Chapter Sixteen: Judgment
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Jump City, 8:55 pm
Sonic was deep inside the city. He scanned all around, nothing but buildings surrounded him. "What I need is a Chaos Emerald, it'd be so much easier that way.'' Sonic said to himself, leaping off the building and running up another. He made it to the top, running to the other end and stopping. "Nothing's ever easy isn't it?" he thought in his head.
"I'd say so.'' said a distant voice. Sonic turned around, looking up to see a barrage of gold lights raining down at him. Sonic quickly charged towards the left, skidding to a quick halt, while the Chaos Spears just hit before Sonic moved.
Sonic gasped, but quickly removed the shocked face and replaced it with an annoyed one. Hovering down to Sonic was; Shadow.
"Tell me right now Sonic,'' he began, landing on the roof. 'What're up to this time?" he asked with force in his voice.
"Ironic Shadow, I was ready to ask the same, but you're easily disturbed temper got the best of you!'' Sonic said, mocking him at the same time.
"You know why I'm here.'' Shadow quickly snapped.
"I do? Please do tell tough guy.'' Sonic said with a smirk.
Shadow growled, firing a beam of Chaos Spear energy at him. Sonic rolled into a ball to the right, forming back out to dash at him. Shadow and Sonic locked hands, falling off the building. Shadow fired his shoes up, blasting sonic through a window, however blowing a large hole in the building. Sonic quickly got up off the ground, knocking debris off himself. Shadow suddenly appeared in front of Sonic with his chaos sword, swinging it at him. "Hey!'' Sonic shouted, stepping back, and dodging another swing of the sword.
"What is wrong with you Shadow?! What did I do this time?" Sonic questioned, holding his arm up, to hit the arm shadow was holding his sword with.
"It's what you're going to do." Shadow said with gritted teeth, kicking Sonic in the chest.
Sonic rolled across the ground. He stopped and looked up to see shadow standing over him. Sonic quickly drove backwards in ball form just as shadow pierced the ground with his sword. "I can't let your ruin the world due to your lack of listening skills, Sonic the Hedgehog!'' Shadow yelled fiercely.
He got out his green Chaos Emerald. Sonic had a surprised face. The emerald glowed green. A surge of yellow energy surged across his arm and lit up his whole body. Shadow lifted his sword over his head and slammed it into the ground. The ground ripped and a large sharp shard of energy fired out the tip of his blade. Sonic jumped to the right, but Shadow maneuvered the blast with his sword to still hit Sonic!
Sonic slammed on his head and fell off the building. Shadow's body stopped glowing. He walked over to the edge and saw Sonic fly up and grab his Chaos Emerald. Sonic landed on the other side of the building, smirking. "Give me that emerald back!'' Shadow thundered. "Give me a minute, I'm about to make this fight fair!'' Sonic said.
The emerald glowed brightly, in his other hand, a sword formed in his hand, and its name was Caliburn. Sonic tossed the emerald back to shadow. Shadow looked at him with a confused face.
"Sir Sonic! How did I get here?'' said the talking sword.
"Calm down Caliburn, I just need some help.'' Sonic said, gripping the sword with both hands.
"I'd be surprised you can even handle that sword Sonic.'' Shadow mocked. "How dare you! What knave is this?" said Caliburn.
Shadow's eye twitched in anger. "You should really watch who you call 'knave' Caliburn.'' said Sonic, laughing slightly.
Shadow charged forwards, as did Sonic. The two came closer and closer until both their swords clashed. Shadow let out a burst of energy, pushing sonic across the roof on his feet. Sonic tipped over the edge, but quickly stretched his arm out with Caliburn in hand to plant it in the ground. "Phew!'' said Caliburn. Shadow fired a wall of Chaos Spears directly at Sonic.
Sonic charged forwards. He began spinning like a tornado, knocking the Chaos Spears in all directions. Shadow growled as sonic kept coming closer. Shadow put his sword up. Sonic's continuous spinning made his sword clash with Shadow's, as the black hedgehog was being pushed back farther and farther. Shadow let out his chaos blast. The ground shook and opened up. Sonic was first to land in the next floor. He quickly looked up to see Shadow dropping down at him with his sword pointed down, aiming for Sonic's skull. Sonic jumped backwards landing on his back. Shadow blasted through the ground, creating a hole. Sonic sat up, resting his sword on his lap. Suddenly, Shadow's sword pierced up between Sonic's legs. With wide eyes, sonic could only say, "Now that was too close!'' The sword stuck back down, shadow blasted under the ground in front of Sonic.
"You were always lucky, I guess that's something we can agree on right?" shadow said "Uhhh, if this is just a quick question before you attack me, then-'' Sonic began, Shadow leaped at him yelling in anger.
"Of course.'' Sonic said dully.
Sonic quickly raised his sword up to block shadow's attack. With his foot, sonic stretched it into Shadow's gut, throwing him against the wall. Sonic leapt at Shadow with his sword hung out straight. Shadow ducked down as the sword pierced the wall. Shadow hit Sonic's arm that was holding the sword to force him to let it go. With Caliburn stuck in the wall, Sonic backed up from Shadow. "This time, there will be NO ONE to distract me!'' shadow said, holding his sword back and driving it forward.
Sonic grabbed both sides of the sword at the precise moment. Shadow stood more straight up, getting on his tip toes. This caused Sonic to fall on his knees, still holding the sword back. "Why fight it Sonic? You know of your wretched future, and because of you, millions will die! Including Kuki! I WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN!!!'' thundered the angry Shadow. Shadow continued to put force down. The tip of the sword poked Sonic's chest, letting blood trickle down his chest. Madness and anger was all that lie in shadow's eyes.
Sonic improvised. He formed into a ball, spinning rapidly in space. Sonic bulleted forward, knocking Shadow through a window and falling down the building. Sonic walked over to Caliburn and took him out of the wall. "You have no idea what I saw in that wall! Where is that fool! Let me show him what…wait, where is he?" Caliburn said.
"Knocked him out of the window, he won't bother us anymore.'' sonic said with a tired smile.
The room rumbled suddenly. Sonic turned around immediately. The wall exploded, with dust and debris coming into the room. A spiked shoe stepped down. The dust cleared, revealing shadow in his Werehog form. "I'm going to send you back now.'' Sonic said, still looking at shadow, making sure he doesn't make a move when he isn't looking. Sonic held the sword tightly.
Caliburn glowed and was sent back to the world of King Arthur. "I've tried to believe that you'll try and prevent going to face Eggman in 2013, but I know you won't. I've seen too much, and I'm sick of being easily told what to do!'' Shadow said.
"You gotta' listen Shadow, I was shocked as much as you were! But there's no way I'm going to become Mecha!" Sonic protested with an angry look.
"Then why is he here?" Shadow pointed out. Sonic backed his head away, then looked down, he has a point.
"If Mecha was killed the first time at the end of the Dimensional War, and he's back now, you're going to become Mecha whether you like it or not!'' Shadow yelled angrily. Sonic looked back up, still standing strong.
"There's still a chance I can change it. There's always a chance Shadow.'' Sonic said.
