AN: This story won't be much longer, five, maybe six more chapters, seven if I'm able to push it, then its on to some other works for a bit, definitely getting chapter 9 for Dragons Destiny finished and uploaded then, a few other works to do while I get ideas for the next part in this saga, but it is an addictive series to write, its keeping my mind off of things that I have to do, so it may be a week or so after that when the next storyline appears, Dawn will appear after the third or fourth one, not really sure yet, the third will lead up to graduation and I'm thinking about Janus drawing Glory's attention earlier, still laughing at the possible idea of the initiative darting Sonic and getting shredded when the blue streak wakes up in one of their holding cells, Hyper Sonic won't show up again for at least another story after this, but Super Sonic will appear soon, and what pushes him over the edge will be somewhat surprising.
Rogue1615- Yeah, it's Sonic's Summer Vacation, and it can lead to some funny situations.
Ironsct- Thanks. Unfortunately, I haven't played Mad Max, but as for the Power Rings, there is a solution to that that is comming up, so it won't be a problem for much longer.
The guardian watched the city, he knew that the gathering forces would be preparing soon. The hellmouth was doing what it was meant to do, though originally it was something so very different, it was an attractant before the gateway was drawn to it, but the being sat and watched, ancient oaths had stopped him from interfering until the time came.
Janus had been cheating and he knew it, the rules had not allowed him to rip something from another world, so it gave the guardian some leeway, and he gave his chosen the tools to help him, but he would not break the rules he had agreed to, it was to late in the game to change that, and he had waited for the coming time for centuries, nay, millennia preparing and working to aid the one who could reach the point where the rules broke down, the one he had chosen was learning fast, reaching the point before he could reach the next stage was a simple matter now, but to break past it, the danger grew.
The god of chaos had tried to ruin the game by changing the players that Halloween, but something miraculous had come instead. His chosen had discovered something that had changed the course of fate itself, something that the guardian had been working at for countless millennia, and he would continue the job until it was no longer needed.
Sonic hovered over the city, he'd been working on his control, utilizing the power that gave him the speeds and fly at them, but it drained the Power Ring energy far faster to hover in place than when rocketing forwards, he had to find out how to breach the barrier. That thought consumed his conscious mind, he needed the power, and Vaulk was stronger and faster than him with the experience to back it up.
Without the extra Power Rings he had carried then, he would have been shredded, and Vaulk had been toying with him, there was no other explanation, he had come to give a hint, not to kill, but he would have if it had crossed his mind to disobey a god. The one thing that gave him a chance was the fact that his foe couldn't use his more powerful abilities against him, but then, neither could Sonic, leaving him back at the starting problem, he wasn't strong enough to do what he needed to do, he needed to reach Super Sonic.
"Decided to surrender?" the voice that drove him to this length chuckled, "Because it won't matter."
Vaulk laughed as he hovered there.
"Get the hell out of here," Sonic hissed, he wasn't in the mood for this, his anger was pushing at the barriers.
"Or what, you aren't powerful enough to deal with me, but I will tell you this," the demon laughed, "The watchers are messing with the blond, you aren't worth the effort to fight."
"What are you talking about?"
"Ask your 'friend' Giles, ask him what happens when a Slayer turns eighteen?" Vaulk laughed, "But his boss decided to do it early, if you don't believe me, ask the bastard about Ripper, I met him when he was buddy- buddy with Ethan Rayne."
The monster vanished again as Sonic lashed out with his blade, meeting nothing but empty air.
Sonics scream of rage tore through the streets as his mind felt the anger tear at the barriers again, almost through, but not there, his own energy and the throbbing power of the emeralds working in concert.
Hatred, rage, fury, and thousands of other emotions tore through him as he pulled out Nicole.
"Nicole, I need an information search on Rupert Giles, use the alias Ripper, namely in connection to Ethan Rayne."
"Searching," the metallic and yet positively female voice responded, "Primary search parameters complete, alternate data is available, producing threat assessment for current situation, AI protocols initialized."
"Erm," Sonic muttered, "What AI protocols?"
"Data compilation based on Mobian technology plus human theory have allowed me to become," Nicole seemed to draw out the next word, "Fully sentient, interesting."
"Yes," the hedgehog responded, "Interesting, but if I don't know that information about 'Ripper' then I don't stand a chance about keeping Buffy from dying...again."
The data appeared on a holodisplay, "Rupert Giles has been a very naughty boy in his youth."
"Please don't say that, it gives me the creeps," Sonic gagged, "And now to figure out what else Chuckie is keeping from us."
"Perhaps, one other comparison could be helpful, your current power level is above that of the other Sonic when he first managed to transform, the cause is unknown," Nicole continued, "Reevaluating threat assessment versus zero class entity, one in one hundred of victory, one in ten of survival."
"That's better than I had thought possible, but what if I break the barrier?"
"Unknown, not enough data to make comparison."
