Chapter 65; the end of a legend
Sonic and his team boarded their plane and immediately took off heading for the city of Manaus in the Amazon jungle. Their worries were out of this world.
"How are we gonna find them? How do we know they will make it to the city? In the condition they are.." Sonic was talking to himself as Knuckles tried to help him relax.
"We'll make it. We have all been to the Amazon before they will sure find their way or at least someone to help them."
"Knuckles they are in uncharted territory we don't even know if they are anywhere near Manaus, or even close enough to civilization".
"Then we should mobilize the local police force and get them to help us".
"So we can get more assassins on our tail from Tails? No thanks".
"We don't have many more choices you know."
"Gee you sure know how to give people courage. Maaan! I can't believe just when we completed our mission the other half of it is going to hell. How did the tribe learn of their intentions?"
"No clue. Maybe the girl they have with them now spied on them and revealed everything."
"Why would it? Amy said she was against that crazy idea about ascension in the first place."
"Anyway we'll ask them when we meet them again" Knuckles said and was about to walk out of the cockpit when he suddenly asked one final thing.
"How does it feel that you are going to be a grandpa? Feel old yet?"
"We are not that young anymore Knuckles. And also I wish I make it to the end of this to see my grandchild."
"Why do you say that?"
"I've been feeling odd lately due to my mark. I've been receiving dark feelings. That for some reason my time is drawing to a close".
"Jeez. Now who's being the one giving courage?"
"Honestly. I feel something will go wrong. I'm not saying this to jinx us."
"You really need some alone time. I will go to see how the kids and Sticks are doing." Knuckles said and shut the door leaving Sonic in his thoughts.
In the jungle the group was just walking without thinking where they were going. It didn't matter anyway. They were lost. Amy's face was devoid of emotions. Still holding Luna in her arms she was trying to stop reliving the massacre she, Jet and Wave committed only hours ago. She felt disgusted at herself. If only they had been more careful and discussed their plans less… Tiger Fang would still be alive. All those lives gone for nothing.
"Guys!" Jet screamed in joy "Look! A boat!"
They all turned their heads and saw a boat carrying several armed men.
"Hey! Over here! Help!" Jet screamed pushing the others to mimic him.
The men from the boat saw them with looks of shock. They approached the shore with the boat but to the team's surprise instead of asking what was wrong they pointed their guns to them.
"Man how can this get any worse?" T-bone asked in anger.
One of the men spoke in an unknown language.
"We don't understand. Don't you speak any other language?" Jet asked them.
But there was no need. Amy could understand them.
"He said we are under arrest for the supposed murder of a tourist group that was found merely hours ago."
"Are you kidding?!" Wave said unable to believe their misfortune.
The man continued talking.
"What did he say now?"
"That they will take us to Manaus to see if we are recognized by the only survivor of that group."
"That guy will be in shock." T-bone said boarding the boat "What if he think it was us?"
"Let's first get to the city. We will be allowed one phone call."
"Yeah but… what if Sonic hasn't reached the city by the time we make the call?"
"Who said I was gonna call Sonic?"
The whole team silenced not expecting this answer.
Back home the grown-ups were searching for Tails under Luke's leadership while he stayed with Ruff who was still recovering from his experience.
"We have to find my father and quick. Time is running out."
"Even if we find him how do we make him come to the top of the tower? He wants Nibiru to collide. All he has to do is stay hidden until he crashes."
"Indeed. And certainly I'm no much for him now. There is no turn one board I can make that he can't brake and nothing in my deck can outmatch the supernova dragon."
"The only one who can beat him then is either Amy or Sonic. But they're both too far away. So we need another plan."
"Maybe trickery?"
"You mean..?"
"Make him think Sonic is back. That he is waiting at the top of the tower. That will be a good enough bait."
"Yeah but we're dead and with no way back this time if he unleashes his anger on us. We have to find a way to synchronize it perfectly."
"It will be near impossible. Unless.. wait!" Luke said remembering something.
"The furious flame is still in the garage right?"
"Yeah. But even that will not get him to the duel tower that fast once he returns even on flight mode".
