Sonic the Hedgehog 10: The Final Fight, Sonic and the mystery of the Chaos Emeralds Two years have passed since Binx was nearly robotized. Herbie says that she will not become a Freedom Fighter until Sonic is back in Knothole. As for A.N.T, Robotnik erased his memory and crushed him with his bare fists. There was only one witness, a strange woman named Ummagumma. She said that there were four other young lads with him, one looked like a fox, another a walrus, and one like a robotized hedgehog. She also has claimed to see Sonic with them. Sally asked this strange woman if she had known that Sonic was robotized and she replied no. Binx and Knuckles know that time is running out. If the Chaos Emeralds are out there, they are hidden well. An ancient legend says that after the 14th year of hibernation the emeralds will loose their power. As the 14th year slowly comes to an end, Binx knows they have to move faster if they want to try to kill Robotnik. And now, the final fight. "I really think that Ummagoomma or whatever her name is has something to do with this whole scenario." Knuckles said. Binx was in the shower. He was waiting on her bed. "It's Ummagumma." Cowacart said from across the room. She was playing Binx's Genesis. "Sorry, man. Don't get smart." Knuckles replied. "Look. I am really far in Mortal Kombat II so please be quiet." Cowacart said, not looking up from her game. Herbie walked over to Knuckles and sat down. "Cowacart can be so rude sometimes." "I heard that!" Cowacart said, getting angry. "So, Herbie, what do think about the whole Umma-dude issue?" Knuckles asked. "She's pure Robotnik." "Huh?" "She's on the bad side. You know." "Oh." "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! SOMEONE! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!" Binx screamed from the shower. Knuckles ran into the bathroom. "Oh my gosh! SHE BEEN BURNED!" The bathroom was hot and filled with steam. Knuckles and Herbie had trouble seeing and breathing. But there was something bright red in the bathtub. Dear God let it be a towel, Kncukles thought. But as the steam cleared, it wasn't a towel. It was Binx. "But I still don't understand!" Knuckles said, staring at Binx in disbelief. "She was fine ten minutes ago. Why would she make the water so hot?" Knuckles and Herbie had carried Binx to Pebbles and Binx's friends cabin where the bandages were.Bunny was trying to comfort him as Tails bandaged Binx. She looked like a mummy. "I don't think she did it. When she wakes up we'll talk to her." "How can she talk?" "Nevermind that." "We can remove the bandage covering her mouth away." Tails said, still working. "Knuckles, what's wrong?" Bunny asked him. Knuckles clenched his fists and grinded his teeth. "SONIC, HE DID IT!" Tails stood up and faced Knuckles. "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT MY BUDDY DID IT!" "HE AIN'T YOUR BUDDY TAILS! YOU KNOW THAT! HE BETRAYED US ALL!" "KNUCKLES, YOU-" Knuckles covered Tail's mouth and whispered, Don't think about it. Everyone ran into the cabin. Tails continued. "WHAT KNUCKLES? YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU-" Bunny slapped both of them across the face. "You two are acting like a bunch of children! Stop now!" Knuckles looked at Tails and motioned to him and everyone else to sit down. "What Tails was trying to say was that I used to be Robotnik's body guard. Before Binx came back, when Tails was little, and," Knuckles said, looking at Bunny, "when Bunny was normal, I was against the Freedom Fighters. But I'm not any more so don't worry." Everyone stared at him with their jaws hanging open. "Oh, come on guys! That was ages ago!" No one moved. Finally, Binx started to moan. "I can't see! Am I blind?" Binx mumbled through the bandages. Knuckles ran over and tore the bandages off. Binx had a couple of scars but that was all. "Tails, she only has a couple of scars!" "Hey, what do I know?" Tails told him. Everyone had calmed down. Binx sat up. "I don't understand what happened." "Neither do I. We were going to ask you what happened." "I really forget everything." Binx got up and stetched. "That's alright. Just rest." "No! We can't! The emeralds-" "Don't worry about them." "Knuckles, time is running out. Someone knows where those emeralds are. It