(Ido not own Sonic..etc.)

S.O.N.I.C GO!

S.O.N.I.C GO!

GO GO GO GO, LET'S GO!

Episode 6: The Arch of History

Sand stone bricks went flying as the ground literally spilt open, thousands upon thousands of geysers began erupting. Echidna's, screaming in terror, disappeared as colossal tentacles shot up through the ground, ripping their streets to pieces, letting them all fall to their deaths in rapid rivers that had forced their way underground. Large tentacles spiralled around the buildings, before pulling them down below ground. The rain intensified, letting the river not too far from the city overflow, sinking several miles in each direction under a foot of water. A violent series of flashes shot across the sky, followed by booming claps of thunder.

No matter how quickly Knuckles tried to react, he was always too late to save anyone. Men, women and children disappeared in a flash before his eyes, and he was powerless to help them. The entire Echidna civilisation was disappearing before his eyes, consumed by a raging sea of destruction. A wall of water shot up from the street, sending mud and bricks flying into the air as he carved a scar across the city from east to west, ripping buildings that stood in it's way in two. One it had crossed to the other side of the city, it paused and began sucking up all the water around it, using the mass to increase it's own size.

Once it was large enough, it began forming features. A giant mouth with row after row of sharp teeth lining it's gums, a long slathering tongue whipping at the air. Several shark like fins running down it's long back to a thick bulk that seemed to be constantly drawing water into it. At least fix giant tentacles lanced out from it's body, grabbing whatever solid objects they could wrap themselves around. A pair of glowing green eyes narrowed before the mouth shot open, a ear piercing roar rolling through the air.

Perfect Chaos, the being that had destroyed his people. Whatever curse had been laid upon the Echidna, now forced him to watch his own people's inhalation. Unless he could stop Chaos! Knuckles barred his teeth and tried to advanced, but without warning the storm around them reached it's peek, intense winds forcing him back, stinging his eyes. He held a path to his face, trying to shield himself. Perfect Chaos shot it's head to the side and vomited a beam of chaos energy out of it's jaws, carving another hole in the city.

"I think we should leave." Chuck commented, staring in horror at the monstrous creature as it took it's fated, vengeful wrath on the city. So far, the Cathedral and the buildings around it had been left undamaged, but they knew full well that Perfect Chaos was destined to reduce the entire city to rubble.

"I second that motion." Metal Sonic replied. Eggman had provided his databanks with information about this event. If the data was to be trusted, then not one of them was a match for this creature.

"We can't go!" Chris began. "We have to help these people!" There was a colossal booming sound as nearly a quarter of the city exploded, the ruins swallowed by raging flood waters.

"I think it's a little late for that." Metal Sonic replied as a pieces from the ceiling fell down, followed by s thick cloud of brick dust.

Sonic and Shadow stared in horror from another window else ware in the Cathedral. Every impulse in their bodies was telling them to race off to stop this madness, but their heads told them it was far too late already. Perfect Chaos had already destroyed most of the city, and neither one of them could stop it. It was far too late for the Echidna people now.

As the ground beneath their feet violently shook and with Sonic ignoring every heroic impulse in his body, they turned their attention back to their mission. The door to the chamber Chris had described fell inward after the ultimate life form fired a Chaos Spear attack into it's hinges. The room was exactly like Chris had said, and placed before a statue of the god Krish-Kra-Pal, it's left arm knocked off by a piece of fallen masonry, was the second time ring. The one thing that could deliver them from this place and back to their own time. The chamber itself was completely deserted, most of the priests in the building had begun running once Chaos had reared it's ugly head.

"Alright, let's take this thing and go!" Shadow shouted, sliding forward. Sonic was about to follow, when someone dealt him a blow to the head from behind, sending him falling to the floor unconscious. Shadow heard the loud thump and turned, only to find that the chamber wasn't as empty as he first thought. Several Echidna warriors ambushed him from his sides, grapping his arms and forcing them behind his back. Before he could get the chance to fight back, another smashed a Knuckles type fist into his stomach, winding him, the super human strength flowing away from his limbs. Spittle went flying from his mouth as he cried out, before collapsing to his knees.

"We must hurry." Mishoal stated, entering the room, an agitated look on his face. He had already seen Perfect Chaos and the destruction it was bringing. His concern however was not for his people, but rather appeasing the whim of his god and then leaving as fast as he could. "Hurry, place the black and red one before the alter." The Echidna had held the winded Shadow nodded, before dragging him towards the ruined statue.

"What about this guy?" The Echidna who'd knocked Sonic unconscious asked, looking down at the knocked out cold hedgehog. Mishoal didn't even give the blue rodent a glance.

"Forget about him, the black and red one is all we need." Shadow's vision blurred. These Echidna's were surprisingly strong, and he found it difficult to see straight, let alone fight them. He was vaguely aware of being dragged across the room and then dropped in front of the statue.

Mishoal quickly advanced over to his side as the Ultimate life form struggled to push keep on his knees.

"Master, I have him in your presence as you required." He said in a panicked rush, bowing before the ruined edifice. "Unfortunately I fear I must abandon your holy city, please forgive my failure." Once finishing, he gestured to the others to run towards the doors, before he himself took off on his heals, tearing through the exit as fast as his legs could carry him, his Echidna's followed closely behind.

Shadow managed to gain some strength back and pushed himself up, still breathing hard.

