Sonic the fighters 2: Sonic tournament!
Chapter 5: Round two- Sneaking Suspicions
TIME REMAINING: 131: 47: 16: 23
After a hearty, uninvited meal at Tailses house, which took about an hour, the group of Fighters headed back to the ring. It would be several hours before the sun went down, so they would begin round two. The first match, Shadow vs. Bean was going to be a hard one to pick.
"OK." said Nack "Shadow and Bean, you guys step up to the ring. 3,2,1, FIGHT!"
Shadow attacked first. He jumped into the air above Bean and came down hard with a kick. It made it worse that he had all his weight behind him. Bean was already knocked to the ground. Shadow then, taking a leaf out of Espio's book, did a sliding kick into his side. Bean got back up and pulled out one of very, very many bombs. He lit the fuse and threw it at Shadow. Unfortunately for Shadow, he was the victim of sabotage. His hover skates ran out of fuel. This was all the more improbable because they used a nuclear isotope, which wouldn't power down until sometime next millennium. It would've had to have been stolen. But fortunately for Shadow, he could run.
So Shadow ran rings around his opponent, and soon Bean decided to stop him. He pulled out another bomb, but he too had fallen victim to sabotage. He tried to light the bomb, but the fuse had been coated in flame retardant of some sort. It just wouldn't light.
Shadow didn't wait around. He took another leap at the Duck. Bean was hit by the flying hedgehogs' fist this time. It hurt. He, now weaponless, resorted to...less refined methods. He kicked Shadow in the shins. While he recovered Bean whipped out another bomb. Unfortunately, it had been sabotaged too. So while he was distracted, Shadow did a spindash. He tripped Bean and then back flipped onto him. Bean then rolled over and kicked Shadow in the back. While Shadow lay sprawled on the ground, he got back up. Shadow did too, as he had much more fighting experience. Bean turned around and slugged him in the face. Shadow returned with a hugely painful kick to Bean's chest. He then hit Bean in the back as the duck doubled over, winded.
Curiously to Tails, Bark seemed to be paying very close attention to Bean's bombs and Shadow's shoes. Strange thought Tails I think something's up... He wouldn't tell anyone till he had proof though.
But back on the field, Bean wasn't fairing so well. Shadow had him on the edge. And it didn't look like Bean could recover. But, he on reflex action, pulled out a bomb.
"HA! All your bombs are useless! You can't use that!"
"Can't I?"
Bean threw his bomb anyway. It hit Shadow right between the eyes. He stopped, a little stunned, and Bean made a move. He charged forward at Shadow and tackled him to the ground. With his right foot he kicked Shadow into the air, then with his left fist hit him back to the ground. Shadow slowly got back up and looked to where Bean was. He then back flipped into the air and did his special move.
"CHAOS SPEAR!"
Bean was hit by the several spears of orange light. It sent him sprawling. Shadow rolled into a ball and charged up a spindash. He let it loose and was sent careening over Bean. Still in a spindash, he turned around. He rolled over Bean again. He tried a third time, but his time Bean was ready for him. As soon as he got onto him, Bean back flipped and then rolled shadow down o his foot. He then kicked him, but it only sent Shadow to the other side. Shadow then hopped up. He ran, but halfway there he jumped into the air and came down onto Bean's head. Bean collapsed to the ground, and shadow went to kick him off the edge. But Bean tricked him. He lashed out with a sweep kick. It got Shadow to collapse too. Bean then stood up, holding onto Shadow's foot. He spun around, and released him after three revolutions. Shadow went soaring to the other side of the ring and landed right on the edge. He was balancing himself with the palms of his hands. Bean got out another bomb. He threw it at Shadow. It hit Shadow, and it appeared that he fell of the edge. Bean went to look. As it turned out, Shadow had been hanging off the edge. He whipped himself up and hit Bean in the face. Bean then tried one of his special moves. He yelled out
"EXPLOSIVE PUNCH!"
His fist hurtled towards Shadow, and as soon as it hit him, it sent a wave of seemingly clear explosion off his fist. It also sent Shadow to the other edge, again. Shadow then responded with one of his new moves
"CHAOS STRIKE!"
