Team Metal Chao shows off some upgrades!

Chapter 8: Anything You Can Do

The pile of rocks blew apart revealing Trez holding a Chaos Emerald with the rest of the chao huddled closely by him. A pale blue aura surrounded them.

" How do you like my Chaos Barrier? It's my ultimate defense." Trez asked while pocketing the Emerald. He then helped Flora to her feet as Ghost, Flash, and Scribbles grabbed the rest of the Chaos Emeralds.

" Are you alright? Your power is slightly weaker." Flora asked Trez concernedly.

" I'm fine. The Chaos Barrier took more energy than expected." Trez replied.

" Let's go! It's time to end this once and for all!" Ghost announced. The teams tore across the sands and boarded Babylon Garden. Flame saw Eggman riding a scooter with Team Metal Chao on the back. She then shot out the back tire with a well-placed arrow causing the doctor to spin out of control. The robotic chao touched down, ready to rumble.

" There was no way you could have survived that… So, you're more than just chao." Abyss growled.

' It's time that we pay you back for the pain we endured a year ago.' Scrawl sketched.

" Now, you will feel the true powers of Team Metal Chao!" Wraith yelled.

" Let's go!" Ghost ordered his pals. Wraith smiled as his arms turned into Gatling guns and opened fire on the chao. Flash took a Chaos Emerald and used the Chaos Barrier to deflect each bullet.

" Ghost needs our help! Let's go, Flora!" Trez called. The gray chao summoned his fire blade and jumped into the fray. Spic and her team got involved trying to do at least some damage to Wraith.

" Are you done playing?" Wraith smiled.

" We're not doing a thing to them!" Flash gasped.

" It's time to go super!" Ghost said. When Trez went super, only one thought went through his head: Protect Flora. As if reading his mind, the power of the Emeralds formed an aura around Flora, turning her neon yellow. Wraith said nothing but nodded at his partners. Abyss turned into a cannon and attached to Wraith's arm. Scrawl turned into leg attachments and hooked onto the white robot.

" Now, you feel my true strength!" Wraith yelled as he began to charge energy. Scrawl dug into the ground, anchoring Wraith in place.

'What's that?" Scribbles wrote.

" That's a charged particle beam gun!" Trez gasped.

" Hm…who will die first? How about…" Wraith wondered while taking aim at different chao. He finally fired the beam towards Flora. Flora stood there, paralyzed by fear.

" Look out! Chaos Barrier!" Trez screamed as he threw himself in between Flora and the beam with the Chaos Barrier. After the beam fired, Abyss and Scrawl returned to normal. Trez stood where he was, breathing heavily. He was holding his right arm that refused to move.

" Speed formation!" Abyss growled as Wraith turned into a speed booster and Scrawl became a sword. Ghost and Flash darted in to fight Abyss, but soon found that they couldn't hit him. Every attack hit an afterimage of the fleeting bot. Ghost closed his eyes and listened for the sound of the speed booster. The super chao threw a punch, hitting Abyss. Wraith and Scrawl detached from their metallic companion.

'It's my turn! Flight formation!' Scrawl wrote while Abyss became a pair of metal wings and Wraith became a pair of gauntlets. The mute robot then took to the skies with Scribbles in pursuit. The two were suspended in the air, throwing punches at each other.

' It's no use! It's like I'm shadow boxing!' Scribbles thought and took off. Scrawl dove at the mute chao and delivered a mighty punch to his back. Scribbles hit the ground, writhing in pain.

'Hm, all too easy!' Scrawl sketched as he stepped on the grounded Scribbles. Meanwhile, Flora examined Trez's arm. She then tore off a tiny piece of her leaf and gave it to Trez.

" What does this do?" Trez asked.

" This leaf can be used as a cure-all. It only grows once in five years." Flora explained. Trez gulped it down and watched as his arm healed. The gray chao dashed to the fight and delivered a flaming punch to Scrawl's head causing him to stumble back. Flora slipped in and gave Scribbles a piece of the leaf.

' Did you do something?' Scrawl sketched.

" Yup… I'm just warming up." Trez grinned. Wraith separated from Scrawl.

" Don't make me laugh. You are still tired out from going super. If you try doing anything else, you'll kill yourself." Wraith stated coldly.

" If I'm going to die, I'll take you three with me! It's time you felt the power of the Apocalypse!" Trez roared as he whipped out a Chaos Emerald.

The Apocalypse? What does Trez mean? Review and find out!