STELLAR CONFLICTION
V3.0Author's Note: Sonic and related characters are Ô to Sega & Archie Comics. This story tells about my theory of how Mobius came to be. Dr Lighthead, Vorius Gore, the Supremor.. etc are © 1999-2002 to me, Jeff Ratté. Any appearance of what may look like a take off of something else or use of something else IS mere coincidence.
TIMELINE - Earth- 2967
Most people don't know what the future holds (or cares!) But a young scientist named Nate Morgan was sitting at his desk in his home in Washington DC, consciously thinking just that. He had predicted many things and had no clue what would happen once they would occur. Nate's predictions included:
He predicted that in the year 3000 there would be another war, where all the nations would be in war over Mars. Most of the human race would disappear; nuclear radiation would emit and trigger different species to evolve. He thought that research in dimensional warp would bring forth the fifth dimension. That scientists will find a very special emerald near the core of the earth. The emerald will have a way of morphing things with chaos. From the emerald, scientists will come up with a Chaos bomb, much more powerful than an H bomb or nuclear bomb. This bomb would give off radiation and its power of morphing. From this bomb, a morphing procedure would occur. Animals would become anthropomorphic. These creatures would soon dominate the land and once they evolved, they would rename the planet to Mobius.
The Reason: The anthropomorphics wouldn't be stupid. They wanted to leave this planet (Earth) and goto Mars. During this period in time (around 3100) Phobos crashed into Mars. Since they wanted to go there, they renamed the planet Mobius because of the combination of Mars and Phobos. Nate thought all of this sounded very strange but that is what his mind was going crazy about. Nate could see a very powerful and gruesome war. All Nate had predicted would happen in just 33 years from then!
Nate stared at his calculations and predictions. "There has to be a way to let the world know what I believe will happen in the next 33 years" he thought. He tried telling everyone around him but no one would listen. Nate still knew that something was going to happen, therefore, Nate had built an underground chamber that was several miles down. He was now ready.
Finally 3000 arrived and Nate headed to the chamber of his. He was unaware what was going to happen. Most people were not worried and strolled on with life. But not Nate, for he was nervous like anything. Was it all in his head? Was he spending all this time on nothing? The next moment would answer his question.
Outside there were thousands of jets and planes closing in on the city. His calculations/predictions were right! His TV read that all nations have gone in war and want the US leader dead because of his crime. The president's crime was very offensive against all nations, therefore, the nations wanted him dead along with everyone else. The TV was not clear on what the crime was instead it was static. But would Nate survive the attack? All Nate could do was wait.
Each plane/jet had a Chaos bomb which could literally blow cities away in just seconds.
Nate could here all this going on for weeks. Luckily he had prepared for this and had enough food and water to last him a long time. For it would be a long time he would again be on the Earth's surface.
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TIMELINE - Earth/Mobius- 3235 After the death of Robotnik
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Robotropolis was very quiet. No mice, no rats, however, there was one little noise being made. His name was Snively and he was still lurking in the dark city, in the command center, almost hiding, waiting. He called out Robotnik's name several times since he was very scared and frustrated. All in an instant, Snively heard a deafening noise. It was coming from the building he was in. Snively began to see cracks forming from all around the walls. Shortly afterward, a small round spacecraft materialized out of nowhere and out stepped a figure. Actually two figures. One was short, wore yellow clothing, had a big tan hat and a round light was ontop of that hat. The other, wore blue clothing, had a beard and was carrying a big, sharp double-sided ax.
"Greetings, my name is Dr Ivius Lighthead. Just call me Dr Lighthead; this is my assistant, Gore. We are interested in gaining the Master Chaos Emerald. We know there is one on this planet. Do you know where we will find it?" Dr Lighthead's voice was very calm and serious.
Snively then thought, "This could be an excellent strategy against the Freedom Fighters." "Errr um. Yes! The Knothole Village Freedom Fighters have it! And that's in the Great Forest. Fortunately my uncle still has the coordinates. 36ºN 112ºW"
"Very well then. We will go and you will come with us. Keep in mind that it is us that are in charge of you. Not that other way around! Now to complete our goal we have the 'Supremor' (pronounced Suh-preem-er) and that is just about capable of eliminating anything, even this planet."
"Supremor?"
"Yes. That is not the Supremor," Dr Lighthead pointed to the pod. "The Supremor is a jellyfish craft." Dr Lighthead led Snively to a nearby window.
"This is the Supremor."
As Snively looked out the window, he could see the big, jellyfish ship hovering in the sky above Robotropolis. It was about 5½ miles across. On the top, there were two magnetic disruptors placed equally apart used in which to repel incoming debris or attackers. On the sides, there were two shield generators to give the Supremor a large sum of defense as well as two propulsion engines. The bottom gave the Supremor its power. There were three laser ports positioned in a shape of a triangle. In the center was the main laser port; capable of mass destruction.
"Wow! So how did you get the light? where did you come from? and why are you here?
