Chapter 8 is here and man, did I have a blast writing this one! I hope you will enjoy it just as much as I did writing it!
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Eggman reached Mor'du as fast as he could. He jumped out of his Egg-Mobile and put the emeralds in the mechanical parts where they were intended to go. All that was left now was awaking the beast. Eggman got back into his vehicle and positioned it on top of the bear's back.
The doctor adjusted a few things before awakening Mor'du. "Awaken!" He screamed as he pressed a button on the control panel.
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles showed up just as the beast started to get back on its feet. Mor'du was now standing on all fours, chaos emeralds glowing on his new robotic parts, Eggman grinning in success and the demon bear letting out a horrific roar.
"I see that you have decided to attend my little sience project, you troublesome little pests. Let's see how long you could BEAR with me! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!"
The trio let out a sign. "And people think my puns are bad but this… This is just painful, Eggman". Sonic commented.
"I will make sure this will be even more painful"! The evil genius said as he made Mor'du swing his paw against the trio. They avoided it and speeded each to a different direction.
"We need to get the emeralds out of there"! Tails said.
"No problem"! Knuckles charged at the bear, ready to make it taste his power. The echidna tried to punch the robotic legs of the bear but to no effect. The emeralds were pretty much stock inside, and because of their power Mor'du pretty much didn't feel Knuckles'es attacks.
"Nice try, Knuckles. Now it's my turn!" Eggman said as he made Mor'du punch Knuckles away from them.
Tails then threw some of his explosive rings at the bear, sure that will cause some damage. But it still had no effect. Eggman then lunched one of Mor'du's robotic legs towards Tails and hit him so hard he lost altitude.
Sonic started to get a bit intimated, but charged at the evil creature regardless. He managed to dodge the robotic limbs coming through him but as soon as he was about to attack Eggman the bear slammed its head against the hedgehog and sent him flying.
"Guys". Sonic said. "I… think it's time to try this out".
All 3 grabbed hands and started spinning at full speed. After they built up some momentum they lunched themselves at Eggman and Mor'du, sure that now they will be able to damage it.
But when they were inches from it, Mor'du let out a loud roar that made the entire forest shake and broke the momentum the trio had, causing them to drop in place.
Eggman guided Mor'du to stand in front of Sonic and his friends. "Time to say good bye, Sonic The Hedgehog"!
Sonic looked at Eggman, smirking. "Good bye, RoBUTTnick. I hope you will enjoy Tails, Knuckles and the rest defeat you and that pet of yours."
Mor'du left one arm to swipe Sonic, but as soon as he was about to strike, an arrow hit his eye. Eggman lost control for a second but when he regained it, he noticed Sonic wasn't where he was before.
Out of the forest, came a black horse and from it jumped Merida, aiming her bow at the bear. "Get back fram ma friends"!
"You"! Eggman wasn't happy when she, along with the rest of the highlanders showed up with swords, axes and bows.
Soon after, Sonic landed on top of Eggman's cockpit and that caused Mor'du some damage. Sonic then realized, the legs weren't the weak spot; it was the part of him that wasn't robotic.
Sonic sped off to stand alongside his friends and the highlanders, all ready to take on the evil due. Then, out of nowhere, the chaos emeralds popped out of Mor'du and were spread throughout the forest.
Eggman grinned as he realized that Mor'du has emptied the emeralds out of their power, which caused them to spread through the forest. The dark purple aura that surrounded the bear now proved it to be true.
"We need to get the emeralds back." Sonic explained.
Merida smiled and gave a little whistle, causing her younger brothers from before to show up from behind their large father.
"Ye ga and find those emeralds, lads. Ah will promise ah will teach ye archery if ye will". She told the little princes who nodded and hurried off to find the magical gems.
"Tails, go and protect them. I'm counting on you, buddy". Sonic told him and the fox went after the triplets.
As Tails went after them, Elinor joined in behind him. It didn't take long for the fox to notice.
"What are you doing, Your Majesty"? He asked.
"Ah am protecting ma sons". She answered. "And ye might want help finding those things." She added.
