8000 years ago in Mobius' pre-history the tension of nine years of wars,
between the Echidna and the Drakon, was finally coming to an conclusion as
the end of the tenth and final year slowly drew nearer.
The Sandopolis Zone. Both sides intended to fight to the last man. Both sides intended to win. Only one side could emerge victorious, however, and the wheels of justice had already been oiled.
Devil of the Fallen flew above the battle below. Echidna and Drakon were both fighting as viciously as they could, both with the intent of winning.
If it was just as simply as that then Devil would've bet on the Echidna winning this battle. But since when is anything as simple as that.
Devil dodged out of the way as a Dragon soured past him, spewing fire as it went. Another Dragon swooped upwards and snapped its jaw, just missing Devil by a fraction.
The Drakon had brought with them the ancient Dragon's of Mobius with them from the Special Zone. The Dragon's, who had been driven from Mobius centuries before by the Echidna, had allied with the Drakon to share their one simple goal. The utter annihilation of the Echidna Empire.
Devil went into a dive back down towards the battle below, weaving inbetween laser blasts and streams of fire as he went. Reaching the ground he landed running in the direction of Prince Brightstarr.
Prince Brightstarr screamed with rage as he fought an onslaught of Drakon.
A Drakon Prosecutor lunged at him with its staff, but he easily spun around the attack and smashed his fist into the back of the Drakon's head as hard as he could.
Not even turning to watch his stricken enemy fall, Brightstarr jumped forwards into another fight. Taking the Drakon's head off with a swift punch around the face, he felt something come up behind him. Then, out of the corner of his eye, there was a swift movement from behind. He spun to see a full-size Sentinel pointing its staff at him. The Drakon then charged up an energy blast and fired.
Brightstarr dodged the blast and swatted the staff out of the Drakon's hand, smashing the robotic hand to bits with the blow.
The Sentinel's eyes widened with surprise as Brightstarr jumped up and grabbed a hold of its helmet. For a split second the Sentinel's fear filled eyes met Brightstarr's burning blood-red eyes. Then the Sentinel's head was ripped from its robotic shoulders, as Brightstarr screamed in rage.
"Where's the Great Champion now, brother?" He shouted, throwing the Drakon head away. "Where's your Chaos Champion now?"
Another Drakon reached out to grab Brightstarr from behind, as he stood on the still standing robotic body. But the Prince moved out of the way and jumped backwards. As he flew through the air he grabbed the new Sentinel's helmet and twisted it around in a full circle. He then pulled the body backwards, causing it to collapse onto its back.
Two Prosecutor's raised their staffs to fire, but were way to slow. Brightstarr moved forwards and grabbed one of the two Prosecutor's. He then swung the Drakon around in a tight circle, and rammed him, face first, into the ground.
The other Prosecutor swung a punch at Brightstarr's head, but he ducked it and upper cut the Drakon hard in the midsection. The Prosecutor electrified his staff and swung it at the Prince, who dodged and weaved out of the way of the attacks. He then jumped in the air and kicked the Drakon around its head.
The Prosecutor staggered back, but then swung back forward trying to bring his fist down on Brightstarr. The Prince dropped to his knees and pulled away the Drakon's legs, causing him to fall backwards. Brightstarr jumped forwards, raising his fist into the air. As he landed on the Prosecutor he punched him square in the chest, driving his hand right through.
"You were all sent to kill us?" Brightstarr laughed, pulling his hand free. "What a joke."
There was a movement behind him. He turned, fist raised, and swung with enough force to topple a mountain. The creature behind him raised its hand and stopped the punch as easily as a shield would stop the blade of a sword.
"Strong punch you've got there." Devil of the Fallen said calmly. "Shame it was wasted on me."
"Devil." Brightstarr said, pulling his fist back. "I had no idea it was you."
"Clearly." Devil said, looking beyond Brightstarr at the dead and dying Drakon. "Look, I will make this short. You must make sure that you and the Echidna do not push forward any further."
"But we have the Drakon where we want them. We can win this." Brightstarr said, watching a Drakon as it flew though the air.
"That is true, but Giser has something planned." Devil smiled. "Trust me, you'll know it when you see it."
An electrical blast flew towards the two of the them. Devil raised a hand and a force field was erected above them.
