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Game Script

by TheSinnerChrono

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                           Sonic Battle; game script

                  AUTHOR      -               TheSinnerChrono
                  EMAIL       -      [email protected]
                  VERSION     -                          1.01
                  LAST UPDATE -       Wednesday, May 03, 2006
                  CREATED     -      Monday, January 02, 2006
                  FAQ NUMBER  -                           009

            http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/56771.html

NOTE 1: Please know that this guide contains massive spoilers for this game in
        potentially every section. If you don't want to run the risk of being
        spoiled, you should stop reading now.

NOTE 2: This guide allows you to use the 'Find' function. To do so, press
        Ctrl + F, then type in the code for the section you wish to skip to.
        See "Table of Contents" for the search codes.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [0'00]

INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'00]
   Characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'01]
   Key/Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'02]
   Is Sonic Battle canon? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'03]


SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'00]
   To Battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'01]
   To Battle 02/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'02]
   To Battle 04 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'03]
   To Battle 05/06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'04]
   To Battle 07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'05]
   To Battle 08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'06]
   To Battle 09/10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'07]
   To Battle 11/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'08]
   To Battle 13/14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'09]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2'10]

MILES "TAILS" PROWER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'00]
   To battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'01]
   To battle 02 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'02]
   To battle 03/04 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'03]
   To battle 05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'04]
   To battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'05]
   To battle 07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'06]
   To battle 08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'07]
   To battle 09/10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'08]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3'09]

ROUGE THE BAT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'00]
   To Battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'01]
   To Battle 02/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'02]
   To Battle 04/05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'03]
   To Battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'04]
   To Battle 07/08/09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'05]
   To Battle 10/11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'06]
   To Battle 12/13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'07]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [4'08]

KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'00]
   To Battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'01]
   To Battle 02/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'02]
   To Battle 04 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'03]
   To Battle 05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'04]
   To Battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'05]
   To Battle 07/08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'06]
   To Battle 09/10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'07]
   To Battle 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'08]
   To Battle 12/13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'09]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5'10]

AMY ROSE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'00]
   To Battle 01/02 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'01]
   To Battle 03/04 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'02]
   To Battle 05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'03]
   To Battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'04]
   To Battle 07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'05]
   To Battle 08/09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'06]
   To Battle 10/11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'07]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6'08]

CREAM THE RABBIT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'00]
   To Battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'01]
   To Battle 02/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'02]
   To Battle 04/05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'03]
   To Battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'04]
   To Battle 07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'05]
   To Battle 08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'06]
   To Battle 09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'07]
   To Battle 10/11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'08]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7'09]

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'00]
   To Battle 01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'01]
   To Battle 02/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'02]
   To Battle 04 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'03]
   To Battle 05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'04]
   To Battle 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'05]
   To Battle 07 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'06]
   To Battle 08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'07]
   To Battle 09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'08]
   To Battle 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'09]
   To Battle 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'10]
   To Battle 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'11]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8'12]

EMERL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [9'00]
   To Battle 01/02 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [9'01]
   To Battle 03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [9'02]
   Epilogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [9'03]


EXTRA SECTIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'00]
   Character Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'01]
   Gerald's Journal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'02]
   Location Glossary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'03]
   The Fight with Chaos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'04]
   Typographical Errors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'05]

CLOSING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [11'00]
   Version History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [11'01]
   Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [11'02]
   Contributions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [11'03]
   Legal Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [11'04]


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INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'00]
   Characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'01]
   Key/Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'02]
   Is Sonic Battle canon? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1'03]


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Sonic, an anthropomorphic and supersonic hedgehog, found Emerl on a beach. When
he tried to talk to him, Emerl said, "Show me your power." When Sonic did, he
unknowingly established a Link with him; and from there on out, Emerl only
answered to Sonic or those who Sonic explicitly said to obey.

After learning from Tails that Emerl's strength and intelligence is dependent
on how many of the seven Chaos Emeralds he has, Sonic attempts to get all of
them to help Emerl.


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Tails, who got his nickname via the two tails he has, is an expert with
anything and everything mechanical. When enough Chaos Emerald shards have been
collected, he can fuse them back together to recreate the Emeralds as they
were originally.


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Rouge is a government spy, though more than that, she's a treasure hunter, of
which she would like to believe she is the best in existence. She owns a club
in Night Babylon called 'Club "Rouge"', and let's Shadow stay there after she
finds him in the Gimme Shelter.

She gets Sonic to establish a Link between her and Emerl, and through that
Link, she intends to make Emerl the "ultimate robot thief".


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Knuckles is the guardian of the Master Emerald (though not too much emphasis
is put on that in this game). He is quick to act, and easily tricked; the
latter trait being something which Eggman exploits repeatedly, in this and many
other 'Sonic the Hedgehog' games.


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Amy's a hedgehog like Sonic, and speaking of Sonic, she's absolutely obsessed
with him (it seems more obvious here than the other games, somehow). She is
also on a new diet program that involves a routine called "boxercise"; which
she makes Cream do with her. Once Emerl starts learning to talk better, Amy
gets him to help her with measuring weight loss and such.

When Amy first met Emerl, she thought that Sonic got him as practice for their
(Sonic & Amy's) eventual baby.


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Cream is friends with a Chao named Cheese, and lives with Amy in an apartment
in Central City. Amy tends to force Creamr to workout with her during her
"boxercising" sessions - something which Cream doesn't like at all.

Being a very anti-violence person (...animal), Cream refuses to fight, because
she doesn't like it when people are sad or hurt. But when Emerl got nearly
killed by not fighting (he was trying not to upset Cream), she decided she
should fight also, so that he wouldn't come to harm.


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Shadow originally appeared in Sonic Adventure 2, and at the end, he fell from
outer space due to wearing out his Super Form in the battle with BioLizard
(the prototype of the Ultimate Life Form). It was assumed that he had died,
but then he reappeared in Sonic Heroes.

There, he was sealed inside a capsule in one of Eggman's bases, and Rouge and
Omega set him free (Omega doing his part in a roundabout way). At the end of
the Dark Story, Rouge and Omega found a room full of Shadow clones on the Egg
Fleet. Rouge was depressed, thinking that the Shadow she found was a fake, but
then Omega said, "You know the thing about cloning... the original must exist
somewhere."

As Eggman revealed in Shadow the Hedgehog, the Shadow in SA2, SH, ShTH, and SB
were all the same one (the original). After Shadow fell from space, Eggman sent
one of his robots to save him - he just lost his memories is all.

Also told in ShTH, is that Shadow was created by both Gerald Robotnik (who we
knew about before), and Black Doom. Doom helped Gerald with Project Shadow by
infusing him (Shadow) with his own blood, and in exchange, asked Gerald to one
day have Shadow give him the Chaos Emeralds. He wanted them so that, when the
Black Comet returned in fifty years, he could teleport it down to the surface
of the Earth.

In Sonic Battle, Shadow says that, as a weapon of war, he should be ruthless;
thus he wonders why it was that Gerald gave him a heart. Rouge found a document
that Gerald has written, which described that he (Gerald) wasn't interested in
making weapons, but rather mere living beings. He hoped that no matter how
corrupt the users of weapons would become, the weapons themselves would remain
pure and not yield to their nature. This is why he gave both Shadow and Gizoid
pieces of Maria's soul.


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Chaos Gamma is an E-102 Gamma look-alike, but despite the resemblance and
being created from related parts, he is not him. CG wants revenge on Emerl
for taking his Chaos Emerald/shard away from him.


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Emerl, as Sonic names him, is a robot that Gerald found in a ruin that was made
made by an ancient civilization. He was constructed for war and was given the
ability to absorb weaponry; or as Gizoid said it, "I represent all things."

While Emerl and Gizoid are simply different names for the same robot, they can
also be used to compare his personalities. "Emerl" is the cocky, arrogant robot
that Sonic has grown to know; "Gizoid" is the weapon of war that was made in
the ancient past.

Gizoid is capable of establishing a "Link" with the first person who shows it
their power; though that Link can be overridden should someone of greater
strength show themselves to Gizoid. Also, whoever initiated the original Link
has the aptitude to command the Gizoid to create other Links, granted that the
new ones won't be to the same extent at the first.

When Gerald found Gizoid, he was unable to completely erase its destructive
side, so to keep it from harming the world he put into place an alternate
method of removing it; if Gizoid were to ever acquire the seven Chaos Emeralds
and expose the violent side of its being, the weapon aspect could be expunged
by ordering Gizoid to, "Bring hope to humanity". Those were the last words that
Maria said when she died aboard the ARK, so that's what Gerald decided to use
for the password.

Also, according to Gerald's diary, Gizoid was the cause of the destruction of
the "Fourth Great Civilization".


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At the very beginning of the game, Eggman threw the Gizoid out onto the beach
in frustration, as he couldn't get him to respond to his commands. However, he
took some of Gizoid's data and used it to create "Phi"; numerous silver copies
of Gizoid. Later he realized that he shouldn't have been so brash with him, but
by then Sonic had already established a Link, so there was nothing he could do.

Eggman's goal this time around is to activate the Final Egg Blaster, which is
an immensely powerful cannon inside the Death Egg.


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Gerald was a scientist, and was both Eggman and Maria's grandfather. He lived
aboard the first Bernoulli space-colony named "ARK"; which, at the time of its
creation, was the most advanced research center of its kind. Not very many
people were aware, but Gerald and the others on the Colony were secretly
developing powerful weapons - among them, a laser with the capability to
decimate an entire planet; codenamed as, "The Eclipse Cannon".

He was developing that Cannon because of his meeting with Black Doom some time
prior. Back then, he was working on "Project Shadow" (a.k.a. the Ultimate Life
Form), which was intended to be an immortal being who could possibly be a cure
for Maria, but he needed help. So he asked Black Doom for his assistance, and
Doom agreed under a condition - that in the future, Shadow would give the seven
Chaos Emeralds to him. Gerald said he would, and so Doom used his blood to
bring Shadow the Hedgehog to life. What Gerald didn't know, was that Doom
wanted the Emeralds so that he could teleport the "Black Comet" down to Earth,
and eradicate the humans. So, in an attempt to lessen the effects of the
arrangement, Gerald began construction of the Eclipse Cannon. (He intended for
it to be used to obliterate the Comet).

But when GUN shut down the laboratory, and Maria died, Gerald went insane; she
was the only thing he had left to live for, and with her gone, his life was
meaningless. He made modifications to the Eclipse Cannon's programming, so that
if its power were ever boosted by all the Chaos Emeralds, it would begin a
descent towards Earth, and destroy the planet. He also installed a safeguard;
should anyone try to deactivate the program, the BioLizard - the prototype of
the Ultimate Life Form - would attach itself to the ARK, and override its
controls, thus making it impossible to alter its course.

As was detailed in this game, Gerald never wanted to make weapons for war. So
when the government forced him to use his abilities to create weapons, he took
his own initiative and infused them with hearts; both Shadow and the Gizoid
were given fragments of Maria's soul.


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Fifty years ago, Maria lived on the ARK with her grandfather, and befriended
one of his research projects; the Ultimate Life Form, "Shadow". At that time,
Maria was suffering from a terminal illness called NIDS, and would eventually
die from it; Shadow was created in Gerald's study on immortality, and was
intended to, if successful, be the finding of a cure for Maria.

When GUN invaded the space colony and killed everyone who knew about Project
Shadow, she was brought near-death. She managed to get Shadow inside an escape
pod, and launch him out of the colony, despite him wanting to stay with her.

Before she died, she said the following as her last words...

"Shadow... I beg of you... please, do it for me... for a better future... for
all the people who live on that planet... give them a chance to be happy. Let
them live for their dreams. Shadow, I know you can do it. That's the reason
that you were brought into this world. Sayonara, Shadow, the Hedgehog."


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The Phi are the copies of Emerl/Gizoid that Eggman made. They are silver in
color, and their vocabulary is limited to "Destroy!" and similar words.


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Chaos originally appeared in Sonic Adventure 1 as the guardian of the Chao and
the Master/Chaos Emerald/s. When the Echidnas came to the shrine to take the
Emeralds, they hurt the Chao there as well; at which point Chaos went berserk.
Tikal sealed it inside the Master Emerald so that it wouldn't harm the world.

Later on, Chaos somehow escaped the ME and Eggman took control of him. After
it acquired all the Chaos Emeralds and became "Perfect Chaos", as well as
rebuking Eggman's grasp on him, he was defeated by Sonic in his Super form.
Tikal then descended from the sky and took Chaos with her into the afterlife.

Somehow, he has returned again in SB for a fairly brief cameo/fight. And
apparently, he can come back whenever a "great crisis" presents itself.


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* - = Actions. They can be something a character does, or something that
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-()- = When a symbol like ! or ? appears above a characters head, these
       brackets will represent it.

{Text} = When something is spoken, as apposed to being written.


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At certain points, I've used the description "crackles" for robots. That way
of describing it is, I'm sure, far from the best way of saying it, but it was
the only thing that came to mind.

What it's supposed to mean, is... "The robot trembles as electricity crackles
up its body." This primarily (if not entirely) happens when one of the robots
in the game becomes critically injured (i.e., Chaos Gamma after being beaten
in a fight, Emerl when he's about to die, etc).

So, hopefully, that description makes a tad bit more sense now.


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Short answer: No, I do not think it is.


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1. The sub-areas of this section are...
   01: Notes & Contents
   02: Timeline
   03: Primary reasons why Battle isn't canon
   04: Possible counterargument to "2." (1)
   05: Possible counterargument to "2." (2)
   06: Possible counterargument to "05:"
   07: Sonic Advance 3
   08: "But couldn't ShTH be the non-canon game instead of Battle?"

2. This section will contain heavy spoilers for the following games...
   1: Sonic Adventure 2 (SA2)
   2: Sonic Heroes (Heroes)
   3: Shadow the Hedgehog (ShTH)
   4: Sonic Battle (Battle)

3: Canon refers to official continuity within a story. For example, the Sonic
   the Hedgehog comics are not canon, as some of them cannot coexist with the
   videogames (which came first), and also that Sonic Team didn't make them.

4. Everything in this section is simply a few educated guesses of mine; it's
   not as if Sonic Team included a note with the game saying, "Yes, this is an
   official part of the timeline." With that in mind, I might be totally wrong
   and Battle actually is canon... but I may also be right.


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It's important to know where Battle fits in with the rest of the games that
Shadow has appeared in (IF it were canon), as I will refer to it later on.

-    Sonic Adventure 2 > Sonic Heroes > Shadow the Hedgehog > Sonic Battle    -

Some people have said that Battle happens before ShTH, however that is almost
impossible. The only way that could work is if after Sonic Heroes (in which
Shadow had amnesia), he suddenly remembered everything, then forgot it again
after Battle, and THEN remembered his past AGAIN in ShTH.

(And no, Battle can't come before Heroes as that game was confirmed to come
directly after SA2, and SA2 was Shadow's original debut.)


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1. Shadow put his past behind him in ShTH ("Goodbye ___forever___, Shadow the
   Hedgehog"), so he wouldn't be as incredibly hyped up about Gizoid as he was
   (he could have taken some interest in the moment, sure, but not go as far as
   he did).

2. Throughout Battle, Shadow's recovering from an injury. What injury? I would
   assume it was from falling from the ARK in SA2 (there wasn't really anything
   else it could've been), but since Battle happens after ShTH (IF it occurs at
   all), he wouldn't have anything to recover _from_ (because by the time ShTH
   happened, he didn't seem to still be injured from falling.

3. (Note: This reason is debatable since it makes an assumption)

   Battle and ShTH give different circumstances leading up to Maria's death. In
   ShTH, Maria died after the level Lost Impact; the Artificial Chaos were
   running rampant and destroying sections of the ARK. After the mission was
   completed, we saw Maria falling in the research facility (after being shot
   and putting Shadow in the escape capsule).

   In Battle, Gerald's Journal #6 says... "My worst fears have come true. The
   Gizoid has absorbed enough weaponry and technology that it has started to go
   out of control. The resulting rampage resulted in the destruction of most of
   the "Ark.""

   Then in Journal #7... "I have heard there was an accident at the research
   facility. ... ... ... Everything... Everything is gone. My own Maria's name
   was among the list of casualties."

   While it doesn't say _exactly_ that the 'accident at the research facility'
   was Gizoid's doing, it's relatively safe to assume that, since they were
   only one Journal apart, it took that long for word of Maria's death (via the
   events of entry #6) to reach Gerald.

   Also, if the accident Battle spoke of was the Artificial Chaos' doing, I'd
   have expected a mention of the AC somewhere in the Journal.


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Since Shadow was using the Chaos Emeralds for the entirety of ShTH, you could
say that it was thanks to them that he wasn't all injured and everything until
Battle, where he fought with just one Emerald and against stronger individual
opponents.

However, think about this... In SA2's ending, he was weak from fighting
BioLizard, thus he fell from space due to wearing out his Super form. I'd
assume that, if falling was what made him so weak in Battle, that he'd be even
weaker in ShTH (since it precedes Battle); but yet he managed to beat Devil
Doom effortlessly - something he couldn't do in SA2 (that is, keep his Super
form active).

Further, even with Sonic's help, Shadow wasn't strong enough in SA2 to maintain
his Super Form when he and Sonic teleported the ARK away - yet in ShTH, he
successfully warps the Black Comet without ANY help at all.

My point? Shadow utilized his Super form better in ShTH than SA2 - it was
fatigue that held him back in SA2; I take his improved performance in ShTH as a
sign that he wasn't weak at all from anything, or at the very least that he was
_less_ weak. Thus, it makes no sense why he would go on to Battle, in which he
was weaker than in either SA2 or ShTH - even to the point of being told that he
knew he wasn't well enough yet to be fighting.


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It has been suggested that Shadow fell from space in SA2 because it was his
first time using his Super form, so then he used it properly in ShTH due to
experience with it. I doubt that that's why he fell, though, because several
times during the fight, other characters would comment about how he and Sonic
were running out of energy/Rings; thus, THAT appears more likely, as it's what
the characters themselves were saying.

Of course, there is the chance that he WAS running out of energy/Rings, but
actually fell because of lack of familiarity... it just seems more probable
that it was energy loss.


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Some people have said that the reason Shadow performed so well in ShTH's end
was because he had been building up his strength throughout the game, and then
he wore out that power by fighting Devil Doom and using Chaos Control on the
Black Comet, thus why he was so weak in Battle.

However... Shadow seemed totally unfazed after fighting Devil Doom; I find it
unlikely that he built up his strength before facing DD, exhausted said
strength by fighting him, showed no signs of using up all his energy, but then
DID make it glaringly obvious by the time Battle rolled around.

It seems like, if this argument is true, that Shadow should have been a tad bit
more tired immediately after both fighting Devil Doom and CC'ing the Comet.


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One of the more common reasons used in arguments to (try to) prove that Battle
is canon is the fact that in Sonic Advance 3 (Sa3), there is a robot that
Eggman constructed which looks like Emerl (similar to the Phi, but it's got a
bit more color); so then people think that if Battle isn't canon, Sa3 can't
be either, and Sega just wouldn't do that or something.

That is not a very good reasoning, though, as if Sa3 weren't canon, it really
wouldn't affect anything in a major way - nothing noteworthy happened in Sa3,
thus it's all too easy to remove it from the official timeline.

However, there is a retort to that: Sonic Advance 2 WAS, indisputably, canon,
because it introduced Cream, and she reappeared multiple times in other canon
games - thus, some people have said that if Sa2 was canon, Sa3 must also be,
therefore Battle is as well.

