SONIC HEROES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Ten: Canyon Chaos
You probably remember the crazy industrial site of Kingdom Valley in Soleanna, but it's nowhere near as crazy as Rail Canyon. Everywhere there were grind rails, destructive trains, and a seemingly endless supply of mechs. It would seem that Eggman was using the area as a new base of operation. Suddenly, one of the many buildings exploded and Chaos was seen flying out from the explosion. Chaos landed with a loud thud and groaned in pain. "Ugh. Fire and gunpowder, not one of my better ideas." Chaos told himself. As Chaos slowly got back to his feet (or claws, I don't know), he accidentally hit a button on a nearby pod and opened it up. When the pod opened, Chaos was shocked to see what was inside. Inside the pod was...Chaos. "What? How is this possible?" Chaos asked himself in his head as he moved closer to the other Chaos. Chaos reached his claw out to touch the other Chaos, but upon contact, the other Chaos changed to a useless puddle of water. "What is going on?" Chaos asked himself.
Chaos continued to ask himself these questions that he could not answer until he heard a pair of footsteps coming from behind. Chaos didn't need to turn around to know who it was. It was obviously Omega and Rouge, who looked seriously ticked. Without warning, Rouge ran over to Chaos and delivered a striking blow to the back of his head. "You idiot! What were you thinking back there?! You could have killed us!" Rouge screeched, but Chaos paid no attention to the bat. Rouge noticed that he made no remark and was really worried. Even though she could hardly stand him, Rouge has learned to love Chaos like the brother she never had and was really worried for him. "Hey, Chaos, are you ok?" Rouge asked in a concerned manner. "I'm fine. Come on, let's get moving." Chaos said solemnly as he left. Rouge and Omega let Chaos have a moment alone before chasing after him.
As the trio ran further into the canyon, they found themselves grinding along the rails that wrapped around the rocks. "Eggman's energy has been detected up ahead! Hmm, this is strange..." Omega suddenly said. "What do you mean by strange?" Rouge asked. "Eggman's energy signature has been found to be identical to Chaos' energy. Not only that, but it has also been found to match the energies of us and the Babylon Rogues." Omega informed. "How is that possible?" Rouge questioned. "Well, we'll just have to find out then. Ok, new mission, find and capture Dr. Eggman!" Chaos instructed. "You got it!" "Affirmative!" Rouge and Omega said. "And maybe he could provide some answers to what that thing was back there." Chaos thought, referring to the other Chaos he met a while back.
Chaos and the rest of Team Dark continued to grind along the rails until the found themselves in, what looked to be, a train station. "Omega, where is Eggman located." Chaos asked. "Unconfirmed! Too much interference!" Omega stated. "Interference? From what?" Chaos questioned. Just then, the side wall bust open unexpectedly. From the gapping hole came three strangely crafted mechs. Unlike most mechs, the smaller two of the three seem to be without weapons, not counting their razor claws. The first mech was blue, the second mech was white, and the third mech was twice the size of the other two and was red. "You just had to ask, didn't you?" Rouge glared. The three mechs then suddenly pounced and grabbed each individual member to fight alone.
Chaos was grabbed by the giant red mechs and was swung around until he was thrown to a nearby wall. To prevent any harm, Chaos reverted to his liquid form and was splattered across the wall. After taking a moment to recall every single drop, Chaos reformed to his solid state and looked seriously ticked. "You do not know how much I hate that." Chaos said as he extended his claws. The red mech held out its arm and retracted its claws the change it to a machine gun. "Where does this seem familiar?" Chaos said to himself. The mech then fired its machine gun, which Chaos jumped around to avoid. Chaos bounced off the rock wall as the mechs gun continued to chase him. "This is taking too long. If I don't finish this soon, Eggman will get away. And I am not about to let that happen." Chaos said as he jumped from another wall. While the mech was busy shooting at Chaos, it didn't notice two puddles of water below it. Suddenly, the water changed to tentacles that wrapped around the mechs arms and forced them down. "Now to end this." Chaos said as he jumped from the wall. Chaos was flying like a bullet and smashed through the mechs chest armor and ripped out its core, thus defeating it.
