Episode 12: Chaos is Power From the Hearts

Outside of the ancient ruins, a Warp Ring opens and Sonic along with the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix exit from it. Knuckles looks to see the ancient ruins close by and stares at the tallest one.

"Haven't been here in a while," Knuckles says.

"I know how you feel about this place, but Sun's life depends on us going in there," Julie-Su says.

"I know," Knuckles says.

Soon enough, Knuckles leads the others in front of the door to get into the ancient ruin.

"Alright, let's go in there and get our friend out," Sonic says.

Meanwhile, Eve and Tails find themselves being confronted by dingo robots and cameras with lasers on it.

Sun turns to Tails, "Tails, help get my geode and my bracelet on."

"Okay?" Tails says, but confused.

"Trust me on this. It might be our only way to escape," Sun says.

"Alright," Tails says.

Tails grabs the geode necklace and the bracelet. He puts the bracelet on Sun's right arm and place the necklace around her neck.

"Thanks Tails. Now stand back. This is going to be tense," Sun says.

Sun then activates her Sonic geode and goes super speed. Sun the spin dashes one of the dingo robots. Then uses her fire power to burn them. The lasers then begin to fire. Sun uses her geode transform and fly around the area using her wings. With the super speed, she is able to fly super fast.

Sun turns to Tails, "Tails! Run!"

"Okay," Tails says.

Tails soon begin to run down the hall. Sun then activates her Knuckles Charm and begins to smack the Dingo robots and the security camera. Sun then grabs one of the cameras out of the pole and uses it to blast the cameras out of commission.

"Keep running!" Sun screams.

Tails does what Sun says and continues to run as fast as he can. Sun then uses her Tails charm to create tornadoes with her rings and sends the dingo robots spinning. Just then, the door in front of Tails is beginning to close.

"The door's closing!" Tails panics.

Sun quickly flies down and uses her super speed to grab Tails and flies under the door before it closes.

"Nice flying Sun," Tails says.

"Thanks. I kind of learned how to fly from a few friends of mine," Sun replies.

Sun looks at the front and notices a different room in the building. Soon, they look to see the room only has a few crates and steel boxes and machines. They soon notice a steel door in front of them.

"This must be the way out," Sun says.

"Yeah, but how are we going to get out?" Tails asks.

Sun then uses her speed to spin dash the door, but she bounces off and lands on the ground.

She rubs her head and says, "That door is very hard."

She stands up and says, "Maybe I should use my fist."

Sun activates her Knuckles Charm and slams her fist at the door, but it does work, either. She then activates her Amy Charm and uses the hammer to smack the door. Sadly, it doesn't work either. Sun then uses her geode to fire her flames at it, but nothing.

Sun sighs, "This door is very strong. I don't see how we can ever get out of here."

"Maybe there's a computer or something I can use to hack the system," Tails says.

"You can do that?" Sun asks.

"I believe so. I just need to find it and my computer skills can do the rest. I'm kind of an expert when it comes to computers and machinery," Tails says.

"That sounds cool," Sun says.

Tails looks around, "We just need to find it and get out of here."

"I don't think so," A voice says.

Sun and Tails turn to see Finitevus standing a short distance away.

"Where did you come from?" Sun asks.

"He probably used his Warp Ring to get here without us noticing," Tails says.

"Great," Sun says.

Sun takes the bag off and passes it to Tails, "Tails. I need you to go hide behind one of those steel boxes. Stay behind there until I deal with Finitevus."

"But Sun…" Tails says, concern.

"You need to keep the emeralds safe and see if you can find a way out," Sun says.

"Okay," Tails answers.

Tails takes the bag with the Chaos Emerald and hurries behind the box.

Sun then turns to the Echidna, "Alright. I'm only going to tell you this one time, open the door and let us out, or are we going to do this the hard way."

"You sure are a stubborn girl. However, leaving is no longer an option, especially for you," The echidna scientist says.

"Fine. Hard way then," Sun sternly says.

Sun then uses her Tails Charm to create Tornado and attack Finitevus. However, Finitevus then uses one of his Warp Rings to enlarge in front of him. The Tornado comes right through it.

"Huh?" Sun replies, confused.

Sun quickly turns around to see the Warp Ring from behind. Sun quickly moves off the way for the tornadoes to come out.

