Ch 15: Big Brawl in Mobotropolis

"Apparently, the last Time Stone is being kept in a bank somewhere." Ash said as they to spaceships traveled back to Mobotropolis. "They figured that it'd be the last place anyone would expect to look."

"So I've heard," Sonia nodded. "At least now we can get the last Time Stone and reawaken mother. She'll know what to do."

"Any ideas on what the Metarex plan on doing?" Sonic asked.

"The Metarex are crafty aliens." Sally answered. "They can hide very well."

"But they can't hide for long," Honey continued, "They'll have to show up soon."

Everyone aboard the Leaf Storm were about to continue the conversation, but then a message from the Blue Typhoon interrupted them.

"There's something going on in Mobotropolis! Look!" Knuckles' voice yelled through the speakers.

All present turned to the windows as they gasped at what they found. It was a giant black orb with four tentacle legs and visor lens were seen on the top. It was trashing the city with its tentacles and laser attacks. It had even destroyed the bank and was pulling out something red.

"What the hell is that?!" Mighty gawked.

"Must be another one of the Metarex!" Fiona replied.

"It's got the last Time Stone!" Bark frowned. "We can't let that thing take off!"

No less then thirty seconds, the spaceships landed and the heroes ran to the attack site. There they saw the Metadrone about to take its leave. Now they couldn't have that. Quickly, Mina took a piece of rubble and threw it that the Metadrone. Now they had its full attention.

"Nice. With the people evacuated, this dance floor is all ours!" Sonic smirked.

"Then let's get started." Shadow smiled also.

The Metadrone also seemed zealous enough to fight as the tentacles and visor lens disappeared into its shell and began to roll towards them.

"Here he comes!" Silver shouted as everyone jumped high and over the giant bowling ball. As they landed, the ball made a U-turn came at them again.

"Bark! Give this thing the cold shoulder!" Ash commanded. Bark nodded with a gruff grunt as he brought his hand up. A beam of ice shot out and froze the ground in a chilly embrace. Bark continued his freezing handiwork as Metadrone approached the ice but was unable to stop. The alien machine ended up getting the chill pill from the bottom up when the cryokinetic polar bear finally stopped. It wasn't enough though; the Metadrone was beginning to break out. Knuckles and Mighty looked at each other with grins.

"You hit him high…"

"…And you hit him low."

Mighty garbed Knuckles and tossed him into the air with just half of his strength. The keyword here being HALF. Knuckles dove back to the ground and at the struggling Metadrone, fists out and spinning like crazy. He crashed into the machine, busting it out of its frozen prison and leaving a huge dent. At the same time, Mighty rushed up and slammed his powerful fist into the Metadrone, pushing it back even further and leaving another huge dent.

"That thing looks really tough!" Sonia frowned as she watched the Metadrone struggle back up.

"What do we do now?" Cream asked no one in particular.

Before anyone could respond to it though, the Metadrone jumped high into the air and right on top of them. Everyone tried to move out of they way as fast as they could but Blaze could not make it out on time. Her eyes widen as it came down on her, as she braced for impact, Silver jumped in and created a barrier around them, keeping the Metadrone from crashing. It was very stubborn though, it continued to try and bark through the shield, making it crack in each blow. One final slam later and Silver was out like a light, making his shield cancel out.

"Silver!" Blaze gasped as she tried to shake him awake, "You naive blockhead! Why'd you do that?!"

"Blaze! Get Silver out of here!" Sonic shouted. Blaze nodded as she picked Silver up and raced out of the fight, leaving a trail of flames behind her.

"I'm not about to stand here and be a spectator," Shadow grinned as he walked forward while cracked his knuckles. He vanished in a blue flash and reappeared in the air with another blue flash. "Chaos Bomb!" he released a red orb of Dark Chaos Energy and hurled it at the Metadrone. It crashed into the armor with a red flash, leaving a larger, but not deep, dent.

"Damn, what is that thing made of?" Shadow snarled as he landed. "None of our attacks work!"

"Keep trying! Something has to work!" Sally encouraged.

"Look's like the best thing we can do now is keep bashing him till he falls," Sonic frowned.

"Good enough!" Bunnie shouted as she fired missiles at the Metadrone. The force of the blasts knocked it back even further. As it got up, it know had more dents all over the armor. It looked ageing.

"It's like he's not even trying…" Cosmo gasped.

"He's toying with us," Knuckles added.

"If he wants to play, then let's play!" Bark shouted as he hurled an ice blade at the tentacle that had the Stone. It was sliced of and the Stone dropped out.

"I got it!" Mina shouted as she ran and took it. Suddenly, The Metadrone stomped its leg's around hear and began shot laser shots from the visors. Mina managed to jump away from each attack.

"Look's like he's done playing now!" Fiona gasped.

"Get it!" Mina shouted as she through the Stone into the air. Rouge flew up and grabbed it, just as the lasers were directed at her. She flew around the lethal beams, trying to avoid get hit. She soon ran out of luck as a stray shot grazed her left wing. She yelled in pain as she let the Stone loose. Tails caught it, but the Metadrone tried to turning him into a pancake when he did. Cosmo hugged him from behind and teleported the both of them to safety as the leg crushed through the concrete with loud smashing sound.

Seeing this action made Sonic's blood boil. "You're gonna pay for that!" he roared as he spun into a ball and zipped around the Metadrone, getting a few hits on him. After seconds of that, he suspended himself into the air and sent a wind blast at the head. The head fell to the ground at contact, but the fight was far from over.

"Take this!" Cream shouted as she used her statickinesis to shoot a small bolt of lighting at the gash from the broken arm. This made the Metadrone fizzle and shake as electricity ran through the robot.

"You're through….!!!" Mighty roared as he lifted the limp arm and threw it right at the Metadrone. This time it ripped right through, leaving a huge gash. The Metadrone swayed back and forth, back and forth. Then, it crash forward with a heavy thud. It would not be getting up this time. Ever.

"That… was intense!" Knuckles panted. "You alright Rouge?" he asked as he went to helped her up.

"My wing will heal. Thanks.

Blaze came back with a now conscious Silver being supported by her. "Did we win?" Silver asked tiredly.

"Yep, we got him," Sonic smiled. He noticed Tails and Cosmo walking up to them. "You guys alright?"

"We're fine," Tails smiled. Then he turned to Cosmo, "Thanks Cosmo. I really owe you one." Cosmo smiled brightly as she hugged his arm, causing the both of them to blush.

"Now we have all seven Time Stones!" Sonia smiled, "Let's get the others, it is time!"

Everyone nodded and went to Castle Oblivion, were the triplets can finally awaken the one who can help stop the crisis.