Forest Near Eggman's Base - Robot Rumble

[Dr. Mechano]

Deep in the woods, Eggman scanned ahead from the cockpit of his Hyper Egg Robot, a deadly battle mech. He was also accompanied by two elite robots - Robo Knuckles and Heavy Gunner. Through the trees, in a nearby clearing, Eggman saw his foes - Siver Sonic, Shadow, and Sonic himself.

According to Metal Sonic's report, they were in possession of a Chaos Emerald - one of the seven mystical gems that, if assembled, could grand Eggman immense power to conquer the world. The doctor grinned. They appeared to be talking amongst themselves, and hadn't noticed Eggman's presence yet.

"Heh heh..." Eggman laughed, grinning at his henchmen, as he lined up Sonic in his mech's sights, "Let's give them a little surprise, shall we? After all, a battle is won before it's fought."

With the press of a button, one of the mech's gigantic metal hands shot forward, knocking entire trees clear out of the way as it burst forth in Sonic's direction at breakneck speeds.

Kracka-BOOOOOOM!

hA7|_LyR

The impact of the giant mechanical fist kicked up a huge cloud of dust, making it difficult to see what exactly had happened. Nonetheless, Eggman charged forward in his hulking war machine, laughing all the way.

"Well, well, well..." Eggman said, shaking his head disapprovingly, "A guy can't move out of his base without pests moving in and infesting the place, can he?"

He glanced back at RK and Gunner, "Looks like we'll need to do a little extermination, boys! Ooh hoo hoo hoo hoo!"

[Tony]

"If ya got anythin' else you wanna add to this discussion, y'got about five seconds before a dust cloud takes my place--"

The noise was deafening, as a gigantic hand seemed to hurl itself out of nowhere, taking aim toward's Sonic himself.

kZs5|67Op_

"E-egg--"

WHAM

The hedgehog was nothing if not honest - within five seconds, all that remained in his place was, indeed, a dust cloud, though it was unexpectedly not due to a hasty exit. Sonic was stunned as the enormous projectile sent him flying haphazardly into more trees, bark and branches breaking and snapping apart as the blue blur hurtled messily through the surrounding undergrowth.





From behind Eggman's behemoth of a mech, a wild, twitchy Egg Robo, equipped with a police siren and the appropriate colours of authority adorning his chassis, flew to the front of his master, looking towards Shadow and Silver Sonic with excitable eyes, clearly backlit with prominently red LEDs. Its jetpack occasionally stuttered, and the little siren atop its head flickered now and then, almost like it was out of order. The poor thing seemingly appeared as though it were about to fall apart at any moment.

As if remembering what, exactly, it was supposed to be doing, the Egg Robo snapped its fingers, and pointed to the sky triumphantly as if to say, Ah HAH!", before it pressed the large golden HBH badge on its chestplate.

It posed like some sort of superhero as a muddy, crackling voice clip echoed from what could only have been described as a discount voice box from the toy store. The voice was unmistakably Eggman's, like he had just been given a note to read on the spot.

"HERE COMES HEAVY 'MCBIG-GUNS' GUNNER, TO SAVE THE DAY!! 'McBig-Guns', what the heck kind of a name is-"

The Heavy Gunner immediately whipped out its rocket launcher, and jettisoned towards Shadow, taking aim and firing away without a second thought, while a music clip drowning in static played some kind of bombastic fanfare.

p_·

[Val]

“Hmph.” was Shadow’s only response to Sonic initially. While he wasn’t as knowledgeable about the Sol Emeralds as Gaia’s own set of mystical gems, he wasn’t an idiot either, he knew there were dangers. He’d expected Sonic to know better than to think he’d just blindly hand over every single emerald to GUN if there were planet wide risks to it.

The obsidian hybrid opened his mouth to retort when suddenly the blue hedgehog was launched across the glade. Immediately Shadow tensed up, dropping into a battle ready pose as he recognised the hallmarks of the robotic fist’s creator. This could end badly, all three of them were still fatigued from the battle in the city.

F_tF0paf

Rockets began to fly in Shadow’s direction and he leapt about, rebounding off a tree to try and manoeuvre around his target. He had to get in close range, no way to fire a rocket that close and not hurt itself. Unfortunately for Shadow either by perfect aim or blind luck, one rocket impacted right infront of him. The explosion carried Shadow into the air, spinning until he landed in a heap on the ground. The ringing in his ears drowning out the rest of the battle as the ebony chimera groaned out in pain as his world struggled to reorientation itself, his limbs burning. He still hadn’t recovered from whatever that Sol emerald had done to him during Chaos Control.




