Chapter 12: It All Starts!
"Alright guys, the ship's landing near Eggman's base!" Tails informs everyone, as he stops the ship, landing it near a large metal platform while the ship's door opens. Everyone gets out, being all in teams so that each team can infiltrate a different part of base that'll stop Eggman and Theotrin through multiple means. There are four teams in total, first being Team Sonic, with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as the high speed team of the group, Team Rose with Amy, Sally and Alisa, and Team Chaotix with Mighty, Ray and Dayton in one group with Kyousuke and Vector in the other group. Sally walks in front of everyone, explaining their roles to make their roles in stopping Eggman clear to them.
"Alright here's the deal. Team Sonic will go and help free everyone from the Egg Grapes, while Team Rose will help them out by hacking into Eggman's security system and shutting it down. Team Chaotix then will take split ways in stopping Theotrin, while also finding where the other Chaos Emeralds are before either one of them gets to them first." Sally explains while making sure that everyone knows their roles.
"Let's get moving then!" Sally commands, as everyone starts getting a move on in stopping Eggman. Team Sonic speeds down a tunnel in the base that leads to the Egg Grapes, while Team Rose heads in a different direction to shut down his security system in the process. Ray flies Mighty and Dayton up to a small ventilation hole, prying the vent open as they all slide down it, seeing if it leads to the Chaos Emeralds or not. Kyousuke points his chokuto towards a round, metal point in the wall, sending an electrical beam of electricity to the point, using it as a grappling hook as he's about to jump off.
"Grab on to me!" Kyousuke instructs, as Vector grabs Kyousuke and holds onto him tightly. Kyousuke jumps off the metal platform and swings down into a tunnel, landing directly onto the tunnel floor carefully. Vector then stops holding on to Kyousuke and Kyousuke disables the electrical grappling hook he created, sucking the electrical energy back into him through his hands. "Let's get going!" Kyousuke says in a rush, as they both start running down the tunnel to search for Theotrin.
"Well, at least we're not the ones finding the computer room!" Vector says relieved, as they continue down the large dark tunnel of the base. Meanwhile, everyone is still in the Egg Grapes, either asleep from exhaustion or awake, being afraid of something that might be happening to them or is going to happen to them. Fortunately, Sonic busts through a metal door that leads to the room, surprising everyone as they start cheering for Sonic. Tails and Knuckles then suddenly come up from behind, happy that they made it just in time.
"Sonic! It's about time you showed up! I was getting worried that you were just gonna leave me here without my precious jewels." Rouge says relieved, as Sonic doesn't pay attention and is more focused on saving everyone else.
"Don't worry everyone. I'm gonna get you all out in a jiffy!" Sonic says, preparing to spin-dash before realizing that he can't move.
"Hey! What's going on here?!" Sonic says confused, as Eggman is seen coming down from the ceiling in his Egg Mobile, watching Sonic in pleasure, who's struggling to move even a centimeter.
"Oh look! It's Sonic the Rodent! Seems like you've stepped on my fancy new gadget I've been working on. I call it, the Egg Rubber Magnet!" Eggman exclaims, as Sonic tries pulling his feet off, only to see their stuck to the gadget like glue. "It useless hedgehog. The magnetic concentration on this device is so high that you'll have to lose your speedy feet to be set free!" Eggman shouts, hysterically laughing as usual when his plans seem like their becoming a success.
"Take a good look Eggman, because you're making a big mistake!" Tails informs, as Eggman looks to see that neither Tails nor Knuckles were on the gadget, noticing its square shape instantly. Eggman then goes into panic as he throws his hands on his head in shock.
"What?! How can it be?! This is preposterous!" Eggman shouts in panic. Knuckles gets ready to send Eggman on a trip that he'll never forget.
"Eggman, it's already game over for you!" Knuckles says spitefully, as Eggman starts to panic even more.
"Wait Knuckles! I can offer you a deal! If you just listen to me I…." Eggman pleads, as the raging Echidna jumps up towards Eggman, ready to knock him out of the sky.
