Sonic Extended Generations
Chapter Ten: In His World, This World Does Not Exist
Eggman began the battle with a vertical slash attack that Modern Sonic slid under. As Sonic and Eggman travelled around the outer ring, several cannons rose up from the deck inside the ring, and started firing missiles at Sonic! "Gah hahaha! What's the matter, Sonic?" Teased Eggman as he stopped slashing at the pursuing hedgehog. "Not willing to fight me without your little buddies?"
"Nah. I'm just waiting for my window." Sonic replied with a smirk on his face before landing a Homing Attack on the mech's core, making Eggman bounce back a little. This of course, left Sonic wide open for the cannons to hit him, too... While Boosting through whatever missiles he came into contact with, Sonic rammed into Eggman again, making the doctor fly onto the center of the deck. "Heh heh... what's the matter, Eggman? Too scared to take me head on?"
"If you want to defeat me Sonic, you'll have to come and get me!" Eggman replied as several missiles were fired at Sonic, but he just used them to bounce towards the deck, thanks to his Homing Attack. As Sonic got to the deck, he also landed a Homing Attack on one of the cannons, causing it to malfunction and fire at Eggman's mech! "GAH! What just happened?!"
"Heh heh, think this cannon needs a little fine tuning, Doc!" Teased Sonic, as he stood on the barrel of the cannon, making Eggman angry.
"Grr, fine!" The doctor growled as he prepared his mech to charge. "How about... THIS?!" Eggman charged at the cannon that attacked him, but Sonic jumped out of harm's way before the cannon was destroyed. "What? Show yourself, hedgehog!"
"Heads up!" Sonic shouted from above as he dove down on Eggman's mech's head feet first, before jumping back onto the outer ring.
"Grr... very clever of you..." Muttered Eggman as he flew over to continue attacking Sonic.
Once Eggman flew in front of Sonic, the doctor attempted to slash at him again, but Sonic slid under or jumped over his attacks. "Let's see what you can do against THIS!" Eggman shouted as he released a vertical smash attack that had no gap between the bottom of it and the floor. Thinking fast, Sonic Boosted towards the slash, which did managed to block the attack, but it stopped Sonic in his tracks... allowing Eggman to ram into the hedgehog! "GAAAH HAHAHA! Not so untouchable now, are you Sonic?"
"Ngh... hey, nobody's perfect..." Sonic replied as he got to his feet, before Boosting into the mech's core once again! "And you're definately not in the top five who come close." This infuriated Eggman, forcing him to retreat to the center deck once again. This time, Sonic chased after him by jumping and Boosting over to the deck.
"And just to make sure you don't trick me again..." Said Eggman, before he started destroying cannon on the deck by slashing at them! "Take THIS!" Eggman then charged at Sonic with his mech's lance aimed at the blue hedgehog, but Sonic merely Quick Stepped out of the way at the last second before landing a Homing Attack on the mech's back! "NO! Curse you, Sonic!" Using his Egg Mobile, the doctor flew out of the mech as it fell down below the clouds. Once the mech exploded, a Chaos Emerald shot up from the clouds below, and Sonic managed to catch it!
"Sweet, sweet victory..." He said as he felt the red Emerald in his hand.
A little later, Classic Tails was walking backwards in front of Classic Sonic, Modern Tails, Classic Knuckles, Big and Modern Amy as they approached a dark gate.
"You've brought back quite a bit of this world!" Exclaimed Classic Tails as everyone looked around while Modern Sonic stepped out of the dark gate with the 5th Chaos Emerald in his hand. "You're doing great, Sonic!" While saying that Classic Tails jumped to high-five Modern Sonic.
"You mean: You're doing great, Sonics, right?" Classic Knuckles pointed out, making Modern Amy hold her head in confusion. "Ohh... I'll never get used to that..." She groaned before a rumbling sound was heard, making them all look up to see the black monster emerge from a dark portal before flying down towards them!
"Watch out!" Shouted Modern Sonic as they all ducked and shielded their eyes before it swooped over them! The beast then spotted what appeared to be a lifeless Chaos Emerald floating above a whited-out entrance to another location... but what it charged at the Emerald, it was stopped by a barrier just before it touched the Emerald! The beast then flew back into another dark portal, leaving the White Space.
"Hmm, that monster sure didn't like that Emerald..." Big pointed out. "Well, those babies have come in handy in the past..." Added Modern Sonic as he revealed the red Emerald again. "I think this is the 5th, so..."
"We need that Emerald!" Classic & Modern Tails said to each other as Modern Sonic put the Chaos Emerald back.
"Sonic, you guys should go over there and check it out!" Said Classic Tails. "I bet you can bring that Chaos Emerald back, just like you brought back all of us!"
"And I bet you double that we're gonna need ALL SEVEN Emeralds." Added Modern Tails, which made Modern Sonic chuckle and Classic Sonic smirk before they walked away from the dark gate.
"You guys have your work cut out for you..." Classic Tails told them with genuine concern in his voice, making both Sonics turn back.