What seemed to be orange electricity came of his fingers and began snaking, incredibly rapidly, to Bean. It hit him with no physical force, but instead began to shock him. It took every ounce of strength in Bean just to stay standing. When the Shock was over, Bean couldn't take any more. He collapsed.
"Well, that's the game!" yelled Nack. He couldn't have added more sarcasm if he tried.
"Who's up next, Mr. Nack?" asked Cream.
"Well, it's another hedgehog. Sonic vs. Ray, Time to go!" said Nack. "3, 2, 1, FIGHT!!!"
Sonic and Ray, who had just got up onto the ring, barely had the time to react, but Sonic's quick reflexes gave him the advantage. He ran at full speed towards Ray and preformed a bicycle kick, sending Ray flying upwards. Ray relied on his gliding abilities to stay above the ring. He came down at Sonic in a dive. Sonic back flipped out of the way and Ray pulled up, just in time. Instead of diving, he just delivered a powerful flying kick.
"Playing hardball huh?" said Sonic "I'm game!"
Sonic then began running in circles to build up speed, and as soon as he had built up enough speed he leapt into to the air and unleashed his special move.
"SONIC BOOM!!!"
The air, in an invisible shockwave, forced Ray upwards, until it dispersed, and he crashed down again. He couldn't glide this time, as he had been weakened by the explosion. He spiraled down. Sonic went under him to kick him back up, but Ray just flipped right side up and blocked him with his own kick.
Sonic and Ray stood at a stand off, before charging to the center. There they began to fight. Ultimately, Sonic got more hits in and managed to send Ray flying back. He then sent so far flying, that gliding was the only thing he could do to stay in. Deciding it was his turn to play the offensive, he did what he did best: breathing. Then he came up with a move on the spot. He jumped into a nice arc, then as he was landing he began to whirl around, lashing his tail outwards. It whipped Sonic first in the head, then the torso, and finally tripped him at the feet.
Sonic was not one for losing. He never lost. So he wouldn't this time. He gathered up all the strength he could and preformed a cross between a windmill and scissor kick, totally knocking down Ray and it hit him so hard the concrete beneath him began to come loose again.
Sonic then expertly, with the practice of a thousand life saving maneuvers, did what started out as a back flip but resulted in his newest (And Quite Aptly named) maneuver;
"SONIC DRILL!"
Sonic became the Ball form he is famous for and began heatedly digging into the ground, right where Ray was. Was. As in he wasn't there. Ray soon leapt down the hole after Sonic, in his own version of the Ball form.
No one knew what happened next. No one does yet. All that was heard for several minutes was a clashing sound like dentists drills, then a bit more of that, a resounding 'OW', some more Noise and a very large scream as an unconscious Ray was shot out of the hole. Sonic soon scrambled out of it, chased by several large rats, and then collapsed.
"Due to a dreadfully neglectful lack of explanation; I'll say that Sonic wins." said Nack. "Now who's up next? Oh this might be interesting. Knuckles Vs. Amy."
"But I don't hit girls!" exclaimed Knuckles
"So you forfeit?" asked Tails.
"Whoa; I never said that!" said Knuckles.
"WELL!" said Nack "if that's enough wasting time for everyone, then let's get on with the show! The cements already dry!"
Amy and (quite reluctantly) Knuckles climbed into the ring and they began, after Knuckles' Fists flew, but not at Amy. He began hammering the ground, shaking it so Amy wouldn't have a chance to react and attack him.
"I hate to say it, but that stinking Echidna's got rhythm." said Rouge.
Amy was bounding up and down on the field due to the intense shockwaves. She was busy formulating a plan. She got out her Hammer and prepared to throw it. A very hard thing to do by any means, even harder when you can't keep a foot on the ground. She decided rather than throw it; she would twirl it, getting her above the shaky ground. Knuckles had been planning for something like this, and he stopped banging the ground. He shouted;
"THUNDER ARROW!"
Amy was struck by lightning in mid air, and began falling slowly towards the ground. And soon as she hit, Knuckles slammed the ground so hard it shook most of the stadium. Amy was sent flying again, but this time she got her hammer out and started spinning it like a wheel. She Hit the ground and rammed straight into Knuckles, who was crushed underneath.
