One more after this I think. I should have this done by the end of August just in time for the SoS finale.
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Chapter 12 – Reunited
Gamma reached the Egg Carrier and immediately found a signal coming from E-105 Zeta. He wasted no time in entering the Hot Shelter area to finish off his brother.
ACTION STAGE: HOT SHELTER (GAMMA)
Gamma knew the area well but was still surprised to see one of the elevators was completely wrecked. Fortunately the one he could take was closer to the core of the Engine. This was where Zeta's Signal was coming from.
That was the good news. The Bad news was that to get there he needed to take the maintenance train, which was heavily guarded. Once on it he needed to stop it at just the right moment. It wasn't easy but eventually Gamma reached the core and was surprised to see nothing but a huge machine in the centre of the core.
"Zeta? He does not seem to be here. Are my scanners malfunctioning", said Gamma.
Gamma jumped to the top of the core and found what he was looking for. The Huge Machine was Zeta. Before he was just a robot like himself. Now he was the Core of an engine equipped with loads of missile launchers.
"E-102 Gamma you do not have permission to be here. Leave immediately", said Zeta
"I will not. I am here to free you brother from your evil program", said Gamma.
"Program created by Master Robotnik. Must be Correct. Evilness is irrelevant", said Zeta, "Threat detected. New Objective, destroy E-102 Gamma".
BOSS: E-105 ZETA (GAMMA)
Gamma circled around Zeta making sure he shot down the missiles. Gamma jumped towards the top of the core that sort of resembled Zeta's head. Unfortunately for Gamma Zeta's new head was strongly re-enforced. Gamma's shots merely bounced off the head.
"It is no use Gamma. Your puny laser cannot penetrate my armour", said Zeta
Gamma scanned Zeta to find a weak spot. All armour would reflect bullets, however the missile launchers would not. Zeta didn't seem to have any other form of attack. Gamma focused on the missile launchers while he shot down the missiles and kept moving.
When all the missile launchers were destroyed Zeta remained lifeless. It was he only form of attack and the massive machine was now helpless. Gamma charged a shot down one of the broken missile launchers and blew up the machine from the inside.
Zeta's head exploded and the lights began to dim a little. Like always a single blast in the air was all he did to celebrate his victory.
"E-105 Zeta destroyed. Rescue Complete", said Gamma before leaving the Hot Shelter for good.
Gamma walked out onto the Deck of the Egg Carrier wondering what he was going to do now.
"Scanning for E-Series Robots", said Gamma as his scanners looked for E-Series signals.
He found none but took a moment to look at himself.
"One E-Series Remains. E-102 Gamma", said Gamma.
Gamma realised if he was to succeed to saving all the animals trapped in the E-Series, to destroy all of his Evil Series, he had to destroy himself. Gamma felt a flux of emotions, fear, sadness, a little anger, it was a feeling he never though he would feel. Well then again any feeling he didn't expect to feel.
Suddenly the sounds of Jet Engines gave him a new purpose. He looked out to where the sound of the engines came from and scanned the result. There he was in his black armour heavily upgraded. His Missiles launcher arms built up massively. His Jets twice as powerful. Speed, Strength, Armour they all completely exceeded Gamma's.
But Gamma didn't care. Beta could not be allowed to live. And if he gets destroyed too well that would be the perfect ending to his evil existence. He was a Robot created to destroy, and destroy he did and intended to do.
"E-101 Beta. I will finish us once and for all", said Gamma.
Gamma chased the new look Beta to the broken fighting platform where Chaos 6 fought the Blue Hedgehog, Red Echidna and Purple Cat. Beta stopped dead and turned to find his Brother waiting for him.
"E-102 Gamma. It's been a long time Brother", Said Beta.
"It is good to see you again. Now I can destroy you and finish off the E-Series once and for all", said Gamma
"I still remember that night in Final Egg where you humiliated me. All I've thought about since then was Revenge", said Beta
"Well then let's not waste anymore time", said Gamma
"Indeed. It seems the Doctor has stupidly given us personalities but has made me infinitely superior. You don't stand a chance", said Beta
"We will see", said Gamma.
And with that the two robots aimed their guns for what would be their final battle.
BOSS: E-101 BETA MK II (GAMMA)
Beta immediately raised his armoured arms and increased the power in his jet engines. With incredible speed he charged straight into Gamma. Gamma flew to the end of the Stage. A direct hit and he was quite damaged now.
Beta charged again at Gamma but this time Gamma jumped out of the way. Quickly Gamma retaliated by blasting Beta in his back. Beta fell to the floor.
"A lucky hit. You will not land another", said Beta.
Gamma fired another laser shot while Beta spoke that last line. Beta simply deflected it as if it was nothing.
"A front assault will not work again me", said Beta.
Beta flew around the arena and fired a barrage of missiles at Gamma. Gamma stood still firing all his lasers at the missiles. He didn't notice Beta preparing another ram attack straight after. Dodging out the way Gamma took some damage from one remaining missile to hit Beta once more. Both Robots began to spark.
Annoyed Beta flew high into the air and charged a massive laser attack. He shot straight down towards Gamma who fled at high speed. Running out in a circle Gamma avoided every one of Beta's incredible laser blasts, each creating an explosion the size of a third of the arena.
One of Gamma's wheels fell off from the force of the explosions and he fell to one side. Beta used this time to fire a barrage of missiles, kicking his brother as he lay on the ground. Gamma pulled himself up and shot the missiles. Beta tried his ram attack one last time, hoping Gamma was too damaged to avoid it.
