Back in the tropical area of Clearno Island where no damage was done, a small, purple spherical-shaped creature with a blue hood covering his entire face except for his eyes, and dark purple gloves and shoes was having a nice time exploring. He was mostly looking at the money he had, but he had another important mission too. After all, he had another ally, and he had been separated from him.
"Mmmmmffggh! (So, I'm finally on this island, huh? Woo-hoo!)" the being named Lemmy cheered, his voice being muffled through his hood. "Mmmmmggfffhh! (That means there's a TON of valuable stuff! I'll take 'em all!)"
Lemmy began to crawl on the floor, searching for any money. Unfortunately, this was interrupted by a witch-like voice.
"Hey! You! Can you hear us?"
Lemmy stopped and looked up to see the two Shadow Sirens and what appeared to be a toaster trapped in a net.
"Hmmmm? Mmmgffhh Mgghfff? (Hey, is that a toaster?)" Lemmy asked.
"What in the world are you saying?!" Beldam asked angrily. "Just help us out of here!"
"Mmmgggffhhh? (What for?)"
"Guh! Guuuhhh!" Marilyn grunted.
"Mmmggffhhh? (Trapped? Well, I guess I can free you. I've got nothing important to do!)" Lemmy pulled out a cutter boomerang and threw it over the rope on the net, freeing the three. Doopliss had changed back into himself in the process. "Mmmmffghh! (Hey! That's no toaster!)"
"Mmmmwee hee hee hee hee! Excellent! Now that we're out of that mess, I think we need to get out of here before…" Beldam paused when he heard John wake up. "Great... That monster's waking up!"
"So... You have freed yourself from that prison, am I correct?" John asked, approaching the three with a growl.
"That thing talks?" Doopliss gaped.
"Of course I can talk! I didn't have anything interesting to say, that's all."
"Sorry, but we have other business to attend to," Beldam said, grabbing Lemmy and throwing him at John. "For now, have some fun with this pest!"
With John distracted, the three made their escape. John groaned and threw Lemmy off him, sending him flying toward a tree. Unfortunately, this tree fell on top of Lemmy.
"Great... This is all your fault that those three have escaped." John growled, pushing the tree out of the way so he could glare at Lemmy (who was very much alive and not too hurt). After looking at him for a moment, he realized something. "Hold on a moment... I recognize you..."
"Mmmggffhh? (You do?)" Lemmy gawked as he stood up.
"Yes... I can even understand you under that muffled hood. Let me see..." John took out a booklet and flipped through a couple of pages. "You wouldn't happen to be Lemmy, right?"
"Mmmgffhhh, (That's me,)" he nodded.
"So you were sent here for the same reason as I was... A fat penguin wants us to search for someone named Chopper..."
"Mmmmmmffgghh. (I don't know.)"
"Obviously you don't. You just care about money. Look, since we were both sent to do the same job, we might as well both work together to eliminate the threat."
"Mmmffghh! (OK!)" Lemmy nodded.
"Good. Now follow me if you can..." John began to move on forward, with Lemmy following him. Along the way, a couple of trees had accidentally fallen on him, which John had to push off him each time.
Upon exiting the labyrinth, the heroes gazed in awe as they found the clear, blue sky lingering over them. The grass felt nice and green, and many gardens appeared around the field as well. There were even a couple of loops around as well. One thing for sure was that everyone was liking this.
"Wow! Now THIS is what I'm talkin' about!" Sonic smiled. "Loops, green grass, and a nice, clear sky!"
"Poyo, (I'll admit, this is a really nice place to be in,)" Kirby commented, feeling the fresh air. Unfortunately, their time to feel the nice breeze got interrupted by some Demolition Phis.
"Located! Located!"
"Oh, come on! More of these guys?" Chopper groaned.
The two robots fired bombs down, but Chopper took action by changing to Ice Chopper and freezing the bombs. He then proceeded to throw two electric balls at the two Demolition Phis.
"Attack! Attack!"
They threw more bombs toward the group, refusing to give up. Sonic attacked both bombs with a Homing Attack and then knocked the Phis back onto the grass.
