Chapter 54; hunted through time and space
Amy was looking at the roof of the plane trying to sleep. It was impossible. She couldn't sleep without Sonic. Her heart squeezed when she imagined what Sonic was going through right now, wherever he was. She feared the chance he was captured by Interpol while chasing Miles. Or the chance Miles flipped so much that he killed Sonic. Anything was possible.
Aurora and Evelyn knocked the door.
"Mom can we come in?"
"Come".
They entered in their nightshirts and sat next to their mother.
"Mom. Are you ok?"
"How can I be ok?" she said in tears "I am losing both my husband and my son".
"Mom" Evelyn took her hand "Miles and dad are ok for sure. Miles has Marianna to take care of him right now. She thinks half-logically right now so she'll put a stop to his hunt until things calm. And dad is the strongest duelist out there. He'll come back to us. I'm sure of it".
Amy looked at her daughters and then hugged them.
"I'm so glad you are still here with me".
"We promise you mom. By the end of all this we will be all 5 at home watching the zombie apocalypse 2 we didn't get to see. All of us. Miles and dad as well."
Amy thanked them for the comfort and then they left. Falling asleep proved easier after that.
Sonic on the other hand didn't have an easy time. He had been riding through the city asking for info as to where he was but they all took him for crazy. Soon enough the police took over and captured him. They took him to their headquarters which were proven to be dictator Sonic's old stronghold. Inside they were leading him to a cell when they came across the chief of police. When he and Sonic crossed eyes they couldn't believe it. The chief was the leader of the rebels from Sonic's last visit.
"What the…?! Sonic the hedgehog?!"
"It's you! The leader of the rebels against my descendant."
"Do my eyes deceive me? Is that really you?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing here?"
"The lunar dragon brought me here apparently."
"The dragon god?"
"Yes."
"Come to my office. It clearly has something to do with our timeline".
The chief ordered the officers who now looked at them like they were lunatics to let Sonic go. Then they went to his office. It was big and full of bulletin boards where case files were hanging.
"Pretty busy I see" Sonic commented.
"Yeah. Despite the fact it's been 10 years since our liberation there are a lot of things to fix. But I am optimistic. Ever since you freed us things have only been getting better by the day. But enough about me. Tell me. Why are you here?"
"Well.. things got pretty screwed back in my time. After another incident back in my time.."
"Yeah the incident of the 3 god cards. It has been recorded in history".
"After that I had my children with my wife. But now my oldest child, my son Miles… he was abducted and was gonna be hold for ransom but he killed all his abductors to survive. And now he has adopted the belief all criminals must die. I was chasing him but the lunar dragon stopped me from making him crash in order to catch him and brought me here."
"Hmm.. so you are trying to save your son."
"Exactly. I need to ask you something. Have you people developed time machines in this time?"
"Yes we have" the chief said while opening the drawer.
"Good. I'm gonna need a ride back to my time. I have to return and stop my son".
"I'm afraid I can't help you with that".
"Huh? Why? You're afraid that you might distort time?"
"No. I'm afraid you will change time again."
"What?"
The chief immediately raised a gun and pointed it at Sonic!
"What are you doing?!" Sonic said in shock.
"I can't let you go. I can't let you stop your son!"
"Say what?! What do you mean?! I have to stop Miles! I have to save him!"
"And I can't let you."
"Huh?"
"Move".
"Ok cool. I'm moving." Sonic said.
They moved through the department and headed to a section of the building that looked like a lab.
"Why are you doing this? Tell me at least".
"I'm gonna erase those memories anyway so I might as well tell you. I know that your son turned like this. But he was eventually caught by Interpol. He had been killing for years and was caught after he had a family with Marianna the hawk. You died of a heart attack when your son was tried and condemned to death. Your grandson came to hate humans and when he had his family he gave to his own son, the dictator Sonic, the worst parts of dueling. I lied to you about your lineage being an honorable one. Your descendants brought pain to the world. But now the world is finally looking good. I can't let you go back to the past and change it. If that happens… who knows how the world could end up."
