Ultra Sonic 09

Destruction Unopposed

Shadow and Rouge watched as Tails' plane flew off with Tails, Amy, and Knuckles. Soon the plane disappeared behind a cloud in the direction of Eggman's ship.

"Shadow, do you think we should go after them? Help them with Sonic and all..." Rouge said, still looking off in the direction the plane had went.

"No, Sonic will be fine. Right now we have more pressing matters..." Shadow said, pulling out the data disk he had received from Eggman. "...Besides, Sonic can handle himself."

Shadow started to walk off, and slowly, Rouge turned to follow him. They had walked only a few steps when Shadow suddenly stopped, his fur standing on end. Rouge noticed.

"Shadow, what's wrong?" Rouge said, running over to the black hedgehog.

"The Chaos Emeralds...they aren't being used as I expected..." Shadow said before he shut his eyes tightly, trying to figure out the meaning of what he felt.

His eyes suddenly went wide and he quickly spun around back in the direction of Eggman's ship.

"Something's wrong. Sonic's in danger. Eggman didn't want just the Chaos Emeralds. He wanted to capture Sonic and..."

A flash of white light erupted in the distance. It glowed so bright that the sky grew dark in comparison. Not long after it appeared, it soon disappeared without a trace.

"...do something to him."

Shadow grabbed Rouge's arm, and then the two were soon speeding after Eggman, and Sonic.

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It was mid afternoon in Tiefa City, a nice, warm, sunny day. People were going to the beach, enjoying themselves, having a good time. There was nothing to worry about, nothing at all.

That is, until the sun disappeared from view, leaving a large shadow over the city. As the people looked up, they could see, so very, very high in the sky, a ship. What they couldn't see was what was going on inside...

"Where am I?" Asked the new, white hedgehog floating next to Eggman. Ever since he got up from that bed, he had chosen to float at Eggman's height.

"Oh, don't worry, we're over a city right now where I'm about to let you lose and test out your new powers."

"Yes...I would like that."

"By any chance, what kind of name have you decided for yourself, Sonic?"

"Sonic...?" The hedgehog said, looking puzzled for a second. He turned to look over at one of the metallic walls to see his reflection. After looking for a moment, he turned back around.

"My name is Ultra...Ultra Sonic."

"Oh, good, quite the powerful name now. Well, it looks like we're over the selected site. Would you like to fly, or should I land and take you down myself?"

"Here is fine." Ultra Sonic said as doors opened in front of him. He looked out at the far-reaching sky, and then down on the city below him.

"Ok then, after you get off I'll leave you be, but I'll be back in half an hour. By then, you should be tired of your rampage."

"Yes doctor..." Ultra Sonic said. He was barely listening to Eggman at this point though. All he was concentrating on was a feeling that was building up inside of him.

He was going to enjoy this.

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"Tails! I can see Eggman's ship from here!" Amy yelled from the back seat of the Tornado II. As Tails flew the bi-plane, Knuckles chose to stand on the wing.

"I know Amy. We're almost at Tiefa City. It looks like Eggman might be attacking there for some reason."

Suddenly, an explosion erupted of white light, reaching far into the sky. An aftershock vibrated through the air soon after and Tails had to fight to steady his plane.

"What was that?" Amy asked.

"I don't know, but we're going to find out soon enough." Tails said. He looked up at Knuckles for a second, who hadn't said a word since they started flying. Tails had felt something wrong with the Chaos Emeralds soon after they had started flying after Eggman, and just now with that last explosion. Knuckles had an even greater connection with the Emeralds, and whatever was wrong had him spooked. He was completely worried.

The trio soon closed in on the city, where they could see people running away from all over. Getting closer, they could see that they were mainly running from one main area of the city, one where buildings were falling down one by one from mini explosions of white light.

"Tails," Knuckles started, "Don't land yet. I have a bad feeling about what's down there, and I think it involves Sonic. I'm going in alone."

Knuckles jumped off of the plane's wing and went into a spiraling glide downwards, quickly gaining speed. Soon he was lost between what buildings were left.

"Hey, who does he think he is leaving us up here? Go after him!" Amy yelled from the back seat, but Tails shook his head.

"No Amy, something wrong is happening down there, and it's a lot safer up here, for you, and me."

Meanwhile Knuckles quickly looked through the city, slowly making his way towards where the last building fell. He had to be careful, as he had no idea what he was getting into. Or if it was a trap.

Another explosion, this time it was a building to his right. Knuckles quickly turned and headed for it, only to find that the building he was looking for was falling towards him.

It's always a trap at first.

Knuckles quickly moved out of the way. Quickly looking around behind the building to see who could have caused it to tilt, he found no one. Then, a shadow cast over him from behind.

