Chapter 4: Throwdown in Egg Town
Dr Eggman: There you are, rodent.
Dr Eggman sat in his Egg Mobile, his mustache had become gray, his face was wrinkled, and, as per protocol in EVERY SINGLE SETTING, he was as fat and egg shaped as he could be!
Sonic: Hey, Baldy Mc Nose-Hair. Sorry for the wait, just got back from Little Planet.
Dr Eggman: Oh I know! Your black and red friend showed me the old boot to the head treatment an hour ago!
Sonic: Did you wake up and step on some spikes?
Dr Eggman: On the contrary! I stepped on a lego.
Record scratch. What.
Sonic: … Do I wanna know?
Dr Eggman: Old pastime, and I find them relaxing.
Sonic: Ah, okay. THAT makes sense. What have you built?
Dr Eggman: A scale model of Metropolis, Sunset Heights, Eggmanland… A vast number of places, really. Hm. Should build Metallic Madness sometime.
Tails: I was going to suggest Tidal Tempest!
Sonic: Stardust Speedway?
Dr Eggman: Hm. All fine ideas. Anyway, back to business!
Dr Eggman's Egg Dragoon landed behind him, and he had the Egg Mobile seat itself in the head. He then had the Dragoon take flight and start flying out of Sunset Heights. Sonic and Tails gave chase, the two smiling.
Dr Eggman: Let us see how you handle the Egg Dragoon MK 6! Missile boxes, OPEN FIRE!!!
Several missiles launch out the back of the Egg Dragoon, then fly towards the duo. Sonic grins as he jumps and kicks one, Tails stops flying briefly to do the same. The two missiles they struck were sent back to their owner, and made a direct impact!
Dr Eggman: Oh ho ho ho! Return fire tactics won't work on this armor plating, Sonic!
Sonic: Figured as much!
Dr Eggman: Hrm?!
Sonic had closed the distance with the Egg Dragoon with Tails, running backwards.
Sonic: Hey Eggman! THINK FAST, CHUCKLENUTS!
In a split second, Sonic hit the missile boxes on the Egg Dragoon, causing the ammunition to detonate inside the mech!
Dr Eggman: Missiles disabled! No matter. I have something special this time! Activate Chaos Cannon!!
Sonic: Chaos Cannon?
The Egg Dragoon's gun arm went from having 6 barrels to a single large one. In the core of its arm was the green Chaos Emerald. The Egg Dragoon aimed at the duo, charging up a powerful beam!
Dr Eggman: Chaos Cannon, FIRE!!!
KABOOM!! A massive laser fired off from the weapon, missing the duo but causing a massive explosion off in the distance!
Sonic: WHOA!
Tails: That wasn't just Chaos energy!
Dr Eggman: Indeed! I retrofitted this Egg Dragoon with an Instant Death Laser! Combine that with a Chaos Emerald, and it becomes more potent!!
Sonic: Tails, Marble Zone is close, let's head there!
Tails: Right!
The two would then dart off in the direction of Marble Zone, with Eggman giving chase. He fired off two more Chaos Cannon shots, and the Dragoon's weapon overheated!
Dr Eggman: What?! Why aren't the internal heat sinks working?!
Tails: I got it!!
Tails jumped up, spun around and then smacked the Egg Dragoon's gun arm using both his tails, using his momentum and strength to shatter the external armor!
Sonic: Nice!!
Dr Eggman: Grrr! You'll regret that, fox boy!!
Sonic: Hey Egghead!
Dr Eggman: EggMAN! My name is Dr EGGMAN!
Sonic: One quick question!
Dr Eggman: Don't you dare–
Sonic skids to a stop, Tails not far behind him. The two then smirk.
Sonic: Trick…
Tails: Or yeet?
Dr Eggman: Secret option C: NEITHER!!
The Egg Dragoon fired off yet another Chaos Cannon shot, with Sonic and Tails both dodging out of the way. The Chaos Cannon did more than just overheat, it flat out stopped working!
Dr Eggman: N-no! The controls won't respond!
Sonic: Go time, buddy!
