Flip card 2:
Name: (Benefactor?)
Description: A mysterious figure who has a connection to Metal Sonic. Whatever he wants, he's keepign it secret.
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Growling, Dark Super Sonic let his arm trail upwards and he fired several blasts of energy straight towards Amy. To his displeasure, each one was absorbed by the shield around her, formed by the six real Chaos Emeralds they had been able to gather. They all dissipated into nothing a clear foot away from their target.
Trying a direct attack, the dark hedgehog soured in close with a fist drawn back .Amy blocked his attack with her hammer, before swinging her weapon around again trying to strike him.
Dark Super Sonic swung backwards to avoid the attack, before curving his body around in a circle to start spinning. He remained in place for a moment, gathering momentum before rocketing toward. Amy remained steadfast, even with the hyped up spin attack colliding with her own shield. Dark Super Sonic pushed against the defence, trying to break through, sparks of energy shot outwards in all directions as positive collided with negative.
Amy gathered her strength and swung her hammer around as hard as she could, the blunt end of it colliding with the dark hedgehog. There was a bright flash of light and the floor beneath them shook violent as shockwaves passed through the entire ship, nearly ripping the entire thing in two.
"I know you're in there somewhere." Amy began as Dark Super Sonic rebounded off a wall and came in for another attack. The dark hedgehog simply scowled, before launching forward at tremendous speed. Amy's shield flew up again and energy began exchanging itself around the chamber, a chain reaction spiralling out of control. Energy bolts shot around the entire room like ball lightning, rippling like water before smashing into the wall, shattering off large chunks of metal. "Come on Sonic, this isn't you." She added as he swung back and she was forced to bring her hammer down on top of his head as she tried to stop him. Dark Super Sonic rebounded off the floor and shot up to the ceiling.
Swaying in mid air, the dark hedgehog held his hands out in front of himself and sparks began travelling between his fingers. Once he had built up enough power, he launched a black version of the Sonic Wind attack down towards her.
That attack tore most of the coverings off the walls and testing Amy's own determination, yet somehow she found the strength of will to resist it and to reinforce her shield.
Getting the chaos Emeralds to work for her had not been easy, as she had had no experience in using the things. Sonic and Shadow made it look easy, yet it required a great deal of concentration.
Dark Super Sonic came souring down from above with a flying kick, trying to shatter her shield like an egg, yet it simply bounced off the surface and sent him souring backwards. Amy took the opportunity to go on the offensive, smashing the handle end of her hammer into his stomach, before whipping around with him still on the end of it, and throwing him straight towards the Master Emerald.
With a loud crash, the dark hedgehog collided with the giant green emerald and began screaming. Bolts of green energy leap from the Master Emerald and sparked across his body, causing him to convulse like he was having a fit. Amy covered her eyes as the light show became too much.
"Amy…I'm…I…I'm sorry." Looking back, she saw Sonic, her Sonic…the real Sonic. His fur was still jet black, yet the face was beginning to retain some of the royal blue colour he was famous for. "I…I can't control this." He stammered, the nine fake emeralds around him trying to re-seize control of his body. "You… you have to stop me…" With that, the blue disappeared completely and the black solidified. With one sudden effort, the dark hedgehog broke free of the Master Emerald's grip and shot upwards, rage burning his eyes as he gathered another energy blast.
Caught by surprise, Amy didn't manage a good enough defence and a tremendously powerful Black Sonic wind crashed into her body with full force, tearing her off her feet and flinging her across the room to collide with the wall on the far side.
Sinking down to the ground, the pink hedgehog forced her own will over the six Chaos Emeralds and they flew back to her side, forming the shield again. Blood was running from the corner of her mouth, yet she ignored it, whipping it away with the back of her hand.
Dark Super Sonic came souring it, fists at the ready. Amy blocked the swing, before retaliating with her own. The two of them exchanged blows at lightning fast speeds, each trying desperately to overcome the over. Dark Super Sonic was infuriated, he already knew that without these Chaos Emeralds boasting her power, she was nothing compared to him. With them now, she was almost his equal.
