First off, I want to say that I've heard what a lot of you are saying and I've decided that in order to make this fic as accessible as possible, if a chapter surpasses 10,000 words it will officially be split in two. This being the first chapter to experience that since it hit over 10K while writing it to just be split now.
Hey all and welcome to the second chapter of the Classic arc or what was originally going to be the chapter to kick it off. By the way, I didn't say it last time but I decided to stick Super Casino Bros and Episode Omega back to back because I didn't like the idea of that cliffhanger in the last chapter just being left for a chapter before coming back to this so yeah. That's why we're here now. Either way, I'm really excited to be giving you guys this chapter, it's gonna be great, so here we go with another long one.
And here we go with another chapter of Trials of War, Episode Omega. I'll admit, this is a chapter that I have been waiting over a year for and I'm very excited to be doing it now. Let's finally learn what happened to Omega.
Trials of War: A Sonic Forces rewrite
Chapter 17-
Episode Omega Part 1
Sonic and Tails looked at each other, unsure of what to say. Sonic wasn't sure what to say while the robot looked expectantly at them. Sonic pursed his lips and Tails looked down sadly.
The robot narrowed his visual receptors at them. "Tails."
The foxkit sighed. "Infinite is… well… we don't know where he is?"
He further narrowed his visual receptors at them.
"Yeah, last we saw that creep was back in Green Hill Zone." Sonic said. "He was talking about how apparently the older me had escaped from the Death Egg."
Omega's audio receptors widened again. "Green Hill Zone?"
"Yeah." Tails nodded. "We were there a few weeks ago."
Omega crossed his arms. "Are we there now?"
Tails shook his head. "No, we're at my lab in Mystic Ruins."
"You've been out of it for a while now buddy, maybe you might wanna sit down or recharge or whatever it is you do." Sonic insisted.
"Rest unnecessary." Omega stated. "This unit is functioning at 100% capacity."
Sonic shrugged. "If you say so, big guy."
Once again, he narrowed his eyes. "What is the status of Sunset Heights?"
Tails frowned. "They're not doing so well."
"The Resistance was unsuccessful?"
Tails frowned. "Very. Sonic was defeated and I went down. Honestly, I didn't even know you were there until I found you a few weeks ago."
"Weeks?"
Tails nodded.
"How long has it been since the initial battle in Sunset Heights?"
"It's been about seven months since the beginning of the war."
At that, Omaga's eyes went wide. "Seven months!?"
Tails nodded.
"What is the current status of the resistance?"
"We don't know."
"The Eggman Empire?"
"They've got full control over the world."
"Infinite?"
"Incredibly powerful."
Omega looked down at Tails, his visual receptors narrowing into a glare. "And we are standing here doing nothing?!"
"I- uh…"
"Hey!" Sonic shouted. "We're gonna get out there, we're only here right now because we were fixing your broken butt."
Omega was slightly taken aback by that.
Sonic crossed his arms. "Yeah, that's right, tincan. You better show some respect to the guy that went out of his way to make sure you were fixed instead of leaving you out there in Sunset. If it were me, I would've ditched one of Eggman's busted toys but apparently we're all friends here."
Omega hung his head in shame. "I apologize."
Tails shook his head. "F-forget it…"
A beat of silence passed between them, Omega processing the information unsure of what exactly to do. Organics were such complicated creatures and it was clear that Tails was sad. He had been working with Rouge to be a little more knowledgeable of people's emotions. Unfortunately, he didn't do too good of a job of being tactful, but he was learning.
Tails was able to compose himself though and looked to the massive robot. "Omega, what exactly happened to you? How did you end up broken in Sunset Heights?"
Omega stared at him for a moment before answering. "To truly understand we will have to return to just a few weeks before the war began."
Sonic and Tails looked at each other shocked.
"The Doctor had been quiet for an unusual amount of time and the Guardian Units of Nations had been looking into his whereabouts. Agent Shadow had been sent out on a mission to the jungles of Chunan and had returned to us. That was when it all began…"
~Trials of War~
Westopolis was another city that had its fair share of trials and tribulation when it came to the overall craziness of the world. Of course that wasn't too hard to imagine, when it housed the base of operations for the world's leading militant force and that just a few years prior was the first of many cities that had been struck by an alien invasion like the world had ever seen.
But of course, that was years ago and now, the city had been rebuilt to the hustling and bustling empire it had once been before.
For Team Dark, it was home sweet home as they had an apartment that Rouge and Shadow had agreed to rent out for the time between missions. Being top ranking agents for GUN, they had an overabundance of money with more than they knew what to do with so that made for a very nice apartment as well.
They had a pretty snazzy place for the most part. Three bedrooms, an open living room and a nice kitchenette for them wasn't bad at all.
Currently, Omega and Rouge were sitting in the living room, Rouge lazily flipping through channels on the television and Omega was busy shuffling through previously closed case files.
