Chapter 52; Unseen powers emerge

Sonic and his friends as well as their children were flying in the jet towards Bucharest where a terrorist attack had taken place. The perpetrators were an activist group who had gone nuts because of several of the local government's actions. They had struck at the heart of the city with a suicide bomber leaving behind 20 dead people and hundreds of injured. Sonic, now able to feel Miles through his mark, felt a burning desire to go there and hunt the terrorists down.

Tails informed them that they would land shortly. Sonic however was withdrawn from the gang. He felt responsible for his son's actions. Miles had the blood of over 50 people in his hands. Sonic had started to fear that this was just Miles' rage from before but expressed in a different way. He prayed that the lunar dragon was just on their side and that Miles wasn't tapping into its power. Cause that would be disastrous. Amy shared his worries about Miles but didn't yet know about Sonic's guilt. She sat next to him and spoke softly.

"What's in your mind?"

"Amy…. What if all this is my fault?"

"How did that cross your mind?"

"I… when I see what Miles has become and think that just before he was mad at me…. What if this is his way to say I want to fight you? What if he is still obsessed with beating me and is taking out his rage at the criminals to ease the guilt?"

"If that was true he wouldn't drag Marianna into this. I have been feeling my mark these past few hours too. I think our fears are coming true. Miles is tapping into the lunar dragon's power."

"Am i…." Sonic began to say but stopped.

"What?"

"Am I a bad father?"

"What are you saying you are the best father I have known. It's weird that the roles have reversed but.. don't worry. As you told me back home we won't lose him."

"I feel so useless. Having all the power in the world and yet… I can't save my own son."

"You won't do it alone. I will help you. Our friends will to. We're in this together. Like we've always been".

Sonic looked at her and smiled.

"What would I do without you?" he asked her while sharing a kiss.

Once they arrived they started discussing how they would find the terrorists hideout and set a trap for Miles and Marianna there. Knuckles suggested they followed the founder of the activist group known as there were serious suspicions from the police that he ordered the attack. Sonic however decided that one group would follow the leader and the other would try to track down Miles and Marianna using their marks as guides. The teams would consist of Sonic, Amy, the twins, Tails and T-bone who would track down Miles's energy while Wave, Jet, Knuckles, Ruff and Luke would follow the leader of the activist group around and observe. The teams arrived at the city at the same time then split. Luke was able to track down the leader of the activist group who went by the name of Gerald with an unknown last name, at his house. They arrived in the leader's neighborhood and saw disappointed that his house was on the third floor. However before they could think of a plan to spy on him, Ruff rushed and taking advantage of the isolated spot they were in, started climbing the wall using a pipe that connected the ground with the rooftop. Once he was on the third floor he balanced himself and tried to hear what was going on inside Gerald's house. He was really in and with someone else.

"So what are we going to do? The police has leads on our location somehow.""

"Relax. We will empty the hideout tonight and move to a new location."

"But it's dangerous. The police are checking abandoned factories all around the country. How long will they take to come to ours which also happens to be if you remember like 5 blocks from the place we attacked".

"I said relax. I've already ordered the beginning of the evacuation"

"And where will we go?"

"I've been preparing this for a long time. We dug tunnels underneath the city hall! We will reorganize there then before moving to another location we will set explosives and sink those fools literally!"

"Boss this is devious!" The other guy said laughing. There was a pause for several seconds. Ruff was about to climb down and inform the rest of his team of the terrorists' current location when he heard something that almost made him lose his balance.

"My phone has been acting strange today. Like if it is permanently locked on calling mode."

"Weird. Did you check for bugs? Maybe we're being traced."

"Yeah I checked it. It is just fine. Maybe it is just time to throw it away and buy a new one."

Ruff immediately climbed down the pipe.

"What did you hear?"

"They are stationed at an abandoned factory 5 blocks from the spot they attacked. They plan to move tonight. The problem is Miles knows it."

"How?" Jet asked him.

"The second guy's phone… he said it was acting strangely. As if it was hacked by the super phone Miles has."

"So tonight at that factory." Wave said calling Amy. Later back at the plane while looking at the blueprints of the factory to be sure to cover all exits and catch Miles and Marianna, Sonic felt another surge of power from his mark. As if Miles was entering some kind of killing frenzy. It didn't skip Amy notice.

