(Luna's View)
(10 Minutes Later)
(On Shadow's Starfighter Wing)
"Holy f*cking stars…" I quietly awe as the enormous, black/red, egg-shaped, steel robot beast appears, hovering through the enemy starship line as the last active starfighter is exterminated by Amy's ship. Amy corkscrews to Shadow's side. I slowly stand to my feet, grasping my sword tight. The top of the Death Egg, shielded by a thinner sheet of metal rolls down into the upper torso of the Death Egg, revealing a ridiculously thick glass dome, revealing Eggman's cockpit with him, of course, grasping some of the controls on its panel. Hysterical laughing reverberates from the built in speakers. I grunt spits out of my mouth.
"Enough laughing Egghead! This isn't the time to be amused!" I holler out. Eggman's laugh becomes louder and even more hysterical, amused by my words.
"I still cannot believe you worked with that freak, Luna." Shadow spits. I groan. "Tell me about it. It's kind of sad, actually." I scoff out, the annoyance within me climbing. Eggman calms down soon after and presses a button in the cockpit. The chest of the Death Egg begins to glow bright, ocean blue. The arms soon goes into an offensive stance. Unsheathing my sword, I command Shadow to fling me. Shadow hesitates, but obliges, speeding towards the Death Egg. The Death Egg, in response, fires bright green energy beam directly at us, but more specifically at me. Immediately, I activate my defensive aura around my body and sword right when I fling off of Shadow's wing. Shadow, meanwhile, returns to the Blue Typhoon. Funny thing is, I crack a smirk at that. The reason though, surprises even me.
He's putting his trust on me. It's probably a reluctant trust, but at least he has some for me.I mean, if I was still with Eggman, if my boyfriend, well, wasn't, I would have perceived Shadow's action the wrong way. I mean, it appears that he's abandoning me, but I know why now. I see the real reason now. Let's hope I can fulfill this mission.
The beam soon collides onto me. The blue, defensive aura that surrounds my body begins to vibrate, rejecting the beam with all its strength. My heart skips a beat at this. My defensive aura is vibrating. It's beginning to weaken. I haven't witnessed that in a while. My aura can withstand so much power, but now reminded that it can truly shatter worries me. I need to finish this battle quickly.
When the beam fails to destroy my weakened aura, I, with the moon's assistance, I draw its power into me, allowing me to propel myself towards the Death Egg. Eggman responds to this by turning the hand of the Death Egg into a machine gun, firing bullets. I, having no other choice, use my aura as a body shield, forcing the bullets to ricochet off of it.
Almost there… I think. Wonder how I'm going to break that hull…
"HEY! LUNA! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" Tails' voice shouts from my sword's hilt, breaking my thought process. I jerk a bit at the sudden words, causing my aura to weaken a bit for that split second.
"TAILS! YOU SCARED ME!" I spit back.
"Sorry, I some information that you really need to know." Tails replies calmly. Eggman's machine gun soon returns to a fist and attempts to slug me in the chest. My aura, yet again, shields me, yet something really unfortunate happens.
The aura surrounding my body cracks. Two more shots like that and my aura is a goner. I bite my lip. "Better make it quick! Tryin' to not let my aura shatter!" I snap back, spinning to the left, dodging the slug attempt. Tails hesitates, but then speaks.
"I've located the Chaos Emeralds' location! It's in the center of the Death Egg!" He hollers. "It's well protected since path to them are filled with electric spears and crap loads of sensors to trigger them!"
"Great." I spit. "You sendin' any help?" I ask, unsheathing my sword, closing in to the chest of the Death Egg. Tails sighs out loud. My heart sinks.
"You're not, are you…"
"...No. We can't. We have a reason though. It's-." He begins to say, but I end the connection from my sword. Knowing that I'm alone is already too much to bear. I didn't want to hear why Tails won't send reinforcements. This thought process, though, ends when a bright, red light comes from the chest of the Death Egg. The red is mixed with green. I clench my jaw, understanding the fate that could come if I'm hit.
It could mean my death, but not just that.
It could mean the corruption of Infinite. I saved him and I cannot bear the thought of his heart becoming stone cold yet again. The red/energy beam soon spins, ready to fire at me. I, harnessing the moon's power within my body, rocket under the beam, heading straight towards its center from underneath. The beam though, heads straight towards the Blue Typhoon.
"NO!" I scream out. The beam slams onto the ship, sending it backwards. My rage instantly peaks within me, my veins heating up. This stalling, though, allows Eggman to grab me by the Death Egg's hand. My aura begins to crack further. My rage climbs as I resist the grip. My unbearable rage soon takes over, morphing my defensive aura to offensive, even with the chance of being crushed being well aware in my head. Shooting my hands out from my side, the offensive aura shatters two holes into the hand, the circuitry sparking bright blue sparks. I clench my fist and punch into the palm, as well as the arm of the Death Egg, leaving a clean hole into it.
"Time to do this." I reassure myself, rocketing into the inner part of the arm. Curls of circuitry of nearly all colors blocks my path with a spider web feel. I unsheathe my sword, instinctively slashing through the wires.
Huge mistake.
The sliced wires begin to shoot out white sparks of electricity. One of the thin bolts passes through the crack in my body shield, frying a part of my shoulder. I scream in pain, clutching it. More and more sparks fly, leaving me two choices: Leave the arm and risk my life to find another way in or fight through the sparks, leaving luck, endurance and strength to be my only allies. With a grunt, I sigh, unsheathe my sword and with a battle cry, charge towards the intact wires. My body shield begins to vibrate and crackle. At the end, I leap, tumbling through thick wires, that is, until I plummet downwards. My back slams onto something hard and hot, the heat burning a part of my shirt. Sizzling and smoke burns through the dusty smell. With a hiss, I manage to stand to my feet, finding myself in the Chaos Emerald chamber. Unsheathing my sword, I prepare to stab the glass container, but sensors blare out, signaling electricity to zap onto my battered body shield. The shield begins to crack more, leaving me a couple shots to break in. However, I know I had to use my offensive aura to break in. The electricity zaps keep coming. Sheathing my sword, I release all the energy of my battered shield off of me, switch to my offensive and bash through the glass and pull the wires off the Chaos Emeralds before I collapse onto the ground. The electric beams cease. A low, whirring sound turns silent. Reaching for my sword, the intercom inside beeps. My finger barely presses the button.
"Luna! Can you hear me?!" Infinite's voice sputters out. A faint, weak smirk curves up my face. "Yes...But I don't know for...how much longer…"
"What do you mean?! Are you hurt?!" He hollers, the power of his voice creating an instant migraine. In addition my head begins to spin. "Y-Yeah...Just...hurry baby…" I sputter out. Infinite begins to ask how hurt I am, but the words cease and my vision blackens, sending me into unconsciousness.