Silence ran throughout the humble apartment for a moment before the door opened, piquing both agents' interests only to see that it was none other than the final member of their trio, Shadow the Hedgehog.
The Hedgehog groaned and flopped onto the couch next to Rouge without so much as a glance.
"What are we watching?" He asked her.
"Federation's Got Talent. They've started the audition's phase."
Shadow groaned. "Garbage."
"Oh come on, Shadow. It's just a little fun." She laughed. "Nothing wrong with a few laughs, right?"
"No. The jokes aren't funny. It's the same old idiots trying to see who can make Fastidious Beaver burst a blood vessel and actually break out of his usual monotone. How anyone like him could ever find himself on television, I will never know."
"I like it." Rouge mused.
Shadow groaned and reached for the remote control only for Rouge to swipe it out of his hands. "Uh-uh-uh. You know the rules of this house, Shadow. I was here first."
Shadow groaned at this, looking to the television to see a human from Empire City try to do the splits only to land in a not so comfortable position that left the judges cringing while he was carried out on a stretcher.
At that, Omega perked up from where he was sitting and addressed Shadow. "Shadow, your mission. Was it a success?"
Shadow nodded. "Yes, I was able to infiltrate the Doctor's laboratory. Ran into a trio of fools standing guard but they were nothing I couldn't handle. You'll hear more about it when the Commander calls us in for an update."
At that, the television fizzled out from its broadcast and showed the GUN logo on the screen. "Team Dark, please report to HQ for a meeting with Commander Tower at once."
"And that would be our cue." Rouge noted as all three of them got up and raced out of the house.
~Trials of War~
Now Team Dark stood at attention inside a pristine white room with a single desk at the end of it. At the far end was an electronic map of Mobius with hotspots located on it like Station Square, Westopolis, The Lost Hex, Babylon Garden and so many others across the globe. Along the walls were not only all sorts of plaques and medals detailing the history of the commander but pictures of all kinds showing him and various other agents both alive and fallen over his career as a GUN agent.
Commander Tower stood behind his desk looking on Team Dark for a few short moments before he finally spoke. "At ease, Team Dark."
At that, all of them slightly loosened up but still looked intently at the commander before them.
"Agent Shadow, I am very happy to see that you have safely returned from your mission in Chunan. I trust that you were able to at least procure some information on the Doctor's current plans?"
Shadow nodded. "I have. But admittedly, the details are still sketchy."
"Go on…"
"The Doctor appears to have been experimenting with some form of genetic research." Shadow explained. "When I arrived at his laboratory, I found various capsules with some sort of unknown substance and what appeared to be varying stages of red cubes, most of them were in varying stages of decay. None of them were in a state where I could tell what any of them were supposed to be."
Both Rouge and Commander Tower frowned at this.
"Genetic experimentation?" Rouge asked. "But the Doctor is an expert in robotics. Why would he attempt to look into something organic?"
"Even the Shadow Androids were mechanical, so this would be entirely new territory for the Doctor." Commander Tower stated.
Shadow shook his head. "I don't know. But what I do know is that so far, his attempts have been unsuccessful if the lab in Chunan is any indication."
Commander Tower put his hand to his chin in thought and turned to the robot standing before them. "Omega, has Doctor Eggman ever attempted genetic experimentation of any kind?"
"Not that I have been informed. Doctor Eggman specializes in robotics and nothing more."
His frown grew greater at that. "This doesn't sound right at all then, what could suddenly have piqued his interest?"
"I don't know." Shadow sighed.
"Is there anything else you found?"
"Yes." Shadow nodded. "In addition to some form of research, it appears he had been working with Hyper-go-on energy as well. Residual traces of it could be detected within the tubes."
Rouge was surprised at this. "Genetic experimentation and use of Hyper-Go-On Energy? What exactly is Eggman planning?"
"It would explain the recent disappearance of Wisps all over the globe." Omega stated. "Since their arrival on the planet, they have lived peacefully and for the past month, they have been abducted from both appointed Wisp Gardens and various places in the wild."
"And we already cleared Tails when he was testing his latest invention." The commander stated.
"Which was still ridiculous, might I add." Shadow shot back. "Tails wouldn't be abusing the wisps no matter what, they donated themselves to his Wispon experiment with consent."
"Yes, you have made that very clear, Agent Shadow." Tower pinched the ridge of his nose.
Rouge shrugged. "Can't say I blame him for knowing our friends."
The commander sighed. "Speaking of your friends, what exactly is the status of the Sonic Heroes apparent reunion?"
Shadow looked confused. "What?"
Rouge shrugged. "Sonic and the others showed up while you were away apparently planning to stop Eggman from something big."
"We were quick to decline their invitation but asked them to keep us informed, seeing as the threat level was not enough for us to cut ties with GUN."
"And you didn't think to tell me about this?!"
"You didn't ask."
Shadow glared at Rouge to which she simply laughed.
Commander Tower cut in. "However, I would like to know since it's not every day that Silver the Hedgehog makes an appearance."
