Chapter 3: Danger in the Waters
While Sonic was dodging more of Metal Sonic's laser shots, the dino kids had to deal with Eggman and his new Egg Hydrosaur. The metal plesiosaur bared its teeth and roared at the kids. The kids screamed in fear. The evil genius laughed evilly.
"Destroy them!" Eggman commanded his robotic plesiosaur.
The kids then paddled away from the Hydrosaur as fast as they could, but the Hydrosaur quickly followed. The Hydrosaur lifted one of its front fins and slapped down on the water, causing a big wave to hit the log boat. The kids struggled to keep paddling and to balance the log. The Hydrosaur got close again. The kids looked at the metal plesiosaur with fear. Its eyes started to glow bright red. It was ready to fire lasers.
Meanwhile, Sonic did a homing attack on Metal Sonic but the blue robot evaded it. Metal Sonic then fired more lasers. Sonic dodged the lasers. Sonic then looked ahead to find the kids while dashing. He went wide-eyed when he saw that the kids were being chased by the Hydrosaur. Sonic then glared at the Hydrosaur then turned his head back at his evil copy with a glare. He knew that he had to lose Metal Sonic somehow. Sonic then looked at one of the island's cliffs. He thought of an idea. He jumped and zoomed toward his evil copy. Metal Sonic was ready to fire his chest blaster. But before the blue robot could use his blaster, Sonic suddenly began running around Metal Sonic. Within seconds, Sonic created a water tornado around Metal Sonic. The blue robot then fired more palm lasers at Sonic. Metal Sonic kept firing at random places within the tornado. Sonic then zoomed out of the tornado and ran towards the island. He ran up a cliff and landed. Sonic then charged up his spin dash and gathered energy. Metal Sonic then stopped firing lasers. He used his thermal vision to search for Sonic. He saw that Sonic was not in the tornado. The water cyclone started slowing down and began to vanish. Metal Sonic then searched left and right for the Blue Runner. His vision stopped when he spotted Sonic on a cliff. The blue robot flew towards Sonic.
Meanwhile, the kids kept paddling away from the Hydrosaur as it fired lasers. The kids panted as they kept paddling. They screamed as a laser hit the back end of the log. Parts of the log fell apart. The kids didn't look back though. The Hydrosaur fired more lasers close to the log. But then suddenly, another laser hit the log again. The log began to split apart. The kids gasped as they saw that the log was cut in half by the laser shot. Littlefoot and Spike were on one part and Cera, Ducky, and Petrie were on the other. The kids trembled in fear as the Hydrosaur roared at them. Eggman grinned darkly. He believed that the kids were done for this time.
Back with Sonic…
Metal Sonic charged at Sonic. The blue robot surged with electrical energy. Sonic stopped his spin dash and got into a racing stance. He burst forward with a powerful homing attack towards Metal Sonic. The blue robot then charged his own homing attack and charged at Sonic. They both hit each other with great force. They were in a standstill, but then Sonic charged up more energy. He overpowered Metal Sonic and knocked the blue robot into the water. Sonic then zoomed in the water towards the kids.
Littlefoot paddled on one separate part of the split log and Cera paddled on the other part. The Hydrosaur roared again and dove underwater. The kids were surprised to see that the Hydrosaur went underwater. The kids still shook in fear. They wondered where the plesiosaur went. But then suddenly, the Hydrosaur burst out of the water, and grabbed Cera's part with its jaws. It lifted Cera, Ducky, and Petrie into the air. The 3 kids tried to hold to the small log. The Hydrosaur growled and started shaking the log back and forth. The 3 kids tried to hold on tightly but Cera and Ducky were thrown off. The 2 kids fell into the sea. Petrie quickly flew off the log and towards Littlefoot. Cera and Ducky quickly swam towards what was left of their log boat by Littlefoot. The Hydrosaur then chomped down and destroyed the other half of the log. Bits of the log came out of the metal plesiosaur's mouth. Cera and Ducky climbed on back on the log. Littlefoot then saw land.
"Come on!" yelled Littlefoot. The kids paddled the small log again. The Hydrosaur got close again. The kids could not go faster. They all looked at the Hydrosaur and screamed in fear. The Hydrosaur opened its jaws and lowered its head towards them. But then suddenly, the log burst forward at great speed and the Hydrosaur missed.
"Whoaaaaa!" yelled the kids.
