AN: For those of you who are regular readers of this story, I'm sorry for the late updates. It's just that school has me tied up all of the time which doesn't give enough time to think up more chapters. I'm hoping to get a lot of chapters in during Christmas break, so prey with me that I don't have some ridiculously long project to do over the vacation. On another note, my birthday passed on Friday, December 12th. A'ight, on with the chapter.
Chapter 4: Casino Park: Part B
Sonic and Amy's teams run towards the robots and simultaneously unleash homing attacks on both of the Eggman shaped robots, thus destroying them.
Knuckles: That was too easy.
Sonic: Way too easy, something tells me this is gonna get a lot harder.
With that, both teams run past the remains of the robots to an elevated platform. Both teams jump on top of it and notice a cannon to the left. The team leaders jump into the cannon, followed by the rest of the teams.
Tails: It's kinda cramped in here.
Knuckles: Yeah, especially with Big's humongous…
Before Knuckles could finish his statement the cannon shot out all six team members onto a giant pinball table. Sonic was first followed by Amy, (naturally) then Tails, Cream (with cheese, of course), then Knuckles and Big. All six were bounced around the table until Sonic managed to roll himself up to the top an over a ledge which lead to a floor with more Eggman's robots. After Sonic got off the table the other five followed. There were two pink robot followed by 10 rings and a green robot armed with a laser gun. Sonic and Amy easily destroyed the pink robots. Then they got the rings and destroyed the green robot. Then they saw four green balls with stars on them. Sonic and Amy used homing attack on the green balls which bounced them way above them so they could do it again on the next ball. Once they bounced off the last ball the teams landed on another elevated platform. Then Sonic touched a switch that made more rings appear, only this time they were in a line that stretched from that platform to another. Sonic told everyone to hold each others hand. Amy blushed as she held Sonic's hand, Cream blushed as she held Tails' hand and Big was in pain as he held Knuckles' hand. This made Big yell out in pain which made Knuckles say, "Oh, shut it you big wuss." Soon they jetted up the trail of rings to the next platform. When they got there they saw a turtle looking robot with a supersonic beam gun on its shell. Realizing speed nor flying attacks would work, both leaders switched to their power members.
Knuckles: Back off, tubby. I can handle this.
Knuckles rushed toward the robot with his fists ready to punch, but before his attack reached the robot shot out a supersonic beam which knocked him down. While the robot was distracted by Knuckles, Big managed to jump over the beam and did a belly flop attack on the robot which destroyed him completely. Then a red bubble started floating down where the turtle was. Big grabbed it and leveled up. (AN: Just so you know, I will be keeping track of their levels during each stage.) After Big leveled up, Tails noticed a pull switch to the right of the closed entrance. He flew over to it himself, since the current leader was incapacitated, and pulled it to open the door. Behind the door were six coins, a key in a cage and a red sign on the ceiling that said "power". Both teams, still being led by their power members, collected the coins and the key. Then they came to a dead end made of glass which was elevated over another pinball table.
Sonic: What now?
Tails: Hmmm! I think either Knuckles or Big has to attack the floor so we can get to the giant pinball table.
Knuckles: All right then. Time for a Fire Dunk!
Sonic and Tails nodded to each other and started rolling blue and yellow balls. They attached themselves to Knuckles fists and right after Knuckles threw them both at the glass floor, which gave way like nothing. This crash sent all six down to the top of the pinball table. They all rolled into balls and rolled all the way to the bottom of table which had a tube that sent them to another pinball table. They all rolled around until Tails managed to roll to the top and roll to a platform with a floating star on the inside of a red circle. Momentum pushed him through the star which caused him to level up. He then came to a screeching halt.
Tails: Wow! My head is spinning!
Soon enough, the other five arrived on the platform. They noticed six boxes with stars on them stacked up next a bunch a springs.
Tails: I think we should knock down those boxes before going up those springs.
Knuckles: No problem.
With that Knuckles punched with the boxes with no prejudice. Turns out the boxes were hiding an Invincibility Box. Knux punched the Box and everybody became invincible. They knew it was for a limited time (except maybe Big), so they hurried up the springs. The springs led them to a platform with three more robots. They defeated the first two with ease, but the last one was a turtle robot.
Sonic: Knuckles? Want another go?
Knuckles: No way! I ain't lettin' that thing blast me again.