"I was wondering if you would ask that. About 2000 A.D in my home planet Lighgretron, I was talking to my father, the king of Lighgretron. He said that I must fulfill what he never was able to accomplish, to take total control of all source of light and use it to conquer the universe and with it, you can do anything. That may sound absurd to you, but I am almost capable of doing that. I have learned the mysteries of light for all my life and soon I will be able to put it all to the ultimate test.
"In order to dominate all sources of light, I have constructed an eternal lightbulb on my hat. I can turn it on at anytime and use the power of light that I have learned so far on my enemies. Inside my hat there are many chemicals that I have obtained from various places to ensure my light will work.
Allow me to demonstrate..."
Dr Lighthead emits an electrical current through a nearby robot and just instantly, the robot is no more than a useless scrap heap. Snively couldn't help but laugh in an evil manner.
"Those Freedom Fighters won't know what'll hit'em! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA *cough* *wheeze*"
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MEANWHILE - Knothole Village, 10:38pm
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Now that Robotnik's rule was over, the Freedom Fighters were partying away, having a darn good time like there is nothing out there that could penetrate their freedom. Everyone was there. However, they have yet to see the disaster in the sky - a disaster that could change everything.
"This is some party, eh Sonic?" Tails excitedly asked.
"Yeah. Certainly is." Sonic said as he danced away.
"Do a victory jump over the fire!" Tails ecstatically yelled.
"Sure thing!" Sonic spin dashed over the fire and landed right in front of a not so happy Sally.
"Um, Sonic… two things… Don't do that again and second: We need more firewood."
"Sure thing!"
Sonic raced off into the forest in search of a dead tree.
"That should do it." But before Sonic headed back, a tree was blasted in half from a craft above.
"What the?!! What is that?!" A craft about 7 feet in width hovered overhead. The tree fell with a glowing red end where it had been blasted. Sonic ran off. The craft followed and fired again and missed. Sonic managed to get back to knothole with now more than one craft similar to the first in hot pursuit.
"Oh my goodness!" Was all that Sally could come up with.
"We've got to get out of here!"
"Quickly! Antoine! EMERGENCY CODE RED!!!" Antoine, armed with a laser guided pulse cannon started to blast away at the incoming crafts.
"Zair ees just too many of zem!"
"OK, EVERYONE! We need to evacuate!"
RIGHT! Bunnie! Antoine! Rotor! Hop on and I'll fly you. As for Sonic and Sally, they can take it by land and Tails obviously by air." Dulcy cried out as lasers filled the air and streaked by them.
Sonic of course had an advantage with his speed so he was able to keep Sally our of danger.
"I cannot believe zat zis ees appening" Antoine complained, riding on Dulcy's back.
As the lasers filled the air, buildings creaked and collapsed, support beams were reduced to sharp splinters and within minutes, Knothole was reduced to a raging inferno. Then finally, the laser fire stopped and the crafts flew off.
"You lied. You said that these inhabitants have the Master Chaos Emerald when instead they clearly don't.
"Since you have mislead us, we have a consequence…."
"Well, I figured that-*"
"Gore, get in here now!" Dr Lighthead bellowed.
"What is it?"
"Do me a favor and reduce this slacker to nothing but your name." Gore threw one of his windmill throwing stars at Snively, slicing him in the back.
"Next time, its for your life."
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The Supremor continued to hover above. Dr Lighthead looked out at the charred forest. "Gore, how many survivors escaped the attack?" he asked.
Gore looked up and stopped sharpening his axe for a moment. "Uh, I think most of them survived, boss." he rumbled in his deep, low voice.
"I must know where that emerald is!" Dr Lighthead reinforced.
"So then, do we go out looking for them and ask?"
"No" Dr Lighthead corrected, "I've got a better idea. You will find a way to slip some information to these so-called Freedom Fighters and make it look like an accident, like we don't want them to find it. We want them to think that they can use this information to be rid of us."
"I like it. But what is it you want me to give them?"
"Nothing really. Only that the Supremor's shields will not deflect a laser that has been infiltrated by the power of a master chaos emerald."
"But, what if they really-"
"They won't Gore, they won't."
Tails shivered in the cold Mobius night and inched his way closer to the campfire that illuminated the FF's camp. Sonic, sitting next to him, did the same.
"How ya feelin' big guy?"
"Alright, but I guess there's a lot of people that aren't, huh?"
Sally, Antoine, Bunnie, Rotor, and Dulcy could do nothing but nod and murmur. It amazed Tails that only just few hours ago, the freedom fighters had been undergoing a major celebration of the death of the evil Robotnik. Now they were hiding again. Fortunately, everyone came out unscathed.
"We can't just sit here and do nothing, WE NEED ACTION!!!" uproared Sonic, very impatient.
"I'm sorry, Sonic. It's just that we don't have a plan." Suddenly, out of nowhere, Uncle Chuck came bursting with information.
"Maybe not but I do! According to recent activity on the Supremor, it appears that it cannot deflect a laser that has been powered by a master chaos emerald."
"Very well! Next stop, Floating Island!"
