Chapter 79: The World's Strongest, How to open the Heart of the Death Egg in to a Devil's Omelet!

Last time in Tales of the Cosmic Wars Ben dashed with Sonic's group to the chilly Icecap zone were Dr Robotnik is apparently leading the Zannacross World Devastators to cause massive destruction to the planet! As soon as they detected the energy single of the missing Chaos Emerald most likely being held by the robotic loving madmen they ran off to its location.

However as they close in on the mass of icebergs the minion of the Zannacross Empire greats that in person with a new powerful machine or at least it seems that way at first. However when they swiftly defeat the machine and corner the Egg man they found they were had! It seems they were just being observed by an Egg Robo dummy! While Ben Sonic, and especially Knuckles were angered at being duped they had little time to react, because a little after would they found a massive tidal wave heading right for them! While Ben tries to soften the blow with defensive magic it was not enough to protect them in time and they are swept aside! When Ben woke up he found his friends trapped in magical water bubbles, with the "Melodious Nocturne" Demyx being the one responsible!

It seems the dark Enji blindsided the Enji and pals in order to try and be the one who takes Ben out! While expecting Demyx to be the same man he fought earlier, which was Xemnas he was still all too happy to have a rematch from their fight on this same world form a year ago! While Demyx was expecting things to go as swimmingly for him as last time, he soon found he was greatly mistaken!

Even when the member of Organization XIII fought at full power he found that Ben was able to overcome every watery trick and attack he threw at him, especially once he unleashed his Bankai power! Getting more desperate he turned to making Ben stand down or he would kill his unconscious friends! However even this was not enough as Ben showed his resort fullness to still get the jump on Demyx!

Not showing any mercy Ben attacked with such a ragging force that he slashed Demyx's sitar in half! While Demyx begged for mercy Ben was in no mood for mercy to his enemies.

And since he saw no point in trusting his sneaky opponent he obliterated Demyx in to atoms with a full powered Shinryukenha! However even with Sonic, Sliver Blaze and the others all safe there was little time to feel good as right afterworlds they saw in the distance the Death Egg launching out of the ice!

Now with no time to lose are hero's burst to hitch a ride before it got too far in to space! Meanwhile Ben was not the only one dealing with painful issues.

Around the same time Shadow and his group had found Ezan, lying unconscious around the dead Lylat Solders and destroyed transport shuttle!

Ezan soon woke up, and could not answer how he came to this state and who attacked him. However, the reason for this was because the attacker was from within himself!

Yes, it seems that Cloud 's mortal enemies sprit has once again begin aggressively trying to take control of Ezan 's body and mind thanks to Kira 's magical attack from before weakened Kira's seal! Now trying to make up for lost time, the One Winged Angle took control and in an outburst killed all the Lylat Solders on board! However he once again lay dormant and Ezan joined Shadow in his effort to locate Sonic. However they ran in to more trouble under Fleet Commander Margulis! The fanatic follower of the dark order showcased the newly completed Proto Omega! It seems it was indeed something worth being as long in development as it wipes out the attacking the Lylat Fleet! It was about to unleash another deadly blast Shadow and Ezan 's way when the black hedgehog used Chaos Control at max power to warp them out of the way! Was he successful? Let's find out so time to get started!

Are newest chapter begins with Ben and the hero's of planet Mobius still speeding to catch up to the Death Egg before it fully blasts off! At the moment they are almost there, Ben can see the Death Egg's engines! However its accelerating at a fast rate and it's almost too late! Sonic sees this and energetically, " Trying to leave so soon? I don't think so!

"Ben then says," Blast, the window of opportunity is closing fast guys! Anyone see a port?"

Blaze then responds with a dismayed," No, it looks like any possible entrance has long been closed up!"

Ben then charges up his energy and eagerly responds with," Then we will have to make our own! Sliver, ready! Now!

"At once Sliver nods and a second later Ben fires an energy sword wave straight above him in the distance. It reaches its target and damages a part of the massive battle station even if it does not open a hole. However it's enough for Sliver to uses his physic powers to rip open the rest and create a gap for are heroes! Sonic then says," Nice one! All right gang, this is going to be close!

"With this Sonic jumps on one of the massive chains still connected to the Death Egg from its docking state and just like in Sonic CD he maneuvers up the chain and jumps in to it! Tails grabs Sliver and together they fly up in to fallow Sonic and Blaze is right behind them as she does a spinning blazing kick to strike through a loose piece of metal!

Ben and Knuckles are left but just as they are about to run up to the opening the engines of the Death Egg go in to maximum burn and the duo are nearly blown away from the flames!

Knuckles then grunts out a frustrated," Arg, not now! Blast it even after all these years Sonic still has to be faster than me. You're not leaving me in the dust! Huh? "

Ben then dashes to Knuckles and says, " Don't worry, we will make it, just hold on tight because this might be rough!

"Knuckles responds with a confused," What are you talking about Ben? What the, AH! "

A moment later Ben grabs Knuckles by the arm and throws him himself in to the opening! Luckily Knuckles has his wall griping skill as he lands inside with a thud!

Ben then flash steps inside the Death Egg himself just as the chains are blasted off! Ben takes a look and sees everyone is fine, expect for a shaken up Knuckles. Ben then takes a look around and sees the inside of the Death Egg looks like what he might expect, a hall way.

Ben walks a little to the left and sees a large hall of many devices waiting for him. He then takes a breath of relief before saying," Good, everyone made it ok. Err, sorry for the fast throw Knuckles. There was little time for talking.

"A shaken Knuckles grumbles a bit before he barks out a angry," It's no big deal, err, just glad you threw me face first!"

Ben then looks around and tenses up before he says," So this is the Death Egg huh? Looks pretty much what I was expecting, expect I thought there would be eggs. What with it being the Death Egg and all."

Sonic wags his finger and quips out a sly," Oh, the only things cooking here is trouble! All right, now that we are here, how about we shut this thing down! "

Everyone nods and Ben then closes his eyes before he tactfully says," I guess the best and quickest way to destroy the Death Egg would be to take out its reactor. However, if we want to shut down the World Devastators we should probably find Dr Robotnik first and see if he has a master control single or something. Err, you think are little entrance got his attention? "

Tails gulps before his responds is ," Oh, I bet that Egg man has been watching every move we have made the whole day!"

Knuckles then pounds his fists and says," Maybe, but he is about to get a much closer look at my mind!"

Sliver then grasps his fist and energy surges around him before he says," In that case let's move, he is most likely setting traps upon traps for us."

Blaze then adds a eager,"Then let's get going! I have had enough of him thinking he could get away with this madness."

Ben then takes out his Star Sword once more and grins before he says,Just what I was thinking Blaze. All of these people that think they can get away with causing death and destruction to countless people. I'll bring every one of them to justice! All right Tails, lead the way."

With that Tails nods and they begin their way to what seems like an elevator.

As they do little do they know that the walls with the face of the nefarious scientist on them are more than an odd choice of decoration, they are all cameras!

Yes, both Dr Robotnik and Egg Man Nega are well aware of the Enji Hedgehog combo that have begun making their way through the battle station! In the command chamber the original bad egg fixes his goggles before zooming in on Sonic chuckles before emitting a snide," Ah, your all to predictable my spiky blue pest! Like a mouse looking for cheese you're once more dashing along with your merry friends to the end. However, this time Sonic the one who will lose will be you! How do you think they will take like are welcoming gift Egg Man Nega?"

The greyer haired counterpart laughs before responding with a dry," Oh yes, they will just LOVE the new bio-warriors I had been working on before I returned to this time. And, thanks to the wonders of the Zannacross Empire and its materials that are beyond the likes of mortals, even Sonic and his little warrior friend put together will find them self's out matched! It's time for this world to at last be ruled by a fitting ruler."

Robotnik then looks suspicions and emits a sarcastic," Don't you mean a pair of genius rulers Nega?"

Nega then quickly responds with," Oh forgive my error in speech my grandly diabolical fellow Eggman . Huh? Oh, it seems that shortly wants to say something. "

The pair turns around and see the doors open as Meta-Knight enters. The masked villain from Dream land nods and states," I heard the alarm go of, and now it seems that Ben Auro has broken in to here along with that Sonic and his friends."

Robotnik then grins before he responds with a confident," Yes, but its all ready being taken care of. With the defenses we have sent up there is no chance of today ending in failure!"

With this Meta-Knight sees the main monitor zoom in on Ben and scan his power level. And when it displays a unable to reach due to overload symbol he takes out his golden five pronged Galaxia sword and says," Maybe so, but I will feel more assured if I go to the battle place my self. Ben Auro is the warrior of light that must be destroyed. The master will be most pleased if he dies today. We are coming ever closer to creating the new era. I will not let it be ruined now. That is why you, oh?"

Meta-Knight and the two doctors see the screen flash and it turns in to an incoming transmission from Margulis! Moments later the face of the scarred purple haired fleet commander appears on screen and at once he says," Meta-Knight, Robotnik, report! What is the status of linking the World Devastators in to there appropriate flight patterns?"

Eggman Nega then responds with a casual," A few or two were destroyed. But all is going to plan."

