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'Really, Sonic,' Scourge began clapping his hands slowly and in sync as he took a few steps closer, 'I have to congratulate you! I really didn't think any of you would make it past half way through the city.'
Sonic straightened up, his senses coming back to him, forced to look away from the glowing light that showed the finish line to this disaster. He subtly took in a calming breath, pushing himself to find that cocky attitude he knew he had, as he mockingly dusted off his hands and turned around to face the sap coloured hedgehog – that signature smile seeping through the fear coursing through his veins. He placed his hands on his hips and took a step closer, the same way his Anti-Mobian doppelganger had.
'Do you not know me at all, Scourge?' Sonic smirked, struggling to look out of his peripheral vision for the rest of the gang.
'Oh, I know you, Hedgehog. All too well, in fact.'
Scourge smirked before looking over his shoulder, a distorted dark figure coming out from behind the bushes in the late evening light. As they drew closer, it was all too clear that there were two people approaching, causing Sonic's temporarily cocky demeanour to falter. Fiona had her left hand stuck across Amy's mouth while the other held her blade against her throat. The vixen's darling engagement ring sparkled in the dim light, catching the cerulean creature's eye and allowing him an outlet to return to his cocky demeanour.
'Wow, that's quite a rock you got there, Fiona.' Sonic whistled before turning to Scourge, 'Yikes, how much did that set you back?'
'Let's just say… it was a steal.' Scourge rolled his eyes with a snicker.
'Is that really what you want to talk about, Sonic?' Fiona cocked a brow, tightening her grip.
Sonic was able to lock eyes with Amy for just a second, maybe even a split second. So fast even the bubble-gum coloured heroine almost missed it. She prayed Sonic had some sort of plan, something that could buy them some time in order to get those emeralds before Scourge does. It suddenly dawned on him that the glowing light was still beaming in the exact same spot – no one else had claimed it yet?
'So, where is the rest of your crew? I was intrigued when I realised you even had Eggman on your side.'
'I'll admit, he's been quite the asset.' Scourge shrugged through a smile.
The bushes all around the small clearing started to rustle as the entire Sonic team walked themselves out calmly and quietly, only now they all sported a dark violet orb like ring around their entire beings. Sonic glimpsed at Eggman who was standing behind Scourge and the rest of his cohort with some sort of controller, most likely the cause of the orbs. They were physically out of control, but emotionally, Sonic had never seen any of them so petrified. His siblings, his best friends… Amy, with a blade to her throat.
'The only thing I didn't anticipate, was you and the rest of your disciples running as soon as things didn't go your way.' Scourge began circling his counterpart, 'other than that, I think I could guess pretty much everything else that's happened along the way.'
'Oh, is that so?' Sonic scoff, attempting to keep up the façade.
'Let me guess… judging from the hand gun that the bunny was holding before Eggy here held her up, after her defenceless mother kicked the bucket, she went all bad ass, right?' Scourge began as he threw a look at Cream, the young, sweet and innocent Cream flickering across her eyes as he looked at her. 'Then, despite the danger of them falling into my hands, you sent away all the emeralds in the hope they'd stay together long enough for you to find them first rather than risking taking them with you.'
'S-Sonic.' Amy whispered now that her mouth was finally free, only for Fiona's blade to draw closer to her.
'After that, it took you all too long to realise that of course the emeralds will come here to the city, because being Hero Of Mobius, all you could think of was the well-being of the city –you ran anyway though, didn't you?' Scourge teased, watching Sonic strain himself to stay quiet. 'Once you idiots worked it out, you had to trek all the way back here, only to be too late.'
'You didn't find them until now?' Sonic spat, knowing it probably wasn't the smartest thing he'd ever done.
'I'll be straight with you, Hedgehog, I didn't find them straight away either. I sure found them a lot faster than you though.' Scourge paused to take in the confused expression Sonic was desperately struggling to hide. 'Oh, come on, of course I was going to wait for you to get here! It'd be no fun if I just took them and took over straight away? Sure, there's no point delaying the inevitable, but I don't see a problem when it's this much fun!'
'You think you've got it all worked out, eh?' Knuckles growled through a tightened jaw.
'Oh, I know I do,' Scourge hissed in his direction before turning back to Sonic in a dramatic fashion, 'because to add just that little something extra to our story – it took a tragic and disastrous situation for him to work out how much he really loves the princess with a toy hammer. Knowing they should put their feelings aside until they win the war but they just can't resist, sharing just a kiss before the climax begins.'
