Chapter 22

Charger Emerald Warrior's First Flight

Mona and Shadow gasped in horror at the Bio-Lizard.

"This can't be right! We just knocked out its life support!" Mona exclaimed. Shadow shot the prototype a death glare before grabbing the human by the wrist and getting away from the Bio-Lizard as it aimed bites at them. They got to the 'shrine' and stared at the bio-lizard as a tremor went through the colony. The lizard disappeared in a flash of light.

"Is that what Chaos Control is?" Shadow gawked.

"It's not going to give up…it's programmed to carry out Gerald's final desire." Mona said to herself as Eggman shouted over the intercom that the Bio-Lizard had attached itself to the ARK to keep the crash course.

"Any more ideas?" Knuckles asked Mona only to receive a sigh.

"No…I got you this far but I don't know how to stop it now…" She responded. "How about you Sonic?"

Sonic looked at the Chaos Emeralds and smirked before grabbing them off the pedestals.

"Shadow, I need your help on this one." Sonic said to his new rival. Shadow nodded as the echidna and human stood back. Mona looked at her sword and realized it was shaking as if it had a mind of its own. She gripped the handle and tried to force it to stay in.

"C'mon…stay in…" She grimaced.

"What's going on?" Knuckles asked as he saw her.

"It-it's like it's trying to get to the Chaos Emeralds!" She responded.

Shadow and Sonic felt the power of the Chaos Emeralds bond with them. Shadow slightly turned to see Mona as she tried to force the Charger Emerald Sword to stay in.

"Mona…you have to help us now. There is no way me and Sonic can do this alone…" Shadow held his left hand out towards the sword and clenched it suddenly. "C'mon…it's in your blood!"

Sonic looked at Shadow with a perplexed look as the hedgehog focused.

"Shadow, what are you…?" The next thing Sonic knew, Mona was being drawn in.

"She has to do this Sonic…" Shadow grunted. Sonic nodded in return.

"My hand's stuck!!" Mona winced.

"Don't let go of it!" Shadow thought as he and Sonic saw her features change and gain armor and transparent wings.

"If you lose your grip in here who knows what will happen to you!" Sonic exclaimed, a bit surprised a human was capable of gaining power from 7 Chaos Emeralds as Mona saw his cobalt fur turn golden and Shadow's turn bright silver/platinum.

The light dimmed showing both hedgehogs were in their super forms. Mona had gone through a big change too:

1. Her eyes were yellow with no pupils.

2. She had gained transparent wings which were of an insectoid base.

3. Her brown hair was now a violet color.

4. She was wearing armor with a design that had three dots in a triangular feature with three streaks (one spreading out of each dot)

5. She had a helmet covering most of her face with the same design as her armor.

6. Her sword had a brighter silver color and a golden hilt.

She looked around in confusion.

"What-what happened?!"

"Nice super form…" Sonic observed.

"I have a super form?!" Mona asked.

"No duh…" He said before Mona looked at the Master Emerald at her reflection.

"Guys, she's the…the Charger Emerald Warrior!" Knuckles exclaimed after getting a grip on his self. Mona turned towards him with a stunned expression.

"I'm the WHAT?!"

"We can talk about this later. We've got to stop the Final Hazard before the colony impacts with Earth!" Shadow exclaimed before the trio vanished.

The trio flew towards the Final Hazard. Mona kept a firm grip on her sword.

"Guys, the best way to beat this guy is to attack its blisters." She explained quickly.

"Okay. Let's go for it!" Sonic exclaimed as Mona ran her two forefingers across the dull edge of the sword before unleashing a bolt of electricity at the nearest blister causing the prototype to roar in pain and allowing Sonic and Shadow to get through its defenses as Mona flew in front to prevent it from going any further.

"You're not going to destroy this planet while we're around!" She announced and slashed at its face. The Final Hazard snarled in aggravation before swatting at Mona who dodged. "What, you want to play Sissy Fight?!" She slashed it across the face again before swiping again and causing her to fly back.

Shadow, who had been watching the whole time, shook his head.

"Not a very good distraction if you ask me." He thought before concentrating telepathic waves towards her. "C'mon kid. Stop playing around and do something useful!"

"But what can I do?"

"You ever saw movies where creatures merged into one unstoppable being?"

"Ah-ha, thanks for the inspiration. But you still have a lot of explaining to do if we survive! Whoever you are…"

Shadow mentally groaned. "Aw nuts…"

"Guys, I've got an idea!" Mona shouted as the trio regrouped a safe distance away from the lizard.

"Whatever you've got planned had better work. It won't slow down!" Sonic said to her.

"This may sound impossible but if we use enough Chaos Energy we can merge with each other." She said.

"Merge?" Sonic's eyebrow rose.

"We'll be able to stop that monster if it works."

"If…" Shadow thought. "We can go hyper right Sonic? She can harness a lot of energy with that sword."

Sonic nodded and the three concentrated on the sword before Sonic glowed turquoise, Shadow was a gray color, and Mona was a slight yellow.

"Alright…here goes everything!" She shouted before the three flew straight at each other. A flash of light nearly blinded everyone on earth and the space colony before it dimmed and almost everyone saw the creature that stood in place of the three supers.

"That's one big wolf…" Tails stated as they stared at the Chaos Wolf. It was truly an incredible creature. Its fur flashed all the colors of the rainbow and more as it stood on all fours.

Inside, the trio was standing in a circle around the sword which was glowing a more gold color.

"YO LIZARD!" Sonic smirked.

"IT IS TIME…" Shadow started.

"…TO MEET YOUR MAKER!!" Mona finished his sentence.

The Chaos Wolf issued a howl before leaping at the Final Hazard, knocking it back causing the ARK to stop moving towards Earth.

The collision caused the ARK to shake.

"We have to be careful! Our friends are in there!" Mona exclaimed.

"I've got an idea!" Sonic shouted before the Chaos Wolf's jaw clamped down on the nearly destroyed life support. A few tugs loosened it before the wolf reared its head back pulling the mechanism along with it and snapping it in two. The Bio-Lizard screamed in pain as the Chaos Wolf glared at it.

"Look! He's gaining more blisters!" Shadow pointed out.

"We can beat him now! Power down!" Mona announced before the wolf separated into the three characters. "Okay, let's pop till he drops!"

"You took the words right out of my mouth…" Shadow smirked before the three flew at the weakened Bio-Lizard destroying the blisters. The attacks were enough for the Bio-Lizard to finally collapse and disappear. Now the only thing they had to worry about now was the ARK falling out of orbit…

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Sonic: YEAH! TEAMWORK!

Shadow: (darkly) Sonic, don't even think about it.

Sonic: Why not?

Shadow: I don't like you THAT much.

Sonic: 0o; Point taken.

R&R!