SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Now begins Part 3 of 3 in the Sol Emerald Saga.
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Heart and Sol, Part 3
This has been one hell of a homecoming for Blaze. She had been sucked up into a freak storm, returned to her homeland, reunited with her old friend, reveal her past to her boyfriend, and had to fight off robot pirates to protect her family treasures: the sol emeralds. And to top things off, a robotic dragon who clams to be there old enemy, Mecha Shadow, has appeared with not only the sol emeralds, but the Jeweled Scepter as well. Is this like the worst day ever or what?
"I think it's time you learn the truth about the sol emeralds." Mecha said sinisterly.
"What could you possibly know about the sol emeralds?!" Blaze growled.
"I know quite a lot more then you think." Mecha stated. "In fact, I believe I know more then you do."
"Crikey, that big face guy is scare." Marine thought while shaking behind Tails namesakes.
--Meanwhile--
"Let go of my boyfriend's tails!!" Cream screamed.
"She's officially lost it." Sonic said.
"I'll call the asylum." Shadow said.
--Back to the heroes--
"But I have lived with the secret of the sol emeralds my whole life." Blaze informed.
"Really?" Mecha questioned "Then do you know how you were able to reach Silver's dimension?"
"By using the spatial powers of the sol emeralds." Blaze answered obviously.
"That would be true if they had transported you to another part of the world." Mecha said. "But we are talking about a dimensional transport. It would be impossible to do so if there wasn't something connecting to the other side. You could have easily ended up in the Arabian Nights."
"The Arabian Night?" Silver questioned.
"I think that's the name of Jet's book." Tails informed.
"But what does that have to do with anything?" Blaze asked.
"I'm hungry" Marine thought. "I wonder what's for lunch?"
"It has everything to do with it, Blaze." Mecha stated. "As I am sure Jet has told you, there exist seven powers known as the Seven World Rings within the book. Erazor Djinn used them to escape the book centuries ago. Did Jet explain how?"
"Erazor gathered the World Rings." Silver informed. "It's because the World Rings hold a connection to..."
"The seven chaos emeralds." Mecha finished. "That is how he was able to escape as well as you, Blaze."
"What do you mean?" Blaze asked stunned.
"Isn't it obvious?" Mecha cackled. "The chaos emeralds and the sol emeralds are one and the same!" Mecha took pleasure out of the shocked expressions of the heroes. Except for Marine, who was eating a taco. "One set cannot exist without the other. They have the power to feel one another."
"What do you mean?" Silver asked.
"The emeralds hold an equivalent bond." Mecha explained. "For example: if I were to destroy the red sol emerald, the red chaos emerald would vanish. They also have the unique ability to call each other, like this."
The seven sol emeralds levitated above Mecha's head and he reached out to touch one. On contact, the single emerald glowed followed by the others. A second later, seven brilliant flashes of light erupted around Mecha, causing the others to go temporarily blind. But when the opened their eyes, they were met with the surprise of all seven chaos emeralds floating around Mecha's body.
"You!" Silver screeched. "It was you who made the chaos emeralds disappear!"
"Funny, isn't it?" Mecha chuckled. "Even though Nazo knows more about the emeralds then anyone, he has never even dreamed of the kind of power I have discovered."
"What power?" Tails asked timidly.
"The one power to control everything." Mecha explained. "As you already know, Silver, the chaos emeralds hold the ability to control time. And as you know, Blaze, the sol emeralds can control space. Now, what kind of power could I obtain from holding both?"
The heroes were stumped. What kind of power exists from using time and space together? Not surprisingly, it was Tails who had the answer.
"Reality."
"Precisely." Mecha grinned. "Time and space together have the power to control all of reality. Imagine; a world created in my own image. Using the combined powers of the emeralds, I will go beyond the strength of god! Not even Nazo will dare to challenge! A Machine Empire will be formed with me as its immortal king!"
"That's not going to happen!" Blaze exclaimed.
"Not now, anyway." Mecha said calmly. "For you see, in order to activate their combined powers, I require an item that controls them. A power similar to the Master Emerald."
"The Jeweled Scepter!" Tails shouted in realization.
"Finally caught on, have you." Mecha mocked.
"Too bad for you." Silver chuckled arrogantly. "The Jeweled Scepter is a dud. It failed for Whisker and it will definitely do the same to you."
"I knew it would fail the moment I created Whisker and Johnny." Mecha said.
"Created?" Blaze questioned.
"Of course." Tails said. "Don't you remember what he said?"