"Listen to yourself. If I change the past and my line doesn't become evil the war will never take place. I can rid you of this pain."
"You will kill the versions of this time of all the people in the world. Including me. I don't care if it's for the better it's not right. And I don't want to die."
"Then… I guess…. You have to live with it!" Sonic said turning around and kicking the gun off of the chief's hands. Then he kicked him in the belly knocking him on the ground. He landed next to a pipe on the wall. Sonic went next to him with lightning fast moves and used the chief's handcuffs to tie him to the pipe. Then he hit him on the head making him faint before he called for help. Then Sonic started walking through the building looking for an exit. He tried to look as calm as possible. He headed towards the garage but at the moment he sat on his runner and turned the engine on the alarm was turned on! He heard the chief's voice throughout the building.
"DON'T LET SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ESCAPE!"
Sonic immediately accelerated and headed for the exit. The police formed barriers of cones and bars but Sonic sped right through them breaking the bars. Soon enough police cars were on his tail. Sonic felt sure he would escape as his runner was faster but he forgot that they also had flying vehicles. He was thinking of how to escape but then he heard a barrage of gunshots. He saw one of the vehicles had a gatling gun and opened fire against him. He panicked and tried to dodge the bullets knowing full well if one tire was pierced by a bullet he would be caught or even worse die in the crash. He looked at the lunar dragon's mark.
"Help me! Help me damn you! You brought me here!" he thought angry and scared.
But at that moment he realized that the lunar dragon brought him to the future to show him what he should do to save Miles. How he would return to the present was up to him.
Sonic closed his eyes and focused. He heard the chief from a police flying vehicle.
"Give up! You're being targeted by rocket launchers! Stop or we will open fire!"
Sonic ignored him as his mark started shining. He saw a barricade of heavily armored vehicles in front of him. All of them were equipped with rocket launchers.
"Looks like it's do or die!" he thought as put the pedal to the metal.
His runner started emitting a blue shine similar to the one he had when he left the present. He closed his eyes and prayed the chief wouldn't shoot. He opened his eyes and screamed.
"BACK TO THE PAST!"
His runner suddenly accelerated faster than the light going through the barricade. The chief watched in shock.
"Damnit." He turned to his lieutenant "Activate a time machine. I'm going hedgehog hunting."
Back at the present Miles and Marianna had checked in to a hotel with fake IDs and were now resting in each other's hug. Suddenly Miles' eyes turned blue.
"Miles! Baby talk to me!" Marianna said in panic when she realized it was happening again.
Miles twitched a couple of times and went back to normal.
"Miles baby. What's wrong?"
"My father… is back."
"So he is ok. That's good."
"Why is this happening to me? Why is the dragon god my father's the vessel of affecting me?"
"Don't know" she said pushing Miles on the bed "don't care. You're mine for the time being." She said attacking him with kisses.
At the same time Sonic's runner appeared in a flash of blue light outside the jet where his friends were sleeping. The flash woke Amy up and ran outside hugging him harder than ever before.
"I knew it" she said in tears "I knew you'd be back."
"I am baby. But let's leave love for later there is a very important matter we have to discuss. Wake up the others."
5 minutes later the singed ones and the kids were awake and waited for Sonic to start talking.
"Listen very carefully everyone. The hours I was gone… I was taken by the lunar dragon to the future."
"The future?" Tails asked.
"And not just the future. But 10 years after the time I and Amy defeated my evil descendant. There I met the chief of police who was actually the leader of the rebels during dictator Sonic's rule. He took me to his office and.."
The next 10 minutes he described them what he learned about the future as well as what happened with Miles and himself in the near future. Amy was very upset with that.
"We have to change this!"
"I know Amy but the chief is also right. Changing the past will affect his timeline. What if he has family? What if he loses them?"
Amy slapped him shocking everyone except Jet.
"I don't care even if I have to change this timeline myself! I won't lose you or Miles you hear me?!"
"I am with her! I won't lose my daughter for the rest of my life because of this cursed timeline! We're changing it!"
