Sonic Gaiden: Prower Saga chapter ten, The Return
Grey Wolf: This is the LAST chapter. It's so short....damn, and after I crammed so much action into it. And I will post Sonic Gaiden: SatAM Saga soon after I get the reviews in. (Actually, the first chapter of the SatAM Saga is sitting in my document manager.)
Now I'm really mad about people getting mad at my names. (Err...uh...yeah) For a deeper explaination of the names........
READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *passes out from overuse of exclaimation marks*
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In Sonic Gaiden: Prower Saga, The entrie setting takes place in the SEGA universe. That means that it was made by japanese people. So to give it a "japanese" feel, I spinkled Japanese names, customs, the habits of city locals, and the organization of cities. Now, in the next Story: Sonic Gaiden: SatAM Saga, the fic will take place in SatAM world. So you will learn about the various "Smith"s, "Alicia"s, and so forth in the vein as midevil names go, and midevil-style titles, such as Heart Aardwolf, Dark Yuga, and Knight of Rhan. Some people will have codenames, such as "Polar Geist" and "Jupiter Horn". Also, group names will have "unique" names such as the Downunda Defenders, The K.O Squads (Kintobar Offensive), and Ron's Raiders. In the GIGANTIC Sonic Gaiden: -M, you will see that names, customs, attitudes of locals, government, and therories will change also. So the names have a deeper meaning than "sounding cool".
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"Who are you?!" Mecha-Chaos commanded. He stopped hovering and with a metallic thud, he landed on the rooftop. He stared intensely at the more advanced-looking metal threat.
"I am...a brother of the Ultimate Lifeform: Shadow. I have come to end all of your acts of terror," Melfice said as he gripped the green chaos drive in his hand. He turned to Sonic, who was being helped up by Amy. "Sonic, I will need your help."
"...Shadow's brother?..." Sonic said as he approached Melfice. He came to his side, and Sonic noticed a similarity of height and body shape between him and the stranger.
"I am here to help you out of this, but I may need help from you and that emerald," Melfice said in a lighter tone than before. "Use what you know...don't be intimidated by me or Mecha." He then looked at the female hedgehog. "Go, leave now." Amy nodded and made her way off of the roof of the building.
"What makes you think that BOTH of you can take me?!" Mecha-Chaos resounded, shaking the ground. He bent his knees and began to glow red. "I'll show you what true power is!"
"Sonic get ready," Melfice said as he took a fightinge stance.
"I'm ready for anythang..." Sonic said, gripping the green Chaos Emerald.
Melfice glowed with energy from the small Chaos drive and yelled. "CHAOS CON-TROLL!!!!" But he didn't move. Instead, he was glowing green...charging up his energy.
"CHAOS ATTACK! CHAOS BLITZ!!!!" Melfice then dissapeared with blinding speed. The only eveidence of movement was the dust being kicked up in the air.
"OHYEAH?! MASTER-CHAOS-CONTROLLLL!!!!" Mecha yelled. He also dissapeared. The dust cleared, and Sonic saw Melfice frozen in mid-run towards Mecha-Chaos. Mecha-Chaos was pointing at the stopped enemy, laughing. (Insert Matrix effect here)
"What?! How did.?!?!" Sonic said in confusion.
"HA AHHAH HA HAHA HAAAAAA!!!!" Mecha-Chaos yelled in triumph. "THE MASTER EMERALD CONTROLLS ALL CHAOS!!!! I CAN STOP THIS ADVERSARY IN HIS TRACKS!!!!!" Mecha-Chaos then reared back and delivered a devestaing punch to Melfice's face that shook the ground and sent his body through the air and to the roof, snapping Melfice out of 'timestop'.
"SONIC WIND!!" Sonic yelled. The air kicked up around Mecha-Chaos and began to circle him. It grew so fast that is created icicles. It seemed that Mecha-Chaos overcamed with the energy.
"HEHEHHHHHCHAOSDEFLECT!!!!!" Mecha yelled when the Sonic Wind blew away and dissapated in the air.
"...cough..cough...." Melfice said as he got up. He withdrew another Chaos Drive. "one more time...he's open...CHAOS BLITZ!!!!" And he once again left trails of dust in his wake.
"What's this?" Mecha said as he saw the oncoming attack. He recognized it and retaliated. He outstreched his arm in Melfice's direction, held his wrist with the other hand and extended his fingers. "CANNON SPIKE!!!!!"
In the air.............
"He's tough...." an exhausted Miles said.
"You and your puny airplane is no match for me!!" Metal-Chaos said as he floated on front of the Tornado IV. The engine in his chest began to glow a red color. "This 'll tear both of you in half!" At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.
"CHAOS SPEAR!!!!!!"
a few hours earlier.................
"...but please sir...my men have found it and it will be only a matter of time," Rai-On said to the figure clad in midevil armor, seated atop a horse. The odd shape of the helmet couldn't give away the species that wore it. Another person was nearby. This one was wearing a wide rimmed rice-straw hat, to keep the sun out of the face, wearing large and pleated pants had three swords running through a special beltoop in the waist. SHE looked up at the sky. She seemed like a raccoon/fox mix, though she looked as if she can take on men three times her size. Beautiful and deadly at the same time.
