Issue #20: Endgame, Part IV: Super Showdown

"Heads up, Goblin!"

Super Spider-Man shot a web-line at Super Sonic, who caught it in his hands. The super-powered webhead began to spin, still holding on to the strand. Peter then let go, allowing the yellow hedgehog to fly toward the Dark Goblin. The Dark Goblin watched as Super Sonc warped from his spot for a brief moment

Using a Homing Attack once back in sight, Super Sonic curled into a ball and hit the Dark Goblin in the face. The Dark Goblin growled, wiping dirt off his face. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!"

Super Sonic chuckled. "All right!" he flew next to Super Spider-Man as they readied for another attack.

The Dark Goblin threw fast energy blasts at the two, dazing them. After that he teleported behind Peter and when the man turned around, Osborn backhanded him and Sonic.

"I FINALLY HAVE THE POWERS OF A GOD! BOW BEFORE YOUR GOBLIN KING!"

Super Sonic taunted. "That day I bow to anyone like you is the day I stop running!" he attempted to jab the Goblin's chest. The Dark Goblin punched Super Sonic with a right hook before punching the hedgehog once again with a left jab, and finished by slamming his fists on the yellow hedgehog's head.

"THAT CAN BE ARRANGED FOR YOU HEDGEHOG!"

Peter warped behind Norman. "No one else is getting hurt or killed on my watch." Osborn turned around and was greeted with a punch to the face. "Except you, of course. We're ending this here and now."

"We will win!" Eggman declared, bringing a drill down onto the ground. Luckily, the heroes dodged.

"Doctor! Stop this now!" Shadow started to lose his patience with each minute.

Kaine leaped and punched the robot hard enough to make a visible mark and dent on the metal. Eggman attempted to grab the clone with the giant arm, but the Scarlet Spider flipped over the arm, avoiding its grasp. Kaine started to run up the arm, his adhesive abilites ensuring that he won't fall as Eggman started to shake the robotic limb to shake the Scarlet Spider off.

Tails and Knuckles hovered over the robot, still angered over Sonic and Peter's near-death experience. The echidna grabbed Tails's hands as the fox began to spin fast. Tails threw Knuckles, who held his spiked fists out as he punched through the Egg-Mech's right arm, causing it to break apart and explode once in contact with the ground.

"You'll pay for that!" Eggman yelled, shooting a missile at the two. Shadow teleported next to the rocket grabbed it, and warped above the mech before he kicked it down on the head of the robot. The mech stumbled back, Eggman trying his best to get back control.

Wolverine used his claws to climb the Egg-Mech's body, hoping to take Eggman out of the cockpit. "Bub, you're not gettin' away with this!"

"Oh! I disagree, Logan!"

Shadow appeared next to the X-Man, using his hover shoes to keep up. The mutant stood on the shoulder pad, gesturing Shadow to open the hood. Shadow and Logan punched the eyeholes of the robot, causing Eggman to yelp.

Shadow grabbed the doctor by the collar. "Do you see this, doctor!? Osborn doesn't want to help you!"

Wolverine held his claws on Eggman's neck, pushing him to a wall. "You have till the count of three to call off your robot." the right claw shaved the side of the doctor's face. "One..." the left claw pressed on the other cheek. "...Two." Eggman pressed a button. "...Three-."

Before Logan could finish the job, Eggman pushed a button, shaking the Egg-Mech and distracting Wolverine and Shadow long enough to run to his seat and pulled a lever, ejecting his Egg-Mobile into the sky.

"Damn it." the black hedgehog and Avenger muttered at the same time.

Back on Mobius, the sky turned red as the same vortex opened up on their end. Tikal and Chaos looked up at the sight, with the echidna talking to Madame Web, who readied the solution to resurrect Sonic and Spider-Man.

Back at G.U.N. HQ, Rouge sat on Omega's shoulder, hoping that her partner and Team Dark's leader was well, despite not showing it. Omega remained still, not commenting on anything.

Not too far away, Amy watched, hoping that Sonic was okay. Even though she had no idea what was going on, the pink hedgehog wanted to help in anyway she can.

The Chaotix decided to help keep the public calm at the time of disaster and despite not getting paid they are willing to help innocents.

"Sonic, Spider-Man. You can do this." Tikal cheered.

The Dark Goblin slashed down on the webhead, but Peter dodged it getting a chance to uppercut the monster after grabbing Norman's arm. Super Sonic curled into a ball and teleported behind Dark Goblin's back, actually landing a painful hit on him.

"YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THAT YOU ANNOYING RATS! I AM A GOD!"

Super Spider-Man hovered over Osborn and dropkicked him. "Spiders are arachnids. How did you get that confused with rat?" Osborn grabbed his foot and threw him down. "Some god, you can't even tell apart different species."

"And I said this plenty of times before, but I'm not a rat!" Super Sonic yelled before delivering a Homing Attack to Goblin's chest once again. "I'm a pretty awesome hedgehog!"

Super Spider-Man got his bearings. With a shake of his head, Peter flew up back to his enemy. I'm not sure how, but I'm getting used to this overwhelming power. It's incredible!

"Not bad, Osborn!" Peter yelled connecting a strand of web to the Dark Goblin's chest. "But I've beaten you before, alone..." he began before pulling the web, bringing the Dark Goblin toward him.

Meanwhile, Eggman flew higher and higher near the portal. "Almost..."

