Chapter 10: Mephiles PT 2
Thomas and Shade waited to see what Zavok had planned to do first. Mephiles laughed as Zavok backed away getting ready to charge. Thomas wanted to reason with him.
"Um Zavok right? Look it doesn't have to go down like this...you need to fight the control." Thomas said.
But Zavok only roared in response.
"I don't think he cares Thomas." Shade said.
"Well I tried." Thomas said.
Zavok then charges Thomas with a fist reeled back. Thomas gasped and sped backwards. Mephiles followed wanting to see how this went down.
"RUN! RUN YOU LITTLE BLUE PEST! IT'LL ALL BE OVER SOON!" Mephiles laughed.
Thomas needed to get onto another line, Shade kept watch of what was behind them.
"Track is clear Thomas, we need to get away from Zavok, then again he has the chaos emerald." Shade said.
"Hmm, I wonder if these guys are any good at racing, I used to not be so fast...but after all the crazy chases I've been involved in...no doubt I could keep ahead while we get that emerald." Thomas smirked.
"We can try, but we need to be going forwards first." Shade said.
Zavok caught up and swung his fist but Thomas reversed onto another line just in time. Zavok had to slow down giving Thomas a chance to stop and run forwards on the other line.
"GET BACK HERE!" Zavok yelled.
"IT'S NO USE THOMAS!" Mephiles yelled.
Zavok was now chasing after Thomas again and they bolted down the main line, Thomas wasn't going to stop for nothing now. Shade looked down at the ring on her gloved finger.
"Hmm...you think I can summon one of the others for assistance with the ring?" Shade asked.
"It's possible. Maybe we can even teleport to other areas. I don't need the island more damaged as it is." Thomas said.
"OH I'VE DONE ONLY A DEMO OF MY PLAN!" Mephiles yelled.
Suddenly Thomas and Shade see total destruction of several areas around the island, more destroyed stations, houses, trees and much more. Some fires had started as well injuring many people. Thomas hoped the Sodor Search and Rescue Team would help out, if they're weren't derailed or hurt.
"NO!" Thomas gasped.
"OH YES!" Mephiles said.
"YOU MONSTER!" Shade growled.
Thomas sped up fast as Zavak punched the back of him, Shade had to keep her balance.
"Okay, time to get some help." Shade said.
She focused the ring's energy and summoned Sonic who at first was confused by his surroundings.
"Huh? What's going on?" Sonic asked.
"THAT!" Shade pointed behind her.
Sonic saw Zavok and smirked.
"Oh yeah the Deadly Six leader, hah this should be easy." Sonic said.
"Are you sure?" Thomas asked.
"Just watch."
Mephiles floated down next to them just as Zavok punched the back of Thomas again.
"WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE RINGS?" Mephiles growled.
"None of your business." Sonic said.
He tried to spindash into Mephiles only for the crystalized hedgehog to rise up higher.
"IT'S THE WORK OF WHATEVER IS BEHIND THOSE BUFFERS ISN'T IT!" Mephiles growled.
Nobody said anything and Sonic only clenched the fist with the ring on it causing it to glow.
"TIME TO TAKE THIS FIGHT OUT OF HERE!" Sonic said.
"I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!" Mephiles said.
He suddenly absorbs everyone in a purple orb before they all vanish...but where did they go?
Back with Percy, he, Tails, Kingape and Big were on their way back to the magic buffers with the coal. They were surprised at how easy it was for them to get done.
"That was shorter than I thought." Big said.
"At least it's done." Tails said.
"Hey...what's that?" Kingape asked.
Another large purple portal opened up down the line and out came King Arthur again, this time with his horse.
"OH NO NOT AGAIN!" Kingape panicked.
"We can beat this guy!" Big figured.
"I hope you're right!" Tails said.
Percy screeched to a stop right in front of the horse who breathed on his face.
"HAH! You thought I was gone forever huh? Well too bad, now I shall finish you off for good, it should be easy enough." King Arthur said.
Percy had to think of a plan, they were still a bit far away from the buffers, but King Arthur was blocking their way.
"I bet I'm way faster than that horse." Percy smirked.
"Hah, you don't look like you could do anything helpful for your friends, you're small...much too young as well." King Arthur snorted.
Percy didn't like that one bit and neither did the others.
"I'll show you I can do this." Percy said.
He then moved forward causing King Arthur to move into the sky and race ahead of Percy. The horse galloped faster and faster as King Arthur turned to the side.
"YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME? JUST TRY IT!" King Arthur growled.
That's when Tails and Kingape realized Big had a serious look on his face.
"Let me do this." Big volunteered.
"Big are you sure, you can get hurt." Tails said.
"No...I want to help." Big said.
"You know what, I'll join you." Kingape said.