Hovering to his “father’s” side, Robo Knuckles was already laughing at the ensuing fight. Throwing his head back and letting out an awkward, overly enthused cry before suddenly dropping like a stone to the ground. As his feet were inches from the grassy earth, the ruby metallix’s turbine kicked back in and sent him rocketing towards the only target remaining; Silver Sonic.

He needed this after that weird donkey guy. A chance for a good, fun fight. His knuckle spikes remaining sheathed for now, RK barrelled towards his chosen opponent with the force of a freight train, clenching his fist for a punch.






As the sounds of combat flooded the forest a small grey dome on Eggman’s control console slid open to reveal a meticulously polished red sphere. Popping upward, a pair of round blue eyes opened, behind them pages of text scrolled by as everything in sight was registered and scanned.

Orbot lifted himself up, his lower half hovering out from where he’d been recharging. One look at what was making all that increscent noise prompted a chirp of surprise from him.

“Oh, another attempt to defeat Sonic, Boss? There wasn’t anything on the calendar about it.”


··

[Tony]

There was another popping sound, except unlike his brother, Cubot seemed to be a bit... stuck... in the console from which he was appearing. His blocky cranium swiveled downward as he attempted to investigate what exactly was going on with the base of his body, and ultimately, he just sort of... whapped the console pathetically with his gloved mechanical hand. "Uhhh... Were we looking at the same calendar...? I feel like everything on the calendar is about it!"

Wham. Wham

He focused his attention back to what was unfolding in front of him, at which, thus far, both Sonic and Shadow had taken some heavy hits from the opposition, and were sent sprawling this way and that. The little blue LEDs in Cubot's head flickered with mild shock.

"Wow, the good guys are kind of... bad at their jobs... huh?"

[Lans]

Silver was already switching to an attack stance as Sonic and Shadow were attacked by what appeared to be Dr. Eggman and an unknown but obviously Eggman affiliated bot. He'd prioritized the unknown as primary target in order to help his fellow GUN agent when he suddenly detected the red metallix and turned to intercept...

TSF2tOAsp_

...Too late.  His optics temporarily disollved to static as Metal Knuckles' punch sent him flying.  He tumbled end over end for a moment before he was able to stabilize himself and dig the fingers of his free hand into the ground to stop himself.  A quick diagnostic only showed minor damage as he got back to his feet and he ran a quick analysis of his opponent.

"Metal Knuckles, Eggman Empire Metallix class unit," he droned, tucking the Sol emerald into a small storage compartment in his chest.  "Known attributes: powerful melee based attacks."  His arms both switched to blaster mode and quickly charged up a shot.  "This unit will engage!" he announced opening fire.

p_

·

[Tony]

The hedgehog sort of tumbled lifelessly from a mess of broken branches and snapped twigs, leaves falling with him as he fell to the ground level in a heap. The mech clearly struck home with its attack, but as Sonic slowly pulled himself to his feet, he resolved to ensure the next shot would strike out instead.

That’s what he told himself, anyway, as he reared back and dashed onward for a counterattack.

Some of the rockets that didn’t impact the ground, or otherwise detonate, flew past, of which Sonic managed to deftly avoid as he made his return to the battleground, taking a quick peek toward Shadow, who appeared to be having some difficulty. The hedgehog opted to mask his concern with a subtle quip (”Didja make sure to get enough sleep before we did this?”) before springing off the ground and hurtling directly for the ship’s cockpit.

If there’s one thing Sonic understood, and understood well, it was how to go straight for the bullseye without hesitation.

21|A2br5p_




Clearly satisfied with the initial success of his opening volley, the robot wasted no time in firing another slew of rockets towards his chosen opponent without prejudice.

Click. Click click click.

…

Clearly frustrated with the initial success of his firing abilities, the robot wasted no time in scrambling to reload his with several rocket without prejudice.

All while this was going on, a certain tune, utilized to air the Gunner’s frustration, played continuously over the crackling loudspeaker in his torso.

[Val]

3aDIgBRy

Between the two assistant bots casually chatting infront of his control console, Eggman was unable to see the blue meteor headed his way. The Doctor forcebilly grabbed Orbot and Cubot and threw them apart just in time to let out a surprised yelp.

The mech lurched, metal screeching as it lumbered back from the force. Teeth clenched, Eggman took hold of the controls again. “Why you! You simply can’t help but be annoying can you, hedgehog?” A press of a button on the control sticks and the bulky arm of the mech shifted and reformed. Its fingers clicked together to form a large cannon barrel as the palm slid open to reveal a glowing orange core which began whirring louder. Taking aim at the irritating blue pincushion, a burst of a concentrated laser speared through the air, scorching the grass to blackened ash the instant it touched it.



