Ch 17: Lost Galaxy
All was assembled in Chuck's lab and around the capsule. Apparently, this was Sonic's first time visiting Castle Oblivion. Or was it the second? Whatever. Sonia and Manic weren't all too surprised by that; he and Tails were thrown out of the planet after the revolt was over. They said that they would give him a tour but now they had a job to do. When he reunited with his auntie Bernice, she hugged and cuddled him just like she did to Shadow. Sonic couldn't be happier to comply.
It was family after all.
So now the triplets were standing closely around pod with the sleeping mother within. The Freedom Fighters, the heroes from Earth and everyone else a few distances away from them. Sonic, Sonia and Manic glanced at one another silently and nodded, almost as if the read each other's thoughts. Sonic placed his hand on the glassed surface of the pod. Manic followed suit and placed his and on top of Sonic's. Lastly, Sonia placed her and on top of her brothers'. Everyone watched as the pod glowed in blue, green and purple light as the hedgehog siblings began lifting the curse from their mother. The process was slow but true. One final flash of light and the hedgehogs took a step back as the capsule started to open up. The glass surface began to separate in seven ways as cold steam erupted from the capsule. The glass pieces folded back together and hid themselves on both ends of the pod. Slowly, a gloved hand reached out from the pod and the steam and latched to the left edge. The purple body rose up from the pod as she shook her head and opened her eyes.
"What… happened?"
"Mother! You're awake!" Sonia cried.
"Yes, but... how were able to get the strength to..." she didn't finish her question as she looked to her left and found her second born looking at her. Her eyes widened for a moment before she rubbed them. "Something must be wrong... for a moment I thought I saw Sonic."
"It is me, mom," Sonic spoke, "Right in the flesh."
Aleena gasped in shock as she looked at him again. She carefully stepped out of the pod and walked up to him slowly. "Is that really you, Sonic...?"
Sonic gulped and nodded. It's been so long since he saw her, so it was understandable that he was feeling uneasy.
Aleena looked at him closer. She could sense no fowl energy from him and his aura was the same as before, although it did have some altering but it wasn't anything dark. The eyes, the quills, it was no mistaking it. This was defiantly her second born. She could barely contain herself as she trembled and tears came out of her eyes.
"My baby!!!" she cried as she dropped to her knees as hugged Sonic as tightly as she could. "My baby… it truly is you…"
"I missed you mom," Sonic smiled as she hugged his mother back.
The girls started to tear up while the boys smiled at the happy reunion. The mother and son held each other close for a while as they shed their tears. After enough time had passed, and one of them remand active for what happened next.
CLICK!
Sonic opened his eyes and blinked at the sound. He turned his head and found Shadow holding a camera with an evil grin on his face.
"This picture perfect moment will be excellent for blackmail," Shadow said as he smirked.
"Shadow," Sonic began as he released his mother, the vain appearing on his head was obvious, "You'd better destroy that photo, or else I'll whomp you!"
"You want it? Come and get it!"
"Looks like this is his way to get back at him," Rouge remarked.
"Really? I didn't know they were so rough with each other," Sally blinked.
Suddenly, a loud rumble was felt. The bickering between Sonic and Shadow was put to a halt as everyone looked at the window. What they saw was a huge battleship unlike anyone had ever seen before. Strangle, it looked like an island.
"Is that.... what I think it is?!" Tails gasped.
"That thing... it's Angel Island!" Knuckles shouted, "They turned it into a battleship!"
"That was why they took Angel Island? They wanted to turn it into a battleship?" Amy gasped.
"You mean that thing is a floating island?" Maximillian gawked.
"The Master Emerald is what allows it to float," Knuckles explained angrily, "Lots of thieves have tried to steal it. This is the first time that someone stole the whole island all together. We are all now officially screwed."
Aleena frowned and turned to walk, "I wish we had the time to continue this reunion, but it would appear that the Metarex are preparing the final wave of attack."
"I knew you would say something like that," Chuck said as he walked up to his sister. He handed her a red and blue gantlet and a sword in a sheath. "You will need these."
"Thank you big brother," Aleena nodded as she took them. She placed the gantlet on her right hand and the sheath on her left side. She slightly removed the sword, showing that it was a smooth samurai sword with an edge made of diamond. The hilt was gold and blue. "The Oblivion. This is the sword that Aleena the First used against Dark Oak. Now I will use it to finish the fight." She sheathed her sword back in. "We should go."
