"Ok Omega, let's get one thing straight. I know you and Eggsy have a few loose ends to tie up" Rouge looked over from her seat, at the robot in front of her.
"The only thing I want to tie up is a noose on his neck" Rouge grimaced a little.
"Yeah cool, but we don't want to get kicked off right at the start don't we ? You need to get a hold on yourself and not snap the doc in two when we get there, got it ?" Omega nodded.
"Understood, I can only tear the doctor apart when I get kicked off" Rouge's mouth gaped. She tried to think of something but knowing how stubborn he is, she just agreed.
"Alright fine, just don't try to get yourself booted off" She sat back on her seat and looked out the window. She already had her share of relaxation back at home, but thankfully she had traded seats with his friend to sit near her favorite echidna.
"So, looks like you're not the last echidna huh? Who's the orange gal ? Your girlfriend ?" Knuckles' head snapped to her
"NO, she is my ancestor who locked herself in the master emerald for the greater good" Rouge looked over to Tikal as she talked with Cream and Amy.
"Huh she is pretty well conserved don't you think so ?"
"I, you, look-"
"I'm done," Espio said as he walked out of the bathroom, Vector shouted from his seat.
"Did you say the line ?" Espio signed and held a thumbs up, before going back to his seat, Knuckles looked over behind him and asked as the chameleon was walking past him.
"What line ?" Espio groaned and looked over with a face of shame
"Since we are going to appear on TV, me, Vector and Charmy had to make an ad about the Chaotix Detective Agency...He wrote it himself"
By this point everyone already had recorded their introduction, some being more talkative while other barely spoke at all, Omega didn't fit in the bathroom to record his, the sun had already shone it was around 7:30 PM the sun was shining most of them wandered about their breakfast, so far most of them had eaten peanuts and chips from the food cart.
"Ladies and Gentlemen this is your Captain speaking. We are currently twelve thousand feet high on the air, if you look to your right you can see the gorgeous, ocean finger, a curious rock formation that stands proudly among all the water. And if you look to your left you are going to see an Island that is completely and naturally, tilted over, Eggman has absolutely no relation to it whatsoever. We should be arriving at Egg Isle in approximately thirty minutes"
Every machine was finely tuned, cameras were set in almost every single nook and cranny of the island, besides the bathroom and rooms of the island, advisors gave the green light, prime television time reserved especially for them. Now all that was left were the participants, sticking his hand inside his coat he pulled out a radio.
"Orbot how long until our guests get here ?" On the other end, Cubot picked up the message.
"I think I can see the Island in the distance, we should be there in around thirty minutes I think" Cubot squinted his eyes as he tried to get a better look at the figure in the distance.
"You better be here in five, you useless bucket of bolts" Cubot nodded and answered.
"S-Sure thing boss. So uh what's the plan again ?" Eggman grunted and began to walk around the entrance.
"For now, make sure to bring them here. I'm already busy keeping the show running" On a hidden pocket inside his coat, a phone rang "Dang it! Screw this one up and I'll turn into a bundle of toothpicks."
He picked up the phone, and pressed the green button on the screen "Dodon Pa, how's it going over there? Our guests are giving you too much trouble ?"
The Tanuki laughed a bit "Not at all, they are surprisingly tame, without accounting some bickering and arguing it is all fine and dandy." Eggman laughed as he walked around the landing site.
"Good to hear, we want to save those for the cameras am I right ?" Dodon Pa nodded and told him.
"Indeed, expect our arrival to be soon. Allow me to remind you again that if you try any sort of evil tricks, I will make sure to squeeze every last penny out of you, tata" Eggman was left hanging, still processing the words. But the risk was worth it, not only would he have the chance to make it out with the most powerful gems in the world, but to destroy that steel bond Sonic had with his friends in the process, and the idea of showcasing it all on live television was just the cherry on top.
