King Scourge Saga Episode 10: Living Weapons
After the adventures dealing with those of the Anti-Mobius, Eve decides to take a relaxing day off and spend time with Maria, Jazz the Chaos, and the babies. The Echidna twins: Ichigo and Dimitri, and the little spider, Shun. Eve and Maria on the couch as they read some books. Eve looks ahead to see Ichigo, Dimitri, Shu, and Jazz playing with blocks and making a tower. The group is having a relaxing time, until they hear a knock on the door.
"I'll get it," Maria says, and walks to the door.
She opens the door and smiles, "Hi Shadow, it's great to see you."
Maria walks out and Shadow walks inside the house.
"Hey Shadow, how are you doing?" Eve asks.
"Doing okay. I guess," Shadow answers, and walks to the living room.
Eve notices that Shadow looks rather tired as he walks in the living room and lays on the sofa.
"You okay, Shadow? You look very exhausted," Maria asks.
"Yeah. You look like you had a rough day. Actually, it was a little rough since my friends and I had to deal with the Suppression Squad," Eve says.
Shadow answers, "I'm okay, just a little tired from my mission, having to fight against Scourge and Metal Sonic, and I ended up traveling to three different zones."
"Sounds rough," Eve says.
Maria asks Shadow with a smile, "Will you be staying long?"
"Only for a few days," Shadow says.
Then turns to Eve, "I also met a couple of friends of yours in one of the dimensions I went to."
"Who would that be?" Eve asks.
"Blaze and Marine," Shadow says.
"Really? You saw them. How are they?" Maria asks with glee.
"You really went to their zone? That's surprising. So how were the girls doing?" Eve happily says.
"They were doing okay, except Metal Sonic attacked the village on Southern Island," Shadow says.
"Oh no," Eve says.
Then remembers something and decides to ask, "Shadow, how did you get to Moebius anyway? You only left there because of Metal Sonic and your own energy."
"Yes Shadow. How did you get onto Moebius?" Maria asks.
Shadow sighs, "If you must know, recently, we discovered that a Chaos Zone from our world was actually in the Special Zone, including the others we sent there. Leon built a device that will allow us to enter another zone, but as you can see, I ended up on Moebius instead."
"So how did you meet Blaze?" Maria asks.
Shadow answers, "Well, it happened after I ended up in a different dimension of Station Square."
Flashback Starts:
A few days ago, in the open sky and ocean water below. Suddenly, a green light appears.
And a voice shouts, "Control!"
Coming out of the flash of light are Shadow the hedgehog and Metal Sonic. The two soon push each other back and are flying over the water.
Shadow shouts, "Enough of this!"
Then says, "We've dueled across two worlds now, and we are finally somewhere safe to talk. You're a thinking machine, Metal Sonic. A living weapon, like me. Do not let the doctor use you as he attempted to use me."
"Data-Entry: Subjects rocket-soled shoes allow for limited hovering capability," Metal says.
He then kicks Shadow on the head and sends him splashing in the water, "Zero Flight capability."
Shadow falls into the water as Metal is searching above it.
Metal scans the ocean, "Searching… Subject ability to swim unknown. Considered low to nonexistent. Initiate search for local form of Dr. Eggman."
Metal Sonic then flies away to find any version of Dr. Eggman of this dimension. Once Metal Sonic is gone, Shadow rises to the surface. Shadow looks to see Metal Sonic is long gone.
"Blast it! I wonder how far it is to shore?" Shadow says, annoyed and frustrated.
He knows that finding the nearest shore is not easy, especially since he has no clue which way to go.
Suddenly, someone calls out, "Ahoy there!"
Shadow turns his head to see a purple feline and a young raccoon girl. Blaze the Cat and Marine the Raccoon.
Marine asks, "Need a lift, mate?"
A minute later, Shadow accepts the offer and is now on the deck with the girls. Marie walks over with a towel in her hand. Shadow taks the towel and dries himself off.
"Crikey, he's a sinister lookin' one, ain't he, Blaze?" Marine asks.
Seeing Shadow's appearance, and it's very familiar to her.
Soon, Blaze asks curiously, "Not to mention familiar. Are you related to Eve the Hedgehog?"
"Yes. I'm Shadow the Hedgehog, and I'm Eve's brother," Shadow answers.
"Oy! You hear that?!" 'Shadow'! Bet you're full of mystery and danger, eh?" Marine asks.
Blaze turns to Shadow, "Welcome aboard the Ocean Tornado, Shadow."
"I see. Thank you for the rescue," Shadow says.
Marine walks over, "G'day! I'm Marine! It's my boat! Ain't she a beaut? I'll take that towel for ya!"
Shadow simply tosses the towel behind him and it lands on Marine's face.
Blaze asks, "How did you wind up in the middle of the ocean?"
