First boss fight, people! Let's get to it!
Chapter 5: Death Egg Duel
Negaverse
While it was nighttime in the Posiverse, the Negaverse was broad daylight. The city pool seemed empty as Sector V, W, Fanny, Patton, Rachel, Eva, and Kade emerged from the pool, gasping for air and climbing out. "Phew…" Nigel panted. "Thanks, Dr. Facilier."
"No problem, kids. It ain't easy getting to the Negaverse without a little magic. Otherwise, yo' Negative has to be on the other side."
"REOWWW!" Violet exclaimed, shooting out as well, then quickly shaking the water off her half-cat form, in sort of a crazy fashion. Abby proceeded to slap Vi a few times before she got control of herself again. "Phew. Thanks, Ab."
"No problem." She said coolly.
"Alright, team." Nigel began. "Remember the Negaverse is home to all our complete opposites. Knowing Lehcar and Scarlet, we'll have to search anywhere we can in order to find where they've taken-"
"There he is!" Patton exclaimed, pointing over to the very boy they came for, who had his back turned, tapping his foot in thought it seemed.
"HARVEY!" Rachel and Sector W exclaimed. The blonde leader immediately ran over and embraced her brother in a hug. "Oh, I'm so happy we found you, I was so worried! !"
"Ulp!" Harvey grunted. "It's a pleasure to meet you, too, miss, but I'm afraid you're mistaken."
"…Huh?" At this, Rachel spun him around, and realized there was a "-363" taped on his helmet. "…You're not Harvey!"
"Nope!" Harvey's opposite smiled. "I'm the Negative 363! But please, call me Yevrah. And I don't mean to self-brag, but I'm the most caring and beloved person in the WHOLE DNK!"
"It's true." A familiar voice spoke.
"Hey! It's our Negatives! Hi, guys!" Kuki waved happily. They all looked towards the Negative Sector V, plus Ynnaf and Eizzil, who had just arrived.
"Long time, no see, guys!" Nigel greeted.
"Ugh. That line is SO overused." Fanny remarked.
"But ya gotta admit, it's a classic!" Ynnaf smiled.
"Yah, yah. So, you're my opposite, huh?" Fanny asked.
"Yep! I absolutely ADORE boys, and Rainbow Monkeys are SO DISGUSTIN'!"
"Uh-huh… Well, I'm ready to go now."
"Too bad, Fanny." Patton smirked. "You and your opposite are spending the night together."
"Well, in that case, one of us is going to die."
"I wouldn't DO that, if I were you!" Yevrah said, happily. "If a Negative dies, the Positive dies, too!"
"Our two dimensions are linked together, see, and so is its people." Eigaoh told them.
"Yes, that's what Ganondorf said, I remember." Nigel replied.
The Negatives gasped in fright. "Y-You saw… G-Ganondorf?" Legin stuttered.
"Yeah. ALONG with my devilish opposite." Rachel said.
They gasped louder. "Lehcar EiznekCm was imprisoned for her horrible crimes." Eizzil said.
"Y-Yeah. Until Yllaw and Yevrah entered the Twilight Realm and got the spirit, Giratina's help." Legin quaked.
"Then Yllaw took over, and we ALL know what happened then." Ynnaf said.
"Still, compared to that witch, Lehcar, Yllaw ain't half bad." Ikuk said.
Ybba shivered. "Thems gots somethin' CRAZY goin' on on that big ol' mountain wit' the real Harvey, huhuhuhu…"
Hoagie snickered at her, and Abby just looked away in shame.
"Sure hope I don't meet my opposite." Violet said.
"Wait, you know where they've taken Harvey?" Sonya asked.
The Negatives nodded. "Yeah, but you're not gonna like it." Eigaoh said.
"Why was I expecting that?" Rachel asked rhetorically.
"Where are they?" Nigel asked.
The Negatives exchanged frightened glances, and Eigaoh answered, "They went to the Mt. Gnaa."
"What's that?" Angie asked.
"Well, you know how, when people in your world die, they get sent to the Underworld? Well, when a Negative dies, they get taken to Mt. Gnaa, and get imprisoned within a dark dungeon called the Well of Shadows."
"The Well of Shadows is said to be a prison where all the universe's darkness is kept." Eizzil explained. "The gods believed that Negatives were all the evil sides of people, so our souls are sent to roam in the Well forever when we die."
"That's horrible!" Kuki exclaimed.
"The Darkness inside the well is supposed to manipulate whoever looks into it into doing evil things." Legin continued. "And that isn't the worst of it: the spirits used that well to imprison… N-Negatar Gnaa!"
"NEGATAR GNAA?" they shouted.
"Negatar Gnaa is an evil Master of Dark Elements." Ynnaf said frightfully. "The spirits didn't want ta kill him because they needed his opposite to stay alive. They kept him and all his evil powers binded within the well… but that only made the Darkness stronger!"