Tails just watch baffled as Big and Kingape climbed on top of Percy. Big brought out his lure and activated the ring on his gloved finger before his lure was absorbed in the magic gold dust turning it into a large sword covered in titanium armor. King Arthur laughed.
"I despise fake knights...but if you're so determined, then so be it." King Arthur took out his sword.
The plan was for Big to weaken King Arthur, then Kingape would attack him from the front. They all knew the fight needed to be finished before they got to the buffers. King Arthur began the fight by releasing red orbs from his clawed hands and fire them at Big. Big readied his lure-turned-sword and bashed the orbs back to the king.
"OW! WHAT? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" King Arthur roared.
"Sorry, but you're evil." Big shrugged.
"AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
He then placed his right arm through a portal and another opened in front of Big. His arm came out with his sword and he started to slash it wildly at the cat. Big guarded himself and the ex-king's sword clashed with Big's sword. Failing, the knight retracted his arm giving Kingape the chance to lunge and wrestle the ex-king for the sword. The horse struggled with the added weight but got worse when Big jumped into the scuffle as well. The horse loss it's balance and fell onto the tracks. King Arthur, Big and Kingape roll away still fighting over the sword.
"GO, WE GOT THIS!" Kingape yelled.
Percy and Tails raced ahead into the siding and Percy got to visit the Magic Railroad for the first time. With the fight, Kingape gets launched away and now must deal with the horse. The horse angrily charged him and Kingape managed hop onto it sunk his claws into the unarmored places drawing blood. Big and King Arthur were fist-fighting nearby, but Big was quickly losing since he was being punched by metal fists.
"STUPID CAT!" King Arthur growled.
Big staggered around after getting punched several times, but he wasn't giving up. Big was much stronger than many thought, sure he was dim-witted, but he was still determined and brave. His own punches actually hurt King Arthur who was surprised. Froggy watched from nearby worried.
"I'll...I'll still fight." Big growled.
"AND DIE!"
King Arthur punches him for like the 10th time knocking the cat down and coughing up blood. King Arthur then watches in horror as Kingape brutally slaughters the horse by slashing it wildly with his claws and it exploded in purple dust.
"NNNNNNOOOOOOOO! YOU FOOLS!" King Arthur roared.
Out of anger he gets ready to stomp on Big's head when suddenly, a dark blue blur races right through his chest causing him to explode also in purple dust. Kingape quickly wipes the blood of his claws and runs over to help Big up.
"You okay Big?" Kingape asked.
"Oh...I'm gonna have a headache soon." Big groaned.
Froggy hopped into his hands and he cradled him.
"What was that blur, it looked like Sonic." Kingape said.
"You could say that..."
Suddenly the two turn to see the killer standing nearby, his back turned to them. It indeed looked like Sonic...but...a bit darker.
"Sonic...you okay?" Big asked.
The two walked closer to 'Sonic' and Big put a hand on his shoulder. 'Sonic' then turns around...and smiles.
"You good?" Kingape asked.
Then the most creepiest thing they ever saw happened, Sonic's eyes turned black and his pupils went red. His mouth opened to reveal yellow razor-sharp teeth. Though he was still wearing his gloves, his fingers had turned into razor sharp claws.
"You...you can't be Sonic." Kingape gasped.
The hedgehog then spoke...but it was demonic.
"I look like him yes...but...I'm from another dimension, ripped from it by that crystalized bastard...you can call me Sonic...just add...EXE."
But before the others could say anything, the demonic hedgehog fainted on the spot, he was apparently weak. Big and Kingape turned to each other.
"What should we do?" Big asked.
Green Hill...
Thomas, Shade and Sonic had been sent to Green Hill were they were racing against Zavok who was almost defeated as well. Shade used her ring to produce gold-dust tracks for Thomas to race on through the zone. Zavok had tried to punch the ground to topple Thomas over or ram into him from the side but Thomas was too fast for him. Sonic and Shade remained on top of Thomas as he zoomed up and down hills, sped through loops and flew over gaps.
"WOW! THIS IS FUN!" Thomas yelled.
"Yeah, it's a pretty classic place to run." Sonic shrugged.
Zavok was getting more irritated but tired and Sonic found his chances to home attack into his head.
"STOP THAT!" Zavok yelled.
"HAH! KEEP DREAMING!"
Sonic home-attacked him one last time knocking Zavok back into multiple trees. Enraged, Zavok flew into the air and managed to past Thomas this time and was prepared to stop Thomas himself. Thomas didn't hesitate to ram right into Zavok pushing him onwards. Zavok's claws dug into Thomas' sides.
"I'LL END YOU!" Zavok yelled.
"NOT TODAY!" Thomas yelled.
