The Chaos Control flare turned from white to Emerald green and without warning, both Sonic and Shadow were pulled off their feet and sucked directly into it, swallowed up completely.
"SONIC!" Amy screamed. Metal Overlord hesitated from his attack and looked back, then was suddenly blinded as the small pinnacle of light expanded into a flare so bright the darkness around was engulfed. The city, the bay, the Mystic ruins, everything was swallowed up by an expanding ball of green light. A loud groaning becoming lighter in pitch began resonating in the air. Just like the Chaos Control that brought them to Earth in the first place, the light kept expanding and expanding.
"What on earth?" Eggman asked, staring at this new hedgehog, standing directly in the centre of a bright ring formed by the emeralds, bathing in their combined light. Pillars of sunlight lancing down from the thick storm clouds above, highlighting him like spotlights. Fur completely white and softly glowing. Like Shadow, these streamlined and fused quills at an angel, all pointing upwards apart from the one directly in the centre. The two fused quills on his back twice were long, standing out against the shoulders. Each spike was outlined by a streak, very much like shadow but the streaks were erratic and not perfectly straight. The eyes were a green like Sonic's, but far lighter in colour, almost made indistinguishable by the soft white glow.
Metal Overlord hovered above, staring down at this new source of incredible light in amazement. Tails, Chris and the others still in the chopper were watching from out of the window, the light from this new hedgehog running through the streets of Station Square.
"Sonic?" Amy began, approaching slowly. "Is that you?" The white hedgehog turned to give her a very Sonic type grin.
"Nope." He replied, his voice was almost warped and distorted, like two people were talking at once.
"Then, are you Shadow?" Rouge asked, supporting herself on Knuckles' shoulder. The hedgehog shook his head.
"No, not him either." He spread his arms, blazing white flames dancing from his shoulder all the way down to his fingertips. A ball of this concentrated force gathered between the fingers on his left hand, light bolts that seemed to put fiery heat into the air lanced around it. Metal Overlord flapped its wings and hovered high in the sky, retreating to a safe distance.
"Call me Nazo." He replied, before bring his arm sharply across his front, his fingers arching as this spectacular attack ripped through the air, veiled in the purest light.
S.O.N.I.C GO!
S.O.N.I.C GO!
GO! GO! GO! GO! LET'S GO!
Episode 54: Final clash
The air pulsated with Metal Overlord's scream as it swerved through the air to avoid the attack which seemed to be made completely out of pure light.
"Who dares?" He demanded staring down at the blaring white hedgehog on the deck of the flag ship below. Nazo was a sight to behold. He seemed to be comprised of the purest light, white flames dancing long his arms and around his shoulders. Always on his face was the Sonic type smirk. The seven Chaos emeralds lay on the floor around him, little more than ordinary stones now, all their power drained into this new being. Without hesitation, he bend his legs and leapt into the air, propelling himself to an impossible height without moments, coming level with Metal Overlord itself. The metallic bird had just enough time to look startled before the white hedgehog landed a kick directly into its snout. It wasn't visually impressive, but it managed to knock the gigantic head to the side with a loud clank.
"I'd say the playing fields pretty even now wouldn't you?" He asked, his grin intensifying. Like Super Sonic, he seemed to be able to remain stationary in the air as long as the white aurora surrounded his body. Metal Overlord shot back with a scream before attempting to clamp it's jaws down onto him. Nazo simply flew to the side, then again as one of the large mechanical arms swung itself around, attempting to sway him away.
From the flag ship, it appeared like Metal Overlord was fighting with a white firefly.
"Alright you have some skill." The metal bird admitted, his wings forcing itself off to a safe distance "But face it, your no match for me. Your power comes from the Chaos Emeralds, mine from their master. Is there really any contest?" Nazo narrowed one eye.
"We'll see won't we?" Metal Overlord forced some air out of it's snout in an angry huff. Nazo flew forward, holding both arms back, gathering his energy in his fists. Up went an energy shield around Metal as he saw this attack coming. However it dissipated as soon as the white hedgehog swung a fist forward, shattering into pieces like glass in a fantastic light show that rivalled the sun in brilliance.
Their clashes in the sky shook the ground, distant rumbles like artillery fire beginning to resonate in the air. Light and darkness collided, shockwaves spreading out for miles. The thunder and light, mixing with thick bursts of rain began to throw themselves toward the ground.
"I can't see, what's going on? Eggman asked, forced to shield his eyes from the bursts of light.
A clash of this proportion was done in a whole different way to convention fighting. Physical blows were rarely exchanged, or perhaps missed completely. Both combatants were far too fast for a melee of punches of kicks to work. Instead, the energy they both possessed was used as deadly weapons. The one constant colfict were the conflicted colossal energies, one good one most certainly evil, coming into close proximity with each other, sparking off one another. It was this scenario that triggered the tremendous storm. Metal Overlord had been observing his opponent throughout this struggle and noted that Nazo replied on his speed to gain a slight advantage. Well, he knew how to neutralise that.
"Chaos Control!" He screamed, arching his back as his Master Emerald heart began pulsating the unstable waves from his body, forcing time and space apart gain. Freeze framing the entire world. All three rows of his teeth grinning, he turned to fire an attack, only to be meet by a sight that stopped him in his tracks.
"What?" Metal Overlord exclaimed, watching Nazo move with him as he flew, as if Chaos control hadn't affected him at all. "That's impossible! How can you possibly be immune from Chaos Control?" The white hedgehog didn't reply, he simply grinned evilly before racing forward, smashing another kick directly into its face. Metal responded with another barrage of small energy missiles, all of which Nazo either dodged of reflected. Seeing that this prolonged Chaos control was wasting his energy, Metal was forced to release his hold and Nazo and himself were forced to fight in reality again. A strange, rippling effect passing through the world for a moment, although no one but themselves noticed it.
