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It was becoming dark and the gang completed the first part of the plan to save the future. Just as Sonic and co. were about to return to Eggman's base, they all heard howling coming from Ozone. Eggman was the first to look at what was up, and what he saw astonished him immensely. The alien crossed his arms over his stomach area as if in pain, dropped down to his knees, and the strangest thing happened to him. His golden yellow fur suddenly turned a dark shade of purple, his hands enlarged themselves a bit so that they literally ripped off the gloves. His feet also enlarged, but so did the shoes. His teeth grew a little longer than it was and became sharper than daggers. When the transformation was complete, Eggman stood there dumbfounded at the creature before him.
Sonic and the others looked in shock to see Ozone in his new appearance, and ran inside the base. Once Ozone came to his senses, he noticed that the place was deserted and figured that he'll wait for them inside Eggman's base until something happens. Once he was inside, he saw a pair of eerie red eyes lurking near the middle of the base. "Who are you?" it said emotionlessly. "Nice to see you again, Metal Sonic" Ozone replied. When Ozone heard himself talking like that, he jumped back in surprise over his new voice. Metal Sonic took a moment to analyze the creature before coming to the conclusion that it really is Ozone the Hedgehog. "Normally I wouldn't care who it is that I'm up against, but I need to clarify my analysis of you. Are you really Ozone the Hedgehog?" The robotic menace asked. Ozone was ticked that Metal Sonic didn't recognize him at first, then yelled, "Of course it's me! Are ya blind?"
"Negative. I can see perfectly fine, but last time we met, you were a hedgehog." Metal Sonic snapped back, which caused Ozone to yell, "I am a hedgehog ya moving toaster" "Not from my point of view. We can argue over what you are, but here's the fact: You are not what you say you are. If you don't believe me, take a look in a mirror." Ozone heard that, and didn't find a mirror nearby. What Ozone did next surprised the robotic menace. He walked over to Metal Sonic and glanced at himself with the reflecting image on the chrome-covered body.
When the alien saw what Metal Sonic was talking about, he jumped back about five feet in shock. "Was that what I really look like!?" Ozone yelled in surprise. "I told you. I came by to let you know something: I just saw Black Doom going around town stealing herbs and spices" Metal Sonic said calmly. Ozone laughed at the thought of Black Doom conquering the world with his horrible cooking. "This is not a joke. I gathered data on the things he stole, and found out that the herbs and spices he stole are ingredients needed to make a special kind of potion. The potion that he's trying to make prevents it's victims from using chaos energy of any kind for a full 24 hours. I believe he's planning to make his final move the moment he uses that potion of you, Shadow, Silver, and Sonic."
While the gang were hiding in the shadows of the base, Eggman stepped out of hiding and added his thoughts about Black Doom's intentions. Ozone was a bit surprised to find Eggman walking in to their conversation unexpectedly, but shrugged the idea to plan with the fat man. "Doctor Eggman, I don't trust this robot, but he claims that I'm not a hedgehog, and I checked myself with the chrome body of his. Is what he said true?" Ozone asked. Eggman replied, "I'm afraid he's right. You aren't a hedgehog. He wasn't pulling any tricks or traps." Metal Sonic added, "Based on my analysis so far, you are a were-hog. In other words, you have DNA of a werewolf and a hedgehog right now." Ozone then finished, "I think this…thing… happened when the sun went down."
"I remember this little problem years ago during the Dark Gaia incident" Eggman said. "Cut the chat, something's coming" Metal Sonic interrupted before taking a fighting stance at the base's door. Before long, the three heard banging noises and the door started shaking in synch with each bang. Just then, Sonic and co. came out of their hiding spots to join Ozone in defending Eggman's base. "I knew you were hiding, but I felt that dealing with Eggman was more important at the time. Now then, shall we give the intruders a welcoming party?" the gang agreed unanimously.
Ozone said, "Chaotix Team, I don't need you guys to fight, but rather find the remaining chaos emeralds. From what I understand, there are two left." Shadow interrupted by saying, "I guess that means that I have the sixth in my possession." Ozone took notice at Shadow's remark, then said, "O.K. I need you guys to look for the last chaos emerald. If my hunch is correct, try looking for Black Doom; he probably has one." With those words, the Chaotix Team fled the base in search of Black Doom. "Now to see the party crashers." Ozone smirked with evil intent. At that moment, the door flew out of it's place and landed on the ground next to Ozone. "Sonic, Amy, Shadow, and Knuckles… take the left flank. Metal Sonic, Tails, Eggman, and Blaze… the right flank. Silver… watch my back." Everyone was a little hesitant to go with Ozone's attack plan, but Eggman told them to just to it… he says that he thinks Ozone's attack formation seems to be the most effective in a small place. Without another word, they all took their positions.
When the intruders came in, Sonic immediately recognized the bunch. They appeared to be oversized chameleons with a purple aura surrounding every piece of it's matter. The battalion in front of them, however, looked like purple, green, and blue balls floating in mid-air. Behind the chameleon shadows were the things Sonic hoped he'd never see again: the dark giants.
Shorter chapter than normal… story starting to get to good parts, but still the plot is still developing. Now that Metal Sonic is back in action, what happened to Rouge? What caused the Dark creatures to come back? What powers will Ozone discover in his new form? Stay tuned and you'll find out!
BTW, here's a paragraph from the next chapter as a sneak peek to commemorate the NEW YEAR!
The dark freaks suddenly lunged at our heroes (and villain(s)). Ozone stretched his arm like he was going to shoot an energy ball. The next thing that happened surprised Ozone: his arm stretched out further than he anticipated and the hand literally grabbed one of the shadowy intruders by the neck. "That's new… Didn't see that coming." Ozone replied with a bead of sweat flowing down the back of his head. He then shrugged the illogical incident of his and put the unusual ability to work.
Not much... but it's still something.