"Take this!" Berry brought her hammer down on both Demolition Phis, destroying them. Two Hearts and Flowers dropped and so did a couple of coins. Chopper happily collected them, recovering a brief amount of HP and FP.
"It's always a good idea to grab these hearts and flowers before you move on," Shadower informed.
"You don't need to tell me that, Shadower," Chopper replied in an annoyed tone.
"Oh, I wasn't talking to you."
"You were talking to the readers?"
"...Never mind."
By exploring the garden in the area, there was a small, yellow sunflower that gave a couple of flowers upon circling around it. However, due to Chopper's FP being full, there was no point in taking them. Another small flower garden had a much larger, effeminate flower with a yellow face and orange petals, along with golden petals behind it. It appeared to be very happy-looking.
Mario: Those flowers remind me of the ones back in Flower Field.
"Maybe it knows something?" Berry deduced, approaching it.
"Poyo! (Wait! Don't approach it!)" Kirby cried.
The flower known as a Lovely winked as it quickly retreated and lunged toward Berry. Kirby had saw it coming and quickly pulled her away from the Lovely, telling her that it was actually an enemy.
"Whoa... That thing's quite a trickster then." Sonic said.
When the Lovely tried lunging at them again, Mario and Chopper stomped on its head and guarded its lunge attack once again. Vivian finished it off with a Shade Fist, despite feeling guilty for destroying a flower. With it out of the way, they progressed to the next area and found a hill going downward and a loop leading to a ramp. The ramp appeared to lead to some fluffy clouds.
"More clouds? Well, it's always nice to have them." Chopper smiled, eager to reach said clouds.
Going through the loop, Chopper and Sonic waited for the others to come to them before leaping onto the bouncy clouds. They had led them onto a much larger cloud acting just like the ground below.
"Oh, boy... Now that I think about it, I think I'd rather be back at that temple..." Bombette trailed, avoiding a white Puff called a Blow Puff that was trying to throw them off by blowing wind. Chopper jumped on its head, and Flyer's Flying Attack defeated it. Afterward, they had found the Sun Star on one small cloud platform that required the help of Mario's Spin Jump to get.
"Great! That means there's only four more left!" Chopper declared, putting the star away. "We're getting close to collecting them all back!"
Moving on ahead, they found a cloudy hill leading down to a spring that appeared to be aiming at a smaller cloud. The heroes went down the slope and got launched onto the cloud. This one was close to the ground, but jumping off was a bad idea, as there was a spike pit down below. However, there was another cloud just up ahead.
"I can help you here," Berry declared, using her hammer to send Chopper flying onto the other cloud. A blue orb was there, so he waited for the others to get to the other side before striking it with an electric cloud. With that, the cloud slowly began to move forward, allowing the ten to relax for a brief moment.
"So... We're here... Standing on a moving cloud..." Shadower trailed, unsure of what else to say.
"Poyo! (This sure is life!)" Kirby smiled.
Eventually the cloud had stopped, and below them was a good area to land. Jumping down, they progressed into a large garden with some trees around. A Lovely was nearby and lunged at Kirby, sending him tumbling back. Sonic took care of it with a simple Homing Attack. Another enemy was over by one tree, and it appeared to be a purple Dayzee called a Bubble Dayzee. Unlike a Crazee Dayzee, it could create bubbles to trap people in.
Mario: Those are some strange Dayzees...
When the Bubble Dayzee sang, bubbles came out from its mouth. Chopper gazed at one, only to get caught in it. "Uh oh... This isn't good..."
Scrub ran in and attacked the Bubble Dayzee with some Mini-Eggs, causing it to shrink it size. This gave Shadower the opportunity to finish it off with a Shadow Punch. This helped free Chopper once the Bubble Dayzee was gone.
Reaching the end of the area, they found a gate blocking their way, so they were forced to check the trees. Chopper whacked one tree and found a blue ! Switch, which revealed a pipe after being hit. He was led into the background and hit a blue ! Switch there to open the gate.
"Well that takes care of that," Chopper declared, returning to the others and proceeding into the next area. There were a couple of Electric Block surrounding a small stream, and two Demolition Phis spotted them and charged.