"Well…yours just ran out!'' Shadow snapped, grabbing a piece of the ground and throwing the chunk of debris at Sonic. Sonic quickly ducked, but another hit sonic in the face, throwing him towards the wall at the far back behind him. Shadow quickly charged and grabbed him before he hit the wall. Instead, shadow who was holding Sonic by his throat, slammed him through the wall and down a large stairwell, where the huge flight of stairs lie on the outer edge.
The two fell straight down into nothing but darkness. Sonic punched shadow in the snout, making him shadow growl even more. Shadow started smashing sonic into the set of stairs on each side while still falling. Shadow tossed sonic down with strong force. Plummeting down to earth, sonic smacked into the ground with a boom, shattering the ground. Shadow came flying down at him. Sonic quickly turned into his Werehog form as well. Sonic leaped straight up, grabbed Shadow and tossed him through the building wall and smashing into a car outside. Sonic balanced himself on the hole shadow was thrown through. Sonic saw a car flying right at him. Sonic quickly jumped down as the car impacted the building and exploded. The pieces of burning metal, and the leftover of the car crashed down behind Sonic. Two powerful Werehogs stood each other down. Both with high building energy. Both had so much momentum in their veins that both could last long in a fight.
"This is the downside to you Shadow, you know that? You seemingly can't handle the truth!'' Sonic shouted.
"You're right for once, except I WON'T HANDLE IT YOU TRAITOR!!'' Shadow exploded with anger.
Shadow's fists glowed red. Sonic's glowed light blue. The two charged at each other, holding one fist back. The two finally met, colliding each other's fists into each other. There was a massive blast, firing wind that blew cars into buildings and even throwing the people around. Sonic was laying on the sidewalk. Shadow marched up to him, holding a light pole like it was a feather. "Are you kidding me?" Sonic exclaimed.
"Does THIS look like I'm kidding?!'' shadow snapped, slamming it down on Sonic. Sonic's arms flopped up then dropped motionless. Shadow tossed it away, picking sonic up by the fur on his collar. "I'm going to make sure this hurts.'' Shadow muttered, raising his fist back.
"Me too.'' Sonic replied, opening his eyes. Sonic reached down to grab a bumper of the wreckage of the destroyed car and slammed it right between Shadow's legs…ouch. Shadow merely dropped down on his back. Sonic rubbed his neck then stopped, observing shadow's limp body. Sonic dropped the bumper. Sonic saw Shadow's chaos emerald laying down next to shadow. Sonic quickly picked the glowing jewel up. He changed back to normal with a push of the button on his transformation device. He started walking the opposite way. "Sorry Shadow, I have some business to take care of.'' Sonic said in his head.
Sonic dashed up a building. He put on the brakes when at the building's roof. "And I know where to start.'' Sonic said, holding the emerald up, causing it to resonate brightly. "Chaos Control!'' he chanted. The blue hero then vanished.
With Shadow, his eyes began to open up. People watched safely from sidewalks. He sat up, rubbing his head. He still felt some pain…between the legs though. Shadow changed back to his normal form, wearing a disgruntled face. Shadow teleported on the top of the same skyscraper Sonic was on. He then suddenly noticed his emerald was gone! Shadow sighed heavily, feeling much more angered. "Damn that Sonic. Stealing my emerald is the last thing he wants to do.'' shadow said in a monotone. He looked at the shining light that came from the moon.
"Where do I go now? Hunt down Sonic? Or find Kuki and make sure she's safe?" he asked himself in his conscience.
Kuki has been missing for a while now, but should he have remorse? Of course he should! Being a close friend of Kuki gave it more reason to go looking for her, but something still told him; Is it the right choice? He felt like he was in a crossfire of one question being shot from one place to another. He had enough energy to teleport without a chaos emerald, but it takes a lot of his energy out of him, so it's a one time deal until he can do it again. Green lights formed in his palms. "I will do the right thing.'' he muttered, before the energy surrounded him and sent him to his chosen destination.
Central City, 7:30 pm
Amy was in her room, laying on her bed. She wore light pink nightgown that went down to her ankles. She looked put the window seeing the bright stars glimmering in the nighttime sky. She pushed the covers off her. She walked over to the window, holding her arms with a worried look. She looked at the reflection of herself in the window. Amy was usually one to have not much on her mind, it's true, but only one thing remained. It wasn't flooding her with grief in her mind, but in her heart. Sonic's absence has grew more and more on her. She had a small balcony stick out, she opened the window and stepped on it. Amy stood looking up at the stars. Her eyes glimmered with the brightness coming from the stars. Unknown to her, Sonic was watching over her, wearing a black cloak with its hood up. The love of her life, being gone for over a week, right above her, and she doesn't even know it. Sonic took out a blue rose. He twisted it in his fingers, smiling. He then dropped it. The small rose landed on the baluster. She gasped lightly, picking it up.
However, Sonic quickly jumped down and went into the open window without a sound. Amy looked up at the edge of the roof, seeing nothing. Amy looked at the flower, then smiled. She took the blue rose off its stem and placed it in her hair. Amy went back inside, closing the window behind her. Amy turned around, having a hand being placed over her mouth. The cloaked Sonic put a finger up to his mouth. He then removed the hood, revealing his face. Amy gasped heavily. Sonic moved his hand away. Sonic held Amy's face up with his hand. Her eyes glimmered even more. Sonic's face faded away when she rubbed her hand across the still faint scar that went across his face. It was a bit hard to see, but it still made Sonic become filled with shame. Amy then hugged Sonic, shutting her teary eyes and smiling warmly as she hugged her love.
"You…you've been gone for so long. I-I thought you were d-dead.'' she whimpered.
"I know Amy. I should've came earlier, but there were distractions.'' he replied.
"Please tell me you're going to stay?" she asked "Now that…that I can't promise Ames.'' he said, holding her head up.
She looked into his green eyes, seeing no lie.
"Why does this have to happen? Why you?" she asked in a sincere voice.
"Because…..I was chosen.'' he replied. "For what?" she snapped "To protect this world, all the other heroes, their worlds, and you.'' Sonic said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"But why?" she asked again. Sonic turned around.
"Because…for some reason, I find myself responsible for stopping Eggman and his plans, I always am. Stopping Mecha involves me being dead, saving this world involves Eggman being killed. Either way Amy, I'm going to lose you…forever.'' Sonic said with a grim tone.
"NO! You won't become Mecha! I know you won't!!'' she screamed.
Sonic turned around with a smile. Sonic walked and stopped in front of her. He put his hands on her shoulders. He then kissed her tenderly, she returned it. Sonic then broke apart, Amy's lips still puckered. She slowly opened her glimmering eyes. "The only way to bring peace, is through sacrifice.'' he said, then smiling. Amy was only more shocked then she already was. Amy saw in Sonic that he would go to indefinite lengths to save the ones he cares about, even if it in involves ridding himself from the world to bring about peace. This is one of the many reasons Amy loved him, but this had to be the one at the top of the list. Out of it all, what could she say? She knew deep inside whatever she said trying to persuade Sonic out of his thought of mind, she couldn't deny his choice. He's become more and more of a hero every day. Amy, however, only stood in horror at the thought of her having to lose her only love to someone else. That 'someone' is known by the name of fate. His has been chosen. It's linking everyone else's together to become one large cluster, but Sonic is at the peak. He had his whole life ahead of him but the true fact that he must sacrifice himself yet again to bring prosperity is just another proven fact in the web.
