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Sonic Battle Adventures Episode 3, The Omega Agent!

"Agents, come in here!" The president boomed. The two oddly shaped creatures walked in the room.

"What do you want, pres?" The smaller agent asked. She sounded bored, as if it was yet another little reconnaissance assignment. "What abandoned Eggman site do you want me to check out now?" The President tapped his fingers, a movement of annoyance, at the agent's attitude. He knew most agents were a-holes, but this one really got on his nerves. He preferred her partner, who really didn't speak unless spoken to.

"As you know, we've been having a little trouble with the raids Eggman's been giving us for the past couple of months," He started. "Since no military base never detected an assault from the air, we must suggest that the bases are on the ground. I want you and your partner to find the best honorary agent we have!" The small agent groaned.

"Can't you summon some lackey of yours?" She asked. "This job doesn't sound like it pays too much!" The President shook his head.

"Not this guy, he's always on the run, and he's never at his home! You need to find Sonic the Hedgehog no matter what, even if he refuses! Please don't screw up, Rouge!" Rouge nodded.

"Come on Omega, we've got a date with a hedgehog!"

"Affirmative!"

Meanwhile, Sonic, Tails, Emerald, and Amy have been traveling for a couple of days now. Sonic felt very uncomfortable walking all the time, but he always liked to run ahead and check out everything for two reasons. One, he didn't want to be caught in any of Eggman's traps, and two, he needed to get away from Amy's constant attempts to find a romantic place to be at. Sonic didn't know why he didn't grab Tails and Emerald and run off, but he had to live by his rule. There's nothing worse than making a girl cry.

"I'm really starting to enjoy this traveling stuff!" Amy said. "The exercise, the fresh air, and of course my hero Sonic!" She tried to get closer to Sonic, but he quickly cowered away.

"I'm gonna, uh, go check out what's up ahead!" He yelled, running off. Emerald couldn't help but notice the strange reactions.

"Excuse me, but why do you always try to get close to him while it's obvious that he doesn't like you very much?" Emerald asked bluntly. Amy just had a dreamy look on her face.

"He's just playing hard to get!" She said. "But I'm gonna prove my love to him someday, and then he'll have to marry me?"

"Too bad you're both underage…" Tails muttered. He yawned, not really getting much sleep. It's been awhile since he's been on an adventure with Sonic, in fact, since Emerl. Little did they know, they were being watched by a presence?

"This is little girl reporting to bog boy, do you copy me, over?" Rouge said into a walkie-talkie.

"Affirmative. Do you have the target in sight, Rouge?"

"He just ran off, but he'll be back for another hour or so!" Rouge replied. "And refer to me by our code names, and always say over at the end of your phrase, do you copy, over?"

"Negative, Rouge. I do not wish to say such pointless things. We should hurry up and find them so we can eliminate Eggman!"

"Don't you have a one track mind…" Rouge muttered. She then noticed Emerald. "Hello, who's this?"

"Who's what?"

"Looks like the Sonic pals have gotten a new friend, and another two-tailed freak at that!"

"Shall we ambush them?" Omega asked.

"No, our primary objective here is Sonic!" Rouge reminded.

"This to me is irrelevant, I wish to test my new upgrades the government has allowed me to acquire! I will then crush Eggman afterwards!"

"Fine, let's just wait until Sonic comes, then we'll gather them all up and collect our reward!" While daydreaming about what she would do with her reward, Rouge absentmindedly lost balance on the tree branch she was standing on.

"AAH!" She yelled falling to the ground. Tails, Emerald and Amy turned around to see the bat, and she stood up, vaguely embarrassed.

"Rouge!" Tails and Amy cried.

"Who?" Emerald asked.

"Just some no-good thieving bat that's always causing trouble for everyone!" Amy explained. "She's just a piece of trash, really!" Rouge's eyes widened out of anger, but she quickly composed herself.

"Aren't you kids a little too young to be out here in the woods by yourself?" She mocked. Amy was the one who was mad now.

"Did you come here for a fight?" She asked angrily, holding up her hammer. Rouge yawned out of boredom.

"Sorry, I don't feel like beating the tar out of two freaks and a snot-nosed brat!" She yelled. This made Tails mad, too.

