To answer some points raised in the reviews (especially the one for "A Critical Sonic fan" for Chapter 5)
1. I am a pure segasonic fan, i.e. I only care about the games. This is explicitly said in my bio. The second "A critical Sonic fan" mentioned the word Metallix I knew something strange was up cause that's a Fleetway term (british comics). Everything I right has either links to the games as you see them as you play (note not taking the manuals seriously), or it has links to my other fics. I see all the cartoons and comics as different universes from the games. I can think of loads of mistakes Sonic X has made.
2. I suggest everyone reads 3 Shadows Ultimate life. That should get you thinking.
3. It's not Knuckles' Chaotix. They don't belong to him. The name Knuckles in the name isn't plural. If Knuckles was a part of the Chaotix crew he would be with them throughout the game series. Eggman fooled Chaotix into helping Eggman escape from his prison in Sonic Heroes. If he had announced himself as Eggman when they first got the radio then I doubt team chaotix would help him.
4. If you don't get the 3 Shadows references read the fics first. The 3 Shadows takes place between when Shadow escaped from ARK up to his freezing. Nowhere in the games does it say Shadow was immediately frozen after the ARK incident. It's the incident on ARK that happens 50 years ago, not necessarily Shadow's freezing.
5. Sonic CAN do Chaos control. How the hell does he warp from the falling capsule back onto ARK in Sonic adventure 2?
6. Nowhere does it say Eggman abandoned the E-series or E-100 series. The latest E-series mentioned is E-123 Omega. It is very possible that the next E-series robot would be E-124. Also take note that Omega is completely different from Gamma yet they are both E-100 series robots. Then also think to Sonic battle and E-121 Phi.
7. Nowhere in the games do it say the Master Emerald calls out to Knuckles. The only time this has happened is in Sonic X, another separate universe and even then it's Tikal's spirit from within the emerald. Knuckles has a sixth sense in which he feels the emerald from his feet. (Try listening to the lyrics to Knuckles' level BGM's and his main theme).
8. The reason why Knuckles can't sense the Emerald is explained at the end of Chapter 5. He thinks it's at Rouge's Mansion cause Eggman says it is in his letter, and since he can't sense it that was his only clue to it's location. Chapter 5 says that this was all to bring the Heroes and the Rogues together so Metal Sonic can gather their data.
9. Club Rouge is in Night Babylon not Casinopolis. This is in Sonic Battle and is a club owned by Rouge, not necessarily her home. Casinopolis is in Sonic adventure, which doesn't feature Rouge at all.
10. Why Mighty is no longer with the Chaotix has not been explained. Therefore it is open to suggestion.
11. The Reason why Metal Sonic is collecting the data again will be explained towards the end of the fic.
12. About Shadow. I just want to remind you of the Rogue's banter in the first Chapter. You'll understand early on in this Chapter. If you're too lazy just remember a) why Omega attacked Shadow at the start of Sonic heroes, b) what Shadow found after Egg albatross, c) what Rouge and Omega found at the end of team dark story.
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Each of the 4 hero teams do their Mother Egg part, then the cannon for each part, then a boss.
EE does Mother Egg C, tunnel out of core, then fight Chaotix detectives.
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All copyright stuff was in the first chapter. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Big, Shadow, E-123 Omega, Rouge, Vector, Espio, Charmy, Metal Sonic, Mighty, Dr. Eggman and anything else from the games I've forgotten about are all copyright SEGA
Joz the bat aka Master hunter, Miles prower, The Annemuir, Apocolypse and anything else is copyright me.
Apocolypse's Revival: A Sonic Heroes Story.
Chapter 8
Omega ventured on through the corridors of B; Rouge followed behind Omega with her head facing the floor. She couldn't stop thinking about Shadow. Perhaps Joz had something to do with it, perhaps she felt twice as upset because Joz was upset too. Then suddenly Omega started calling out to Rouge.
"Rouge, come here quick, you're not going to believe this", said Omega. Rouge looked up and ran to Omega.
"What?" asked Rouge. Omega turned her head, pointing it at an army of Shadow's. Just like the one they saw on the Egg fleet. Rouge gasped, this army was twice the size.
