Halle-fricking-julah! R&R! Also, from this point on, at least one OC from each author will play some role in this

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Strike, Aqua, Axel and Sally owned by me

Other OCs owned by respective authors

Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 35

Last time, Sonic turned into Dark Sonic in his fight against Kyira but Gale managed to snap him out of it. Also, Armand lost to Marisa, ending Round 3. Most of the audience had left to enjoy the park but a few stayed behind.

In the medical wing, Sonic, Tails and Gale's crew were visiting Kyira, who was lying in one of the beds. Tails shoved Sonic forward, the hedgehog already knowing what he had to say.

"Kyira, I'm sorry for what happened. I shouldn't have gone out of control" he apologised.

Kyira nodded, wincing slightly. "It's OK. I don't blame you" she replied.

"I'm just glad Gale managed to talk him out of it" said Tails.

Wrist and Thorn nodded in agreement whilst Gale turned to Sonic. "Well done for apologising."

"Your welcome dad" the hedgehog replied before realising what he said. Gale raised an eyebrow whilst Tails chuckled.

"You'd better get used to it Sonic" he said.

Elsewhere, Silver was seeing to Blaze. She was still badly injured from her fight with Chrono and the psychic hedgehog was fretting over her.

"Are you sure I can't get you anything? Anything at all? Are you sure? Are you positive?" he asked frantically, causing Blaze to roll her eyes.

"I've told you Silver, I'm fine. All I need is for some rest and I can't really get that with you raving like that" she told him.

Silver frowned slightly, passing his gaze over Metal Havoc, who was wired up to a machine, awaiting repairs. Blaze noticed this and remembered something.

"Oh, Silver! I saw Metal Sonic leaving a while ago, so you'd best tell the others" she explained. Silver promised he would before giving her a goodbye kiss.

The scene shifts to outside the medical wing. Sonic, Tails, Silver and Gale's crew met up with the Sonic Heroes. Amy pulled Sonic into one of her bone crushing hugs.

"Oh Sonic! I'm so glad you're back to normal!" she squealed with delight whilst Sonic gagged for air. Gale chuckled slightly before turning to Aleena.

"Say Aleena," he began to say. "I know we haven't seen each other for 15 years but… I was wondering if tonight you'd… like to go out?"

Aleena had a frown on her face, crushing Gale's hopes but it was quickly replaced with a smile when she said "How can I refuse?"

The two shared a hug before Gale moved his attention towards Axel and Sally.

"I hope you two don't mind" he said.

Sally shook her head. "Nope. You two are still legally married so you're entitled to."

Gale was slightly surprised by her comment but nodded in reply. Axel simply stood there and nodded silently. Strike meanwhile was glaring at Gale before Aqua shook him out of it.

"Are you OK?" she asked.

"Yeah. I've just… gotta go somewhere" he said before taking off. Aqua began to worry about her boyfriend. Ever since last night, he had been acting weird. Was it the fact that he wasn't related to Sonic? Her thoughts were interrupted when she was dragged into a conversation with the others.

Elsewhere, Havoc and Zero had been trying to find something that looked suspicious or out of place around the park but were unsuccessful. They had returned to the hotel but before they entered Havoc's room, they saw Chrono leaning beside the wall. He had a bandage going across the waist, no doubt from the fight with Blaze.

"What do you want, tanuki?" Zero asked, rudely.

Chrono stared at them with a look of interest. "I've noticed you scouting the park. I'm guessing that you're trying to find out who's behind all this."

Havoc nodded. "Why do you want to know?"

"I want to help" the tanuki replied. "That's why I lost. So I could search the area."

Zero raised an eyebrow. "You lost on purpose?"

Havoc stepped in and asked "So, are you proposing an alliance?"

"I am indeed" Chrono replied before opening the door to his room. "We'll discuss our findings here."

"Why should we go in your room?" Zero asked, folding his arms.

