Author's Note: I know that the Epilogue was the last chapter, and had showed Eggman's survival, but it's not as much as a "What if" ending. It's more leading into future sequels that I may eventually end up doing, one being a different version of Generations that is similar to that game but in more my-ish style. The other after that will be an all new original Sonic story.
Plus this idea was bugging me and I wanted to write something before my Flu-Shot tomorrow. Anyway, here it is. It's mostly the same as chapter 19, but with some differences. Not the first time I did this, the first being when I made an alternate ending of one of my Kingdom Hearts fanfics 'The Betrayal of Light'.
But anyway, enjoy!
I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog. All rights belong to Sega.
Alternate Ending: For better or Worse.
"Whoa...! That's Yacker's Mom? She's kinda...Huge!" Sonic cried out in shock with a sweat-drop. The Nega-Mother Wisp had to be at least around the same size as Perfect Chaos, or maybe either smaller or bigger, but definitely dangerous...All because Eggman had stolen so much of her energy which was where he mainly got most of the Hyper-Go-On power in the first place, and now it has transformed her into an uncontrollable monster with powerful negative energy.
No wonder the blue hedgehog had a hard time in finding her. Not only he didn't see this coming, but he hadn't even realized that the mother was the biggest Wisp ever.
"Still, you'd think there would be a little more of a resemblance." He added to himself.
Yacker felt even more horrified with what has happened and began to mournfully cry, knowing that if this was allowed to continue on, all life was gone. He knew there was only one thing to do, but the cute Wisp didn't know what to do considering how his own energy couldn't stop or free her. The other aliens held similar expressions, even the Void Wisp was shocked beyond belief. What also frightened everyone even more was that she was sucking in the debris of the Amusement Park.
"Oooookay...I think she's hungry." Sonic remarked, knowing that the lives of his friends, himself and even Eggman was at stake here, and while he wasn't the villain's number one fan, he had to do something fast.
The Nega-Mother Wisp glowed darkly, with all thoughts of revenge, destruction and hunger was all she felt. Seemingly not yet satisfied in simply devouring the park, she gazed down with her eye-less gaze at the elevator shaft, and towards the group who stared back in increasingly growing fear. Before either one could do anything to move, she roared so loudly that it created a powerful gust of negative wind which began to push Sonic, his friends and Eggman inside his cockpit back. The blue hedgehog and the Wisps tried to shield themselves and tried to stay in place while the evil human doctor held onto his seat for dear life.
Unfortunately it was so strong that the gravity of the shaft was lost and soon Sonic and everyone else were sent falling straight down towards Mobius, screaming. For Eggman, he tried to control his Egg-Mobile but couldn't because he was repeatedly hitting and spinning and trapped inside, not to mention that he was mostly upside down. He then noticed a tentacle reach out towards him and screamed loudly before desperately shoving his entire body into his seat to try and turn it the right way up.
All he ended up doing was shoving it slightly so that the Nega-Mother Wisp's arm instead whacked him so hard that he ended up going even faster towards Mobius.
"WOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Sonic screamed as he felt a flash of deja vu while plummeting down towards the planet. Before he ended up reaching it even half way, Yacker and the aliens, quickly recovering and seeing their friend fall to his demise, flew down and focused on what was left of their powers to save him by creating the protective floating sphere around him and themselves, slowing his descend and simply floating in space.
"#$%$#!" Yacker cried out frantically as the blue hedgehog, who blinked in surprise and realized that he was still alive, looked around to see that the aliens had once again saved him from death.
"Yacker! Guys!" He cried out in relief. But before he could express his gratitude, Sonic and his friends heard Eggman's terrified screams and looked up to see that the evil man was flying straight towards him. Sonic and the Wisps yelped, but blinked in surprise that the villain fell past them and continued on towards the planet.
"This is NOT my day!" Eggman could be heard screaming as he held on for dear life. The evil scientist felt not only terrified for his own life considering he was about to crash land into Mobius, but also frustrated and furious that Sonic had defeated him yet again.
"At Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, you can feel comfortable knowing your safety is our number one priority." His own voice recording spoke within the cockpit, which infuriated him over his own ironic speech. Trapped inside his Mobile and about to experience another humiliating and painful landing, all the evil scientist could do was pound his fists against the glass which was already cracked.
"Oh, shut uuuuuuuuuuuuup!" Eggman yelled angrily as he continued to fall straight towards the planet until he couldn't be seen.
"...And there he goes." Sonic concluded in exasperation. While he had meant on what he said to the evil man, and he did feel a tad worried that he wouldn't survive, the blue hedgehog had a powerful feeling that the scientist will be fine. As usual.
Yacker and the other aliens stared on in shock, glancing at the cobalt hero who shrugged awkwardly and said. "It may not look it, but he'll be fine. That Baldy Nosehair has painful defeats and crash landings all the time."
When his friends looked worried, Sonic gave them a confident smirk. "But the next time he attacks, I'll take on him! He'll think twice in hurting you guys and kidnapping your home!"
Before they could make any kind of response, the aliens then gave fearful cries which caught Sonic's attention. The teenager looked back to see the Nega-Mother Wisp reach out another tentacle for them, forcing Sonic and the Wisps to scream before the aliens flew away with their hedgehog friend, avoiding the corrupted giant alien and as far back from reach as possible.
"Whoa! That was close!" The hero of Mobius yelped with a sweat-drop. He flinched as the Nega-Mother Wisp roared again, seemingly deciding to ignore him and her own children and began to chomp and devour the elevator shaft and to his horror, beginning to reach out for Mobius, and if she succeeds, she will slowly but surely drag the other planets in as well...including her own home world.
It hadn't taken him long to figure that she was after Eggman or anything related to what has happened and now the Nega-Mother Wisp was going to get her revenge by taking everything out towards his home. Sonic's eyes widened as he felt his heart skip a beat, before they narrowed with determination. He then gazed at the aliens, seeing that they looked just as horrified as he felt. He then thought as quickly as he could, and while Eggman didn't get the chance to finish what he tried to tell him before the giant corrupted monster broke free, it hadn't taken Sonic long on what the evil man had meant.
