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Strike, Aqua, Axel and Sally owned by me
Other OCs owned by respective authors
Sonic the Hedgehog:
Tournament of the Stars
Chapter 43
Last time, an all out battle between the fighters and Nega's robots took place, as the evil scientist's robot gained power from both the Chaos and Sol Emeralds, as well as Marisa Harmon who was rescued by Larcen and Eggman. Now, Sonic, Shadow, Silver and Blaze turned super and set off to defeat him for good.
The four heroes shot upward until they were face-to-face with the Nega Emperor.
"Alright, Nega! It's time to settle this!" yelled Sonic.
Nega, however, didn't seem threatened. "Bah, so what if you have accessed your super forms. My robot has enough power to shape dimensions!"
"Well, so do we!" Shadow retaliated, teleporting behind Nega and barging into the robot.
"You little…!" Nega started but in his moment of distraction, Sonic spin dashed into the front of the robot, knocking it back. The four regrouped as Nega recovered.
"Argh, if that's how you want to play it, then so be it!" he cried, charging at the four, sword aimed at them. They managed to avoid the attack but it was followed up with numerous missiles fired from the body of the robot.
"Heads up, guys!" cried Silver, who stopped the missiles in mid air before sending them back but Nega revealed guns on the arms of the robot that shot them down.
"Nice try, hedgehog!" Nega sneered. This robot has been designed to combat against all of your abilities. You have no chance!"
"Please!" said Blaze, rolling her eyes. "Even with the Power of the Stars, Sonic and I defeated you. What makes you think you can win this?"
"Let me answer your question with this!" the scientist replied. Suddenly, more compartments opened up all over the robot that fired numerous lasers at the four. They were forced apart and with the numerous lasers, they were unable to fight back.
"Ha ha ha!" Nega cheered, "That's right, you rodents! Run like the cowards you are! Without your precious teamwork, you can't defeat me!"
From the ground, everyone else had gritted teeth and clenched fists. "This isn't good!" stated Strike. "Unless they regroup, they can't stop him!"
"Is there nothing we can do to help?" Axel asked.
Eggman was in deep thought. "I've worked with Nega before. He has a habit of making ridiculous speeches and then firing a super powerful weapon, leaving him open" he explained.
"So, they've got to aggravate him enough to get him to use said weapon?" Rouge asked.
"Exactly, but he'll be on alert. This makes things tricky" Eggman told them. "We've got to think of something, quick."
"Uh, guys" Emily called out. "Where's Armand?"
Cosmo took a look around as well. "Tails is missing too!"
Meanwhile, Tails was carrying Armand up behind Nega.
"Thanks, Tails" the purple tiger said.
"I just hope your plan works" Tails replied.
Back with the super heroes, Sonic had tried dashing forward but kept getting knocked back by the lasers.
"Ugh, I can't get close enough" he growled to himself. He tried again but curled up into a ball but that didn't help. He was sent back again by a direct hit.
Shadow was dodging the lasers with ease and firing Chaos Spears. However, the spears were blocked by Nega's lasers and the ones that did hit didn't do anything.
"Damn it! Fight, you coward!" he roared. He was still angry about Maria's death. But this was enough for him to get struck by a laser.
Silver had managed to join up with Blaze and was using his psychic shield to block the lasers as Blaze began to charge up a fireball.
"You ready, Blaze?!" Silver asked.
"Almost… now!" Blaze cried. Silver then shot up, allowing Blaze to send the fireball forward at the robot. To their despair, the numerous lasers that hit it destroyed it, leaving Silver and Blaze to get knocked back by the blasts.
"HA HA HA!!! Go ahead, keep trying!" Nega taunted. "It's fun watching you fail."
"The only one who will fail is you!"
Nega turned round to see Armand jump land on the back of the robot, digging his laser sword into its armour. Unfortunately, it had no affect, causing Armand to gulp.
"Whoops."
"Nice try, Novak. But you will fall too. Just like your father" the evil scientist mocked.
Armand growled slightly, forcing Nega to laugh more a bit. "That's right. That's the same look he gave me right before I killed him with my great intelligence."
"Intelligence? You mean the 250 IQ?" Armand smirked, quickly jumping off and being caught by Tails as Nega shook with anger.
"250?! How dare you?! I am the most intelligent man in the universe! For your insolence, you shall die! Say hello to Tobias for me!" he screamed. The Nega Emperor then swung round, stopped the laser fire and opened the stomach compartment. In it resided a large cannon that began to charge up with a cyan blue laser. As Nega chuckled insanely, Tails hovered in front of it, not scared in the slightest.
"Goodbye, Armand Novak!" Nega cried.
But, before he fired, Sonic rammed into him, stopping the laser. "NO!" Nega cried when he realised his mistake.
"It's over, Nega!" Blaze yelled.
