Sonic glared with hatred at the liquid monster, the monster that 8000 years from now on murdered one of his best friends.
He remembered the words of the long deceased Emperor Metallix.
'You're a weak creature of flesh, you lack the merciless nature of the Metallix'
Well, that bucket of scrap metal is wrong, cause right now he wanted nothing more than to destroy Chaos beyond any chance of survival.
"Power! I have all the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" The creature roared triumphant and indeed, all seven Chaos Emeralds were inside his watery body.
"You know this creature?" Asked Tikal.
Oh, she was there, it was hard to remember when he was just filled with rage and hatred.
"What gave it away?" He asked sarcastically.
"You look like you hate him personally" She stated.
"Well yeah, I do know him and I do hate him, he killed my friend!" He said enraged.
"But how can it exist here? This is the ancient past!"
Good question, he had to admit, not that he knows the answer or cares at the moment. "Beats me, All I know we're all in big trouble…" He then looked at his hand and ignited it with Chaos Energy. "Or he is"
"Whatever you're gonna do, please be careful with me and my people and this place" She begged him.
His rage subsided a little, there were innocent people here, he needed to remember that. "You're right" He let out a sigh.
Looking around him, the Echidnas have begun their counterattack, including the ancient robots he saw from his time in Floating Island. So they were this advanced even in this time period…neat.
The Drakons were having a hard time, between the Echidnas and the ancient robots as well as Chaos now attacking everyone in revenge for being left for dead…yeah they weren't looking so high and mighty now, if he wasn't busy with Chaos he would have wiped out those Fishy jerks too.
"This is how the great war starts, isn't it?" Tikal lamented.
Sonic for his part felt bad about it, he knows what it's like being in the middle of war.
"I have only seen glimpses of the future, but you come from it. Tell me Sonic, what becomes of the Echidna race?"
'The only Echidnas left are Knuckles and that asshole Zachary. How can I tell her that?' He thought. He didn't know how to break the news.
Still, she doesn't need to know now…in fact, he could maybe change the future now.
"I never excelled at history Tikal. But I'll tell you what I can later!" He then charged Chaos Energy in his hand until materializing a Red Chaos Energy Lance.
He saw Knuckles trying to face Chaos and trembling due to his fear aura.
"Chaos Lance!" He launched the lance with a swipe of his hand, impaling the monster by the eye. Immediately he sped off and got Knuckles away from the monster.
Making sure Knuckles was safe, Sonic looked back at the Chaos Creature who hadn't even realized what happened before doing a finger snap, making the Lance explode and blowing the Monster into pieces.
Was that Finger Snap necessary for blowing up the lance? No, but it looked cool and that mattered to him.
"Wow…" Knuckles said, amazed. "Uh, thank you for that, for some reason I couldn't move at all when I got close to him" He spoke.
"He has some weird power that generates fear and that makes you unable to move the closest you are to him, don't worry about it. It's not your fault" He reassured him, having dealt with that power and being the main reason why Johnny died.
"You know this creature?" Knuckles asked him.
"He killed one of my best friends in the future, so yeah, I know him"
"So he exists in the future too? First me and now him, how many things from this time exist in the future?"
"You don't know the half of it. But if I destroy Chaos now maybe I can prevent my friend's death" He said, cracking his knuckles.
"But didn't you already do that?"
"It's not that easy" And right on cue Chaos reformed himself around the emeralds.
"Fool! You cannot destroy me! And with the Emeralds power I have surpassed you!" The creature roared.
"You know, it's funny in an ironic way," Sonic said, smiling much to the confusion of Knuckles, Pochacamac, Tikal and Chaos.
"You killed one of my friends…but it's thanks to you I got these green eyes and my new powers and right now I use them to destroy you!" He said as his eyes shined green and his fist lit up with Chaos Energy.
Suddenly many Chaos Lances appeared right near him, aiming right at Chaos.
"Chaos Blistering Lance!" He shouted and then all the Lances shot themselves with a mini Sonic Boom and impaled Chaos, Sonic did another finger snap and Chaos was blown to Kingdom's come.
Sonic was well aware that hadn't finished him off, he was testing the waters (heh) to see what worked and what didn't as well as getting some payback. It's not like he could go crazy with his power with the Echidnas nearby, he needed to be careful.
"You realize that it's doing nothing to him as long as he pulls himself together," Knuckles said.
"Yes, but it keeps him pinned down and makes me feel better" He said, preparing for another attack.
"Stop that! You primitive! You're just wasting my time!" Roared Chaos once he reformed himself around the Emeralds.
"Chaos Heavy Rain Lances!" Sonic shouted as another barrage of Chaos Lance formed above Chaos and rained down on him, the strangest thing is that it looked like the slowed down time for a bit once they impacted, Sonic did his finger snap anyways and blew up Chaos once again.
Sonic then noticed that the Chaos Emeralds got free again, not wasting his chance this time, he quickly grabbed them all.