"You're going to have to try something else Metal…" Nazo commented, racing along side the metal dragon, before landing an attack directly onto the back of it's neck. Metal Overlord fell a few feet, howling in pain, before flipping back up, it's wings flapping a few times. "Chaos control uses Chaos energy to work, and yours truly is probably the greatest culmination of Chaos energy around." Metal snarled.
"You… irritating little…"
The chopper touched down on the nearest roof of the city that was still intact or not on fire after Metal Overlord's attack. Everyone quickly piled out and over to the side to watch as the small point of light duelled with the colossal metal bird. Sam stayed in the cockpit, his mouth hung open as the fight between the two super entities continued. The sheer force with which they fought was near inspiring, almost like two gods duelling.
"Just what is that?" Chris asked, staring in amazement. Tails joined him by his side, his ribs still bandaged. A gust of wind made by the fight sourced of their heads, blowing fur and hair back.
"There's only one thing it can be." The two tailed fox said with a smile, shielding his eyes from the sting of the wind. Cream and Vanilla stared out as well, Cheese hovering around them.
"Mr. Sonic?"
"Chao?"
"But can he keep that up though?" Vanilla asked as Scarlet Garcia began yelling at her camera man to capture this "Scoop of the century" on film before she did him serious injury. None of them replied to that. Chris looked like he was about to say something, before a violent flash of light and strong gust of wing intrupted him.
Nazo flew forward, attempting another energy attack, only to be halted in his advance by a slap from Metal's spiked tail. The spikes would have squired him, but it was his omnipresent shield of energy that projected him from fatal injury. Stunned for a moment, Metal Overlord took the opportunity to rear it's head back and then fire an attack from out's mouth that manifesting as a purple beam of chaos energy. It rippling through the air like a bolt of lightning but as silent as a snake in the grass, it was only when it impacted the white hedgehog that it made any noise. An ear splitting boom followed by eruption of green light. Nazo screamed in pain and was thrown from the air, spiralling as he fell. After a few feet, he gritted his teeth silencing the scream and opening his eyes. He righted himself in mid air and flew toward metallic bird with new fury.
The fight recommenced as the world seemed to be coming to an end as they did so. Metal Overlord however had seen the potential Nazo had, and we was not prepared to suffer a rival. He held little back again this new opponent and with every successful attack landed, Nazo's glow began to decrease, his fur changing gently from white to grey and his flames beginning to diminish.
Despite his fierce determination, the power of the Master Emerald greatly exceeded that of the Chaos emeralds, just like Metal Overlord had claimed. But he didn't believe he couldn't win. There had to be a way. There had to!
"Come on Sonic, I know you can do this!" Amy yelled up at him as Nazo crossed his arms over his chest, forming a shield between himself and the deadly attack that coursed from metal. To everyone's surprise, his glow increased slightly.
"Go, do it!" Knuckles joined in. Again the glow began to steadily grow.
"I know you're my enemy hedgehog, but trash that traitorous machine!" Eggman screamed up as his two robots gave each other a curious glance. Nazo began to feel strength fill him, but it wasn't his strength, of that he was certain. It was coming from far below him. He risked a glance toward the deck of the flag ship.
"Come on Shadow, Sonic. I know the two of you can do better than this." Rouge yelled up. "You both saved the Earth before, you can do it again." His flames began to intensify and the glow surrounding his body began to expand. From the streets of Station square came a slow steady chant. People, G.U.N officers and the grounded pilots from the Air force had lined the harbour, all yelling the same name over and over again.
"Sonic, Sonic, Sonic." Came drifted over the sea toward him. Nazo managed a smile. Technically he wasn't Sonic, only half. His Shadow half wasn't really pleased that he wasn't being paid any recognition but the effect was still the same. His closed his eyes gently as all that strength began to pour into his being. His flames grew in size and intensity ten fold for a moment, then Metal Overlords attack was reflected away from it, back towards it's castor. Metal sank low in the air to avoid it, before re-ascending.
"Your game is beginning to annoy me!" He snarled, before noticing the steady white glow as it began to grow.
"Open wide!" Nazo yelled, throwing his arm forward and something like a powerful lens flare appeared between his fingers for a short moment before a beam shot forward, catching Metal Overlord off guard. He grunted loudly as it forward him from the air and down toward the sea. The giant form screamed in outrage before it impacted the water, disappearing with a loud splash. Water was thrown up into the air in a spout before it began falling again with the legitimate rain.
Everyone rushed to the side of the Flag Ship, staring out toward the ocean. Metal Overlord did not resurface.
"Is…it over?" Vector asked, looking around for some kind of explanation.
"He did it!" Eggman declared in glee, his mouth wide in a grin. Decore and Becoe doing a strange little dance that looked like an Irish Jig. Omega lumbered closer to the edge of the Flag ship, his large red eyes staring out toward the churning waters that gently began to settle. Everything was quiet, very quiet. He swerved his head to look directly up toward Nazo. The white hedgehog was just hovering there, staring down toward the water, his face set in a serious expression. Like he was waiting.
"Victory not yet achieved." The robot announced, turning back toward the sea. There was a brief moment of silence before the water began to forth and boil, gentle waves growing into violent clashes. A loud groaning sound began to slowly build in their ears as, becoming near painful. A pair of red eyes began glowing from somewhere deep in the gloom.
Flip Card 1: Tikal