In his own words, the reply to the teenager's question was yes, the power of the Chaos Emeralds will overcome the negativity of the Nega-Mother Wisp, but what worried Sonic was that there was a difference between defeating the negative energy of the Emerald's themselves after being used, and using the positive energy against the negative power of the Wisps. But as he closed his eyes to remain calm, his determination to still save the Universe and everyone else, to keep his promise to save Yacker's mother still burned strongly within his heart. So powerful that it drove away his fears, and he knew then that he had to at least try, and if he believed in all of his will power, he can accomplish this.
"#$%$#&$%$#!" Yacker cried out, turning to Sonic who, opening his eyes and quickly glanced at him, that the little alien was screaming away with a pleading look, and while he looked mournful with all hope of saving his mother lost, madly waved at her, then at the planets that were in danger of being destroyed.
Even without Tails' translator, the blue hedgehog knew what he was trying to say.
"You want me to stop her?" He asked, and the curl-headed Wisp nodded. The cobalt hedgehog frowned, but knew there and then that stopping her was the objective and nodded. "Well then, if you want me to stop her, I'll stop her! But I'm also gonna save her! I promise! I know what to do!"
Sonic turned his gaze at the Nega-Mother Wisp who was slowly eating away the elevator shaft, before telling his friends. "Guys, you gotta let me out of your sphere!"
"#%%$!?" The Wisps exclaimed in shock, wondering if he was crazy since if they stopped keeping him afloat, he'll fall. But he gave them a confident smirk.
"Don't worry, I'll be okay. You guys helped me with your positive energies through out this journey, and I can't thank you enough. Now, let me show you what I can do, and leave the rest to me!" Sonic told them, before simply floated and focused by closing his eyes.
As soon as he did, the Chaos Emeralds shone brightly and freed themselves from his quills, and as Yacker and the Wisps' eyes widened in awe, they somehow understood and reluctantly dismissed their power before carefully but quickly floating back away hoping for the best. Thankfully, the power of the Emeralds circled around the blue hedgehog who concentrated on absorbing their powers. He curled up slightly as the energy flowed into his body.
Sonic then burst into golden energy as he uncurled himself, his quills sticking up, his fur golden in colour with a glowing aura, and his eyes ruby red, having become Super Sonic once more. The aliens' eyes widened in awe at the astonishing event as the now golden hedgehog had burrowed the power of the Chaos Emeralds, and it was right there that Yacker remembered his friend tell him about using said power before in the past. The power that like the Hyper-Go-On, can be used for both good and/or evil.
And now Super Sonic was going to use it to stop the Nega-Mother Wisp.
Knowing what to do, and giving his friends a thumbs up, Super Sonic then flew straight towards the Nega-Mother Wisp who, unaware of the event even though she paused slightly when she felt a tingle of warm, unusual and powerful positive energy from close by, continued munching on the elevator shaft, slowly inching closer to Mobius. The golden hedgehog then hovered above her head in a safe distance and let out a loud whistle to get her attention.
"Hey!" Super Sonic called out to her. "Up here!"
The Nega-Mother Wisp stopped chewing up the elevator shaft, and hearing his whistle and voice, turned around to see the glowing golden hedgehog glaring back at her with great courage and determination, showing no fear at all.
"You hungry? How 'bout something more tasty and substantial, like me?" The hero of Mobius taunted, even though he hadn't meant to, he had to draw the corrupted giant alien away from the planets before he can fight her and free her from the negative energy. "Come and get it!"
She took the bait, and with a furious, destructive, and starving snarl as eating Eggman who was the cause for all of this as well as eating metal wasn't enough, because the teenage hedgehog seemed like a perfect meal for her as well.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRR!" The Nega-Mother Wisp roared, and flew up towards him.
Super Sonic smirked before turning and quickly flew himself to lead the corrupted giant Wisp away from Mobius, Planet Wisps, Sweet Mountain, Aquarium Park, Starlight Carnival and Asteroid Coaster, giving the scared and worried Yacker and other Wisps a wink, and easily dodged the tentacles that the giant Wisp whipped in her attempts to try and catch him. Once he was certain that they were well away from the six planets, the golden hedgehog spun around and flew right past her in high speed in a trail of gold light before turning again and stopped, glaring up at her as the Nega-Mother Wisp turned with a furious frown, snarling darkly.
What happened next was the beginning of the ultimate real final battle. The Nega-Mother Wisp roared before spitting out multiple but small embers which as Super Sonic flew up towards her while dodging each one, they exploded behind him which made him mentally wince. He'd have to keep dodging them and avoid in getting hit as fast as he could. Then, as though deciding that she was to lure him into a trap of her own, she began flying away which made him grit his teeth in annoyance but went after her none the less. To make things more difficult, she then stopped this attack and then created a bunch of small asteroids similar to the ones in the last world he visited.
Seeing these made his eyes widen as an idea formed into his mind. The golden hedgehog smirked again, hoping that it would work.
"How about this, then!?" Super Sonic shouted, boosting into one of the asteroids really hard and sending it back to the Nega-Mother Wisp, hitting her left tentacle just as she reached out to try and surprise him, only to be surprised herself by his own attack. She roared in pain while withdrewing her tentacle arm. The golden hedgehog they then kept on flying while hitting as many asteroids as possible, and she attempted to repel back, Super Sonic was faster and managed to keep on hitting her until her own attack ran out.
When it seemed like she stopped moving and appeared to be dazed, he used this to his advantage and zoomed straight towards her with a battle-cry to hit her right above the mouth and into where the eyes should be. But as he did, to his shock it didn't do much damage and was sent backwards slightly. Crying out in alarm and being recoiled by his own attack as he spun out of control, Super Sonic quickly corrected his position and hovered in space with wide eyes before flying upward just in case she attacked up front.
"Man, she's got tough skin! Guess I'd better find her weak spot, quick." He thought to himself as he looked for the Nega-Mother Wisp's weakness. It wasn't until the eye-like gynoecium with the pink petals caught his attention. The golden hedgehog then wondered if maybe that was the weak spot. "Only one way to find out."