"Hang on mom, let us handle this," Sonic said as he walked forward. "Shadow, Silver!" The black and white hedgehogs nodded and went next to him side by side. "Everyone hang on!" Sonic shouted as they glowed in blue light. The room glowed brightly with Chaos Energy, and some seconds later, the light dimmed and the resistance was gone.
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They all appeared inside the battleship that was once an island in a flash. The massive chamber appeared to be made of the same material that was like crystal. Under most circumstances, it would be considered beautiful, with an aesthetically pleasing light to go with it. But they were full of Metarex; they were presently in the room in swarms, blocking the way to the other side of the room. And they were all turning around
"What did they do to this place?" Knuckles wondered.
Aleena, on the other hand, was wondering about something else. "Sonic, how did you learn teleportation?"
"Apparently, Sonic learned some new powers while he was away," Sally answered.
"Really? How strange. Usually in Oblivion Royalty, it is the eldest daughter who inherits such magic powers from the mother. However, I believe I can understand this. My great-great-great-great grandmother was a blue hedgehog. A feminine image of Sonic, really."
"Aleena I was a blue hedgehog?" Blaze blinked. "How odd is that?"
"Can… we… go… PLEASE?" an irate Knuckles asked, "The sooner we stop the Metarex the better!"
Aleena nodded, unsheathing the Oblivion as she refocused on the task at hand. "Agreed. Sorry about that."
"Then let's go," Silver gestured.
Not even thirty seconds later, the sounds of combat erupted through the air as the heroes engaged the Metarex. Sonia, Silver, Bark, Blaze, Bunnie, Omega and Shadow began obliterating the larger Metarex with their powers. Sonic, while finding use in his Chaos Powers only for extreme situations, simply turned them into scrap with his spin attacks, while Aleena introduced them to cold steel.
Aleena, while being a powerful witch, also doubled as a swordswoman. It was another tradition in the family. Not only were the Oblivion Hedgehogs the rulers of Mobius, but they were powerful fighters as well. The males in the family would use a long sword while the females used the Oblivion. Or they could choose another weapon of choice or none at all. The swift and graceful strikes she used with her sword showed just how much of a swordfighter the queen was.
Sonia was currently in training for the Oblivion while also increasing her magic strength. Right now, she was using a bokken to train. Once her mother was too old to continue using the Oblivion, or, God forbid, died, she would then inherit the family sword.
Manic was the only one in the family with no such powers at all. He wasn't even as strong as a fighter like his big brother and sister was. He didn't let that deter him though. Because he was raised by thieves, which, by the way, he still managed to find the time to stay in contact with, he relied on his wits, cunning and stealth. While he wasn't as smart as Tails, he was a silent as Rogue. He made use of his reactions to the Metarex's attacks and buzzed them to sleep.
Rouge kicked the last Metarex on the level into the far wall, watching it as slid to the ground into a pile of steal. "That's the last one."
"Then let's get going," Shadow said as he cracked his knuckles.
The heroes continued through the battleship; chock full of monsters blocking the way to their objective. They were all lucky to have individual powers and abilities. Otherwise, they would have had obvious target signs on their chests, and they wouldn't have been able to do much about it. They stopped at the half way point of their journey to rest, and to recharge their power. Even Shadow knew that he had some limits. Never before had they had to face so many monsters before in such a short period of time. Two hours that is.
"Whew! What a rush!" Fiona sighed as she collapsed, "How can you guys stand this?"
"We've been doing this for a long time now," Amy shrugged. "We're used to this."
"And it's proven pretty beneficial," Silver nodded.
"Huh?" Sonia blinked.
"What is it?" Blaze asked.
"Something's coming."
As Sonia motioned for silence and a loud shake could be heard. Soon, a wall beside them blasted opened and a large figure appeared out of it. It looked like a large armor figure with several assortments of weapons. "Hump, well that didn't seem too hard." The voice was all too familiar to them.
"Great, just when it could get any better," Sonic frowned with sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Eh?" The machine turned around and, sure enough, Eggman was in the cockpit. "Well, I should have known that you would have been here! And what's this? What it is a pleasure to see you again Your Highness."
