Pretty exciting stuff for Sonic these days, right? Sonic Colors Ultimate is coming out, and the game looks so pretty! And then there's Sonic 2022 and whether or not you've just seen the trailer or seen all the leaks there are all sorts of interesting things going on there. I'm very curious as to where the future of Sonic will lead us and hopefully, we'll be learning more at this year's E3 in just a few weeks at the time I'm writing this. What are your guys' thoughts on all the stuff we're getting? I'd love to know.
But for now, let's focus on the war, start blasting the theme for Guardian Rock and get things Set in Motion here we go!

Trials of War-
Chapter 32-
Set in Motion

Deep within the sandy planes of Green Hill Zone, a lone figure was making a mad dash across the raised checkerboard platforms, jumping in between the raised pillars of rock and using her grappling hook to swing as she desperately tried to catch up with her foe.

The radio flared to life as people were going wild in the resistance headquarters over the sudden appearance of a massive flux of energy.

"Unidentified heat source detected! Requesting Analysis!"

A moment or two passed and the figure landed on another stretch of checkered land, continuing her pursuit.

"Hang on…" Amy looked over her own cameras in the resistance HQ. One of them showed a camera of the same pursuer while the other showed a massive mechanical spider which prowled around the faded hills, crushing any and all things in it's path. "It's a multi-legged battle mech! The energy readings are off the charts."

There was a loud crashing sound on one end only for Vector groaned. "Ah! As if things weren't bad enough down here but Eggman's got another weapon up his sleeves?!"

Gadget was panting but he still managed to chime in. "Are you sure that you're gonna be able to handle that, Celeste? Some of us could break away and-"

Celeste simply shook her head, continuing her pursuit. "Guys, I got this."

Silver couldn't help but grin as the ringing sound that accompanied his powers began to go off on his end. "Make us proud, kid!"

Celeste couldn't help but smile and nod as she put focus back on the path before her, next stop the Multi-legged battle mech! Now atop a stretch of curved checkerboard rock rising high into the ground of where the ocean once was. She ran as fast as she could, eying the gigantic spider bot which was off destroying more of the zone. She needed to get there and needed to get there fast.

It was quite a distance from her as it had quickly made its way away from the ruins of Arsenal Pyramid and began going about the mechanical factories that Eggman had set up among the area. What she wouldn't give for a double boost right now, but it looked like she was gonna have to hoof it if she was gonna make it to that thing.

And you better believe that the girl was determined with her brow furrowed and her fist clenched tightly around her Wispon. She was on a mission and she was gonna do whatever she could to make sure that robot went down. Not just to prove herself but also to get home in one piece for the friend that she promised. She was doing this for Sonic.

She grinned, jumping off of the path that ended and into the open air below. Using her grappling hook, she was able to swing up and high into the air before landing on more ground to cover.

She was on a stretch of dilapidated land now with its faded grass crumbling even as she brushed along through it. Next to her was a loop, long since faded away and crumbled into a shell of its former self. Sonic wouldn't have liked that at all, she thought.

Before her was a dip into a canyon which she gladly took, finding herself out on the sandy hills. She kept running, while the multi-legged battle mech was still far away, one of the many doctor's man made factories were before her.

The canyon itself began to rumble and shake and soon a built in security system activated.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Celeste groaned as lasers sprouted from the canyon walls.

She was off like a shot, running along and making sure to weave in between each of the lasers' fire. One of them nearly nicked her tail but she was lucky to come off mostly unscathed.

Up above were some of the factory parts, suspended on massive poles which she quickly used her grappling hook to ascend to the top of the platform.

She hopped on up and over a pile of boxes only for a pack of Eggpongs to appear, charging their blasters and prepared to fire.

Celeste grinned, quickly dropping to the floor and sliding underneath the blasts where she was able to kick out a few of them, before pulling out her laser Wispon and dispatching the rest.

Nothing to it. She thought as she continued down the metal path, her feet thudding along the platform and the scorching sun beating down on her.

Quickly, she made her way up the metal construct, blasting away at any of the robots that would come into her path before she arrived out on top of the factory. There, she spotted the Multi-Legged Battle Mech, closer now but she was still going to have to make some leg work in order to make it there.

She took a look at her surroundings and spotted a metal walkway that whirled around a dried jagged spired of checkerboard rock that would lead out into a loop and a natural incline that should send her flying in the direction of the crab. Perfect.

