Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
6th Saga: The Mucho Grande Egg-cellent Saga
Episode 131
Previously in Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
After receiving a distress signal from the E-100 Power Savers, Sally finds them and Sonic defending Westopolis against a squadron of the Egg Army, with Nocturnus and Armada deserters Lien-Da & Speedy leading the charge. After the Egg Army retreated, Sally finally confronted Sonic, asking him why he left. While Sonic eventually said that he left because he didn't want anyone else to get hurt, this resulted in him getting a slap in the face from Sally! After Sally told him that his leaving affected the Freedom Fighters more than Eggman ever could, Sonic came to his senses and apologized. But that didn't stop the Egg Army from getting reinforcements!
Working together, Sonic, Sally and the Power Savers managed to defeat the Egg Army, but Lien-Da and Speedy got away. As a gesture of thanks, E-102r Gamma gave Sonic and Sally a Chaos Emerald he found.
With two Chaos Emeralds in their possession, will Sonic and Sally find another as they travel to Empire City? Will Sonic stay true to his word, and never leave the Freedom Fighters or Sally again? Find out as Chaos on Mobius continues!
Chapter Thirteen: Emerald Hunt (Part Six - Mixed-Up Minds)
Rain was pouring down on Sonic and Sally as they raced passed a sign that read "Welcome to Empire City - Where the possibilities are never-ending!" This city had roads and skycrapers high in the sky. So high in fact, that Sonic and Sally could see cloud-cover above AND below them!
"We'd better find shelter soon." Sally stated with concern as she rode Tails' Extreme Gear, while Sonic ran alongside her. "I don't like the look of those clouds..."
"Which ones, Sal?" Joked Sonic as he and Sally moved in between the vehicles driving past and/or beside them. "The clouds above us, or below us?" With an exasperated sigh, Sally pointed at the clouds above them, which looked rather dark. However, Sonic also spotted a building that connected to the road ahead. "This way, Sal! Follow me!" At that moment -after moving along an empty road- both Mobians heard a familiar sound, prompting them to reveal the two Chaos Emeralds they had acquired on their journey. Both Chaos Emeralds were glowing brighter-and-brighter as they closed in on the building. "I think we just found another Emerald..." Before either of them could enter the building, they were just passing through some kind of force-field as lightning struck it, as well as the two Chaos Emeralds Sonic and Sally were holding! Chaos Energy flowed through the electricity that zapped Sonic and Sally before they fell to the ground unconscious. As the two Mobians lied on the flooded road, they were spared from more rain as a large black airship floated over them...
Meanwhile, on the top floor within that same building, a grey Chaos Emerald was glowing from the chest of a certain mammoth. Just before lightning struck the barrier around the building, showing the blank face of Mina Mongoose next to the mammoth.
"It would seem that more Chaos Emeralds have found their way to us..." Said Mammoth Mogul, with his voice coming out of Mina's mouth as Thrash, Bean and Bark were on their knees behind Mogul and Mina. Mina then turned around and angrily stared at the three scared Mobians with her eyes the same colour as the green jewel on her forehead. "...and you three had no hand in it."
"Forgive us, Master Mogul." Begged Thrash, but Mogul's eyes flashed black for a brief second before Thrash, Bean and Bark were strangled by dark energy for a few moments.
"Mephilesology always forgives its followers... after brief torturing, of course." Mogul replied through Mina, unaware that Sonic and Sally were being pulled up towards the airship via a tractor beam. "No matter. The three of you shall return to the basement, while I have Mina collect those Chaos Emeralds." After a creepy smirk appeared on Mina's face, Mogul made the mongoose race down the stairwell, passing Lily the Morph-hog and an unconscious Ash Mongoose on the way.
Later, a voice unknown to Sonic was calling out his name as he started to regain consciousness...
"Sir Sonic. Sir Sonic, can you hear me?" Said the voice, making Sonic groan with a voice that wasn't his own. And while Sonic didn't notice, the Overlander sure did... and she looked pretty shocked.
