Chapter 16:
"Surrender the Chosen," the dragon said. "And your death shall be swift and painless."
"Not a chance Rocky," Amy replied than added quietly. "What are we going to do Shadow?"
"I don't know," he replied. "I only have enough energy for a few attacks, but that's not even close to taking this thing down."
"Since you refuse to surrender, we shall take the Chosen by force," The Dragon said before releasing a blast of energy from it's mouth. Shadow ran out of the way, pulling Sonic and Amy with him."
"Sonic," Amy said. "You have to beat this thing. You're the only one that can do it!"
"What are you talking about?" Sonic replied fearfully. "I can't do anything. I'm useless."
"But..." Amy was cut off as they dodged another blast. Shadow let out a curse.
"I'll distract the dragon," Shadow said. "You try and talk some sense into the faker."
Shadow rushed at the dragon and preformed multiple homing attacks, but none of them did any damage. The dragon roared at the black hedgehog and attempted to bite him. Shadow dodged out of the way and released several chaos spears, none of them had any effect either. With another curse, Shadow prepared to do more homing attacks.
"Sonic listen," Amy said, trying to ignore the fighting. "You've used the emeralds many times. You control them, not the other way around."
"I... I can't. Just leave me. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Now listen here Sonic Hedgehog," Amy said sternly. "I've traveled through you're memories, I've seen your fears, I probably know more about you than you know about yourself. And if I learned one thing from this whole crazy experience is that you don't give up. You have been through a lot in your life, but you never let that stop you. You have always been a hero and you will always be one. So don't give me this crap about being useless, because you save the world all the time and everyone you come across. Now what do you have to say for yourself?"
"I..." Sonic cut off in surprise as Shadow flew past him. The dragon swooped down and grabbed Sonic in it's claws. It flew up above where Amy stood, shouting Sonic's name.
"You shall not leave us," the dragon said to Sonic. "We are meant to be joined. You cannot run from us; you cannot escape us."
"You know something," Sonic replied his eyes closed. "I've been running this whole time from you, from my so called destiny, because I was scared."
Sonic opened his eyes, his usual confidence restored and the familiar smirk appearing.
"But Amy reminded me of who I am. I'm not a coward. I overcome my fears and I never run away from the challenge!"
Sonic became surrounded in a golden light, forcing the dragon to release him.
"What is this!" the dragon demanded. "We are the ones that give you power! What is this energy!"
"You may have helped me during a lot of my fights, but you aren't the only powerful objects I've used," Sonic laughed, the light beginning to take form. "And what better way to slay a dragon than the strongest sword from legend... Excalibur!"
The light died down, revealing Sonic to be covered in gold armor and a glowing sword in his hand.
"You think a sword can stop us?"
"I know it can, but if you have doubts I'll be glad to give you a demonstration."
Sonic lunged at the dragon, slashing with his sword. The dragon roared in pain as the sword cut into it, causing pieces off it's crystal armor to chip off. The dragon beat it's wing furiously, creating a strong wind that forced Sonic back. Sonic steadied himself and flew at the dragon again. The dragon responded by releasing a beam of energy at the hedgehog, but Sonic dodged out of the way. Sonic rushed the dragon again and began slashing furiously, chipping off more pieces of crystal and making cracks appear. The dragon roared and Sonic was once more pushed back.
Sonic steadied himself once more and flew at the dragon. Instead of firing the energy beam, the dragon launched several crystal spears. Sonic manged to doge most of them, but spear found it's mark. It didn't make it through his armor or cause any serious injure, but the impact still hurt and caused him to lose speed. Sonic ignored the pain and lunged at the dragon again, making more cracks appear before he was forced back.
This process repeated itself several times, with the dragon getting more and more desperate as more cracks appeared in it's armor.
"How!" the dragon demanded. "How can you do this to us! We are power! We are meant to be joined! How can you do this?"
"You are right about us being meant to be joined, but not like this," Sonic said as his sword began to glow brightly with energy. "I'm the controller and I will not let you continue this rampage. SOUL SURGE!"
Sonic flew at the dragon and plunged Excalibur into it's chest. The dragon roared in pain as the cracks spread across it's whole body with light shining through. The light brightened and the dragon broke apart, revealing the Chaos Emeralds.
"He did it," Amy said gladly, watching Sonic as she helped Shadow to his feet.
Sonic's armor and sword disappeared, but he remained floating as the Chaos Emeralds circled him.
"It is time for the true joining," he said as both he and the Chaos Emeralds began glowing brightly. They were engulfed in a white light that began spreading through the void.
"What's going on?" Amy wondered as the light approached them.
"It feels like chaos control," Shadow replied as the light swallowed them.
Purity let go of Super Sonic as he began glowing brightly.
"What's going on?" Tails asked. "Did the emeralds win?"
"No," Purity replied with a smile as the light began filling the room. "Everything is as it should be."
Before Knuckles or Tails could ask what she meant, they all disappeared in the light.
A/N: Before I get any complaints or questions about Sonic turning Excalibur, remember that this all takes place in Sonic's head. The regular rules of time and space don't apply and Sonic can do whatever he wants. And if your wondering why Excalibur doesn't talk, He isn't really there. Sonic is using his own power and memory to create Excalibur and the form. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'll post the last one tomorrow.