Tales of the Cosmic Wars Vol 2: A Star's Twilight

by Darth Necron

The second volume of the tale of Ben Auro as he joins with hero's like Mario, Sonic, Link, Samus Aran, Megaman X, Master Chief, Cloud and more to defeat the many groups of evil that threaten the cosmos. The more Ben fights, the more he faces the horrors of war, from the likes of Bowser, Ganondorf, Sephiroth, Sigma, Xemnas and more, to the darkness within. Character guide added!

20. C 75: Eclipsing the Metal Madness!

Chapter 80: Live and Learn, Eclipsing the Metal Madness!

Last time, in Tales of the Cosmic Wars, Ben had finally broken into Dr. Robotnik's newest Death Egg, along with Sonic and pals just as it blasted off!

Once on board, they were met with a harsh welcome in the form of various robotic troops deployed by Dr Robotnik and two vile bio warriors created by his counterpart, Egg Man Nega. However, nothing the bad guys had could match the good guys resolve and power and they all found themselves falling apart in no time!

As Ben's group searched for the fastest way to the Death Egg's command deck, another group had warped on board; Shadow and Ezan's group!

It seems Shadow was successful in using Chaos Control to escape the blast of Proto Omega and warp directly on board the giant space weapon of destruction! Once on board, they encountered another party.

But despite Ezan's quick distinction, they were not enemies. In fact, they were Espio, Vector and Charmy of the Chaotix group! It seems that they infiltrated the Death Egg as well for the primary reason of tracking down their long lost pal Mighty the Armadillo, much to Shadow's annoyance! While both Shadow and Ezan were annoyed at the trio's presence, they both realized that telling them to leave would do little good so they were told to stick by the group.

It's a good thing they did, because not long after that they were soon attacked by Meta Knight and another massively overweight bio-warrior named Blobua! The dark knight from Dreamland was determined to kill Ben's primary rival to advance in the order of darkness. However, despite his gains in power, he was in for a rude awakening when Ezan nearly had him outmatched! However, just when it looked like Ezan was going to swiftly defeat the villain from planet Popstar, a new enemy appeared who was burning for a rematch with the super elite warrior!

Yes, the much upgraded and powered up Metal Sonic Res Nova still remembered how easily Ezan disposed of him back when he ambushed the group at Angel Island, and was quite ready to return the favor! To Ezan's shock, Metal Sonic was not bluffing about his new power. He attacked the Enji with such fury that he even killed his fellow baddie the hideous blob bio weapon with one miss aimed blow!

Even with Shadow and the others fighting too, Metal Sonic's speed and power seemed to be far more deadlier then ever, thanks to having an advanced curse seal empowering him with the dark side! However, when it seemed Ezan was being pressed against the ropes, the robotic Sonic faker found out about one of Ezan's dark secrets.

Not willing to accept defeat, the spirit of Sephiroth once again overrode Ezan's will and took over his mind and body! Metal Sonic thought nothing of it at first, until he was the one being outclassed! When Ben's group arrived, the evil machine knew when the tables had turned and slipped away. Now all together, Sonic and pals finally were ready to shut the Egg man's plans down, no matter what.

Only the Chaotix trio stayed behind to figure out a way to try and reverse the souls that were apparently devoured by the many World Devastators still wrecking havoc around Mobius and transferring the life force of the captured humans to the Death Egg, and surprisingly to Ben, Ezan agreed to guard them while they did!

However, Ben and the others were not aware it was not for the purpose that they thought it was. No, Sephiroth merely saw this as an opportunity to absorb a massive amount of energy and fully restore himself at last!

Ben and the other Enji still had no idea about the truth of the struggle for dominance for Ezan's body and left him not knowing just what possible danger Ben left to unfold! Ben had another foe to worry about, as he and Sonic and co confronted Dr Robotnik! While he and Nega tried to trap the heroes, Ben showed he was in no mood for games! Seeing what they were up against, the two madmen unleashed their massive and worst machine yet, the gigantic machine of destruction, the Egg Devil!

Sonic has dealt with many of the doctors giant robots before, and with Ben helping, this seemed like a walk in the park, that is until fleet commander Margulis arrived as well in the Proto Omega, more than happy to reduce the good guys and the entire planet to space dust!

It seems the stage is set for the battle that will decide the fate of the world. Can Ben and co pull it off? Or will factors like whether or not Sephiroth can fully revive himself, make it a done deal of despair? This showdown is going down now, so let's get started!

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Before this battle gets started, we turn to a bunch of Titan's ships just entering out of Hyper space and speeding to the planet Mobius. And the fleet is being commanded by the Eternal Justice with none other than Kira on board! Right after his meeting with King Atem and the subcommittee, the Commandant of the Titan's Special forces went to the place of battle that he sent his current apprentices to, to ensure they did not fail.

At the moment, he is overseeing the current status of the battles raging on over Sonic's world, when one of the other higher ranked members of the Titans, the green haired Ribbions Almark goes up to him and says, "Commandant, we are approaching the Zannacross fleet's ships sensors in moments. Shall I give the order to release the mobile suits?"

Kira looks over to his subordinate and responds with a firm,"You may tell them to divert fire from the large battle station that is named the Death Egg, for now."

Ribbons responds with a sly, "Ah yes, Ezan Kaiba and Ben Auro's magic energy signals are around there. I suppose it would be wasteful to carelessly blast our own forces."

The Titan's Commander just presses a button and a hologram appears as he says, "No, not that. Those two are responsible for keeping themselves out of harm's way, no matter what the situation. I was referring to the apparent situation with the World Devastators. It seems that the readings are saying all of those machines are putting their systems in sync."

The other Titan raises his eyebrows before saying, "What do you think this means, sir?"

Kira replies with a callous , "I am not certain, but this could mean they are trying to make one ultimate strike. Well, it seems either this Doctor Robotnik or the Zannacross military commander supporting him is more clever than I first assumed. However, it changes little. In the end, they still will not have any chance of victory; not when I hold all the pieces in this game. And speaking of pieces, Ribbons, has Jamitov reported in?

The Titan with array glowing eyes responds with, "Yes, the docking procedure with the Psycho Gundam Mk II and Space Colony Ark have gone without any errors. The Veda network has helped smooth over the computer issues."

The leader grins and coolly remarks with,"How splendid that the patriot system is working as well as we expected. I detest errors. How thoughtful of Professor Gerald Robotnik. Even after it has been so many years since his passing from this realm, he still has created a weapon for us to use. And it will be most fitting to use it to shatter his own pathetic grandson. See that the preparations are complete Ribbons; I am going to the surface directly to make sure the battle is being properly led. You're dismissed."

The military man salutes Kira as he walks out of the command deck. As he sees more Salvation soldiers salute him on the way to his Strike Freedom Gundam, he thinks to himself, "Well, Ben, time to see if you have finally come to grips with your fate. It would be most beneficial to you if you can, for my patience with your progress will not last forever. It is almost time for the true destiny of this cosmos to take shape. How you perform today just might decide what role you play in that destiny."

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He enters an elevator and goes down.

Speaking of going down, at the moment another thing is going down, another World Devastator! Back at the city of Station Square, while the Enji Knights are going through a tough time on the Death Egg, Ben's Digimon pal, Hiryuumon has been helping the Lylat and GUN military forces protect the city. We now turn to the dragon creature to see the enemy's large black machine of death sink into the sea.

Beside him is Sonic's pink hedgehog's self-proclaimed girlfriend, Amy Rose, and the humanoid bunny, Cream the rabbit, along with her small blue Chao friends, Cheese and Chocola.

Amy is waving her personal Piko Piko hammer in happiness at seeing the Zannacross machine blow up, and as she nearly whacks Hiryuumon on the head she says, "Alright! That will teach a lesson to you creeps for trying to suck up this city! Whew, that was a close one though!"

Cream then picks up Cheese and says, "It was only thanks to Mister Hiryuumon here and those helpful Lylat soldiers that we were able to stop that scary machine, before it was too late!"

Amy then looks worried and adds a cheerful , "Oh no, I hope my poor Sonic did not get swallowed up by one of these things!"

Hiryuumon then smirks and responds with a confident, "Don't worry Amy, they say there is no machine Sonic can't smash, right? And besides, don't forget the boss is with him! Together they will shut down the bad guys plans, no matter what they throw at them! Why, I bet the boss is just about ready to wrap things up, since that Ezan is also fighting, it should be a piece of cake! Huh, what is that in the sky?"

The Digimon points to the distance, and he sees as the clouds clear up around the area the Death Egg is in sight! Amy remembers seeing it before, and says,"Oh great! That creepy doctor built another one of those battle stations with his face on it? He never learns! I wonder, could Sonic, Ben, and the others be on that thing?"

To the group's shock, a voice with an iron will says, "It is most likely so."

