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Sonic Adventure Zero – Death of Angels
By Master hunter
Chapter 6 – Fire and Water
I can feel some energy coming towards the Island at an incredible speed. It's a similar energy signal the Master Emerald gives off. Huh? What this…my fist…it feels different…collect the seven chaos…What was that? The Energy is getting closer; I have to do something now.
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Eggman was trying to plan his attack. He couldn't rely on the Red Echidna to stop Sonic. However all was not lost, for geniuses always have a back-up plan. He had plenty of options he just didn't know which to choose.
Knuckles headed towards the Jungle. Yes! The Fire Beetles would be a natural choice. Burn the Jungle down, taking the little pests with it.
Fortunately for Eggman, the Death Egg's main computer was still in tact, as was the communication satellite. He could relay orders to his most secret base, his home. He sent the message to his home.
"Sonic I'll burn you into the ground", said Eggman.
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The Tornado rushed towards Angel Island, but it still took some time to get there.
"Tails stay behind a bit", said Sonic all of a sudden.
While Tails thought about his new orders, Sonic recharged into his super form and dashed full speed towards the Island. A Gold Streak was the only thing left as Super Sonic headed full speed towards the Death Egg crash site.
Only to be stopped a minute later by a Red Echidna. Somehow he managed to separate Sonic from his super form, with the Seven Chaos Emeralds spilling onto the floor.
"What? How? Who?" asked Sonic confused.
"My name is Knuckles the Echidna. Leave my Island now Evil Hedgehog", said Knuckles before digging into the ground and disappearing completely.
"Hey wait! What's going on here?" asked Sonic.
Tails landed the Tornado and rejoined Sonic.
"What happened to your super form?" asked Tails.
"I don't know. One second I'm dashing full speed towards the Death Egg, the next I'm my own blue self after someone called Knuckles takes my Emeralds", said Sonic, "He referred to me as an Evil Hedgehog, doesn't he know who I am?"
"Evil? Do you think Eggman got to him first?" asked Tails.
"I do now. Come on we have to get to that crash site, the traditional way", said Sonic.
Sonic grabbed Tails' hand and dashed off. Only to stop minutes later when he saw a badnik.
"Badniks? Boy, Eggman sure works fast doesn't he?" asked Tails.
"Just more for me to destroy", said Sonic.
Sonic destroyed the badnik and continued on. The Angel Island Jungle was much more dangerous than he had imagined, but they two got through it Ok. It wasn't long before they met up with Eggman's Fire beetle squad. One appeared in front of the two heroes.
"What's this? It's too big to be a regular badnik", said Sonic.
The Beetle like machine fired special bombs all around the two heroes as the rest of the squad did the same elsewhere. Soon the entire Jungle was in flames and the Beetles disappeared. Sonic and Tails chased down the beetle and soon caught up with it. It wasn't too hard to defeat as its main attack was an easily dodged flamethrower. Sonic and Tails stood proudly over the fallen machine.
"What's the matter? Were we too hot to handle?" said Sonic. Tails giggled.
Sonic and Tails then continued their dash to the Death Egg crash site.
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Meanwhile Knuckles watched in horror as the Jungle burnt with intense flames. What we he to do against a fire that big that just came out of nowhere? Eggman then made his appearance in his Eggmobile, with flame cannons attached to the sides.
"Sonic's here I see. Well it's time to fight fire with fire", said Eggman.
"You didn't seem like the type to fight earlier on Doctor", said Knuckles.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. I made a special blimp, equipped with enough bombs to take down a small army. If he gets past that he'll have to face me at the waterfall", said Eggman.
"And if you fail, I'll send him to the depths of the Hydrocity ruins. A flooded Labyrinth full of devious traps. I have no doubts that this Sonic is indeed evil. The Golden version was indeed worrying", said Knuckles.
"Golden version?" said Eggman.
"Yes, he came rushing into the jungle at full speed in a golden form. I managed to turn him back into a blue form", said Knuckles.
I still don't trust him enough to reveal the prophecy runes deep within the Hidden Palace. It shows a machine keeping the Master Emerald away from a golden flamed demon. Perhaps he's here to help after all. Though there's something about him that stops me from trusting him. Telling him about the other Emeralds may also cause problems.
