CHAPTER 4
MONICA
Watching Iblis rise out of the flames only brought one thought to my head.
God save us, everyone,
When we burn in the fires
Of a Thousand Suns
For the sins of our hand,
The sins of our tongue,
The sins of our fathers,
The sins of our young…
Was this world really going to be demolished by this thing? Was it going to wipe out all life that had ever lived here? Was Ice somehow planning to bring this death to Earth?
I threw those thoughts away and focused on getting as far away from the demon as possible. Our group was a long ways off in the distance, waving at us and trying to get us to go faster. I shoved Mark forward. "Come on! This thing will kill us if you don't start moving!"
"Right…" He muttered. We began running as fast as we could towards everyone else.
A stream of fire blocked our path from them. I screamed and grabbed Mark before he could run into it. We both fell backwards, coughing and gasping. It was so hot I felt like my skin was melting off my face.
"Iblis! Rise! Rise and conquer what is rightfully ours!"
I turned to see Mephiles standing at the edge of the cliff where Iblis was struggling to escape from. He looked as though he wanted nothing but to burn; to burn and bring this demon fully to strength. It was so bright by the fires, I wondered how he was still able to stand and take a form near them.
As I watched, a river of flames spewed down from I guess what could have been Iblis' mouth and burned away the Dark. The scream that lingered was terrible. I had to clutch both hands over my ears and grind my teeth together to keep from joining that scream.
"Monica, get up! He's…he's…LOOKING THIS WAY!" Mark grabbed my arms and hoisted me to my feet.
I made the mistake of looking up towards Iblis' face. He was just fire…no visible features except two orbs of green light that were staring directly at me. Had Mephiles somehow been absorbed into the fire's hell? I figured I didn't want to find out. I turned and ran.
Another stream of fire exploded to my left. I didn't dare slow down. The group was coming closer…but they began to retreat once the fires grew closer.
That was about when Mark tripped, tripping me. I fell hard onto a rock and rolled onto my back just in time to see a fountain of fire come shooting towards me. My scream was lost in Mark's as we awaited our death. I just never thought it'd end quite like this…
At the last second someone stepped forward and the flames halted in their path. I blinked hard, making sure I was seeing things correctly.
"Get out of here!" Blaze shouted, countering the fire with her own.
I wasted no time in scrambling up and running towards the rest of my comrades. Blaze flipped backwards out of range of Iblis and joined us.
"How'd you get here?" I demanded.
"They called me in. I might not be at full strength though…what those Nanobots did was incredible." Blaze sighed. "You're lucky I got here when I did. What-"
She got cut off as Silver threw his arms around her. "I'm so glad you're here!"
"Yeah, me too. Let go, we've got a fire demon to destroy!"
"Just how do we do that, exacally?" I asked.
"Olivia, where's the Master Emerald?" Leo asked.
"It's…back in the lab. I don't know if I can reach it before Iblis destroys this whole area." Olivia shook her head. "But together we have all the Emeralds. Most of them might be absorbed into Iblis…but if they're still powerful enough Silver might be able to do something."
"I'll need Sonic and Shadow." Silver squeaked, casting another glance at the fire. "I can't do this myself."
"They're possessed by the Nanobots." I reminded him. "You're the only one who can do anything at the moment."
"What if the power of the Emeralds can short out the Nanobots?" Mark asked.
"We might have to take that risk." Olivia sighed. "But right now our main focus is on the Master Emerald."
I reached into the scorched but otherwise intact bag I had and brought the yellow Emerald out, feeling its power flood my soul. I felt like taking on the world and succeeding. "Silver, come on. Together both you and me might have a chance to get the Master Emerald out."
He nodded nervously, but followed me as I ran back towards where we had wanted to escape from not that long ago. Iblis followed our progress, never taking its eyes off of us. Before long, realization clicked and it swung out at us, nearly setting my bag on fire. I ditched it anyway; I needed less weight.
Iblis gave a mighty roar and as we neared the lab, a shadow moved. I only halted long enough to see Mephiles standing as though he were lost; the Nanobots burned away in Iblis' intense heat. Unfortunately, he still knew we meant to stop the demon from rising.
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MARK
Spade pulled the light blue Emerald from his quills and handed it to Leo. "Just in case. I figured if I died at least it'd be in good hands."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I'm going to kill Ice." Spade said before running after Monica and Silver.
