Mario and Sonic: The Elements of Harmony
Chapter 17- Factory Frenzy
The Tornado flew through some clouds and boosted forward towards Cloudsdale, meanwhile Sonic and Rainbow Dash were talking to one another.
"Wait, wait, wait. So you're telling me that you pegasi control the weather?' Sonic asked.
"Yep," Rainbow replied.
"That is awesome!" Sonic said.
"Well, how does the weather work in your world?" Rainbow asked.
"The weather usually does its own thing. No one controls it on our world." Sonic replied.
"Huh, weird."
"Guys, we're approaching Cloudsdale now." Tails informed the team.
As they flew forward, Cloudsdale came into view, only it didn't look like Cloudsdale anymore, instead was a floating factory in the sky that had Badniks coming in and out of it. Rainbow gritted her teeth in anger, "When I get my hooves on that EggHead!"
"Calm down, Rainbow," Fluttershy said.
"We'll tear this factory apart, just like we did with the Chemical Plant, don't worry," Twilight said.
Sonic then smirked at his best friend, who smirked right back at him. Sonic then ran to the other side of the wing and crouched down, "I'm gonna get a head start, meet you all down there!"
Sonic then ran off the wing and air dashed in the air and landed on the metallic flooring of the factory.
"SONIC, WAIT! WE NEED A PLAN OF ATTACK!" Twilight yelled.
"I have a plan. Attack!" Rainbow yelled as she zoomed forward and broke into the factory.
Twilight shook her head in annoyance, "They're just as bad as each other."
Twilight then turned her head and saw a horde of flying Egg Pawns heading their way.
"Uh, Tails?" Twilight asked worryingly.
Tails then turned his head and saw the Egg Pawns heading their way. He then turned the plane around and began firing upon the squadron. Each bullet destroyed an Egg Pawn, one of them opened their mouth and fired a missile at the Tornado. Tails then looked to Twilight, who charged up her magic and used it to redirect the missile back towards the Egg Pawn, destroying it on impact.
"Mighty fine job, you two." Applejack complimented.
Tails then spotted some wasp Badniks and more flying Egg Pawns exiting the factory and headed their way. Twilight then jumped out of the plane and flew through the sky and began firing beams of magic at the newly deployed squadron. Tails turned the plane and began firing at the squadron, assisting Twilight.
"Thanks, Tails." Twilight thanked.
As Tails smiled, he suddenly got an alert on his dashboard. It showed four red dots approaching them, "Guys, we got incoming!"
Twilight was about to ask what was wrong but was suddenly hit in the chest by a red beam. She fell and crashed into the factory. The one who shot the beam flew in after her while another flew into another part of the factory. Tails were about to give chase when suddenly he saw Metal and Mecha flying towards the factory. Metal entered the factory while Mecha flew towards the Tornado.
"Uh oh." Tails said as he gulped.
Mecha then boosted right towards him and shot a red beam from the palm of his hand, Tails outmaneuvered the blast, but Mecha landed on the hood of the plane and began punching the glass that protected Tails. Applejack then saw enough and got out of her seat and leaped at Mecha Sonic, knocking them both off of the plane.
"APPLEJACK, NO!" Rarity screamed in alarm.
Applejack continued to punch Mecha, but he simply grabbed her body and flew onto the roof of the factory. Applejack rolled to a stop while Mecha skidded to a stop. He glared at the cow pony and launched right at her, she rolled away from the attack and continued to do so.
Tails then had an idea and turned to the others, "Hold onto something!"
"Why?" Spike asked.
Tails then flipped a secret panel on his dashboard and the Tornado began to transform.
The newly transformed Tornado then flew down towards Mecha and punched him with its giant fists. The punch sent Mecha flying through the air, he quickly recovered and got into a battle stance as the Tornado came in for another strike.
As Twilight rolled to a stop inside the factory, she looked up and saw who had hit her. It was a robotic version of herself. The metal duplicate landed and its razor-sharp wings folded back into the robot's sides as the sides of its body shut.
Twilight stared wide-eyed at the robotic creation, "W...what are you?"
Mecha Twilight then responded by firing a red beam from her horn, Twilight used her wings to quickly move to the left to avoid the blast. Twilight then flew forward and fired a beam of her own. Mecha Twilight simply jumped over the beam as her wing emerged from her sides and flew towards the alicorn.
