One review? ONE REVIEW?! Well, guess that's what I get for taking forever to update…To make it up to you guys, here's a much longer chapter and some surprises in the chapter! And…only three days after my last update! Hurrah!
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On with the story!
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The Tornado IV landed smoothly in the field, a mile and a half from Eggman's Fortress, hidden from radar, heat detectors, Chaos Sensors, and even the naked eye. They were completely invisible.
Tails checked the power on his Power Suit. Shadow and Amy held their Chaos Emerald tightly, and checked their Air Shoes. Blaze handed three of the Sol Emeralds to Sonic, keeping the other four.
The Chaotix checked the equipment they had, Espio sharpening his kunai and Charmy buzzing around, practicing some stabbing motions with his tail.
Cream sighed, looking at everyone getting ready, then paused, looking over the slighting twitching Knuckles. The red echidna must have be having some sort of dream…Or a nightmare.
Cosmo stayed by Cream, green eyes wide as she took in the sight. From what she could tell, it seemed like they were gearing up for war.
Finally, everyone seemed ready. Before Sonic could give a pep talk though, Vector cleared his throat, then looked over at Charmy.
"Charmy…I know you really eager to help us out there…But you should stay here with Cream. Help guard Knuckles, okay?" Vector asked, looking at the young bee.
The bee opened his mouth to protest, then closed it. He was older now, he saw Vector's wisdom.
"All right…Be careful though guys…" Charmy sighed.
Sonic now cleared his throat, looking at everyone, as Tails started up a small screen on one of the walls, showing a vague map of the area.
"Now as we all know, we know very little about the insides of Eggman's fortress, or what exactly we can expect. For this reason, our resident genius has devised the best plan possible of the situation," Sonic grinned, ready for the challenge.
"Okay…We're going to break into four groups of two. Shadow and Amy will go into a full frontal assault once we leave the protective barrier around the Tornado IV. They'll keep the main forces busy, since they're currently the two best suited for it.
"Next I want Mighty and Vector to go around the south side and cause a second diversion. Destroy as much as you can and be careful. A lot of Eggman's powerful lasers are there, though I doubt he'd fire them when you're in them.
"Thirdly, Espio and I will remain quiet and invisible. We'll find a way to sneak in and get the Emeralds.
"Finally, Sonic and Blaze will use the Sol Emeralds to go Super, and start destroying the ships above us," Tails finished, pointing to the various points on the map. "If possible, once your objective is complete, attempt to get inside. All clear?"
Everyone nodded, and the hanger door now hissed open, showing them the barren landscape in front of them, the large Egg Fortress in sight, tall and menacing, with several ships all around them.
"We have two seconds before Eggman's radar will pick us…GO!" Sonic shouted, grabbing Blaze's hands, jumping un the ground and shooting off in a blast of blue.
He was soon followed by the hiss of Air Shoes, as Shadow and Amy made their way out, Shadow focusing his Chaos Energies into his hands, Amy holding a mallet in each hand.
Vector and Mighty shot out as well, Mighty jumping out, then jumping backwards, bouncing off the ship and setting off in a mighty roll that was almost as fast as Sonic. Vector followed behind him as best as he could.
Finally, Tails and Espio left, using their natural and machine capabilities to stay masked on the radar, so they had no reason to move as fast as possible…
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"Chaos is Power…Power is Enriched by the Heart!"
The seven Sol Emeralds twisted around Sonic and Blaze as they stared up at the Eggman fleet, which was quickly gathering around them.
They blasted upwards, the Sol Emerald having dissipated into Sonic and Blaze, sending the two into a golden glow.
"We only have so long like this Blaze…Let's make the most of it!" Super Sonic grinned, eyeing the fleet as their cannons aimed at him.
"You just take care of yourself," Super Blaze grinned, holding up her arms as a golden fire sprung around them.
The two Super powered Mobians attacked!
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"Chaos Spear!" Shadow bellowed, holding out his arm and firing a powerful blast, sending it spiraling through an entire line of robots.
Not to far from him, Amy was decimating another group, mallets flying everywhere. She was tearing through them both literally and figuratively.
