54 - Hello, My Name Is...

Zonic puked saliva as he was tossed to the other side of the road.

He landed harshly, rolling to a painful stop. Zhadow instantly became hostile, but before he could move, he was sucker punched in the jaw. He was knocked into the opposite direction, landing just as roughly. Tails immediately yelled for everyone to get away from it, his face now fully angered. "Bastard...!" He yelled. He knew that thing wasn't to be trusted! "Knuckles, the back! Amy, the front!" He ordered quickly, revving up his namesakes to spin into a spiral to lift himself in the air. "Everyone get down!" He warned to the other soldiers. Vanilla and Rouge hurried out of the street, while Knuckles and Amy didn't waste any time to dry up their tears and move. Amy spawned her piko piko hammer, and Knuckles cracked his neck. They darted to both ends of the droid, with the echidna making it behind it and Amy running towards the front. They both had determined and angered expressions, not willing to let this thing ruin the small amount of peace they had left.

"Tails knew you were a traitor." Knuckles growled as he pulled back an arm.

"Not like we're surprised." Amy commented while jumping up and lifting her hammer.

"But don't you dare pull that shit with us!" The guardian roared as his fist was just about to collide with it's back.

"We've had enough of you antis, so do us a favor and PISS OFF!" Amy screamed as the surface of her hammer nearly grazed the head of the robot.

Tails at the last minute made another command. "Switch!" He cried.

Both the echidna and the pink hedgehog smirked. They did as the fox instructed, quickly switching places with Knuckles rushing from the side to punch, and Amy double jumping in the air to get to the back. Knuckles swung a fist into the robot's abdomen as a little payback for punching Zonic, and Amy made a diving swing at the spine of the droid, making a large dent. The robot stumbled a bit, and shot off powerful and deadly hot steam to get the Mobians away. They grunted in pain and jumped away. The minute the robot tried to move and run, Tails threw down a contraption directly on top of it's head. Suddenly, sparks of electricity surged throughout it, making it malfunction. It's head made twists and turns, and it's limbs and fingers kept bugging out. It was a quick little contraption of his that he made while in the bunker, he knew he needed something to use just in case this robot became hostile.

Then, like a rocket shooting off into the many atmospheres of space, it detached his arms and legs of the damaged body and the abdomen continued to hover forward with that hot steam pouring out of it's now empty sockets. But as it hovered away, it was given a harsh kick to the back. An ivory bat made an unimpressed look as she landed back on the ground gracefully with one leg in the air. Just because her wing was down doesn't mean she was useless. The robot fell down, but tried to hover back up. It's head moved from side to side, looking for something to help it get away. But that's when one of it's engines to keep it moving went out. It was beginning to fall.

A looming shadow appeared above Ms. Vanilla's head, cradling her daughter as she realized something was going to fall on them. She slowly looked up and panicked, but then clenched her teeth and fearfully swung her leg with a yelp to kick the hurdling robotic abdomen away. She stumbled back on her feet while holding Cream tightly, her eyes closed with fear. She then slowly opened one of them to see that she somehow managed to get it down. Tails and the others stared at the woman with bug eyes. Holy shit, did she really just do that? The woman then made a sheepish smile.

Then, dozens of No Zone soldiers stormed the street and made a beeline for the robot body. With their guns aimed, they carefully walked upon the droid. One of them cautiously stepped over and tried to lift the body up, until he was kicked across the face. He fell down, and the soldiers immediately began to shoot. Something from inside of the robot made a strange cyan flash, and that same flash appeared behind the crowd of soldiers. A figure was revealed, and they looked similar to a Mobian. They turned around and began to run as fast as they could, their legs going hundreds of miles per hour while leaving a cyan streak. That's right, this person was running just as fast as Shadow and Sonic! Tails' suspicions were further confirmed. However, there was no way any of them could catch up to them now. Not even Amy or Knuckles could catch up with that kind of speed.

That's when one of the soldiers pressed two fingers to their helmet and reported: "First and second lieutenant generals, a strange figure is running away from the scene!"

