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Chapter 11: Secrets Unraveled
In the room was Chris covered in bandages that leaked blood. Also, Dr. Eggman and Rouge were unconscious on the floor. Berserk, the Metarex base leader, was holding a purple chaos emerald.
"Chris!" cried out Sonic as he ran forward to check him, but stop short when the Metarex spoke.
"Don't even think about it. If any of you come any closer, you'll lose your friends on floor 7B." spoke the Metarex.
Suddenly, the computers in the room activated to show what was happening on floor 7B. Tails, Cream, Cheese, Starlight, and Amy were downloading information from the computer unsuspecting what was about to happen to them.
"Just surrender yourself Sonic and your friends go free. If you don't, I'll send my Metarex to attack them and kill them. The lives of your friends are in your hands you just have to make the right choice." spoke Berserk.
"My friends..." said the hedgehog slowly like he was in a trance.
The echidna was taken by surprise and tried to grab Sonic when a bunch of Metarex appeared and seized him. Knuckles struggled in vain to break free, but they just hold on tighter. One of the Metarex injected something into the back of his neck. The echidna felt dizzy and stopped fighting. He lost the power up and one of the Metarex took the golden star shaped object.
"So..nic...don't...do...it. You..can't...give up." said Knuckles as he barely held onto the situation.
Sonic walked on as though he never heard him. The base leader Metarex reached out with its wicked claws and was about to grab the hedgehog when a sudden explosion rocketed through the base. Everyone was sent flying to the floor and were scrambling to regain balance. A white light descended on the entire area that finally helped Sonic snapped out of the trance and prepared to fight.
"You're going down, Berserk!" shouted the hedgehog.
On floor 7B, everyone was stacked on top of each other. They finally were able to stand and looked around to see Metarex scrambling as well to their feet.
"I guess we weren't alone." said Tails.
"We'll deal with them. Right, Starlight." spoke Amy.
"Yup." replied Starlight.
They threw their weapons at them and destroyed all the Metarex in the room in one fell swoop. The two-tailed fox finished downloading the information and got up.
"We better meet back with Sonic, Knuckles, and Chris." said Tails.
Before anyone could move, a loud explosion erupted from the floor above. The ceiling started to crack and they realized what was about to happen.
"Move it!" they shouted as all of them jumped out of the way of the falling ceiling.
Dust spurred everywhere blocking everyone's view of what had caused the explosion. Someone suddenly ran really fast by Cream, Cheese, Starlight, and the two-tailed fox to the girl hedgehog. When it finally stopped moving, they realized who it was. It was Sonic the hedgehog surrounded in a red aura.
"Sonic!" they all exclaimed in surprise.
"What's up you guys?" asked the hedgehog.
"Okay, if you mean being surprised attack by some Metarex so yeah. Where's Knuckles?" questioned Amy.
"Oh. I think his is still upstairs, but he is having a hard time moving. They gave his some type of injection and he can't move. Chris, Dr. Eggman, and Rouge are upstairs unconscious as well." replied Sonic.
"That's terrible!" said the girl rabbit.
"Chooo. Chooo." agreed the chao.
"I can't help him right now so I want you to see he gets out of here Cream and Cheese." spoke the hedgehog.
"Right." said Cream as she and Cheese started flying up through the hole.
The rubble behind them suddenly erupted to reveal a damaged and angry Berserk. Sonic turned around and prepared for battle against the base leader.
"You still refuse to submit your will to the Metarex! Very well then, see my true power!" said the Metarex as it ate the purple chaos emerald.
They stared at him in surprise as it grew in size. Its eyes turned from gold to bright red. He opened his huge fanged mouth, and the teeth sharpened. Oil dripped down its wickedly sharp fangs. His claws were longer and sharper. The tail of the base leader grew longer and had thorns sticking out. Berserk became more sleeker and ferocious looking. After he stopped changing, he went berserk and jumped towards them. They all dodge him when a sudden howl emitted from behind. As soon as they look back, they saw the nature wolves.
"What are those things?" exclaimed the girl hedgehog.
"Those are some of the master's beloved pets that can control an element like you." answered Berserk.
Both the base leader and nature wolves acted as one and attacked the group. The nature wolves shot fire, water, wind, and earth while the Metarex opened it huge mouth to devour them. The hedgehog, Amy, and Tails slipped past all the attacks launched.
"Sonic we'll deal with these wolves. Take Berserk down." spoke the two-tailed fox.
"Okay." replied Sonic as he charges at the werewolf.
The Metarex lunged at the hedgehog, but Sonic ducked and counter attacked from underneath. He unleashed a column of flame that shooting Berserk out of the base. Tails conducted electricity using his power up while Amy raised her hammer to strike. The thunder struck the water and earth wolves which jolted the two together destroying both. The ground encaved the fire and wind wolves. It smothered them together obliterating both. Meanwhile, Berserk was still stuck in the pillar of fire. The flames were slowly melting him as Sonic stood there staring.
