I hate to say it, but I'm a sucker for the Transformers movie AND its soundtrack. With this chapter, I was listening to track number 12--Arrival to Earth-- (Respectively) and thought " I have to do it!"
Oh GOD! I'm blabbering! Someone shut me up!
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Emboy! ( Sorry, Enjoy !)
Chapter 5 .
Sonic and Shadow had jumped.
The whole world held its breath, it had to be a trick..right?
But no.
They had jumped.
The Master Emerald on The Floating Island sent up a beam of green Chaos energy, a signal to the Angel Gems above, to come home to be with their sons.
High above, in the darkness of space, an icy comet heading for the planet, exploded into seven smaller ones of seven different colours, each one descending to the planet at different points, but all knowing the way home.
It was time.
The Grey Emerald,making it home first, burnt up the air around it like a mini sun. It floated in the green beam of light and with the help of The Master Emerald,sent out an invisible shock wave around the globe. Calling for it's brothers and sisters.
The Red Emerald, heeding the call, raced over rivers of fire and magma in the unstable volcano named Fittaburst. It crashed through the solid rock, twinkled in the darkness and with a sonic-boom, headed home.
Along the dusty, dirt roads of the desert, the Yellow Emerald gleefully dodged mighty pyramids. It twirled up and around the gigantic Sphinx statues, its power leaving a trail of yellow, energy rings in its wake as it raced towards Station Square.
The Green Emerald appeared over the dense forests to the east. It rose high above the trees, a small beacon of light. The gem glinted as it charged up its powers. Many forest folk spotted it from the ground and bowed their heads in prayer, the Emerald siphoned some of their hope, and with its extra energy boost raced to re-join its family.
From the dark mountains, over looking West City, the Purple Emerald soared across the sky. Its muffled sonic-booms were drowned out by the people as they ran out of the shelters, screaming and cheering. As it hurried over the Mayor's house, young Naminé clasped her hands together and prayed for her heroes.
The brother Emeralds-- Navy and Turquoise-- raced each other on the surface on the seas, churning up the water. Like their Yellow sibling, the gems released Chaos energy rings behind them as they sped up. Reaching the land, both Emeralds rose, playing and dancing all the way home. Behind them, many fishing boats were suddenly ladened with fish, their crews utterly confused on what had just happened.
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Master Emerald Shrine.
Phoenix looked up into the green pole of Chaos energy, to the seven balls of colour. He screwed up his face as the Angels Gems came at him, their brightness too powerful for him to look at. The seven Emeralds dived over the edge of the Floating Island.
The firey creature had to steady himself as the ground shook beneath his feet. He threw off the visor, it having been cracked in the chase and crawled to peer over the edge. He was knocked back with a shout as two,strong yellow pillars of Chaos energy rose from the darkness.
The air around The Shrine crackled, The Master Emerald glowed to its fullest. Two comets flew, fast, up the pillars and hovered.The light dimmed and Phoenix was able to see again.
Only to wished he couldn't.
Brimming with the goodness of The Chaos Emeralds, Super Sonic and Super Shadow looked down on the flames and sneered, their eyes a light with ancient powers.
" No.. It won't end this way! I won't let it!" Phoenixunfurled his wings and took flight, heading into the depths of space.
Watching him go, Super Sonic chuckled, " Playtime's over !"
Shadow nodded and climbed the heavens alongside him, " Let's finish this!"
The super-charged hedgehogs chased after Phoenix high into the cosmos, dodging the blue fireballs the crazed flame launched at them. Shadow curled into a gold ball of fury and launched his own counter-attack, he unleashed a wave of his own Chaos Spears. He hit his marks, the Armour that was still on the body of Phoenix dropped off, revealing the silver flames beneath. His homing attack caught Phoenix in the back, Phoenix screamed and lashed out with his wings, the tip knocked Shadow back tumbling into Sonic's arms as the other hedgehog raced to keep up.
"Plan? " He shouted, spinning out the way of another attack from Phoenix. The heroes suddenly screamed in agony as a terrible shrieking filled the skies, they covered their eyes ,only to find blood on their hands.
Shadow panted,wiping the blood onto his knees, he looked at the NEW Phoenix. It's appearance had changed to it's name-sake, one giant bird, it's body was the white-silver fires of old. There were blue tips on his wings and head plumage, his golden eyes, bright as suns, narrowed at them. The corners of its beak curved upward, it cried out and spat a massive fireball at them.
" MOVE!" He and Sonic parted company, they regrouped as stared helplessly ahead. " We can't stop it alone, we need help..we need..."
" You can do it. I know you can!"
" Tough it out ,you guys!"
" I believe in both of you, you can beat him."
" I've never been more proud of you, than I am now, Sonny-boy. Go get him!"
" You can win,Shadow, just believe in yourself."
With the help of their friends and loved ones, Sonic and Shadow glowed like the suns they were, they powers restored, the two of them rushed towards Phoenix . But Phoenix wasn't done, it reared back its mighty head and conjured up another fireball ,it grew in size until it was nearly the same size as the bird. Shadow's eyes widened as he remembered the mural on the Temple wall.
" If he releases that fireball, the whole world with be encased in a dome of fire and left to roast alive. We've got to destroy it now!"
"How?" Squeaked Sonic.
He suddenly grinned, " Hand!"
Sonic grabbed his hand in a death-grip, Shadow pulled him up so they were face to face, he held him close.
" Trust me?"
" Never."
