Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Reluctant Reunion ❯ Heavy Metal on the Floating Isle ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: All Sonic Team characters are owned by Sega. Deacon Sparks and Kane are both owned by me, JerseyDevil.

 

Chapter 5: Heavy Metal On The Floating Isle

 

Setting: 4:30 P.M. On the same day

 

The helicopter had been in flight for about an hour and a half. A humongous, floating island was now visible in the distance. It was Angel Island, the destination of the helicopter.

 

“So that's what a floating island looks like,” said Deak, who had never seen Angel Island before. The sun was about to set and the rays of the sun reflected of the appex of the island, which shined in the helicopter's direction.

 

“This might take some time,” said Bruno the pilot, “I have to go slow because of these rays. They're shining in my eyes.” After about twenty minutes, the helicopter landed on the far end of the floating island. Vector got out of the passenger and went into the cargo area and grabbed a large box and pulled it out of the helicopter. He pulled out guns, walkie talkies and two machetes.

 

“How long are you gonna be in there?” asked Bruno.

 

“I don't know, Bruno. Just wait here until I call you,” replied Vector. Everyone grabbed weapons and walkie talkies. Deak and Vector grabbed machetes.

 

“I'll lead you guys you Knuckles. I know where he is,” said Rouge, “He'll be with that emerald and I've practically memorized this place. A guess being a thief has its good side besides the jewels in themselves.” Rouge made her way into the jungle and started to hover above all the low branches. Deak and Vector went in after her and started cutting down loose branches. Shadow, Espio and Charmy went in after them.

 

The jungles of Angel Island were not pleasant to walk through. It was humid, dirty and hot. Everyone except Charmy and Rouge (since they can fly) was covered in dirt up to their waist.

 

 

Setting: About an hour later, by the Master Emerald

 

“But Knuckles, you have to help us,” said a pink hedgehog. Knuckles, a red echidna who was the guardian of the Master Emerald, had his arms crossed and was leaning against what he was sworn to protect.

 

“No, Amy. I have to stay here and guard the Master Emerald. I have a duty to do so. I have to defend it against Kane's army. He's already invaded Westopolis and who knows when he'll come after the Master Emerald,” said Knuckles, “There can be no reason why I should just abandon it.”

 

“Because Sonic and Tails are your friends,” said Cream the Rabbit.

 

“I know, but I have a sworn duty to protect the Master Emerald. Nothing can override my mission, not even Sonic or Tails,” replied Knuckles, “I'm sorry, but I can't help you.” Then a purple cat named Blaze came forward to Knuckles. She had come her dimension when Cream contacted her about Sonic going missing.

 

“Knuckles, I don't know you that well, but I do understand what you're going through. You have to understand that sometimes, there are things that are more important than your sworn duties,” said the cat.

 

“Like what?” barked back Knuckles.

 

“Like, friendship,” replied Blaze, “When Cream contacted me about Sonic missing and that she needed help to find him, I came here because Sonic is my friend and I want to help him. You half to understand that Sonic is your friend too and if you were captured, he wouldn't think twice about helping you.” This had Knuckles in deep though when all of a sudden, a rustling sound came from some nearby trees.

 

Knuckles approached the area where the sound had come from and he got in a fighting stance. When the figure started to emerge from the trees, he noticed its long quills. Knuckles instantly grabbed him by them and he slammed the figure into the tree.

 

“What the hell do you think you're doing, huh?! Trying to steal the Master Emerald?” shouted Knuckles as he had the intruder against the tree. The figure elbowed Knuckles in the stomach and shot out a small wave of lightning. The wave made contact which Knuckled and sent him flying into a nearby boulder.

 

Knuckles emerged to his feet and got a good look at the intruder. He was a yellow porcupine with a royal-blue diamond-shaped birthmark around his right eye and blue tips on his quills. He had green eyes, a brown muzzle and chest, wearing blue gloves and shoes and a belt and had a sterling silver earing in his right ear. It was Deacon Sparks.

 

“I guess you're Knuckles. You don't need to fight me because I could care less about your rock,” said Deak.

 

“Why should I believe you? You look like punk to me!” said Knuckles angrily. Deak responded with a fist to Knuckles jaw. Knuckles got onto one knee and speared Deak into the ground. Knuckles then gave Deak a few punches to the head. Deak headbutted Knuckles and threw him off his body. Deak got to his feet and was ready to charge Knuckles. However, Vector and Espio grabbed him before he could move. Shadow, Charmy and Rouge did the same to Knuckles.