The problem with that logic is that there is no reason that just because one
part of a series is canon, another related part has to be. Take Shadow the
Hedgehog's ten endings that have to be acquired before gaining access to Last
Story, for instance: in three of them, Shadow fights and defeats Black Doom.
That cannot be a canon ending, as in Last Story, Black Doom acts as if it
never happened and still seems to think Shadow wants to help him.

So... just because Sonic Advance 2 is canon doesn't mean that Sonic Advance 3
had to be; likewise, just because another game wouldn't be canon if Battle
wasn't, doesn't mean it is.


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No, not really.

First of all, ShTH was made AFTER Battle was, and it's the newest game in a
series that's most likely to be canon (not that it HAS to be, though).

Second, ShTH was declared by Sonic Team as the be-all-end-all to Shadow and his
past; because of that, it is definitely, indisputably canon - if there are ANY
discrepancies between it and another game, it gets top priority.

Finally, which seems more likely to have the most accurate information on
Shadow: the 2D fighting game partially produced by a third party whose primary
focus was on Gizoid, not Shadow... or the 3D game entirely produced by Sonic
Team that totally revolved around Shadow?


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* - Eggman is standing behind Emerl in a dark room.

EGGMAN: Fight! Why don't you fight?! *hits Emerl*

EMERL: ... ... ... ... ... ...

EGGMAN: {Shoot!} Dang! You piece of junk! Give me back the "Chaos Emerald" you
        took! *Grrr* What a piece of junk! *hits Emerl twice*

EMERL: ... ... ...

EGGMAN: That's it! I've already used your data to create a robot that does what
        I say. So I don't need you anymore!

EMERL: ... ... ...

* - They both fade out of view.

GAME: This is "Emerald Town"... The place where Sonic and his friends live. It
      looks like Eggman is up to no good with another evil scheme once again.
      This story begins as Sonic finds a mysterious robot at "Emerald Beach"...


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SONIC: Man, I'm so bored.

* - He notices Emerl behind him, and turns around to see him.

SONIC: -(!)- Hmm? What's this? It's a robot!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Are you all right?

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: I wonder if it's busted. Look at all this dust. I wonder how long it's
       been here. Hey! Are you all right?

EMERL: *looks about* ... ... ...

SONIC: {Yes!} Hey! It's moving now! Need any help? Can you walk by yourself?

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Can't speak, eh? Well, it figures. Can't expect much from ol' Eggman.
       Well, let's get you over to Tails' first, so we can help you out!

EMERL: "Show... ... power... OR I sh...all ob...ey... Sha...ll conqu...r
       a...ll..."

SONIC: Huh? What did it say? Show it my power? Like this? Heh heh...

* - He raises his fist in the air, and a burst of light flashes. Everything
    goes dark to show emphasis on Sonic and Emerl.

EMERL: ... ... ...! ... ... ...!

SONIC: -(!)- {What?!} What! Whoa!

EMERL: "I sha...ll not ...represent ...and become... of all..."

SONIC: What? What's it saying? I wonder if this thing can even be fixed. I
       better take it to Tails before it blows up. Tails' House is north of
       town. Follow me! {Yeah!}

* - He and Emerl leave; Rouge appears on the beach.

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Looks like I arrived a little too late. It must have
       established a "Link" already... But with Sonic?  What a strange
       choice... Oh, well. That won't stop the world's greatest thief, "Rouge"
       {I'll overcome everything!} from getting what she wants!


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SONIC: So this is Tails'...

* - Shadow runs onto the screen.

SONIC: -(!)- Shadow!

SHADOW: Huh? Sonic the Hedgehog... Sorry, but I don't have time to play with
        you now. Hey! Can you hear me? Respond! No! You must have already
        established a Link!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Shadow!

SHADOW: Hey! You, over here!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SHADOW: Won't listen to me, eh? In that case, I'll destroy you with me bare
        hands!

SONIC: Hey, stop that!

SHADOW: Get out of the way, and give me that robot!

SONIC: [Yes]: You didn't think I would simply say "Yes," did you?
       [No]: And if I say no?

SHADOW: Then... I will destroy you too...


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SHADOW: Gah... I still haven't regained my full power yet. Listen to me!
        Whatever you do, don't let Dr. Eggman get hold of the Gizoid. I'll be
        back... Until then, take care of it... Sonic the Hedgehog! *runs*

SONIC: H, Hey! How's Eggman involved in this?

TAILS: *runs up to Sonic* Sonic! Are you OK? I thought I saw Shadow... And what
       is that? A robot?

SONIC: Oh, I found this robot by the beach. This thing's about to fall apart.
       Can you fix it, Tails?

TAILS: Where are you going, Sonic?

SONIC: I spotted a bat that I'm a little too familiar with lurking around. Take
       this robot to the lab, Tails!

TAILS: {Sonic...!} What? Sonic!

EMERL: ... ... ...

TAILS: Man, he's always on the run. Oh, well. I've got a job to do! Oh boy.
       Let's head to the lab. Can you walk?


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ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} Hey!

SONIC: What do you want?

ROUGE: Is that how you greet a beautiful woman?

SONIC: I don't have time for niceties. 'Sides, I have enough girls chasing me
       as it is.

ROUGE: Heh. The only girl I saw following you was a girl robot. Where is she,
       anyway?

SONIC: What girl robot? You don't mean that robot...

ROUGE: How about a little wager? If I won, you have to partner up with me.

SONIC: If this is your plans to get a date, you'll still need to wait in line!

ROUGE: Well, there's quite a line. Shadow, Dr. Eggman, and even my boss are
       interested in your little robot... And I hate waiting in lines, you see.

SONIC: I saw Shadow earlier. He said something about Eggman too. But wait...
       Why's a master thief interested in...

ROUGE: The robot's a special case. And it's already established a "Link" with
       you. This isn't an ordinary robot you know. So, about my little wager,
       if I win, you have to team up with me, OK?

SONIC: Don't you think it's a little too early to be getting romantic? And if
       I win, you'll leave me alone, right?

ROUGE: Better watch yourself. Don't ever underestimate an agent. You might get
       hurt.


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ROUGE: I won't give up just yet. I always get what I want!


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ROUGE: Hmm. Not bad. I think you've had enough for today. {Hi, sugar!} I'll
       see you later! Bye! *leaves*

SONIC: H-hey! Come back! Eggman, Rouge, and Shadow - that robot sure is
       popular. I better go check up with Tails.


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* - A Phi runs up to Sonic.

PHI: Located! Located!

SONIC: Whoa!


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* - The Phi crackles, and disappears.

SONIC: Tails! Are you all right? Hang on, I'll be right there!


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* - Emerl and Tails come outside of the house.

SONIC: Tails! Are you all right?

TAILS: Sonic! You've gotta see this! There's a robot that looks just like ours
       on the news! And apparently, it's robbed a bunch of jewelry stores!

SONIC: We just encountered that "fake," I think. I wonder if there are even
       more of them out there. Hmm, this is all starting to get a little more
       interesting now.

TAILS {Sonic...!} Sonic...

SONIC: So whaddya find out?

TAILS: What did I find out? This robot has some amazing technology inside it!

SONIC: Well, it sure doesn't seem that way. It won't even obey my commands!

TAILS: You just need to see it in action. Wait outside until I get ready!


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TAILS: Thanks for waiting! Let's start the battle. Let's try 5 Heavy Attacks.
       to perform a Heavy Attack, press the Control Pad  in the direction of
       your opponent and press the B Button simultaneously.

SONIC: Fighting skills? Hey, are you sure this thing will even stand on its
       own? It looks pretty beat up.

TAILS: Don't worry, Sonic. Are you ready?


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SONIC: Wh-what was that? Some kind of bright light... It happened when we were
       fighting Shadow too...

TAILS: Just as I thought. Let's try something else. Do 5 Upper Attacks in a
       row. Press the B Button and Control Pad simultaneously, and make sure to
       press the Control Pad in the opposite direction that you are facing. Are
       you ready?


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SONIC: There it was again! What's going on?

TAILS: I was right! Sonic, this robot is very special!

SONIC: OK, so I know this is an amazing robot. But what does it all mean? And
       why is everyone after him?

TAILS: Well, I know two things. 1: It is powered by Chaos Emeralds. Once we
       give it more "Chaos Emeralds," it will regain its energy and even be
       able to speak properly.

SONIC: Maybe that's why Eggman...

TAILS: My next discovery about this robot is even more stunning. This robot is
       capable of adopting attack techniques either by observation, or be being
       attacked by attack techniques.

SONIC: So what you mean is, if I kick him, he will learn my move, and kick just
       like I did. Am I following you right, Tails?

TAILS: That's right, Sonic! And on top of that, it can develop new moves based
       on the captured data!

SONIC: Well, that's cool, I guess. I should teach it to run in case it ever
       needs to run away.

TAILS: It can learn new attacks by pressing the "R Button"!

SONIC: So, it's able to even combine moves, such as using my jumping skill with
       your attack techniques...

TAILS: That's correct! But this robot's system seems to have some sort of
       limitations on the attack abilities it can learn. I believe it's somehow
       related to "Skill Points." But my computer broke down before I was able
       to confirm this. I guess my computer crashed because of the massive
       overload if data from the robot... ... This isn't just an ordinary
       robot, that's for sure...!

SONIC: Hmph... It all sounds so complicated, but basically this robot has the
       ability to learn our moves, right? If that's the case, then let's start
       training it! Let's do a "KO Battle"! The one who gets "10 KOs" first
       wins, OK? Are you ready, Tails?


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SONIC: Are you all right? Looks like you've still got to practice a lot more! I
       guess this place is too small to teach it that. Let's go over to the
       "Emerald Beach"! Pressing the "R Button" will teach it an attack
       technique. I should try that! Emerl should've learned my "Heavy Attack"
       and "Upper Attack"...

TAILS: You can always practice your attack techniques here! Come back any time
       you want to practice any attack techniques!


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SONIC: OK, now we should have enough room here!

EMERL: ... ... ...! ...!

SONIC: Hey! We didn't come here to play, you know! As usual, the first one to
       get "10 KOs" wins! Are you ready?


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SONC: Hey, now you're getting the hang of it! Pretty soon you'll be able to get
      "Chaos Emeralds" all by yourself!

TAILS: "Chaos Emeralds..." Hey, Sonic! Let's go see Knuckles!

SONIC: Hey! Yeah, Knuckles might be able to help us out! Especially since he's
       familiar with "Chaos Emeralds"! OK, are you ready, Emerl?

TAILS: Emerl?

SONIC: Yeah, that's its name. It's powered by "Chaos Emeralds", so I named it
       "Emerl"! {Ah-ha!} Cool name, eh?

EMERL: ... ... ...! ...!

TAILS: Em, yeah. Real clever...

SONIC: Hey! There's a fake Emerl in front of "Tails' house!"

TAILS: You're right!

SONIC: Is that also Eggman's plan? That cheeseball! We'll show him! Hey, Tails!
       Let's set an attack technique on Emerl with the "R Button!"


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SONIC: !!

TAILS: What is it, Sonic?

SONIC: I just got a great idea! Hey, Emerl! Go destroy that fake copy!

TAILS: What?

SONIC: Don't worry! I'll back him up if it gets into trouble! We should test
       out its abilities after all that training, right? Now, go!


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PHIL: Attack! Attack!

SONIC: Emerl! Don't let your guard down! Here it comes again!


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SONIC: {Ah-ha!} I told you there wouldn't be any problems!

EMERL: ... ... ...!

SONIC: Emerl's excited too!

TAILS: Em, whatever you say... We've gotta head to Knuckles', which is up
       north, in the direction of Holy Summit! Let's go!


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* - Chaos Gamma appears.

SONIC: Hey, there's another robot over there!

TAILS: Sonic! It's another one of Eggman's robots!

SONIC: Hey, it looks just like Gamma!

TAILS: Hey, long time no see, Gamma! ... ...

CHAOS GAMMA: Target detected! Going into capture mode!


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CHAOS GAMMA: *crackles* Unable to function... ... ... Auto-check start...
             Recovery initiated... ... ... ... *beeps*

SONIC: Emerl! Tails! Don't let down your guard. It's coming back!


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* - Chaos Gamma crackles, and disappears.

TAILS: Gee, that scared me!

SONIC: I guess this isn't Gamma...

TAILS: I wonder why it tried to attack us...

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} We'll find out about that as soon as we get a hold of Eggman!
       Let's head to "Knuckles' House" for now! We don't know when we're going
       to be attacked again, so let's set a stronger attack technique on you
       with the "R Button"! It may be a good idea to train using that "Ruin"!

TAILS: {Sonic...!} Ahhh! Wait for me, Sonic!


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SONIC: Hey, Knuckles! Where are you? We need to borrow your "Chaos Emerald!"

KNUCKLES: {Ugh!} -(!)- !! That robot! That's the one who's been robbing the
          jewelry stores around town.

SONIC: H-hey... Just chill for a second Knuckles! This robot is powered by
       "Chaos Emeralds..."

KNUCKLES: {Gyah!} Shut up! I'm going to tear this rustbucket apart to teach it
          a lesson!

SONIC: Oh, boy... There's no stopping Knuckles once he gets all riled up. OK,
       listen up, Emerl. This guy won't listen to anybody who is weaker than he
       is. So if we want to talk to him about "Chaos Emeralds," you've got to
       beat him first. Don't worry. He's got lots of power, but his moves are
       simple to read. Watch for an opening, then hit him with a combo attack!
       But wait a second... Do you want to change any of your attack
       techniques? (Press the "R Button" to do so)

KNUCKLES: {Here I come!} What's the hold up!? Bring it on!


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KNUCKLES: {Pah!} His moves... They're very similar to Sonic's. How could this
          be? Come on! Is that all you've got? {Here I come!}


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KNUCKLES: {*growl*} Gahh... I lost...

SONIC: OK, We'll borrow that "Chaos Emerald" now!

KNUCKLES: All right, all right. Go wait outside while I go get it. It'll be
          ready for you when you come back here.


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SONIC: See, I told you! Why don't you ever listen to me!

KNUCKLES: What is this thing, Sonic?

SONIC: Beats me!

KNUCKLES: {Gyah!} You can't fool me, Sonic!

TAILS: Honestly Knuckles, we really don't know! All we know is that it's
       powered by "Chaos Emeralds." And Eggman wants it.

SONIC: Not to mention Shadow and Rouge.

KNUCKLES: {*growl*} If Eggman and that thieving bat are involved, something
          really sneaky must be going on!

TAILS: Anyway, thanks for letting us borrow your "Chaos Emerald"!

SONIC: Emerl's skills prove with "Chaos Emeralds"!

KNUCKLES: Yeah, whatever...


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* - Knuckles is gone, and Emerl is standing near Tails.

TAILS: Let's insert the "Chaos Emerald" in you, Emerl!

* - The Chaos Emerald floats down to Emerl, and goes inside of him.

GAME: "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

* - A bright light flashes, and everything goes dark.

EMERL: ... ... ... ... ... ... T.h.a.n.k. y.o.u., Sonic...

SONIC & TAILS: -(!)-

SONIC: Emerl spoke!

TAILS: His speech and powers will improve with each "Chaos Emerald" we give
       him!

EMERL: Sonic... Metal... B.a.t.t.le... Ba.t.t.le... Ba.t.t.le... Ba.t.t.le...
       Ba.t.t.le...

SONIC: Emerl... You...


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* - Sonic's standing behind Emerl.

SONIC: {Hey!} Hey, Emerl! Let's play over by the beach! I'll teach you some
       secret techniques!

EMER: Play! Play!

* - They leave; Tails appears.

TAILS: *Sigh* Sonic's off to the beach again with Emerl... We still don't know
       much about Emerl. But I guess it isn't that important to Sonic... There
       was something odd about Emerl when we inserted the "Chaos Emerald..."
       But I can't do any further research because the computer in my lab is
       broken...  {OKAY!} -(!)- Wait a second! I can do a full examination if
       I use the "Central Lab"! {Okay, time to fly!} I better hurry! I wonder
       if Emerl is over at the "beach"?


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* - Tails runs up to Sonic & Emerl.

TAILS: {Hiya!} Sonic, we need to take Emerl to the "Central Lab"...

SONIC: -(?)- What? We were just getting warmed up!

EMERL: Warmed up! Warmed up!

SONIC: {Hey!} Yeah, come and play with us for a little while! As usual, the one
       who gets "10 KOs" wins! Ready?


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TAILS: Hey, Sonic! We've got to run a full inspection on Emerl! We need to find
       out what it's capable of since Eggman is looking for it. We should take
       him to the "Central Lab" now!

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Don't stress so much, Tails!

TAILS: Sonic, come on! Sonic! I'll take him there myself if I have to!

SONIC: OK, OK Tails! We'll both go with you!

TAILS: No, it's all right! I can take Emerl there myself! Come on Emerl! Follow
       me!

EMERL: ... ... ...

TAILS: Emerl, let's go!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Hey, Emerl! Obey Tails!

EMERL: Obey! Obey!

TAILS: Emerl... Go?

EMERL: Go! Go!

TAILS: Hmm... (I wonder if I can handle this without Sonic...) The "Central
       Lab" is east of this town. It's inside "Central City". Now follow me
       closely.

SONIC: {Yeah!} I'll be here, so if you want to practice your techniques again,
       come by any time!


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TAILS: We're finally here! Good job, Emerl!

EMERL: Good job! Good job!

SECURITY: Hey! What are you doing here?

TAILS: -(?)- What?

SECURITY: This is a restricted area!

TAILS: But... But... I have to examine Emerl here. Won't you please let us in?

SECURITY: Nope. No way!

TAILS: Oh, come on! {Sonic...!} ...Soniccc...


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TAILS: What should we do, Emerl?

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} What's the matter, kids? You lost your mama?

TAILS: R, Rouge...? Let's go, Emerl!

ROUGE: So, its name is Emerl?

TAILS: What is it to you?

ROUGE: You want to go into the Central Lab, right?

TAILS: -(!)- What? How did you know that?

ROUGE: {*giggle*} *Sigh* It's written all over your face. I'll let you in the
       "Central Lab" if you come with me. I'm an agent for the President, you
       know.

TAILS: But you're always so mean to us! And I'm not supposed to talk to
       strangers!

ROUGE: {Pah!} OK, then... What is we just played a little game?

TAILS: Game?

TAILS: Just a little fight. If you and your robot get 10 KOs first, you win.
       And for winning, I'll lend you my "Lab Pass". With this, you can enter
       the Central Lab any time you want! What do you say? It shouldn't be any
       problem for you o win my "Lab Pass", right?

TAILS: Well... I suppose... Why do you want to help us out anyway?

ROUGE: You two precious little boys seemed to lost.

TAILS: I don't trust you.

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Whether you do or don't, are you ready? Shall we begin?


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ROUGE: {*giggle*} Uh... Not bad! Here's the "Lab Pass" as I promised. Now you
       can enter the "Central Lab" without any difficulty.

TAILS: T, Thanks...

EMERL: Thanks! Thanks!

ROUGE: Oh, what a good little boy! Won't you tell me your name?

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: {Well!} ... ... ... It really doesn't listen to anybody but its
       "Master". OK, I'll see you later! Bye! *leaves*

TAILS: -(!)- What's a "Master"? You don't know, Emerl?

EMERL: ... ... ...

TAILS: Hmm... It's difficult to determine how much you understand, when I'm
       talking... {Okay, time to fly!} Let's go to the "Central Lab" now that
       we have the "Lab Pass"! I should know more about you after an
       inspection!

