Chaos Control
Chapter 11
Chaos was being infused with the power of all seven emeralds. That tremendous amount of chaos energy empowered him and he began to glow a golden light as the emeralds work their power into him. Meanwhile, Sonic managed to recover from the blow that rendered him unconscious. When he opened his eyes, he realized that Chaos was using Chaos Control with the emeralds. Sonic leaped onto his feet in anticipation but he knew there was nothing he could do. Now that Chaos was using the seven emeralds, the world is doomed.
The Chaos Control was complete and the emeralds fell unceremoniously to the ground around Chaos but Chaos himself still glowed brightly like a sun. Although he absorbed the power of the emeralds, he still needed time to control that power and transform. This gave Sonic the opportunity to collect the emeralds as they laid on the ground around Chaos. Sonic gathered the emeralds like apples and held them in his hands. The emeralds were very warm in Sonic's hands since they had recently been used. Once Sonic had collected the emeralds, he noticed an ugly orange back pack that laid discarded in the corner.
"That should help me carry these emeralds." said Sonic. He picked up the back pack and placed all seven of the Chaos Emeralds inside. Before leaving, he turned his gaze towards Chaos and noticed that Chaos was increasing in size. Knowing what this meant, Sonic signed sadly before leaving the room in a blue blur.
Meanwhile, Professor Utonium and Professor Thorndyke steered the X Helicopter close to the fortress as the others waited anxiously for any sign of Sonic. The Professor had recently injected the girls with Chemical X, thus restoring their powers. With their powers restored, they each hovered outside of the helicopter, watching for any sign of Sonic. Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, and Cheese also looked out the window, worrying about Sonic.
"What's taking Sonic so long?" asked Amy out of concern.
"I hope he's all right." said Cream.
"Chow chow." said Cream in response. Meanwhile, the girls were also getting worried.
"That's it, I'm going after him." said Buttercup. She was about to charge into the fortress when she suddenly saw something blue crash through the roof of the fortress.
"It's Sonic." said Bubbles with joy but the girls' expressions of joy quickly changed when they realized that the X Helicopter was way too high in the air for Sonic to be able to reach them. The girls quickly flew down to Sonic's aid and as Sonic began to fall to the ground, the girls grabbed him by the arms and suspended him into the air.
"Are you all right?" asked Bubbles.
"Yes, I'm fine." said Sonic. The girls said nothing else as they flew Sonic back to the X Helicopter.
The cargo bay door was left wide open, allowing the girls to carry Sonic inside where he was greeted with a hug from Amy.
"Thank goodness you're alright." said Amy over dramatically.
"No time to talk." said Sonic. "We got to get out of here."
"Why?" asked Tails. "Don't you have the Chaos Emeralds?"
"I do but Chaos got to them first and had just used Chaos Control." said Sonic.
"You mean he's transforming into his super form?" asked Knuckles. Sonic nodded his head.
"We better get out of here quick." said Sonic. Suddenly, everyone's attention was towards the fortress as it began to glow a golden light.
"Quick, Professor, we gotta get out of here." said Blossom in alarm. The Professor steered the X Helicopter away from the fortress and then immediately drove the helicopter forwards. What they didn't notice as they were flying away was that at the same time, Eggman was flying away from the fortress in the opposite direction in the same same bowl shaped flying device, making his own escape.
As they escaped, the light grew brighter until it exploded from the tower-like fortress, causing the building to scatter everywhere. The light faded away and in its place was a pillar of water that engulfed the island and destroyed it within seconds. The pillar grew taller and taller, growing towards the heavens like Jack's bean stock. The pillar of water also expended in diameter, rapidly growing in diameter as fast as it was growing tall. Although Sonic and the others could not see well through the windows of the X Helicopter, they could still watch in horror as Chaos grew larger and his huge body continued to chase after the X Helicopter as he grew.
"Is that Chaos?" asked Tails.
"Yes, he's transforming into his ultimate form." said Sonic glumly. The girls watched helplessly as the mass of water continued to expand. The Professor placed as much effort into out running the grow mass of water as best he could. The helicopter was pushed to its limits but the mass of water was still catching up to them. Just when it looked like Chaos's growing mass was going to engulf them, Chaos abruptly stopped growing. The X Helicopter finally stopped and hovered in place now that Chaos's growing form had stopped growing. The Professor steered the helicopter so that the windows faced the pillar of water that was Chaos.
