Little Planet - To Catch a Rose

[Jamie Lee]

Streaking over an area of landscape known as Palmtree Panic, a shining metallic figure molded in the shape of a hedgehog could be made out breaching the small planet's atmosphere and barreling toward the landscape, making adjustments in its momentum to the change in gravitational pull.

Metal hung himself in a patch of sky, pausing as his half circle eyes scanned around quickly for any sign of the target he had been ordered to retrieve. With no immediate signs in sight he began to descend just below the trees, weaving through them as his eyes continued to dart around in search.

[Sipp]

Amy was doing her gardening.

Knuckles was relatively nearby - enough to see or hear anything unexpected that would happen. At the moment, however, he was sleeping - as he hadn't done so in quite a while.

Amy giggled a bit as she glanced at him, then returned to her gardening.

[Jamie Lee]

Still weaving his way through the tree tops, Metal approached ever closer to the unsuspecting girl. His eyes suddenly darted, locking their site onto the pink hedgehog in question. Instantly they brightened as his sensors identified her as his target objective.

"Target sighted." he droned in a monotone voice that sounded like a slightly deeper Sonic. "Detain by order of Robotnik."

His pace quickened, dropping toward the ground and halting barely ten feet in front of her, lundging and attempting to wrap his talons around the frail girl.

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[Sipp]

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Amy heard something, and then looked up suddenly, just in time to see a pair of red eyes, and metallic claws. She jumped back, but didn't manage to fully dodge - his talons raked across her, cutting shallowly - and grabbed her. She stared up at him, eyes widening in fear, and then let out a terrified scream.

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[Jamie Lee]

Easily having secured his target, Metal's attention snapped up when Knuckles stirred awake - his sensors identified him as the guardian.

However, nothing in the orders he had been given said anything about capturing him or engaging him in combat. So without paying another second of attention his turbine revved and he thrust himself up into the air. At a blinding speed he began to retreat, holding the terrified little pink hedgehog securely against him.[rand=5173491906475248428635558750385699495703605621295908434938527531]

[Sipp]

Amy was trembling like a leaf, staring at Knuckles. The robot was moving so fast, she was quickly losing sight of Knuckles.

"Knuckles!!" she squeaked.

Rage was an understatement. Amy being taken by a metallic beast from right under his nose - terrified and on the verge of tears... Worse even that he was losing track of the robot.

"Let her go," he snarled, in hot pursuit, fists clenched, eyes blazing narrowly.

[Jamie Lee]

The metallix completely ignored his yelling as he continued to pick up speed. Unpon the realization that he was being chased, however, his combat AI kicked in and he took evasive maneuvers, twisting in an erratic zig-zag pattern in an attempt to throw off his pursuer, uncaringly jerking his cargo around violently in the process.

Before long sight of the echidna had been lost completely.

[Sipp]

Knuckles kept running even after he lost track of Metal. Amy's smell was lost too, as was the exhaust fume - but he kept going. He was in a state of complete rage now.

[Lans]

At that moment, the faint echos of a series of sonic booms started to be heard, getting closer. Suddenly something shot into the air from the top of a rocky ramp with a shout of: "Waaay cool!"

[Sipp]

The echidna's head snapped up to glare at the newcomer - he was not in the mood for this at all.

"Intruder!" he snarled, "State your name and purpose!"

[Lans]

Sonic landed beside Knuckles and skidded to a halt a few feet beyond him. "Hey there!" he greeted, not having heard Knux a few seconds earlier, "Say, you wouldn't happen to have seen any me-shaped robots or enormously fat overlanders would you?"

[Sipp]

Knuckles was not impressed, to say the least.

"I said," and there was a dangerous edge to his voice, though the hedgehog probably could not tell (or didn't care), "State your name and purpose, intruder!"

He barely heard the hedgehog's words... but the 'me-shaped' robots sent off a warning bell in his head. His fur prickled slightly.

[Lans]

"Whoa, someone got up on the wrong side of the hemisphere," Sonic muttered, "Name's Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog. And my purpose is to trash Robotnik and his crome domes wherever they rear their mondo uuuugly heads."

[Sipp]

The echidna was not taking the hedgehog's arrogant attitude (or his comments very well). In fact, he was trying not to hit him... his fists were clenched, he was completely not in the mood for this at all.

"There is no Robotnik here," the echidna snarled, trying very hard to keep calm...

[Lans]

"Well duh, great big lard ball in a tacky suit is kinda hard to miss, as would his usual army of SWATbots."

[Sipp]

"My patience is running thin, hedgehog," the echidna snarled, "You have three seconds to remove yourself from my planet."

[Lans]

Now that sounded like a challenge. "You and what army, spikey?"

[Sipp]

Knuckles's eye twitched. Clearly he was dealing with an idiot.

Regardless...

The echidna suddenly lunged for him

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[Lans]

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Faster than the eye could see, Sonic sidestepped the echidna's charge and stuck out his foot, tripping him.

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[Sipp]

Knuckles stumbled, but did not fall - and whirled around to attack the hedgehog again, eyes narrowed, fists tightened.

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[Lans]

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And suddenly, Sonic found himself flying through the air, with a very bad pain in his jaw.

Ow... he thought.

A second later he came charging back, attacking Knux with a spindash.
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[Sipp]

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Knuckles retaliated with a punch - his fist stung momentarily from the impact, but the hedgehog was sent flying nonetheless.

Without a moment's hesitation, the echidna advanced on the hedgehog - and swung.

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[Lans]

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...and missed completly, allowing the hedgehog to roll under his punch and try to slamming feet into the echidna's gut.
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[Sipp]

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Knuckles gritted his teeth as the hedgehog hit, falling back. Getting into a half-crouch, he drove his fist into the ground, causing a violent shockwave to go through the ground beneath's Sonic feet.

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[Lans]

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Sonic lept into the air to avoid the shockwave, and, curled back into a spiny ball, hurled himself at Knuckles.
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[Sipp]

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Knuckles sidestepped, barely, and then swiped at him again.

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[Lans]

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Sonic took the hit right in his side, knocking him back wards. He picked himself up again and gave a smirk. "Well, you're tougher than Buttnik's butt bots, but you're still going down!" he declared, revving up and charging Knux again.
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[Sipp]

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Knuckles dodged easily, not impressed at all. "Are you always this irritating, hedgehog, or am I just unlucky?"

He had to admit, pounding this stupid hedgehog was making him feel slightly better. "Are you going to leave on your own or am I going to have to toss your bloody remains from my planet?"

He stuck his leg out to trip the hedgehog.

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[Lans]

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Only to recive a searing pain as Sonic rolled accross his leg, slashing it with his spines. He came up immidiatly after that and aimed a kick at Knux's face.
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[Leda]

Right about this time, a green hover unit came into view over the palm trees, but it did not fire at either of the brawling boys below. Instead, it moved aside a few meters and gently landed in a small clearing.

A few seconds later, the door opened, and an auburn-haired ground squirrel leaned out. "SONIC!" she hissed loudly. From her tone it was difficult to discern whether she was concerned or annoyed.