"The one who assigned me this mission." Whisker explained. "The one who told me the secrets of the emeralds and the Jeweled Scepter."
"It must have been Mecha he was talking about."
"I tricked Whisker into gathering the emerald because I knew they would call to you in distress, Blaze." Mecha informed. "Once here, I could retrieve the one piece that was required for the Jeweled Scepter: the keystone."
"What keystone?" Blaze asked. "I don't posses any keystone."
"But you do." Mecha stated. "And it's stamped there on your forehead."
Blaze's face went pale. She unconsciously touched the jewel on her forehead, the one her parents forced on to her.
"But my parents..." Blaze began.
"Your parents thought they could outsmart me." Mecha grinned. "I traveled to this dimension, but the time period was not as I calculated. When they revealed that the keystone was in your possession, they thought I couldn't reach you. They knew you would panic and use the sol emeralds to escape. That's why they gave the keystone to you. To protect you."
"My parents were trying to protect me?" Blaze asked; tears beginning to shed from her eyes.
"That's what they told me." Mecha stated. "When I had no more use for them, I killed them."
"You monster!" Blaze screamed.
"Flattery will get you nowhere." Mecha said coolly. "Now for that keystone."
Mecha dived for with his claw stretched out. Blaze, still frozen from the truth, was a sitting duck. Realizing this, Silver knocked her away just as Mecha swiped at her. Unfortunately, it allowed one of Mecha's claws to reopen the wound in his leg. Silver huddled his leg to his chest, hissing in pain, while Mecha continued his advances on Blaze. Seeing as how Silver and Blaze were out, Tails reached into his backpack and threw a handful of explosive rings. But the rings didn't even tickle him. Mecha shot a glance at Tails and whipped his tail at him in annoyance. With no one to stop him, Mecha wrapped his claw around Blaze's waist and raised her to eye level.
"Now for the keystone." Mecha muttered.
"You won't get away with this." Blaze stated.
"But my dear Blaze..." Mecha reached up and touched Blaze's jewel with his claw. "...I already have."
In one mighty tug, Mecha forcefully ripped the gem from Blaze's head. With his prize in hand, Mecha no longer had a need for Blaze and threw her to the sand. Blaze looked up to Mecha with her hand to her forehead; blood slipping between her fingers. Mecha took the jewel and placed it in the circular hole in the center of the Jeweled Scepter. Once the jewel was inserted, the other jewels on the Scepter began to glow.
"At last! Victory is mine!" Mecha roared. Silver and the others joined at Blaze's side at the moment. "Now after two hundred years of waiting, the world shall fall under my rule!"
"No!" The heroes cried except Marine.
"I'm hungry again." Marine said randomly.
Mecha raised the staff into the air before slamming it to the ground. A red light radiated from the staff and immersed itself around Mecha's body. When the light disappeared, he had completely changed. His body was similar to his original one, but the armor was red instead of black. His cape was crimson and now had a pair of retractable wings on his back.
"My transformation is now complete." Mecha chuckled.
"He doesn't look too different to me." Tails said.
"Really now?" Mecha questioned. Mecha blue eyes glowed and a second later, Tails was forced to the ground by an unknown force. "Next time, you will think twice before insulting your king."
"You're no king!" Silver exclaimed.
Silver summoned up his telekinetic powers, but Mecha somehow reflected them to bounce back on Marine. Marine was now hanging upside-down ten feet in the air.
"Bonza! This is fun!" Marine shouted joyously. Silver, realizing this wasn't working, released his control and allowed Marine to drop. "I'm ok."
"You realize you're powers will do nothing." Mecha proclaimed. "Now witness the most powerful force in the galaxy!"
Mecha gripped the Jeweled Scepter with both claws and raised it to the sky before plummeting back down to the ground. The sky was suddenly covered in dark clouds, the planet began quaking viciously, the volcano began to erupt, and tsunami's threatened to swallow the island whole. And while this happened, the fourteen emeralds began circling around each other under Mecha's control. He had done it. He obtained total control of reality. But Silver wasn't one to agree. With his leg still bleeding, Silver limped over to fight Mecha.
"Silver, no!" Blaze cried; attempting to hold him back. "You can't fight him. He's too powerful."
"Funny, I once said the same thing about Iblis." Silver smiled.
"But this is different." Blaze stated.
"No, it isn't!" Silver argued. "I understand the odds are stacked against me, that there may be a chance that I might die." Silver tugged his arm away from Blaze's grip and stared at her; his brimming with hope. "But...as long as you, Sonic, Amy, and everyone else survives, then it will be something worth dying for."