Blocking a kick with her hammer, Amy soured back with a kick of her own, landing the tip of her boot against his chin. As the dark hedgehog staggered backwards clutching his face in pain, Amy swung her hammer above her head like a golf club.
"FOUR!" She cried, before bring it down sharply, striking the dark hedgehog with every ounce of strength she could muster.
Outside in the corridors, making their way towards the energy Chamber were the fight was taking place, Tails was Cosmo found their path littered with unconscious crew members. In one of the cargo holds, they had found Knuckles lying there. He was alive at least, yet they both doubted that he'd be dancing on stage any time soon.
In another cargo bay they found what was left of the battle between Okida's Yahger Mech and the Dark Hedgehog. The shattered shell of the Walker lay in a smouldering heap on the floor.
"I hope you know what you're doing." Tails told the green haired girl as they neared the energy core, finding the corridors they travelled down either scarred or sourced by intense energy blasts.
"Not as much as I do." Cosmo replied as they bounded a corner to find Topaz lying beaten next tot eh burnt remains of Omega. Both the humans and the battle android were in one piece, but Omega's arm was going to need some serious maintenance. Okida lay a little further one, propped up against the wall, knocked out cold. Apparently the fight had continued even after his Mech had been turned into scrap metal.
The doors to the energy core were open, melted inward by the force of some attack, leaving the fight inside for all to see. The two of them watched as Amy Rose deflected an attack by Dark Super Sonic, before trying one of her own.
The dark Hedgehog held the advantage on just above everything, yet Amy's own supply of Emerald power was making more big irritation to him. By the look of it, the pink hedgehog had succeeded in keeping Sonic away from the other Emeralds, so there was still time to work Cosmo's plan.
"Are you sure about this?" Tails asked to the tenth time, looking back at the Seer from Maginaryworld. Cosmo simply nodded once as sure of herself as she'd ever be. Tails sighed out load. "Alright then."
Amy slammed her hammer into Dark Super Sonic's back, forcing him into the side of a wall. The dark hedgehog shot off it was soon he connected, to land a punch directly into her face. None it was her turn to go on the defences as Dark Super Sonic launched into a furious attack, firing energy attacks and throwing punches all at once it seemed. Her shield held off the energy bolts, yet it took every ounce of agility she had to move her hammer fast enough to block the swings. Unfortunately, one of them made it through and the pink hedgehog was set spiralling backwards down towards the floor.
Looking up, she saw Dark Super sonic raised his hand, preparing to fire one last blast to finish her off. In that instant however, a beam of white light shot out of nowhere and the end of it latched onto his head. Looking around in utter confusion, the dark hedgehog looked more alarmed then he had ever had. Amy looked across to see Cosmo kneeled on the floor nearby, her hands clasped together as if in pray. The light was coming from between her fingers, like some shaft of sunlight descending through storm clouds.
The green haired seer was muttering somewhere very quickly in some language neither Tails nor Amy had heard before, probably one native to Maginaryworld itself. The young fox looked on as Cosmo undertook her task. Well, it seemed to be working thus far. Dark Super Sonic had stopped at least. Cosmo had assured him she could succeed. The seers of Maginaryworld had the ability to separate "Yin from Yang". If they could pull it off, then perhaps she might be able to get the real Sonic back instead of this black parody.
Suddenly, Dark Super Sonic tried to pull away, as it the light was causing him pain. Tails watched in awe as the nine fake emeralds around him began to vibrate, cracks running all over their surface like spider's webs. Cosmo's face twisted in effort, trying to finish the job before Sonic broke free of her grasp. One of the fake emerald shattered in a spray of green shards and the dark hedgehog staggered backwards as if something had dealt him a heavy blow.
Another emerald followed, and then another; both shattering like glass and each time Dark Super Sonic looked like someone was twisting a knife in his heart. With six of his original nine left, Dark Super Sonic summoned all the power he could and finally ripped free of the light. The backlash smashed into Cosmo and sent her crashing down to the floor.
"Cosmo!" Tails cried out crushing to her side as Dark Super Sonic righted himself; swaying on his feet like a drunkard. Amy pushed herself to her feet, leaning on her hammer.
