Chapter 64; secrets unveiled
Amy was dancing with her daughters happier than ever. It was almost time for the new moon to come out. Soon enough they would know how to stop Nibiru and save their world. It was a thing to party about. Sonic's ancient self was also forgiven by his people. All they had to do was pass the final test and they would go back and destroy Nibiru. Of course Amy worried that Tails would try to stop them. Rouge described them Tails' new power. That dragon was almost on the same power level as the sky god dragon. Sonic would have to fight like never before to beat it. But as he had once told her one problem should be solved at a time. So they would worry about it when the time came. Wild Flower suddenly appeared.
"Miss Amy…"
"Call me Amy dear. You don't have to call me miss".
"Ok. Um… what will you do when the tablet from the temple reveals what you're seeking?"
"We'll go home dear. We'll meet with my husband and my son and achieve ascension."
Wild Flower looked like she would cry.
"Why are you lying to me too?"
"What do you mean?"
Wild Flower didn't answer. Instead she ran away.
"Wild Flower wait!"
She ran after her but she ran into Tiger Fang.
"Oh. Fancy seeing you here. Enjoying the feast?"
"Yeah. I'm looking for Wild Flower. She told me something weird."
"Hmmm…."
"What?"
"Follow me. I got something to tell you about her."
Amy followed him. They walked away from the feast. Then after reaching the river shore Tiger Fang sat down and sighed.
"My daughter is scared of ascension. She thinks that breaking the planet will end all life."
"And what did you tell her?"
"That we will reach a new form of existence and be free from the need of the flesh. But sometimes she says some crazy stuff about the blue dragon."
"Crazy stuff?"
"Yes. She once told me that the dragon gave its powers to you and your friends so you could use them as you saw fit for the world. That ascension was never a thing. This is silly. Why would a supreme being, the ultimate being, put itself under your commands? That would make the leader of the warriors the real god."
"I see."
"I have noticed that only 3 of you are warriors. Where are the other 3?"
"2 of them are back home. They are friends of mine. But the leader.. I've never met him. He has contacted us a lot of times when the world was in crisis but never allowed us to get to know him or even who he is" Amy lied.
"I understand. For the safety of everyone no one must know his secret."
"Exactly."
Tiger Fang remained silent for a while. Amy decided to ask her own questions.
"Where do you really come from?"
"Hm?"
"You're not a local. You came from somewhere. You can understand me and my team perfectly. That means you've lived in civilization before."
"It's a long story."
"I have time for it."
"Well… I was once an archeologist. I came to this jungle to find the temple with my ex-wife. We had no one to leave our daughter to so we took her with us. We found the temple but then my people attacked us. I managed to communicate with them to show that I meant no harm. They sheltered us for a while. That was when I heard the story of the blue dragon. I saw it not only on the inscriptions of the temple but also in visions. I saw the giant rock coming towards us right now in one vision of the past. I couldn't understand why it would happen at the start but my people helped me realize what it meant. What I never understood was why the warriors would choose the life of the planet over ascension. I pledged my service to the dying leader back then who made me leader of the tribe. My wife as I have previously said never liked having a kid. When she saw I wasn't leaving she left Wild Flower with me. Of course Wild Flower is the name I gave her after becoming leader".
"What is her real name?"
"Luna. My wife and I first kissed under full moon so it was the perfect name."
"I see."
"I noticed that the last few days she has bonded with you and your daughters."
"Yeah. Aurora and Evelyn like her really much. I can't imagine how much sadness there will be when it's time for them to say goodbye."
"Goodbye?"
"Yes. Remember? When the blue dragon reveals the answers I seek my team and I will return home and meet with my husband and son."
"Hm…."
"What?"
"I don't want you to leave."
"Why not?"
"You have bonded with Wild Flower. She never had a mother figure in her life. And also…."
"Hmm?"
"You remind me a lot of my ex-wife."
"Wait. You're not meaning what I think right?"
"Come on Amy. Stay here. Be my queen. Your husband is a nobody who doesn't even know of the blue dragon's existence. We can ascend together."
