"Hello and welcome to another chapter of THE V2, this chapter deals with the giant slime, Emerald's group splitting up in the town, Steel and Metal will make another appearance, also I'd like to tell you all that the intros will change after this time dungeon arc, it will be a surprise until then, anyway I'd like to get the guests waiting and let them in now." TME said before he looked to the left.
"Today I'd like to welcome Metal, Steel, and their creator Ivo Robotnik, so give a round of applause when they come in." TME said as the evil trio walked in.
"Why thank you for the invite my good lad." Eggman said as he sat down with Steel and Metal doing the same. "Well I already invited Bordux last time so I figured it was time to invite villains next, you guys hungry, I also got motor oil." TME said while Eggman grinned.
"Thank you, I was getting a little peckish." Eggman said while Metal and Steel grabbed a few cans of oil. "Well everyone, while my guests here enjoy the meal, Ill start the story." TME said as he grinned before the story started while TME held up three fingers.
IN 3!2!1!GO!
Last time the group found a strange town in the trial of blade's dungeon, after meeting Kin-ki and learning about Lillum's family the group minus Lynx and Core went into town to find the inn to rest later as they met Lum the receptionist as she pointed the group to the request board.
The group met Zion, an odd shopkeeper who recommended the slime hunt to the group, soon after, Core and Lynx talked a bit with kin-ki joining to find out that Core's wound was still an issue thanks to Sombras special ability which greatly degraded the elixir from last chapter, soon after Core and Lynx went to town to rejoin the group.
Before the group could fight the Slime's, Lynx and Core surprised the Slime's in a surprise attack while their attention was on Emerald's group. soon after Core and Lynx got some low class loot, but 1 rare egg was found among the low level loot and Lillum asked Core and Lynx if she could hatch it thanks to Zion.
Zion then lead the group back to the Slime's and explained what they could do for the most part, unfortunately Bordux interrupted the tutorial before Zion could complete it and made the slime's go into the giant form after the slime group's combined multiple times.
How will the tired group deal with this?, what will the group do to get stronger agents Umbra's group, again can I stop asking questions and get to the story already.
Now on THE V2
"Seems our luck just gets worse and worse." Emerald thought out before the Slime giant roared out when it spotted the group again.
Emerald's group got on guard before the Slime giant walked up to them while the group got on guard.
"Be careful, the slime's acidic body will harm anyone in contact if your not careful." Zion said while he backed up.
"Thanks." Emerald said sarcastically before it started to charge the group.
"Hay in my defense, that Bordux character cut me off before I could explain more." Zion said while running back quite a bit and hiding behind a tree while the group got on guard again before the Slime raised its fist and slammed it into the ground while the group jumped away while it pulled its fist upwards for the group to see a scalded patch of ground.
Unfortunately the group was exhausted from the previous two chapters, Core was injured, and Emerald was missing his left arm.
Emerald noticed Core struggle to keep up while he breathed fire at one of the giants legs. "FALL BACK CORE!" Emerald shouted before his eyes glowed with green mist for a second before he jumped away to see slime a covered ground start to turn into a acidic pool of slime where he was and flinched.
"One hit from that and were toast!" Emerald thought while Core fell back to avoid a lightening bolt which came from the Slime giants chest. "What the hell!?" Emerald said before he regrouped with Core.
"I DID SAY THEY COULD USE MAGIC UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS!" Zion shouted before he ran to another tree to keep out of the Slime's sight. "THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!" Emerald shouted back before he dodged another attack but got hit with some splashing slime which hit his shirt.
"OH..OH...OH SON OF A WHORE!" Emerald said while he tossed his pouch off and ripped his shirt off to get the slime sprinkled shirt off to see large red welts and flinched when the air really stung him.
"You OK Emerald!?" Lillum said before she cast an Ice spike at the giant only to sweatdrop when the spike was dissolved by the slime's acidic body while Lilly hugged Lillum's neck in worry.
"I will be when I get into a nice comfy bed." Emerald said before Nocturn flew over to heal Emerald's lesser wounds.
Solar tried to bind it but the chains just..well..gurgled through the slime as it walked forward. "Well that could have gone better." Solar said sweatdropping before she felt exhausted, that binding spell's not cheap to cast.
"Anyone else got any Ideas?" Emerald said before Lynx plucked a few hairs from her head and summoned one giant panther and one small panther to ride while summoning Sombra before the Giant panther roared with a shockwave which stunned the giant then tackled it to the ground.
"Wow that worked." Emerald said with amazement lacing his voice for a moment before the giant panther roared out in pain while it dissolved after the slime grabbed it.
"Or not." Emerald said sweatdropping before the Smile giant got back up.
"Anyone else?" Emerald asked before seeing everyone with grim faces while the scene went to Bordux's base.
Bordux's base
"Hmhmhm, I wonder what Emerald and his friends will do now." Bordux said while he drank some tea while Nex grabbed a sandwich from the table nearby before Bordux remember something.
"Ah yes, how could I forget." Bordux said before he got up. "What's wrong?" Nex asked while Bordux smirked. "Nex could you be a dear and deliver something for me?" Bordux asked before he walked Nex out to one of the containment seals to where Emerald's initial darkness was and used a few chants to bring the orb to Bordux while crests appeared on it so he could hold it without negative effect and passed it to a surprised Nex.
"I need you to deliver this to Aggro and pass a message before you come back." Bordux said before he whispered into Nex's ear for 30 seconds before Nex grinned at that info.
"Really?" Nex said with a grin while she turned to the telepad.
"Indeed, should make an interesting battle don't you think?" Bordux said before Nex walked onto the telepad nearby and vanished while Bordux walk back into the viewing room to see Emerald group still struggling before Emerald rose his right his after gaining a calm face while the scene shifted to the outside of the cave to the Elementals and Xan's group before the scene shifted to Bordux's base.
Outside the cave
"Mama, will everyone be OK?" Cream asked Vanilla worried while Xan looked to her.
"It seems that Emerald, even though he lost an arm, is the best shot for everyone here." Xan said before he saw the Elemental's look in the direction of the master Emerald in shock before looking to the screen again while Xan did the same.
