The Chaotix, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy, the Freedom Fighters etc.. belong to the almighty Sega. Please don't sue me, or I'll kill- er... never mind. Eliza and co belong to the one and only, moi, and will not be used without permission. You will not. You will ask. You will obey.

Eliza is pronounced é-lee-za. For crying out loud, it's her birthday. Get it right.

Its eyes opened, emerald green. The being stood up, it's metal hull shimmering in the dim light of the room. A pair of blood red eyes shown thought the darkness, indicating another presence, the creator. He was concentrating of a screen of some sort.

"Happy Birthday Eliza. Hope you survive the experience."

Eliza's Birthday Bash

Eliza yawned, stretched, and toppled out of bed. It had to be around 8:30 am in the morning. She peered out the window, pulling the blinds up. After going through all the morning preparations, she set off to find company. Knuckles wasn't around, and she was lonely.

"Happy Birthday Eliza," she smirked to herself, entering Mighty's house.

"Mighty?" Nobody home.

She checked the rest of the houses. Nothing.

"Maybe..... a surprise party....." she mused, but immediately chided herself.

"Don't be so selfish, Eliza. I'm sure they have better things to do.."

"HEY!" a voice broke through her thought, and Miles "Tails" Prower, her long time friend appeared, and collapsed, panting.

"What happened?" Eliza questioned, helping him up.

"Mecha's released some new super weapon. Everyone else was captured."

"SAY WHAT?!" Eliza's mouth dropped.

"Super-weapon!?"

"Yeah.. come on, we gotta get the out." He took some time to regain her breath, then picked Eliza up, and, using his namesakes as a helicopter, he flew in the direction of the massive factory.

Half an hour later, the two sidekicks were in the prison cells.

"I'll go right," Eliza put in.

"Right."

"Don't even...." But Tails was gone before she could finish. She shook herm head, then headed to the Chaotix's cells.

No one.

Eliza blinked, confused.

"Greetings."

She spun around, and gasped.

"Who-what are you?!" The figure smirked.

"Don't you know me?"

"Enerjak...?" she spluttered.

"You could say that." The figure ceded.

"No...."

"Metal-Enerjak, my little friend."

"WHAT!?"

"That's right. An old friend of yours, Metal-Sonic built me as a birthday present for you." Eliza narrowed her eyes, and got into a battle stance.

"That's not all, my dear. I also have a gift for you." Something grabbed her arms, pinning them to her sides, and lifting her into
the air at the same time.

"No, no!"

"Yes, yes!"

Chancing a look behind her, Eliza found herself staring deep into the eyes of the person she dearly wished wasn't holding her up.
Metal-Enerjak glanced at Mighty.

"Kill her."

Taking swift action, Mighty tossed Eliza over his shoulder, and she impacted with the wall, sliding painfully down.

"Ouch....."

Mighty picked her up again, and slammed her into a wall. Eliza bit her lip to keep herself from crying out. She then concentrated starting to glow a faint green. Mighty looked at her in surprise, and felt the energy being drained from him. Instinctively, he released her, none-to-gently, and the young echidna fell to the ground, rubbing her sore back.
Mighty shook himself out of the trance and lunged for her. But Eliza was prepared. She tripped him, and back flipped away from him, then got into a stance.

"What am I gonna do?"

The last time they had fought, (Author's Note: A fic that shall never be written, Versus. It' sort of a re-write of the original Knuckles Mini-series, aka: Rites of Passage. As you may of guessed, Eliza ended up fighting an Enerjak-possessed Mighty) Eliza had only won by pure luck. In fact, she didn't win at all. Metal-Enerjak blocked the exit, and Mighty had her completely covered. She had nowhere to run.
Panicking, the echidna scrunched her body into a ball, and blasted at Mighty, sending him reeling. He wasn't down for long, however, and caught her fist in mid-punch. Eliza tried to wrench her hand free, but Mighty only tightened his grip. The birthday girl winced, and attempted to hit him with free hand. But Mighty was expecting this. He caught her other hand, and pushed forward, forcing Eliza to stumble backwards. He plowed her towards a wall. Sudden realization struck her. If he succeeded, she'd have no chance of living!
Feinting courage, Eliza placed one foot on Mighty's mid-side, and flipped him over. She almost screamed out in pain. Her arms felt as though they were being torn from their sockets. Mighty was forced to let go, and Eliza popped, moaning to the ground.

