Three years... three years and I'm finally writing this. Ha! I still have a pulse! :V

Heat C
Round 2
S.O.T.A.R. v2 vs. Wedge Devolution


Roboteers, stand by...


House robots: Exa-Gore-Ic Quattro, Count Bleck


3...
2...
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ACTIVATE!

Oh my, this looks like an uphill battle for the famed veteran! Wedge Devo nervously charges backwards, as the devastating ring of S.O.T.A.R. (v2!) springs instantly to life! A second of spin-up time is hard for anyone stop, and Steve has already failed as S.O.T.A.R. is making a beeline for his robot! CRASH!!! Instantly, the rear skirt has been bent up and gouged, spinning both robots away! Wedge Devo briefly passes over the slots... Robotnik, Sonic, Sonic. Bugger. Not like Tracy is going to give Steve a chance to get to slow that ring down and use those hazards, as S.O.T.A.R. is already back up to speed! Roaring as only a Scotsman would, Wedge's driver flings him rear-first into the whirling vortex of Tracy's spinner! CRASH!! Now the skirt is gone completely!! Wedge of the Devo variety is twirled about, and lands on the slots again... Tails, Sonic, Robotnik. Well, it's just not the luck Steve wants today. To make things worse, S.O.T.A.R. has recovered first and is gunning it towards Wedge Devo! Steve can't turn Wedge around quick enough before S.O.T.A.R. is upon him! CRASH!!! Now one of the side semi-spheres has been torn into! That has the effect of flinging Wedge Devo across the arena, and he nearly gets scalped by the arena bumper! S.O.T.A.R. is now the one to bounce over the slots... Robotnik, Tails, Robotnik. I guess the hazards just want a break, don't they? Even the house robots seem a little antsy; it's like watching a hungry lion corner a wild gazelle!

Tracy notes that Wedge Devo is near the corner and isn't keen on getting bounced into the wall, so S.O.T.A.R. waits for Wedge Devo to make a move. Wedge seems flummoxed from the previous three hits; all that knocking about might have did something to the internals! Regardless, Steve won't win by just sitting there, so Wedge moves its exhausted frame to attack S.O.T.A.R. again... who responds in like kind! CRASH!!! It looks like Tracy meant to take out Wedge Devo's tires with the undercutter blade, but instead snagged the edge of one of the side skirts and slashed it away! S.O.T.A.R. gets knocked over the slots again... Sonic, Tails, Sonic. Fourth time this match the slots have been activated, and they just don't want to get stronger, huh? They must really have it in for both bots! Wedge Devo wastes no time and, with seemingly renewed vigour, hauls his battered behind into S.O.T.A.R. again! CRASH!! More sparks, more damage, and now Wedge Devo is missing the other side skirt! But finally, finally it had the effect Steve wanted - the hit was so powerful that S.O.T.A.R. bounced all the way into the side wall, and into the spring, which conveniently sends S.O.T.A.R. right back into Wedge Devo! Steve quickly turns his robot about, and now it's a party! FLIP!! S.O.T.A.R. is popped up like a coin, and lands... only back onto the flipper and is quickly tossed again! And this time, right into the wall, precisely what Tracy didn't want!! Thanks to S.O.T.A.R.'s flat-surface ring, it ends up being perfectly balanced on the ring. Now S.O.T.A.R. tries to rev itself up, but only succeeds in revving its own body up!! It's going incredibly fast, and Wedge Devo waits for some imbalance to tip S.O.T.A.R. back onto its wheels... but no such aid comes! S.O.T.A.R. is stuck like Tengu was in its last fight, and Wedge Devo has added another death spinner to his KO list as The Watcher trundles over and lays the count-out for the once mighty S.O.T.A.R.!!!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

S.O.T.A.R. must stand for Sit On This And Rest, because that's definitely what it did! Wedge Devolution lives to flip another day and ends up in the Grand Final in one battered, but whole, package!

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Next: The Grand Final Annihilator