"But, you have been using up my time, as well as my patience," the dragoon replied. The large and black horse nieghed when Rai-On came near.
"At the moment, it's not under my controll," Rai-On stated.
"Then make it. I do not want to hear any excuses. I want to see what these armor pieces can do when we take them to the Astal statue," the dragoon said as he pressured his heels against the horse's ribs, and began to trot off.
"You are lucky for him to tolerate you this far," the girl said. Her stare became an intense one. "Unlike my brother, Heart. He pities you the same way he does himself. Beware, he is not relentless in quenching his angst."
"I don't need advice from a whelp like you, get out of my way," Rai-On said as he brushed past her, walking in the same direction of the dragoon.
"It's not advice, it's the truth." She said as he continued walking. "Men, who needs 'em......"
Out near the coast............
"Silver...why are you here? We are capable without your meddling," Bass said as he looked at him.
"You look familar," Silver said to the falcon.
"You should recognize, you killed my father," Bass replied.
"Enough small talk!! Why try? This is only one GUN officer!" Ky said, eager to get the sword.
"Three officers..." a female voice said. Icarus and Fiona appeared behind Silver. Ky jumped down to the soft, white sand and faced the two Oak.
"I don't need this! Where are the others?!" Ky yelled. Silver, Fiona, and Icarus also jumped off of the high roof. Their fall was cusioned by the sand.
"We found a few leather jackets lounging around the entrance. We took care of those guys quickly," Icarus said. He looked at Arc, who had the same expression of 'calm but unsure what to do next'.
"Oh my.." Fiona exhaled. Silver was confused.
"I see the sword being carefull kept. But after, we will need to talk about how we will sort things out," Arc said, looking at Icarus. "You can't arrest me. It would be morally wrong. Besides, killing this leather jacket will be one more step closer to avenging our father's death."
Ky spoke up at the statement. "HA! 'avenge'?"
"What?" Arc said at the sarcasm.
"Arc, the Oaks killed dad," Icarus said.
"NO!!!....no..." Arc trailed off when he saw Bass looking away. "BASS!? No one told me?!!?" He sank to his knees. "ARRRGGHH!!!!" He withdrew his sword. "LIES!!! ALLL LIES!!!!"
"Arc , controll youself. Nothing could be done, it was all of a mistake!" Bass said, walking back. Arc drew a sword.
The Sword of Astal.
"Arc, calm down. We don't know what it can do. You're going to h-hurt someone," Ky said, cowering back. He drew a gun from his leather jacket. "Don't be stupid."
"Look out!" Silver yelled. Unsheathed a chrome blade and ran to Fiona. A gunshot was heard. Silver deflected the shot.
"Treble!" Bass yelled, looking up at the metal roof. Treble was standing with a handgun in tote. He was wearing his 'tourist' clothing with the long, red scarf. Sera appeared behind him.
"Looks like the gang's all here," Ky commented.
The chaos battle raged on...........
"CANNON SPIKE!!!!"
Melfice ducked under the huge spear-shaped projction of energy and tackled Mecha-Sonic head on. The android was knocked back and stumbled to reganin his footing, but it was too late to recover. Melfice followed-up with an uppercut to M-C's jaw and spun around and kicked out his left leg. The impact shot though Melfice's body and to the top of his skull. Nonetheless, Mecha was on the ground.
So was the Master Emerald. Melfice sapped his strength from the un-use of chaos energy. He ran to the large emerald but stumbled on the broken roof tiles and fell to the ground. Sonic saw this and mad a mad dash to the Master Emerald. But Mecha rolled over and re-absorbed the gem and returned to his awesome state.
"That was a mistake.....now I'll have to get my way like this!" He dissapeared for a split-second and reappeared. Holding Metal Sonic in his left claw and....Shadow the Hedgehog in the other?
"Shadow?" Sonic said.
"Cough.....no..." Shadow emmited.
"The 'Ultimate Lifeform'.......I retrived these two quarreling not too far from here." Mecha-Chaos said. Then he suddenly smashed Metal Sonic through the roof, and Melfice and Sonic heard a crash from inside the building. "That's what you get for letting the fox get away!" He also dropped Shadow, who landed with a plop on the roof tiles.
"I...won't let you..WIN!!!!" Melfice said as he jumped up from the ground and raged toward Mecha-Chaos. Sonic also zoomed in on his enemy. Emerald in hand.
In the eastside port wearhouse..........
"Hya!" P-Chaos yelled when he slammed Knuckles in the chest, sending the enchidna flying through the air and landing on the cold floor. "Even the famed Emerald Guardian couldn't defeat me! I'm un..whoa?!" His body began to flash and he returned to his original state. "No! That means...Mecha is loosing!" He plopped down onto the concrete floor.
"I guess we are getting outside help," Byakko said while holding his shoulder.
