CHAPTER 19
Revenge
Sally and the others decided to make camp where they were. Night had fallen outside, and the lights weren't working. They had made a small fire in the middle of the room using some scraps left behind by the Spinderella robot. Sally had busied herself cooking everyone a stew. It was the least she could do to contribute after everything they had done, once in awhile glancing over at the open door.
" Why do you think he hasn't come down here? " she wondered out loud.
Lupe was still unconcious, Bunnie resting against the wall. Antoine had bandaged himself up, and was tending to Lupe. A wet towel was placed over her forehead, and some makeshift blankets they had salvaged from the camps were used. He pulled the needles out now that they had done their work.
" She eez suffering from a heavy fever. I have slowed her heart to let her body recover slowly. I can only curse myself for never being able to learn zee arts of magic like her " Antoine said, furrowing his brows. " Even with all zee poison I was able to extract, there is still some her body is battling. "
Sally sat down beside him giving him a bowl of soup. After so much fighting they hadn't realized how tired and hungry they were. They didn't need to worry about Bunnie eating. Antoine was very tired from fighting Mr 8 Ball and needed his rest as well but didn't want to leave Sally alone. His eyes drooped, and nodded off beside Bunnie. Sally watched the fire burn feeling fatigue set on her. She looked over at everyone huddled together and gave a smile. ' I'm not alone anymore ' she thought. She threw a blanket over herself and curled up close, going to sleep.
She wasn't quite sure how long she had slept, but it was now the next day. The other were already awake still looking rather pale and worn out from their battles. Lupe was still unconcious with Bunnie and Antoine tending to her.
" How is she? " Sally asked.
" Ah, she eez improving greatly. Zee fever has gone down, and I've been able to get some food into her. She eez recovering far quicker than I thought. Très Bien! " Antoine said.
Bunnie's repairs had healed most of the damage done to her torso section. ' They all fight so hard, but do not complain ' Sally thought to herself. Just as heroic as back home, even if they are all slightly different. She turned her attention to the open door, the inviting darkness beckoning her forth.
" We should go " she said.
" Oui, our host has given us ample time to recover. He must be very strong, or very foolish " Antoine said. " Vwe must leave her behind to rest more. It will be too dangerous to move her just yet. "
" Sugah Lupe should be alright, lets just finish off this last nasty and find somewhere with a nice beach after " Bunnie said, half jokingly.
Sally bowed. " Thank you, everyone. I couldn't do this alone. Not again. "
Bunnie and Antoine put their hands on her shoulder, marching forth beyond the threshold. As they entered the next room all could be seen was pitch blackness. There was a sense of uneasiness and dread that seemed to fall upon them. As they wandered about the darkness they felt as if they had stepped out of reality and were now wandering lost in a void. For some reason Bunnie's infrared was acting up and she couldn't see any more than the rest. The silence was broken by a spotlight cutting through the darkness, shining on the middle of the room. Sitting in the center of the room was Mr Snively in his chair clapping dryly with a content smile. He was slouched forward, his top hat sloped downwards hiding his face.
" Welcome, I knew you all would make it. "
" Snively " Sally uttered, with venom in her voice.
" I knew you'd come back to me Sally. I always knew. " His voice was dry and echoed through the empty room. He didn't move from his seat, giving a mocking air of royalty towards himself at them.
" I'd bite my tongue, fétide méchant! " said Antoine, drawing his sword.
He cocked his head, as if just noticing he was just there. " You must be Antoine. I have heard so much of you. The doctor has had quite a headache over your stubborness. Your repuation preceeds you. "
" Ya'll listen up! We're pulling the plug here on this joint so move aside!" Bunnie commanded. Mr Snively looked at her, and began to smile horribly.
" You did bring her just like I asked. A job well done. But are you really set on fighting me? Did you already forget what I said I could do for you? "
She paused, frozen. He rose from his chair, walking slowly towards them.