As more robots came, Amy landed next to Shadow, holding her mallets protectively as some came closer.
"Hey…Shadow…How come you're not going Super?" Amy wondered, bashing a few of them away with a small tornado.
"Because that drains my energy a lot, and it's-" Shadow began, but was interrupted as an all to familiar shape greeted him, slamming it's metal fist into his face.
Shadow went barreling backwards, clutching his nose as blood trickled down it…
"Shadow!" Amy shouted, turning to look at the Ultimate Life Form.
"I would not worry about him," a robotic voiced shouted, and Amy's eyes quickly turned, seeing a robot there with it's arms raised upwards, aiming two powerful machine guns at her.
Green eyes widened as she realized it was…Omega…E-123. But he was suppose to have been Shadow's friend…
Bullets erupted from their chambers and fired towards the shocked Amy, but none of them hit as a Chaos Controlling hedgehog appeared in front of her, and took them.
Smoke cleared from the area, Shadow barely standing, shaking slightly as he held his limp left arm with his right, a surprised pink hedgehog staring at him as though he was insane.
"Omega…Why…?" Shadow asked, falling downwards now, to tired from his earlier maneuver and the few bullet wounds he had taken.
Amy held her mallets limply, then dropped them, bending down to pick Shadow up. He was barely clinging to consciousness.
"Shadow…Why did you do that?" Amy asked, eyes wide in shock.
"Because…" Shadow coughed up a little blood, "I'm your friend…And…I wasn't going to let you be lost…like Maria…"
Shadow's eyes closed, and Amy placed him down gently.
"Surrender your Chaos Emeralds, and I will let you live under the glorious rule of Dr. Eggman-sama," Omega said, reloading with a small click.
Amy snarled, showing off some teeth as both of her mallets rematerialized in her hands.
Green eyes blazing in fury, Amy stared straight ahead at E-123.
"Wrong thing to say…" Amy growled, Air Shoes suddenly blasting her forward, mallets swinging around her like a dance towards the robot.
"Dance of the Hundred Mallets! Nothing Left Standing," Amy declared, spinning her mallets and herself around like a pink and red tornado.
Omega scanned the tornado coming at him, and saw Amy was in it's core. Switching weapons, he charged up his lasers and fired them, surprised to find them deflected.
Reviewing his options with his circuitry, he sent several smaller badniks charging forward to hopefully slow down Amy's attack, only to have them destroyed as soon as the touched it.
"What's the matter Omega? Having second thoughts?" Amy growled, as the tornado seemed to vanish, dozens of mallets just floating around the hedgehog, who was floating in mid air with what appeared just to be her Air Shows.
"Amy…"
The pink hedgehog paused, looking down towards Shadow. He wasn't dead after all…yet…
"Don't destroy him…Omega…Must have been reprogrammed…Please," Shadow pleaded, coughing horribly.
Amy sighed and dissipated the mallets around her, excluding one in her hand.
"Fine…but only because you said 'please,'" Amy said maliciously, advancing on Omega.
Their was a dangerous look in her eyes…
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"HAAAA!" Mighty shouted, completely obliterating one of the giant lasers and moving unto the next one.
Vector gave a thumbs up, and pulled up his special guitar again, giving a toothy grin at the small detachment of badniks that had appeared, and proceeded to give them a thrashing, FLCL style.
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"In here," Espio said quickly. Both he and Tails were perched on a ledge of the Egg Fortress, having been able to make it there on detected. Espio used his kunais to pry open a ventilation shaft and scurried through it quietly, followed by the genius known as Tails.
The two scurried through the vents, making no noise at all, thanks to Espio's ninja abilities and Tails' Power Suit.
Continuously checking the Scanner, the two Mobians made there way, constantly on the lookout for anything suspicious…
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Super Sonic blasted through yet another ship, Blaze following behind him in a blaze of golden fire. Sonic gave a thumbs up, then a worried expression came over his face.
"Blaze! We gotta get down, we're running low on Rings!" Sonic shouted. The fire wielding cat turned her eyes towards the remaining ships, but knew she'd rather not risk plummeting to her doom.