Tails: But Knuckles, we're still invincible.
Knuckles: Oh yeah! I almost forgot. All right, I'm gonna punch that ugly thing to Kingdom Come.
Knuckles then ran towards the turtle robot with the invincibility bubble around him. The turtle released a supersonic shot from its laser gun hoping to stop him.
Knuckles: Not gonna work this time shell head.
Unfortunately, while he was saying that his bubble popped, literally. His invincibility bubble disappeared and he was hit with the supersonic shot. He was sent flying back over everybody's' heads and into the hole they sprang out of. "I HATE TURTLES," Knuckles yelled as he fell down the hole.
Sonic: What a knucklehead.
Sonic then used his patented Blue Tornado Attack on the turtle to send it flying into the air. It landed a couple of seconds later upside down with it's under belly exposed. Then Sonic did a Homing Attack on the defenseless turtle to destroy it. Another bubble came from where the turtle was only this time it was blue. Sonic grabbed it and leveled up. A second later Knuckles shot up from the hole.
Tails: Oh Knuckles, right on time. We need you to help us with this shield so we can get to the next pinball table.
Knuckles: Oh, yeah? And what if I don't?
Amy (Piko-piko hammer in hand): Let's just say you won't have to worry about any more turtles.
Knuckles: (nervously) OK, w-where's the shield.
Cream(towards the shield): Right up there Mr. Knuckles.
Knuckles led everybody to the shield. He was puzzled as to what to do.
Knuckles: Uh… What the heck do I do to it?
Everybody: Punch it!
Knuckles punches it nonchalantly.
Knuckles: Now (Gets hit from behind with the shield) WHHHHAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaatttttt?
This hit sent all of the team members to a slide that sent them to a roulette wheel. They all rolled around the wheel until they rolled into a small opening in the wheel. This whole led them to two slides that went to the same table. Some went one way, some went the other way and some fell off altogether (namely Knuckles). All five who made the jump rolled around on the table until Amy managed to get to the top where there was a platform that turned to the left. After the turn the platform ended. Amy and soon enough everyone else (including Knuckles) were looking at the next obstacle. Two dice that were revolving around a green ball and another die after them that was stretching up and down. Both teams change to their flying leaders. Both Cream and Tails flew to the closest die. Then Tails managed to fly to the stretchy die as it was stretching up, but Cream didn't. Her team fell to the pinball table below, while Team Sonic jumped into the slot machine to win some more coins. While Team Sonic was in the machine, Team Rose was rolling around until they were hit up and off of the table and fell onto another platform with three springs that bounced them onto a platform with three turtle robots.
Big: Oh, boy!
Cream: How are we going to beat them Amy?
Amy: I have an idea!
She thought back to when Sonic beat the other turtle robot single handedly. So she jumped high in the air and swung her hammer with such force that it flipped over all three turtles at once. Then, she gave them all her version of a Homing Attack. She destroyed all of them within 15 seconds. Then three bubbles came from where the turtles were. One was red, one was yellow and one was blue. They all grabbed their respective colors and leveled up. Right after they leveled up, Team Sonic sprang up over the edge of the platform.
Amy: Hey, what happened to you guys?
Sonic: We won 100 coins! What happened here?
Cream: Amy beat three turtles by herself!
Team Sonic: What?!?! /:-0
Amy: Yep, all by myself. Impressed Sonic?
Sonic: You kiddin'?! That's the coolest thing I've ever heard, Amy!
Amy (Blushing): Really!?
Sonic: Yeah.
They started getting closer to each other until…
Knuckles: Uh… lovehogs? Eggman!
Sonic & Amy: Oh… yeah! Right!
Just then, both teams noticed that there were two pull switches that were about three anthropomorphic animals high. Noticing this, the teams changed to their flying leaders. Both Cream and Tails pulled the switches at the same time. This opened a door that revealed a nasty-looking jellyfish robot. Tails used Thunder Shot on the robot to daze it. Then Knuckles gave it a powerful punch to destroy it. He managed to grab the red level-up bubble that popped out of it. Then they saw another glass dead end. Knuckles grabbed Tails and Sonic again and threw them at the glass floor so all of the team members would fall to the floor below. On that floor were two Eggman-like robots with shields, a gold turtle and another jellyfish.
Knuckles: Oh no! A gold turtle?
