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Chapter 10: Crystal Hearts
"Damn it. I can't move. I need to find out the truth. I can't lose to her." The hedgehog put pressure on his arms to lift himself up, but they buckled underneath him and ended up swallowing some sand.
"Then don't."
"What?" Sonic looked up in surprise at the familiar voice.
The Metarex raised its tails and aimed them at the fallen hedgehog as he rolled onto his back. He raised his hands and caught both of them. The two sides struggled against each other as neither was willing to give up.
"Still got some strength left. Let's see how long you last." Des chuckled as she pushed forward.
"Don't give up."
"Why? Why do I keep hearing you in my head?" thought the hedgehog as he felt the tips getting colser to his throat.
The two-tailed fox typed in command into the ship's systems as he muttered to himself, "Still need more energy. This won't be enough to fire the Sonic Power Cannon. If I take anymore rings, we'll be without weapons."
He checked the ship's readings once again and found that there was a sufficient amount of energy to fire the cannon.
"We have enough? Sonic!" Tails jumped out of his seat and waved at his friend to get his attention.
"Tails?" Sonic looked towards him as he arms trembled and the tip of the tail touched his throat allowing a thin line of blood to trickle out.
"Get into the cannon." The two-tailed fox worked on the controls as he said this.
"Got it." The hedgehog smirked at the thought I beating the Metarex which Des didn't like.
Sonic shifted so the tails hit the sand and ran into the cannon. Almost the entire ship was buried under sand with the cannon on ground level.
"I'm ready Tails." The hedgehog positioned himself on the launch pad looking out at the Metarex.
"The cannon is already in position. Preparing to fire." Tails had the system lock onto Des and waited for the cannon to charge up.
"You think a measly cannon can harm me? Think again." The Metarex stomped the ground spraying sand in all directions.
The sandstorm started up again and everyone's vision was blocked.
"This is bad. I can't get a lock on the Metarex." spoke the two-tailed fox as he stared at the error messages that appeared on his screen.
"That's no the only thing. Sand is pouring into the cannon." Sonic shielded his face from the onslaught of sand as it filled the cannon.
"Sonic. Think it through." The voice was back again urging him to win.
"Tch. You know that thinking isn't my strong suit. I wonder. Are you really here or am I imagining it?" said the hedgehog as his mind drifted off.
Instead, another familiar voice answered snapping him out of his thoughts.
"We will help."
"Who are you?" asked Sonic surprised at the change of person.
"You've already forgotten us? We're the ones who asked for help." A different person answered this time.
"You? How come I can hear you a lot more clearly?" The hedgehog remembered this voice from the one before he found the ruins.
"Because we're close." Another switch to a woman.
"And what does that mean?" Sonic was beginning to feel his brain get all jumbled up with all these cryptic meanings.
"The Metarex is using our power of will, but it's not her own and therefore, can't properly use it." This time a man gave him his answer.
"The power of will?" The hedgehog felt that phrase was familiar, but he couldn't place his tougne on it.
The tablet flashed in his mind and he gasped in surprise. Or well tried to. Sand poured into his open mouth nearly choking him.
"The third object of power." Sonic couldn't believe he was able to figure out the last item of power on his own.
"Yes and a very terrifying one. It should never have been used as its very existence is an abomination."
"What do you mean?" The hedgehog wished they had stick with the simple explanations.
"To harness the power, it requires destruction of lives. Civilizations."
"That's why the Metarex destroyed your world and took the people from Chris's worlds." Sonic remembered how he couldn't save those people and clenched his hand into a fist.
"Yes. No one should wield such power. The Metarex must be stopped."
"I will." The hedgehog knew he could not let these people down.
"Thank you."
The storm subsided and Des stood wide open.
"Impossible! My storm! This can't be!" The Metarex searched frantically for the answer to why her storm stopped.
Energy leaked out of Des leaving her looking ragged and poured into the Sonic Power Cannon.
"What tremendous energy. Not only are we gaining more power, but the Metarex is losing energy. Lock on target." Tails's mouth dropped in shock at the data, but shook off his thoughts and focused on the Metarex.
The computer confirmed a lock and the two-tailed fox flipped the switch.
"Sonic Power Cannon. Fire!" said Tails as he pressed the button.
Sonic was shot out of the cannon and spun towards Des with mutliple colors instead of just his regular blue or the red he had in the previous battles revolving around him.
"No! I'm sorry master!" Those were her last words as if the Metarex leader could hear her.
He struck home and the Metarex exploded sending pieces everywhere. Everyone looked around them and saw the planet egg and chaos emerald close by the mass of what once their enemy, but noticed crystal shaped hearts surrounding them.
"What are these?" Amy tentatively reached out to touch one of them, but nothing happened.
"This is what Des was referring to: crystal hearts." The boy cupped his hands around one to get a better look at it.
Cosmo's daughter picked up the white chaos emerald and smiled. The planet egg had sumbmerged itself into the ground returning to its rightful place.
"We did it." The plant girl displayed the emerald for all of them to see.
"Yeah." Knuckles let himself smirk at the white gem in her possession.
Suddenly, a light descended on the remains of the Metarex that drew everyone's attention.
"What's going on?" spoke the girl rabbit as she took to the air.
"Choo! Choo!" The chao helped her stay aloof as they watched the scene.
The pieces floated in the air as the crystal hearts around them were pulled into the light. Screams filled the air as they disappeared into the sky.
"What is going on?" the echidna moved his head side to side as he watched them zoom by him into the light.
"It's a tractor beam." The two-tailed fox rigorously typed into ths ship's system as he analyzed what was occurring outside.
"What?" said the girl hedgehog still not able to understand what he just said as she fought to stay out of the crystals' way.
"They're being transported away." Chris explained as he stared at the bizarre scene.
"To where?" Starlight had a slight edge in her tone, but no on seemed to notice.
"I can't find the source." Tails saw only error messages popping up on the screen as he tried over and over to find where they were heading.
"Sonic. It seems you have failed." The voice boomed out among the screams and they covered their ears to lessen the damage to their eardrums.
"What was that?" Cream had her hand over her eyes as she scanned the area.
"Choooo?" spoke Cheese.
"What do you mean?" The hedgehog recognized the voice, but couldn't shake the bad feeling he was getting from those words.
"The Metarex are taking us from our home. You failed to stop them."
"No." Sonic frantically looked for a solution, but there was no visible device in sight for him to destroy.
In a last ditch effort, the hedgehog grabbed a crystal heart and got pulled along with it.
"Sonic." Everyone couldn't believe what he just did, but mostly couldn't believe how strong the pull on the crystal hearts were.
The rest of the crew grabbed onto him and they were dragged along towards the beam. Once his arms passed into the light, he cried out in pain.
"We have to pull him out." said Cosmo's daughter.
"Let go Sonic." spoke Amy as tears threatened to fall down.
"No. I promise to save them." said Sonic as he shook his head in defiance.
"Sonic." The boy could understand what he was feeling, but couldn't risk losing his friend again.
His arms were becoming transparent as he struggled to pull the heart crystal; however, it slipped through his fingers and he fell back onto his friends.
"Bye-bye Mr. Hedgehog. Bye-Bye."
The light vanished and they were left alone in the desert.