Chapter 28: The TRUE Mastermind and The REAL Final Battle!

Location: Center of Time

When the four Sonics entered the Time Eater's Lair, the four Eggmen revealed themselves as the mastermind of all of this. When the Sonics are almost killed by them, their friends arrived just in time and cheered for them which allows them to use the seven Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic. After the rough battle against the Perfect Time Eater, they pierced through the core. It appears that the Sonics succeeded in destroying the Time Eater.

Little did they know, it was the beginning of the final battle...

Before they pierced the core, there is someone there inside of it. While it cannot determine of what is the appearance of this mysterious person, it has a red sclera and light green irises.

"Soon... Sonic..." The figure whispered to himself. "Soon, I will have my revenge on you." After he said it, the Sonics pierced through the core which he whispered to them, "All...of your...powers...are mine!" The three Sonics didn't hear him but Classic Sonic does.

"Did I just heard something?" He thought. The Time Eater roars in pain as it explodes in a light while the Eggmen screamed, "NOOOOOOOOOO!" The Super Sonics landed on a floating rock platform. They are smiling to themselves in victory except for Classic Sonic who is thinking about of who said the word when they pierced it.

"All right! We did it!" Modern Sonic shouted as he pump his fist in the air.

"Oh yeah!" Dreamcast Sonic added.

"I guess defeating it with a Super form is great!" Boom Sonic said. He noticed Classic Sonic deep in thought.

"Um, hello? Are you alright?" Boom Sonic asked but Classic Sonic didn't budge. The two Sonics noticed him not moving.

"Hey, are you alright there, my past self?" Modern Sonic asked.

"You must be thinking about something. Snap out of it!" Dreamcast Sonic yelled. Classic Sonic snapped out of his thinking process and faced the Sonics.

"Huh? What just happened?" Classic Sonic asked.

"We noticed you are deep in thought. What are you thinking about?"

"Uhhh, nothing in particular. Just let us get out of that away. We are celebrating our victory against the-" He cut off when he saw something that have made him gasp.

"What's wrong? Why did you gasped?" Boom Sonic asked.

"Look behind you!"

"What?" Boom Sonic was confused until he heard Modern and Dreamcast Sonics' gasp. Hesitating, he turned around to gasp just like them at the sight before him.

"What! That can't be!"

"The Time Eater is!"

"Still alive!"

True enough, the Time Eater is indeed still alive! While it was not in a perfect form, it was still alive despite they hit the core.

"This can't be! How come it's still alive?" Classic Sonic asked.

"We don't know!" Someone answered behind them. The Sonics turned around to see the four Eggmen.

"Hey, what are you doing here, Eggman!" Modern Sonic shouted angrily. They approach them slowly.

"We-we don't know!" Modern Eggman answered. "When the light died down, we found ourselves standing on this rock platform we are on!"

"Really? Who would do such a thing?" Classic Sonic asked.

"We don't know! Maybe it was the Time Eater itself!"

"Or maybe a form I have." They turned around to see the Time Eater, alive and well.

"Is it just me, or did it speak?" Dreamcast Sonic asked, making sure he wasn't hearing things.

"I don't know. It looks like it came from him." Dreamcast Eggman said.

"Yes. It indeed came from me." The 'Time Eater' speaks, surprising them. The 'Time Eater' shrinks all of the sudden, surprising them even more. As the eight watch, it fully shrinks to reveal a figure which looks like a hedgehog that Sonic has a rival with. He had a red sclera, light green irises, a purple 'fur' with some white linings around and the upper part of his quills. It has no mouth, only a muzzle and it has no feet. He floats above the platform they are on. The Sonics and Eggmen are surprised. This figure looks like someone they known!

"What?! the figure here looks like-" Boom Eggman began.

"Shadow?" Boom Sonic finished.

"Muhahahahahaha! Free! At last! I thank you, Sonic the Hegdehog." The Shadow look-a-like bows before he walks towards them. The Sonics put themselves in defense position.