Amy turned around to get him again, but with extreme difficulty, he caught the hammer and then used it to flip off Amy into the ground. She got back up and used her special move; "Storming Heart!"
Knuckles was taken aback by the force of the attack. Amy was a lot stronger than she let on. Knuckles got back up, only to find Amy bearing down him through the air like some demented pink Eagle with a Hammer. He rolled to the side and the hammer just barely missed his head. He got back up, and Amy swung again. Unfortunately, Knuckles punched at the same time. Knuckles fist, surprisingly, won through. The Hammer splintered beneath his fist.
"What are you going to without your hammer then, huh?" mocked Knuckles...to receive a boot to the head.
"I don't only use a hammer you know." said Amy. Knuckles, now deciding that if he's got to fight, then he'll at least do it like a gentleman, unleashed his latest attack; the Explosive Fist. He hammered his fist into the ground. A huge wave of energy burst from his fist and spread around. Amy couldn't avoid it. The blast sent her into the stand where she landed next to Sonic, and passed out. So much for fighting like a gentleman.
"Well, I guess that Knuckles wins. However with that extravagantly explosive ending, I'm afraid that we won't be able fight for a while." said Nack with his usual sarcastic tone.
Knuckles looked round to see what was wrong. The field was perfectly intact... just 6 feet further down then before.
"Hmm..." said Tails, wondering whether he could fix this "this will take a long while to fix.. we'll have to wait till tomorrow to finish this round. It's time for bed anyway."
"WHAT!" exclaimed Mighty, who was one of the ones who had to wait. He had been looking forward to a match with Espio.
"Well, unless you want to fight underground, I suggest you wait." said Nack.
Time: Midnight TIME REMAINING: 120: 00 : 00 : 00
At Tailses workshop, everyone was asleep. All except for one shadowy figure, and one red echidna. Out in the hangar, the shadowy figure crept underneath the rocket, and had a toolkit with him.
"I wouldn't go doing that if I were you Nack." said Knuckles.
"You caught me old Red." replied Nack.
"Look Nack, I'm watching you. If you slip up even once; you're history."
"You know Red; I'd like to take your threat seriously this time. I really would."
Knuckles stayed in hangar and watched until Nack left. He would have to keep an eye on him. He didn't trust him before, now he was positive that Nack was up to something.
TIME REMAINING:113: 08 : 57 : 06
Tails woke up, it was around 7 in the morning. He decided it was time for breakfast. He had checked the timer last night on the Egg Fortress, there was only a few days left before the cannon fired... he shuddered to think what would happen if it did fire. The journey out to the fortress was a day on its own. That left 3 days and 17 hours.
He woke up all the others and cooked possibly the largest amount of Eggs he has ever done, 34 in an hour. Pretty good though. With breakfast finished, it was now eight o'clock, and they all set out for the stadium. Tails had gotten Re-123 to keep the Tornado running and cementing the field. The plus side is now it had a 6 foot foundation.
They got to they stadium to see that Re-123 and the Tornado had long finished work, and Re-123 had reprogrammed the Tornado to fight him. Tails ran over to the Tornado and fixed it up, muttering about arrogant robots. Nack went over to the chair near the stadium that he normally sat on to watch the fights.
"Well" He began " This next match is between my old pals, isn't it! Espio, Mighty, you're up!"
They went into the ring. Espio's first move was to blend in. Mighty, who after many years of working with the chameleon, had developed a sixth sense for finding him. Or at least, he had a vague idea of where he was. Predictably Espio snuck up behind Mighty, who then dropped to the floor and pulled off a Round-House Kick, sweeping Espio up into the air. He was momentarily stunned, and lost his camouflage. Mighty rolled up into a ball and slammed into Espio while he was in mid air. Espio landed on the ground but blended in again.
"Come out and fight me like a man you -OW!" exclaimed Mighty as he was hit in the chest bye a blow from Espio.
Espio reappeared and got out a batch of shurikens. He threw all 4 but Mighty rolled into his shell and deflected them. Espio then spun around in a circle until he was spinning so fast no one could see him, just a purple mini cyclone. The cyclone moved over, at an alarming rate, and engulfed Mighty, sending him up into the roof.
