Sorry this is a bit late in the day. I just got back from my first day at Sonic! (The restraunt, not the hedgehog)
Black Twilight Wolf: Yes. Eggman admits it. X) There'll be a bit of a race, but... well, you'll see. Alexis is a bit more power-inclined than her Speedy Gonzales brother.
Infinite's Ruby: Glad you enjoyed the smack-down against Stephanie!
Dr. Robotnik: Yes, Eggman, both Mobius and Earth are coming together again. But they weren't your robots. You can, however, sue the King Family for taking your designs. But Alexis is Sonic's little sister, and if you think of hurting her..! (rubs hands together and grins evily)
SharpDragonKlaw: This will be a bit more difficult, yes, but Alexis will have some help. I'm rather happy about who's helping this round!
I just had to add that. XD
Void Reader: I'm not very good with fight scenes. Alexis is taking after her brother, but she's more power oriented.
As for the Kings..? You'll see one day.
SwanGirl24: Can't wait!
With that done, let's continue. Onward!
[Indonesia- daytime]
Chip greedily gulped down the coconut milk in his coconut shell, finishing with a loud smack of the lips. "Ahhh!" he sighed. He looked at his coconut shell, sadly noticing that it was empty. He looked over at Alexis, who was sitting underneath the coconut tree with a bored smile on her face, her still-full coconut in her hand.
Chip zipped over. "You gonna have that?" he asked, pointing.
Alexis looked at it. "I've never been a big fan of coconut milk," she told him. She handed him the coconut half and said, "You can have it."
"Thanks!" Chip picked it up and started drinking.
Alexis gave a small giggle and looked out over the ocean on the island they were on. She could see one of the main islands not too far from where they were, with the Earth X-Tornado on it. Shadow and the rest of the Mobians, including Tails, had to return to Mobius. Apparently there were a few strange things going on with all the Dark Gaia creatures.
Grandpa Chuck, Frances, Danny, and Helen had come over with her and Chip to find the last Gaia Temple. Unfortunately, they wouldn't be able to help with the last King family member, but they were hard at work trying to find him. According to a few rumors, he had been found on one of the other islands.
Just then, startled mumbling caught her attention. She look up, hiding a big snort. Chip had somehow gotten his face stuck in the coconut shell and was struggling to take it off. "You need some help?" she asked.
That was when the coconut shell came popping off. Chip gave a yelp as he fell back into the grass, the coconut shell bonking into the tree to land on Alexis' head. She gave a yelp and rubbed her head, looking up.
"RAIN!" she yelled, barely scrambling out of the way as more coconuts came raining down. She took a few grateful breaths and remarked, "That could've ended badly."
Chip, however, was looking at the coconuts with a gleam in his eye...
Frances and Danny came over to the island that Alexis and Chip had gone to. "You see them?" asked Frances, holding onto Danny tightly as he piloted the small water skimmer.
Danny looked around a few seconds, then grinned. "Yup," he said, then he burst out laughing. Frances looked over in the direction that Danny had looked and burst out laughing as well.
Chip was laying on the ground, surrounded by a bunch of coconut that had been cut in half, a relaxed look on his face. He was drinking the milk with a bunch of straws that went into the bowls and came out as one straw. Alexis was watching the scene with a big grin on her face.
As the water skimmer reached the island, the hedgehog got up. "Good to see you guys again," she said as Chip finished off his coconut milk. "Nearly had a coconut accident, but Chip made the most of it."
"That's adorable!" squealed Frances, taking a picture of the cute sight.
"Well come on!" said Danny as Chip got up, flying onto Frances' shoulder. "We found out where Mr. King is! It's about time that we put that mad-man away for good, wouldn't you say, Alexis?"
"It's been a long time coming!" she agreed. Flames surrounded her as she took off into the air slightly, flying over to the main island beside the water skimmer.
"Where is he?" asked Alexis as they met up with Grandpa Chuck, who was standing beside two men, one older than the other.
"He's over on the Lessa Sunda Islands," said her human grandfather, "by the seaside town of Ende. But apparently he's on to the Gaia Keys. According to Teanchi and Kaeo here, a man came by and took the Keys from them."
"He made his intentions very clear," said the older man. "Thankfully, Kaeo managed to hear where he was going."
"Great," snarled Alexis. "Well, he's smarter than Eggman. I'll give him that."
"He must have figured it out by watching the footage that his family left him," said Helen. "Or... something like that."
