Sonic Adventure 2—Tails POV
Last Chapter: The Core of the Cannon (Cannon's Core through the end of LAST)
Author's note: The perspective will change occasionally in this chapter to accommodate to the format of the Cannon's Core stage. And it's an extra-long ending! I never thought I'd get more than one chapter out of LAST. But I didn't want to stretch it out to three, so here's the last, extra-long chapter.
A short recap..."If we cut off the Chaos Emeralds, the colony would lose power. Enough power to stop its falling!"
"You might be right, and I know of a shortcut to the core! But how will we stop the Chaos Emeralds?"
Rouge added to the plan. "Knuckles, didn't you say that the Master Emerald could stop the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Oh, yeah, that's right! If I get the Master Emerald to the Chaos Emeralds in the core, I can stop them with it!"
"Well, then, let's go!"
Now to the present...I hopped into the Cyclone, and then jumped down into the first part of the secret passage. I had to navigate my way down to a security door, then destroy it and give the all-clear to Eggman, who would take on the next part.
The path was littered with enemies, but also with switches, and if I walked over or shot those switches, time would freeze. I walked through, destroying everything in my path and stopping time early and often. I then reached an area where there was a door with no platform of any kind in front of it. From a higher platform, I attempted to open the door, but my lock-on couldn't reach that far. Then I remembered my booster. I could glide down to the door and blow it open in mid-air! I did that, and then the road was smooth all the way up to the first security door. I picked up my radio and gave the all-clear to Eggman.
Eggman's POV
After Tails gave me the all-clear, I started on my leg of the journey. I had to face many creatures that looked like the Chaos monster I tried to unleash last time. Except these could hide in their liquid bodies and become invincible, making then considerably more annoying. I reached a part where the ground was covered in green slime and my only form of passage was a group of moving cubes. I was able to cross then effectively, though I owe that mostly to the nearby presence of a time-stopper switch like the one Tails told me about on my way in. I soon reached another similar area, except that this one ended in the second security door. I had to use another rising cube to get through this, and when I destroyed the door, I sent a radio message.
"Rouge, you're on! Don't mess up!"
Rouge's POV
I was told that my mission would not end in a security door. How unimportant...the next door was beyond our reach. I had to unlock the switch that would raise the water level enough to reach the door. This was a quick mission, because it was hunting, and there's nothing I do better than hunting. I found the switch to open the hatch binding the switch I needed and then I pressed the switch. The room began to fill with water, just like the plan. Now I only needed to radio Knuckles.
Knuckles' POV
This looked like it was barely even a mission. The door was right in front of me! All I need to do was punch it open. OW! Okay, maybe not, and since I didn't have access to Tails or Eggman's kind of firepower, I had to open the door the old-fashioned way. First I needed to disengage the bars blocking the path to the switch. That was the easy part. Now I just need to follow the path...whoa, not good. The column before me was filled with lasers, and the only nearby time switch was at the bottom. I was at the top. This would be hard...
Well, I navigated that and then I went through a high-speed current, slowed thanks to a time stop switch. Then I saw the door switch. Eggman reassured me by telling me he had the switch on radar. I hit the switch then returned to the door. Sonic was close behind. I followed him to the core.
Sonic's POV
I just needed to navigate this obstacle course as quickly as possible. That's what I do best—navigate stuff quickly. Especially the "quickly" part. I had to use time-stopper switches to get through, but it was easy. I got to do some water-sliding too, and that was fun. Then I saw a shrine in the distance. That must be the core!
Back to Tails' POV
I had secretly followed Sonic and Knuckles on their parts of the trip, and I overheard their conversation. The core was just like the Master Emerald Shrine! Victory was ours, until a giant lizard appeared in front of us. Now what?
Sonic and Knuckles looked worried. This was not a good sign. But just then, Shadow entered the core! I thought he'd want to finish off Sonic, but instead he said that he would stall the beast while Sonic and Knuckles went to the core, activated the Master Emerald, and stopped the Chaos Emeralds!
Shadow was especially intense during the battle with the giant creature, which he said was called Biolizard. I wonder what made him come to our side? Anyway, he beat the creature, and it disappeared in a giant flash of light. Then Knuckles placed the Master Emerald and spoke an ancient chant. The Chaos Emeralds were stopped, but the colony was still falling!
Knuckles looked puzzled; I think he asked why the colony was falling. Then Eggman came on the intercom. "The lizard had fused itself with the colony and is trying to keep it aimed at Earth!" Knuckles asked Sonic what to do, and then Sonic gave Shadow a confident look. Then the seven Chaos Emeralds came down from their pillars and started spinning around Sonic and Shadow. Then I saw a bright flash and by the time I could see again, I was faced with two metallic hedgehogs, one bright yellow-gold, and the other a paler gold with red streaks. I knew who they were. They were Sonic and Shadow, except they had both turned Super! I knew that they would head outside to battle the lizard, so I ran back to the main lab to watch. There's no way I'd miss this!
Once I was in the lab, I saw two gold streaks on opposite sides of the creature. One was headed towards a red sore on the creature's side. Just as it reached the target, it flashed blue. That was Sonic! I encouraged him by yelling into my radio.
"Good job, Sonic! Now you should get some rings while Shadow distracts the beast for a while!"
Well Shadow struck the monster, and then Sonic took control while Shadow recharged. This pattern repeated itself a few times until the creature fell off the cannon and burned up. Now was their chance! I heard them both shout, "Chaos Control!" at the same time, and then I felt an odd feeling, like I was moving through space at a high speed. By time I knew where I was, we were above Earth again. Then I saw one more bright flash.
Just then, Sonic walked in the door. But he was alone. Where was Shadow? Rouge asked that, and all Sonic did was put Shadow's bracelet in her hand. Shadow must have used so much energy that he came out of his super-form and fell to Earth! Shadow was gone...but we won! And we all did it together!
After that, Eggman and I talked for a while about general robotics, and then I overheard Sonic shout, "C'mon, let's go home—to the planet as cool and blue as me!" That was definitely a Sonic phrase. As we walked out, I heard him whisper, "Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog."
THE END