Chapter 3: Nova vs. Nega
Nova slowly opened his eyes, the sun semi-blinding him. As he got up, he looked around to find everyone else was unconscious.
"Looks like I wasn't the only one worn out," Nova thought. He looked around a little bit more, and saw what appeared to be a robotic spider, roughly 20 ft. tall, approaching. "What the hell?" Nova decided to check it out a little better, and flew up to the head of the spider-bot. Once he was there, he found a somewhat familiar face. "Eggman!" Nova exclaimed in surprise. It looked almost like Eggman from his dimension, but had a white mustache, with a black and yellow coat and red pants.
"What? I am not Eggman. Do you honestly not know who I am?" the Eggman look-alike asked. Nova shook his head. "Well then, allow me to introduce myself. I am Eggman Nega, future ruler of the world! Long live the Nega Empire! Bwahahahaha!" Eggman Nega laughed evilly. Nova took a quick look back where Sonic and the others were.
"Looks like I'm on my own," Nova thought. He then turned to Nega. "Well, I'm not just gonna sit here and let you take over the world!"
"Is that a challenge?" Nega questioned, giving a menacing glare to Nova.
"You bet," Nova growled, returning the glare.
"Well, then, take this!" Nega shouted, shooting multiple missiles from the spider-bot's mouth. Nova quickly weaved left and right, dodging the projectiles. Nova retaliated with a spinning kick to the cockpit, cracking the glass. Nega began firing laser turrets attached to the spider-bot's back as well as another barrage of missiles. Nova tried to dodge, but the attacks were too much, too fast. A missile collided with him, knocking him to the ground with a great explosion.
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A short distance from the battle, Sonic and the others were awakened by the sound of explosions.
"Ugh, my head," Knuckles groaned.
"Five more minutes, please," Charmy yawned, rolling around.
"Ow... I guess this is one of the side-effects from inter-dimensional travel," Tails said, wincing from his headache.
"Yeah, I guess so..." Sonic groaned. He then noticed the giant spider-bot. He just stared at it for a moment, until Amy spoke.
"Hey, where is Nova? He came with us, right?" Amy questioned, looking around. Then Sonic went wide-eyed, looking around frantically. He couldn't find Nova either. Then he looked back at the spider-bot, and saw the hedge-bat rising into the air, attempting to attack.
"He is over there!" Sonic shouted, pointing towards the battle.
"He is fighting that robot... on his own?" Shadow asked, somewhat surprised. "He is either incredibly brave... or just really stupid."
Sonic got everyone to their feet. "C'mon! We gotta help him!" he shouted. They all ran off to the battle.
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Nova had landed another blow to the cockpit window, which was on the verge of shattering. "Give up!" Nova shouted.
"Bwahaha! You think you can stop me? You shall suffer for your ignorance!" Nega responded, launching yet another salvo of missiles. Nova was pretty worn out, but he kept fighting, dodging the missiles.
"Take this!" Nova yelled, spinning himself like a drill, piercing through the cockpit. The glass shattered, sending shards of glass flying inside the cockpit, destroying the control panel in the process. A few shards also cut long gashes into Nova's legs, stomach, and chest, but he ignored it for the time being. The spider-bot fell on it's knees, no longer able to support itself. Its weapon systems were still online, however, as it kept up the lasers and missiles.
"Nova!" Sonic shouted. Nova looked back and saw the blue hedgehog and his friends approaching.
"Are you okay?" asked a concerned Cream. Nova just nodded weakly. As he turned back to face Nega, a flaming object came crashing through the middle of Nega's robot, causing it to explode. Nega activated an escape pod and flew away, cursing under his breath. As the smoke cleared, a light purple cat, wearing a purple coat with white tights, came out of the wreckage.
"Who are you?" Nova asked, trying to ignore his pain and get in a defensive position, in case of another fight.
"My name is..." The cat said, looking down at Nova with her golden eyes. "Blaze."
Well? Pretty good, eh? Finally, some action! And Blaze and Nega are here too! In other news, summer vacation is coming up! Only one and half days left! WOO! And until then, keep reviewing!
