Pre-chapter Conversation
"Hey folks! It's time for the final chapter!" I cheered.
"Good. Now I won't have to deal with you anymore." Shadow remarked.
"You don't know that for sure." I said, glowering at him. "After all, if the Wheel of Plotlines says to do a Sonic fic for the next one, you'll be seeing me and Izzy again. That is, if he ever gets back to normal."
"Crap…" The hedgehog grumbled as I turned to the camera.
"Anyway, I have faced the horrors of getting my account deleted and being blocked from posting to bring my fellow Sonic fans an end to this tale. With this epilogue, my final previously ignored idea will be dealt with and I can start on some new ideas!"
"Quit your blabbing and get started!"
"Alright, alright!" I shouted at him before facing the camera again. "Before I start though, to anybody who's had my old pen name in their favorite author list or author alert list, please add my new one so that you can continue to get e-mails when I post new stuff. Enjoy the chapter!"
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The Adventures of Izzy the Human
Epilogue
The Two-on-Two Super Battle
"Here's the plan:" Sonic started. "First, Eggman will charge in and get the attention of the two Izzys."
"WHAT!.?.!" Dr. Robotnik yelled. Sonic waved him off.
"While that's going on, I'll sneak into that castle, rescue Alice, and get the last Chaos Emerald."
"And how do you know none of those two kids will have it?" Shadow asked with his arms crossed. Sonic gave him a lopsided grin.
"I don't." Shadow fell over. "While I get the emerald, the rest of you guys try to get any other people that may be inside out of the city. When everybody's safe, I'll go super and take them both on."
Shadow got back up and glared at Sonic.
"Oh no you don't, you glory hog! I'm going to fight them!"
Both hedgehogs glared at each other and started arguing about who should play the hero. Everybody else sighed.
"Stuck in the background again." Rouge said.
"What do you expect? This always happens." Knuckles replied.
"That's because Sonic's the hero." Amy said with a sigh. "He's so dreamy…" The others sweatdropped.
"Well at least you don't have to put your lives on the line!" Dr. Robotnik yelled.
"Eggman, we deal with you on a daily basis." Tails retorted. "It wouldn't kill you to do the hard work once in a while! Besides, this is all your fault."
"Hey, I did do the hard work once, so bug off!"
By now, Shadow and Sonic stopped their argument.
"Ok Eggman, get going!" The blue one ordered.
Dr. Robotnik grumbled as he took the capsule from earlier out of his pocket. He tossed it on the ground. In a puff of smoke, his hovercraft appeared. He jumped in and pressed a button. In an instant, two legs emerged from the underside of the machine. A missile launcher came out of the top, followed by a vulcan gun in the front. The Egg Walker marched down the hill towards the city gates.
At the castle…
In the hallowed halls of the dark castle, you could hear screaming and gun shots being fired. After a few minutes, there's a brief pause before you hear the same screams followed by either more gun shots or an explosion.
"AAAAHHHHH!.!.!.!" Alice screamed in the throne room as she emptied another machine gun on Crazy and Dark Izzy. The two evil hedgehogs were sitting in separate thrones, not even feeling the bullets.
Soon, there was a clicking sound and the orange hedgehog threw the empty gun towards a large pile of assorted firearms. She then grabbed a bazooka from her purse.
"Let Izzy go!" She roared as she fired a missile. It collided with Crazy Izzy, causing a tiny explosion. A cloud of black smoke surrounded him and Dark Izzy. When the smoke cleared, the two super forms were seen unharmed.
"It's weird." Dark Izzy said, stretching his wings.
"Yeah! I thought you'd be happy to have two of the same person!" Crazy Izzy yelled at Alice.
"Not that!" Dark Izzy yelled. "Sonic and those other guys! It's been two days and they haven't tried anything."
"They're a bunch of scaredy kitties!"
"Whatever." The black one rolled his eyes as Alice fired another missile. It did squat. "Still, it has me worried."
"You need to chill and relax." The green one replied before getting shot again. "Oooh! That one tickled!" He laughed at Alice, who growled as she tossed the empty bazooka.
'I'll save you, Izzy.' She hissed inwardly as she took out a rocket launcher. 'No matter what!' She fired.
Back outside…
Dr. Robotnik made it to the gates of the wall surrounding the city. The Egg Walker was about thirty feet away from it.
"It's a lot bigger up close." He said to himself. He shook his head and proceeded to get down to business.
"Rocket Launcher!" He pressed a button on the console of his machine.
Twelve missiles shot out of the launcher and crashed into the gates, creating a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, the gates were still standing.
