Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
4th Saga: The Solaris Merger
After rescuing her from Eggman, Sonic and Sally had arrived at the Great Plains... smiling at each other. All of a sudden, a red Chaos Emerald started shining as it floated in front of them, causing them to shield their eyes... little did they know that Mephiles had emerged from the ground behind them. Seconds later, a beam of light emerged from his hand and flew straight through Sonic's chest!
"Sonic?" Sally asked in horror before Mephiles retracted the beam, allowing Sonic to fall to his knees and start shaking uncontrollably...
"Sally... ngh... run!" Sonic struggled to say as his quills started turning darker aswell as furry. Soon after that, his hands grew so large that his glove was ripped apart and his gauntlet shattered! As Sonic's shoes grew spikes on the straps and underneath, Mephiles started laughing maniacally. Just after he grew some pretty sharp fangs and his eyes completely turned red, Sonic raised his head as he howled painfully up at the sky. [*1] When Sonic howled, dark clouds starting to spiral above that part of the Great Plains...
Episode 103 - Chapter Fourteen: The Birth of Solaris
After Sonic had finished howling, he fell to his hands and knees as the Chaos Emerald and Time Stone Mephiles had with him formed an electrical-like link with each other, that soon fired a lightning bolt into the center of the spiral. Moments later, the seven Sol Emeralds emerged from the clouds, with Blaze close behind them!
"What? Where am I?" She asked after she landed. As Blaze looked up, she and Sally saw the Sol Emeralds circling the Chaos Emerald and Time Stone, that fired electricity at all seven Sol Emeralds. This resulted in the fires within the Emeralds to become to much for them to handle, and soon Iblis emerged from them in the form of a Mobian cat! "No!"
"Hahahaha! Finally, the seal has been broken!" Mephiles stated as Sonic remained on his knees, puffing. "At long last, I'll be able to join with you... Iblis!" Hearing this, Iblis looked down and saw her greatest fear...
"Ahh! M-Mephiles!" She shouted in horror. "No! S-stay away from me!"
"Now, my loyal pet..." Mephiles said to Sonic. "Restrain your Princess." Almost immediately, Sonic stretched his arms to grab Sally's.
"Sonic, what are you doing?" Asked Blaze. Sonic didn't respond, allowing Mephiles to freely approach him and Sally, who struggled to break free from Sonic's grip.
"Your Core, my dear..." Said Mephiles as he held his hand close to Sally's chest, allowing an orb of light to emerge from her chest, causing her eyes to become all white and leaving her lifeless.
"Sally!" Cried Blaze, as Mephiles traded the Core he already had within him for Sally's.
"Now, my precious jewels..." Mephiles said to his Chaos Emerald and Time Stone as he threw the other Core away. "...it's time for the final curtain call!" After Mephiles said that, the Chaos Emerald and Time Stone rose up higher into the air, and began to shine brightly, blinding Blaze in the process...
At that moment within the Ruins of Shamar, Shadow, Rouge and Omega were standing within a circle of black liquid.
"Is it just me... or did that seem a little easy?" Rouge asked as Shadow reattached his Inhibitor Rings to his wrists.
"Hmm... now that you mention it..." Said Shadow, before he was inturrupted by the sight of the purple Chaos Emerald and yellow Time Stone. He was just about to walk over to pick them up before they shined a quick-yet-bright on them. When he reached for them again, the Emerald and Stone shined even brighter for even longer!
Mere seconds later in Mercia, the sky was darker than usual as the Core that Mephiles released from his body flew into Scourge, allowing him to gasp for air as he sat up.
"*pant pant* Mephiles... oh, he is so gonna-huh?" He said before he looked up and saw a strange purple light with flames all around it as twelve other lights merged with it. Within that light was Mephiles, who managed to gather the seven Chaos Emeralds and the seven Time Stones around him, as Iblis was struggling to fly away...
"M-Mephiles, NOOOOO!" Iblis screamed as she unintentionally started spiraling around Mephiles' body, making them both explode in a pure white light that engulfed ALL of Mobius!
Later, TodStar, Tails and Amy found themselves in a realm that seemed pretty dark. Apart from the seven Sol Emeralds, it had no life, and what structures were floating around them were seriously damaged.
