Some people say I'm an idea machine, but I just have an overactive imagination.
Song used:
Stage 8 – Streets of Rage 2
Avenger Saga: Chapter 49 – Man vs. Machine
At Eggman's base, Omega and Metanic left an elevator full of robots and continued walking along. "So in my opinion, I consider E-102, known as Gamma, to be a badass. From what I heard, he took on several other E-series robots and owned them all, then took on his supposed superior brother who had become even more powerful and still flat out owned his ass, and then he decided to blow himself up because he had completed his mission. Truly a role model for future heroic robots."
"Indeed." Omega agreed.
Back at Tails' house, Sonic and Crystal were randomly discussing about how they would like to die. Crystal was currently talking. "So if my time were to come real soon, I wouldn't run in fear and cower, I'd look death right in the face, stand firm, and display a look which says, "Yeah, I'm awesome." Because I've lived for a long time, and I welcome death with open arms, so when it's my time to go, I want my death to be awesome."
"It's like you totally read my mind." Sonic replied. Afterwards they looked out into the garden again.
Tails moved back as he blocked several punches from Amber, then attempted to trip her but missed as Amber hopped and swung at his head. Tails back flipped and then attacked with a flying kick in the middle of it. Amber grabbed his foot once again, and as she tried to slam him into the ground again, he stopped himself with both hands and flung her forward with his foot. She spun into a ball and then dashed towards Tails as she touched the ground while Tails dashed towards her.
As they reached each other, Tails easily sidestepped a wave of fire and tried to set up his rarely used ultimate move only used during that one tournament, but missed as Amber kicked him to the side. He flipped up and did an unnecessary combat roll which Amber raised an eyebrow at, due to the stupidity of such a move, with enough precision to catch her off-guard. "I'm pinching your face!" he exclaimed as he did so.
She simply grinned and grabbed his head while exclaiming, "I'm crushing your head! I'm crushing your head!" just before attempting to do so, which Tails soon escaped from and fled as he yelled, "I'm running awaaaaay!" followed by Amber yelling, "I'm touching you inappropriately!" As she tackled him.
"Wow, that was pretty awesome." Sonic commented.
"Yeah, that was amazing! How did you make so much progress so fast?" Crystal asked, completely shocked by this.
"We used a montage. Otherwise this would have taken 2 days." Amber replied.
"Oh." Crystal's expression returned to normal. "Still great, I guess."
"Yeah. Well Tails, it seems you're good enough at the moment, compared to me anyway. Do you need any more practice or are you fine now?"
"Well, I guess I could use a bit more another time, but I'm sure I'll be fine for now. Thank you for taking the time to help me." Tails said.
"You'd better be thankful. I don't do this for many people, at least when I was Chaotic Evil I didn't. I would just kill all my enemies without a second thought, but Crystal soon showed me the error of my ways, and I decided to change my ways, and then we celebrated our newfound friendship with 2 hours of wild nookie."
"That never happened." Crystal quickly responded. "Not the turning good thing, the part after that. It never happened...at least I think it didn't..." She scratched her forehead.
Just then, Sonny, Shade and Mads arrived and entered the garden. Sonny waved as they approached them. "Hey guys, we encountered Virus and his companions earlier."
"So what happened?" Crystal asked.
"Nothing much, Shade and him talked a little, then we left."
"You never did anything to finish him? Why?"
"I'd also like to know." Amber added.
"You know how that guy is." Shade began. "The minute he starts losing he'll run, until he finally achieves 'Final Boss' status, which is when he'll fight to the death."
"It was still foolish to do nothing." Crystal said. "If it was me, I-" Amber quickly pushed her off screen as she said, "Move aside, Crystal, you already have enough screen time. Everything will work out, and that's all that matters."
At the temple, everyone had already left except Team Chaotix and Cherry. Vector was apologizing about the Fujin Gem being stolen. "Well, sorry about losing the gem."
"It's okay, sadly it didn't work anyway." Cherry replied. "I'll go see Tails about making me a body in a little bit, but thank you so much for your help, guys."
"Just doing our job, Cherry." Vector nodded. The three of them walked towards the exit as a voice began speaking. "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the C-Team!"
