Sonic Battle 2

Chapter 6: Quest Worthy of a Spy

Disclaimer: WOW I forgot this for a long time, but here it is, complete:

Sonic the Hedgehog and all related characters and logos are ™ and © SEGA/Sonic Team. As for the dates, let's just say "as of 1990." In fact, the only character-related things I own in here are the Sigma robots, Metal Sonic 3.0, and Emerl's color scheme, if you remember it from Chapter 1 (not counting prologue). I got it in the game by using Chaos Color 1 and Shadow Color 2.

Author's Note: Just looked over past chapters, and MAN does it seem hard to write without using inappropriate language and without sounding cheesy. But...must...keep...PG...rating...

Now it was officially night, and Amy and Cream headed back to the lab, but when they got there, they saw that the entire place was empty except for the unconscious form of Shadow, who hadn't changed since Sonic and Tails found him, and Emerl, still standing in the scanner. Amy set the third Chaos Emerald in the scanner. Since Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles had already found their respective Chaos Emeralds, they had probably gone out with other teams to help them. Cream pulled out their team's 2-way radio and contacted Rouge, one of the few to not yet find a Chaos Emerald. She had some big news...

Rouge stood at the edge of the Night Babylon region of Station Square, still preferring to work alone. As much as she enjoyed treasure hunting, there was no beating the nightlife. Neon lights flashed around every corner, and the whole place was brighter than it was even during the day. The white bat figured that she should start searching for the next robot at Club Rouge—after all, she knew the place better than anyone else, she owned it! And since there was a fairly large cache of rings there as well, she figured it would be a prime target for Eggman.

A thorough search of the club had rendered no assistance in finding the next robot, as Rouge decided to check the other nearby clubs. The first she came to had a huge bouncer waiting outside. But there was something odd about this bouncer...he was purple and appeared to be holding a fishing rod over his shoulder...

He spoke. "Hey, ma'am, where do you think you're going? I don't, uh, think you're on the, uh..."

"List?"

"Yeah, that's it."

"Big? When did you get a job?"

"I've been working here for the past two weeks...hey, where are you?" Big looked back down, only to see that the space formerly occupied by a certain spy was now vacant.

That was too easy, Rouge thought to herself as the slipped right in, undetected. Then again, whoever said Big was all that smart anyway? She flew up to the rafters and gave the entire place a quick scan. No robots in sight. Then again, the darkness of these places would be more than enough to blur any figure, so she tried it again, this time with her minute Treasure Scope over her eye. Still nothing suspicious was showing up. Then Rouge glanced just below her. There was a something small and black down there. It glanced upward, and as red, glowing optics met night-vision scope, the sound of running motors charging up could be heard if one listened closely. A second's pause, and then the robot was out the door, dashing down the street and into the next club. Apparently, a black robot was far less suspicious than a normal-looking bat.

Rouge made her way to the next club and found out why the Sigma robot had gotten in so easily—the guard at this club was another robot. This robot looked like E-102, except with a black-and-gray color and red eyes. Rouge tried to get in.

"Excuse me, I have an appointment."

"What is your name?"

Rouge couldn't use her own name. She had to think of another, and fast. She said the first thing that came to her mind.

"Amy. Amy Rose."

"That name is not on the list. Initialize battle sequence..."

The robot meant business now. Rouge was ready, though. Five years of training with the government couldn't go wrong.

The robot was quick to start. In fact, it was a bit too quick. He anticipated Rouge to charge at him, and set a bomb about five feet short or Rouge's actual location. She then countered by flying over the bomb and landing her foot hard into the robot's head, making a dent in its plating. The robot put its arms into the air and surrounded them with electric energy, but it was too late. Rouge had already landed and planted the toe of her boot into the robot's back. Too easy yet again.

Rouge got into the club and found the robot ducking next to the bar. She attacked and the robot jumped, causing Rouge's kick to go astray and hit the bar. Luckily, no damage was caused. The robot then charged up a ball of electricity in its hand and fired it at Rouge, stunning her. When she recovered, she pulled out what looked like a deflated balloon, and then pressed a button on it, inflating it. Now it looked like an over inflated cat's head. She hit it toward the robot and it exploded on contact. The robot was out of it long enough for Rouge to land a kick right at the cover over its Emerald container, and then a yellow jewel fell out.

Rouge picked up the gem and was tempted to keep it, but decided to wait until she could take all of them. So when her radio started beeping, she was not surprised to hear Amy asking for a progress report.

"I've gotten the yellow Emerald and am heading back to the lab now."

Remember to keep reviewing! And BTW, that's four Emeralds they have: The one Sonic and Tails got, the one Knuckles found, the one Rouge just fought for, and the one Amy received last chapter, minus the one that was stolen from Shadow.