Happy Thanksgiving, from your friendly neighborhood Big Red. As a recap,. everyone is preparing to finally have that long waited party due to certain key people being missing. The Smash group finally arrived to solidify their alliance and the Marines are slightly jealous. Not only that, Opal teaches a valuable lesson to the growth hating Claris while also teaching her how to be strong. But problems arise with SCR-HD finally breaking free from his prison and attacking the few guards in charge of keeping him in check. More robotic help arrived in the form of the Marines, Sega-Chan, Vectorman, and R.O.B. Also, we learn that Nightopia is in more danger than before. Hold on because this will be a chapter that will stuff you more than that Thanksgiving dinner.
Gear grew confused at Elliot's last statement as the two keep running down the steel hall to seek their missing allies. The blue haired boy wondered what was this Nightopia and just how dangerous it would be if no one were to become involved in it.
"Nightopia? That is NiGHTS' original home? Why is it urgent that we must go to this place?" he asks.
Elliot did not know just how he could explain this to him without making it seem like NiGHTS was always the enemy. Even this was something that NiGHTS never told him nor Claris until after Wizeman was defeated in his own realm. The truth did shock them both at first, but they grew to accept it since they wouldn't conquer their fears of failure without his help. Or learned that there were good Nightmarens that care about everyone having good dreams at all.
"You sleep, right? When asleep, you have dreams. That's because Nightopia acts as a collection of worlds created by everyone around the planet dreaming. These are more than just dreams as good dreams keep Nightopia in a stable condition. For every dream, there are nightmares. Which are the result of Nightmarens sent by a frightening being called Wizeman allowing them to run rampant in our dreams. Causing discomfort, fear, madness, sadness, loneliness, and all other negative emotions as a result of them causing damage to our collective dreams in Nightopia. NiGHTS, he was always a Nightmaren abs originally created by Wizeman to serve him," he explains.
The blue haired warrior widened his eyes upon hearing this. If it's not the idea of the dreams of his own or others being another collective world that's in danger, but knowing that NiGHTS was always part of the same species as these nightmare causing beings. He did always feel
there was something mysterious when NiGHTS didn't want to explain his connection with Reala and always felt infuriated whenever he's around. Just knowing that NiGHTS is actually his brother and equal really changes his thoughts on him.
"So NiGHTS was a rebel to this Wizeman being and Reala, and they always wanted to find some way to make him subservient to them again instead of doing the opposite of what he was made to do. NiGHTS has free will? Then what is causing him to attack our dreams all of a sudden?" Gear asks.
"That's what I'm wondering. NiGHTS did say that his free will is too strong for Wizeman to ever change him into how he sees fit. We will have to find out by entering our dreams and finding him. But first, we need to find Claris. Not only she will have to hear about this, but I also saw a vision something killed her. I will need to hurry there or it will really happen. Something or someone must had been attacking her and Opal currently," Elliot said desperately.
Gear would begin speeding up and reaches out to grab the blue haired teen. He then hauls him over his head and placed him on his shoulders if it meant running faster than usual without out speeding his slower ally. Elliot is amazed at how high he is along with how Gear is resourceful at finding ways for them to reach their destination faster than usual. "Good plan, Gear. Now we have to hurry there or things will get worse. I hope we can prevent one of my visions from happening!" he called.
"Correct. I already lost a friend years ago and I refuse for another to die because I'm too slow. We will all get there in time. Always keep running forward," the running warrior replies.
The two would further speed down their path at blinding speeds in an instant as trails of powerful forces are left behind them. Meanwhile, Rez is already in a pinch with the number of endless antibodies that attack him from every direction. It seems no matter where the digital being tries to escape, the electrical beings will always corner him. The main control board lets out a powerful screech to alert all the other important data beings to make sure he doesn't survive invading the system. Countless Babylonian energy beings would charge at him in light speed bursts to try ripping their invader apart. Thankfully, Rez is capable of moving at these same speeds too if it means evasion as well as light speed attacks to defend himself from being harmed. He fires enough beams with the wave of his hand to destroy the electric megabytes and Babylonian energies. That's not to say the main control unit would watch without trying to attack with sharp tendrils on his target. One of them narrowly sliced off the face of Rez, who managed to predict where it was going to attack. He retaliated with a large blast to the main control being's face to cause it to roar in pain. More of the sharp tendrils extends to try taking down Rez at all costs with the other antibodies on his tail already.
"I've fought programs deadlier than you. Like the Eden program. It will take more than a bunch of energies from a rare power source to completely delete me. I'll show you the true power of data!" the humanoid data being shouts.
He instantly begin charging more data than usual before all the antibodies get close enough to devouring him like ravenous piranhas. The main control unit also begin extending all of its tendrils to attempt piercing the intruding being into shreds. Rez would finally unleash a massive explosion that vaporizes everything around him. Even the tendrils were completely wiped out, disarming the main control system disarmed from defending itself. The digital beast lets out the loudest roar in pain that would alerts more of the antibodies to regroup to the source of their foreign attacker. Rez would then use this opportunity to fly away and lead his pursuers far away from their commanding unit to take them in a better spot for fighting. The electrical beings and Babylonian energy creature all pursuit their humanoid digital target if it means destroying him. He flew threw all parts of the red grid levels to reach greater heights as his enemies drew closer to her. One electric megabyte would be opening its jaws for a nice snap at his legs. But he pushed his speed farther to outpace it and fly even higher. The main control being snarls as it had its own plan to deal with the foreign threat. It would begin inhaling deeply as its body begins rapidly growing at a sharp rate. Overall, it become one overly large red ball with fangs during this tactic. Rez looks down quickly to notice exactly what its doing thanks to hearing the loud inhaling noise it made. The next thing the digital overlord did is exhale to fire endless red digital arrows into the air that would home in on its desired target above. Rez grew alarmed at the sight of this and begins flying faster than before to evade the millions of red death that aims for him.
As if the system's antibodies weren't bad enough, he had to deal with the countless digital weapons that the main control being fired. The countless electric megabytes drew closer than before with their chomping fangs ready to chew him up. Rez is already flying at his top speed without avail as they drew closer to him. It wasn't until all of the megabytes would stop their course as they spazzed around in pain. Rez looked back just to see what was causing them to react that way. Then he saw all the Babylonian antibodies beginning to deplete rapidly one by one thanks to some strange outside interference affecting the system. Even the arrows sent by the Master System would stop only to be "rejected" directly back at the red mastermind below to heavily pierce him. Rez had the feeling that this is all happening for a good reason. On the outside, it just happens to be Vectorman shooting the restrained SCR-HD with the reversed affects of the Assimilation Gun to bring him back to his original state. The bright rays of the orange beam reflects in the eyes of R.O.B. and the visor of Duke Oda. Galacta and Scooter already withheld their own fire to watch at what their ally is doing to the behemoth. SCR-HD is already squirming violently in pain as his body is experiencing a violent reaction to the beam reversing the effects of everything. The lower body would slowly morph back into a pair of white walker legs like his original form. Even the chest area is starting to change back into what makes up the black lower parts of his body. The arms are reverting back to their simplistic shape that matched what they would become in roller mode. And now the screaming beaked face would slowly revert back to the sleek long long face with the single black visor containing a long red eye. The Ark of the Cosmos is now back in visible sight right next to the hip of the robot where everyone would see. Vectorman would begin scanning the mysterious technologic ring to see what he should expect out of his weakened enemy.
"Keep him restrained, his limbs are what he need to use his gravitational abilities. Hold him as long as you can!" the green robot shouts.
R.O.B. and Duke nods as they continue their tight grips to hold their target completely still. Vectorman had a plan, but it would not be an easy one as he knows Rez is still inside of him currently for the hacking process. The green orb robot would now used both of his arms to grab at SCR-HD's legs and tightens his grip. He knows that with his legs exposed, stripping them would at least prevent him from flying away or converting to his wheel form to spin out of his chokehold. Now the robot had no means of escaping at all and with no way to tap into the powers of the Ark of the Cosmos other.
"Now all we do is wait until we have Rez confirm that the hacking is complete. Once hacked, this robot will lose all of its will to obey on its own or follow any of Eggman's orders," Scooter called.
"Interesting. Perhaps this will be easy after all. He has no way of getting help to save him now," Galacta said.
Everyone would be forgetting at least one last trump card that the robot had. Which would be its loud screech that t he emits to signal all SCR-HD units from a thousand mile radius to report to his current location for safety. This alarmed Scooter and Galacta easily as they had the feeling he is calling for more help.
"Everyone, quickly destroy him before it's too late. If we can all achieve that, then none of his forces will think about attacking the ship!" the space woman ordered.
Upon hearing her words, R.O.B. would loser his eyes at robot's forehead before charging his infamous Robo Beam. Duke also pulls out his famed rocket launcher before he placed the barrel of the gun directly on the back of SCR-HD. Vectorman would only begin twisting the legs of the robot around each other with his raw strength if it means breaking his only means of walking. R.O.B. finally fires the beam directly on the head of SCR-HD with much force to burn through his special steel. Oda finally released his onslaught of rockets to the back, severely damaging them explosive after explosive. The robot still unleashed his distress signal as it grows louder and louder if it means getting possible help before his inevitable breakdown. Omochao, Break, and Dural still lament over the possible dead body of Claris as it been over ten minutes since they couldn't get a single pulse out of her.
They did not know what else to do or what kind of beam had this fatal affect on her body at all. Opal is still distant as she feels responsible for what had happened to her. Tear after tear these robots turned humans shed over this young life being completely lost. The worst part is that they wouldn't even want to face their allies who would demand an explanation for her own absence. Omochao is still distraught over what is happening that he only wanted to do one last scan just to see what really could be the thing that hit her. His scanners would detect some strange energy within her, some like he had never seen before. This would lead him to turn around and track the origin of this source to know what truly happened. The screen would reveal to him that she is far from dead but under effects of the Dream Gun. It was apparently a gun that the Blue Rogues originally found that allows anyone to fully manifest whatever that person dreams into a reality. So they would know that she is not dead at all but only under the effects of a comma that lead to a special dream like state for the body to rest in. The only downside is that it will take around good sixty minutes for the chances to come in full initially sadness Omochao had is now blossoming into hope.
"She is going to be alright. That beam, that hit her inly put her in a special sleep phase. We just have to protect her from any harm until she can wake up. We did not fail at all," the robot Chao said.
Dural quickly looked at him before wiping her tears way. She really wanted to trust him but still feels like she is not even close to true sleeping if her body isn't breathing.
"How are you fully sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, the body is not breathing and we all know humans sleep that way. She is not a robot like what we used to be. We are only confused that's all," Break said.
