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Sonic Battle AdventuresEpisode 10: Central City Beauty Contest
"I guess we're here," Sonic said, looking down upon the large city from a high cliff. He looked at the party he had with him. It was starting to get exceptionally crowded. There was Tails, the technological whiz and best friend. There was Knuckles, the world's greatest treasure hunter and powerful fighter to boot. There was Amy, crazed fan girl but with her hammer at her side, nowhere near getting in the way. There was Gamma, the new ally, robotic warrior and former Eggman servant. And finally, there was Emerald. He was the mix of almost all of them. He had the ability to copy. He copied Sonic's main body and Power Ring, he copied Tails's twin tails to fly, he copied Knuckles's powerful fists, he copied Amy's hammer, and several other things from various characters he's copied. Sonic believed that this was the entity of the Green Chaos Emerald, as Tails explained to him.
"I'm sensing another Chaos Emerald down there…" Emerald said, looking down upon the city, standing right next to Sonic.
"Indeed. My sensors indicate high levels of Chaos Energy as well," Knuckles nodded, his voice growling a bit.
"Yeah. I'm catching a strong vibe down there too. I guess it's agreed that there's a Chaos Emerald down there."
"So let's go down there!" Amy cried out, running to the edge of the cliff. "If we need a place to stay, I have an apartment over there, and it's a pretty big place, so we could all take a break and use some of the training equipment over there!"
"You still have that boxersize stuff?" Tails asked. "I thought you got rid of it…"
"Not yet, just been keeping it stored for a bit. I'm probably going to take the stuff out when we get down there, so I can train harder and beat down that stupid bat girl…"
It made Sonic and Tails pause. Reminding the events of Rouge and Omega's attacks. Rouge managed to beat down Amy and Emerald, though they doubted Emerald would lose to her again. Meanwhile, Tails was severely beat down by Omega, while Sonic's leg was injured. Tails failed to help Sonic, and Sonic failed to protect Tails. In the end, Shadow came and easily took down Omega. It hurt Sonic's pride, and Tails developed a new hint of helplessness. However, they both vowed to get stronger, and indeed they have.
"Don't let her get to you…" Knuckles then interrupted, crossing his arms. "If you let her get through you, she'll stay there for a while, and won't leave until you make her." He indeed learned that the hard way. She was the new so-called world's greatest treasure hunter, but it didn't matter to Knuckles. He had higher duties now, one of far more importance than looking for buried pennies. But he did envy Sonic and friends for being able to adventure on a whim, thus he agreed to travel with them, even though he didn't understand Tails's technobabble, Amy's constant talking about Sonic, and Sonic's all-around attitude. But he didn't get a chance like this very often, so he decided to take it. He just had to trust the Chaotix to help him out.
"I will remain here," Gamma said, suddenly crouching down, making a metallic clang. "One of Eggman's robots inside the city would cause a general panic, and it would be wise to avoid that kind of attention." His eyes started to fade. "Sleep mode, activated."
"I'm going to stay here too, then," Tails added. "I want to try to figure out Gamma's programming, so I might as well stay put and work on him here. Besides, there's a couple things I'd like to test…"
"I'm going to stay back, too," Knuckles added. "The city is too crowded for my taste. If you need help, just call. Maybe when it gets dark, and things calm down a bit more, I'll come over and help, if you haven't found the Emerald yet." He started to walk away, lied down, and closed his eyes. His mind was made up.
"Why do I get the feeling Gamma's going to be different when we get back…" Sonic muttered. He thought of coming back, standing before a giant robot Gamma with Tails in the cockpit. Scary enough, he could see Tails actually doing it. He shrugged the thought of, and looked at Emerald, Amy, and Knuckles. "So it's the four of us, huh?" He asked.
"Hey! Wait one second!" Amy cried out. "How exactly are you going to work on Gamma when you don't have any tools, Tails?" She asked. "You guys should really go down to my apartment!"
"But… how are we going to get Gamma in?" Tails asked, looking at the robot. Amy simply winked.
"For that, I've got a plan…" Thus, the four huddled in, and soon nodded together.
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"Help! It's one of Eggman's robots!" Amy screamed out, as Gamma started stomping on the ground, shooting up into the air. Panic erupted everywhere, as basically everyone in the street screamed and ran away. Except two certain twin-tailed creatures, that is.
"Target Identified: Hedgehog. Commencing to destroy!" He aimed the gun right at Amy, as she stood back, trembling. Her half-damaged hammer suddenly appeared in her hand, as she gripped it tightly, as if to defend her.
"Hey you tricked-out washing machine, why don't you try aiming at this Hedgehog?" Sonic cried out from the roof of a small building. Gamma aimed upwards, and fired off three shots. One went past Sonic's left side, the next above him, and the last to his right. Each one a clear miss.
"Looks like Eggman's robots aren't so top of the line anymore, I guess you're just a washing machine with a gun after all!" He dashed straight at Gamma, forming into a rocketing ball, and slammed into the robot's body. Gamma skidded backwards, and slammed to the ground, his eyes fading once more. Sonic suddenly jumped on top of Gamma, clasping his hands in the air, and shaking them around, claiming victory.