" If you help me I can give you back your flesh permently; Derobotisization. Isn't that what you've always wanted? "
Bunnie looked down, unsure. It has always been her dream to become normal once again. But being a robot had its perks as well. Those precious nights during each month when she'd be temporarily restored were always a reminder of what she had lost.
" ...I.. "
" Bunnie! Don't listen to him! He's lying! " Sally snapped. " Why would he help you? He thinks nothing towards us! "
Mr Snively frowned, his smile weakening.
" Lying? If I was a liar could I do this? " He outstretched his hand and with a wordless chant he murmered, Bunnie's robotic body turned back to normal. She gasped and gazed upon herself. It felt real, it looked real, it was real. Then, he closed his hand and she returned back to normal.
" Now, if you help me out I will return it to you no strings attatched. "
Bunnie looked at him, desperate and uneasy. " W-what would you want me to do...? "
His grin spread wide across his face flashing his dirty teeth. Bunnie felt a kind of wrongness in her heart .He really did have the power to make her come back to normal but should she really trust him? He was a bad man, but this could be her only chance she would ever get to have her body rightfully restored to her. After so many things taken away from her, she needed this. Mr Snively outstretched his hand to her.
" First, give me your sword. "
" W-why do you want Harvy? " she asked, surprised.
" Don't do it Bunnie! Its a trick! " Sally warned.
" The sword will take you over once your returned to normal. You will not be able to wield it in that state. I can touch this sword and bend it to my will. "
Bunnie looked down distraught at her sword. She bowed her head and stepped forward. Sally grabbed her hand.
" Bunnie! Snap out of it! Its a trick. He's trying to trick you!"
She looked at her with confusion and unsureness. But then she narrowed her eyes and looked at him gripping the sword.
" Waitaminute, ah see what your doing! You say you wanna help me, but then why'd you let those people out there suffer and let those others try ta kill us! "
" I apoligize. I do work under Dr Robotnik I am forced to commit terrible deeds. I alone am not strong enough to rise up against my master. I knew you would all survive the trials that had been given to you by the castle. If I had stepped in they would have killed me. Please...I mean you all no harm. "
" You lying bastard! " screamed Sally. " You killed Tails! I'll never forgive you for taking him away form me! "
He growled and hissed in her direction, but he calmed and formed a smile again.
" Haha, misunderstandings I assure you. Now, if you just give me your sword I promise you by the word of a gentlemen I will make you normal again. "
She looked at Sally unsure of what to do. She screamed for her not to but she gave into his convincing words and handed over the sword to him. He eyed the sword with intrigue.
" Hahaha...an interesting shape it has! "
" Now...about your deal? "
" But of course. I always keep my promises. "
He waved his fingers over her in a dance like motion uttering a few syllables and phrases. Then a golden light shined over her and she was now flesh and blood once more.
" Oh mah stars! Ah'm whole again and this time for good! " she said with tears welling up.
His eyes sported a cold calculating look. " I'm glad you are happy...because you will be feeling anything but happy when I tear you in half! " he said with his voice changing to a horrible gargled demonic tone. She turned and saw him raise the sword up high and smash it to the ground, the spirit inside it letting out a pained scream before fading away.
" Ah, well. They dont make 'em like they used to " he said with a devilish smirk.
" You...! " spat Sally, angry to get at him but with Antoine holding her back.
" Y-you tricked me... " said Bunnie with tears streaming down her face.
" Did I? I gave you what you wanted, flesh and blood. But in your eagerness you seemed to have forgotten that a body of metal was much better to face someone like me! " He slapped her hard across the face. The force of impact knocked her across the room like a ragdoll.
"Bunnie!" Antoine was now furious and ran towards him. " Connard! "
" Begone! " he roared sending Antoine flying back. " You little peons are not good enough to even be eclipsed by my long shadow of greatness. Now go! I only want the princess. "
From out from the shadows came Mr Snively's personal bodygaurd. His name was Klown. He had very broad shoulders with clothing that was a mix of black leather and bright polka dots. He had a long skinny waist with a hardened six pack exposed. His hair was fiery red that flowed from each side of his head. His face was hidden behind a thick metal mask with small slits for eye holes. He held a long metal pole with a octagon shaped sign on the end for a fighting stick.
