Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
4th Saga: The Solaris Merger
Episode 98
Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
After a brief struggle, Mecha Sally managed to defeat Tails, TodStar, even Shadow, who decided to intervene, leaving only Sonic left with no choice but to fight his girlfriend. Despite using his fastest and strongest abilities available, Sonic failed to defeat Sally. Which would've meant the end of him if it weren't for Lara-Su throwing a Power Ring around Sally's neck, changing her back to normal! After she tearfully apologized to Sonic, Eggman kidnpped Sally again, making both Sonic and Shadow chase after him. After reuniting with Mephiles, Silver's resolve to eliminate the Iblis Trigger was renewed, despite the confusion about Flare.
While Sonic chased after Sally, who was tied inside a moving train, Shadow pursued Eggman in his own train, and Silver confronted Sonic yet again. Eventually, Sonic rescued Sally from the train, before Silver stopped the same train from crashing into the Great Forest! Confronting Eggman, Shadow got a sketchy answer from him about Mephiles.
When Silver fought Sonic again, Eggman took this chance to capture Sally! Before Silver could do anything serious to Sonic, Shadow intervened, challenging Silver while Sonic chased after Eggman.
Can Shadow defeat Silver, or will the warrior from the future be one step closer to killing the Iblis Trigger? Can Sonic save Sally from Eggman again? And what EXACTLY happened seven years ago? Find out in the next chapter of The Solaris Merger!
Chapter Nine: Student VS. Teacher
Eggman's Egg Mobile was floating high above the Great Plains when Sally approached the edge of the pod.
"Now stop it." Eggman told her. "You have nowhere to go."
"I would rather die than be your robo-slave again!" Sally angrily replied.
"Hmph. So what are you going to do, Princess? Do you plan to jump?" Asked Eggman, making Sally look down below to see a cloud of dirt and dust approaching.
"Yep." Was all Sally said before falling over the side of the Egg Mobile, surprising Eggman. Before Sally could hit the ground however, Sonic skidded and caught her! Grateful for her rescue, Sally kisses Sonic on the cheek again. "Thanks, Sonic."
"Grr! You won't get away that easily!" Shouted Eggman, as a large spider-like robot appeared behind him. "Egg Beetle! Destroy that blasted hedgehog!" The Egg Beetle then fired three missiles down at Sonic, but all of its attacks missed as Sonic got Sally to a low cliff for cover.
"Leave this one to me." Sonic said, but Sally looked worried.
"Sonic, are you sure?" She asked. "I mean, you don't look so good..."
"Relax, Sal." Sonic replied. "I can down 'bots like this in my sleep!"
As Sonic approached Egg Beetle in the Great Plains while Eggman landed his Egg Mobile in the Egg Beetle's cockpit, Shadow was chasing after Silver around the trainyard.
"Chaos SPEAR!" Shouted Shadow as he threw an arrow of Chaos Energy at Silver, but Silver countered it with a blade of psychic energy. It was then that Silver managed to catch Shadow using Psychokinesis, surprising the Ultimate Lifeform.
"Hah. 'Nothing stronger than the Power of Chaos,' my tail!" Silver taunted, unaware that Shadow had formed two Chaos Spears in his hands. Using the Chaos Spears, Shadow managed to break free from Silver's hold on him, allowing him to throw the Chaos Spears. Silver diverted one with Psychokinesis, but was hit with the other, allowing Shadow to strike Silver with a Homing Attack!
"Hmph! You were saying..." Teased Shadow, before Silver jumped back into the air to grab a few crates that were around the yard using Psychokinesis.
"How's this?" Silver asked as he threw the crates one-by-one at Shadow.
"Hmph. Young fool..." Shadow replied, before using his Homing Attack to bounce off of the crates, before attacking Silver with the same attack. After getting back up, Silver tried another psychic blade attack, but Shadow leapt over it, allowing the Ultimate Lifeform to strike Silver with another Homing Attack! Or so he thought, as Silver grabbed Shadow with Psychokinesis just before his attack could hit!
"Take THIS!" Silver shouted as he threw Shadow towards a cargo train that had just started to move. Satisfied with what he had done, Silver dusted his hands, unaware of the time-space distortion above him...
"...CONTROL!" Yelled Shadow as he appeared from the distortion, and Spin Dashed into Silver's back!
Meanwhile, Sonic's face had a nice big smirk on it as he ran towards the Egg Beetle that had started firing missiles again. Sonic managed to avoid them, thanks to his Quick Step technique.
"Ha!" Shouted Sonic, as he only just avoided a missile hitting the ground. "Missed me, missed me, now you gotta kiss me!"
"Hmph! Would a hug suffice?" Eggman asked as the Egg Beetle's pincers attempted to flatten Sonic by slapping them together, but missed as Sonic jumped, allowing him a chance to hit Eggman with a Homing Attack!
"Heh heh. Not done!" Sonic pointed out, before he Boosted into the Egg Beetle's cockpit, making the large robot spin in the air.
"Gah! Your manners are as bad as ever!" Stated Eggman, before he pressed a button. "How about this?" The Egg Beetle then deployed what looked like five bombs. Sonic managed to avoid all of them with the Quick Step. Eggman then made the robot's pincers heat up, as he was preparing another attack. "All right Sonic, let's see what you can do against THIS!" The Egg Beetle suddenly charged towards Sonic, but the blue hedgehog was ready for it, as he Boosted towards it.