The two tackled one another as they rose up further into the air, Mecha Twilight punched Twilight in the face and then fired multiple missiles from her hooves. Twilight put up a shield to protect herself from the missiles. The impact sent her flying back and she hit a wall.
Mecha Twilight then flew forward to try and hit the alicorn, Twilight quickly teleported away as the robotic duplicate hit the wall with her hoof. She turned around only to be hit in the chest by Twilight's beam of magic. The impact sent her into the wall, the beam continued to hit the duplicate in the chest, Twilight wasn't letting up. She then used more power and it resulted in Mecha Twilight being blasted through the wall.
Mecha Twilight recovered as red electricity began to swirl around her, she was going into Maximum Overdrive. She then rushed forward towards her predecessor at high speeds. Twilight's eyes widened as she flew higher into the air to avoid the overcharged robot.
She continued flying as the robot continued to give chase. They flew all through the factory, but Mecha Twilight was catching up to her. Twilight had to think of something, and quick.
Twilight then stopped midair and turned around and began charging her horn to extreme lengths. Mecha Twilight was charging right at her, Twilight grunted as she couldn't hold in the energy anymore. She released a massive beam of magic directly at her metallic counterpart. The beam hit Mecha Twilight, resulting in a massive explosion. As the smoke cleared, Twilight saw Mecha Twilight fall down into the darkness below, putting it out of commission for good.
Twilight sighed as she floated down to the nearest platform to rest.
As Rainbow was plowing through the factory, she was suddenly struck in the side, causing her to fall to the ground. She shook her head and saw Metal Dash hovering right in front of her.
"What the heck is this?" Rainbow asked.
Metal Dash then tackled Rainbow through multiple rooms and threw her to a nearby platform. She rolled to a stop and glared at her metal counterpart.
"Okay then. You wanna go? LET'S GO!" Rainbow shouted as she charged right towards Metal Dash.
Metal Dash fired a beam out of her chest, causing Rainbow to sway to the right to avoid it. She came close to hitting her counterpart, but Metal Dash quickly uppercut the rainbow-maned pegasus. She then quickly kicked her in the stomach, and then hit her in the chest with a chest beam, sending her flying across the room.
Rainbow recovered in midair and quickly moved out of the way as Metal Dash charged right towards her. Rainbow then flew off with Metal Dash giving chase.
Metal Dash flew over Rainbow's head and hovered in front of her. She then turned to the left slightly and readied her wing. She then threw several razor blades from her metallic wing at the rainbow-maned pegasus.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Rainbow swayed left and right to dodge the attacks. Metal Dash then fired another beam from her chest, but Rainbow ducked underneath it and boosted forward and hit her metallic counterpart in the chin. She then grabbed her back leg and swung her around in a circular motion. She then let her go and the robot was sent flying into a nearby wall.
Before she had time to recover, Rainbow charged right into her chest and sent her through the wall of the facility. Rainbow then started attacking her from all angles at high speeds. She then stopped in front of the robot as she began to malfunction.
Rainbow smirked as she boosted forward and plowed right through Metal Dash's torso. The robot then blew apart as Rainbow turned around and smirked.
"Nothing can be as awesome as the original," Rainbow said.
She then turned to see the Tornado in battle mode fighting Mecha. She then smirked as she boosted forward.
Mecha fired another blast from his visor and the Tornado almost got damaged by the attack, but Tails was quick enough to see the attack coming. Mecha then had had enough and began charging up his Maximum Overdrive. Tails were about to act when suddenly, he saw Rainbow Dash charging right towards him.
Tails smirked as he knew what Rainbow intended to do. Just as Mecha was about to finish charging, he was suddenly pushed in the back at high speeds by Rainbow. He was sent flying towards Tails, who used the Tornado's giant fist to punch a hole through Mecha's torso.
Mecha started twitching as electricity was protruding his body. He then exploded right in front of the group of heroes, Rainbow landed in front of the Tornado as Tails used it to give a thumbs up, to which Rainbow winked back at the fox.
Sonic was running down a very large hallway, dodging giant buzzsaws and flying Egg Pawns.
Suddenly, a familiar metal hedgehog passed him and hovered right in front of the hedgehog.
Sonic smirked as he continued running, "Hey, Metal. So you wanna go for a second round?"
Metal then clenched his fists and glared at the hedgehog.
"I'll take that as a yes!"
Metal then fired a beam from his chest towards his loathsome copy. Sonic had to switch lanes and hit Metal in the chest with a Homing Attack. Metal recovered charged directly at the hedgehog, Sonic jumped over him as his metallic counterpart passed him.
