SONIC HEROES

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Chapter Twenty: Team Knuckles Ending

"Mwahaha. You fools must have a death wish. Witness this invincible battleship fleet, built by the hands of a genius. It's power, unmatched, throughout the universe." Eggman said over his battleships loudspeakers. Meanwhile, Tails was piloting the Tornado III with Cream in the backseat and Knuckles riding along on the wing. "We are closing on Eggman's main battleship. Prepare for landing." Tails said. Just as he had said that, the turrets of the battleships turned to face the Tornado III and its passengers. "I hope you have a plan, Tails." Knuckles said. "I do. Take cover!" Tails screamed as the turrets fired. Tails quickly reacted by sending the Tornado III downwards to avoid the shots. Unfortunately, one of the turrets nailed a shot in the left wing. "The wing is damaged! Prepare for a crash landing!" Tails exclaimed. The Tornado III crashed onto one of the battleships, but luckily no one was hurt. "Everyone all right?" Knuckles asked. "Yeah, I'm fine." Tails said as he jumped out of his seat. Tails held his hand out to help Cream out, but she clumsily tripped on the seat and fell into Tails open arms. Cream's face turned beet red for a moment before Knuckles interrupted. "Uh...guys?" Knuckles said. The group turned to see an army of mechs stampeding their way. "Alright, time for a little fun." Knuckles said with a smirk.

The white fighter mechs raised their guns and fired at the trio. Tails push Cream and himself away while Knuckles reached behind to pull out his shovel claws. Knuckles quickly slipped them on and raised them in front of his body to block the bullets aimed at him. "Hah! As if I'm going to fall for the same trick twice!" Knuckles exclaimed. All of a sudden, Knuckles jumps into the air and bashes his fists together to engulf them in flames. "FIRE DUNK!" Knuckles shouted as he pounded his fist into the floor, which created a shockwave of fire that incinerated the mechs. "And that's that." Knuckles said proudly. Just then, Knuckles raised the shovel a swung it backwards, just in time to block an incoming attack. His attack was the red mech he encountered from the Frog Forest. "You just don't know when to stay down." Knuckles said before jumping back. The red mech quickly charged at Knuckles and swung its spike fist left and right. Knuckles was barely blocking the onslaught. "There has to be a way out of this." Knuckles thought. As luck would have it, the red menace accidentally tripped on a broken piece of mech and fell forward. "Gotcha now!" Knuckles shouted as he plowed his shovel claw straight through the red mechs chest armor.

Tails was helping Cream back to there feet as they watched Knuckles destroy the mechs with ease. "Are you ok, Cream?" Tails asked. "Um...Y-yeah, I'm f-fine." Cream stuttered for a moment and turned away from Tails to cover the blush on her cheeks. "She has been acting weird lately." Tails thought about the embarrassed rabbit. All of a sudden, Tails pushed Cream to the ground while yelling "Look out!" They were lucky enough to be able to avoid the shots that were aimed for their heads. "Maybe it would be a good idea if you stayed down for a little bit longer." Tails said to Cream. Tails twirled his namesakes around to lift his small body up into the air to attract the mechs attention. "Yeah, up here!" Tails mockingly shouted. The mechs raised their guns above their heads and fired randomly into the sky. Being over three thousand feet in the air and Tails flying high gave him the advantage. The bullets would always slow down and stop before even reached the kitsune. "My turn." Tails said as he grabbed a handful of rings from his back pack. Tails thrusts the rings downward into a circle that surrounded the mech army. On contact with the floor, the rings created a series of explosions that destroyed the mechs.

"That was great, Tails!" Cream cheered from below. Tails looked back and happily responds by giving her a giving her a thumbs up and a smile, which rivaled that of Sonic the Hedgehog. Unfortunately, the happy moment didn't last long. Before you could even blink, Tails was bashed across the head and was plummeting towards the hard battleship floor. "Tails!" Cream instincts kicked in as she jumped in time to catch Tails before he hit. Tails was still alive, but he was knocked out for the moment. Just then, Tails attacker dropped in front of the confused rabbit and turned out to be the tan and yellow mechs from the Frog Forest. Cream was scared at the sight of them, but realized that she was now the only one who could protect Tails. "Tails...you have always saved me. Now it's my turn!" Cream shouted with determination. The mechs took a step forward until Cream unexpectedly jumped up and kicked the tan mech in the head. The yellow mech was about to claw Cream until Cheese came from out of nowhere and slapped the mech across the face (if it has one). "Good one, Cheese." Cream giggled as she held her faithful chao. Without warning the two mech swiftly jumped at Cream and swung their claws. Too bad for them, Cream flapped her long ears like wings and took off into the air, causing the mechs to miss and rip each others heads off.

