Super Sonic Squad
Season Six, Episode Seven
Goodbye Corlon
By Cole Bezotte
This is it! The final phase of the battle over Corlon's moon! Can our heroes perform the finishing touches on time?
Sorry everything is going by too quickly. I just need to get this thing done.
Never before had Tails faced such a menacing attack in outer space. Though Courtney gave him orders to let Corlon's moon be destroyed if it had to be so, he was still very concerned about her. Did she really want all evidences of her home to be gone? But Tails had to stay strong and continue with his attack against Rech's cruiser. Even at that same time, the Egg Tooth flagship was coming closer for its assault.
"I won't fail you, Courtney…" Tails thought silently as he gripped his controls tightly. "You've been so much of a friend to me! I don't ever want to lose you!" Tears streamed down his face as he paused in his work. Everyone aboard the Starship Phoenix Mk II went about their duty, controlling the turrets and firing at the enemy cruisers. But Tails was still worried about Courtney as he hesitated to move the fateful switches that would aim the turrets at the Straggon flagship's docking bay.
"Tails!" Courtney said to him through a telepathic message. "Why are you hesitating?"
"I can't lose you now!" Tails replied back through his mind. "If I dare shoot at that docking bay, it will be the end for you! I need to give you more time!"
"The whole place is already coming down. But I have method of making my escape. You may not see me right then, but I will appear to you soon…"
"Is that all…?" Tails thought. "Is that I'm going to hear from her?"
Meanwhile, aboard Rech's flagship, Courtney crash-landed her ship and immediately headed to the control room, where she would meet the diabolical king of Straggo and end this war. Though the true Galactic War was still to be settled by the princess of Corlon, the war between good and bad ever still raged on.
"I've found you, prince of evil!" Courtney spoke to him after killing off all the guards. "Now let's settle this!"
"Pardon me…!" Rech rudely replied. "What you mean is KING of evil! Now that I have Straggo, there is nothing you can do against me! I rule the realm, with my own laws and regulations that no Corlonian can ever defy! This must be NOTHING like the days of my father! Now that I am the monarch, things must go my way! And my first rule is… let no other Corlonian ever live!"
Courtney held her special Corlonian sword tightly within her grasp, her right hand sweating over its handle. Now she was ready to end the tyranny that the Straggons had started many years ago. "You are no king…!" she exclaimed as she made the first move, only to be blocked by Rech's Straggon sword. "You're nothing but a murderer! All you care about is attention to yourself and innocents dead!"
"You must face it!" Rech replied as he yanked his sword back. "A monarch must be respected and not defied!"
"I don't care what you are! You're dealing with the princess of Corlon!"
Rech hurled his sword towards Courtney, which was quickly stopped by her weapon coming in the same direction. "With you destroyed, my dream is complete!" he exclaimed.
"You did dare to threaten a female of Corlon…" Courtney replied. "You did profane my name by your utterance! If you ever had reason to expect victory over Corlon—such reason is now forever vanished! I shall forever stand for the realm you destroyed!"
"First, you fall—and then, all authority is mine! I cannot fail!"
The same fighting tactic was repeated, only to be deflected again.
"You can never succeed while I live!"
"But the princess of Corlon will live NO MORE! My sword will finish you forever!"
Before Rech can ever expect it, Courtney quickly used her mental powers to telekinetically push Rech back against the main controls of the cruiser. The impact was almost as powerful to cause many of the levers to break off of the console. Courtney's fighting abilities were now being taken to a whole new level.
"NO!" Rech shouted as he hurled himself forward. "You cannot rob me of my victory! I won't let you! I'm still the strongest of all! I can't lose! DEATH TO THE PRINCESS OF CORLON!"
Both warriors' swords clashed together in such a strong move of attack, it would have almost broken their blades off their handles. But these were no ordinary swords; they were forged specifically by the Corlonians and the Straggons, back when they made the weapons specifically for the Galactic War between Corlon and Straggo. Weapons such as these were to be given special powers, kept in the secret scrolls written by the ancient Hathazhan magicians. These wizards from the planet Hathazh created these powers for young students in the martial arts; and Courtney was given the power of telekinesis and memory control.