"Take this!" He shouts, upper-cutting his Egg Mobile into the air as Eggman bounces all over the room before flying into another tunnel in the base.
"CURSE YOU HEDGEHOG! Note that this won't be THE END OF ME!" Eggman screams as his voice eventually fades into nothing. Sonic then suddenly can move again, surprising Tails as he gets a call from Amy on his communicator attached to his wrist.
"Tails, this is Team Rose coming in, over!" She says with style, as Tails then communicates back.
"Yeah Amy, what's up?" Tails asks, as Knuckles is brushing off his hands while listening to Tails. Sonic keeps moving his feet around though, glad that they're free from the magnet pad and that he can finally move again.
"We already shut down the security system Tails. Getting through his base now should be a breeze!" Amy exclaims, as Tails is mind-blown by how fast they shut down the security system.
"WHOA AMY! How did you hack into the security system so fast?!" Tails exclaims, as Sonic smiles in satisfaction that they did it so quickly.
"Oh, it was nothing really. Alisa just froze the machine with her ice powers and I smashed it with my hammer, using the power of love!" Amy explains joyfully, as Tails looks down at the ground somewhat irritated and expressionless.
"Well if that's what you call hacking then." Tails explains, as Sonic walks over to Tails and talks into the watch.
"Is everyone ok over there?" Sonic asks concerned, as Amy then takes a minute to look around the area before noticing something bad.
"OH NO!" Amy screams, as everyone then jumps in shock.
"What, what is it Amy?! Did something happen?!" Sonic asks worried, as Amy then shouts into the speaker fearfully.
"Sally's GONE!" Amy shouts alarmed, as Sonic starts to worry before getting to the situation at hand.
"Alright guys, let's get them all out of here and go find Sally!" Sonic instructs, as Tails and Knuckles agree. They then start freeing everyone from the Egg Grapes, making sure no one was affected by them in the process. On the other hand, Mighty and Ray managed to get to two of the Chaos Emeralds, one being emerald green and the other being white as a crystal. Surprisingly though, Dayton isn't with them.
"Looks like we found them!" Mighty says relieved, as Ray is also relieved that they found them.
"Then let's grab them and get out of this place!" Ray says happily, as they both reach out to grab the emeralds. However, something locks the emeralds in place, as they stare at them in shock.
"NO!" Mighty shouts in panic, trying to grab them and rip them out of the robot. The robot, however, is one step ahead as it moves too fast and sucks the emeralds into the machine. Mighty slams his fist against the machine in anger, as the doors behind them start to close up and lock them in.
"Mighty, we gotta get out of here!" Ray shouts, as Mighty and him run up to the door at high speed, only to get locked in by the doors.
"What?! NO!" Mighty shouts angrily as Ray stands there fearfully. Mighty tries busting out using his Super Strength, but even that doesn't come close to making a dent in the doors. "Dammit!" Mighty says angrily, as he turns around and slides down the metal door, sitting on the floor in disgrace of his own failure.
"So, it's….it's over." Ray says depressingly, as Mighty only nods his head in response, too full of regret to say much. "At least we're not alone though, right?" Ray says, as he sits down next to Mighty against the metal door.
"Yeah, you got that right!" Mighty says elevated, as he looks down at the ground, hoping for someone to free them from being trapped.
Meanwhile, Vector and Kyousuke manage to get extremely far into the building, as they approach a tiny corridor leading to Theotrin himself, ready to have a showdown with him at any moment.
"We finally made it!" Kyousuke says relieved, exhaling and wiping his head as Vector starts walking into the corridor, with Kyousuke following behind.
"Let's give this guy a real good pounding now!" Vector says confidently, as they walk into the corridor, ready to battle a fight to the real end.
"Now, I THOUGHT I told you to stop them! Using whatever it takes, even preferably KILLING THEM!" Theotrin screams at someone, as he crushes a glass in his hand to pieces, scaring Kyousuke and he pulls Vector back with him and they hug the wall.
"Hey, what…" Vector asks, before quietly being interrupted by Kyousuke.