The kids held on tight as the log dashed towards land. The kids wondered why the log was moving even though they were not paddling. The kids looked around and then looked behind themselves. The kids smiled. Sonic was the one pushing the log from the back and he came just in time. The Hydrosaur lifted its head back up and saw Sonic. Eggman also saw Sonic. The evil genius gritted his teeth in anger.
"Not that annoying hedgehog again! Get them Egg Hydrosaur!" yelled Eggman.
The Hydrosaur roared and swam after Sonic and the kids. Sonic then pushed the log towards the land and hit the shore. The kids got off the log. Sonic smiled at the kids and the kids smiled back.
"You guys okay?" asked Sonic. The kids nodded in happiness.
"I knew you'd come back Sonic!" exclaimed Littlefoot.
"We're very happy to see you again Sonic. Yep, yep, yep!" said Ducky. Sonic chuckled.
"Me think so too!" said Petrie. But then suddenly, they all heard the roar of the metal plesiosaur. Sonic turned around and glared at the Hydrosaur. He then looked back at his dino friends.
"Stay here! I'll be back!" Sonic said with serious expression. The kids nodded in agreement.
Sonic then zoomed towards the metal plesiosaur. The Hydrosaur fired eye lasers at Sonic but Sonic dodged them.
Meanwhile, Metal Sonic burst out of the water and regained himself. He looked around and found Sonic fighting the Hydrosaur. The blue robot then flew with great speed towards Sonic.
Sonic then used his homing attack on the Hydrosaur. He hit its body a few times but the Hydrosaur felt no pain. Sonic then used his homing attack on its head. The Hydrosaur roared in pain. Sonic grinned and then did his tornado skill on the Hydrosaur. The dino kids watched in astonishment. They couldn't believe that Sonic could run on water like that. The Hydrosaur started firing lasers shots at random places while Sonic created the water tornado. A few stray shots hit near the shore by the kids. The kids ducked down. They heard a small explosion. They looked toward the sound. One random laser destroyed the last of the log. It was now in small pieces.
Sonic then stopped his tornado and got on the Hydrosaur's back. Sonic was about to charge up his spin dash again, but then he stopped when he saw Metal Sonic flying straight towards him. Sonic got ready for his evil copy. Metal Sonic had his claws out. Sonic then blocked Metal Sonic's claws. Sonic grabbed one Metal Sonic's fists and Metal Sonic's grabbed one of Sonic's fists. They were both in a standstill again. Once the tornado vanished, the Hydrosaur looked around for Sonic. It looked behind itself and spotted Sonic. It roared at Sonic. Both Sonic and Metal Sonic looked at the Hydrosaur. "Uh oh!" thought Sonic. Sonic then did a back flip kick at his evil copy. Metal Sonic was sent flying a few feet but the robot regained its balance. The Hydrosaur charged up its laser eyes. It was going to fire a powerful shot. Sonic then looked at the metal plesiosaur and then at Metal Sonic. The blue robot got its jet boosters ready. Sonic grinned when he thought of an idea. Eggman watched from above and grinned evilly.
"Yes! Destroy him once and for all!" shouted Eggman.
Metal Sonic charged at Sonic. Sonic waited for the right moment. The Hydrosaur's eyes glowed a very bright red while charging up energy. When Metal Sonic was just inches away, Sonic then zoomed out of range. Metal Sonic skidded to a halt. But then suddenly, Metal Sonic was hit by the Hydrosaur's powerful laser shot. Sonic then grinned. Metal Sonic twitched a little and surged with electricity. It powered down and fell down. Eggman had a shocked expression. Sonic then charged up his spin dash and hit the Hydrosaur's head a few times again. The Hydrosaur roared again in pain. It got dizzy from the attack. The Hydrosaur then fell over into the water. Eggman gritted his teeth in anger and pounded his vehicle with his fists.
"No! My Hydrosaur!" yelled Eggman. Sonic then grinned at Eggman.
"Try harder next time Eggman. See ya!" said Sonic. The Blue Runner then dashed towards his friends.
"I'll get you for this!" yelled Eggman. The evil genius then flew back to his ship. He got one of his powerful robot suits and brought the Hydrosaur back to his ship. He put the Hydrosaur back in its tank. The evil genius then repaired Metal Sonic. Its red eyes powered on. Eggman then grinned wickedly.
"My Hydrosaur may have failed but this next plan of mine won't" said Eggman. The evil genius walked into a room and turned on the lights. He grinned evilly as he looked at his new robots he had made earlier. He made 2 different small robots while he created his other robo dinosaurs. One was a green and light green colored Swimmer and the other was a brown and dark brown colored Flyer. He had made a Metal Ducky and a Metal Petrie. Eggman then thought of his next evil plan.