Knuckles felt something odd come from the Master Emerald but felt nothing bad come from it so he looked back to the screen while everyone saw Emerald do something that shocked them before the scene went to the Master Emerald.
Master Emerald alter
the Camera shot towards the Master Emerald in a twisting motion before the scene shifted to a gold colored background with a pure white smirking figure before it sent a pulse of energy to Emerald after it raised its hand.(Picture the godlike figure in Full metal alchemist before Edward sacrificed his arm and leg and you get a general Idea of what it looks like.)
"Lets see how Emerald does with this." ? said smirking before the scene went to Emerald's group before Emerald raised his hand.
Emerald's group as he asked his question
"Anyone else?" Emerald asked before seeing everyone with grim faces while the slime giant noticed Emerald and walked to him with Emerald's eyes glowing at the Monsters killing intent.
"Is this it?" Emerald thought worried while the giant approached the group.
"Are you really giving up?" ? said out of nowhere while Emerald looked to Nocturn in confusion while Nocturn kept his gaze to the giant.
"Who are you?" Emerald thought as he heard chuckling inside of his head.
"I'm sorry, but that's for later, if you want I can tell you how to beat this creature." ? said while Emerald jumped back from the Slime a few times to make room.
"Thanks, but how do I defeat a giant mass of acidic slime?, I'll melt." Emerald thought before the being chuckled again.
"Not if you hit it with enough force to scatter it all at once, just let your power flow, it hasn't failed you when you really needed it, and I'm not talking about your darkside." ? said shocking Emerald.
"How do you know that?"Emerald thought before the giant walked to Emerald again while Emerald jumped back a few times, this time to avoid another attack and splash from the slimes liquid like body.
"Lets just say I know the Elemental's personally and know that their skills are simply different branches of chaos energy without getting to complex, long story short their skills originated from chaos energy for a repeat." ? said smirking before the presence faded before Emerald could say anything else while Emerald had an idea soon after as he jumped back again.
"Nocturn!, send as much energy to my right arm!" Emerald said as he raised his hand while calming down. "I hope you know what your doing." Nocturn said as he sent energy to Emerald's right arm.
"Let the power flow." Emerald thought before he let the energy flow without putting pressure on it and felt a second pull as Chaos Energy started to emit from Emerald in large amounts which shocked the groups while Emerald felt something start to shift in him.
The next thing he knew, the Chaos energy and Darkness from Nocturn mixed into something that shocked all who saw.
Emerald's arm was encased with a energy that baffled Emeralds group, it looked like a pure black arm with white twinkles like the night sky, simply put it was like Emerald was wearing the night sky on his arm with green mist emitting from the midnight like arm.
The group was shocked greatly at what Emerald had done, the ones who could sense aura in the cave and out were greatly impressed and stunned that Emerald was able to do that while the ones who couldn't could feel the raw power coming from his arm.
Emerald then looked to the group with a calm face which shocked the group from seeing Emerald's eyes, his iris's looked like they were glowing with a green light and there was no mist coming from his eyes.
Emerald then looked to the giant while it raised its fist to attack, Emerald in turn vanished which confused the group.
"Over here." ? said getting everyone's attention before they all looked behind the giant to see Emerald in a charging position with arm held back while the Giant roared and charged Emerald in a rush.
Emerald in turn vanished again which made the Giant stop before looked around to not see Emerald at all which made it madder.
It started to thrash around while the group looked around for Emerald before looking upward to see him falling to the giant at insane speeds with fist held back.
The giant saw the group look up and looked up as well to see Emerald almost reaching the giant with fist pulled back further while it roared.
Before it could move two giant panthers tackled it on both sides, it was pinned while the panthers roared out when they dissolved slowly while Lynx felt regret about sending her panthers to hold the giant.
"Thanks Lynx." Emerald said gratefully before everything went in slow motion while Emerald thrust his fist forward to hit the giant.
Everyone covered their ears and closed their eyes as a loud boom echoed throughout the field and a dust cloud blocked everyone's view.
For a minutes nothing happened while everyone held their breath when a gust of wind blew which slowly move the cloud away.
As the cloud dissipated the group saw a figure, before anyone could saw anything, Nocturn floated forward confusing all but Solar who smiled before the group saw Emerald walk out with bumps, bruises, cuts, and dust covering his body while the slime giant was scattered around the field dead, the indicator, the slime's wouldn't budge and the aura the group sensed from it was gone.
"Wow!, what a rush!" Emerald said grinning before the dust cloud vanished from another gust of wind to show something that shocked all.
Emerald's attack left a crater that went down about a few feet, but the kicker, it was about 20 feet wide, Normally the attack just makes a spiderweb crack normally, 4 or 5 feet wide if enraged, but this was...well to the others it was almost unbelievable if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
Emerald then fell forward and passed out before he even hit the ground while the others rushed to him to see if he was alright before Nocturn sent some energy to heal him while Zion in the meantime just laughed and laughed while the loot flew to everyone's bags.
Emerald got the most for taking the giant out, Lynx got the medium amount for her three giant panthers, 1 for stunning it while 2 held it for Emerald, the others got the least amount for trying.
"Well I must say that you all did a pretty good job exhausted as you all were." Zion said while picking up Emerald's bag and handing it to Lillum before Lynx had Core help put Emerald on the panther before the group walked to town exhausted while the scene shifted to Bordux's base.
Bordux's base
"Hmhmhmhm!,HAHAHAHAHA!, WONDERFUL!,SIMPLY WONDERFUL!" Bordux shouted before he got out of his chair to show everyone Emerald's growth while the scene shifted to Eggman's skybase.
Eggman's skybase
"HAHAHA, oh man he just keeps surprising you doesn't he." Steel said with a insane grin at Emerald's display while the computer gave the all green signal before Metal finished a few seconds later.
"Indeed, though I wonder where my organic version is." Metal said before his claws sharped to points then back to normal while they looked to the screen to show Emerald using that powerful move and the group heading back into town.
Keep us updated pops, were gonna visit some old friends." Steel said before he was about to fly away with Metal in tow but Eggman stopped him.
"Hold on, there is one thing I need you to do before you do any fighting if possible." Eggman said while walking out of the room to walk only to walk back in with an odd bottle and handed it to Steel.
