CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: THE RISE OF SOLITIS

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Apparently, Tails installed a Warp Drive on the Blue Typhoon, because about after five minutes of boarding it, they were all back on Arcadia. At first, Vyse was too busy checking out the Blue Typhoon and comparing it to the Delphinus I (A/N: If you compare the two battleships, they appear to be quite similar). That all changed when they returned to Arcadia. Upon arrival, Vyse saw something he- before meeting the earthbound creatures- thought he'd never see again.

"Dad," the young captain asked at the sight, "isn't that Solits?"

Dyne nodded his head. "Apparently, someone caused Solits to rise. It can't be the Black Eight's work, because they're using the Black Eclipse in three days to bring back the Black Gigas, so Solits is null and void to them."

In fact, Solits had risen again. Sure, it had some heavy battle scars from over a year ago, but it was back.

Blade flipped down his Heat Shades, and activated them. "Soar?" he called. "Please respond!"

Soar's voice came over the Heat Shades' hearing piece. "Bladder?" she asked him. "Is that you?"

Blade grinned, "I really DO have contact with you! Are you and Dixie okay?"

Dixie's voice called from the radio. "You're alive, Blade!" she cheered at hearing his voice. "Oh, and we're fine. Look at Solits!"

Blade stared at Solits, and got what she was saying. Taking of his Heat Shades, Blade yelled to Vyse, "The girls are okay! They're at Solits! Let's pick them up and bring them home!"

Vyse grinned, and then asked, "So, how do I sail the Typhoon?"

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Vyse was happy now that he could sail a ship again. According to Tails, the Blue Typhoon was used in a huge galaxy hopping adventure that the team had… minus Omega. He at first found it hard to believe that a ship like this was used in space travel, but then remembered whom he was talking about.

Once on Solits, the team that was sent was Vyse, Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Blade. Amy easily bashed the door open, and they walked in. Vyse looked around to see that nothing has really changed. Blade activated his Heat Shades and turned them on tracker mode.

Oh, you thought at this point, I'd give them a Monster-Free break. WRONG! The Solits monsters, including the dragon one that Amy beat with her hammer, were all back!

After taking down a third assault, Tails asked, "How can they be okay if that was the third monster attack we've experienced?"

Blade took off the Heat Shades, and explained, "Dixie is probably the daughter of a Seedrian that is a Wind Mistress. Soar is an Artificial Hedgehog created by the guy that taught my dad in college and is rumored to be smarter than even Prof. Jerald. They'll be fine when we find them."

Amy took the Heat Shades, and stated, "I'll be tracking them from now on." Blade shrugged, and took out his normal sunglasses.

About twenty random encounters later, the team walked into a silver room tired. Amy healed everyone, and they all looked around. Amy activated the Heat Shades, and the tracker told her that the girls were closer in this area.

At this point, Vyse asked, "Do you think that they are in Zelos' Chamber?"

Sonic asked, "Zelos is the Silver Gigas that the Elders were planning on using to summon the Rains of Destruction, right?"

Vyse nodded, and continued walking. That is, until Blade stared at the walls. "Blade?" he asked, but the mouse couldn't hear him.

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Blade looked around. None of his friends were there. Thinking they might have ditched him, he ran over to where Zelos' Chamber was said to be.

Once there, he saw a mouse like him with Ramirez's sword. He was wearing traditional Male Silvite clothes, and had the Q like Fina on his forehead. His eyes were a unique shade of green, and there was a silver ring on his exposed left hand that looked like Cupil in bracelet form, while the Sword of the Silver Eclipse was in his right. He was staring down an elder.

The mouse stated, "I'm telling you, the Gigas will cause needless destruction! Let me take care of this monstrosity now before it gains its full power!"

The elder looked at the mouse, and replied, "Zelos… you trust us not with the use of your power?"

Blade realized who this mouse was. It was none other than Zelos the Mouse, leader of the Six Arcadia Mice, and Alchemist. He decided to stay in the shadows.

Zelos stated, "If I knew you were asking me to lend my alchemy magic to create a Gigas to end the war with a Moonstone Shower, then I would've never done that!"

Blade thought that he was invisible at this point, and it was a Zelos flashback. So, he treated it like a movie, minus popcorn.

The Elder shook his head. "And you expect to accomplish something with your backup counter measure against the Gigas?"

Zelos chuckled, "Even if I fail to get past you and pierce that Gigas in it's larva stage, I have a prophecy. But for now, this will have to do!"