Super Sonic flew in quickly as the Nega-Mother Wisp recovered enough for her roots to shoot up to try and strike him, but he easily dodged by maneuvering out of the way and then with a yell he hit the eye hard. It worked and the giant corrupted alien roared in pure agony, recoiling downward while the teenage hedgehog flew up out of the way. As he did, he noticed one of the petals fall off and drift into space. This made him realize that if he can make all of the petals disappear, he may have a chance in using the power of positive energy to restore the giant Wisp to normal. He had to make it count and be careful at the same time.
Before the golden hedgehog could attack again, the Nega-Mother Wisp roared which made the same gust of wind as earlier, and Super Sonic tried to stop himself from being blown away, but was sent flying backwards and screamed once more far away from the corrupted alien. By the time the teenager regained his balance, he found himself back to where he started while his opponent fired more ember at him. Reacting quickly to avoid in getting hit, the young Mobian flew up towards her and flew past the fire attacks even though there were lots more than the last time.
"I gotta get back to that eye, fast!" Super Sonic grunted, only to gasp as the tentacles came flying at him and unharmed from the embers, forcing him to dive and fly high to avoid all of the attacks as well as the tentacles from grabbing him, or in this case, eating him since they both head mouths as well.
"Whoa! AH! WOAH!" He cried out while dodging as best as he could, trying really hard not to panic and focus. 'If I'm not careful, I'm hedgehog food!'
By the time the embers were done, the tentacles almost engulfed him but the golden hedgehog easily dodged again before having another idea as he got closer. Hitting the asteroids to distract her as she roared in pain when her arms were hit repeatedly, Super Sonic managed to keep the arms away from him before flying as fast as he can with the Chaos Energy within him, flying around and around and around the Nega-Mother Wisp who was becoming more and more frustrated that she attempted on chomping him with her mouth, but repeatedly missed.
"I'm sorry! I don't mean to upset you, but I don't have a choice!" The teenage Mobian cried out to it, and while he didn't think that his voice could reach her yet, he had to at least try while he attempted to find a way to return her to normal.
She responded with a threatening growl, the negative emotions making the Nega-Mother Wisp want nothing more than revenge, destruction and everything and everything to devour and will not stop until she got it. The giant corrupted alien attempted to swipe at him with her lower tentacles, but the golden hedgehog flew up and hovered above her before he dove and hit the eye three times as hard as he could while she spun, the Wisp becoming dizzy and roaring in pain at the same time. When Super Sonic flew back up, three more petals were falling off and he attempted to quickly keep on going as he didn't want to hurt her anymore than he was forced to do.
However, the Nega-Mother Wisp, stopped spinning and began to recover but was just as furious now. She roared very loudly which sent out a huge surge of negative winds in every direction that the golden hedgehog had to stop what he was doing. He struggled against the gust while trying to prevent himself from being blown away again. When it seemed to have stopped and he managed to get a glimpse at the giant corrupted alien, Super Sonic gasped in shock as her tentacles seemed to glow with purple energy and she began swiping wildly while flying up straight towards him. This wasn't good at all.
"Uh, oh!" He yelped with a bit of fright, and flew back only to sense something behind him. The golden hedgehog looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened when a purple laser seemed to appear out of nowhere heading straight towards him. His heart hammering in growing panic while he tried to remain calm, Super Sonic flew out of the way only to be hit by a tentacle when the Nega-Mother Wisp successfully caught him off-guard.
The force of it knocked him back as he screamed out in pain and in alarm before righting himself again, hissing while placing a hand to his chest. Super Sonic was pretty certain he'll be having a bruise there for a while if he got out of this fight alive.
"Ow..." The golden hedgehog softly groaned, but as he looked up, his eyes widened as the Nega-Mother Wisp fired more ember and asteroids in her wake, forcing him to ignore his injury and fly forward and repeatedly dodge as best as he could, though it was getting more and more difficult as each fire and rock nearly got him quite a number of times, followed by another huge laser aimed at his direction.
As Super Sonic avoided that, he was unfortunately distracted enough for one or two embers to catch him off-guard and was hit hard which caused him to scream in pain at the burns that exploded twice. He nearly began to fell before quickly keeping himself afloat, though he could feel himself become increasingly exhausted and panted, holding his left shoulder that was injured, wincing. It didn't help that his battle against Eggman left him with very little time to recover for this fight and then he began to think that maybe he wouldn't be surviving this. His heart began to become filled with the dread and fear of dying today, but he forced himself to fight those feelings, knowing that he had to do this.
The giant corrupted alien roared as she dove straight towards the teenage hedgehog who saw that she had her mouth wide open and had somehow gotten really close enough that he realized, to his horror, she was going to eat him. Finding himself frozen as he gasped, unable to move out of the way in time as the gripping fear held him in place, his heart stopping for that split second.
Then, snapping out of his fearful daze and narrowing his eyes again, Super Sonic quickly flew up and away, narrowly avoiding in being engulfed just in time, right above the corrupted alien and dove right into the eye again, using his Super Spin Dash to attack the same way he did with Dark Gaia's three eyes, resulting the corrupted Wisp to roar in agony and shock, more and more petals falling off as a result with each attack.
By the time he flew back away as the giant monster nearly swiped him with her tentacles again, Super Sonic saw that he was almost there due to being only one petal left. With the second last hit, not only the Nega-Mother Wisp roared a scream, she also began jerking and flinching, and to his worry, coughing.
"Uh, oh...I hope I didn't hit her too hard in making her bleed." Super Sonic muttered to himself.
To his surprise and no small amount of disgust, as the Nega-Mother Wisp coughed, traces of saliva, and possibly vomit(which was making him feel sick in his own stomach), and even metal that she had swallowed up began flying out. Among them were five familiar robots, somehow all in one piece, screaming as they all went flying faster than even the golden hedgehog would. His eyes widened.
"Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot?" He blinked, stunned. When did they did eaten? Had they been swallowed up by the giant corrupted alien in Tropical Resort?
"HEEEEEEEELLLLLPPPP!" The five aforementioned robots screamed as they fell straight towards Mobius, vanishing from sight. Super Sonic sweat-dropped again, dumbfounded, before breaking the fourth-wall as he shrugged to the readers/viewers.