"Maybe not in its current flight mode!" Luke said and left for the garage taking his laptop and all his tools with him leaving Ruff in command of their team.
Meanwhile Amy and her team were escorted to the Manaus jail where they were interrogated with Amy's presence. As T-bone said the guy who came to identify them was certain it was them even though they had never met him before. He must have started to lose his mind and convinced himself they were the culprits just to see them be brought to justice even if they were innocent. After finally interrogating Jet, the lead detective had a talk with Amy.
"Can you please drop the act already? You have been recognized. You even carry the girl taken from that tourist group with you."
"You're wrong detective. This man doesn't know what he is saying".
"He is our only lead. And all the facts are matching. If you confess you can get a lighter sentence."
"Detective you know I allowed by the law to make phone call. If you allow me to make it and give me half an hour max, you'll see that I'm innocent. That we're all innocent."
"And who will prove that to me?"
"My husband. The duel king!"
"The duel king? Ahahahahaha!" he burst out laughing
"You mean to tell me you are Amy Rose the former duel queen? And what are you doing bathing in blood in the middle of the jungle very close to the crime scene we're investigating? And with a girl obviously not in your group with you?"
"I can't tell you this."
"Then I have no reason to believe you."
"I am still allowed to make the phone call you know".
"And you are gonna call the duel king? Ahahaha! You know what go ahead this will be fun to listen. But put it on speaker mode."
"Yes" she said dialing a number.
Luke was on the garage tampering as Sonic would say with the furious flame when he got the call.
"Hello?" he said wondering what number was calling him.
"Luke listen very well and do not answer. Call Sonic now! Tell him we are in the Manaus jail!" was all Luke heard before the line was cut off.
The detective was furious.
"Who did you call?! Some accomplices perhaps?"
"I can't tell you. But in half an hour max you will have proof I am who I say I am."
"Yeah, yeah! Guards! Take them to their cells!" he screamed in anger in Amy's supposed audacity.
Luke was in shock from what he just heard but wasted no time. He immediately stopped his work on the furious flame and opening his laptop in order to call Sonic's phone directily from it in case they were flying.
Sonic and his team were indeed still flying when he received the call.
"Hello?"
"Luke here! Listen carefully. I got a call from the Manaus police station. They captured Amy and her team!"
"What for?!"
"No idea. She just told me to call you and let you know!"
"Thankfully we are only 20 minutes away from the city. We'll make it. Thanks Luke." Sonic said putting the planes thrusters to maximum speed.
Amy in the meantime was in a cell next to her daughters holding hands from within the bars.
"Mom what if dad doesn't make it?" Aurora said in tears.
"He will honey. I know he will."
"If he doesn't hurry Luna will be placed in an orphanage. She has never interacted with children from civilization. She won't make it."
"Have faith Eve. He will come. He is on his way here."
"What if he is too far away still?"
"All we can do is have faith" Amy said.
And she was proven right. Right at the end of the half hour the detective came into her cell and leaned over Amy
"So the 30 minutes have gone by and no one came. I guess you will spend a lot of time in here" he said mockingly.
At that very moment Sonic burst into the cell in his royal black suit.
"Get away from my wife!" he said grabbing the detective by the shirt, who was in shock at Sonic's presence.
"You made it!" Amy embraced Sonic as hard as he could who let go of the detective to hug her back.
Half an hour later after a very happy and tearful reunion and Sonic's promise to provide assistance to the case the detective was investigating via his sources, Sonic and Amy went to pick up Luna so she could meet Sonic and Amy try to gain her trust again. They found her alone in the corner of her room in the orphanage she was temporarily placed in, as she was terrified of the other kids. Amy approached her first.
"Luna it's me. Are you ok?"
Luna looked at her both in joy she was there but also in anger "What do you want here?"
"We came to pick you up Luna. This is my husband Sonic" Amy said as Sonic crouched to see Luna eye to eye.
"I want my daddy."
Amy let a tear dropped but remained calm.
"You know he is gone Luna. But you are not alone. You can come with us."
