Behold!! My most action packed Chapter!!!

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"I can't believe I've now not only found a way to destroy the nests, but I can also bring back those who were infected from the Viral! Unfortunately, it's not gonna be enough. The nests will have to be destroyed first, and then I'll have to find a way to stop all of them somehow, before Galvador succeeds at taking over the entire planet. It was a good thing that Azaroth came by to help us, but I wasn't expecting the Dark Lords to be involved with helping us!! The Viral I can trust, but trusting Nazo? How's THAT gonna work? Well at least I've got Jet back to his normal stupid self again, but it looks like the Viral infection isn't over quite yet. Galvador is still out there somewhere, and GUN's trying their best to solve this, but only Tails can find a way to stop this. Speaking of which, I've gotta find them and make sure they're okay, otherwise for all I know...NO!! I don't wanna think about what they'll become if any of the Viral infects them! I'm sorry V.S, but friends are more important than destroying the second nest!! Hang on guys, I'm coming!!..."

"Flashback..."

The scene shifts over to where what appeared to be Green Hill Zone, as the skies were dark, and rain was coming down hard on the ground. Not only that, but it showed what appeared to be a 14 year old Sonic, as there was also the same beast that had gotten rid of him many years ago...Galvador. Once you think about it, he never did change whatsoever. He still looked his same age when Sonic was younger, and up to here, and the future. But besides that, right now it seemed that they were doing what appeared to be a stare down.

"Well well well..." Galvador said malevolently. "Who might you be, hedgehog?"

"You're kidding, right?" Sonic asked awkwardly. "It's me...don't you remember?"

"Ahhh...NOW I remember..." the beast said. "You're that little rat who stopped me from having my revenge on the Queen!" he clenched his fist, before walking towards Sonic real slowley.

"You'll pay for what you did, Galvador!!" Sonic stated, before pointing at him. "It was because of you that my memory was lost, and for the fact I forgot who my family were!"

"So what? Are you trying to have your revenge...on ME??" Galvador grinned, before opening his jaw, revealing Lucious. "You're probably wondering where I found this thing, after I was banished from South Island." he said; Sonic looked a little curious about where he found the Viral. "After a few days of my time away from the island, I set out to find a great power that would help me with my revenge on the Queen. Although when I was looking through a few old books, I was able to find something that told of a race that was thought to have been wiped out from the other species long ago. I decided to find the ruins, and obtain that special creature. Once I found it trapped into a statue, I decided to break it open. But once the creature was released, I was chosen to be the host for it. Once I bonded with it, there were...a few side effects, such as changing my appearance." he explained, before morphing his head back to Galvador. "After discovering what TRUE power I had, I knew that I could finally have my revenge on the Queen...and now I can do it, by destroying YOU!!!" he roared, before jumping towards Sonic.

Once Galvador had gotten close to the blue hedgehog, he immedietly ducked down, and kicked his legs up, sending the beast into the air. It wasn't too high, but it was high enough to cause Galvador to create a small crater in the ground. Once the beast had gotten up quickly, Sonic performed a spindash right into the beast's face. After bouncing off, Galvador had quickly grabbed Sonic's leg, and threw him nearly 20 feet away, before running after him. While the blue hedgehog was hurtiling in the air, he quickly curled up into a ball, and performed a homing attack on Galvador, after he tried to jumped up and bite him. Once Galvador and Sonic both landed on their feet, Sonic quickly ran towards the beast, and used a roundhouse kick across Galvador's face. He quickly dodged the beast's swings, before giving him a few punches as well; unfortunatley, that just hurt his hands.

While Sonic was blowing on his hands, Galvador quickly had a chance to grab him, and throw him into the ground hard. While Sonic was lying in the crater, Galvador was about to stomp directly on him, until the blue blur quickly ran out of the crater, and ran around Galvador in circles. While he was running, the wind was starting to pick up until it suddenly started to form a small tornado, which surrounded the beast in his place. Galvador was trying his best to swat Sonic away, but the blue blur was too fast for him to even be touched. Before he knew it, he was suddenly picked up from the wind, and was hurtiling through the air in circles. Right when Galvador had gotten high enough, Sonic quickly stopped, and focused his energy before many small blue particles formed in his hand. While Galvador was falling down to the ground, Sonci had formed a glowing blue orb in his palm, and grinned at Galvador.

"SONIC...WIND!!!" he shouted, before releasing alot of Chaos Energy towards the beast.

