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Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 18

Last time, Metal Havoc and Kyira completely thrashed Bean and Tikal respectively. Sonic also learned that Kyira was the daughter of a demon, which made him think about Tails.

"Our next fighter is a young girl with a pet Chao, it's Cream the Rabbit!"

A lot of encouraging cheers went out for the young rabbit as she came out. She bowed to the audience and her Chao, Cheese, cheered as well.

"And her opponent, the leader of the Babylon Rouges and probably the best Extreme Gear racer ever, it's Jet the Hawk!"

Jet strode out, feeling mighty confident. His opponent was some rabbit. He had no problems whatsoever. However, he saw Amy give him a menacing glare. Now, the emerald bird was scared. He knew how vicious she was and he guessed that Amy was telling him to not hurt Cream.

The two met in the centre and Cream promptly bowed. Jet wasn't sure how to react to this.

"Uh, good luck to you too, but don't think I'll go easy on you!" he declared.

Cream nodded in understanding. "Very well, but don't you underestimate me."

Jet couldn't help but snicker. "Please, what can you do?" he asked, mockingly. He regretted it when Cream curled Cheese up into a ball and threw him into the hawk's face. Jet was thrown back and skidded across the ground. He had a mark on his face and was now really annoyed. He got back up and pulled his fans out. He threw them forward, creating a miniature tornado that swept across the ground to Cream but she flew over it.

Now, Jet knew he needed a plan. He ran and jumped, hoping to hit the rabbit in mid-air but she retaliated by slamming her feet into his face, knocking him to the ground. Jet was now pissed and quickly aimed the metal bit of his fans at her and threw them. One hit her ears, causing her to lose altitude and bring her back into the ground. The other one hit Cheese, knocking him unconscious.

Cream caught the chao in her arms and held him close, glaring at Jet.

"How could you attack him?" she asked, tears nearly welling in her eyes.

"I told you I wasn't going easy on you!" Jet yelled, dropping the nice act. "Now, stand still so I can win!"

He grabbed his fans and launched another tornado at her. Still holding Cheese, Cream flew over it like last time, but Jet expected this and was already in the air. He brought his heel down into the back of her head, sending her into the tornado. The young rabbit was thrown all around the tornado, until it threw her out into the wall.

"Jet wins!" the commentator announced. The hawk smirked, turning away to take his seat. Cream struggled to get back up but couldn't. She waited for the medics to come, who were accompanied by Amy who lifted her onto the stretcher.

"Our next fighter is the evil genius who's tried to take over the world so many times, it's Dr. Eggman!"

Eggman came out in his Egg Walker while the crowd booed him. Eggman didn't mind. He still waved as he approached the centre.

"Ah, the adoring public. It never gets old" he chuckled to himself.

"And his opponent is another old hero who's coming out of retirement, it's Ray the Flying Squirrel!"

Ray obviously got a lot more cheers than Eggman and he smiled to the crowd as he came out. When he came face to face with Eggman, his smile dropped.

"Eggman" he remarked.

"Ray, how long has it been?" Eggman asked.

"Not long enough!" Ray replied, getting into a fighting position.

Eggman smiled as he readied his Egg Walker. Ray jumped, hoping to attack the doctor himself but Eggman immediately fired the machine gun at him, causing Ray to retreat. Eggman began to fire missiles from the launcher but Ray was fast enough to dodge them all. Somehow, the squirrel began to fly over Eggman and dive-bombed. It looked like Eggman would be hit but he managed to jump back to avoid the hit. Ray hit solid ground and was left open to the claw that came out of Eggman's machine and grabbed him.

As Ray dangled in front of the evil scientist, he struggled to get out but was punched repeatedly by a boxing glove that came out of the front of the Egg Walker. Eventually Eggman got bored and threw Ray into the air, firing missile after missile at him. Most of them missed but a few dealt some damage to Ray. As he crashed into the ground, Eggman fired a huge blue laser at the squirrel. It didn't kill him but badly burnt him, as well as cause him to lose consciousness.

"Dr. Eggman has won!" the commentator announced but the crowd still booed. The doctor shrugged it off and left the arena while medics came to Ray's side.

Sonic glared at the doctor as he left. "Somebody better take Eggman out quickly! Metal and Mephiles are bad enough!" he said.

Tails patted him on the back. "Don't worry. I'm sure one of us will knock him out" he said, calming the hedgehog down. Sonic smiled at his friend before turning back to the arena.

"OK, our next fighter is…"