"You took him from me!" she screamed as she attacked Amy and started hitting her with her little fists. Amy only hugged her taking the hits until the girl got tired and burst in tears. Sonic looked at her.
"Luna you're not alone. Amy is right. You can be our child. Isn't that what you want deep down? To meet with Aurora and Evelyn again?"
He hit the spot as Amy had told him about the friendship their daughters had forged with Luna. The latter stopped crying and only looked at Sonic who looked like a god in her eyes towering over her as he was now standing dressed in black and with his cape. She closed her eyes and hid her face in Amy's hug as she whispered 'take me with you please".
They all went back to the plane to have something to eat and take some time to relax. As Luna was meeting her now adoptive brother Miles and he rest of his and his sisters' friends the singed ones decided it was time to exchange information.
"My ancient self has been forgiven and returned to the afterlife again. We won't be stopped by the spirits this time. But tell us.. did you find a way to stop Nibiru?"
"Yes. In order to destroy it we have to beat Tails and unite our powers to destroy it. Unless we do this this could all end exactly like our first fight with Nibiru."
"With my death" Sonic concluded realizing what his odd feeling was.
"Sonic no! Don't you dare to think like that!" Knuckles said grabbing him by the neck.
"Knuckles!" Amy screamed in surprise.
"We finally know how to win. We won't' lose now! The old time loop broke! And now we have to make sure history won't repeat itself! You won't die again!"
Sonic was inspired despite Knuckles semi-choking him.
"You're right Knucks. Now please let me go".
"Right, right. Sorry."
"All right everyone. We have to depart for home immediately. We only have about 2 days to make it there, beat Tails and then save the world."
"We will be there in about 12 hours. We need to rest first though. These have been hard days."
"Ok. 2 hours of rest. Then we're off." Sonic declared.
During these 2 hours no one talked. They were all lost in their thoughts. It was all too much to discuss at that moment. Marianna's pregnancy, Luna's adoption, Nibiru. All depended whether their plan would work. Sonic while Amy was asleep sent his consciousness into the spirit world and found the lunar dragon's spirit in a cave.
"What are you trying to tell me with those feelings in my mark?"
The dragon roared but Sonic was able to understand.
"Teamwork isn't always the answer? But those tablets showed them us working together."
Another roar.
"Back then… we were equals? What does that mean? We are still equals."
The dragon roared one final time and then flew off. Sonic tried desperately to get answers but nothing. He returned his consciousness to his body thinking of those words.
"We WERE equals? Were? Why did the dragon refer to the past time?"
"Sonic?"
"Hm?"
His whispers had woken Amy up.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"You can't lie to me you know it."
"I promise you it's nothing. I was just thinking how I'm going to deal with Tails now that he's got the supernova dragon."
"You can do it. You are stronger now and also forgiven. You will win."
"Thanks" he said with a smile and a light kiss "Let's fly this bird. We're going home."
Soon afterwards they were on their way to their final confrontation with Tails. Sonic already knew how to fight the supernova dragon. However finding Tails would be a different story altogether.
"Were. Were. What the hell does were mean? How am I not equal to my friends?" he kept thinking it over and over in his mind as he was piloting the plane.
Contrary to what he believed, Amy didn't fall for his excuse earlier. She gathered Knuckles Jet and Wave and revealed Sonic's words to them.
"The lunar dragon said we are not his equals? How weird. Why would it say something like that?" Knuckles said rubbing his chin.
"I don't know. But this seems to have isolated him. We all know he would never lie to anyone of us."
"Amy don't leave him alone even for a second when we get home. He has been having strange feelings from his mark. Something like death being unavoidable for him."
"I won't. We're not losing anyone. Nibiru won't end us. We will end it!" Amy declared.
However luck wasn't on their side. Once they had made it to the skies of Spain the plane started making some weird sounds. After an emergency stop at the airport they received the bad news.
"The plane was tampered with where you took off from" the lead technician informed the team "It will take us 24 hours to make sure it is safe to fly".
"No way we're waiting this long" Sonic said calling a number and demanding a jet as soon as possible to come pick them up. However all his private jets were destroyed with explosives only 10 minutes before he made the call.
