Sonic 4

CH.4: Second trip/ different time

Sonic, Helen, and Amy stood in Chuck Thorndyke's lab where tables were cleared away for their departure. Chris, Tails, Big, and Chuck stood to the side waiting. Helen sat in her wheelchair dressed in a pretty new dress and her hands were shaking with anticipation. Sonic looked around her at Amy and she was still grumpy. As Helen slid the goggles over her eyes she was blinded by rushing light. Her wheelchair began to fly and she held on desperately as it began to spin and faces of her friends loomed at her. A final flash occurred and Helen raised her hands only to be thrown forward. As she lowered her arms she was lying in a cracked road and all around her were burning buildings. People were in panic and couldn't help her. "Sonic? Amy?" They weren't here!

"Time to heat up the party," a low voice said. Looking up she was astonished to see a robot covered in a flame red suit. As he aimed at her a bubble floated by and popped; it sent Fire Man into a building and in his place was a boy in a grey armored suit. As he helped her up he wrapped his arms around her and placed her in her wheelchair. All she heard was a dog's bark and then she fell to unconsciousness. Mega Man looked in the sky at their departure with happiness knowing Helen had arrived safely.

"Hey, Mega Man, care to lend me a match?" A burst of flames were sent upon him and as he looked up he saw Fire Man emerge from the flames along with Heat Man. As they ran at him he slid under their nova like attacks and shot out many beams; fact was they were slow. Changing weapons in the heat of battle Mega Man chose Quick Man's boomerangs. Stopping in mid slide he used his hand and braced himself for a very painful braking maneuver. His armored outfit changed and as he repositioned himself on the ground he shot two quick boomerangs that hit the two hotheads in mid jump. His shots were successful and sent them to the ground. "Hey…that was…"

"Sorry guys, but haven't you realized fireworks are the hot new items today?" Mega Man said as he switched weapons. Heat Man touched the gravel and jets of flames formed an opposing wall. Mega Man fired out his own wall…of ice and sent it towards the wall of molten lava. As the two elements crashed into each other, in some terms, many explosions occurred causing fireworks to occur. Both Heat Man and Fire Man were chilling under some ice and the fires that had almost consumed a whole city block had died out. "Phew…that was close."

"Thanks for the breeze…" Mega Man stared at the building and saw two familiar shapes emerge half frozen, but still alive. Sonic the hedgehog was rubbing Amy Rose's shoulders as they slowly descended the icy apartment. Mega Man took Heat Man's weapon and sent some warmth over to them. "Where's Helen?"

"I sent her to Dr. Light's," Mega Man said almost forgetting about her, "Rush II took her there safely before those two managed to create a heat wave the size of this whole block. You guys dropped in during the wrong time," Mega Man said with a grin. Amy jabbed Sonic in the stomach with her elbow and he gave her a confused look. Pointing to Mega Man he understood then.

"It was Helen's call," Sonic said, "besides didn't we take care of those mad scientists already?" Lightning struck the ground behind them and a huge light came.

"Ouch, darn hair wish I didn't have so much, then it wouldn't hurt this much to take this…thing off," a very irritated voice said. Out of the light was a skinny legged, round trouser wearing, losing hair Dr. Eggman! He stood there wearing a grin, but it faded when he looked down at Sonic. "How…when…you!" Sonic smiled at his confused enemy and leaving him baffled he led Mega Man and Amy under Eggman and the other way. As he recovered they weren't in front of him, as he turned around his face boiled tomato red as he saw the three of them wave at him.

"You knew he'd come," Amy said, "you said they'd lay low, then why is Eggman here?" Even Mega Man was hurt to not hear this beforehand, but he realized again that communication wasn't possible between the two worlds. "Sonic, care to fill us in?"

"Ok I knew he had an extra pair, so what? If Helen had known she'd be at home moping, this way she can be happy, and…have something to brag about to Chris, "Sonic said with a smile. Mega Man and Amy walked ahead and Sonic took this time to walk. He stopped in his tracks and realized he was ok, which could only mean he was overreacting all the time about slowing down is too hard. "I'm walking guys!"

"We're glad for you Sonic," Amy said not slowing her pace down, "now if only your mouth would do the same." Sighing, Sonic dragged his feet all the way to Dr. Light's home. As they entered the roomy house Helen sat up in the spare bed and Mega Man rushed over; as the two hugged, Amy kept her stance cold because Sonic stood there. "Well…I guess you were right, just don't expect it go to your head." Before Sonic knew it Amy had her arms around his neck and gave him a hug, which he returned. As the two joined Helen and Mega Man they caught a bit of his storytelling:

"Well…two machines managed to get the city's defense down and Wily's robots reigned terror everywhere. I woke from a well deserved sleep and took down as many robots as possible. Wily was not going to be happy when he sees Eggman in his town, the best thing for you guys to do is lie low until I solve this crisis." Helen's eyes widened and she turned away and began to cry. Amy again poked Sonic in the stomach.