"I am NEVER doing that again," she thought, smarting.

And then Mighty was on top of her. She tried to push him off but her arms wouldn't move. He held her firmly to the ground with one hand, and raised his other one, curling it into a fist. A sneer formed across his usually gentle face, and Eliza closed her eyes, wanting to cry.

WHAM!

Something big and green slammed into both of them, and the two combatants were sent flying in different directions.

"Vector is in da house!" the amiable croc grinned. Eliza was torn between laughing out in relief, and rolling her eyes.

"Hey Esp, get the squirt outta here, kay? I'll take care Schwarzenegger here."

Eliza felt herself being lifted, and held in place. Then everything blurred. Espio was running.
Mighty rose to his feet, muttering words best not repeated.
Vector advanced, a cheeky look on his face.
Espio slowed down some, and resumed his normal colouring.

"Idiot," he murmured to no one in particular. He was still holding her, and she felt uncomfortable. He never carried her
properly.

"Espio?"

He ignored her.

"Espio, put me down please," she said, raising her voice a bit.

"That was too easy," a crooked leer formed across his face.

"Espio?"

It hit her.

"You're one of them!" Eliza struggled, but Espio had a firm grip on her.

"Thank you," he noted with his common tone of bitter sarcasm, "Ms. five time Mensa applicant."

Eliza felt her usual dose of annoyance. She began to sap energy from him. Then, she quickly reversed, causing a spark. It wasn't a painful shock. Just one that surprised Espio enough to drop her. As soon as her feet touched solid ground, she sped off. Espio lost a few precious seconds recovering, then cursed, faded out and whisked after his target.

Vector gulped inaudibly, his confidence ebbing. He hadn't expected the fight to be this hard.
Mighty swiped at him. Vector flew back about ten feet, collided with a fall and got up.

"Is that the best you got?!" he challenged, acting braver than he felt.

Mighty stayed quiet, but advanced. Vector backed up, but found himself in a dead end.
With nothing else left to do, he panicked.

"Might-man, don't do this! You were always the one breaking up fights between me and Esp. Mighty!" His voice was pleading. Mighty took no heed. Delivering a final blow, Mighty turned away. Vector slumped to the ground. The armadillo walked on. His prey was around somewhere..

The echidna in question shot through the halls of Robotropolis, heart pounding. Luckily, Robotnik had left for a few weeks, and taken a large majority of his SWATbots with him. But the SWATbots where the least of her problems. She peered wildly around her, knowing that nothing she could do at the time, would indicate where Espio was. Normally, Espio wouldn't have been a problem, but she had no hopes of locating him while she was running. It made her nervous. She skidded to a halt, and whipped her head around aimlessly, panic welling up inside of her. She sniffed the air, and strained her ears. Espio was coming her way. She felt her foot touch something. She was standing on one of those trap doors that Robotnik had around dungeons. Anyone stupid enough to stand on it, would instantly be released into a pit. Luckily, she was too light for it. Espio's squeaky footsteps echoed through the halls. She feverishly tried to locate Espio's whereabouts, but her nervousness broke her concentration. They got closer, she could hear him panting. She has to guess. Spending a couple of more seconds rooted to her spot, she then sprang off it. Bingo! It opened, admitting what seemed to be thin air. Espio let out a yelp, and his cries bounced off the walls of the pit. The trap door closed, taking Eliza's paranoia with it. Eliza breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned against the wall, regaining her composure. She knew that Espio could climb out, but it would take him a while.

"One down...."

