That's right, I'm not done with it yet. Not by a long shot. This will take a little longer than expected, but it will be done, trust me. Let's find out how Trey feels after his father finds out what he has caused.

Last Stand

Chapter Three: Fall or Rise

As Tails looked in disbelief and Monica began shaking her head, Trey began to think it wasn't really such a great idea to put them against the planet's greatest defenders after all. "You're saying that you put us in a tournament match type thing against the five top elite mercenaries?" Tails asked. Trey looked at the ground, "Yes, that's exactly what I did." he muttered. Tails put a hand on his forehead and began to rub it. "Alright, we'll go do this tournament, and then we will beat these guys and get recognition. But you do know this means that they could be mad at us for beating them and taking their glory?" Tails asked. "I guess so." Trey said. Something fast ran towards the front door and stopped suddenly. Tails opened the door and saw a blue hedgehog frowning with his arms crossed. "What is the meaning of this tournament?" he asked. "I know Sonic, I'm trying to find out right now. It's not like we'll have any trouble or anything. It's just I really don't have time to just enter any old tournament just to prove who's better at what." Tails explained.

Sonic uncrossed his arms and walked into the door. "You got that right. When have I ever been beaten?" Sonic asked. "Well, not that I can recall…" Tails muttered and put a finger to his chin. "I've never been beaten, and I don't plan on being beaten now. So actually I'm glad to go to this tournament. It will give me some time to explore this planet and then I can have some advantages over this Star Fox team." Sonic said. Tails shrugged his shoulders, "If you say so." he commented. "I guess what we need to do now is… practice." Monica stated. "Yeah, might as well. We have about four more hours before the tournament begins." Sonic said. Then he waved to the foxes, "Well then, I'll see you guys later. I'm going to go off and look around the planet." he said and sped off.

The three foxes just watched as Sonic almost made the door slam itself shut. "Let's get to practicing, shall we?" Tails asked. He told them that he would probably have to read up on their technology and see what their weakness is. He flew to the library and began to read books about Arwings and their city. 'Man, these people have their technology sealed tight. There is no way that they can have a weakness. So if you can't beat them…' Tails thought and began to smirk a wicked smile, 'join them.' he thought. He then checked out books on what they use as tools and what equipment they use. "I'm definitely going to win this. Only a true master mechanic and technician would know how to fix up his enemy's ship." he said out loud. Then he began to laugh loudly. "Silence! This is a library!" a clerk said. Tails quickly looked around and saw the people staring at him. "Oh, sorry about that." he said softly and then left the library with the books he had checked out.

Meanwhile at the gym…

'If Tails didn't call me to tell me about that tournament, I would have never known.' Knuckles thought. He began to punch another punching bag as he went around in full circles. "Knuckles, why don't you train a different way, like with your soul." Tikal said. As soon as she said those words, three things popped into his mind suddenly. Angel Island, the Master Emerald, and the seven Chaos Emeralds. "Oh no! If Mobius blew up, than how am I supposed to get to the Master Emerald." Knuckles explained. Tikal became wide-eyed, she had forgotten about it too. "Without that emerald, we're both powerless." Tikal said frantically. "Then after this tournament I need to find a way to go back to the remains of Mobius and go get that Master Emerald." Knuckles said. 'If there is a way how.' Knuckles thought.

Meanwhile at the mall…

Amy was shopping in a store when her friend, Cream, ran up to her. "Did you know that there is a tournament between Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and you against the planet's defender?" Cream asked. Amy dropped her bags in outrage. "How in the world did I get into it? I betcha Sonic has something to do with this." she said. Amy picked her bags back up and then headed for the exit. "Wait Amy, where are you going?" Cream asked. Amy reached the door and looked at Cream, "I'm going to give Sonic a piece of my mind." she said. She opened the door and left the stunned rabbit there. "Wow, she's very determined." Cream said. Then she began to giggle, "Sonic has a big problem now that might take some time to fix." she said and continued to walk throughout the mall.

Meanwhile…

Sonic began racing all over the planet. He was memorizing landmarks and other places he could use as an advantage. He stopped in front of a small deli and began looking for more landmarks. But he was soon interrupted by the rumbling of his empty stomach. "Man, I'm hungry. I should eat first before I do anything else." he said. He walked into the small deli and looked at the menu. He then walked to the counter and got ready to order. "I would like three chili dogs please." Sonic ordered. They wrapped the sandwiches in a small wrapper. "That will be seventeen-eighty, sir." the clerk said. Sonic then realized he didn't have any money. He was used to not paying for anything, since he was the greatest hero on his home planet. "Um… I'm not used to paying. You see… on my home planet, I am the hero. So I never paid for anything." Sonic explained. The clerk raised an eyebrow and looked at Sonic.

