Chapter 22 - Last chance

3 Days have passed, and right now everything seems to be normal again. In the meantime, Jody learned how to make a sword of light out of the broken sword. We couldn't find any information about a sword like that, so we just named it ourselves. There were many candidates, but Exal Grando came out victorious. We call it Exal for short. I also had a good conversation with Blaze. What I did is actually against his ways, but it was a necessary thing. He'll trust my words from now on, and I promised I wouldn't use him for something like that again.

Today... I woke up with a very bad feeling. And i'm not the only one. They all have it. It's time to leave from Brick City. Next stop will be Evolutia. We all gather outside, and everyone packed their stuff. It's rather empty outside. Just a few people are walking around. After looking around a bit, we see that there are posters on the walls everywhere. They weren't there yesterday. They say; Finally, look at this. The Malicious caught in a cage! "So, wanna check it out Hero?" Overdrive asks. "It's a trap." Robotnik responds. He looks at Solar. "We should send you, Solar." Yeah, that would be a good decision. "Make sure they don't see you." Is what I tell him while he climbs on a building. "I'll be back in 30 minutes. Wait at the edge of the city guys."

I think it's still a bit too dangerous for him. I tell them all to hide in the city, and keep a close eye to each other, while I'm going to keep an eye on Solar from a distance. "Hey Hero, i'll go too." It's not like I can actually stop Knuckles. He could be a real help. "Knuckles, you're a pro at digging through the ground, right?" Knuckles smiles. "Of course!" I tell him get behind the cage where The Malicious is supposed to be held. He starts digging right away, he goes through the ground like it's butter. I climb on a building, and jump from roof to roof. It takes 10 minutes before I see Solar spying on the revealed cage. There I stop. 5 Minutes later he's knocked out. Knocked out! Did someone just smack him now! Solar gets lifted up into the air, by something invisible. I decide to waste no more time, and target the thing that lifted Solar. I grab it before it notices, and drain it's energy. It doesn't have a whole lot of energy. Then it drops Solar, and becomes visible. There's a coat around him, and that's probably what he used to become invisible. I remove it. Huh? It's a girl?

Solar: "Thanks, Hero. What were you doing here?"
Me: "I thought you might need my help. I The Malicious in the cage."
Solar: "Yes, he is. Eggman was right. This is a trap."
Me: "Man, I send"

The girl stands up slowly, then she immediately jumps of the building. Is she crazy? It's too high! Solar and I manage to grab her right in time. "Let me go, you bastards!" She yells. She got a death-wish or something? She struggles hard, and manages to free herself from our grasps. Then she flies away. She can fly? Okay, so she wasn't that crazy. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Chao pops up and rams her! It's good enough to knock her out, and she falls down. But no worries, because Knuckles is down there to catch her. I thought I told him to check the area behind the cage? "Good job, Chao!" Solar yells. It was indeed a good job.

Someone runs through the city, yelling that everyone should evacuate. Summers is coming! Oh man, could he have picked a worse moment? Right after we hear that, The Malicious breaks out of the cage and everyone starts panicking. There's no sign of Revenant, Zero or Jackal. Could they be invisible too? We climb down as fast as possible. Knuckles tied up that girl that attacked us. He carries her over his shoulder, and we run up to the girl that's yelling everyone should evacuate. "You're not lying, are you?" I ask. "I never lie!" She responded with pride. She looks at the girl Knuckles is holding. Then she takes a closer look. "Rosey?" She wonders. The Malicious rushes past us unexpectedly. He missed us, probably on purpose. Then he stops. "Heh, Hero. I knew you'd be here." he says. Knuckles gets hit out of nowhere, but he doesn't drop Rosey, if that is her name.

A sudden flash comes from behind The Malicious. Summers is already there. Revenant, Zero and Jackal get revealed too. Their coats stopped working. They all have hoverboards too. The Malicious turns around. "Damn, already here?" He grabs a big, weird looking gun. "Let's see if this works." He says. He then shoots a big blast of energy with the gun at Summers. Summers is stunned, and doesn't move at all. Now he turns to us again. Right out of nowhere, Regulus comes with an immense speed at The Malicious! The Malicious puts up his shield fast enough, but Regulus goes right through it and The Malicious flies backward, right against Summers. Regulus looked like a friggin' bullet! Summers gets released from his frozen state because of that, and The Malicious quickly makes sure he gets away. He steps on his hoverboard and flies past us, calling his 3 minions with him. He's about to use his gun again to stun Summers, but Overdrive jumps in front of him, and he blows him and his minions away with an explosion he created out of nothing. So he had something too.

Summers puts up a barrier goes into his idle state again, getting ready to blow up this city too it seems. The newest Tornado comes flying at us. On it's way, Jody jumps out with Exal pointing downwards, right above Summers. Is she trying to kill her brother? As soon as Exal comes in contact with the barrier, it explodes and a very strong wind is created. Jody is blown towards us, and Knuckles manages to catch her. She's unconscious now, but she doesn't even let go of Exal Grando. Summers gets up, puts up another barrier, and gets ready to destroy the city again. Tails picks us up, flying away as far as possible within time. The Malicious, Revenant, Zero and Jackal had already disappeared before we got picked up. A humongous explosion follows!

Again... another city destroyed without us being able to do anything about it. But we did manage to slow him down. He turned Brick City into a pile of bricks, but I have a plan now. I'll need everyone 's help though. After we're done preparing, it's time to hunt down Summers.

End of chapter