Metal then turned around and fired another beam at Sonic, who moved to another lane again to avoid the attack. Metal's eyes glowed as he charged forward and was ahead of Sonic once again. His hands then started to glow a blue purplish color, as did the walls. Metal then pulled his hands to the front of him and pieces of the wall came off.
"Well, that's new," Sonic said.
Metal then threw the pieces of the wall at Sonic. Sonic had simply jumped and landed on the pieces of the wall and used them to get closer to Metal. He then used a Homing Attack to hit Metal, causing him to fall to the ground and roll down the hallway behind Sonic.
Metal then quickly recovered and dashed for his loathsome copy. He tried to attack him from behind, but Sonic saw this coming and skidded to a stop before backflipping over Metal. Sonic landed and then curled into a ball and started reeving. Metal turned around and charged at him once more with his right claw ready to slash him.
"Game over, Metal!" Sonic said as he finally dashed forward and hit Metal right in the chest, sending the robot high into the air before exploding.
Sonic untucked and skidded to a stop and turned behind him. He saw Metal's head roll to the floor; he then drop-kicked it away before running down the hallway.
Sonic then reached the main reactor of the factory, he placed his left hand on his hip before smirking. He then curled into a ball and hit the reactor several times with multiple Homing Attacks. The reactor then began to explode as Sonic dashed out of the reactor room.
Meanwhile on the roof, Rainbow was about to head back inside when suddenly, they all heard an alarm go off. Twilight then teleported to the roof but fell to her belly out of exhaustion. Rainbow and Applejack then rushed over to check on their friend.
"Twi, you okay?" Applejack asked.
Twilight nodded just before Sonic made a hole through the roof and met up with the others.
"Hey, guys. So this place is about to blow, and we don't wanna be here when it does." Sonic informed the others.
"But what about Cloudsdale?" Rainbow asked.
"Don't worry, we'll help with the repairs once we stop EggHead. Now come on, let's get outta here." Sonic said, they all nodded and ran towards the Tornado.
The Tornado then took off to the sky as the factory exploded, hindering Eggman's plans even further. Sonic stood on the wing of the plane and turned to his best friend. "All right, what's next?"
Tails were about to respond but were interrupted by a green laser coming from behind them. The laser just barely missed the plane so luckily no one was hurt.
"What was that?" Rarity asked.
Sonic turned around and saw what had attacked them. It was McFist in a new dragon-like mech.
"You're not getting away that easily, hedgehog!" Mcfist exclaimed.
"You must be one those of the Legion of Losers right?" Sonic retorted.
"Joke all you want, fool! But none of you will be laughing when you are all destroyed by Eggman's latest creation. The Egg Cybernese!" He shouted.
The mech roared and Sonic simply smirked, "All right then, Fisty. Let's play! Ladies, you ready?"
The girls nodded and Sonic smirked. Twilight turned around and glared at the mad doctor.
"Let's play, Mcfist." Twilight said as she readied for battle.
"Prepare to be skewered!" Mcfist shouted as the Egg Cybernese roared.
The mech then flew forward at high speeds towards the Tornado. Tails, thinking quickly, boosted the Tornado and did a barrel roll to dodge the incoming mech. The mech then quickly turned around and fired a green laser from its mouth. Tails dodged the attack and fired upon the mech with a barrage of bullets. The mech simply swayed out of the way at high speeds, quickly moving left and right to dodge the attacks.
"It's gonna take more than that, fox brat!" He shouted.
"Time to throw in my two bits!" Rainbow shouted as she flew forward at high speeds.
Mcfist smiled as he moved the lower half of the mech's body to hit Rainbow with its tail. Rainbow was sent flying through the sky and began falling to the ground.
"RAINBOW, NO!" Sonic shouted in distress.
Rainbow quickly regained consciousness and began flapping her wings to regain flight. She then scowled at the Egg Cybernese.
"Oh, it's on!" Rainbow shouted.
Rainbow and the Tornado flew forward towards Mcfist, who simply smiled as he raised the first set of the mech's hands and fired a barrage of green blasts at both the Tornado and Rainbow. They moved left and right to dodge the blasts with great difficulty. The mech then roared and fired another green laser from its mouth.
Tails moved the Tornado to the left while Rainbow moved to the right to avoid the incoming laser.
"Fly all you want, I'm still gonna incinerate the bothersome lot of you," Mcfist said as the mech charged forward.
