Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
6th Saga: The Mucho Grande Egg-cellent Saga
Episode 120
Previously in Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
Nicole -disguised as Gamma- infiltrated Robotropolis and gathered information about Eggman's secret project. Meanwhile, Sonic and Sally were sparring with each other when Sally discovered that the Source of All within her made her attack so strong that it sent Sonic up above the clouds! Sonic was up so high in fact, he could see some kind of space base connected to the planet below.
After Sonic landed back down on the planet, and Sally reappeared from the void of the Source of All, Eggman sent the Freedom Fighters an invitation to his brand new amusement park. While Sally decided to go back to Castle Acorn, Sonic began his journey up to Eggman's amusement park...
Can Tails and Nicole figure out what Eggman is up to, or will Sonic find the answers before they do? And what is Sally hoping to find out by returning home to Castle Acorn? Find out as Chaos on Mobius continues!
Chapter Two: The Source of Sally's Fate
As Sonic was racing across the Great Desert, Sally arrived at Castle Acorn that same afternoon, where she was greeted by the guard bulldogs, but she just walked past them and opened the door to reach the throne room. It was there that she found her brother, King Elias sitting on the throne.
"Sally!" Said Elias, startled by his sister's return as she quickly approached Elias' throne. "What brings you back home to Knothole?"
"Elias... my time has come..." Was all Sally said as she stood before Elias, making the Acorn King realize why she had returned.
"Guards, leave us." Shouted Elias, ordering the guard bulldogs to leave the throne room. "How... how do you know it's THAT time?"
"The Source has made its presence known within me, Brother..." Sally told Elias. "I have to learn more about it if I am to use it effectively. And the only way I can do that is if I merge with the Source in the Royal Pool... just like Father once did..." Elias grit his teeth, but he also pulled a switch behind the throne, which caused the wall behind the throne to open, revealing a small room that had a hole in the middle that was filled with a gold liquid that looked familiar to both Elias and Sally. Before his sister could walk into the room, Elias grabbed Sally's shoulders and made her look at him.
"Sally... promise me that you'll return... unlike Father..."
"You know that the only reason Father never returned from this was to keep us safe. Besides, I'm only here for answers. I'm not doing this to join the club..." Sally then walked into the chamber before the door closed behind her, leaving her brother to stare at the door with concern...
"I hope you're right, Sally..." He softly said. "I don't want to be the only Acorn left on Mobius..."
At that moment, Sonic had arrived at Neo Bowser City; a large, high-tech city in the middle of the desert, that had rain pouring all over the roads and rooftops, and neon lights all over the place.
"So this is Neo Bowser City..." Sonic exclaimed as he looked around, and saw little robotic creatures that resembled Bowser, walking around in the wet weather. "I was hoping I was seeing things when I saw that dark cloud above this place... well, as long as it doesn't flood..." It was then that Sonic started jogging into the city, causing an alarm to be triggered, and making the Bowser-like robots go after the hedgehog. When three of them stood in Sonic's path, the hedgehog slipped as he tried to stop in a puddle. The three Bowser robots laughed in Sonic's face before they all roared at him with a pathetic sounding roar from each of them. "Ooh, I'm so scared..." Sonic quickly Spin Dashed through the center robot, before destroying the left with a Homing Attack, and stomping down on the right, destroying them all in the process! Satisfied, Sonic dusted his hands before jogging further into the city.
Once Sonic took out more 'Mini Bowsers' as he was calling them, he started making his way up higher, where he noticed a shaft that led up into the clouds. But just as Sonic felt that relief, he looked down to see a corner... and while he tried turning into the corner, the rainwater had made the roads super-slippery, resulting in Sonic falling off of the road, but grabbing onto the ledge!
"Yeah... that's what I get for not paying attention..." He said to himself as he looked down to see a pit with large, black chained-up balls that were acting like dogs. "Why don't I ever to listen to Uncle Chuck? 'Eyes on the road, Sonic!'" Sonic's thoughts were inturrupted when three more Mini-Bowsers approached him from above. They all breathed fire in different directions before they looked back at Sonic with smirks on their faces. Just before they attacked Sonic, the three of them were whacked towards a wall by a raccoon tail, before a gloved hand reached down towards Sonic.