Even the girls felt a sense of fear as they beheld Chaos's new form. Chaos was now a pillar of water that stretched from where the island of Eggman's fortress used to be. The pillar's diameter was five miles long and it stretched into the sky so far up that the head must be protruding from the Earth's atmosphere. Everyone who could see Chaos as close as Sonic and the girls could see a roaring pillar of swirling water like a tornado made of water instead of wind. This massive structure of water did not go unnoticed by Station Square. People all over Station Square were stepping outside and staring at the pillar but since Chaos, from that far away, seemed so small to them, they couldn't grasp the shear awe and wonder of the sight of Chaos. None the less, they were concerned.
Knuckles looked up at Chaos glumly.
"I guess we've failed." said Knuckles. "We're doomed."
"What do you mean?" asked Cream. "We can still stop him, can't we?"
"I'm afraid not." said Knuckles. "Now that he is in his ultimate form, he will have the power to destroy the Earth."
"We can't just give up." protested Buttercup. "We got to try."
"We would be killed within seconds before we could do anything beneficial." said Sonic. "You remember what it feels like to enhance your powers with Chaos Control. You remember how powerful you felt. That power is real and you had only felt it from just one emerald. Imagine what you could do if you had seven." The girls fell silent as they realized that Sonic was right. Right when they first used Chaos Control, they fully knew the potentials that chaos energy has. It's like a true god-like power and if using one emerald really could grant that much, then seven would make you invisible.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Knuckles is right, we've failed." said Sonic. There was a tense silence in the room as the realization sunk in. Tears began to well up in Amy and Cream's eyes out of sadness and Tails was holding back tears of his own. Bubbles openly cried, breaking the silence with her sobs. Tears were also beginning to well up in Blossom's eyes. She didn't want anyone to see them so she turned around so no one could see her face. Once she turned around, she saw the back pack that Sonic had put the Chaos Emeralds in and one of the emeralds protruded from out of an open compartment on the bag. As Blossom looked at the Chaos Emeralds, an idea occurred to her. She spun around and said, "Wait a minute, if Chaos could conjure that much energy from all seven of the emeralds at once, then perhaps Sonic, myself, and my sisters could do the same. We could use the seven Chaos Emeralds to change us into a super powerful form as well."
"That could work." said Buttercup.
"We may just be able to save Earth after all." said Bubbles with joy.
"But Tikal said what when she used all seven of the Chaos Emeralds at once, her body could not handle the power and she was destroyed." pointed out Knuckles.
"But she was not gifted with the power of Chaos Control like we are." said Blossom. "Our bodies might just be able to handle the chaos energy."
"Even so, there is still a small chance this will work." said Tails.
"A small chance is better than no chance." said Sonic. "I'm in."
"Me too." said Buttercup.
"Me three." said Bubbles.
"Then lets do it." said Blossom.
They hastily placed the seven Chaos Emeralds around Sonic and the girls. Once the emeralds were in place, everyone backed away from the emeralds, not sure what will happen.
"You ready, girls?" asked Sonic.
"Ready." chorused the girls. The four of them closed their eyes and raised their clenched fists near their faces. They silently concentrated as they began to channel the energy of the Chaos Emeralds into them. As they did, the Chaos Emeralds glowed brightly as they levitated off the ground and began to spin around them like planets around a sun, glowing brightly as they did. Just like with Chaos, the emeralds began to pick up speed as Sonic and the girls began to draw power from them. They began to glow a bright golden glow that began to become increasingly more brighter as time went by. Soon, they were glowing so brightly that the others couldn't look at them. Eventually, the Chaos Emeralds stopped glowing as they began to lower back to the ground. The light went out and when the others were capable of seeing again, they gasped. Sonic and the PPG have undergone a startling transformation. The blue coloration of Sonic's body was now a golden color as if he was made out of gold. As for the girls, their dresses had changed from their usual trademark color to the same golden color but their eye colorations were the same. Their hair also changed to a golden color. Bubbles's blond hair looked little different but it was noticeably golden. They opened their eyes as they realized they had undergone this transformation. They examined themselves in awe at there new appearance, just as amazed as their friends. But what was truly different was how they felt inside. They felt more confident and powerful, almost like a god-like presence they never thought was possible. None of them ever thought that the feeling of Chaos Control with one emerald could ever be topped but now that they carried the power of seven emeralds, they felt like gods. They were in some form of "super form" and they knew they had the power to fight Chaos.
