A/N: Dude, I managed to get through the first story arc! I feel so speshul now. Some authors/authoresses whose works I liked before I started this even reviewed. (They would be Beta Genius and Snowri Leonhart, if you must know. Special thanks to both of you. I feel slightly less inferior now.) Thanks to everyone else who reviewed so far too! If you're a member, I probably read the stories you wrote too. Nice to know talented people such as yourselves like this little (Okay, giant) brainchild of mine. If I didn't review at least ONE of your stories, you can harass me until I do. Lastly, special thanks to the normal reviewers, and VERY special thanks to ANYONE that provided information I needed, even if it hasn't exactly come into play yet. Now I feel REALLY speshul, 'cause I haven't really been flamed yet! I haven't even had to call my security staff on anyone either! They're waiting, though… Whatever. God is a Lakers fan. 'Least that's what the commercial with the guy in the Denver Nuggets sweatshirt says. (It's probably shown only in SoCal, though.) And, if you're wondering, dude, this fic isn't even halfway done yet. I just got through the first major section, so I thought I should take the time to properly thank everyone.
Okay, enough sucking up. I'M SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO POST THIS! I just got Duelist of the Roses for PS2, and have been on a crazed quest to obtain Dark Magician Girl and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Only problem is, the only way to get them is by lining up 3 Dark Magicians/Sky dragons, respectively, on the Slot Machine from Microsoft HQ (aka Hell. 'Hell' is in the bible as a proper noun, so that's why I don't censor it when it's used as a proper noun, if any of you were wondering). Anyway… that slot machine moves WAY too fast, and there's only one picture of each of them per reel!
Now, I think this would be a good time for me to discuss summon spells, so when summons go working differently throughout this story, you people won't get confused (I hope…). There are several types in this story (You don't need to know the numbers, I just added them to make it easier to separate them):
Type 1: Summoned for a cost of MP, these summons have infinite health, but leave when MP bar is depleted. Usually have only 1 attack or technique. (Most summons from the original Kingdom Hearts are this type)
Type 2: Summoned for free. Have set amount of HP, and multiple attacks/techniques, but more/most powerful one(s) only accessible with full Overdrive gauge. Stay until dismissed or defeated. Often can be ridden by party members. (Most Aeons/Pokemon/Duel Monsters are this type)
Type 3: Summoned for free. Have set amount of HP, but often must be paid to attack, and you can't choose how they attack, the summon thinks for itself. Some of these summons allow other summons to be called while they are still around by the same summoner, and some fight in groups. Some have Overdrive techniques usable as with Type 2. (Examples: Vegeta, the Magus Sisters, Outlaw Star Crew, Yojimbo)
Type 4: Summoned for a varying requirement (Depends on individual summon). They come and use one super-powerful attack, usually hitting all enemies in sight, then leave. (Examples: Wing Zero, Judgment, Supernova)
Now, as for my couplings… d**n. Both girls I had in mind already got guessed. Dude, I'm just WAY TOO PREDICTABLE NOW! Oh well, at least no one had any problems with them, so I guess I'll go with 'em. About this chapter now, since it's a new story arc, I have to get the plot reset AGAIN… so, it starts kinda slow, but don't worry. At least Riku starts at a higher level than Kairi, and so does Sonic… I'll have to give Rikku a bit of a head start on Yuna too so she can keep up here, but they should be about the same in Traverse Town…don't hurt me for it, for I still have my security guards! While we're on the subject of Rikku, I would like to make it clear she has her outfit from FFX, NOT FFX-2… Geez, the character designer for that game is probably some perverted forty-year old man… Seriously! The only more perverted game costumes I can think of is for that DOAXBV game for X-Box… that game is just WRONG! Oh, dude, one, no two more thing(s): When Sonic says 'dude', he means as in 'guy' or 'person', as opposed to when I use it as a filler word (I'm from SoCal, whad'dya expect?). Second of all, Rikku speaks Al Bhed. But you knew that already, right? The problem is, I DON'T! I don't think any of you do, so I translated it for you all, with the help of a guide I found somewhere… so Rikku can speak Al Bhed. Uhh, yeah, that's it. Enjoy, and if ANY of you know how to beat the slot machine of Microsoft, let me know! Save me some time, so I can update faster! Enough rambling, here you go! What you've all been waiting for, (I'm sure…) four (4) boss fights, Riku, vintage Sonic stuff and what happens when you throw human characters in a Sonic game! Enjoy, 'cause this took a REALLY long time to write!
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Story Arc 2: Riku in Video Game-area-place
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Chapter 11: Station Square
"Uuugh… man, did anyone get the license plate of that truck?" groaned Riku," Where am I?"
"Oh, you're awake!" came the voice of a young teen boy. Riku sat up and looked across the room. Sitting in a chair behind a computer was an orange and white furred, two tailed fox, which just happened to wear shoes and gloves. "Umm… My name's Miles Prower, but everyone just calls me Tails. I like that name better anyway…"
"My name's Riku," said Riku," So, where exactly am I?"
"You're in my house/workshop, at the Mystic Ruins. We actually found you in Station Square, that's a big city not too far from here… Anyway, that was two days ago."
"Two days ago… so, who's we?" asked Riku.
"My best friend, Sonic the Hedgehog, and his self-appointed girlfriend Amy," explained Tails. Riku looked around the room. It was a nice place, littered with various electronics, a bunk bed… another bed with a blonde girl sleeping on it…a bookshelf filled with various books and magazines… wait a sec, another bed with a blonde girl? "Something doesn't add up here…" thought Riku, staring at the other person.
"Oh, that girl was found earlier today, about five hours ago," said Tails, practically reading Riku's mind.
"So, have a lot of weird people been showing up lately?" asked Riku.
"Just you two," said Tails.
"Good… that means the heartless shouldn't have gotten too many worlds," thought Riku. Just then, the door near Tails's desk opened, and a blue hedgehog followed by a pink one walked in.
"Hey, Tails! Oh, hey dude! So, you finally woke up! I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!" greeted the blue hedgehog.
"Uhh… hi. I'm Riku," said Riku, sitting up somewhat uncomfortably," Is it me, or is it cold in here? Hey… what happened to my shirt?!?"
"You mean this?" asked Tails, holding up what appeared to be a tattered piece of black and gold fabric, covered in grime.
"Oh, yeah…" mumbled Riku. He thought back to when he was with King Mickey, fighting off that huge army of heartless. Well, it was mostly King Mickey fighting, and casting Full-Life on Riku when he kept getting knocked out. Then again, it was kind of unfair considering he had been weakened by Ansem taking his body, (Temporarily. He had full control back as soon as Ansem cast the spell that gave him his own back. Only problem was he got stuck in Kingdom Hearts right after) and his sword broke… and apparently even those seemingly indestructible clothes could only take so much of their wearer's abuse of getting gored, clawed, impaled, slashed, hacked, shoved in grimy substances, etc. before they deteriorated…
"Hey, don't worry! I picked this up for you in Station Square," said the pink hedgehog, tossing him a folded piece of clothing," Oh, my name's Amy Rose. I'm Sonic's girlfriend!"
