FINALLY! After all this time, I finally finished the second chapter and now I can move on to the next one! YAY!
This chapter serves as a flashback…so I watched Episode 77 and basically put it into my own words. I omitted some senses that were just not needed. Anyway, I'm sure you'll like it!
If you haven't seen Episode 77…then….WARNING: Spoiler! ;
Enjoy!
Chapter 2 – "The Tragic Day aboard the Blue Typhoon"
'So this is the only baby that could grow from the seeds, Galaxina?', 'Yes…none of the other seeds had any signs of life". Aboard a ship floating aimlessly in space three young girls, that of a plant species known as Seedlian, stood gazing at a beautiful little baby girl resting in the arms of her sister, Galaxina.
For as long as they could remember their home planet was under attack by an unknown enemy. For days the people and their leader, Hertia, frantically searched for a way to fend off these invaders and have lost some casualties in the process. Finally, after a long and strenuous battle, Hertia decided that the best thing to do was to leave the planet.
But Luke, a well known scientist, quickly opposed her plan. Through hard work and endless research Luke had found a way to fight off the invaders. With the help of a power source called the 'Planet Egg', Luke could use it to energize all the males to finalize their transformations. However, the 'Planet Egg' is a life source for the plant, taking it would kill all life that existed, so Hertia would have no part in his plan.
Luke tried to make her understand but she just couldn't bare to let her planet die just for the sake of protecting her people, so she waked out on him. He let her go and continued the plan which would soon backfire in a major way. The power that Luke and his comrades absorbed was so great that they soon became drunk with power. They became evil and wished to conquer the galaxy.
Hertia and the rest of her clan watched as the planet was destroyed by one of their own. Luke and his team formed and became the fearsome group with which they were called the 'Metarex'. For a long time Hertia and the remaining survivors fought against the mighty Metarex. Things grew worse and the clan didn't think that they would ever defeat them, but Hertia had a plan.
She used a fake 'Planet Egg' to transform into her final stage, and in that stage she planted seedlings; her children. The only ones ever to survive was Galaxina, her eldest, and the new born.
'If this continues our clan won't last any longer…" cried the younger of the two, 'What should we do?' The care taker heard the conversation and joined the girls, 'Hertia has been able to hang on for so long due to the fake Planet Egg but as time goes on I see she definitely getting weaker…", there was a sad expressions on their faces as they look at the little baby laying in her sister's arms.
'That's her last child…" the little baby then began to cry. Galaxina smiled and tried to hush the little one, 'Don't cry dear…" she whispered. Then a thought flashed in her mind, 'Oh…I almost forgot that we haven't given her a name yet!"
A warm and loving voice suddenly spoke, 'Cosmo…' it answered. The girls were startled and quickly turned to a giant tree planted on a platform right behind them. It was Hertia, 'Cosmo…she is the last of my offspring and the galaxy's last hope…guard and protect her…she is our only hope for the future.' Galaxina held her little sister close as she whispered, 'did you hear mother…you're a very special baby!'
Those were the memories the played in Cosmo's head as she, Tails, and Knuckles looked on at the strange seed-like core hovering in the middle of space. Chris, who was in his ship, Sonic and Amy were outside also staring at the core which was glowing in a misty blue light and pulsating. "It looks so strange…what is that thing…" Amy wondered as she continued to look on.
Cream, which was also flying her ship, Rouge and the Chaotix Team were also outside watching on as well. Even Eggman, whose ship was attached to the Blue Typhoon, watched the dark core sitting in space. Shadow was standing outside on Eggman's ship looking on as well.
Cosmo continued to look out as the amulet on her chest began to glow. She touched it and knew that she had been sent there for a purpose, "Mother".
"This doesn't look good…" Tails cried out sitting at the controls growing concerned as the core pulsated even more. "It energy is increasing so rapidly that…our scanners can't measure it!" "Damn! The forestation process is becoming too powerful for us to stop it…" Eggman too was growing concerned as the pulses grew bigger and bigger.
Shadow then sped off towards the giant rock past Chris, Sonic and Amy. Sonic turned towards Chris, "Let's give him a hand…" he said and Chris' ship accelerated, following Shadow towards the core.
Chris then sent out a tunnel of rings, an open path for Sonic to attack, "You'd better hurry…" Amy cried and Sonic sped off in the tunnel. Using his Spin Dash, Sonic struck the core dead on. Shadow looked on as the core then let out a dark mist sent Sonic, Chris and Amy flying back towards the Typhoon.
Shadow tried to stop the mist by using Chaos Spear, but the mist only ended up splitting in half and striking Shadow from behind which also sent him flying up further into space.
