SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
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Chapter Ten: Evil Never Dies, Part 2
Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and Jet had just defeated their greatest enemies all at once and thought their greatest battle was over. Oh, they could not be anymore wrong. Now facing off against the heroes was the leader of the Dark Rulers, the mysterious silver hedgehog known as Nazo. "So, this is the greatest challenge this pathetic little planet has to offer. Oh, how things have change over the past three thousand years." Nazo chuckled. "I can't believe it. He's laughing at us!" Jet exclaimed. "Come on, we can take him." Sonic said with excitement in his voice. "Don't get to cocky, Sonic. This guy has the power to keep the three most powerful evils in line. He is obviously more powerful then he appears." Shadow said thoughtfully. "How very perceptive of you, Shadow. It is true; Nazo holds more power then even the seven chaos emeralds." Black Doom boasted. The heroes stood in shock. Does this so-called 'God' truly have an even he greater level of power then the chaos emeralds? "Aw, you're scaring them." Nazo mocked. "We're not scared!" Silver shouted. "Then prove it. Allow me to show you the true power of chaos!" Nazo exclaimed as he challenged the heroes to battle.
"Stand back! This guy is mine!" Jet shouted as he held up his signature fans. "Great, the little pigeon is my first opponent." Nazo mocked in a sarcastic manner. A giant red vein appeared on Jet's feathery head. "For the last time I am a HAWK!" Jet screamed as he recklessly charged forward. As Jet came closer, Nazo drove this fist at the emerald bird. Jet saw the punch coming and amazingly flipped over Nazo. "Gotcha now!" Jet exclaimed as he swung around with both fans held firm. With that single swing, Jet created a massive hurricane that struck Nazo hard in the back. The hurricane carried Nazo down the street and smashed into the side of a nearby office building. "So much for your 'God'." Jet sniggered. Unfortunately for him, Nazo got back to his feet and looked at the injury applied to his back. A large gash was formed on his back with blood seeping out. But in a matter of seconds, the blood returned to the wound and completely disappeared. "W-what?" Jet said baffled. "CHAOS WIND!" Nazo called out as he swung around to create a tornado of chaos. Jet, still shocked, was hit full force by the tornado and smashed to a nearby building. Jet rested in the gravel with his eyes rolled back, clearly unconscious.
"Jet!" the heroes cried. "Next." Nazo smiled in a sinister manner. "You will pay for that, you monster!" Silver screamed as he used his psychokinetic powers to levitate and charge forward. Silver stopped only a few feet away and charged up the psychic energy into his right palm and released it in the form of a sphere. Nazo counteracted by creating a barrier, but was still pushed back five feet. "Simply amazing. Your use of chaos is much more unique and advanced then my own, but..." Nazo instantly disappeared and wound up behind Silver. "Nothing can beat the classics." Nazo smirked. Silver his fist around to strike Nazo, but the silver hedgehog once again disappeared. "Your abilities are most likely more advanced because you come from the future. Too bad that won't help you here." Nazo said as he placed his hand on Silver's back. "CHAOS LANCE!" Nazo copied Shadow's technique. Silver's eyes went blank as the powerful chaos technique burst through his chest, just barely missing heart. "Now to finish you." Nazo said as he attempted to use another chaos technique to kill the hedgehog. But before he could even make an attempt, Shadow came out of nowhere and kicked Nazo back a few feet.
"Silver!" Sonic exclaimed as he ran to his descendant's side. "Don't worry, he's still alive." Shadow reassured him. "Hey, Shadow, wasn't that your move?" Sonic asked. "Yes, it is." Shadow answered. "How does he know it?" Sonic asked. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Shadow said as he raced towards Nazo. After watching Nazo fight Jet and Silver, Shadow came to the conclusion that he was a long-ranged fighter and decided to go close combat. Shadow swung his foot at Nazo's head, who ducked down to avoid it. Nazo attempted to uppercut his opponent, but the black hedgehog counteracted with his own fist. "How did you know that last attack?" Shadow questioned. "Know it? I created it!" Nazo stated sinisterly. "What?!" Shadow exclaimed in shock. "That's right. I created every chaos technique in existence, including this one." Nazo said as his body started to gather a large amount of red chaos. "Damn!" Shadow cursed as he tried to get away, but it was too late "CHAOS BLAST!!!" Nazo released all the chaos. Shadow was lucky enough to be far away enough the die, but was still thrown through the window of a nearby store.