It shouted in a crazy bloodlust roar, attacking them. Lupe was down for the count and Bunnie's mind was lost and wouldnt be of help at the moment and all that remained was Antoine to fight off this beast. Things looked bleak indeed, especially since he was still weakened and fatigued by his battle with Mr Grim. As he fought it pushed him out of the room with the iron doors slamming behind them leaving Sally all alone with her worst nightmare. Mr Snively beamed down on Sally who stood there putting on a tough face.
" Why me...why do you want me! " she asked.
" Because, you remind me of someone " he said.
Sally was not sure how to respond. " I beat you before by myself. I can do it again! "
" If you're expecting things to go like before then I'm afraid the game has changed, Sally. You aren't going to leave me again. I won't let them take you from me! "
" You sick creep " she uttered.
" Now, now...you might change your minds when you see the suffering of your friends." He kneeled down into her ear and whispered. " I can send you home again "
" H-home...? "
He put her hand on her shoulder and turned her around showing a portal into Knothole Village. The Knothole she had always remembered. Thhe familiar straw huts, and the familiar large trees they had. Just the sight of that rich green village with memories of complete happyness was enough to make her burst but she held her emotions in check.
" How are you doing this? "
" I inherited the magical power of one far greater than any other. Come with me...marry me and I'll take you back to Mobius! The way it was before. "
Sally's mind froze. Did he just say 'marry'? As in, he had feelings for her? Is that what this was all about?
" I can see into your mind, and read your thoughts. I can see the life you had before you came here. I can also see the me that existed there as well. Tiny little man I was. Your world and this world is more connected than you know. You might even say it is the future that waits for you. "
" Even if you are telling the truth there's no way you and Robotnik could have been able to survive this long! "
" I used magic to survive, Robotnik used technology. We are both all that is left of the old world. Your world. You have this one chance to escape this hell, return to the home you desire so. Is that not what you want more than anything else? "
Sally looked him straight in the eyes, Snively feeling a sharp chill.
" What I want is the freedom of my people. What I want is Tails life returned. What I want is you and Robotnik to DIE!"
Sally had a large piece of a metal rod she had hid behind her back that she swung striking Snively square in the face sending him toppling over. The illusion of the portal disappearing.
" No matter what you do to us you will never win! I've stopped you once and I'll stop you again. "
He gave a crazy laugh. " I like your defiance! "
Sally flung herself at him, enraged. He floated back, dissapearing into the darkness and all she could hear was his laughter now filling the darkness from every direction. She tried to follow the sounds of his voice, lashing out punching in the darkness but she could not see anything or know where he was. She backed up trying to feel her way around in the dark. It had suddenly gotten cold. Very very cold. Her breath became visible and her hair stood on end. As she backed up he materialized out of the darkness behind her. He siezed her and held her up into the air kicking and screaming.
" Last chance. Submit to me! "
" Go to hell! " she screamed.
" I will have you inside me one way or another. "
His jaw unhinged itself, drooping down past his chest into a great horrible maw. His skin sunk down like wet glue and a long wet tongue snaked around Sally's body. Bunnie sprang from the darkness armed with Lupes hammer and struck him hard in the back. He released his grip on Sally and he gasped, choking on his scream caught in his throat. Bunnie was lost in a deep rage as she hit him again and again and then smacked him across the face knocking the glasses off his face.
" You little whore! "
His arm shot out and his fingers wrapped around her like a boa constrict. He slammed her to the ground and flung her like against the wall. She went down hard and her head slumped forward. Sally grabbed Lupe's mallet but when she turned to strike him he smacked it out of her hand. She turned and ran with him chasing after her. His jaw wide open with his tongue whipping wildly about.
" Come back my pretty! I have some gingerbread for you!"
