Oh no.
Oh no.
I can't...j-just...sh*t...
OK!
Try not to be too disappointed, although I'm sure you're used to it by now.
Disclaimer: I only own Kate, the rest belongs to Sonic Team SEGA
Enjoy :)
"Any wrong move, and I snap his neck in heartbeat. So, are you willing to listen?"
Nobody moved, frozen to the spot by the young fox held in such a dangerous position. Mephiles stood up straight, never loosening his grip on Tails. Sonic, who was trembling from head to foot, steeled himself and began to advance on Mephiles. Sally held him back, and gave a warning head shake. She then turned to Mephiles, remaining wary of Sonic's movements. She glanced towards Tails briefly before looking up at his grey and teal captor.
"Yes, we are," she said calmly "just don't hurt him,"
Mephiles gave a small chuckle and shifted his grip on Tails so he could point at Sonic, Silver and Shadow, almost in a deranged way.
"You three...you split Iblis and I up, and its conscience died. Solaris is no longer possible, but..." there was a sinister pause "there's another powerful being underneath this stupid planet-"
His speech was cut off as a few of the group interrupted him.
"Dark Gaia?" Sally blurted out suddenly.
Shadow stepped forward, but retreated slightly as Mephiles gripped Tails' head harder. Tails clenched his eyes shut at Mephiles' grip and whimpered slightly.
"You've already said it is us you want dead," said Shadow "damaging the whole planet isn't necessary,"
Mephiles laughed again, dark and cold, before jerking is head upwards, towards the sky.
"Oh, I'm going to do more than that. I'm going to destroy this miserable rock, and all of you along with it. And then, I will complete my work that I began as Solaris to become the only being in existance," he finished proudly, before lifting Tails up slightly "which brings me to my proposal,"
He paused, making sure he had everyone's attention. However, he failed to notice Sonic, Silver and Kate subtly whispering to each other behind Sally and Shadow.
"I want every single Chaos Emerald you have because, I know all four of those cannons of yours are powered by them," he began. He then shifted his grip slightly so he could point at the three hedgehogs "I want to kill you three, and I want the rest of you to swear that you will stay out of my way," he then growled menacingly "all of that, or Tails dies,"
There was profound silence at his words as he was letting his proposal sink in. Still, the two hedgehogs and the wolf were speaking in very hushed whispers, their mouths barely moving. To someone like Mephiles, it would have simply looked as if they were stood there with their mouths slightly agape. Then, there was slight movement within the captive group which lasted only a second. Still, Mephiles didn't notice as he raised his brow at them all.
"No? Nothing? How little could you possibly care for this fox?"
Sonic held out a hand to stop Sally as she stepped out to speak. However, he himself remained silent. Mephiles appeared to be completely astounded.
"Well, this is unexpected,"
Tails squirmed again as Mephiles shifted his grip.
"As you wish..."
Suddenly, just before Mephiles was about to twist Tails' head sharply, Sonic bounded foward, looking surprisingly happy.
"Ah, hang on just a minute,"
Mephiles stopped mid-twist and stared at Sonic in loathing.
"What?" he snapped through gritted teeth.
Sonic grinned, looking very smug.
"When you were telling us your brilliant plan, you failed to check who was actually listening to your rubbish," he explained. Mephiles rolled his eyes.
"You're running out of time, rodent,"
The cobalt hedgehog grinned more than ever.
"You also missed out one very key detail, one that will put you in the book of failure for the rest of eternity," he said brightly "to sum it up, you're an idiot,"
Mephiles let out something between a yell and a growl, annoyed at Sonic's attitude.
"What is it? What did I miss?" he barked menacingly.
Sonic's grin turned into a slight, knowing smile.
"Two of us are missing,"
He quickly glanced behind him, and Mephiles peered over Sonic's shoulder to count how many of the group were there. After a brief inspection, he realised that Silver and Kate were missing.
In his sudden spurt of rage, he threw Tails to the ground and grabbed Sonic roughly by the shoulders. He then created a bright lilac energy sphere in his palm, and held it dangerously close to Sonic's head.
"Where are they? Tell me now!"
The answer to his question came but a second later, and it came crashing down on top of Mephiles' head in the form of a blue-green ball of light shooting down from above, effectively stunning Mephiles and pinning him down "We're right on top of you, creep," Silver grunted.
Sonic gave a thumbs up to Silver and waved to the others to get out of the circle.
"Guys! Go! Get to the cannons!"
Antoine nodded once before he, Bunnie and Amy cut a path through the creatures. As they ran out of the circle, Sally pointed back to Mephiles.
"What are you doing?" she panted as they ran "all you've done is made him more angry than he was! A-and Tails is still there!"
They all split off into the groups that were manning the cannons, except Sonic went with Sally so he could explain everything to her.
"Don't worry, Sal'," he said calmly "we made a plan,"
*flashback*
"Oh, I'm going to do more than that. I'm going to destroy this miserable rock, and you all along with it..."