"I have been dueling with a robot called Metal Sonic. It has some kind of engine that can move it between zones. Using my own Chaos Control abilities, I have followed it here," Shadow says.
"Strewtch?!" Marine replies, shocked.
Shadow looks at sea, "I assume 'here' is not Mobius?"
"I'm afraid not. My name is Blaze, and this is my world," Blaze answers.
"She's a princess," Marine says.
"And this is Marine…" Blaze says, turning to the kid.
Marine shouts, "I already told him that!"
"Who helped construct this ship," Blaze adds.
Marine shouts, "And captain it!"
"Then why don't you captain us towards the nearest port, Marine?" Shadow firmly questions with his arms crosses.
"That's 'Marine,' ya half-empty gully sack. And maybe I will," Marine says with a huff, and walks away to the steering wheel.
Blaze shrugs her shoulders, "What can I say? It's her ship."
Shadow huffs with his arms crossed.
Then asks, "Tell me… if this is your world, how do you know Eve?"
"It's a bit of a tale. I first met Eve when I was very young. She ended up in my world by accident after a strange ring separated her and her friends to different portals. Years later, the Sol Emeralds that I'm destined to protect have been stolen and disappeared from the world. I followed their energy, and found my way to a mysterious cross-roads that led me to your Mobius. When I arrived I was attacked by robots and Eve was able to rescue me. Of course, she and Jazz ended up finding one of the Sol Emeralds. I left soon after because I needed to find the others. Not long ago, a freak storm brought her along with her brother, Sonic, and her friends: Jazz, Tails, Cosmo, and Maria. I believed the Sol Emerald that remained in this world and the power of the Jeweled Scepter were involved with their arrival. They were found by Marine, who also had one of your Chaos Emeralds. The Chaos Emerald was stolen by a robot pirate named Johnny, and while he got a way at the time, the four of us were united. We sailed from island to island searching for clues. We tracked down the pirate leader, Captain Whisker, and the villain, Dr. Eggman Nega, who was orchestrating everything. We confronted them…"
Then Marine cuts in, "Strewth! And then I went all crazy 'em and saved the day. Thanks to them, Blaze was able to gain her Sol Emeralds making her have five, and Sonic and Eve got two of their Emeralds. And I built them a boat to take them home and Tails was so impressed he couldn't speak. Strewth. Promise."
Blaze rolls her eyes while Shadow shows a stern expression on her face.
Blaze calmly asks, "Would you please just pull us into port?"
"Blimy! You try to tell a good story and they crawl all over you…" Marine says, getting back to the wheel.
Sometime later, Shadow, Blaze, and Marine are still in the Ocean Tornado and are reaching the portal of the Southern Island.
Shadow says to Blaze, "Perhaps my mission can be salvaged after all."
"What mission?" Blaze asks.
"I was trying to breach the Special Zone and square a Chaos Emerald before I was side-tracked by Metal Sonic," Shadow explains.
"I see. Once we're topside on Southern Island, I can…" Blaze says.
But Marine calls out, "Oy Blaze!"
"What, Marine?" Blaze asks annoyed and places her hands on her hips.
Concern, Marine asks, "... Do you smell smoke?
Seeing the situation, Blaze, Shadow, and Marine hurry off the ship and reach the town to see that one of the buildings is on fire.
Blaze angrily says, "We're under attack! The captain must have a death wish."
Blaze and the others hurry to see one of the koalas, Gardon hurries over to Blaze.
He calls out, "Princess! Thanks heavens! It came from nowhere…"
"I'm sure you fought bravely," Blaze says.
Then asks, "Is it Whiskers' crew?"
"No! Something worse! It keeps demanding to see a doctor, but we don't know who…" Gardon says.
The group arrives at the scene to see Metal Sonic is attacking the citizens.
He grabs one of the koala's and calls out, "Resident. You will provide this unit with the location of your Dr. Eggman. You will comply immediately."
Blaze turns to Shadow, "Your 'Metal Sonic'?"
"Yes, hopefully I can reason with it and make it back down," Shadow says.
However, Blaze flies down with flames in her hands and full of rage, "It is attacking my people. It doesn't get a chance to back down!"
Metal Sonic turns its head to see Blaze and drops the Koala.
He sets himself to fight as he says, "Hostiles detected engaging."
Blaze spins with her fires and creates a flaming tornado. She attacks Metal Sonic, but the robot blocks it with his arms.
"Monster! I'll tear you apart!" Blaze angrily says, kicking the machine, but dodges the attack.
Then throws fire at it, "Nothing in this world is as fast or as powerful as I am!"
"Was," Metal Sonic says, and flies past her.
Shocked, Blaze asks, "How…?!"
Then Metal Sonic punches Blaze. Luckily, Shadow is able to catch her in the nick of time.