Antoine was losing footing as Mr Snively's minion was pounding him into the ground. If Antoine had not had the shield he would already been dead. As Antoine would struggle just to keep up with blocking his hits, when the klown decided to pull a ' funny '. Moving at an unbelievable speed, the klown moved into a series of lightning fast assaults. Despite the speed that Antoine perceived, to the klown, the world was moving four times more slowly. Klown was now attacking Antoine's wounds, pelting them hard with his unorthadox weapon. He got in close and then kicked Antoine hard between his legs. Antoine lurched forward wanting to scream, his body meeting a thunderous punch breaking two of his ribs and sending him face first into the floor. He coughed up blood and staggered to his sore busted up legs, his kneecaps swollen. He held his chest, breathing heavily. He felt his broken ribs that hurt worse than anything. Breathing hurt, and could feel the break in multiple spots.
The creature enjoyed watching him suffer, laughing hysterically. Antoine stabbed his sword into the ground senting a blast of electricity shooting waves of lightning through the klown's body. This did not fell the creature, who stood there smoking and burnt, but still standing. It cracked its neck and ruffled its shoulders. The klown grunted and swung the sharpened octagon pole wildly, chasing the coyote down.
" Agh! Zees is becoming most gêner! "
He ran his heart out trying to avoid from being split in half by the thing. It weeved around the room chasing after him. Klown outflanked Antoine and was merrily punching away on his face. Antoine fell and rolled out of the way to avoid being hit by his weapon. He pulled it out of the ground and then with one swing smacked Antoine across the face sending him rolling aways. The more Klown fought the more he shook in a frenzy of bloodlust excitement. He was really starting to scare Antoine. Antoine tried to get to his feet but couldn't summon the strength, the world around him blurring. He raised his sword and fired out a blast which Klown smacked away.
Back down in the third floor Lupe began to awake. Her whole body felt sore but she rose anyway. She breathed hard slowing her breathing. She looked at her hands stained in her own blood. A cold shudder went down her spine. The bandaged wounds on her haven't had much time yet to heal but she couldnt sleep now. She had to help. She fought against the pain from her chest and her body still drugged with the poison. Every part of her body resisted the idea to move, but she ignored the pain. She wobbled her way up the flight of stairs, clutching the walls. ' Please do not faint ' she thought to herself, emerging into a battle already taking place.
To her left she saw Antoine being totally dominated by Klown and then to the right of her Mr Snively throwing Sally and Bunnie around like rag dolls. She had to help but she couldn't help them there was two already fighting Snively she decided to help Antoine first. Antoine layed sprawled out on the ground, unable to move. Klown raised his weapon to strike him down but Lupe leaped from the darkness. With a powerful punch, she shattered the side of its skull. It didn't even pay any attention to that half of its skull had just sunken in. It only grinned deeper under the mask. That really creeped out Lupe.
" What kind of monster is this... "
Antoine backed up against the wall. " Lupe! How are you to be able to fight in your condition? "
" I could hear your cries for help as I slept...I cannot remain weak and helpless " she said clutching her bandaged wound, breathing ever so deeply in pain.
Antoine looked down and saw drops of blood touching the floor. Before he could yell to her that she is too battered and weak to remain fighting the demon was on her. In a flash she swerved out of the way and delivered a shark kick to the side of him. She spun around and wrenched its weapon out of its hands and slammed it through the side of its head. The pole was lodged through its left eye socket, the creature drunkenly swaying back and forth. She pulled it free and sliced the top of its skull off. Blood shot out like a guyser but it still did not die. It came down karate chopping the steel pole in half and then back fisted Lupe away. She went down and could not get up. Antoine rose, raising his shield. The creature hammered away on his shield, but the coyote stood his ground. He ejected the sword blade, piercing the monsters crotch region. His mechanical arm then unfolded into a blaster.
" Vive la liberté! " he cried out, unleashing a great blast of power. The creature's flesh vaporized, and its body exploding leaving not but two burnt footprints of where it had stood. Antoine fell to the ground, blacking out.
Meanwhile Mr Snively had Sally in a choke hold with Bunnie crawling up his back attempting to land harmful blows to him. Mr Snively seemed to barely even notice her feeble attempts, letting out a horrendous growl.
