Chapter 3: An old Base
Sonic was hot on Eggman's trail in the middle of the Seaside hills when Tails flew in with Knuckles in the Tornado 2.
"SONIC!" Yelled Tails
"Hey Tails! What took you so long?"
Tails put the Plane in automatic and sent it home, as he and Knuckles Jumped out
"Angel Island was over Alaska"
"Heh, figures knuckles would be out of the way"
"Hey! So I don't have control of where the winds take the island! So sue me!" Said Knuckles angrily "I don't know why you brought me anyway, ain't like Egg heads got the Master Emerald or it's smashed again or something.
"No, but did that stop you when you helped us against Metal Overlord? Besides it will be fun!"
"I guess so…"
"Here we go guys, looks like he's heading to his old Mystic Ruin base."
"Are you sure Sonic?" Tails asked "There was a more direct route before this and he didn't take it"
"Yeah Sonic, Something's up." Agreed Knuckles, "What the?"
The trio stopped on a cliff overlooking the valley… what they saw astounded them. It was a very old base, to old to be one of the ones Eggman made.
"Hey, look over there!" Said Tails pointing "It's Eggman!" True enough, it was Eggman in his Eggmobile, flying where Tails pointed, until that is, he got within reach of the base, then he descended into it.
"He's gone into that old base" Said Knuckles "lets go follow him Sonic. … Sonic?"
The Blue Hedgehog took unusually long to answer; he was holding his head in an odd way then blinked. "Uh yeah… sure, come on." He said, grabbing his friend's wrists and running down toward the base.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The Ultimate Rouges had went to Eggman's old base with the hope that that's where he was hiding with no such luck, they had ran through the forest towards Gerald's last fortress in the opposite direction from The Sonic Heroes.
"If this base is where Eggman is, then we are in big trouble, we only knew about Apocalypse and his final Ultimate Life program… who know what else is there." Said Shadow
"Why should it matter?" asked Omega
"We didn't tell you this before Omega but…" started Rouge
"Sonic WAS the final part of the program!" Said Shadow
"What?" Said Omega "illogical… all information points to Sonic only being 15."
"Look at me Omega… how old do I look?"
"Fift… ah" said Omega, finally understanding
"And Miles Had Erased Sonic's memory, anything in that base could make him remember… or worse yet make him become what he was…"
"Which was?"
"The Ultimate biological killing machine." Said Rouge
"Then Lets Get going, faster Shadow!" Said Omega
"You got it, No time for games!" Said Shadow.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The Rose Petals where right behind the Sonic Heroes, going immediately to where Amy had Herd Shadow say Sonic was.
"Are you sure they will be here Amy?" Said Cream
"No doubt, this is where Shadow said Sonic and Eggman was heading" Said Amy
"This is pretty close to Eggman's Base" said Big "you know, from back when that Chaos monster attacked?"
"Yeah I know Big"
"Hey Amy look over there! That's Metal Sonic and his team!" yelled Cream
"What? What are you guys doing here? If you're after that Faker then stay out of this, that Gold eyed freak is ours!" said Metal
"Gold eyed freak? Faker? Who in the world are you talking about Metal?" Said Amy
"That Metal Sonic MkII attacked us at our home" Said Miles "And he's ether going to pay for it, or we use his parts to repair our wall!"
"Another Metal Sonic?" said Big "does Eggman mass produce them or something?"
"No, that's his other robots" Said Metal "But I still want his hide"
"Look Metal! Do you mean that thing?" said Cream; she pointed to a flying blue object hurtling towards a clearing not to far south of them.
"THAT'S HIM! I'm going to rip him a new disk drive!" yelled Metal
"Let us help Metal, besides we heard Sonic was Following Eggman to this area, he might need all our help" Said Amy
"Not a chance" Said Metal
"Wait a minute Metal, think about this" Said Mighty "We may need their help to get rid of that shield your… uh… copy had"
Metal was Silent for a while then finally said "Oh alright, but don't get in our way"
Both Teams sped off towards Gerald's base where Metal Sonic mkII landed.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Meanwhile Team Chaotix and the Dynamic Dynamites where south of the old base following the E-2000
"He's finally stopped" said Espio
"Took him long enough" Said Vector "And he's landing, right, Bark, take your team so that you get behind him, we will keep him busy while you find a weak spot in that shield and smash him"
"Not like you not to take the glory Vector" Said Bean
"Shatup!"
"Hey what's that?" Said Charmy; he was pointing to a blue thing fly close to where the E-2000 landed
"I think it's a… is that a new Metal Sonic?" Said Vector squinting
"Looks like it" Said Espio, whose sight was much better.