EMERL: Let's go! Let's go!


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SECURITY: You again? How many time do I have to...

TAILS: I, I have thia...

SECURITY: Y-you're a friend of Ms. Rouge? I'm terribly sorry for the
          inconvenience, sir! Please come in!

TAILS: {Ready for me?!} All right! Let's go, Emerl!

EMERL: Let's go! Let's go!


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TAILS: OK, it's time to find out everything about you, Emerl! Let's examine
       your structural data.

EMERL: ??? ???

TAILS: Your structural data will tell us who your creator was, what you were
       created for, and so on... Since I already know you were created by
       Eggman, I need to be on my guard.

EMERL: Guard! Guard!

TAILS: No, no, you don't have to be on guard! I'm just gonna plug this thing
       right in here...

COMPUTER: Click...

TAILS: Scanning Emerl's sctructure...!

COMPUTER: ... ... ... Scanning ... ... ... ... Scanning ... ... ... ...
          Scanning ... ... Error! Unable to access any data...

TAILS: -(?)- What? What's wrong here? The lab computer should be able to scan
       even Eggman's machines... Hmm... Time to get serious. Let me go through
       a security hole this time and... Bypass Emerl's basic security protocols
       to get an idea of Emerl's basic structure.

COMPUTER: ... ... Scanning ... ... ... ... Scanning ... ... ... ... Scanning
          ... ... Warning! Highly Confidential! Unknown item identified. This
          weapon was discovered in the ancient ruins. Identified as "Gizoid."

TAILS: -(!)- What's this? What does this have to do with ancient ruins?

COMPUTER: Technique to acquire all forms of weaponry is based on super-science
          technology... This process has no apparent limitations and will
          continue to loop indefinitely.

TAILS: It acquires... It can't be...

COMPUTER: However, in repeated experiments, the continual feed of data has
          caused an overload, resulting in the subject going out of control.

EMERL: ... ... ...

COMPUTER: Experiments performed by Professor Gerald... Sealed by government...
          Disappearance...

TAILS: Gerald... That's Eggman's grandfather... And this "mysterious"
       disappearance... That means...

EMERL: ... ... ...

TAILS: Emerl... You...

EMERL: ... ... ...


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COMPUTER: Beep! Beep! Accessing restricted data!

TAILS: Oh, no!

COMPUTER: Isolate the hallways! Place Guard Robos in position!

* - A Guard Robo appears behind Tails & Emerl.


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* - The Guard Robo crackles, and disappears.

COMPUTER: Isolate the hallways! Place Guard Robos in position!

* - A new Guard Robo appears.

TAILS: {Oh!!} Shoot! It's too late! We're surrounded!


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* - The Guard Robo crackles, and disappears.

TAILS: Let's get out of here!


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* - Yet another Guard Robo appears.

TAILS: -(!)- Aahh! We're surrounded by Guard Robos!

GUARD ROBO: Target located! Target located!


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* - The Guard Robo crackles, and disappears.

TAILS: Emerl, are you all right? There are too many Guard Robos here, we've
       gotta find another way out! Let's go back to "Emerald Town" by going
       through "Holy Summit". We can take the Highway! Follow me, Emerl!


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TAILS: Emerl, this way!

EMERL: This way! This way!

* - Shadow appears behind Emerl & Tails.

TAILS: -(!)- Shadow! What are you doing here?

SHADOW: Looks like you discovered what Emerl really is...

TAILS: Y-yeah...

SHADOW: Then why don't you destroy it now? You must destroy it before it
        collects all the "Chaos Emeralds" and uses its true power!

TAILS: Shadow?

SHADOW: There's no need to repeat past tragedies! Nobody else ever needs to go
        through the things that I have! Out of the way! I'll finish it now!

TAILS: Shadow! I respect you, but... Emerl's our friend! If you attack one of
       us, then I'll do whatever it takes to protect him!

SHADOW: {Hah!} Hmph. Looks like you'll never understand. The builders will
        never know how their creations truly feel.


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TAILS: Haa haa...

SHADOW: Haa haa...

EMERL: Let's play! Let's play!

SHADOW: Haa haa... Your partner ain't too bad...

TAILS: What?

* - Rouge appears behind everyone.

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} All right. All right now. STOP!

TAILS: !

SHADOW: {Agh!} Rouge!

ROUGE: Guard Robos are on their way. Unless you both want to get caught, I
       suggest... {Huh!} Shadow, what do you think you're doing? You know you
       aren't well enough yet!

SHADOW: {Ugh...} I didn't push myself much...

ROUGE: Yeah, yeah, whatever...

SHADOW: *trembles in pain* {Gwa!} Grr!

ROUGE: You're built pretty tough. Now let's go! We don't have much time to
       waste!

TAILS: Rouge...

ROUGE: (*wink*) Later!

* - A heart floats up from Rouge's eye, and she & Shadow disappear.

TAILS: Wh-what? Did she just help us out? Emerl, hurry up! We have to let Sonic
       and Knuckles know what we discovered about you!

EMERL: Hurry! Hurry!

TAILS: All we've gotta do now is take out the Guard Robo in front of the
       Office, then we can escape to "Holy Summit"!


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GUARD ROBO: Target detected! Target detected!

TAILS: All right, let's go Emerl!

EMERL: Let's go! Let's go!


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* - The Guard Robo crackles, and disappears.

TAILS: All right! Let's go find Knuckles!

EMERL: Let's go! Let's go!


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KNUCKLES: {Yo!} Yo, Emerl! What's up?

EMERL: ... ... ...

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Oh, you don't wanna talk to me, eh?

TAILS: Knuckles,. we have no time for this right now!

EMERL: *turns around* No time! *turns around again* No time! No time! No time!

KNUCKLES: {Here I come!} Why you little...

EMER: You little! You little! You little! You little!

TAILS: Hey, stop it, Emerl!


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KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Hmph! Not bad!

EMERL: Not bad! Not bad!

TAILS: Knuckles! Come with us to "Emerald Beach". That's where Sonic is! I have
       something very important to say to the both of you!

KNUCKLES: {Hah!} Sure, but it looks like we got ourselves some uninvited
          company over at the bridge!


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CHAOS GAMMA: Target set. Ready for battle mode.

TAILS: -(!)- You're not a Guard Robo! Are you... Gamma?

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Tails, watch out!


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CHAOS GAMMA: ... ... ...

TAILS: Gamma! You're Gamma, right?

CHAOS GAMMA: ... ... ... Auto-check start... Recovery initiated... ... ... ...
             OK. Increase output. Initiate Battle Mode.

TAILS: W-wait a sec!


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KNUCKLES: Tails, you need to get to "Emerald Beach", right?

TAILS: Y-yeah...

KNUCKLES: Let me handle this! {Here I come!} Come on, you bucket of bolts!
          *attacks Gamma*


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TAILS: Sonic!

SONIC: Tails, what took you so long? What's going on?

TAILS: Sonic, you won't believe what I found out about Emerl.

* - Rouge appears behind Tails.

ROUGE: Emerl's the world's deadliest weapon!

TAILS: Rouge!

SONIC: You!

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} Hey!

SONIC: What are you talking about?

TAILS: Yeah, it's the truth! That's what I discovered at the Central Lab!

SONIC: A battle weapon?

ROUGE: Yes, and a very lethal one!

SONIC: No, I can't believe it! {Ah-ha!} He's just a robot, right? {Yeah!} You
       could change its insides real quick, and fix this problem, right?

TAILS: Actually, he's NOT just a robot... The lab computer got fried when Emerl
       was connected to it... And we were chased by Guard Robos when we
       accessed Emerl's data at the Central Lab!

SONIC: Seriously?

ROUGE: {Humph, all right!} But there is one way...

SONIC: Well, let me hear it!

ROUGE: "Chaos Emeralds"!

SONIC: -(!)- "Chaos Emeralds"?

ROUGE: That's right. Collect all 7 "Chaos Emeralds" and insert them into Emerl.

SONIC: What happens then?

ROUGE: Then we can reset Emerl and turn him into an ordinary robot, and erase
       all his data as a battle weapon.

SONIC: {Yeah!} Sounds like a plan! So how would we reset him?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} I... I don't know.

SONIC: {What?!} -(!)-  What? You don't know?

TAILS: {Okay!!} So all we have to do is find 7 "Chaos Emeralds" and then find
       a way to reset him!

ROUGE: Then, he'll be free, once and for all!

SONIC: Let me ask you one more thing, Rouge.

ROUGE: {Well, now!} What is it?

SONIC: What's in it for you by giving us all this information?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} You make it sound like I never do a good deed unless I profit
       from it.

SONIC: Am I wrong?

ROUGE: Well, I do good deeds sometimes.

SONIC: Well, I do good deeds... On occasion.

ROUGE: As you probably already know, Dr. Eggman is also hunting Emerl down.

SONIC: Eggman!

ROUGE: Yes. And he's still trying to do the same old thing.

TAILS: Conquer the world!

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Yes. And if he conquers the world, it'll make any job
       involving stealing jwels more difficult. So I guess I'm doing the world
       a big favor.

SONIC: {No way!} A big favor? You're a thief! And, you're after Emerl too,
       right?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Hey, these accusations aren't very nice. And that kid over there
       knows that I'm more than just a thief.

SONIC: Is that true Tails?

TAILS: Y-yeah... I guess...

ROUGE: Oh, and can you finally introduce me to your little robot?

SONIC: -(?)- Don't you know Emerl already?

ROUGE: It... He won't even say "hello" to me unless youo9rder him to do so.

SONIC: Oh, yeah. He was like that with Tails too in the beginning. Emerl, come
       here!

EMERL: *gets behind Rouge* Come! Come!

SONIC: Listen. You have to listen to Rouge from now on, OK?

EMERL: Listen! Listen!

ROUGE: {giggle*} All right!

SONIC: -(?)- Hmm...

ROUGE: See ya!

SONIC: {What?!} H-hey Rouge! Don't you want to talk to him now?

ROUGE: No more time to chat now. Maybe some other time! *leaves*

EMERL: Some other time! Some other time!

KNUCKLS: *comes into view* What was that all about?

SONIC: That Rouge!

KNUCKLES: {*growl*} I wonder what that woman is up to now. Hey, Emerl, did she
          pull any kind of tricks on you?

EMERL: ... ... ...

KNUCKLES: {Gwa!} Hey, why won't you listen to me?!?

SONIC: {Yeah!} Ha ha ha! Just as Rouge said! Hey, Emerl! Ignore Knuckles! Just
       ignore him!

EMERL: Ignore! Ignore! Ignore! Ignore!

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Hmph, so you wanna put an end to this, eh?

SONIC: {Yes!} Bring it on!

* - Sonic & Knuckles go off of the screen.

EMERL: Let's play! Let's play!

TAILS: {Sonic...!} Come on! Knock it off, Sonic, Knuckles!


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GAME: 3 days ago...

PRESIDENT: An ancient weapon, "Gizoid", which was sealed and misplaced 50 years
           ago, has been recovered by Eggman... You can get all the necessary
           information at the "Central Lab". You may have free access to the
           Central Lab with this pass. We're counting on you, Rouge. The safety
           of the Nation is in your hands.

ROUGE: {Well, now!} Yes, sir, Mr. President! By the way, don't forget about my
       reward!

PRESIDENT: ... ... ...


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ROUGE: OK, now that I have official approval from my boss... {*giggle*} I can
       access the government computer system and gather all kinds of
       information on various treasures!

* - She goes into Central Lab.

ROUGE: Let's see... Information on unlocking the security system on that art
       gallery... Or maybe I should look up the National Museum first...? Hee
       hee! This is so exciting! I'm going to have all the information that'll
       allow me to gain access to all the treasures by the time I'm done here!
       Now Mr. Computer, tell me everything! {*giggle*}

COMPUTER: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... *beep* Login error... This data
          is currently being accessed by another user...

ROUGE: What? How can that be? Come on! This is a government computer system. No
       one else should have access to it! What? Who could it be? How dare you!
       I'll find you! Confirm login username...

COMPUTER: Login username: Dr. Eggman

ROUGE: -(!)- Dr.? {Hmm, all right!} Aha! I guess I've got my work cut out for
       me! Let's see where he's accessing the computer from.

COMPUTER: Accessing route: "Highway"

ROUGE: Hey, that's just right around the corner. {Let's see whatcha got!} I
       guess I better go pay him a little visit.


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EGGMAN: Hmph! I was right! I needed 7 "Chaos Emeralds" and the key word in
        order to "Link" with the "Gizoid" to resurrect it!! Dang it! I
        should've never tossed that thing away!

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} Hey, doctor! Long time no see!

EGGMAN: {Ugh.} Rouge? Sorry, but I'm quite busy right now.

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Heh... I'm sure you are, doctor...

EGGMAN: What're you babbling about?

ROUGE: You know, you're wanted by the government for questioning about a
       certain item.

EGGMAN: Hmph! I tossed that piece of junk at the beach already!

ROUGE: What? You threw it away?

EGGMAN: The world's deadliest weapon? What a joke! That worthless thing can't
        even listen to basic instructions! It's probably making friends with
        the crabs right about now!

ROUGE: With crabs?

EGGMAN: I used the raw data from that robot to build a much better robot. Its
        name is E121 "Phi"!

PHI: ... ... ...

ROUGE: {Hmph!} What an ugly contraption.

EGGMAN: These guys are powered by pieces of the "Chaos Emerald." I created
        "Phi" by using Emerald shards from the Chaos Emerald I crushed!

ROUGE: You created this...

EGGMAN: And I programmed them to collect all 7 "Chaos Emeralds"! In no time,
        I should have all 7 "Chaos Emeralds..." Oh, I forgot you're also
        looking for "Chaos Emeralds." So I must insist that you stay out of the
        way for a while.

ROUGE: Seriously, you don't think you can stop me, do you doctor?

EGGMAN: Hah! You haven't seen the power of my new creation! {Prepare to die!}
        Go Phii #1!


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* - The Phi crackles, and disappears.

EGGMAN: {It can't be!} Nooo!

* - A Chaos Emerald shard floats down to Rouge.

ROUGE: I guess it wasn't as tough as you thought it was I'll take this "Emerald
       Shard"!

EGGMAN: Dang... It looks like I need the original... I'll let you go this time,
        but I won't take it so easy on you the next time you get in my way!
        {So long, losers!} *leaves*

ROUGE: Get in your way? Hmmm... It could get awfully complicated if the doctor
       has already linked himself with the Gizoid first... I know he said that
       he tossed it on the beach, but... Oh, well, I better find out more
       about "Gizoid" using this pass! I can't let doctor take all the fun for
       himself.


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SECURITY: Hey, you!

ROUGE: Here's my pass. Now leave me alone.

SECURITY: My apologies, madam!

* - Rouge goes inside the Lab.

ROUGE: OK, now where shall I begin?

COMPUTER: Searching Gizoid... Searching... Searching... Searching... Warning!
          Highly Confidential! Battle weapon discovered in ancient ruins...
          Called "Gizoid"... Technique to acquire all forms of weaponry is
          based on super-science technology... This process has no apparent
          limitations and will continue to loop indefinitely.

ROUGE: {Whew!} Hmm... Very interesting.

COMPUTER: Endless cycle... Continuing cycle causes overload which can lead
          to... Experiment created by Professor Gerald... Sealed by the
          government... Disappearance...

ROUGE: ... ... ... Professor Gerald... He's Shadow's creator. ... ... ... I
       think I may have hit the jackpot! I'm not all that interested in
       anything besides jewelry, but... This is something else. If I can train
       the robot to become the ultimate robot thief... All the jewelry in the
       world will be mine! So, where can I find this thing?

COMPUTER: "Delivery of power"... The output of its power is initiated by
          external contact, and from that point on, it will only take orders
          from the one who initiated the contact... This act is called,
          establishing a "Link." {Hmm, all right!} Hmm... Since the doctor
          still doesn't seemed to have created a "Link" with it, I better hurry
          to find it and make it mine. But if someone else finds it before me,
          it could get quite complicated...

COMPUTER: It will, however, take orders from others if permission is given by
          its original master...

ROUGE: I see... So I can make it mine as long as I get permission from its
       master. I better go find this Gizoid now. The doctor said that he
       tossed the Gizoid at the beach... I should head to "Emerald Beach."


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*Sonic and Emerl are standing on the beach*

SONIC: Show it my power? Like this? Heh heh...

* - He raises his fist in the air, and a burst of light flashes right before
    everything goes dark.

EMERL: ... ... ...! ... ... ...!

SONIC: -(!)- {What?!} What! Whoa!

EMERL: "I sha...ll not ...represent ...and become... of all..."

SONIC: What? What's it saying? I wonder if this thing can even be fixed. I
       better take it to Tails before it blows up. Tails' House is north of
       town. Follow me! {Yeah!}

* - He and Emerl leave.


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GAME: Today...

* - Rouge appears on the beach.

ROUGE: All right! He's finally given it permission to listen to my commands.
       Now all I have to do is steal that robot... But those guys are always
       hanging around it... That'll make things a little difficult... Hmm...

* - She disappears; Sonic, Tails, & Emerl appear*

SONIC: Hey, Emerl! Watch this!

TAILS: But be careful... It may be too much for you.

EMERL: Too much! Too much!

AMY: *off-screen* A-haa! There he is! Soniiic!

SONIC: -(!)- S, Shoot! It's Amy! Listen, Emerl! I'm not here. Just listen to
       whatever Amy has to say. And be careful! Good luck! *runs*

* - She gets into view by Tails & Emerl.

AMY: Sonic...? *Emerl turns around* -(?)- What is this thing?

TAILS: That's Emerl.

AMY: Emerl?

TAILS: It's his pet project. His baby.

AMY: -(!)- Baby? Sonic's?

TAILS: Well, yeah, it's sort of like that.

AMY: {Wha?!} Oh, Sonic. Oh my gosh! *heart floats up* He's already practicing
     for our little one... I wonder if this is a sign that we'll be married
     soon. I can't believe it! My dream is about to come true.

TAILS: I, I don't know about that...

AMY: *upset* Did you say something?

TAILS: I, I should go look for Sonic. I'll see you later, OK? *leaves*

AMY: {Yeah!} Hello. I'm Amy. I'm your new mommy!

EMERL: Mommy! Mommy!

AMY: Oh, you wanna play?

ROUGE: *walks up behind Amy* {Hmph!} Finally, here's my chance.

AMY: -(!)- *turns around* Rouge. What a pleasant surprise! What little dirty
     deed are you up to now?

ROUGE: Why you little... I have a little business to take care of with that
       robot over here. Emerl, let's go!

EMERL: Let's go! Let's go!

AMY: {Ugh!!} Hold it! Where do you think you're taking my baby?

ROUGE: Wha... I think you better go get your head examined dear girl.

AMY: Hey, you looking for a fight?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Ah, I know something like this was going to happen. All right.
       I'll fight you!


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ROUGE: Well, shall we go my darling, Emerl?

AMY: H, hold on... *pant* My baby...

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Give it up, will you?


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* - Rouge and Emerl run off.

AMY: Oh, I can't do this anymore. Maybe I need to start working out again...

* - Tails walks onto the screen.

TAILS: Oh, man. Where's Sonic... Amy! What happened? And where's Emerl?

AMY: I'm sorry... I couldn't protect him... He was kidnapped...

TAILS: Kidnapped?

AMY: Our baby was kidnapped by Rouge! I'm so sorry, it's all my fault...

TAILS: I'll let Sonic know right away!