Silver Sonic had only just begun firing on RK when a huge tree trunk, four feet across, crashed down on the mechanical menace, burying him beneath a mess of leaves, branches and kicked up dirt.
RK dusted off his hands, producing an ear grating metallic scratching in the process as he landed beside the now horizontal tree he’d just torn up from the earth.

Was that it? It was over? Well that sucked! He wanted a real, good fight this time. Oh well, there were still two more hedgehogs and he knew his daddy wanted them both beat up. Where to begin though?
Turning to regard Sonic and Shadow, the ruby robot’s head tilted to the side as he tapped a finger against his faceplate quizzically.



Shadow’s body was burning up, that Sol energy had done more than he anticipated and this was not the time for a fight…not that the Doctor would be so lenient as to let them leave, not when he had two emeralds…Where was?

Looking up, he caught sight of the fallen tree where Silver Sonic used to be and the dumbfounded looking metallix staring at him. Baring his teeth, the chimera recalled where the Sol Emerald was…he had to get it back but this rocket robo was still a threat. He only had a small window while it reloaded. The distance would make Chaos Spear the best choice but…he couldn’t risk it, he had no idea if it would work. Hissing through his teeth, choosing to ignore Sonic’s smart mouthed comment, he lunged forward and curled into a ball, an aura of yellowy orange surrounding the hybrid as he barrelled through the air towards Heavy Gunner.

·

[Wren]

"Geez...You guys are taking a wallop!"

When trouble surfaces, who better to show up to crush his double than the real deal himself? At that, Knuckles rolled into a ball, charging Robo Knuckles before leaping into a tackle, aiming to pin the robot and rain down blows from there. He'd always taken objection to one of Eggman's creations looking just like him, he couldn't imagine how Sonic had been dealing with it for so long, even if their doubles had personalities all their own.

ursyIkNd

[Tony]

As Sonic ricocheted off the front of the gigantic mech, he unfurled and took a moment to survey the situation, just sort of … shooting the doctor a furrowed brow as he drifted through the air. “Some nerve complainin’ about that – you attacked us first, genius..!”

Granted, it appeared his opponent wasn’t going to waste much time tossing quips back and forth today, as the gigantic robot begun preparing a new volley, aimed right for him. Trying to react quick enough, the blue one attempted to hurl himself to the side as soon as his feet touched the ground, aiming to dodge that laser with finesse before a potential follow-up attack.

Assuming he wasn’t about to fry, in any case.

VpsboLiNp_




The Gunner was … frustrated. The reload was jamming slightly, and his response was to start slamming at the magazine with a balled-up fist to get it to go in faster. Whack. … Whack whack.

His sensors started to go off. As he looked up, he took note of the inbound threat that was headed his way – a very fast, very dangerous looking sphere of yellow and orange hues, hurtling in his general direction.

“……”

WhackWhackWhackWhackWhackWhack—CLICK!!.

The sound of a successful reload reached the Gunner's auditory sensors, and, now ready to go once more, the sirens in his head began blaring loudly in a panic as he whipped that weapon around and fired off as many volleys as could he could fire off, hoping to disrupt Shadow’s trajectory with FULL ARTILLERY POWER rather than trying to sensibly dodge from the attack.

p_

·

[Val]

aq|fDjbH

Unfortunately for the blue speedster, the blistering hot laser, thanks to Eggman’s years of fighting him, was aimed expertly and blasted Sonic full force, to the maniacal laughter of its creator. “Serves you right, snooping around my old base!”




“Oh.” The crimson assistant muttered with some surprise. “He actually hit Sonic…I owe you ten rings, Cubot.”






‘Warning! Incoming threat, 180 degrees.’

RK was seemingly off in his own little world as Knuckles charged, only to have the mechanical double spin about at the last second and clash with the echidna. Dirt kicked up as he dug his heels in, the two grinding to a halt as their equally impressive strength balanced out.

Green LED lights flickered as RK realised who it was that’d just attacked him and his voice blasted out excitedly, “Duuuude! What is up, man? It’s been like forever! Where ya been?”




This was not a good day for Shadow. More missiles impacted, scattering rings from him with a musical chiming as the explosion sent him tumbling head over heels. Dammit, this was getting old really fast. Sonic was over there tackling the Doctor himself and now…Knuckles? When did he get-? Nevermind! He was the Ultimate Lifeform and he couldn’t handle this jokster of a robot? Inexcusable.
The Sol energy may’ve caused him issue but getting in close clearly wasn’t working. He’d have to take the risk. Shadow hopped up, spinning into a ball to give himself an initial burst of speed to circle Heavy Gunner as his hand began to pulse with a yellow aura. He raised up a fist and swung in a back hand, releasing a burst of energy as he yelled out, “Chaos Spear!”