"What's a "Metal Sonic"?" said Bark
"A robot made by Eggman based on Sonic the Hedgehog"
"Yeah we had to fight it three times!" said Vector "Once as a big nasty red thing called Metal Emperor alongside Mighty and Knuckles, more recently as Metal Overlord with just about everyone who's ever fought Eggman and a again most recently, when he was fighting along side a brainwashed Mighty and some old Brain washed stripy, fox with the same name as Sonic's sidekick Tails."
"Are you sure you're in the right business Vector? Maybe you should start being a hero like Sonic" said Bark
"Meh, being a detective is more fun"
"Anyway we should get going, we still got a plane shaped robot to punish, remember?" Said Ray
"You're right, let's go!" said Espio. He and ray grabbed there team mates' wrists before everyone had finished talking and went to where their advisory landed
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The Hunters had reached the cliff the Sonic had just been standing on overlooking the base. Nack pulled out a print out they had gotten earlier.
"Yup, that's the place alright." He Said
"Now we just need to hope the Eggman is in there." Spike Added
"Yeah" said Nite, in his darkened voice again
"Um, something Wrong Nite?"
"No, should there be?"
"You just seem… less bouncy than usual"
"Hmph"
"Okay then… let's get moving mates, no time for idol chatter" Interrupted Nack
"Hey look down there, isn't that Sonic" Said Spike
"Aww… man, if he gets Eggman first then we can kiss our money goodbye Mates!" Said Nack
"Then, as you said, let's get moving" Said Spike grabbing his team mates and running after the blue Hedgehog
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Within the next few minutes everyone had gotten to the entrance to the base. The first to arrive where the Sonic Heroes and Ultimate Rouges.
"Oh no, don't tell me… Eggman IS here?" Said Shadow
"What's Up Shadow, you know this place or something?" Said Sonic
"Yes I do, this was Gerald's last base! You have to…"
Shadow was interrupted by the entrance of Metal's team and the Rose Petals
"You should really give your team a name Metal" said Amy "How about Metal Miscreants?"
"Hmph!" Said Metal
"Hey, I like that!" Said Mighty
"It does have a ring to it" Said Miles "Wait a sec… this is…"
Sonic Look in a mix of horror and confusion "AMY? METAL? What are YOU guys doing here?" he said
"We where attacked by My Metal Copy, I want revenge!" Said Metal
"We are here to help everyone my darling Sonic!" Said Amy
"Heh heh heh so you finally know what its like to have someone copy YOU huh Metal?" said Sonic
"You want a Punch?" Said Metal "I warn you, I'm a bad mood as it is without you trying to goad me"
Just then the Chaotix and Dynamites arrived.
"Wha? Team Chaotix too?" Said Knuckles "and who are those guys?"
"An E-2000 attacked us during our poker game with our rival detective agency here" Said Vector
"We are the Dynamic Dynamites." Said Bark, "I'm Bark the Bear, The cheerful looking fellow there is Ray the Squirrel, and that is Bean the "Dynamite" Duck"
"Why Dynamite?" Said Rouge
"He's our bomb expert"
"Bomb expert? Why do detectives need someone who defuses bombs?" Said Omega
"Who said anything about "Defusing" bombs?" Said the duck with a grin
"Ah"
"Well it seems we have quite a party for taking Eggman in then Mates" Said Nack, who had just arrived with The Hunters"
"Wha?" YOU!" Said Sonic frowning
"We had enough trouble with you back when you where trying to sell the Chaos Emeralds!" Said Knuckles
"No need to worry bout me mates, I'm not here for them things, more trouble than they are worth I reckon. I moved into the Bounty Hunter Business with my friends here, may I introduce Nite the wolf and Spike the Porcupine; we are "The Hunters", best bounty hunting team in the world."
"Howdy" Said Nite
"Pleasure to meet you guys" Spike Echoed "… You met Sonic before Nack? And what's this about selling the Emeralds?"
"I was a Treasure hunter like you Spike, reckoned those emeralds would fetch a pretty penny on the black market"
"Hmph, that isn't like me, I'd give them to the museum"
"Which is why you where so poor when you met us mate. Anyway how we gonna do this?"
"Well there are three tunnels here; I guess we have two teams go through one each…" Said Sonic "The Hunters will come with us as I don't trust their leader,"
"OI!"
"As will Shadow's team." Said Sonic, pulling Tails and Knuckles down a tube which said "Shadow" above it.
"Sonic WAIT!" said Shadow, Rouge, Miles and Omega, to slow for it to matter, Sonic's team was already too far in.
"Dammit" Said Shadow, "come on guys, we need to follow him"
"Wait For us Mates!"
With that The Hunters and The Ultimate rouges followed Sonic.