Lost Hedgehog Tales
CHAPTER THREE: LEADING THE CHARGE
A loud explosion echoed throughout the frozen walls of the caverns. Sonic the Hedgehog sped through the ice, sliding on it like a free princess. "WOOHOO!" he yelled enjoying the excitement rushing through him. The fun was short lived however, as a laser missed Sonic nearly by the cheek. Sonic yelped at the sight of how close that laser was and looked behind him. Speeding after him in a blazing fury was Metal Sonic, the robotic duplicate of Sonic himself, matching the organic hedgehog in every way whether it be speed or strength. Sonic, Tails, Amy and Silver along with the Arctic Freedom Fighters had failed a raid on the Death Egg and had escaped with their lives. They had found a very isolated village and had hid their for a few days trying to recover from the near death experience. But Metal Sonic, along with regional Egg Boss Tundra Walrus had found them and were causing havoc. It had been hours and Sonic and Metal were still duking it out, one-on-one. Sonic glanced back to see Metal Sonic was a little far away from Sonic and the blue hero couldn-t resist a smart remark.
"What's wrong Metal faker? Can't keep up? Gee, I thought those upgrades would've helped by now but being the dolt you are and the bozo ol' eggy is, I shouldn't have gotten so worked up!" Sonic laughed. Ooh, that was a good one, he thought. I gotta come up with one of these for Egg-head. But instigating Metal Sonic was the last thing you want to do, because the robot was mad. And by mad, that meant he was roaring in anger and screamed at Sonic. "YOU BOTHERSOME LITTLE PEST! I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET INSULTING ME!" Metal Sonic suddenly sped up way faster than Sonic had anticipated and the cybernetic hedgehog grabbed Sonic by one of his quills. Sonic yelped in surprise as Metal suddenly lifted Sonic up and slammed him to the ground, then threw him into a nearby iceberg, which broke apart on impact. Sonic groaned in pain as he struggled to get up, but Metal rushed forward and grabbed him by the neck and pinned Sonic to the wall. Raising one of his hands, he sharpened the claws longer. Metal Sonic sneered at his rival.
"Got anything to say now my inferior rival?" Sonic merely smirked at the other one in front of him. "Actually, yeah. Your so sad because you think you can beat me every time we fight, but you know the truth and just don't want to accept it. Plus you also get angry very easily. What, can't take a joke, metalhead?" Sonic said to the robot. Metal Sonic roared in fury at the insult.
"HOW'S THIS FOR A JOKE, HEDGEHOG?!" Metal Sonic suddenly slashed Sonic across the face with his sharpened claws. Sonic screamed in pain as blood came out on the side of his face. Metal then threw Sonic across the cavern, sending the hedgehog crashing into three icebergs and sliding across the ice uncontrollably. Sonic almost slid off the ice and into the water, but luckily stopped right at the edge. He touched his cheek, and moaned in pain. Okay, maybe talking trash was a bad idea. This guy definitly needs anger management, he thought as he grimaced at the cut. Sonic heard the sound of a sonic boom and knew Metal Sonic was not going to spare him, and the robot was definitly going to end up with a new paint job with Sonic's blood all over him. Sonic sprung to his feet and jumped in the air before Metal barreled into him. The robot hedgehog skidded to a stop as he turned to face his enemy. Instead, he was met with a foot to the face. Metal went flying due to the power Sonic put in that kick. Sonic sped after him, jumped up and homing attacked Metal sending the robot smashing into a wall. That shook the entire cavern a little. Sonic immediately stopped running and looked around, scratching his head.
"Whoa, better take it easy if I don't want to get buried here", he said. Suddenly the wall where Metal Sonic had crashed into exploded and a furious Metal Sonic floated out. "Sonic, this time you will die! Now I'm not holding back at all!" Metal Sonic then surrounded his entire body in electricity. "Burst Shield-Overdrive Matrix!" Metal Sonic shouted as the electricity sparked dangerously on his body. Sonic nervously backed away. That certainly didn't look fun. Damn, I could see that this guy needed some anger management, but now he needs more than just that! Metal Sonic suddenly blasted right at Sonic, who shrieked and ducked out of the way. Metal zoomed over Sonic and turned around to chase Sonic who had started running.
"OH DAMN! OH DAMN! OH DAMN! NOT GOOD! WHAT DID EGGMAN DO TO THIS GUY?! HE'S WORSE THAN OMEGA!" Sonic yelled as he raced through the icy path. He glanced back and nearly fainted. Metal Sonic was gaining on Sonic, really fast. Sonic sped up in an effort to lose Metal but the robot sped up to and now was a few inches away from Sonic. Thinking quickly, Sonic jumped and air boosted to his left and grinded on an icy slope. Metal ended up crashing into a pillar, but it came down as the robot had breezed through as if it was nothing. Sonic kept grinding and boosted himself to go faster. Metal Sonic took out every obstacle he crashed into and every pillar was crumbling down. He suddenly flew under Sonic and directly up taking Sonic by surprise. Unfortunately for Sonic, he got hit with the attack dead-on and was flying up. He hit the ceiling and fell back down. Before he hit the ground, Metal swooped in grabbing Sonic's leg and blasting through the water. He held Sonic down so Sonic took a wave of cold, freezing water in his face. Then Metal threw Sonic across making him bounce on the water twice while spinning sideways. Sonic halted to a stop on the icy ground. Before he could get up, Metal grabbed him by the waist and threw him into a wall. Sonic fell back in Metal's arms after that and Metal Sonic continued throwing Sonic into the wall before grabbing him and tossing him aside. The blue speedster gasped and weezed as he struggled to catch his breath. His nose was now bloody and his whole body hurt. Metal stomped over to Sonic and let the hedgehog have it with a torso laser. Sonic immediately made contact with the ground after that. His stomach had burns on them now. Metal Sonic laughed at his fallen rival.