Gamma narrowly escaped and landed the final blow on his brother. Beta crashed into the ground. Gamma moved in close for the final blast but found it was not needed. Beta was too badly damaged to survive much longer. With his last move Beta fired a quick laser blast towards Gamma.
It was so quick and he was so damaged that he couldn't avoid it. Gamma hobbled away, sparking like crazy. His Dream Outcome had happened. The Two E-Series Robots had destroyed each other. Beta Exploded, filling the sky like a setting sun.
The White Flicky that flew out of Beta flew straight into Gamma's visors. Gamma scanned the bird and compared it to the image he saw when he released the blue bird.
"All E-Series Robots terminated. I understand now…I'm", said Gamma before falling onto his side.
Gamma's central battery was too damaged. The Animal imprisoned was essentially free. The Shell that became known as Gamma was just that a Shell. All Circuits were malfunctioning.
So this is what it means to be free.
Gamma exploded with a blast that eclipsed his brothers for some reason. It seemed to fill the entire arena and most of the Egg Carrier. Out of the shell flew a Red Flicky who looked back at the face of Gamma and shed a tear. In the end the Robot did what was right, He was a Hero and he was glad to be a part of him.
For what he did meant that now he could be with his loved ones. Providing they could find the Pink haired girl, Amy Rose.
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Amy Meanwhile had spent hours trying to hide from Zero. She thought if she could lose him here and escape she would be sorted for life. It didn't work out that way. Zero hung onto her like Glue.
Nothing was working and there was no sign of the Flicky's Parents. She needed to get out of there and find Sonic or Someone who could take this thing out.
The Hot Shelter was a huge maze of machinery but eventually she found her way out. The Other Elevator to the Egg Carrier deck. She jumped inside it and closed the doors as soon as she could. Zero smashed into the doors but they were strong enough to hold him back.
Amy ran straight out of the Elevator, knowing that wouldn't be the end of Zero. Running out on the Deck she looked back and saw no sign of the Green Giant. She sighed with relief.
"They don't seem to be here either", said Amy, "I'm sorry I guess I'm not that good of a hero after all".
The Flicky then flew away from her, out of sight. Amy well quite annoyed at this. She had done her best yet the bird was just being rude. Amy followed the Flicky to find that it wasn't being rude it had found its family again.
Amy jumped for Joy
"Alright! You found them", said Amy
Suddenly a black fist appeared out of nowhere and smashed into the blue Flicky. Amy dashed to grab it as it fell to the floor. It lay in her hands unconscious from the blow, possibly dead.
Amy felt an anger rise inside her. She had done so much to help the bird find its family and when they were finally reunited the crazy robot wouldn't even let them be. The Egg Carrier is down. Eggman was defeated; hell he even took the bird's Chaos Emerald. None of it mattered anymore. There was no reason for this at all.
She grasped her hammer and screamed in rage.
"Now you've gone too far. You could've just left them be but now you're gonna get it creep!" shouted Amy angrily.
Zero fired and dropped an electric fence around the entire arena. Amy was trapped but she didn't care. This ended now. She didn't need Sonic. She was going to do this herself, her way with her hammer.
BOSS: ZERO (AMY)
Zero chased after Amy straight away and smashed his fist into the ground next to her. Amy jumped into the air and immediately bashed the Robot onto its back. Zero skidded closer to the electric fence and just as it got up Amy smashed her hammer into it again, knocking it straight into the fence like a crochet ball.
The electric current surged through Zero's body. The Force opened up its head revealing its electronic brain. Amy wasted no time in smashing the thing to pieces. She got a good hit in before Zero covered it back up. Zero jumped away but Amy with her incredible speed immediately caught up and knocked him back into the fence.
Zero was no match for Amy. She kept hitting the robot into the fence over and over again, making sure to smash the circuitry over and over again. Eventually it was too much for the Green Giant and its head exploded. The Headless robot body fell to the floor leaving a trail of smoke before finally exploding into tiny little pieces.
"That's what you get for messing with me", said Amy
Amy took a moment to realise what she had done. Without Sonic she had destroyed one of Eggman's most sinister creations. She no longer needed Sonic to be her protector as she was just as strong.
She turned to the Flicky family who flew around her as if to say congratulations and to thank her for all that she had done. Amy blushed, she was not used to this attention, not as a hero anyway.
The Flicky family flew away flapping their wings as if to wave goodbye to Amy. Amy felt incredible, unbeatable, amazing and overwhelmed with Joy. She had no idea what she was going to do now, but whatever it was she was going to have a big smile on her face.
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The Six Heroes had now achieved their goals. Together they had destroyed Eggman's Base, his battleship, his back-up plan to destroy station square, his elite squad of robots, and his most unforgiving pursue and capture robot he had ever created.
Sonic and Tails found each other and celebrated their victories. Sharing their stories and cheering through the night. Knuckles spent every single moment trying to sort out his problem with the Emeralds. Big was enjoying a prolonged nap after his adventure and while Amy returned home, the remains of Gamma lay next to Beta's remains as a symbol of the robots own adventure of self-discovery.
Yet despite all their hard work, all the weapons the six took out, the beast still remained. Chaos was out there, angrier than he had ever been before and more determined than ever to get all seven chaos emeralds and destroy everything.