Chapter 28: Seven Rings of Hell.
I woke up the next morning to a knock on my door. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
"Who is it?" I called out.
"Sonic!!" Tails exclaimed "It's an emergency!!" I shook my head and jumped out of bed. I ran downstairs and saw Amy and Omega standing in front of Big the cat with a glowing blue light flying around his head.
"Big?" I asked.
"Sonic!" he exclaimed "The big bad guy is coming out of the book!"
"Big bad guy?" I shrugged.
"Yes, Erazor Djinn!!" cried a voice coming from the blue light "Someone got into the book and reawakened him! They're going to wish him out of the book!!"
"What?!" I clenched my fists and shook my head. "Where's the book?!" Big reached into his belt pocket and pulled out the Arabian Nights book. I took it from him and opened the book. "Shahra!!" I called out.
"She's already merged with Erazor…" the ball said sadly. I glared at the pages as the words began to vanish.
"Sonic, what's going on?" Amy asked.
"An evil genie named Erazor Djinn is trapped inside this book" I began "I got pulled into the book and helped seal him away in his lamp, so he couldn't escape the book, but it looks like someone got in and freed him again and without Shahra, I can't get back in…" I shut the book and handed back to Big. "How long do we have?" I asked.
"I don't know, the man who freed him said he wanted Erazor to grant him two other wishes first, so we may have no time at all!" the ball replied. I shook my head.
"I guess we'll have to use the Chaos Emeralds to go super and destroy him good!" I told them. Suddenly a knock came from the door. Tails walked over and pulled open the door, revealing a very uneasy looking Blaze, Marine and Silver.
"Are you guys okay?" Tails asked. They all nodded.
"We got the emeralds" Silver began "and we found Nega…"
"And?" Amy asked.
"He's dead" Marine said coldly. My eyes went wide.
"He was impaled on a street lamp, the top of it had been taken off for the light to be changed and he fell on it after he was tossed" Blaze explained. I nodded and took a deep breath.
"At least he won't be hurting anymore innocent people" I pointed out. They nodded and looked over at Big.
"We have bigger problems right now!!" the light exclaimed "Erazor could brake free any minute!!" I explained to them who Erazor was and what he would do if he got out.
"With the Sol emeralds to help, I fight along side you" Blaze assured me. I nodded and looked to Big.
"We need to get this book out of the city, fast!" I told him. Big nodded and handed me the book.
"You're faster, you take it" Big told me. I nodded and looked at Blaze.
"You ready?" I asked. She nodded and looked back at Silver and Marine.
"I'll see you guys in a bit, keep things safe here while I'm gone, alright?" They nodded to her and she turned back to me. I nodded and we bolted outside and dashed out of the city. We ran as far as we could until we got a large clearing.
"This should do" I muttered. Suddenly the book began to shake. I tossed it a ways ahead of me and the book flipped open. I tornado of letters burst out of the book and caused it to start spinning.
"I am the creator!!" laughed a voice. Once the tornado stopped, large storm clouds hung over head and the tall, muscular, purple skinned, orange haired being that was Erazor stood before us. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the rat who sealed me away last time and I see you brought a cat along this time!" he laughed. I glared at him and shifted my gaze to Blaze.
"You ready?" I asked she nodded and turned to look at Erazor.
"Who let you out Erazor?!" she demanded. He laughed.
"So you know about my little friend?" he chuckled "Yes, he was pretty useful, but he had some pretty tough wishes to grant. He wanted the power to control time and the ability to heal others and I had to bring him out of the book with me" he explained.
"Well, whoever let you out, I'm going to make sure you get sealed away for good this time!!" I growled. I held out the emeralds as Blaze held out hers. We floated into the air. Her fur turned pink and fire engulfed her. As the emeralds spun around me I took in their power. Just as I was about to transform, a spear of pain surged through me. I dropped to the ground and held my chest.
"Sonic!!" Blaze exclaimed. Erazor began to laugh.