"Freaks!" He yelled. He pointed at Rouge. "Maybe outwardly, but inside you're the most twisted of us all!" Rouge got a little mad, but he was right.

"So I'm a little willing to go the extra mile to get what I want, what's the big deal?"

"Excuse me Rouge, but you have a very fast blue object heading your way!" Omega warned over the radio. "Preparing to head it off!" Rouge nodded.

"Copy that, I'll handle the little children!" Rouge sighed, and flew into the air, ready for battle. "Looks like you'll be getting that fight after all!"

"What about Sonic?" Tails asked Rouge. "Your friend was talking about him over the radio!"

"He's gonna beat the living daylights out if him if he refuses to come with us!" She said. "Even Sonic can't beat me super-powerful monster of a partner!" Amy gasped.

"I'm not letting you hurt MY Sonic!" She screamed, running at the bat. Rouge flew higher into the air, a safe distance away from them.

"I've learned a few new tricks since we've last met!" She yelled, pulling out a whip. She whipped it at Amy, and the whip grabbed her hammer. Rouge yanked the hammer out of Amy's hands, and brought it up to her. She looked at the hammer for a bit, but tossed it aside.

"I don't see how you could've harm anyone with that pathetic hammer!" Rouge mocked. She was too caught up in her mocking and toying around that she didn't notice Emerald fly up behind her, with his own green hammer. She turned around, but it was too late. Rouge crashed into the ground, in a big Rouge-shaped hole in the ground. Emerald landed, and looked at Tails.

"You should help out Sonic!" He said. "I've read the voice from the radio, and the monotone system sounded much like a machine. Your expertise should come in handy if it's truly stronger than Sonic. Tails nodded, and flew off. Emerald looked at Amy.

"And you should go find your hammer before someone else finds it!" It was Emerald's way of saying "You two get out of the way" Emerald clear colored vision faded, and his green sight took place. His green sight allowed him to locate specific details, such as muscle control, heartbeat, and several other places that help in battle. In a way, this was his own natural battle visor. He could calculate the strength of an attacker, the speed, and how much stamina remaining. He could also tell if one was holding back, or fighting full-force.

"I'll be right back!" Amy cried as she ran off. Rouge then stood up.

"Looks like I've overlooked you a bit!" She admitted. She pulled out her whip, and prepared for an attack. "But don't think I'll be caught off guard again!" Emerald returned the hammer into a green orb, and another green orb appeared right next to it. The new orb turned into a green whip, identical to Rouge's. Rouge was surprised on this feature, but she quickly recovered.

"I have a few more surprises left, lady!" Emerald cried, mimicking Rouge's stance.

"Now that sounds more like Sonic!" She yelled, attacking him with her whip. Emerald jumped out of the way, and attacked with is own whip. Rouge countered by swinging her whip at Emerald's, and the two whips collided, sending each other back!

"Come on, don't tell me someone like you doesn't have what it takes to even challenge me!"

"What's that?" Sonic asked he, seeing a strange object ahead. He skidded to a stop, and saw a very familiar creature. "You're Omega!"

"Affirmative!" Omega replied. "Formerly known as E-123 Omega, now known as the government Special Agent Omega! I have received orders to ask you to see the President concerning the recent Eggman assaults."

"Sorry, but I'm already on my own little quest!" Sonic replied. "We're gonna have to do this some other time!" Omega just stood there.

"The government is taking drastic measures to stop the Eggman Empire, even if it means taking the world hero Sonic the Hedgehog captive. We require your assistance to launch a final assault on the Eggman Empire."

"Like I said before; No!" Sonic rejected. "Besides, Eggman's not gonna try anything drastic for a while, I bet he's just doing all of this to keep us from forgetting that he's still alive while he's thinking of a new plan!"

"I only wish to fulfill my orders," Omega replied. "I wish to exterminate Eggman as soon as possible!" He prepared for battle position, and right then Sonic realized the changes in him. Omega had two small, but sharp blades on each of his shoulders. In the back of his legs, were tank-like treads that allowed him to drive over tough terrain. He had much bulkier wrists, probably because they contained more ammunition or missiles. It seemed that his entire red, black, and yellow armor had been become much more dense and sturdy. "I will take you in, under any circumstances!" He raised both fists up, and machine gun fire came from them, nearly hitting Sonic. Only someone as fast as Sonic could have dodged them, but it was hard even for him. Omega then hovered on jet boots, and rocketed towards him! Sonic jumped into the air, and kicked Omega, but his tough metal hide just deflected the attack. Sonic landed safely behind Omega, and crouched down to rub his foot.