In the distance he heard the sound of engines, he instantly got excited to see his plan in motion, he fixed up his bowtie, ordered the EggPawns to prepare for Worldwide transmission. The wheels screeched and bounced against the concrete, slowly coming to a full stop, the metal door swung open. A car with a portable staircase adjusted itself to it. With a hand sign the cameras began rolling, he turned to face the camera, sporting a smile he greeted.
"Greetings ladies and gentlemen, we are coming live from Isle of Egg on a non-descript totally natural floating island, and I am your cohost . Now I know what you are thinking" He made a different voice in a somewhat mockingly tone and spoke to the camera.
" , hadn't you almost caused the extinction of all life as we know not even a year ago? The answer to that question is yes, but now I am past that, a new man stands before all of you, with the purpose to give you all a show to remember.
Without further ado meet your host, Dodon Pa !" Eggman clapped as the tanuki descended to his level, waving to the cameras. Once on land, the camera walked closer to him.
"Salutations, as you may know, it is I, the CEO of Dodon Pa motors, bringing to you this wonderful show. Now without further ado, let us introduce the competitors to their brand new surroundings." He then turned to all of the mobians as they placed their bags either on the ground or being carried, approaching with a warm smile "Come my friends, let us introduce you to your brand new living quarters''.
"So what do you think it could be like ?" Cream asked as she followed, Amy's every step. Rouge who couldn't help but eavesdrop butted in.
"Well, since Dodon Pa is pretty loaded, I would assume a fancy five-star suite. But since Eggsy is thrown into the mix, I have no idea. If he has some influence I think you can expect some run-down dump" Rouge shrugged as she walked past them.
"Whatever it is, it can't be that worse than what he has thrown our way the past years right ?" The memories of the many ploys he had, the biggest one that came to memory were the virus case.
Climbing up a hill, Amy turned to Rouge as she walked, cheerfully saying "Well... it can't be that bad right, what's wor-" She stopped dead in her tracks, two lamentable cabins each with a few meters apart, two doors on each end of the cabins, all of its materials from the windows, boards, and nails looked like they were bought from the discount bin in a warehouse, the only distinguishable thing of the two cabins were the roofs, one being yellow and the other being blue.
Almost everyone froze at the sight, Eggman laughed at the look on their faces, barely being able to contain his happiness at the ideas his morbid genius came up with. With a smile, he announced "Now, I know you all are excited to meet your brand 'new' homes, but I have to let you all in on how things work on the island...Tell them Orbot" The robot pulled a stack of papers and said out loud as he read it.
"Welcome to the Egg Isle challengers, your home for next three months or so, the one challenger who manages to be the last one standing will be the winner of the grand prize of the seven chaos emeralds, the master emerald, and a more than generous cash prize. All public spaces are going to be monitored twenty-four seven." In the middle of the silence, Rouge asked.
'What do you mean by the last one standing ?" Eggman and Dodon Pa chuckled to one another before the tanuki responded.
"Oh, you will find out in due time, bat lady. Now to your left, you'll see a cabin, where you can let the audience know what's on your mind" The cabin in question looked more like a tall cabinet made out of wood, only big enough for one person at a time.
Eggman once again grabbed their attention "Challengers, when I call your name please stand to my left" He cleared his throat before listing out the names of; Sonic, Tangle, Amy, Omega, Wave, Blaze, Espio, Mephiles, Rouge, and Jet.
They all walked nearby Eggman, he then led them to a yellow roofed cabin. Cubot came close to his master holding out two rolled cloths, the man grabbed the yellow cloth before tossing it to Sonic, he rolled out the cloth revealing what appeared to be a large flag depicting a Chao flying.
"From now on, you'll be known as The Shooting Chao" Sonic chuckled a bit before smirking at Jet.
"Looks like we'll be working together again, try to keep up Jet" The hawk launched a cocky grimm at Sonic, the hawk accepting his challenge.
"We'll see about that" Amy laughed a bit at their interaction, before looking back at Cream wearing a slight frown on her face.