Meanwhile, Chris' ship crash landed on the launching pad of the Typhoon, but Amy was speeding past the ship, "SONIC…" she cried out. Sonic sped right in front and caught her before she flew off into space and they landed safely on the ship, "Thanks Sonic…"
Although his ship was badly damaged, Chris was alright. He looked out the window and saw the Shadow had also make a safe landing on the Typhoon. They all looked on at the core, waiting for its next attack.
Meanwhile, Cream, Rouge and the Chaotix team soon returned to the ship, "We got all the Emeralds", Vector said as they walked over to Cosmo, Tails and Knuckles. "But…they're useless now," Knuckles replied as the group showed them a hands full of dull Emeralds.
"The poor emeralds," Cream began to cry, "They've lost all their power…" Knuckles grew frustrated, "Well that's nice…we don't have a single working emerald…how are we suppose to fight back?" All hope seemed be lost.
Then a transmission came through on Tails' main communicator and Eggman's face appeared on the screen. "If my calculations are correct…" he began, everyone looked up at the screen paying close attention, "There's a chance that we can restore the power to the Chaos Emeralds…although in order for that to work it would take the energy of both of our ships."
Suddenly, a bright light amerced from the strange seed-like planet and caught the doctor's attention, "Wha…" The light grew brighter and brighter until there was a flash and Dark Oak then released strange energy waves that travels all throughout the universe.
The wave causes all the plants in every planet to rapidly grow until soon the planet is nothing but plants. Soon the wave reaches the Blue Typhoon and everyone aboard it began to grow weak…everyone except Cosmo.
"What's going on Tails", she cried watching everyone suddenly hit the floor, "Dark Oak is take…all the life energy…out of us", he replied feeling all of the energy inside him drift away from his body.
Because his ship was attached to the Blue Typhoon, Eggman too felt the effects of the energy wave, "He's drawing in all the energy it can find to spread plant life throughout the galaxy…it's the final stage of forestation process…"
Seeing all her friends in danger Cosmo quickly picked up the energy-drained chaos emeralds and place them in a handkerchief. Tails noticed that Cosmo doesn't seem to have any effect on the energy wave as the others did, "Cosmo…?" "Dark Oak cannot take me life energy…" she began to explain as she wrapped the emerald in the handkerchief, "because we come from the same species of plant."
"I'll take care of this…" she said as she took off with the emeralds wrapped in the kerchief. As Tails watched her, he wondered in his mind just what could she be doing?
Outside on the Typhoon, Cosmo ran over to where Eggman's ship was attached, "I'll take these emeralds to Dr. Eggman so he can restore their power…" she concluded as she began to climb up the vines that wrapped itself around the entire ship.
"The Meterax want to destroy all animal life in the galaxy…but I still believe that plant and animal can in peace with one another…just like I made friends with Tails and the others…", Cosmo continued to climb the twisted vine for she was determined to help her new found friends, "Dark Oak…there's still time for me to stop your plan!"
Dark Oak, who still dwelled inside Cosmo's mind, tried to discourage the young girl, "You cannot win…" he echoed in her mind, "It's hopeless…what can one girl do to stop the Meterax?"
But Cosmo still continued to climb the vine, "There's nothing you can say to make me give up…" she said, "I have hope; hope for a better future; a future of true peace; that's the kind of future my friends and I are fighting for!"
In anger, Dark Oak released a red energy wave towards the vine. The vine started moving and it grabbed Cosmo and threw her on the side of Eggman's ship. The vine still held her as she was paralyzed in shock and fear.
The others watched her being held and tossed by the vine, "COSMO…" Tails cried out. Cosmo felt the kerchief slipping from her hands as she tried desperately to hold on the emeralds, but she couldn't hold onto them tight enough and the emeralds fell into the seed-like planet, "I lost the chaos emeralds", Cosmo watched the emeralds fall towards the rocky planet and she began to feel defeat inside her heart.
All seemed lost for them when suddenly and bright light amerced once again from the planet. Everyone watched in wonder as the effects from the dark energy waves began to wear off, "What's happening…", Knuckles puzzled, "We've stopped losing energy", Tails replied.
The light grew brighter and brighter and the emeralds began floating towards the ship, this time they were shinning brightly, "It's because of the Plant Egg…" Eggman exclaimed, "It seems like the life energy he stole from the planets is responding to the chaos emeralds!"
The feel of defeat melted away as Cosmo watched in relief. She broke free from the vines grasp and gently floated down towards the ship. She stood there overwhelmed as tears swelled in her eyes, "Thank you…" she whispered happily.
Everyone else looked on with the same happy feeling in their hearts as the emeralds floated down towards the ship, where Sonic and Amy stood out on the ships edge, "Look Sonic…", she sighed.
Shadow, who was also on the ships edge, watched the emeralds hover over the ship. Even though he was relieved, he still felt like he shouldn't get involved when he began to remember the bravado and determination that Molly showed when he help fight off the Meterax that were attacking her planet.