Chrono smirked, "Because the surveillance camera in my room doesn't work."

With widened eyes, Havoc and Zero entered the room and found a broken camera jutting outside the wall, with the metal plate covering it on the floor.

In another part of the park, Crisis was sitting on a bench with his eyes shut, enjoying the peace when he was rudely interrupted.

"HEY!" a voice squawked. Crisis opened his eyes, slightly annoyed. The voice belonged to Jet, who was with Wave and Storm.

"I understand you're the one who beat that sick crow, Cesare" the hawk said.

Crisis stood up. "Yeah, why?"

Jet said nothing, simply extending his hand and saying "Thanks a lot. I owe you big time."

Crisis was slightly taken aback before returning the smile and shaking Jet's hand.

The scene shifts to later that night. Everyone had returned to the hotel to rest up, except for Gale and Aleena who went out for dinner. They both managed to 'borrow' some normal clothes to keep a low profile. All in all, it was relatively peaceful. Except for one thing.

Starbright emerged from the shadows, gun in hand. She replayed what she was told in her head.

Flashback

"Shadow's becoming suspicious. I need him taken care of and quickly. So, I've got a task for you" explained Mephiles, a smile in his eyes.

"Kill Shadow the Hedgehog!"

End Flashback

Even though you couldn't tell, she had a look of doubt on her face. Did she want to do this? To Shadow? She shook her head made her way to the arena. It was locked up and she didn't want to make it look like somebody had broken in. Mephiles told Starbright to make it look like Shadow had died of his injuries so she had to make sure she didn't do anything to arouse suspicion.

Pressing a few buttons on the side of her weapon, it turned into a slingshot, allowing Starbright to enter the arena. She landed in the top row of seats and made her way down. As she got further down, she began to think about her mission. Sighing, she removed her helmet. It was too dark to see her face but her blonde hair stood out slightly.

"Can I really do this?" she said to herself. "I know I promised Mephiles by obedience but… Shadow." The more she began to think about, the more she became confused. She eventually collapsed to her knees and sobbed.

Outside, two figures were walking past the arena. They were Dusk and Amelia. During the tournament, they had struck up a friendship and had been hanging out every night. As they were walking past, they heard Starbright's sobs and became curious.

"What's that?" asked Amelia.

"I don't know" replied Dusk, "But it seems to be coming from the arena."

Curious, Dusk used her shadow tentacle as a platform for Amelia. The wolf flipped over the edge whilst Dusk prepared to do the same. However, Amelia had already seen Starbright.

"HEY!" she called out, prompting Starbright to stuff her helmet back on. "You're that Starbright person."

"Who wants to know?" the masked person questioned, her aggressiveness coming back.

Amelia pulled her bow out, ready for a fight. "Why are you here?"

"That has nothing to do with you! Now leave before I make you!"

The wolf wasn't budging, pulling an arrow out and firing at her masked opponent. But Starbright easily dodged it, running up to Amelia and kicking her up the steps. Amelia made a jump for Starbright, causing both of them to tumble down the steps. Starbright managed to kick the wolf off and she landed in the arena. Starbright jumped after her and pulled out her gun.

"I told you not to interfere" she said, her finger on the trigger. But before she could do anything, a shadow grabbed her from behind and threw her into the wall. Amelia looked up in surprise as Dusk appeared and helped her up.

"Are you OK?" she asked.

The wolf nodded. "I'm fine but that girl is fast. She can dodge my arrows with ease."

"Well, she hasn't met me yet!" Dusk remarked, a smirk on her face.

Starbright got back up and pulled her gun out and fired at Dusk. Using her skates, the shadowy hedgehog was able to weave between the blasts before lunging out with one of her shadow tentacles to slam Starbright back into the wall.

"You may be faster but I'm stronger!" Starbright growled, jumping for Dusk and punching her round the face. Dusk stumbled but retaliated by launching her foot out at Starbright. But the armour-clad warrior easily dodged it before grabbing Dusk's ankle and swinging her behind her. Dusk landed face first into the dirt. She pushed herself up, spitting the dirt out of her mouth.

