Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
4th Saga: The Solaris Merger

Episode 92

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
During another battle with Iblis, Zappy's precious marshmallows had become inedible, making him so angry that he transformed into a powerful lightning-wielding hedgehog! After Zappy defeated Iblis, Silver was left questioning Flare the Cat about putting an end to Iblis... until a hedgehog calling himself Mephiles claimed he had the answer. Showing Silver how Iblis was unleashed upon Mobius, Mephiles then revealed who was responsible. None other than Sonic?
After revealing the Iblis Trigger to them, Mephiles transported himself, Silver and Zappy to the past. That night was the night of the Star Festival, a night that Eggman HAD to wreck by asking Princess Sally to go with him. Someone who was against Eggman's plan was none other than Sonic, who made quick work of Eggman's robots before running away with Sally in hand. Little did he know that Silver had finally seen his target with his eyes...
Who are Flare and Mephiles? How and why could Sonic destroy Mobius using Iblis? Can Silver destroy the Iblis Trigger? And what are Eggman's plans with Sally and the Time Stones? Find out in the next chapter of The Solaris Merger!

Chapter Three: A Princess in Peril

Sonic was racing through the Great Plains with Sally in his arms, while avoiding attacks from Eggman's robots.
"What took you so long?" Sally asked him.
"Hey, I was seeing Zonic and Zally off." Sonic replied. "That kinda thing takes time, Sal." Suddenly, four Egg Fighters landed on the ground in front of them, making Sonic stop in his tracks. Sonic put Sally down before Spin Dashing through one, jumping off of another before using his Homing Attack to smash the other two. Just after Sonic landed on the ground, he heard Sally struggling, making him gasp. When Sonic turned around, he saw Eggman in his Egg Mobile, keeping Sally in a beam on some sort.
"I'm afraid our little game ends now." Said the Doctor. Unknown to Eggman however, Sally managed to rip the Time Stone off of her neck.
"Sonic, catch!" She shouted before throwing the Time Stone that Sonic caught with ease.
"Got it! And I'll rescue you, Sal." Sonic told her. "I promise."
"I know."
"Hmph! It's only a matter of time before that Time Stone is mine." Said Eggman. "Until then, you can hold on to it for me." The Egg Mobile then raised up to meet the Egg Carrier 2. All Sonic could do was watch in anger as Dr. Eggman carried Sally away in his massive airship. Little did he know that a certain silver hedgehog was watching him from atop a tree...
"I've finally found him..." He said while clenching his fist. "The Iblis Trigger."

When Silver jumped down from the tree, he was about to approach Sonic when...
"There you are, Sonic!" Shouted a pink hedgehog before she hugged Silver, making him uncomfortable. "*sigh* I'm glad I found you Sonic, cause I really need to talk to..." The pink hedgehog suddenly looked up and saw Silver's face. "Hey... you're not Sonic! Oh, I'm sorry." As she said that, she pushed Silver, making him lose his balance.
"Uhh... I'm..." Silver tried to say, before his sight inturrupted him. "Hey, where'd he go?" This made Silver quickly look around. "Grr, he must've run off!" The pink hedgehog then seemed a little guilty.
"I'm sorry. Did you miss someone because of me?" She asked, but Silver shook his head.
"It's okay. I'm pretty sure the guy I'm looking for is still in the area. I know I can find him." Without warning, the pink hedgehog grabbed Silver's hand.
"Well then, I'll help you!"
"What?"
"Two heads are better than one when looking for someone!"
"Hey... just wait a second..."
"What's your name?" Silver was hesitant to respond.
"...Silver."
"That's a nice name. I'm Amy Rose. It's nice to meet you." As she said that, Amy started pulling Silver in the direction she had started running.
"Agh! Hey, wait!"

