Sonic stood there in the middle of the street in the center of town. He was crouched and ready to dodge the next attack that would be thrown at him. The street he stood on was cracked and gouged, chunks of it were missing and had huge craters before and behind the blue fighter. The buildings on either side of Sonic had not fared any better, in fact some of them were barely standing if they weren't already crushed to a pile of rubble. Even the blue speedster himself was not unscathed.
His fur was blackened, singed, and covered with grime mixed with his own blood, his whole body covered in deep gashes, blood spewing from one such gash above his tired emerald eye. His whole body hurt and he was exhausted, his breathing difficult and raspy sounding, though the smoke from the burning surroundings didn't help. Across from the battered hero stood his most hated enemy, . The Doctor had created a new more powerful and upgraded robot and had decided to try his newest invention on the nearby city of Mobiatropolis and its inhabitants so as to draw Sonic out to test the robots enhanced construction.
The two nemeses' battle had been going on for several hours, and Sonic was glad that he had his friends evacuate the city so there would be no casualties, effectively leaving Sonic completely alone with his enemy. Both fighters were exhausted and Dr. Eggman's newest robot had not fared as well as he had hoped. "Why don't we finish this Sonic!" "You can stop and leave any time you want egg head!"
"HAHAHA! Such tough words coming from a hedgehog that can barely stand!"
"Well look who's talking! You don't look so good yourself, and your "newest invention" is about to fall apart!" It was true, both were at the end of their line, each with only enough power for one more attack. "You are going down, Eggman!" Sonic growled. "
"We'll see about that little hedgehog!" Eggman sneered. The doctor started punching commands in on his control panel, ordering his mostly destroyed invention to charge its massive cannons aiming them directly at Sonic. The cobalt hedgehog started to panic.
'Shit! I don't have enough power left for a strong enough attack to take out Egghead and his robot!' The hedgehog thought, sighing deeply in frustration. 'Damn it! I didn't want to have to use THAT, but it seems like I have no other choice.' The hedgehog had recently gotten a hold of the last of the seven choose emeralds but hadn't yet gotten used to using their power, and had hoped to not have to use them any time soon until he had more practice and could control the massive amount of energy.
Seeing as he didn't have any other option left, Sonic took out the seven emeralds and started to invoke their power, knowing that he would have to deal with the massive blow-back. Once released, the power coursed through the speedster's body making it glow, his once sapphire fur, turned golden and his once vivid emerald eyes became blood red.
The limitless power, nearly impossible to control not only from lack of experience, but also from the fact that Sonic's body was already severely wounded and exhausted, made it all the more difficult to stay conscious, seeing as how he had already been ready to pass out, only just staying awake through sheer force of will.
Unfortunately, the poor hedgehog could already feel the massive amount of energy beginning to ravage his body from the inside out. Through all of this only a few moments of strained silence had passed between the battered males, their final attacks fully charged up and ready to be unleashed upon their enemy.
"Looks like today will be my lucky day! None of your pathetic tricks can help save you now Sonic!" The two glared with pure hatred and venom at each other and Sonic quickly started to gather power in his tattered right gloved hand.
"Once I kill you there will no one in my way to stop me from taking control and ruling the world!"
"Not so fast Eggman! You're wrong! Cuz today is your WORST NIGHTMARE! I'm going to stop you once and for all, no matter what it takes!"
"FOOL! In your dreams little hedgehog!" and with a booming command he yelled, "FIRE!"
At that very moment Eggman's robot fired directly at Sonic, (now in Super Sonic form), who dodged easily, teleporting behind Eggman, his pulsating right hand against the evil doctor's dirty bald head releasing the focused energy at point blank, creating a huge thundering boom fallowed by a massive explosion which threw the battered blue several yards away right into the side of a barley standing building, causing him to black out (which also forced him to release Super Sonic mode) the building to crashing on and around his now comatose body, both shielding him from the rest of the blast and trapping him underneath.
As the rumble of the blast died away and the dust settled, what was left was a large crater where the detonation happened and most everything was blown away in an eight yard radius, the shock wave having toppled what buildings there were that had been standing. Not a trace of Sonic or Dr. Eggman and his machine could be seen.