Ba-bump...Ba-bump...The hearts of our heroes were the only thing they could focus on. Everything that surrounded them that even made noise was silent...their senses seemed to fade away into nothing. Their legs moved them forward to face their final fight...a battle that would determine the very fate of the human race. As they walked into the control room, all was regained, and the heroes immediately jacked into the Cyberworld to ready themselves for battle. Just then, all of the lights around them suddenly died out, and even the Cyberworld was pitch black. Suddenly, a yellow light was seen as if it was center-staged, revealing a giant glass orb that obviously contained nothing but trouble. A maniacal laughter began to fill the area. "At last..." it began to say. It was Robotnik, due to the obvious tone of voice. "I'm just thrilled that you've made it this far! I'm actually quite surprised that Stiletto didn't kill every last one of you! Well done! Now...you can witness the very essence of ultimate power!" With those words spoken, the giant orb slowly began to rise into the air, and it began to crack open, scattering various shards of it to the ground, which quickly and surprisingly dissolved like liquid. As the orb shattered more and more, our heroes grew more and more anxious and scared. If what Robotnik said was true, then they were truly about to face what Robotnik knew as ultimate power. With the energy of the seven Chaos Emerald data, how could they hope to even stand before this awesome creation? Before they were ready, the remainder of the orb began to flash a bright light, nearly blinding the heroes and forcing them to protect their eyes. As the light cleared and Sonic was able to look forward, all he could see were evil, red eyes that were that of a cyborg's. His body froze in shock and fear, for Robotnik had created a true monster...an ultra-powerful being that resembled our hero almost to the nail. "Behold!" Robotnik bragged loudly. "My most powerful creation to date! The unstoppable, incredible, absolutely flawless...METAL SONIC!"
"Metal...Sonic!" Tails exclaimed. "You mean to tell me that your ultimate weapon is an android form of Sonic! Why! HOW!" Robotnik began to laugh at the questions he was being attacked with. "Well, allow me to explain before you all die!" he exclaimed. "You see, as you have battled, I have analyzed your moves and your skills...and the only one of you who I would even consider copying was Sonic! His speed is truly remarkable...and his Netbattling skills are easily that of an expert. So, I figured...with that kind of prodigic skill and talent, why not combine it with the power of the seven Chaos Emerald data and make it my ultimate creation? That's EXACTLY what I did!" Knuckles was disgusted with Robotnik's sick mind. "You twisted bastard!" he exclaimed. "You can't possibly expect to walk away a free man after this, can you!" Mina nodded in agreement. "Knuckles is right!" she exclaimed. "Sonic isn't just some pawn in your plans! He's not a simple tool for you to copy and use to destroy the human race! This is insane!" Tails managed to get a data analysis of Metal Sonic, and when it was finished, his brain practically froze. "This...can't be!" he exclaimed. Sonic turned back to face his friend. "What's wrong, Tails!" he asked. Tails could do nothing but shake his head in shock. "Metal Sonic's top-speed..." he said. "It...It goes beyond machs!" Amy gasped in surprise. "That's impossible!" she exclaimed. "Sonic's not NEARLY that fast! How can Metal Sonic be any better!" Robotnik felt the need to enter the conversation. "You fools are simply hilarious!" he exclaimed. "The power of the Chaos Emerald data gives him the limitless powers that they offer...I'm curious as to how you can even TELL how fast he moves! He can go FAR beyond that level of speed...Try light-speed or even at the speed of sound!"
