Welcome to Season 2 everyone!

Previously, the Smashers have fought against Omega and Dawn, who somehow became his weapon. Mikee was beaten down, but came back with a vengeance, as he removed Omega from the universe with his signature move, the Ultimate Shine Beam and snapped Dawn out of it. After the battle, they prevented the ship from crashing into Sonic's home world, and the team finally returned home. Going along with them are the Guardians themselves, who are willing to train Mikee. The training starts, now!

Chapter 11

The Final Mode: Shining Mode

"Wow, all this code is intriguing. This Omega has a lot of data stored in the ship. Its files on all the planets his armies have taken over, and these races I have never heard about." Tails said to Sonic, who finally escaped Amy.

"That's pretty sweet. What does it say?" Sonic asked. Tails was using his own computer to read the things. There was so much to read from the database. There were files on everyone from Mikee's universe to the place they described as the S.O.G. He decided to pull that up.

"The S.O.G, which stands for Super Organization of Good, is a force that fights for the forces of good, which is the same thing. They have been stopping our attacks and advances in our universal domination. The organization just recruited a new member, one we were trying to capture ourselves. He was an Aeros and a pretty powerful one too. He soon became a big thorn to my side." Tails read.

"That's cool; they were part of this team that focused on defending their universe from guys like Omega." Sonic told his fox friend. He nodded and continued deciphering it. Sonic was thinking of one thing though, and it was about Dawn.

"Tails, see if you can find anything about tests done before that log was done. We could find some useful information about Dawn." He asked.

"Sure Sonic, I'll see what I can find." Tails said as he looked into it. He soon came across some files that were labeled something he hasn't heard of. It labeled, 'Black Energy Experiments'. The fox tried to access it, but it was blocked. He pressed some more keys and begun to get into all the files. Pictures flashed up of aliens being turned into black creatures. He soon found one that labeled, 'Successful Weapon.' Tails got into that, and journals and data popped up.

"Sonic, check this out! I have actual voice memos from Omega himself! Listen to this." He said and played the memos.

"Today marks the day of our conquest of Earth. My forces have already conquered ten percent of their area, but I have made a tremendous discovery. During one of the raids I commanded, a little white-haired girl came and destroyed half my army. We were able to contain her, but her resistance at around five Earth years was very futile. Even the strongest Light Warrior cannot break our ship. She refused to give in to us, so we have decided to use our special energy supplied by our allies. They were looking for a powerful Light element female, and I believed it could be her. We performed genetic mutations of changing her element to our supplied energy, but her body resisted it greatly, and her power was dropping rapidly. Somehow, the mutation worked, but our results were nothing we expected. Her powers were somehow weakened and she was no longer of any use to us. We sent her to Earth with a wiped memory of everything that has happened. She now knows nothing that went on in this ship." The voice memo finished.

"Wow that explained a lot. They mutated her from the insides? Yikes, wait until Mikee hears about this." Sonic stated.

"Where is he anyway? Everything is decoded here. I said I would find him when it's done." Tails asked. Sonic shrugged as he still kicked back and relaxed.

"I think he said something about finding the Guardians for his intense training." The cobalt blue hedgehog answered.

Mikee appeared out of a Shadow Warp as he landed in Gritzy Desert where Destiny waited. Her back was turned to the warrior. For a second, his pulse quickened and he made a fighting stance. Mikee was expecting her to attack. The hot breeze simply blew on by for a few seconds and he relaxed.

"So, when does the training begin?" Mikee asked, breaking the silence. That was when she turned around to face him. There was something fierce in her eyes. All Mikee needed was that one look. He clenched his fist and made a power-up stance. He was charging up his energy, but he was keeping it suppressed. She placed a palm in front of her and a clenched fist to her side. Another breeze blew through as Mikee began to sweat from the hot desert sun. She hasn't made a single move for four minutes. Destiny didn't even break her stance. Mikee couldn't take the silence any longer and vanished. Destiny turned sharply and blocked his kick and punches from behind. He grunted as a blast erupted from that palm. It pushed Mikee back as he skidded back. Mikee knocked away the blast in time.

