Sonic Stop Motion Adventures: Episode 20: Tables Turned

Yo, Tails! What's the hold up? You said you called us here for some important meeting, so get on with it! I know, I know. We're just waiting for Sonic to get here. I wonder what's taking him so long. He IS the fastest out of all of us, anyway. Yo guys, what's happenin'? Sonic, what took you so long? Oh you know me, I like to stop and smell the flowers once in a while. You know, the tulips, the lilacs, the ROSES, *giggling* You took that alley with the lingerie store to get here, didn't you? Well

I mean, uh how could you- uh, how uh- Maybe. Whatever, just join us, would you? Right, right. So, what's this meeting for anyway? It's about the Chaos Emeralds, isn't it? Oh yeah, don't you guys have them all now? That's ballin'! Yes, it is. And it's exactly why I've called this meeting. While it's truly great that we now have them all, this without a doubt puts us right in front of Robotnik's crosshairs, even more than before. I can't see him not trying to steal them from us again. So I've ma

de the decision to split them up! How do you mean? Robotnik would expect us to keep them all together, so in order to make it harder for the old doctor to nab these from us, I'm going to give each of you a single Chaos Emerald to protect on your own. And we'll keep them at our places, I'm guessing? Yes, you'll keep one at your place, Knuckles will keep his with him, Espio will store it at the detective agency, and so on and so forth. Interesting. That way if that overweight doctor wants to com

e after them, he's gonna have to get through all of us! Precisely. It's a good plan, ain't it? As always Tails, you're the man. So, do we just take any one of them? Yeah, go ahead. Then get home right away to store it in a safe location. Hey uh, would I be able to dress mine up like a girl? *sighs* Knuckles, why on Earth would you wanna do that? I'm not saying I want to, I was just asking if it was a possibility! Y-Yeah, do whatever you want. As long as the emerald is safe. He he hahaha *slurpin

g noises* Tails, sometimes he legitimiately scares me. Ditto. *sighs* *more intense sigh* Is something wrong, doctor? Wrong? Oh no, everything is absolutely fantastic! In fact, I'm HAPPY all my plans to erradicate Sonic are failing, it's practically how I get my jollies now! Oh, well that's good- OF COURSE SOMETHING'S WRONG, SONIC IS STILL OUT THERE RUINING EVERYTHING I DO AND IT'S PISSING ME OFF!! Okay, I, uh, you don't gotta be a dick about it. I'm tired of all my plans not working. First, my

intricate EDS Plan was trashed, and then one of my best creations, Xalvandor, was reduced to absolute scrap! And both were at the hands of that Sonic! Not only that, but now they have all the Chaos Emeralds. To be fair, Xalvandor might have had a short circuit or two, something was definitely wrong in his head. Wait, EDS? What plan was that one? Oh you know, the mainframe with the digital world that I invented and trapped Sonic in. It stands for Eggman Digital System. Honestly, how come you neve

r remember the codenames for my plans? Well excuse me for not remembering every pointless detail about how you name things. Shut up. That truly was a great idea, and it nearly worked in the end, It would be great if I could somehow get the system online again in the future. In fact, let's see what I can do. Good luck. After what Sonic did to it, I'd be surprised if you could get anything restored. Aah! What? Did you get it back online? No, not exactly. But I found something quite interesting. He

re, take a look at this. What is this? It's... it looks like some kind of energy that was left over in the system. -What's so strange about that? -Take a closer look. This specific sample looks different from any other. Remember when Sonic went crazy with anger inside that program? Well, it appears that a trace amount of the dark energy he was emitting was left over inside the computer. Oh, I see. But, what exactly can you do with it? Hmmm... looks like scans register it as a form of Chaos Energ

y. Wait, wait a minute, if this is some type of Chaos Energy, a negative Chaos Energy, so to speak, I could... Oh hohohoho! I take it you have a plan... Oh, you bet I do! Even though I might regret asking this, what's your plan, doctor? It's actually a pretty simple one, this time. You see, since I have a sample of the dark energy Sonic used to crash my machine, I can easily broadcast a signal filled with it. Interesting, do go on. Once the signal hits the Chaos Emeralds, all of which are curren

tly in Sonic's possession I remind you, the reservoir of dark energy will be amplified, and given that Sonic is near the emeralds, this will cause one of two things to happen. The first: he will unwillingly absorb all the negative output from the emeralds turning his care-free, loving, happy-go-lucky heart into a black emptiness of pure evil! And the second? In the second case, he will still ultimately absorb the negative radiation, but... the outcome would be a little more interesting. I have a

