Chapter XII: The Ultimate Battle
Rage, Wind, Sonic, Sahdow, Mason and Hikari arrive in Ponyville where Twilight and Lunar Relic had gathered all of their friends. The whole team was there, the mane 6, Icezer, Xage, Christain Lunar Relic, Rage, Sonic, Shadow, Wind, Mason, Hikari, Aster, Kai and last but not least Spike.
"Alright guys this is it our last chance. If we do not stop Vlagh here and now then it is all over for us. We cannot let him win defeat is not an option." Rage says to them
"We will likely be outnumbered with his Dark Spawns but not outmatched. Be careful Vlagh is very powerful and extremely dangerous, he is relentless and will stop at nothing to see us all dead. But we have the power we can win this... remember what we are fighting for here. Our homes, our lives, OUR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES are at steak here... let's not fail them." Aster says
"We may not even come back win or lose but we keep our light shining bright and pierce the darkness. Are you all read?" Rage asks putting a hand in,
"Let's do this!" Sonic says adding his. "Hmph." Shadow smirks adding his hand. "It's time to finish this." Hikari says as he and his two buddies add their hands.
"We will not fail." Twilight says as the mane 6 adds their hoofs in as well.
"Together we are unstopable!" Christain adds
"It's revenge time." Icezer says,
"Indeed." Xage agrees,
"For the Chaotic's." Aster says,
"I am behind you all the way Rage." Kai smiles,
"Alright let's do this!" Rage says looking to the sky "Chaos Control!" he yells aloud as the large group is warped to The Dark Legions Fortress where Vlagh awaited them.
"You have made it..." he smiles "I should have figured... you'd never run away huh?"
"You got that right and now we are going to kick you to the curb!" Rainbow Dash says.
"But the place is not right nor the time... To face me in the fated battle you must follow to the Void." Vlagh says "Only then can you have a chance at fully killing me." Vlagh them forms a portal of darkness "When you are ready use this to traverse..." he says before disappearing within it.
"Should we trust him?" Applejack asks "It is made'a Darkness after all."
"We have to otherwise we cannot save the worlds." Aster says.
"But it's probably a trap." Twilight warns,
"It has to be but it is the only way in and we cannot afford to not take it." Rage sighs "We have to use it there is no other way."
"What about Chaos Control?" Icezer asks but Rage shakes his head.
"Not possible... where ever this leads I cannot identify it... all I know is it may be what is known as The Void." Rage replies,
"The Void?" everyone asks;
"The Void is not a world but a dimension of darkness a dimension that can only be reached by darkness which how and why he went under the radar since it is one large plane that all of the other dimensions link to." Rage explains "But it is our only hop."
"Well let's go..." Xage says and soon everyone walks into the portal where Vlagh awaited.
"You have chosen to face me in battle... but in order to do that you must first find me and get through the Dark spawns of this land!" he laughs before fading and Dark Spawns appear from nowhere.
"Arlight guys..." Rage says summoning The Blade of Chaos "We got this!"
The group begins to battle their way through the Dark Spawn after Dark Spawn. Time passes... minutes turn to hours and soon the group begins to feel the toll of their enemy's attacks.
"they won't...stop..." huffs Aster blocking another attack however it was a weak block only enough to reduce the impact. Not long after Rage who was in in Super Form gets hit back and is forced back to his normal form panting.
"How long is this going to go on..." he asks feeling ready to pass outmatched.
"I don't know..." Applejack heaves as she collapses alongside Twilight.
"We can't keep this up Rage we are done for..." Sonic says.
"I hate to admit it...but Sonic might just be right..." Rage says before collapsing and watching the Dark Spawns close in on them. "Well it looks like this is it..." he sighs,
[Music: Roxas~Kingdom Hearts II]
"It has been an honor Rage..." Christain smiles at his friend.
"I will miss you Rage..." Rainbow Dash huffs as her head smashes into the ground as she looses consciousness,
"I am sorry Rage... it has to end like this." Icezer says,
"Well...like I said...we all die together..." Rage chuckles watching the Dark Spawns as they ready their final blows.
"And we were so close..." Hikari sighs,
"Game...over..." Aster sniffs "I am sorry Rage...for the lies..."
"It's okay Aster...we did our best and...that's all that matters." Rage says closing his eyes ready for the worst.
However just before the hit could be administered the Dark Spawns were blasted away by an assault of energy orbs as the team feels them getting healed and replenished. "What...is happening?" Rage asks as he sees an unbelievable sight... there in front of them were... The Chaos Guardians of Old! With Chaotix in the lead.
[Music: Sora~Kingdom Hearts II]
"You...saved us..." Aster says "Why? I though you agreed not to mess with affairs of the mortal worlds."
"Yeah but we can't let you guys die here!" Leo says,
"Look at what has happened to the worlds since you have entered this cursed realm." a white female fox says showing the group an image of Equestria... darkness had consumed it and all of the life looked to be gone... the ponies were fearful and looking scared. When the image shows a group of kids... the schoolhouse where the CMC are.
"It's over..." Cheerlee says "The end is finally here,"
"No there is no way Rage would let it end like this! He is out there trying to save us I just know it!" Applebloom says.
"I am beginning to loose hope..." Sweetie Belle says.
"No the Blank Flank is right..." Diamond Tiara says "There is no way Rage would let it end like this!"
"Rage, sis if somehow you can hear this please...save us..." Applebloom says with tears in her eyes.
Rage seeing this has his expression change from a look of horror to a look of pure determination as he stands up and summons his sword before saying "I can't let them down..." Rage then looks at the others "Come on!"
"We will take care of things here!" Chatoix says "You go!"
The heroes then continue on until they are met by Nazo. "ugh...just what we needed..." Icezer curses.