could be anyone, even Ummagumma. But we need to start looking. Tomorrow, you, me, Bunny, Herbie, Tails, Antoine, and Sally will go out and start looking." Chapter 2 "SONETTE! COME HERE NOW!" Robotnik's voice echoed through the command room. Sonette ran in and bowed down to Robotnik. "Yes sire, you called." "How is my wonderful worker on this fine evening?" "Um...fine." "And how is our little secret plan going?" "Um...fine." "IS THAT ALL YOU SAY? I AM NEVER GOING TO COME TO YOU FOR INFORMATION!" "But sire, you must understand-" "UNDERSTAND WHAT?" "Who ever is reading this will know our plan if we say it out loud." "READING WHAT?" "This story." "OH. OH! I UNDERSTAND! HA HA! WELL, WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT HAPPENS THEN!" "That is correct." "I AM SO SMART!" "Yes, yes you are." Sonette walked out of the room and whispered, 'Sally, where are you?' "Sally, did you find anything?" "Nothing yet Knuckles." Everyone was looking for the chaos emeralds. So far, no one had found anything. "Let's see if anyone else has." Knuckles stood on a big rock. "BINX!" Binx yelled back,"Nothing, Knuckles!" After everyone had responded, Knuckles stepped off the rock. "No one found anything." "Oh Knuckles, we'll find something." Sally said, walking towards Knuckles and giving him a hug. "Sally, we better kiss Knothole goodbye." Sally looked up at Knuckles with her eyes gleaming in the sun. "Knuckles please don't give up. My mother-" Sally was too emotional to go on. Knuckles gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Sally, I promise you, promise, that before the year is over, your mother will be on the good side." "Thank you Knuckles." "You're very, very welcome." "SONIC THE ROBOTIZED HEDGEHOG! GET IN HERE!" Robotnik screamed. Sonic ran in. "What?" "EXCUSE ME?" "What, did you burp?" "NEVERMIND THAT." "Can I go now?" "WHEN SHALL WE ATTACK THE PEA-BRAIN FREEDOM FIGHTERS?" "Tomorrow." "THAT IS NOT TOO EARLY?" "Tomorrow night." "GREAT!" "Yes, great." Sonic walked out of the room and whispered, 'Binx, where are you?' "Binx, please stop crying." "I can't..." "We'll find the emeralds." Knuckles and Binx were by the lake, waiting for a power ring. "Not just that..." "What?" "Sonic..." Knuckles glupped. "W-What about him?" "I wish he was back." "Why?" Binx stared at Knuckles, a cold look in her eyes. "It's not working out between us, Knuckles." "Huh?" "I still love Sonic." "But...why?" "Knuckles please..." "WHY?" "Knuckles..." Knuckles grabbed Binx tightly on her shoulders. He lifted her off the ground. "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" Binx managed to wiggle out of his grasp. She slapped him. "KNUCKLES WHATEVER YOU DO, WHATEVER YOU SAY IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND! WE ARE BETTER AS FRIENDS, FACE IT." She ran into the woods. Knuckles fell to his knees and held his head in his hands. "Binx..." "HELLO KNUCKLES." A shadow fell over Knuckles as he looked up to see who it was. "ROBOTNIK! What do you want?" "KNUCKLES, YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE..." "JUST WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?" "I COULD USE A FOURTH BODYGUARD..." "NO!!!!!" "KNUCKLES, EVERYONE HATES YOU..." "NO THEY DON'T!!!" "AHHHH, SUIT YOURSELF." Robotnik started to walk into the bushes. It was very dark out because it was very late at night. As quick as Robotnik had disappeared, he reappeared. "OH AND KNUCKLES, SEE YOU TOMORROW!" "HUH??" Robotnik ran off, leaving Knuckles to wonder what he was talking about. Chapter 3 "I have to get sleep." Herbie said to Binx. "I have a really bad cold." "Get plenty of rest, Knuckles." "Knuckles? Binx, I'm Herbie." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Binx, you have to get over it, it's been a week." "I know. Where's Sonic? I want him back!" "We'll just have to wait." Knuckles ran into the room. "Has anyone seen Robotnik??" "KNUCKLES! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL SONIC! I KNEW IT!" "Binx, last week, after you left, Robotnik came out and told me I would see him the next day. He never showed up." "SONIC'S COMING HOME! HE'S COMING HO-" Loud banging noises came from the outside of the cabin. Binx, Herbie, and Knuckles ran outside to see what was causing all of the noise. In the clearing by the cabins, stood Sonic X and Tails X. They were lighting flares. "What are they doing that for?" Herbie whispered. "I don't know. They aren't just doing that for fun." Knuckles said. "Let's go find the other Freedom Fighters." Binx suggested. They ran off in the opposite direction of the two metal heads to find Tails, Sally, Bunny, and Antoine. "DEFEAT SMELLS SO SWEET, DOESN'T IT SONIC???" "Yeah." Robotnik and Sonic were walking towards the flares, preparing their attack. "YEAH?! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT FILTHY WORD IN FRONT OF ME!" "Yes sir, blah blah blah!" "WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WITH ME. BOY!" "Whatcha gonna do?? Fire me?!" Robotnik was about to say something but then stopped himself. He changed the subject. "WE'RE GOING TO KILL THOSE PESKY FREEDOM FIGHTERS!" "Can we take Binx?" "WHY??!!" "No reason." Robotnik and Sonic stepped into the clearing and Tails X and Sonic X stopped lighting flares. Sonette soon joined them as they watched and waited for the Freedom Fighters. Chapter 4 "Guys, prepare yourself, this could be ugly." Binx lectured the others. They had gathered the other Freedom Fighters. "Since we don't have the emeralds, we're going to have to fight Robotnik with our morphs." "Binx, I'm still your White Tiger morph." Herbie said. Binx held her hand out. "Transfer it back to me." Herbie held Binx's hand and screamed,"WHITE TIGER TRANSFORM!" A bolt of electricity shot through Binx. "But Herbie, you won't have an animal to morph into!" "Yes I do!" "HUH?" "GIRAFFE!" Herbie turned into a giraffe. "Cool!" Antoine said. Herbie turned back into her normal self. As they appoached the clearing, they noticed no one was there. "That's weird. They were just he-" "WELCOME KIDDIES TO 'ROBOTNIK'S SCHOOL OF WINNING'! UNFORUNATELY, YOU WON'T BE "WINNING" MUCH!" Robotnik stepped out of a nearby bush. Binx and the others stood across the clearing from him. "AS IN MANY OTHER TIMES WE MET, I BROUGHT IN EACH LITTLE PERSON FOR YOU TO FIGHT. WELL, TODAY WE HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU!" "YOU DON'T SCARE US ROBOTNIK!" Tails said, standing next to Knuckles and Binx. "SHUT UP PIP SQUEAK! AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE I WAS RUDELY INTERRUPTED, IS THAT WE ARE NOT HERE TO HURT YOU, OH NO. WE ARE HERE TO KILL YOU!!" "CUT TO THE CHASE RO-BUTT-NIK!" Knuckles yelled. "YOUR FIRST COMPETITOR IS NONE OTHER THAN...TAILS X!" Tails X stepped into the middle of the clearing. "I'LL TAKE HIM GUYS!" Tails said, getting ready to fight. Tails X moved first, spindashing into Tails without warning. "OW!" Tails got up and noticed he was bleeding. "HA HA RUNT!" Tails X screamed at him. "TAILS THRASHER*!" Tails ran into Tails X and knocked him down. He didn't get up. Tails walked over to him and took out a knife. "HASTA LA VISTA BABY!" Tails said as he disembled Tails X. He then ran back to the others. "AH, BUT HE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING! YOUR NEXT COMPETITOR IS...SONETTE!" Sonette stared at the ground as she walked into the middle of the clearing. "I'll take her guys." Sally said. "SALLY NO..." Sally walked into the clearing and slapped her mom. "YOU LET ROBOTNIK TAKE THE EMERALDS OUT OF YOUR HEAD, DIDN'T YOU?!" "YES SALLY." "WHY?!" "I CANNOT TELL YOU." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T TELL ME?! I'M YOUR DAUGHTER!" Sonette pushed Sally to the ground and stood over her. Sally noticed there was something shiny in her hand. "MOMMY! NOOOOOO!" "MY DAUGHTER, PRINCESS SALLY, ONE DAY YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ONE PERSON CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH ABUSE..." "PLEASE DON'T!" "A KNIFE IN THE HEART SHALL MAKE YOU SEE HOW MUCH IT HURTS..." Sonette raised the knife. Knuckles ran towards her and grabbed her hand. "DON'T DO IT SONETTE." "AND WHY NOT?!" "JUST DON'T!" Sonette knew what Knuckles was going to do so she walked back to Robotnik. Sally walked over to Bunny who protected her. "Knuckles, what are you doing?" "Just shut up and stay where you are, Sally." "SINCE SONETTE IS SO CHICKEN..." Sonette leaned over Robotnik and told him what Knuckles was planning to do. "OH. OH! OKAY THEN! WELL GETTING BACK TO THE SHOW, NEXT IS...THE