"Over for you!" Nega retaliated; prompting him to reveal the mini cannons in the body again but Shadow was prepared and fired a battalion of Chaos Spears which destroyed them.
"That was for Maria, you bastard!" he spat.
"No matter, I still have my sword!" Nega sneered until he realised that it wasn't there anymore. "What the…?"
"Looking for this?" Silver asked, appearing before him with the sword floating next to him.
"You… Give it back!" Nega cried, swinging the fists at the psychic hedgehog who managed to use the sword to block them.
"Sure you want it?" Silver mocked. "Fine, here ya go!"
Silver then swung the sword down, slicing off the hands before slamming the blunt end round the robot's head, causing Nega to feel dizzy. Blaze then charged up another fireball and threw it at the centre, the explosion knocking the robot back and causing it to vibrate violently as electricity sparked out of it. The four heroes quickly regrouped.
"Looks like it's on its last legs" said Silver.
"In that case, we need to take it out now!" cried Shadow.
"Got it, hey Sonic" called Blaze. "Remember what we did the first time?"
"Of course" Sonic winked. "Ok, team. Let's end this!"
The four then shot backwards to give them some distance before charging forward, the three hedgehogs spinning round Blaze. They were soon transformed into a golden fireball. Nega, seeing this, screamed.
"ARGH! Abort! Abort!" he wailed, catapulting his Egg-O-Matic out of the machine as it was struck by the heroes. It immediately exploded, letting out sparkly rainbows that returned to the emeralds and Marisa. Also, the clouds parted, revealing the moon and the clear night sky once more.
"We did it!" cheered Blaze.
"I think not!" They turned round to see a very angry Nega. "You may have won this round, but I swear, I will return to have my revenge!"
"I don't think so" a voice cried. Nega turned to see Tails rushing towards him before flinging Armand like a purple projectile at Nega, knocking him out of his machine. The two plummeted back down only to realise they were over the edge of the park. Armand however was able to shift his movement and land on the edge. Nega wasn't as fortunate. He went straight over the side but Armand managed to grab his sleeve.
"Why did you save me?" he asked.
"You may have killed my dad, but I'm not gonna kill you. That wouldn't make me any better than you. So, I'm just gonna make sure you're locked up for good" the young tiger explained.
As he began to pull him back up, Nega noticed that his sleeve was tearing off. He began to chuckle.
"What's funny?" asked Armand.
"Oh, it's just that, in the end… I get the last victory!"
Before Armand could ponder this, Nega's sleeve ripped off.
"NO!" Armand screamed but it was too late. Nega was already rocketing down, laughing maniacally all the way. The young tiger punched the ground as Basil approached.
"I'm sorry, Armand" he said. "At least he can't kill again."
Armand slowly nodded. "Yeah, but my dad…"
"It doesn't matter. I'm sure your dad would be proud of you for trying to help him" the fox said.
"Yeah, thanks Basil" Armand said.
Meanwhile, everyone was busy recovering from the battle. A few had already taken their leave. With Nega dead, all the robots had shut down, allowing Tails and Wave to hotwire the plane so it could be used to take everybody home. Rouge had contacted GUN and they sent an aerial ambulance to help the injured. Shadow, who had reverted to normal, watched as Maria was placed in a body bag. Rouge put an arm round him and Omega stood by him.
"She may have been a clone but she was still my oldest friend" the black hedgehog said sombrely.
"It's ok, Shadow. I'm sure she's still happy for you" Rouge told him.
"Thanks, Rouge" Shadow responded, returning the hug.
Meanwhile, Sonic and co were all saying their goodbyes. Sonic gave his mother and siblings a hug each.
"You guys have a safe trip" he said.
"Thanks, Sonic" Aleena said. She then turned to Gale. "I take it you're not coming."
Gale nodded. "Sorry, Aleena. But don't worry. I'll try to visit this time. I swear!" he promised. Aleena smiled and gave Gale a goodbye kiss.
Sally was doing the same thing, only with Mario. Damien, who had returned to normal, stood by tapping his foot.
"I'll try and keep in touch, ok?" Mario said.
Sally nodded. "Of course. See you soon then."
They were about to kiss again when Damien grabbed Mario by the shoulder and dragged him away.
"I preferred it when you were silent" he said.
Tails and Knuckles were giving their farewells to their parents as well whilst Shade stood by.
"So long, son" said Wrist. "Also, you've picked a fine woman."
Knuckles immediately blushed as did Shade but they stopped when they looked back at each other.
"Yeah" Knuckles agreed.
Kyira was busy talking to Tails. "Listen, Kyuta. I need to tell you that…"
"I'm part demon" Tails said. "I kinda guessed. But don't worry. I've got good friends that'll take care of me. And as long as you've got friends, you'll never be alone."
Kyira couldn't help but smile at this and pulled her son into a hug.
Amy was busy saying goodbye to Thorn and Gemini when she spotted Dusk.