"I'm sorry, he what?!" Shadow asked.
"Affirmative." Omega confirmed. "Silver the Hedgehog was present when they arrived at our dwelling just days prior. Their group consisted of him, Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Prower, Amy Rose and Knuckles the Echidna."
Shadow stopped dead in his tracks. "You are telling me that not only did Silver make an appearance, but Knuckles also left his island?!"
"Yeah, that's right." Rouge shrugged.
"And none of you thought that this was important enough to tell me?!" Shadow demanded, red chaos energy flaring around him.
Rouge shrugged. "You didn't ask."
The Chaos Energy was now wild with intensity as he was just about ready to point at Rouge. "Why you-"
And then just as quickly as it came on, it stopped and he sighed. "You know what, fine. I don't care. Whatever."
"I sense that this bothers you."
"What gave you that clue?"
"Your Chaos Energy and tone of voice."
"Omega darling, it was sarcasm." Rouge laughed.
Omega blinked. "Oh."
"Anyway, the reason we decided not to tell you is so that you could put full focus on your mission, Shadow." Rouge explained. "It was going to come up in the briefing so we decided then would be the best time to talk about it."
"The Guardian of the Master Emerald and Chaos' Chosen Guardian of Time and Space appearing at our front doorstep is of the utmost importance. I don't give a damn if I'm out fighting Perfect Chaos with my Inhibitor rings amplified to the point of giving me the strength of an infant. If both Knuckles and Silver make an appearance then I would at least like a text that they're here because that means things are serious."
"Noted." Rouge simply smiled at him.
Shadow groaned.
"Agent Shadow, please." Commander Tower sighed.
"I'm done." The Ultimate Life Form grumbled.
"Now, Agent Rouge?"
"Recently, the Chaotix joined up with them." Rouge explained. "Somehow, they convinced Vector to fold without forking over huge sums of cash. Big Blue went ahead and texted me telling them that they've been shacking up in Sunset Heights these days."
The GUN commander nodded. "Interesting. We'll need to make note to keep an eye on the area, just in case."
The trio nodded at that.
Shadow snorted. "Should've known their lot would get sentimental, that's right off the coast of Green Hill."
"I'm glad you mention Green Hill Zone, Sahdow, because that is where you three will be heading for your next mission." Commander Tower stated.
Shadow raised an eyeridge while Rouge looked amused.
"What is in Green Hill Zone, Commander?"
Commander Tower then gestured to the electronic map behind him. "Green Hill Zone as you all know is located in South Island, just off the coast of the United Federation and the entry point for South Island. And as we are all well aware it is the site of the earliest sightings of Sonic the Hedgehog and his battles with Doctor Eggman."
"We're well aware of the history." Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Yes, however did you know that just a few days prior, it was the sight of a battle between Eggman and the Sonic Heroes and one that was lost at that?"
Shadow raised an eyeridge again.
"Eggman appeared to have used the power of some kind of gem during the battle and none of the ones that we have recorded in our databases. It was not a Chaos Emerald, a timestone or even a Sol Emerald. It was… It was something else with very concerning abilities."
"Concerning how?" Shadow asked.
"In mere moments, the gem was able to summon multiple Death Egg Robots and continued to do so until they were forced to make a retreat."
"What?!"
Rouge nodded. "It's true. Knuckles had called it a Phantom Ruby, said that it was able to do some crazy things to the environment. He wouldn't go into detail, but apparently it was enough to make him leave his island."
"This Phantom Ruby must be taken out of the Doctor's hands at once." Omega stated. "Such power must not remain in his hands!"
"I couldn't agree more." The Commander stated. "But unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. Shortly following their battle, Doctor Eggman did something else to Green Hill Zone."
"What did he do?"
"All the water in the zone has disappeared since what we're assuming to be his last use of the Phantom Ruby."
Shadow and Rouge gasped.
"And in its place, massive pyramids as well as shipping yards have appeared. Pipes leading underground to a currently undisputed location have appeared and all sorts of resources have been directed there."
"That's very sudden of Eggman." Rouge gasped. "Just days ago, he seemed to just getting around to starting a plan and now, it seems he's ready to wage war with Sonic and his friends."
"I can't imagine the Doctor would gain such power so quickly without a final goal in mind." Shadow frowned. "We need to stop him before he can get any further."
"A swift and total takeover of his current base will assure our success. Apprehend him and the Phantom Ruby and the rest will fall into place."
"And that's what we're going to be doing." Commander Tower confirmed. "Something big is going on, something that could be a threat to national or even international security and you three are going to put a stop to it right here and right now. Eggman hasn't left his base in days and I imagine that Sonic's team are still licking their wounds after the last battle. So it's up to GUN to swoop in now and Team Dark is going to do it."
"Understood." Shadow nodded.
"Your mission is simple, go into the main pyramid in Green Hill Zone, destroy absolutely everything in sight and make sure to stop him by any and all means necessary."