"It's still week, trying to reach him now." Cosmo told the pink hedgehog. Amy cast a glance towards her, before looking back towards Sonic. He had been tremendously weakened, his fur fading from black to blue and back again as if it couldn't make up its mind.
"Sonic, fight it! I've done what I can, you have to get it of it yourself now!" She told him. Sonic looked up, his fists clenched and teeth bared in effort. Slowly, she could see his pure white eyes began to fade as the green centres remerged. Sweat was running down the side of his face as the real Sonic fought back from inside, throwing everything it had against the Negative energy had held his body. Like a shard, another of the emeralds broke into dust. With it gone, the fur turned bluer and began to flop back down from the head. The remaining five however weren't going to give up their hold without one heck of a fight and began glowing black, trying to retake control.
Sonic crossed his arms in front of himself in an 'X', his old features reclaiming themselves inch by inch. "Come on Sonic, you can do it!"
"Yeah, you've been in tighter spots before!" Tails joined in. Their words seemed to have a positive effect, the fur loosing its darkness and becoming blue again. The fake emeralds glowing as bright as stars, pouring all their efforts into control the hedgehog.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic declared into the air, his own voice back again. "Not this time!" With one final thrust, he threw his arms out and his entire body glowed bright blue. The Master Emerald glowed bright green in response. The other three there had to cover their eyes at the light show as energy radiated outwards. Each of the fakes emeralds shattered one after the other, breaking into shards before there weren't any of them left.
With a sudden thrust, the darkness was forced completely off of Sonic and into the air. Once it was gone, the once again Blue Hedgehog dropped to the floor unconscious. The dark cloud above twisted, trying to find a few host but before it could, the Master Emerald's glow radiated outwards and the Negative Energy was sucked right down into its depths. It sounded like someone was removing the skin from a rabbit when it was still alive. The cloud screamed in agony as inch by inch, the Master Emerald swallowed it whole.
It had been slow going gathering the energy required for a Chaos Control back to Earth. It required a great deal more than a short teleportation, especially for five people. It had occurred to Shadow more than once that he was abandoning Sonic to face his robotic counterpart by himself, but if the Professor's warning had been right, he had to get back to Earth at once and search for this… Robotnik Family Legacy. Gerald had had no time to explain what it was, or why it was so important, yet his urgent message had to be taken serious, the black hedgehog was sure of that.
Metal X and their Master would have to wait. This was far more urgent and while he was not aware of what Gerald hoped to prevent, but whatever it was, it had to be serious for a dead man to take interest in it.
Bean and Bark were tidying away their makeshift camp while Hare was up a tree on a branch trying to get their bearings in this therefore wilderness. Shadow failed to see a point to any of their tasks, although he supposed they felt more respect for nature than most humans.
"Hey, it's stopped raining." Hare declared, looking up towards the sky. Tikal blinked in surprise and looked up herself. The heavy rain had indeed stopped and the storm clouds were beginning to break apart, shafts of light lancing down towards the ground. The wind was dying away to a dull hum instead of a raging roar. The female Echidna smiled. She had that ominous thing in her eyes again.
"Something you'd like to tell me about?" The black hedgehog asked. Tikal's smile just widened.
"Nah. Everything's ok now." She replied, watching the water drop off of the edge of a large leaf not to far away.
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The darkness faded and light came flooding back as slowly the blue hedgehog opened his eyes. He felt like every cell in his body had been rained on energy, yet somehow he found the strength to push his eyes open. His vision blurred sickeningly and for a few seconds he was left effectively blind. Blinking, he cleared his sight before he managed to pick out the deals of a ceiling above.
"Hey, he's awake." Someone stated as he slowly picking himself up into a sitting position. His head was pounding like a jack hammer, the pain radiating down through his neck and into the rest of the body. Looking around, Sonic found himself lying in a bed with various types of medical equipment. A spot light shone down from above, highlighting his body. Everything seemed to be surrounded by a sheet of curved glass, completely encircling him before reaching up to the ceiling.