Margulis then responds with a firm," Good, those Lylat dogs are pests as usual. But the power of Proto Omega will cleanses the cosmos of such rubbish! I was just about to exterminate some high profile heretics. When they warped out of the area! I am fallowing the energy single, and they appear to be heading to your location!"

Robotnik freezes for a moment before he says," Oh really? Ah yes, that single seems to be from Shadow using his loved Chaos Control. I suppose I will have to get out a few more party favors."

Margulis looks annoyed and snaps out a fierce," Don't underestimate then you fool! One of the top Enji, Ezan Kaiba is with this Shadow. He has defeated far more powerful opponents then your meager creations! He and Ben Auro put together put are entire attack plan in jeopardy, which is why I am quickly coming to your location to insure the demise of the Enji!"

Robotnik then steels his face before he responds with a resolved," I assure you by the time you get here all who stand in are way will be disposed of. You have nothing to fear.

"Margulis then says with a stern look," We will see about that Doctor. Just make sure you know what is at stake. There is no room for failures in the new era!"

With that the screen fades and Robotnik clutches his fist and says," I will show that oversized sword brained pawn that I am more then qualified to exists in the dark paradise of Chaos Zannacross Necron! Enough, time to bring this feud between me and Sonic to its final conclusion! Metal Sonic! Show me it was worth the time putting you back together!"

With this the new and improved Sonic doppelganger's eyes glow red and he responds with a cold," As you command doctor. Have no fear, between the material my body is made of now. The data I have downloaded. And the power I have at my disposable, I will finally approve who is the ultimate Sonic!"

Robotnik then has the large doors open and says," Yes, well just remember you have said that before."

To this Metal-Sonic has his claws extend before saying," True, but this time those words will be proven! Wait, what is this? That magic energy. Oh I remember him! Yes, time to make some clowns pay for making a mockery out of me!"

With this Metal-Sonic then shows of his new powers and levitates in to the air and out of the room! Meta Knight then extends his bat like wings and says," Be back when a few more casualties are added to the list."

As Meta Knight then goes to fallow Metal Sonic Res Nova, Egg man Nega then laughs and says, " Yes, between my powered up bio warriors, Metal Sonic, Meta-Knight, are newest toy for back up, and that Proto Omega Sonic and Blaze can have as many foolish Enji Knights on there side as they like! Nothing will save them from there demise!"

Robotnik then looks at the screen, which is showing Sonic zooming past a bunch of his near worthless Egg Pawn robots along with a bunch of his more advanced forces he used in Next Gen Sonic and he says," Yes, it has to end like this, for in the end there are only those that embrace the darkness and those that oppose it. And only one side can survive."

Now, as the two mad men press buttons and watch the events let's check back on are hero's progresses! As the group makes its way to the Death Egg it seems to be a cross of the Death Egg Zone from Sonic and Knuckles, the original Scrap Brain zone form Sonic one, and the Crazy Gadget zone from Sonic Adventure two!

However despite many traps, Badniks, and even Necrocalcous just waiting to get in the path of the good guys! However, even as the Egg men have had replicates of there best war machines like the Egg Cerberus,the Egg Viper and the Egg Dragoon, even so they are all nothing Ben and co can't handle! After clearing a few floors Ben has just deflected an energy cannon blast from a large robot and slashing it in half before saying," So, you think Egg man is going to stop if we corner him or will we have to get rough?"

As Sonic tricks a group of henchmen to blast each other thanks to his speed he jumps in front of Ben and retorts with a brazen," Nah, that old egg is way to stubborn to ever admit when he is beaten, at least before getting roughed up?"

Ben just sees more alarms baring and tensely says," Find by me. Everything I have been going through is rough lately anyway. Bah, he really is fool of him self though. Does he really think his machines are a match for a Enji? I won't let him be so disrespectful, he will learn by the end of the day just how powerful an angry warrior of light is. So get ready Dr, I am coming for you and you can't stop me no matter what you pull. Now, where is the, AH!"

Ben is about to step forward, when all of a sudden he hears a noise, and all of a sudden he is falling and lands on the ceiling! However he lands on his feet, and sees Sonic and pals with him before an annoyed Tails says," Oh man not again! Great, he is pulling the reverse gravity trick again."

Ben then feels dizzy and as he struggles to get his bearings before he says ," He will have to try and do more then turn my head around to stop me!

Although, I do feel a little dizzy, arg all the blood is going to my head."

Sliver then responds with a calm," Don't worry, you will feel find momentarily. This might complicate things."

Blaze then says," Or not, he has to make pathways be entered for all accustoms since this is a space ship. And there are not as many traps when its flipped on this angle, so we just might have the, what the? Err, maybe not."

Just as the group were about to resume there course all of a sudden Blaze sees the walls open up, and many large sharp, fast, spinning tops fly out of them and all rotate to try and slice and dice are heroes! Knuckles sees this and says," So, he wants to make this interesting huh? Bring it! No obstacle course he lays out can stop me!"

They all begin to out maneuver the spikes and as they do Ben says," This is one course I think I not care about getting the high score and just blazing through! Hey, I can see the doors, and they look large to! Great, maybe now we can get some were. Oh well, at least it seems he ran out of, oh who am I kidding he seems to have robots in droves. Huh? Oh great, sounds like another drove to cut through!"

Ben says this as he sees an energy blast head his way he dodges, only for a new figure to appear in front of Ben and try and kick him! Ben dodges this to and flash steps back and as Sonic and co regroup around Ben they see the attackers!

They are two large humanoid bestial looking figures. One is purple and one was bulky, red and had a serpent like tail. They say in unison," Intruders must be destroyed, all who oppose are masters will die."

Sonic then shrugs before he playfully says," Looks like the Doctor is been creating even more bizarre flunkies. Hey wait...you guys were part of the Deadly Six right? Been so long and your kind of lame but still...step aside bolt brains, or prepare to lose them!"

The two then respond with a monotone," Sonic the Hedgehog, we have been waiting for you. It is time for you to see the beauty that is a bio machine!"

With that they both charge at the group with there large fists and try to pound the hero's, only to smash the floor, er I mean the ceiling!

Sonic then says," Oh please, your just big generic bullies! You can't catch me! "

As the two get up a creepy grin emerges on both of them and the red one roared out," Generic huh? Ill smash your bones for that!"

With this he shocks the group and has a barrage of tentacles break out of his arms and head out to try and grab the group!

However Ben sees this and dashes in front of his pals to slash the yellow tentacles in half!

He then says," a tentacle type oh? Find then, so you're not a generic grunt anymore. Just a foolish one!"

The purple one then says," You're the one who is foolish to talk down to us!"

Sonic then says," Well it's like this guys. When you go through as many baddies as use you can tell when some one is all talk and when someone has some strength to back there words. You guys are the first group. So, its time for you to chill out!"

As he prepares a spin dash and rockets to the vile duo the purple one's ugly face grins as he puts up his hands and says, " Chill out? Maybe I will, but you first hedgehog! "

With this his hands glow and he fires a beam of ice right in front of Sonic! The surface at once freezes over and Sonic 's attack slips out of control slipping the blue one up and in to a wall! As he slams face first in to the wall his ally's dash to him and Tails emits a worried," Sonic! Are you ok!? "

As Sonic gets his face out of the wall he rubs his black nose and says," Ow, yah ill be fine, but when I told you guys to chill out that's not what I meant!"

The two foes then laugh and the yellow piggish one then says," Ha, I am Zavok! Playtime is over hedgehog!"

The thin purple like being then hisses out," And I am Zazz! I've been itching for a fight all day! Met your doom losers!"

Ben then looks annoyed and sees the trio all prepare to strike before he sighs and quips out a dry," Glad we got the introductions out of the way, now time for the good buys!"

With this he powers up his aura and charges at the two. He then jumps in to the air with his Star Sword drawn but Zazz responds by firing a blast of ice and Ben acts fast and counters by firing a fiery magic spell to nullify it.

However from the smoke the two spells turned in to Ben sees the tentacles of Zavok heading right for him! However Ben puts his reflexes to work and dodges one in mid air before grabbing the other! He then firmly says," Sorry, but I don't feel like losing today."

Zazz then grins before he responds with a sarcastic," Oh really? That's so shocking to hear! Speaking of shocking, here is another shocker, my true power!"

With this the bio warrior shows his real power and has a high amount of voltage come out of his tentacles and zap a unprepared Ben! A wounded Ben falls to the ground and Zazz laughed madly." You look like you are in some pain! Here, Ill help you nullify that feeling, among with all others!"

He then at once fires a powerful blast of ice that freezes Ben over! Sonic then grits his teeth and shouts out," Oh no Ben! You're on thin ice ugly! "

Tails looks at all three of his enemies carefully before he wipes some sweat off his forehead and says," Wait a second, theses three all have powers to enemies we fought before Sonic! These guys were called the Zeti and called themselves the" Deadly Six" But they seemed even more messed up then they use to be! Its like they are some kind of mutant altered replications of Chaos and Dark Gaia! It seems Egg man has been branching out on his skills!"

The pair of evil both get in to fighting stance and Zomom smacked his belly before he grinned." Now do you idiots see how powerful we Bio warriors are? Your wrong though, it was not Doctor Robotnik who created us but Egg Man Nega, the true scientist supreme! The brilliance of Dr Egg man Nega can not be compared! You're all finished! "

This catches everyone of guard, especially Blaze! She female cat then yells out," Egg Man Nega? He is here to? That's it, now I am really annoyed. You two will not leave this room!"