··

[Wren]

"Don't talk like that! Don't say things like that with my face, you stupid--"

Gritting his teeth with recognition, Knuckles tried to overpower RK and flip him over his shoulder, out of their deadlock.

ndnTMy_0

To absolutely no avail. Having caught sight of what Shadow was doing, he was distracted for all but a moment, eventually losing ground to his double, straining under the weight. Today was not a good day to be him, even if his first strike went off relatively well, he was unprepared for combat as it was.

[Tony]

Cubot threw his gloved hands into the air with utter jubilation, turning a boxy grin towards his spherical compatriot. “W-wow..! Ten whole rings! Now I’m only indebted two-hundred sixty-five rings to you instead of two-hundred seventy-five! What a relief!” He turned around and waved his hands wildly toward Eggman’s general direction. “Keep hitting that blue guy, boss, I’m on a roll, here!”





Less enthused about the whole prospect of taking damage, of course, was the well-done dude-with-a-‘tude, who was hurled away by the resulting explosion of the laser blast, his fur a lovely, crispy shade of burnt. Unable to recover in the air, Sonic tumbled unceremoniously back into the nearby trees, branches and bark being torn and stripped away as he messily crashed on through, eventually coming to a rolling stop, where he lay still for the moment.

The blast had certainly rattled him – and he still hadn’t completely recovered from the earlier bout in the ruins with Nega’s battle robot. Slowly pushing himself back up to one knee, Sonic held his forward with his free hand and tried and get himself situated and mentally back on course.

He paused for a moment, deep in thought, and decided that, perhaps, it was better not trying to attack Eggman directly. Instead…

“…”

Getting back up to his feet in full, Sonic reared back and blasted off once more, tearing through the trees and miscellaneous flora to get back out to the clearing where the battle was taking place. But, he wasn’t keen on stopping there.

With a grin, Sonic hooked immediately to his left, and began encircling the area with which Eggman’s gigantic mech stood.

And.. circling…

And circling…

… ... It wasn’t long before Sonic had begun picking up speed until he himself began shifting into a literal blue blur. But that visual was soon obscured by the very fact that the faster the hedgehog went, the more that grass, dirt and soot began to kick up all around, and before long, the visibility in the surrounding area became poorer, and poorer still, with every passing second.

Sonic had apparently decided that, instead of going at his enemy head-on, it was time to create a gigantic, spiraling tornado, composed of dirt and debris from the clearing, the density of which only became worse the longer his movements carried on. And he only seemed to be getting faster.

Were anyone able to hear over the tremendous din caused by the hedgehog’s manufactured dust storm, they would have caught Sonic yelling out loud to his foe:

"SONIC- cough WIND..!"

2RGUgEUAp_





As Shadow began to attack, the Gunner had been preparing a specially-charged missile in the meanwhile to try and finish off his opponent in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, spooked by the hybrid's sudden counter-attack, the Robo settled on just trying to deflect the Spear with an explosion instead, and rushed his shot with a BANG, a red-hot glowing missile hardly escaping the barrel of its host weapon before connecting with the dark one's own projectile in mid-air.

p_

The explosion from the two shots colliding was powerful, especially for the McBigGuns himself, and sent the Gunner hurtling back from the force of the blast due to how close he had been.

Unfortunately for the Gunner, his movement didn't stop there. Before he knew what was happening, he had begun being swept away in a sudden cloud of dirt and sticks that seemed to appear out of nowhere.

.. Shadow's attack, and Gunner's attempt to counter said attack, had sent him barreling into the path of Sonic's impromptu tornado.

"... ... ..."

The Heavy Gunner's siren began wailing madly, the egg robo trying everything he could to escape from the vortex, and in his panic, began just firing missiles willy-nilly at no particular target, adding whistling rockets to an already bafflingly loud cacophony that began taking center stage in the ongoing battle.





Cubot, meanwhile, had taken to popping right back into his cube-like shape to protect himself from the elements, as a couple of rocks DING'd noisily against his chassis. "W-wh.. Woah...! I didn't hear about this forecast on the news today...! That weatherman can't predict the broad side of a china shop out of a paper bag..!"·

[Val]