"It doesn't matter HOW many drugs you've put him on, Robotnik!" exclaimed Sonic. "If I have to, I'll take this son of a bitch out myself!" Sonic inserted a WideSword chip and began to charge at his enemy, who refused to dodge his attack or even move an inch. As Sonic's arm swung to strike his enemy with the sword, the sword quickly broke into shards, which vaporized into dust and became nonexistent. (What the hell!) he thought. Sonic quickly regained focus and tried again with another WideSword. Still, even though he applied more force, the sword shattered into pieces. However, before Sonic could get another move in, Metal Sonic's hand wrapped itself around the blue-haired hero's neck, strangling him and bringing him closer to death. Robotnik was laughing his fat ass off at the failed attempts of our heroes. "This is priceless!" he exclaimed. "Oh, and here I thought you might actually SCRATCH him! But it seems that...I was wrong!" Laughter echoed through the emptiness of the Cyberworld. Suddenly, Robotnik snapped his fingers, and the grip Metal Sonic had on Sonic quickly grew stronger, and his eyes glowed a completely lifeless red. His body began to shine a dark, evil blue light. "Metal Sonic!" shouted Robotnik. "Do it, NOW! Evos Noah Purge!" With those three words spoken, Metal Sonic threw our captured hero high into the air, and within the blink of an eye, he was already there to meet the sight of the crash into the walls of cyberspace. Metal Sonic grew a massive, elegant metal sword on his right arm, and the sword slashed our hero numerous time, finally pushing his weakened body onto the edge of the blade and slamming him back into the ground, causing a massive shattering of the fabrics of cyberspace. Mina was the first to take action, and she readied three BronzeArrow chips and shot them all at Metal Sonic, all three of them landing a direct blow and damaging the enemy. What caught Tails' attention was a shining object falling from his chest, but before it reached the ground, Tails dashed over to it and grabbed it, revealing that it was the red Chaos Emerald. "I get it now..." he said.
"Tails!" shouted Knuckles as he readied a SilverAxe on his left arm. "What the hell're you doing!" Tails began to shout back at his friends. "Everyone!" he began. "That's the weakness! Aim for Metal Sonic's chest! That's where the seven Chaos Emeralds are embedded! If you destroy the chest-" Before Tails could finish, Metal Sonic overheard the loud shouting and dashed downwards to attack Tails, only to fail when Mina dashed over and used a Barrier chip. "That'll hold him for a bit!" she exclaimed. "Guys! Aim for him! NOW!" Knuckles bolted over to Metal Sonic, stabbing him in the chest and causing the blue Chaos Emerald to fall from him, only to have it fall into Knuckles' other hand. "Amy!" he shouted. "Hurry up!" Amy loaded a WideShot2 chip and fired at Metal Sonic. Knuckles dodged the attack, but Metal Sonic was unable to, considering he had a sharp, silver axe stabbed straight through his plated chest. The attack hit dead-on, sending the yellow Chaos Emerald spiraling out of him and into Amy's grasp. Before Metal Sonic regained focus, Sonic dashed to him and kneed him in the face, sending him spiraling into the air and the green Chaos Emerald into Mina's grasp. Sonic jumped high into the air and met with his enemy, readying a FireSword and striking him point-blank, burning more of his chest and sending the silver Chaos Emerald down to the ground, which was quickly caught by Knuckles. Mina quickly turned back to look at Tails. "How many does that make now!" she demanded. Tails closed his eyes to count, and he swiftly retaliated with an answer. "That's five!" he exclaimed. "She shouldn't be too strong to fight now! Everyone! All-out assault on Metal Sonic!" Robotnik could do nothing but watch helplessly, his jaw wide open and on the ground. "Damn those stupid kids!" he exclaimed. "They managed to stop Metal Sonic's ultimate attack! No matter...as long as he has the two emeralds remaining, he can use it." Robotnik once again entered into Metal's mind. "Metal Sonic!" he demanded. "I command you once more! Use Evos Noah Purge!" Metal Sonic complied, and he suddenly put up a huge, gold-tinted barrier that had the power to block all weak attacks. He then began to charge his ultimate attack, his body slowly being consumed by a dark-blue light of evil omens. The heroes felt powerless to stop him, and all they could do was wait and see what would happen. "Damn it!" exclaimed Knuckles. "Isn't there a way we can stop it!" Sonic felt weak and hopeless, but before he rushed to any conclusions, his left pocket began to glow, and he reached into it to find three glowing chips: CyberSword, WideSword, and LongSword.