"Wha?" Dr. Robotnik gaped. He shook his head. "Alright! It's time for the heavy artillery!" He entered a few commands into his machine. The Egg Walker's headlight flashed a rainbow of colors as it started charging energy.
"Power Laser!"
The Egg Walker fired an immense beam at the gates.
°BOOOM!.!.!.!°
"Heh. Gotcha." He said while waiting for the smoke to clear. He gasped though when he found out that the gates were still standing!
"Noooo!.!.! What's the deal!.? Every evil genius knows that a rocket or two and pure power are the keys to victory!" He held his head and shook it. Ivo stayed that way for a few moments before he lifted his head.
"Rocket…" He looked back at the Egg Walker's launcher.
"Power…" He looked at the console.
"Rocket Power…" He grinned as he looked at the gate.
"I'm not out of this yet! Rocket Launcher and Power Laser! FIRE!.!.!"
The Egg Walker fired its rockets and another beam of pure energy at the same time at the gates.
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"Take this and that and some of this!" Alice roared as she unloaded round after round. She quickly switched to a grenade launcher and fired the tiny explosives at the evil ones, not even coming close to making a scratch.
"Ya know. The first few hours of this were amusing." Dark Izzy started, propping his head on an arm. "But now it just got old."
"Yeah. I see what ya mean." Crazy Izzy replied with a yawn.
°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°
The force of the explosion shook the entire room.
"What was that?" Crazy Izzy and Alice yelled as they were brought to the floor. Dark Izzy flew towards the window. He gave a smirk when he saw the remainder of Dr. Robotnik's beam and the evil scientist himself walking through the gates.
"It's about time." He turned to his green counterpart. "Send out our minions." Crazy Izzy gave a toothy grin.
"Gotcha." He said as he left the room.
Back outside…
"Hmmmmm… This place has seen better days." Dr. Robotnik muttered to himself. "Now to get that emerald." He took another step further when a gun shot was heard. A bullet landed in front of the Egg Walker, causing the doctor to stop.
"What did that?" He asked himself before looking around. "Alright! Show yourself!"
Nothing happened for a few minutes, but soon, it happened. A single egg pawn appeared, holding a machine gun. It was shortly followed by another gun-toting robot and another until nearly Dr. Robotnik's entire army was standing before him. All of their eyes were glowing a bright blue.
"What are you all doing!.? Stand down!" The doctor demanded. The robots didn't listen though as they raised their guns and opened fire. The Egg Walker had a hard time maneuvering around the bullets. Dr. Robotnik growled.
"They took control of my robots… THEY'LL PAY!.!.!" He roared as he locked on to all of his creations.
Before the egg pawns had a chance to fire again, the doctor fired many missiles into the crowd. When the smoke cleared, there was no sign of any of the robots. Dr. Robotnik had completely wiped them out. He let go of the controls and gave a moment of silence for his fallen soldiers.
"I may have destroyed a few of my robots before, but that many?" He shook his head. He would've continued this monologue if the radar of his walker hadn't started beeping.
"What now?"
He looked up to see a flock of E2000s coming towards him. They charged energy and fired their beam cannons before Ivo can do anything. Seeing no other option, he pressed a button. Doing so caused his seat to eject. The beams collided with the mech, destroying it instantly. Dr. Robotnik's chair floated safely to the ground, thanks to the parachute it had. The doctor quickly got out of the chair.
"I may not like having to destroy my own creations, but if I have to do so to take over the world—" He started, taking a capsule out of his pocket. "—Then so be it!" He tossed it to the ground, revealing a new hovercraft. He jumped inside and took to the air.
Meanwhile…
The explosions from the battle outside were heard as the rest of our heroes made their way through the dark corridors of the castle.
"Well that was easy." Sonic said as he ran, carrying Amy along.
"Whatever." Shadow grumbled as he skated. "I should be out there taking on those pieces of junk."
"I wonder how they managed to reprogram them." Tails said as he flew.
"Yeah. Eggman usually makes it so that his robots can never be reprogrammed, even by the greatest of technicians." Rouge added as she flew as well.
"Well it should be obvious." Knuckles spoke up as he ran too. "They're using that hypnosis ability of theirs to control Eggman's robots."
"Oh, you mean like what happened to Shadow?" Amy asked, causing the Ultimate Life Form to growl at her.
"Never speak of that event again." He said. Amy shrank back.
"What's the matter, faker? Not your proudest moment?" Sonic asked with a smirk. Shadow growled again. An argument would have started if the group hadn't reached a fork. They stopped and looked at the different paths. Both ways led to a staircase. The left staircase went down while the right one went up. Sonic put on a thinking look.
"Which way do we go?" He asked. The rest of the group rolled their eyes.
