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Sonic Adventure Zero – Death of Angels
By Master hunter
Chapter 12 – The Prophecy comes true
Sonic caught up to Eggman just as he had jumped into another machine. A gigantic machine rose into the air that completely eclipsed the Egg Robot. This was a whole new ball game as the Egg Giant must've been at least a quarter of the size of the Death Egg itself. Two metal hands came out from the Egg Giant and grabbed onto the path ahead of Sonic. Behind him the path he had come on had completely collapsed. Sonic now stood on a Ringed path with the Egg Giant firmly on the outside of the ring.
The Egg Giant moved alongside Sonic with the fingers of the hand about to clamp onto the platform. Jumping towards the Egg Giant wasn't an option. One false move and he would be sent straight back down into orbit. He wasn't even sure they were still on the Death Egg until he looked up and saw the bulbous side of the Death Egg.
Sonic quickly rushed out of the way of the fingers and attacked them as they hit the ground. Memories of the Lava Reef boss came flooding back as he thought that no weapons would make the thing useless. He was partly right as when all the fingers had been destroyed the Egg Giant disappeared. Though then it smashed up through the ring platform facing Sonic who was a little in front of it. The Egg Giant moved forward through the ring platform making segments drop while the others behind him moved back up into place. One thing was for sure, Sonic didn't want to be on a segment as it dropped.
Sonic raced forward as the Egg Giant chased him around the ring. The Egg Giant fired a long flame from the flamethrower attached to its forehead, if you could call it that. Sonic avoided the flame and tried to figure out its weakness. Another flame was fired which was avoided.
"Come on now Sonic, is that the best you can do?" laughed Eggman.
"As soon as I figure out how to hit you safely I'll destroy that thing", said Sonic.
"Take your time; I can chase you all day. Though can you run and avoid my flames forever?" asked Eggman still laughing.
Sonic decided to take action and after dodging another blade smashed into the belly of the Egg Giant. It fell off to reveal the Master Emerald inside a glass container.
"So that's where it is", said Sonic before smashing into the glass. The glass cracked a little.
Sonic then started to hear something being charged up. He wasn't taking any chances as he ran off to get some distance between him and the Egg Giant. The Egg Giant then fired a huge green laser at Sonic. Sonic ducked the laser which left him moving closer to the Egg Giant. The Belly shield came back up and Sonic just managed to avoid another flame that had been fired.
"I see how to beat you now Egghead. It's only a matter of time", said Sonic.
Sonic avoided another flame attack and hit the belly shield again. He managed to get a couple of hits on the glass before the laser fired. This time he jumped over it and waited for the belly shield to come back up. The glass had gotten very weak, a few more hits and it would be destroyed.
Sonic continued to avoid the flames and laser as he brought down the belly shield and smashed into the glass. Eventually it broke and Sonic pulled out the Master Emerald. Jumping and getting some distance Sonic looked back to see the Egg Giant explode without its main power source.
"ARGH! This isn't happening! No matter, I'll simply set the Death Egg to self destruct and leave with the Master Emerald. Goodbye Sonic. There's no way you can survive up here without the Death Egg's artificial atmosphere. Of course that's assuming the explosion doesn't kill you first", said Eggman.
Eggman appeared in his normal Eggmobile and picked up the Master Emerald. The whole Death Egg started to fall apart, but Sonic didn't care. It was his turn to chase as he attacked Eggman, aiming to free the Master Emerald again. The Ring platform started to collapse behind him at a much more rapid rate.
Sonic managed to free the Master Emerald before the Ring fully collapsed. The Death Egg exploded as Eggman went back to reclaim the Emerald. He picked it up and raced out of the area, just making it out in time to avoid the explosion. A new machine appeared and combined with him. This time it was a heavily armoured blue battleship. He looked back at the Explosion.
"Farewell my admirable adversary", said Eggman.
Suddenly a multicoloured flame appeared from the explosion and started chasing him.
"It's not possible", said Eggman before jetting off into a nearby asteroid belt.
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Earlier Sonic placed his hand on the Master Emerald. He wondered how he was going to get out of this one. Only a little chaos energy entered the Master Emerald, enough to raise the death egg but not Angel Island.
If only I could use the Chaos Energy in this Emerald. But I can't.