"Self-appointed girlfriend is more like it," whispered Sonic in Riku's ear. Riku laughed a bit, then unfolded the garment. It was a black wide-shouldered tank top and a long dark brown hooded jacket.
"Whoa… so how much do I have to pay you for this?" asked Riku.
"Don't worry, I got it for free, because I spent over five hundred rings at the big department store!" said Amy.
"Guess who had to help her carry all that stuff home," whispered Sonic. Riku slipped the shirt on and threw on the jacket, and hopped out of bed.
"Oh, Riku, before I forget, we found these weird oversize keys next to you," said Sonic, pulling out two large, black Keyblades.
"Whoa… Keyblades…" said Riku.
"Are they yours?" asked Tails.
"I guess," answered Riku, taking the twin blades and giving them a good twirl, before putting them away.
"So, what exactly happened to you before you got in that alley?" asked Sonic.
"I was in a place called Kingdom Hearts. It's basically the center of the Universe, made with the power of light, everything comes from it, etc. Anyway, this force called the heartless, which is basically a parasitic… uh, thing… that consumes hearts was trying to consume Kingdom Hearts, but they were too weak. I got sealed in there with a King of a faraway land, and basically, we tried to fight off an infinite number of heartless, but we were losing, then, well, I guess we got flung out by some mysterious force, because here I am. I wonder what happened to King Mickey, though…" explained Riku.
"Weird…" said Amy.
"I hope Eggman never joins this heartless army," said Tails.
"Yeah, it sounds like he might actually be a serious threat if he teamed up with this heartless army!" laughed Sonic.
"Don't worry, the heartless army is led by a man named Ansem. As far as we know, he's dead. My friend Sora killed him," stated Riku. Just then, the blonde girl in the other bed began to stir. She mumbled something in a foreign language, then looked around.
"Frane ys E? Fryd nybbahat? Drana fana dnaca faent tyng binbma lnaydinac, yht E dheat du vekrd dras, yht drah, yht drah, E kud misgat ehdu drec faent rima drehk yht drah… tu oui baubma ajah ghuf fryd E's cyoehk?" babbled the girl.
(A/N: Uhh… Checks translator that means…'Where am I? What happened? There were these weird dark purple creatures, and I tried to fight them, and then, and then, I got sucked into this weird hole thing and then… do you people even know what I'm saying?)
"Uhh, does anyone know what the heck she just said?" asked Riku.
"It's all gibberish to me," said Sonic.
"Huha uv oui mbaygc Al Bhed, tu oui?" asked the girl. (A/N: Translation: None of you speak Al Bhed, do you?)
"Uhh, English please? Or Japanese?" asked Amy. (A/N: DUDE! No Japanese! I can't speak that either! I can memorize Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh card effects and that's about it. Oh, and I can say 'what'.)
"All right… let's try this again… So hysa ec Rikku, err, my name is Rikku," said Rikku.
"You CAN speak English? So, what were you babbling about earlier, and why didn't you just speak English earlier?" asked Riku.
"Geez, so English is my second language. Cut me some slack here! Oh, and hela du saad oui ymm duu, err, nice to meet you all too," said Rikku, somewhat flustered.
"Okay. I'm Sonic," said Sonic.
"Just call me Tails," said Tails.
"My name's Amy Rose," said Amy.
"I'm Riku," said Riku.
"WHAT!? No you're not, I'M Rikku! Quit mocking me!" said Rikku.
"… Huh?" said Riku.
"You're both named Riku… this could get ugly," groaned Tails.
"Are they spelled the same way, too?" asked Amy.
"Uh… I spell my name R-I-K-U," said Riku.
"Oh, okay. My name has two Ks," said Rikku.
"So, what were you babbling about earlier, anyway?" asked Sonic.
"Oh. I'm from a place called Spira, and this one night, everything went all stormy, and there were these weird purple creatures, and I tried fighting them, and the last thing I remember is being sucked into some weird portal. So, uhh… how do I get back home?" asked Rikku.
"Purple creatures… well, isn't life just great?" muttered Riku," Rikku, hate to break it to you, but your world's been destroyed."
"WHAT?! YOU MEAN SPIRA'S GONE?!?!?! WHAT HAPPENED?!?!" screamed Rikku.
"Those purple creatures were heartless. They're parasitic creatures that prey on hearts. Of people, animals, even worlds," explained Riku.
"So… what now? And what happened to everyone?" asked Rikku.
"Who knows? Some of them get teleported to other worlds, like you did. Others, the stronger ones, get turned into 'summon gems' sometimes. And the rest… nobody knows," said Riku.
"They destroy entire worlds?" said Tails in disbelief.
"Yeah… there is a way to safeguard a world from heartless, though. You can seal the heart of a world with a Keyblade," explained Riku.
"So that's why you got all excited over those overgrown keys," said Sonic," Just one thing I don't get: If Ansem is dead, who's controlling the heartless?"
"I said we THOUGHT Ansem was dead. If the heartless attacked and destroyed your world, I guess it means he's still alive," said Riku.
"Great, just great," said Tails.
"So, since you have those Keyblade things, shouldn't you be off sealing worlds?" asked Amy.
"Yeah, except I don't have a ship," said Riku.
"Well, maybe you should start with THIS world. Anyway, we'll deal with it tomorrow. I say it's time to get some sleep!" suggested Sonic.
"Yeah, I'm gonna head home now. See you all later!" said Amy, blowing a kiss, then leaving.
"Yeah… I'm still bushed from all that fighting in Kingdom Hearts," agreed Riku.
"Aww… you guys are no fun! I just woke up!" complained Rikku.
"I'm not ready for bed yet. I'm working on some new inventions. Maybe you can help," suggested Tails.
"Do we get to use machina?" asked Rikku.
"Umm… what's 'machina'?" asked Tails.
"You know! Machines!" said Rikku.
"Uhh… yeah, I guess," said Tails
"Okay, I'll help! People back home said I was always good with machines!" said Rikku.
"G'night," said Sonic, yawning and climbing into the top bunk bed. Riku crawled back into his bed, and soon fell fast asleep…
Sometime in the early morning…
"Sonic! Riku! Wake up!" yelled Tails.
"You guys have to see this!" screamed Rikku, hopping up and down," This is REALLY bad!"
"Huh? What's wrong?" asked Sonic.
"Look!" said Tails, pointing at the TV. On the screen, there was a fat man with a crazy mustache in some kind of hovercraft. Around him were four invisible heartless.