Everyone turns around, but they see it's no cause for alarm. The man who spoke is a military man on their side, in fact he is the commander of G.U.N himself! Not wasting time for introductions, he says,

"The Lylat forces were kind enough to lend us a tracker to the Enji Knights' magic energy. I just used that and we have both located Ben Auro and Ezan Kaiba on that Death Egg. Here, I am transferring the data onto that monitor over there."

He nods, and a soldier to the left then nods, before pressing a button. Moments later, the large monitor above the Train station that normally serves as a TV channel for the news, changes its setting to the settling transmission. The group then sees Ben and Sonic's group bracing for battle!

A gleeful Hiryuumon says, "Wow, I was spot on! Looks like it's time for the climax, as the boss always says. Ha, those jerks better have pretty big weapons up their sleeves, because otherwise, huh? Um, uh oh!"

What was happiness, soon turned to dread, as the Digital monster sees the screen pan out, and reveal both the four armed Egg Devil, and the mysterious Proto Omega hovering in the air around the heroes, looking ready to pounce! The G.U.N commander then says, "That weapon, it's the same machine that wiped out the entire fifth fleet! And it seems that Robotnik has a new toy as well. Damn them! With the combined power levels of those two, I am not sure if even Ben, Sonic, Shadow, and the others can defeat them!"

An angry dragon then sharply interjects with, "Of course the boss can win! We never let the bad guys win! However, it looks like he is in a tight spot. That's it, the Calvary is coming, boss! Time to pull out all the stops! Hiryuumon double digivole to!"

The Digimon glows and is covered in a sphere of light. Moments later, the sphere glows to a much larger size until it bursts out and the ultimate level form of Ben's Digimon partner emerges! He then finishes his statement, "Geno-Wyrmmon! Alright, let's do this!"

He then extends his wings and activates the two ion engines on his back, before beginning to take flight.

As he takes off, Amy says, "Oh, please make sure Sonic is okay! Oh yeah, and everyone else, but most of all, Sonic!"

The Digimon turns around and responds with, "Don't worry, miss Amy, you will be back to trying to slam Sonic with your hammer, while he runs away before you know it!"

This does not get the expected response from Amy that he was hoping for, and she gets mad, yelling, "Hey! Is that what Sonic thinks of our time together? He thinks of me as some angry hammer wielding psycho! What did he tell you!?"

As he sees Amy being to charge angrily at him, he says, "Um, oh nothing. Got to go! Err, wow she really is...huh? Oh nuts!"

Just as Geno Wyrmmon is about to return, he sees a light glow, from the Death Egg! What's more is that in the distance he sees more World Devastators from afar being to glow, and all have energy chains form out of their backs and head into the Death Egg! Geno-Wyrmmon then says,"What the heck is that all about? Oh well, just another reason to smash this egg! I'll be there in a bit, boss! Show them who they are messing with, in the meantime! Huh!? Hey, get out of my way!" The large metallic dragon sees some stubborn new flying type of Necrocalcous charge at him, and he gives them his greeting card!

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Meanwhile, as Ben's friend slashes a path to his pal, the one in question has just begun his newest battle of the day! It's bad enough that the Egg Devil seems to have weapons fire from all over its body, but with the Proto Omega giving off its own unrelenting assault, the good guys can barely stay in one spot for a second, without being blasted!

This robotic tag team is definitely giving Ben and co a hard time, but the wielder of the Star Sword is not willing to give up anytime soon! At the moment, Ben has just dodged a large yellow beam of energy being fired from the odd looking face of Proto Omega, and finds himself with a volley of rockets heading his way! Ben fires a barrage of blue energy blasts to destroy them. However, the Egg Devil then fires another volley right away, before Ben can react! Luckily, Silver has Ben's back and grabs them with his psychic powers. He then slams them back into the gigantic robot. However, as they blow up, they have no effect at all! Ben then ushers a quick, "Thanks, Silver, that was a little too close."

Silver replies with a calm, "Don't worry about it; we have bigger problems to worry about."

From within his cockpit in his part of the machine, Eggman Nega laughs and says, "Muahahah! Have your peanut-sized brains come to realize that you're totally outclassed? No pitiful attack you can muster can even scratch a dent in this machine!"

This gets Knuckles to raise his fist and he yells, "You can brag all you want, but you're just setting yourself up for an even bigger fall!"

Blaze follows up with a driven, "Eggman Nega, it's time I put a stop to your selfish desires for good!"

Sonic then jumps in front of the two and says, "The same goes for you, Eggman, number one! No matter how much you arm your machines with, you can't win! Want to know why? Because, like always, we are working together for all that's good! No way are you going to be allowed to win!"

Sonic, Blaze, and Knuckles all charge at the Egg Devil, only for it to respond by flinging its upper right hand at them, and then firing a large red energy blast from it! Thankfully, all of the trio have good reflexes and dodge it and all go on the offensive!

Sonic unleashes a powerful homing attack, while Knuckles launches a furious punching combo, which is rounded out by a powerful blurring kick by Blaze. However, all of those attacks don't even scratch the paint off of their target! Robotnik then has the Egg Devil fire faster homing lasers from his machine's eyes to blast all three of the heroes into the ground!

He then laughs and has his machine fly into the air once more, before saying, "Don't think I will repeat my mistakes forever, Sonic! While you may think this is just another of my creations, I put everything I had into this machine! Its armor was made as tough as the ones used by the vanguard of the Zannacross Empire's best creations, and it's powered by four advanced curse seal crystals! Feel honored, you pesky hedgehog! At least you will die by the strongest power in the cosmos!"

He fires an even larger black energy blast at Sonic in hopes of destroying him! However, Ben reminds the doctors of his presence when he flash steps in front of it and slashes the blast in half! As its fragments collide onto the top of the Death Egg, an annoyed Egg man Nega says, "Blasted Enji, stop doing that!"

Ben then gets into his fighting stance and retorts with a dry,"You must be pretty foolish or pretty desperate to put all your chips with the order of universal darkness and evil. Oh well, it's an Enji Knight's job to destroy evil, no matter what the situation."

Robotnik aims all his arms at Ben while replying with,"Ben Auro, you're pretty determined at doing your job well, I see. Too bad that your job is a fool's errand!"

Ben then powers up his magic aura again and says, "I'll show you who the fools are here!"

The Enji then sees the two evil doctors fire a barrage of lasers and missiles at him, so he responds by jumping high in the air to avoid it. However, Ben is shocked to see the Proto Omega waiting for him and gathering up energy for an attack! From within, the unique prototype mobile suit Margulis says, "Only a fool keeps making pointless comments! Ben Auro, you and all of you other warriors of light are just heretics defying destiny. Those that try and interfere with the reformation of this corrupt cosmos will be swiftly and brutally exterminated!"

Ben then sees from the glowing green wings of the Proto-Omega emerge a barrage of yellow energy bolts that all home in on Ben! Ben tries to either deflect or dodge them all, but it's too close and too soon as he is blasted back down by a energy blast that formed right in front of him! Sonic and the others rush over to him and Sonic says, "Oh man, are you okay, Ben?"

Ben's back is burned, but he is on his feet and says, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. Still, this is turning out to be more of a pain than I figured it would be."

Shadow then replies, "Fighting as one unit, those two machines are proving to be quite a threat. They have a lot of power to throw around."

Tails follows up with, "Maybe we can use that to our advantage. While they have been managing to fight in sync so far, if we can throw those two off balance, we might be able to have them damage each other!"

Ben then sees both foes closing in and says, " That sounds like it's worth a shot. Hope they are dumb enough to, huh? Uh no, look out!"

The Enji manages to see a giant yellow energy beam coming straight for him just in time to get out of its path, before it blasts right through the Death Egg's top! Ben then sees more lasers and moves in a zigzag path to avoid them, only to miss seeing one of the Egg Devils hands rocket into him! He feels the full force of the blow and is launched into the air, and once more into the sights of Proto Omega!

As its main energy beam charges up from its chest, Margulis grinds out a harsh, "You have almost become a sufficient opponent to our cause, Ben Auro. However eve the chosen one can't overcome this war machine, with functions such as the phase transfer cannon it can destroy any target! Be grateful, at least you will have the honor of a warrior's death!"

Just as he is about to fire, Shadow and his robot ally dash to the side of the villain's machine and the black hedgehog says, "Your so called ultimate machine of destruction is getting on my nerves! Chaos Spear!"

He then fires a spear shaped energy blast right at its target, while Omega aids him by firing two powerful purple energy blasts from his hands. The combined attack hits Proto Omega, and while it's not powerful enough to pierce its defenses, the impact is enough to cause the machine's energy attack to fire off course! As the blast causes a large explosion in the sky, Ben says to Shadow, "Thanks for that, Shadow! Sorry I was sloppy."

Shadow just says, "Humph, I just dislike being in debt to anyone."

Margulis then yells, "Bah, you filthy pests are only delaying the obvious outcome! No matter how fast you run, you will never be able to escape your death!" After just dodging another barrage from the Egg Devil, Tails flies over to Ben, with Sonic in his arms.