"Trust me on this one. Vyse is the one that store all these crazy weapons here. Maybe there's a reason he keeps them here. Because they are far from lethal and only harmless when in the right hands. Just that SCR-HD robot's electricity supercharged them and caused it to fire. Claris is lucky it weren't any other weapon or else she would had been completely dead," Omochao continued.
"Speaking of that robot, are everyone done dealing with it? Because I am hearing some shrill noise coming from it," Break said.
Just hearing this instantly alarmed Omochao as he heard that same sound before and moments later many similar robots to him were able to previously invade the ship this way.
"Aaaah, we need to destroy him now. He is calling for more of his friends. Either they will attack all of us while he escapes or he will absorb them to fully repair his body!" the Chao robot panics.
"More robots like him are coming? We will have to help them destroy him before they come. Even if they do come, we would have to destroy them all before too much damage happen here," Dural said.
"Then we will be the ones to jump in and help. But at the same time, someone will have to stay here and protect Claris' body. Because they can harm her while she is defenseless. And unlike the beam, that would certainly kill her," Break said.
Gear and Elliot finally managed to arrive at the scene just in time, but what they would see did not send any good vibes. The latter in particular would be devastated at the sight of his friend now losing on the ground in such a sad sate. His heart sank too much, as if he literally dropped the ball. One of his visions did come true, that Claris would be dead from a beam. Gear would be just as disgusted that someone somehow managed to do this to someone weaker and defenseless at all.
"Wh…what happened here? Why is she lying on the ground?" he asked.
"Claris!" Elliot cried.
He jumped right off of Gear to run his way to his fallen friend. With tears rushing down his eyes, he desperately grabs her body and shakes her in an attempt to wake her up.
"Claris! Speak to me! Are you ok! Please do not die on me! Now when we both have to hurry and stop NiGHTS from making the biggest mistake of his life. I can't do that without you. You swore that we would be together forever. Was that all just a lie? Damn it, please don't go," Elliot continues in sorrowful rage.
Gear could not bear to watch this any longer and wondered where Opal is.
"Claris is not dead, but she is in a special sleep comma thanks to the affect of a gun that robot accidentally activated. She is alive, but it would only take some time until she is awake again," Omochao said.
Elliot looked at the Chao robot with hopefully tear filled eyes upon hearing his words.
"You mean, she is not dead? But there has to be a way we can wake her up out of it. We will need to find something that does the opposite. She can't be like this when I have urgent news that concerns her," he shouts.
Gear had already walked away from everyone to follow the sounds of his own ally crying. Opal would notice her blue haired partner walking in her direction, guilty and very vulnerable to be seen in this state by him. He had never seen her this sad before and only wanted to know what was making her this upset. Just thinking about it would make him clench both of his fists tightly as he growls in growing anger. The purple haired girl tries her best not to break into tears again as she strengthens herself just for him.
"Where is that machine? I would like to show him a thing or two for making you cry. I will sent him straight back to the very earth his steel belongs. Tell me now Opal," he demands.
She then points in the direction of the shrieking robot that is still restrained and blasts by his three aggressors that gave it their all to damage him. Galacta and Scooter are all still on standby to avoid getting involved or accidentally hurting their own allies. Just the sight of the robot would only anger Gear immensely as he begins gathering his strength. Opal felt his pressure starting to grow and looks at him. She grew shocked as he's beginning to transform too soon all just for her. Gear's hair instantly changed from blue to blonde as his muscles also begins to slightly expand to match his ex ham he's strength. Like with his fight during the Vortex Queen, Super Gear makes a return with the greatest determination to destroy the robotic intruder before him. The severely damaged robot cause glimpse of the rising power levels and knew that it's a time to try breaking away from his aggressors. SCR-HD violently twitches to try throwing off both R.O.B. and Duke immediately. His legs would also begin untwisting to attempt breaking Vectorman away from him.
"You made the biggest mistake that any villain would ever make. Making my closest ally cry. There's only one thing left to do with cold hearted machines like you. To send you straight to the depths of Hell itself with my own hands. Nothing will stop me from destroying you completely!" Super Gear shouts.
The first thing he did is appear as a yellow flash that's plows directly into SCR-HD. R.O.B., Duke, and Vectorman narrowly dodged their ally's emotional onslaught as they already scanned his immense pressure from several feet away. Scooter had a bad feeling about this when Rez is still inside of the machine and would be erased completely if he doesn't escape a dying system.
"Rez, get out of there! It's not worth hacking him anymore when that powerful man will destroy everything!" he called.
"Everyone, fall back! This will only get ugly from here," the space woman said.
Gear smacks the freed SCR-HD against the ceiling with a kick, shattering his back completely with severe effects. The robot still lets out his screech once more to call for help, only to be smacked once again toward the end of the room. Opal is instantly frightened by the amount of ferocity he's going with his revenge for her sake. She's very taken aback by this behavior as he always been a deadly warrior, but this level of anger is beginning to scare her. Omochao, Break, and Dural walked in the door to see what's causing so much chaos this soon. They would catch wind of Super Gear violently beating the wounded defenseless robot that refused to fight back above.
"What's going on? Is he always like this?" Dural asks.
"Gear always had a super form like Sonic according to Amy. But I've never seen him this angry. He's got to calm down or he'll accidentally destroy all of the Delphinus!" Omochao beamed.
"Not to mention those weapons could he accidentally activated if he hits them during his blind rampage. We have to evacuate everyone out of here. Even Claris!" Break said.
Elliot is already way ahead of them by carrying his fallen friend in his strong arms. He haven't felt this nostalgic since finding her in his own dreams during his first few times helping out NiGHTS. But instead of curiosity and wonder, he's determined about keeping her completely safe as long as they were still close.
"Let's get out of here. We just can't reason with him when he's in this state. If only there's a way to lead them outside," he said.
The sounds of fast flying would be heard behind everyone, Elliot would be the first to see it. The SCR-GP units already arrived to help their leader thanks to the distress signal.
"There they are. We have to get out of here since they will attack us," he shouts.
"But what if they will save him and lead him outside, therefore, the ship will be completely spared of any servers damage from his rampage," Dural said.
"Excellent, but some of them do look like they are here to attack all of us. We need to run somewhere since we are their closest targets," Break said.
He's right as several of the leading SCR-GP units would convert into their rolling forms as if they found the overreact targets to attack.
"Waaaaaah, let's hurry before they attack us instead!" Omochao panicked.
All four of them would begin their tactical retreat with their best speed to try running away. Opal already noticed them coming her way, wondering why were they running.
"Opal, run! More of those robots are coming and they are very angry!" Elliot shouts.
This would only shock the warrior as she readies her fingers for any possible Shooting techniques.
"Let me try fending them off. Gear should hopefully come to his senses help fend off all the others!" She shouts.
"Wait? We have more intruders coming?" Galacta asks.
"We will handle anything that comes our way. This room will be protected on our watch," Scooter said before reloading his gun.
"If it's more creeps you want us to blast, then I'm ready for em," Duke said.
"While Gear handles the leader, we will destroy all the followers. They will be eradicated just like their friends that Tails and others turned into hair care machines," Vectorman said.
R.O.B. would already plant himself into the ground before charging a few rows of sharp Gyros. The white robots all started to pour inside of the room to split into many directions with their own targets in mind. Now the real all out brawl begins between everyone.
Rez is still doing his best fighting off the Master Control with all he has. The entire program is starting to collapse due to the severe damage that SCR-HD is taking on the outside. Many of the antibodies would lose interest in deleting Rez just to try rebuild the entire dimension that is falling apart. The Master Control is starting to fizz out uncontrollably as if he were beginning to die as a result of this severe damage. Rez know that his goal is to hack the program and not fully destroy it as he knows someone is interfering with the original plan instead of restraining the robot. He is aware that he is unable to hear anyone at all as he's inside of a program than being in the physical world. He had a few options, hack the system now while he had the chance and possibly get erased or escape with his life and leave the robot running rampant with no other ways to stop him for good. Rez would tell just how desperate everything may seem as his own enemies are trying to save themselves from not having a program to live in anymore and risk existence erasure.
"I have no idea of what's going on, but everyone needs to stop whoever is being too reckless with my mission. I came here for a reason and will not run away. It's worth the risk to hack this program even if it may cost my life. I am Rez!" the being shouts.
The desperate Master Control program would still have its eyes on destroying Rez while its antibodies are repairing its domain as it still has some unfinished business with him. Many res tendrils would grow out of the large core's red body and all aimed to pierce Rez on sight. He dodged in time before tackling the program at full force to push it away to another end of the realm. Grid after grid, they are flying endlessly at high speeds for this finally struggle to have full control of this dying program. Even some antibodies would notice this and aimed to help assist in destroying their foreign target. Rez looked behind himself to notice this and smiled.
"You miscreants still try for more? There's enough Rez to go around before I make all of you mines to hack!" he taunts.
The Babylonian entities would only grow more aggressive from that insult and continue to pursue them in a high speed chase. It wasn't until the Master Core still had its own trick up its sleeve, which it starts to slowly absorb Rez inside of its body through a special absorbing property. The yellow humanoid would notice his own hands beginning to be absorbed into the large beings body. He realized exactly what it plans to do as a form of "taking itself and its own enemy out" tactic if this program were to really fall apart. Rez groans as he's losing his only means to fight back and trying his best not to get completely sucked into the being's body.
"Get the hell off of me! I will not be going out like this. Not when I'm better off completing my objective the right way!" he beams.
Back in the Treasury Room, everyone would be giving it their all to fight off the robot menace that invaded. Opal managed to blasts down a few with another Five-Way Shot from her finger tips. Her fingers are once again bleeding and having loose fingernails as a result of her abusing her strongest shots on these enemies. Galacta already flies around high enough to take out her flying targets thanks to her quick thinking. Her ship is fast enough to outmaneuver anything thanks to her experience of fighting in deep space against any extraterrestrial threats. R.O.B. who managed to destroy a few targets with his Gyros would then resort to using another fully charged Robo Beam with enough energy in his meter. The blast easily wiped out as many robots as possible in one fell sweep. Duke fires as many rounds from his plasma gun as he fillies around with his jetpack. He already shrugged off a few robots that tries to attack him head on thanks to his bulky and durable E.S.W.A.T. Suit. Vectorman takes out a few robots with his Photon Blasts easily thanks to the firepower behind them. It wasn't until an entire swarm aims for him to dogpile him at once. Their combined weight, force, and numbers were enough to successfully pin down the green robot. It wasn't until a green light pours in between the stack of white robots. They would soon be thrown off immediately thanks to Vectorman shifting into Tank Mode for his next method of attack. The green tank then fires massive plasma shells to destroy each robot with heavy bursts. Omochao would assist with a missile shower that he fires from his chest. Some of these missiles would already blast away at the robots while others would continue their ascent fir greater heights. After these high flying middles reach a certain height, they would all drop down to the lower flying targets at fast speeds. Each of the SCR-GP units would try dodging the missiles, but the chain reaction explosions would be the thing to finish them off. Break defeats a few of the low flying robots with ease thanks to excelling at the same techniques his original Axel Stone could do. He defeated a circle of them with his Dragon Spinning Punch and defeated one nearby robot with a Bare Knuckle. One SCR-GP unit tries to attack him from behind with a rolling attack. Break manage to grip its entire body just in time. His muscular frame combined with his strength made crushing the attacking robot a breeze. He could sense a few of the robots coming from behind and duplex what's left of his victim against them. The dns result would be an explosion of black and white steel parts flying everywhere. Break smirks after their defeat and only walks off in a cool manner as if this were clearly his win.