"Yes, Commander!" All three stated.
~Trials of War~
"Wait, so you're telling me that you guys went swooping in right after the Battle of Green Hill?" Tails asked.
"Affirmative." Omega stated. "Team Dark was quick to strike Arsenal Pyramid, apprehend Doctor Eggman and seize the Phantom Ruby."
Sonic frowned. "The Phantom Ruby again, you guys know of it?"
"Yes. It was stated to be the gem that allowed Eggman to seize control of the world and since then Infinite has been its wielder."
Sonic nodded. "Yeah, I don't like that one bit. The Phantom Ruby is the same thing that dragged me from my time and here into the future."
"I was waiting on when to incur, but you clearly are not the Sonic of our time." Omega asked.
Sonic shook his head. "Nuh-uh, I'm the same guy from back on the little birthday bash incident way back when."
"I was not present for that. But it is clear that a biological scan shows that you are only twelve years old and nowhere near your current strength."
Sonic rolled his eyes and smirked. "Maybe not, but I'm plenty strong and am learning all sorts of new moves every day."
Omega blinked at this.
At that Sonic deflated a little.
Tails then spoke up. "Sooooonic… Can you remind us how exactly you ended up here again? I'm having a little trouble remembering most of the details. You said that it had to do with the Phantom Ruby?"
"Yeah." Sonic nodded. "You had been all big about some sort of strange energy coming from Angel Island, we got there but it looked like Eggman got there first. They unearthed the Phantom Ruby and then things got weird. Not only did they change his robots into entirely different machines but it sent you, me and Knux on a wild adventure teleporting us to all kinds of places. Along the way, I gathered the seven Chaos Emeralds and I fought off both Eggman and his head robot and kept them from getting the Phantom Ruby on Titanic Monarch. I won and was about to nab the ruby only for it to just kinda grab me, pull me out of my super form and into a portal. Next thing I know, I'm in front of you and Omega fighting off that big drip Chaos."
Tails looked at him confusedly.
"You really don't remember any of that?" Sonic asked.
Tails looked hard in thought, trying to figure things out. But with the look of the smaller hedgehog, he quickly corrected himself. "Of course I do! It- It was just a long time ago and… and… I'm just having trouble remembering. We really need all the information if we're gonna figure out this mystery."
Sonic frowned at this, only to be cut off by Omega.
"If I am not mistaken, we can assume that some sort of reaction was formed when the Phantom Ruby interacted with the Chaos Emeralds of the past, resulting in a tear in the fabric of time that brought you to the present."
"Sounds legit." Sonic shrugged. "Do you think that the Phantom Ruby has the ability to travel through time or was that only because of the emeralds?"
"Hard to tell at this point." Tails frowned. "All we know is that the Ruby can sort of change reality to whatever the user desires."
"Such power is far too dangerous for the likes of Doctor Eggman."
"Couldn't agree more, bud. I thought it was bad with my Eggman, but it looks like yours has seriously made a mess of things with the Phantom Ruby."
"And now it's in the hands of Infinite." Tails furrowed his brow.
"Infinite…" Omega droned.
"Something on your mind, Omega?" Tails asked.
"I think it is best I continue telling my story." Omega stated.
Tails rubbed the back of his head and gave a sheepish smile. "Oh right. We kinda got sidetracked with the ruby. Please… continue, Omega."
The bot nodded.
~Trials of War~
Beautiful Green Hill Zone, a tropical paradise for all and the site of Sonic the Hedgehog's first encounter with Doctor Eggman. The sun was up and shining, wind was slightly swaying the trees and the flakey striped grass along the ground and the hard checkerboard rocks as well.
Unfortunately, true to the Commander's word, none of the great wide sea was there in the zone and instead, they were left with desserts as far as the eyes could see that were already taking their effect on the place's landscapes.
But Team Dark paid no mind to that, racing past all of it to make their way to the stage to the beginning of the Doctor's triumph.
Shadow called in on his communicator on his wrist. "Team Dark, en route and approaching the Arsenal Pyramid."
"Good." The Commander responded. "Our scans are showing massive surges of energy currently being drawn into the pyramid from various known Egg Bases around the world, something big is happening right here and right now."
Rouge frowned. "What could Doctor Eggman be up to that would use that much power?"
"I don't know." Shadow frowned. "But I know that we're going to put a stop to it no matter what."
"Destruction will be swift! The threat will be eliminated!" Omega announced.
Rouge smiled. "That's the spirit, Omega!"
"Let's show the good doctor what happens when he steps out of line." Shadow smirked.
With that, the trio made their way through Green Hill before they arrived at their destination, Arsenal Pyramid.