As they land, Sonic says, "Man, this is one tough battle, that's for sure. But no matter what, I am not going to lose here! Still, it's going to be a rough one. If only we had the last two Chaos Emeralds, then I'd wipe the floor with Eggman in no time!"

Shadow looks at the glowing paired emeralds both in place near the top of the machine and says,"Saying what ifs is not going to do us any good, Sonic."

Omega then adds, "Scanners have analyzed that the two Emeralds are giving the Egg Devil additional power. While it is not apparent, it seems a barrier is surrounding the two."

Ben suddenly grins before he slickly says, "I think I just figured out the way to win. Don't worry. I will get those Chaos Emeralds from them."

Knuckles curiously replies, "You are? How? No offense, Ben, but they seem pretty determined to hang on to them."

The Enji then sighs and says," Simple, by going all out. Good grief, this is the third time today I had to resort to full strength. What is Ezan doing, anyway? It's good and all that he is protecting the Chaotix, but I am beginning to wish they just took care of that after cleaning house here. Oh well, no use thinking about it now. Sigh, I just hope after the day is over, Kira will let up a little. I am, very tired. Here it goes, Bankai!"

Ben takes a deep breath and once more unleashes the current max power of the Star Sword! Like all the other times, Ben is engulfed in a golden aura, as his magic energy explodes and the Star Sword changes shape. A few moments later, Ben's power up is finished and the hero looks at his two foes with a renewed determined look of resolve. He then says, "Alright, let's finish this."

Sonic then chuckles and says, "Oh yeah, that's the way to go!"

Eggman Nega sneers and then replies with a mocking, "Really, you think such parlor tricks will save you? I beg to differ!"

Ben then shows what he thinks of that by releasing enough magic energy to push the Egg Devil back, before strongly lashing back with,"Yes, I do think it will! Enough, let's end this!"

The machine responds by firing another energy blast at Ben, which is easily dodged! However, as soon as he avoids the blast, he finds another large hand rocketing to him, but this time he horrifies the two doctors when he easily blocks the punch and swiftly kicks the monstrosity into the air! Seeing the new level of skill Ben is showing makes the pilot of the Proto Omega even angrier, and he fires a storm of black energy orbs from his machines wings to home in at Ben from all sides! However, the Enji shows his foes he is not messing around when he moves so fast, it's like a blur, as he slashes through all the orbs and emerges unharmed!

An annoyed Margulis in responds yells," So, this is the power that was able to defeat even lord Xehamaru! However, even this power will not cut through the omnipotent power of my master!"

Ben just replies with a firm, "We will see about that."

Robotnik then aims his shoulder cannons at Ben while saying, "Yes, we will! No matter how powerful you are, you're still just one human. And one human alone cannot compare to the power I have!"

At the same time a even more frantic Egg man Nega adds," Yes, my charming counter part of the past lets roast this Neanderthal and show how hopeless it is to oppose are genius! "

The wielder of the Star Sword then flexes his aura and says,

"Perhaps, but if you really think that, then I will just have to cut your power down a notch! Divine Flare Edge!"

Ben's Star Sword shines even brighter as he dashes right for the Egg Devil! The doctors retaliate by firing another round of lasers, but Ben dodges them all and then lands a powerful slash right across the machine's eyes! Both of the modules crack and the two men panic. However, while their machine is sparking from Ben's strike, they see it's still standing and are relieved. Eggman Nega then laughs madly and bellows out,"Hahaha! Is that the best you can do, hero? If so, you're finished! Huh, where did he go?"

Ben just grins and says, "No, that's not the best I can do, but, I had a different intention for that strike. Your loss, if you can't figure out in time. Just a sec."

He then flash steps away and Nega retorts, "Get back here, you brat! You think you can play games with us? Hold on, just what is he up to?"

All of a sudden, Robotnik gets alarmed and says, "Oh no! Nega, you fool, he just swiped the Chaos Emeralds from us!"

To the other doctor's horror, he looks around and sees Ben landing right in front of Sonic and pals, with the two remaining Chaos Emeralds in his hand! Nega then yells," NO!"

Ben then swerves around to his friends and coolly says, "Any of you guys looking for some free Chaos Emeralds, Sonic?"

Sonic then gives Ben a thumbs up, while saying, "Alright! Awesome job, Ben! Now it's our turn to cause some havoc! You all ready?"

Shadow then grasps his fights tightly before he says, "Hurry up and just do it, before they can attack!"

Sonic sighs and responds with a dower. "Shadow, way to kill the excitement. Alright, let's do this. Eggman, other annoying guy, time to teach you to mess with our world, alright everyone, get around me!"

With that said,the group takes out the Chaos Emeralds they have and throw them into the air, while Ben adds the last two into the group! When the yellow, purple, red, grey, blue, orange, and green emeralds are all together, they glow and begin to move around in a circle!

They all the hover around Sonic as Shadow, Knuckles, Tails, Silver and Blaze stand around him and Ben is amazed as the emeralds all begin to spin around them faster and faster, until a bright light envelopes them! When Ben sees the light fade, he also sees they have all transformed! Sonic has turned a golden color, green eyes, and his spikes are more straight, proving he has turned into Super Sonic!

His pal Tails is now covered in a white aura, as Flickes surround him showing he is now Super Tails!

Knuckles is also covered in a similar aura as he turns into Super Knuckles.

As for Shadow, his fur turns white to showcase his new super Shadow form, and Silver's new appearance as Super Silver is proved through his eyes turning red and his fur becoming a white golden color!

Lastly, Blaze has powered up to Burning Blaze, as Blaze's lavender fur becomes peach, her gloves and shoes become engulfed in purple flames, and she becomes surrounded by an aura of fire!

Now that the whole group has transformed, Ben is impressed at what he sees and says,"Oh yeah, we got this in the bag now!"

A nervous Robotnik is scanning all of their power increase and says,"No, they all transformed? This is not what was supposed to happen! I told you we should have finished them off, Nega!"

Nega responds with a defensive," Bah, it matters not! They still cannot win!"

A furious Margulis has his face appear on their monitors and roars, "Will you two fools stop messing around! We have to kill them now!"

Knuckles looks at his powered up form and smiles while saying, "Oh yeah! It's been a while since I got to have part of the fun! Lately, you and Shadow have always gotten to the Chaos Emeralds first, Sonic!"

Ben then powers up again and chuckles before he playfully adds, "Hey, well this time it seems everyone gets to be in on the fun."

Sonic then crosses his arms and brashly says," Alright, gang, time to draw the line in the air on where we stand on these creeps! Ready, go!"

They all burst into resume the fight right as the two machines launch their next attack!

The Egg Devil comes crashing down to try and smash Sonic, but in his super form he just bursts through one of the arms of the machine in a burst of power! Super Shadow then warps in front of the two doctors machines and unleashes a powerful Chaos Blast to blow it far into the sky!

The Proto Omega then fires another energy blast from its center to try and fry the hedgehogs, but Super Silver gets in front of the attack and uses his new "Shield of Light" ability to catch the blast, and then throw it right back at the machine! As its defending itself form its own attack Knuckles, Blaze, and Tails all dash at the machine and unleash a furious barrage of blows that give the Proto Omega plenty of dents! As both machines are knocked back Robotnik says, "No, it cannot end like this! Not this time! I will not allow it! After everything I had to do to get this far, I won't allow you and your friends to stop me you blasted pincushion! All systems, full power! You all will pay!"

Ben then has his Star Sword glow as he responds with a firm, "Sorry, but this is the price you pay for siding with evil. Senkai!"

Ben touches the ground with the celestial blade and it shines, before lots of light fragments come out of it! Before the bad guys know it, they are surrounded by a thousand energy swords!

Eggman Nega has his jaw drop before he stammers out, "What the, that boy could do this? What sort of power does he have!"

Ben then responds with a edgy, "Now, time for you scum to be brought to justice! Divine Millennium Slash!"

At once, he commands the energy swords to dive at once into the two machines! They hit their targets, and are powerful enough to pierce the duo's armor! Explosions break out all over them, but both the Proto Omega and the Egg Devil survive the attack! However, it's clear they are both critically damaged and Margulis yells out a bitter,"Damn you, Enji! You will die now!"

The Enji sees the others get by his side and he replies, "I'll say this once, leave this planet with all your nasty toys now and you will live. Otherwise this will be the end!"

He sees the Egg Devil struggle to stabilize itself. Robotnik then punches his control terminal before he yells, "This is absurd! Why can't my genius, even when aided by the power of the most powerful being in the cosmos, beat these miserable clowns!?"

Ben then readies his sword and prepares to charge up a Shinryukenha, when all of a sudden everyone hears a robotic laugh!

That figure then says, "I have your answer, doctor. And it is because I am the only one who is fated to kill Sonic the Hedgehog!"

Everyone then sees a figure burst out of the Death Egg, and it's not long to see that Metal Sonic Res Nova has returned! While still banged up and missing an arm from his last encounter, he seems anything but worried! As he flies above the Egg Devil, the evil doctor says, "Metal Sonic, so you did not retreat after all..."