"I'm going to meet Giser now, so spread the word around amongst the others." Devil said, taking flight as the shield vanished.
"Will you be all right?" Brightstarr asked, as Devil ascended into the air.
Devil gave the Prince a smile he wouldn't forget in a while. "Have you forgotten who you are talking to?" He said. "I am Devil of the Fallen. I will be far from all right. Now I must go."
With that Devil flew off into the sky, followed by some Dragon's that no doubt preferred a airborne target.
Brightstarr watched Devil, and then smiled as he turned his attention back to the battle that was going on around.
"Echidna scum." A voice said. Brightstarr turned to see some more Sentinel's. "You will die for those you have slaughtered here today." The lead Drakon said.
Brightstarr grinned evilly and, not saying a word, launched himself at the Drakon.
* * * *
Angel Island, the home of the Echidna, was once one of two Floating Islands, created by the now lost race of the Cherub who lived on one of the Islands. As a present to the Echidna Empire, the Cherub gave Angel Island to the Echidna, while they remained on the bigger Paradise Island.
Both Islands once floated above the clouds away from all threats, held there by a power source generated by the Cherub.
Almost a year ago the Cherub where wiped from the face of the planet by the Tantaragor, and with them went everything that they helped to create. Including there power.
Both Islands have never flown since, as no power source has been found that could replicate the power of the Cherub. Though Devil, the last of the Cherub, has never allowed anyone back into Paradise Island, the Echidna have had access to their own islands inner tunnels since the Cherub departed.
Amongst all the places the Zoom Tubes underneath the islands went to, there was one room that the Echidna were frequently drawn to. It was called the Hidden Palace by the Cherub, but now it had acquired a new name. As of this day, it would be called the Emerald Chamber.
Pochamac stood in front of what Giser had named the Emerald Shaft. In it the Chaos Emeralds, as well as the Master Emerald, floated in the cool air.
Giser had discovered that after the explosion that created the second Chaos creature, the Emeralds where now unstable. He said that if they grew unstable again they'd probably warp to the Special Zone or something. The only way to keep them from warping was to keep them cool, and that is what the Emerald Shaft did.
Pochamac turned to Giser, who was fiddling with a computer terminal. "You created this, Giser?"
"Yes, Milord." Giser said, typing something into the computer terminal. There was a large amount of noise as a chair begun to lower itself down from the ceiling.
"Amazing." Pochamac said, looking down into the Emerald Shaft.
Knuckles came over to his grandfather, staring up at the Chaos Emeralds. "The Drakon will never find us here, will they?"
"No they won't." Pochamac said. "Not unless they were lead here."
"Zachary never knew of this place." Knuckles said, reassuringly. "So neither will the Drakon."
Braven walked over to the Emerald Shaft with Yin. "Why are we here?" He asked.
"Because from here we will witness the destruction of the Drakon Empire." Giser said, tapping some buttons on the chairs armrest. Another computer terminal begun to lower down from the ceiling, arranging itself in front of the chair that had previously done the same. "They will never know what hit them."
"Neither will you." Came a voice from behind Giser.
Before he could turn he was punched around the back of the head. He feel to his knees as a foot launched itself into his side. Giser rolled along the floor before coming to a halt.
Everyone turned to see Midnight the Echidna.
"Midnight!" Pochamac said through his teeth.
"This is Midnight?" Knuckles said, turning to face the black furred Echidna.
Braven and Yin drew their weapons, ready to take him down.
Midnight smiled. "Call off your dogs, Pochamac, before I hurt them to."
Braven and Yin launched themselves at Midnight in a blink of an eye. They where almost upon him as he raised a hand to them. They froze where they were, before being flung backwards into the Emerald Chambers wall.
Pochamac turned to see his bodyguards fall to the ground. Knuckles moved to see to them. "You have grown powerful, Midnight." Pochamac said, turning back to face him. "I don't quite understand the new evil I sense in you."
"Don't try to either, Pochamac. Its beyond your understanding." Midnight stared at Pochamac for a while, then smiled. "But, since you are curious, I will tell you it was a gift from the finest Drakon scientists."
"So they use you as a test subject as well as a slave, do they?" Pochamac snapped.