A few hours later, back in Freedom HQ, Sonic was lying on the couch, holding the Time Stone above his head, feeling guilty as he replayed Sally's capture back in his head.
"I can't believe I let Eggman take her..." He grumbled as he clenched the Time Stone in his hand. "Some hero I am..."
"Sonic, are you in here?" Shouted Tails as he and Nicole walked in.
"Hey, Tails." Was all Sonic said.
"You don't sound very good, Sonic." Nicole pointed out. "Are you all right?" This made Sonic jump up and stomp the ground, startling Tails and Nicole.
"Of course I'm not all right!" He shouted. "I let Eggman get away with Sally, and all I got was this." While Sonic jumped back onto the couch, Tails got an idea...
"I think I might know where Eggman's taken Sally..." He said, getting Sonic's attention.
"Where, Tails? WHERE?" Asked Sonic as he grabbed Tails by the shoulders in desperation.
"I don't know yet, BUT..." Tails revealed a handheld device of some sort, that had Sally's face on a map of Mobius. "There she is." Sonic was astounded.
"Where'd this come from?"
"Remember how I asked for DNA samples from you guys?" Sonic nodded. "Well, that was merely so Nicole and/or myself could keep track of you all using this map that I'm still putting together."
"Awesome job, Tails! So, where's Sally now?"
"Well, according to this map... Eggman's taking her across the Southern Sea, while TodStar's headed for Robotropolis."
"Okay, then. Tails, fire up your plane, cause you & me are goin' after her!"
"But Sonic, the Tornado Racer's only a one-seater!"
"That's cool. I'll just run across the water."
"If you say so. Can you stay here, Nicole?" Nicole nodded. "All right, let's get going, Sonic!" A few minutes later, Sonic blasted out of Freedom HQ, while Tails followed after him in his small plane.

As Sonic ran across the water at a high-speed, Tails followed in the plane above him.
"Sonic, can you hear me?" Asked Tails via communicator.
"Loud and clear, Tails." Sonic replied. "Eggman landed yet?"
"No, but he seems to be slowing down as he heads towards Nostalgisland."
"OK. I'm gonna clear a path for you to land, bud." After saying that, a blue light formed around Sonic as he started to pick up speed.
"Then I guess I'll have to catch up... yay." Little did Sonic or Tails know that they were being followed by Amy, who was being carried by Silver.
"Wow... this power you've got is amazing, Silver!" Amy exclaimed.
"Can you explain to me again why we're following that plane?" Asked Silver, who was struggling to keep the same pace as the plane.
"I saw Tails fly off in that plane after Sonic. That's why we're following it." Still confused, Silver shrugged.
"Fair enough. Although it looks like they're getting ready to land..." After Silver said that, Amy saw the island ahead, and recognized it.
"That's Nostalgisland!" She exclaimed. "THAT'S where Sonic's headed!"

Later, outside the Lost Labyrinth Ruins, Amy starts looking around, while Silver just looked confused as he followed her.
"Hmm... I know Sonic's around here somewhere." She said as he looked around. "Call it my girlish intuition."
"...what am I doing?" Muttered Silver, which Amy heard, making her face him.
"Sorry." She told him. "As soon as I find Sonic, I'll help you find who you're looking for, Silver." Even after hearing that, Silver seemed unsure about his purpose in this quest. That is, until he caught a glimpse of the water pouring into the ruins from above.
"This is amazing." Was all he said.
"What? You mean these moldy old rocks?"
"Everything's so great here, isn't it? The sky is gorgeous, and everyone's happy..." Hearing this, Amy just at Silver all confused. "Let's go! I'll help you find who you're looking for."
"OK. I'm pretty sure he's somewhere in there." As Amy said that, she pointed to a base not too far from the ruins. "To get into Eggman's Mad Gear base, we're going to have to travel through these ruins." As Amy ran inside, Silver questioned what he had heard...
"Eggman?" He asked himself. "Could it be..." He eventually ran after Amy.

Meanwhile, within Eggman's Mad Gear base, Sonic was using his Homing Attack to deal with the Badniks in the area, while Tails was keeping up with the blue hedgehog by using his two tails to fly after him.
"How much farther, Tails?" Sonic asked the young fox, making him retrieve his handheld device.
"It looks like Eggman's thrown her in a cell further down in the base." Said Tails, while Sonic looked at a yellow platform he was standing on, making him grin. "It's going to take a while to get down there..."
"*chuckle* Not if I do this..." Sonic then jumped before Spin Dashing down on the platform he was standing on, causing it and the others below it to break. "C'mon down, Tails! The underground's fine!" With a cheeky grin on his face, Sonic pressed forward, while Tails was flying down to his level. That was when the fox spotted a pipe system of some sort...
"Hmm... I wonder..." He thought out loud before walking into it. Suddenly, Tails was blasted through the pipe system! Sonic was blasted down further into the base by a steam exhaust, where he found four crab-like robots with large claws waiting for him.
"Dang... where's Tails when you need him?" He asked himself, before that same Mobian fox emerged from a pipe and spun into one of the robots, destroying it and taking the others by surprise. "Awesome timing, Tails." Sonic took this chance to use his Homing Attack on the other three. "C'mon bud, we gotta keep moving." As Sonic ran further into the base, Tails was dizzily dancing around.