“That’s the idea!” The doctor chuckled, grinning to his small yellow assistant, turning into his well recognised, boisterous “Oh hohoho!” as he saw his blue rival crashing through trees.
“This little cleanup operation is going rather well.” The doctor said, quite pleased with himself. Shadow seemed to be struggling with Heavy Gunner, making him quite a tantalising next target considering he had the emeralds and Knuckles…when did Knuckles get here? Oh well, RK was holding his own so no matter. The demented scientist grinned deviously as his mech whirred, charging up a second charge on the laser until he heard it. That familiar burst of air off in the forest as Sonic boosted towards him. A bead of sweat formed on Eggman’s bald brow. He’d only have a second to react as he saw the blur blur approaching. Finger poised on the button when suddenly Sonic veered and began circling him. A grunt of confusion escaped him before it clicked what he was trying.

pGMJGHFjp_

Eggman jammed his finger on a button at his control panel, causing the glass dome to slide shut over his cockpit. “Oh no you don’t!” He barked as another few button presses caused the bulky feet of his gloriously prepared machine to open as panels of spikes extended and slammed against the grassy earth beneath them, serving to anchor the doctor in place…for now.

“You think I didn’t plan for this, you retrograde reprobate!?” Eggman’s voice blasted from the speakers on the outside of the pod, distorted by the crashing wind, whether anyone heard him wasn’t clear. “This isn’t the first time you’ve tried this!”
And grasping the controls again, the large arms swung at the walls of the tornado, hoping to hit the cocky teenager causing it.

p_

p_

Yup, Knuckles’ attempt to flip RK had zero affect on the now laughing ruby metallix. “Dude, I don’t have your face. It’s right there on your head.”
Sensors bleeped in RK’s vision as he detected the accelerated winds. Glancing to the side, he saw Heavy Gunner being caught up in them. If they were strong enough to carry a robot…

Taking advantage of Knuckles’ momentary distraction, even if he wasn’t aware he was doing it, RK drew his fist back and thrust forward in a powerful punch aimed at the echidna’s stomach, hoping the force would send him into the tornado aswell.

“Aleyoop!”

p_

He couldn’t help but groan at least a little. Of course Sonic would try something like this. Holding up his arms to protect his face, Shadow dug his heels in, fighting the pull of the tornado as he watched Heavy Gunner firing randomly, explosions kicking up more dirt and debris to be carried into the swirling winds…yet Eggman’s machine still stood strong.

Seeing an opportunity, the dark hedgehog flared his skates to life and leapt up, allowing the draw of his blue counterpart to carry him, building up speed before curling into a ball and launching a homing attack. If he could just avoid the wild missiles and hit Gunner into Eggman it might make this stupid stunt worth it.

p_

····

[Wren]

"Are you always this stupid?!" The Echidna spat in anger, but he could see where the punch was about to direct him and he absolutely did not want that. As his fist connected to his stomach, he grit his teeth to dig his feet into the ground.

97vstibf

[Tony]

oM12dYpIp_

There was indeed a loud WHUMP as the mech’s right arm came into contact with its prey. However, it was not due to a resounding impact of a blow striking true – it was said retrobate having clung to the metallic limb with everything he had. With the smug expression that only a similarly smug mother could love, Sonic gazed up the length of the robot’s arm, and decided to use the opportunity to kick himself into gear, spinning with a piercing screech and flying sparks as the hedgehog barreled directly towards the cockpit for another attack.

p_





p_

Unfortunately for Shadow, the unpredictability of the Gunner’s manic movements only served to cause the attempted homing maneuver to veer off to its side, but also unfortunately for Shadow, the Gunner hadn’t run out of ammunition yet.

As rockets, bombs, dirt and debris continued to circle around its armoured master, Heavy Gunner attempted to steady himself amidst the heavy winds, utilizing built-in rockets to assist with his stabilization.

p_

Steadied relatively well – almost impressing itself with its success (that is, if a robot could be impressed by anything – which, the Gunner could, or at least, so he wanted to think he could, for he was a master of being impressed by anything) – Heavy Gunner turned his gaze toward the curled-up form of the Ultimate Lifeform as it continued to sail past, and opted to go for a tried-and-true method of attack;

Robotic Optical Laser Beams from the Eyes. Or, ROLBE, as the Gunner-who-is-good-at-naming-things had deemed it.


p_····

[Val]

As the metal arm shuddered to a stop with the impact the Doctor’s trademark broad grin appeared…and quickly vanished as he saw Sonic racing up the arm at him.

“Gah w-wait! Don’t you dare!” Eggman flailed in a moment of blind panic as he grappled with the controls and swung his robotic limb about wildly in an attempt to shake the hedgehog off

QLrrsY5kp_

Showing his confidence in his creator, the crimson robot sighed. “Oh dear.” before popping back into his ball form to await the incoming impact.

The echidna metallix was about to laugh. This whole situation was crazy and he was enjoying it. But…stupid? He wasn’t stupid, right? He was built by Dr Eggman, the smartest man on the planet. If Knuckles was calling him stupid, he was calling Eggman stupid.

