Mystic Jungle
It took Sonic just a mere half hour to manage to get to the Mystic Jungle, and he was greeted with quite the sight! Dozens of Eggman's battleships were overhead, bombing the hell out of everything and everyone inside the forest! The navy blue haired teenager needed to going on, and fast! So he turned on his communicator to speak with any of the other Resistance Members that might hear him.
"What's going on out there!?" Sonic called out moments after he turned on the communicator, only to be quickly answered by Knuckles.
"Eggman's forces are scattering bombs like confetti!" Knuckles answered, to which Twilight quickly added. "If they keep this up, we won't be able to go on like this!"
"The whole place is going up in flames!" Sonic quickly called back as he turned his attention back over to the still being bombed down forest. "These aren't the kind of fireworks I like!"
With that, Sonic immediately shut off his communicator once more so he could concentrate on getting to Silver and the mysterious masked man that had defeated him all those months ago. But even though he had his troops bombing the forest, it seems that Eggman had also sent some ground troops down there. Probably to deal with any sort of surviving Resistance Members if they were to avoid the bombing from the ships. And the navy blue haired teen was no exception, since the very moment they had seen him, they immediately started firing. But just like the weapons factory in Green Hill, they were simple ones; Egg Pawns, Egg Fighters, Motobugs, Buzzbombers, and for more intense damage, there were even a few Egg Hammers here and there! And there was even a new mech that the male speedster had never seen before. A magenta looking robot Emu, which was respectively called the Egg Emu; Said robot able to fire missiles that locked onto their target and weren't easy to dodge.
(I called it the Egg Emu because it looks like an Emu to me and I don't know if it has a canon name.)
Though, Sonic easily used the robot Emus attacks to his advantage; Leading the missiles away from any injured Resistance Members he found along the way to Silver's location and making them ram into any nearby robots, effectively destroying them and allowing them to escape with the help of any other nearby members. And as he got closer and closer to the location, that was when the blue blur turned on his communicator once more.
"How are you guys holding up out there?" Sonic asked, to which Applejack replied to him a few moments later.
"Ah hate to be the bearer of bad news, sugarcube..." Applejack began in a calm tone, before speaking in a more worried one as the sound of a Resistance Member being shot down could be heard on her end of the communication. "But ah don't think we'll be able to hold them off much longer! If we don't retreat now, we're doomed!'
"You guys have done plenty already, good job!" Sonic happily responded, to which he was quickly cut off by Amy before he could get another word out.
"We've located the unknown enemy, Sonic." Amy informed. "They're in the ruins up ahead with Silver."
"Great job, Amy! I'll make sure that everyone's efforts weren't in vain!" Sonic responded, before turning his attention back to Applejack's side of the communication. "And you guys head back to the base! I'll take care of things from here!"
Well the dark yellow haired teen was more than happy to listen to the navy blue haired teen's instructions; Commanding what was left of the troops on her end to retreat and bring along any injured Resistance Members that they could, to which said troops obliged and did as they were ordered to do. And back with the blue blur, things were still going quite smoothly; Him taking out any robots that were in his way until reaching a spring that would definetely bounce him across the way and into the location of the ruins. Though, just as he was about to bounce on it, he immediately got another communication from the hot pink haired girl.
"Sonic, wait!" Amy called out to him. "There's an unidentified life form on the radar! It's... Something from the jungle!?"
But by the time Amy informed Sonic of all this, it was too late; Him bouncing off the spring. Though he didn't get too far until the unidentified life form popped out from under the trees below; Said life form turning out to be a GIGANTIC snake, which opened its mouth to swallow the blue blur whole once he got nearby! Yet even though he wasn't prepared for this snake, the navy blue haired teen still managed to counterattack; Homing attacking the snake's snout before running around atop its body.
"I'm guessing all those explosions managed to rile it up!" Sonic spoke aloud as he managed to just barely avoid a lunging at by the giant reptile. "I don't think I'll be able to get pass this thing without a fight!"
And give a fight he did, Sonic continuing to run around the snake's body and Homing Attacking its snout whenever it came close. Though, the blue blur's luck came to an end as the gigantic reptile lunged its body upwards; Sending him up into the sky and the giant reptile using this chance to swallow the blue blur whole successfully! But even though he was successfully swallowed hole, it seemed like the navy blue haired teen wasn't about to give up without a fight.