"Now he can't regenerate himself around them" Sonic said smirking, he will never say it but Chaos with the emeralds could be dangerous, he could feel the beast power rising the more he was around the emeralds as if he was getting used to its power.
Good thing it's watery body was a double edged sword, can allow him to shrug off physical attacks but makes him more vulnerable to being pierced and blown up.
He glanced at the Emeralds, he could sense their power and he knew they weren't corrupted like in his time. The energy was clean, neutral, it wouldn't turn him evil if he used them, especially because he didn't have Super Sonic anymore.
He could even bring back Johnny with them…
He shook his head, he left those thoughts for later, he might not even need to once he wipes Chaos out.
And the Chaos Emeralds could help…
"Whatever you're planning to do Sonic, be careful" Pochacamac warned him.
"Don't worry buddy, I don't plan to hurt any of you, just that bastard," Sonic said.
The Chaos Emeralds started to rise and shine with power as Sonic's eyes also shined brightly while an aura surrounded him.
First, the Drakons were gonna go.
But before he could do that, water particles formed around him, he was confused for a bit and that proved to be enough time for the water monster to form around him completely, trapping him alongside the Chaos Emeralds.
"Now I have the emeralds and the Hedgehog! I will become the most powerful being to ever exist!" Chaos bragged and Sonic could feel the water monster trying to use his power.
'Fat chance freak! Chaos Control-'Sonic began to prepare his teleport-
And suddenly he was out of Chaos, he felt his head hurt for some reason.
"I feel like I'm strangely linked to the ancient world!" It was that water bastard voice again. "That's right! I remember! That fool Pochacamac used the power of the Chaos Emeralds to transport you back to the future!"
He looked at the monster and he could see behind him his friends as well as Robotnik and Grimer.
Of course they are behind this.
"But he didn't save you, Sonic! He only delayed your death for 8000 years! Now I will kill you!"
"Shut it fish breath! You're the only one who's going to die!" Sonic roared in anger as he felt the Chaos cursing through his veins.
"We'll see about that" And with that said Chaos began to draw the Chaos Emeralds to him and transform.
"With the power of the Chaos Emeralds he'll be invincible! We have to stop him!" He could hear Grimer's panicked shouts.
"You released him from his ancient prison, dear Grimer. You stop him" Robotnik answered without a care in the world.
Once he finishes off Chaos he will give those two a beating they'll never forget.
"Sonic, are you alright?" Amy asked him.
"Yeah, just need to recover, I did 16000 years of time travel after all" He quipped.
Chaos had finished transforming, becoming a deformed dome of water with a face and the Chaos Emeralds inside of it as well as several water octopus tentacles.
"I have all the power of the Chaos Emeralds! I am complete! I am Perfect Chaos!" The creature roared and Sonic could feel the Chaos Energy increasing to obscene amounts. Just as much as Super Sonic before he lost his powers and Robotnik when he became that all powerful Chaos God for a time. "I will rule this punny planet and recreate it in my own image! Starting with this pathetic hovel!"
And lo and behold the Fortress warped into becoming like an underwater cave, he could even see barnacles.
He wondered if it was possible he could do something similar…
"He's not kidding! Robotnik fortress is changing!" Knuckles shouted in surprise and that reminded him Knuckles existed 8000 years in the past too, he would talk to him about it if he wasn't busy at the moment.
"The old place was due for a good clear out anyways…" Robotnik quipped.
"Not so fast, face-ach!" Sonic shouted and bursted through Chaos, grabbing one Chaos Emerald from him in the process.
"My Fear Effect isn't working on you. Interesting…" The creature quipped.
The Fear Effect was worse than ever before, he sensed the miasma of dread surrounding the air…
But it was nothing to him.
"I can still feel it, but I can ignore it thanks to my Chaos Radiation and most important of all…-" And he shot up once again, dragging out another Chaos Emerald. "MY RAGE!" He shouted.
He landed on the ground and shouted. "CHAOS CONTROL:TIME STOP!"
And so time was grind to a half, Sonic did another dash and stole another Chaos Emerald, and another and another one.
But before he could keep going the Emeralds inside Chaos and the ones that he ripped out of him shined brightly, then Chaos glowed for a bit before releasing an energy wave that knocked everyone back and forcibly ended the time stop.
"That trick will never work on me again! I don't need fear to destroy all of you! The power that the Chaos Emeralds bring me is far stronger than you can ever imagine!" He shouted as all the Emeralds that were removed from him flew back to him.
Sonic got up once again, he could hear Robotnik and Grimer squabbling together and Chaos doing his mad ravings about how hopeless the situation is.
But he did not care, he was Sonic the Hedgehog, he doesn't give up and much less now!
"You cannot stop me! You never had a chance to begin with!"
"I don't think so, fish-breath!"
"I don't think so too, ugly!"
Sonic snapped upon hearing that voice…his voice from another source.
He turned around to see Super Sonic.
"Super Sonic!? What the hell are you doing here!?" Sonic roared.
It was him, after so many years he finally showed his face again…
He looked like shit.