"Remember when we first met. I scanned Shadow thinking he was a robot. Then after we defeated the Egg Albatross Shadow saw a robot version of himself", said Omega.
"What's your point?" asked Rouge.
"That wasn't the real Shadow. Just another one of them gone rogue. That is Shadow!" said Omega pointing at a machine in the middle of the room.
Rouge gasped even more as she saw Shadow inside the machine. Shadow was unconscious, as he stood there hooked up to the massive computer. Rouge began hacking into the system like she did on the Egg carrier.
"This is definitely not a robot", said Omega.
"It all makes sense now. The Shadow that just died for us had no memory cause it was just a robot. Eggman found Shadow's body in the desert near his pyramid base. Seeing his deadliness he put all of Shadow personality in robot replicas, while his memory stayed in Shadow. These Shadowbots are indeed an army raised to do Eggman's bidding", said Rouge.
"So this is Eggman's real plan. This is project Apocolypse?" asked Omega.
"Maybe, maybe not. The point is we need to get the real Shadow out of that machine. It should be save to just pull him out and wake him up. Gently though", said Rouge.
Omega pulled Shadow away from the machine slowly and placed him on the floor. Unhooked from the machine Shadow began to move. He opened his eyes to see Rouge kneeling beside him.
"Rouge?" asked Shadow weakly.
"Yes Shadow it's me Rouge the bat. We have a lot to tell you", said Rouge, "First though meet E-123 Omega"
"Hello Shadow the Hedgehog. It's a pleasure to meet you", said Omega. Shadow sat up confused.
"Is this one of Eggman's Robots or GUN's?" asked Shadow.
"We'll explain all. Get comfortable because we're going to be here for a while", said Rouge. She began explaining to Shadow everything that happened.
Meanwhile Nemesis and the other Shadow headed towards the ground at a fantastic speed. Nemesis quickly turned and hovered in the air with the jet booster gotten from Beta and Gamma.
"What now Alpha?" asked Zero Nemesis.
"We have to get to the Mother Egg", said Alpha Nemesis.
"But that is impossible. The Jet booster only allows hovering not flight", said Beta Nemesis. Then Shadow crashed into Nemesis, Nemesis recovered holding onto Shadow tightly, restraining his movements.
"This is how. Shadow you are going to Chaos Control us up to Mother Egg. Systems show it has stopped now", said Alpha Nemesis.
"No way. I am the Ultimate lifeform, I'd rather die", said Shadow.
"You really think you the same Shadow the Hedgehog that stopped ARK from crashing into Earth?" said Alpha Nemesis.
"No, I don't remember that. But I am Shadow the Hedgehog", said Shadow.
"I'm afraid not. You're just a robot like us and there are many more of you", said Alpha Nemesis.
"Even so the fact remains I'm not going to help you", said Shadow.
"Oh but I think you will", said Alpha Nemesis. Suddenly cables shot out from Nemesis' right arm. The cables plugged into sockets behind a panel hidden in his spikes.
"For the Eggman Empire. CHAOS CONTROL!!" said Shadow using the emerald to warp up to Mother Egg.
They arrived in tunnel AB (the tunnel connecting A and B). Nemesis threw Shadow to the ground.
"Now Gamma it's time. We can't have you slowing us down", said Alpha Nemesis, "Take care of Omega on your own". A flash of white light appeared and Gamma slid across the floor of tunnel AB. Nemesis had spat him out as if he was chewing gum, even though Nemesis was a machine.
"Now where do we go?" asked Beta Nemesis.
"Good Nemesis you made it after all", said Eggman over a radio, "I need you to go down to the cannon of A and stop the Sonic Heroes destroying the cannon. My Elite should take care of those pesky detectives. Rouge's team will have to deal with the Shadowbot army and Amy's team will face the E-series Guardian"
"You want them destroyed or captured?" asked Alpha Nemesis.
"Preferrably captured but take no chance, destroy them if you have to", said Eggman.
Gamma and Shadow (who will be referred to as Shadowbot from now on) got up as Nemesis left for A.
"I have to get to B. I have no time to take care of you", said Shadowbot.