"Leave this to us." Shadow says as he and Sonic approach Nazo,
"Go!" Sonic says and the others nod continuing but again are stopped this time by a Hyper Scourge.
"Well well well... look who decided to show up..." he chuckles as two others join him... a powered up Miles and Fiona.
"Your ours!" Hikari says as he, Wind and Mason clash leaving Christain, Rage, Icezer, Xage and the mane 6 to continue.
"There can't be much more..." Icezer says as Nix appears and hits Rage,
"Your mine!" Christain yells,
"You're forgetting... I have others..." Nix chuckles as two other hedgehogs appear... Dark Xage and Dark Icezer. Who the two hit both of their light doubles,
"Fine..." Xage says sending his dark self with a dark burst.
"Freeze!" Icezer yells as he swings around and hits his dark self with an Ice Blade.
"That leave us." Twilight says as they run up the stairs up to... Vlagh who was looking out over the large land of darkness.
"Light...Darkness... always are fated to clash." Vlagh says to himself "But who is the dark and who is the light?"
"Vlagh!" Rage yells as he turns to them.
"You made it... it seems your team has been cut down." Vlagh chuckles
"No thanks to you." Rage replies "Let's end this right here right now."
"Indeed..." Vlagh says as he releases a pulse of darkness and armor covers him as he summons Dark Spawns and disappears into a void.
"Leave Vlagh to me." Rage growls "This one is personal!"
"Good luck Rage." Rainbow Dash says as the crimson hedgehog leaps into the void.
[Music: Another Side, Another Story Battle Ver.~ Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]
Rage stands up to see Vlagh looking at him as he summons The Blade of Chaos, "Let's settle this Rage the Hedgehog... the power I have sought for eons will soon be mine!" he says pointing a blade with darkness shrouding it.
"I will not let you!" Rage says "This is not about protecting the worlds this time... it is personal! Vlagh here and now you will perish! I will not lose!" he says as Vlagh yells.
"DIE!" he screams as he dashes for Rage who blocks the attack and counters with a kick. Soon the two clash blades again and Vlagh kicks Rage who flies into a wall of dark energy.
"Dark Vanguard Strike!" Vlagh yells as two large beams of humongous proportions hit Rage but they are blocked by a barrier of light energy. Rage then looks at Vlagh with glowing red eyes.
"Inferno Charge!" he yells shrouding himself in fire and dashing full speed to Vlagh who puts a sheild up to block but Rage continues to hit it slowly chipping it down until he breaks through and rams Vlagh to the other side of the battlefeild.
"I will show no mercy!" Rage yells as he strikes Vlagh with a Chaos Lance as he dashes again.
"Dark Swap!" Vlagh yells as somehow he and Rage switch locations only for Rage to be hit in the back by a beam of piercing darkness causing him to collapse.
Meanwhile in Equestria the Princesses, Rage's friends, a large group of Mobians and most of Equestria watched the events within a magical screen.
[Music: Event: Finale...Adventure Must Go On~Sonic Heroes]
"Rage!" all of his friends gasp along with some others and all at leasted gasped in horror at the crimson hedgehogs collapse.
"Come on! Rage you gotta get up!" Babs yells.
"Please..." Applejack cries.
Rage could faintly hear them and he knew they were watching. 'I won't let it end like this...' he thinks
but was still so weak he couldn't do anything in fact he looked dead... blood was covering him and he knew it...he will die if he cannot gather the energy to do anything!
"I win!" Vlagh laughs looking at Rage in triumph while back most every mobian and pony watching was crying... in the midst was even Robotnik.
"I...can't believe this...he's dead." Celestia says and for the first time in her life she let out a wail as tears flowed down her face like a river...all had seemed lost.
But the Chaos Emeralds soon appeared and very slowly Rage clenches a fist. "I'm...not...done...yet..." he pants softly just loud enough for Vlagh to hear him and turn around as his limp body is hoisted in the air...
[Music Dark Gaia Phase 2- Endless Possibilities Orchestra version~Sonic Unleashed/Sonic The World Adventure]
Then the Chaos Emeralds glow brightly as Rage absorbs their power. With a explosion of bliniding light Rage was floating in the air flashing brightly with a flare of translucent energy of rainbow colors flaring from his feet and going up to his waist. His eyes were bright red and glowing with both energy, determination and anger. His clothing had become a mix of white and grays except his shirt. That was bright red with the normal black R on it.
"How can you still be alive?!" yells a surprised Vlagh.
"I will not just give up." Rage says "No longer will I hold anything back... Vlagh this is my True Power...this is The Ultimate Power of The Chaos Emeralds!" Rage then charges energy. "Give me strength..." he says closing his eyes as he charges it.
Back in Equestria the now awe inspired crowed looks at Rage as Twilight and the princesses knew what he meant. Celestia looks out over the others. "Everyone channel your powers... your strength and send it to Rage!" she says.
Twilight looks down and glows as mists of energy cover the land around. For Rage he could feel them adding power to his strike and finally he releases it with an echoing voice, "Harmonic Chaos Final Blast!" he yells shooting Vlagh with it who screams in pain as he is engulfed in light. Rage then looks at where he once stood... all that was left was the shoes of Vlagh as Rage pants as he points his blade in the air with a triumphant smile "I did it!" he cheers while at the same time across the worlds everypony and every mobian was cheering Light had triumphed over Darkness once again...
Off in the distance a light purple Unicorn and a pure white female Mobian hedgehog look at the triumph. It was Rage's actual mother from Equestria and his hedgehog mom Maria The Hedgehog! Soon the light purple mare spoke "You have done well...son" she smiles.
"Well done my angel.." the hedgehog says as both fade out of view with bright smiles on their faces.
To be concluded!
Next Time: Celebrations and Epilogue