 

“Let me go! I'm gonna beat the shit out of him. I don't care if he can help us. No one calls me a punk and gets away with it!” said Deak as he struggled to get free.

 

“Well, you are one!” shouted Knuckles, who was struggling as well.

 

“Fuck you!” exclaimed Deak.

 

“Let it go, Deak. Knuckles can be a bit thick-skulled some times. It's not worth it to get so worked up,” said Rouge.

 

Deak broke away from Vector and Espio and said in frustration, “Fine! Knuckles, you are one lucky son of a bitch. I would've kicked your ass all over this island.” Knuckles broke away from Shadow, Rouge and Charmy, folded his arms and gave no response.

 

He turned toward Vector. “I guess you're trying to convince me to help out with your mission, right Vec?” he asked.

 

“Well, yeah,” replied Vector, “Will you help us?” Knuckles opened his mouth but before he could say anything, a huge gust of wind, containing dust raced toward the group. The dust caused everyone to cough and be temporarily blinded. A sound of a ship landed could be heard in the near distance. When the dust cleared and vision was restored the looked ahead and saw a familiar foe (except for Deak).

 

In front of them stood a mostly blue robot, who had a striking resemblance to Sonic. This was no coincidence as the one who stood before them was Metal Sonic. Another figure appeared out of the jungle area and began to approach the Master Emerald. This figure was a robotic version of Knuckles, hence the name Metal Knuckles. Knuckles jumped out in front of the Master Emerald to defend it.

 

“Get your metal claws away from my emerald,” said Knuckles.

 

“Everyone, come out and attack,” ordered Metal Sonic in his cold, monotonic voice. A group of the robots that they had encountered in Westopolis appeared before them.

 

“Ah, Knuckles, long time no see, mate,” said a voice coming from the behind the robots. A purple weasel appeared. He was wearing a brown cowboy hat and had a tan utility belt with a silver magnum revolver in the holster.

 

“Fang, I thought you had other things to do besides this,” said Knuckles, “Like running around chasing money.” A beeping sound was now coming from behind the Master Emerald. From behind it, emerged a plush-like figure that resembled Tails. It got in line with Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles and Fang.

 

Deak stared at Fang and joked, “Yo, weasel. I'd make a gay joke about you right now, but that hat makes you a walking gay joke.” Fang was not too pleased with this comment and grabbed for his pistol. Deak pulled out his M-9 at around the same time. Each of them placed the temple of their gun to the other's head.

 

“Enough of this foolishness,” said Metal Sonic, “You will hand over the Master Emerald to us.”

 

“There is no way I'm giving you it,” replied Knuckles, “You'll have to drag my bloody corpse off of it.”

 

“That can be arranged,” said his robotic counterpart as it threw a punch in his direction. Knuckled dodged it by sidestepping.

 

“Let's start this fight,” said Shadow, “I have the fake faker.”

 

“Leave the cowboy to me,” said Deak, still having the gun to his head.

 

“Beep, Beep, Beep,” said Tails Doll and fired a laser in the direction of Rouge. Rouge hopped up and flew toward Tails Doll.

 

“Think you can handle a real woman?” she said toward Tails Doll. All Tails Doll could do was reply with a “beep”.

 

The robots began to surround Vector, Cream, Blaze, Espio and Charmy. Shadow gave a look of concern toward them.

 

“Don't worry about us, Shadow,” said Espio, “We're fine. Take care of Metal Sonic.” Shadow nodded in agreement and charged toward his opponent.

 

(A/N: I'm going to continue this chapter fight by fight. All of the fights are happening at around the same time.)

 

 

Deacon Sparks vs. Fang

 

Deak and Fang still had their guns aimed at each other's heads. Deak took his hand and pressed it against Fang's chest. A spark came out of his hand, sending Fang flying into the air and deep into the jungle. Deak sprinted ahead into the jungle area. He came into an area surrounded by tall trees and small shrubs. He could feel the could mud rise from under his feet onto his legs. Then he search a sound a gun clocking in the distance behind him. He turned around to see where it came from but as soon as he did, he saw Fang's face just above a small boulder and heard the bullet rip out of his magnum. The next thing he felt was a burn in his left shoulder region.

