Chapter 7: The Final Battle! Struggle To Live On.
At Eggman's headquarters, Eggman is seen inventing some things. He is drilling deep into the earth. "Ah! Finally! The earth's core is within my grasp! Go now, Egg Magnet C! It's time to fulfill your purpose!" Eggman types into a computer and a device is planet at the core of the earth. "There, now I shall fill the tunnel and I will launce Egg Magnet S, and attach it to the sun." Eggman continues working on the magnet's shuttle. A bit later, the magnet is loaded onto it, and the shuttle is launched. After a while, the magnet is safely attached to the sun's surface.
(Author's Note: The magnets were made in a special way, so the sun and earth's core cannot destroy them)
After both magnets are in place, Eggman goes back into his headquarters, the proceeds to a special room. There is a robot inside. Ah, E-300 will be perfect for this mission, as soon as I finish assembling him. He will control the magnets and the earth's orbit around the sun for me. He will lead my wave of destruction with his weapon systems, and I will RULE the planet! And, with Dark keeping Sonic busy, there is nothing anyone can do to stop me!" Just then, an alarm goes off. Eggman begin to walk down the corridors of his headquarters. He goes to the main entrance and looks at his security camera's monitor. It's Dark. "Eggman, are you there?! I've decided I'll need your help after all." Eggman opens his door to Dark. "What is it you need?" "I need a fortress in the sky."
"A flying fortress? Whatever for?" "I have been over estimating Sonic and his friends too much. They are getting to close. I need to find a way to keep them from interfering and to make sure I can finish Sonic off alone." Eggman thinks and begins walking down the hall. Dark follows. "Well, I suppose I could make you such a fortress." "Good, I have the prefect ideas. You will need to use your strongest metals and materials. This fortress needs to have a 20 hull layer outer protection, making it virtually impenetrable from an attack by the military of any of Sonic's friends. The inside will also have rails, bridges, slides, and fake ports. You will give me the floor plan, of course, so that I can have the advantage." "This sounds great, but how to do you plan to anyone from following Sonic into it, and what if he brings a power ring or chaos emerald?" "I have a plan for that too. How good are you at nanotechnology?" "Very good, why do you ask?" "Because it will fit firmly into my plans." Eggman and Dark walk into Eggman's lab where they begin designing and inventing.
There are scenes of Eggman analyzing parts of Dark's robotic arm, scenes of Dark working on microscopic stuff, scenes of the both of them working of the shuttle in question. Meanwhile, at the President's office, the President seems worried. "Well, Dark may have gotten away, but Eggman seems to have planet powerful magnets on the sun and in the center of the earth. These magnets could affect the earth's orbit and position around the sun. Eggman could freeze the world over or turn it into a barren land of heat. However, the signals seem to be transmitted through a robot Eggman invented. If we can destroy it, we still have a chance of living. There is reason to believe that Dark, the assassin, is working for Eggman, but we have no proof. Topaz and Rouge, I am counting on you and my best forces to infiltrate Eggman's base and shut down his operations at all costs! Can I count on you?" "Yes sir! We won't fail you!" they both say in unison. So, off they go, in an attempt to foil Eggman's plans.
Once there; Rouge, Topaz, and all the others look around for a way in. Rouge first spots the door that was left open. "Hmmm? Why did he leave his door open? Has he lost it? Everyone, over here!!" Everyone goes to where Rouge is. They all begin to infiltrate the compound in their usual style. Eventually, they decide to split up. Rouge is the first to find Eggman's robot. She walks up to it. "E-300? Hmm….. I could destroy him now and no one would stop me." Rouge hears something in another room across the way. She goes to listen in on the conversation. She learns how Eggman hired Dark, and how the mission would be cancelled if anything happened to Eggman. Rouge suddenly gets an idea, one that would both shut Eggman down and make Dark stop trying to kill Sonic all at once. She goes back to the robot and begins working on its mechanical brain, installing new parts. Once finished, she closes the robot up and leaves. She pulls out a radio communicator and speaks into it. "I found the robot, but I have a plan. Our mission is complete here. Lets leave and I'll explain on the way home." She makes her way to the exit.
