Sonic: Friendship is Eternal Ch. 44

Death Egg Mecha

Tails felt his vision and senses slowly return to him. Wherever he was, the ground was cold. He moved his arm and made a fist before knocking on the floor, hearing a metallic ring it confirmed something. He opened his eyes as he sat up, the whole place being metal and wires. He looked over to his right and saw a window, and in that window was Earth and the stars around it.

"what the?" he wondered in confusion as he got up and went over to the window. He stared out of it for a good while, trying to wrap his head around it. With a sigh he turned and saw Fluttershy sprawled out on the ground, immediately worried he went over to her and was relieved to hear her stir as her eyes began to open.

"Tails?" she asked as she saw him.

"I'm here" he said softly, she just smiled at him.

"where are we?" she asked as she slowly sat up.

"space, a station in space to be specific" he said pointing to the window. Fluttershy looked out of it and saw a blue planet and stars. Slowly the shock of it all came to her as her face went from serene to panicked.

"oh….oh my…" she said, the words coming out as a barely audible squeak.

"yeah, that's my home down there" he said as he looked at the blue planet. Fluttershy slowly moved to his side and looked with him. A smile forming on her face, "do you ever miss it?" she asked.

"well sometimes…but Equestria is like my home away from home. And I'll defend it with everything I have" he said with a smile. Fluttershy just smiled happily at him before the sound of a machine whirring could be heard. Next thing that happened was an arm came out and grabbed her before returning from where it came. Fluttershy screamed in fear as she was pulled away.

"Fluttershy!" Tails shouted before following the sounds of her panicked voice. Soon he reached an open area and standing in the center was a giant bot. It was red, round and big, the death egg robot.

"holy moley" Tails said in awe at the bot, having never seen it before.

"Tails! Help me!" Fluttershy cried out, tears forming from how scared she was.

"don't worry I will!" he said as he donned his still incomplete armor. He held his hand up and fired a shot, nailing the bot in the face, causing it to reel back a bit before it launched the arm not holding Fluttershy at him. He jumped above it and landed on top, running along the length of the arm before jumping up and blasting it in the face at close range.

The bot reeled back from the attack; Tails was using his tails to fly and was now in front of Fluttershy. "don't worry, I'll get you out of there" he said as he began to try to pry the bots fingers off of her. The bot turned as soon as it noticed this and swatted him to the ground.

"Tails!" Fluttershy shouted as tears filled her eyes. Tails stood up and growled at the bot before it launched its arm again. He dodged and charged energy into his 4 rings before having them rotate around each other. Faster and faster they spun before a thin blade of energy formed around them and he tossed it, cutting off the bots arm. The rings returned to him, still producing the blade and spinning.

"let's try this…only just now thought of it…not sure how it'll go but." He said before holding the spinning rings above his head.

"Blade Storm!" he shouted before all the energy was shot into the air in small thin ribbons that soon began to descend on the bot, cutting and piercing it. Fluttershy yelped when one of the blades cut her cheek, thankfully the wound was superficial and only bled a little.

The bot soon collapsed, the arm holding Fluttershy falling off before the entire bot exploded. Tails immediately shielded himself from the debris that flew from the explosion. When it settled he saw Fluttershy's tail sticking out of a pile of scrap metal. He ran to her and dug her out of the rubble.

"Fluttershy! Are you okay?" he asked. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"yes I am Tails…thank you" she said, tears of relief falling. Tails noticed the cut on her cheek and immediately knew why it was there.

"Fluttershy…I'm so sorry…" he said softly. She knew he was referring to the cut on her cheek and she looked at him with a smile still there.

"It's alright." She said softly

"no...it's not. I'd never want to hurt you. Or see you hurt. Knowing that I hurt you…" he said before feeling something, something soft against his lips. It was her lips against his. He was wide eyed from it, but soon he relaxed and kissed her back. He knew in his heart she forgave him.

"Fluttershy…I love you" he said when the kiss ended. She smiled happily at him, tears of joy falling.

"I love you too. Tails" she said happily as her element appeared around her neck.

With Knuckles and Applejack

Applejack felt her senses come back to her as her eyes began to open again. She could see a clear blue sky and fluffy white clouds overhead. Turning her gaze to the left she saw a few pillars and walkways that were floating. Wait…..floating?!

Her eyes shot open completely as she scrambled to her feet, realizing she was on a platform just like the others, high in the sky. Peering over the edge she could see nothing but blue sky. "What in tarnation?" she wondered

"Sky Sanctuary" Knuckles said from nearby, she turned and smiled happily at him. "It was a place that was high in the sky above Angel Island."