"Sonic, you're my hero!" Amy yelled jumping at the blue hedgehog, gripping him into a big hug.
IThis is the last time I ever go along with one of Amy's plans!/I He thought, suddenly slipping out of her squeeze. Now there was a new screaming on the street, as people who were running away quickly crowded the two Hedgehogs, clapping and cheering. Sonic bowed to the crowd.
"Thank you, thank you," He cried out. "I'll be here all week, folks!" Tails and Emerald suddenly came forward, grabbing the large machine.
"Now, if you'll excuse us, I gotta take this guy to my friend's place, so my buddy Tails here can see what makes this guy tick!" He yelled, pulling Tails closer to him, as the crowd cheered even louder. Tails sunk down in embarrassment, his face reddening like a cherry. They turned around, and Sonic rubbed his chin.
"So, how do you suppose we get this heavy guy away from here?" He asked. Tails shrugged.
"Gamma has to weight over 300 pounds, and I don't think that even all of us combined can carry him all the way to Amy's apartment," He sighed. "We should have done this a little bit closer to your apartment, Amy!"
"Well, if he was walking all the way through the city, wouldn't those police people arrive?" Emerald asked. "Then things would get really complicated, huh?" Tails nodded.
"I guess, but I still don't see how we can get him to…"
"Tails, you're forgetting who I am!" Emerald cried out grabbing Gamma. "I'm better than you guys at things like this, since I have all of your strong points, and none of your weaknesses! After all, if I am a Chaos Emerald in a living form, that means my powers are infinite!" With a pained groan, he lifted Gamma over his head, got himself steady, and began walking.
"Developing an arrogant streak, I see…" Sonic muttered, shrugging and grabbed part of Gamma. He needed to look like he was doing something. Tails and Amy did the same, though the three of them really didn't need to help out. Sonic waved to the crowd once again, as it dispersed, like nothing ever happened. That's a big city for you.
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"Remember, Rouge. Just get the Emerald and get out…" Shadow muttered, crossing his arms in front of the building. The bat nodded, flying into the air.
"You forget whom you're talking to," She replied. "Not am I only the world's greatest treasure hunter, but I happen to be the best thief as well!"
"Aren't they one in the same?" He replied rhetorically. They were standing in front of the executive building, as a crowd was entering at the other side. It was convenient for a dark and desolate entrance to be here, but it was even more convenient that the billboard to be up when they first entered the city.
"Central City Annual Beauty Contest: Grand Prize…" It showed the picture of the Golden Chaos Emerald. Shadow considered it to be a little too easy, but did realize that not everything would be as hard as it could be. So he was glad opportunities like this came up.
"Remember, Rouge, you only have 15 minutes until the Security System turns on. So get in there and come back out. Don't be distracted."
"I know…" Rouge replied, growling a little. She did not have to have everything explained to her like she was a child! She almost made it into an open window, until she caught sight of something. She suddenly swooped down, landing next to Shadow.
"What are you doing? There's no time for playing around!" Shadow scolded.
"It's Sonic and the others…" She said. "They're carrying one of Eggman's Robots!"
"What?"
"Shadow, we can't afford to lose them. Remember that you don't have a Chaos Emerald anymore, and Sonic has that green friend with him. You will need my help!"
"No I won't," He replied. "Sonic happens to have two Chaos Emeralds with him, so all I have to do is take one from them to be even."
"Shadow, it's best that we make sure we get them! We could take in one of Eggman's robots to the government, get two Chaos Emeralds, and complete the mission of killing Sonic! That way you can be two Emeralds closer to your goal, I'd get a truckload of money by selling the robot, and you would have all charges against you dropped, so you could live a free life!" Shadow grumbled, but silently agree.
"Fine," He admitted. "Let's go,"
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"We're almost there!" Amy exclaimed. "Just a couple more blocks and we'll be there!" She got tired of pretending to be helping lift Gamma, just as Sonic and Tails did. Now they simply walked by Emerald's side, as Amy led the way. "When we get there, we could eat, rest up a little, and then we could wait until tomorrow to search for the Chaos Emerald, that way, Knuckles can help us search as well!"
"Please, we don't need Knuckles's help on this!" Emerald replied. "Let him lie down and sleep in the fields of grass for all I'm concerned, I can sense the Chaos Emerald, grab it, and if any bad guys get in the way…"
"You'll blow them away, right?" Sonic asked. "Yeah, yeah, we heard this kind of talk before already, why don't we just keep walking…" He noticed that Tails was far behind him, and he stopped and turned around. "Hey Tails, you coming?"
"Look!" Tails yelled, pointing to a giant billboard. "I think I found the Chaos Emerald!" Sonic looked at the billboard, and smirked. "Well, a beauty contest? This is sort of an awkward situation…"
"Beauty contest?" Emerald asked, turning his head around. "What's that?"
"Huh? It's where a bunch of Girls line up and judges vote who's the most beautiful, I guess…" Tails explained, flying back towards the gang.