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EMERL: Amy! Amy!

ROUGE: Don't worry about her. She's tough, for a little girl. Of course, she'd
       never be able to take down an agent such as myself.

CHAOS GAMMA: *gets behind Rouge* Target locked.

ROUGE: Ha? What's your problem?

CHAOS GAMMA: Initiating battle mode.

EMERL: Amy! Amy!

ROUGE: Oh, come on! Give it up, will ya?


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CHAOS GAMMA: Initiating battle mode.

ROUGE: Give it up, will you?


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* - Chaos Gamma cackles with electricity, and disappears.

ROUGE: Come on! What did I ever do to you? Hmm... That Guard Robo looks just
       like Omega... Oh, well! Let's head to my place, in "Night Babylon"!


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ROUGE: Phew, here we are!

EMERL: -(!)- Amy! Amy!

* - Amy walks into view.

ROUGE: I told you to forget about...

AMY: What took you so long, Madam Rouge?

ROUGE: {Hmph, all right!} How did you find this place?

AMY: Just woman's intuition, I guess.

ROUGE: Oh, and does your intuition tell you that you better stay out of this?


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AMY: *trembles* *pant* Air... *pant* I need air...

ROUGE: You should know who you're dealing with here.

EMERL: Amy! Amy!

AMY: {Ahh!} *disappears*

ROUGE: OK, let's go inside.


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ROUGE: Shadow, I'm back...

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: {Hmm!} still asleep...

EMERL: Home! Home!

ROUGE: That's right, this is your new home now.

EMERL: Sonic! Home! Sonic! Home!

ROUGE: {*giggle*} ...Yes! Now! Finally! The ultimate treasure is all mine! OK,
       I'm going to train you to become the ultimate robot thief! OK, let's get
       warmed up. Whenever you hunt for treasure, you'll always have to deal
       with Guard Robos. The doctor sold these Guard Robos just to make extra
       cash on the side... Anyway, they can be dangerous if you don't watch
       out. So let's begin practicing dealing with these guys first. Why don't
       you fight the Guard Robo I got here. Your goal is to defeat it "5 times"
       under a time limit. Are you ready?

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: What do you say to that?

EMERL: Play time...

ROUGE: Good. Now here we go! {Let's see whatcha got!}


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ROUGE: {Well, now!} All right, good. Not bad at all. OK, next is the getaway
       technique. Even if you've got the treasure, if you get caught, it means
       nothing. So try "not getting hit" from me under a time limit. You'll
       have to start all over if you get hit even once, OK? {Let's see whatcha
       got!}


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EMERL: Sonic...

ROUGE: You don't get it, do you? I am your master from now on! Now forget
       about that hedgehog.

EMERL: Sonic...

ROUGE: OK, after this, it'll be for real! Let's do a "5 KO Battle"! But if you
       get "Koed even once" you have to start all over, OK? {Let's see whatcha
       got!}


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ROUGE: {*giggle*} Hmph, not too bad. you're pretty sturdy. OK! Are you ready
       for the real thing? Our target is the "Building" in "Emerald Town."
       According to my data, a jewelry shop there carries a "Chaos Emerald."
       When the Guard Robos show up, take care of them just as we've practiced
       until I get the treasure. OK, you ready?

EMERL: Sonic...


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AMY: I knew I'd find you here!

ROUGE: Shoot, there she is again! Haa... Well, I guess I better take care of
       her.

AMY: That's it! I'll finish you here. {Ugh!} You won't get away with this,
     Rouge!


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* - Amy, from exhaustion's delusion, thinks she sees Sonic nearby.

AMY: Haa... Haaa... I'm getting dizzy... Haa... Haa... But I'm going to fight
     for... Sonic... Sonic? When did you... That's right! This is OUR child!
     We must protect him! OK, here I come!


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* - The Sonic in Amy's imagination vanishes.

AMY: That's it... Sonic... ? Maybe I'm imagining... I'm really... sleepy...
     *trembles, and disappears*

ROUGE: That should keep her quiet. No wonder Sonic's so sick of her. She's just
       way too persistent! Well, she'll be fine, just sleeping here. Hope I
       don't have to fight her again. We're almost at "Emerald Town." Our
       target is the Chaos Emerald in the "Building."


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ROUGE: Now remember that technique I taught you earlier to open locks?

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: What's the matter? Just do it as I taught you.

* - Emerl reaches to the door.

DOOR: (*click*)

ROUGE: There you go. See, that wasn't so hard. Now just open this, and... All
       right! Thank you! {*giggle*} Yeah! *a Chaos Emerald floats down to
       Rouge* Oh, it's gorgeous...

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: What?

EMERL: *trembles* Chaos Emerald... A new... Power...

ROUGE: -(!)- What? You're speaking now? Hey... Hey! What're you doing? Hey!
       that's my "Chaos Emerald"! Hey! You stole my Chaos Emerald!

* - The Emerald floats down to Emerl.

GAME: A "third" Chaos Emerald has been acquired by Emerl!

      "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

EMERL: ... ... ...

ROUGE: Hey! Give me back my Chaos Emerald!

EMERL: ... ... ... ... ... ... He's coming! He's coming!

ROUGE: Who's coming?

EMERL: Sonic! It's Sonic!

SONIC: *comes into view* Emerl!

EMERL: Sonic!

ROUGE: Sonic! How did you find us?

SONIC: {Ha-ha!} A wild guess! A hedgehog's hunch!

EMERL: Sonic, good to see you! Sonic, good to see you!

SONIC: So Rouge, what were you planning to do with him? If you've done
       something bad with him, I won't let you off easy!

ROUGE: And now, why would I want to do such a thing? Come on! I'll take you on!


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SONIC: Hmph! Is that all you got?

TAILS/KNUCKLES (???): Sonic!

EMERL: -(!)- Tails! Knuckles!

SONIC: I'll get Emerl back somehow!


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EMERL: Sonic, let's play more! Play more!

SONIC: Hey, stop it! This is serious!

EMERL: Serious?

SONIC: That's right.

EMERL: Serious talk! Let me join you! Play time! Play time!

SONIC: hey, Emerl, stop it!

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Oh, that's it! I give up!

SONIC: {No way!} Hey, stop pulling my needles, Emerl!

ROUGE: Boy, this is ridiculous. That's why I'm only interested in jewelry. I'd
       never want to be a "mom" like that girl.

SONIC: -(?)- What girl?

ROUGE: Good luck with everything, daddy!

SONIC: Daddy?

* - Amy comes into view.

AMY: Hey, I got you now! You thieving bat! And Sonic!

SONIC: *turns around* -(!)-

AMY: {Ahh!} Wait for me Sonic. I'll be a good mom. Just hang on! Hold it there,
     thief!

SONIC: Amy?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} All right! You can have the "Chaos Emerald." He already has it
       anyway. Sheesh, what kind of mess have I gotten myself into?


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GAME: It was discovered that Emerl needed "Chaos Emeralds." Hearing this, a
      spark of interest was triggered...

KNUCKLES: It needs "Chaos Emeralds"?! {Here I come!} There's no way I'm gonna
          sit this one out!

GAME: It was discovered that Emerl could learn techniques merely by watching
      others fight. Upon hearing these words, that spark became a flame...

KNUCKLES: The harder he trains, the stronger he gets? {Gwah!} Here's a warrior
          after my own heart! I must help him reach his full potential! He's
          with Sonic?! If Sonic trains him, he'll never grow strong! They're
          probably at "Tails' Lab." I must find them! {Ha!}

GAME: Yet elsewhere, another man yearns to "help," to achieve explosive
      results...

EGGMAN: {*laughs*} Hah hah hah!! Go!! Go, my paithful "Phi" robots! Bring
        Gizoid back to me!

PHI #1: Roger!

PHI #2: Roger!

PHI #3: Roger!


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KNUCKLES: {Yo!} Hey! Emerl! Are you here? I'm here to teach you. I have special
          moves I want to show you!

TAILS: {Hiya!} Oh, Knuckles! Welcome!

EMERL: Welcome, Knuckles. Thank you for coming.

KNUCKLES: {Ha.} Huh? Since when did he start talking intelligently?

TAILS: It started when we gave him a "Chaos Emerald." Isn't it great?

EMERL: Hello! Hurry up and teach me already!

KNUCKLES: I can't tell if he's being polite, or if he's just rude...

TAILS: Emerl can only use words that he's heard. So, he talks like Sonic and
       me, but all mixed up.

EMERL: Don't worry about it! Will you please teach me?

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} ... This won't work. Emerl! It's time for me to test your
          strength! Get "10 KOs" off of me to prove your worth! {Gwah!} You
          better have not gotten weaker since we last met!


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KNUCKLES: {Ha.} Ummm... Not bad... I shouldn't have held back so much...

NEWS: Breaking news!

TAILS & KNUCKLES: -(!)-

EMERL: -(?)-

NEWS: We are bringing you a special report! A mysterious robot has appeared in
      "Night Babylon."

TAILS: Hey! It's the fake Emerl!

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} It's finally decided to show itself, eh?! Let's go, Emerl!

EMERL: Follow me!

KNUCKLES: Hey!! That's my line!

* - Emerl and Knuckles leave.

TAILS: Oh no, they're gone. I hope those two will be okay...


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AMY: Hey! I found Emerl!

KNUCKLES: Amy...

AMY: Huh? Where's Sonic?

KNUCKLES: Who know?

AMY: {Yow!} Darn! I thought he was coming here with Emerl to propose to me!

KNUCKLES: R-right. Well, I'm in a rush, so I gotta get going.

EMERL: In your dreams! Now if you'll excuse me...

* - Knuckles and Emerl leave.

AMY: That Sonic... He's probably just embarrassed! Maybe I'll go find him
     myself! *a heart floats up over Amy* What do you think Emerl? -(?)- Huh?
     Hey! Where'd you go?


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CHAOS GAMMA: Target acquired.

KNUCKLES: Gamma, is that you? Last time, you ran off without even answering me!

CHAOS GAMMA: Initiating battle mode.

KNUCKLES: Heh... Get ready, Emerl! It means business!

EMERL: Shut up! I'll tear this rustbucket apart!

KNUCKLES: Hey, when did you start talking like that?


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#$# [5'03] ---        To Battle 04       --- [5'03] #$#
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CHAOS GAMMA: ... Initiating systems check... Initiating repair systems...
             ...All systems nominal. Initiating battle mode.

KNUCKLES: Emerl! Watch yourself! Looks like it's not done yet!


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CHAOS GAMMA: Mission failed...

KNUCKLES: {Gwah!} Why won't you answer me?!

* - Chaos Gamma disappears.

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} ...It's gone. Even when you were with Tails, it looked like
          it was after you.

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} It is...

KNUCKLES: Rouge?!

EMERL: Hello! Where the heck have you been?

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Looks like your little baby has got quite a mouth on him.

KNUCKLES: Hey, it's not me! Blame Sonic!

ROUGE: {Hmph!} Quick to blame others, as usual, I se.

EMERL: Hey, it's not me! Blame Sonic!

KNUCKLES: All right, all right. I'll be more careful.

ROUGE: That robot you just fought probably isn't the robot you guys know as
       "Gamma."

KNUCKLES: What?!

ROUGE: Dr. Eggman has been experimenting with using "Chaos Emeralds" on robot
       cores. He used a bunch of old parts to create guinea pigs for his
       experiments. That robot's probably just has parts that you recognize.

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Even if it's someone else... Why is it after Emerl?

ROUGE: Well, Emerl took the "Chaos Emerald" that Dr. Eggman was using for his
       experiments. I think he wants revenge or something. I mean, Chaos
       Emeralds are very powerful. I sorta understand how he feels. Well then.
       you boys be careful out there, okay? *leaves*

KNUCKLES: That might explain why it seemed like that robot wasn't trying...
          -(?)- Huh? Where'd she go? And what was she doing here, anyway? Hey
          Emerl! You better be careful! I don't think they've given up on
          trying to take you back yet!

EMERL: Gotcha! You better watch yourself, too!

KNUCKLES: R-right...


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STORE CLERK: Welcome!

KNUCKLES: Hey! Have you heard? The news said that there's a strange robot
          lurking around here...

STORE CLERK: R-right behind you!

KNUCKLES: Huh? No, this guy's different.

STORE CLERK: Aaack! It's coming to get me!!! Summon the Guard Robo!

KNUCKLES: Hey! I'm telling you this guy's not the thief! Listen to me!

GUARD ROBO: You rang?

STORE CLERK: C-capture them!

GUARD ROBO: Roger that!


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* - The Guard Robo crackles, and disappears.

KNUCKLES: Let's get out of here, Emerl!

EMERL: What're we gonna do?! Looks like things are about to get messy!


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EMERL: Let's go to the next spot!

KNUCKLES: H-hey! Emerl, wait!

EMERL: -(?)- Whaddya want, Knuckles? Nobody can stop me!

KNUCKLES: Just wait a second!

EMERL: I'm not gonna let you get ahead of me!

KNUCKLES: {Gwah!} Shut up!

EMERL: ... Sonic... *trembles* Sonic!! Sonic!!

KNUCKLES: I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. Please, just pipe down,
          okay?

EMERL: Sonic...

KNUCKLES: Just wait here, okay? I'll go on ahead, so just be a good boy and
          wait. *leaves*

EMERL: Sonic!! Sonic!! *leaves*


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KNUCKLES: Awww... I wanted to be the one to get it... -(!)- Hm? Emerl? Hey!
          Where'd you go? Quit clowning around, Emerl! Where are you? {Ugh...}
          This ain't good... I should start looking for him.


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KNUCKLES: {Yo!} Have you seen a robot around here?

STORE CLERK: A red echidna... You'e the guy who wrecked Night Club! Call the
             Guard Robo!

KNUCKLES: Why doesn't anybody listen to me?!


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KNUCKLES: That does it!


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STORE CLERK: Welcome. Aaack! Somebody help me!

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Looks like I'm famous now.


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KNUCKLES: I should probably look somewhere else.


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KNUCKLES: What is this place...? -(!)- "Club Rouge"??? She owns this place???
          Man, something smells fishy here... {Ha.} Well, I still better check
          it out!

STORE CLERK: This is a battle club for members only. I must first test your
             skill.

KNUCKLES: Silence! Where is she? Hmm...

* - Inside the club, Emerl and Rouge are preparing to fight.

EMERL: Ha! You rustbucket, I'll tear you apart!

KNUCKLES: -(!)- {Ugh...} Emerl! What are you doing?


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EMERL: I am invincible!

KNUCKLES: Emerl!

EMERL: -(!)- Hey, Knuckles! I've been lookin' all over for ya!

KNUCKLES: I'VE been looking for YOU! Let's go!

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} I suppose you think echidnas are special and you don't have
       to pay for the entrance fee?

KNUCKLES: Rouge! What're you planning to do with Emerl?!

ROUGE: {Hmm!} How rude... Emerl came to me. He probably missed me. My, you've
       grown strong... Gives me goose bumps thinking about it.

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} So much confidence...

* - A light flashes.

STORE CLERK: W-who the heck are you?! Aaarrggh!

PHI: Located! Located!

ROUGE: Is that... Phi?!

KNUCKLES: What?! It looks just like Emerl... {Bring it on!} All right, Emerl!
          Let's do this!

EMERL: All right! Let's blow this taco stand!

ROUGE: Those two are sounding more and more alike...


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KNUCKLES: {Here I come!} Hah! Nothing's better than the real thing!

* - A Chaos Emerald shard floats down to Emerl.

EMERL: Shard! Shard!

KNUCKLES: -(?)- Shard?

EMERL: There! There!

* - Another shard floats down to Knuckles.

KNUCKLES: This thing fell out of Phi...

ROUGE: Phi is powered by "Chaos Emerald" shards. I've actually got one, too.
       Here, take it. *gives to Emerl*

EMERL: Thank you very much! Looks like you've got a use after all!

ROUGE: {Hmm!} Well, I never...! How exactly are you raising him, anyway?

KNUCKLES: S-sorry...

ROUGE: I've got no use for a measly shard. I'll collect on this debt some other
       day by taking your Master Emerald.

KNUCKLES: You wish!

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Hah! Are you forgetting that I'm the world's greatest thief?
       But perhaps you should first ask your little fox friend what he knows
       about the shards. I've already seen him absorb a Chaos Emerald...

KNUCKLES: Good point. We should go back and talk to Tails about this.

ROUGE: Come back to "Club Rouge" any time, boys! {*giggle*} *heart floats up*

KNUCKLES: No thanks!


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KNUCKLES: {Yo!} Tails! We're back!

TAILS: {Okay!} Hey, Knuckles! Emerl! Welcome back!

EMERL: I'm home, Tails! Have you been a good boy?

TAILS: {Haha!} Yup! How about you? Were you a good boy?

EMERL: Heck yeah!

TAILS: Knuckles! What've you been teaching him?! Looks like he's gotten a lot
       stronger. (But it looks like he's not getting much smarter...)

KNUCKLES: Look, I was careful around him. Right Emerl?

EMERL: Heck yeah! Knuckles doesn't mess around!

TAILS: Knuckles!!

KNUCKELS: -(!)- H-hey, that remains me!

TAILS: What...

KNUCKLES: We found this!

TAILS: {Okay!} That's a "Chaos Emerald!

KNUCKLES: Well, a shard of one.

TAILS: let me see it. If you could get 2 more shards of the same color, you
       could probably form a whole Emerald.

KNUCKLES: {Ha.} 2 more, huh? That bat lady said that the fake Emerls all had
          shards.

TAILS: -(!)- That's right! The fake Emerls are all powered by Emerald shards!

KNUCKLES: Yeah, Eggman tried to copy Emerl's technology.

TAILS: Hmm... And knowing him, he's probably going to come and try to take
       Emerl back!

KNUCKLES: {Bring it on!} All right, Emerl! Time to train! Come with me to the
          beach! I'll make you strong enough to beat Eggman! *leaves*

EMERL: Hey! Whaddya think you're doing! Don't go running in front of me!
       *leaves*

TAILS: Nope, he's not getting smarter at all...


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KNUCKLES: Okay, Emerl... I've been holding back up until now. But, there's no
          excuse for me losing, even if I was holding back. {Gwah!} It's about
          time we settle once and for all! A "1 KO Battle"!


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KNUCKLES: Hah hah hah! You sure are a powerful annoying little kid!

EMERL: ... I sure am!

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} *Grrr*

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hah hah hah! Well, Gizoid! I see that you've really
        started to grow up!

KNUCKLES: -(!)- Eggman!

EGGMAN: Long time no see!

EMERL: Huh? Who are you?!

EGGMAN: {It can't be!} Huh?! It's me! Dr. Eggman! You should learn some
        respect! Especially since you absorbed my special "Chaos Emerald"!
        {Shoot!} Enough! Get him, Phi #4! Capture Gizoid! {Prepare to die!}


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KNUCKLES: Hmph! Did you think your robot could stop us? That "Emerald shard" is
          ours!

* - The shard floats down to Knuckles.

EMERL: I'm feeling great!

EGGMAN: {Shoot!} Darn! Retreat! *leaves*

KNUCKLES: I'm not letting you get away! Let's get him, Emerl!

EMERL: Don't fall behind, Knuckles! *leaves*

KNUCKLES: H-hey! Emerl, wait!


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EGGGMAN: {Shoot!} So, you've caught up with me! You persistent punks! Get them,
         Phi #5! {Prepare to die!}


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* - Another Emerald shard floats down to Emerl.

KNUCKLES: {Ha.} Ha haa!!!

