Chapter 10

Shadow and Sonic looked towards each other after Sonic spoke, as Eggman's air fleet continued it's slow flight towards the island. Shadow couldn't fathom what Sonic had in mind, and waited for Sonic to speak. He didn't have to wait long.

"You can manipulate Chaos energy, even without an emerald," Sonic explained. "So I need you to shoot a high powered Chaos spear at me. If it's powerful enough, it may be able to give me the energy I need to go Super Sonic."

"Or it may kill you," Shadow answered.

"We don't have much of a choice," Sonic answered.

He closed his eyes, spread his arms, and focused on the six emeralds they already collected. Slowly, they rose up and floated around him. Each of the emeralds glowed and shined a light right into him. Sonic started to glow, as the emeralds power flowed into him.

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Tails was flying his plane right at Eggman's fleet. He knew that his small plane couldn't win against such a large fleet of planes, but he was determined to try and hold them off as long as he could. His face, as well as Cream's, showed a mixture of determination and nervousness.

"Cream…just in case we don't make it, I want you to know…" he started, before Cream interrupted.

"I know. I love you too," she replied.

He nodded, as he turned back to the fleet, which started firing. Tails weaved in and out, as Cream tried to aim some homing missiles on the planes. She pressed a button, and two dozen homing missiles blasted off and hit their targets dead on. Tails continued to do acrobatic tricks to keep from being hit, while Cream focused on locking on more targets.

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"Now…Shadow!" Sonic called out, as his body struggled to contain the Chaos energy he received from the Chaos emeralds.

Shadow hesitated for a couple of seconds before he started gathering up chaos energy in his hand. The ball of energy grew and grew, as he gathered more and more energy. When he gathered a lot of energy in his hands, he brought them forward and pointed the ball towards Sonic.

"Chaos Spear!" he yelled, firing a beam of chaos energy right at Sonic.

The yellow beam sped towards Sonic, hitting him right in the chest. Sonic winced, as the energy entered his body. The other six emeralds fell to the ground, temporarily de-powered, as an explosion of light blasted out on Angel Island, causing Shadow and Knuckles to put their arms over their eyes. When it faded, Sonic's blue has been replaced by a golden yellow, and his spikes went up instead of down. He was now Super Sonic.

Sonic turned and raced towards the air fleet to assist Cream and Tails

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Meanwhile, Eggman's fleet suddenly stopped firing, and the smaller ships flew off and regrouped around the larger base there. Both Cream and Tails didn't know what was going on, until a hatch opened up in front of the ship.

Tails tried to fly out of the way of the large blast he knew was coming, but wasn't fast enough. He watched in horror as the beam came towards him, and shut his eyes, expecting it to be the end. But when he heard the beam hit something else, he opened them to see super sonic blocking the beam. He then was able to push it back in the form of many smaller beams that destroyed a large portion of the fleet.

"This isn't the end," Eggman yelled through the intercom, as he retreated.

The Tornado Three and Super Sonic flew back towards Angel Island. When they landed, Sonic said, "I have to get back to my time before my Super power runs out. But before I go, I have something to say."

He then turned towards Tails and continued.

"Tails, in case I don't make it back, I want you to keep up the fight against Eggman. You evolved into a great leader, and I feel that, no matter what future happens, it's safe in your hands."

"Hey," Tails said, flashing a thumbs up. "I learned from the best."

Sonic returned the thumbs up, then flew off into orbit around the planet. He whirled around it, faster and faster, until he was a yellow blur. As he sped up even more, he looked like a ring that formed around the planet. Then he was suddenly gone.

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When Sonic stopped, he found himself back in Station Square. The original Station square he knew and has become the protector of. Looking down, he saw the rocket that was speeding towards Amy's apartment. Thinking fast, he flew through it, using his super sonic powers to protect him. He managed to destroy it mere feet from hitting the apartment.

"That takes care of that. Now for Eggman," he thought.

He flew over the buildings, making a beeline for where he fought Eggman before. He found him, locked into a battle against Tails in the Cyclone. As he approached, he saw one of Eggman's blasts take out one of the legs. The Cyclone crashed to the ground, and tails got tangled in the seat belt. Eggman took aim, planning to finish Tails off right there. As Eggman fired, Super Sonic brought himself in between the robot and tails, deflecting the shot.

"Don't you know that robots are not permitted inside city limits, Eggman?" Super Sonic said, before racing all over the robot at super fast speeds before coming back to his starting point.

"You must be losing your touch, Sonic," Eggman taunted. "You didn't even touch me."

"Guess again," Super Sonic replied.

Eggman didn't know what he was talking about, until he felt the robot lurch. He looked down to see slices where Super sonic passed by, causing his robot to fall apart. The robot collapsed into a pile of rubble. Eggman flew free in the usual egg shaped flying machine.

"I'll get you next time, Sonic." he vowed, as he flew away.

Tails untangled himself from the Cyclone and stood up, as sonic floated back down to earth. His color changed from golden back to his normal blue color. Sonic watched Eggman fly away, then turned around to face Tails.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"Yeah, thanks to you, Sonic," he answered, then remembered something. "Don't you have a date with Amy?"

"Tails, if you only knew what I went through, you'd say that I deserve a rest," Sonic said, as he ran towards home.

Tails scratched his head, wondering what Sonic was talking about.

The End