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Chapter 8: Chaos Heart Egg
A blue swirl struck one of the twins sending her skidding across the sand.
"Ert!" cried out Des as she watched her sister fly off into the distance.
The swirl changed paths and headed towards Des. She struck the ground and a column of sand struck Sonic stopping his attack.
"How dare you hurt my sister. You'll pay." said the Metarex as she raised her tail ready to strike him.
"Sonic!"
A blast of fire struck the Metarex knocking her to the ground.
"Des!" screamed Ert as she ran to her sister's aid.
Everyone looked for the source and saw smoke emitting from Chris's hand. He seemed shocked as well at what had just happened.
"Did I do that?" he asked mostly to himself.
"Chris. Your pocket." spoke the two-tailed fox as he raised his uninjured arm to point at it.
The boy looked down and saw a golden light emitting from his pocket. He pulled out what was glowing in his pocket: the golden star object.
"It's glowing." he whispered as he stood transfixed by the light.
"It…" said the first twin.
"Can't be." spoke the second twin.
"Where did…" started Des.
"You get that?" ended Ert.
"Are they talking about the power up?" questioned Amy to no one in particular.
"You're a threat to the master…" said the first twin.
"That must be eliminated." spoke the second twin.
Their tails, as one, lashed out at Chris who was flung back into the Blue Typhoon spraying blood across the ship's hull.
"Chris!" The crew rushed forward to help their friend when the Metarex got in their way.
The two Metarex refocused their attacks on the remaining crew as the boy lay bleeding on the ground. Sonic swallowed a red pill and emitted a red aura as he fought against the two Metarex, but had trouble keeping up with their combined attacks. Every time he tried to strike one twin the other shot a blast of sand at him throwing him off his aim. Starlight threw her chain at Des immobilizing her which left her open to the echidna and girl hedgehog's attack. However, their attacks missed as the Metarex disassembled and reassembled while causing a miniature sand tornado that caught them. Tails attempted to stop the attack by flying at her, but was flicked aside and crashed into the ground.
"Why can't I move? My friends are in danger." thought the boy as he attempted to get up, but found his body was unable to follow his commands.
The sand tornado was released which allowed Knuckles and Amy to collapse to the ground. The hedgehog's aura began to darken as he saw the condition his friends were in. He constantly charged at the Metarex, but they easily knocked him aside before he got back up to begin again.
"Sonic. It's like last time. I can't do anything." The boy tried again, but with the same result.
The power up in his fingers pulsed like a beating heart and scorched his hand causing more smoke.
"It's so hot." He struggled to get it away from his hands, but it was burnt into his hand.
"What is it you really want?"
"What?" He was confused by the voice and question, but mostly from where it came from.
Again, the question was repeated: "What is it you really want?"
"Who are you?" He was afraid that he had gone insane from the pain.
"Your friends can't win like this. It's likely the Metarex will win." She sounded real enough, but then he couldn't tell anything at the moment.
However, his biggest concern was his friends as he saw Cream and Cheese get knocked around.
"No. I won't let them." He didn't care if he was delusional as long as he could find a way to help them.
"But you can't. Not like this. It's likely the Metarex will win." she responded almost like she was criticizing him.
"I know that, but I can't let them take Sonic." He fought to override the numbness spreading thoughout his body.
"Are you willing to give anything to save them?" Her question startled him at first, but he was able to answer without hesitation.
"Yes." He wondered if she was going to somehow help.
"Even if it means at the end, you'll never seem them again? Ever." Her question was odd, but he didn't care.
"Yes. They're my friends." He searched for any signs of the girl, but only saw Sonic fighting with the Desert twins.
"You're going to gain unique powers that you other friends won't have, but you will have to pay a high price." The question was what power and where was he going to get it.
"As long as I can protect my friends. Who are you?" he inquired again fearing he wouldn't get the answer.
"Good. I knew you would say that. I'm White Lily." He could hear the smirk in her tone.
The hedgehog's mouth stretched out into a crazed grin as he threw spheres of black fire at the twins. They shielded themselves with sand which were transformed into glass when they collided.
"Oh no. He turned…" started Des as she ran away from her shield.
"The sand into glass." ended Ert as she did the same.
"He won't be…" said the first twin as she stopped across from Sonic.
"Easy to beat." spoke the second twin as she replicated the same action.
The three circled each other warily waiting for one of them to attack. Apparently eager to finish the battle, the hedgehog summoned more black flames and threw it at the two who dodged it. They responded by surrounding him in a massive sand tornado. There was a flash of black and the sand tornado had been solidified into glass.
"Nice…" started Des as she tapped the glass.
"Try." ended Ert as she relaxed her stance.
"You trapped yourself." said the twins together as they approached each other.
"We did it Ert. Now we can make the master happy." spoke the first twin as she clamped on to her sister.
"Yes Des. We just need to deal with the others and we'll be finish." said the second twin as she patted her sister on the head.
They stopped laughing when they felt heat radiating behind them. The twins turned to see a red aura surrounding Chris who still lay on the ground.
"What is he doing?" asked Des as she got off her sister.
"Is he using the chaos heart egg?" questioned Ert as she got ready for an attack.
His injuries closed as smoke emitted from them and he got to his feet swaying. The boy opened his palm to reveal the pulsing object. Suddenly, it stretched out and encircled his wrist forming a bracelet.
"This feeling…Is this what it's like to be strong?" He directed his question at White Lily, but there was no response.