"Tell me what you felt" she asked him while the others were preparing to go to the factory.

"Miles… miles feels like he is becoming more dangerous. I don't understand why his feelings are affecting my mark. If he really is using the power of the lunar dragon…"

"You are the duel king. The strongest of all. You have already proven it countless times. You can bring him back to us."

"I really hope so."

She kissed him lightly and hugged him.

"When we married, you swore to protect me as well as our children in the future. You never failed us. And I know you won't fail us now either."

"Ahem" Tails interrupted them "hate to break the moment but we have to leave."

"Let's go" Sonic got up and wore his duel disc determined.

They arrived at the factory and saw the lights were on. The terrorists were there. However before they could move and cover the perimeter an explosion occurred. The factory was covered in flames. The twins screamed in terror as they hid their faces in Amy's hug. Ruff stood in front of T-bone as if to protect him. The singed ones looked in shock.

"Well, that was unexpected." Knuckles said.

"This can't have been Miles' doing. If he wants to show the world that criminals are paying then he wouldn't kill them with explosives." Sonic answered.

At that moment they saw a figure crawling out of the main entrance with his clothes on fire. He looked at the gang and screamed for help. In terror they realized it was Gerald the leader. Jet attempted to go and help him but suddenly the roar of an engine was heard and in a flash a duel runner ran over the leader's head. On the runner were Miles and Marianna wearing helmets.

"Marianna what are you doing?!" Jet said shocked.

"Sorry dad. He had it coming." Marianna said as Miles accelerated trying to escape. Jet was about to ride his runner and give chase when he saw Sonic already leaving on his own runner.

Sonic started following Miles's runner driving as fast as he could. They rode through crowded streets with thousands of eyes locked in the chase. Suddenly they heard the siren of a police car.

"You on the runners! Stop right now! You have nowhere to go!"

Sonic looked behind and cursed the fact that the cops were after them. If Miles' identity as the rider of justice was revealed, he would go to jail for life. He couldn't let it happen.

He suddenly saw Miles taking a turn towards a highway. He immediately followed and then saw Marianna throwing something on the bridge ahead of them. He passed it and despite the great speed and the darkness of the night he realized in horror what she had thrown.

"A grenade!" he thought in shock as it exploded next to him.

He felt the burn from the flames in his right arm but was able to maintain the balance and continue the chase. Behind him the cops were forced to stop the cars however the choppers continued.

"See anything?" the chief asked the pilot.

"Negative sir. Only cars further ahead. Like they vanished."

"Curses! Ok let's start exploring the highway from this point on! They can't have gone far! Go, go, go!" he screamed as the rest of the force entered the car and went to find an alternate route.

Meanwhile Sonic who had rode further ahead and escaped the helicopter, was able to find where Miles had gone. They had escaped into the wilderness from a missing part of the fence separating the highway from the fields. He saw tire trucks on the ground and followed a countryside road. Soon he came across a point where cars stopped. And to his luck Miles and Marianna were right there resting. Miles saw him. He got up as his father stopped and got off the runner.

"How long do you intend to chase me, dad?"

"Until you stop this madness. You are not becoming a hero like this Miles. You have become a crazy vigilante!"

"How come you see me as a vigilante and not as a psychopathic murderer like the police back home?"

"Cause you are my son. Please Miles. Stop this and come home. We can find an alibi. But only if you stop now!"

"And then what? Ignore the corruption that pollutes this world?! I cannot allow anyone to be treated as a thing anymore father, like I was! I will make this world a safer place! Whether the people of this planet understand it or not! And you won't stop me!"

Sonic felt Miles' words stab him like a knife. He then turned to Marianna.

"And you? You follow him because you want to make the world a safer place by murdering millions?!"

"I follow him because I love him and I believe in his vision of a safer world!"

"Is that really the reason? Or is it what you've made yourself believe to live with the guilt?!"

Marianna felt once again being choked by the guilt. Robert's' face came across her mind. She felt that she was a monster. The Miles took her from the hand and made her ride the runner.

"We're leaving. We have nothing to discuss with him!"

"We're not done yet!" Sonic said activating his duel disc and throwing an anchor towards Miles. Miles' duel disc was caught and activated.

"You plan to fight me father?"

"Don't make me do it Miles. You know you can't defeat me."

"I have a sacred cause. Not even you can stop me!"

