Demises Cause Surprises

Espio watched as Amic started powering up with the chaos ring in hand. He was trying to reach his super form.

"That's it, Amic. You're doing it! Let go! You're not what you think! The androids. They're killers! They'll destroy me, your mother, you! Everything you hold sacred is worth no more than trash to them."

Amic started growing a golden aura.

"Don't be ashamed of your anger! Killing innocent children is wrong. It's o.k. it hurts. It's o.k. to feel the rage!"

Amic started straining.

"Harness it! Use it as a tool! You're doing it Amic! Don't be afraid! Let it go, let all go!"

Suddenly, a voice came up in Amic's head. "You're almost there, Amic. Do it!"

As soon as he heard it he completely stopped in surprise. He fell to his knees, out of breath. He thought he was going crazy.

They took a break on a mountain near Bridge Town. There was a parade with a lot of children there.

"Darn! I can't believe myself! What a joke!"

"Relax. Don't worry about it."

"You're my master. What am I doing wrong?"

"You can do it. You just need anger. Not sadness, anger and rage. For me, it's simple. All I have to do is think of the androids kill Charmy and Vector. Then I feel a horrible anger and the pain from that turns into rage. Then into the chaos ring, giving me a lot of power."

Suddenly, explosions occurred in the city."

"What! You have to be kidding me!" Espio said.

"Argh! Darn those two!"

"This is ridiculous! The children never even had a chance!" Espio started getting angry. Suddenly, he powered up and a whole lot of electricity flowed around him.

"Espio, you can't go."

"Look, Amic. No matter what happens, please, go home to your mother."

"What! Are you crazy! No way! I can't let you go alone!"

"Listen! You'll just be in the way like you were with Vector!"

"But I'm much stronger this time! And I was helping him because they tried ganging up on him!"

Espio looked away.

"Come on! I can't let you go off and die like Vector!"

Espio looked back at him.

"Please Espio. Take me with you."

Espio smiled. "Alright, you win. Let's do this!"

As Amic looked towards the city, Espio chopped him in the back of his neck, making him unconscious.

"Sorry kid, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if anything happened to you. You're not quite ready yet. I can hear Charmy crying down there. That's why I have to go. I know you'll understand someday."

Espio flew off. "See ya later kid."

M.K was blowing up buildings while Doll watched from a distance.

"Come on! Let's get out of here! All of the humans are dead. The fun part is over. I don't wanna sit here and watch you shoot building all day, it's boring."

"Boring! This isn't boring! Boring is when I stand around while you make up ways of killing people, THAT'S boring. This is actually pretty fun. You should give it a shot." He continued shooting.

"You're such a kid sometimes."

A hurt child behind them was trying to get up.

"We missed one." Doll said as he blew the girl up with his finger.

"That's ten more points. Ah, now we're tied."

As soon as M.K said that, Espio flew in and kicked him into a building. Doll looked up at him in anger. M.K busted out of the rubble at the bottom of the building.

"HAHAHA! Your metal skin, it's torn! HAHAHA!" Doll pointed at M.K in laughter. Espio landed a distance in front of M.K.

"That was quite an entrance you made. I hope you enjoyed it because it's gonna cost you your life! NO ONE sucker hits me! I'm glad you're still alive though. Yeah, this is perfect. You can be the tie-breaker."

Doll landed behind Espio. "Alright. But let's put up a good show." They both started walking towards Espio.

"You know you can't win. You can't destroy who I really am! Even IF you kill this body, someone even stronger will surface and take my place!"

Doll smirked. "Your friend Vector isn't here. We must have killed him after all. Did we get the boy?"

"AMIC will be the instrument of your destruction, that is, if I don't kill you! Ahhh!"

Espio powered up to full power. The androids charged at him. He shot a Chaos Wave towards the ground, letting it push him up towards the sky. As he flew up, the androids flew up and then flew out in opposite directions. They both charged energy in both hands and threw all four blasts at him.

"Chaos Shield!" Espio yelled as a spherical shield blocked the blasts. Doll came to punch him, but he blocked with his arm. M.K came from behind and elbowed him, giving Doll the opportunity to smash Espio back to the ground.

As they followed him down, Espio quickly back flipped a few yards back, moving his arms in rapid patterns. When he finished, the palms of his hands were together facing the robots.

"Confusion Cannon!"

Both Doll and M.K fired back. They had a beam struggle for a minute or so. Espio charged it even more, winning the struggle and pushing them back. M.K fired a blast while on the ground. Espio reflected it, but got punched by Doll.

As they flew up, Espio shot three blasts at M.K, who was following him. Doll came from behind trying to kick him, but he disappeared and hit Doll in the back. M.K blocked two of the blasts, but got hit by the third one. Espio grabbed Doll's leg and slammed him into the top of a building, which was also on top of M.K. All of the dust in the building busted through the windows.

As they walked out of the rubble, Espio charged up even more.

"What a nice show! But stop playing around and kill him!"

Espio looked up, VERY surprised to see Metal Sonic standing on one of the buildings.

"Hello, Espio. It's been a while since we last met. And it was SUPPOSED to be the last! But thanks to you, I know who that hedgehog is, and I know where to strike next." Metal started laughing in a devilish voice.

"I WON'T let you do this, Metal!" Espio yelled.

"Boys! Finish this."

M.K and Doll nodded at each other. Doll got behind M.K. Espio was surprise to see this new move. So he brought out a move of his own.

"Chaos Sword!" he yelled as he formed a sword made out of energy into his hands.

They jumped at him, Doll coming in for a kick. Espio dodged it and swung the sword at M.K. He missed, and as he turned around, Doll punched him in the face.

M.K and Doll both threw punches and kicks at Espio at the same time, keeping Espio on the defensive. M.K tripped him, turning Espio around and start running. They started flying. On each side of Espio, they shot a blast in front of him, making dust come up. As Espio flew through it, they slammed him into the wall of a building. As Espio started to fall, Metal came in.

"Would you like to do the honors, Metal Lord?"

"Sure…"

He pointed a finger towards Espio. Suddenly, millions of blast came out.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Espio yelled as all of the blasts pierced his skin, heart, everything. The blasts tore him up, killing him.

Amic had just woken up when he felt Espio's energy fading. Then it became nothing.

"Darn it Espio! Why'd you go alone!" He looked at the chaos ring in his hand, then left.

It was nighttime. Amic flew towards the ship he used to live in years ago. He had nowhere else to go. When it was in sight, he saw that the ship was on fire. He flew even faster.

As he ran around, he finally found his mom. She was lying on the deck. She looked beaten up. He walked slowly to her unmoving body.

"Why did you do this? You told ME not to die. You're supposed to be alive."

He stood in front of her

"Oh no. What happened to you mama?" Tears started to swell up in his eyes.

He then remembered Espio saying that crying won't make him stronger.

"Vector and you were my best friends. But she's everything to me…" He then started crying. "EVERYTHING."

He bent down and grabbed her shoulders.

"This just isn't fair." He shook her. "Mama…" He hugged her head. "MAMA…MAMA!" At that last yell, he saw a signed paper behind Amy's head. It was signed by Metal.

He got up quickly holding his head in anger.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

He squeezed his fist so tight his palm started bleeding. As he screamed, a lot of electricity built up. He aura became gold. He started turning gold. At the top of his scream, he transformed. He fell on his knees in anger and slammed his fists into the wooded deck, making holes in the ship around him.

"I'll KILL YOU!" he yelled as he flew of at high speed, heading straight for M.K and Doll. He followed the destruction they left behind them.