His futuristic counterpart adds,"Ah, glad to see not all of your creations are worthless defective cowards."

Super Sonic then groans before he says, "So, Metal Sonic, you came to go down with the ship, eh? I hope so, because if you have any other plans in mind, your about to get a full throttled reversal! Make up your mind!"

Metal Sonic just laughs and responds with a frantic, "Oh, I made up my mind alright, you loathsome copy. Sorry for the delay, the battle was not going according to plan, so I had to shift tactics. Don't worry, now I am properly equipped to terminate you all! How do you like my new gear!?"

The robotic copy then raises his hand, and takes out seven jewels that look similar to the Chaos Emeralds, but slightly different. Ben is not sure what is up as the seven jewels begin hovering around Metal Sonic, but the others and Blaze most of all are shocked at what they see! Confused and a bit intimidated, Ben says, "More Chaos Emeralds?! I thought there were only seven?!"

Blaze replies with a mortified," No, they are the Sol emeralds! They are from my dimension, and should still be there! When they are around the Chaos Emeralds it can cause many disastrous effects! How did they get here!?"

Metal Sonic continues to chuckle as the Sol Emeralds glow, and he says,"Simple my dear, it seems Eggman Nega brought them over when he came for his own uses and stored them in the Death Egg's vast storage sector for a trump card of sorts. He hid them quite well, too! Too bad for him I have access to even the forbidden files on all ships commanded by the two!"

Robotnik glares at Nega and angrily says," You brought the Sol Emeralds to this dimension without consulting me?! Just what were you planning on doing?!"

The doctor from the future then looks nervous and says, "Well, I brought them to have an ace in the hole, but I wanted to err, save them till the last possible moment so the Zannacross Empire would not take them! Still, I suppose it would have been better to have used them now."

An annoyed Margulis grunts, "Just what is the point of this show here?"

Metal Sonic replies with a cold, "To make it simple, fleet commander, it means I have the power to extract my revenge at last! Time to die!"

Ben then powers up and yells, "No, I won't let you!" He then charges at Metal Sonic, but it's too late, as the Sol Emeralds all go in the robot's chest! He is then engulfed in power and a shock wave of energy blasts Ben back! Metal Sonic then turns a golden color as power flows around him!

His arm has regrown instantly and he grows larger! He then vigorously roars, yelling, "Yes! This is power! Even more power than when I extracted energy from the Master Emerald!"

Sonic replies with a angry, "Enjoy it while you can! Even with the powers of the Sol Emeralds, you're not strong enough to beat us!"

Super Sonic then charges at the revved up Metal Sonic, but in an instant, Metal Sonic blocks the golden hedgehogs punch as the blow creates a shockwave! As they seem to grapple each other, the robot Sonic's eyes narrow in on Super Sonic and as he sees the others get ready to attack, he says, "I doubt it. But, if I learned anything from our last encounter, it's to never let you organic fools have even a small glimmer of hope! And that is why, while I have the power to beat you now, I am going to CRUSH YOU!"

Metal Sonic fires an energy blast from his chest to blast Super Sonic back and he then flies higher into the air! He then begins to glow. "Doctor, you and the others are wasting the power your machines possess. Therefore, I think I will take that power into myself!"

Robotnik then says, "Just what do you think you're up to, Metal Sonic? Don't do anything rash, you do remember you're still my servant, right? Oh no, not again! AH!"

To his horror, he then sees the Hyper Metal Sonic shine before a barrage of red cables break out of his back! They dive right into the Egg Devil's chest, and a few more head into the Proto Omega!

A shocked Margulis says, "What do you think you are doing, you machine? Know your place! Guh!"

Our heroes watch in a mix of shock and awe as Metal Sonic wraps both machines behind him with the cables from his back. He then yells, "Now Sonic, Shadow, and you too, Enji dog! Witness power personified!"

Metal Sonic then has the cables cover him before a large flash breaks out! Moments later, the good guys can see again, and see that Metal Sonic has made a grandiose transformation! He now looks sort of like his Metal Emperor form from Sonic Heroes.

However, he is now more humanoid in shape, although much larger than before. He seems to have grown demonic wings and has turned to a red color.

He has now transformed into Metal Emperor Sonic Metempsychosis!

Everyone is shocked to see just how monstrous a form Metal Sonic has taken, and the giant robot spits out the two doctors in their mobiles along with Margulis, with his new long sharp teeth.

Ben sighs and darkly responds with, "Great, this I could do without."

As Robotnik stabilizes his craft he says," Just great, I thought I wiped out all traces of disobedience from him! Chaos, Gemerl , Dark Gaia, him.. time and time again. Why does no one respect my genius?"

His white haired counterpart regains his balance and replies, "Maybe because you are a loser! I am the most superior of all the line of Robotnik!"

Robotnik then turns red and grinds out, "Oh, really? Then how come all of your creations are so much more inferior? Why would you even need to work with me if you were not capable of ruling the world by yourself you, AH!"

At that moment, Margulis lands right on Robotnik and he swiftly gets up, before saying,"Robotnik, you better get control of your robot or else, AH!"

Just then, Metal Sonic finalizes his transformation and roars loud enough to blow the three villains back, as he says, "Yes! This is the power I have been seeking! Absolute! Nothing you pests can throw will stop me now! It's time to take my rightful place as this world's supreme ruler!"

Sonic retorts by yelling,"It seems your ego has grown most of all, Metal Sonic! But like I told Eggman, the larger you are, the harder you're going to fall!"

The three Super Hedgehogs all then charge at the now gigantic Metal Sonic, but the large foe just fires a barrage of powerful red blasts from his wings. At first, Super Sonic and the others are able to dodge them all, but then those blasts turn around and overwhelm the glowing heroes and hit home!

As they are all blasted back, Metal Sonic roars out a sadistic, "It's useless! Your super forms are nothing to me now! Now it's my time to end this! Huh? Oh, you again."

He sees Ben charging at him as blocks a sword strike with his new enlarged metal claw. He is strong enough to block Ben's strike with ease and tries to impale Ben with his tail! The Enji is able to back off just in time to avoid it and he flies higher into the then charges a large amount of power and says, "No matter how monstrous you become, Metal Sonic, you're not going to win! Burning Celestial Shinryukenha! "

Ben fires his best energy beam at full power! However, as the energy wave heads for Metal Sonic, the center of his chest glows and it absorbs the entire attack! The shocked Enji yells, "No way!"

Metal Sonic then replies, "Foolish boy, let me show you just how powerful a combo the Sol Emeralds and plenty of Advanced Curse seal of Necrocalcous crystals can be! DIE!"

The metallic monstrosity fires an even larger red energy blast from his chest! Ben sets up a magic barrier to defend himself, but he is still overwhelmed by the blast as it still gives off a massive explosion! He is blasted to the hard surface of the Death Egg as half of his shirt is destroyed and he has burn marks all over!

Ben gets up and wipes the blood off his face, while he looks back up at Metal Sonic charging up for another attack, and he thinks out loud, muttering, "Damn him! His power and abilities have increased so much. But I still won't lose here! I can't let it end like this, and I won't!"

Sonic then flies besides Ben and says, "Don't worry, we won't let it end like that, no matter what, right? They can have as much power as they want. But no bad guy is going to be allowed to win! We just have to keep moving forward, right, Ben?"

Ben looks at Super Sonic and grins before replying, "You're right. Hey, it's not like I am finished; far from it. Alright, let's cut this tin can down to size!"

The duo rejoin the others in trying to find a weakness in Metal Sonic's powerful new armor!

As the group of heroes struggle to get past the numerous deadly attacks Metal Sonic is throwing at them simultaneously, their fight is being watched by many people. Just one group watching them; the Chaotix and Ezan. However, for them that is only the secondary object of importance, as Vector and Charmy are still trying to hack their way through the Death Egg databanks in hopes of finding leads on their long lost pal Mighty, and so far they are getting no useful results. Espio and Ezan, or at least who they think is Ezan, watching on.

The purple chameleon irritatingly says, "Are you getting anywhere? We don't have all the time in the world here."

Vector then slams the controls and yells, "Not a thing! Blasted doctor did some work on his programs this time."

His bee friend hovers around him and adds,"If it's being so smug, why don't I give it a sting? It worked at Space Station Ark!"

The croc at once grabs the bee and says, "Don't even think about it! 'cause something is about to go wacky here and not only could you blow us up, but Sonic, Knuckles, and everyone else up, but all the people we are trying to set free as well!"

Sephiroth, now in control of Ezan, is getting impatient to truly revive himself, walks up to Vector and asks, "So, were you able to find out anything about the imprisoned souls?"

Vector nods and replies, "A little. It seems that the scoop is that Eggman used the World Devastators to both absorb and eat up the planet to make materials for their massive forces, and to eat up lots of saps, and turn them to, if what this says is true, energy to break some sort of seal on some sort of ultimate god of darkness!"

Charmy adds, "Man, that is creepy! We have to break everyone out!"

