Pre-chapter Conversation
The scene opened in an open field. Shadow and I were staring each other down.
"I will get you, Shadow!" I declared.
"Ha! No one has ever gotten me before!" The other brunet scoffed. "What makes you any different?"
"I have this!"
I snapped my fingers and a purple ball appeared in my hand. As soon as Shadow recognized the object, he gave a horrified gasp.
"No!"
"Oh yes!" I smirked as I made the wind up. "Master Ball! Go!" I tossed it.
The master ball whizzed through the air for a few seconds before crashing into Shadow. It then opened up and sucked him in. The ball lands on the ground and shakes a few times. It even bounces around the area for a few minutes before stopping with a ding. I grinned as I walked over to it and picked it up.
"Yes! I did it!" I shouted, jumping for joy.
Moments later, Izzy walked into the field with his arms crossed.
"What did you do now?" He grumbled. I turned to him, never losing that toothy smile.
"Guess what, I caught a Shadow Pokémon!"
"Ugh!" He groaned, slapping his head.
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The Adventures of Izzy the Human
Chapter Five
The Ultimate Screw Up
°Izzy's POV°
"Help!" The love of my life, in her hedgehog form, screamed as she ran. I was in my hedgehog form as well as I skated after her. We were in a world of darkness. Nothing but black can be seen in every direction.
"Alice! Hang on!" I called to her. My Dragon Emerald, for some reason, disappeared from around my neck. Soon, she stopped and I caught up to her.
"Alice…" I panted as I reached up to grab her to embrace her and tell her that everything will be alright.
But nothing was alright.
Just before I was able to feel her warmth, a purple light appeared out of the corner of my eyes. Before I can do anything, I was struck. I skidded back a couple of feet. I was dumbstruck. That was my Chaos Beam at the strength that it used to be in! But how?
I shook my head and got up only to see the beautiful blonde get snatched up by two beings that were floating in the air. The strangest part about them was that they looked just like me! I can barely make them out in the darkness. One was black and had bat-like wings and glowing red eyes. The other was green and had a crazed expression. They both moved away from me with Alice in tow. I bolted straight up and skated after them.
"Let her go!" I screamed as I tried desperately to catch up.
"HELP!.!.!" Alice shrieked as she and those two fakers were engulfed in flames. I could still hear those two laughing insanely.
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I shot up panting.
"That dream… Not again." I sat up on the floor in my room. I had given Alice my bed to sleep in. Sonic and his friends were sleeping in the living room.
"Alice…"
I stood up and turned towards my bed. In the darkness of the night, I saw her resting peacefully. I walked over to the bed and kneeled toward her. I smiled at her lovely form and rubbed the back of my hand against her right cheek. I then bent over her and planted a small kiss on her cheek. She mumbled something and turned away from me. I frowned and sat back down on the floor.
'I thought for sure I wouldn't be having that dream anymore after I saw her alive and well.' I thought sadly. 'What does that dream mean?'
I laid back down on my pillow and closed my eyes, trying to get back to sleep. I doubted I would be able to sleep well after having that dream yet again.
Elsewhere…
°Third person POV°
The sounds of metal clanging were heard all through the halls of Diary Square High. In the darkened halls walked many robots. They were each opening the lockers, searching for something. After about an hour, the sounds ceased and three glowing dots made their way towards the principal's office, where the only light in the entire building was turned on.
"Miss Rouge, we have found three of the Chaos Emeralds." One of the robots, an egg pawn said. It was accompanied by two of the same robots.
(A/N: The egg pawns are the red robots you normally come across in Sonic Heroes.)
"It's about time!" Rouge huffed as she turned towards the robots. The robot who addressed her was holding the green emerald. The robot behind it was holding the yellow emerald. Rouge's eyes lit up when she saw the third robot struggling to hold up the Master Emerald on its back.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.! My precious!" She squealed as she hopped past the first two egg pawns and hugged the Master Emerald. The robot holding it had finally short circuited from the massive weight and was now lying on the floor. "I know Sonic would be dumb enough to leave behind some of the emeralds, but that echidna!.? I can't believe he actually left this treasure here!" She kissed it.