With little hesitation, she began to run down that Metal pathways, attaching her grappling hook and getting down to sliding position so that she could drift along it with ease and leave sparks in her trail.

Before long she reached the bottom went along the loop and off the ramp, heading straight for her adversary.

~Trials of War~

"You know what, I think I got this song down now." Rhythm smiled as she used her hammer to vault over one of the drills that fired out at her.

She landed on the ground and began to sprint towards the Egg Dragoon.

Mighty came alongside her, keeping up and groaning. "Is that really necessary right now? I mean, seriously?"

The Egg Dragoon turned its attention towards them again, firing off a burst of ice towards them that was quick to get Mighty and leave him in a block of ice. Rhythm was quick to stop and whacked at the ice with her hammer, getting him out of there.

Vector couldn't help but grin at this as he and Rouge did their best to avoid the rounds from its gun arm. "Hey, if the girl's got a song then let her sing it."

Rouge sighed. "I mean, sure. But we're in the middle of something here, aren't we?"

"Even more of a reason for her to sing, come on, Rhythm!" Vector grinned.

Rhythm started running up towards the Egg Dragoon again with Mighty at her side.

Right now I realize, I can do it if I try!

The Egg Dragoon was quick to unleash some flames, while Fierro ran up and around them, Mighty was quick to stop drop ad roll out into a spindash. His protective shell easily was able to keep him covered from the Egg Dragoon.

I can do anything!

Rhythm found herself jumping up towards a wall, hanging on there for a while before leaping off.

The Gears are set in motion now!

She did a spin in the air with her hammer and crashed down atop the Egg Dragoon. Which warranted a reaction from the massive machine. It sputtered and clacked but remained standing.

"You know what? Maybe I can dig it." Mighty smiled as she landed beside her and gave her a fist bump.

Quickly though, the two had to get back into action as it began to fire ice blasts around the field at random spots. It wasn't long until the two were both frozen into blocks of ice.

"Vector, be a dear and take care of those. I got the big hunk of hunk of metal."

Vector nodded and ran over to the two.

Rouge in the meantime, flew through the air. Careful to whiz around rounds of gunfire from the machine gun arm.

Quickly she was able to deliver a roundhouse to the hull of the machine which caused even more damage on the Egg Dragoon.

Rouge couldn't help but grin. "Flawless, as to be expected. You could learn a thing or two from someone like me, Vector."

Vector smashed the two blocks of ice together, freeing both Mighty and Rhythm.

"I really can't catch a break today, can I?"

"Nope!" Rouge chirped.

Just then the Egg Dragoon got back to work and this time used the guns to fire all around the room, forcing the group to scatter as the fight continued.

~Trials of War~

"An Egg Dragoon!" Silver cried out in shock as he looked up at the imposing figure that loomed overhead. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have much time to gawk as it raised its gun arm at him and began to fire upon the group.

Silver was quick. While the rest of the group had scattered, he had used his telekinetic powers to quickly fly into the air up and away from the damage along with Ray. With that, he attempted to deliver a psychic knife at the machine.

To his complete and utter shock, the mechanical dragon turned around and turned around and flapped its wings, sending out a powerful gust of wind that dissipated his energy and sent both Silver and Ray into the wall.

Big was next, launching into the air and preparing to do some heavy damage against the Egg Dragoon but it shifted its gun into its ice blaster and shot a blast at big that turned him ito a cat-cicle.

Silver looked between the Egg Dragoon as Corvin took to charging it with his drill Wispon at the ready, Espio following along with his kunai.

Seeing that they were occupied, he decided to go after Big who was frozen on the ground.

Corvin revved up his Wispon and fired at the Egg Dragoon only for him to be frozen in the process as well.

Espio took to weaving left and right as he ran, doing his best to keep the Egg Dragoon on its toes as it used its machine gun to try and fire on him.

He managed to get up close and threw his kunai at the glass hull which caused the machine to sputter and clack a bit.

Ray looked at the massive machine, hesitant to watch it take on his friends. But when he saw Espio get a good hit in, he decided to take flight.

Ray took the opportunity to fly in before dropping into a ball but the Dragoon was ready for him and plucked him out of the air with one of its hands before chucking him into Corvin as he came flying in for another hit, knocking both of them in a wall and off of his board.

Silver was quick to rise to the occasion too, his aura flaring around him as he attempted to crush the Egg Dragoon with raw psychic power. "I have you now!" He cried out.

