Chapter 3; the war begins
It was a peaceful morning on an empty road. A little rabbit was in the middle of a road eating a carrot he stole from the farm next to the road. All of a sudden though the earth started to ramble. The rabbit scared ran into the tall grass and saw 2 big things passing next to it at the speed of sound leaving a big cloud of dust behind. The rabbit thought that this adventure was one to remember. If only he knew that the 2 hedgehogs who were riding the things, Sonic and Amy were about to get in a life and death adventure.
Sonic and Amy that same morning left from the capital city of the kingdom of the older versions of themselves and were riding their duel runners headed north, towards the black mountain where their enemies, the machines had their lair. Amy's eyes were on the road but her mind was at Sonic. She loved him so much that she thought her heart would blow yet she was unable to tell him. And they were actually warriors headed to battle now. What if one of the next days was to be their last? All these questions were making her dizzy so she almost lost control of her runner. Sonic saw her stopping and he stopped too.
"Are you ok?" he asked her.
"I'm fine. Just a little dizzy."
"Well this is natural. We had a party like 5 hours ago. And got no sleep. Here take this" he said giving her a chocolate bar he had hidden inside his jacket while also biting a piece from another chocolate bar "I always keep some on because dueling can get really exhausting sometimes."
"Thanks" she said taking the chocolate and biting a piece of it.
They ate the chocolates under a nearby tree not exchanging a word. Amy finished her chocolate and looked at Sonic while he was about to finish his own. What if they would meet one of the machines now? She decided to listen to the queen's advice and take the chance.
"Sonic?"
"Hmm?" he said looking at her.
But Amy was unable to say those 3 simple words. I love you. She just couldn't.
"I…. I….."
"You.. what?"
"I just wanted you to know something in case one of the next days is our last."
"Jeez Ames. Relax. How tough can these machines be? Machines are stupid. We'll destroy them in no time."
"I'm happy you believe in us, but I still wanna tell you."
"Go ahead then."
"I…. I lo…"but then the loud sound of an explosion was heard and smoke was seen from far away.
"What the?!" Sonic said when he saw it.
Amy was so shocked that she forgot to complete her phrase. Screams were heard from the direction of the explosion.
"We have to go and help them!" Sonic said while jumping on his runner. Amy cursed her luck that she lost her chance but also jumped on her runner and accelarated towards the smoke.
Soon they saw the source of the smoke; houses engulfed in flames. Tens of villagers were running scared while laser beams could be seen. The ultimate nightmare.
"Sonic I'm scared." Amy said "How are we supposed to fight these machines? Our monsters are only holograms."
"With these" Sonic answered showing his shining mark. Amy understood then that they would use their powers as singed ones. Sonic accelerated while summoning the Black-Winged Dragon. Amy summoned the Black Rose Dragon. They reached at the village the same moments the dragons soared above them.
"The ones sent from the prophecy!" Someone from the crowd shouted and they all stopped while looking at Black-Winged and Black Rose in awe. Sonic dismounted his runner and saw that this also attracted the machines' interest. Realizing there was no time he summoned the 4 blackwing synchro monsters he possessed and ordered them to attack the machines Amy also summoned more plant type monsters. The first ones were no match for his dragon's black blazing stream. He took a closer notice at some of them. There were 3 models. One was white, almost humanoid and had a big right arm with a huge laser cannon on it. The second one was like some kind of monstrosity that only a paranoid god would create with whatever he had left from the Creation. It was green and blue but had no legs and didn't remind Sonic of anything. The last one was orange and was all by itself a laser cannon. All 3 types had a black head on which were lines of red light that made the eyes, the mouth and their "eyebrows". A lot of times Sonic had to try and dodge the laser beams coming from the robots. Also when his monsters were hit by the beams, a huge amount of pain ran through his body. He tried to warn Amy to call of her monsters and hide, but the moment he tried to warn her, Black Rose was hit by a beam. Amy's scream of pain shattered his heart. But Amy, surprising Sonic in the process looked at the machines in rage and fought more fiercely than before. One by one the machines fell. But suddenly a bigger machine appeared. He threw a grenade at Sonic distracting him for a second and making him jump to the ground to avoid the explosion. But then he heard Amy's scream again. "SONIC HELP!" He opened his eyes and saw Amy and some of the villagers were being held at the gunpoint of some machines. Sonic's heart started beating at sonic speed due to the fear that filled it. The new android-like machine while floating approached Sonic.