"Is he crazy?" Olivia shouted.
"Spade!" I grabbed the Emerald from Leo and bolted after him. I ignored the shouts of the group behind me and focused my attention on Iblis, making sure it didn't plan any sudden movements that might be the death of me.
Ice, Sonic, Tails, Shadow and Knuckles were still by the lab's door. I watched as Monica and Silver slipped past them and into the building, but….was that a shadow that moved after them? Impossible…
I tore my attention away from that. Monica had an Emerald. Both her and Silver would be protected. I turned my attention back on Spade as he confronted the group.
Instantly Shadow jumped at him, but Spade was ready. In one smooth move he leapt over Shadow's head and landed behind him, kicking out and striking Shadow's legs just below the knee. He collapsed, giving Spade enough time to aim a blow at the back of his head.
"Spade!" I shouted.
Spade glanced at me, giving me a look that plainly showed his disapproval of my following. Unfortunately, I had distracted him in the one crucial moment.
Knuckles leapt up and slammed both fists into his back, causing him to fly away from Shadow and skid heavily across the flaming ground. The smell of burning fur and the metallic smell of blood greeted my nostrils as I ran to his side.
"Spade! Spade! Are you all right?"
He struggled to his knees, wincing from the injuries taken to his back and burns. I reached out to try to get him back on his feet when Tails landed his shoe squarely on my chest, knocking the air out of my lungs and driving me backwards. My arm seared with pain as I landed on burning grass.
I gritted my teeth together and gripped my arm tightly, forcing myself to pay attention and keep track of the Emerald that had skidded off into a patch of intact grass.
Sonic had approached Spade, kicking him back down to the ground and planting a foot firmly in the middle of his back. As far as I could tell, he didn't struggle. Ice drew something from his pocket and slowly approached him.
I instantly knew what he planned and swore to never let it happen. I dived to the right and my fingers closed around the Emerald. And then something happened. The jewel pulsed with light and power surged through my arm to my injured one, healing my burn instantly. I stood and ran towards my fallen comrade.
"No, Ice! Leave him alone!" I shouted. The power surged through me again, making me feel invincible. There was no way I could lose.
"Or you'll what?" Ice sneered, tapping the edge of the syringe filled with Nanobots. "You'll kill me?"
"I won't," I growled. The power building inside of me was growing. So was my hatred towards him. I pointed slightly to the right of him and a stream of blue light narrowly missed his arm, slamming into the lab's side and leaving a scorched mark worse than what fire could leave. Ice's expression of shock was clear on his face. "the Emerald will."
"Get him!" Ice shouted.
I turned to see my friends running at me, completely abandoning Spade. I dulled the power flowing through me and allowed it to hit my targets. They collapsed, unconscious but not dead.
"Now…" I turned my attention back on Ice. "surrender or I will kill you."
"You wish." Ice spat.
Before I could react, another column of fire slammed just to the left of me. I managed to escape safely, but I didn't know about the others.
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MONICA
We were being followed. There was no doubt about that. All around us tiny fires sprang to life, filling the air with smoke. Luckily, the Emerald was purifying the air around us and keeping us able to breathe and continue on. Twice we came to an area of a hallway where the floor had collapsed in on itself, leaving only a fiery pit. Once a powerful shaking sensation tore through the lab, threatening to bring the entire thing down on our heads. The Emerald protected us from the worst.
The Emerald began pulsing in my hand as we neared the Master Emerald. I pointed down another hallway and said, "That way. We're getting close."
Before we could take another step darkness swirled upwards, blocking our path. Mephiles stood firmly in our way and said, "I can't let you do this."
"Don't you know what you're doing to this world?" I asked. "Don't you see the damage you've helped do?"
"It's not damage. It's justice." Mephiles hissed. "Justice on the beings that destroyed us in the first place. We were meant to rule…but then they came. We have been growing more powerful over time...now it's time to re-claim this planet as our own. We would have succeeded sooner had that scientist not interfered and corrupted my thoughts."
"We can't let you destroy this planet." Silver spoke up.
"Just give me the Emerald and I'll spare you…for now."
"You want it?" I asked, holding the Emerald in front of me. "Come get it."
