Chapter Fourteen: The Sound of Madness
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Avatar Dimension, Nearing Fortuneteller Village, 9:00 am
Appa passed down through a cloud bank. Far in the distance was the village. "There it is.'' said Aang.
"Remember, keep focused, we saw what Thule is capable so be-'' Aang began, but a sudden red beam shot up at them. Appa grunted in fear. Aang flew closer down to the village.
"Please don't tell me who I thought that was?'' said a scared Sokka.
Ironically, it was. The Cyborg Combustion Man stood on the tip of one of the pieces of molten rock that grew over the village.
"Why isn't he firing again?'' said Aang. Sokka then noticed Zuko holding Katara at the rim around the volcano. "Are they actually agreeing to this?'' noted Sokka.
"We're saving Katara no matter what Sokka!'' Aang yelled back.
Aang steered the giant bison down to hover by the rim of the volcano. Aang jumped off immediately, followed by Sokka who helped Toph off. Appa flew off into the air and waited for them.
"Zuko! Let her go now!'' shouted the angry Avatar.
"Not so easy Aang, I never said I was going to hand her over. I'd figure you would be foolish enough to come here and fall into-'' Zuko said. A black mist came out of Zuko's back, causing him to fall down to the side. The black mist formed into Thule. "It was you the whole time!'' Sokka said.
"Of course it was. Controlling his mind would be too easy, so why not to it myself?'' Thule said.
Aang's eyes suddenly glowed bright white, he entered the Avatar State. "You have put my friends in danger for the last TIME!!'' thundered the Avatar. Aang fired two huge fireballs down at him. Thule grabbed Katara quickly and leaped to his right. The two fireballs blasted through the molten rock, spewing out a fountain of lava! Aang ignored it. "AANG! What have you done!?'' shouted Sokka, picking up Toph.
"What was that noise!?'' Toph shouted over the banging and crackling coming from the volcano. "No time to explain Toph! Hold on!!'' he replied, sliding down the hill. Aang's teeth were gritted tightly.
Thule tossed Katara down. She grabbed onto the rim of the crater. Zuko finally awoken. He looked to see Aang hovering high over him. Zuko heard Katara yell.
One hand slipped off. Now hanging onto dear life with one hand, she began to cry. The pool of lava began to rise higher and higher. "NOOO!'' shouted Zuko. Katara fell down towards the pool of lava. Suddenly, zooming down after her was Shadow! He grabbed her in his arms and flew back up. Shadow flew down towards the village. Shadow saw Sokka sliding down towards the huge spike Combustion Man was standing on. Shadow landed in the middle of the city where people began to gather. "Stay here!'' he said, leaping all the way up. A portal opened behind Katara. Jaden, Blair, and the Powerpuff Girls came out. "This just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?'' said Blair, noticing the massive wall of lava flying into the air.
Sokka looked behind him then back in front of himself. His eyes widened to see Combustion Man waiting for them. His red eye glowed. "Get ready Toph!'' shouted Sokka.
Shadow then elbowed the half robot in his gut, firing a stray shot that hit inches away from Sokka. The two went flying off the mountain screaming. Luckily, Blossom and Bubbles came in and grabbed them. Zuko stood at the top of the mountain. "Hey! Appa, down here!'' shouted Zuko.
Appa grunted and answered his call. Thule was pinned to the ground by a boulder Aang smashed on top of him. Thule growled under the continuing force being put on him. Thule noticed Zuko making his getaway. "You are not escaping!'' Thule shouted, throwing the rock off his back and charging at the bison. Zuko wore a angry face. He fired two streams of fire at the demon. Thule took both to the chest, slowing him down. This gave him enough time to get on Appa's saddle and fly off to safety.
"Zuko!'' shouted Jenny, just catching up to him, with Omega by her side. "What is going on down there?'' she asked.
"I don't remember, but Thule is down there fighting Aang in the middle of that erupting volcano!'' Zuko exclaimed.
"We need to help him!'' Jenny said, about to fly down to assist.
"No, Aang is capable, especially now that he has mastered the Avatar State. We need to stop that lava flow at all costs!'' Zuko preferred.
"We should listen to him Jenny. Those people need our assistance.'' Omega stated. Jenny hesitated for a moment thinking about the plan.
She looked back at Zuko, "Fine, let's go help those people.'' she agreed.
Aang was hovering through the air, firing barrages of wind blasts. Thule easily dodged each one shot at him. "You were so predictable! A young kid like you would go to any lengths just for the sake of a loved one!'' Thule mocked, putting his arm up in defense from a fireball.
"I know when I am needed! I know who needs me! I am the Avatar Thule! No matter what it is, I WILL GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH TO PROTECT THIS WORLD!!'' shouted Aang at the top of his lungs.
Aang raised the wall of lava from behind Thule and dropped it down on him.
This only escalated the power of the volcano. More lava came out. The red, yellow, and orange mixture exploded with great power. Thule looked at the never ending stream of fiery death rain down, but towards him. Aang raised the earth around Thule and covered him with it. Trapped by the very earth, the stream of lava hit Thule and poured down towards the village. Aang's angry glowing eyes turned to sincere ones. The giant slop of lava poured down the mountain like spilled milk. Aang flew down in front of its path, firing a wide blast of air at it, turning a huge portion of it into molten rock. Thule suddenly smashed Aang into the ground. Thule stood back up, grinning. He picked Aang up, his eyes were shut, and he looked knocked out. "Doesn't this remind you of the same incident that handed Avatar Roku his fate? Soon, his fate will also become yours.'' Thule said, bringing his face to the Avatar's.
Aang's arrow lit back up, as did his eyes. Aang fired a blast of fire out of his mouth and into the face of Thule. Thule stepped back screaming in pain. Once one foot stepped into the lava, he felt extreme pain after a few seconds. He may have been born from fire, but lava is still an exception. He quickly backed out of it, glaring at Aang who was marching towards him. "You win this time Avatar.'' Thule said, teleporting into thin air.
Aang stepped right onto the spot where the evil demon was just standing.
Aang quickly put aside his thoughts and focused on the huge lava flow. Aang swung one fist stretched out to his left. The earth crumbled and left a mile deep hole. He did the same to the right side. The lava poured into the wide stretched out hole. Aang smiled out of accomplishment. Hope disappeared from his face when a huge ball of lava shot out from the volcano, sending massive fireballs down at the whole area.
"You three take those out before they hit the village!'' Shadow yelled.
"Got it Shadow!'' replied the three super powered girls. Blossom stopped in mid air in front of a huge volley of fireballs. She blew a wide ranged ice breath, freezing all the fireballs. Bubbles and Buttercup flew in firing lasers out of their eyes, shattering them into small shards. Soon the lava flow began to rise higher and higher in the hole. Aang swung his arms, causing dirt to fall into each of the holes to stop the lava from rising. The lake of lava, however, continued to flow downhill. Aang looked like all hope was lost. He looked back at the lava that got closer and closer to the town. His eyes narrowed, he knew what he had to do. Aang leaped across the air and landed in front of the lava, which was only feet away from the town.
The rest of the gang gathered at the base of the hill which was also the back of the village. Katara saw her love preparing.
"Aang! DON'T DO IT!'' screamed the water bender, with tears in her eyes. Aang created a gigantic rock wall behind him to shield the village. Aang lowered his arms by his side. The arrows on his arms glowed brighter and brighter. The lava was inches away from him. The volcano let out its last burst. A tidal wave of lava soared down the hill, but it was still not tall enough to reach over the huge rock wall. The lava wall came closer…and closer. Aang's eyes glowed bright blue. His whole body engulfed in blue energy. The lava splashed on top of him, ending with a bright blue flash that swept up the mountain, hardening all the lava and once again shutting the mouth of the volcano for good.
It was dead silence. All the gang saw was the bright blue flash that appeared over the wall. Katara whimpered and sobbed. She feared for the worst. Toph took down the massive earth wall with a flick of her arms. There was another earth wall. Except this one was black molten rock. Shadow looked at Katara, seeing the tears trickle from her eyes. "Take me up there, Shadow?'' Katara said. Shadow nodded and picked her up. He teleported to the top of the earth wall. Shadow put her down. Katara looked down below and saw nothing but more molten rock. Katara began to shake her head in disbelief. She dropped to her knees, and put her hands to her eyes, sobbing with extreme sadness. Her love, the one who just proposed to her, is now gone. Shadow had optimistic feelings, but he also had a sudden urge that told him Aang didn't make it. No matter what he thought of, no matter what he could say, it won't heal the hole in Katara's heart.
Dimension not specified, Time: Unknown
Sonic, Ultimus, and Alicia were being sent through a blue warp tunnel. They stood completely still, but they kept going forward. "How is this even possible?" said Sonic.
"My staff is able to do so Sonic. It can reveal anyone's true nature, their thoughts and emotions, including their past and future.'' said Ultimus, showing his staff to the blue hedgehog.
"So you're my daughter, huh?'' Sonic said to Alicia.
"Yes I am daddy!'' said the teenage hedgehog.
Sonic was finally able to put on a smile. However, not being whole made it not so real. He was ready to have so many questions. What would he experience on this time traveling expedition? Only to learn that his past, present, and future will interject to collaborate into one giant problem. "We are here.'' said Ultimus, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Sonic gulped, ready to see how his choices will ultimately change the future of mankind.
On the top of a skyscraper, the three translucent hedgehogs appeared. Each were outlined by a glowing white line. "New York city? Why are we here?'' questioned the angry Sonic "This is the past. The day you ended the Dimensional War.'' Ultimus replied.