" So you want to play with the big boys do you? " he snarled as his arm reached around and grabbed Bunnie by the ears. " I will squeeze all the blood from your ripe body. I will make your organs pop like grapes! "
He started to utter an incantation but was interrupted by Sally giving a sweeping kick to the back of his knee. He buckled, as she dove in wrapping her legs tightly around his. She twisted her body to the side sending Snively crashing to the ground, releasing Bunnie. She had him in a leg lock, trying to hold him down. He was too strong for her, kicking out. ' He is strong, but if I can wear him down then maybe I can beat him ' she thought. He rushed her, as she stepped to the side grabbing a hold of his fingers twisting them back. Mr Snively screamed in pain dropping to the floor again, as she snapped them with a loud crunch. Bunnie grabbed his arm and twisted it back, trying to keep him pinned. Sally ran up about to deliver a kick to his face when he rolled out of the way, breaking out of her grip. His fingers popped back into place and he grabbed them both, slamming their heads repeatedly into the floor.
Sally lay still on the floor, still concious. Bunnie had been knocked out, or possibly worse. Her head swam with pain, her body refusing to move. Mr Snively gave a cruel laugh, kneeling down over her. He stroked her hair gently to the side, grinning wildly.
" Silly princess, I could have given you everything you've ever wanted. If you had come quietly in the begining I would have never given you to Robotnik. I might have even let your friends live. " He thought that over for a moment. " Well, probably not. But you would have lived. Is it not important for the survival of a princess above all else? You would have done my bidding in my growing kingdom and in my bed. "
Sally spat blood into his face.
" You could never give me what I want! You are just black hearted as when you were a shrimp. "
His foot rose up and met her chin, her head snapping back. Her body sprawled backwards, her brain swimming in vertigo and pain. She coughed up some blood that was flowing from her mouth like a faucet now. She gave him a defiant glare. Mr Snively gave a delighted smile.
" Yes, thats it! That's the look I wanted to see. Defiant until the end, oh how fun it is breaking you in. "
Sally picked up Lupe's hammer that had been thrown near her. Her back was to the wall but she could not falter yet. Her friends were with her now. They gave her strength, and she could not die here. She waited for his inevitable approach, the hammer held tight. When he got in close she struck the ground as hard as she could, knocking him back in a huge blast. The flames parted, showing him seething in anger. She had hurt him, but only enough to make him angry. He had been burned all over, his clothes singed with his face badly damaged. He glared at Sally with the deepest of hate, chunks of flesh hanging from his burnt face. He outstretched his hand and sent a strange pink colored light towards her. Bunnie jumped up and leaped in front of Sally taking the hit. It reacted, transforming her. Somehow, her flesh and blood turned back into that of a machine.
" No! " Mr Snively cried.
" Thanks sugah " Bunnie said cockily. She smiled at Sally.
Mr Snively's face twitched violently in rage. These intruders had become quite a pain in his backside for long enough. Sally was not worth the trouble anymore. She had already humiliated him once. He had to kill them all, or else Robotnik would have his head. He had to make the transformation. The form he used back at the circus was not strong enough for all of them. He needed to use the emerald.
Snively roared, making the whole foundation shake all around them. Dust fell from the cieling, with loose blocks of stone smashing to the ground. The others looked on in shock as the black chaos emerald began to glow in his chest.
" You've forced this all on yourselves! "
Mr Snively's body seemed to turn to smoke disappearing inside the black chaos emerald, as it hovered in the air. Antoine and Lupe had managed to regain conciousness. Lupe was able to hastily make a tonic for herself and Antoine that gave them back a small bit of their strength and helped heal their wounds. It wasn't enough to fully heal them, but it dimmed the pain and sharpened their senses. It was made by a special flowers pollen mixed with the sap from trees, and a pint of alcohol and water. Lupe came to Sally, noticing her bloodied face.
" What is happening?! " Lupe asked, an edge of fear to her voice.