It glowed brighter than the sun, blinding both me and Mephiles. Silver ducked his head as the light pierced every shadow in the hallway, forcing Mephiles out or risk being destroyed. I grabbed Silver's arm and we ran down the hall, away from Mephiles' screams of pain and away from the fires that were starting to spread.
Fear gripped my insides momentarily but the Emerald's power drove it away. I was reminded of what had happened not that long ago…when we had first met Ice…
"Monica, in there!" Silver dragged me to a halt and pointed to a door. I gripped the handle and opened it, my gaze settling on the giant gem in the middle of the room.
"How are we suppost to carry this thing?" I demanded, trying to get a good grip on it to be able to lift it up and out.
"Here…" Silver came around the side of it and together we managed to lift it and get it out the door and down most of the first hall. The yellow Emerald I was holding was still glowing brightly, keeping any threats away for the moment. Although I wasn't so sure Mephiles was around anymore.
A piece of burned plaster collapsed down from the roof in front of me. I carefully made my way around it and Silver followed my lead.
Another earthquake shook the ground, forcing me to stop or risk dropping the Emeralds. But before long it became apparent that the quake wasn't going to stop anytime soon and it was only going to get more destructive.
"Let's go!" I shouted.
"MONICA!" Silver screamed, pointing behind us at the far end of the hall.
The roof was beginning to collapse, slowly following the hall. Before long, we would be buried if we didn't escape in time.
I gripped both Emeralds as tight as I could and we began to run…or at least run as best as we could when fires were popping up everywhere and a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was at hand.
The exit was in sight. Light from the outside fires lit up the cracks around the door.
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MARK
I had unconsciously put shields around my friends as the fire slammed into the ground. They were safe. I let out a sigh of relief and turned my attention to Ice again.
And before I could do anything, a shadow moved among the light and took a form as it lunged for my nemesis. Mephiles tightened his arm around Ice's throat, screaming at him the entire time, "You corrupted me! You corrupted Iblis! You must die for what you've done!"
I was about to react to knock Mephiles away when a hand closed over my ankle. I glanced down to see Spade slowly struggle to his knees, gasping though the smoke, "No…he'll finish him. Destroy Iblis…"
I nodded, turning my attention on the fire demon. Its eyes were no longer green, but a dark red. I tried but couldn't send a stream of energy powerful enough to even faze it.
That was when a shout of victory caught my attention and I turned to see Ice as he tried desperately to escape the fire that was burning below the slab of land he was struggling to stay atop of. Mephiles grabbed his arm and twisted it sharply, a crazed look in his eyes.
The most chilling and terrifying moment of my life happened next. Ice glanced in my direction, eyes locking with mine, before he toppled over and into the flames in a loud hiss.
Mephiles' laugh of triumph rang out over the crackling of the fires. With an almost gleeful shout, he dived after Ice into the flames. Iblis' eyes slowly changed to green again as he absorbed the dark demon and stared at me.
Before I could do anything, the door to the lab burst open and Monica and Silver rushed out, each of them carrying one side of the Master Emerald.
The Emerald I was clutching in my hand vibrated and then floated out of my grasp, taking all its power with it. It zipped towards the Master Emerald and began circling it. Monica's did the same.
I grabbed Spade's arm and dragged him to his feet, throwing his arm around the back of my neck and keeping him upright. "Ok, man…this is it…"
Iblis gave a long howl as a flash of light exploded from its fiery body and the other Emeralds joined their master. They began to spin faster and faster around the Master Emerald, glowing brighter and brighter. Monica dropped her end of it and backed up slightly while Silver drew closer, his silvery fur and quills turning golden.
In a blinding flash of light, he took to his super form and flew upwards at Iblis' eye level.
"Mark, help me!" Monica shouted, dragging Sonic by his feet towards the Emerald.
The flash that took place nearly blinded me. I rubbed my burning eyes and struggled to regain sight, finally making out another golden form.
"Thanks, guys." Sonic said, leaving the Emeralds to join Silver.
"Mark, you ok?" Monica demanded. Her hand closed over my arm. "The Emerald's shorting out the Nanobots. Help me get Shadow near it."
I tore my hands away from my eyes and blinked hard. I still had sight, but it was mostly blocked by a giant green blob that hovered wherever I tried to look. "Give me a sec, Monica…" I muttered.