Next up would be Dural using the full potential of all skills that she's learned of all of her former. Virtua Fighter enemies. First, she would execute a sumo strike technique that Wolf knows to complete shatter one speeding SCR-GP unit. Then she would do a few graceful kicks that only Jeffry would perfect from his Brazilian kickboxing style. Then she would execute a series of quick ninjutsu strikes that Gen is known fir to defeat a few ambushing robots that tried to strike from above. And last but not least, she would finally defeat a rolling robot with Akira Yuki's own famed double handed strike to defeat it in one blow. She is amazed that her expanded fighting skill is just as spotless despite no longer being a robot. The remaining robot swarm would be too busy destructing an angry Gear from attacking their leader even further thanks to gathering around him like a net. Some robots managed to snag SCR-HD and tried to make a run for the door while there's little interference to happen. Gear still destroys any robot that dared to touch him with blow after blow while he still had time left to maintain this powerful form.
"Get out of my way, you foul machines. I want the one who made Opal cry and not a bunch of fall men," he shouts.
They still relentlessly attacked him from all directions if it means fulfilling their final order for their master. The four robots that carried SCR-HD away carrying him outside safely as assimilation to heal wounds wound had taken time and left them vulnerable to be destroyed altogether. Everyone would be too busy fighting other robots that were preoccupying them with their aggression. Elliot still remains holding Claris at all times if it means making sure no one thought about hurting them. Unfortunately for them, one stray robot would think about approaching the defenseless teens while they seemed to be no threat to it. The blue haired boy gulps and knew that there is nowhere to run and escaping wouldn't be easy when he has a girl in his own arms. Sweat rolls down his face as the flying white robot slowly approached them with a menacing glare and arms ready to attack.
"I am not afraid of you. I have courage on my side. If you want Claris, you will have to go through me. A friend of mines always taught me to never be afraid and always conquer the worst of fears. You are no more of a threat than Roger. Stupid tin can!" he shouts.
The robot would only show no reaction to these threats and continue his slow flight toward the human targets. Elliot slowly backs up as he held his pink haired girl tightly. He knew that it's best to protect her no matter what in the face of danger and there is no NiGHTS. Not the one they knew abs love since he's aware that Wizeman somehow has him under his control. The robot immediately charged at them at high speed to tackle them at full force. Elliot and Claris all flew in different directions from the machine's aggressive results, the former screaming in pain. Elliot never been attacked by something this intense in the real world, not even his bully Roger would hit this hard in high school. The two bodies finally dropped to the ground and rolled apart from the severe hit as the robot runs around to see the result. It would tell that Claris is far from responsive as she is in a comatose state. However, Elliot still moving would alert the robot to try more drastic measures of hurting the defenseless boy. Before the blue haired teen would respond, the robot stomps on his back. Elliot gasps for air from the attack before violently coughing blood.
"Damn you! Get off of my back you stupid tin can. You think you can kill me, then I have courage!" he beamed.
This wouldn't stop the onslaught of stomps the aggressive robot would be giving him. Each blow only causing him to scream louder and louder with more blood gushing from his throat. Elliot would be in his first near death situation and he's barely surviving from being overpowered by this steel marauder without any dream abilities to save him. But he did not care as long as he wouldn't think about harming Claris at all.
"This is no…nothing. I've faced worse beatings from Roger. Is that the best you can…..auuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggh!"
Now the robot would be pressing at its hardest to try breaking the beaten teen's back completely. He is aware that he is in a tough situation that requires a smart way of escaping. With no NiGHTS or this pain being real, he has a choice of either embracing a possible death or living as a fighter instead of a basketball player. The years of working out in PE class paid off when several stomps would had killed him easily had he not taken his weight lifting serious. Also, his love for Claris is what is allowing him to act as a distraction to keep her body safe for a while. However, he is aware that any more damage to his body would had killed him. Everyone would be too busy dealing with their own swarm of robot pests to watch what is happening with the two Twin Seeds High students. Elliot looks around to see that Claris' body is still unharmed and completely motionless as it show while he acts as bait for the robot. But even he could tell that he would likely die if this violence continues to him, coughing more of the crimson liquid on the ground. He felt a mixture of anger and sadness at how it seems like his life is flashing before his eyes in the worst way. The fact one of his friends is now brainwashed and only he can stop this if he gains some power.
"Listen tin can, I do not know what you want with all of us. But we will never surrender those Chaos Emeralds to you. I know that you all want this world so badly like it's something to keep. But let me just say this, I am Elliot Edwards. I am someone who will be strong and don't care about all the bones you break in my body. If you take me as some weak boy who will be crushed beneath your own feet, then you are wrong. You are nothing but scrap. Just a tool used by a crazy fat man that sees you as expendable. You are following orders to someone that cares less about you. While a friend made me who I am just by helping me in my own dreams. But right now, your friends turned him into something he's not. I will not let that slide. His courage resides within me. I am not going to let you kill me this day," he screams.
This speech would be loud enough to get the attention of Galacta, Opal, Scooter, Omochao, Dural, Break, R.O.B., Duke Oda, and Vectorman. Even the fallen Sega-Chan that is bullied by a few SCR-GP units would notice him. Even the body of Claris started to twitch a little from hearing his voice. Even her eyes begin to move a little as if they were trying to open from her possible awakening. The robot caught on to this and lifts his foot to spare Elliot for now. The blue haired boy would realize that he's changing his mind to defeat his friend while she's still down. Elliot desperately grabs the leg of the robot to try stopping him, still trying to ignore the bloody wounds on his back. He would be kicked in his face to know him back from interrupting him. Elliot screams once more and lies on his wounded back while he's fouled with determination.
"Leave her alone! She's got nothing to do with this. You coward, come back and fight me instead of picking on the defenseless! Get the hell back here, metalhead!" he beamed.
The walking robot would ignore his requests as it continues walking for the moving body with high intent to kill her. Opal could not bear to watch and begin charging her fingers once more for her next attack. Her fingers are already bloody with enough ripped nails from overuse of her attacks. But protecting Claris while she's still down is what she wanted to do the most.
"Just hold still, I will blast you away in a second before you think about hurting her. She is my pupil, someone destined from great things. The last thing I will do is let you destroy her," she said in a serious manner.
"Are you sure that you want to do that? Your fingers are already in critical condition. Keep this up and you will be losing your only means of welding your bow," Omochao beamed.
"So? What part of me putting my life on the line as a warrior don't you understand? My years of being abused and dealing with pain made me numb to any severe damage to my body. If you stab me or even burn me, it will not kill my drive to fight. So longing a few fingers from my own attacks will not mean a thing. But I will say this, you better hear me loud and clear. Claris is destined for great things and I will not let her die on this day from negligence!" she called.
It was then when the robot Chao would learn to realize just how much anyone is willing to risk for each other as parts of the New Blue Rogues. He could easily see parallels in himself when he fought off Goodle and Napoleon from stealing the Chaos Emerald. Omochao would completely understand where she is going from, as well as her desires to complete a mission to its best abilities. Scooter, Galacta, and Vectorman would shoot down even more robots that would attempt attacking them while they were possibly distracted. Break rips one clean in half with his Grand Upper as Dural duplexes one with ease. R.O.B. used his Robo Rotor ability to knock away any incoming robots as Duke burns a few incoming targets. Elliot is still crawling after the robot despite his pain as he could see it standing directly above her. She finally opens her eyes to see the white metallic figure standing above her completely. Her vision is still foggy to notice what may be possibly threatening about her stalker. The SCR-GP unit then raises its foot in the air to attempt stomping her. Claris' heart would only accelerate in beat as she knows she is completely outclassed against a machine despite her training with Opal in what could be her final moments. Opal instantly fires his Super Shot at the same time to try destroying the robot in time, but only barely that the beam is close to failing to hit him in time before the stomp to her head.
"Claris!" Elliot shouts.
A miracle would occur that would change the course of everything. A massive ray of bright light emits from her body that blindsides everyone. The light would blind the robot's view from seeing the end result of his stomp. Elliot would also be engulfed in the light that emits from her body before he could see it. The Super Shot still managed to hit the robot and knock it out of balance. It barely destroyed the robot's body but managed to stop its main system from functioning anymore. Opal closed her eyes in time from the light that flashed in her eyes. Scooter and Vectorman would use their scanning systems to try picking up what is occurring over there. R.O.B. and Duke would use this time to blast away the robots that held Sega-Chan hostage to free her. The robot mind would be glad that she is free from being tipped over as the robotic operating buddy slowly lifts her off the ground.
"Thank you thank you thank you! I would have been a goner if they had kept going. I am not really a combatant and more of the helper. That's why I shouldn't put myself in danger anymore," the machine beamed with digital tear symbols in her visor.
Galacta maneuvers her silver ship to see what could be happening below from the bright lights. She pressed a few coordinates on her controls to get a special screen that search energy readings. However, these readings would be so massive that even she would be amazed that something powerful is coming from the two Visitors. Gear would be close to finished with the relentless SCR-GP storm that attacked him until hey saw the light below himself. Even he could tell this power would be close to powerful as his own when the pressure could be felt from this far away. The remaining robots would all see this bright light themselves before doing any further attacking to Gear. Some would even think about flying below to attack the source as they seen it as a bigger threat than Super Gear himself.
"Scanning, high levels of power detected. Too high levels located below," one said.
"Target identified. All units must destroy the larger threat at hand. Abandon the weaker foes and pursuit with full arsenal," another said urgently.
Gear would be too confused at how they were all suddenly ignoring him and focusing on the strange phenomena that occurs toward the ground. Galacta would be the first to notice all the robots beginning to put down below at full force to site of Elliot and Claris' light. She instantly activates her weapons to fire at some of the robots that dared to plan attacking them while they were defenseless. Scooter and Vectorman even noticed this before gunning down at the flying pests that intended to take down the teenage victims.
"Everyone, stop them before they get down there and hurt those two. We can't let them take any lives!" Break called.