"Ahem." Rouge turned towards the other two robots that were holding up the two Chaos Emeralds. She glared at them.
"So? Give them to Eggman and get out of my sight. Me and my baby have some much needed catching up to do." She rubbed the Master Emerald. The egg pawns sweatdropped and went down a staircase that was behind a bookcase.
The next afternoon…
"Ahhhhh!.!.! The emerald!" Tails exclaimed as he dug through his locker. "It's gone!"
"What?" Sonic said as he looked at the blond kid's locker. "Where'd you put it?"
"Right here like you told me to put it yesterday!" Tails replied with fright.
"You must've misplaced it."
"No I didn't! Eggman must've took it!" Sonic waved a dismissive hand.
"Look, I'll show you my emerald and then you could see that ol' Eggface didn't take it." The blue haired kid opened his locker. "See? Perfectly safe."
"Where is it?" Tails asked, looking at the locker.
"What do ya mean, 'Where is it?'" Sonic said as he turned towards his locker. "It's right—Where is it!.?.!.?.!" He threw all his stuff onto the floor in an attempt to find his emerald, which was nowhere to be found.
"Oh great! You too?" Amy asked.
"Pffft! You always lose everything Sonic." Knuckles said. "I bet you'd never find your own shoes if you ever took them off." Sonic glared at him.
"If you think you're so good with your belongings, open your locker and see if your precious Master Emerald is still inside." Knuckles scoffed at him.
"I don't need to look, but just so that I could prove you wrong, I'll take a look."
He opened his locker. It didn't even take five seconds before he slammed the door and drove his fist through the metal. Knuckles turned to Sonic with a glare.
"Ok, where'd you put it!.?.!" He roared. Sonic smirked.
"Well, whaddya know, looks like you lost it yet again."
"This isn't funny! Eggman's got two of our emeralds, the Master Emerald, and whatever emeralds he already had!"
"Well, at least I still have my emerald." Amy said, taking out the blue one.
"Yeah. And Alice still has hers." Tails said.
"Speaking of whom, where is she?" Knuckles asked.
"I saw her leaving with Izzy. I think they're going out on their first date!" Amy squealed, forcing the guys, especially Sonic, to move away from her.
Outside the school…
"You really want to stay here with me?" Izzy asked Alice as they walked towards the curb. The blonde was leaning against him.
"Of course I do!" Alice replied. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well what about the Surf Hut and Boomer?" Alice gasped.
"Oh man… I didn't even think about that…" She said as she lowered her head. Izzy picked up her head and looked into her sapphire eyes.
"Think about it, ok? I would love it if you lived with me and my mom, but I don't want you to just abandon everything you had in your dimension." He said. Alice nodded.
"I will." She said as they walked into the school's parking lot.
"Well anyway, I've come up with a new attack while you were gone all this time."
"Oh yeah? What is it?"
"It's called 'Chaos—'" But Izzy stopped himself and glared ahead of him. Alice looked up at him worriedly.
"What's the matter?"
"Get out of here." Izzy whispered.
"What?" Alice said with an eyebrow raised.
"You heard me. Get out of here now."
"But what about you?" Alice asked, now completely confused.
"I'll be fine. Now go." Izzy gave her a kiss on the lips. While Alice was preoccupied, he slipped a piece of paper into her purse. He then separated. Alice looked dazed after that kiss.
"Go now." The boy said. Alice shook off her daze and gave him one last look before running out of the lot. He smirked after her retreating form before putting on a stern look.
"Alright! Come out now!" He yelled as he turned around. After a few seconds, Shadow walked into view. He stood across from Izzy with an evil smirk. The guardian raised an eyebrow.
"Shade? What are you doing here?" Shadow chuckled at the boy's obliviousness.
"Still unaware of who he's taking to." He said to himself. He then said out loud, "I wish to fight you." Now Izzy's eyebrow really went up.
"Fight me? For what? What did I do to you?"