"You leave me no choice! It's on!"

"DUEL!"

"I'll start it as the challenged one! I activate the field spell magical meltdown! Now I add aleister the invoked from my deck to my hand. Next since I don't control a monster I summon junk forward! I normal summon aleister and use his effect to add invocation to my hand! Now appear circuit of justice! The summoning conditions, 2 monsters with different types and attributes, have been met! Link summon! Manifest! Link 2 Aleister the invoked of madness! Next I play invocation! I banish aleister the invoked from my graveyard and discard mekk knight of blue sky! The mag who fuses with the elements and the knight of the sky! Fuse and summon the beast of light! Fusion Summon! Manifest! Invoked mechaba! I now return due to invocation's effect, it to the deck and the banished aleister to my hand. I finally set a face down card!That's enough pain for one turn!"

"My turn then son! I draw. I activate the spell card graceful charity! Now I draw 3 and discard 2!"

"Not this time! I activate mechaba's effect and discard pot of avarice to negate and destroy it! Ha! I've outsmarted you this time!"

"Wrong Miles. You've never seen the full extent of my power!"

"Say what?"

"If a card's activation was negated this turn, this card can be activated! And trust me you won't like it! I activate the spell blackwing onslaught! By paying half my life points" (Sonic LP 4000) "and discarding half of my hand I can special summon 5 blackwings from my deck as long as they are from level 1-5!"

"What the! A card that allows you to go plus 5?! How is this possible?! I've never seen you using that card!"

"I prefer to avoid using it! Cause it is just like my sky ruler dragon, given to me by the lunar dragon!"

"The what?!"

"You don't know, do you Miles?" Sonic said revealing his shining mark. Miles looked at it in horror.

"Who… who are you?!"

"I am Sonic the hedgehog! The vessel of the dragon god! The lunar dragon!"

"So that's why you been the king for so many years! You can't be beat because you have divine powers!"

"No Miles. I never relied on them during my duels. Only on special occasions. And unfortunately son you are one now. Back to the duel now! Soar to the sky my feathered warriors! Blackwings oroshi the squall, mistral the silver shield, gale the whirlwind, shura the blue flame and sirocco the dawn!"

"No way!"

"And that's just the start Miles! I activate blackwing feathers! I assume you know what it does!"

"I do!" Miles said realizing he was in a very bad situation.

"I draw 1 card for each blackwing with a different name on board. And I count 5. So I draw a brand new hand along with the cards I already hold. Next I set the link markers with oroshi the squal and gale the whirlwind! Appear sky circuit! Summoning conditions 2 dark winged beasts! Link summon! Appear! Raidraptor wise strix!"

"A raidraptor link? And where does it help here?"

"Wise strix's effect activates summoning a winged beast from my deck! I choose blackwing steam the cloak! Now steam tune with sirocco! Spread your darkened wings and soar to power! Synchro Summon! Fly high! Black-Winged dragon!"

"It's out!" Marianna said.

"And that's just the start! Now mistral tune with Shura! Jet-black wings of evolution open the road towards new heights! Synchro summon! Soar blackwing evolution booster!"

"Not that!"

"I activate its effect to draw one card from my deck! Now it's time! Evolution booster tunes black-winged! Royal jet-black wings soar to the birth of the ultimate king! Slice the winds with your almighty judgement! BLACK SYNCHRO! TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE SKY BLACK FEATHER SKY RULER DRAGON!"

The sky ruler soared and roared causing Miles to flinch.

"And that was just the start Miles. My dragon gains the effect of gaining power. Next I activate the effect of blackwing Simoon the poison wind from my hand. By banishing blackwing zephyros the elite from my hand I can place directily from my deck black whirlwind on my field and immediately normal summon this card without tributing. This of course activates the effect of my black whirlwind adding to my hand blackwing auster the south wind from my deck. And since I've not yet normal summoned this turn I summon auster the south wind. His effect activates. I can special summon one of my banished blackwings! Say hello to blackwing zephyros the elite! Next I activate the spell offerings to the tributed. I destroy your invoker of madness and skip my next draw phase so the link zone you had is now open! Now I set the link markers with wise strix and zephyros the elite! Appear sky circuit! Summoning conditions 2 or more monsters with same type have been met! Link summon! Appear! Link 3! Summon sorceress! Before her effect of course comes another matter! I tune level 4 auster the south wind and level 6 simoon the poison wind! Spread your sharp jet-black wings and show my opponents the power of the wind! Synchro summon! Fly high! Blackwing full armor master!"