Suddenly, something large and heavy crashed into the wall, 1 inch away from her. Eliza almost forgot to breathe when she spotted Mighty, a few meters away. Without a second thought, Eliza made a mad dash for the exit, Mighty trailing behind her. She had to get away. Even though she could beat Mighty in a 100meter race, he was faster, in the long run. Like Sonic, he needed time to warm up before reaching his maximum speed. Mighty gained on her, and Eliza made a series of sharp turns, trying to lose him. It didn't work. He wasn't the second-fastest mobian on the planet for nothing. Plus, he randomly hurled huge, and bulky items at her, to slow her down. She entered another room, slamming the door behind her. Metal-Enerjak in view, he was in the next room. An idea popped up into her head, and she headed for it. Mighty punched the closed door, and it blasted off it's hinges, and onto the adjacent wall. He took off after Eliza in hot pursuit, closing the gap between them. He could touch her now. He clawed at her back, but Eliza put up another burst of speed, and pulled ahead. Metal-Enerjak still wasn't aware of the two presences, and Eliza was getting closer to her. Mighty flexed his fist, and pulled back, aiming. Eliza flew through the doorway, and veered out of the way, just as Mighty let his punch fly. He collided with the metallic echidna and punched him at the same time, both of them tumbling out of the air. Eliza took no heed of her victory, but continued to run as if the devil were chasing her.
Mighty rubbed his temples, groaning softly, and still quite dazed. Eliza finally ended her work-out, at a cell that contained most of the resistance.

"Eliza!" Tails cried happily, crawling over to the bars, "Man, am I glad to see you!"

She swiped a card key through the digitized lock, accumulated earlier on, and the cell's door slid open.

"Okay, Sally and Bunnie, get Sonic. He's being dragged to the roboticizer." She pointed to Knuckles,

"You, go find Mighty, He's in the main chamber," her finger moved over to Tails and Amy, "Get Vector," she instructed, "He's somewhere around the East Wing." She then turned to Charmy, "Espio's in one of the trap pits." Knuckles gripped her by the shoulders.

"Hey, hey. Who died and made you queen of the world?" Eliza looked up at her brother with urgent eyes.

"Please, Knux, just do it," she begged. Knuckles smiled, nodded, and ruffled up her dreads a bit.

"What about you?" Tails questioned of his friend.

"I," Eliza announced, "Have business to attend to with a certain person."  The others ignored this answer, and proceeded to follow her orders.

"Now... I've got to find the plans for Metal-Enerjak, in order to beat him."

She crept into Mecha's main room, squirreling around in his drawers. Nothing. Something in the neighbouring room caught her eye. Blueprints! Feeling like a lottery winner, the young echidna ventured into it, glancing around. Strangely enough, they weren't in sight anymore. The illogic made her blink. She advanced, confused.

THUNK!

The door slammed shut. And then, she knew. On instinct, she twisted her body around, but not fast enough. Metal-Enerjak's staff caught her square in the stomach, and she lurched backwards. She rose to her feet, clasping her midside.

"You will pay," he informed her, his voice as cold as ice, "That was the only chance I had at possession."

Eliza said nothing. Suddenly, two metal cuffs came out of the ground, and closed around her ankles, binding her to the ground. Enerjak powered up an attack, likely to be a mechanic attempt at magic. She closed her eyes, waiting for the blow. Another noise told her that ME had released the blast. It never came. Something picked her up, and Eliza's eyes snapped open.

"MIGHTY!" All her fears dissolved, and everything around her blurred. She was in Mighty's safe, gentle arms. Everything was going to be perfect again. A beam of happiness lit up her face, and she snuggled a bit against him. Mighty was going to make okay. Then she noticed it. The wound in his chest. Eliza's heart almost stopped, and her face instantly became one of disbelief and shock.

"N-n-no!" Her face went paler than a ghost.

It wasn't happening. It couldn't be happening. It was all a big nightmare. It had to be.

"You!" Metal-Enerjak screeched, "What do you think you're doing!?"

"Don't hurt her.." Mighty's tone was still as confident and cool as always, despite his fatal condition.

"And why shouldn't I?"

"She's just a kid."

"So? That girl is destined for death."

"Not if I can help it."

"What are you going to do, take her place?" Mighty could sense the sneer.

A short pause.

"Yes."

"Mighty, no!" Eliza pleaded.

Mighty bent down, and set her on the ground. He lowered himself to her height, placing both hands on her shoulders. Their
eyes locked.

"Eliza.. listen to me. You're a kid. You have many years to live ahead of you-"

"So do you!" Eliza interjected, desperate. This was not happening. Her eyes shimmered.

"Eliza, you're a Guardian. You're a child. You need to live."

"But-" Mighty cut her off.

"No buts, young lady. Now get out of here."

He let go, and bumped her gently in the direction of the exit.

"But-"

"DO IT!" Eliza forced herself to move towards the door, knowing that Metal Enerjak would attack her instead. He didn't. he continued to power up his blast, and Eliza found herself very close to the door.