"Looks like your time is up, hedgehog. You thought you could flee from me and attack me while I least expect it. Hah, that's not happening". When Sonic only glared miserably at Metal, the robot let out a sigh. "Look at, you. Battered and beaten and not in the shape to fight. We could have made great rulers, Sonic. Everything, this whole world would have belonged to us. But you see, being the hero gets you nowhere, seeing your state now". Metal Sonic laughed. Sonic only spat out blood and glared at his rival. He couldn't do anything now. Metal had him cornered and not only that, but Sonic couldn't do anything to stop Metal from killing him.
"I'll never work with you, bastard", Sonic spat at the robot. Metal Sonic then let out a laugh. His right hand morphed into a light blue blade, crackling with thousands of volts of electricity. He then grabbed Sonic by the neck with his left hand and held the blade close to Sonic's chest. Sonic gulped as he felt the amount of energy the blade was giving off and knew there was no way he was going to survive this.
"Well then, I guess this is goodbye, my inferior copy", Metal said. He then prepared to thrust the blade into Sonic's chest. Sonic shut his eyes, not wanting to look. But before Metal Sonic could end Sonic's life, the cavern violently shook making Metal drop Sonic. The blue hedgehog gasped for air. The cavern was shaking alot more violetly as Metal Sonic was struggling to stay up. Sonic saw this as an opportunity. Gathering all of his strength, he shouted before slamming into Metal Sonic with enormous power. The robot lost his balance and went tumbling into an iceberg. Before the robot could get up, the ceiling started to split apart and one of the pieces-a big one came down on Metal, breaking apart. Sonic's eyes went wide as he realized what was happening.
"Oh no, this place is gonna cave in! I've gotta juice before I end up in a frosty tomb!" Sonic exclaimed before taking off. After Sonic had booked it, the buried pile where Metal Sonic was lying in suddenly exploded as the robot who was trapped under it roared in frustration. He was so close to killing Sonic and then this happens.
"I WILL NOT BE DEPRIVED OF MY GOAL TONIGHT SONIC!" Metal shouted as he took off after Sonic. As soon as Metal Sonic left, the entire room caved in, and the rest of the cavern was starting to cave in as well. As he was running, Sonic's mind raced with frantic thoughts. I hope everyone's okay. Now I just gotta get to the exit, fast! Suddenly, there was a whooshing sound in the distance behind Sonic. His eyes went wide as he realized only one person could have made that sound. Sonic didn't even need to look back to know it was him, as Metal Sonic's voice boomed in the distance.
"YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE SONIC! THIS CAVERN SHALL BE YOUR GRAVE!" Metal suddenly turned his Burst Shield on at full power, refusing to lose. He was so close, so close, damn it. He slashed his blade fiercely at everything in his way. This made matters worse as the cavern was starting to cave in faster. Sonic looked in horror at what was happening and turned to face Metal, who had caught up with him and was now next to him.
"Metal, stop! You're gonna make this whole thing cave in on us!" Sonic shouted. Metal Sonic glared at the hedgehog. "Never! Until you are dead, I shall not stop my mission! I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD AS MY TROPHY!" Metal bellowed as he prepared to slice Sonic's head off clean with the blade. Sonic however slammed into Metal Sonic with his elbow and kicked the robot hard. Metal Sonic screamed as he fell down away from Sonic. "NNNOOOOO-" Metal's scream was cut short as he was buried by the avalanche the cavern was causing. Sonic then focused on getting out. He boosted himself at top speed and swerved left to right with his quick step in an effort to dodge falling debris. Seeing the exit, Sonic pushed himself farther and he rocketed out of the cavern just as it collapsed. Sonic spun into a ball in midair and landed on a snowy hill. He grunted as he rolled uncontrollably down and came to a stop at the bottom. His blue fur was gone and replaced by white tint everywhere. His shoes were nearly white as well. For a few minutes, Sonic didn't move, just staring at the sky thanking Chaos that he just lived through that. He took a few deep breaths trying to relax himself from the near-death experience. Slowly getting up, the cobalt hedgehog looked at the caverns, which was nothing more than a BIG pile of mess.
"Oh man, that was too close! Metal me definitly wasn't playing around this time. I got lucky, but I dunno if it will last", he said. Sonic then looked back in the distance, where the village was located. "Well, time to go back now. I had my fun here and pretty sure the others cleared eggy's goons out. Hope there okay though" he mumbled before taking off in that direction.