All Amy could do was cry into his chest. She had so much anger and sadness to let out, but she can't be mad. If she truly loved Sonic, she would stop him, but now, she doesn't know nothing. Sonic held his arms around the crying pink hedgehog. "You can find another way Sonic…just don't leave me again.'' she said while quivering with dreadful anxiety.
"If Eggman gets away, he'll hide for three years, we won't find him. The day I go to finish him, I die. That's how the rest of the world suffers, for my selfish mistake.'' Sonic preached, laying his head on Amy's.
"I'll stop you then, we'll all tell you not to go.'' she said, lifting her head up, staring into his eyes. Sonic did the same. He felt so sorry.
Amy was so motivated by the fact that common sense will stop Sonic from going to face off against Eggman. "You know me Amy. Nothing starts until you take action.'' Sonic said, rubbing her cheek.
Amy then kissed him by surprise. She broke off quickly, breathing heavily. "Don't leave me.'' she said, kissing him again, which he returned. The two stood there, kissing with immense passion.
The two finally broke apart. Both breathing heavily, they stared into each others' eyes. Sonic wore a confused face, looking into space off to the side. Amy stared at him utterly confused. She wanted him to stay, why couldn't he understand that? Amy placed her hand on the side of his face. "Amy, come with me, outside.'' he said.
"What?" she said. Sonic suddenly picked her up in his arms and leaped out the window. Sonic landed on another building, jumping from that one onto another. Sonic ran down the building, then jumping onto the side of another, running up that one.
Amy felt the wind blowing against her face. She remembered this feeling, just like the old days. This feeling made her feel extraordinary. Sonic skidded to the top of one's roof. He put her down. The two were standing on a building roof in front of the city's largest building. The two looked up at the massive structure. "Wow, it's amazing.'' she said, looking at him.
Sonic smirked and jumped off the building, making Amy yelp. Sonic glued his feet to the building and dashed up it at super speed. Amy blushed, looking at Sonic again with a dreamy look. Sonic kept his smiling face on, but then he looked at Amy with a quick glance but then glued his eyes to her. Sonic wore a nervous face, but kept focused on the building he was running up. Sonic made it to the top. Sonic carefully placed Amy down, then he walked to the edge of the building. Amy looked across the city from where she was standing. The city was sparkling with lights. Amy looked back at Sonic. Sonic was sitting on the edge of the building. Amy walked over to where he was, sitting down next to him.
"I bet you're now seeing why we can't be together.'' Sonic began, with a grim tone.
Amy looked at him in shock. "I'm sorry Amy. Mecha knows all about me, I'm him, he's me. The only way to make sure you're safe is that we can't be together.'' Sonic continued.
Amy looked at him in total shock. Her love, telling her they can't be together. Amy then stood up, walking backwards. Sonic looked over his shoulder, looking at her with a blank face. "No, no, no.'' she stuttered.
"Amy, listen to me.'' he said, getting up, walking towards her slowly. All of a sudden, the ground behind Amy exploded, Mecha WereSonic stood over her. Amy stopped dead in her tracks. "Oh no.'' Sonic muttered.
Mecha grabbed Amy by the back of her nightgown, lifting her up. "Isn't this nice? A stroll at night! You two are so incapable, especially you Sonic. You have no realization that I'm still coming after you!'' Mecha preached.
"Let her go!'' Sonic snapped.
"You can shout until you fall unconscious! This girl here means much to you, does she? After what I heard, you don't love her anymore.'' Mecha said.
Amy looked at Sonic for an answer, but he was hesitant. Mecha snickered. "That's what I thought would happen. Still caught up in your own little word, eh Sonic?" Mecha asked. Sonic only returned with his teeth gritted furiously. "Confliction will lead to downfall, I've seen it, I've…become it.'' Mecha preached. Sonic couldn't risk an immediate attack, it would mean the end of Amy's life in a second. He was actually forced to listen to Mecha's gloating.
"Still forced to stand there like an idiot. When someone you care about is in danger, you have literally no choice to stand! HA! The fastest thing alive brought to a stop by his own heart, pathetic.'' Mecha spoke "I told you! Amy is not any part of this!'' sonic barked "Is she? This war has reached the farthest limits of any dimension with any of your scouring heroes, squabbling in fear that their world will soon come to an end, and they're right to think that.'' Mecha proclaimed.
"You're only evil! That's all you are! There's a key point in you that you lack!'' Sonic snapped.
Mecha, in a fit of rage, fired a rocket at Sonic's feet. Sonic blew across the air, landing on the edge of the building, his head hanging off the edge. Amy's eyes shimmered with tears. It was the same for her. All she could do was watch and see her love take the beating.
Mecha watched the stubborn hero get back to his feet. "Saying I'm a master of evil only raises my self-esteem, thanks for that you fool. I can only imagine how the other heroes braveness lasts, if they have any.'' Mecha continued.
Sonic raised his head up slowly, coughing and gagging. "They suffer in this war that's none of their responsibility, while you sit and struggle to find your person! You say I lack something, I AM PERFECT! Stronger than any of your damn heroes combined! What do you have to prove?'' Sonic only stood back on his feet.
"Nothing.'' he muttered. Mecha growled uncontrollably under his helmet.
"Prove it then.'' Mecha said, holding Amy over his head and throwing her off the building. She screamed in horror. Sonic quickly jumped off as well. He fell and fell, trying to get closer to save her. He saw that there was a fire escape attached to the building. He quickly transformed into WereSonic. He wrapped a hand around a bar on the fire escape. With his other, he grabbed Amy by her wrist.
She was still hanging far down. Sonic readied to retract his arm, but Mecha quickly flew by and gave Sonic a quick gash in the arm that held Amy. Sonic's eyes widened in pain, but more in failure. Amy fell down a few more feet, landing on the hood of a car, shattering the front window. Sonic held his wounded arm, gazing at what just happened. Mecha hovered in front of Sonic as he remained hanging to the fire escape. Sonic's head was lowered, still looking at the lifeless body of Amy Rose. "You shouldn't have come. He think this is all a bad dream and it will go away. I don't know how this whole planet believes you will be its savior! You can't even comprehend the simple definition of the word hero!'' Mecha yelled in an infuriating tone, trying to angry the broken hearted Sonic even more.
"Fools rush in, Sonic. This…this is where it got you.'' Mecha said, pointing down at Amy.
Sonic's shoulders moved up and down. His breathing became more deeper, more violent. "I…w-won't let it..c-c-come back.'' Sonic said in his mind.
The entrenching forces of his dark power began to swell back inside. Images of Amy came into his thought, lastly, it was her face in the position she currently is in. With minimal scars, she moved not even an inch. "You have no heart! You say I lack skill?! You're a damn fool! That's what you are! You can't even get to your feet and fight me for more than five minutes without sulking down like a coward!'' Mecha cursed.