"I must destroy Omega", said Gamma.
"Listen Omega is my friend. Don't you have friends?" asked Shadowbot.
"E-series friends. Amy Rose friend", said Gamma.
"Then why do you want to destroy the E-series?" asked Shadowbot confused.
"The E-series are weapons created by Robotnik. Robotnik wishes to use them to take away life. I must stop them", said Gamma.
"But Omega is not like that. He fights Eggman with us", said Shadowbot. Gamma froze trying to understand the situation.
"Omega hates Dr. Robotnik even though he created him. Illogical", said Gamma.
"But doesn't the same go for you?" asked Shadowbot, "Destroying Omega is like destroying yourself"
"I am E-series. I must destroy all E-series including myself", said Gamma.
Their conversation was interrupted by loud crashing noises coming from B.
"We'll finish this later. Sounds like Rouge and Omega are in trouble", said Shadowbot. Shadowbot raced off towards B quickly followed by Gamma.
"Why are you following me?" asked Shadowbot.
"Omega is this way. More robots detected. Must destroy", said Gamma.
"Oh well, let's see what you can do then", said Shadowbot.
Meanwhile the Rose Petals had found something on D. In the centre was the new E-series. 24 pods, one open, lay against a wall. Each pod connected to a giant computer in the centre of the chamber where the robots lay offline. The examined each pod reading the notes Eggman left for each one.
"E-125 Beta X, E-126 Gamma X, E-127 Delta X", said Amy outloud as she examined each pod, finishing with, "E-147 Omega X". Inside the pods were robots that looked exactly like Alpha X.
"An army of those things. When Nemesis gets here it's likely to copy the data Alpha X collected into these machines", said Amy.
"They will be unstoppable", said Cream.
"What do we do now?" asked Big.
"We unplug them for good", said Amy, "That computer must be in charge of keeping these things from shutting down for good".
Amy raised her hammer and found herself being lifted from the floor. She turned around to see a huge machine was holding her up in the air. Amy couldn't hit the computer with this machine holding her up.
"Let me go bolt brain", said Amy struggling to get free. Cream fires Cheese at the machine and it let go of Amy.
"Just who are you anyway?" asked Amy.
"I am the E-X-Series Guardian. I have been made specifically to guard these robots until they are to be used by Dr. Robotnik", said the machine.
"In other words we have to get through you to destroy the computer. Which in turn will stop the robots ever seeing the light of day", said Amy.
"Ready when you are Amy", said Big.
"Let's take this thing out", said Cream, "You ready Cheese". Cheese nodded.
The E-X-Series Guardian fired missiles at the Rose Petals who retaliated with a full frontal assault. Meanwhile Eggman's Elite were heading towards E. Eggman had given them direct orders to take out the Chaotix Detectives and they weren't going to fail him now. Metal Sonic still wondered why Eggman wanted him to collect the team's data but he didn't have time to find out. What did Eggman mean by "All in good time"? He does have another plan, and I have a feeling I'm not going to like it.
They arrived at the cannon of E closely followed by the Choatix Detectives, who had just ventrued through E to get there.
"What are you three doing here?" asked Vector.
"We came to stop you destroying the cannon", said Metal Sonic.
"It's nothing personal Vec. Those are the Doctor's orders", said Mighty.
"Well if we have to go through you, so be it", said Espio.
"Right boys. Let's teach these losers a lesson", said Vector.
The two teams began fighting, with the Chaotix Detectives trying to destroy the cannon in the process. Meanwhile the Sonic Heroes had also reached A's cannon to find Nemesis waiting for them.
"Welcome Sonic Heroes", said Alpha Nemesis.
"I suppose you're here to try and stop us", said Sonic.
"Come on Sonic no banter. Let's just finish this quickly so we can head to the core and get the Master Emerald", said Knuckles.
"Ok. Here we go", said Sonic dashing into Nemesis.
Meanwhile the newly formed Ultimate Rogues were ready to go after their cannon. They all stood up, faced the cannon as just as they were about to set off it happened. Every one of the Shadow robots woke up.
