It had been 3 days of running until they finally made it back to the city. It had certainly seen better days, with weathered and cracked buildings toppled over. "Follow me." said Spinner as he ducked into a sewer grate, and Eamon followed close behind. Spinner led them down the sewer until they made it to a small community, what Spinner called "The Resistance". Immediately Spinner called a meeting to order "Everyone, I've found the Chosen one! Look over here!" Spinner shouted and a crowd gathered. Spinner made an aside to Eamon "Take out that emerald of yours, show 'em that we're not just making this stuff up!" Upon hearing this Eamon took out the MEGA emerald out to show it to everyone. The crowd's reaction was that of disbelief and shock, but soon turned into thunderous applause. Spinner turned to Eamon "Look at what you've done, you've inspired this entire resistance." Eamon blushed "But I'm just humble old me." Just then a body leapt out of the crowd and right in front of Eamon and said nothing but "Oh my goodness", it was Mario, weathered from years of battle he stood with his long, droopy mustache. " How did you survive? And what about Yoshi, he was on your side when the plane split." Mario seemed curious and Eamon replied "Yoshi wasn't able to make it, without any fruit to eat he starved to death in 3 days, as for me, I suppose the MEGA emerald inside me kept me alive, like it wanted me to find Spinner here." Mario looked thoughtful then responded " I'm just glad you're here, and with that MEGA emerald too. Bowser and Eggman managed to snag up the other 6 MEGA emerald, but haven't managed to make use of them. I've heard rumors they've been experimenting with machines to extract their power." Spinner interjected "With 6 MEGA emeralds in one spot, all we need to do is break in and Eamon will have all 7!" The whole group began to get excited at the thought. "What are we waiting for then, let's get going!" Mario chimed in "I'll bring Luigi too, there can never be enough people to help". So Eamon, Spinner, Mario, and Luigi all went off to confront Bowser and Robotnik. Looking around outside Eamon asked "How far is Bowser's Castle from here" Spinner replied "Right in the center of the city. From here to there is about 2,000 miles." Mario was surprised "2,000 miles, we'll never make it there!" Spinner waggled his finger with a lot of 'tude and said "Not so fast my fine italian friend. Remember, even a single MEGA emerald possesses incredible power and Eamon can indeed utilize this power." Eamon was shocked "What? Like how?" Spinner replied "Just try it out and you'll see." Eamon then focus all of his energy, beginning to feel an intense power in his chest, he shot up high into the air "Wow, I can fly!" Eamon said, zipping around the air. Eamon lowered himself onto the ground and all of his friends jumped onto his back. Then they flew off to confront their foe...
Meanwhile in Bowser and Eggman's lair, things weren't going so well. Each of the 6 MEGA emeralds were neatly arranged in their own capsules as Robotnik smashed his head against a nearby desk, sobbing profusely. Bowser stormed in, upset with his incompetent ally "GRAHHH, 9 whole years and we've made no progress on these MEGA emeralds! What are we going to do when "He" comes back." Eggman continued to sob, offering no help to the situation. In a panicked rage, Bowser demolished half of the lab room "Anyways," Bowser continued "How is our other plan, to use Sonic and Tails to our advantage?" Robotnik replied this time "Well, as you may or may not know, a robotisizer can only transform a living being. However I have been building a robot suit for both Sonic and tails, for when their souls are transferred inside, they'll become our eternal slaves, WAHAHA-" Bowser interrupted "Uh, Eggman?" Eggman looked displeased "What, it better be important, you interrupted my evil laugh, you know?" But all Bowser had to do was point and Robotnik got the message. It was Eamon and his pals flying towards the window. Upon breaking in Eamon, Spinner, Mario, and Luigi spread across the room and cornered Bowser and Eggman. Eamon thought to himself "Man that's where I would like to be." Robotnik made a devilish smile and said "Not so fast!" before summoning a horde of evil robots and promptly running out of the room while flailing his arms. Spinner shouted at Eamon "Quick, we'll handle these robots, you take Bowser!" Eamon nodded his head and charged at Bowser. At first Bowser had overpowered him and was about to body slam him, but using the MEGA emerald, Eamon threw Bowser into the air and blasted him with a laser beam fired from his chest. Bowser got up and said "So this is the power of the Chosen One? Impressive, but you'll have to do more than THAT to defeat me!" After this Eamon and Bowser continued to battle, until Eamon had the upper hand. However Bowser just smiled "Hold on, what about your friends?" Bowser said as he pointed to Eamon friends, all captured by the robots "I'm... sorry Eamon..." Mario said. Eamon stopped for a second, considering his options before yelling "STOP, ok I'll surrender... just don't hurt my friends." Bowser laughed and approached Eamon... Just then, the laboratory started to shake. It was like a storm had been raging inside the room. Everyone looked confused when a giant gaping portal opened up and a mysterious figure lunged out. It knocked Bowser out of the window and into the lava moat below, burning him alive. Eamon was flabbergasted and about to thank the mysterious figure for saving his life. However before he had the chance, the mysterious figure's eyes began to glow blood red, and the 6 MEGA emeralds that had been in their tubes broke out and were absorbed into his body...
TO BE CONTINUED...