Sonic's spikes flared dark blue, as did the rest of his body. "You lost this war Sonic! It's over!'' Mecha yelled in anger. Sonic lifted his head. The red energy that covered his whole eye, nothing else could be seen, just filled with red. "You're dead wrong.'' sonic said in a angry voice. Mecha grinned under his helmet, knowing this was an uncontrollable state, but also an easy way to anger Sonic even more. "I remember seeing how controlled you use to be! You had control, but you lost it! Why continue any farther?" Mecha yelled, questioning the hero.
"All your empty threats and words aren't going to get through to me Mecha. Especially…not when you made me become this!!'' Sonic thundered, talking about his dark form.
Mecha shook his head and laughed. "You judge me you only judge yourself. Is there any point of trying to make a comeback in a losing war?'' Mecha questioned, firing his Chaos Cannon.
Sonic defended himself with his arm, creating a streamlined barrier in front of him. The blast of the Chaos Cannon split in half on impact. Sonic lowered his arms, smashing his fists hard into the earth, crackling it. The ground shuttered and quaked. Mecha looked at his feet. The ground erupted in mud and water, shooting Mecha high up into the sky. Sonic levitated off the ground, and flew up at his foe. Mecha fired up the jets under his feet, arming his gatling guns. He fired repeatedly. Sonic ducked and dodged the deadly bullets with ease. Mecha growled in anger. He transformed one gatling gun back to normal state, but his other he changed into a new weapon: the Chaos Beam rifle. It was slender, small yellow dots on the right side began lighting up in sequence as it charged up. A ball of yellow energy suddenly blew up at the mouth of the barrel, continuing to charge. It grew larger and larger. Sonic came closer and closer, needing to attack Mecha before he fires. "Dodge this Sonic.'' Mecha whispered.
The huge yellow ball of chaos energy fired. With brilliant streaks of lightning shocking from it, the energy force plowed right into Sonic. The ball stuck right to him, causing him to smash into the ground on his back with the ball exploding right on tap.
Windows shattered with shards of glass filling the inside of buildings, as well as the street. Mecha changed the rifle back into his arm. He then hovered down to the ground to where Sonic lie, unconscious. Landing with a clank, Mecha stood in front of Sonic's body.
"Have you ever wondered why I fight? It's because…I know who's going to win. Me. By now you should've learned that, but obviously,'' Mecha said, grabbing Sonic by the back of his head and forcing him to look into Mecha's glowing angry eyes.
"You just don't give a damn.'' Mecha finished. He picked Sonic up and tossed him through a brick wall that was a building. The stones snapped and broke, some even covered Sonic's body. Mecha hopped onto the entrance of the hole, chuckling and lifting his head up while doing it.
"You're confident. I admire that. I only admire that due to you actually giving this war your all. Although you just don't care about the others around you.'' Mecha gloated on, talking in a triumphant tone.
Sonic exited out of his dark form, that was the only good part. "Now look, you've went from a confident and brave hero, to a lowbrow suffering rat." Mecha cursed at him. Sonic then got on one knee, putting one hand on it. He coughed up some spit, mixed in with blood.
"Ironic Mecha, have you checked a mirror lately? You're just making fun of yourself…Sonic.'' said the blue blur.
Mecha growled at his conception. Mecha fired his chaos cannon immediately. Sonic formed into a ball and fired upwards, but quickly dove down like a meteor, plummeting Mecha into the concrete earth. Sonic grabbed him by his round power source, lifting him off his feet. Sonic swung him around a dozen times before letting him go to crash right through an apartment building. From inside, Mecha grabbed a couch and tossed it out the hole. Sonic, already jumping for the hole, leaped from the mid air piece of furniture and into the hole. Mecha quickly punched Sonic in the gut, making the blur bend over, but he quickly countered with an uppercut. The powerful attack threw Mecha into the room above them. Sonic turned back to normal with the press of a button. Sonic stood under the hole, looking up at it. Mecha came down from the ceiling, landing in front of Sonic to give him a punch to the gut yet again. Sonic crashed through two walls before slamming into the television set in another room. Sonic quickly broke through the wall behind him, and glued himself to the wall. He slowly walked sideways, keeping his back to the wall.
The metal clank of Mecha walking reached his ears. Sonic suddenly stopped, slowly putting his ear to the wall. Suddenly, his face was grabbed by Mecha's clawed hand. Quickly, Mecha jerked his arm back, tossing sonic out of the other room and into the one with Mecha. Sonic flipped backwards but landed on his feet, one hand on the ground. "Losing your sense of touch, Sonic?" Mecha announced with a sense of humor in his voice.
"Never will chrome dome!'' Sonic barked at him, charging at full speed.
Mecha reached an arm out, but Sonic grabbed him by the wrist and tossed him overhead, smacking against the wall, sticking into it. Sonic smirked and chuckled. He quickly charged forwards, blowing the two into a flight of stairs. The two hit edges, smacking from wall to wall. Mecha finally, was on top of Sonic, firing his Chaos Cannon. Sonic spiraled down, bulleting through staircases until he impacted into the bottom floor. With the sound of crackling earth around him, sonic sat on his backside, gently rubbing his head. Sonic looked to his right seeing the set of glass paneled doors that led outside. What interested him more was the truck cab parked outside.
Mecha landed on the bottom floor, standing on the exact spot Sonic crashed. No Sonic anywhere. Mecha looked around cautiously, but much more furiously. Suddenly he heard a screeching noise. The sound of tires being drove through the front entrance of the apartment, blowing through it and plowing Mecha, sticking him to the front of the truck. The truck kept going and going at top speed. The walls exploded one after another. Finally, the truck came out the other side and crashed into a tanker truck, causing a massive explosion. The mushroom cloud of black smoke and fired flared up into the sky, making it a grisly sight. Sonic marched through the holes the truck made. Dangling electrical cords wandered and sparked, puddles of water he stepped through, snapping of rocks as he walked on through. Sonic pressed the button on his transformation device, he was in his Werehog form to push the truck, so he reverted back to his normal form. Sonic stood in the middle of the last hole. He gazed at the still blazing inferno that use to be two trucks. He sighed with tiredness. Sonic turned around and started walking the other way. However, the sound of buzzing machinery came from within the burning truck carcass.
Sonic walked onto the street, tightening his gloves on. The sudden peace went away as the sound of the burning truck boosted back at Sonic. The hedgehog dashed off to the left, watching the truck smack nose first into the building on the other side of the street. Sonic walked back in front of the hole. Standing there was Mecha, with buzz saws at the end of each arm. His hands were transformed into these deadly and lethal weapons to cut more closer to Sonic. "Buzz saws? How do you do that to your hands, really?" Sonic complained.
"You always have to try new things!'' Mecha snapped back, laughing as he revved the buzz saws more and more.