"Or something else. But we don't have time to worry about that right now," said Chuck. "The X-Tornado can take us to Ende. The Gaia Temple is a little bit in the woods away from the town. As soon as you get the Keys, you and Chip can get to the Temple."
"Right," said Alexis. She punched a fist into her and and snarled, "I've been waiting for this these past few weeks. Lets go knock a King off his high-and-mighty throne, shall we?"
[Ende, Indonesia- midday]
Alexis walked slowly down a road, listening and looking for anything out of the ordinary. Finally, she yelled, "Dareth King! I know you're here! Show yourself!"
*You wish for me to come?*
Alexis turned around as a massive spider-like creature landed in front of her. It looked a bit like a spider, but had a few pieces that reminded her of Eggman's Egg Beetle. Around it floated several laser emmiters. The green bubble cockpit opened to reveal Dareth King.
Dareth's red hair was now long and stringy, as well as having a few white streaks in it. A long, dark coat covered his body, pinned with silver buckles, and his white gloved hands rested on the controls in front of him. A pair of goggles were taken off his eyes, revealing the insane green orbs, which were staring at her menacingly. He almost looked like an evil doctor. "Then here I am, Alexis!" he cried out, laughing evily.
"Well, at least you figured out who I am!" said Alexis. "Your dear wife and son couldn't even tell it was me! Might have had something to do with my Phoenixhog form, but even then, I was still a bit recognizable!"
"Silence!" screamed Dareth. "You have reached the end of your journey, daughter of mine! Now you will pay! Never will Mobius and Earth be connected again! The Darkness shall rise, corrupting both worlds! And you shall be dead, Alexis King! So fight me in my King Lancer- if you dare!"
"Oh, I dare," said Alexis, crouching down into a running position, but not before touching her left wristband, which flashed with a green light. "I'd be happy to send that cute little spider-bot of yours into the scrapheap! And it's not King anymore! My name is Alexis Rey Hedgehog, sister to Sonic the Hedgehog! And you're done! Lets do it to it!"
Flames lept from her body as she sped down the road after the King Lancer, which landed down into the city grounds. Thankfully the town had been evacuated, thanks to GUN. Alexis lept down after the robot, which shot lasers at her and charged forward.
She dashed straight into the main piston for the pincers, leaping back as they threatened to close on her. Flames lept from her fingers as she waved them, sending a shockwave of fire in front of her, which turned into a horde of Chaos Spears. A lot of them missed, but several of them hit the King Lancer.
Alexis looked at the robot, then shook her head in disgust. "Not even a mark," she said to herself. "Dareth knows what he's doing. You're smarter that Egghead! I'll give you that!" she called down the road.
*I'm smarter than everyone!* cried out Dareth. *Including my father-in-law!*
*We'll see about that!*
The Earth X-Tornado came screaming down from the sky. In the pilot seat was Chuck Thorndyke, with Helen sitting behind him holding Chip, who was aiming a few punches at the King Lancer. In the second cockpit was Frances and Danny, both of them opperating the guns. Alexis lept up, landing on top of the nosecone, flames licking around her fingers.
*Let's see how smart you think you are!* yelled Chuck.
As they rushed after the King Lancer, Alexis said, "The whole robot's too sturdy, and the pincers are too fast for me to get a shot into the gears that connect them."
*If you can hit the back a few times,* called up Chuck, *you might be able to slow down the reaction time a bit!*
Alexis nodded. She lept up as the X-Tornado started to fire at the King Lancer, sailing high into the air.
*What do you think you will accomplish?* asked Dareth as the bullets bounced harmlessly off. *My King Lancer's armor is impenetrable! You cannot even think to damage it!*
*We're just what you call the distraction!* yelled Danny.
Before Dareth could react, the back orb was struck by a torrent of fiery lightning and fiery Chaos Spears. When it faded, a dark blue and aquamarine ball came out of the sky, smashing the top of the orb. As it started to spark, Alexis lept back onto the nose of the X-Tornado. "That did it a bit!" she said.
*Yeah,* said Grandpa Chuck. *But the armor is still pretty sturdy. A few flames won't be able to alter it in time. The pincers are probably still pretty fast.*
*I've got an idea!* yelled Helen.
Next thing Alexis knew, two golden Rings went sailing into her hands. She stared at them in shock, then her hands curled around them tightly, a wide grin on her face. "I've always wanted to try these out!" she cheered.