He then returned his gaze to the Nega-Mother Wisp, realizing that even as he was almost done with the battle, he was reaching dangerously close to his limit. He only have enough energy left to finish the battle since it had been long and hard, and his last battle exhausted him. It broke his heart knowing that the last of the Chaos Energy would leave him once he finished this battle, because after that, he wouldn't have any at all to get safely home.
"After I save Yacker's Mom, I won't have any strength left to get back. I'll never see my friends again...I guess...I guess going to Eggman's Amusement Park was a one-way trip for me. But hey, at least I can be proud to say that I saved not just my home, but other planets too, and saved the Universe. I got to explore new worlds no one in Mobius have even seen. Got to make friends with aliens that are super friendly and kind and darn cute." Super Sonic told himself as he watched the Nega-Mother Wisp howl in agony and slowly lose more sense in her already enraged and confused state. Tears began to fill his eyes and his heart aching.
But knew that in the end, he had to do this. For the sake of the Universe, for everyone...for his friends. His family. Super Sonic was gonna miss them, but he was very happy to have met them and have them in his life. The freedom he had in being able to run and go on adventures, whether it was solo or with company. Both occasions had been really fun. He loved his home and everybody in his life, and he will be watching over them once he was gone. The golden hedgehog just wished that he could properly say goodbye to them, to tell them everything he wanted to say with all of his heart.
'This is it. Time to end this.' He thought to himself firmly, powering up as hard as he could with the last of his strength, his will power surging with the thoughts of everyone he loved, the world he was born in, and everything he went through. The teenage hero of Mobius had to make this count with one last attack, even as the Nega-Mother Wisp's eye began to glow in purple as well.
"YACKER'S MOM!" Super Sonic shouted to get her attention with great courage. "Everything's gonna be okay! I'm sorry that you had to suffer like this, that the evil man your kids call Bald Nosehair, who I know as Dr. Eggman, had kidnapped all of you and your home and being used to try and take over the Universe, and everything that's happened in the last few days. I'm really sorry that I didn't find you on time!"
The young Mobian focused hard on his power, while continuing to try and get his words through the corrupted giant alien who was slower in charging up her power as her eye began to glow and get bigger and bigger. He felt himself strained by powering up the last of his burrowed energy, but he ignored it.
"But if you just speak with your heart, if we can relate and communicate, then everything will be okay!" He continued, his golden aura glowing brighter as he charged up. "Don't let the negative energy consume you! Fight it with all the positivity that you still have within you! Think about your beautiful home, all of your children! Think about Yacker! He's been really worried about you, because he loves you! Just as much as you love them!"
The purple energy in the flower only grew as the Nega-Mother Wisp growled, yet Super Sonic's words seemed to have some effect, because the power was weavering and fading. She was slowing down, and deep inside her corrupted shell was the true Mother Wisp who, upon hearing him speak made a mental tear fall. All thoughts of everything she held dear was everything that the young hero had known.
"I promised to return you back to normal, to get you, Yacker and all of the other aliens back to your world so that you can be free again, and that's what I'm going to do! With all of my power!" Super Sonic declared boldly, glowing almost as bright as the sun. "Just hang in there, and I'll free you! Here comes SONIC!"
The Nega-Mother Wisp was about to fire when the golden hedgehog powered up and prepared to launch his final attack. As he did, he allowed a few tears fall free while thinking about the last time he ever saw his best friend/little brother.
'Tails...I'm sorry. It looks like...I won't be able to see you back on the ground. Or go on another adventure with you like I promised. Heh...I guess...the Amusement Park is the closest we're gonna get. I love you, little buddy. I'll always be with you and everybody else...in your hearts. Sayonara, guys. I'll miss ya's.' The teenager thought, silently crying.
Yet he let a smile form before focusing back on his final task with a frown of determination.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" Super Sonic shouted, charging and diving straight towards the giant corrupted alien one more time and even as she fired her laser, he easily cut his way through the most powerful laser even as he grunted against the pressure but managed to dissipate it before boosting his way right into the eye with a shock-wave impact, the power of positive energy from his body spreading onto the giant alien who roared in pure agony with the last petal falling and disappearing.
The attack worked, as the golden hedgehog flew back away to a safe distance in pure exhaustion, while the Nega-Mother Wisp growled in pain and defeat. All of the negative energy that corrupted her began to seep out from her body, a bright light covering her body the same way as the other Nega-Wisps when they returned to normal. The light shone so brightly that Super Sonic had to shield his eyes before it eventually faded. As he weakly looked up panting as he had reached his limit, and while it wouldn't be enough to kill him, he wouldn't have any left to fly back, and would be fated to be floating lost forever in space, which he accepted without any regret.
When the light faded, the Nega-Mother Wisp was gone. The true Mother Wisp had been restored to her true form, a giant pink Wisp with heaps of tentacles, two blue fluffs on her torso, three eyes and lots of antennas on top of her head. She looked a bit tired, but none the less fully restored and much more gentle, all of the negative thoughts gone. In Super Sonic's opinion, she definitely looked like a mother.
He managed to smile in victory and relief as he panted, and while he still had some energy left to stay conscious, the young hedgehog groaned as he began to fall backwards and willingly closed his eyes tiredly to accept his fate with a sad but peaceful smile, the the power of the Chaos Emeralds left him, returning him back to normal, blue fur and all. But as Sonic fell, the Mother Wisp, seeing how he had almost sacrificed himself to save her children and home, and had risked his own life to restore her to normal, flew over quickly to catch him, wrapping one of her giant tentacles around his waist.
"Huh!?" Sonic cried out, as the feeling of being caught made him snap his restored emerald eyes open, and gasped as he realized that the giant alien had done this, and yelped when she gently held him, lifting him half way to her face. Being this close to a giant alien whom he had just fought and saved made him nervous, gulping while afraid that she would still be mad at him despite no longer having any negative energy within her.
"Uh...Hi, Yacker's Mom, ma'am." The blue hedgehog smiled weakly with a small wave. The giant alien gazed at him with a look of guilt in her eyes, her heart nearly breaking for everything this small, gentle, brave, strong and caring young Mobian had gone through for not just her sake, but also for the sake of her Wisp children. The Mother Wisp felt terrible for the near destruction she'd caused in her enraged state, yet Sonic the Hedgehog was brave enough to confront her and use his own power to restore her back to normal, and to save the Universe.
