SONIC HEROES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Seven: Team Knuckles vs. Team Chaotix
Espio was wandering aimlessly around the huge city of Grand Metropolis, searching for Vector, who was searching for Charmy, who had ran off...again. Originally, they were assigned to set free all the captured Chao in the city by their employer and they have so far, but now Charmy was running off to who knows where. "Why do I even work with those guys? Espio asked himself. "As usual, Charmy has run off and Vector is out chasing him. He doesn't really act like much of a leader. Unless I take charge, nothing ever gets done right." Espio said to himself. Just then, a familiar, annoying buzz sound reached his ears and knew that it could only be one person. "Charmy." Espio said. Just as he said, Charmy flew by, bring chased behind by Vector. "Get back here so I can kill ya!" Vector demanded. "No!" Charmy yelled. Espio knew this would go on forever unless he did something about. Espio formed a hand sign and the next minute, he was invisible.
Charmy was still flying away from the enraged Vector, laughing at his expression, until he felt himself hit something solid. Charmy jumped back for a moment to see that nothing was there. "What the?" Charmy questioned. Just then, Charmy felt himself being lifted into the air by his wings. Just as Charmy was about to ask what was going on, Espio decided to make himself visible to the hyperactive bee. "Hey! Let me down, Espio!" Charmy demanded, but was unheard. "Good work, Espio. Now I can pound the little runt." Vector said as he tried to reach for Charmy, but Espio pulled him away from the large crocodile's reach. "Hold on. I think it would be a good idea to find out what he's found first." Espio suggested. "That idiot doesn't know anything." Vector said. "I do too! And you won't believe who I found." Charmy said. "Who?" Espio asked. "Knuckles!" Charmy cheered. "Knuckles? I haven't seen him since I join the team." Espio said. "Hey! Maybe we could convince him to join the team again." Vector thought out loud. "I don't think that would be a..." Espio tried to say, but they weren't listening. "Yeah! Let's go!" Charmy cheered and flew off behind Vector. "I need a new team." Espio said to himself before chasing after his teammates.
Knuckles, Tails, and Cream were wandering around the city, trying their best to avoid the mechs that infested the city. Well, Tails and Cream were anyway. Knuckles thought it was pointless to hide and just bash the mechs into scrape. Knuckles was currently destroying a group of white fighter mechs until there were only two left. "Come on, show me what you got!" Knuckles exclaimed. The mechs lifted their guns and shot at the guardian echidna. Knuckles raised his shovel claws to act as a shield to block the bullets before charging at the two. Knuckles constantly blocked all the shots with his shovel claws until he was up close and personal with the mechs. Knuckles gave a strong uppercut to one of the mechs, knocking its head clean off, and bounced off the remains to plow through the second mechs chest armor to destroy it. "That takes care of them. You guys can come out now!" Knuckles called as Tails and Cream walked out into the open. "You know, it would be a lot easier to find Eggman if you weren't making such a ruckus." Tails said. "Whatever." Knuckles shrugged it off. "Well, well, if it isn't our old pal Knuckles." A familiar voice could be heard coming from the side.
Knuckles, Tails and Cream looked over to the source of the voice to find Vector, Espio, and Charmy, Team Chaotix. "Oh great, these guys again." Knuckles groaned. "Hey is that anyway to treat old pals?" Vector questioned. "After all, we used to work together. Hey, ever consider joining up again?" Vector asked. "Forget it. I left the team a long time ago. I have my own team now." Knuckles said. "Knuckles, what are you guys talking about?" Cream asked. "A couple years back, I used to be a part of Team Chaotix." Knuckles informed his team. "He was a better leader then Vector." "HEY!" "And it was truly a shame that he left." Espio said. "Get over it, you guys. My answer is, and always will be, no." Knuckles said. "Told you, Vector." Espio said. Espio's attention was quickly drawn to the chao that floated above Cream's head. "Vector, look!" Espio said as he pointed to Cheese. "I see it. Excuse me little girl, but we're going to need to take that chao off you hands." Vector said. "No! You can't have him!" Cream exclaimed as she quickly grabbed Cheese to hide him. "Then I guess we'll have to do this the hard way." Espio said. "Just the way I like it." Knuckles said.