Sonic then adds a vicarious," You got that right Blaze! Come on, lets show theses creeps what we think of guys trying to mess with are world!

"With that everyone charges at the enemies. But Zazz just charges up his own power and fires a massive ice beam to encase them all in a glacier before they can reach them! Zazz then laughs and says," You morons! You may be fast, but I am faster! Now, time to present the doctors with a few ice sculptures! Huh? NO, impossible!"

He and his partner are horrified to see were Blaze is glowing with heat, and moments later she bursts out of the ice! This causes a chain reaction, and the group is swiftly unfrozen and she then says," You're not going to cool me down you ugly freak!"

Zazz then looks horrified before he barks a tense," What? That was not suppose to happen!"

Sonic then says," Oh yah? Then what is this! "With that he, Knuckles and Blaze all charge at the chilly monster, and launch a triple attack that hurts him hard in the chest and head! He is launched in to Zavok and they both fall down. As they grumble Zavok gets up and says," You little freaks! Its over! Huh, that shaking? Oh no! "

Everyone hears a large vibration till a explosion of magic energy bursts out of where Ben was frozen! Sure enough the welder of the Star Sword emerges looking annoyed and he points his blade at the one trying to turn him in to a giant Popsicle before saying," Your right, it is over, for you two!"

Zazz gets mad and says," What the, how did you do that? No matter Ill just freeze you even harder this time!"Ben just grins and glances to his allies before slickly saying," Hey Sonic, ready for some tag team beat down? "

Sonic gives Ben and nod and responds with a enthusiastic," Heh, lead the way ! "

With this they see the ugly duo both being to charge at are heroes. But as Sliver sees Zavok extend his tentacles again he says," Don't think you can trick us twice! You're not the only one with powers!"

Saying this Sliver holds out his hand, before it glows and he uses his physic powers to take hold of the green foe's extra weapon, and send it in to his comrade! This hurts both of them and as they are in the hurt Ben jumps up in to the air and says," We have a planet to save. Sorry, but bozos like you are just a waste of are time!"

Sonic then also jumps up and adds ," That's for sure. You two may have some combo moves. But lets see how you like are own combo! Ready Ben?"

With that he curls up in to his spin dash formation, and Ben follows up with a powerful kick that rockets Sonic right in to the chest of the dazed Zazz! The force of Ben's blow is so strong that it not only hits him in to the other bio warrior, and Ben throws his Star Sword while saying, " All right, time to meet your maker! He then makes it home in on Zazz and the minion says," No, it was not suppose to go down like this! NO!"

The two try to get up but its to late and they are hurled in to the wall with such force, that it hits the area's gravity modifier! This causes a painful chain reaction that in the end blows up all three things! With a flash the gravity returns to normal, and Ben lands back on the proper floor as he sees the sizzling remains of his two opponents land with a thud! Seeing the door in front of him he wipes of some dust from his gloved hand and sees Sonic smiling in front of him offering his hand. Ben responds with a high five and Sonic says, " Sweet finish man! Old Egg man is a fool to think he is going to be able to stop are combined power!"

Ben laughs and says," Oh it's the old saying; a foolish man will repeat his mistakes over and over. Well, I think that was a long enough sideshow. Who is with me at speeding up the main event?"

They all nod and Sonic says," True words there Ben. Who knows how long we have till whatever crazy plan of Egg man and his insane "buddies" begins. Man and I thought Shadow would have caught up with us by now."

Ben then looks confident before he responds with a steady," Ezan to, he is not one to let any one slow him down. Huh? Oh never mind."

Ben's head turns to the west and Tails says," Is something wrong Ben?"

Ben grins before he responds with," Nope, in fact something just got better. I just sensed about four to five other power levels at what seems on the other side of this thing. Guess Ezan and Shadow's group found a way on board after all."

Sonic then crosses his arms and reacts with a delighted," Heh, sounds like Shadow decided to arrive fashionably late as usual. Oh well, if he thinks he is going to leave us out of the fun he can forget it! Come on guys lets rocket!"

With this Ben sees more unwelcome robots coming to greet Ben and he readies his Star Sword before saying,"

Sounds good to me. I don't feel like letting Ezan get the glory either! "

With this the good guys begin moving up the Death Egg and continuing to fallow Tail's tracking device on the last Chaos Emerald hoping on that leading them to the doctor.

And, as they do, let's see just where Shadow landed! It seems the rival of Sonic s' gambit paid of! While using Chaos Control to warp to the other Chaos Emeralds did not take him right to Sonic 's location as planed. It still warped his group to inside the Death Egg, and at any case from being blasted in to the" Next Dimension" by the Proto Omega' full powered energy blast.

We now turn to the four landing on the ground. As they land on there feet Ezan has all ready has his Soul Eater drawn and they all take a look to there surroundings.

As Rough sees various machinery she raises a eyebrow before she skeptically says," Is this really the Death Egg? It could be any warship in the planet for all we know! "

Her robot ally Omega scans the area and says," This area is nighty nine percent conformed to be the Death Egg we were aiming for."

Shadow reacts with a content," Good, it worked. But I don't see Sonic or the others any where. They better not have screwed up the plan."

Ezan then has a steady face before he adds," I can sense Ben Auro's magic energy. Thanks to the Star Sword's unique power he is easy to track . I guess those others must be Sonic and his merry band. "

Shadow then sighs and retorts with," Well at least he can do that right. All right. Normally I would not waste time looking for Sonic just to deal with the doctor. However, I might need the Chaos Emeralds power to handle any one from the Zannacross Empire helping him. All right don't slow me down you three."

Ezan nods and says," Understood. Oh wait, first things first. Whoever you are, you better try and hide better then that if you wish to live any longer! "

With this a second later Ezan slices his blade horizontally to the right! This causes a large metal create to be slashed in half, and a yell of shock is heard! At first the four see nothing, but then the sliced pieces of the create seem to move on there own!

However Ezan then can see it's someone using an invisibility power of sorts. The cloaking ability of the transparent figure wears out and everyone sees a pinkish purple anthropomorphic chameleon stand up!

Although Ezan points his sword at the new arrival Shadow remembers him, and not as a foe! Sure enough the person is none other then Espio the Chameleon, the guardian of honor "with ninja talents of the Chaotix group!

Espio sees Shadow and the others and says," Shadow? What are you doing here? And how could you spot me when I was using my stealth Camouflage perfectly?

"Ezan then forms a slight grin as he responds with," Tsc, normal eyes may be deceived by such a trick but that level of illusion can't fool the Sharingan."

Shadow then sighs and says," What do you think your doing on your own Espio?"

The male retorts with a flat," Simple, another job. We were suspecting Egg man was building something big for a while. And yesterday we following a ship to here to conform are suspicions."

Ezan gets on edge as he retorts with a demanding,"What do you mean we? Hump, do you mean those other two low power levels I am sensing? I thought they were just more worthless minions on board here. "

Shadow then looks dismayed before he mutters," Oh no, don't tell me those two."

Before Shadow can even finish his speech everyone hears a door open and two new figures come dashing out! One of them is a tall humanoid Crocodile wearing a golden chain around his neck. He is named Vector the crocodile and is the " leader" of sorts of the Chaotix group.

The second person is a smaller young, childish anthropomorphic, and way to hyperactive bee with the fitting name of Charmy the bee.

The two heard there friend in trouble and rushed in to come to Espio's aid and Charmy says," All right Egg bots, prepare to be stung! Huh, ?

"They see Ezan and "team dark" and Victor says," What the, Shadow? What are you doing here? An annoyed Rouge says," I could say the same thing to you clowns! This is no place for amateurs this is very serious! What ever you have planed just turn back now before your all killed!"

An angry Charmy fly's around Rough and says," No way! We can's just turn back now! Do you have any idea what it took to get this far!?"

Victor then says," Yah! And in any case we have cases from both the President and the Princess Elise of Soleanna to shut this thing down!"

Shadow looks annoyed and says," Did you idiots really think you could pull this off on your own? You will just get in the way so leave now.

"Victor then gets even angrier and says, " We can't leave no matter what! Look, this is more to us then another job it's personal!

"Ezan then eyes the large member of Chaotix carefully before he says," What do you mean? "

Espio then says," We came here most of all, because we have finally found were are lost pal, Mighty is held. And he is being held here!

"The other four are confused and Shadow says," Mighty, who is that?

"Omega's eyes glow before he says," Accessing databanks. Mighty the Armadillo, subject was once part of the Chaotix group . However a few months after the Carnival Island incident all traces of him show he vanished from the known world."

Victor then sighs before he adds a frustrated,"That's right. Mighty left telling use he was going on a trip so he could get as much fame as Sonic and Knuckles. But we never heard from him again. However, this last year we have been trying to find out what happen to him and all traces lead to hear! We got to see if are pal is still ok!

"Rough then sighs and says," So, you want to rescue your pal huh? Things just keep piling up one after another."

Shadow then adds a sharp," Forget it, you have no chance of succeeding just leave it to us."