"How dare you!" Amy screamed "How could you imagine I would abandon Sonic?!"
"The blue dragon will destroy all sinners including him. He can never ascend."
"I don't care! If that's the case then I will be there at our last moments!" Amy screamed and stormed back to the feast.
A while later the feast ended. The whole tribe was asleep having forgotten that it was full moon tonight. Amy and her team gathered under the moonlight. When it hit the tablet their marks started glowing. Images started appearing on the tablet. It was them. The singed ones. But only 5. Tails was absent. They combined their powers and summoned the lunar dragon which turned into a beam of blue light that pierced through Nibiru destroying it as its pieces melted in the atmosphere. However Sonic was noticeably weakened.
"What? Why?" Jet said in surprise.
"I know why" Amy said "he used more energy than us because Tails wasn't there to help us. That's why he fell so easily to Tails back then."
"Then to destroy Nibiru… we have to first beat Tails! Then we have to repeat what we just saw but with him! That way we will unleash our full power! And destroy it with no casualties!" Wave said in realization.
"Perfect! I'll call dad!" Aurora said about to call him. Then she saw a pair of familiar eyes looking at her from a bush.
"Wild Flower?"
The little girl jumped and started running back to the village. Amy chased after her.
"Wild Flower! Wild Flower please wait!"
Then an idea came to her mind.
"Luna! Stop!"
Wild Flower immediately stopped. She slowly turned around. The tears in her eyes broke Amy's heart.
"Why?! Why are you lying to me about ascension?! You are planning to destroy Nibiru!"
"I have to Luna. I can't let it end all I know."
Luna's eyes filled with more tears as she ran into Amy's hug.
"Please.. change my daddy's mind. I don't want this to happen."
"I can't Luna I tried. He is adamant that it is the right thing."
"But I love him. He is all I have left. Please."
Amy was about to answer but at that moment her team caught up to her and all hell broke loose. The whole tribe surrounded them, pointing spears at them. Tiger Fang's was the sharpest.
"You were traitors from the start!"
"We can't let the world end chief" Amy said speaking the word chief in disgust "your own daughter believes so too".
"My daughter is confused. Doesn't understand the great destiny that awaits us. But unfortunately you won't be around for it! Seize them!"
Before anyone of the team could react they were hit darts. Five seconds later they were all laying on the ground unconscious.
They woke up 1 hour later tied to pillars.
"Trying to stop our great destiny is the worst crime for our tribe. The penalty is death!" Tiger Fang said.
"You're nuts!" Jet screamed in anger trying to reach for his machete. One of the tribesmen took it away.
"You shall remain awake all night. Look at the moon. And in the morning your destinies will come to an end." Tiger Fang said taking Luna by the hand dragging her towards their tent as she resisted in tears. Half an hour later the whole team was left alone in their despair.
At the tree Sonic and his team woke up all ready for the final test.
"Morning everyone. We all ready?" Sonic asked them.
"Yeah" they all responded".
"So" he asked old Sticks "What is my final test"
"My king" she said summoning ancient Sonic from inside Sonic.
"You have to fight your modern self"
"What?!"
"Duel each other. If your modern self beats you your forgiveness will be complete and you will return to the afterlife."
"But you have to fight him with all your might" modern Sticks said.
"I see. Come to think of it we never dueled. Neither during the god card incident nor now."
"Well first time for everything. Let's do this!"
They headed outside the tree. Magically a duel disc exactly like Sonic's appeared on ancient Sonic's arm.
"Duel!"
"I'll start this!" Ancient Sonic said "I shall show you the ultimate power I possess as pharaoh! I activate the field spell divine temple!"
"Divine temple? What in the world is that?"
"When divine temple is activated I can add a divine beast from my deck to my hand. I choose Obelisk the tormentor!"
"A god card right from the start?!"
"Next I activate the spell card card advance! I put the top 5 cards of my deck to the sequence I like. Then I activate the true name spell! I declare the top card of my deck! If I get it correctly I can add it to my hand and I can summon a god! I say it is… ra's disciple!"
