Return of the Knight of the Wind

Dark Hollow's Revival Phase 2

Excalibur Sonic & Misty Bedwyr VS The Dark Queens

Author's Note: Be sure to read Chapter 15: Dark Hollow's Revival Phase 1 before reading this!

Also, may I recommend listening to either Knight of the Wind/Crisis City Modern Remix or I Am/Perfect Dark Gaia/His World [Zebrahead Version] 2012 Remastered Remix on YouTube by ArcanaAaron for an epic sounding final battle music feel? Music like this helps inspire me when I type so just giving a recommendation.

Now, on to the final battle!

"Well this just got interesting…" said Eggman as he saw Excalibur Sonic and the newly transformed Misty Bedwyr standing before him, "Now I get to defeat a Super-powered Hedgehog and Turtle! What do you think loving Merlina? … Merlina?"

The Dark Queen had gone silent, gathering her Darkness into a large mass while the others had been wasting their time by talking. As Eggman turned towards her, she finally said, "You are truly a weakling Eggman… No matter, you served me well to this point so I have no further use of you…"

"What?" exclaimed Eggman in his well-known shocked way. At this moment a Dark Pulse exploded around Merlina as her Dark Queen form slowly and shockingly duplicated. Now two slightly smaller Dark Queens faced Excalibur Sonic and Misty Bedwyr with four Deathcalibur swords drawn. The throne room was engulfed by a dark and scorching atmosphere as the Dark Queens launched their next attack at Eggman, obliterating his Egg Emperor II and propelling his hovercraft towards Sonic & Bedwyr. "What the hell Merlina?"

"I never had a liking to you Eggman; as soon as you reawakened me and told me of making a new empire I forced myself to join you to not have my power just used like one of your insignificant metal men… Not only that, but I was also able to increase my abilities to ensure that I would make my perfect world of eternity. Now that that's been completed, you're no more than a chunk of rusted metal in my way…"

"Ouch," said Sonic as he couldn't help but chuckle, "It looks like she just used AND burned you!"

"That's harsh," added Bedwyr, "but I guess he had it coming…"

"What?" shouted Eggman as he turned red with rage which matched his jacket, "That's it! We need to send this bat-shit crazy bitch to kingdom come; Sonic, go beat her up! Only I can be ruler!"

"No need to tell me twice, except for the fact that you'll never be ruler! Bedwyr, let's strike till there's nothing but burnt toast next to this scrambled Eggman!"

Excalibur Sonic & Misty Bedwyr took off towards the two Dark Queens as they shot Energy Beams of pure Darkness at them. They both evaded easily as each took on a Dark Queen on their own. Excalibur Sonic was able to dodge and counter all of the attacks aimed at him with ease, but Misty Bedwyr seemed to have a rough time by taking an occasional hit or missing his chance to counter. "Hey Bedwyr!" called out Sonic, "Just take it easy."

"Let the power flowing from Aquarion steady itself as you focus it and the rest will follow," added Excalibur.

As the Dark Queen that Misty Bedwyr was fighting shot out a Dark Beam he glowed with a cyan aura as he called out, "Ok… Aquarion, Aqua-Cannon!" At his command an amplified version of the Aqua-Cannon shot out of Aquarion's blade which locked into battle with the Dark Beam. After a moment of both sides not having a clear advantage the second Dark Queen jumped in and shot a Dark Beam, forcing the Aqua-Cannon back to near impact. However, Excalibur Sonic came in with another Supersonic Airstream which quickly impacted the force of all four shots at the Dark Queens; however, this also sent Sonic & Bedwyr flying back. When the impact died down the Dark Queens had duplicated again, making four that were about quadruple the size of Sonic & Bedwyr. They all immediately shot out Dark Beams somewhat haphazardly as Sonic & Bedwyr made their way to them again. When they did though, the Dark Queens changed tactics by diving towards Excalibur Sonic with 8 Deathcalibur swords drawn, two of the Dark Queens holding him down while the other two took turns slashing him. "Sonic! Aquarion, Misty Torrent!" As the Dark Queens looked up they saw the menacing Cyan Wave wash them away while Excalibur Sonic rose once more.