EMERL: Iyaaa!

KNUCKLES: Not too bad, partner!

EMERL: Partner?

KNUCKLES: Yeah, you're my battle partner!

* - As Eggman turns and thinks to himself, the background fades away.
 
EGGMAN: ...You're stronger than I expected. Al the Phi robots I brought with
        me have been destroyed... Just as I expec... Er... No! This couldn't
        have happened!

* - Everything goes back to normal.

EGGMAN: Aaargh... I've been defeated... I must retreat to "Gimee Shelter."
        THEY'LL NEVER FIND ME IN "Gimee Shelter," LOCATED IN "Night Babylon"!
        *leaves*

KNUCKLES: We got the fifth "Emerald shard," but we'll heard back to Tails' Lab
          later! We gotta catch Eggman! We'll get him this time!

EMERL: I'll make him pay!!!

KNUCKLES: Do I really say things like that?


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KNUCKLES: Is this the place?! Where is he!

EGGMAN: Gotcha!

KNUCKLES: *electrocuted* Argh! *electrocuted* W-what's going on?! I can't move!

EMERL: What's wrong, Knuckles?

KNUCKLES: Don't come any closer, Emerl!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hah hah hah hah! You fell right into my trap, Knuckles!

KNUCKLES: You tricked me!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hah hah hah! I deserve an award for my acting! And this
        ultra-powerful "spiky rodent trap" I developed to catch Sonic works
        perfectly! It works even better than I expected! It shoots electricity
        through your body so you can't move! So, no matter how strong you are,
        if you can't move, there's no way for you to escape! {Mwahaha!} Ha ha
        ha ha!

KNUCKLES: What're you up to, Eggman?!

EGGMAN: What else? I shall take Gizoid back and fulfill my plans to take over
        the world! Once I have Gizoid acquire my ultimate weapon, "Final Egg
        Blaster,"... {Mwahaha!} I'll be able to use it as my final weapon of
        destruction!

KNUCKLES: What the heck is the "Final Egg Blaster"?!

EGGMAN: {Heh.} Oops! It's still supposed to be a secret! Well then! I must
        return to complete my secret "Final Egg Blaster," so you'll have to
        excuse me! I leave the rest to you, "Chaos Gamma"!!

CHAOS GAMMA: If I win, you'll give me a "Chaos Emerald," right? You promise?

EGGMAN: Of course! I promise! But, be sure to bring Gizoid with you! That
        Gizoid is not fully awakened. And since that rodent is incapacitated,
        there's nothing he can do to stop me! *leaves*

CHAOS GAMMA: *comes into view* Understood. Power output max. Energy flow at
             150%. Initiating battle mode.

KNUCKLES: Emerl! Run!

EMERL: Don't worry about it, partner!


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CHAOS GAMMA: ... ... ... Auto-check start... Recovery initiated... ... ... ...
             I cannot lose... Power output at 200%! Energy flow at 200%!
             Initiating battle... mode...


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CHAOS GAMMA: Grrr... Power output draining... Energy draining... ... Battle
             impossible... *crackles, and disappears*

EMERL: Knuckles, you okay?

KNUCKLES: Great job, partner!

EMERL: I'm invincible!

KNUCKLES: You said it! Let's go! *electrocuted* ... {Ugh...} I can't move... He
          said that I'm being immobilized by electricity... Hey, Emerl! Do you
          see a "switch" over there? If you can flip the switch, I should be
          able to move.

EMERL: Come on, Knuckles! Is that all you got?!

KNUCKLES: What?! I'll show you...! My true strength!!!!!

* - He starts trying to fight the electricity, and repeatedly gets shocked.

KNUCKLES: {GWAH!} Grraaaaah!!!! {Yah!} Aaaaaaaarrrrrggh! {GWAH!}

EMERL: Oh, I wonder if this is the right "switch." *presses*

KNUCKLES: Grrrrrruh??

* - The voltage dies down, and Knuckles - not realizing that happened
     - continues straining against it; which after it lets go, throws him into
     a wall.

KNUCKLES: *stands up* Ouch! Hey... You did that on purpose!

EMERL: Let's go! Stop wasting time! *leaves*

KNUCKLES: Hey, wait up! If you keep talking like that, Sonic will smack you!
          *chases after Emerl*


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TAILS: {Hiya!} Welcome back! You guys were gone a while! -(!)- W-what
       happened?! You both look horrible!

KNUCKLES: Heh heh... *turns to Emerl* Wh-?!

EMERL: Wh-?!

TAILS: -(?)- ??? What is it?!

KNUCKLES: Look what we found!

TAILS: {Okay!} Hey! The last two "Emerald shards"! I have enough shards to make
       a whole "Chaos Emerald"!!! Hold on one second...

* - The screen goes black for a moment to show that an amount of time passed.

TAILS: There you go, Emerl!

* - The Chaos Emerald floats down to Emerl.

GAME: Emerl has acquired the "third" Chaos Emerald!

      "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

EMERL: ...

TAILS: So, Emerl, how do you feel?

EMERL: Really good! Thanks, Tails!

TAILS: {Haha!} You've grown a little bit more! But, if you're going to thank
       anyone, thank Knuckles!

EMERL: Oh yeah! Thanks, partner!

TAILS: -(?)- Partner? Just what happened out there, anyway?

* - As Knuckles whispers to Emerl, the background goes dark.
 
KNUCKLES: (Hey, Emerl! Let's just keep the fact that Eggman tricked me our
          little secret, ok?)

EMERL: (Sure thing, parter!)

* - The backdrop returns to normal.

EMERL: It's a secret, but my partner goy tricked by Eggman again! A secret!
       Right, partner?!

KNUCKLES: {GWAH!} Why you...!!!!

SONIC: *comes into view* {Hey!} Hey, guys! Looks like you're all having fun!

EMERL: -(!)- Hey! Sonic! Hey, Sonic! Guess what! It's a secret, but Knuckles
       got fooled by Eggman again!

KNUCKLES: Emerl!!!!


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* - Tails and Amy stand in a black background.

AMY: {Ye-ah!} Soniiic! I know you're here! You can't hide from me! My cards
     tell me that you're here!

TAILS: Umm... Amy...?

AMY: Tails! Where's Sonic?

TAILS: Umm... He isn't here...

AMY: {Ye-ah!} What? What did you say?

TAILS: He isn't here...

AMY: What? He's not here?

TAILS: That's what he said...

AMY: {Ye-ah!} So he is here! *runs off*

TAILS: {Oh!!} Uh-oh!

AMY: {Here we go!} Soniiiiiic!


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SONIC: E-Emerl! Let's go!

EMERL: Sonic, will you teach me another deadly attack technique today?

* - Sonic and Emerl leave.

AMY: {Ohh!!} Hmmph. He doesn't even notice me! We really have to start
     practicing raising our baby together! Where the heck is Sonic anyway? Oh,
     I know! {Ye-ah!} He must've gotten cold feet! Oh, how cute! He's more
     sensitive than I thought he was. He must be over at the "Beach"! Here I
     come!

TAILS: Wait, Amy!

AMY: -(!)- What is it? {Ugh!} Come on. Spill it, will ya?

TAILS: {Sonic...!} Ah, it's just that... Eggman is hunting for... Emerl... And
       that...

AMY: Eggman? Oh, come on! I don't have all day! I'll get the rest of the
     details from Sonic! *leaves*


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AMY: Sonic!

SONIC: -(!)- Y, Yo! Amy!

EMERL: Mom! Good to see you!

AMY: Oh, wow! It seems that our baby hs learned quite a few more words!
     {Hello!} So, how you doing Emerl, my dear?

EMERL: Well, you know, I'm chilling, sweet heart.

AMY: Hey! *punches Sonic*

SONIC: Ouch!

AMY: Sonic! Did you teach him to talk like that, Sonic?

SONIC: {Now way!} "Emerl, my dear?" Why are you talking like that, Amy?

AMY: {Ye-ah!} Do you have a problem with it?

SONIC: Ah, no... Not really... Heh. (Hey, Emerl, watch out for this girl!)

EMERL: Mom...

AMY: -(?)- What is it darling?

EMERL: Your punch got not juice, fool! You couldn't even kill a fly with that!

SONIC: -(!)- {What?!} *runs off*

AMY: Soniiiiic! {Wha?!} Now where he'd go?!

* - Everything goes dark, as Amy starts to think to herself.

AMY: Wait just a second... He left our precious Emerl here all alone... I
     wonder if he's trying to tell me something. Maybe he's challenging me to
     take care of Emerl and see if I can protect him from Eggman by myself...

* - Emerl leaves.

AMY: After all, I did fail as a mother by letting Rouge kidnap Emerl... But I
     won't let Sonic down again! I'll protect Emerl the way only a mother can!
     And that'll show Sonic that I can be a good mom! And if I do... {Ye-ah!}
     Will you come get me, Sonic? I will make a perfect bride!

* - The normal background returns, as Amy realizes that Emerl's gone.

AMY: -(?)- Oh, shoot! Emerl! Where are you, honey?


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AMY: Oh, Emerl, there you are! All the way at the end of the beach! Just wait
     there, honey!


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* - Emerl is standing behind a Phi.

PHI: -(!)- Found him! Found him! Capture him! Capture him!

EMERL: Hmph! You overgrown rustbucket! I'll tear you into scraps in 3 seconds!

AMY: Hey!

EMERL: -(!)- Ma! Mom! *Amy hits Emerl* Ggg...

AMY: Don't talk like that, Emerl!

PHI: Attack!

AMY: Hey! *punches Phi* {Ugh!} You filthy trash! What do you think you're
     doing? Go back to where you came from if you don't want to be smashed,
     stomped on, and turned into ashes!

* - The beach shakes.

EMERL: Go, mom!

AMY: Emm... Did I just say that...? Ahem... {Ye-ah!} Anyway, will you send a
     message to the doctor, please? Please let him know that we do not wish to
     play with his little robots.

PHI: Capture it! Capture it!

AMY: You just don't give up, do you? I guess I'll have to show them that I
     mean business!


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PHI: Attack! Attack!

AMY {Wha?!} Haven't you have enough?


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AMY: Don't ever let me see you here again!

* - The Phi disappears.

EMERL: -(!)- Mom! Look!

* - A Chaos Emerald shard floats down to Amy.

AMY: Hmm? Did it drop something?

EMERL: Mom! It's an "Emerald shard".

AMY: There's another one!

* - A second shard floats down to Amy.

GAME: Got "2" "Emerald shards."

AMY: Emerl, you gain new abilities when you take "Chaos Emeralds," right?

EMERL: Yep. Lately, I have been able to tell if there are Chaos Emeralds within
       my surroundings!

AMY: {Ye-ah!} I wonder if you've got a sensor of some sort. {Ahh!} Well, if I
     collect enough "Chaos Emeralds" to make you a full grown robot, maybe
     Sonic will finally accept me as his wife! OK, Emerl, darling! No, no. No
     more calling you "darling." You're now a grown boy! Let's have you use
     your sensor to search for Emeralds, shall we?

EMERL: Amy, teach me some attacks, will ya?

AMY: {Ye-ah!} Will ya?

EMERL: *trembles* Oh, I mean, "please"...

AMY: Hmph, I guess it's all right. Let's head over to my house. I have a
     "favor" to ask of you over there anyway. My place is over at "Central
     City"! Follow me! {Here we go!}


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AMY: OK, here we are! {Hello!} We're home, Cream!

CREAM: {Hi!} Welcome back!

CHEESE: Chao Chao!

CREAM: And you must be Emerl! Amy has told me all about you!

EMERL: How do you do? I'm Emerl!

CREAM: {Yeah!} I'm Cream! And this is my friend Cheese!

CHEESE: Chao Chao!

CREAM: Are you a robot, Emerl?

EMERL: Yep. I am Sonic's robot!

CREAM: -(?)- Sonic's robot?

AMY: Silly Sonic got this robot just to get us ready to start raising a family!

CREAM: I don't think that's the case...

AMY: What do you mean that's not the case?

CRAM: S-so, what brings you here, Emerl?

EMERL: Amy's going to teach me attack techniques!

CREAM: Attack? Are you going to fight? I'm against fighting!

AMY: Aaa... Cream... It's not really fighting... He's here to work out with me,
     doing boxercise...

CREAM: {Ohh!!} -(!)- What? That again? *trembles* I, I just remembered that I
       had something to do! *runs*

AMY: Hey! Cream! Where are you going? She's been acting weird lately. Maybe
     she's just going through some changes. {Here we go!} Well, Emerl! Are you
     ready for some boxercise? The one who gets "5 KOs" first wins!


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AMY: Haa haa. *pant* Not bad. "Boxercise" really does help you lose weight!
     Haa haa. *pant* I can feel the fat burn! Haa haa... I'm going to be so
     fit after this is over! OK, we're going to take it up a notch this time!
     The one who gets "10 KOs" first wins!


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EMERL: Come on, Mom! Let's continue!

AMY: Ah, yeah... Just give me a second...

EMERL: OK, I'm going to go play outside! *leaves*

AMY: Aaa... Wait... Boy, I'm getting light headed...


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EMERL: Mom! I'm home! 

CREAM: {Hi!} Amy is resting right now. She wanted to go out to find you, but...
       {Yeah!} She's burnt out. Ever since you were kidnapped, she's been
       boxercising to gain more strength so she can protect you next time. But
       when we found out that boxercise also helped her lose weight, she' been
       working out every day. I guess she pushed herself too hard. Cheese and I
       are also beat, since she had us working out with her.

CHEESE: Chaooo...

AMY: All right, I'm readddy... *trembles*

CREAM: -(!)- Amy! You can't work out like that! Look, you can't even walk
       straight!

AMY: Yeah, whatever, Cream. You're going to join us too!

CREAM: {*sob*} Oh, noooo.

AMY: Whoever gets "10 KOs" first wins, OK? No holding back!

CREAM: Emerl... You will take it easy on me, right...?


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EMERL: Oh, you two aren't that weak!

AMY: {Ye-ah!} -(!)- Haa haa. *pant* That's it, the kid's gloves are off!

CREAM: -(?)- Amy?

AMY: Just wait here... Haa ha. *pant* Let me just go and take these off... Haa
     haa. *pant* I'll change my attack technique... Haa haa. *pant* I'll be
     right back.

* Amy and Crea move over a bit.

CREAM: What are you taking off?

AMY: I've just got to take these off of my arms and legs...

WEIGHTS: *dong*

* - The area shakes from the heaviness of the weights.

CREAM: {Ohh!!} You were wearing weights? You were wearing these this entire
       time?

AMY: Haa haa. *pant* That's right.

CREAM: Oh my gosh, Amy...


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AMY: All right, Emerl! This time, it's all for real!

EMER: OK! Let's go!

AMY: I'll win this match, no matter what!

CREAM: I think Amy has lost the focus of this training...

AMY: Whoever gets "10 KOs" first wins! Ready? {Here we go!}


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AMY: Haa. *pant* That's... it. No... more. {AH!} *shakes, falls down*

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Amy!

EMERL: -(!)- Mom...! I think there's an "Emerald" around here. There's
       definitely a "Chaos Emerald" around here! It's there!

AMY: *gets up* You serious?

CREAM: {Ohh!!}

EMERL: Mom! Over here! *leaves*

AMY: {Here we go!} Cream, stay here and watch the place for us! We'll be right
     back! *leaves*

CREAM: {Yeah!} Wow. She's the toughest woman I've ever known...

CHEESE: Chao Chao...


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AMY: Which way, Emerl?

CHAOS GAMMA: Target identified! Initiate capture mode...

AMY: -(!)- Hey, it's Gamma! It's Gamma, right?

CHAOS GAMMA: Initiate battle mode...

AMY: {Wha?!} Hey, wait up! You're Gamma, right?

CHAOS GAMMA: No such code name in memory... I am not Gamma...


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CHAOS GAMMA: Unable to fight... *crackles, and disappears*

AMY: Hey! You! Wait! We lost him...

EMERL: -(!)- That way, mom!

AMY: {Wha?!} Isn't that...? Sheesh! It's "Night Babylon"! I really don't want
     to take you to that spooky place...

EMERL: Let's go, mom! *leaves*

AMY: Hey, w-wait! Emerl!


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PHI: Enemy detected!

AMY: Who are you calling an enemy? Emerl! Let's take care of this robot real
     quick and get our "Emerald shard"!

EMERL: OK, mom!


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PHI: Gggg... *trembles*

AMY: {Ye-ah!} You want some more?


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* - The Phi disappears.

EMERL: "Emerald shard"!

* - A shard floats down to Emerl, then another to Amy.

AMY: {Ye-ah!} All right!

GAME: Got "2" "Emerald shards".

AMY: So now, we have a total of "4" shards! All we need is one more, and we'll
     have enough to create a "Chaos Emerald!" That wasn't so hard! {Hello
     there!}

EMERL: ... ... ...

AMY: What is it, Emerl? Do you sense another Chaos Emerald in the area?

EMERL: Over there...

AMY: {Wha?!} Where? "Club Rouge"?

EMERL: Over at Rouge's place!


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EMERL: It's in here! I wonder if Rouge has it...

AMY: What a dump! This really isn't a good place for you, Emerl!

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} A dump? Look who's talking, you obnoxious little girl!

AMY: You have an "Emerald shard", right?

ROUGE: So what if I do?

AMY: Why don't you just hand it over to us. It's not useful to you anyway!

ROUGE: {Hmm!} What makes you think that I'd want to give it to you anyway?

EMERL: Now, now, you two. There's no need for you two to fight, OK?

AMY: Oh, you're right, Emerl. I'm supposed to set an example for you.

ROUGE: {Hmm!} Yeah, except your whole life is an example of mistakes! Haa haa
       haa.

AMY: Hardy haw haw. You're so funny, Rouge! Emerl, come on. Let's take her on!


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ROUGE: {Hmm, all right!} Hmm. Looks like you learned a few new tricks! You've
       improved since I've kidnapped you!

AMY: {Hello there!} That's right. I've been training him with boxercise!

ROUGE: OK, that's enough fooling around! Let's get down to business! It's my
       "Emerald shard" that you want, right? {*giggle*} I admit I don't have
       much use for this little shard, but I'm not going to give it away. So
       how's this?

AMY: What do you have in mind...

ROUGE: I'll give you the "Emerald shard" if Emerl can score "10 KOs" on me
       without using any special attacks.

ROUGE: What do you think? This way you can see if he's mastered the basic
       attack moves or not.

AMY: OK! You're on! Emerl, you're tough enough to beat her without using any
     special attacks, right?! Go and show he what you're made of, Emerl!


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ROUGE: W-what? How can I lose? My skills are much better than his...

EMERL: I did it, mom!

AMY: Good job, Emerl! You showed her who's the boss all right! Now hand over
     the Emerald shard!

ROUGE: Yes, yes... Here, take it!

* - The shard floats down to Amy.

GAME: Got "1" "Emerald shard".

AMY: {Ye-ah!} All right, we now have a total of "5" Emerald shards !

EMERL: That wasn't too difficult!

AMY: Let's go back to Tails' and let's put these piecese together to make 1
     "Chaos Emerald"!

ROUGE: The dear doctor has a total of 4 "Chaos Emeralds". One more and we'll
       have all his Emeralds, but... Knowing him, he's going to pull a trick
       on us at the very last minute. He must have a plan by now.

AMY: Don't worry Emerl. I'll protect you! You can count on me!

EMERL: Yeah, we'll beat him together!

ROUGE: Hmph... Good luck...

EMERL: -(!)- Amy...