"This is like a bad dream", said Rouge, "an Army of Shadows to destroy"
"They are nothing more than imposters Rouge. They have no chance against the real thing", said Shadow.
"Not to mention my arsenal and Joz's sword skills", said Omega.
"Of course. How could I forget that my grandfather Joz knows all of Shadow's moves", said Rouge, "Well then guys, we have an army to stop"
"Now you're talking. CHAOS CONTROL!!" shouted Shadow warping his team into the fray.
Omega blasted all he could and Shadow destroyed a few. Rouge sliced through the robots like butter, using her grandfather's signature move the Shadow Blade. But there was too many of the robots. Just as it looked like the army was going to win Shadowbot and Gamma entered the arena. They shot down as many as they could but they only even the odds.
"Shadow?" asked Rouge.
"Yes Rouge. It turns out I was one of those robots after all. However that doesn't mean I didn't treasure my time with you two any less", said Shadowbot.
"But how did you survive?" asked Omega.
"Chaos Control. Nemesis forced me to use it to get him back on Mother Egg", said Shadowbot.
"No way! Nemesis is here too", said Rouge.
"You guys I don't know how long we can keep fighting like this", said Shadow.
Gamma turned to them and said.
"Omega I hope you destroy Robotnik and all his inventions. I am an obsolete machine but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve", said Gamma.
"Why are you telling this to me?" asked Omega.
"I know. He's planning to blow himself up taking the Shadow army with him", said Rouge.
"And he's not doing it alone. Shadow take Omega and Rouge and get out of here. You guys found the real Shadow, you don't need me anymore", said Shadowbot. Shadow grabbed Rouge and Omega.
"Gamma, Shadow, no don't do it! We'll beat these the hard way", said Rouge.
"There's no time. Activating self-destruct", said Gamma.
"Activate mine please Gamma", pleeded Shadowbot. Gamma plugged into Shadowbot and activated his self-destruct mode.
Shadow warped his team away while the two noble robots created a huge explosion that destroyed all the Shadow robots. Rouge fisted the ground crying.
"Rouge cheer up. That wasn't really me that died", said Shadow.
"He may have been a machine replica but he was as much as friend as you are", said Rouge, "Twice I've had to go through this today alone"
"Goodbye Gamma. In the end you realised something important afterall", said Omega. The other two looked at Omega, "Life is a precious gift, whether it be a creature or a machine doesn't matter. I wish I our time together had been longer big brother"
"Guys you can grieve later. We still have a cannon to destroy", said Shadow, "There's no time for games, let's go"
Meanwhile the Rose Petals had defeated the E-X-Series Guardian and destroyed the computer. They rushed to D's cannon core, which ended up being quite close. They shut down the cannon and destroyed the computer controlling it.
The Chaotix detectives beat Eggman's Elite and shut down E's cannon. The Sonic Heroes beat Nemesis and shut down A's cannon. The Ultimate Rouge's reached their cannon and did the same. Some of the Shadowbots managed to escape the blast and confronted them there. Rouge immediate sprang into action and sliced each one in two with some brilliant sword skills. She stood over the ruins and slid the Annemuir back into its holster
"Now you know why they call me the Master!" said Rouge, "Hey Grandpa stop that"
"But that's Joz's battle cry, and that's the Annemuir. What's going on?" asked Shadow.
"So you do remember me, I mean my Grandpa. Do you remember Maria?" asked Rouge.
"Of course. I don't forget things like that", said Shadow.
"Then it's definitely you Shadow. The same one that fought alongside Miles and Myself, I mean my Grandfather 50 years ago", said Rouge, "Do you remember what I told you about those who use the Annemuir blade extensively?"
"Oh I see. Joz is trapped in the blade and whenever Rouge uses it he takes over, allowing her to use his sword skills", said Shadow.
"Not only that, sometimes he manipulates what I say", said Rouge.
"It's good to, erm, see you again, sorta", said Shadow.
"It's good to see you too. Now let's go free Miles from the mind control crown and reunite the 3 Shadows again", said Rouge.
"Miles is here too. Oh he's got one of those crowns on again. Well what are we waiting for, let's go to the core", said Shadow. The three nodded and left B's cannon core.