" I...I dont know..! "
Lupe made Sally drink what was left of the potion. Antoine joined them, fixing his arm back into place. He looked upon the jewel in horror, it spinning in place with dark flashes of red light coming from within it.
" Sacreblue...! "
" Is that...a chaos emerald? "
The black emerald seemed to open and what emerged was the mother of all nightmares. It was Mr Snively in his most truest hellish form. Hatched from his human looking shell was the real monster inside. It broke through the roof and ripped apart a good portion of the castle. His skin had changed to a blaskish tar like color with long horns emerging from his skull. Long twisted spikes jutted out from his shoulder blades. Mighty veins bulged prominintly all over. His arms had become monstrous pincers. Attached to him were two separate extensions of himself. Two sepatate creatures bonded at the waist. One was a dragonlike man beast with wide fins coming out the side of its face. His skin was like rock and had a muscular build to him. It's name was Spite. His lower torso was twisted into a long tangled mess of of cords. The other was a blue skinned creature. His form bore several black eyes with a wide crest on its head. It's mouth was located on its chest, an open hole filled with teeth. This creatures name was Malice. They both seemed connected by a mass of cables to the main body.
Two great wings floated behind Mr Snively's shoulders detatched from his physical body, but able to move them freely. All along his body were smaller feathery wings that twitched and flapped. From the waist down the rest of his body became a gigantic serpents body. In the center of his exposed chest cavity was the black emerald. Snively let out a horrified scream that seemed to electrify the very air.
" How are we going to fight that! " exclaimed Sally.
" There is always a way " said Lupe prominintly. " We have to consider every single option. Power is not everything. He is much stronger than before, but not any smarter. Power is fragile. Take away the right brick and the entire kingdom can come crashing down. "
" Zat eez all nice ma chérie, but I do not see how we can win zees " said Antoine.
" We can't run away " said Sally, staring up at this horror. " If we run he will chase us wherever we might go. "
Mr Snively began laughing horribly. " Hahahaha! You came to fight a man, and found a god! "
" Z'is was supposed to be about finding zee generator. Not zis battle royale! "
" The generator was moved from the castle and reduced to a portable device, my misinformed soldier. I have kept it inside my body that will only go off if my heart stops beating " Mr Snively responded.
" Well now, all we have to do is just chop down this nasty ol' weed! " said Bunnie, sliding her arm blades out.
His lower serpent body crackled with a black lightning off it. Mr Snively's tongue slid out and split into five slits, uttering syllables and words that were unspeakable with a normal tongue. The sky rumbled and then rained down black cross shaped spikes. They came down hard by the thousands. Bunnie and the others scrambled out of harms way ducking behind debris. They also had to avoid swings from his tail. Antoine dashed forward to stick his sword into the side of him but his very aura burned against his skin as he tried to approach him. Lupe sat cross legged bowing her head, starting a long chant.
Bunnie unloaded a barrage of laser blasts against him. She slashed against him, firing rockets blowing holes in him. None of it seemed to matter. He didnt flinch or show signs of the slightest of pain as the wounds sealed themselves up. The creature Spite roared and swooped down and landed a heavy haymaker to her. The things fist was about as twice as Bunnie but now that she was a machine again she knew how to take a hit and keep on going easily again. Trouble was, her sword was gone. Mr Snively grinned.
" You think you can harm me in this state? I am indestructable! "
A great blast shot from his empty eye socket hitting Bunnie like a ton of bricks sending her crashing back down again. He put out his arms and let out a unholy roar. It was niether human nor primal. If it could be described it would sound something like the unision of a thousand graves crying out from the ground. A red light came down on Bunnie, melting into the earth. The ground began shaking, with the light intensifying. A hot blast of steam, followed by bright volcanic magma came sputtering out.