"Open the cargo bay door." ordered Sonic. The Professor, at the controls, pressed a button on the counsel and the cargo bay door opened up. With a way out available, they flew out into the open, including Sonic. They flew out of the X Helicopter and up along the pillar of water, all four of them were leaving a golden trail of light as they flew.
As they had originally suspected, Chaos had grown extraordinarily tall from the Chaos Control. Infact, the mass of water that made up Chaos's body reached into the Earth's atmosphere and beyond. They noticed that as they flew up, the pillar began to taper towards one end, growing thinner and thinner like a cone. As they flew closer into the Earth's atmosphere, Sonic and the girls were protected by the airless environment with the chaos energy that flowed through their body. Once they had left the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, they were finally capable of seeing Chaos's head. The head sat on top of the pillar of water (which had shrunken to about 50 feet in diameter) and the head itself was changed. Chaos's head now resembled an alligator head with rows of long sharp teeth, a long snout, piercing yellow cat like eyes, and all of it was made entirely out of water. Chaos roared in response to the arrival of Sonic and the girls.
"He looks tough." said Buttercup.
"We can take him." said Sonic.
"Yeah, we can do it." said Blossom. "Everyone, we'll meet him head on. Charge!" They flew towards Chaos, leaving behind golden streaks of light. Upon noticing the girls approaching, two tentacles (made of water) stretched out from Chaos's body. From the tentacles, tornados made of water shot from them. The tornados were huge and they headed strait for Sonic and the girls.
"Basic maneuvers." commanded Blossom. With incredible speed, they dodged the miniature tornados as Chaos continued to conjure them from his tentacles. Bubbles wasn't so lucky when one of them struck her head on and Bubbles was spun around in the water. She tried to call out but her voice was muffled by the water. Luckily, Sonic noticed that Bubbles was in danger and he flew to her rescue. With his keene eyes, he targeted Bubbles and then flew through the tornado and grabbed Bubbles as Sonic exited the tornado. He held Bubbles in his arms as he flew out of the tornado then let her go. The other girls flew up to Bubbles out of concern.
"Bubbles, are you all right?" asked Blossom.
"Yes, I'm fine." said Bubbles. "Thanks of saving me, Sonic."
"No problem." said Sonic. "Now lets get back to Chaos." They continued their course towards Chaos, once again dodging the water tornados.
They continuously dodged the tornados that were conjured by Chaos. Once they were close, Chaos stopped the tornados and instead, produced ten extra tentacles for combat.
"Everyone, eye beams." said Blossom. All three of the girls (and Sonic) fired golden beams of light from their eyes and the beams struck Chaos in the face but the beams simply passed through Chaos as if they were nothing. Chaos then thrashed at them with his tentacles like they were flies. They were all knocked out of position by the blows but they were unharmed.
"Okay girls, Plan Bedda 51." said Blossom. The three girls flew around Chaos with the attempt to orbit in circles around Chaos and gradually close the circle before moving in for the kill. But with all of Chaos's tentacles in the way, they could not spin around Chaos in a strait path and the plan was quickly failing. Chaos began to produce more tentacles, overwhelming the girls with sheer numbers. Sonic tried to push the tentacles out of the way but his blows either pasted through the tentacles or had no effect on them. Chaos then conjured another tornado and this time, Buttercup ended up caught in it. Fortunately she was capable of pulling herself free from the tornado and into battle.