"Located! Located!"
"Hmmm... This looks like a great opportunity to try out my Diamond-Rank move!" Berry decided, gripping onto her hammer's handle tightly and spinning herself around. A pink cyclone had formed around her, and she started to spin rapidly around the area. The two Demolition Phis got caught in the twister and received some serious damage from the attack as soon as Berry finished. Chopper's Diamond Hammer ability helped clear them out.
"Those are a lot of Electric Blocks..." Sonic remarked. "But, nothing too difficult to get rid of, right, Chopper?"
"Uh huh!" Chopper nodded, firing electric balls at the blocks and destroying them. A pipe was revealed to be in the center, and since there was no pathway ahead, they were forced to enter the pipe. It had led them into a small, gray underground room with a couple of pictures and writing on the wall. By a fireplace was an old, brown, furry man on his rocking chair.
"Who are you, sonny? Are you one of them robots?" he asked.
"We're not robots," Chopper replied. "We're just... Ummmm..."
"Tourists," Flyer answered.
"Ummm... Yes! Tourists! And... Well, who are you?"
"Hrrmmmm… My name? Well... Lemme see... Ah, yes! My name is Shunny! I'm an old furry man that lives underground. That's why I'm always so hungry and weak. I do nothing but rock on this chair day after day until my pants come off."
Everyone noticed that Shunny did not appear to be wearing pants.
"Yeah... Well, have fun with that, I suppose?" Berry gawked, unsure of how to respond, Flyer looked up at the writing and the pictures. He noticed a picture of a large star.. "Hey, Chopper... Look at that picture!"
Chopper took a look at the picture and gasped. "Hey... Is that that that Star Diamond thingy I remember Tamber mentioning? I wonder what it's for?"
"I don't know much about it, but it reminds me of a Crystal Star for some reason," Flyer stated. "I wonder if there's anything else in here as well?"
"Er… Nothing is here, fellers. Nothin' but an old man sitting here and, well, being old." Shunny said, lying back on his rocking chair while checking his muscles. Chopper, however, did spot the Winter Star in the room.
"Hey! Look what I found, guys! The Winter Star!" Chopper picked up the Winter Star and put it away. Realizing what he just did, Shunny eyed the Electric Block in the room.
"Say there, sonny… Would you mind breaking that Electric Block I just put there?" Shunny asked. Chopper, of course, listened and destroyed the block with an electric ball. A black panel was revealed to be underneath. "Now, could all of you sonnies just stand on there? I have something important to tell you guys."
Everyone shrugged and walked on the black panel, with Bombette asking, "So, why did you need us to stand on this panel anyway?"
Shunny got off his rocking chair and walked over to a lever behind it. Grinning, he removed his fake beard. "Ha HA! There's no such thing as a 'Shunny'! Just someone who's super-awesome and cool, that is!"
"Tamber... So you tried to trick us..." Chopper trailed.
Mario: This isn't very surprising...
"Yep! And guess what else you're going to experience?" Tamber pulled the lever, causing an explosion from below the heroes to send them flying to the surface and into the air. "Ha ha ha! That should take care of them! Now to make my exit out of here!"
With that, he exited through the pipe.
Surface-
While their little "flight" had not lasted very long, the explosion had sent them rather high in the air near a few clouds. Many of them were certainly not happy either.
"I swear... This jerk keeps getting in our way!" Scrub grumbled. "I seriously want to pound that furry butt of his!"
"I just want him to leave us alone," Chopper sighed. "I'll only fight him when he actually tries to seriously hurt us."
When they began to plummet, everyone closed their eyes tightly to avoid looking down. Just as they thought the landing would be severely bad for him, they felt themselves land on something...bouncy. It was revealed that they landed on a trampoline when they opened their eyes.
Mario: A trampoline?
"Well that's a relief! Good thing it saved our butts!" Sonic sighed in relief, jumping off the trampoline. He noticed up ahead was a gray and red robot hovering over the ground holding a large axe. They were all curious and followed the robot to the area ahead.