It was like a switch was flicked in the robot’s head. Though it would go unheard against the howling wind, he began to whir louder like an animalistic growl as his eyes hardened against his flesh and blood counterpart.
Gripping Knuckles’ arms in an iron hold, RK threw himself forward, aiming a harsh headbutt.

p_

p_

Clenching his teeth the dark hedgehog cursed the failed attack. Glancing over his shoulder, his skates burst orange energy to veer Shadow out of the way of Gunner’s eye lasers, the heat singing the edge of his fur as he narrowly dodged and landed nearby the mech Eggman was currently in.

This really was getting out of hand. The Doctor was the main threat here and if Sonic couldn’t deal with him…

Letting the winds carry him once again, Shadow leapt up. His hand began to pulse with a yellow glow as he drew it back. “Chaos Spear!”

Unable to move out of the way due to the metal clamps keeping him grounded, the only thing the Doctor could think to do in that moment of seeing the incoming blasts of energy was to hold out the robotic arm Sonic was currently on as a shield. Maybe he'd get lucky and the blue nuisance would take the brunt of it.

p_

·····

[Wren]

1|0tQqbX

The headbutt connected like a rock to the head, almost immediately blowing him back down and landing him straight on the ground. He really, really shouldn't have gotten involved, maybe waited a little bit, but damn it-- they were in trouble! If he can at least keep this one at bay...

Stupid was a trigger word, that much was true. Knuckles got back to his feet,



Whistled, and said, "Hey, stupid. Follow me!"·

[Tony]

i0|KmJI8p_

Unfortunately for Eggman, he overestimated Sonic's ability to hang on to a giant flailing robot arm, and skyward bound was the hedgehog in blue.

As he spiraled up into the sky, the blue blur crossed his arms and began to have a good think about the current situation. Clearly, the doctor was ready to fight. It was absurdly annoying how ready to fight he was. Based on what he knew about the current situation they all found themselves in, Sonic had to do something that the doctor wasn't exactly ready for.

... Sonic's eyes popped open.

Would the doctor be ready to play a game?

The hedgehog stuffed fingers into his mouth and let out a mighty whistle in Shadow's general direction, hoping to catch his attention amidst the din of the tornado - although, the wind attack itself was starting to die down by this point.

"Hey, Shadow!! Kickball!!"

Mentally crossing his fingers that his darker doppelganger would pick up on the cue, Sonic tightly curled into his spinning ball form, and went for a heavy drop, aiming to come within range of Shadow for an on-the-fly co-opperative maneuver.

---

If robots could blink, there would certainly be a lot of rapid-fire eyelids flying off of the Gunner's personal face-orbs. It missed. It missed?? Heavy McGuns Gunner McGunserson MISSED? Of all the things in the world, a robot gunner who loves guns and firing guns would never, in a million YEARS, miss! It was enough to drive it mad. So mad, in fact, that the black and red hedgehog would pay dearly for enabling the best shot in the Eggman Empire to MISS--

... The Gunner came to the realization that it had run out of ammo.

... ... ...

Realizing that Shadow had completely stopped paying the Egg Robo any attention, only to turn his focus onto the Gunner's creator, Heavy Gunner opted for one last-ditch attempt to get under the ultimate life form's skin.

Blasting on the jets, the Gunner hurtled like the wind towards the Chaos Spear attack, pulling out what looked like some kind of expandable riot shield in order to get between Eggman and the energy attack for a split-second DEFLECT!!

p_

·

[Val]

The hand of the Doctor’s mech shuddered as a plume of smoke erupted from the thumb joint as the Chaos Spear impacted, the chunk of metal hanging on by some torn multi colored wires.

“Do you have any idea how much it costs to repair these!” Eggman bellowed, shaking his fist at the darker hedgehog.

Sonic’s shouting got his attention. Kickball? Whatever those two rodents were planning, Eggman wasn’t about to let them have their own way. Not with a pair of emeralds on the line. With both lining up together it was too good a chance to miss. The non damaged hand of the mech launched forward, propelled by numerous boosters about the arm, blue flames propelling it towards the hedgehogs like a battering ram.



“Tch. Idiot.” Shadow scoffed. Of course Sonic would think to try this again. Still it was a plan and the blue speedster did have a good track record when it came to throwing himself at an enemy, literally.
Digging his heels in as he saw the Doctor’s attack incoming. They had one shot at this. Determined to make it count, the dark hedgehog’s body began to glow with an orange aura. His energy was back under his control, the hangover the Sol emerald had caused was gone. His skates flared as Shadow dove for Sonic, spinning about in the air as a burst of fiery raw Chaos energy erupted from the bottom of his feet, building speed. Clenching his teeth, his foot impacted the spinning blue projectile and send a shockwave about the two as all that energy was transferred into Sonic, rocketing him directly towards the oncoming robot fist.