"$%#$%$%#..." She muttered in Wisp language, as though sympathized with the cobalt hedgehog, carefully caressing him on the head with another tentacle as the nervous teenager blinked in surprise at the gentle touch. A young stranger who had gone out of his way to do the right thing. The complete opposite of the man whom had caused such near disaster.
"H-hey! That tickles!" Sonic laughed when she caressed his face and chest. He then realized that she was not only attempting to apologize for what has happened, seeing the guilt in her eyes which ached his own heart and smiled warmly, feeling more relaxed once he saw that she was just as gentle as her children.
"#$%#!" A smaller Wisp's voice cried out from the distance, causing the giant pink alien and the blue hedgehog to look up and saw, to their happiness and relief, and Sonic's great surprise, was Yacker who, along with thousands and thousands of aliens who had been freed, fly over towards her and Sonic. The smaller Wisps hovered around her, before they saw the that the blue hedgehog was safe. They all cheered in relief and began circling and hugging him as well, Yacker being the first which made him laugh once more.
"Aw, Yacker! It's okay." Sonic beamed, hugging his friends back while the giant alien seemed to beam a smile. She then gestured her children to follow her as she hovered towards the six planets, mainly to Mobius. Yacker and the other Wisps, while the blue hedgehog noticed. He then realized that they were taking him home back to his planet.
He looked up at the aliens' mother who gave him a reassuring look in her eyes.
"Glad to see that you're okay now." He said, scratching the back of his head, acknowledging that he was currently trapped in the grasp of the Mother Wisp's tentacle and didn't want to make her any more mad than she had been. "I'm sorry that I had to fight you, it was the only way to turn you back to normal."
The Mother Wisp shook her head, as though understanding, carefully holding out her other tentacle in front of him. At first confused, the blue hedgehog then realized that she was thanking him for saving her, and he smiled, shaking it with both his hands.
"I wish I could understand you, but you're saying thank you, right?" Sonic said, and the Mother Wisp nodded, to which he smiled with a nod of his own. "Well then, you're welcome, and thank you for saving me. Didn't think I was ever gonna make it home, to be honest. You didn't have to."
Yacker's Mother blushed red in the face considering that like the Spike Wisps she was pink. However, just as they reached the same spot as where Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park was when they heard a loud, dreaded sound behind them. Turning around in alarm, Sonic and all of the aliens held horrified expressions as the released negative energy from the Mother Wisp, seemingly with a will of it's own, began to form into a large purple implosion, in the size of a black hole.
"Oh, come on! You gotta be kidding me!" The blue hedgehog cried out, horrified that he didn't have enough strength left to use the Chaos Emeralds again in order to stop this. "What're we gonna do!?"
The Mother Wisp, Yacker and the other aliens, gazing at all of the worlds including both their own and Mobius, and then at the hedgehog still in the female alien's tentacle, all shared a glance and nodded. Through their own communication, the alien mother gestured Yacker and some of the aliens to take Sonic back to his home planet. Yacker nodded and gestured some of his brothers to help him.
"Hey, what're you-!?" Sonic exclaimed, yelping as the mother alien gently let the teenage hero go and letting them use their powers once more, carrying him away while the rest of the aliens turned their attention back to the implosion, much to his horror. "Wait! Nooooo!"
"$#$%$%&%!" The Mother Wisp exclaimed with determination as she and the rest of the gathered Wisps, despite having only just returned to normal, began to glow brightly in colours as they all began to use their powers to block and hold back the forming void that threatened to swallow up everything.
"Yacker! We gotta-" The blue hedgehog desperately cried out, only to see Yacker's reassuring gaze which made him cut himself off. As they began reaching Mobius, a tensed silence followed before he asked softly. "Sure they're gonna be okay?"
The curl-headed alien nodded, and while Sonic still felt uncertain, he looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened as he then saw thousands more aliens, most whom he hasn't seen before appear to help the Mother Wisp to block the forming implosion. It was then he realized that, in gratitude of him for saving them and the worlds including his own, they were going to do the same thing with all their power. In the end, he would have to put his trust in them and nodded to the aliens that were taking him to safety.
The Wisps carried Sonic all the way back to just behind the small hill where he and Tails had spotted the elevator shaft which was now just a broken building reaching to nothing, and dismissed their magical sphere that protected him, using some of their Hyper-Go-On energy to heal most of his injuries. They gently set him down as he found himself standing on the ground, wobbled a bit and leaned foward, his hands on his knees as he panted, only realizing now just how exhausted he was.
Yacker and the aliens hovered away a bit to give the blue hedgehog some space to fully recover, and he looked around with his eyes to see that he was, much to his happiness and relief, back on his home planet, thanks to his new friends and that he managed to keep to his promises after all.
'...I'm home. Back on Mobius.' Sonic thought to himself happily, as he managed to fight back the urge to simply cry in joy, and instead smiled at the Wisps with a thumbs up. He still couldn't believe that they and their mother went out of their way save him. 'Heh, guess we really do have a lot in common.'
"Sonic!"
Blinking and almost instantly his strength returning to him, the blue hedgehog looked up to see Tails fly over towards him with a very relieved expression as fast as he could, utterly happy that his best friend/big brother was safe and sound. Sonic shared that feeling, because seeing his little brother safe as well really had him in tears.
"Hey!" He called back, waving happily. The blue hedgehog waited impatiently as the two-tailed fox landed in front of him and jumped into his arms, nearly toppling the teenager over, but he hugged the eight year old back none the less. The two reunited adoptive brothers laughed emotionally with tears leaking in their eyes. Sonic never felt so happy in his life like he was now, not wanting to let go of his sweet little brother, almost crying as he gently kissed Tails on the head again.
"Oh, Tails..." Sonic whispered softly. 'I thought I'd never see you again.' He wanted to say, but decided against it. When Tails started crying in happiness, his tears soaking the hedgehog's chest, the latter simply rubbed the back of the young kit's head.
"You're back...!" The eight year old sobbed.
"Shhhhh...shhhhh...It's okay, li'l bro. Everything's okay." The fifteen year old soothed comfortingly, holding back his tears. They stayed like this for another moment before reluctantly let go, beaming smiles at one another.