"Full armor master?!" Miles said shocked "I know all your blackwings by heart! What is this then?!"

"Full armor master is the leader of all the blackwings and the most powerful warrior of the sky ruler dragon! He is unaffected by all effects including mine. Also when you activate a monster effect your monsters gain wedge counters. If you happen to control any monsters with wedge counters on my main phase, I can take control of all of them! And now comes the effect of my summon sorceress! Special summon a monster from my deck with the same..!"

"Enough descriptions! Summon a monster with the same type as armor master!"

"Fine then! Appear bora the spear! Next I activate the effect of my zephyros the elite! By returning my whirlwind to my hand and taking 400 points of damage" (Sonic LP 3600) I can summon it back! Now with my level 4 zephyros and level 4 bora I build the overlaying network! Avian hunter of the afterlife! Seek the truth with your dark eyes and grasp glory for me with your sharp talons! XYZ summon! Take flight! Raidraptor force strix! I activate force strix's ability! By detatching zephyros I can add blackwing blizzard the far north for later from my deck to my hand! And now for 2 final summons! Link markers set with summon sorceress and force strix! Fight for me! Topologic gumblar dragon!"

"Topologic gumblar dragon?! How are you planning to use this card! You can't monster spam and you can't extra link!"

"I only need to use its effect once Miles! Just once! From my hand I activate the spell card rank up magic soul shave force! I pay half my life points! (Sonic LP 1800) to revive the force strix and use it as an xyz material for the summon of a monster with 2 ranks hugher! GO! RANK UP XYZ CHANGE! Come forth! Cyber dragon infinity!"

"No way! Even cyber dragon infinity?!"

"Yes! And since I had to use the monster zone where topologic gumblar dragon points to we both have to discard 2 cards!"

"Oh no!"

"Now look at what you are facing Miles! The leading warrior of the blackwings! A 3000 point dragon whose effect to discard affects your summons too. Cyber dragon infinity who will negate anything you do. And last but not least the king of all blackwings. Who happens to gain 300 points for each of my 11 blackwings that are resting in the graveyard! So he has 6800 attack points! It's over Miles! I activate cyber dragon infinity's effect to take your mechaba and attach it to my infinity! You can't stop me now son! You're both coming with me! Sky ruler dragon! Attack Miles directily! Judgement of the sky!"

"AAAAAAAAH!" (Miles LP 1200)

"Now that you're attacked I can summon gorz the emissary of darkness and also get a token as strong as your dragon!"

"So what! Gorz can't survive this! Full armor master destroy it!"

"AAAH!" (Miles LP 900)

"Next I enter my main phase 2 and set 3 cards face down! My turn is over. Miles give up. I have 3 cards that can counter your attacks! The token will be of no use! You can't win. Surrender."

"Never!"

"Son look at you! You are facing an army you can't go against! You first move will be negated. 2 of the cards in your hand will be destroyed if you try to summon to a zone that a link points to. And you have to go against my 2 most powerful synchros too. You can't outplay me Miles."

"I will!"

"Fine. Have it your way. I end my turn!"

"Now that you ended your turn I activate scapegoat to get 4 tokens. Since your gumblar dragon already used its effect this turn my hand is safe."

"Clever move son. You really have improved. But you have to go against cyber dragon infinity's negation effect! Infinity transcience!"

Scapegoat was destroyed.

"Fine! I draw! Perfect! I activate the one spell that can break this board! Super polymerization!"

"Oh no! speed spell 4 I can't react!"

"That's right. I use my invoker in my hand as well as your cyber dragon infinity to fusion summon another mechaba! Next I activate the spell world legacy memory! It summons Mekk knight blue sky from my deck! Then thanks to my monster's effect I can add 2 Mekk knights from my deck to my hand because on the same column he is you have 2 cards. I now summon 2 two more columns these mekk knights! Mekk knight purple nightfall and red moon!"

"And where will you go from here Miles. You have no monsters in your extra deck that can go against me. If you had kept mechaba you could have fused it with invoker and infinity to summon the invoked elisium and banish all of my dark monsters except full armor master. But now you have nothing left."