"What's this?" Steel asked while trying to examine the bottle only to read a logo out load. "Makeup away, you won't believe your eyes when the makeup flies." Steel said in confusion while Eggman grinned.
"What is that?" Metal asked sweatdropping at the slogan. (I have no Idea if trademarked, if so disclaimer if so)
"Just a little thing I've been working in my spare time, its a makeup remover that works instantly on contact, It will remove Vanilla's makeup or my name is not Ivo Robotnik." Eggman said as he walked to the computer.(Refer to Dark Sonic's domino effect's second chapter for details, plus I don't know how many chapters 1 story can have so please let me know if there is a limit on chapters.)
Looking through his data banks Steel grinned at the info and put the special remover in his installed chassis compartment to use later.
"Alright then pops, Hay Metal lets go make some trouble." Steel said while walking out of the skybase with Metal in tow before they saw Angel island in the distance and jumped off the base before rocketing to Angel Island while the scene shifted to the Elemental-Xan group when they saw Emerald used his attack.
The combined group outside the cage
"What the hell did Emerald just do?" Zack said in shock while he sat on the ground while the others had different reactions.
Shunpei, and Chise were stunned while Zack was shocked at what he saw while Knuckles, Rouge, Tails, Pluton, Vanilla and Cream looked relieved while Xan grinned greatly at Emerald's growth but felt that Zion looked familiar, but shrugged it off sense a 2-D screen can only display so much.
The Elemental's wondered why the Master Emerald's energy pulsed and kept quiet to watch more while the scene shifted to Emerald's group while Steel and Metal where 10 minutes away and counting.
Emerald's dungeon party as they went into town
After walking into town, the group went to Zion's stand and passed the packs they had to Zion to appraise the items and combined the gold while Emerald snoozed on Lynx's panther.
Solar grabbed Emerald's pack to hand it to Zion before he placed everyone's packs on the machine and pressed a switch that caused the packs to glow with a blue hue before fading.
"Well ladies and conscious gentlemen, besides the various potions types you got, you have a grand total of 630 gold from the giant slime, plus the 170 from last time give 1000 gold, and is seems the items if you sell give a grand total of 1650 if you want to sell, plus the quest reward gives a grand total of 2150 gold to use plus one elixir." Zion said while he calculated the total after selling the random items.
"Well it seems we have enough for 7 days, more if we do quests." Core said before he passed the packs to everyone except for Emerald sense he was knocked out before the group started to walk away when Zion stopped them.
"If its training you want later I suggest individual training, reason being that if you fight strong enemies here alone, your battle power can go up faster, don't ask me how that works, but it works if you train for awhile, I can recommend some quests if you want some later." Zion said while the tired group nodded before they walked to the inn and teleported in to see Lum at the desk.
"Hello everyone, you ready to turn in?" Lum said smiling while Solar walked up. "Yeah, hopefully the offer still stands." Solar said pinching the bridge of her nose to focus while Lum grabbed 3 keys.
"Of course, first time resting here free, 300 for more nights for 6 people." Lum said before she passed them to Core and Leonel. "So who goes with who?" Solar said while Lillum walked near Emerald.
"I call Emerald!" Lillum said raising her hand with Lilly laughing at Lillum's actions while the others sweatdropped.
"I'll go with Core then, I gotta use Sombra's anti venom to help remove the detrimental effects so Core can heal fully." Lynx said while Core looked away to blush for a moment.
"Oh Shit!, I never went into a room alone with a woman before." Core thought before Leonel and Solar looked to one another. "Seems it us girls tonight." Solar said grinning while Leonel thought back to how Lynx and herself would hang out.
"Don't worry Leo, we can hang out later tomorrow." Lynx said noticing Leonel's thoughtful look.
"Well everyone, I speak for everyone when I say that we should head to bed." Solar said as she walked to the room that the key responded to and teleported in with Leonel following a second later while the others walked into their individual rooms in two while Nocturn floated in Emerald's pouch to rest.
In order with Solar and Leonel starting the chain
"So what do we do tomorrow?" Leonel asked Solar while she got in bed before she purred in content when she stretched out on the bed and felt a few bones pop while Solar laid down on the bed next to her on her front so she wouldn't hurt her wings before she looked to Leonel.
"I suggest we do like Zion said, individual training, though I may ask Lillum for help so we get better at spells, for casters it is the mind, not so much the body that we need to work on." Solar said as she closed her eyes after she yawned which showed her sharp fangs.
"Solar?" Leonel asked while she looked over to only grin when she saw that Solar fell asleep and followed suit before the scene shifted to the next room.
Core and Lynx's room
"So how does Sombra have an anti venom?" Core said before he laid on his back while Lynx smirked for a moment when she thought of something funny while Cores eyes closed.
Before he could open them Lynx jumped while Core opened them only to see Lynx fall to him with wide eyes.
"GUUUU!" Core shouted when Lynx landed on him making him grunt while she summoned Sombra with a smirk which freaked Core out greatly at the suggestive position.
"Sombra's anti venom lies in the hilt, just a little will let your body heal normally." Lynx said before she flipped Sombra into a reverse grip while Core held his left hand in front of her.
"H-H-H-Hold on!, what does this have to do with sitting on me!?" Core said blushing with Lynx popping the end of Sombra off to see that the anti-venom in the handle.
"Well its simple Core, the anti-venom burns a little so that explains the pinning and I need to pour a little bit to make sure it works." Lynx said while she grinned at Core's actions while she started to pour Sombra's anti-venom while the scene shifted to the final room while Core screamed.
Emerald and Lillum's room
"GAAAAAAAHHHHH!,YOU CALL THAT A LITTLE!" Core screamed in pain which shocked everyone in the inn which made everyone sweatdrop at the volume.
"Well it seems like Core is being taken care of." Lillum said with a smirk while the hair panther with Emerald got on the bed and vanished which made Emerald bounce on the bed a few times before the hair vanished to go back to Lynx.
Lillum then smirked before she floated over a sleeping Emerald before she flipped him on his back and laid down next to him after removing his pack and sat it next to the bed while Lilly got between the two to feel the heat of their bodies.
