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Sonic Battle Adventures Episode 6, The Search Begins!It's been about three weeks since Sonic and co. have been in Holy Summit. It seemed that the rugged terrain and the natural environment did wonders for their wounds. Sonic could now run at full speed, Tails' slashes on his back were barely visible, and Amy and Emerald's bruises were fully healed. Emerald didn't seem to know what happened when he went out of control, so Sonic and Knuckles thought it would be better if they not told him. Emerald and Knuckles did a friendly spar everyday, while Sonic did 1000 laps around Holy Summit to exercise his leg. Amy punched and hammered a torn and already battered Rouge doll that Knuckles kept, and Tails managed to set a new record by staying up in the air for two hours straight without having to land. They were indeed getting stronger, and it seemed that Knuckles' crowded house seemed to be emptier today.
"So, it's gonna be up to you four to make sure the Master Emerald doesn't come to harm, all right?" The four Chaotix nodded.
"We'll make sure no one messes with it!" Vector said.
"I shall do my best to make sure no unwanted guests reach your gem!" Espio added.
"All right, I'll protect your rock!" Mighty agreed.
"Yeah, what they said!" Charmy finished. "So where are you going again?" Vector pounded him on the head.
"Idiot! He said he's going with the others to find Chaos Emeralds!"
"Well, Sonic wants to find Shadow, and he said that the last time they fought Shadow was looking for them, and Tails saw on TV that the government is after Shadow, so him and Amy assume that they'll find the bat-girl and Omega!"
"And what about you?" Espio asked.
"You think I'm gonna let Emerald go so he can learn new tricks without my knowing? Besides, even I could use a good adventure, even if I'm traveling in a group!" The Chaotix agreed, and said their goodbyes.
"Ready to leave?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah!" Knuckles replied. "Let's go search for some Emeralds!"
"How do we know where to start?" Amy asked. Tails pointed to Emerald.
"Emerald can find them, after all, he IS the Green Emerald!" Everyone gasped.
"Excuse me?" Emerald asked. "Did I just hear you right?" Tails nodded.
"Yeah, don't you think it's all too coincidental? Emerald appearing where we left our cracked Emerald, and the green color, and not to mention the fact that he was affected by the Master Emerald's power, which has the ability to neutralize the abilities of the seven Emeralds!"
"But why did he come out of it?" Sonic asked. "I don't think creatures just pop out of jewels everyday!" Tails shrugged.
"Who knows?" He asked rhetorically. "All we know is that Emerald is, in a manner of speaking, a living, breathing, Chaos Emerald!" Everyone looked at Emerald, understanding the logic behind Tails' reasoning. Emerald closed his eyes, focusing hard on a target. He suddenly felt a strange attraction, as if something was calling to him!
"That direction!" Emerald said, pointing east. "I sense something over there!" Everyone gasped, wondering if Emerald was telling the truth or if he was just making crap up. Sonic shrugged, and headed east.
"Well, we nothing else to go on!" He admitted as he looked back at the others. He then dashed forward, out of his friends' sight in less than five seconds.
"How does he think we'll be able to catch up with him?" Knuckles asked angrily.
"He's just making sure everything's all right ahead!" Amy explained. "That way we won't get into any ambushes!"
"Whatever." Knuckles said, shrugging. "I just don't understand that hedgehog sometimes!"
"So where exactly is he now?" Rouge asked angrily. The officer just stepped back, threatened by the agent, despite her size.
"I-I-I don't know, we lost track of him a couple of days ago!" He admitted, knowing that wasn't the answer Rouge wanted to hear. Omega just tapped Rouge on the shoulder.
"Shadow is not our concern," He said. "Sonic and Eggman are the top priorities!" Rouge nodded, and looked over at the guard.
"You better know where he is by the time I get back unless you want to be scrubbing these floors for the rest of your life, because that's the only thing you'll be doing when I get through with you!"
"Yes sir, err.. ma'am!" The officer saluted. Rouge and Omega walked off, going to see the president.
"You failed me last time, but I don't want you to fail any longer!" The president boomed. "If Sonic won't agree; kill him!"
"Excuse me?" Rouge gasped. "Did you just say what I think you said?" Omega nodded in agreement.
"When Dr. Eggman hears of his archenemy's death, he will start to think that no one can stop him!" He explained. "He'll then reveal his location, making it easier to capture him!" The president nodded, and pointed to the door.