"Answer me, Berserk. Where is your leader?" demanded the hedgehog.
"Hahahaha!" laughed the base leader.
"What's so funny?" questioned Sonic.
"Why should you care where our leader is? Besides, you already know!" answered the Metarex.
"What do you mean! Answer me!" shouted Sonic.
"Do you still care for our leader that much when our leader despises you so much? You may destroy me, but others wait to have their chance at you." spoke the werewolf as more of his body was destroyed.
Soon all that was left of Berserk was his head. He began to glow and the base started shaking. Amy, Tails, Cream, Cheese, Knuckles, Chris, Starlight, Dr. Eggman, and Rouge were helping the prisoners out as this event occurred.
"What's happening?" asked the boy.
"I don't know, but that can't be good." answered the echidna.
"We better hurry." said the two-tailed fox.
"Right." agreed everyone in the room.
"What's going on?" said the shocked hedgehog.
"The base will fall when I do. Another Metarex has been chosen to deal with you and he shall be here soon. Your dear friend, White Lily, won't be able to save you once you are engulf in black flames. The master's will will grip you and enslave you to her will. Our masters will rejoice the day you fail." said Berserk with only his eyes left.
"Their? What do you mean "their"? There is only one leader." said Sonic.
"Ah, but there are more than one master that serves our great leader. Soon all the secrets of the emeralds will be revealed and all will fall to the Metarex! Hahaha...! said the base leader before he completely fell apart.
Hovering in mid air was the chaos emerald the Metarex devoured. Before the hedgehog could grab it, it fell down into the base. It suddenly started cracking and then it finally shattered into a million pieces. The base started shaking more violently and was falling apart. Everyone ran out of the base. The Metarex inside didn't bother running and were destroyed by the falling rubble. Sonic and his friends were able to get out with the prisoners before it collapsed. Suddenly, there was a loud screeching sound emitting from the sky. They all looked up to see the sky bending and shifting. Someone was exiting from hyperspace. A huge Metarex ship appeared and they realized who it was. It was Scarship, the originally Metarex who attacked them in the beginning. He began to rain his arsenal upon the city and destroying everything in his way. Bright light emitted from one of the closer buildings and they could see a cloaked figure in the middle of it. Suddenly, something erupted from the remains of the destroyed Metarex base. It was Chris's invention and it fired a black beam right at the person. The beam hit its mark causing the being to cry out in pain.
"NO!" screamed Cosmo's daughter and Sonic as one.
As they charged forward to aid the person, the Metarex ship's voice boomed out causing them to stop.
"Hedgehog! Come quietly now or the people and your friends shall suffer." demanded Scarship.
"...I agree." responded the hedgehog with his arms wide open.
"What? Sonic, NO!" shouted the plant girl as she ran towards him.
It was too late though. Metal tentacles came from the Metarex and wrapped around Sonic lifting him up from the ground. It continued lifting him up until he was face to face with the Metarex ship. Scarship suddenly started firing more of his arsenal towards the city.
"What are you doing? You agreed to leave them alone if I surrendered!" exclaimed the hedgehog as he struggled to escape the Metarex's grip.
"I said they shall suffer if you didn't comply. I didn't say I will leave them alone. I'm going to end their miserable lives." answered the Metarex ship as more weaponry was launched onto the city.
"You tricked me!" shouted Sonic.
"I obey only our great leader. I'm to capture you with any means necessary." said Scarship.
"I'll never forgive you!" screamed the hedgehog as black flames surrounded him.
The flames melted the metal tentacles releasing Sonic. He raised his fist and black fire enveloped it. The hedgehog then brought it down knocking the Metarex close to the ground. Before anyone could exchange another blow, twin lasers shot out of the sky and barely missed the hedgehog as it struck some buildings. As the buildings collapsed, a figure could be seen flying closer towards them. The shape of the new arrival was easily recognized for they had seen it battle the Metarex before. It was the same Metarax from last time. Starship finally rises up to the same height as the other robot.
"How dare you barge in again, Dark Death!" said the angry Metarex.
"Ah. Hello, Starship. I see your master isn't here. I guess there's no need for me to stay." said Dark Death.
"You will suffer our leader's wrath for interfering. Our leader has already warned you to leave us be." spoke Scarship.
"Your leader has change so much that I'm interested in having a talk with 'your leaders.' Pursuit. Deal with everyone here while I go find that Metarex." said the Metarax leader.
"Hold it!" exclaimed the Metarex.
However, the Metarax leader already cut the connection though. Pursuit opened its jagged teeth and fired another laser beam at them while it released its missiles towards Scarship. The Metarex countered the missiles with his own and Sonic deflected the laser with a shield of flames. Chaos then spewed as the battle between the three of them got out of control. Starlight ran to Chris's device to try and turn it off, but it refused to listen to her. She suddenly stopped and looked to the being.