"What is this?" Asked Tails.
"Where are we?" Amy added as the three of them look around. "What's going on?"
"Wait... is this cause of that light?" Asked TodStar, before Silver got to his feet.
"The Chaos Blade has disappeared..." He said, getting Amy's attention.
"Silver?" She asked, making him turn to face her.
"What are you doing here?" Silver asked back as Blaze had gathered the Sol Emeralds together. "This is all so confusing..."
"It's all because of Solaris." Lara-Su pointed out, before Shadow and Scoruge nodded in agreement.
"It seems we were all caught by the spacial distortion..." Suspected Eggman as he stood in front of his Egg Mobile, making everyone look up to see a large monster in the shape of a sun with big arms, that was within an orb of light. "Iblis' seal has been broken... due to Mephiles' manipulation." This made everyone look down at Sonic, who was on his knees.
"Sonic?" Asked Amy before she approached the furry hedgehog.
"Wait." Blaze said as she grabbed Amy's arm and stopped her from getting closer.
"Why? Who are you, anyway?" Amy asked Blaze, making Sonic's ear twitch, before he turned to the group and roared at them, not only scaring most of them, but unintentionally showed them Sally's lifeless body.
"Sally!" Cried Tails as Amy gasped.
"What happened to her?" TodStar asked.
"Mephiles must've taken her Core..." Suspected Scourge, making Shadow slightly confused.
"Core?" He asked before Lara-Su stepped forward.
"It's the lifeforce of a Mobian or Overlander concentrated into an orb of light." She said, making Shadow gasp in realization.
"Then... how come you're still moving about?" Shadow asked Scourge, who shrugged in response.
"Mephiles must've ditched my Core for hers..." Scourge suspected, making Eggman angry.
"Of course he did, you green dope!" The Doctor shouted. "Only a Core of Acorn blood could make gods like Mephiles and Iblis merge together." This made Blaze gasp in realization, before everyone heard a roar from above their heads.
"Solaris!" Growled Silver.
"This creature will now consume all existing timelines." Eggman announced. "Eventually, time itself will collapse, and disappear into nothingness."
"The instability of time caused this time-space rift." Shadow pointed out before Lara-Su nodded.
"It won't remain for much longer..." Warned Eggman, making TodStar step forward.
"What in the Realm of Iblis are we waiting for?" He asked everyone. "Let's smack that thing before it's too late!"
"No, it is a trancendant lifeform that exists in the past, present and future." Eggman replied, denying TodStar. "Defeating it here and now, would do nothing..." Silver continued to look up with great determination in his eyes...
"No... I won't give up. There has to be a way..." He said, getting everyone's attention. "If you say it exists in the past, present and future... I'll destroy 'em all at once!"
"Certainly, it might've been possible... if he was willing to cooperate..." Shadow told Silver, directing his attention to Sonic, who kept roaring at Lara-Su. Suddenly, a light started shining in Amy's mind...
"Wait... could the Chaos Emeralds help Sonic?" She asked, making Shadow and Eggman think...
"Hmm... they may be able to restore his body and mind..." Suspected Shadow, while Eggman reveal a scanner that a flickering screen...
"All seven Emeralds are here." He replied. "But they're in the distant corners of this distorted world."
"To collect them all in time, we'll have to split up!" Tails pointed out.
"Sounds good." Blaze replied.
"I'll try to keep Sonic occupied as long as I can!" Said TodStar, before Scourge stepped next to the green echidna. "You're not gonna kill him, are ya?"
"Not today." Scourge replied, before turning to everyone else. "What're you standing around here for? Go get those Emeralds!" After Scourge said that, Tails, Blaze, Lara-Su, Silver, Eggman (in his Egg Mobile), Amy and Shadow ran off in seven different directions, leaving TodStar and Scourge to hold back a furry and out of control Sonic.
"HAH!" Sonic roared as TodStar and Scourge jumped towards him.
Soon, Tails arrived at what appeared to be Crisis City, but there were blue orbs of darkness inhaling everything in range, and red orbs spitting out other objects.