"Citizens of Station Square, no, of the world! For those of you who already forgot, I am Dr. Eggman, the greatest scientific genius in the universe! Now, listen to what I have to say VERY carefully. If you value your pitiful little planet, you will surrender all your forces to the Heartless army! Otherwise, they will consume the heart of this pitiful little world, sending it into darkness! You have three hours to give me an answer, I'll be right here until then!" said the man on TV.
"Eggman!" exclaimed Sonic.
"He has control of the heartless? This is bad," said Riku.
"What should we do?" asked Rikku.
"The only thing I can think of: kick his egg-butt off this planet!" said Sonic," I'm heading for Station Square! Who's with me?
"I'll come. As a Keyblade Master, I have a responsibility to deal with the heartless," said Riku.
"Count me in too! I'm gonna get some revenge!" cried Rikku.
"Tails?" said Sonic.
"You guys head out without me; we might need the Tornado, and I still have some modifications to make so it can fit all of us. Oh, and Sonic, take this with you," said Tails, handing Sonic a white digital watch. "Remember those shields we used to use back on Angel Island, when Eggman was trying to rebuild the Death Egg? This watch has the ability to call up any of them at any time, for some MP. Just push the button next to the shield you want, and one more thing: If you have the fire or lighting shield on and you go underwater, it'll short out."
Obtained the Shield Watch. Sonic learned *Lightning Shield
Sonic learned *Fire Shield
Sonic learned *Water Shield
"Thanks, Tails. All right, let's go!" said Sonic, and he ran out the door. Riku and Rikku followed right behind him. They emerged on a seaside cliff. Sonic was already dashing down a stone staircase. They both rushed after him. They followed the blue hedgehog across a field, up some wooden staircases to what appeared to be a train platform.
"No trains are currently in service," boomed a loud voice.
"D**n, the trains are all stopped… can you two grind?" asked Sonic.
"Grind?" asked Rikku.
"You know, slide on a rail with your feet?" said Sonic.
"Um, I think I can do that," said Riku.
"Yeah, I can do that!" said Rikku.
"All right then, let's go!" said Sonic. Riku and Rikku jumped on the rails of the train tracks and started to grind towards Station Square… and Sonic passed them walking. "You two aren't exactly pro-skilled at this 'speed' thing, are you?" asked Sonic," Here, let me help!" With a jump back and a running start, Sonic shoved the two forward at a much faster speed, although they didn't look, or sound too comfortable, with Rikku screaming her head off, and Riku wobbling a bit saying 'Too fast!' over and over again. Sonic ran along the center of the tracks, pushing them forward when they started losing momentum. 5 minutes later, they finally made it to Station Square. Sonic leapt off the tracks and onto the train platform with style, and Riku and Rikku… well, they jumped, but crashed into it. Face first.
"Owww," moaned both of them.
"C'mon! We've got a demented genius to stop here!" cried Sonic.
"All right… we're coming!" mumbled Rikku.
They raced out of the station and into the open city, face to face with Dr. Eggman and several shadow heartless. With a series of well-placed Homing Attacks, Sonic easily dispatched the shadows.
"Well, if it isn't Sonic! And he brought two little friends with him? What happened to the Fox boy? Too scared to face me again?" taunted Dr. Eggman," No matter. I will defeat you all!" The hovercraft took off, heading down to the water. When it came back up, it sported All-terrain wheels, armor, and a drill mounted on the front.
Boss Fight: Egg Drill Tank 100 HP (Complete with Sonic 2 Boss Music!)
"All right, meddling hedgehog! Remember this?" said Eggman.
"Sure I remember! That thing was a piece of cake to kill!" retorted Sonic. Eggman revved up the drill tank and charged at Sonic. Sonic leapt up and whacked the cockpit with a well-aimed Homing Attack, then flipped over to the side. Eggman tried charging Riku next, but the silver-haired teen whipped out his twin Keyblades and leapt diagonally to the left of the machine, hitting the cockpit again twice with both Keyblades. Eggman now tried charging Rikku. The young Al Bhed simply slid under the tank, stabbing at its exposed underside with her Force Knuckles claw, ripping out several pieces of the machinery. The wheels went flying off, and the armor that Eggman had added to his hovercraft exploded.
End Boss Fight"Heh. I expected you all to defeat that machine," said Eggman. He flew down to the water again and came back up, this time with an extension that had three flamethrowers, one on the bottom and two on each side.
"Now, let's try this one…" suggested Eggman.
"Bring it on!" said Sonic," I've beat that thing before and I can do it again!"
Boss Fight: Egg Flamethrower 100 HP (Complete with Sonic 3 Boss music!)
Eggman began this fight by flying well out of our heroes' reach, sending down a fiery rain upon them. Everyone easily dodged the fireballs; so Eggman came down to take a more personal approach. He flew low to the ground, sending a constant stream of fireballs at them. Sonic ran straight at Eggman, strafing through the firestorm, and leapt up and hit the cockpit with a Homing Attack. Eggman flew back up after the one hit and continued sending down fiery rain.
"Did you really think I would use this machine again without a few modifications? Get a load of THIS!" said Eggman. The bottom flamethrower emitted a shield of flames around the Egg Flamethrower, then the side ones pointed down at the ground. The contraption began to spin, moving right over Rikku. Suddenly it came crashing downward, with the young Al Bhed narrowly rolling out of the way. However, with the hovercraft still spinning, the side flamethrowers spewed constant jets of flame around it, forming a ring of fire. The machine stopped spinning, and the ring flew out like a shockwave, burning all three of our protagonists. Riku jumped back up took a series of hacks at it.
"Forget this, Fire shield!" cried Sonic, activating the fire shield on his Shield Watch. Before Eggman could retreat to the upper reaches of the city again, Sonic nailed him with the Flame Dash Attack.
Oww! That stupid flamethrower's annoying!" complained Rikku. She reached into her little box-thing strapped to her leg, pulling out an Antarctic Wind and a Pendulum. She somehow fused the two together, and dodged the fireballs, waiting for Eggman to come back down. When he did, Rikku threw the fused item at the hovercraft. Upon impact, it released several tons of snow and ice on the Egg Flamethrower, rapidly cooling the hull of the flying contraption. Sonic then hit the armored hovercraft with another Flame Dash Attack, shattering the add-on armor.
End Boss Fight
Attained the power of Fire. Riku learned *Flame Ring Shockwave.
"Argh! Wretched girl! How did you do that?" groaned Eggman.
"I'm not telling! Al Bhed secret!" said Rikku.
"AGH! I can't believe this!" grumbled Eggman. Then, he FINALLY noticed what kind of weapons Riku was wielding. "Twin Keyblades? So, you're a Keyblade master, eh, boy? I'll have to tell the others about this…" Eggman then flew off into the horizon.
"Yeah! We beat him!" cried Rikku energetically.