"Why can't I find any trees to cut down? Dr. Robotnik NEEDS me to get some wood!" the robot exclaimed in anger. Upon hearing footsteps, it turned around and spotted the heroes. "What's this? Are those Robotnik's enemies?"
"What the heck is this thing supposed to be?" Chopper asked.
"I'm known as a Lumberbot. I cut down trees for Dr. Robotnik, the greatest scientist in the world! He came here in search of some valuable treasure. I suppose you're here to stop him, so I won't let you!"
"Man, this is going to be good!" Scrub smirked. "We're gonna kick some robot butt!"
"Or maybe it is you who shall get the butt-kicking," the Lumberbot said, readying its axe. Everyone got in their fighting stances and prepared for battle.
Tattle: That's a Lumberbot. It's basically a robot that chops down trees. Max HP is 100, Attack is 11, and Defense is 0. Its attacks range from attacking you with its axe to firing...logs at you? How is that possible? I would be careful of that axe if I were you. I mean, those things are dangerous! People who are even reading shouldn't even carry them around either! They're REALLY dangerous! Uh oh… Don't tell me I just broke the fourth wall, didn't I?
"100 HP? Well, this might not be so bad." Chopper walked over to the Lumberbot and attacked it with a jump, taking 8 out of it and performing a stylish move in the process to gain Star Power.
"Ooh! Ooh! I wanna make the next move! Lemme at 'em!" Scrub shouted. Chopper shrugged and he stepped aside, letting the little punk Yoshi flutter over to the Lumberbot and pound on it eight times.
The Lumberbot gripped its axe and started to spin around vertically. Chopper was struck by this big attack and took 11 damage. In retaliation, he fired an electric ball at the robot, leaving it briefly stunned. This gave Mario the opportunity to run in and attack with another Jump.
"Crud… This isn't looking too good. It's time I searched for traps!" the Lumberbot searched for traps, but it couldn't find any. Regardless, it chopped a section of a tree nearby and sent the log flying in Mario's face. Afterward, the Lumberbot was hit with a jump and a Flying Attack.
"You know, I CAN disable this robot. My ability works great against robots, if you wanted to know, Chopper." Flyer pointed out right before he got struck by he Lumberbot's axe.
"Argh! You won't prevent me from doing my tree-cutting job!" the Lumberbot yelled.
"But cutting trees down is bad for the environment," Chopper noted, hitting the robot with an electric ball. Once Kirby hit it with a Cartwheel, it was down to 27 HP.
"Poyo, (Wow, this fight is going much faster than I thought,)" Kirby remarked. "Poyo! (I guess we really have gotten stronger!)"
"How will I explain my destruction to Dr. Robotnik if it comes to this?" the Lumberbot asked. "...No! I shall not think of that so soon."
"Well, you oughta be, 'cause we're going to turn you into scrap metal!" Sonic smirked.
The Lumberbot growled and brought his axe onto the ground, creating a shockwave that hit everyone. "HA! Enjoy that, bubs! 'Cause it'll be your-" Chopper cut it off just as soon as he hurled an electric ball at it. Berry pulled her hammer out next and smashed its head afterward.
Once the Lumberbot attacked Berry with its axe, Chopper made another jump, leaving it at 3 HP. With a Ground Pound, Scrub managed to finish the Lumberbot off, destroying it. Chopper earned a level up from the process and upgraded his BP to 45, making his stats 75 HP, 75 FP and 45 BP.
"That thing was so pathetic, that I never got the chance to make an attack," Bombette remarked.
"Same here," Shadower added.
"It was more like a mini mini-boss," Chopper deduced. "Maybe there could be more of them here?"
"Nah, not likely," Sonic replied. "It's not that fun when you're only going up against enemies like that! And I think I remember that piece of scrap metal mentioning Eggy being here. Maybe we oughta check out!"
They continued on ahead and found another gap, with a spiked pit before them. Thankfully, there were some grassy sections on the large spike pit. Nearby was a Bubble Dayzee ready to attack them, but Mario's hammer took care of it.
"So... How do we expect to get over these spikes?" Scrub asked. "They're too tall for me to get you over, Contadre."