AMY: Hmm? What is it?

EMERL: There's another Emerald...

ROUGE: It must be the "Chaos Emerald" Shadow has.

AMY: {Wha?!} Shadow? He's here?

ROUGE: He's been here for a while, but he still hasn't woken up...

AMY: What? What's he doing here?

ROUGE: {Hmm!} It's a long story... You wouldn't understand.

AMY: What? Tell me!

ROUGE: When he wakes up, he'll go directly to this robot. That's for sure.
       You'll need to wait if you want to find out.

AMY: That's it. Let's go, Emerl! *leaves*

EMERL: Rouge!

ROUGE: -(?)- Hmm?

EMERL: See you later, Mama Rouge!

ROUGE: {Hmmm!} Yes, yes.


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TAILS: {Hiya!} Aaa.. A, Amy... Umm... Sonic is... 

AMY: {Hello there!} We've got "Emerald shards"!

TAILS: {Okay!} Sweet! Just wait here!


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TAILS: All right! I've taken the shards and created 1 "Chaos Emeald"!

AMY: Here you go, Emerl!

* - The Emerald floats down to Emerl.

GAME: "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

EMERL: Mom... Tails... Thank you... I can feel... My power... Reviving... ...
       ... ...

SONIC: {Hey!} Hey, Emerl! You're back!

AMY: -(!)- Sonic!

SONIC: -(!)- {What?!} Amy!

AMY: Look Sonic! I helped turn Emerl into a full gorwn robot! Now that I've
     proved that I can be a good mother, you have no more excuses not to marry
     me! {Ugh!} So what do you have to say now?

SONIC: A, Amy... Close your eyes for a second.

AMY: {Wha?!} W-what? In front of everyone, Sonic? W-well... Like this...?

* - Everything goes dark as Amy closes her eyes, and Sonic Spin Dashes away.
    She opens her eyes, and looks a bit confused.

AMY: -(?)- -(?)- Sonic? Sonic?

EMERL: Sonic has left at sonic speed already...

AMY: Oh Sonic! You're so shy!

* - A heart floats up over her.

EMERL: I don't think that's the case...


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* - Amy, Emerl, and Cream are standing in a black screen.

AMY: *pant pant* Well, that's enough practice for today... You're getting
     stronger, Emerl!

EMERL: You betcha!

CREAM: ... ... ...

AMY: How much did I lose today?

EMERL: Let's see... ... ... ... You burned 1000 calories today, so if you keep
       going at this rate, then you will lose 2 pounds after three days! And
       make sure you drink at least a gallon of water each day, and keep the
       total amount of calories you take a maximum of 700 calories per day.

AMY: {Ye-ah!} All right! I'm almost at my target weight! You are making my life
     so easy as you get smarter, Emerl! I'm going to get the "Super Diet
     Machine" that I saw on that commercial! I'll be back soon! See you later,
     Cream. See you Emerl!

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay!

CHEESE: Cha-o!

EMERL: See you!

* - Over to the right, Sonic and Tails are talking.

SONIC: ... ... ...

TAILS: Amy's getting stronger, isn't she?

SONIC: Yeah... No kidding.

* - The camera shifts back and Cream and Emerl.

CREAM: Sonic! Tails!

EMERL: Sonic! You're back!

SONIC: {Hey!} Hey, Emerl! Hey, Cream! I heard on the news that there was a
       "Chaos Emerald" around here somewhere. We're gonna go look for the
       "Chaos Emerald".

TAILS: And we don't know what Eggman's going to try next, so we'll leave Emerl
       here a little longer, just in case.

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay!

CHEESE: Chao!

EMERL: No! Boring! Emerl wants to go too!

SONIC/TAILS (?): Well, maybe next time!

CREAM: {Hee-hee-hee!} You know, Amy's really getting into this diet thing,
       isn't she?

EMERL: Is getting thin good?

CREAM: Amy really likes Sonic, so she wants to lose weight so Sonic will like
       her back!

EMERL: I don't understand...

CREAM: {Yeah!} Sometimes you'll do anything for someone you love!

EMERL: Hmm...

CREAM: {Hee-hee-hee!} You'll understand in time!

EGGMAN: {Mwahaha!} Ho ho ho ho ho!

CREAM: -(!)- Eggman!?

EGGMAN: I've finally found you, Gizoid! Sonic fell for that fake news story I
        made up, and now you're all mine! {Take that!} Phi #11! Capture them!

PHI #11: Capture! Capture!

CREAM: {Ohh!!} No!!

EMERL: Cream! Watch out! Hey, hey! I'll take you on!

* - A bright white flash comes on for a second.

EGGMAN: On the second thought, I changed my mind! Take this! I took some
        "Hedgehog Begone" and converted it into "Gizoid Begone"! {How's this?!}

EMERL: *crackles* I... can't... move!

EGGMAN: {Okay!}

CREAM: Emerl!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Ho ho ho ho ho! How do you like that?

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Ah! What are you doing!?

EGGMAN: Hurry up and capture them, and take them to "Gimee Shelter"!

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Stop it! Don't! Ahh!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Ho ho ho ho ho! You! "Chaos Gamma"! Keep a close eye on
        them! Whatever you do, don't let them escape!

CHAOS GAMMA: Yes, sir...

EGGMAN: You too, Phi #12, #13, and #14!

PHI #12: Yes, sir...

PHI #13: Yes, sir...

PHI #14: Yes, sir...


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EMERL: Finally, I can move again...

CREAM: We need to find a way out of here... Where are we?

EMERL: It looks like they're making robots.

CREAM: This is scary...

GUARD ROBO: Intruder! Intruder!

CREAM: {Ohh!!} -(!)- Ah! It moved!

CHEESE: Chao! Chao-!


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EMERL: Why don't you play, Cream?

CREAM: Um... Emerl? That's not playing... that's fighting. I don't like it when
       people get hurt, or when they're sad.

EMERL: -(?)- Sad...?

CREAM: It's when your heart hurts.

EMERL: Heart... hurts...

CREAM: Let's look somewhere else...


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CREAM: *sees a Phi* This looks just like Emerl...

PHI: Target acquired.

CREAM: {Ohh!!} -(!)- Woah! It's moving again!


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EMERL: Cream! You need to fight, too! Do you want to get hurt?

CREAM: ... I don't care.

EMERL: But! But!


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EMERL: Whew, that was kinda tough! Are you okay, Cream?

CREAM: Yes... But you...

EMERL: Oh, this? It's nothing! Look! It's an "Emerald shard"!

* - Both shards float to Cream.

GAME: "2" "emerald shards" acquired.

CREAM: {Yeah!} It's so pretty...

EMERL: Here, Cream, you keep it!

CREAM: I'm so sorry...

EMERL: -(?)- Why are you sorry? You haven't done anything bad.

CREAM: {Ohh!!} But I didn't fight... And you got hurt...

EMERL: Won't worry about it! No problem!

CHEESE: Chao Chao...

CREAM: Cheese... ... Thank you... I know I'm wrong... But still...

EMERL: -(!)- Cream! Something's flashing over there! Let's go!

CREAM: {Hee-hee-hee!} He's just like Sonic...


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* - The background goes black, as Eggman begins talking on the computer.

EGGMAN: {Heh!} Bzz... Gkzz... Hey! It's me! Isn't anyone there!?

EMERL: Cream, hide!

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay! *hides*

EGGMAN: Ah, Phi! What took you so long to respond to my call? I may have to
        strengthen the Emerald condenser... Anyway, which number are you?

EMERL: ... ... ...

EGGMAN: {Gah!} Are you #11? {Ha!} Or #12? {How's this?} Maybe 13? {Take that!}
        Ah, #14! {It can't be!} ... ... ... ... ... {Shoot!} All right, listen
        up! I'm going to use the rabbit  as a hostage, to capture Sonic! I'm
        looking for Sonic right now, so don't let them get away! Whatever you
        do, don't tell them that they can escape from the air "Duct"! You got
        that!? Oh, one more thing. The key to open the "Duct" is in the
        "workshop"! Make sure you hide it! Got that!? {So long, losers!}

* - Everything goes back to normal, and Cream comes out.

CREAM: I guess Eggman thought you were one of the other ones... How convenient
       for us! If we stay here, Sonic will be captured too! Let's head to the
       "Workshop" to get the "Duct key"!

EMERL: Okay! Let's go!


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PHI: Detected! You will be captured! I will capture you for Dr. Eggman!


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EMERL: Cream, hide!

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay!

PHI: Shield to maximum! Let's go, #13! Power to maximum! All right, #14!


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EMERL: Ha! Fodder! You're just fodder! Ha ha ha ha!

CREAM: Emerl...?

EMERL: What, Cream? I'm feeling very good right now! *turns to Phi* Haa haa!
       Give me the "Emerald shard"! *punches Phi*

* - Both shards float down to Cream.

GAME: "2" "Emerald shards" acquired.

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Emerl, please stop!

EMERL: Haa haa... ...Why?  Cream?

CREAM: {*sob*} *sniffle* *sob*

EMERL: -(?)- Cream... Are you "sad"?

CREAM: Yes... *sniff*

EMERL: Okay... I'm sorry...

CREAM: You haven't done anything bad...

EMERL: "There's nothing worse than making a girl cry!" That's what Sonic
       said...

EMERL: It's okay... This must be the "Duct key". Let's go, Emerl!

EMERL: ... ... ...


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* - Chaos Gamma is in front of Cream and Emerl.

CREAM: Oh, no! Another robot!

CHAOS GAMMA: -(!)- !! So we meet again, Gizoid. Things will be different this
             time... Dr. Eggman gave me a "Emerald shard"! I'll use it to
             defeat you, and take the real "Chaos Emerald"!

EMERL: Cream, hide behind me!

CHAOS GAMMA: What's the matter? Aren't you going to fight me? *punches Emerl*

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Emerl!

EMERL: *punched again* ... ... ... *punched again* Cream... run...

CREAM: But... but...

CHAOS GAMMA: *hits again* I'll destroy you! I'll take your Emerald! Just like
             you took mine!

* - Gamma hits Emerl again, and this time he shakes for much longer.

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Emerl!

EMERL: I'm... okay... I can... take it... I don't want to make you sad... so I
       won't fight...

CREAM: No!! Stop it!!

CHAOS GAMMA: This isn't enough? Increasing power output...

CHEESE: Chao! Chaoooo!

CREAM: -(!)- Cheese?

CHEESE: Chao chao! Chaoo! Chao, chao chaooo!

CREAM: You're right... I was thinking that, too...

CHAOS GAMMA: This should take care of even the Gizoid...

CREAM: You better stop hurting Emerl, or else...

CHAOS GAMMA: Or else what? What could a little bunny and her little round
             animal do to stop me?

CREAM: Cheese! Let's go!

CHEESE: Chaooo!


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CHAOS GAMMA: Not bad... But I can easily recover from this level of damage...
             ... ... ... Auto-check start... Recovery initiated... ... ... ...

CREAM: Oh...

EMERL: Cream... Cheese... Let's get out of here!

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay!

CHAOS GAMMA: This "Duct" is the only way out... I'll just wait here...


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CREAM: {Ohh!!} *sniffle* I'm so sorry... I'm sorry, Emerl...

EMERL: Don't cry... I don't want to see your cute eyes full of tears...

CREAM: But... but... You're hurt, and it'... It's my fault!

EMERL: I'm fine! Even if I get damaged, I can recover right away!

CREAM: Really?

EMERL: See, look! *runs off to the side, gets repaired, comes back* Look!
       *trembles*

CREAM: {Hee-hee!} Hee, hee... You're funny, Emerl...

EMERL: You laughed! You finally laughed!

CREAM: I'll do my best!

CHEESE: Chao chao!

CREAM: And Cheese is with me, too.

EMERL: All right then, it's time to train!

CREAM: {Let's do it!} Okay! Let's start! Oh, can we use the same rules we used
       at Amy's place? Those are the only ones I know... Training ends when one
       of us gets 10 KOs!


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CREAM: You're nicer than Amy... Let's take a break. I want to look around
       outside! {Yeah!} If Eggman comes back, we're in trouble!


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EMERL: Okay, let's take this up a notch.

CREAM: {Hi!} Okay!

CHEESE: Chaoo!


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CREAM: ...Emerl, are you taking it easy on me?

CHEESE: Chao!

CREAM: Please, don't hold back! {Yeah!{ This is training!

EMERL: Okay, Cream.

CREAM: But... um... *pant, pant* Can we take a short break? I'll be right
       back...



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EMERL: All right... After this training session, it's going to be the real
       thing!

CREAM: {Hi!} I'll do my best!

CHEESE: Chaoooo!

CREAM: Cheese is getting pumped, too!


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EMERL: Good job, Cream! You're ready!

CREAM: I think I can fight that robot now...

EMERL: No problem! I guarantee it!

* - Eggman activates the computer.

EGGMAN: *crackle, buzz* Hello? hello? HELLO! Is anyone there!?

CREAM: There's a voice coming from the computer...

EMERL: -(!)- Oh, no! Sonic!


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EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} I've finally found Sonic!

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Are you really telling the truth, Eggman?

EGGMAN: Of course I am! Just hang on! Hello!

CREAM: Sonic!

EMERL: Shh! Let's hide...

SONIC: All right, show me some proof!

EGGMAN: {Shoot!} Why isn't anyone picking up the phone!?

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} I knew you were lying!

EGGMAN: Arrgh! Just wait a minute! Don't go anywhere! I've got Cream and the
        Gizoid hostage!

SONIC: Yeah, sure...

CREAM: They're gone... {Yes!} -(!)- But, what should we do? If Eggman catches
       us, he'll use us to capture Sonic!

EMERL: Yeah... okay, let's go!

CREAM: {Hi!} I'll do my best! Let's go, Cheese!

CHEESE: Chao chao!


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* - Cream and Emerl approach Gamma.

EMERL: Hey there, rustbucket! You look bored. Wanna play?

CHAOS GAMMA: You're back...

CREAM: {Let's do it!} Things will be different this time!

CHEESE: Chao!

CHAOS GAMMA: Your power will be taken from you! Like mine was...


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EMERL: Hah! Is that the best you can do?

CREAM: {Hi!} Emerl! Cheese! It's not over yet! Be careful!

CHAOS GAMMA: I can't lose just yet... Maximum output! Initiate Battle Mode!
             Go Guard Robo!


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CHAOS GAMMA: Gaah... Why... why... I cannot lose... Cannot understand...
             Can't... understand...

CREAM: ...Mr. Robot... What are you fighting for?

CHAOS GAMMA: That Gizoid stole my power... Revenge... get power back...

CREAM: Power isn't something you can give or take... {Yeah!} It's something
       that you use to defend those that are dear to you! You'll understand, if
       you find someone you want to protect...

CHAOS GAMMA: ... ... ... The "Emerald shard" is leaving me... *disappears*

* - A shard floats to Cream.

GAME: "!" "Emerald shard" acquired. "Chaos Emerald" created.

CREAM: Oh! The combined "Chaos Emerald" has been absorbed by Emerl!

* - The full Emerald floats to Emerl.

GAME: "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

EMERL: This feeling... it's like... Everything feels... sharper...

EGGMAN: {Shoot!} Uneblievable! My robots are useless! Useless!

CREAM: -(!)- Oh! Eggman's back! -(?)- ...? I wonder what this switch is...

EMERL: That's...  the witch that Knuckles... Hey! Try pushing it!

CREAM: -(?)- Like this?

SWITCH: *beep*

EGGMAN: *gets stuck in the electricity* Hey! Someone... *is shocked several
        times* Gaaaaaaaaaah!!!! *shocked* Whaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

EMERL: All right! Just as we planned! Is this the switch for the phone?

PHONE: *beep*

* - Sonic starts talking from over the computer's phone-line.

SONIC: {Yes!} Hey! The picture's on!

EGGMAN: *continues staining* Ow ow ow ow ow ow!!!

SONIC: {What?!} Wha!? {Ah-ha!} Huh!? Hey! Eggman! Having fun? Did you want to
       show us that new dance of yours? Pretty cool, man!

EGGMAN: Gaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

EMERL: Sonic!

SONIC: Emerl!

CREAM: {Hi!} Sonic!

SONIC: {Yeah!} Hey, Cream!

EMERL: We're gonna head back now!

SONIC: {All right!} So Eggman was telling the truth... Are you two okay?

CREAM: {Hi!} Yes! Emerl protected me!

CHEESE: Chaoo...

CREAM: {Hee-hee!} And Cheese did, too!

SONIC: {Yeah!} I'll go get you, wait there!

CREAM: {*giggle*} Don't worry, Emerl's here!

EMERL: I'm going at sonic speed! Hang on! *dashes with Cream*

CREAM: {Ohh!!}

EGGMAN: {It can't be!} Youu! I'll get youuuu!! *hit by electricity*


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EGGMAN: Hmm... Sonic's got the 6th "Chaos Emerald"... I've underestimated them.
        It could get pretty tricky if they activate the Gizoid... But Shadow
        holds the 7th Chaos Emerald! He believes that he is the ultimate form
        of life... {Yeah!} His "Chaos Control"... Shadow wouldn't hand over the
        7th Chaos Emerald, and activate the Gizoid. But even if he did, that
        "Information" that I found after searching through my grandfather's
        work log will allow me to still conquer the world, regardless. Because
        I am Dr. Eggman, evil scientist extraordinaire!! Haa haa haa!
        {Mwahaha!}


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SHADOW: There it is again... I feel it... Someone's talking to me...

GIZOID: ...A strong power... 

SHADOW: Who... Who is it?

GIZOID:  ...this power... ...must not exist... ...cannot allow it to happen
         again... ...the tragedy must not... 

SHADOW: Tragedy?

GIZOID: ...yes...

SHADOW: What tragedy?

GIZOID: ... ... ... ... ... ...

* - A bright flash of light appears, and Shadow comes into view.

SHADOW: ...the same illusion... ... ... ... This is it. I feel the emanations
        over here. ... ... ... Well, then... Let's see what we've got here!
        ...Chaos Control! {Humph!} *warps to Gimme Shelter*


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* - Shadow walks up to Gizoid.

SHADOW: This... this is what called me...

ROUGE: It's the Gizoid... A legendary weapon.

SHADOW: -(!)- You... Rouge. What are you doing here?

ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} Hey, I've got information sources everywhere. There's
       nothing I can't find out about if...

SHADOW: You said it was a weapon?

ROUGE: {Hmm!} You'll never change, will you? That robot... Gizoid is known as
       the "Ultimate life form." Just like you, except he's 4000 years older. I
       heard the Doctor was hiding something really big, and I guess this is
       it...

* - The alarms sounds, and a Guard Robo approaches Shadow & Rouge.

GUARD ROBO: Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

SHADOW: Dang!

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Hee hee...

SHADOW: What's so funny?

ROUGE: It's been a while since we fought together like this!

SHADOW: {Hah!} Just don't get in my way!

ROUGE: {Let's see whatcha got!} You too!


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ROUGE: Hey, not bad!

GUARD ROBO: ... ... ... an opening! *shoots Shadow*

SHADOW: Guh...!

ROUGE: Shadow! What happened? That was just one of the Doctor's random robots!

SHADOW: It's nothing!

* - The GR hits him again, and this time he trembles in pain.

SHADOW: {Gwah!} ...ngh!

ROUGE: Hey! Shadow!

SHADOW: ... ... ...

ROUGE: This isn't good...

GUARD ROBO: Intruder...

