(A/N) Stakes are high and the world faces a new threat what can the Freedom Fighters do to try and stop this before its too late? Well without further
ado lets begin.
Chapter 11: Never Turning Back.
Everything was empty as gloves were the only thing he could see Sonic looked around seeing the world disintegrating around him with the people he cared about the most fading away as he stood helpless as he was stuck to the ground and all he saw was Subject 5 standing in front of him taunting him as Sonic grunted trying to grab him while he faded away laughing and Sonic began fading away as he regain consciousness waking to the sound of distress and grief.
"Is she going to be alright?!" A voice called.
"Please Lien-Da calm down she's in a stable condition." A doctor said.
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down!" She growled.
"That is enough Lien-Da she's safe here that's certain." Shadow grunted.
Sonic grunted as he held his hand out getting the attention of the echidna seeing Sonic mutter something as she moved closer to his mouth to hear what he was saying.
"Is she alright?" He said quietly.
Sonic relieved his arm as he tried sitting up being helped by the doctors.
"She'll be fine Sonic she just needs rest." The doctor reassured.
Lien-Da crossed her arms rather impatiently she didn't like the way that sounded no matter how reassuring it sounded.
"What is she doing in here!" Sally yelled.
"Mom please we can explain!" Alicia replied.
"This woman is part of the reason why we have this war now!" Sally yelled.
"Please Sal enough we don't need this." Sonic said quietly.
Sonic looked at his arm which was covered in a bandage but could see the purple light coming from within.
"Sonic are you dying?" Lien-Da asked surprisingly concerned.
"Yes I am but that's not important." Sonic said adamantly.
"With all due respect Sonic you need rest." The doctor said.
Sonic glared at the doctor who recoiled at the cold glare making the others surprised.
"My friend just died out there doctor with all due respect to hell with resting!" Sonic retorted.
"Sonic please listen to the doctor." Sally pleaded.
"I don't need any rest so long as that creep breathes I'm not sleeping till he's taking care off." Sonic finished.
"Dad what are you doing?" Alicia asked.
"I'm going to find that last Chaos Emerald if its the last thing I do." Sonic replied.
"That will be impossible to do alone Sonic that hedgehog could sense your energy so unless you have an inhibitor ring like me and Luci you will die." Shadow replied.
Sonic sighed and sat back down trying to calm himself down while Sally put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sonic we desire your help and since my daughter is bedridden you require help in return and the remaining brotherhood members will help out we are running out of
time here not just for yourself but the entire world." Lien-Da explained.
"You think I don't realise that but how are we gonna gain the upper hand if we can't even sneak in?" Sonic asked.
"The only way we can do it is if we hit them harder because no amount of inhibitor rings is gonna stop that hedgehog from sensing the remnant vortex energy coming
from you." Lien-Da replied.
Sonic heard a bit of commotion outside as he heard Mina Mongoose crying outside while Knuckles and Julie-Su tried to calm her down.
"I...will avenge Tail's so I am willing to go through any plan to get results." Sonic replied holding his hand out.
Lien-Da smiled a bit accepting the hand shake openly putting her other hand on his.
"I thank you for helping my daughter the best you could she hasn't had an outburst since she's been here and I'm happy." She said.
"No problem." Sonic replied.
Sonic let go of the handshake and walked off as he felt like he was walking down a long corridor till he came to a complete stop as the dark void began appearing again which was making him anxious but also content as he saw figures moving around and disappearing around him till the figures stood completely still as into his deceased friends.
"You are too late." An illusion of Rouge said.
"Subject 5 and Naugus will overtake this land." An illusion of Amy continued.
"The hero of Mobius will fall." An illusion of E123 Omega said stoically.
However one illusion would prove to be his guardian angel yet.
"You can't give up yet Sonic you will win." An illusion of Tail's called out.
"Tail's..." Sonic said sadly.
"I may not have seen you for years but you never give up...do this for me and the others." The illusion said.
"I will try..." Sonic replied.
"No you will Sonic you are the hero for a reason." It joked. "Go get them big brother." It finished.