Sonic smirked and looked over at Shade.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Oh yeah."
Together, the two summoned back Dark Guardian and Thomas braked hard making Zavok think he was winning. When he stopped, Zavok laughed.
"HA! I KNEW I WOULD STOP YOU!" Zavok said.
"Um...think again." Thomas smirked.
Suddenly Zavok is sucker-punched by Dark Guardian who roars at him. He was much bigger than Zavok and had his warhammer back.
"Oh no." Zavok gasped.
The others shut their eyes as Dark Guardian pummeled Zavok before launching him far into the sky with his hammer and he twinkled out of sight, presumably back to Lost Hex. Shade caught the chaos emerald Zavok had dropped. Mephiles returned enraged.
"DAMN IT! I THOUGHT HE HAD YOU!"
"Thanks for your help Sonic." Shade said.
"No problem, back to the island I go, I know who'll come in handy next." Sonic winked.
He used the ring to absorb Dark Guardian and warped away being replaced with Shadow.
"What? What's going on?" Shadow asked.
Mephiles then warped them all to a new location.
The Ark...
They all ended up back on the looped circuit under the ARK and Mephiles summoned a possessed and revived Black Doom, much to Shadow's horror.
"Oh no." Shadow face-palmed.
"I'm sure we can take him this time. Mephiles doesn't know how these guys normally use their powers, so they must be weaker." Shade said.
Thomas continued to travel on the gold-dust rails as they raced around the track, Thomas remembered racing Dark Oak around this last year, the same rule still applied, capturing those energy cores...or so he thought he had to.
"Shadow, keep him distracted, I got a plan!" Shade said.
Shadow leaped on top of the cab and started to fire his Chaos Spears at him. Black Doom didn't seem to care that it was Shadow he was fighting. Shade used the ring to create a golden barrier around Thomas that was strong enough to protect them anything, even Mephiles' powers. Black Doom started to fire Swift Strike but it only bounced off the shield.
"WHAT?" Black Doom gasped.
"Hmph...try again." Shadow challenged.
Black Doom then summoned meteors and threw about 20 at them, but they also just bounced off the shield. Thomas managed to collect 2 energy cores along the way and felt the massive amount of energy surround him. Shadow teleported next to Black doom, used his ring to enhance his chaos powers and unleashed-
"CHAOS BLAST!"
Black Doom is launched far ahead of Thomas and bounces onto the circuit.
"EERRGGHH! HOW DID...WHAT?"
He had no time to react when an overcharged Thomas comes crashing into him so hard the alien demon exploded into the purple dust.
"Hah...too easy." Shade cheered.
Thomas eventually got back under his own power and Shadow smirked as Shade caught the next 2 emeralds.
"Not bad Thomas...not bad at all." Shadow said.
"Thanks Shadow." Thomas said.
"Hmph...I guess I was wrong about you. Just don't let me have to assist you again...I think you all got this covered." Shadow said.
Shade nods and Shadow warps away after giving Shade his emerald.
"Guess he really has changed...a bit." Shade scoffed.
Mephiles came down even more enraged.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! WELL I'M STILL NOT DONE!" Mephiles growled.
He sent them to the next location...one that was located in a bad future.
Stardust Speedway...
Upon arrival, they saw they were now venturing down a rather skinny highway surrounded by large buildings and a red sky. Out of a large portal besides them came the possessed Lyric who starts to laugh.
"Haha! It's time to DIE!" Lyric yelled.
"Him again." Thomas groaned.
"Let's hurry this up." Shade groaned.
She then summoned Metal who materialized on top of the cab.
"Huh...wait are we...I remember this place." Metal said.
"Good then you can help us defeat Lyric again." Shade said.
"With pleasure." Metal growled.
He clenched his claws into fists and the ring glowed turning him into Neo Metal Sonic, Shade now had to look up at him.
"Ah yeah, I miss this form, LET'S GO LYRIC!" Neo Metal roared.
"RRRRRRAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRR!" Lyric screamed.
He snapped his claws and shot them at Thomas trying to punch him off the highway. Neo flew over and knocked the claws away before charging at Lyric and kicking him back.
"ARGH! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" Lyric yelled.
He smacked Neo Metal away and lunged at Thomas slamming the road in front of him. Thomas in launched into the air doing a full front-flip before landing back on the magic rails. Thomas knew Lady would protect him. Lyric angrily charged up his claws and shot a large energy beam and Thomas made the rails twist and turn around them.
"UGH! YOU'RE CLEVER...BUT I'M SMARTER!" Lyric yelled.
He started to scare Thomas a few times by spiraling around the road, several times scraping his claws against Thomas' sides. Shade managed to jump onto Lyric's back and stab him with her leech blades.
