Chapter 9
The Conclusive Battle Inside the Silk Cage of Death!
Sonic got in front of Elise as Type M approached them. "You'll have to get past me first!" Sonic said.
As the monster stepped nearer, Sonic jumped onto its head suddenly and grabbed hold of its feelers and started pulling them back, causing the monster to cry in pain and reel up its head. "You guys get the princess fast!" Sonic shouted to the Smashers.
"Okay!" Fox said. He quickly ran over to Elise and grabbed her hand and pulled her away to safety. "C'mon! Let's get out of here!"
Type M continued to shake its head to get Sonic off as the others headed for the door. The monster turned its feelers in the direction of the door and began glowing. This released heat onto Sonic's hands and he cried and fell off. A pair of beams shot out from the feelers and hit the ceiling above the door, causing debris to fall down and cover the way out. "Oh no!" Tails cried.
"I can get them away!" DK said.
But the monster would not let them get away; it opened its mouth and shot out white dust in their direction. Sonic quickly shouted to them, "Watch out!"
The Smashers saw this and got out of the way in time and the dust struck the debris that were blocking the entrance, and slowly, silk covered by the debris and made them sticky and impossible to penetrate through. "Now how do we get out of here?!" Falco cried.
Fox looked up to the ceiling and saw the hole created by Type M when it crashed down into the airship. "We'll escape through there!" he suggested. "But we'll need to make sure he doesn't halt us again!"
"I'll handle this!" Diddy said. He got out an orange bomb from underneath his hat and tossed it at the monster. The bomb exploded the moment it touched its face and the monster pulled back and was injured in the face quite a bit and screamed.
DK wasted no chance and winded up his arm and gave a quick but painful punch into the monster's face and smashed it into the ship controls.
SMAAAAAAASH!!
"Now!" Sonic said. He quickly leaped out of the hole on the ceiling first and Tails followed him while carrying Elise. The Smashers then followed them by jumping through the hole too.
The Smashers obviously got onto the surface of the airship and they scurried onto the center of it. The whole airship was shaken violently and one could see that it was dropping altitude. Fox dialed into his phone fast and said, "Wolf! Is that you? Come out to the surface! We're all over here, and get here fast!"
No sooner after he said this, three Wolfens flew out from the hatch of the airship and hovered in front of them. "I see that you took a shortcut, eh?" Wolf said.
"C'mon! Let's get out of here before it's too late!" Fox said.
"You guys go on," Sonic said to them. "We'll be leaving on our own."
"Where are you guys going?" Diddy asked them.
"We'll be taking the Blue Tornado which is still in the airship," Tails replied. "Don't worry; Sonic made a hole when he came in, so we can just get back inside from there."
"Okay, I wish you guys luck," Fox said.
"Not so fast!" shouted a voice that was too familiar to everyone. The Egg Carrier appeared in front of them and Eggman, Scratch, and Grounder could be seen in its cockpit. Scratch and Grounder are actually sitting on side carriers actually.
"How dare you guys mess up my airship?!" Eggman said angrily. "You will pay for it!"
"Well, too bad for you!" Sonic said. "Right now you should just return us the Chaos Emeralds so that we can get out of here with our mission fulfilled!"
"Yeah! Give it back at once!" Tails shouted.
Eggman smiled and then held up a container containing all six emeralds. "Looking for your emeralds here, eh?" he said.
"Yeah! That's it! Give it back!" Sonic shouted.
"Like we're going to give it to you after we went through all the trouble to get it!" Scratch said.
"Yeah! With this, Dr. Robotnik can become the ruler of the world!" Grounder said.
"And I am taking the princess with me too!" Eggman added. "Only with her power can I achieve my plans!"
"You're not taking her away again!" Fox said.
Suddenly, Type M flew out of the hole that was near the front of the airship's surface and screeched loudly, grabbing everyone's attention. "Oh no! He's still here!" Diddy cried.
"What is that?!" Scratch gasped.
"Tsk! I thought you guys dealt with that thing already!" Eggman said. He flew over to the monster and shouted to it, "Hey you! I don't know what problem you have with me, but I'll show you for messing with the great Eggman!" And the Egg Carrier began firing at the monster.
Type M took some shots to its face and was annoyed, so it swung its tail without a warning and swatted the carrier really hard, so hard that it shot back into the air really fast.
"AAAAAAAAYEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
As a result, Eggman dropped the container that contains the Chaos Emeralds. Tails flew over to it fast and caught the container before it fell down. "I got it!"