"Now for the rest stand close to the blue roofed cabin" Eggman then tossed them a blue cloth, depicting a Flicky surrounded by stars "All of you are the Knockout Flickies" Shadow groaned before turning away and walking towards the plane
"This is a waste of time, I am getting out of here" Eggman laughed and pulled out a remote, and pressed the large red button. The sleek airplane erupted in flames with a loud boom. Shadow staggered a bit, deafened and disoriented for a few seconds, barely managing to stay on his feet as smoke flew up in the air. Mouths gaped, or covered by hands, Eggman announced.
"Sorry for that but, there are only two ways of getting out of here, winning or losing. Now Shadow please stand next to your teammates" With his sense mostly recovered he reluctantly walked back to his team.
After taking a picture they were then introduced to their cabins, boys to the right, and girls to the left. "After unpacking your luggage, meet us outside," Dodon Pa told them.
Omega stood in the middle, glancing between each door, noticing his distress Sonic asked "Hey big guy, you alright ?" His head turned to face the blue hedgehog
"I am currently undecided on which door I should take, Rouge has logically entered the left door, Shadow has entered the right and I have never been ordered to make such a choice" A sweatdrop ran down his head.
"That's an easy one, are you a boy or a girl ?"
"I am a robot"
"Right uh, what gender are you ?"
"Walking Arsenal." Sonic sighed.
"What is in your pants then ?"
"Plastic Explosives"
"Uuh…" Rouge's head perked out from the door, she shouted.
"Just go to the right door Omega" The bot nodded and followed her order, squeezing inside. After not even a second of him entering the room, he bumped into a green hawk, sending him falling to the floor.
"Hey, watch it tin can!" The hawk stumbled and glanced at the robot, his red eyes looking down at him.
"You stood in my way, feathered creature" His eyes squinted out of anger, he shouted.
"Hey, it's Master of Winds, you bucket of bolts !"
"I call you whatever I want to bird." Jet pulled out his bashoen and pointed it at the robot with a threat.
"Say bird again." His clawed hands turned into machine guns, the revving sound of barrels filled their room.
"What do you plan to do with that puny fan? Fan me to deactivation, bird." Jet lifted his bashoen, ready for a strike, the barrels prepared to fire. A kunai was tossed between them making an audible thunk as it landed on the ground, their heads snapped to a chameleon holding a brown duffel bag.
"Be quiet you two, whether you like it or not we are now a team, we must act as such" They groaned and turned their heads around to resume unpacking, Mephiles laughed a bit as he walked out the door.
"What a merry band, we are."
On the other side of the cabin
"You know...It could be worse, it's kind of cozy actually" Amy said as she tossed her bag on the bottom of her bunk bed, the second it made contact dust along with dirt, flew on the entire room. From her, bag Rouge pulled out a can of aerosol and sprayed it all over the vicinity. The sweet smell of lavender, quickly became overbearing manner over the smell of old wood and dirt
"Great now this dump, stinks of lavender" Wave plugged her nose with her fingers and waved her hand on her bunk bed, Rouge brow furrowed, before coming back to normal.
"Beats the stink of this old wood dear. I'll be waiting for you gals outside" Tangle walked over to Blaze as she was unpacking.
"So what brings you here Blaze ?" Tangle asked the cat as she was busy arranging her bed, she looked at her and scratched her cheek.
"Well, at first I had no intention of coming here, but Silver kept telling me that I deserved a chance to relax since I worked around the clock on my kingdom lately, and so I agreed. The idea of being constantly watched is slightly off-putting to me" The lemur nodded.
"Yeah, it creeps me out a bit too, but hey at least there are no cameras in private spaces" The cat agreed with her.
"Well I'm done here, I'll be going" Blaze smiled and waved her goodbye.
Over at the Flickies's Cabin
"Oh wow, this place is better than our hq," Vector said as he sat down on the bottom bed, the wood giving away slightly at his weight. Charmy hopped on the top bunk bed.