"I don't know much about this feud between you and this Blue Hedgehog, but it seems that I'm a part of it now", said Knuckles.
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Sonic and Tails were soon slowed down by a huge blimp that started dropping bombs on them. Sonic grabbed Tails and ran full speed straight ahead. The bombs narrowly missed them and eventually the blimp flew off, possibly to reload.
"That was close", said Tails.
"We'll take a rest at that waterfall ahead. With all that water the fire behind us won't be so threatening", said Sonic.
They continued on only to be stopped seconds later by Eggman.
"We meet again Sonic. Why can't you just leave me alone?" asked Eggman.
"I just can't. You work fast Egghead. I never thought you'd have such tricky defenses so soon. They were nothing we can't handle, but considering what happened I'm quite impressed at how quickly you defended yourself", said Sonic.
"Come on now. A genius always has a back-up plan", said Eggman, "Now Sonic, burn".
Eggman fired a couple of fireballs out of the cannons and then hid behind the Waterfall. They were pretty easy to avoid, though it meant only having a second to hit Eggman when he reappeared. Fortunately a second was all they needed and the two heroes managed to get a couple of good hits on Eggman's machine before it hid behind the waterfall again. Again they dodged the fireballs and hit Eggman in the time it took him to fire more and hide. Soon the machine started to spark. Eggman flew high and noticed Sonic was standing on a wooden bridge. Instead of firing at the Hedgehog he concentrated on the bridge. The bridge collapsed and Sonic started to fall. Fortunately for Sonic, Tails came to the rescue and used his helicopter ability to fly them both to safety.
"That was too close", said Sonic, "I'm glad you're around kid"
More fireballs were fired and Sonic managed to get the final hit needed to bring the machine down. Eggman retreated to safety behind Knuckles on the overlooking cliff.
"Impressive Sonic. But I'm not letting you live now. Not after what you did to my precious Jungle. Down you go", shouted Knuckles.
"You've got it all wrong…whoa!" said Sonic as the bridge he was standing on collapsed and he fell into the dark abyss below.
Tails wasn't quick enough this time and so followed Sonic. Knuckles laughed as he watched Sonic and his friend drop into Hydrocity. He knew it was a dangerous place and with Dr. Robotnik's robots down there too it would take a miracle for them to survive. If they didn't drown, the devious spike traps or the armed robots would kill them. Though he couldn't help but think about what Sonic said before he fell.
Have I really got it all wrong? Is he the hero and the doctor the villain? I'm so confused. Better work out how to restore the Master Emerald, and to keep everything a secret.
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Sonic gulped as he saw nothing but water beneath him. He couldn't swim and hated water with a passion. He crashed under the surface of the water and slammed into the floor of the pool. He quickly jumped out and onto dry land. A raised ruin surface stuck out of the water, which had the blue hedgehog panting in exhaustion on top of it. Tails soon found himself in the flooded ruins of Hydrocity too, though due to his ability to fly he softly landed next to Sonic.
"Are you OK?" asked Tails.
"I'm fine. Water again? Why does it always have to be water?" shouted Sonic.
Tails sighed and waited for Sonic to lead their escape through Hydrocity. Soon they were stopped by a strange spherical robot that used some sort of missiles to shield itself. The arena was a pool of water with curved sides and in the centre was some sort of whirlpool machine. The Robot itself wasn't too tough and it was soon exploding. It crashed into the floor creating a vortex that sucked Sonic and Tails deeper into the Labyrinth. Sonic and Tails raced for air only to find that the wall behind them was moving close to the walls in front of them.
Sonic grabbed Tails and raced up the curved slopes of the walls in front of them. There was always a small corridor at the top, which if they didn't go through would end up crushed. Air was no longer a problem as the two heroes broke through the surface. Devious traps that accelerated the two heroes to full speed only to send them flying into spikes were commonplace here in the deepest part of Hydrocity.
Later the two heroes found themselves on a bridge with Knuckles just in front of them. He had his foot over a switch.
"Down there's where the Doctor is waiting for you. I'm impressed, I thought the traps I set throughout Hydrocity would stop you", said Knuckles.