Sonic saw the others agreeing with Amy and Jet and no one considering the other possibilities.
"Fine we proceed as planned. We'll catch Miles before Interpol and bring him home. We'll see from then on how to act".
"Maybe we're not supposed to chase him." Tails said thinking.
"Excuse me?" Amy asked shocked.
"Maybe we should just tell him of all that someway. He is a good guy deep down. He won't want to become a time criminal."
"He won't believe us. The only way is to catch him." Sonic answered.
"I'll still try to think of a way to get through to him without catching him. The chief said you chased Miles and never caught him. Let's not repeat history" Tails said.
"Then we should try to get Marianna back to our side. She is the only one Miles will listen to. Maybe if we convince her, she'll convince him." Jet said.
"Yeah. Sonic said himself that Marianna followed him and had a family with him. If we get her back on our side she will probably turn him back to our side as well. The case will freeze and they will be safe." Knuckles said thinking it through.
"We have to find a way to access the super phone Miles has and inform them of what we know".
"I'll contact Silver to start searching for Miles. We can't access the super phone unless we are at least within 5 kilometer range. We will follow him and instead of catching him, get through to Marianna with logic." Amy said.
The next morning they received a message from Espio leading them to the mountains of Switzerland. Apparently the police was searching for a released psychopath ex-convict who had assaulted his wife multiple times for no reason at all. The fugitive went to her house to win her back but discovered she had married again and killed her, her new husband and everyone who was at the house at that moment. On the way to Switzerland, they saw a broadcast of agent Hoffman declaring Interpol would lead the investigation of the fugitive's case. Sonic immediately saw through his head his plan to use the fugitive as bait to catch Miles. Soon they arrived at Geneva and headed all with no exceptions to a hotel at the mountains close to a skiing resort to use as a base. They checked in with fake ids as well. 3 days went by and there were no signs of Interpol, the fugitive or Miles and Marianna. On the morning of the 4th day Ruff saw on the news that the police had discovered the convict but had to spend the night at an abandoned shack in the woods waiting for the storm to pass. Sonic's suspicions were confirmed. Interpol sure could go through a storm like the one blowing outside the room's window. It was all a trap to lure and catch Miles. They knew that he wouldn't let the captured man have the chance to return to jail for another 30 years and then released again. He would go there and kill him. Sonic immediately ordered from the hotel staff the best equipment they could find so the team could progress through the storm find the shack and wait around for any sign of Miles or Marianna. The kids were ordered to stay back at the hotel and keep them informed for any changes. However when they got hungry, Evelyn went to ask for room service to have something to eat but she saw a weird guy with a weird police costume, clearly not from Interpol, talking with the reception.
"Are you sure it's him ma'am?"
"Yes sir. He checked in with some friends 4 days ago."
"And do you know where I can find him?"
"Well… he and his friends went for hiking."
"In the storm?"
"Yes sir."
"I see. Do you know exactly where they went?"
"I think they took the road to the north."
"Good."
"Sir I have to ask you… why are you asking all these questions? Why are you looking for him? Are with the police or something?"
"As a matter of fact I am."
"Then what is that costume? It certainly isn't the police's."
"Don't press the matter ma'am. Trust me you don't want to."
"Sir I'm afraid you can't go."
"Don't make me do this doll."
"Security!" the woman in the reception screamed.
However the next moment a silencer gun was fired and planted a bullet between her eyes. A huge security guard came out of a room and went to raise his gun but shared her fate. The stranger looked at them sad.
"For the sake of the future" he said almost whispering and left.
Evelyn saw the whole thing. She felt she would vomit but fought against the feeling and rushed back to the room.
"Pack the stuff! Quickly!"
"What is it?" her sister asked her.
"We have to get out of here!"
"What are you talking about?" Luke asked her calmly.
"An assassin from the future is after dad! He… he was asking downstairs for him… too many questions.. killed her…for the sake of the future he said…" her voice cracked as she fell to her knees and started trembling. Aurora went to her side.
"We… we have to get out of here."