"Aside from insulting my hair, lots. I want revenge and I want to see if you got any stronger since our last encounter."
"What are you talking about? The only time we've seen each other was in the hall the other day. What could you possibly want revenge for?"
"Beat me and I'll tell you. Now are you going to fight me or are you chicken?" Shadow grinned at the glare Izzy sent him.
"I'm not chicken! Let's go!"
"This'll be a one KO match." Shadow said, getting down to business. "Do you accept?"
"Yeah!" Izzy replied. Shadow smirked again.
"Good. I don't want you to hold back."
The music for when you battle Phi robots in Sonic Battle started playing as the two combatants got into thinking poses.
'Hmmmmm… What did he mean by "don't hold back?"' Izzy thought as he started trying to think of which special attacks he should use. 'Does he know about my abilities? After what happened with Sonic the other day, I shouldn't be surprised. Everybody probably knows. But why does he want me to use my powers?' He shook his head.
'Well, whatever the reason, I shouldn't hurt him too badly. I'll pick my shot attack for my ground ability and my physical attack for my air ability. I'll block bombs. I hope I won't have to use my chaos powers.' He got into a fighting pose. After a few minutes, Shadow did the same.
"I'm no pushover!" Izzy yelled out his battle cry.
"Time to show you my ultimate power." Shadow said to himself. He wanted to keep the guardian guessing.
(Me: Three, two, one! START!)
Both boys ran head on towards each other. When they got to the middle of the arena, Izzy threw a punch, which Shadow dodged. He then went for a kick, but the black clad boy dodged it easily. Shadow did a sweeping kick and tripped Izzy. He then jumped and tried to land a punch, but the guardian rolled out of the way. Shadow went for a kick, but Izzy pushed off the ground and ran to a wall.
"Woah… He's good." Izzy panted. He charged in again. Shadow was waiting though. When the teen in purple was within striking distance, he snapped his fingers and Izzy was tossed into the air by a patch of distorted space.
'What the—? That was Chaos Magic! How'd he do that?' Izzy thought with wide eyes. He righted himself and made to drop kick Shadow, but the Ultimate Life Form was nowhere to be seen.
"Looking for something?"
Izzy looked up at Shadow. Before he could do anything to stop it, the teen in black kicked him hard, sending him towards the ground. Izzy landed with a crash and created a small crater. He gasped for air as he sat up. He then saw his opponent disappear. His eyes widened and he jumped away. He rolled along the ground and looked back to see the boy in black appear in the crater with an energy field surrounding him.
'And that was Chaos Burst!' He thought with wide eyes. He then took a breath and closed his eyes.
"Chaos Recover." A green ring of energy surrounded Izzy and he started to heal a bit.
'How can this guy use Shadow's attacks?'
He soon let the ring disappear. He wasn't fully healed, but he was still able to fight. Shadow ran towards Izzy, disappearing out of sight every few seconds. Izzy also ran towards his foe. Before Shadow can make another attack, Izzy landed a punch. It didn't do a respectable amount of damage, but it still made Shadow angry. He used Chaos Nightmare and knocked Izzy towards a wall.
"Gotta time it…"
The purple clad kid righted himself and kicked off the wall. He propelled himself towards Shadow, hoping to land another hit, but the Ultimate Life Form had other plans. He disappeared and gave Izzy a hard kick, sending him towards the ground. Izzy flipped and landed. He ran away to avoid another Chaos Burst.
"I've had enough of this! Chaos Control!" He slowed down time and ran towards Shadow, who had just landed. Izzy rammed into him hard, sending him skidding a few feet along the ground. Shadow smirked as he got up.
"It's about time." He scratched at the air. "Chaos Spear!" Six orange spears of energy appeared and flew towards Izzy, who jumped into the air.
"Chaos Blade!" He yelled, firing red energy blades towards the other attack. They collided and created an explosion.
'Oh man! Chaos Spear too!.?.! Who is this guy?' Izzy thought as he landed.
"Chaos Control!"