*Tails left me a few for you to try out!* called out Chuck. *Let's see what you can do, Alexis!*
Alexis crossed her arms as the Rings started to glow brightly. "When Sonic used these, his power was multiplied by a dozen," she said as her body started to shimmer with a white aura. "I wonder what I can do?"
That definitely got Dareth's nervousness bar to reach its highest peak. *N-no!* he cried out. *Put those Rings away! T-they won't help you! N-not one bit! I-i'm warning you!*
"Well, I've always wanted to try this," she said, "and you can't stop me! CHAAAAAAAARGEEEEE!" She curled up into a glowing spin-ball that was covered in flames, which spun forward, smacking straight into the middle gear for the pincers. The supposedly 'tough armor' was shredded in an instant and the pincers fell useless onto the road. She continued to spin through the armor until...
BOOOOOOOOM!
The back of the King Lancer exploded, causing the rest of it to spin and crash onto the road...
...right in front of a group of GUN soldiers led by Agent Topaz. The troops quickly swarmed over the remains, grabbing the stunned Dareth King from the cockpit and putting a pair of handcuffs on him. "Dareth King," said the lady agent, "you are under arrest."
As the X-Tornado landed and the cockpits opened, Helen asked, "But where's Alexis?"
"She'll be okay," Chip told her.
"You sure?" asked Frances.
"Over already? Oh well."
Everyone jumped as Alexis landed in front of the X-Tornado, the two Gaia Key halves held in her hands. She dusted a bit of soot off her quills and grinned at the stunned humans. "What? Sonic does this thing all the time!" she said.
"Are you alright?" asked Grandpa Chuck, climbing out of the cockpit and examining his adopted granddaughter.
"Just a bit dusty," said Alexis, handing the two keys to Chip. She then watched as Dareth King was shoved unceremoniously into a waiting transport which took off.
"Don't worry, Alexis," said Agent Topaz, walking up to the female hedgehog. "This time, he won't be getting away."
"Thanks Topaz," said Alexis, giving her a thumbs up. When the agent headed to a car, Alexis cheered, doing a backflip and spinning on one hand before leaping up and righting herself. "Beautiful ending!"
[Gaia Temple, Indonesia- daytime]
Alexis and Chip walked up to the temple. As Alexis pulled the key halves out of her bag, she heard a small noise behind her. She turned, seeing Chip looking at the temple with a concerned expression.
"What's wrong?" asked Alexis, looking at him.
He looked at her. "Huh? Oh, right. I'm just... scared."
She looked confused at that. "Scared?" she asked. "It's just another old temple. And it doesn't look like there's anyone around either."
"That's..." Chips started, "that's not what I mean. That's not..." Then he shook his head and said, "Never mind. I'm fine. Let's go!" He quickly flew into the air and headed up the steps to the temple.
Alexis watched after him for a few moments, a concerned expression on her face. "Hmmm..." she hummed to herself. Finally, she shook her head and headed up the steps after Chip. She inserted the Key into the door and the two of them went in.
As Alexis reached the end of the hallway, Chip flew ahead of her, looking at the wall behind the plinth. She looked up as well. "Whoa," she breathed.
Last time she had seen the back wall, there was always a creature underneath a Chaos Emerald. This time, there was something different. The image of Dark Gaia was there, but instead of a Chaos Emerald, two creatures stood poised over it. One appeared to be a large bird, while the other one looked like a Mobian that resembled Chip.
As the plinth raised up, Chip hovered over to the carving. Alexis placed the next dead emerald in, putting it in with a little bit more reverence than she usually did. It flared up with a purple light and hovered into the air, regaining its violet color.
She nodded and turned towards Chip, who reached out and touched the carving of the Mobian. He gave a small yelp and flew back as the wall suddenly lit up. He watched it with trepadition in his eyes until it started sucking him in. He yelped as he was pulled in. The carving went back to normal after that.
"Chip!" yelled Alexis, then she yelled as the ground started to shake again.
Knowing that the conflict would continue...the brother made a plan. He hid a part of himself... for the next time he would awaken...
Alexis looked around wildly as the shaking stopped. "Why is this happening?" she cried out. "Who is Chip?"
Chip continued to struggle through the empty space, until a voice came to his ears. "I welcome your return... Messenger of day, of light, of rebirth..."
Chip turned, seeing a bright orb of white and green energy approaching him. He reached out as the orb flew into him. As it faded, he closed his eyes, then re-opened them.