At that moment, Amy and Silver made their way into the Lost Labyrinth Ruins, where they spotted floating robots with spiked balls orbiting them, burrowing robots with drills for noses, and holes in the ceiling that dispensed large boulders.
"I can feel it..." Amy said to Silver. "Sonic was here."
"Okay... but did he come out at the same place?" Asked Silver, before a large boulder came crashing down towards him and Amy. But Silver managed to toss it aside with his Psychokinesis.
"This way, Silver." Said Amy, as she walked down into the dark ruins. "Sonic definately went this way."
"(Better take one of these...)" Silver thought before grabbing a flaming torch using Psychokinesis, then he followed Amy down, making the dark ruins a little brighter... Suddenly, they saw a small orb-shaped robot from earlier, but this one was red... and it threw one of the spiked balls at them! "Look out!" Silver was about to grab it with his Psychokinesis, but Amy revealed her Piko Piko Hammer, surprising Silver.
"I got this one." She said with a grin on her face. Amy then swung her hammer, hitting the balls back towards the robot, causing it to explode!
"Wow..." Silver couldn't keep his mouth closed, as he was amazed to see how easily Amy handled that.
"*giggle* You think that's good? Wait until I start using magic!" Amy told him before moving on.
"(Magic?)" Silver thought before running after Amy.

About half-an-hour later, Amy and Silver were swimming through the watery part of the Lost Labyrinth Ruins.
"Ugh, there's Badniks here, too?" She asked as she spotted pirahna-shaped robots swimming under her and Silver.
"(I sure am glad I was taught how to swim in the lakes of Forest Falls...)" Silver thought as he followed Amy through the water. Soon however, they came across a wall. "A dead end..." Amy wasn't so sure... so she got out what appeared to be a magic wand, and waved it down below, allowing an orb of light to show them a passage down below the water's surface.
"Looks like we're going to have to go under for a while..." Amy told Silver, making him worry...
"Do you know a magic trick so we can breathe underwater?" He asked, making Amy giggle.
"No, but according to Sonic, there should be some air bubbles down on the bottom." This gave Silver a little ease, before Amy took a deep breath and dove down. Silver tried to dive down, but for some reason, he couldn't dive down to where Amy was. After getting another breath of air, he tried again, but still couldn't seem to dive.
"Well, if I can't get down there like a normal Mobian..." He said to himself, before using his Psychokinesis to sink down below the water's surface in order to follow Amy. When both of them got down to the floor, Silver saw large bubbles emerging from cracks in the floor. Using his Psychokinesis, Silver passed one of the bubbles up to Amy, who had found their path was blocked. Inhaling the bubble and getting some air back into her, Amy gave Silver a thumbs-up, before swinging her hammer up to the ceiling while Silver regained some air for himself. For some reason, Amy's hammer just wasn't penetrating the barrier. But that's when she got an idea... after signaling to Silver that she needed air, Amy swapped her hammer for her wand. And after inhaling the air bubble Silver sent her, she waved her wand at the ceiling, and a fireball emerged from it, causing the ceiling to explode and reveal an air pocket!
"*gasp* Silver? Are you still down there?" She asked after gasping for air when she returned to the surface. Soon, Silver emerged and inhaled the air above him.
"Whoa. If it wasn't for those air bubbles, we'd be done for..." Said Silver.
"Yeah. Thanks for passing those to me, by the way." Silver scratched the back of his head, while Amy saw a light shining from a ledge above them. "That must be the exit, Silver. C'mon, Sonic's close!"