"Your first task is to knock me off this platform." Destiny finally told Mikee. He took notice as he stood in the hot sand. She was standing on a square piece of land. It wasn't very big and about five feet on all sides. This is an odd test, but if she wants to make it that easy… Mikee thought until she added, "Don't hesitate to use every move you have in you. I am able to take it."

That sent a jolt through his body. He looked pretty surprised, but he didn't wait long.

(The music that suits the mood from here would be, 'Won't Stop, Just Go' from Sonic Adventure 2.) "If you want to see what I can do, then so be it. Just remember you asked for it." Mikee taunted as he made his power-up stance again. The energy he held in came out and he clashed his fists to power up his Aeros Dash. Mikee finished and vanished, leaving a pretty big dip in the sand. Destiny closed her eyes and crossed her arms. She kept turning and blocking all of Mikee's attacks to her. Mikee appeared out of it and looked back to see her vanish and several impacts hit him. These took the wind out of him and sent him hurtling into the sand. It caused most of it to fly around in the air. He rose back up, shaking off most of it.

"Just to warn you, when we fought the Horde's Elites, I took them all on and won while Shade and Voltic watched." Destiny told him. Mikee grunted and charged up more energy. He charged at her once again and continued to try and hit her, but she just continued to block every strike. It seemed that he couldn't even land a single hit. She deflected his next fist, and with her palms, landed several hits again at lightning speeds. This made him stumble back a bit. Mikee jumped back and cupped his hands to his side. He yelled out and fired his Shine Beam. Destiny crossed her arms as the attack hit a shield bubble. The beam was canceled out eventually, and she still stood there, unharmed or even breathing hard.

Damn, what power! None of my attacks are working! She's good, that's for sure, but I won't lose! Mikee thought and powered up still. He went into his Burst Mode and he charged again, unleashing a massive combo, but Destiny still blocked his hits. In a sudden second, she spun and kicked him across the face, sending him skipping over the sand. Mikee finally crashed about a half mile from Destiny. She was still calm as the sand erupted in the air and Mikee flew straight up himself. There was a shockwave and Mikee bee-lined for Destiny, aiming a charged up fist. She got ready and palmed against his fist, which created its own shockwave of energy. The ground underneath them was cracking and Destiny saw this. She pushed more and the energy exploded, sending Mikee back. Destiny still stood there, but this time her right arm stung a bit. The Guardian Leader shook off the pain as Mikee stood back up.

His power is impressive, but it isn't enough to knock me off. Although the ground here is cracking, he might be able to do this. Destiny thought as Mikee yelled out again. He transformed into his Perfect Mode and he rushed at her. She stood her ground and held him back, but her feet were dragging behind her. She couldn't hang on for long as she saw him aim his palms at her in point-blank range.

"UTLIMATE SHINE BEAM!" He yelled and unleashed the attack at her, which completely enveloped the Guardian in a huge burst of energy. It destroyed the ground she stood on. The mass of destructive energy exploded and made smoke rise up from the distance. Mikee powered down, breathing hard again. It was rough for him to do that as often as he wanted.

The smoke cleared quickly as there was something odd about Destiny this time. It was a Perfect Mode. Energy surrounded her fiercely while Mikee's energy was pretty low. He wasn't going to win this battle. He knew that was clear in his mind.

"Not bad, not bad at all Aeros. I had to resort to my Perfect Mode in order to take the damage. You really are the Hero, but I feel that your limits have not been pushed to the brink." She said, floating back down to the sand. He was still breathing hard as she aimed a palm and a quick flash of light fired out.

Mikee guarded, but he didn't feel anything. In fact, he felt nothing. His exhaustion vanished completely, and his energy returned to normal. His look of confusion went to Destiny.

