CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

200 YEARS IN THE FUTURE

Silver and Blaze were standing where the park would be in the past, but all burnt down by Iblis's flames. Silver looking down at the two Chaos Emeralds he has in his hand. While Blaze looking at Silver wondering of how they can finally defeat Iblis.

Silver closes his eyes, thinking of what he saw in the past ten years ago and now to do in the future. "I know how to save our world, now. We don't have to change the past. I'm sure of it."

"So you have a plan?"

Silver looks at her, nods his head. Blaze could see something sad in his eyes, but she sense something. "Well then, let's hurry. I sense his flames." Silver stares at her for a moment, then breaks eye contact with her and starts following the flames.

They both ran for sometime, until they saw flame rising far from their distant.

"He's over there." Blaze pointed her finger. Silver squeezed both of the gems and ran to Iblis, with Blaze following.

They ran into the dark hole, what was a cave, to where Iblis would be.

Blaze and Silver ran in speed to catch up with Iblis. And they finally found Iblis. "C'mon Iblis. This time I'll finally stop you!"

Silver and Blaze watch in horror as Iblis brings his flames up with rocks.

Iblis looks down at Silver and Blaze throwing rocks with his hot flames/lava, but apparently it missed.

Silver finds a rock coming in his away fast, using his telekinesis to stop it, and throw it back to him. Silver knew it will only make Iblis even more mad, but it was the only way to slow him down.

Blaze is watching as Silver kept using his telekinesis to throw back the rocks coming their way. She doesn't understand why Silver is slowing him down, but there's only one way to find out is to watch.

As Silver used his telekinesis to stop some of the pieces of the cave from hitting him. He threw them back at Iblis. Iblis roared with power as it hit him near the mouth of his head. Iblis started throwing more and more pieces at Silver, but with each one of them were caught in Silver's telekinesis, thrown back at him near the head or the chest of Iblis's body.

Iblis is mad as each piece were caught from the stupid hedgehog he hated, that tried stopping him so many times. Iblis knew that his enemy will give up and realize that their future is dead to them, not alive anymore. With the rocks thrown to him more, he went back to the deaths of the flames where he came from, and when Silver's done, he can rise again, again and again. But something was different this time. Iblis was now floating in the dark sky, with its fire around him, and some fire going falling from the sky.

Silver walks to the end of the cave surface, bringing the two gems up, "Chaos Emeralds lend me your power! Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with my soul, Iblis! You cursed Flames of Disaster!" he quoted from the past. He squeezed the gems, until they turned green. Iblis now turned into green light and went into Silver's body, but something was wrong.

"No! Why won't it accept me as the vessel?" Silver knew the answer, but he didn't want it to be true. It was someone else to be the vessel, but Elise was dead in their future, who else is the vessel?

Blaze walks up to Silver puts her hand on his wrist close to where the Chaos Emerald were. "Blaze!" Silver yelled in surprise.

"I'll take Iblis." she said in a calm voice. "Don't worry. My soul is already alit with flames. I will be accepted." she grabbed the gems out of Silver's hands.

Blaze brought up the gems and squeezed them, Iblis accepted her as the vessel, Iblis went fully inside her soul and was now trapped. "Come on, make it quick. Use your Chaos Control... To stop time. Then... Seal us into a different dimension."

"No! I can't do that to you!" Silver didn't want to put her somewhere where she will be alone and never see her best friend ever again, but it was the only way how to finally stop Iblis, and to bring back the sun in their future.

Blaze looks over her shoulder, "Didn't we already go through this? We agreed to save the world at any price!" Blaze looked the other way, waiting for Silver to do his thing.

Silver brought up his hand, but couldn't bring it up one of his power balls to hit her. He brought his hand down and closed his eyes with sadness washing over him. "I can't! I wouldn't know what to do without you! You've fought along side me to save the world... You're my friend... Right?"

Blaze re-opened her eyes and turned fully around to look at him one last time. "... You're still so naive. But... I... I've always like that about you." Blaze squeezed the gems, while trying to get her power to use on herself.

Silver watched as Blaze brought a purple bubble around herself. Silver covered his eyes, to not let the brightness blind him. He brought his hand up a little, watching in horror he saw Blaze not her usual color anymore, no more purple, no colors on her clothes, all she was glowing bright pale orange.

Blaze dropped the gems no longer to hold them. And started to float into the sky. "Blaze!" she heard Silver, she looked down as she was still floating up to the sky. She brought out her hand like she was trying to reach for something but all she can feel is nothing.

"Good luck, Silver!" she yelled to him and disappeared into the dark clouds.

Silver looked at the same spot where Blaze disappeared, but then something caught his eye. A bright light coming from the dark sky. He looked up and saw the dark sky, now turning to a bright sky with their sun back.

Silver looked back up to look at the sun and looked back down, he felt a tear running on his cheek. He brushed it off.

"Thank you Blaze. Thank you, for bringing the sun back. Your our sun now."

IN THE PAST (OR PRESENT)

Mephiles is standing in a field, with a Chaos Emerald he created to bring Iblis into their world, now that Iblis is banished in the future. He knew Silver and Blaze would find out about his secret, but all he needed was to slow down everyone and to think that he was over with and he needed a Chaos Emerald to complete his assignment. And he now has Omega on his side. He laughed to himself, he was finally going to win, once and for all!

A/N: It's 1:10 am in the morning here