"And go where?" Ruff asked her.
"Back to the jet."
"And our parents?"
"I'll go look for them" Aurora said determined.
"What are you saying?! He is and armed assassin! He.. he will kill us."
"Evelyn think. He said for the sake of the future. If he is from the future he must want to keep it that way. He won't kill Sonic." Luke tried to calm her down. But she didn't.
"But he can hurt mom or anyone of your parents. Dad will do anything to protect them."
"She is right. What do we do?"
"You guys go back to the jet and wait for me there. I'll bring them back all safe!" Aurora said rushing out of the room.
She went downstairs. She saw the dead bodies in horror. However she soon snapped out of it and headed outside. She rode her mom's runner and headed for the location of the shack. After a short 10 minute ride through the freezing cold she saw Sonic's, Jet's and Tails' runner on the side of the road. She immediately parked hers and saw footprints. She was about to follow them but heard another runner heading her way. She turned around and saw her sister following her in their runner.
"What are you doing here? Get back to the jet!"
"No! I am afraid yes but I'm more willing to fight this guy rather than let him hurt anyone we love. I'm coming with you".
"You know, you should really listen to me more. I am 7 minutes older than you."
They laughed for a while and then got serious and started following the footprints. Soon enough they saw a light in the darkness. It was coming from the shack. And right there behind some trees were Sonic and Amy holding each other in their hug to keep warm while looking around for Miles or Marianna to show up. They ran towards them.
"Mom! Dad!" Aurora said once they were in their parents' hearing radius.
Sonic and Amy saw their daughters coming towards them in shock.
"What the hell are you doing here?! You were supposed to stay at the hotel!" Amy said angry.
"A guy shot the receptionist and a security guard! He was asking about you dad. He said it was for the sake of the future!"
"WHAT?! The sake of the future?! You can't be serious! He followed me to the present?!"
"Who?!" Amy said not understanding.
"The chief of police in the future! He followed me back here! He wants to stop me from altering the timeline!"
"Listen dad! We've got to get out of here! If he finds you we are doomed."
"But what if Miles shows up? We'll miss our chance!"
"Dad for god's sake Miles was caught when he and Marianna had a family! That will be years after! We have time until then! If he was caught then he must have killed the criminal who is in there without being trapped".
At the moment she completed her phrase a gunshot was heard and a window from the shack was shattered. They saw blood on the walls from where they were standing.
"Told you! We got to leave!"
"And we are!"
They made a run for it after Sonic signaled Tails, Knuckles, Jet and Wave to leave and meet back at the airport. While running Sonic saw a dark figure in the woods.
"Miles?!" he screamed to be heard over the wind.
The figure turned to him and fired a shot. Sonic dodged. It wasn't Miles. If Miles wanted to kill him he would already had.
"RUN!" He screamed to his family.
They run back to the place they began from and rode their runners. Sonic was checking on the mirrors to see if they were being followed. He saw no movement.
Half an hour later they were back at the airport. The kids had already bought hot chocolate for everyone. They all took a moment to relax. However Sonic realized they were still in danger.
"Tails request permission to take off and fast. This guy knows my movements. He will find out we're back here."
"I'm on it!" he said heading to the cockpit. However 5 minutes later he came out with bad news.
"They won't let us take off. The storm is too strong."
"Damnit!" Sonic said.
"Look relax we got security. He won't get past them that easily."
"Only say something won't be done when it's impossible to be done! He is right outside!" Amy said looking outside the window.
Sonic looked outside too and saw the guy holding a rocket launcher and aiming for the plane's gas tank. Sonic woke out with his gun pointed at the chief.
"So you followed me. Now what? You will kill me?"
"No! History must progress as it already has. One of you is coming with me. You'll go back home until your son is caught."
"And what if I say no?"
"I will detonate the launcher and we'll all go down together in a blaze of glory."
"Don't make me laugh you won't do that. If I die now history will change. You will have failed."
"Very well then. I have another way to settle this!" he said showing a duel disc. He activated it. However he also fired a hook which pierced Sonic's right hand right where his mark was.