Back at the village
Sonic was right about the village being clean of Eggman's robots. The villagers were all escorted to the Town Hall to stay safe and seek shelter from the cold while their homes were being rebuilt. Tails sighed as he turned around and looked at the rest of the team. They all looked worn out and exhausted.
"Well, we helped rescue the village from Tundra and his men. Shame, he escaped otherwise we could've captured and interrogated him" Tails said as he sat down on a log that was a part of a tree trunk. Flip nodded. "Yeah, we sure showed them not to mess with us! Did you see how they ran with their butts off after we destroyed the big guns?" Erma nodded. "Still, that was a close one. Fighting off robots and legionized soldiers AND saving the villagers at the same time was not easy. We need to be careful next time". Amy sighed and looked out in the distance. I hope Sonic is okay. Metal Sonic isn't easy to beat.
"Hello, earth to Amy! Are you there?" Amy suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and looked to see Erma was talking to her. "Huh, what?" she asked. Erma sighed. "We were just talking about how you handled the situation when Silver abandoned you to fight on his own?" Silver glared at Erma. "For your information, I went to go help Guntiver since he was getting his ass kicked by the Tundra. The walrus was going to kill him for chaos' sake!" Erma glared back at Silver. God, does he ever shut up? She thought. Sealia stepped between the two. "My friends, ve are not fighting each other after ze long trouble ve vent through". Guntiver nodded.
"She's right. We already had enough trouble today. Let's not cause any more problems" he then glared at Erma. "And no fighting." Erma and Silver just hmphed and turned away. "Hey guys", Augustus said. He was looking out in the distance with a pair of binoculars for any sign of their speedy friend. "Sonic's back" he said. Sure enough, there was Sonic soon skidded to a stop next to his friends. Snow flew from his feet as a result. "Hey guys", Sonic grinned. It was then everyone got a good look at him and gasped. Sonic stared at them confused. "What?" he asked. Amy walked up to him, a worried look on her face. She gently touched the scar on Sonic's cheek, which he recoiled sharply from. "What happened, Sonic?" she asked. Tails nodded. "Yeah, why do you look so beat up?" "And what's with the scar?" Flip asked. Sonic let out a light chuckle.
"Oh, this. Don't worry guys it's just a souvenir I bought back with me from the caverns". Guntiver looked in the distance where the caverns were. "What about Metal Sonic?" Sonic grinned. "Buried alive. The whole thing caved in on us because he kept slashing everything in sight with his little toy sword, but I escaped. Can't say about robo me, though". Augustus and Flip laughed and high-fived Sonic. Tails smiled and shook his head. Leave it to Sonic to be in a scary situation and still crack a joke. Amy put her hands on her hips. "Well, I don't think your fine. We're going to patch you up and go to sleep early. We have a long day ahead of us tommorow". Sonic groaned. "But Amy, it's still nine. It's too early-" "No buts, mister hedgehog. Now stop whining like a five-year old and let's go!" And with that said, Amy grabbed Sonic by the ear and started dragging him to the Town Hall. Silver sighed. Those two will never change. T-Pup barked suddenly and started pulling Tails toward the Town Hall, saying that he was tired as well. Tails laughed at his little dog.
"Okay guys, come on let's get some shut eye as well. We have to attack the Death Egg tommorow and we need to be at our best if we want to pull this off". The others agreed and followed Tails inside the enormous castle. Tommorow would be a big day and Eggman's reign of terror would be over at last.
Masters' Quarters, Death Egg
Dr. Eggman looked at one of his various monitors. He was in the master room aboard the Death Egg, his most powerfull battle station. He had won alot of victories with the help of this bad even had an unstoppable army of robots and Mobians. Hell, he even had an IQ of 300 for chaos' sake. With such power, one should be able to take over the entire world in a matter of days. But that was not the case for Eggman. He had just gotten the news of their recent failure from one of his Egg Bosses, Tundra Walrus. The mad doctor couldn't believe it. Team Fighters were already weak from their last attack on the Death Egg and they had been found and attacked when they had least expected it. Not only that, but the heroes were also greatly outnumbered. So how could lose against someone that has almost 1% chance of winning. It was absurd. Eggman cursed under his breath in frustration. A robot suddenly strolled up to Eggman. He was a little taller than T-Pup and almost the size of Cream the Rabbit. It had a sphere shaped body and was painted red. The robot also had blue eyes.
"Um, master?" the robot asked. Eggman sighed and turned around. "What now, Orbot? Can't you see I'm throwing my losing tantrum" he said. Orbot stood straight and spoke very politely. "The Egg Annihilator Beam has finished its repairs and the Chaos Emeralds are now powering it up as we speak" he said in a calm, monotone voice. Eggman sighed. At least something good was coming out today. Orbot looked at his master with a confused look. "Are you alright, master? You look really stressed out" he said. Eggman was trying not to rage so hard that you could see fumes coming out of his ears. Orbot immediately realized that was a he made a mistake and stepped back. Eggman slammed his hands on the table and wheeled around.
"WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, YOU BLABBERING LITTLE PESTICIDE! I JUST FAILED TO FINALLY FINISH OFF SONIC AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE STUPIDEST WAY! I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW JUST WANT TO TAKE A KNIFE AND KEEP STABBING THAT HEDGEHOG UNTIL I GET TIRED! YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY ANGER OUT ON YOU JUST BECAUSE I CAN!" Eggman yelled as he whacked Orbot on the back of his head. "Noooo, sir! Pleeeaaassssseeee!" Orbot screamed as he was violently spun around. Eggman sighed and turned around to look at the monitors. Aaah, that felt good.
"Oui! Ze hedgehog haz deefeeted us again! Hee eez making our plans go KAPUT!" a loud voice echoed throughout the room. "Oh no..." Eggman sighed. Another robot strode up to Eggman. He looked very similar to Orbot, except he was painted yellow and resembled a cube. "Vat is haapeneeng?" he asked, in a really wierd accent. Orbot sighed as he strode up to his friend. "Cubot, we failed to capture Team Fighters, who were hiding in an isolated village", he explained. Cubot, however wasn't even listening as he was just sitting there staring at the wall smiling, lost in his own thoughts. Eggman turned to Orbot. "Any news on Metal Sonic?" Orbot shook in his head. "Negative, sir. I haven't found any readings yet". Eggman put a hand to his hand. Great. Not only did Tundra fail to capture Sonic, but now his greatest creation was also not responding and was lost somewhere. Oh well, at least I still have the manuscripts. I'm going to need those for my master plan as well as that new super powered robot I'm working on right now. A small smile formed on the doctor's mouth. Oh, Sonic was in for a big surprise once his plans started coming together. "Oui! Doctoor Eegman! Don't u vorry about all zis! Ve vill get revenge on ze hedgie so stop crying about it!" Eggman just back-handed Cubot right after the droid said that. However, this caused Cubot to switch personalities. "Wha' mate? How's about we sit and talk all this diddly dandy over a cup o' tea and crumpets!" Eggman's faced turned redder than an over-spiced chili dog. "SHUT UP YOU STUPID LITTLE CHATTERING TRASH CAN!" Eggman bellowed as he kicked Cubot out of the room like a football. Orbot just shrank back when Eggman looked at him, furious. "Go and get your little blabbering comrade and start working on my new robot at once!" Orbot didn't need to be asked twice. He sped out of the room, nearly fast as Sonic yelling on his way out "Yessir!". Eggman then collapsed in his seat and took a deep breath. He put a hand to his head. He suddenly sprang back up and yelled out loud "AND SOMEBODY FIX THAT ANNOYING YELLOW BOX'S VOICE CHIP!"
The next morning, at the village,
Today was the day. The day Eggman would accept defeat at last by the efforts of Team Fighters and the Arctic Freedom Fighters. After so many years of evil, Eggman would finally pay for his crimes. The cold, crisp wind blew harshly as Sonic looked out in the distance. Nothing but a barren land of snow that stretched out miles and miles. Trudging in the snow, everyone was ready to fight. After a long time, Mobius will finally be at peace. Silver suddenly shouted.
"Guys, I see it!" He was talking about the Death Egg, of course. Themassive battlestation could be easily seen in a large field of snow, that was ten times the size of a football field. Their siege, would not be an easy one for there were clusters of Eggman's baddies all over the snow. There were numerous Egg SWATs, as well as Tundra's legionized men. Some other robots were also there such as the Egg Walkers, large walking arsenals that had very thick armor. Egg Drones were also flying around. There were also many cannons and tanks as well and stationed on the biggest one with a huge cannon turret was Tundra Walrus, talking to some of his men. Silver grit his teeth. It was time to save his future at last. Once they freed Sally, Eggman wouldn't be a problem. Sonic looked at everyone.
"Okay, we all know what we have to do, right?" Guntiver grinned. "Just charge in there and start busting some heads!" Everyone else cheered. Sonic smiled."Okay then, let's go! For Sally and everyone else who had to suffer, charge!" Sonic yelled as they all burst through the snow and started running towards the battlefront yelling and shouting battle cries like a pack of wild animals. Tundra looked in their direction and his eyes nearly popped out. "Load up your weapons, charge up the cannons and attack!" he yelled as gunfire and lasers bounced in every direction. Pretty soon it was all out mayhem. There were explosions, shouting and just pure madness. Sonic looked around him. There was not a single place to hide or take cover. We gotta do this fast and correctly or die! he thought as he dodged a laser. Sonic then horse-kicked the soldier in front of him, sieging his weapon and started firing at a horde of robots. He then threw the gun at another soldier, punched him straight in the face and homing attacked another one. Silver was doing amazingly good. Using his psychic powers at an advantage, the futuristic hedgehog was untouchable. He levitated at least a dozen Egg SWATs off the ground and through them at two Egg Walkers, creating a massive explosion. Silver then proceeded to fly and kick a soldier of a cannon. He then sat down and stared at the controls in confusion.