Sun thinks, "That might not work. I'll have to use close combat."

Sun then activates her Knuckles Charm and creates her spiked fist. She tries to punch Finitevus, but again, he uses the Warp Ring to repel the attack. Sun then uses her Amy Charm to create her hammer with the medallion. After that, Sun slams her hammer, but Finitevus uses the Warp Ring against her. Sun moves back and decides to use her spin dash to attack him. Finitevus smirks and uses another one of his Warp Rings to place in front of Sun. Before, Sun can stop, she goes right through the Warp Ring and appears on the other side of the echidna. Then Sun ends up getting hit to the wall… rather hard. Sun has her back against the fall as she sits on her knees in pain.

She holds her left arm, thinking, "My arm… banging into that wall really hurt my arm."

Sun turns her head in front to see the white Echidna scientist walking towards her.

"Well, you surely put up a fight, but enough is enough," Finitevus says.

He presents his hand that is emitting dark Chaos Energy. Before Sun can move, he fires it at Sun and she is soon struck by it. Sun screams in agony to feel the pain of this energy. Tails gasps in shock to see Sun is hit and now she isn't able to move.

Sun struggles as Finitevus' dark Chaos Energy surrounds her body and being pinned to the wall doesn't help either. Sun turns her head to see the Echidna walking towards her with a glowing black aura around his hands.

"You cannot escape from me that easily. This Chaos Energy is specially made to temporarily stun who I used it on," Finitevus says.

Sun tries to move, but the Chaos Energy is very strong and it's preventing her body from moving and inch. Sun still has her back against the wall and tries to move her limbs. She can barely flinch her fingers. She watches as Finitevus walks towards her and is at his mercy. Tails remain hidden to see the echidna walking towards her. The echidna scientist bends down and places his hand on Sun's forehead.

He says, "Just relax, it will be over before you know it."

Just then, Finitevus uses a strange Chaos Energy to send to Sun's body. Sun tries to struggle to remove his hand, but her body is still unable to move. Sun eyes wide open to become completely light. Sun is fully able to understand how Finitevus is able to corrupt Knuckles into becoming Enerjak.

She suddenly hears Finitevus' voice, "You are more than just a human girl. You have incredible abilities. I can make you more powerful than anyone, including that girl… Glittering Sparkle, was it?"

"But… but… how… How do you expect me to cleanse Mobius?" Sun asks, struggling to keep control.

Then asks, "And… how will… you… you know it will work this time?"

"Seem that you do have the right to know, not that you'll remember after it. I suspect that you might have strong potential to become Enerjak," Finitevus says.

Struggled and confused, Sun asks, "Enerjak? But what can you expect to turn me into Enerjak? I'm a human girl not an echidna."

"Well… I'm not exactly human," Sun thinks.

"That may be true, but allow me to clear up some clouded information for you," Finitevus says.

Then explains, "Enerjak is an immortal being that exists in the Chaos force itself. Those with a strong connection to the Chaos force can take his form and through him use its limitless power in any way they wish. Knuckle's ancestor Dimitri was just another vessel. He desired to conquer the world, and would have succeeded if not for his own arrogance. I called upon Enerjak to cleanse the world for me. But… that didn't work out as planned."

"Yes. Dimitri told me about that. You hexed the Master Emerald and turned Knuckles into Enerjack, but his father broke the hex by sacrificing his life so his son can be free from Enerjak… and from you," Sun says.

Finitevus chuckles and says, "To be perfectly honest, I knew he would not be able to break the hex without surpassing his mortal limit, but his ultimate fate is something that I am unsure of. After seeing your battle, I can conclude that he was absorbed into the Chaos force and became part of the Master Emerald."

"But why? Why would you do all this?" Sun asks.

"You probably know this. I wish to cleanse this planet from the corruption that plagues it, especially that of my race. Of course, I have my work cut out for me. I could have carried out my work and finished my experiments if not for your friends' meddling," Finitevus says.

"But… why do you want to 'cleanse' the world?" Sun asks.

The echidna sighs as he uses his powers on Sun, "Very well. It began in Albion. I was a young, brilliant scientist with aspirations to change the world. I had never left until after I obtained my doctorate, and it was then I discovered Mobius was a mess. Dr. Ivo Robotnik owned much of the world, and dozens of groups of Freedom Fighters fought to dethrone him. The world… and still is… locked in a bitter endless stalemate. Even with that knowledge, it wasn't until later that I realized the full extent of our problem. Not long after, I became aware of Knuckle… Condition."