The Egg Dragoon responded by flaring its wings and deploying fire from its blaster that pushed against the energy. The fire especially caused a little bit of damage to that of the Egg Dragoon itself but with the fire pushing against it, Silver lost his concentration and wasn't able to keep it held.

It turned its attention towards him and readied a drill arm towards Silver who gasped as he attempted to get out of the way.

Luckily for him, Big showed up and grabbed the Egg Dragoon from the arm. "You're not hurting my friend!"

"Thanks, Big!" Silver smiled.

At that, Espio reappeared again and took the opportunity to run along the arm of the machine. He reached the top of the machine, jumped up into the air and threw more knives at it. More cracks spread across the hull as he landed on the ground and let out a smirk.

Corvin flew on by to give him a high five. "Aw yeah, bud- oh no!"

The high five turned into yanking him from his perch and placing him on the board behind him as the Egg Dragoon deployed its missiles all over the room on each of the heroes.

While they ran away, Silver threw up a force field to cover himself. Ray flew up into the air to dodge and Big did his best to dive behind Silver's barrier.

The room was soon covered in smoke, leaving them with nowhere to go until the shining lights of the Egg Dragoon pierced through.

~Trials of War~

"Join the resistance, Gadget! It'll be fun, you'll be able to save the world!" Gadget complained as he ran from a bullet storm coming from the machine gun arm of the Egg Dragoon.

Ferro sighed as she ran alongside him and waited for her Wispon to recharge. "Really?! You're blaming me?! You're the one who wanted to be a big hero when you managed to save that classmate you cared so much about from a few Eggpongs."

"Oh, you are not bringing him into this!" Gadget yelled.

Fierro laughed as she got her grappling hook, ready and Gadget did the same.

Together they were able to swing it up out of the way of some of more of the blasts.

Charmy swooped down with his stinger out, attempting to get a hit in, but the Egg Dragoon snatched him out of the air and threw him into Tangle. Tangle cried out as she and Charmy ended up in a tangle of tails and wings.

With that, Fierro attempted to swing down and drop kick on the Egg Dragoon but was quick to be backhanded away from it and into the far wall.

Gadget made his trip too, firing blasts of fire at it but was matched with a flurry of ice that managed to counter his burst Wispon.

Realizing they weren't going anywhere, Gadget shot his grappling hook into the air and swung up and above the blasts of ice, surprising the machine.

Just as it was about to direct its attention towards Gadget again. A bushy tail wrapped around the body. It writhed within the bundle of fur, but Tangle and Charmy did their best to hold on tight.

Fierro got up from where she had landed and joined them, tugging tightly on the tail.

They didn't last long and the might of the Egg Dragoon was enough to send them flying in different directions.

Luckily, Gadget was given the time he needed and swung over to the machine, unleashing hellfire that made it take damage.

He couldn't help but smile at this, but the Egg Dragoon was quick to get back to work, pointing its drill attachment right down at the wolf.

Gadget didn't have time to react when Tangle quickly dove and pushed him out of the way.

The two were quick to get running as it switched back to its machine gun attachment again.

"Come on, Specs! Just cuz you got a good hit in doesn't mean you gotta go sleeping on the job!" Tangle smirked.

Gadget groaned at this while Tangle simply laughed.

Fierro on the other hand was with Charmy as he flew her through the air and they weaved their way around blasts of ice. Once they were close enough, he spun around for a bit and launched her towards the bot. She sent a flying kick to the glass hull which caused it to sputter and clack for a bit before returning back to its tall and imposing state.

When Fierro landed on the ground, the four found themselves together and ran towards the massive machine, but it was quick to fire from its flamethrower, creating a wall of flame that blocked them from getting any closer.

And then, it rushed through the flames, coming upon them.

~Trials of War~

Celeste landed atop a rickety log bridge high above a pit of sand below her. On one side, it lead back towards more of the dilapidated landscape and on the other, headed towards more green hills with the checkerboard paths, tikis and all but with more of a factory built into the land itself. More platforms were suspended on poles that jutted out from rock walls, conveyor belts sat atop grassy groves and the like.

She frowned at this, Eggman had done so much to the land too. But here, it didn't even seem he bothered to clear everything out, preferring to just put his machines on top of the nature that he had already sucked dry of all life. Metal pipes would jut out the tops of palm trees and tikis, conveyor belts sitting right on top of dried, cracked rock moving along as if they were a part of the environment itself.