"At least we aren't sharing a room with a family of rats" Vector pointed at him from his bed at the bottom.
"Hey don't talk about them like that, they are a really decent folk once you get past the biting" Charmy laughed at his remark.
"This is idiotic, I refuse to take part in this, I'll find where the doctor hides the emeralds" The black hedgehog, stood up, not even bothering to unpack and walked to the door, Knuckles walked to his side.
"Then I am going with you. I have to get the master emerald back" Shadow just glanced at him, his hand at the doorknob.
"...Fine, don't stand in my way" Shadow swung open the door only to be met by Eggman.
"Aah, Shadow, I was looking to have a word with you, come along too Knuckles" He wrapped his arms on Shadow and Knuckles shoulders and walked out with them, on a joyful peppy voice he warned them "Now I know that all of you are just itching to get the prize, but sadly it is far from here at the moment. You are allowed to roam the island to your heart's content" His tone shifted to a more sinister tone.
"But, if you wish to temper or heaven forbid destroy my beloved show, the consequences are going to be dire for both you and your friends, no one likes a sad Eggman".
Knuckles slapped his hand off his shoulder "Oh yeah what are you going to do about it, there are more of us than there are of you" Eggman chuckled than answered.
"Oh, Knuckles you never change, do you? Look around you, my machines are in every single corner of this island and besides if you try to fly off, well let's just say the fishes are going to have a wonderful dinner" Knuckles and Shadow stood silent, as much as Shadow hated to admit it, he was right all around them, his robots laid just waiting for his command. Eggman then patted the echidna's head "Understood Knuckles? Now I bet all of you are hungry. Why don't you wait with everyone, and we'll have our chef fix you up some dinner ?"
Shadow and Knuckles silently cursed to themselves, without much of a choice they walked to where everyone was.
Once everyone was gathered outside they were led to the kitchen, a wide building made out of wood, just like the cabins, two rows of wooden tables, benched. Stacks of bowls and plates piled high into the skies. "Allow me to introduce you to your chef with a big heart….and belly" Dodon Pa clapped his hands and out came Big the cat wearing a chef's hat.
"Wait a minute...Does Big even know how to cook ?" Sonic asked, Eggman just shrugged and answered.
"That's what you'll find out, now why don't you eat, you will need a full belly for what is going to happen next" Big walked over to the kitchen, the sounds of pots and pans clanging sound, he returned with a big pot, steaming with something of unidentifiable smell.
Tails was the first, he reluctantly grabbed a bowl, along with a spoon and walked over to Big "So uh...What are we having ?" The ladle sunk into the mixture, pouring some blob of what he assumed was meat into the bowl, he could see a few vegetables floating around the brownish-white paste. The cat's ears perked up.
"Momma's recipe" And soon everyone had received its share, Tails winced a bit, before sitting down and scooping out some of that, the smell was nothing to take note off, the taste on the other hand was horrendous, a tear got out of his eye, he instantly spat it out. Most of them agreed with him, the food was bad.
"There is no way I am eating this." Wave said, pushing the bowl away, and so did Jet.
"Right on, this stuff is worse than Storm's" The albatross looked over them, with a sad look.
"Come on, It's not that bad when you get past the burnt stuff" On another table, Sonic kept eyeing Mephiles as he stared into his bowl.
"Uh, what are you looking at Mephiles for Sonic? You still don't trust him ?" The fox asked before regrettably, eating more of his 'food', Sonic then whispered.
"Nah, I was just wondering, how is he going to eat if he doesn't have a mouth" Mephiles remained mostly motionless, rarely fiddling with his spoon. Sonic even told Tails that he hadn't attempted anything yet, besides his comment back on their shack. But then, he took a spoon-full of the 'food' glancing at it.
It was then that Tails noticed, the others were staring at him, an attempt to distract themselves from the 'meal' before them, he lifted the spoon, the paste jiggling with the movement, bringing it closer to his mouth, closer and closer, until.
