Chapter 6: A Battle Between Man and Animal:

I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!

After a long hiatus, it looks like Dr. Eggman's

back! Can't say we weren't expecting this, but

we never would've guessed that he'd reappear

when he did! As the guy who constantly foils his plans,

you'd think I'd be pretty annoyed at this, but personally,

I find taking out threats to be fun! In fact, I'm legitimately

looking FORWARD to what he has up his sleeve this time!

Hopefully it's a challenge!

Tails landed the plane on top of a building and hid it behind a billboard.

"So, what's the plan?" He asked.

"I say we do a sneak attack on them, and take them by surprise." Sonic suggested.

Everyone nodded.

"OK," Sonic started, "We'll split up! Some of us take on the army, and the rest of us will take on Eggman."

The team split up. Amy, Rouge, Tails and Blaze snuck behind the massive army of Egg Pawns and plotted their attack. Everyone else left to take on the three Egg Dragoons. The army stopped. Eggman opened the cockpit of his intimidating robot.

"Now, now everyone," he said, fingering his long mustache, "Don't panic. If you bring me Shadow the Hedgehog, nobody gets hurt, and your city will not get leveled."

"What do you want with him?!" A random person shouted.

"I'm planning to rebuild my Death Egg, and I want his Chaos powers to fuel it. Now time is of the esscence, so get him!" Eggman sternly replied.

Just as this was happening, Sonic was hopping across some buildings, quickly and quietly.

Okay, now's the time! He thought, as he jumped onto the building closest to Dr. Eggman's mech.

The plan was to attack Eggman while his cockpit was open, and then everyone else would begin attacking afterwards. Sonic took a deep breath and jumped high into the air. He then curled into a ball, and zoomed towards the overweight scientist at mach speed.

"OW!" Eggman screamed as he was hit right in his plump belly and knocked backwards, barely regaining balance before he fell off his Dragoon.

"Well. Long time no see, Baldy McNosehair!" Sonic yelled, landing on the front of the mech.

"Ugh, not you again you spiny little bastard!" Eggman yelled back.

"But on a serious note, I'm not letting you kidnap anyone, fatass!" Sonic continued.

"I'll get fat from eating your black heart, hedgehog!" Eggman replied, a fist balled up.

Before Sonic could do anything else, the two smaller Egg Dragoons started blasting him. He quickly jumped away, but the two robots kept blasting the spot where he just was, unaware that he had jumped at the last second.

"NO YOU IDIOTS! THE PESKY BLUE HEDGEHOG GOT AWAY! DO I LOOK LIKE HIM TO YOU!?" Eggman yelled.

But it was too late. The two robots had already destroyed the large Egg Dragoon, which exploded, sending Eggman (still in his Egg Mobile) hurtling into the horizon. Sonic stuck his landing on the asphault.

"Heh! So long, dick-nose!" He taunted, facing his rear in the direction that Eggman had flown off in and slapping it.

The smaller mechs opened their cockpits.

"I think we need to work on our aiming better." A familiar-looking enemy said.

It was Cubot. He and Orbot were Dr. Eggman's henchmen, and they each were piloting a smaller version of the Egg Dragoon.

"Gee, you guys too? Well, long time no see as well! That's a new voice!" Sonic said.

"His voice chip is stuck on 'drunk' at the moment," Orbot stated, "But anyway, SAY YOUR PRAYERS!"

Sonic was quickly backed up by Silver, Knuckles and Shadow.

"Oh yeah? Well, we've got ourselves some backup too!" Orbot taunted, pointing to the large army of Egg Pawns behind them.

The group of four got into a fighting stance. The smaller mechs behind the two minions began to charge. Suddenly, a flaming cyclone was in view, sending many Egg Pawns flying. This was followed by a few explosions of golden rings. Amidst the chaos, Amy could be seen repeatedly jumping into the air and creating shockwaves with her hammer. Orbot and Cubot looked nervously behind them, watching as the army was quickly vanishing. Once all the robots were broken, Tails, Rouge, Amy and Blaze joined them. Then a fight ensued.

My name is Cream the Rabbit! Please call me Cream!

It sure looks like a beautiful morning outside today! And what better

way to spend it than taking a walk with my faithful pet 'Cheese'? Most people

usually spend their beautiful mornings walking out in nature, but I'm more of a

city girl! I did hear some questionable noises along Main Street earlier, but I should be

able to avoid the commotion, right?

Meanwhile, Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao were going for a walk down one of the streets nearby. They happened to come around a corner and see the fight going on.

"Yikes!" Cream yelped, trembling and eyeing the massive robot.

Cheese quickly flew over and rammed Cubot's Egg Dragoon. This hardly dealt any damage at all, but alerted Cubot into quickly noticing them and attempting to shoot and chase after them. Just as he was gaining on Cream and Cheese, Tails saw this and quickly threw a ring bomb at him. He then proceeded to dodge the drill attack that was aimed at him and fly Cream to safety. They landed safely on top of a building.

"Thanks, Tai- Oh!" Cream began, only to realize that Tails had already left to aid his friends.

Cream's eyes were replaced with hearts as she watched him fly back to the ground.

Back in the fight scene, Sonic was running along the side of a building, while Orbot was constantly blasting him.

Damn! Why won't he give up already!? Sonic thought.

Sonic eventually reached the top of the skyscraper, swung off the tip and kicked Orbot's cockpit. He then sprinted back down, but the robotic minion was persistent. It chased him back onto the ground, and was gaining on him. Then the robot suddenly swerved away. Sonic screeched to a halt as he saw Knuckles swing the mech around by its long scorpion-like tail and then throw it into a building. Across the street, Blaze was dodging Cubot's attacks. She proceeded to do a fire spin and ram him, but this had no effect.

"Heh heh heh. Looks like flames are useless against this bad boy." He taunted.

Blaze panicked. She proceeded to make large jumps to evade his onslaught, but was soon cornered.

"Here, kitty kitty!" Cubot continued to taunt.

"IT'S NO USE!" A voice called, attracting both of their attention.

A bunch of broken Egg Pawns began hurtling at Cubot, damaging his mech. He turned around. It was Silver using his telekinesis to pick up the destroyed mechs and throw them. He then used all his strength to lift Cubot's Dragoon and hurl it at Orbot's. With both minions weakened, all they needed was a final blow to finish them off. Shadow stepped out, and took out a Chaos Emerald. He used Chaos Control to stop time, and then used Chaos Blast to send the two damaged mechs flying into the horizon.

"Hmph. Try to use me as a power source? I think not!" He said.

Everyone wiped the sweat from their foreheads, dusted themselves off, and headed back to the Tornado.