"This pleasure you speak of is but an ill reminder of the past," Aleena frowned.
"Hn, you are all going to stop the Metarex, correct? Sorry, but I will take the mantel today. But I think my Egg Dragoon HI-MAX could use a test run!"
"Show us what you got!" Knuckles challenged as he pounded his fists.
You asked for it!" Eggman shouted as he began to fire plasma shots at the group. They managed to get away. Aleena was the first to attack as she dismissed her blade and began chanting.
"O liels gars, kas valda pār gaismu un tumsu, izsaukt man sešiem fangs no ēteru, lai kalpotu," as she said this, six white blades appeared over her head. "Fang Storm Eclipse!" the blades flew out and attacked the Egg Dragoon HI-MAX. But the just bounced off the armor.
"Ļaujiet 100 vākšana stiprie alkoholiskie dzērieni, liesmas atvase lodes pie ienaidnieku! Bovis Bullet, Fire Series!" Sonia was the next one to try as she fired one hundred fire shots at the machine. As they exploded, they could see that it did little damage. "That isn't good!"
"Hah! As you can see, my Egg Dragoon HI-MAX is more hedgehog proof than every before!" Eggman gloated.
"Is it polar bear proof?" Bark shouted as he fired freezing shots. The blows made contact and began freezing the machine.
"Hey! I didn't make this thing frost proof!"
Aleena added to the attack by sending a powerful cross strike with her sword. The attack ripped through the ground and hit the Egg Dragoon HI-MAX with massive damage. Eggman yelled as the machine recoiled some feet away. "It would appear that your weapon isn't so hedgehog proof after all," she smiled.
"Grr! You little-!"
"Elementārais Tempestas!" The queen continued her assault with a spell of wind, ice and thunder that ripped around the weapon. As it cleared, it began looking more brunt.
"Luckily, the Egg Dragoon HI-MAX can handle more damage than before. No more games!" Eggman shouted as the machine fired another number of plasma. The attack was added by a lighting attack. The attacks were so deadly, they trashed through the arena. The floors and walls ended up being the ones suffering from the blows.
"Eggman's taking this seriously!" Sonic shouted, "Time to bring out the big guns!" He balled his fists and was soon engulfed in digital codes. Shadow and Silver mimicked his movements. As the codes cleared, Sonic was in red and black tech armor, Shadow in black and gray and Silver in green and black.
"Let's go, doctor," Shadow frowned as his hands emitted Dark Chaos Energy.
The bounty hunters also saw the strange battleship and infiltrated their way inside. Alastor had long separated from the other three and was still obsessed with killing his most hated rival. It was what he was "programmed" to do after all. Looking forward, he saw a team fighting against a large machine. One was a blue hedgehog covered in red and black armor…
"Sonic!" he snarled as he pushed his boosters to rush into the fight. He wouldn't lose him this time!
The group took noticed of the green armored figure. "Not him again!" Amy exclaimed. Sonic brought up his hand and caught Alastor's fist. His strength had increased by four times his weight.
"Sonic! This time you're mine!" Alastor snarled.
"We don't have the time for this!" Sonic growled as he punched Alastor away.
"There's always a time for me!" Alastor yelled as he fired energy blasts.
"Sonic Wind!" Sonic shot out a blue wind blade attack and canceled out the blasts and a bright shockwave. "I'm stronger than you now, Alastor. Go before I really mess you up," Sonic warned.
"Shut up!" Alastor yelled as he hovered up, "Today is the day that I'm gonna prove that I'm the best!" In blind fury, he launched energy bombs everywhere, disregarding the other beings around him. Some of the blasts hit the Egg Dragoon HI-MAX. Now it was about to fall apart.
"No! Energy levels are critical!" Eggman gasped. He looked at the queen with a sore look on his face. "I REALLY hate saying this, but…"
"You wish to undo your mistake? I can agree with that."
Unknown to everyone else, the other bounty hunters were watching from afar. Sleet had an obvious scowl on his face, Whiplash was also frowning. And Dingo… he was just looking on, very much clueless.
"That idiot…" Whiplash growled.
"Let's leave him be, we have things to get done," Sleet said as he walked off.
"Right boss," Dingo nodded as he and Whiplash followed.
"Alastor, knock it of!" Blaze shouted as she held her own against his attacks.