"Lets see what tomorrow brings us lilly." Lillum said falling asleep while Lilly cooed as she followed suit and fell asleep soon after while the scene went to the outside of the cave with the Elemental's after sweatdropping at Core's reaction.
Outside of the cave with the others
"Well that must'ave been pleasant." Rouge said sarcastically sweatdropping while the others sweatdropped again.
Just then Pluton's scanners went off before he looked off to the east with wide eyes before getting everyone attention when Pluton vanished and reappeared near Vanilla and Cream before went into combat mode which surprised most of the group into getting on guard.
"Whats wrong!?" Tails said while getting up when he noticed that Pluton's joints started to glow for his upgraded combat mode. "Everyone get ready!, we got guests!" Pluton said on guard before the signals vanished which surprised him.
Vanilla felt something grab her shoulder and looked over to freeze in horror to see Steel himself grinning with Metal looking at her with focusing camera eyes before Vanilla reacted.
"CREAM RUN!" Vanilla shouted before she pushed Cream away while everyone looked over in shock to see Steel gripping Vanilla's shoulder to prevent her from running.
"VANILLA!" Pluton shouted while energy leaked from his joints before he caught Cream while the others tried to rush to Vanilla's aid.
"Hold on!" Steel said while pointing a finger at Vanilla's throat which stopped everyone in their tracks, even Xan and the Elemental's were surprised when they could not sense them approach.
"Better." Steel said as he moved his hand to his chassis, opened it, and pulled out a bottle that confused everyone while Shunpei froze in fear when Steel noticed him.
"Oh, if it isn't that kid from last time, how you been sense I killed your family?" Steel said with a grin which shocked the people who hadn't heard and royally pissing off everyone else.
"What!?" Zack said in shocked before he looked to a terrified Shunpei who fell on his rear. "This bastard killed so many people!, when we got to the base that Steel took Vanilla, Cream, and Chise to, it turns out that their not the first ones to go there, there were body parts scattered all over the place." Tails said while Zack got more pissed with every word.
"What's that Bottle!?" Zack said noticing metal uncork it for Steel. "Oh this?, just something Pops made for Vanilla, confused me at first but then he showed some video feeds that put everything together." Steel said while he held the bottle in front of Vanilla before she her skin/fur turned paler when she read what was on the bottle.
"GET THAT THING AWAY FROM HER!" Pluton roared while he moved Cream behind him before Cream held her cheek in fear as she remembered the pain that day.
"Oh no worries, like I said Pops wants me to test this thing on Vanilla, no negative effects whatsoever." Steel said while he read the bottle again before Metal looked to Tails and vanished which surprised the group.
A second later Metal appeared in front of Tails, making him fall back in shock. "Where is my organic counterpart." Metal said after Tails got back up.
"Like I'd tell you!" Tails said only to step back in fear when Metal started to reach out his hand. "Now hang on Metal, one step at a time, I may like fighting but I like to put things in a certain order." Steel said which made everyone nervous.
"Order?" Metal said before Steel grinned. "Of course, I like to make my plans like a full course meal." Steel said making everyone shiver at Steels grin, even the Elemental's shivered from the malice emitting from Steel.
"I like to get my opponents riled up in various ways for starters." Steel started before he gripped Vanillas shoulder tighter and held the bottle over her head making everyone in Xan's group panic.
Before anyone could stop him, Steel poured the contents of the bottle on Vanilla and pushed her forward to Pluton and Cream while the others ran to the trio.
"Vanilla!, are you alright!?" Knuckles said before taking some rags out of the first aid kit while Steel grinned and Metal looked on while Vanilla wiped the goo like stuff off only to hear the group gasp.
"Mama!?, what did that thing do to you!?" Cream asked in a worried tone before Vanilla looked at everyone's shocked faces and looked to Pluton who summoned his nanobots to form a mirror like substance before handing it to Vanilla with a grim face.
Taking the mirror for a moment, she looked in the mirror with widening eyes before she dropped it on her lap in shocked.
"Hoho, it seems your little secret is out now." Steel said while Vanilla's eyes teared up before she tried to hold back the tears while the others got worried.
"I-I just wanted to keep it a secret for longer, how can I even explain this." Vanilla said while tears fell before Cream hugged Vanilla in worry.
Pluton then patted Vanilla's shoulder for a second before getting up which made everyone look to him in slight surprise, the aura readers, by Pluton's aura, the others, the dark mist emitting from his body.
"I know it may be hard to ask, but please leave the questions for later." Pluton said feeling a strange emotion while giving a foreboding feeling to the others when they saw the mist.
Just then the group heard laughing and looked to Steel and Metal with anger while Steel held his head.
"Well, well, it seems the special remover worked, seems pops test worked." Steel said which made Vanilla's tears fall again.
"W-Why!?" Vanilla asked while her tears fell again while Chise and Rouge, though confused, tried to calm her down while Terragaia, Nebula, Infernus, Shiro, and Kuro started to emit their respective element at Steel's actions in anger while the others tried to calm them down.
"I couldn't keep my promise to Emerald." Vanilla thought saddened before Pluton felt something slip when Steel laughed again. "Are you kidding, I enjoy giving pain, it doesn't matter if physical or mental, you could say I get a thrill out of it." Steel said before his scanners went off which made him look to Pluton who took a few steps forward while every aura reader was stunned that Pluton was emitting such anger.
"A thrill?" Pluton said while Steel's grin grew wider. "That's right, I enjoy pain." Steel said sadistically before Pluton felt something snap inside of him and vanished which shocked everyone.
Before anyone could even blink, Pluton appeared next to Steel with dark mist emitting from him and hit Steel with so much force on the side of his chassis that Steel was sent flying into the air before Pluton vanished again.
partial Dark Pluton Vs Beta Steel Emerald (round 1) (battle music of your choice)
While Steel got launched into the air he used his jets to balance himself before he used his scanners to try and locate Pluton, but failed when he scanned the field.
Before he could even move again he saw that he was launched into the ground with a resounding bang.
What happened was this, Pluton launched Steel into the air and when Steel stabilized himself he got launched into the ground creating a crater thanks to Pluton's ax kick a second later with Pluton appearing at the edge with more mist rising from him.