"Oh no!"
"Now rise! Slifer the sky dragon!"
The sky darkened and lightning bolts hit the field as Slifer descended.
"Next I summon ra's disciple! With his ability I can summon 2 copies from m deck! Now for another effect of divine temple! If I tribute summon a god I can treat it as an additional normal summon!"
"SAY WHAT?!"
"I sacrifice my 3 disciples! Mighty god of war come forth! Obelisk the tormentor!"
The earth behind ancient Sonic cracked. Obelisk flew out of the hole and landed next to Slifer.
"Two god cards on the first turn?!" Miles said in horror.
"I've never seen those beasts before" Marianna said in awe and terror.
"I end my turn with this!"
"Just that? Dude you forgot Slifer's effect! If he is special summoned he has to go to the graveyard at the end phase!"
"Not quite. When my divine temple is on the field my gods' abilities to send themselves to the graveyard are negated!"
"WHAT?!"
"Oh no! Father said that evil Tails told him ancient Sonic can reach the god's true abilities. And Ra has some hidden abilities. If he can be summoned like that and stay even my dad will get a run for his money" Miles said remembering that conversation.
"Very well. I draw. You may be able to keep your gods here but I can go past that! I activate the spell dark ruler no more! Your monster's effect are negated! So now I can summon to my heart's content without fearing Slifer's effect!"
"Go ahead then".
"I summon forth blackwing gale the whirlwind! Since Obelisk's power is negated I can halve his attack! Next I special summon forth blackwing bora the spear! I use them to link summon! Come forth! Crystron needlefiber! With needlefiber's effect I can summon steam the cloak from my deck! Now that they are on the field I can link summon again! Appear my newest monster! Link 2 blackwing shura the eternal flame!"
"A blackwing link monster?!" Knuckles said in surprise.
"Next because of the effect of my steam I can summon a token. But by tributing the token my monster returns! And that was just the start. Shura the eternal flame's effect activates! Since a blackwing was special summoned to his link I can summon up to 2 blackwings with different names from my deck! I summon sirroco the dawn and hillien the tengu wind! Now it's time to synchro summon! Darkened gales reveal hidden wishes on your wings! Synchro summon! Soar black winged dragon! And now! Spread your black wings and unlock the new power! Synchro summon! Appear! Blackwing evolution booster! Thanks to its effect I draw a card! And now for the real deal! 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!"
Ancient Sonic witnessed the rise of the sky ruler dragon in awe.
"So this is the fear of facing this deity."
"I choose my dragon's effect to protect it! Now to get rid of Obelisk! Go! Judgement of the sky!"
The sky ruler dragon unleashed his mightiest beam of black energy on Obelisk. Ancient Sonic didn't lose life points due to dark ruler no more but Obelisk was left without a scratch!
"What gives?! Why is Obelisk still standing?!"
"My divine temple has another effect. It can protect a god from being destroyed once by battle and once by effect each turn."
"WHAT?!"
"So basically… the gods became immortal?!" Knuckles whispered in shock at this realization.
"I believe in him! He has beaten them before and he can do it again right?" Marianna said.
"I set one card and end my turn. Just so you know if I have a blackwing synchro monster on my field shura the eternal flame cannot be attacked and my sky ruler dragon is treated as a blackwing card at all times."
"Fine then. I draw. I activate yet another effect of divine temple. Once per turn I can excavate the top 3 cards of my deck for a god or a card that specifically states either of the gods' names in its text. Let's see. Looks like I excavated the spell card divine gift. If I control only divine monsters I can draw 2 cards. With that Slifer has 5000! Slifer! Attack sky ruler dragon! Thunder force!"
"AAAAAH!" (Sonic LP 6500) "I banish gale to save it!
"Obelisk you too! God hand crusher!"
"AAAAH!" (Sonic LP 6000) "I banish hillien to save my dragon!"
"I end my turn."