"Tails is throwing in all he's got" he said. Then he turned to the technician "Work as fast as you can. We only have 35 hours to be home."
"Yes sir."
After a long and agonizing night of worries and sleeplessness, the plane was ready. But time was running out. The technicians had taken longer than expected. The team only had 6 hours to return home, beat Tails and destroy Nibiru before it entered the atmosphere and be impossible to destroy without major damage and casualties.
"Full throttle Sonic!" Amy said sitting with him on the cockpit as they took off.
Tails in his hideout was able to see them through visions from his mark.
"I won't let you make it in time!" he said invoking his powers.
After 5 minutes Sonic and Amy noticed black clouds blocking their way. Sonic tried to maneuver out of the way and go around but the cloud moved in front of them again.
"No other choice! I'm going in!" he said putting the pedal to the medal in the thrusters.
However his determination was short lived. They immediately started being pushed around by the strong winds. Sonic heard the kids being scared and Luna crying. And to add the cherry on the top of the cake, a lightning bolt stroke the plane's left wing sending them plummeting to the sea below.
"AAAAAAAHH!" Screams were heard from everywhere in the plane.
Sonic was paralyzed with fear from the first time. Tails must have invoked this storm to end them.
"Sonic this can't be the end! Do something!" Amy screamed holding on from her seat.
Her words caused Sonic to remember that Tails wasn't the only one with powers. Invoking his powers along with his friends' powers the lunar dragon appeared and miraculously repaired the wing allowing Sonic to bring the plane to a higher altitude. Then they saw the dragon disappearing in the clouds ending the storm.
"Did you… did you just" Amy tried to speak "did you just summon the lunar dragon by using our powers on your own?"
"I think I did." He said realizing what he pulled off.
"How?"
"I think it's because I was forgiven. I can unite all of our wills into myself."
"Awesome. Tails won't stand a chance".
But Sonic couldn't see this new ability as a gift. The words of the dragon came to his mind. This was one thing that made him unequal to his friends. His superior ability to tap into the power of the lunar dragon.
After the storm the flight was smooth. But when they landed they fell in despair. They only had 1 hour to save the world.
"There's no way we'll make it in time" Amy said.
Knuckles threw a glass bottle on the ground in rage.
"All the things we went through… they were for nothing?"
"Not at all!" Luke's voice was heard.
The singed ones looked at the direction the voice came from and saw Luke coming to greet them.
"Luke what are you doing here?" Sonic asked him.
"I came to deliver you the way to get to the duel tower in time. Ruff and the others must have already informed Tails of your presence on the tower. You have to get there in time".
"I can't my duel runner is at home. And even if I had it I won't make it in 1 hour not even with the flight mode."
"I took the liberty of making some modifications for this day." He said as he opened his laptop and typed some code. After merely seconds they all saw the furious flame riding on its own to them. Once it reached them it started transforming itself. In awe they saw it taking an armored suit form much like the Iron man suit from comics.
"You did that all by yourself?" Sonic asked him in awe.
"Yes. And I enhanced the thrusters to produce more momentum. Get in fast" he said as the armor opened so Sonic could walk into it "Time is running out".
"You're the real hero here Luke!" Sonic said walking backwards into the armor which closed in on him. He saw the controls of his runner's flight mode appear in front of his eyes. Using the same way of flight he took off at an insane speed. He headed towards the city informing his friends to come to the duel tower instantly. After several minutes of flight he saw the tower from far away. Soon enough he was landing on the top exactly at the same time that Tails was climbing the last of the stairs. He was just as Sonic remembered him. With black eyes and his look of hatred on his face.
"So you have been forgiven my king. But I won't let you stop Nibiru!"
"I'm not your king. He returned to the afterlife. It's just you and me! I'm taking my friend back and your rock is going to be pieces soon enough!"
"No way! Let's settle this once and for all!"
"You're on!"
"DUEL!"
"Let your demise begin! I summon forth crimson resonator using its effect. Next I invoke to my field wandering king wildwind! Now my 2 monsters tune together! Scorch my opponents with your undying flames of rage! Synchro summon! Arise! Red rising dragon! I use its effect to revive crimson resonator! Now I activate my resonator's effect!"