Time slowed down again and he ran towards Shadow, who also ran head on. They both rammed into each other, tossing each other back a few feet. They rammed at each other again and again. All anybody outside the battle zone can see were two streaks of energy; one purple and the other orange. Izzy was surprised to see that the other boy was actually keeping up with him, as was Shadow.
'So he has improved, eh? Time to end this.' The dark one thought as he jumped on the nearby brick wall. He switched on his air skates and jumped off before Izzy can land a hit. They started ramming into each other again. The guardian of the Boring Dimension started to notice a slight change in Shadow.
'He's going faster!.?' He thought fearfully.
Shadow got him with another Chaos Nightmare, driving him back a few feet. Izzy was tossed out of the Chaos Control warp as he tried to get back on his feet. He shook his head and looked ahead. Shadow was moving towards Izzy when he noticed the reason why the black clad teen was going faster.
'Skates!.?.!' He thought with wide eyes. 'Wait. Those aren't ordinary skates. They're air skates!'
It was then that he remembered what his Art teacher said the day Sonic and co. came to the school.
"Shading… Shadows… You're Shadow!.!.!" Shadow skidded to a halt and smirked.
"Took you long enough." He said as Izzy got up.
"So that's why you said you wanted revenge and all that stuff. You wanted revenge for what happened on the Death Egg!" Shadow chuckled before glaring at him.
"Yes. I have no equal. Even after all the times that faker defeated me, I'm still the greatest life form ever to grace this or any other dimension. And you just toss me out of that room with one blast?.!"
"You do know that was your fault, right?" Izzy shot back as he activated his Chaos Recover. "If you didn't hook me up to the core, I wouldn't have transformed!"
"It doesn't matter. What does matter however is that I defeat you." Shadow got back into a fighting pose as Izzy deactivated his recover attack. He still had cuts and bruises all over him.
"Dream on! I'm still in this fight! Chaos Control!" Time slowed down as he dashed towards Shadow. His left hand glowed purple. "Chaos Beam!" He fired an energy ball at the boy in black, who dodged it effortlessly. Shadow pulled out the green Chaos Emerald.
"Time to show you a real Chaos Control. Chaos Control!"
Time froze. Izzy was just ten feet away with his head lowered, obviously getting ready to head butt Shadow. The Ultimate Life Form scoffed at the other teen's helplessness. He jumped up into the air and performed a Chaos Burst, damaging Izzy heavily. Time unfroze as the boy fainted from the attack.
"Didn't even break a sweat." Shadow said as he crossed his arms.
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"Look! There she is!" Tails said as he and the others walked out of the school's front exit. They saw Alice running from the direction of the parking lot. The others ran up to her.
"What happened? Where's Izzy?" Sonic asked the panting girl.
"Izzy… Parking lot… Fight…" She said in between breaths. Everybody else raised an eyebrow.
"Breathe." Amy said. After a few minutes, Alice finally caught her breath.
"Izzy and I were walking in the parking lot when he suddenly told me to leave." She started. "I left him, but not before looking back. He started talking to that Shadow guy and they both fought." Sonic shook his fist.
"Shadow…" He turned to everybody else. "Come on! I'm going to have a little word with that faker." They ran over to the parking lot. When they got there, they saw the damage caused by Shadow and Izzy's fight, but no sign of the two combatants.
"They could've stuck around for a few more minutes." Knuckles said with his arms crossed. "Now what?" Sonic put a hand to his chin. He then looked to his left and saw an egg pawn spying on them. The robot screamed and ran into the school.
"Figures he'd set up his base in the school." The blue haired boy said. The group followed the robot inside.
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"Ugh… My head…" Izzy groaned as he came to. When his eyes adjusted, he looked around. He was inside a room full of mechanical equipment. He then glared at the door in front of him.
"I got a strange feeling of déjà vu."
He looked at his limbs. He was shackled to the ends of a glass cylinder. To his right were the green and red Chaos Emeralds. To his left were the yellow and light blue ones. Finally, behind him were the gray and Master emeralds. They were all inside glass cylinders as well. Izzy turned towards the door as it opened. He heard an evil chuckle as the school's principal stepped into view.