"Is that…you…Sonic?" Another voice asked. The blue hedgehog paused, rubbed his forehead before looking out towards the room beyond the class. At least half the crew of the Typhoon was there, all staring him with wide eyes, their breath held in anticipation. Amy was almost pressed against the glass, while all the others kept back to a safe distance.
"Of course it's me." The hedgehog replied with a weak smile. "Who else would it be?" Amy's worried expression melted away into a smile of intense relief. "What's with the 'behind glass' display?"
"We had to make sure you weren't going to go nuts after you woke up." Eggman replied, an intense smug look on his face at seeing his arch nemesis in a prison. Sonic suddenly looked confused, not remembering what the Doctor was talking about. Then a flash of memory ran through his mind and he was forced to put a hand on his head as it's intensity.
"Woah…" He began, recall finally telling him exactly what had happened. How the negative Energy had forced him to transform into Dark Super Sonic and while in that state, he had almost destroyed them all. "What…was that….was that all me?"
"No." Came the steadfast reply from Cosmo, who stood nearly, staring up at him with her sea blue eyes. "I warned you the darkness would take over your mind, and it did. The darkness was to blame for all that, not you."
"She's right." Knuckles added, crossing his arms. The Echidna was bandaged all over his body and dreadlocks, showing he'd taken a beating while tangling with Dark Super Sonic; In fact, a lot of those around him had had first aid. Okida had his arm in a sling, Topaz had a patched cut on her shoulder and even Amy had a few bruises to show for her efforts. "Prolonged exposure to Negative Chaos energy acts like a hallucinogenic. It alters the mind's perceptions, warping them to violent parodies of their former selves." Sonic looked down at his feet, unable to meet their eyes. "It could have happened to anyone."
"But it happened to me." The hedgehog replied. "Whenever I used the Chaos Emeralds before, I was always in control. This time…it was so different." He managed a smile. "I don't think I'll ever be able to look at a Chaos Emerald in quite the same way." Suddenly he looked up, remembering something important. "What about those nine fakes? What happens to them?"
"Decoe just cleared up the fragments." Eggman replied. "When the original emeralds and the nine cloned ones came together, the fakes couldn't handle the force exchange. They shattered, and the Negative energy itself was absorbed into the Master Emerald." Sonic suddenly looked alarmed.
"You mean that energy's still out there?" He was livid at the possibility of that power being used to twist him back into Dark Super Sonic. Knuckles laughed.
"Not for much longer. The Master Emerald is source of nothing but Positive Chaos Energy. Even as we speak, the Negative stuff it took in is being diluted. Within the next half hour, there won't be any of it left." The blue hedgehog breathed a sigh of relief.
"What concerns me if how close Metal X came to cloning Emeralds." Chuck ventured. "Their lab was destroyed in the fight, but even that can't guarantee they don't have another one somewhere with a set of Emeralds ready for use."
"Doubtful." Eggman replied. "Those energy collector towers they were using to harness the life-force of Mars were drawing in power from all over the planet. They wouldn't have the resources for another facility."
"Besides, we've got their three real Emeralds now." Okida announced. "Even if they try to build another lab, what they going to clone?"
"That last Emerald back on Earth?" Topaz asked. Sonic shook his head.
"No, I know how Metal Sonic thinks. He'll not try a compromise. Now we have his prizes, he'll come after us with everything he's got."
"I thought at much." Eggman announced, suddenly looking smug. "Which is why I spent the last hour working on the engines of the ship and the jump drive is now back online. We can be back on Earth within the hour."
"Not without Shadow and the others." Amy told him sternly. Eggman looked unimpressed.
"Shadow can take care of himself."
"And what about Bean, or Bark, or Hare?" Okida demanded. "As Freelance Division members, I am their commanding officer and I will not leave them at the Machine Federation's mercy."
"They're expendable." The doctor retorted angrily. "The emeralds we have in the energy core are not. Under no circumstances can we alloy Metal X the chance to seize them back. We leave as soon as possible."
"And since when do you give the orders?" Tails asked, giving the fat scientist a side glance. "Okida's right, we don't leave without those we came here with." Eggman growled.