" Bunnie, oh god no! " Sally uttered, frozen in shock. A single tear fell from her cheek. " Bunnie! "
" One down, three to go! "
" You insufferable monstre! How dare you! " screamed Antoine. Using his mechanical arm he launched himself into the air, climbing up the monsters body. The intense heat of the burning magma was wretched. His armor began to heat, feeling his skin burn but kept climbing up Snively's long snakelike body. His other half, Malice, kicked in and grabbed a hold of Antoine and held it close to its face staring at him with its seven soul piercing tryed to look away but when he looked into its eyes he went into a screaming frenzy. His mind felt like it was on fire, faced with overwhelming visions of incomprehensible suffering.
He took his shield and held it in front of the monsters face, trying to block out its hypnotic gaze. It saw its own reflection and howled in terror. It writhed around trying to scratch its eyes out. Antoine lost his footing, falling back down towards the lava. He managed to land on a rock saving himself from the bubbling soup. Mr Snively was trying to keep his distance from the hole he made, flinching at the sputtering blasts of liquified rock.
But then out of the earth came a miracle. Bunnie arose from the lava unscathed, her body a bright red hot. She was able to roll out of the attack and cling to the side avoid getting hit. Like a bright red ball of flame, she flew up at him delivering burning hot slices to his body. It still was no use. He kept absorbing her attacks with every wound made sealing itself.
" You cannot hurt me with those paper cutters " he mocked. Bunnie surprised him, taking a slash taking off one of his hands. He roared in shock, the limb crumbling down to the earth below. He grabbed Bunnie with his remaining pincer hand and squeezed down on her. She tried with all her might to try and break free but his grip on her was unbreakable. He was going to crack her open like a nut. He began to laugh till Bunnie smiled and raised her hands and blasted him in the eyes.
" AUUGH! " he yelled letting go of her. " You'll pay for that! "
He lunged for her a blast of white lightning shot through his arm, melting it off. Sally and Antoine jumped back in surprise as Lupe had finished repeating her chant. She had made a call to her powerful ancestors from beyond and now the power of the Wolf Clan was filling through her.
" Lupe...? " Sally asked, tooken back by her appearance. She pulsed with a cold white glow off her. There was a fog that seemed to be forming around her and if Sally listened closely she could hear whispers.
" Your crimes against life are legion, Snively. Your wickedness has gone far enough. In the name of the Wolf Clan, we condemn you to oblivion. "
Her voice was different. It had a cool tone, detached but many. Sally could only stare in awe at this well of strength she called upon from the great beyond. Snively reeled from the light, giving a terrified hiss. The two attached to him also seemed to recoil, shielding their eyes from the light.
" Just try it, witch! I'll kill you all! "
His two extensions sprung into action flying at her. She sliced off the arms of Spite with her light. Everyone was now working together. Bunnie fired off rounds of bullets at it with Antoine helping out by charging up his blade. He powered up as much as he could, firing a blast at the black emerald. He had noticed that had been the one spot that he was gaurding the most.
Spite moved in front, defending the heart. It took Antoine's attack, not doing much damage to its thick hide. Fire erupted from its mouth attacking Lupe instead. She hastily avoided the flames, strafing around him. Sally tried to get close to him to fight but Antoine pulled her back.
" That is not to be a good idea m'princess! You should be finding a safe place! "
" No! He has tormented me long enough. I have to see him fall! "
He was swatting at Lupe and Bunnie like they were flies. Bunnie was unloading everything she had at his face but all that was doing was making him angrier. Lupe unleashed a white blanket of light that burnt through the side of him, destroying the creature Spite. His wounds bubbled like hot mud that began to fill in, but that creature seemed gone for good. Lupe came at him he lifted up his hand summoning a wall of lava between them. He laughed insanely as the wall collapsed down upon them. Bunnie grabbed Lupe and flew back, the intense heat feeling unbearable. Antoine grabbed Sally in her arms and began outrunning the spill of lava rushing towards them. They climbed up to the collapsed roof, feeling the castle starting to crumble beneath them.
Sally gazed up at the black chaos emerald lodged into his exposed beating heart. It was now unprotected. With one of the gaurdians destroyed and his hands chopped off they could reach it.