"Dusk, over here" she called out. Once the umber hedgehog had come over, Amy introduced her to Thorn and Gemini. Dusk seemed slightly nervous.
"Er, hi?" she said worriedly.
"Hey" Gemini responded. "Guess we're family now"
"I suppose we are" Dusk replied, rubbing her head.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to get used to having two daughters" Thorn stated. Amy giggled slightly and Dusk half smiled.
"Well, if you're ever in Casinopolis, feel free to drop in" said Gemini.
Dusk nodded with thanks.
As Jet and the Rogues were preparing to leave, Cesare walked up to them. "Just remember, Solar scum. We are by no means friends and next time we meet, it will be the end!" he threatened.
"For you maybe" Jet smirked, prompting Cesare to storm off, but the crow had a small smile on his face.
Crisis was busy talking to Chrono who had his eyes fixed on Alexander who was already getting on the plane to leave.
"Let it go, will ya?" Crisis told him. "There's nothing you can do and besides, you won't have to put up with him for much longer."
Chrono nodded silently. "Still, what he said got to me."
"So what are you gonna do?" asked Crisis. Chrono simply walked away.
"None of your business" he said, causing Crisis to sigh.
Havoc and Zero were about to get on the plane when Havoc saw Metal Havoc. "Next time" the robot said. Havoc nodded and got on the plane.
Silver and Blaze were talking about the emeralds, as they still had the boxes.
"What should we do with them?" asked Silver.
"The Chaos Emeralds will scatter once we open the box" explained Blaze. "I'll use the Sol Emeralds to take me back to my world and put them back. Hopefully, they'll be safe this time."
"Hey, you two!" Sonic called out. "Plane's about to leave!"
As Silver and Blaze got on, Kera approached Sonic. "Hey, have you seen Larcen and Marisa?
Sonic shook his head but deep down, he had an idea.
Elsewhere, Larcen and Marisa were sitting on a bench where no one else was, looking into the night sky. The mage looked tearful.
"Are you ok, Marisa?" Larcen asked.
"No, I'm not. I come all this way, thinking my mum was here, only to find out it was all a ruse by that horrible man just so he could use me" Marisa sobbed.
Larcen slowly put his arm round Marisa to comfort her before finally saying what he wanted to say.
"Marisa, there's something I should tell you" he said. "I need to get it off my chest."
Marisa looked at him. "What is it?"
Larcen began to get nervous again. "Well, we've been friends for a long time now and… Well, I'm… I've gotten… I've developed certain… feelings towards you and…" he stuttered before Marisa interrupted him.
"Larcen, are you saying what I think you are saying?" she asked, her tears having cleared up.
The hedgehog nodded. "Yes, I'm… in love with you!" he said quickly before turning away. Marisa sat there gob smacked.
"Woah, this is awkward" she said.
"I knew it!" Larcen groaned. "I should've just kept my mouth shut!"
"No, that's not what I meant" Marisa said. "It's just that… I don't want our friendship ruined by this. Plus, there's the whole different species thing. But, you admitting that is one of the bravest things I've seen."
"Really?" Larcen asked. "So, you're not disturbed or think I'm disgusting?"
Marisa shook her head. "No, not at all. We'll always be friends."
Larcen smiled and it wasn't long until they were gazing into each other's eyes. They both made sure no one was looking before moving forward and sharing their first and last kiss. They stayed there for what seemed like hours before finally breaking apart.
"Wow" they both said, breaking out into sniggers. Kera then showed up.
"I was wondering where you guys were!" she called out, startling them both. "Come on, the plane's about to leave!" The two quickly caught up to Kera before they headed for the plane.
Soon, everybody was on board and they set off, Larcen winking at Sonic as they took their seats. Sonic leant back and looked around the plane. People that were once strangers to him were now allies. And always would be. He closed his eyes so he could get some well earned rest but he opened one eye to see Amy glancing at him.
"Oh boy" he sighed as she proceeded to put her head next to his lovingly.
Back on solid ground, Eggman was walking around a desert area, having parked his Eggmobile. He found Nega's own floating pod but no sign of the man himself. Which was good. Eggman didn't fancy the idea of finding the corpse of a man that fell from hundreds of feet.
"Well, at least I'm free to take over the world again" he chuckled before something caught his eyes. It was a giant temple which looked thousands of years old. It had strange markings on the side. Intrigued, Eggman took out a small device and scanned the temple. The mini computer then showed Eggman some information and he broke into a malicious grin as he stared at it, uttering two words.
"Dark Gaia!"
I hope you all enjoyed that. Not too good in my opinion for a finale. You've probably guessed that my next story will be an adaption of Unleashed so I hope you look forward to that. If you can't wait, head over to my collab with Babylon Sky Hawk, Sonic Brawl: Twilight Emperor, a Sonic version of Subspace Emissary. Until next time, adios!