Surging Chaos: Enraged Aura
By InuSonishaUnlimited
Disclaimer: Don't own SEGA, duh. Rated M or MA for Scenes of Rape, Language and Violence. If you can't stand those elements, turn away now.
7. Seventh Meeting
In mere moments, Super Sonic and Marina reached the Aquatic Ruins area. It is just as Sonic could recall from his days when Eggman attempted some mischief here. As he landed, he recognized one major change to the landscape.
"Hmm...some of the landmass has already been submerged. Meaning..." Sonic says.
"We'll need to go under there immediately." Marina says.
"All right. We have the Oxygen Collars on, so let's get to diving." Sonic says.
The both of them make the dive, heading under the clear waters of Aquatic Ruins. The Eggman Arrow mechanisms were destroyed, making the trek less threatening. Various fish pass through submerged ruins, a beautiful sight for the both of them. Some of the broken columns are even more fragile due to the water, some collapsing from the mere touch. As they went deeper, the light from the surface began to diminish, making Super Sonic's golden light source very helpful.
"It's getting darker down here, Marina. Stick close, okay?" he says.
"Okay. It might be easier if I hold your hand." she says, grabbing hold of his hand as they kept going.
Eventually, they come across a giant white door with an unusual pattern. Four columns, apparently unscathed by the water, stand before the door, yet the door itself seems to be cracked. As Sonic touches the door, it begins to glow and finally, it opens up.
"Whoa...well, won't get anywhere just standing here. Let's do it!" Sonic says, entering the temple.
"Sonic...did you feel that when you entered...?" Marina asks.
"Felt kinda like...an electric shock or something..." he says.
Before either of them could say anything, a giant, bright white fish with six fins and four long, jagged and spiny tails swims out from a pile of rubble. It has the similar color design as that of Oblivion Sonic, with red eyes and black streaks along the body. Around it's body are three giant rings and hanging from it's head is a long appendage with a thorny, glowing sphere.
"Oh snap...What the hell is that!?" Sonic shouts.
"Sonic, that thing is emitting the electric energy we felt earlier!" Marina says.
"This must be a Guardian or something..." Sonic says.
"Bearer of Oblivion, you have finally arrived. Now you must be tested before my knowledge can be passed onto you." the creature speaks.
"It can talk...Tested, me?" Sonic asks.
He doesn't get a proper response, since the creature slams his fins together and unleashes a force of pushing water that slams Sonic across the room and into the wall. The impact causes cracks that begin to drain the water in the room slowly. This doesn't affect the Guardian, since it swims right to Sonic's impact point, meeting the fist of the golden hedgehog right to it's eye.
"Here's mud in your eye!" Sonic yells, driving his fist in until blood is released from the eye.
"Impressive, Bearer of Oblivion! Now the battle truly begins!" it yells, swimming at the hedgehog.
"Marina, take cover!" Sonic yells, charging right at the beast.
"Okay, please be careful!" Marina shouts.
They hit each other, but the beast proves to be much more than what Sonic could figure, sending the hedgehog back a bit before a bolt of white lightning comes from the hanging appendage, shocking Sonic heavily.
"YYAAAHHH!!!" Sonic yells out, the voltage covering his body.
"My lightning is concentrated on merely my foe, so you needn't worry about the girl." the beast says.
"Grr...at least I don't need to worry about Marina getting hurt...Let's go!" Sonic yells, charging at the beast again.
Though the entire conflict, Marina watches, looking for anything that could help Sonic defeat this thing. That's when she spots a particularly interesting set of wall depictions displaying a similar battle. Then she looks to the ceiling and sees the same pattern as she sees in the picture. The picture shows someone slamming into the ceiling, dropping the load onto the creature. However, the being seems to be enveloped in Oblivion power, making this an issue for Sonic.
"Only the power of Oblivion can win this battle! Bring it forth!" the beasts says.
"Damn it all..." Sonic says, stopping and setting foot on the floor near Marina.
"Sonic, over here! Look at this wall! He's telling the truth! You need to transform!" she says, hiding the uneasiness she felt about it.
"Well, I guess there's no other option...Here goes!" Sonic says, going back to the beast.
In no time, his body began glowing white before the quills got longer, the black streaks showed up and his eyes went red and black. The blades appeared on his hands and the eye appeared on his chest. Thus, Oblivion Sonic was now in battle with the Guardian.
"So you do possess the power! Now see if you can defeat me!" the beast yells, firing shot after shot of lightning at Sonic.
Sonic teleports repeatedly, making the lightning shots pretty useless. Withing mere moments, Sonic got started hacking away at the beast, his attacks precise and potent. The beast manages to push Sonic away and nails him with a pressured blast of water, sending him towards the wall. This time, Sonic stops himself and bounds back to the creature, delivering a powerful kick to the beast's chin, afterwards flying to the ceiling and driving his blades into the ceiling.
"This symbol is calling me..." Sonic says.
He brings the whole ceiling down, flying back to Marina and enveloping them in a white barrier as the beast is buried under the heavy ceiling. They both hear a loud crash and roar, the scent of blood in the water. From the hole in the ceiling comes a column of water that pushes the cracked walls enough to open them further, clearing the room of water as the column kept coming down. Sonic reverts his transformation and looks beyond the carnage.
"Whoops...That's gonna take some time to fix. Talk about ironic, it rose from rubble and died beneath rubble." Sonic says, scratching his head.
"Look there, Sonic. That column seems to be beating like a heart." Marina points out.
Ahead of them is a tall, glowing column that seems to glow on and off, just like the rhythm of a heartbeat. Sonic and Marina get closer, the beating now becoming louder as Sonic's stomach begins to glow as well.
"This column...maybe..." Sonic says, leaping up on top of the column.
