AN – Finally have Chapter 2. Well, hope you enjoy.
Chapter 2

"I've finally found him… The Iblis Trigger…"

Sonic stepped up and faced toward the direction he last saw Eggman's ship head off. His legs gripped the ground as claws. With what momentum was given he made a signature grin switched his hands past the flaming background and sped off like the wind. In only seconds he was bursting at half speed, broken road lying ahead of him. Destroyed cars that blocked various paths were no challenge for Sonic as he simply glided in the area of speed.

A building left a small gap but that was no distance this hedgehog couldn't cover. The whole beneath has Sonic jumped looked as if it never ended; never ending just like this madness. It made him think of the princess and made him even more determined to stop Eggman's doings. When he finally did jump it was, as he thought, no problem. Even at a intense speed, this was easy compared to some things Sonic had done before. So when even more obstacles such has abandoned cars in the debris appeared it was no problem. All of these things that intended to block Sonic's path were common. It was a war zone in what used to be Soleanna.

Racing away towards his nemesis, Sonic blasted off into faster speeds. The fires lit everything that used to be night, making it seem like day. Then it struck. A terrible darkness. A tornado that wasn't wind, but a swirl of bright colors complimenting red. Swirling at the hedgehog was a tornado of mass fire. This set Sonic into a faster pace, almost faster then he'd ever gone before. What he didn't know though, was anticipation. The doctor had planned all of this out and so, right in front of him in the distance, lied and army of mechs ready to arrest his pursuit.

Debris scattered everywhere but was no match for Sonic's quick awareness. Even as billboards aimed at him to deliberately attack him, he could run on with simple maneuvers. The whole event seemed more like a challenge of his skill over a rescue mission, training at that. A training mission that included death as an option. Sonic knew this now, he knew because he saw Eggman's mechs before him. Just waiting to stop him.

"Eggman doesn't want me to stop him this time it seems. Looks like I'll have to work harder then I first thought. It's no problem though." Thought Sonic as he jumped onto a piece of metal that created a bridge onto the broken forward concrete road ahead.

Three mechs floated in the way. Whatever they wished to accomplish, they would not. Sonic was as stubborn as a child, wanting his way; getting Elise back was his way. Slanting his body for his shoes to tightly lock to the ground he grinned in his blue fur. Sonic jumped and plat formed a burst of speed in a ball-like motion to sustain the destruction of one mech. The other two still remained. They closed up to make an apparent victory for the blue. Sonic spiraled onto the ground and with a break-dance-like motion kick both mechs to knock them down to the ground.

"I can't stop now." He said aloud, even if only he could hear himself.

Still standing, Sonic slipped into motion. It was as if he'd always been running and never stopped by the time he started up. However, this time the straight path seemed only to cross forward a few yard before quickly taking a curve. Upon this was a rugged building that had fallen to its demise. If flames hadn't been lit about, the chills that danced down Sonic's spine would have been cold and noticed. To the side of the structure were several broken shards of marble, a large end that pointed from the top. These pieces were no doubt once parts of the building. Sonic's immediate path was blocked, but that only provoked him into making a second plan.

The speedster continued forward, hitting the side of the building. A nearby pole pleaded for him to react with it. The hero placed his foot there and jumped up half of the 50ft barrier, stepping into a fast paced run directly after; running up what part of the building's outer wall remained. In mere seconds, he was atop with a clear site of what used to be a great city, a city of water. Now only fire engulfed in the area around, spitting rock from beneath where a lake once resided, and rising magma from beneath the Earth's crust. The sky resembled that of burning oil reserves. Below much like the past buildings in the central area of Soleanna broken remains of buildings existed. On the far side was a high ridge that peeked over him unlike anything else he had seen.

Sonic couldn't see the flying fortress had built and knew he had fallen too far behind. "Damn it!" He thought. How could the fastest, bluest, hedgehog in the world have missed the ship? He stood there still looking outward towards the cloudy sky, toward the endless night that still rested upon the Earth. At this time, he dropped on down into the city's surface ground to chase after the Egg Carrier.

Shadow was still racing towards the direction of the doctor's original location. His mind focused on one thing, and that was what Eggman was up to. The only way Shadow knew to find this out was to find the start of Eggman's area; and he knew he had found it. Once he saw signs of smoke and a bright orange coming just above a hill, he knew where that mad man had been. The black hedgehog skid across the dirt path like it was oil to ensure a quick route to wherever this place was. Quickly, he made such an imposing move stay on track while still slanting.

"What's wrong with him?" Shadow wondered in frustration. He never expected in his life for such a death riding attack. With no other choice he came closer to an open arch. Where a gate had once been it was now blown off. Shadow made his signature smirk and opened a compartment in his jeep that showed a green screen. The screen showed what looked to be a radar, the jeep's current condition, and control over a weapons system. It was about time he showed the rocket launchers weren't for show.

As Sonic scattered onto the ground those same mechs tried in vain to catch him. Maybe Eggman had installed new jets but they were still mere snails to Sonic. The hedgehog bounced off walls to initiate his maneuvers then curled into a midair sphere to commend an attack. This would take those mechs out with no problem. Chaining his attacks was also of the essence. Doing so would make it seem as if nothing were, as if the apocalypse that Eggman brought never stroke. When he landed, he'd simply keep on running.