Abruptly, someone intercepted the stranger with a speeding royal blue streak of their own. It was Zonic, and he too was not happy. He skidded to a halt in front of the stranger, and didn't waste any time to sucker punch the daylights out of them. The force of his punch knocked the stranger back, causing them to grunt. Then, Zonic saw cyan energy concentrating in their palms. They could use chaos energy! The elite's eyes widened, and he sped away from the stranger to move back to Sonic prime's friends. If that person could use chaos energy, things could turn very ugly for everyone else. While running, he pressed his fingers against his collar and made an order. "Colonel Zespio, Colonel Zector! Aerial assault down town of Station Square, ASAP!"

From the other line, he could hear: "You got it boss."

As Zonic ran through the lines of his men, he ordered for them all to keep the stranger busy as he and his superior got Sonic's friends to safety. "Keep that interloper busy while Superior Zhadow and I escort Sonic prime's allies out of this area! Do not attempt to make an arrest, they are able to use chaos energy and it is far too dangerous to combat! I want no casualties!" He demanded as he made his way towards Tails.

The fox blinked at all the commotion. "Wait say what-Oof!" Zonic sped past Tails but grasped his wrist at the last second to get him to move forward in his direction.

Along the way, Zonic spotted the others, but his eyes remained on Amy. "Zhadow, get Rouge prime."

Zhadow suddenly sped onto the street with his jet boots that were eerily similar to Shadow's. "Roger." W-Wait where the hell did he come from!? Zhadow sprinted passed Rouge while scooping her in his arms while Zonic moved to scoop up Amy. "Knuckles prime, retrieve Vanilla prime." He ordered the echidna as they ran. The guardian didn't need to be told twice, and he immediately picked up both Vanilla and Cream. Tails continued to run along with them, wondering just what in the world was going on.

"W-Why are we running?! Shouldn't we fight-"

"Absolutely not, Miles prime." Zonic cut him off. "Considering the damage that's been done to your planet, we've no idea what that person is capable of. They could have been responsible for the destruction while Scourge was away. You are my prime's most valued friends and I refuse to let any of you get hurt on my watch."

Amy swooned while being in the commander's arms. "My hero~" She smiled passionately. Rouge meanwhile was for some reason blushing as she was being carried in Zhadow's arms.

Zhadow then received a transmission from one of their soldiers. "Sir! This person is far too powerful for us to handle alone! We need back up-!" It was cut off. He sighed and rolled his eyes. Weren't cadets good for anything anymore? He swore, Zonic was the only rarity among amateurs he'd ever train to perfection.

He sighed and glanced at his commander. "Zonic, how long on the assault?"

"It should take the colonels approximately ten minutes, as they were in other parts of the world before the attack."

"Really? That should be enough time to stall it-"

Zonic raised a brow. "-Or at the very least render it unconscious."

Zhadow smirked. "Precisely. Call it off."

"Yes sir." Zonic replied as he made a quick call to Zector and Zespio.

They made it to the outside of the GUN HQ, and they let down their allies from their hold. "You all stay here and do not follow us." Zhadow strictly instructed as he gently put Rouge down. He then cracked his knuckles and made a confident expression. "Leave this to the professionals."

Zonic looked at Tails and made a small smile. "I trust everyone will be safe in your hands, Miles prime. This'll only take less than ten minutes."

The kitsune just stared in awe. "U-Uh okay...?"

The two superiors saluted them and digitized their helmets back on their heads. They then bolted from the scene in the opposite direction, running just as Sonic would towards the stranger. Zonic held out a hand, a familiar nightstick digitizing in his grasp. Zhadow outstretched his fingers, a strange looking model of hi-tech gauntlets digitizing on his military gloves. They zoomed down town, making it towards their enemy. Their soldiers were strung out all over the place, injured and frustrated. A big amount of them was trying to dog pile on the stranger, but a cyan light blasted them all away, knocking them into buildings or street signs. The duo then knew what they had to do. They gave each other a look for a split second, before moving forward. They then separated, with Zhadow making a sharp right and Zonic continuing straight.