"Fine." He said pouting. "But we take the ship up into a high orbit around the planet so we can get sensor reading of anything trying to approach and repairs can get underway without getting hazard by Metal X ships every five minutes." To that, Tails had little option but to agree.
"Can I get out of this thing now?" Sonic asked, hoping people hadn't forgotten he was still trapped inside a glass bubble.
"Oh no." Amy replied with a sly look on her face. "We have to make sure there's not an ounce of that negative stuff left in you. Now you're up, we're gonna have to run a few scans." Sonic suddenly looked stunned.
"Well how long is that gonna take?"
"About two hours." Tails replied, trying not to giggle. Cosmo couldn't help herself and had to cover her mouth with her hand at Sonic's expression. The blue hedgehog's ears dropped to the side of his head.
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Metal Sonic was, perhaps not as livid as he should be. . Sonic how had all three of the Chaos Emeralds Metal X had obtained, which is precisely what the robotic hedgehog had been counting on. The fact that three of his general's had been destroyed in the process was merely an incontinent consequence, and in the end, they got what they deserved for defying his orders.
Now, their ship was a shining beacon of Chaos energy. A sensor would have to be blind not to notice it. Now, nearly all the Chaos Emeralds lay within his grasp. While confident about his own abilities, he was not arrogant enough to assume the task of attacking them himself. And now with his forces depleted after his General's foolishness, he did not have the resources. The only co-ordinated clan left was Dark Oak's space forces, and they didn't have enough numbers.
"And so, here I am." A voice stated. Metal Sonic titled his head to look back over his shoulder towards the familiar figure of his benefactor, that strange shadowy being clad in a dark robe and who's face was hidden behind a steal mask. The visor, where the eyes should be was glowing bright green. "Ready to be of assistance." Metal Sonic did not trust him, and with good reason. This had been the figure to great him when he awakened in his reborn body, the one who re-built him after his first form had been destroyed. He had given no motive for his actions, so until he did, the robotic hedgehog was continue to regard him with the utmost suspicion.
Still, he was an ally.
"How can you help me?" It was safe to assume his nameless benefactor knew of his problem, so there was little need for him to explain it. The cloaked figure was silent as he walked over, ascending a set of stairs to the lord of Metal X's platform to stare out the window down to the planet Mars below.
"I have resources that you do not." He replied, looking out the window to the carpet of stars. Metal Sonic chuckled once.
"Even you can't pull an army out of thin air." The robot stated, crossing his arms.
"Can't I?" The benefactor asked with a humoured tint to his voice. Metal Sonic cast him a side glance.
"Something you'd like to share with me?" The cloaked figure was silent, then looked up towards an especially bright star almost directly in front of them.
"Compared to the rest of the universe, both Earth and Mars are completely insufficient." He stated, spreading his arms, revealing a hand. It was almost completely white and thin like bones, but with skin. "It is from there I can obtain allies for you." Metal Sonic's eyes blared blood red.
"Enough secrets. What are you saying?" The benefactor chuckled out load.
"Your galaxy, the one the people of Earth call the milky way, contains billions of worlds. Over seventy percent of them are overflowing with life. In this spiral arm of the galaxy alone are empires spanning entire planets." He looked sideways at Metal Sonic. "I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of securing the Machine Federation aid from one of these." Before Metal Sonic ask what he meant by there, it happened.
The space outside the Behemoth seemed to ripple as a loud humming sound began to increase in volume. Everything outside blurred sickeningly as another vessel emerged above it through a jump worm hole. Metal Sonic looked up as a giant shadow began sweeping over his own ship.
The vessel he was looking up as huge, larger then his own ship by far. It was curved around and completely streamlined. It looked as if nothing, not even a weapons array had been designed out of place to sacrifice the ship's manoeuvrability in space. The outside of the ship was a pale and soft blue, with thick green lines glowing intently running over the surface like runes. Even from the vantage point of his ship, it was impossible for the robotic hedgehog to see it all. It was simply far too large.