When Steel got back up to one knee he saw that Pluton held his hand up to where his Emerald core is with an angered look as he looked to Steel while everyone was stunned at Pluton's increased speed, Tail's mainly sense his speed was higher then he originally thought.
battle pause
"You know..." Pluton said which got everyone's attention when the dark mist emitted from him in greater amounts while Steel grinned before he got up.
"Even though I felt irritated when I got beaten and Vanilla and Cream were captured by you, I never felt like this before after seeing Vanilla cry." Pluton growled out while Cream got a better look at Pluton and fell back on Vanilla's lap in shock.
"P-Pluton looks angry." Cream said shocking the group as they looked to Pluton and were shocked to see that Pluton's camera eyes looked like they changed to look more organic and the rest of his face looked like it was twisted in anger as lightening like energy started to shoot out of him.
"Anger?... I see... that must be that boiling emotion I feel from my emerald core." Pluton said after hearing Cream's voice before his face turned to a calm look as the dark energy started to circle on the ground in the shape of a vortex.
Before anyone could say anything else, there was a pillar of energy that shot up from the ground which surprised the group before it faded soon which made most of the group gasp at Pluton's new look while Steel grinned at the possible challenge while the Elemental's looked on in shock at what happened sense it should be impossible for a robot to do that.
"I must say that is a good look on you." Steel said while the camera slowly panned to Pluton.
Pluton's body turned from its silver form with black joints to the opposite with his body turning black with pure white joints, the energy emitting from him turned pure black while dark lightening shot out of him in arcs, his camera eyes turned into complex camera eyes that were normally impossible to develop at current times in this dimension.(think of Leonardo's eyes from kekkai sensen, Blood blockade battlefront, except instead of the Blue like color in the anime, it was Black and white in intricate patterns.)
"Pluton?" Cream asked before Pluton looked to the group shocking them. "H-How?" Tails said stunned at Pluton's transformation. Vanilla then thought back to earlier to remember something Emerald told her.
Flashback
"Hi Emerald, where Pluton?, wasn't he with you?" Cream asked worried for the human hearted robot as Emerald walked in and looked at Cream before speaking.
"Hay Cream, he's just trying to make heads and tails of the emotions he said he's developing and learning, so he's becoming more human, emotion wise." Emerald said smiling as Cream gave him a confused face.
Flashback end
"He's turning more human mentally!" Vanilla said in shock when she remembered the conversation with Emerald back in the past. "What!?" Everyone but those who knew about Pluton's condition said in surprise while Metal started to walk to Steel to back him up.
"I don't think so!" Knuckles said while getting between Metal and Steel after putting on his helmet and summoning his armor.
Steel in the meantime looked to Pluton while Pluton kept his gaze on Steel.
"More human huh?" Pluton said before Steel started to laugh.
"HAHAHA!, OH THIS IS RICH!, A ROBOT TURNING HUMAN!, HAHAHA!" Steel said with laughs echoing throughout the clearing while everyone glared at Steel.
Just then darkness started to emit from Steel which shocked all who saw even the Elemental's looked stunned for a moment.
"How the hell!?" Kamikazix said in shock which got Steel's attention.
"I'm glad you asked, Pops scanned the data from my previous fight with Emerald, not only that, but the spy bots recorded everything that happened in the past and even now as we speak, even the stuff that happens outside of your houses, I got a few more things about that but I'll save that info for later." Steel said before he looked to the the sky before making a bot come out of its cloaking which got everyone's attention before going back into its cloaked state to watch the fight.
"Is that how Eggman found out?" Vanilla asked while Steel looked to her. "Hehe, yeah, though it only showed the outside of the house and pops noticed your new look before and after Pluton joined you and made the special remover from putting two and two together." Steel said before Pluton stepped into the crater with an eerily calm face.
Just then Steel took his Overdrive stance with more mist emitting from him while Pluton kept up his slow pace.
"Well then, LETS GET THIS FIGHT STARTED!, DARKNESS OVERDRIVE!" Steel shouted surprising everyone even Metal who looked over past knuckles, but Pluton kept walking with a calm face as the pillar of darkness receded showing Steel's form shocking the group one more time.
Steel's form looked the most demonic of all the dark forms so far.
It was pure black on the chassis and joints while the eyes turned blood red with cybernetic veins that focused on pure black camera like that emitted a darkness that made everyone feel ill, not even Emerald's dark form or Sonic's dark form emitted such a horrible aura, most likely the fact that Emerald and Sonic's good will kept the forms in check.
"HEHEHE!, I BET YOUR ALL SHACKING IN YOU SHOES, LETS GET STARTED SHALL WE!" Steel shouted with an insane grin on his face while looking into the sky.
"I agree." ? said shocking Steel into looking forward only to see Pluton's mechanical eyes practically glowing white when he appeared in front of Steel in a instant making Steel grin while the scene went to Knuckles and Metal.
Metal then raised his hand to attack Knuckles when Knuckles raised the chained blade to block the attack. "Out of my way Echidna." Metal said when he was surprised at Knuckles new form and strength.
"Try and make me!" Knuckles growled out while raising the blade to strike Metal before Metal raised his hand to catch the other blade making Metal go down on one knee from Knuckles strength.
"You may have power, but how is your speed?" Metal said before vanishing which made Knuckles stumble before he regained his footing a moment later.
Armored Knuckles VS Beta Metal Sonic (round 1)
Knuckles remembered his training with Sonic and waited while the others watched worried, mostly Rouge, while Xan and the Elemental's eyes darted around the field.
Metal then found an opening and struck but was surprised when Knuckles blocked the attack against his back before Rouge sighed in relief. (Think of Ichigo from Bleach blocking Byakuya's attack for the first time which surprised him.)
"Nice try, but training with Sonic gave me a sense of sorts against high speed opponents." Knuckle said before Metal jumped back for a moment to think before extending his sharped claws.
"Scanning Target..Scanning video logs...Priority target..Helmet...readjusting tactics." Metals computer said getting everyone's attention as Metal took the Overdrive stance.