"Why don't you try looking at the signs?" Shadow remarked. Sonic turned to him and then looked back at the staircases. Hanging above each entrance was a sign. The sign on the left said, "This way to the dungeon" and the right one said, "This way to the throne room."
"Oh." Sonic turned back to the group. "Alright. You guys go to the right and I'll go to the left."
"Oh no ya don't! I'm going with you!" Shadow yelled.
"And I'm going too, Sonic." Knuckles said. "If either Izzy attacks you two, my Master Emerald will protect us from their powers." Sonic sighed, not finding any way out of including his two rivals.
"Alright, alright. But first, we'll need the emeralds." Amy handed Sonic the blue Chaos Emerald while Rouge handed Shadow the gray emerald (Dr. Robotnik had given it to her earlier). Sonic already had the red emerald with him as did Shadow with the green, cyan, and yellow ones.
"Good luck, Sonic." Amy said.
"Heh. I won't need it." Sonic replied before zooming up the right staircase.
"Typical." Knuckles and Shadow said with a sigh. Shadow followed Sonic up the stairs. Knuckles turned to the rest of the group.
"Good luck to you guys too." He said before going after the two hedgehogs. Tails and the girls faced each other.
"I can't believe I got stuck babysitting." Rouge slapped her head.
"Who are you calling babies!.?" Amy demanded.
"Quit it, you two! We gotta rescue whoever's in the dungeon before Sonic and those two Izzys destroy the place!" Tails yelled before going down the stairs. Rouge and Amy glared at each other before following.
Back outside…
Dr. Robotnik flew around the city followed by his own robots, which were firing their beams at him. The doctor dove and ascended behind the flock and fired missiles from the front end of his hovercraft. The missiles connected and destroyed about ten of the E2000s. The rest of the robots turned towards the doctor and fired. Ivo weaved around the beams and fired some of his own from the headlight of his hovercraft. Most of the robots moved out of the way, but the lasers still got three of them.
The remaining E2000s chased Dr. Robotnik towards the castle. The evil doctor grinned as an idea came to him.
"I can get that last emerald if I can just get them to attack those little punks." He muttered as he dodged another set of beams and came back with some missiles. The missiles missed. Dr. Robotnik was now within fifty meters of the castle. He activated his radar as he ascended.
"Where are they?" He said as he fired some missiles, destroying a few of the human-like robots. The radar soon beeped. Ivo looked at it. It showed six of the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald moving towards another emerald.
"Heh. Perfect." He said with a grin as he flew towards the lone emerald.
In the castle…
"Almost there!" Sonic said to Shadow and Knuckles as they climbed the spiraling staircase. The red emerald was glowing brighter and brighter with each step.
"It's about time!" Shadow yelled.
"I hope Tails and Amy get the people out of here before things get rough." Knuckles said, bringing up the rear. The trio soon reached the throne room.
"Sonic!" Alice yelled as she turned towards them. She was the only one in there. "You guys came back!" She put on a look of pure ice as she laid eyes on Shadow.
"What's he doing here!.?" She demanded, taking out an Uzi. Shadow gave her a look of complete indifference.
"Never mind that. Where's Izzy?" He asked.
"They just left." Alice replied. "But they heard Eggman blast his way into the city."
"Look!" Sonic said, pointing at the floor towards the window. "It's the emerald!" Everybody turned towards him as he walked towards the purple emerald.
"Sonic! Wait!" Knuckles yelled.
Too late. Sonic held a hand out towards the emerald when a purple beam of light was shot out towards him. Before it could connect, Knuckles dashed in front of the blast and held out the Master Emerald, which started glowing. The beam dissipated.
"Hmph! So much for our sneak attack." Dark Izzy said as he and Crazy Izzy stepped into the room. "I was wondering when you fools were going to show up."
"Yeah! We were bored!" Crazy Izzy yelled.
"End this now!" Knuckles ordered as he held out the Master Emerald.
"Ugh! Not that again!" Dark Izzy hissed as he backed away from the mystical glow. Knuckles stepped closer to dark one. Unfortunately, the crazy half of the Boring Dimension's guardian rammed into him, causing him and the emerald to get knocked to the wall. Knuckles was knocked unconscious.
"Hahahahahahaha!.!.! You're not getting the jump on my bro as long as I'm around!" Crazy Izzy said. While Sonic was tending to the fallen echidna, the green hedgehog swooped in and grabbed the purple emerald. Dark Izzy laughed a low, bone-chilling laugh as he got up and walked towards the heroes.
"You shouldn't have returned. Now it's time for you all to die." He said as he hovered in the air and held up both hands. "Chaos…" The purple Chaos Emerald in his half of the Dragon Emerald started to glow as energy of the same color appeared in his hands.