Sonic was now surprised entirely. Suddenly, Perfect Sonic and Perfect Mecha WereSonic flew by them. Sonic ran over to the edge of the building to see the two crash straight through a building. "This is unbelievable.'' Sonic muttered under his breath.
"The final battle between you…and yourself.'' said Alicia. Sonic looked at her for a moment, then back at the going battle.
The past Sonic and Mecha flew over the street, grappling each other. The three hedgehogs stood on a building over the scene to watch Mecha's death. Mecha fired his two super beams. Sonic disappeared with chaos control. "I can't believe I'm relieving this.'' sonic mumbled. The red beams fired to only hit thin air. Sonic reappeared in front of Mecha. "You're finished.'' Sonic whispered to himself.
The other Sonic, drove his fists into Mecha's power source. "YOU'RE FINISHED!!'' shouted the past Sonic. In a flash of light, Mecha was destroyed in the blast. Sonic lowered his head. "You may have erased him, but you didn't erase him from history.'' said Ultimus.
"Let us watch the last strike.'' said Ultimus, raising his staff. The three teleported into space.
The massive fortress, Death Egg lie in front of them. "This is it, where I die.'' said Sonic.
"Not entirely Sonic, you know that.'' said Alicia.
They saw the light blue spark of Sonic fly towards the inside of the Death Egg cannon, forcing the super nuke back inside it.
When he pushed it inside, the three waited. The bright explosion illuminated in front of them. Sonic looked away from it. Once it cleared, chunks of fiery metal fell into Earth's atmosphere. "You ended the Dimensional War. By your one choice, history began to alter itself.'' said the elder.
Sonic could only lowered his head in shame. "How did I come to this?" he asked himself.
"Tell me, if you remember, what did you do when you woke up?" asked Ultimus. Sonic gave him a glare, then looked away.
"You awoke to only hide! HIDE!!'' shouted Ultimus.
"Maybe because I was tired of risking myself for the world every time!'' shouted back Sonic.
"That's irrelevant! How can you cower in a cave when the ones that care and love you are out worrying about you!''
"I had no choice Ultimus! I wanted to be left alone!'' he yelled at him.
"Because you understood your responsibilities! In the way which you only thought about yourself! The world needed you, and what do you do? YOU SIT AND DO NOTHING!!!'' shouted Ultimus.
Sonic turned away. Alicia sent a quick glare at Ultimus, then looked back at her future father. "Both of you stop this nonsense. Ultimus, remember the purpose of this mission.'' she said daringly.
Ultimus took in a breath of air. "I apologize Sonic. As the guardian, I have experienced and seen much in my time.'' he said in an apologizing tone.
Sonic looked back at him and forced a smile. "Sorry if I snapped Ultimus. Shall we continue?'' Sonic replied.
"We shall.'' he said, raising his staff. The group were sent through another blue warp tunnel.
"Where are we headed next?'' asked Sonic.
Ultimus was ready to answer, but he only held his breath back in. Alicia wore a worried face. "Well? What is it?'' he asked.
"The day you went to Eggmanland and became-'' Ultimus said, but couldn't finish. "Mecha WereSonic.'' Sonic said with widened eyes.
In this case, the truth will indeed hurt! With Sonic, Ultimus, and Alicia about to witness Sonic's horrible transformation into his future alter ego, how will this change the future? The secret behind Mecha WereSonic will finally reveal.
Kauai, Hawaii, 10:20 am
"By now, you think we should've left. We got the Chaos Emerald! What's the point of staying here any longer!'' complained Wally.
The operatives, Brandy, and Amy were in Lilo's house. "What I think we should go is gather what we have and meet up with Shadow!'' said Hoagie.
Amy went over to the window and saw trees, rustling? "The trees are falling guys. Someone's coming!'' said the pink hedgehog.
Suddenly, the roof exploded. The group looked up to see Mecha WereSonic flying over them. "Destruction is so fun to cause, don't you think so, heroes?" he taunted. "Now that just sucks.'' Amy said.
Mecha dropped down in front of them with a bang, shaking the whole floor. "The emerald, where is it?" he asked with a hint of anger. Amy sent him a glare. "You're not getting it you freak!'' she yelled.
Mecha looked at her, beginning to laugh. "You're telling me things I already know!'' he said, sounding like he was about to laugh. Mecha removed his helmet, showing his grotesque face to everyone. They all looked in disgust. Hoagie even fainted! "As you can see, Sonic becomes me no matter what he tries, or what you even attempt.'' Mecha told them.
A hammer suddenly smacked him in the face, tossing him through the wall of the house. Amy, holding her hammer stood in the middle of the hole. Mecha, laying on a bunch of broken trees, Mecha sat up. "You have no idea who your messing with bub!'' she yelled.
The rest of the operatives stood behind her with their 2 x 4 technology. "FIRE!'' yelled Number One. The four operatives fired their laser weapons. Each hitting a point on Mecha's body, he fell back down to the ground. Amy leaped up and down at him. He reached and grabbed her hammer, throwing the girl over himself. She banged against a tree, dropping her hammer.
Mecha landed by her side with a loud bang. She looked up at him through her pink hair. "You should've stayed out of it Amy, at least you could've lived!'' he yelled, kicking her in the gut. She rolled down the hill until she came to an empty beach. Mecha flew down and landed farther in front of her. She watched his every move, fearing that this could be her last day of living. Mecha put his helmet back on and laughed at her.
"Foolish girl. If you can only begin to imagine the true power I have over Sonic. Do you believe he still stands a chance? Do you even think he'll come to your aid? The hedgehog can barely control himself anymore!'' Mecha taunted and told her.
Amy looked in fear at the angry copy. He formed his metal spike arm, and hovered it over her head. "I'll have to make this quick, I wouldn't want Sonic to start having stomach problems.'' Mecha said evilly, laughing like a maniac. A yellow bolt of energy suddenly struck Mecha in the chest, launching him back into the forest. Amy looked up to see Shadow, and the rest of the avatar gang coming out of a portal. Mecha came back out of the underbrush. He spotted shadow coming down to the beach. "Finally, some excitement.'' he said, teleporting.
Appearing in Shadow's path, Mecha fired his chaos cannon right into Shadow. Shadow fired down to the ocean sea, creating a splash. Appa landed on the beach by Amy's side. "Now wasn't that easy.'' Mecha said, hovering down near the water.
Suddenly, something wrapped around his leg. "What the?" he said with confusion. A stream of water was wrapped around his ankle. Mecha flew higher up in the air. Flying out of the water was the liquid warrior, Chaos. Shadow flew up out of the water by Chaos's side. Shadow took the chance to fire a beam of chaos energy that hit Mecha directly in the chest. At the beach, Amy readied her hammer. She swung it, hitting Mecha directly on the face. Mecha sky rocketed back into the air, but his let out his jetpack to stop in mid air. Mecha growled with extreme anger. He appeared in front of Amy, grabbed her hammer and kicked her in the chest. Shadow leaped at him. Mecha reached an grabbed shadow's face with his hand. Chaos came from behind Mecha. Mecha let his jetpack come out of his back. He pointed it at Chaos and let the fire shoot. The fire connected with Chaos making him scream and retreat in pain. Mecha looked back at shadow with an evil glare. "You know I've had just about enough of all these distractions. From you, your damn heroes! And especially from your poor action to outnumber me!'' Mecha cursed. Mecha slammed Shadow down into the ground face first. He then grabbed his ankles and swung Shadow back inside the forest.
The operatives, with Brandy, Lilo, and Stitch came across Shadow laying on the dirt. "Are you alright Shadow?'' asked Number Five "Fine. Mecha's here and causing trouble.'' he said.
"That I am!'' Mecha yelled, coming out of nowhere to pin Shadow to the ground by his hand around Shadow's throat. The four operatives quickly reacted by firing at the same time. Mecha grunted from the sudden blasts. He swung his metal spike, cutting the barrels of each one off. The operatives looked at the guns that fell out of their hands. They then yelled at the top of their lungs and ran back up to Lilo's house.
Mecha laughed hysterically at the scene. "I assume I have nothing to worry about when I see that heroes like them are on your side.'' Mecha said, tightening his grip.
"You forgot one little thing Mecha,'' Shadow said. Mecha raised an eyebrow, then looked down.
Shadow's glowing gold hand was aimed right at Mecha's power source. "concentrate on what your doing.'' Shadow finished. Shadow fired the powerful beam, firing Mecha out to the beach like a cannonball. Shadow came through the trees to tackle Mecha to the ground before he was given a chance to even get on one foot. Shadow held him over his head and tossed him out to the ocean.
Shadow hurried by Amy's side. "You alright Amy?'' he asked.
"Yeah, just a bit hurt.'' she replied, gritting her teeth from the pain she took. "Katara, help her to safety, Sokka, Toph, you go with her.'' Shadow took command. Mecha suddenly burst back out of the water, it dripping from his armor. Shadow turned back around to the sea, seeing Mecha flying just above the deck. Shadow looked left and right, then behind himself. Shadow had a plan.
As Mecha kept flying, he felt the insanity of wanting to rip Shadow apart. He's been outnumbered too much, and he was sick of it. Shadow stood right in front of a tall palm tree. "YOU'RE MINE!'' he shouted. Shadow quickly jumped on top of the tree, pulled it back as far as he could and let it smack Mecha down into the sand like a hammer to a nail.
