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

Episode 105 - Chapter Sixteen: Time for a Break

Within the city of Robotropolis one night, Orbot and Cubot were floating in front of a portable wall that Dr. Eggman was behind.
"...and then the Egg Carrier was like BOOM, POW, KABOOM!" Shouted Cubot as he gestured explosions with his hands, while Eggman was removing clothes from behind the wall.
"Yes... and I still can't figure out how the engines malfunctioned..." He added.
"That reminds me, boss. If Sonic destroyed the Egg Emperor robot, how did you escape?" Orbot asked making the Doctor groan.
"I told you... that time-space distortion somehow saved me from the explosion, and sent me into that strange world along with those disgusting Mobians..." Eggman replied as he wrapped a yellow cape around him that had sequins on it. "Anyway... what's the status of Project Eggmanland?"
"Phase 1 is 90% complete, boss." Orbot replied. "It should be ready for launch within a few days, and the Koopa City has been built within the center of the Great Desert, as you requested." Eggman smirked when he saw live footage of the city: a high-tech city with twisted roads within it, and what seemed to be endless rain.
"Excellent! Bowser and his minions have certainly done their part, as that city shall be the perfect place to launch Phase 1..." Eggman pointed out. "How is Phase 2 going?"
"Yo! Phase 2 is at 75%." Answered Cubot, with a different accent. "Only problem is how we're gonna get so many dang Chaos Drives to fuel it..." Hearing this, Eggman snickered.
"That part will be easy, once Phase 1 raises enough money." He replied, before stepping out from the wall. "Especially when Mobius sees my new look..."
"Oh, sweet merciful Chaos..." Said Orbot as he shielded his eyes, while Cubot just laughed and laughed at Eggman's new look: A red mask with gold markings and a gold noseplate, a yellow cape with sequins all over it, two gold braces on his arms, green fingerless gloves over his normal white ones, a red-and-green leotard with a yellow star that had a pink circle around it. He also had a blue band around his stomach, and black shoes that seemed to share the same symbol as on his stomach.
"All right, amigos..." Said Eggman in a different accent. "...say hola to El Gran Gordo!"

Around the same time within the Sol Zone, Blaze had returned to her castle in her standard form with the Sol Emeralds in hand. Little did she know that some of her friends seemed to have acheived some abilities of their own: the male raccoon could manipulate wind, the young green parrot could shoot electricity from his hands, and the female polar bear could make ice appear anywhere around her body!
"*sigh* I suppose I have to start wearing the Fire Jewel again, don't I?" She asked, before a firey-yet-half-visible version of herself appeared in front of her.
"I'm not so sure, Blaze..." She told Blaze. "I actually feel like I have more control over my flames now." This surprised Blaze.
"Since when?"
"Since Mephiles extracted me from the Sol Emeralds. So now I can only take control of your body when it's absolutely neccessary."
"I sure hope you're right, Iblis..." Suddenly, a strange jewel caught Blaze's eye... when she picked it up, she realized that it was a red, hexagon-shaped jewel, that had a note attached.
"A Time Stone!" Exclaimed Iblis as Blaze pulled the note off. "What would that be doing here?" Blaze wasn't really paying attention to Iblis, as she was reading the note:
Dear Blaze,
Like the Chaos Emerald you gave me to think of you, I want you to think of me as you keep this Time Stone safe. I have sent it to your world to keep people like the Doctor from getting their hands on all seven of them.
See you soon,
Shadow
After reading the note, Blaze was filled with a feeling she couldn't describe as she stared at the Time Stone in her hand.
"Shadow..." Was all she said before looking up at the night sky, as a loving smile appeared on her face. "I'll see you again..."

200 years into the future, Silver returned to the Forest Falls on Onyx Island, where Fountain was happily swimming in the lake, Sky was just lying on the bankside near Fountain, and Kia was lying on a tree stump, fiddling with a laptop.
"Hmph, I see you guys have made yourselves at home..." Silver told the cat and hedgehogs.
"I'd like to think so." Sky replied. "We've been living here for five years, now..." This confused Silver...
"Five years? But..." He was about to ask something, but he remembered something else... "Right. Time travel. Where's Zappy?"
"Sky Park. Where else?" Kia asked back as she was playing a simulation game on her laptop.
"I'm king of the world! WOO!" They all heard, as Zappy was walking on top of a ferris wheel within Sky Park.
"Zappy..." Said Silver as he placed his hand over his face, before thinking of something else... "Hey, where's Shadow?"
"He's on the edge of Crisis City, but I don't know why." Sky replied. "He just stands there, like he's waiting for something..."