"Yeah, we won, but… something's not adding up here," said Sonic," I guess we'll worry about it later. Anyway, this is Station Square. You guys can just hang out here for the day, I guess. The trains should be working again, so when you want to go back to Tails's workshop, just take the train back. This is one of the biggest and most happening places on this planet, so enjoy yourselves! I'll be at the diner by city hall if you need me. Later!" And Sonic raced off.
"He's right. Hey, that sign says 'cute couples get in free!'" said Rikku, pointing at the sign in front of Twinkle Park.
"What?! But, I just met you yesterday!" complained Riku.
"So? You know that, and I know that, but THEY don't know that!" reasoned Rikku," C'mon, it'll be fun!"
"All right, fine," Riku sighed. They spent the rest of the day at Twinkle Park, having fun, getting sugar-high, and getting to know each other better. When they went back to Tails's workshop, sometime around ten o' clock at night, both of them barely crawled into their beds and crashed right to sleep. Over the next two days, nothing really eventful happened. Tails went down to the water under the Mystic Ruins train station and took out a boat for 'something' (Sonic thought he was secretly meeting a girl), Riku and Rikku hung out, played video games, and Sonic went to Station Square. Then, on the morning of the third day…
"Sonic! Riku! Rikku! You guys have to see this!" yelled Tails from his workshop. They all came running in to see Tails pointing at the TV.
"Recently, airplane passengers flying over the desert to the north have reported seeing a strange industrial facility in the center of Oasis Lake. One of the passengers even came with this photographic evidence." A picture of purple platforms/scaffolding, gray silos and factory-like buildings and green holding tanks of sorts, among other various structures came up on screen.
"That's GOTTA be Eggman!" exclaimed Sonic.
"Yeah, I think it's him alright. Look at the Architecture of those refineries! It's just like the Oil Ocean area, the first time we saved the world together," pointed out Tails," C'mon! I finished the modifications to the Tornado a few days ago. Let's go get him!"
"YEAH!" cried everyone else. They all ran out of the workshop onto the cliff.
"Wait here for a minute," instructed Tails. The two-tailed fox entered the lower floor of his workshop. Then, the palm trees lining the cliff folded down, and the center of the cliff opened up to reveal a runway. The large garage door opened, and a blue gold-trimmed two-seater plane (A/N: Think old-style planes, if you've never played Sonic Adventure. Like a bi-plane, kinda, without the 2 upper wings. In the case you have played a Sonic Adventure game, it looks like the untransformed Tornado II, or the Cyclone from SA2: Battle. Just add a seat between Tails and the tail of the plane.), with a propeller on the front and twin jet engines jutting out the bottom near the back rolled out onto the runway. On the nose, there was what appeared to be a Chaos Emerald, and there was some kind of Laser gun between the back seat and the tail.
"Hop on!" said Tails.
"Where? There's only one more seat," pointed out Riku.
"There are bindings on the wings," pointed out Tails. Rikku took the seat in the back, Riku anchored himself in with the bindings while Sonic used the traction of his shoes to stay on, so he could still move. "Let's go!" said Tails, and the Tornado took off towards the north.
"We should probably fly low entering the mountains, so we don't get any commercial aircraft involved, you know?" advised Rikku.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," said Tails, dropping altitude to just above the ridges of the Desert Mountains. Then, the young fox-boy spotted an incoming squadron of Sentry robots. "Incoming!" warned Tails.
"I see 'em! Let's get 'em!" said Sonic.
The Tornado accelerated toward the incoming enemies. Tails charged up the Lock-On Laser Blaster on the back and let fly with a barrage of homing laser shots. Many of the enemy ships went down, but there were still four coming straight at the Tornado. In a daring maneuver, Sonic leapt off the wing and nailed the incoming enemies with several well-placed Homing Attacks, then landed gracefully back on the wing.
"Hey, Riku, you have those twin Keyblades, why don't you cut some of 'em down as we fly?" asked Sonic.
"Uhh… I'm not coordinated enough to jump off the plane to use my Keyblades," said Riku.
"You don't have to! You're strapped in! Just whack them when we fly past 'em, got it?" advised Sonic.
"If you say so," sighed Riku. Another wave of enemies soon approached them. Tails unloaded on them with the Lock-On Laser Blaster, but two enemies survived this time. Sonic leapt off the plane again to hit the enemy on the left, and Riku cleaved the enemy robot to the right clean in half. Next, a very large squadron of enemies approached from all sides.
"Okay, time to bust out the heavy artillery," said Tails," Fire Laser Missile!" The Laser Blaster charged up for a second, then loosed an overwhelming spread shot that completely annihilated every enemy on every side.
"Whoa… that Laser Missile is better than most of Eggman's crazy contraptions," complimented Sonic.
"Thanks! This is an upgraded version of the one the Cyclone uses," said Tails. The Tornado flew further into the high mountain desert region, and apparently closer to Eggman's base, as another round of enemies came flying towards the Tornado. This time, Tails simply shot half of them with the twin bazookas under the wings. The other half was taken out with another combination of Sonic's aerial acrobatics and Riku's swordsmanship.
"How come you didn't shoot them with that Laser Missile?" asked Sonic," I thought this thing was powered by a Chaos Emerald."
"It is, and it isn't," said Tails," I'm using another fake emerald I designed. It can generate infinite mystical power, but it needs to charge up. Just flying and using the normal weapons doesn't uses as much power as the emerald generates per second, and it recharges then, and when we fire the super weapons or use the boosters, it uses more power than the emerald puts out per second, so power stored goes down, and it has to recharge."
"I get it!" said Rikku.
"I think I get it," mumbled Riku.
"I don't…" said Sonic.
"If we over use the super weapons, the emerald runs out of stored power and we drop like a rock, like when you run out of rings when you're Super Sonic. You grab rings as you go, but you pay rings at the same rate you grab 'em usually. When you use your special attacks, you pay more rings then you collect, so you need to grab more. It's like that," said Tails.
"Ohhh… NOW I get it!" said Sonic.
"Super Sonic?" asked Riku.
"When Sonic has all seven Chaos Emeralds, mystical jewels that provide infinite power, he can transform into Super Sonic, so his hair turns gold, he can fly, his strength increases, all that good stuff," explained Tails.
"Plus, I can move even faster and I look cool, too!" added Sonic.
"Look out! More robots are coming!" said Rikku. Tails locked onto them and released another Lock-On Laser Blaster, taking out the majority of the enemies, then sprayed the rest with bazooka shells. A few managed to pull above the Tornado, attempting to bomb it, but a Strike Raid from Riku put an end to that threat. However, an entire swarm of bombers flew above the Tornado in a matter of seconds.