"Silver..." Blaze whispered.
"What is happening?!" Mecha yelled.
All of a sudden, the world began to restore itself to its proper order. He stared over his head and found that the chaos emeralds were leaving him to join Silver. Silver closed his eyes and focused them to the emeralds that now surrounded him. As if by a miracle, his leg was instantly healed. The positive energies invaded Silver's body and in a great burst of light, Silver became Super Silver.
"What is that, mate?" Marine asked in awe.
"Silver used the emeralds to activate his super form!" Tails cheered.
"Crikey." Marine said in amazement.
"Super Silver, I remember you." Mecha said. "You really think you can defeat me with such insignificant power?"
"Let's find out." Silver grinned.
Using chaos control, Silver teleported in front of Mecha and pounded his face with his fist. Mecha skipped across the water before he was able to catch himself. He expanded his wings and flew into the air across from Silver. Mecha grasped the Jeweled Scepter and ejected a ball of light from its arch. But Silver countered by conjuring a barrier to shield himself. Silver converted at barrier into a ball of psychic energy. Silver threw it, but Mecha swung it away with the Jeweled Scepter. This gave Silver a perfect chance to go on the offense. While Mecha wasn't looking, Silver came up and kicked Mecha to the head, which sent him flying into the side of the volcano.
"I've had enough!" Mecha proclaimed. As Silver came close, the sol emeralds came to his aid. "SOL CONTROL!!"
Seconds before Silver could move; a white vortex appeared and sucked Mecha inside.
"Where'd he go?" Silver questioned.
"I can be anywhere and everywhere." Mecha answered. Silver turned around to come face-to-face with him. "Which is why you can never defeat me."
Mecha drilled his fist into Silver's stomach, forcing him to double over in pain. Mecha brought his fist together and bashed them over Silver's head. Silver plummeted into the ground, creating a crater in his wake. Silver groaned before throwing a wave of psychic energy at Mecha. But the red robot countered with sol control and kicked Silver down the beach. Silver could not fight back and all the others could do was watch.
"C'mon, mate!" Marine screamed. "Fight back! Captain's orders!"
"He can't." Tails reasoned. "As long as Mecha uses the emeralds, Silver can't win."
"This is all my fault." Blaze sobbed. "If I didn't drag Silver into this, he wouldn't have to suffer. I can't lose him." Blaze watched as Mecha kicked Silver to the ground. "Silver!"
"It's over." Mecha proclaimed.
Silver tried to throw another punch, even though he knew it was pointless. But to his and Mecha's surprise, the blow landed. Mecha was thrown down the beach, but jumped back up. When he looked up, he realized what went wrong. The sol emeralds were no longer with him. But instead, they had chosen to join Blaze's side. like the chaos emerald, the sol emeralds filled Blaze with positive energy and released a burst of light.
"How is this possible?" Mecha questioned.
"Blaze..." Silver whispered.
But Blaze was not Blaze anymore. Blaze's fur became bright pink, her jacket and the tip of her tail become red, the cuffs of her gloves and shoes were engulfed in pink flames, and the ring the held her pony tails was gone and allowed her her hair fall down. Blaze the Cat had transformed into Burning Blaze.
"Wow!" Tails and Marine said in awe.
"She's beautiful." Silver said admirably.
"No! That is my power!" Mecha screamed; he raised the Jewled Scepter. "You will return it!"
Mecha swung the Jewled Scepter and released another orb of light. But Blaze remained calm. She held out her hand and halted the orb in midair. With a wave of her hand, the orb bacme a fireball. With a gental tap, the fireball soared at fierce velocity and slammed Mecha in the chest, sending him flying several feet. Blaze hovered over to float near Silver.
"Let's end this." Blaze said as she held out her hand. "Together."
"Together." Silver smiled as he took it.
They shifted their gaze and glared at Mecha. Once back on his feet, he soared into the air in hopes to gain an advantage. But his advantage was lost were Silver and Blaze zoomed past him out of nowhere. Silver crushed one wing his his telekinesis and Blaze burned the other with her flames. Mecha fell unceremoniously on the ground and tried to stand up, but Silver and Blaze dropped in and stomped him into the ground. Silver and Blaze jumped back and saw fit to show some mercy. Mecha weakly stood up and feebly shot a spark of electricity, but it didn't even singe their fur.
"What's the matter? Running out of juice?" Silver chuckled.
"Surrender now." Blaze said strictly. "There is no possible way of defeating us."