It was then that Sonic and Shadow knew what they had to do. "You ready Shadow," Sonic said standing next to rival counterpart, "All set…let's finish this", in that very moment they closed their eyes and received the energy the emeralds passed on to them. With a bright yellow flash Sonic and Shadow turned in to Super Sonic and Hyper Shadow.
Sonic and Shadow then flew out to stop Dar Oak.
Little Cream with her little choa Cheese following right behind her ran outside of the ship to where Cosmo was standing wanting to see what was happening. "What's going on?" cried the little cream colored rabbit. "Shadow and Sonic are teaming up to stop the Meterax", replied Cosmo, and the two watched on to see what would happen next.
Shadow and Sonic sped towards the plant, penetrating it as they circled around the planet. "They'll be ok…I hope…" Chris said as he joined the others inside the ship. Everyone watched with hope that the two hedgehogs would be able to finally defeat Dark Oak.
Sonic and Shadow continued their attack and soon the seed-like planet began to split apart. Everyone soon began to cheer as the planet then exploded in a bright yellow light. They finally did it; they defeated the Meterax…or so they thought.
Eggman watched on and was startled when he saw the planet was still there, only this time it was completely around and dark, "Something is wrong…", he cried, "The energy levels are reversing… it seems like its imploding now"
When brought to their attention, the once happy cheers from the crew suddenly turned to terrifying shook and awe. "You foolish hedgehogs, with the help of the Planet Egg you have indeed stopped me from transforming the galaxy. But you can never win this battle…if the Meterax can't rule the galaxy…then we will destroy it!"
The planet began to emerge this incredible energy force, "The pressure inside that thing is growing fast, "cried Tails. "What's Dark Oak trying to do", wonder Vector. Chris walked up and then realized what was happening, "He's creating a huge gravitational force…because he's trying to crush the Planet Egg."
"Just imagine if you blowing a big balloon", Chris then began to explain, "Sooner or later the air gets tighter and tighter…and you what happens then…", "Hold on…are you telling me that thing is going to explode…" puzzled Espio. "I'm afraid so…" Chris answers sadly.
The pressure began to build up rapidly with each passing second, Cosmo watched on in fear, "Dark Oak is really trying to destroy the galaxy…" Sonic and Shadow prepared themselves and they began to hurdle towards the planet. Suddenly they were stopped by a gravitational barrier that was trying to suck them in causing them to stick to the barrier. Sonic and Shadow held their arms out and prevented themselves from being sucked in.
In a desperate struggle to break through, Shadow reached for his power ring on his wrist, but Sonic quickly stopped him. "Don't use that ring yet…" Sonic called, "Cause in a minute we're gonna need all the help we can get".
Shadow nodded his head in agreement and placed his hands in there original positions. Sonic knew he needed all of power to destroy Dark Oak, but he also needed the help of his friends, so he called out to them, "Listen up everybody! Our only way to save the galaxy is to throw all the energy we got at this thing in one shot. Use the Sonic Power Cannon…and launch me at it!"
"But its too risky," Tails cried out, "We've never used the cannon before when you were Super Sonic…we don't know what will happen to you…" "Tails is right Sonic," Chris added, "That gravity field is very powerful…if you smash into it the force could be too much for your body to take."
Hearing that everyone grew worried and wondered if Sonic's plan was a good idea. Amy quickly opposed it, "He can't do it! We have to come up with another plan!"
"I don't know if I can save the galaxy…" Sonic called out, "But I have to try. And there's no way anybody's gonna talk me out of it…so save your breath!" Sonic obviously knew what he was doing and everyone, like it or not, had to trust him. "Let's do it…" Chris went on the move and transported all the energy stored in the Typhoon to the Power Cannon.
Tails began too began powering up the Power Cannon, "We only have one shot to break that barrier…so we need all the energy we can get." Eggman also transferred all the energy in his ship to the Power Cannon and soon the cannon had enough energy to shoot Sonic to the dark planet.
All the lights and power in both ships went out and the only thing that everyone can do now is wait and hope that this plan works.
Outside Cosmo, Cream and Cheese looked out in concern. Cream closed her eyes and cover then with her hands, "I'm so worried I can't even look", she cried, but Cosmo continued to look on.
Watching her friends be in possible danger was hard to bare for Cosmo, throughout the entire adventure she felt like she was nothing but trouble for them, but in the same sense she was grateful that they continued to help her stop the Meterax; but now that things are getting slim Cosmo could nothing but watch…so she thought.
"I feel helpless…" she sobbed. Suddenly she heard to voice of her mother calling out to her, "Cosmo…" her ambulant began to glow and a vision entered into her mind.
In this vision she saw her mother. She was holding out her hand and crying out to her, "Cosmo…this is the moment we've been waiting for. You can help save the galaxy and our clan…if you only believe in yourself."