The dormant swordsman flicks back his hair and continues his questions. "What state are these souls in? Are they salvageable or not? We have no time for second guesses."

Vector then responds with, "No, they are not quite dead yet. If this info is the real deal, then it means that all humans are kind of in a midway state. Their souls are in the position to be transferred from their bodies, but they are still alive, if in a comatose state."

Sephiroth comes to his own conclusion and says, "I see, so, if one had the power to absorb that kind of energy; it would not be a problem."

Espio is puzzled by that statement and replies, "Perhaps, but why would anyone want to do that?"

Sephiroth just walks in front of them all and responds with a casual, "Just a passing thought."

Charmy then says, "In any case, let's hurry up and free them!"

Sephiroth then chuckles and thinks to himself that it's time to make his move as he remarks, "Yes, it would be a tragedy for them to be put to a waste. Don't worry though, as long as I am here, I will make sure that nothing is wasted."

He then raises the Masamune and is nearly ready to slice the three to bits, when, all of a sudden, a massive energy blast comes raining down on them! The man deflects the blast with his long sword and it blasts through a few walls! He then lands back on the ground and looks annoyed. "That seemed a little too powerful for a mere grunt to produce."

Espio then looks up in the sky and says, "Metal Sonic!"

Sephiroth grunts. "Tsk, that worthless robot dares to test my patience a second time?"

Vector then looks at the screen and for the first time sees Metal Sonic's new transformation before saying, "I don't know, it seems he decided to throw down a full house!"

The others look at the now full size monitor and Espio adds, "He has transformed again? Wait, this time seems different than the other two times."

Vector then presses a few buttons and gasps when he sees the results, as he frantically jabbers on. "No wonder! It seems this metal freak has absorbed those Sol emeralds and both of the machines!"

At once Sephiroth questions the croc's statement, not knowing of the emeralds. "Sol Emeralds? Are they some sort of Materia?"

Charmy then says, "I don't know what a Materia is, but Sonic told us the Sol Emeralds are like the Chaos Emeralds only they are from Blaze's world. Oh wait, that's right, you're not from this world. Well, they kind of are the most powerful things in the planet. You know, with being able to "turn thoughts into power" and have the power to warp time and space, and that other stuff."

The former elite SOLDIER is interested in what he hears and continues to ask about the nature of the Sol Emeralds. "The power to turn thoughts into power, you say? Sounds like they are powerful indeed."

Espio then says, "Yes, such power in the hands of evil could cause great destruction, so that is why we are ever vigilant to make sure both they and the Chaos Emeralds stay out of the hands of the darkness. Therefore, huh? Where are you going, Ezan?!"

The trio then see a smirking Ezan use his black wing to fly into the air and he says, "I now see you three have things under control, so I will finish the job and dismiss that annoying robot. And perhaps speed up my plans in the process!"

He is surrounded by magic energy and speeds into the air!

The Chaotix are not sure what is up with Ezan and Vector says, "Man, he is sure acting odd."

Charmy adds, "Eh, all of those Enji are not the most normal bunch."

Espio then shakes his head and says, "You're one to talk. Huh, hey wait a second. Guys, that readout just now. It was not a human, could it be? AH, hey, not now!" As he then prepares to feel the angry wrath of his bee pal's stinger, Vector zooms in on a particular Prison Egg and looks at the specs before saying,

"Eureka! We just might have a lead! Hold on guys, and most of all, Mighty! We don't abandon a friend, no matter what!"

As Vector zones in on what might be the long lost member of the Chaotix, we go back to the pressing matter at hand!

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Ben and co are still facing off against Metal Sonic.

But even with Ben's Bankai powers and the others in their Super forms, it seems Metal Sonic has become impervious to their attacks! At the moment, the Enji is charging to slice at Metal Sonic at the neck, while Sonic, Knuckles and Blaze all try to strike as well. As Shadow fires a full powered Chaos Blast and Silver throws some debris, Metal Sonic just sets up a barrier around his massive body and blocks all the attacks at once! He then uses his barrier as a shock-wave to blow everyone back once more! Rouge runs up to catch Shadow and says,

"Well, it seems you're all having an off day, boys. Stop fooling around and shut him down before he unleashes that massive fire power of his on the planet!"

Shadow replies,"Believe me, there is nothing more I wish to do than break this guy apart. However, he seems to not only have incredible offensive powers, but defensive ones as well!

Omega then scans the foe and reports, "The power readings from Metal Sonic's current form exceed anyone among us."

Ben then heroically yells, "Well it's not going to be like that for long! I beat Xehamaru, I won't lose to this metal psychopath!"

Metal Sonic then roars again before retorting, " Hahaha! You are all as stubborn as always! But this time your stubborn wills and resolves will not help you! This struggle between us has gone on long enough, Sonic! It's time I end this for good! So, say good, what? Ah, it's you!"

Just when it seems Metal Sonic is about to charge up for another deadly energy assault when he detected something, only to see a massive pillar of fire emerge out of the Death Egg with such power that it manages to reach the giant robot! While he is consumed by the magical flames entirely, he then swiftly waves his claws with such force to create a gust of wind powerful enough to extinguish them!

Both he and our heroes then look northeast to see that, sure enough, Ezan, still under the control of the vile Sephiroth, is flying in the air with utmost confidence, surrounded with his magic aura! He then points his long sword at Metal Sonic and says, "I have returned to finish what I've started. I see that either you are not programmed for fear or are not smart enough to realize what it means. Tsc, then let the final thing you know be what true fear and power is!"

Metal Sonic roars enough to shake the Death Egg and says, "Ezan Kaiba, I will not let you get away with that cocky attitude of yours! No matter what secrets or powers you have, you too are nothing but a speck of dust to me! Now, time for you to be blasted into said dust!"

He then fires a powerful volt of lightning from his hand that is promptly deflected by the Enji. Sephiroth then looks at his enemy with frosty eyes before saying,"You think your powers can compare to the chosen one? You are sorely mistaken!"

Ben sees who he thinks is Ezan dodge Metal Sonic's stabs and blasts without missing a beat and Sonic then says, "I have to hand it to your pal Ezan, Ben, he is putting out his A game, to say it lightly!"

The wielder of the Star Sword looks at how differently his rival is fighting, and remembers how he fought this way during their match, before remembering something else and replying, "No denying that. However, something is starting to bug me. At first, I thought it was just some move of his, but after fighting some simulations, it's a little too close to the style that Cloud-sensei's mortal enemy, Sephiroth, used when I fought against his virtual simulation. Come to think of it, Xehamaru was trying to revive him back then. And while I thought we stopped his resurrection ritual, maybe we did not stop it all the way."

Knuckles watches as the controlled Ezan slashes Metal Sonic's legs hard and says,"Well, that sounds messed up, but how about worrying about that after we save the world?"

Ben looks on and replies, "Sounds good to me." At the moment, Metal Sonic is fed up with not hitting his target and energy radiates immensely from his chest before saying, "Enough! I will not be made a fool of! Die, Prodigium Ex Natia!

"The metallic monstrosity then unleashes a heavy barrage of energy blasts that cover the sky! It's a good thing he was not firing in the direction where the good guys were at the moment, because the area the villain fired his blasts is consumed by enough explosions to last as long as a fireworks display on the Fourth of July in New York City! When the lights fade, Ben sees that even the ocean that the Death Egg is hovering over at the moment is now temporarily evaporated! Metal Sonic laughs and yells,

"Well, looks like for all your smugness you got what you deserve! Now Sonic, see how pointless your struggles are? All you can do is, GUH!"

Metal Sonic's speech is interrupted when he is hit strongly in the back! He turns around only to see a meteor heading for him, with plenty of others behind it, all glowing with destructive power! The attack is too sudden for the robotic monster to set up his defenses and he is blasted all over by the furious magical barrage of Sephiroth!

As his attack continues, its sender hovers above the rising smoke saying, " Oh, you seemed to mix the results around, for it is your foolish smugness that led to this. Oh well, so be it."

An enraged Metal Sonic fires blasts off his own to break out of his attack and charges at the Silver haired warrior shouting, "YOU! I'll tear you apart!"

As he sees Metal Sonic charge at him, he rasps out, "Hump, enough!"

He then dives right at the glowing red circle on his opponent's chest and stabs right into it with the Masamune! He then says, "You have overstayed your welcome. However, our time together was not all a waste, since your parting will bring such a nice gift, even if it's an unintentional one! Shadow Flare!"

He then fires one of his powerful magic spells right at Metal Sonic, and to everyone's shock, it hits him with such force that the Sol Emeralds are ripped out of him! Sephiroth at grins and flies right to them. "Yes, this is exactly what I need! If these gems can give enough energy to a mere robot, then it will be more than enough to at last give me the strength to escape this vessel and once more have total control! Cloud, some nightmares never fade."