"An adventure's no fun if it's too easy!" Modern Sonic pointed out just before he and Classic Sonic bumped their fists together.
A few minutes later, both Sonics arrive at a city in ruins; slanted skyscrapers with shattered glass, broken-and-burnt roadways with beaten-up cars -some of which were on fire- little to no life in the area. All of this was surrounded by fire and lava. Modern Sonic couldn't believe his eyes, as he saw the devastation before him and Classic Sonic. Classic Sonic eventually got his older self's attention by elbowing him in the leg. "Huh?" Asked Modern Sonic, before Classic Sonic pointed to the city with his eyes wide open in shock, then held his hands up, as if he was asking a question. "Beats me, buddy. I've never seen this place before... (although it does seem kinda familiar...)" Just then, a group of four-legged beasts that seemed to be composed of molten lava just jumped out from underground! While both Sonics were shocked at first, they both smirked before Classic Sonic Spin Dashed into two of them, while Modern Sonic took out another two with a Homing Attack! Classic Sonic then suggested that they split up to cover more ground, and Modern Sonic responded with a thumbs up.
Classic Sonic ran across what road he could, before jumping over lava and bouncing off flying creatures that seemed to resemble the four-legged beast he encountered earlier. Running into a large building, Classic Sonic discovered a number of craters that spewed fire every few seconds, but he managed to avoid them easily. Once exiting the same building, he was hit by a very hot wind! While looking around, the young hedgehog spotted a large firey tornado closeby! Not fearing the firey tornado, Classic Sonic jumping off of floating platforms that seemed to drift into the wind currents once he jumped off of them. This wasn't a completely harmless run however, as lava-covered worms were spitting lavaballs at him from nearby. Soon, there was a worm blocking Classic Sonic's passage, and the firey tornado was closing in... just after the worm spat a lavaball at him, Classic Sonic jumped to avoid the attack, before landing a Homing Attack that defeated the creature, allowing him to run into the building in front of him. Watching Classic Sonic was a silver hedgehog, who seemed suspicious of our young hero...
"Was that Sonic?" He asked himself. "Or was it just some fake sent to find the Chaos Emeralds?"
Meanwhile, Modern Sonic began his half of the journey by grinding on a rail, while ducking under and jumping over lavaballs being thrown at him by flying creatures.
"Man, the whole city's on fire..." He said to himself as he started running on a road, before taking out firey worms with Homing Attacks. "I wonder why I don't remember this place..." Modern Sonic then run into a building that had a number of rocky platforms on top of pillars of lava. Not even thinking twice about it, the older hedgehog hopped from one to the next... until he reached a dead-end. It was at that moment that Sonic looked down and spotted an opening, and got an idea... he started stomping on the rock, which resulted in it moving down low enough for Sonic to slide into the passage before the pillar blasted up again due to pressure! "Phew! That was close..." Modern then came to a small room with several floors, and an opening on top. Soon, the lava started pouring into the room, making Sonic jump from one level to another in order to reach the top. Once he jumped out of the building, Sonic leapt up to avoid the lava, but quickly shielded his eyes from the glass that shattered from a building above him. Just before the lava eruption caught up with him, Sonic rolled into the building and ran up to the top floor, where he spotted a firey tornado in the distance...
"That's where I gotta go..." He thought out loud. "I'm sure of it." Sonic then leapt out of the building, and onto a road that seemed stable enough for him to run across. However, the tornado started throwing all sorts of debris his way; rocks, cars, lavaballs... "Whoa... that tornado's a moving junkyard!" While Modern Sonic Quick Stepped out of harm's way, he also Boosted through any creature that was in front of him... until he came across a familiar face; a female cat with pyrokinetic abilities. "Blaze!"
"Sonic!" Exclaimed the cat as she and Modern Sonic approached each other. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Modern Sonic replied as Classic Sonic met the two, confusing Blaze. "Long story. Anyway, do you know anything about this place?"
"Too much..." Said Blaze as she walked over to a railing that allowed her to look at the firey tornado as she leaned on it. "Being back in Crisis City has let bad memories resurface... I'm actually surprised that you don't remember being here, Sonic." Hearing this, both Sonics were confused.
"Uhh... I'm not followin' you." Said Modern Sonic. "You're sayin' I've been here before?" Blaze nodded in response, making Modern Sonic think. "Then why don't I remember this place?"
"Because someone or something has manipulated with time and space..." Said a voice that both Blaze and Modern Sonic recognized. At that moment, a certain silver hedgehog jumped down to their level, and raised his hand at Classic Sonic. "And I'm pretty sure it has something to do with this impostor!"
"And just whaddya think you're doin' this time, Silver?" Asked Modern Sonic, stepping in front of Classic Sonic.
"Get out of my way, Sonic." Silver told Modern Sonic. "That hedgehog behind you is the one behind all of this! And I'm going to prove it!"
"Oh, you can prove it, all right... by knockin' me out, first!" Said Modern Sonic, challenging Silver.
