Sonic Battle 2
Chapter 7: A Tough Wind Guardian
Author's Note: Ah, nothing like the closure of insignificant plotholes that will probably get me flamed otherwise... Also, sry for not updating recently. Between two projects for school due on the same day, playing Metroid Prime 2, and a bit of writer's block, I've had a lot on my hands.
Amy was walking around the lab when she noticed a considerable plothole—if the lab was empty when she and Cream walked in, then who was protecting the other Chaos Emeralds? Just then, as if some author had noticed this problem and wanted to fix it, Sonic ran in the front door.
"Hey Amy, what's up? I was guarding the lab, but I got bored and decided to go for a quick run."
"I got a Chaos Emerald! Look!"
"Nice job. Cream was with you, right?"
"Yeah. But since I helped out and got a Chaos Emerald, will you marry me now?"
"What, you think I'm crazy?"
Amy sighed and walked away, then returned, noticing another plothole.
"Hey, where are Tails and Knuckles?"
"They went out to help Espio and Mighty."
Then Rouge walked in the door.
"Hey, Sonic, look what I grabbed."
Rouge showed Sonic the yellow Chaos Emerald.
"Sweet, that's four! Just three more..."
While Sonic was counting up Chaos Emeralds, Espio was searching for the next Chaos Emerald. Tails offered to help, but Espio declined. One, he felt better working alone. Two, having a partner would ruin his invisibility power; either that, or Tails would have to stay behind, which would defeat the purpose of him being there. He was not out for long before encountering some familiar faces.
Vector and Charmy noticed Espio and Vector called out. "Hey Espio, where have you been? Since we helped bring down Eggman, who was really Metal Sonic, and in reality saved Eggman, the phone has been ringing off the hook! We can't keep up!"
"Well Eggman's got a new plan."
"The real Eggman this time?"
"Yes."
"How do you know?"
"The plan involves using a newly reconfigured, probably more obedient Metal Sonic."
"That sounds bad."
"I know. Can you help?"
"Sorry, we can't. We're actually on a case right now, and there's probably going to be no rest when we get back."
And so the travelers continued on their separate paths. Espio already had a search area picked out: Eggman's abandoned base in Rail Canyon. It would be easy to hide there since it was, after all, abandoned. After crossing the first rail, Espio felt an unusual gust of wind. Looking toward the source, he saw something small, black, and holding a small white jewel in a compartment in its chest. It must be a Sigma robot with the white Chaos Emerald, using it to create wind currents!
Espio did the first thing that he thought of. He threw a shuriken star with deadly precision. A mere gust from the robot, however, threw the blade off course, sending it into a wall and breaking it cleanly in half. No doubt, this fortress was well protected. Espio, who was still fighting on impulse, turned invisible, and approached the robot. As he neared the robot, it sensed him and hit him with a swift punch, throwing him into the well-armored wall.
Since my invisibility is derived from the wind, Espio thought, the white Chaos Emerald must allow him to see me with its wind powers. That will make this fight more difficult.
Espio approached the robot and chopped at it. It was stunned by the hit, and Espio got a few more in before it came back to consciousness. When back in operation, Sigma used the Chaos Emerald to throw Espio away. Espio jumped over the wind and landed a huge falling kick on the robot's head, which knocked the Chaos Emerald out of the robot. It was still attached by a few wires, but Espio had only to cut these using a shuriken star as a razor blade. Then the robot completely powered down. Espio brought the Emerald back to the lab. On his way back, he saw Mighty, who had also gotten a Chaos Emerald.
Don't worry, I will go into more detail about Mighty's quest. I was planning on making that the next chapter.