Author's Chapter Notes:

I will never own Sonic the Hedgehog characters, no matter how many times you might read my stories.

"Even with the Chaos emeralds, you still won't be able to beat my Egg Doom!" Eggman yelled, firing more missals which impacted one Super Sonic's body.

When the explosion dissipated Eggman gasped when he saw that Super Sonic hadn't even moved an inch. His fur wasn't even singed.

"Egg Doom? Getting a little repetitive, aren't you, Eggman?" Super Sonic asked, wagging his finger at Eggman disappointedly. "You've already used that."

"No I haven't!" Eggman yelled, his face turning an interesting shade of mauve. "It was Doom Egg! Doom Egg! Doom Egg!"

"Sounds like your record's stuck," Super Sonic laughed, spin dashing the Egg Doom. The machine started to spark, but it continued to run.

"No! This isn't possible! My machine is indestructible!" Eggman yelled.

Super Sonic shrugged carelessly. "I guess they just don't make indestructible robots like they used to," he said.

"Grr…I'll show you! Metal Sonic! Shadow Android! Robo Knuckles! Get that hedgehog!"

The three aforementioned robots landed in the ruins of the pizzeria, their weapons powered up and aimed at Super Sonic.

"Sonic, stop Eggman," Shadow yelled at the golden hedgehog, taking up a fighting position. "We'll take care of these robots."

"We sure will!" Amy agreed, grabbing her Piko Piko hammer and swinging it in anticipation.

Knuckles rolled his eyes and looked at Shadow suspiciously. "Don't get in my way," he warned, running off to take care of his robotic doppelganger.

Shadow narrowed his eyes at the echidna before turning to Amy and saying, "Take care of Metal Sonic. I'll take out Shadow Android."

"What?" Amy asked, her eyes widening. "I can't take Metal Sonic! He's just so much like my Sonniku, I couldn't bear it!"

Shadow frowned, then he smirked. After these two days, he probably knew more about Amy Rose than she knew about herself.

"Do you know what he told me about you, Amy?" he asked.

"Sonniku talked about me?" Amy asked, clasping her hands together with excitement. "What did he say?"

Shadow leaned forward and whispered something in her ear.

Amy's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "He didn't…"

Shadow nodded.

One could practially see the fire in Amy's eyes. "Of all the no-good, rotten, lousy, good-for-nothing…"

Almost too fast for the human eye to see, Amy was on top of Metal Sonic, beating his robotic body in with her Piko Piko hammer.

"DIE YOU NO ACCOUNT BRAIN DEAD BONEHEADED MORON!" Amy screamed. She continued to beat Metal Sonic long after he had gone off-line.

Shadow smirked again and went to fight his own robot. Shadow Android saw him coming and raised his arms. They morphed into two AK-47's, and the robot took aim at him.

As the guns started to fire, Shadow speed up and managed to keep one step ahead of them, racing to the demolished pizzeria, grabbing a brick, and throwing it with deadly accuracy, hitting Shadow Android right on the head. While not very damaging, it took the robot by surprise, causing him to stop shooting his weapons for a fraction of a second.

It was more than enough time to do what Shadow needed. In the time it takes to blink, Shadow had raced up to the robot, slid into him and tripped him up, and—while the machine was still falling—grabbed an AK-47 and literally blew its head off.

Smirking, Shadow threw the gun aside. "That's why you don't mess with the Ultimate Lifeform," he stated simply.

Making sure the android was really down for the count, Shadow looked around to see how the others were doing. Amy was still pounding Metal Sonic, even though it was obvious that the robot wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Super Sonic was holding out very well. Although Shadow noticed that if Super Sonic had spent less time running his mouth and more time actually fighting Eggman's robot, he'd have beaten it by now.

Knuckles, however, seemed to be having a few problems keeping up with his metallic image. Robo Knuckles was faster and, amazingly, stronger than the red echidna.

However, Shadow knew just how to tip the balance in Knuckles' favor.

"Knuckles!" Shadow yelled as loud as he could. "He's trying to steal the Master Emerald!"

A fire started to burn in Knuckles' eyes that were surprisingly similar to the one currently burning in Amy's. Knuckles started to hit Robo Knuckles in a way that reminded Shadow of the echidna's temper tantrum in that blasted grocery store. Only now, Knuckles was big enough to hit something besides Shadow's leg.

Now, he was big enough to punch Robo Knuckles' face.

Nodding to himself for a job well done, Shadow turned his attention to Super Sonic and the Egg Doom.

Super Sonic was hovering above the ground, easily floating around all the Egg Doom's weapons or—if he decided to make Eggman really angry—allowing them to hit him and show that they left no damage.

"Come on Eggman," Super Sonic taunted, coming close and punching the doomsday machine again. "Is this the best you can do?"

"I'll make you eat those words, hedgehog!" Eggman vowed, firing more weapons.

Super Sonic dodged and spin dashed the Egg Doom, causing it to smoke heavily. A small fire started near the chest plate, contributing to the smoke.

Super Sonic rubbed his belly and licked his lips. "Mm, they taste like chicken!"

Shadow closed his eyes and moaned. "Where did I go wrong?" he asked, but his lips were turned upward as he said it.

Behind him, Knuckles ripped apart Robo Knuckles and threw the two halves of the machine aside, breathing heavily as he fought to regain control of his temper. Amy continued to pound Metal Sonic, even though one could no longer tell that it had been a machine, much less what kind of machine it had been.

Up above, Super Sonic flew through the Egg Doom, demolishing the machine which fell towards the ground. Eggman jettisoned into that stupid plastic bubble thing he has.

"This isn't over hedgehog!" he said, flying away.

"Ready when you are, Eggman," Super Sonic replied, as the emeralds started to wear off. His fur returned to its original cobalt blue and the emeralds themselves flew off in all directions.

Sonic the Hedgehog looked over to Shadow, Amy and Knuckles. Then he glanced over to where Cream, Cheese, and Tails were exiting the bushes. He cleared his throat and said, "Um, does anybody know how I got here? The last thing I remember is chasing Eggman and him using some corny egg-related laser on me."

Knuckles nodded, frowning. "I can't remember anything past that, either," he admitted.

Amy realized the real Sonic was next to her and stopped hitting the robotic version in favor of the honest to goodness real thing. "SONIC! HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AROUND HERE!"

Sonic honestly had no idea what was going on. "What'd I do, Amy?" he asked, trying to ward off Amy's coming attack.

"What did you do!? How dare you pretend you don't know what you did, you…you…creep face!"

Realizing that something had to be done if Sonic wished to live to see the sunset that night, Shadow cleared his throat and said, "Amy, do you realize where you are?"

"Huh?" Amy paused in mid-swing, her Piko Piko hammer mere inches away from a terrified Sonic's head.

"You are in Twinkle Park. With Sonic the Hedgehog," Shadow informed her.

Amy's eyes widened and she looked around. She dropped her hammer and squealed with delight. "I am! I'm in Twinkle Park with my Sonniku! Oh, Sonic, I knew you loved me! We are such a cute couple!"

Sonic seemed more horrified at that thought than he had been when he thought Amy was going to smash his head in. "Amy, look! Over there! It's Tom Cruise!"

Giving another shriek that only an obsessed fan girl can make, Amy swirled around and asked, "Where? Where is he? I can't see him!"

As soon as she turned around, Sonic shot off like a bolt of lightning. Amy instantly realized what had happened.

"Sonikku! No fair! Come back here, Sonic!" She cried, chasing him off.

Tails grinned, watching the two race through Twinkle Park. "I can't tell you how happy I am to see them doing that again," he said.

"Humph," agreed Shadow.