Back at the Hidden Palace shrine Knuckles sat and watched the Super Emeralds. All of a sudden giants rays of light shot out of the Super Emeralds straight through the roof. The Super Emeralds completely disappeared as the chaos energy headed straight towards the Master Emerald. Though when that energy reached the Master Emerald it had already been taken. It had to go somewhere and so went straight to Sonic. He felt a new power, greater than Super Sonic. Two images of himself sat by his side showing his spikes standing up. His body glowed with colours of the Emeralds, Red, Magenta, Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow and Grey.
Sonic had gone beyond Super, he was now Hyper Sonic. The explosion didn't even scratch him and he immediately rushed through the asteroid belt to chase after Eggman.
"No rocks are going to stop me in this form", said Hyper Sonic.
Eggman frantically fired loads of missiles at the Multicoloured Demon, but neither the Asteroids nor the missiles seemed to do any damage. Those that hit Hyper Sonic only slowed him down. Soon Hyper Sonic had caught up with Eggman's battleship. Hyper Sonic cheekily flew in a circle around the battleship.
"The power of the emeralds is strong isn't it Egghead. Betcha didn't count on them giving me a Hyper form, allowing me to fly through space, invincible, extremely fast and extremely strong", said Hyper Sonic.
Hyper Sonic smashed into the side of the battleship but did no damage.
"Ha Ha! Despite your new strength you can't even scratch this armour", said Eggman.
Hyper Sonic attacked the head but just bounced off that too. Eggman fired all the battleship's weapons. Bullets and Homing missiles fired in all directions. Hyper Sonic tried to shake off the missiles but couldn't. He then came up with an idea and led the missiles right back into the head of the battleship. The missiles exploded into the head blasting some of the armour away.
"Maybe I can't scratch your armour Egg belly, but your own missiles can", said Hyper Sonic.
Hyper Sonic led more and more missiles into the head exposing the vulnerable core. Eggman shred the blue armour and appeared in a new model of the Egg Robot. In its hands was the Master Emerald. It jetted through the asteroid belt again.
This is not good. Just run and hope Hyper Sonic exhausts himself. There must be a limit to his power.
Indeed there was and Hyper Sonic began to feel weak.
Uh oh! I should really hurry up.
Hyper Sonic raced through the asteroid belt and smashed into the Egg Robot. He suddenly realised this was it. This was what the mural had prophesised. A few more hits and he was struggling a little. Hyper Sonic pushed himself even further and got the final hit he needed. The Egg Robot let go of the Master Emerald as it exploded. Hyper Sonic grabbed the Emerald and raced back through to Earth.
Tails, you better be waiting for me. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.
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Meanwhile Tails had safely landed in the ocean just outside of Angel Island. He swam to the beach where he found Knuckles and the Tornado waiting for him. Tails reached the shore and sat down next to his plane exhausted.
"That's a nice plane you have there", said Knuckles.
"Thanks. But it's actually Sonic's plane", said Tails.
A huge explosion filled the sky. Tails and Knuckles froze in horror.
"No. Sonic", whimpered Tails.
Tails then jumped in the Tornado, hoping that Sonic had somehow managed to escape the explosion.
"Where are you going?" asked Knuckles.
"To save Sonic", said Tails. I better make some quick adjustments first though", said Tails.
Tails flew off to his workshop and fitted on a big magnet. He then flew through the blue skies near Angel Island.
Hyper Sonic dropped like a comet through the air, carrying the Master Emerald as he fell. He frantically searched for Tails, feeling his strength weaken 10 fold with every second. He heard the Tornado and dropped on its wings. The Master Emerald dropped out of his hands but was picked up by the Magnet that had been attached to the Tornado. Sonic reverted back to his normal blue self and the extra energy finally returned to where it belonged. The Seven Chaos Emeralds that remained scattered across the globe, this time Sonic was too tired to recapture them.
"Thanks…Tails…I don't know what I would've done without you", said Sonic panting with exhaustion.
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Eggman braced for impact. With the Egg Robot destroyed the only thing keeping him from certain death was a cramped escape pod that broke off the machine. The pod vibrated violently due to the force until it crashed into the ocean. The pod rose to the surface and a dazed Eggman opened a hatch and took a breath of fresh air. His blurred vision started to focus on a red plane flying through the air with a green emerald attached to its rear. It was the Tornado carrying the Master Emerald and it was headed straight for Angel Island.
Dammit, he beat me again!
