Chapter 10: The Legend of the Royal Cats
The bright green light of Chaos Control filled the inside of the trap. Everyone on the ground was relieved, but Nega just stood there frowning. The light dimmed down, but Silver rematerialized back into the trap. The young hedgehog didn't know what he did exactly, but he knew he failed. Now he couldn't even stand up, he fell to the floor of the trap, panting very heavily. The Emerald's power was starting to give Silver a yellow tinge. Silver didn't know how much longer he could resist the Chaos Emeralds. Shadow immediately turned to Rouge with slightly watery eyes.
"Rouge, You picked up that quill and analyzed it. You know his powers." Shadow whispered.
"I'm sorry Shadow." Rouge said back in a very meek voice.
"Rouge, is Silver indeed my descendant?"
"Based on the analysis, the descendant of me, and you, Sonic and Amy, and other people too."
The sky seemed to rip apart even more.
Nega was in total despair "Nothing can leave my trap. Please Shadow, don't get too upset or-"
His sentence was interrupted by a burning sensation coming from the back of his head. It was Elise! But glowing slightly pinkish orange? Could the kitty save the day? Elise continued to burn Nega.
"Let him go! Unless you want to become a living barbeque!"
Sonic immediately grabbed Elise, and Elise felt strange for some reason. So familiar…
Silver in his agony also saw the beautiful cat for the first time. Those powers, that fire, so familiar…
Elise knew to stop her attack. Sonic stared deeply into Nega's eyes. "Tell us right now exactly what you were doing Nega! Maybe then we can stop what is happening from happening!"
Sure Sonic, but first Princess, tell them the Ancient Legend of the Soleanna Royals!
The Princess nodded her head and recited the legend that was burned into her mind as a child. "It is said Soleanna was a tribe of powerful cats, and the Royals were blessed with the Flames from Solaris and were Guardians over it's power. But Solaris turned Evil, and the cats were on his side. But one good Royal Cat separated Solaris's brain with a Chaos Emerald and Sealed it into the Scepter of Darkness, leaving behind the Flame of Hope. Heaven deemed the Cats could not handle their power, and they were all turned into Humans. But if any part of Solaris was in danger, his power would transform a Good member of the Royal Family into their true Cat form, who would serve as Guardian over the power of Solaris. So I assume that choosing the "kitty setting" on your device was in fact purposeful Nega?"
"Of course dear, continue on with the legend."
"One day the Flame of Hope would become a powerful Good Force in the universe as it grew larger. But if a Chaos Emerald was used to reverse the process-"
Silver's screeching interrupted Elise, for the huge amounts of energy entering and leaving his body at the same time was very painful to him. Suddenly, a burst of blinding yellow energy and bright sparkles filled the trap. A beautiful, shining yellow hedgehog with bright red eyes was now floating in the trap. But he didn't have a solid appearance at all, you could see right through him to the other side. Still not knowing what had happened to him, he still tried to escape, but with no use.
Faded memories poured back into Silver's head. They saddened Silver and he started to cry out, calling someone's name no one around recognized "Blaze! Blaze! No, don't disappear Blaze!"
Because of another pre-programmed command, Silver's soul was sucked into the Master Emerald and the force field collapsed. Everyone tried to break the Master Emerald again, but with no use. Not even Elise's power was enough to break the metal device that bound the Master Emerald. Eggman Nega sank his head even lower.
"The Master Emerald is powerful enough to trap any completely spirit comprised creature."
Shadow felt like his heart was going to rip out of his chest. Humanity did this to his own flesh and blood! He wanted all of them to die. Hatred infected every part of his body. But so did sadness. Shadow seemed to burn with a purple glow.
Nega cried out in desperation. "Please Shadow contain yourself! Someone, please comfort Shadow!"
Rouge sat down by Shadow, and grabbed his face, forcing him to look into Rouge's eyes. "Shadow, I'm here, it will be okay. Look at all the situations you have been in before and got out of, nothing can stop My Shadow!"
Shadow calmed down a bit and the purple aura went down a little.
Nega decided to spill the beans on exactly what was going on. "Elise you had the ghostly remains of the Living Flame within you. Shadow contains the ghostly remains of Solaris' Brain, Mephiles. Changing you into your true Cat form so you can better access the ghostly power trapped inside you and putting you and Shadow close to the ghostly remains of the Sol Emerald's power brought all three into Reality, with the parts of Solaris in Elise and Shadow Sealed to their Souls! Grr, I couldn't trick Shadow into help me, if he did, I would have told him to put Elise in the trap device with him. The trap device was designed to kill both Shadow and Elise with the Chaos Emeralds, releasing the two trapped components of Solaris, allowing them to combine in this force-field. Then Solaris and your souls were going to be sucked into the Master Emerald, Elise's Royal Soul keeping the New Seal locked tight while I accessed his Power through the now unbreakable Master Emerald. It would have been okay if I trapped just Shadow at first, I would easily find Elise later and put here in there with him. But when Silver was trapped inside the chamber and then the control unit was broken, things sort of went down-hill from there, didn't they? The problem is, tears break the Seal also. Elise already cried, releasing the Flames inside her. Since she is a Soleanna Royal Guardian in her true Cat form, the power stayed with her and she is able to use that power quite a bit. But Mephiles is still Sealed inside Shadow, and Shadow's seal is not as strong since he is not Royal. Please Shadow, don't cry!"
But it was too late. Not even Rouge could contain Shadow's anger or sadness. What looked like shiny, black oil dripped from Shadow's eyes.