Shadow walked onto the beach, finding Mecha's head sticking out of the sand. Shadow chuckled at this scene. "And you think I'm a screw-up.'' shadow said. Mecha's chaos cannon pointed out of the sand and fired. Shadow was sent flying back into the air, flying over the trees, and soon Lilo's house. Mecha soared up into the air. He clasped his hands together and smashed them on shadow's cranium. Shadow went flying back down and plowed through the roof of Lilo's house and creating a deep hole. Mecha landed on top of Shadow, picking him back up by the throat to toss him out the roof, creating another large hole. Shadow activated his hover shoes to stop the constant flying. He fired volleys of chaos spears down at his foe. Mecha literally knocked them away and boosted upwards even faster.
Shadow widened his eyes. He improvised and quickly sent his foot right into the side of Mecha's skull. Mecha fell and smashed down into the sand once against. All the beating he took has shattered his power source leaving it open to attack. Shadow landed behind him, his hands glowing gold already. Shadow leaped at him, ready to strike where it hurts. "Not today.'' Mecha mumbled, teleporting away. Shadow struck the ground. He raised his fists out of the ground, wiping his hands clean of sand. The operatives came down with Brandy and the avatar gang.
"Everyone here? Everyone alright?'' said Shadow, as he scanned for if everyone was here.
"Where's the emerald?'' asked Shadow.
Moments later, Amy came down with the red chaos emerald in her hands. Katara stood by her side when she came down to join the others. "Okay, we have two, that's a good start.'' said Shadow.
"I told you before, shouldn't we be able to use the emeralds to locate Sonic?'' said Hoagie.
"It's not that easy.'' Shadow replied.
"Then how the heck are we going to find the blasted hedgehog?!" retorted Wally.
"I have a better idea. I think I know someone who can help us find him.'' Shadow began to suggest.
"And who's that?'' asked Jenny, walking onto the scene.
"Tails.'' Shadow answered. "You think Eggman won't attack when we get there?" asked Sokka.
"Hopefully not. We can't keep losing people.'' Shadow said. By irony, Katara was grabbed, and so was the emerald Amy held. The group looked up to see Mephiles flying off into the blue sky then teleporting with a screaming Katara in his grasp. "No…NOOO!'' Shadow yelled furiously, stomping the ground.
"What does Mephiles want from her?'' asked a confused Jenny.
"We need to get her back!'' said Sokka.
"No, it's just going to throw us off track.'' Shadow noted "I'm tired of your nonsense Shadow! All you care about is your stupid mission!'' Sokka yelled.
"The mission is our only key to actually standing a chance. So either get on Appa and fly off or stay here and be brave, if you think you are.'' Shadow snapped.
Shadow sent him one last glare before looking at the others. "Get everyone together. Omega, go get Robot boy and the others, we're heading back home.'' Shadow ordered.
Doubt was all he felt, lots of it if I must say myself. Too much has been out of control that he can withstand. However, the same is with the others. All this action and violence, coming face to face with death, they each wonder if they'll wake up the next day, or live through the next battle. For a hero, this is life, whether they hate it or not.
Blue Warp Tunnel, Time cannot be specified
The three hedgehogs were once again in another tunnel to journey to another key event, only this time it's the future. Sonic didn't know what to expect. He already knew how he just doesn't want to see it. It's bad enough that his empty shell of a body is still sitting in the prison cell. It would highly unlucky if Richards or anyone came in to find out that nobody's home.
"Ultimus, I'm not sure I'm ready for this.'' said a worried Sonic.
"Don't worry, you are.'' Alicia assured.
The three saw the light at the end of the tunnel. On a patch of dirt, the three came out of the blue tunnel. Sonic had the strength to open his eyes, not knowing what to expect. In front of them was the giant fortress known as Eggmanland. Hundreds of dastardly rides of transportation, gigantic crimson red sleeked buildings all surrounded the one hundred foot tall tower in the city's core. "Is this it?'' asked Sonic in wonder.
"Yes it is Sonic. The year 2013, the day you become Mecha WereSonic.'' Ultimus said regretfully.
"Where am I then?" asked Sonic quickly.
"Not here yet. In that time, let's go to the tower.'' Ultimus responded by pointing his staff straight out.
The three then teleported and appeared inside the main control room at the top of the tower. They saw an empty control chair in the middle of the room. Sonic raised an eyebrow at this. "What's wrong?" asked Alicia.
"Where's Eggman?" asked the blue blur.
"Let me explain that. In present time, you remember visiting the Avatar dimension, do you not?" Ultimus began.
"Yeah, that's when I first fought Mecha.'' Sonic replied.
"At the same time, Eggman had just finished the creation of his Teleportal.'' Ultimus explained.
"Teleportal?" said Alicia.
"It's purpose was to travel to any place, in any year, any time.'' Ultimus continued "So then he used it to,'' Sonic began, looking at the chair to see a blue glowing above it.
Falling out of it was Eggman who landed in the chair with a fright. "He used it to come here.'' Sonic muttered the rest of his words.
"That's the present time Eggman. He came because he heard of the prophecy, your prophecy.'' Ultimus said, pointing his staff at Sonic.
Sonic jolted, but the sound of a distant explosion caught his attention. "What was that?" asked Sonic immediately. "You.'' Ultimus replied. Ultimus teleported them back outside. The three reappeared off to the side in front of the humongous gate entrance. Lined up in front of the gate were a couple hundred of Eggman's robots. The only thing Sonic could do was stand by and watch his own demise unfold. There was silence in the night air. The moon was large tonight, the stars twinkled, but trees crashed down and the peace went away.
Charging out of the forest was a blue ball. It blasted through the middle section, blowing the robots apart, sending their missing limbs and entire bodies flying. A swarm of dust surrounded the future Sonic. Egg gunners surrounded him. His ears twitched. A quick white light shined. Two stretched out arms began swinging knocking the egg gunners into nothing but scrap. Eggman's jets flew in. The future Sonic was still surrounded by brown smoke, only his silhouette could be seen. A Werehog arm stretched out and grabbed the nose of one jet, only to bring down to the ground. The remaining robots that stood in front of the door surrounded Sonic in a circle.
Sonic began swinging the large jet around and around. The sharp wings cut robots in half, sent them flying, made them combust. Sonic tossed the jet like a Frisbee. The jet slashed through the other two jets, sending them to crash behind Sonic in a ball of flames.
Every robot around him was destroyed. Another white light shined. Ultimus looked to his right to see Sonic's expression. The dust cleared. Sonic's eyes widened. It was his future self. His quills were longer, the tips were nearly bending. He looked more adult by his height. Around his hands were not gloves, but white masking tape. His shoes looked dirty, but when haven't they? A blue aura formed around sonic. He shrunk into a ball and blasted through the huge door, leaving a thirteen wide circular hole in the gate. Sonic and Alicia were the most surprised of what they just saw. "I can't believe how strong I become.'' Sonic whispered. "It's the beginning of the end Sonic. Eggman's redemption came full circle this night with your death.'' Ultimus said.
"Shouldn't we go in?" asked Alicia.
"Yes, Alicia. It's the only way he'll learn.'' Ultimus replied, teleporting them altogether again.
Reappearing on one of the smaller buildings in the outer part of Eggmanland, the three watched future Sonic continue to ravage through the city. Sonic looked over the edge of the building and saw his future self speeding down the straight path. Giant mechs stood in his path. The mechs had thick legs and needle beaks. A yellow ball of energy formed at the tips of each one's nose. Altogether, they lowered their noses to the ground and fired the energy spheres. Sending stray lightening bolts out from them, the energy spheres even left a semi circular path in the ground. The future Sonic formed into a ball. He bounced up into the air, changing into his Werehog form. Sonic watched that this Werehog form was much bigger and much meaner. The future version of our hero raised his enlarged fists back over his head. He spread them apart, smashing each fist into the head of the two mechs, causing both to explode in a loud boom. The recoil sent Sonic flipping into the air towards two jets. The two jets fired their machine guns. Sonic dive bombed down into a horde of Eggman robots. With an echoing boom, about a hundred robots were sent offline. Sonic rose out of the large crater that filled the whole street. Sonic looked at the two incoming jets. Sonic grabbed the carcass of an Egg titan.
He put force on one of its arms to make it fire. The arm punched the jet's nose and sent it diving straight down into another group of robots, causing a massive explosion. Sonic swung the rest of the Egg titan at the jet. The jet evaded the projectile and boosted forwards to crash right into Sonic like a kamikaze. Alicia covered her eyes at the sight. Ultimus looked away and sighed. The fire that consumed the area around where Sonic was just standing suddenly extinguished. Alicia removed her hands and looked at sonic beside her. The flames were put out by Sonic who swung his Werehog arms like a fan. The future Sonic marched forward. Eggman, in his tower, let out a huge amount of rockets down at his foe. "I WILL win!'' he shouted.
Sonic stopped in his tracks to see the dozens of missiles flying down at him. Sonic looked straight in front of him to see the whole path packed with metal clones and Eggman robots of all kinds. Sonic cracked his knuckles, then stood in a stance. The first rocket came close. Sonic put one foot on it and gave himself a boost up. The whirling of rockets flew by him which he had to twist and turn to dodge. He slapped rockets, sending them flying down at the robots to send them packing. Sonic grabbed rocket after rocket, throwing them down at all the evil automatons. A rocket hit him in the stomach, then two more in the same spot.
Sonic was sent down at a group of robots. Sonic smashed onto a group of them, leaving a dust cloud to wander around the impact area. Ultimus teleported down to the ground with Sonic and Alicia. The two watched the hole. Once it cleared, a thousand metal clones and robots were surrounding it. Either on the ground or hovering from above, the evil robots waited for their target to respond. After what could be considered a moment of silence, Sonic charged out of the crater in his normal form. He began ricocheting all over the place, taking down every robot he hit. Sonic latched onto a building edge. A core beam hit him in the back. He looked back at the vast numbers of robots. He jumped from the ledge with a back flip. He crushed a metal clone under his feet. An egg gunner to his left fired wildly. Sonic cart wheeled to the side and blasted straight through it at super speed. Along with every robot that came in his path, Sonic reduced every robot to slag. Sonic skid to a halt. In front of him was the large tower Eggman sat in at the top. "Eggman, here I come.'' he said to himself.