Sonic then smirked and ran off the wing of the plane, much to Twilight's shock. "SONIC, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
Sonic then curled into a Spin Dash and hit the cockpit of the mech as it neared the Tornado. The attack sent the mech spiraling back through the air while Sonic flipped through the air and landed safely on the wing of the plane.
The mech recovered and roared, "You little..." Mcfist seethed in anger.
The mech then shot forward and spread its multiple arms out to its sides and unsheathed its claws. Its torso then began spinning in a circular motion to try and hit the plane. Tails then quickly transformed the plane and hit the head of the mech with the Tornado's giant fist, sending the mech back.
"Haha! Direct hit!" Tails said happily.
"Don't get cocky, brat!" Mcfist shouted in annoyance.
Rainbow then flew forward to try and hit the mech, but Eggman simply ducked under the rainbow-maned pegasus at high speeds. Rainbow stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, only to be grabbed by the left claw of the second pair of arms. Mcfist then began to squeeze and cackle as Rainbow screamed in pain. Twilight then flew out of the plane and charged towards the mech.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Twilight shouted in anger.
The mech roared and raised the right claw of the first pair of arms and fired a barrage of green blasts at the alicorn. Twilight dashed forward and outmaneuvered the attacks. She then fired a blast of magic at the mech, but the mech dodged the attack by moving to the right at high speeds.
Tails then began shooting bullets out of the Tornado at the Egg Cybernese, distracting it long enough for Twilight to encase the claw that had its grip on Rainbow and made it release her.
Mcfist saw this and slammed his fists onto his console, "HOW DARE YOU!"
The mech then tried to swipe at the pair with its second pair of claws, but they simply flew out of its reach and flew towards the cockpit. Twilight fired a beam of magic from her horn and hit the cockpit, damaging it even further. Twilight then moved out of the way so Rainbow could dash forward and hit the cockpit with extreme force, sending the mech back once again.
"HA! TAKE THAT, McLOSER!" Rainbow shouted.
"GRR, YOU DISGUSTING WENCH! YOU'LL REGRET THAT!" Mcfist shouted in anger.
The Tornado then turned around and headed towards the mech while Rainbow and Twilight were flying around it, giving the team the distraction they needed. Sonic grinned as the Tornado flew around the mech and ended up behind it. Sonic then jumped off the wing again and landed on the tail of the mech.
Mcfist turned around and noticed a familiar blue hedgehog running up on the mech's torso, "OH HELL NO!"
He then moved the lower arms of the mech and tried to grab Sonic, who simply jumped over the left claw and ducked under the right. Eggman then growled, but then he had an idea. Suddenly, the mech's torso began to spin, causing Sonic to lose his footing and fall right off the mech.
"SONIC!" The group of heroes all shouted simultaneously.
Sonic looked around and saw the Tornado heading for him, but the Egg Cybernese fired another laser at the plane, causing it to go off course.
"NO! TODAY, HE DIES!" McFist shouted.
Sonic looked around for anything that could help him. His eyes then widened when he saw the remains of the Badnik Factory. Sonic had only one shot at this, he had to time it just right. Sonic then curled into a spin dash and shot through the air towards the factory. Sonic then untucked and reached his hand out and by just, he grabbed onto the edge of the factory's roof. He pulled himself up and looked to where the Egg Cybernese was fighting his friends.
McFist then turned to see that his nemesis had survived, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" McFist shouted as he piloted the mech towards the remains of his factory.
The Tornado then began to give chase, only for Sonic to wave him off, which confused the heck out of the ponies.
"What's he doing?" Fluttershy asked.
"He's letting me know that he wants to fight Eggman himself." Tails replied.
"WHAT?! HE'S GOING TO FIGHT THAT MONSTROSITY ALL BY HIMSELF?! THAT'S INSANE!" Rarity shrieked.
"Meh, he usually handles stuff like this alone anyway." Tails said.
"Well he ain't alone now!" Applejack said as she unbuckled her seatbelt and jumped out of the plane.
"APPLEJACK, WAIT!" Tails shouted.
"Tails, bring us down." Rarity said.
"But-"
"Tails." Rarity gave him a stern look.
Tails then nodded and began to land the plane.
Sonic saw Applejack falling from the sky and decided to act fast. He ran up and air dashed towards her and caught her in midair. The pair landed on the roof and looked at one another as Sonic set her down, "What are you doing Applejack?"