"Huh?" Shadow, Sonic, and Alice said as they looked behind the evil hedgehogs. They saw the back of Dr. Robotnik's hovercraft. In front of the doctor, the three hedgehogs saw a few E2000s lined up side by side. The black, blue, and orange hedgehogs' eyes widened as the robots started charging their lasers. They dove for cover.
"No matter where you hide, this attack will destroy you!" Dark Izzy cackled as the energy grew to a large size.
It was then that Crazy Izzy looked behind him. He gasped.
"Uhhh… Bro?" He said, tapping his black counterpart's shoulder.
"Not now. I want to savor this."
"But you may want to see this." Crazy Izzy said fearfully.
The E2000s were about to fire.
"Shaddap! I'm about to destroy them!"
"Ok… Suit yourself." The green hedgehog said with a shrug.
A few seconds later, the E2000s fired their beams. They merged into one as they went towards their target. The super-sized beam was about to hit Dr. Robotnik when he quickly ascended, allowing the blast to go towards the two guardians.
"HOLY FISHPASTE!.!.!.!.!.!" Crazy Izzy yelled with wide eyes. Dark Izzy, meanwhile, had a maniacal grin on his face.
"BE—"
°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°
The beam struck the two guardians, creating an explosion that destroyed the entire room. When the smoke cleared a little, our heroes were nowhere to be seen.
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The explosion rocked the entire castle as Rouge, Tails, and Amy ran down the last corridor to the dungeon.
"What was that!.?" Amy screamed.
"Don't tell me they went super already!" Rouge said.
"We have to hurry!" Tails said. They went around another corner when they stopped dead in their tracks. In front of the trio were the cells, but they were guarded by some E2000s! The mechs turned towards them and started charging energy.
"Get out of the way!" Rouge yelled as she pulled the two kids away. The robots fired their beams, but missed. They kept firing towards the corner.
"We have to beat them!" Amy yelled over the noise.
"No kidding, you pink ditz!" Rouge replied. "How do we do that though!.?"
"If we can cancel out the hypnosis spell, we'll be able to get through!" Tails said.
"Only one problem. We don't know how to cancel out the hypnosis!" Amy said. Rouge got in a pose.
"Actually, I think we do." She said.
"Huh? How?" The two kids asked.
"Don't you remember?"
°°Flashback°°
At the Emerald Coast, Izzy used his Chaos Hypnosis ability by accident and hypnotized Shadow. After he and Alice Chaos Controlled out of the area, the black hedgehog turned on Sonic and Knuckles and attacked them. After a while, Amy, Tails, Rouge, and Dr. Robotnik appeared.
"Shadow! What on Earth are you doing!.?" Dr. Robotnik yelled as he entered the battlefield in his personal hovercraft. Rouge was flying alongside him. Shadow landed and went back to fighting the duo. "Didn't you hear me!.?"
"He's under some kind of spell." Rouge observed.
"And you figured that out all by yourself? Bravo…" Robotnik said sarcastically while clapping. Shadow was about to land a punch on Sonic when he stopped and blinked. His eyes no longer glowed blue. He held his head with a hand.
"What happened?" He asked himself, shaking his head.
°°End Flashback°°
"Oh…" The two kids said. Rouge slapped her head.
"Well!.?.! Clap like your lives depend on it!" She yelled as she clapped her hands hard. Tails and Amy followed suit.
The sound of their clapping reached the robots and they stopped firing. Their eyes were now their normal color. They looked around in confusion when Rouge and the other two furries walked around the corner. The E2000s got out of their confused state and turned on them.
"Stop!" Rouge yelled as she held up a hand. The robots put down their weapons.
"Miss Rouge. What happened? Where's our master?" One of the robots asked.
"Never mind that! Open those cells!" Rouge ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" The E2000s saluted. One of them took out a set of keys and opened the jail cells. The many citizens of Diary Square ran out in total fright.
"Follow us!" Rouge yelled as she flew towards the exit, followed by Tails, who was carrying Amy while flying.
Outside the city…
At the hill, a bright flash was seen. When it disappeared, Shadow, Sonic, and Alice were seen standing. Knuckles was still knocked out. Shadow had the purple emerald in his hand.
"That was close!" Alice exclaimed.
"Yeah. Thanks Shadow." Sonic said with disbelief in his voice.
"Was that gratitude I just heard? From you?" Shadow asked with a smirk.
"You're not gonna let me live it down, are you?"
"Damn straight. Now let's go! We still have a job to finish."
"Right." Sonic nodded. He turned to Alice. "Enjoy the show."
"Don't hurt him too badly, ok?" Alice said. Shadow scoffed.