"Condition?" Sun says, confused.

"I suspect Knuckles never told you about it, but that is for another time. My team and I were tasked to solve the problems before it began, and thus we made the Chaos Siphon," Finitevus says.

"Chaos Siphon?" Sun says, confused.

"Yes. The Siphon was, inadvertently, a brilliant success, after scientists seek to gain knowledge, and now I had an unlimited supply. As I absorbed all that energy, I saw visions of past, present, and future… but chief among them was the utter destruction of Mobius. Neighbor murdered neighbor, friend turned on friend, and families fought to the death. Eventually, nothing remained of the planet but an empty broken husk. All of this would be brought to pass but the very people I had wanted to help. My purpose became abundantly clear: purge the world so that life may continue. I began to see Albion for what it truly was. A filthy lie. A so-called 'Haven' that excluded all those not of our kind. That is where my cleaning began."

"That… that was your reason?" Sun asks struggling under the Chaos Energy.

Sounding bitter, Finitevus says, "Yes. However, I have failed thanks to your friends. When the planet burns, and everyone you know and love violently dies before your very eyes… remember this moment, and how everything I did was to save them…"

He then gives her a creepy smile on his face, causing Sun to feel wary and she feels the Chaos Energy flowing through her body.

Then continues, "Or you could join me. We can cleanse this world together! We can even save those you hold dearest! In the grand scheme of things, our insignificant little era is a worthy sacrifice for the ultimate survival of all. The true greater good…"

"Join me and we can bring to pass a prosperous future for all!" He adds, placing his hand on Sun's shoulder.

"There is much that I can teach you. The true nature of Chaos Energy, a way to help your friends, the possibilities are never ending! Please, Sun… you must see, tragic though it may be," Finitevus says

He then leans to Sun and whispers, "There is simply no other way."

Sun doesn't know what to think. She knows that it's wrong, but she doesn't know why… she seems to be compelled to Finitevus' goal. Unknown to Sun, her geode necklace begins to glow a little. Suddenly, Sun remembers her friends and family back home. She remembers the good times, the bad times, and all the magical times. She remembers how she helped others find a different way and welcomed friendship into their lives. Despite all the challenges, the evil magic, and all, Sun is able to stick to her beliefs. Sun opens her eyes and they begin to flicker as they try to return to its colors.

Sun stammers, "I… I…"

Soon enough Sun manages to say, "I… I can't…"

"What do you mean you can't?" Finitevus asks, confused.

"Because… because it's not right… it's not me. I may not have been on Mobius for long, but I learned there are good and bad in this world like any other. Then again, that's just part of our worlds. You can't destroy the world just so everything can turn out better… it's wrong! Rather than fight the future of death and pain, you work for it. You've become no better than those you seek to destroy. And I can't accept that kind of destruction for some promise about my friends…" Sun says.

Sun manages to move her hand up and holds it close to Finitevus, "Even if it is true!"

Sun then uses her Tails charm to fire a tornado at Finitevus and sends him back to the ground. Tails is surprised to see Sun is able to break away from Finitevus. Suddenly, he notices a strange glow from Sun's bag, and takes out the red Chaos Emerald.

"What… what's going on?" Tails asks, holding the emerald.

The echidna scientist gets up and glares at Sun as she is trying to get up, "You little brat…"

Sun stands up and sternly says, "I'm not going to allow you to control me to hurt innocent people. That's not who I am. It is my duty as one of the princesses of Equestria to protect people and to fight those who seek to destroy them," Sun says.

Sun clutches her hands and Chaos Energy red and yellow color Chaos Energy.

"I made a promise to Sonic and his friends that I will not only free their friends from the Chaos Emeralds, but to also help protect their planet as long as I'm in this world. And I promise my friends that I will return home to them. And I will continue to live up to my promise and stop those who want to bring harm to anyone. I will protect this world no matter what," Sun declares.

Suddenly, the red Chaos Emerald glows red and cause Sun and Finitevus to become shocked. Tails is especially shocked to see the Chaos Emerald glowing bright. Just then, two orbs fly out of the Chaos Emerald. One lands on Sun's bracelet and it turns into a black hedgehog shape with black stripes. Then another lands in front of Sun.