"I won't stop until he's dead!" Alastor yelled.
"Why do you want to hurt Mr. Sonic?!" Cream demanded.
"Because it's what I was born to do, shrimp! Get out of my way!" Alastor let loose a huge energy shockwave to knock both Blaze and Cream to a wall, knocking them out.
"What?! You jerk!" Amy yelled in fury as she released a gust attack from her hammer.
"You're gonna pay for this!" Silver added as he used a powerful psycho blast. Both attacks hit and sent Alastor back. As he got back up, he's eyes glowed ominously purple.
"He's malfunctioning," Eggman frowned. "Like Omega, I gave Alastor free will. I knew I made a mistake when he rebelled against me. I'm not surprised though, he and Metal have been fighting for Sonic's head for years."
"Then it looks like we must shut him down," Shadow nodded. "What should we do?"
"My Egg Dragoon HI-MAX as just enough power for one last shot. I can use the final shot to disengage his weapons system. With out his weapons, he is useless."
"So we have to disable him? Got it!" Manic shouted as he threw two disks into the air and made them crash to a wall that was over Alastor. The exploded in a large blast and the debris began crumbling over the fanatical robot. He snarled as he began to fly out of the way, but was caught by a freezing blast by Bark, causing his flying system to be offline for the moment.
"I will not lose…" Alastor growled as he got up, "I NEVER LOSE!"
"Everyone loses," Eggman frowned as he aimed, "Take it from me!" With that said, he let loose a blast of plasma, the force of it making the Egg Dragoon HI-MAX crumple and explode just as the Egg Mobile escaped. The blast went right through Alastor, leaving a gashing hole and his power gone.
"What?! Damn you to hell!!" Alastor shouted. Seeing an opening, Sonic jumped in with his feet glowing bright orange.
"You're through!" he swore as he scissor kicked Alastor. The powerful Chaos Lighting Kick made the rouge hunter fly back and into another wall. The force of it caused the arena to shake. Rubble shook everywhere, including where Blaze and Cream where unconscious.
"Blaze! Cream!" Silver shouted.
"They can't get up!" Amy gasped. As seconds passed, Alastor reappeared through the dust, battered, broken, his crushed armor exposing his inner circuits and exoskeleton but with his flight systems back on. And he had Blaze and Cream in his clutches.
"What? He saved them?" Knuckles gasped.
The hunter dropped both girls to safety, but he wasn't so lucky himself as large rubble fell on him. A huge hole opened and exposed the outdoors, showing that they were over the water. Alastor tumbled out and held on for life. Instinctively, Sonic jumped out after him.
"What are you doing?!" Sally gasped.
Sonic reached for Alastor, trying to get his hand. It was bad enough that he was high over the ocean, "Come on! Give me your hand!"
Slowly and silently, Alastor crawled up to the gold hearted prince. His eyes were back to a red color and he was too damage to try anything funny.
Eggman jumped out of his Egg Mobile and ran after Sonic, trying to pull him back. "What do you think you're doing?! He'll just bring you down with him!"
"But he saved Blaze and Cream! That must mean he isn't all that bad!" Sonic reasoned.
"His mind isn't rational anymore!" Eggman argued back. "Listen to me Sonic! You have friends and family who need you! Do not throw away your life like this! Get back in here, Sonic me boy!"
His eyes widened at the sudden outburst. The retort made him remember one more thing that Elise told him.
Flashback…
As the two of them were walking through the forest and back to Soleanna, Elise thought up of something that may help.
"Hey, Sonic. You something?"
"What's up?"
"Even though he's currently your enemy, Ovi may still be alive."
"Really? How so?" he asked skeptically.
"It's just a though, but you said that Ovi would sometimes act silly. Notice how Eggman would become silly even when he's doing his dirty deeds?" she pointed out.
Sonic though for a moment, then he made a short laugh, "Yeah, I remember that time when Metal Sonic rebelled against him. Vector told me that he, Espio and Charmy beat him up senseless when they found out that he was just using them to escape the holding area that Metal threw him in and had no intentions of paying them. I think it was a good stress reliever, especially after they had their butts handed to them by Shadow, Rouge and Omega and then Amy, Cream and Big. He actually cried 'mommy' while they were kicking his butt."