Mecha teleported out of sight. Sonic was now extremely cautious. He could be anywhere, come from anywhere, at any time. Silently, Mecha appeared high above Sonic, diving down with his buzz saws aimed out. Sonic looked up immediately at the sound of them. Sonic rolled to the right, getting back on his feet. Mecha just hit the ground. He was glaring at Sonic and easily pulled his buzz saws out of the ground, marching towards him. Sonic quickly hit him in the chest with a spin dash. Sonic still stood in front of Mecha. Mecha took this chance and stuck his arm out. Sonic strolled to the left, then punched him across the face. Sonic grabbed Mecha by his wrists, kicking him in the power source very hard, hard enough to throw the monstrous villain across the air and headlong onto the roof of a building. Mecha changed the buzz saws back to his normal hands, clenching them tightly. Sonic flew up behind Mecha, with a fist raised. Mecha had his back turned to Sonic, standing still. Sonic dove down at his nemesis. Mecha quickly reacted by grabbing Sonic by the throat. Mecha tossed Sonic straight down into the earth. Sonic crashed down with debris falling onto him on the floor below. Mecha jumped down the hole, aiming his chaos cannon straight at Sonic.
Sonic jumped to his feet, leaped up and grabbed the barrel of the chaos cannon. While still in mid air, sonic threw Mecha directly through a wall, which also caused him to crash through two more. Sonic landed back on the ground in front of the first hole Mecha smashed his heavy weight body through. Sonic saw Mecha's hand sticking out of the rubble he was covered with. A red beam shot out the top of it, blowing all the debris off Mecha. Sonic shielded his eyes from the burning smoke, then looked back to see Mecha standing back up. "You should've learned what you're truly up against.'' Mecha stated.
"I know enough." Sonic quickly replied back, charging at the villain.
Mecha grabbed one of the slabs of earth off the ground and threw it sideways like an out of control Frisbee. Sonic quickly ducked his head while running, but he couldn't dodge in time when the wall of red energy from Mecha's Chaos Cannon hit him directly on point. Sonic flew straight through a wall, leaving a trail of smoke following him as he smacked the building on the other side of the street and fell onto the hood of a parked car. Sonic rolled onto his side, groaning in pain before he hanged his legs off the edge of the car. Sonic looked up, seeing Mecha flying down at him. Sonic jumped high up, leaving Mecha to smash his fists into the car, crushing it under his immense strength. Sonic was at the top of the building in front of Mecha, squatting at its edge.
Mecha looked straight up and glared with ferocious intentions on his mind. Mecha used chaos control to appear behind Sonic. Mecha grabbed sonic by one of his quills. Sonic hopped off his feet and drove both backwards into Mecha's chest, freeing himself. Sonic turned around to give Mecha a well aimed spin dash to the gut, throwing him off the building. Mecha quickly activated his jetpack, stopping in mid air. Mecha cocked his head up. As a Werehog, Sonic elbow dropped right onto Mecha. The two crashed into the street with a bang. Sonic bounced away right on impact, rolling across the dirty road to a stop. Mecha reappeared in front of Sonic. Sonic had scratches on his face, as well as some bruises. Mecha huffed, feeling disgusted.
"Are you trying to forgive yourself, Sonic? Are you still trying…to believe you can seek peace, and in the end, you'll still live?" Mecha questioned.
Sonic grabbed Mecha's foot, his arm shaking continuously. "You only crawl and slither as your enemies take you down. You become strong, but always fall down at the end of each battle, blaming yourself for what ever mistake occurs during that battle.'' Mecha explained further. Mecha kicked his foot loose from Sonic's grip.
"Question yourself, you question me, and that Sonic…is saying something.'' Mecha presumed, picking Sonic up by his neck again.
"And when that happens, you lose it.'' Mecha said in a more hushed, but a much darker voice.
Sonic quickly grabbed Mecha by his shoulders, his eyes shooting open. Sonic yanked his leg back, then straight up to Mecha's chin. Mecha fell into a back flip, landing back on his face. Sonic grabbed Mecha by his metal quills then swung him around, letting go to see Mecha crash into a building wall. Sonic flew right at him, punching him in the face, knocking down the wall, sending both inside the building.
The two were on the ground, exchanging punches to each other. Sonic turned into his Werehog form. He sprung both his blue glowing fists into Mecha's power source Mecha flew high up into the air, yelling. Sonic got up, but slipped, still heavily injured. "I really…really hate this.'' he mumbled to himself. "Get use to it.'' said a demonic voice.
Sonic turned around to see Thule standing there, grinning widely. "Because it just got worse!'' he added, thrusting a fist towards Sonic's face.
Sonic burrowed through the ground, giving him scars on his back. A huge swath was made in the ground, leaving jagged stones stick out of the ground. Thule stood over Sonic's body, glaring down at him. "You're going to soon regret you leaving that cave of yours!'' Thule angrily yelled.
Sonic grabbed Thule by his snout, bringing him to the ground, while helping himself up to his feet. Sonic was suddenly tackled, and slammed into a car by Mecha. "You won't continue your poor little antics of throwing me from one place to another!'' yelled the angry Mecha. Suddenly, a black beam of energy struck the two, exploding the car, and throwing both apart, smacking into different cars.
Thule levitated down to the ground in front of Sonic. His head laid against the bent inward door he made when so powerfully flung. Thule held his hand out. In his palm was the black Chaos Emerald. "I'll take this opportunity, since you are in a weak condition, to make you have a change of heart about your choices." Thule spoke clearly, kneeling down in front of the wounded hero.
He aimed his Emerald over Sonics heart. A translucent red drill appeared. It drove itself into Sonic's chest. Sonic groaned and twitched. "Just a little more Sonic, and you'll think again about getting involved in this war.'' Thule said, chuckling afterwards.
It felt like a thousand small swords were being driven into Sonic's heart. He sweated heavily. Lights from within his body sparked, even revealing his skeleton by the sudden bursts of light. His eyes quickly shined red then went back to normal green. Thule then moved the emerald away, making the red drill vanish, leaving a small puff of sparks. Thule stood up straight again, laughing at Sonic's motionless body.
"Now, you're suffering begins.'' Thule commented.
Mecha suddenly got Thule in a headlock. The titanium villain jumped backwards, upside down and crashing Thule onto his skull. Thule bit down on Mecha's ankle, biting through the metal and onto his ankle! Mecha roared in pain. He grabbed Thule by one of the stone like spikes on his back. Mecha lifted him up and swung him in circles. Mecha finally let go, flinging Thule into the clouds. Mecha fired a volley of rockets up at his enemy. Thule formed a black energy ball around himself. The rockets pummeled against the barrier doing no damage to the demon.
Mecha activated the jets under his feet and set off into the air after Thule. Remaining still, like a stone statue, Sonic sat still against the car. Shocks of red lightning sparked around him and simply vanished in intervals. His right glove began to slightly tear. Sonic's eyes then opened. He wore a groggy expression. He put a hand to his forehead, rubbing it gently. Sonic stood up, feeling better, in fact, much better. Sonic spotted the two dueling villains in the air, sparks flying wildly. Sonic narrowed his eyes, turning around to the building behind him. Sonic crouched down. With a single leap, he made it to the top of the building. Sonic then formed into a ball, continuing to charge up. He shot high into the sky, looking like a blue comet.
Thule and Mecha hovered in mid air, with their hands pushing against each others, to see whose strongest. The blue blur suddenly impacted both, separating the two flying off into two different directions of the city. Sonic let gravity take him down. Once close to a building, he stuck his feet to it and ran down the tall structure to get to the wrecked street. Sonic quickly searched around him. He saw the damage he and Mecha done all around him. "It's truly never easy.'' he said to himself.