Meanwhile, at the newly constructed Eggman base, the Stage 8 theme from Streets of Rage 2 began playing as Omega and Metanic walked along a clear path into a building with windows to the sides. They soon reached a large elevator which slowly moved up as Eggman robots continued to drop down into it, which Omega and Metanic dispatched by performing flashy moves, using random physical weapons dropped into the elevator, and throwing them off the edges. After a long while of destroying robots, they reached the top floor which looked like a manager's office with the sunset being seen through the windows.
As the music stopped, a giant metal crab suddenly smashed through a wall nearby and tried to grab them, missing by inches and causing the roof to crumble from the crab's random entry. Eggman could be seen in the cockpit of the giant crab. "This is the end of the line for you troublemakers! Get a load of this!" He exclaimed before firing a large laser beam from its mouth which they both somersaulted out of the way from.
Omega and Metanic moved around, firing at it while it occasionally whacked them aside soon before Metanic noticed the two chaos emeralds powering it on its back. Metanic charged at the crab, which began firing frickin' laser beams at him. He avoided the beams and sliced off one claw with a spin attack before doing the same to the other.
Omega then hit the crab with an uppercut as he fired a large beam, then flew up a bit and performed a suplex on the crab. He then leaped up into the air and finally finished off the crab with a flying elbow drop, causing it to explode. Metanic quickly caught the two emeralds as they were sent flying. Inside it was revealed that a robot lookalike was controlling the crab, leaving a message behind. "Well done, Omega, but sadly I couldn't make it. I guess you could consider this a hollow victory. Farewell for now."
After several moments of silence, Metanic finally said, "If this was a movie, I'd have raged pretty hard, considering he never bothered to show up. Oh well, tough break, man, but at least I got what I came for, and pretty easily too. Later." He waved goodbye as he headed for the exit. After a few more moments, Omega left as well.
Back at the Egg Cruiser, Eggman Nega had previously returned. Eggman, Eggman Nega, Virus and Rose were all in one room discussing whether or not they should get rid of Lily.
"I personally consider Lily to be a nuisance in our plans." Eggman started off. "She causes more trouble than is necessary."
"I'm inclined to agree with that." Eggman Nega replied.
"I think you're being a little too harsh." Virus responded. "She hasn't outlived her usefulness yet."
"Let me remind you that she lost the experimental black substance we tried to collect, and you mentioned that she lost the Fujin gem by being careless. Not to the mention the time we attempted to rob a bank, and thanks to her incompetence we got found out and had to flee without the money. Not to mention robbing the bank was her idea." Eggman finally finished.
"...Well, I can't think of what to say to that." Virus said, admitting defeat. "What do you think, Rose?"
"I think she does a great job of being a contrast to the usual serious environment, and I actually like that, but I'd never tell her myself, because then she'd never shut up about it." Rose replied.
After another 30 seconds of discussing, Lily suddenly walked in, making the room go silent due to her presence. "Uhh, hi guys. I know we haven't been on good terms recently, but I really have been trying to make the best of this. I don't know many people I can truly call 'friends', it's just not so easy for me. But this is different, despite the arguments and stuff, I still have fun. I consider you guys like my second family. Eggman, you're like that one fun popular uncle who visits on special holidays and always comes with gifts. Eggman Nega could be his 'partner'."
"What are you implying?" Eggman Nega asked.
Lily ignored him and continued. "Virus is like one of those perverted bishonen dads who's constantly rejected by women for no apparent reason."
"I take offense to that." Virus retorted.
Lily walked towards Rose. "And last of all, Rose. You're like my Cool Big Sis, and even though you constantly belittle me, ignore me, and occasionally try to kill me, I still like you. You don't have to say whether you care or not, but I consider you more than just a wandering assassin, I consider you my closest friend." Lily smiled at her.
After a few moments of being stunned, Rose sighed and slowly hugged her, which Lily welcomed with open arms. Virus looked disoriented as he watched them hug. "Such a heartwarming moment may be bad for my health."
"Yes, truly unexpected." Eggman replied.
And so the day ended, with Sally Sue finally ending up with the Fujin gem because the Metallic Council of Maniacal Evil lost her, Metanic returning to the meeting, Team Chaotix going out for pretzels, and Cherry visiting Tails to ask if he could build her a body, which he kindly agreed to. Oh, and SA2 got a refund from his booked holiday, because he's awesome like that.
There would normally be one of those things here, but I decided not to do it. Anyway, since Halloween is coming up soon, and due to college I'm losing free time, I decided I'd do a Halloween chapter on...well, Halloween, so until next time...