"I am no ones slave, you old fool!" Midnight spat angrily. "Not anymore. Not ever again."
Pochamac smiled to himself. "Tell me, Midnight. When did you become so reckless?"
Before Midnight could respond the ground behind him exploded upwards as Knuckles leaped out and wrapped an arm around Midnight's neck, getting him in a chock hold. Anger filling his face, it was soon replaced by agonizing pain, as a fist was rammed into his back.
Midnight cried out in pain, as Knuckles pulled his hand back for another blow, which he delivered.
"Fancy that." Knuckles said into Midnight's ear. "Little old me found a way to sneak up on you." He then through Midnight to the floor.
Pochamac came over and stood over him, pointing his spear at him. "You are beaten, Midnight." He said.
Midnight didn't respond. Instead he rolled about on the floor in agony.
Pochamac turned to look as Braven got up and saw to Yin. He also noticed Giser stir. "Knuckles. See to Giser." He said.
Knuckles walked over to Giser, and helped him up. "Can you still do what ever it was that your were going to do, Giser?"
"Y- yes. Yes I can. Take me to the chair, my Prince." Giser said.
Knuckles did so, setting him in the seat. Giser reached up and begun typing something in. Almost instantly there was a hum from the Chaos Emeralds as there power begun to channel from them into the Emerald Chambers systems.
A screen appeared above Giser, and on it writing begun to scroll. Pressing something, he begun to smile. "Hold onto your butts." He said. "Here goes nothing." He then pressed a final button, and sat back.
* * * *
There was great lake on Angel Island, called Lake Nessle, which was surrounded by some of the tallest mountains on the island. Located south of Megopolis City, it has always been a place of tranquillity and peace.
The waters of the lake have remained untouched for years as the Echidna held it sacred, but today they will never be the same again.
A ball of pure chaotic energy erupted from the depths of Lake Nessle and ascended slowly into the sky, leaving a erratic trail of raw chaos energy below it.
The ball sparked and crackled with all the power of the Chaos Emeralds. It was at least a mile in diameter already, and it was still growing.
* * * *
The Sandopolis Zone. The battle between the Drakon forces and the Echidna Army raged on as the light of the giant ball of Chaos energy came into view. Those that could see it glanced up worriedly. They had never seen anything like this before, and as the ball of energy grew some wondered if they ever would again.
There a boom, as though thunder had hit the ground, gaining the chaotic ball the attention of those that hadn't seen it already.
The Drakon looked up, scared beyond belief. It was then that they realized that the Echidna had been playing with them all along. They had been stalling all this time for this.
A stream of chaotic energy shot out of the giant glowing ball and rained down on the Drakon forces. Before they could even move, the energy stream connected.
Almost half of the what was left of the Drakon forces were destroyed with the first hit. The explosion sent up a cloud of dust and sand as the energy beam sluggishly pulled itself along the whole of the Drakon front-line. Within no time it tore through the entire Drakon invasion force, before abruptly stopping.
The Echidna turned to watch the ball of chaotic energy for a while, before turning back to what was left of the Drakon forces.
As if one person the Echidna ran at the destroyed Drakon beyond the crater that now separated them. Raising their weapons, the Echidna roared as they took down what was left of the enemy.
* * * *
The Mobius Ring sparked casually as Dr Zachary watched the Echidna advance on the destroyed Drakon Invasion Force. He couldn't believe what had just happened.
Some kind of blast had almost wiped out the Drakon in one shot. They battle had turned in the favor of the Echidna.
Zachary's Guardian Robot stepped back as he thought about getting out of here right now. Turning to the Mobius Ring the Drakon that stood there looked his square in the eye.
Just as he cleared his throat to command them to move the Mobius Ring flashed into life and something begun to step through.
Zachary's mouth closed as he saw that it was in fact the Drakon Emperor. Lucky for Zachary he still had enough sense to bow. "Emperor Den-Izen." He said. "How unexpected."
"Unexpected?" The Drakon Emperor said. "Unexpected that I would come to see the victory of the Drakon Empire over the Echidna."
Zachary stood back, and then looked behind him. "The Echidna are winning milord." He said simply.
Emperor Den-Izen stared at the battle then smiled. "Then its a good thing that I brought these." He said simply.