"Sonic and those kids won't know what hit them. Ha ha ha!" said Eggman.
Meanwhile…
Sonic arrived back on the shore with his dino friends. The kids gave Sonic a group hug. Sonic chuckled a little. The kids were very glad to see Sonic again. They were very impressed by Sonic's skills on the water.
"I've never seen anyone run on water before" said Littlefoot.
"Yeah. That was some fight you did with that big sharptooth" said Cera.
"That was amazing. Yep, yep, yep!" said Ducky. Spike nodded in agreement.
"Thanks" said Sonic.
"And thanks for protecting us from Eggman" said Littlefoot.
Sonic nodded. "You're welcome."
"We safe now" said Petrie.
The kids then looked around. They wanted to find their parents, but then they groaned in sadness. Sonic asked what was wrong. Littlefoot then said that they were back on the island again and not with their parents.
Sonic then smiled. "Hey, cheer up. We still have the… log." Sonic's smile then faded when he saw that the log they used was destroyed. Everyone sighed in sadness. They remembered that the Hydrosaur destroyed it. Sonic then thought that he could run back over to tell the parents that the kids are okay but then he decided to stay with the kids to protect them. He believed that Eggman will return.
Hours later…
It was now night time and the moon was out. The parents slept by the shore. The parents got very worried about their children. They hoped that the kids were okay. They still didn't know that the kids and Sonic were on an island not too far from them. Grandpa Longneck was worried that he might not see Littlefoot or the others again. Grandma Longneck tried to comfort her Longneck husband by telling him that they will see their grandson again. She believed that Sonic must have found the kids by now and that Sonic's protecting them. But Grandma Longneck was very sad too. A tear went down her cheek.
The kids gathered near a huge rock for some sleep. Sonic stood by the shore with his arms crossed. He looked far out into the distance. However, the kids had trouble sleeping. Some shadows spooked them. One shadow looked like a mean lizard but it turned out to be some leaves on a branch blowing in the wind. The kids gasped at another shadow, but it turned out to be a weird looking rock. Sonic heard their gasps and walked over to them. Sonic looked at some of the leaves and rocks.
"It's okay guys. It's just the wind" said Sonic. The kids sighed. They still had trouble sleeping. Ducky tossed and turned. She couldn't get some rest. She sighed sadly.
"It is no use. I cannot get to sleep without my mommy" Ducky said with a sad expression.
"You miss her huh?" said Littlefoot. Ducky nodded. She sniffled and a few tears went down her face. All the kids looked very sad. They had to sleep without their parents. Sonic looked sad too. But he also had a look of sympathy for his friends. The kids remembered the time they were safe with their parents and that their parents were always there for them. Ducky then said that she remembers that her mother taught her to be brave when ever night falls. Cera then said that she remembers when her father comforted her when storms came around. Littlefoot then remembered his mother. He remembered that she told him that she will always be with him. Sonic sighed but then he smiled at his friends.
"Hey, don't worry. I may not be as big as your parents but I am a grownup" said Sonic. The kids started to cheer up and smiled back.
"I know that I don't stay around for too long. But I'll always be there for you guys. No matter what" Sonic said with a comforting smile.
The kids were touched by Sonic's words. They knew that they could always count on Sonic. The kids then gave Sonic another group hug.
"Come on, let's get you guys some sleep" said Sonic. Sonic walked over to a large rock and sat down. The kids walked over to Sonic. Littlefoot and Petrie sat down by Sonic's right side. Cera, Ducky, and Spike sat down by Sonic's left side. Spike licked Sonic. Sonic chuckled and patted Spike's head. Petrie slept on Spike's back. Sonic then patted Littlefoot's back. Ducky laid by Sonic's leg. Sonic stroked Ducky's back with his finger. Ducky yawned and went to sleep. The others except Littlefoot went to sleep too. Littlefoot smiled at Sonic. Littlefoot still remembered when Sonic protected him and helped him find the Great Valley when he lost his mother. Littlefoot considered Sonic like a big brother to him.
"Good Night Sonic" said Littlefoot. He put his head down and went to sleep.
Sonic stroked Littlefoot's head and smiled. "Good Night Littlefoot" said Sonic.
Sonic looked up into the night sky. He admired the bright stars. Then Sonic got ready to sleep too.
End of Chapter 3