"Let's land on a ship then!" Blaze shouted, heading for a ship, Sonic following after her. As soon as there feet touched ground, their Super forms vanished.
"That was close…Now let's gather more Rings and do some more damage!" Sonic shouted, clenching his fist together, ready to fight anything that got in his way.
"So you finally pick this ship Sonic. I was beginning to get worried," a mechanical voice said, clapping it's cold metal hands together, stepping out from behind one of the many cannons adorning the ship.
"Metal!" Sonic shouted, green eyes now encased in fury of his metal doppelganger, "What scrap heap did you crawl from this time?"
"Now, now Sonic. Is that anyway to treat your killer? I only gave a small demonstration before when Blaze came here…" Metal Sonic said, and he would be smiling if it was possible.
Sonic growled, and Blaze crouched, summoning more fire from around her hands.
"Sonic…Be careful…I had all the Sol Emeralds and I barely escaped this metal monster," Blaze whispered to the blue blur.
"So? Not like you were Super too," Sonic said back, preparing for a Spin Dash attack.
"…I was…"
"Oh, sh-"
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Amy's mallet went flying upwards, smashing Omega in what would be his chin if he was living. He wasn't living, being a robot. But his circuits reported a lot of damage as he went flying upwards, Amy seeming to warp above him, twisting around, then smashing him back into the ground.
Amy was a furry of mallets and doom, and any badnik who came to help Omega was instantly destroyed in Amy's enraged dance. Shadow continued clutching to consciousness, summoning his inner strength to hopefully heal himself.
Finally, with one last smash, Omega was disabled. He fell to the ground and his eyes flickered off, though he was not permanently destroyed.
Breathing heavily, Amy dropped her mallets as they disappeared into a puff of smoke. Turning back around, Amy headed for Shadow, jumping over the destroyed remains of the badniks. Their weren't any left there.
"Shadow!" Amy yelled, kneeling down by the bleeding black and red hedgehog, "How…How…can I help you?"
Shadow smiled weakly up to the pink hedgehog, coughed, then said simply, "Stand back…I'm going to try something…"
Amy, curious as to what a barely conscious Ultimate Life Form was going to do, stepped back and waited with large green eyes locked on Shadow.
The hedgehog stood up carefully, still clutching his arm, then focused his energies.
At first, their was nothing. But slowly, a golden wisp appeared around Shadow, and it began to grow, his normally black fur turning golden.
Shadow clenched both his hands, mouth open as he let out a roar, the golden Chaos Energy erupting around him, forcing Amy to stumble backwards.
When it died down, Super Shadow floated there, completely healed, and smiling at Amy. He offered out his hand.
Bewildered, Amy took it.
"It worked…Going Super healed my wounds…Let's hurry though, I only have so long…I can sense the Chaos Emeralds like this," Shadow answered, "Hold on tightly."
Amy's arms went around Shadow like a hug, and the Ultimate Life Form floated in the air, holding Amy steady as well.
Red eyes locked unto the large and impressive door of the Egg Fortress.
Super Shadow flew straight at them, blasting them away with just his aura, keeping Amy safe through the debris, and he headed straight for the Emeralds…
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Back in the Tornado IV, Cream paced nervously along the floor, Charmy attempting to teach Cosmo how to play 'Go Fish.' Cosmo, barely able to understand English, had actually succeeded in learning the game, and beat Charmy every time.
That was, however, until Knuckles stood up.
"Knuckles!" Cream and Charmy said in unison, "You're up."
The red echidna blinked, shaking his head, and taking in his surroundings.
The last thing he remembered was bringing Rouge into the Master Emerald room, then…
It struck him like a ton of bricks would to a person. Rouge…betraying him like that!
He roared and stumbled forward, but found himself blocked by Cream and Charmy.
"Get out of my way! I need to find Rouge and kill her!" Knuckles screamed in fury, scaring Charmy and Cream away.
"Knuckles! You still need to rest! You don't even know where you are!" Charmy shouted, hoping to talk some sense into the enraged echidna.
"I don't care…I can feel the Master Emerald, and wherever it is…" Knuckles began quietly, then stomping outside into the barren field, "Rouge will be there…"
The Master Emerald's Guardian set off, heading straight for the Egg Fortress.