He turned slightly to see a platoon of Drakon Soldiers emerge from the Mobius Ring one at a time. The Emperor turned back to Dr Zachary and smiled.
* * * *
Back within the Emerald Chamber, the Echidna stared at the huge screen that floated above Giser's chair. It showed what was left of the Drakon army now destroyed and under attack. The Echidna turned to Giser in shock.
"We had no idea the power could be used in such a way." Yin said.
"Are they dead?" Pochamac asked.
"If their not, they soon shall be." Giser said. "The device, I have named the Chaos Cannon, can unleash the full force of the Chaos Emeralds. It is enough to destroy an army, as you have just witnessed."
"And such a weapon cannot be used again." Came Midnight's voice as he got up and snatched Pochamac's spear from his hands.
The old Echidna stepped backwards. "Put the weapon down, Midnight." Pochamac said. "If you strike me down, you to will be killed."
"I don't intend to kill you, Pochamac." He raised the spear in order to throw it. "But this weapon must be crippled." He said as he turned to face the Chaos Emeralds. "That is why I must do this."
In one swift action, Midnight hurled Pochamac's spear at the Chaos Emeralds. The spear, illuminated by the purple energy that flowed through Midnight, flew through the air, the dark Echidna's powers propelling it forwards.
Pochamac turned to watch, as did everyone else in the room, as the spear collided with the Master Emerald, embedding itself in it.
A surge of power erupted from the stricken Emerald as cracks formed on its shattered exterior. Before anyone could say anything the Master Emerald begun to glow bright green, and then exploded with power, shattering into pieces all over the Emerald Chamber.
A destructive wave of Chaos energy spread outwards, knocking all of the Chaos Emeralds out of the safety of the Emerald Shaft and to the ground.
The assembled Echidna looked at the cracked Chaos Emeralds lying damaged in the dirt, but then turned back to the Emerald Shaft as something begun to form in the light.
It grew, taking form, and looked out at them. Then, forcing itself out of the Emerald Shaft, it landed on the floor next to a cracked Chaos Emerald.
Chaos, the God of Destruction, looked at the Echidna in the Emerald Chamber with his glowing green eyes. If he had a mouth, he would have no doubt sneered.
"This time, you will all die!" He said.
The Sandopolis Zone. Both sides intended to fight to the last man. Both sides intended to win. Only one side could emerge victorious, however, and the wheels of justice had already been oiled.
Devil of the Fallen flew above the battle below. Echidna and Drakon were both fighting as viciously as they could, both with the intent of winning.
If it was just as simply as that then Devil would've bet on the Echidna winning this battle. But since when is anything as simple as that.
Devil dodged out of the way as a Dragon soured past him, spewing fire as it went. Another Dragon swooped upwards and snapped its jaw, just missing Devil by a fraction.
The Drakon had brought with them the ancient Dragon's of Mobius with them from the Special Zone. The Dragon's, who had been driven from Mobius centuries before by the Echidna, had allied with the Drakon to share their one simple goal. The utter annihilation of the Echidna Empire.
Devil went into a dive back down towards the battle below, weaving inbetween laser blasts and streams of fire as he went. Reaching the ground he landed running in the direction of Prince Brightstarr.
Prince Brightstarr screamed with rage as he fought an onslaught of Drakon.
A Drakon Prosecutor lunged at him with its staff, but he easily spun around the attack and smashed his fist into the back of the Drakon's head as hard as he could.
Not even turning to watch his stricken enemy fall, Brightstarr jumped forwards into another fight. Taking the Drakon's head off with a swift punch around the face, he felt something come up behind him. Then, out of the corner of his eye, there was a swift movement from behind. He spun to see a full-size Sentinel pointing its staff at him. The Drakon then charged up an energy blast and fired.
Brightstarr dodged the blast and swatted the staff out of the Drakon's hand, smashing the robotic hand to bits with the blow.
The Sentinel's eyes widened with surprise as Brightstarr jumped up and grabbed a hold of its helmet. For a split second the Sentinel's fear filled eyes met Brightstarr's burning blood-red eyes. Then the Sentinel's head was ripped from its robotic shoulders, as Brightstarr screamed in rage.
"Where's the Great Champion now, brother?" He shouted, throwing the Drakon head away. "Where's your Chaos Champion now?"