"Take it easy Sonic. I can explain" Ebony started speaking…oh right, she was there too, he focused so much on Super Sonic that he forgot…
"Just let me explain!"
"Explain what you are doing with this Monster! Maybe you didn't hear about the time he wanted to destroy Mobius just because he was in a bad mood!" He roared, his patience was reaching his limit with seeing Chaos, Robotnik and now Super Sonic:Three of the people he hated the most in his life in the same room.
"He's not like that anymore! Nowadays he wouldn't hurt a fly!" Ebony tried to convince.
"You're wasting your time Ebony. He will never believe that I'm not some demon from hell anymore" Super, almost in a disappointed way.
Yeah right, Knuckles believed Robotnik was a good person too and he had a fuckton of problems because of it. Super Sonic probably just tricked Ebony into believing he's changed.
"He looks like he has something wrong with him, Sonic," Knuckles pointed out.
"Yeah, I can sense his Chaos Energy is dwindling, he's nearly out" Sonic pointed out.
"You can sense it?!" Ebony exclaimed in surprise.
"...I can see you have changed a lot since last I saw you," Super pointed out.
"Yeah, I did" He formed a Chaos Lance in one hand to prove his point.
"Seems our positions have reversed since our last meeting…now you're the better half" He stated and was it him or did it almost seem melancholic.
"...Yes, yes I am"
Then he turned to Ebony. "Were you planning to get him recharged?" He asked, annoyed at her.
"I didn't know there was some nutty monster here. All we did was track the Chaos Energy!"
"Your petty squabbles are of no interest to me. I'll destroy you all!" Chaos shouted.
"Shut up!" He shouted to the water monster and then glared at Ebony. "There's no way I'm gonna let Super Sonic get close to Chaos, there's no telling what he will do if he's exposed to that kind of energy"
"Too late Sonic" Amy pointed out as Super Sonic was diving into Chaos.
"No it's not!" Using his newfound improved Speed, he intercepted and kicked Super Sonic to a wall and then dodge a strike from Chaos.
"Ouch…" Super Sonic groaned and was then slammed into the wall by Sonic.
"You think you're funny, don't you?" He spat venomously at him.
"Sonic please, I don't want my friend to die! Just give him a chance!" Ebony begged him.
"Friend? Yeah right"
"Seems that the power dynamic isn't the only thing that changed between us" Super Sonic muttered.
"What was that?" He glared hatefully at him.
"It seems not only are you the one with the power, but you're also the rage-fueled demon now" Super Sonic muttered.
"You think I'm like you?" He asked with a sneer.
"How I used to be? Yes. Ever since I got here I only saw you being a big pile of anger at everything that surrounds you. You're even willing to let me die here just because you hate me"
"That's rich coming from you"
"Yes, that's how I used to be, I changed. But right now you're becoming like how I used to be"
"If you're trying to guilt trip me into sparing you let me tell you you're wasting your time, I don't spare assholes anymore, I changed and you and I know that's nowhere near what you used to do"
"Maybe that's true, but Super Sonic tried to kill innocent people, you're leaving someone who's changed his ways to die here. Do you really think that makes you different from how he used to be?" Ebony asked.
"If you can be forgiven for your fuck ups, why can't I?" Super Sonic asked, smirking.
"...That was a low blow and you know it" He muttered in a low voice.
"...Yeah, you're right about that," Super Sonic muttered and for a moment he believed he actually meant it.
"...Well, here you go" He grabbed the golden hedgehog and threw him into the water monster faster than he could react.
"This better work Ebony" He looked at her annoyed.
"Look, I'm sorry for what I said, but I assure you he's different now, he won't become evil!"
"Do you think you made the right choice Sonic?" Tails asked him.
"We'll see about that Pixel Brain"
Perfect Chaos roared as his water body became a curtain of steam, obscuring everyone's vision.
Sonic of course could sense the energy, could feel that Perfect Chaos Energy was reduced to nothing while Super Sonic's skyrocketed to what it used to be…
The steam cleared and standing before them was Super Sonic with an aura of power holding the original Drakon Form of Chaos in his hand.
"It…it worked Ebony…I only exist as Chaos Energy…so it was easy for me to absorb all of Chaos Power!" He stated triumphantly.
"You see Sonic? I was right!" Ebony stated happily.
Of course, Sonic said nothing, he knew this was gonna be the result.
"Ah yes…I remembered that Sonic was hesitant to help me, that I turn back into an evils murderous demon the moment I entered in contact with the Chaos Energy"
He should have known from the very moment he threw him at that Chaos Monster…nah, from the very moment he accepted his offer that this was gonna happen…
"Only you had faith in me, Ebony…only you trusted me and managed to convince Sonic to at least give me a chance"
He really was an idiot, he should have known from the very beginning this was gonna be the result.
"But you know what?..."
Maybe one day he will stop being such a moron and actually listen to his instincts, because of course he should have seen this coming from begging.
He prepared a Chaos Insta Shield and braced for the worst.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO SONIC!" And the red light from his laser beam was upon them.
