SONIC HEROES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Thirteen: Team Knuckles vs. Team Rose
"AHHH" three high-pitched screams echoed across the forest and Amy, Kumori, and Blaze dropped down from the trees to land, face first, into the ground. "Ok, that's the last time we take directions from a group of blind rats at a truck stop in the middle of the desert." Blaze said as she got back up to her feet and brushed the dirt off her coat. "How was I supposed to know they would give us such bad directions?" Kumori asked. "Hello, they're blind!" Blaze shouted. "Don't you yell at me!" Kumori shouted back. "I'll yell if I want!" Blaze yelled back. Pretty soon, Blaze and Kumori were yelling their heads off, easily forgetting that they were standing on top of Amy's back. "Why am I always the one on the bottom?" Amy asked herself in her head. "(sigh)...all I wanted to do was find Sonic, but now we don't even know where we are. What are we going to do know?" Amy asked herself. Just then, Cream ran by, her face completely red, with Knuckles and Tails trailing close behind. "That's it!" Amy exclaimed as she jumped up, knocking Blaze and Kumori off their feet. "What's with you, Ames?" Kumori asked while tending to her sore bottom. "I know where to find the guys! Come on!" Amy yelled before using her super speed to chase after Team Knuckles.
"Cream, wait!" Tails called out to her. Finally, Cream stopped running, but only because there was no place left to run thanks to the lake. "Cream, why do you keep running away from me?" Tails asked, feeling slightly hurt. "Well um...because I...uh..." Cream said embarrassingly while twiddling with her thumbs. "Come on, Cream. You can tell me." Tails said as he grabbed her hand to stop her from her thumb twiddling. The feeling of having her hand in his was a wonderful and embarrassing feeling that made Cream's face grow redder by the second. "Hey, Cream, why is your face red?" Tails asked curiously. "Eep!" Cream yelped. Cream quickly grabbed her long ears and used them to cover the embarrassment on her face. "What's with her?" Tails asked his male companion. "You mean you haven't figured it out yet?" Knuckles asked in surprise. "Figure out what?" Tails asked in a confused manner. "Wow, Tails, you're almost as dense as I am." Knuckles said. Tails raised an eyebrow at his statement and Knuckles took a moment to realize what he said. "That didn't come out right, did it?" Knuckles asked. "Not at all." Tails answered. "I didn't think so." Knuckles mumbled.
"I finally found you!" a familiar female voice came from behind. The group turned around to find none other then Sonic's alleged girlfriend, Amy Rose. "Oh no, not her." Knuckles complained quietly. "Amy!" Cream cheered happily as she ran over to hug her "sister". "Amy, what are you doing here?" Cream asked. "We were going to ask you the same thing." Amy said. "We?" Knuckles asked. Amy looked back to see that her teammate weren't there. "Uh...I'll be right back." Amy said. She started to run back in the direction she came from until. "Hi, Amy." Kumori said from the side. Kumori and Blaze's sudden appearance caused Amy to trip on her own two feet and fell, face first, into the ground. "Saw that coming." Knuckles commented. "Don't do that!" Amy screech to her teammates. "Uh...what are you doing here anyway?" Tails asked. "We're here so that you'll tell us were my adorable Sonic is." Amy said dreamily. "This girl is nuts." Knuckles thought. "I wish I could as bold as Amy." Cream thought. "Sorry, but we don't know where he is." Tails said. "Liar!" Amy yelled as she pulled out her Piko-Piko Hammer. "You know where Sonic is and you're going to tell us." Amy said before she jumped at Tails.
Cream and Knuckles jumped to the side while Tails quickly twirled his namesakes and took to the skies before Amy even had a chance to use her hammer on him. "Oh no, you don't. You're not getting away that easily." Amy stated. All of a sudden, Amy turned around and started running in the opposite direction. Then, Amy used her super speed to run up one of the larger trees until she was high above Tails' head. "Gotcha now." Amy said as she darted towards Tails with her hammer held high. Seeing that Amy was coming fast, Tails quickly reached into his backpack and pulled out a handful of silver rings. Tails threw them at Amy, who took a swing at them, but instead of exploding, the silver rings burst into a cloud of thick smoke. "Yeah! My smoke rings are a complete success!" Tails cheered. "This is pretty good, Tails. Too bad you forgot one little detail." Amy's voice came from the smoke. Tail wondered what she meant and looked around to see what he might have done wrong. The smoke had covered over a ten foot diameter and it was then Tails realized his mistake. He couldn't see either. Tails tried to reach for his back, but out of nowhere, Amy came flying and bashed Tails upside the head with her hammer. The hit sent Tails spiraling out of control and landed in the nearby lake.
