Chapter 9: Battle!
"This is your last chance Nix." Rage warns "back off now or else…"
"Sorry but I am not going to let you foil my plans this time Rage the Hedgehog!"
"Very well then." Rage sighs "You have sealed your fate…"
"Hmph your petty words do not intimidate me." Nix smirks evilly "Dark Legion…destroy them!" he yells
[Music: Dark Impetus~Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]
As Nix commands this Christain tried to hit Jaden with a kick but is blocked by a grab before he could hit him. Spinster flies at Amethyst who kicks him off of the glider he was on, Miles throws bombs at Markus who leaps out of the way, Edgar runs for Exedra and tries to hit him but he is flipped over by the hedgehog. Fiona tried to hit Galaxia but she was hit by the end of her staff. As for Lars he was hit from behind by an icy blast from Zerg. Zoldea then leaps for him as Dark Spawns begin swarming the remaining heroes.
"This's doesn't look good." Kurai says
"Focus…" Hikari grunts hitting a Dark Spawn that had leaped for him
"You won't win this Christain!" Jaden yells after landing from a failed attack
"Is that so?" Christain laughs "Well I think you are getting ahead of yourself there kid, I am a master of darkness! You are only a kid, I can never be defeated by a child."
"Have you forgotten Rage defeated you once when he was 13." Jaden smirks
"He was 13… that makes him a teenager." Christain yells although he knew Jaden was right
"And I am 16 so I guess that means I am not a child." Jaden taunts making Christain angry
"SHUT UP!" He yells firing a large beam of darkness at the grey hedgehog who puts down a protective barrier to deflect the blast.
"Arc-Nova 51: Rift Strike!" Jaden calls as he warps behind Christain and hits him with an energy blast to the ground.
Meanwhile Zerg was looking at Zoldea with a frown "That wasn't very nice…" he says
"Quiet!" the female wolf growls firing spikes of ice at the dark blue hedgehog who tires to avoid as many as he could.
Not far from there Spinster stood looking at Amethyst with an unseen anger look, "You goddamn freak you busted my glider!" he yells he was replied with a hit to the face by Amethyst
"I am not a freak!" she yells in anger "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!" She yells emitting a dark force
Over by Jaden's fight with Christain he looks to see Amethyst's glow "Shit…" the grey hedgehog thinks "Arc Nova 8: Flash Cannon!" he yells hitting Christain with a beam of energy that immobilized him.
"Dammit!" the dark hedgehog curses as Juaden quickly runs over to Amethyst
"Yes…" Christain says softly "Feed your anger…give in to the darkness!"
"Amethyst!" Jaden yells grabbing her arm "Calm down! Don't you see this is what they want you to do! So they can feed off of your energy!" he tells her and she looks at him before lowering her arm from its attack position.
"Th-they are?" she asks
"Yeah…it's a set-up, if we defeat them here I know they will just vanish and recuperate for another battle." Jaden explains "They are testing us, getting to know our skills."
"DIE!" Nix yells hitting Rage only for his attack to be blocked again. "Why won't you die!?" he yells in anger
"I die hard." Rage smirks as he hits the dark hedgehog with a flash slice making him fall to his knees
"D-d-damn you Rage." He pants vanishing into darkness,
"Retreat for now!" Christain yells and all of the enemies vanish into thin air.
"Get back here you coward!" Icezer yells
"Let it go." Rage says "There will be other times trust me…"
"How did they revive Nix?" Hikari asks
"I'll tell you how." Exedra says "They used Nova boy over here." He says signaling with a head thrust to Jaden "Used his own energy to bring him back."
"It's Jaden not Nova boy!" Jaden says with a glare "It's not my fault either they were able to tap into my body to do it…. Like they knew how Arc-Nova worked."
"With as old as Christain is I wouldn't put it past him." Rage sighs "The slippery bastard has avoided The Chaos Guardians for eons. He's what you could call our most wanted." He says "I am sorry you three got dragged into all of this."
"Oh it's not your fault." Galaxia says "It was actually a mission we were given."
"The name's Rage Chaotic." The crimson hedgehog says "The Chaos Guardian."
"Galaxia, and my friends are Lars and Exedra." She greets with a handshake
"A Chaos Guardian?" Exedra thinks "So you're a master on all Chaos powers?"