"Keep your shoes on, I'm awake." Sonic replied, still unaware of the change in his voice. "Where am I? And why do I sound like Sally?!" The Overlander in GUN uniform showed Sonic a mirror, and the hedgehog yelped in shock at what he saw... the face of Sally Acorn staring back at him! "What on Mobius happened to me?! And Sally? Is she okay?!" Sonic and the Overlander heard Sonic's real voice groaning behind them.
"Not now, Sonic. I need my beauty sleep..." 'He' said, making Sonic smirk.
"You know I never fall for that... Sonic." 'Sally' replied, making 'his' eyes open wide before sitting up to see 'Sally' staring back at 'him.'
"...Sonic?" Sally asked with Sonic's voice, making her cover Sonic's mouth with his hands once she finished speaking. Sonic nodded Sally's head, making the now-hedgehog gasp in shock, before the Overlander stepped in.
"We detected your Chaos Emeralds being struck by lightning before we found the two of you." She told Sonic and Sally. "The lightning must have made the Emeralds you were carrying switch your Cores around." While Sally was still shocked to hear what had just happened to her, she noticed the smirk that appeared on her face, as Sonic had a thought while looking at Sally's hands...
"Y'know what?" Sonic said with Sally's voice. "Because I'm in Sally's body, I can to-"
"Don't even think about it, buster!" Sally yelled with Sonic's voice, as she grabbed her hands before Sonic could do anything with them.
"Freedom Fighters, please!" Shouted the GUN officer, startling Sonic and Sally. "If you two could get over this sudden body-swap, I need to speak with the both of you on the bridge." She then left the sickbay, before Sonic and Sally quickly followed her, still somewhat confused...
As the three walked though the ship, Sonic and Sally saw a lot of Overlanders in GUN uniforms doing different things: Some were training, others were eating, some were performing experiments while wearing lab coats, and the rest were playing games in what appeared to be a rec room.
"My name is Amanda Tower." Said the Overlander that Sonic and Sally were following. "Captain of the first GUN battleship; The Letter of Gabriel." When the three arrived at the bridge, Sonic and Sally were amazed to see all of the Overlanders sitting at consoles all over the bridge. "During this ship's maiden voyage, we received an emergancy transmission from the E-100 Power Savers in Westopolis. But by the time we arrived, they were there to tell us that you had already helped them."
"And you just wanted to thank us for doin' your job? Aww, it was nothin'." Sonic joked, making Sally facepalm.
"Sonic, could you at least stop joking around while you're stuck in my body?" She asked, making Sonic shrug, before Captain Tower cleared her throat to get their attention.
"I actually DID want to thank the two of you." Said Tower, startling Sally and making Sonic chuckle. "No offence to anyone else onboard this ship, but I'm positive that none of them could do what the two of you did to the Egg Army." Sally bowed in gratitude, while Sonic scratched Sally's nose with her index finger as he smirked with her eyes closed. "Fortunately, we were called to Empire City to investigate the barrier around that building you were about to enter." This got the attention of both Mobians...
"Was it the barrier that summoned that lightning?" Sally asked with curiousity, but Tower shook her head.
"The lightning bolt that struck the two of you was merely bad luck." She replied.
"Yeah, we were unlucky, all right..." Said Sonic, looking at Sally's hands again with a smile, before Sally placed Sonic's hand over her face in anger, making Sonic groan.
"Anyway... according to the ship's sensors, as well as our top scientists aboard, no human can penetrate the barrier without losing some skin." Added Tower, startling Sonic and Sally when she said the word 'human.' "And since you two were in the area, we were hoping you could help us figure out what's operating that barrier. But since this has happened-"
"We're on it, Cap'n!" Sonic said while jokingly saluting Captain Tower, and shocking Sally.
