Chapter 3

Good Side

Sonic ran all the way through the mansion and up to his room before anyone could talk to him. He slammed the door shut and pushed a large chest in front of the door. He breathed heavily once he finally got a few more things in front of the door. He screamed when he heard something hit his window. Tails was on the other side and waving. Sonic thought about it for a little bit, but decided he could trust Tails enough to let him in. "Thanks Sonic."

"You're not going to try to get me to choose you, right."

"I'll wait until tomorrow." Tails sat down on the chest in front of the door.

He was bumped forward as Shadow hit the door. "You have to let me in," he said. "I got the others to stop fighting long enough for you to narrow it down to the five of us. Why can't I come in and Tails can?"

"Shut up!" Falco said. "The actual smashers want to get some sleep."

Knuckles didn't seem to care as he shoted through the doors, "I'm stronger than anyone else out here."

"Shut up!" Snake said.

"How about you be quiet!?" Dr. Eggman said. "I have some important business to deal with, matters to complicated for an inferior being such as you to care!" Sonic expected Dr. Eggman to say something, but the next thing he heard was a hard smack and Eggman shouting, "OWW!" After that, it sounded like they started fighting outside Sonic's room.

"I guess that will help show who deserves to be in the next tournament."

"Except for me, I guess,"

"Ah, come on, it isn't just based on skill. Part of the criteria usually is by how important the fighter is, and usually, they take a second hero over a villain,"

"Does that mean I have a good chance?"

"Yeah, I don't honestly think you can handle it, by you're my best friend, so I will give you a shot."

"Thank you." Tails just sat there for a few seconds before saying, "You know, they all are going to try different things to try and get you to choose them. Shadow and Eggman might threaten you, but I know at least one person will try to get on your good side."

"In what ways?"

"Well, some might try bribery. I believe others may use compliments. Say how nice you are, or how you have a great personality. I mean that by the way. I think they will try to highlight one of your many great qualities."

"I know what you mean. Thanks for the compliments, by the way." Sonic suddenly realized what Tails was doing. Sonic turned toward Tails and saw the huge grin on his face. "Hey, I know what you were doing."

"You really are intelligent, another wonderful thing."

"Stop that."

"Okay I'm sorry, you're just such a great friend."

"Get out."

"Bye Sonic, you really are great." Tails opened the door and saw how everyone seemed to have been knocked out. "Looks like a tie." Sonic sighed as he closed the door and went to sleep. He had a feeling that he was going to pay for what his friends had just done.

Sonic headed toward the cafeteria. He went over to the chili dogs and was stunned by what he saw. Kirby was holding the last chili dog. Sonic screamed, "NO!" as he ran and dived for it. Kirby turned and was surprised to see Sonic. Kirby quickly threw the chili dog into his mouth just before Sonic tackled him. Sonic stared at Kirby as Kirby grinned back at Sonic.

Sonic shoved off of Kirby as he walked to a table. As soon as he sat down, Knuckles ran over. "Is there something wrong?"

"There aren't any more chili dogs," Sonic said.

"I'm on it." Knuckles quickly ran off.

Three plates of chili dogs piled high were put in front of Sonic. "Wow, that was faster than I thought you could do it. Thanks." Sonic grabbed one of the chili dogs and began shoving down his throat.

"You're welcome Sonic." Sonic started choking on the chili dog. He swallowed it all the way and looked over the pile. The person smiling back at him was Amy. "I saw Kirby eating the chili dogs, and I figured I should get you some more."

"I got some, Sonic," Knuckles ran in and froze when he saw the plates of chili dogs. Amy turned towards Knuckles, smiling. "I was going to get him chili dogs."

"Well, I already did it," Amy said.

"Well, I can do better." Dr. Eggman walked into the room with a robot following him. "Sonic, I would like to show you the Chili-dog-maker 2013. This robot is able to destroy-uh, I mean, make chili dogs for you as much as you want."

"Too bad it doesn't work," Knuckles said.