"I'll admit, that equipment you have will be a problem, but it wont be for long."Metal said before he emitted a great amount of chaos energy. "TIME FOR ME TO GET SERIOUS, CHAOS OVERDRIVE!" Metal roared out before he started to glow and emit a wave of energy before he vanished.
Knuckles looked around for a moment before feeling a tap on his shoulder, looking back he was shocked to see Metal right behind him and swinged his right arm back to see that Metal vanished again.
"As you can see my version of chaos overdrive is focused on speed." Metal said before he reappeared in front knuckles while everyone in Xan's group was shocked except for Xan who kept his guard up and the Elemental's each used a barrier technique to keep any stray attacks from hitting the Master Emerald.
Metal then held up one hand and made the come get me gesture which pissed off Knuckles angry, a few seconds later Knuckles calmed down with a growl before he charged Metal.
Punch after punch, slice after chained blade slice, Knuckles saw that each hit was missing each time.
Knuckles then stopped for a moment to look at the chain part of the blades before he saw a slight glow come from the the place were the link connected to the gauntlet as saw that the chain could extend and grinned when he had an Idea. (Shock to some I bet.)
"I'll admit that you could take me down easily right now if you wanted, so why not now?" Knuckles said putting on a serious face while he hoped his idea would work while the others were shocked at Knuckles's taunt.
"Seems you have a death wish then if you ask that, very well!" Metal said before he gathered energy for his attack while Knuckles focused all of his energy into sensing Metal while the others held their breath in worry.
Metal then rocketed forward at insane speed that he was already 3/4's of the way there before anyone could react.
Knuckles really hoped his idea worked and jumped to the side with all his strength while he pulled on the blade which made the chain extend while Metal flew past after getting caught on it.
After Metal got caught, Knuckles braced himself and pulled with all his might in the other direction, stopping Metal in his tracks, Metal in surprise looked back to see Knuckles smirk.
"Time to get serious!" Knuckles said while he dug his feet into the ground for balance and pulled the extended chain blade which made Metal fly in a circle slowly while Knuckles gained momentum while Metal had trouble getting out of his tangled situation.
Knuckles then took the spin's speed up to the next level by making the trapped Metal look like he was attached to a helicopter blade when it spun full force, Knuckles then roared out when he slammed Metal into the ground once then used the momentum from the bounce to do it a few more time while the others cheered for him.
"GO KNUCKLES!" Tails shouted for the armored echidna while the slams continued.
"That's right knucklehead keep it up!" Rouge said while she hoped things would turn out OK.
"Mr. Knuckles." Cream said in worry while Knuckles started to spin Metal in the tangled chains while the others hoped that Knuckles could beat Metal while the others cheered Knuckles in various ways while Xan had a serious look on his face.
"What is this bad feeling I'm getting?" Xan thought before Knuckles tried to slam Metal on the ground again, This time though Metal landed on his feet and grabbed the chain which made Knuckles halt in his attack.
"I must admit that I did not see that coming." Metal said making everyone nervous when he complemented Knuckles.
"Whats the matter, I knock a few wires loose for the complement?" Knuckles said when the feeling got worse before Metal let go of the chain which showed that it hanged from his body.
"It seems I need to use another new move." Metal said making Knuckles nervous before he gripped the chain tighter. "Nice try!, but your caught in my blades chain." Knuckles said before Metal looked at the chains again then back to Knuckles.
"Indeed, but thanks to my creator, I gained a handy ability." Metal said before he started to leak chaos energy.
Knuckles was getting even more nervous at Metal's actions before he charged Metal with his untangled blade in a reverse grip as he went to punch Metal.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" Metal said before he vanished in a flash of white light while Knuckles hit the chains that held Metal before they started to fall.
After getting the chains off of his blade, he retracted the chains to normal length before he got on guard while the Elemental's and Xan got on guard as well, after all chaos control makes speed irrelevant if there is no one else who can use it to counter at the same time, even masters need to worry.
"I must say echidna, you keep surprising me, however..." Metal said while his voice echoed throughout the field before everyone looked around to try to find Metal.
"Lets see how durable the visor on that odd helmet is." Metal said as he appeared in from of Knuckles at such speeds that no one could notice before they heard breaking Metal and Knuckles screaming out in pain after dropping his blades while Metal vanished .
"KNUCKLES!" Rouge shouted in worry before the camera panned to Knuckles who was holding the left side of his face while Metal reappeared while holding something in his hand that made some angry while some gasped out in horror.
"Damn you...!" Knuckles said with rage when he felt blood run down his hand while Metal showed that he plucked Knuckle's left eye from his head.
"Surrender now and I'll give you a painless death instead of ripping you apart piece by piece." Metal said before crushing Knuckle's left eye while Knuckles growled in rising anger.
"Not happening you pile of scrap!" Knuckled growled out before he picked up his blade while he kept his left eye was closed before Steel was Knocked into the air with Pluton chasing after as the scene went to Pluton and Steel shortly before being launched into the air.
Dark pluton vs dark overdrive Beta Steel Emerald (Round 2)(right before Metal took Knuckles eye)
Pluton knew that one wrong move and Steel would attack without hesitation while Pluton got in front of Steel which surprised him before the duo stayed still for a few minutes to see who would attack first.
"KNUCKLES!" Rouge shouted in worry while Pluton notice that Steel charged him and attacked by knocking Steel's arms upward before he slugged Steel in the lower part of his chassis which made him fly out of the crater.
Pluton then used the dark energy to fly after Steel while the Scene went back to Emerald's party in the dungeon a few weeks later in accelerated time while the fights between Pluton, Knuckles, Metal, and steel raged on.
Emerald's party a few weeks later
Unknown forest area
A green light emitted from the forest before a loud boom echoed throughout the forest before the camera panned to Emerald and Nocturn who stood next to a cone like crater while some mist like energy emitted from his right arm.
"I really hope this move works, even if it is incomplete." Emerald thought when he looked to the stump where his left arm was while the scene went to Lillum, lilly, and Solar in the Dimensional helix library.
Helix library
"So that's how the spell goes?" Lillum said before she showed her spell formula to Solar while Lilly looked at an open book while wearing a black colored witches cap, (I'm not being rude or a stereo type I just like the hat), while she turned the page.