"We can't let him see us now! It'll really destroy our chances of winning!" Kyousuke nervously explains, as they both then try to listen out for who Theotrin's talking to.
"You told me to delay them from getting to the base, word for word." A dark voice says in response, surprising both Vector and Kyousuke as they start to listen even more.
"Is that?" Vector asks surprised, being interrupted by Kyousuke.
"Shavecke." Kyousuke says shocked, as they both continue to listen to their argument, their hearts beating even faster than before as they never know what's going to happen next.
"Talk back to me AGAIN and you'll be a victim, just like the rest of them!" Theotrin says infuriated, knowing that Shavecke intentionally didn't stop them on purpose. Shavecke just closes his eyes and looks downwards, having that Shadow the Hedgehog type attitude once more while being completely fed up with Theotrin's demanding tone and personality.
"Just give me the orders and I'll carry them out, that's all." Shavecke says fed up, only to be surprised as Theotrin starts to chuckle and then laugh hysterically, surprising both Vector and Kyousuke again by his demeanor.
"No no no, not this time! This time, you're going to be the DNA that'll show those worthless beings of this dead planet the reason why living with beings like you and them is useless, until one goes beyond that boundary, obtaining ultimate POWER!" Theotrin says with pure fascination and rage, clenching his fists in euphoria as he begins laughing evilly, to the point to where it feels like acid is running through your own body. Shavecke is sent into shock and terror of what Theotrin plans on doing, both to Shavecke himself and everyone else on Mobius. However, he clenches his fists with pure hatred as he could kill him with a single punch.
"Fucking genocidal piece of…" Shavecke says emotionally enraged, before Theotrin sends a massive wind vortex spiraling towards him. Shavecke launches a massive Chaos Spear towards the wind Vortex, causing a massive explosion that blinds both Kyousuke and Vector as they cover their eyes from the light. It eventually dies out, and they both look to see a multi-colored portal standing in the middle of the room. Kyousuke runs into the room, looking around for both of them, only to see that they both aren't there anymore.
"Shavecke's…gone." Kyousuke says somewhat upset, as Vector looks at the portal with major curiosity.
"Well, you ready for this?" Vector asks Kyousuke, as Kyousuke then walks up to Vector, turning to the portal, ready to enter.
"Let's go." Kyousuke says ready, as they both, side-by-side, walk into the portal.
Kyousuke's heart begins to beat ever faster, as he can't stop thinking about anything except that his vengeance is finally going to be collected. "I made it this far. This far, thinking that I would be doing it alone." He thinks to himself, looking up at Vector, who's focused on the exit of the portal. "But then Vector came into my life and changed everything. My wounds from the past were healed, my love that was crushed was saved and I even found out that I'm related to him. Who would've ever thought that we would be so close within such a short time span, both being crocodiles at that." Kyousuke says to himself, as Vector looks over and smiles. Kyousuke smiles in response and then looks forward, ahead of him. "Theotrin. It's time to show you why there's a day called Judgement day, and what it's meant for." Kyousuke says confidently, as they become engulfed in a massive white light, before it fades away and they are in an unrealistic looking dimension.
The floor ripples turquoise like water, and the walls are still looking like Eggman's base, only turquoise in color this time. The portals all around the room close, showing no escape possible. Along with Vector and Kyousuke, everyone else that helped out with infiltrating Eggman's base is with them. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Alisa, Dayton, Amy, Mighty, and Ray. They all look up to see Theotrin in a new form, gasping in shock by Theotrin's god-like presence. His skin is now completely red with white, floating particles inside, having red strips draping down from him like decorations and his eyes glowing a pure white as usual. He's floating in the air and holding a golden, un-sheathed katana, glowing radiantly with its vibrant color.
"So, what's it gonna be?" Theotrin taunts, holding his Katana up to Sally's neck, who's been knocked out and is being held onto a portal mysteriously. Sonic's anger begins to flare up, as the battle for the sake of Mobius is now here. It's either kill or die at this point.