Sonic: Chaos Theory
Chapter 26
We Can
From the Northeast of the GUN headquarters, the greatest heroes the world has ever known stand at the edge of a cliff, staring down on the base and all the vermin that have unjustly infested it confines. Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, and Knuckles the Echidna, the greatest team the world will ever know, now stand together at the greatest level of power they have ever reached. Today is the day of Chaos' reckoning. "Get ready guys. This is it! Today, we bring Chaos down for GOOD!" Sonic jumped down the cliff, spinning down the wall as Knuckles and Tails flew next to him, the Artificial Chaos charging out of the base, intent on killing them all. Knuckles gave out a battlecry as he slammed Sonic with the force of a thousand men, forcing the spinning Sonic into the fray, and tearing down a mass of the Chaos, the shrapnel from their skeletons jamming into each other, taking out massive groups at a time. Tails flew into the battle and spun himself into an endless tail whip, sending every Chaos he made contact with tumbling back and falling over each other in a domino effect. As Sonic bounced back off the wall, Knuckles met with both Tails and Sonic to perform one of their ultimate combinations.
Knuckles bounced them both spinning into the air, then leapt above and spiked them down one after the other, leaving craters in the ground with every impact, crushing down every Chaos in their wake. As Knuckles slammed them down one last time, he himself went crashing into the ground, lifting up the concrete and sending the Chaos flying in all directions, over a hundred already destroyed. Sonic then grabbed both their hands and looked onward into the base. "Hold on guys, its about to get a little blurry around here!" As they both held tight, Sonic took off with full speed, almost reaching 1300 miles per hour, crushing everything he ran into. As the Chaos fell and Sonic sped by, the Chaos emeralds began to glow around them, as the team also began to glow slightly golden, making them truly invincible. As their spines flared and fur stood on end, the Chaos began to fire at them without hesitation, but to no avail, for the heroes were charged by a power beyond their comprehension. The Chaos Emeralds themselves were not reacting by will, but the power of their unity and friendship, making them untouchable by any bullet or any laser.
Sonic threw both of them forward, spinning through the army without any resistance, and flashing gold with every impact. Sonic ran ahead of them both and started a stationary spindash, then grabbed them both as they came close and spun Tails and Knuckles out of control, then throwing them both in opposite directions, spinning fast enough the it started the infamous Triple Tornado. As Sonic controlled the spin from the center, slowly making his way into the air and out to the edge, Tails and Knuckles bashed everything in sight and left not a single Chaos within range unbroken. As the tornado broke, they trio landed and stared out into the distance in their upgraded forms, Sonics spines flaring into the air, Tails surrounded by winds, and the concrete from the wreckage lifting into the air around Knuckles. Tails picked them both up and flew them over the wall, and as soon as they landed, they could see a group of three Artificial Chaos Cloners. This prototype has the unique ability to analyze someones data and match their abilities. As soon as they saw the hero trio, each one took the identity of one of them, A Chaos Sonic, Chaos Tails, and Chaos Knuckles. The one thing they couldn't do was act together. Sonic turned toward the others and smirked. "Got any ideas?" Tails turned toward him and gave a thumbs up.
"Get them together, and once they're isolated, give em our biggest combo." Tails had devised a combination for them years ago, on one of Eggmans raids. This combo was normally performed with Amy involved, but she was nowhere to be found. Sonic looked back at his counter Chaos and gave it his toothy grin.
"Ready……. GO!" Sonic took off and crashed into his copy, bouncing off of each other and all around the room. Tails flew over to his clone and they exchanged tail slams and Tails fake out an uppercut, then slammed it down into the floor. Knuckles ran over to his clone and they exchanged punches, releasing a huge pressure release from the impact, but Knuckles overpowered his copy and sent it flying backwards into tails copy just as Sonic forced his clone into the pileup. Knuckles and Tails stood on each side of the pileup and Sonic began a stationary spindash in front of Tails. All three of them knew it was over from there.
"Sonic Hailstorm!" Tails swung his tails at Sonic and slammed him across the floor, clipping the clones and knocking off one of Knuckles clones arms, then Knuckles rebounded Sonic back across over to Tails, and as Sonic was bounced back and forth, their copies were torn apart by the spindash, slowly turning them into nothing but flying shrapnel and harmless scrap. Soon enough, they were just that. As Sonic slowed down, Knuckles turned and slammed Sonic into the wall of the safe containing the last Chaos Emerald. The massive door came down and crashed to the floor, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles walking in through the dust. Knuckles turned to look at the last precious white Chaos Emerald. "Finally. All seven back together again!" As soon as Sonic picked up the last Emerald and the seven reacted to each other, a shock of corrupted energy shot out across the base. This energy slowly focused on one point. As the trio turned to that wall, they looked up to see a metal shell that they feared they would never experience the wrath of again. Slowly, his blue steel head lifted and his red eyes flickered to life, an evil laugh awakening over the base. At the same moment, a the roars of another two monstrosities could be heard outside the safe. But whatever they were, neither of them could be as devastating as who they were face to face with now.
Metal Sonic has awakened……….