"Is there no one who can challenge my power?" Nazo questioned. "How bout this?" Nazo turned around, only to receive the end of Sonic's homing attack. Nazo was thrown head down into the street as Sonic uncurled himself. "Hah! Too slow!" Sonic cheered. Unfortunately, Nazo swiftly jumped to his feet, the bruise on his forehead completely healed. Sonic figured he could win with his speed, but the moment he blinked, Nazo was gone. "You're quite fast." Nazo used his own speed to appear behind Sonic. "But not enough to keep up with me." Nazo stated as he formed a blade of chaos with his right hand. As Sonic turned around, Nazo lunged the blade at Sonic. "CHAOS BLADE!" Blood was splattered everywhere as Nazo struck hard. Only, it wasn't Sonic's blood. Sonic looked back to that Shadow had taken the attack in the gut to save Sonic's life. "S-shadow?" Sonic stuttered in fear. "Sonic...don't lose...to him." Shadow gasped out before he fell over. "Foolish rodent. He had so much potential. He could have been a god. But he became weak because the bonds to his heart dragged him down." Nazo smirked. In only to seconds, Nazo felt a presence so evil it sent shivers down his own spine. "What is this?" Nazo questioned as he turned back to Sonic.
Sonic's fur a pitch-black color and his eyes were completely blank. Sonic's rage had transformed him into Dark Sonic. "What in the..." Nazo couldn't finish as Dark Sonic drove his fist into the side of his fist. As Nazo was launched into the air, Dark Sonic suddenly appeared and kicked Nazo to the ground. The street exploded as Nazo's body created a crater. "Damn! His rage and killer intent...it rivals that of my own." Nazo said as his wounds started to heal themselves. "No. Mine is greater then yours." A dark and raspy voice came from behind. Dark Sonic appeared behind Nazo and formed a sphere of black chaos. Dark Sonic hurled the black sphere at Nazo's back, but the silver hedgehog jumped just in time before he became a permanent mark in the street. "This guy is serious. He really intends to kill me!" Nazo exclaimed. "You got that right." Nazo looked back to Dark Sonic shoot another black sphere into his back. Nazo was thrown clean across the city and crashed into an office building. Nazo got up and attempted to heal the wound on his back, but it didn't work. "Of course. Black chaos can't heal black chaos." Nazo said as he watched Dark Sonic float up to him. Nazo stood unnerved as he stared into the face of death.
"Nazo, are you ok?" Mephiles called out from the ground. "Don't you worry this will be all over soon." Nazo said. "You're right. It will be over...once I kill you!" Dark Sonic exclaimed while clenching his fist. "Hahahaha!" Nazo laughed manically, making him look like he had gone insane. "What's so funny?!" Dark Sonic questioned venomously. "The truth is I have been hold back. All along I have been using only ten percent of my power." Nazo stated. "Only ten percent?!" Erazor exclaimed in surprise. 'Just how powerful is he?' Black Doom mentally asked himself. "Now, what do you say we raise that up to fifty percent!" Nazo shouted. A tremendous amount of chaos surrounded him as he power greatly rose. His fur turned red, the iris of his eyes turned yellow, two more quills were added to his head, his shoes became gold and black boots, and the spines turned to an 'x' shape. "In this form, you may refer to me as Hell Nazo!" Nazo shouted manically. "He's so powerful. He doesn't have any weaknesses." Erazor said. 'Oh, how wrong you are, Erazor. Taking this form has one major drawback. This form creates a damaging side effect on my body. I better make this quick before it becomes permanent' Nazo thought. "All right, time to end this." Dark Sonic said. "Bring it on." Hell Nazo said.
Dark Sonic and Hell Nazo jumped into the air and bashed their fists together, creating a shockwave that destroyed all the windows in the city. Hell Nazo threw his knee to Dark Sonic's chest, but the dark hedgehog blocked it with his forearm. Dark Sonic conjured another of black chaos and swing it at his opponent, but Hell Nazo blocked it with his black glove. Left and right, Dark Sonic and Hell Nazo clashed all across the skies, neither showing any signs of forfeiting. "I have never seen such power. This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen." Erazor said. Black Doom couldn't help but agree, his eye showing great hatred. Back in the air, the two evil entities continued to brawl until Hell Nazo felt his muscles contracting. 'Damn, it's happening already. I have to end this now.' Nazo thought. Hell Nazo barely scraped to the side as Dark Sonic threw a mighty fist, leaving him wide open. "Now!" Hell Nazo screamed as he created a blast of red chaos and blasted at Dark Sonic's side. Dark Sonic was thrown to the ground, creating a crater in the street. Hell Nazo floated to the ground and reverted back to his original form as he gazed at Sonic's defeated form. "Thank goodness that's over." Nazo said, clutching his arm in pain.
