Chapter 24 The Light Shine's on!
Sonic quickly kick Power in the face but shouted in pain as a metal sound ring when his foot made contact with Power body. Power grab the stun Sonic and started to spin him around and toss him into the air. Sonic recover and landed on tip of a tree and rub his feet. "his body is like metal!" thought Sonic. "this is the power of the darkness! Dark Armor!" laugh Power. "it doesn't matter how powerful your darkness is! I'll defeat you!" shouted Sonic as he started to do a charge spin. "fool…". Power did the same spin and both of them spin dash at each other. Both of them collided but Power spin dash blasted right through Sonic attack. Sonic came out of ball mode and tried to blast Power with his Sonic Wind but hardly did any damage. Power did a u-turn and tackle into Sonic. After hitting Sonic, he disappear and reappear behind Sonic and blasted him with dark energy ball. Sonic went flying into the forest below and crash into a river. As he surface from the water, Power knee kick him in the face and Sonic went flying to the lake where the river was coming from and crash into the water again. Power hover above the water and waited for any sign of Sonic. Suddenly, he spotted some bubbles near him and Sonic pop out of the water but Power grab his head and force him back into the water. Sonic tried to get free but it was no use. Soon he was running out of air. Power was laughing as Sonic stop moving. "…is this really it! Am I going to die!" thought Sonic as he close his eyes. "…don't give up!…" spoke a unseen voice. Sonic open his eyes and found himself falling between skyscrapers. "…t-this place…". Sonic crash into the water that was covering the streets and soon the darkness cover him. "…use me…we can defeat him!" spoke the unseen again as a bright light cover Sonic. Sonic could see within the light was a white emerald. "…you!" whisper Sonic as he grab the emerald. Back int the real world, Power could see a huge beam of light, covering the whole lake. Soon, his hand was being burn by the light. "w-what's going on!" scream Power as he let Sonic go. Soon, a bright figure blasted out of the water and grab Power face and vanish.
Meanwhile, Zack watch as the female step forward and summon a shield of ice. "Fallen! This won't take long!". Zack dash over to the figure and did a jump slash but she was able to block it and cut his chest with spikes that pop out of the shield. Zack fell back and quickly fired his gun blade but again the figure block it and slam her shield into the ground and spikes of ice came popping out and was coming near him. Zack quickly took out a red bullet and loaded it into the chamber of the gun. The gun blade started to transform as it became a high-tech weapon. "Atomic Beam!" shouted Zack as he fired the gun. A very, very huge beam of red energy came shooting out and destroy the spikes and consume the female figure and Fallen. As the beam finally stop, Zack was shock to see them still alive. Fallen summon away his dark barrier while the female figure shield decrease in size. Suddenly, the recoil of the beam, cause Zack sword to fall apart. Seeing this, the figure dast over to him and place her hand in front of his face. Soon, cold air went into his mouth which was coming from her palm. "…Akiza…Dawn…Nova…sorry…" whisper Zack before he complete froze to death. Fallen walk over and tip Zack over and broke into many pieces as he hit the ground.
At this very moment, Nova felt something and stare at the necklace that Zack gave her. A large crack appeared on it. "…no" whisper Nova as she shed a tear.
"good work. Now lets…!". Fallen quickly dodge a incoming arrow of light and quickly summon his dark arm. A white cloaked female figure with a bow of light which is fuse in her right wrist, jump from a nearby building and landed near them. "who's that?" ask the female figure. "…Shine!". Fallen and the female figure turn and saw Rift walking toward the figure known as Shine. "hello Rift. Long time no see" spoke Shine as she pointed her bow at him. "both of you! Return to Ray. I sense the last two rings are coming" smile Rift as he summon his weapon. Both of them nodded and vanish. "Swift and I won't let you continue the cycle, Rift! There's a other way to save everything!" said Shine. Rift made a grin and shook his head. "like what!". Shine didn't have a answer which made Rift angry. "see! There no other way! The cycle must go on!". Shine lower her arm and spoke. "there might be a way…we can find one! Please!". "enough!" shouted Rift as he dash over to Shine. Shine quickly rose her arm and fired her arrow. Rift deflect it with his scythe and tried to slash her but Shine block it with her bow. Rift body started to burn as Shine aura of light started to blast him. "your light is nothing to compare to mine darkness!". soon, Rift aura of darkness started to over power her light in till she kick him in the gut and stab him in the chest with a arrow. Rift went flying across the street and was pin into a wall of a building and tried to get out but his hands and legs was pin to the wall by arrows. Shine appeared in front of him and pointed a arrow at his head. "do it, Shine! Revenge your race! Because of me, you're the only one left! The last light bringer!" grin Rift. Shine release the arrow but it hit near his head. "your wrong! The darkness hasn't fully destroy my people! There is a other! The light will shine on, no matter how dark the darkness is!". "…so you met him then…you met your…". before Rift could finish, he notice a female figure wearing a royal like robe behind Shine. Shine soon felt a powerful force coming from behind and quickly fired a storm of arrows at the figure but she was able to stop all the arrows and vanish them all away. "…she too strong! I better find Swift and fast!" thought Shine as she vanish into a bright light. The figure walk up to Rift and summon away the arrows and freed him. "thanks but why are you doing here?". "…". "…I see, you sense him coming…are you sure it's him?" ask Rift after hearing her voice in his head. "…". "…well, I did felt something when I fought him but he died so long ago. How could he still be alive?" questioned Rift as he cross his arms in confusing. The female figure turn to the dark sky and place her hand on her chest and finally spoke in a caring voice. "…I just believe…".
End of chapter 24