Sonic: Apocalypse
Chapter 2
Plasma Storm
Solleanna had been plunged into a realm of darkness and fire, and the wake of corruption was quickly spreading across the world. The ground had turned to crystals of solid darkness by the hands of Mephiles, and the sky lit ablaze by the fury of Iblis. The citizens of Solleanna had all been frozen in time, to feel, see, and hear without movement, or injury. To burn in the wake of Iblis until the imminent destruction of the planet. Only a few with the power to wield space and time were spared of this torture, and three of them were on their way at that very moment.
Silver, Blaze, and Striker were soaring beneath the fiery clouds, and around spires of crystallized darkness, piercing the skies. Silver looked onward to see nothing but flames, the same flames that had consumed the future in the other timeline. And now the future was worse off than before. At first, Silver thought his eyes were fooling him when he thought he saw flames barreling toward them, until he saw that it was a troop of Fire Hawks, at least fifty of them. "Incoming!" All three barrel rolled out of the way as they streaked past, almost scorching them to a crisp. Silver glared back at them, flying backwards as he stared them down. "This is for the FUTURE!"
All three of them began to fire everything they had. Lightning bolts, fire blasts, and psychokinetic shockwaves shot out and struck them down one by one, but they quickly came to realize that Blaze was only making it worse. "Blaze, ceasefire! Use your firepower to put up a defense!"
"Got it!" Blaze put up her hands and as each fireshot from the Hawks approached, they were absorbed and fueled Blaze, making her slowly more and more powerful. The thirty or so that were left turned around and continued to fire, until they got to point-blank, and Blaze absorbed them all. Her body instantly lit ablaze and her power overwhelmed her. She looked onward and broke Silvers kinetic hold, floating there herself. "Stand back…" Blaze took off at incredible speed, purposely flying past every Hawk she saw. Striker smirked and followed her lead, personally rounding them up for her. As his lightning guided them right toward her, Silver flew at the back and threw shattered pieces of dark spires, piercing them on contact.
Silver for a moment thought that his eyes were fooling him again, but he was wrong. A mass group of Dark Hawks and Dark Titans were on their way, these ones immune to Blazes absorption. But her powers could now truly be put to use. "Blaze, release it all, now!" Blaze simply nodded and stared them all down, her arms outstretched, and the flames she collected slowly formed a giant mass of fire above her, which was then fueled further by the flame clouds above. Silver quickly realized that she was struggling to control it, and lended a hand by condensing it with a forcefield. As the orb grew larger, Striker began to fuel it with lightning, creating a massive ball of plasma. The titans began to throw boulders of solid darkness toward them, as an attempt at breaking the forcefield, but their attempts failed as their own attacks rained back down upon them. The three of them struggled, to hold the orb, but not to hold back the army, for their destruction at the moment was their own doing.
Within just a few moments, the orb was complete, and the minions of Solaris began to retreat. But it was too late. The Psyche team had prepared their most powerful attack, on a higher scale than ever. "PLASMA BOMB!" The three of them threw it to the ground, crashing down like a meteor. On impact, a wave of plasma thrust out and obliterated all of the hawks, and the slow titans where then swallowed in the bright explosion released from the core. As the light faded, a crater was left in the outer limits of the city, almost a hundred meters wide.
"You guys ok?…" Silver asked his friends softly, quite tired himself. But as he turned his head toward them, he found a frightening sight. Blaze was on her knees, trying to wake an unconscious Striker. Silver hurried over to assist her, but before he could reach them, her realized Striker stopped moving. No matter what Blaze tried, he wouldn't budge an inch. He was now frozen in time, and they had no way of freeing him. Blaze slowly looked up to her beloved Silver, her eyes now watery and slightly reddened. Silver slowly looked away, toward the heart of the city, where their opponent lay waiting.
"We'll set this right….. We'll stop Solaris and free him. I promise that." Silver gently took his beloved Blazes hand and they lifted into the air, and flew away from their lost friend, with only one goal on their minds. Destroy Solaris at all costs.