"Huh, now how do I fire?" he said, not noticing a red dot was aimed at his chest. Tundra held the sniper firmly as he looked through the scope and saw himself aiming directly for Silver's chest. "Time for some revenge" Tundra said as he snickered. But suddenly the tank he was in rocked with great force causing Tundra to drop the sniper in the snow. "No!" he cried. He looked at what caused the damage. Apparently an Egg Walker had crashed onto the side of the tank and now there was a moderate sized dent. Tundra flared with anger. He then pressed a button on his tank. "Calling for reinforcements at once!" he barked. Meanwhile, the fight was going well for the heroes. They hadn't faced any problems yet and the big robots were not even that hard to take down. Amy swung her hammer in a circle, smashing five Egg SWATs at once. She smirked.
"Looks like the hammer's coming to town!" she said before running and smashing another three Egg SWATs along with two soldiers. Guntiver dodged a cannon firing and spin-kicked a soldier down. "Augustus, clear the way!" he yelled. His polar bear friend then came charging at the cannon with wide open arms yelling. The soldier operating the cannon jumped out in fear, as the cannon was crushed due to Augustus' strength. Erma and Sealia both were using the Egg Walkers as an advantage, firing at enemy bots and soldiers, getting rid of obstacles faster. Flip and Tails both slammed two soldiers with a spin attack and Tails grabbed an egg shaped RPG from the fallen soldier. He then shouted to Flip. "I'm gonna go help Sonic out! Will you be okay on your own?" Flip grinned.
"You go help your bro out! I'll be alright!" He said, as Tails took off firing off rockets as he went. Silver carried a few boulders with his powers and hurled them at two enemy tanks, blowing them up. Sonic ran around, completly taking out the opposers with his agility and deadly spin dash. Tails flew behind him. "Wanna do the tag team tactic we've been working on?" Tails yelled to Sonic, who in turn grinned at his buddy. "Heck yea! It's time to show these losers not to mess with Team Fighters!" He and Tails both then jumped and clasped their hands together. They both spun into a giant blue and yellow spin dash and blazed through enemy lines. The combined spin dash fiercly took out Eggman's robots and knocked several soldiers out cold. Tundra wearily looked at what was happening. He had to inform his master, otherwise things would be very catastrophic.
Master Quarters, Death Egg
"WHAT!" Eggman's voice bellowed throughout the entire battle station. Orbot and Cubot both jumped hearing their master's voice. "Their winning? How is that possible?" Eggman yelled. He had not expected Sonic and his friends to attack so soon. With the ambush at the village, he thought they would take more time to heal up. "AAARRRGGGH! Just when I'm about to relocate the Death Egg! No matter, I will carry out that plan, because Sonic and his friends won't survive!" He then madly began chuckling. Orbot then intervened. "With all due respect doctor, Sonic and his friends have a high chance of winning, considering how they are wiping out our unit". Eggman stopped laughing then without saying a word, he took out an egg shaped RPG and aimed it at his two servants, who cowered in fear. Eggman then grinned. "You were saying?" Orbot frantically shook his head. "N-no sir! Sonic and his fiends will p-perish!" Eggman then threw the weapon down and grabbed his two robots with both hands. "THEN STOP BUGGING ME AND GET TO WORK YOU LAZY OBNOXIOUS BAFOONS!" he yelled as he bashed both robots heads together and sent them screaming away. Eggman then grinned evily, rubbing both hands. "Sonic, you stand no chance". While all this madness was going on, somewhere far off in the village was about to happen. Where once used to be large, frozen caverns was now a GIGANTIC pile of ice and snow. In the middle of the rubble, a metallic hand shot out, crackling with electricity.
Back at the battlefront,
Sonic and Tails had torn through half the enemies with their attack and the two high-fived for their accomplishment. However, more Egg Pods were dropping from the Death Egg and out came more robots. "How many more are there?" Flip yelled, obviously tired of fighting. Erma sighed. "Still alot, since its Eggman. Once Sonic can get into the Death Egg and stop Eggman, it will all be over". Flip nodded as he continued to fight. "Hope your right", he said before back-flipping into a soldier. Augustus just grinned and clenched his fists. "More for me to smash, heh", he said before body slamming five Egg SWATs at once, taking them all out. Sealia sighed at the sight. "So beautiful, mon" she said before punching a soldier and knocking him out. Amy ran up to Sonic. "We have to get in the Death Egg now!" she said. Sonic nodded. A whole squadron of Egg SWATs and Egg Walkers suddenly charged at the two. Sonic and Amy both nervously gulped at the sight. A tank suddenly came crashing down on the robots, wiping them all out.
"Your welcome!" Silver yelled to them as he picked up another tank, making the operating soldier fall off and threw it at another tank which exploded. That explosion also destroyed at least 20 Egg Pods and the robots inside. Sonic grinned at Silver. Saved by the kid I beat up. How embarassing. Sonic thought as he spin dashed into an Egg Walker's leg, sending it crashing down. Tundra yelled from the biggest tank. "You'll never leave here alive!" he shouted firing the cannon. The explosion was massive, knocking everyone off there feet within range. Sonic glared at Tundra as an idea came to his mind. "Amy, I'm gonna use that tank to get into the Death Egg by blasting it open!" he said. Amy grinned. "Go for it" she said smashing her hammer on a soldier's head. Sonic then sped up to the tank and leapt into the air, rapidly homing attacking any robots in his way. He landed on the tank.