He then fell back down and was hurtling back down towards the cyclone, so he rolled up into a ball. He then grabbed the opportunity presented to him and preformed his special move. Iron Shell. So the hurtling ball of would be iron rammed into the top of the cyclone and made an explosion. When the smoke cleared, all that could be seen was a crater, with a chameleon and an armadillo lying in it.
"WHAT THE!" yelled Bark, who had been enjoying the fight.
"It looks like Mr. Espio and Mr. Mighty have passed out." said Cream.
"Thank you captain obvious." muttered Bean.
"Well... uh... I guess we'll need a rematch." said Tails, a little confused about how such a thing could happen.
Time: 3 hours later TIME REMAINING: 109 : 32 : 30 : 78
Espio came around to find a commotion surrounding him. Nack had gone missing for two hours, and he came back saying he went out for lunch. Now that is suspicious for anyone, but especially so for Nack.
"Where were you Weasel, I know your lying!"
"Jeez, calm down Red! All I did was go out for lunch, ok!"
"Where's Mighty?" asked Espio. No one answered. Mighty had woken up before him, apparently, because no one was behind him, where Mighty was before they both passed out.
As it turns out, Mighty had also gone out for lunch, but it only took him fifteen minutes. And he was waiting in the stands, with the other Chaotix. Vector was on a cell phone.
"So you'll be here in two weeks? ok. Cya Heavy."
"Heavy's coming back?" asked Espio.
"Yeah. He mentioned something about the power stones being stolen, so he's coming here to get our help in tracking them down."
Espio remembered fondly saving the Carnival Island from Robotnik with Heavy and Bomb several years ago. That was where he had first joined the Chaotix, along with Charmy.
Now, Heavy and Bomb lived on Carnival island, protecting the inhabitants and the Power Stones. What really bugged Espio about this was that Heavy and Bomb were far too good a pair of Guardians to let something like this happen. Something extremely powerful must have brought this about.
Now that the ring was rebuilt by a much unappreciated Tornado, they could get back to fighting. Espio and Mighty hopped onto the stone platform and got into position.
"3.. 2 .. 1, Lets Fight, Ladies!"
Espio didn't waste any time. Nor did mighty. Mighty leapt in with a flying kick, where as Espio had opted for a more confusing 3 point turn and kick attack. It meant however, that Mighty had his back turned. Espio took full advantage and planted a kick into the armadillo. Unfortunately for him he had not thought that far ahead and ended up planting his foot into a rock solid shell.
"Hah!" said Mighty "It'll take more than that to beat an Armadillo!"
He dropped into a roll and moved backwards, knocking Espio over. Mighty stood up and then planted a kick into Espios stomach, then leaped over him and got into a fighting stance to combat him. Espio got up and reched into the space under the wrist coverings on his arms and withdrew a shuriken from either side and threw them at mighty, who jumped into the air to deflect them with his shell. The knives flew up and embedded themselves into the roof.
"Well, old friend, it seems we're at a stand off." said Espio.
"I'd say you're right."
"But you should know this-"
"What?"
"I've got another knife."
Espio withdrew another shuriken from his glove and threw it at Mighty, who jumped again to deflect it but was too slow to stop the knife in time. He landed on the ground bunched up in his shell.
"Well." said Nack "I'd say that that certainly was enough to beat an Armadillo."
"Hah! It'll take more than that to beat an Armadillo!"
Mighty stood up, holding the knife in one hand. He threw it at Espio, who despite being startled was sharp enough to jump out of the way. Mighty dropped into a ball and began to do a roll on the spot. He eventually built up enough steam and let off, and soon zoomed around Espio again. On the first pass, Espio jumped out of the way. He had had experience with this move and knew mighty was a terrible aim.
"You won't beat me like that, fool!" said Espio. Mighty rolled around again and this time came closer. "Missed again, Mighty!" taunted Espio. Mighty came tearing around again. This time his aim was true and he slammed into Espio. Espio flew backwards, but caught himself, balancing on one hand. He couldn't hold it for long, and soon collapsed onto the ground, losing the match.
TIME REMAINING: 109: 02: 30: 78