"Are you okay!? Man, I can't believe you made it through that!" Tails exclaimed, wiping away his tears.
"You thought I wouldn't?" Sonic asked jokingly, giving him a wink and smirk.
His best friend shook his head, rubbing the back of his head. "The only thing I was thinking about was getting pushed into an elevator."
"A hedgehog's gotta do what a hedgehog's gotta do." The blue hedgehog replied, rubbing his nose. Before Tails could say anything, the teenager held out his fist, which he smiled happily even further, the two sharing a bro-fist.
"Great job, Sonic." Tails praised.
Sonic smirked. "Thanks. Though I had a little help during the last parts. First with Yacker and the aliens helping me with Eggman, and then the Chaos Emeralds in saving their Mom."
"Huh? Eggman had the Chaos Emeralds?" The two-tailed fox asked, shocked and surprised.
"Yeah, to both try and get rid of me and, well...to hold her back since she went all crazy and, I guess he kinda figured that I'd be able to turn her back to normal, even if he didn't want that to happen." He replied, scratching the back of his head.
"Speaking of Eggman, where is he?"
"Last I saw him, he fell straight back here somewhere, and so did those five robots of his." Sonic answered, shrugging. "You know that guy, he's one tough egg to crack open. He'll be fine."
"Do you think he'll twice in doing this again?" Tails asked worriedly. "He'll be back with another scheme."
"Don't worry, li'l bro. We'll handle him, because I'll handle him. It'll take more than Eggman to get rid of me!" The blue hedgehog reassured confidently, which made his adoptive little brother smile. The two then gazed at the sky as Yacker and the other Wisps had quickly gone back to help their mother and the rest of the aliens to hold back the black hole that was forming but thankfully beginning to disappear.
The curl-headed Wisp and his mother, using their powers to gather the now freed Hyper-Go-On since Eggman's Nega-Wisp Armor was destroyed, and turned the rest of the Nega-Wisps back to normal before they all banded together. With their great powers, the implosion that was the size of the Mother Wisp was gone before it could fully be formed.
Before Sonic could say anything, the two Mobians heard a familiar girl's voice calling out Sonic's name, making the blue hedgehog flinch, his quills sticking up and making him stand on the tips of his shoes once again before they looked over their shoulders to see, not just Amy who was charging straight them happily, but to their surprise, Cream and Cheese, Shadow and Omega(which made Sonic relieved that they made it out before the destruction happened), and surprisingly both Knuckles and Rouge who came at them unhurryingly.
"Oh, Sonic! You're okay!" Amy exclaimed happily, nearly glomping Sonic over as she hugged him tightly before he could make a run for it.
"Whoa! A-Amy! N-Not so tight, please! You're crushing me here!" The blue hedgehog struggled to push her back, even though he was happy to see her and everyone else again. To his relief, she loosened her grip on him, though she did snuggle her head against his chest.
"My sweet, brave hero! I knew you'd come back safe and sound!" The pink hedgehog hummed happily, her eyes leaking with tears.
"I'm not surprised to see you and cutie-Tails still alive and kicking, big blue. Had any trouble getting back?" Rouge asked, smirking.
Sonic smirked back. "Well, sort of. All things considered, everything's back to normal. Better even."
"What're you guys doing here?" Tails asked, curiously.
"I was heading back to Angel Island after spending hours trying to find her and having spend the night at Tropical Resort, when I saw the entire Amusement Park begin to explode and a huge monster appear. Then I saw Sonic having used the Chaos Emeralds to chase it away, so I came here to see if he made it." Knuckles explained.
"Which he is." Shadow scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Omega and I weren't back here for even ten minutes before the whole place began breaking down. Care to explain why?"
"Long story." The blue hedgehog shrugged, adding as Amy finally let him go. "All in all, I turned Yacker's Mom back to normal and, given that huge black hole from the negative energy, I think it was the same that I freed her from with the Chaos Emeralds, which is also part of said story."
"Mr. Yacker's Mother was that monster?" Cream asked curiously, surprised, and she wasn't the only one. Amy, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge held stunned expressions while Omega held a look as though he was blinking in surprise and confusion.
"Sounds like it's a very long story." Amy remarked, and both Sonic and Tails nodded in agreement.
Sonic then turned to Knuckles and couldn't help but tease. "Were you worried that I'd end up a goner?"
"Hey, I told you yesterday. I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to you." The red echidna replied with a smirk, before quickly adding. "But I knew that you'd be fine. As always."
"Awwww...Just admit it, Knuckie. You were worried about big blue." Rouge teasingly cooed with a giggle, which made Amy, Cream, and Tails giggle while Sonic covered his mouth to stop himself from bursting into a hysterical laughter. Cheese giggled while Shadow just rolled his eyes at the scene.
"HEY!" Knuckles protested, his muzzle glowing pink in embarrassment, and blurted out without thinking. "I was not worried! And don't think you're off the hook, you batty thief! You still owe me for that letter you sent!"
"You tricked Knuckles to go to the Amusement Park?" Amy asked, her eyes wide in disbelief, before giggling even further. "And here I thought it was Eggman, given on what you said about spending the night at Tropical Resort."
Then realizing what she said, the pink hedgehog turned to her 'boyfriend' and asked with some hope. "Speaking of which, did you give him the clobbering he deserved?"
"I gave him a ten-time clobbering and then some, and hey, if he does show up again soon, since I have no idea where he ended up crash landing this time, I wanna be there when you guys give him each clobbering of your own." Sonic grinned, before hearing a tinkering sound and looked up behind him as he and the others saw Yacker fly back down towards them. The cute little alien, to which Amy and Cream both cooed at just how adorable he was, looked so happy that it was contagious and Sonic and most of his friends found themselves smiling.
While Sonic had a feeling he knew what Yacker was saying, Tails had pulled out his translator and read on what the cutest Wisp was saying, translating to everyone, mainly to the blue hedgehog. "Uh, he said 'Thank you for saving us and Mama.'"
"Mama?" Rouge and Shadow chorused in surprise, the latter having raised an eyebrow.
"He think he means Yacker's mother." Amy whispered in her attempt to explain.
