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Chapter 37: "The Beginning of the End"

Day 9
Station Square
1:57 P.M.

	Sonic and Tails arrived at the edge of Station Square, too late.
	"NO!!!!" Sonic cried.
	"Sonic, we need to find your family," Tails called.
	Sonic looked at Tails tearfully, nodded and the two locked wrists.

	As they got further into the city, they could see the extent of 
the damage. Tails fought hard against the hurricane winds.
	"We gotta stop her! This can't continue any longer," Sonic said 
in angerment.
	"Sonic!!!" a distant voice cried. Sonic looked down and saw 
Sonia hanging on to a pole as the hurricane winds blew.
	"SIS!!!" Sonic cried. The two lowered down by her side. "Where's 
Manic?"
	"I'm here," Manic called from behind the pole. The three hugged 
each other.
	Suddenly the wind died away. This wasn't a hurricane...
	"This is Chaos' handy work," Sonia growled.
	"Sonic! Up here!"
	Queen Aleena was calling nearby.
	"Tails, go get my mother," Sonic said. Tails nodded and flew up 
to her.
	"Your magesty," he apologized as he grabbed her hands and flew 
her down to her children.
	"What'll we do now?" Sonic asked.
	"Shh. Listen," Aleena shushed them.
	Sonic heard it. The news chopper!
	He looked up as it approached them.
	Shalita and Mayor Blaze looked out as Bane was flying the chopper.
	"Sonic! Grab my hand and get in!" Shalita called.
	Sonic looked up to Shalita, reaching out for her hand.
	With all his might, he pulled her out of the chopper onto the 
pavement, much to everyone's horror.
	"'LITA!!!" Justin cried, drawing Bane's attention. "Sweetheart!!!"
	"Sweetheart?" Bane mouthed. Wasn't Shalita single?
	Sonic held Shalita in the air by the collar of her coat, in total 
anger. Shalita kicked her legs, struggling.
	"You witch! This is all YOUR fault! All of this time, and you 
STAGED all this, just to get ME!!!"
	"What...what are you talking about?!" she gasped.
	"You were jealous of Shalita so you turned her into a beast and 
took her form!" Sonic growled.
	"And you were happy when Sonic fell for it. You had Sonic all 
to yourself!" Manic added.
	"But your first mistake was in trying to get rid of Shalita by 
dropping info to the Echidna Warriors about the Emeralds. Hoping they 
would berid of Shalita for you," Sonic said.
	"But that's when Tikal interfered. She was the only outsider to 
really understand Chaos. She couldn't stop Chaos herself, so she 
trapped her in the Master Emerald," Manic said.
	"But that wasn't enough, WAS it?" Sonic growled. "Chaos would get 
free eventually, so you dropped hints into the Robotropolis computer, 
hoping Robotnik would find it and free Chaos himself, so that when we 
find out, we'd be the one to destroy Chaos without a second thought!"
	"Well we saw through your little plan, thanks to Tikal's help," 
Manic siad.
	"Yeah, KALITA," Sonic growled.
	Kalita growled. "I should of known Tikal would interferre again."
	"Kal!" Justin called.
	"Get out of there, Justin! I don't want to see you hurt at the 
very least!!!" Kalita called back.
	Justin nodded. "Bane, get us outta here!"
	Bane growled. "Not a chance, you little weasel! I can't believe I 
been decieved by you, Shal! How could I been such a fool?!"
	"Like this!" Justin said, throwing Bane out of the chopper. 
Justin took the controls and took off, leaving them stranded.
	"Bane, you okay?" Manic asked.
	"I'm fine," Bane said. He jerked his thumb at Kalita. "What'll 
we do with her?"
	Sonic glared at Kalita. "You fueled Chaos' anger. I think it's 
time we satisfy her!"
	And with that, Sonic threw Kalita into the water.
	Kalita splashed around, shrilling, leaving the others to clap 
and cheer.
	That is, until she was suddenly pulled under the waves.
	"Uh oh..." Sonic mumbled. Suddenly the giant water dragon reared 
out of the water, an unconcious Kalita inside her, asorbing her energy.
	"Now what?" Tails whispered.
	Suddenly, the pink orb dropped from out of the sky, settling in 
front of Sonic.
	"It's you!" Sonic said, holding his hand under the orb. "The 
one...who sealed Chaos...in the Master Emerald....Tikal!"
	The ball shaped into Tikal herself, though not a flesh body.
	"My heart has always been in the Master Emerald's, along with 
Chaos'." Tikal said. "But now she is destroying the world, as she did 
before! She must be sealed in the Emerald again!"
	"But what good is that?!" Sonic yelled. "Her heart will remain 
in turmoil, and her anger just won't vanish!"
	"What else CAN we do?!" Tikal asked.
	They suddenly heard the familar humming of the....Egg Carrier?