"You'll need everything you have, because I'm about to demonstrate the final stage of the Burst Modes. It is known as the Shining Mode. In the mode, you are completely invulnerable to all elemental attacks and the use of all the elements are at your disposal. You are also able to use and control Pure Energy, which is Black Energy's opposite. The only way to damage the Shining Mode is if you use Black Energy. Now, let me show you the full extent of the Shining Mode." Destiny explained as the air tensed up around them. Mikee could feel the energy rising as she stood there still. Air lashed out as Mikee was pushed back. The energy being gathered acted like glittery sparkles as it accumulated around her. She made a stance and exhaled slowly as she glowed brightly and the energy knocked Mikee off his feet. As he rose back up, Destiny was something else. Her arms and feet were covered in the energy she built up. Her body seemed stronger somewhat.

What in the world? Mikee thought as he powered up to his Perfect Mode. She stood there as the energy rushed out of her, whipping up all the sand around them. He covered his eyes, which was a big mistake. There were several impacts and he was sent hurtling straight up. She was still there on the ground, looking up at him. Mikee regained his momentum as he dived straight down. He fired a fist, but Destiny blocked it with her palm. This energy collision sent more sand flying into the air. He continued to try and hit her, but this time, she was dodging his moves pretty swiftly until she slammed her palms onto Mikee's chest and continued slamming them. Now, she fired a huge destructive beam towards him. Mikee grunted and leaped out of the way as he jumped back.

Damn, I can't land a single hit! She's incredibly fast and powerful! There has to be a way to get past the defenses she has! Mikee thought and began to charge up a massive energy orb. He threw it towards the Guardian leader as she stood there. The orb of energy exploded on her, and Mikee charged up more energy. He continued firing more energy into the explosion, which made it grow bigger and bigger. Mikee yelled out and fired his Ultimate Shine Beam into the mixture of Light Energy and the added brute force caused a huge explosion to take place. Light energy shot straight up as a result. The sand mixed in with the smoke as Mikee felt his exhaustion again.

He sensed her power still, and it was unchanged as he growled. She still stood there with hardly a scratch on her. Damn it! It is true then. This Shining Mode is practically invincible against all other attacks except for Black Energy! How can I win? Mikee yelled as she vanished again. Destiny reappeared behind Mikee again and slammed on his back with several attacks, making him fall towards the sand. She slammed him further down and then went down faster.

"You're done." She declared and fired a huge beam of rainbow energy. It blasted Mikee and completely enveloped the warrior. He yelled out in pain as the energy caused a huge explosion. It was big enough to create a big sandstorm. It cleared and Mikee was face-down on the sand, barely breathing. He was out of Perfect Mode, and drained of energy. Destiny twitched a bit as he rose back up. His eyes were gone as he unleashed his energy. The eight red wings burst out of his back as he became the DeathPhoenix form. He let out more energy and the eight wings whipped around him. Four were still white as four were dark red.

This must be the darkness inside of him being released as a form. This must be powered by all his rage within him. There's more to it than just taking the form of an eight-winged bird. Destiny thought as Mikee roared and the eight wings gathered around one point in front of him. A huge sphere was created and it fired out to a massive beam. Destiny was able to take it, and Mikee vanished. A huge trail of dipping sand was visible as it went to her backside. She slammed on his face with a powerful palm attack infused with electric energy. It stunned Mikee as she spun and kicked him back. She dashed forward and hit him towards the sky. She aimed both palms and fired off a huge orb at him. He took it as a huge explosion resulted again in the air.

Two Smashers were watching the fight from a pretty safe distance, and they were pretty shocked at the brute force that was being put out. After the smoke cleared, there was a huge smoking heap falling straight down. "That's Mikee, and his energy is depleted!" Lucas told Ness, who both psychics were curious of the rise in energies.

"Wow, that Destiny girl means business. She took him out like it was nothing!" Ness exclaimed. Lucas nodded and continued to sense out the battle with their PSI.

Mikee crashed down as his DeathPhoenix form powered down. Destiny powered down as well, running over to the warrior. She infused more energy into him and some of his injuries faded away, but Mikee was still weakened from the battle. He opened his eyes and rose back up.