Sonic was thrown out of the deli and he landed on the dirt road. "You can't throw a hero out like that!" Sonic yelled at them. But they had already closed their doors and did not hear the complaint of the hedgehog. His stomach began to rumble again and he held his side. "Why me?" Sonic asked. He was soon forced to retreat back to his house to eat. 'Hope Sally has a big dinner already set for me, I'm starving.' Sonic thought.

Three hours later…

Soon it was time for the tournament to begin. All of the Cornerians heard about it and began to become interested. Everyone began to walk towards the stadium in the city. A pink vixen walked out onto the field and took out her microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls; we are here to see our great champions and best elite force go against mysterious newcomers." she announced. All of the people began to cheer as five people came out onto the field. "From the planet of Corneria and Sauria, I introduce to you the best squad in the system, the Star Fox team!" the pink vixen stated. Fox waved at the people in the crowd and watched as some of the girls fainted. The rest of the team waved to the Cornerians and they received the same treatment Fox did.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Monica were waiting in the back of the arena. "Ok, since our kids got us in this, then after we our done with this tournament, we will find a suitable way to deal with them. But right now we need to take care of this problem." Sonic said. "Ok, we need to figure out who we are going to be fighting against." Knuckles said. Tails looked out onto the field and looked at each Star Fox member. "I'll take the toad. He's good with mechanics, so I'll beat him at his game." Tails said. "Knuckles and I will flip a coin to see who gets the leader." Sonic stated. "I call heads." he said and pulled out a coin from his glove. 'No one ever calls me.' Tails thought. Sonic flipped it and waited for the outcome of the coin. It finally landed and they all bent over to see what it was. It was heads. "Yes!" Sonic said. Knuckles became angry, "That's not fair!" he yelled. "Looks like you'll have to fight that falcon." Amy said.

"Amy, you're going to go against that hare." Sonic stated. Amy was about to protest, but everyone agreed to the match up. They all looked back out onto the field. They saw the last contestant and tried to figure out who would go against the cerulean vixen. "I guess Monica will go against the blue vixen." Tails suggested. Amy stomped her foot in anger, "How come I can't go against her?" she asked. Sonic smiled, "Well, because Monica is much more graceful." he explained. Amy was about to whack Sonic with her Piko Piko Hammer, when another announcement came on.

"And now, from the planet Mobius… the Freedom Fighters." the pink vixen announced. All five furries walked out onto the field and looked around. "How are we gonna do this?" Monica whispered to Tails. "I don't know." Tails replied. "Now people, this is how it works. The opposing team will tell me who they are individually going against, then I will decide which type and what name to give each match." the pink vixen announced. "Let the match ups begin." she stated. The five furries walked to the pink vixen and huddled up. They waited there for a few minutes, telling her who they had picked to go against. They broke away from the announcer and walked back to their side of the field.

"Alright, we now have the match ups and now I will make the matches." she said. She pointed at Tails began to speak, "Miles 'Tails' Prower will be going against Slippy Toad in a Mechanical Opponent match. They will be looking at each other's ship. Then it will be broken down by its owner. The opponent will try to build it back together and then fight in the sky with the ship that they have worked on. The one to stay in the air the longest wins the match." she stated. Then she pointed at Knuckles and began to announce his match, "Knuckles the Echidna will go against Falco Lombardi in a simple Brute Force match. They will simply fight against each other to see who is the strongest. There are no weapons and no ancient powers during the match." she stated. Then she looked at the two contestants seriously and then back at the crowd, "But be warned, if Falco does use his weapons, or if Knuckles uses his ancient powers, instead of being disqualified, the other person can use their advantages as well. The one to knock out the opponent first will be the winner of the match." she said.

The pink vixen pointed at Monica and smiled, "Monica Prower will square off against Krystal in a Brawn, Brain, or Beauty match. Both contestants will try to figure out how to beat their opponent in any way they can. But the catch is that if they can both look graceful, smart, and powerful, while doing it. The first one to fail any reasonable requirement that the opponent has for them loses the match." she stated. The crowd went into an uproar; mainly because most of the males.

The announcer then pointed at Sonic, "Sonic the Hedgehog will go against Fox McCloud in a Leader or Follower match. The champion, Fox McCloud, can choose any type of match that he would like. Sonic must participate in the match and defeat Fox or he will automatically lose the tournament." she stated. Then she pointed at Amy and began to speak, "Amy Rose will be going against Peppy Hare in an Old Versus New Generation match. The object of this match is to see which generation is the best. The senior gets to call the shots and the freshman has to keep up. The first to fail the match, loses." the announcer said.

Trey looked on as the announcer finished telling the match ups. 'Dad and the others should win.' he thought. "Oh, I forgot to mention, every match will be taken here at the stadium. And now that everyone is matched up, let's begin." the vixen announced. The whole crowd went wild as the contestants took their places. The Eclipse Force and the Elite Squad watched as Tails and Slippy was about to start their match. 'This will be our fall or our rise over this community.' Nega thought. 'This should be very interesting.' Flare thought.

To Be Continued