"But this time... I got friends and a power boost!" Peter uppercutted Norman hard enough to send the Tablet of Order and Chaos flying. "You lost, Green Goblin!" Super Sonic flew fast enough to grab the tablet. Using Chaos Control, he warped back to the Goblin Castle, and handed the Tablet of Order and Chaos to Tails before going back.

The Dark Goblin's dark aura began to fade, turning Osborn's skin green once again. "No..." he felt weakened without the tablet, and the Chaos Emeralds' powers were weakened. Super Sonic flew in front of the Goblin King and with a roundhouse kick, sent him flying up,

"It's game over! For you!" declared Super Sonic.

Eggman noticed a green blur head toward him, and attempted to speed up, but the Goblin King hit him, sending the two into the portal.

"GOAL!" the super heroes yelled as they high-fived.

The two hovered underneath the growing portal. "All right. On the count of three we use Chaos Control at the same time to close this." Super Sonic told Super Spider-Man, who nodded.

"One..."

"Two..."

"Three..."

"CHAOS CONTROL!" a yellow beam appeared out of their hands and blasted into the vortex, closing it. Panting, the yellow glow began to vanish from the heroes, turning back into their normal forms.

"Oh no..." Peter moaned before falling unconscious with Sonic. And so, the heroes began to fall back to the Earth below.

Back on ground, everyone else watched the duo fall. "This is gonna be close." Knuckles said, clenching his fists. Tails was starting to spin his namesakes before a green and yellow blur caught the meteors.

Logan grinned, knowing their fates. A moment later, Shadow appeared with Spider-Man while Hulk landed with Sonic, gently laying the two down on the soft ground.

"Bruce! You're awake?" Scarlet Spider asked.

Hulk nodded. "Yeah, I was having a hard time getting up, but these two must've stopped Norman from holding me down. I managed to leap far enough to save one."

Shadow huffed. "I only did it out of necessity. You guys weren't doing anything about them."

"Heh... Good enough for me..." the blue hedgehog groaned, still slightly numb.

Following that remark, Peter spoke. "...Yeah, thanks guys... I'm gonna take a nap."

In Avengers Tower, Sonic and Peter, now outside of his costume, rested on adjacent beds. After the final battle, everyone decided to take a two day rest to cope and pace themselves.

"Hey, Peter." the blue hedgehog called to his friend, prompting the man to turn his head.

"We're going to be heading back tomorrow. I just wanna say that it was cool meeting you and seeing this world and thanks."

Peter chuckled. "Dude. I gotta thank you. You actually brought me out of a rut. I nearly caused the destruction of reality again and that added to my past on top of Goblin brought me down."

Sonic smiled softly. "I'm sure you'd do the same for me."

Peter put his hands behind his head and nodded. "I should ask Reed to build a portal to your world. It would be nice to visit every now and then. And hey, maybe Tails could do the same."

Sonic nodded. "I'm sure with the Chaos Emeralds he could," he said before yawning. "But you know what, dude? I'm exhausted."

"Same. Goodnight, dude."

"Goodnight, bro."

And so the two fell asleep, along with the rest of the team staying in the tower.

In the Sanctum Sanctorum, Doctor Strange meditated, opening a portal next to him with ease. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow held the Chaos Emeralds in their hands. Seeing them off were Spider-Man, Wolverine, Scarlet Spider, Hulk, Iron Man, and Captain America.

"Hey, Green. I'll be sure to lay a hit on you next time we meet." Knuckles teased to Hulk. The Hulk laughed before punching the echidna on the shoulder hard enough to send him through a wall.

"Sorry, doc..."

Logan faced the black hedgehog in front of him. "Hey." Shadow looked at the mutant. "You have the heart to be a better hero than me. Remember that, even though we've made some choices we regret and have done things out of our control."

"Hmph. You put yourself down too hard. You're on the side of good and that's all that matters. No matter if we think ourselves as monsters of not." Shadow replied in his usual stoic tone, unfazed by Logan's advice. Sonic whispered to Wolverine. "Take that as a compliment. He's very blunt."

Iron Man spoke to Tails. "Banner told me about the stuff you did. You fixed and piloted a plane at the age of four and created a ton of weapons and inventions. If you come back then I can give you an internship at Stark Enterprises." Tony handed the fox a card.

Tails lit up in joy. "Thanks, Tony! Back on Mobius, I wanna see if I can base some designs from your armor-with your permission of course."

Tony raised a hand as well as his faceplate, a smile on his face. "Go right ahead. Show these worlds our genius!"

Knuckles and Scarlet Spider talked to each other next. "It was nice meeting you, Kaine. And I hope for the best." the echidna said.

"Thanks, Knuckles. Even though my past clouds my mind. I want to make Ben proud and show Warren what happens next time he faces me."

Captain America put a hand on Sonic's shoulder. "Kid, you have what it takes to be a hero. Your world is in good hands with you and your friends." the Captain gave the hedgehog a salute and Sonic followed.

And so, Spider-Man and Sonic stood face to face and shook each other's hands. "Thanks for your help, Sonic."

"You can always count on me to lend a hand." replied Sonic.

"Listen, if you need any help, find a way and contact me. I'll be on Mobius as soon as I can."

"Heh. If the Avengers need help here, you can call for us."

Sonic turned to the portal. "Bye, Doctor Strange." he waved.

"Bye everyone!" Tails said before jumping in. Shadow silently followed in as did Knuckles.

Sonic faced the Avengers one more time before saluting them and walking into the portal, which closed right after.

Goodbye, Sonic the Hedgehog.