"No sweat, boys!" Amy cried out, winking at them. "I can get you that Chaos Emerald for sure!" Before they could reply, a burst of laughter came out of nowhere!
"Oh please, you think you can win the Beauty Contest?" Rouge asked, flying down and landing near them. "Please, you wouldn't even be accepted into the audience!"
"And you think you can do better, you old hag?" Amy asked, glaring towards Rouge.
"What's that! I happen to be only seventeen years old, little girl!" She cried out in anger, but then quickly cooled herself. "Besides, if I had the time to enter, they'd have to give me all seven Chaos Emeralds, unfortunately, a life as an Agent doesn't give you such luxuries of time…"
"You mean, being a thief?" Amy replied sharply. "Agent my foot, you're just a highly decorated thug hired by the government so spy and steal!"
"Well, somebody has to do the job, right?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips, taking into the air a little. "Anyways, I'm not here alone! I'd like to introduce you to my new partner! She flew up into the air, as Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Emerald took a look at the hedgehog behind her.
"Shadow?" They cried out in shock and confusion. The black and red hedgehog nodded in response to their surprise, and took a step closer.
"What exactly are you doing here?" Sonic asked, sending a glare back. "Last time I checked, the government doesn't hire criminals!"
"Well, you could say that they made an underground deal," He replied. "I'm not exactly sure why, but for some strange reason,"
"Shadow!" Rouge cried out, trying to interrupt him.
"The President either wants you on his side, or he wants you dead, but either way,"
"Shadow!"
"It won't matter to me. I've been hired by the President to kill you Sonic, and seeing that it's been the most beneficial opportunity I've had, I decided to go with it. I can get both your Chaos Emeralds, while the Government will leave me alone so I can finally spend the rest of eternity in peace. And this bat is only here because,"
"Shadow!" Rouge yelled out, even angrier and louder, But to no avail.
"Her former partner, E-1023 Omega, is now on Doctor Eggman's side, and has now given him the possession of a Chaos Emerald."
"SHADOW!" Rouge suddenly cracked her whip on the ground, finally catching everyone's attention. "You've given out way too much information!"
"Well, I just thought Sonic would appreciate to know why he's going to be killed, and also give his friends at least that much information to make up for their friend's death," He replied. They stared at each other angrily for a moment, until they heard a clanging sound. They turned to see Emerald stretching his muscles, Tails with arm cannon out, Amy with her damaged hammer in hand, and Sonic all ready in a battle stance, Chaos Emerald in hand.
"Four on two, I guess these odds I'm liking!" Sonic said. "Then again, Amy, keep leading Emerald you the spot we talked about. We can't afford to waste time. Then start to look your best, cause you gotta win us that Chaos Emerald! Tails and I will handle these two goons!" A timer suddenly went off, as Rouge pressed a button on her wristwatch.
"Looks like the security systems have been activated," She said. "We're just going to have to take that Chaos Emerald after it's given out to the winner…" She turned to Tails. "I assume Shadow would want to fight Sonic, so I'm going to have to fight the freak?" Tails gripped his left hand, trembling in anger. He took to the air, dashing at awesome speeds, and fired an energy ball right towards Rouge. But the agent was too quick, and back flipped out of the way. "I seemed to have gotten the boy worked up!"
But neither Sonic nor Shadow paid attention to this. Sonic pulled out the Silver Chaos Emerald, held it up, and tossed it to Shadow. The black hedgehog smirked, and caught it with one hand.
"I was wondering when you'd get to that," He said. "You wouldn't fight me unfairly, even when I want to kill you!" With that said, the jet boots on his feet suddenly rocketed up and he dashed at Sonic.
"Sonic…" Amy muttered, looking at Emerald. "Okay, it's time to pick up Gamma and we need to head straight for my place!" But Emerald didn't pay attention. Instead, he was looking at Shadow's feet, and closed his eyes. A green version of Shadow's jet boots emerged, and he tested them out. He sighed.
"Only half as effective as his…" He muttered. He picked up Gamma, and told Amy to jump on top of the Robot. Amy did so, wondering what Emerald was up to. He suddenly dashed off using his new jet boots he copied from Shadow, incredible speeds, though he did regret misreading Shadow's speed. It wasn't just the jet boots that were the main source of speed. Shadow was very fast himself.
"Good! We should be there in no ti- woaaah!" Amy cried out, starting to lose balance. She sat herself down, trying to stay on top of Gamma.
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He actually found it quite peaceful, after the noisy crowd he was currently hanging out with. He found it soothing to have peace and quiet once again, resting from adventuring. He realized that guarding the Master Emerald also killed his social skills as well, for it wasn't that he didn't want to be around large crowds, he couldn't. Knuckles the Echidna wasn't sleeping however. Sleeping would only take away from the time he had relaxing. But it wasn't meant to last, because he suddenly felt the power of a Chaos Emerald go off once again. His eyes opened, and he stood up in a heartbeat.