The figure tried to follow his movements, and prepared for a head-on counter attack. That is, until Zonic slightly shifted to the side to run right passed them. But just as he did, he jumped and dived forward, with his legs up in the air. His ankles then did the unthinkable, and hooked onto the neck of the stranger to pull him down with him. Zonic yanked him down to the floor, and rolled back on his feet. The figure grunted and quickly recovered by getting back up and charging forward with a punch. Zonic didn't dodge, but instead tightly grasped their wrist and stomped his feet into the ground to stop him from moving. He then swung his nightstick into his chin and neck quickly, using it as a martial staff before kicking them away. Just as the figure lost balance, Zonic dived down and grasped their leg with one hand, before turning and tossing their entire weight above him into the air.

Zhadow watched this unfold from a nearby roof, and he chuckled to himself. His little rookie still had that fighting spirit. He then ran and jumped off the building, before twisting his body and swinging his leg to spiral his body into the stranger. The spinning kick clocked them right in the head, causing them to fall down to the earth with a very loud and harsh thud. Cracks formed into the street as the duo then walked upon the body, their arms crossed or planted on their hips in triumph. The person they beat down twitched and groaned, their limbs not moving correctly. That was...Odd. Did they break some bones? No one's limbs moved like that. It was almost like-

...A robot.

Zonic and Zhadow digitized their helmets away to get a better look at their intruder, and leaned closer simultaneously. Then, their eyes dilated. Before them laying and twitching on the ground, was yet another look-alike of Shadow prime...

...Except, his stripes and clothing were cyan, not red.

Sparks flew from his arms and legs, and one of his eyes were completely pitch black. Perhaps it was damaged from the fall. Zonic was incredibly surprised, and so was his superior. They never, ever, heard of an anti-Shadow before. This had to be who this was after all, the anti-Shadow. It came from the anti-Omega so, that was the only conclusion they had. "Who," Zonic found himself whispering. "...Are you?"

"..." The anti-Shadow didn't speak at first. "...I am designated as Android Number Nine, or,"

It trailed off.

...

"Moebius' anti-Shadow."

"RRAAAAAGGHH!"

Ooh it was crunch time, now.

Hyper dipped left, right, up, down and even twirled upwards into the air to dodge the next upcoming attacks. Scourge was getting angry, and antsy. What else would he have up his sleeve now? His cute little katars were being spawned and tossed at him again in a last ditch effort to gain vengeance for his destroyed arm, but he still couldn't land a hit. This was still child's play, but Sonic knew that something else was coming next. And once it did, he'd take away that other arm and just keep going from there. That's when the giant monster held up one of it's ink dripping legs, before stomping it down onto the floor. With a loud growl, a twisted smirk grew on it's distorted face. Oh? Was this the next surprise he was waiting for?

And then, he got what he wanted. About one thousand small balls of scarlet light appeared in the air. With that evil black aura drifting around them, limbs began to form from within them. Digits, then fingers, palms and soon entire hands grew from them. Now, there were one thousand hands made of corrupted chaos energy floating around the throne room. Their fingers were crooked and long, like an old witch's with sharp nails. They stretched and wiggled, a strong desire to grab something and hold it so tight that it popped. The monster raised it's remaining arm forward, sending the many disfigured hands in Hyper Sonic's direction. Hyper was confident at first, until he misjudged how fast these hands would be. His smirk fell immediately once they plummeted towards him.

One automatically went for his neck, gripping it tightly. Another gave him a sock to the face, and a third made a left hook into his stomach. He coughed, but had no time to react or recover as another fist whacked him in the chest. One hand grabbed his right arm, while another seized the left making him unable to move. Two went for his ankles, and more just continued to attack him with sucker punches. The thousand of hands all dog piled him at once, and soon his body was no longer visible underneath them. The hands covered him from head to toe, twitching and wriggling against him. They were suffocating him, and poisoning his body with corrupted power. It burned, it hurt, he had to admit. This wasn't a good look, he had to get out of this. They had him trapped against the floor, he had to get them off.

Then, the floor shook.

And then, one of the hands were suddenly struck and stabbed against a wall. It was stabbed with one of Sonic's chaotic swords. A second hand was thrown off with a sword, then a third and a fourth. A fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, they were all being destroyed. No longer one by one, but dozens by the second. Soon, it was if a meteor shower of those scarlet hands were being impaled against the walls of the throne room with black blood gushing from each one. Hyper chuckled darkly as he struggled to push himself up from the remaining weight of the many hands. "You got magic hands, huh?" His smirk became a leer. "But I've got something better." He then inhaled strongly, his chest and stomach rising from the amount of air he just took in. Chaos, he whispered in his mind.