"I draw. Damn. What can I do now that Slifer is back up? I put my dragon to defense mode. Your turn."
"I draw again. And I use the effect of my field spell again. This time I excavated the winged dragon of Ra!"
"Oh no!"
"But I activate the spell card dark world dealings. I draw one card and discard one card. Then I activate spell sanctuary. We both add one spell card from our deck to our hand. I add monster reborn!"
"Damn. I add the spell card blackwing feathers."
"And now I activate monster reborn! Come forth Ra!"
Ra's sphere mode appeared on the field.
"You got it out. But only I know the chant to release it." Sonic said.
"The one you know is the one that makes Ra loyal to the darkness. I shall chant the true words to summon it."
"WHAT?!"
"Almighty protector of the sun and sky. I beg of thee please heed my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight! I beseech thee. Grace our humble game. But first! I shall call out thy name! WINGED DRAGON OF RA!"
Ra unlocked itself and roared along with all 3 of the gods. Sonic flinched.
"So… this is the terror Tails felt at my hands. Man… sorry buddy."
"There is no use in attacking your dragon since it can't be beat. But I have yet another plan."
The divine temple behind ancient Sonic started glowing.
"What gives?" Sonic said.
"If I have all 3 gods out and I skip my battle phase I put a divine counter on the temple. At 3 counters its true power is unleashed! I add from my deck to my hand the ultimate god! The creator of light horakthie!"
"The what?!"
"Horakthie is the ultimate god of Egypt. The one I invoked to create the 3 illusionary beasts. She can be summoned by sacrificing all of them. Once she is summoned I automatically win!"
"WHAT?!" Sonic said in horror.
"So my father has 2 turns to win?!" Miles said in shock.
"Yes" ancient Sonic answered "the forgiveness from my people unleashed my true powers. But I am not allowed to stop Nibiru. Only you can. And to do that you have to defeat me!"
"V-very well! I draw! I special summon from my hand blackwing kris the crack of dawn in defense mode so Slifer can't blast it. Thanks to the effect of my shura I can summon 2 more blackwings. I choose mistral the silver shield and oroshi the squal. Now I activate blackwing feathers to draw 4 cards thanks to my 4 blackwings. Damnit. Still not the card I need. But I can still try to take down at least 1 of the gods. I special summon bora the spear from my hand. Then using it along with mistral oroshi and kris I link summon borrelsword dragon! This is it for your gods!"
"First of all Slifer blasts borrelsword for 2000 points!"
"Yes. But I will still take one down so you can't use the effect of your field! Attack Slifer! Electic borrelsword slash!"
"Divine temple protects Slifer!" (Ancient Sonic LP 7000)
"So what! Sky ruler! End Slifer!"
"I activate the effect of a card in my hand! Servant of the gods. I can direct all attacks on the field to the strongest god. That would be Obelisk!"
"Sky ruler stop your attack! Damnit. Borrelsword switch him to defense mode! I end my turn."
"I draw. I excavate 3 cards once again. I got rage of the gods. If I control 2 or more gods with different names this card blasts all your monsters into oblivion! Sky ruler will be protected but not borrelsword!"
"Oh no!"
"Now I end my turn and put another counter to my temple. Sonic next turn if I still control all 3 gods the counter will be added in my standby phase instead of the end phase! You have to end this now!"
"Damnit! I don't have that card, what do I do?!" Sonic thought panicking.
"Father! Relax! You can still win! Remember! You have the powers of a god too right?!" Miles encouraged him.
"Yeah Sonic do it! We're all with you!" Knuckles said raising his hand showing his mark.
"Yeah. You're right! Guys… Lend me your strength! For this destiny draw! For this world!" Sonic whispered.
In the jungle while they were all trying to free themselves. Amy's, Jet's and Wave's marks started glowing.
"Guys.. Sonic is asking for our help." Amy said.
"Then let's help him" Jet said allowing his mark to disappear.
"Just let go guys." Jet said.
Amy and Wave let go and their marks were erased.
"Win Sonic." They all thought.
