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

Episode 97

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius...
Rouge returned to the present, but without Shadow, so she enlisted the help of her friend/teammate Omega to find Shadow and give him his Chaos Emerald back. It took around 200 years, but Omega found Shadow fighting Mephiles within the depths of a volcano! While Omega did help Shadow, Mephiles escaped! When Sonic, Tails and TodStar returned to the present, they found Eggman's latest victim of Roboticization: Sally!
Can Shadow and Omega track down Mephiles and bring him down? Can Sonic get through to Sally, or has her Roboticization overpowered her will? And does Silver still plan to eliminate the Iblis Trigger? Find out in the next chapter of The Solaris Merger!

Chapter Eight: Egg-Locomotion

While Sonic and his friends were dealing with a Roboticized Sally, Rouge found Shadow and Omega on the edge of the Emerald Coast.
"Hiya, fellas." She said, getting their attention before pointing at Egg Flappers above them. "Looks to me like Eggman's robots are looking for you, Shadow. What'd you do this time?"
"Nothing." Shadow replied. "Their target is most likely Mephiles."
"WHAT IS EGGMAN UP TO? WHO IS MEPHILES?" Asked Omega, as Shadow spotted Eggman flying towards Station Square's train station.
"Hmph. I'm gonna ask him directly." He said before walking towards Station Square.
"Hey, wait a sec!" Shouted Rouge.
"I can handle this alone." Shadow replied. "You two keep track of Mephiles."
"*sigh* Fine. But I don't like being left in the dark..." Said Rouge as Shadow continued towards Station Square.

At that moment, Sonic managed to jump out of Sally's path and landed on the ground.
"Sally, stop!" He shouted, getting the robotic squirrel's attention. "You don't wanna do this!"
"What I want is irrelevant." She coldly replied. "My orders are clear. To eliminate Sonic the Hedgehog, regardless of conditions..." This made Sonic's eyes widen.
"So Eggman doesn't even care if you're destroyed..." Said Sonic as Sally charged at him.
"Sonic!" Tails screamed in horror. While Sally had connected with Sonic, the hedgehog wasn't hurt... he was Spin Dashing in place to block Sally's attack!
"Ugh... huh?" TodStar groaned as he got to his feet before seeing who Sally was attacking. "Sonic!"
"(I can't keep this up much longer...)" Sonic thought as he continued to spin in order to block Sally. It was then that Shadow Spin Dashed into Sally, allowing Sonic to stop. Before Shadow could ram Sally into a building however, TodStar used Chaos Control to warp her up into the sky.
"My apprentice... why do you deny me my victory?" Shadow asked the green echidna.
"Cause this isn't just any ol' clanker, Master!" TodStar told him. "It's- AUGH!" He was inturrupted when Sally elbowed him in the face, but before he could fall to the ground, Tails flew up and caught him.

Finding her target, Sally charges at Sonic once again, only for Shadow to kick her away.
"Shadow, have you lost your mind?" Shouted Sonic. "That's Sally you're fighting!"
"I know." Shadow replied. "But I'm only fending her off until we can find a way to change her back." This made Sonic think...
"Let's see... well, the only reason I went back to normal was cause Shahra used her magic. But I haven't seen her for awhile..." After Sonic pointed this out, both Shadow and Tails were knocked out by Sally. "Tails! Shadow! TodStar!"
"And at last, we are alone to fight..." Sally told Sonic as she landed in front of him. As Sally approached, Sonic walked back.
"C'mon Sal, don't make me do this..." Sonic begged her.
"My orders are clear..." She repeated as she continued walking closer to Sonic. "To eliminate Sonic the Hedgehog, regardless of conditions..." Hearing this, Sonic felt a sense of sorrow once again, before clenching his fists.
"Then I guess I have no choice..." Sonic pointed out, before Spin Dashing through Sally, sending her airborne.