Arsenal Pyramid was true to its name, a massive pyramid that went high into the sky before them, sitting in what would've been the sea of Green Hill Zone, but was nothing more than a desolate desert before them. A single road had been put into place, leading straight into the pyramid and around them were several shipping containers of all shapes and sizes. Several hover vehicles were seen moving about the premises carrying the boxes and a mess of Egg Pawns could be seen around as well. Some were piloting the vehicles, others were holding glowing lights and waving traffic signs all around, some had clipboards and were taking inventory and others were simply walking around, minding their own business.
Team Dark took stand behind one of the boxes and scanned the area.
"Okay, so it looks like this place is littered with Eggpawns." Rouge surmised. "It looks like we've got a straight path to the pyramid, but I think we're going to need to be stealthy to get inside. Do you think you can handle that, guys?"
Except Shadow and Omega weren't standing next to her anymore. The bat whipped her head in all directions only to get her answer about their whereabouts.
"Death to all Eggman Robots!" Omega bellowed, followed by the sounds of gunfire.
"Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted.
Rouge's face twisted into a scowl at that before she facepalmed. "Chaos! Can we have one mission where we don't drop in with heavy heat?"
At that she stepped out from behind the box hiding spot only for an Eggpawn to fire at her and force her back into her hiding spot.
Rouge sighed and looked to her side, noting that she was in fact equipped with her bombs.
Rouge flew the air and deployed bombs on the unsuspecting Eggpawns below, blowing them to bits and careful not to hit Shadow or Omega.
Omega on the other hand, had his arms formed into machine guns, firing rounds at Eggpawns that tried to return fire but to no avail as the Robot's shots were far faster and stronger, tearing through them like paper.
Shadow on the other hand was literally untouchable as he made his way all over the field, firing Chaos spears, homing into, spindashing and using Chaos control to bash and crash his way through all the robots, really putting a lot of pride into his title as the Ultimate Life Form.
Rouge looked at Shadow and simply rolled her eyes. "Showoff…"
It wasn't long until the robots were cleared and a smoldering pile of wreckage was left in Team Dark's wake.
They all converged at the front of the massive pyramid, ready to get into the sliding door that would open for them.
Rouge landed just as Omega and Shadow walked up to it, glaring at the two. "You two don't know the meaning of the word subtle, do you?"
"What's that?" Shadow smirked at her to which she groaned.
"Subtlety is for the weak, the best approach is showing the enemy any and all brute strength." Omega retorted.
"I hate you both." Rouge sighed as the door to the pyramid slid open and the trio stepped inside.
When they got in, they found themselves in a pitch black room where they couldn't see a single thing and the door slammed shut behind them.
"That's not a good sign…" Rouge mused.
"Omega, lights, now!" Shadow barked.
"MULTIPLE HOSTILES DETECTED, TWO HIGH LEVEL THREATS IN BOUND!"The robot replied instead.
The two organic members of the team were shocked at this and immediately went on their guard, both with their fists raised and behind the metal hull of the robot.
Suddenly, two glowing magenta irises pierced through the darkness along with two green egg shaped ones.
And at that, the lights immediately flickered on with a loud thud.
All three members of Team Dark were shocked at what they saw.
Strange cream colored Eggpawn like robots each with their blaster arms trained at them, caused their eyes to widen. But if that wasn't bad enough then standing at the head of the group was Metal Sonic and Chaos itself.
"Oh…" Rouge gaped.
"Damn." Shadow finished.
At that, the PA system came to life and Eggman's voice was heard all around them. "Ohohohohoho! Welcome to Arsenal Pyramid! If you're hearing this message then I'm going to assume that you are here in an attempt to stop me just before the eve of my greatest triumph. Well, sorry to rain on your parade, but no one and I mean no one is getting close. Not when I've come so far! Before you are the newest additions to my army, the Eggpongs, different from your garden variety Eggpawns with their hard shells and lasers built right into their hands; joining them is Metal Sonic who has been outfitted with the latest and greatest in weaponry and of course; I'm sure everyone is familiar with Chaos. Friends, foes, hopefully Sonic, this is the end for you and as soon as this recording ends, they're going to fire everything they've got at you. I'd say it's been a pleasure but I'd be lying if it was."
At that, the message stopped but nothing happened, making all of them confused only for the voice to chime in again. "Now that was a great take, did you get all of that Cubot?"
"You bet boss!"
"Good, I can't wait to see the face of whoever dares come through that door. What fools!"
"Haha, you really are the man, boss!"
"But of course, and I have the master pla- Wait, turn that off! Orbot, you better edit that out when we're uploading that."
"Eh… if I remember…."
And at that, the recording turned off and immediately, all the robots in the room snapped to life.
At that, lasers fired on Team Dark resulting in what should have been their absolute destruction.
Of course, a quick thinking hedgehog made sure that that was not the case. "Chaos Control!" He roared as he grabbed hold of both his friends, disappearing in a flash of light.
The two reappeared just above both where Metal and Chaos were standing and Omega was forced to fall to the ground on top of the two.
At that, Shadow leapt on top of Omega and used him to bound over the group and into the fray. He started things off by firing off multiple Chaos Spears in a star formation, hitting all kinds of Eggpongs around, before beginning to use multiple chained Homing Attacks all around the room.