"Attention challengers! Gather outside the mess hall in five minutes for your challenge!" Orbot told them, all the gazes shifted from Mephiles to the robot, when they looked back to him, the bowl next to the dark being was empty, slightly spinning, he sat up and slowly walked to the exit.
"That guy just keeps weirder and weirder huh, well no use standing around anymore, let's go" Tails nodded his head in agreement and stood up.
"Any idea why Eggman split us up into two teams ?"Tails asked, Sonic shrugged in response as they walked past the tables and out of the mess hall.
"No idea should be that challenge thing" Sonic suggested as they walked downhill, before reaching Orbot. Some giggling could be heard on their right, turning to the source of the sound, they saw Tikal talking with Cream, Amy not being too far from them.
"Hey, Tikal, how's it going ?" The peach echidna bowed her head slightly in a greeting manner, diverting her attention from the Chao, the rabbit seemed to be in a better mood since the teams were made.
"Hello Sonic, I was just talking to Cream ?" The group then began to chat away, the topics varying but mostly explaining to Tikal what a camera is, what a reality show and updating her to the modern age, naturally she seemed overwhelmed by the changes. Dodon Pa arrived on his flying machine, looking over all of the participants as they chatted, clapping his hands in happiness he announced.
"Splendid! Everyone has gathered, before I take you to the challenge I'll need a few of you to wear these, come hither my friend" Cubot walked into view struggling to pull a wheelbarrow, filled with weird bands and a few steel collars, finally coming to a stop.
"When I call your name step forward, will 'Sonic the Hedgehog' and 'Shadow the Hedgehog' come closer?" Both hedgehogs stood before the tanuki, he then proceeded to point out at two pairs of bands, one red and one blue. "Blue hedgehog you wear the blue one and the other one belongs to the black hedgehog. Place each one on your ankles." Sonic picked up the blue band. His expectation of a light band instantly reverted as his hand sunk from the weight.
"Man these things weigh a ton" Shadow almost effortlessly picked up his, Dodon Pa nodded.
"Of course they do, we need a level playing field for this one, now place each band on your feet" Sonic and Shadow reluctantly followed his orders, before walking back to his friends.
"Is it too heavy Sonic ?" Amy asked looking down at his feet.
"Not much, I just can't run at my usual speed" Sonic complained.
The tanuki then called Mephiles, Silver, and Blaze, from the wheelbarrow he grabbed three mechanical collars. Mephiles looked at it then back to the Tanuki then slapped the collar on the dark being's neck, it made a few whirring sounds before announcing the end of the process with a ding. In a furious tone, Mephiles shouted.
"What have you done to me, you useless ball of lard! You will pay for this" He held his hand out towards him, focusing on casting a dark beam, but nothing happened. He stared back in disbelief before attempting again. With a smug smirk, he looked at the other two.
"O-Ok, now let's just-" Silver was cut off by a collar snapping into his and Blaze's neck.
"Hope you are comfortable, before you ask, no they won't shock you, they are just stopping you from using your powers, for a level playing field. Once the challenge is over we'll take them off. Now on my lead friends, your challenge awaits!"
"This sucks" Silver complained, Blaze just patted his shoulder in consolation and followed the man. Mephiles groaned as he followed him. "Look at the bright side, at least we don't need to worry about Mephiles trying to kill us" The cat smiled at him, Silver laughed a bit. Mephiles silently cursed the man.
It was a big, intricate contraption, several platforms of varied size being either narrow or wide, hanging ropes, boxes painted with angry faces, swinging bars, and traps scattered about all of it forming two complex obstacle courses, both equal and hanging over a pit of mud. Built cartoonishly and elaborate enough for the Doctor and audience taste.
"Orbot, is everything set ?" The man spoke into his radio as he waited at the beginning of the course.
