Ch 10: Will to Fight...

It was now in the middle of the night. The heroes now stood facing a rocky valley filled with old construction gear. And old base could be seen there as well. "Welcome to Metal Valley." Ash said. "This place used to be an old recon base years ago. I'm not exactly sure what happened back then."

"OK, so what's the plan?" Silver asked.

"Now that we have more Stones, things will only get more complicated," Sally said. "Only those of us with powers would have to check this place out. It's our safest bet for now."

"OK. So I guess I'll go." Sonia nodded.

"Me too." Bunnie said.

"I can control magnetic fields now." Tails said.

"I know a little static manipulation." Cream replied.

"Hey, where's Sonic?" Manic asked as he looked around.

"He's on the top of the Typhoon." Fiona said. "I got him." She walked off to go get him, Amy seemed displeased.

"Hey! I should go get him!"

"From what I've heard, you're more stubborn than you are sweet," Bark grunted, "Never mind her, you're coming anyway."

"There ya go Chip." Sonic smiled as he fed his dog chocolate flavored "Scooby Snacks." "Enjoy!" He sat down on the ship and watched Chip happily chow down on his bowl.

"Hey, noodle head!" Fiona called as she walked up to him. "Some of us need you to find the next Stone ya know. What's the hold up?"

"Just feeding my dog here."

"He's pretty cute." She said as she sat down next to him and looked at the happy puppy. "What's his name? Where'd you get him?"

"I named him Chip and I found him in Spagonia. Poor guy was drenched in the rain; he was endangered of catching hypothermia. So I took him home with me, had a vet check him out and I adopted him. I always wanted a pet, ya know?"

Fiona smiled as she watched Chip yawn after finishing his dinner, wandering between them and curling up to sleep. "Ya know, I never would have thought you would do something like that. Always thought you were ignorant."

"That's because you never got to know me." Sonic grinned. Both shared a short laugh.

"So, you still didn't tell me how you got brought back to life. From what you said, I doubt ANYONE could survive a blow like that."

Sonic blushed deeply. "Y-you still wanna know?"

"I always get what I want." She joked with smirked. "You said that human princess friend of yours did it. Elise, was it? Well, what did she do?"

"She…. kissed me."

"She kissed you??"

"And it was my first one."

"Wow! Just like in Snow White. Hey, you don't mind if I tell the others girls about it, do ya?"

"Only if you don't tell Amy. I like her, a lot, but she can be clingy."

"For real?"

"For real."

"Serious?"

"Serious."

"Awesome!"

"Radical!"

"Delightful!"

"Slamin'!"

"Groovy!"

"Totally!"

They both laughed again for while. Then they looked up at the moon. Unlike the one on Earth, it was deep blue. "I almost forgot that the moon can be as blue as me."

"Yeah… this is actually the first time we ever had a conversation; just you and me, ya know?" She moved her tail behind him and wrapped it around his waist a little. Yeah, so the she wasn't romantically attracted to him, but she did notice how cute he was now.

"Yeah. You used to shun me a lot back in the day."

"Yeah… kinda wished I listened to Sally. She really liked you, didn't she?"

"Well, she saw me and Tails as younger brothers. The feeling was mutual. It still is."

"Sweet dope." She smiled as she gently punched his arm.

Suddenly, explosions were heard around the old base. They both stood up. "Gotta jet!"

"Go ahead. I'll watch Chip." She said. He nodded with a smiled and rushed off.

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The Freedom Fighters consisting of Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Amy, Sonia, Tails, Cream, Cosmo, Bark and Bunnie were inside the base looking for the Time Stone when a loud rumble stopped them. The looked around franticly.

"Sheesh! Every time we get interrupted for this!" Sonia shouted.

"Now what?!" Amy added.

The ceiling came open and a huge black and red dragon with missiles on the back dropped down. Everyone looked up in shock.

"A Metarex!" Silver gawked.

"Look's like they managed to catch up with us!" Blaze frowned.

The MetaDragon lunged at them, but then a blue ball came out of nowhere and slammed it back.

"Sup, guys?" Sonic said as he landed next to them. "Sorry, I'm late."

"About time you showed up." Shadow grunted.

"Never mind about that!" Tails said as he pointed up at the MetaDragon. "Look at its head!"

Everyone looked up at the head and saw a blue stone one its head. "The next Time Stone!" Cosmo gasped.

"We have ta get that Time Stone away from it!" Bunnie yelled.

"Right! Let's do it to it!" Sonic nodded.

Sonia was the first to try. "Unus Fulgor Concidens Noctem, in Mea Manu Ens Inimicum Edat! Fulguratio Albicans!" Purple magic lightning came down from the hole of the ceiling and bombarded the dragon as it roared and thrashed.

"OK. Silver, Psyche Bomb!" Blaze commanded. Her partner nodded and formed a ball of psychic ball. She filled with fire and he threw it at the dragon for heavy damage. Deciding not to waste anymore time, the MetaDragon spitted out red blasts. They all jumped from them as the blasts exploded. The dragon then waved its wings rapidly to create a huge gust of wind. Everyone held their ground to keep from being blown away. Sonic quickly countered with his aerokinesis and reversed the wind, blowing the MetaDragon back and slamming it into the wall.

"This thing needs to really chill out!" Bark shouted as he slammed his hands into the ground. Ice quickly formed out and encased it around the MetaDragon. It was an energy blast to blow them back and break the ice. It flew up and fired missiles at them. Shadow used his shield to block the barrage and used a Chaos Spear to attack. Bunnie doubled the damage with an energy blaster.

"This thing is too strong!" Amy shouted as she distracted the MetaDragon with her Tornado Hammer attacks. "There has to be some way to stop it!"

"I think I know!" Tails said. "The dragon is a robot. So an electromagnetic pulse should immobilize it just enough!"

"But that thing is still moving!" Sonia shouted. As the MetaDragon lunged, veins ripped up from the ground and wrapped around the arms and pulled the dragon down.

"Cosmo!" Tails gasped.

"Stop it now!" Cosmo grunted as she kept her hold on the MetaDragon. "I can't hold it!"

"OK. Let's go, Cream!" She nodded and the two flew into the air. Their hands entwined and the focused their kinetic energy very hard. Finally, they unleashed yellow and orange electromagnetic waves at the MetaDragon. It was petrified.

"Time to finish this!" Sonia shouted before chanting. "Locos Umbrae Regnans Scáthach! In Manum Meum Dedo Iaculum Daemonium Cum Spinis Triginta! Iaculatio Fulgoris!" She summoned spears of light from out of nowhere and the all charged at the MetaDragon, ripping through it. It exploded and the Time Stone landed towards Sonia's feet.

"Time Stone captured!" She grinned as she picked it up.

Tails ran to Cosmo and helped her up. "That was really risky Cosmo." Tails said in concern. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She smiled gently at him. He blushed a little.

"Ok, so now we have three more Time Stones to collect." Amy said. "Where do we go now?"

"Let's try the Tidal Tempest Zone." Bunnie suggested. "I'm bettin' that your old pal Raph is there. He might give us a hand."

"Raphael?" Sonic smiled. "Haven't seen him in a while. Let's pay him a visit then."

A/N: …Forgive me if this chapter is to short. I think the next one is gonna be short too. But still support!