Chapter Ten
Omega had no time to appreciate the beauty of Emerald Coast, that frog could not escape.
He glided along the beach as he hunted for the elusive target, keeping a close eye for a sign as his scanner's beeped and his machinery whirred. A man in a speedo with a surfboard jumped back in alarm when Omega came by, even a woman in a pink one-piece was startled by the sound of Omega's engines.
The hulking red-black robot passed by a pair of boys, who were making a sand castle, and the structure crumbled due to the pressure of Omega's thrusters and how close he was. The boys cried in alarm, both shocked until their mother came to calm them down and they started remaking their castle.
"Watch it, dude!" A blonde man said when Omega brushed past him.
"YOU HAVE FAILED TO BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND IT SHOULD BE YOU WHO NEEDS TO WATCH IT!" Omega buzzed in response, "THERE IS A FROG IN THIS TROPICAL VICINITY AND THE DESIGNATED TARGET WILL BE ACQUIRED, THE FROG HAS A TAIL AND IS GREEN LIKE ANY OTHER FROG!"
"Hey, I saw a frog with a tail hopping near that boardwalk over there." A kid said.
Omega's red eyes blazed. "INFORMATION ACKNOWLEDGED!" He declared, "SCANNING BOARDWALK REGION FOR GREEN FROG!"
"Froggy! Where are you, little buddy?"
The battle robot's sensors whirred and Omega wheeled around in the direction of the voice. The purple cat from Mystic Ruins was here, fishing rod rebuilt.
Big wandered around, walking past a pair of sunbathing women in bikinis, his eyes surveying the beach as he looked in every direction for what he was looking for when he spotted Omega.
"Oh no..." Big said, "You again..."
"YOU HAVE RECOVERED FROM YOUR INJURIES AND ARE ENGAGING IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM YOUR PET!" Omega buzzed, "ANYONE WHO INTERFERES IS AN ENEMY OF DOCTOR ROBOTNIK AND WILL BE DESTROYED!"
"I'm not going to let you lay a single metal claw on Froggy and water doesn't mix well with electricity, and I bet you're going to short-circuit in the water as soon as you make contact, especially since I'm going to have to stop you from taking Froggy away from me."
"LARGE CAT ENGAGED! I WILL SHED EVERY OUNCE OF FUR FROM YOUR BEING BY THE TIME I HAVE DECIMATED YOU AGAIN AND CAPTURED THE FROG!"
Rustic Lazy Fishing Dweller:
-Big-
Big advanced in Omega's direction and the super Badnik primed up his weapons, the large cat leaped at Omega and tried to body slam him, just like during their first battle in the Mystic Ruins.
Omega hovered aside and Big got back up, making a move to grab the hulking weapon of mass destruction, but Omega moved faster and punched the cat in the gut, sending him flying into a palm tree.
Omega noticed that some of the beachgoers in the vicinity were watching, many of them made sure to move their blankets and towels while relocating to a safe distance to avoid getting in the way of the unfolding battle.
Leaves and coconuts fell from the treetops, Big recovered from his impact just in time to catch a falling coconut and threw it at Omega, who caught it with his arm cannon.
The battle robot fired the coconut and smacked his organic opponent in the face, dazing him beyond compare. Big rubbed his face, clutching his nose in slight agony, while saying, "That's not very nice!"
The cat glared at Omega and ran towards him, even as Omega dodged, avoiding the incoming attack from his purple opponent.
BLAM-BLAM-BLAM-BLAM! Omega opened fire, aiming at Big, intending to obliterate him. However, the cat saw the robot's machine gun arm spinning into action and rolled out of the way in time with Omega's ammo, blasting apart a rock and sending debris flying onto the sand bank.
"Oh my gosh, that wasn't very nice!" A man in a speedo exclaimed.
"Least somebody didn't get hurt." Another man in black swim-trunks commented.
The robot ignored the comments and was replenishing his ammo when Big ran in and dove on top of Omega with enough force to knock him down, Big pinned the burley red-black combat unit to the ground, glaring at him with intensity in his usually calm yellow-colored cat eyes.
"It's not nice to endanger people and harm the environment." Big said, "You could hurt someone with those guns and you ruined that nice rock."
