Sonic: Friendship is Eternal Ch. 63

Body Check

“What the hell is the meaning of this?!” Metal said, finding not a single weapon worked.

“That symbol means Hatchling, thus, you have lost all abilities as if you were just born” Wulok said with a smirk.

“Clever, it’s magic…” Metal said before he and Mephiles were rushed by the griffons. Mephiles dove out of the way while Metal vaulted over the attackers. One griffon turned and swung his talons at Metal. Metal stepped out of the range before quickly grabbing the griffons arm and pulling him into a knee to the stomach. The griffon coughed as he felt the air leave his lungs from the hit before being tossed aside. Hitting the wall and falling to the ground in a heap.

Mephiles moved smoothly as he dodged attack after attack, backing up slowly as he did so. He stopped when he felt he bumped into something, something alive. Turning quickly he was met with a swipe of a griffons talons.  He was launched from the impact, slamming into a wall.

Metal dodged a talon swipe only to be caught in a full-nelson. He watched as a griffon ran at him from the front to punch him. He used the arms of the griffon restraining him as a support, lifting his lower half up and curling his legs up before using his hydraulics to kick them both into the other Griffon. The force of the impact sending the attacker flying, while the one holding him was sent backwards from the recoil, Metal still in his grip. The griffon slammed into a wall before his grip lessoned and Metal was freed, he quickly delivered a roundhouse kick to the still standing griffon, knocking him to the floor.

“You can’t possibly hope to get the better of me, even without my weapons, I am far more superior than you sacks of flesh.” Metal taunted, incurring the wrath of several griffons.

Mephiles sidestepped a talon swipe before delivering several quick jabs, making the griffon fall limp. //one thing I definitely have a complete understanding of, it’s the anatomy of any creature…I guess I have my past life to thank for that// he thought before ducking underneath an attempted tackle. Looking around he noticed he was surrounded by at least 5 griffons. He cracked his knuckles, a smirk evident in his mouthless muzzle. One charged at him, earning a sidestep and a quick jab at the base of his wing. The griffon yelped as the rear leg on the same side as the wing went completely limp, causing him to hit the floor.

“One down” Mephiles said before two of them charged at him. One from the front, the other behind. Mephiles moved as soon as they were close, causing them to collide with one another before he quickly struck at their pressure points.

“Three down.” He turned to the remaining two, daring them to try and attack him. They obliged and went to tackle him, only to sail over his head and land just short of hitting the wall. He was on them before they even knew it, jabbing them and watching as their limp bodies hit the floor. "Five out of Five." Mephiles said with pride at how easy that was.

Wulok watched with amazement as those two fought his griffons. “Incredible.” Was the word that came to mind as he continued to watch them.

Metal was being restrained by several of them, his arms and legs completely immobile while a fifth punched him in the chest before pulling his hand back and shaking it in pain.

“Sorry to disappoint, but I’m not made of weak material.” He said as he used his hydraulics to move his arms in front of him, cracking the two griffon holding his arms together, causing them to fall off. He then used the hydraulics to kick each leg with enough speed and force to cause the griffons to go sailing into the wall.

Metal and Mephiles stood triumphant, not a single griffon was standing in that arena. “Very well done, however the test isn’t over.” Wulok said before clicking his walking stick on the ground 3 times. A door opened and a griffon much larger than the ones those two had just fought walked out, snarling and ready to rip them apart.

“Defeat my strongest warrior and you move on.” Wulok said.

“He’s most likely slow due to his larger stature, so your speed will be of great use.” Mephiles said.

“This is too easy.” Metal said, getting ready. Wulok clicked the stick and the griffon rushed at them. Metal and Mephiles found themselves getting body checked into a wall. At that moment they realized they were in trouble. Metal went offline for a few seconds from the force of the impact. Mephiles felt like a semi-truck ran him over twice. The griffon backed up a bit, laughing at how easily he managed to pin them.

“He’s so fast…” Metal said, having not expected such speed from something so large. “Though, so am I.” he freed himself from the wall before rushing at the griffon at top speed only to be swatted away and into another wall.

Mephiles used this opportunity to move in and jab the behemoth’s pressure points. “No good, his muscle is too thick” he said, realizing he didn’t have enough strength to hit those points through such thick muscle. The griffon grabbed him and began to squeeze, the audible sound of bones beginning to break from the pressure could be heard along with his screams of agony.

Metal rebooted, seeing the sight in front of him //dammit….how do I beat this thing?// he wondered before he remembered.

