It's time for part 2.
5 heroes are defending the city, and more will enter. If that's the case, then why is the chapter called Tobias Becomes a Hero? Well, that's waiting in the chapter. Read on to find out.
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Chapter 3: Tobias Becomes a Hero, part 2.
Tobias, Zeus, Thomas, James, and Mintra had joined the battle against Eggman Nega. Nega's robot was proving to be tough due to its auto-upgrading armor.
"How do we beat this thing?" Zeus asked.
"I have an idea. If we keep damaging the armor, it won't upgrade quickly enough to be of any use to him." Tobias said after scanning it.
"Ah, I see that the tiger is using the very scanner I created." Nega said.
"What!?" Tobias asked, surprised.
"Don't tell me you didn't know. That scanner is one great piece of art. I developed it for a lot of things."
"Then that base I stole it from was…"
"Exactly. The base you stole it from was my base. I designed that watch-communicator to be of great use to me. And I think I'll take it back by killing you."
Nega then fired a large laser from the robot's body. James put up a Break Shield to block the attack. Nega then swiped at James, breaking the shield and knocking him out. He then turned his attention to the 4 heroes that were remaining.
"So, only four heroes left? Soon there will be no heroes left."
Nega then unleashed a Flash Spark. This one was bigger and had more power to it, and the four heroes were in the attack's path. They all braced for the impact when…
"AERO BUSTER!"
A green hawk then came flying towards the giant robot and unleashed a wind-powered gust of energy that left a large scratch on the robot, which fell back some. The green hawk then landed where the other heroes were.
"I was beginning to wonder when you'd appear, Accel." Tobias said.
"Sorry. News travels slowly, so I didn't get the message about the attack until a few minutes ago." Accel replied.
"Grrr. Another hero? I'll kill you all!" Nega boasted.
He then unleashed about 30 missiles directly at Accel.
"Gah ha ha ha! Say farewell, birdbrain!"
But Accel didn't move one bit. Instead, he just stood there.
"Accel, what the hell are you doing?" Zeus yelled, but Accel just ignored him.
The missiles were flying toward Accel, but he didn't move. At the last second, he pulled out his paper fans.
"BABYLON BASH!"
Accel then started spinning his paper fans and knocked each missile back toward the robot, one by one. Each missile returned and hit the robot, leaving several dents in the armor. Plus, the missile hits happened to slightly damage the armor auto-upgrade function.
"No! The auto-upgrade function is damaged!" Nega said, a little louder than he would have wanted.
"Did you guys hear that? The more we damage it, the slower the auto-upgrade function upgrades the armor. It's time to kick this up a notch." Tobias said to the heroes. But Nega wasn't going to allow that.
"I don't think so. DARK HOLE!"
Nega's robot then created a field of cosmic energy. It suspended the heroes in midair and left them helpless. Nega then locked on to the heroes, preparing to fire a missile barrage.
"Now, it's time for you all to die. Fire missiles now!"
The robot's missile compartment opened and fired 5 large missiles. If they were to hit, the force would kill the heroes, and Nega would be free to take over. But somebody who was on his way to the battle site didn't support that idea.
"I have to hurry. Tobias and the others need me." The figure said.
He then reached the battle site, and saw that the heroes were about to be killed.
"Not while I'm around!"
The figure then jumped up and started ascending the nearby building. The missiles were almost at the heroes.
"This can't be over." Zeus said.
"I'm sorry…my friends." Tobias apologized.
The missiles were about to explode when…
"TORNADO ATTACK!"
A tornado formed around the figure, now revealed to be a gray echidna. He then leaped into the missiles and let the tornado loose. Not only did this destroy the missiles, but the resulting shockwave from the explosion shut down the dark hole, freeing the other heroes. The one who unleashed the tornado was none other than Hurricane the Echidna.
"Hurricane!" Zeus said, surprised.
"Who's the freak that's attacking the city?" Hurricane asked.
"That guy right there. He calls himself Eggman Nega, and he wants to either destroy or take over the city." Tobias explained.
"Well, I say we don't let that happen. Let me take him for now!" Hurricane said.
Hurricane went after the giant robot, unleashing forceful tornados on each part of it. He wouldn't stop, despite the fact that the robot wasn't taking a lot of damage. He then crouched down, holding his hands close to his body. He then held them out in front of him, unleashing a huge wind blast.