feeling that the negative output from all seven Chaos Emeralds at once might be a little too much for Sonic's little body to handle. And well, to put it bluntly, It would probably cause him to die immediately. Whoa, you really think so, huh? I take it you'd prefer the latter of these two possibilities? If I could choose myself, yes, that would be my preference, however if his allignment is completely changed like the former possibility suggests, Well, he'd be a nice addition to my side, hahahah

a! But we'll just have to wait and see at this point. Speaking of which, the signal is ready to be broadcasted. If you wouldn't mind, could you give me a nice drumroll? For you, doctor? Anything. [drum roll] Ahahahaha! And now, we wait! Where'd you learn how to play the drums, anyway? I don't know. Alrighty, now that it's here safe and sound all I gotta do is find a spot for it. Hmmm... where to put it... I know! Heh heh, he'll never look there. [phone ringing] Hm? Hello? Oh, hey Tails. Yeah, go

t it here just fine. Yep, put it right under my bed. Whattya mean that's not a safe hiding spot? Look, I'm pretty sure if Robotnik came into my house that isn't the first place he'd check. No, I don't think he'll have another Metal Sonic come and get it! Yeah okay, you may have a point. Aah!! Sonic, you there? Aahh! What the-? Hey, Sonic? You okay? (thinking) What is this? It feels like my body's being overpowered! Hraah! Sonic! Sonic, can you hear me? That's it, I'm going over there right now!

Sonic, what's wrong? Hrrrr!! What the?? What in the world's gotten into you?? [beeps] Y-You have Chaos Energy inside of you? Negative Chaos Energy? Erm... uh... Aha!! Ohhhhh... god, my head... Sonic, what the hell's your problem? T-Tails? What happened just now? You were coming at me like you wanted to kill me! I was? Yeah, and to be honest, I don't know what would've happened if I hadn't had hit you with the Chaos Emerald. That seemed to neutralize the whole effect. That's so strange. I wonder

why I would suddenly change like that. I don't know either, but my energy detector gave me a reading that you had some sort of negative Chaos Energy in you, And, yep. Now it says nothing of the sort. You think it was... the Emerald that did it to me? Most likely. Unless you doing what you just did is a normal thing now, which I sincerely hope it isn't. It's weird, but... the last thing I remember is dropping to the ground. And I felt exactly how I did when I was crashing that program a while ago

. You know what that means, -Eggman. -Eggman. Ohh, why does he always have to be after us? Y'know, he needs to find a hobby that ISN'T trying to kill me! You said that time and just before you changed just now felt the same way, right? You told me you turned into a sort of dark version of yourself just before you escaped that program, didn't you? Y-Yeah, you're right. Ohhh, I get it. He must've done something to turn all the emeralds into DARK emeralds, or something. Ohh, once I find where he's

hiding, I'll sock him right in the a- Umm, S-Sonic, Nevermind that for now. What's up? Remember how we split the emeralds up earlier? *gasps* The others! There's no telling what's happened to them! Let's hurry and check on them fast! Right! Hey Espio, you around here? Place looks empty. Nope, there he is, good ol' Espio. So the same thing happened to him too! Tails! Try neutralizing him the same way you did for me! Right! Did it work? Huyaah! Nope, doesn't look like it. Alright Tails, since he p

retty much looks like he wants to kill us right now, I'm gonna go ahead and suggest fighting back. Whattya say? Seconded! Then let's make this quick! Whoa! Hey come on man, that's playing dirty! Tails, hold him off for just a second, okay? Got it! What... just happened? Hey look, he's back to normal! And the emerald came out of him. Espio! Are you okay? I... I think so. Just a bit shaken up. What happened to me? Long story short there was a negative signal put out and it effected all of the emer

alds. At least that's what we think happened. Considering the same thing happened to you AND Espio, I'd say our suspicions are confirmed. Let me guess, Eggman. Wow, you must be a detective. He never learns, does he? No, he doesn't. But we're gonna have to deal with him later. We need to go check on the others we gave emeralds to. I'll go too, it sounds like you might need the extra help. I'll get ahold of all the others that didn't get an emerald from us, Hopefully they're uneffected and can hel

p us out. Good idea, now come on, we gotta hurry! Yeah! Roger. So, who should we check on first? I uh... think Amy's house is the closest from here. Hey, speakin' of which, why'd we stop, Tails? We're just waiting for the others, I told them to meet up with us here. Am I too late? Hey guys, uh, sorry to keep you waiting. I sorta borrowed Knuckles' ride to get here faster. Hope he doesn't mind. Hey, you guys showed up pretty quickly. I'm pretty sure Tails filled you in for the most part, but uh..