While Omega fell on top of the two generals, unfortunately for Team Dark, Chaos was able to slip out from underneath his grasp by going into puddle form and slinking around the room. Quickly, it reformed and saw Rouge flying around and dropping bombs on unsuspecting Eggpongs.
He reached out to her, wrapping a hand around her leg to which the bat gasped and tried desperately to kick him off but to no avail.
Using this, Chaos flung her across the room and into a pile of Eggpongs before going back into puddle form and sliding up to where she was.
As for Omega, the gargantuan robot was not enough to keep Metal Sonic down as slowly but steadily, he was able to lift Omega over his head.
Omega switched his hands back into machine gun mode and fired at the sky, attempting to use the force to bring Metal Sonic down under him. For a short bit, it worked as it was forcing Metal Sonic to at least balk a bit under pressure. "Unhand me at once, inferior copy of Sonic the Hedgehog!"
At that, Metal's eyes only grew brighter in righteous fury. In a burst of strength, he was able to completely lift Omega over his head before he turned on his thrusters, sending them both skyward before throwing Omega high into the air.
Omega came back down and Metal grabbed him by the hand, spinning him around at rapid speeds before he finally let go and chucked him down to the ground and inevitably, destroyed some of his Eggpong companions that were standing alongside him.
Chaos slinked over to where he had thrown Rouge, the pile of busted robot parts stood completely still to which the God of destruction looked confusedly at them.
All was silent for a moment until Rouge came springing out of the pile, delivering a roundhouse directly to Chaos' brain and knocking him aside.
She grinned at this only for the water deity to come slinking right back at her, fist enlarged and at the ready to grab her again. But this time, she was ready jumping up into the air and flying around the room, making sure to drop bombs not only on the Eggpongs around them but on Chaos as well.
The force of the bombs split Chaos apart, leaving him no choice for him to regather himself, making it more and more difficult for him to deal with for her.
But when she took focus on the robots around the room, allowed him to grab her and bring her to him.
Chaos glared Rouge down at this to which she sheepishly smiled. "Uh… hi?"
Going back to Metal, he was ready to face down Omega and raced up to the robot as he slowly got to his feet. Kicking on the power of the boost, he approached him, or at least would have had it not been for Shadow stepping in, surrounded in his own aura and ramming the bot off course.
Metal veered to a stop only to face bullet rain from Omega's machine gun arm. But this only seemed to irritate the metal doppelganger rather than do any harm as he advanced on him.
Shadow however, blipped into existence by Omega's side and proceeded to fire off Chaos Spears at Metal and this forced him to attack, firing off violent orbs of electricity that would meet each Chaos Spear and cause it dissipate into nothing.
Shadow growled at this, doing his best to try and fend off Metal, but it was hopeless.
Omega decided to take matters into his own hands, producing a rocket from his chest that landed at Metal's feet.
It exploded in a blast of fire that encompassed the robot.
Shadow gave Omega a pat on the back at that, congratulating him for a good job.
That is, until Metal came surging out of the fire at high speeds and knocking into Shadow.
"Shadow!" Omega called out, to which he spun around as quickly as he could, leveling his arm, now with its laser gun form towards Metal.
But he could not fire as Shadow and Metal Sonic were seen grappling with one another, with the both of them close together, he couldn't risk friendly fire. So he took to firing at the surrounding robots instead, keeping a close eye on Shadow and Metal while they duked it out away from him.
With Rouge and Chaos, the water deity elected to hang her upside down by her feet. "Now is this about the whole constantly trying to steal the Master Emerald thing? Because I have a perfectly good reason for that."
Chaos looked at her confusedly, not having really any idea what she was talking about at all.
So instead, the Water monster brought her close to him, to which she desperately tried to worm her way out of its grasp.
And just when he was about to do something, Shadow and Metal crashed into him, making him lose form and drop Rouge to the ground.
She was able to land on her feet and just as Shadow was able to send a roundhouse into Metal's face, knocking him right into where Chaos, who had just tried to reform.
Omega joined them as Team Dark stood together.
But they were interrupted by multiple flashes of red light along with the sound of distortion ringing out within their ears.
Rouge frowned. "That must be Eggman, he's up to something big!"
"We have to get there before it's too late!" Shadow shouted. "If we allow the Doctor to finish his experiments, then all could be lost."
"Yes but multiple obstacles still lie in bound." Omega explained.
At that Metal and Chaos rose to their feet as well and glared down Team Dark, prepared to attack again.
The team stood primed and ready only for a flash of light to shine out again and the dark cackles of the doctor to ring out.
It was Metal who sprung to his feet first, flying directly towards Shadow, only for Rouge to jump up and send a powerful roundhouse that knocked him away.
Metal didn't waste much time racing back towards Rouge, to which she quickly met him and grabbed both of his arms to fend him off.