"I'm not promising anything." He said as he held up the emerald. "Chaos Control!" He disappeared.
"Don't pay any attention to him." Sonic said as he got ready to leave too. He held up the red emerald. "Chaos Control!" He disappeared as well. Alice held her hands in prayer.
"Please save him."
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Crazy and Dark Izzy were coughing and gasping for air in the remains of the throne room.
"Somebody get the number of that truck?" Crazy Izzy asked dizzily as he stood.
"What did that!.?" Dark Izzy roared as he shot up.
"It was those robots!"
"Ugh! Who told them to attack us!.?"
"Nobody. That eggy-type person came and forced them to attack us."
"And you didn't say anything!.?" Dark Izzy shouted.
"I tried to warn you, but noooooo! You had to get into your super-killer mode!" Crazy Izzy shot back.
"Why you—!" Dark Izzy started. He noticed a flickering light on top of a nearby building. His eyes widened when he saw Sonic and Shadow. "They're still alive!.? How!.?"
"It was Chaos Control, what else?" Crazy Izzy replied with a shrug. Dark Izzy looked around frantically.
"Where's the purple emerald!.?.!" They both looked at each other and then at the other hedgehogs.
"Aw crap…" They groaned.
"Let's go before they transform!" Dark Izzy yelled as he flew out of the room, followed by his green counterpart.
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"Hurry Shadow! They're almost here!" Sonic yelled, preparing to toss his emeralds.
"Right! Let's do it." Shadow replied. He tossed his emeralds above him, as did Sonic. They then held their fists in concentration. The Chaos Emeralds spun around the two hedgehogs, gradually getting faster and faster. Their quills were starting to stand on end.
By now, Crazy and Dark Izzy were close to them.
"Attack!" The dark one yelled, charging energy. Crazy Izzy charged energy as well.
"Chaos Blade!" He slashed at the air, launching several flashes of light.
"Chaos Beam!" The black one fired a beam of purple energy. The blades of light wrapped themselves around the beam and struck the two heroes, causing an explosion.
"Yes! We got 'em!" The two Izzys cheered. Just to be sure though, they looked at the cloud of smoke that had appeared where Sonic and Shadow were standing. When the cloud finally started to dissipate, the evil hedgehogs were blinded by a golden light.
"Ugh! Don't tell me we were too late!" Dark Izzy grunted, shielding his eyes.
"Ok, I won't!" Crazy Izzy replied, covering his eyes as well. The cloud of smoke disappeared, revealing Sonic and Shadow, whose quills were glowing with gold energy.
Shadow and Sonic had transformed into SUPER SHADOW and SUPER SONIC!.!.!.!.!.!
"Now we end this!" Sonic declared as he and Shadow floated up.
"Time to prove once and for all that I'm the Ultimate Life Form!" Shadow added. Dark and Crazy Izzy growled as their eyes adjusted to the auras of the two heroes. They floated up until they were level with the two. The dark half of the guardian was glowing with a purplish aura and the crazy half was glowing with a green aura brighter than his quills.
"You won't defeat us!" Dark Izzy said. "We're the rulers of this planet!"
"Hahahahahaha!.!.!.!.! You can't win against our ultra cool powers!" Crazy Izzy added, laughing insanely.
"We'll see about that!" Shadow roared as he glowed brightly. Dark Izzy glared at him as he increased the intensity of his own aura.
The two charged into each other, throwing each other back a few feet. Shadow came back at Dark Izzy with a fist raised. The latter hedgehog charged with his head held out. Shadow dodged the head butt and kicked the black hedgehog, causing him to fall towards the city. Dark Izzy righted himself and flapped his wings hard; creating a gust that blew the gold hedgehog back. He charged towards Super Shadow.
Super Sonic and Crazy Izzy were staring each other down, practically daring the other to make the first move. After a few moments of this, Sonic made his aura surround him like a dome. The green hedgehog followed suit with his own aura. The green and gold domes flew towards each other with the speed of a jet and crashed into each other a few times, refusing to give up the fight. They kept this up for quite some time, destroying a few buildings in the process. They soon wound up floating a few inches above the ground. Their domes disappeared as they started charging energy again.
"Sonic Wind!" Sonic scratched at the air, sending a super-charged wind attack towards his enemy.
"Chaos Blade!" Crazy Izzy followed suit. The wind and light attacks collided and exploded.
While the green hedgehog was confused by the smoke, the gold one charged through the smoke and landed a punch. Crazy Izzy was knocked into a building. He grunted and flew back up, ready to continue. He head butted Sonic, who answered back with a Homing Attack. He was knocked to the ground again, causing dust to fly up.