"Leave now and return the Master Emerald!" a disembodied voice said. A red flash appeared and a floating metal person was standing in the place of the flash. Temjin. A green, fiire work-like blaze of light appeared. Knuckles instantly recovered from the floor and walked under the floating bio-form. The Master Emerald appeared in Temjin's arms. "Here guardian, this is rightfully yours," he said as he dropped the emerald to him.
"I-I don't know how, but thanks," Knuckles said as he caught it.
"NO! FUR, SKIN, OR METAL WILL NEVER DEAFEA-"
"BEAM BLAST!!!!!" Temjin said as he raised a hand. A large beam of intense energy extended out of his metal palm. The whole strike engulfed Pesudo and left a large scoarched trail across the floor and made holes through some of the metal crates. Some sunlight poured into the dark wearhouse, thanks to a new hole in the wall. Temjin dropped a gray Chaos Drive and also dropped to the floor. Rouge walked near with a limping Fang with his arm over her shoulders for support. Knuckles shot a look at Fang. Fang just gave a big toothy grin.
"Who are you?" Byakko asked Temjin.
"A new friend. Trust me, you will hear more about us," Temjin replied.
"Us?" Byakko said. A radio communicator screeched in Temjin's helmet.
"...shh cashheee Temjin, Shadow has a low ph blood level. He's exhausting himself, assist him!..." the communicator said. Temjin ran through the new opening in the wall. Fang heard Ivan's voice in his ear-radio.
"Hey Fang, I got a damper on the Ryukker. We're back in business," the radio blurted. The space next to Fang and Rouge was warping around and the Marvelous Queen (Fang's hover cycle, for those who don't know) appeared. With some difficulty, we plopped onto the seat and it hummed to life. Rouge grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Fang, stop!" she said.
"Rouge, let go! I have to find out about that guy!" he shot back.
"Don't! You don't need to!" she replied.
Fang let off on the throttle. "Fine. Then what do you suppose that I do?"
"First of all, you can tell us why we are here," Byakko said. Fang showed his GUN badge.
"I am a secret agent for GUN, well, a half-agent," Fang said. "I work alone in some of the assnine assighnments the Sigma-Alpha teams that they was too lazy to do. A lot was in it for me and my boss though."
"Like what?" Knuckles said as he held the gigantic emerald.
"Money, GUN laying off of my back, a cleaner way of work. I never have done anything massively illegal."
"But that doesn't mean that you haven't streched some things before," Rouge added.
"Anyways, why were you here?" Byakko asked.
"GUN sent me here before their Sigma-Alpha 2 team could get here. They knew I could get here faster. I was sent for the Sword of Astal and the Metal Sonics," Fang said. "Too bad about my leg though."
Byakko looked over at Fang's injury. "It's intersting that Rouge jumped at the chance to help you."
"Please, give it a break, I have to repay a favor," Rouge replied. "It's only a small gesture, and I owe him for numerous events."
"I have to go, these are reasons that I don't come to the surface very often. I have to rebuild my reputation as the Master Emerald guardian," Knuckles re-absorbed the emerald and walked out. Byakko followed suit.
"Aren't you going to leave too? Knux, he looks troubled," Fang said, still mounted on the Marvelous Queen.
"No, he needs to be alone for awhile. This sort of thing, he needs to collect his nerve. Short-tempered guy," Rouge said, staring off into space. She looked at Fang, who looked ready to leave. "I am worried about what he will do."
"I'll be off too, I made a contact with Ivan. Have ta go," Fang said as he revved the Marvelous Queen.
"But wait! Don't leave me again! I must talk with you!" Rouge stopped him.
"Why? Wouldn't it look strange? After all, the past was, well, gone. And you said you have moved on," Fang said. Rouge jumped onto the second seat behind Fang and wrapped her arms around him. She knew how fast this thing went, and she didn't want to take any chances. "Rouge, what are you doing?"
"Let's go back into downtown, there's some things we really need to discuss," Rouge said. Fang nodded and in a sudden burst, the Marvelous Queen sped out of the wide opening in the wall. It took a sudden ascent and Rouge could see the coastline, then the entire city. Rouge took in the grandness of Christmas Island. Even though it felt wrong, she felt a feeling of her and Fang together. Happy thoughts and some that are beyond the explanation of happiness came to mind. Fang looked back and Rouge saw his penetrating eyes. They seemed not filled with his usual seriousness, but, a calm that she never seen in him for some time.
"I know what you're thinkin' Rouge," Fang said, his short hair was flowing with the wind. "I remember those times." He gripped the controlls and the Marvelous Queen decended toward the collection of buildings.
The Sword of Astal, who wants it more..............
"Raggghhh!" Arc said as he slashed at Silver and Ky. They both took the defense, but it proved useless because as soon Silver's sword struck the Astal, it was cleaved through the edge. Arc swooped again and again, seemingly only powered by rage. "Everyone must pay! I had enough!" Silver saw a wide opening from Arc's mad swing.