The normally beautiful, royal blue quills Sonic would sport started to tinge a midnight blue, but he refused to let Scourge see how much he was getting to him. The dark green hedgehog continued to mock him, but his words became a blur as Sonic subtly looked around before his eyes landed on Eggman. The grossly obese doctor had never looked worse, in fact, he'd lost an unhealthy amount of weight. His body was almost entirely black and blue, he couldn't walk properly which probably indicated something was or had been broken.
He was ready to end this, dead or alive. He locked eyes with Sonic for a few seconds, his milky, sad eyes staring the speedster down before he glanced back and forth between the controller and Sonic. It took a few seconds, but he picked up what the doctor was saying. It had to look like an accident. He needed his team's back-up. It was a priority. It was now or never. Sonic looked back towards Scourge, waiting for him to wrap it up so they could get on with the battle.
'… so tell me now, Sonic. Got it in you for one last round?' Scourge finished as Sonic came back into the conversation.
They both smiled, ready to duke it out one on one before the real war began, right up until Scourge revealed his new upgrade. Sonic suddenly got far less excited. The cynical hedgehog went from an unflattering green colour to all different shades of violet, his pupils dilating a crimson red as his quills flared up. He rose a few inches off the ground, bearing all his sharp teeth. He didn't look any different than his usual super form, but surely he had something up his sleeve.
'Fuck…' Sonic thought to himself.
Sonic didn't want to waste time, he headed straight for Eggman, determined to get that controller. He sped straight towards the doctor only to be knocked back almost as soon as he'd taken the first step. He shot backwards, sliding across the dirt face first before staggering to his feet. He lift his head to see Scourge in a fit of hysterics, gripping his stomach with unbearable laughter.
'And you think I don't know you, Sonic!' Scourge howled.
Scourge lifted a few more inches off the ground, Fiona's grip almost choking Amy as the rest of the Anti-Mobians guarded Eggman. They were out of options so fast that the thought of giving up had genuinely flashed through the hero's mind. He managed to get one last look at Eggman before the doctor gave in himself for them, throwing the remote hard enough for it to shatter on the ground before anyone could catch it. As the orbs disappeared around the gang, the Anti-Mobians turned on Eggman. Patch and Alicia began their signature work, so brutal even Fiona had to turn away.
The gang spread out to begin the war, all but Cream who ran to find her gun and crawl up a tree. She made herself focus on Eggman once she was up there, unable to bare the slow and torturous death they were surely bestowing upon him. She watched just long enough to lock eyes with her life-long enemy, but today, in that moment, it was as if they were almost friends. He gave her a nod, one that was almost begging before she silently loaded her gun, aiming carefully and preparing herself for what would come of this.
*gunshot*
'ALICIA!' Patch screeched as the blood splattered across his uniform.
Cream honestly only intended to hit Eggman, put him out of his misery, get it done with fast. She never thought she could make two kills with just one shot, especially considering it was an accident. The young rabbit was almost sure she was going to vomit, watching Patch kick Eggman's limp body aside to hold Princess Alicia in his arms, before looking around to see where the shot had come from. Their eyes locked.
'Oh my, God.' Cream whispered in a panic before quickly reloading her gun and jumping out of the tree, speeding towards the others.
She had only just made it a few metres away from where Amy and Sonia were duking it out with Fiona before Patch crash tackled her to the ground, causing her to drop the gun as he pulled out a syringe and held it up ready to jab it into her neck. Scourge, still floating above the scene and not ready to get involved yet, turned his attention to the squirming bunny on the ground, beginning to chuckle to himself.
'HELP ME!' Cream's cry for help was the first time anyone had heard Cream's actually voice for what felt like forever.
Sonic away from his own fight with O'Nux, speeding towards the cry for help and booting Patch so hard into a tree that he would be unconscious for at least a few minutes. He pushed cream to her feet before realising how close the emeralds were. Now or never. He speed to where the glowing light was seeping through the large bush, a wave of relief rushing over him as he saw them with his own eyes. Scourge watched him rush over, the Anti-Mobian King feeling panic course through him as he flew down in an attempt to stop the chaos control…
'CHAOS CONTROL!' Sonic screamed.
No one had ever gone super with all seven emeralds AND the Master emerald before, and it felt very different. So much more powerful, it was almost overwhelming. Sonic rose up to Scourge's level, the gold rays beaming off his quills, his pupils turning the same crimson red as Scourge's. The King was scared, Sonic could see it. That was it. That was the secret. There was some sort of 'Master' Anarchy Beryl that Scourge had discovered.
'Secret's out, eh?' Sonic winked, aggravating the fear that coursed through scourge's veins.