"NO! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" Her mind screamed at the robot. 

"There must be some way to get him to attack me instead..." then she noticed it. The staff. It was glowing. No doubt is was Metal Enerjak's power source. She eyed it closely, creeping up on the intent creation. Then, without warning, she leaped forwards, swiftly snatched the staff out of his hand, and bounded out the door. 
Metal Enerjak let out a shriek of pure rage, and raced after her.
The dieing armadillo sank to his knees.

"No.. " he murmured, then, gathering up his last ounce of energy, he shouted out:

"ELIZA!"

She dashed through the abandoned city, heart beating frantically in her ribcage. 

"I'll avenge Mighty," in her hand, the staff glowed brightly, shooting electricity to her, as if trying to make her let go of it, so that
it could return to it's master. Eliza grit her teeth, dismissed it, and bounded on. She had to break the staff. It was made of steel, and Eliza was far too weak to snap it herself.

"Bingo!" She reached the center of the city, a massive factory, made for belching pollution, and harnessing metals. Metal Enerjak's noises of fury were gettign louder. With great speed and agility, Eliza trust the staff between to gears, and watched as they struggled to continue their path. Metal Enerjak was beside her. After a brief moment of vibrating, the staff snapped in half, and sparks flew off it. Smoke seeped out of the area of destruction. The metallic echidna stared blankly at the staff for some time, no expression on his robotic face. A few sparkles poured off him. Then, he snapped. Not unlike the snap of the staff. He felt a feeling. Hatred. No, not hatred. Loathing. Detestation. He was seized with an obsession to kill Eliza and gripped with a abhorrence that was identical to what Metal-Sonic felt for his organic counterpart. She must die. He now had one objective, one mission. Kill the echidna is front of him. Kill her.

"YOU WILL DIE!" he bellowed, his eyes now a deep red.

Eliza subconsciously took a step back.
She hadn't expected this kind of ferocity out of the robot. She had thought that without his staff, Metal-Enerjak would be useless.
The adrenalin that had fueled her earlier was now completely drained. Metal-Enerjak glided towards her, venom and electricity sparking from his digital eyes.

"He's pretty mad," Eliza pondered to herself, "If I could lure him to the roof, and get him to run off on his own, I won't even have to throw a punch," content with her plan, and secretly happy to have an excuse to run from the creepy thin, Eliza whirled around, and fled. Metal Enerjak took off after her, lust for her blood to be spilled urging him on.
The two combatants soon found themselves at the top of Robotropolis, and they turned to face each other.

"You will die," he uttered simply to the small echidna in front of him. He seemed incapable of saying anything else.

"We'll see about that," Eliza countered, folding her arms. She had expected him to be more impulsive and aggressive than this.

Her plan instantly crumpled.

"Only goes to prove...." she mentally told herself. Boasting confidence she didn't have, she puffed out her chest slightly, and informed him:

"You'll pay for what you did to Mighty, and everyone else." Her tone was determined, yet faltered at the ferocity of the monster before her.

"That's a weak threat from someone that can barely lift a notebook!" came the sharp retort. Eliza clenched her fists at the insult, and felt herself boil. Remarks about her lack of strength usually made her tick. Not allowing herself to be effected by the childish taunt, she relaxed her fists, smiled winningly, and rebounded:

"Atleast I don't have the IQ of a worm!"

ME instantly felt his old revulsion return.

"Look at her, standing there, mocking me. Such a weak, repulsive, pathetic, annoying creature should not be allowed to live!" He rocketed forward towards her, and Eliza slid out of them way. Instead of running of the building, he skidded to a halt, and did a 360, facing her again. Eliza lost no time in unleashing her attack, and spindashed him in the face. However, Metal-Enerjak deflected the attack with his arm, still sparking, and electrocuted her in the process. Eliza went flying backwards, uncoiling as she did. She crashed, upside-down, into a long antenna, used for gathering electricity. Her foot caught on to one of the rods, and the antenna bent back a little , but snapped back into it's original erect position. Eliza's sneaker ripped, trapping her into the tangle of power lines. She was left hanging upside down, not wanting to try and get herself free, for she hung precariously over the edge of the building, and is her shoe were to rip completely, then she would be left to fall to her death....
ME's anger washed away, and a smug smile appeared on his metallic pace. He took a few leisurely steps towards Eliza.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Eliza, caught like a rat in a trap," he smarmed.