Silver resorted to his gloved hands and drove a punch into Arc's mid-section, followed up with a deep knee blow to his abdomen. Bass had strayed from sight and had fleed. Icarus drew his beam saber, but wasn't sure of what to do next. He looked up and saw Treble's red scarf flutter. Icarus decided that he can't let anyone else escape capture.
"HHHRRrrrayyghghhhh!" Arc yelled at the gray hedgehog. Silver withdrew a Fish-Fang Blade dagger and backed away. He clasped his hand over the small blade and spread his hand away from the hilt in a straight line, a green streak of light traced behind his free hand. It hummed as it hardened and became more defined as a blade. Ky withdrew a Psyco Yuga, a generally illeagal weapon in GUN, from the scabbard hidden in the back of his leather jacket. He cocked the half gun, half blade and prepared for another attack.
"Ky, get the sword!" the duck heard from above. A large helecopter-like hovercraft was floating above, with Rai-On hanging out of the side hatch door. "We need it now!"
"You will get nothing!" Arc yelled as he slashed. He caught Ky in the arm, and everyone witnessed an unforgettable sight. The embossed symbols on the Astal Sword glowed as it cut through Ky's flesh. An aura flowed from the wound to the sword, and Ky twisted and fell to the ground. His body became a black color and the sword was glowing white. Arc dropped the weapon is sheer terror.
"Get away!" Rai-On yelled to them. To get his point across, he withdrew a small machinegun and opened fire. The bullets tossed up sand and blood (Ky's) around Arc and Silver. Rai-On then tossed out a chained object near the sword. The weapon clanked against the magnetic weight, and Rai-On began to pull it up. The hovercraft pulled away, skimming the ocean.
Treble looked at the helecopter as it flew away until he heard a voice.
"Both of you! You're under arrest!" Sera and Treble saw Amy and Fiona aiming thier guns at them. The raccoon and cat both raised their arms.
"Sorry, but we're not going that way," Treble said as he opened his left hand and a black sphere dropped out of it. Smoke instantly spread all around the roof, and when it cleared, the criminals had dissapeared.
Meanwhile..........
"You're going down, Mecha!" Sonic yelled as he blasted the android with another showave of energy. It was tossed in the air and crashed to the ground.
"Sonic, enough," Melfice said. "He's gone."
"We.....will...w-w-w-w-w-" Mecha faded away. Melfice walked up to Shadow and propped him up on his shoulder.
"I must return him to safety," Melfice said.
"It...was.....a pleasure to....meet you again, Sonic," Shadow barely mustered.
"I c-can't belive it," Sonic stuttered. "Shadow, you're alive!"
"Mel! Shadow!" Sonic heard. The cyborg and black hedgehog also looked. A similar cyborg to Melficce called to them. "We have to go! Shadow's vital signs are weak!"
"Farewell..."Shadow said, then Sonic saw the impossible. He smiled. "....faker." With that, Melfice pulled a Chaos drive from a compartment in his thigh and all three of them had dissapeared.
The next day..........
"GOOOOOD MOOOORRRNIIIIINNNGGG RRRAAACCCIIIINNNGGG FAANSS! WEEEELLLCOOMME TOOO THHEEE CHRISTMAS ISLAND AIR EXPOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
Sonic, Amy, Icarus, Fiona,Byakko and Rouge sat down in the stands in that order. Execept Rouge, who sat in the row below Amy.
"Does that guy ever get a sore throat?" Sonic said aloud.
"HERE WE ARE! THIS IS THE LAST OF THREE HEATS THIS WEEK! DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A FEW OF OUR 'BRAVE' CONTETANTS BECAUSE OF OUR LITTLE ROBOT SCARE, THIS WILL BE THE LAST!" The announcer chimed in. "WE CAN ALL THANK SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FOR SAVING THE DAY!"
"Of course, who gets all of the credit?" Amy said. "Sonic, you have to admit, you couldn't have done it all alone."
"I know, I know, but I can't ague with a guy who's in the announcer's seat!" Sonic said.
"Such a hardhead..." Amy drifted off.
"Rouge, why are you so quiet?" Byakko asked.
"I don't know...I have alot on my mind right now....let's just leave it at that," she said.
"It's Fang, isn't it?" the tiger said.
"Yeah..we talked about what he was going to do next, but he wanted to go back into obscurity again," Rouge said. She looked up at the sky. "I alwasy chase him, but he never gives in..."
"Don't worry Rouge," Amy said. "Follow your heart to find your answers."
"Yeah, thanks," Rouge said.
'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! START YOUR ENGINES!" The announcer boomed over the speakers
"TIME TO TEST YOUR SKILL!" .
"GET READY!"
"GET SET!"
"GOOOOOOOO!"
The planes blazed through the sky, and blasted through the fist turn-marker. Sonic cheered for Mile's Tornado IV as it passed over a building. But then something caught his eye. He saw a black hedgehog standing on the roof that was being swept by the racing planes' shadows. He saw the hedgehog turn as the Tornado passed over him, and he smiled.