"Well, here's Super Weapon 2! Fire Missile Launcher!" cried Tails. Twin missile launchers popped out from behind the wings, next to where Rikku was sitting. They each fired several volleys of small missiles at the squadron above, taking out the entire squadron. Next, they flew low through a large canyon, in an attempt to avoid getting any commercial aircraft. Unfortunately, Eggman had missile launchers positioned on the sides of the cliffs. Tails attempted to destroy the incoming missiles, but the Tornado still lost a good chunk of its AP. A shot from the Laser Blaster ended the threat. Then, there were gunner turrets positioned high on the rim of the cannon, and the Tornado was forced to fly into a rain of bullets. However, a Peal of Thunder attack from Riku was enough to get rid of them. (A/N: That's what I decided to name that annoying move he has where he hits you with the lightning bolts, usually at the end of some crazy combo.) Then, on a small mesa in the center of the canyon, there was conveniently positioned large cannon turret. Tails dodged to the left, then fired a few bazooka shells at it. They bounced right off its exceptionally thick hull.
"I've had enough of this! Sonic Wind!" cried Sonic. A swirling blue vortex appeared around the turret. It flashed white, an indication it was losing AP, then was ripped to shreds. After a few more twists, and missile launchers, a large black titanium gate with a huge Eggman symbol loomed in front of the Tornado.
"Tails! Stop this thing! That gate's not opening anytime soon, we have to turn around!" advised Sonic.
"No, we can just blast right through it!" said Tails," Fire Power Laser!" The fake emerald on the nose gathered positive energy from the air, then let fly with a giant blue glowing beam. When it dissipated, there was a huge gaping hole in door, and the lake and the base where now clearly visible. "We did it!" said Tails excitedly.
"Uhh, guys… doesn't that water look a little black to you?" asked Rikku, as they approached the base. Sonic leaned over the wing to get a better look.
"That's not water! This is oil!" exclaimed Sonic," So, those purple scaffolds are probably some kind of oil rigs that just drill holes in the Earth, and let the oil come bursting out!"
"Look over there!" exclaimed Tails. On a cliff above the lake, there was a spout of pure oil spilling into the lake like a waterfall. "Those gray buildings are probably extracting the oil from the water. The green and gold tanks hold it, and the purple structures drill it out from under the lake. But, I wonder what that dark gray bunker leads to…"
"Eggman's probably around here somewhere. Tails, see if you can take out some of those holding tanks, and those gray buildings. Plug up that oil fall too, if you can. Riku, Rikku, you guys come with me. We're gonna break into that bunker!" said Sonic.
"All right!" said Tails. He landed the Tornado on one of the scaffolds. Riku, Sonic, and Rikku hopped off, then Tails took off again to see what he could do, and create a diversion.
"Well, the bunker isn't far from here… let's go!" said Sonic," Oh, and if you fall into that Oil Ocean, try to keep jumping to stop from sinking." The small band set out across the purple scaffolding. After crossing a few bronze bridges that crumbled behind them and taking an elevator up, they were ambushed by a group of darkballs and seahorse-like robots. After dodging their initial attacks, Sonic, Riku and Rikku counterattacked with Homing Attacks, spinning combos and mugging techniques. They headed downward the ramps in front of them, reaching a long pipe with several green platforms of sorts protruding from it. Between the green platforms were three by three squares of razor-sharp metal spikes. Riku jumped onto the first green thing, then gestured for Sonic and Rikku to follow. Suddenly, the platform shot upwards in a burst of steam and fire.
"Wha? Where'd he go?" asked Rikku.
"I forgot about those things… those platforms sit on top of some kinda release thingy. When the steam gets too hot under the platforms, they go flying sky-high," explained Sonic.
"You could've said that BEFORE I got on this crazy thing!" complained Riku. After they successfully crossed the pipe and a catwalk with several weak octopi-like robots that shot energy balls, they reached a series of platforms climbing upward, towards a purple tower that held up two oil tanks, and it connected to another oil tower of sorts by a long tube. Sonic, being used to this sort of thing, leaped up the series of platforms with ease, taking out the robots that lay in ambush as he went. Rikku and Riku then leapt after him. When they all finally made it to the top, they saw a large thick pipe connecting the storage tank they were on to another building. However, there was something different about this pipe: There were spiked metal rings sliding along it, and they made a sound sickeningly similar to a guillotine coming down when they struck each other.
"Those things must do a lot of damage," observed Riku.
"Don't worry, it's all in the timing. Watch," said Sonic. When the two rings collided, Sonic stepped onto the tube. He ran at the ring as it moved towards him, then jumped over it, as the second one bounced off the far wall. He launched into a handspring and flipped over the next ring safely onto the other side.
"You first," said Rikku.
"WHAT? No, ladies first," said Riku.
"Aww come on! I'm getting really bored over here! Just go at the same time," suggested Sonic.
"Fine," said the other two. They both dropped down onto the pipe, waiting for the first ring to approach. They jumped the first ring carefully, and advanced cautiously towards the next ring. They jumped that one, narrowly, then made a mad dash for the other side and leaping off the pipe.
"Geez, what took you so long?" asked Sonic. He walked towards the center of the tower, when four Invisibles suddenly revealed themselves. After a brief scuffle involving several Homing Attacks, a Strike Raid and a Mix resulting in a Flash Flood, they continued towards the end of the tower. When they got to the edge, they could see a series of open-air oil slides leading down towards the next floating platforms, closer to the oil.
"I guess we have to slide down, considering there's no pole to grind down," said Sonic.
"What? If you think I'm sliding down a chute coated in oil…" started Rikku. She never got to finish because Sonic pushed her and Riku down, then jumped in after them.
"That's DISGUSTING! Gross, now I've got oil stuck in my hair!" complained Rikku.
"Sonic… if you EVER… Hey, why aren't you covered in oil?" asked Riku.
"Oil repellent fur. Enough time wasted, look! The bunker's just across the platform. Let's go!" exclaimed Sonic. The trio made their way onto the large platform between the area they were standing on when suddenly, a huge, mechanical serpentine dragon rose from the oil between them and the building. It blew a fireball from its mouth at the oil behind them, creating a wall of fire on the oil, blocking the way back.
"What do we do now?" asked Rikku.
"We have to fight our way through, apparently," replied Riku.
Boss Fight: Egg Leviathan: 600 HPThe mechanical serpent reared it's head back and blasted the platform with a fireball, which sent out a shockwave of flames hitting everyone except Sonic, who expected it and jumped over it. They tried countering by attacking the dragon's steel hide, but their attacks just bounced off.
"What's with this guy? How the heck are we supposed to hurt it?" complained Rikku.
"Just watch for an opening to stun it, then we can hit him with heavy damage," advised Sonic," I think his head is a weak spot." Riku took the hint and used Strike Raid on the head. The Dragon flashed white every time it was hit, and its HP Bar fell lower by about 70 points when Riku was finished.