Omochao once again unleashed his missile storm to take down as many of these flying pests as he could with a state of urgency. R.O.B. managed to have another full charge to fire his powerful Robo Beam at the swarm with all he could. Opal would be in no shape in trying to shoot with her fingers again with them being in too much pain that even she could barely feel. Even her using a bow wouldn't be as effective when there are too many targets to take down at once on top of the damaged state her fingers were in to snipe. Gear however would remember the real reason he entered this form and looks around for the cowardly robot leader that escaped. He would then come to the conclusion that he was carried out the same way his friends managed to enter the ship.
"Just you wait, I will be the one to tear you limb from limb. I'm coming for you, metal fiend!" he shouts.
He disappears in a blight yellow flash that zooms out of the door at blinding speeds. The force off his aggressive flying would blow all of the robots out of place from their course two attack the glowing lights there were close to attacking. Even the wings would blow Opal and Dural's hairs away in a rushing sensation. The other Marines would take down the robots that were distracted with all they had to keep whoever's in the light completely safe. The bright lights would now begin to subside completely with less interference to get in the way. Opal, Dural, and Break would finally open their eyes to see the light slowly dimming to reveal what became of the two. What they saw would finally shock them all at once. Elliot and Claris would be floating in midair suddenly to reveal that they all managed to survive the onslaught. However, things seemed different from their appearance as others could tell. Elliot appears to be taller, with more toned arms, spikier blue hair, a bigger chin, and a more serious composure compared to his cheerful self. Claris would be a real shock with longer flowing hair, more developed legs, womanly hands, larger breasts, and a more innocent expression. What really surprises everyone is now the high levels of power coming from their bodies. One could say this is the result of their love for each other, but more their Ideya tapping into a real world to enhance their own power. This is similar to them being able to fly using NiGHTS's power after Wizeman trapped him and invaded their town of Twin Seeds. Opal still drops her jaw at what drastic change she saw her own pupil go as a result of her own courage manifesting. Dural is at a complete loss of words at what is really going on anymore. Break slaps himself to make sure he is not dreaming when he just see two teenagers transform into powerful flying heroes all of a sudden.
"Claris? Elliot? Is that really you? Because my scanners can detect so much power coming from you two," Omochao beamed.
The few living robots that survived would finally see the very threats that they wanted to defeat so badly. Their scanners did not lie about that high levels of power as they could really tell the two were really powerful. Elliot slowly opens his eyes to see that he survived the explosion after all.
He felt that something is really off about his body and quickly checks his own hands. He saw that they were bigger than before and not like his usual teenage hands. Then glanced at how big his own arm muscles were compared to his normal showings in PE. He gasps, but also noticed that his own voice also happens to be deeper than usual.
"Is this some kind of dream? What happened to me," he said.
Claris would not be as receptive as she would notice that her own arms barely resembled that of a high schooler anymore, but more like a young adult. The woman would also feel that her own hair is looser than usual before she runs her hands through it. But what really sold the deal was the audible bounce of her larger bust, which she thought felt heavier than usual. Elliot himself would notice this and tries his best not to keep his eyes on them too long. He eventually drew himself closer to her due to this curiosity of this drastic change to her own body.
"Huh, I did not recall you having these. They remind me so much of my mom's," he said in curiosity before grabbing them.
Claris looks down to see that her own friend is coping a feel of her bosoms before growing red like a tomato. He's too lost in the softness of these maternal lumps to pay any mind to her embarrassment.
"Stop it! You are not supposed to have your hands on them!" she cried.
"They remind me of a pair of basketballs. Perfect shape and roundness. This must be a good dream if we can see each other as adults," he said.
Now the blue haired boy would have a more lecherous expression as if he were first discovering the source of his desires. Everyone would be too speechless to process what is going on at all and why are they different all of a sudden. Opal twitches her eye in annoyance at the sight while Omochao is floating motionless with his blank eyes. R.O.B. averts his face and shakes his head the disgraceful moment before him. Galacta scoffs at this as she gotten worried over nothing. Sega-Chan panics with a "O_O" expression as this is far from the last time she is witnessing something too much for her eyes. The SCR-GP robots would only watch as they are confused if their scanners were wrong about thumbing a threat or not. Vectorman would only keep the same stoic expression as the two were at least safe and not going to be harmed by the robots anymore. Now, Elliot would be lovingly nuzzling his face in the breasts of the mature Claris with the biggest smile as he tightens his arms around her in a hug. The embarrassed woman cries once more at how her crush is this close to her, but in the wrong way and embracing the parts of her body she is the most insecure about.
"Please, I want you to get off of me. We should be taking this more serious when those robots are about to attack us," she shouts.
"No, those tin cans can wait. While these lofty milk cans of yours can be enjoyed. They are so nice, I could just dream in these all day," he replied.
Elliot was always a pure respectful boy in high school, but this new adult form would be the result of him losing control of his new explosion of raging hormones. The white robots had just about f egg bough and charged all together to attack their unexpected targets. Claris would have just about enough as she grabs the body of him with her fully strength.
"I said for the last time, stop objectifying me already!" she shouts before giving a hard shove.
The blue haired man would be sent flying backwards as he screams during the flight. Strangely he would begin spinning around in a similar way to one of NiGHTS' own famed techniques with magic sparkles flying from his body. He is actually doing a technique that he only did when in a recreation of Twin Seeds in his own dreams. Omochao grew amazed since it's his first time seeing anyone other than NiGHTS or Reala do a Drill Dash. The others would also gasp in awe at the strange scene. The remaining robots would be instantly destroyed by the flying Elliot as he keep flying out of control for the nearest wall. Everyone winched once he finically crashed and looked to see if he were alright. The flying man would have his body partially stuck in the broken steel wall from the impact, dazed and defeated. Claris once again wonders what is with the surge of power coming from her and Eliot, especially when she could tell his unconsciously did a Drill Dash after she threw him.
"What is going on? Is it our desire to get stronger that our Ideya is beginning to affect us in the real world? Maybe there's a reason for this. But most importantly, why did my body rapidly age? I'm confused," she said in a state of confusion and wonder.
"It must be the effects of that on coming into effect. If not, then your courage really awakened to blossom your body into its own prime. NiGHTS would be proud," Omochao said.
Opal grew worried about how Gear is nowhere to be found in the room at all. Only guessing that he ran off to go after the escaping SCR-HD. She already started running away without anyone noticing as someone highly concerned for his well being. Dural caught on to this and wondered why she is leaving without everyone else.
"What's the matter? Shouldn't you wonder what and how these two became what they are?" the Sarah clone asks.
"I want to, but we have more pressing issues. That robot that we were told to guard is running away and Gear is already after him. I have the feeling that it will not be very easy when it may heal its wounds again and fight at full strength. I have no time to waste when his power may run out soon from the time limit," she said.
Dural knew that this is serious enough that she started to run after her too.
"Then I'm coming with you. We will take down this robot threat with all we got instead of letting him get away easily," she calls.
Omochao and Break soon followed immediately as the other Marines remained where they were to report back to their superiors. Scooter would be the first to call Sam Fisher back with his built in communication system.
"This is Scooter. Our target managed to call reinforcements to distract all of us and get away. On your mark, we will pursue them. But I advise you to tell any Marine that is still at the party to ambush that robot before he gets away. This is the only chance we've got when the Emeralds are no longer his mind but survival," he said.
"We know. Gear is already fighting that robot directly above the ship. It appears that it is already at full power. Any intervention from our fellow Marines would get them hurt. We will have to put faith in him bringing down the metal menace," Sam replied.
"Understood. We will all report back to you as soon as possible. Over and out," the robot replied.
Scooter hangs up and lifts his gun once more.
"Everyone, we have to move out immediately. There's nothing else to worry about anymore," he called.
"Roger, I can fly out there faster than everyone. But I will slow down if it means leading the way without any of us getting lost," Galacta said.
R.O.B. however felt otherwise as he could sense something else seem to be going on in the control room as they speak. What he sensed is a power quite similar to Elliot and Claris', but with a more sinister flair to it.
"You sense more creeps we need to blow up? Then I will be the one to help," Duke said.
"Negatory, we all have to stay together. Splitting up will only be too disorganized. If we have another threat on our hands, then we will all be going together," Galacta said as she turn her ship around.
Elliot pulls his head out after feeling that same pressure. He had a bad feeling it was exactly who he feared it was.
He's here. And with this power, we will have to try and convince him that he's not supposed to be doing this. It will be hard to fight, but we may have to when he's going to be as evil as Reala with this new influence. Sorry, NiGHTS.
The blue haired man instantly flies off without any question of what's going on, R.O.B. soon following since he had the right idea.
"What did Galacta not say about staying together? Nevermind. Men, we have to follow that Smash robot," Scooter ordered.
Vectorman however would still be silence as he analyze where can that energy from the control room belongs to using that tech. Unfortunately, it's an answer that Claris will not like at all.
"One of our own is the traitor. The same one who went after Reala is now our greatest enemy. This will need all the strength to take him down as he's on par with Sonic," the solemn green robot said.
The long haired Visitor drooped her jaw and gasps at the hour of knowing that her own friend is someone who happens to be their greatest enemy. Her heart died not want to take it, but there is never a thing wrong about the tech of a robot of high intelligence.
"No…no…no. You can't be serious. There is no way that NiGHTS would ever turn against us by stealing the Chaos Emeralds. Maybe it is Reala posing as NiGHTS just to frame him. He could be…
"Listen to your ally. We robots are very adequate with our technology and handling of information. I can feel this pressure. It is unmistakeably the same person. If we were to hesitate, the Legion would beat us one step at a time," Scooter replied.
"Once a traitor, always a traitor. We do not know what could had happened, but these actions are unforgivable. We will have to use for to stop him, or even destroy him if it means not letting the world fall into more ruins," Galacta said.
Heartbroken and full of tears, Claris would only do nothing but cry into her own hands loudly at another challenge she has to be up against. Fighting the same person that inspired her to grow as a person. Meanwhile, the fight between Gear and the SCR-HD robot ranges on intensely in a battle of flight and power above the island. Every clash would send powerful forces plummeting to the island that shakes the trees and alarmed the monsters that were originally sleeping peacefully. Even tribesmen would be panicking from their huts shaking from the powerful winds they were causing. What bused to be a peaceful atmosphere when the party is getting close to starting is now utter chaos. Chefs would be stumbling and trying not to drop the food they prepared. The stands fixed by the three shopkeepers would be shaking as they tried to hold them back from falling over. Jimba also stumbles due to his throne violently rattling, which his advisors saved him in time from falling. The chief is thankfully that her is safe from taking a serious fall from this fight.
"Thank you, all of you. But we will have to put an end to that fight that's happening. Having the island fixed was hard enough, it would be in a worse state if we keep this fight going," he said in worry.
"Some of the heroes will have to intervene or held destroy that robotic fiend before it gets any worse," Lagu said urgently.
