Episode 32: The Phantom Ruby Part 3

Not long ago, the Heavy King took the Phantom Ruby and used its power to combine itself to the rest of the Hard Boiled Heavies. Soon enough, they all transform into a large and powerful robot calling itself the Phantom King. The Phantom King begins out the Gunner's Missile blaster, and fires them at the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix.

Sonic shouts, "Look out!"

Everyone quickly dodges out of the way as the missiles hit the ground. Phantom King uses the Phantom Ruby to create shurikens and kunai. With that, he throws them down at the gang. Eve uses her sword to repel the attacks. The Phantom King then brings out the Spiked ball and swings around the area to attack them. Knuckles is able to use his fist to counter the attack and sends the spike ball back. The Phantom Ruby continues to glow and the robot continues to emit a dark red aura and black electricity begins to flow through its body.

Knuckles says, "That thing is starting to get out of control!"

"And it's about to get worse if we don't do something," Mighty says.

"What can we do Sonic?" Tails asks

"I'm not sure, but we know someone might. I'll be right back," Sonic says.

Sonic the speeds away in a matter of seconds. Then returns with Dr. Eggman in tow.

Eggman angrily says, "Let me go you annoying pin cushion!"

"Not until you tell us how to stop the Phantom King," Sonic sternly says.

Knuckles cracks his knuckles, "Yeah. you're the one who found that stupid ruby and messed up the Master Emerald. Not to mention creating your robot gang and they used the Phantom Ruby to create that!"

"What?! It's not my fault that my robots decide to turn against me and create the Phantom King, or whatever you call it. I was planning on using it to power up my Egg Roller and use the Chaos Emeralds," Eggman angrily says.

Eve grabs Eggman by his shirt, "Something tells me that's not going to happen at this point."

Then begins to rapidly shake Eggman, "I don't suppose you have some kind of off switch or know how to shut down the Ruby's powers."

Then Eve stops shaking him.

"There's no way to turn my robots off unless you break them like you always do," Eggman says, sounded slightly bitter.

Tails asks, "What about the Phantom Ruby? Do you have any idea how to stop its power?"

"After reading the data on the Phantom Ruby and scanning it, the ruby appears to have a strong power that wears off after a while. However, with the robots in control, it's possible to have an unlimited supply of power. I think the only way to stop it is to destroy Ruby itself," Eggman says.

Sonic turns his head to the robot, "That's no problem. All we have to do is blast that Phantom Ruby to pieces."

"B-but h-how?" Ray asks.

Eve then takes the Emeralds out of her backpack, "The Chaos Emeralds. Eggman said that the Phantom Ruby has about the same powers."

"You're right. We can use them to give that combined robot a good beating," Sonic says.

Sonic and Eve brings out the Chaos Emerald. Eve is holding the red, yellow, and blue Chaos Emeralds. Sonic holds the white, purple, and green Chaos Emeralds.

Eve says, "Mighty, Tails, and Ray. Stand back. Knuckles, we could use your help with this one."

"Right," Knuckles says.

Knuckles then stands with Sonic and Eve as Mighty, Ray, and Tails stand back. Knuckles and the two hedgehogs then focus their energy and their feelings towards the Chaos Emeralds. Soon, the Chaos Emeralds begin to glow and circle around them. They Chaos Emerald begin to circle around the three and accelerate their speed. Not long, Sonic and Eve fur change into gold while Knuckles' change to pink, all gaining their super forms.

Sonic, Eve, and Knuckles begin to fly in the air to take down the Phantom King.

"Let's try to distract the Phantom King and one of us tries to destroy the Ruby" Knuckles says.

Sonic turns to Eve, "Eve, think you can use one of your Chaos Arrows to strike at the Ruby."

"I'll give it a try," Eve says.

Sonic and Knuckles fly on a head to deal with the Phantom King at the same time, Eve creates a bow with her Chaos Energy. Sonic flies down to the Phantom King and strikes him on the back of the head. The Phantom King turns to see Sonic.