The End
Grey Wolf: This is the LAST chapter. It's so short....damn, and after I crammed so much action into it. And I will post Sonic Gaiden: SatAM Saga soon after I get the reviews in. (Actually, the first chapter of the SatAM Saga is sitting in my document manager.)
Now I'm really mad about people getting mad at my names. (Err...uh...yeah) For a deeper explaination of the names........
READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *passes out from overuse of exclaimation marks*
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In Sonic Gaiden: Prower Saga, The entrie setting takes place in the SEGA universe. That means that it was made by japanese people. So to give it a "japanese" feel, I spinkled Japanese names, customs, the habits of city locals, and the organization of cities. Now, in the next Story: Sonic Gaiden: SatAM Saga, the fic will take place in SatAM world. So you will learn about the various "Smith"s, "Alicia"s, and so forth in the vein as midevil names go, and midevil-style titles, such as Heart Aardwolf, Dark Yuga, and Knight of Rhan. Some people will have codenames, such as "Polar Geist" and "Jupiter Horn". Also, group names will have "unique" names such as the Downunda Defenders, The K.O Squads (Kintobar Offensive), and Ron's Raiders. In the GIGANTIC Sonic Gaiden: -M, you will see that names, customs, attitudes of locals, government, and therories will change also. So the names have a deeper meaning than "sounding cool".
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"Who are you?!" Mecha-Chaos commanded. He stopped hovering and with a metallic thud, he landed on the rooftop. He stared intensely at the more advanced-looking metal threat.
"I am...a brother of the Ultimate Lifeform: Shadow. I have come to end all of your acts of terror," Melfice said as he gripped the green chaos drive in his hand. He turned to Sonic, who was being helped up by Amy. "Sonic, I will need your help."
"...Shadow's brother?..." Sonic said as he approached Melfice. He came to his side, and Sonic noticed a similarity of height and body shape between him and the stranger.
"I am here to help you out of this, but I may need help from you and that emerald," Melfice said in a lighter tone than before. "Use what you know...don't be intimidated by me or Mecha." He then looked at the female hedgehog. "Go, leave now." Amy nodded and made her way off of the roof of the building.
"What makes you think that BOTH of you can take me?!" Mecha-Chaos resounded, shaking the ground. He bent his knees and began to glow red. "I'll show you what true power is!"
"Sonic get ready," Melfice said as he took a fightinge stance.
"I'm ready for anythang..." Sonic said, gripping the green Chaos Emerald.
Melfice glowed with energy from the small Chaos drive and yelled. "CHAOS CON-TROLL!!!!" But he didn't move. Instead, he was glowing green...charging up his energy.
"CHAOS ATTACK! CHAOS BLITZ!!!!" Melfice then dissapeared with blinding speed. The only eveidence of movement was the dust being kicked up in the air.
"OHYEAH?! MASTER-CHAOS-CONTROLLLL!!!!" Mecha yelled. He also dissapeared. The dust cleared, and Sonic saw Melfice frozen in mid-run towards Mecha-Chaos. Mecha-Chaos was pointing at the stopped enemy, laughing. (Insert Matrix effect here)
"What?! How did.?!?!" Sonic said in confusion.
"HA AHHAH HA HAHA HAAAAAA!!!!" Mecha-Chaos yelled in triumph. "THE MASTER EMERALD CONTROLLS ALL CHAOS!!!! I CAN STOP THIS ADVERSARY IN HIS TRACKS!!!!!" Mecha-Chaos then reared back and delivered a devestaing punch to Melfice's face that shook the ground and sent his body through the air and to the roof, snapping Melfice out of 'timestop'.
"SONIC WIND!!" Sonic yelled. The air kicked up around Mecha-Chaos and began to circle him. It grew so fast that is created icicles. It seemed that Mecha-Chaos overcamed with the energy.
"HEHEHHHHHCHAOSDEFLECT!!!!!" Mecha yelled when the Sonic Wind blew away and dissapated in the air.
"...cough..cough...." Melfice said as he got up. He withdrew another Chaos Drive. "one more time...he's open...CHAOS BLITZ!!!!" And he once again left trails of dust in his wake.
"What's this?" Mecha said as he saw the oncoming attack. He recognized it and retaliated. He outstreched his arm in Melfice's direction, held his wrist with the other hand and extended his fingers. "CANNON SPIKE!!!!!"
In the air.............
"He's tough...." an exhausted Miles said.
"You and your puny airplane is no match for me!!" Metal-Chaos said as he floated on front of the Tornado IV. The engine in his chest began to glow a red color. "This 'll tear both of you in half!" At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.
"CHAOS SPEAR!!!!!!"
a few hours earlier.................
"...but please sir...my men have found it and it will be only a matter of time," Rai-On said to the figure clad in midevil armor, seated atop a horse. The odd shape of the helmet couldn't give away the species that wore it. Another person was nearby. This one was wearing a wide rimmed rice-straw hat, to keep the sun out of the face, wearing large and pleated pants had three swords running through a special beltoop in the waist. SHE looked up at the sky. She seemed like a raccoon/fox mix, though she looked as if she can take on men three times her size. Beautiful and deadly at the same time.