"Well done, your strength is admirable, but you're very reckless. You use up all your power too fast in hoping it will destroy your opponent. You will need training, but you have proven that you're the real Hero of Light." Destiny explained.

"Proven how?" Mikee asked as he looked at their damages. She took a deep breath and then looked at him.

"You have the Shining Mode; it is your DeathPhoenix form." She stated.

"What?" Mikee asked, surprised.

"It is true. Your dubbed form is your Shining Mode. It is what the Hero of Light looked like before, an eight-winged phoenix, but it is corrupted. Your rage and darkness in you has darkened its pure energy and it has weakened greatly. I could sense that it has also used another dark form, dubbed the Final Phoenix. It is because of this transformation that has made it almost irreversible. If you do not rid your heart of this anger, then you will never unleash the Shining Mode." Destiny explained.

This took a bit for Mikee to swallow, as he clenched his fists. Destiny nodded and looked towards the distance. It was the direction where Ness and Lucas were watching. They gulped and dashed into their own portal. "It seems we had an audience to watch our bout. You can return home. Tomorrow, the other Guardians will train you. Good day." Destiny said and flew off in the distance. Mikee watched as she flew off. He closed his eyes and flew in the Mansion's direction.

Mikee flew back to the Mansion almost stumbling as he landed. Sure, most of the damage he took was gone, but some of the effects lingered. He wondered if Dawn was awake yet. They said that they were still checking up on her and to see what in the world controlled her to do something like that. He opened up the front doors and noticed that it was pretty quiet inside. The Smashers were busy with their Brawls, and those who weren't chosen for the day remained in the Mansion. Luckily, he didn't have any Brawls for the week. Master Hand gave him a break on that one.

Mikee walked past the infirmary to see Dawn still out cold. She was breathing at least, and that reassured the Light Warrior. He smiled as he made his way into the rooms, where he could take a well-deserved nap for the day.

Destiny was flying back to their little sanctuary hidden inside the Underground. She sighed that she didn't experience much from the Hero of Light. Their little fight wasn't really difficult for her. She stopped and sensed something as she landed on the sand. Her head turned to the sand dunes. "You can stop hiding there if you want. I know you're there." She threatened and aimed her palm. She fired a blast and five quick shadows came right out, all landing in a circle around her. It was the Axem Rangers X. They weren't armed at all.

"Wow, look, we're not here to hurt you. We're here to talk, all right? Our master asks for you, so just listen, please." Red asked, obviously nervous. Destiny took a stance and prepared herself as the five of them backed away.

"I have no time to talk with those holding evil intentions in their hearts, even for machines." She stated.

"It has to do with the Horde you guys are facing!" Red stated which got her attention.

"What do you know?" She asked.

"Not much, but they have been hanging around an area called the Isle of the Ancients. It was the former battle site where the Smashers took down Ganondorf. We don't know what's there or what they're searching for, but that's all we know. Our master just thought he'd give you a heads-up." Red explained and the five of them vanished in a beam of light. Destiny looked up to where they vanished and dashed back to the other Guardians.

The Axem Rangers all appeared in Subspace again in front of the green body again. It was still gathering energy from its injuries. They knelt down to the being and looked.

"Tabuu, why did we tell that warrior about where those Horde Commandos were looking recently?" Axem Black asked.

"If those Horde Commandos are wiped off the face of Brawl, then there will be no other opposition to take over Brawl. My recovery is almost complete. The Shadow Bugs are ready for combat, and the entire world of Brawl will be in Subspace. This I swear." Tabuu declared and spread his wings. The Axem Rangers turned around and saw an entire legion of Primids. There were about millions of them standing there as well as the different types and the massive bosses the Smashers had to fight before.

Just outside the area pointed out by Axem Rangers, there was the Horde Commandos, and they were on a platform of Dark Energy. Matt closed his eyes as the eight Power Orbs appeared around him. He floated down as the water bended around him, creating an air bubble to dive down in.