Finally he came to a clearing, where the darkness of night was lifted. The fires ordered such an issue as for Sonic to see a new metallic design. It resembled that of a crab, with a fine dark red to coat it and silver circles on its outside. The legs were jointed to hold its wait. It contained various dents around the edges. The bots were not much shorter then him.

Sonic halted then watched them for a bit. They approached him rather slowly in attempt to attack him. One fired a red ball at him that glowed to no extent. It glowed faster and immediately Sonic knew what it was. He jumped in the air, landed on the top of the crab mech and jumped, breaking its inside circuits. Four others still remained. Sonic ran toward them and slid under the first to his right. The legs slightly loss balance and the mech stumbled into rumble behind. Sonic jumped in the air to fire himself at the open bot that seemed to beg for its mechanical life. The hedgehog wouldn't hold back and fired a trace of blue behind him. Like a bird he flew across the sky as ice. He fell upon his targets as a rock would destroying them in a chain of bounces that either crushed or cut out the inside circuits. The blue hero stopped and stood up. Just as he was about to dash off wards he heard a disruption behind him. Without hesitation, and on reaction, he turned around.

Behind him, a taller mech, not crab like, struggled to fire at Sonic. A green pulse of energy covered around the outer structure of the silver metallic being. Then it floated upwards and crashed to the buildings beside it. For certain, Sonic may have been dead had this not happened, but he didn't care about that at the moment. Sonic was focused on what this happening was. All questions were answered when behind the ridge of a ruin, a pair of orange eyes peeked out.

In front of Sonic now, was a tall hedgehog, only a little taller with the five quills that stuck above his head. Two larger quills extended from his back that refused to lean straight down, instead peeking off to the back even more. His chest was groomed in fur that followed along his neck and behind his head. What seemed most odd were his clothes. It looked so futuristic, his gloves especially. His gloves had lines of green that tinted the same as that glow of energy Sonic had seen earlier. His boots were black and tipped with cyan. A large white line started from the end of the black to the top. What outlined both colors together was a tint of silver. At the top near the cylindrical golden braces a bright red oval no larger then the end of a finger existed like a light. Sonic was more interested in this figure.

"Who are you?" Questioned Sonic.

"That is none of your concern, Sonic the Hedgehog." Replied the silver entity, "Now that I've found you though, you must be destroyed."

"Wait, destroy me?"

"You're the one who will cause the turmoil against others whether in your will or not does not matter, but stopping such a crisis does. Now enough talk, it's time to accept your new fate."

"Well, I don't know what it is you're talking about but don't think I'm just going to sit here and let you attack me. You'll have to catch me first." Sonic egoistically grinned.

"That won't be a problem." The nemesis moved his hand as to focus on one of the damaged crab bots Sonic had recently destroyed. Two were shielded by a green aura and then lifted up. Quickly they were fired at Sonic who had no time to do anything else but role out of the way. An explosion from the collision caused him to jump further. The silver hedgehog picked up a group of crates that had spilt out of an abandoned truck and lifted them at Sonic. He fired one at a time. The blue blur, nick named for speed, jumped up and flipped onto the top of one box. Then as another flew at him with primal rage he quickly ascended to the sky to get on top of another. A line of boxes was created that led to the other hedgehog. Sonic made his attack on the final crate but was caught as easily as everything else was by the green essence.

"And now, I have finally caught the Iblis Trigger." The hedgehog said as if talking to himself, "I'll make this quick."

Sonic grit his teeth together. They say your life flashes beneath your eyes just before you die, or before you think you're going to die. This was the same as Sonic, small glimpse of hope that treaded into his mind. It seemed as though nothing could save him now though. The blue Sonic struggled to break free but his mind was locked along with every ounce of his body. Then he heard something coming. He didn't think that this hedgehog heard it, but he knew it was there. It wasn't part of his delusional wishes, but a fragment of reality. From over the edges of a cliff roared the engine of a jeep. The jeep flew off and the familiar face was noticed… Shadow.

The black hedgehog noticed the blue counterpart in distress. Quickly like a knight gallantly saving a damsel he road his steed across the ruined cityscape. Shadow took aim and fired hungry missiles at this new hedgehog. It was a direct hit that left smoke. Sonic fell to the ground barely landing on two feet. He ran towards Shadow, surprised that he was even here, "Hey, long time no see."

Shadow left no reply. He was stunned by something Sonic was focused on. He was stunned by the fact of a simple whisper coming through the air. A secret he knew but didn't admit. That hedgehog had stopped every fragment of the missile. When the smoke cleared, he knew it to be true. All that was left was the black outline but that was enough to confirm it. Then a clear image of an angered being.

"Shadow I need to save-"

"Then go Sonic. I'll handle him."

Shadow opened one of his doors and Sonic saw that he was serious. Like an ant in a colony he was determined to face this hedgehog. Sonic stared blankly as a ghost. Shadow looked back and with only his eyes commanded the movement of Sonic. The hedgehog dashed like a wild animal to follow his nemesis's tracks , and save princess Elise. It was left as a question to his mind though, "What is the Iblis Trigger? Who is that hedgehog?"