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Tails flew low as the Tornado came above Angel Island. Knuckles started waving at them and ran off through Angel Island. Tails followed Knuckles to a small separated island, covered in ruins with a bridge connecting the small island to the main island. Knuckles pointed to the centre of the ruins and Tails took that as a sign that he wanted the Master Emerald there. Tails dropped the Master Emerald carefully and Knuckles placed it in the shrine.
Knuckles prayed that this was enough. Tails circled around the shrine as all three watched the Master Emerald carefully. The Emerald started to glow brightly and a wave of green light consumed the Island. Sonic grabbed Knuckles and the two rivals stood firmly on the wings of the Tornado as Tails flew it to a safe distance.
Everybody watched as Angel Island slowly started to rise into the air. A tear came to Knuckles' eye as his home was returning to normal. When Angel Island returned to its normal height Knuckles put out his hand as if to shake Sonic's.
"Thank you Sonic, and you too Tails. I'm sorry I misjudged you", said Knuckles.
"No we understand. Don't worry, if Angel Island is ever in danger again we'll be sure to help you, friend", said Sonic shaking Knuckles hand.
"Friend? Well I suppose we are friends now. I've never really had a friend before", said Knuckles turning to Angel Island, "Whenever you are near the Island be sure to come see me".
"Of course", said Sonic.
"So long Sonic. I still have a job to do. A job I'll have to do every second or every day for the rest of my life", said Knuckles before jumping off the plane and gliding to Angel Island.
"So long Knuckles", said Sonic waving back.
"Well what now Sonic? The Death Egg is destroyed, Eggman has been beaten, the adventure's over isn't it", said Tails.
"For now yes. But I wouldn't be surprised if old Egg belly is making new plans as we speak", said Sonic.
"You're right, though where do we go from here? Back to my workshop, Back to Green hill?" asked Tails.
Sonic paused for a moment.
"I don't know where to go? Erm…take us back to your workshop", said Sonic.
"Ok!" said Tails.
Tails flew the Tornado back to his workshop. The Soft Ocean air felt good as it caressed the two heroes' skin. Sonic gazed off into the horizon wondering when his next adventure will happen. For him his next adventure wouldn't happen for quite some time, though this story isn't over yet.
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As Sonic saved the world again, the part of Sky Sanctuary that broke off from the rest crashed into Angel Island just outside of Mushroom hill. Lying in the rubble was Mecha Sonic, trapped between the rocks and leaking fluid. It was strange for a robot to feel fear though it had also been strange that he had felt anger and envy. He despised Sonic as he had to deal with his program. A program that acted like a voice in your head, always telling him to destroy Sonic. The only way he could relieve himself of this torture was to fulfill his main objective, though Sonic was too strong.
Mecha's advanced hearing heard scrapping noises. As if someone was pushing the heavy blocks that trapped him away. He felt a wave of hope wash over his body, followed by a sigh of relief when he saw daylight as one final block was removed. The daylight was soon replaced by an Egg Robo.
"Mecha Sonic! I am Egg Robo number 25", said the Egg Robo.
"An Egg Robo? Sonic must've missed one. Remove these blocks now", said Mecha Sonic.
"Yes sir", said Egg Robo
Egg Robo proceeded to move the blocks trapping Mecha Sonic in the rubble. Egg Robo helped Mecha Sonic out of the rubble and began repairing the machine.
"You are lucky I found you when I did", said Egg Robo.
"So Egg Robo 25, what's the situation? My scanners can't seem to find Sonic", said Mecha Sonic.
"The Death Egg is no more. The Master Emerald has been returned to its normal resting spot and Angel Island has returned to its normal resting place", said Egg Robo.
"But what of Sonic?" asked Mecha Sonic.
"Location unknown!" said Egg Robo.
Mecha Sonic smashed his fist into the floor.
"That is not good. I must destroy Sonic the Hedgehog", said Mecha Sonic.
"Our master is also missing. Perhaps he left the island in defeat", said Egg Robo.
"Perhaps. Even without master Robotnik though we should still complete our mission of restoring the Robotnik Empire", said Mecha Sonic.
"What do you suggest we do?" asked Egg Robo.
Mecha Sonic paused for a moment.
"I have all the blueprints to all of out master's creations. We will rebuilt his weapons and make an assault on the Master Emerald. Bringing that emerald to our glorious leader is our new main objective", said Mecha Sonic.
"But what about Knuckles, the guardian of the Master Emerald? He will not let us take the Emerald without a fight", said Egg Robo.
"You have a point. Then we'll just have to deal with him first", said Mecha Sonic.