It disappeared as all the negative illusions disappeared leaving Sonic with a tears going down his eyes as he knew even in death his friend, his little brother was watching out for him.
"Dad are you okay?" Alicia asked.
"I'm fine Alicia I just had a moment." He smiled. "I need you for something meet me in about 10 minutes." He said.
Alicia was confused but nodded at his proposal as he walked away but stopped to say one last thing.
"Just some father/daughter time is all." He finished.
Alicia's ears and head perked up at Sonic's offer and smiled at the idea and walked back into the hospital room to wait till then.
(Forbidden Lands)
Subject 5 returned to the castle noticing the body of Geoffrey St John's corpse on the ground and felt Naugus' residual energy coming from the body till he got into a
defensive pose when a wolf appeared till he calmed down knowing it was Naugus inside.
"This body is weaker than the skunk's I need something stronger something rich in chaos energy." Naugus said.
"Master if I may suggest then we can use the body of my other half." Subject 5 said.
"He's dying already there would be no point unless you're suggesting something?" Naugus asked.
"If I bring him here we can use his soul to create another replica like myself." Subject 5 grinned.
Naugus grinned and laughed at this plan and sat down on his throne as he let his defences down as the robots all began to disable except for the normal guards.
"Then lets bring them to us but not without an incentive." Naugus said.
He held the purple chaos emerald in his hand and Subject 5 grinned seeing the emerald shining brightly, he had something planned.
(Back at Freedom Fighter HQ)
Sonic sat in a soundproofed room with a drink as he waited for Alicia to enter and when she did she was baffled by the choice of location where he settled.
"Why are we here?" She asked.
"Alicia I may only have known you for a few days but I know when my own has some hidden concerns." Sonic replied.
"I don't understand father." She answered holding her arm looking away.
"You are concerned as to why you don't have my inherited speed and agility trust me it surprised me too." He finished.
"I spoke with my mother about it and she told me it was hard for the others to believe it as well it was crushing to hear." She replied.
Sonic sighed and walked towards her put his hands on her shoulders giving her a reassuring grin.
"Well I'm gonna teach you how to release your inner potential Alicia because you are a strong person but you need extra encouragement." Sonic smiled.
Sonic walked away from her and rested against the wall.
"Think about the most stressful situation you could be in while running laps across this large room that's what I had to do whilst I was running for my life when Doctor
Robotnik took over Mobius the first time I unleashed my true potential when I lost my parents then." He said with some regret in his voice.
Alicia breathed in and out knowing that her father wasn't completely insane and began running through the large room while negative thoughts flooded her mind the most coming from most of the people treating her like meant nothing to the world, that she was called a phony child and she would never compare to the hero of Mobius and would be left to rot on the battlefield, people had no care what they said to a teenage girl at the time especially royalty. Suddenly a bright light formed from her feet while she ran unable to see trying to hold back tears till her eyes widened as she shot straight to Sonic who reacted enough to grab her quickly and she gasped and panted heavily.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You are a fast learner." He replied. "Try running now this time without a care in the world." He finished.
Alicia nodded and continued to running but then realised that she was moving super fast around the room and laughed as realisation hit her like a truck, she finally had released her potential her fathers supersonic speed.
"I did it.." She said in disbelief.
"That you did now you are truly ready to take the fight to Naugus when we can that is." Sonic replied.
Suddenly they heard the alarm go off and the both of them began to head back into the main hall it was then they saw Subject 5 standing there without any resistance
to support him as everyone was ready to attack the moment he lifted a finger. Sonic jumped down with Alicia following as he walked up to the hedgehog with an angry
look in his eyes.
"You have some nerve!" Sonic growled.
"I have a proposition from my master, he'll surrender his title and land if you give him something in exchange." Subject 5 offered.
"Like we'd believe a proposition like that Naugus wouldn't surrender to save his own skin!" Julie-Su yelled back.
"Sigh so it seems that I will have to resort to plan B." Subject 5 sighed sarcastically.
Subject 5 reach his hand out as chaos energy seeped out and Lara-Su was grabbed from the air and was pulled to his side while everyone in the room began to panic
while Sonic remained calm.
