Light Meets Dark: Pt 2

Silver, Aleema, and Charles battled through the Gaia beasts until they had finally arrived to the location of the zeti leading the charge.

"Well, this is an interesting surprise." Master Zik stated to him. "King Sylvanus of South Island, his queen, and his brother all come out to face me in battle."

"I am not going to let you harm our people." Silver stated.

"But the last time I checked you were suffering from Necromantic Poisoning." Master Zik rebuked him. "If you fight me, you're going to die. Are you sure you can afford to take that risk?" He paused. "If you leave now, you might still be able to save yourself. I'll even grant you safe passage."

"I refuse to let my people perish for something like that." Silver replied to him, refusing to back down. "I'm going to continue to fight until I am finished."

"Very well. You had your chance to learn the easy way." The tiny blue zeti answered. "It is time for you to learn the hard way. For now, you die." They noticed Gaia Beasts head towards the trio; Master Zik turned to the beasts. "Don't touch these three. They're mine."


Meanwhile at Mount Marble, Light and Dark Gaia clashed. Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Marine were bashing their way on the abomination that was trying to escape out of the mountainside.

"Bonza, how much of a bloomin' beastly beatin' can this blasted baddie take?" Marine asked.

"I don't know, but can we save the tongue twisters for later?" Tails asked in reply. After one more dash attack against Dark Gaia, it roared and laid on its back.

"I think we beat it." Sonic answered.

"Yes." Amy replied to him.

"Don't celebrate too soon." Light Gaia commented. "We're not done yet." At that moment, Dark Gaia blasted out a roar that almost blown the four mobians off the golem. Then, the gasping jaws exploded out a putrid purple smog around them. It began to cover the skies above South Island. "Watch it. That smog is toxic. Stay low." The four mobians fled backwards into the golem as they retreated to the Sky Patrol.

In the fields outside the city, Silver, Aleema, and Charles confronted Master Zik. The party of four ended up looking to the sky as they saw the purple smog.

"Oh yes. The smog of Perfect Dark Gaia." Master Zik replied. "Now, you know the end has come. Even on the rare chance you do defeat me, you will not be able to defeat Dark Gaia."

"I might not be able to." Silver stated. "But I know Sonic will."

"You actually think that Dark Gaia can be taken down by your offspring?" Zik commented, almost about to laugh.

"I don't think. I know." Silver rebuked.

"That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard." The zeti commented. "You put so much faith in your offspring."

"He has his friends to help him." Aleema said. "So what do you know about that?"

"He and his friends will be able to take Dark Gaia down." Charles added. "Just like the three of us will take you down." Silver started to feel a lot of pain, but there was no visible wound.

"Silver…" Aleema said in shock noticing the albino starting to fall over. She went over and helped him up.

"It's too late for him now." Master Zik said. "I told you that you could have run away and it could have saved him. But you didn't listen. He is now in the late stage of Necromantic Poisoning. Your precious Silver is now a dead mobian."

"So… this is my final battle." Silver answered. "If that is the case, I won't hold anything back." He stared back at Master Zik. The zeti was a bit surprised that Silver had no fear in his eyes. "Brace yourself, Master Zik. Prepare yourself for what the royal house of South Island can do."


Back at Mount Marble, as Light Gaia was back at the Sky Patrol. The four mobians looked on towards Dark Gaia. They saw him grow an additional set of arms and its head open up revealing multiple large eyes.

"What do we do now?" Tails asked.

"I don't know, Tails." Sonic replied.

"If I can get close enough, I can attempt to fuse with him." Light Gaia answered. "Stopping him once and for all."

"Krickey, you can't do that." Marine stated. "That will end you."

"I have no choice." Light Gaia replied. "I'm only half of a being. He is half of a being as well. All I can do is put the two pieces back together."

"There's no way that Dark Gaia will allow you to refuse with him." Amy answered.

"At this point, the refusing is our only option." Tails commented.

"What can we do then?" Marine asked.

"Hey, we still have the chaos emeralds." Sonic replied with the emeralds floating around him. "Chip, do your thing. We'll keep him busy."

"Understood." Chip replied. Sonic had gotten around his teammates: Tails, Amy, and Marine.

"Get ready to rock and roll." He stated.

"Roger." Tails said.

"Got it." Amy added.

"Ready, mate." Marine commented.

"Here we go." Sonic finished as the emeralds spun around the four faster and faster. The quartet turned a bright gold as they went super. Then, they flew towards Perfect Dark Gaia for battle.


Master Zik slammed swept his staff and Silver leapt over. Silver counted with his twin blades only to have the blades blocked by the wooden pole. He swung the blades the other way and they were blocked. The zeti come downwards and the albino blocked with his twin swords. Silver kicked him away.

Aleema came by and punched and kicked at the fiend. Zik jumped and dodged each attack while throwing his own counterattacks. After exchanging blows, Aleema grabbed him and threw him to the side.

The zeti encountered Uncle Chuck with his electro-staff. The ends were charged up as they blocked and parried each others attacks. Sir Charles was able to hit a weak spot on the zeti's pole and caused it to crack.

"What?" Zik asked. Then, a downward strike from Chuck caused the zeti's staff to break. Then, the hedgehog knocked the fiend away.

