Chapter 15
Shadow was panting hard on the rocky, wet ground. One arm rested upon his knee while the other held him up. The whole group ran over to him.
"You okay Shadow?" Tails asked.
Shadow continued to pant before answering.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Do you think Eclipse is gone?" Knuckles asked.
Shadow shook his head. Suddenly, there was a bright black light in the stormy sky. It faded and Eclipse floated in its place. He was still in his super form and the chaos emeralds floated around his head.
Everyone's eyes widened.
"He has the emeralds!" Rouge shouted.
Amber looked at Knuckles.
"I thought you had them."
"No, I only have the Master Emerald. When Sonic transformed, I thought we should help so while I was in a rush, I must have left them."
"Hahahahahahahahah, time for you all to meet your doom!"
Everyone's eyes traveled back to the sky.
"It is time for you to meet the ultimate power!"
Dark energy bolts crackled around his body and the emeralds as the emeralds started spinning.
"Is he transforming into his Hyper form?" Tails asked while facing Shadow.
Shadow shook his head.
"I sense way more power than that of the Hyper form."
"But how can that be?" Rouge asked.
"I don't know."
Back in the sky, the emeralds started fading in color. They were now gray while they continued to spin. Then, they turned jet black as a black aura surrounded them. Black bolts continued to crackle.
"Why are they black?" Rouge asked turning to Knuckles.
"Power in enriched by the heart." Knuckles murmured.
"Oh no."
Eclipse's pupils started to shrink as his fur turned to a heavy silver. The highlights on his quills, arms, and legs turned a very dark grey. His body began to grow as the emeralds now became a black circle.
There was a small explosion as Eclipse's hover shoes exploded due to the expansion. Then there was a ripping sound as his gloves shredded to pieces. The rings around his wrists and ankles however, expanded with him.
Eclipse's pupils grew into a dark silver and the white of his eyes became bloodshot. His quills still stood on end. His body continued to expand. It stopped when his body was fifty times his original size.
Then, his tail expanded to be his body length. Large gray wings spread from his back. They began to beat to keep the giant body afloat. The emeralds dropped to the ground, now a dull gray color.
The beast's eyes fell upon the group.
"NOW WITNESS THE ULTIMATE POWER! I AM CHAOS ECLIPSE!" His voice was much deeper and seemed to echo.
Sonic awoke at that point and held his head.
"Ah, what is that massive energy?"
His eyes fell upon the transformed Eclipse.
"Damn…"
Shadow stood up and tensed his muscles. His fur blinked gold before he transformed. He was about to fly off when he felt a hand grab his arm. He looked back to see Rouge.
"You can't face him in this state."
"I have to."
"His power is way beyond yours."
"I don't care."
Rouge blinked back tears.
"Shadow please…"
Knuckles ran up to him.
"Shadow wait."
"What?"
Knuckles pulled a small green emerald from his fur pocket. It immediately expanded.
"You'll need some more energy."
Shadow smirked and lowered himself to the ground. Knuckles handed him the emerald. He released it and it began to spin around him. There was a flash of light and the emerald lay on the ground in a dull color. Above it floated Hyper Shadow.
He smirked and flew up towards Eclipse.
"HMM, GONE HYPER AGAIN? IT STILLL WON'T MATTER!"
"Don't speak to soon."
Shadow charged at Eclipse. Before he made contact, Eclipse knocked him away with his huge tail. Shadow flew back before regaining composure. He drew his arm back.
"Chaos Spear!"
The attack flew towards Eclipse. He raised his arms and a dark shield appeared, negating the attack
"NOT QUITE SHADOW!."
He raised his own huge arm and pointed it at Shadow.
"CHAOS SWORD!"
A huge silver energy blast flew from his hand and towards Shadow.
"Chaos Arrow!"
A yellow energy bolt knocked the dark hedgehog's attack toward a mountain, completely engulfing it.
Eclipse turned his gaze towards the origin of the attack. There, now floating in front of Shadow, was Amber in her super form
"YOU ARE STARTING TO ANNOY ME YOU PEST!"
Amber shook her finger.
"Now, now, that's no way to speak to a lady."
Eclipse smirked. In a flash of silver light, he was in front of her.
"CHAOS INFERNO!"
The attack began to proceed but it came out much smaller than Eclipse intended. Instead of a giant explosion, a small silver aura flared from his body, not even making contact with Amber. The monster's eyes widened.
"WHAT IN THE HELL?"
Amber snickered.
"It seems to me that you're not in total control of your new form."
Eclipse's eyes burned with rage.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME ABOUT POWER LITTLE GIRL? I AM THE ULTIMATE POWER!"
"Apparently not."
"MAYBE I WILL HANDLE THIS IN THE OLD FASHION WAY!"
Amber's smirk faded as Eclipse's monstrous form charged at her.
With Shadow
Shadow had witnessed the whole event.
'He can't control his power yet?'
Shadow smirked as he charged to help Amber.
With Amber
Amber reeled back her upper body to see a giant fist just above her nose. The fist retreated and she straightened up.
"Seems you slowed down a little."
Eclipse growled as his giant silver tail lashed out towards Amber. She easily dodged it by floating to the side. The tail retreated and Amber raised a finger, shaking it.
"You know, I figured something out. Without your Chaos attacks, you're weak."
That was the last straw for Eclipse.
"YOU INSULENT FOOL! I WILL KILL YOU!"
Eclipse drew back his hand and began to gather energy.
"CHAOS BOMB!"
The giant, truck-sized ball of energy was released and flew towards Amber. Her eyes widened. The attack was now ten feet away when a silhouette became visible in the light.
"Chaos Barrage!"
The figure released its attack as hundreds of energy blasts flew from his hands, knocking the energy orb back. The orb flew back towards Eclipse who was panting heavily.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The attack made contact, completely blowing off the lower part of his body, along with the tail. The orb exploded and the giant was knocked back onto the ground, landing with a loud crash.
The figure turned towards Amber to reveal itself as Hyper Shadow.
"Thanks Shadow."
He smirked.
"You know I'll always protect you."
The silver hedgehog's gaze went back towards Eclipse, who was still on the ground.
"DAMN IT! THAT ATTACK CAME OUT WAY STRONGER THAN I INTENED!"
In a flash of light, the hedgehog reformed and flew back towards the other two in the sky.
"I still can't destroy him." Shadow yelled through the rain towards Amber.
"I know a way."
"What?"
"I don't know if your body can handle it but you could try absorbing the power of the Chaos Emeralds."
"But I'm already in my Hyper form."
Amber smiled.
"I know."
Shadow's eyes widened as he grasped onto what she was saying. He smirked and gave her a thumbs-up before disappearing.