"Tails, I'm on the tank! You gotta help me with the controls!" Sonic yelled to his brother who was flying away from five Egg Drones. "A little busy at the moment!" the fox yelled as he dodged a bullet. Tundra glared at Sonic. "I'll skin you alive, hedgehog!" he said. Sonic glared back. "I like to see you try fat ass!" he countered back. Suddenly a loud boom was heard in the distance. Sonic froze, not wanting to believe his mind. Tundra, who immediatly knew who it was, took out his communicator and spoke into it. "Sir, Metal Sonic is back" he said while grinning.
"What? Where has he been? No matter, now that he's here the heroes are finished! Keep on attacking and don't let your guard down!" Eggman's voice boomed in the communicator. "Yes sir", Tundra said before turning off his communicator. Sure enough Metal Sonic was back and zooming through the warzone taking out everything that came in his way. He stopped in front of Sonic and stood. "Hahaha, you thought you could get rid of me? Too bad. Now I will ahve your head as my trophy Sonic!" Metal Sonic boomed and drew his blade. Sonic gulped at the sight of that. He really means business. Sonic then charged at Metal Sonic, who in turn charged back. Both let out a flurry of punches and kicks dodging each one. Metal Sonic then tried to cut Sonic apart by slashing his blade. However, Sonic just dodged. Silver saw what was happening and picked an Egg SWAT up before chucking it at Metal while Sonic spin dashed towards the robot hedgehog. Metal Sonic just stood there and activated a shield. "Black Shield: Defensive Matrix" he said as a black colored, diamond shaped shield surrounded Metal. Sonic bounced off the shield while the robot exploded upon impact, not harming Metal. The robot then lunged towards Sonic blade ready to rip him apart. However Tails interfered by slamming into Metal Sonic with a flying kick, followed by a spin dash. Sonic flashed his buddy a thumbs up.
"Thanks, Tails! I thought I was done back there!" Tails just smiled. "No problem Sonic!" he said. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" Metal Sonic yelled as he suddenly grabbed Tails with great speed and knocked Sonic down. Metal held the blade close to Tails' chest. Sonic looked in horror at what was happening. Tails just quivered with fear. Metal glared at Sonic. "Come closer and I will tear him apart hedgehog!" Metal said. Sonic however shook with rage. "I'll kill you, you stupid copy machine!" Sonic yelled as he lunged for Metal. Metal just shot a red laser out of his eyes at Sonic who was pushed back. "Now I will kill your little fox friend and then you will be next!" Metal Sonic yelled as he prepared to plunge the blade into Tails' chest. The two tailed fox just shut his eyes, not wanting to see. But suddenly, Metal Sonic was surrounded in cyan energy and was given an electric shock. Silver held his palm out and yelled to Sonic, "I've disabled him! Finish him off before he recovers!" The blue hedgehog didn't need to be told twice. He rushed towards Metal, pried Tails away and gave a hard solid punch to the side of the robots face. There was now a hole in Metal's left cheek. "That's for slashing me!" Sonic yelled as he drew his arm back and smashed it through Metal's torso, completly disabling the laser. Metal Sonic was then thrown in the air and slammed back on the ground by Sonic who was spinning and digging his quills into Metal's face. The robot screamed. Sonic then kicked Metal away. The robot then slowly stood up. He was a terrible mess. The torso had a massive hole and was majorly dented. Metal's legs had alot of dents and were bent and one of his eyes on his visor weren't working. Metal Sonic let out a crooked robot laugh.
"You may have won this time, Sonic. But next time, you won't be lucky". Metal then lunged at Sonic and tackled him, attempting to knock the hedgehog off the tank. Sonic just grabbed Metal and with great force, threw the robot over his head. Metal Sonic screamed as he was sent hurtling towards the main tank's cannon. Tundra looked in fear as he knew what was going to happen. "Shit!" the walrus yelled before leaping off, and running away as far as he could. Metal Sonic crashed into the cannon and the soon, there was a HUMONGOUS explosion, as the tank and Metal Sonic were completly obliterated. Anything within the radius of the tank was blown up as well and the next thing you knew, more than half of Eggman's troops were wiped out. Luckily, Sonic and Tails had gotten away from the explosion at the last second. They screamed as they were knocked forward by the force and fell in the snow. Amy and the rest of the fighters looked with shock. That was by far the biggest explosion and it took out more than half of Eggman's troops. It had also blasted a moderate sized hole on the Death Egg. Sonic scratched his head as he looked at the aftermath.
"Well, not the way I was going for, but that works too". Tundra, who was luckily far away from the explosion, took cover and hid behind a rock. He took out his communicator and spoke. "Dr. Eggman, this is a disaster! Metal Sonic has been destroyed along with the main tank! There is also a hole in the Death Egg! This is terrible!" On the other end, Eggman was heard screaming and raging his butt off.