ONE AND ONLY...SONIC." "No..." Knuckles was shocked that they would have to fight Sonic. "I'll get him guys." Binx said. Binx walked towards Sonic. They stared at each other for several seconds. Sonic leaned over Binx and said,'Play along.' "ROBOTNIK! BINX JUST SAID SHE WAS GOING TO JOIN US!" "NO!" Knuckles ran out and shoved Sonic to the ground. He stepped on him. "NO ONE MOVE!" "Knuckles, this is a joke, right?" "SHUT UP SONIC!" "Knuckles please..." "YOU TOO BINX!" Robotnik smiled. "What do you have to tell us Knuckles?" Knuckles began to speak, still standing on Sonic. "I WANT TO START ANOTHER LIFE. THIS LIFE I'M LIVING NOW IS...TOO BORING. I NEED TO BE LOVED AND WANTED. i KNOW THAT IF I WAS TO STAY WITH THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS I WOULD HAVE NONE. SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL JOIN FORCES WITH ROBOTNIK AND TOGETHER WE WILL RULE THE EARTH." "No!!!!!!!!!!!" Binx cried. Robotnik walked over to Knuckles. "Bow down before me, my body guard." Knuckles bowed down and punched Robotnik in the stomach. "WHAT THE-" "ROBOTNIK, YOU ARE STILL THE STUPIDEST BEING ON EARTH!" Knuckles laughed, watching Robotnik stumble right into Tails X's mutilated body. Knuckles stepped off of Sonic and helped him up. Knuckles whispered,"Sorry, I've gained ten pounds." Sonic walked over to the others and they welcomed him back. "Sonic the braclets..." Binx stared at the rings around Sonic's wrists. "Someone cut them off!" Sonic yelled. Robotnik started to climb to his feet. "Hurry!" Sonic looked over and saw Robotnik slowly walking over to him with an angry look on his face. Bunny saw a sharp stick and tried to saw the braclets off. "HEDGEHOG..." Robotnik mumbled as he reached Sonic. He picked him up by his neck. "Too late, hunny. The braclets are GONE!" Sonic raised his wrists to show that the braclets were indeed gone. "NO! YOU COULDN'T OF-" "BUT I DID ROBOTNIK! I'M NOT YOUR PRECIOUS BODYGUARD ANY MORE! YOU'RE DEAD!" Robotnik walked back to Sonette. He smiled. "BUT THAT'S WERE YOU'RE WRONG HEDGEHOG. YOU LEAVING HAS ONLY MADE ME STRONGER!" "HUH?!" Binx exclaimed. "FREEDOM FIGHTERS MEET YOUR NEXT OPPONENT, THE DREADED, SONIC X." Sonic and Binx gasped. If there was one they hated, it was Sonic X. Sonic remembered fighting him the year after he had found Sally alive. Sonic X stepped into the sunlight and stared at Sonic. "Sonic, what are you doing over there?" "Sonic X, I've chosen to-" Sonic was about to tell him why he was over until Binx elbowed him. "Sonic X, I've chosen to um...," then he whispered,"attack them without warning." "Oh okay." "Sonic X stay right there." Sonic walked over to him and told him to turn around. Then Sonic pulled out a wire and Sonic X stopped working. "NOOOOOOOO!!" Robotnik screamed. "PUT THE SECRET WEAPON INTO EFFECT!" "SECRET WEAPON?!" the Freedom Fighters screamed. Robotnik walked over to Sonic X and fixed his wire. Sonic X, and Sonette disappeared into the woods. When they returned, they were pulling something very big. Sonette reached over and took off the sheet covering it. When the Freedom Fighers saw it, Bunny fainted and Binx was speechless. Chapter 5 "Oh my gosh, Sonic..." Binx managed to say. It was what they had feared, Binx especially. It was the Super Emerald. Robotnik had retrieved all of the emeralds(somehow) and had created the Super Emerald. Sonic X stepped on it and started to glow yellow. When he stepped off, he was no longer his blue-grayish color, he was pure gold. "NOW, WHO WANTS TO FIGHT THE MASTER?" Sonic X said. The Freedom Fighters were in deep trouble. Who was going to fight a robot that was much more powerful than all of them together? "LEOPARD!" "WHITE TIGER!" "LION!" "CHEETAH!" "FALCON!" "JACK RABBIT!" "POLAR BEAR!" "GIRAFFE!" The Freedom Fighters morph into their animals. "Is this supposed to scare me?" Sonic X laughed. Binx, as her white tiger morph stepped in front of the others. "FREEDOM FIGHTERS, COUNT OFF!" "TRANSFER LEOPARD: BLACK SKIN!" "TRANSER LION: POWERFUL CLAWS!" "TRANSER CHEETAH: RUNNING ABILITY!" "TRANSER FALCON: WINGS!" "TRANSER JACK RABBIT: POWERFUL HIND LEGS!" "TRANSER POLAR BEAR: STAND UPRIGHT!" "TRANSER GIRAFFE: LONG TONGUE!" "POWERS OF ALL OF THE ANIMALS, COME TO ME! MAKE ME STRONGER!" Binx yelled as each