"I understand." spoke Cosmo's daughter as she turned around and began to run towards the battle.
A blast coming from Pursuit nearly hit her if she hadn't back fliped out of the way. The Metarex's attack did manage to strike where the Blue Typhoon was.
"Oh no! We have to return to the ship! Come on!" blurted Tails.
"What about Sonic?" demanded the girl hedgehog.
"How can we help him if he's on killing spree?" questioned the echidna.
"Still we should try." said Amy.
"We don't have to. It looks like Starlight has a plan." spoke Rouge.
The group turned to see Starlight running towards the center of the battlefield. She stopped short as a blast landed right in front of her face. The plant girl's eyes did not wavered as she held up her chain and shouted at them.
"Sonic! I challenge you!" shouted Starlight.
At this demand, the hedgehog turned his attention to her. He took a deep breath and let out a roar that shook up everyone who heard it. Sonic fell to the ground with such speed he was only a blur. The ground beneath him shook and cracked apart by his power. The hedgehog pointed his lance at Cosmo's daughter and hissed at her.
"We'll just see who is stronger. The power of the flames or the stars." said the plant girl threw her chain at him.
Sonic easily slid past by the chain as he fired a wave of heat at her. Starlight was thrown off her feet by the wave and was sent flying into the air. Cosmo's daughter landed on her back hard, but managed to turn onto her stomach.
"Is that all you got?" said the plant girl in a mocking manner.
The hedgehog thrust his lance deep into the earth in reply to her statement. Starlight realized what he was about to and jumped away. Sonic had send his power over fire to create molten lava and caused it to erupt from underneath the Earth. Some had splashed unto her arm who shrieked out from the burning pain. Cosmo's daughter didn't have time to recover who slashed at her with his still burning lance. She was able to swerve her body, but the blade still made connect letting out a sizzling sound. Before she can defend herself, Sonic kicked her in the face and send her through a few buildings. The plant girl spat out the blood that was flooding her lungs and was trying to force her body up. The hedgehog started walking towards ready to end the tiresome battle when he stopped. He couldn't move and looked down to find the reason.
"Heh. You fell for my trap. I couldn't let you get hurt or hurt others can I now so I left you a present." spoke Starlight.
Under Sonic was a circle with carvings that glowed as the hedgehog struggled to escape its power. At first it seemed like it was going to work, but Sonic was much stronger than the seal Cosmo's daughter hastily drew. However, the being threw some of its power to the circle to strength it. Now the hedgehog wasn't strong enough to resist its power and reverted back to his normal self.
"Starlight..I...I'm sorry..." said Sonic as he fell to the floor.
"Sonic!" blurted out as Amy hurried to his aid.
"Starlight!" exclaimed as Tails went to help the plant girl.
Both looked really banged up and were very exhausted. The hedgehog tilted his head to see Starlight on the verge of unconsciousness. Cosmo's daughter just smiled back at him as she tried to tell him something important.
"She said I needed to help you. We can do nothing for her now. She said to tell you that you have to try to destroy both at once." spoke the plant girl.
"What do you mean?" inquired Sonic.
She moved right next to his ear and whispered something before passing out. The hedgehog tugged at the girl hedgehog's arm to get her attention.
"Amy. Help me to the Blue Typhoon. We still need to destroy those two before they hurt anymore people." said Sonic.
"Are you sure? If you try to take them on, they can easily defeat and capture you." spoke Amy worriedly.
"Yes. We need to act now and I need everyone's help to win." responded the hedgehog.
The girl hedgehog opened her mouth to argue, but stopped. She helped him up and walked to the group.
"Hey. Doc. Chris. Rouge. I have something for you guys to have. Eggy these are for Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun." said Sonic as he threw little golden star-shaped objects at them.
The three of them caught the objects and looked at them strangely.
"What are these?" asked the boy.
"It is how Amy and the others were able to grow stronger. Starlight told me what we have to do so listen up." spoke the hedgehog all in one breath.
They looked at him intensively and were ready to hear the plan.
"You have to focus on an important memory or dream. I need all of you to help keep those two at bay. We need to use the cannon to send me at them at the same time. Let's get moving." explained Sonic.
Amy, Tails, Chris, Doctor Eggman, and the hedgehog went to the ship to prepare the attack. The Metarax and Scarship stopped their fighting and aimed their attacks towards them. Rouge's power up entered her feet causing them to glow and she spun at the weapons coming at them. The missiles and lasers were deflected into the sea. The huge explosion caused the water to erupt and fell back down like rain. The Metarex and Pursuit continued their attacks together. They were slowly succeeding as she tired from the continuous attack.
"They better hurry up. I don't know how much I can handle." spoke Rouge.