Knuckles threw Sonic and Tails at the two Eggman robots and destroyed them. While this was happening Cream used Thunder Shot on the jellyfish destroying it instantly. The gold turtle was flipped by Sonic and destroyed by Amy's Homing Attack. Amy and Sonic started looking in each others eyes again before they were snapped out of it by the others when they pointed at the blue bubbles and elevated platform above them. Seeing this they switched to their flying leaders, again. They flew up to through the bubbles and onto the platform and passed through another red circle with a star in the middle. This time Cream touched it and leveled up. (If you're counting levels here they are, Sonic: 2, Amy: 2, Tails: 1, Cream: 2, Knuckles: 1, Big: 2) There was another shield for Knuckles to punch. This shield sent them to three acceleration treadmills that sped them up the steep floor to three springs that pushed them to another platform with a cannon at the end. They all jump in and are shot out onto another pinball table. They all rolled around until they all rolled down to the bottom which dropped them on another platform with two more robots. Both switched to their power leaders. Knuckles Fire Dunked one while Big used Fire Knock on the other. At the end of this platform were three stretchy dice. These dice led to another platform. Both teams switched to their flying leaders. (They sure do fly a lot, huh?) They flew onto the dice to reach the other platform. Then the platform turned to the left. At the end were three springs that sprung them up to a high platform with another turtle robot. Sonic then used a Homing Attack on the turtle destroying it easily. A yellow level-up bubble popped out which Tails caught. Behind where the robot was, was a spring. All of them jumped on it which sent them up onto another pinball table. They rolled around until Knuckles was hit by the paddle and sent up and off the table falling onto another platform that had a star with a red circle. His momentum caused him to run right through it and into the wall behind it.
Knuckles: Ouch. I don't remember leveling-up to be so painful.
Soon enough everyone made their way out of the pinball table. They saw a bunch of green balls with stars on them. Seeing this, Sonic told every one to hold hands again (Much to Big's dismay). He used Homing Attack on the balls and sprang up to a high platform. When they landed they saw a couple of Eggman-like robots and two paths with accelerators at the ends of them. Team Sonic beat one while Team Rose beat the other. The teams then ran to the accelerators which sent them to a floor with six springs. These springs sent them to a platform with two jellyfish and a gold turtle.
Sonic: Ha! This looks like some sort of freaky robot aquarium.
Cream and Tails took care of the jellyfish by Thunder Shooting Amy and Sonic. This left the turtle to Big and Knuckles. Knuckles had an idea.
Knuckles: Yo, Tubby.
Big: Me?
Knuckles: Yeah. Hit me towards that turtle with your fishing rod.
Big did just that. Knuckles was launched at the robot with fists in front. "I'm gonna turn you into soup!" Then in a split-second, the turtle was destroyed and Knuckles leveled-up, again.
Knuckles: Yeah! Who's the echidna?!
Sonic: You are, Knux!
Knuckles: You got that right! Now let's keep going.
Tails: Wait, Knuckles!
Before Knuckles registered Tails's warning, he walked into the still closed door.
Knuckles: Ow. Hey! Where's the door?
Tails: I think there's a switch we have to pull around here, somewhere.
Knuckles: Well, where is it?
Everybody looked around until Amy saw it way above the door.
Amy (While pointing up): There it is!
Knuckles: How in the heck, are we supposed to get up there?
Tails & Cream: Fly!
With that Tails and Cream flew up to the switch and pulled it. Once they pulled it the door opened revealing another turtle. "I've got this one," said Sonic as he flipped and attacked the turtle destroying it. Behind the turtle's remains was another glass dead end. Knuckles used Fire Dunk to break the floor which sent them down to another pinball table. They all rolled down to the bottom and onto another pinball table. Then they rolled to the bottom of that table and onto a slide which spiraled around and dropped down on another platform with the goal star at the end. They touched it and finished the level.
Sonic: Yes, alright!
Tails: Yeah!
Knuckles: I'm never playing pinball, (gags) again.
Amy: Yay! We made it Cream!
Cream: We sure did, Amy!
Big: Froggy!
AN: Ok guys, you wanted long and you got it. This is definitely the longest chapter I've ever written. Over 2,500 words. Just so you know I had to play the game and look at videos on YouTube to get the level "blueprints", if you will. Ok, so give your reviews and I'll try to update again very soon.