The pod spun several times in air before coming to a stop at a large distance from the airship. "Oooo… The sky is spinning…" Grounder said with dizzy eyes.
Eggman shook his head and said, "Argh! Now I've lost the emeralds too! That does it! I'm out of here! Don't think that you've seen the last of me!" And he turned around and took off into the distance with his henchmen.
Tails flew over to Sonic and showed him the emeralds. "We got it back, Sonic!"
"Yeah! Didn't expect to be helped by that creep," Sonic stated.
"Looks like this thing won't give up on chasing us," Falco said. "If that's the case, we'll have to take it down."
"But let's get out of here first," Fox suggested. "This airship probably won't hold up long!"
"Relax, it's not like it's going to explode all of a sudden," Wolf said. "It will only fall and crash."
Type M flew up into the air and screeched again, and then it began flapping its wings really fast and dust began to scatter from it. It then flew around the airship in circles at a very fast speed, scattering a trail of white dust on the go. The dust solidified in midair and began a wall of tough silk, and the monster kept it up in e very direction until the airship was encased large dome made of silk! The airship landed onto the silk floor afterwards.
"What the?! He formed a cage around us?!" Falco gasped.
"Big deal!" Leon said, and he fired his Wolfen's beam at the wall. To his surprise, the beam failed to penetrate the wall and did not even leave behind a burnt mark! "What?!"
"Hmmm… Strange…" Wolf said, looking at a meter on the controls. "The altitude level isn't dropping at all. It's as if we are levitating in air."
"Levitating in air?!" Tails said in shock. "How is that possible?!"
"Well, that's what I think. This giant ball of whiteness is hovering in air as if it defies gravity."
The scene then shows the view from the outside, where you see a large oval-shaped white ball made of silk hovering still in midair.
"But that's not possible!" Tails shouted.
"Look, we are looking at something that shouldn't exist right now," Falco said to him. "And if something like that can exist, something like this can happen too!"
"Looks like we can't get out of here now…" Fox said.
"If that's the case, there is only one thing to do first," Wolf said. "And that is to destroy the target before us!"
"I agree," Sonic said, getting into fighting stance.
"Princess, you stay back," Fox said to Elise. "Don't worry; we will keep you safe for sure!"
"Let's get this thing down!" Wolf said, and under his command, the Wolfens flew at Type M and fired at it.
The monster took a few shots to its face before flying up and moving back a few feet. It aimed its feelers at the Wolfens and fired beams out of them, but the trio was able to avoid it with ease by spreading out.
"Haha! Let's see if you can still see me!" Leon said, and his Wolfen turned invisible. Taking advantage of this, Leon got up close to the monster and fired at its body rapidly. Type M growled and swung its tail to the side to hit him, but it was unable to see what it was hitting. "Ha! You can't see me!"
Type M then flapped its wings in the place where Leon is and released white dust. The dust covered up his jet and made it visible.
"Doh…"
Right when Type M was going to attack him, Panther flew in between and dropped a bomb and both him and his partner got away before the bomb exploded. It blew up into rose petals that latched onto the monster's body and blasted it.
BAAAAAANG!!
"How do you like my roses of death?" Panther asked.
The monster emerged from the explosion and then gave chase. It fired laser beams constantly but those two kept on moving from side to side to avoid getting shot. Wolf came up behind the monster and fired at it from behind. Type M turned around to him annoyed and shot another pair of beams that was easily avoided. "You're not taking me down, insect!" Wolf said.
The tail reached forward next but Wolf avoided it too, and he continued firing at the monster while flying all around it. "They're doing a pretty good job at it," Fox commented.
"I want to have a piece too!" Falco cried.
The three Wolfens gathered in front of Type M and fired at it simultaneously. The monster was annoyed by their constant onslaught and it flapped its wings very hard and whip up a gust that also scattered white dust. The jets could not handle the force of the wind and they were blown backwards. Leon and Panther's Wolfen actually flew so far that they landed onto the walls and were stuck onto it like flies on a spider web. Wolf landed onto the airship instead and damaged his Wolfen's wings somewhat. "Dang!" he cursed.
"Oh no… Looks bad…" Fox cried. The Smashers took a step back as the monster landed and approached them.
"Now it's my turn to shine!" Falco said, getting out his gun.
But Wolf stepped up in front of him and said, "I'll teach him a lesson for messing with me!"
"Hey, you're out of the game already! Give me some spotlight, would you?" Falco said to him.