"No you don't! I activate the effect of effect veiler! Your monster is stopped in its tracks!"
"You think you can stop me?! No one can! I activate the effect of devil dragon in my hand! If a resonator is being affected by a card effect I make it immune!"
"Oh come on!"
"Now! I summon forth creation resonator and barrier resonator! With 3 tuners! Triple tuning!"
"Here it comes!" Sonic said.
"RULER AND DEVIL BECOME ONE! UNLEASH THE DARKNESS OF HELL ON MY OPPONENTS AND ENGULF THEM WITH IT! SYNCHRO SUMMON! BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE MONSTER OF DESPAIR AND DARKNESS! RED SUPERNOVA DRAGON!"
The blaze pillar that was created from the dragon's summon was witnessed by the singed ones who had ordered the kids to go to Sonic and Amy's house and take care of Luna, as they were racing towards the tower.
"Oh no. It has begun!" Amy said.
"Let's hurry!" Jet said as he sped up followed by the others.
Sonic witnessed the creation of the monster that almost took Ruffs life only days ago.
"I end my turn".
"With just this dragon? You'll lose Tails! I draw. I summon forth blackwing steam the cloak. Then I use it to link summon! Come forth Salamangreat almiraj! Next I get a token due to the effect of my steam! Next with steam's other effect I tribute the token and he is revived! Now I use both my monsters to link summon! Come forth crystron needlefiber! I also get another token. Now for needlefiber's effect!"
"Hold it! I activate the effect of my supernova dragon! I negate your monster's effect and banish your entire field along with my dragon!"
"Darn!" Sonic cursed as his field was destroyed.
"Now you got nothing left" Tails said with an evil smile.
"Nothing? As long as I have my feathered warriors with me I'll never have nothing! I use the spell blackwing onslaught! By paying half my life points" (Sonic LP 4000) and discarding 2 cards from my hand I can summon 5 blackwings from my deck! Soar oroshi the squal, fane the steel chain, gale the whirlwind, shura the blue flame and sirroco the dawn!"
The 5 blackwings all emerged and faced Tails.
"It's over buddy! Once I combine them into their synchro forms you lose!"
"Like you'll ever get a chance Sonic. You summoned 5 monsters at once!"
"Yeah so? Wait.. 5 monsters.. no! It can't be!"
"I use the effect of nibiru the primal being!"
"You have the card version of Nibiru?!" Sonic said in shock.
From the real Nibiru came a smaller one which collided with Sonic's monsters laying waste and leaving behind a token with their combined stats in defense mode.
"No way.. my monsters."
"And since you already normal summoned you got nothing left! I draw! Now my mighty dragon return to me! You are lucky your combined monster's defense points are more than nibiru's attack. Supernova dragon end this token! Nibiru! World devastation attack!"
"AAAAAAH!" (Sonic LP 1000)
"Hanging by a mere thread. You are weak. Even with forgiveness you are no much for my power!"
"I may be weak… but I am not alone. Unlike you!"
"What?!"
"The people of your time forgave your king. We even met the archpriest in our quest. The one you took under your wing! Everyone worked together to save the world! Only you remain stuck in vengeance! It's you against everyone's wishes! And I carry them all with me!" Sonic said invoking his friend's powers along with Tails'.
At the moment the mark left Tails' body to create the whole mark of the dragon on Sonic's back, the real Tails was able to emerge.
"Sonic beat me now! While I keep him under control! Once you unleash the winning attack I'll let go so he can emerge again and take the hit! We'll destroy this darkness right now!"
"Shut up!" evil Tails screamed.
"Got it! I draw! Singed draw!" he screamed as he performed his most powerful draw.
"Perfect! Simply perfect! I activate the spell card blackwing's blackbird maneuver! If I have 5 blackwings in my graveyard I banish all of them along with blackwing onslaught and send every card on your field to the graveyard! And you can't react to this!"
"Say what?"
The blackwings were removed from the game taking Tails' dragon and nibiru with them.
"NO!"