"...!?"

Breath.

Hyper opened his mouth wide, releasing a bone melting fire from the bowels of his throat. His feral fangs were visible as a strong energized blast shot out from between his lips. The pupils of his hot pink eyes became the slit of a dragon's, the flames of his breath being a multicolored smoking gun of blazing heat. The fire spread all throughout the room, burning and disintegrating every hand in sight. His breath was so hot, that any hand that was grabbing against his body instantly became beautiful white embers of ash. Hyper slowly stood up, spreading his arms wide as a faint but strange hymn radiated from the flames. The sound of this angelic battle cry caused the monster to wince and moan in pain. The stain glass windows reflected that fire breath, shining trillions of spectrums all across the room.

Then, every window cracked. A loud boom resounded in the room, shattering them all. That's how powerful the sound waves of Hyper's blazing voice was, that it would destroy the eardrum of anything that was able to hear it. The monster screeched, blood shooting from holes to which Sonic assumed were it's ears. It recoiled and held up it's one meaty hand to cover one of them, lowering it's head in agony. Now was his chance. Hyper Sonic ended his holy song and ascended in the air, before jetting towards Scourge with a chaos sword already materializing in hand. Hyper held up the sword, and with a yell, he swung down and sliced right through the second arm. He chaos controlled in front of Scourge at a safe distance, and looked upon his work. The monster screamed even louder than before, black blood once again shooting all over the place.

He made the sword disappear, and he once again smiled in triumph. Only two more limbs left. But then, a cut appeared on the side of his face. He blinked and watched hot pink blood drip from his face. Interesting, Scourge somehow managed to get a hit on- "Nngh...!" He winced in pain at a gash that suddenly appeared on his stomach. Pink blood began to pool on the floor. Impressive, he did more damage than he thought he did. Slowly, the wounds were beginning to close due to his very holy essence, but still, he couldn't deny that it hurt like hell. If Scourge had concentrated a powerful attack on him all at once, Hyper wouldn't be able to heal in time, and he could maybe kill him. But that would be if Hyper would give him another chance at that, which wouldn't be the case.

Now only able to stand on two...Black goopy things that were apparently legs, the monster made another frustrated roar. It's mouth hissed and drooled, it's many eyes glaring and blinking at him. It stomped on the floor, dust and pebbles of rubble falling down from the ceiling. What, was he throwing a tantrum? Or- Hyper looked up. And then one his eyes shut once something black dripped on his face. He frowned and looked closely, only to see large lumps of that black liquid fall down around him. They slammed down with black splashing against his sneakers. They twitched and pulsated, they were moving. What, was it more hands? No, it was thin. It looked like robe, or even ribbons. They were extending from within the goops meaning that there was a lot of them all over the room. They gradually raised up in the air, before sharpening and pointing directly at Hyper.

Like vipers, they came for him. But instead of trying to pierce his skin, they only wrapped around his limbs once again. What was Scourge's deal? Why did he keep trying to restrain him? Again, they were very fast. Sonic tried to dodge them this time by teleporting away, but one of them managed to snaked themselves around his waist from the back. They yanked him down onto the floor, with more of them wrapping themselves all around his legs and arms. It was almost as if they were forming a black body bag, and it was way more powerful than Shadow's Chaos Bind. Sonic couldn't even move a finger! He grunted, trying to his best to wiggle out of the restraints, but he couldn't. They were too tight, and they were making breathing extremely difficult. They raised him up in the air, placing him right in front of the monster's eyes. They were tightening on his limbs, and it was hurting. They could tear him limb from limb like this, because they were starting to pull. It was like being on the medieval torture device, The Rack.

