(This is it. This is the last of the chapters I had to redo.)
It's time for the final Survival Battle.
In the last chapter, Sonic, Jet, and Armand managed to get ahead of the other racers in points to earn a spot in the final race, but Sonic broke his leg and couldn't participate, so Amy offered to take his place, despite her older brother's objections.
Well, let's see which two racers join the other five in the final race.
Chapter 27: Space Theater: The Final Survival Battle.
It was nighttime in Station Square, yet a lot of people were out at the coliseum, and for a very good reason: The coliseum was the location of the final Survival Battle in the tournament. The coliseum stands were nearly filled. Gerald began the pre-race announcements.
"Everyone, before I go over this area's rules, let's bring out the racers that will be competing in this battle. Give it up for Zeus, Mintra, Hurricane, Velocity, Inertia, Liikumine, Emily, Alan, Vash, Cloud, Angie, and Shaun!" Gerald announced.
The 12 racers came out into the middle of the arena and received a huge amount of applause from the spectators.
"Now, let's get the arena set up. Activate the holo-projectors!"
The arena's ceiling closed and an arena came into view. It consisted of multiple panels, with most of them having electric fences on one or two sides. A large gray UFO the size of a panel came into view.
"Now, here are the rules for this arena. First of all, attacks do no damage. You have to run a racer off of the battlefield, or into one of those electric fences. Since attacks do no damage, attack power-ups will not appear. But to make up for this, guard power ups have been doubled, and power-ups are in random places in this area. Now, watch out for that UFO. If it fires a beam at a panel, that panel will turn red and fall, along with anyone who may be on that particular panel. If a panel turns blue, it is about to be moved. If you're on it, you can try to move to another one, or you may ride the panel to its new location. Don't worry, because the arena has been set up so that you will never be boxed in by electric fences. That's basically it. Now, you all have 3 hit points each, and you have 5 minutes to survive. The last two standing or the two with the most hit points remaining after 5 minutes will join the other 5 racers in the final race. With that out of the way, let's get this over with."
Gerald and Damien headed towards the announcer's booth, and the 12 racers took different starting spots in the arena.
3…2…1…
GO!
The battle began. All twelve racers hopped onto their boards and quickly sped to different areas. There was only one air pit, and it was located in the direct center. The hovering UFO began to warp around the area, looking for the first panel to crash down on.
Velocity was facing off against Zeus, Angie, and Alan in the northeast quarter of the arena. It was a free for all, and nobody seemed to have the advantage. Velocity attacked Alan, who attacked Zeus, who attacked Angie, who attacked Velocity. All four had been attacked by one another, but only one hit the electric fence, and it was Angie. Zeus had a close call, but managed to pull away from it. But Angie recovered and knocked Zeus onto a panel that had just been zapped by the UFO. The panel dropped, and Zeus couldn't get off of it in time, so he went down with it, costing him a hit point.
Meanwhile, in the southwest quadrant of the arena, Emily, Inertia, Shaun, and Hurricane were battling it out themselves. Emily and Inertia attacked each other, while Shaun and Hurricane did the same. Everyone's attacks hit, and surprisingly, all four were slammed into an electric fence, and they all lost a hit point.
In the center, Mintra, Vash, Liikumine, and Cloud were having their own free for all. Everyone attacked each other at the same time, causing them all to recoil. Mintra recovered first and hit all three racers with consecutive attacks, and as luck would have it, caused them all to slam into electric fences.
Velocity had managed to break away from the others that she was battling. She was heading for the air pit, but failed to notice that the UFO was short-circuiting, and it was coming down on the panel she was heading towards. As she crossed onto the panel, the UFO crashed, destroying the panel and causing Velocity to fall. She soon reappeared, but she had lost a hit point for falling off of the arena.
Emily and Inertia were attacking each other while trying to avoid constant attacks from Shaun, who was trying to attack Hurricane. But Hurricane led Shaun into an electric fence, and Shaun lost another hit point. If he lost one more, he would be out. He didn't have to wait long. As he went for an air refill, he was intercepted by Vash, who attacked and sent him off of the edge. Shaun had been eliminated from the battle.