"Your armor's really hard!" He said, trying to stall for time. "It must have improved since we last met!" Omega simply turned around, and didn't make a move. He raised his arms up.

"I've no use for pointless conversations!" He yelled as he fired at him. Sonic easily dodged the bullets, and managed to run up behind Omega. He curled up into a ball, and started spinning. The sonic spin struck Omega in the back, making the metal titan step forward a few feet to prevent him from falling. Omega turned around, but noticed that Sonic wasn't there anymore!

"Right behind you!" He yelled, giving another sonic spin to Omega's back. Omega didn't even bother to turn around this time, but instead just opened up his back, and fired two small missiles at Sonic!

"You will be exterminated!" He yelled. Sonic ran from the missiles, and Omega opened fire. Sonic easily dodged the rain of bullets, but he noticed that the missiles were turning around towards him! They were heat-seekers!

"This is gonna be pretty fun!" He yelled. "I just love a good chase!" He started to run around playfully, purposely letting the missiles keep up. Omega was infuriated by the blue hedgehog's actions.

"Why do you persist on being so playful?" He yelled. "Focus on being serious!" Sonic just winked at him, and continued playing cat and mouse. Sonic jumped up, and landed on the two missiles, using them as skates. Omega realized a chance to attack. He aimed his arms carefully, and opened fire on the missiles! The missiles exploded, and the target was exterminated.

"I thought you were supposed to keep me alive!" Sonic cried. "You really shouldn't use such explosives; they're dangerous!" Omega turned furiously at him.

"How did you survive?"

"I got off the rockets and spun around and around, so the flames wouldn't kill me, though I did get a little singed!" He pointed to his tail, which the tip of it was black.

"Time to pay!" Omega roared. He fired some more bullets, but he soon had none left. Sonic yawned, bored of this little game.

"Can't you try something new?" He asked. Omega became even more furious, until he realized what the hedgehog's strategy was.

"I understand," He said. "You enjoy mocking your enemies, one for pleasure, and two for messing the opponent's mind up!" That got Sonic's attention. He held his to arms up, as if he was about to be handcuffed.

"You've caught me red-handed!" He cried, pretending to be guilty. "Please arrest me!" Omega wasn't so infuriated now, and he calculated a strategy.

"You have removed 100 of my guns, and 50 of my missiles, but in total, you have only removed 25 of my ammunition!" Sonic gasped, pretending to be shocked.

"No kidding!"

"In fact, the best way to attack you is with everything I have at once! He lifted his arms up, and three rockets appeared out of his wrists. He opened his chest, and two larger missiles came. His shoulders brought out the end of two machine guns, and another on top of his head. His legs then transformed to tread mode, and two more rockets came out of his hips. Not only that, but the large cannon of a tank was pointing up on his back, and he prepared to fire all he had!

"You're kidding me, right?" He gasped, truly shocked.

"Sensors indicate by removing all ammunition will increase my speed by 500. I am willing to destroy you for that!" He fired all he had at one point, at the point of the blue hedgehog! Sonic could only stand there, as his weapons surrounded him! He crouched, forming a ball, hoping it would at least help him survive. Just then, an idea clicked in Sonic! He spun around and around, hoping he would be fast enough. It seemed that the entire world seemed to be in slow motion, for no one was as fast as him right now. He spun around and around, burying deep into the soft ground. When the attacks reached, Sonic felt several nicks and scratches on his back, but a sharp pain on his right leg!"

Emerald couldn't help but notice a large raise in temperature in the area near him. He sensed some kind of explosion, perhaps by missiles or other explosives.

"That would probably be my partner Omega frying your two friends right now!" Rouge mocked. "But enough about them, we have our own little bout to do!" She attacked with her whip, and Emerald did the same.