"I am sorry I brought this upon your world," Shadow says.
Then rushes over, "It will be removed just as easily."
Shadow speeds towards Metal Sonic as he uses his own Chaos Energy to activate the engine.
He shouts, "Chaos!"
But Metal Sonic grabs him and tosses Shadow to the wall.
Suddenly, Marine jumps on its back, "Ha! I gotcha now! You made a big mistake angering the Great Captain Marine!"
She then begins to punch the robot on the head, shouting, "Take that! And that! Sorry now, ya shiny jerk?!"
Metal Sonic however isn't feeling Marine punches, mostly because he is made of metal. He turns his head to see Blaze charging with a flaming fist. He then spins his head around as Marine is being dragged on it, causing Blaze to stop.
"Wheee!" Marine happily cheers.
But changes her mood, "I mean… cut that out!"
Then Metal Sonic kicks Blaze in her stomach.
Marine shouts, "You won't throw me off that easily!"
Shadow then charges with a Chaos Energized spear in his hand. "Chaos… Spear," and attempts to throw it.
However, Metla uses Marine to prevent Shadow from attacking.
Shadow shouts, "Move! Mary!"
"I'm workin' here! And it's Marine!" Marine shouts.
Then Metal uses a blast from his chest to knock Shadow. Then tosses Marine from his head
She screams, "Crikey!"
"Marine!" Blaze panics, and hurries to her friend.
"Rrrgh… It doesn't have to be this way, Metal Sonic," Shadow says, standing back on his feet.
Blaze helps Marine on her feet and checks to see if she's okay.
Shadow turns to Metal Sonic, "I know you are capable of more than this. Wanton description is beneath you. Don't be led astray as I was. You are only a weapon in the Doctor's eyes. A tool. Something only for misery and destruction. Let us put our battle behind us. Reject the doctor. Help me save our world."
"Processing," Metal Sonic says.
Then says, "Your mission is to protect Mobius, that is your 'function.'"
"I suppose, yes," Shadow says, confused and knows where this is going.
"This unit's function is to serve Dr. Eggman. Both living weapons. Both operate to achieve their function. You are not different. You simply have an opposing function. This unit must destroy you. You must destroy this unit."
"I really wish you did not see it that way," Shadow says, bitterly.
Then calls out, "Now, Blaze!"
Blaze then uses her fire power to burn Metal Sonic. Then Shadow uses spin dash and knocks him into the air. Metal Sonic continues to fly over sea to the Ocean Tornado. On the boat is Marine with a cannon and is ready to blow.
Marine says, "Nice knowing you, mate. All cannons… fire!"
The cannon fires a cannon ball and destroys Metal Sonic.
Soon after, Shadow and Blaze douse the fire of the village.
Marine happily cheers, "Yahoo! That was ripper! Did you see how he blew up?!"
"Yes. Along with the Dimensional engine that was my only way home," Shadow says, and glares at Marine.
Realizing her mistake, Marine nervously says, "Ah! Right… hrm."
Shadow grits his teeth as he glares at the young girl, "Since you blew it up, perhaps you could build me a boat as you did Tails?"
"Ah… see… it was more like he built it and I oversaw… development?" Marine nervously says.
Shadow glares have become a little icy. Marine nervously shakes her hand and leaves the scene.
Blaze walks to Shadow, "Be patient with her. She means well."
"Maybe, but how am I supposed to get back on Mobius?" Shadow asks.
Blaze then uses her ability to make the five Sol Emeralds appear around her.
"I have the solution. I can use the Sol Emeralds along with your Chaos Energy to help you return to your world. It's the least I can do after the help Eve and her friends have done for me. I can return the favor by helping her brother find his way home," Blaze says.
It's not often my life is saved twice in one day. Thank you, princess," Shadow says.
"Please, just called me Blaze. Safe travels, Shadow," Blaze says.
Blaze then uses the Sol Emeralds' powers as Shadow uses his Chaos Control and makes himself disappear.
On Mobius in G.U.N HQ's science land. Leon, Molly, and Commander Tower are standing as they wait for Shadow to return next to a Zone Transporter.
Molly asks, concerned, "Where is he?"
"I'm a little worried too. We know nothing about the Special Zone," Leon says.
"I just hope the machine didn't send him to the ocean, or the moon, or…" Leon says.
Just then, Shadow suddenly reappears in the middle of the transporter.
"It worked! He's back!" Leon says, surprised.
Molly walks to Shadow, "How was the Special Zone, Shadow?"
"I wouldn't know. Your transporter needs work, Leon," Shadow says.
Leon groans, "Aw man. There's still some bugs in this machine."
"I'm sure we'll get it right eventually," Molly says.
"I hope so," Leon says.
"Anyway, I'm glad that you're okay," Molly says.