Another Drakon reached out to grab Brightstarr from behind, as he stood on the still standing robotic body. But the Prince moved out of the way and jumped backwards. As he flew through the air he grabbed the new Sentinel's helmet and twisted it around in a full circle. He then pulled the body backwards, causing it to collapse onto its back.
Two Prosecutor's raised their staffs to fire, but were way to slow. Brightstarr moved forwards and grabbed one of the two Prosecutor's. He then swung the Drakon around in a tight circle, and rammed him, face first, into the ground.
The other Prosecutor swung a punch at Brightstarr's head, but he ducked it and upper cut the Drakon hard in the midsection. The Prosecutor electrified his staff and swung it at the Prince, who dodged and weaved out of the way of the attacks. He then jumped in the air and kicked the Drakon around its head.
The Prosecutor staggered back, but then swung back forward trying to bring his fist down on Brightstarr. The Prince dropped to his knees and pulled away the Drakon's legs, causing him to fall backwards. Brightstarr jumped forwards, raising his fist into the air. As he landed on the Prosecutor he punched him square in the chest, driving his hand right through.
"You were all sent to kill us?" Brightstarr laughed, pulling his hand free. "What a joke."
There was a movement behind him. He turned, fist raised, and swung with enough force to topple a mountain. The creature behind him raised its hand and stopped the punch as easily as a shield would stop the blade of a sword.
"Strong punch you've got there." Devil of the Fallen said calmly. "Shame it was wasted on me."
"Devil." Brightstarr said, pulling his fist back. "I had no idea it was you."
"Clearly." Devil said, looking beyond Brightstarr at the dead and dying Drakon. "Look, I will make this short. You must make sure that you and the Echidna do not push forward any further."
"But we have the Drakon where we want them. We can win this." Brightstarr said, watching a Drakon as it flew though the air.
"That is true, but Giser has something planned." Devil smiled. "Trust me, you'll know it when you see it."
An electrical blast flew towards the two of the them. Devil raised a hand and a force field was erected above them.
"I'm going to meet Giser now, so spread the word around amongst the others." Devil said, taking flight as the shield vanished.
"Will you be all right?" Brightstarr asked, as Devil ascended into the air.
Devil gave the Prince a smile he wouldn't forget in a while. "Have you forgotten who you are talking to?" He said. "I am Devil of the Fallen. I will be far from all right. Now I must go."
With that Devil flew off into the sky, followed by some Dragon's that no doubt preferred a airborne target.
Brightstarr watched Devil, and then smiled as he turned his attention back to the battle that was going on around.
"Echidna scum." A voice said. Brightstarr turned to see some more Sentinel's. "You will die for those you have slaughtered here today." The lead Drakon said.
Brightstarr grinned evilly and, not saying a word, launched himself at the Drakon.
* * * *
Angel Island, the home of the Echidna, was once one of two Floating Islands, created by the now lost race of the Cherub who lived on one of the Islands. As a present to the Echidna Empire, the Cherub gave Angel Island to the Echidna, while they remained on the bigger Paradise Island.
Both Islands once floated above the clouds away from all threats, held there by a power source generated by the Cherub.
Almost a year ago the Cherub where wiped from the face of the planet by the Tantaragor, and with them went everything that they helped to create. Including there power.
Both Islands have never flown since, as no power source has been found that could replicate the power of the Cherub. Though Devil, the last of the Cherub, has never allowed anyone back into Paradise Island, the Echidna have had access to their own islands inner tunnels since the Cherub departed.
Amongst all the places the Zoom Tubes underneath the islands went to, there was one room that the Echidna were frequently drawn to. It was called the Hidden Palace by the Cherub, but now it had acquired a new name. As of this day, it would be called the Emerald Chamber.
Pochamac stood in front of what Giser had named the Emerald Shaft. In it the Chaos Emeralds, as well as the Master Emerald, floated in the cool air.
Giser had discovered that after the explosion that created the second Chaos creature, the Emeralds where now unstable. He said that if they grew unstable again they'd probably warp to the Special Zone or something. The only way to keep them from warping was to keep them cool, and that is what the Emerald Shaft did.
Pochamac turned to Giser, who was fiddling with a computer terminal. "You created this, Giser?"