"Good idea, one of us will have to tell them now while we are ready to have better times," Folu sang. Chinto eventually get determined and looked at all the worried heroes that can see everything from above. Vyse less than pleased at how Gear is recklessly using too much of his power.
"That headstrong fool, he does realize that all of our hard work will come to waste if he goes all out. I wonder what drove him to reach this point," he said.
"We have one problem on top of the other and the party never gotten started. Can for once another thing does not go wrong?" Knuckles said.
Sam receives a new message from Scooter on his wrist device and he then decides to answer it. Everyone would go cautious as they expect a good explanation for how their robot prisoner escaped. Sonic gets up from his seat immediately as jumping into action to take care of their old enemy is a better plan than sitting around.
"Knuckles, you think you can let me a hand and throw me up there. That tin can would be easy to trash like Eggman's other robots if you can get me up there," he said.
Knuckles did a slight chuckle as this is the same hedgehog he always worked with for a lifetime.
"Sure, but I am coming with you since my fists should greet his face too. Now don't have all the fun without me, Sonic" Knuckles replied in a competitive matter.
"I will come with. Maybe some of my tech can come in handy to weaken him when that Ark of the Cosmos will be a problem as long as he has that artifact in his possession," Tails suggests.
"I did not go out of this way to sit next to you for nothing. I will come too. Big, just make sure you have your parasol ready to fly us up when a good Pink Tornado is made," Amy said.
"Ok, Amy. I will make sure we reach that metal meanie and show us that no one hurts our friends. Maybe he is the reason Froggy disappeared too," Big replied.
"Allow me to come too. My redefined Janken Style is undefeated," Alex Kidd proposed.
"I did not bring Cipher with me for nothing. He should come in handy for burning that hunk of metal. Right boy" Billy asked his faithful Egg Animal companion.
"Bow wow!" the winged rhino-like creature mewed.
"Uki kiki, eek eek yeah!" AiAi chatters in enthusiasm.
Amigo waves his hands while shaking his maracas to also show his support.
"Chuchuchu ChuChu chuchuchuchu chuchu!" Chuih squeaks.
ChuBei, ChuBach, and ChuPea nods all together as they will always follow their fellow captain no matter the costs.
"If it means me not seeing this clown's face again, then I will be pumping the breaks on that robot fool with you guys," B.D. Joe said.
Vashyron was annoyed at first, but glad that his glasses wearing rival is leaving if it meant more alone time with Columns.
"If it means an excuse to be able to mark again, then the leader of the GG's will help you blind that discount Noise Tank," Beat said with a smile.
"Since the agent's guns will be of no use then allow a fellow undead to give you the muscle to crush that metal maniac," Zobio bragged.
"Just for that, we are freaking join too. Don't go acting like you are tougher than use because you are undead and strong as shit," Washington remarked.
"If I can just run to the parked police car on the ship, then I should get the rocket launcher again. It should be enough firepower to bring the robot down if you all can hold it in one place," Axel Stone suggests.
"Don't forget about your friendly neighborhood space reporter. Unlike Pudding, my Chu Blaster can hit far away targets with great accuracy," Ulala said.
"Hey! I so can bring that metal monstrosity down with my electric guitar. You are so on for proposing this contest!" Pudding exclaims.
"Or how about instead of saying everything, we just act on it, people! Do you want to clean this damn island all over again or not!" Vyse shouts.
Everyone could tell he is acting more aggressive than usual because of his hunger for rum and being exhausted from everything to do with the Isle of Monsters in general. Even the Smash Brothers at the table were completely speechless from this.
"He's right, we all have to get up there and help Gear destroy that tin can if it leads to less destruction. Alright Knuckles, throw me!" Sonic called.
The red echidna immediately grabs Sonic with his gloved hand and hurls him into the air in the direction of the duel.
"Here I come, and I'll prove that machine that I'm tougher than the rest of them!" Knuckles called before he makes a run for the forest.
He needs to jump off a high surface in order to glide as he can only maneuver the air in a straight manner than descending or ascending due to his inability of true flight. Tails also begin rotating his twin tails to fly into the air as Alex Kidd back up to call forth his Pedicopter to fly. Billy puts on a jetpack that he hatched from previous egg and begins flying into the air before Cipher follows him too. BD Joe clicks a special button to make his taxi drive on auto pilot to get to where he is. Amy already creates a single Pink Tornado needed and grabs the tail of Big before the large feline jumps near it with his parasol and rapidly ascends from the tornado's wind. Axel Stone already makes a run for the ship wto set his plan in motion. The ChuChus all scramble for the Master Mech that's parked near a few trees to plan for the fight. Headdy activates his Plane Head and begins flying into the air for a heated dogfight once more. The Star already whips up one of his stronger tornadoes to help launch Zobio and Zobiko into the air when needed. Shou and Tillis already taken off for a serious flight as Chaos also starts to fly himself as he's belligerent enough for another intense fight. Harrier grabs his special cannon and begins flying into the air with it just like any other mission he would have. Stella uses the Wizard's Wand to start levitating herself into the air with magic. Columns would immediately start flying into the air with her wings, leaving a disappointed Vashyron all alone and flightless.
Kirby already jumps on his Warpstar and immediately begins flying toward the source of trouble above. Mario would have a special blue shell ready, one that Yoshi specifically needs to eat if it means him being able to fly.
"Yoshi, I have a special job for a you to do. Like old times, buddy," the plumber called.
Yoshi knew exactly what his buddy is thinking and chirps in excitement. Link already made way for Amy's tornado and used his Paraglider to rise high into the air for the battle. Jigglypuff did the same as her light weight easily benefits it. Pit looks at Palutena to let her know that it's time to activate the Power of Flight once more. With the wave of her staff, they angel's wings immediately started to glow and his body rose into the air slightly. Pit reacts with a thumbs up to thank her before flying directly at the source of the problem. Then Palutena did Jump Glide to rise as high as she needed to above the entire island. Pikachu immediately used Quick Attack to begin zipping himself into the air, the used a powerful Volt Tackle to zoom even further at the speed of lightning itself. Donkey Kong knew that in times he would need the Barrel Launcher, placing it on the ground before jumping inside to blast himself into the air. Wario knew that it was time to become Wario-Man once more as he saved a certain special glove of garlic for occasions like this.
"It's a go time. I will not be outshined by you while I'm here, Mario," the bitter yellow rival said.
"But what about me? I need some of that garlic stuff of yours to be Waluigi-Man," his purple partner-in-crime said.
"You can teleport can you not? Besides, I am the big man on campus and deserve it more than you. Cheapskate," he barked.
Tingle approached the sad purple man with a plan of his own.
"Maybe Tingle can help fly you, fellow fairy. Free of charge of course since we are friends," the eccentric mapmaker said.
"Shut up, Twinkle. I do not need your pity!" he snapped.
Samus already starts rising into the air with her special Screw Attack method multiple times as this is her favorite way of reaching higher points. Both Steve and Banjo start flying together with the help of their gliding device and Kazooie respectively. Inkling Super Jumps into the air as Wii Fit Trainer hula hoops her way aside a Balloon Trip dressed Villager.
"Bayonetta, how about we work together for a bit. What do you say, witch to witch," Ashley said.
Bayonetta playfully puts her finger on her chin while thinking with her long legs crossed.
"Little one, you have yourself a deal. But in return, I want you to come to Hell with me since I heard you defeated demons before. Someone of your caliber would be very useful in this mission," she proposed.
"Deal, anything to not be slowed down by a bunch of happy go lucky fools. Red, become my broom!" the young witch said.
Being the nervous imp he is, Red salutes to show his loyalty to his master.
"Will do, Mistress Ashley," he replied.
He immediately becomes a magic flying broom, which Ashley would mount herself on prepares to fly. Bayonetta immediately used her Crow Within to transform into her favorite feather form before they both start flying off. Midna immediately teleports into black squares of twilight to reach the source of the fight. Tiki used the power of her Dragonstone to transform into a mighty dragon as means of transportation for those that wanted to join the fight. Mr. Resetti, Takamaru, Shovel Knight, Jeff, Yuri, Knuckle Joe, Saki, Akira, and Spring Man would jump on her large white back to prepare for take off. Thuis would leave Isaac who would offer to take any ton fliers into the air with his Psyenergy if they were interested.
"If anyone else wants to come, then I will lift you all into the air. And if anyone falls, you can count on me to save you," the Venus Adept said.
Ryu, Joker, Captain Falcon, the Bonanza Bros, Joe Musashi, Gilius, and Amigo offered to join in. The entire Super Monkey Ball team would be flying in their Monkey Balls thanks to the Ei-Ei-Poo spell after a group huddle. Yanyan's eyes would be twinkling as she has a plan to try winning AiAi over while she had the chance. Jet is still competitive as ever and ready to prove that his is at the better monkey than him. Luigi dons his Balloon World suit once more, awkwardly adjusting each balloon string on his back to make sure he can float well. The real battle is about to begin with everyone mobilizing. Sam Fisher would get up from his seat and face Vyse with urgent news.
"Captain, I have something to tell you. You may not like what I am about to say. My Marines never lie when they gather information. So be prepared to hear it," he said.
The Blue Rogues captain grew cautious as well as Fina and Aika after they heard his words.
"It concerns one of your allies. The purple Nightmaren. He is apparently siding with the Legion and in the process of stealing the Chaos Emeralds that you all have aboard the ship. Chances are that he will try and escape with them. Do not pull any punches, treat him like any other enemy. As captain, you are highly responsible on how you choose to deal with this possible traitor. But if it were up to me, we should imprison him for his actions of treachery. But instead of talking, we should be prepared to see him outside the ship. In case he's proven to be tough for my robot Marines to handle and that Smash member," the Marines leader said in a serious tone.
Vyse would only do nothing but nod as he is quite conflicted to hear of these news, or more why NiGHTS is suddenly starting to act no better than Reala. The Control Room would now be in a more sinister air with R.O.B. suffering from severe damage with the supposed emerald thief. Sparks fly from the damaged body of the robotic operating buddy as he never fought anyone this agile and strong before. For every Robo Beam he shot, it was ineffective. And for every Gyro, it was proven too futile due to the target's slippery movements in the air. The robot slightly blinks as the purple wearing enemy slowly approached him with a sinister smile. Even his lower body could no longer burn for flight due to the severe damage he had received. The floating thief playfully toss around the steel bag that he has in his hand now that he has three of the seven Chaos Emeralds in his own possession. R.O.B. slowly moved his red hand in hopes of doing something, but it is kicked down forcefully by a flip kick from the Nightmaren.