Suddenly, a large gold beam rained down at him. Sonic did a back flip with the support of one hand pushing himself off the ground. Sonic landed back on his feet, looking high up. All of a sudden, Metal Sonic appeared behind him to grab him by one of his quills. Metal tossed him up. Metal Shadow teleported in his path and fired his core beam right into Sonic. Sonic flew back down to earth. Metal Knuckles appeared to catch him and slam him into the ground.
Metal Knuckles stepped off Sonic's motionless body. It was the three metals. The real original ones, but in their neo form which only made them more powerful. Sonic's eyes quickly opened. He did a sort of a break dance move, knocking each metal on their back. Sonic grabbed the ankles of Metal Knuckles and smashed him on top of Metal Shadow. Metal Sonic quickly reacted by throwing a punch at Sonic. Sonic ducked from it, and sent his own punch that hit metal directly. Metal kneed him in the gut, but Sonic kept standing. Sonic hit metal with his head, then he kicked metal in the gut, forcing him to retreat. Metal Knuckles got Sonic in a full nelson. Sonic grabbed Metal's arms and flipped him over and on his back. Metal Shadow fired his red core beam, blasting sonic in the back. The hedgehog hero blasted through three metal walls, but he got back on his feet in the heat of the moment. Metal Sonic flew through the holes and at Sonic.
Sonic improvised by grabbing a metal bar and smacking Metal across the head with it. Metal Knuckles burst from the roof and grabbed sonic by his quills to throw him as hard as he could through the metal roof. Sonic's body flailed through the air. He transformed into his Werehog form in under a second. Metal Shadow appeared in front of Sonic while the two were both in mid-fall. Sonic punched him immediately. Metal sent several punches to his abdomen then gave him a kick to the chin. Sonic swirled around in the air. Metal charged even when he was so close. Sonic, with lightening fast reflexes, grabbed Metal Shadow by his face put his head under his arm. Sonic dove down to the ground with Metal's head coming first. With a loud bang, he impacted. Sonic and Alicia rushed to the area. Ultimus walked slowly, following them. Sonic and Alicia stopped a few feet away from the hole. The future Sonic's hand grabbed the rim of the crater. He pulled himself up. Sonic stood on his feet, shockingly. He looked over his shoulder to see the motionless robot. Sonic turned his head back around only to feel a sharp pain go into his stomach. Metal Sonic hovered inches off the ground, but he drove the metal bar Sonic used, having it sharpened its end into a sharp edge. Sonic growled with anger. Sonic grabbed the bar and pulled it out without care. Sonic beat Metal Sonic across the face with it until Metal dropped to the ground. Sonic raised the bar up, but suddenly, Metal Shadow latched onto his back. Sonic fell back on purpose to crush Metal Shadow. Sonic looked at the twitching Metal. Suddenly, the bar was taken from Sonic's hand. He turned around quickly to dodge Metal Knuckles swing of it. Sonic blocked another swing of the metal bar, but it severely hurt his arm. Metal then swung it right across his face, knocking him on his stomach.
From his control room, Eggman watched the monitor of Sonic's severe beating. "Yes, yes…YES!!'' he shouted triumphantly.
The three metals stood over Sonic. The beaten Werehog reached an arm out. Metal Knuckles handed Metal Sonic the bar. Metal stood on Sonic's back. Alicia watched in fear, she hid her face just before the spiked edge of the bar drove through his back, making him roar with severe agony. Metal removed the bar, stepping off Sonic's back. The three metals flew out of the way, waiting for the finishing job. Alicia with tears in her eyes watched the future version of her father crawl. Eggman went to front keyboard with an evil grin. "Goodbye forever, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!!'' shouted Eggman, pressing the missile button. From the center of the tower, doors opened the reveal large missiles. Thirty of them rained down at Sonic. Alicia laid her face in Sonic's chest, crying heavily. Sonic wrapped his arm around her, and watched the first step in the creation of a monster. The missiles impacted in a blaze of a fiery inferno. The dying scream of Sonic echoed out. The fire cleared, revealing the mangled body of Sonic. "Alicia, go over there for a moment.'' Ultimus said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
Sonic noticed her legs shaking with fear, they couldn't stop. Her whole body was cold, witnessing how her father will die. Ultimus stood by Sonic's side. The two looked at the streams of smoke coming from the burnt body. "Do you still wish to continue? To continue on your current path as this…evil monstrosity?" Ultimus questioned.
Sonic remained silent and hesitant. "You're becoming more like Mecha each day. This probably won't happen, due to your evil deeds you already committed! You'll become Mecha in no time flat if you don't start making the RIGHT CHOICES!!'' Ultimus yelled at him.
Was Ultimus suppose to have remorse? Such an elderly being who safeguarded an ancient temple and has infinite knowledge of anyone's future, he had every right and reason to question Sonic of his choices in life. What of Sonic then? Obviously being told of his future had little affect on him, but now as he witnessed it, he has no idea of what he should do. Ultimus turned his back on him, grunting. Ultimus looked over his shoulder at Sonic one last time before he began to walk away. "I remember when I questioned the wisdom of others.'' Sonic spoke out.
Ultimus immediately came to a halt. "Many of my friends always questioned how my life's been a wreck due to the choices I made.'' he continued. Ultimus turned around to him. "I wonder now, I-if they'll even trust me.'' Sonic muttered.
"I see now how much many people need me. So many people care about my safety, while I move on and not care about their's.'' Sonic said, turning to Ultimus.
"Through all my journeys, what I encountered was unimaginable. I ask myself if they'll ever be a tomorrow, or next week. I question my beliefs in being a hero, not only to my world and the other dimensions, but being a hero to my friends.'' Sonic continued his speech.
Ultimus put on a smile, knowing he got through to him. "I see the world now. I believe everyone deserves a second chance…but when I think about myself…I don't think I even deserve one.'' Sonic said, turning his back to Ultimus.
Ultimus shook his head but still smiled. He rested his hand on Sonic's shoulder. Sonic turned to face him. "You have been given a chance, and here it is. You can save this world and every other. Everyone is looking to you for hope, you just need to know that everything's…worth a chance.'' he said, removing his hand.
The whole area turned white. Sonic turned around to see every hero behind him. All his friends looked at him with a smile, except Shadow. "They all depend on each other, but they look to you to deliver peace.'' Ultimus said, swinging his staff, sending them on the peak of a mountain.
Sonic looked at the amazing landscape. He saw grass fields far in the distance. Blue skies as far as the eye could see. Sonic smirked. Alicia came over, wiping her eyes. Sonic kneeled down in front of her, putting his hands on her shoulders. Her eyes met his. "I will set things right. No matter what.'' Sonic said to her. Alicia smiled and nodded. Sonic opened his arms and she hugged him. Sonic stroke the back of her head tenderly. "It is time to return.'' Ultimus said, with the crystal ball glowing.
Sonic stepped a few feet away. "You will reawaken in chains, but hope will come to you.'' Ultimus said. "And just give it a chance.'' Sonic replied with a wink and thumbs up. Ultimus smiled and nodded to him. He fired a blue beam at Sonic. The beam surrounded Sonic and from the waist down, his body began to vanish. Sonic waved one final goodbye to the two before he was gone. The true mind can weather many things. Sonic is about to learn that in more ways than one. With finally seeing how the creation of Mecha WereSonic is made, Sonic travels back to his body still wrapped in chains. Will he escape? Will he stay on this path of ingenuity to escape this evil place? With new knowledge, Sonic begins his adventure to end the 2nd Dimensional War.
Colorado, Florence, USP ADMAX, 10:30 am
Laying on the cold hard floor was Katara. Her eyes steadily opened up. Her hair was down and it draped on the floor. She lie on her back looking into the lamp light that hung on the ceiling. She sat up, feeling her head. She felt strange, like something was inside her. The feeling suddenly went away when she noticed where she was. "Sonic!'' she whispered, getting up and hurrying down the hall.
Far off on a mountain, was Shadow, the avatar gang, Jaden, Blair, Jenny, Omega, and the Powerpuff Girls. "You sure that's it?" asked Omega.
"The emerald's picking up strong energy readings from within, Mephiles has to have her in there.'' replied Shadow.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!'' exclaimed Jaden, but Shadow teleported in front of him.
"Some of us need to stay here. Jaden, Blair, girls, you stay here. Sokka, Zuko, Toph, Jenny and Omega, you come with me.'' Shadow said, turning back to face the giant prison that was far in the distance. "Ready guys?" said Shadow, holding his green Chaos Emerald out. "Ready Shadow.'' Jenny said. With the simple action of saying Chaos Control, Shadow and the heroes teleported.
They reappeared in a large hallway. "Okay, keep it together guys. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for Katara.'' said Shadow, moving forward.
"Let me ask you this, was it a good idea to leave Amy and the others there alone?" asked Jenny.
"I called Tails and Knuckles to meet them back at Central City, no need to worry.'' Shadow said.
"And ironically something does-OWWW!'' shouted Sokka, when Toph punched hard at his arm. Shadow, Jenny, and Omega looked at him. "She punched me!'' he whined.
"I'll give you a much harder one if you don't shut up right now! This isn't a party!'' Shadow whispered back. Toph sent Sokka a smile meaning she was victorious.