Lilly's body had a growth spurt of sorts after a couple weeks passed, she grew a torso and arms after the first week and legs after the second week and was laying on her front while she read a book called offensive magic for dummies after reading the ABC's like drinking water.
"Hmm, try this formula instead, should be more energy friendly." Solar said before she passed a similar formula to Lillum before she looked at it thoroughly.
"Won't this reduce the power though?" Lillum said while passing the formula back while the camera panned away to Leonel with closed eyes while she meditated with a golden white aura near the inn.
outside the Helix inn
People passed by Leonel before they saw that she was meditating and left her alone sense testers sometimes stay in town to train for extend periods.
"I have to get stronger, much stronger to rescue Umbra." Leonel thought before her aura intensified while the camera panned to Core far away from the village in a snowing region to show that he was fighting a manticore that used the element of ice before it shot an ice beam at Core as he dodged.
Ice area
"ha...ha...ha...OK this is really, annoyingly, tough." Core said while the manticore growled out before Core looked to Nova. "Please Nova!, I need more power, if we have to fight Umbra now, we won't win like this." Core said before jumping back from the manticore when it tried to swipe at Core.
"You may be right, but remember that my power comes at a price." Nova said before Core grinned. "As long as it doesn't kill me right out I'm game!" Core said before he held Nova in a vertical angle in front of his body then at a horizontal angle with Core touching the flat of the blade while the camera panned away from a pillar of flame to Lynx outside of town while she took to the more hazardous regions to show that she was fighting a scarred elder drake.
Volcano region
Lynx was moving around the field at a quick pace when the Elder drake bellowed out while breathing an intense barrage of flames.
"Simple nicks wont work, I need more power, but how?" Lynx thought in slight worry when she used a few doubles to distract the drake before she jumped back from the elder drake when it tried to smash her with its foreleg before focusing on the doubles.
"Why don't I lend you a hand?" ? said shocking Lynx into looking at Sombra. "Sombra!?" Lynx said before jumping back greatly before she found a spot to recover for a moment.
"In the flesh so to speak." Sombra said before Lynx looked back to see the Elder drake sniff for Lynx when it destroyed the last double she sent.
"Sorry for being impatient about this, but how?" Lynx said retreating again after being noticed by the Elder drake.
"Very well, just follow my instructions and we can take this lizard down." Sombra said before the Camera panned from Lynx jumping back more from the Elder drake before showing Umbra and Aggro on the 99th Floor.
Floor 99
"I must say that they are taking their sweet time." Aggro grunted in annoyance before he took a bite of the animal he hunted while Umbra held Meikai no shihaisha his shoulder while he sat on a boulder which faced the stairs leading up to the 98th floor.
"I can tell even from here, they are getting their act together by training." Umbra said with smirk before his aura surged from his body while Aggro looked to Umbra in slight shock from the emotion showing on Umbra's face before he shrugged then looked to a floating orb of darkness in a ball of crests that sat next to him and thought back to when Nex brought it to him.
Flashback on Aggro's team a few days ago
Aggro was waiting near a campfire with Umbra who sat on a boulder with his scythe on his shoulder for a few minutes after setting up camp when a warp in space started to form near Aggro which made the waiting duo look to see Nex appear from the warp while she held a black orb covered in seals which confused the two.
"Nex?, what are you doing here?" Aggro said in slight surprise from Nex's arrival before she carried the orb to Aggro while Umbra looked back to the stairs leading upwards.
"Father sent me, said to pass this to you with a message, I'm heading back right after." Nex said before she placed the orb on the ground near the campfire.
"What's the message?" Aggro asked while Umbra looked back to see that Nex whisper into Aggro's ear for a moment before Aggro's eyes widened greatly while he gave a fanged like grin.
"I see... so that's how it is... fine, tell Bordux I'll play along for now." Aggro said while he emitted an orange mist like energy before he sat near the orb to guard it.
"Alright then, later Aggro." Nex said before she walked to the warp and teleported back to Bordux's base while the flashback ended.
Flashback end
"I really hope they're getting stronger!, I can barely wait while I sit on my ass." Aggro said before taking another bite of the animal while the scene went back to the battle outside.
Outside the cave/ right after Pluton flew after Steel
Dark Pluton vs dark overdrive beta steel emerald(round 2)
Pluton chased Steel into the air for a moment before vanishing while Steel grinned more before Pluton sped around Steel while he hit him multiple times.
"Time for me to get serious then!" Steel thought before he grabbed Pluton's next attack and used the momentum to toss Pluton back into the crater.
Pluton landed on his feet before he landed before he launched back up to see that Steel was smiling before his duel blades launched at him, Pluton in retaliation attacked back at Steel by grabbing the handles of the blades before tossing them back with greater force.
Steel grabbed the handles like it was nothing before he made them get covered with dark energy like mist and when the two met Steel slammed the blades downward while Pluton thrusts his hands forward while they were covered with energy to grab the blades.
The resulting attacks make a loud bang before the scene went to Knuckles and Metal on the ground.
Armored Knuckles vs Chaos overdrive Beta Metal Sonic (Round 2)
Knuckles got on guard while holding the blades in a reverse grip before Metal started to glow brightly.
"It seems that I don't need to gather data about someone who's about to die, if its any consolation, you did do 5% damage to my body by slamming me into the ground repeatedly." Metal said before Knuckles growled at the robotic double.
Metal then started to glow brighter before his hands sharped to points before they started to spin like drills.
"Lets see how tough that Armor is!" Metal said before he charged Knuckles while the others, even Xan and most of the Elemental's tried to run over to help, but knew they wouldn't make it in time.
The next thing happened in slow motion, Rouge,Tails, Cream, Zack, Chise, and Xan tried to run forward, while the others froze in fright, The Elemental's, Terragaia, Nebula, Shiro, Kuro, and Oceanic tried to help but even their speed would not help sense Metal was to close.
Before the drill like hand were about to hit Knuckles while his eyes got wide, something shot at Metal with insane speed, hitting Metal which made him fly into the ground while shocking everyone who saw while Pluton and Steel focused on one another while they flew around the island while the rescuer landed near Knuckles.
