Chapter 13: Blast Recall
As time passes by, they all stand there in shock, watching Theotrin pull the unconscious Sally into the portal, ultimately shielding her from everyone else so that they can't get to her. Every bit of her body is pulled in as if she was to be erased from existence, as Theotrin only smiles in sadistic pleasure. He watches a regretful Sonic flare up in his anger, clenching his fists in pure fury.
"She's unconscious. What did you do to her?!" Sonic says darkly, filled with anger as he stares at the ground in hate. Theotrin just looks at the angry hedgehog pitifully.
"She is the piece of intelligence that'll give me ultimate power, you see. That Eggman was nothing but a toy in my gathering of the Chaos Emeralds." Theotrin explains sadistically, sighing before going on. "He'll soon be as good as dead, along with the rest of your useless kind." Theotrin says bitterly, as Sonic's anger flares up even more.
"Alisa was right!" Tails says surprised, as Theotrin stares at Alisa sadly, feeling regret for what she could have done for him.
"Oh Alisa, we could've been so close, so much more than what you are now. If only you would've…." Theotrin says, before Alisa violently sends a large shard of ice towards him. However, it's easily sliced apart by his Katana.
"Don't you EVER think of ME that way! I'll tear you to shreds!" Alisa screams, as she starts to run up towards Theotrin, only to be restricted by Dayton.
"Not now Alisa! Do you want to get yourself killed! Get a grip!" Dayton demands, holding back Alisa as she finally calms down, only for Theotrin to chuckle in response. Dayton then looks at Theotrin with a despising look.
"But I don't blame her. I'm GONNA KILL YOU SO BAD!" Dayton yells angrily, as Theotrin looks at him like he's pathetic.
"You could fix your grammar at least before I kill you." Theotrin says insultingly, before being startled by something behind him. Suddenly, Shadow the Hedgehog teleports behind him, preparing to use a Chaos Blast on Theotrin at point-blank range.
"Shadow!" Everyone shouts in surprise, as he charges up the chaos energy in his hands.
"CHAOS BLAST…" He yells, preparing to launch the attack before unexpectedly being impaled in the stomach by Theotrin's katana.
"Oh no! SHADOW!" Amy screams, as everyone else gasps when they see Theotrin pin the impaled Shadow onto the wall, who's trying to deal with the pressure as he grits his teeth in excruciating pain. Theotrin then begins to laugh sadistically, angering everyone else as Knuckles becomes infuriated.
"What! You think THAT'S FUNNY?!" Knuckles yells furiously, clenching his fists in anger, despite not really caring much for Shadow.
"What's funny is that even the Ultimate Lifeform is going to DIE!" Theotrin says cruelly, throwing Shadow off the wall onto the ground, as Shadow rolls across the ground a bit, getting stains of blood on the floor. Shadow covers the large wound in agony, as he stares at Theotrin, helplessly in anger and doubt.
"Dammit! This..can't…be..happening! I'm..the…Ultimate Lifeform!" Shadow says in excruciating pain, as Theotrin prepares to slash him dead from a stand-point.
"I hope you enjoy your immortality finally coming to an end, arrogant hedgehog!" Theotrin says sadistically, slashing the sword as a sharp wave of wind slices through the thin air, causing everyone to cover themselves from its effects. It is from this that Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform, supposedly, is now dead.
Everyone looks up in terror as they see him, lying on the ground like a doll that can be played with.
"Whoa, Shadow's…" Knuckles says, paralyzed with shock as everyone else has become speechless at the hands of Shadow's death.
"OH NO! Shadow's…" Amy cries, as she starts crying in her hands uncontrollably. Sonic pats her shoulder in sympathy, before giving Theotrin a deadly glare, as Theotrin widens an eye out of interest.
"He really wasn't kidding." Vector says shocked and saddened, as Kyousuke walks up to the hedgehog, kneeling down to him as he's about to pick him up.
"I'll give you some time to witness the traumatic pain of death." Theotrin says cruelly, as this infuriates Alisa impressively quick.
"Why YOU BITCH!" Alisa screams, aiming to attack Theotrin before being restricted by Dayton again, whom she then holds on to. She sinks her face into his silky, silver fur, about to break down emotionally as Dayton holds on to her comfortingly, while shooting Theotrin with a deadly glare, just like Sonic did. Kyousuke picks up Shadow gently, reverting back to his human form as he tilts Shadow towards him. Kyousuke feels the darkness around Shadow, seeing only a small hint of love in his energy. Shadow manages to open his eyes slowly, looking at Kyousuke with surprise as he coughs up a bit of blood, getting it all over himself.
