Sonic the Robotic Crisis
Part Three
Sonic watched Tails slowly build the machine that would allow them to track down the Time Stone's shards. The machine was quiet big. Tails had been working on it for a few hours now. Sonic had been sleeping or listening to his radio most of the time. He was woken up by Tails just a few minues ago. Tails told him that he was almost done. When Sonic insisted that Tails should wake him up when he is done, he was ignored. Sonic was just about go back to sleep anyway, when Tails said, "Look Sonic! It's done!"
"Well, lets see if it works," Sonic said.
Tails clicked a button, and the machine flashed to life. Suddenly, a map of the world popped up; there were ten large red dots in the locations of the Time Stone pieces. While Sonic was looking at the screen, Tails walked over to his desk. He came back with a device that looked like a watch. He fastened the device on Sonic's wrist and said, "Here Sonic, this device will allow me to keep in contact with you while you're retrieving the Time shards. I'll be here, telling you where to go to find the shards."
"So I guess I should get going. We should get the shards fast, before Eggman comes back and tries to stop us," Sonic said.
"Exactly, but the adventure will be hard. Robotnik still has control over most of the world. There'll be quiet a few traps," Tails warned.
"I know that! I'm sure I'll be able to handle anything Eggman can throw at me," Sonic stated.
Meanwhile, on Angel Island, something terrible was about to happen. Knuckles was sitting in front of the Master Emerald, looking out in the distance, when something caught his eye. In the distance, it looked like a speck. As it got closer, it started to look like an air ship. Then it stopped and something burst from the distance and flew into it. Afterward, the ship resumed its course. It was heading straight for Knuckles. Once it got close enough for him to see its features, a small blue dot burst from it at high speeds. In a few seconds it had landed on Angel Island. Knuckles quickly asked, "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"
The robot quickly answered, "I am Robo Sonic, and I'm here to capture you."
Robo Sonic suddenly enveloped himself in a multi-colored aura and punched Knuckles in the stomach. Knuckles stumbled backward for a few feet before he regained his balance. That blow was much harder than he had thought it would be. Robo Sonic quickly followed his attack by driving his knee into Knuckles' stomach. Knuckles stumbled, then punched Robo Sonic in the chest. Robo Sonic, however, didn't budge a bit. Knuckles was stunned by the sight. He thought that punch would drill into the robot. Right when Knuckles was off-guard, Robo floated in the air and came crashing down. Knuckles saw this and jumped out of the way. The force of the attack caused Angel Island to start breaking into pieces. Knuckles was simply shocked by the strength of this new enemy. Such power; Knuckles couldn't compete. He had lost, but he knew he had to make sure the Master Emerald would be safe. So he ran and pushed the emerald into the ocean, where it would be safe, for now.
With that done, Knuckles lapsed into unconsciousness, his strength spent. Robo Sonic went foward and grabbed the almost lifeless body, and flew back to the ship he came from. There, Knuckles was roboticized. When he awoke, he was in a far away place. There were a couple hundred echidna robots around him, and on top of a hill was a fragment of a gem. When he looked at it, he realized his new purpose. Sonic would try to get that shard, and he would stop him.
Later, about twenty miles from Tails' house, Sonic was tracking down the first shard. Sonic was in the area of the world Robotnik renamed the Trapped Terrain. Sonic was bouncing from tree to tree while dodging the many spikes that covered his path. He ran to the top of one tree and jumped off. He landed on a large brach spindashed into a nearby robot. The robot was yellow, resembled a bee, flew, and it's stinger was a blaster. When the robot blew up, Sonic jumped in the air. He grabbed the closest branch; he began spinning around, using his momentum to launch himself into the air at high speed. He landed on top of a rock and looked around. Then he heard Tails' voice; it was coming from the watch. Sonic listened as Tails said, "Sonic, the Time shard is wedged in the side of the mountain ahead of you. Make sure you proceed with extreme caution. The energy of the shard may cause weird things to happen."