"Not letting you fight that varmint alone." Applejack replied.
"I can handle this," Sonic argued.
He then turned to see the Tornado, Rainbow, and Twilight land on the roof. They all then walked over to him, "We know you can, silly. But that doesn't mean you have to do it alone." Pinkie said.
"Yeah, don't think you can hog all of the action!" Rainbow said.
"We're with you until the end, darling." Rarity inputted.
Twilight smirked and walked closer to the hedgehog, "In other words, you're stuck with us."
Sonic sighed, but then he smiled, "Alright then, let's do it!"
"Aw, how sweet," McFist said as the Egg Cybernese approached the factory. "I was hoping to finish you all one by one, but if you wish to stand together..." The mech then roared as everyone got into a battle stance, "THEN YOU CAN DIE TOGETHER!"
The mech then dived down and its torso spun in a circular motion with its claws outstretched, trying to hit the heroes. Everyone jumped out of the way as the mech passed them all. The Egg Cybernese then shot back up into the air and roared. It then began charging up a mouth beam. The mech fired the beam and it tore straight down the middle of the roof, everyone either rolled or jumped out of the way of the laser.
Rainbow and Twilight then flew up and got right in the mech face, Twilight fired a beam of magic from her horn and hit the cockpit, while Rainbow uppercut the mech's chin, sending it back and landing on the roof on its back.
"NO! GET UP, GET UP, GET UP!" Mcfist shouted in desperation.
As the mech tried to get back up, Applejack made her way towards the cockpit and bucked it so hard the glass cracked, angering him even more.
"YOU COUNTRY HICK!" The doctor shouted in anger.
Pinkie then fired her Party Cannon at the cockpit, covering it in confetti, blinding Eggman.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!"
Rarity then shot a blast of magic at the cockpit, damaging it even more, while Fluttershy got right in Eggman's face and stared. McFist for some reason felt pity, but then shook it off and screamed, "GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU WITCH!"
The mech then shot upwards and roared, "YOU ALL THINK YOU CAN BEST ME?! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR ANNOYANCES! THIS. ENDS. NOW!" Eggman shouted as he went for another spinning attack, only this time, the mechs palms were open and each of them fired a green laser beam.
The heroes each had to duck, jump, or roll out of the laser's way so they wouldn't get hit. Once the mech had finished its attack, Eggman growled in anger because none of them were dead.
Sonic then looked to Tails, "Hey, bud. Get me up there."
Tails smiled as he grabbed Sonic's hands and began spinning his two tails. As the pair floated up towards the head of the mech, Mcfist smiled evilly, "Finally, at last. Just you and me, fool!"
"Awe, so you do care about me," Sonic smirked as Mcfist growled in anger.
Tails and Sonic reached the head of the mech and were facing him, who growled angrily, "SHUT UP AND DIE!"
The mech then began charging its mouth beam. Tails then began swinging Sonic around in a circular motion before letting him go. Before the mech could fire its mouth beam, Sonic curled into a ball and hit the mech inside of its mouth with a Homing Attack, disabling the laser and causing green electricity to surround the entirety of the Egg Cybernese.
"You. You! You... YOU HORRID LITTLE HEDGEHOG!" McFist shouted as Tails caught Sonic again and began spinning around again. Tails then let Sonic go and the hedgehog then hit the cockpit with a Homing Attack, finishing the mech off for good.
Tails caught Sonic and the pair landed down on the roof and regrouped with their friends as the Egg Cybernese began to explode. McFist growled as his activated his Jet Boots departed from the exploding mech. As the mech fell down to the ground below the clouds, He glared at the group of heroes.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter anyway. Once Phase 2 is complete, you will all be erased from the face of reality! I swear it, just you wait." McFist said to the group of heroes.
He then flew away out of sight as the heroes looked to each other confused, "Phase 2? What's Phase 2?" Twilight asked.
"I don't know, but it can't be anything good." Sonic said.
"We'll stop that meanie before that happens, right guys?" Pinkie asked hopefully.
Sonic smiled and gave her a thumbs up, "You bet! Come on, we gotta get to this 'Changeling Hive' and help out Sunset and Starlight in shutting down that Roboticizer."
The group nodded and walked towards the plane. Everyone hopped aboard but Sonic stopped and looked at the group with a smile. Twilight was right, he didn't have to beat Mcfist alone and he was stuck with them. And you bet that he sure is glad that he is.
Tune in Next Time in Chapter 19- Meltdown in the Hive