"Well, I know when invisible, I can phase through spikes," Shadower informed. "Perhaps we should try that out?"
His eyes flashes, and everyone had become transparent. Chopper poked the spike and noticed his finger phase through it. Smiling, his entire body phased through the spikes, allowing him to reach a grassy section. Above him was a yellow ? Block requiring a Spring Jump to hit, and that got him a Jammin' Jelly. Afterward, they passed through more spikes and reached the other side to find a flower garden to the lower left and a pathway to the upper right. A Lovely was found in the garden, which Chopper defeated using a fireball.
In the middle of the garden was a red ? Block containing a Lightning Immunity, allowing Chopper to jump on an enemy made of lightning and not take damage. It also prevents paralysis too. He saved it for now and took the pathway up ahead. There was a section of the ground moving upward, along with a tree with a bush and rock nearby.
Chopper decided to search through the bush first, making someone quietly cry out. The tree didn't have anything hidden, and hitting the rock did nothing except for making it let out a small cry. The heroes didn't seem to hear it and progressed up the hill and onto some grassy platforms. Some were moving, while some remained still. The first platform was too far to reach, so Berry used her hammer to send Chopper flying toward it.
Thankfully, most of the other platforms did not require the use of a partner, as they were moving. After Scrub helped Chopper get over one last platform, they moved onward through the grassy road leading to another platform ahead, but they noticed the platforms were starting to break apart.
"Uh oh... Let's run!" Sonic cried, making a run for it to the platform leading back down. They definitely did not want to fall, especially into the pit of spikes below.
Thankfully, they had made it and went down the hill and to the next area. Once they were gone, the bush started to rustle, and the rock started to slightly move.
"Hey, that worked out better than I thought!" Scratch sighed, getting out of the bush. "I thought they'd never show up!"
"Yeah!" Grounder agreed, getting out of his rock form. His grin had turned to a gawk. "Wait... Weren't we supposed to get them?"
Scratch pondered and came to the realization. He smacked Grounder, causing his face to spin. "You idiot! Why didn't you stop them?!"
Grounder stopped his head from spinning and answered, "Well... I don't know... I- Hey, wait a minute! Why didn't you stop them either?!"
"Dr. Robotnik wanted us to... Ummmm... Gee, I don't remember." Scratch sweat dropped. Apparently waiting for the enemy for four days seemed to make him forget. "Well that's not important! We'll go catch them and make sure Dr. Robotnik gets the Crystal Star!"
"OK!" Grounder chased after them, but he stopped at the spike pit. He had nearly fallen off, but once Scratch came running, both fell into the pit.
"YEOW!"
From the result, both skyrocketed into the air and off the island.
Upon reaching the next area, they noticed a dark blue building that looked somewhat familiar to the temple they had entered earlier. Only this one was much easier to see without the trees. Nearby was also a cliff leading off the island.
"Hey, where do you think that'll take us?" Bombette asked.
"Perhaps it might take us to our destination?" Flyer deduced.
"I hope so," Chopper said, approaching the doorway. "So, where do you think that Eggman person might be?"
"He's right here!" Floating above the building was Eggman on his floating Egg Mobile. "And for your information, the correct name is Dr. Robotnik!"
"Nah. Eggman's much more fitting." Sonic grinned. "So, I thought we'd get to see you again!"
"Ah, Sonic! So we finally meet again! And you've even brought your friends too! How nice!" Eggman grinned.
"Look, I'd like to stand here and mock you as usual, but we've got some serious business to take care of, so... I'm just going to cut this short." Sonic ran up to Eggman's mech and managed to send him crashing toward the cliff. He then did a little break dance. "See? Piece of cake!"
Everyone else: ...
The silence was then broken by the sound of a machine. Turning to the cliff, they saw a robot shaped like a star ascending and flying toward them. Piloting the machine was Eggman, obviously.
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Don't think I didn't come prepared, now!" Eggman cackled. "Looks like I'm here just in time to slice you all into little pieces with my new invention: the Egg Star!"