Knuckles was assisting Tails back to his feet, who was staring at Cream in amazement. "Wow." Tails gasped quietly. As Cream landed, Tails subconsciously pulled Cream into a warm, breath-taking hug. The little rabbit nearly fainted right then and there. Tails quickly realized what he was doing a pulled away as fast as he could, much to Cream's disappointment. "Wow, Cream, you were amazing!" Tails praised. "Really?" Cream asked embarrassingly as she looked down to hide her blush. "Cream, why is your face red?" Tails asked out of curiosity. Cream instantly squeal and grabbed her ears to cover her face, leaving Tails even more confused. "That kid spends way too much time with Sonic." Knuckles thought. Without him realizing it, Knuckles body was wrapped around by, what looked to be, a steel tail. "What in the world!?" Knuckles questioned. Knuckles was then hurtled towards Tails and Cream, who were lucky enough to catch him. Knuckles looked back to his attacker to find Eggman sitting at the head of a red, mechanical snake. "So you decided to come out of hiding, huh? Big mistake." Knuckles said. "It's over, Eggman!" Tails shouted. "Just give up!" Cream exclaimed. "Enough of this! Knuckles, Tails, Cream, you time is up!" Eggman exclaimed as he activated his newest invention: the Egg-Viper.

Knuckles and his hot headed attitude was, as expected, the first one to attack. The Egg-Viper counteract by swinging its steel Tail towards Knuckles. But thankfully, Knuckles held up his shovel claws to block the attack. "Hah! You'll have to do better then that!" Knuckles exclaimed. "How about this?" Suddenly, the Egg-Vipers tails bent the other way and wrapped itself around Knuckles body. "That might work." Knuckles commented before being thrown away by the tail. Meanwhile, Tails stealthily snuck up behind the Egg-Viper and opened a hatch to reveal the wiring inside. "Ok, one of these wires has to cut off the power." Tails said to himself. "Why not try the blue one." A voice said from behind. "Oh, thanks." Tails said before realizing what he just said. Tails looked behind to see the viper head with Eggman. "Hello." Tails said nervously. "Good-bye." Eggman said as the viper tail swiped Tails away. "Tails! Ok, now I'm mad!" Cream screamed (hey, that rhymed). Cream quickly grabbed Cheese to curl him into a ball and throws him at the viper head. Unfortunately, the blow was only powerful enough to make a dent. "You were saying." Eggman said. "Uh...bye!" Cream shout quickly before running away.

"Oh, my head." Knuckles said as he rubbed his aching head. To make things worse, Tails landed on top of the poor echidna and Cream tripped to land on top of Tails. "What do we do now? That thing is way too powerful." Tails said. "I'm glad you see it my way." The trio looked to come face to face with the Egg-Viper. "Now die!" Eggman exclaimed. The Egg-Viper struck it head down, but the trio quickly jumped away in time to avoid it. "I have one idea, but I have a question to ask you guys." Knuckles said. "What?" Cream asked. "Do you trust me?" Knuckles asked. I didn't take long for them to come up with an answer. "With our lives." Tails said. "Good, now hold on tight." Knuckles said. Knuckles grabbed the top of his two companions and forced them into ball forms. Cream was slightly scared of what Knuckles was planning, but knew she could trust him. Then, Knuckles engulfed the two balls in flames, which surprisingly did not hurt them. "Alright, here we go!" Knuckles exclaimed as he charged at the Egg-Viper. When he was just up to its head, Knuckles jumped towards the head and held both of his friends out in front. "KNUCKLE BUSTER!" the three shouted as one. The attack crashed through the vipers head with such extreme force that the Egg-Viper was destroyed in an instant.