The fight continued to rage on for about five minutes and the fight was not moving into the girls' favor. Despite their enhancement from Chaos Control, their attacks did not affect Chaos. Eventually, Sonic attempted to strike at Chaos's body itself. Using his incredible speed and agility, Sonic evaded the forest of water tentacles and then used his homing attack to strike Chaos but Sonic ended up trapped inside the swirling mass of water within Chaos. Like being in a whirlpool, Sonic was carried off by the current and he couldn't resist it. He tried to free himself from the water but he couldn't. Luckily, the Chaos Control made it so he wouldn't need to breath so the water didn't suffocate him. In an attempt to regain control, Sonic curled himself into a ball and began spinning. Amazingly, the spinning idea worked and Sonic was capable of stabilizing himself as he was carried along with the force of the current. He directed himself to move towards Chaos's head and as he got closer to the head, he saw what looked to be Chaos's brain right next to the forehead. Oddly enough, the brain did not change in size despite Chaos's new found power. Sonic decided to head towards the brain and he directed himself towards that target as he spun around with the current as if he was traveling up spiral stairs. He managed to direct himself towards the brain and he hit it head on. When Sonic hit the brain, he was immediately discharged from the forehead in a huge spray of water. Chaos roared in pain as Sonic made his exit. The girls regrouped around Sonic so they could talk to him.
"How did you do that?" asked Blossom.
"I just simply directed myself through Chaos and struck him on that brain of his." said Sonic. "I appears to be his only vulnerable spot."
"I think you may have found a weakness." said Blossom. "Do you think you can do that again?"
"Maybe, but I might not be able to get past those tentacles a second time now that Chaos knows what we're trying to do." said Sonic.
"But since our strongest attacks pass through Chaos, we should be able to simply plow through those tentacles." said Blossom. "Gather around, I have an idea." They all huddled together and Blossom told them her plan.
Once the plan was presented, Sonic rolled himself into a ball and the girls grabbed onto him. They backed away from Chaos and then they charged at him at full speed. As they flew towards Chaos, they began to build up their power, combining it and giving the girls the strength to plow through the tentacles and water tornados that got in their way. Once they were close enough, they threw Sonic into Chaos and just as before, Sonic easily steered himself through the current inside Chaos and struck him once again in the brain. Chaos roared in pain once Sonic made his exit.
"It's working." said Buttercup.
"Yeah, lets keep it up." said Blossom but before they could prepare for another attack, they noticed a strange glow coming from Chaos's mouth. Realizing what it could mean, Blossom ordered, "Everyone, scatter." All four of them managed to scatter and just in time because Chaos fired a huge breath attack. It was a beam of pure chaos energy and it soured past them harmlessly. The energy glowed a bright golden color and the girls and Sonic knew that if they had been struck with that beam, they would have not survived.
"Come on, lets take him down." said Buttercup. The girls grabbed onto Sonic and they continued their attack on Chaos.
Using the same plan, they repeatedly sent Sonic into Chaos and he repeatedly struck Chaos in the brain, constantly weakening Chaos with every blow. Chaos fought back by sending out more tentacles and tornados and although it was starting to become harder for them to get close enough to Chaos, they still managed send Sonic into him. Chaos also used some of his Chaos Breath attacks but they easily saw those attacks coming and dodged them. They had already struck Chaos six times in this fashion but the situation was becoming more difficult. The chaos energy that flowed through their bodies was being spent and they would not be able to maintain their "super forms" for much longer and if they can't defeat Chaos before the Chaos Control wears off, then they will be sitting ducks to Chaos's power. They all knew that they had only two minutes left at best so they regrouped to discuss their situation.
"What are we going to do?" asked Bubbles. "We're out of time."
"There's still hope." said Sonic. "I suggest we all go inside together."
"But what if we all can't maneuver inside Chaos like you can?" asked Blossom to Sonic.
"That's a chance we'll have to take." said Sonic.
"I suppose you're right." said Blossom looking at Chaos. "Come one, girls, we have a planet to save." The four of them grabbed onto each other's hands forming a chain. They then flew towards Chaos, ready to engage the target. Chaos tried to use his tentacles to knock them out of the sky but all those strikes to his brain has impaired his judgment so he couldn't aim for them properly. At full speed, Sonic and the girls struck Chaos and they were immediately picked up by Chaos's strong current. Sonic let go of the girls and started spinning so he could maneuver through the current. Sonic easily traveled through the current and he struck Chaos's brain and came out through the forehead but it wasn't enough to destroy Chaos. The girls, however, were not doing so well. They couldn't maneuver through the water but they fought the current. The girls tried to combine their chaos powers and in doing so, it gave them extra strength. With a great burst of power and speed, the girls moved towards their target. As they approached the brain, they began to spin like a drill and they struck the brain, shattering it into pieces, before they finally came out of the forehead.
