Luna has finally done what she thought was impossible. She calls her army to her.
What will happen to everybody now?
Luna became inundated with high amounts of joy, happiness, and pride. Her euphoria soared through the roof. She had never felt like this before. Everything that she ever worked for was about to come into realization; and it was all within range. Just a click of a button, and she could finally proceed. She stood on top of City Hall stomping and laughing in delectation. "Yes! Yes! YES! I can't believe it! I never thought that I would ever get this far! I never thought that I could accomplish something of this magnitude!" she laughed wildly. "I've finally done it!" she said, hands stretched out as if she was addressing the people. "I've done what no one else has ever done before! Hahaha! Mwahahaha! GAHAHAHAHA! It's finally over. One last thing before I go, I think that it's time to give the people an announcement," she laughed. She regained her composure for a few seconds and commanded the people to listen to her for a little bit. "Attention people of Station Square! I have an announcement to make! I pray that you all are listening! Starting today, your precious savior, Sonic the Hedgehog, is now your enemy!"
All of the people immediately turned around and listened to what the girl was saying. Most of the people thought that she was talking nonsense. "What is she talking about? What would make Sonic go bad? He's the good guy. He's always going to the greatest hero out there," a middle-aged man said. "He would never do anything to hurt us."
"That's right," a teenage girl said. "What's she talking about?"
"That's right! Sonic the Hedgehog is now your greatest enemy! He wants you all dead, and when he finds you all, he will show no mercy and no remorse! I suggest that you go prepare yourselves immediately, because he is on his way! Many of you are thinking that I'm lying, but I'm not. I am a messenger from far away coming to inform you that will turn his back on you this very day! I suggest that you prepare yourselves! Prepare all of your military personnel! Tell them to prepare themselves for anything and everything! Thank you!" she concluded. She teleported away to another building to prepare for the gathering.
She leaned against the window of a building, towering over sixty stories. As she leaned heavy against the tall tower, she felt something scratch against her spine. She turned around and saw that the side of the building had a fissure in it. "A fissure in this building? That means that this building is fragile and prone to impact," she said. "This building has a large number of people. I'm sure this structure will be so easy to tackle. This will be our first target."
Luna couldn't wait to begin her new onslaught. She teleportedon top of the fragile building and pulled out the switch that controlled the little interface trigger devices. She laughed and celebrated. "All of the searching is finally over. All of the hoping and praying has come to a close. Nevermore will I live knowing that I have no one by my side to protect me. It is finally complete. It is time. Now is the time to resurrect and bring to life my brand…new…army."
She pushed the giant button that said "ACTIVATE" in bold letters across it. Her wish had come true. Everything that she could have possibly worked for was flourishing with great importance. She chuckled evilly as she looked at the sky.
On the Floating Island, Knuckles was still recovering from that severe blunt trauma to his head. He picked up an ice pack and held it to his head, wiping off the remaining pieces of dried-up blood from the ground. Knuckles was still confused as to how he could have been taken down so easily. "This is crazy. This day could possibly be the worst day to be guarding the Master Emerald. I've still got solutions to protect this thing. No matter what happens, I will always protect the Master Emerald at all costs," he vowed. However, he didn't know that he would be breaking his own vow in a matter of seconds. All of a sudden, he began to feel very strange. He began to sweat like crazy, and experience a massive headache. All of a sudden, he couldn't even control his body. It felt as if someone was controlling him from the inside. He tried his absolute best to keep himself from going bad, but the control was too strong. He had no control of his movements, his body, or his thoughts any longer. He was no longer himself. His eyes were glowing red, and his strength increased by a large margin. He was now under the command of Luna the Badger's syndicate. He leaped off the island, leaving the Master Emerald behind and exposed.
At Tails' Lab, Tails and Sonic were both trying to discover what was causing Sonic to act like that. Tails spent some time alone trying to find some kind of connection between his remote and the strange behavior that Sonic was showing. Nothing came to mind. The only thing that even came close was that girl he saw on the beach, but since Sonic told him to forget about her, that's what he did. He deleted that possible conclusion and thought of something else. "What else could it be?" he said. "It couldn't be Eggman." Just then, the gentle sound of footsteps could be heard. They were low, but they could still just barely be heard. Tails jumped from his seat and ran outside. Almost immediately, he was bashed across the face by Sonic. He was sent flying back, breaking through multiple devices and several suspended electrical outlets. Tails got back up on his feet and stepped forward. Before Tails could react, Sonic darted across the water towards Station Square. "Sonic, wait! Where are you going?!" he asked.
On an island out at sea, Princess Olmeca sat and thought about what she was going to do now that she had been insulted and she had to deal with the fact that she had no mother. She questioned herself and thought about what her next actions were going to be. "Hmm, what to do; should I come up with a way to revive my mother, or maybe I should just go back home and wait some more?" she said. Her head began to pound. "Oh, God, too much stress. Oh, well, who knows? Maybe I should head home and just wait for my mother to show up," she sighed. "The things that I go through…that girl hurt me today; but that's okay. She is nowhere to be found and I know this. She will never take control of me," she said. Just then, she began to act strange. All of a sudden, she was no longer in control of her thoughts. She raised her head up slowly with eyes the color of blood and a body flowing with dark energy. She stood up and began to slowly walk across the water, heading towards the building where Luna was standing on.