"Look Mega Man, I know this is your city and all, but sometimes a hero must give up going alone. Sure you have Rush II, and last time I accompanied you, but these robots are bigger then both of us. This time I advise you to bring in the surprise, which is backup." Mega Man was about to leave but Sonic stood in his way and wouldn't budge. "Do it for Helen."

"I…I will do it," he said in defeat. Within the following hours Sonic had rounded up: Tails, Chris, Danny, Francine, Big the cat, Cream and Cheese, Knuckles, and Shadow. In the cleaned up lab Dr. Light stood by a podium dressed in a general's outfit. They were all in power suits; each was based on the individual's character and attack style. Dr. Light cleared his throat and began:

"My dear allies, a city is attacked and the man responsible stands by hidden in a building guarded by his best and strongest. Your job is to protect an assigned area and stay there until the damage is lessened. Proceed to the training facility and fight like today, well lets just say is your day of honor!" Amy Rose raised her arm canon and huge thunderous beams came out.

"Let's see if they surrender now," she said. Danny was in a black suit and as he fired his arm canon 16 deadly red beams were spat out and chewed a wall down. Chris was in a white suit and as he fired he felt intense heat come out and it blinded him temporarily. Big the cat wore a huge blue suit and as he fired his arm canon a fish hook came out and wrapped around Dr. Light's foot. Dr. Light was reeled in much to the humor of everyone. Tails wore a golden suit capable of soaring to the sky and had quick fire. Francine's was purple and had the capacity to do many acrobatic feats. "Hey Dr. Light, what about Sonic and Knuckles, do they get one too?"

"Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow will be taking on Wily's highly shielded hideout. Helen and Rush II will be taking out any relay stations…and Mega Man here will go for Wily. The rest of you will have the hard part, which is to take down Wily's creations and preserve the city." As everyone took this in Mega Man walked over to Helen and knelt in front of her. He knew she'd be safe with Rush II; still he also cared about her too.

"Remember your suit will kick in at the sign of any danger and if you-." Helen put a finger to his lips and gave him a kiss before departing. The weapons were charged, it was now time for the battle of evil V.S. good, for that matter the risk was too high.

Chris Thorndyke, Tails, and Francine were the 1st to take on block 1. All seemed quiet but the 12 year old had been in enough battles to know quiet was meant to mess up one's sense of silence means deadly. Just then two robots dropped from the tallest building: one had the ability to shoot gusts of wind, the other could hit hard. Hard Man charged at Francine and knocked her into a crumbling building. Tails went to help and just stopped short of a swift punch. The next attack he flew over and shot out three quick successions of shots to slow Hard Man down. "Francine are you ok?" Hard Man recovered and sent a hard attack into Tails sending him spinning and crashing.

"Wrong…move…knucklehead," Francine said. Kicking off from the pillar she lashed at Hard Man with a spin kick and sent him through a column of pillars. Outside Chris was ducking and weaving his way to an enemy whose constant shield kept blowing him away. A shot from the side grazed his shoulder and as the wind died down Chris leaped onto it; with the winds push he performed a sloppy front flip and fired two shots that shorted out Air Man's wind use.

"Dr. Light really packed a lot of power in these," Tails said as he performed several air maneuvers. The other across town faced their own problems. Danny, Amy, and Big the cat faced off against: Guts Man, Wood Man, and Top Man and all three seemed hungry for battle. Danny glared at Guts Man.

"Just because you wear a suit, doesn't make you strong kid," he said with a chuckle. Danny raised his arm canon and as Guts Man charged at him he jumped over him and rolled away. Guts Man then tore off a crumbled pillar and began to toss it left and right pelting houses and making Danny's options of escape scarce. Danny charged his arm canon and as a piece of debris began to come down he lined up the shot and fired every deadly red beam that hit the debris and sent a chunk at him.

"Strength comes from within, so I guess I am already strong," he said with a grin. Guts Man caught the debris and his eyes began to do somersaults and just like that he fell. Amy held her hammer in her free hand and with the other her arm canon was charged to its highest energy shot. Wood Man held his hands up and leaves began to fall; as they stopped he had the perfect shield.