"Arrgghh! How is this possible? No matter, I still have a back-up plan. You just keep commanding your unit to fight the fighters and help stall!" Eggman then shut his communicator off. Oh that hedgehog would pay. The mad doctor then called his two servants Orbot and Cubot. The two quickly scrambled up to their master. "Yes sir?" Orbot asked. "Yo, wat up?" Cubot asked in yet another voice. Eggman facepalmed himself since Cubot's voice chip was not yet fixed. "Nver mind, you two finish the upgrades and enhancements on the new robot, while I try out my newest toy with that blasted hedgehog!" Orbot and Cubot both ran off to do their work while Eggman walked to his newest machine.
Pretty soon after, Sonic along with Tails and Amy jumped through the hole and on to the Death Egg. "Here we are, the final stretch!" Sonic said. Amy held up her hammer. "I can't wait to smack Eggman with this! I've been itching to do this for a while!" Amy said as she twirled her hammer. Tails looked around. "I'm pretty sure Eggman is planning something big. With an army so powerful, he needs to be stopped. We need to get ahold of Eggman's plans!" Sonic grinned. "Right-o, buddy!" Suddenly there was a loud crash and a giant robot came crashing through the ceiling. It was bulky, with a round shaped body, spikes on each shoulder. It had an enormous shield and a mace cannon on each arms. Its legs had spikes and the feet had spikes as well. The torso had Eggman's logo on it and its head was the shape of a Roman warrior's helmet. Its face had a V-shaped visor, showing the mad doctor inside. It was colored dark green and brown.
"BEHOLD, THE EGG GLADIATOR! THIS MACHINE WILL STOMP YOU INTO A BLUE JELLO YOU STUPID HEDGEHOG!" Eggman's voice boomed through the robot. Sonic smirked. Such a brilliant invention deserved a true complement. "Gee doc, the Egg Gladiator? Looks like you didn't put alot of effort into this one. It looks just like the Egg Beater suit you used to burn Knothole, only bigger with a new paint job! At least it looks prettier than you!" Sonic remarked. Tails and Amy laughed behind him. Eggman was infuriated. "I'll show you who has a prettier face, you ignorant little rat!" Eggman yelled before raising the mace cannon and shooting out a large mace at the three heroes. They all dodged and went separate ways. Tails flew behind the robot, while Amy ran up and struck the right leg with her hammer. Sonic just leapt up and ran up the mace and jumped. He then homing attacked the face of the robot. This caused this to lurch back into Tails' tail swipe attack. The Egg Gladiator had suffered some damage due to the teamwork of the heroes.
"Arrghhh! I'll make you pay! How's this?" Eggman shouted as the gladiator let out a fury of homing fire missiles at the heroes. Sonic, Tails and Amy all yelled and tried to dodge the onslaught, but were struck by the missiles no matter what. Sonic brushed his arm and stood up dizzy. Eggman then shot his mace cannon out directly at the heroes. Tails and Amy recovered and quickly scrambled out the way. Unfortunately for Sonic, the mace hit him dead on. The hedgehog slammed into the wall and slid down dazed at what just happened. The Egg Gladiator then started to stomp towards Sonic. Tails and Amy tried to stop the mad doctor, but he just let out a barrage of fiery missiles at the two and both were on the ground gasping for air. The Egg Gladiator then tried to grab Sonic, but the hedgehog had picked himself up and homing attacked the torso. The Egg Gladiator lurched back. Sonic, still in the air then air boosted the robot in the face and then hit it with a charged up homing attack. The Egg Gladiator fell down and Sonic proceeded to power stomp the torso, creating a huge dent on it. Eggman screamed in fury and blasted Sonic off with the mace cannon, then smacked the hedgehog with the shield. He then kicked the Sonic back into the wall, to Sonic's dismay. Eggman sneered at Sonic.
"How's it going, my little friend? Surprised at the sheer strength of this bad boy?" Eggman said before charging up a turret that was stationed at the side of the robot's head. Suddenly the Egg Gladiator was struck by a tremendous force to the side, then to the left leg along with the right leg. Eggman looked to see that Amy had caused the damage and she was about to cause more if the doctor hadn't moved out the way. But then the robot was struck on the side if the face where the turret was. The little mini cannon ended up destroyed, due to Tails' tail swipe. "How's that for teamwork, egg-head!" Sonic yelled before charging up a spin dash and launching himself at the robot, completly cutting through its torso. The Egg Gladiator then crumpled to the ground, defeated. Eggman pounded his fists in rage as he screamed in anger.
"CURSE YOU, SONIC! I WAS SO CLOSE AND THEN YOU GO RUIN IT FOR ME LIKE ALWAYS!" the mad doctor screamed. Tails then saw a bunch of papers that looked old and ancient by the doctors' side. He picked them up and looked at them. His eyes went wide at what was contained in them. Eggman looked at Tails in horror, before lunging at him. "GIVE THOSE BACK, YOU DESPICABLE MISCREANT!" Eggman shouted, but the two tailed fox just side stepped him and let the fat man faceplant. "Geez, and I thought I needed to relax" Sonic said, scratching his head at the sight. He then walked up to Eggman and put both hands on his hips. "Its over eggy, we won. Now call back your troops! We're taking you to the New Mobotropolis Detention Center!" said the hedgehog. Eggman growled at his enemy. "Never. It's never over". Sonic snorted. "Wanna bet bozo?" Amy then walked up to Eggman and held her hammer firmly. "I've been wanting to do this for a long time" she said before pulling back her arm and letting the doctor have it with a hammer in his face. The egg shaped man shrieked in pain and held both hands to the face and fell down. "It's over" Sonic said before turning to his brother.