Then, the monster opened it's mouth, it's ghoulish breath drifting against Hyper's face. He tried to look away, but the black binds forced his head to turn back. They wrapped around his muzzle, and soon his eyes. He wasn't able to breath nor see. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't breathe, he couldn't breathe...The ocean, he couldn't breathe. The ocean, he couldn't breath. The sea, the water, the pressure, no air. No oxygen, suffocation, asphyxiation. Under water, under water, he was born under water. The birth of Chaos Born, under water, underneath the ocean floor, the shrine in Christmas Island-

The ribbons suddenly snapped off of Hyper's face. He gasped loudly as his hot pink eyes began to shrink in slight panic at the danger. But then, he made another chuckle and looked up at his captor. He was going to say something cheeky, until the ribbons gripped his body even tighter and slammed him down on the ground. They didn't stop, either. They tossed his body all around the room, smashing him against the walls and floors as hard as they could. A few bruises showed up on his illuminating body, and his fur color turned red. Hyper's body hunched over, and his clenched his teeth tightly as he began to try and break himself free. Slowly, the ribbons began to tear and fall apart in embers. First, he ripped his arms through, then he kicked his legs out. He broke out from the restraints, he was free at last.

He made a big sigh and shook the black liquid off of his figure. The bruises on his body disappeared, and Hyper Sonic's eyes instantly glanced at one of his legs. An evil grin grew on his pale muzzle, and the monster flinched. He instantly sprinted forward, making Scourge panic and summon another attack with a snarl. He lifted his right leg, but instead of kicking, the leg began to morph into something else. Out of the monstrous inky skin that was now Scourge's body, grew some other kind of muscle. Soon, lips formed, and then stained teeth grew in them. An entire disfigured mouth appeared on the leg, as did another. They detached from the leg with it's black goop peeling off of them. The two mouths with scarlet chaos energy surrounding them, flew forward towards Hyper. Their mouths opened and closed constantly, their teeth waiting to gnaw on his body.

No lie, that was something one would only see in a nightmare. Hyper skidded himself to a halt and held up his hands to stop the mouths from coming any further. They tried pushing against the deity, and tongues extended from within them to lick against his body. Hyper gagged and turned his head away in revulsion. God, there was black saliva all over his body now. Then, one of them tipped upwards and made a move to lick at his neck. That's when his fur became a pure hot red, absolutely irritated. He grunted and gripped his fingers into the disfigured body parts. He then moved forward and began ripping the two asunder, literally. Black blood squirted onto his fur, but he didn't care. He just wanted these things dead and away from him. He stomped his foot on a single tooth from one of the mouths, cracking it apart. The mouths melted into black liquid, completely destroyed.

Then, Hyper chaos controlled in front of the monster's right leg, the very one that spawned the mouths. He spawned yet another chaos sword, and swung it across. Scourge howled, his monstrous body nearly toppling over and falling down. Hyper jumped backwards to get some distance, the black substance steaming off of his divine body. He frowned at Scourge, his hot pink eyes making a glint of aggression. What else would he do this time? Then, he heard the creature muffle a devilish chuckle. It's many eyes stared directly into Hyper's eyes, and that made Sonic flinch. No, he was going to put him in an illusion. It didn't matter how powerful Hyper was, Fleetway's power to control minds could still effect him if his will wasn't strong enough to fight it off. Of course being the way he is now, he was more confident than ever so he should be fine, but not if Fleetway wasn't holding anything back.

It was too late, Hyper couldn't look away. Besides, Scourge didn't need Sonic to look at him, it was vice versa. Once Sonic was in his sights, it was all over. Hyper closed his eyes tightly, bracing himself for what might happen, before carefully opening them back up. And then, everything was black. Where was he? Was he still in the throne room? No, this was just another one of Scourge's tricks. He was probably just still in the room, just mentally unconscious. Then, he saw something appear beside him with a glowing red light. He turned to it, and saw...Words. There were words, hovering in the air. And they were glowing with energy. It wasn't written in English, instead it was written in ancient Chaotic? How did Sonic know this? He didn't, but Hyper did, and he could just barely read it thanks to Sonic's ignorance.

It said:

MANIA

What? What the-

"Gah..!"

The hell!? They just turned themselves into spikes and stabbed right through his chest! With a grunt, Hyper yanked the projectiles out of his torso, watching his hot pink blood fall onto the floor. Then, he looked up. More words appeared around him. DEATH, OBSESSION, PERVERTED, DELIRIUM, DOLOREM, NAUGHT. He didn't understand, why were they appearing here? That's when Hyper realized what this power was, it was Scarlet Illusion. A powerful chaotic method of Fleetway's mind bending that was nearly impossible to avoid even as a deity. The ability went deep within your brain, revealing what you loved and treasured the most, until...