"Who are you? And how do you know my name?" Modern Sonic asked.

"I'm Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark." He introduced himself to them. As he slowly walks up to them, they prepared themselves if he tries to attack them. When Mephiles is near them, Dreamcast and Boom Sonic reverts themselves back to normal. Modern and Classic Sonic, however, didn't revert back to normal.

"Wha! What just happened? Our super forms are gone!" Boom Sonic exclaimed.

"We have plenty of rings. How did this happened?" Dreamcast Sonic added.

"Maybe it is because I absorbed your chaos powers." Mephiles answered.

"What? How come you've absorbed our powers?"

"When you four pierced the core, I absorbed whatever power you all have to make myself more powerful!"

"Wait! If you've absorbed our powers then why didn't we revert to normal?" asked Modern Sonic.

"Maybe it is because you defeated me, the Time eater, before? Or maybe it is because you have enough rings."

"So, you said that phrase?" Classic Sonic asked.

"What phrase?"

"The phrase 'All of your powers are mine'. Are you the one who said it?" Mephiles laughed evilly.

"Oh yes, I did." He answered. "Now that you all set me free, I will do just one more thing." Mephiles fly above them as he began transforming.

"I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU!" Mephiles surrounded himself into a light so bright that the Sonics and Eggmen covered their eyes. When the light died down, they open their eyes only to see a sight which shocks them.

Mephiles the Dark is still here but has a different form. He has now a blue 'fur' with light blue linings around his body and above his quills. His hands become a claw ready to tear its prey, and its irises becomes red and its sclera becomes green.

"Did it just, transformed?" Modern Eggman wondered.

"Oh yes it did. With the powers I stole from you, I have become so much powerful that now," Mephiles landed onto the ground. "You can call me, Chaos Mephiles!"

"Oh man! This isn't good!" Dreamcast Sonic replied.

"Yeah. With that power, I don't think we can't handle it." He turned to the Super Sonics. "Hey, do you think you can defeat him with that form?"

"If only we've collected enough rings, we will beat this guy!" Classic Sonic said. He noticed something above them.

"It's futile. Why fight it all? Why do you insist on fighting? Why don't you just give up? I will end your suffering here and now!" Mephiles exclaimed.

"Say that word to your mouth! We will never give up! That's my style!" Modern Sonic snarled.

"Very well. You have your deathwish." Mephiles floats above them as he began growing in a puff of purple cloud. Everybody except for Classic Sonic who is still busy looking at two, shining objects falling on him watched in awe and shock as Chaos Mephiles transformed itself back to the Time Eater. This version of Time Eater looks like its perfect form but the parts that was purple becomes blue and its eyes and mouth becomes red. He also grows an additional two arms. Its wings are also bigger.

This version is the Chaos Time Eater.

"This is bad! This is really, really bad! We are all gonna die!" Boom Eggman exclaimed.

"Get a hold of yourself!" Dr. Robotnik slapped him to get some sense to him. "Surely the Sonics will succeed, right?" He turned to the Super Sonics which he noticed him looking at the sky. He is not looking at the Time Eater.

"Um, hello? What are you looking at?"

"That." Classic Sonic pointed to the two, green shiny objects falling to them. When they all look up, Modern Sonic realized the falling object.

"Those green objects," Modern Sonic began. "It's the Master Emerald"

"The Master Emerald?" Modern Eggman said. He looked at the two Master Emeralds. One of them is a larger and wider emerald that floats above Modern Super Sonic while the other one is the same size as the former but is not wide and floats above Classic Super Sonic. Eggman realized the reason why the two Master Emeralds are here.

"That's it! These Master Emeralds have come here to offer their powers to become stronger, Sonic!"

"And combining the power of the Chaos Emeralds, you'll get that upgraded form where you two become the upgrade Super Sonic!" Classic Eggman added. The two Super Sonics looked at the Master Emeralds before they turn their heads to each other. Nodding in approval, they close their eys as they let the powers of the Master Emerald flow to them.