Sonic sticks his tongue and says, "You can't catch me you overgrown bag of bolts."

The Phantom King then takes out the missile blaster and fire missiles at Sonic. Sonic begins to fly around as the rockets follow his tracks. The next moment, Knuckles then punches the robot in the chest.

"If you think missiles are going to take us down. Think again!" Knuckles says, and bangs his head.

The Phantom King then uses the ability of his legs to create bombs in front. Then kicks the bombs at Knuckles. Knuckles begin to fly and dodge the attacks. At the same time, Mighty and the others are watching.

Jazz worriedly says, "Chao Chao."

"I hope Sonic, Eve, and Knuckles are able to beat him," Ray says, worried.

"Don't worry Ray, I know they can beat the Phantom King," Mighty says.

"That is… if the Phantom King already knows how to use the Phantom Ruby against them," Eggman says.

Tails says, "Yeah, and you're the one who found it."

"It's not a good time to be pointing fingers. Who can really say who's at fault for this mess," Eggman comments.

"It's your fault for using the Ruby to take the Chaos Emeralds and try to use it to power your machines,. Not to mention, causing problems for everyone," Mighty sternly says.

"Now's not the time to dwell on the past," Eggman says.

"You're lucky you're the least of our problems at this moment," Ray replies.

"Chao Chao," Jazz replies, nodding her head.

Tails says, "The Phantom Ruby is what gives the robot all of its power. If they can destroy it, then the robot will fall apart."

Everyone down below continues to look up to see Knuckles and Sonic fighting against the Phantom King. Sonic spin dashes at the robot and knuckles punches it in the back. Eve then holds out her Chaos Energy bow and creates an arrow on it. She pulls it back and aims it so the arrow is directly at the Phantom Ruby.

She then shouts, "Chaos Arrow!"

Eve then fires her Chaos Arrow and it aims directly toward the Phantom Ruby, a perfect target. Suddenly, the Phantom King turns around and grabs the arrow before it has a chance to strike. Eve gasps in shock to see the Phantom King intervenes with her aim and firing. The Phantom King then crushes the arrow and the Chaos Energy disappeared. The Phantom King then creates large shurikens and kunais. Then throws it at Eve as they enlarge. Eve quickly uses her Chaos Energy to create the Chaos Bubble and repel the attack. The Phantom King then throws the spike ball, missiles, and brings out bombs, knives, and cards from its legs. Then have them thrown directly at Eve all at once. Eve then continues to hold her Chaos Bubble as the attacks make direct contact at Eve's protection bubble.

Sonic panics, "Eve!"

Sonic and Knuckles quickly fly towards Eve in order to save her. Sonic and Knuckles then bashes it on the head, causing the Phantom king to cancel throwing his weapons.

"Hey why don't you pick on someone your own size you overgrown tin can?!" Sonic shouts.

The Phantom King says, "You believe that using your super forms is able to stop me."

"We will stop you Phantom King!" Sonic says.

"And we'll give it everything we got until you're stopped," Knuckles says.

Eve releases herself from her bubble, "And we'll do what we can to save everyone on Mobius, and destroy the Phantom Ruby that is threatening it."

The Phantom King says, "You three think that using the Chaos Emeralds to become these Super Forms are able to stop me."

"We'll see about that," Eve says, and takes out her sword.

With a slash, Eve's sword gains Chaos Energy as well and changes so it will have a golden glow.

The Phantom King then brings out a large shuriken and throws it at Sonic, Knuckles and Eve. Eve then slashes that cuts the shuriken in half.

Eve turns to Sonic and Knuckles, "Ready boys."

"Ready," Sonic.

"Let's take this robot out," Knuckles says.

Song:

Yeah, naked truth lies, only if you realize

With that, Sonic, Eve, and Knuckles fly towards the Phantom King and plan to aim for the Phantom Ruby.