"GALE BURST!"
The giant wind blast then hit the robot, nearly tearing it apart due to the large amount of force in the attack. The robot managed to hold together, but it had been significantly damaged. The robot was now paralyzed. Mintra saw an opportunity to attack with his best move.
"CHAO CANNON!"
Mintra charged his hands with energy, then clapped them together, unleashing a huge blast of green energy. The attack hit with full force, and the resulting dent in the armor showed it.
"That power…where do you get it?" Nega demanded.
"What you just saw was the power of the Chaos Unity, a special form of energy tech that I have mastered." Mintra responded.
"That's it. I'm through playing games!" Nega yelled. He then unleashed one of his best moves.
"NEGA DISCHARGE!"
The robot then formed a large ball of cosmic energy, then launched it at the heroes. But Hurricane saw it coming. He jumped up high in the air and punched the ball back at the robot.
"Impossible. How can he return an energy attack with a physical attack?" Nega wondered.
"Because that's how strong I am. I've learned the reaction between physical and energy attacks. For you see, that was a physical attack charged with energy. That's why the physical attack returned the energy beam." Hurricane explained.
Nega couldn't believe it. He was a new enemy to them, and they were fighting him as if they had been eternal enemies. He wasn't too happy.
"If I can't beat them here, maybe somewhere else would be a good battleground." Nega said to himself. Then he turned to the heroes. "Catch me if you can!"
Nega then activated the robot's flight ability, allowing it to go through the air. He then headed away from Emerald Coast. The heroes followed. They were jumping across the buildings, because they were that good at it. Tobias had brought along James, who was still knocked out. As luck would have it (for Eggman Nega, that is), they landed right in Station Square City Park. There were a lot of civilians around, and they started running.
"Ah, the sounds of civilians screaming. Such music to my ears." Nega said calmly. Tobias overheard that, and he wasn't too happy.
"Man, you really are a tyrant." Tobias told him.
"Why, thank you for the compliment." Nega replied.
Nega then fired a Flash Spark, which hit Tobias dead center. The intensity of the blast was extremely high, and Tobias couldn't hold back the pain. As much as he tried, he couldn't overcome it. He was about to give up hope when…
"ROCK BLAST!"
A giant rock came out of nowhere and hit the giant robot, throwing off its concentration, and setting Tobias free. The one who threw the rock was Jason the Boar, one of Tobias's best friends. Mech had appeared along with him.
"Thanks for the save, Jason." Tobias said.
"Glad to help. So, fill us in." Jason replied.
"That freak is called Eggman Nega. He's trying to kill us so he can take over or destroy the city." Tobias explained. "We're having a hard time because of that robot's auto-upgrade function."
"Then let me take care of that. Buy me some time."
Jason then started charging up an immense earth bomb. Tobias knew of this attack, and knew that if it were interrupted, the backlash would kill Jason. If it missed, at least half of the city would be annihilated.
"Make sure Jason has time to charge his attack. And be sure that the attack can hit." Tobias told the others.
The heroes went on the offensive. Accel and Mech started it off.
"MECHA BOMB!"
"WIND THRASHER!"
But both attacks were blocked. Nega then knocked both of them out.
"No way!" Thomas said.
Thomas charged up a large water blast.
"HYDRO CANNON!"
The water blast came out in the form of a beam, and it hit the robot hard. The blast left a small dent in the armor.
"No! That's where the auto-upgrade part is!" Nega said to himself. Unfortunately for him, Mintra overheard that.
"Thomas, you hit the auto-upgrade function!" Mintra said, loudly so the others could here. Nega had messed up big time.
"They figured it out. No matter. It's time to wipe out these heroes."
Nega then charged up a large attack. The heroes tried to interrupt, but Nega stood firm. He wouldn't budge. It was then that Hurricane saw what he was doing. Nega was charging up a blast that would cause Jason's earth bomb to self-destruct, taking the heroes and over half of the city with it.
"No! He can't do that! There's just no way!"
Hurricane called the other heroes to him.
"Guys, we can't let Nega get that attack off. If that attack hits Jason, the earth bomb will blow up, killing us and destroying half of the city. What do we do?"
Zeus had an idea.
"Mintra, get to one side and use your Chao Cannon. Hurricane, get to another side and use your Gale Burst. I'll complete the triangle and use Sonic Storm." Zeus told them.
