Ch.9: Going Hyper!
A rip through time and space appeared in the sky, sucking in the dimension Mephiles had created. Similar things were happening in Silver's future as well as in Sonic's world. If this vortex remained open for much longer the whole universe would be destroyed!
"We've got to stop him!" yelled Sonic, through the howling wind.
"How?" shouted Silver " the winds to strong! If we make even one mistake, we'll get sucked into the vortex!"
"There's got to be someway!" yelled Shadow, over the wind.
"Look!" yelled Sonic, pointing over in the distance.
Both Shadow and Silver's eyes widened in amazement once they saw what Sonic was looking at. Taking off his gloves, Knuckles had exposed his natrual born claws and spurs, and was steadily crawling his way up the black version of the Master Emerald alter.
It was hard going with the wind working againist him and all, but Knuckles trudged on, never losing his grip of the earth. The wind grew stronger the closer he got to the top of the shrine, and closer to Mephiles.
"Please Master Emerald" Knuckles begged in his mind " give me the strentgh needed to save my friends,"
The Master Emerald heard its Guardian's silent request and glowed bright with power. Knuckles body started to glow bright pink as a new found power surged through him, tripling his strentgh.
With one solid punch, Hyper Knuckles knocked Mephiles away from the Chaos Emeralds, causing the time rip to stop growing, but not from howling. Mephiles souless yellow eyes glared at Knuckles as he called up his shadow clones to help fight.
Knuckles showed no fear as the shadow clones charged. Unleashing a pair of shining yellow Chaos Blades, the Mephiles clones went up in smoke in an instant.
Growling in anger, Mephiles charged at Hyper Knuckles, determined to inflict some personal damage. Both powerful foes traded blows with each other leaving no room for their opponent to attack or counterattack. By what Sonic, Shadow, and Silver were seeing, Knuckles and Mephiles were on equal ground.
Mephiles and Knuckles locked together with incredible force, a shoving mtach started between the two. Trying to push the opponent out with their superior power. Knuckles voilet eyes locked on Mephile's yellow gaze and looked deeply into the hedgehog's soul.
Through his eyes, Knuckles could see all the horrible things Mephiles had done. He saw him kill Sonic, he saw him try remake the world as Solaris, and he saw the reason why Mephiles had such problems with Shadow.
"That's why Shadow saw him as a monster," Knuckles thought, finally understanding the black hedgehog's reasoning.
But as Knuckles continued to glare at Mephile's he saw another side emerge. The side that he had become friends with. An unknown hedgehog with amnesia seeking a friend. That side of Mephiles was now being caged by his dark personality.
"Well now I'm going to put an end to it," thought Knuckles, and started doing something he or any other Guardian had never tried before.
Mephiles yellow eyes widened in surprise as the dark energy surrounding him rose off his body and dissappear into Knuckles skin. Knuckles Hyper form changed from pink to red and the end of his dreadlocks and claws began to crystalize.
Ignoring the changes happening to his body, Knuckles continued to drain away all of Mephile's dark energy. Mephiles felt his dark form grow weaker by the moment, and soon he turned back into his old hedgehog like self.
Draining the last of Mephile's dark energy, Knuckles let the hedgehog fall unconious to the ground, his mind now focused on the time rip that was ripping the entire universe apart.
Calling on the power of the Chaos and Master Emeralds, Hyper Knuckles closed the time rip, and engulfed everything in a bright white light. Transporting him and his friends back home to their world and restoring the universe to peace.