"Dr. Chickenman? Help me out of here." Izzy pleaded. The man just kept up his laughter. "Dr. Chickenman? Oh wait a minute… Chicken's lay eggs…" He gasped and glared at him. "Dr. Robotnik!"
"Well, well. I guess I did manage to catch you after all." The good doctor said as he ripped off his business suit, revealing his normal uniform. Izzy struggled against his bonds.
"Ugh! Let me go!"
"Not a chance!" Ms. Red's voice was heard as she entered.
"Ms. Red! Look out! That's Dr. Robotnik! He'll capture you too!" The woman just laughed at the boy in purple. It was then that Izzy realized something.
"The French word for red is…" He gave another glare. "Rouge!" Izzy blinked and grinned. "Hey doll! How's it going?" Rouge fell over.
"Ugh! Don't call me doll!" She yelled. Shadow then walked in the room and crossed his arms.
"What do you three want this time!.?" Izzy demanded. Dr. Robotnik chuckled again.
"Like I said before, I want to use your emerald to take over this sorry excuse for a planet and establish the Eggman Empire! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!"
"Don't tell me you're going to fry my body again."
"Ok, I won't." Dr. Robotnik replied as he snapped his fingers. Rouge walked over to a nearby console and pressed a button. Instantly, the five Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald glowed brightly. Their energy flowed through wires at the tops of the containers and went into Izzy's shackles.
"Not again…" The boy squeaked, crying animé tears.
°BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZPT!.!.!.!.!°
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Izzy screamed as the energy went into his Dragon Emerald. It started glowing.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Dr. Robotnik laughed. "Now submit to my power!"
"And if I refuse!.?.!" Izzy yelled through clenched teeth.
"You'll be destroyed by the chaos energy." Shadow answered. Izzy's eyes widened to that and he started struggling to get free.
"Let me out of here! I'll explode if this keeps up!.!.!"
"Not our problem." Rouge said. "That glass is triple reinforced with diamonds. It'll withstand the explosion. You, on the other hand…" She trailed off.
Izzy grunted and screamed in agony as the energy continued going into him. He had to release the energy somehow or else everything will go boom. He couldn't Chaos Control out of there. If this thing was made the same way as the capsule back on the Death Egg, he would still remain where he was, getting blasted by the energy. The guardian lifted his head up as he realized the one thing that can get him out of there.
'My new ability! …But I haven't perfected it yet. Who knows what will happen! But I got no other choice. Only Alice can save me if anything goes wrong.' Izzy took a deep breath.
"You guys haven't won yet!" He declared as he took another deep breath. It was now or never.
"CHAOS SPLIT!.!.!" He roared. The energy from the Chaos and Master Emeralds stopped flowing.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!.?.!.?.!" Dr. Robotnik screamed.
°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°
The door behind the villainous trio was blasted open as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Alice ran inside.
"It's over, Eggman! Let the kid go!" Sonic yelled.
"SONIC! How'd you get down here!.?.!" The good doctor looked like he was about to pop a vein. Sonic smirked.
"You really shouldn't leave your toys lying around. Now let him go!"
"It's too late!" Shadow yelled suddenly. Everybody turned towards him, but he was staring at the capsule. Everybody turned towards the capsule and gasped.
The Dragon Emerald started glowing slowly. First, the purple emerald glowed a bright white, then the red one, followed by the blue emerald. The remaining two emeralds and the Master Emerald glowed white as well. Seconds later, the Dragon Emerald stopped glowing, cracked down the middle, and broke in two.
"No! My emerald!" Rouge yelled.
Izzy's body then glowed white. The shackles keeping him chained up broke as did the glass surrounding him and the emeralds of Sonic's dimension.
"What's happening to him?.!" Amy yelled over the noise.
Everybody looked on in horror as the white form became two. When the glowing subsided, two boys were floating before the heroes and villains. The five Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald of Sonic's dimension laid on the floor.
"I-Izzy…and Izzy?" Alice said in confusion.