After attacking Sally, Sonic felt an unbelievable amount of emotional pain as he ran up a building, only to see Sally fly after him. Sally then fired energy orbs from her hands at Sonic, but he avoided them, thanks to his Quick Step. After Sonic jumped, Sally melded her hands together to fire a larger orb at Sonic, but he blocked it with his Sword of Light by spinning in between him and the attack. Sally then flew towards Sonic and punched him in the head! When Sally dove down towards him, Sonic threw the Sword of Light down to the ground before blocking her attack by Spin Dashing again!
When they hit the ground, Sally failed to notice that little balls of light were gathering around Sonic. When a light-blue aura suddenly appeared around him, Sonic kicked Sally off of him and started to pant.
"I'm warning you, Sally!" He shouted. "This will hurt!" Not feeling fazed in the slightest, Sally charged at Sonic again, only for him to evade it.
"It shall hurt you more that it will harm me." She said back as she turned back to charge at the blue hedgehog again.
"So it's come to this..." Sonic softly said, as a tear fell down his cheek. "I'm sorry, Sally..." Roaring as he curled into a ball, Sonic began his attack: striking Sally from different places at an incredible speed. Watching from above was a certain Overlander in his Egg Mobile.
"Hmph. I didn't think the rodent had it in him to harm her..." He thought out loud before shrugging. "Oh, well. Either way, it'll be one less Freedom Fighter to worry about! *snicker*"

When Sonic stopped his Light Speed Attack, he fell to his hands & knees in exhaustion, aswell as both physical and emotional pain.
"Sally..." He said in between breaths as more tears fell onto the ground. "I'm so sorry..." Just then, Sonic felt compelled to turn around. But when he did, he expected to see his girlfriend reduced to a scrap heap... what he saw was the complete opposite: she was still Roboticized, fully operational AND approaching the exhausted hedgehog! "*sniff* What?" Sally then punched Sonic into the corner of a building.
"I am impervious to pain." She told Sonic, as he looked terrified whilst staring up at her. "Be it physical or emotional, pain is meaningless to robots." As Sonic shielded his eyes, a certain female red echidna appeared as if from nowhere with a Ring in her hand.
"Then how do you explain Nicole?" She asked as she threw the Ring around Sally's neck. That Ring started shining brightly as Sally's body started to revert back to its original state. Once the Ring disappeared, Sally's body was completely restored, and she fell into Sonic weak arms. "And that's my que to exit..."
"Wait!" Shouted Sonic, stopping the echidna girl. "Who are you?"
"Someone you'll meet in about 15 years..." She replied. "Chaos CONTROL!"

After the echidna girl vanished, Sally had awakened. And as she looked into Sonic's eyes, she couldn't help but cry.
"Sonic..." She tried to say. "I... I'm so sorry! *sob*" Sonic then let Sally cry into his chest.
"It's okay, Sal. I know what you're goin' through." He told Sally, making her look up at him. "The important thing is that you're back now." Suddenly, a large metallic claw pick up Sally and retracted her back to Eggman's Egg Mobile!
"Sonic!" She cried as Sonic got to his feet, while Eggman laughed at his capture.
"I'm not finished with you just yet, Princess..." He told the Mobian squirrel as the Egg Mobile floated towards the train station while Shadow had awakened.
"Eggman! You get your butt back here, RIGHT NOW!" Yelled Sonic angrily as he attempted to chase the Doctor, but Shadow stopped him.
"No, Sonic. Let me deal with the Doctor." Shadow told him. Growling in anger, Sonic eventually nodded, allowing Shadow to run after Eggman into the train station. It was at this point that both Tails and TodStar had woken up, aswell.
"I don't care what Shadow says..." Sonic pointed out as he slowly walked towards the station. "I'm goin' after him..."
"Wait, Sonic!" Shouted Tails, stopping the blue hedgehog as TodStar stood in his path. "You're way too weak right now to deal with Eggman AND rescue Sally!"
"Ngh. I'll manage. Now get outta my way!" Sonic said as he shoved TodStar out of his path, so he could go after Dr. Eggman.
"I gotta bad feelin' about this, Tails..." TodStar told the two-tailed fox.
"Me too." Tails replied, unaware that a certain black-and-blue hedgehog they saw in the future had appeared behind them.

At that moment, Silver, Flare and Zappy found Mephiles staring at the ground.
"Mephiles..." Said Silver, trying to get the Shadow look-alike's attention, while Tails & TodStar flew away without even seeing them. "Tell me... who is the Iblis Trigger? Why does he want to destroy Mobius?"
"Why does that matter to you?" Mephiles asked back, pointing at Silver without even looking at him. "Unless you complete your task, your future shall remain the same... forever." Mephiles then turned his head to face Silver. "He's currently on his way to the trainyard. It's now or never if you want this..." After saying that, Mephiles just left Silver with Flare and Zappy.
"Okay Flare, Zappy..." Said Silver, confusing Zappy. "You two get to Knothole while I go after Sonic."
"Who's Flare?" Zappy asked, confusing Silver. "You been sniffing Iblis' fumes again?"
"What? Zappy, she's right next to you!" Zappy look to his left, then his right, and found nothing.
"I don't see no Flare... she cute?" Flare suddenly felt a little uncomfortable next to Zappy, as he had started feeling around for her.
"*sigh* I'll figure this out later." Said Silver, before running towards the station. "I've got to deal with the Iblis Trigger!"

