundrel! I'll never trust you! You'll fix all the matches!"
"No I won't! I give you my word .And if there is one thing you can trust in this world; it's a bounty hunter's word."
"Well, we do need a ref..." said Bark
"And none of us want to do it..." said Rouge
"Affirmative. Nack the weasel will be refereeing this competition." said Re-123
"No Way!" yelled all the Chaotix simultaneously
"I'm afraid he'll have to do." said Shadow strangely "as it seems no one else is offering."
"Fine, but I'm not going to be happy about it. NEVER!" yelled Vector.
"Well anyway, we might want to figure out the order of the fights. I've taken the liberty of drawing up this chart." said Tails. He went into his workshop and came out with what looked like an upside down tree drawn on a piece of paper. When Sonic considered it for a moment, he said;
"That's a tournament map!"
"It sure is. Now all we need to do is select a number. Everyone line up in front of this box." said Tails. He put down a box with a hole in the top, just big enough for someone's hand to fit in. Inside the box was series of pin-pong balls, each with a number from one to sixteen. Bark was first in line. He pulled out a ball with the number '5' on it. Shadow was next, although he was meant to be first, Bark just pushed him out of the way. When Shadow put his hand in, he pulled out the number 1.
"Humph." Shadow said.
Sonic was second, and he pulled out the number 7. Soon enough, everyone had pulled out a number, except for Nack because he was refereeing. Shadow was number 1, Cream was number 2, Bean was number 3, Re-123 was number 4, Ray was number 5, Charmy was number 6, Sonic was number 7, Vector was number 8, Amy was number 9, Rouge was number 10, Knuckles was number 11, Big was number 12, Mighty was number 13, Tails was number 14, Espio was number 15 and Bark was number 16.
"OK guys, what this means is that Shadow and cream will fight first, and then it will be Bean and Re-123 and so on. You guys can read the chart while I find us a ring." said Tails, and before anyone had a chance to complain, he took off in the cyclone, in its plane form.
While they were waiting, Nack found the chance to sneak off. Knuckles, always suspicious of that weaselly...weasel, decided to follow him. As Nack crept off, Knuckles snuck around the side of the building, soundlessly climbing on the wall. He was shocked to discover that Nack had his own spaceship! Knuckles quickly latched onto the back of the seat, just as Nack was closing the canopy. He hid there and waited for the craft to lift off. When he finally felt the craft lift off, he decided to peak out the window, which was more a bubble that surrounded the chair. He saw the sky turn in to a black nothing, but it was soon filled with stars. Nack was approaching the Egg Fortress, but he was not shot down like the military space shuttle; instead he just flew up to the fortress. Eggman even opened the hangar for him. That made Knuckles very wary. As soon as they reached the fortress, Nack opened the canopy. Unfortunately, as soon as Nack decided to get up, the seat fell into a lying position, and it hit Knuckles with enough force to knock out him completely.
When he finally regained consciousness, the ship was back on the surface. Knuckles opened the canopy and got out of the rocket, a little more confused then normal. He picked up the space ship, so Nack couldn't go back, and hid it somewhere. He then found out there was room for two more passengers in it. When he got out, he found Tail's plane, the cyclone, coming down the runway. He was about to say something when he noticed that HE was on the runway.
"AHHHHHH!!!" he yelled, sprinting the fastest he ever could. Unfortunately, when one is in a state of panic, one tends to forget where exactly they are going. And Knuckles is no exception to that. He ran straight into the Cyclone, which he was trying desperately to avoid.
"OWIE! I MEAN OW! THAT REALLY STINGS" he said, or screamed rather.
"QUIT BEING A BABY!" yelled Bark gruffly.
"Have you ever been hit in the face with a plane? Didn't think so."
"I have!" yelled Bean, though he was immediately ignored.
"Anyway guys, I have a fighting ring! It's in station square." said Tails
"Great!" said Bark "Then let's get this show on the road!"
"Um...that's the thing... the Tournament starts tomorrow, because at the moment it's a pie stand."
"Oh....k" said Amy, who was very silent up until now.
"Well anyway, I've got to tinker with the Rocket, so you guys better go home."
"Why should we leave? You'll just take the rocket for yourself!" retorted Nack.
"Hey!" said Tails "No I won't!"
"Yes you will! I'm not going anywhere!" yelled Rouge the Bat.
"Aw geez!" said Tails, finally resigning his indignation.