The next morning, Sally was quietly humming a song to herself while within a cell in Eggman's Mad Gear base, when all of a sudden, Sonic blasted through a wall of the cell, and Tails came flying through!
"Sonic! Tails!" She exclaimed before hugging both of them, and kissing Sonic.
"Sure am glad we found you. Are you OK, Sal?" Asked Sonic.
"I'm fine. I knew you'd come for me." Sally told Sonic.
"Hey, I'm a dude of my word."
"Sonic!" Shouted Tails, making Sonic turn around to see Eggman and a bull-shaped robot outside the cell.
"It looks like a pesky rat has stuck its nose where it doesn't belong!" Eggman said as Sonic stepped in front of Sally, staring at the robot. "Well, a hedgehog to be more precise..."
"Whoa! Glad I'm not wearin' any red!" Said Sonic, before he looked down. "Oh, right. My sneakers."
"Princess Sally is mine, until I can unlock the secret of the Flames of Disaster!" Eggman announced.
"I don't think so, Doc!" Sonic replied as he spread his arms apart in front of Sally. "You wanna keep Sal? You gotta go through me, first!"
"No Sonic, let me take care of Eggman." Said Tails. "You take Sally back through the way we came in, and get out of here!"
"Sounds like a plan. Let's do it!" Sonic pointed out while picking up Sally.
"Be careful, Tails." Sally warned before Sonic jumped through the hole he came in through, making Eggman mad...
"No! Egg Bull, after them!" He shouted. But before the robot could chase after Sonic and Sally, Tails threw a spanner at its head.
"Over here, Horns-for-Brains!" Tails teased, making Egg Bull mad and charge after him. Tails managed to fly out of harm's way before impact. "(Leave it to me, Sonic!)"
"Grr! No!" Eggman shouted. "Attention all Badniks! Sonic is within the base! Dispose of him and BRING ME BACK THAT PRINCESS! ALIVE!"

At that moment, Amy and Silver were struggling to find Sonic within the base of gears, steam exhausts and other sorts of machinery.
"Hah!" Silver shouted as he shoved one of a Badnik's detachable claws back at it using Psychokinesis. "Are you sure this Sonic is in here, Amy?"
"Positive. Hrryah!" Amy replied as she used her hammer to flatten a star-shaped robot to a wall. "My heart is never wrong!" Not long after saying that, Sonic ran passed Amy and Silver with Sally in hand. "Look, there he goes!" Silver was astounded at Sonic's speed, even though he failed to see Sonic's face.
"(Wow, he's fast!)" He thought as he and Amy chased after Sonic. "(But... is it the same guy I'm after?)" While those two hedgehogs were chasing after him, Sonic was spinning in the air while doing Homing Attacks with Sally in hand.
"I'm not makin' you dizzy by spinning around like that, am I?" He asked as he landed on the ground and saw Sally's head spinning.
"Ooh... a little..." She struggled to speak.
"All right, better split at super-sonic-speed!" Sonic told her before blasted through any and every Badnik in front of him.

Back deeper in the base, Tails was having fun, fighting Egg Bull.
"Whoa! That was pretty close!" He exclaimed as a stack of dynamite missed him, and created a hole in the base. "Keep trying!" This made Eggman angry...
"Enough with the dynamite, already!" He shouted. "Just ram the runt!" Complying with Eggman's orders, the Egg Bull charged towards Tails.
"Whoa!" Shouted Tails as he started flying out the way he came in, causing Egg Bull to damage Eggman's Mad Gear base even more!
"Aagh! He's not going to get away with this!" Eggman said while staring at the damage done to his base.

Later that morning, Sonic was running through the Splash Hills of Nostalgisland with Sally in his arms, when he decided to stop for a little bit, as he felt a pain of some sort. Sally noticed Sonic cringing and saw a half-visible red-and-black mark on his left arm.
"You're hurt!" She exclaimed as she pointed to Sonic's arm.
"Huh?" Sonic asked before looking at the mark on his arm, then shaking it. "Oh, that's nothin."
"Come on Sonic, you don't have to be all macho around me. Here." Sally told him as she knelt down to tie a ribbon-like bandage around his mark, making Sonic feel a ilittle/i uncomfortable... "I wish I could've helped you back then..." Sonic noticed Sally hanging her head.
"C'mon Sal, smile for me." Said Sonic, before a butterfly landed on his nose. Sally did smile a little as Sonic slowly turned to face her. Sally then placed her finger in front of Sonic's nose, making the butterfly fly away as the two stared at it. Sally was suddenly filled with joy. "Your smile... heh, that's all I need."