"You're welcome." Sonic replied to Yacker with a grin and a bow, before replying. "Thank YOU for saving us!"
Yacker waved a tentacle as he responded in Wisp language, which Tails translated, for once very clearly this time. "He says 'You are welcome'."
"That thing's translating pretty well." The blue hedgehog remarked, amazed that it didn't sound silly or in gibberish this time.
The two-tailed fox nodded happily as he explained, "Yeah, I finally got all the kinks out. We can talk to them perfectly now."
"It's really nice to meet you, Yacker. I'm Amy Rose." Amy spoke up smiling brightly.
"My name is Cream, and this is my friend Cheese the Chao." Cream introduced herself, and Cheese squealed happily. She then introduced the others. "And they're Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge and Omega."
"Yeah, we already met." Knuckles pointed out with folded arms, while Rouge gave her own hello, Omega said his greetings, and Shadow simply shrugged with a soft 'Hi', which had Sonic roll his eyes at the ultimate lifeform's way of greeting but said nothing and just smiled.
After Tails translated Yacker's friendly greeting to those the latter hasn't met yet, the little alien then explained something else to which the two-tailed fox translated to Sonic. "Yacker says that 'Mama asked me to thank you for her, and that she was worried when our planets were pulled away after Baldy Nosehair appeared'."
Amy and Cream both giggled at the mention of Eggman's newest nickname, while Rouge laughed, Shadow smirked in amusement and Knuckles went into a hysterical laughter, with the pink hedgehog breathing. "I-I still can't get over just how funny that new name for Eggman is...Ha ha ha!"
"I wish you could've seen his face when I called him Baldy McNosehair as I fought him! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Sonic laughed while Tails giggled. "It was awesome!"
"A-anyway," Amy giggled as she and everyone else began to settle down, smiling warmly. "You really have a nice mother, Yacker."
"Just like my mother." Cream added happily.
Yacker blushed, before saying something again.
"Whoa...! He says that 'Mama gave us life and raised us. She even made the planet we live on'." Tails translated in awe, which shocked and amazed Sonic and everyone, glancing up at Yacker while the blue hedgehog glanced back and forth between the small alien and up to where Mother Wisp, who by now was hovering patiently and in a safe distant to avoid in being seen by the rest of Mobius, was waiting with the rest of the Wisps, and then back to Yacker.
"No way!" Knuckles exclaimed in disbelief.
"Wow! A whole planet!?" Amy exclaimed in awe.
"Whoa...What a feat." Sonic remarked with wide eyes, blinking. He then said to Yacker with a sweat-drop. "You'd better not do anything to get on her bad side."
"You can say that again." Rouge muttered under her breath, almost speechless herself. "Colour me impressed, 'cause that's one strong and loving mother."
Even Shadow was surprised. "Unbelievable. She is incredible."
Yacker chirped again and whirled around, gesturing up at his mother, family and even his home along with the other four planets were peacefully floating. Seeing this made Sonic feel sad as he knew what this meant. Deep down he knew that the time has come, but in the end, it was for the best. He'll deeply miss Yacker, especially having almost lost him forever, but he was happy that the curl-headed alien along with the rest were finally safe and free.
"Oh great." Tails groaned in sadness. "He says, 'I won't. Mama and I have to go now. Goodbye my friends'."
"Awwww. Already?" Cream sighed, sad and disappointed.
"Chao..." Cheese moaned in sadness.
"Oh, we only just met." Amy echoed.
"Just when I got this thing working." The two-tailed fox sighed while gazing at his machine.
Sonic shrugged sadly, but he assured his friends. "Better late than never in both occasions, buddy."
"He has a point. They have to go home sooner or later." Knuckles agreed, even though he wished he could've gotten to know the Wisps a bit better. Shadow and Rouge both nodded, while Omega responded by his usual 'Affirmative'.
"Hey, could ya' tell your Mom that I said thank you again to her for me?" The blue hedgehog asked Yacker, who nodded and no one needed the translator to say that he will tell his mother. The cute alien held a very emotional look as even he knew that the time has come to part ways. Sonic smiled emotionally and held up his hands warmly, and Yacker immediately flew into his arms for a final embrace. Tails joined in as the three friends shared their last group hug with tears leaking in their eyes, and the other Mobians held different reactions but all smiled none the less. Amy and Cream both looked ready to cry, Rouge wiped away a tear, Knuckles sighed and tried not to shed a tear, even Shadow's expression softened.
"We'll miss you, buddy. But we'll always be friends. Remember that." Sonic whispered to the curl-headed Wisp.
"Don't forget about us, okay?" Tails added, sniffling.
They stayed like this until the trio reluctantly let go with emotional smiles, before Wisp then held up his arm, and while everyone else looked confused, Sonic knew what this mean and cheered with a wide smile.
"Right on!" He cheered and jumped into the air, happily giving Yacker a high-five, and Tails, seeing this did the same with the cute alien who giggled. Everyone else smiled happily(except Shadow who simply smirked, Rouge who folded her arms with a smile, and Omega who stood there) before the two young heroes landed on the ground and the Wisp flew around them squealing, shaking hands with Cheese who beamed happily, and they each gave their goodbyes to the little aliens.
"You take care, Yacker." The blue hedgehog told his alien friend with a smile. "Make sure you and Mom don't get separated again, 'kay?"
Yacker nodded and with a single tear formed in his eye, waved a goodbye for the final time to Sonic and Tails, and to their friends before he flew back up to reunite with his mother and family. The Mobians back in their world watched as the Wisps, including the Mother Wisp who waved a goodbye to the young heroes who have saved them all, flew back to their home planet before they all used their powers to not just magically transport Planet Wisp back to where it came from, but also Sweet Mountain, Starlight Carnival, Aquarium Park and Asteroid Coaster back to their places and galaxies in the Universe, vanishing from sight.
Sonic and his friends, while saddened to see the aliens off, all smiled in relief and happiness as peace as finally been restored. Not just to the five planets that have gone through so much, but their own as well. The blue hedgehog gazed at the sky with a content expression on his face, before blinking in confusion as something caught his eye. For a split second, he saw the familiar pixie-thing, faintly floating who gave him a wave and a smile before vanishing from sight, to which he realized for the final time.
