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Sonic Adventure Zero – Death of Angels
By Master hunter
Chapter 13 – Robot Revolution
Some time had passed and for Knuckles things were back to normal. Angel Island was once again his playground. The Island had remained a secret for ages and with only Eggman, Sonic and Tails knowing it's location he felt safe leaving the Master Emerald alone for a while. After all if something happened to it he would know it. Knuckles lay back on the ground in Mushroom Hill as he took a small rest. The softness of the rays of sunlight that managed to poke through the woods made him feel at peace once more.
He felt even happier than usual as he had made a couple of friends and defined an enemy. Life on Angel Island was getting pretty boring and the excitement of Sonic's adventure on the Island was a welcome change. Victory felt good and it was no surprise that the echidna dropped his guard.
Knuckles poked his head up to find a Robot had thrown a bomb at him. The Robot looked sort of like Eggman but the fact that it was a hostile robot told him Eggman was back. Knuckles jumped out of the way but was still hurt. Shaking off his pain he quickly chased the Eggman robot through Mushroom Hill.
The wood cutting robot that Sonic and Tails met in this area soon stopped Knuckles in his tracks.
"What the hell is this? I'm sure I saw Sonic finish this thing off before I sent him flying through the woods", said Knuckles.
Knuckles jumped out of the way as the wood cutting badnik sliced a bit of a tree and fired it at him. Knuckles put his fist through the badnik who miraculously was still active. Another piece of tree came flying at Knuckles. Knuckles dodged and struck the badnik. This time it couldn't continue and blew up.
"Did that robot repair the Badniks that Sonic and Tails destroyed?" asked Knuckles, "I wonder what else they repaired"
Knuckles continued on to find Mushroom Hill's plants dying. He immediately knew what that meant. The satellite dish had been repaired and that meant a fight through the spike hurdles. Knuckles soon reached the dish and smashed it into pieces.
"What is the meaning of this robot?" asked Knuckles angrily.
The Eggman Robot appeared again in the same machine Eggman used when he fought Sonic and Tails.
"I am Egg Robo 25. For our master we will destroy you and take your Emerald", said the Eggman Robot.
Egg Robo flew through the spike hurdles. Oddly the same thing happened as Egg Robo kept flying backwards, smashing into a tree.
"How pathetic. Wait did it say we?" asked Knuckles confused.
Egg Robo flew off into the air onto a flying airship. Knuckles climbed the tree and found himself on the Flying battery. It was as if Sonic and Tails had never been on the fortress.
"This is Eggman's battleship, but there's no way he could have repaired it so quickly. This is all confusing, what the hell is going on here?" said Knuckles out loud.
Knuckles sighed and ventured through the flying fortress. He soon came across the fake capsule unaware of its attacks. The fake capsule smashed its spike hand into Knuckles, though Knuckles smashed his fists into the spiked hand sending it flying back into the machine. The spiked arm sliced through the armour on top of the machine. Knuckles hopped on top and found the 'wound' had exposed the wires. Knuckles pulled out the wires and the fake capsule collapsed into a heap of metal.
"Surely Eggman had better machines that this", said Knuckles before venturing on.
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Meanwhile Mecha Sonic stood next to the Master Emerald. He felt it's warmth for the first time and it felt incredible. He had never felt anything like this before. Anger, jealousy, even a little pain yes but never a sensation like this. It was almost as if he could absorb the energy within the Emerald. He actually felt good and stayed standing still admiring the warm glow of the Emerald.
Egg Robo was keeping Knuckles busy, hopefully destroying him in the process. Mecha Sonic felt no need to rush. Mecha told Egg Robo to lead Knuckles to the Hidden Palace knowing it led to Sky Sanctuary. If Egg Robo failed he would take care of things. Sonic may have been able to beat him twice, but that didn't mean Knuckles had a chance against him.
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Back on Flying Battery, Knuckles had found himself trapped between two walls of light with a huge laser firing straight down. Knuckles avoided the laser blasts only to find one of the walls edging closer to the other with every hit. Unknown to him Sonic and Tails had already gone through this. Knuckles started to panic as the wall got very close, leaving almost no room to move. He was relieved to find the whole system exploding and a defeated Egg Robo running off through the unstable part of Flying Battery.