"What's wrong, buddy? You look like you saw a ghost" he said. Tails just looked at his older brother with a worried glance. "This is a Gaia Manuscript, Sonic. I can tell by looking at the pictures. A friend of mine had told me about these at a presentation I attended a few months back. I don't know what it says, but Eggman definitly planning to do something with this". "Well, you think your friend could help us decode it or something. I mean, he told you about this so he should know something, right?" Tails nodded. "He lives in the country of Spagonia. He has a university there and a laboratory. His name is Professor Pickle". Sonic nodded. "Great, so we know what to do now. We go to Spagonia and meet this Pickle guy. But not before stopping at New Mobotropolis and locking him up". Sonic said pointing at Eggman. The mad doctor just growled. "I'm not getting locked up anytime soon". He then pressed a button on his jacket, causing the Egg Gladiator to blow up, sending Team Fighters out the hole of the Death Egg and into the snow. Eggman, who had surprisingly taken cover, got up dusting himself off and ran back to the master quarters. "Orbot, Cubot! Call everyone back at once, we're leaving! Now!" Eggman's voice bellowed throughout the Death Egg. Back on the ground, things had been going well for the heroes. Silver and the Arctic Freedom Fighters had nearly wrapped this up. Guntiver then noticed Sonic, Tails and Amy on the ground. He and Erma ran over to help them up.
"Are you alright?" Erma asked. Tails and Amy nodded, but Sonic just looked at the Death Egg, which was now beggining to rise up in the air. "No, we have to hurry and get back up there! We have to save Sally!" Sonic then tried to run over to the tanks and parkour up the Death Egg, but Augustus grabbed him. "Wait Sonic! It's too late now! The damn thing is too high up there!" the polar bear yelled. Sonic shook his head. "No, I'm saving Sally right now!" He then broke free of Augustus' grasp and tried to run, but was stopped by Silver's psychic. "Sonic calm down! We'll save her next time, its okay!" Sonic struggled. "No, we were so close! Dammit how did we not see that coming!" They were all suddenly knocked down by Tundra, who zoomed past them in an Egg Mobile. He smiled and flew up in to the Death Egg. Everyone sighed. They were so close. So close to stopping Eggman and saving Sally. But the doctor had tricked them again and escaped. Sonic was on his knees. Amy put a hand on his shoulder.
"Sonic, its okay. We'll save her next time. And we will also put Eggman behind bars too. Now that we know what he does, we'll be ready". Sonic sighed and smiled. "Yeah, your right. I guess I'm overreacting. C'mon lets head back to New Mobotropolis to rest up and see our families. Then we'll head for Spagonia. Thanks Guntiver. You and your team really helped us out". Guntiver laughed. "Oh come on, its nothing! Rather we should be thanking you for asking us to help. It was a real honor to fight alongside you guys". The others yelled "Yeah!" Tails and Amy laughed. Sonic then turned to Silver. " Hey, thanks for helping us. I know we haven't been on the right path lately, but I hope that changes soon". Silver smiled. "It's cool, really. I can understand how you feel. I had fun today, to be honest". The others agreed. "Yeah, good luck on saving your future", Sonic said. "Yeah, and don't accuse more people", Erma said. Silver glared at her, while she stuck out her tongue. Everyone laughed at the sight. "Well, I better get going", Silver said. Sonic grabbed his hand. "Wait, you never told me why you accused Sally of being the traitor". Silver slapped his forehead. "Of course! The reason is that she would defeat all of you on the Death Egg, if I weren't there. My solution wasn't to kill her, but it was to save her from roboticization". Sonic's eyes widened. "Oh man, I'm sorry for beating you up!" Silver smiled. "It's cool". He then threw a Super Warp Ring and waved goodbye as he stepped through the portal. As soon as it closed, Tails sighed. "Well, let's head back. T-Pup hates waiting and the Tornado should be good to go". The others nodded. Soon, it was sunset. The Arctic Freedom Fighters waved goodbye as Team Fighters flew away on the Tornado back home. Though it was a fun ride, the heroes were in for a big surprise when they got home. And thus, was the start of a new adventure.
TO BE CONTINUED
*Author's Note: And that finally wraps it up for the very first arc in the story! God, this took such a long time and I was in a huge rush to get it done. What are these Gaia Manuscripts? Where is Doctor Eggman going to move the Death Egg? And what surprises lie in store for them? Find out in the next chapter!
Remember guys, I'm new to fanfiction so my writing might not be that good and detailed. There might be some rushed parts so please go easy on me! Also there will be a number of couples throughout the story so please don't hate. Anyway, we'll meet in the next chapter! Until next time!
EPIC Out.