Eliza stayed quiet.
A few more steps.

"Do you want to live, Eliza?"

Silence.

"Beg for mercy."

More silence.

"BEG FOR MERCY!" he clawed at her face. 

Eliza didn't even flinch. She looked up, or rather down, to the gray skies.

"I SAID-"

He didn't get to finish his sentence. Something hit him, sweeping him straight off his feet, and into empty space.
He let out a mechanical like screech as he plummeted to death, the ear-splitting noise hanging in the air. the figure approached the netted echidna, gently unhooked and untangled her, then took her into his arms.

"MIGHTY!" Eliza's eyes went wide, and she latched onto him, hugging him as if he would disappear.

Mighty nodded, smiled and walked off, an ecstatic echidna in his arms.

"You won't have to worry about him any more."

"How...?"

"Well... one minute I was dying, the next I was in minty condition. Not really sure."

"Metal-Sonic was trying to mechanically copy magic.. I guess, when I broke his staff, and disabled him, the effects reversed."

"Probably," he shrugged his shoulders slightly, and set her on the ground.

He then froze, tensed his muscles and his ears went straight up.
Eliza blinked in surprised, and tugged slightly on his glove.

"What is it?" she whispered

"There's someone here," he said lowly. Then, he relaxed.

"It's probably Mecha. He left. You stay here, and I'll go after him."

Eliza nodded, and Mighty stealthily headed after his foe. Eliza remained for a few minutes, and leaned against the wall. Suddenly, the door clanked shut. Eliza straightened.

"Mighty?" No response.

"Hello?"

Nothing.

A chill went down her spine.

A pair of red eyes leered at her from the shadows, and they abruptly moved forward, accompanied by a familiar dark blue robot.

"Mecha! I should have known..."

"We meet again, Eliza. (A/N: Duty Calls) You destroyed my invention.. too bad, I made him specifically for your birthday."

"I'm touched," she muttered darkly, slanting her eyes.

"You should be," his eyes flashed a bit.

Eliza slid backwards.

"This time, nobody can save you from me. Not Sonic, not Mighty, and not the Master Emerald," he leapt at her, pinning her to the wall.

"I think I'd much rather save myself." The faint green aura surrounded her again, and she began to sap his energy. Mecha tensed, and quickly hurled her across the room, as if he had been stung. This was all Eliza needed. She leapt to her feet, and zipped around, dodging Mecha's missiles. She bounced off the wall, curled p into a ball, and rocketed forward, colliding with Mecha's chest. He slid backwards, then stabilized himself, and swung a low punch at her face. Eliza ducked, and flipped him over. Mecha let out a mechanical screech, helped himself up, and unsheathed his missiles, a maniacal like smile growing on his face. He loaded himself, and fired some, all of which Eliza dodged. One impacted with the door, blasting it out of site. Mighty, not too far away, heard the explosion, and took off. Mecha lost almost all of his missiles to the crafty echidna, and soon, the metal of the ceiling had melted, and was coming down rapidly. Both promptly exited the crumbling room, and Eliza crashed into Mighty. Her surprised statement quickly transformed into a relieved beam, and she jumped behind him. Mecha slowed to a halt, registering the new presence. From behind Mighty, Eliza peered out, and childishly stuck her tongue out at him. This infuriated Metal, and he lunged for her. Mighty's fist shot out, hit it's mark, and Mecha flew back into the wall, sliding down in a heap. Mighty swiftly jumped in front of the robot.

"Like picking on little kids, eh?"

Mecha fixed his unnerving gaze on the armadillo. Gathering all his strength, Mighty brought his fist down, one last time.
Mecha's head went through his torso, and his whole metallic body crumpled. The robot was literally flattened. Assuring Mecha's death, Mighty stomped him down, grinding him into the ground. The once famous and lethal robot, Metal-Sonic, now lay dead, less than one inch tall. No more to harass or attack anyone, ever again.
Mighty turned to Eliza.

"Come on, kiddo. It's been a long day. Let's go home." Eliza hopped onto his back, and he walked off, the sunset bathing them in beautiful shades of orange.

Epilogue:

"Happy birthday!"