"Yes, Milord." Giser said, typing something into the computer terminal. There was a large amount of noise as a chair begun to lower itself down from the ceiling.
"Amazing." Pochamac said, looking down into the Emerald Shaft.
Knuckles came over to his grandfather, staring up at the Chaos Emeralds. "The Drakon will never find us here, will they?"
"No they won't." Pochamac said. "Not unless they were lead here."
"Zachary never knew of this place." Knuckles said, reassuringly. "So neither will the Drakon."
Braven walked over to the Emerald Shaft with Yin. "Why are we here?" He asked.
"Because from here we will witness the destruction of the Drakon Empire." Giser said, tapping some buttons on the chairs armrest. Another computer terminal begun to lower down from the ceiling, arranging itself in front of the chair that had previously done the same. "They will never know what hit them."
"Neither will you." Came a voice from behind Giser.
Before he could turn he was punched around the back of the head. He feel to his knees as a foot launched itself into his side. Giser rolled along the floor before coming to a halt.
Everyone turned to see Midnight the Echidna.
"Midnight!" Pochamac said through his teeth.
"This is Midnight?" Knuckles said, turning to face the black furred Echidna.
Braven and Yin drew their weapons, ready to take him down.
Midnight smiled. "Call off your dogs, Pochamac, before I hurt them to."
Braven and Yin launched themselves at Midnight in a blink of an eye. They where almost upon him as he raised a hand to them. They froze where they were, before being flung backwards into the Emerald Chambers wall.
Pochamac turned to see his bodyguards fall to the ground. Knuckles moved to see to them. "You have grown powerful, Midnight." Pochamac said, turning back to face him. "I don't quite understand the new evil I sense in you."
"Don't try to either, Pochamac. Its beyond your understanding." Midnight stared at Pochamac for a while, then smiled. "But, since you are curious, I will tell you it was a gift from the finest Drakon scientists."
"So they use you as a test subject as well as a slave, do they?" Pochamac snapped.
"I am no ones slave, you old fool!" Midnight spat angrily. "Not anymore. Not ever again."
Pochamac smiled to himself. "Tell me, Midnight. When did you become so reckless?"
Before Midnight could respond the ground behind him exploded upwards as Knuckles leaped out and wrapped an arm around Midnight's neck, getting him in a chock hold. Anger filling his face, it was soon replaced by agonizing pain, as a fist was rammed into his back.
Midnight cried out in pain, as Knuckles pulled his hand back for another blow, which he delivered.
"Fancy that." Knuckles said into Midnight's ear. "Little old me found a way to sneak up on you." He then through Midnight to the floor.
Pochamac came over and stood over him, pointing his spear at him. "You are beaten, Midnight." He said.
Midnight didn't respond. Instead he rolled about on the floor in agony.
Pochamac turned to look as Braven got up and saw to Yin. He also noticed Giser stir. "Knuckles. See to Giser." He said.
Knuckles walked over to Giser, and helped him up. "Can you still do what ever it was that your were going to do, Giser?"
"Y- yes. Yes I can. Take me to the chair, my Prince." Giser said.
Knuckles did so, setting him in the seat. Giser reached up and begun typing something in. Almost instantly there was a hum from the Chaos Emeralds as there power begun to channel from them into the Emerald Chambers systems.
A screen appeared above Giser, and on it writing begun to scroll. Pressing something, he begun to smile. "Hold onto your butts." He said. "Here goes nothing." He then pressed a final button, and sat back.
* * * *
There was great lake on Angel Island, called Lake Nessle, which was surrounded by some of the tallest mountains on the island. Located south of Megopolis City, it has always been a place of tranquillity and peace.
The waters of the lake have remained untouched for years as the Echidna held it sacred, but today they will never be the same again.
A ball of pure chaotic energy erupted from the depths of Lake Nessle and ascended slowly into the sky, leaving a erratic trail of raw chaos energy below it.
The ball sparked and crackled with all the power of the Chaos Emeralds. It was at least a mile in diameter already, and it was still growing.
* * * *
The Sandopolis Zone. The battle between the Drakon forces and the Echidna Army raged on as the light of the giant ball of Chaos energy came into view. Those that could see it glanced up worriedly. They had never seen anything like this before, and as the ball of energy grew some wondered if they ever would again.