Meanwhile, whilst Mephiles was ranting on, Sonic, Kate and Silver had stepped back, and had begun to speak in hushed whispers, barely moving their mouths.
"Sonic, I have a feeling whilst he's preoccupied we should be coming up with a plan," Silver said "there's no good outcome here,"
Kate bit her lip as Sonic had a moment of thought. She then began to speak hurriedly.
"What did we do in Onyx City? How did we get Mephiles to the dimension?" she asked. Sonic frowned.
"I did a homing attack on him and Tails-"
Kate cut him off with a strange, almost manic smile.
"There you go. You disorientated him, and it worked. So what if we do that again?"
Sonic widened his eyes slightly, looking hopeful.
"Right. OK. So how do we do that without hurting Tails?"
Kate sighed, and stared around at the creatures.
"Those creatures will dive on any threat to Mephiles..." she trailed off, momentarily in deep thought "...so what if we could get the creatures to dive on Mephiles instead?"
Silver and Sonic nodded in understanding, keeping an eye on Mephiles as he began to list off his requests. Kate too saw that he was nearly done, and began to talk quicker.
"Right, Silver and I will light speed out of here. Sonic, stall him so we have time to get into position. Silver will drop down on top of him, and I'll grab Tails whilst Sonic gets everyone out,"
As she finished, she grabbed Silver's arm, and Sonic grinned.
"Good luck,"
The hedgehog and the wolf smiled briefly before they disappeared with a brief flicker, and Sonic stepped forward as if nothing had happened.
*flashback end*
Sally nodded in approval as Sonic finished his explanation.
"Not bad," she said, adjusting the cannon slightly "now what?"
Sonic pointed towards the crowd in the middle of the clearing.
"It's up to Silver and Kate, now,"
*meanwhile*
The ivory hedgehog struggled to keep Mephiles securely under him as he writhed and fought to get free. The creatures had kept their positions, unable to move without their master's order. Mephiles was enraged at them all.
"What are you waiting for, idiots?" he barked "get him off of me!"
Teeth gritted, Silver called up to Kate, who was levitating someway out of the circle.
"Kate, now!"
His shout was answered by another blue-green flash, darting past Mephiles and grabbing Tails in the process. Silver watched as the ball of light dropped down at the cannon he and Kate were supposed to be stationed at. He leant down to Mephiles, smirking at his previous order to his minions.
"That was a big mistake, buddy,"
Before Mephiles could question Silver, the time traveller had shot upwards as the creatures leapt at him, and Mephiles gave a yell of surprise as his entire legion of creatures came crashing down on him. Many of the monsters began to disintegrate as Mephiles destroyed them in his desperate bid to climb out of the mound of bodies.
Up in the sky, Silver waved frantically at the others.
"Now! Do it now!" he yelled, shooting across the clearing to get out of the way of the blast.
He landed smoothly next to Kate and Tails, who were ready to fire. Around the clearing, signals were being relayed as a go ahead. Opposite them, the three could see Sally counting down from five.
Mephiles had just managed to climb out of the mountain of monsters, more furious than ever. Now in some sort fury and madness filled frenzy, he stumbled down the pile and began to sprint towards Sonic and Sally, ready to kill.
Then, Sally lowered her last finger. Zero.
There was a huge roar of sound as the cannons burst into life. Light blossomed at the muzzles of the dimension cannons, causing Mephiles to be stunned and halted in his path. One by one, they fired the same blinding light as the cannon back in Onyx City. All four beams converged on the centre, enveloping the creatures and Mephiles.
Light splayed and shot out in all directions, illuminating the night sky and the surrounding forest. After a minute or so, the light seemed to implode on itself, as though something was swallowing it up. After the light shrunk to a tiny bright ball, it disappeared completely, revealing the empty clearing.
All was quiet for a few minutes, until Sonic stepped out into the clearing to have a look around. He was shortly followed by everyone else. When Tails jogged up to him, he looked especially relieved. He gave the young fox a short noogie on the head and laughed.
"Had me worried for a moment there, bud," he sighed with relief.
"Had us all worried," said Rotor, clapping Tails on the back. Tails laughed, almost in an embarassed way.
A sudden bleeping noise made them all jump. The noise was coming from Sally's wrist communicator. It was Elias, and he had obviously seen the light from the blast from Castle Acorn back in Mobotropolis.
"Sally? What happened? Are you all OK? Did you do it?"
Sally ran a hand through her hair, smiling and laughing in relief.
"Yes, yes, we did it," she replied "we're coming back, it's over,"
Right.
Right.
Just hear me out.
This is rushed, very much so. In fact I'd go as far as to say that this is as rushed as Sonic '06.
OK, so, 1: I was up at 3am writing this for some stupid reason, so obviously I wasn't fully with it :D 2: I want to finish this story. I dragged it out for too long and damn I want to move on to the next one (yes, there's another one. Don't look at me like that)
It's fine...it's all fine...
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Anyway, I hope you enjoyed despite it being an utter pile of shi-sorry.
R&R!
~W.O.T~
(P.S: Sorry if the characters are OOC. 3am writing is never good)