Chapter 15 – Dark Hollow's Revival Phase 1: Sir Sonic VS King Robotnik & the Dark Queen

Misty Lake:

"NIMUE!" shouted Knuckles as he and Bedwyr had finally made the trip back to the Misty Lake with Tails carried between them.

"Huh?" responded Nimue somewhat confused. It appeared that she decided to have gone to sleep since she was somewhat sleepy-eyed and had a nightgown on, "What is it… Sir Knuckles? What are you guys doing here?"

"Tails was heavily injured in battle against Dark Excalibur Sonic…" responded Bedwyr.

"Dark… Excalibur! Is Sir Sonic ok?"

"He's perfectly ok now as he's gone to face Eggman & Merlina-"

"This isn't good… Sir Sonic shouldn't have gone alone to face them alone!"

"What do you mean?"

"Sir Sonic is powerful and did defeat the Dark Queen in the past, but this time she's at least ten times as powerful… There's also the fact that Eggman is assisting her, which adds to the fact that he needs assistance for this fight!"

"But who else can help him?"

"Oh Sir Bedwyr… You've yet to notice your full potential even after you performed the Misty Tsunami? Only few Kings possess a Special Form and since that attack I've been certain that you'd find out you were one of them!"

"What? A Special Form like Sonic?"

"No time for questions. Go to Sir Sonic immediately! Aquarion should reappear from Excalibur an the rest should follow…"

"What about Knuckles & Tails?"

"We'll be fine," said Knuckles, "I'd lend a hand too, but we don't have the Chaos Emeralds…"

"Chaos… Emeralds?"

"Oh never mind, maybe one day you'll see, now GO!"

Excalibur Sonic:

As Excalibur Sonic flew to the Dark Hollow Castle in the middle of Green Hill's sea, he found that there were fewer Knights of the Underworld blocking his path. When he finally arrived at the entrance and started to cross a drawbridge, he found the Dark Hollow unguarded.

"Huh, nobody's home?" asked Sonic, "Usually Eggman has the final area covered with enemies…"

"It's the calming before the storm…" remarked Excalibur.

"Does this mean they're all over Mobius instead?"

"I doubt they've gone further than this place you call Green Hill; they appeared to have just been summoned… Be on your guard Sir Sonic."

"Of course." As they went deeper into the castle they saw various statues and paintings of Eggman & Merlina. "Ugh, this is creepy… Where the heck are they?"

"Oh ho, over here Sonic!" called out Eggman from behind a corner.

"Ugh, King Robotnik, we were supposed to sneak up on him to kill him easier…" remarked Merlina followed by a sigh of disappointment.

"Oh what fun is that? Now Sonic, come here and face your doom!" As Excalibur Sonic went around the corner he found Eggman & Merlina standing in a massive throne room. Merlina radiated a massive Dark aura as she entered her Dark Queen form, a massive illusion of the Black Knight with two Deathcalibur swords and violet seals and designs covering the black & bright blue illusion. This time though it appeared that her Dark Queen form was even more powerful due to the extra amount of Dark aura that emanated from her as well as the armor being stronger-looking. Eggman then pulled out a small remote and pressed a button, summoning out a version of an Egg Knight about half the size of the Dark Queen but still intimidating in size to the golden-armored yet small hedgehog; however, this version was equipped with the armor of a Paladin and the shape and blade arm of a Cavalier, completed with a shield and head cockpit which Eggman now filled. "Say hello to your doom Sonic, the Egg Emperor Mark II!"

"Why Egg Emperor again?" asked Sonic, "You know how that one turned out… Did you just hit a naming block or something?"

"I thought I already went over the whole 'Egg' naming issue King Robotnik…" added the Dark Queen.

"Enough of this business!" exclaimed Excalibur, "Sir Sonic is the only true royalty present and the eternal King Arthur as well! Now prepare to meet your end Dark 'Queen' and 'King' Robotnik!"

Excalibur Sonic took off, first aiming at the Dark Queen as they dodged and countered her Dark Energy Balls and series of slashes. However, when Excalibur Sonic was about to make his Soul-Surge land on her, the Egg Emperor II interfered and landed a blow, sending him flying back. "Ugh, not this again…" said Sonic. When Eggman was about to land another hit, Excalibur Sonic dodged and tried another Soul-Surge, this time on Eggman, but this time Eggman protected himself with an energy shield. Immediately afterwards Merlina not only countered but also held him down as Eggman landed a series of blows. When Excalibur Sonic went flying back, the Dark Queen launched a new Dark Energy Beam, landing a direct hit on him. "Ugh! My standard Soul-Surge isn't enough… Excalibur, time for the Supersonic Airstream!" At Excalibur Sonic's command came the wind tunnel with an extra golden appearance. When the Sonic Boom sounded after the wind tunnel's exit, he found that Eggman had put up his energy shield but had sustained a decent amount of damage. "We're starting to get through, but we need more power…"

"How about an extra hand instead?"

"Huh?" When everyone looked down they saw Bedwyr running up to Excalibur Sonic. "What are you doing here?"

"Nimue sent me here, saying that apparently I have a Special Form or something…"

"Ok… How is Tails?"

"Tails will be ok after a day of intense healing."

"Good…"

"Sir Sonic your guard is down!" shouted Excalibur as Eggman was bringing his blade down fast to impact Sonic's head. "What's this?"

At this moment Aquarion reappeared in Bedwyr's arm with a shining light-blue aura of its own as they shoved Excalibur Sonic out of the way to block the attack. An explosion of energy occurred, sending smoke into the air; when it cleared, Bedwyr was in a new form where his shell had molded into the shape of real Knight Armor with cyan markings on his shoulder plates, gauntlets, and torso. His head was also covered in the new armor in the shape of a helmet that only exposed his bright golden eyes. Aquarion had also flared out its normal golden design into an Aqua hued blade with the two golden spirals becoming two smaller blades on the sides. "Is this the Form Nimue told us about Aquarion?"

"I suppose so; the power inside me feels like it is being released…"

"Be sure to hone in on that power Aquarion," said Excalibur, "that's the energy that you and Sir Bedwyr will use to fight."

"Well this just got interesting…" said Eggman, "Now I get to defeat a Super-powered Hedgehog and Turtle! What do you think loving Merlina? … Merlina?"

Author's Note: Since this was going to be a large chapter, and to keep with the tradition of some Sonic Final Bosses, I split the final battle into two parts. I hope you enjoyed this first part and be sure to offer your input! The second part should come by Friday or Saturday!