Not needing to look, he quickly moved again to dodge the next building. He noticed that all of these maneuvers were costing him altitude. He was only a couple stories from the ground at that point.

Knuckles sensed another building from his right. He quickly moved forward and out of the way, only to see another building before him falling his way. Turning quickly to the left, another building to his right started falling too.

Whoever was doing this was just toying with him!

Knuckles quickly moved away from that one, but the further he went, the more buildings he could see falling towards him. Yet, he could only go forward, as behind him lay buildings still falling to the ground. He kept dodging, feeling as if he was being led somewhere.

That's when he saw it. He was now in a round plaza. Circling over a fountain he decided it was best that he landed now and be prepared for whatever happened next.

Touching the ground, he darted his eyes left and right, expecting an attack to come from anywhere. What he didn't expect was one coming from all sides at once, which is exactly what happened next. Buildings from all around the plaza started to cave in at once, and they all fell towards him, he had no place to escape.

From afar, Tails and Amy could see the sudden topple of so many building in one place. They both knew it had to be Knuckles, and without a word between them they headed in that direction.

Ultra Sonic in the mean time looked over at the destruction he had made. He couldn't help but grin at it all. He was definitely having fun.

After what seemed like forever to him, he saw some movement from below. A piece of wall was stirring. It continued to stir until in one great heft, Knuckles shoved it off and looked around until his eyes landed on Ultra Sonic.

"Sonic, what has Dr. Eggman done to you?" Knuckles asked as he stared up at his changed friend.

Ultra Sonic looked up for a moment at the sky with a thoughtful look in his face. He quickly turned back down after a moment.

"The good doctor has given me freedom. I'm finally free from my chains. The Master Emerald held all of this power for so long, and now it's finally free so I can fly wherever I want and destroy anything I wish." Ultra Sonic said with a laugh. "You have to feel it for yourself to understand. This kind of power is absolute."

"Sonic!" came a voice from afar. Both Ultra Sonic and Knuckles turned in its direction and saw the Tornado II with Tails and Amy inside.

"No! Tails! Amy! Stay away!" Knuckles yelled at the two as soon as he saw them.

"Hmm...friends of yours?" Ultra Sonic asked.

"Sonic, you wouldn't dare."

"Try me."

The plane flew towards the pair and then went into a wide circle over them both. Close enough to see what was going on, Tails and Amy watched in wonder at Sonic.

"What, what happened Sonic?" Amy called down.

"Tails, Amy, don't trust Sonic! He's been changed by Eggman!" Knuckles yelled once more.

"Just call me, Ultra Sonic." Ultra Sonic said before raising a hand and firing huge blast of energy towards the bi-plane. Tails, surprised, almost didn't dodge the beam in time.

"Darn, I missed. I guess I should try again."

"Hey, why don't you pick on someone your own size!" Knuckles yelled in anger.

Ultra Sonic slowly turned his head back at the red echidna. "Fine then. Just keep it interesting."

In a flash the white hedgehog was in front of Knuckles, cocking a fist back. Knuckles, surprised, jumped back and luckily for him the fist just fell short. Not waiting for another attack, he charged right back with a right hook at Ultra Sonic. His fist connected, but all it did was cause Ultra Sonic to float a little bit away.

"Is that all you've got? I thought I told you to keep it interesting."

Knuckles couldn't believe what was said. He put a lot of power in that last punch and it didn't even do much to him. Knuckles charged again, this time jumping into the air and putting everything he could in his next attack. Once again it connected, but this time it left a surprised Ultra Sonic flying right into one of the few walls still standing.

"Now that's more like it." Knuckles said with a grin.

To his surprise, Ultra Sonic was right back in front of him in the very next second.

"Yes, but now it's my turn." Ultra Sonic quickly spun around and brought a heel to Knuckles' jaw, and that sent him flying into and through another wall.

"Hmph, and I thought you were tougher than that."

Knuckles got up slowly, knocking off a couple boulders on top of him. "I'm only just getting started."

Knuckles, however, knew that he couldn't take many more hits like that. He needed help. Someway to distract Ultra Sonic long enough to get a couple hits in. Where was the cavalry when you need it?

While lost in thought, Knuckles didn't realize that he was keeping Ultra Sonic waiting. And Ultra didn't like waiting, instead opting to send an energy beam straight at Knuckles.

Knuckles, caught off guard at first, moved to get out of the way, but accidentally found himself tripping on his own legs. As he slowly fell to the ground, he could only watch as the beam headed towards him without him being able to get out of the way.

That is, until a black blur came past. Next thing Knuckles knew, he was on the ground. Standing on either side of him were Shadow and Rouge. While Shadow stood in face-off, Rouge looked down at Knuckles and gave him a wink.

Slowly, Knuckles stood back up again. "Finally, things have started to even up."