"MY TARGET WAS YOU! ANYTHING ELSE IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE COLLATERAL DAMAGE!" Omega buzzed, "YOU ARE IN MY WAY OF AQUIRING THE VALUABLE CARGO THAT IS YOUR GREEN FROG FOR DOCTOR ROBOTNIK AND YOU WILL REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE ZONE OF INTERFERANCE!"
Big raised his fist to pound Omega again, but the robot activated his boosters in time and took off, pushing the cat off of him. The enormous feline flopped to the ground and Omega surveyed him, Big raised his head and got back up, prepared to fight on and prompting Omega to soar in towards him.
He rammed into Big, taking him off balance, and thrusted out his right metal hook, punching the large purple cat in the face. Big grunted and stumbled back, almost tripping over an umbrella stand in the process.
A sunbather got out of the way and ducked when Omega flew at Big again, sending him flying into another palm tree with the cat's weight causing it to snap in half and fall over.
The cat struggled to get back up, groaning, "Froggy... I'm coming... buddy..."
Omega's rockets fired up again and the robot blasted towards Big again, sights set on finishing the battle. There was only one outcome for this: A victory for Omega.
He grabbed Big, lifted him up and spun him around like a ragdoll while the cat yelped and yowled. Omega spun faster and let go, sending Big flying across the shore and over the water, the large cat yelled and crash-landed on a small island near a palm tree where a couple of women were enjoying the tropical scenery.
"Oof!" Big groaned, "Now that was really not good."
"TARGET DEFEATED!" Omega buzzed, "FROG SHALL BE AQUIRED!"
Perceiving the cat to be neutralized, Omega headed off across the beach towards the boardwalk, his targeting computer scanning the environment for the frog. Away from Omega's position, Big sat on the island as the women surrounded him and studied him with concern and curiosity.
"Are you okay there?" A blonde woman in a one-piece asked.
"He looks hurt." A brunette said.
"I'm okay..." Big mumbled, "Just need to rest, that mean robot packs a mean punch. Ooh, I'm glad that he didn't blow me up, but my Froggy..."
"You're hurt, didn't you say you need to rest?" A black-haired woman put her hand on the cat's shoulder.
"Uh, oh yeah..." Big rubbed his head, "And beaches are for relaxing, not fighting."
"For someone who looks hurt, you are quite the big guy." One of the girls said.
"And he's quite handsome..." A shapely red-haired woman in a purple-bikini with grey-colored eyes approached Big, looking into his yellow eyes and placed a hand around his shoulder, Big looked at her and his heart began to thump a mile a minute.
The other girls looked nice, but this babe looked so shapely, so stunning. She looked to be around his age, had he found love?
"What's your name, big boy?" The redhead asked.
"You can probably guess that it's Big." Big introduced, "What's your name, miss?"
"I'm Ashela." Ashela stroked Big's shoulder, "And you are one fluffy kitty."
"Okay, girls. Let's give them some room." One woman said.
In a matter of seconds, the group walked away from the spot to another area on the island, leaving Big with Ashela just as the bikini-clad woman was stroking the furry patch on his torso and nuzzling her head against his shoulder, causing Big to purr like any other cat would.
On the other side of the water, Omega was hovering across the boardwalk, scanning for the frog, and startled the daylights out of a light-haired woman in a one-piece swimsuit as she was sharing a drink with a muscular red-haired man.
Omega paid them no attention and floated to a small island by the main beach on the other side of the boardwalk, gazing up in a tree and scanning the leaves. Omega's targeting computer picked up the signature in seconds.
"FROG DETECTED! FROG HAS BEEN FOUND!" The robot declared.
Right on cue, the green frog hopped out of the palm tree's leaves and landed on the ground, croaking with alarm. Omega glared at his target, that frog was not going to escape this time, he had him where he wanted him.
The frog hopped across the ground towards the water, attempting to get away, but Omega moved fast as his rockets fired with maximum strength and the robot grabbed the green creature in both hands.
Omega hefted his target in the air victoriously while the frog croaked and struggled against the robot's grip, but it was no use.
Mission complete, target acquired!
Omega's communications channel buzzed and the battle robot answered it, Robotnik was contacting him again.
"Omega! I have been notified that you have the frog!" Robotnik said, "Return to the Egg Carrier at once and bring me the frog, then we can prepare for your next mission and the next phase of my plan as soon as we can."
"I WILL COMPLY, DOCTOR ROBOTNIK!" Omega buzzed.