"You were created for evil, but is evil really evil? Even though your parts are robot, there must've been some heart to create you, right?" Wood Man sent his leaves over causing Amy's shield to drop a huge percentage. With his shield gone he was defenseless and Amy swung her hammer so hard that wood Man had a crack. She then backed away a few yards and released the beam she held which tore through the leaf shield and stunned him. "Big, don't take it easy, ok?"

"You bet Amy," Big said. Top Man began by sending two tops around Big and as they spun faster Big became dizzier. Top Man then threw a top spinning in Big's direction and smiled as the suit short circuited. Focusing hard on one of the tops he raised his huge canon and fired out a fishing line and as it flew out it actually made a catch-Top Man! Big reeled in Top Man then before he fell down due to dizziness he used all his strength to launch Top Man off his hook and sent him flying. All three collapsed and checked their shields which had about ½ energy left. "That sure was a nice catch."

"Yeah Big, it sure was," Danny said. They had done their job, now all they had to do was let Helen and the others do the rest.

Rush II held onto Helen's wheelchair as they flew across town and to the relay station. The relay station had been put up a year ago and without its power the city could never be warned of attacks. Rush II began to descend upon the station and once he set Helen down he flew up and into the sky to make sure no one got in. Helen pulled out the codes Mega Man had given to her and began to type them in:

6j2#78HY-

8A12II3D91-

Dr.LIGHT11

The first relay was in motion and Helen clapped her hands in excitement. Up above, Rush II spotted a blue light, as he went to investigate the blue light flashed once and he was held in the same position. Grinning from below was none other then Flash Man and Magnet Man. Helen was about to type in the second relay codes when her wheelchair went nuts. "Rush II I need help," she said. The familiar bark didn't come back. Her wheelchair toppled over and she fell to the dirt.

"I heard Mega Man had a girl," a mysterious voice said, "at first I didn't believe it, but now I think I do," he said in a satisfied voice. As he stepped into the light Helen saw he had a huge magnet on his head and wore a red suit. Around the corner came one with time written all over him. "Flash Man…do the honor," Magnet Man said. Flash Man grinned.

"Time to be still, and with a flash your body won't move and we can destroy you then." As he raised his hands up he felt his face get hit by iron and was sent tumbling in the dirt. Magnet Man spotted the flying Rush II and used his magnetic power to bring the robotic dog in close.

"If it's not Mega Man, it's you," he said with frustration, "I can't take your master's winning grin anymore, this time I want to see a torn up boy who crumble under my blow!" All the while Magnet Man had Rush II; he had forgotten to watch Helen who had now entered the final relay codes:

7OIV96052-

611663025-

Dr. RIGHT22

The relay station glowed in a yellow light and as it spun faster the more magnetic material flew to it. Magnet Man was one of those objects and flew off the ground to circle around the station. "I had the dog in my hands, but how did-?"

"If you must know it was me," Helen said with a smile, "it was while you were doing your bad guy soliloquy that I managed to crawl over here and enter the magnetic revolving station code. I set it for 2 hours, that way by then Mega Man should be able to take out your master." Rush II helped Helen into her chair and flew her back home to wait for the others.

"This must be it," Sonic said for the 15th time. After they had set off from Dr. Light's they had encountered 14 buildings, each guarded by a fierce robot, yet once they got in there, they found an empty room. Knuckles and Shadow had grown tired of Sonic's random choosing and Sonic could see this by their constant whispering. "C'mon I'm serious; this is definitely the building this time."

"Sonic if you're wrong I swear by the master emerald I will find the nearest pool and toss you in." The entrance wasn't guarded, so as they entered they found the two most unfortunate robots in the whole town: Decoe and Bocue. "Sonic, didn't you say Dr. Eggman was here?"

"Yeah I did, but if you're thinking what I think you're thinking it won't work. Dr. Eggman came here to settle a score between him and Wily. Now as much as I'd enjoy Eggman getting his butt kicked by Wily, this town has seen enough excitement to last a year. Shadow tie those two up."

"I got to tie them up? Let me guess, you guys will do the butt kicking while I get the people to safety, well let me tell you it doesn't work that way." Shadow got in Sonic's face and as the two argued two robots snuck to safety and let out a breath of relief. However, it was Knuckles who noticed them and as they scurried into a neighboring building he followed behind.

"Dr. Eggman we're here," Decoe said. A huge machine landed in front of them and at the controls was Eggman himself. Knuckles made his way back to Sonic and Shadow and found the two zipping about the room and throwing objects. Cracking the ground with his knuckle he stood back and as the two hedgehogs came around the corner; they tripped over the crack. Having their attention he filled them in on what he saw. They seemed to not believe him.