Her heart nearly stopped.

"I.. think I've had enough surprises already," Eliza grunted. Tails took her by the arm, and lead her to the presents.

"Didja have a nice birthday?" he grinned mischievously

Eliza gave him a sour look.

Amy handed her a small, red (A/N: No, not pink!) box.

"Happy birthday!" 

"Thanks," Eliza opened it, a cool-looking hat appeared.

"Cool!"

Amy brought her hands together in joy, "So glad you like it."

Vector handed her a small package. She unwrapped it, only to find an attractive headset.

"Thanks!" Vector looked down at the little echidna and grinned, "Now you can jam in style. Like me!"

Next, Espio's.
What she found though, surprised her.

"A snowboard! Awesome. But I was expecting spy equipment of something." A small smile hovered around his lips, "Use the force... oh that's right, I forgot, you're a weakling, you don't have any." Eliza gave an annoyed snort.

"Now mine!" Knuckles thrust his present into her arms, nearly knocking her off her feet. Eliza staggered back a bit, and Knuckles caught her with one hand, steadying her.

"Ooops... sorry." Eliza blinked, unwrapped, and was answered with a nice blue vest. 

"Like the one I used to have, before the DL destroyed it..."

She beamed up at Knuckles.

"Thanks bro." Knuckles had an amused look. 

"That's not all." Eliza pulled out something from under the vest. A skirt. Her look turned venomous, and she hissed at him, which only humoured him further.
He laughed.

"..A SKIRT?!"

Eliza slugged him in the stomach. Knux caught her in a headlock and gave her a noogie. After a fair bit of struggling, she broke free, rubbing her head tenderly.
Mighty handed her a box.
Eliza was shocked. From Mighty, she had expected something huge! Eliza pulled the lid off, and was greeted by a pair of sneakers. She looked down at her own, soggy, faded and ripped from the day.

"Thanks Mighty!" 

Were they ever cool-looking! Similar to the ones she hand. but with black soles, and fancier. She pulled her old ones off, and slid Mighty's on.

"Comfy," she noted, bouncing on the balls of her feet.

Sonic tossed her a bag. Inside, there was a shrimp. 

"A shrimp for a shrimp," he grinned cheesily. Eliza rolled her eyes, and dug out something else. It was a dazzling crystal, snowy white.

"Sonic..." she said, awed, "It's beautiful."

"Glad you like it.." He suddenly shot forward, picking her up

"Birthday beatings!" he snickered, and punched her in the stomach.

"1.....2....3...." Eliza gasped for breath. Knuckles swiftly lifted the smaller hedgehog with one hand, growling:

"Lay off..."

Sonic sweatdropped.
Knuckles ripped Eliza out of his arms.

"That's my job!" He giggled a bit, then socked the winded Eliza..

"4...5....6.....7.....8...9...10!"

Eliza coughed.

"And a pinch to grow an inch!" he added. He pinched her on the upper arm. He paused for a second.

"In that sense....." He continued to pinch her several more times. Finally, he placed the smarting echidna on the ground.
Tails pulled her over to a table.

"Now mine." It was a fairly large, and very heavy package. Mighty lifted in, while Eliza carefully removed the paper.

"A computer!" she squealed, throwing herself at Tails, "YOU GOT ME A COMPUTER!"

"Sally contributed...." he gestured towards her, "A little."

Charmy got her a cookbook, and jars full of rare, and very pricey honey.
Next came Rotor, Antoine and Bunnie. They had joint their efforts to create a splendid pair of skis. Rocket-powered too, thanks to Rotor.

Afterwards, cake. Eliza cut out slices, and everyone looked expectantly at her.

"Take the first bite, birthday girl." Eliza did as she was bid, and was suddenly interrupted by Sonic, saying:

"Knuckles made the cake." She instantly spit it out, much to the humour of everyone else in the room. Everyone laughed, including Knuckles. As soon as it subsided, Sonic began to sing, off key, "Happy Birthday"

"NONO!" Vector cut him off.

"It's like 'dis" And he began to rap out 'Happy Birthday', which produced mirth once again. Knuckles's eyes flashed with a diabolical glint, and he began to sing a loud and annoying voice:

"Chère Eliza, c'est a ton tour, de te laisser parler d'amour!" Eliza made a pained expression, and clapped her hands over her ear(holes?) This went on for a while. Everyone covered their ears.

