Chapter I
(A/N: This story is OC Centered with Sonic and Shadow playing supporting roles. Additionally this story is written upon a request. I do not own Zeon the Hedgehog he belongs to his owner, Zeon Chaotic. I do own Rage Chaotic and Nix as well as most of the base groundwork for the Chaos Guardian Lore used in this story. Do not complain to me about the parts not under my control please.)
Rage stood at a large metal wall and sighs. Normally he wouldn't be going after Robotnik but, he stole the Chaos Emeralds from under his nose while he was off in the Chaos Realm looking into an issue. Normally Eggman knew better, after the last few times Rage had gotten involved he stopped bothering.
Unlike Sonic, Rage didn't play around so much in fact he was half tempted to kill Eggman during their last encounter. "A metal wall hasn't stopped me in the past, it won't stop me now." Rage sighs kicking it down.
Rage walked inside and looked around. "Hmm..." he thinks "Place is kind of big even for his standards. What has Robotnik been up to?" he thinks looking around.
Rage wanders the main level for a while before heading to the floors underground first. Floor after floor of robotic development and utilities. Finally Rage comes to the floor labeled 'Sub-Level 98B: BIO LAB'
"A bio lab?" Rage asks himself curious "What is Eggman doing with a bio lab?" he wonders entering the door from the staircase onto the level. He was in what appeared to be some form of synthetic lifeform chamber. A broken pod sat in the center and the room was trashed. "This is strange I wonder what could have been kept in here.
He continue to look around in different empty containers and storage devices until he comes across some form of storage contain and inside was a shock, "Nix?" Rage exclaims. "But...I thought I made sure his body was reduced to nothing... Could Robotnik be playing with Darkness?" He wonders
"Oh look who decided to show up." Eggman's voice echoes through a loudspeaker. "Sonic!"
"Sonic?" Rage asks. "I doubt he even knows where this place is..." he sighs looking at some of the documents. "Robotnik is playing with something he doesn't understand... If the circumstances were different I'd just grab the Master Emerald and leave but this is different. I can't let him play around with this stuff." he says to himself entering another room where the Master Emerald was being held.
The emerald illuminated the room a little with its warm green glow as Rage walked up to it and stopped. "Why is it here? What was he doing with the Master Emerald?" He wonders as he grabbed it. An alarm sounds and robots suddenly drop from areas within the ceiling. "Damn." Rage curses summoning his weapon, The Blade of Chaos "Bureijingukaosu".
"TARGET IDENTIFIED: ATTACK!" A voice speaks before Rage slices through the robots with a single attack on each. "Hmph just as useless as ever." he chuckles running out of the room.
Rage runs up the stairs as robot after robot attempts to kill him. Each one as weak as the next. He made quick work of it as he made it back to the main floor.
Rage arrives at the entrance to the base when Eggman drops down in front of him in another remake of the Egg Dragoon. This one was glowing purple, he had supercharged it with dark power. "Oh ho ho ho! Thought you could sneak into my base and get away with the Master Emerald did you Sonic?!" He laughs before looking closer at Rage. "Wait a second...You're not Sonic who are you?!"
"Long time no see Robuttnik." Rage chuckles.
"There's only one person who calls me that anymore... Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog." He grunts.
"You know after last time I thought you'd have learned." Rage sighs. "Normally I'd have been on my way now but... I saw what you have been doing here and believe me. You need to stop what it is you are doing. Playing with Darkness like that isn't smart you barely understand it!"
"Oh? Why should I listen to a red furball who just decides to break in and steam from me?" Eggman asks.
"Well first I am 'stealing' back what you stole from me in the first place and second you should listen because I know all about the stuff. That hedgehog like figure you have in there... I killed him, his name was Nix the Dark. I know you never listen to anyone but you have to listen to me darkness is not something you play around with."
"Well that's where you're wrong!" Eggman laughs.
"Alright fine," Rage snarls before covering himself in Chaos Energy and running for Eggman. The pilot of the large machine attempts to hit Rage with the hand of it but Rage dodges to the side and leaps off the arm before raining a barrage of Chaos Spears down on it. They hit the arm and destroy it.
"You little!" Eggman shouts as the new Egg Dragoon falls over from the imbalance of the missing arm. Then it gets up and fires missiles at Rage who leaps and jukes to the left and right to avoid them. Eggman manages to fire the other hand and grab Rage. The hand glows with a dark energy that make it hard for Rage to move. As it did the other hand managed to regenerate!
"Oh ho ho ho!" Eggman laughs "This is the end for you Rage!"
"Not...if I can' help...it" Rage grunts as the Chaos Emeralds appear. Shocked Eggman throws Rage who hits the wall hard before becoming Super Rage. "My turn." He smirks before boosting into the Egg Dragoon IV and blasting a hole in the center. Quickly he turns and hits the arms of the robot with Chaos Lances taking them both off. "This is it!" Rage yells "Chaos Beam!" he shouts firing a beam of energy from his hand severing the legs off of the Egg Dragoon IV.
Finally, Rage lands on top of the robot and grabs Eggman by what little bit of shirt he could grab. However being this close Rage noticed that this Eggman was fake.
