Nature's Cure

Cosmo collapsed and wept for her mother when they were teleported onto the Black Asteroid. Seeing this, Tails went over to comfort her.

"Listen, I know things seem bad right now and they might never get better, but there's still a chance she's OK." Said Tails.

"How would you know? She was my mother, and now I've lost her."

"I lost my parents, too. I'd long since given up hope of seeing them again, but they came back to me thanks to the help of my friends, who as close to me as any family, and until you get your mother back, we can be your family on our world."

"Thank you for your kind words and generosity, but I just don't see how it's possible." Said Cosmo and walked over to be with her sister, who was putting on a brave face for Cosmo's sake while secretly trying to fight back a stream of tears.

"You should go back to Mobius, my son. Your friend needs the Seedrian DNA you have." Said Black Doom.

"What will you do? Back to trying to conquer the galaxy?" Said Shadow.

"Why break a fifteen thousand year old tradition? Hahaha-" Black Doom went into a small coughing fit again in mid laugh. "We shall never meet again, my son, of that I am certain. You are a mighty warrior, one that could conquer the galaxy a thousand times over. Join me, and we shall rule the universe together." Black Doom extended his hand to Shadow.

"No thank you. I'd rather follow in my other father's foot steps."

"Other father?"

"Professor Gerald."

"Ahh.. yes. Well, if that is what you wish, I shall respect that."

Knuckles then took off his hat and pulled out the Warp Ring inside it and it opened up a portal to Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital. Knuckles was about to enter it when Sonic stopped him while facing the two Seedrians.

"You still haven't answered Tails's question about going to Mobius with us. You'd be a lot safer there than here with about 10,000 Black Arms." The hedgehog said.

"Yes, Mother would have wanted us to be happy. I think we may find happiness on your planet." Said Galaxina.

"Then all you have to do is step through the golden portal with us."

The six heroes of Mobius and two Seedrians stepped through the Warp Ring and were greeted by Dr. Quack.

"Do you have the DNA sample?" He asked.

Knuckles pulled off his hat again and pulled out the leaf Black Doom had taken from Cosmo and handed it to the doctor.

"Excellent! I'll get this through to Dr. Finitevus at once."

After three hours had passed, the two Seedrians had been taken to their new residences in New Mobotropolis by NICOLE and Finitevus had managed to use the DNA to merge with Lien-Da's. The Kommisar of the Dark Legion was now stirring in her bed and the moment she saw Dr. Finitevus, she punched him in the face.

"You dirty, traitor!" She yelled out and got out of her bed.

Knuckles held her back, although he secretly wanted to congratulate her for slugging the jerk.

"Calm down, Ms. Lien-Da. If it weren't for this man, you'd be dead." Said Dr. Quack.

Lien-Da then calmed herself down after hearing this. Finitevus then got up off the floor and came close to Lien-Da.

"Consider it thanks for letting me into the Dark Legion, and for unwillingly allowing me to observe you and your ties to Dimitri." Said Dr. Finitevus. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be going."

"The only place you're going is to a jail cell, creep." Said Knuckles.

"On what grounds? What evidence do you have to make a solid conviction against me."

"WHAT EVIDENCE!?!? You forced me into becoming Enerjak with a hex!"

"Correction, Guardian, you willingly took the power of the Master Emerald for yourself to aid the Echidnas and by a freak accident, it took you over and I managed to persuade you to not harm any innocents."

"That was no accident! You put a hex on me!"

"What proof do you have? I believe Merlin Prower got rid of any evidence to support that."

"You made me go on a rampage."

"That destroyed the Eggman Empire's forces and the Dingo Regime before you went rogue after Eggman captured you, and took on one of your best friends."

Knuckles was both speechless and outraged. He turned to Sally in the hopes that she may have something, but she said "He's right. We have no evidence to support a solid conviction."

"But he killed my dad!" Yelled Knuckles.

"Your father commited suicide and I even tried to stop him from doing so, by somewhat aggressive means I must admit, though."

"Julie-Su and Archimedes! They heard you confess to the whole thing."

"They made sure that Locke sacrificed himself and got me out of the way. If anything, they are accomplices to murder. If that is all, I shall be on my way. I have research to do. Goodbye."

Finitevus then conjured up one of the Warp Rings around his wrists and made a portal to Devil's Gulag. Knuckles looked around desperately for somebody to say something or do anything, but they did not. Finitevus then left through his Warp Ring. Julie-Su then came up to him and said "I'm sorry, Knuckles. But we'll get him next time. We good guys always win in the end."

Knuckles let out a sigh before replying. "Thanks, Julie, but I think I need to be on my own right now." And with that, he exited the hospital and headed off for the bench next to the stream. Sally then came up to Sonic and put her arms around him.

"With all these threats gone, it looks like we can finally go on our honeymoon, now." She said. "Looking forward to it?"

"Oh, yeah. Soleanna. Looks like a nice place. I just hope ol' Egghead doesn't ruin it."

Back at Devil's Gulag, Dr. Finitevus pulled out from his cloak three items. Two of them were viles containing the DNA of Remington and Julie-Su and a hair brush taken from the residence of Lien-Da with her uncontaminated hair on it. Finitevus walked into one of the cells that had pods he'd stolen from Albion's scientists who had wanted to make cloning possible before the Eggman Empire destroyed the ancient city.

"With these items, I shall have the son of Luger reborn and he shall be my greatest aid in bringing back the god among among gods into this horrific world. The power of Enerjak shall be known once more! Hahahahahahahaha!"

THE END