Elise could help but laugh as well, "Wow, all of that happened to the Chaotix? Look's like they really needed it. Anyway, this may be irrelevant but Ovi may still be somewhere inside Eggman. And I'm sure he's very proud of what you became."
"For real?" Sonic asked with his eyebrows rising.
"I'm sure of it," the princess smiled.
"I never thought of that. I'm glad I met you," Sonic smiled as he folded his arms behind his head.
"No big deal," she smiled back. She was slightly startled when Sonic zipped to her other side and cradled her.
"Hang on tight!" he smiled, "This time I'm gonna go really fast!"
Elise smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck for one last run through the kingdom.
End of flashback….
"It's just like she said…" he muttered to himself.
SLAP
Sonic blinked as he felt his hand being swatted away. As he looked down, he found Alastor rejecting his help. "What was that for?!" he demanded.
"Forget it, Sonic. I was created to defeated you and I failed at each attempted," Alastor said poignantly, "I no longer deserve to live."
"Shut up! Tails can fix you! We can-"
"I said drop it. Just go now; you have a job to do. Good luck, Sonic…." Alastor let go of his grip and disappeared into the sea. Sonic and Eggman watched helplessly as the hunter fell to his watery doom.
Meanwhile, Blaze and Cream were coming too. Blaze awoke in Silver arms as Cream woke up near Amy. "What… happened?" Blaze blinked.
"Alastor saved you guys from getting crushed," Silver explained.
"Really? Where is he now?" Cream asked.
"He's gone," Sonic said as he and Eggman walked up to them.
"We haven't got much time to spare. We must stop the Metarex!" Eggman continued.
"How are you two holding out?" Sonic asked.
"Well… we're still a bit unsteady, but we can still fight," Blaze said as she helped Cream up.
"Then let's get going," Ash nodded as he went ahead.
They reached the last level, running into some resistance. It was dispatched with very little trouble. The team of heroes was no longer in a very charitable mood.
They approached the massive door that lead to the Emerald Shrine. Aleena stood in front of the group. "Is everyone ready? Beyond this gate is Dark Oak. And I am certain that he is waiting for us."
"We're ready for what every kind of trick he has," Sonic nodded.
"We'll follow you, mother," Sonia added.
"I'm not about to back down!" Knuckles said as he cracked his knuckles.
Aleena turned around and held her hand out. After chanting something under her breath, she fired a powerful blast of green energy, destroying the gate. The heroes went through and entered Emerald Shrine.
The shrine was unchanged for the most part, but the Master Emerald was being contained by some strange wires that stuck out from the ground.
"What…?" Knuckles gasped.
"Well, well. You have all made it," a voice said darkly. A figure appeared in a flash of purple light and everyone saw why he was called Dark Oak. He looked just like a monster of a tree.
"Dark Oak!" the queen hissed.
"Ah, Your Majesty. So you're children have broken the cruse. But it's too late now. I've already taken what I need and our work will come into fruition. Soon, we will become the supreme species of the galaxy!"
"You can't be that stupid!" Ash shouted.
"Oh?" Dark Oak cupped his branch like hands and projected a holographic image of the universe. "The galaxy highly contaminated with too much life. There can only be one species, one being of ultimate power. Soon I shall have more energy than any star. Than any universe…" Dark Oak looked back at the heroes as the projection ended, the invisible wistful expression replaced with one of disgust. "But there is one entity whose power I shall never be able to surpass." Knuckles glanced past Dark Oak, understanding. "That's right Knuckles. Your beloved Master Emerald. A gift from the gods themselves- a source of infinite power. No matter how much energy I absorb, I will never reach a level of infinity. So, the only solution was to take the Master Emerald as well as the island it rests upon. Due to the knowledge that the island floats in the air because of the Emerald, it is determined that the island itself has carried some of its power. This fortress is the absolute source of infinite energy!"
"Like you'll ever give you that chance!" Mina spat.
"You are annoyingly stubborn," Dark Oak remarked, "Of course, you will resist. So let's see if you have the power to stop THIS!"
Dark Oak launched powerful blasts of energy, in which Aleena quickly drew her blade and deflected each attack. Then she shouted, "Fulguratio Albicans!" and fired a blast of lighting right at Dark Oak. The alien stood there passively for a few moments, seemingly watching the lighting approaching him, then moved his giant head to the side, letting it pass by.