Knuckles charged in head first, ready to attack Espio. Espio was about to counter until Vector pushed him aside. "Step aside, Espio. Let me show you how a real leader does things." Vector said. "Oh, this should be good." Espio said as he pulled a bucket of popcorn from out of nowhere. Vector charged at Knuckles and opened his big mouth wide open. He then snapped it closed when Knuckles was underneath him and trapped him in his mouth. "Ok, this is just sick and wrong." Knuckles said from inside Vector's mouth. Knuckles then pounded the inside of Vector's mouth with his namesakes until Vector finally spit him out. "That was totally not fair." Vector said while mending his aching snout. "All's fair in love and battles." Knuckles said.
Espio was sitting to the side, watching Knuckles beat the hell out of Vector while eating his popcorn. But as he watched, he failed to notice a small golden ring fly in the popcorn. Unconsciously, Espio picked up the ring and placed it in his mouth, but spit it back out when he felt it. "What in the world" Espio questioned. Just then, the golden ring exploded in his face, turning his body as black as coal. "What was that?" Espio said as he returned his skin to its normal color. Espio looked to the side to see Tails holding a hand full of explosive rings. "Like that? Well, there's plenty more where that came from." Tails said as he threw the rings at the chameleon. Espio acted quickly by pulling out several kunai from his cuffs and threw them towards the ring. The rings exploded on contact and Espio took the opportunity to perform a single hand sign and become invisible. Tails was holding a handful of explosive rings, waiting for the smoke to clear. But when the smoke did clear, Espio was nowhere to be found. "Hey! Where'd he go?" Tails questioned. Just then, Tails felt something wrap around his leg and tried to look down, but looked up instead. Tails found himself hanging from a common rope trap as Espio reappeared. "This should keep you from causing any more trouble." Espio said as he looked over to see how his teammates were doing.
Espio saw that Vector was still getting his butt handed to him while Charmy was...playing tag? Espio couldn't believe it. Charmy was playing tag with the enemy, Cream, and the target, Cheese. "It's a wonder how I have been able to stay sane for so long." Espio said. Espio knew that he had to end this quick in order to complete their mission. Espio reached into his cuffs and pulled out three black balls from inside. Knuckles was pounding away at Vector like there was no tomorrow when suddenly, three black balls landed in front of him and exploded in a cloud of black smoke. A few punches and groans could be heard from inside until the smoke cleared. Knuckles was bound by rope and gagged by tape on the floor with Espio standing in front of him.
Espio walked up to Cream and tried to take Cheese away, but Cream wouldn't let go. "Listen child, we need to take this chao to a proper place where it won't be harmed." Espio as he gave another forceful pull, but Cream still wouldn't let go. "No, please, you can't take Cheese away!" Cream cried, causing Espio to panic. Espio heard another cry and looked over to see Charmy crying. "Why are you crying, Charmy?" Espio asked. "I don't know!" Charmy cried. Espio sweat dropped at the sight, but quickly shrugged it off. He looked back at Cream, who was giving him the puppy eyes while still crying. "Please don't take him away." Cream pleaded once more. No one, not even the strict and serious Espio, could resist the adorable puppy eyes. "Fine." Espio said as he let go. "Thank you." said Cream, who instantly stopped crying. "She set me up." Espio thought. Come on, Charmy. Time to go." Espio said. "Right!" Charmy exclaimed. Espio dragged Vector by his tail and began to walk away with Charmy. "Bye-bye." Cream waved good bye and started to as leave well. As she left, Cream couldn't help feeling that she was forgetting something. "Somebody, anybody, help!" Tails shouted while Knuckles flopped around on the ground.
Winners: Team Chaotix
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