"Tails!" Knuckles called out to his defeated friend. Knuckles started running towards to spot where Tails landed in until Kumori stepped in front of him with blinding speed. "Sorry, Knucklehead, but you're fight is with me." Kumori said with a smirk. "If that's how it has to be then fine. But don't think I'm gonna hold back just because you're a girl." Knuckles stated. "Wouldn't dream of it." Kumori said. Knuckles charged recklessly at Kumori, but thanks to her years of combat training, Kumori merely grabbed Knuckles by the wrist and flipped him over. "Ow." Knuckles groaned. Kumori crouched down next to him and said "You're going to have to do better then that." All of a sudden, Knuckles delivered a sudden uppercut to Kumori's chin and sent her back five feet. "I forgot how strong he was." Kumori thought. Knuckles got up and moved in closer for the kill. "This guy has to have some kind of weakness. But what?" Kumori asked herself in mind. Suddenly, and idea popped in her head and she started crying. Seeing Kumori cry, Knuckles panicked and asked "Are you ok?" "No. You H-hurt me." Kumori said through the fake tears. "Is there anything I can do?" Knuckles asked. "Yeah. This." Kumori said before surprisingly punching Knuckles away. "You are so gullible." Kumori laughed.
Blaze watched her friends fighting from the side, along with Cream. "Great, they have all the fun while I get stuck babysitting this kid." Blaze complained. "I can fight too." Cream said. "Don't take it personally kid, but I seriously doubt that." Blaze said, turning her attention back to the fights. While Blaze wasn't looking, Cream grabbed a hold of Cheese and curled him into a ball. "Excuse me, miss." Cream said. "Yeah?" Blaze said as she turned back to Cream. Big mistake. The moment she turned around, she found a curled up Chaos plowing into her face and sending her flying a few feet away. Blaze caught herself in midair and flipped back to land on her feet. Blaze rubbed her cheek and felt that bruise that was left. "Ok, I'll admit you have some potential. But is it enough to beat me?" Blaze question as she ignited her hand with her pyrokinetic powers. "Cheese, get her!" Cream ordered and Cheese charged ahead to ram Blaze. Unfortunately, Cheese was easily and she kicked him to the side. "Is that really all you got?" Blaze asked as she turned back to Cream, who had somehow disappeared. "Where did she go?" Blaze questioned as she scanned the area. She spotted no sign of Cream until she found a shadow on the ground that didn't belong to her. Suddenly, Blaze fell to her back and kicked Cream, who was dive bombing her, away into the lake.
Knuckles, Tails, and Cream all reached the surface of the water and swan over to reach solid land. "Man, can't believe we're losing to these three." Knuckles said. "Well, they are strong and crafty. I doesn't really surprise me that we are losing" Tails said. "What do we do now?" Cream asked. "I got an idea." Tails said as he walked over to the girls. "Ready to tell us where Sonic is?" Amy asked. "Yes, but before I do, I want to give you girls something." Tails said as he reached for his backpack and pulled out three red rings. Knuckles was watching the whole and looked disapproving. "What does he think he's doing?" Knuckles asked irritantly. "Maybe it's part of his plan." Cream guessed. "Or maybe he's selling us out." Knuckles said. "But Tails would never do that." Cream stated. "Well I'm not taking any chances." Knuckles said as he charged at them. "What are those?" Blaze asked. "Oh, just a little something I call...sleep rings!" Tails exclaimed as he threw the rings on the ground and formed a cloud of yellow dust. Unfortunately, Knuckles also jumped in when Tails threw the rings.
"Oh, man. Knuckles is really in for it this time." Tails commented. Tails and Cream waited for a few minutes before the special dust finally settled. When the dust had clear, everyone, including Knuckles, was fast asleep. The sight was pretty humorous for Tails and Cream's point of view. Amy and Kumori were cuddling up to their Sonic and Shadow plushies (Did they have them during the whole trip) and Blaze was curled up and purring. The funniest sight was probably Knuckles, who was sleeping while sucking his thumb. "I have to geta shot of this." Tails said, trying to suppress his laughter. Tails grabbed a small camera from his backpack and took a picture of Knuckles. "Sonic is going to get a kick out of this" Tails said. "Maybe we should go before Amy wakes up." Cream suggested. "Good idea. Help me with him." Tails said. Tails and Cream each grabbed one of Knuckles legs and started dragging him away from the sleeping beauties. Unknown to them, a mysterious figure with blood red eyes was watching and scanned them as they passed by. "Knuckles the Echidna, Miles "Tails" Prower, Cream the Rabbit. All data...successfully copied.
Winners: Team Knuckles
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