"Sonic."

"...?!"

Hyper Sonic blinked as he watched Shadow appear before him. He wasn't in his super form, though. Just another trick. He didn't even look like himself, his eyes were soulless and his body looked like it was being controlled by a lazy puppeteer. He just slowly walked towards the deity, his expression absolutely vacant. "I don't love you." He whispered. "You need to let go. Do what's best for the world, for the universe. And just let us all die." He said, his tone empty of emotion or life. The words that surrounded them, all jutted forward down onto Hyper to become sharp projectiles and stab through his body again. But this time, he just sucked his teeth and easily dodged them. Then, before he dodged the last one, he swiftly turned around while grasping it in his hand. He then shoved it right through the fake Shadow's chest, not feeling any remorse as he watched it cough up fake blood and fall limp. "You killed me so easily, I knew you didn't love me. No one can love a fake excuse for organic life-"

Hyper Sonic just kicked the body down while turning his nose up with arrogant disgust. "Shut up. You repulse me." He spat. "And what is this illusion? It's like Fleetway's not even trying, what a joke." He looked around the pitch black space. "And what is this? Your power should be much stronger than this. I should be losing my mind right now. Tch," He smirked and tilted his head while shoving his foot down onto the fake Shadow body, blood and bones crunching under his foot. Normally Sonic would never be rid of something resembling his lover so cruelly, but in this form, he didn't care. He knew it wasn't Shadow, so why would he show mercy? No, in this fight, he'd show absolutely none. He was done being the nice guy.

Then, Hyper played a nasty trick. "Spectrum Eyes." He blinked his eyes twice, making his hot pink eyes glow brightly in the dark. He looked around carefully, using his perfect eyes as a night vision to see through the illusion. "Where are you..." He murmured. Then, he caught something in the corner of his eye to the left. That's when he saw him, that monstrous form Scourge took on glaring at him with his many eyes on the other side of the room. Then, Hyper closed his eyes to turn the ability off before opening them back up. He raised his arms in the air, then posed as if he was aiming a bow an arrow. "Chaos Archer." And then, in white light, appeared a large set of a bow with a thick string, and an arrow filled with heavenly aura. He closed one eye, aiming carefully and directly towards Scourge. "Increase." He commanded, and instantly, many other chaotic bows and arrows appeared to aim in the air before him. Hyper glared at the many huge eyes decorating Scourge's body, and made his final demand. "Launch."

The dozens of arrows simultaneously shot long, sharp and heavenly arrows at towards Scourge. The arrows were all heading straight towards the monster's face. Scourge only realized last minute that Hyper was no longer entranced in the illusion, and his panic ended up breaking it completely. The fake Shadow body was gone, and the room was no longer pitch black. He tried backing away with his one remaining leg, but it was too late. Two arrows pierced his largest eyes, stabbing right through. The beast made a eardrum shattering scream, stumbling backwards and falling down onto it's back while wailing pathetically. Slowly, Hyper walked over to the creature's melting ink-blot body, and stomped his foot onto it's chest. He leaned down with a leer and rose a brow.

"Well, well well," He taunted. "Here you are, lying on your back and screaming like a child." Then, his hot pink eyes darkened evilly. "So hey, who's got no arms, no legs and is a total bitch?"

That sentence made the monster flinch. The hell? Sonic didn't talk like that, not even if he was overconfident. "Y-You idiot..." The monster growled. "I still have my leg-"

Hyper spawned a chaos sword and sliced his final limb in half. "This guy~" He sung sweetly.

"AAAAAAGHHH!"

Behind the building of GUN HQ, some harsh orders were being made.

A military boot shoved itself onto the android's shoulder against the wall. With a scowl, the second lieutenant commander demanded for the perpetrator to speak. "I will not ask you again, android, If you continue playing coy with me, I'll have my superior over here disassemble you, slowly." Zonic expression was void of humor or jokes, and it was twisted with both irritation and strong authority. The android only continued to glare at his captors, but still refused to speak a word. This stubbornness only annoyed the blue hedgehog even more. So, he leaned closer, his face having a new aura to it. His pupils were sharpened, his face wrinkled with a powerful and furious frown. "Oh, I see," He whispered to the android. "You're an android, so I assume you don't feel pain, is that right?" He leaned even closer, his nose nearly grazing the android's forehead.