Tails was at his new hideout planning his next attack when suddenly he felt a pain on his mark.
"What is this?!"
"Let go!" good Tails said "Sonic is summon my powers to himself. Let go and the pain will end!"
"Never!"
"If you don't let go the pain will only get stronger."
"Grrr. Fine!"
All the marks gathered on Sonic's back creating the a whole mark of the dragon, the same one from the temple in Amazon.
"SINGED DRAW!" he screamed as he drew his card "perfect!"
"Come at me" ancient Sonic said.
"I play summon blackwing auster the souther wind and activate his effect!"
"Slifer blasts and destroys it!"
"Maybe but I can still summon hillien from my banished zone! Next I activate shura's effect! I summon sirroco the dawn from my deck! And now! I banish both hillien and sirroco! I invoke the ultimate dragon! LUNAR DRAGON COME FORTH!"
"The lunar dragon?!" ancient Sonic said in shock not anticipating this and witnessing the arrival of the ultimate god dragon.
"Now I activate the spell battle waltz. It duplicates my sky ruler dragon by creating a token with his stats! Next I link summon using my sky ruler dragon and shura! Come forth decode talker!"
"Slifer blasts it!"
"It doesn't matter! No matter which god I attack this turn you lose! Lunar dragon activate your effect! He summons a synchro dragon from my extra deck treating its summon as a synchro summon! I banish my sky ruler dragon from my graveyard! Spread your divine jet black wings and soar with me as I claim the power of the universe. Teach everyone who opposes us your unlimited power! DIVINE SYNHCRO! TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE SKY! BLACK FEATHER SKY GOD DRAGON!"
Ancient Sonic witnessed the birth of Sonic's ultimate monster. Slifer blasted the god dragon but he was unaffected.
"5000 attack points?!"
"And that was just the start! I activate the spell burial from a different dimension! It returns my 3 banished monsters to the graveyard. And now that sky ruler is in the graveyard sky god dragon unlocks his true power!" Sonic screamed as his dragon acquired all of his hidden abilities increasing his attack to 7400 and Sonic entering the same god mode he was in during his title match with his son.
"Incredible. But still not enough to end me.
"Oh it will! I have one final move! My gift of the martyr spell! I tribute the token and all of his power goes to sky god!"
"But he is unaffected!"
"Wrong! Unaffected by the effects I choose!"
"What?!"
"his power rises to 10900! Sky god dragon! Attack Ra! Since you summoned it with monster reborn it has 0 power! I suppose it means your temple forces you to pay life points to add horkthie!"
"Yes. 2000."
"Too bad you will never pay them! DIVINE STRIKE OF THE SKY!"
Ra was brought down by the god dragon. Ancient Sonic kneeled in defeat, as Sonic returned to his normal mode, the marks of the dragon returning to their respective owners.
"Sonic did it!" Amy said in happiness at Amazon.
"Yeah. But what about us? Those cursed ropes won't break!" Jet said trying his hardest.
Sonic having won approached his ancient self and helped him up.
"That was a fun duel."
"Yes. It was."
They both approached the two Sticks. The old one was for some reason holding on the young one to stand.
"You ok?" Sonic asked her.
"You have passed all the tests. You have been forgiven and now can destroy Nibiru. My king" she said referring to ancient Sonic "it's time."
"Yes."
"Time for what?" Sonic asked them.
"We're going to the afterlife together."
Sonic was caught off guard remembering it. But he smiled with effort.
"I hope to never see you again. In the good way of course".
"Yes. I understand. Farewell. Save your world!"
"I will!"
Ancient Sonic then turned to dust and disappeared as ancient Sticks' soul left her body and she died in her young self's arms. After an awkward burial, they regrouped.
"We did it guys! Let's go back to the airport and back home! We'll find Tails and end this!"
"Yeah but.. how do we destroy Nibiru? Amy still hasn't called you" Knuckles said.
"Yeah.. weird" Sonic said as he called her.
Amy's phone started buzzing in her pocket. With a lot of effort she took it out.