"Sonic..." He said as he used his two tails to fly into the city, avoiding attacks from the red orbs, aswell as the numerous creatures composed of either fire of darkness. "We have to find the Chaos Emeralds, soon..." Unknown to Tails, he had passed a group of Iblis Biters that were ufighting/u Mephiles Biters! Suddenly, Tails noticed that everything (including himself) was changing colour... "It must be the time-space rift... I have to hurry!" Before Tails could fly any further, he found a Time Stone, but its colour remained the same within the distortion. "Hmm... maybe these are the key to staying safe in this world..." A blue orb appeared before Tails and started to suck him into it, but the power of the Time Stone kicked in, causing the orb to disappear and the colour to return to normal. When Tails took flight again, he spotted another jewel on the edge of a ruins tower... "A Chaos Emerald!" Tails exclaimed before he flew over to pick it up. "Sonic, I'm coming! Chronos CONTROL!" After Tails shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before he disappeared with the two jewels.
While Tails was searching through what was left of Crisis City, Blaze had arrived at the lava land formerly known as Glyphic Canyon.
"I will find a Chaos Emerald for you, Sonic..." She said before hopping across the moving rocks. "I promise." Blaze then twirled her way up to the top of the wall as flames spiraled around her. What she saw once she reached the top astounded her: the lava creatures were protecting a Time Stone from the dark creatures, but they were losing fast... "I'd better take that Time Stone..." She thought out loud, before deciding to Burst Dash into the dark monsters on the ground, smashed one of the Mephiles Takers with a move similar to a Homing Attack, and throwing a fireball at the other dark bird. When Blaze landed, she saw the lava creatures move aside so she could collect the Time Stone. "You... are you all minions of Iblis?" One of the Iblis Biters nodded, as if it could understand Blaze. "So she is still fighting for us..." Before Blaze could run away, one of the Iblis Takers started flying a little too close to her while squawking something that Blaze seemed to understand... "You'll take me to the Chaos Emerald?" The bird nodded, before Blaze grabbed hold of its legs. Not long after the creature took flight, Blaze spotted a Chaos Emerald near a lava-fall, making her jump down in order to claim it. "Thank you." She said to the bird before it flew away. "Sonic... I'm coming, my friend. Chronos CONTROL!" After Blaze shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before she disappeared with the two jewels.
As Blaze started her search, Lara-Su had arrived within the Great Jungle, where the only life seemed to be the creatures of fire and darkness...
"An Emerald's close. I can sense it..." She said before she jumped up above the treetops and started gliding. Unaware of the lava mutiny within the jungle, Lara-Su spotted something shining on top of a tree... "A Chaos..? Oh, it's a Time Stone..." She said as she picked it up, only just realizing something... "Wait, there's no distortion around the Time Stone! Maybe it can protect me from the black holes..." Suddenly, four Mephiles Takers surrounded her before she could jump off of the tree. As they fired blue orbs at her, she jumped up and allowed an orb of Chaos Energy to appear around her right hand. "Yawn. Chaos BLAST!" Lara-Su then fired a beam of Chaos Energy down at the birds, destroying them and the tree in the process! It was at that moment that she spotted something else shining above her. "*gasp* A Chaos Emerald!" She exclaimed before hovering up to get her hands on it. "Hang in there, my King. I'm coming... what was it again? Right... Chronos CONTROL!" After Lara-Su shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before she disappeared with the two jewels.
While Lara-Su searched within the Great Jungle, Silver arrived outside the Ruins of Shamar, where he saw countless orbs, both red and blue.
"I'll never give up! Let's go!" He shouted before he started to float above the sands, when he saw something he never expected... "No way... Iblis' goons are fighting off the dark monsters... this must be the same Iblis I saved in the past..." Suddenly, an red orb appeared next to Silver, startling the young hedgehog before it slowly released a Time Stone. "Uhh... thanks." He said before the orb vanished in a puff of smoke. "OK. Let's move on." As Silver soared over the Ruins of Shamar, he saw something shining ahead of him... before a blue orb appeared before him! Silver was ready for it though, as he held the Time Stone out in front of him, causing the orb to vanish as he flew through it, allowing him to collect the Chaos Emerald. "All right. Sonic, here I come. Chronos CONTROL!" After Silver shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before he disappeared with the two jewels.