Tails: One for the money!
Tails Spindashes into the Chaos Cannon, knocking the Egg Dragoon off balance, and heavily damaging the arm!
Sonic: Two for the show!
Sonic Homing Attacks the Chaos Cannon, breaking it and grabbing the Chaos Emerald housed within, then Tails grabs him mid air before throwing Sonic up high. He joins the same altitude as Sonic was, and the two grab hands!
Dr Eggman: No! Stay back!!
Sonic: Three to get ready!
Sonic and Tails: Are you ready, LETS GO!!
The two then dove straight down, using the Double Boost to slam into the Dragoon's head, knocking the Egg Mobile out of its seat and sending Eggman flying! The impact broke the rest of the Egg Dragoon, rendering it useless.
Dr Eggman: DAMN YOU SONIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiic…!
Ding! Dr Eggman was sent back to Metropolis. Sonic and Tails smile as they stand on the now smoldering remains of the Egg Dragoon MK 6.
Sonic: Same shit, different day. Still fun to send him home like that. Guess he removed the Drill arm for the Chaos Cannon.
Tails: I'm shocked he brought out Instant Death tech.
Sonic: Haven't seen that since Little Planet, years ago.
Tails: Right… So… Sonic?
Sonic: Yeah?
Tails: How are we gonna explain why Marble Zone is on fire, perpetually?
Sonic looks around, wide eyed in shock.
Sonic: … I think the irony here is Marble Zone was always gonna go up in flames…
Tails: You know, maybe you're right…
Sonic: Good thing Eggman left Sunset Heights untouched.
Tails: He did fire a barrage of missiles.
Sonic: Okay, mostly untouched. Smalls is gonna be mad…
Tails: You could buy him some of Cream's chocolate milk.
Sonic: Yeah… So… Cream's bakery, let Smalls know, then back to Don Fiacho's?
Tails: Works for me.
Sonic smiles then zips off, Tails flying behind him in tow. Once back home, Sonic informed Smalls of the damages done by Eggman, gave him the chocolate milk, and then the duo went back to Don Fiacho's, sitting at their usual seat.
Sonic: You know, with how many times Eggman has rebuilt the Egg Dragoon, you'd think he would make something new.
Tails: To be fair, he does retrofit each version with different weapons and armor each time.
Sonic: Yeah. That Chaos Cannon was a real surprise this time. Then again, I'm not shocked he found a Chaos Emerald.
Sonic held the green Emerald in his hand listening to it hum.
Tails: Oh, that reminds me! I ran the numbers, and the next Chaos Solstice will happen next week.
Sonic: Alright! That means I gotta gather the Emeralds and take em to Hidden Palace.
Tails: Don't forget, the Master Emerald has to be present during it, or the Super Emeralds won't awaken!
Sonic: I know, I know. Though before then, I wanna fly around in my Super form.
Tails: Sonic, you know that would be a misuse of their power…
Sonic: Right… Sorry.
Sonic sighs, still looking at the Chaos Emerald in his hand. It had been nearly 2 years since he last used his Super form. It always felt amazing to go into that. The power was great, sure, but Sonic only ever used it for emergencies. Lately, no threats have come up where he's needed to use it… That was going to change soon.
Later that same evening, when it was pitch black outside, in the middle of Green Hill, a dimensional rift was being torn open… When it was opened, Super Scourge came flying through onto Mobius. He smirked and laughed, he genuinely sounded like a demon had possessed him.
Scourge: Finally here… First things first–
He suddenly dropped to the ground, dropping to his base form… He was out of energy due to the drawback of the Anarchy Beryl. He snarls a bit as he lay on the ground.
Scourge: Right… He gets a boost, I get left like I'm in post-nut clarity with extra steps… Wait, why did I say THAT?!
He sighs angrily before deciding to pass out. His little breach into the Cosmic Highway took more time than he thought. Forcing open a rift to this Mobius took even longer.
Both combined gave him little time to do much else in his Super form. Tomorrow he would fix that…
\\Made a Escape the Fate reference but not in the fullest way… Meh. Leave your thoughts.
