Chapter 29:

As the echidna fell through the air, he lunged out his fist in desperation. One of the knuckles caught hold of the surface, almost pulling the hero's arm out of its socket. He used the momentum to swing around, launching himself upwards at the bishop.

He charged up an Exploding Punch in his left arm, and released it as Naga swung his arm out, knocking Knuckles back downward as the released energy knocked him up into the air. But his arm was in place, so as he swung back down, and outstretched his leg in preparation for the attack.

Knuckles was looking above him at the bell. He fired a Thunder Arrow at it, then released another Exploding Punch from his other arm to ward off the aggressive viper. Naga questioned what it was for, but his thoughts quickly stopped from the ringing behind him. As he looked back, he growled at the church bell swinging back and forth, a harmonious gong radiating from it.

"That isss quite irritating!" Naga hissed, "I don't know what you're planning, but you will sssurely not sssurvive!"

"I can help you with that," Knuckles commented, pointing upwards. Naga followed his guidance, finding a group of Blue Eagle fighter planes speeding overhead, dropping a huge load of bombs on the snake.

Knuckles let go of the side, falling freely as a cloud of flames and smoke erupted from the impact. The hero was busy knocking away the pieces of concrete flying at him, using his Exploding Punch on some in order to avoid the broken pieces he missed hitting him by accident.

As the rest fell, Knuckles pushed off his knuckles with all of his might and ran vertically up towards the bishop, an Exploding Punch charged. Unfortunately, the head of the viper, his neck stretched out from inside the cloud, bit down of Knuckles' shoulder before retracting back.

"What was your purpose for that measly attack-" Knuckles was cut off by his vision fading as he felt his muscles loosening, almost losing his grip.

Venom! He yelled to himself as he thought of way to get on a horizontal surface before he ended up falling thousands of feet. Naga would not let him pass, and unless more help arrived, he would be left totally defenseless.

The snake was obviously thinking the same thing, as his scales fitted in to the grooves in the surface and he launched both arms forward, ready to deliver the finishing blow. But as that happened, he heard a voice behind him murmur something, and he leaped into the air as a blast of cold energy raced past him, barely missing Knuckles, who held on for dear life.

"You almost hit me retard," Knuckles spat in a playful way.

"I usually feel nothing towards others, but I really hate you," a calm voice mocked as Naga stretched out his arm and gripped onto the pillar that held the top above the church bell up to the main tower. He then leaped back down to where he was before he was fired at, glaring at the poisoned hero before him.

As Knuckles rushed up the surface, Naga growled as he stretched his arm, "Your fight isss with me!"

Blizzard crouched on all fours and leaped down the side of the building, stopping behind Naga and driving his boot across his face. Naga flipped and sliced Blizzard across the face with his claw, but the cat spun around and threw him into the air. The agent then pursued him with a flurry of punches, then an axe kick that sent him tumbling to the ground below.

But then the cat fell right after him, the venom immediately immobilizing him and causing him to spit up a fountain of crimson. Fortunately for him, Knuckles' echidna blood kicked in, which gave him a mall burst of muscle activity. He ran down the vertical surface, then jumped into the air, caught Blizzard, and landed on top of Naga, which made him cough in agonizing pain before warping away, but not before giving a ending remark.

"I've had enough fun playing with you heroesss. Until we meet again. But if you live after the sssecret sssecond wave of thisss attack, you'll be lucky!"

Blizzard grew pale as he motioned for one GUN soldier to come over.

"Find Tails, and tell him to make sure every last inch of the perimeter is guarded, because this isn't over by far. Tell him me and Knuckles sent it," Blizzard requested as the GUN soldier nodded and barked orders to the medical team, who rushed over to them.


Sonic flipped back as the razor blade missed him by inches. It was whipped back by the chain as Erazor folded it and charged up supernatural flames in his free hand as he charged at Sonic, who charged up a Compressed Sonic Wind.

"Mystical Scorcher!"

Crimson and azure clashed violently. But it was definitely not the same as their last clash. Erazor unfolded his sword with a simple flick, and tried to cleave Sonic's head off. But the blue blur caught it with his hand,causing a gash to form, but avoided a potentially fatal outcome. Finally, Sonic reeled his leg back, and drove it into Erazor's stomach, causing the bishop to gasp for air. The genie of the lamp was rocketed back through the unstable wall behind him as Sonic followed.

"I guess I can't use simple stuff like that on you anymore, you blue rat!" Erazor spat as he smirked, "So now I will use my ultimate technique!"

Sonic braced himself for whatever was coming, blue energy circling him, tearing up the ground. Erazor spun his cleaver in the air as he put his other hand on it, the supernatural flames going up the chain and onto the spinning razor, spreading fire everywhere.

He then tossed the spinning razor into Sonic's chest, slicing him numerous times before Erazor maneuvered it above his head, still holding the chain as he bellowed, "Mystical Scorcher Tornado!"

Flames immediately come out from it, taking over the blue wind as a tornado formed around it. A blaze then erupted within as Sonic was pulled into its pull, burning everything to a crisp as yells of pain came from inside, the whirlwind of fire spinning violently, tearing apart even more of the structure.

Finally, Erazor used the chain to pull the whirlwind into a large wall, tearing it apart as the entire structure fell apart around them. He turned into black smoke to avoid being damaged, but the blue blur wasn't as lucky as he was buried under the rubble.

The black smoke came up out of it as it formed into Erazor, who put his razor blade back, obviously thinking this was over.

Sonic stumbled upwards, his hand over his face.

"Remember Darkspines Sonic? You can experience him all over again," Sonic chuckled playfully despite his physical injuries. But right before that happened, Metal leaped in front of Sonic, a Metal Surge charged.

"Leave him to me and conserve your energy," Metal ordered as Sonic nodded, "Elise will be attacked by one of the extra three group heading for the island as we speak. You need to go and save her."

He sped off in a burst of blue wind as Metal charged forward, roaring as he summoned his Metal Surge Realm.


Tails smirked as he landed. Suddenly, the navy that was about to land exploded in debris and flames. Apparently his new bombs did work. The group around him cheered, but Tails narrowed his eyes, pointing out to sea.

There were even more sleeker ships out there, splitting the water as they made huge progress in little time. Many elite pawns stood on the deck, ready to fight for the mission at hand. Each ship had tons of cannons, each one armed and ready to unleash the next phase.

On the center ship stood one female surrounded by an elite pawn squad. She was an orange fox at Zeus height that had nine long tails with white ends. She wore eloquent clothing that would attract any onlooker. Her scarlet eyes held unrivaled and unparalleled seductiveness, but beyond that layer was maliciousness that only a demon could hold, which was closer to the truth than anyone thought.

She was Kyira the Fox Demon, the Queen of Darkness, one of the co-conspirators and the member that would lead the attack on the field of battle.

"I'll take care of this," Tails told the heroes surrounding the harbor as he charged up his Energy Cannon.

To Be Continued...

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