"Sonic, we can't! Not while you and I are stuck in each other's bodies!" She told her boyfriend, but Sonic just shrugged.
"Why not?" Asked Sonic. "We're the only two around these guys can trust... there's a Chaos Emerald in there that we need... and the longer we stay here, the longer Eggman has time to set up defenses for the Death Egg!" Sally was about to argue, but Sonic made some good points. "Sides, I'm sure these guys can give us a ride back to GUN HQ after we swipe the Chaos Emerald, right?" Captain Tower nodded. "Then what're we waiting for? Let's go!" Sonic was about to grab Sally and start running, but he tripped over Sally's feet! "Ugh... maybe we should wait until we've switched back..."
"Too late, you made the call!" Sally then grabbed Sonic and started running as fast as Sonic usually does... but ran face-first into a wall! "OK. Didn't see that coming..."
"Ya think?!" Sonic asked while hanging from a pipe valve, due to having Sally's vest tangled in it. Seeing what Sonic and Sally just did with each other's bodies, Amanda Tower suddenly felt nervous.
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, after all..." She said to herself.
Meanwhile, the Mogul-controlled Mina arrived at the "ground" floor of the building, expecting to find Chaos Emeralds... but there was nothing there.
"Curses! The Chaos Emeralds were within my grasp!" He shouted, as he made Mina slam her fists onto the flooded road. "Our lord and saviour cannot be properly restored without all sev- Wait..." Mogul's rant was inturrupted when he sensed the same two Chaos Emeralds from within the top floor... approaching from the GUN airship, making a smirk appear on Mina's face. "The Emeralds are near. And I am positive that whoever possesses them also desires the Chaos Emerald that I possess. We shall see who has which Emeralds soon..." Mogul then made Mina race back into the building, just before Sonic and Sally were lowered back down to the road via the ship's tractor beam... and both slipped once their feet touched the drowning road!
"Agh. Not the softest landing I've had..." Sonic pointed out while rubbing Sally's face.
"You can say that again..." Added Sally, as she rubbed Sonic's bottom. It was then that both of their Chaos Emeralds started glowing again. "The Chaos Emerald we're looking for is definately in there."
"Then let's get going!" Sonic stated with enthusiasum. But once he and Sally started walking towards the building's entrance, they were both slipping and sliding their way there! Eventually, Sonic and Sally stopped right where the force-field around the building was being projected. Both Sonic and Sally felt a little nervous about the force-field, but then Sally remembered something...
"Why are we scared about this, Sonic?" She asked him. "Captain Tower said that the lightning bolt that hit us was completely random! And I keep hearing that lightning never strikes in the same place twice!"
"You're right, Sal. We're bein' stupid!" Sonic replied, before they faced the force-field. "Let's do it on three... THREE!" Sonic and Sally quickly stepped through the force-field, and didn't experience any side-effects. No tingling electricity. No removed skin, fur, hair or quills. They both sighed in relief when they knew they were in the clear...
...until an alarm started blaring from within the building.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" A computerized voice loudly announced, before dozens-upon-dozens of crystalline creatures appeared around Sonic and Sally!
"Sweet, merciful Chaos..." Sally exclaimed, as Sonic looked around to see a lot of the creatures coming down the stairwell, as well as sliding down from the elevator shaft. "They're everywhere, Sonic!"
"Doesn't matter, Sal... cause we're not leaving without that Chaos Emerald!" Sonic replied. "You charge through the dark slimeballs in the stairwell, and I'll deal with the gooey freak-show comin' down the elevator!" Not liking Sonic's plan, Sally freaked out as she grabbed her own shoulders!
"How can I take them on when I can't master your speed?!" She asked.
"How am I gonna take 'em on WITHOUT my speed?" Sonic asked back, making Sally even more nervous. "Sal, listen to me. In situations like these, you just gotta go with the flow. Like this!" At that moment, Sonic leapt into the elevator and sliced through one of the creatures with one of Sally's Ring-Blades! Feeling inspired after Sonic winked back at her, Sally started slowly rolling towards the creatures coming down the stairwell... but Sally's rolling quickly picked up speed, allowing her to use Sonic's Spin Dash to plow through the creatures in the stairwell!