"But, you have been using up my time, as well as my patience," the dragoon replied. The large and black horse nieghed when Rai-On came near.
"At the moment, it's not under my controll," Rai-On stated.
"Then make it. I do not want to hear any excuses. I want to see what these armor pieces can do when we take them to the Astal statue," the dragoon said as he pressured his heels against the horse's ribs, and began to trot off.
"You are lucky for him to tolerate you this far," the girl said. Her stare became an intense one. "Unlike my brother, Heart. He pities you the same way he does himself. Beware, he is not relentless in quenching his angst."
"I don't need advice from a whelp like you, get out of my way," Rai-On said as he brushed past her, walking in the same direction of the dragoon.
"It's not advice, it's the truth." She said as he continued walking. "Men, who needs 'em......"
Out near the coast............
"Silver...why are you here? We are capable without your meddling," Bass said as he looked at him.
"You look familar," Silver said to the falcon.
"You should recognize, you killed my father," Bass replied.
"Enough small talk!! Why try? This is only one GUN officer!" Ky said, eager to get the sword.
"Three officers..." a female voice said. Icarus and Fiona appeared behind Silver. Ky jumped down to the soft, white sand and faced the two Oak.
"I don't need this! Where are the others?!" Ky yelled. Silver, Fiona, and Icarus also jumped off of the high roof. Their fall was cusioned by the sand.
"We found a few leather jackets lounging around the entrance. We took care of those guys quickly," Icarus said. He looked at Arc, who had the same expression of 'calm but unsure what to do next'.
"Oh my.." Fiona exhaled. Silver was confused.
"I see the sword being carefull kept. But after, we will need to talk about how we will sort things out," Arc said, looking at Icarus. "You can't arrest me. It would be morally wrong. Besides, killing this leather jacket will be one more step closer to avenging our father's death."
Ky spoke up at the statement. "HA! 'avenge'?"
"What?" Arc said at the sarcasm.
"Arc, the Oaks killed dad," Icarus said.
"NO!!!....no..." Arc trailed off when he saw Bass looking away. "BASS!? No one told me?!!?" He sank to his knees. "ARRRGGHH!!!!" He withdrew his sword. "LIES!!! ALLL LIES!!!!"
"Arc , controll youself. Nothing could be done, it was all of a mistake!" Bass said, walking back. Arc drew a sword.
The Sword of Astal.
"Arc, calm down. We don't know what it can do. You're going to h-hurt someone," Ky said, cowering back. He drew a gun from his leather jacket. "Don't be stupid."
"Look out!" Silver yelled. Unsheathed a chrome blade and ran to Fiona. A gunshot was heard. Silver deflected the shot.
"Treble!" Bass yelled, looking up at the metal roof. Treble was standing with a handgun in tote. He was wearing his 'tourist' clothing with the long, red scarf. Sera appeared behind him.
"Looks like the gang's all here," Ky commented.
The chaos battle raged on...........
"CANNON SPIKE!!!!"
Melfice ducked under the huge spear-shaped projction of energy and tackled Mecha-Sonic head on. The android was knocked back and stumbled to reganin his footing, but it was too late to recover. Melfice followed-up with an uppercut to M-C's jaw and spun around and kicked out his left leg. The impact shot though Melfice's body and to the top of his skull. Nonetheless, Mecha was on the ground.
So was the Master Emerald. Melfice sapped his strength from the un-use of chaos energy. He ran to the large emerald but stumbled on the broken roof tiles and fell to the ground. Sonic saw this and mad a mad dash to the Master Emerald. But Mecha rolled over and re-absorbed the gem and returned to his awesome state.
"That was a mistake.....now I'll have to get my way like this!" He dissapeared for a split-second and reappeared. Holding Metal Sonic in his left claw and....Shadow the Hedgehog in the other?
"Shadow?" Sonic said.
"Cough.....no..." Shadow emmited.
"The 'Ultimate Lifeform'.......I retrived these two quarreling not too far from here." Mecha-Chaos said. Then he suddenly smashed Metal Sonic through the roof, and Melfice and Sonic heard a crash from inside the building. "That's what you get for letting the fox get away!" He also dropped Shadow, who landed with a plop on the roof tiles.
"I...won't let you..WIN!!!!" Melfice said as he jumped up from the ground and raged toward Mecha-Chaos. Sonic also zoomed in on his enemy. Emerald in hand.
In the eastside port wearhouse..........
"Hya!" P-Chaos yelled when he slammed Knuckles in the chest, sending the enchidna flying through the air and landing on the cold floor. "Even the famed Emerald Guardian couldn't defeat me! I'm un..whoa?!" His body began to flash and he returned to his original state. "No! That means...Mecha is loosing!" He plopped down onto the concrete floor.
"I guess we are getting outside help," Byakko said while holding his shoulder.