Knuckles, Tails, and Cream all gathered around the wreckage of the Egg-Viper to gaze upon Eggman's limp form. "Is he...dead?" Cream asked fearfully. Just then, Eggman's body transformed into a puddle of silver ooze. "It's a fake!" Knuckles exclaimed. "I figured as much." Tails said, holding the red walkie-talkie he had since the beginning. "What do you mean?" Cream asked. "Follow me." Tails said and they did. Unexpectedly, Team Chaotix and Team Knuckles met up together in front of a large steel door. "What are you doing here?" Charmy question. "We could ask you the same thing." Knuckles said. "Never mind that. I reprogrammed the walkie-talkie to trace our friend's whereabouts. It's coming from inside here." Tails point to the door. "I have a pretty good idea who it is. Mind lending a hand, Knuckles?" Vector asked. "No problem." Knuckles replied. Knuckles and Vector proceeded to bang on the steel door until they broke it off it's hinges. "Dr. Eggman, I presume." Vector said. To there surprise, the person that had been helping both teams was none other then Eggman. "What in the world!?" Espio exclaimed. "We'll take it from here." Vector told Knuckles. "Um...ok. Come on, guys." Knuckles said as he walked away with his team.

"I did not see that coming" Knuckles said, still in shock of discovering Eggman was there helper. "Well, it looks like Eggman was never behind any of this." Cream said. "Yeah, I kind of knew that from the beginning." Tails admitting. "And you never told us!" Knuckles yelled. "I wasn't sure at first. I just wanted to make sure." Tails said in a hurry while cowering behind Cream. "But if it wasn't Eggman, then who was it?" Cream asked. Just then, a squishing sound could be heard from Knuckles feet. The group looked down to see Knuckles standing in the puddle of ooze that created the fake Eggman. "EEW!" Tails and Cream simultaneously said. "Aw, just my luck!" Knuckles exclaimed. Knuckles wiped the ooze from his shoe and started to leave. "We still haven't figured out who it is yet." Cream said. "I guess we'll find out when the time is right." Knuckles said. Unknown to them, the silver ooze grew a red eye and watched them leave. "Don't worry, that time will come very soon."

Here I come, rougher than the rest of them
The best of them, tougher than leather
You can call me Knuckles, unlike Sonic I don't chuckle
I'd rather flex my muscles
I'm hard as nails, it ain't hard to tell
I break 'em down whether they solid or frail
Unlike the rest, I'm independent since my first breath
First test, feel the right, then the worst left

Born on an island in the heavens
The blood of my ancestor's flows inside me
My duty is to save the flower from evil deterioration, yeah...

I will be the one that sets your heart free, true
Cleanse yourself of them evil spirits that's in you

Streaking lights, loud sounds, and instinct
Are the elements that keep me going
I am fighting my own mission
Nothin's gonna stand in my way, no, no...

I will be the one that sets your heart free, true
Cleanse yourself of them evil spirits that's in you

Won't be frightened, I'll stand up to all the pain and turmoil
Just believe in myself, won't rely on others
Get this power to wipe out the havoc and anarchy
This is my planet, gonna fight for my destiny

Here I come, rougher than the rest of them
The best of them, tougher than leather
You can call me Knuckles, unlike Sonic I don't chuckle
I'd rather flex my muscles
I'm hard as nails, it ain't hard to tell
I break 'em down whether they solid or frail
Unlike the rest, I'm independent since my first breath
First test, feel the right, then the worst left

I have no such things as weak spots
Don't approve of him, but gotta trust him
This alliance has a purpose
This partnership is only temporary, yeah...

I will be the one that sets your heart free, true
Cleanse yourself of evil spirits that got in you

Won't be frightened, I'll stand up to all the pain and turmoil
Just believe in myself, won't rely on others
Freedom will be waiting when serenity is restored
This is my planet, I shall not surrender

Won't be frightened, I'll stand up to all the pain and turmoil
Just believe in myself, won't rely on others
Get this power to wipe out the havoc and anarchy
This is my planet, gonna fight...

I won't be frightened, I'll stand up to all the pain and turmoil
Just believe in myself, won't rely on others
Freedom will be waiting when serenity is restored
This is my planet, I shall not surrender

Yeah...
Shall not surrender, no...
Yeah...
Whoo, whoo...

The new porcupine on the block with the buff chest
Out the wilderness with the ruggedness
Knock, knock, it's Knuckles, the blow-thrower
Independent flow-er, magical Emerald holder
Give you the coldest shoulder, my spike goes through boulders
That's why I stay a loner
I was born by myself, I don't need a posse
I get it on by myself, adversaries get shelf'd

Next Chapter: Team Rose Ending

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