Once it made contact, Galvador was sent flying into the air. Although once he was flying, Sonic wasn't expecting a bolt of lightning to strike the beast, as he screamed in terrible pain. Once Galvador had stopped screaming, he quickly fell into the ground, creating a huge crater in the process. After Sonic rushed over to see if he was alright, he was surprised to see Lucious laying down in a black puddle; he was a bit disturbed that the lizard wasn't wearing anything.

"Why...?" Lucious asked weakly, while Sonic was walking towards him. "Why...can't I even kill you?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Sonic smirked. "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!" he gave him his signature thumbs up, before running off into the distance, as everything went white again.

"Back in the Present Day..."

"Sonic?" Viral Sonic asked; they were both currently on top of a rooftop, while observing the situation. "Yoohoo! Earth to Sonic!!...WAKE UP!!!" after he shouted, Sonic quickly came back to his senses, before looking around; it was also in the middle of the day, and the skies were cloudy today. "About time! We've still got the second Nest to destroy!!"

"He's probably still focused on what happened earlier." Nazo stated; he was still with him, even though none of them liked the idea of teaming up to stop Galvador's invasion.

"Nazo...can you destroy the Nest without me?" Sonic asked; both V.S and Nazo were surprised by this. "I know this is sudden, but I've got something more important to do."

"What?!?! Are you insane?!?!" V.S shouted hysterically; Sonic and Nazo both sweat dropped. "We have to destroy ALL the Nests, and you want to do something--"

"I'll be fine without you anyway." Nazo stated coolly; V.S just face faulted, which caused Sonic to face fault. "After your done with whatever, be sure to come back in exactly 5 Hours."

"I will, Naz." Sonic gave him a thumbs up, before jumping off the building, and changed black again.

While the black hedgehog was using his quills to get to his destiny, Nazo had made a small grin, before looking back at the nest. Once he looked at his hand, there was a small pill of some sort that was colored red and blue.

"He'll never know what hit him, after this is over." Nazo said darkly, before flying off towards the second nest.

"Meanwhile, with the Viral Partners..."

"Exactly WHAT are you planning to do?" Viral Sonic asked curiously, while using their quills to climb from building to building. "Don't you think it's best that we finish the Nest off, BEFORE we go and...do whatever??"

"I know you won't understand, but this is something about my friends, and I've gotta find them and make sure they're alright." Sonic explained seriously, after reaching another tall building; but that was until he was swatted away by something large.

After Sonic had fallen into the streets, he left a small crater, before getting back up again to see who his attacker was. Sonic's eyes widened in surprise when he saw that the Vludge was back again, and it looked like it was ready for another round.

"You have GOT to be kidding me!!" Sonic exclaimed, before dodging another swipe from the Vludge.

And swipe after swipe, Vludge was still trying it's best to destroy Sonic for good. Sonic was suddenly punched directly in the face, causing him to roll across the street; he quickly got up, before running towards the creature while getting his quills ready. After jumping into the air, and stabbing his quills into the creature, Vludge had quickly formed itself into a puddle. Noticing this, Sonic quickly chased after the black blob while noticing that GUN soldiers were up ahead; he smirked at what to do next. Once the Vludge had formed itself again, Sonic quickly jumped up to it and performed a full roundhouse kick, before giving it powerful punches. Even though Vludge had really rough skin, Sonic was trying his best to distract it, while the GUN vehichles were coming in closer. Once they had gotten closer...

"FIRE!!!" one of the soldier shouted, before one of them fired a small energy blast at the beast; and just as predicted, the thing screamed in pain.

"Well whaddya know? Vludge is weak against energy blasts!" Viral Sonic said impressively. "But how did you know?"

"Just a lucky guess." Sonic simpley said; he facefaulted again. "Will you stop doing that?!" he asked franticly, after getting up.

"Sorry." V.S said sheepishly.

While they were having their little moment, Vludge suddenly came back to it's senses, and slammed it's giant fist on top of Sonic, thus crushing him in the proccess. Right when it seemed over, Vludge's hand started to glow, until it's arm disintegrated. While the creature was screaming in even more pain, it realized that Sonic had grabbed a weapon from one of the GUN soldiers, before the black hedgehog ran towards the creature. Before Sonic had gotten close, Vludge had used his arms to stretch towards the black hedgehog; unfortunately Sonic was quick enough to jump into the air, and started firing lazers at the creature. After what seemed like 10 shots, Vludge had finally started to melt, until Sonic used his quills to slice it into peices, thus ending the creature for good; the GUN soldiers were surprised to see this.