"Well, I guess that it's time to check in on Chuckie," Sonic muttered to himself as he dropped to the ground in a crouch before rocketing off towards the library.
"This can't be happening," Giles whispered to himself, "Everything, it's all falling apart now, we have a potential apocalypse and the council decides to do this!"
"What did they decide to do?" the familiar voice of Sonic snapped from a perch by the window, it took him a second to realize what was missing from it, the sarcastic sense of humor that seemed to fill their other conversations.
"I'm not allowed to tell you," the watcher raged, slamming the book he was holding down on the table.
"I don't give a damn one way or another if you're allowed to tell me or not," Sonic snapped, dropping from the top of the bookshelf he had been on, "I was warned that the watchers were going to do something called a Cruciamentum or something like that to the slayer, I know she doesn't like me for dusting her boyfriend, but I don't want her dead, Ripper!"
"How do you know that name?"
"Vaulk is in town and decided to become a thorn in my side, he told me that little gem during the last fight I got in with him!" Sonic hissed as he drew the Sword of Acorn, holding the point to Giles throat, "Now tell me what I want to know, or else!"
"Fine," Giles answered, sinking down into his chair, "Normally when a slayer turns eighteen, a ritual is performed, they use a drug to strip her of her powers and make her fight a master vampire to prove her worth, your coming made them decide to move the ritual up."
"Where are they?"
"I...I don't know," Giles stammered, "I've been trying to find a way around it, but there isn't any written down."
"You had better hope that she doesn't die tonight," Sonic whispered, "Or all of the watchers in this town die."
"Good luck," Giles whispered, half to himself as Sonic activated a Power Ring and blasted out, through the window.
"Nicole, I need some help," Sonic said as he soared above the city.
"Agreed, scanning for British citizens now in Sunnydale, tracking credit card trails now," Nicole responded before the request could be made, "Located and plotted, a hotel and interestingly enough a warehouse."
Two blips appeared on the holographic map the AI projected.
"Wow," Sonic managed to whisper, "How did you know what I was going to ask?"
"I listened in on your conversation with Giles, and extrapolated the most likely request you would make, Sonic," she responded.
"Thanks, let's do this," he said with a simple shake of his head.
"May I suggest restocking on Power Rings first, you are rather low and if something goes wrong, we could be in big trouble."
"Agreed," he answered, "thanks for the advice."
"Don't mention it," she laughed before entering power down mode.
The tank slowly drained away, leaving a figure there as water was injected, washing away the gel. A pale blue colored hedgehog stood their, just a fraction of a shade from white. The tank opened and it stepped out and to a table of gear for it, black gloves and boots. A grim smile crossed the creatures lips as it scanned its surroundings.
Then the door opened, one of the guards getting to curious about the project that was beyond his security clearance as this creature walked away, collecting energy in its hands. Then it fired at the guard, the resulting explosion ripped through the complex that had created it, belching a plume of green flames into the sky.
Cyber Sonic had awakened.
Buffy was not having a good day, she felt weak, and then she got grabbed by a bunch of British thugs and dumped into this warehouse for no apparent reason, but her vampire sense was all fuzzy and she grabbed the wooden stake left for her.
Then she saw it as it charged, a vampire, a large one at that, but before she could move, it dusted and a familiar figure stepped into view.
"What?" she managed to stammer.
"Well, who'd you expect, Chuckie?" Sonic cracked, the first joke that he had made all day, "The watchers decided to take away your powers for a bit, some ritual or something and make you fight a vamp, luckily you aren't alone."
"What!" Travers raged as he slammed his fist down on the table of where they watched, "How dare that...that hedgehog?"
"Sir, we need to move," one of the guards stammered, taking a step back as he spotted the blue streak collecting energy in a hand, "I don't like the looks of that!"
"Incompetent fools," the head watcher roared, turning back to the reinforced window, "Shoot that thing!"
Gunfire tore through the warehouse as Sonic drew his blade, and reacted, deflecting bullets to the sides, not enough control to actually direct them, anger burned within him.
"Chaos Raptor!" he screamed, channeling the chaos energy through his hand and into the overhead booth where the watchers had been, tearing through it and the building like a hot knife through butter.
The building began to shake.
"Nooo!" Travers screamed the instant before he was caught I the energy stream.
"What?" Buffy managed to ask as Sonic grabbed her by the wrist.
"We either run or get crushed princess," Sonic yelled as he dragged her out at full throttle, dodging falling beams and chunks of the ceiling at nearly one thousand, five hundred miles per hour, and the destruction spreading outwards just as they got clear and to the adjacent roof.
"I didn't need your help!' Buffy yelled at him as soon as he let go.
"Sorry then," Sonic responded sarcastically, "Thought that you didn't want to be either a vampire's version of a margarita or a pancake."
"Oh," was all she managed to stammer, the emotions of what had happened fading just as Sonic rocketed off.