"Did they have to use it already?" He wondered, looking down upon Central City. Things seemed normal. He was then facing an overwhelming amount of dizziness, and fell off the cliff, falling down through the air. Standing up so fast made him lose his balance. He opened the dreadlocks; spread his arms out wide, and then glided through the air, going down towards Central City. Maybe falling off the cliff was a good thing after all.
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"Agh!" Sonic yelled, holding his gut from the knee bash Shadow dealt. Okay, he got the first hit in, but there was no reason to worry. "Nice one Shadow, but I'm afraid it's going to take a lot more than that!" He cried out, dashing towards Shadow.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow yelled, holding the Chaos Emerald upwards, and warping behind Sonic. Shadow extended his leg, and suddenly delivered a spin kick towards Sonic. But Sonic expected the attack from behind as soon as he heard Shadow's words, and immediately ducked. Sonic then extended his legs into a mighty jump, as his head connected to Shadow's face.
"Ugh!" Shadow cried out, flying through the air. But he did a midair flip and landed perfect on his feet. He rubbed of a bit of blood, and gave an even deeper glare. "I'm glad I was right when I told Omega you were holding back on him," He said. "It will be a shame to kill you now, as I will have no other equal to fight with. But after I kill you, I can finally live the rest of my life in peace, so I guess it is best if I do continue this, after all."
"Shadow…" Sonic said, crouching into a stance. "You don't really mean that, do you?" He asked, which only caused Shadow to smirk.
"The only way to truly know the answer to that question is to continue fighting me!" He exclaimed, opening his arms out wide, the jet boots letting him hover into the air a little. "So will you take your chances and fulfill your desired fight with me, and risk losing your life, or will you run away, never knowing the true answer to your question?" He glared down upon Sonic, but the blue hedgehog rolled it off with a smirk.
"Well, you know what they say!" He replied. "Some questions are better left unanswered! Besides, unlike you, I have plenty of things to do to distract me from pondering every little thought that comes to mind, so if you'll excuse me…" Sonic turned around, and started to walk away. "I'll let you ponder whether or not I already know the answer to my question!" He simply waved using the back of his hand, not bothering to turn around. Shadow started to growl in anger, but then stopped. He landed softly on the ground, and looked towards Rouge. She was standing now, staring at the panting twin-tailed fox before her. It was obvious who would win.
"Rouge, we're leaving now," He said, walking past her.
"What? But what about the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Sonic has already given me one," he replied, holding up the Silver Chaos Emerald. "And I'll get the Red Emerald he has in time. Right now we should secure the Gold Emerald, first. Besides, we should also plan on how we are going to retrieve the Purple Emerald from the Doctor, and where to find the Blue and Cyan Emeralds." He didn't bother telling Rouge about the mysterious creature that stole the Cyan Emerald from him. When he passed by Tails, he stopped for a second.
"If you get worked up every time someone calls you a freak, you'll never last long," He said. "You may be a freak of nature, but at least you're still partially natural…" He sighed, and continued on his walk. Rouge quickly followed, giving Tails an "I won't forget this" glare. Tails simply fell to his hands and knees, panting.
"I still can't beat anyone…" He muttered. But he saw a shadow cover him, and saw Sonic looking down at him.
"Come on, it's over already!" He replied. "Don't beat yourself up over losing! Besides, Rouge already did that!" Tails gave him a glare for a quick second, but he dropped his eyes. Sonic had no idea what to do, or say. "Listen buddy, you're an eight-year-old Fox. You may be smarter than people five times your age, but as far as physical strength goes, you're only a little stronger than normal. You were going up against someone more than twice your age, extreme training in being a thief, meaning stealth and quick and powerful hits, a treasure hunter, strong and very adept senses, and an agent, training in quickly subduing an enemy in the least amount of time to prevent damage. Now what would happen if you wrap all three of those in one package? A stealthy, strong and experienced batgirl with keen senses. It was a given that you would lose the fight!"
"I know that…" He replied back. "But does that give me an excuse for being weak and in the way?"
"No it doesn't," A voice from behind, said. It was Knuckles, and he didn't look at all too happy. "Was this what I was brought down here for, to encourage a little kid that he's not useless? I thought I sensed a Chaos Emerald give off power a few times."
"Oh, that must have been Emerald using his Chaos powers to copy Shadow's Air Shoes!" Tails replied, looking up at him.
"And the other one was when Shadow used Chaos Control while fighting me," Sonic added.
"Wait, Shadow was here?" Knuckles asked. "What exactly happened?"
"Well, long story short; Omega is now on Eggman's side, he stole a Chaos Emerald and left, so Rouge was out of a partner, so Shadow was hired by the government to kill me!" Sonic answered. "I guess they'd pardon all of his crimes he committed, I guess…"
"So if Shadow used Chaos Control, then that means he has another Emerald…" Knuckles thought out loud. "So the Emerald we've been sensing was Shadow's all along?"
"Nope!" Tails replied, pointing to the billboard. "The Grand Prize of that Beauty Contest is a Chaos Emerald!" Knuckles thought about this for a second, but didn't see it make sense.