It was disgusting. Knowing that Eggman had just done that to this place. Despite living in Sunset Heights all her life, she'd never been to Green Hill outside of looking out in the horizon past the Sunset bridge. She imagined that the place must have been beautiful, especially with the way Sonic had talked about it…

She frowned. She had to stop the multi-legged battle mech before it was too late.

It stomped along by on a raised grassy plane alongside her. It towered high into the air and continued along its path without so much as a care in the world. With such a fast pace, Celeste struggled to keep up but managed to at least trail a little bit behind as to where she wasn't too far away.

She began to fire her lasers at the crab but they did next to nothing, harmlessly bouncing off of the armored legs of the battle bot.

She groaned, quickly snapping on her com and talking to the others. "Agh, it's no use! My blasts are doing nothing!"

"Hey, that's my li-" Silver began to chime in only for a loud noise to sound. "Woah!"

Knuckles came in too. "When it comes to taking down big opponents it's all about setting off their center of mass."

"Have you tried taking out the feet in order to make it fall over?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, that's done me a lot of good! The legs are completely guarded."

There was a moment of silence until Knuckles answered. "If you can't get things down from the bottom then go straight to the top! Try getting up high and blasting away at its head. Give that cast-iron crab something to foam at the mouth about!"

Celeste couldn't help but smirk at that one and nodded. "Got it!"

She switched off her com and raced off, heading off of the bridge and onto the land ahead, next to her on a gentle incline was the same robot who stomped along before proceeding onwards.

She too was able to find an incline that sent her a little bit into the air, trying to take a shot at the gigantic robot before her, but she missed. Harmlessly hitting the rock wall next to her as she continued along into the factory.

There, it seemed a security system activated as gigantic hammers emerged from the rock wall and began slamming down on the ground at sporadic rates. Celeste had to be careful as she ran along the grassy path, jumping over some gaps and making her way out of that section of the factory.

Once she found her way out, she found herself out on another hill for her to go down and another natural ramp for her to fly off of.

On the other side once again was the multi-legged battle mech and as she was airborn, she fired off a couple shots at its body, causing it to crackle and spark a bit before it was able to shake it off and continue its charge through the hill zone.

She quickly put her Wispon back and looked to see that she was going down into a group of patches of grassy land at varying heights in a bowl of sand. There were sand waterfalls that spilled into what appeared to be a sinkhole.

She had to be careful that she did not fall into the sandy pit. She nearly did but was lucky to grab onto the edge of one of the patches and hoist herself on top of the rock. She hopped up the spires and when she arrived at the highest one in the bowl, she was able to catch the robot stomping on by and fired yet again.

She smiled when it began to sparkle and crack with electricity again only to quickly get up again, still continuing down the path. This time spewing a little bit of smoke from its body.

She jumped down the spires and continued to run off into more of the outdoor factory.

She jumped on top of metal platforms that were moving along a sort of pulley across the checkered rock.

She was quick to make it through a miniature loop and up another ramp that sent her into the air again. She spotted her enemy and fired once more.

The spider bot sputtered and cracked again, but even now managed to continue as angry red smoke billowed out of the body and into the air.

Celeste kept going and arrived atop some of the conveyor belt, having to keep her momentum up and running so that she wouldn't slip off of them. She jumped between them and was quick to make her up and out of the factory and found the giant crab again.

She fired at it once more and this time, it sputtered and crackled again, jerking wildly for a few moments, only to finally fall down to the ground with a massive tremor that rang across the land.

"I- I did it!" Celeste beamed.

"Nice work, rookie. Knew you could get it!" Knuckles smiled, a level of pride that could be heard in her voice that she couldn't help but smile at.

"But we can save the party for later." Amy noted. "Looks like these guys are ready to open the water. Get out of there quick!"

"Right!"

Celeste nodded as she ran off.

The robot however wasn't done. Slowly, it got up from where it had fallen, only to jump off into the horizon.

~Trials of War~

"Alrght, I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm ready for this little song and dance to be over." Rhythm noted. "What do you guys think?"

"I'm with 'ya there!" Vector agreed. "Time to put this to bed!"

"Heck yeah, let's do it!" Mighty grinned.

"Then let's give it everything we've got!" Rouge added.

The group nodded and together, they avoided all the shots from the machine gun. The Egg Dragoon got frustrated and was quick to unleash missiles on the group.