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Sonic was sent spiraling backwards, Metal Sonic backhanding him when he went for a series of kicks.
"Ha! Give up Sonic. I'm stronger and faster then you! You can't hope to win!" Metal Sonic laughed, cold robots eyes glaring at him.
Sonic coughed, mimicking Shadow earlier and saw he had coughed up a little blood.
"Ugh…He's right…I can't beat him like this…And if what Blaze said was true…Heck, I don't even have enough Rings to go Super!" Sonic thought desperately, "But since when did that stop me?"
"Blaze…Together! Wind and Fire!" Sonic shouted, barreling his feet into the metal, blasting forward then twisting around in a tight circle around Blaze, "Use you're fire now!"
Blaze complied and focused, sending fire shooting outward as it set Sonic's tornado on fire.
With the added boost of the three Sol Emeralds Sonic had on him, Sonic used his Chaos Control powers and blasted into Metal Sonic, sending wind and fire at the robot.
When it died down, a cocky looking Sonic became very surprised when a robot hand burst from the smoke, grabbing him by the throat and throwing him into a large cannon, denting it and severely hurting the Blue Blur.
"I'll make you see that I am stronger then you Sonic!" Metal Sonic roared, advancing on Sonic menacingly, his claws growing and becoming sharper.
"No!" Blaze shouted, jumping at Metal Sonic, throwing fire at him.
The Robian twisted, and in a glint of metal, Blaze stumbled backwards, clutching her bleeding stomach.
"Very well…I'll kill you first," Metal Sonic said, placing his right hand on his left, as it seemed to shift around slightly. Metal Sonic held it up, and it had changed into a small cannon.
"You'll die from my Black Shield Cannon…" Metal Sonic laughed, as black energy condensed in front of it. "Goodbye pest."
"No…"
Metal Sonic fired, it's black energy ripping the air apart as it headed towards Blaze, nearly point blank. Not even going at the speed of sound could someone stop it.
A golden glow, a kick sending the energy flying into the sky, and a very surprised Metal Sonic followed, as Super Sonic grabbed his left arm and tore it off like it was tissue paper.
"You never hurt my friends," Super Sonic said coldly.
"But…how? You have no Rings! And only three Sol Emeralds!" Metal Sonic shouted, stumbling backwards. "And…even with the Chaos Emeralds…Your power!"
"Yah…It's the power of my Heart…Something you don't have," Super Sonic stated, holding up his hand for a Chaos Spear.
Metal Sonic considered his situation. He had to get the seven Sol Emeralds…But how?
He'd have to make a run for it…He could take Blaze hostage. In her wounded state, she'd barely be able to fight, and he'd have four of them. Dr. Eggman did say he had a special weapon to fight off Super Shadow, so it should work on Super Sonic as well.
Turbines whirled in Metal Sonic's body, as he blasted full speed, past the surprised Super Sonic, grabbing Blaze, then off the ship and towards the Egg Fortress.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Super Sonic bellowed, following after him.
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Knuckles was crossing the landscape towards the Egg Fortress, Charmy, Cream, and even Cosmo hurrying after him.
Super Shadow was carrying Amy and blasting through the Egg Fortress towards the five Chaos Emeralds.
Tails and Espio were being sneaky, heading towards Eggman's main chamber as well.
Super Sonic followed after Metal Sonic, who had the wounded Blaze as a captive.
Vector and Mighty pounded down the backdoor, having dispensed of the cannons, and were to making their way through another horde of badniks.
Eggman himself sat in his chamber, Rouge perched on an arch above him.
"Everything is going according to plan…" Eggman laughed, twirling his mustache, and glancing at the portal behind him, "All according to plan…"
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Sonic going Super without the Emeralds? Amy's insane fight? Shadow being healed by going Super? Eggman's evil plot? Knuckles out with a vendetta for Rouge?
Yes, I know…Evil cliffhanger…
I do not own Sonic and all related titles.
And in the words of Lifethane…Cliffhanger No Justu! -Disappears in a puff of smoke.-