"You have done well to come here. We grant you our power." a large collection of ominous voices tell him.
Sonic is surrounded by a large sphere of white light, the Oblivion Sphere collecting most of it from within. For a brief moment, Sonic flashes to Oblivion Sonic before the light finally dissapates. The column shatters to pieces after that, Sonic dropping to his feet as a result.
"Your next destination lies in the valley of unseen currents, blowing carelessly with time itself. Within the center of the vortex lies the Oblivion Temple Beta." the collection of voices ring out once again.
"Oblivion Temple Beta...okay." Sonic says, turning to see Vios on an opposite column.
"Well done, Sonic the Hedgehog. I was sure that you would be able to accomplish this task." she says.
"Vios, do you know how many temples there are?" Sonic asks.
"Yes, there are three; Alpha, Beta, and Delta. When all three have been visited, we will be able to stop the Oblivion Dragon. However..." Vios says.
"Is there something the matter?" Marina asks.
"The surface world...they have emerged within the surface world." Vios says.
"They? Who are you talking about?" Sonic asks.
"They are called Remnant Carriers. They are small beings that existed when we, the Bearers of Oblivion, walked this world. They are smaller white dragons with vast wings and blood-coated tails. They serve the Oblivion Dragon and are very unstable." she says.
"Unstable...?" Marina asks.
"Imagine a balloon and a sharp point. A mere touch of the point can pop the balloon. It is the same with the Remnant Carriers. If anyone of them is touched, they will go off like bombs, with the equivalent power of a high-powered explosive." Vios further explains.
"Do you think this world's military power will be able to deal with them?" Sonic asks.
"I wish I could say. I am unsure, however, I do believe that they will not be able to do it on their own." Vios says.
"Hmm...what are these things trying to do?" Marina asks.
"They seek to make our duty much more difficult. Which is why finding the remaining temples and completing the Oblivion Sphere is top priority." she says.
"Yeah, I guess so. Won't I need to deal with those things anyway?" Sonic asks.
"Yes, however, for the time being, I will deal with them. Avoid contact with the dragons if you can help it. Setting them off is unwise. Also, be careful in certain places where they stand firm. The air, the sea, the land...all of it can be affected by these uncertain creatures." Vios says, disappearing after that.
"Well, better get out of here. I think I got a lot of water in my ears." Sonic says.
"That's a good idea. Let's hurry." Marina says, Sonic lifting her and heading out the way they came.
Meanwhile, Eggman and Tails were meeting with some defense officials, concerning the power of the Oblivion people and these new threats. The meeting place turned out to be Tails' facility, the conference room proved to be perfect. Among them are GUN soldiers, the GUN commander and the President.
"These new creatures are very dangerous." the GUN commander states.
"Yes, they emit very high energy levels, making contact with them very dangerous. As we've seen earlier." Tails says.
"An unfortunate attack led to the destruction of a small section of the mountain ranges. We need to handle them very cautiously." Eggman says.
"However, we cannot do much without igniting these things, therefore making any frontal attacks useless. We need to create a weapon that won't cause them to go off like that." Tails says.
"Even that is difficult, since we can't even get data from the remaining pieces of the exploded creatures. They leave nothing for us to go on, except the magnitude of the explosion. They go off with the same intensity as a super-high explosive." Eggman says.
"We will discuss this at a different time, when we can gather ideas for what's going on. From what I can tell...the Oblivion people are gearing up for their greatest revenge against those who didn't understand what their true motives were." the President says.
The room is silent after that as everyone makes their way out. Tails remains, looking over some data he managed to get. Although it still wasn't enough to completely explain what these creatures were or what their true motive was. He shook his head, looking out the window before Cosmo enters.
"Are you frustrated, Tails?" she asks, sitting with him.
"Yes, this whole matter seems to be getting to me. We can't help Sonic and Marina without knowing what to do." Tails says.
"I'm sure you can figure something out, Tails." she says.
"Yeah...I just hope you're right. Who knows how much time we have left." Tails says.
"What do you mean, Tails?" she asks.
"Those things are like walking timebombs. The minute anything comes in contact with them, they go off. We need to be extra careful of what GUN does, or something horrible will happen." Tails says.
"I guess we'd better get started on the research." Cosmo says.
"Correct. Let's get to it." he says, walking with her.
Back at Marina's home, Sonic sits on the rooftop, looking at the starry sky. Vios makes another appearance, sitting beside the golden hedgehog. She seems to have something on her mind, yet is unclear as to how to go about stating it.
"Vios, is there something wrong?" he asks her.
"The young girl that travels with you...I feel a particularly familiar energy source from her." she says.
"Maybe it's the Chaos Emerald I gave her?" he asks.
"No, not that...Could it be that...?" she says.
"Could it be what?" he asks.
"I am unsure. I will need to look into this further, but..." Vios says.
"What do you think?" he asks.
"It may be possible...it may not be possible...but that girl...might be a Bearer of Oblivion as well." she says.
"Marina...? A Bearer? I haven't sensed anything like that..." Sonic says.
"You've slept with her, correct?" Vios asks.
"Y...Yeah, why do you ask?" he asks.
"Then it is possible that a small amount of power from the sphere entered her body when you did. That is only a theory, however." Vios says.
"Hmm...I'm a little confused." Sonic says, scratching his head.
"As am I, but I will look into this further to confirm my suspicions. Until then, think nothing of it." she says, disappearing once more.
"Hmm...Marina, a Bearer of Oblivion? I can't see that, really...then again, I couldn't exactly imagine myself as one either, yet here I am." Sonic says, floating back inside.
-Food for thought, I suppose. Coming up, passion ensues and the next temple stirs up some evil winds in the world.