"C'mon Doc, I'm the wrong dude to play Chicken with!" Sonic warned as they got closer to each other. "He'll blink. Wait for it..." Mere seconds later, Eggman looked worried. And while he attempted to pull back, Sonic and the Egg Beetle collided. But Sonic managed to put the Egg Beetle on a tilt, sending the large robot flying with Eggman stuck inside it!
"Gaaaaah! This isn't over, Sonic!" Screamed the Doctor.
"Heh, never is..." Sonic replied as he ran to pick up Sally.
At that moment, Silver had gotten to his feet and saw that Shadow was exhausted. Although, he seemed more worn out than Shadow did... It was at this moment that Silver screamed with his fist held high, before he attempted to punch Shadow. Unfortunately for Silver, Shadow had his purple Chaos Emerald handy...
"Chaos CONTROL!" He shouted, causing time to slow down, which allowed him to dodge Silver's attack, then kicked him in the back of the head!
"Y-you..." Silver grumbled as he got up and looked at Shadow.
"Don't bother." Shadow told him as he held up the Chaos Emerald. "With the power of a Chaos Emerald, I control time and space. You can't break free."
"I won't... give up!" Said Silver, struggling to get onto his feet. "It all depends on me! Can't lose... not when I'm so close!" Revealing his Time Stone, Silver screamed again before approaching Shadow.
"Chaos..." Said Shadow as he held up the Chaos Emerald.
"Chronos..." Said Silver as he held up the Time Stone.
"...CONTROL!" Shouted Shadow and Silver as their jewels impacted each other. Startling Shadow, the two abilities used by those two hedgehogs and the jewels created a space-time rift!
"You... you can use that power, too?" Shadow asked as Silver put the Time Stone away.
"I won't let anyone get in my way!" Silver replied. "Mephiles & I shall change the past and save Mobius!" Shadow shook his head in disagreement.
"Mephiles isn't trying to help you create a better future..." He told Silver. "He's trying to eliminate the past." This information confused Silver.
"What? What are you talking about?" He asked Shadow, before the Ultimate Lifeform approached him and the space-time rift.
"To discover what happened..." Shadow replied. "...it seems we must see what took place seven years ago. Follow me if you want the truth." Instantly after saying that, Shadow jumped through the rift. Silver had a quick think, and while he was sceptical, he followed Shadow through the rift.
A short time later, Sonic and Sally started walking towards Freedom HQ.
"Man, that was a gutsy move back there, Sal." Sonic told her. Sally just shrugged.
"Wouldn't be the first time I fell into your arms from a great height." She replied, making Sonic scratch the back of his head. Just then, they both looked behind them and saw Egg Flappers dropping Egg Fighters into the Great Plains. "Ugh. Eggman just doesn't know when to quit, does he?" It was then that Sonic picked Sally up in his arms.
"No problem. We'll lose 'em in the Great Forest!" He told her as he started running into the trees, with Eggman's robots close behind. Hopping up higher from different tree trunks, Sonic managed to land his feet on vines that were connecting various trees, allowing him to grind for a brief period. Eventually, the robots looked around and saw no sign of Sonic or Sally. Shrugging at each other, they retreated out of the Great Forest.
Shadow & Silver then appeared within a laboratory in the past, where they heard a some electricity crackling ahead of them... further into the lab were Eggman and Eggman Nega, who were standing around two capsules. The one above was filled with a dark aura, while the one below was filled with fire. And they seemed to be getting out of control...
"An electromagnetic pulse has just been generated." Said Eggman as he grabbed a vial of something and shoved it into the base of the capsules. "Injecting decompression agent... No! The level's not dropping... a spacial meltdown is inevitable! It's too late, Nega! We've got to get out of here!" Eggman Nega slammed his hands onto the base.
"NO!" He shouted. "I'm not giving up so easily..." This frightened Eggman.
"Are you mad? It's over 9000!"
"Dr. Nega!" Shouted a young voice. When Eggman Nega turned around, he saw a small cat girl looking up at him.
"Blaze, get back to your-" Nega was inturrupted when he heard the energy building up behind him. Knowing that an explosion was imminent, he shielded Blaze from it. The explosion was loud enough for Shadow and Silver to hear.
"That didn't sound good..." Silver pointed out.
"This way!" Shadow told him, before they both ran towards the direction the explosion came from.
Soon, Shadow and Silver arrive in the main lab, where they found both Eggmen unconscious.
"Dr. Eggman?" Shadow asked aloud. "(So Scourge was right... the Doctor was involved with the Solaris Project...)"
"Eggman Nega... I should've known!" Said Silver, looking quite angry before he spotted a familiar-looking cat beneath Nega. "(Although is that Flare he's holding?)"
"(How does he know Eggman Nega?)" Shadow asked himself, before spotting something shining. "Look."
"Is that..?" Silver asked after Shadow pointed him to it: a floating ball that soon melted into a black goo with a flame floating in the air. "That flame... it's Iblis!"
"And the black shadow... is none other than Mephiles." Shadow told him, startling Silver.
"THAT'S Mephiles?" Asked Silver. Suddenly, Iblis and Mephiles started to flee in seperate directions. "They're escaping!"
"We'll have to split up." Said Shadow. "I'll pursue Mephiles."
"Okay. Then leave Iblis to me." Silver replied before the two started running after the immortal creatures.
"Wait..." Strained a voice from behind. When Shadow turned around, Eggman was holding out a certain rod in order to give to Shadow. "...seal Mephiles... within this..."
"Hurry!" Said Silver, making Shadow take the rod and running after Silver.
END OF CHAPTER
