Ch 12: Time Shock
"The doctor will prove to be a problem… He is the only other one in our way to our goal."
"So what shall we do about it?"
"It is time to take our scheme to the next level. Follow the Freedom Fighters and take the Time Stones. Use the Stones power to warp back to when the doctor first turned evil and prevent it. Then we shall be free to rule! If you find at least one of the triples as a child…. KILL them!"
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"Ya know, you and Elise look almost alike!" Mina pointed out.
She was right in a way. Seen standing side by side, Raphael looked like an older and boyish version of Elise. "Yeah, kinda looks like it." Raphael nodded.
"Very uncanny." She added.
"So, Raphael, was it?" Blaze asked.
"Just call me Raph."
"Right, so who are you?"
"I'm the king of Wildtropolis. It's the western town that we're headed to now. It used to be booming with life, but now there's hardly anyone there."
"What happened?" Cream wondered.
Raphael clenched his fists and answered laconically with bitterness. "…Eggman."
"There's a surprise there." Knuckles said sarcastically.
"It was a while back… some years after he declared world domination. Some of his robots invaded our town. Being a strong tribe, we refused to surrender. The battle ended badly… some of my people were captured and robotized. Others… were not spared at all. I was the only one who made it out."
"Sorry about that…" Rouge apologized. "How did you meet the triples anyway?"
"To be honest, their mom and I are childhood friends. We've been pals for a long time." Raphael lend back on the wall as he remember the good ol' days…
Flashback….
17-year-old Prince Raphael watched happily as his best friend 15-year-old Princess Aleena levitated a toy orb with her magic. Both were sitting along river side near his village. "You're getting really good at this, Aleena," Raphael smiled.
"I have been practicing a lot," Aleena giggled. "Want to see some more?"
Raphael nodded as she started to shift the ball into some shapes. Apparently, he began to see his friend losing control over the ball. "Hey, Aleena! You might wanna be a bit careful…!"
Too late. The ball went over into the river and so did Aleena. She tried to paddle back franticly as the river carried her away. "Raph! Help me! I can't swim!!"
"Hang on!" Raphael jumped into the river to rescue his friend. The river was so strong but Raphael continued to push himself. Aleena sank to the bottom as Raphael dove after her. He swam quickly and grabbed his friend. He pushed himself back to the shore and dragged him and his friend to safety. Things didn't look good the as she was unconscious. Raphael kneeled next to her as he began to shake her.
"Come on, Aleena! Wake up!" he shouted. He quickly reverted to CPR and after a minute, Aleena coughed up some water and looked up at him. "R-Raph…" she smiled weakly.
"Hey, Aleena!" he smiled. "You're oke-" He stopped in mid-sentence as she quickly grabbed him in a hug. Raphael blushed as he slowly returned the huge. "Hey… lets stay clear from the rivers from now on…"
End of flashback…
It was now dawn. The two spaceships and the dragon arrived at Wildtropolis. Like Raphael told them, it was an old abandoned western town. "BTW," he said as they stepped out, "Zelda is also here. She has the sixth Time Stone secured."
Manic blushed as the mention of her name. "So Zelda's here too, huh?"
"Hey, guys." Dulcy told them, "I'm gonna get the rest of my clan, kay? My dad sure will be surprised to see you again, Sonic!"
"Yeah. He sure will." Sonic answered. He father freaked him out a little. As Dulcy took off, Raphael led them to an old saloon. There they found a red female hyena about the same age as Manic sitting by the bar. She had on a pink tank top with a leather jacket and jeans with green boots. She saw the group and smiled. "Ah, Raph. I see you brought company." She soon saw Sonic and Tails. "Sonic? Tails? I thought you two were dead!"
"A lot of things happened." Tails answered chuckling.
She also noticed the other two twins and grinned. "Long time no see, you two!"
"Yeah, it's been while!" Manic said with that blush still on his face. Sonia simply rolled her eyes. Apparently, they didn't get along so well.
"Zelda, we need that Time Stone. The Metarex are back." Raphael told her.
"Sure, no problem." Zelda nodded as hopped over the bar and flipped the switch. The wall opened up and there was the white Time Stone. She tossed it to Raphael. "By the way, you know that there's a Time Stone back in Mobotropolis, right Raph?"
"Huh? The last Stone is back in Mobotropolis?" Sonic arched an eyebrow as he looked at Raphael.
"Sorry… sort of slipped." He grinned sheepishly.
"Well never mind about that," Ash told him. "At least now we know where to find the last Stone. So lets…" he suddenly stopped as the heard a whistling noise. Seconds later, there was a huge explosion that blew everyone back and tore up the saloon. As the blast cleared up, they saw a tall black armored being with red jagged hair.
"Who the hell are you?" Knuckles asked as he put up his fists.
"I am Xenon." The Metarex said in an armored voice. "Dark Oaks command officer. We have come to understanding that you all have managed to collect six of the Time Stones. I am here to retrieve them."
"Just try and take them!" Amy shouted as he got out her hammer.
"So be it." Xenon chuckled darkly as he pointed his finger at them and made the Time Stones fly away from them. The six Stones began to circle around him.
"Jezz! I didn't mean literally."
"Now, to get you peons out of our way. I shall show you the power that we Metarex comprise!" Xenon jumped high into the air and into the sunrise. He soon came crashing down, creating a large shockwave. Everyone did their beast to hold their ground.
"Man he's strong!" Bark shouted.
"Not strong enough!" Shadow yelled as he dashed at Xenon. He curled into a Spin Dash and slammed him to Xenon…. At least it looked like it. Xenon caught the ball as it collided and slammed it into the dirt.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Silver shouted as he threw out psychic blasts. Xenon blocked them with ease. Blaze joined him by rushing up to the Metarex soldier as a flaming tornado and slamming into him. Silver struggled to hold with his telekinesis Xenon down as he and Blaze tried to get the Time Stones away from him. All in a while, Xenon uttered two words…
"…Time Warp!"
The Stones began to glow with energy as everyone shielded their eyes. Sonic soon saw something rush past him and towards the light.
"Elise! What are you doing?!"
Sonic gawked as the Princess of Soleanna ran towards them, perhaps to help her friends. But when she did reach them, there was a final blast of light before it al vanished.
A/N: Again forgive the vagueness...