Sonic didn't seem to have much of a problem fighting the creatures in the elevator as it rose towards the top floor. In fact, he seemed to be enjoying using Sally's Ring-Blades to slice through them all!
"(I don't know where Sal got these blue rings from, but they're definitely helping me have fun fighting these things!)" He thought before spying the number of the top floor... then he spotted Sally leap-frogging over some of the creatures in the stairwell. "Hey, Sal! The top floor's number is 131!"
"Got it!" Sally replied while giving Sonic the thumbs-up, before Spin Dashing further up the stairwell. Jumping out of the Spin Dash, Sally tripped on the stairs, flinging her up into the air! When Sally saw the creatures coming after her, she smirked before smacking them all into the stairwell with a Homing Attack! Sonic was starting to struggle, as the creatures began to overwhelm him. Just then, Sonic noticed that Sally's feet were glowing gold, making him smirk, too. Flipping upside-down so he had the top of Sally's head on the floor, Sonic started spinning Sally's body around while having her legs spread out, kicking any creature that came into contact with her gold-glowing feet! Reaching the top floor, Sally saw what Sonic was doing, making her roll her eyes. "Couldn't resist it, could you?"
"What? Seemed like the best way to kick some slimy butt!" Sonic said as he stood upright, while looking a little woozy. "Whoa. Although I don't remember it feeling like this afterwards..."
"Of course not, Sonic." Sally replied as she led Sonic towards a pair of doors in front of the elevator. "My body isn't used to spinning at those speeds."
"Yeah. Gotta remember that..." Sonic muttered as his eyes were spinning all around.
Sally kicked down the doors as Sonic got his balance back, only for them to spot the silouette of a certain mammoth in the dark room that made them both grit their teeth. They also saw a green diamond-shaped jewel in front of the silouette, but they just ignored it.
"It's YOU who's responsible for the barrier around this skyscraper, isn't it?!" Sally angrily asked.
"Mammoth Mogul... I should've known..." Sonic growled.
"As should I, dear Princess." Mogul replied, unaware of the body-swap. "I should have known that you foolish Freedom Fighters desired the Chaos Emerald that I possess." It was then that two ovals started glowing green below the jewel. "But you should know that I have no intention of surrendering my Chaos Emerald or my mind-slave to the likes of you."
"Mind-slave? Like that shark that released you?" Asked Sally. Just then, lightning flashed through the window, showing Sonic and Sally not only what the green lights were, but also who Mogul's mind-slave was.
"MINA?!" Exclaimed Sonic, while Sally gasped in horror, making a smirk appear on the faces of Mogul and Mina as the lights were turned on.
"Yes. I already have one quickster under my control..." Mogul said through Mina. "...and soon Princess, your significant other shall become her partner in crime." Hearing this, Sonic got angry and unleashed Sally's Ring-Blades.
"Like you can control ME, Trunk-Chump!" He shouted as he leapt towards Mogul. Slightly confused, Mogul had Mina ram into Sonic before he could attack him. Mogul had Mina pin Sonic to the ground, before Sally tackled Mina off of Sonic.
"I'll hold Mina off, Sonic. You focus on Mogul!" Sally told Sonic.
"But aren't you still getting used to my speed?" He asked her, helping Mogul understand what had happened to the two of them.
"You told me to go with the flow... and that's exactly what I'm doing." Sally replied. Sonic responded with a thumbs-up before running towards Mogul. Mina was forced to shove Sally off of her before chasing after Sonic... but Sally tackled her to the ground again, allowing Sonic to close in on Mogul!