"You stay out of this!" Wolf shouted to him. "When I'm mad, I can't stop until I see blood!" He got into fighting stance as the monster looked down at him. "You better be prepared, because play time is over for you!"
The monster screeched loudly and shot out beams from its feelers. Suddenly, a burst of red light appeared around Wolf's body and the beams bounced back into the face of the monster and it was burned by its own attack. Wolf jumped at the monster while it was still trying to recover and red energy came out from his claws as he slashed at the monster's face.
SLAAAAAAASH!!
The attack also released some bright red energy that looked like thunderbolts in the process too, and Type M had a large scar on its face after the hit. "Wow! Cool!" Diddy exclaimed.
"How did he do that?!" Falco gasped.
Wolf landed and replied, "Remember the built-in reflector I have in my suit? I use it offensively too because the reflector is made from high voltage electricity."
Type M recovered from the pain and looked at Wolf, but he was not in front of him anymore. Suddenly, it was kicked in the side of the head really hard as Wolf did a flying kick into it.
KICK!
Immediately after the kick, Wolf bounced back into the air and spun multiple times before launching himself at Type M again in a Superman position. He attacked with his voltage-powered claws again and gave the monster another fatal blow.
SLAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!
Type M screeched loudly as its neck was torn badly, but it still managed to stand. It turned its head to Wolf and shot out white dust. Wolf turned on his Reflector and the dust covered it up from all sides, but they were burned away shortly afterwards due to the high temperature of the voltage. "You're not taking me down with child's play!" he said. He dashed and jumped at the monster and slashed it over and over in the face with the same type of attack and didn't give it a chance to fight back. He whipped out his gun in the middle of the slashes and fired into its face too.
The monster reeled back and took off into the air and cried in pain, and then it began firing lasers downwards like crazy. "Watch out!" Tails cried. Fox and Falco got in front of everyone and used their reflectors to protect them.
Wolf jumped up into the air and a burst of wind appeared around him as he shot up even higher than Type M, and then he raised up both hands as he came falling back down onto the monster. "Lightning Fenrir!" He slammed down both his claws onto the back of the monster and when the arms came down; they left behind a trail of red electricity that resembled a lightning bolt dropping down from the heavens.
SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!
Type M crashed down onto the surface of the airship with a loud thud that caused the surface to crack too. Wolf landed onto the monster and stomped it somewhat hard before jumping down onto the surface.
"Wow! That's too amazing!" Diddy exclaimed.
Everyone looked at the monster as it continued to breathe, although slowly. Type M looked up and screeched again, and then its red eyes dimmed down and it fell over.
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
The monster exploded into nothingness, just like the past monsters. There was nothing left of it; none, absolutely nothing.
"Hmph! Feeling better than before," Wolf said.
"Yeah! You did it!" Tails exclaimed, jumping up and down happily.
Then they felt the airship shaking again. They noticed the silk walls starting to loosen up. If one would to look from the outside, they could see the white ball starting to deflate like a beach ball. Obviously, the airship could no longer be supported, and it began sinking too. The walls also became less sticky and Leon and Panther were able to break free.
"Oh no! The place is falling apart!" Fox cried.
"We'll take our leave here!" Sonic said to them. "See you again some time!" And he and Tails quickly ran off on their own.
"Quick! Get moving before it's too late!" Wolf said to them.
The Smashers quickly fitted themselves into the Three Wolfens and took off into the air the airship fell through the loosening floor below.
Eventually, the ball of silk broke down into pieces and disintegrated and the airship plummeted and crashed into the mountainous wilderness down below.
Meanwhile, the three Wolfens were flying in air without harm, though Wolf's jet is wobbling a bit due to a broken wing. In case you're curious, Fox and Elise were sharing his jet too.
"Phew… I'm glad we got through this unharmed…" Fox said with a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry for bringing you all this trouble," Elise said. "But thanks for saving me again…"
"It's our job; don't sweat it."
"I was hoping the princess would ride with me, not you two…" Panther said.
"What's wrong with us?" Diddy asked.
DK looked out of the cockpit and saw the Blue Tornado flying there. "Sonic and Tails are there!"
Fox looked out and saw them too. "Good to see that they are fine!"
Falco reclined on his seat and said, "Well, we went through all these troubles and I didn't get to do anything worthy…"
TO BE CONTINUED
This looks like a pretty fine conclusion for the arc. Not sure how the battle turned out, but it should be decent at best.