"Anyone who goes near that place is just BOUND to fall under Gnaa's curse." Ikuk said, still looking smug. "That's why the DNK never go there."
"So they've taken Harvey to Mt. Gnaa… so they could brainwash him?" Sonya asked.
"That would be my best guess." Yevrah replied. "And knowing my opposite's selfish attitude, the Well will surely have great effects on him."
"Don't say that!" Rachel yelled. "He's my brother. He may have troubles, but I KNOW he's sweet!"
"No offense, Rachel, but I think you're in slight denial." Nigel replied.
"He has a point." Fanny agreed.
"Ugh. Well, think what you want. I'm still going to save him."
"We're coming, too, Rachel!" Nigel reminded. "But do we even know where this place is?"
"Mt. Gnaa is in Tsew Ainigriv." Eigaoh explained. "That would be the opposite of your 'West Virginia.'"
"The Little Traitor Dudes can take you in their limo!" Ynnaf said. At that instant, the Delightful opposites zoomed and stopped right by them in a hippie van.
"Come on, dudes!" they said in unison. "We're, like, TOTALLY gonna get there before you can say… 'Duuuude'!"
"So, THAT'S Negative Bruce?" Violet asked.
"You know it, My Girlfriend's Positive!" Ecurb cheered.
"Oh gee." Violet face-palmed. "What's the Negative Violet like?"
"A girl on a total crack job." Ecurb replied.
"Now, get in, dudes! This limo is, like, totally awesome!"
"Are you guys sure you wanna go?" Yevrah asked. "It's not wise to underestimate that mountain's lure."
"Heh." Nigel smirked. "I'm not afraid of any 'evil lure.' I resisted the Dark Side once before, I can do it again."
"Plus, his brain's much too cluttered with all his work to be brainwashed by anything." Eva joked. Nigel shot an angry glare at her.
"Well, I wanna save Harvey, too." Sonya said. "He may be mean, but he's also our friend."
"I hate to say it, but I feel like I'll be a little vulnerable on a mountain like that." Facilier said honestly. "'Think I'll just hang back here. But call if it gets dicey and I'll get there in a jiffy."
"Yeah! So let's get going!" Angie exclaimed. With that, the operatives boarded the hippie van (apparently a limo in the Negaverse) and drove off to the forbidden mountain.
"Those guys are so dead." Eigaoh figured.
"But ya gotta admire their bravery." Ynnaf said.
"Huhuhuhu! Tell me a knock-knock joke, guys! I wanna hear a knock-knock joke!" Ybba chuckled.
The Negatives exchanged disbelieving glances and Eigaoh bashed her in the head with a random anvil. "Huhuhu… that's a good one… d'oh." She fainted.
The Death Egg
A strange, spherical space station, with a face that resembled Dr. Eggman's, calmly drifted over Earth's atmosphere. Cosmo and Nova, at this time, appeared aboard the base via teleportation, inside an enormous room with a ledge going around some sort of battlefield. The ledge had steel pillars all around it that had green lasers scrolling upwards. The ledge also had several missiles around it, ready to launch.
"I guess this is the Death Egg." Cosmo figured as they looked around.
"This place is incredible." Nova said. "I wonder who would have this all the way up here?"
"Oh ho ho! Wouldn't you like to know?"
The aliens stood on guard at this mysterious voice. (Play Eggman's Theme from Sonic Adventure 2!)
"Well, if you must know… it's the scientist that's going to seal your doom!" The chubby scientist known as Dr. Eggman lowered himself down in his hovercraft.
"Hey! You're that scientist that was on the KND News!" Cosmo exclaimed.
"Heh, correct! I am Dr. Eggman! The greatest scientific genius in the universe!"
"Pah. Genius or not, we're taking you out!" Cosmo said, readying for battle.
"Oh ho ho! Bravery is admirable, Cosmo, but I'm afraid you're the only one that'll be taken out today! Your girlfriend, however, we have something ELSE planned."
"Huh?" They gasped. "What do you want with Nova?"
"That doesn't concern you right now. And even if it did, I'm afraid your road ends here. Good-bye, Cosmo of Pumparia." Cosmo gasped as Eggman launched missiles.
"Chaos SPEAR!" The missiles were suddenly destroyed.
"Huh? SHADOW?"
The black hedgehog landed on the floor and smirked. "Heh. Surprised to see me, Doctor?"
"Who…" Nova was about to say.
"Grrr. I can't get ANYWHERE from these pests. Huff. No matter. I'll crush all THREE of you. Normally, people have the honor of witnessing my latest creations. But this time, let's get a look at the improved version of one of my older ones. Oh, boys!" (Stop the music.) With that, a door opened in the center of the arena and Eggman floated into it.
