DC: Fine, I'm impatient. I'm going to finish my story whether you like it or not. I'm surprised no one tried to guess. Oh, if anyone was wondering what 'Emerald Coast' is, it was in the game Sonic Battle for GBA. There'll be more locations from that game latter on.

Bane: So, on with the story!

DC: Hey, that's my line.

Bane: Don't care.

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Bane, Carnage, Fang and Sam landed in the water 10 feet away from the Egg Carrier.

"Bane," moaned Carnage, "You missed." Bane sighed.

"Don't blame me," said he, "I was under pressure." The team swam to the Egg Carrier. They climbed on deck.

"FANG!" exclaimed Sam, "you didn't tell me you were friends with a Cat Mage!" Fang shrugged.

"Honestly, I didn't think it was relevant, baby, I'm sorry." Fang said. Sam smiled flirtatiously. Bane groaned.

"Oh, just get a closet." He complained as he teleported them away.

"Where did you send them?" asked Carnage. Bane smiled devilishly.

"Oh, some place they could be alone. Come, we have an emerald to find." Bane grabbed Carnage's hand and rushed into the bowels of the ship.


Fang looked around. There was no one to be seen, except Sam of course. They were the only two. They were truly alone, in South Dakota! Fang looked at Sam and smiled. She smiled back. "Thank you Bane!" thought Fang as he lunged.


Bane and Carnage fought fiercely. Carnage used shuriken and homing attacks while Bane used cast Fire bolts and Ice spears. They finally managed to battle their way into the core of the ship. They paused to look around at the massive room. It was then they found their final task, the thing separating victory and defeat, the last conflict that needed to be cleared. There stood a little blue creature with a key in its back. When it noticed them it floated in the air and said…

"Don't forget, push the A button to jump."

"OMOCHAO!" exclaimed Bane. There in front of them floated Omochao, the annoying robot chao from Sonic Adventure 2.

"Ha," scoffed Carnage, "He doesn't look so tough." Omochao just floated there with a smile on his face.

"So go ahead and press A to jump, and while in the air, press A again to perform the Homing Attack."

"Don't mind if I do." said Carnage as she homing attacked him. Omochao waited until the last second, then…

"LUDICOUS SPEED!" Omochao shouted. Suddenly, he began to glow. Then he started running. He tore across the room, ran around the walls a few times and rammed into Carnage. She flew backwards and hit the wall.

"Carnage!" shouted Bane as he ran to her side. He checked her pulse rate, which was slowing. He stood and glared at Omochao. "You." he began, "You. Wasn't once enough? Could you not stop when you betrayed my family to the police? How could you do this to me again!" The room fell silent. Then Omochao laughed. He laughed and he laughed and he laughed.

"Foolish Cat Mage," started Omochao, all cuteness gone from his voice. "Don't you see? I've always been jealous of you and your people's powers. That is why I started the genocide. I spread rumors that the Cat Mages were planning to overthrow the government. Then you would be gone, and I could rule Supreme Mage!" He laughed again. Bane stood, not moving. "So," he thought, "I've been forced into hiding, not able to perform magic, not able to help the world as I was intended, because of him. I'm sorry, Elders, I must break the Ancient Code. I will kill him!" Bane began chanting, gathering his energy. Omochao took notice and continued to chortle with dark mirth. Bane felt his power swelling to its bursting point. He could contain it no longer. He cast the most powerful Black Magic spell in existence.

"VORTEX OF 1,000 NIGHTMARES!" shouted Bane. Omochao looked up, but it was too late. The spell fell upon him like a tsunami against a paddle boat. He began to scream as the magic destroyed his mind, body and soul. As suddenly as it had started, it was over. Omochao was no more, leaving behind the chaos emerald. Bane fell to the ground in exhaustion. He crawled over and picked up the lifeless form of Carnage. No one person had Bane ever felt so attached to. And now she was dead, a lifeless reminder of his failure. He held her body close to his. As he did, he felt something. A heartbeat! Carnage was alive still. He held her tightly and ran his fingers through her quills.

"Carnage," he said, "I love you." he summoned the last amount of his power and teleported them home.

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I guess that was a little too much for the fourth chapter. I'll try to keep the standard in the ones coming up. Remember, the contest is still on, so submit your guesses by reviewing.