Black Doom and the other Dark Rulers joined by the master's side as they too inspected the defeated hedgehog. "Looks like it's all over." Erazor said. "Let's finish this." Nazo said as he prepared to conjure another chaos technique. But before he could attack, Chaos stepped in front of him out of nowhere using chaos control. "What the?" Mephiles questioned. The red and purple chaos emeralds floated around Chaos as he perform and hand sign and formed a black swirl in his claw. 'CHAOS SEAL!' Chaos silently said. just then, a red ring form around Nazo's neck and a purple ring formed on right spine. Nazo felt the two rings tighten around him and sent a wave of pain coursing throughout his entire body. "AAH!" Nazo screamed and collapsed to the ground as the pain became even more intense. "Nazo, what's wrong?" Erazor asked, surprised by his master's pained expression. Nazo grasped Black Doom's tentacle and demanded "Get...me...out of here." "At once. CHAOS CONTROL!" Black Doom called out and the group disappeared in a flash of light. Chaos dispelled the technique and allowed the chaos emeralds to drop on the ground. Chaos looked around with a painful expression as his friends were scattered across the street, broken and near death.
Back in the dreary dimension of the Dark Rulers, Nazo's painful screams echoed throughout the castle and a splatter as well. Apparently, Mephiles was attempting to heal Nazo with his chaos, but Nazo felt a sting and punched Mephiles' head off. "Calm yourself. I told you this would hurt." Mephiles said as his head reformed. "I have never seen you like that before. It was kind of scary." Erazor said from the end of Nazo's room. "How come you don't use that form more often?" Mephiles asked as he moved to heal the wound on Nazo's back. "In that form, not only do I exhaust more chaos, but it also damages my body from the inside. Because of that form, I will be crippled for a week." Nazo explained. "And that was only fifty percent. Tell me, what happened back there with that creature?" Mephiles asked. "That creature used a special seal that was placed on me 3000 years ago. The seal uses the chaos emeralds to reverse my chaos and destroy me from the inside out." Nazo explained. "Is that why you don't make an attempt to attack Metal?" Erazor asked. "Yes. That clone of his knows the same seal as him." Nazo stated. "But you said it requires a chaos emerald." Mephiles said. "It does, but Metal is secretly hiding a chaos emerald, which is why he took shelter amongst Eggman's army. Now, answer me this: where is Black Doom?" Nazo asked as he noticed Black Doom was not with them.
Black Doom, back in his original alien leader body, floated in front of the table in the main chamber as he stared at the chess board Nazo normal messes with. He looked amongst the numerous figures and their positions. The four heroes they face earlier plus Recter were forward one spot, Metal was moved ahead one spot, and Nazo's figure was moved ahead as well. Black Doom picked up his leaders figure and stared at intently with an angered looked in three eyes. "Nazo, I knew that you were powerful, but if you were able to pass between the gates of hell and back at only ten percent, how powerful are you truly?" Black Doom questioned the figure, not really expecting a reply. "Still that creature seems to hold power over Nazo. Hmm. A flame that burns too wild and powerful must be snuffed out...by any means necessary. One day, Nazo, I will be sure to snuff out your flame." Black Doom said as he slammed Nazo's figure back on the chess board.
Back at the hero's base, silence swept across the base as everyone was in the infirmary. Sonic, Jet, and Silver were lying on the infirmary beds, totally knocked out from the battle against Nazo. Their injuries were terrible, but none could compare to Shadow's wounds. Shadow was on the brink of death. In a last ditch effort, the heroes took his cryogenic pod from the storage room and placed him inside to make sure he would live. The heroes gathered around their friends as the mourned fatal wounds. "Oh, Sonic." Amy Cried while Tails and cream tried to calm her. "I can't believe this." Blaze whispered as she and Team Chaotix gathered around Silver's broken form. "Who could have done such a thing?" Wave questioned as she cried into Jet's chest with Storm and Knuckles standing by her side. "Only a monster could do this." Kumori said with anger, trying to prevent herself from crying, as she and Team Dark watched Shadow's sleeping form. "This is so terrible. Never have I seen such cruelty before." Tikal said as she gazed over the battered and broken heroes. "It's a good thing Chaos brought them to us before it was too late." Knuckles commented. "Speaking of which, where is Chaos?" Blue as when he noticed his original was around.
Deep in the storage room, Chaos sat at the top of the Master Emerald in a meditative position as the two chaos emerald flouted around. Ever since his encounter with Nazo earlier, Chaos has been uneasy. 'I can't believe it. how could I have not realized it? When Knuckles, Tikal, and I discharged the chaos emerald energies back on the ARK, his seal was broken.' Chaos mentally kicked himself as his mind wandered to that memory. He knew it was the only way to stop the ARK from crashing into the planet, but he couldn't help but think that there may have been another way. 'It doesn't matter now. After three thousand years, Nazo has finally returned. I don't know what you are planning Nazo, but as long as I still live; I will make sure that you fail...brother.' Chaos mentally said. Chaos looked on in confidence. The war of light and darkness has only just begun.
Nazo's powers reveal themselves and Black Doom is not as loyal as he appears. What is the connection between the God of Destruction and the God of Evil? Stay tuned to find out.
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