Ezan then sighs before he interjects with," Wait Shadow. Theses three seem like the idiot type that will just keep coming back. As much as a inconvenience it is we might as well keep you three within are sight, at least this way I can make sure you won't screw up. But don't do anything foolish, otherwise you just might die from your carelessness."

Victor and Charmy then high five each other and Espio bows before saying," I assure you mister Enji, we will not jeopardize your mission. Thank you."

Ezan then says," If you want to thank me be useful and stop talking and then start moving! We wasted valuable time with this delay and I prefer to get a move on before the opposition has time to, oh great. Too late."

As Shadow and the new party members wonder what Ezan means when all of a sudden they hear a laugh! Sure enough they hear a laugh and they look above to see none other then Meta-Knight fly down on his bat like wings! He at once gets in to fighting stance and says," So, you're the other intruders. As expected, it seems you are indeed Shadow the Hedgehog and your misfit band of fools. Ah, and I see you brought a guest! Ezan Kaiba, one of the most powerful rising Enji. It will be a pleasure to prove my worth to the master by being the one to end your carrier in this coming dual. "

Ezan then gets in to his fighting stance and says," For your short stature you have lots of confidence. But I will be the one to end your carrier if you think you can try and kill me. "Meta-Knight then says," You will pay for not taking me seriously Ezan Kaiba. None of you will pass this room! I will cut you all down one by one! "

Shadow then uncrosses his arms and says," Yah right . If you think we are just going to wait patiently on the side lines you're mistaken severely. Time to throw your smug masked face out of this area!"

Meta-Knight looks at the group gathering around him and says," Ah, as expected you all lack manners. However that is why I brought along something just for this kind of event! Zomom! Prove your worth and destroy theses pests while I kill the Enji!"

Rough just raises a eyebrow before responding with," Zomom? What kind of, huh? Where did that shadow come from? AH!"

With this she looks up and sees a giant creature heading down for them!

The fighters of justice then all jump out of the way just as a massive yellow blob comes crashing down! Ezan then sees that it's a person of some sort that was responsible. Yellow in color, and more fat then anything else it still has limbs and a dog like head and as its short head pops out on top it looks at Shadow and co the third bio creature made by Egg man Nega grins before saying a harsh," Oh, so theses are the new kinds of food for me? They look tasty!"

Rough then looks disgusted before she shirks out," Eww gross! What kind of freak is this?"

Ezan just has his magic aura surround him and says," I don't have time to waste on worthless sideshows, get out of my sight! "

With this in a flash Ezan warps to right on top of Zomom and delivers a lethal slash to the freaks neck! However to his shock his blade just bounces right of the odd substance with no harm! As Ezan quickly lands back on the ground he says," Well, it seems not only is he fat, but he is so fat his skin absorbs blows no matter how sharp they are. This might take more effort then I thought sadly. "

Meta-Knight then points his sword at the group and says," Stop playing around, destroy them now!"

Zomom then grins before he bellows out," You're the boss! All right, pancake time! "

With this he prepares to charge at the good guys, but trips over him self! However this is still a threat as he becomes a massive blowing boll of pain rolling right for the group! Ezan at once flash steps to avoid it, and Shadow and the others quickly make a dash away from the bloated monster! Ezan sees his bloated enemy crash in to the wall and says," Tsc, such pathetic attacks, do they think I can be beaten with such measures? Huh?"

He turns around to see Meta-Knight once again in front of him, with a cursed seal crystal in his hand! He then emits a cold,"Don't worry Enji scum, I have a much more fitting death for you! I know your profile, I will not dare show mercy to you. No, rather ill crush you with my full power from the start!"

With that he at once infuses the blood red crystal in to his forehead and at once the effects take place. Seconds later he has a dark aura enshroud him and the symbol of the god of darkness forms on his for head! His sword also glowing red with power, he points it at Ezan and says," Now, only one of us will leave here alive!"

With this the villain from the world of Pop-star makes the first move by spinning around real fast and unleashing his powered up Mach Tornado attack!

Ezan just manages to dodge as the masked opponent barrels right up to him, and tears a hole through a wall instead!

At once Meta Knight turns around and heads for Ezan once more, but Ezan manages to flash step and avoid another tornado slash to the gut! After dodging a few more strikes Meta Knight goes out of his Mach Tornado attack and says," Yes, you are indeed a worthy opponent. However, you can not stand against me. I have mastered the powers of the dark side, and no longer do I have to worry about succumbing to the negative effects of the crystal."

Ezan then charges at his opponent and dryly counters with,"" Good for you. Now you only have one possible way of being defeated today!"

Ezan warps behind Meta Knight and prepares to hit him form the back. However the foe's speed is great indeed and blocks the blade with his own!

The two then parry each others strikes with such speed that it makes the fight Meta Knight and Marth had in Super Smash Brothers Brawl's adventure mode look like a warm up! After dashing around the two collide with powerful blows and try to overpower each other! As there swords are locked Ezan says,"

Well, I give you credit for lasting so long. I remember hearing your profile Meta-Knight. You said to have had honor and pride. But what kind of pride would lead to you serving an empire of murderous demons?

"Meta Knight then says," You foolish Enji can never understand! I server the true ruler of this dimension. A being who will bring order to this disgusting universe. Such fools have played along for far too long, but now its time for all unworthy ones to stop dirtying the worlds with there unworthy lives! I will help restore the one true ruler to his rightful place! "

Ezan quickly reacts with a annoyed," Tsc, I see you're another man who's gotten insane desires. No matter because I will destroy all like you who disturb the peace!"

Hearing this Meta Knight back steps and jumps in to the air before saying,"You idiotic warriors of light just can't seem to grasp the inevitable truth! You're the ones who stand in the way of peace! As long as you defend an infected cosmos there will never be a end to the broken process. Taste the power that will bring that process to a blazing end! "With that Meta Knight then has his aura increases again before he spins around quickly, and unleashes a barrage of energy sword waves!

Ezan struggles to defect them all, and as he just manages to block all the attacks, Meta-Knight wraps him self with his cape, and uses his dimensional cape skill to warp right behind Ezan and strike right for the sliver haired warriors heart!

Ezan is fast enough to avoid being hit in the chest, but is still hit in the leg!

As he suppresses the urge to yell in pain he sees Meta Knight taunt him with a vicious," Ha, its hopeless Enji. Even an elite like you can not compare to my skills. It's pointless to defy us, with my speed the next blow will be your last!"

Ezan just has his blade glow and says, " You should not flaunt your speed when it is only average. Such weakness will not be forgiven, Delta Ray Slash!"

With that in a flash Ezan stops fooling around and warps in front of Meta-Knight before unleashing a lighting fast triangle combo! His target is hit dead on, and Meta-Knight finds himself in a lot of pain! As part of his mask is sliced away he glares at Ezan as he recovers and says," You, you were not using your full power till now?

Ezan just stares back with a emotionless face and answers with a cold,"Of course, and I still am not at full power. After all there is no need to waste power on an opponent unworthy of it."

This really gets at Meta-Knight and he growls out a indigent." You dare mock me? I will not forgive such a careless insult even from you Kaiba! Prepare to die, taste my true power! Galaxia Darkness!"

With this a large amount of energy swarms around the short villain's blade, and he charges at Ezan preparing to unleash a modified version of his Final Smash from Brawl at him! However Ezan just charges up his own energy and says, " Don't try and defy the natural order. Getting upset about being weak will not help you! Chidori Burst!"

With this Ezan has the Soul Eater has lighting empower it and he meets Meta Knight head on! The two powers collide with a powerful shock wave and both fighters struggle to over power each other! However, to the foe of Kirby's' horror, he finds his attack being pressed back by Ezan!

Sure enough, the Enji soon slashes through the attack completely and Meta Knight just manages to avoid being slashed through him self!

In shock he says," Impossible! My best and most powerful attack, beaten with such ease?"

Ezan lands back down and says," You have only your self to blame for putting such faith on false power. But I have no time or patience for mercy. All who is a threat must be eliminated."

Meta-Knight's stance dose not change but he angrily says," Don't think you can so easily defeat me! I am not through yet, and I will make you regret acting so bold you, what the? "

All of a sudden the two hear a laugh and an echoing voice says,"Commander Meta Knight, let me kill him. He has a debut to repay me!"

Ezan then gets on his guard and says," Where did that voice come from? What the, what the!"

Ezan hears the floor around him act oddly, and all of a sudden a large metal spike erupts!

Ezan avoids it, but sees it was more then just another trap as it begins to take shape! Ezan soon sees the metal take shape, and like how that T-1000 transformed in Terminator 2 the liquid metal soon takes the shape of Metal Sonic Res Nova! Once fully solid the deadly robot locks its red eyes at Ezan and says," Ah, you're even faster then before, just as the data predicated! Remember me Ezan Kaiba? It's been over a year but I have not forgotten your face. "

Ezan thinks for a moment and says,"I vaguely remember last time I was here slashing in half an annoying metal robot."

Metal Sonic has his spikes on his head enlarge before darkly retorting with," Ah, yes you did manage to make me look quite pathetic Enji. However at the time I was not aware of the power you Enji Knights possessed. But, I assure you I have verified that lack of knowledge. Its time for my revenge on both Sonic and you Enji! Yes, since my defeat I downloaded your combat data, if you think I will be so easy to defeat this time you will only find out how wrong you are after you are already dead!