"Sonic!?" Knuckles said in shocked when he saw Sonic look at Metal with an angered look on his face, though what Sonic wore surprised the group,, he wore bandages on his arms and legs instead of gloves and over his shoes, he wore a cloak that blended in with the forest canopy, finally he looked a little older if you looked close enough, like he aged about a year or so.
"Sorry we're late Knuckles." Sonic said which confused the groups with his wording.
"We're?" Metal said while getting up off the ground only to see a flash from his right.
Looking to his right Metal saw a yellow object fly at him and before he could react he was hit with a serious impact that made him fly to the treeline's and further when he impacted into a tree and bashed through it which shocked everyone into looking at who made the attack.
Xan's group was stunned at who they saw while Terragaia whistled at who made the impact with an impressed tone.
The group saw Amy rose before she rested her hammer on her shoulder, and what they saw again surprised them, Amy's quill had got longer and was tied into a pony tail with only a few strands that fell on her face, her outfit was still pink but it was a deeper shade of pink, she also had bandages covering her hands and shoes, she wore a pink tank top with red strips that led down her sides and shoulders, her pants were loose fitting sweatpants that had a similar pattern that combo's well with the tank top.
She wore both of her bracelets on her right wrist which clanked together while her hammer looked a little different, there was a button near the hammer head on the handle while the hammer head itself looked bulkier, one end piece looked like it could open up.
All in all the two looked older, like they age a year or two while the group looked to Sonic and Amy when Amy walked next to Sonic.
"Not to sound like a weakling or anything, but wish you two came here sooner." Knuckles said before Sonic and Amy looked to Knuckles then got wide eyes at Knuckles's state.
"What the hell!?, I thought you just got a serious cut, what happened!?" Sonic said in shock when he saw Knuckles eye bleed some more before Metal pulled himself out of the collapsed tree.
"Long story short, he took my eye and crushed it after I fought him for a bit, if you hadn't joined when you did, I may not be complaining now." Knuckles said before Metal vanished and reappeared to scan Amy.
"Past records state that Amy rose is normally one of the lower level fighters of Sonic's friends, Knuckles the Echidna one of the mid to high tier fighter based on pure power, Sonic the hedgehog high level fighter based on various incidents, seems I need to update my files." Metals computer stated while the group looked to him.
"Long story short Metal, Amy and I took to a pretty intense training regiment." Sonic said while Tails looked too the two in confusion.
"Hold on Sonic, the training room went only for 11 hours or so, at the very least it should have been 4 days, how do you look like that!?" Tails said before everyone looked back to Sonic and Amy.
"Well to make another long story short, Pluton's back up data made improvements on the training room, he upgraded it so that 1 day equals a year, we had to leave at the 170th day because Pluton's back up data stopped coming for some reason." Sonic said while Metal kept that data for later before the three groups looked up to see the fighting duo before they land nearby.
Steel still had an insane grin on his face while Pluton threw his head back then forward with his elbow pointing to the shy before canisters shot from holes that opened from them and then reached upwards to them after the holes sealed themselves.
The canisters then spewed forth a silver like substance that formed into a bo staff that fell to Pluton while Steel charged with blades held back while Pluton griped the staff to block a cross slash from Steel with sparks flying from their weapons.
"Pluton!" Cream shouted in worry while Pluton focused on the fight before the scene went back to the fighting mobians and Metal.
Armored one-eyed Knuckles, Trained Sonic, Trained Amy VS Chaos Overdrive Beta Metal Sonic ( Round 3)
"After the data stopped coming PAI told us that we where needed here and after giving us this gear you see on us now, we used the pad to go to Emerald's last location that he teleported to and ran here as fast as we could, Amy learned how to tap into the Emerald's power somewhat that powered the training room, giving her the ability to use Chaos control for 10 seconds without exhausting her." Sonic said while everyone looked to Amy impressed while Amy twisted one of the yellow sides of her hammer to show the red Emerald then twisted the side back on.
"ENOUGH!, I may be out numbered, but not out gunned." Metal said before he started to glow again. "Knuckles, I suggest you fall back." Sonic said while taking a defensive stance before Knuckles chuckled which confused everyone who heard.
"Hehehe...you kidding?... I'm not going anywhere until that tin cans off of this Island and away from the Master Emerald!" Knuckles growled out before he removed the helmet which made his armor vanish before grabbed some bandages to wrap around his missing eye socket to prevent bleeding for awhile and equipped the helmet again making the armor reappear while Metal got irritated by the interruptions.
"Enough banter!" Metal said while Amy held her hammer at her side, ready to swing.
"Get ready then you pile of scrap!, I'm gonna show you that this rose has some new sharp thorns!" Amy growled before her hammer glowed with a red mist while the scene faded to black.
"There you have it people, we're now in the final stretch of the time dungeon arc while Emerald's party gets ready to fight Aggro and Umbra while everyone else on the outside has to deal with the new and improved Steel and Metal, the dungeon groups training will be explained at the final boss floor, what is Bordux's plan though?, find out in a few chapters, next one is a lemony escapade with Core and Emerald with separate woman or a combo of them, try to guess until the reveal." TME said before Eggman grinned.
"I must say TME, This story seems to be going to a more darker tone now." Eggman said while Steel gave an insane filled grin. "I like the new form for myself." Steel said before walking out of the room while TME sweatdropped.
"Of course you would, your a freaking Psychopath, then again something must be wrong with me to make this guy, am I right readers?" TME said face palming before Metal started to walk out of the room with Eggman in tow.
"HOHOHO!, thanks for the new robotic ideas TME." Eggman said with a grin before he followed Metal and Steel out of the building while TME sweatdropped again.
"Ah crap, I just gave an insane mechanic some new more deadly robots did I?" TME said before leaning forward then sat back up.
"Well everyone, you know the drill by now, help make the story better by giving constructive reviews and please no flames, I'm gonna log out and upload this chapter now, Oh and before I forget, I have a new chapter idea for Domino effect after I catch up with this story, it involves Sonic the werehog, hope it works out, see you next chapter!" TME said before waving to the readers while the scene faded to black.