"Knuckles.....STOP!"

"But I have a beautiful voice!" he protested evilly, and went on to do a high note.

"Y'know," Mighty commented, "When Enerjak was torturing me for Knux's whereabouts (Author's note: the Dark Vengeance Re-Write, part 1) he made me listen to this really painful sound. It sounds kinda like his singing..."

Everyone burst out laughing at this, and Eliza fell over, clutching her ribs, and giggling not-stop.

"It's...so....true," she managed, going into another fit.

"He shoulda just gotten Knux to sing, instead of sending us to all those fancy and expensive torture chambers."

Knuckles took a seat beside Mighty.

"You know, Might. I think I should go into opera!"

Mighty spit out his soda, submitting to mirth.
And thus, the festivities raged on.
Eliza smiled winningly, winked and gave a thumbs up.

I guess things worked out in the end.

The end.

UPDATED PREVIEWS:


**Enter Eliza: Nursed illegally in a village controlled by ruthless and evil dogs, Mighty the Armadillo finds himself far away from home. And the only way to get back home, is to overthrow the Cellos, which is next to impossible.

**Duty Calls: Knuckles and Tails have mysteriously disappeared, and Sonic heads to the Floating Island, searching for clues. But what he does find, is far more than he bargained for. A rogue echidna, an old friend, a few friendly faces, and the infamous Metal-Sonic!

**Friends 'Till the End: Tails and Eliza have been forbidden to see each other. But when Metal-Sonic threatens to blow up the island, the two know that they have to stop him, together, even if it means disobeying Mighty or even the cost of their very lives......

The Dark Vengeance Re-Write: The Chaotix have been kidnapped by Enerjak and his Legion! Knuckles soon joins them and is killed. Soon, the Chaotix will be joining him. Will they survive to see the next Christmas? And who is that person mysteriously saving them? Is Knuckles alive?

Siblings: An Espio Story: When people go missing, Espio, Mighty, Eliza and the good demon Kiibi must save them from an evil demon called Sapphire. However, Sapphire isn't the cause of the attack, but the one who is after Espio's blood and will stop at nothing to spill it, even if it means killing his friends.....

**The Weak, the Strong and the Mighty: When the island is threatened by Volgo T. Stoat, an old enemy of Mighty, Mighty must go solo stop him. However, he isn't as solo as he thinks he is.... But why is Kiibi helping Eliza, and who is that strange armadillo who saved her.....?

Eliza's Birthday Bash: Eliza's tenth birthday has arrived. The Chaotix, and the Freedom Fighters are planning a surprise party. They're not the only ones who want to surprise Eliza, and this particular surprise isn't going to pleasant....

*The Armor of an Echidna: Shay-lu is back, and he's geared for revenge against Mighty. the sneaky weasel's got the perfect sinister plot in mind, and he's planning to attack Mighty's 'weaker' side....

*A Squirrel Walks Among us: An urgent e-mail from form Axel draws Eliza into the heart of Robotropolis, and straight into Robotnik's waiting hands. 

*Trapped: All has been quiet since Shay-lu's latest attack. Mecha still lies dead, Robotnik has calmed down, and there's no sign of Enerjak and his legion, anywhere. Now, a new enemy has came to the Floating Island, hoping to steal and Master Emerald and terrorize the islanders. However, the mayhem doesn't really start until Amy Rose finds Eliza bloodied, and literally ripped apart in Lava Reef.....

*Behind Steel Doors: Metal-Sonic is back.. with a vengeance! The robot, long thought to be dead, has returned, with upgrades, an invulnerability to the resistance, and a steely rage. His first action= locking Tails, Ray, Eliza, and Amy and Shamus in the abandoned city of Robotropolis


*: Has yet to be written.
**: not finished yet.


GOODIES:
A Super Sonic Special, if you must. Yours truly, is bringing our feature presentation to you. Writing out an extra-long, action-packed fic, for your reading pleasure, Dr. Sipp presents to you:

Second Nature: A competitive treasure-hunting race, quickly turns into a nightmare for the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix, when Robotnik unleashes his prize creations, with the sole purpose of collecting the Chaos Emerald for his diabolical plan, and destroying every single mobian standing it their paths