The Time Travel Tactic
Chapter 6- A Life-Changing Incident
"….Sonic? Can you please tell me what this idea of yours is?" Tails asked.
"It's quite simple, really." Sonic said, and he started telling Tails, along with the rest of his friends, his idea. "…So, we have all of the emeralds with us. But they're inactive, right? So, if my theory is correct, then if we recharge the emeralds, it should bring the universe back to the way it was!" Sonic said enthusiastically. "Wasn't that the plan, Eggman?" Sonic asked.
"Huh? OH, RIGHT! Yes, yes…heh heh…yes." Eggman replied.
"All right then, let's DO THIS!" Sonic said, and he went with Tails to the kitsune's workshop, where they could get the Tornado so it could help them get to the distorted Angel Island. But when they got there, the plane was an absolute WRECK!
"NO!" Sonic yelled out.
"Sonic, don't get your quills in a bunch. I'll fix it!" Tails said, and with the moves of an absolute genius, he repaired the plane in less than 5 minutes.
"WHOA! Great Job Tails! Now, then…." Sonic said as he hopped on the plane's wing. "…Are we ready to get going?"
"Sonic, wait!"
"Huh? Shadow? What's up, man?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic…. You forgot the emeralds."
"Oh, right…heh heh." Sonic said, embarrassed. "Thanks, Shadow." Sonic said, but Shadow had already started walking away. "….Now then, are we ready, Tails?" Sonic asked enthusiastically.
"We're ready!" the kitsune said, still having his head attached to Amy's body (Against his will). "3…2…1….LIFTOFF!" Tails said, and with that, they took off.
The Tornado swiftly stroked through the clouds, splitting through them to get to its destination: Angel Island. On its way there, its metal exterior started getting ice-cold, but Sonic and Tails didn't notice. They were far too busy keeping the plane locked onto its destination. However, during the ride Sonic looked up at the sky, and sighed heavily. The distorted sky seemed like a joke: As if it wasn't really there… However, it was, and the plan Sonic had was the only way to stop it.
"We're almost there!" Tails said.
"Good! Let's get this thing fired up!" Sonic replied, and the engine gained a burst of energy, thrusting the plane further through the fluffy clouds, piercing through each one it thrust through. Just a few moments later, they had arrived near their destination. "Leave this to me, Tails!" Sonic said, and he used his signature Spin Dash to leap off of the plane straight onto Angel Island.
"Good Luck, Sonic!" Tails said, and he started heading back to the Green Hill Zone to wait for Sonic's return, in a fashion similar to Sonic 2.
"All right, now… Let's get this started!" Sonic said, and he pulled out the Chaos Emeralds, along with the Master Emerald, and placed them on their respective pillars on Angel Island. The pillars started glowing, and slowly but surely, the galaxy was starting to restore itself. "YES!" Sonic cheered, and Tails knew everything was going well when he suddenly got his old body back.
"Way to go, Sonic!" Tails and Amy cheered in unison.
"Yes, Sonic, way to go indeed." Eggman muttered under his breath, working on a machine of his.
"Eggman? What are you planning over there?" Tails asked.
"Me? Oh, nothing. Don't worry." Eggman said, although absolutely nobody believed him.
"Eggman…if you're plotting something, you'd better tell me RIGHT THIS INSTANT!" Tails said, walking towards the chubby scientist.
"Oh, I was just planning a surprise for Sonic!" Eggman said, telling a half-truth. "It was going to be a real…" Eggman then paused mid-sentence and slammed his fist down on a red button. "….BLAST!" Then, a bomb was lobbed from a catapult behind Eggman, and it seemed like Tails couldn't avoid it. He tried running from it, but it just kept following him.
"AAAH! Eggman, you goddamn TRAITOR! I thought you were helping us until we fixed the galaxy!" Tails yelled.
"That's just it. Sonic's fixed the galaxy. So now, I'm back to my old ways." Eggman said, grinning, and the bomb then hit Tails dead-on.
"TAILS!" Amy yelled out, but it was too late. Tails wasn't dead, but he was SEVERELY injured by the black, shiny, metallic bomb. "Tails, no! Not again…You CAN'T DIE AGAIN!"
"I'm not dead...Amy, Go warn Sonic, Amy…before it's too late." Tails said, pointing to the Tornado.
"Okay, I'm on it!" Amy said, but Eggman stopped her right in her tracks.
"OH, NO YOU DON'T, LITTLE HEDGEHOG!" Eggman said, lobbing another bomb at Amy. "I'm going to exact my revenge on Sonic this time, and NOTHING will stand in my way! NOTHING!"And with that, Eggman hopped in his Eggmobile, and set off for Angel Island, with a mysterious container of green energy in the back seat.
"EGGMAN!" Knuckles yelled furiously, but it was too late. Eggman was flying to Angel Island for his last show…One that would fix the universe the way HE wanted it.
"Almost there…come on, Emeralds… KEEP GOING!" Sonic cheered.
"Don't worry, Sonic…they'll keep going, alright." Eggman said from behind Sonic.
"EGGMAN?! You better not be thinking about doing what I think you're going to do…."
"Oh, Sonic…always thinking something suspicious is going on. Luckily…. This time you're RIGHT!" Eggman yelled, and he tossed the containers of green energy in the direction of where the Chaos Emeralds were located.
"NO!" Sonic yelled, leaping towards the Emeralds.
"Sonic, I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Eggman said, grinning evilly.
"The Emeralds CAN'T be destroyed! I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Sonic said, and he flawlessly protected each of the Emeralds from the green energy, although it got on nearly every inch of his blue body. "YES!" Sonic said.
"Heh heh….Excellent work, Sonic….." Eggman said.
"Yeah, I kn- GAAAAH! EGGMAN…What's…going…on?!" Sonic groaned, clenching his chest.
"HEH HEH! It WORKED! YES!" Eggman cheered.
"What did you DO, EGGMAN?!" Sonic yelled, as a purple aura surrounded him.
"You know that Unlimifuel I was talking with you about earlier?" Eggman asked.
"Yes? What about it?" Sonic replied as his voice slowly turned to a darker, more sinister tone.
"Well, I worked with enhancing it a bit, and I eventually made a corrupted form of it that can transform ANYTHING into a darker, more maniacal form! Unfortunately, I only have a small sample, but a small sample seemed to be enough!"
"You sick bastard…"
"Ain't I?"
"When I break free of this stuff….I'm going to…GAAAAAH!" Sonic suddenly started turning a black hue, and his quills extended, and curved up at the end.
"Trust me, Sonic. You won't be breaking free of this stuff for a long, long time."
"Curse you, Eggman…." Sonic said, but the final touch was put on Sonic when his pupils vanished, and the transformation was complete.
"Did I just do it? Have I….defeated him?" Eggman then stepped over to the darkened hedgehog, and sure enough, he'd done it. "YES! YES! I'VE DONE IT! I'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT! SONIC'S BEEN DEFEATED! Now, then…time to put my plan into action….and take over Mobius once and for all. Are you ready, Dark Sonic?"
"I'm ready, Lord Eggman." Dark Sonic replied.
"Good. Now let's get this party started." Eggman said, and they traveled back down to Green Hill Zone to begin the takeover of Mobius.
To be Continued….