Sonic and the girls hovered overhead as they watched Chaos's massive form, that once stood tall and proud, begin to wobble and falter. Without his brain to maintain his form and control of the chaos energy, Chaos began to lose control of the chaos energy within him and with a mighty death roar, Chaos's head exploded into a shower of water. From there, the massive tower of water began to explode level by level like a building who was blowing up, starting with the top and then exploding each floor as it worked its way down. A shower of rain fell from the sky as Chaos continued to disintegrate until he was finally converted into harmless water.
Sonic's friends were in the X Helicopter and they had witnessed the destruction of Chaos and they were celebrating.
"Way to go, Sonic." cried Amy.
"I don't believe it." said Knuckles.
"You the man, Sonic." said Tails.
"And lets not forget to thank the Powerpuff Girls." said Cream.
"Yeah, thanks, girls." said Chris. Meanwhile, the PPG and Sonic still hovered outside of the Earth's atmosphere, celebrating their victory as well. They were cheering and dancing with joy when suddenly, Bubbles said, "Hold on, we got to get back into the Earth's atmosphere before the Chaos Control wears off." Realizing that Bubbles was right, they immediately flew towards the Earth, traveling as fast as they could. They traveled past the atmosphere and into the clouds until they could see X Helicopter in the distance.
"We're almost there." said Bubbles. Suddenly, the Chaos Control wore off and they reverted back to their original coloration. Now that Sonic didn't have the chaos energy to enable him to fly, Sonic immediately began to fall to Earth but the girls easily caught him.
"That was a close one." said Sonic.
"Yeah, lets get back to the X Helicopter and celebrate." said Buttercup.
"No arguments here." said Sonic. The girls carried Sonic to the X Helicopter, leaving behind their usual color coordinated streaks of light. They got onto the X Helicopter, greeted with cheers and hugs, as the X Helicopter was steered back to Townsville.
The X Helicopter landed just on the outskirts of Townsville. The cargo bay doors opened in back, allowing the girls to push the cage that contained Mojo out of it. Accompanying them was Sonic and his friends came out of the helicopter to say their "good-byes."
"I guess this is 'good-bye' then." said Bubbles. "It was nice knowing you guys."
"It was nice knowing you, too." said Chris.
"Feel free to visit any time." said Amy.
"We would be looking forward to it." said Cream.
"I also wouldn't mind if you came over too, Professor Utonium." said Professor Thorndyke. "I would certainly like to hear more about your inventions."
"I think I can manage that." said Professor Utonium. "I would also like to see your inventions, Tails."
"Sure, I'm sure there is a few things I could show you." said Tails.
"As much as I hate to admit it, we probably wouldn't have made it if you three hadn't had helped." said Knuckles to the Powerpuff Girls. "So thank you."
"You're welcome." said Buttercup.
"So Sonic, what are you going to do with those emeralds?" asked Blossom. Sonic was wearing the orange back pack which now held the seven Chaos Emeralds. Sonic shouldered the emeralds and said, "Now that we have all seven of the Chaos Emeralds, we can now search for a way to use them in order to go back to our dimension."
"I wish you the best of luck in your search." said Blossom. Blossom and Sonic shook hands. They all said their "good-byes" and Sonic and his friends got back onto the X Helicopter. The girls and the Professor waved "good-bye" as the X Helicopter lifted off the ground and flew back to Station Square. Mojo sat in his cage with his arms crossed and an angry look on his face.
"Well Mojo, are you ready to go back to jail?" said Buttercup tauntingly. Mojo just growled in response.
Meanwhile, Eggman was in the forests near Station Square, overlooking the city from a high cliff.
"Once again, I have lost to Sonic and now I have also lost to a trio of little girls." said Eggman irritated. "No matter, I'll just start all over again by building a new fortress. One that would be powerful enough to fight both Sonic and the Powerpuff Girls. I will begin construction immediately." Eggman laughed maniacally at his evil brilliance. Although the world is not safe from Eggman or Mojo, at least it is now safe from Chaos and thanks to four unlikely heroes and their allies, the world is now safe from the destructive capabilities of Chaos.
The End