"What...?" said Sonic, confused at the sight he had witnessed. Suddenly, the chips began to flash instead of glow, and Sonic felt it necessary to try something new. "All right..." he said. "It's worth a shot...especially now!" With that decided, he quickly inserted the three chips in that order, and his friends were glued to Sonic as his body began to flash a bright color. The sword he had grown on his arm was not a Cyber, Wide, nor a LongSword. No...it was an omnipotently powerful upgrade of all three combined! He had achieved a new level of battling! Sonic rose the sword into the air, which required the additional force of his other arm to even hold the sword up. "NOW!" he shouted. "Program Advance! LIFESWORD!" With those words spoken, his feet dashed him towards Metal Sonic, and right before making contact with the barrier, he jumped into the air and descended with his sword ready for impact. The massive blade made a direct hit on the barrier, which quickly began to crack and eventually shattered into millions of small fragments. His friends were nothing short of mindfucked. "Unthinkable!" exclaimed Tails. "What...what just happened!" Mina tried to sound like she knew what she was talking about. "Program Advance..." she said. "I've heard of that before...from my brother, Asch! It happens when you insert a certain combination of chips in a specific order. You gain an awesome, overwhelming power that more than makes up for the chips you used for it! LifeSword...it was the combination of CyberSword, WideSword, and LifeSword! What unspeakable strength...It even managed to bust Metal Sonic's barrier!" Knuckles gave Sonic a smile of appreciation. "Nice work, Sonic!" he exclaimed. "Now, let's take care of the rest!" Sonic grinned at his enthusiastic friend. "You got it!" he exclaimed. But before they could do anything, Metal Sonic released a burst of concentrated energy, sending the team of friends spiraling into the air and far away from Metal. Robotnik was heard laughing in triumph.
"I must admit..." Robotnik began. "You are quite skilled when it comes to this! Program Advances aren't discovered every day, you know! But even though you were successful in shattering Metal's barrier, you're too late! He still possesses two Chaos Emeralds inside of him, meaning that his energy is concentrated at LEAST four times faster than usual! You took your sweet time, heroes...Now, you'll pay the price! Metal Sonic! Release your ultimate energy! EVOS NOAH PURGE!" With those words, Metal Sonic's body began to shine a mystical white light, and within seconds, he released an explosion that could easily top that of a hydrogen bomb. It was so powerful, back in the real world, the Black District was quickly falling apart, pieces of the facility crumbling and crashing to the ground. If the heroes didn't hurry and win the fight, they would be crushed under the rubble of the Black District. They didn't have much time left...it was now or never for them! The heroes managed to recover from the massive explosion, and even after being separated, they regrouped and managed to stay alert. "Where's Sonic!" exclaimed Mina. But before they had time to ponder, clangs and clashes of swords were heard not too far in the distance. Sonic and Metal were having an all-out blade bash against one another, and Metal managed to break Sonic's sword, leving him defenseless. Before he could reach into his pocket and grab another chip, he suddenly felt a massive sting enter his chest, and it remained there. Blood was seen coming from his chest, and his friends from a distance were frozen in shock and despair as to what they have just witnessed. Sonic had been stabbed straight through the chest by his enemy, the blade lodged tightly into him. Metal lifted the sword into the air, Sonic lifelessly hanging from its edge. He then charged a powerful beam of energy from his evil, red-stained metallic eyes. Releasing the beams of energy, they hit Sonic almost point-blank, causing an explosion and sending him flying off the tip of the sword and motionless on the ground in front of his enemy. In despair, Mina quickly ran over to her injured friend and attempted to tend to his wounds. "Sonic!" she screamed as she made her way towards him. She kneeled down to examine his wounds, which were far too severe for mere Recovery chips to repair. "Sonic...?" she said, placing her hand on his cheek. "C'mon, Sonic, wake up..." Her words granted her no response. She soon began to think that he was really dead. "Sonic!" she exclaimed, trying her best to get even a flinch from him. "Sonic! Please! Answer me! Sonic! SONIC!" Tears began to run down her face, and they just wouldn't stop coming. Robotnik found it necessary to laugh at this sight. "This is just beautiful!" he exclaimed. "I TOLD you all that Metal Sonic was unstoppable! Now, your precious friend is down for the count! There's NOTHING you can do to stop me, now!" Mina slowly shook her head. She refused to accept the fact that he was dead. "No!" she exclaimed. "He...He can't be..."