"We don't have a second!" Monica screamed, her shout almost getting lost in Iblis' as he knew he was being challenged.
I squeezed my eyes shut again and opened them wide, the blob slowly disappearing. I made out Shadow lying a few feet in front of me.
"I can stand." Spade growled.
I left him and dragged Shadow towards the Emerald, keeping my eyes shut the entire time. An equally blinding flash overtook my vision and I fell backwards.
"We did it." Monica sighed.
"We need to get away from here. There's no telling what destruction will befall this place." Blaze grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet. "Get Spade away from here. I'll revive Knuckles and Tails."
"I'll help." Monica said.
I cast a glance at Iblis, catching sight of small glowing forms rocketing around its head . it let out a frustrated roar that seemed to shake the air.
"Can the Emerald heal you?" I asked Spade as we made our way away from the battle.
"You'll need it to heal the others first."
Once I was sure we were back a safe distance I said, "Stay here, I'll be back."
"What, were you planning to die?" Spade growled again, wincing slightly as he sat down heavily.
I ignored him and set off towards where Monica, Blaze, Tails and Knuckles were busy gathering up the Emeralds. "Need a hand?"
"Take these and get away from here!" Blaze threw two of the Emeralds at me and I barely managed to catch them. I turned and ran the way I had come.
"Here, Spade, take this." I pushed one of the Emeralds into his hand. There was a soft glow that briefly surrounded his body and he sighed with relief.
"You would not believe how badly the smoke stings wounds." He hissed.
"I'll take your word for it, then." I turned to see the others catching up, Blaze and Knuckles both carrying the Master Emerald. Iblis gave a mighty roar and swung one of its fiery fists at one of the small golden lights, missing and instead sending the lab up in a bright fireball of flame. No chance of the Nanobots ever coming back. Both the creator and creation were destroyed today.
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MONICA
"Shouldn't they be doing something by now?" I asked.
We had been sitting away from the battle for a good ten minuets now, and the only thing that seemed to be happening was a lot of dodging. I cast a glance at Mark.
"They should have destroyed Iblis by now." Blaze said, almost too quietly to hear. She stood and retrieved one of the Emeralds, tossing it to Spade. "Get up there and help."
Spade nodded, standing beside the other Emeralds. I barely managed to look away before a blinding light flashed from the gems and Spade shot off towards the threat. Mark handed me one of the Emeralds. "We should help too."
"What can we do? I can barely manage to attack. And even if I do, it's not going to do anything against a demon like Iblis." I took the Emerald anyway, power flaring through my body.
"We're not going to fight Iblis." Blaze said.
"Then what are we going to do?"
"We're going to distract Mephiles. He's trying desperately to keep Shadow, Sonic and Silver away from his master, barely succeeding. We need to distract him so they can destroy Iblis." Knuckles retrieved another Emerald and handed it to Mark.
"How does he keep coming back? I swear I saw him burn to death…twice!"
"Both demons are one. They live off of each other's life force and feed off of their power. If we kill one, the other won't be far behind." Tails gathered up the rest of the Emeralds, save the Master Emerald.
"Then let's go!" I shouted.
Mark and I ran towards the fire, two Emeralds each clutched in our hands. The power in me was extraordinary. I felt like I could defeat Iblis myself. I felt it gather in my palms, and using the Emeralds to magnify my power shot twin streams of energy from my hands. Iblis roared in shock that someone like me could actually land a hit and it swung one of its fiery arms down at me. I jumped out of the way, attacking again.
Blaze was at my side, countering Iblis' fire with her own. If you say you can't fight fire with fire, you were wrong. Blaze's was magnified by the Emeralds' power, however slightly. It still did a significant amount of damage.
"No!"
Something slammed into my side and I skidded in the grass, nearly falling in one of the fire pits. I turned onto my back to see Mephiles running at me again, a look of pure hatred and anger in his eyes. I rolled to the left as his foot lashed out at my face, narrowly missing me.
"YOU SHALL NOT INTERFERE!" He roared, lashing out again and catching the side of my face. My nose broke, but the power of the Emeralds I was holding healed it instantly. I leapt up and countered with Chaos energy, catching Mephiles in the side and sending him stumbling back. He recovered quickly, coming at me again.