"I don't know how the two of you performed a Core-Switch, but you are sadly mistaken if you think you can defeat me with it!" Mogul warned, but Sonic didn't listen. Sonic leapt at Mogul again, but this time he got to slash at the mammoth! Only for his attack to be blocked by a barrier surrounding Mogul, bouncing him back.
"Jeez... How many barriers does an elephant wizard need?!" Sonic asked as he jumped back onto Sally's feet.
"Enough to cease your incessant mockery, boy!" Mogul replied, making Sonic mad. Meanwhile, Sally attempted to Spin Dash through Mina, but Mogul's mind-slave jumped over the attack, making Sally slip on fall on Sonic's back again. Mogul then made Mina chase after Sonic again, but Sally plowed through her with another Spin Dash. "You certainly have adapted to the quickster's speed, Princess. Why don't I help you train further?" Mogul made Mina punch Sally in the stomach, but Sally jumped before the punch hit her, and she kicked Mina in the stomach!
"I'm sorry, Mina..." Sally muttered, before turning to herself. "Sonic, let's switch opponents!"
"Good thinking Sal, cause I've gotten sick of my dance partner!" Sonic replied before he and Sally ran towards their other enemies. "Hate to do this to you Mina, but Tisk-Tusk over there's not givin' me a choice..." Sonic tried landing a punch, but Mina was forced to catch it. Mina tried punching Sonic, but he caught her punch too.
"And how do you plan to best me this time, Princess?" Mogul asked, before Sally started spinning in place, allowing small balls of blue light fly into her.
"Like this." Sally replied after Sonic's whole body was emitting a blue aura. Sally then unleashed Sonic's Light Speed Attack all over Mogul's personal barrier, which was now weakening due to Sally's rapid attacks.
While Sonic was starting to struggle against Mina, Sally was slowly-but-surely breaking through Mogul's barrier. Eventually, the barrier shattered, allowing Sally to land a Homing Attack on Mogul's head, knocking the mammoth out cold, as well as shattering the barrier outside of the building, and freeing Mina from his control!
"...Sonic?" She asked with a horrified look on her face, after the jewel vanished from her forehead and her eye colour returned to normal.
"Mina, is that really you?" Sonic asked back. Apart from bursting into tears on Sally's shoulder, Mina didn't respond.
"Sonic, I'm so sorry for all I've done!" She tearfully said as Sonic wrapped Sally's arms around her. "Can you ever forgive me?"
"It's okay, Mina. It wasn't your fault." Said Sonic as Sally slowly approached the Chaos Emerald on Mogul's chest.
"M-Mammoth M-M-Mogul... he-he used me... he used me to attract followers for this STUPID cult!" Mina pointed out, getting Sonic and Sally's attention.
"Cult? What kind of cult?" Asked Sally, unaware that Mogul had awakened... and the jewel reappeared on Mina's forehead, meaning Mogul had regained control of Mina! Mogul then had Mina start strangling Sonic! Having realized what happened, Sally turned her attention back to the mammoth. "Mogul! You're gonna pay for this!" She shouted before she jumped up and tried to land a punch on Mogul's face... but the massive Mobian held her in place with his magical energy before her attack even reached him!
"You foolish mortals have NO chance against someone as powerful as I am!" Mogul announced personally as well as through Mina. "I am the most powerful living being throughout the ENTIRE universe! There is NOTHING you can do to stop my rise to overpower the gods themselves!" While holding Sally in place in front of him, Mogul had Mina hold Sonic up by Sally's vest. "However, I will give you a chance to live... so long as you vow your eternal allegiance to Mephilesology."
"Forget it, Mogul!" Sally angrily growled.
"Ugh. Bite my spiny blue butt, you overgrown fur coat!" Added Sonic.
"So be it." Mogul replied. "The two of you have just signed your death warrants..." Before Mogul did anything, he heard an unnatural roar from outside. Looking out the window, Mogul, Sonic and Sally spotted a certain airship hovering right next to the building. "What has happened to my barrier? It is supposed to withstand any Overlander penetration!"