Leaving no time to rest Knuckles raced through the area, climbing up vertical sections, to find himself in a large arena. A metal beam rose up from the ground and brought Knuckles high into the air. The swinging machine Sonic and Tails fought appeared and began swinging round the beam. Knuckles had been fixing an emerald when Sonic and Tails fought this machine so he was unaware of its abilities. Despite this though he managed to figure the pattern out and take it out in the same way.
However this time Knuckles hit the final blow with such force the machine crashed back into the heart of Flying Battery. The Battleship began to lose altitude and fell to the ground pretty quickly. Knuckles dashed to the emergency exit and jumped off the airship into the sand dunes of Sandopolis. Flying Battery crashed into the volcano and Knuckles, who still wanted revenge, ventured on through Sandopolis.
Knuckles reached the Pyramid that concealed the entrance to Lava Reef only to find the stone golem waiting for him.
"This is impossible. Sonic and Tails dumped you in the quicksand", said Knuckles.
Knuckles rolled out of the way as the stone golem jumped to where Knuckles had been standing. Knuckles punched the golem's head, picked up the boulder and threw it straight into the quicksand. The door to the pyramid opened.
"I may not know how you came back to life, but I sure know how to beat you", said Knuckles.
Knuckles proceeded through the pyramid. He knew Sandopolis like the back of his hand, though it was still deadly even when he knew where he was going. He had however reached the lava reef caves entrance guardian much quicker than what Sonic and Tails had. The guardian started to move and fire lasers at Knuckles. Knuckles knew its weakness and found Egg Robo at the controls.
The guardian lay smashed in pieces and Egg Robo raced off into the Lava Reef caves. Egg Robo flew over the pitfall Knuckles then jumped over. That pitfall took anyone who fell in it straight to the bottom of the caves, which sadly Sonic and Tails had fell through. Knuckles kept chasing Egg Robo as it began to talk to someone over the radio.
"Mecha, come in Mecha", said Egg Robo.
"Mecha here. What is it Egg Robo?" asked Mecha Sonic over a radio.
"Knuckles is here in the Lava Reef caves. Why haven't you taken the Master Emerald?" asked Egg Robo.
"I will take the Emerald when I am good and ready. I do not take orders for a medium level Badnik", said Mecha Sonic.
"Well I'm heading straight to Sky Sanctuary. I have the mining machine on auto pilot. Knuckles will still have to get passed it in order to reach the Hidden Palace", said Egg Robo.
"Very good. I will meet you there and perhaps Knuckles as well", said Mecha Sonic.
"So your pal Mecha is about to take the Master Emerald to Sky Sanctuary. What is this all about Robot?" asked Knuckles.
"We plan to give the Emerald to Master Robotnik and destroy you Echidna. If you get past the mining machine and the traps in Lava Reef safely we'll be waiting for you on Sky Sanctuary", said Egg Robo, before flying through the volcano roof.
Knuckles sighed and continued on through Lava Reef. He knew a shortcut that would lead him straight into the Hidden Palace but like it or not he had to face the mining machine Sonic and Tails fought at the bottom of the Volcano.
The Machine was no match for him and only really slowed him down a bit. As he took a short rest to celebrate his small victory he felt the Island shake.
"It begins", said Knuckles.
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While Knuckles continued on through Lava Reef, Mecha Sonic took the Master Emerald to Sky Sanctuary. The warmth of the Emerald's glow still confused yet delighted him. He placed his hand on the Emerald and felt a surge of energy flow through him. Just then Egg Robo arrived at Sky Sanctuary wondering what Mecha had been doing.
"Mecha? May I ask what you are doing?" asked Egg Robo.
"No but you just did anyway. For some reason I feel the Chaos Energy inside the Emerald become a part of me whenever I touch it", said Mecha Sonic.
"What? But that's impossible. You are just a machine", said Egg Robo.
"Impudent worm. I am Mecha Sonic, king of the Badniks. Nothing is impossible for me", said Mecha Sonic.