"Strange life form detected. Please report reason of attack."
"You are the reason!" Sonic answered angry trying not to show he was scared. "You attack and kill innocent people!"
"My mission is to do so."
"Mission? What mission is this?"
"Head to grand city. Take out the royal couple. Drain all synchro monster spirits. Delete all synchro monster spirits' hosts."
"You know what big guy? I'm not letting you."
"Unit name; Meklord commander. Very well. Fight mode engaged." A weird blue light appeared in front of the android's chest. Furthermore the chest cavity opened revealing a duel deck.
"You can duel?" Sonic asked surprised.
"Correct."
"Then there's only one thing to say. BRING IT ON!" Sonic shouted activating his duel disc and drawing 5 cards.
"Strange life form can start."
"Don't mind if I do. My turn. I draw!" he looked at the card he drew but then he said "hey wirehead. If I beat you will you armies leave these villagers and my friend alone and retreat?"
"Unable to accept such condition."
"THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR FIGHT!"
"Strange life form please proceed with your turn."
"Fine then. I'll destroy you. I special summon blackwing gofu the vague shadow in attack mode. It appears automatically since I got no monsters out. Along with it I can summon 2 vogue shadow tokens but they can't be tribute or used as synchro materials. Next I summon blackwing kalut the moon shadow in attack mode. I tune together gofu and kalut to synchro summon my ace. The one and only BLACK-WINGED DRAGON!"
Black-winged soared and the crowd cheered. Amy was impressed. Sonic usually summoned his dragon as the last choice and through a hard way. This time he summoned it instantly.
"Next I activate the spell synchro firework. If I can't attack with a synchro monster this turn I can tribute any number of monsters on my field and for every one I pay half the tributed monster's attack points and deal you damage equal to half of my synchro monster's attack points. I tribute my 2 vogue tokens in order to deal you twice 1400 damage. In other words 2800 damage!"
"Zzzt… damage applied. Chance of strange life form's victory 1%"(Meklord commander 5200 LP)
"1%?! I have almost 3000 more LP than you and my ace out."
"Sonic's not dueling as he usually does" Amy thought "he never underestimates his opponents."
"I gotta finish this fast. I won't let this guy lay a finger on Amy." Sonic thought.
"I set a card and end my turn."
"Turn start. Draw card. Summoning monster. Playful possum. Attack mode. Monster effect activation."
"What? You destroy your own monster?!" Sonic said shocked.
"Monster effect activation in hand cards. Summoning. Meklord Emperor Wisel."
"Meklord emperor? What kind of a card is this?" Sonic wondered.
"Monster effect activated. Initiating. Synchro absorption!"
"Synchro what?!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel was also a humanoid android robot which had a symbol of infinity on its chest. Inside was something that resembled an atom. A shining white core and several lights that flew around it like comets. It's core started shining and the comets became tentacles that grabbed the Black-Winged Dragon from its wings and neck. Then it was slowly dragged towards the core.
"NOOO. Black-Winged break free!"
But the moment he said that Black-Winged was disintergrated.
"What have you done to it?!"
"Meklord Emperor Wisel monster effect; target a synchro monster on the field, it becomes an equip card to this card. The monster gains the equipped synchro monster's attack points."
"WHAT?! This is way too overpowered!"
"That what the queen meant." Amy said "they really absorb synchro monsters."
"Opponent's field analyzation. Zero monster cards. One face down card. Chance of it being a trap 50%. Recommended action. Mystical space typhoon activation."
"NOOO!"
Sonic's set was destroyed.
"Enemy field empty. Chance this attack lands; 99%. Attacking the player."
Meklord Emperor Wisel unleased a huge laser beam that went through Sonic causing his body to be filled in pain.
"AAAAAAAH!" Sonic felt he would faint. This damage was more devastating than the blow Tails dealt him with his red nova dragon. With the entire world spinning in front of his eyes he listened to the commander saying "Attack landed. Enemy's life points are 2700. Chances of opponent winning 0%"
The crowd watched in terror as Sonic was trying to snap out of the shock of the damage. Amy felt she was weakened as well.
"Sonic snap out of it. You can still win!" she screamed at him.
"Pink strange life form's phrase illogical. Ignoring."
Sonic couldn't believe it. His ace card fell. So easily.
"My… turn. I draw. I set a monster. Turn end."
