Chapter 12:    Stormeye Fusion

KawaiiKitsune looked up…the three of them had just sent themselves straight through their own beams…there was an intense light of blue, red and green on its back…and then it began to fade into a white figure…an echidna? A hedgehog? A fox? Fox tail with a blue fur tip…a fox-like muzzle…the dreadlocks of an echidna, the spines of a chimera…the arm blades of Phantom, enlarged, lengthened. It rose from its position…their minds now as one…HT-4 saw this newcomer, not quite recognizing it…but knowing it shared the three powers it had just battled. It lowered to the ground, looking around for chimeras, seeing only the ship…but that was enough… "STORMEYE BLAST" The voice echoed throughout the plain…jagged rocks rose from the electrical field the ground had become…electrified fire and rock, electrical power circled right around it, blasting the front of the ship from a mile away…Lirash leapt out of the way, and watched dismally as the white beam tore straight through the floors of the ship…the noise…the thooming…the merge of the three looked back at HT-4, raising its eyebrows as if it had been showing off. HT-4 lashed out its icy tongue, the earth that its breath touched instantly crystallized…who was this white creature? It was obvious who he was made from…but…suddenly Minimaniac's mind received the thoughts, as if through telepathy. I am Stormeye. Stormeye. Suddenly it outstretched a hand, thwapping HT-4 in the chest and sending it backwards…leaving a trail of HT-4's. Stormeye the bright white fusion creature suddenly charged forward in a blaze of flames and electricity, all of the minis instantly fell to the ground. The chimera ship was retreating…the crackling of radio transmissions filled the fusion's head…the message was deciphered into understandable language… "We need help! This ship won't get far!" Haha… the fused creature lashed out a leg, kicking straight through HT-4's mouth…no reaction…then suddenly massive amounts of elemental energy were discharged in attack form…HT-4 fell to the ground, twitching.

"We have to get it into somewhere it can't escape from."

"Well, it's got serious internal injuries, so I don't think it'll recover anytime soon. A simple extermination of it certainly won't work."

"Anyway…what about those three? How did they do that?"

"I don't know, but they used so much power that they were all unconcious by the time they were done."

Not for the first time, Bluehawk woke up in a hospital bed, Phantom and Sama being on beds either side of him. The sunglasses were as usual on the side of the bed. Last he remembered he had fired himself through his own beam for extra power…but somehow he had a sense of victory inside him…a sense of power. A sense of triumph which was completely unexplained. What was that? Something from when he could only draw a blank? Because he couldn't remember anything clearly…suddenly he heard footsteps and Minimaniac walked in. "Hawk!" He exclaimed happily. "How the heck did you guys-" Phantom grunted. Sama sat bolt upright.

"What happened?" Phantom grunted again. "Last I remember our beams connected with HT-4…"

"You don't remember!?" Minimaniac cried.

All three shook their heads as KawaiiKitsune strolled in with a newspaper, holding the front page up…what was that thing blasting at HT-4? Echidna? Hedgehog? Fox? All three hybrid?

"That was you guys!"

Bluehawk blinked. Phantom exclaimed in confusion.

"You never heard of fusion? You guys all merged to become that!"

Phantom instantly knew why. It was because of the Orbs. Bluehawk took a few seconds to try to work out what the heck was going on. Sama blinked blankly. It seemed nothing would ever change with this group.

Bluehawk and Sama arrived in their apartment happily, knowing that they were finally home again, and Phantom on the floor below. The two chao that Hawk had picked up from Graim's flew in joyfully chasing each other around in circles through the air. Skeeter narrowly missed the window. The Squall was sitting in what was now its home, the back alley just under Hawk's window. He would get a little hatch built into the ground for it for hiding, open-able only by a hidden switch in his home. It had been another crazy adventure, although in a few days it would be worth again setting out to find Black Eagle, Bluehawk knew he would escape if he was offered the chance, but he was probably being tranquilized twenty-four seven. If only there was some certainty as to where to look, they would set off immediately.

Minimaniac walked slowly out of the cinema, grinning widely as KawaiiKitsune put her arms on his shoulders. The best life, there was nothing compared to this. But suddenly something startled him out of his daze. A red glint, reflecting off the sun…red sunglasses…dark blue fur…it was gone in an instant as it walked around the corner descreetly. But he immediately went to a payphone, inserted the coins and Bluehawk's number. "Bluehawk…he's in the city."