"Oh you are so going to regret that!" Sonic called out. "I don't make a very good snack!"
And that proved to be very true a few seconds later, as Sonic started to Homing Attack again and again inside of the snake; Hoping that it would barf him out if enough damage was done from the inside of its stomach. Luckily, what the blue blur hoped was true; Since after enough attacking, the snake finally spit him out, falling unconscious mere moments later whilst the blue blur managed land just a few yards away from Silver's location. Sure, he was covered in snake saliva, which he shook off to the best of his ability, but other than thatt, he was a-okay; Running towards the ruins moments after managing to shake off as much saliva as he could.
"Be careful!" Twilight called out through the communicator. "The enemy readings are closing in on you, Sonic!"
"Heh, now it's time for me to meet our mysterious foe..." Sonic muttered to himself.
Mystic Jungle: Ruins
At the ruins of the Mystic Jungle, Silver was certainly having a hard time; Already having sustained quite a few injuries thanks to the mysterious masked adult man in front of, both of them levitating in front of one another as the masked man spoke.
"This wasn't part of my agenda, but I'm always happy to crush one of you wannabe heroes..." The masked man spoke in an oddly calm, but menacing, tone of voice. "It keeps the rabble in line... Shows them that there is no longer hope for them to win..."
"Does anyone but you believe your lies!?" Silver shot back in a very angry tone of voice.
And without even another word from either of them, both Silver and the adult man started to charge at one another; Ramming into one another in hopes of knocking the other out. Though, throughout all this charging at one another, the mysterious masked man dropped a mysterious little gem... One that looked similar to that of the one embedded in his chest... Anyway, moments after the gem was knocked away from the masked man's hand, that was when he delivered one final blow to the psychokinetic teenager; Using his hand to easily fling the teen into a nearby wall and causing him to crash onto the ground in pain.
"Seeing is believing..." The masked man spoke as he looked down at the badly injured Silver, before charging at him again to deliever the final blow.
But luckily for Silver and unluckily for the masked man, said final blow never came; Since just as he got close to Silver, Sonic managed to intervene, quickly delivering a Homing Attack to deflect the masked man and keep the other safe.
"Time to tag out, Silver!" Sonic spoke as he looked back at Silver and then back at the masked man. "I got it from here!"
"Well, well, well... Look who's back from the dead..." The mysterious masked man spoke as he placed a hand to his mask. "The annoying little savior of this pathetic planet... But what's that I smell? You reek of fear, you rodent... Glad to see I left an impression."
And as to sorta mock the masked man, the blue blur raised up his left arm and smelt his armpit; before looking back at the other
"No, that's not fear, I ran all the way over here." Sonic responded. "And you HAVEN'T left an impression. I don't know anything about you, not even your name!"
"You may call me... Infinite..." The masked man now known as Infinite spoke. "For the breif moments of life you have left that is..."
"See, Infinite! Now we're getting to know each other!" Sonic spoke in a cocky little tone. "So what's your favorite color? Do you like long romantic walks along the beach? What's the source of your power? You can skip the first two questions if you like!
"The source of my power is none or your concern, Sonic..." Infinite responded, making Sonic have a cocky little grin form on his face.
"Sorry, but you've just GOT to share the source of your power with me!" Sonic responds as he started to jog towards Infinite. "I insist!"
"Your insistence is futile, you filthy little rat!" Infinite shot back, before a wave of energy shot out from his body; Said wave causing objects around him, including Sonic and Silver, to float in the air.
And while Silver was able to use his psychokinesis to float in the air, making him immune to this odd power wave, Sonic was not so lucky; Stuck floating higher and higher.
"Sonic, are you okay!?" Silver called out.
Unfortunately, Sonic didn't have time to answer as he was suddenly smacked away by Infinite; Landing moments later onto this mysterious runway that looked like the snake that attacked him before he got to the ruins! Though, the blue blur didn't have time to ask questions like that as the mysterious masked man floated down in front of him. Best he get ready for one hell of a fight!
(Woo! Been awhile since I've updated this story! Still got it! Hope y'all enjoy and I'll try to dish out the chapters much sooner!)