"Sure am." Rage answers "I have access to all forms of it and I regulate it meaning I can cut any one off from the energy when necessary. Also have access to Super, Hyper, True Chaos, Perfect Chaos and Ultima Chaos forms as well as the Chaos Synch letting me turn others who have it into a Super form for a short amount of time."
"How long is a short amount of time?" Zoldea asks
"About 10 minutes." Rage replies
"So what do we do now?" Silver asks
"We need to know what our enemies are planning now that they have Nix revived." Rage responds "I think it's time for another raid mission."
"Can I go this time?" Amethyst asks
"I promised you earlier you could go." Rage says "So this time yeah, go with Jaden, uh…"
"I'll go" Exedra says
"Me too." Blaze steps up
"Guess I'll take the last slot." Hikari says
"Alright the rest of us will be on Angel Island for now then." Rage informs the five "Good luck."
"Thank you." They say before departing.
"I am going to head over to Blue Ridge Zone real quick to check on an energy reading I'll be back soon." Rage says to the rest before leaving himself
[Blue Ridge Zone]
Rage was walking around his eyes scanning for anything out of the ordinary. "Hmm…" he thinks "The energy reading came from this location but… there is nothing here." Rage is then hit by a foot and he turns to see a gold eagle covered in tattoos his chest clear, beak sporting a scornful look and his talons closed in fists that didn't hide the sharpness of them. "Who are you?" Rage asks
"My name is Valour the Eagle." The eagle responds "What are you doing here?"
"Investigating an energy signature." Rage replies "Why are you attacking me like that Valour?"
"Because that energy signature was a trap." He smiles as his body is covered in a golden shell like form, oddly it was made of Chaos Energy. "Now you will die!"
"An ability to solidify your body into gold with the use of Chaos." Rage says interested "Interesting… however I am afraid it will not do you much good."
"What do you mean? I am a master of chaos!" Valour yells
"Yeah, and I am Rage Chaotic The Hedgehog, Guardian of Chaos." Rage responds "I am a Chaos Guardian the only True Masters of Chaos. We can use any form and to the highest limit. And besides any Chaos powered attack doesn't work against me."
"I thought The Chaos Guardians were dead." Valour scoffs
"I am the last one." Rage answers
"Are you now?" Valour challenges
"Go ahead hit me with any Chaos Power. I will absorb it like any Chaos Guardian can." Rage responds
"Fine!" he yells firing a blast of energy at Rage which as he had said is absorbed
"See. Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog Guardian of The Chaos Emeraalds." Rage introduces himself again "And you are?"
"I am Valour the Eagle." He says "What brings you to Blue Ridge Zone?"
"I was following the trap you made, I thought it was something by The Dark Legion." Rage answers
"You mean that group of bad guys that were destroyed a few years ago by Sonic?" Valour asks
"Actually it was me." Rage answers "Sonic really didn't do much but take the credit."
"What do you mean?" Valour asks
"You see I am not a fan of the spotlight per se so I let Sonic take all of the credit. My job is The Chaos Guardian and I feel that it is best that the public does not know who and what I am." Rage explains
"I see..." Valour says
"Why did you make that trap in the first place?" Rage asks
"It was supposed to attract whoever was making the dark energy spike in this region but instead…" Valour sighs
"I picked it up first." Rage finishes and he nods "I'm sorry about that. I should be going."
"Will we ever see each other again?" Valour asks
"That Valour is up to fate… but if I wanted to bet I am going to say yeah, just keep on doing what you're doing and you'll see." Rage replies like he knew something before he vanished.
[With Jaden, Amethyst, Exedra, Blaze and Hikari]
Jaden and Amethyst were slipping through halls being sure they remained undetected, Blaze and Exedra were looking for anyone in the dungeon and Hikari had taken out the security systems. "I think this is about all we are going to find here Amethyst." Jaden says as they leave another room "This base is abandoned, nothing here."
"Yeah…" she agrees as the five regroup
"Anything?" Hikari asks and the other four shake their heads. "Alright let's return to Angel Island." He sighs and with a Chaos Control the five are returned in a flash.
"Well?" Icezer asks
"Nothing." Jaden sighs
"At this rate we won't be able to stop this without any information." Kintobor sighs "What do we do next?"
"I'll tell you what." Rage says walking up "We head to their homefront."
"Rage you don't mean?" Icezer asks
"I do." He answers "Guys we are going to Dark Mobius."
To be continued.