There a boom, as though thunder had hit the ground, gaining the chaotic ball the attention of those that hadn't seen it already.
The Drakon looked up, scared beyond belief. It was then that they realized that the Echidna had been playing with them all along. They had been stalling all this time for this.
A stream of chaotic energy shot out of the giant glowing ball and rained down on the Drakon forces. Before they could even move, the energy stream connected.
Almost half of the what was left of the Drakon forces were destroyed with the first hit. The explosion sent up a cloud of dust and sand as the energy beam sluggishly pulled itself along the whole of the Drakon front-line. Within no time it tore through the entire Drakon invasion force, before abruptly stopping.
The Echidna turned to watch the ball of chaotic energy for a while, before turning back to what was left of the Drakon forces.
As if one person the Echidna ran at the destroyed Drakon beyond the crater that now separated them. Raising their weapons, the Echidna roared as they took down what was left of the enemy.
* * * *
The Mobius Ring sparked casually as Dr Zachary watched the Echidna advance on the destroyed Drakon Invasion Force. He couldn't believe what had just happened.
Some kind of blast had almost wiped out the Drakon in one shot. They battle had turned in the favor of the Echidna.
Zachary's Guardian Robot stepped back as he thought about getting out of here right now. Turning to the Mobius Ring the Drakon that stood there looked his square in the eye.
Just as he cleared his throat to command them to move the Mobius Ring flashed into life and something begun to step through.
Zachary's mouth closed as he saw that it was in fact the Drakon Emperor. Lucky for Zachary he still had enough sense to bow. "Emperor Den-Izen." He said. "How unexpected."
"Unexpected?" The Drakon Emperor said. "Unexpected that I would come to see the victory of the Drakon Empire over the Echidna."
Zachary stood back, and then looked behind him. "The Echidna are winning milord." He said simply.
Emperor Den-Izen stared at the battle then smiled. "Then its a good thing that I brought these." He said simply.
He turned slightly to see a platoon of Drakon Soldiers emerge from the Mobius Ring one at a time. The Emperor turned back to Dr Zachary and smiled.
* * * *
Back within the Emerald Chamber, the Echidna stared at the huge screen that floated above Giser's chair. It showed what was left of the Drakon army now destroyed and under attack. The Echidna turned to Giser in shock.
"We had no idea the power could be used in such a way." Yin said.
"Are they dead?" Pochamac asked.
"If their not, they soon shall be." Giser said. "The device, I have named the Chaos Cannon, can unleash the full force of the Chaos Emeralds. It is enough to destroy an army, as you have just witnessed."
"And such a weapon cannot be used again." Came Midnight's voice as he got up and snatched Pochamac's spear from his hands.
The old Echidna stepped backwards. "Put the weapon down, Midnight." Pochamac said. "If you strike me down, you to will be killed."
"I don't intend to kill you, Pochamac." He raised the spear in order to throw it. "But this weapon must be crippled." He said as he turned to face the Chaos Emeralds. "That is why I must do this."
In one swift action, Midnight hurled Pochamac's spear at the Chaos Emeralds. The spear, illuminated by the purple energy that flowed through Midnight, flew through the air, the dark Echidna's powers propelling it forwards.
Pochamac turned to watch, as did everyone else in the room, as the spear collided with the Master Emerald, embedding itself in it.
A surge of power erupted from the stricken Emerald as cracks formed on its shattered exterior. Before anyone could say anything the Master Emerald begun to glow bright green, and then exploded with power, shattering into pieces all over the Emerald Chamber.
A destructive wave of Chaos energy spread outwards, knocking all of the Chaos Emeralds out of the safety of the Emerald Shaft and to the ground.
The assembled Echidna looked at the cracked Chaos Emeralds lying damaged in the dirt, but then turned back to the Emerald Shaft as something begun to form in the light.
It grew, taking form, and looked out at them. Then, forcing itself out of the Emerald Shaft, it landed on the floor next to a cracked Chaos Emerald.
Chaos, the God of Destruction, looked at the Echidna in the Emerald Chamber with his glowing green eyes. If he had a mouth, he would have no doubt sneered.
"This time, you will all die!" He said.