It was triangular in horizontal shape, but strongly rounded towards the back like a pizza slice. On the straight sides were perfectly curved wings that dipped below the craft's underbelly before looping around towards the back, ending between the two giant thrusters.
That wasn't all. All around it were dozens of smaller ships. The main vessel drafted them, but they were huge in their own right. The smallest ones appeared to be simple transport ships, shaped like the larger but slimmer in proportion.
The battleships were not like the others, they were cigar shaped with undersides that curved down, the back end completely flat. Metal Sonic couldn't see anything that looked like weapons, but he guessed that what they used for offensive weaponry came from two engraved lines that ran along it's top.
Long ships were probably simple transports, lacking anything that served as weaponry. It's shape suggested it was suited for speed and defence.
Metal Sonic had felt secure in the confines of his Flagship, the Behemoth. Compared to the display around him, that security seemed ripped away.
"What are you?" Metal Sonic demanded, turning to face his cloaked benefactor. "And what game is this supposed to be?"
Metal Sonic demanded, turning to face his cloaked benefactor."I haven't overstepped my bounds I hope?" He asked in reply. "Besides, do you really care what or who I am as long as you win?"
"Why did you revive me in the first place? What is it you want me to do?"
"What I want you to do is to stop shilly-shallying and kill Sonic." He gestured up towards the space ship in front of him. "You're powerful enough to defeat him in single combat, and now you have the resources to deal with his compatriots. Destroy him, don't use theatrics. Rush him, overwhelm him before he has a chance to fight back and kill him."
"Sonic deserves no better." Metal Sonic admitted. "But the vendetta is mine, and my need for retribution will not be satisfied until I beat him, one on one, in combat. A fair fight to the finish. That is all I want."
From the deck of the Behemoth, Dark Oak watched the approaching fleet with his arms crossed. So far, everything was proceeding according to plan. Sonic had the Chaos Emeralds, Metal Sonic and the Machine federation were ready for combat, and now THEY were here. Everything was in place and now all that they needed to do was light the fuse, sit back and watch the fireworks.
Looking to his side, the last of the Metal X general's regarded the planet earth in the distance. These two planets had almost served their purpose and there would be little need to tolerate the existence of civilisation on their surfaces once they had.
"Do not be to hasty to destroy my servant." The voice of the master resonated through his mind. "They can have many practical uses. The planet itself you can do as you wish with, but do not be quick to kill off good slave labour."
The voice of the master resonated through his mind."Very well Master."
End lyrics
Mirai
Are you prepared to go on the journey?
Just one more morning to come,
Put on a new shirt and,
Sneak out into the night,
Today, the city won't sleep either,
It will just watch quietly,
What you and I will start!
To be shine, to be free,
Do not be bewildered,
The waves of time are strong but gentle,
Very soon, very soon, I'm going out to meet you,
Together, our world will shine,
To be shine, to be free,
Don't be frightened,
The waves of time are strong but gentle,
We'll meet in that far and distant city,
Very soon, very soon, I'm going out to meet you,
Let's go and find our future.
(In Chris' voice)
Battles fought, won and lost have been all leading to this…..
Mysterious ages old are revealed and willpowers are put to the test..
The fate of not just the world, but the galaxy rests on the shoulders of our heroes.
Who are allies and who are enemies, all if revealed as the Dark Ages reached it's crux.
Chaotix fly back into action as Cream wants to head into space to give Sonic her Chaos Emerald! As if finding a spaceship wasn't enough, trouble's back in town as Fang the Sniper escapes from jail! But is the infamous mercenary the real threat, or does something more sinister lurk on the horizon? See what happens next time as the Black Arms Saga begins with, Revenge of the Weasel! Don't miss it!
(End of Saga notes)
Wow, a 12 episode saga, I didn't think I was pull it off. Did anyone like the finale? I wasn't going to include Dark Super Sonic, but someone recommended the idea and I thought this would be a good way to finish the Metal X saga.
Where do Dark Oak's loyalties really lie? Just who is that Benefactor of Metal Sonic's? And whose' controlling them both from behind the scenes? Just wait and see!