They both looked exactly like Izzy, except for a few differences. The one on the left had green hair that was arranged like Shadow's quills. There were black highlights in them. There was an insane look in his eyes. He was wearing a green shirt and green pants. The left half of the Dragon Emerald hung around his neck. On it were the Boring Dimension's red, blue, and half of its green Chaos Emeralds and half of the Master Emerald.
The Izzy on the right was wearing all black. Like the one on the left, his hair was arranged like Shadow's quills. It was black with purple highlights in them. Two bat-like wings were visible. His eyes were bloodshot. Around his neck was the other half of the Dragon Emerald. The purple, yellow, and the other half of the green emeralds were present as well as the other half of the Master Emerald. Both of them had red vests on and were wearing air skates like Shadow's.
"Finally! We're free!" The Izzy on the right yelled in a demonic tone as he flexed his wings.
"Whoo hahahahahaha!.!.! You said it, bro!" The left Izzy said in a hyper tone. The other eight humans looked confused.
"Izzy, is that you?" Sonic asked. Both Izzys turned towards him.
"Yes and no." The black Izzy said.
"It all depends on your point of view." The green Izzy supplied, blowing a spit bubble and laughing crazily.
"For too long, we have been trapped in our host's body."
"Host?" Knuckles asked.
"Now I remember!" Tails said, walking up. "I knew I saw you two before!"
"What are you talking about?" Amy asked.
"Don't you remember?" Tails asked, turning towards the others. "We saw these two before."
°°Flashback°°
The group was at Angel Island by the altar of the Master Emerald. Izzy, as a hedgehog, was admiring the gigantic jewel when Knuckles, as an echidna, went mental on him.
"AHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!" Izzy yelled as he was blasted straight up into the air, courtesy of Knuckles' fiery uppercut. He plummeted shortly after and landed on top of the Master Emerald. "Ow…"
"Ack! Get off!.!.!" Knuckles yelled. Izzy grunted as he stood up. He was about to jump off when suddenly, the Master Emerald and the Dragon Emerald glowed brightly.
"AHHHHHH!.!.! What's that!.?.!" Sonic, Tails, and Amy, in their furry forms, yelled as they covered their eyes from the bright light.
"Get off already!" Knuckles roared to Izzy, who was struggling.
"You think I haven't been trying!.? My feet are stuck!" Izzy tried to jump, but whatever was holding his feet had a good grip. The emeralds glowed brighter and Izzy's eyes were in a trance.
"GWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.!.!.!" He laughed with a demonic voice. "The power is mine!"
"Something's very wrong here!" Tails yelled over the noise. Izzy and the Master Emerald floated up as the hedgehog began to turn green. His quills were sticking up.
"Give that back!" Knuckles roared.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!.! Finally! I have reached super mode! GWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.!.!.!" Izzy laughed.
"I'm scared!" Amy yelled as she clung to Sonic for protection.
"Knuckles! What's that all about!.?" The blue hedgehog yelled.
"I don't know, but he better get off my emerald." Knuckles growled. Just then, the Master Emerald started to glow brighter. Izzy's eyes returned to normal and they widened.
"Ack! Too much power!" He yelled in pain. He found that he could move his feet again.
"He's gonna explode!" Tails yelled. Everybody hit the ground and covered their heads.
"Ugh! Have…to…get…out of…HERE!.!.!" Izzy yelled as he struggled to reach for his pocket. He pulled out the green Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" He disappeared and shot off into the horizon in a green streak of light.
°°End Flashback°°
"And we saw the black Izzy when…" Tails started again.
°°Flashback°°
The group was in the Death Egg's core, trying to free Izzy from the bonds Dr. Robotnik put him in. The energy from the yellow and gray Chaos Emeralds and half of the Master Emerald was flowing into the Dragon Emerald. He was going to die if Sonic and the others didn't do something. He, Knuckles, Amy, and Alice used their attacks to break the shackles.
"Don't give up, Izzy!" Alice yelled as she took out a flamethrower. "Hang on! I won't lose you!" She opened fire. The flames wrapped around Izzy's shackles completely!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" He yelled, not from pain, but from anger.