"Where are you?" Sonic asked himself.
"Right here!" Crazy Izzy answered as he appeared behind him. He brought both fists together and crashed them down onto Sonic, knocking him to the ground. Super Sonic got up and flew high into the air. Crazy Izzy gave chase.
Higher in the air, Super Shadow knocked Dark Izzy down and followed him. The dark hedgehog went into a dive when he saw Sonic directly below him. He raised his fist towards the golden hedgehog. Shadow also held his fist out when he saw that he was on a collision course with Crazy Izzy. They all glowed brightly as they neared each other.
They crashed into each other, causing another explosion. The cloud of smoke quickly dissipated as the two teams threw punches and kicks at each other. Super Shadow and Crazy Izzy were now fighting each other as was Super Sonic and Dark Izzy. You could barely see their hands and feet. Only gold, green, and black blurs. Soon, the four separated, breathing hard. Everybody then went to their teammate.
Super Sonic and Shadow grabbed each other's hands. They then spun in the air, going faster and faster until their combined g-force created a huge, golden twister. The force of the tornado sucked up the two Izzys and spun them around.
"Argh!" Dark Izzy grunted. "I'll show you!" He started charging energy as he brought his hands together.
"Chaos Beam!.!.!" He fired the beam, which caused the tornado to end and the four hedgehogs to face each other.
"Let's try that new move." Crazy Izzy said to his brother, who nodded.
"Right!"
Crazy Izzy rolled into a ball as Dark Izzy floated behind him. The black hedgehog brought his left foot back and kicked the green one towards Super Sonic and Shadow. Crazy Izzy started glowing as he neared them. He crashed into them and sent them flying towards the ground.
"Alright!" Dark and Crazy Izzy cheered.
"Chaos Spear!" Super Shadow roared. The two bad hedgehogs were struck with many spears of energy. Crazy Izzy was tossed back towards Dark Izzy as Super Shadow and Sonic flew back up.
"I've had enough of this!" Dark Izzy shouted. "This ends now!" He started charging energy into both hands. Sonic looked at Shadow in surprise when he started laughing.
"What in the world is so funny, faker?"
"Simple. I just figured out how we could make this battle go in our favor." Shadow replied as he started glowing.
"Chaos Beam!" Dark Izzy roared, firing the projectile. Shadow scoffed as he held up both hands in front of him and closed his eyes.
"Chaos Reversal!" He roared.
Just as the beam was about to strike Sonic and Shadow, it was blocked by an invisible barrier.
"WHAT!.?.!" Dark Izzy yelled in surprise as the beam was deflected and came back towards him and Crazy Izzy. Both of them held their hands in front of them.
"Chaos Shield!" They both screamed. A green barrier surrounded them. The beam crashed onto the shields, cracking them and throwing the two hedgehogs back.
"Woah Shadow! What was that!.?" Sonic asked. Shadow chuckled again.
"That was my new 'Chaos Reversal' technique. When an attack is used against me, it will get redirected and be thrown right back at the attacker."
"When did you come up with that!.?"
"Hmph. You see faker, while you were fighting Dr. Eggman, I've been training. This technique is but one of the many results of it." Shadow replied. Sonic just stuck his tongue out at him.
"Ugh… My own attack turned against me." Dark Izzy groaned as he shook his head.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Crazy Izzy laughed. The other half of the guardian sweatdropped as he gave him a sidelong glance.
"That better not have been directed towards me."
"Hee hee hee… It wasn't, brother. I know the perfect way to end this." Crazy Izzy laughed again as his blue emerald started to glow. Dark Izzy's eyes widened.
"NO! DON'T!.!.!.!"
"Say good bye to your puny brains! Chaos Hypnosis!" Crazy Izzy held out his hands and blue waves of light emitted from them. They went towards Super Sonic and Shadow. Super Shadow got in front of Sonic and held hands out again.
"Chaos Reversal!.!.!" He yelled with a grin. The waves of light turned around and struck the two Izzys. Their eyes glowed blue as they stayed right where they were. Shadow chuckled.
"There must be a way to end this and get Izzy back to normal." Sonic said, holding his chin. His eyes widened. "Hey wait."
°°Flashback°°
It was a couple of days ago. Our heroes and villains landed on the ground after getting blasted by Dark Izzy. The group was about to leave to collect the emeralds when Sonic saw Tails reading something.
"What's that you got there, Tails?"
"This fell out of Alice's purse when she was grabbed." The kitsune replied.
"Well, what's it say?"
"'Reunite the two dragons to return the balance to reality and belief.'" Tails read.
°°End Flashback°°
Sonic then remembered what Crazy and Dark Izzy said earlier that day.
