Well, this is it. I don't own Sonic or Sega, and I hope the finale is a good one.
The wall slowly sunk into the floor as Ryko passed through the now empty space.
"I love Rush." He said to himself as he began walking down the yet another long path.
He quickly got to a small chamber. It had a stone door with a built in handle. Ryko stood there, pulled out a .44 Magnum revolver and swung it open, holding the gun in combat position. He expected to find some robot part for a generator that didn't work, or something along those lines. What he did find was nothing close.
The seven chaos emeralds were sitting on a pedestal in the middle of the room.
"Beautiful, am I right?" said a voice behind him. He whipped around to find Ares behind him with his arms behind his back.
"Yes. More than anything I've ever seen." He replied, still holding his pistol at the ready.
"Sadly, not part of my plan. See, I happened to be building something. A super weapon, if you will. I was going to put the final touch on it, the most powerful artifacts on Mobius, to put perfection on the most powerful thing that ever walked this planet. But, alas, I couldn't use them. The weapon, or, being, repelled them."
"No…" Ryko said, knowing immediately who Ares was talking about.
"You see, everything leaves a trace. You're friend thought he defeated his longtime enemy with a duel Chaos Blast. Which, theoretically, he did. But there is still one thing left; genes. DNA. And I was able to retrieve it. Out in the middle of a desert, I was able to retrieve the DNA of a monster capable of destroying cities. And now…" Ares revealed a controller from his right hand and pressed a button on it.
Down from the ceiling descended a pod. It rested on the floor and then suddenly opened.
Inside was a creature Ryko assumed to be dead. But, he looked more alive than ever.
He stepped out. He easily towered over both Ares and Ryko. His sclera was a dark yellow, yet seemed to be glaring. His fur was a light turquoise, and his eyes were a deep purple.
The Echidna had returned.
"And you thought I was being a coward? That I was anticlimactic? I needed more time, Ryko. And now I have it. By the way, don't think of reaching for those emeralds. They're protected by an electrical current that will shock you and kill you should you touch it. Oh, and one more thing."
"What?" he asked, nervously waiting for a surprise attack.
"The door behind you locked when you came in. I'm locked in here. He's locked in here. And you are locked in here. I have the key, of course, but to get it you'll have to kill me and him, and that seems a little bit challenging, does it not? Now, Echidna, DESTROY HIM!" he said, pointing to Ryko, who just stood there in wait for the end.
The Echidna glared at Ares.
"Go on. Kill him."
The Echidna took a step towards him.
"N-No, attack him. HIM!"
Ryko smiled.
"Oh, Ares…as one does not simply walk into Mordor, one does not simply control the Echidna." He said.
"Y-You were supposed to obey me! Do my commands!" Ares said, kneeling before the beast in fright.
The Echidna took one last look at the dark green hedgehog before driving his fist into him. A crack and vibration filled the room as his fist drove through the concrete, along with Ares. Finally, the Mesmer had perished.
Ryko threw a grenade down the hole, just to be sure.
The Echidna turned toward him.
"Um, do you mind if I make a phone call?" he asked, taking out his iPhone.
The Echidna slapped it out of his hand and it cracked to pieces upon impact.
"That was an iPhone 5! I paid good money for that thing-"
Ryko was slapped across the room, and hit the wall with a thud. At least 4 of his ribs were cracked, possibly five. He smiled and waited for an end.
It didn't come.
Instead, a swirling portal of fire opened in front of him.
Hades stepped out of the portal, and studied the creature.
"You know, when things die, I would like them to stay dead." He said, his fist suddenly catching fire.
"It is part of my job."
Ryko blacked out as soon as Hades began to charge.
Hades threw a flaming fist towards the Echidna, who dodged it with ease and attempted to counter with a left punch. Hades grabbed it and slammed it to the ground.
Hades went for a powerful spinning kick. However, the Echidna ducked and twisted his body, hitting Hades with a kick straight into his chin, sending him flying.
The Echidna too the time to rush him and try to get him while he was down, but Hades hopped up, his right fist ignited with white fire, and slammed his fist across the Echidna's face.
The impact was devastating. The Echidna flew through the wall, which led to the outside of the ruin, and skidded in the dirt. Hades was sure he was dead, considering it was one of the more powerful punches he ever threw, when the Echidna rose.
Half the skin on his face was peeled off, hanging gently off of one side of his face. You could see the muscle and red under his skin. He looked like some sort of zombie. He went to touch the muscle on the right side of his face…
And he smiled.
He began to walk towards Hades, an evil glint in his eyes that not even the spirit of the underworld had ever seen.
Ryko slowly awoke, afraid to move. When he finally built up the courage to, he realized that his bones weren't broken. He got up and seemed to be perfectly fine. He looked up at the emeralds in the center of the room.
They blinked all at once, as if to give him a wink.
He smiled and walked through the hole in the wall.
Sadie and A.J felt the shaking of the ruin.
"That made me lose Angry Birds !" she exclaimed.
"That seems to be coming from outside the wall. We should probably get down there. And by the way…have you told Ryko what you do down at G.U.N yet?" Sadie smiled.
"No, not yet." she checked her phone.
"Backup is here." she said, putting her phone away. She began to walk out with A.J next together.
"Who did you get? Freedom Fighters? A G.U.N squad?"
"I got one hedgehog."
"One? That's it?"
"Trust me…he's worth about two hundred of them."
Laoch began walking towards the fight scene up ahead. He knew who was here; the energy signals were overwhelming; he also knew that another powerful being was fighting him, one he recognized as the one Ryko had fused with but forgotten his name. It didn't matter.