"And THAT'S how you do it!!" Sonic smiled, before noticing that a few guns were in his face. "Uh...can I help you?" he asked nervously.

"Freeze, Viral scum!!" Soldier #1 stated.

"Hey take it easy, I just took down a Viral!!" Sonic exclaimed, after pushing the tip of the gun away. "Have you guys seen a group of Mobians around here?" he asked, after changing back to his regular blue color; the soldiers were surprised by this.

"S-Sonic!!" Soldier #2 stuttered. "We didn't see any, but we did evacuate a few people out from the city. There are still people trapped in a mall somewhere, but it'll be hard with those things running around." he explained.

"Mind if I help you guys with the situation?" Sonic suggested.

"What?!?! We don't have time to save other people!! We have to destroy the Nests, and stop Galvador for good!!" V.S exclaimed in his head.

"Sorry V.S, but I never turn my back on others who need my help!" Sonic said firmly, before looking back at the soldiers. "Where's the mall located?" he asked.

"It's somewhere around the West area, but resources tell that one of the Nests is located near the area." Soldier #1 explained; Viral Sonic was quite happy to hear this. "We're already getting a few GUN ships to take care of the problem, but trying to get in will be difficult."

"Not when you have ME!" Sonic exclaimed, before running off into the distance.

And so, the blue blur was racing down the streets, while ignoring a few GUN soldiers shooting down a few Virals that were attacking them. While he was running down the empty streets, a few things were running though his mind: Where was Galvador, and why hasn't Sonic heard from the others? And most importantly, were they alright? After thinking of these questions, and shaking them out of his head, Sonic had already found the place where the citizens were trapped. And just as one of the soldiers stated, the second Nest was located on top of a building, and it was close to the mall as well.

"This won't be easy..." Sonic stated.

"You think?" Viral Sonic asked sarcasticly, after Sonic started running close to the entrance; it was covered in Viral ooze, meaning that getting in would be difficult. "Okay I change my mind. You can save your precious citizens, and then after that we'll take care of the Nest."

While Sonic ignored the Viral, he changed black, and used his quills to slice through the ooze, and bust down the doors. But right before he was about to enter, he felt as if two...spikes were touching the back of his head.

"Don't even think about it, Slimeball!!"

"...Knuckles?" Sonic asked, after turning around to see the red echidna. "You never did tell me what you were doing here."

"Wait...Sonic?" Knuckles asked cautiously, before Sonic changed his head blue. "So it is you. The reason I came here in the first place, was that the Master Emerald was stolen."

"What?!" Sonic gasped. "HOW can the Master Emerald just slip from your grasp like that?"

"I'm not sure where it is exactly, but I have a feeling that it's in this city somewhere." Knuckles explained, before walking past him. "And besides, I didn't want to miss all the fun now, right?" he grinned. "And plus, it looks like you could use some help getting those people out of this place."

"Same old Knuckles. Always wants some of the action." Sonic said quietly, after both of them walked into the mall cautiously; the inside was quiet, and there were strands of Viral ooze everywhere.

"Looks like getting the people out will be quicker, with your red friend." Viral Sonic commented.

"Yeah, me and Knuckles go WAY back." Sonic replied quietly, while they were walking carefully in the scary mall. "Even though he's a hot head at times, he's still a good fighter, and a great friend." he smiled. "Although when he's not involved with the situation, Knuckles is always protecting the Master Emerald back up on Angel Island." he finished, before hearing Knuckles' voice.

"I've found them!" Knuckles called, as Sonic rushed over to see what was going on; he quickly changed blue again just in case.

And just as the Soldiers had described, the civilians were okay, and it seemed that they were trapped in a small store; the entrance was blocked off by a wall of Viral ooze. At first Sonic was going to use his quills to slice it down, but Knuckles beat him to it, as he drew many powerful blows against the wall. After the wall was destroyed, one of the civilians looked quite familiar, as it was a tan colored rabbit that wore an orange dress, with white gloves, and orange shoes; she also had a blue ribbon on her chest, and there was a Chao that was in her arms, as it was wearing a small red tie.

"Cream??" both Sonic and Knuckles asked.

"Mr. Sonic, and Knuckles!!" the rabbit known as Cream cried, before running over to hug both Knuckles and Sonic. "See Cheese? I told you they'd come to save us!"

"Chao!!" the little Chao known as Cheese said happily.

"What happened, and how come none of you were infected?" Sonic asked suspiciously.