ROUGE: Shut up already! *kicks the Guard Robo away* Oh, well. I'll take you to
       "Club Rouge"... Hey, Shadow! Can't you even walk on your own?

SHADOW: ... ... ...


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ROUGE: {Hmm!} Haaa... We're here! I can't believe that he'd fall down right in
       front of the store! Having me carry anything that's heavier than
       jewelry! The nerve! I'll never do this gain! Not even for all the
       jewels in the... Well...

SHADOW: ... ... ... ... ...

ROUGE: You're still alive, right? Shadow... He's not bad looking, but...


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??????: I was... created... ...Awaken! The ultimate life form, "Shadow the
        Hedgehog"! ...please, Shadow... Maria... ... ... I can move... I'm
        still alive... {Ugh.} I need to go... to it...

EGGMAN: {Hah!} ...Are you really "Shadow"!? You can't be the military's
        top-secret weapon!

??????: Doctor... Must not repeat... the tragedy...!


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SHADOW: Hey! Can you hear me? Respond! No! You must have already established a
        Link!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Shadow!

SHADOW: Hey! You, over here!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SHADOW: Won't listen to me, eh? In that case, I'll destroy you with my bare
        hands!

SONIC: Hey, stop that!

SHADOW: Get out of the way, and  give me that robot!

SONIC: And if I say no?

SHADOW: Then... I will destroy you too...

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    Sonic and Emerl.

SHADOW: Gah... I still haven't regained my full power yet. Listen to me!
        Whatever you do, don't let Dr. Eggman get hold of the Gizoid. I'll be
        back... Until then, take care of it... Sonic the Hedgehog!


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SONIC: {Hey!} Looks like you both have one thing in common... Persistence.

??????: Sonic the Hedgehog... ...Awakening as a weapon of war... "Chaos
        Emerald"...


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TAILS: -(!)- Shadow! What are you doing here?

SHADOW: Looks like you discovered what Emerl really is...

TAILS: Y-yeah...

SHADOW: Then why don't you destroy it now? You must destroy it before it
        collects all the "Chaos Emeralds" and uses its true power!

TAILS: Shadow?

SHADOW: There's no need to repeat past tragedies! Nobody else ever needs to go
        through the things that I have! Out of the way! I'll finish it now!

TAILS: Shadow! I respect you, but... Emerl's our friend! If you attack one of
       us, then I'll do whatever it takes to protect him!

SHADOW: {Hah!} Hmph. Looks like you'll never understand. The builders will
        never know how their creations truly feel.


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SHADOW: Ally...

* - Rouge comes into view.

ROUGE: {*giggle*} Looks like we've formed a new team!

SHADOW: Rouge...


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ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} Yes! Good morning, Shadow! Has the prince finally
       awakened?

SHADOW: I must go. I must go to the Gizoid. To the Emerald.

ROUGE: Hey! You can leave as you please, but don't you dare pass out on me
       again! Who do you think dragged you here in the first place??

SHADOW: You...? ...

ROUGE: Th-that's right...! You aren't even going to thank me?! It figures! You
       men are all alike, you know that?!

SHADOW: Thanks, Rouge... Thanks for saving me. I cannot allow myself to die
        just yet.

ROUGE: ..."Emerald Beach."

SHADOW: Huh?

ROUGE: You're looking for Emerl, right? He's always there. {Hmm!} I went ahead
       and told them about you, anyay.

SHADOW: ... {Huh.} Heh... "Ally."

ROUGE: Wh-what? You got a problem with it?

SHADOW: No... I don't.


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SONIC: Shadow?!

SHADOW: Sonic the Hedgehog... Where is Emerl?!

SONIC: He's at Tails' place... {Ah-ha!} Tell me something... Why are you after
       him, anyway?

SHADOW: {Hah!} I'm not here to steal him. I'm here to welcome him, as a fellow
        weapon of war.

SONIC: Welcome him?

SHADOW: Haven't you noticed? His awakening as the legendary weapon of war
        "Gizoid" is close at hand.

SONIC: Awakening?

SHADOW: He already has 6 "Chaos Emeralds," right?

SONIC: Yeah...

SHADOW: {Humph!} And with my "Chaos Emerald," that makes 7. The Gizoid will be
        awakened when it has collected 7 "Chaos Emerald." Right now, its true
        power lies dormant. However, I can feel it. I can feel the power... A
        power greater than you can imagine.

SONIC: I've heard that he who collects 7 "Chaos Emerald" will be granted
       unlimited energy. So, are you trying to tell me that awakening Emerl is
       dangerous?

SHADOW: {Ugh.} Dangerous? Ha! He's a weapon. One created with enough power to
        destroy the world. Awakening him is sheer madness!

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} I don't think he has it in him. The Emerl I know would never
       destroy the world. What about you?! You say he's the ultimate weapon,
       but weren't you supposed to be the military's ultimate secret weapon?!
       Maybe you've forgotten, but I seem to recall you saving humanity at some
       point.

SHADOW: {Ugh.} ...That was for Maria.

SONIC: {Yeah!} Exactly! If you have a heart, you would never use your power for
       the forces of evil! There's no way you could! Weapons aren't supposed to
       have "hearts." But, both you and Emerl do! You guys... You aren't just
       weapons!

SHADOW: {Huh.} Hmph! No, you are wrong. We were created as weapons. If the
        people of this world ever want peace, they must destroy us.

SONIC: -(!)- Shadow?! And one more thing! Rouge said that there's a keyword
       that can free Emerl! If we could find out what it is, Emerl could become
       just a normal robot!

SHADOW: {Ha.} ha! Such hopeless dreams... Weapons have no need for a
        conscience. Freedom? What use is a weapon that does not follow orders?!
        I have a different kind of "Link" with Gizoid.  Like me, he's a weapon!
        No doubt about it! He's a weapon to be used by his "Master"!

SONIC: Shadow... {Ah-ha!} All right, all right! Just take Emerl, already! If
       you're not going to listen to me, then do whatever you want!

SHADOW: ...Yeah. {Ha.} Then you don't care if I exterminate Emerl?

SONIC: {Yeah!} I'd like to see you try!

SHADOW: You don't think I could?

SONIC: You have a heart. Emerl has a heart. I don't think either of you has it
       in you to kill! Maybe you guys should just play games together or
       something?

SHADOW: ...

EMERL: There is a "Chaos Emerald" here...

SONIC: Emerl? What're you doing here?!

SHADOW: {Ha.} He probably felt my "Chaos Emerald's" power. I can feel it
        resonating with him.

EMERL: You. You have a "Chaos Emerald." Give me... the Emerald. Power... Give
       me power!! *trembles*

SONIC: Emerl!

EMERL: ... -(?)- What's wrong, Sonic? Why are you looking at me like that?

SHADOW: Heh... Perhaps now you believe me. He was created as a weapon. You
        were lucky in that you met him before he awakened. But, you cannot deny
        the Gizoid's true identity!

EMERL: -(?)- Sonic?

SONIC: {Yeah!} Go with Shadow, Emerl! I want you to find out who you truly are!

EMERL: How?

SONIC: How else? Get Eggman to tell you!

EMERL: That chubby old guy? That sounds like fun! I'll be right back, then!

SONIC: Okay! And try to find out what that guy is up to! See if you can find
       out more about that "Final Something-or-Other" that Knuckles was
       talking about! You never can tell what that old man is planning!

SHADOW: {Ha.} Hmm. I, too, have things that I wish to speak to Dr. Eggman
        about. Let's go, Emerl. So begin sour path to ruin. *leaves*

EMERL: -(!)- Oh, and tell Mom that she has to go jogging and do at least 200
       sit-ups! And she has to eat salad with no dressing! *leaves*

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Ha ha ha! Some ultimate weapon you are!


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EMERL: Chaos Gamma?!

CHAOS GAMMA: Target... Codename: "Shadow"... Objective... Destroy...

SHADOW: {Ha.} It appears that the good doctor thinks I'm his enemy...

CHAOS GAMMA: Target... Codename: "Gizoid"... Objective... Destroy...


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CHAOS GAMMA: How... did I lose...? I even acquired an "Emerald shard"...

SHADOW: {Humph!} Hmph! The only one who can use the true power of the "Chaos
        Emeralds" is me.

CHAOS GAMMA: Destroy... Destroy...


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CHAOS GAMMA: Destroy... Destroy... *crackles* Destroy... Destroy...

SHADOW: Fool... Emerl, do you see? This is the fate for weapons of war.

EMERL: ... I don't understand. I'm sad, Shadow...

SHADOW: I know...

CHAOS GAMMA: Destroy... Destroy... Destroy... Destroy...

SHADOW: Can't move any more... Let's go... "Night Babylon" is just ahead of the
        doctor's lab, "Gimme Shelter."

EMERL: Gamma...


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SHADOW: {Ha.} The doctor's Mother Computer... I never imagined that I'd be here
        again... Tell me... What am I? What is the Gizoid? We were created as
        weapons, so why is it that we have hearts? Why do we have souls?! What
        the heck are we?!

ROUGE: Professor Gerald...

SHADOW: -(!)- Rouge?!

ROUGE: You are his ultimate creation. The ultimate life form. And during the
       output experiment of a "Chaos Emerald," he discovered it, and
       reactivated the ancient battle weapon, "Gizoid." Yes, Emerl.

SHADOW: Where did you learn that?!

ROUGE: I looked it up on the doctor's computer. I found one of Professor
       Gerald's old research files.

SHADOW: Why did Gerald give me a soul?!

ROUGE: He was not interested in researching weapons. He was researching a way
       to bring happiness and hope to all people. But, he was forced by the
       government and by the military to use his research for war. That's why
       he gave you and Gizoid a "soul." A soul identical to his beloved
       granddaughter, Maria.

SHADOW: Maria...

ROUGE: His hope was that no matter how crazed and obsessed with destruction
       mankind might became, the weapons themselves would never fight. Shadow,
       you are afraid of your own power. It troubles you. But, you've never
       used your power recklessly. You've never used it selfishly. Gerald's
       wishes have come true.

SHADOW: ...

ROUGE: You, too, Emerl.

EMERL: Me, too?

ROUGE: You were created as a weapon, yet you feel sympathy for living beings.
       However, Gerald did not create you and he was unable to completely
       erase the destructive powers within you. That part of you still exists.
       So, he programmed you with a special code. And if the keywords of that
       code were to be activated, Gerald's program would be complete. You'd
       become just like Shadow...

SHADOW: ...What're the keywords?

ROUGE: Bring hope to humanity.

SHADOW: "Bring hope to humanity," huh? Kinda touching. How do we input the
        code?

ROUGE: Now, about that... ...

SHADOW: Well?

ROUGE: You have to do it when he awakens.

SHADOW: So, basically when he absorbs this Chaos Emerald...

ROUGE: It would appear so.

SHADOW: Heh... Looks like I've got no other choice.

ROUGE: -(!)- Shadow! That's your...!

SHADOW: It's all right. I... I will always be with Maria.

ROUGE: Shadow...

SHADOW: Emerl! Take it! This is the last "Chaos Emerald"!

* - The Emerald floats down to Emerl.

GAME: "Skill Points" have increased by "10"!!

* - A rapid flash of light fills the Shelter, and then everything goes pitch
    black. Emerl was switched personalities with Gizoid.

GIZOID: ... ... "Show me your power. Or I shall not obey. I represent all
        things, and shall become Gizoid, the conquerer of all."

ROUGE: Well! Now that's a big difference!

SHADOW: Gizoid, ancient weapon of legend. I, as your new master, command you:
        "Bring hope to humanity"!

GIZOID: ...

* - The light flashes again, and the background returns. Emerl takes over his
    body again.

EMERL: Hey, now! Don't go and get all serious on me like that, Shadow!

SHADOW: {Ha.} Hmph. Look who's talking. You remind me a little too much of a
        certain spikey, smug little...

EMERL: Watch your mouth!

SHADOW: You're free now. Eggman no longer will no longer have any control over
        you.

EMERL: Thanks, Shadow! And you too, Rouge!

ROUGE: Oh... I appreciate that, but if you really want to thank me, give me
       some jewelry!

SHADOW: There's on last thing I'd like to ask of you...

EMERL: What is it this time?

SHADOW: Let us battle, one last time, to see who truly is the strongest! ...
        My body wasn't healed completely before, but now I'm ready! I am the
        ultimate life form, Shadow the hedgehog. I will crush anyone who stands
        in my way!

EMERL: You sure about that? I don't want you whining about how you didn't have
       your "Chaos Emerald" and stuff!

SHADOW: I no longer need it. I have Maria in my heart.


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ROUGE: {Hmm!} *sigh* You boys have fun. I'm going home. I swear, why do men
       like to fight so much? I can't take much more of this...

EMERL: See you later, Rouge! Can I... visit your room again sometime?

ROUGE: Idiot! *leaves*

SHADOW: *gasp, gasp* Emerl! One more time!

EMERL: Wait a second, Shadow.

SHADOW: What? Are you backing down?

EMERL: Would it be okay if I went to see Sonic, Tails, and everyone again?

SHADOW: Yeah. Tell them you're not a kid anymore. Once you've "fought them
        all," come back and see me. We'll finish our fight then. I'll be at
        "Central Highway." I'll be waiting!

EMERL: Okay! You better be warmed up when I get back!


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SONIC: {Hey!} There's no way you can beat me! I don't care how strong you've
       gotten!

EMERL: We'll see! I can't stay a kid forever, ya know!

SONIC: Gotten pretty smug, I see! Let's go! {Time to party!}


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SONIC: Whew! Not bad! You've gotten stronger! But, you're still not strong
       enough! I'm not even trying my hardest yet! Try fighting someone else
       first! Then we'll talk!


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TAILS: {Hiya!} Emerl! I already heard the news from Rouge! Congratulatiosn!

EMERL: I promised Shadow that I'd come and battle with you all. You want to go
       a round?

TAILS: Sure! {Okay, time to fly!}


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TAILS: Ack! I've been beaten! There's nothing left I can teach you!


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ROUGE: {Hi, sugar!} You think just because you got a little stronger, you can
       defeat me?

EMERL: Let's find out!

ROUGE: Heh heh... Listen, boy, never underestimate an agent. You'll be burned.
       {Let's see whatcha got!}


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ROUGE: I'll admit... You're not half bad! I don't think there's anything left
       for me to teach you.


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KNUCKLES: {Yo!} Don't think I've been playing around all this time! Let's get
          this over with!

EMERL: Gimme your best shot!

KNUCKLES: Come on! {Stone fists!}


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KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} Ugh... How could this be?! D-don't think you've beaten me!


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AMY: {Hello!} Hurry up and come home to help me with my diet!

EMERL: Okay!

AMY: {Here we go!}


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AMY: You've gotten stronger! Now that you've perfected your fighting, I feel
     much better having you help me with my diet!

EMERL: ...Sure.


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CREAM: {Hi!} I learned so much from you, Emerl! The one who gets "10 KOs" wins.
       Just like before. Hee hee... It's so strange to see you all grown up!
       {Let's do it!}


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CREAM: Wow! You're really strong! You're no longer our little Emerl. It's kind
       of sad in a way...


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SHADOW: {Ha.} Hmph. I see you've fought everyone. Come see me after you've
        finished your preparations! I'll fight you whenever you're ready!


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SHADOW: {I'll show you my ultimate power!} Enough talk. Let's do this.

EMERL: Ready when you are!


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SHADOW: Heh... I shall concede that you are my equal.

EMERL: Hey, man! I'm just getting warmed up!

SHADOW: {Humph!} Hmph. You're just as mouthy as him, too. Looks like we've got
        a guest. Come back later.


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SONIC: {Hey!} Hey! Emerl!

EMERL: -(!)- Sonic!

SONIC: I figured Shadow wouldn't be able to give you enough of a challenge by
       himself, so I came!

SHADOW: {Ha.} Yep, you sound exactly alike.

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Whaddya say, Emerl? You wanna take us both on at once? It'll
       be tough!

EMERL: No problem! No problem! ... ... ... No holding back! I hope you two
       don't get hurt!


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EMERL: ...Thank you! Shadow! Sonic! I'm so glad to have met you... and everyone
       else too! I don't know what my creator was thinking when he made me, but
       I'm glad that he did because I got to meet all of you! When I first met
       you all, I was like a little baby robot who couldn't do anything! Heh
       heh... I couldn't even talk! I was weak, but you all protected me, and
       played with me. I'm sure there were times when I was a burden, or I was
       in the way, but in my time with you, I never felt "in danger" or
       "worried" as Gerald programmed me to. All I ever felt was "fun" and
       "excitement." And "happiness," too...

SHADOW: {Ha.} Hmph! There's no need for a weapon to have feelings. ...This is
        ridiculous! I am leaving! *leaves*

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Hey! Shadow! Maybe you should try learning a thing or two from
       Emerl and be more honest with yourself! ...Heh! Not that I'd expect
       anything different out of you, though!! But hey, Emerl... I'm not your
       guardian anymore, so if there's one thing I want to leave you with, it's
       this: {Yeah!} I want you to live your life to the fullest!

EMERL: Thanks! You, too!

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Haha! Look who's all grown up now! One more thing, you need to
       work on your punches! They just look lame! Who showed you how to punch,
       anyway? Look, punches should be more like this...


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GAME: Emerl, who has come to realize that he has the same soul as Shadow does,
      has finally obtained 7 "Chaos Emerald"... However, Dr. Eggman has not
      given up on his plans for world domination yet...

EGGMAN: Um, The Phis were all destroyed. Chaos and Gamma are useless, too. All
        the "Chaos Emeralds" I had have been taken by Sonic and his disgusting
        friends... The Gizoid has been equipped with 7 "Chaos Emeralds." Now
        that he has been awakened, combined with the training that Sonic and
        his pals put him through, he should be extremely powerful. Most people
        would give up here, I suppose... But, not I. For am I a genius
        scientist, Eggman! If my grandfather's journal is correct... Heh heh
        heh... Haaah hah hah hah!!! This time you'll learn, Sonic! {Mwahaha!}

* - Sonic and Emerl come nearby.

SONIC: {Hey!} So, I said you are still far from being perfect!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hah hah hah hah hah!!! Well, well, well... How are you
        doing, my dirty little spiked rat, and my useless weapon?

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Eggman! Did you come all the way here just to mess with Emerl
       again? You know, being over persistent won't win you any popularity
       contests!

EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hah hah hah!!! Enough with the small talk! I have no use
        for this pile of junk anyway! I have completed the perfect weapon! I
        have installed the "Final Egg Blaster" on the ultimate planet
        destroying battleship... "the Death Egg"!!! Haaah hah hah hah!
        Stupendous! It's wonderful, I tell you! It is my greatest creation
        ever! {Prepare to die!} With this, I will finally accomplish my goal
        of world domination! I can see it now! The world will bow before me!
        You can do naught but wait, cowering in fear! You poor weaklings! You
        shall learn to fear me! So long, my loud mouthed spikey rat friend! The
        next time we meet, I shall be the king of the world! Gaaah hah hah
        hah!!! {Mwahahaha!} *disappears*

SONIC: Hmph... The old guy sure seems excited! Well, it looks like that "Final
       Something-or-Other" that Knuckles was telling me about is finally
       finished. I guess we're not the only ones who've got a score to settle
       here.

TAILS: Sonic! Emerl! Have you seen it?! A giant battleship has appeared in
       "Holy Summit"!

SONIC: Hey, Tails! Yeah, we heard. I swear, that old guy just doesn't know
       when to give up! He couldn't get his hands on Emerl, so he goes and
       whips up another one of his weird inventions, and now he's shouting
       something about taking over the world!

