Chapter 21: Power Up or Serious Condition?
Sonic awoke just as everyone else did. They sat up, one by one and examined themselves for any bruises. "What happened?" asked Tails. "Eggman attacked us" replied Sonic "I just woke up when I saw him floating above what's left of your workshop." "That scoundrel!" cried Tails "He won't get away with this! But first, we need to see if everyone is ok. How are you doing Rouge?" "I'm a little bruised, but fine" she replied "Where's the …Oh no!" Rouge looked in horror to see the fur she collected from Big was nothing but ashes that blew away in the wind. "The fur is gone" said Rouge sadly "Now, we'll never cure Sonic." "Look!" said Cream pointing to Sonic "He's not changing colors anymore!"
Sonic looked at himself to see he was his normal blue color once again. "Sonic's all better!" Amy rejoiced "I'm so happy!" "How did this happen?" asked Sonic "Knuckles, do you know?" "Well" Knuckles began "You absorbed the chaos emeralds and the two master emerald shards into the same hand. When you do, the two different types of emeralds clash inside you. This has happened to many great echidnas I once knew and all of them died. You, on the other hand, were strong enough to survive it and according to the ancients, you were granted with a greater strength." "I do feel different" said Sonic "Let me test my power on that boulder." Sonic got up and walked over to a huge boulder and punched it as hard as he could. The boulder rumbled and fell to pieces!
"You are stronger!" cried Tails "Now you can beat Eggman!" "Alright!" shouted Sonic "I'm going to come back with nothing but his mustache! I'll take the chaos emeralds." "But what about the super emeralds?" asked Rouge "What will you do with those?" "That's Knuckle's decision. Besides, with this new power I'll beat Eggman under any circumstances." "I'm heading back to the Floating Island" said Knuckles "I shall guard them along with the master and chaos emeralds. You take care of those emeralds, Sonic." "Gotcha Knuckles" replied Sonic. Sonic went super and flew off towards Eggman's base for the final showdown.
End of Chapter 21