Eventually, Shadow arrived at the trainyard, where he found Dr. Eggman about to land in a train unlike the others in the area.
"You're not getting away from me this time, Doctor!" Shadow shouted as he raced towards Eggman, unaware that Sonic had caught up with him.
"Shadow, shouldn't you save that train before chasing after me?" Asked Eggman while pointing at a red passenger train that was on the move. Both Shadow and Sonic gasped when they saw Sally tied-up inside!
"Sally!" Exclaimed Sonic as he was about to run after the train, but Shadow stopped him by grabbing his shoulder.
"Sonic, what are you doing-"
"Girlfriends before family, Shadow." While saying that, Sonic shoved Shadow's hand off his shoulder before running to save Sally.
"Fine. I guess it's just you and me after all, Doctor." Shadow then started to chase after Eggman's train, that had just started moving.
"You're just wasting your time. You're never going to catch me!"

While Shadow chased after Eggman's train and Sonic tried to stop Sally's train, Silver had arrived above the trainyard to find Sonic.
"I'm not letting the Iblis Trigger get away this time!" He said as he jumped down onto Sally's train. As Sonic jumped onto the top of Sally's train, he found Silver waiting for him...
"Oh man, not you again." He complained. Silver then used Psychokinesis to pick up a wooden crate.
"You don't have any girlfriends to help you this time, Iblis Trigger!" He said before throwing the crate. Sonic managed to slice through the crate with the Sword of Light.
"First of all: Amy's not my girlfriend. The Princess tied-up in this train is!" Sonic told Silver while pointing his sword at him. "And second: I just don't have time for you right now!" While Silver was thinking about Sally, he didn't see Sonic's Spin Dash coming, and it knocked him off the train! Silver would've fallen into the water too, if it weren't for his Psychokinesis being able to carry himself in the air. While Sonic had unintentionally fallen off of the train, he chased after it.
"Not this time, Iblis Trigger!" Said Silver before he flew after Sonic.

Meanwhile, Shadow had managed to board Eggman's train, that was holding its cargo with electric cables. That was when Shadow revealed a small gun.
"Hmph. Glad I decided to bring this..." He said to himself before shooting at the cable generators, causing them to shut down and Eggman's train to pick up speed. Before it could get too far out of his reach, Shadow leapt onto Eggman's train.
"What? Why is my train accelerating?" Asked Eggman, before noticing the back cars were missing. He also spotted the Ultimate Lifeform hanging onto his train. "*chuckle* Not so fast, Shadow!" Eggman then pressed a button that sent an electrical current through the outside of the train, surging through Shadow in the process and making him drop his gun!
"Grr... Sonic... I hope you're having an easier time than I am..." Shadow thought out loud.

At that moment, Sally's train has also started to pick up speed.
"Sally's train is... uh-oh! Gotta speed up!" Exclaimed Sonic as he too started to go faster.
"Oh, no! You're not getting away from me!" Silver yelled as he started to fly after Sonic a little faster. Little did he know that Sonic had just started to Boost, making him run even faster, and allowing him to catch up with the train.
"Sonic!" Shouted Sally as she saw Sonic running in a rear-view mirror.
"I'm almost there!" Sonic yelled back as he continued to chase the train. "Hang in, Sal!" Sonic then grabbed the railing of the last car, allowing him to jump onboard and Spin Dash to the front car where Sally was tied-up.
"Thanks, Sonic!" Said Sally after he ripped through the rope by performing a Spin Dash.
"Don't thank me yet." Sonic pointed out as he picked Sally up. "We gotta get off this train before it crashes!" While Sonic leapt from the train with Sally in hand, Silver saw where the train was headed: The Great Forest!
"That entire forest will be wiped out if I don't do something!" He said as he flew after the train.
"Sonic, the train's headed right for the Great Forest!" Said Sally. "Can't you go after it?"
"*pant* Not really. *pant*" Sonic replied. "I mean, *pant* I used up what's left of my energy *pant* to save you." That was when they both saw Silver fly after the train, making them look at him with confusion.