"Wh..Wh…What are you doing?" Shadow asks curiously, as he is in too much pain to express any anger or sadness.
"Why did you think that you could take him yourself? If you had trouble the last time I saw you fight, why did you still do it?" Kyousuke asks upsettingly, as Shadow closes his eyes before answering.
"Because….I'm the Ultimate…Lifeform…and…I'm not…supposed to fail." Shadow says arduously, coughing up yet more blood as he opens his eyes in response. Kyousuke is struck with a feeling of remorse, feeling knots tie up in himself as he starts to respond to Shadow.
"Maria was all I had, and now I failed her." Shadow says sadly, interrupting Kyousuke as Kyousuke realizes that she died. Feeling guilty for Shadow, he closes his own eyes before responding back.
"Even if you failed her in your eyes, she'll always love you for who you are." Kyousuke says emotionally, as Shadow is completely overfilled with affection, the cure that'll flush out some of his dark feelings. Shadow, emotionally impacted, manages to take his hand and run it through Kyousuke's blond hair, giving him extreme nostalgia as the blood from his mouth begins to drip onto the floor.
"You look…a lot like her." He says calmly and vibrantly in his fatal state, as a tear from his eye comes out, falling out onto Kyousuke's hand as it spreads into invisibility. Shadow then closes his eyes and Kyousuke stares at Shadow in shock. Everyone else is staring at Kyousuke with warm-hearted feelings with yet a shocked expression on their faces, with the exception of Theotrin. Kyousuke lets a tear from his eye fall onto Shadow's stomach, sinking into his wound as it blends in and disperses within his blood. He gently sets Shadow on the ground, slowly getting up and staring at Theotrin bitterly, full of hatred, knowing that Theotrin has really crossed the line. Theotrin went too far this time, and now he's going to pay. Theotrin just slightly chuckles, about to ask him a question.
"Did you enjoy your time with…" Theotrin is about to ask, before Kyousuke angrily pulls out his pistol and fires it right into Theotrin's face. The bullet flies in the air at high speed, being engulfed in electricity as Theotrin slashes it down with his katana. However, the electricity travels through the katana, electrically shocking Theotrin as he screams in painful agony. Kyousuke then takes this chance to make the biggest attack yet.
"NOW EVERYONE! GIVE HIM EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!" Kyousuke commands loudly, as everyone then starts attacking Theotrin, who manages to stop the electricity and pay attention to what's happening. Knuckles, being the first, starts charging towards Theotrin with Sonic.
"Ready Sonic!" Knuckles yells, holding a spin-dashing Sonic as Knuckles prepares to launch him at Theotrin. "TAKE THIS you bastard!" Knuckles yells, launching Sonic at Theotrin with such extreme speed that it can get deadly.
"I can handle more than THAT!" Theotrin shouts angrily, using his katana as a shield as Sonic spin-dashes into the sword, spinning even faster with every second as Theotrin is easily dealing with the pressure.
"Say that when you don't have all us to deal with!" Dayton yells, running up to Theotrin's side and using his earth control to create large rock structures that protrude from the ground. This gives Theotrin more trouble, as he jumps back multiple times while dodging them.
"Thanks SONIC!" Theotrin says sarcastically, taking Sonic and throwing him into the rocks while attempting to hit Dayton, who misses by a few inches. Sonic then bounces all over the area uncontrollably, while Alisa manages to freeze Theotrin's feet to the ground, as she prepares to attack him with a deadly ice shard in her palm. Theotrin, however, angrily slices the shard apart, quickly throwing the katana to his other hand and punching Alisa in the face. She trembles backwards while covering her face temporarily, as she recovers quickly. Stunningly, Theotrin somehow manages to free himself.
"That was simple" Theotrin says, not knowing that his feet are burning up in green flames, as he then notices the heat burn himself.
"Shit!" Theotrin says angrily, trying to use his wind control to compress the flames until Mighty upper-cuts him in the air painfully, causing Theotrin to lose control of himself.
"That did it!" Vector says confidently, as Mighty becomes impressed with Vector, with Theotrin then realizing that he's in the air. Sonic comes spin-dashing towards Amy, as Amy pulls out her Piko Piko Hammer.
"Let's show this guy some real manners!" Amy says, being ready for anything as Sonic comes into contact with her hammer. Amy then launches him at Theotrin, encouraging Sonic as he spin-dashes into Theotrin's katana by mistake.
"NOOOO!" Theotrin screams, twisting his body sideways as he tries to grab back the katana. "Not this time!" Kyousuke yells, shooting the katana with his pistol as it starts spinning out of control in the air. Vector instantly sets the katana ablaze, as it burns into green flames, burning Theotrin as it starts falling before he does. Alisa then instantly freezes the katana as it then falls to the ground, shattering to pieces, confirming that the sword is finally destroyed. Theotrin lands in anger flat on his feet, as he angrily creates a vortex of wind in front of Amy, sucking her in helplessly as she screams for help.