As the Sol Emeralds being to hover around him, Metal Sonic continues to fall. Super Sonic is puzzled and says, "What is the deal? Why is he not finishing Metal Sonic off now while he is wounded? "

Shadow adds a weary," Maybe Ben's theory is turning out to be true. Just great, this could get even uglier."

Ben then tenses up before he grasps the Star Sword tightly and says, "Oh man, Ezan, don't make me have to take you out. Huh?"

They then see the silhouette of Sephiroth's true form take shape around Ezan as he says, "The time is now, give me your, Gah! What is this, this presence? That boy? He still struggles against me it seems, but it's too late! No, you can not defy me! What is this?"

He then sees the Emeralds glow, but it's not giving him the energy like he thought it would.

He then hears Ezan's voice say, "No you don't! Despite what you think, I am not your puppet!"

We then turn to the room of Ezan's own mind where he and Sephiroth are facing off, similar to how the last showdown between him and Cloud in FF7 went down! In this mental chamber, Ezan is taking the energy of the Sol Emeralds to give him the strength to override Sephiroth's will! He then charges at the spectral one wing angel as he says,

"I am Ezan Kaiba, and no one controls my fate but me!"

Back on the outside, Sephiroth says, "I see, sneaky boy. Using the power of these emeralds before I can to try and seal me away again I see. But you can't stop me, you can't stop the will of Sephiroth! No matter what power you use, someday I will overtake your body and soul totally! And next time I will erase you! Rah!"

A light breaks out of the Sol Emeralds that brightens up the sky, and when it fades, Ezan is back in control. The wing and Masamune are gone! He lands with the Emeralds acting like nothing has happened and once more takes out the Soul Eater and looks at Ben, before saying, "What's wrong? Why are you all stalling? Metal Sonic is still functioning despite his injury, so let's finish him at once."

Ben sees Ezan is dead serious and he just laughs and says, "Ezan, you're a real piece of work. Care to be willing to tell me just what that was just about?"

His rival replies, "We are still on the field of battle, Ben Auro, and besides, I am not quite sure myself."

Silver then looks at the seven glowing gems and utters a brief sigh of relief. "Well, in any case, at least we got the Sol Emeralds out of Metal Sonic. With this, his power should be reduced."

At that moment everyone hears a loud roar, and Metal Sonic flies back up! He still has a hole in his chest, but it is slowly being closed! He then yells," Give those back to me now!"

Sonic wags his finger and says, "Hey, you did not even say please! Don't you know anything besides wanting to beat me?"

The metallic hedgehog then angrily replies, "I was created to destroy you, and after all these years my life's purpose will be achieved!"

Tails then says, "To exist only to destroy... I would almost pity you if you were not always trying to destroy us."

Metal Sonic's injury fully repairs itself thanks to the curse seal crystals and he says, "To live is to die! All life is meaningless when it will in the end be lost! I will destroy all, RAH!"

Just then, his eyes glow red and a dark aura begins to surround him.

Ben comes to the inevitable realization. "Those Advanced Cursed seal crystals, without the Sol Emeralds, he has so much dark energy that it's driving him mad!"

The spikes on Metal Sonic's wings grow even larger. He then roars, "Destroy, I will destroy all, and bring about the era of darkness! The will of Chaos Zannacross Necron is superior to all!"

Now almost acting possessed, his entire body turns a crimson color as he fires a powerful particle beam from his mouth that Ben and Ezan have to slash to hit into the air!

Sonic then says, "I don't care about this lousy era of darkness! I will never back down from anybody!"

Ben adds, "That's right! No matter who tries and spread the evil, I will be there to slash their plans to a halt! Huh?"

Sonic and everyone else then sees the Sol Emeralds glow, before circling around the Star Sword!

Blaze then looks on in amazement before she utters, "The Sol Emeralds, they are reacting to Ben's blade!"

Ezan grunts and adds, "Hmph. It seems the Star Sword has quite the reaction, wherever it goes."

Knuckles, amazed, mutters, "But what does it all mean? Whoa!"

Everyone then sees the Sol Emeralds give off a barrage of light energy! This energy empowers everyone, and especially Sonic!

The golden hedgehog feels the energy and says, " Alright, this feels great! You thought I was fast before Metal Sonic? Get a load of this!"

The power he receives causes a burst of light to flash up, and moments later, everyone sees Sonic has powered up again! Now his color is rapidly changing like a rainbow and his aura has powered up enough to shake the Death Egg! In the distance, Robotnik has finally managed to stabilize his Egg Mobile after being blown away by his re-engage creation. Margulis and him see the light, while saying,

"They got the Sol Emeralds away from Metal Sonic? There is no telling what this could cause, but even so, Metal Sonic is still too powerful! Bah, now I am not sure who to root for."

The angry fleet commander then says, "You fool! Even if this was not planned, as long as those Enji sinners die, it will all be forgiven! He has transformed into his Hyper Sonic form, a form he has not reached in quite a while!"

While no one else turns Hyper, they are all powered up, Ben and Ezan included! Tails then says, "It's been a long time since you had enough power to turn into Hyper Sonic! Hopefully this will be enough to end it!"

Sonic then looks at Metal Sonic and replies, "Oh trust me, it is!"

Metal Sonic roars again and yells out a blood thirsty, "Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic, I'll crush you, regardless of your title! Even without the Sol Emeralds power, the supreme power of the dark side is enough to wipe you all out!"

Ben then grins and says, "Looks like we have another darkness loving sore loser here, Ezan."

His rival just gets into fighting stance again, while powering up and coldly replies," Bah, then stop wasting time blabbing and let's commence with the execution! I am growing tired of looking at him."

Metal Sonic then roars out a psychotic, "For once, I agree!"

He then fires blasts from both his mouth and his hands, but Hyper Sonic shows off his new power, and is fast enough to look like he is at three places at once, as he punches them all back into the metal monster! He then says, "Time to show you that being called Hyper Sonic is not just for a cooler name! Get ready!"

In a flash, Hyper Sonic goes on the assault and is attacking his foe with such speed that once again he leaves after images that make it look like he is everywhere at once as he lands some hard punches! Metal Sonic cannot even hope to catch him and in a rage, he has energy blast out around him in hopes to shatter his foe! However, Hyper Sonic avoids it with ease, and Ben then follows up by using his Divine Flare Slash to pierce the barrier and slash into the foe's right arm, slashing its hand off once again!

Ezan is right behind him and uses his Chidori XIII Blitz attack to barrage the villain with a series of lightning powered slashes that leave their mark! Knuckles, Blaze, and Tails follow that up with a powered punch and kick from the super cat and echidna, while Tails has his powered up "Flicky funnels" hit the metal monster's left leg right in its joint! This combined assault adds up and Metal Sonic's armor soon finds itself having large imprints all over and sparks everywhere else!

However, as everyone is ready for his next attack, he just laughs and says, "Hahaha! I love it, you're all too much! You just can't get it through your inferior heads that you're doomed! Fine! If you want to play it this way, then so be it!"

With that, he fires a barrage of blasts from his wings to keep everyone back and then right after blasts upward into the air so high, that he is nearly out of the planet! He begins to glow. "There is one sure way to kill a bunch of organics, leave them with no air to breathe! Let's see how long you can all last when I destroy the entire planet! Even if you do survive the blast, it won't last long!"

Hyper Sonic then looks annoyed and replies with a bewildered, "Are you nuts? This is your home too, you know!"

Ben then looks to the side and grimly says, "I think he is not bluffing, look over there!"

He points to the distance right where they see a nearby World Devastator stop transferring its energy to the Death Egg, and then send it to Metal Sonic! Lights appearing in the sky show that all the others seemed to have changed course too, and Metal Sonic then glows with power! He adds, "Yes, this will more than make up for losing the Sol Emeralds, and enough to blow up this planet for sure! There will be others to rule and it's worth it to kill you all at last!"

Ben then cringes before he reacts with , "Blast it, he is gathering energy faster than I thought, we have to shut him down now!"

As if he wasn't intimidated at all, Ezan replies, "It's simple. He is charging up everything for a final strike, so that means his defenses are down. Attack him at his core now and it will do him in."

Shadow agrees with Ben's rival entirely. "It sounds like it's worth a shot, so let's do it quickly."

Knuckles then adds a brash "No way we are going to let you blow up our world, Metal Sonic!"

Blaze looks dead serious , "Even if this is not my world, I won't let my friend be in danger!" Both of them fly at the metal monster in hopes of hitting him in time. As they do, the others charge up their power and Metal Sonic sees Super Knuckles charging for a powerful punch and swings his massive claw to block it, before blasting him back. However, Burning Blaze then appears above him and kicks him hard in the head! Even angrier, he fires some missiles from his spikes. Super Silver appears in front of her and uses his psychic powers to catch them and throw them back right at him! At the same time, Tails rams into Metal Sonic's back!

Metal Sonic roars again and sneers out a venomous, "Pesky bugs, don't you know how to die! RAH!" He then blows them back with another energy wave "Bah, it's too late! I have absorbed all the energy from the World Devastators!"