"Sorry if I'm being rude, but I have no intention of fighting opponents much weaker than I am!" Emerald shot back. "I'd rather get my friends and go on adventures like we are now!"

"Weaker?" Rouge shrieked. Emerald nodded.

"Your inferior feminine muscles, though stronger than most men, pale in comparison to mine and I can tell by your speed that you lack the ability to catch up to me!" Rouge seemed angrier at the comment, and just sighed.

"I guess I'll have to take you out full force!" She yelled, dropping her whip and flying towards Emerald. Emerald did the same and the two collided, a mass of mid-air punches and kicks colliding. Emerald managed to deliver a punch to Rouge's face, her belly, and managed to give her a major bruise on her shin. Rouge however, dealt far worse damage than Emerald. Her kicks packed a wallop, giving him a nice bruise on the left side of the face, two cracked ribs and a drop kick to the top of the head, Emerald collapsed from the damage. His basic size and endurance was copied off of Tails' anatomy, after all, while he copied Sonic's shape. Rouge landed right in front of the body lying facedown in the dirt, and prepared to deal more damage.

"And you were saying something about being weaker!" She yelled. She raised her foot up, preparing to stomp on his head, but Amy's hammer caught her clear in the back of the head! Rouge was sent flying through the air, did a back flip and landed facing Amy.

"Don't even think about hurting him!" She warned. Rouge laughed.

"I may have worn myself out on that freak, but I still have enough strength to you and that cheap hammer of yours!" She ran towards Amy, who was swinging wildly at the bat. Rouge ducked, grabbed her hammer, and kicked Amy in the gut. If Amy tried to pull her hammer back, Rouge's foot would have only gone in deeper, so Amy let go of her precious hammer, rubbing her injury. Rouge dropped the hammer, and kicked Amy in the face, and knocked her down on the ground. The stubborn and persistent pink hedgehog wouldn't give up however, leading to several more injuries before her body gave way to the beatings. Rouge felt satisfied with herself, but beating up on two children wasn't exactly something to brag about. Perhaps the government would excuse her of assault on a minor charge?

"Target has been exterminated!" Omega announced, satisfied with his accomplishments.

"Not… yet…" He heard a voice mutter. When the smoke cleared, Sonic stood there, battered, bruised, and beaten. He also had a huge gash on his right leg, which gave him a serious, limp as he walked toward Omega.

"Perhaps it is time to take you in!" Omega said. Sonic shook his head, refusing to go. He soon fell on his back, unconscious.

"SONIC!" Tails yelled from above. Omega looked up at the new target, and realized that he had no ammunition left. Luckily, Tails landed right in front of Sonic, facing Omega. "You're going to pay for this!"

"We shall soon see!" Omega yelled as he drove towards the two-tailed eight-year-old. Tails jumped over him, But Omega managed to slash Tails in the back with his large metal claws. Three deep red gashes appeared on his back, while one only left a scratch.

"AAH!" Tails screamed out of pain. Omega veered around, and dove towards Tails with his fist raised! He hit him in the entire mid-body, cracking various ribs. When the blue ears seemed to hear the cracking sounds of his friend's bones, Sonic immediately awoke. He sat up and tried to stand, but his right leg gave way. He could only crouch down on the ground, watching as his friend got pummeled, better yet massacred by the metal monster. Tails was the one unconscious now, and Omega loomed over him. When Omega was to deliver the final blow, a strange presence appeared.

"Stop Omega!" He yelled. Omega and Sonic looked up to see Shadow the Hedgehog, stand in front of them with his arms crossed, giving Omega a fierce scowl.

"Shadow?" Omega asked. "You have no purpose for being here!" Shadow shook his head.

"I may not have enough purpose for being here, but I have enough sense to know what you're doing is exactly the same thing Eggman would be doing!" Omega seemed even more furious than before, if that was possible.

"DO NOT COMPARE ME TO THAT MONSTER!" He yelled back.

"You're right!" Shadow mocked. "Monsters don't express their anger by trying to kill other beings or beating the crap out of weak children!" Omega clenched his fists, ready to strike at the new foe. It was more of a strike out, however. Omega charged, and tried punching at Shadow several times, but the black and red hedgehog would step aside at the last second, just smirking at him. Omega pulled back, ready to launch another assault on him, but Shadow didn't feeling on staying on the defense. He charged Omega, knocking him back! Shadow then jumped into the air, and kicked Omega! The kick itself didn't so much damage, but the blast from Shadow's air shoes did deal some. Omega fell to the ground, while Shadow nimbly landed without a sound. Omega sat up.