"This was the exact site where Mikee and one of the Smashers defeated Link, is that right?" Indigo asked Aaron, Maya, and Isaac. They were patiently waiting as well.

"We're here for these." Matt's voice echoed through their heads. They looked at the rising air bubble and saw Matt lift up three different objects. Two of them were chunks of a robot and the other was a cannon weapon. Indigo noticed the two chunks.

"Is that…the Meta?" Indigo asked. Matt nodded as they all began to take flight. They were flying as shadows behind them created copies of them.

"Heh, those Horde Elites are not bad. They can disguise as one of us so they can distract while we make a quick get-away. The Horde's powers are incredible now that I look at it." Maya told the group.

"Yeah, they even distracted the Guardians for an unnecessary battle back on Aeros. They think they've won, but those were simple copies. Anyone who's strong enough could take them out." Isaac told them. The five of them laughed and blasted off in the distance. Those Guardians think they over-power us, when they're wrong. We're stronger ourselves with all the power from the Shadow King and Queen. They won't stand a chance when the time comes. Matt thought.

"Ah, so you have returned the Meta. That is very good news indeed." The Shadow King told the Horde Commandos. Matt lied the two chunks of the robot copy on the ground before them. The metal chunks floated up to the Shadow King as it began to repair the Meta. Black Energy surrounded the two chunks. They merged together as the Meta's eyes glowed red through the energy. It unleashed the Black Energy around and floated down. It was a brand-new Meta this time around. It was still the same height and size as before, but now it had razor-sharp shoulder blades, elbow spikes, a small rectangle hole before the wrists, tougher legs, jet boots, and interchangeable weaponry. It pointed both wrists out and two triangle-shaped blades came out. It retracted both and bowed to the Shadow King.

"My King, I am built to serve you." The Meta told the being of darkness. The other five nodded and smiled. They have just received a new comrade.

"Meta, you will attack the Mansion. You need to make sure of something during your attack. If the Guardians appear, you will weaken them, but you will not kill them. If Mikee does appear, you must weaken him to the brink of dying. As for his girlfriend, do not harm her yet. We still need her, right Shadow Queen?" The Shadow King asked. The other being of darkness laughed evilly as the energy around her was concentrated. She transformed into a ball of Black Energy and it infused with the Meta, creating a sphere inside its chest that was visible.

"You must hit the girl with the sphere. That will end this fight once and for all." The Shadow King reported and began laughing. Soon enough, the others joined in laughter.

What plans do they have for our heroes? Why does it concern Dawn? Can our heroes stop this attack or will it truly be the end? Find out next time on Rise of the Horde! Chapter 12: The Attack! Mikee & Dawn's Special Combo!

Well guys, I worked hard on this one. Yeah, I originally planned for weekends or Mondays to publish, but I hit a block. It blocked me from writing until I read all my old stories of S.O.G from back when I was around 13. My writing would give you guys a heart attack because it was not good. So, we still have twists and such, like the Meta being resurrected and now, a plan for an attack.

No more originals, because I pulled this out of my butt. XD

What also stalled me was college and Pokemon White version, which inspired me to write more Pokemon stories. So, I hope this chapter was good enough for you guys.

Also, I'm still holding up the Q&A for you guys if you're ever interested in asking questions. I'll be posting up the Q&A on the S.O.G Brawlers page because I already have enough on here with the unfinished Christmas special.

Characters to ask: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Samus, Pikachu, Sonic, Shadow, Link, Zelda, Captain Falcon, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Kirby, Meta Knight, Master Hand, Crazy Hand, Mikee, Dawn, Kari, Meta, Horde Commandos, and theShadow King and Queen. I am not including the Guardians because well, they're still going through personality changes. I wanted a fight scene in this chapter, but they're still going through changes. As for questions, almost anything goes, except for explict questions. You could even put some dares in there.

See you next time!

~PerfectPhoenix