"Yes sir, we are set" Orbot spoke at his end as he kept flipping through cameras. "Look sharp sire, they are here" Into view came a Dodon Pa leading the band of challengers, the doctor held out his arms and walked towards them.
"Welcome Challengers, have you enjoyed your meal ?" Tails shuddered in response as the memory of the food they ate, he just shook his head.
"I am happy to welcome you all to the Egg Gauntlet, your very first challenge, Dodon Pa would you like to explain the rules ?" He floated to his side and proudly announced.
"Most certainly, the rules are simple my friends, two shall run the course at a time, dodging and avoiding all of the traps, if you fall off the platform, you are disqualified. We shall make it four rounds, the first to make it to the end will receive a crate that shall be of use for the next challenge and trust me, you will need them.
Chubby man, if you please."
With the press of a button, a steel hatch opened, and from the ground emerged two wheels, painted in the respective colors of each team, and the names of the team members split throughout and by its side, Cubot.
"Spin the wheels Cubot !" The bot's hand grasped the lever, adn with a strong pull. Both wheels spun around and around, until coming to a stop on two names, the panels on top of it lit up, displaying the names of 'Amy Rose' and 'Tikal the Echidna'.
"And we have the two unluck- I mean lucky contestants are, Amy and Tikal, please stand on the platform with your respective team colors" Eggman said with a grin.
The peach echidna looked at Amy as she stepped closer "I wish you the best of luck" With a smile, the pink hedgehog answered.
"Good luck to you too, I won't go easy on you"
"On your places…Ready" Dodon Pa announced, holding a pistol aiming it skyward.
"So will i" Her gaze was set on the track before her. The finger began to squeeze the trigger.
"Set" Their gazes focused on the track, anticipation in the air, the first challenge being a series of four platforms with progressively smaller and smaller platforms.
BANG
"GO!" Their teams roared and cheered as they began to course.
Amy passed through the course first, taking the lead without much problem, while Tikal with some slips, the next part being a narrow platform a few feet apart from each other, on each end there were mechanical boxes with a single hole on it. Amy looked to the opposite end, Tikal already had started her per course.
The steel box whirred, launching balls at such a speed that could rival Sonic's, Tikal ducked out of the way, the disc missing her entirely, hopping onto the next platform and dodging the second disc missing her entirely. In a burst of confidence, she hopped on the next platform.
It was then that it hit her, the realization of how well she was doing despite not being used to having a corporeal body and the ball that struck her on the side of the head, the pain comparable to being struck by a dodgeball, the blow made her head tilt to the left and her torso followed after, causing her to fall onto the muddy water.
Amy dodged one of the balls and looked down onto the pit, shouting "Are you okay ?" The echidna wiped the mud off of her clothes and face. Looking up shouting.
"I am ok".
"And she is out, can the pink hedgehog surpass the next challenge" Amy stopped over a large pit, a straightforward path, the only obstacle being a bar, with a few ropes hanging over the muddy water. She took a deep breath and leaped, grabbing the first one, swinging back and forth a few times before leaping towards the next one.
As she grasped the rope, she felt her glove begging to slip from her hand, almost causing her downfall, she began to breathe in and out before telling herself "Come on girl you got this, he's looking right at us you know." she swung the rope before for jumping to the next one, and the last, then the platform.
"What a close call, can she get through the last obstacle ?" Amy was surprised to see, simply a walkway, over the muddy pit and at the end a checkered flag, almost a cakewalk. She stared at it in sheer disbelief, after all, she endured the, ending just sitting there.
She slowly walked down the path, still not being able to shake off that feeling, looking everywhere for any trap, as soon as she assumed it was all safe. The floor beneath her began to shake wildly, as if there was an earthquake beneath her, crouching down and grabbing the sides of the platform, for any stability, the surprise made her eyes closed. Her ears twitched to the sound of an engine running, the sound not being too strange to her.
Her eyes met with glowing blue eyes, a red paint job with black polka dots, almost the size of her boot, a ladybug-like robot, charging towards her. In one movement she made a handstand, dodging the robot.