"Ezan just powers up his magic aura once more and emits a flat," I have little patience for the grudges of idiots. Even if you have become as strong as you have said, you still are just a waste of time.

Metal Sonic then responds with a murderous," Well, it's good to see we both don't want to waste time, so I'll just cut right to the point, die!"

With that Metal Sonic vanishes so fast Ezan can barely see him move! An instant later Ezan barely manages to catch Metal Sonic high in the air aiming to give him a mean metal punch! Ezan just manages to avoid it as his foe hits the ground, with such force the ground around him shatters!

As Metal Sonic stands back up it says," Next time I won't miss Ezan Kaiba. I have been rebuilt with the most powerful materials and technology throughout the cosmos! And to top it off I have a much better power supply. What do you think?"

With this Metal Sonic dares to taunt Ezan and from his chest comes out a advanced curse seal Necrocalcous crystal! As it glows with evil power Ezan says, " Ah, so even robots can't help but try and use the powers of darkness. Like Meta Knight before you just having the dark side to power you won't change things. Now, be gone. Light Divider! "

Ezan then gathers his energy and fires a purple energy beam attack at his foe! However the robotic villain just laughs before his chest glows and he boasts out," The power of an advanced stage crystal is far greater then a standard one you worthless Enji! However lesser beings can't handle the power and too much use of it could destroy them. But a superior being like me has no problems handling such power. See for yourself!"

With this as the energy beam heads for him Metal Sonic curls up to perform his own twisted version of the Sonic spin-dash. As his spikes move like a chainsaw the energy of the dark power source surrounds him, and he begins glowing with red energy! He then bursts through the energy beam like a blazing destructo disc from DBZ, and slices right through it!

Ezan is caught off guard by how easily Metal Sonic Res Nova brakes through his attack and just manages to avoid being cut in to, and even then his face gets cut! Metal Sonic dose not even break out of his attack and continues to spin in mid air before saying," Oh, did I cut your pretty face? You should have just stopped struggling and die with dignity!"

Ezan then activates his Sharingan eyes and says,"I admit you are a far stronger threat this time around. However I will not lose to your kind. I still have to help Shadow and the others destroy this battle station."

Metal Sonic responds with a mocking," Try as much as you like. But I will destroy you, Sonic, Shadow and whoever else dares to challenge me! "

With that he dives to attack Ezan once more and the two dart all over the area as it gets torn apart by the power!

Meanwhile, as Ezan continues to out maneuver his vengeful foe all this time Team Shadow and the Chaotix have their hands full with the way over weight Zomom ! While the yellow bio warrior is not to bright or vicious. Shadow and co are just having trouble getting any damage through the massive fat of Zomom that acts as a kind of barrier!

At the moment Shadow is attacking his target with his long time used homing attack, and Victor is helping him with a powerful kick. However even both at once the attacks just leave the two caught in his belly! The enemy laughs before he then says," You guys look tasty! However, your still to raw, ill have to cook you first!"

Shadow's group then get a nasty shock unleashed as there fat enemy's entire body ignites on fire! Shadow and co are burned before the bio weapon blows them back in to the wall!

They are hit fast enough that the flames on there bodies are put out but Shadow then growls out a irate," Grr, how can such a clown be taking so long to take down? If only I could get through that blubber of his we will see how much longer he can be so jolly."

The large figure grins gleefully and says, " You sure have been working up my hunger you pipsqueaks! Who wants to be the appetizer eh? How about you mister frown? You have the colors of dark chocolate, you must be mine! Time to, hey, what tickles?"

The large one feels something and turns around, to see Omega blasting him with bullets and missiles! However, even when Espio helps out by throwing some shurikens no matter what is thrown at him they all bounce of the blubber of the beast! He then slaps his own belly and says," Don't you stupid morsels get it? You can't hurt me! Anything you throw will just bounce of me! However, I am sure you can have a much better effect, as my dinner! "

Shadow then lands besides his comrades and says," Blast it, is the only way to hurt this guy from the inside? That might be tricky to pull off. Sigh; as much as I hate to admit it I wonder what is taking Ezan so long. His magic could help crack this blob open. Huh, oh speak of the devil."

Shadow says that because he sees Ezan land to his side. The Enji just looks at his fellow freedom fighters and says, " You might want to move, now!"

Shadow does not even have time to ask what Ezan means when he sees Metal Sonic still in his revved up spin dash attack dashing to them! Shadow, Omega and Victor all fallow Ezan 's lead as he dashes to the side right as Metal Sonic yells out,"

Its useless, sooner or later you will slip up Enji! And then your head is mine!"

To bad for him he can't change directions well in full speed and he heads right for a nervous Zomom! Seeing Metal Sonic head for him he panics and says," What the? You don't look tasty! No, stand back! GUH!"

Metal Sonic either can't change now or he does not care and slashes right in to the chest of his supposed comrade! Annoyed at his path being obstructed he says," Worthless garbage, you're useless. GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

With this Metal Sonic Res Nova unleashes more of his dark power, and continues through the lesser creation. At first he seems to be caught in the blubber and stretches Zomom 's stomach to its max! However then everyone sees the overweight minion has found its limit the hard way, and Metal Sonic bursts through the other side of the hech men's chest!

As Zomom deflates across the room before blowing up Metal Sonic lands on the ground with a thud and says," Bah, I fail to see the logic behind the doctor creating such laughable creations when he all ready has the ultimate destroyed serving him. Ah, Shadow you are here to. Good, all I need is Sonic and I can finish of all who have humiliated me in the span of a day!"

Shadow sees Metal Sonic and produces a disgusted sneer that's fallowed up with," Metal Sonic, I see someone has been upgraded. Great, just another side show."

Metal Sonic ascends to the air and hovers while saying," Oh I am more than a side show for you all Shadow. I am your finale! It's laughable to think you have hopes of defeating me with such alleys as that pathetic out of date robot! "

Omega takes offense to this and says," Metal Sonic, seems to have gone a massive upgrade. All of his capabilities have been highly upgraded. His destruction is of highest priory."

Ezan then says," Don't worry; I am in the middle of that."

Metal Sonic retorts with a hateful," You Enji and your pride, it will be you're down fall!"

With that Metal Sonic extends his hand spikes Wolverine style and as they glow with power he dashes at Ezan! However Ezan then greets him and the two resume their fight. They attack each other with blows of such speed that the group can barely fallow them! Espio is amazed at this and says," Theses Enji are truly exceptional to move at such a level. I doubt even Sonic or you can move this fast Shadow!"

Shadow sees Ezan dodge Metal Sonic's latest blow as it slices a large conductor in half and he says," Hump, maybe. Bah, but I am not going to let Ezan make me look like a weakling."

He then sees Metal Sonic try to end the stalemate by firing a barrage of energy blasts from his palms. But Ezan is still too fast to be hit and zigzags to avoid the blasts as they tear apart the room. He then begins charging up power himself and says,"

This has gone on too long, and now it ends Metal Sonic Res Nova! Chidori Burst!"

He then charges at Metal Sonic with his powered up sword, and sprints to deliver a slash right up close! However Metal Sonic blocks it with his own hand extended blade! He then takes pleasure in shocking Ezan as he over powers the warrior of lights attack with one hand! He then points his other hand right at Ezan and says," Ha, even lighting attacks won't short me out. Face it; the tables have turned out of your favor Ezan. Deal with the results if you can!"

He then fires a powerful energy blast from his free palm to blast Ezan through another wall! As the others see an explosion brake out Metal Sonic at once fly's higher in to the air and at once begins charging up an even larger energy blast! As it grows larger and larger he says," If it's one thing I learned from you Enji, it's to give your opponent not chance to recover! Time to fade out of this life! So, meet your end!"

Metal Sonic then fires his blast, but Shadow dashes forward in to the air and say," I don't think so; I won't forgive you for ignoring me! Chaos Blast!

"With this he fires his own red blast at the even redder blast, and manages to save Ezan by causing both blasts to head of course! As they explode and Shadow's alleys come to his side Metal Sonic locks on to all of them and lands on the ground again before saying," If you truly want to die first then fine! I'll make short work of you pests!"

Victor then gets mad and says," Your just as annoying as you were on Carnival island you metal punk! Ill shut you up myself!"

Metal Sonic eyes glow as he says," Oh that's right, you annoying freaks and Knuckles also caught me off guard way back then. Find more payback to give out!

"With this he at once flashes in front of Victor and uppercuts him in the chest so far he goes flying right in to the high ceiling! Charmy Rouge and Espio all are about to attack but he swiftly kicks them all back with one blow!

Shadow and Omega then come in next and Shadow goes for a side kick while Omega goes for a dashing punch. However the metallic foe easily catches his fellow robots punch and jumps in to the air with Omega to throw him hard in to Shadow! Seeing them go sprawling back he laughs and says,"

Ha! You are all nothing but amusement to me now! AH, I can't wait till Sonic himself shows up! It will be most amusing of all too at last blast that cocky grin of his face! Oh well, till he gets here I will play with you for a while!"

With that he continues to beat down the group. In the distance Meta Knight has been watching and he says," Hump, it seems the doctor's work on this Metal Sonic was not for nothing, if he can finish the job that is. He really should hurry up and finish of Ezan first though. Theses Enji have a nasty tendency to pop back up from the dead with even more power! Huh, oh great this is just what I was talking about!