"Not today!" Blaze shouted as she launched a blast of fire.
"Imprudent youths!" Dark Oak snarled as he made a protective shield to block the attack.
"This is the real ultimate power!" Shadow shouted as he cupped his hands together. Yellow Chaos Energy flowed into his hands like clockwork. "Chaos… Spear!" A more powerful version of his signature attack ripped through the air and hit him square in the chest.
"Time to cut some weeds!" Eggman shouted as he fired guns from the base of his Egg Mobile.
Dark Oak recoiled and slammed his hands into the ground, making vines pop out of the ground. Bark froze and shattered them before they had the chance to do anything.
However, a new series of vines appeared out of nowhere, aiming at the whole lot of them. One stabbed Bark's leg, another giving Rouge a blow on her arm. The other's fared better, getting only small cuts. Sonic, Shadow and Silver had no trouble as their armors had regeneration effects.
"Hey, Sonic! What should we do?" Tails asked him, referring to Cream, Manic, Cosmo and himself.
"You guys just help and heal injuries when we need it," Sonic said. "Just make sure not to get in Dark Oak's way." He raced back into the fight and used a Homing Spin on Dark Oak.
"Arg! How dare you! You have infected me with you're lower race filth!" Dark Oak snarled as he recovered.
"And it's about to hurt even more!" Sonic shouted as he cupped his hands to his right. "Hurricane Tornado!" A powerful whirlwind attack and slammed it into the plant like enemy.
"Save some for me!" Sonia shouted as she stretched her hands out. "Aeriocardio Valkyriam! Contbelaria Gladibaria!" As she chanted, white swords appeared over her head, aiming right at Dark Oak. "Age Atiav!" With that command, the swords raced right at the evil alien.
"Do not underestimate me!" Dark Oak snarled as he used another shield to block the attack. Only now, the shield sent the attack right back at her. She gasped in pain as one of the swords cut her arm, making her crouch.
"Sonia!" Cosmo gasped as she ran up to her. She examined the injury and gently placed her fingers on the wound. The injury glowed in green light as it closed up.
"Thank you, Cosmo," Sonia smiled as she stood up. Cosmo nodded and smiled back.
"Take this you ugly tree!" Bark shouted as he fired volleys of ice. Dark Oak turned and raised his hands, making them freeze. The ice only remained for a moment as the ice thawed from his heat.
"Crap," the polar bear gulped.
As Dark Oak turned to attack Bark, Bunnie saw her chance to attack.
"Made ya look!" she roared as she launched a set of missiles. Omega helped her by firing his own missiles. Dark Oak didn't turn fast enough and roared in pain as the missiles struck his back.
"You… damn you!" Dark Oak cupped his hands together and fired a blast of lighting. Bunnie yelped in surprise and the cyborg rabbit and the renegade E-Series robot ducked from the attack.
Silver wasn't so lucky. The attack, having missed Bunnie and Omega, went right for him. He used a shield to block the attack but it almost burned him as it disappeared. Since he was wearing his armor, he'd recover but it would take some time.
Blaze looked up, just in time to see another group of vine appear. "Where is he getting all these things?!" She hissed as she began to burn them
"I do not know!" Aleena answered, not taking her eyes off of the monster. "I assume he may be able to regenerate them at a moments notice!"
"Sounds sensible. Sonic, Silver! Cover me!"
The two other hedgehogs nodded and followed Shadow's command. The three hedgehogs rushed forward with the blue and white hedgehog struck any vine that came to close. When he came into range, Shadow delivered his Chaos Thunder Punch. It was effective too, forcing the Metarex King to break off his attack, and also opened it to a counterattack.
And counterattack they did, with all of their might.
A deluge of physical, magical, and Chaos attacks fell upon the giant tree as he tried to defend himself. How was this happing? He was the supreme master of the universe! He shouldn't be losing to these lowly lifeforms like this!
As the fight waged on, the heroes continued to throw everything they had against Dark Oak while those without powerful abilities made themselves useful and healed the wounded.
Dark Oak glanced to his right and saw Cosmo finishing up with Bark. If he had a mouth, he'd be smirking. "Interesting, there is still one more Seedrian left?" He flung his arm right out, causing all attacks to fly right back at their releasers. Then he raised his left arm at Cosmo, who was too shocked to move. "Time for your extinction!" He laughed as he launched a blast of red energy.