"Fine. Let's see just how tough you are, Sonic!"
"Bring it on!" When Modern Sonic raced across the road and Silver hovered after him, Blaze couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
"It seems like Silver doesn't remember much about me, either..." She said, before Classic Sonic held her hand in friendship, making Blaze smile at him.
While Modern Sonic ran along the road, he looked back to see a lot of cars being thrown at him, causing him to jump and Quick Step out of harm's way before Boosting ahead! Responsible for the cars was Silver, who was floating behind Modern Sonic.
"Just you wait, Sonic..." He said as he used his Psychokinesis to pick up another car before flying after Sonic. "I'll prove it to you..." Once Silver got in front of Sonic, he threw the car at the blue hedgehog, but Sonic bounced off of it using his Homing Attack, before landing a hit on Silver with the same move! "All right, how about this?" Silver then used his powers to pick up a number of cars in order to pile them up to resemble a battering ram of some sort, before throwing it at Sonic! The blue hedgehog merely yawned at Silver's attack before jumping on top of it, running across it, and hitting Silver with another Homing Attack! "Grr... still as cocky as ever..." Silver then gathered a few containers with his Psychokinesis which he used in an attempt to flatten Sonic! But, it failed!
"C'mon, Silver... is that all you got?" Teased Sonic, making Silver angry before he shaped a horizontal wave of psychic energy in front of him, getting Sonic's attention. Silver then threw the wave at Sonic, but while the blue hedgehog jumped over it without any trouble, the silver hedgehog threw a vertical wave of psychic energy at Sonic, which actually hit him!
"Now's my chance!" Silver said to himself before warping out of Sonic's sight.
"Wait... where'd the walking paradox go?" Asked Sonic as he continued running along the road, only to realize that the cars in front of him were picked up by Silver's Psychokinesis and were being pulled behind him. When Sonic looked back, he saw Silver holding a massive ball of wrecked cars, singed billboards, and other damaged objects above his head! "Whoa, boy!"
"Take THIS!" Silver shouted as he dropped the ball, which started rolling towards Sonic! Silver then warped in front of Sonic again to throw more waves of psychic energy at the blue hedgehog as he got closer. Anticipating Silver's attacks, Sonic managed to Quick Step past the vertical waves and jump over the horizontal waves, before ramming into Silver with one last Homing Attack! This caused Silver to fall behind, causing the junkball to come crashing down on top of him!
After the dust from the junkball subsided, Blaze and the Sonics arrived to dig Silver out of where he was last seen. Eventually, the three of them found Silver exhausted and dirty under the rubble, making Blaze and Modern Sonic help him out.
"Hey..." Said Modern Sonic, getting Silver's attention. "I'll admit... you have gotten stronger... but why are you picking on my past self?" After Modern Sonic said that while pointing at Classic Sonic, realization suddenly hit Silver harder than Modern Sonic did.
"Oh... gee, I-I'm sorry, Sonic..." He said, feeling guilty. "I-I was just so focused on finding who was responsible for this, and then I found the younger you... and I thought-"
"Heh, Silver... still as naive as I remember..." Said Blaze, getting the attention of all three hedgehogs. "I now realize why only I seem to remember things that no one else does... after I sealed a firey monster within me, something must've happened to the timeline... and for some reason, I was unaffected."
"I guess that'd explain why I don't remember this place, even though it looks kinda familiar..." Said Modern Sonic.
"It might seem familiar Sonic, because of that other dimension with the Ifrit..." Silver said, making Modern Sonic remember another firey city with a dragon-like creature inside it. It was then that Blaze approached Silver, before a light portal appeared.
"Silver... I do wish we had more time together than what I remember..." She said as Classic Sonic ran into the portal.
"But Blaze... we met at Eggman's amusement park..." Silver told her, but she shook her head.
"Perhaps it is that way for you..." Blaze replied as Modern Sonic started slowly walking towards the portal. "But I can still remember the two of us fighting Iblis like it was yesterday..." Blaze then smiled at Silver before running after the Sonics. Confused, Silver decided to chase after Blaze...
Seconds later, Blaze and Silver followed both Sonics back into White Space, where three young people were waiting for them.
"Chao Chao!" Cried Cheese, pointing Cream and Marine to Blaze's direction.
"Blaze!" They both shouted in excitement before hugging their mutual friend. Silver and Modern Sonic both chuckled as they witnessed this, until Silver felt a tap on his shoulder.
"It's been a while... Silver." Said a familiar voice to Silver, but he didn't see anybody when he turned around... until a purple chameleon appeared in front of him.
"Espio!" Silver exclaimed, happy to see his friend again, even though Modern Sonic was confused, as was Classic Sonic, but Modern Sonic merely shrugged it off.
"C'mon, Classic Me." He said to his younger self. "We've got another place to check out... and this one I remember!" Both Sonics started walking towards another town-like area, except this one seemed different from the rest... but unlike Crisis City, this one seemed different in a good way...
END OF CHAPTER