𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬

      Scourge is the first to attack, swinging his blades and trying to hurt both of them. That is, Sonic and Knuckles. Both fortunately managed to jump to the side and dodge the attack of Scourge's blades. The latter threw one grenade at each of them, which first blinked and then exploded. The werewolf and the echidna also managed to jump back. — Our show is slowly turning into destruction. — the green hedgehog said, smiling. — I'll shut you up now! — Knuckles snapped and was the first to attack, starting to hit Scourge in the face and chest. After inflicting several damage on him, around the fifteenth blow, Scourge placed a block to protect himself from the blow, and then jumped up, took out two Uzis and opened fire on him. The echidna chose to run away, and the werewolf hedgehog stretched out his arms, grabbed Scourge by the legs and pulled him towards him, throwing him over himself and hitting him on the floor. — Damn, you've become gloomy, Sonic. Are you sure you haven't been to the Judge Dredd universe? Sonic did not answer him, clenched his hand into a fist and began to hit him in the stomach. Suddenly Scourge teleported and the werewolf just hit the floor. The green hedgehog began to attack the werewolf from behind, but before he could, Knuckles grabbed him from behind and threw him over himself. Out of anger, the green hedgehog waved his blades like a tornado. Knuckles began to dodge, and Sonic jumped over Scourge and hit him on the head from behind. The hedgehog in the leather jacket teleported again and found himself on the take-off pad, where the helicopter had arrived. Two of Scourge's fans, armed with batons, descended from the helicopter by rope. They immediately ran screaming, hoping to strike, while Scourge himself stood still and waited. Sonic and Knuckles grabbed each fan and threw them back over themselves. Afterwards, the green hedgehog returned to the battlefield, also teleporting closer to them. Echidna immediately thought of running up to him, jumping over him, grabbing him by the shoulders in a jump and throwing him in a somersault, throwing him to the floor. Scourge then teleports away again and finds himself away from them. — What the hell is this? When did you learn to teleport? Only Shadow can do this with the help of Chaos control. — said Sonic. — It’s all thanks to that fragment that gave me not only this power, but also the ability to create clones for myself. — he explained and multiplied by three as proof. — Clap! Hurry! Bam! I like it so! Finally, at least someone takes my jokes calmly and with humor, and not completely seriously! — he added and turned to his clones. - Guess: Big, purple and brainless, who always thinks about some toads and goes fishing, because he has no other profession, and also he is no longer useful for anything. Who is this?... Big Cat! — after his answer to his own joke, his two doubles immediately laughed at his joke as loudly as if they were crazy. One of them clutched his stomach while laughing, and the other fell on his back and kicked his legs. Afterwards, the three of them get into fighting stances. — Let's kill them, boys! The three Scourges ran to attack as Sonic and Knuckles also ran towards them. Sonic jumped up, grabbed two of them with both hands and threw them back over himself, hitting them against the wall, and Knuckles attacked the third, trying to hit him in the face, as the green hedgehog grabbed him by the bone boxing gloves with his hands. Afterwards they tried to put pressure on each other, but both were equal in strength. At one point, the echidna pulled its head back and sharply pulled it forward, hitting the hedgehog with its head. The werewolf attacked the second Scourge and pinned him to the floor, hitting him in the face with both fists in turn. Bang-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam. The third Scourge took advantage of this and stabbed the werewolf in the back with one of his blades. Sonic widened his eyes, raised his head and screamed heart-rendingly in pain. Then he pulled his arms back, grabbed the third by the shoulders, threw him over himself and hit him in the nose with his right elbow. He even started bleeding. Despite the bleeding wound on his back, regeneration quickly healed his wound and the pain went away. Although the werewolf's pain defect was high, it was not high enough. Suddenly, three clones of Scourge disappeared and bombs with the image of Scourge's face began to fall from above. They fell to the floor exactly in the shape of a heart. Sonic grabbed Knuckles and jumped very high, avoiding the explosion from the bombs. When they landed, Scourge was walking below, holding a sign with the number two in his hands. That is, the second round of the battle. This