 

“Son of a bitch!” he screamed out in pain, clutching his shoulder. He scampered behind a boulder for protection. He held out his hand and saw that his blue glove was drenched in blood. He pulled out his M-9 and started firing back at Fang, halfway behind the rock. He dashed to behind a thick tree and continued to fire at Fang. The two shot at each other for a couple of minutes, with neither one getting a hit. Deak then peaked out of the side of the tree. Fang saw his opportunity and pulled the trigger of his gun. However, nothing came out of the temple. Deak smirked and charged toward his adversary while he franticly tried to reload his weapon. Before he could, Deak pulled his right fist back drove it straight into Fang's skull. Fang dropped to the ground. He saw his gun next to Deak's foot and attempted to grab it. However, Deak kicked it out of the way and into a thick patch of mud. Deak then grabbed with Fang by his neck and lifted him up to his level and threw him into a boulder. Fang fell face first into a batch of mud. Deak formed a electric energy ball twice the size of his head in his right hands.

 

He screamed, “Thunder Blast!” and threw the ball with all of his might toward Fang and it connected. The impact of the blast sent Fang flying into the air and out of sight. Deak smiled and then lifted his left arm and grunted in pain.

 

“Damn, my shoulder hurts like hell,” he said to himself, “I gotta fight through this and help everyone else.” He dashed back the way he came from toward everyone else to help them.

 

 

Rouge vs. Tails Doll

 

Rouge stared menacingly at her opponent, the Tails Doll. She sent a dark aura towards Tails Doll and screamed, “Dark Wave!” This caused the Tails Doll to temporarily short malfunction. Rouge took advantage of this by flying over it and giving it a strong roundhouse kick to the back of its robotic head. The kick sent the Tails Doll flying into the air and crashing down to the ground. Rouge flew a few inches off of the ground and glided toward the robot. Tails Doll quickly recovered and got back upright. It shot five energy balls out of the emerald which was on an antenna on top of its head. Rouge was able to dodge the first four but she collided with the fifth one, which caused her to lose control of where she was flying. She ended up crashing head first into a tree. Tails Doll hovered to where she crashed. Rouge was on one knee when Tails Doll approached her. It charged up a laser beam in its emerald and fired it toward Rouge. She was able to fly upwards and avoid the laser just before it hit the tree, breaking it in half. Rouge hovered in the sky watching her opponent. She charged downward toward Tails Doll and then flew over its head. Tails Doll tried to shoot a laser in Rouge's direction, but she pulled out her pocket mirror. The mirror reflected the laser back towards the Tails Doll. It had no time to react and impact from the blast sent Tails Doll flying into a rock. Rouge walked over to the Tails Doll. The slam into the boulder left it heavily damaged.

 

“Beep...Beep....Beep,” was all the only action the Tails Doll could possibly do. Rouge smiled to herself and walked away toward the group.

 

 

Metal Knuckles vs. Knuckles

 

“Hand over the Master Emerald or you shall be destroyed, “ ordered Metal Knuckles.

 

“Over my dead body!” barked Knuckles.

 

“Very well,” responded Metal Knuckles, “If that is what must do to obtain it, I will do so.” Metal Knuckles threw a punch in his direction and it connected with Knuckle's stomach. The echidna fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. His robotic counterpart pulled back its fist yet again and drove it toward Knuckles. He rolled over to his left, causing the punch to make contact with the ground, not Knuckles. He hopped up to his feet and drove his fist into Metal Knuckle's steel head. Knuckles followed up by picking up Metal Knuckles and slamming him into a tree. Metal Knuckles charged into Knuckles. He tried to throw a punch but Metal Knuckles ducked and wrapped its steel arms around Knuckle's waist. It repeatedly slammed Knuckles into the ground for about twenty seconds. After this offensive onslaught, Knuckles was on all four coughing up blood.

 

“Surrender now of be eliminated,” said Metal Knuckles.

 

Knuckles wiped the blood off of his mouth and responded, “Never!!”

 

Metal Knuckles backed up several feet and began to go into a spindash. It charged off toward Knuckles, at a speed that could shatter him upon impact. However, right before Metal Knuckles could slam into Knuckles, a flame appeared in its path. It changed direction by moving to the right of the flame. However, it was going to fast in order to stop and it slammed into a rock at top speed. This caused an immense amount of damage to Metal Knuckles. It looked up to see where the flame had come from. There was a purple cat standing in front of Knuckles ready to attack. It was Blaze. She held two fingers in the air. All of a sudden, the grass underneath Metal Knuckles went up in flames and the flames from this shot Metal Knuckles into the sky. It would hit the ground near the Master Emerald at a very strong impact. Sparks were now flying from it and was too damaged to fight. All Knuckles could do was watch in disbelief.