. Have any questions on our little problem here? Robotnik did something to make the emeralds expel negative energy... And it presumably effected everyone who had an emerald near them? -Sounds solid enough to me. -Sounds solid enough to me. I take it you called us for... backup, am I right Tails? Pretty much. I realize I'm basically asking you to help us fight our own friends, but it might be the only way to turn them back to normal. I was only able to neutralize Sonic with the emerald because it

happened to him so shortly before I got there. And the same method didn't work on Espio. And if we don't do something to get them back to normal soon, who knows what could happen to them. If... If it's gotta be done, there's no helping it. Where are all of 'em, anyway? [incoherent mumbly weirdness] Well well, looks like Knuckles was the first one that wanted to party! I guess he's a good one to start with. Or, sure, we could just start with all of them I-I mean why not? Looks like we can offici

ally put our wondering if they got effected or not aside, Not only did they all show up at the same time, But it looks like they're all ready to fight us right here and now! Oh yeah? Let's see. Hey Knuckles, you wanna fight me, bro? I'll rip your arms off and beat ya with your own hands! Yep, see, right there, slightly more aggressive than he usually is. Gotta say though, it is definitely weird seein' 'em like this. Huh? Wha-... [angry incoherent mumbling] Uh oh, I uh, think he's mad I took his

ride. Die, bro! Heh, the party's gettin' started! What?? -Double Knuckle Sandwich! -Double Knuckle Sandwich! Oh no you don't! Haha, yeah! Who the- A-Amy?? No no no, not again! Oh, my god... Uhh... Amy, I- Sonic! Why don't you fight back? Uh-uh, I-I can't! How am I supposed to fight my own girlfriend? I'll take her, Sonic! Whoa, what was that all ab- Ouch. Hey Knuckles, come at me bro. Haha, because you say bro, right? Rrraaaaah!! Ugghhh... What... happened? Sonic! One down! Dash is back to norm

al! Suh-weet! Ow! Wha-? Whoa! Hoho, Silver. You've just made a terrible mistake. I suppose we're finishing them off now, huh? Alright then! Only one left! I got it! Jeez, Vector! What? It got the job done, didn't it? Well... Well, yeah I-I mean, I guess... Good job, guys, we did it! Everyone seems to be back to normal. Even if they are a little... banged up, heheheh. Yeah, alright! Wait a minute, one, two, three, four, and Espio's and mine make six. Who'd we give the other one to? Ah shit- Hah!

! Damn it, why'd it have to be Shadow? Well, Shadow, it's come to this, huh? Y'know to be honest, I was kind of wondering when we'd fight again and settle things. Guess there's no better time than now! Ha ha ha ha ha ha, Sonic, if you think you can beat me, you're gonna be really disappointed with the outcome! We'll just see about that! Chaos Spear! Let's go! Chaos Control! Man, that Chaos Control of yours is really somethin', huh? Sonic Wind! Come on! What the-? Chaos Control Spear! (thinking)

Damn it, Shadow's one tough nut to crack... If only that Chaos Emerald wasn't inside of 'im... Hold on, I think I have an idea! Hm? Hrrrrrrryaaahh!! W-What the-? Alright, it worked! Chaos Control! W-Wha- Ugh, what the-?? Hey, Sonic! You did it! Heheheh, you bet I did! Shadow was pretty tough, but he was no match for me! Hmhmhm, if you say so. W- Whaddya mean if I say so? Maybe we should get everyone back home. I'm pretty sure they're both tired and extremely confused over this whole situation,

so maybe now would be a good time to fill them in about it. Yeah, you're right. Let's go home. We all turned EVIL because of the Chaos Emeralds? And then we attacked you guys and we were all fighting each other? Yeah, crazy right? I'd say so. So, I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark here, but I've got a hunch that this was because of the Doctor, no? Well, that's what we think. I'm not gonna bore you with the specifics now, but a good amount of evidence points to him being behind this. This wh

ole thing's insane! Hey, I put up a good fight though, right? Yeah, you were pretty tough. But Shadow here was tougher. Of course, that meant nothing to me, 'cause I finished him anyway. Oh, don't stroke your ego so much, faker! I'm pretty sure that I can at least remember kicking your ass. Kicking MY ass? Puh-leeze, Shadow, I took you down in no time flat! Guys, c'mon, I mean, everything turned out alright in the end, so... does it really matter? -Of course! -Of course! Geez, okay! Well then at

least save it for later, alright? -Hm, fine. -Sure. Hey but don't you worry, Shadow. Someday we're gonna settle this for real. Heheh, you're on. In the meantime though, what're you guys gonna do with the emeralds after something like this? Sonic and I will figure out something to do with them. And I definitely see another skirmish or two between Robotnik and us in the near future. But as of right now, let's try to take it easy. Sounds fine by me. Speakin' of which, who's up for a little game of

poker, huh? Oh Knuckles, why don't you just gimme your money right now? Oh come here you little bi- Y'know, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might not've worked. *sighs* Shut up.