The ships that I saw did not resemble anything that Robotnik could ever create. They looked organic, but I knew otherwise as some of them landed while the others headed northward. I quickly found out just by looking that the Robotnik fleet must have been rebuilt since its almost-complete destruction about ten days ago since the unidentified ships that didn't land were heading towards the Robotnik Airships. I then turned my attention back to the vessels that landed and saw one of them open its doors. Several elite soldiers armed with weapons called Refractors stepped out before a Black Arm dressed in white robes and solid platinum crown exited the ship.
He turned his attention to me and then said, "Ah, you must be the grandson of the Ultimate Life Form, the Original Shadow the Hedgehog. I am known as White Hope, Ruler of Chaoxius." He then turned towards the others and said, "I am the ruler of Chaoxius, White Hope. Today we join your battle against Robotnik and his robot legions." As if on cue, sounds of violence erupted from the north and we headed in that direction.
Battle had already broken out between the unidentified vessels and the Robotnik fleet when we arrived. Suddenly an agent who was next to me looked up and said, "Hey, do you know what those things are?"
"What things? Where?" I said, looking around in the sky. Then I saw what he had seen. Several waves of what appeared to be small asteroids were rocketing towards the ground. Two of them hit the ground and they immediately open up to unleash a pair of elite Black Arms soldiers armed with Refractors. They just ignore me and open fire on several R-robots in front of them, destroying most of them while the ones that weren't destroyed were crushed underneath more of those asteroid-like drop pods. I noticed Neoshadow, Argentum, Johnson, and Andrew join the fighting and I decided to get a piece of the action as well. It was a rather long battle but things heated up when those Upgraded Weapons came.
The Upgraded Weapons were humanoid robots that had jetpacks, a machine gun, and grenade launcher. Well, half of them were like this actually. The other half looked like falcons and unleashed both missiles and Vulcan cannon fire on us. Neoshadow headed off elsewhere on the battlefield and distracted the falcon-like machines while Andrew and Johnson held off the basic R-robots, leaving me with two elite Black Arms to handle the humanoid Upgraded Weapons. One of them shot and destroyed several of these things before they got close enough to use their weaponry to maximum effect, but then one of the machines used both its machines gun and grenade launcher at the same time, prompting me to dodge the grenade. As I dodged it, one of the two Black Arms elites fell due to gunfire.
Seeing his partner die in front of him, the other soldier began glowing a solid red and unleashed several Chaos Blasts, destroying most of the robots in the area and allowing me and Neoshadow to clear up any remaining enemies. Once all of the robots were destroyed, the red glow faded from the soldier.
"That was rage mode that Pollux just entered earlier. I didn't know that was possible, using the power of Chaos while enraged." Johnson said over to Andrew.
"Yeah, but we need to get moving and start clearing the combat zone of any dead bodies. We'll use what's left of the destroyed robots for the human soldiers' ammunition." Andrew said back to Johnson before heading off.
I ran up to Pollux and began ask him why he was to fire Chaos Blasts without having recited the oath of the Trinity, but I stopped myself from completing the question since the Elite Black Arms Soldier would not understand. Then Neoshadow came up to me and answered my question.
"All Black Arms are capable of unleashing the power of Chaos as the ability to use these powers is in their blood. However, to be able to activate this ability, one of two criteria must be met. The first method is for the Black Arm in question to experience an extremely high amount of stress." Neoshadow said to me.
"And the other criteria?" I asked curiously.
"The other one is for the Black Arm in question to experience the death of one who shared a sibling-like bond with them. In other words, experiencing the death of a loved one. The Black Arm that I saw killed by those robots earlier was Pollux's brother, Castor. The two of them were biological brothers, as Castor was older than Pollux and the two have civilian relatives back on Chaoxius."
