Disclaimer (like usual, I forgot it in the prologue): Everyone knows how this goes. I don't own any characters here except those I happen to make up. But I do own Emerl's color scheme in the story. Use Chaos Color 1 and Shadow Color 2 to get that scheme.

Sonic Battle 2

Chapter 1: The Return of an Old Friend

Amy stared, frozen with horror, at the eerie pair of glowing blue eyes facing her. She said nothing. Then the mysterious figure spoke up again.

"Did you miss me, Mom? Mom?"

Finally able to move, Amy clicked on the lights in her apartment. Facing her was...Emerl? This didn't make any sense! Emerl was long gone; she had seen it with her own eyes! And not only her, but all of her friends, too! Everyone saw Emerl go out of control and overload! Amy finally spoke.

"Emerl, is that you?"

Then she noticed that Emerl wasn't his normal yellow-orange colors, he was white with a blue horn. Was this an impostor? Was this a crazy dream? The robot responded.

"I am Emerl."

At that, Amy was in shock. Who would bother to build a new Emerl, because apparently someone did? Who would know how? Only one answer came to Amy's mind.

"You must be one of Eggman's robots! None of my friends, not even Tails, know how to build a new Emerl!"

"I have never heard of an 'Eggman'."

"You what? I guess there's only one way to figure you out. I'll have to bring you to Tails!"

And so she did.

Even at the insane hour of the night, nearly midnight, Tails still brought Emerl to Tails' lab. When Tails saw Emerl, he was overcome by its sight.

"Emerl? Is that you? How did you survive?"

"I am Emerl. The data you requested is unknown."

"Say what?"

"I can't tell you.

"Hmm...sounds suspicious. I should call everyone over for help with this one."

And so he did.

Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, Rouge, and Shadow came over to help, even though it was late, and after all that partying, they needed their sleep.

"Okay, guys, thanks for coming! Now first, to start scanning Emerl for any trace of Eggman engineering (Egg-gineering?), we'll need to move that heavy scanner over there. It's not often that I scan Eggman's robots, so the scanner hasn't been updated lately. Sorry..."

Well, all seven of them heaved and pushed and pulled at the machine, and it only budged one inch. Well, if you want to be picky, 1.295049347583658 inches. Then, Knuckles made a suggestion.

"Why don't we call Espio and Mighty over? They should be able to help."

And so he did.

Espio and Mighty showed up, slightly ticked off, and agreed to help on one condition.

"If you can beat us, we'll help."

"Okay! Sonic and I vs. you and Mighty!"

Sonic protested. "Why me?"

"Because you're the first guy I thought of."

"And why do we have to fight?"

"I thought this was supposed to be a fighting game!"

"What?"

"Oh, never mind, just fight, darn it!"

And so the fight began, every fighter secretly hoping under their breath that they wouldn't fall asleep and get the snot kicked out of them before waking up in the hospital.

Sonic led off the battle with a ring-dash—he tossed a ring into the air and convinced himself to follow it at high speeds. Espio took damage, but Mighty was unharmed. While Mighty was blocking Sonic, Knuckles closed in with a swift punch. Sonic and Knuckles were up. Then Espio retaliated with a shuriken star, which struck Sonic squarely in the forehead, but strangely did no damage apart from a tiny scratch. Still, it was a particularly painful scratch. Then Mighty rolled into a ball and rammed Knuckles a few times throwing him off guard so that Espio could toss another star. Now they were even.

But not for long. Knuckles burrowed underground and came up under Mighty, eliminating him. As Sonic watched Knuckles, Espio set some cloak bombs. When Sonic took a step forward to finish Espio, he instead was finished. Two fighters left.

Now Espio and Knuckles faced each other in a serious stare, which was followed by them...falling asleep? When they wake up, who will win? Will the origin of the new Emerl ever be discovered? Will the heroes stay awake long enough to find out? And what's Eggman up to now? Find out in chapter 2 of...

Sonic Battle 2!

END CHAPTER ONE

So how do you like it? Tell me if I should continue! And if you have any suggestions, feel free to tell me! See ya next time! And as for the long number, I just randomly typed it.