"Nu uh uh, you already had your chance to fight like a good toy but I have no use for you anymore. So boring. Here I thought these heroes would be more of a challenge instead of having me play with such outdated machinery. Oh well, Master Wizeman will be so proud of me now that I am doing something he wants. I better be given the chance to cause more nightmares, because it's so darn fun. I just hope to see Reala already since he is too busy acting like a boss to those other villains. Meanwhile, I am succeeding where he is failing and impress Master Wizeman more. He could even make me the new ruler of Nightmare if I succeed in helping his plans go in full motion. This is a great day. Now all I need to do is just leave you to rust. They will be too busy worrying about you than going after me. That is what makes these heroes so foolish, they are too sentimental," the evil Nightmaren gloats before the defeated robot.
The Nightmaren then turns around to leave the damaged R.O.B. to only accept his defeat and let the one person betraying the heroes to escape.
"Not so fast! You think you will get away that easily without facing your friend?" a voice called.
NiGHTS turned around just to see Elliot in his stronger dream start awaiting him. The man is less than impressed that the one who inspired him to grow is regressing to become the one thing he never wanted to be. He's too angry to hold back any hesitation to harm his brainwashed friend, hoping he can try and talk some sense into him at all. The Nightmaren would only smile and do a nervous laugh now that he's approached by someone who has the dream energy to rival him.
"And who would you be? Didn't Wizeman warn me of a small puny blue haired brat that I was once friends with. It disgusts me when Nightmarens are not supposed to be friends with humans, we instead are supposed to make their dreams miserable whilst feeding on their Ideya. I do not even know who you are. But if you were sent by him, tell that brat that he better stay out of our way or we will spank his weak little butt," he said.
Elliot felt hurt by that last bit, as being insulted by his own friend and inspiration is always painful. But instead he opted to stay calm and strong as he wants to be the better man in this encounter.
"Well, you are looking at him now. With all the Ideya and strength to overcome all my fears. But there is one I want to overcome, the idea of losing you to Wizeman. You see, you are not meant to serve him. What happened to the old NiGHTS that always liked to fly with Visitors for fun or help them overcome their worst nightmares? You are still there, just wake up from that nightmare and come back to us. Me and Claris miss the real you. Same for Will and Helen. Being nothing more than Reala the 2nd to Wizeman is the last thing we want you to become," he said remorsefully.
"Reala the 2nd? Ha! Is that the best you could come up with? I am better than Reala in every way. He is the one who failed to get the Chaos Emeralds and here I am going to succeed bringing more to Wizeman than he ever did. This talk about missing me is making my stomach churn. Being friends with weak Visitors was the biggest mistake of my life. So was turning on the very master that created me to serve him. Look at you, you even look worse than I've imagined. A little boy that grew from the days of feeding from his mother's bosom to now thinking with his own paternal horn upon seeing that nostalgic appearance of bosoms. If that is not pathetic then I do not know what is. Get lost, I know who I am loyal too. You can go back to being worthless and playing with balls for all I care," NiGHTS barked.
The Nightmaren's last toxic statement would drill even deeper than usual in Elliot's head, now starting to build up nothing but hatred for a friend that he is trying to change back to his old ways. He clenched his own fists and started to gather even more Ideya than usual within his body. NiGHTS began to nervously back up as he knew this power is not something to treat likely as he sees this man as a genuine threat to him and not as a weak child that Wizemen saw him as. Scooter and the other robot Marines arrived just in time to surround their treacherous ally before he thought about escaping.
"We know what you are doing and where you stand for. Give up peacefully, fork over those emeralds. Or else!" the Alien Storm veteran shouts.
NiGHTS instead creates a large purple portal behind him thanks to having the true powers of a Nightmaren on his side. Elliot instead choose to charge directly at him within full force before his purple traitor thought about getting away clean with the Emeralds.
"No, don't be reckless!" Galacta shouts.
It would be too late as the two collided and disappeared in the portal together. Duke would slam his gun on the ground in frustration.
"Damn it, the fool got too ahead of himself instead of thinking rationally. Now where are they?" he shouts.
"Perhaps outside. That Nightmaren was planning to fly outside as we are far from alone," Vectorman said.
"What makes you so sure? This Wizeman can only reside in Nightmare, which can only be accessed by dreams. Unless in response of our attack on Reala and Mishaela, certain members were sent to our location to attack us," Scooter said.
"This is not really adding up. But there is no way of telling when that blue haired man ruined our plan we had going. We failed our mission twice in row. Our track record had never been so stained," Duke yelled.
Galacta would then notice the damaged R.O.B. that is too harmed to move from his spot. She quickly maneuvered her ship over to his location to see the current state of his body.
"Galacta, you plan on fixing up that robot?" Scooter said.
"Yes, we have to. If we will get a good impression with the Smash Brothers, then leaving him here is not an option. Thankfully my systems are advanced enough to repair him in no time. You two can report back to Sam about what happened here. All we can do is hope that blue haired man will not lose the emeralds," she said.
"That reminds me, where is that pink haired one? Are you sure leaving her there to cry was a good idea?" Scooter asked.
"You should be saying the same for Rez. He is still in the body of that robot. We should hope that his hacking will be a completely success and not a failure," Galacta said once her machine's tools are fully activated.
She is completely right as Rez is starting to claw his way out of the main control system's body desperately. The creature is still starting to fix thanks to the severe damage happening on the outside. All antibodies were doing their best to fix and mainsail the completely collapsing world that is struggling to keep itself alive.
"I am not dying yet. You will be mines to hack whether you like it or not. You big red drop. Get out of my body!" he cries.
He successfully rips out of the body of the main control with all the strength he had. This left a massive gash in the body of the master control as it starts to cry in pain. The antibodies were too busy dealing with bigger problems to think about attacking the freed Rez under their creator's orders. Then Rez would fire a series of musical blasts against the large red being to successfully neutralize it. Its body would be slowly turning orange as a result of this which is a sign of the system being hacked by Rez's own programing. The creature twists and turns as the red body it had would slowly change into a completely different color now that its no longer in control. In return, the grid would now slowly stabilize and turn orange as a result throughout the entire realm. Rez smiles knowing that everything is not in vain and the mission is complete.
On the outside, SCR-HD would already be getting his body tossed around by various heroes that jumped in at the right time to fight now that he's completely hacked from hurting anyone else. Sonic kicks the robot to Knuckles, who punched it to Amy, who whacked it toward Big, who reeled it and tossed it at Mario, who punched it to Link, who sliced at it and kicked it to Pikachu, who shocks it in the direction of Kirby, who threw a leaf storm at it that carries it to Ryu, who Tatsumaki Senpukyaku'd it to Joker, who uses Arsene to knock it to Alex Kidd, who punched it to Bayonetta, who kicked it to Banjo, who claw swiped it to Captain Falcon that finished it off with a Falcon Punch. Axel Stone who arrived just in time with his rocket launcher then fires at the robot to send one last explosive attack while the robot is already damaged enough. The robot finally flies back towards the ground in a resulting crash as it had no fight in it anymore. Gear finally decides to power down completely as he had no reason to fight anymore and the time for the form to last were almost up. Almost everyone would be dropping back to the ground below while others who can fly would save the non fliers. Tails grabbed Sonic just in time to use his twin tails to slow down their descent. Mario managed to grab his brother's legs just in time, causing the green balloon flying plumber to sink faster from his weight. Jigglypuff grabs Pikachu by his tail to slowly puff back to land. BD Joe allowed Beat, Zobio, and Zobiko to land directly in the empty seats of his flying taxi for safety.
"Anyone need a lift?" he said with a smile.
Heady made sure to grab Link in time thanks to his speed, allowing the Hylian warrior to hold on to his legs.
"Thanks for saving me. Had I hit the ground, Hyrule would have no hero to save it in the future," he said.
"No problem, pal. We are allies and got to stick together if it means crushing those Subspace jerks while we can," the plane headed puppet replied.
Villager saves Inkling in time with the strength he had while Wii Fit Trainer allows Stella to carry her with the magic she had left to remain flying.
"Gee lady, have you realized just how heavy you are? Just pray that we don't plummet because of your weight," she complains.
"I will have you know that my weight is a perfectly balanced one-hundred-seventy pounds. You probably need to do more strength exercises yourself if that is considered heavy for you to lift," the fitness trainer responds.
Isaac and The Star used all the strength they had to slow down everyone else's falls to reduce any possible casualties. The Maboo Tribes people all cheered for the work and heroics everyone had done for this night. Chef Kawasaki even did his best to protect all the extra food from spilling if it means not making his hard work a waste in any way.
"Great job team, now all that's left is to see if he will show his face. I have a choice of words for him knowing that he wants to steal the emeralds behind our backs," Vyse said.
"I just received word from Scooter. He escaped with the emeralds thanks to that reckless blue haired kid flying into him. We do not know whathappenem, but he suddenly flies and happened to be in a stronger aged form," Sam said.
Will gasps in horror when he heard his words as did Helen get up from her seat.
"Elliot is fighting NiGHTS? I thought they were good friends?" he beamed.
"And I thought Ideya can only work when you are asleep in Nightopia instead of the real world. I never knew they can also affect reality when wake," the young girl said.
"As much as I hate to say it, NiGHTS is a traitor. We do not know what happened between him and Reala, but now it seems like he is suddenly working for them. Even trying to steal the emeralds under our nose," Aika said.
"He's not attacking him without a reason. The real worry is more did they fully escape into the Nightmare realm or will they reappear her with our Chaos Emeralds. They shouldn't fall into the wrong hands," Fina said.
Cupil suddenly started to fly into the air due to sensing something. Fina saw her silver pet flying away and wondered what seems to be startling him.
"Cupil, is there something wrong? Answer us," she called.
"It appears that they are coming to us. That creature wouldn't be flying around without reason. Everyone, get your weapons ready for our traitor," Titus said.
Everyone else would be completely surrounding the fully damaged robot that is too weak to fight back against his enemies anymore. Sonic noticed the Ark of the Cosmos that fell from his hip now that he had no use for it anymore.
"There it is, I wonder if that green feathery rival and his pals will be looking for this," he said.
"They are probably already on a hunt for the pieces. The real question is how long ago Eggman decided to take the pieces back and rebuild this piece of junk after he destroyed him years ago," Knuckles said.
Tails decided to fly closer to the robot with his wrench ready as he wanted to see if there were any use for the fallen machine. Rez suddenly erupts out of the robot, startling the young fox as if a ghost inhabited the robot.
"Sorry for startling you, but the hacking is complete. That means Eggman no longer has no control or command of this baby. He's going to be of full use. Perhaps as a spy robot to keep an eye on the Legion or act as a double agent," the digital being said.
Tails chuckled as his ally managed to do something he originally intended to do from the start.
"Thanks, we can work on this robot later and think of a plan to make it all work," the young fox replied.
"That reminds me, where is R.O.B.?" Captain Falcon said.
"It's not like him to take this long when we already defeated the robot leader. Something isn'r right around here," Ness said.