same Scourge disappeared and three men with swords reappeared and rushed into battle again. At the same time, the original hedgehog took the Uzi and, jumping to the sides, shoots at Sonic. The latter dodges the bullets with a somersault and knocks the second hedgehog off his feet, knocking him to the floor. Knuckles ran towards the third, rolled between his legs and hit him in the crotch with his right fist. He grabbed it and started jumping on the spot, complaining through groans: — That was not cool, bro! The echidna decided to take advantage of this and tried to jump at him in order to kick him in the face with his foot. However, that green hedgehog managed to come to his senses, grabbed Knuckles by the leg, spun him around and threw him at Sonic, who at that time pulled the two Scourges towards him, trying to strangle them. Knuckles slammed into him and they were both pushed to the floor. Three Scourges jumped up and came at them with sharp blades. Sonic and Knuckles figured out, lying on their backs, to raise their legs, bend them and sharply stretch them, thereby hitting those three with their feet and throwing them back. The three Scourges fell to the floor. The doubles, trying to get up through groans, got tired of fighting and fell, after which they disappeared. Only the original hedgehog remains. While he was getting up, not wanting to give up, the werewolf and the echidna also managed to get to their feet and approached him. — I just remembered I need... To brush my teeth. — Scourge said, putting his swords behind his back and running towards the cliff, jumping off it. — Are you running away? Realized that we could easily kick your ass, and decided to run away? — Sonic snapped, running after him. Knuckles jumps onto the werewolf's back and holds on to him, and he jumps into the water, stretches out his arms and grabs with them the new motorboat on which Scourge tried to swim away from them. Sonic rode on the waves, like athletes wearing skis on the water. The green hedgehog, running away, shouted behind them: — I'm not running away like a coward! I'm just using the tactical retreat method! — Well, yes, yes. So we believed you! Knuckles replied sarcastically. They almost reached the next oil rig. — My sweeties, I had so much fun! You probably don't feel so good. — Scourge mocked and managed to jump in time. The boat crashed into a column and exploded. Sonic managed to let go of her and also jumped, grabbing onto the column, after which he climbed up it with the help of his claws. — Wow. Wow! Ha ha ha! — Knuckles almost went crazy. — Okay. It was worth it. They walked up to the railing at the edge of the platform and climbed onto it. There they saw five of Scourge's fans armed with kitchen knives. They stood there and talked to each other: — Look, dude, I like your suit. — And to me — yours! Did you also buy it from the Scourge fan memorabilia catalog? — No, in a children's gift shop. If you come there in person, they will fit you exactly to your correct size. — What are you talking about? Right in the store? — Yes. The measurements are taken immediately. It takes a couple of days to hem everything, but it's worth it. — Yes, that’s what I’m talking about too... — Guess what? — Dude, dude... Turn around, I'll see how he sits on you. — Yes. I have to say, it's awesome. That's what I'm talking about. Made just for me. — Guys, here they are! — one of them remarked, pointing his finger at the werewolf hedgehog with the echidna, and all the fans, forgetting about their funny conversations about costumes, took up arms and rushed to attack without hesitation. The werewolf and the echidna also rushed into battle. Sonic grabbed two of them in both hands and threw them to the floor, and Knuckles jumped onto the third one’s shoulders, throwing him over himself and also knocking him to the floor. The two remaining tried to sneak behind them and wound them with their knives. Knuckles anticipated this in time, dodged the fourth's knife, grabbed it and threw it at the fifth. Then they ran on. Having reached a small door inside, they go out to the other end of the platform, where a kind of road was built ahead of them from pipes sticking out from under the water, and a bunch of cameras and televisions on flying drones. There were also lifting red ones with containers. Scourge himself appeared on the image screens and continued his chatter: — This is the testing path, Sonia and Knux. If you are not stupid and can figure out how to overcome it in order to get to me, or rather to the next oil rig, where I am now waiting for you, then a prize awaits you. But hurry up, because the waves will make it difficult for you. — after this conversation, by coincidence, an explosion occurred somewhere far away and a small wave of water appeared in the