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Sonic screamed grabbing his arm.
"SONIC!" Amy screamed in horror as the others were petrified in shock.
"What are you doing?!" Sonic said in pain.
"Once you lose I will steal your divine powers and use them to force you to obey me and continue this timeline as it is!"
"You can't be serious! I can't duel like this!" Sonic said holding his arm while his blood was dropping on the ground.
"We can!" Aurora and Evelyn said stepping forward.
"Ahahahaha! You?" the chief said laughing "You will duel me? You don't know who you are messing with!"
"We'll take you on. Together."
"Very well then as you wish. 2 on 1. 8000 LP each. You share one field I have mine. Deal?"
"Deal!"
"DUEL!"
"I'll start" Aurora said "I set 4 cards and end my turn."
"Excuse me? 4 set cards? No monsters?"
"My turn" Evelyn said "I summon altergeist marrioneter. Its effect activates. I set altergeist protocol from my deck. Then I activate aurora's trap. Personal spoofing. By returning an altergeist card from my hand to my deck like Meluseek I add another altergeist monster from my deck. I choose altergeist multifaker. Now multifaker's effect activates."
"I chain null nun and blooming dogwood!"
"What is that?!"
"It's the dueling of the future!"
"What?!"
"It's the most powerful handtrap! Whenever my opponent special summon I heal by the attack points of the summoned monster!"
"What?! I already have to summon multifaker!"
"Exactly I will heal by 1200 points!"
"Damnit! Fine mulifaker's effect also summons out altergeist silquitous." (chiel LP 10000). Now appear circuit of power! Link summon! Appear! Altergeist Hextia!" (Chief Lp 11500). I end my turn."
"My turn then. I draw. I summon aloof lupine in attack mode. I activate its effect."
"I don't think so go altergeist protocol!"
"I was expecting that. I activate the trap eternity impermanence!"
"Eternity impermanence?!"
"It activates from my hand if it is response to a trap. Now for 1 turn I choose a card type and those cards are useless."
"What?!"
"I choose traps. Also I activate the effect of my impermanence in the graveyard. By banishing it I can place a trap from my deck on my field. However as long as that trap is out I can only I activate 1 spell or trap per turn. I choose the trap zero generator!"
"Zero generator?" Aurora said fearing what she would hear.
"As long as this card is on the field once per turn, I can add a monster from my graveyard to my hand as long as it has 0 attack points. And of course I choose my null nun!"
"No way! How can we win if that card is continuously recycled?!"
"You won't win! You'll lose here and seal your brother's fate as well as the fate of the future! Now on with the duel! When my lupine is summoned I can banish a monster from my hand like thunder dragon roar and banish from my deck thunder dragon dark. Their effects now activate. Thunder dragon roar summons thunder dragon hawk from my deck. And dark adds thunder dragon matrix to my hand. Then I send my thunder dragon hawk to the graveyard to summon from my extra deck thunder dragon titan!"
"Thunder dragon titan?! But it's a fusion monster, how can you summon it without a fusion card?!" Evelyn said shocked.
"My Titan dragon can be summoned by sending a face up thunder dragon monster from my deck to my graveyard. However that prohibits me from reviving it with cards like monster reborn since it wasn't properly summoned. But on with the duel. I activate matrix's effect in my hand. By discarding it I can add another one from my deck to my hand. Also my hawk's effect activates. I cans shuffle the 3 remaining cards from my hand to my deck and draw the same amount! And now my titan's effect activates! It destroys a card on the field for every thunder dragon effect activated! So say goodbye to hextia and marionneter!"
"Oh no!"
"Now titan! Direct attack!"
"AAAAH!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 4800)
"I end my turn by using my titan dragon to summon in its place thunder dragon colossus! I end my turn with that."
"Damnit! What do we do? He's got that damn null nun card in his hand. Every time we special summon a monster he will heal! Also his colossus dragon must have some trick too."
"Don't worry sis. We'll win. For daddy."