"Knuckles why do you fight us? Eggman is the enemy?" asked Tails.
"Eggman?" asked Knuckles.
"He means Dr. Ivo Robotnik. There's no way he is getting any respect from me", said Sonic.
"Sonic! When you talk like that you give the wrong impression", said Tails.
"You're right. Listen Knuckles I don't know what he's told you, but it's all lies", said Sonic.
"It doesn't matter. Right now I have my own problems to take care off. I've decided not to trust either or you. The Doctor has a high IQ apparently so he's more useful to me right now", said Knuckles, "Enjoy your fall Hedgehog".
Knuckles pressed the switch and Sonic and Tails fell once more into the dark abyss below.
I hope I'm doing the right thing. What am I saying? The Island comes first and neither party seems to be friendly right now. I don't know who to trust.
Sonic and Tails crashed into more water to find a fan blowing them through water currents at a great speed. They crashed through a wall and the water that carried them spilled across the floor of a huge arena. In the middle was Eggman.
"Good to see you made it through Hydrocity", said Eggman.
"Can it Egghead! We know you tricked Knuckles into believing we were the bad guys. I can tell he's got a good heart and when he finds out the truth, you'll be sorry", said Sonic.
"So you know. The important thing is he doesn't and for some reason the fool trusts me", said Eggman, "Right now the Death Egg is being rebuilt. Getting ready for its triumphant rise back into orbit. With Knuckles at my side slowing you down and my plan B weapons and Badniks already armed and scattered across the island you're going to have to do something special to stop me this time"
"Special is my middle name. Well actually it's "The", anyway I brought it out of orbit and managed to make it back to Earth safely. Don't underestimate me", said Sonic.
"That was down to the power of Chaos though. I already know Knuckles has the Chaos Emeralds", said Eggman.
"No way! You have all seven!" said Tails.
"I don't think so. I reckon Knuckles still has them and has hidden them somewhere on this island", said Sonic.
"How did you?….Oh never mind. One of my weapons will stop you Hedgehog. Will this be the one", said Eggman.
Eggman flew over the two heroes who were belly deep in water. Eggman had dropped some charges into the water and a jet of water rushed into the air whenever they exploded. He was just too high for Sonic or Tails to reach jumping and the water made Tails' flight too sluggish to be effective.
Eggman then dropped to the centre of the arena and created a vortex, before rising back to safety. Sonic managed to get a couple of hits as Eggman was closer to the waters surface. The vortex sucked everything towards the sharp rotating fan on the base of Eggman's vehicle. Tails lost control and was sucked into the vortex. Sonic quickly grabbed his hand and ran the best he could away from the vortex.
The vortex soon stopped and Eggman returned to dropping charges. Tails then thought of something and with a well timed jump, used the upward jet of water to gain enough height to hit Eggman's machine. Sonic then used the effective technique and got a hit in himself. Eggman sighed as he knew they had found a way to stop this weapon too. He didn't give up though, even if his attacks were worthless now.
Soon Sonic and Tails finished off Eggman's machine. Eggman cursed them and flew off into the skies above them. Sonic and Tails looked up to find a small hole at the top of the arena, with rays of sunlight seeping through the tiny gap.
"Think you can fly us up there?" asked Sonic.
"I doubt I could make half way without getting exhausted", said Tails.
Meanwhile Knuckles watched the two heroes effortlessly take care of Eggman. As they moved to the centre of the arena Knuckles decided to reward them by sending them flying out of Hydrocity and into the Marble Gardens. After all, Hydrocity led to the Hidden Palace and there was no way he was going to allow visitors to the sacred resting place of the Master Emerald. He pulled down a lever which sent Sonic and Tails flying into the air on a massive jet of water. Once the two intruders were through the exit he sealed it back up and headed down towards Hidden Palace.
Sonic and Tails crashed back into the ground, only to find themselves sliding down a grassy slope. They could see the area beneath them. A beautiful Garden full of Marble statues and ruins. They could also see a theme park in the distance, resting between the Marble Garden and mountains. They knew behind those mountains was the Death Egg and they had to hurry if they wanted to stop Eggman. Once again Time was running out.