"Turn start. Draw card. Enemy's field analyzation. One monster set. Chance of it being an effect monster 50%. Best strategy; the spell book of taiyou. Initiating spell activation. Effect resolves. Enemy monster switches to attack mode."
"What?!" Sonic said shocked.
The set monster was flipped. It was blackwing bora the spear.
"Enemy's field one monster, zero spell/traps. Chance of this attack landing; 99%"
"NOOOO! SONIC!" Amy screamed.
"Use of human word appropriate for this situation initiated. Most appropriate word; sayonara!" the meklord commander said while attacking with wisel.
Sonic's eyes widened. The laser beam landed on bora. A huge explosion took place.
"Victory." The commander proclaimed.
But Sonic appeared from within the smoke lying on the ground like dead. His life point meter showed 500 life points.
"Situation illogical." The commander said.
"Sonic! Get up.!" Amy tried to get close to Sonic. But at that moment one of the machines shot on a wall exactly in front of Amy.
"Please stay where you are." The machine said calmly with its voice.
Amy looked at Sonic again and tears left her eyes. She couldn't believe that Sonic was down. Even with 500 life points left, if he couldn't get up, he would lose automatically. She had to do something.
Suddenly an explosive arrow landed on the head of one of the machines. Seconds later it detonated. The rest of the machines tried to find where the arrow came from but more arrows landed on them and exploded taking out the machines that were holding Amy and some villagers at the gunpoint. Amy briefly saw a black figure, with a war suit that she had only seen in special agents in war video games, shooting the machines. But at the next moment she ran towards Sonic and kneel in front of his body. She put her ear on top of Sonic's heart and heard it beating. Relieved she caught Sonic's hand and shouted "Sonic get up please. You can't fall now all these people here need you. I need you. You can't lose!"
These words echoed in Sonic's head. His eyes opened widely full of determination. His mark started shining.
"Sonic!" Amy said while her face turned to a mask of happiness. She helped him get up.
"I would never lose when I have so much at stake." He told her smiling. "Now stand back and watch this guy's downfall."
"How did you survive?" Amy asked.
"I discarded kalut from my hand to increase bora's attack to 3100."
"Thank god" she said.
"Now watch as i win gearbrain."
"Situation keeps being illogical. Your chances of winning; 0%"
"I don't care about your numbers. I'm winning this here and now! My turn. I draw. I summon blackwing gale the whirlwind in attack mode! Then I activate it's effect to halve your emperor's attack down to 2650. Then I special summon another bora. Now I tune my 2 monsters together. Come forth Blackwing armor master! Next I play my own mystical space typhoon. I destroy the black-winged equipped to you wisel reducing his attack to 0!"
"Situation impossible!"
Then i activate the card of my victory. The trap you destroyed. Black resurrection. If a synchro monster that is in my graveyard was summoned by using only blackwings as its materials I can special summon it back by banishing these monsters. Gofu and kalut. Make way for the the Black-winged dragon!"
The crowd cheered once more.
"Time to end this. Monsters! Eliminate this machine!"
The meklord emperor was destroyed. Then Black-Winged landed the fatal blow on the commander. Sonic then approached the destroyed robot. But a voice was heard from the robot. And it sounded like a real human voice.
"Congratulations. I never expected to find a synchro user capable of breaking my beloved machines. I look forward to fighting you again."
And that was it Sonic grabbed the robot and shouted "WHO ARE YOU?!" but the robot then turned off. Sonic couldn't process that these machines were controlled.
"I don't know who you are or what you want. But I swear I will destroy every last one of your machines and put a stop to your plan. You hear me?!" Sonic yelled at the sky.
The villagers who at the same time were extinguishing the fire their houses were on thanked Sonic for saving them from these machines. They also provided Sonic and Amy with supplies for their journey. Amy insisted they stayed there for some time until Sonic fully recovered from his battle. But Sonic couldn't stop now. They had to push on before the machines stroke again. So they left the village and headed once again riding their duel runners north. Amy also narrated him that while he was unconscious a mysterious black figure dressed in a war suit destroyed the machines with explosive arrows so Amy could help him get back up. But that figure vanished afterwards. Sonic said that if they met him or her on their journey again, they would have to meet him or her cause it was obvious that whoever he or her was he/she came from the same place as these machines. So they could learn about that place or maybe even who they were facing. But then they decided to let go of this thought for now and focus on the road. Cause the road would be long. And the war had just began.