Shadow was about to step up and lend her a hand, but Rouge stopped him dead in his tracks. "Shadow, leave now!"
"Wha-what?!"
"You heard me! Go and take care of Eggman! Omega and I can hold these two off."
"But-"
"Go, Shadow!"
Shadow growled, but nodded at her before disappearing in a flash of light.
At that, Metal finally got the upper hand and was able to throw Rouge into Omega's back.
Omega in the meantime, was firing roungs from his machine gun at an oncoming Chaos.
"Rouge! Are you alright?!" Omega shouted, taking notice away from Chaos and focusing on his downed friend.
Rouge slowly rose to her feet. "I'm fine, Omega. Focus on the battle."
The robot nodded at her and pointed his machine gun arms at Metal Sonic, firing on him. But like before, it did very little, seamlessly bouncing off his metal shell as if nothing happened at all.
Seeing that this still was ineffective, he switched to the laser pointer and would've fired, if not for Chaos grabbing both of Omega's arms and pulled, forcing his arms back and away from them.
Luckily for him, he had Rouge right by his side as she got out of her stupor and kicked through Chaos' limbs, causing them to dissipate and for the robot to regain control of his arms.
Rouge chucked another one of her bombs at Chaos, but this time he was ready, sliding away from where she had thrown before lunging out at her.
Omega fired a laser at the approaching Metal Sonic and to his surprise, it left a scorch mark on his arm.
Furious, the robot charged Omega, claws drawn and ready to work.
With both of the big bosses approaching them, Rouge and Omega looked each other in the eye and gave each other a curt nod.
Rouge reached an arm out towards Omega and Omega did the same to Rouge. With more speed, that none even knew Omega could muster, he was able to swing Rouge around so that she faced and was able to kick Metal Sonic in the face while he moved to where Rouge was standing and shot a laser at Chaos brain.
The two were knocked back and forced to gain their bearings again.
At that, Rouge gave Omega a high five. "Aw yeah!"
"Switcheroo maneuver a success!" Omega declared with a raised fist.
There was another flash of red light, this one lasting far longer than the last, causing them to look up in fear and confusion.
Unfortunately for them, the good times didn't last long as the two had found themselves thrown off their feet by the roughest of waves forming into an actual wave, knocking them off their feet.
Omega was completely useless in the water as his systems would immediately work to keep it out in any and all ways possible, turning on fans, vents and keeping any and all airspaces from getting clogged. It was one flaw in Eggman's programming that they had never really needed to fix with few missions involving water, but with Chaos here that exploit was very well met. And for Rouge, being submerged in such waters didn't do well for her wings, effectively grounding her.
This gave Metal the advantage he needed to fly into the air and fire his electric balls of energy at them.
This quickly shocked Rouge and Omega, causing the former to shout and the latter to convulse before the attack finally ended.
Chaos reformed on the ground, sucking up all the water from the room, causing the two to drop to the floor.
At that, Metal landed in a crouch, creating a shockwave of energy to add insult to injury.
And he approached them.
But stopped dead in his tracks as Shadow the Hedgehog reappeared before them in a flash of light.
"Shadow!" Rouge and Omega cried out.
But the Hedgehog didn't answer them. Instead, he glared down Metal and Chaos causing them to look confusedly at one another before continuing their advancement towards the team.
"Chaos, Metal, stand down." The voice of Doctor Eggman announced, surprising both Rouge and Omega.
"Eggman?!"
"Doctor?!"
At that, the Doctor appeared on his Eggmobile and floated down to them, giving off his usual Cheshire grin. "The one and only."
At that, a new figure floated down next to him. It was a jackal with sleek jet black fur, save for a white tipped tail, he was wearing shoes that matched the color of his fur, lined with steel for extra protection along with sharp tipped gloves. On his head was a silver mask, one with the eye blackened out and the other with red glass on top to reveal nothing put a single yellow eye. On his chest, was a red tetrahedral gem. They didn't know who he was at the time, but it was none other than Infinite.
"I- Eggman?! Who is that?" Rouge sputtered.
Eggman looked over at Infinite and back at the bat. "Him? Why he's only the key to my victory of course? Who else would it be?"
"New hostile detected. Origin unknown. Alliance: Doctor Eggman. Threat level 10." Omega announced. "Conclusion: Eliminate new foe at once!"
Omega raised his arm only for it to sputter and crack. "Weapons systems offline. Power reserved for maintenance."
Shadow looked away from him and simply stated. "Omega, don't."
"Shadow…?"
"Omega, you and Rouge need to leave immediately." Shadow stated.
Rouge looked confused. "Leave?! What?!"
"Unacceptable. Mission Status incomplete."
"I didn't ask." Shadow growled at them. "I said leave now."
"What?! And what about you?!"
Shadow just looked away from them.
At that, Eggman perked up. "Shadow has decided that he wants to take his place on the winning team, right by my side."
"You must be joking."
"Shadow would never join you."