Shadow started spinning them in mid-air, they had one chance, if they blew it, the world was doomed. The two hedgehogs combined their powers into one powerful attack. The huge ,golden comet screamed towards the bird, whose eyes widened and beak fell open in a silent shriek.
When the goodness of the Chaos Emeralds met the evil of the Black Arms, the area where the battle took place was lit up with brilliant, golden sunshine, a fake sunrise that spread to every corner of the sky. The place seem to freeze, then an orb of the purest light expanded from within. With the DNA of Black Arms washed away from its being, and the power of the Chaos Emeralds to powerful for it to over-come, Phoenix folded into itself, with a gently sigh, the bird imploded. As the force inside grew to much, it released its energy into space, showering the black void with numerous small, shooting stars that reached the remotest parts.
The whole world watched the out-come of the final battle. As it saw The White Phoenix fold into itself, every man, woman and child clasped their hands together in prayer. The silver flames twirled up into a firey tornado, they held their breath as one. From the midst of the vortex, two golden beams of light shot out of the top to float a few meters away.
It was silent, and then it started, it was faint but the sound suddenly grew deafening. The entire globe exploded with cheers, screams of joy and chants of the names of the two who had stopped the giant bird.
In the forests, the people painted their faces and dressed up, they lit fires and danced around them , whooping and jabbing fists and sticks in the air in celebration.
On the surface of the seas, the fishermen drew their boats as close as they could and exchanged handshakes and pats on the backs, breaking open any bottles of beer that they had on board.
In West City, the people ran out of the shelters.Some of them fell to their knees, weeping. Others collapsed in hugs with relieved smiles on their faces. Naminé ran to her mother and hugged her the best she could, tears of happiness streaming down her cheeks.
Station Square was the loudest. G.U.N let off a round of gunfire into the night sky. Tails exchanged a high-five with Knuckles before disappearing under the bodies of the trio that helped him earlier, they crumpled to the ground in a crying wreak. Glory was pulled down to her knees as Amy drew her into a bone-crushing hug, both girls broke as tears of joy trickled down their cheeks into their smiles. Knuckles shook Chuck's hand, the elderly hedgehog lifted his glasses and wiped his watery eyes with the back of his hand. Even though this Sonic wasn't his nephew, he'd never been more proud of him than right now.
The only one that wasn't celebrating, was Eggman. He watched the light show and slumped against the side of the prison truck he was in, that was being escorted by G.U.N. and police helicopters. His ginger whiskers drooped and he groaned, burying his head in his hands.
" I hate happy endings."
In the night-sky,The White Phoenix shrank in size, it became a small globe of fire, no bigger than a car tire. It settled in Super Sonic's arms, the two golden hedgehogs looked at it.
"What do we do now?"
Sonic's eyes widened, " Whoa.. big bird! "
"Big bird? You've been watching too many kid programmes, faker."
He groaned, " Not the Muppet. That! "
He pointed to a fast approaching comet. There was a flash of pinkish light and a giant phoenix flexed their wings, it looked like White Phoenix except that the tips of its tail feathers and the plumage on it head were bright pink and red. The tiny ball of silver chirped happily.
" I thank you, sons of angels for saving him and giving me back my baby."
"Baby..? Wait.. Are you Mama Phoenix?"
The pink bird nodded her big head, " Yes. My child left our group and vanished as we travelled across the skies." She sighed, the baby flames flew from Sonic's arms and circled her, she nudged it with love and looked at the glowing hedgehogs. " Now he's back and we can re-join our family."
" Family? There's more of you?"
Shadow nodded, " Shooting stars... a whole family of Phoenixes going from one part of space to another." He groaned and clutched the side of his head. " We must return, Sonic."
" Yes, as do we. My thanks again, sons of angels." Mama Phoenix unfurled her pink wings and slowly moved away from them. Baby Phoenix chirped and flew around her head, its glow forever changing in the colors of The Chaos Emeralds. She stopped, turned her head, her golden eyes glued onto Sonic, and only Sonic, for Shadow had already descended back to the planet. " You have a question, young hedgehog?"
Sonic rubbed the back of his head, " Well... I sort of have two, will we see you again?"
She nodded, " We will see each other once more," She smiled warmly.
" OK.. and my next one, does baby have a name? It can't just be White Phoenix, 'cause that's silly."
Mama leaned her head in close, Sonic blinked and stared into her yellow orbs. She hummed and nodded, nudging the babe with her beak, gazing at him with motherly affection.
" His name...is Solaris."
Sonic stared, wide-eyed as mother and baby disappeared into two glowing balls of fire and streaked across the darkness, to vanish in a blink of an eye. The gold hero was left floating there, his mouth hanging open, It can't be... but that's IMPOSSIBLE! Solaris... Sonic groaned and, like Shadow, grabbed the side of his head. With his Chaos powers slowly depleting, Sonic sighed and gracefully fell back to the planet, joining Shadow on the way down. Their bodies turning back to blue and black,burning up the air around them. Both hedgehogs crashed into the sea, to be washed up onto the shores of Emerald Beach.
Shadow, having more strength in his legs than Sonic, dragged the soaked hedgehog up along the sand to stop him choking on sea water. He collapsed onto the sand with a groan, Sonic murmured awake and weakly lifted his head. Green eyes met red, with the world saved, they shared weak smiles before finally falling asleep.
Should I do an Epilogue? I always like to end my stories on one. Yeah, why not.
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