As Silver searched the Ruins of Shamar, Eggman started flying over what was left of the Emerald Coast, relying on his technology...
"Hmph. This world seems to be disrupting my sensors..." The Doctor stated, not noticing the battle along the beach. "I suppose I'll have to rely on my own eyes to find the Chaos Emerald..." Soon, the distortion was beginning to disrupt all of the Egg Mobile's systems... until Eggman saw something shining down below... "Ahh... that Time Stone seems immune to the distortion... I'll have to investigate more on that, should I survive this..." When Eggman returned to his Egg Mobile with the Time Stone, all of his systems were restored, including the sensors, which detected the Chaos Emerald within a cave. "I found a Chaos Emerald! I never thought I'd say this... but I'm coming to help you, Sonic! Chronos CONTROL!" After Eggman shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before he disappeared with the two jewels.
While Eggman had begun his search at the Emerald Coast, Amy had just arrived at what was left of Eggman's base in White Acropolis.
"Sonic... I'm going to save you..." She said as she ran into the base, avoiding contact with as many monsters as she could. When Amy got deeper into the base, she found a familiar relic... "*gasp* A Time Stone! With the colour being all weird, I'd better hold onto this thing..." Running into a Mephiles Biter, Amy flattened its head with her hammer, before using her magic wand to zap a Mephiles Golem ahead of her. Just past a large door was a Chaos Emerald. "*sigh* Sonic, I'm on my way! Chronos CONTROL!" After Amy shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before she disappeared with the two jewels.
As Amy searched through White Acropolis, Shadow had arrived at what was left of the highest castle in Mercia.
"The time-space rift is expanding. There's no more time... I need to hurry." He said before jumping down to the center of the chamber wher he first met Mephiles, using his Spin Dash to not only dive down faster, but to avoid any long confrontations with either kind of Biter... When Shadow landed on the ground, he spotted something shining near him... "A Time Stone... I'm sure this will come in handy." Spin Dashing through the door in front of him, Shadow started running as fast as he could through the watery chasm Sonic had raced through earlier. After avoiding the blue and red orbs, Shadow arrived at the ledge where Sonic saw the Egg Carrier 2 crash. It was also where the last Chaos Emerald was located. "OK, this it it. Sonic, here I come! Chronos CONTROL!" After Shadow shouted that, the Time Stone started shining before he disappeared with the two jewels.
While everyone else was searching for the Chaos Emeralds, Scourge attempted to Spin Dash into Sonic, but the furry hedgehog stretched out one of his arms to catch Scourge and throw him at TodStar, but the echidna quickly dodged.
"Chaos SPEAR!" TodStar shouted as he threw an arrow of Chaos Energy at Sonic, causing him great pain. "Sorry Sonic, but you're leavin' me with a choice, mate." Scourge tried to Boost at Sonic, but he just got thrown at TodStar again, this time colliding with the echidna. "Man... this is gonna be tougher than I thought..." Feeling angry, Scourge jumped off of TodStar and started spinning, allowing small green orbs of light to merge with him, until a light-green aura appeared around him.
"Grr... let's see if your reflexes are fast enough to dodge this!" He shouted before attacking Sonic with his Light Speed Attack, causing Sonic some serious pain.
"Scourge, knock it off!" TodStar told the green hedgehog, but Scourge refused to stop, making TodStar mad. "(It's a longshot, but here goes...) Chaos SPEAR!" TodStar managed to hit Scourge with the Chaos Spear, confusing the green hedgehog.
"Dude, what was that for?"
"Mate, I told you. We don't want to kill Sonic... we only need to distract him until everyone gets back with the Emeralds."
"Yeah well, I can't wait that long, so-" Scourge was inturrupted when Sonic used his stretchable arms to grab both Scourge AND TodStar! "Hey! You with the dreads! Can't you use Chaos Control, or something?"
"Not right now, no. I've been feelin' weak since this battle began..."
"Well that's just perfect. No one's back here yet, you're outta power, and Sonic the Furhog's gonna eat us whole!"
END OF CHAPTER