The final encounter with Eggman...

The Time Travel Tactic

Chapter 8- The Final Battle

The volcano erupted, full of the darkened Unlimifuel that Eggman had filled it with. All was lost, and there was only one thing to do….

"Guys, we've got to get out of here!" Knuckles yelled, trying to prevent his darkening.

"Run all you want, but you can't escape the dark, cold hands of the dark side! You WILL be infected by it, MARK MY WORDS!" Eggman yelled, but Knuckles had already rode off on his Extreme Gear to tell Tails the dreadful news.

"Amy, RUN!" Sonic yelled, but Amy wouldn't move. "Amy?"

"NOW you want to help me? After all that trouble you caused…NOW?!" Amy said, angry at the hedgehog.

"AMY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I wasn't in control of my body, I swear! Eggman possessed me with the stuff he just poured into the volcano! We've got to go get Tails and see if he can help us stop this! Now, come with me, quickly!"

"…..Fine." Amy said, and she hopped aboard the Tornado, and the two took off towards Green Hill.

"Amy, what was all that about? You've never acted that way before…" Sonic wondered.

"I didn't know you were mind-controlled, alright? That's all."

The topic of mind-control then made Sonic remember the Mind-Control Beam Eggman had made. The one that was powered by the Chaos Emeralds. "Amy, get me to Angel Island, ASAP!" Sonic ordered.

"What? Why?"

"JUST GO!" Sonic yelled, and Amy, shocked from Sonic's outburst, guided the plane straight to Angel Island.

Meanwhile, at Green Hill….

"TAILS, HELP!" Knuckles shouted, coming in to the Zone at a high speed.

"What is it, Knuckles?" Tails asked, fully recovered from the bombing incident.

"Wait, you've recovered from the bomb already?"

"Yep. It turns out his bombs start out painful, but end up not lasting that long in terms of pain. Now, what was it you were going to ask?"

"We need a way to stop Eggman! Do you have anything that can help us beat him?" Knuckles asked.

"Yes, I have. By reverse-engineering the scraps from his CTD, I was capable of creating….THIS!" Tails said proudly, and he held up what looked like a more advanced version of the CTD.

"Wow! So what does it do?" Knuckles asked.

"You'll have to wait and see." Tails said with a slightly devious grin on his face.

"Okay, then. Now, let's get going!" Knuckles said, and they took off to find wherever Eggman was hiding.

But, on Angel Island….

"Okay Sonic, we're here! Now what did you need?" Amy asked, but Sonic just ran up to the pillars where the emeralds were at. Only six remained, although Sonic had the last one in his hand from when Eggman lent it to him (when Sonic was darkened.).

"YES! They're still here! Amy, are you ready for this?" Sonic asked, grabbing the emeralds.

"Ready? For what?" Amy asked.

"Hold onto my arm, and I'll show ya'." Sonic said, and Amy obeyed. "Now then…HERE WE GO!" Sonic yelled, and the Chaos Emeralds started glowing one by one in Sonic's hands. The energy from the jewels never seemed brighter than it did now, and soon, the energy was absorbed by both Sonic and Amy, transforming them into Super Sonic and Super Amy.

"WHOA!" Amy said, shocked. She never thought she'd go super, and the feeling that came with it was extraordinary.

"Pretty cool, huh?" Sonic asked, and Amy nodded. "Now…are you ready to scramble Eggman's plan?"

"Yeah!" Amy replied enthusiastically.

"Good, now let's DO THIS!" Super Sonic declared, and the two hedgehogs sped through the darkness to stop Eggman's plan once and for all.

"Hey, guys!" Tails said, waving at Sonic and Amy from the Extreme Gear.

"Hey, Tails! What's up?" Sonic asked.

"I wanted to help with defeating Eggman, so I made a gadget that should come in handy. Catch!" Tails said, and he threw the device to the dynamic duo of Sonic and Amy.

"Thanks, buddy! See you on the ground!" Sonic said, giving his orange-furred pal a thumbs-up, and he took off towards the center of darkness: Lava Reef's volcano, Mount Magmaniac.

"Good luck, Sonic!" Tails said cheerfully, although what might happen if Sonic and Amy didn't defeat Eggman wouldn't be cheerful. Not in the slightest.

"Finally, it's time." Eggman declared. "TIME TO CONQUER MOBIUS! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA….ow, my back….I think I pulled a muscle."

"You'll have more than a pulled muscle when we're done with you, Egghead!" Amy said, preparing for battle.

"Amy?! How did YOU turn super?!" Eggman asked (which, let's be honest, you're all wondering.)

"You know, I'm not really sure….probably because of Sonic and whatnot…but that's beside the point. Are you ready to crack this egg, Sonic?" Amy asked, cracking her knuckles.

"You bet. Let's get this fired up." Sonic said, but when they tried to defeat Eggman, he moved out of the way and started up his newest creation, which released a fearsome roar.

"WHOA! What was THAT?!" Sonic asked, starting to get frightened.

"Oh, you mean THIS?" Eggman said, and he released a horrifying creature composed ENTIRELY from the darkness released from Mount Magmaniac.

"OH, GOOD LORD! It's a….a…."

"A monster of the dark. His name…is Deus Escuro. For YEARS I have tried to summon him from the underworld, but something….just wouldn't work out for the rebellious being. Turned out I had to use a source of pure darkness to lure him out. And by corrupting the Unlimifuel and transforming you into a temporary Dark Lord, I was able to lure him out, and put my ULTIMATE plan into action!"

"Pfft! You think this 'Dark God' has a CHANCE against us?" Sonic asked cockily.

"Grrr….You arrogant hedgehog! Deus Escuro WILL put an end to you, your world, and ALL that surrounds you! It will all be destroyed, and replaced with nothing but darkness…."