Through the flames, everyone was able to see a bright light form. The fire separated and the shackles fell to the ground with a clang. Izzy was floating. The group gasped. Instead of purple, his body had turned completely black. Huge, bat-like wings protruded from his back. His eyes glowed bright crimson. A dark aura surrounded him.
"I-Izzy?" Alice asked. The hedgehog in question turned towards Shadow, who was glaring daggers.
"How dare you live after that!.?" He yelled, slamming the remote on the floor. "But no matter. I'll finish you myself. Chaos Spear!" Shadow held up his hand and fired the attack. Izzy wordlessly held up his hand. A Chaos Shield surrounded him and blocked Shadow's attack.
"What the—? Let's try that again. Chaos Spear!"
Again, Shadow fired the attack, only to have the same result. Izzy raised his hand and blocked the attack with his barrier. Shadow kept firing spears, only to have them blocked. After the evil hedgehog's fifth attempt, Izzy held up his finger and purple energy formed. He charged it a bit and then fired a Chaos Beam at Shadow, who dodged.
"Hey! I thought I was your favorite!" He was answered with another Chaos Beam being fired at him.
"What's going on?" Tails asked as the group watched Shadow weave and bob around Izzy's attacks.
"Hmmmmm… He must've been possessed by the emerald." Knuckles said.
"How?" Sonic asked.
"It must have to do with all the electricity they were using before."
"Izzy…" Alice said with her head lowered. Amy patted her on the back.
"Don't worry. He'll go back to normal, right Sonic?"
"I don't know, Amy." Sonic replied as Izzy started firing Chaos Blades at Shadow.
"Ugh!" Shadow grunted as an energy blade grazed his left arm. "I'll show you not to attack the Ultimate Life Form!"
And he charged towards Izzy. Big mistake. Izzy held up both hands, charged energy, and fired a huge Chaos Beam. It connected and blasted Shadow out of the room. With that, Izzy turned towards the Sonic crew.
"Uh-oh…" Tails said, hiding behind Sonic.
"He's gonna attack us!" Amy shrieked.
"Izzy! Don't! We're your friends!" Alice yelled.
"It's no use." Sonic said. Knuckles stepped in front of them.
"Don't worry. As long as I have the Master Emerald, he can't hurt us." He said as he held up the Master Emerald half, which glowed brightly. Izzy backed away from the light, hissing at its glow. He then roared and charged energy.
The entire room started shaking. A huge piece of the ceiling fell and landed on Izzy's head. The piece of metal broke in half, but it was enough to knock some sense into him. Izzy's body returned to its normal color. The dark aura dissipated. The wings disappeared in two puffs of black smoke and his eyes returned to normal. He then fell face first on the floor. He lied motionless.
°°End Flashback°°
"So you're saying these are those super forms we had to deal with!.?" Sonic yelled as he faced the two Izzys. He then glared at Dr. Robotnik. "What did you do to him, Eggman!.?.!"
"I didn't do anything!" Dr. Robotnik defended, holding up his hands. "My hands are completely clean for once."
"He's right." The black Izzy said. "Our host used his new technique, 'Chaos Split,' to try to escape from the prison he was in. We were released as a result. The dark, evil one with only the reality of world conquest on his mind."
"And the crazy one with only the belief of ruling the world as his bestest best friend!" The green Izzy laughed crazily.
"But how did both of you go super?" Tails asked. The green Izzy laughed goofily.
"It's simple, little tiny man. Five very bad time emeralds, plus one huge Bossy Boss Emerald, plus our gracious host's emeralds equal's two big bad super forms!" He laughed insanely as he started dancing in the air. While that was going on, Knuckles snuck in and grabbed the Chaos and Master Emeralds.
"Thanks to our host, we have been freed and now we will destroy the world!" The black Izzy yelled, laughing evilly.
"Hey! I freed you, so obey me!" Dr. Robotnik yelled. The rest of the group turned and gave him a weirded out look.
"Are you crazy? Don't you remember the last time you released a force of unimaginable power!.?.!" Sonic asked.