"Oh, but he IS, my dear!" exclaimed Robotnik in pure and absolute joy. "Your precious Sonic...is DEAD! GONE! You'll never see him again!" He laughed maniacally, which obviously pissed Mina off to no end. "You...sick bastard..." she said, rising to her feet and finding a new level of rage. Tails was the first to snap out of the shock, and he noticed something odd with Sonic. He then grabbed Mina's attention. "Mina!" he shouted over to her. "It's not true! Sonic's alive! Use these!" Mina looked over to Tails, who was getting ready to throw the five Chaos Emeralds they had over to her. Doing so, she caught every last one of them, and she ran over to Sonic and attempted to heal him. Not able to stay idle, Metal Sonic began charging up another fatal attack, this time a personalized form of the LifeSword. If this attack were to hit anything, they would die almost instantly due to its massive amount of power. Robotnik started slamming his hands on the machines in the room he was in, watching the whole fight like some kind of movie. "Yes, Metal!" he exclaimed. "That's it...Use the Metal Life Sword and kill them ALL! The world we seek is almost within our grasp! KILL THEM!" Metal did not hesitate his energy storing, and within seconds the attack would be ready to use. The Chaos Emeralds suddenly began to resonate with a light corresponding to their colors. They began spinning in midair and flashing nonstop, dissolving into Sonic's chest and causing him to emit a massive white light, which quickly began to wave like that of a flame. Mina stared in awe as she witnessed this scene, but before she knew it, Metal Sonic was steps away from landing his attack and ending this fight. Jumping into the air, he was ready to strike. But before he came back down, the light that surrounded Sonic changed from a white light to a light-blue flaming aura, and it released a burst of awesome energy that threw Metal Sonic off balance and cancelled his attack. Metal did nothing but stare at the flame, and within seconds afterwards, a huge blast was shot from within it, landing a direct blow on Metal Sonic and dealing an insane amount of damage. Mina found herself in the arms of a man, the very same one who attacked Metal and landed that devastating blow. She looked up to see that it was none other than Sonic, alive and back on his feet, ready to finish the battle once and for all!
"Thank you, Mina," Sonic said. "The Chaos Emeralds...they gave me this awesome power...Now, I feel stronger than ever...And with this power, I can EASILY win this fight!" Sonic released Mina from his embrace, and he slowly began walking towards Metal Sonic, who began to shoot energy beams from his eyes. However, to the surprise of the team of friends, they were ineffective and seemed to be missing on purpose, even though that wasn't the case. Robotnik stared in shock and despair. "N-No!" he denied. "This can't be! This battle...my ultimate weapon...being reduced to NOTHING!" Metal Sonic fired a large missile from his arm, but seconds before it even left his arm, Sonic practically warped over to Metal Sonic and punched him straight in the face, sending him flying into the air, leaving him defenseless and open for an assault. Taking the chance, Sonic began to charge up an enormous energy blast, which would take a short amount of time. But Metal was not ready to accept defeat, and so, he poured every last bit of the energy he had remaining-as well as the limitless energy stored within the Chaos Emeralds-into one final Evos Noah Purge attack. This one attack would settle the fight...Only one of them would be walking away from this alive! Metal was the first to release his attack, and he skipped using explosions and focused the energy into a blast, just like Sonic, who released his energy shortly afterwards. The two struggled with their energy for a while, pushing back and forth to find a way to win. Metal's body began to disintegrate, and Sonic's clothes started getting tears and his skin was inflicted with numerous cuts, showing just how much power was being put into this final strike.