Meanwhile, Eggman and Dark are in a special underground hanger. They just finished making this HUGE fortress/aircraft. "Well, the Egg Sky Battle Fortress is complete. Good work Dark. I expect you to put it to good use." "You know I will. Now I have to set up the rest of the plan." Dark runs off. Meanwhile, Chris and everyone else are back at home, watching the news. "The police aren't having any luck tracking down the assassin." Dark appears outside of the house again. He switches the blue filter chip in his gun for an orange one. There is a sudden noise of glass breaking from inside the house. Everyone turns to see Dark has came through the window. "It's the assassin!" yells Chris. "Let's get him!" yells Amy. Everyone rushes to attack him. Dark merely jumps over to dodge and blasts everyone once with his laser gun arm. However, instead of its usual blue color, the laser is orange this time. Once everyone is shot and down, he throws away the filter in his gun then leaves a note stuck to an arrow that he put on the door. He runs off once again.
Sometime later, Sonic is getting back from the hospital. "Good thing they said Knuckles would be just fine and there was no permenate damage. Sonic makes his way to the Thorndyke residence and enters. He goes into the main room only to see what has happened. "Oh no!" Sonic is about to tend to them all when they all begin to recover. Sonic looks around in confusion then sees the note left for him. He takes it and reads it. The note says:
Dear Sonic,
I have injected your friends with millions of micro-probes. I have a remote control that controls the probes. With a push of a button, I could have the probes break down the cellular structure of your friends, slowly killing them. If you wish to save them, come to forest clearing as indicated in the map I have included with this note. Come alone without any weapons, rings, or emeralds. Do this, and I will release your friends from my control, don't and they die. This is to be our last battle.
-Dark
Sonic looks at the attached map to see where he is to go. Once he has got it memorized, Sonic tosses the note down, and runs off. "Sonic?" says a confused Amy. Tails takes the note and begins reading what it has to say. Meanwhile, Sonic has run to a clearing in a far off forest. Dark is waiting. Suddenly, the ground behind Dark begins to open up. Out of the ground emerges the LARGE fortress he and Eggman have built. Sonic is impressed. Dark steps in once it opens up. "Enter." Doing as told, Sonic enters. "Well?" The door closes. "As agreed….." Dark presses a button on his remote, freeing his friends from his control. At the same time, the fortress raises HIGH into the sky. "This is where we will have our final battle. I'd run if I were you." Sonic smirks. "That's what I do best!" He runs off.
Back at the Thorndyke residence….. "No! I refuse to let Sonic do this alone!" yells Amy. "Then let's go help him!" says Chris! "Yeah, we'll take the X Tornado!" says Tails. They all begin to run off when the door is punched open. It's Knuckles. He looks at the surprised comrades. "If you are going to help Sonic, I am going to help also!" And so, they launch the X Tornado. Tails is piloting with Chris behind him. Amy, Cream, and Cheese take the other two seats. Knuckles stands on the outside of the X Tornado. Meanwhile, Eggman is in his headquarters and is sitting down to a special, large monitor. "This event is too big to miss! I will watch it THEN begin to conquer earth!" He turns the monitor on. Inside the fortress, Dark and Sonic are running all over the place. They are having high speed combat with one another. Dark is using his gun and sword, but Sonic just seems too fast for it. "Get ready for the Sonic Wind!" Dark is suddenly sucked into a weird vacuum that knocks him off guard.