"Damn he is right." Miles thought "I really don't have anything. Even if I try to attack my monsters will be just destroyed. But I can't lose here. I can't let the world suffer due to criminals. No one is willing to act on it but me!"

The moment Miles thought those words Sonic's mark started shining and let out a blue ray of light. It stroke Miles.

"Son are you ok?!"

Miles was standing still like a statue. Inside his head he was feeling like he was flying.

"What is this feeling? Where am I? What happened to the duel?"

He then saw the light in front of him taking a shape like a card.

"What the… a card?…"

The next moment he opened his eyes and was back to the duel field.

"What was that vision?" he thought while he picked his extra deck trying to think of a strategy to take out his father. Then he saw it.

"This is…. But how? I never put this card in my deck! But I have no choice but to use it!"

Sonic on the other hand was worried. Miles had reacted to his mark.

"I set the link markers with my mechaba and my 3 mekk knights!"

"Borreload dragon? I told you it won't help son!"

"Wrong father! This is my new power!"

"New what?!"

"Appear circuit of justice! The summoning conditions, 4 monsters with at least 2 mekk knights have been met! Link summon! Manifest! Link 4! Mekk knight black moon ultima!"

Miles' new link monster appeared and Sonic looked at it in awe and fear.

"Oh no! Miles really is tapping into the lunar dragon's power with his emotions!"

"I activate my black moon ultima's effect! By tributing a monster he points too meaning my token he adds its power to his 3000 attack points! Now my knight has 9800 attack points! I told you father, not even you can stop my sacred mission. Black moon ultima! Attack the sky ruler dragon! Black eclipse slash!"

"No Miles! You won't win! I activate my trap card! Mirror force! It shatters your monster to pieces!"

"I activate the effect of my ultima! By sending a card from my deck to my graveyard he can tap into one of its effects! I choose my red reboot!"

"Oh no!"

The black eclipse slash met the sky ruler dragon's judgement of the sky attack and the concentration of power started shaking the earth.

"It's over father! I am now the king! And I will clear the world I rule!"

"No! You haven't won yet! I activate the effect of the ghost ogre and snow rabbit in my hand! Since your mekk knight is attempting to activate its effect I can discard my ogre to have it destroyed right now!"

"NOOO!"

Black moon ultima was shattered!

"I can't believe you make me do this father! I activate my ultima's effect! When it is destroyed by an effect we take damage equal to its original attack points!"

"Say what?!"

The debris of black moon ultima's body were sent flying on Sonic and Miles. (Sonic LP 0 Miles LP 0) Sonic fell on his back due to the shock but immediately go up and looked around. By the time the smoke cleared he saw Miles and Marianna riding to the distance and taking the first turn they saw. He was so much in shock that he couldn't mount his runner and chase them. His life points were 0. Miles and he had resulted in a draw. He returned to the airport and his friends were there waiting in the jet. Amy immediately approached him.

"What happened?" she asked him.

The others got up worried since Sonic had returned alone and with the expression of shock still on his face.

"You dueled him didn't you?" Tails asked Sonic.

"Yes."

"We felt you guys dueling but suddenly… nothing." Wave informed him.

"Miles…"

"He escaped?!"

"Yes…"

"But how? He was supposed to stop if you defeated him. You defeated him didn't you?" Knuckles asked, but didn't get a reply.

"Sonic you beat him didn't you? Didn't you?!" Jet asked Sonic while grabbing him from the hand.

"No."

"WHAT?!" Everyone said shocked.

"Dad you lost?!" Aurora sat next to him.

"No. we ended in a draw."

"Miles is as strong as you are? How?! We helped him with his deck. He shouldn't have been powerful enough." Evelyn said.

"He tapped into the lunar dragon's power. He got a new monster."

"WHAT?!" Amy said unable to believe it.

Half an hour later everyone was trying to figure out the next plan of action taking Miles' new powers into account. Sonic however didn't participate. He was talking on the phone. Amy after the meeting approached him.

"Who were you talking to?"

"Amy. When this journey began I thought catching Miles would be simple. But now it's obvious that we are on a manhunt around Europe if not around the world. We'll need as many allies as possible.

"You mean you called…"

"Yes."

Meanwhile at London

"Call as many as you can Blaze" Silver the hedgehog said dialing numbers "Sonic needs the help of a many of us as possible."