"Except beating Sonic", said Egg Robo quietly.
"What did you say? I will destroy you for making such a remark unless you give me a reason not to", said Mecha Sonic.
"Oh I am so sorry sir. Though besides saving your life so to speak, I also have a plan to easily take care of Knuckles", said Egg Robo.
"That pest? I can deal with him myself", said Mecha Sonic.
"Of course. Though why make it difficult on yourself. We both know the logical option is to work together", said Egg Robo.
"I suppose so. So what's this plan of yours then?" asked Mecha Sonic.
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With the mining machine down it was a fairly simple venture through the cooled Lava Reef to the Hidden Palace's secret entrance. Some of Eggman's Badniks still roamed this area as Sonic and Tails had taken the long road round, but they were no match for him. The shaking of Angel Island beginning to fall didn't help either but soon he was inside the Hidden Palace and staring at the warp to Sky Sanctuary.
"Those robot fools wish to fight me on sacred ground, so be it. I'll destroy them take back my emerald and restore Angel Island to the way it was", said Knuckles.
Knuckles jumped into the warp and found himself on Sky Sanctuary. He could see Angel Island in the background about to fall. He had to find the Master Emerald quickly and restore his Island to its former state.
Suddenly Egg Robo appeared in one of Eggman's vehicles with a metal pincer at the bottom. Egg Robo grabbed Knuckles in the pincer, trapping him inside. A Robot Sonic now stood near the warping orb.
"Excellent Egg Robo. Knuckles is trapped which should make the kill so easy. Any last words worm?" asked the Robot Sonic.
"You must be Mecha. Is Eggman so desperate he makes Robots the look and act like Sonic", said Knuckles.
"That is Mecha Sonic to you and I'm far superior to that blue hedgehog. Once I destroy you I'll move onto the world and take out Sonic myself", said Mecha Sonic.
"Mecha Sonic explain yourself! Why have you become a rogue? What happened to following our glorious leader master Robotnik?" asked Egg Robo.
"I have found a secret to my design that will give me enough power to take over this planet. Why should I listen to that gasbag anyway? I'll destroy him too if he gets in my way", said Mecha Sonic.
"Ha Ha Ha! Old Egghead can't even keep his own robots under control", said Knuckles.
"Once I thought I was at Robotnik's mercy, but with the Master Emerald there will be nothing to stop me", said Mecha Sonic, "Now, echidna prepare to die"
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Sonic may have saved the world but he still had one last part to play in this adventure. When the two heroes returned home Sonic said a quick goodbye and ran off without any real warning. Because of the shock Sonic had completely gone out of sight before Tails had noticed. Sonic left Tails with the Tornado, knowing he would make better use of it.
Sonic had gone straight to the mountains. He never really had a home; his first memory was waking up in that plane. Minutes later he would be on a quest to stop Eggman taking over the world. He never really questioned how he knew so much without ever remembering going to school. He never really questioned his teenage looks, why he can't remember anything before that moment despite looking like he was about 16 or 17.
The mountains were now his adopted home. Quiet, secluded and full of open areas to run in. He couldn't sit still for too long and the area had many places to quench his adventure thirst. Though he would soon find that a mini adventure would soon fall before him.
Sonic looked out onto the ocean from a mountain peak. He knew something was still happening on Angel Island as it had started to wobble. Something told him one of his new friends needed him.
What's going on now? It's way too early for Eggman to be attempting another diabolical scheme. I should go and investigate.
Sonic raced down the mountainside straight to Emerald hill and Tails' workshop. Sonic jumped into the Tornado and started the engine. Tails came from under the plane covered in oil and holding a spanner.
"Sonic? Hey I'm working on the Tornado", said Tails angrily.
"Can it fly in its current state?" asked Sonic.
Tails tightened a bolt.
"Now it can", said Tails.
"Get out of the way", said Sonic.
"What's going on?" asked Tails moving out of the way.
Sonic didn't reply as a second later he had taken off into the air.
"OH THANKS A LOT! IS THAT ANYWAY TO TREAT YOUR NEW SIDEKICK", shouted Tails, "Aw I wanted to go too".