On the streets of Station Square, Amy still lay unconscious on the sidewalk with a large gash on the back of her head. Amy groaned and creaked her eyes open and slowly got up, trying to maintain her balance. "Ugh, what happened?" she groaned. "Am I still in Station Square? Oh, I am?" she said, confused. "What happened to me? All I remember seeing a scary girl, and that was it. I must have knocked unconscious somehow," she grumbled. "Ooh! If it was that girl that knocked me unconscious, she's going to pay for it, big time! She won't do it again, not if it's the last thing I do!" she chanted. Little did she know, she was in for a very big surprise. She couldn't control her body, and her mental state was in shambles. She didn't know why this was happening, and an explanation couldn't be given as to why. She could feel something break within her trying to possess her. She tried to fight back, but the pull was far too strong. In short time, she was under the control of Luna.
At the railroad tracks, Shadow was in a deep sleep. His head was drooped and his arms were crossed as he leaned against the pillar. He wasn't worried about anything in the world. He wasn't worried about anything that was going awry in the world. He was completely at peace…for now. Just then, all of a sudden, he felt something in his subconscious speaking to him, saying, "Come, Shadow, to your new master." Upon hearing these voices, he began to lose his mind because something was telling him to destroy everything under the will of a master. These voices were constantly speaking and chanting that same haunting tune. This weakened Shadow's overall control over himself. He gripped his cranium and fell down to the ground, barely holding on to whatever shred of sanity he had left in his mind. He tried his hardest, fighting back against the mind control that gripped him. He was able to resist it for a couple seconds, but he was soon engulfed in the darkness. The voices got louder and the mind-control became even stronger. This was too much for Shadow to bear. After all of the struggling, he was now put into submission. He ran towards Station Square.
At Knothole, it was recovery time. After the destruction of the computer room and with a chunk of the castle gone, Max contemplated about what to do and what to expect now that they were exposed to enemy attacks. Little did he know, he already had an enemy in the castle. Max and his wife, Queen Alicia Acorn, were discussing severe safety concerns. Alicia feared for her daughter's safety and well-being. Max felt the same way. He was constantly beating himself up because he was not there to save her. Alicia tried to get him to calm down by comforting him with gentle words. He took these words in deep. He said that he was going to make sure that everything was going to be okay, and as he promised, he was going to reassure that. He commanded the recovery team to go assess Sally's condition and to check the overall condition of the castle. After sending them in, there was another explosion within the castle and the faint sound of an engine. As if out of thin air, Sally flew out of the castle on her hoverbike and started towards the water. The Queen was on her knees, crying. The King was silent in disbelief as to what he just saw.
At the beach, Cream was nearing the completion of her excellent sand castle. Her and Cheese were making the finishing touches to it. All they had to do was make a few adjustments to the ceiling, add some more leftover flags to it, and they were finished. She really adored her castle about as much as she adored the new "earring" that Luna gave her. It really fit with her ears, being that they were so big; it shone in the sunlight so everybody could see it even though it was small. She loved her new earring. Cheese loved it too. He squealed in envy at the fact that Cream could get a neat looking earring, but he couldn't. He tried to put it on his head, but it was far too big and it weighed him down. Cream laughed at his many failed attempts. He was so cute. It made her even happier. She just wanted to jump in fulfilled joy and hug everybody in the whole world because she finally completed her castle; and it looked fantastic. She turned her head and saw Luna standing on top of a large building. She was about to call her and say that it was finished. Just then, she felt something within her snap off like a firecracker. She could feel her willpower slowly fading away and there wasn't anything she could do. Cheese shook her and rattled her back and forth; trying to discover what was going on. Just then, he got a view of the "earring" on her ear. It was glowing bright red. Cheese thought that maybe this was what was causing her to act like this. He tried to remove it; he tried shouting in her ear; he tried smacking her around a little. Nothing. All that happened was Cheese being left alone as Cream flew towards Luna.
After all of the preparations and troubles that had followed her for the longest had finally been vanquished. It was now the time to act. A breath of clear mountain air invoked Luna in a flurry of praise and redemption. As her slaves approached -- climbing, running, or flying up the building – they stood by her side, leaving a marker of what was to come. Luna lowered her head. "Welcome to the ultimate absolution," she said. "You have all gathered here today for one reason. That reason is to…destroy everything." She began to call out their names so she could verify her completion. "Knuckles, Sonic, Princess Olmeca, Amy, Shadow, Princess Sally, Cream," she called. "I can see that you all are present. Very nice. I am your new master. All of those who had a master in the past, they are now dead. I am your new master from this point forward, and you are to do whatever I command. You are my army. You are to follow my orders. Now, listen. My first command is for us to wipe out everything."
"Yes, Commander Luna," they all said in a monotonic voice.
This chapter was a lot of fun doing, particularly because I had to detail each person's individual events as they became a slave to Luna's evil scheme. That was a lot of fun doing, also.
Chapter 17 is in progress.