Control Revamped

Chapter 5

White Eclipse

In another flash of Chaos Control, me, Nicky, and Dani appeared in Fleatcher, Ohio. Upon appearance, we found ourselves in in a relaxed suburban neighborhood. And we were looking for the fourth member to our team. I could sense where he was by his Chaos Emerald. We quickly walked up to his house and just barged into the unlocked door. Right away, the father of the household, a black man in his late thirties or early forties, was immediately yelling at us. "What the hell do you think you're doing in my house?!"

"Shut it pops, we're here for Trey." He just froze for a moment, stuttering, and we navigated the house until we found ourselves in the back of the house, standing in front of a young black kid of fourteen years, genuinely cool type of black kid too, had the afro and everything. He was the kinda kid anyone could like. He just stared at us for a moment, until he finally recognized me and Nicky from our pictures on deviantart.

"What the hell are you guys doing here?" I just smirked, knowing that it wouldn't take much to get him to join.

"Wanna get away from home and go see Lauren?" I held out my hand and the red Chaos Emerald emerged from it. Trey just smirked at the sight of it, knowing he plan.

Within half an hour, we were already in Roxboro, North Carolina. The fifth member of the team was waiting there, in her new apartment with her best friend, Jamie. The front door was locked, so we couldn't give her as much of a surprise. The first one to answer the door, as we all knew, wasn't Lauren. It was her roommate, Jamie. She just stared at first when she opened the door, and Lauren came up behind her to see who it was. Jamie was just about to shut the door in our faces, since she didn't know us at all, before Lauren pushed her out of the way and took her place. "What the hell are you guys doin here?!"

I just smirked, deciding to make her guess. "I'll give you a hint. It's like one of my fanfics." Her jaw dropped. I knew I would need to do more to convince her, so I looked to the others and nodded as we all summoned our Chaos Emeralds, the crimson, blue, sky, and white. At the sight of them, I practically thought Lauren was gonna pass out. But she just seemed speechless. Finally, she started to come to after a few seconds, and just stared at us for a moment, trying to get a grasp on it.

"Are you saying that I have a Chaos Emerald too?"

That's exactly what I'm saying. And we need you on our team. How bout it Lauren? Are you in?" She stared at us for a moment, it being a tough decision, even though her answer would be quite obvious. Trey spoke up after a few seconds of silence.

"Come on hun. Join us. We can kick some ass together. How bout it?" once she realized Trey was there finally, she snapped out of it and leapt in for a tight hug. The two of them had been in a long distance relationship for a few months, and now they were finally together in person. This hug of course sealed the deal the moment she finally let go.

"I'll do it. You guys need an adult on the team anyways, to keep you in line." We all laughed a bit at this, but we were quickly interrupted by a familiar voice.

"So this isn't an entire team of babies, huh?" His voice was just like Sonic's, but with a violent undertone, a menacing laugh ringing out. We all knew who we were up against immediately. Lauren turned her head in the direction of the laughter and growled.

"Shut it Scourge! We'll kick your ass from here to Japan!" We all turned in that direction to see the infamous counterpart to Sonic, the green menace in a leather jacket. Scourge the Hedgehog. He stood in a tree nearby, on one of the lower branches, awaiting the moment to strike.

"Come on. You don't stand a chance. I'll blast you to kingdom come in no time flat."

"Bring it Scourge. I know your powers inside and out, and we'll be able to counter anything you throw at us!" At that moment, Lauren began to glow yellow, and her Chaos Emerald emerged from her hand. We all stepped up next to her and summoned our own, then the light show began. Five different colors, red, blue, sky, white, and yellow, shining bright around us as we transformed.

Trey slowly transformed into a red hedgehog with black, flame shaped markings on his spines. His sky blue shoes were adorned with a spiked metal band on top, and he wore a white cloak with a black border. He was Grim the Hedgehog. The Byaku Oni.

Lauren became a slightly orange shaded echidna girl, wearing a black loss-fitting outfit with green trim, matching shoes, and the usual spiked gloves. Her dreadlocks were tipped with peach colored markings, and her front right dreadlock wore an odd piece of jewelry, known as the Eclipse Onyx. She had become Liz the Echidna, sister of Knuckles.

"Ok guys, here's the plan. don't alter your combat styles at all. Whoever's fastest gets the first strike, and keep him down till we can volley him. Ready?.. GO!" I was the first to take off, as Scion of course, brandishing both my katana and moving at least at mach one. But before I could reach Scourge, he flickered away with Chaos Control. I came to a screeching halt and noticed that he was doing a back flip above me, and before I could react, his chain had been slung down and wrapped around my ankle. He quickly forced himself into a spindash and reeled me in, landing an axe kick into my head, and throwing me to the ground. As I struggled to get to my feet, Scourge dove down to drive me further into a crater, but just before reaching me, Crystal fired a dark beam and shot him in the side, which he just barely dodged the brunt of with Chaos Control.

When he appeared, he held his shoulder for a moment, then charged at her, his mind set only on revenge. But before he could reach her, he found himself being tackled aside by a white blur. When he skid to a stop, he found himself facing Grim, surrounded in a white aura of Oni energy, which slowly faded. "How do you like my Oni Blitz?"

"Heh… you want a real blitz? CHAOS CONTROL!" In a split second, he became nothing but a green bolt, crushing Grim into a wall, and just before he could land a punch, he found that Liz had landed one of the right side of his face. Scourge tumbled back and growled, And as he charged in again for another attack, he ran into one of Dani's forcefields. He backed up and rubbed his forehead, and just as he opened his eyes, Crystal fired another beam of darkness, which blasted him into a wall. He quickly emerged from the smoke, barely phased, but clearly pissed. "DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?!"

"Yeah, we do." Scourge looked to his left to see that Liz and Grim were standing together, the two of them surrounded in their own aura's, one of white flame, the other of Oni energy. Scourge just stared for a moment, then smirked.

"What are you gonna do, huh? Try to blind me?"

"Hm… not a bad idea. SOLAR FLARE!" Liz held out both hands and a flash of white flame temporarily blinded Scourge, leaving him holding up his arms in a useless defense. Liz then leapt to the skies while Grim initiated another Oni Blitz, appearing under Scourge and kicking him skyward. Grim then used his Blitz to appear next to Liz, and the two of them massed their auras together into an orb of bright white light between them. Scourge slowly opened his eyes and stared in horror, seeing an attack as bright as the sun.

"WHITE ECLIPSE!" The two of them together threw the orb of light down toward Scourge, and on impact, it violently exploded, leaving a long, bright, and almost blinding flash in it's wake. After a few seconds, the light faded, and Scourge could be seen holding his burnt arm, which he had defended himself with, and the new couple on the team was standing before him, waiting for him to surrender. None of us had gotten up the courage to kill at that point. But without a word, Scourge disappeared with Chaos Control, leaving a scarred battlefield behind. And I lay in the middle of it in a crater, helpless and beaten.

Was I really cut out for this hero business?