"Of course it works. I made it."

Knuckles walked over to the robot. He examined it for a few seconds before punching it in the chest. The robot started freaking out before it exploded. "Nope, doesn't work."

"YOU BROKE IT!"

"It probably didn't even make chili dogs. It might have been a way to kill Sonic."

"It did make chili dogs,"

Amy sighed as Dr. Eggman and Knuckles kept arguing. She turned to talk to Sonic, but she suddenly realized Sonic left. She ran around the mansion, but wasn't able to find him anywhere. She ran into Pit while she searched. "Hello, um, Pit right? Do you know where Sonic is?"

"Yeah, he's-wait, if I tell you, do you promise to leave him alone?"

"Yeah,"

"He's most likely in his room or on the roof."

"Thank you." Pit nodded and left. As soon as he was gone, Amy murmured, "Sucker." And ran to Sonic's room. He wasn't there, so she next ran up to the roof. It took a little bit, but eventually Amy figured out her way up there.

She was shocked to see that Knuckles and Tails were both talking to Sonic. "Come on, Sonic," Tails said. "Even Link said that I had potential as a fighter here."

"You're nothing compared to me," Knuckles said.

"Guys, cut it out," Sonic said. When Sonic saw Amy, he groaned and said, "Did Pit tell you as well?"

"Oh, Sonic," Amy said. "You should know that you can't hide from me."

Sonic screamed as he jumped off the roof and ran off. He stopped when a robot appeared right in front of him. "Ah, Sonic, I have finally found you again. Allow me to present the Chili-dog-maker 2014. This robot is stronger than the last so that Knuckles-wait, where did Sonic go?" Sonic looked at Eggman from behind a tree. He made sure no one saw him before running into the forest.

Sonic punched Samus. He ran forward and kicked her over the edge. Samus shot out her plasma whip and grabbed the edge. They were fighting on the stage Corneria. The battle was set to a three stock fight It was round three of the tournament, and most people thought this round was going to be a close victory for Samus. Sonic dashed forward as Samus pulled herself up. Samus rolled out of the way and let Sonic run off of the edge. Sonic screamed as he began falling. He used his spring to jump back onto the ship. He landed on the front of the ship, but he was quickly blasted off by one of Samus's charge shots. Sonic reappeared and thought of what he should do. The battle was tied with both having one life left.

Sonic kicked down toward the ground at Samus. Samus rolled out of the way and fired a rocket. Sonic jumped over the missile and kicked Samus. Samus skidded across the top of the Great Fox. She dropped a bomb as Sonic ran forward. Samus dived to the side. The bomb exploded and sent Sonic flying. Samus ran at Sonic and punched him in the face. Sonic quickly got up and punched Samus. Sonic looked up and saw an assist trophy. Before he could run for it, Samus kicked him to the side.

Sonic quickly got up and dashed toward the assist trophy. He skidded to a stop when he saw Samus pick it up. She lifted it above her head. The person that dropped down was Shadow. Shadow looked like he was about to do it, but he stopped when he saw Sonic. Shadow crossed his arms and just stood there. Samus looked around to see if she could figure out why he wasn't doing what he was supposed to be doing. "What are you waiting for?" she said.

"I don't feel like helping you right now," Shadow said.

"You have to help me," Samus said. Ships stopped firing as people realized something odd was happening. "You were the one that came out."

"I think I deserve the chance to decide who I want to help."

Sonic slowly walked up behind Samus and began winding up a punch. Samus said, "You can't decide who you'll help and-" Sonic unleashed a powerful punch, sending Samus off the edge and too far away for her to make a recovery.

Sonic turned toward Shadow. "Why did you do that?"

"I hope you return the favor."

Sonic was shocked, "Wait, you cheated to let me win, so that I would be more likely to choose you."

"No, I did it so that you would choose me."

Shadow walked off the stage. Sonic tried to decide what to say. When he finally spoke, he said, "Oh well."