"Ok. But what kind of things could happen?" Sonic asked.
"Anything, the shard can pull anything from anytime or place! It could revive anything!" Tails exclaimed.
"For some reason I've had this nagging feeling that Robo Sonic isn't dead. I can't describe it, I just sense him," Sonic explained.
"He's gone, we both saw him hit the Crystal Generator. Don't you remember the explosion?" Tails asked.
"Yeah, well, I guess you're right. I shouldn't worry about him, I need to find the time shards," finished Sonic, a grin adorning his face as he revved up for another run.
Sonic dashed off toward the mountain. At the mountain's base was a large robot with giant blasters on its arms. Sonic dodged a quick burst of laser fire, and spindashed through it. Before the robot could even explode, Sonic had started to run up the side of the mountain. There were stationary turrets that fired at him at first, but once Sonic passed them, things started to get weird.
There were lakes and trees on a vertical surface. There were floating trees and rocks. Sonic realized that he had to be getting close to the time shard. So he kept running, he started to encounter houses that were resting on ponds or on trees. When Sonic was distracted by all of the weird things, a robot that resembled a monkey jumped off a tree and landed on Sonic. Sonic started falling, he slammed into a floating car. When he got up, he threw the robot and started to run up the cliff face again.
As he got closer to the Time Stone shard, the mountain started to change. The rock wall started to turn into diamonds, and parts of the ground would randomly explode. Beams of energy would appear out of nowhere, soar through the air for a few seconds and dissapear. Sonic had to dodge explosions and energy beams, while keeping his feet on the wall. Once Sonic got close enough to grab the shard, and electrical blast hit Sonic. Sonic flew through the air for a few yards, quickly realizing that he would fall to his doom if he didn't do something. As if answering his prayers, a chunk of rock appeared behind Sonic. He landed on the rock and jumped off of it. He soared through the air and landed by the shard. He quickly grabbed it and stuffed it into a bag Sonic had been wearing on his back. After the shard was safely packed, Sonic ran up to the mountaintop. He spindashed down the other side, and waited for Tails to tell him the location of the next Time Stone shard.
He only had to wait a few seconds before Tails said, "Sonic, the next shard is located in the land known as Calamity Chasm. That area is heavily under Robotnik's control. To get there, you'll have to cross the 'Grass Plains'. Fortunately for you, that land isn't under the control of Robotnik!"
"Alright! Some room for a nice jog!" Sonic smiled right before he dashed off.
Sonic was running from hill to hill with a big grin on his face. He left a giant trail of dust in his wake. He kept accelerating, causing his feet to blur. Then, they dissapeared. He looked like a floating upper body leaving behind a cloud of dust. Then his features started to stretch, He was moving faster than he normally could. At first he didn't understand how. Then he realized that he must've been sub-counciously drawing on the power of the time shard. He was using it to speed up his time, while everything else's stayed the same. In other words, this time shard was allowing him to run at mach-two. He started running so fast that he became translucent and he was leaving a trail of flames. Then he noticed that he was approaching Calamity Chasm. He had to stop -- and fast. One of the many cracks he'd have to jump was coming up. He lifted his feet in the air and pressed them to the ground. They became planted, the sudden stop of movement caused sonic to fall on his face. Lucky for him, he stopped a few feet from the cliff. When he stood up, the ground he was standing on crumbled and started to fall. He ran and jumped to the other side of the large crack. Then, weird things like buildings started to appear, and he wasn't near the second shard. It had to be the shard he had in his bag! It was unstable without the other pieces. Then he realized that time itself was spinning out of control and was going to collapse. The only way to stop it was to reform the Time Stone.
Sonic resumed running toward the next time shard. When he tried to use the power of the time shard, more strange things started to appear. When he stopped, the weird things slowed the rate at which they came. Sonic instantly drew the conclusion that since the shards were unstable, if you used them, time would become more unstable. So Sonic decided that he would not draw on the power of the shards.