She flipped around and with her feet back on the wobbly platform, she ran down the platform, dodging another and another one, and finally reaching the flag. Breathing in and out as her team yelled and cheered her, Dodon Pa flew closer vigorously shaking her hand and congratulating her, before leading her to a stack of crates, numbered from one to four.
She chose box number three, it was then that she realized….She was going to have to drag this thing to her team, but they had Omega he was pretty strong right?
Tikal approached Amy and shook her hand, her clothes still stained by the mud "Good job on the course Amy, for a second I almost thought you would fall".
Amy smiled and shook back "You were really good, you had a solid chance of beating me. Sorry for the clothes" The echidna waved her hand, dismissing her apology.
"Oh, don't be it wasn't your fault" Dodon Pa interrupted them, with an announcement
"Marvelous, now please return to your respective teams two. Now for the next two competitors" The wheel was spun with such strength that it kept spinning for a few minutes before landing on the next two names.
Omega and Whisper
Rouge blinked in disbelief, the one-ton walking arsenal racing against a slick wolf, the both of them stepped on the platforms. "Omega's in trouble I tell you, he is as moveable as a brick wall," Rouge told Sonic he nodded in response, there was no way Omega could outrun Whisper, he did have a chance with the obstacles of course, hell he was made of some alloy of chaos knows what, he take a few punches and then some. But Whisper will leave him in the dust.
"Figures, it'd be easier if he just tanked out the whole thing" Rouge nodded at Sonic's response, both teams watched as they prepared to race through the course. With a bang they began, Whisper ran through the course, almost in an instinctive manner like it was second nature.
While Omega… well he did get through the first two challenges, hovering past the steps, and tanking out the boxes, but then came the ropes, the very second he grasped the first one, the supporting beams gave out due to his weight, sending him plummeting down to the mud the impact from the fall along with the water lit him up like a Christmas tree.
Shadow rushed and jumped down into the mud while Rouge flew close to Him "Omega, are you okay? Can you hear me ?" the black hedgehog asked him, Omega's eyes flickered a bit, in a glitchy tone he said.
"M-motors for Motion have been damaged, CPU working at fifty percent capacity, Waterproof measures have been activated, anger operating at one hundred and ten percent capacity" His voice kept turning on and off, while he stood completely still in the mud.
A relieved sigh escaped Rouge "Oh boy, how are we going to get him out of here, he weighs a ton" Shadow crouched next to the robot, placing his hands underneath him, he tried to lift him twice without the robot moving an inch.
" As much as I hate to admit, I can't lift him by myself" Silver stepped forward.
"I guess I could help him up but" He then tapped the collar, tightly locked on his neck "I'm locked out of my powers" Rouge and Shadow nodded, the bat crouched down to his level, looking at his eyes.
"Can you hang in there until it's over Big Guy? One blink for yes, two for no" The lights on his eyes turned on and off, the bat smiled and patted his head before flying up.
When Shadow walked back to his team, they gathered around Whisper, congratulating her on the victory. The wheel spun around and around once more, two names highlighted, the third set of competitors competitors
Tangle VS Storm
Both teams began to hype up, some throwing words of encouragement, while others just silently waited for them to go, as both of them stepped up to the platforms, Eggman stopped them.
"Say, this course is feeling a bit old for me, how about a change of scenery everyone" Another button was pressed, the once damaged course sank, deep into the muddy water. And up came the shining, new course. While the first course was a strike of balance between length and challenge, course #2 was shorter and far more intense.
Where the first had four obstacles, the new one had three obstacles, jumping on small platforms while dodging pendulum styled hammers, a simple long tightrope, and the last one.
A simple small floating platform slowly floating past the muddy waters, seemed just as easy as it looked. Too good to be true honestly.
Hey, thanks for reading, sorry for taking too long on this one and I'll be splitting this one into two parts.