"I see. We use our Team Blast." Mintra said.
"Let's go!" Hurricane told them.
Mintra, Hurricane, and Zeus got on 3 different sides of Eggman Nega.
"PLANETARY DISASTER!" All three of them said at the same time.
Mintra used his Chao Cannon, Hurricane used Gale Burst, and Zeus used Sonic Storm. The three attacks hit harder than any other attack the heroes had used. Nega's robot couldn't stand up to the attack and had to stop charging its attack. Unfortunately for Nega, Jason's earth bomb was fully charged.
"Now, it's time to do some real damage. EARTH BOMB!"
Jason then launched the object he was charging up. Nega, who was still trying to recover from the Planetary Disaster team blast, was a sitting duck, or robot, in this case. Nega realized it too late.
"What!? NO!"
The earth bomb hit with full force. There was a bright light, followed by a huge explosion. The robot was completely engulfed in the blast. And since the bomb hit, the heroes, the city, the environment, and any civilian were not affected. When the blast cleared, the robot was still standing there, but it was extremely battered.
"Ha ha ha ha! You poor fool. That attack may have been strong, but I knew it wasn't enough to destroy this robot." Nega revealed.
"That's the thing. I wasn't trying to destroy your robot."
Nega wondered what that meant. He then checked his armor levels. They had stopped increasing. He couldn't believe it. Jason was actually trying to destroy the auto-upgrade function, and he had succeeded.
"I…Im…Impossible. There's no way! That can't happen! Fine then. If I can't win, then nobody can!"
Nega then charged up a large beam. Tobias analyzed it and couldn't believe what he was doing.
"Guys, we have to stop him. If he fires that beam, he'll kill everyone, and the whole city will be destroyed." Tobias told them.
"What do we do?" Thomas asked.
"I got it. This watch can absorb friendly attacks and charge its energy. Fire your ultimate attacks at me." Tobias told them.
The other heroes jumped back to give some room for the attacks.
"SONIC STORM!"
"CHAO CANNON!"
"GALE BURST!"
"HYDRO BLASTER!"
"SCATTER DRILL!"
The 5 attacks headed towards Tobias, who opened up the laser compartment. The attacks flowed in and the power started building.
"This isn't enough. I need more power." Tobias said.
Just then, Accel, Mech, and James got back up. They saw what was going on.
"What's happening?" James asked. Hurricane answered.
"Fire your ultimate attacks at Tobias. He'll absorb the power and turn it into his own attack." Hurricane told them.
"RAZOR LEAF ASSAULT!"
"BLAST BOMB!"
"CRUSHER BEAM!"
The attacks also went into the watch. Tobias's attack was at full power.
"It's time. OUT OF THE WAY!" Tobias yelled.
He charged up the laser. It was a black color, and it was flowing with power. Tobias took aim at Nega's robot.
"CRASH LASER!"
The laser shot out of the watch. The immense recoil shot Tobias backwards, but he refused to back off of the attack. Nega saw the laser coming, but he couldn't stop the laser or dodge it in time.
"No! Impossible! This can't be!"
The Crash Laser hit with full force. The power was overwhelming. Nega had no chance. The force of the laser sent the robot flying. The robot started to fall apart, losing its arms and legs, then the torso and cockpit exploded. The force of the explosion shot Nega far away from Station Square.
"NOOOOOOOO!! I'LL BE BACK!!" Nega yelled as he was shot away. He finally disappeared from view.
Tobias looked on as Nega disappeared. He was glad that it was over, but he knew that Nega would be back. Until then, he could rest.
A lot of people had seen the battle. Tobias wasn't aware of it until a few people started clapping. More joined in, and soon nearly half of the city was clapping and cheering. Tobias couldn't believe it. He had saved the city. He had become a hero. The others also became heroes since they helped, but ultimately it was Tobias who finished it off. He turned around to see Alicia walk up to him, with little Armand beside her.
"Tobias, you were great!" Alicia said as she hugged Tobias.
"I just wanted to save the city I live in, as well as everyone that lives here." Tobias told her.
He then looked at Armand, who just looked up at his father. Tobias looked at Alicia, and she picked up Armand as they headed home.
End of Chapter 3.
This is how Tobias became a hero. His legacy will extend far beyond this. In fact, there's a surprise villain coming into the next chapter, so you'll have to wait.
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