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"Gore, are you still unclear of my plan?"
"Well, yeah. I just don't-"
"The freedom fighters will show us where the most powerful source in the universe is by attempting to strike us down with what we need. This is because we don't have a sensor that can track things under ground but we do know that it is here. Once they have resorted to their plan, we will absorb the emerald's power and release it."
"But why do we need the power?"
"It will benefit the ship and it will help me fulfill my conquest with light."
"What do you mean we can't use your Master Emerald?"
"Well, it makes no sense that you can just come on up here and expect me, the guardian of island and emerald, to lend it to you."
"You don't understand, the fate of Mobius depends of it." Sonic replied.
"No, you don't understand. I need it to keep the island up. Anyways, I thought Robotnik was dead."
"He is but-."
"End of discussion."
"But Dr Lighthead will-"
"I said, end of discussion."
Knuckles then backs away, leaving Sonic hopelessly thinking of the consequences of Knuckles' actions.
Meanwhile on the Supremor:
"Gore, status report."
"Uh so far the location of the Master Emerald has not been revealed yet, boss."
"Hmm, very well. Let us now descend into Mobius' atmosphere.
"Why"
"It will encourage them to exploit their emerald at a much faster rate."
"Engaging"
Sometime later on the Floating Island. The appearance of the Supremor becomes much more noticeable.
"Umm.. guys? Is it me or is that jellyfish ship getting closer?"
"That's it!!" Sonic dashes back to Knuckles to try again.
"Does this satisfy you? Is this not good enough? That ship will probably blow up the entire island if you don't do anything,"
"Alright, alright. You can use the emerald to strike them out, although the emerald will take hours to replenish its power. While you and your crew do that, I will replace the Master Emerald with the finite spare."
"We won't. Believe me, you will have my word."
Minutes later...
"Boss, the emerald, they have the emerald ready!"
"Good. Now all we have to do now is wait for them to unleash their power so we can use it against them."
"It's now in position." said Rotor, signaling everyone else the 'go ahead' "If this plan doesn't work then we're in BIG trouble." At that point everyone couldn't help but think for a bit of what might happen if this plan failed. Would Dr Lighthead destroy the island and everyone who resides? If so, then how? Suddenly, the freedom fighters then came back to reality as Sally began the countdown.
"Alright. On my mark...
"10...
"9...
"8...
"7...
"6...
"5...
"4...
"3...
"2...
"1...
"NOW"
Just as Sally lets out the word "now" a significant amount of light is portrayed toward the direction of the Supremor. On impact, it is very difficult to tell what happened to the Supremor for you would be blind in just a few seconds if you were to look in the sky. Bright, green light was everywhere.
However, one man lies unaffected by the very intense light if he were to look out in the sky. But instead, he was planning his final plan on consuming the Master Chaos Emerald.
Finally the sky was clearer and not as illuminated. Panic swept all over as the Freedom Fighters saw that their attack made not a single scratch on the immense powerful Supremor. Some of the citizens of the Floating Island decided to commit suicide by jumping off the hovering island since believed it was the end of the world. Knuckles could only watch as they plummeted down to the raging waters below. Seeing this made him mad. So he decided to take it with a certain hedgehog.
"You fool!! You said that this would stop him! Instead, the inhabitants are jumping off the edge!"
"How was I supposed to know?"
"Because you're probably an ally with them!!!"
Normally Sonic & Knux didn't fight each other but since Knux was in rage of the disaster, the fight started very quickly and ended very quickly because of Sally's actions. "Stop it you two. We have more stuff to worry about than fighting." Indeed they did. Dr Lighthead had already began his next phase.
"Alright boss, all systems ready. The thunder laser will be operational in two minutes.
"Like I said, Gore. You didn't have to set a foot on land. Soon this planet will be ours."
"What's going on, Sonic?" asked Tails.
"Don't know big guy. Guess we'll soon find out."
Sally at that point didn't like the way how it was going. In fact, no one did. But she in particular was very curious to get to the bottom of everything.
"Nicole, can you scan for any activity on board the Supremor?"
"WORKING SALLY...
SENSORS HAVE DETECTED THAT THERE WILL BE MAJOR ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT MINUTE.
"What kind of activity?"
DESTRUCTION WITH THUNDER LASER
ESTIMATED DESTRUCTION AREA IS IN A 3 MILE (5 KILOMETERS) RADIUS.
Think you, Nicole." Sally then knew something big was going to happen just like a few weeks ago with Robotnik and the Ultimate Annihilator . She didn't waste any time.
Sonic began a chain to get everyone out of harms way. Antoine was being his normal self. Acting reluctant and very trepidatious of the entire scenario. Dr Lighthead then gave his command:
"Activate, Gore."
"Ok, boss."
Gore did not hesitate. The three small laser ports then hummed and glowed with excitement. The energy of the emerald then transferred with yellow and white light to the main laser port also known as the thunder laser. The thunder laser glowed a very bright yellow, white and green as it began to unleash its energy to the land below...