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Robotnik quickly fired his lasers, but it wasn’t quick enough for Sonic. He dogged almost lazily and gave Robotnik a lazy smirk. “I didn’t think I’d be cracking eggs again today.” Robotnik scowled at that comment; Sonic’s smile grew wider. Pissing off Robotnik was always fun.
Sonic grew bored of his game of dodging lasers and decided to take real action. He spotted his first crash dummy, a badnik aiming to destroy the library. Sonic whipped around at breakneck speed and shamed into the robot smashing into tiny pieces. Sonic grinned; he spotted his next target and geared up for his next attack.
When a familiar but shrill voice hit his ears, “Sonic! We have an MCCP operative heading right towards you. I need more time to figure out who it is.”, Tails said.
“Thanks, little buddy; I’ll finish this quickly,” Sonic said. He needed to finish this quickly; any MCCP goon was terrible. He didn’t want to make this any more complicated. Or did he ?
Sonic smashed through all the bots, bouncing and springing between enemies. Smashing, thrashing, and even pulling a cheeky comment toward Robotnick whenever he could. That familiar feeling bubbled out of his chest and leaked out of him. He felt alive, without rules, fear, or concern for his future. Just him, Robotnicks’ army, and the ground under his feet.
Well, that and the fist currently hitting him in the back. Sonic went flying as the force of a fist impacted him. Hitting a solid steel fence turned out to not be fun. He blinked once or twice; of course, it was Knuckles.
Knuckles POV
That blue bastard was still here. Not to mention that human that still haven’t been taken care of. Knuckles could scoff; how could these two fight all the time but not really get anything done.
Knuckles stomped to Sonic, winding up for another crack at his chest. Sonic took another punch, groaning as he impacted further into the wall.
“Do you need another one?” Knuckles spat out. This blue bastard was the exact reason why the MCCP had to exist. Knuckles attempted to smash into Sonic again; this time, he barely dodged his devastating blow.
Sonic gave a strained laugh, “You know, are you…” He coughed some blood out before continuing, “called Knuckles because you like to punch things. Or because you have weird glove spikes.”
Knuckles saw red; this blue bastard had the audacity to joke at a time like this. No! he was not going to be made a fool!
Sonic Pov
Tails was in his ear, “Nick- Sonic! Why would you say that? Why are you making him angry?”
Sonic dogged another punch leading it into the badnik behind him. His fun had just started, even though his ribs were bruised, and he was in a whole heck of pain. “Sorry, bud. But I have a plan.”
Sonic dashed to the side, kicking Knuckles in his side. The blow clearly hit but did minor damage. Sonic laugh again, with a little more convention to it.
“Really, that’s all you got. The MCCP really didn’t train you well. Is that why you guys can never capture me.” Sonic retorted before nearly leaping out of the way.
Sonic could see Knuckles was mad. Thrashing into anything in his way. Yelling and snarling at him. Sonic smirked just as he jumped into the air. He never could forget about Eggy here. Leaping in front of Robotniks’ carrier, Knuckles leaped to attack. Sonic just barely managed to twist his body to avoid Knuckles’ punch. He felt the light graze of his spikes against his back as he just got out of the way.
Sonic watched, and Robotnik’s face twisted from confusion into anger. He clearly wasn’t expecting Sonic to turn his attention back to him. And when he realized what he had done. Sonic smirked at him as he and his carrier went flying.
Robotnik yelled, “Curse you, hedgehog.” As he was sent out of the city via force.
Sonic snickered; he would remember that face for a while. Totally worth it, make Knuckles mad and all. But he still had one problem to deal with. Sonic grinned at Knuckles before moving out of his way again.
“You know, you’d be a better fighter if you weren’t so angry,” Sonic explained while weaving through Knuckles’ fury of blows.
Knuckles roar at Sonic. Who would continue to side-step various attacks. Sonic ears perked up as Tails began to speak.
“Sonic, I have been looking at a map. You can get him off your back by doing the same trick earlier. There’s a TV panel nearby. If he punches it, it’ll create enough of a distraction. And you’ll be able to get away.” Tails explained.
Sonic smirked, “Gotcha, bud!”. He whipped around, dashing past Knuckles. “Catch me if you can, Knucklehead.” Sonic blew a raspberry.
Sonic didn’t think it was possible that Knuckles could get even more red. But he was quickly proven wrong; Knuckles roared and charged after Sonic. Sonic gave a quick tsk, before gracefully side-stepping the final punch. Knuckles plunged himself into the pole. Craving through the steel like it was made from butter. The steel groaned and creaked as it was torn. And all was silent for a moment.
The crashing of tons of metal could be heard from a mile away. As the large display came crashing. Sonic dashed to get him and Knuckles out of the way. Sonic was gone in a gust of wind as the dirt and dust kicked up.
Using the large cloud as a distraction. Sonic ran through the city. Using Tails’ advice to zig-zag through the city blocks. Tails quickly located a hiding spot for him to depower. Sonic spotted the alley and dived into the darkness. And with a breath, he opened his dark green eyes.
He was Nicky again. He let out a sigh; at least his apartment was closed. Reverting back to himself always made him tired. Like a balloon being deflated, but that wouldn’t stop the light smile beaming off of Nicky. He had to get home, the urge to run was strong, but he had to resist. Walking home as quickly as he could, which in his case, meant a power walk that almost seemed a little too quick. He was home within the hour.
Nicky opened the door as Tails came running to him. “Nicky, you did such a great job. The way you kept dodging and all the jumps. You were, you were amazing.” Tails’ eyes shone with pure delight.
Nicky blushed, “Thank Tails, I really wasn’t that impressive. I did kinda completely forget about Knuckles being on his way.”
Tails grinned, “Don’t worry,” He put his hand on his chin and closed his eyes. “You’ll just have to rely on me more.”
Nicky and Tails broke out into laughter. Nicky plopped on the couch, “Let’s order pizza today; Mom doesn’t have to know.”
Tails’ smile grew wider as he came over to the couch. Grabbing the TV remote, “Can we also get Mint Chocolate Ice Cream.”
Nicky smiled back, “Of course, bud.”