Opal, Omochao, Dural, and Break finally arrived on the scene. Gear would be surprised when the violet haired girl hugs him tightly in a tender embrace. Sarah Bryant would be curious of the doppelgänger that resembled her too closely for comfort, wearing the same dress the ChuChus given her. Even the ChuChus would be confused at who this strange woman is wearing close that they given their robot maid.
"Chu? Chuchuc chuchuchuchu chuchu!" Chuih barked.
"Who are you and what have you done with Dural!" the blonde fighter shouts.
"I am Dural. It may be hard to believe, but one of your captain's weapons transformed me into a human. While it feels good to talk and have real emotion, the pain isn't a very welcome change," she responded.
Sarah instantly lowered her guard and grew confused at her statement. Even the ChuChus all started to widen their eyes in unison. Jacky on the other hand is amused since there are now two of his sister, meaning double the nagging siblings to deal with.
"This is quite humorous. Now which one of you will complain about my jokes more? The original or the new and improved copycat?" he said.
Akira would only shake his lowered head at his ally's joke.
"On the bright side, this is another hit to the Judgement 6's perfect weapon. She has free will of her own and no longer need to act like a mindless drone for them. If we know they are with the Legion at all," Pai Chain said sarcastically.
"If what you say is true, then does that mean the nice hunk that looks like Axel is our Breakie-poo?" Ash said while blushing at his physique.
"I really hope this isn't the case. It just doesn't look like him at all. It's like some impersonator of Max Thunder who slapped Axel's head on himself," Shiva said in annoyance.
"Break is still Break. How about we all appreciate the new him instead of missing him when he was a cocky robot look-alike to follow orders?" Electra said.
Break nervously brushed the back of his blonde head now that his allies were still mixed about his new human appearance. Cupil would eventually see the portal open up next to him for a wrestling NiGHTS and Elliot to be ejected outside of it. Everyone would not believe what they are seeing as the two rumbled onto the ground next to the karaoke stage.
"Everyone, stop the fighting or the party will be ruined!" Folu warned.
Helen and Will would be speechless at one of their own friends fighting the once peaceful Nightmaren in a physical fight. Vyse noticed the metal case rolling from NiGHTS' side to the right and immediately made a dash for it.
"It's the Chaos Emeralds, we need to get them since this traitor wanted to steal them from us!"
The surprised Nightmaren immediately kicked Elliot off of him to fly for the case.
"Pikaaaaaachuuuuuuuuu!" the mouse Pokemon shouts as he gathered electricity in his cheeks.
The powerful Thunderbolt shocks the purple jester from making any moves for the case. Joker shoots at the Nightmaren with his gun multiple times to try phasing him before Ryu did a Shinku Hadouken to knock him out. Vyse managed to grab the emerald case just in time due to the Nightmaren's horror.
"You little pests, I need those if it means pleasing Master Wizeman!" he yelled.
Pit knocks him into the air with a powerful Upperdash Arm before Palutena burns him with Explosive Flame immediately. Zelda them used a well timed Din's Fire to wound the Nightmaren even more even Yoshi kicks into his face with a powerful Flutter Kick.
"Keep it going everyone, we will beat him into he can no longer fly anymore!" Sam called.
Ford fired his Hive Gun at the Nightmaren along with the Alien Syndrome squad and Jake Wade firing at him with their weapons. Raikoh, Wang Yi, Liu Bei, and Hayato all slashed at him at once to severely wound him. Tempo quickly traps him with the spray of his Bubble Gun before Bug fires his Bug Juice spitballs at once to trap him in a sticky prison. Sketch Turner fires his paper airplanes at the gooey mass as Kid Chameleon used Maniaxe's form to throw countless axes at him. Love and Berry fired their love beams as the Rub Rabbits fired their own passionate love blasts to burn the entrapped Nightmaren. Dan Marshall uses his electrical gun to raise the temperatures of the gooey prison once more. It wouldn't be until Mushiking instantly transforms into his larger realistic size to knock him into the air with a powerful horn attack. Skarkin jumps up to deal a powerful uppercut with his axe before Astal slams his diamond covered fists on the head of NiGHTS. This sent the beaten traitor straight toward the ground for a powerful crash in the far left to avoid running the party. The resulting shock would send strong winds in the direction of everyone to blow their hair and hats intensely. The dazed Elliot would come to his senses to everyone's eyes now that he wants to settle the score with his treacherous friend.
"Elliot, is that you?" a voice asked.
He looked just to see a very worried Will and Helen. They both were on the verge of tears since they could barely recognize him anymore and the thought that everyone is attempting to kill NiGHTS over a possible misunderstanding.
"Please stop this, he's our friend. Maybe we need to understand his side of the story instead of treating him like the villains we are supposed to fight. This is really scaring me," Helen cried.
She is already breaking down in tears since while she is hurt that NiGHTS is siding with the enemy, she did not want to watch their friend suffer any violence from their allies.
"Nonsense, he broke a very valuable rule of this crew. Betrayal and I will not tolerate it. At least Schezo had a good reason as it was a stage plan to bring the key leaders of the Legion to us and stop them from stealing their former members back. NiGHTS is now the one thing he thought he did not want to be, another evil Nightmaren who is too blindly loyal to Wizeman. We have no choice but to find some way to arrest him for good," Vyse said.
"He would fit fine on our ship. We have the best advanced cells for the worst of criminals. Reminder that Nack the Weasel would like a personal cellmate to talk to," Sam said.
"Still, don't you think we are going too far? NiGHTS is still in there, we just have to fight him out of Wizeman's control. You think hurting your own friend until he can't even fly or fight back is right. This is unnecessarily cruel and very terrible. I would dare say you all are no better than the Legion itself!" Will shouts with tears rolling down his cheeks.
These words would shock everyone, the Smash Brothers and the Blue Marine Rogue Alliance for the truth of that statement. Sonic, as conflicted as he is, had no choice but to agree with what the kid's words were for the matter. Beat then started to feel guilty that he is taking part ing any of this at all. Gilius glanced at his Golden Axe to see if a hero like him is truly doing the right thing. This situation hits closer to home for Ryo as while he can be blinded by revenge, he often reminds himself that he is losing his humanity if he runs on nothing but hatred. Zobio then realized that he is only becoming nothing more than a monster as his wife strokes his sad face in a supportive matter. As a soldier that fights for justice, Sakura starts to reflect on what she is really fighting for when remembering that NiGHTS is still her ally no matter what. Segata nobly nods as he is surprised that someone this young would be speaking more truth than any veteran hero. Amigo holds his head down with tears while AiAi would only feel guilty for his actions. Ulala then thinks of the time that she accused Satan for being a monster when he is actually someone that never wanted any of Lilith's ideas. Before anyone would say a word, Claris is already flying her way in the direction of everyone. Now looking more determined than ever. Elliot then looks to see that his friend is back instead of staying behind for so long.
"Claris, where have you been?" he asked.
Will and Helen would be surprised that Claris looked just as different as Elliot was from their usual selves. Many were curious on why she appears to be taking an older form and flying for that matter.
"Everyone, stop hurting NIGHTS! I have a plan that could free him from Wizeman's control. Just bear with me!" she shouts.
Elliot would be curious on what she means by this and watched her fly in the way of the wounded NiGHTS. The Nightmaren would be too hurt to go anywhere and green alarmed as if she planned to finish him off there.
"Go away, you rotten Visitor. Thanks to your friends, I can't show my face to Wizeman again or he would erase me from existence. I had one job and there is no way that I can come back empty handed. Just do whatever you want to me…"
"Relax NiGHTS, I have something that will make the real you break free. Just let me be the one to heal you. But I will need the help of three other Visitors and their Ideya if this will work," she said.
Elliot then realized that he needed to help before he flew in the direction of him.
"Will! Helen! Help us out here. We will help out NiGHTS with everything we've got!" he called.
The kids made their way towards NiGHTS with the others in haste. The heroes would have mixed feelings on this plan, however most great allies of NiGHTS gladly wanted to see how this plan would go as they hoped it would bring their jolly friend back to his old self.
"Good luck, kids. If you plan will bring him back to his senses, then I trust in you!" Sonic called.
"I hope this would bring a your friend back to his old self. Those kids were a right that we should have faith in a better way to save him than a resorting to violence," Mario said.
"Hopefully you are right, Mario. People can change, but we will have to see if this will really work. This could bite us in the backs if we aren't too careful," Marth said.
"I will watch this for now. But don't say we've warned you if this all turns out to be some ineffective way of fixing his behavior," Sam said.
Claris and Elliot would already kneel down before the wounded NiGHTS and placed their hands forward as if they were preparing to give him something. Helen and Will would be doing the same with all the hope they had for NiGHTS' recovery. Several balls of pure dream energy would be flying outside of the hands of the transformed Visitors as they transferred their energy. Each of the Ideya came in various types like the Red Ideya of Courage, White Ideya of Purity, Blue Ideya of Intelligence, Green Ideya of Growth, and Yellow Ideya of Hope. Each of these balls of dream energy would be collected by NiGHTS as he traversed any dream with the help of Visitors to destroy the Ideya Captures that Nightmarens made to steal Ideya from dreaming beings. They are also what create the abundant Nightopians that inhabit the dream worlds. Will and Helen were amazed at what their friends were able to do despite this being in the waking world. This did not stop their determination to help NiGHTS at all costs as they did not want to see their own purple friend in this sad state. The two adults were already pouring everything they had to help bring the evil out of NiGHTS' system. With everything they begin to pour out, their bodies began to change as well. Claris' long hair is bow starting to grow shorter overtime as if it were regressing back into her head. Her hands were also starting to grow smaller into something close to their original shape. Elliot's spiky hair is also changing back into his original clean combed style as his own body muscle mass begins to reduce. Soon, the Bellbridge children would also begin manifesting their own Ideya to pass to the downed Nightmaren. Helen is surprised that she's actually starting to do the same as her friends as Will is more determined than ever if it means saving their friend. The Nightmaren'a body is absorbing almost all of the Ideya that pours into his body as it glows a bright yellow. Sonic is slowly anticipating this plan if it meant bringing his friend back to the way he was instead of being a brainwashed puppet for Wizeman's wicked deeds. Ralph only stood slightly to get a better look at the scene that occurs. Gilius smiles as he's quite proud of what these youngsters were doing to save a friend. Billy Hatcher held his hands over his mouth in hope that his friend will be back to his old self. Amigo looks cautiously from under his sombrero as AiAi stood on his toes to look closer.
"Come on NiGHTS, you can make it and be yourself again. You are better than being controlled by someone," Ryo said.