"Sonic's calling!" she screamed.
"Quick answer! We need help now!" Jet said.
Amy answered the call and put it on speaker mode accidentally dropping the phone which landed upside down.
"Sonic! Can you hear me?!" she screamed.
"Amy are you ok?"
"No! The tribe turned on us when they learned we're planning to stop Nibiru! They are crazy! They will execute us at daylight!"
"WHAT?!" Sonic's team screamed.
"They have tied us on pillars! Please Sonic you gotta come!"
"Amy what are you saying?!" Sonic said in shock started breathing fast and dropping the phone in shock. Marianna quickly picked it up.
"Daddy! Mom! Can you hear me?!" Marianna screamed.
"Yes sweetheart I can hear you!" Jet said.
"Same here!" Wave also said.
"Daddy! Please you have to get out of there! We can't help you we'll never get there in time! Please! You can't die without getting to know your grandchild!" Marianna dropped the bomb.
"The what?!" everyone said all having heard it.
"I have no grandchild." Jet said confused.
"Not yet. But in nine months you will."
"You… you are…"
"Yes daddy!"
Jet immediately started fighting against the ropes putting all his strength into it.
"Jet!" Wave said in shock.
"NO TRIBE WILL KEEP ME FROM GETTING BACK TO MY DAUGHTER AND THE CHILD SHE BEARS!" he screamed.
Suddenly the unthinkable happened. His mark unleashed a blue light which manifested into a sword in his hands. He used it immediately to cut the ropes of everyone.
"Come to the city of Manaus to pick us up!" Jet screamed at the phone "We'll meet you there!" he said turning it off as he didn't want Marianna to listen to what was about to happen.
The whole tribe had woken up and took their spears to attack. Wave and Amy however also created swords of blue light with their powers. Jet immediately attacked the tribe members thrusting his blade into their bodies and cutting off heads.
"Take this you monsters!" he screamed as he entered a frenzy.
Amy ordered the children to hide and created blades for Aurora and Evelyn with her powers.
"Use them only to defend! Go!"
The children ran off as Amy attacked as well. It was all blurry and crazy. She was filled with guilt as she attacked a man who tried to pierce her with his spear first cutting the spear and then his head off. It was a night of gore. In the chaos she accidentally entered Tiger Fang's tent. Luna was there covered in a blanket fearing for her life.
"D-Did you come to kill me?"
Amy dropped her blade.
"No Luna."
"Then why are you killing everyone?"
Amy knew it was only an excuse but it was the truth.
"Because they won't let us leave."
"And what about me?"
Amy didn't hesitate at all. She sat on her knees in front of the scared little girl.
"Come with us Luna. You never belonged here in the first place. Your daddy was a man like everyone else he claims will be killed by the blue dragon. He lost his way. But you don't have to follow him into that."
Luna contemplated what she just heard but suddenly Tiger Fang entered the tent in a battle cry wielding Jet's machete. He tried to cut Amy in half but she parried with her blue blade. It was fortunate that fencing was one of her and Sonic's hobbies.
"You kill my people and now you try to kill my daughter! How dare you call yourself a warrior?!"
"How dare you condemn all the people of the planet over a false dream?!" she screamed as she blocked his attacks not wanting to kill him in front of Luna. That unfortunately gave Tiger Fang an opening. He punched Amy knocking her down. He pointed the machete at her heart.
"Ready to meet the blue dragon?!"
"I know the blue dragon! His spirit is inside my husband!"
"What?!"
"I lied to you! My husband isn't a nobody! He is the leader of the singed ones! And the blue dragon's vessel!"
"No! Tt can't be! The blue dragon would never put himself under a mere mortal man! I refuse to believe it!" he screamed raising the machete to kill Amy.
"Daddy no!" Luna said drawing his hand away accidentally cutting herself.
"Wild Flower how dare you defy me!" he turned to her.
At the moment he raised the machete in front of Luna's throat he felt a fire burning his chest hotter than lava. He looked down and saw Amy's blue blade emerging from his chest.
