And now, for the end of this story! The sequel might come soon, but I want to have at least one other story done before I start writing it.
Also, hints towards the sequel will be in this chapter. Upon looking over the hints, I found that they alluded to more than one game, so I've decided to refine them, and have the ending for each version focus on a different hint, as opposed to using the same hint in different forms.
Sonic stood there with a grin on his face, as his quills rose up, as though they were defying gravity. His fur changed from blue to yellow, and his eyes from green to red. A yellow aura formed around him. He was now charged with the power of the Master Emerald.
"Too bad I can't just absorb it, like I do with the Chaos Emeralds." He said. "How long do I have?"
Knuckles looked up at him. "I'd say 5 minutes."
"We'll try to restore the power of the Chaos Emeralds while you're fighting Chaos." Tikal said.
Sonic chuckled. "So you don't think I can finish this in that time?" And he flew off.
Song: Perfect Chaos Phase 2
"Hey there big guy!" Sonic said to Chaos. "Let's have some fun here!" He flew at Chaos, aiming for his eye, but the water beast swatted him away with a tentacle.
"That wasn't very nice!" Sonic said. He flew back up to Chaos, but this time he avoided the tentacle by flying around to the back of Chaos's head and he flew right through Chaos's head.
The beast screamed a terrifying shriek, and travelled through the water to another point in the city. Sonic chased after it, but Chaos began shooting energy balls at him.
Song: Open Your Heart - Crush 40
Sonic avoided the many energy shots Chaos shot at him. He flew at him, rushing up to his face, and attacking it the best way he could.
"You're resilient." Sonic said. "I wish I could've finished this sooner, but it seems as though I'm at the edge of my ropes."
A flash of yellow appeared next to Sonic. "Chaos… LASER!" Chaos was shot through it's head by a large beam.
"Hey, Shad's."
"You're a fool." Shadow said.
"Whaddaya mean?" Sonic asked.
"You're too close to it. It's using your energy to restore it's own. You should expect as much when fighting a beast that's being controlled by a super genius." Shadow lectured him. All the while, he was barraging Chaos with his own attacks to keep him at bay.
"And your Chaos attacks won't have the same effect?" Sonic asked.
Shadow scoffed. "He's getting trace amounts of Chaos Energy. It's not as much as he would gain from getting the source."
"So how do we stop him?" Sonic asked.
"I don't have all the answers."
Then, Shadow gifted Sonic with some of his own Chaos Energy. "I'm surprised you lasted more than five minutes with your energy being drained. I think you survived on pure willpower alone."
Sonic was interrupted in his reply. "You guys look so cool out there!"
"Samuel?"
"Super Sonic, and Super Shadow. A sight to behold." Rouge said that time.
"They can't both be called super. That's boring." Samuel said.
"What do you suggest then?" Tails asked.
"Before we continue this oh so important conversation, how are we talking?" Shadow asked.
"Tikal is using the Master Emerald as a medium to make contact with the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles said.
"I can't think of one yet." Samuel said, ignoring the new conversation. "Oh! Guys! Chaos is being controlled by Eggman Nega, remember? Nega's calling the shots. I saw the device on Chaos while I was fighting him, but now it's buried under the body. Find the device and destroy it."
"It would be easier just to kill him." Shadow said.
"No!" Tikal said. "Chaos isn't at fault. It's the scientists that captured him!"
"She's right!" Sonic said. "You distract him! I'll handle the device!" Sonic flew off, not giving Shadow a chance to answer.
"You're all going to be the death of me." Shadow held a hand to his forehead, but he turned to Chaos anyway. "Let's play tag." He shot another Chaos Laser. "You're it."
Chaos turned towards Shadow and shot as many energy blasts at him as he could. Shadow avoided them, and continued shooting at him.
Sonic flew around Chaos trying to find the device. He decided to dive beneath the water to see where it is.
He saw a green device that was right below Chaos. "Bingo!" He rushed at it, but the device shifted. "Huh?" He went after it again, and it moved again. "Hey! C'mere!" He chased it up Chaos's body, reaching the head.
"You pest!" Eggman Nega pushed a button on his panel. "Get that rat out of you!"
Chaos used his tentacles to drag Sonic away from the device.
"Hey! Lemme go!"
"Now, phase 3! Casing!" The device Nega was controlling formed a protective casing around Chaos itself.
Sonic tried flying into the casing, but it wasn't working. "What's this thing made of!?
Shadow watched on. "CHAOS LASER!" It also had no effect.
Song: End Credits - Sonic Adventure 2
"What!?" Shadow said.
Sonic flew back to Shadow. "The device is near Chaos's head. What do we do?"
Shadow didn't answer. He moved his right hand to his left wrist.
"Shadow?"
He took off his inhibitor ring, and then grabbed the other one. "Take care of everyone."
"Shadow, what are you doing!?" Sonic and Rouge said simultaneously.
Shadow removed the other one. "Saying goodbye."
"Shadow!" Rouge said.
Samuel looked on. "I don't get it. What's going on?"
Silver put a hand on Rouge's shoulder and looked back at Samuel. "Shadow has those rings on for a reason. The power they keep locked away could kill him."
Shadow began to glow, not yellow, but orange. He pushed Sonic back and flew right at Chaos. "Goodbye. Everyone!"
Maria pushed to the front of the group. "SHADOW!"
Sonic flew after him. "Shadow, wait!"
Shadow collided with the beast, and a great explosion formed on impact.
Song: Live and Learn
Sonic did the thing he was known for. He ran. It was all he could do to keep himself from breaking down. He did stop for a bit to look back at the town he was leaving. He took a look at one of the rings he had. Rouge and Amy wouldn't let him leave without it. Sonic chuckled sadly.
"All Hail Shadow."
Cue Credits!