Suddenly, the hero was pinned to the ground by Thule. He kept his large muscular arm on the back of Sonic's neck to keep him down. "You have no idea what's bound to happen to you." Thule said in Sonic's ear.
Thule was grabbed by both his spikes and thrown back into a car by Mecha. Mecha turned his attention to Sonic, who was already gone. Mecha looked in all directions for where he went. A clawed hand reached down and grabbed Mecha by his ankle. Mecha turned around to see a stretched out arm coming from a roof. Mecha looked up to see Sonic, holding the outstretched arm with his other hand, pulling ferociously. Mecha fired his chaos beam rifle quickly. The powerful energy ball hurdled towards Sonic. The brave hedgehog quickly retracted his arm, leaping off the roof and onto another. As soon as Sonic touched the ground, Thule appeared behind Sonic. The hedgehog turned around to see Thule gouge down on his shoulder. Sonic roared and barked in agony. Sonic bashed his fist down on Thule's skull repeatedly. Knowing he wouldn't budge, Sonic grabbed the upper part of Thule's jaw and began to lift, straining his muscles. Sonic with all the strength he could muster for this moment, pulled the sharp fangs out of his own shoulder. The blood dripped from Thule's teeth as he smiled. Sonic readied his claws and sliced them across Thule's face, giving him a lengthy scar.
Thule felt it, being filled with an uproar of ferociousness. Sonic stretched his arms off to the side, grabbing a car, then retracted both arms, holding it over his head. Sonic stretched his arms back, standing on one foot. Sprinting towards Sonic from behind was Mecha. Mecha leaped forward, going into a forward flip. Mecha was upside down. He quickly grabbed the car Sonic was holding, returned to upright position and smashed it down on Thule with viciousness. Mecha turned around to Sonic in a flash. Sonic cracked his knuckles.
"Things always tend to get out of control, don't they? When we're involved?" Mecha inquired, sounding tired as he talked between breaths.
"You may be right…but it matters not who's fighting, it matters who's giving up, and who's not!'' Sonic snapped, leaping high up.
He started spinning like a tornado, aiming down for Mecha. The speed he was going caused winds to stir up even. Mecha fired his chaos cannon. Sonic flew up then aimed downwards, the eye of the tornado aiming down. Sonic dived down at a quick haste. Mecha held his arms up, knowing he could take it. But once Sonic made contact, Mecha was swept off his feet and started being bashed into one building after another. Thule flew down into the small tornado Sonic was in, releasing a red burst of energy, knocking sonic off course and crashing into a building, making parts from the inside gather inside the tornado.
Thule landed beside Mecha, who was on all fours, looking to his left, glaring at Thule. Mecha stuck one arm out quickly, firing a single buzz saw out of a disc launcher. The buzz saw whirled and planted itself into Thule's skin, making him bleed a blackish red. Thule choked and growled. He grabbed the saw, but was soon tackled to the ground by Mecha. Mecha raised his fist up and down, bringing it right into Thule's face. Thule soon teleported to free himself from the ongoing strikes. Thule reappeared down the block, removing the buzz saw from his gut. The large gash, however, quickly sealed! Thule smirked with a thankful look. "Idiots.'' he said, teleporting back to where Mecha was.
Mecha shielded himself from a quick punch sent forth by Thule. Mecha gave him a quick punch to the side of his face, making Thule stumble back. Thule charged again, but a sudden bang stopped him. The two looked at the building next to them. It was being torn apart by Sonic as he was still spinning like a tornado. The bottom support of the structure snapped and it began to implode. Flying out of the building was Sonic. He exited his tornado and stuck his claws out at them. The building toppled behind him. The huge structure followed closely, until…it smashed with an extreme bang, covering all three with rubble.
The huge cloud of smoke from the building still cluttered around the spot it fell. A news helicopter made its way onto the scene. From down on the street, SWAT vans and police cars surrounded the huge wreckage. Ambulances also came in, helping those around who were injured. "Breaking news has just came in as a building has toppled, and as you can see, other parts of the city are damaged as well. The cause is still unknown, but…wait a minute, there's something coming out of the rubble!'' said the female reporter.
Sonic's broke out of the slabs of concrete in his Werehog form. He growled, spotting the authorities around him. Sonic crouched down and leaped high up, making it over another building and landing in an alleyway. He lost control of himself, smacking against one building, then landing on a dumpster. Sonic's body shined, reverting back to his normal form.
The eerie smell was fowl. There was smoke rising from a manhole cover that was in the middle of the alley. Sonic could choke to death, but he had to move on and avoid being seen. Sonic slowly, but carefully got off the dumpster, which had a deep dent in it. Sonic walked over the smoking manhole, squinting his eyes as he went on through. Sonic reflected back on what Mecha said to him. Does he really have a part in this war? Of course he should. After all the heroes have been sticking him together and helping Sonic. The only belief he had, was it all worth it? Sonic began to agree with what Mecha told him. Sonic did always blame himself for something, anything, after a battle, only hurting himself even further. The long alleyway gave Sonic more time to question himself, it was going to be a long walk.
Sonic did not notice, but his right glove was being torn by itself! The fabric was being turned into nothing but dust. Sonic held his right wrist, bellowing to himself. He leaned against a wall. All feelings inside his gut, suddenly felt normal. He had an empty mind all of a sudden. It's like he immediately lost interest in just a second. Sonic began walking forward again. Sonic then abruptly stopped after a few minutes of walking. He felt like his hand was uncovered. He looked down at it, only to see bare bone. Sonic gasped in shock. The bones of his hand were clearly visible. "What…is happening…to me?" he asked himself in a stuttering tone. Suddenly, his other hand began to decompose as well, letting a red smoke cloud rise from it. His skin literally vanished and there were his bone turned hands. Sonic couldn't stand it anymore. The hedgehog leaped high into the air, out of the darkness in the alley. Sonic flew across the clouds, heading down towards an industrial part of the city.
Sonic landed on the roof of a large warehouse. The rain began to pour down, beating against the roof. Sonic marched over to a paneled window, stepping his foot down on it to break it. He hopped inside. Sonic landed in the middle. He stood straight, noticing some stacked crates all around him. Sonic spotted one crate with a raggedy tore cloak in it. He took it out of the box, and put it on. It only had sleeves, hood, and cape, his chest could still be seen. Sonic also noticed some black gloves, to hide his hands. He strapped them on tightly, then put the hood up. "You should've stayed in your cave where you belong!" shouted the voice of Thule in his head. Sonic's eyes twitched. "Sonic's evil now, he's going to become Mecha Weresonic no matter what we try! We…can't…trust…Sonic." shouted the voice of Shadow "Are you a hero? Or are you going to turn your back on the world?" said the voice of the wise Ultimus.
Sonic gritted his teeth. After all he promised to Ultimus and his future daughter, Sonic was still distrustful with himself. He couldn't bare to try and save the world, when he know he's going to ruin it in his future. Sonic then remembered what Amy said, but then it hit him! What happened to Amy?! Sonic, leaped straight through the ceiling, landing on top. Sonic sprinted across the warehouse roof and leaped off at the edge, heading back to the same spot Amy was.
