Chapter 14: Chaos Blast
Knuckles, Shadow and Silver ran into the city, hoping to stop Sonic. When they got there, they gasped. The city was in ruins; buildings had tumbled to the ground, the pavement was buckled up, and smoke was everywhere.
Silver looked at Shadow. "Is this why you want to stop him?"
Shadow nodded and turned to Knuckles. "Are you sure you want to do this, Knuckles?"
"Of course; we have to," he said.
"Well well, it looks like you showed." Sonic said, walking towards them.
Shadow looked at Sonic and shivered in fear. He looked even menacing than he did when Shadow last fought him. His fur had gone even darker and his eyes were almost bloodshot.
"We've come to stop you, Sonic!" he yelled.
Sonic sneered. Oh, really? And just how will you do that, Shadow? Last time we fought, I nearly killed you!"
"We're done with your tyranny, Sonic. You're nothing like you were before Eggman captured you!"
Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Tyranny; is that what you call it? I don't want to rule the world, Shadow, I want to destroy it!" He chuckled. "It's true that I was never like this before Eggman captured me. But I suppose I should thank him. You see, he's given me power unimaginable. I can feel it flowing through me; it's amazing. You don't have a chance of defeating me."
"We shall see," Shadow said.
Shadow, Silver and Knuckles got into a fighting stance, waiting for Sonic to attack.
Sonic smirked. "Are you sure you can beat me?"
"We will defeat you once and for all, Sonic."
Sonic sighed. "Fine, then. Let's do this."
He vanished in front of their eyes, so fast they could barely see them. He appeared behind Knuckles' back and kicked him, knocking him to the ground. Shadow whirled around and threw a punch, but Sonic blocked it. He twisted Shadow's arm, who yelled in pain. Sonic punched him in the chest repeatedly but Shadow blocked some attacks and kicked him backward. Sonic landed on the ground but threw himself up and launched himself at Shadow, disappearing and knocking him against a wall.
Silver looked at Shadow and Knuckles, who were slowly getting up. He looked at Sonic and kicked, but Sonic dodged them and kneed him in the chest. Silver groaned and doubled over but recovered in time before blasting an energy beam at Sonic. Sonic caught it in his hands and threw it back at Silver. The beam hit Silver, who gasped. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
Knuckles and Shadow got up and looked at Sonic. Blood covered their body, flowing from the wounds that Sonic had made. Sonic sneered.
"Still not giving up, are you?"
Knuckles and Shadow shook their head.
Sonic sighed. "Well, I think this battle's almost over. It's time to unleash my ultimate attack."
Shadow and Knuckles exchanged looks. "What kind of attack?"
Sonic smirked. "You'll see."
He took out seven Chaos Emeralds and closed his eyes. They levitated in the air and whirled around him.
Knuckles gasped. "Sonic, where did you find all seven Chaos Emeralds?"
Sonic said nothing. His eyes turned completely white as his pupils disappeared. His aura turned black as it grew larger, surrounding his entire body.
"What are you doing?" Shadow asked.
The ground started shaking as rubble from the buildings lifted in the air. A bright light shone from the Chaos Emeralds, surrounding Sonic.
"Please...lend...me...your...POWER!" he yelled. The Chaos Emeralds glowed brighter until they stopped, glowing with energy. The ground shook as buildings crumbled, tumbling to the ground.
Shadow looked at Knuckles. "Let's get out of here!"
"CHAOS BLAST!" Sonic yelled. A blast of energy surrounded Sonic and expanded outward. A ripple of energy whipped through the city, causing buildings and streets to crumble. Knuckles and Shadow started to run but stopped and looked in horror when they saw a huge block of pavement coming toward them. They tried to get out of the way but then it slammed into them and everything went black.