Chapter 4

(Dodger Stadium) Still

"Alright Zero," Sonic said scratching his head. "You saw some guy who looked like me. And this imposter stole something called a cyber elf."

Zero nodded with agreement. "And your name is Sonc the Hedgehog," he verified. "You lost a rock and the guy who stole it looked like me."

"Not a rock," Sonic corrected. "A Chaos Emerald."

Zero shook his head. He didn't even care. "Whatever. Right now we have to worry about getting out of here. Where are we anyway?"

"That won't matter. At least not for long," came Zero's own voice. He and Sonic quickly spun around to see that it was Zero's imposters.

He must be a thief," Sonic thought. "

"But how?"

The Zero imitation cracked an evil smile as a light blue glow outlined his body. The outlined then consumed his body in a light blue flash. After the light cleared Zero couldn't believe his eyes. It was the Copy X. Zero let out a silent growl. On the other hand, Sonic was a little confused. If the Zero imitation was this guy then who was his imposter? Then where his imposter.

"Sonic the Hedgehog," came a robotic voice. "We finally we meet." Sonic looked around but he find the source of the voice. Where could this guy be. "Right behind you." He quickly turned to find another robotic version of himself."

"What are you the millionth Metal Sonic Eggman made?" Sonic joked.

The robot folded its arms. "Actually, I'm the fifth version. But I'm different from the others."

"Yeah that's what they all said."

"He tells the truth," Copy X intruded. "I made a few modifications thanks to the genius Dr. Robotnik."

"Who are you anyway?" Sonic barked to the Copy X.

"Oh please forgive my rudeness. I am called Megaman…."

"You're wrong," Zero yelled immediately drawing his saber. "You could never be X! YOU JUST A COPY" Zero leaped into the air toward the Copy X. He was really ticked off now. The Baby Elf could wait. This was personal.

"Zero," Sonic called. "Stop….hey!" he stopped. He could feel being lifted off the ground. It was the M.S. 5.

"I thought you would put up more of a challenge," the robot mocked. "But this is too easy."

Sonic began to squirm around. Soon he felt himself being loosened from his opponent's grip. M.S. 5 could feel it too. He quickly drew back his arms and threw Sonic into a higher section of the stadium and flew after him. Sonic slowly arose from the destroyed bleachers he had crashed into. He felt a little ache in his head. After a few seconds he saw his robotic version approaching him.

"So you wanna play!" Sonic exclaimed. "Then lets play."

Zero swung his saber. Copy X quickly dodged the attack causing Zero to slice a trash can in half. Zero recovered and with drew his Z saber replacing it with his Shield Boomerang.

"What ever weapon you use doesn't matter," Copy X said.

"Shut UP," Zero yelled as flung the shield with all his might. The Shield Boomerang sliced through stone pillars like hot steel through butter as it drew closer to Copy X. Copy X aimed his buster towards the saw like weapon and began to take in energy. After seconds, he fired a long stream of energy. When the blast collided with Zero's weapon they created a blinding flash of light. Zero shielded his eyes. When the light faded out Zero saw that his opponent was gone. He stuck out hand to catch his weapon as it returned to his and went to check on Sonic.

"Give it up Sonic," M.S. 5 said. He didn't have a scratch on his body. Sonic on the other hand had been battered and bruised.

Panting, Sonic managed to reply. "Oh, paalease! If you think that I'm gonna back down you've got another thing coming. These bruises don't mean a thing. I've been in worse conditions."

M.S. 5 slowly walked over toward Sonic he was surprised. He couldn't believe his opponent was so weak. He shot out his energy blades and pointed one at Sonic. "I am going to slice your head off and show to Lord Robotnik."

"Not in your life pal," Zero said as he moved in front of Sonic. He quickly pulled out his Recoil Rod and began to charge energy into them. "I'm warning you don't come any closer." M.S. 5 ignored the warning and continued forward. "alright you asked for it." Zero clicked his heels together and activated his Boosters. As he drew closer to the robot he aimed his twin weapons forward. "RECOIL RAM!" he unleashed the energy in Recoil Rods and sent M.S. 5 flying into the baseball diamond.

"C'mon M.S. 5 we're leaving," came Copy X's voice. M.S. 5 looked over his shoulder to see his comrade was half way inside the portal. He had his hand reached out. He grabbed M.S. 5's hand and pulled him in the portal.

Zero angled his eyes with anger. He knew he wouldn't make it in time before the portal closed. Sonic grabbed Zero's arm. "C'mon."

"But you're injured."

"It is the only way we can get out of this damn place now come on."

Zero couldn't believe this guys courage. It almost reminded him of X. The original X. He gave Sonic a short nod. "Let's go."

Sonic began running with Zero barely keeping up. Up ahead he could see the portal closely. He closed his eyes with deep despair knowing he wouldn't make it. Suddenly, he felt himself being pushed forward. Sonic looked over his shoulder to see that Zero had activated his boosters. He gave Zero a quick smile and together they managed to reach the portal.