As Sonic got further into the area known as Calamity Chasm, flying turrets started to appear. He dodged the volleys of laser fire and keep going. A few miles later, roboticized echidnas started poping out of the groung. One grabbed Sonic's foot, causing him to fall. Then a few more robotic echidnas grabbed Sonic. Right before they pulled Sonic underground, the blue hedgehog spindashed. The spinning caused all the robots to fly away, and also propelled Sonic foward. When Sonic got up, he saw the next shard. Right by it, was a roboticized version of Knuckles. Sonic tried to grab the shard before the robotic version of Knuckles could stop him, but he couldn't. The robot Knuckles punched Sonic, sending him flying. The metallic version of Angel Island's guardian said nothing; it didn't need to speak. Its only purpose was to stop Sonic at any cost. Sonic looked at the thing and said, "Even though you were once my friend, I have to stop you! If I don't, the fabric of time will unravel. Everything will be gone! So, prepare yourself!"
Sonic jumped in the air and spindashed toward his new foe, Mecha Knuckles. Before Sonic's spindash could connect, Mecha Knuckles dug underground. When Sonic landed, he looked down the hole. Then Mecha Knuckles popped up behind Sonic and punched him. Sonic was sent flying for a couple of feet. When he got up, he saw that Mecha Knuckles was holding a boulder. He threw it at high speed toward Sonic. Sonic narrowly dodged the attack by spindashing to the side. He didn't stop spindashing, instead, he curved to side andstarted going toward Mecha Knuckles. Mecha quickly jumped back in his hole to dodge the on coming attack.
Upon noticing this, Sonic jumped in the air in an attempt to stay away from Mecha Knuckles. Once Sonic reached the peak of his jump, he spindashed downward into the ground. The impact sent shockwaves throughout the tunnels that Mecha Knuckles was hiding in. Mecha quickly jumped out of a hole behind Sonic and pulled him underground. Sonic was dragged into a large chamber with many holes on its walls. Sonic spindashed to make Mecha let go. Once Mecha Knuckles let go, Sonic tried to climb back up through the tunnel he came in. Before he could make it, a robotic echidna popped out of a hole and tackled him. Sonic pushed him off and kept running. A few milliseconds before Sonic entered the tunnel, five more robotic echidnas jumped him. He was held down so hard that he couldn't spindash. Despite how dark it was, Sonic saw Mecha Knuckles walking up to him. Sonic tried to jerk his way free, but he failed. All he could do is move the positions of the robo echidnas holding him. Then he realized, that's all he needed. When Mecha Knuckles came to punch Sonic, Sonic jerked. Sonic's plan worked, one of the robotic echidnas moved into the path of Mecha Knuckles' punch. The echidnas' head crumbled and exploded. Now that there was one less robot echidna on him, he could break out. Sonic spindashed, sending the four robot echidnas flying in different directions. Sonic stopped right in front of Mecha Knuckles. Mecha tried to punch Sonic in the head. Sonic dodged the attack by ducking under Mecha Knuckles. Then he spindashed directly upward, and with Mecha Knuckles above him, the attack was devistating. The force of his attack sent him and Mecha through the top of the chamber and out into fresh air.
Sonic and Mecha Knuckles landed a few feet away from eachother. Sonic looked at Mecha Knuckles. Mecha was scratched, dented, and parts of him were missing. Sonic looked at the robot and regretfully kicked him, causing him to burst. Sonic looked at the robotic parts that used to be his friend in anger. He had to make Eggman pay for what he did, he had to restore the Time Stone and prevent all of this from happening in the first place. Sonic looked over to where the time shard was. He saw explosions materialize in the air. He didn't care; he ran straight to the shard and grabbed it. When he stuffed it in his pack, it merged with the first piece. All of the explosions ceased. With those two time shards together, time had become more stable. So he sat down on a nearby rock, and waited for Tails to tell him where the next shard was.
To be continued...
Author's Note: Constructive criticism is appreciated!