"GO NOW!" He boomed. "Stop wasting time standing here! I need my privacy!" Rouge stood up straight, and ran out the door, with Omega quickly following. The two of them walked down the hallway, and Rouge pulled out a pair of brass knuckles with two silver points on them. Omega looked down on the item.
"What is that for?" He asked. Rouge gave him a dead serious look.
"It's for you!" Rouge stated. "If you get all homicidal and reckless, these poles here will puncture your armor and send all of your systems offline! Think of it as a way of controlling you!"
"Do you really think that I will go out of control again?" He asked. "I was repaired, and only feel hostility towards Dr. Eggman!"
"Like you did last time?"
"That was different! I got carried away!" Omega and Rouge stayed silent after that, and the two of them didn't feel that their partners were suited for each other.
"The Emerald should be around in this area!" Emerald announced. They were in a thick patch of forest, with hollow trees and thorn bushes all over the place. "Too bad Sonic's still ahead of us!"
"We can do this without him!" Tails said, looking at Knuckles. "After all, we've got the world's best treasure hunter here!"
"Former best treasure hunter!" He corrected. "The last time I hunted treasure was around that ARK incident, and that was the Master Emerald shards!" Tails shrugged.
"Still, you should be able to help us search!" They all nodded, and split up to cover more ground.
"Come on little buddy, help me find you!" Emerald said, trying to home in on the exact location of the Chaos Emerald. But since he was so close, he felt a sharp feeling from the Emerald that was too hard to decipher. He dug around in the bushes, until he cut his finger.
"Where would the Emerald be?" Amy asked her self. Rather than look in the bushes and have the thorns tear her apart, he was going to look in the hollow trees, by slamming them with her hammer. If they were hollow, then they'd break and fall, but if they weren't they'd be fine. Her hammer struck a tree, breaking it to tiny pieces! Splinters flew everywhere, and Amy didn't see any sign of the Emerald. She sighed, until something crept up behind her. She turned around, and gasped.
"Where the heck would it be?" Knuckles pondered as he dug underground. He was able to sense a sharp and vague feeling from the Chaos Emeralds, but he lost his touch since then, and was a little rusty at finding anything. He popped up out of the ground for air, and noticed something gleaming. He walked over to the shining spot, and saw the Red Emerald! He tried to reach for it, but the thorns suddenly wrapped around him, trapping him! "DANG!"
Tails heard the yell from Knuckles, and flew down to check it out. He took to the air earlier so he could get a better view, but the trees and bushes made it impossible to see anything. He landed, to see Knuckles trapped in glowing red thorn vines! Tails looked past him, to see the Red Emerald, with a vine stuck in it! The Emerald seemed to be transferring its power to the vine, giving it life and mobility.
"What happened?" He asked Knuckles, whipping the vines off with his twin tails, but getting thorns on them in the process.
"I tried to reach for the Emerald, but those vines grabbed me!" He said, slightly embarrassed. Emerald came storming in, hearing the yell, too.
"That's the Emerald!" He yelled, running for the Chaos Emerald. Knuckles and Tails grabbed him before he could get too close, however.
"It's a trap!" Knuckles cried. "You'll only get yourself caught up in those vines!" Emerald tried to protest, but a loud shrieking sound came from afar.
"That was Amy!" Tails cried. "Something must have happened!" He started to fly, but the Red Emerald suddenly flashed, and the vines grabbed him!
"Tails!" Emerald cried. He summoned a green orb, and Rouge's whip appeared! He lashed at the vines, cutting them up, but more and more appeared.
"Oh no!" He yelled, as the vines grabbed him too. Knuckles was the next to get caught, and the three of them were trapped, helpless.
"Mwa Hahaha!" Cried an all too familiar voice. "It looks like you've fallen for another one of my brilliant traps!" Standing before them, was a hologram of Dr. Eggman.
"Eggman!" Knuckles yelled, trying to reach the hologram, but too caught up in the vines. "You tricked us!"
"That's right Knucklehead, and knowing you, it's no big surprise that you've fallen into a trap!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" He yelled angrily. Tails sighed, knowing that Knuckles was the only person in the world who didn't know that he was gullible.
"What did you do with Amy?" Emerald asked, bringing the conversation back on track. "And how did you get your filthy hands on that Emerald, you filthy rotund piece of dog poo!"