"I don't think you have enough magic to finish it like that," pointed out Rikku. Just then, the dragon rose farther out of the oil and coiled up and around the platform. It charged two orbs of darkness in its mechanical claws and a HUGE fireball in its mouth.
"All right, you're mine!" cried Sonic, and he leapt onto the dragon's spine using a homing attack to gather speed. He grinded up the mechanical monster's spine, and leapt off and nailed the dragon's head with a Homing Attack from behind. There were sounds of a short circuit, and the leviathan crashed to the platform. Riku, Sonic and Rikku took the opportunity to nail the dragon with every single heavy hitting attack they had, Illusion slashes (A/N: That crazy annoying attack Riku does in Hollow Bastion that hurts. A lot. You know what I'm talking about, right?), mixes, Peal of Thunders, Flame Ring Shockwaves, Sonic Winds, Flame Dash Attacks, everything. They brought the dragon to just a stub of his green HP bar before he roared and reared his head back up.
"All right, I'm not done with you yet! Sonic Wind!" cried Sonic. The blue swirling vortex hit the Egg Leviathan square in the head, and knocked him right back into the firewall he created himself, and it burst into a fiery explosion.
End Boss Fight"Yeah, we got him!" cried Rikku.
"All right, let's see what Eggman's got in this bunker," said Sonic, leaping over the oil to the bunker. He pushed a green button, and the metal door opened. Sonic stepped in, followed by Riku and Rikku. They found themselves standing on a chrome green platform above a whirling blur of gears, rotating cylinders, pistons, nuts, bolts, liquid metal and several conveyor belts.
"What the heck is this place?" asked Rikku.
"Looks like some kinda factory to me," answered Riku.
"Huh… this place, it seems so familiar… Oh! I remember now! This place looks just like Metropolis!" said Sonic.
"Metropolis?" asked Rikku.
"It was Eggman's capitol city a long time ago, when he had more areas under his control. He used it to build his ultimate creation, the Death Egg. So far, it's the most dangerous thing he's built. It was a doomsday machine, basically. By the time we got there, he had already built every component for it, and he was just manufacturing robots and spare parts. Wait a sec… SHOOT! We've got to take out this factory, NOW!" exclaimed Sonic," He could be building a second Death Egg right now! Well, here we GOOOOOO!" And he leapt of the ledge into the jumble of machinery below.
"Is this guy for real?" asked Riku, leaping after him with Rikku right with him. They landed on a small platform poking up from the clanking gears below. In front of them was a trio of rotating cylinders. Sonic was running through them, going forward and sideways with the machine.
"You've gotta be kidding me," said Rikku.
"Well, here goes," said Riku. He charged into the cylinder, attempting to duplicate Sonic's feat. He fell off the side when he was turned horizontally, then took a new approach. He ran the opposite direction the cylinder was rotating while still moving forward, keeping centered on the bottom. Then, he leapt up into the next cylinder and repeated the process. Rikku followed him using the same method until they both made it out onto the other side. They were then faced with a strange hole, and a curved wall upwards. Suddenly, a giant screw and bolt dropped from the ceiling into the hole, and Sonic appeared on the ledge above them.
"Jump on the bolt and run forward to wind the bolt up the screw," explained Sonic," Use that to get up here."
"How'd you get up there?" asked Riku.
"I ran up the wall," replied Sonic," Oh, and make sure you guys stop running before you smash yourselves between the bolt and the ceiling and remember the momentum makes it keep going after you stop." They stopped running, then jumped up to the ledge Sonic was on. Next was a conveyor belt spanning over a vat of liquid metal, with pistons pounding down on it. Sonic went first, waiting for the pistons to all come down, then go back up. He charged up a Spin Dash, and rolled across the conveyor belt at a high speed, crossing it in one go. Rikku and Riku then leapt onto the conveyor belt, walking in place behind the first piston, waiting for it to come down. After it went back up, they charged ahead to the next piston, and continued until they made it to the other side. They followed Sonic through a large door, leading to some kind of hangar suspended over a bottomless pit. There were two catwalks on each floor parallel to each other crossing the hangar, and a ramp spiraling along the sides of the hangar. They looked up, and saw a large shuttle idling vertically between the top three catwalks being loaded by mechanical arms with what appeared to be jet engines and some cannon parts. Suddenly a mechanical flying snake of sorts came flying up from below them. The two eyeless 'face' panels slid apart, revealing a glass dome with Eggman in it.
"Argh… Sonic. And the Keyblade Master. So, you found my base, huh? Well… it doesn't matter. These parts you see being loaded in the shuttle are the last pieces of the new, improved version of… THE DEATH EGG!" yelled Eggman.
"No! I won't let you finish that Death Egg!" cried Sonic, and he dashed up the ramp spiraling up towards the shuttle.
Eggman went back into his machine and cried," Oh, no you won't! This Egg Viper II will make sure that cargo gets on! Get a load of THIS!" He flew up the ramp and fired a laser blast at the ramp, causing a large explosion sending the blue hedgehog flying backwards. "If you want to stop that cargo, you have to get through me and up there within two and a half minutes!"
"That's just fine, bring it on!" retorted Sonic.
Boss Fight: Egg Viper II: 900 HP (Time Limit 00:02:30)Eggman accelerated the Egg Viper II to full speed and strafed the ramps and catwalks, peppering them with laser fire. Though they took a few hits, Sonic, Riku and Rikku dodged most of the blasts. Riku tried another Strike Raid since it worked so well on most of the enemies in this world, but it bounced right off the Viper's thick armor. The Egg Viper then dove down, then came up right into the catwalk Rikku and Riku were standing on and crashed through it in an attempt to send the two into the endless void. They barely managed to escape to the spiraling ramp Sonic was standing on. Eggman the opened the cockpit armor again and extended the tail of the contraption to gather negative ions. This time, on the interior of the face panels, there were two large blue crackling energy balls.
"Now! Attack the cockpit!" yelled Sonic, who leapt off his position and, using a series of homing attacks and the panels on the tail as stepping stones, nailed Eggman, stopping the energy attack and stunning the machine. Rikku mixed together a Chaos Grenade and hurled it at the cockpit, and Riku hit it with a Strike Raid and followed up with a Peal of Thunder.
"ARGH! Blast you! You're not gonna get away with this!" growled Eggman. He closed the faceplates again and flew up to the top of the chamber, then came swooping down following the spiral, firing at them with his laser. They were forced to run back down, wasting more time. After the Egg Viper resumed its normal attack pattern of flying erratically firing lasers in volleys of three, the trio tried to make a final scramble to stop the cargo from being loaded. Managing to dodge the lasers all the way up, they rushed along the catwalks that sandwiched the shuttle's cargo bay and desperately attacked the crane, although the engines were already loaded, it would still be a big advantage for them to stop the cannon from being loaded.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" yelled Eggman, and launched the spike-lined disks shielding the sides of the Viper's 'neck' at them, forcing them to break off their attack and run from the spiked wheels.