He then begins to form a gigantic black and red sphere of energy from his chest. "You all tried as hard as you could, but you could not stop me this time, Sonic! Now, time to make the world disappear!"

He shocks the heroes and turns around to fire the blast in the other direction so they can't stop him! However, he is not expecting to see a large metal dragon charging right for him!

Having finally made it to the battle, Geno Wyrmmon has his claws glow and says, "I don't know who you are, but I already don't like you! Striking Crusher Claw!"

The ultimate level Digimon hits the foe right in the head with such force its glass eyes crack! As he is sent back more than a bit, Geno-Wyrmmon sees Ben and says, "Ah, there you are boss! Sorry it took so long to get to the party, I got caught in traffic. How much did I miss?"

Ben grins and responds with, "Good job, Geno Wyrmmon! Don't worry, you're still in time for the best part!"

His partner replies with a revved up, "Alright! Let's do it then!"

Metal Sonic stabilizes his jaw, glares at the new arrival, and then furiously screams, "YOU WILL ALL PAY! DIE!"

He then finishes charging and fires a massive red beam that covers his entire body and sends it right for Mobius!

Geno-Wyrmmon then gets in front of it and takes off as he says, "Time to make up for lost time! Trinity Fury cannon!"

Shadow then gets in front of it and takes off his limiter rings on his arms to unleash his full power and then yells, "I will never fail my promise to Maria! You're through Metal Sonic, Chaos Blast!" He then fires a large yellow energy blast to greet his nemeses attack, but it barely slows it down!

However, Ezan then says, "This time I'll make sure you are deleted totally! Backlash Mirror Force Flare!"

He fires his best energy attack and the large purple energy blast combines with Shadow's. Metal Sonic's attack still overpowers the two, but it's slowed a little.

Ben power ups and contributes to the attack already in motion by Shadow and Ezan. He then looks right at Metal Sonic and strongly says,"You just don't get it don't you? Any villains that try and blow up a planet will soon find themselves being beaten by the heroes! It's a basic rule, you idiot! Ugh, this feels way to familiar, you bad guys are so alike I feel like I am just going through the motions theses days.

Whatever, let's try this again! Burning Celestial Shinryukenha!"

He then fires his massive energy wave to merge with the other and now the power is enough to cause this Beam Struggle to a standstill! However, Metal Sonic continues to laugh and says,

"Give it up! You organic creatures will run out of power much sooner than I! You're just slowing down your deaths! Huh, what is this? Sonic?''

He then sees Hyper Sonic behind the others charging up his power.

He then looks at Metal Sonic and looks deadly serious before he grasps his fist tightly and jabs this finger at his metal doppelganger before he states,"Metal Sonic Mytho, eh whatever you are, now I have to hand it to you. You're nearly as stubborn as I am! However, you keep missing one thing. Being organic does not make us weak! Our heart's will to live on gives us the power to crush jerks like you! And now it's time for you to once and for all have a one way trip to the junkyard zone! All right, I think now is as good as time as ever to try that move Tails and me thought about. Make room guys, I am coming through!

Infinite Mass Spindash!"

At once, Hyper Sonic curls up in to a ball and uses all of his new power to vibrate so fast its like there are dozens of him charging up at once before he blasts forward like a cannon at speed just below light speed! This golden hyper fast bullet zooms into his allies' energy attacks much faster then a sonic boom and heads right into the beams! He then dives right through the energy blasts, and then goes up Metal Sonic's!

The robot just barley sees Hyper Sonic coming for him and says, "No, it can't be! Stay back! GUH!"

Using all his power, Hyper Sonic uses the power of his Hyper forms Infinite Mass Spindash to intensify his own mass, and thus his power to massive levels and Metal Sonic learns the hard way just how revved up his most loathed enemy is as Hyper Sonic easily cuts through the energy beam, and right through Metal Sonic himself, and this time he managed to shatter the curse seal of Necrocalcous crystal, further sapping his systems! On top of everything Hyper Sonic's Infinite Mass Spindash was so fast that the ripples are causing Metal Sonic to have vibrations that cause explosions to irrupt all over his body! Noting that all of his enemies systems seem to be in the process of failing, Ben sees this is his chance and says,"Nice one Sonic! Alright, now this battle ends. Heat End!"

He then sends an extra wave of power into his blast. Combined with Shadow and Ezan's attacks, Metal Sonic is finally overpowered! As he is being blasted to bits, he glares one last time at Hyper Sonic as the golden hero breaks out of the Infinite Mass Spindash and screams, "DAMN YOU, SONIC! This is not supposed to be happening! How, how can I not surpass a mere idiot such as you!? I am, the true, S, GRA!"

With that he is blasted into so many fragments and is finally destroyed! As everyone holds their breath to make sure Metal Sonic is really dead, and it seems that is the case, as when the smoke clears, they see nothing but a few small fragments!

Meta Knight, who has been watching this fight the whole time from the command deck of the Death Egg says, "Those Enji and their allies are determined, there is no question to that. But even that resolve will not be able to change the inevitable fate that awaits this universe. This battle has been lost! All personnel retreat! Another day, Enji Knights. Huh, what was that?"

As Meta Knight goes to the transporter to warp himself directly to his own flagship, the Halberd mark three, he thinks he hears a button activate. "Was that someone? I don't sense any magic energy. Bah, just another robot to go down with the ship."

As one villain gets away, another villain is speechless at what he has just witnessed! Robotnik sees Hyper Sonic land on the ground near his friends and he high fives Ben.

The doctor says, "How, how could I have failed? I thought of every possible outcome, every situation. And still they have bested me. What is it that Sonic and his band have that I do not? Is friendship and the desires to protect such friends really that powerful?"

Margulis just looks angry and says, "Bah, such powers can change nothing! This is only a setback, the heretics will be destroyed by his eminence. The day of reckoning can not be stopped!"

Back on the Death Egg, everyone has landed on the top and at the moment everyone has powered down and both the Chaos Emeralds and the Sol Emeralds have powered down and have split up again. Ben then powers down himself and takes a deep breath, before saying, "'Whew, this was one long day. And to top it off, I am real hungry now. Eh, most likely since I don't think I even had breakfast."

Ezan then smirks and says," Bah, you're still unable to endure this much? I am amazed you have even lasted this long, to be honest."

Ben just shrugs it off and replies, "Oh, please. How else could I have forced you to a draw and everything else if I could not have what it takes? Everything turned out fine! Nice job with that finishing move Sonic, that was a insane attack!"

His blue pal just wipes some sweat off his forehead and wearily says," Thanks dude, that's the first time I ever pulled it off to. I don't have it down perfectly yet, and I go so fast when I do it that even I get tired from it!"

Ben pats Sonic on the back and says," Its cool Sonic, we all have to take risks sometimes and try something new in the heat of battle. I guess we just have to trust that we are lucky enough to do it right."

His rival simply sighs before Ezan retorts with a dismayed. "Just keep pushing your luck. In any case, the mission is still not over. We still have to disable all the World Devastators."

Tails looks around and says, "Ever since Metal Sonic took their power, they seemed to have stopped moving, as well as the Death Egg."

Shadow then says, "The only ones who would know how to truly shut them down are the Doctor and Egg man Nega."

Silver then fallows up with a tense,"And they must have took this time to get out of here by now, after Metal Sonic ejected them and that fleet commander."

Geno Wyrmmon looks around and spots the ones in question and yells, "Look over there, boss! That must be them!"

Ben then looks seriously at the site before he responds with a driven,"Good job, after them! I won't just let him run away from his punishment!"

Thankfully, since the Digimon is so large at this form, they all just jump on his back as he flies after the Egg Mobile! They manage to catch up and Sonic says," What's wrong, Egg man? Leaving before the after party?"

The doctor turns around and is shocked before replying,"You still chase after me? Don't you know when to give it up?"

Sonic wags his finger and casually says, "Nope, never bothered to learn that!"

Robotnik then presses a button and says," Well, allow me to teach you that lesson! So long!"

The engines on his craft try and over boost upward, but Ben then sharply interjects with,"No, I won't let you escape!"

He then holds out his hand and uses his magic energy to force it in place, before slamming it downward! He then says,"This is the end of the line for you, Doctor Robotnik. As someone who has caused countless acts of evil, and as a servant of the Zannacross Empire, it's time you are brought to justice!"

Robotnik then looks nervous and says, "Oh, give it a rest! You foiled my master plan, the only thing else could be... uh oh. Easy now, Enji, you're supposed to be warriors of light, correct?"

Ben's magic aura begins to surround him again. "Yes, but I will do what it takes to bring safety to all. Someone like you can't be trusted alive."

Tails is shocked by this and says, "Aren't you going a little extreme there, Ben? I mean it's true that Eggman can't really be trusted. But, no one deserves death. He should just be locked up somewhere."

Ezan looks harshly at the doctor before he counters with, "For once I fully agree with Ben Auro. Types like him will never mend their ways. They must be eradicated. Otherwise, if let go, they will return to cause even more damage that could be prevented. Now, wait. What is that noise?"