"Guys, distract that robot while I try to get my sword to it," Eve says.

Song:

Appearing in nobody's eyes, till they sterilize

"You got it sis," Sonic says.

Then turns to Knuckles, "Get ready to crush that robot.

Song:

Stop the guerrilla, warfare to keep fair

"You got it Sonic," Knuckles says.

Song:

Bro, change your rage to a smarter greater cause

Sonic and Knuckles fly on ahead with Eve taking the back. Sonic and Knuckles

Song:

You know the stake is high stardom is near

Sonic the flies over and throws Chaos thunder at the robot. Phantom King then brings out the missile launcher and fires missiles at them. Sonic and Knuckles dodge out of its way.

Song:

Those who sympathized you died, killer pass you by

The Phantom King, then throws bombs all over the area and begins to leave smoke.

Sonic says, "I don't think so."

Sonic then begins to spin like a tornado and gets rid of the smoke.

Song:

Do not waste your time In hating flirting guys

The smoke continues to clear out of the way. However, the Phantom King has the spike ball and throws it at Sonic.

Knuckles flies over, "Oh no you don't!"

Knuckles then swings his fist and smacks it right into the spike ball.

Song:

Use your might to AIs to do justice to them all

Sonic stops spinning and asks, "Thanks Knux."

"No problem. Let's continue until Eve in position.

Song:

Now I face out, I hold out

I reach out to the truth of my life

Seeking to seize on the whole moment to now break away

Sonic and Knuckles begins to charge towards the Phantom King. With that, Knuckles slams his fist right into it, creating a large dent.

Song:

Oh God let me out, can you let me out?

Can you set me free from this dark inner world

Sonic the flies as the Phantom King brings out the Missile blaster. Sonic then spin dashes and has it calls out of its hand.

Song:

Save me now, last beat in the soul

Sonic and Knuckles see the Phantom King is not happy. The Phantom King then begins to fire bombs, cards, and knives at and Knuckles flies over and begins to fight against the attacks.

Meanwhile, Eve is flying high in the air and begins to make her energy flow into her sword.

Song:

Now I face up, I make head

I bleach out cock and bull of this globe

Eve brings out her sword, "Alright. I got this one shot!"

Song:

Thinking and seeking on the whole moment

Now it's on!

Eve then feels the remaining power that the Master Emerald has.

Song:

Oh god it's enough, are you satisfied?

It's already disgusting to dance with your palm

Soon, the Master Emerald Sword glows a gold aura and Eve's fur begins to glow bright as well

Song:

Save me now, last beat in the soul

Soon, Eve's sword begins to enlarge until it's bigger than she is.

Song:

Now I face out, I make head

Eve then says, "Alright. Let's do this."

Song:

I bleach out cock and bull of this globe

Eve then flies down with her Master Emerald Sword with full force and aims right directly on the Phantom Egg's head

Song:

Thinking and seeking on the whole moment

Now it's on!

Seeing her chance, Eve shouts, "Chaos-Calibur!"

Then the sword hits the top of the Phantom Ruby

Song:

Oh God let me out, can you let me out?

The next moment, the Phantom Ruby shatters to pieces and Eve slices right through the machine.

Song:

It's already disgusting to dance with your palm

Save me now, last beat in the soul[

Soon, the robot begins to rattle and shake and smoke begins to come out of it. At the moment, the robot begins to let out explosions. Eggman, Tails, Jazz, Mighty, and Ray watch as the Phantom King is destroyed and never to cause harm to anyone again.

Sonic, Eve, and Knuckles land on the ground as they change back to their normal selves. Eve opens her hand to reveal the broken Phantom Ruby on the palm of her hand. The group turns their heads to see the Phantom King begin to blow up at multiple places as it begins to fall from the sky. Soon, the robot explodes and is destroyed completely.

Sonic sighs, "So we finally did it."