What the masked one means is he sees that were Metal Sonic blasted Ezan the warrior has at last emerged from the rubble of the wall. He is definitely hurt from the attack though and grabs his wounded shoulder. As he sees Metal Sonic continue to move too fast for even Shadow to hit and beat the group around he gets mad and says," Damn, a mere robot flunky should not be giving me such problems. This is unacceptable! I will crush him and them, AH! My head, this pain, this feeling! Not again!"

He then holds his head and hears a deep laugh from inside his mind as the voice of Sephiroth says,"

Tsc, your getting sloppy. Perhaps I should take over? After all I would hate to have my host body be killed before I can manifest it."

Ezan then says," You, so you are real. Stop meddling with my affairs! AH!"

Sephiroth then responds with a icy," I cannot allow that puppet. Until the day I can truly take over I will not let you cut short my reunion with Cloud and the reborn Cetra. Come now, you are in no passion to defy me. Let me show you what true power is!

"As Ezan feels the pain increase he says," Shut up. I am all ready the best warrior of the Enji. I don't need you to, AH! "

With that Sephiroth at last overcomes Ezan and a burst of energy surrounds him, as a single black angel wing begins to materialize out of his back! Meanwhile Metal Sonic is still giving Shadow and co a pounding. At the moment Shadow charges again but Metal Sonic warps around him and elbows him in to the ground. Shadow painfully gets back up and says," Blast it, I won't lose to this faker!"

Metal Sonic has his arm turn in to a energy Gatling gun and he points it at Shadow before saying," Oh please. I am the only TRUE Sonic. You're the faker! Now, time you be terminated! Huh, this power level. Ah, so Ezan Kaiba still has some fight left in him."

Metal Sonic then at once turns to aim at Ezan, but even he is shocked when a massive volt of magical energy blows the rubble away! Everyone then sees a pillar of fire emerge, with what they think is Ezan walking out of it. However no one knows that Sephiroth has taken control of the Enji Knight's mind and body once more! Metal Sonic then says," Ah, you have a flair for dramatic reentries I see. But, that will do you no good. Bluffs are useless against me! "

The " One Winged Angle" just stares at Metal Sonic as he puts away Ezan 's Soul Eater back in is sheath before putting his left hand in the air, and summoning his Masamune sword out of thin air!

He then calmly says," Ah, this is more fitting. Now, shawl we resume? All chances of your victory have now slipped away from your grasp robot."

Metal Sonic extends his hand blades again and have them glow with energy before saying," Ha, no matter how you change your tone your still going to die! Let's end this!"

With this Metal Sonic charges at Ezan/Sephiroth and delivers a powerful thrust, which is dodged merely by the warrior moving his head!

Metal Sonic then attacks with his other hand blade to the ground below them. They are currently fighting over a bridge extension of the area, and that slash slices the whole platform that Ezan was standing on! Ezan just sees the bridge fall and Metal Sonic laughs and says," How foolish, you do realize that path leads to the core of the Death Egg do you? Hope you enjoying being burned to a crisp you fool!"

Ezan just responds with a fierce," You're the foolish one, to think such a thing can threaten me.

"With that he has his black wing fully emerge from his back and fly's back to a platform above Metal Sonic! Having no idea how Ezan did that he says," What, that's not in the data. When did you learn such a trick? Just what are you ? You don't seem human."

Ezan then grins and says," You're not privileged to know just what I am. But I will tell you this before you die, I am the chosen one! "

With that he unleashes a wave of power that nearly blows Metal Sonic Res Nova back! At once Ezan then goes on the assault, with such a fast blow so fast not even Metal Sonic can move in time, and his shoulder armor his cleaved right through! Ezan then presses on his assault with his new sword before Metal Sonic can retaliate, and now his foe is the one on the defensive! Each blow from Ezan is so forceful that his slash slices through more of the extension bridge they are fighting on! Ezan 's renewed apparent strength impresses the group and Rough says," Wow, Ezan is fighting so well that hunk of junk can barely keep his head on! Now why did that boy just not do this in the first place and make us go through all this hassle? "

Shadow notices something is not right and says," Hump, something is not right. Ezan is acting different than before. It's more than just him getting serious. His whole behavior seems different. And what is the deal with the wing and new sword?

Espio then says," Your right Shadow, I feel, a shadowy presence from within Ezan. We should be on guard."

They then all see a frustrated Metal Sonic fly in to the air and then fire a barrage of energy blasts from his hands.

However Ezan easily defects every blast, and then fires one of his own in the form of a powerful sword beam attack! The blast hits Metal Sonic dead in the chest, and his chest armor is damaged. Clutching it he says," Blasted Ezan! I won't let you make a fool out of me twice! I will destroy you and every other ally of Sonic before I kill him myself!"

To his shock he then hears Sonic say," Hey you badly made wanta be of me! If you want to settling things then do it to my face!"

Metal Sonic and everyone else turn to the left and see the real Sonic standing on the platform to the left! Metal Sonic sees his long time foe and says," Sonic? When did you get here? Bah, no this is good. Now I can end your miserable life right here and now!"

As Sonic 's pals run up to his side he says," Well, it's not hard to get here when I could hear such a racket from the other side of the Death Egg! So, you just don't know how to give up do you Metal Sonic? Oh well, but no matter how badly you want revenge I am never going to lose to you!"

Metal Sonic then charges at him while saying," Guess again! I have been rebuilt stronger then I have ever been! And now I will shatter you in to fragments! You are no longer any match for me! "

As he madly charges to strike Sonic, he forgets something, Ben jumping out of the side with his Star Sword all ready drawn! The owner of the Star Sword wastes no time and swiftly says," Good thing he is not alone then! You're not hurting anyone freak! Shinning Flare Slash!"

Not expecting Ben at all Metal Sonic just barely has time to turn in mid charge to see the Enji coming at him with his blade glowing with energy! Ben's attack is so fast Metal Sonic cannot fully dodge in time and blocks with his arm, only to wind up having his right arm being sliced right of from Ben's attack!

As Ben lands Sonic gives Ben a thumps up and says," Nice timing Ben! Looks like your little strategy worked! Times like this that I'll admit a little planning can work wonders. Oh hey Shadow! Looks like you guys seen better! "

Shadow angrily looks at Sonic and says ," Maybe because I had to do the dirty work again while you were fooling around! Never mind. Don't take Metal Sonic lightly; he has some serious power at his disposable."

Ezan or more like Sephiroth sees Ben turn to face his foe and thinks," Ah, how ironic that Cloud's precious apprentice happens to be here. How fun it would be to end the day with his death. Then again, I can't afford to reveal my presence till I regained full power. Oh well, I'll take it as it goes."

As he walks slowly up to the others Metal Sonic sees his chopped of arm and glares at Ben before saying,"Another Enji? I don't remember you."

Ben points his celestial blade at the robot and says," Well remember this then! I am Ben Auro, the warrior chosen by the Star Sword to save the universe from the ultimate darkness! And that means I will eliminate all who case injustice! "

Metal Sonic then unleashes a bitter," Bah, for a hero you sure like to fight dirty."

Ben just powers up and says, " I am not playing games. The fastest way to end the suffering is the best way. Just from hearing you talk on the way here I can tell your nothing more than a robotic monster that enjoys causing harm to others! I will not allow you to exists any longer!"

Metal Sonic charges up for another energy blast and says," Arrogant Enji, you cannot defeat me! I will, GUH!"

Out of no ware Ezan warps in front of Metal Sonic and fires a powerful thunder magic spell right at his foe while saying," How dare you forget about me. That will be your last mistake."

Metal Sonic just manages to avoid it using all his thrusters power. He then fly's higher in to the air and says," Damn you Enji, I will kill you all! He then slashes a crane holding spare missiles and directs them to land on the others! But Sliver jumps up and uses his psychic powers to catch them in mid air and says,"

No matter how desperate you get Metal Sonic you're not going to win!"

He then redirects the missiles at Metal Sonic, and they all blow up in the robots face! Metal Sonic set up a barrier around him however and looks at Sliver while saying," Another hedgehog, with psychic powers? Where did he come from?"

Sliver then says," I am Sliver the Hedgehog and I am from the future!"

Metal Sonic angrily punches the wall and saying," They just keep popping out from no were! Grr, the situation seems to have changed."

Sonic then jabs his finger at the robotic doppelganger before saying," Give it up Metal Sonic you can't win!"

Metal Sonic sees everyone surrounding him and says," Yes, at this current state. I miscalculated some of the factors. Still, all I have to do is activate my back up plan. Yes, just have to go to that sooner than planed!"

Ben then charges at him while saying," You're not escaping, this ends now!"

Metal Sonic then presses himself back to the wall and says,"I'll be back to finish you of Sonic, just need to gather some proper tools first!"

With that Metal Sonic turns to liquid metal again and becomes part of the wall before disappearing entirely! "

Meta-Knight sees this and says," Don't run away now you fool! Worthless metal dog. Never mind, this is only the intermission of your doom Enji Knights!"

With this Meta Knight wraps him self within his cape and warps away before he can be attacked. Ben sees that is pointless and lands down saying," He seems full of tricks, but next time I will be ready. Looks like you guys went through a lot thanks to him.