Sally giggled as she saw Sonic walking down the hill before she joined him. "Eggman said something about the Flames of Disaster." Sonic pointed out. "That mean anything to you?"
"Sort of. I remember Blaze telling me about it when we first met." Sally replied. "She told me about this cult in the Sol Zone that thought Iblis was a threat to their world, and should be destroyed. Blaze suspected that that's where the Eggmen got the idea for the Solaris Project..." This made Sonic stop in his tracks.
"Wait a sec..." Said Sonic as he turned to face Sally. "...does that mean Eggman's gonna try that again now? We should've dealt with him back at the base!"
"No, Sonic. There's nothing you can do to stop him right now. Though I wonder why Eggman's after me, and not Blaze..."
"We'll figure it out once we get to Station Square, Sal. C'mon."
"Okay." Sonic then picked up Sally and ran across the ocean as fast as he could. As Sonic raced across the sea, he and Sally held each other close, as they really enjoyed each other's company.

Around noon in Station Square, Amy starts complaining as she and Silver walk around town.
"I can't believe we haven't found Sonic yet!" She whined before twirling around, looking for Sonic. "Gee, I wonder where he went..." While Amy walked further into town, Silver gasped when he found who he was looking for...
Sensing danger as they walked, Sonic stopped Sally, before picking her up and jumping out of the range of an attack of some sort.
"I've been looking for you..." Silver said to Sonic as he floated down to confront the blue hedgehog. "You're the Iblis Trigger. Your actions will condemn us all!"
"And you are..." Asked Sonic as he stepped in front of Sally.
"My name is Silver." Silver replied before assuming a fighter stance. "For the future of Mobius, I will destroy you!"
"Bring it on!" Shouted Sonic before blasting at Silver, but Silver caught him using his Psychokinesis.
"It's no use!" Silver shouted as he held a confused Sonic in place. "Take THIS!" Silver then threw Sonic at the wall of a building! Not giving up so easily, Sonic raced up the building before jumping from rooftop-to-rooftop at a high-speed, hoping to confuse Silver. When Sonic tried a Homing Attack from behind, Silver grabbed him again using Psychokinesis!
"What?" Sonic yelled as he was held in place.
"There's no way you can stop me!" Silver told Sonic, before throwing him into another building!
"Sonic!" Cried Sally, before the blue hedgehog got to his feet. Suddenly, Sonic saw the Sword of Light hanging from his waist, giving him an idea...

"All right, Silver. Time to show you how the Knight of the Wind does it!" He said before blasting towards Silver, confusing him.
"Are you dense?" Asked Silver as he prepared to get another hold of Sonic using Psychokinesis. Sonic then threw the Sword of Light at Silver, making the silver hedgehog grab it with Psychokinesis... and allowing Sonic to hit Silver with a Homing Attack! Before Silver could recover from the hit, Sonic managed to zoom past Silver and take his sword back. "Ngh... clever... but that's not gonna work for you again!"
"Only one way to find out!" Said Sonic, as he jumped up out of Silver's range and threw his sword at him again. This time, Silver caught it and threw it back at Sonic. When Sonic caught it, he twirled around before throwing it back. Another sword exchange later, and Sonic was closing in on Silver's Psychokinectic range. So he tried throwing his sword one more time, which Silver caught, but before he could throw it back, Sonic landed one last Homing Attack on Silver, bringing the warrior from the future to his knees!

As Silver appeared exhausted, Sonic approached him, with Sally looking worried.
"Hey..." Was all that he said. Enough to make Silver use Psychokinesis to throw Sonic into another building! As Silver approached Sonic, the blue hedgehog was on all fours, trying to get his strength back.
"Hmph! Is this a joke?" Silver asked, as both he and Sonic unaware that the Egg Mobile was above Sally... "How could someone like you cause the destruction of Mobius?"
"*pant* What do you *pant* mean? *pant*" Asked Sonic in between panting.
"It doesn't matter." Silver replied. "For the sake of the future, the Iblis Trigger MUST be destroyed!" Before Silver could make his move, he and Sonic heard Sally screaming, as Eggman had captured her again.
"Sally?" Asked Sonic. "Wait!" Just as Sonic got up to chase after Eggman, Silver pushed him to the ground again with Psychokinesis!
"Don't you dare turn your back on me!" He yelled at Sonic. "It's time I finally put an end to this!"
"STOP!" Shouted a familiar voice. Suddenly, Amy ran in between Sonic and Silver.
"Get out of my way, Amy..." Silver warned. "THIS is my mission!"
"Absolutely NOT!" She replied, making Silver growl in anger as Sonic got to his feet.
"Thanks, Amy." He said. "I appreciate it." It was then that Sonic ran after Eggman.
"Leave it to me!" Amy replied as she continued to block Silver from Sonic.

END OF CHAPTER