He knew who he was.
Alexis gave a start as the wall glowed again and Chip flew out of it. When it stopped glowing, he flew down until he was hovering in front of her.
"Alexis," he said, his voice slow, "I remember now. All of it."
[Indonesia- dusk]
Alexis and Chip stood on the docks of Ende, the female hedgehog looking at Chip as he stared out at the horizon. Finally, he spoke. "My... My real name is Light Gaia. I draw power from the day and light and guide the planet to its rebirth. My job was to protect the planet from Dark Gaia, if he ever rose to try and destroy it."
He turned to look at her. "For a long time, that never happened. Until..."
Alexis knew what it was. "A Darkness corrupted him."
"Yes," said Chip. "I was hard-pressed. I had no choice but to fight my brother, and sealed him into the planet again. I made the Gaia Temples, which scattered across both Mobius and Earth, which split apart during our last conflict. We were not supposed to fight again for a long time.
"But Eggman broke the world apart himself, and Dark Gaia and I were awakened before we should've been. That's why Dark Gaia broke apart, and I didn't know who I was. I didn't remember what I was supposed to do! Even though the proper Time of Awakening was going to be soon, he decided to wake us up before it began."
"Time of Awakening?" asked Alexis, confused.
Chip nodded. "The Darkness inside of Dark Gaia would wait until my brother was strong again, then he would burst forth from him to destroy the world that we had created together. We've been fighting for millions of years, fighting again and again, since the beginning of time."
"So you've been asleep all this time?" asked Alexis.
"Well, yes and no," said Chip. "I knew about the Eggman War. I felt it powering the Darkness inside Dark Gaia. Actually..." he gave a fond smile and said, "I helped Sonic while he was captured by Dr. Eggman. His pleas reached me and I helped him however I could. I gave him the strength to not break after everything that that mad-man did to him. I helped him whenever he had nightmares that threatened to destroy his spirit. And I helped him know that help was coming and that someone would rescue him. I told him it would be you. You could say that me and him know each other."
"Really?" asked Alexis. "You helped my brother? You told him I was coming?"
"Yup," said Chip. He turned to look at the horizon as the sun continued to set.
Alexis also watched as the sun set. Purple flames surrounded her, transforming her back into her Phoenixhog form. She looked at her clawed hands and her wings, then said, "I bet it's thanks to you." As Chip looked over at her, she said, "even at night, when I'm like this, I'm not like those over people we've seen. I'm still myself. You must've been protecting me this whole time."
Chip shook his head. "I haven't done anything, Alexis," he said, "You're the reason you haven't changed at all."
"I'm the reason?" asked Alexis, tilting her feathered head at him.
"You have something to hang on to," said Chip. "You're too strong to lose yourself. You want to see Sonic when he wakes up again. You want to stop Eggman once and for all. Stop him from hurting anyone else. You've never given into the night, or the darkness in your heart. I think that's what I felt about you. That's why I wanted you to help me!"
"Huh?" Alexis looked confused as Chip took off into the air, hovering in front of her.
"Alexis," he said, "it's been so fun, getting to see both Mobius and Earth. I've lived here since time began, but... I really didn't know a thing about it! That it's so pretty, or the food tastes so nice, or that a lot of the people on it are so nice! I'm so glad that I got the chance to discover all of that with you. And I'm so glad that you helped me find my memory." He paused and said. "I will never, ever, forget you. Thank you, Alexis. Goodbye, friend." Then he took off into the air.
Or at least he tried to. He suddenly felt a hand grab him by his tail and pull him back down. "Where do you think you're going?" asked Alexis in amusement.
"Well... it's just- my memories are back," said Chip, "And, well, from here on out, it's my responsibility, so, um... I mean, there's no reason for you to come along. So I should just..."
Alexis rolled her beast-like eyes and asked, "Do I need a reason to want to help out a friend?"
Chip looked down for a few seconds, then looked up and said, "Thanks Alexis."
Alexis grinned, giving the small god a two-fingered salute. Chip returned the gesture, a grin lighting up his face. Then they shared a hug.
When they separated, Chip said, "We might want to gather all the world leaders together."
"What for?" asked Alexis.
"There's something that's gonna happen when the last piece of the planet is put back together on Mobius."
And that's the end of chapter thirteen! Chip has his memory restored, and Dareth King is finally back behind bars! And Chip hints that something will happen when the last piece of the planet is put back into place. What could it be?
R&R