"And now I play the spell card monster reborn! Supernova dragon appear!"
"What?!" evil Tails and Sonic's friends who had just arrived and reached the top of the duel tower said.
The supernova dragon appeared on Sonic's field and tried to influence Sonic with his dark abilities.
"You will not affect me! I will purge you right now! I activate the spell synchro shift! I banish a synchro from my field and summon one with the same level ignoring all conditions! With the power of light and darkness I purge this evil!" Sonic said exchanging the supernova dragon for the sky ruler dragon and throwing the supernova dragon card in the wind. The singed ones all witnessed it being disintergrated.
"And now I summon blackwing auster the south wind! With his power I summon back shura the blue flame! I use them both to link summon a second needlefiber! With its effect I summon forth jet synchron! I use it to link summon linkuriboh! Finally by discarding my remaining card jet synchron returns! Jet synchron needlefiber linkuriboh! Make way for the ultimate link monster! Accesscode talker!"
"NOOO! Not this!"
"I use accesscode's effect to gain 1000 atk for every one of needlefiber's link markers so 2000! And now with the power of accesscode talker I banish linkuriboh to destroy nibiru!"
"No you can't!"
"And since 3 blackwings entered the graveyard my dragon's power rise to 4400! Accesscode talker attack!"
"AAAAAH!" (dark Tails LP 3700)
"Sky ruler dragon end this! JUDGEMENT OF THE SKY!"
"NOOOOOOO!" (dark Tails LP 0) "NOOOO! I CAN'T DIE! I MIST KILL YOU! NOOOOO!" evil Tails screamed as he disappeared. Tails' body was left behind and the real Tails emerged soon after. The singed ones hugged their friend until Sonic brought them back to reality.
"Guys we're not done yet. Hands in the middle. We end this now!"
"Yes!" they all said putting their hands in the middle.
"Their marks started glowing. 6 beams of blue glow were shot each one from one of the marks. They all crossed creating a giant blue beam which took the shape of the lunar dragon's head. The beam collided with Nibiru creating a giant explosion.
"We did it!" Amy screamed out of joy.
"Yeah!" Knuckles said punching Tails friendly in the shoulder.
But their success was short lived. Once the dust cleared Nibiru was still coming and intact from their attack.
"No way!" Wave screamed.
"How?! We did exactly what the visions told us. Why is it not destroyed?!"
"Because what you saw Amy" Sonic said putting the pieces of the puzzle together in his mind "was us as equals. But the dragon was right. We are not equals."
"What?" she asked in disbelief.
"I can control all of your powers. That makes me stronger than all of you. Only I can destroy it".
"You can't take all this power inside you and fire a beam. It will kill you!"
"That's not the plan" Sonic said closing his eyes as a tear fell and raised his hand as his mark started glowing.
Immediately the rest of the singed ones fell to the ground. Sonic had increased the effects of gravity on them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Knuckles screamed at Sonic.
"What has to be done Knuckles. When we began this quest to save the world we said whatever it takes. If what it takes is my life then I'll do it!"
"You can't do that!" Tails objected.
"You can't just sacrifice yourself! What about us?!" Jet added angry.
"That's selfish! I'd rather die along with everyone than watch you act selfishly and give up your life!" Wave said.
"Sonic look at me!" Amy screamed as she managed to take a kneeling position and looked at Sonic.
"If you love me release us! Let's face the end together!"
Sonic didn't answer immediately. He only spoke 7 words.
"You are the leader now my love".
"NOOOOOO!" she screamed as he collected the power of their marks and started flying towards Nibiru. Their power was unleashed creating the lunar dragon's body around him. They were truly one and the same.
Sonic kept his eyes closed due to the pressure of the wind on his face. In his ears he could still hear the cries of his friends through their connection. He let another tear go.
"My friends… forgive me.. but you must live!" he thought as the lunar dragon head collided with Nibiru which was entering the atmosphere at that moment exploding into millions of rocks that disintergrated.
"SOOOOOONIIIIIIC!" Amy screamed asshe and the others were released from Sonic's gravity control and raised her eyes to the explosion on the sky.