"NOOOOOOO!" Luna screamed in horror.
Tiger Fang fell to the ground as Amy pulled the blade from his body her eyes filled with tears. Luna looked at her in anger.
"WHY?!"
"I couldn't let him kill you. I'm sorry" she said bursting in tears causing Luna to lose her anger in an instant.
Tiger Fang saw this outburst of emotions.
"Were you…" he tried to speak "were you telling the truth about your husband?"
"Yes" Amy said with a lot of effort "he has risked his life numerous times for me our children and our friends."
"I don't get it. Who is he? Why would the blue dragon grant him his power?"
"Him I and our friends have existed long after the first warriors. Our souls have reincarnated endless times. And my husband… is Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Tiger Fang's eyes widened in shock.
"The duel king?!"
"Yes".
"I saw his duel with his son on TV. You mean to tell me that what I saw that day…. That form he had during the duel…"
"It was because he is the vessel of the blue dragon."
Tiger Fang closed his eyes and laughed silently.
"I was so wrong. All these years I was brainwashed by this tribe. For no reason."
"Come back with us. I can heal you. I can control the blue dragon's powers too."
"No. It's too late now. I can feel death's grip on me."
"Don't say that."
He held Amy's hand as a pool of blood was formed slowly.
"Please promise me… you will take care of Wild… no of my Luna".
Amy was moved.
"I will".
"Good. Go now. You have only… 3 days left. Save…. The wor… the world" he said as he drew his last breath.
"Daddy no!" Luna screamed in denial as she clang onto her father's body refusing to accept his death.
Amy couldn't hear anymore. There was a very loud buzzing in her ears due to the shock. Without realizing it she took Luna into her hug and headed outside. What she witnessed was a scene that should exist only in movies. Mutilated bodies everywhere. Jet helping Wave back up after having killed the last of them. Everyone was dead. Men, women. Even the children. Even they had decided to follow their parents into that stupid crusade for ascension… and that cost them their lives. Luna saw it all. She stopped fighting to get out of Amy's grip. She only burst into tears. With heavy hearts the team picked up their stuff and Amy's phone and left the ruined village. They found the kids hiding just several trees away. When they saw their parents looking like they had bathed in blood, Aurora and Evelyn were horrified and T-bone puked. No narrations were needed. They all went ahead as Amy called Sonic who was running down the great wall with his team trying to get back to the city were their search for the tree began to get on the plane as soon as possible.
"Amy are you ok?!"
"Yes"
But the way she sounded broke his heart.
"Amy… what happened?"
"We killed them all Sonic… every last one of them" she said bursting into tears again.
"My god" he answered in horror totally not expecting to hear this.
"I killed Tiger Fang when he tried to kill me and attacked his daughter. Sonic… I'm a monster!"
"No Amy. You did it to protect everyone you love. I did the same for you in the spirit world all those years ago. I understand how you feel exactly. Get to Manaus. We're coming to get you."
"Come quickly. I can't lead anymore. Especially now that I have to take care of Luna".
"Who's Luna?"
"The leader's daughter. Her real name is Luna."
"You took her?"
"Yes. He understood his mistakes while dying. He asked me to take care of her."
"I see. I'm coming hold tight."
At that moment the signal was lost. Amy caught up to her team. She had to stay strong. They had to find their way to the city. But they were still lost. All they could do was walk until they found someone to help them.
Sonic and his team made it to the airport and entered their plane. Soon enough they were about to take off. Sonic called Luke immediately.
"Sonic everything ok?" Luke answered surprised at the time of the call.
"Luke listen! We're going to Amazon first to pick up Amy and her team! Keep track of Tails. When I inform you we're coming find a way to lead him to the top of the duel tower! This all started there and will end there!"
"Roger!" Luke said closing the phone and going to inform his team.
After that phone call the plane took off heading towards the city of Manaus in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Sonic prayed every second that Amy was going to be ok. They were so close to finally winning this battle. He would find them.
