I know, I know...
I said that I rewrite my previous stories first, but I just couldn't stand waiting to finish this chapter.
Chapter 9: How to fight a Hydra
The monster started laughing maniacally, and that pulled the trigger for all of us.
I finally could get a better look. Now that thing had four legs ended in claws, an almost lizard like body, and a snake like head. The whole monster was black, with gray belly. It completely changed in form.
Before I could move a muscle shadow took out his gun, and cleanly cut off the monster's head, separating it from it's body. The monster's body stumbled, while the lifeless head fell on the ground, and the body soon followed it.
"Dare you laugh now?" He asked in a pissed up manner.
"Hahaha" We heard the monster's laugh again, and from the cut, now two heads grown out. "We killed him" His right head(A/N:1 st head from now on) said "We killed, we killed." His second head said in a slightly higher voice. "The master will be pleased" his first head continued "be rewarded, be rewarded!" His second head said "We will be rewarded handsomely indeed." his first head replied for the second.
I watch horrified the monster, Shadow and Sonic right next to me, not believing their eyes.
"Who is your master?" I asked
"Who are you to question us?" It's first head said "Master will be your end!" the second said "You're goners! You're goners!"
"You might get surprised."
"He can't be harmed by you, mortals." the first head said "He will be here soon." It added "He's coming, he's coming!" the second head said.
"Now I think it's your turn. If I kill more of you, the more I will get" "I'll get lot, I'll get lot!"
"You're disgusting." Sonic almost spatted out. "Let's finish this one quickly. We've got more important things to do than this..."
"You'll die, you'll die!"
"I agree" I said, and added looking at David's body "We have a friend to bury."
"We all agree on that" Agony said. "We will protect you with our life."
"They don't need that, Sister" Despair said. "They are much better warriors than we are, and they proven it in the past."
"I agree with Despair in this one." Rage said, and Chaos nodded "We should help them get trough instead."
"I hate when you two are right." Agony said, and we all got into action.
Elemental attacks and shields kept the monster's own attacks at bay, and softened it's defenses, so the three of us easily got trough them.
"We're almost there" Shadow stated the obvious.
"Yo, try to tell me it's weakspot instead."
"If I remember David's stories correctly, The middle of his belly is the place he hit this thing."
"Then maybe we can use that to our advantage too." Sonic said and Shadow nodded. I just hmph-ed to let them know that I got the plan.
We got trough the creature's last line of defense, what was a wall of boiling water it spat out, and a firewall closely following it.
"Where did the fire came-" I started, but my question was soon answered when the crature's second head started to breath fire out.
"Just great. What else does this thing have?" Shadow asked
In the same minute Sonic tried to kick it, but his leg went right trough the creature's body, but something was odd with it. I mean next to the thing he couldn't be touched. When Sonic's feet touched the creature it turned into shadow for a second. An all too familiar kind of shadow, what I hoped I will never see again. A shadow what I last saw in the village, when Mephiles and we tried to protect everyone. A shadow creature of Haxius.
"What are you exactly?" I asked the creature, and it let out a sick laughter.
"You figured it out didn't you?" His first head said. "You know it. You will die!" His second head said.
"What?" Sonic and Shadow asked in sync.
"This thing is one of Haxius' creatures!" I shouted, and their eyes went wide.
"You've got to be kidding me." Sonic said, his face telling the same thing.
"This can't be!" Shadow said.
"He's right, He's right, little mortals!" The creature's second head said.
"What now?" Agony asked
"I might have an idea." an unexpected voice said. It belonged to David.
"What the-!" Shadow said in fear.
"You're alive!" I said looking at the tiger, sitting up.
"No, I'm not. At least not completely." He said, and stood up. "My heart is standing still."
"No..." Agony said. "Impossible."
"What?" I asked
"His powers took control over his body, and he is standing still in a flowing time. He is living the second of his death!"