"Cargo loaded: Egg Shuttle, ready for launch," came a digitized voice.
"HAH! Adieu, until we meet again, my friends, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed Eggman, flying the Egg Viper II into the shuttle.
"No! We've failed…" trailed Sonic. They climbed out of the top of the hangar out into the desert air slumped in defeat.
End Boss Fight: FAILURE (A/N: Yes folks, this is one of those ego-damaging fights that's impossible to win no matter what. Dude, I HATE these things!)
"What do we do now?" asked Rikku.
"I'm assuming the Death Egg is already orbiting somewhere in space," said Sonic," We have to get there somehow."
"How? Eggman just took the last shuttle around," said Riku. Just then, Tails came flying up in the Tornado.
"Hey guys! I finished taking out the Oil Ocean base, and I saw Eggman's shuttle launch, so I figured you guys where here. What happened?" asked Tails. Sonic, Rikku and Riku told Tails all about what just happened.
"So, Eggman rebuilt the Death Egg?" said Tails.
"Yep. I don't know how in the holy heck we're gonna get on it now, but, I'm not about to give up!" declared Sonic.
"I might have a way, but it's a bit risky," said Tails.
"Well, let's hear it," suggested Riku.
"I just finished building my prototype atmospheric generator on the Tornado a few days ago," started Tails.
"That's that thing I helped you with, right? That thing that makes an air bubble around something, right?" asked Rikku.
"Yeah! Like the ones Eggman uses on areas like Space Colony ARK and the Death Egg to make breathable air around it. Anyway, the problem is, the Tornado doesn't have the engine power to exit the atmosphere. If we went to Angel Island and exited the atmosphere from there, I can fly you guys to the Death Egg," explained Tails.
"What's so risky about that?" asked Sonic," Knuckles always keeps Angel Island hovering in the same spot, and he can control the altitude with the Master Emerald, so he can get above the normal atmosphere easy, especially since it has it's own atmosphere."
"That's not the problem. The problem is, every time you destroyed the Death Egg before, you turned into Super Sonic and flew back down to the atmosphere where I picked you up. This time, we don't have the Emeralds, and you've got two other people with you. I'd have no problem catching just you with the Tornado, but three people? That's next to impossible," explained Tails," The only thing I can think of to stop this problem is to finish my secret project. I'm almost done, but I won't have the manpower to finish it in time for this. I was going to ask you guys for help today, but, you know."
"Well, I'm sure you can convince Knuckles to give you a hand. Amy would help too. There's always a possibility you'll find other people to help you on Angel Island," said Sonic.
"So, are we going or what?" asked Rikku.
"Yeah, let's go! Everyone on!" said Tails. They all reboarded the Tornado, and Tails took flight towards Angel Island.
"So… if this place we're headed to is an island, how can it get us into space?" asked Riku.
"Angel Island is a very special place," explained Tails," while most islands are tips of oceanic mountains poking out of the ocean, Angel Island is it's own separate landmass. It's not connected the planet at all. The other trait that makes it special is that rather than being in an ocean or a lake, Angel Island floats in the sky with the power of the Master Emerald."
"It flies?!" asked Riku.
That's right," said Tails," In order to keep the Master Emerald safe from those that would misuse it's power, it floats high among, or above the clouds."
"What is this 'Master Emerald', thing, anyway?" asked Rikku.
"If you wanna know what the Master Emerald is, you have to know what the Chaos Emeralds are. The Chaos Emeralds, I think I've already said this part, are sources of limitless mystical energy. That energy is created by our thoughts. In other words, the 7 emeralds turn our thoughts into power. What the Master Emerald does, is control that power. It can neutralize the Chaos Emeralds, or harness their power," explained Tails," to quote Knuckles, 'that makes it very powerful.'"
"Who's this Knuckles character, anyway?" asked Riku.
"Knuckles is the guardian of the Master Emerald. He can be a bit of a stiff sometimes, but he's a nice guy, unless you mess with the Master Emerald," replied Sonic.
"All right, we're almost there. You can see it from here," said Tails. Riku and Rikku peered into the distance and saw what appeared to be… an island with lush green jungles, a lake, a volcano, an icy mountain region and, as they got closer, several ancient temple-like structures. Floating in the sky among a bunch of clouds.
"Whoa…" said Rikku.
"Wow… it almost reminds me of my hometown," said Riku.
"You from a flying island too?" asked Sonic.
"Not exactly. I'm from a place called Destiny Island. It was a pretty boring place. There were a few other cities around," started Riku," The closest thing we had to excitement was when our friend Tidus took us to see the Zanarkand Abes Blitzball games. Zanarkand was a city nearby that floated on the ocean, and Blitzball is a game-"
"That's played in underwater sphere with five players and a goalie!" interrupted Rikku.
"That's right… how'd you know that?" asked Riku.
"We had blitzball in Spira too," explained Rikku.
"Anyway, my friends, Sora and Kairi… the three of us were planning to travel to other worlds by sailing off the 'edge of the world'. That's when our world was destroyed by the heartless… Well, we're getting to see other worlds anyways, I suppose. This world is definitely… more interesting than mine. It's just… I guess we weren't meant to travel together after all," trailed Riku.
"Hey! Don't talk like that, dude! Your other two friends are out there somewhere! As soon as we take out the Death Egg, we'll do whatever we can to help you find 'em! Besides, you need to seal the hearts of worlds to stop the heartless! We'll help you out with that too! We have to stop Eggman and his heartless buddies from destroying the universe!" declared Sonic.
"Yeah! We promise we'll help you find your friends, we'll help you seal off the worlds too!" promised Tails.
"Really? You guys don't have to do that, you know," said Riku.
"Too bad! You're stuck with us now!" laughed Sonic.
"Besides, you're going to need that secret project of mine if you want to travel through space," said Tails.
"Count me in too. You've been really nice to have around since… Spira was destroyed. Besides, you're kinda cute, too!" giggled Rikku. A short while later, preparations were being made to land on the south shore of Angel Island, when suddenly a voice came over the radio.
"Sonic? Tails? Is that you guys?" crackled the radio.
"Knuckles?" asked Sonic.
"It IS you guys! Fly up to the Sky Sanctuary. There's a landing strip near the teleporter to the Hidden Palace," directed Knuckles.
"Since when did you have a landing strip here?" asked Sonic," and a radar or radio system?"
"What can I say, I was bored, even with this cast of characters around," replied Knuckles.
"Huh?" said Sonic and Tails.
"You'll see when you get here," said Knuckles," I'm guessing you guys are here about the Death Egg, right?"
"How'd you know?" asked Tails.