A few feet away, Tails just grimaced at the No Zone soldier's way of interrogating. He was going to say something, until Knuckles grasped the preteen's shoulder. He looked at him and shook his head. In other words, let them handle it.

Zonic continued to speak. "You see, we have a device that was created by Warden Zobotnik for people like you. We've arrested many of your kind before from all over the galaxy, and they too kept their lips shut." He tilted his head slowly, his brows furrowing. "The device deconstructs and reconstructs all the mechanics that help move your body, and reinstall them to give you nerve endings. That way, you will have a nervous system, and feel every single thing we do to you." He whispered. "We could start with your arms and legs first, make our way to your skin. Strip you of your endoskeleton, and see what really makes you tick."

His lime green eyes stared deeply into the android's cyan blue's.

The android then turned away before sighing. "...Your threats fall on deaf ears, but perhaps it doesn't matter at this point if you know your situation." To this, Zonic backed up and gave him his personal space, crossing his arms and glowering at the hedgehog android to continue. "Listen well, because I will not repeat myself, no matter what you do to me."

"Fair enough." Zonic declared. He then glanced over at Tails and the others with a softer expression. "Come over here, Miles prime." It's funny, he looked so gentle the second he looked at Tails. He reminded him so much of Sonic, the way he'd give his enemies a callous look before putting on that charming and serene expression the instant he caught the eye of one of his friends. The kitsune did as he was told, and walked over to stand beside the two high-ranking officers. "You're very intelligent, and Sonic prime is your guardian. If what he has to say involves him, you should be the first to know."

Tails quietly thanked him for the consideration, and looked towards the anti-Shadow to listen well. The cyan striped android continued to look of into the distance as he began to speak. "I was the one who aided Tails prime during the destruction of Mobius prime." Once he said that, that made Tails narrow his eyes. So that cyan energy that saved them from the plane crash, that was him too. That weird illusion he was locked in, where that mysterious voice spoke to him about not giving up on Sonic, that had to have been him too. He showed him those flashbacks, encouraged him not to give up. But, why? "I made sure to keep you and your friends safe from harm, save Sonic prime from grief by preventing anything happening to any of you."

The fox unconsciously shook his head. "But, why? Aren't you our enemy?"

"In a way, I suppose I am." The android replied. "But do understand, that I want nothing more than for the anti-Sonic to fall to his demise just as you do, if not more." He then slowly glanced at Tails. "Though, I am also helping you. If you don't keep me online, Sonic prime may fail his mission."

Zonic frowned. "Why do we need you?"

"Because," The anti-Shadow said. "He needs to eat you."

The second lieutenant's eyes shrunk. "...What?"

"He needs you all for chaotic sustenance."

Hyper held up the chaotic sword above the blood spewing torso of the monster's disfigured body. "Well, I can't say it's been fun. Actually, this was pretty boring. But, you tried your best. I guess." He then shoved the weapon down through it's flesh, more black blood pooling on the floor. Hyper Sonic didn't even flinch at it's cries of pain, he just continued to sink the sword in deeper. And as he did so, a small smile crookedly formed on his face. Then, a dark chuckle rumbled from within deep in his throat. That chuckle became a loud giggle, before soon a full blown cackle. His hot pink eyes shined with malevolence as he watched the light drain from the monster's many eyes. "Ahahaha! Now this is fun!" He exclaimed. "This entire time, you've been tormenting me. Obsessing over me, using me, abusing me, killing me from the inside. But now, now it's you crying and begging for mercy!" The tone in Hyper Sonic's voice changed, and it no longer sounded like the hero at all. "What say you, pathetic rebellious delinquent, what say you now!?"

...

What?

Hyper Sonic instantly dropped the sword and furrowed his brows. What the fuck was that about? He never spoke that way, and he was never this merciless to his enemies, not even in this form. He looked down at his hands, and saw that all of Scourge's blood was all over his fingers. Oh God, what has he done? What was wrong with him? Hyper couldn't have been corrupting him, Hyper never corrupted him of his influence. Only Fleetway and Dark could do that, not him. His hands started shaking, what was happening? He stepped backwards away from the grotesque body, mumbling to himself. No, no this wasn't right. And yet, why did he feel no remorse at all? "Heheh..." He was perfection after all, why should he be worried about this? This was going all according to plan.