Sorry for the delay guys, that Egg man has lots of stuff to throw around. Looks like you did not do to bad though eh Ezan? Huh, hey what is with the wing?"

Seeing Ezan acting so differently catches him of guard, but knowing it is better for him to play along for now Sephiroth just looks at Ben and saying,"It's nothing, I just had to use more power than I thought against that annoying creature."

Ben then says," Oh right, I remember you pulled of this when I made you mad during are match. Heh, guess I am not the only one who's bad side is something that my opponents don't want to see if they know what's good for them. Still, next time I'll show you who is truly the best Enji when we have are little rematch."

The sliver haired figure just turns his back and says," Continue to fantasize if you wish, but that is all it is.

"Before Ben can make another remark Shadow then says,"So, now that we are finally free of angry pests we can resume the plan. I trust you managed to not lose your Chaos Emeralds Sonic?"

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles all take out Chaos Emeralds and Sonic says," Give me more credit than that Shadow! All right! Now it's time to shut down another rotten egg! Hey, hold on, when did you guys add the Chaoitx to your team? "

As Shadow looks annoyed at the three "detectives" as Victor walks up to Sonic and says," To put it simple we are looking for Mighty. Err, I admit I should have thought of how to deal with the improved security a little more. "

Knuckles remembers his former teammate and says," Mighty, you really think he is hear? I thought he had vanished!"

Espio then says,"We did for a while, but now we are nearly without a doubt certain he was captured by Egg Man at some point and is now here. Even if he has all ready been robotized we can't let are ally be lost! We may not be as good as fighters as you but we can still help."

Victor then says," That's right, I may not look like it but I am a top class hacker! I just might be able to throw a wrench in the old eggs plans!

Ben then says,"Well, normally I don't like surprises, especially lately. However, I can understand the desire to help a friend. All right, just stay away from the fighting and I guess it will be ok. Hey, maybe this Mighty is in one of those things. Just what are they anyway?"

Ben points to the whole in the wall Metal Sonic Res Nova made and sees a lot of odd cylinders lined up like a production line up! He does not know it but these are Robotnik's Prison Eggs, the machines he has used to trap his captives since the first Sonic games! Sonic looks at them and says,

" Well well, seems like he still likes to capture poor animals to do his bidding after all these years! He never learns, oh well just a quick hop and we have more people saved. Here we go, what the!?"

As Sonic jumps on one of the yellow tops to deactivate it he expects the animals to pop out of it, however instead as it opens, he hears moaning, and sees what looks like trapped humans! He then says," What the? That's not normal, even for Egg man!

"Shadow sees that they are trapped to the object like cloths glued to hangers and he says," Just what are these things? They look like humans, and yet they are not!"

"Sephiroth" stares at them, and says," I think from the type of energy, they are what are left of humans. We are staring at their souls. "

Ben is shocked at this and says," What the, souls? Are you sure Ezan?

A disgusted Rough says," I think I finally found a jewel I don't want. "

Ezan 's answer is," I am not positive. However, this energy feels like it. The World Devastators absorb everything in their path correct? While matter might be turned in to more machines, it seems they also harvest humans in to this type of state."

Sliver is horrified and says," Just why would Egg man do this? This is madness even for him! "

Ben then thinks and says," Of course, he must be under orders to do this, to hasten the revival of Chaos Zannacross Necron! All of this death, just to revive someone. I will not forgive him no matter what! I'll blow them all up now! "

He prepares to charge up for a Shinryukenha but he is shocked to see Ezan point his Masamune in front of him and he says,"Hold it, don't be so hasty. It is entirely possible that disposing them in such a manner could cause there spirits to suffer for the rest of time."

Ben then says," So, what do we do then?"

Victor then says," Leave it to me! We will work on trying to set this right to. Hay, maybe we can even turn them back in to humans!"

Tails then adds a energetic," I know you can do it guys! We will take down Egg man to divert his attention him! Now, where is he hiding all ready? Blaze taps his shoulder and points to a sigh on the wall that reads pathway to central elevator and she says," I think we just might have found are answer.

"Ezan then says," All of you go along. I will guard theses three to insure they can set out to do their task without interruption while you destroy the primary target.

" Ben then says," You really are going to pass on the major fighting? That does not sound like you very much Ezan.

" His fellow Enji flicks his hair back and says," What is the matter, you can't reach victory without me helping? "

Ben says," You wish! Find , I'll just take all the glory for today then. Ha, don't worry I won't let any one get away today. Ready Sonic?"

The speedy hero is all ready preparing to blast of as responds with a eager," You bet. This has gone way to far, it's time to end this Egg man. Be careful guys! All right let's go!"

With that Ben, Sonic and the others run in to the hall way that leads to the central elevator of the Death Egg. The three Chaotix members wave them of and Victor says," Kick him once for me guys! All right let's do this. This might take a bit but just be a little patience if you can mister Enji.

"Ezan just looks at the elevator move upwards and says," Oh don't worry, I have lots of patience."

As he sees the trio move of he stares at the souls in the device and thinks to himself," This is perfect. While it might not be entirely like how it works on my own world. But I see the process is not too far off from the way Mako energy and Mako reactors work.

Yes, all of this energy just waiting to be of use to me will most definitely speed up the process. I just might be able to at last fully regain my true form and dispose of this boy's presence for good! Go ahead Ben Auro, fight as hard as you like. But in the end no matter what happens, I will emerge today's victor!"

The spirit of the former First Class Soldier watches the three Chaotix members look for the rooms central computer. But meanwhile, after waiting a few minutes Ben's group at last hears the elevator stop, however no doors open! Instead the walls slowly slide down and Ben carefully says," Be ready everyone, anything could happen. "

Sonic and Shadow nod as they see a large black dome around them. Not know for his patience Sonic cups his hands and yells out real loud with," Hey Egg man! Unless you plan on giving up nicely just show yourself!"

He then hears a familiar laugh and he hears Robotnik say," Mwa ha ha ha! Your late Sonic! I guess this Death Egg is bigger than the last one! "

Ben then says," No use hiding in darkness, no matter what you try your plans are going to come crashing down. "

Egg man's voice says," Ah, the Enji is still I see. I expected as much. Very well, if you want to see the creation of my glorious Robotnik land reach its climax just take a seat! Here, let me fix your places Hahaha!"

Sliver then tenses up before saying," Something is not right, it must be a tar, AH! "

At that moment everyone hears a noise, but before anyone can move metal vines break out of the ground and red waves brake out to paralyze everyone! Knuckles then says,"Darn, I can't move at all! Oh great, this is just like at Black doom 's base."

Everyone then hears a light go on, and Robotnik himself appears standing in a glass cube above everyone connected to the wall with computers around him. He then gasps out a eager," Oh yes, despite what you trouble makers think I learn from my mistakes. At one such lesson is before anything make sure you clowns don't have any chance of ruining my plans!"

Sonic then glares at his long time enemy before he yells out," Egg man! You have gone way to far this time! Having theses World Devastators cause havoc and destruction all across the world, this is too much even for you!"

The doctor is about to say something when all of a sudden another light comes on next to him and the voice of Egg Man Nega callously says," I just might happen to agree with you on that you blue vermin. Thankfully this plan has two genius behind it! "

With that another terminal appears parallel to Robotnik and everyone sees the grey haired Egg Man Nega laughing ! Blaze is especially shocked at this and says" Egg man Nega? So you crawled out of your hole to get your hands on the goods to huh? Such madness does have your name written all over it! "

Her long time foe chuckles and says,"Ah I see your temper is as fiery as ever my dear. However this is the last time you and I will ever chat, for your life is mine for the taking! I see you all had fun with my bio warriors. Tsc, I suppose I should have upgraded them just a tad more."

A confused Ben coughs a bit before saying,"What the, hold up. Who is Egg man Nega? Since when did this egg have an evil twin or brother or something?"

Sliver then says," Not a twin. Egg Man Nega is from the same dimension as Blaze.

Blaze then adds a bitter," Yes, and he is even more despicable then this worlds doctor.

Ben then looks keenly at Eggman Nega before his responds is," Sigh, this just keeps getting crazier and crazier. Bah, oh well, I'll just take both of you out! AH, have, to break out, first. "

Robotnik laughs and fallows that up with a victorious,"Sorry, but you're in a restricted moving zone! I can't afford to play nice any more, you will all have to die right now!"

Sonic quickly responds with," Eggman, are you truly this twisted? I mean I always knew you were a jerk. But now you're acting pure evil."

Robotnik scoffs and responds with a defensive," Bah, I am merely doing want ever it takes to further my goals! "

Shadow then reacts with a disgusted," Still, the Zannacross Empire seeks to destroy the universe. You really think they are going to let you join their supposed club that is going to rule the universe if they somehow pull it off? What makes you think they are going to keep their word and let you have a piece of the pie? I thought you were smart doctor.

"Robotnik gets mad and as he turns red he yells out,"Silence all of you! None of you have any idea just what kind of future such beings plan to create! You are defying the enviable destiny of darkness. No one can defy the ultimate power you fool."