Moments later, Katara made it to the door to the room Sonic was held captive in. Though she may have found it, she still couldn't get in. A glow came from her water pouch. She pulled out the chaos emerald Kuki gave her. Her eyes suddenly widened. She held it close, shutting her eyes. "Chaos Emerald, aid me in rescuing my friend out of this cell. He needs my help, the world needs his help! Please heed my word!'' she said, holding the emerald up. The emerald glowed brighter.
Inside, Sonic's spirit rejoined with his body. A blue aura surrounded his body, making it jolt. Sonic was back, but he began to feel weak. All the blood that still dripped made him feel worse. The emerald energy formed around Katara. At the end of the hall, Shadow spotted Katara. "Omega! Get her!'' he pointed.
Omega flew down the hall at breakneck speed. It was too late. Katara teleported inside with Sonic. Omega came to a stop before he hurt himself. The others joined from behind. "Get ready everyone.'' Shadow said, teleporting them into the large cell.
They saw Katara kneeling in front of Sonic. Sonic's red glowing eyes fell droopy. "Guys! Please we need to help him!!'' Katara begged.
Omega stepped forward to answer her call. He broke the chains that strapped around his wrists and ankles. Omega then stepped away for Katara to move in. Sonic fell back against the wall, exhausted and nearly dying. She put her arms on each sides of his face. "You know, friendships can last eternities.'' she said, removing her hands from his face.
She tore the sleeves of her shirt, wrapping one around the gash on his left wrist, and the other on his right ankle. "I've seen…s-so much come from y-you. You cared for so many people, watched out for them in their time in need, like me.'' she said with a smile. His face went cold. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him forward. "Dang, I didn't know she was that strong!'' said a surprised Sokka. Katara began to cry and whimper. Tears dripped onto him. "It may be strange to say, but I care about you so much Sonic. My love is given to Aang, and to you too. I can admit…th-that I love you too.'' she sobbed, saying her words with sadness. "I learned that all good things come to an end, but bad things continue on forever. I don't want to lose you like I lost Aang…please come back Sonic.'' she said.
No response came. The travel to his future wasn't truly worth it, was it? Katara felt a hand on her shoulder. Shadow looked at her with a sincere expression. She cried more, looking away from Shadow. Shadow removed his hand slowly and moved away. She showed her Chaos Emerald to him. Her tears dropped on the emerald. Small thin beams of energy extracted from the emerald and touched his forehead. Katara only sat with her head lowered letting her tears fall onto the floor. The beams disappeared.
Sonic's right arm slowly reached up and grabbed hers. She slowly opened her tear strained eyes. The red glowing eyes resonated. His head quickly rose up. "Chaos Control.'' he said. Katara gasped by his sudden movement. The two vanished in a snap. "What the hell?! Dammit!'' Shadow cursed.
The red alert began to buzz. "I think its time to go.'' said Zuko.
Shadow shook his head in disappointment. He took his Chaos Emerald out, made it glow and teleported them back to the cliff where the other heroes were.
"What's that loud buzzing?'' asked Blair.
"Sonic's gone, he took Katara with him.'' Shadow said, walking past them.
"What do we do now?" asked Jaden.
"We're going to Central City. I have a feeling something's bad is about to go down.'' Shadow replied.
Sonic and Katara gone, our heroes massing for an upcoming battle, what more could happen? Who could be headed for Central City? Are the heroes there in danger for the looming threat? And where did Sonic take Katara? In this new war, who knows what is to come.
Avatar Dimension, Earth Kingdom Territory, 8:35 am
Bouncing onto the ground was Katara. The portal behind her vanished. She looked up to see Sonic's feet in front of her. Katara sat on her knees looking up at him. Sonic held out his hand. She smiled and grabbed it. Sonic picked her up in his arms. He scanned the landscape, seeing dozens of mountains. Sonic looked at her. She held on tight. Sonic squatted down and performed a mighty leap. Soaring through the air, Sonic landed on the peak of another mountain, and he jumped from that. The wind blowing against them. Katara giggled and laughed.
Sonic landed on the side of a mountain, sliding down it. Katara continued to laugh joyfully. She looked up at Sonic. Her smile when she saw his face concealed by the grayish silver mask. Sonic pointed forward. Katara looked to see an open grass field in the distance. Sonic leaped off the mountain side and towards the large grass field. Sonic hit the ground, causing him to skip once from the sudden drop. Rolling grass fields was all that was in front of them. As far as they could see was; peace. Sonic put Katara down. The two looked to see they were standing at the top of a small grass hill that went down. Sonic nudged Katara which caused her to roll down the grass field. She yelped for a minute, but then she began to giggle. Sonic followed in after her. Such a beautiful moment can't be harmonized in a time of war. That's how most things work. War is the virus in the body of peace. Being heroes, however, could not reason against this. It was in their nature to understand the meaning of war and conflicts against evil. You could say it's the code they must live by.
Katara came to a stop at the bottom of the hill. Katara watched that there was a field of white flowers in the next bed. Sonic ran on all fours down the hill with a happy Katara following her. Sonic picked one of the flowers. As soon as Katara stopped behind him, Sonic placed the flower in her hair. She smiled at it with happiness. The two then began to walk. Much was to be said, but where to even start? First Katara is captured by Mephiles but awakens with no harm done to her in the same place Sonic is held. Much of it was all very confusing. Katara took one glance at Sonic. She didn't like how he looked. The mask over his face, the gashes that still remained, and the glowing red eyes that looked like he stayed angry.
The two stopped on a hill. Sonic sat down on the grass and looked up at the sky. Katara joined him. "Sonic? Sonic, can you hear me?" she said after a few minutes of silence. Sonic hesitated, but he looked after a brief moment. "Remove the mask, please?'' she said. Sonic then looked back up at the sky. She placed her head sideways on the grass, still looking at him. Sonic suddenly flinched and twitched. He sat up, looking at his transformation device. It was blinking its blue light, then it changed to an orange light. Katara felt a jolt in her stomach. Sonic looked at her immediately. She cringed on the ground. Sonic grabbed her and laid her on her back. She finally stopped, opening her eyes to Sonic. Sonic tilted his head. He took out the emerald he used to cause chaos control, the same one Kuki gave Katara. He placed it over her. The two then were shown images.
One was of Katara laying on a stone bed. Standing in front of it was Mephiles. He placed the emerald over her. The Flames of Disaster were also hovering over her. The ball of fire soared down within the beam of chaos energy that went inside Katara. They both heard Mephiles laugh. An image of Iblis showed, than the two came out of the trance. Sonic finally removed the metal mask, reverting back to his normal Werehog form and out of his Dark Werehog form. He looked around cautiously. Katara then awoke, sitting straight up. "What was that?" she asked, but gasped to see Sonic back to normal. Sonic changed back to his Werehog form. He let his restless shoulders fall limp. "Finally.'' he said to himself.
"Sonic, did you see what I saw?" she said.
Sonic then remembered. He saw the evil deed he performed on the young Waterbender. "You remember Iblis right?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, don't remind me.'' she said.
"Well, Mephiles put him inside you.'' Sonic replied grimly.
Katara's face sunk to fear. The Flames of Disaster, dwelling inside of her. The simple act of crying, one shed of a tear, will release it upon the world, making it more powerful than ever before.
Katara could only sit in shock. "Wait a second Sonic, didn't you take care of him in the past?" she asked worriedly.
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter. Iblis can't die. He'll just be reborn from his ashes.'' Sonic implied. Katara let herself fall on the grass. "I can't believe this is happening.'' she muttered.
"I always asked myself that everyday.'' Sonic added. Katara sat up with a disgruntled look.
"What?" said Sonic.
"How did you live in that cell?" she asked. Sonic sighed and sat down beside her. "You saw what happened to me back there.'' he said.
"But now your back to normal!'' she said inspiringly.
"I don't even think I'm in its limits.'' Sonic replied gloomy.
The two sat silent. Sonic looked up at the clouds that began to come in. "I mine as well tell you what happened to me in there.'' Sonic said.
Katara quickly looked at him. "When I was in there, two hedgehogs from the future came in through a warp tunnel like thing.'' Sonic began.
Katara's eyebrows cocked. "One was named Ultimus, this old guardian with a magic staff. The other was…my future daughter Alicia.'' Sonic said with a bit of hesitance.
"Your daughter?!'' she said with surprise.
"I marry Amy in the future.'' Sonic added to make it more understandable.
"They took me through time, showing what I did at the end of the Dimensional War. I barely remember that I was in a coma for three years! But Ultimus got angry on how I sat back like a coward, and he was right.'' Sonic said with discrete.
At any time of her life, Katara has never seen Sonic act so sad. He may be the only one who can stop this war, but it looks like it was taking a massive toll on him. Regret was all he could think about. "After that, we went to 2013.'' Sonic continued.
Katara gasped, "The year you die?" she said slowly, Sonic nodded.
"My future self took out hundreds of robots, but the three original Metals were much more upgraded at that time. I saw myself fall in battle. Eggman launched a ballistic missile barrage that ended me, and brought about the birth of Mecha WereSonic.'' Sonic finished, lowering his head.
If it was hard enough to be simply told it, describing it in to the tip detail made it more gruesome to imagine. "Ultimus sent my spirit back to my body, and that's where you came in.'' he said.
"But what he told me, everything is…worth a chance. I know we can win this war Katara, all we need to do is stand together.'' Sonic said with a smile, looking at the young Waterbender. She returned with a warm smile. The two then briefly hugged. Sonic picked her up and dashed across the grass fields. "So where we going?" she asked over the loud wind that blew against them.
"Wherever the wind takes us!'' he replied with a smirk.