 

“Thanks, Blaze,” he said weakly and then fell on his back and began to rest.

 

 

Shadow vs. Metal Sonic

 

Shadow and Metal Sonic were staring each other down. Metal Sonic fired a laser beam out of its chest, but Shadow was able to dodge it with ease. Shadow went into a spindash and performed a Homing Attack on Metal Sonic. The attack sent Metal Sonic flying backwards. Metal Sonic hopped back onto its feet. He then disappeared and teleported behind Shadow. He fired an energy blast which turned into lightning. The blasts electrocuted Shadow and he fell on his back.

 

“So, I guess you can use Chaos Control now,” said Shadow.

 

“Don't you remember, Shadow,” replied Metal Sonic, “I copied your data. Anything you can do, I can do as well.”

 

“That doesn't matter because I'm gonna kick your ass right now,” said Shadow, “Chaos Blast!” A red aura of energy surrounded the both of them and sent Metal Sonic flying into the air. Shadow hopped back onto his feet. He Chaos Controlled into the jungle where Metal Sonic had landed. Shadow instantly performed another Homing Attack onto Metal Sonic. However, when he got close to it, Metal Sonic shot out an energy beam out of its chest. The blast sent Shadow several feet into the air and he landed hard on the ground. He struggled to his feet and stared down Metal Sonic. They both went into spindashes and they charged into each other. When they impacted each other, the force of it sent from flying backwards in opposite directions. Shadow collided with a rock next to a waterfall. The velocity at which Shadow collided with it caused a huge dent in it. Shadow slowly emerged from the rock. He rushed ahead through the jungle trees and the thick mud to where he came from. He approached it and began to search there and the area behind it. However, he could not find anyone or anything except for a puddle of black goo.

 

“Fucking coward,” Shadow said disappointingly, “Chaos Control!” In an instant, Shadow disappeared leaving nothing behind, except for the goo.

 

 

(A/N: The fights are over so now it's back to normal story telling.)

 

Deak and Rouge raced back to the Master Emerald. The robots' broken bodies had lined the path toward the way.

 

“I guess they others took care of business,” Deak said.

 

“Obviously,” said Rouge who came up from the jungle area ahead of them. They both made their way toward the Master Emerald. When they arrived they saw Vector, Amy, Espio, Charmy, Blaze and Knuckles all around the Master Emerald, with Metal Knuckles knocked out around them. Blaze was holding up a beaten Knuckles while everyone had their eyes on Knuckle's robotic copy.

 

“Hey,” said Amy, “I guess you guys did fine. Where's Shadow?”

 

“I don't know?” said Deak, shrugging his shoulders. “Where is Shadow?” thought Rouge. She was getting extremely worried now. However, seconds later, Shadow appeared right next to Rouge by Chaos Control.

 

“Shadow! I was worried about you,” said Rouge. She jumped into his arms and kissed him on the lips. Shadow put her down but kept his arm around her shoulder. Vector noticed something next to Metal Knuckles. It was a thick, black goo. He curiously approached the goo, but he went to touch it, it transformed into a large black figure.

 

“What the hell?!” exclaimed Vector as he backed away. A bright light came over the figure and afterwards, its true form was revealed, Metal Sonic. It was standing in front of the Master Emerald, holding the knocked out Fang and the non-functional Tails Doll.

 

“You best be leaving,” said Deak toward Metal Sonic, “Unless you want a nine on one beatdown.” Deak formed an energy ball in his hand and everyone else got into fighting stances.

 

Metal Sonic placed his hand on the Master Emerald and shouted, “Chaos Control!” A bright light shined over Metal Sonic, all of his accomplices and the Master Emerald. And all of a sudden, there was nothing.

 

Everything was gone...including the Master Emerald.

 

Uh-Oh, this can't be good. Metal Sonic has the Master Emerald now. But why does he want it? Who is he working for?

 

You can't have a Sonic story without Metal Sonic, the greatest Sonic villian of them all. Thanks for the reviews and keep on reviewing.