Sonic was jumping across from one building to the next. Sonic then stopped on a building, overlooking a scene. There was an ambulance on the street. Amy was on a stretcher, an oxygen mask placed on her mouth. Sonic lowered his head in shame, he failed her. "Please be okay.'' he thought to himself, standing back up and jumping across the whole block in one leap. Sonic landed on another building top. He looked over his shoulder, still hearing the crying sirens as more people came to rescue those who were caught in the middle of this brawl.
"He was right….this war did involve a lot of people.'' Sonic said to himself, before turning his head back around.
Sonic gazed at his transformation device, watching it continue to blink. "I need to get out of here, if you can help me, take me back to-'' he abruptly stopped, looking over his shoulder one more time with a saddened look. He turned it back around, expressing a solemn look on his face, shutting his eyes completely. "The Grand Canyon.'' he muttered, grabbing the blue button on the device.
It glowed, stretching energy around his hand then the rest of his body. He regretted it, but it's what he wanted; to be part of nothing. Sonic vanished into thin air, back to his domain in the Grand Canyon. He knew his involvement would only make things worse for the other heroes. The enemy knew of his weaknesses, when involving his friends, using them to get what their evil minds and hearts seek. It's better for Sonic, but is it better for the those care for him so dearly? Is this best for Earth and all the other dimensions that are at risk of destruction? In Sonic's mind, he would leave no answer, because he just doesn't matter anymore. This hero has officially fallen; to himself.
New York City, 2:30 pm
Shadow was at the top of the Empire State Building. He overlooked the huge city. Shadow had no care when he saw the passing of black hawk helicopters. In this time of war, the military has to be everywhere. "Where is she?" the Ultimate Life Form asked his conscience.
A Chinook suddenly passed by, its immense blasting of wind making shadow's quills flap. The Chinook headed for Times Square. He raised an eyebrow. Another Chinook then passed by him, going towards the same place. Shadow sighed, "Mine as well check it out.'' he said, teleporting himself with his green Chaos Emerald.
Shadow teleported to the top of one of the huge buildings in Times Square. The never changing screens that always popped on and on was where he stood. Shadow noticed a huge crowd of people surrounding the whole area. Military soldiers, however, were standing feet away from each other to keep the crowd back. There were two helipads, the two Chinooks he saw earlier were on each one. Shadow also noticed that in the center was a large arched portal gateway with a wide ramp leading up to it.
"How did Richards get enough money to build a Teleportal?" Shadow said in an amazed tone. "I have to see this.'' he added, jumping off the building. The wind blowing against him rapidly. Shadow quickly fired up his shoes. The people on the streets pointed up as they saw him slowly hovering down to the ground. Once he landed, he looked to see all the other heroes looking at him. The Pokemon trainers, Robot Boy, Tommy, Lola, Gus, Jenny, Omega, the Powerpuff Girls, Lilo and Stitch, Chaos, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Knuckles, Sector V, and last but not least, Kuki. Kuki stepped through the crowd of heroes to see him. Shadow nervously looked at himself, then back at her. He could see the amount of love she had for her friend, it was in her eyes and shimmering. Shadow opened his arms up, smiling. Kuki wiped a tear away and ran at him joyfully. She ran into his arms, hugging him tightly.
Shadow remembered this as the many times before they met when separated, but it still meant so much to the both of them. "I'm so glad to see you again.'' she whimpered.
Shadow had a confused face. Shadow separated from the hug suddenly. "I thought you were furious with me?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"I was, but that's not the case when I haven't seen you in a long time, now is it?" she replied. Shadow was then struck.
He easily saw how such a good friend she was to him. No matter what he would do, if the two would meet each other again, she would only care about his safety, not the facts in some dumb argument they had. Shadow lowered his head for a moment. Shadow then looked back up at her, she was still smiling. "Are you ready though?" he asked.
Kuki walked up to him, grabbing his hand. "With you, always.'' she said warmly. Shadow returned the smile, clenching her hand that was holding his own. He then let go of her hand, leading her to the rest of the heroes to ready themselves for the coming battle.
Ash just put on a belt, all around it were several PokeBalls. Dawn looked over to see what he was doing. "Since when did you get so much Pokemon?" she asked.
"Oh! Before we left to come here, I had Professor Oak send some of the ones he kept so I could use!'' Ash replied, bending over to grab another belt and tossing it to Dawn.
The blue haired girl caught it, then smiled. "Thanks Ash!'' she said happily, putting it on. Ash handed the same belt to May, Brock, and Misty.
Shadow strapped on his Chaos Sword sheath, placing the powerful sword inside it. He tightened the gold rings on his wrist. Shadow then had a MP5 attached to his back with a strap on it to keep it from falling. Shadow noticed off to the side, Katara sitting alone. Shadow knew what had happened. He couldn't reason with her, mainly because of his lack of "good" judgment. Shadow still felt he had to say something to her, but for a girl of her type, what could he say to put a smile on her face? For Katara, she was always one to hope. The water tribe girl had loads of it you could say. She had hope for winning this war, but no hope to believe Aang is alive. The young Avatar suffered the same way Roku did. Nonetheless, Shadow finally made his way over to her.
Shadow stopped for a moment, she hadn't noticed him standing there by her. Shadow then sat down next to her. She moved her head to look at him, then turned it away at the same pace. "I'm sorry about Aang, Katara. He was a brave kid.'' shadow said, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. She sniffled, wiping her nose with a tissue she had. Shadow looked in grief at the pain she was going through. "I just…now feel…lost without him.'' she spoke in between sobs.
Shadow shut his eyes in grief as well, releasing his hand. "Now, I can only hope, will we win? Sonic's…gone…and now it's your time to take up the mantle." she said, looking back at him.
"I know Katara. I had a feeling something like this would happen. Sonic could handle himself most of the time, but now, I have no idea what he's trying.'' shadow replied, feeling angry on the inside, but not wanting to reveal it. "I want you to be careful, okay?" she said in a whimpering tone.
Shadow raised an eyebrow for a moment before letting it fall. Shadow nodded at her request. Katara's lip quivered. The poor girl then hugged Shadow by surprise. Shadow never felt this much from Katara. Shadow knew she shared a much stronger bond with Sonic than him, but now, its as if they're even.
"Hey Shadow!" called Jenny's voice.
The two separated from the hug to see the robot girl running over to them. "You might want to see this.'' she said.
The three went back over to where the rest of the heroes were. All the changing screens on the buildings in Times Square showed Eggman on them all. Commotion spread among the citizens.
"What the hell is he doing now?" said Shadow, looking at all the screens.
"Greetings citizens of Earth, if you have not heard of me, I am Dr. Eggman. The man you should start worrying about, because as you know, you are all in danger." the evil genius began with an evil grin.
All around Earth, he was on every television. In Shanghai, "Your world, as it seems, is longer ready for whatever war befalls you.'' he continued.
In Cairo, "This time, your leaders will not be able to withstand the power I have massed.''