Zelos then jumped at the Elder. The elder placed a shield up, and blocked Zelos' attack. The alchemist changed into a rock monster that surprised Blade. Zelos took aim, and fired, only to be blocked again. Zelos returned to normal, and touched the ground. When he slowly moved his hand, a lance took form. He swung the lance, only to be caught by a girl that looked like Fina.

Blade's first thought was, Fina knew Zelos? Why hasn't she said anything?

"Zelos, calm down!" she ordered him. Zelos let go of the lance, and kneeled.

Zelos stated, "I'm sorry, Quetya. I just don't trust the Gigas."

Quetya smiled, "Now that's better." Turning to the Elder she asked, "Couldn't there be another way?"

The Elder shook his head. "I'm sorry. It has to be done."

Zelos looked down, and then straight at the Elder. "I'll say this only once. Several thousand years from now, Quetya's descendent with team up with a boy with a scar on his face, and a girl who's a friend of the boy since childhood, but her keeps her hair in an odd way. They will travel the planet and best the monstrosities that are being controlled by a future civilization bent on world domination along with the help of an old man with one arm, a carefree womanizer, and a prince of the country that's trying to control the Gigas. They will beat the one I just failed to, as well as the man that will wield my sword next. One year from that, a being that failed to destroy a world that's a polar opposite of this one will try to destroy it by bringing back the Gigas. The trio that bested them before will team up with a descendent of my own, a blue hedgehog, a black hedgehog that betrayed the being, as well as several other beings. That is where my backup plan comes in, so I do believe that our guest knows what that is."

Blade walked into plain sight, and asked, "You all have known I've been here?"

Quetya asked, "Has she and the odd haired one been captured by the dark being?" Blade nodded, and Quetya took out a Silver Feather. "When you meet her again, tell her to use this feather."

The Elder looked at Blade, and suggested, "Perhaps this boy is your backup plan, Zelos? If that's the case, then it's time for a test in the future."

A light surrounded Blade and the Moon Soul, and Blade asked, "What's happening?"

Zelos replied, "Your test is about to begin. Head back into this room in the future, and you'll see."

The light enveloped Blade, and the feather was in his hands when it faded.

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Blade was on the ground when he woke up. He woke up to Amy holding a plate of tacos to his face. He happily munched the tacos, and a feather dropped out of his hands.

Vyse picked up the feather, and zoomed in on it. "Hey, this looks like one of those Quetya Feathers from Ixa'taka!" he exclaimed. Looking at Blade, he asked, "What was a feather doing with you?"

Blade finished his tacos, and replied, "I'm supposed to give that to Fina. I had an odd dream that required me to go back in time, and see Zelos the Mouse, Zelos the Gigas, an Elder, and Quetya herself. You hold onto it for now, Vyse. I have to head to Zelos' Chamber."

Getting up, the mouse dashed to Zelos' Chamber. Sonic asked, "Did we just miss something important that required us to go to the place where most of this madness started?"

Tails shrugged at this. He then remembered, "Sonic, we now know why we came to Arcadia! Blade technically can't pull off a Chaos Control, as his body's too odd to flow with Neutral Chaos Energy, and it should have killed him mid warp, causing it to neutralize the Chaos Control. But with Maine and your help, he did it."

Vyse got up, and grinned, "Who cares how you guys got here in the first place? The point is you're here to help, and we've got a little score to settle with Black Doom and- I can't believe I'm not calling him fat- Dr. Eggman!"

Amy suggested, "Why don't we just follow the mouse boy that blitzed down the halls like a madman?"

The others nodded, and tore off as fast as they could. Once they caught up with Blade, he was looking at the door to Zelos' Chamber. Amy activated the tracker, and it said that the girls were behind this door. Amy didn't care to keep the place in tact, so she banged the door open.

On the other side, Vyse saw Team Chaotix and the girls playing blackjack. Espio looked up at Vyse, and exclaimed, "YOU!" He got battle ready when Vector stopped him by raising his hand.

Vector gruntly stated, "I didn't think we'd see you again, Vyse! But, we're done with the Fina mission, so no hard feelings."

Blade scowled at him, but the scowl faded when the girls hugged him. They once again nuzzled his chest, causing him to blush.

Amy giggled, "Looks like Blade's not afraid to show his feelings!"

Soar smiled, "Bladder, you're okay! I love the new outfit!"

Dixie nodded, "It makes you look really cool!"