With that said the vision faded and Cosmo stood there in awe. She touched her glowing ambulant; she now knew why she was sent to Sonic's planet; why she journeyed with them in their aid. "This is why I was sent here…" she cried in realization. Cream look up at her with puzzling eyes, "Are you ok…" she questioned.
Cosmo turned towards Cream, "I understand now…" she said smiling a smile of pure happiness, "There can be peace in the galaxy…and I have the power to make it happen, Cream".
"What do you mean…" the sweet little rabbit was still puzzled. Cosmo's ambulant shone a luminous bright light and she began to levitate from the ship.
Cream watched her levitate higher into the vast space, "Where are you going", she cried. Cosmo closed her eyes and placed both hands on the both sides of the ambulant so that she was cupping it in her hands.
The ambulant began to crack and suddenly broke into pieces. Tiny sparkles twinkled in the sky and surrounded Cosmo as she flew out towards the barrier. As she flew out, her body began to change. She began to grow and the rose buds on the sides of her hair began to bloom.
Cream quickly ran back to the ship, "No…come back…" tears ran from her eyes and down her cheeks. Everyone wondered what was wrong, "What's the matter, Cream", Tails asked.
Cream point out towards the barrier and cried, "Cosmo went out there…to help stop Dark Oak."
Cosmo, no longer a small little girl but a grown up young lady, came closer to the barrier. Sonic looked up and was surprised to see her out there, "What are you doing here…" he wondered. Cosmo flew passed them and broke through the barrier with her mother leading her the whole way, "Mother…I feel happy now because I finally know what my purpose is!"
"My friends mean more to me than anything…and I'd give up everything to help them." Cosmo finally landed on the dark planet and a bright and blinding light shone throughout the entire galaxy. "What's she doing…?" Tails wondered watching from inside the ship.
Cherry blossom petal began to drift away into the galaxy. "Cosmo…you can transform and pass through the gravity field. In you new form you will be like me…your destiny will be fulfilled… you have the power to stop Dark Oak…and bring new life to our clan", the light dimmed and revealed that Cosmo had transformed into a tree. Her roots were wrapped around the dark planet and were deeply embedded inside.
Everyone watched in amazement wondering what was Cosmo doing and why. "It's alright…" she said, "I have Dark Oak immobilized…now you'll be able to stop the Meterax and save the galaxy. Don't worry about me…just fire the Power Cannon now."
"But…what will happen to you…" Chris asked with deep sorrow and worry. Tails sat there paralyzed in shock. He couldn't believe the lengths Cosmo is going through to save the galaxy, "If she says not to worry…I have to trust her."
Sadly, Tails began to set up the Power Cannon. Sonic then sped to it and loaded himself inside, readying himself to attack. "Tails…get ready to fire the Power Cannon at my command," Eggman said. Tails slowly nodded and power up the cannon. Before he could fire, Shadow teleported himself inside the cannon; he too wanted to help stop Dark Oak.
The two hedgehogs smiled and began revving up for the attack. Once everything was ready Eggman gave out his command, "Sonic Power Cannon…FIRE!"
Tails then propped himself up, "Ready…!" he placed his thumb on the button, but could bring himself to push it. Tears began to swell in the little kitsune's eyes; his heart was deep saddened, he felt like for the sake of the galaxy he had to kill his special friend and that wasn't fair to him.
"Tails…I know this is difficult but the galaxy is in danger and time is running out…you must fire now", said Eggman. The tears in Tails' eyes finally fell and the little kitsune began to sob, "But I can't…What about Cosmo…" "She knows what she's doing…" Eggman explained, "Cosmo is carrying out her destiny…she was meant to save the galaxy…and we have to help her."
Tails slowly lifted his head and look up and the tree planted into Dark Oak…Cosmo, "But you're my friend Cosmo…I'm sorry…I just can't do it…" "Trust me Tails…you have to fire", Cosmo said, "It's the only way to save all of us…" "I trust you…but…you mean a lot to me…I don't wanna lose you Cosmo…" "You won't Tails…" Cosmo reassured him, "You'll stop the Meterax…and spread the seeds of my clan throughout the galaxy…" "I understand…your friendship means a lot to me…I wish we could spend more time together…but…I understand the this is your only hope to save the galaxy and bring you clan back…I hope your seeds will find a new place to grow…good luck Cosmo…and good bye!" At that moment Tails pressed the button and released the energy of the Power Cannon and the two hedgehogs went flying towards Dark Oak.
The power of the blast was so powerful that the Power Cannon crumbled to the ground in pieces. The hedgehogs struck Dark Oak and destroyed him along with Cosmo in a blast of yellow light.
Cosmo was free and flew up to heaven to join her mother as the seeds spread through the galaxy. Before she left, she gave one final goodbye to Tails, "Thank you, Tails…I'll never forget you!" and that's what happened on the tragic day aboard the Blue Typhoon.
- End of chapter two -