After landing on the fast-moving train, Silver tried to grab hold of the entire train using Psychokinesis, but he failed.
"Hmm... maybe if I do this..." He thought out loud as he ran onto the rear end of the front car. Silver then formed a blade made out of psychic energy, and threw it down to the connectors of the train, braking it and causing the cars behind to slow down. "Okay... now I only have to worry about this car..." Closing his eyes and placing his hand on the roof of the car, Silver managed to grab hold of the brake lever using Psychokinesis and pulled it, activating the brakes! Letting his teeth show, Silver was starting to struggle with holding the brake in place. "C'mon. Just... a little more..." Fortunately, the train managed to stop just before it impacted the buffer in front of it. Realizing this, Silver collasped on the roof in exhaustion. "I sure am glad I brought a couple of these..." Silver suddenly revealed a Ring that seemed to restore his powers as it glowed and vanished.
"*sigh* That's better." Silver pointed out as he got to his feet. "Now... to find the Iblis Trigger." Silver then jumped off of the train and followed the tracks back to the trainyard, hoping to find Sonic...

Meanwhile, Shadow was still being electrocuted from the surges Eggman was releasing on top of his train.
"Grr... Chaos... SPEAR!" Shadow shouted as shoved a Chaos Spear into the top of the train and started to cut a hole through it using the same arrow of Chaos Energy. Eggman tried another electrical surge, but it didn't faze Shadow this time, as he was determined to finish what he had started. Once most of a hole was cut with the Chaos Spear, Shadow stomped on it, allowing him to fall into the train, where Eggman was waiting for him.
"Wouldn't the door have been easier?" He asked the exhausted hedgehog as he turned his chair around to face him. "So, what do you want, now?"
"*pant* Who is Mephiles, and why are you trying to capture him?" Shadow asked back while some of his strength started to return. This made Eggman get out of his chair.
"If you want to know, you should go find him yourself." Eggman replied as he started to pace around the chair. "But here's a hint: it's all linked to the disaster that struck Mercia seven years ago..."
"The Solaris Project." Shadow said in realization, while Eggman stroked his moustache.
"Indeed." The Doctor replied. "When you capture Mephiles, you must bring him to me. Then I'll tell you the truth about Solaris." Shadow then decided to leave as the train had stopped.
"And what makes you think I'm loyal to you, Doctor?" Shadow eventually asked before jumping out the way he came in.
"You helped me before the Black Arms invaded, Shadow..." Eggman said to himself. "You just don't know it yet..."

After Shadow jumped out from Eggman's train, he saw an unknown hedgehog chasing after Sonic and Sally.
"Sonic..." Was all Shadow said. "Chaos CONTROL!" After Shadow left, Eggman emerged from the train in his Egg Mobile.
"Nope. Not this time either, Sonic... *chuckle*" He said before flying towards the hedgehogs. Sonic was peacefully running through the trainyard with Sally in hand.
"I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Thanks, Sonic." Said Sally before she kissed Sonic on the cheek.
"Uhh... no problem, Sal." Sonic nervously replied, before seeing a light-green energy orb heading their way. Sonic managed to dodge it, but not before he saw who threw it. "You again."
"This time, there will be no more inturruptions!" Silver announced as Sonic placed Sally on the ground. "The Iblis Trigger... must DIE!"
"Sonic..." Muttered Sally as she saw Sonic looking exhausted as he faced Silver yet again. Silver formed a blade made from psychic energy and threw it at Sonic. But after Sonic had successfully dodged by rolling under the blade, Silver started to choke him using Psychokinesis! "Hey! Leave my-" Sally was inturrupted when she heard cackling from a familiar-looking pod. All of a sudden, the claw from the Egg Mobile had grabbed her again. "Sonic!"
"Ngh... Sally!" Sonic tried to yell, but he was slowly choking. So Silver sped up the process.
"Hmph. It's time to end this!" Said Silver. But before he could do anything more to Sonic, Shadow jumped in between both hedgehogs, allowing Sonic to breathe. "What?" Silver was confused and horrified. "M-master? Why are you interfering with me?"
"That's none of your business, boy." Shadow replied whilst standing up and folding his arms, which made Silver think...
"(This can't be my Master...)" He thought. "(He'd never speak to me like this...)" Shadow then turned to Sonic.
"Sonic, go after the Princess." He told the blue hedgehog. "I'll deal with this one."
"Thanks, Shadow. Now you're makin' my job easier..." Sonic replied before running off in the direction the Eggman went. Leaving Shadow to fight Silver...

END OF CHAPTER