Rouge was held by the blue mech and was thrown into the air. Luckily, being a bat, Rouge merely extended her wings to catch herself in midair. Alright, show what you got, bad-bot." Rouge smirked. The blue mechs crouched down for a moment before shooting straight up towards Rouge. Once it was only a few inches from Rouge, it held out its hand to show three gapping hole in it palm. Then all of a sudden, three strong jets of water shot out of the mechs palm and nailed Rouge hard. Rouge tried to catch flight again, but her wings were too soaked to move and landed on the steel floor with a loud thud. Rouge weakly got to her knees and looked up to see the blue mech hold out its hand to attack again. Acting on instinct, Rouge quickly spun around to trip the mech on its back. With her wings now dry, Rouge flew up into the air as the mech got back to its feet. "Ok, play time's over." Rouge said as she made a dive for the mech. The mech countered by shooting its water jets again, but Rouge had already though of a plan. "SCREW KICK!" Rouge called out her signature technique. Rouge spun around so fast that the jets bounced off of her and allowed her to plow into the mechs chest to destroy it.
Omega was kicked across the station and crash through one of the trains and into the rock wall. It had appeared that the white mech held great strength in its lower body. "Primary target locked! Initiating attack mode!" Omega stated. Omega retracted its claws to exchange them for his machine guns. "Target locked and fire!" Omega exclaimed as he began to fire wildly at the white mech. unfortunately, the white mech suddenly sprouted wings from its back and took off into the skies. Since Omega's reaction was extremely slow, Omega had no time to prepare for the white mechs as it kicked him to the side. Omega was thrown face down in the floor and tried to get up, but the white mechs was too fast and stomp Omega further into the floor. Just as Omega had seemed defeated, Omega suddenly reversed his arm to grab hold of the white mechs legs. Omega then hurled the mech over his head and crashed it into the floor in front of him. Omega quickly got back to his feet and started shooting mercilessly at the white mech before it even had a chance to react.
With the mechs properly dealt with, Team Dark met back in the center of the train station. "Man, I'm sore all over." Chaos said as he started massaging his muscles, which was very unusual since he is nothing but a brain, eyes, and water. "Quit complaining. At least you don't have a solid body to feel pain with." Rouge whined as she stretched her aching wings. "Well, that we got rid of those guys, Omega, do you know where Eggman is?" Chaos asked again. "Negative. Still too much inference." Omega replied. "But if it wasn't those piles of scrap, then what's causing it?" Chaos questioned. Just then, the steel gates opened up and the group looked over to see a large black train headed into the station. It was then that Team Dark noticed was standing directly in front of the train's path. "You just had to ask, didn't you?" Rouge glared. Acting fast, Chaos extended his arm around his teammates and extended his other arm to grab hold on a pipeline to pull them all to safety. "Confirmed! Eggman's presence has been detected on board!" Omega stated. "You mean on the train?" Rouge asked as Chaos set them down. "Things are never easy, are they?" Chaos asked himself before racing after the train with Rouge and Omega.
Inside the dark train, there were six monitors that showed six separate videos. The videos were showing the six hero teams and how they were progressing. Team Hedgehog somehow found themselves back in Seaside Hill, Team Rose was still wandering around Grand Metropolis, Team Babylon was still looking for an exit out of Casino Park, Team Knuckles were seen wondering in Frog Forest, and Team Chaotix was wandering around the outside of Hang Castle. The final monitor showed Team Dark chasing after the black train. A metal claw came from the darkness and scratched across the image of Chaos. "Chaos has become more powerful then I have anticipated. This is getting out of control." The unknown figure took a seat in front of the monitor and zoomed in on Chaos' image. "He must be eliminated. Recter has already failed to kill Sonic and has also failed to retrieve the control box and genie ring from Jet, so I cannot rely on him. It looks like I'll have to take things into my own hands. Chaos, you were a failure and now its time to pay the price." The figure said as his body transformed into a silver liquid.
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