distance, approaching. — Hold on tight, Knuckles. — the werewolf asked his friend to grab him by the back again, and he jumped down and began to stretch out his arms, grabbing the pipes with them and moving as if along vines in the jungle. The Lifting Reds immediately dropped the containers into the water when Sonic and Knuckles were almost approaching them. And then they had to overcome a long road of pipes to the next platform, which had a wall of gratings. Having reached it and climbed up, they made it in the nick of time. They were even lucky. For the wave was as high as the platform itself, on which they stopped and decided to wait out. Even Scourge was shocked. — Incredible! They deserved a little break. It's a pity that now they have to run away from a giant wave! — Giant? Did he say giant? — Knuckles was scared. — HOLD ON!!! — Sonic shouted and jumped off, flying further. An explosion was heard again and a new wave rose. They are already flying along a long path of pipes, which gradually increased in height along the way. The next platform also turned out to be higher at the same height, as well as the next wave. Having also managed to climb onto it at the last moment, the wave, without having time to hit them, did not even reach the height of that platform. — O-o-oh! Happened! I think I got my fur a little down wet. — said the werewolf. — I hear everything. — Scourge said on the TV on the drone, which Knuckles himself broke, saying: — Shut up! Then Sonic jumped off again and, clinging to the pipes with his hands, again ran further to the next platform. An explosion is heard again and another wave appears, which was even larger. Reaching the next platform, this time before the wave, they climb onto it. Scourge mocked them: — You also think that this platform is not high enough, right? Do you want to get on another boat? Do you know what I mean? Knuckles noticed that the diving board was on the right. Next to the board on the water was the boat itself, which was slightly moved and turned over by the wave itself. — SONIC, HURRY THERE!!! — the echidna shouted and showed the werewolf where to run. He did just that. Having stood on the diving board and waited for the moment, he jumps onto the mast of the boat, which has slightly turned over on its right side. Scourge at this time continued to play on emotions: — O-O-OW!!! O-O-O-OW-W-W!!! Here it is! Those very last moments! The wave gradually began to decline, and the boat sank down. It’s good that Sonic noticed a crane nearby in time and managed to pull his right hand there. Grabbing onto it, he reaches out and flies to the next oil rig, which is where they were heading. Once at the edge of the platform, a grated door opens in front of them into the interior, where Scourge himself is waiting for them. — And here they are! Exhausted and dirty, those who drowned but survived. Mobians are legends, superheroes and not mutants! Sonic and Knuckles go inside and see a crowd of Scourge fans cheering and cheering for them. They stand in front of Scourge and get into fighting stances. — Now we will tear you apart once and for all, green talker. — This is not necessary! You’ve already overcome everything, you’ve exhausted yourself enough, but you’ve survived and deserved your prize. — Scourge answers, puts his right hand into his chest and pulls out the very fragment from there, which he personally hands to Sonic in his hands. That fragment glowed green and the werewolf immediately realized that it was real and not a fake. — Here you go, baby - you deserve it! Sonic and Knuckles were shocked by Scourge's kindness and generosity. Even the keeper confirmed this. — “The fragment is real, Sonic. He's not deceiving you at all. Even I’m shocked!” — Uh. Thank you. — all that Sonic could answer. — A-a-and... Cut! Ready! Thank you all, great broadcast, wonderful show. — Scourge says and all the cameras nearby turn off, lowering their lenses down. The crowd of fans nevertheless continued to rejoice and congratulate the winners. The hedgehog finally turned to Sonic. — Everything is fair, right? By the way, do you mind if I ask you a question about this thing? Why do you collect these and what are they for? — It's a long story. In short, people like this, as you have seen for yourself, give villains new superpowers, and perhaps also strengthen their main ones, and can also make good people evil. That's why I'm collecting them, to put all the pieces together and fix the big tablet that maintains order throughout the multiverse. — Multi... What? — Knuckles didn’t understand. — I told you it would take a long time to explain. — Come on. You will still have time to explain. — Scourge reassured them, and then he takes out a whistle, blows it and shouts: — SOMEONE BRING A HELICOPTER HERE AND TAKE OUR GUESTS HOME!!!