They all watched as the hatch closed and an even bigger one opened. (Play the Death Egg Robot Theme from Sonic Generations!) They all stared wide-eyed as an enormous robot, designed like Dr. Eggman, rose up from the floor below. Decoe and Bocoe waved from the robot's eyes while Eggman sat in his cockpit on top, smirking. The massive robot jumped and shook the ground, causing the three to fall into the arena.
"Heh. My robot will stomp you. ATTACK!"
Boss fight: Death Egg Robot
The aliens and the hedgehog ran in separate directions as the robot stomped after them. It locked onto Shadow and launched its right fist at him, but missed. It then launched its left fist at Nova and grabbed the alien girl, who screamed. Cosmo jumped onto the arm and shot the hand, making Nova drop and the robot start wobbling.
"Whoa! We're going overrrr!" Decoe exclaimed. Shadow saw its rear glowing green and saw the opportunity to Spin Dash it, knocking the robot over.
"Grrr!" Eggman grumbled as the robot stood back up. "I will flatten you!" With that, he made the robot jump and attempt to smash Shadow, but it missed and sent Shadow flying up to the ledge. "Have some o' this!" Shadow dodged as the robot started launching floating bombs from its fingers.
"Hey, ugly! Over here!" Cosmo taunted, shooting at its back. The robot decided to turn around for them, sending some Bladded Spinners after Shadow.
The ultimate life form then aimed one of the surrounding missiles at the robot and launched it, hitting and stunning the robot. Shadow grabbed onto the (apparently) solid lasers and let it take him upwards to the Spinners. Once up there, he Home Attacked off the machines until reaching the robot, hitting its right eye, and knocking out Decoe, breaking his controls.
Shadow dropped down to the aliens as the robot recovered. It aimed its fingers and spun around, unleashing flames all around him. The aliens ducked and rolled to the robot, who stopped spinning and launched another arm at them. It jumped above and attempted to squash them, but Shadow Spin Dashed into its rear, knocking it into the fire and putting it out. The robot stood again and attempted to smash, but sent Shadow flying up toward the ledge again.
This time, the Death Egg Robot jumped up beside him and launched more flames. Shadow hung onto to the upward laser again, narrowly dodging the robot's chainsaw hands. Once Shadow was on top, the robot jumped back to the arena's center. "Uwah ha! Try and make it over here, Shadow!" Eggman taunted, launching more floating bombs from the hands. Shadow simply Home Attacked each one of them and reached the large robot, attacking Bocoe's controls and knocking him out.
Shadow dropped back to the ground as Eggman said, "Ahh! He's not getting away with this." Eggman then dropped more bombs down at the trio, who ran away before they exploded. The Death Egg Robot stomped around, trying to smash them, until Shadow shot into its rear, knocking it over again.
While it was down, Cosmo and Nova took this time to bash its cockpit, cracking the glass a little. Eggman finally made the robot stand back up and jump and quake the ground again, sending Shadow back up on the ledge. It successfully grabbed the aliens with one arm and tried launching its other arm at Shadow. "What? !" It missed and stuck to the ground, leaving Shadow to curl up into a pinball and zoom up the robot's arm.
Eggman fired missiles, trying to destroy Shadow, but he kept rolling up the now-exploding arm. Once at the robot, Shadow jumped straight up, smirking down at a worried Eggman, charged his Home Attack, and pierced right through the cockpit, straight down the middle.
"Eek!" In a few seconds, the robot exploded, sending Eggman and his cronies flying away. "The Eggman's blasting off agaiiiiin!"
Cosmo and Nova high-fived as they all watched the robot parts come down. "Heh. You haven't changed a bit, Doctor." Shadow stated, cockily. (Stop the music.)
"Whoa! That was awesome!" Cosmo exclaimed.
"Heh. He was nothing. But what are you two doing here, anyway?"
"Oh. Well…" Cosmo began. "We're with the Kids Next Door. We heard about this strange base a few hours ago and came here to investigate."
"Kids Next Door?"
"Shadow!" They turned their attention to Rouge, the thieving bat, who flew and landed by them with a small disk in her gloved hand. "Hehe. Look what I snagged off the doctor's computer room."
"At least Vector didn't do it." Shadow joked.
Rouge chuckled. "So who are the aliens?"
"They seem to know something about this world. We'll worry about it later." Shadow turned and walked over to the robot's ruins. There, he found a glowing green gem and picked it up. "Now that I have a Chaos Emerald, I can warp us back to the others."
"Wait! Can we stop by and pick up our ship first?" Cosmo asked. "We left down at that base. Our other friends are there, too."
Shadow nodded. "Hm. We can use your ship to get back to the others. Then you could explain to us the nature of this world. Chaos CONTROL!" At his command, the glow from the Emerald expanded, and warped them all away.
And that was our first boss. The same as Sonic Generations, only THIS one is designed like the current Eggman! Next time… we will reach Mt. Gnaa. Later!