Sonic Battle 2

Chapter 11, part 3: The Final Battle

Author's note: Well, so it comes to an end. I will write an epilogue to wrap everything up (just because I like this story so much), and don't count out the possibility of a sequel (three-quel?).

Sonic now stood where Knuckles once was. He hovered a few feet into the air, and then there was a bright flash (most definitely not the last in this story). When everyone thought they could see Sonic, they didn't. Instead, they saw a glowing creature, flashing multiple colors, with hair that stood straight up. Merely standing around him let you know that this was no ordinary hedgehog. This was Hyper Sonic.

"I'm ready," Sonic said.

"Then go ahead and meet Eggman again. We'll catch up with you. Good luck!" Tails replied.

Sonic set out to fight Eggman, and destroy Metal Sonic for the last time.

Eggman, meanwhile, was quite giddy in his success. He had only just announced his supreme command, but after a show of Metal Sonic's power, everyone was willing to agree to his terms. Everything was going fine until he felt a looming presence behind him. "Sonic," the maniac started, "you're back."

"Not really. Now I'm much stronger. I've come to take back what does not belong to you, and to destroy that which you say is better than me."

"Why so serious all of a sudden?" Then Eggman looked at Sonic and realized that in his current state, victory would almost surely be Sonic's. It made him remember the last time Sonic had used this form. It was one of Eggman's greatest moments gone not-so-great. It happened many years ago…

Eggman was piloting a large blue ship, flying through space. Sonic had just destroyed the Death Egg, Eggman's greatest creation. Eggman thought that going into space and flying maniacally through an asteroid field would shake Sonic, but it didn't. Sonic was too strong, and Eggman had no hope as Sonic pulled up behind him. That's when Eggman remembered the cargo he was carrying: the Master Emerald!

As Sonic drew closer, Eggman saw that Sonic was flashing many different colors because he had used the Super Emeralds to become more powerful. But the Emeralds' energy was Sonic's only weapon, and this could be blocked by the Master Emerald Eggman was carrying. Eggman reclined in his pilot's seat, relieved, and pressed the button to launch the homing missiles. Even if they didn't hurt Sonic, they could help stall until Sonic ran out of power. Sonic repeatedly dashed against the hull of the ship, but it was no use.

The missiles were about to hit Sonic when he dashed to the other side of the ship. This missiles couldn't turn that fast. Eggman tried to defuse them remotely, but it was too late. They hit the side of the ship with a resounding crash and the ship was going down. In a shocking mechanical twist the likes of which only Eggman could dream up, a robot released itself from the ship, holding the Master Emerald, functioning as a sort of escape-pod-from-an-escape-pod. The only problem was that the Master Emerald wasn't connected to any of the internal mechanisms and was currently useless, so therobot was vulnerable. Sonic struck the back of the robot's head, and it was over. Sonic retrieved the Master Emerald, and Eggman was forced back into hiding.

Eggman promised himself that he wouldn't let that happen again. But defeat seemed to be his inevitable fate in this situation. That's when Eggman realized something. Metal Sonic has the Master Emerald! Eggman realized. He can block some of Sonic's moves!

Sonic attempted to attack Metal Sonic head-on, but the robot's computer reacted, and within a fraction of a second, the Master Emerald was used to block the attack. Sonic decided to try using elemental attacks, and attempted an ice blast. It hit, and Metal Sonic was frozen. Sonic tried then to use a fire shot to weaken Metal Sonic, but Metal Sonic resisted it, and it only melted the ice. Then all seven lights on Metal Sonic's Emerald panel flashed. Metal Sonic was trying to attack with all of the elements at once!

Back on the ground, Knuckles sensed what was happening. He warned the others about the threat.

"Eggman, what are you trying to do? Not even a robot can withstand all seven elements used at once!"

As Knuckles yelled within earshot of everyone else, sending them into a panic, Tails pulled out a sensor and read it.

"Metal Sonic's energy is off the scale! If he attempts to attack—"

"What?" Shadow asked impatiently.

"If he tries to attack, he'll cause a deadly energy reaction! Nothing will contain the power, and everything around it will…" Tails didn't want to start unnecessary worry, even though the end was unavoidable. Despite his late attempts to mask the truth, everyone knew what would happen. Metal Sonic started to flash a bright light, and this light expanded forth. Knuckles looked on in horror as he saw what represented the ultimate failure of his hereditary duty. Sonic flew towards them, but it was no use. Knuckles just closed his eyes and braced himself for the worst…

One loud explosion sound later, Knuckles opened his eyes. He was surrounded by a bright white light. He was confused. Is this death? Or is it something else? Knuckles looked up and saw Sonic, floating there, arms outstretched. He had tried to protect them, but it was useless. All around him, Knuckles saw everyone else that was with him at the explosion. Tails, Shadow, Amy, Cream, Rouge…they were all there too. Knuckles looked for Sonic, but he wasn't there anymore. Looking back in front of him, Knuckles saw Sonic standing right there in front of him, in his normal from again. Then everyone was surprised to see the white light around them fade. They saw a ruined, but still recognizable, Angel Island before them. They were still alive!

Sonic explained to everyone: "Just before Metal Sonic exploded, I thought of creating a shield, but I figured it wouldn't work. Then I remembered that I had the Super Emeralds, and they could help me! So I blocked for us all! Too bad I ran out of energy, though. I wanted to run through the volcano in my Hyper form, just for fun."

Tails was the first to think about the other side of the story. "But what about Eggman and Metal Sonic? We should find them and see what they're like now!"

After a thorough search, only a few scraps of Metal Sonic could be found. They saw Eggman, and he was dead to all outward appearances, but they all remembered how he had a knack for surviving the impossible, so they deserted him so he could wake up disoriented another day. Everyone set out for home, with a lot of mental weight relieved.

Now please excuse me while I write an epilogue to close any outstanding plotholes.