Mighty was the one that was quick to act, leaping up into the air and curling into his protective shell. He tanked a lot of the blasts of the missiles knocking him every which way as smoke rose up into the air at this.

All three of the others were surprised, but he landed on the ground, seemingly unharmed.

"Get ready for a dogpile!" He shouted as he began to rev up on the ground, quickly spindashing in a circle and causing all the smoke to be kicked up into a miniature tornado that obscured all of them from the Egg Dragoon's vision.

That is… Until they emerged from the shadows, each of them armed and ready to take on the threat.

Rouge came in with another roundhouse while, Vector gave a massive bite to the hull. The two attacks did significant damage to the machine but it was still standing.

Then, Rhythm and Mighty came out, each in the air as Rhythm twirled through the air, swinging her hammer around while Mighty curled into a ball.

"Cya!" Rhythm smirked as she whacked Mighty straight into the Egg Dragoon.

The destructive force that was the Armadillo, caused it to break down, dying in a fiery explosion as parts scattered all across the room.

"Yeah!" Rhythm cheered as she landed on the ground.

Mighty landed on the opposite end of the exploding Egg Dragoon and pumped his fist in the air.

"That's how you do it!"

"Great work, team!" Vector grinned.

"Now all that's left is the switch. Mighty?"

Mighty nodded and ran over to it. "On it!"

He pushed the switch and with that, Rouge switched on her com.

"Team Rouge has turned on the switch and is awaiting confirmation from the others."

~Trials of War~

The wall of flame towered high into the room, completely blocking off their line of fire from the Egg Dragoon, Quickly it fired ice blasts at the fire which quickly put out the fire and left water on the floor and vapor in the air.

Charmy took the opportunity to fly up into the air only to find that his wings were wet from the same vapor.

Gadget tried to fire his Wispon but found the same fate.

Gadget gulped. "The air's too wet for me to use fire!"

"Yeah, and my wings aren't able to get going in all of this."

Fierro sighed. "Well that's just perfect and I'm still charging up too."

"Looks like it's up to me, then." Tangled announced as she pointed to herself. "Don't worry, I got this. Just make good cover!"

The others looked at each other and began to follow her up, running alongside her.

Charmy wasn't very fast and found himself tripping up in the water a bit, but Gadget and Fierro were able to keep up and allowed themselves to try and do their best to draw fire from the Egg Dragoon.

Tangle still was able to run up to it though, weaving around shots from its gun arm, hopping over, sliding under them, and using her tail to swing from poles that would be on the ceiling.

Finally she arrived in front of the Egg Dragoon and delivered a massive punch with her tail that sent it flying into the wall.

With that, there was a click from Fierro's Wispon, she looked down at it and grinned.

When the Egg Dragoon attempted to rise again and attack, Fierro pulled the trigger and a massive vortex of darkness appeared from the end which engulfed the Egg Dragoon and swallowed it whole.

Fierro grinned. "And that's that!"

Their coms then came to life. "Team Rouge has turned on the switch and is awaiting confirmation from the others."

Tangle grinned. "And it looks like that's my cue!"

Without another word, she ran over and activated the pressure point.

Fierro couldn't help but smile and announced. "Team Fierro has done the same, awaiting confirmation from Team Silver."

~Trials of War~

The Egg Dragoon rushed out of the smoke towards the quintet and Silver was quick to throw up a psychic wall in order to stop it. But the sheer force of the Egg Dragoon was enough to break through, causing Silver's concentration to break and for him to fall to the ground.

"No!" The other four called out.

They were quick to try and get to him but the Egg Dragoon responded with blasts of ice at the group forcing all of them to scatter.

Espio disappeared, taking to camoflauge himself again and sneak around the room.

Big slid down to the ground, scooping up Silver and making sure that he was alright before continuing to run from the ice.

Ray jumped into the air and flew away.

Corvin on the other hand attempted to get into action. Using his Wispon, he propelled himself towards the Egg Dragoon, only to be frozen by a blast of ice again.

Ray saw this and was quick to swoop down and help him out of the ice.

While everyone else was busy being blasted by ice, Espio took to the walls and attempted to fire kunai at the Egg Dragoon.

The knives were blasted out of the air when the Egg Dragoon took to its gun attachment and fired in Espio's general direction. He was forced to jump off the wall and join the others in running around the room. Clearly, the Egg Dragoon wasn't letting it up.

And it showed this as it switched from guns to sending plumes of flame all over the room as concentrated blasts of fire were sent all over.