"I just found the Emerald out of sheer luck!" He announced. "And for the girl, well let's just say she met an old friend and he's inviting her to my newest battleship, the Egg Fleet 2!" Eggman snapped his fingers, and a huge purple ship flew overhead, casting a dark shadow upon the land. The three just looked at the battleship with awe, and Emerald noticed that the Doctor had a lot of free time!
"What the heck is that thing?" Sonic asked as he saw the huge battle ship. He quickly ran to follow it, but he heard a shriek in Amy's voice. Realizing there was a damsel in distress, he increased speed, only to narrowly hit a tree. Sonic slowed down a bit, to prevent him from crashing, and jumped to the side of the tree, kicking off the side of it. This was definitely faster!
"As Sonic reached the thicker parts of the woods, he saw a hologram of Eggman fade away, and saw Emerald, Tails, and Knuckles trapped! He curled up into a ball, and used his sharp spines to make clean perfect cuts to set them free!
"What's with the radioactive vines?" He asked.
"The vines are being controlled by a Chaos Emerald in the center of the vines!" Tails yelled, swiping the vines with his tails. You have to hurry up and get it! Sonic nodded, and delivered another sonic spin right at the Emerald! The vines did nothing to protect the Emerald, and Sonic easily snatched it, with the vines letting go of the Chaos Emerald. The vines stopped glowing, and returned to their original color, dropping to the ground.
"That was easy!" Sonic said, holding the Red Emerald up for all to see. He tossed it to Knuckles. "Now wait here! I've got to save Amy!" He rushed off, leaving the three others in the dust.
Sonic ran all over the forest, but still found no sign of Amy. Either she disappeared, or she was kidnapped. He looked up at the large Egg Fleet, thinking she was there. I've got to go up there! He thought to himself. As if on cue, Tails, Emerald, and Knuckles flew above him, landing next to him. Tails held out his hand.
"Need a ride?" He asked. Sonic nodded.
"Sure would!" The four of them flew up towards the Egg Fleet, ready to rescue Amy, and put a stop to Eggman!
Shadow sat in silence, taking a good look at the Earth below. Using Chaos Control, Shadow transported him to his old home; ARK. The place where so many bad memories took place, but it was the only place where the government wouldn't look for him. He managed to install his Chaos Emerald into the power system, turning on all electricity, and take care of all the stray GUN robots that the government left. He had several things on his agenda now. Finding the Chaos Emeralds, wiping out Rouge and Omega, and finding the being that stole the Sky Emerald from him.
"I only have one Emerald, and I'm aware of the location of another," He said to himself. "I need to find the remaining Emeralds before the others do!" He still had to get Sonic's Emerald, but he was planning on getting that one last. He needed to gather all seven to execute his plan, and even then it wouldn't be easy. It seemed that he was just following his dreams, but he believed them before, as he did with the Gizoid, or Emerl.
"I wonder where they are…" Rouge asked out loud. Holy Summit was the last place they were seen at, and that was the place where Knuckles lived. Rouge found it particularly interesting that he'd abandon the Master Emerald to travel with them, but as Agents, they would get to the bottom of this. Rouge pounded on the door, and a green crocodile answered. It took a moment to recognize him, but Rouge eventually smirked.
"You're that one detective I met before!" It was hard to forget him, especially with the adventure they had before. When Rouge infiltrated an Eggman base, she found Shadow there. Omega then ambushed them, and they eventually settled their differences. Shadow couldn't remember a thing, and Eggman locked up Omega, the most powerful E-100 series robot because of his great power. They eventually fought their way to the Egg Fleet, and when they met up with Vector, Espio, Charmy, Amy, Cream, Big the Cat, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, they fought together to face a new version of Metal Sonic, who then transformed into the Metal Overlord. It took Super Sonic to stop him.
"What are you doing here?" Vector asked accusingly.
"Listen here, I'm an Agent for the government, and I'm here strictly to ask you a few questions!" she yelled back. "First question, did you meet up with Sonic the Hedgehog at any time?"
"Why should I tell you?" He asked defiantly. Rouge tripped him, pulled his arm behind his back, and dropped him to the ground on his belly. She twisted his arm, making Vector scream in pain.
"If you don't talk, I'll charge you with enough crimes to make you disappear for life!" She warned.
"This is police brutality!" Vector cried, shoving Rouge off. Rouge gained her balance, and placed her hand on her hips.
"And you've just assaulted an officer, resisted arrest, and on a more personal crime; TICKED ME OFF!" Rouge ran at Vector, and kicked him in the gut! Vector fell back, holding his gut from her metal boots.