"Look and see for yourself and you'll thank me later, now come on before Eggman escapes and this town suffers more." The three of them ran and burst through the heavily barricaded door to catch Eggman going out the other way. "Where's your friend Mega Man?"

"Yeah forgot about that," Sonic said rubbing his head. Rolling into a ball the three sped after the departing machine and into 3 carefully placed cages. As Sonic rubbed his head he saw none other then Mega Man! "Hey Mega Man what's this contraption?"

"Look as much as we've been advised to keep these two from battling each other, why not let them duke it out? You and Knuckles fight constantly to get reason across to the other, these two can blow each other up all they want…and maybe come out of it a little more mature." Even as he spoke, Dr. Wily came around the corner in a flying blue menace. Dr. Eggman hopped along in his green machine and the two met 5o paces away. Sonic, Shadow, and Knuckles peered through the bars of their cage at the standoff.

"You should've not come back Eggman," Wily said. "After the failure of providing me with enough power to vanquish Mega Man, why come when you'll face a humiliating defeat at my hands?" Mega Man saw Wily charging his beam and dragged the cages aside as Wily fired angrily at the hopping contraption; Eggman pushed a green button and pulled back the silver levers and just as the blue beam shined in his view he punched a red button to bounce up.

"I didn't screw up the machines design; you did that all on your own. You see, it was the flaw of how the machine was in many ways "stable" that messed up my chance of ever destroying that hedgehog!" As the machine landed he launched his own offensive that shot out a tri-beam of green. Wily used the hidden jets on his machine and flew around a building that shielded him from the stun beams. "Stand still you small white haired rat!" Eggman bounced on top of the building and no sign of Dr. Wily. "Show yourself!"

"I care about stealth Eggman, something that hedgehog knows more about then you." Looking over his shoulder he saw Wily and before he could hop away Wily had steered his fist onto his head. Eggman typed madly to reroute weapons to shields but his roof was already being crushed like a can. "Care to give up little man?"

"At least I can take it," Eggman said. Flipping the red switches he sent an electrical short out to Wily's machine and over the comm. he heard his cries. All his power was gone and Wily's machine had given up on top of him. Mega Man released Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow and together dragged Eggman's machine away. "What…what is happening?"

"Relax Eggman its over," Sonic said with a grin, "and for the record all your technology of traveling to this world are hereby ordered for termination. This world is off limits during its many makeovers and as for Wily…he'll be doing some community service." The three heroes laughed, but the 4th seemed to be disturbed. If access to this world was closed, then that would mean his relationship with Helen was also. His brain came up with many farewells, yet his heart had another plan.

"Sonic thank you for a great weekend," Amy said. Sonic smiled at her and the two held hands as they walked into Dr. Light's house. A somber mood held them all and Helen seemed to be lost in the swirling portal before her. Feeling her chair disappear she found herself in Mega Man's arms and as he sat on the couch she melted into his embrace. She couldn't help herself as she smothered him with kisses. Mega Man himself held onto her desperately, but what Helen didn't know was he had a plan.

"You will always be with me," Helen cried. Chris helped Helen into her wheelchair and with Danny the three of them walked into the portal. Sonic walked up to Eggman and shook hands with someone he considered his equal. All the other goodbyes were silent and as Dr. Light threw the lever the portal imploded and there was empty space. Helen was gone again.

"Are you sure about this?" Dr. Light felt worried about his blue friend as he went into a storage room and pulled out the two burnt out machines. "I can understand you bringing Eggman and his lackeys back, but to bring Wily also? Did you think about who would protect the city while you were gone?"

"They will," Mega Man said motioning to the two in the shadows. Coming into the light were the unlikeliest of pair to come-Rogue the bat and Knuckles the echidna. "Rogue wanted information, and Knuckles here wants to protect the city…and see if any valuable emeralds are around. Relax Dr. Light; I'll be back before their in trouble."

"It may be the other way around kid," Rogue said with her hand on her hip. "To let two baddies out in the arena for the 2nd time may bring casualties." Knuckles frowned on that but Mega Man himself had his worries. Dr. Light hit a yellow button just below the control panel and a purple portal opened up. "You didn't tell us how long you'd be gone-."

"I didn't did I?" Jumping on to Rush II he hooked the machines up and as he waved his hand felt the pulsing waves of space eat his skin and blind his vision. In a split second they were in a huge town square. On a sign it said:

"Welcome to Station Square"

"You took the risk to visit me Helen, now its time I did the same." They flew into the city unknown, and were ready for a new adventure.

Coming Soon

Final Blow in Station Square

The finale of the crossover