As if a cue an explosion was heard from above. "Someone else is here!" Rage acknowledges as he runs up to find what had made the explosion. Eventually Rage finds a destroyed room and inside was Eggman, the real one sitting against a wall badly injured. Rage runs up to him and kneels. "Robotnik? What the hell happened?" he asks.
"H-he" Eggman coughs. Eggman was hurt and Rage knew it, he heals some of his wounds so he could continue. Eggman was about to shout but Rage sensed an incoming attack and swings around and deflects it with his sword. There stood a green hedgehog with light blue highlights on his quills. A pair of ruby red eyes glared at Rage. Patches of dirt coated what would otherwise be a peach colored belly, and arms. A pair of white gloves were tethered with a pair of gold rings on his wrist, black and green dragon wings sprouted from his back and a long green dragon tail with gold spike down it waved slowly. The rementes of a white t–shirt were visible. A red vest covered what remained of the shirt. A brown neckerchief was torn a little. Surprisingly unscathed his blue pants and gilded buckle had a few stains on them. His shoes while dirty were still rather interesting red tipped sneakers with the main light blue being darkened from the dirt and debris. The black straps on the middle of the shoes and a silver buckle remained also unscathed.
"Who the hell are you?" Rage asks.
"I see no reason to associate myself with allies of this fool!" the stranger replies.
"Please, you think I like him? I only keep him around to give Sonic something to do besides get in my way." Rage retorts.
"Hey!" Eggman shouts
"Shut up." Rage barks. He focuses on the mysterious adversary and manages to get a reading on the energy he was giving off. 'This is crazy I am sensing Dark powers along with powers on par to some of the old Chaos Guardians... just who is this guy?" Rage asks.
"Chaos Rain!" the stranger yells.
"Chaos Barricade!" Rage yells defending both him and Eggman from the attack. 'Impossible!' Rage thinks 'How does he know that?'
"A Chaos Barricade?" the stranger scoffs "Who the heck are you?!"
"Well since you asked..." Rage says smugly "My name is Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog, I am The Last Chaos Guardian. Now who are you?"
"My name is Zeon Chaotic The Hedgehog the Dark Chaos Guardian!" the green hedgehog laughs. "Now prepare to die false prophet!" he shouts. "Chaos Beam!"
"I don't think so!" Rage yells blocking it with his sword. "Inferno Chaos Blade Strike!" Rage yells striking Zeon pushing him back a few feet. Zeon leaps right at Rage and catches a good strike to Rage's face. He combos to a kick but Rage manages to grab the foot and maneuver backwards so they both landed apart from each other.
The building began to shake violently and Zeon scoffs "We'll end this another day!" He says before leaping back and escaping.
"Hey!" Rage yells taking a few steps to begin a pursuit but he was blocked by rubble. "Damn." he curses looking over to Eggman before picking the fat man up and getting the two of them to safety.
A few hours go by. Rage was in the forest not to far from where Eggman had build the base and Eggman finally comes to. "You're awake." Rage says roughly.
"You... saved me." Eggman says. "Why?"
"I may not like you or what you do but I won't let you die when I need answers." Rage responds "Who was that?"
"That...that was Zeon I made him to rival you Rage..." Eggman admits "But he rebelled. When I realized I couldn't make a robot I decided to try making a synthetic hedgehog."
"But why use Nix's Darkness?" Rage asks.
"I...I thought it would not only empower him but give me a way to keep him in control." Eggman answered.
"You idiot." Rage grunts "NEVER try something like this again you hear?"
"I-I promise." Eggman says.
"Now I have to clean up your mess..." Rage sighs walking a few steps forward. "Then again not like it's anything new..."
"Rage..." Eggman shouts "What about me?!"
"You're on your own." Rage says before using Chaos Control to warp back to Angel Island to think.
"Something wrong?" Tikal asks walking up to Rage.
"You know it." Rage sighs. "Eggman made some kind of knock off of me or something. A Dark Chaos Guardian."
"Dark Chaos Guardian?" Tikal asks.
"That's what the thing called himself, 'Zeon Chaotic'. I have no idea what to do about this. If Eggman managed to get as far as he did this isn't going to be a simple fight. He used Nix."
"What do you mean he used Nix?" Tikal asks.
"Eggman used Nix's body as a vessel to gather Darkness to infuse into Zeon. Not to mention he knew how to use Chaos Rain and Chaos Beam." Rage explains.
"Well why do you know why?" Tikal asks.
"No clue it's not like Sonic and Shadow are running around using those powers. They were only taught to Chaos Guardians. Since they have all been dead for ages then how did Eggman get access to teach these to Zeon?" Rage asks.
"I have no idea." Tikal answers. "Maybe Sonic and Shadow know something?"
"It's possible." Rage agrees "I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask them."
"You weren't planning on just going after this Zeon were you?" Tikal asks.
"Well originally yeah but as I got to thinking about it I need more information on him and how he was created so that I can make sure that something like this never comes into fruition again." Rage responds.
"What about Eggman?" Tikal worries.
"He won't be an issue. The lab he was using got destroyed." Rage answers. "I gave him a warning too. If he becomes an issue he will be dealt with but for now we have other things to worry about."
"I guess you're right." Tikal agrees. "Be careful, Rage." she begs.
"Don't worry, I will." Rage answers. "Zeon doesn't stand a chance."