"Wait one second…" Knuckles cried out. "I'm only sensing Four Chaos Emeralds here! One's Emerald, two of them are ours, and the last is the one that's the prize, so if Shadow used Chaos Control, then that means…" It dawned on him then, as he looked at Sonic. "You didn't! Please tell me you didn't!" Sonic scratched the back of his head, and gave off a crooked smile.
"I'll kill you!"
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"So… here goes nothing…" Amy replied, stepping through the doors of the building. It was about an hour after she left Sonic and Tails. Emerald got them there in no time at all, and after dropping Gamma off, they quickly went here. Emerald was with her, following close behind, looking nervous, but when he looked into the building, he found it empty. Only some little rabbit girl with a Chao, and a man in a navy suit behind a counter.
"Is this the registration office?" Amy asked, looking at the man behind the counter. He nodded, while Amy shrugged. "Sorry, I thought it would be a little more crowded at first." The man nodded once again, sliding a piece of paper towards her. He then slid a pen over, too. Amy took them, and started writing. Emerald looked at the pen, and saw how it worked. He scanned it, and saw that it was no more than a hollow-tipped metal piece with a small tube of ink. He marveled at the simplicity of it. He then decided he wanted one. He opened his hand, as a small green orb of light emerged, and took the shape of the pen. He gripped it tightly, smiling. Amy nervously looked towards Emerald, and then the man behind the counter. He seemed unfazed, and was simply looking straight ahead of him.
"Weird…" She muttered, and continued writing. After she finished, she slid the pen and paper towards the man, and he pointed towards a door. Amy and Emerald looked at the door, and Amy waved to Emerald as she started to walk towards the door.
"Amy?" A voice cried out from behind. Amy turned around to see none other than Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao!
"Cream! Cheese!" Amy yelled, running towards them. She grabbed the little Chao, and hugged him for a second.
"Chao!" Cheese cried out in delight.
"What are you doing here?" Amy asked. "Wait, are you entering, too?" Cream nodded.
"Yes! And I was hoping I could get that Chaos Emerald!" She replied. "You see, there's this Chao Garden that the City is going to scrap down and replace with a power plant, but I can't let them do that! So if I give them a Chaos Emerald, then they can get all the power they need, and the Chao will be saved, right?"
"Chao! Chao!" Cheese answered. This only made Emerald chuckle.
"That's pathetic…" He replied. Amy, Cream, and Cheese looked at the strange Chaos Warrior. "Honestly, giving some government a Chaos Emerald is just plain dumb. Using one of us to run a power plant? That's an insult and a waste of time to any Chaos Emerald!" He crossed his arms, glaring at Cream. The six-year-old rabbit looked down, and looked like she was about to cry.
"Emerald!" Amy yelled out, stomping towards the green creature. She raised her hand, and slapped him across the face. "Don't be like that!" But the slap didn't faze Emerald one bit.
"I know her intentions are good, but you people always forget what it's like to the things you use. Normally Chaos Emeralds are indiscriminant when it comes to our uses, but at least use it for something big! Instead of handing it off to the Government so we can brighten a few rooms, use our power to force them to find another place than the Chao Garden! Chaos Emeralds were meant to change the balance of the world, hence the name Chaos, not to live in harmony with it!" His eyes started to glow green, and he saw that tears were forming in Cream's eyes.
"Well some people don't like to be mean and forceful against other people!" Amy replied. "Being a jerk doesn't make you any more popular, Emerald!" Emerald's eyes returned to normal color, and he sighed. He suddenly was feeling a pounding head, and walked off.
"Oh no…" He muttered, far away from Amy, Cream, and Cheese. "What is happening to me?" He banged his head against the wall, causing part of the wall to crack and immediately, crumble. But strangely enough, Emerald didn't feel a thing. He touched his head to brush off some of the debris, and didn't feel any blood or damaged tissue anywhere. "What is happening to me…"
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Amy patted Cream on the back, and the two started walking along.
"Don't worry about Emerald, Cream. It's sort of a long story, so I'll explain it a little bit more later. But for now, we need to enter that contest!" The two walked through the door, as Cheese suddenly flew off after Emerald.
And while all of this happened, the man didn't even pay a glance to them. Strange…
As Amy and Cream entered the room, they stepped in to see a shock. A large cage appeared around them, laser bars, and a laughing sound came from the darkness of the room.
"Glad you could make it…" Rouge muttered, sitting down on the ground, apparently picking at a piece of the floor.
"Rouge? What are you doing here?" Amy asked. "Don't tell me you even thought about this thing!"
"And let you enter this contest? Or should I say, trap?"
"What?" She cried out, stepping back, almost burning herself from the laser bars.
"Yeah, the guy behind the door, he's actually an automated robot. He scans all that come near, and anyone even with a hint of Chaos Emerald on them, lets say, touching a Chaos Emerald, enter through this door, while everyone else enter through a different door, into the actual beauty contest…"
"I thought that guy was creepy…" Amy said, smacking her fist into her hand. "I should have known!"