"If my master doesn't have the remaining Chaos Emeralds in his disposal you can say goodbye to your friend Sonic." Subject 5 growled impatiently.
"Let her go." Sonic growled.
"Return to the forbidden lands with the emeralds and I will consider it." He grinned "Be good for now." He finished.
Subject 15 disappeared while they heard a faint scream from Lara-Su with an eerie laugh and Sonic clenched his fists as he heard Julie-Su began crying for help from
Sonic while holding her husband, he's heard enough pain, he's heard enough anguish, he's putting a stop to this now.
"We leave as soon as possible." Sonic ordered.
"Agreed everyone rest up we need to prepare for a big fight ahead of us." Alicia ordered too.
Everyone in the room nodded as they left the main hall while Knuckles and Julie-Su remained as she was sobbing at the thought of anything bad happening to Lara-Su. Sonic looked at his body as his body was starting to show signs of deteriation as his mind began having flashes as he saw Naugus and Subject 5 standing in front
of him but he looked different and his mind went to seeing Mobius set on fire.
"We need to go I can't stay here for long I'm going to have to take the Emeralds I'm sorry guys." Sonic said.
"No Sonic you clearly know its a trap!" Knuckles yelled.
"I have a plan but its going to be dangerous and I need back up from you and the others." Sonic said looking at him.
Knuckles knew what he meant and nodded to this leaving Alicia confused by this but was distracted by Luci walking out feeling well again with her mother and father.
"We're going too Sonic. Luci has recovered her energy so she will help massively." Lien-Da suggested.
"Only if you're certain." Sonic said.
"I've never been so certain of anything in my life." Lien-Da answered with a voice of desperation.
Sonic looked at Shadow who nodded and responded by nodding himself while Sally walked in hearing Sonic's plan.
"Are you certain Sonic?" She asked.
"I'm very certain Sal and if this fails then Luci and Alicia are our only hope." He replied.
Sonic and Sally hugged as they had a moment to embrace what they once had and Sonic couldn't hold it in and instinctively kissed Sally and she returned the affection
while Alicia smiled sadly, after their moment Sonic opened the doors and walked out seeing Dark Brotherhood members gathered outside.
"We're taking the fight to them." Sonic said.
The Dark Brotherhood bowed to the orders and began making their way to the forbidden lands and Sonic followed after them with Alicia and Luci following him in case
he fell from his condition. Time was running out for not only Mobius and Sonic as he was running the purple energy was beginning to show more from his skin and his
colour began to fade to a greyed blue but he pressed on.
(Forbidden Lands)
Subject 5 chucked Lara-Su down onto the ground in front of Naugus who laughed at the echidna girl as she recoiled crawling backwards into a wall as she realised her
powers were massively suppressed unable to fight back using her chaos powers.
"So they refused huh, good idea bringing back an incentive." Naugus said rubbing his hands together.
"This girl is the daughter of the guardian of the Master Emerald." Subject 5 replied.
"Ah the one that disappeared years ago, pity would've made the tables turn in our favour." Naugus said with slight disappointment.
"Trust me once we get all 7 Chaos Emeralds we won't have need for that massive waste of space." Subject 5 said with some impatience.
"I'm sensing some renegade behaviour within you number 5 don't make me have the scientist study you again." Naugus threatened.
Subject 5 grunted then turned to the scared Lara-Su which he bent down to her face and patted her on the head.
"Daddy dearest will see you eventually once I rip the soul from his body." Subject 5 maliciously joked.
Lara-Su was too afraid to say anything but she tried to hit him which he effortlessly blocked while he laughed a bit before walking away till he felt a presence in the
area and proceeded to look outside as he saw Dark Brotherhood members standing outside the perimeter until he saw Sonic walking forward holding the case with
the Chaos Emeralds inside.
"Ixis Naugus I need a word with you!"
We are close to the end peoples how will everything turn out well we'll find out soon enough I hope you enjoyed this chapter and more will come soon
See y'all later peoples
(Update) Due to some issues related to the site and my own mishaps I'm adding one last flashback story before the proper battle starts I apologize to those who anticipated this and I promise to not muck this up again.
Chapter 12: Closure