"Well, well, well, it looks like you aren't as powerful in this world as you were in mine" he laughed, drawing his sword "I guess your little friends all on her own!" He charged at Blaze. She turned and charged back and the two of them engaged in battle.
"What… Happened?" I murmured.
"That would be this" cackled a familiar voice. I looked up to see Jester, a few feet away from me.
"You!!" I snarled "You let Erazor out!!"
"Very good, but you may want to let Tails in on a little something" he snickered. He held out the yellow emerald and looked it over "Next time he makes a fake emerald, he should keep better track of where he puts it!" he laughed. My eyes shot open and I looked down at the emeralds.
"The fake emerald!!" I exclaimed "That's why I couldn't transform!!"
"Good job, you figured it out all on your own" he laughed and looked back at Erazor "well, I guess since hell's here, you're going to need this more then I will." He tossed the emerald to my feet and smirked back at me. "I'll see you later" he cackled and bolted off. I got to my feet and started for him. I stopped and looked back to see Blaze struggling with Erazor.
"Damn it!" I growled. I picked up the emeralds and changed into Super Sonic. I dashed in and helped Blaze fight off Erazor.
"How can you have this much power?!" he cried as we started winning. He knocked him back and pointed open palms at him. "No!! It can't end like this!! I was just tasting freedom again! This can't be!!" he cried. I shook my head as Blaze shot a huge ball of fire at Erazor and I unleashed a wave of golden energy. "Why?!" he cried as his body dissolved from the power of the attack. Blaze and I floated to the ground as the clouds cleared up and returned to normal.
"Thanks, I was almost a goner" Blaze teased.
" No problem" I assured her "now let's get back to the house!" She nodded and we ran to the house. I explained to her about Jester on our way to the house and re-explained it to everyone else when we got to the house.
"So Jester used Erazor to gain the power to manipulate time and the power to heal other people?" Tails asked in an attempt to summarize what happened.
"That's about it" I nodded.
"I can understand time control" Amy sighed "but why the ability to heal others?" I shook my head.
"I don't know" I admitted "I guess we'll have to keep an eye out." I looked over at Big and the ball of light. "What are you guys doing?" I asked.
"I'll return to my world" the ball told us.
"I'm going back home to Froggy" Big cheered. I laughed and nodded. The two of them left and I took a seat on the couch. Amy and Blaze took a seat on either side of me, Marine and Tails sat on the floor and Silver sat at my computer desk.
"Oh, Amy" Blaze asked "did you ever find out what those pills did?" Tails, Amy and I both lowered our ears and looked away.
"What is it?" Marine asked. Omega walked out from the kitchen holding a tray with six glasses of lemonade.
"Would like me to explain?" he asked, handing out the cups.
"Ya, umm, what's with the drinks?" I asked and realized Omega was wearing an apron.
"After GUN calmed down and lost track of Eggman, Rouge trained me as a butler, so it's become a hobby of mine" he explained. He told Blaze, Marine and Silver about the pills and Blaze exchanged glances with Marine.
"So, what did you guys do with yours?" Silver asked.
"I used the pink on Sonic last night" Amy giggled, leaning on me. I shook my head and pushed her off, holding out the pills.
"In your dreams maybe, I just held on to them" I assured them. Blaze handed me a pair of the pills.
"Here, I don't want them. I might forget what they do and take one or give Silver one of them" she sighed. I chuckled and took them, pocketing them with the others.
"Oh and Tails" I grumbled "the emerald in your plane was your fake one, that's why it blew up." Tails blushed and looked down.
"Sorry Sonic… The wave lengths were the same so I couldn't tell the difference…" he admitted. I sighed and realized both Blaze and Amy were curled up to me and eyed each other.
"Umm, excuse me?" Neither of them moved and I looked over to see Silver and Marine giggling. My ear twitched and I sighed.
"I think Sonic might be getting drugged tonight" Silver snickered. Amy and Blaze gave him a cold look and he jumped. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" he pleaded. They rested their heads back on my chest and sighed.
"Looks like I've got my hands full now…" I groaned "I wonder what Shadow's doing."