The heat was enough to let Corvin out of his icy prison but only made things worse for all of them as smoke quickly rose throughout the room.

Silver was now ready to get back into the fight but with all the smoke and fire all around, there wasn't much that could be done and with the Egg Dragoon still rising above it all and returning to peppering the floor with gunshots, they were left at a loss.

"Silver, what do we do?!" Ray asked, practically frantic as he did his best to stay airborne and attempt to get a hit in on the Egg Dragoon.

"It's getting real foggy in here and I can barely see any of you!" Big said.

Silver frowned. This was getting really bad. And there was nothing that they could really do about it. The Egg Dragon could make its way through his psychic attacks and with the fire spreading fast, they were in a bind.

Their coms then came to life. "Team Rouge has turned on the switch and is awaiting confirmation from the others."

"Someone needs to get to the switch now!" Espio cried out.

"Yeah, but who?" Corvin asked, "I'm pretty we're all pretty much smoked out."

"Team Fierro has done the same, awaiting confirmation from Team Silver."

Silver's eyes darted around the room, quickly eying the Egg Dragoon as well as the rest of his teammates before his eyes finally fell on the switch. It was gonna be rough getting to it, but if he were to pull it… He had to try!

"Everybody, follow my lead and get as close to the switch as you can!" Silver shouted. "We're putting out this fire! Big, gimme a boost!"

Everyone nodded and Big, who was still holding onto Silver, threw him across the room and towards the pressure point while everyone else did their best to keep up with him while the Egg Dragoon took to its bullets again and attempted to fire upon them.

Silver landed on the pressure point and at that very moment, everything seemed to stop.

There was the faint beeping noise of the water container as the glowing lights on it switched from red to green. There was the clicking of a few mechanisms that nobody seemed to really know the source of them.

And then, the floodgates opened.

Silver was lucky that he reacted as quickly as he did, as he slammed his fists on the ground and a psychic field of energy erupted out and around the group five.

Pouring water pounded against his field and Silver did his best to keep up the energy as they were trapped in a bubble that washed out of the facility, into the caves of Green Hill and eventually out into the oceans that they had just unleashed.

The Egg Dragoon didn't stand a chance, not being built for water and was thrown out to sea.

The oceans of Green Hill Zone had returned and Silver was gonna need a nap to take on his pounding headache after all of this excitement.

~Trials of War~

Celeste was out of the factory and running out along a stretch of land.

Suddenly, her communicator crackled to life. "Celeste! The robot's moving fast in your direction!"

"What?!" Celeste asked.

"Run for it!"

Celeste tried to run but she didn't have the time as a massive tremor rang from behind her, knocking her off her feet.

She was quick to crawl to her feet and scoop up her Wispon, she turned around and saw it was none other than the multi-legged battle mech that had once been downed. It sputtered and clacked for a moment, cleary not taking the jump well and she used that opportunity to attempt to fire at it but it was useless.

Soon, the robot regained it's bearings and looked down upon her before it began to charge.

Celeste knew that there was no fighting this thing at this point and made the most logical decision possible… Turning tail and running as fast as she could as the robot chased her down the path.

She ran and ran and ran, quickly dodging rocks that the mech would kick up as it jerked its way towards her inching closer and closer until it was practically right on top of her.

Celeste scanned the area around her as she ran looking for something, anything that would be able to get her out of this situation. But it was practically hopeless. She wasn't some big fighter like the others who could take down impossible threats, she was just a normal girl who had gotten in way over her head and now, she was going to die.

And that's when she remembered her promise to Sonic to come back to him and all their friends safely no matter what. She couldn't break that promise. She couldn't fall here, not when she'd come so far. She was gonna take this overgrown crab out for good, no matter what!

With that, she thrust her grappling hook out towards one of the rock walls around her and was whisked up into the sky. She landed on the outcropping for a brief moment and fired her grappling hook out towards the robot's body once again where it immediately began to spew fire. She was swung up to the crab and quickly hoisted herself up and over it, firing shots from her Wispon as she was thrown across it.

When she fell over to the other side, she sent out the wire again and this time allowed herself to fall to the ground as she swung around its legs. She hit the ground where she skidded along the grassy path, kicking up grass in her wake before she was up in the air again, letting out a shriek of both fear and excitement as she tied up its legs, limiting its movement.

Once ahead of it and with its legs tied up, she let her grappling hook go and made her descent. She hit the ground running as the robot fell to the ground behind her, finally down for the count.