"Yes. We destroyed the Phantom Ruby and the Hard Boiled Heavies," Eve says.

"And another one of Eggman's schemes," Knuckles says.

Ray turns back and notices, "Um, w-where's Eggman?"

Sonic, Eve, and the others look around to see Dr. Eggman is not around.

"Where did he go?" Sonic asks.

Suddenly, they hear maniacal laughter and look up to see the mad scientist in the flesh on the Egg Mobile.

Eggman says, "Thank you for stopping my robots! They are starting to get in the way of my plans.

Mighty says, "But you're the one who creates them and allows them to be exposed to the Phantom Ruby's power."

"Yeah," Tails and Eve reply.

"Details details. Now that they're well, out of the way, I can focus on my next plans to take over this planet. The Eggman Empire will be as strong as ever," Eggman says, and laughs some more.

Then he flies the Egg Mobile back to his lair and knows that he has work to fix up. Sonic, Eve, and the others become annoyed.

"That Eggman has a big ego," Eve says.

"And I thought his belly is already big enough," Sonic says, rolling his eyes.

Sometime later, everyone returns to Angel Island where the Master Emerald is. Since the plane is destroyed, Sonic and Eve have to run there. Knuckles with Mighty riding on his back, Tails, and Ray fly in the air. They soon arrive at the Master Emerald as it begins to glow bright again. Knuckles presents his hand to the Master Emerald and senses it's power returning. Eve brings out her sword to see it glowing again. Soon, the Island begins to rumble as it flies back to the sky and out of the water. Angel Island and the Master Emerald are back to their original state.

Knuckles turns to the others and says, "The Master Emerald's power has been restored and the island is back in the sky."

"That because without the Phantom Ruby around the Master Emerald is able to gain back its power and my sword is back to normal," Eve says.

"Yeah. I'm just hoping Eggman learns his lesson about having a rock like that power it up. It made the Hard Boiled Heavies act wacky," Sonic says.

Tails simply says, "I doubt it."

"No kidding. Eggman is never going to learn. I just hope we don't have to deal with that Phantom Ruby again," Eve says.

"Yeah. I hate to think what will happen if someone else got a hold of it," Sonic says.

"We won't know. So far Eggman only found one Phantom Ruby. I'm not sure if Eggman is going to find another one," Knuckles says, and lays his back on the Master Emerald.

Then says, "All we can do is wait until Eggman makes another move."

"Which is going to be soon," Eve says.

"And we'll stop him anyway we can," Sonic says.

"Yeah," Tails says.

Sonic then lays down, "I think it's time for us to relax."

"Yeah. The battle seems to warn me out a little," Eve says, laying down as well.

Tails, and the others begin to relax as well. They have a long day fighting Eggman's robots, his machine, and the Phantom King. Now they can relax for the rest of the time on Angel Island.

Meanwhile, in an unknown location, there is a monitor that is showing Eve with Sonic and Knuckles. Watching the monitors is Moritori Rex. A former Dark Legion Grandmasters, Dimitri's descendant, and Eve's grandfather.

"Hmm, so Eve has returned to the island with the blue hedgehog she calls a brother. No matter, soon we will have her and her family with us at the legion," Moritori says.

Just then, Lien-Da walks into the room and says, "Grandfather Rex, everything is set for the first step of the plan."

"Right. Carry on Commissioner," Moritori says.

Then turns his head, "Great Dimitri, we are ready to begin our operation. However, Eve and Sonic returned to the island with the Guardian."

Suddenly, a robotic voice says, "No matter. Once our operation is carried out, we shall reclaim what is rightfully ours."

Just then, a large robotic echidna, "Remember, bring Eve and her family once they're all on the island and be sure to bring Julie-Su as well. Be sure to bring them all alive"

The robot seems to look like an echidna. Only some of his dreadlocks have fur and metal. And has a little organic life on the face and the muscle.

Then says, "They all will soon become part of the legion."

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