"Leave now and return the Master Emerald!" a disembodied voice said. A red flash appeared and a floating metal person was standing in the place of the flash. Temjin. A green, fiire work-like blaze of light appeared. Knuckles instantly recovered from the floor and walked under the floating bio-form. The Master Emerald appeared in Temjin's arms. "Here guardian, this is rightfully yours," he said as he dropped the emerald to him.
"I-I don't know how, but thanks," Knuckles said as he caught it.
"NO! FUR, SKIN, OR METAL WILL NEVER DEAFEA-"
"BEAM BLAST!!!!!" Temjin said as he raised a hand. A large beam of intense energy extended out of his metal palm. The whole strike engulfed Pesudo and left a large scoarched trail across the floor and made holes through some of the metal crates. Some sunlight poured into the dark wearhouse, thanks to a new hole in the wall. Temjin dropped a gray Chaos Drive and also dropped to the floor. Rouge walked near with a limping Fang with his arm over her shoulders for support. Knuckles shot a look at Fang. Fang just gave a big toothy grin.
"Who are you?" Byakko asked Temjin.
"A new friend. Trust me, you will hear more about us," Temjin replied.
"Us?" Byakko said. A radio communicator screeched in Temjin's helmet.
"...shh cashheee Temjin, Shadow has a low ph blood level. He's exhausting himself, assist him!..." the communicator said. Temjin ran through the new opening in the wall. Fang heard Ivan's voice in his ear-radio.
"Hey Fang, I got a damper on the Ryukker. We're back in business," the radio blurted. The space next to Fang and Rouge was warping around and the Marvelous Queen (Fang's hover cycle, for those who don't know) appeared. With some difficulty, we plopped onto the seat and it hummed to life. Rouge grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Fang, stop!" she said.
"Rouge, let go! I have to find out about that guy!" he shot back.
"Don't! You don't need to!" she replied.
Fang let off on the throttle. "Fine. Then what do you suppose that I do?"
"First of all, you can tell us why we are here," Byakko said. Fang showed his GUN badge.
"I am a secret agent for GUN, well, a half-agent," Fang said. "I work alone in some of the assnine assighnments the Sigma-Alpha teams that they was too lazy to do. A lot was in it for me and my boss though."
"Like what?" Knuckles said as he held the gigantic emerald.
"Money, GUN laying off of my back, a cleaner way of work. I never have done anything massively illegal."
"But that doesn't mean that you haven't streched some things before," Rouge added.
"Anyways, why were you here?" Byakko asked.
"GUN sent me here before their Sigma-Alpha 2 team could get here. They knew I could get here faster. I was sent for the Sword of Astal and the Metal Sonics," Fang said. "Too bad about my leg though."
Byakko looked over at Fang's injury. "It's intersting that Rouge jumped at the chance to help you."
"Please, give it a break, I have to repay a favor," Rouge replied. "It's only a small gesture, and I owe him for numerous events."
"I have to go, these are reasons that I don't come to the surface very often. I have to rebuild my reputation as the Master Emerald guardian," Knuckles re-absorbed the emerald and walked out. Byakko followed suit.
"Aren't you going to leave too? Knux, he looks troubled," Fang said, still mounted on the Marvelous Queen.
"No, he needs to be alone for awhile. This sort of thing, he needs to collect his nerve. Short-tempered guy," Rouge said, staring off into space. She looked at Fang, who looked ready to leave. "I am worried about what he will do."
"I'll be off too, I made a contact with Ivan. Have ta go," Fang said as he revved the Marvelous Queen.
"But wait! Don't leave me again! I must talk with you!" Rouge stopped him.
"Why? Wouldn't it look strange? After all, the past was, well, gone. And you said you have moved on," Fang said. Rouge jumped onto the second seat behind Fang and wrapped her arms around him. She knew how fast this thing went, and she didn't want to take any chances. "Rouge, what are you doing?"
"Let's go back into downtown, there's some things we really need to discuss," Rouge said. Fang nodded and in a sudden burst, the Marvelous Queen sped out of the wide opening in the wall. It took a sudden ascent and Rouge could see the coastline, then the entire city. Rouge took in the grandness of Christmas Island. Even though it felt wrong, she felt a feeling of her and Fang together. Happy thoughts and some that are beyond the explanation of happiness came to mind. Fang looked back and Rouge saw his penetrating eyes. They seemed not filled with his usual seriousness, but, a calm that she never seen in him for some time.
"I know what you're thinkin' Rouge," Fang said, his short hair was flowing with the wind. "I remember those times." He gripped the controlls and the Marvelous Queen decended toward the collection of buildings.
The Sword of Astal, who wants it more..............
"Raggghhh!" Arc said as he slashed at Silver and Ky. They both took the defense, but it proved useless because as soon Silver's sword struck the Astal, it was cleaved through the edge. Arc swooped again and again, seemingly only powered by rage. "Everyone must pay! I had enough!" Silver saw a wide opening from Arc's mad swing.