She was quick to let her grappling hook up to one of the rocky outcroppings as one of the robotic legs nearly fell out on top of her.

Just in time too as it seemed water came rushing out form nowhere, burying the massive robot in a watery grave, never to be seen again.

Celeste looked out from the giant rock to see Green Hill Zone as it truly was meant to be. The sand was gone, replaced with gorgeous water that shined brightly among the sunshine, faded hills began to gain splashes of color and dried grass was beginning to be properly fed. Green Hill Zone was saved and the Battle Mech was no more.

She dug into the pocket of her hoodie, looking down at the Flashdrive that had the same decal of the resistance star shining on it and smiled.

"Mission accomplished." She said into her communicatior.

Alright, that's the end of the chapter- Wait, I gotta go back and write three Egg Dragoon fights…
Okay, Egg Dragoon fights are hard. Lol. But I hope you enjoyed them and the rest of this chapter. This was a fun little one and I'm glad to give Celeste and the Resistance Fighters here some moments to shine against their respective bosses to fight.
I will say I'm a little disappointed I wasn't able to get this chapter out for the 30th anniversary, but ah well. Happy belated birthday Sonic, here's to another 30 years!
Oh and might I say Sonic Symphony was amazing and for those of you who haven't should definitely check it out!
But now for the review replies!

1TGN:
Hey, man. All good. These things happen and I'm just glad you're doing well.
Next chapter man, it's your time for the reunion. Finally.
Thanks for the kind words!

Animation Adventures:
Character exploration is one of my favorite things to do in this story and getting into what makes Sonic tick only makes him more enjoyable for a character for me. I'm glad you liked it.
Vector and Rouge definitely were some of the most fun to write in the last one. Haha.
Interesting theory.
I cannot wait to write the next chapter, as much as you guys have wanted the reunion I have wanted to write it and now we're almost there.

The Lost Eternity:
Sonic isn't the only one who needs a hug, everybody in this story needs a hug. Even Eggman! You know what, maybe not him and definitely not Infinite. Haha. But they also need therapy too! Every single one of them!
Who knows what Eggman and Starline could be up to? ;)
It's always fun getting new interactions between these characters. Charmy and Tangle are great together.
Thank you! Curious to hear what you thought of Sonic Central now. Actually, that goes for everybody.
Hope you're staying safe as well!

numberjacksoctonauts:
The concept of home, friendship and all of that is something that I've carried throughout this story and have tried to drive home. The moment between Sonic and Celeste was one that I have been wanting to write since before the story started and I'm glad that we finally got there.
Reunion is something I very much look forward to.
Okay, so that's actually a good question for Omega. Admittedly, that's something that I've never truly been able to work in. Remember how Infinite essentially destroyed Omega in Episode Omega Part 2? He was believed to have fallen during the battle for Sunset and that's pretty much where it is with him. I've never really been able to work that in on the Resistance's end and that's always been on me so… whoops. Eheh.
Thanks for the support!

CVGWJames:
I plan out my stories, yeah.
Back when I was a much younger writer, I did not plan out stories all that much and that's how I've been left with a lot of incomplete stuff. But of course now that I'm older, I've learned a lot and found that is far easier when you plan out your stories.
In the case of Trials of War however, I've said this before but this started out as a YouTube video where I rewrote Forces but I liked the story too much and wanted to actually write it and now here we are four years later. Lmfao. What am I doing with my life?
Jokes aside though, it's because of this that I started with the YouTube video as an outline but eventually sat down and made a more concrete story outline and have followed it since then. Anyone who's watched the video will tell you that the story while following the course that I originally put this story on it has grown so much more past that with things that even surprised me as I started writing and figured out what world I truly wanted for Trials of War.
So… Yeah, I planned this out but there's also a lot of on the spot stuff that I come up with as well or stuff I'll think of a few chapters in advance and begin to add and work out over the course of the story.
Probably a much longer answer than you expected ahahah.
TLDR; Yes, I plan out most of my stories especially long ones.

tekina fiction:
Thank you! Hell yeah, no one's taking Pachacamac's garbage.

SonicDash:
Thank you!

SilverNova:
Gonna promise right now that it will not be another four months. I'm gonna do my best to make sure that Sonic and Tails will have met up again by the end of the summer.
Hope the action was able to suffice here and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Alright, you all know what's next. Next time, we've got a reunion to do so until next time…
R&R.