"Amy, it's not your fault…" Cream assured. "I should have known, too…"
"Whatever…" Rouge interrupted. "The thing is, I have no idea how to get out of this trap," She muttered. She pointed the Gold Chaos Emerald in the door. "I was just inches from getting the darn thing, too…" She sighed once again, and lied down, tapping her foot in the air.
"Then why are you so calm?" Amy asked, angered about how Rouge was acting.
"Because there's no reason to panic," She replied, closing her eyes. "Besides, she's watching us," She jerked her thumb towards the figure that was laughing before, as she stepped out from the darkness.
"Phi!" Amy cried out, grabbing her hammer from hammerspace.
"Put that down, my dear!" She replied, putting her hands in the air. "There's no reason to have this go on. I'm just here for the Chaos Emerald, then I'll turn this trap off, and you two can go about bickering, fight to the death, or whatever!"
"Oh no you don't!" A voice yelled out, a green blur storming in, kicking the door down, with a Chao behind him. "Cheese, find a way to turn the trap off! As for myself, I'll handle this little piece of scrap metal myself!" He cracked his knuckles, and didn't give Phi a time to respond. But Phi's eyes suddenly glowed pink, and Emerald suddenly slowed down, eventually stopping. All of his muscles tensed, and he felt he couldn't move. "What the…"
"Hey, you men like to flex your muscles, don't you?" She replied. "I'm just making you flex them to the point where you can't move them!" A hammer appeared in her hand, as she slammed Emerald in the face with it, sending him flying backwards.
"Cheese! That button!" Cream cried out, pointing towards a red button. The Chao looked around, saw the button, and suddenly slammed his head right into the big red button. The Bars started to flicker for a second, and then stayed steady!
"He didn't hit the button hard enough!" Amy cried out. "Cheese, you have to press the button harder!"
"Chao…" He simply muttered, dropping his head in sadness.
"Cheese! Don't give up! I know you can do it!" The little Chao started to glow blue, and blasted off towards the button, slamming it down. The bars shimmered, and then disappeared! Cream hopped right towards Cheese, catching him as he fell. He had a big bump on his head.
"Don't worry, Cheese," She comforted. "We'll get that bump fixed right up!" She turned towards Amy and Rouge, as they stood before Phi. Looking between both of them, she wasn't up for a battle. She grabbed the Gold Chaos Emerald, and jumped out the window!
"I don't need any of this! Farewell, ladies!" She yelled as she landed on the ground, and began running.
"You're not getting away!" Rouge yelled, following Phi out the window and started flying after her.
"I need to find some sort of… Cream!" Amy cried out, looking at the rabbit. "I need your ears to chase after Rouge and Phi!" She looked uncertain.
"Why? I thought Rouge is on our side!"
"Not right now she isn't! If Rouge catches up to Phi, then she'll destroy her, and get the Emerald! I can't let that happen! And I can't fly, so I need you to help me out!" Cream froze for a second, but nodded.
"Cheese, you stay here and keep Mr. Emerald company!" She said, as she jumped into the air. Amy grabbed her hand, and they jumped out the window together. Using all the strength she could muster, Cream opened her ears and began flapping them wildly, while still trying to gain some distance.
"Hurry up Cream, they're getting away!" Amy cried out, but it only caused Cream to falter.
"Amy, please don't do that!" She protested. "I'm trying my best!" Amy sighed.
"Sorry, but I need you to go as fast as you can!"
"Okay!" She cried out happily, and began making distance. Amy saw that Rouge was catching up to Phi running along crazily, and soon enough, Rouge would swoop down on Phi.
"Cream, get higher up than everyone!" Amy cried out. "Get as high as you can, and dive down, okay?"
"Okay, Amy!" Cream cried out, flapping her ears as Amy felt herself getting higher and higher. She noticed Cream's hands were trembling from the amount of pressure being pushed on her.
"Cream, that's enough!" Amy yelled. "Dive now!" Cream didn't reply this time. She suddenly flew downwards, the two getting closer and closer towards Rouge and Phi. But they weren't going to be fast enough. Rouge was already swooping down for a crushing kick on the unsuspecting Phi. "Okay, you have to throw me down there now!" Amy yelled out. "You deserve a break, so I'll take things from here!"
"But do you think you'll be alright?" Cream asked. "After all, that's one of Eggman's robots, and Rouge!"
"Don't worry!" Amy assured. What the perfect pep talk! "Just concentrate on getting me down there!"
"Okay…" She swung Amy around and around, before eventually throwing Amy downwards with all of her strength. She then suddenly fell down towards a roof, collapsing in exhaustion. Meanwhile, Amy was soaring through the air. She was going to make it! Amy flipped a bit, and sprung her legs.
"Take this!" She yelled, momentarily causing the bat to stop. Amy then drove her feet into Rouge's back, sending her flying down into an alley dumpster. "Serves you right!" She yelled, landing safely on her feet, right behind Phi.