EMERL: Well, he was the one that woke me up in the first place. I've got a few
       things to settle with him!

SONIC: You really have grown up, Emerl! Looks like we've gotta hike to "Holy
       Summit"! Emerl! Tails!

EMERL: All right!

TAILS: But, something's not right. Why would he be so out and out honest about
       his plans? Even the government keeps some things a secret... It feels
       too deliberate... Like he's trying to lure us into following him. I've
       got a bad feeling about this. Anyway, I'll go fetch a warp transporter
       so we can reach the battleship, so go to "Holy Summit" and I'll meet
       you there!


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KNUCKLES: {Ha.} You came, as expected...

SONIC: Knuckles... What on earth is this...?

KNUCKLES: When that battleship appeared, the "Estuary" instantly froze over,
          and "Chaos" appeared. He's just sitting there, guarding the "Death
          Egg." Chaos is the guardian god of the Chao. He only shows himself
          in times of great crisis. Looks like we're in deep trouble this time!

SONIC: Haha! Things are finally getting exciting! Hmm... So that's the "Death
       Egg," huh? I can see why the old guy was so excited... That thing's
       huge!

TAILS: Sonic!

SONIC: Tails!

TAILS: I've brought the transporter! But... It takes a while to charge up, and
       it only has one charge left.

SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Really... Well, Emerl! You should be the one to go, shouldn't
       you?

EMERL: You bet!

SONIC: {Yeah!} Why don't you go pay the old man a visit, and "thank" him!

EMERL: Yeah!

SONIC: Don't leave until you're ready.

EMERL: All right!

SONIC: We'll be waiting at our usual spots if you want to practice some
       techniques beforehand.

EMERL: Thank you!

TAILS: Emerl... Are you ready? Then... I'll turn the transporter... {Yah!} On!!


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SONIC (radio): Emerl? Can you hear me? We're watching from a monitor over here!
               We can project our voices to your location, so we'll be cheering
               you on! Amy, Cream, Shadow, and Rouge should be here soon, too!

EMERL: Hey! Doctor! Long time no see!!!

EGGMAN: Gizoid... Looks like you've changed... From your new looks, I can tell
        you're not a war machine any longer.

EMERL: Yeah, that's right! My friends helped me!

EGGMAN: That is very good. Very good indeed! {Mwahahaha!} Hoo, ho, ho, ho!!

EMERL: You can laugh all you want. I'm here to defeat you and bring this to an
       end!

EGGMAN: Let's see just how powerful you really are! It's time to test whether
        or not the legends of the "Gizoid's" strength are true!


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EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Haaah hah hah! Is that all?? I'm not even trying yet!


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EGGMAN: {It can't be!} Please, I-I beg you...!! Forgive me!! Please have a
        heart! I swear I will never do this again!

EMERL: Hmph... You're not very cool, Eggman! See you later! Try not to do
       anything bad anymore, okay? If you're smart enough to build battleships
       like this, I'm sure you can find other things to do! ...But, I wanted
       to thank you for waking me  up. Thanks to you, I've learned the true
       meaning of "friendship." I'm not just a weapon... I'm a living being
       with a "heart" and free will! *turns around*

EGGMAN: ... Hah! {Huh!} NOW!!! Launch "Final Egg Blaster"!!!!

* - A huge white flash comes on, and the Death Egg shakes furiously as it fires
    the FEB.

EMERL: Urk... Eggman... What are you doing?!

EGGMAN: {Mwahaha!} Hah, ha, ha! You're so soft!! That's understandable, of
        course. You were raised by those little wimps! Their weakness will be
        the end of you! {Mwahahaha!} Haaah hah hah hah! Look! All the stars
        over there have been destroyed! How do you feel, Gizoid? Are you ready
        to start capturing energy???

EMERL: W-What?! ...N-Noooo!!! ... ... ...

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* - Emerl starts shaking rapidly as he shifts between his Emerl and Gizoid
    personalities; finally stopping under the influence of Gizoid.

GIZOID: ... ... ... Initiating data acquisition...


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SONIC: {What?!} -(!)- Hey, Emerl..., oh no!!

SHADOW: No! Now I understand what's going on. The Doctor planned this all
        along!!


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* - Note: There aren't actually spaces in the binary, but they _are_ colored
    differently, so I assume it was meant to differentiate between them. Each
    space represents a change in the color.

GIZOID: 0010101001 00010100101010101 010101010000101010 00001101111 10101
        0101111110 010101001 00010100101010 000101010 000011011111 0101010
        111111111001

* - Gizoid trembles.


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SONIC: Emerl? Emerl?! Hey! Emerl!!


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EMERL: I shall... all... things..and... conquer... all...

EGGMAN: {Mwahaha!} Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! There's still one little "Link" you guys
        didn't know about!! {Mwahaha!} The Gizoid will create a new "Link" if
        it encounters someone with overwhelming power!

* - Emerl shakes several times from pain.

EMERL: ... ... ... Power... Overflowing... Can't hold it in... Can't hold it
       in... Sonic... Shadow... Help... In such pain... Mom... It hurts... The
       pain...


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SONIC: Emerl! Emerl! Hang in there!!!! Emerl!! Act tough like you always do!
       Come on! That's an order!!! Emerl!!!!!!


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EGGMAN: {Mwahahaha!} Hoo, ho, ho, ho!! Now, Gizoid! Establish a link with ME!
        Huh? Come on, listen to me! What's happening?

GIZOID: ... ... ... Launch "Final Egg Blaster" at earth...

EGGMAN: -(!)- What!?

SONIC (off-screen): Emerl! Stop!! ...No! He can't hear us!

GIZOID: One minute before launch...

EGGMAN: {Shoot!} Knock it off, Gizoid! If the earth is gone, I won't be able
        to achieve world domination!

GIZOID: Get out of the way... *punches Eggman*

EGGMAN: -(!)- {It can't be!} Uh!! *trembles, then disappears*


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SONIC: Emerl!! -(!)- What's this?! *the Master Emerald floats to Sonic* A
       "Master Emerald"! Where did this come from? I see! We can use this to
       stop the "Chaos Emeralds" from getting out of control! With the
       legendary power of the "Master Emerald," we might be able to snap Emerl
       out of it! We've gotta give it a shot

TAILS: Sonic! The transporter is ready!!

SHADOW: I am... no longer... You must go... Sonic...

SONIC: Shadow...


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AMY: Sonic... Please...

CREAM: {Ohh!!} Sonic... Emerl... You've got to stop Emerl!


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SONIC: Amy... Cream...


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KNUCKLES: Even though he's grown up, he's still pretty high-maintenance!

ROUGE: You better rescue him quickly. I still need to turn him into a master
       robot thief.


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SONIC: Rouge... Knuckles... {Yeah!} OK! I'm off to rescue Emerl!

TAILS: Sonic... Emerl's counting on you... Turning on the warp transporter...
       now!

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SONIC: {Ah-ha!} Hey, Emerl! Lookin' pretty good!

GIZOID: ...That light... Can't see!!!!

* - A bright flash fills the entire screen.

SONIC: Ugh!!!

* - Gizoid attacks Sonic, and then shatters the Master Emerald.

SONIC: What?! The Master Emerald!!!


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SHADOW: Broken... Into tiny little pieces...

KNUCKLES: {Ugh...} I can't believe this!?


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GIZOID: 30 second before "Final Egg Blaster" is launched.


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SHADOW: {Ha.} This is the final voice of the last war machine... So begins the
        destruction of the earth... A natural result of ignorant human desires
        and greed...

ROUGE: Hey, you better deal with this situation in a more positive manner! I
       don't want to die!!


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CREAM: Are we all... all... going to die...?

TAILS: Sonic!! Can you hear me?! Emerl has absorbed too much energy and has
       surpassed his limits! He's highly unstable right now! If you can inflict
       a great amount of damage on him, you'll put a stop to it! But, Emerl...
       will probably be destroyed... He won't be able to contain the energy
       that he's absorbed within his body...


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SONIC: ...Emerl... Always causing trouble... Even in the end... ... ... It's
       time for one final party!!!


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* - Emerl has reverted to his normal personality.

EMERL: Where... is here...?  *crackles* Who... am I...? *crackles* Sonic... The
       pain... *crackles* Shadow... Dark... *crackles* Am I..., am I...
       *crackles* going to die...? *crackles*

* - The light fluctuates several times, and Sonic appears on the screen.

SONIC: ...merl!! Emerl!!!!

EMERL: Sonic...

SONIC: Are you all right!? Come on!

EMERL: ... ... ...

SONIC: Can you walk!? Let's return to earth!

* - Emerl trembles over and over as he speaks.

EMERL: It's... been fun... Thank you... Sonic... This is... Goodbye... I'm
       glad... I got to see everyone one last time... ... ... ... ... ... ...
       Has Tails... gotten stronger? I know he tried his hardest... to protect
       me... Thank him for me... And Knuckles... we had so much fun... Even
       though he is too... gullible... But he is such... a good guy... So,
       Sonic... don't tease him too much, okay? And Mom... Cream... Looks like
       this is goodbye... I don't want to go... I'll miss all of you... ... ...
       Shadow... Should I be glad that...I was born...?

SONIC: Quit playing around! Don't get all serious on me now, Emerl! You... You
       think this is goodbye or something? Hey! Come on, Emerl! Let's go play!
       Everyone is waiting for us back home! Tails! And even Shadow and
       Knuckles! Hey, I know! We can trick Knuckles into doing some stupid
       stuff again! We'll go home and... and... we'll all laugh and have a
       good time!!!! Right, Emerl...? Emerl!!!!!!!!

EMERL: *trembles* ... ... ... ... ...

* - Emerl starts beeping increasingly faster, until it comes to a screech. A
    light flashes; when it dissipates, Emerl is gone.

SONIC: Emerl has... disappeared...


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SHADOW: This was Gerald's final program... Should a weapon go out of control,
        the weapon will terminate itself... ... ... ... It is my desire to
        bring hope to humanity. I can't stand it...

CREAM: Sob... Emerl...

SONIC: H-hey! Don't you cry! Cream!

CREAM: Sonic!

SONIC: Come on, don't cry! Emerl is right here!

* - A Chaos Emerald fragment floats down to Sonic.

CREAM: ... Yes! As part of the "Emerald shards"...


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TAILS: Someday... If this world finally knows true peace... If this world no
       longer needs weapons or wars... If we can make this world a truly
       peaceful place when we're older... If we can make a world where there's
       only laughter... Do you think we'll be able to play with Emerl again?

SONIC: ... ... ... {Yeah!} ...Yeah! Definitely!


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   The Fight with Chaos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10'04]
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[Start]: It's time to party!
[End]: Sweet!
[Die]: What?!


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[Start]: Okay, time to fly!
[End]: I must be getting stronger!
[Die]: Oh!!
[???]: Ready for me?!


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[Start]: Let's see whatcha got!
[End]: Winning is everything!
[Die]: Oh!!


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[Start]: Bring it on!
[End]: Stone fists!


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[End]: You guys are such losers!


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[Start]: Let's do it!
[End]: Ha ha! I won!!


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[Start]: I'll show you my ultimate power!
[End]: Didn't even break a sweat!
[Die]: Puh!


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[Die]: Initiating recovery mode...


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GAME: "Prof. Gerald's Journal [number]" ... [entry]


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I have uncovered a most interesting specimen from the warehouse. I believe it
to be some sort of puppet or robot made by an ancient people. At first, I
didn't think anything of it, but when I was experimenting on "Chaos Emeralds,"
it began to move. This suggests the possibility that even the ancient
civilizations could harness the power of the "Chaos Emeralds." When I was
researching various papers related to the "Chaos Emeralds" and this robot, I
discovered that there was a possibility that this robot was something
incredible. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but this robot may be the
cause of the destruction of the Fourth Great Civilization. I'm not sure I
believe it just yet, though.


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I am no longer able to ignore the possibility that this robot did in fact
destroy the Fourth Great Civilization. I have discovered a stone tablet that
explains as much. According to the tablet, "When the figure falls from the
heavens, and the Stone of the Gods is joined, all that exists will become one
again." Though it is difficult to believe, this robot has been watching my
movements, and mimicking all that I do. I was amazed by my scans of this being.
Surprisingly, reams and reams of data scrolled and caused my most powerful
computer to crash. More intriguing was that the data was all about melee combat
and weapons of that age. Eventually, if this being is ever restored to its
former state, it will put all that data to use, and recreate all the weaponry
and combat abilities that it once had... And that's not all. If my guesses are
correct, it will also have the ability to absorb modern weaponry as well. What
have I done? I have uncovered a horrible weapon...


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I now understand why this being was named "Gizoid". In the ancient tongue, it
means "everything." According to the stone tablet, if the Gizoid establishes a
"Link" with someone, the Gizoid will swear loyalty to that person. Perhaps it
still lacks "Chaos Emerald" energy, but it has been saying the word "Link" to
me in broken tones. It went on to explain: "Show me your true strength, and I
shall obey. I am all things, and all shall belong to me." So, as it suggested,
I brought before it my collection of model guns, and fired them all. Then,
suddenly, it said, "I shall follow your every command, and never leave your
side." And since then, it refuses to listen to anyone but me. While it still
is a fearsome weapon of destruction, while it remains under my control, at
least it won't be used for evil. However, if someone with evil intention ever
forms a "Link" with the Gizoid... I don't even want to think about what will
happen. I must research how one can re-establish a "Link" with the Gizoid...


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The upper echelon is going crazy. Perhaps, they aim to freeze Project "Shadow".
Soon, the ultimate life form, "Shadow" will be completed... The application to
my granddaughter is also imminent. I cannot just let them stop my study at this
point. Because I am the only one who can save my granddaughter's life.


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The higher ups are threatening to shut down this research facility. I had no
choice but to hand them the Gizoid to buy more time for my research. I tried to
be careful and commanded it to never absorb any dangerous technologies.
However, I have heard that other researchers have been making the Gizoid absorb
weapons. Apparently, the way to cause the Gizoid to form a new "Link" is to
show it power that surpasses that of its former master. While this poses
immense danger, I cannot risk losing Maria.


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My worst fears have come true. The Gizoid has absorbed enough weaponry and
technology that it has started to go out of control. The resulting rampage
resulted in the destruction of most of the "Ark." ... I have deciphered the
rest of the stone tablet. It says, "When the Gizoid had learned all that it
could, it became a god of wrath, and all was destroyed." The researchers
somehow managed to subdue the Gizoid and sealed it away. Luckily, it only had
one "Chaos Emerald" installed. If it were to have all 7 Emeralds installed, it
might destroy the whole planet. The Gizoid is too much of a liability. I tried
destroying its core, but nothing I did worked. I understand too little of the
technology that built him. My best hope is to try and reprogram its AI into a
free-willed, emotions-based AI...


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I have heard there was an accident at the research facility. ... ... ...
Everything... Everything is gone. My own Maria's name was among the list of
casualties. My beloved granddaughter... They tell me her parting words were,
"Bring hope to humanity." I have decided that the keyword to activate the
Gizoid's free-willed emotions-based AI program will be those very words.
"Bring hope to humanity." My poor, poor Maria...


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A heritage of the past I dug out, "Gizoid"... And the ultimate life form I
created by my own hands, Shadow... I equipped both weapons with "heart." If all
powers are not what is to be obtained for oneself, but what is to be born from
hearts that yearn for someone, I believe all conflicts should cease to exist.
Please... If there is anyone listening to my prayers... Bring hope to humanity.


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#01: Emerald Beach
#02: Emerald Beach (easternmost edge)
#03: Tails' House
#04: Tails' Lab
#05: Building


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#01: Amy's Room
#02: Crossing
#03: Central Lab
#04: Central Highway
#05: Office


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#01: Gimme Shelter
#02: Club "Rouge"
#03: Bar
#04: Casino
#05: Theater
#06: Hotel


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#01: Bridge
#02: Knuckles' House
#03: Ruins
#04: Altar
#05: Crater


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#01: Eggman


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Yeah, I know this is fairly pointless. But Chaos is a major character, so...


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CHAOS: ...

GAME: [Yes/No]:
                [Yes]:
                       CHAOS: ...

                [No]:
                      CHAOS: ...


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CHAOS: ... ...


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01: When Sonic says, "OK, We'll borrow that "Chaos Emerald now!"", the word
    'we'll' shouldn't be capitalized.

02: When Security says, "You again? How many time do I have to...", the word
    'time' should be 'times'.

03: When Rouge says, "I can't let doctor take all the fun for himself." The
    word 'doctor' should either be 'the doctor', or 'doctor Eggman'.

04: When Amy says, "That's it... Sonic... ?", there shouldn't be a space
    between "..." and "?".

05: In the third Gerald's Jorunal entry (after beating Rouge's Episode), there
    are no "..." separating the acquisition message and the actual entry.

06: When Rouge says, "That robot's probably just has parts that you
    recognize.", the word 'robot's' should be 'robot'.

07: When Tails says, - That's a "Chaos Emerald! -, there should be a second
    quotation mark following the '!'.

08: When Knuckles says, "It's about time we settle once and for all!", the word
    'settle' should have 'this' following it.

09: When Eggman says, "I must retreat to "Gimee Shelter." THEY'LL NEVER FIND ME
    IN "Gimee Shelter," LOCATED IN "Night Babylon"!", both usages of 'Gimee'
    should be 'Gimme'.

10: The Gerald's Journal entry from Knuckles' Episode has no lead in at all.

11: When Amy says, "All right, we now have a total of "5" Emerald shards !",
    there shouldn't be a space between 'shards' and the '!'.

12: When Eggman says, "Hurry up and capture them, and take them to "Gimee
    Shelter"!", the word 'Gimee' should be 'Gimme'.

13: When Chaos Gamma says, "Dr. Eggman gave me a "Emerald shard"!", the 'a'
    should be 'an'.

14: When Eggman says, "Hello? hello? HELLO!", the second 'hello' should have
    its first letter capitalized.

15: When Rouge said, "His hope was that no matter how crazed and obsessed with
    destruction mankind might became, the weapons themselves would never
    fight.", the word 'became' should be 'become'.

16: When Emerl says, "I represent all things, and shall become Gizoid, the
    conquerer of all."", the word 'conquerer' should be 'conqueror'.

17: When Shadow says, "Eggman no longer will no longer have any control over
    you.", either the first or second 'no longer' should be dropped.

18: When Eggman says, "Um, The Phis were all destroyed.", the word 'The' should
    start with a lowercase 't'.

19: When Sonic says, "Hey, Emerl..., oh no!!", there shouldn't be a comma after
    the '...'.

20: When Emerl says, "Am I..., am I...", there shouldn't be a comma after the
    '...'.


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v1.00 (01/02/06) - Finished.

v1.01 (04/15/06) - Removed the Opening Statements section, added section 1'03,
                   and changed a bit of the formatting.
     *(05/03/06) - Added SuperCheats.com to the allowed sites list.


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As a note, credit is ordered chronologically (i.e., which I got first to last),
so don't think I hold any one contribution over another.


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Just a few notes, nothing more...

Assuming what information you send in does make it into this guide, then your
name will be added to the Credits section. In the event that you would either
like to keep your name private ("anonymous"), or if you don't want any credit
at all, please make a note of it in the email, and I'll act accordingly.

Now, if you do want your name added, please give a name to which I can
attribute credit. If you don't have any particular alias in mind, then I'll use
the first part of your email (i.e. SomeDude@SomeEmail would be "SomeDude").

Thank you in advance for any contributions.


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publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
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