of the animals traits morphed into Binx. "Now there's a challenge!" Sonix X said. "Prepare to die...Sonic X. This is the final battle." "FOR THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS IT IS!" Robotnik hollered. Sonic X punched Binx. She fell, but quickly got back up. All of the sudden, Sonic X started to sizzle. He glowed yellow once again and screamed. "I CAN'T MOVE AT ALL!" he said. "Binx, you did it! You defeated Sonic X!" Knuckles screamed from behind her. She jumped on Sonic X, knocking him down, and started clawing him. Sonette tried to seperate the two of the but she could not. "GET OFF OF HIM, BINX." a voice called from the woods. Everyone looked around to see who it was. But, there was no one there. "I SAID GET OFF OF HIM!" the voice said again. This time it was closer than before. Binx what the voice said and got off of Sonic X. The figure moved into the field. "Oh my God!" Sonic said, running to the person. "ROTOR!" Bunny yelled. "ROTOR IS ON MY SIDE, FREEDOM FIGHTERS!" Robotnik screamed. "Not any more Robotnik." "WHY??" "I know where I belong and it ain't with you." Rotor said, taking Sonic X apart. "SONETTE, KILL HIM!" "No." "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?" "I said no. Are you deaf?" "SONETTE, WHY ARE YOU ACTING THIS WAY TO YOUR MASTER? IS THERE A WIRE TWISTED IN YOU?" Knuckles, Tails, and Rotor had to hold Sonic back. "THE ONLY WIRE TWISTED HERE IS THE ONE IN YOUR BRAIN!" "NOW HEDGEHOG, WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!" "OH SHUT UP!" "NOW SONETTE, ANSWER MY QUESTION." "Robotnik, first you captured me and robotized me, then you took the emeralds out of my head-" "NOW WAIT! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO WITH THEM?" "Not make a super emerald to defeat to Freedom Fighters." "AND WHY NOT?" "Too easy." "YES IT IS..." "You should run and get the emeralds and destroy them before someone gets a hold of them." "CLUCKY IS WATCHING THEM." "That's what you think." Clucky stepped out from behind Robotnik. "Sir, you told me to stay with you." "I DID?!" Sonette started to laugh. "Yes Robotnik, you did." "I MUST GET THE EMERALDS!" Robotnik ran to the castle. Clucky followed him. The Freedom Fighters led by Sonic followed close behind. When they reached watching distance of the castle, Sonette motioned them to stop. "Mom, are you still bad?" Antoine asked. "No hunny. I found myself." "HUH?!" Sally asked. "I mean I don't need Robotnik." At that exact moment the castle burst into flames. "And neither do you." Chapter 6 Everyone had to cover their ears, the blood-curdling screams were so loud. Sonette just stared at the ground. "We've lost the emeralds..." Binx said. They heard a nosie coming from the valley below them. Shanny and the others ran towards them. Binx noticed something glowing in their hands. "THE EMERALDS!" Binx screamed. "WE GOT THEM!" Shanny yelled for joy. Sally and Antoine started to cry. Everyone looked at Sonette, who had turned into her normal self. Binx took the potion out of her pocket and threw into into the valley below. Sonette broke off her braclets and threw them down along with Rotor's. "Guys, don't call me Sonette. Don't call me Queen Sonya. Just call me Mom." "Hey sorry guys for all the trouble I've caused. I was under a spell." Rotor said. Binx turned to Herbie. "Herbie, I'm sorry but we can't have everyone on the Freedom Fighters. We all ready have 8 people." "That's okay Binx. I don't want all the pressure." Everyone watched the castle, once again, burn to ashes. "WE'VE DO IT, GUYS. PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED TO KNOTHOLE. ROBOTNIK...ROBOTNIK IS DEAD." Binx started to cry when Sonic said that. He bent down on one knee and pulled out a diamond ring. "MY BELOVED BINX.....WILL YOU MARRY ME?" "YES!" Everyone cheered and cried tears of joy. "Robotnik is dead..." Sally and Antoine said hugging their mom. "One more thing before we go." Binx said, holding the emeralds. She ran down to the castle and threw them in the fire. "Now all of Robotnik's tricks are ashes." "LET'S GO HOME GUYS, AND LIVE OUR LIVES TO THE FULLEST!" Sonic X pulled himself together. He stepped onto the Super Emerald and....... THE END? If you want the Sonic the Hedgehog treasuries, contact Binx with the info!