Before he could do anything, Iblis gave a loud scream. It wasn't a threatening roar this time…definitely a dying scream. Mephiles stopped dead in his tracks and stared up at the giant demon. I couldn't help it. I looked too.
What I saw sent me running.
Iblis was falling over, as though its fire was freezing and it was dying. I ran as fast as I could, dodging puddles of fire and jumping over various debris. A giant heat wave descended over me and I glanced backwards to see Iblis' head crash just a few inches from my heels. I didn't stop running even then.
Only when met up with Knuckles and Tails at the Master Emerald did I stop. And even then I wasn't very far from the dying demon.
A long, wailing cry grabbed my attention and I turned back towards where Iblis lay, slowly fading away into small fires that were extinguished by what seemed like nothing. Mephiles was trying in vain to craw away from where Shadow, Silver, Spade and Sonic had him surrounded. Mark joined their blockade and I began slowly making my way towards them as well.
"I was forced to! I had to! We were one!" Mephiles was shouting, cowering away from the bright glow emitted from the hedgehogs' Super forms. "I didn't want this to happen!"
"Then why didn't you stop it?" Shadow growled.
"I couldn't! I couldn't!"
"Spade?" Sonic turned towards him. "I'll give you the pleasure of destroying him."
"I don't think I can by myself." Spade said after a few seconds. "He's still clinging to Iblis' dying life force. If we wait long enough, he'll just die out. Look."
Sure enough, Mephiles' dark form was starting to flicker out and then come back, only with less strength every time. "No! No!"
I held the Emeralds I was holding in front of me, letting their light drive away the darkness in front of me. Mephiles was trapped and he seemed to know it. He stared around, a wild look in his eyes, but saw nowhere to run. In a loud scream of defeat…he slowly faded away.
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MARK
"So there's no chance of Ice bringing those Nanobots to Earth anymore, is there?" I asked nervously.
"Of course not." Monica replied, slugging my arm playfully.
We were all gathered at Sonic's house, where we had been once before. Back on our first adventure a few year ago. It seemed so far away now; the adventures we had when we were younger.
Already the land was healing itself with the power of the Chaos Emeralds. Knuckles had somehow used the Master Emerald to use the smaller ones to put power into the ground to heal itself, extinguishing the fires and even cleaning most of the air. While most of this was going on Monica and I tried as hard as we could to get the ashes out of our clothes, skin and hair. We didn't get very far in that.
"It's like some sort of demented hair dye." Monica growled, twirling a lock of her once blonde hair that was now coal black. "I just hope it comes out."
"I'm sorry for dragging you all into this." Shadow sighed, casting a glance out the nearby window. "It all began with me."
"Technically, it was Ice. But he's gone now." I realized for the first time that the statement was true. Ice wasn't locked up; he was truly gone. Forever. There was no way he could try to destroy the worlds again. We were safe!
"Now the question is how we send you all back." Sonic said.
"We use the power of the Emeralds." Silver suggested. "That's what Shadow did before."
"But after they're completed healing the land they'll be drained of power." Spade reminded them. "There could be as much as a two week wait until they're back at full power."
"That's ok!" I said quickly. "I like it here."
"You won't after spending a week with me." Spade pulled a bag of what I guessed would be Mobius' version of potato chips out and flicked a few crumbs at me. I flung my arms up over my head and waited until he ran out of chips before taking a pillow and lobbing it at his head, missing and taking out the bag of chips.
"PILLOW FIGHT!" Silver cheered before taking a pillow straight to his eyes.
Monica shoved Tails off a large cushion and picked it up, brandishing it like a club. I laughed and grabbed the other, leaving Tails nowhere to sit. He took cover behind the couch before grabbing a pillow and joining in on the insane fight.
"Come on, Shadow!" Sonic said, chucking a pillow at Monica and knocking her backwards.
Shadow rolled his eyes and expertly dodged a pillow, as though these things happened daily around Sonic's house. Then, without warning, he grabbed a pillow out of Sonic's grasp and threw it hard at Spade, making him fall backwards behind the couch and out the window.
Silence descended upon the room so quickly it was almost comical. I couldn't help myself…I burst out laughing.
Everyone quickly joined in. Even Shadow couldn't resist but smile evilly. I went to the window and pulled Spade back inside. "You're not gonna let him get away with that, are you?"