Tails smiled at her offer and they both split up after the triplets.
Back in the stone circle, Eggman was showing no mercy to the highlanders charging at him and Mor'du with swords and spears.
Each swing was deadly, especially with the new robotic features and the roar was defiantly not a nice sight.
"Aim for his head!" Sonic shouted. "It's the only part that's vulnerable!"
The lords were carrying large hammers and raced through the bear, which sent his legs at them. They were sure they were going to get hit but for some reason, nothing happened. They then turned to see Knuckles punching the legs. While it wasn't doing that serious of damage, it sure did its job holding them back.
"Go! I can't hold it forever!" The echidna shouted. The lords quickly gained their senses and hammered Mor'du in the face. Fergus then jumped in the scene and started punching Mor'du's head.
"Ah said ah will take ye down with ma bear hands, and that ah will da"! He stated as he landed lefts and rights on the bears head.
Eggman wasn't about to let it go unnoticed and was about to strike Fergus when all of the sudden, an arrow was flying right past Fergus and hit the mechanic paw of Mor'du. The arrow caused some sparks go flying out of it.
Eggman looked in horror in the direction to see Merida ready with another arrow in her bow.
"Get away frem ma dad, ye mustached potato"!
"As you wish, Princess"! He replied as he sent the arm right at her, but Fergus stopped it by upper cutting Mor'du. "nat ma daughter, ye devil!"
The upper cut caused Mor'du to stand on his back legs, giving Sonic a chance to attack the head and Eggman's cockpit.
Every one regrouped in front of Mor'du while the emerald's power started to show its wonders and healed the damage that Merida caused the leg.
"It's healing!" Merida stated.
"What can we da?!" The lords were arguing between themselves.
"We have to wait for Tails to…" But before Sonic could finish, he heard his name being called.
Tails showed up with the triplets in his hands.
"Where are the emeralds"? Knuckles asked.
"Ah have them"! Elinor called.
"Mum!" Merida shouted excitedly, happy to see her mother was okay.
Elinor gave the emeralds to Sonic, who turned to Knuckles and Fergus.
"You guys, hold him. I will take care of him in a sec."
The 2 shared looks, Knuckles lifted his fist, Fergus his sword and both nodded as they charged at the evil in front of them.
Sonic put the emeralds on the grass in a circle shape and stepped inside it. Merida then came near him.
"Ah am coming with ye!"
"Merida, na!" Her mother called.
"Ah have ta, mum. It's ma duty as the princess ta protect ma kingdom"! The red haired teen stated. Her mother might not like the idea of her daughter going to fight a fat mad man and Mor'du but Merida had a point that she herself thought her; she had that duty of the princess.
Elinor hugged her daughter and turned to Sonic. "Make sure she will be akay".
Sonic gave her thumbs up. "Count on me, Your Majesty!"
Sonic then closed his eyes as the emeralds suddenly lifted in the air and started to spin around him. His blue fur turned into a golden yellow, his spikes lifted up and when he opened his eyes they were turned from green to red. All topped with a golden aura around him. Super Sonic was in the scene.
Sonic turned to Merida and touched her arrow quiver, turning all of her arrows colors from brown to gold.
"What did ye da"? Merida asked.
"I powered your arrows up; they should be powerful enough to send that bear back to his hibernation."
Merida was a bit confused but she wasn't about to question anything now.
"Aim for his legs until I give the word." Sonic told her as he speeded towards Eggman and Mor'du, she being behind him.
The next chapter will be the final one and it will be up in a few days.
Since "Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 3" isn't happening anytime soon if at all, I thought that having the 3 of them do the rolling combo will make up for that in my mind.
About Sonic making Merida's arrows more powerfull, I'm not sure if Super Sonic can do something like that but I wanted her to have some sort of an upgrade that will make her more equal to Sonic in the final battle and giving her a super form will not only be wireder and unfitting in my opinion, but it will also rip off the other "Sonic The Hedgehog/Brave" fic on this site(Which I recommand you to give it a read, it's really good) and I didn't want to go there. So, golden arrows it is!
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