Meanwhile RK stamped his feet at his counterpart’s taunting. Turbine screaming again, the metallix threw himself at Knuckles, swinging his powerful fists with enough force to crack a boulder.

KURoM8Hc

[Wren]

Knuckles attempted to duck, and just barely missed the nearly fatal blow. Today just wasn't his day. If he just minded his own business... no matter. It'd be over soon enough. He started to run in the opposite direction in order to goad RK into chasing him. If he could lead him away from the combat at hand, he was sure he could corner him and knock his lights out.

85cYqfIc

"Come and get me!"

[Tony]

As the gigantic metal fist barreled forward, Sonic’s body blasted off like a missile from Shadow’s seemingly-electrified kick to meet the oncoming threat dead-center. As he grew near, the blue sphere emanated such a piercing screech, a sign that the hedgehog’s spin was getting faster, and far more dangerous. Fully intent on ripping through the steel arm like it was a piece of soggy cardboard, Sonic's form whistled through the air as he homed in on his quarry...!

cnotHwZ5p_



Heavy Gunner, laid flat on the ground by the immovable strike that was the Chaos Spear, slowly began to stir, that little siren on its head beeping and warping random sounds as the robotic weapons expert attempted to get to its feet. No weapons, no ammo – the Gunner was beginning to recognize that its match may have been met.

With widening eyes (if such things were possible on a robot with no eyelids), the Gunner watched as the blue blur tore through the sky like a lightning bolt, with Shadow following through on his kick from behind.

The Gunner was not fool enough to attempt a deflection of the kickball strike. However, noticing that the red and black hedgehog double was completely open, Mc BigGuns suddenly blasted off from its hole in the ground, and poured everything it had into one final, spiraling tackle, that siren wailing and screeching to disorient its unfortunate foe.

p_·

[Val]

The giant fist impacted Sonic, sending a rush of air about the two as for a moment they seemed to just remain in place, their forces balancing each other out. Then the metal fingers buckled. The chassis cracked, wires sparked. Sonic ripped through the length of the arm, shredding the robotic limb open. The fuel canisters propelling it ignited, erupting into a ball of flame that sent the Doctor’s mech stumbling, the clamps keeping it anchored releasing as the sparking stub of where the arm used to be twitches, poking out of the main body.

The broken, burnt remains of said arm collapse to the grassy ground as Eggman clenched his teeth. An impulsive fist smashed his control console. Both arms ruined, what other options did he have?

“Direct all power to the central cannon!”



“Uh sir?” The crimson robot chimed in, poking his head out from his sphere form. “Doing so might leave us with insufficient power to escape when you inevitably fail.”



“I don’t care, just do it!”
With the press of a few buttons the Eggman emblem proudly emblazoned on the mech’s chest opened its mouth, revealing a large cannon barrel which began to whir and glow as it charged up.




RK meanwhile was being played like a fiddle. Screeching after Knuckles with his targets locked. When he caught up with him he’d…he’d…do something!
He knew he wasn’t stupid because Dr Eggman wasn’t stupid! And he’d prove it by beating the real Knuckles up, that was it! He just had to catch him.




Shadow hit the ground as he launched Sonic, taking a moment to recompose himself after such a sudden burst of energy. Barely having a second to notice the screaming blue and white robo rushing at him.

t0bLC12Np_

Dirt kicked up from his heels as rather than try to dodge, the dark hedgehog elected to stand firm and grab Gunner as he charged. Spinning about, he attempted to use the robots own momentum to slam them into the ground.

·

[Tony]

“Aw, man..” The robotic cube started to shiver as the Doctor began to charge up the weapon, gloved metal hands clutching his blocky features. “C’mon, sir, I can’t afford to lose another wager, I just started picking it back up…” And with that, Cubot retreated into his little square of solitude with a resounding click, and thus, he awaited the end of the battle.

Sonic tore right through that arm about as easily as he had hoped, and upon shooting out the end of the shoulder, landed square on his feet behind the stumbling monstrosity. His ears twitched as he picked up on the familiar sounds of an Eggman turning to a last resort to try and clinch a win. Turning right around, Sonic reared back and barreled forward with all of his might, aiming directly for the top-half of the mech.

“Shadow – legs!”

Sonic curled into his trademark spin, gearing up for one hell of a shot. If he could just knock that tin can face-forward, there was the chance that the good Doctor would see himself out – perhaps blasting the ground point-blank, and as a result, sending this shambling heap of metal skyward, hopefully into pieces as nature intended.