"You wanna play rough, huh?" Vector asked. He whistled out as loud as he could, and Charmy and Espio came from within.
"I was wondering what all of that noise was!" Espio said. "It looks like we're facing these guys once again!"
"One… two… hey! Where's the third guy?" Charmy asked. Vector shrugged.
"Please…" Rouge muttered. "We don't need Shadow to beat you!" She turned to Omega. "Leave the alligator to me, you can handle the other two pests!" Omega nodded,
and jumped between Vector and the other two.
"I'm a crocodile!" Vector yelled angrily, charging at the bat. Rouge just back flipped, her foot striking Vector's jaw. Vector flew into the air, and landed on his back. Espio and Charmy just looked at Vector lying unconscious, the obvious underdog.
"Shall we engage in battle against our opponent?" Espio asked Charmy. Charmy just gave him a blank stare.
"What does that mean?" he asked. Espio sighed.
"Just attack the robot!" The two of them charged Omega, ramming him. Omega didn't even flinch, however.
"Your pathetic attempts in an offensive maneuver are futile!" Omega yelled.
"Why is everyone speaking so weird?" Charmy asked. He flew up, and tried to sting Omega, only to just make a shrieking sound from Charmy's stinger to Omega's armor, similar to nails on a chalkboard. Espio, Charmy, and Rouge covered their ears. Omega grabbed Charmy in mid-air, and squeezed him tight. Espio stood up, and threw several shuriken at the E-100 robot. The shuriken just bounced off, giving no result. Espio jumped into the air, and several leaves encircled him as a strong wind blew around him. When the wind stopped, there was no chameleon to be found! Omega just turned on his infrared sensors and was able to see Espio just the same. Omega threw an unconscious Charmy aside, smacked Espio across the face with a fierce backhand.
"You're no match for us!" Rouge bragged, just smirking at the remaining chameleon. "Knock him out, Omega!" Omega ran forward, and brought his colossal fist down on Espio. Espio rolled to the side, and stood up. He jumped into the air, became invisible, and Omega turned on his infrared sensors again, and leapt at Espio. Espio landed, and jumped back, avoiding Omega's punch. Omega swung his gargantuan arms at Espio, but the ninja was too quick to dodge the slow and heavy blows. Furious, Omega just opened his chest, and fired two missiles at Espio! The purple chameleon just threw two shuriken at them, and the missiles exploded in Omega's face!
"Looks like your advanced piece of technology can't beat me!" Espio said calmly. "That robot's just too slow!" Rouge smirked, and Omega charged at Espio, now using his tank-like treads at an incredible rate! The robot outran even Espio, and knocked him into the wall where Amy previously knocked Vector through. Espio didn't get go through it, though he did crack the wall a bit. Omega stood over him, ready to fire his machine guns at point-blank, but he was then lifted up and tossed to the side! Omega crashed to the ground, and a yellow armadillo with a red shell stood where Omega previously stood.
"I can understand why you didn't come to your shift, Espio!" Mighty said. "I was getting pretty worried!"
"Who is this?" Rouge demanded angrily. "I don't believe I've seen you before!" Mighty smirked.
"After Knuckles and us beat Metal Sonic (You'd have to play Knuckles' Chaotix for the Sega Genesis), I disagreed when Knuckles returned to the floating island and the rest decided to become detectives!" He explained. "I went out on adventure, but I met up with Knuckles when he came down here, and that's when he got the idea to hire the Chaotix to help him out!" Rouge just stared blankly at them, not really understanding.
"Long story short; he's an old friend!" Espio said. "Now shall we continue our bout?" Rouge smiled, and took to the air.
"Sorry, but I don't feel like wasting my time with you guys right now!" She yelled. "Let's go Omega!" Omega stood up, and after taking one final look at Mighty and Espio, he drove off, flowing Rouge.
"It seems that Knux is gonna have a at infestation!" Mighty joked. "And by the way, shouldn't you be getting to protecting the Emerald?" Espio nodded.
"Thank you for coming when you did!" He said, running off. Mighty picked up Vector and Charmy, and brought the two inside.
Preview:
Sonic: The Egg Fleet 2?
Tails: Why does Eggman build so much huge battleships?
Knuckles: I have a bad feeling about this!
Emerald: No time to jabber, we gotta take down this robot!
Tails: He looks really familiar!
Amy: HELP ME!
Sonic: Next time on Sonic Battle Adventures; Upgrade; E-1000 Series!