Sonic was surprised to have seen what he thought was a hallucination of Chip, but then smiled as he knew, right there and then, that he was finally healed from within. While he still had to fight Eggman again in the near future, he will get stronger and better to avoid in his enemy being stronger than him. All in all, the blue hedgehog conquered his own fears and doubt from the last two months. He, with the help of his friends, saved the Universe from devastation. Yacker was finally reunited with his mother, and had returned home.
'Thank you, Chip. Even though you weren't really there, you guided me along with my friends. And Yacker...I'll never forget you. I'll always be with you, reaching out for the stars.' Sonic thought to himself as he smiled warmly, feeling true peace and a new sense of freedom.
"Sonic. Are you okay?" Tails asked, tugging the cuff of his best friend's glove as he and the others noticed the blue hedgehog's silence.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Sonic replied, smiling down at his little brother. "Guess I was...speaking with my heart."
His friends all looked confused by this statement, but all smiled as the blue hedgehog chuckled, giving them a thumbs up and a wink. He had a lot to tell them, and he really couldn't wait to share his and Tails' story of their adventure before Sonic and everyone else returned their gaze to the sky, as the day was slowly coming to an end.
With a new one on the horizon, for a brighter day.
Meanwhile, hours later somewhere in the ocean, Eggman was stomping on the sand of a very small island no bigger than someone's Living Room impatiently as the company of of five useless robots he wanted to be with right now were busy attempting to fix up his broken Egg Mobile.
"Faster, you idiots! Faster!" Eggman shouted at his minions Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot who, after being ejected from the Nega-Mother Wisp's stomach, had also crashed into the same deserted island as he did. "Put your backsides into it!"
"E-easier said than...done, doctor." Becoe panted, wiping his head due to the intense heat shining from the sun, holding a wrench in another hand. "I'm being baked here."
"And Technically, we don't have backsides, boss." Orbot piped up, not even making the effort in pushing the evil scientist's ride.
"I'm exhausted..." Decoe complained, feeling a strain in his metal parts. "I wanna go home..."
Bokkun groaned as he could barely fly himself, whining. "Ooooh! I think I pulled a joint in my back, and my arms are killing me."
That really didn't put Eggman in any better mood as he shouted angrily at them. "I don't care! Quit complaining and keep working! I already planning out my next revenge! Not sure what I will come up next, but I will think of something, and next time, I will NOT fail!"
"Of course you won't, boss. Of course you won't." Orbot praised as convincingly as possible, even though almost everyone else knew that he was being just as sarcastic as ever. The only one not really doing anything other than the red robot was Cubot who, while attempting to fix the Egg Mobile as well, was thinking more about how his voice has returned to him.
"I feel like my old self again! All I wanna do is talk, talk, TALK!" The yellow cube-shaped robot exclaimed happily, before asking his fellow robots. "Hey, remember when we were chasing those alien guys? What's up with those guys, anyway? They sure were funny looking. Smelled good, though."
"You can't smell anything! You can't even taste or even open your mouth!" Bokkun angrily pointed out, which was only annoying their creator to the point of hopeless and dismay.
"Ugh..." Eggman complained as he gazed up at the sky in frustration, silently pleading to himself. "What I wouldn't give for the maddening silence of a beach about now."
All the while Cubot continued rambling on and on and on ad nauseam as the other robots just listened and pushed, with the first three groaning in dismay with sweatdrops, mentally wishing for their stupidest companion to simply shut up, and Orbot simply just leaned and hovered against the Egg Mobile without a care in the world.
Just then, there was a sound of a musical moan that made Eggman and his robots, including Cubot who stopped talking upon hearing the noise, stop what they were doing and looked around for the source. As they did, something very large emerged from the water which caused a tidal wave that made them scream before being washed off the small island and into the ocean. The evil villain resurfaced while Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot held onto the Egg Mobile which also floated on the surface.
As the scientist spat out the salty water before coughing to catch his breath, soaking wet, he and his worthless companions looked up to see a huge grey whale loom over them, a belgua whale that seemed to be a rare kind, huge like the one that Sonic befriended, but unlike the one that helped the blue hedgehog, this one didn't look friendly at all. If anything, this one looked grumpy...and hungry.
"Oh, no...! How much worse can this get...!" Eggman whimpered fearfully, while his robots shook in fear.
"M-Maybe he just wants to play...?" Decoe shivered.
"N-Nice big Whale...!" Becoe gulped nervously, trying to sound friendly.
"Um, boss? May I suggest we make a run for it?" Orbot asked, nervously.
"I vote for that...!" Bokkun whimpered.
Cubot nodded in agreement. "So do I!"
The grey Whale leered at them and began opening it's mouth, to which Eggman and his robot minions realized that it was going to eat them. They screamed loudly in panic before the evil man swam towards his Mobile, the robots opening the hatch and just as he climbed in and slammed it shut.
"Push, you useless pieces of metal! PUSH!" He yelled at them hysterically, not intending on becoming fish food.
"WAAAAAHHH!" The robots screamed while pushing and swimming as fast as they could as far away from the pursuing whale who chased after them. They all then ended up flying in the air as another huge wave flipped them up sky-high, and while to it's annoyance and their relief that they flew so high that it couldn't reach them even by jumping out of the water, they were now about to crash somewhere else.
"HELP!" Eggman, Decoe, Becoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot screamed hysterically, vanishing into the sky.
Even though Eggman will be back for another evil plot, for now things were calm and peaceful once again for Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, as this journey was over, but for the young hero of Mobius, another was about to begin.
THE END
...Of the Alternate Ending.
A/N: I don't know if I should also be considering a sequel to this Alternate Ending, but eventually when I'm either done with Sonic and the Werehog, or with another fanfic I've been dying to begin since late last year, sequels to the Epilogue chapter may be planned out once I get it right.
Unfortunately, I will not be doing any fanfics of Sonic Lost World or Sonic Forces, but fanfic adaptions of the first two games and/or Sonic Adventure could be made a reality someday. Hard to say.
Again, thank you for liking this story, and I promise I will try to make Sonic and the Werehog better when I update it again soon. See you later, everyone!