Here it is! The next chapter. I was going to post it yesterday, but some glitch/error prevented me from doing so. Enjoy.
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Diana's POV
I never knew Sonic could do this! This was AMAZING! And it felt cool, too. But it was hard for me to turn into. I had to get into extreme specifics when I was transforming into this.
Flying in thin air, all of us charged for the Egg Carrier, intent on destroying it quickly. Sure, we could wait until Manic finished hacking the machine and shut it down. But we should at lest get this over with.
I watched as Sonic basically charged straight through the Egg Carrier. Was that what he could do with the power of the Chaos Emeralds? Become an indestructible, flying, glowing, golden hedgehog?
This was going to be fun.
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Manic's POV
Man, this was hard. Why did Eggbutt have to improve his technology so much? The last time I hacked into one of his machines was like, five years ago, and his machines were MUCH easier to get through back then. And here I am, working on this thing while Sonic and the others sliced through the Egg Carrier like a knife going through butter.
Sonic…man, my bro was having a blast tearing through the Egg Carrier. I only wish that could be me. But...hey, the machine actually seemed to be responding to what I was doing. I think I may have actually gotten through!
Now, all I need to do is press this, and…
YES!!
When I pressed the button, the screen shut off. The machine stopped making noises, and it actually looked like the Master Emerald was glowing brighter again.
Wait a minute…was that…
…NO!!!
The screen turned on again, and the Master Emerald went dark. Apparently, Eggman was smart enough to install a reboot. The screen went back to where it was when I first started, and the device began making that humming noise again.
I gritted my teeth and pounded the machine in rage. I'm screwed.
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Diana's POV
After a few minutes of slicing and dicing the Egg Carrier, we had damaged it a lot. The other Mobians were cheering us on, telling us to kill the Egg Carrier, turn it into scrap metal, or even to "take that baby DOWN!!"
I had even gone through it a couple times myself. It hurt a little, but I got used to it after the first few times. It was satisfying, cutting through a giant aircraft that you've been fighting for the past few minutes.
Sonic stopped moving for a second and began to taunt Eggman. "Whaddya say to THIS, Egghead? We're gonna win hands-down! Got anything to say before we put your ship away for good?"
There was a pause. "YES," he responded loudly. "…GOODBYE!!"
"Huh?" Sonic looked around, but didn't seem to see anything. I, for one, saw exactly what he meant.
Sonic's golden color was fading. He was turning normal again. So was everyone else.
"Oh crap!" Sonic shouted, frantically flying around. "NONONONONONONONONOOO!!"
"HAHAHA!! TOO LATE, SONIC! YOUR POWER IS FADING, AND SO IS THEIRS!!…WAIT A MINUTE…" At this point, I could tell that Eggman was looking at me. "WHY ARE YOU STILL SUPER?"
I looked myself over and shrugged, as if I had no idea why I wasn't going back to normal.
A light bulb seemed to go off in Sonic's head. "That's it!" He flew over to me, his golden color going blue again. "Diana, you have to finish this. You're the only one who can save us!"
Well. THAT was unexpected. "What are you talking about? The Egg Carrier's not the REAL threat, but I know we should beat it anyway. And what can I do?"
"That's the thing!" Sonic said, putting his hands on my shoulders as he sank lower to the ground. "You've turned into a hedgehog in super form. You can do almost ANYTHING in super form."
I watched as he took his hands away, and he dropped to the ground, the Chaos Emeralds flying away from him.
"GO GET 'EM!!" Sonic shouted from below as the others joined him.
I nodded and faced the Egg Carrier. Time to win this battle once and for all.
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Little cliffy for ya there! I hope you liked it! And, this fic is going to stretch a little, so...yeah. R&R, please!