On a cliff of a mountain that overlooked the grass field, a blue portal opened up. Stepping out of it was none other than our heroes' biggest problem; Mecha WereSonic. The portal sealed behind him. He growled furiously. "What is the damn point of coming here Doctor!? No one is here!'' he said into his speaker on his arm.
"Patience Mecha, it'll come to you, trust me.'' replied the voice of Eggman, who then hung up. Mecha lowered his arm, sighing. He then heard something. Mecha turned around to see a dust trail following Sonic on the field. "I guess he was right. It was worth coming here.'' Mecha said, readying his jetpack out of his back and flying off into the sky.
Sonic kept his eyes forward, and his ears perked. They twitched when the roaring of a jet engine came. "He's here.'' he said. A sudden red beam crashed down behind him. Sonic skipped forward but kept on running. Katara looked behind them and saw Mecha closing in. "Sonic!'' she exclaimed.
Sonic quickly drifted off to the right, dirt flying out of the ground. Mecha fired his rockets. The heat seeking rockets followed Sonic's feet, for this is the only problem with being the fastest thing alive. "I'm going to put you down, but I want you to run as far as you can, as fast you can! Got it?" he said.
She nodded to him. Sonic quickly halted, and put Katara down. Sonic looked to the left to see Mecha tackle him, but kept flying. Mecha flew inches above the ground holding Sonic in his grasp. "Isn't this a nice setting? You should let me kill you here so you won't have to go to the trouble waiting for 2013.'' Mecha said, laughing at him. Sonic shoved his foot right up into his nemesis's chin. Mecha let go of Sonic. Sonic quickly countered by spin dashing right into Mecha's gut.
The robotic copy spun in back flips. Sonic leaped off the ground and stopped right over Mecha. Sonic sent both his feet into Mecha's chest. The two slammed into the ground with Sonic's feet still stuck to Mecha. Sonic picked Mecha up. He threw him head first into the dirt, making him stuck. Mecha then vanished, reappearing behind Sonic. Sonic turned around blocking a punch, but took another punch to the chest. Sonic grabbed his fist before it could hit him again. Mecha kicked Sonic in the gut to make him let go. Mecha punched left then right. He finished by firing his chaos cannon point blank into Sonic. The smoldering hero rocketed across the air and smashed into the ground in front of Katara, while she was still running. Sonic rose out of the crater with his teeth gritted. "Are you going to be okay?" asked the concerned Waterbender. "Yeah! Just run!!'' he told her, leaping out of the hole.
Sonic formed into a ball and charged at Mecha. The evil titanium robot readied his rocket arms. He fired a barrage of rockets. Sonic turned left and right with rockets exploding all around him. Not a single one hit him. Sonic hit Mecha square in the chest, sending him skidding across the dirt. Mecha came to a stop. He then fired his gatling guns. Sonic jumped left and right while getting closer to his foe. Sonic ducked and gave Mecha an uppercut. Mecha fell on his back. Sonic quickly grabbed his ankles. Mecha sat up and fired his chaos cannon. Sonic flew across the air and slammed down into the ground. Sonic looked up behind himself to see Mecha coming down. Sonic jumped up and punched Mecha across the face, then grabbed his ears. Sonic swung him around once then let go.
Mecha pounded into the ground. Sonic jumped on his body extremely hard. Sonic leaped straight up, formed into a ball and dove back down. Mecha raised one foot up to kick Sonic right over his head. Sonic spun in a circle while still in ball form, but then he formed out of it. Mecha rolled over on his stomach and got up. "I admire how you continue to willingly fight me, but you're missing the real picture here.'' Mecha said "I'm tired of your cheap lies! We're fighting!'' Sonic snapped, charging at him. Mecha quickly fired his chaos cannon. Sonic spun off the ground and grabbed Mecha's chaos cannon and lifted him off his feet and head first into the ground. Sonic grabbed his ankles and tossed him across the air. Spinning sideways, Mecha began firing his rockets. The volleys launched everywhere. Katara saw one heading down at her. She gasped, stopping in her tracks. Sonic quickly picked her up and boosted a mile forward. Mecha flew after him. "You still have the chaos emerald?" he asked.
"Yeah, right here!'' she replied, taking it out of her pouch.
"CHAOS CONTROL!!'' yelled Mecha from behind them.
A portal appeared up ahead in Sonic's path. Sonic came to an immediate halt. The portal began sucking the two in. Mecha landed in front of the heroes. He laughed to see Sonic getting sucked into the portal. "KATARA NOW!!'' Sonic shouted, as he went into the portal.
Mecha snatched her Chaos Emerald, but Sonic transformed into his Werehog form and stretched his arm out of the portal to grab it from Mecha's hand. It glowed and caused Chaos Control over Katara's head. The beam hit Katara and teleported her. Mecha watched Sonic fall into the portal. Mecha charged forward with an angry roar. The portal sealed at the last minute. Mecha growled heavily. He smashed both his fists on the ground yelling, "DAMN THAT HEDGEHOG!!!''
Sonic and Katara escaped the clutches of the evil Mecha, but where will the two end up? Will Iblis free itself from Katara's body to cause massive destruction? Where has Mecha sent Sonic? Will he stray off and be sent to another dimension? Sonic is back and confident to win this war, but will his inner demons let him ? The 2nd Dimensional War continues on.
Unknown Dimension, Location not specified, 11:15 am
Endless tunnels. Dark and damp, bats were flying through them. A figure was walking through the massive cave complex. He stopped and saw the spot he wanted to find. The silhouette came out into the light. There stood a villain with a mask with one half black, the other steel orange. His name was Slade. He saw standing at the end of a cliff was nothing. His one eye widened. "Where is she?" he asked himself.
"You seek something…Slade.'' said a voice from behind him. Slade turned around to see two pairs of red eyes in the darkness. Walking out was Thule and Azula.
"My, my, by any chance is your name Thule?" asked Slade with blank emotion. "You'd be correct.'' replied the demon.
"I know what you seek. The girl named Terra, she lives, outside these walls.'' Thule said.
Slade hesitated, glaring at him out of the side of his eye.
"How do I know you can be trusted?" he asked.
"Because I know you're enemies. I know how you hate to lose, that's why.'' Thule replied with a smirk. "Bring me to her.'' said Slade.
It was night now. On an island was a large T, the home of the Teen Titans. On the top of it, Sonic dropped out from the blue portal. He shook his head, beginning to twitch. He noticed he was still holding the gray mask in his hand. His eyes flashed red. He put his hands to his skull, shaking wildly. Soon, his fur turned dark, his eyes were nothing but glowing red. The white of his eyes were gone. He looked at the mask. He stuck it to his face and let out an echoing roar that sparked lightening.
Inside one of the rooms, a titan named Beast Boy fell out of bed, right on his face. His eyes spun like wheels. He opened his door, the red alert was on. Meeting him in the hallway was a fellow titan named Raven. "Can we ever be left alone?" he asked.
"Just shut up and let's go.'' replied Raven, floating past him.
"Hey! Wait up!'' he called. In the main control room, there stood Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg. "I don't understand, why is the red alert on? There was nothing out there when I scanned parts of the city.'' said Cyborg. The lights suddenly went out. "Oh no, not again. You guys remember last time when we watched that movie?" said a frightened Beast Boy.
"That time it wasn't real.'' Robin added. Suddenly, the roof exploded, letting rain fall in. The silhouette of Sonic dropped in on a mound of debris. He was crouched down on all fours. "Nice timing Beast Boy.'' Raven said.
Cyborg marched up to Sonic. "Yo, why you coming and messing up the roof! That's the third time!'' he yelled.
"Fourth.'' Beast Boy corrected him. Cyborg sent him a quick glare, which caused Beast Boy to hide behind Raven.
"I recommend you get your big butt out of my house or, or-'' Cyborg talked slower when Sonic stood up. Being ten feet tall in his Werehog form, he was quite a scare when first seen. Sonic let out an angry growl at them. "Titans, go!'' commanded Robin, readying his metal staff.
Starfire shot up and fired her lasers out of her eyes. Sonic put his arm up to protect himself. Beast by latched onto his arm as a grizzly bear. Sonic growled with frustration. Sonic sent his fist into beast boy's abdomen. Beast boy morphed back to normal while rolling across the ground. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon. Sonic slid to the left and charged at him. The two grabbed each others hands, pushing the other back. Sonic lifted him up so hard, Cyborg face planted right into the ceiling. Raven used her powers to pick up the couch and launch it at Sonic. The piece of furniture hit him, causing Sonic to slide across the floor and trip onto his back.
Robin leaped up with his staff pointed down. Sonic grabbed the end of it, throwing robin off to the side. Starfire fired rapid star bolts at Sonic. Explosions occurred all around him, most hit the hero directly. Sonic grabbed her and smashed her into the ground. Cyborg leaped up and tackled Sonic through the floor. The three fell into the weight room. Cyborg got up, helping Starfire up as well. Sonic charged at the two. The two titans fired all they had. Sonic continued to charge, neither of the attacks slowing him down. Beast boy grabbed onto Sonic's back as a gorilla. Sonic retreated away from Cyborg and Starfire.
Sonic growled furiously. He reached back, grabbed beast boy and flung him at the other two titans. Raven wrapped weights around Sonic, forcing him to fall to his knees. "Good job Raven!'' shouted Beast Boy, charging at Sonic as an elephant. Sonic charged anyway. Sonic drove both his feet into beast boy's face, throwing him at Cyborg and Starfire. The two quickly moved out of the way as the green boy smashed through a wall. Sonic broke the weights that kept him cuffed. Robin attached a shock device on Sonic's back. The device surged with power. Sonic began to ravaging roar. He dropped to one knee, glaring at the titans in front of him. Cyborg ran at him, sending his foot into Sonic's gut. Sonic bounced across the ground, breaking the shock device. Sonic's body was surrounded with smoke. Starfire flew at him, sending a fist into his face, making a dent in his helmet. Sonic grabbed her and brought her close. "Why are you attacking us?" she asked.