"Egg Star? Lemme guess: you got that idea from the Crystal Stars?" Sonic asked.
"Hmmmm... Perhaps. But that is not what's important. Prepare to face against your greatest obstacle yet!"
"Greatest obstacle? Yeah... I'd say that that ice angel freak was more of a bigger obstacle than you are." the hedgehog replied, attempting to tick off the scientist. Eggman's face was about to redden, but he fought the urge to yell and remained calm. Pressing a button, a turret had come out from below the Egg Star.
"Thankfully, I've installed many weapons strong enough to handle the likes of you and your friends, Sonic. So… If you happen to have any last words, I'll consider letting you say them after I destroy you all."
"But... How can we have any last words if we get destroyed?" Chopper asked.
"Oh, that's very simple: you won't!"
"That...sounds kind of stupid."
"Less talking, more action," Sonic said, stretching his arms and legs.
Tattle: That's Dr. Eggman, just like before. That thing he's controlling is the Egg Star. Max HP is 170, Attack is 12, and Defense is 2. Dr. Eggman's Egg Star will fire at you with its turret or it might just to a rapid spin attack. Unfortunately, hammer attacks won't reach him, nor will ground attacks. You'll need to use attacks up in the air like a Jump or an Elemental Hand attack. It says here he has an IQ of 300... Yeesh! I wish I was that intelligent!
"Maybe I should test out my Soft Stomp on the Egg Star? I haven't tried that out yet…" Chopper started the fight by jumping on the Egg Star and landing a Soft Stomp that lowered its defense to 0. Sonic added a Homing Attack to deal 9 damage.
"Let's see how you deal with THIS!" Eggman pressed a button, and the turret fired an orange blast at Chopper, knocking him back near the cliff. Thankfully, he managed to regain balance and run back to the doctor.
"See how you like this!" Chopper cried, firing an electric ball as he ran back to his friends. Sparks emitted from the Egg Star, leaving it slightly disabled and a certain egghead angry.
"Urgh! Stupid machine! WORK!" Eggman yelled, slamming his fists on the buttons until Kirby sent the Egg Star flying toward the entrance with a Cartwheel.
"Poyo! (Now that was fun!)" Kirby cheered, giving Chopper a high five, but then he was blasted by the Egg Star's turret. The mech had come flying back with an irritated Eggman.
"So, you want to play hard now, do you? Well, I've got some tricks up my sleeve!"
Chopper looked around for a wall, but all he saw was the doorway leading into the hidden palace. He decided to jump off the doorway and landed on Dr. Eggman's cockpit with a Wall Jump.
"Great work, Contadre! Now it's my turn!" Scrub fluttered over to Eggman's cockpit and attacked the cockpit with his Ground Pound, taking 8 out of it.
"Get a load of THIS!" Eggman pressed a red button and the Egg Star shot its flamethrower at Chopper and Vivian. Both guarded the attack and prevented themselves from getting a burn.
"Bad news, Chopper. I think your Soft Stomp effect on the Egg Star wore off." Flyer informed.
"Then I'll just use a Power Bounce," Chopper declared, jumping on the Egg Star eleven times to deal 12 damage. Flyer followed up with his Flying Attack, bringing the Egg Star to 94 HP.
"Grrr! See how you like this!" Eggman shouted, making the Egg Star fire its turret at Flyer and knock him to the floor. Thankfully, he was able to stand up and shake off the attack. "Well... You all are much tougher than I thought... This should be interesting!"
"Well of course it will be," Sonic assured, hitting the Egg Star with another Homing Attack. Chopper tossed another electric ball to cause more static to emit for a brief moment. But despite this, Eggman grinned evilly, and Sonic managed to catch sight of it. "What's up with the grin?"
"Gah ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's just that... I feel now is the perfect time to demonstrate something a little special!" Eggman pressed an orange button, causing the area to shake.
"What's going on?" Vivian asked. Just then, a spike appeared on top of Eggman's cockpit.
"Welcome to your doom, my friends! This spike will protect me from any of your stupid little jumps! You're no match for me now!" Eggman explained, soon breaking into evil laughter. "Oh ho ho ho ho! It's not use now! Give up!"