Back in the real world, Lan, Hub, and Yuichiro had found a way to broadcast the remainder of the fight on worldwide television, showing everyone throughout the world who was fighting for their safety and for their futures. Everyone who laid eyes on the screens they were watching began cheering the name of their hero. "Sonic!" "Sonic!" The entire world was on his side, and somehow, he could feel it. (The whole world's counting on me...) he thought. (This can't be it for me...Not if I have a say in it!) With one final push, Sonic unleashed even more energy than before. "NEON SONIC PULSE!" With those words spoken, every last bit of energy Sonic could afford was poured into his blast, giving it more power than that of Metal's. It quickly began to consume Metal's energy, sending it back at him and also landing Sonic's energy on him, creating an explosion far stronger than Metal's Evos Noah Purge! Within the light that explosion created, Metal's entire body began to disintegrate into thin air, and within seconds, Metal Sonic was no more. Shortly after defeating Metal Sonic, the area was quiet. The friends could do nothing but stare in shock and amazement at Sonic's demonstration of power. Scarred in every possible part of his body, Sonic managed to give his friends a grin...right before falling down to the ground passed out and out of energy. Knuckles quickly ran over to Sonic and placed him over his shoulders, and within seconds, the entire place began to shake and crumble. "Jack out, everyone!" Tails exclaimed. "This place is going to blow! We need to get out now!" Agreeing with their wise friend, they all jacked out of the Cyberworld and began running out of the building. Barely escaping with their lives, the gang stood there watching the Black District as it began tumbling down to the ground in shambles. Knuckles carefully placed Sonic up against a nearby flagpole so he could have a momentary rest before getting him to the hospital. He then looked over to the ruined facility. "It's over..." he said. "Finally...the nightmare ends." Tails shook his head in disagreement. "No," he began, "I don't think this is where he plans to end things. He obviously got out before we did...When Sonic transformed into Neon Sonic, he knew from then the fight was over. I have to admit...he's smarter than I thought he was. But...I have a feeling...he'll cause more trouble, and we'll have to stop him once again before he gets his chance to realize his stupid dreams."
"We'll stop him," Sonic managed to say, fooling everyone into thinking he was passed out. "Robotnik...he...needs to pay...for what he did...And...he will...We'll...stop him...whenever...he..." Before he could finish his sentence, Sonic drifted off to sleep. He was obviously exhausted, far more so than his friends. Amy chuckled a little at the sight of the tired Sonic. "Let's get him to the hospital," she said. "He needs medical attention." As the three friends began their way to the hospital with Sonic on in their grasp, Mina attempted to stop them before going too far. "Umm..." she attempted to say. "If you guys don't mind...can I go with you? I wanna make sure he's okay. Please." Knuckles nodded and grinned at Mina. "Of course!" he exclaimed. "You're our friend, now! But, on one condition: YOU have to help CARRY him! He's heavy as shit!" Mina was thrown off-balance for a moment, and then she returned with a laugh. "Okay!" she said cheerfully, taking Sonic from Knuckles' grasp and aiding Tails and Amy instead. Before they got too far, though, numerous policemen, a fire truck and an ambulence greeted them on their way. The nurses quickly brought a stretcher and placed Sonic on it, and the fire men began to put out the fires the Black District left behind from the battle. The police men began to question the teenagers. "Did you all do this!" he asked. "What's going on here!" Mina gave them a sigh. "Please, officer," she said, "Can we get to the hospital first? After our friend's okay, we'll explain everything." The officer slowly nodded and ran back into his car, where as the friends of Sonic got into the ambulence and rode in it with him. As the cops and nurses drove away to the hospital, the events that took place that day would forever be remembered by the world as the greatest battle to save mankind. High school students had single-handedly saved the human race from total destruction...and it's only the beginning! As Tails stated before, Robotnik is still out there, plotting his next scheme to take over the world. The Chaos Emeralds-all seven of them-were scattered all across the world once again, and odds are, Robotnik's next evil plan will involve getting them...but next time, he will go too far and tap into powers no mortal ever should...So, the day ended, and the fight was over. People around the world started cheering and celebrating Sonic's victory and heralded him as the world's hero. But what mattered the most was one fact, and one fact only:The battle was over, and the war...was won.