Both Rech's sword and Courtney's sword were given the power of unlimited strength; the two warriors would never tire out no matter how long they battled. But Rech's hope soon faded away when he saw what was going on outside. Though Tails still refused to fire at the docking bay, Courtney quietly used her power to aim the turret at it and controlled Tails' finger to press that fateful button. The landing area was shot, and the whole flagship began to fall apart.
As Tails watched the fiery cruiser crumble where it stood, his worries began to grow a thousandfold. "Did I do the right thing?" he thought. "What if I've doomed Courtney?"
Suddenly, a very bright light engulfed all of the outer limits of space, almost blinding everyone as they forced themselves to look away from the sight. "What's going on?!" Tails thought as he covered his eyes. "That came from the carnival! And Sonic and the others are still down there!"
When the light faded away, nothing stood where that moon once was. It was all gone, every rock and stone, every ride and attraction, all erased along with Corlon's only moon. All of Corlon's evidence was completely wiped away.
"NO!" Tails exclaimed as he banged upon his controls. "THEY'RE GONE! THEY'RE DEAD! WHAT HAVE I DONE!? My best friends now all gone!"
But it was not over, at least not for the heroes. Tails suddenly heard a noise behind him and turned to see what it was. Sonic arrived safely with Luigi and Amy, and they had successfully rescued Perci from what seemed like her doom. But to Tails' surprise, Sonic had recollected all the Chaos Emeralds which Eggman and Needles stole to build this theme park; now Sonic had harnessed their power to transform himself into Super Sonic. Still glowing gold with power, Sonic gently placed Perci to the floor onto her feet.
"It's okay, Tails…" Sonic spoke softly. "We made it out alive…"
"I thought you were done for…" Tails replied slowly, shaken and tear-stained. "I thought you would never make it…" It was there that he found a loss for words; he found nothing else to say at all.
"We're perfectly safe," Sonic replied as he turned back to his normal self. "And don't worry… We managed to bring a friend of yours here safe and sound."
Tails was surprised to see Courtney standing there with the rest of them, unscathed and unbeaten. She had done her duty well and won her battle against the evil king. Rech was no more, and neither was his cruel empire. Finally, the tide had turned in the Galactic War, and the ruler of Corlon was victorious over the enemy.
It was after Sonic and Luigi had won their close chess game that the enemy's flagship was damaged severely and was crumbling onto the Egg Tooth Interstellar Amusement Park. Before leaving, Sonic managed to take back the Chaos Emeralds that Needles stole from Shadow, then transformed himself into Super Sonic and flew throughout the park with Luigi and Amy in hands.
(Note: Remember how Shadow kept the Chaos Emeralds safe and sound in season one? I must admit, that was, and still is, my favorite season of the series.)
To add to the success of the escape, Courtney quickly used her telekinetic power to stick Luigi, Amy, and Perci to Sonic like a magnet. She later stuck herself to Sonic after diving out of the burning Straggon cruiser, leaving Rech in there to be brought along with the wreckage to its doom. Though the heroes had succeeded in bringing down the amusement park and the enemy cruisers, Eggman and Needles made good their escape and swore that they would yet again strike one day.
Once safely aboard the Starship Phoenix Mk II, Courtney found Tails motionless and speechless. She softly embraced him like she wanted to do before she took off to fight Rech, happy to know that their expedition was a complete success. But Tails needed some rest to recover from this event; he was deeply moved to see that his friends were still alive and well.
"Though we have succeeded…" Courtney thought to herself, "…we have also suffered a heavy loss. All of Corlon is gone forever, and nothing can ever bring it back. Though I hate to say goodbye to the beautiful realm, I would never want to say goodbye to my dear friends. I don't know why I've acted like such a lonely girl when I have the biggest family in the universe…"
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR READING THIS SPECTACULAR SEASON SIX!
THOUGH IT IS THE END OF AN ADVENTURE, IT IS NOT THE END OF THE SERIES. MY LITTLE BROTHER HUDSON IS NOW WRITING SEASON SEVEN, WITH SOME GOOFS HERE AND THERE, BUT WITH SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING PLOT IDEAS! I MIGHT COME BACK TO WRITE SOME MORE, BUT YOU MUST BE PREPARED! NEEDLES WILL RETURN WITH A MORE DEATHLY PLAN, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NIGHTMARISH TAILS DOLL! ALL THIS WILL BE IN A NEW SONIC/PSASBR CROSSOVER! "Behold Death!"
UNTIL THEN, SEE YOU SOON!
