HELP AMY

You just don't have the heart to let Amy go against an evil mechanized version of herself all by her lonesome…

As the pink hedgehog struggles to go hammer-to-hammer with the Metal Amy, you curl into your famous super spin and launch yourself at her, striking her in the back. She's knocked across a good several feet, but spins around to face you once more. The boosters under her metal skirt (which house said boosters rather than legs) go full force as she blasts towards your direction.

KA-POW!

But so focused on you was she, that she didn't notice the real Amy on the side with her hammer out, and smacking her just right, which sends her smashing into the walls. Metal Amy wasn't quite finished just yet as she staggered from the wall, shaking while nuts and bolts dropped from her.

"Let's finish her off!" you announce as you go into another spin. Amy knows just what to do, and jumps behind you with her hammer out. With a mighty smack, she launches you at Metal Amy, and you go plowing through her. She explodes with various metal bits crashing all over.

You rush back to Amy, offering a high five. "Nice teamwork!"

Nope, she's not having it. She instead opts to hug you around the waist tightly. "My hero!"

"Hey, you didn't do awful yourself, y'know," you grin.

" Heeeeelp!" Tails' cry rings across the room. You glance over to see Metal Tails is still chasing him, clawing and slashing with his sharp razor tails.

"Speaking of heroes, we'd better help him!" you say to Amy, and you both rush in for the rescue.

Metal Tails had managed to corner Tails by the far side of the hall. Just before he could land a strike with his razor-tip tail, you rush by and grab your little buddy before any damage is inflicted, dragging him out of the way. Amy jumps in front behind and strikes Metal Tails in the back of the head with her hammer. As the mechanized fox crashes to the ground, she doesn't let up and slams her hammer on his remains, over and over, reducing him to scrap metal. Hmm… she must have some pent-up aggression she needed to let out…

SMASH!

You and Tails turn after hearing the massive punch hitting titanium hide. You see Metal Knuckles staggering on his feet, trying to maintain his balance. The real Knuckles is standing across from him, both fists clenched, and eyes shut tight as he seemed to be concentrating. You think about going over to help, but stop short upon noticing a bright red aura form around him. In a split second, Knuckles shoots forward, fist extended, and slams into Metal Knuckles. The robot-doppler completely shatters into near-nothingness.

Knuckles stands in place after the attack, fist still out, but then topples down to his knees in exhaustion. You and the others quickly race over to check on him. "You all right, buddy?" you ask in concern.

The echidna nods his head. "I'll be fine," he replies, "Maximum Heat Attack doesn't usually drain me, but that guy gave me a bit of a workout… I had to give all I had left to take him out for good." He looks over at the rest of you. "How about you guys?"

"We took care of the other two," you respond and look around yourself, taking note of the lack of back-up or any other threat coming towards you. "You were right, Knuckles. This was just a trap, probably to lure us away from wherever Nega really is."

"So we're just wasting our time here?" Amy moans.

You twitch your nose, not liking having been tricked. "Pretty much," you say.

"We should get back to the Ocean Tornado then," Tails suggests, "If Nega isn't here, we oughta report back to the others. Maybe one of the other teams had better luck."

You nod your head in agreement, and your team escapes the faux hideout and back to your ship, where you set sails back to Blaze's kingdom.

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