In London, "You can continue to defend yourself all you wish, but no matter what and your little band of heroes try, it will only end in loss."
Arizona, the Grand Canyon, 10:30 am
Even the news reached our hero Sonic. He sat on the couch. He was leaning forward, his eyes were glowing red, the rest was darkness inside his hood. "Your planet has stood in complete control thanks to the 'Dimensional Heroes' that protect you. No matter, it is time you suffer. I will NOT be merciful, I will NOT have remorse! I will…HAVE RULE!!!'' Eggman raised his voice tension, then the normal programming came back on.
Sonic immediately turned the TV off, standing up and walking over to his square mirror attached to the wall. He couldn't even see his own face. Sonic already looked at his face when he reached the Grand Canyon, he couldn't dare to look at it again. Sonic put a hand on his forehead, groaning nauseously. Sonic looked at his legs, the fur was blue midnight, nearly turning to black. He looked away in disgust. Sonic walked to entrance of the cave, crossing his arms. He could only ask himself. Now was a hard decision, like always of course. How would they react to see him…like this? Sonic, the fastest thing alive could be stopped, by himself. He felt bad because Mecha told him this, and he was dead right. Sonic punched his fist into the wall, cracking it. Sonic put his hands to his head in frustration. Ultimus taught him that in every situation, good or bad, it's always worth a chance. Sonic was still so thick headed to believe it. Sonic was once the free roaming hedgehog way back, defeating Eggman no problem. This time was much different in many more ways. He's going to become this world's greatest villain and end up killing his friends, he's the one every hero is looking up to for answers, he's the chosen one. The one hero out of them all to save the day for the final time. All his friends were counting on him, they believed in him, they care for him. No matter what he becomes, no matter what he said, they still stayed by his side.
Sonic removed his hand from his face, filled with a new courage. "I can't give up, I WON'T!'' he yelled at the top of his voice.
Sonic then stood back and leaped out of the cave. He ran from one large stone pillar and bounced onto the adjacent one. He sprinted up that one, making it to the top. "It's going to be a long run.'' he said to himself. The hero then realized, he can't go into battle like this. He needed something to hide this horrific image. And one man would help him hide it; Professor Moshimo. Sonic then took one mighty leap, off to face hid destiny, for the last time. With our hero morally shocked by his appearance which is still unknown, will he be able to fight until the end without giving up? The hectic battle for Chicago is about to begin in a matter of time.
Professor Moshimo's Mountain Base, 10:50 am
The old genius professor was in his main lab, observing a small energy ball from a chaos emerald. He had his hand to his chin, a clip board in his other hand. He began writing down quickly and orderly. A sudden bam came, sonic opened the doors which swung all the way open and hit the wall. The frightened professor quickly turned around. "Who are you?!'' he immediately asked.
"Calm down Professor, it's me Sonic.'' the hedgehog said, stopping in front of him.
"No you're not! How do I know you're not lying!?" the stubborn professor said again.
"Trust me please, I really don't want to prove it to ya'." Sonic said in a disturbed and monotone voice.
"I still don't trust you! Now leave my lab immediately!'' Moshimo exclaimed, pointing to the doors Sonic slammed open.
"Look at my shoes.'' sonic said, pointing both his fingers at them. Moshimo then looked at the red shoes with the gold buckles. "Is it truly you?" he asked.
"I'd show you my face, but I don't' wanna' give you nightmares.'' Sonic added.
"Well! My apologies Sonic. Please, what have you came here for?" he asked.
"Do you still have the Cyber Suit?" Sonic asked.
"Why yes! This way.'' Moshimo responded, walking to the exit.
The two walked down a long hall. There were windows put apart from each other. Inside each was an invention the professor made. At the end of the hall, was the entrance to what Sonic wanted. Moshimo pulled out a keycard, slipping it into the slit to open the sliding door. Inside was the Cyber Suit, placed inside a glass case. Sonic marched forward, gazing at the amazing set of armor.
"Step inside, and it'll put itself on you.'' Moshimo said, standing by Sonic's side.
Moshimo pressed a button on a console in the room. The sliding glass door made a silent whirling noise when opening. The pieces of armor lifted up. Sonic walked inside, standing on a small circular platform. The doors closed again. The pieces of armor were grabbed by metallic hands, as they put the armor on Sonic's body. Moshimo watched in front of the case.
After a few more minutes, the process was done. Smoke filled the whole chamber. Moshimo walked over to the console, pressing the same button before to open them. The smoke flew out of the chamber. Two glowing white eyes appeared. Sonic hopped out, stepping out of the smoke, revealing his armored up version of himself. His eyes could see through the optic sensors, because they were the same shape as his whole entire eye. The blue going central power source glowed vividly, blue as his fur. He then looked at his transformation device. That piece of armor for his arm had a hole in it so the button would stick out. The device was practically built into the armor.
"Hey, when I transform into my Werehog form, the armor will grow out and stay on, right?" Sonic asked the Professor.
"Correct, just like I built it.'' Moshimo replied with a smile.
Sonic nodded to him, "Thanks Professor.'' Sonic acknowledged.
Under his feet were the twin jets. He hovered off the ground, the burning orange and yellow fire burned brightly. "Good luck my friend.'' Moshimo said, nodding his head.
Sonic gave him a thumbs up and fired sky high, breaking through the mountain wall and sky rocketing across the clouds. Small chunks of rock and debris dropped around Moshimo. "I have a door!" he exclaimed, his fists raised up.
With Sonic on his way to Chicago, will be ready for the ultimate war that will consume the whole city? Can the heroes trust him still? What about his appearance? What did Thule do to him that forced the blue blur to hide his face? The small questions can't be answered, the one and only large one can. This fight is FAR from over.
New York City, Times Square, 2:45 pm
After watching Eggman's "speech" the heroes gathered in one large group in front of the ramp leading up to the portal gate. General Richards walked in from the side, standing in front of all the heroes. He clasped his hands behind his back, giving them all a nod.
"Today, all you brave souls will go to Chicago. Eggman is leading a massive invasion force to take the city for some important project he's working on…we can't let him do that. All available forces are either there or nearing. The time there is 5:00 pm, Eggman will reach their at 6:15 pm." the general began. Some of the heroes shrugged and murmured to each other. "When there, defenses will be set up, the people are already being evacuated. The city will be empty, except for all of you and the military forces with you.'' Richards concluded.
Shadow stood in the front of all the heroes. Richards stepped towards Shadow with a face of regret. "Godspeed, old friend.'' Richards said.
Shadow took this as why he looked regretful, saying a kind thing to a once old thorn. Richards shook hands with shadow, the hedgehog returned it in gratitude. Richards removed his hand, saluting shadow, who also returned it. Richards then walked over to a group of his soldiers. Shadow looked over his shoulder. The faces of nervous heroes behind him. Shadow took in a breath, facing forward. Shadow then walked up the ramp. As soon as his foot touched, the portal gate alit with blue portal energy. Every hero behind him followed closely. Shadow disappeared into the portal, as did all the other brave and willing heroes, from dimensions that were far apart. Today, the heroes unite, in one final cause that will decide the fate of the world, and theirs, forever.