"Besides, we don't bow to anyone!" The dark Izzy said. "And now I believe our little chat has come to a close."
"So say good bye!" The crazy Izzy supplied.
"But first, I must change out of this ugly human form."
"Oh me too, me too!"
With that, both Izzys glowed brightly. The light engulfed the entire room. When it dissipated, they were hedgehogs. Shadow and the rest have changed back to their normal forms as well.
"Now you must be gone! I don't want anything ruining our conquest!" Dark Izzy yelled.
"Think again!" Knuckles yelled as he held up the Master Emerald, which glowed brightly.
"Ugh! The light!" Dark Izzy screamed as he shielded his eyes. He turned to his counterpart. "Don't just float there! Do something!"
"Righty o!" Crazy Izzy replied as he spun into a ball. "Chaos Blade!" A single red blade of light shot out and cut the Master Emerald in half. Knuckles gasped at the sight of his emerald lying in two pieces on the ground.
"I don't need the Master Emerald to beat you two!" Sonic yelled as he picked up the five Chaos Emeralds. He turned to Amy and Alice. They both nodded and tossed their emeralds into the air. Sonic followed suit and held his fist in concentration. The seven Chaos Emeralds spun around him, gradually getting faster and faster with each rotation. Sonic can fell their energy coursing through him.
"Oh no you don't!" Dark Izzy yelled as he swooped in and grabbed one of the emeralds, the purple one to be exact. The other six emeralds stopped spinning and fell to the ground. The rest of the group looked in horror as the winged hedgehog tossed the emerald up and down.
"Izzy! Stop this!" Alice shouted. Both Izzys looked at her and then at each other.
"You know, if we're going to be kings of this dimension, we'll need a queen." The dark one said to the crazy one.
"I'm way ahead of you!" Crazy Izzy replied as he dove down and grabbed Alice.
"Let me go!" She yelled as she pounded the green hedgehog, which floated back up to his comrade. Tails noticed a piece of paper fall out of the blonde's purse. He quickly flew up and grabbed it.
"Hold still, pretty lady!" Crazy Izzy said.
"Now we must bid you adieu." Dark Izzy said as he charged energy into the Chaos Emerald in his hand.
"He's not about to do what I think he's about to do, is he?" Rouge asked with wide eyes.
"Sure looks like it." Shadow replied, getting into a defensive pose.
"CHAOS BEAM!.!.!"
A huge beam of purple energy flew out of the Chaos Emerald and collided with our heroes and villains, knocking them out of the school and into the air. The Chaos Emeralds and the two halves of the Master Emerald flew off in different directions.
"How can we stop them!.?" Amy asked.
"We have to get the Chaos Emeralds back." Shadow answered.
"And what do you expect us to do after that!.?" Dr. Robotnik yelled. "We'd only have six of them!"
"I don't care! I have to get the Master Emerald back!" Knuckles shouted.
"We also have to save Alice and Izzy." Tails said.
"I know, I know." Sonic said. "First thing we have to do is get the emeralds back. Until then…"
"It looks like Team Sonic, two thirds of Team Dark, one third of Team Rose, and Eggman are blasting off agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain!.!.!" They all screamed as they became a star in the darkening sky.
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Post-chapter Conversation
"Just perfect!" I yelled sarcastically. "Now I need a new muse!"
I got into a thinking pose. I stood there for a few moments before snapping my fingers.
"I got it!" I reached into my pocket and grabbed the master ball from earlier. "Shadow! I choose you!" I tossed the ball. It landed on the ground and opened. Seconds later, Shadow appeared.
"Not you again!" He groaned.
"Yeah. Me again." I rolled my eyes before glaring at him. "Since you decided to get your so-called 'revenge,' you're sticking with me until the fic ends or Izzy returns to normal, whichever comes first!"
Shadow cried animé tears as I turned to the camera.
"Anyway, will our heroes and villains get the six Chaos Emeralds and two halves of the Master Emerald before the two Izzys destroy the world? Find out next time!"