Flashback

“That symbol means Hatchling, thus, you have lost all abilities as if you were just born” Wulok said with a smirk.

End Flashback

//I know one thing I could do straight out of being born// he thought as he began to glow a golden color, electricity sparking around him before he jetted forward at an intense speed, slamming into the griffon’s arm and freeing Mephiles. Mephiles hit the ground, groaning in pain as he felt his bones slowly begin to heal.

“Gotta love being the reincarnation of a creature with a healing factor this powerful” he said to himself as the pain slowly dulled.

Metal charged again and again, slamming into the griffon. The griffon roared with rage as it tried to swat him, to no avail. Metal then charged up beyond his limit, his whole body sprouting a huge electric shield around him.

“Maximum Overdrive!” he said before launching himself at full power, slamming into the griffon and plowing through the wall before making the energy that remained explode, sending the griffon into the chasm below at rocket speed. Metal’s body began to smoke as electricity crackled. He began to fall, his CPU offline from the strain. Mephiles grabbed his arm and pulled him back into the arena.

“Just in time.” Mephiles said, panting a bit.

“Very impressive, you two have passed the test of the Body” Wulok said, “Now you must prove that you are smart enough to advance in the test of Mind” he began to walk down from his viewing area. “I’ll send for you when we’re ready, so use this time to relax while you can” he said. Gilda flew in, going over to them and smiling.

“Great job!” she said before noticing Metal’s eye panels beginning to light up. “You’re awake” she said. Metal just nodded as he stood up before noticing Gilda was taller, same with Mephiles. Looking at his hand he realized that due to the symbol on his head and the usage of his Maximum Overdrive he didn’t have the power to remain in Neo form and regressed to his original form, no even beyond that, he had regressed to his Classic form, all short and stout.

“Lovely…” he said with a hint of sarcasm, his voice a little higher pitched and more kid like.

“I think you look cute.” Gilda said.

“I am not cute! I am a ruthless killing machine!” he said, enraged.

“That just makes you even cuter!” she said before picking him up and hugging him.

“Put me down this instant!” he yelled, trying to get free. Gilda just squealed happily, nuzzling the tiny robot. “Gilda…when I get back to my original self so help me...” he said threateningly.

Ponyville

“And done!” Rainbow Dash said as she began to put something into an envelope and place said envelope in her mailbox before raising the flag on it.

“What’s done?” Sonic asked.

“Oh, I finished my questionnaire that Spitfire gave me to see if I’d be eligible to go to her Wonderbolt Academy.” She said, happiness flowing through her. “I mean…can you imagine? I’d be that much closer to living my dream” she said.

“I hope the response letter is your invitation to be a student there” Sonic said.

“Thanks” she said, nuzzling him a bit. Sonic just smiled, petting her mane.

Over the Ocean

Wave, Jet, and Storm flew over the water with their extreme gear. Doing tricks off of waves that formed so that they at least had something else to do while they made their way to Equestria.

“Land Ho!” Storm shouted, pointing to a shoreline in the distance.

“That must be Equestria! Let’s go!” Jet said before their boards began to sputter.

“Uh oh.” Wave said, “Our boards are gonna give out!” she shouted.

“Grab your boards and get ready to fly!” Jet said as he began to focus on his Zero Gravity bracelet. The other two nodded before doing the same. The three leapt into the air with their boards before initiating a Zero Gravity rush, allowing them to use their momentum to fly weightlessly to the shore line. Electricity began to crackle around the gems of the bracelets and gravity was slowly returning.

Just short of dry land they all fell straight down as the Zero Gravity ended, hitting the water with a huge splash. They swam the rest of the way, climbing onto shore with their boards and collapsing, panting.

“That…sucked!” Jet said, lying sprawled out in the sand. “Our bracelets are jacked, our boards are toast…could this get any worse?” he tempted fate before a wave crashed down onto the shore, soaking them.

“I was joking!” Jet yelled at the sea, sitting up. He froze when he felt something against the back of his neck, something pointed. Wave and Storm were in a similar position, spears being pointed at them by Zebras. They couldn't make out any significant features, due to the angle of the sun casting shadows over their facial features.

“Well now, who do we ‘ave ‘ere mates?” One asked.

“I’d say it’s something worth capturing.” Another said.

“Think they’re spies?” the third asked.

“If they are, they did a crappy job of keeping ‘emselves ‘idden” the first said, “We’ll know ‘at we need to know from ‘em” he said before they struck the rogues, knocking them unconscious before taking them and their boards to a holding cell.