At the same time, Sonic, Knuckles and the others hurry down the hall to see the red light.

Knuckles asks, "What's going on?"

"I've seen this. This is when one of our friends is going to come out," Sonic says.

The light disappears to reveal a black and red hedgehog wearing black, red, white and yellow, shoes, white glows, and both his wrist and ankles are gold bands. Some of the quills are curved up.

Sonic becomes shocked, "I… I don't believe it… Shadow."

Sonic and the others become shocked to see who it is… it's Shadow the Hedgehog.

Sun continues to look at the black and red hedgehog in shock to see him. The black hedgehog turns to see Sun and looks at her with his deep red eyes. Sun doesn't fully understand, but she sees deep anger and yet, deep sadness in his eyes.

"He looks almost like Sonic, but I can tell he's very different. Why do I sense deep sadness in his eyes? A sadness for someone he held dear that is now gone," Sun thinks.

The next moment, Sun falls to her knees on the ground. Her body begins to feel numb and her legs are barely able to move. Her injured arm hurts badly that it's hard to move it slightly.

Sonic surprisingly says, "Sun."

Sonic kneels to Sun and asks, "Are you okay?"

"Sonic… it… it's great to… see you… I'm fine… just tired. Well, it's because Finitevus he… well…" Sun says, having trouble finding the words.

Knuckles glares at the echidna himself, "Finitevus."

"Hello Knuckles," The echidna scientist says, showing a smirk on his face.

"You're sick Finitevus! What did you do to Sun?!" Knuckles demands, bitterly.

"Just simply wanting her to join me with my little project," Finitevus answers.

Knuckles clutches his fist, "So you did try to corrupt her!"

"However, things didn't go as planned. The girl has a strong resistance to my Chaos Energy. As to admit, the girl has a strong and stubborn potential" The echidna scientist says.

Knuckles grits his teeth and clutches his fist in anger, "So you abducted Sun so you can use her for your dirty work."

Sonic angrily says, "You have no right to use Sun like that."

Just then, Shadow walks forward and says, "I'm not aware of what's going on, but I'm willing to bet you're responsible for this girl's exhaustion and in so much pain."

Finitevus smirks, "Well, it looks like you have your little friend back, so there's no reason for me to remain here any longer."

Finitevus then takes out one of his Warp Rings and tosses it on the ground. That enlarges and begins to walk through it.

Before he leaves, he simply says, "Another time, perhap."

Knuckles runs over to attack Finitevus, but the white echidna has already walk through the Warp Ring and it disappears. Knuckles stops in his tracks to see the Warp Ring gone, and the white echidna disappeared.

"He got away," Knuckles says, gritting his teeth.

Just then, someone places a hand on Knuckles' shoulder. He turns his head to see Julie-Su with a calm smile on her face. That manages to calm Knuckles down. He turns his head to see Sun sitting on the ground feels very tired.

Rotor walks up to Sun and picks her up, "Are you okay?"

"I think so. My body feels very weak and it hurts, but… what about Tails… is he?" Sun says, feeling tired.

"Sonic!" A voice calls out.

Sonic and the others turn their heads to see the twin tail fox coming out of his hiding place and happily flies over to see his friends with the bag of Chaos Emerald.

"Tails!" Sonic happily says and runs to his buddy.

The two give each other a hug. Since they have a brother sibling relationship, it's very good for them to see each other again.

"It's great to have you back buddy," Sonic says.

He then grabs Tails and gives him a ruffle on his head.

Tails laughs, "Cut it out! I'm glad to see you, too."

Sonic then stops ruffling Tails head and places him back on his feet.

Tails asks, "Is she going to be okay?"

"I think she'll be fine. We need to get her to a doctor back in the city," Rotor says.

"You're right Rotor, she looks very tired and received a lot of injuries from Glittering Sparkle," Sally says.

Bunnie places her hand on her head, "Poor sugarcube. She's been through a lot. First she got separated from her friends and family from heer home world. Then she was badly injured by that Glittering Sparkle, and now this."

"Oui. That is too much for ze little girl to handle," Antoine says.

"You gotta admire her spirit," Knuckles says.

"Yeah. She looks very tired and is badly hurt. We need to get her some help," Silver says.