(Author's Note: The move Sonic used is from Sonic Adventure 2)
Outside, the X Tornado has arrived. "Fire!" Tails opens fire on the fortress with the X Tornado's cannons. Knuckles glides off the X Tornado and gets a good grip on the walls of the fortress with his knuckles. Upon close up, it is clear he is using his shovel claws. He begins to dig furiously. Amy also ejects from the jet. She lands on top of the fortress with her Piko Piko Hammer ready. She gets that angry look in her eye as she charges. "Let my Sonic go!!!" She knocks down a satellite dish with her hammer by swinging at it sideways, and then she hits the surface by swinging the hammer straight down. Everyone REALLY wants to gain entry. Inside, Dark and Sonic are battling hard; running towards each other through trenches and bridges, fighting midway on rails, leaping off walls, and hitting each other with spin dash attacks. Dark tries to use his sword many times, a lot fail. Dark manages to get in close and does BILLIONS of fast slashes. He manages to cut Sonic up a bit and make a star shaped scar on Sonic's chest. At one point, Dark tries to use the same finishing move that he used on Espio. In slow motion, we can see him leaping at Sonic like a bird and attempting a powerful punch. Sonic is too fast to be topped by an attack he can perform at the same speed. So, in the distance, the room is not filled with one grey blur, but a mix of grey and blue blurs, with double the strike noises.
They land a good distance away from each other, both kneeling, back sides facing each other. Dark is on a bridge and Sonic is below it. Sonic sees what looks like an escape port and runs toward it. "I'm bustin' out!" Dark gives chase on the bridge, blasting at Sonic over and over with his gun arm. "You cannot get away! I'll eventually get you! And, don't think I will run out of ammo, either!" Indeed, Dark will not run out of ammo. At one point, he replaces the current filter chip with another from the belt on his waist. His belt seems to be holding many replacements. Sonic finally makes it to the port and jumps in, but it just launches him out towards the far back wall, much like a spring in an actually Sonic game level. Sonic refuses to be a victim. Sonic makes contact with the wall feet first. He launches himself at Dark and Dark leaps at Sonic. POW!! They make contact. There is a barrage of action between them. Soon, they land on a different bridge. They face each other down. Dark's coat is ripped. They are both beaten, battered, and bruised. They are both out of out of breath. Dark looks REALLY pissed. They have busted up the place so bad that some stuff is exploding around them.
A monitor turns on far behind Dark. It's Eggman. "What are doing? Finish him off!" They turn to the monitor. "Well? I don't pay you to just stand around! Kill him now!" "Not so fast, Eggman!" Eggman is cut off by a robotic voice. Back at the room he is in, he turns to see who said that. "What?! E-300?! I don't remember putting a learning program or a conscience simulator or anything like that in you." "But….. you did! And I cannot idly sit back and watch as you oppress the innocent!" The scene changes. Rouge is hooked up to what looks like virtual reality gear, but she is in the same standing position as the robot. She is controlling it from a distance. "And now, Eggman….." The scene goes back to the robot. "…..I shall take you down for good!!" Eggman and robot charge each other. The robot activates a weapon in its arm and begins to shock Eggman. There is a HUGE explosion. Meanwhile, Dark and Sonic cannot believe their eyes. The monitor then shows a swat team entering. They grab Eggman then check his pulse. One of the members turns to the monitor. "Sonic, there is no pulse. Eggman is dead."
"Dead?" Dark stares at the monitor then faces Sonic. "So, what now?" asks a confused Sonic. "Simple….." Dark puts his sword back in his holster. "Eggman is dead and there is no way of receiving payment for killing you. In light of this, there is no reason to continue this fight. You are free to go." Sonic can feel the fortress descending. There is a BIG explosion behind Dark. Dark turns around beginning to walk off. "Hey!" Sonic stops him. Sonic smiles, pulls out a coin, and flips it to himself. "Heads up!" Sonic flip-tosses the coin over to Dark. Dark turns and catches it. It's a coin dollar. Dark looks at it then back at Sonic. "I know it's not the price of a kill, but that's not what I want. Please, in all this time, I never once got your name. You could at least honor me with that." Dark thinks about this then full faces Sonic. "Alright. Usually, I would not do this, but I think you deserve as much. I have no real name, but in the underworld, I am known as….. The Dark Deliverant. I am called this because I am the deliverer of death. You should feel honored to have learned this." "Oh? Why is that?" "Because you are the second person to have learned what my name is and live, Sonic the Hedgehog." Dark turns around, Sonic smirks, and Dark walks off, disappearing into blaze and smoke of the fire behind him.