S|rs_AMzp_



WHAM.

The Gunner wasn’t sure what just happened. It was cruising along like a runaway train, ready to smash this rebellious licorice-flavored jerk into the dirt before his Master where he belonged, but… that didn’t happen.

Instead, it appeared that his foe had dug his heels INTO said dirt, and was actively holding onto the Gunner with incredible strength – and, judging by the strenuous motions that the Egg Robo could detect, the enemy had every intention of hurling the Gunner down in his place.

With a sneaky glint in its eye – a glint that was actively visible due to how cool it would look – The Gunner put all of its might into one final boost with its rockets, hoping to disrupt Shadow’s initial plans and instead force him into the ground where he truly belonged.

[Val]

What was that royal blue pain in the rear up to? The busted and sparking mech lumbered with each shaking footfalls as it tried to turn and aim at Sonic. The chest cavity emitted an almost blinding pale teal glow as the energy became more concentrated.
Just. Had to. Aim at him.

The cockpit became filled with a high pitched wailing as a proximity sensor at the back went off. Eggman flailed to try and move his mech faster but the damage was limiting its movement and what power it still had was, as he had ordered, been directed entirely to the cannon.



The high powered robo was putting up a fight trying to force Shadow down just as much as he was. But that was fine by him. The more power Gunner put into his thrusters the better.
The dark hedgehog’s limbs trembled as he just held them both in place, waiting for the signal. Sonic’s yell twitched Shadow’s ear and he grinned maliciously at the robot in his grip. “Chaos Control!”

The white flash engulfed the two as the landscape around them reoriented itself. Gunner would find himself now a few short feet above the dirt and the waddling mech of his creator looming behind Shadow as the ultimate life form rolled back, letting himself fall and launching Gunner over him directly at the legs.



“Sir.” Orbot spoke calmly, raising an arm from his ball form. “Perhaps you should take a look at-”



“NOT NOW!” The doctor exclaimed, panic rising in his voice as a second later he felt the shunt of his azure nemesis impact the back of his cockpit. Hitting every button he could think of did nothing as the mech teetered on the edge of balance when.

BANG! An Egg Robot fired as if from a cannon of its own hit his mech square in the leg and toppling the whole thing.

“No! Nononono! We have to get up before-”

Too late. The chest cannon, unable to hold anymore and now pressed into the earth that now filled Eggman’s view, erupted. The ground around the machine was send skyward as the doctor let out a defiant scream of rage and sudden gripping fear as, like a rocket aimed for the shattered moon, he was launched skyward. Higher and higher until finally vanishing in little more than a twinkle to the eye of the hedgehogs left behind, leaving only a crater and a no doubt very confused Heavy Gunner behind.

[Tony]

With a bounce and a skip, Sonic unfurled from his protective sphere and landed safely, a single palm and knee to the ground, a clench fist raised to the air behind him as he eyed the singular speck in the sky, all that remained of his egg-shaped nemesis. ... For the time being, in any case. Gaia knows it wouldn’t be the last of him, not by a long shot, and likely, not ever. But, those were thoughts for another time.
Raising to his full height, the hedgehog placed hands upon hips as he stared at the confused and dazed Egg Robo, whom was just sort of spinning around in the dirt trying to figure out what exactly had just happened. “Yo, Rocket League; You still wanna go, or you done for the day?”



The Gunner had been spinning in place, its propulsion system slightly out of its own control, until finally, it ceased to fire, and the bulky shape of the Robo slowly came to a halt. The Gunner sat up, covered in dents, dirt, grass, among other things, and it simply stared blankly to the others around him.

There was a silence.

… The Gunner’s personal radio began playing the sound of crickets.

With one sudden explosion, the Gunner’s equipment roared back to life, and the Robo itself hurtled through the air from its former resting place, and – with about as much grace as an drunken elephant on roller skates – spiraled into the sky as it decided that following its master was about the wisest choice to make at this point in time. A trail of sparks and smoke followed in its wake as the Egg Gunner escaped from their wooded arena.

Instead, it appeared that his foe had dug his heels INTO said dirt, and was actively holding onto the Gunner with incredible strength – and, judging by the strenuous motions that the Egg Robo could detect, the enemy had every intention of hurling the Gunner down in his place.



Sonic shrugged, and rolled his eyes. Looks like he had his answer. “Anyway…” Having mopped up his quarry, the blue blur turned towards the remaining issue at hand, spines tensing as he prepared to leap. “Shadow, one more to mop up!” And with haste, the hedgehog immediately tore downfield towards the one metal knucklehead who was just as bad at knowing when to quit as his creator.