Blade smiled nicely, and said, "Thanks, girls." Looking up, he yelled, "Zelos, I'm here! Now what in the Moons were you talking about a test?"

As if on cue, a few lights fell down from the top of the tower that somehow got fixed. When the lights faded, in their place were Zelos, Quetya, and the Elder.

Zelos grinned, "I assume you got the message?"

Blade rolled his eyes, and replied, "Well, you only did cause me a trance, send me back in time to relive your fight scene with the Elder there for you, watch Quetya stop you in middle of your strike, and you summarized Vyse's first adventure and most of the one we're on now, and sent me back after giving me a feather!"

Espio had to ask. "What are you guys talking about?"

The Silvite mouse kicked the crystal that Zelos was stored in. "Do you all see the Gigas repairing itself in there?" he asked them.

Soar walked forward, and knocked on it. "It doesn't look dangerous as the other Gigas," she stated as she looked inside.

Quetya answered, "Actually, that's Zelos' larva state. It can grow into a great monster…" she paused to point to Vyse, "like the one he knows."

Vyse walked forward, and asked, "How did Zelos get back in that pod if we trashed it when it was infused with Ramirez?"

The elder pointed to Vyse's hand that started to glow. "As long as his Silver Moon Crystal exists, Zelos will continue to exist along with it."

Dixie questioned, "Does that mean we have to kill Vyse and destroy the crystal?"

Zelos shook his head. "There is another way to remove it. But the Quetya of today has to remove the crystal. And it requires that feather!"

Charmy took the feather out of Vyse's pocket and held it up. "You mean this feather?" the hyper bee asked beforeVyse snatched it back, and pocketed it.

Sonic stepped forward, and asked, "So, what was this test that involved the Gigas?"

Zelos looked at Blade, and the young mouse took out the glowing Moon Soul. The final feather was glowing, and Blade stated, "I have to defeat the Gigas Zelos in the Silver Moon Form and finish what he started to prove myself worthy of the Moon Soul."

Amy exclaimed, "Then we'll take this thing down together!"

Blade shook his head, and continued, "I have to beat it in it's larva form- that can still attack and protect itself- by myself. You guys have to wait outside while I deal with this test."

Dixie nodded, and Blade readied himself. The others but Quetya, Zelos, and the Elder walked outside. Blade yelled to the heavens, "HERE GOES EVERYTHING!" and pressed the Silver Feather on the Moon Soul.

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On the outside of the continent of Solits, the world felt a huge surge. Even Black Doom felt it, and knew what power it was. "It can't be!" he moaned as he was hit with a nasty headache.

Mago walked into the room, and asked, "What was that?"

Black Doom looked up from his migraine, and replied, "That little mouse and his friends have somehow survived your attack."

Mago questioned, "Shall I go and finish this myself?"

Black Doom shook his head. "I need you to stay here. It doesn't really seem I can trust one in our ranks."

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In the cell they were being held in, Aika and Fina felt the shock. They both recognized it immediately. "They're alive!" they both cheered at the shockwave hit the everything, not affecting them.

Fina looked up, and prayed, "Vyse, come find us soon."

Aika patted Fina on the back, and asked, "Has Vyse ever turned back on a promise? He said he'll do everything in his power to protect us, and he has a bit of help with the cause of that surge!"

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In Ixa'taka, the GUN ships were also hit. The Commander looked up and felt the shockwave.

A solider ran in the room, and reported, "There are reports of high shaking across the planet, and only the surges are from a similar source of Blade the Mouse, only in Mid Ocean."

The Commander stared at him, and stated, "I knew something like this would happen because of that mouse."

The solider continued, "We've also received a message!"

The commander ordered, "Patch it through. We've got nothing to lose at this point."

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At Eggman's Base, he studied the shockwave. "So, that's not Chaos Energy that mouse boy has," the scientist muttered to himself. "That's MOON Energy!"

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Back inside Solits, Blade and Zelos were one, as Zelos the Alchemist. "Okay!" Blade readily said, as another Cupil formed from his ring, and a feathered Sword of the Silver Eclipse up in his left hand. "Let's go, Zelos!"

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Kingdom Rider92's Notes: It's Blade Alchemist vs. Zelos Larva next chapter! Does Blade really have what it takes to wield the Moon Soul? The answer to that will be only the beginning to a series of big battles that will lead to humanity's fate. Seven BIG BATTLES. Ultimate. Powers. Yet. To. Be. Unleashed. Shall. Rock. Your. Computer. Kingdom Rider92 out!