"I thought you two were together on this…" Phi muttered, looking at the dumpster, and then at Amy. "I didn't think I was capable of defeating you both, but just one little hedgehog girl…" She suddenly pulled out her large hammer, and the blades on the side of the hammer spun around for a bit. "I will kill off one of Sonic's friends, and retrieve a Chaos Emerald for Master Robotnik. He will surely be pleased!" She spun the hammer around, as Amy looked at her splintered up and damaged hammer.
Can I beat her metal hammer with just this beaten down wooden hammer? She thought to herself, gulping. I guess I'll just to make sure every hit counts!
"Ready or not, here I come!" Phi cried out, jumping towards Amy with her hammer above her head. She swung her hammer down hard on the ground where Amy was standing, but the pink hedgehog performed a back flip and avoided the attack.
"Looks like I was ready!" She replied, jabbing her hammer straight into Phi's face, knocking the pink robot back.
Phi didn't cry out in pain. She simply took a couple steps backwards, and charged again, this time swinging horizontally, with the ends of the hammer facing the ground and sky, so the blades would smash into Amy. But Amy stepped backwards, and after Phi swung a little too hard and too far, she repeated the same thrust, hitting Phi in the face once again. Phi stepped backward again, feeling nothing yet again.
"Your weak little strikes do nothing against me!" She cried out. "They won't do a thing!"
"Even so, my attacks will do some damage!" Amy replied. "So far, your attacks are easy to dodge, so if I keep whacking you like I am, you'll be scrap metal in no time!"
"Then I guess I have no choice!" Phi replied, the blades spinning. "My specialties aren't just in the hammer area! I even have projectiles!" Three blades suddenly shot out of the spinning blades, and shot straight towards Amy!
"Ahh!" She cried out, crossing her arms. On blade missed, another stuck right into the hammer, and the last slid right by her arm, leaving a cut. Amy didn't scream in pain, but she did grind her teeth in the pain.
"You see?" She replied. "I don't need to fight at close range! I can just jump back…" Phi dashed backwards, away from Amy. "And open fire!" She unleashed a flurry of blades, while Amy jumped out of the way.
"I can still dodge!" She yelled out. "I'll just keep dodging until you run out of blades!" The blades on Phi's hammer stopped spinning, and on the ones that were fired new blades spiked up out of the holes.
"I don't run out of ammunition, for you see, out of all the E-1000 series, I am one of the weakest fighters, but don't forget that I am still one of the E-1000 series; Master Robotnik's elite robot squad!"
"So you're just a lackey that's actually useful, huh?" Amy asked, gripping her hammer. She wasn't backing down now.
"I live to serve Master Robotnik! It is my passion and love to do whatever he wishes of me! That is why I will not fail Master Robotnik!"
"Even so, you're not the only one trying to help someone!" She replied. "I'm also fighting for someone I love, and I'm fighting for someone I love with genuine feelings, not from some program Eggman gave you just so he could inspire you to perform your tasks with more passion, am I correct?" Phi started to shiver. "And I'm guessing that all the E-1000 robots have feelings like that, except Gamma, who already had strong feelings for something other than Eggman!" Phi was shivering like mad now.
"Will power won't win you the battle, little girl!" She cried out. "You still have to find a way to get around my obvious advantage!" Several flurries of blades came flying towards Amy, but she spun her hammer around and around, each blade that neared her stuck right into the hammer.
"My Piko Piko Hammer is damaged enough, I guess it can still take a few more hits!" She gripped the hammer, and sighed. "Sorry, you gave a lot of help to me now, but it's time I let you go! Farewell, Piko!" She threw the hammer, spinning straight at Phi.
"Now that you've thrown your hammer, you're defenseless!" She yelled out, bringing her hammer up to block the projectile hammer. The two connected, and Phi felt that victory was hers. But she forgot about the blades stuck to the hammer. The force from the block sent the blades flying straight Phi, as several pierced through her robotic body. She fell on her back, several wires sticking out of the holes in her body, giving off sparks. Amy took steps toward her, standing over the robotic body.
"Smart move, little girl…" Phi admitted, a weak voice. "I did not expect something like that from you, not at all…" Her hand suddenly burst open, and the Gold Emerald fell out of her arm. "You may have gotten Emerald, but you still have to worry about the other E-1000s…" Her eyes suddenly faded, and E-1020 Phi was no more than a pile of pink scrap metal. Then, the dumpster's lid smashed open, as an angry bat kicked out and landed next to it. Rouge pulled off a banana peel off her head, and looked like she would explode. But Amy couldn't resist.
"Awww… Rouge, you should have stayed in there! I'm sure you would have fit right in there!"
"You little brat!" She yelled, pointing at Amy. "You kicked me!" Amy winked, and nodded.
"And that's not all I did!" She replied picking up the Chaos Emerald, tossed it up into the air, and caught it. She then pointed to Phi's lifeless body.
"You better hand that Chaos Emerald over right now!" She yelled, pulling out the whip. "Looks like your hammer's destroyed, so you won't stand a chance! So just give me the Emerald and we'll call it eve-"
"No, I don't think I will!" She replied, and started walking away.