°°Flashback°°
"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." Dark Izzy said.
"And the crazy one with only the belief of ruling the world as his bestest best friend!" Crazy Izzy laughed crazily.
°°End Flashback°°
"That's it!" Sonic exclaimed, turning to Shadow. "Get them to put the Dragon Emerald back together." Shadow looked at the other gold hedgehog like he was nuts, but he remembered that the Dragon Emerald was split into two separate entities.
"You two! Put that emerald back together and end this nightmare!" He ordered.
Both Izzys saluted and held up the two halves of the Dragon Emerald. They brought them together. There was a bright flash as the two pieces merged into one complete emerald. Dark and Crazy Izzy were knocked out of their trances as they looked at the glowing Dragon Emerald.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" They screamed. Super Shadow and Super Sonic glowed brightly.
"Become one again!" They both yelled as they fired two golden beams at the Izzys. It connected and the two were shot down. They crashed into the street in front of the castle. The two golden hedgehogs followed them.
Sonic and Shadow landed and got out of their super forms as both Izzys glowed a bright white. Their bodies merged into one. When the light dissipated, Izzy, in his normal hedgehog form, was lying. Another flash came from the Dragon Emerald, engulfing him, Sonic, and Shadow in light. The light surrounded the entire city as well. When it disappeared, Diary Square was good as new. The buildings were no longer destroyed, the wall surrounding the city was no more, and the castle was replaced by the school. The sky returned to its normal blue and the sun shined.
"Well, we did it." Sonic said, giving Shadow a thumbs up. The black hedgehog grunted and crossed his arms. In another flash, they returned to their human forms.
"Sonic!" Amy yelled as she and the rest of the group ran up to them. They had become humans as well. "You did it!" She gave him a tight hug. Sonic gasped for air. Alice knelt by Izzy.
"Oh Izzy…" She said sorrowfully.
"Hey. Is it me or does he look different?" Tails asked. Everybody looked at him before turning to Izzy.
"Hey. He does look different." Knuckles agreed. Izzy's hair was now purple and arranged like Shadow's quills. There were black highlights present. He was also wearing a pair of air skates. He was still wearing the purple shirt and sweatpants, as well as the red vest. The boy in question groaned.
"Ohhh… What happened?" He said as he struggled to sit up. He held his head. "I got a splitting headache…"
"Izzy! You're alright!" Alice screamed as she grabbed him in a bone-shattering embrace. The boy's eyes shot open and he gasped.
"Alice…! Choking…! AIR…!" Alice let go and gave him a cold glare.
"Choking will be the least of your problems after I'm through with ya!" She yelled as she grabbed a gun. Izzy shot up and ran for it.
"Alice! What'd I do!.?" He shouted as he jumped to dodge some bullets.
"What'd you do? Does splitting yourself up and practically killing us ring a bell!.?.!" She roared as she gave chase.
"Splitting myself? Does that mean my new technique works?" He asked, narrowing dodging a rocket.
"Oh it works alright! You nearly had us all killed, ya idiot!" Alice roared, firing some more missiles. Izzy raised up a Chaos Shield.
"But you got my note, right? You should've been able to end the technique immediately. What happened anyway?"
"Note? What note!.?" Alice switched to a machine gun and fired on the shield.
"I gave it to ya before I fought Shadow!" Izzy yelled back.
"You think I would remember that?.! You were kissing me at the time!"
She now switched to a grenade launcher. She fired, but it still didn't penetrate the shield. Izzy sighed, knowing he wasn't going to get any answers from his enraged girlfriend.
'I wonder if it's her time of the month.' He shook his head and held up a hand.
"Chaos Hypnosis!"
"You wouldn't dare!"
But it was too late. In an instant, Alice's eyes were glowing blue and she lowered the gun. Izzy looked at his hands as he made the barrier disappear.
"My Chaos Hypnosis ability works?" He looked towards a tree that was across from him. "Chaos Control!" He glowed green and teleported to the top of it.
"Time froze… Chaos Control works too?" He jumped from the tree, flipped, and landed on the ground. He looked at his feet and gasped. "And I have Shadow's air skates!.? What happened?" He skated towards the rest of the group.
"Good to see you're alright." Tails said.
"Yeah. You should thank me for saving you." Shadow said. Izzy glared at him.
"Thank you? Thank you!.? Oh I'll thank ya alright!" He shouted as his body glowed purple. The concrete around him flew into the air and disintegrated. Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, and Tails stepped away from Shadow, Dr. Robotnik, and Rouge, who suddenly looked very nervous.
"CHAOS BEAM!.!.!" The boy roared as he held out both hands and fired an immense beam at the evil trio.
°BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!°
Our favorite trio was sent flying with the green, gray, and yellow emeralds.
"Four times in one fic!.? Is that legal!.?" Dr. Robotnik asked.
"Most likely." Rouge said with her arms crossed.
"He could've been a little more grateful." Shadow huffed.
"Well, in any case, it looks like—" Ivo started.
"We're blasting off again!.!.!" They all yelled as they became a star.
Back on the ground, Izzy turned towards the good guys.
"Ok, what happened while I was knocked out and how do I have my abilities back?"
The group told him what happened.
"Then why are my powers working again?" He asked after apologizing for almost destroying the world. The other four humans shrugged.
"Maybe those two super forms that possessed you were holding back some of your powers." Tails replied.
"And now they're gone for good." Sonic said, giving the guardian a thumbs up. Izzy sighed.
"Well, at least it's over."
Suddenly, the sound of two things landing on the ground was heard. The group turned and looked.
"Emeralds?" Knuckles said. Izzy walked up and grabbed them. They were both gray and cyan. They were the same size as the emeralds the rest of the group had.
"They're Chaos Emeralds…" Amy said. They glowed brightly.
"But that's impossible." Tails said. He took a cyan emerald out of his pocket. "The cyan emerald is right here and Eggman has the gray emerald."
"They must be the emeralds of your dimension." Sonic said.
"That makes no sense. Tikal told me these two emeralds were destroyed because of the imbalance of reality and belief." Izzy doubted.
"I guess everything that happened during the last few days balanced everything out." Knuckles said with a small chuckle.
"Guess so, but what about the rest of the emeralds?" Izzy asked, holding up the Dragon Emerald.
Almost immediately, there was a bright flash. When the light dissipated, the five Chaos Emeralds that were imbedded in the charm became full size. The Master Emerald also returned to its normal size. It was as big as Knuckles' emerald. They fell to the ground.
"Hey! Your emeralds are back to normal!" Tails cheered.
"So it's true then. Everything was balanced out." Izzy said as he pocketed the Chaos Emeralds of his dimension. He then turned to the Master Emerald and tried to lift it with a grunt. "Ugh! This thing weighs a ton! How am I supposed to guard it!.?" Knuckles chuckled and walked up to him.
"Come on. I'll show you how to deal with it."
At sunset…
"Well I guess we'll be going home now." Sonic said.
The group was on top of the hill facing Diary Square.
"It was nice seeing you again." Amy said.
"See ya around." Tails said.
"Don't use that attack again!" Knuckles yelled. Izzy sweatdropped and held his hands in defense.
"Alright, alright! Sorry again!"
"Izzy," Alice, who was back to normal, said. "I've decided."
"You did?" Izzy asked. The blonde nodded.
"I want to stay with you."
"But what about your restaurant?" Amy asked. Alice dug into her purse and took out an envelope. She handed it to Sonic.
"Please give this to Boomer when you get back." She started. "This is the deed to the Emerald Coast Surf Hut."
"Are you sure about this?" Izzy asked. Alice nodded.
"Don't change my mind about this. Boomer may be a little wild, but he is responsible. He'll take good care of the Surf Hut."
"Alright. I'll give it to him." Sonic said as he and the others stood back. The group held up the purple, red, blue, cyan, and Master emeralds.
"CHAOS CONTROL!.!.!" He roared and in an instant, Sonic and his crew were gone. Izzy turned towards Alice.
"I hope you know what you're doing." He said. Alice turned towards him and looked into his brown eyes.
"I do." She said as she and Izzy shared a passionate kiss.
THE END
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Post-story Conversation
Izzy and Alice separated from each other.
"Oh Izzy, we're finally together again." She said lovingly.
"Yes my dear." Izzy nodded. "We'll never get separated again."
"Hey, what's that?" The blonde said, pointing at a fast-moving dust cloud in the distance.
"Is that Shadow?" The brunet got into a fighting pose.
"No way. You blasted him clear across the world."
"Then who—Oh God." He groaned.
"What?" She asked strangely as Izzy turned to run.
"It's the boss!"
Before he can move, I dashed by and grabbed Izzy's hand.
"Izzy!" Alice yelled after us.
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A few miles later, I was running through a valley, still dragging Izzy.
"Boss! What's your deal!.?" The purple clad teen roared.
"Oh come on, Izzy!" I said, looking back at him. "We have to start our next adventure!"
"But what about Alice, my love!.?"
"Believe me, you don't want her to go where we're going next." I replied, facing the camera. "Anyway, I'm Prince Izzy!"
"And I'm Izzy!"
"See ya!" We both shouted, waving as I ran off into the sunset.