"We'll see about that, right Amy?" Sonic turned to the pink hedgehog, who nodded in agreement.

"WHY YOU LITTLE…No matter. Deus Escuro, ATTACK!" Eggman yelled, and the dark manifestation charged straight at the duo of supercharged hedgehogs, who barely escaped its dark wrath.

"Amy, whatever you do, DON'T GET CAUGHT BY IT!" Sonic yelled.

"Wow, really? I didn't know, especially considering it's a glob of darkness." Amy replied sarcastically.

"JUST KEEP MOVING!"

"Okay, okay. Sheesh, no need to yell."

"Move all you want, but Deus Escuro WILL crush you!" Eggman yelled.

" Man, Eggman's starting to go a bit insane, don't you think, Amy?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah… I mean, unleashing A GOD on us? Isn't that a bit….much?"

" I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S TOO MUCH, YOU YELLOW NUISANCES!" Eggman yelled, and he surrounded the two in a hurricane made entirely of Deus Escuro's energy.

"AGH! It's…too strong!" Sonic said, trying to hold himself from getting sucked into the Dark God's claws, but it seemed hopeless. That is, until….

"HANG ON, GUYS!" It was Tails, and he was riding in on the Tornado.

"Tails!" Sonic exclaimed in joy.

"Hope you didn't get too lonely without us." Knuckles said, popping up from behind Tails.

"Knuckles! Man, it's good to see you guys!" Amy said, although something more important was at hand: Sonic and Amy were about to die at the hands of Eggman and his Dark God!
"Looks like they could use some help. Should I deploy the Master Bombs?" Tails asked to Knuckles.

"Go ahead, it can't hurt to try." Knuckles replied, and they dropped the bombs of pure Master Emerald energy onto the Demonic God. Needless to say, it hurt.

"NO! Stupid little pricks… Time to end this!" Eggman said, and he shot down the tornado with his last handmade weapon: A laser gun. A small, measly laser gun. However, that gun worked well, as it was capable of knocking the Tornado straight out of the air!

"We're hit!" Knuckles yelled.

"HOLD ON!" Tails yelled, but they ended up crashing straight afterwards. Luckily, the airbags kicked in, and they were perfectly fine. "Phew, that's a relief."

"NO! Deus Escuro's losing power! DAMNIT, TAILS!" Eggman yelled.

"Heh heh…"

"Eh, no matter. Deus, FINISH THEM!" Eggman declared, and the Darkness God charged a huge ball of Pure Darkness. If it wasn't stopped, it could devour the entire planet, maybe even the galaxy, in darkness.

"Amy, CHARGE!" Sonic yelled.

"ARE YOU INSANE?! Charge at THAT THING?!"

"Just trust me!" Sonic begged.

"….Okay, fine. LET'S DO THIS!" Amy said, whipping out her supercharged Piko Piko Hammer, and they charged towards the Darkness God and his fireball of death, and kept charging. The fight was tough, and Deus kept using the powers of darkness to power himself up. However, in the end, due to the combined efforts of our heroes, the darkness god was blasted to oblivion by his own fireball, and would never be seen again.

"NO! My brilliant plan…RUINED!" Eggman said as he watched in horror. His ultimate weapon….had died. However, what he didn't notice was that the darkness from Deus Escuro was destroying his Eggmobile, and he didn't realize that until it was gone. "NOOOOOOO!" Eggman yelled, and with that, he fell to the ground of Mount Magmaniac.

"Yes! We did it! Great job, Amy!" Sonic cheered.

"Thanks, Sonic. You did great too, although that's expected from the fastest thing alive, am I right?"

"Yep. Now then, how about we deliver the finishing blow to Eggman?"

"I'm on board with it!" Amy said, and they deactivated their Super Forms and walked over to Eggman to deal the final blow.

"Ugh…my head…" Eggman groaned.

"Trust me, Eggman….when I'm done with you…Your head won't be the only thing hurting…." Sonic said angrily.

"SONIC, WAIT! I SURRENDER!" Eggman said as he begged for the hedgehog's mercy.

"Too late for apologies, Eggman. After all you've done….brainwashing my friends….causing Shadow to destroy the galaxy….controlling me to hurt my allies…and nearly transforming the planet into your kingdom….I think it's time for you to pay."

"Sonic, why don't you use the CTD upgrade I gave you?" Tails said, calling out from behind the blue blur.

"Excellent idea, Tails….Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik…after all you've done…I think it's YOUR turn to be trapped."

"SONIC, NO!" Eggman yelled.

"It'll be fun to test Tails' new creation on you…let's see how YOU like being the guinea pig for a change!" Knuckles said.

"Sonic, please don't do this!"

"Hasta la vista, Egghead." Sonic said, and he clicked the button to open the new creation of Tails'.

"NO…NO….NOOOOOOOOO!" Eggman yelled out, but it was too late. Eggman was sucked into the blue box, and there was no way out until he completed the trial Tails set for him.

"Heh heh… This'll teach him." Sonic said, smirking. "So, Tails…what does this thing do?"

"If I constructed it correctly, it SHOULD send him to another timeline…an erased timeline, if you catch my drift."

"OH, MY GOD! DID YOU REALLY…"

"Yep."

"HAHAHAHAAAA! That's PRICELESS, buddy! Good work." Sonic said, praising his two-tailed buddy.

"Yeah, pretty fine work, if I do say so myself. Now then, should we get back home?" Tails asked.

"Sounds like a good idea to me!" Sonic replied.

"Okay, then. Let's get going!" Tails said. The brotherly duo then hopped on the Tornado, while Knuckles and Amy got on Knuckles' Extreme Gear, and they took off for home. However, the same can't be said for Eggman….

To be Concluded…..