"I was going to ask the same thing.'' he replied silently. Her eyes widened with surprise. Beast Boy hit Sonic in the hip as a bull, morphing back to his normal state.
Sonic slammed against a wall then was pushed through it by a powerful punch by Cyborg. Sonic slumped onto the floor in a hall. Cyborg aimed his sonic cannon at him. Sonic covered his hand over and faced Cyborg in the face. "You're making a mistake.'' Sonic said, his eyes shining red.
"Nice try buddy, but I don't feel like having a talk!'' Cyborg replied, firing his sonic cannon.
Cyborg flew back into the hole he sent Sonic through. Cyborg sat up to see Sonic unphased. "Who is this guy?" said Beast Boy.
"How'd he take a blast from my cannon right into his hand!?!'' Cyborg exclaimed.
"Whoever he is, he's not good.'' said Robin, throwing three explosive discs at Sonic. Sonic put his arms up in defense. The three discs collided at the same time.
Sonic blasted through two walls. One that eventually sent him into the lobby where the main door is. Sonic's eyes opened up once more. Beast boy came down as a T-Rex. All it took was for one of his giant feet to land on him. The rest of the gang jumped down. "Alright Beast Boy!'' said Cyborg with a grin and thumbs up.
Suddenly, a red glowing came from under beast boy's foot. He suddenly lifted up. Beast boy tripped and fell sideways. Sonic grabbed the huge T-Rex and lifted him up. Sonic threw him with ease right through the front door. The rest of the titans had their mouths dropped open and eyes widened. Sonic quickly looked at the other heroes. "Who are you!?" shouted Robin.
Sonic remained silent. "I don't think he's in a talking mood.'' said Cyborg.
The half robot charged at Sonic. Sonic narrowed his eyes. He grabbed Cyborg's right arm and tore it off, then punching him right in the chest.
Cyborg slid to the feet of the other titans. Sonic looked at the arm he still held in his hand. "You will not harm my friends!'' Starfire screamed with her eyes glowing green. She charged at him, tackling him to the ground. "Why are you doing this to us! What kind of person are you?!'' she shouted into his face.
Sonic stopped struggling and thought about what she said, and what Ultimus told him. He was a hero many times before. Made other heroes look up to him and believe in him. This chance he has to end this war, must be done peacefully and with others by his side. Trust is the key component. Whatever challenge that comes his way, his friends will always be there by his side.
Sonic's glowing red eyes vanished. Starfire did the same with hers. She stepped off him. Sonic sat up, turning back into his normal hedgehog form. He grabbed the mask and ripped it off, revealing his true face. His blue fur shined as he stood up. Sonic looked at Cyborg's arm. He chuckled nervously, "Sorry about that.'' he said, tossing it to Robin.
Robin caught it, narrowing his eyes. Beast boy walked back in with his hand on his forehead. "Oh dude, what happened?" he said.
"Oh nothing. That the fact he tossed your gigantic butt right out the door!!!'' yelled Cyborg. Beast boy could only form a grumpy face.
"Please, what is your name?" asked Starfire. Sonic was about to speak when beast boy sped to his side. "You don't know him! You haven't been watching the TV!?" shouted Beast boy.
"That's the point, we don't watch as much TV as you do.'' Raven pointed out.
"He's Sonic the Hedgehog!!'' shouted Beast Boy.
Cyborg just got his arm attached back on.
"It is him!'' shouted Cyborg.
"How does everyone know?" Sonic asked himself.
"How are you alive? Last time you saved the planet, you…you…seriously how are you not dead!?" Beast Boy spoke quickly, breathing heavily.
afterwards. "Thanks. Ought to give me some sweet dreams.'' Sonic replied.
"How did you get here, Sonic?" asked Robin.
"I was kinda' forced here by a…personal foe.'' Sonic answered.
"Oh you must stay! You must try my-'' Starfire began.
"Don't even think about it!'' Beast Boy exclaimed.
"Could you tell me where I am?" asked the blue hedgehog.
"Titans Tower.'' replied Robin. "Is there a city near by?" Sonic added. "Yeah, Jump City.'' Robin answered.
"Then I should be on my way.'' Sonic said, walking towards the broken down entrance. "Wait, where are you going?" asked Robin.
"Business that could get you kids in deep trouble.'' Sonic said, stopping in his tracks.
"He got into those kinds of situation every time dude! We'll help you!'' Beast Boy said. Sonic turned around, "You sure?" Sonic said, wanting to make sure they were up for his mission. All the Titans nodded yes.
"You guys should get what you need, because you're not going to be coming back here anytime soon.'' Sonic said, turning back around. "Why do you say that?" asked Cyborg.
"Because you just entered the 2nd Dimensional War.'' Sonic said deeply.
The group of heroes grouped together later on a rooftop in the city. "Tell me this, what are we looking for again?" asked Cyborg.
"Anything out of the ordinary.'' replied Sonic.
"And what might that look like?" Raven interjected.
From behind the group, the ground exploded in a ball of dust. They saw a silhouette in the middle of it, exactly resembling Sonic. Scourge the Hedgehog came walking out with a grin on his face. "Scourge!?" Sonic shouted in his mind.
"Ahhhh, Sonic. It's about time I found your crummy weak self!'' Scourge taunted.
"What're you doing here faker? Your dimension giving you too much heat?" Sonic snapped.
"More like the other way around buddy.'' Scourge replied with an evil grin.
Sonic only growled in anger. He leaped forward at him. Suddenly, a stone hand came out of the ground and grabbed him. Climbing out was Cinderblock. "Now this is getting interesting.'' said a shocked Beast Boy.
"What is this Scourge?!" exclaimed Sonic, trying to break free "You'd be surprised what kind of villains you can meet in a dimension Sonic. Now…CRUSH THE RODENT IN YOUR GRASP!!'' Scourge said.
Cinderblock began tightening more and more, but luckily Starfire came in to torpedo him in the chest, throwing Cinderblock off the roof and smashing into the street below.
"Thanks a lot! You take care of blockhead, I got Scourge.'' Sonic said.
"Titans go!'' Robin shouted, leaping off the roof and down towards Cinderblock.
"Tell me this Scourge, what makes you so confident today?" asked a curious Sonic.
"If I told you, it'd be too easy. So I'm going to leave it up to you to try and guess why.'' Scourge made his snappy comeback.
The two finally charged at each other, firing the other across the city in opposite directions. Scourge landed on another rooftop, stumbling to try not and trip. From afar, he saw Sonic speedily jumping from roof to roof. Scourge formed into a ball and fired himself like a ball out of a cannon. The two rivals collided. Sonic and Scourge continuously exchanged punches and kicks. That is, until Sonic grabbed Scourge's fist and kicked him in the chin. Scourge fell down and smacked onto a roof. Sonic dove down at him with his feet aimed for him. Scourge rolled off to the side barely dodging Sonic's landing. Scourge rolled towards Sonic to give him a punch to the jaw. Sonic quickly looked back at scourge to see Scourge tackle him in the stomach. The two fell of the roof, falling a far way down. Sonic formed into a ball and kicked both his feet into Scourge's stomach, but ricocheting himself back up. Scourge smashed on top of a taxi. To add to that, Sonic impacted the car in ball form, making it explode. Sonic grabbed Scourge by his vest and tossed him hard at a wall, blasting through it.
Robin rolled to the side, throwing a freeze disc. The disc completely froze Cinderblock's right arm. Beast boy rammed him as a triceratops. The massive stone monster smashed back into the ground. He groaned and grumbled. He smashed his frozen arm on the ground to remove the ice. He grabbed a light pole and hit a car. The car swung in circles down at Beast Boy. Starfire hovered in front of him and fired lasers out of her eyes. They car exploded into a ball of fire, only shards of metal dropped around them. "Thanks Star.'' Beast Boy said.
"You are welcome.'' she replied with a smile.
She yelped suddenly when she was grabbed by Cinderblock. Raven wrapped sewage pipes that came out of the ground around cinderblock's legs. He looked down at them. Starfire took the chance to break free. She fired a star bolt beam into Cinderblock's chest, launching him far back. Cyborg transformed both his hands into sonic cannons. He shouted, firing both sonic cannons. The two combined beams hit Cinderblock, launching him out of the city and splashing into the ocean. The titans regrouped by Cyborg. He changed them back to his arms. With a smile on his face he said, "Now that was easy.''
"Not quite Cyborg, look!'' Robin said, pointing up. Lines of Slade's robots, and metal clones surrounded them.
They were on the street, on rooftops, all focused on them. "Well this stinks.'' commented Beast Boy.
"I don't smell anything.'' Starfire said.
"Titans, focus! Let's give em' what's coming to them!'' said the boy wonder.
Sonic smacked against the ground. Scourge pounced on top of him, coming face to face with him. "A bit sentimental Sonic? I'd expect more of you by now!'' Scourge said.
"You haven't seen nothing yet!'' Sonic snapped, kicking both his feet into Scourge's belly.
Scourge flew up and landed on the edge of a roof. Sonic spin dashed up to him. Scourge did a back flip and kicked Sonic over his head. Sonic speared straight through the wall of a tall skyscraper. Sonic got on all fours, shaking his head. People began running away and out the door to avoid the constant battle. Scourge ran up to the hole sonic was sent through. Scourge saw nothing inside. He began walking forward with a grin on his face. "I should've came to hunt you long before! But finding out you become the reason for everyone hating you? It was my best job yet!'' Scourge bragged on.