Everyone hears a large charging sound, and then turns around to see that it came from the Death Egg! Although banged up from all the fighting going on, it's clear it's still functioning as the giant eyes that mock the face of the doctor begin to glow with power! A loud voice from the speaker then says, "Ho ho ho! I like your rhetoric, Enji! So, I will act on it!"

Blaze at once remembers that voice and says, "Eggman Nega! So that's where he ran off too!"

We then go to the command deck where the grey haired doctor is madly pressing buttons, while saying, "Correct, my dear! I must say you all pulled off a splendid show out there destroying that Metal Sonic. Of course, if I was the one to work on him from the ground up that would not happen, but alas I will once again fix the mistake of my lesser counter part! While Metal Sonic took some of the energy from the World Devastators for himself, there is still plenty of power in this battle station. Let's see if it's enough to wipe you all out!"

Ben then sees the main cannon of the Death Egg charge up and says, "Damn it! He pulled this out of nowhere! Got to power up fast!"

Robotnik panics and says, "Hold on Nega, or you will blast me to dust along with everything in a town wide radius!"

Everyone can continue to hear Nega laugh from the loud speaker as he says," Oh well! To be honest, you were starting to be an embarrassment to the Robotnik name anyway! And with you gone, I will be the sole ruler of this world!"

Sonic then says, "No, I won't let it end like this!"

Nega snickers once more. "Sorry, but it's game over, you blue pest! I now claim this planet of Mobius to be the Egg Man empire! Now fire, what the?"

He is about to blast both Robotnik and our heroes into space dust, when out of nowhere, a barrage of energy blasts strike the Death Egg and interrupt its firing process!

A new voice then says, "You're sorely mistaken, this planet is part of the Lylat Kingdom, and will remain that way under my watch."

Ben then senses an enormous power and looks up before saying, "It's Kira! He arrived, just in time too."

Sure enough, the current master of Ben and Ezan flies down in his Strike Freedom Gundam and hovers in front of the Death Egg, while saying, "I have come here to wrap up the sloppy work of my apprentices. I see I have arrived just in time. Surrender now and just maybe I will not kill you too painfully."

Nega just laughs again and says, "Ha, clearly from your talk you are some sort of high ranking Enji Knight. However, your pride misguides you. Your machine lacks the power can not compare to the firepower I now wield. I'll blast you away with the others in ease!"

Kira replies with a flat, "I might not possess the power to match your station, but I have something above me that does. In fact, you might even recognize it."

He then points his beam saber in the air and everyone looks up to see a different space station, also with the face of Robotnik!

Shadow and Robotnik are the most shocked of all. The black hedgehog thinks to himself, "What? He took control of Space Colony ARK?!"

Kira then responds with a wry, "The late work of Professor Gerald Robotnik was something that the Titans could make the best use of. I do believe that its Eclipse Cannon is at full powerful even stronger than this Death Egg's power, if my scanners are correct."

Robotnik then looks dismayed as he lashes out with says," Bah, you are clueless! My grandfather's weapon only fires at full power when its powered by the seven Chaos Emeralds, and those just blasted to the far corners of this planet!"

Knuckles then shakes his head and says," You know, we really should just hang on to them for now on."

To everyone's surprise, Kira laughs and confidently replies, "Oh please. I am well aware of what it was designed to do. However, that will not hinder me. I already have a power source that excels the power of a single world's precious objects. Bask, it is time."

Everyone then sees that on top of the Space colony, a mobile suit is flying above it, but it's much larger than a normal Gundam! Its overall height is 40.74 meters, and its head height is 39.98 meters! It's the heavily armed purple Psycho Gundam Mark II! As the suit lands right on top of the ark, Kira says, "I believe this is the best time to introduce the successor to both the Destroy Gundam and the original Psycho Gundam. Their power is enough to level entire fleets on its own and can conquer continents. It also has the power to combine with other structures, as you are about to find out!"

Everyone then sees the massive machine transform into its mobile fortress mode and it begins to glow! Then to Nega's dread, the ellipses cannon begins to open up and charge up to fire!

Confused, Robotnik questions the abilities of the massive mobile suit. "No way, that machine is powerful enough to replace the power of the Chaos Emeralds?"

Margulis then says, "That blasted Kira! He and his Titans are such a thorn to our cause. If only that blasted rogue machine did not steal Proto Omega from me, I would kill him myself! Robotnik, hurry! While they are not paying attention, let us regroup."

Nega then scans the power of the Pysco gundam Mark two and turns pale before he mutters a stressed," Wait now! Let's talk about this!"

Kira quickly responds with a ruthless,"There is nothing to discuss. You are a disturbance to order and peace and for that you lost your right to live. Fire!"

With that, the combination of the Psycho Gundam Mark II and Space Colony Ark fires a powerful energy beam right down at the Death Egg!

Eggman Nega tries to reposition the Death Egg to fire back, but it's far too slow and he says, "NO! This was not supposed to happen! Show mercy! You have to sh, AHHHH!"

The full powered blast strikes the Death Egg and pierces right through it! The blast hits right at the center and causes such an explosion that Nega is disintegrated almost instantly, as the whole Death Egg follows that fate moments later!

Sonic and co can't believe what they see, as the hedgehog blinks a bit and says, "Wow, never thought one of the old Egghead's machines would be used against each other! That Kira guy, he sure is ruthless."

As the explosions fade and the dust settles, Kira remarks with a confident, "As expected, the Death Egg was giving off the master signal to the World Devastators. And with it destroyed, they are aimless."

Ben looks at the ARK closing up its cannon and chuckles nervously before he says," Good Grief, Kira always knows how to send a message, I suppose. So doctor, still willing to resist or, what the?" He turns around and sees that the doctor is gone! Before he can figure out how he got away, he gets his answer when he sees the Halberd blasting out of the planet at top speed! Seems Meta Knight picked up his comrades during the commotion.

Kira at once sees this and says, "You will not escape your fate, huh? "

As the Strike Freedom charges at the ship, he then sees one of Eggman's Eggcarriers come crashing down in its way! Kira slashes through it with his beam sabers, but it's too late, as the ship uses the time to blast out of the planet and at once warps to Hyper Space! Seeing the remaining Nova Crushers in the sky do the same, the Titan's Commander prepares himself. "Oh well, so they will hide and cower a little longer. In the end I will crush them all soon enough."

Ben then lays down and says," Whew, dramatic to the last minute. Well, that was another close one."

Sonic then smiles and says to Ben, "That's no joke, but it was a rush all the same! Whew, you saved our butts a lot of times today, Ben. You have gotten even better than when we stopped Xehamaru!"

Ben chuckles and replies with, "Oh, well it is my dream and all. Can't let something that is my primary goal in life fail."

The blue hedgehog then laughs and pats the Enji on the back. "Ah that's the spirit. No matter how hard things get, you just have to keep running forward. As they say, live and learn!"

Ben then winces for a moment before he smiles again and says, "Hey, sounds like a plan. Well, we won today, and I don't plan to let that change. After all, it's my destiny to keep fighting."

Well, talk about an explosive finish! Thanks to Kira's trump card, Eggman Nega paid the ultimate price for his reckless desires. However Robotnik, Margulis, and Meta Knight still got away, and even with this loss, there is no telling what the forces of the supreme god of darkness will do to at last revive their master. Can Ben maintain his resolve to face his difficult task? And by the way, whatever happened to the Chaotix?

To find out, don't miss the next chapter of Tales of the Cosmic Wars!

In our next chapter, Ben says goodbye to Sonic and pals, along with the long lost Mighty. But not before being commanded by Kira to perform a demanding harsh order. Afterwards, Ben finds he gets a small break when he hears that Grand Master Myers has summoned his son back to Hallowed Bastion to go over the latest battle reports. Ben is excited to see his friends again, but finds his excitement nullified when Doug, James, and Cloud are all out on other mission. Lacus is still there, but that soon turns to another blow when she is still shaken up after the events at her birthday party and tells Ben it might be best if they stop talking to each other!

An already emotional unstable Ben takes this quite hard, and when Brad arrives to further demand Ben never see or talk to Lacus again, Ben's long bubbling hatred for Brad explodes! Coming to the conclusion that Brad is trying to turn Lacus against him, he can no longer control his anger and gives Brad a piece of his mind, to say the least! Meanwhile, Myers confronts his son about his harsh policies and about the extent of his methods.

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Chapter 81: Breaking point. The Way Things Were and the Way Things Are.

Till next time! Oh by the way, Hyper Sonic was from Sonic 3 and Knuckles combined if you were unfortunate to not play that game. As for Hyper Sonic's last attack, ill concede I picked it off from am over the Flash from DC comics used but I figured by all accounts anything Flash can do Sonic in theory can do, especially in Hyper form lol.

Sorry for the delay, I was sick for a week and was also not in the best of writing moods when I found out Toonami was killed. RIP Tom and the Absolution and burn in hell, Cartoon Network.