"My turn! I draw" Aurora said "I activate the effect of personal spoofing. I return an altergeist card from my hand to search a new one."
"Too bad. You went minus 1. Colossus' effect activates. You can't add cards from your deck to your hand anymore!"
"What?!"
"Don't worry sis keep going. I got your back!" Evelyn encouraged her.
"I play then pot of desires. I banish 10 cards from my deck to draw 2".
"Good. I see you saw through my dragon's effect. You can't add. But you can draw."
"So far so good" Aurora thought "But we still have to get rid of that null nun before Evelyn's turn comes. My deck has mostly traps and hers monsters. But how do we get rid of that null nun without him healing?"
She looked at Evelyn and read through her mind.
"Make him waste it" she was clearly saying with her eyes.
"From my hand I summon altergeist meluseek. I now attack directily with it due to its effect!"
"I don't think so! I activate another trap from my hand!"
"What?!"
"I activate the trap monster mutation. It changes a monster on your field with one in your deck of my choice. I choose your marionetter if you have one. And I also chain my null nun. Now watch as I heal infinitely!"
"…. Right into my trap!"
"What?!"
"I chain from my hand the quick play spell shut down. It literally shuts down your trap. So my melussek will stay right where it is!"
"Oh no!"
"Now you won't heal! And your colossus is going down due to meluseek's effect!"
"Damnit!"
"I end my turn!"
Suddenly a hole opened under the chief. A dark aura attacked him and caused his life points to halve. (Chief LP 5750)
"What the..?" Evelyn said trying to understand what happened.
"Null nun's backfired. If I don't heal when I play it I lose half my LP."
"Of course. How did we forget? Dad taught us every card has a weakness. And that was null nun's weakness. Go get him sis. He can't use his trap to revive his null nun during your turn".
"Roger that sister. I draw. I activate my altergeist materialization. It summons my multifaker back. Next multifaker summons meluseek from my deck. Now appear again circuit of power! Link summon come forth altergesit hextia. And that was just the start I play meluseek's effect to add marionetter to my hand. Then I summon it and set altergeist materialization from my deck! Monsters attack! And due to hextia's effect he gains the attack points of marionetter so he 3100!"
"AAAAAH!" (Chief LP 1050) "Now you've gone too far girls! I won't allow the future I live in to change! I won't risk losing anyone of my loved ones!"
"I see.. so you're not wrong to want that" Sonic said still in pain "but we're not either. We're trying to save the ones we love. And that we'll do."
"Very well then. Watch my power. I draw. I activate the spell final impermanence! It forbids your daughters from using any effects this turn! However they can try using the effect of a monster in my graveyard right now."
"Not a hard option. We choose null nun."
"Good. I was hoping you would pick this. Now watch as I show you true power. I now summon solar batteryman. With its effect it sends thunder dragon roar from my deck to the graveyard. Then thunder dragon hawk's effect in my hand will summon roar back to the field".
"At this moment we heal by roar's power" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 7200)
"Then batteryman's effect will special summon a token to my board. It's power is 0 so you don't heal. Now appear thunder force circuit! Link summon appear! Some summer summoner!"
"Lol what a name." Aurora said laughing. (Aurora and Evelyn LP 8800)
"You won't be laughing soon. Due to my roar leaving the field and going to the graveyard I summon thunder dragon dark from my deck. Now by ditching my dark and my batteryman I can summon in their place 2 thunder dragon colossus!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 15600)
"And now ditch my summoner to summon a titan dragon in its place!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 18800)
"Finally I activate the spell thunder shift! By giving up 2 of my thunder dragons' attacks and negating their effects I can switch my LP with yours!"
"Say what?!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 5750 Chief LP 18800)
"And finally I activate the other effect of my final impermanence in my graveyard! By banishing it destroys all the board! No exceptions! And it's speed spell 4 so you can't chain hextia to it!"
"But your dragons will be destroyed as well."
"No they won't by banishing 1 thunder monster from the graveyard for each colossus dragon as well as 2 for my titan dragon they are spared!"
"Oh no!"