"We were just shopping for groceries for Mom, until suddenly scary monsters came in and started turning everyone into them!" Cream explained frightenedly. "But what was scarier, was that other people were eaten alive by some giant monster that had no mouth! It kept us in here for some reason, though."

"Would it look something like a giant blob?" Knuckles asked.

"Yeah, why?" Cream asked curiously.

"Cause I think that's what THAT thing is!!" Knuckles exclaimed, before pointing at what appeared to be a huge Viral that was only 4 feet, and had lime eyes and a blood shot scelera on each, and it also had two spikes on it's head; the scary thing was, that it was slowley moving towards them. "Quick, get everyone out! I'll hold this guy off!!" he exclaimed, before getting into a fighting stance.

"Wait Knuckles, you don't know what these Nest Guardians are capable of!!" Sonic exclaimed.

"He's right, that's Vsorb!!" Viral Sonic exclaimed.

"What's that?" Sonic asked quickly; Knuckles was charging towards the thing, while everyone else was running for the doors.

"It's a Nest Guardian that can't be touched by anyone, other wise it'll just absorb the victim like a sponge!" Viral Sonic explained quickly; Knuckles had already jumped into the air.

"Wait Knuckles!!!" Sonic shouted, before pulling out the energy gun from earlier, and throwing it to Knuckles. "Use this, it might be helpful against that thing!!"

After Knuckles had turned around and caught it, he quickly turned around again to meet with the beast. Right when he had gotten close to the creature, he slammed his fist straight into it's head; unfortunately there was no effect, and not to mention he was stuck. Before any of them knew it, Knuckles was slowley being sucked into the Viral, while he still had the gun in his hands. And while Sonic was widening his eyes in fear, Knuckles was completely sucked inside the creature.

"KNUCKLES!!!!!" Sonic shouted, before turning black, and using his quills to stab into the beast. "Bring him back, you Viral bastard!!!" Sonic cursed, before being pushed out of the way, as the beast had punched him off; it was headed for the other people. "Come back here, I'm not finished with you yet!!!"

Sonic quickly ran towards the creature, before performing a spindash on it while using his quills as a razor. But as figured, it bounced off and the Vsorb was still moving along. Before it had gotten close to Cream and Cheese, Sonic quickly focused his energy to form small red particles in his palm. And just before it had gotten real close, Sonic quickly formed a red orb of Viral energy in his hands.

"VIRAL...WIND!!!" he shouted, before firing the powerful attack against the creature; once it made contact, the beast had flew over Cream, and into a flower shop.

Once the thing had gotten into it's normal condition, it realized that it had a new target to follow. It quickly moved towards Sonic, before the black hedgehog used his quills to throw as much stuff he could find. Just as predicted, it still had no effect on the creature; that was until it hit him. Sonic tried his best to look for anything that had energy, so he could use it as a weapon; unfortunatley he was out of luck.

"Try focusing the energy into your eyes." Viral Sonic suggested.

"Wait...WHY couldn't you just tell me that SOONER?!?!?!" Sonic shouted hysteracilly.

"Must've slipped my mind." V.S simpley said; Sonic sweat dropped, before focusing his energy.

Right when the beast had gotten close, Sonic's eyes started glowing red, and he had fired at will, sending the beast flying back into the flower shop, except causing the roof to collapse on it. After noticing a bit of red in the creature, he figured that Knuckles was still in there, so he tried firing and firing, before the creature had started to scream in pain. And with one last roar, the beast started glowing red, but not because of Sonic's attacks; something else was hurting it on the inside, before it exploded. With many ooze flying around, Sonic shielded Cream and Cheese, so they both wouldn't get infected. After the dust had cleared, Sonic had told Cream and Cheese to meet with the other people who escaped to the GUN ships that had already arrived.

"Knuckles?" Sonic called, while walking in the dust cloud; he got not response, except breathing. "Is that you?" he raised a brow, before noticing something horrible; his eyes widened in fear. "Oh...my..."

What started to stand up, was a tall bulky Viral that had red markings all over it's body, as it's dreadlocks were also long and razor sharp. The scary thing about this creature was that not only it had no eyes, but it had jaws and claws, which had huge spikes on each knuckle!

"If you want to destroy the Nest, then you'll have to get through me!!" the beast roared, before getting into a fighting stance.

"This was pretty hard to believe, but first Jet was saved..." Sonic narrated, after everything paused. "...and now I had to go up against Knuckles...things weren't going to be pretty at ALL..."

Oh boy, it seems that Knuckles has been infected as well!!!

If you're wondering where everyone else is, it'll be explained on the next chapter!!

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