"We've seen some shuttles flying out of the atmosphere lately," said Knuckles," That last one, we went to the top of the tallest tower and set up a telescope. It flew behind the moon, and there was the Death Egg."
"Great. Just great. No one ever cuts us any slack!" grumbled Sonic," All right, we're coming in for landing." The Tornado landed on the landing strip near the bottom of the ancient temple. Sonic and Tails jumped out of the plane and raced over to a strange red sphere mounted in three silver rings on a tripod. When they stood atop the sphere, a blue beam appeared and they were warped downward. Rikku and Riku quickly followed. They found themselves deep underground, in some strange sort of ancient palace. Sonic and Tails were waiting in some sort of clear, crystalline elevator. Riku and Rikku joined them. The elevator began a slow climb up to the top of the palace. Through the clear walls of the elevator, the sparkling floor, pillars and ceiling of the palace could be seen. Below the palace, a glittering lake could be seen, filled with waterfalls cascading from a sparkling crystal cavern. (A/N: Confused, Sonic fans? You should be. This Hidden Palace uses the architecture/layout of the Hidden Palace found in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, but the background of the lost Hidden Palace level in Sonic 2. It's in the same place it was in S3&K, though.)
"Where are we?" asked Rikku.
"This is the legendary Hidden Palace," said Sonic," An ancient palace at the end of a volcanic cave, below an ancient city, that was abandoned for years. This is the resting place of the Master Emerald, and the only place where the Chaos Emeralds can be super charged. In recent years, Knuckles moved in to this place. He apparently fixed it up a bit, because this elevator was never here before. He didn't have that runway or a radio system either." Just then, the elevator came to a halt, and the door behind them opened. They turned around and stepped out onto a glowing green crystalline log bridge of sorts. They crossed the bridge, and reached the inner sanctum of the palace: The true shrine of the Master Emerald. The actual shrine was in the center of a pond, where the giant green emerald rested in a crystal base. Floating on the water and next to the shrine were similar pedestals to the one containing the Master Emerald, but they were empty.
"Hey Sonic," greeted the same voice from the radio. Riku, Rikku, Sonic and Tails turned round to see a red echidna with large gloves and dreadlocks.
"Hey Knuckles. So, who else is here?" asked Sonic.
"We've been here for a while now," said a gentle female voice. They turned around and saw an orange echidna dressed in clothes that appeared to be from another time period, and some sort of water monster.
"Tikal! Chaos! What are you guys doing here?" asked Sonic.
"Helping Knuckles guard the Master Emerald," answered Tikal. Suddenly, a batgirl in a pink top, black tights and thigh-high white boots dropped down from the ceiling.
"Rouge, you're here too? Knux, you throw a party and forget to invite us?" asked Sonic.
"No party, I've been helping him install that radio and radar," said Rouge.
"Long time, no see, blue hedgehog," said a somewhat dark and mysterious voice from the shadows. Sonic and Tails turned around again. This time, they saw a black hedgehog with red tipped quills standing on the top of the elevator.
"SHADOW?!" exclaimed Sonic," I thought you were dead!"
"The Ultimate life form is ageless and immortal," replied Shadow.
"Who are your friends?" asked Rouge.
"That's Riku," said Tails, pointing at the silver haired one," and that's Rikku," pointing at the blonde Al Bhed.
"They're both named Riku/Rikku?" asked Rouge.
"Hmph," said Shadow," We have more important things to deal with. Like the Death Egg. And those weird purple monsters." Sonic, Tails, Riku and Rikku went over everything: The heartless, their plan to stop the Death Egg, and what Riku had to do with it all.
"So, let me get this straight: the heartless can wipe out entire worlds, and the only way to stop them is for albino-boy here to lock some portal with the overgrown car keys?" asked Shadow.
"Yeah, that's about it," said Tails.
"So, where is the 'keyhole'? I've never heard any legends about it…" said Tikal. Chaos pointed at the Master Emerald.
"The Master Emerald has the keyhole?" asked Knuckles," I've never seen any holes in it…" Riku walked over to the massive emerald and sure enough, the keyhole appeared. Riku pointed a single Keyblade at it, and turned his arm. There was a 'click' sound, and the world was sealed.
"That's it?" asked Rouge.
"Yeah. No more heartless problems," said Riku.
"All right then. Knuckles, to Outer Space!" said Tails.
"Here we go," said Knuckles. He ran over to the emerald, placed a hand on it and recited," The servers are the 7 chaos. Chaos is power, power is enriched by the heart. The controller serves to unify the chaos. Only you can do this! Ascend to Outer Space!"
Progress Report:
Riku Lv.64 75 HP 8 MP ;Twin Oblivion *Strike Raid *Illusion Slash *Peal of Thunder *Superguard *Flame Ring Shockwave
Rikku Lv.61 58 HP 12 MP ;Force Knuckles *Mix *Mug *Steal *Al Bhed Potion *Frag Grenade *Lunar Curtain
Sonic Lv.64 68 HP 10 MP ;Light Speed Shoes *Homing Attack *Spin Dash Attack *Flip/Handspring *Fire Shield (Enables Flame Dash Attack) *Lightning Shield (Enables *Double Jump) *Water Shield (Enables Bouncing Bubble Attack)
Kairi No Change
Yuna No Change
Tidus No Change
Auron No Change
Yami No Change
Sora No change
Donald No change
Goofy No change
Cloud No change
Aerith No change
Squall/Leon No change
Vincent No change
Yuffie No change
Well, there ya go. Hope you liked it! I took a LOT of vintage Sonic stuff, if you didn't notice, or have never played a Sonic game. If you've never played one, do yourself a favor and change that ASAP, you culturally deprived person! Well, next chapter, The Death Egg is GOIN' DOWN! And I take even more vintage Sonic stuff, and I have a poll: Would you people consider Metal Sonic a S.U.M.E.T.R.H.S. fight, or no? And, it's just normal Metal Sonic VS normal Sonic, no Super Sonic or Super Metal Sonic involved. That comes later. MUCH later. Anyway, after next chapter, Sephiroth will grace this story with his awesomeness again. This time, he gets another party member, and you people get a bit of insight as to what happens to a heartless-destroyed world… and no, it's not some guy with a Mexican wrestling mask for a face deleting it, though, dude, that actually sounds like a good idea…. That was random. Forget that. Oh, and next chapter, we get a heavy cruiser spacecraft! YAY! Emerald Cannon, FIRE! Err… oops. Hope that didn't hit any of you good people. The special effects crew is still working some of the bugs out… if you guys want a behind the scenes thing, I think we have enough screw-ups for that by now….ANYWAY…yeah, review, and I'll give you all five bucks, like Vlade Divac gave the Sacramento Kings fans five bucks to boo Jon Barry. Seriously, just…review. I'll be inclined to TRY and update faster, and, if you must, go ahead and flame, I'll be happy to inflict pain upon you.
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