Despite his situation Sonic grins widely and then says," What is wrong Egg man, you scared or something? It almost sounds like your just siding with this empire of the supreme god of darkness because you're scared of being killed! Well sorry Eggman. But if you are going to play things this way then I have no choice but to stop you no matter what! "

He gets the responds of, " You dare belittle me Sonic!? I fear nothing! I am just making the smartest most logical move, as I always have! Ha, and its time I end your meddling. You don't have a chance of stopping me this time Hedgehogs, not with the glorious power of the Zannacross Empire at my side. And just to make sure, I even have this as a safety net! "

With this both he and Nega takes out the last two Chaos Emeralds! Tails then says," As we thought, they have an Emerald each. If only, we could get out of this binding filed. "

Ben then tries to power up and seethes out a frustrated," Bah, no matter what these two madmen throw at me, I won't lose to them! It's my destiny to destroy evil, to save everyone. I won't let the likes of you kill me! "

Robotnik looks at Ben keenly and grasps his gloved fist tightly before he says," I am well aware of the power and skills you possess Ben Auro. I was at the scene when you and the others killed Xehamaru at his peak. However I even prepared this trap here to contain your level of magical energy! Face it, at last this is the end!"

Egg Man Nega then laughs and adds a condescending,"You really thought the likes of you could compare to are pure genius? Ha, all the more proof of how pathetic you all are!"

Ben then has veins form on his forehead as his rage boils up and he says," I am so, sick, of every one calling me pathetic! I'll teach you to, to disrespect me! "

Nega just keeps laughing as he responds with a mocking," Oh be quiet you stupid boy! Your just a foolish solder , your brute force means nothing to my intellect! "

His counterpart sees Ben's magic energy get even higher and remembering what he witnessed at the invasion he says," Enough Nega, don't raise his anger. Theses Enji Knights can explode with power when provoked, just finish them off now! "

Nega chuckles before he responds with a playful,"Bah, you worry too much my fellow Robotnik. There is nothing theses fools can do but die. However, if you are so afraid then why not, you're all boring me anyway! So long Sonic, Blaze, foolish Enji!"With that he presses a button, and beneath The area beneath them a large particle cannon emerges! As it begins to charge up to fire Robotnik says," Sonic, you and your pesky friends have long foiled my plans time and an again. But are history, and everything else ends here! Now once and for all be gone!"

With this both Egg men press the button and the massive energy blast fires right at them! However, Ben sees this and it makes him dig even deeper in to his power and he shouts out a resolved," No, I won't fail my friends! No matter what, no matter who tries to kill me, I won't let them! I won't die, you scum will be the ones to die! Now, taste my true power! UWAAAAN!"

With that Ben's magic energy explodes, and he shatters the containment field around him before charging at the particle blast instantly latter slashing it in half! Sonic and others are free as well and the speedy one wipes the sweet of his brow before saying," Whew, that was to close! Nice save again Ben!

"Shadow just says," Hump, I was about to do something like that , but thanks anyway."

Both mustache wearing bad guys are horrified at Ben's great escape and Nega says," No way, that should not have happened!"

Robotnik cringes before he lashes out with," This is why we should not have made him anger. Bah, now this is going to be messy."

Everyone gets ready to fight and Blaze says," It's over for you two! Your little domes are not going to save you from being caught!"

Robotnik then laughs and says," Oh please, this is not the end. Far from it, this is just the beginning! You seemed to have gotten past Metal Sonic Res Nova, but even his upgraded power is not the best we got! Behold the most powerful creation of mine, the testament to the Egg-man Empire, and the last sight you idiots will ever see!"

With that everyone hears a large rumbling and the ground begins to shake as the walls glow! Both Robotnik and Egg man Nega quickly dash away, with speed that's much more impressive then one would think there bodies could give them, till they jump in to seats in the back of there respective rooms.

Everyone then jumps back as the walls breaks apart, and the two doctors modules go upward. Ben then sees a gigantic robot emerge, in fact its so massive that it seems the two doctors are each standing in what is a eye of it! As the machine flies backwards they all see it has four large arms and powerful cannons on its shoulders! As it lands on the platform the roof of the Death Egg opens up so it's not broken and the heroes can see a thunderous sky in its place!

As the machine fully activates Robotnik says, "Meet the ultimate weapon, the Egg Devil! "

Sonic looks unimpressed and just says," So what, this is not the first time you thought your big robot was enough to stop me in my tracks! "

Nega responds with a gleeful," Maybe so, but this time its power source is a Advanced Curse Seal Crystal! And to top it of we still have the Chaos Emeralds! You and your pitiful band can do nothing against this awesome power! "

Ben then gets in to fighting stance and as his magic energy blows some of the tiles on the floor away he says, " Maybe, but this time you also have me on the team! No matter how powerful your machine is, we will not lose!"

Sonic then says,"That's for sure! All right guys, lets show theses two while evil always loses! We will have you beaten before that burning ship in the distance falls in to the ocean!

"Tails then looks at the burning ship in the distance and gets nervous before saying," Um, Sonic. That is not a burning ship, that seems to be an active ship using its power to boost on over here! And it seems fast! Huh, it looks like one of those mobile suits!"

Shadow then sees it to and says," Oh great, its that fanatical Zannacross commander in his special machine. Things just keep getting better and better. "

Much to Shadow 's annoyance he is correct in his hunch and everyone sees its none other then Commander Margulis in the Proto Omega! It shifts from speed mode to fight mode right next to the Egg Devil and Ben says," Good grief, my luck seems to be acting normally . "

Margulis then says through the com line a impatient, "Robotnik, I see you have not neutralized the Enji and there vermin pests yet."

Robotnik then responds with a political," Ah commander how good of you to show up at this time. I was just about to deal with that detail, and now you have a front row seat!"

Ben then says," No matter what the odds are, I am not going to lose! "

The Proto Omega then locks on in to Ben and says," Ben Auro, the heretic who dared to destroy Lord Xehamaru! I knew it was the best plan to follow the trial of Ezan Kaiba. But now I will eradicate two of the biggest thorns to the new era at once!"

Ben just sighs before he casually says," Another guy who wants me dead huh? You will not be forgiven for all of those that you killed!"

Margulis just laughs and retorts with a smug," Oh please, there is no point protecting such unworthy filthy beings! The lambs here that do nothing but live sinful lives will at last have something meaningful. Darth Damonus sent the World Devastators here to harvest this worlds souls, and transfer them to are master to fasten his return!"

Ben's face explodes with outrage before he grinds out ," So that's what those things were! Damn you, I will destroy your entire empire if I have to!"

Sonic then nods before he adds ," Is this what you have sunk to Eggman, trying to kill the entire world?"

Robotnik just responds with a flat," I will do what it takes to bring about the new era . Nothing can stop it, not the Enji Knights, and not you Sonic!"

Ben then says," All right, its time to end this. Even if it's a tag team of evil robots I will prove once more the power of the Star Sword once more! "

Both the Proto Omega and the Egg Devil begin to have there weapon load and the scar faced fleet commander says," Even your powers can't compare to this supreme weapon given by his eminence. Enough, this world dies now!"

Well, it seems that Ben and co are in a major jam! Can are hero's manage to endure the tag team of the Proto Omega and the Egg Devil! And even so, Metal Sonic is still hiding, most likely up to something.

And to top it of unsuspecting to the others Sephiroth has taken control of Ezan 's mind once more, and if things go his way the Chaotix will be the first to witness the true return of Sephiroth! Will this day end for Ben and Ezan in victory, or doomsday?

Find out in are next installment of Tales of the Cosmic Wars!

Next time are heroes struggle to fight against the duo of deadly machines. However they get a break when Ben once more unleashes his Bankai powers, and attacks with such force that he is able to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds the doctors have, and thus allow Sonic, Shadow, Sliver, Blaze, Knuckles, and Tails to all turn in to there super forms! With this the battle begins to change in to the good guys favor, until Metal Sonic returns with a shocking surpise!

It seems Egg man Nega had brought the counterparts to the Chaos Emeralds, the Sol Emeralds with him as a ace in the whole. However Metal Sonic Res Nova found them first, and fuses with them!

The enormous power combined with his own advanced curse seal crystal gives him overwhelming power, such power that he forcefully combine's him self with both the Proto Omega and the Egg Devil, and transforms in to a form that makes his final form in Sonic Heros seem like nothing, the Metal Emperor Metempsychosis!

Having become so powerful even Ben and Super Sonic 's attacks don't faze him has the good guys entered the doomsday zone? And what roles will both Ezan/Sephiroth, and the arrival of Kira take?

Only way to find out is to wait for Chapter 80: Live and Learn, Eclipsing the Metal Madness! Coming soon!

Authors notes.

Just to clear some things up, the three monsters are the Zeti Zavok, Zomom and Zazz are all from Sonic Lost World. That game came out longer after this chapter orginally came out, but I revised who they were before to be those three because they more or less were a perfect fit for the role, and honestly Lost World's plot was so minor that it was easy enough to say it took place anywhere after Sonic Hero's, even the Whisps in the game were not canonically in there.

To explain the differences they were also inspired by the bio monster trio were suppose to be parody's of the three minions of Dr Willow, the main bad guy from the second Dragon Ball Z movie the Worlds Strongest. This chapter was sort of a parody to that movie, but only slightly. In any case hope that makes sense why I added them. Well, till next time.