His longtime enemy was here.
He slowly walked up to the scene. The figure, a black hedgehog with white chest fur, was pretty well matched to his enemy, who had half his face off and a long, deep cut running down his leg.
"Do you feel any pain?" screamed Hades as he flew another punch into the Echidna, who seemed to shake it off as if it were nothing. The Echidna grabbed Hades by the throat and was about to slam him down when his gaze met with a familiar hedgehog. He quickly dropped Hades and advanced towards his old enemy.
"Well, well, well." said Laoch, staring down his enemy. "I'm glad your back. Now I have something to do."
"I can say the same thing. Now we can relive our story…but I aim to change the original ending." He said, slamming Laoch with a punch to the gut.
Ryko watched the whole thing from afar. He didn't want to get involved until now. He dialed a number on his phone.
"Commander."
"Ryko? What's going on? Is Ares dead?"
"Yes, he is. I mean it. But I need a care package dropped at my location."
"Hmm…Runkensa? Why are you down there?"
"I thought we didn't ask questions."
"I guess not. What exactly do you need in the care package?"
"I need a motorcycle in working order and 4 pounds of C4."
"What the hell-"
"We don't ask questions."
"…fine. That's going to cost 200,000 rings-"
"I'll pay for it. Just do it."
The commander sighed.
"Fine. Expect it in 10."
Laoch and Hades were both on the attack, but the Echidna was still holding his own. He could block an amount of attacks they threw in matters of seconds and come right back with a counter-attack.
"Don't you have a buddy like you that could possibly help us?" asked Laoch to Hades, who ducked a flying fist.
"Don't you think I would have already asked him to come? He's in the high council's annual meeting. If he were to leave now, they would have no choice but to banish him to unknown lands." He dodged another punch and connected, just barely, with the Echidna's leg.
"He can't help us."
"Where the hell is Ryko?" he asked, back flipping to avoid a punch.
"Ryko? He's watching the fight from over there." said the Echidna, momentarily stopping to point him out in the distance.
Sadie and A.J finally arrived on the scene to witness the current battle.
"Is that…" asked A.J, already knowing the answer.
"I thought he was dead! And where's Ares?" asked Sadie, looking around.
"Dead." said a voice. They turned around to see Ryko leaning against the ruin wall, watching the sky.
"You killed him?" asked A.J.
"No, I didn't. The Echidna did."
"Speaking of which, shouldn't he be-"
"It was Ares' plan all along to resurrect him. He wasn't being cowardly, he was just stalling so he had enough time to build the Echidna from his DNA. But, his own invention killed him."
"Really? That's a surprise twist. Why don't you get involved in the fight?"
A helicopter flew above them and dropped a package. IT hit the ground with a thud. Ryko hit a button on the container and it folded out, revealing a Harley Davidson with C4 all over it. He picked up a remote and hopped on the motorcycle.
"I am now." He said, driving towards the Echidna with the switch in hand.
"What is he doing?" A.J asked.
"He's gonna jump off the motorcycle and ignite the C4 when it hits the Echidna."
"That is the stupidest thing I have ever-" Sadie silenced her with her hand and smiled.
"I know."
Laoch looked over to see his best friend driving a C4 rigged motorcycle towards them.
"Does he think he's in the Expendables or something?" Laoch asked out loud before getting hammered by the Echidna.
"Wait for it…" Ryko said out loud.
He hit 80 mph on his motorcycle before jumping off. It hit the Echidna square in the chest. As soon as Ryko saw it connected he clicked the button on his remote.
The explosion was tremendous. Dirt and ancient stone flew up in the air. Laoch and Hades were blasted backwards and landed 50 yards away from the blast sight. As soon the smoke cleared, a huge crater appeared where the Echidna was standing on impact. In the center was the Echidna, his right leg and both arms completely gone. He was unconscious.
Laoch and Hades walked into the crater. Hades took his right fist and muttered an incantation .
"Δεν μπορείτε να μετανοήσει για το χάος που έχετε αριστερά.
Όπως έχω προφέρει αυτές τις λέξεις που έχετε σημειώσει για το θάνατο!
With that he punched what was left of the Echidna and he melted to dust.
EPILOUGE
The group was traveling. Well, most of them. Ryko was picked up by gun helicopter and was to be escorted to the hospital to check for injuries. Hades, Laoch, Sadie and A.J were the only ones walking down an empty highway in the middle of a desert.
Suddenly, Anubis Appeared in front of them.
"You summoned me just now?" asked Anubis.
"No, not now…why are you here?"
"I sent him." said a voice. Suddenly, time froze. A familiar hedgehog stood in front of them.
"The council has reformed. You have killed and banished a mortal from Mobius, something that was strictly forbidden." said Apophis.
"He was a menace to our world as well! They had to have seen the danger-" began Anubis, but Apophis stopped him.
"Hey, I'm on your side as well. I was the only one who voted against your death sentence."
Anubis and Hades froze. Where they came from, a death sentence only came in one form.
"May the pale rider have mercy on your souls." Apophis said, departing.
Time began again, but Hades and Anubis were still frozen, fear spread across their faces.
"He's kidding. They haven't sent them in 400,000 years." said Anubis.
A roar from an engine blasted behind them. They whipped around.
Four hedgehogs were driving towards them, all on Harley Davidson motorcycles. One was white, one black, one red and one a very pale. They all wore sunglasses but no helmets. The Harley's were perfectly polished, all of them a sleek black.
"Who are those guys?" asked Laoch.
Hades and Anubis were locked with fear, sweat dripping down their faces. Hades finally had the courage to speak.
"The Horsemen."