	Up in the mighty ship, Robotnik was flying it. "I built this ship 
in case of such an emergency. You have defied your master, stupid 
beast!!!"

	Chaos looked at the puny ship.
	"What a pitiful flying machine!" she laughed in a deep voice. 
With that, a monstous fireball shot at the ship, bringing it down.
	Knowing she was now at full power, seven objects shot from her 
watery skin.
	Sonic's medallion fell into his hands, as well as Manic's 
medallion as Sonia's medallion being returned to them. A purple chaos 
emerald fell into Aleena's hands, as well as a yellow Chaos emerald 
falling into Tails' hands.

	Knuckles sat on a building, watching the scene unfold from below, 
when a red Chaos Emerald fell into his lap.

	Across town, Justin settled the helicopter on the ground and got 
out. He looked the mile distance towards Perfect Chaos.
	"Kalita..." he whispered. "Don't worry. I'll rescue you somehow!"
	"Oh no you won't!" a familiar voice cried.
	Justin gasped and whirled around, and got caught in the face by 
Amy's Long Hammer and he was knocked into the water.
	"Hmph!" she smirked, when the white chaos emerald fell at her feet.

	Sonic and crew watched as Robotnik's ship went down.
	"What's gonna happen to us?" Tails cried.
	"Look, we can't give up now. I see in the distance Knux and Amy 
are tryin to get the emeralds to us. We need to power up these puppies 
if we have ANY hope of stopping Chaos," Sonic said.
	"But how?" Bane asked.
	Sonic smirked. "Sonic Underground style."
	Sonic, Manic, and Sonia touched their medallions and they changed 
into their instruments.
	"Since these things are in tone with the other emeralds, we can 
power them with MUSIC," Sonic said.
	"I get it!" Aleena said. "Go for it!"
	Sonic nodded.

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"Thunder, rain and lightning.
Danger, water rising!
Clamour, sirens wailing.
It's such a bad sign!

Shadows of dark creatures.
Steel clouds floating in the air
People run for shelter
What's gonna happen to us

All the steps we take,
all the moves we make,
all the pain at stake.
I see the chaos for everyone
Who are we?
What can we do?
You and I are same in the way that we have our own styles that we 
won't change
Yours is filled with evil and mine is not.
There is no way I can lose!

Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go!
I know its a one way track
Tell me how long this will last!
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others!
Close my eyes and feel the burn
Now I see what I've gotta do!
OPEN YOUR HEART IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT!

Ancient city blazing
Shadows keep attacking
Little children crying
Confusion, hopeless anger!
I dunno what it can be but you drive me crazy!
All your cunning tricks make me sick.
You won't have it your own way!

Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go!
I know its a one way track
Tell me how long this will last!
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others!
Close my eyes and feel the burn
Now I see what I've gotta do!
OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL SEE!

If this won't stop,
there will be no future for us.
It's heart's tied down by all the hate,
gotta set it free!

I know its a one way track
Tell me how long this will last!
Close my eyes and feel the burn
Now I see what I've gotta do!
GOTTA OPEN YOUR HEART DUDE!

Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go!
I know its a one way track
Tell me how long this will last!
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others!
Close my eyes and feel the burn
Now I see what I've gotta do!
OPEN YOUR HEART IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT!

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	When the song was over, they could see that the chaos emeralds 
were shining brightly as Knux and Amy got to them.
	"Now what?" Tails asked.
	"Now is the time for the Council of Four," Aleena said.