"Shadow..." A whispering voice said as he looked up, instantly aware from where the sound was coming from. He stared at the skull like face with demonic horns and inject like pincers of the Echidna's god, and breathed in sharply when he saw the eyes glow bright green. "Come to me, Shadow. Come to me." Shadow tried to back away in horror, but found some invisible force was holding his feet to the spot. He tried to move, but found they weren't listening to him anymore, no matter now much he tried. Sonic was still out cold, and was of little help, no matter how much the black hedgehog shouted for his help. He was forced to watch, unable to run as some presence, great in power yet terrible in intent, forced it's into the room, encircling him. He could literally feel it's very existence on his skin, and the feeling made him feel sick. He collapsed to his knees, his head and stomach reeling. "Come to me!"

Perfect Chaos' tentacles tore through the buildings, tossing thick clouds of brick dust into the air, only to be smacked back down again by the thick rain as it crashed down from the skies. Rouge could hardly maintain her flight in the crushing, almost twister like wind conditions the storm was imposing. Forcing her down forward the ground, he folded her wings behind his back to prevent their drag from throwing her into the streaming vortex. She could hardly see: which nearly cost her her life as one of Chaos' tentacles tore through the earth before her, narrowly missing her feet by inches.

"Knuckles, where are you, you crazy idiot?!" She screamed into the wind, only to have its howling blocked out her words. It was her acute hearing that managed to pick up his voice from somewhere amongst the howling. Trusting her senses and instincts, she let them guide her through the destruction, past towering geysers and collapsing buildings and underneath bridges made by fallen walls to a small square that so far had been left undamaged, by the flood waters were slowly by surely rising, threatening to swallow it all.

Knuckles was there, helping a small group of Echidna, possibly no more than a few dozen in number, escape Chaos' wrath. Rouge hesitated when she realized that they she was staring at the only survivors of the flood. Everyone else, all those people they'd seen when they arrived where all...

"MOVE MOVE MOVE!" The Red Echidna was shouted as a tower of masonry collapsed with a deafening crash, raging waters not far behind it.

"Knuckles come on!" Rouge shouted over to him, the wind pressing her large ears to her head. "We've found the time ring, we have to go!" Knuckles shot her a glare over his shoulder.

"Forget it!" The Echidna snapped at the bat. "I'm not leaving. Now if you want to help, then help me get these people out of here!"

"Who are you?" Shadow almost whispered, staring up, feeling the presence around him and were it was hovering now. "What do you want from me?"

"Only to complete your purpose Shadow, end result of the quest to create the Ultimate life form." The black and red hedgehog's eyes shot wide open. How did it know what he was? "I was the reason you were created. I am Krish-Kra-Pal." Shadow tried to struggle against his invisible restraints, failing to break free once again.

"You don't exist!" The Hedgehog hissed through gritted teeth, trying to pull himself away. The presence chuckled.

"I can assure you, I am very real. In fact, you owe me for your very existence." The ground shock, Perfect Chaos' rampage reaching it's peak outside. Shadow tried again to break free, only to be meet with failure. "But we have little time for introductions, come, embrace me, and for fill your purpose."

Rouge knew full well arguing with him, especially in this situation, was completely pointless, even if it was her first impulse. Instead, she simply gave in, running after him.

As Perfect Chaos' screams tore through the air and thunder and lightning rained supreme, the small band of survivors, with only an Echidna and a bat as their protects, made their way slowly but steadily through the carnage that can only be described as looking like a war zone. The fallen buildings and carved crevices in the ground had created near countless tunnels that opened up short cuts, but had also blocked off most of the direct ways out of the city so there was a lot of ducking and weaving involved in their evacuation.

Knuckles could see the fear in their eyes. They were all terrified out of their minds, but then he hadn't really expected them to take the destruction of their city and empire too lightly.

Strangely, he couldn't feel any hatred towards Chaos. He knew he probably should, but he couldn't summon the anger necessary for it. Instead, his rage was focused at those idiotic high priests who'd brainwashed his people into doing the evil bidding of that false god of theirs.

Suddenly he discovered their only way barred by the giant collapsed pile of rubble.

Knuckles smashed a fist into it, sending it flying in every direction, opening up the path for the Echidna's to run through. With Perfect Chaos shrieking in the background, Rouge quickly herded them all through while Knuckles directed them towards the last remaining exit from the city that wasn't either flooded or destroyed. Perfect Chaos was nearly on top of them now, and the only thing between them and salvation in the form of a near collapsing state doorway was a narrow ravine carved in the ground, a seething mass of tentacles slathering above them, Chaos' huge head arched higher above. Most of them were too scared by now to go on, recoiling in fear at the mere sight of the demon that was eating away at their city.

It took some decree of persuasion on Knuckles' part to get them moving, and even then they only managed a painstakingly slow single file movement. All ducking as low as they could, some crying in fear. As the first few made it acorss, Chaos fired another beam directed at the city, erupted in a huge explosion. After that, many of them refused to move. Until of course until Rouge showed them her fangs, then they crossed the divide faster than the first lot had. Finally all that were left was one family as a few elderly Echidna's. These were the ones who were most afraid, paralysed with fear. They flatly refused to move. There was a loud crashed and behind them cascading waters began pouring down the ravine toward them, threatening to crush them. That was all the motivation any of them would need, even the elderly ones with the terrible joints managed to make it across in record time. As soon as they were all across, Knuckles turned and slammed a fist into the side of the rubble, causing a cascade that blocked the ravine diverting the course of the flood away from them.

"Thank you." An elderly Echidna had enough time to say, laying a hand on Knuckles shoulder, before hurrying off to join his people, the blood curling screeches of Perfect Chaos growing louder by the second.

"Come on Knuckles, they're safe. We have to go NOW!" Rouge nearly screamed in his ear.

Flip Card 1:

Name: Perfect Chaos

Age: N/A

Sex: Could be male...

Race; Water demon

Job description: Chaos, once he absorbed all seven Chaos emeralds. Responsibly for the death of the Echidna Empire.