Silver resorted to his gloved hands and drove a punch into Arc's mid-section, followed up with a deep knee blow to his abdomen. Bass had strayed from sight and had fleed. Icarus drew his beam saber, but wasn't sure of what to do next. He looked up and saw Treble's red scarf flutter. Icarus decided that he can't let anyone else escape capture.
"HHHRRrrrayyghghhhh!" Arc yelled at the gray hedgehog. Silver withdrew a Fish-Fang Blade dagger and backed away. He clasped his hand over the small blade and spread his hand away from the hilt in a straight line, a green streak of light traced behind his free hand. It hummed as it hardened and became more defined as a blade. Ky withdrew a Psyco Yuga, a generally illeagal weapon in GUN, from the scabbard hidden in the back of his leather jacket. He cocked the half gun, half blade and prepared for another attack.
"Ky, get the sword!" the duck heard from above. A large helecopter-like hovercraft was floating above, with Rai-On hanging out of the side hatch door. "We need it now!"
"You will get nothing!" Arc yelled as he slashed. He caught Ky in the arm, and everyone witnessed an unforgettable sight. The embossed symbols on the Astal Sword glowed as it cut through Ky's flesh. An aura flowed from the wound to the sword, and Ky twisted and fell to the ground. His body became a black color and the sword was glowing white. Arc dropped the weapon is sheer terror.
"Get away!" Rai-On yelled to them. To get his point across, he withdrew a small machinegun and opened fire. The bullets tossed up sand and blood (Ky's) around Arc and Silver. Rai-On then tossed out a chained object near the sword. The weapon clanked against the magnetic weight, and Rai-On began to pull it up. The hovercraft pulled away, skimming the ocean.
Treble looked at the helecopter as it flew away until he heard a voice.
"Both of you! You're under arrest!" Sera and Treble saw Amy and Fiona aiming thier guns at them. The raccoon and cat both raised their arms.
"Sorry, but we're not going that way," Treble said as he opened his left hand and a black sphere dropped out of it. Smoke instantly spread all around the roof, and when it cleared, the criminals had dissapeared.
Meanwhile..........
"You're going down, Mecha!" Sonic yelled as he blasted the android with another showave of energy. It was tossed in the air and crashed to the ground.
"Sonic, enough," Melfice said. "He's gone."
"We.....will...w-w-w-w-w-" Mecha faded away. Melfice walked up to Shadow and propped him up on his shoulder.
"I must return him to safety," Melfice said.
"It...was.....a pleasure to....meet you again, Sonic," Shadow barely mustered.
"I c-can't belive it," Sonic stuttered. "Shadow, you're alive!"
"Mel! Shadow!" Sonic heard. The cyborg and black hedgehog also looked. A similar cyborg to Melficce called to them. "We have to go! Shadow's vital signs are weak!"
"Farewell..."Shadow said, then Sonic saw the impossible. He smiled. "....faker." With that, Melfice pulled a Chaos drive from a compartment in his thigh and all three of them had dissapeared.
The next day..........
"GOOOOOD MOOOORRRNIIIIINNNGGG RRRAAACCCIIIINNNGGG FAANSS! WEEEELLLCOOMME TOOO THHEEE CHRISTMAS ISLAND AIR EXPOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
Sonic, Amy, Icarus, Fiona,Byakko and Rouge sat down in the stands in that order. Execept Rouge, who sat in the row below Amy.
"Does that guy ever get a sore throat?" Sonic said aloud.
"HERE WE ARE! THIS IS THE LAST OF THREE HEATS THIS WEEK! DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A FEW OF OUR 'BRAVE' CONTETANTS BECAUSE OF OUR LITTLE ROBOT SCARE, THIS WILL BE THE LAST!" The announcer chimed in. "WE CAN ALL THANK SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FOR SAVING THE DAY!"
"Of course, who gets all of the credit?" Amy said. "Sonic, you have to admit, you couldn't have done it all alone."
"I know, I know, but I can't ague with a guy who's in the announcer's seat!" Sonic said.
"Such a hardhead..." Amy drifted off.
"Rouge, why are you so quiet?" Byakko asked.
"I don't know...I have alot on my mind right now....let's just leave it at that," she said.
"It's Fang, isn't it?" the tiger said.
"Yeah..we talked about what he was going to do next, but he wanted to go back into obscurity again," Rouge said. She looked up at the sky. "I alwasy chase him, but he never gives in..."
"Don't worry Rouge," Amy said. "Follow your heart to find your answers."
"Yeah, thanks," Rouge said.
'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! START YOUR ENGINES!" The announcer boomed over the speakers
"TIME TO TEST YOUR SKILL!" .
"GET READY!"
"GET SET!"
"GOOOOOOOO!"
The planes blazed through the sky, and blasted through the fist turn-marker. Sonic cheered for Mile's Tornado IV as it passed over a building. But then something caught his eye. He saw a black hedgehog standing on the roof that was being swept by the racing planes' shadows. He saw the hedgehog turn as the Tornado passed over him, and he smiled.
The End