"Open fire!" Shouted a voice that made Sonic and Sally happy. Lasers from the GUN ship came crashing through the windows, creating large explosions once they impacted the floor! Mogul attempted to block the attack with his own personal barrier, but the attack came too fast for his power to regenerate, and he was blown off his feet, knocking him out once again! As Mogul was getting knocked out, the Chaos Emerald was struck by one of the lasers, causing Mogul to unintentionally release a large burst of energy, which not only freed Sonic, Sally and Mina from Mogul's hold over them, but it also switched Sonic's and Sally's Cores around again, making the two Mobians switch back to their original bodies!
"Hey... I'm back in... SWEET!" Sonic exclaimed before running around the room at high speed, picking up the grey Chaos Emerald while doing so. While Sonic was running around with the Emerald, he also looked to be playing air guitar.
"*sigh* It's good to be back..." Sally said with relief as Sonic bounced off of a wall and landed back on his feet with no trouble.
"I'm back, baby!" Added Sonic, while giving a wink and a thumbs-up.
"Sonic... what about Mina?" Sally asked, making Sonic quickly changed his mood.
"No problem. You take this, while I get her outta here." Sonic replied while tossing Sally the Chaos Emerald, before picking up Mina, who was just waking up.
"No..." Mina weakly said. "Leave me here." Both Sonic and Sally were shocked to hear Mina say that.
"What? But Mina-" Sonic was about to say, but he was inturrupted.
"Sonic, even without that Chaos Emerald, Mogul's just gonna take control of me again." Mina pointed out. "And it's better that he does it to me here than wherever you are..."
"But... But-"
"She's right, Sonic. We have to leave her here." Said Sally, making Sonic put Mina down. Sally quickly jumped out of the window and landed on the GUN ship, while Sonic looked back at Mina with regret... before he too eventually jumped over, and the ship started flying away from the building, and away from Empire City altogether.
Minutes later, Sonic and Sally entered the GUN ship, where Captain Tower was waiting for them.
"Thanks for the help, Captain Tower!" Exclaimed Sally as she revealed the Chaos Emerald she and Sonic collected.
"Thank you for helping us!" Tower replied. "And please, call me Amanda."
"Yeah, thanks for the help, Amanda." Sonic said with little emotion, as he leaned on the hull with his eyes closed.
"What's wrong with her? Or is it him now?" Asked Amanda.
"It's okay." Sally pointed out. "I'll talk to him."
"Very well. Now that our missions are complete, we can take you back to GUN HQ." Amanda added, making Sally bow in gratitude before she walked over to Sonic.
"Hey... are you OK?" Asked Sally.
"No." Sonic softly replied. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got the Chaos Emerald, and I'm happy to help GUN, but..."
"But?"
"...I just feel horrible for having to leave Mina behind..." As Sonic said this, he placed his face in his palm in shame, making Sally hug him.
"I know, Sonic. It was hard for me, too." Sally told Sonic as her hair colour started to change... "But look on the bright side: She's still alive, and we know that Mogul still needs her. Once we find a way to block his mind-control, we'll go back for her."
"Yeah. I guess you're right, Sal." Sonic said as he hugged Sally back, unaware that her hair was still changing colour.
"Aren't I always?" Sally jokingly asked, as her hair completely changed from blonde-to-red.
"Hey, you're a red-head again!" Exclaimed Sonic, making Sally grab a lock of her hair. When saw that it was indeed red, she felt happy enough to hug Sonic again. However, neither of them knew that Sally had also gained red fur on the backs of her ears, as well as on the top of her tail...
END OF CHAPTER
Emerald Count:
Purple - Shadow the Hedgehog
Red, Green & Blue - TodStar the Echidna, Amy Rose & Lily Bluebird
Yellow, Cyan & Grey - Sonic the Hedgehog & Sally Acorn
TOTAL: 7 Chaos Emeralds