"Need a hand, ol' pal?" Asked the Mobian raccoon plumber, wearing a red hat, a red shirt and blue overalls.
"Mario!" Exclaimed Sonic, before he grabbed his hand. After Sonic was pulled back up, he and Mario did a special handshake before a brief hug. "Dude, what're you doing here?"
"*sigh* Bowser's kidnapped Princess Peach again, so it's up to me to rescue her." Mario replied. "What about you?"
"Meh, Eggman's built an amusement park in space, and he's invited the Freedom Fighters to check it out." Explained Sonic, both he and Mario were unaware that they were being watched. "He said that the entrance to the park is somewhere in this city, but I don't see anything that leads to that shaft up there..."
"Because you're not looking hard enough, furball!" Shouted a familiar grouchy voice from above them.
When Mario and Sonic looked up to find who got their attention, they saw a familiar monsterous turtle falling towards them. When he landed, he started breathing fire up in the air as he showed Mario and Sonic his new look; His horns were now made of steel instead of ivory, and he seemed to have a larger shell on his back. Aswell as a large metal plate on his chest, he also had sharp metal claws attached to his fingers.
"B-B-B-BOWSER?!" Asked Mario, as he was clearly in shock at the sight of his old enemy. Sonic was startled, but not as much as Mario.
"Ah, Mario... how I've been waiting to show off what you're up against now!" Bowser cackled, making Mario look a little nervous. Sonic, on the other hand, didn't seem worried at all.
"I can't believe you actually went crawling to Eggman after we kicked your butt." He said with a disappointed look on his face. "Low self esteem, much?" This comment made Bowser angry... causing his chestplate to open, and shoot ice balls at Sonic! Sonic managed to avoid a lot of the ice balls, but he eventually got hit by one, and was frozen as a result!
"Sonic!" Mario cried as Bowser cackled again.
"Now that that blasted Blue Blur is out of the way... it's you and me, Mario!" He challenged, making Mario stand before Bowser with his fists in front of his face, as Bowser's mouth was filling up with fire. "I've been waiting a long time for this..."
While her boyfriend was in Neo Bowser City, Sally had reached the edge of the Royal Pool, where she had removed her vest and boots.
"Well... I guess this is it..." She said to herself as she sat down in order to put her feet into the liquid. "That... that feels very weird." Looking at her reflection in the liquid, Sally sighed. "Here goes nothing..." After taking a deep breath, Sally dove into the liquid, which seemed to harden once Sally was no longer visible from above! When Sally opened her eyes, seemed to be within the same void where the Source spoke to her earlier. She also realized that she could breathe within this void. "...Hello? I'm here, like you told me. Why have you summoned me?" Suddenly, some of the gold liquid around her started coming together, forming a shape that Sally knew all too well... seconds later, colours appeared on the liquid, making Sally look at what appeared to be an exact replica of herself! "What the? You're... me?!" When the Sally clone opened her eyes, the real Sally could see that its eyes were gold instead of blue.
"Princess Sally Alicia Acorn..." Said the Sally clone, with several different voices speaking through its mouth in unison, that startled the real Sally slightly. "You are the True Host for the Source..."
"'True Host?' What are you saying?"
"Generation after generation, we have searched for one member of the Acorn family whose body will embrace us, and be able to use the Source to bring peace to Mobius..." Hearing this, Sally's eyes lit up with joy. "And you Sally, the sole chipmunk of Acorn blood, are the True Host for the Source."
"Wait... did you say 'chipmunk?'" Sally asked, suddenly feeling confused. The Sally clone nodded in response.
"Yes. While your family has led you to believe that you are a squirrel, we can tell you otherwise."
Sally suddenly felt upset as she looked down at her feet.
"Why... why didn't they tell me?" She asked herself as she clenched her fists. "I mean, I always suspected, since Mom was a chipmunk too... but why would they lie to me?" It was then that the Sally clone closed the gap between it and Sally.
"You must remain strong, Princess..." The Sally clone told her as it placed its hands on her shoulders. "...for you and your friends have a great battle ahead of you..." This made Sally look her clone right in the eyes.