"I'm okay. Aside from crossing three zones and neutralizing the latest Metal Sonic," Shadow says.
"At least you didn't take that crazy machine with you," Leon says.
"Indeed. Rest up. Your next mission departs in a few days," Commander Tower says.
Flashback Ends:
Eve, Maria, and Jazz giggle in reply to hear some parts of the story.
"Yep. That definitely sounds like Marine," Eve says.
"I wonder how you all were able to put up with her," Shadow says.
"I don't know. I thought she was fun and full of adventures," Eve says.
Maria happily nods her head in reply.
Then asks, "But what is this mission Abe wants you to do?"
"He'll explain to me about my assignment once I return to G.U.N HQ," Shadow says.
"You're not the only one. Sally said that in a few days, we're going to go on another mission. We're going to head back to Megaopolis and put a stop to Dr. Eggman," Eve says.
"Do you think we can stop him this time?" Maria asks.
"I hope so," Eve says.
"Maybe you will stop him. You did explain to me about how you, Sally, and Sonic were able to stop Eggman's Doomsday machine," Shadow says.
"You're right. The Freedom Fighters and Chaotix will be able to put a stop to Eggman and his insane plans," Eve says.
Then heads to the kitchen, "I'm going to get some water. Anyone want some?"
"Sure," Shadow answers.
"Okay," Maria says.
Eve nods her head and walks into the kitchen. Maria then begins to play with the little ones. Eve walks into the kitchen and gets the cups. She lets out a sigh of concern and takes out a piece of folded paper from her pocket.
Eve unfolds the small paper to see the note that is written on it:
Your father and my people are in trouble. We're dangerously close to dying out because we have bombs attached to us in plain sight. I plan to stop that from happening, so I'm asking you to assist me in preventing it, and not say a word to anyone, not even your father or the Guardians of Angel Island. I know we've been enemies, but we are also part of the same bloodline, and at this moment, you're the only one I can turn to. In the meantime, until I have the courage to inform the Guardian. I asked that you wait until I sent you the next note.
Seeing the note she has found on her bed has her deeply concerned. The way the letter is written and talks about her father's people and bloodline, and about not to mention this to Knuckles and the guardians. She knows who has sent her this note. What makes her feel worried, is the possibility about the bomb being planted on them is even true. And if it is, then the people the note mention is in real trouble.
Meanwhile in the Eggdome of New Mobotropolis, Snively is on his computer and appears to be talking to someone.
Suddenly, Eggman calls him, "Colin! Get down to the lab! NOW!"
Annoyed, Snively says to his caller, "I'm being bellowed at. I have to go."
"I'll call you tomorrow," Snively says.
Then the caller says in a woman's voice, "I'd hope so! Good night, my little Snivy-kins."
Snively blows a kiss and says, "Good night, my dear Regina!"
Snively hangs up the call and heads off as he tosses his headphones on the ground with an irritated expression.
He marches down the halls as he says, "Of course the times for him to call me! Why can't he do whatever it is himself?"
Suddenly, Snively notices something off. Something he has never expected to hear.
Confused, Snively realizes, "Wait… he called me 'Colin.' He never called me by my birth name…"
As he walks down the hall he is deep in his thoughts, "Maybe he really is getting worse? The mad babbling was par for the course, but his sloppiness around the Eggdome, and now calling me by the wrong name… If he's truly falling apart, though then Regina's plans could be accelerated…"
He then shows an evil smirk on his face as he approaches a large door with the silhouette of Eggman's face. The doors open and Snively walks inside.
As he walks inside and down the hall, Snively calls out, "I'm here, dear uncle. What is it you need me to…?"
"Get behind the blast shield and watch the monitors!" Eggman calls out.
"Of course, sir! What are you testing today?" Snively asks, walking to the shield.
He reaches the control panel that has the monitor.
Then asks, "The Egg minnow, perhaps? Or maybe an Egg Rabbit that hop and stomp on Sonic? Hmmmm?"
Suddenly, a burst of fire blasted the blast shield with full force, making Snively scream in fright. In the matter of seconds, the fire blast disappears.
Eggman calls out, "Test complete! What are the redouts?!"
Snively nervously lifts his head to the monitor and looks at the result.
Nervous and schocked up from the blast, Snively answers, "W-w-well ab-b-bove your e-e-expectations, sir."
"Excellent!" Eggman says with an evil smile.
Eggman is actually in a giant red bird shape like a ship with two blue color eyes, an orange beak, black claws, and large red wings and tail with white tips. It also has a few engines on top, the side of the wings, on the back.
He evilly says, "The Egg Phoenix is ready for Launch!"
With the crisis of Moebius and the Anti-heroes over, Eggman has another scheme to take place. What kind of plan does Eggman have now, and will Sonic and Eve be able to defeat it?