"He truly did it" Knuckles whispered.
"Sonic" Tails managed to say.
But before they could say anything else they saw something blue falling from the sky. Upon closer look they saw it was the body of the lunar dragon.
"We need to catch it with our powers! If it lands on the tower with this momentum it will demolish the whole city!" Amy said invoking her powers.
The other 4 copied her and the speed of the fall was decreased until the lunar dragon's body hit the tower's top softly, separating itself from Sonic's body in the process. The singed ones ran to their fallen leader only to find he had no pulse.
"No!" Amy whispered as she hid herself in Sonic's chest crying her eyes out. The team mourned for the end of their friend. Their leader. The end of a legend.
Until they heard a weak roar from the dragon. They all left Sonic's body and went to the dragon's head. They saw its blue eyes struggling to see, the life slowly leaving it. The dragon roared again even weaker this time.
"Save him? how?" Amy asked it with a spark of hope.
The dragon this time only growled. But they all understood it.
"Transfer your life force into Sonic?"
"Can this be done?"
The dragon released another growl.
"It is possible!"
"But if the dragon dies… its power dies with it.. our marks… will fade away." Tails said.
They all looked at each other. Their marks were what once had connected them in a common destiny. The tool to fight again the forces of evil that came after them time and time again.
"Indeed they will. But you know what? I'm willing to do it. We don't need those marks. They brought us together. But Sonic was the one who kept us together. He is far more important than our powers." Amy said
"But what if one day another great evil rises? How will we fight it?" Jet asked her.
"Like we always have. Together."
They all thought about it for a moment then nodded positively. They immediately brought Sonic's body close to the dragon's head. They all put their hands in the middle.
"Sonic" Amy wished with a low voice "come back to us".
Their marks as well as Sonic's started glowing. The dragon let out a roar and its body shined as it disintegrated into thin air. The energy unleashed by the marks entered Sonic's body who opened his eyes after a few seconds. They all rushed to hug him.
"What? How am I alive? I destroyed Nibiru. I should not have been alive".
"The lunar dragon gave us the choice to transfer its life force into you. And that we did".
"So it is dead. Then this means.."
They all looked at their still glowing marks as they were slowly erased from their hands leaving behind the healed skin.
"So this is it. Next time a new evil comes we will have only each other" Tails concluded.
"No buddy. Our destinies as the dragon's warriors have ended."
"Huh?"
"We were chosen as his warriors to fight the darkness. And we did. We saved you, the space time continuum, Miles. There is nothing more to save. So life ended the lunar dragon as it has no reason to exist anymore."
"Whatever it takes. It took the dragon's life. But I can live with it." Wave said.
"Guys I know this is a dramatic and epic moment… but I'm starving. That evil Tails wasn't feeding me. can we get something to eat?"
The whole team burst into laughter. They went to their favorite pizza place with everyone of their friends and their kids, and had the time of their lives, Miles taking the chance to announce Marianna's pregnancy to the rest of their friends who were still unaware. After bidding goodbye to Sticks who left to continue her job in the theme park as a shaman attraction, they all went home. Sonic and Amy put their daughters to sleep as Miles and Marianna decided to find a place to stay on their own and watched as Aurora and Evelyn slept hugging their new sister Luna.
"This is as close as it gets to a happy ending don't you think?" she asked him.
"Yeah. But I still wonder why our monsters given to us by the lunar dragon have not vanished.
"Who knows. Maybe it wasn't its power."
"No. I think that by dying it altered reality to make them simple cards printed just for us. They still have all of their effects regardless of how broken they are."
"Indeed. maybe our adventures are not over yet?"
"No they are. Yin and yan either exist together or none of them exist. Our powers are gone. No more evils should arise."
"Then we're back to normal after all these years."
"Yes it seems that way."
"Then let's go for a ride. I want to have a normal ride for once".
"Let's go baby."
They rode their duel runners informing any of their friends who wished to tag along. Sonic felt the wind on his face reminding him of the day he got his runner. It all started with the wind and ended with the wind.
Let's let the speed rule Amy!" he shouted as they accelerated to duel their friends.
THE END.