"'Great battle?'" She asked. "Now what are you talking about?" Not long after, the Sally clone circled around to Sally's back, and began to step into her back, freaking out the already-confused Princess!
"All will be explained, Sally..." Said the Sally clone, as it began to sink into Sally's back. "...once we fully bond with our True Host, everything will become clear..." Once the Sally clone had completely slipped into Sally's body, the Acorn Princess started glowing until she became a blinding flash of light!
At that moment, Elias was pacing in the throne room when the wall behind the throne opened again, startling the King in the process. As the wall opened completely, Sally had her vest and boots on again as she exited the Royal Pool and approached her brother.
"...Sally?" Elias nervously asked, as he uncomfortably stared at his little sister, who was slowly approaching him.
"Elias... I understand now..." She said as she continued to walk towards her brother.
"Understand what?"
"Everything..." As Sally said that, she hugged Elias. While Sally felt the same to Elias, there was something different about her... "I understand why the Source of All was so interested in me when I was younger. I understand why Mom & Dad never told me that I'm actually a chipmunk..."
"You're a chipmunk?!" Elias asked in shock, as it seemed like he didn't know either. This made Sally nod in response.
"And now that I have merged with the Source, I have the power to help my friends, the Freedom Fighters. I can help them without the Sword of Acorns. I can bring peace to Mobius!"
"As great as all that is, Sally... have you looked at yourself in the mirror?" When Sally shooked her head, Elias pointed her in the direction of a statue with shiny silver armor attached. When Sally saw herself in the reflection, she got a shock when she realized that her hair and her eyebrows were now blonde instead of red! "No offence, but what in the Realm of Iblis happened in there?!"
"The Source..." Sally muttered as she looked at her hands.
Meanwhile, back within Neo Bowser City, Mario started his battle with Bowser by running up one of the city's ramps, making Bowser jump up to the top of a small skyscraper in order to spit a large fireball at the raccoon plumber. Seeing this coming, Mario pulled out a frozen flower, which changed his hat and shirt into a light-blue colour, while his overalls were now red. Mario quickly threw a ball of ice at Bowser's fireball, causing it to freeze and plummet down to the ground!
"You think you're clever, don't you?" Asked Bowser, as he noticed Mario was jumping higher-and-higher. "Well, think again!" Just as Bowser said that, the spikes on the back of his shell retracted to reveal Bullet Bills! He then launched the Bullet Bills, and they began homing in on Mario, as Bowser continued the chase. When Mario spotted several Bullet Bills were approaching him, he threw some more ice balls which froze the first two, but the rest were still closing in on him!
"Nice try, Bowser." He shouted, before throwing more ice balls, which stopped the rest of the Bullet Bills in their tracks. "But I guess I'm just too cold for you to snack on!" This made Bowser angry as more Bullet Bills appeared on the back of his shell.
"No, you're not." Bowser replied, as his chestplate opened again. "In fact, I think you need to get a lot COLDER!" Bowser then fired multiple ice balls towards Mario. While a number of ice balls managed to hit Mario, he didn't get frozen like Sonic... Mario's clothes merely changed back to normal, resulting in Mario not being able to throw ice balls anymore. Not really fazed by Bowser's ice-cold attack, Mario continued climbing up the city towers, making the weaponized Koopa King jump after him in anger.
"Nowhere to run now, Mario!" Bowser yelled as he finally landed on Mario's level. Mario looked at a button behind Bowser, and got an idea... "It's time to settle this!"
"Not today, Bowser..." Mario replied as he slid under Bowser's legs and raced towards the button on the other side of the tower. "I just want the Princess back." Furious at Mario's words, Bowser turned around and revealed small laser cannons that were hiding in his steel horns. Mario did his best to avoid what lasers were being fired from Bowser's horns, before he managed to leap onto the button and press it down, causing the bridge connecting the two towers together to start rumbling...
"Huh?" Asked Bowser, before he looked down at his feet, and realized that the bridge was starting to crack. "Uh-oh..." Suddenly, the bridge collapsed, taking Bowser down with it, and accidentely making Bowser throw a key up to Mario! "ARRRGH! WHY DID I HAVE THAT INSTAAAALLLLED?!" Shrugging, Mario took the key and ran towards a jail cell in the tower he was standing on. Luckily, Princess Peach was in the same cell that Mario just used the key to unlock!