Elliot and Claris are now now back to their appropriate ages once more as a result of passing away almost all Ideya they've ever had. Unfortunately a side effect of the results would give the two a few permanent changes. They are now up to par with the sizes of older students like Roger and have the body to match it. Elliot is no longer the smaller teen that can easily be picked on by his least favorite bully. Claris is now back to being the bustiest of her class, but she didn't care as she grew to love herself the way she is thanks to Opal. Now NiGHTS is full of all the Ideya needed as the four slowly backed off from him. Elliot made sure to hold hands with Claris to match their combined hopes for the best of their friend's recovery. Will's heart thumps as he looks at the glowing Nightmaren to see if he will be back to his normal self. Helen swallows and cautiously looked at the closed eyes of her fallen friend. The closer friends of NiGHTS all started to draw closer than ever just to see for themselves if everything worked out. The blue hedgehog placed his hand on the white gloves hand just to double check if there's any life left going forward him. He cautiously hopes that no efforts were in vain and NigHTS would be back to , one of the eyes instantly opened dramatically. Everyone grew surprised at this first action by the defeated Nightmaren. Then he slowly started to emit his sparkles from his hands as the body slowly begins to rise. Will and Helen grew excited from the sight of their friend flying again. The Nightmaren is now standing tall as his body completely rises to everyone's amazement.
"He's back!" Elliot shouts.
"Glad to have the real you back, NiGHTS!" Claris called.
"Hey hey, how does it feel to be flying again?" Sonic joked.
"Eeek eeeek ukiiii!" AiAi chirps.
Amigo victoriously played a maraca version of Dream Dreams to celebrate his return with starry eyes.
"Welcome back to business, NiGHTS," Ulala said.
"Let's a go, NiGHTS!" Mario exclaims.
"I apologize on behalf of the Marines. But I've never stopped believing in you," Rez said.
"Hey there, NiGHTS. And this captain is terribly sorry for directing the attacks on you. Can you forgive us?" Vyse said.
The purple dream jester would be happy with all the praise and apologies that he's receiving with all of Nightmare's evil out of his system, taking a noble bow of gratitude. Will and Helen excitedly dances around together as if they were playing Ring-Around-The-Rosie, leading Elliot and Claris to laugh in complete joy. Pit flies up to NiGHTS to give him a high five while Palutena still had the Power of Flight in effect. The two then fly around in the skies gracefully as if they were playing air tag with the night ending on a very happy note. The goddess of light chuckles knowing that her soldier made himself a new friend who loves flying as much as he do. Elliot and Claris already missed the idea of flying again, though they knew sacrificing it all to remove the evil from NiGHTS is a greater sacrifice worth doing.
"Friendship is truly a wonderful thing. We should really learn from these kids and their willingness to give a friend a moment to have a second chance. I can't believe I'm shedding tears over this," F.F. said with tears running down his eyes.
"Perhaps we should really learn not to make many drastic decisions. We are Marines, but sometimes need to remember that we are not the same as those villains. This night truly is amazing," Mr. Bones said.
"I can't believe we are having a reflections over the word a child is saying. Perhaps that could be a saying that we shouldn't be too hardened and more compassionate when dealing with situations like this," Liu Bei said.
The most astounded by this scene would be none other than Sam Fisher, who grew to realize just how special the bonds between the Sega Superstars are when everyone will not forsake each other no matter what happens or the circumstances. NiGHTS conversing with Sonic, Alex Kidd, AiAi, Beat, and Ulala sold the deal on just how deep their bonds were as heroes.
These are some very interesting people. Here I thought they would hold us down, but it is just we who are out of touch. Friendship and forgiveness. Never thought I would realize that the Marines are missing these things when we should really learn how to be true heroes.
All of the unseen Maboo Tribespeople would be clapping along to celebrate the end of a truly terrible night as the party prepares to start. Chinto, Folu, and Lagu all stood front and center before the chief would speak once more.
"Pardon the interruption, but we really have to get started with the party when we have good food to be eaten and songs to be played. You heroes must be exhausted from all that extra work you had to do," Jimba announced.
Chef Kawasaki and a line of Maboo chefs would start walking forward with carts of food to be delivered.
"Come and get it while it's hot! Because this is the Kawasaki Special that I inspired the kitchen team to make for everyone. We hope your taste buds have the time for heaven on a plate," the orange Dreamland chef called.
Kirby would be the first to waddle back to his seat as he needs a break from the fighting to fill his pink stomach. Everyone laughed at the pink puff's desire for food as a result of this humorous scene.
"Well, Kirby has a point. We all should start eating everything our bodies can handle if we will get stronger and faster," Captain Falcon suggests.
"I hope this is the last of any problems we will have. I need a nice long rest and some food in my belly after everything," Knuckles said.
"But I still did not find Froggy yet. We can't eat without him," Big said sadly.
Link eventually walked over with a familiar green frog in his hands after searching though grass for extra food resources.
"Is this the Froggy you want?" he asks.
The big purple cat would happily grab his friend from Link's hand and allowed the green amphibian to hop in his shoulder.
"Froggy! Thank you for your help, elf guy," he beamed.
Nigel chuckled as he isn't the one being mistaken for another long eared man for once. Helen would eventually be tapped on the shoulder by Claris, who now towers above her thanks to her development.
"Huh, is there something the matter?" she asked.
"Helen, I would like to say that I am sorry for being a terrible friend to you earlier. I was so caught up in hating my age and body that I did not consider your own feelings. It was thanks to Opal that I no longer really hate what I'm becoming. If today is anything to learn by, NiGHTS will always be with me and our friendship will never die when growing up. Hope you forgive me," the pink haired teen said.
"I accept your apology. Your words did hurt me, but even I was worried for for you. One thing is sure, our friendship with NiGHTS will never die either. That was why me and Will stepped in to stop everyone from trying to hurt him, when we knew that he was brainwashed against his own will. NiGHTS is a pure hearted friend, only the wicked like Wizeman would be the reason he turns a bad leaf. It's great to have your old self back, Claris. Even if you are ahead of me in development," the violin loving girl said.
Claris felt embarrassed at first due to knowing what her friend meant by that last part, but then smiled as she did want to be a woman that loves herself the way she is. Opal watched from a good distance and nods as she is proud of her pupil learning everything she had taught her back on the ship. Everyone slowly returned to their seats as the plates were finally opened by all of the attending chefs. Many were already looking forward to the food and wasted not time in devouring their meals on sight. Kirby gulped his entire plate of food in one swallow before chewing slowly. Vyse finally chugs down the rum he had been waiting for as he prefers to drink before eating any meals. Sonic scarfs down a nice warm chili dog as he prefers to eat them before any fancy meal. Bayonetta politely eats her forkful of caviar as Ashley chews on a gourmet burger. Fellow samurai warriors Hayato and Takamaru would enjoy their chopstick-full of sushi and other gourmet cuisine to save their strength for the next battle. Pit messily eats a few sandwiches in his hands, amusing Palutena for his same angel table manners. Gilius and Skarkin wolf down entire plates of food like the greedy vikings they were, having the unamused Love and Berry not liking the sight of their eating. Alex Kidd enjoys his favorite onigiri rice balls with his hands as Billy enjoys a few egg themed dishes on his plate. Wario gulps down an entire plate of garlic themed foods like it were nothing, then burls loudly to much of Zelda and Puidding's annoyance. The entire Super Monkey Ball team enjoys their banana bread and banana creme pie slices in bliss, leaving Yanyan still somewhat bitter about not impressing AiAi enough this evening. Tembo swallows an entire bowl of peanuts with his trunk and ejects them inside of his large mouth to chew them. G and Varla would be sharing spaghetti together as it leads up to a kiss between the two, like a familiar scene in a certain film. This however left Washington annoyed and somewhat digested as he has to remind himself that Varla is still an undead woman despite G enjoying the kiss. Honey would spoon-feed Ryo some of her onion soup if it meant adding more to their romantic atmosphere.
Mr. Bones would begin playing some romantic music in the background to suit the atmosphere for the few couples at the table. Ulala would lay herself in Satan's chest after he finished a good helping of buttered lobster from his plate. Elliot placed his hand on Claris' shoulder with a warm smile once he finished his own plate. Zephyr decides to place his hand on Leanne's with nothing to do as both were quite full from their own meals. Ash decides to nervously give away some of his food as an offering to the hulking Break, who did not mind the extra helping of food from a fellow ally. Beat decides to blow a playful kiss to Gum while doing a walking gesture with his fingers, inviting his green wearing partner to join in with some handholding. Zobiko decides to give her husband a kiss on the cheek, leading the large zombie husband to playfully haul his wife back on his shoulders. Axel would accept Blaze's invitation to kiss now that the two cops were now alone to enjoy time together. For once in a while, Arle finally decides to hold hands with Schezo with a face as red as a cherry. Opal would finally decided to hold her arm around Gear while he is preoccupied, which would surprise him as he never expected her to be this straightforward with him before. Billy would be caught off guard by Rolly gazing at his face with a smile, this would lead the boy to nervously chuckle at his friend being this close to him. Shou and Tillis shares a tender member as fellow Burning Rangers that always risked their necks for each other no matter the mission. AiAi and MeeMee once again nuzzled their noises together in an affectionate manner, once again upsetting Yanyan in the process. Sakura decides to kiss Ichiro on the cheek, causing him to blush and eventually smile back at his fellow Flower Division member. Latisha would do the unexpected and give Toejam a kiss on his check, causing the alien's middle leg to fully rise in surprise. Liona would lovely stroke the dark skinned muscular arm of Spike, inviting the fellow street brawler to kiss his blonde partner-in-crime. Ben and Nora would be passionately kissing together while Prince Armer and Sorceress Krystal half hands in love. Ricky and Mary would also be seen clasping their hands in delight as they enjoyed the romantic music together. With an opportunity like this, both BD Joe and Vashyron had their eyes on the lone Columns as they would try and vy for who is the better man for her. But all would come to a complete shock once a familiar duo would finally show their face right above them. Rebecca would be seen carrying her ally Sullivan down from the Marines ship now that the two were in better condition to talk. Even Zephyr and Leanne grew cautious to see these two again, alive and well to encounter them for the first time in a while.
"Long time no see, Vashyron and friends. I hope you all have been well since the last time we had our little fight," the bespectacled man said.
So where do we begin? Elliot and Claris finally tapped into their Ideya and somehow manifested all of it into the strength to fly again and now become their peak strength. SCR-HD barely escaped as his robot cronies were called to distract everyone. NiGHTS would be caught trying to steal the Chaos Emeralds for Wizeman only to be sent outside the ship by Elliot and get thrashed by all the heroes waiting for him. Before the final blow, Will and Helen stood up for the Nightmaren as they felt there has to be another way than simply treating him as the enemy. With the Ideya of the four Visitors combined, he is fully back to his purehearted good self to undo Nightmare's trick. The party would finally begin and be merry, or as it seems. Next Saturday should be a more exciting chapter as we will see how another certain group is doing. See you all later.