As everyone gathers around Sun and talks about her condition, Shadow can't help but stare at Sun.

"There's something familiar about her. Why does she remind me of her?" Shadow thinks.

"Yo Shadow," Sonic calls out.

Shadow turns his head to see Sonic who has a grin on his face.

Shadow groans with an annoyed expression and says, "Hello Sonic."

"Glad to see you're free from the Chaos Emerald," Sonic says.

"I was where?" Shadow asks, sternly.

"It's a long story, but we'll explain everything once we get Sun to a doctor," Sonic says.

"Fine," Shadow says.

Hours later, at the Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital in New Mobotropolis, Sun is laying down in the medical bed and has new bandages where her legs and right arm are, and a cast on her left arm. She even has a bandage wrapped in her head. Sun sighs to know that she is officially stuck in the hospital for a while. Just then, the door opens, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Cream and Cheese, and Shadow are the first walk into the room. Sally and a Mobian duck doctor known as Dr. Quack walks in the room.

"Hey Sun, how are you feeling?" Sonic asks.

"I'm a little better. Thank you," Sun says, showing a smile.

Cream then brings a bouquet of flowers in a vase "I'm glad you're feeling better."

She then places the vase of flowers on the table, "I brought you some flowers."

"Thank you Cream. They're very pretty and you're very sweet," Sun says.

"You're welcome," Cream says.

"Chao Chao," Cheese happily responds.

Sally turns to Dr. Quack, "How is she?"

"Well, your friend has a lot of sprains and bruises on her and her left arm is badly broken. She'll need to be in the cast for over a month," Dr. Quack says.

"I was afraid of this," Amy says.

Then Dr. Quack says, "I think she should stay in the hospital for observation, a few days. She can go home after words."

"Thank you, Dr. Quack," Sonic says.

"You're welcome. I'll leave you to have some time with your friend," Dr. Quack says.

Dr. Quack then leaves the room and closes the door.

Sonic walks to Sun and asks, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I believe so. My body still hurts from the fight I had with Glittering Sparkle and that strange Chaos Energy Finitevus used on me. He said it's supposed to temporarily stunned those who he hit," Sun says.

"Do you have any idea why he abducted you? I suspect it has something to do with his destroying the world idea," Knuckles asks.

"In a way. He wants me to cleanse the world for him. He wants to use my powers to destroy the planet and start it over, by turning me into Enerjak. He tried to use some strange negative Chaos Energy to control me. It seems very twisted, but he seems to believe that he's trying to save the planet, even if it means destroying it," Sun says.

"That sounds too crazy. Destroying the world so that he can save it," Amy says, confused.

"I know, but it seems that he really means it. However, I… I didn't want to believe that," Sun says.

"Glad you didn't. Two Enerjaks were bad enough for Mobius to deal with," Knuckles says.

"Yeah," Sun says.

Then turns to Tails, "I'm glad to see you and Shadow out of the Emerald. Now we only have one more trapped inside."

"It was Rouge. She's the only one left," Shadow says.

Sun turns to Shadow to see him walking towards her.

"Sonic told me the whole story. I'll do what I can to help you defeat this Glittering Sparkle in any way I can," Shadow says.

Sun smiles and says, "Thank you Shadow."

She then begins to yawn and says, "I'm sorry guys, but I'm very tired."

"It's okay. You've been through a lot recently. It's best for you to get some rest," Sally says.

"Either way, thanks for freeing us and such. And well, we're glad that you're safe," Tails says.

Sun says, "Thanks Tails. I'm glad you and Shadow are able to get out. Despite what happened today."

"That's okay. We're glad that you're okay and everything is fine now," Tails says.

"Yeah. For now, let's head out and give Sun some rest," Sonic says.

Sun smiles happily to see the support help she has from her friends, bot in Mobius and from her home.

Later in the night, Sun is fast asleep in the hospital bed. She has been sleeping for the rest of the day and later into the night. As she sleeps, a hedgehog figure with curved up quills walks up to the bed. The hedgehog is Shadow. He stares at Sun as she sleeps and then places his hand on Sun's forehead.

Only one thing comes to Shadow's mind, "This… this girl… she somehow reminds me of… my lost Maria."

Shadow then sits on the chair next to Sun and stays with her for the rest of the night.