"But not for long!" An another familiat voice said, and when we looked up, we saw Mephiles coming down from the sky, but instead of pale black, he was a very pale yellow. His eyes were still blue and serpent like, and his metal gray stripes shined dangerously on top of his head.
"Mephiles!" I said, and he landed next to David.
"Solaris thanks the gift you sent him."
"What gift, and why are you speaking of him like you would be separate beings?" Sonic asked
"Because thanks to that emerald, now we are."
"The orange emerald..." I said in awe
"Yeah. I wanted to ask, where did that came from? There wasn't any orange emeralds before." He said
"We have no time to talk." Despair said, and pointed at the monster. "We have a fight to win."
"Is that a Hydra?" Mephiles asked, looking at the creature.
"What is a Hydra?" I asked
"Ancient creatures of the Titans," Mephiles explained "Predecessors of the Gods."
"Well, maybe but this thing is your evil brother's creation." Sonic said
"What?" He asked in shock.
"Why so surprised, little part of Solaris?" The hydra spat with hatred "Why? Why?"
"So, brother had some experiments... Not good..."
"We will be your end" The creature said "Your end, Your end!"
"Sorry to interrupt, but if you are who I think you are..." David said to Mephiles. "Then could you help me stay alive?"
"I can't, but my brother can. I let him know immediately."
"Thanks." David said, and turned to the monster. "Time to kick the life out of this thing."
And the battle has been joined again. Thanks to the extra help from Mephiles the tides are turned, and however we outnumbered the creature, it could still stood it's ground fairy well.
Shadow cut it's heads down again, but now we had to face even more heads.
"You fool, if you cut a hydra's head, two grows in it's place..."
"Then why do I see 5 heads?" Sonic asked pointing at the creature.
"No idea, but let's try to kill it, and find out after that." He replied
Sonic gained speed, and went right trugh the creature's chest, but there wasn't even a scratch to be found on the creature.
"You can not hurt me." The hydra's first head said "But I can hurt you!" One of his heads said in a brand new voice. And spat water at Rage, who fell on the ground, trying to keep his flames alive. Chaos quickly stepped in the water's way, and protected his brother with his body.
"Thank you, Chaos." Rage said weakly, why trying to gain some strength to stand up.
"Stay down, brother. You are in no condition to fight." Agony said, while trying to blew some light wind at his direction, strengthening him with it.
"Shadow, try to shot at it's belly!" Mephiles said, and shadow nodded. He pointed his gon at the creature's gray belly, and shot. The hydra cried out in Agony, and fell on the ground.
Soon, the octopus like monster stood in front of us once more, and it fell to the ground, weakly.
"You will pay for this. My master will give me more strength!"
"You lost this fight. Now it's time to die." Mephiles said, and sent a Christal trough the monster's head, but it just went right trough.
"You really think I will die this easily?" The monster said, but suddenly it's voice changed to the Hydra's second head's "Master will save me."
"Yes. Order me around, give me commands! I love it." The all too familiar voice of Haxius came from above, and we saw a huge darkness gathering in the sky in the form of a dark phoenix, burning with black flames.
"Master, I didn't mean to-"
"Silence, you pathetic wretched. You failed the only single task I gave you."
"But master, I killed him. He just not died!"
"Your task wasn't to kill him, but to bring his corpse before me." Haxius said, and swallowed the creature. "Now, back to the task at hand."
"So you lost in the war." Shadow said, grinning.
"What makes you think this, fool?"
"You are here. Physically." Maphiles said
"I told you I will find a way, and I just did."
"But we became stronger too." I said
"And you think you can defeat a god?"
"Well, it worths a try." Rage said, finally back in full strenght
"Let's see then, which of you will die first..."
I hope you enjoyed it, and I have other great news for those who likes this series.
I plan to continue the series, and I even have the Title.
The fifth story's title will be: Silver and the Immortal(might be change...)
So if you want to see an epic character enter the story, stay tuned :D