Suddenly, the carcass of that disturbing black inky body began to tremor violently. That demonic voice began to scream ruefully. "Damn you...! What's happening...!? No! NO! NO!"

Still laughing to himself, Hyper Sonic just watched sadistically as the monster died. "Hahahaha, hahahahahaha!"

"Y-You...You think this is funny!?" The monster cried.

Hyper Sonic snorted and laughed even harder. "Ahahahahaaa!"

"Y-You...!" And then, the monster smiled. "Dummy."

"Ahahaha-Eh?" Hyper paused. And then, that black goop splattered all across the room. The body had imploded on itself, destroying itself in an instant. The hell? Why'd Scourge initiate a self destruct button? That's when Sonic narrowed his eyes. No, was there another phase to this form? The hero rose his arm to his face and wiped his eyes from the black blood, just so he could refocus his vision on what was before him. Where that disgusting body once was, stood the silhouette of a hedgehog entrapped within a scarlet red aura. No! Damn it, he didn't think he'd have a third phase to this form! He should have known he'd have something up his sleeve, that fight was way too easy. Well no matter. Hyper tightened his fists and readied himself as the black substance steamed off of his blessed body.

The silhouette yawned and stretched his arms over his head. He then raised himself in the air, now floating, and leaned back to cross his legs. His eyes opened, and his hand became a fist to lean against his chin. His eyeballs were red, with black irises. His fur was as pitch black as the darkest void, and his leather jacket was tattered with rips. Scourge just shook his head with a smirk as he stared down at Hyper. "Did you really think you'd win that easily? Did you really think this is how it was gonna go down?" He made a sigh. "Oh Blue, still so naive. Then again, I'm not really talking to Blue right now," He tilted his head with a sneer. "Am I, Hyper?"

The hero flinched and clenched his teeth.

Scourge drifted back down to the floor and placed his hands in his ruined pockets. "Oh no babe, you still got a whole final phase of me to destroy. And trust me, it won't be as easy as it was the first time." Then, he raised a hand in the air. "Chaos Katar."

A blade plunged through Hyper's chest. The hero coughed up glowing hot pink blood, but that wasn't the only issue. Not only did Scourge catch him by surprise, but this was actually hurting. Like, really bad. Hyper gritted his teeth, and grunted as he yanked the chaotic blade out of his rib cage. He looked down at the wound, but then his eyes shook. His regenerative powers weren't working as quickly as they should have. No, this was pure demonic energy, this power was a level beyond Fleetway's full force. That wasn't good. This fight would actually be a lot more difficult than he'd like to admit now. Shit...Hyper growled as he glared at the hero's corrupted anti-double.

Scourge spawned yet another chaotic katar in his palm, and threw it in the air to catch it up and down. "What was that before about making me cry and beg for mercy?"

Hyper Sonic spat out a little more blood, before wiping his mouth and retaining his undaunted expression. "Oh don't worry," He said, the faint sound of Sonic's voice slowly fading back in his tone. "I won't fall for that again, and I'll end you for sure this time." He said as he gripped his fingers into the katar that previously stabbed through him, breaking it into pieces that disappeared in embers. "And believe me, by the end of this, you'll be crying and begging for mercy just like I said." He declared darkly.

The anti just rose a brow and smiled. "Whatever you say, mister hero. Now then," He spread both his arms out and beckoned for the hero to come closer. "Now come on then, let's get naughty." He licked his lips. "I wanna touch you with my real hands, feel your Godly body on my own. Heh, who knows," He grinned. "Maybe I can steal a kiss or two from you in this form. Or maybe," That grin widened. "I can fuck the daylights outta you and end the fight that way. I wonder how tight a deity's asshole is."

Sonic's eye twitched, and his hot pink eyes became inflamed with aggression. "Stay still," He commanded lowly.

Both sets of eyes from the hedgehogs met, a cosmic clash of glowering at each other with either frustration, or arrogance.

"I'll make this quick."

END - 54

It seems the final battle is almost halfway done.