"AAUUUGGHHH! GET OFF!"
He shook her off and she fell into Thomas' cab. Neo Metal came right over and fist-fought with Lyric all over the sky. They clashed in blurs of green and blue but neither of them gave in. Thomas and Shade looked for a way off the highway but it didn't look like it was ending anytime soon.
"Don't want to be part of that." Shade said.
"Yeah me neither." Thomas said.
After a bit more tussling, the Lyric and Neo Metal crash onto the road in front of Thomas and start rolling forwards in a ball of metal still fighting and swearing at each other. Thomas and Shade thought it was funny.
"You know I could watch this for another hour, but we need to get back to the island." Shade said.
The last 2 emeralds flew away from Lyric and Shade caught them.
"YES! WE HAVE ALL 7 EMERALDS!" Shade cheered.
"Now let's get back to Sodor." Thomas said.
"NOT YET!"
Mephiles appeared, he didn't look as angry as he should be...instead he was evilly laughing.
"You think I didn't have one last surprise left in store you fools? It's time you finally die!" Mephiles said.
Without warning he sent Thomas, Shade, Neo Metal and Lyric to what Mephiles thought was the last location.
Zone Unknown...
When they arrived, they found themselves on a large cliff...seemingly in the middle of nowhere. It was a cloudy night and little wind was blowing.
"Where are we?" Shade asked.
"I don't know...there's nothing else around but those mountains in the distance." Thomas said.
The magic gold-dust barrier wore off much to their dismay. Shade looked at Neo Metal and Lyric to see they were still fighting behind them, Lyric had been freed of his possession thanks to Mephiles giving up on him and now Lyric was just angry with Metal.
"Will you two knock it off already?" Shade groaned.
"NO!" They shouted.
But the fighting did cease when the ground below began to rumble. Down below was a large pool of lava and something was about to rise up out of it. When it did, it made Shade's heart skip a beat and Thomas lower lip quiver. The monster was massive and had about 7 eyes with one being the biggest one right in the middle. It had 6 arms with long sharp claws and was glowing purple meaning it was a clone.
"What...what is that..." Thomas gasped.
"I have no idea." Shade whimpered.
Mephiles appeared and laughed loudly.
"HA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! YOU FOOLS...THIS IS DARK GAIA...YOUR DOOM! HE COULDN'T BE DEFEATED BY RUNTS LIKE YOU! AND ESPECIALLY YOU THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE...YOU SHALL PERISH FIRST!
Then the most horrifying thing to happen in Thomas' life happened, Mephiles fired a white beam from his hand...and it hit Thomas right in the face, the force knocking Shade away. Thomas flew back and smashed into the mountain behind him. From Dark Gaia's view, it was like throwing a toy into a wall. The blast disintegrated Thomas' whole face, crunched up his body and ultimately killed him and he slid to the ground. Lyric and Metal were speechless, Shade ran over crying.
"THOMAS? THOMAS! THOMAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS!" Shade roared.
Island of Sodor...
Sonic, Shadow, Big, Kingape, some Boos and all 4 Metarex bosses were gathered outside Pale Bayleaf's battleship where Sonic-EXE was recovering from some strange corruption.
"I assume Mephiles was trying to find some of the most evil beings from different dimensions and found him, but like Dark Oak, he couldn't control him forever. I guess this hedgehog is still in some pain from Mephiles attempts for control.
"I really hope out master is okay...where could he be now?" Black Narcissus wondered.
"Maybe that magical engine can bring him to us." Red Pine said.
"UGH! TOO MUCH IS GOING ON!" Yellow Zelkova grabbed his head.
"I hope Tails and Kingape got that coal safely to Lady." Sonic said.
"Lady should be here soon I'm sure." Shadow said.
"But what about Thomas, Shade and Metal?" Big asked.
"Oh man...we need to find them." Kingape said.
Then suddenly Tikal and Chaos race over in a panic and Tikal grabs Sonic's shoulders.
"Sonic...we have a problem." Tikal said.
"What is it Tikal?" Sonic asked.
"It's Thomas...there was...an accident." Tikal sighed.
Sonic's eyes grew and everyone else gasped.
"What kind of accident?" Shadow asked.
Tikal gripped Sonic's shoulder tighter, everyone came closer including the 4 Metarex bosses.
"Tikal?" Sonic said, a tear coming down his face.
"Mephiles summoned some large 7-eyed creature..."
"Dark Gaia?"
"Yes...and...then...Mephiles...he...he..."
"TIKAL DON'T TELL ME..."
"I'm sorry Sonic...Thomas has been killed."
Everything went silent...and Sonic dropped to his knees...no one even noticed that the demonic hedgehog had woken up...the evil copy just frowned.
"Darkness has risen..."
To be continued...