"And now I activate the effect of danger jackalope in my hand! It discards a random card from my hand. But since I only hold her she is discarded and activates her effect. I summon from my deck danger bigfoot! Now thunder dragon colossus! Attack them!"
"AAAAH!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 3150)
"Bigfoot your turn!"
"AAAAH!" (Aurora and Evelyn LP 150)
"Now you're hanging by a mere thread. Once I win I'll take your father's powers and force the future to be as it is now! It's over!"
"No my babies!" Amy said seeing her daughters trying to stand up.
"It can't be!" Tails said
"Listen. Just take my powers. Leave my daughters alone!" Sonic begged him.
"No dad!" Aurora said looking down smiling.
"Huh?"
"You wouldn't take our moment of victory away from us would you?"
"Victory?!" the team said in shock.
"You've lost your mind! I'm at 18800 LP. There is no way a duo of altergeist decks can win this".
"Never say never!" Evelyn said.
"Especially when you are facing the king's daughters".
"You were so busy with your strategy that you didn't think you would destroy one of our most powerful traps!"
"What?!"
A trap card appeared on the field in front of Aurora.
"The trap you smashed was waking the dragon!"
"WHAT?! Wait what am I saying? Borrelsword dragon won't save you".
"We're not summoning borrelsword! There is something even better in our deck! Come forth! Number 35: Ravenous tarantula!"
"NOOO! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"
"This monster grants all of our monsters power equal to the difference in our life points!"
"And it's my turn!" Aurora said "this is it. I have to draw that one card. The card that can help us win. Come on deck! I draw!" she looked at the card "Hell yeah! I summon my own meluseek! He gains the difference in our LP so 18650 attack points! He can attack directily! And he has along with his 500 attack a grand total of 19150 attack points!"
"This can't be happening!"
"Meluseek attack and end this!"
"NOOOOOO!" (Chief LP 0)
"We did it!" Aurora said jumping out of joy. But the chief wasn't done!
"I don't care if I have to throw my pride away! Your powers are mine Sonic!"
The duel disc sent electricity through Sonic's body who started to scream in pain. The gang looked in horror unable to act. Suddenly the mark of the dragon started shining. Sonic stopped twitching from the pain and teared the hook off of his hand. Then he raised his hand and unleashed a blue beam of energy which stroke the chief dematerializing him. Sonic got back to his senses as his arm healed.
"Sonic are you ok?!" Amy ran into his hug along with Evelyn and Aurora.
"Yeah…. I'm fine."
"What did you do to him?" Wave asked him.
"I think the lunar dragon sent him back to the future. Tails ask again for approval to take off. We have to go into hiding."
"The storm's off. I can see a plane leaving. We're leaving now too!" Tails said.
Half an hour later they were on the air. Tails decided to take them to London to hide in Silver's place for a little while until the chief lost their tracks. Everyone was relieved they had escaped. But not Sonic. He didn't know what to do anymore. Miles was a serial killer chased by Interpol and both he and Sonic were being chased by agents from the future. Sonic made up his mind at that moment. He would continue to pursue Miles but instead of following him he would first try to reason with him by informing him of the situation and then if that wouldn't work, trap him the same way agent Hoffman attempted to. He told the gang of his idea and they all agreed full heartedly, relieved they wouldn't have to risk everywhere they went from now on.
Little did they know that during the time Sonic used his powers to send the chief back to his time, Miles reacted to the use of the lunar dragon's power again. And this time he had another vision which he described to Marianna. A vision of his father with a monster that looked a lot like the sky ruler dragon card above him, His father in his black duelist suit but with his hair raised as if he was struck by electricity, and his cape floating behind him like if he was being blown by the wind. And around them were people watching. He could see they were in a stadium. Marianna theorized it was part of the future. That the lunar dragon was showing Miles another way of living. Instead of killing criminals, to embark on a journey to challenge his father again once and for all. Miles wanted to disagree completely but something didn't let him. He nodded positively and went back to sleep. He needed it. For the next days would mark the way the future would unfold.