"Lupe! The emerald! It's been protected all along, but if we can make a diversion you can get a clear shot! Antoine, Bunnie, distract him for as long as you can! "
" On it! "
Antoine took in a deep breath and plunged himself into the fire again. He ran up the side of Mr Snively's tail slicing at the side of his wings and taking stabs while Bunnie was attacking the right side of him this time. Bunnie concentrated with all her fire power on the cables connecting Malice to him. She gave it all she got and surprisingly, the cords severed. The gaurdian, now severed from its master broke down into a goopy red substance and dissapeared.
" Now they're both gone! "
" NOO! " Mr Snively screamed in outrage. " My gaurdians! " Lupe continued, sending wave after wave of powerful magics that tore through him. Pieces of his body were peeling away, the wings he once had now had corroded. Mr Snively's long nose cracked and fell away, his body crumbling to dust. No longer was he able to regenerate from his wounds. It seemed he was finished, but he had one last card up his sleeve. He put his hand up to the heavens and called down his deadliest attack. He looked down at Lupe, still glowing bright. " You think your powerful with your magic? You think you have won? I have a spell that will destroy you all! "
He threw his arms up into the air, the lava erupting all around him. Cracks of thunder and lightning rippling up and down his body.
" I call down the eaters of space " he commanded. Above him the very sky began to stretch and dip down like a drop of water. A great and terrible face apeared in the sky as it descended. The face looked like it was made of stone, the eyes burning like two suns. The sky changed, the night sky disappearing. Replacing was a great reflection of the ground, as if they were staring up at a living mirror. Whatever it was it wasn't pretty. As he was concentrating on channeling the spell, Lupe took this as an opportunity to attack. As she came near his heart a second skin folded overtop like an eyelid protecting his heart from harm.
He smacked Lupe away as the strange water like creature from the sky descended.
" You cannot oppose what you cannot see or feel. You cannot oppose the thousand-dimensional. "
Lupe took mad strikes at this unkown shape coming near them, but it passed through them like air. It danced like a jellyfish, bobbing and weaving through the air. Its shape changed, turning itself into a spinning disc. Suddenly their was a great pull of gravity underneath them. They felt a strong wind that began to blow upwards. They looked and saw the clouds rising. The magma from within the earth began to fly up at an incredible rate into the sky. Sally watched in horror as the cloudy ash filled sky was parting, the vacuum of space enveloping them. Whatever the thing was it was ripping apart the atmosphere. Gravity was being reversed, now repelling everything away from the planet. Mr Snively only laughed as the castle and the earth around them began to break off and fly up. Sally and the others all began to feel a great and terrible pain inside them, their bodies burning, their minds. They were filled with a horrible sensation described as an acid, terrible cold and a brilliant light. They were being eaten from the inside by the shapeless monster he had summoned.
It flickered in and out of the sky as their minds that had attempted to comprehend its form were fading. They were dying.
" What happend to all that gun ho firepower you all were throwing at me? " he mocked.
Sally slowly got to her feet and stood her ground. Mr Snively gasped. " How do you still stand? It's impossible! "
" I will...never...yield to you, ever! "
Sally was about to black out but not before something truly wonderful happend. She couldn't see clearly anymore but she saw a cloaked figure suddenly shoot by in a blue streak. It slammed inside Mr Snively, entering inside him. His body shook, feeling a lightning fast buzzsaw cutting through him. His heart was ripped from its resting place, forced through the other side of him. His spell was broken, the gravity and atmosphere restoring itself. The stranger who had done this had vanished as fast as he came. He let out a horrendous roar as he was ripped from the ground, thrown up through the atmosphere with other debris and was hurled out into the cosmic vacuum. The hole in the atmoshpere closed and everything seemed to return to normal.
The black chaos emerald fell from his body and shattered upon hitting the ground. The splintering shards turning to dust, their magical energy exhausted.
Sally was about to pass out until she saw her hero standing over her. Wearing those all too familiar red shoes with white stripes with a dirty cloak over himself.
" S-Sonic...? "
She passed out. The battle was finally won. Or had it just begun?