Music: Live and Learn (Sonic Adventure 2)

With the Master Emerald's power in their body, they open their eys as they transformed themselves into Hyper Sonic, an upgraded form of Super Sonic. It still shares the feature of Super Sonic but its color changes each second from the color of the Chaos Emeralds. Classic, Modern, and Dreamcast Eggman and Dreamcast Sonic watched them with smiles on their face while Boom Eggman and Sonic watched in awe of their hyper forms. Modern and Classic Hyper Sonic turn to them. Giving them a thumbs up, they fly towards the Chaos Time Eater.

Now it's time for the true final battle!


Music: Solaris Phase 2 (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)

The Hyper Sonics came face to face with Chaos Time Eater. Mephiles, who is in the core, laughs evilly.

"Muhahahahahahaha! Even though you are upgraded with that forms of yours, you will never stop me!" Mephiles exclaimed.

"We'll see about that!" Modern Sonic countered while smirking. They boosted against the Time Eater who flies back so they would never catch up and surely lose all of their rings.

As they boosted, the Time Eater send several Homing Shots which they are faster and more accurate in tracking their target but it missed them who just boosted along the way. The Time Eater send three arms to the portal where it appeared in front of them. The amrs tried to punch them but the Sonics dodged them. The arms tried to do it the second time and the third time but still missed. Now, the Sonics is near the core. Mephiles will never want them to break them.

"I won't let you destroy the core!" Mephiles angrily shouted as he commanded the Time Eater to clap the hands, creating a shockwave in an attempt to hold them back but they managed to ciunter it by boosting in time. They boosted to the core, cracking it. The Time Eater roars as rings spewed out. The Sonics collected many rings as they can in an attempt to maintain it. Mephiles looks angry but remain confident.

"Not bad, but this is just the beginning." Mephiles said as he creates a bright light that seperates them from the Time Eater. The Hyper Sonics keep on boosting, avoiding any structures that comes in their way. The Time Eater send several Homing Shots at them but they dodged it. It instead shoots a Homing Missile from its hands to them. While slow, it has great accuracy that the Sonics timed their dodge to dodge it. After successfully dodging it, they continue charging at the core.

"Drown in darkness!" Mephiles shouted as he sends several clones of himself to the Sonics who combined their Hyper Boost to boost through the horde of Mephiles' clone. The resulting boost caused them to charge at the core, cracking it again and it spewed out rings which the Sonics collected. Growling in anger, he creates a light to separate them from the Time Eater.

"Let's see if you can dodge this! CHAOS... CONTROL!" The Time Eater makes everything, including the pursuing Hyper Sonics stop except for him. He then sends several Homing Shots, Homing Missiles, Mephiles' clone to them. When the time restored to normal, the Sonics got surprised at the projectiles. They barely dodge them but they didn't react to the laser that fired at them. While it didn't hurt them, it stalls them from attacking the core. Chuckling himself, he continued by sending arms at them. The Sonics managed to dodge them and boosted at the core. The Time Eater clap both hands to create a more powerful shockwave but the Sonics dodge it in time and boosted at the core, cracking it once more. After collecting rings, the Time Eater readied itself for one more attack. The core is now exposing Mephiles. He was now desperate and angry.

"That does it! I will end you two once and for all!" Mephiles shouted as he creates a time cog in front of the Time Eater. "This will end your life!"

"TIME EATER BLASTER!" The cogs fired a large laser at the Sonics. They combined their powers to pierced through the laser. Mephiles thought they woukd never make it but, to his surprise, the Sonics made it unscatched.

"WH-WHAT! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Yes, it is possible!" They shouted as they use their combined Hyper Boost to finally pierced through the core and pierced Mephiles. The Time Eater roars in defeat and Mephiles screamed in defeat too.

"NOOOOOOOOO! THIS CANNOT BE!" was his final words as the Time Eater explodes in a light.