"You'll pay for that!" He yelled, standing up.

"Play time is over!" Shadow yelled, gathering several balls of yellow energy on his fingertips. "Chaos spear!" The yellow blasts of chaos energy shot Omega, knocking him back on the ground. Sonic was amazed on Shadow's easy victory while Tails and him lost! Omega tried standing up, but Shadow jumped on him, keeping him on the ground.

"How dare you…" Omega muttered. Shadow looked over at Sonic, and then looked at his injured leg.

"You shouldn't have let your guard down!" He yelled over to him. "Because of your mistake, your friend got himself hurt!" Omega tried grabbing Shadow, but he kicked him arms away, and jumped off. Just then, Rouge landed right in front of Omega.

"I'm surprised to see you here, Shadow!" She greeted. Shadow crossed his arms, and replied with a shrewd "Humph."

"Your partner needs some serious adjustments with his attitude!" He said calmly. "He seems to have a rather ruthless streak going in him!" He pointed his head to Tails, and heard Rouge gasp when he saw the bloody body. She kicked Omega in the arm.

"You weren't supposed to cause lethal injuries to innocent bystanders!" She scolded. "Now we probably won't get paid!" Omega sat up, and shrugged.

"Currency is irrelevant, only Eggman is the top on my list!" Omega yelled, standing up.

"Rouge, don't tell anyone in the government about my presence, got it?" Rouge nodded, but Omega shook his head.

"Rouge may not but I most certainly will!" He yelled. "I'd love to see you in the custody of the government!" Rouge kicked him in the back.

"If you do, I'll tell the president about your lethal actions, and suggest to him that you not be in the final raid against Eggman!" She yelled. "Then you would have blown your only chance in taking down the doctor!" Omega gave her a "you wouldn't dare" look, but Rouge replied with a "try me" look. Omega converted to tread mode, and drove off without a word. After taking one quick glance at Shadow and Sonic, she flew off behind.

"What was his problem?" Sonic asked, looking over at Shadow. But Shadow was gone! He seemed to have run off, too. "The last time we met, he didn't seem so evil or ruthless!" Sonic gasped, and stood up, only to be overcome by the unbearable pain. "I've got to help Tails and find the others!" He said to himself. Just then, a lump came from the ground right in front of Sonic! The lump then grew bigger, as a certain red echidna came from the ground. Knuckles looked around, but caught eyes with Sonic.

"Was that you making all of that noise a while ago?" He asked. Sonic shook his head.

"Do you think I would have done that?" He shot back, pointing to Tails' injured body. Knuckles gasped, and ran over to Tails. He checked his pulse to see if he was alive, and let out a sigh of relief. He carried Tails over to Sonic.

"What happened?" He asked. "I sensed a seriously heavy explosion, and went to check it out!" Sonic sighed, not wanting to talk about his defeat.

"Waitaminute, shouldn't you be guarding the Master Emerald?" He asked. Knuckles just smirked.

"I've got some hired help for that kind of stuff!" He said. Just then, he looked up to see Emerald carrying Amy coming in towards them.

"OH MY GOD!" Amy shrieked, running over to Sonic. "What happened to you?" Sonic noticed the battered marks on her as well as Emerald, and noticed that he was covering an injury, probably a fractured rib.

"Same goes for you!" As the five of them just looked at each other for a moment, Sonic couldn't get two things off of his mind. One; why did Omega act so ruthless and deadly, and two; When did Shadow get so powerful?

Preview:

Sonic: Those guys again?

Knuckles: What's so bad about them?

Charmy: Yeah, we're the greatest detectives in the world! And that's why good 'ol Knux here hired us!

Emerald: Really? You're that strong

Vector: That's right, we're great fighters too!

Espio: How do I know there's going to be some kind of feud between us?

Shadow: Next time on Sonic Battle Adventures, Return of Knuckles' Chaotix! Not to mention the fact that I get chased down by the government!