Mecha Sonic charged toward Sonic, the hedgehog jumping out of the way of the assault. "Gotta go fast, slow poke!" the hedgehog taunted, hitting the robot, seeing it flash white for a second. He landed on the burnt grass, seeing his rival stand back.
The robot lunged forward, bringing his elbow into Sonic's muzzle, making his head snap to the side. "Ah! You're gonna regret that, Metal." he boasted to the robot.
"I am not Metal Sonic. I'm far superior to him."
Sonic rolled his eyes, "Sure."
Tails spun his tails around, hitting Mecha Sonic as hard as he could. Mecha responded by elbowing the fox in the side of the head. "Foolish fox. You will regret doing that." the robot boasted, his hand morphing int a cannon.
"Oh no ya won't!" Sonic shouted, bouncing off his rival with a Spin-Dash attack. Uncurling, Sonic divekicked the robot, but Mecha grabbed his foot and threw him onto the burnt grass facefirst. "This better not become a trend..." he sighed, spitting out blades of grass as he cleaned himself off quickly.
"It's no use, Sonic. I am the ultimate robot." Mecha Sonic then started to laugh.
Tails curled into a ball and whacked Mecha with his own Spin-Dash. "I didn't know robots were capable of laughing!" he pointed, spinning his namesakes in midair to hover over the robot. "Why did Robotnik send you here now?"
Sonic roundhouse-kicked Mecha Sonic, "Don't bother askin' questions, bro. Robotnik just wants us gone. Although another Metal Sonic wasn't the way to go about it." he groaned, going into a handstand before flipping back onto his feet. The hedgehog smirked, seeing Mecha Sonic morph his fist into a cannon.
Then, Mecha Sonic began to shoot at the blue blur. Sonic vanished in a second, appearing behind the robot. The hedgehog jumped, grabbing his friend's hands in order to gain flight. Sonic then dropped himself, curling into a ball in the process in order to attack Mecha Sonic with a powerful Spin-Dash stomp.
But Mecha saw the attack coming and extended a hand, grabbing Sonic while he was still in ball form. He threw Sonic on the ground, making him slide a little. "How did you do that?" he asked, wondering how the attack didn't destroy the metal casing of the robot.
While Mecha was tending to finish Sonic, Tails swooped down, hitting the robot with both of his fists. In response, the robot wrapped a hand around the fox's throat, choking him. He raised Tails's body as he did so, intending to end him then and there. "You shouldn't have intervened, fox. I only seek the Chaos Emeralds you've obtained." he threatened, tightening his grip, making Tails gag in pain.
Then, Mecha was attacked by a blue blur, knocking him back a little and releasing Tails, who inhaled sharply in order to breathe again. "You alright, bro?" Sonic asked the fox worriedly, who nodded as he breathed slowly. The hedgehog narrowed his gaze at the robot, clearly not amused at what happened.
Sonic glared daggers at the robot. Adjusting his gloves, he took a single step forward. Mecha Sonic didn't say anything, but he aimed his cannon directly at the hedgehog's temple. "Look, Mecha..." he said calmly, "I'll make this clear and simple. You don't ever dare to touch a hair on that fox's head."
"He was in my way. My objective is to collect the Chaos Emeralds plain and simple. If you had complied, I wouldn't have had to punish him for his disobedience." Mecha responded coldly, his targeting system focused directly on Sonic.
The hedgehog smirked, "Time to take you to the trash heap like Robotnik's other creations."
Sonic jumped up, hitting Mecha Sonic with a Spin-Dash. In response, Mecha curled into a ball and intended to hit Sonic once he uncurled himself. The hedgehog noticed the attack and dove out of the way, seeing Mecha practically drill himself into the ground. After a few seconds, Mecha reappeared directly next to Sonic, popping out of the ground and floating.
To counter, Sonic uppercutted Mecha and hit him with a powerful Spin-Dash launching him across the burning fields. As Mecha Sonic was about to strike, he got a transmission, making him pause. 'Mecha Sonic. Retreat for now. You can try again once the two obtain more emeralds.' Robotnik said from his end. 'My mech is ready for them once they arrive at the spot.'
Mecha Sonic lowered his weapons, "You got lucky, Sonic. I will come back soon enough." he threatened before activating his jet thrusters and flying away.
"I can chase after him if you want." Tails suggested.
Sonic grinned, "Nah. Let him run. That just means we won." he turned his head, seeing a camera drone hoverinf nearby. So, feeling boastful, Sonic stuck out his tongue in jest at the camera, hoping that his nemesis could see.
"Well that was a little overkill."
Knuckles grumbled to himself, seeing the battle between Sonic and Mecha Sonic. "Y'know for a guy claiming to be good, he can make some seriously deadly weapons." he shrugged, "Ah, well. At least he's on the side of justice, isn't that right Mac?" he asked his apprentice, glancing at the red colt.
Instead of responding, Big Mac resisted the urge to laugh at something. "Huh?" what's so funny?" Knuckles asked, seeing Sonic stick his tongue out on the screen and giving him a thumbs down.
"You, random fist guy! If you can hear this, eat my dust!" Sonic yelled at the camera. "And Robuttnik! We're comin' after ya, and stopping your twisted plans! And no fake version of me is gonna stop us!" at that boast, the hedgehog and fox ran off, intending to stop their enemy.
"That robot was so cool!" Big Mac said, "It looked really strong if it can fight Sonic and Tails!"
Knuckles huffed, "I'm just getting a bad vibe from it. Like it could potentially destroy the planet if it wanted. Ah, I'm probably just being paranoid."
The echidna looked at the map, "Okay. They're nearing the waterfall where Eggman's mech is located. Big Mac, it's time for you to head there."
"Eeyup!"