"We need more than just Soul-Surges to defeat them!" exclaimed Excalibur as the Dark Queens rushed back with a vengeance.

"Correct," shouted Aquarion as he deflected a slash, "Sir Bedwyr and me pulled off an interesting attack while fighting alongside Sir Tails. Perhaps that would work…"

"What is it?" asked Sonic.

"Call out your Ultimate Soul-Surge," replied Bedwyr as the Dark Queens approached, "NOW!"

"Supersonic Airstream!"

"Misty Torrent!"

At the exclamation of both Ultimate Soul-Surges came the Wind Tunnel as the Cyan wave appeared and entered it, providing a hurricane-like tunnel of pure energy as it impacted the Dark Queens, leaving a cloud of cyan mist. When the mist disappeared, 8 Dark Queens about double the size of themselves stood before them as they rushed towards them with 16 Deathcalibur swords drawn. Excalibur Sonic and Misty Bedwyr quickly entered into a furious collision of swords with sparks adding to the dark flames around them.

"Ugh, she simply won't go down!" shouted Excalibur Sonic as he managed to destroy 4 Dark Queens but seeing that 4 more appeared from the remaining ones.

"Wait!" replied Bedwyr, "Eggman, what did you say her weakness was?"

"Merlina is too big on quantity instead of quality, and it clearly shows right now!" answered Eggman as the Dark Queen made a last ditch effort by duplicating into 16 with 32 swords. However, these versions appeared to be weakened as they started to glow red and recklessly attack, sending Excalibur Sonic & Misty Bedwyr into a flash of evasive maneuvers and slashing.

"This should be the perfect time to finish them, but we need to finish them all at once!" stated Sonic, "Excalibur, do you think you can pull off the final Soul-Surge?"

"I'm near my limit Sir Sonic, but I'll do my best! Call out the attack and don't let up no matter what…"

"Ok… ULTIMATE SOUL-SURGE: Excalibur's Final Slash!" shouted Excalibur Sonic as he charged the golden seal of Excalibur and dove towards the Dark Queens.

"No, it will not end like this!" called out Merlina as the 16 Dark Queens gathered, "Dark-Surge: Deathcalibur's Slash – 32 Fold!"

Both the 32 Deathcalibur swords and Excalibur collided, a dark and light aura flaring out of both with no intention of backing down. However, the overwhelming amount of Dark and Light Aura appeared to have an effect as the Deathcalibur swords and Excalibur started to crack with the pressure of forcing more power. "Excalibur, are you ok?" shouted Sonic as he noticed the cracks forming on Excalibur.

"Yes! Do not stop now Sir Sonic, Knight of the Wind! This is where we make our stand against the Darkness!"

"Aquarion, we must help them too! ULTIMATE SOUL-SURGE: Misty Tsunami!" added Misty Bedwyr as the massive tidal wave of his most powerful move was summoned and surrounded Excalibur Sonic, giving him a golden and cyan infused energy as he slashed through all the Dark Queens.

"Ah! It… can't… end!" shouted Merlina she started to disappear into the mist, "As long as this world isn't eternal, I will not die!"

When the dark flames and atmosphere disappeared from the now demolished throne room, Bedwyr returned to his normal form as he found at its center Sonic standing, but instead of being filled with joy, Sonic had his head down looking at Caliburn, who was extremely cracked and shattered in various parts of the blade and hilt with his eyes closed.

"Caliburn…?" asked Sonic, "Are you ok? Caliburn!"

"Caliburn must have taken a toll during that final rush of power," said Aquarion, "We have to get Caliburn to the Misty Lake; only returning him to his home will revive him now…"

"Ok… I see why he said not to stop or let up; he used all of his power… Let's go!" shouted Sonic as he sped out of the throne room with a Boost as Bedwyr switched into Cavalier-Form and pursued.

Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this Final Battle everyone! There will be one more chapter to close the story and reveal the fate of Caliburn, so till then be sure to keep an eye out!