Shadow screwed his eyes shut not saying anything at all.
"Shadow…?" Rouge looked up at him but he simply did not respond.
"I think we've had enough of this." Eggman rolled his eyes. "Would you like to test out your new powers? Send them home. Gift wrapped for Commander Tower."
The masked figure nodded and held out a hand in front of him.
Rouge and Omega, too weak to do anything at this point could only watch as the sound of distortion rang out and the world flashed around them.
When it stopped, to their shock and surprise, Omega was strapped down to Commander Tower's desk with Rouge on top of him. Both were tied down with rope and a button that showed the Eggman logo.
Commander Tower jumped at the sudden shock only to look down at the logo tying them down.
"What the heck happened?!"
Review Replies:
Alexandria Prime:
Hope this and the next chapter will satisfy that.
tekina fiction:
The Babylon Rogues have the right priorities in these times of war.
Her princess crown. Lol. She has a Queen one now.
Thanks, pal.
DracoFrogg:
I don't know. Maybe. Read and find out.
KelWelPower:
Been waiting so long to introduce my beloved Babylon Rogues and it was so nice to finally write them here.
We've finally finished the first part of their arc and I'm so excited to where I'm gonna take them next, but for now, we've got Omega's tale to share and we're only halfway done with his story. Excited to share the rest.
Thanks so much for the continued support!
TheGameNGuyner:
Brothers? Never heard of them. We only have Sonic and Tails in this house.
The Rogues got their own things to do. While they have helped in the past, they're not exactly heroes and if it's not a direct danger to them or they don't have a reason to care then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah, Episode Omega is mostly Omega's perspective during Episode Shadow and well… we won't be touching on Shadow's perspective for a while. A bit of a pre-war gap to fill with Team Dark that we'll be getting into as we move forward. But as for Tails, he still has his issues, he's still sad but he's making his own way. I'll be touching more on him a bit as we move forward especially with what I have planned for this arc and beyond.
I'm really making you all wait for that reunion. Lol. It's far away and it kills me as much as it kills all of you, but I promise that it's gonna be a huge moment. So much is leading to the reunion between Sonic and Tails and I'm so excited to get there. I feel like I'm talking about the reunion in almost every chapter, lol. We're still nowhere close. I definitely will give your rewrite a look, but fair warning between life and the impossibly long list of fanfiction I need to read it's going to be a very long while until I get to it. But know that you're on my list and I do promise to get to you eventually.
But thank you so much for the continued support and I look forward to your thoughts on this chapter.
Guest1:
Thank you for the continued support.
And to clarify, I'm not making this a YouTube show, however I did say if I had the resources both art and stuff like that I would.
The Sensational SpiderDom321:
Lol. Chill out, spiderboy. But your concerns have been noted among others who have asked and that's why this is a two parter.
Thanks. And I'm glad that my story reminded you a bit of your own. Great minds think alike!
Starline was a little but not really inspired by Awakened. Tangle and Whisper definitely were, but for Starline, he was a bit more I had ideas and I decided to place them in. However, I was definitely more comfortable with putting in comic characters after your inspiration for Tangle and Whisper went over so well.
Thanks for the support as always, man.
Guest2:
Babylon Rogues aren't really evil. But they're also not really good either. Anti-villains? Anti-villains. I mean, when it comes down to it, they're willing to save the day and really just want cash. So Wave being chill with Tails here is coming from that.
Thanks so much for the support!
TheKazostkyKicker:
Thank you!
Infinite's Ruby:
No worries, life happens and I'm just glad to see you here and enjoying my work.
Cream is a gift and there will definitely be more of her to come.
Starline's gonna be fun.
Thanks so much!
Guest3:
Truthfully, things work a little differently in Metropolis. The main reason I did Infinite being a little shy in front of the camera is I thought it would be funny. Generally, the majority of the segment was meant to be on the more comical side than anything. However, I do see where you're coming from and you make good points. I'll keep this in mind when writing Infinite in more scenes.
I really appreciate the constructive criticism. Thank you.
Guest4:
People have asked me this a few times. I'm going to say that you'll have to read and find out. Asking me questions like if anyone's gonna die or really spoiler questions aren't gonna get answers and I'm just acknowledging it this time to give the statement that I'm not going to answer them.
And that'll do for the current chapter of Trials of War, you'll most be getting part two of this chapter within the week since I've pretty much got most of it written save for the last flashback and the ending which will lead us into the next part of The Classic arc.
Next one will be talking about the fall of GUN and a bit of what happened to Sunset Heights.
Can't wait to hear some of your changed opinions about why Shadow is fighting now. I wanna see if someone gets it right.
Oh yeah, and I know I said I wouldn't bring back Metal, but woohoo! Flashbacks let me get past that. So hope this did satisfy some Metal Sonic fans.
Also, we're at 188 reviews, can we hit 200 after Episode Omega Part 2?
So until then, R&R and I'll see you guys in a few days.