"I SO need a shower" she said to herself. As she spoke, Starbright pressed her foot on Dusk's back.

"Any last words?" she sneered, raising her fist as it glowed blue.

Dusk didn't reply since an arrow came out of nowhere and froze Starbright's arm. She turned to see Amelia with her bow aimed at her.

"Don't tell me you forgot about me?" she asked. In the assailant's moment of distraction, Dusk pushed her off and summoned a boxing glove-shaped shadow from Starbright's shadow which uppercutted her, knocking her back. Starbright pulled the arrow out of her frozen arm, wincing slightly and, somehow, managed to coat her entire arm blue, causing the ice to shatter. She flipped back up, her arm still glowing, and rushed at speeds that would impress Sonic towards Dusk, slamming her aura covered palm into the hedgehog's gut. Screaming in pain, Dusk was sent flying into the wall with a bang.

Amelia gasped and tried to help her friend but Starbright stood in the way. The wolf snarled.

"You witch! I'll make you pay for that!" she cried, swinging her bow in an attempt of hitting her but Starbright grabbed it and threw it away before sending her fist across Amelia's face. The wolf fell to the floor as Starbright loomed over her, a blue aura appearing in the palm of her hand.

"It ends now!" she cried.

"Not while I'm here!"

Starbright turned to the voice and was met with a foot to the face, knocking her back. Amelia was then helped up by none other than Ozone.

"You go look after your friend. That she-devil is mine" he told her.

Amelia didn't hesitate and rushed to Dusk's side whilst Starbright got back to her feet.

"You again! You're certainly interfering!" she growled after recognizing her attacker.

"Well, this time, I don't intend to lose" Ozone challenged, firing a Chaos Spear at her which she jumped over. She landed in front of Ozone and threw a punch but the yellow hedgehog easily dodged it, retaliating with an elbow to the gut. Clutching her stomach, Starbright pulled her gun out and fired it. Ozone was hit dead on and the blue blast of energy sent him sliding across the ground.

"Hah. No medics to help you now!" Starbright sneered, but to her surprise, Ozone got back up, with a smirk on his face.

"You must've forgotten to leave the germanium in" he stated. Starbright's eyes widened when she realised he was right. She had taken the germanium out. She then noticed Ozone was gone. Her eyes darted about looking for him. Suddenly, a lightning arrow hit her in the back. As she cried in pain, her suit began to short out. She pulled the arrow out and was horrified to realise her suit would no longer make her Chaos energy. She turned to see that Amelia was responsible and was about to attack when a shadow smacked her across the face. Ozone had used his herbs to heal Dusk.

The three heroes surrounded her as she tried summoning the energy but it was all in vain.

"I think it'd be best if you gave up" stated Ozone.

Starbright snarled before flipping over Amelia and running up the steps again. The wolf tried firing arrows but Starbright dodged them all.

"Don't worry. I've got her!" cried Dusk, sending out another shadow tentacle. But when the tentacle was in grabbing distance, it became taut and wouldn't go any further.

"Oh damn!" Dusk cursed. "It won't go any further!" she explained as Starbright flipped over the edge of the arena.

"How did you find us?" Amelia asked the heroic hedgehog.

Ozone said "I heard the scuffling and teleported in to see what was going on. Why was that girl here?"

Both females shrugged. Ozone began to think. "Hm, there's nothing here of value. The only thing here is the medical ward."

"Could she have been targeting one of the patients?" Amelia suggested.

Dusk pondered this. "The only ones in there, from what I know, are that robot, Blaze and…" she began but then it dawned on her. "Shadow!"

Suddenly, they heard people running to the entrance. "We'd better discuss this in the morning" suggested Ozone, teleporting himself and the girls out of the arena and back to the hotel.