When Silver found the older Shadow, the black hedgehog still had the brown cloak and the scar over his right eye, but he also had the Chaos Blade in a scabbard around his waist. Crisis City basically looked the same as when fire and lava overrun the city, except there were Mobians playing in the water that had replaced the lava, lights were on within the severely damaged skyscrapers, and there were very vew clouds in the sky, allowing Silver to see the stars above him.
"I was wondering when you would return, Silver..." He told the young hedgehog without turning around to face him.
"Master, haven't I asked you to stop doing that?" Silver asked him.
"Forgive me, my apprentice... but I sense dark times up ahead..." Shadow replied.
"Dark times?"
"Yes... and I sense that Dr. Nega shall play host of what's to come..."
"(So Eggman Nega is still here...)" Little did Silver or Shadow know that Eggman Nega was watching the two of them from a safe distance.
"Hee hee hee... you have no idea of what I have in store for you, Shadow." He said to himself as he held a Chaos Emerald in his hand. However, inside the Emerald appeared to be a female Black Arm believed to have been long dead... "No idea at all. Hee hee hee..."

Back in the present day, Shadow was peacefully walking amongst the Overlanders of Station Square one night, with the purple Chaos Emerald in hand.
"Man, you've still got that Chaos Emerald?" Asked a familiar voice from behind. When Shadow turned around, Rouge was standing behind him. "I think it's time I held onto that baby..." Rouge attempted to reach for the Chaos Emerald, but Shadow pulled it out of her reach.
"Forget it, Rouge." He replied. "This Emerald is mine to watch over."
"Why, is your girlfriend in there?" Rouge teased.
"Of course not."
"Then what's the big deal, Shadow?" Shadow suddenly sighed.
"You wouldn't understand..." He told her before she started flying above him.
"Whatever." She replied. "I'll meet you back at HQ. (Maybe if that jewel were mine, I'd understand...)" After Shadow nodded, Rouge flew away from the crowd, leaving Shadow to stare at the Chaos Emerald, and seeing the face of a certain Mobian cat within it, making him smile.
"Blaze..." He muttered before looking up at the stars in the night sky, as Overlanders continued to walk along the sidewalk. "See you soon..."

Around the same time of day, Lara-Su had returned to her own timeline, where a green echidna was waiting for her in a city that floated above the Great Forest.
"Well? How'd you go?" He asked her with a different accent than her own. This green echidna looked like the same one she had met in the past, only he was taller, darker, and had a black patch over his left eye.
"I-I'm not sure, Unc-err, Master..." Lara-Su replied. "Who's the current ruler of Mobius?" This made her Master chuckle.
"Why, Sonic and Sally, of course!" He told her. "How on Mobius could you not know? You've been their Guardian for two years!"
"No, I just... oh, never mind. Don't I have more training to do, Master?"
"Nah, not today... I'm givin' you the day off to spend some time with someone who begged me to hook you two up..." The green echidna replied as he and Lara-Su walked away from the edge of the city, making Lara-Su a little nervous...
"Oh no... Master, you didn't... for the love of Chaos, tell me you didn't..." The older echidna chuckled after hearing Lara-Su beg as they walked.

Back in the present day, the sun was about to rise up over the Great Forest. While the rest of the Freedom Fighters were still sleeping within their home-away-from-home, Sonic and Sally got to the top of the mountainside in time for this moment...
"Man, I love waking up at this time of the day..." Sonic pointed out as he stretched his arm out to hold it around Sally's shoulder.
"Yeah, me too..." Sally added as she seamlessly took Sonic's arm off of her shoulder, and held his hand. "The sunrise even seems like it looks better through your eyes..."
"Heh. Funny, I was gonna say the same to you." Sally then captured Sonic's lips in a loving kiss, before they broke away to look at the sunrise. A thought suddenly occured within Sonic's mind... "You think we'll still be together in 30 years?"
"Not sure." Sally replied, as she leaned on Sonic. "I'd prefer to think about right now."
"Me too... but sometimes a guy can't help but wonder..." As Sonic and Sally embraced each other, they stared at the sunrise while two Mobian birds on Extreme Gear flew past...

END OF FOURTH SAGA

Special Thanks to andyvader, fire-ice-n-lightning and mastergamer19 (all found on deviantART) for letting me use Zappy, Kia, Sky, Fountain, the raccoon, the parrot and the polar bear

Stay tuned for Chaos on Mobius' 5th Saga: The Flashforward Saga