"Fine! I'll take the Emerald by force!" She flew straight at Amy, but then a large foot smashed on top of her head, and smashed her into the ground. Cream jumped right off Rouge, and landed in between the bat and hedgehog.
"No more fighting!" She cried out. "Can't we just solve this problem peacefully?"
"Peaceful, my foot!" She replied. "Get out of the way rabbit, or I'll kick you down, too!" Cream jumped back, but still stood between Rouge and Amy. "Fine! I'll take care of you the hard, whoa!" She was then slammed hard in her side, by a blast of energy, and was sent flying near the dumpster.
"Boy, did that feel good!" Tails cried out, holding his arm cannon. Sonic, Knuckles, Emerald, and Cheese were beside him. They quickly went to Amy and Cream's side.
"Cream's right!" Sonic said. "I think we had enough action for one day! Go back to Shadow, and we'll see you later!" He waved her off, and started walking away. Everyone followed. Rouge pounded the ground, utterly embarrassed, and considered attacking them anyway. Emerald then turned around.
"And take a shower, too, lady!" He mocked. "You stink!" Amy, Knuckles, and Tails chuckled, and they continued on.
"Forget it…" She heard Shadow say from behind. "You need time to recover from your injuries,"
"I need to recover my pride first!" She cried out. But Shadow grabbed her arm.
"We've got one Chaos Emerald for them. That means they only have the Red, Gold, and Green Chaos Emeralds now. If they want all of the Emeralds, they know who to go to, eventually. We simply need to wait it out, and let them come to us. Who knows, maybe they'll even get Eggman's Emerald, the other Emeralds as well. Things would just fall into place then." Rouge stood up, brushed herself off, and stared at Shadow.
"You think the President will approve of that?" She asked. "We should take them down as soon as we can, so we ca-"
"Since when have you cared about what the President thought?" He asked. "We've done all we can. All we can do now is wait until Sonic comes here. We'll kill him, I'll have the Seven Emeralds, and you can have your revenge over the others." Rouge seemed to accept this.
"You're right. We should check up on the mission the other Agents and the group I hired are on, anyway."
"In that case, I'll be seeing you…" Shadow replied, gripping his Silver Chaos Emerald. He smirked; glad to be holding such a jewel once again. "Chaos Control!" He warped away, leaving Rouge in the alley. She grumbled, actually considered taking a shower, and flew off.
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"Hey Sonic, did you see what happened with Phi?" Amy asked, a big smile on her face. A bandage was around her cut arm, as everyone was at her apartment. Gamma was still inactive in the corner, sleeping or whatever.
"I did," He replied. "You really smashed up that robot, didn't you?" She held out Gold Chaos Emerald to him, as he smirked. "You know, you should be carrying the Emerald around, figuring that you were the one to got it!"
"Oh, I didn't do it alone!" She replied. "If it wasn't for Cream, Rouge would have this Chaos Emerald! Thanks a lot, Cream! You too, Cheese!"
"You're welcome!"
"Chao, Chao!" The two of them blushed.
"Hey, Amy, about your hammer," Emerald said, tapping her on the shoulder. "Sorry it got thrashed like that. I know how much you liked that hammer, so…" He created a green orb, and the Hammer he once copied appeared in his hand. "I'd like you to have this one!" Amy took the Green Hammer, and swung it around a bit.
"This one feels different…" She said. "It feels a lot lighter!"
"Of course!" He replied. "You think a mere wooden hammer would be copied for my benefit? I made that hammer out of Chaos Energy! It's practically indestructible, yet still much lighter!" Amy then gave Emerald a short hug, and then stepped back, treasuring her new hammer.
"Thank you, Emerald!" She cried out in sheer joy.
"Well, I had a feeling you'd be traveling with us after this, anyway, and you'd only be a waste of space if you didn't have your hammer, so I figured I'd give you something that wouldn't make you take up so much space, and-" In an instant, a hammer smashed him over the head as the Green Hedgehog stepped back, dizzy from the hit.
"You're right! It is stronger!" Amy replied. "But I guess not even Chaos Energy can't even make it through your thick head!" It made Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and Cheese laugh, and the entire apartment was overfilled with laughter that the rest of the city could hear. It was a victory for them in all aspects, and they would celebrate that night.
Preview:
Sonic: Hey, how come we don't get to be the stars again?
Mighty: Because, the readers have been gotten sick of you! It's the Chaotix Detective Agency's turn!
Charmy: Yeah! Plus we're extra cool without Vector! We've got Mighty!
Ray: I believe you're forgetting a few of us here…
Mighty: Oh, sorry. Looks like a lowly Detective Agency and the Government Agents are tag-teaming this one! Next time, Episode 11: The Chaotix Quest! Tracking Down Eggman! Don't miss it!
Author's Notes: Yeah… I made this one a little long. I was thinking about making this one a two-parter, but decided against it. It wouldn't fit right. Thus, I am making a declaration. From now on, all Sonic Battle Adventure Chapters will be about this long! Seeya next time!