"Oh, but there is!" Mecha said insanely. "If I can't win, no one can!" He raised the Jeweled Scepter to the air and the previous plagues from before were beginning to happan again. "I will destroy the planet and you along with it!"
Even Silver and Blaze knew they wouldn't have enough time to stop him as he brought the Scepter down. But just before it touched the ground, an orb of light appeared out of nowhere and knocked it out of his claws. The world returned to normal and Tails caught the Scepter. Everyone diverted their attention to Marine, whose hand was glowing.
"How did you do that?" Tails asked.
"I dunno, mate." Marine scratched her head while looking at her hand.
"No!" Mecha screamed.
"Yes!" Silver cheered.
"It's over!" Blaze proclaimed.
With the sight of victory at hand, Silver and Blaze raised their hands to the sky. Blaze formed a gignatic fireball and Silver increased the intensity of it. It looked as if they were holding the sun in their hands. Mecah froze in fear; unable to move when the two heroes tossed the attack at him. With intensity so great, nothing of Mecha's remained; every bit of him was burned.
"They did it!" Tails and Marine cheered.
"Is it over?" Silver asked uncertainly.
"Yes, it's over." Blaze answered smiling.
The keystone of the Jewled Scepter started to glow and moved away from it's previous place. It floated before Blaze for a moment and then returned to its original position on her forehead. But the moment it touched, the island was suddenly engulfed in a flash of light. When their senses returned, Super Silver and Burning Blaze found themselves in a divided sky. Silver floated in the blue sky and Blaze floated in the green.
"Blaze, what's happeneing?" Silver asked.
"I was afraid of this." Blaze said sadly. "It's time to return home."
"That's great!" Silver cheered. "I can't wait to tell Sonic about this!"
"You don't get it, Silver." Blaze said. "You are going home. I have to remain here."
Silver's happy expression turned to one of great sorrow almost instantly.
"But why?" Silver asked.
"I must stay here to protect the sol emeralds forever." Blaze stated. "It is my curse."
"But what about us?!" Silver exclaimed on the brink of tears. "We promised to always be together! I can't lose you!"
"You won't lose me, Silver." Blaze smiled through the tears. She floated over to him and held her hand over his heart. "I'll always be with you here."
"I love you, Blaze." Silver said.
"I love you, too, Silver." Blaze said.
They drew together for one final kiss. They hearts pounded together for fear that they may never experience this again. Suddenly, a great gust of wind came out of nowhere and started to pull them away. But they refused to let go. They continued to hold each others hands, but the wind didn't let up. Blaze's hand started to slip from Silver's till they where at their fingertips. Then one might gust came around and pushed them apart.
"Blaze!" Silver yelled.
"Good luck, Silver!" Blaze called and everything went black.
Tails groaned as he suddenly jumped awake. He was back at the Emerald Beach, back to where it all started. At first, he was convince it was a dream. But that was before he noticed Silver looking longingly out into the ocean. Silver stood there, too heartbroken to move. He wanted nothing more then to cry, but couldn't, fearing that Iblis might break free. Tails cautiously walked up to him.
"Silver?" Tails spoke.
"She's gone, Tails." Silver said sadly. "She couldn't come back with us."
"I'm sorry." Tails said apologetically.
"Don't worry, this isn't over." Silver stated. Tails looked confused. "I don't know how or when, but I'm going to find her no matter what."
"As you should." Tails smiled.
"Miles Prower!" Tails looked over and was nearly bulldozed over when Cream came up and started strangling him. "Who is she?"
"Who?" Tails gasped.
"The girl you have been seeing!" Cream screamed. "Who is she?!"
"She's been spending WAY too much time with Amy." Silver sweat dropped.
Cream never let Tails out of her sight after that day. But miles down the beach, a lone figure washed up to the shore. It was Marine. She groaned and rubbed her head as she looked at her new enviorment. She had no idea where she was.
"Where am I?" Marine questioned.
"You're on Emerald Beach." Marine looked over and saw a red hedgehog she had never seen before: Recter Rose. "Are you ok?" Marine nodded uncertainly. "Do your parents know you're here?"
"I don't have any, mate." Marine stated.
"Oh, my bad." Recter winced at his mistake. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully then came up with an idea. "Say, why don't you stay with us until we find you a place."
"Thanks, mate!" Marine cheered.
And so, Recter grabbed hold of the tired Raccoon and carried her off to his home and his team. But as they walked away, they did not see the blue sol emerald washing ashore.
A happy victory ends in a sad defeat. Will Silver and Blaze ever be reunited? How will Marine handle this new world? And what is the meaning of the sol emeralds arrival? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes!
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