"Oh, Mario!" She exclaimed as she jumped into Mario's arms. "Thank you for saving me."
"Does this mean I get more than a cake when we get back to Spagonia?" Mario jokingly asked, making Peach giggle.
"You won't even get a kiss on the NOSE when I'm through with you, Mario!" Shouted Bowser from below, who seemed to be in perfect health after falling all the way to the ground floor.
"Bowser?!" Peach squealed as she placed both of her hands over her mouth.
"How are you still willing to fight me?" Asked Mario, who seemed just as shocked as Peach, making Bowser cackle.
"All because of the Eggman, baby." Bowser replied. "Now get down here so the two of us can end this!" Without questioning it, Mario flew himself and Peach down to the ground where he and Bowser could fight once again...
Once Mario started running towards Bowser, Bowser breathed fire at the plumber, but Mario jumped over it and revealed a flower that was on fire, causing his overalls to change back to red, while his hat and shirt turned white. Bowser quickly fired the Bullet Bills on his shell at Mario. The Mobian raccoon flew past a few and bounced off of one or two, but the last one exploded in his face as he threw a few fireballs at Bowser, causing his clothes to return to their natural colours. Thinking quickly, Mario flew away from Bowser, but the Koopa King fired a laser at Mario's tail, causing him to fall to the rain-soaked ground!
"Grr... I'm not done yet!" Mario grumbled as he quickly stood up to face Bowser. But the Koopa King retreated into his spiked shell and rammed into Mario, before slashing at his stomach with his extended claws!
"What's the matter, Mario? I thought you loved sliced ham!" Teased Bowser, before he threw Mario into a building!
"A-almost got it..." Mario groaned as he was struggling to get to his feet and find something in his pockets, unaware that Bowser was slowly approaching him.
"Mario!" Cried Peach, getting the plumber's attention, but it was too late. Bowser quickly grabbed Mario in his massive clawed hand, leaving one of Mario's arms free. But that didn't stop Bowser from slamming him into the pavement several times! "Mario!"
"Finally... I've finally managed to beat this stupid plumber! AHH HAHAHA!" Bowser cackled, but quickly stopped when he heard Mario quietly chuckling. "Thinking about joining the winning team, are you?"
"Heh heh... no." Mario muttered as he revealed a chubby mushroom. "I just found my Mega Mushroom." Seeing the mushroom, Bowser's eyes widened in horror.
Once Mario ate the Mega Mushroom, his strength was restored and his body grew to about five times his normal size! Once Mario punched Bowser in the face -knocking him out in the process- he grabbed Bowser's tail, and starting swinging the Koopa King around-and-around...
"So long, KING Bowser!" Mario yelled as he threw Bowser out of Neo Bowser City, and sent him flying far, far away. Seeing what her hero just accomplished, Peach ran towards Mario and gave him a kiss after his body shrank down to normal size. Not only that, but Sonic had finally thawed, and quickly noticed that Mario had things under control.
"Wow. Looks like you did some real good here, Mario." Exclaimed Sonic.
"Sure did. And look, there's the entrance to the elevator shaft!" Mario replied as he pointed to a set of doors that led to the shaft that extended high above the city. "Are you still going after Eggman?" Hearing this, Sonic shook his head.
"Nah. I'm too exhausted, after training Sally and racin' around here." Said Sonic. "But I'll be back tomorrow to bring the fight to Eggman!"
"All right, then." Mario said as he sweeped Peach off of her feet. "But the next time we meet, you'd better have some pasta with you."
"Sure, as long as you've got some chilli dogs!" Sonic shouted as Mario flew himself and Peach out of Neo Bowser City. Sonic then raced out of the city afterwards. However, a red light in the sewers was watching the whole thing...
"SO... MARIO THE RACCOON POSES A THREAT TO MY PLANS..." Said a deep, robotic voice coming from the red light. "HE MUST BE DESTROYED, AS WELL..."
END OF CHAPTER