"Just wait…this is going to be great." Spade promised, an evil tone to his voice.
The pillow fight escalated to a pillow war in about 5.398 seconds.
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MONICA
The Emeralds were drained of power just enough so we couldn't return to Earth within that day. If you ask me, Knuckles did that on purpose so we could say our last goodbyes. We stayed another few days until the Emeralds were at full power again.
During that time, Spade got revenge on Shadow by throwing a water balloon at him. Don't ask how that turned out. I'll just say that we had to break out the water guns after the first assault.
I was forced out of my memories from the last few days by Knuckles, holding one of the Chaos Emeralds. He handed it to Sonic. "Time to go."
"Bye, Monica!" Silver ran forward and wrapped his arms around my middle. I patted him awkwardly on the head, saying, "Um..ok…bye, Silver. I'll miss you."
"Can you visit?"
"I can't. You probably can."
"I will, then!"
"See ya. Hopefully soon and not during another terrible crisis." Spade winked. "I have a feeling we can learn a lot from each other."
"Same." I nodded.
Sonic nudged me. "Are we leaving or not?"
"Right, yes. Sorry." I cast another glance at the group behind me.
Blaze and Tails waved. Shadow nodded coldly in my direction and Knuckles gave me a small smile. "See ya soon."
"CHAOS CONTROL!"
We were standing in our basement again, surrounded by familiar walls. Mark turned to me and said, "Just like before."
"Take care." Sonic said, giving us a thumbs up. Mark slapped him a high five just before he vanished in another flash of light.
Footsteps came from overhead, hard worried ones. I began to wonder how long we had really been gone from our mom and dad's sight.
The door was flung open and they raced down the steps, stopping and staring at us like we were some sort of alien. My dad acted first.
"Where were you? What happened? You've been missing for nearly a week!"
"Sorry, we were only saving a world." I said casually.
The moment of silence was broken by sobs coming from our mother. She ran towards us and enveloped us both in a giant hug. "I can't begin to tell you how worried I've been! How we've both been!"
"Mom…" Mark muttered.
"Don't ever do that again, do you hear me?"
"Mom, I can't breathe!"
Our mom backed off slightly. "Tell us everything that happened."
And so we did. We owed them an explanation.
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MARK
Over the summer months we found a way to pass the time. At night on Saturdays we would sneak off into the woods behind our house and wait by a twisted old tree.
Usually within a half hour they would show up again. We would spend a good half of the night out in the woods, joking and telling stories and trying to scare each other. We learned a great deal from Spade, like where he had been before joining Ice. He learned a great deal from us and Earth, like mosquitoes were absolutely freaking annoying.
That was how our summer and most of next year went. But we were growing up. We had to find jobs and work sometimes late at night. In the mornings we would come out in the woods to find notes left by our friends, wishing us luck in our lives and telling us what's been going on with them. We began to do the same. We kept in contact with the visitors to our world. Until they return again…
God save us, everyone,
When we burn in the fires
Of a Thousand Suns.
For the sins of our hand,
The sins of our tongue,
The sins of our father,
The sins of our young…
God bless us everyone,
We're a broken people
Living under loaded gun
And it can't be outfought,
It can't be outdone,
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
No,
And when I close my eyes tonight, two symphonies of blinding light
God bless us everyone, we're but broken people living under loaded gun.
Oh,
Like memories in cold decay,
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I,
Where oceans bleed into the sky!
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'Tis the ending. If you haven't opened another tab and searched The Catalyst on YouTube yet, do it! That's the song above these notes. Weird name, yes, you thought it was called A Thousand Suns, didn't you? That's the album name. On second thought, just listen to the whole album in order. It tells a cool story.
And Olivia, Leo, and all those other guys made it back to Earth safely. I forgot to tell that. :/
Now Mark and Monica's epic story is mostly finished.
If you wish otherwise, please tell me.
Spade may be used in other FanFics, supershadower! Don't freak out on me yet!
And Controlled Chaos Productions, thank you for being patient. Your story will be on shortly.
Everyone else… NO FLAMES! Flame me and I revive Iblis and send it after you! Yes, I know I completely screwed up the whole Sonic 2006 storyline, but hey, I hated the fact that-
MONICA: Shut up, spoiler! Just ignore her, folks. She has to get started on another story.
Hasta la Vista, Readers!
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