Master Zik blasted some wind towards the party while Silver countered with his psychic energy. They were deadlocked in a fierce intense battle. Aleema and Charles flanked the zeti and knocked him upwards. Silver fired upwards and struck the surprised zeti with his psychic attacks. As the master hit the ground, Silver leapt and threw his blades right into Master Zik's chest. The zeti let out a loud wail before dissipating in a cloud of smoke.

"We done it. We've defeated the last of the Deadly Six." Silver stated, falling on his knees. "It's up to Sonic, now."


At Mount Marble, the now-super Team Sonic zipped and zoomed around Dark Gaia. The giant monster threw hot smoldering pyroclasts at the four mobians. Using her hammer, Amy smacked them back towards the beast. Marine used her boomerang to do ranged attacks against the monster. Likewise, Tails had discovered how to use chaos spear. And Sonic would dodge the pyroclasts as he would personally zoom in and knock a melee strike against the monster. As time went on, Dark Gaia grew more and more angry.

"Keep nailing him guys." Tails said, dodging out of the way of a boulder. He noticed a pyroclast was going to hit Marine from the side. He zoomed grabbed Marine and flew her out of the way of the scolding rock.

"Thanks, Tails." Marine said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I owe you one."

"Just consider us even." The fox replied.

Amy Rose saw one of the rocks was too far away to reach. Sonic got on that rock.

"Amy, here's one." Sonic commented as he knocked the boulder over to Amy. She, in turn, slammed her hammer against the pyroclast and sent it hurling back at Perfect Dark Gaia, hitting it right in the center eye.

"Bullseye." She stated.

All the while, Light Gaia was sneaking around the battlefield. Now that the golem was in position, Chip lunged forward and grabbed both sets of arms and shoulders of the giant fiend. The surprised monster struggled to get out of Light Gaia's grasp.

"Hit him with everything you got." Chip stated. Then, he started to say the spell of fusion. The four mobians attacked Dark Gaia all at once. The fiend roared in defiance as he tried to escape the mixing together of itself and Chip. Then, a bright and blinding light gave off of the set of titans. The mobians shielded their eyes and got away from the epicenter of the fusion.

When they had looked at the set again, there was only a single being that was Pure Gaia. It was like a crystalline golem made from fine and brilliant amethyst. The four mobians looked at this being in awe.

"There is no need to be shocked; for this is the end result of the fusion." It said. "Now, that I am whole once again. I can command the Gaia beasts to return to the earth once more. I cannot thank you more than enough."

"You're welcome, Chip." Sonic answered.

"But now, my time on the surface has come to a close." Chip said. "I will never forget you guys. I will always hold a special place amongst my memories." At that moment, Pure Gaia sank back into the magma to head back to the core. The excess lava pulled out of the Marble Zone to repair the damage to the mountain while across the globe all of the Gaia Beasts and spirits that have escaped through that gate were sucked back to where they once came.

"Well, what are we standin' around here for?" Marine asked. "Let's head back to Starlight City and have a party."

"Great idea, Marine." Tails said.

"Chili dogs for everyone." Sonic answered. "My treat." The four mobians flew back to the Sky Patrol, blissfully unaware of what else will come upon them.


Aleema and Charles tried to get Silver back to the hospital. But the albino was no longer able walk anymore from the pain from the poison. Silver told the two to not take him back to the hospital, but instead to take him to the place of his choosing.

They arrived at the Amunrapi Grove. It was a garden which would become a great supplier of peaches to the population. He was set down underneath the largest tree.

"Charles, head back to the hospital and await Sonic there." Silver stated.

"Are you sure?" Charles asked.

"Yes, brother." The albino replied.

"As you wish." Then, Uncle Chuck left him and the queen alone.

"Silver, why did you want me to bring you here?" Aleema asked.

"Do you not remember, my dear?" Silver asked. "This is the place where we first met."

"And we had so many times we had met here." The queen responded. Silver raised up his hand; he struggled but managed to use his psychic abilities to pick two fresh peaches from the tree they were under. And he flinched. "Silver."

"It's alright." The albino said as he levitated the two peaches over to his position. "On the day we first met, I had two peaches in my lunch and I gave you one." Aleema began to tear up as she accepted the peach. Then, the queen sat next to him.

"This place has so many fond memories for me." Silver said. "It's where we first met. We even had our wedding here." He flinched a bit from the pain. "And it is the one place where I would like to spend my final moments of life. I'm just sorry that my time with everyone was cut short."

"But at least, we can at least have these minutes, right?" Aleema asked.

"I know, we will." The albino replied:

"Although I have seen many things, there is still only one I would choose.

It is you I did not dare lose.

You were the one who made me smile when I was sad.

I am grateful for you and the happiness that we had.

If we remained together in heart and mind, you with me and me with you.

Our love had remained faithful and true.

Even when offered treasure far more than the size of the sea.

For no greater wealth than being with thee.

We had a family with each other and our children had grown strong.

And they can tell the difference between truth and wrong.

As now I lay under a tree, my life is coming to a close.

But it was one that I can never rue.

It was my greatest blessing to spend that last moment…

With my dearest Aleema…

The one that… was… you…"

Then, Silver breathed his last.