Sonic Battle 2
Chapter 10: Emerl Revealed
Author's Notes: This is what you've all been waiting for. The reason Shadow risked his life, the reason the Chaos Emeralds became so important, the reason Eggman came up with his next plot. Okay, maybe not why Eggman came up with his next plot. But it was coincidental timing.
Sonic looked out the front door, waiting for Shadow. Naturally, he was surprised when he was tripped from behind.
"Ha! I love that prank!" Shadow admitted. "It's just one of the advantages of Chaos Control."
"You're back!"
"Yes, obviously."
"Do you have—"
"The Emeralds? Yes."
"Sweet! Now we can find out what's up with Emerl."
Tails interjected. "Where is Emerl?"
This was followed by muffled shouts from in the direction of the scanner. In fact, if one listened closely enough, they could almost swear that the shouts said something like, "I'm still in here!"
"Oh yeah, we left him in there."
"Let's fire it up!"
Tails placed the last two Chaos Emeralds. Then the scanner re-activated.
SCANNING…
…
DATA FOUND
IDENTIFICATION: EMERL
ENTER PASSWORD
"I remember this part," Tails said before entering M-A-R-I-A into the keyboard.
ACCEPTED
INTRODUCE SEVEN CHAOS EMERALDS
…
CHAOS EMERALDS PRESENT
READING DATA…
TRANSLATING…
…
FILE FOUND: VIDEO RECORDING
OPEN? Y/N
'Y'
OPENING…
The video began. Everyone was shocked by who appeared on the screen.
Eggman started to talk. "Ha! If you're reading this message, I'm going to assume you're either Sonic or one of his obnoxious companions. If you are, you've been tricked! Now I know where you are so I can alert you to my ultimate plan! Now watch in horror as the second part of this program executes! Hahaha!"
VIDEO COMPLETE
RUNNING SHUTDOWN: EMERL
SHUTDOWN COMPLETE
RUNNING FILE 'SELFDESTRUCT.EGG': EMERL
An explosive noise was heard from inside the machine.
SELFDESTRUCT COMPLETE
SHUTDOWN SCANNER? Y/N
'Y'
SHUTTING DOWN…
The screen went blank. When the group moved the scanner away, all that was left of Emerl was a pile of scrap.
"I guess we'll never find out whether or not this Emerl was real…" Tails concluded.
Sonic had another answer. "I'll bet there is. If we find Eggman, we can force him to tell us!"
The nearby TV screen kicked on. It was Eggman again.
"Well, Sonic, I see that you and your partners have attempted to discover the origins of Emerl, and I see that you've failed miserably. I do have some solace, however, and that is that I will put you all out of your misery shortly. Now witness as I unleash my ultimate creation!"
The image of Eggman was replaced by the Master Emerald.
"What!" Knuckles exclaimed, shocked. "How did they find the Master Emerald?"
Then the Emerald started moving. Metal Sonic 3.0 could now be seen as the Master Emerald entered it. A bright flash filled the screen, and when the light faded, Metal Sonic 3.0 was not there. Or was it? In its place was a slightly larger, gold version of it with huge wings and both arms converted into huge cannons radiating what looked like black light.
"Yes! It worked! Now face my greatest creation, Ultimate Metal Sonic! It will destroy you, and not even Super Sonic can stop it! You all will die! Hahaha!"
The transmission ended.
Sonic started. "If he's right and I can't beat it, even with all seven Emeralds, we're in big trouble."
"Not quite." It was evident that Knuckles had a plan. "Follow me. If we go deep into Angel Island, we might find a solution."
I fully intend to clarify Emerl more, as soon as I think something up...just kidding. But not about the clarifying thing.