Later, the fortress has landed and open. It is noon. Sonic's friends and the authorities are gathered outside the fortress and Sonic steps out. The press begins to ask many questions, such as, "So who was that assassin who was out to get you, Sonic?" "What happened to him?" "Are you going to press charges?" Sonic only answers the last question. "Nah. There is no reason to press charges. No one was killed or too badly hurt, plus he was just a guy doing his job." Sonic smiles and runs off into the sunset in usual fashion.
Some time later, Suzette is walking through the hallway of her hospital at night; she is walking towards the doctor's office. She begins to enter, then screams, and backs away. The shadows inside the office reveal the doctor laying his head on the desk, a knife lodged in him. The nurse is horrified by this scene. "We still want more payment." Suzette recognizes this voice and turns to see the three thugs in the hallway. It is Boss, Grudge, and Stone. They killed Dr. Dickson and are still not satisfied as they approach the nurse. "You'll do just fine!" She backs up, scared, as they approach her slowly. "Hey!" Dark's voice stops them. They turn around. First, there is nothing but darkness in the hallways, then Dark appears through the shadows. He is fully clothed, leaning up against the side of the wall, and staring at them with his night vision. "Did you miss me?" "It's the freak! Get him!" They charge at him. Dark charges at well, using his super speed to disappear in a blur and reappear right in front of him. His fist is centimeters from making contact with them, when….. Cut to black. Fade into song One Step Closer by Linkin Park.
THE END
EXTRAS!
First, since music ALWAYS makes things better, here is a Soundtrack I have made to go with the story. It's my own collection of songs.
Linkin Park – One Step Closer
Drowning Pool – Reminded
Aya Hiroshigate – The Shinning Road
Disturbed – Voices
Drowning Pool – Told You So (Rare, long version)
Hironobu Kageiyama and Takatori Hideaki – Sonic Drive
I have all these songs, and if you want a copy, I am free to give them out. I am SAMURAIW1ND on AOL Instant Messenger, Super_ruff_brick on Yahoo! Messenger, and super_ruff_brick@yahoo.com on MSN Messenger.
Second, I have a deleted/alternate ending I decided not to use in the story. But you can still see it! Here it is:
Government agents are entering into Eggman's room. One grabs Eggman's fallen body and puts his fingers to his neck. "He is alive! Rouge did a good job, it was REALLY convincing." Later, guards are seen taking Eggman, in a prison suit, through a hallway. They toss him into a cell hard, making sure he hits the wall, and they lock the cell door behind him. Eggman instantly rises to his feet, runs to the door, and puts his hands on the bars. "You can't do this to me! I am Eggman! I am the greatest genius this world has ever seen! I demand you let me out of here AT ONCE!!!" Just then, the roof of Eggman's cell caves in. He turns and looks up to see Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun flying just over head in his pod. Bokkun yells out to him first. "Eggman-sama! We're here to save you!" Eggman then looks forward through the bars again and smiles evil. "I won't let you go that easily, Dark. No one messes with the Eggman and gets away with it! I will get out and you WILL kill Sonic for me. I HAVE NOT BEGUN TO FIGHT!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Cut the black. Fade into song One Step Closer by Linkin Park. The End
That was it. Also, want to see a picture of Dark, visit my gallery of all, if everyone REALLY wants me to, I could develop a plot and make a sequel to this story. How does this to all of you?
The Dark Deliverant 2: Guardian of the Phoenix
It would have A LOT to see! All the Sonic X characters I forgot about would be used in it! Suzette is kidnapped! Dark is blackmailed by Eggman and forced to complete what he started! There will be a new "super" form not even Dark new he had! So what do you say, fans? Do you want it?
Disclaimer:
The Dark Deliverant is MY character, copy written and created by Samurai Echidna Productions. The Dark Deliverant should not be confused for Baby Amy's character also known as Dark, whose story can be found also wish to apologize for anyone else who already had a character named Dark or a made up character with a name I used in this story. I am NOT copying.