"Dang. How could I be the first one out?" Shaun asked himself as he walked off, making sure not to cross any of the other racers' paths.
One had been defeated, and only 9 more had to lose before it was over. Inertia had broken away from her rivals, and was trying to reach Liikumine. However, Zeus intercepted and attacked her, causing her to run into an electric fence. Inertia was now on the verge of being defeated. She managed to reach Liikumine, but to no avail. Alan was attacking Mintra, and Inertia happened to be in Alan's way, and Alan's attack hit Inertia instead. The impact caused Inertia to run into an electric fence, and that caused her to lose her last hit point. Now only 8 racers had to be defeated.
It turns out that only 6 more would have to lose after this next bit. Liikumine and Vash were going at it, but the UFO zapped the panel they were on, and it started to fall. Both racers tried to get off, but to no avail. Both racers lost a hit point, leaving them both with one hit point each. Then, as luck would have it, Velocity attacked Vash while Emily attacked Liikumine, sending them both into electric fences. That eliminated both of them.
Only 8 racers were left. Velocity, Mintra, Zeus, Cloud, Angie, Emily, Alan, and Hurricane. Each racer by this time had lost at least one hit point. They all met in the middle and started to attack one another randomly. Velocity tried to defend herself by staying in the middle, but Angie saw this, and targeted her, hitting her with an attack, causing her to slam into an electric fence. This brought her down to one hit left. She got angry and attacked Angie, causing her to run into an electric fence, leaving her with one hit point.
Hurricane and Cloud were going at it. Both racers attacked each other, but they didn't see their panel turn blue. Before they knew it, both racers were moving on the platform. They didn't see the hole it was going to cover, and they fell down, leaving them both with one hit left.
Zeus and Alan were battling each other. Zeus attacked, but Alan moved out of the way and Zeus ran into an electric fence. Zeus didn't take too well to that, so he attacked Alan, sending him off of the edge. Now they were left with one hit point each.
This left Mintra and Emily. They both attacked each other relentlessly, both trying to get an attack on each other. But Alan attacked Mintra while Zeus attacked Emily, causing them both to lose a hit point. Everyone was now down to one hit left.
This was it. The UFO had singled them out, and shot a pulse beam at the panel. It started to crash. Smoke covered it to cause suspense as to who would win. All 8 racers started to boost off of the platform, and everyone was at the edges as it crashed. A few seconds later, a green rabbit and a yellow cheetah emerged from the smoke.
"With that little bit of suspense, Emily and Mintra are the winners!" Gerald announced.
Emily and Mintra had won. They would be moving on to the final race. Tails walked up to Cream, who was talking with her parents.
"Cream, congratulations on your dad winning the battle." Tails said.
"Aw, thanks, Tails." Cream said as she kissed him.
"Isn't that cute? I can't wait for the day you two get married." Mintra said.
"Oh, we already are." Cream told him.
"What? But you're too young." Mintra protested.
"Mayor Draco said that if it makes us happy, then let us go ahead with it. And you know we're happy together." Tails told him.
"It's true, Mintra." Vanilla told her husband.
"Well, okay, I'll allow it. But only because you two are such a cute couple." Mintra said, making them both blush a little. Off to the side, Armand was talking to Emily.
"Good job, Emily." Armand told her.
"Thanks, Armand. Listen, just because we're in love doesn't mean I'm going to hold back in tomorrow's race." Emily told him.
"I wouldn't expect anything less." Armand said as they shared a small kiss.
"Well, now that this is over, I think it's time to hand out the emeralds. Remember that the emerald you receive is your entry fee for the final race." Gerald announced.
Damien handed each racer an emerald. Amy received the blue, Mintra received the green, Jet received the gray, Galeon received the cyan, Rector received the red, and Armand received the purple emerald.
"Now, get some rest, and we'll see you all at the Sand Ruins track tomorrow." Damien said.
Gerald and Damien took their leave, and the racers retreated to Jet's airship to rest up.
End of Chapter 27.
YES! I've finally caught up. This story is back. Sorry the chapter wasn't as good as the original, but it doesn't matter now.
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