The Egg Star began to spin around and it rushed past everyone, dealing 12 damage to them all. Chopper pondered after shaking off the attack. Obviously jumping would do no good, but electric energy would be useful... Maybe, just maybe...
"I think I can hit this thing," Shadower noted, throwing a Shadow Punch at the Egg Star, lowering its defense in the process. "Try using one of your Elemental Hand attacks, Chopper."
"OK!" Chopper nodded, firing another electric ball at the Egg Star.
"Grrrgh! Impossible! How are you still hitting me? Unless… No!" Eggman let the turret fire rapidly at them eight times, each doing three damage. They were all able to guard the attack and not take as much damage.
"Time to test out my Diamond Hand attack!" Chopper smiled, charging up an electric ball and firing it directly at the Egg Star. It managed to deal 12 damage. "Hey! That was pretty good!"
With that, Vivian attacked next and hit the Egg Star's cockpit with her Shade Fist, leaving it with a burn, along with bringing it down to 47 HP.
"No way! I can't believe this! Grrrrrr!" the baffled Eggman fired a laser at Chopper, leaving him a bit exhausted in the process.
"Ugh... This isn't going too well..." Chopper groaned, deciding to attack with another Diamond Hand. Berry's Ruby Throw helped bring the Egg Star to 28 HP.
To their surprise, they all caught a glimpse of two Shine Sprite symbols and another vertically changing to a Mushroom, flower, star, and a Poison Mushroom. By throwing a small star at the third slot, Chopper had gotten three Shine Sprites matched together, causing him and his partners to fully restore their HP, FP and Star Power. Along with that, the audience began to fill up while they continued to fight on the stage.
"What is this blasphemy?!" Eggman gaped.
"It's called a 'Bingo', fatty!" Scrub answered with a smirk.
"'Fatty'? Well... I suppose I should teach you a little manners!" the Egg Star began to spin again and charged at the heroes. They brought their guard up and took 11 damage in the process. Afterward, Chopper threw an ice ball at the Egg Star, while Sonic smirked and clenched his fist.
"Sonic Wind!" Sonic shouted.
"Wait... Sonic Wind?" Eggman gawked, now seeing a large, blue gust of wind surround the Egg Star. This wind was very harmful, as it managed to deal 8 damage and bring it to 13 HP. "Urgh... This isn't over yet!"
Pressing a button, the turret started to fire rapidly at the group. They brought their guard up and took the 16 damage received by the ship. With the burn left from Vivian, the Egg Star went down to 12 HP. Chopper decided to start off by throwing an electric ball at it, causing a large amount of sparks to disable the controls on Eggman's mech.
"Ack! The controls! They won't function!"
"All right, Eggy! Time to finish this the old-fashioned way!" Sonic jumped in the air and attacked the ship with his Whirlwind. While not as powerful as his Sonic Wind, it was enough to defeat the Egg Star and cause some explosions to come out from its exterior. The ship started to crash toward the cliff as a result from the attack.
"What the…! NO! This… This can't be happening! You'll regret this, hedgehog! I swear I'll be back!" Eggman yelled, his voice decreasing in volume as the ship crashed into the water below the floating the island. Chopper smiled in victory as he claimed 39 Star Points.
"Well, even if he were to come back, he'd still be outnumbered by us," Chopper said. "Plus, you know what they say, the more the merrier!"
"Yup, that's true," Sonic agreed.
"Anyway, I guess we should explore that building," the pale green hero ran over to the doorway of the building and noticed a staircase leading downward. They all took the staircase into the building known as the Palace of Secrets, unaware of Tamber taking notice of them.
"Ack! No! That palace will get them closer to the Star Diamond!" Tamber gaped, followed by stomping the ground like a spoiled child. "No no no no no! That gumball can't have what's rightfully mine! The Star Diamond belongs to ME! Gah... I need to think of a new plan..."
He jumped in the air and spread his arms and legs out. With that, he began to glide away from the palace thanks to his fur's capability of doing so.
"Just you wait, Gumball! You're going to get what's coming!"