A table lifted behind him. Scourge turned around to see Sonic in his Werehog form. "Here's a reason you should've stayed!'' Sonic shouted, smashing the table on top of him. Sonic tossed the table off him. Sonic then grabbed Scourge by the neck. Sonic's other fist glowed light blue.
"Eat this.'' Sonic muttered.
He sent the fist right into Scourge's abdomen, throwing him through a wall of the building and six more after that. Debris, objects, and furniture all blasted away, or with him. Scourge's glasses were shattered, his jacket had tears. He slowly reached into his jacket pocket taking out the vial of Werehog blood. "I'll…show..h-him.'' he stuttered, scarfing the vial down his throat. He gagged, dropping the vial for it to shatter. His gloves tore in half, revealing black claws growing in. His shoes had small spikes extend out over the top. His jacket tore off, his size grew large. His eyes opened up, glowing red.
Sonic walked over to the hole, seeing the titans down in the city. "I've got to help them.'' he said, about to jump.
A sudden rumble stopped that. He stood straight, looking behind him, with an angry look on his face. Smashing through the rest of the walls was Scourge, as a Werehog. His fur grew out, his drooling face and his sharp fangs that stuck out and went up. He was MUCH taller than Sonic in his Werehog form. Scourge was at least fifteen feet tall! With an anger and more violent voice, scourge said, "Who's the big bad Werehog now?" he said, sending his large fist into Sonic's gut. Sonic launched out of the building like a speeding bullet.
Bodies of wrecked clones and Slade's drones lie around them. A group of fifty of them massed in front. "They just keep coming!'' shouted Cyborg. Suddenly with a loud bang, sonic impacted into the group destroying all of them. The sounds of earth shattering and pieces of it sounded. Sonic's hand reached out. He was lying in a crater, covered with dirt and small scars. "Sonic! Are you alright?" said a concerned Starfire, who flew by his side.
"I'm good, just run! He's coming!'' Sonic said, swinging his arm to nudge the alien girl out of the way.
The massive mutant Werehog landed behind Sonic. "Oh you can't leave now! I was just getting started!'' Scourge said, plowing Sonic into the ground with one hand.
Scourge began swinging the helpless Sonic around in circles. Sonic was smashed through building walls as Scourge continued his masquerade of swinging. Scourge let Sonic go. Sonic crashed through a building, knocking down two walls until he stopped. "HA! Now that's better!'' Scourge mocked.
A sudden barrage of star bolts hit him, causing him to retreat back. "Oh boy, kids!'' Scourge said, laughing.
Cyborg tackled him and lifted him up to throw into a building. Scourge sat against the building with debris trickling down on him. "Don't judge a book by it's cover big and ugly!'' shouted Cyborg.
"You may be right, but that doesn't I'm going to go easy on you!'' Scourge yelled, charging at them. Robin readied his battle staff. He smacked it across Scourge's face, making him groan. Beast boy turned into a T-Rex and grabbed Scourge with his mouth. Scourge's eyes continued to glow bright red. He sent a fist right into Beast Boy's nose, making him drop Scourge. Scourge started spinning like a tornado. His red energy covered hands were stretched out to cause even more destruction. Raven lifted two cars off the ground with her powers and fired them at Scourge. Instead, his arms hit them directly back at her! She formed a black blade that stood vertical. The cars split in half right when they touched it, both halves flying off into opposite directions. Scourge suddenly stopped, leaped up at raven and smacked her with his large hand. She impacted into the ground. Scourge dove down, his spike covered foot aimed at her.
"Nooooo! RAVEN!'' shouted Robin.
In a blur, Sonic hit Scourge in the stomach with a spin dash. Sonic was back in his normal form. "He's too much for you! Run while you have the chance!'' Sonic told them.
"We're not going anywhere.'' said Robin.
"This is our town.'' Cyborg said, stopping by Robin's side "We never give up!'' said Starfire. Sonic was once again amazed to meet heroes that would go to great lengths to protect what they care about most.
"Sorry to interrupt!'' Scourge yelled from behind. Sonic's eyes narrowed. Scourge jumped up and down at Sonic. Sonic quickly kicked Scourge across the face. Scourge merely kicked Sonic with one foot, sending him smacking into a building. Starfire was grabbed by the massive Werehog and face planted into the ground. Cyborg fired both his sonic cannons at him. Scourge laughed and laughed. He grabbed Cyborg and smashed him into a building. Beast boy morphed into a T-Rex again. He chomped down on Scourge's right arm. Scourge repeatedly punched Beast boy in the face until he would let go. "Let…me…GO!!'' he shouted as he continued the beating into Beast Boy's face.
The young titan morphed back to normal, falling unconscious. Robin tossed a barrage of explosive discs that successfully hit scourge dead on. A plume of black smoke hovered in front of Robin. After a moment of silence, scourge's fist stretched out and hit Robin until he smashed into a building wall, knocking him unconscious. The dust cleared. Scourge smiled as he retracted his arm back. Sonic latched onto his back in his Werehog form. "HEY! Get the hell off of me!!'' exclaimed Scourge.
Sonic burrowed his claws into his back, making scourge scream in pain. Scourge reached back and grabbed sonic by both his wrists and threw him down into the concrete road in front of him. Scourge stomped his foot onto Sonic's back, making him flail and grit his teeth. "I squashed plenty of your type back in my dimension! And still you continue to fight me!'' Scourge said, kicking him.
Sonic's rag doll body rolled across the ground and stopped. Sonic put his arms out, beginning to get up. "I see how you act. I watch how you change into that evil form inside you by the slightest hint of your friends being in harm's way. Well, let me tell you this Sonic,'' scourge said, grabbing Sonic's head and pointed it at himself.
"Your friends will ALWAYS be in danger, whether you like it or not.'' scourge said, letting go of his head. Sonic breathed heavily. It was once another moment where he had to make a choice; the right one. He felt the dark powers swelling up inside him, he dearly wanted to tear Scourge apart piece by piece.
In his mind, he stood in darkness. "What're you waiting for? Embrace the power Sonic, you know you want to.'' said an evil and shrill voice that echoed.
"I won't.'' he replied.
"You shouldn't dare to restrain from the powers of me! I AM YOU!!!'' said the voice, landing in front of Sonic as a giant version of himself, but completely dark blue with red glowing eyes.
Sonic fell to his knees. He was in theoretical battle. His only weapons was his heart and soul. "I will not let you take me over. NOT AGAIN!!!'' Sonic said, pointing up at him.
"You have no choice. You saw what he did…why not make him suffer. Rip him limb from limb, slowly.'' said the chilling voice. Red bolts of electricity sparked around Sonic, he fell to his knees by its sudden shock. "Ever since you became Dark Sonic, it's inherited traits of your mind. Feeding on the most practical of things, so when its needed, it is unleashed!'' said the evil version of himself. "I said…n-n-no.'' said the hurting hero.
"DAMN YOU SONIC! Why do you care so much of winning this war!? This is me giving you the chance to!'' said the evil Sonic, smashing the ground. Sonic sat on his knees, holding his head with both hands.
"TAKE IT! EMBRACE NOW! BECOME ONE WITH YOUR INNER DARKNESS!!'' it shouted.
Sonic chuckled. "That's your problem. I was told once that the chances we are given to change the face of reality, to make life more…e-easier and…peaceful. If I'd listen to you, I'm just speeding up the process of becoming Mecha. And let me tell you this,'' sonic spoke out at his evil mirror of himself. The evil Sonic began to slowly vanish, starting from his arms. Sonic looked back up.
"I'M A HERO FOREVER!!!'' he thundered. A white light shined, making the evil version scream. He looked back at Sonic. There were translucent visions of all the other heroes behind him. "You have no friends here, now be gone!'' shouted Sonic.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!'' shouted the malevolent doppelganger, as he exploded into a puff of black smoke into oblivion.
Back in reality, Scourge continued to crush his foot on Sonic's back. Sonic's eyes sprang open, his pupils were pure blue. Sonic immediately stood up, throwing Scourge off him. Surrounded by a blue aura, Sonic pounced on top of scourge, continuously beating him across the face. Sonic leaped up and elbow dropped right into Scourge's chest, making him gag. Sonic flew up and fired a thick blue beam into Scourge's stomach, causing a fiery explosion. Scourge's flailing body crashed into the ocean. He resurfaced, growling angrily. "I told him I knew his weakness, and it's high time I use it against him.'' said Scourge. He caused Chaos Control with the emerald he had.
Sonic levitated back to the ground, his eyes going back to green and the aura vanishing. He fell loose, falling on one knee. The titans regrouped around him. "Hey man! Looks like you took care of big ugly easily!'' commented Cyborg. Sonic stood up without a word.
"Glorious job Sonic. Now we may assist you in your mission!'' said a joyful Starfire.
"Thanks guys for taking out the clones. But I'm afraid we're going to have to delay the mission.'' said Sonic, looking away.
"What? Why?" questioned Beast boy.
Sonic looked back at them. "Because I haven't had any breakfast.'' he said with a smile.
The Titans exchanged looks. "Now isn't that funny?" said a dull Raven.
With their enemies pushed back, Sonic and the Titans look for a quick R&R before deciding what to do next. What of Scourge though? Who is the evil Werehog trying to capture? Will Sonic be ready further on? With his inner demons fended off, he can finally focus on the mission at hand, or will his ghosts come back to haunt him? After their break, these heroes head off to their next destination, or will a familiar acquaintance return to stop them from even leaving the city?