"SONIC! HELP ME!" Amy screams in terror, as Sonic instantly runs over to help her, only to be too late. "Not you too!" He says upsettingly, as he angrily glares at Theotrin, who glares back in response.
"Two down, nine to go!" Theotrin says tauntingly, as Sonic, Knuckles, Mighty, Alisa and Dayton prepare to really give him a beat down. They all prepare to punch him brutally with all their strength, as they see Theotrin curl up into a ball.
"HWAAAAA!" Theotrin growls, as a massive explosion is seen, as they are all blown back by it. Alisa flies up in the air for protection, carefully analyzing what happened to Theotrin during that explosion.
Meanwhile, Tails and Ray managed to find a small opening in the room, quietly trying to get into it until Theotrin notices. Theotrin now has transformed into an unusually large mobian cobra, surprising Alisa as she remembers everyone hating reptilian elementals back on their old planet. He quickly tail whips Tails as Ray manages to get through into the hole. Ray then quickly shuts the hole from behind him as Theotrin explodes in anger.
"NOOOO!" Theotrin screams, as he tail whips Vector and Kyousuke painfully and grabs them both. Kyousuke's pistol flies out of his hand onto the ground, sliding across it as Theotrin holds Kyousuke and Vector by their necks onto the wall. They start desperately trying to free themselves, as Theotrin slightly chokes them with satisfaction. He begins grinning in contempt as Tails quickly runs over and grabs the pistol, aiming it at Theotrin's snake face.
"HEY! BACK OFF YOU JERK!" Tails yells angrily, as he quickly shoots Theotrin twice, hitting him in the face once. This triggers Theotrin's fury, causing him to whip Tails into the wall. Tails painfully flies into the wall as he closes his eyes in pain. Sonic watches his best friend being slammed into the wall painfully, as his hate begins to overtake him.
"You take Sally from me, and now you try to kill Tails!" Sonic says darkly, slowly becoming Dark Sonic as Knuckles watches in shock. However, Theotrin hisses creepily in response right in his face, opening his mouth wide and emitting a green gas that causes everyone to choke in pain, with the exception of himself and both Kyousuke and Vector. As everyone grabs their necks in pain and Alisa falls to the ground, Theotrin lets up on Kyousuke and Vector, still holding them by their necks so that they can watch everyone else choke on the gas. This sends them into horror as Theotrin looks them both right in the eyes.
"I knew you reptiles were going to be immune to this gas, so I'll have to kill you single handedly." Theotrin says, being too caught up in success to notice Kyousuke doing something strange. Kyousuke looks at Vector and starts imitating a chewing move with his mouth, as Vector then realizes that he wants him to bite Theotrin. Kyousuke then stares Theotrin right in the eyes, who laughs sadistically, feeling nothing but pleasure from watching their friends suffer. "When I kill you, I might as well eat you for fun!" Theotrin says coldly. Shockingly, Kyousuke starts laughing uncontrollably, majorly confusing Theotrin as Kyousuke sighs of laughter before explaining.
"A snake eating a crocodile? That was millenniums ago, and you'd kill yourself anyway, you stupid cannibal!" Kyousuke says insultingly, grinning in pure revenge as Theotrin watches him transform into his crocodile form. "NOW!" Kyousuke commands, as both Vector and Kyousuke bite Theotrin painfully, ripping millions of tissues and skin particles as Theotrin painfully sets himself free. A small river of green blood begins showing up as Theotrin is slithering away in agony. Green blood is then seen squirting everywhere from the bite marks, as Kyousuke starts spitting out Theotrin's skin and blood. Vector then breaths massive amounts of green fire all over the room, watching it kill off the green gas and stop everyone else from choking to death.
Theotrin then reverts back to his elemental form, as Kyousuke chuckles in relief.
"You should know that the crocodile has the most powerful jaws ever seen! Even with your massive fangs, escaping our jaws would be impossible." Kyousuke explains, as Theotrin prepares to fight again, one last time to kill them all.
"Knew it wouldn't work anyway." Theotrin says fed up, as he begins glowing brightly, holding a white orb in his hand with a wind vortex surrounding it. Kyousuke looks at Vector, who looks back in response.
"You wanna get this over with?" Kyousuke asks casually, as Vector gives him a thumbs up and grins in delight.
"You wanna bet?!" Vector says excited, as they both prepare to end this deadly battle, for once and for all.