"Was?" Applejack asked, catching that.

"It collapsed a long time ago" he said. "Due to the conflicts that took place here, they were of a scale this place couldn't possibly support. And it was destroyed in the process"

"Wow" Applejack said "looks pretty fine to me" she added.

"Must be one of snake dudes tricks."

"His name is Discord" she said with a smile. Knuckles just waved it off, as he turned his gaze to the stretch of path in front of them. She turned as well, a smile breaking across her face.

"Race ya!" she said before taking off. Knuckles was surprised by that but soon raced after her.

"Very funny!" he called out as he caught up with her. They both shared a laugh and kept running, the smiles turned to confused expressions when a sound kept repeating. It seemed to come from behind them; Applejack turned and was immediately shocked. The path was falling, and they needed to hustle.

"Floors a vanishing! We gotta get a move on!" she said, Knuckles then remembered that part of the sanctuary and knew they were in trouble. He nodded as they ran as fast as they could, a red orb up ahead.

"Jump onto that!" he shouted.

"Why?"

"Just trust me on this!"

She nodded before jumping once close enough, landing on the orb with Knuckles. Both got enveloped in a bright light and were teleported out of there. They panted as they fell off the exit point.

"That. Was. Crazy" Applejack said.

"Yep…" Knuckles said before standing up only to hear the sound of metal hitting the ground. "What the?" he wondered as he turned and saw something that brought back memories.

"Is that…Metal Sonic? He looks different" Applejack said.

"No it's his prototype. Mecha Sonic" he said, staring at the tall blue bot with the single glowing red eye. Mecha Sonic jumped up and curled into a ball before hurdling toward them. Knuckles dove to the left and Applejack to the right. Mecha Sonic hit the ground and bounced before uncurling and landing on its feet. It turned to face them its jet beginning to power up. Applejack ran up and bucked it square in the chest, causing it to fall onto its back. Knuckles then jumped up and came straight down on the bot.

"Drill Knuckle!" he said as he began to spin with both his fists pointed to the ground. The chest plate began to crack under the pressure before it grabbed Knuckles's arm and tossed him off before standing up again.

Knuckles stood up and began to focus energy; Applejack knew what he was planning and ran toward the bot to distract it. She dodged a swipe of its arm and bucked it in the back, knocking it onto its face. The bot curled up and spun toward her, she dodged the ball of death as it zoomed past before it uncurled and used its jet to try another attack.

"Heat Knuckle!" Knuckles zoomed by at high speed and collided with the bot, unleashing a flurry of attacks that soon made the bot and Knuckles's hands catch fire before all that was released in a final devastating punch. The bot crumpled down sparking slightly before its eye lit up and it stood.

Its chest plate opened revealing the element of honesty.

"My element!" Applejack said before noticing the bot seemed to be surging with power. "What in tarnation?" she wondered before the bot jumped up and turned solid gold.

"What?!" Knuckles said in utter shock. Mecha flew high into the air and began to circle around them.

"What the hay?" Applejack wondered.

"It went super" Knuckles said

"Super?" she asked

"Last time it used the Master Emerald, how on earth was it able to cause the shift with just your element?" he wondered.  "I guess the elements are stronger than I thought"
Mecha began to fire balls of energy at them. The spheres of energy flew at them at high speed, they barely had any time to think, let alone dodge. The attacks knocking them around from the small explosions.

"Argh! Dammit!" Knuckles shouted as he stood back up. The gold bot landed near him and Applejack having recovered as well ran at him.

"Applejack no!" he shouted before she bucked the bot. the bot didn't move at all, all that happened was a ringing sound from the impact.

"What the?" Applejack wondered before being swatted away by the bot. she stood up and growled.

"It's invincible in this form" Knuckles said, which shocked Applejack big time.

"Then how do we defeat it?" she asked before getting her answer, the bot turned blue again. Knuckles uppercutted the bot, causing it to drop the element. Applejack ran for it at the same time the bot did, both made contact and drew on its power. Mecha went Super and Applejack became Zap Applejack.

The bot curled up and went straight for Knuckles; he caught the bot and was slowly getting pushed toward the edge. Just before teetering over the edge Knuckles used all his strength to toss the bot up.

Zap Applejack smiled before being enveloped in her power and doing a high speed dash through the bot. She then watched as the bot split in half and exploded, her element appearing on her neck before she reverted back to Applejack.

Knuckles ran up to her and smiled "that was incredible" he said.

"and you said he was invincible" Applejack teased before they embraced each other in a hug.