While the attack was too fast for her, everything seemed to be in slow motion at that point. Just then, Tails pushed her out of the way, causing the blast to graze his arm. He yelled in pain, and fell to the ground.
"Oh no!" Cosmo gasped in horror.
Sonic saw the action for himself and glared hatefully at the Metarex King, "You're gonna pay for that!"
"Oh, what's wrong Sonic?" Dark Oak taunted, "Upset that you have met your match? Don't worry, for soon, all of you will-"
He was cut off by a sudden blasted of blue energy that blasted his arm off. He howled in pain but soon regenerated another arm. Everyone looked up to see a swarm of dragons flying into the fight.
"Onward my brothers and sisters!" the black dragon roared as he lead his pack. "Don't let him get away!"
"Alright! Dulcy came through!" Manic grinned.
"Thank goodness," Cosmo sighed. She had already healed Tails and was holding him close as he rested in her arms.
The dragons fired blasts of energy on Dark Oak, each attack exploding as they hit the ground. All of this was starting to make him very upset.
"You think dragons are enough to stop me?!" he was about to make an assault of his own when a net fired from nowhere and trapped him. He tried to break free, but no luck.
"That's too bad. I almost expect more from you," Sleet said, rather unimpressed. He stood at where the gate used to be along with Dingo, whose right arm was now a cannon, and Whiplash. "Though, I'm not very surprised. The metal is rather indestructible."
"Sleet? Dingo? Whiplash?" Sonia gawked. Those three were helping them? This is a first.
"Look's like everyone's giving us a hand!" Amy grinned.
"Hey you four!" Whiplash snapped, referring to the Council of Four, "Finish him off already!"
"Alright, alright. But first… Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens!"Sonia released a combo spell of wind and thunder. They attack slammed onto Dark Oak, making him fall on his back. "And that one is for doing harm to a child!"
"Gather around me my children. It is time to end this!" Aleena said as she sheathed the Oblivion. The triplets did as they told, getting ready for the final spell. Sonia and Aleena stood in front each other with Sonic and Manic on ether side. The triplets' medallions began to flash wildly as Aleena tiara glowed pink. Aleena began chanting.
"La Lla Lillc Ca… La Lla Lallc Ca… Upon our pact, do my bidding, O Master of Element. Come forth from the never-ending light and darkness, bring death to all that hast life. You are the place of eternal rest… LOST GALAXY!"
Blasts of light and dark energy erupted everywhere as everyone shielded their eyes. The attack engulfed Dark Oak, causing him to roar in agony as he seemingly disintegrated. As the attack faded, Aleena and Sonia slumped to the floor while Sonic and Manic helped them up.
"Knuckles! The Emerald!" Sonic alerted. The echidna nodded and ran up to the alter, smashing anything that got in his way. As he reached the Master Emerald, he started to chant.
"The severs are the seven Chaos. Chaos is power; power is enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos. Only you have the power to stop this. Return the island to the sea!"
The Master Emerald reacted to Knuckles' command and glowed brightly before it dimmed. Everyone held on tight as Angel Island fell into the ocean. As it crashed into the water, the extra shells that the Metarex placed on fell from the force. Everyone was now officially safe.
"Man…" Sonic groaned as he fell on his rear, dismissing his armor, "That was one hell of a battle."
"Yeah, we did well," Shadow said as he dismissed his armor. Silver did the same.
The dragons landed down near them. The black dragon, Draco, was the first to speak. "Well, done my friends. The root of our problems is now no more."
"Sorry we couldn't get here sooner," Dulcy said as she landed. "We had a bit of trouble find out where the next attack was."
"Well… that was the… last one…" Sonia breathed out, still tired from the ultimate spell.
"Hey," Sonic began, "Why did you three decided to help us anyway."
"We weren't really helping YOU hedgehog," Sleet frowned. "When we heard of Dark Oak's return, we knew he would be after the Time Stones. So, we decided to collect Time Stones so we could get to them first."
"So that's what you guys were doing?" Mina blinked.
"That's right, hun," Whiplash nodded, "But it looks like you all did a better job of it."
"Well, thanks… I guess," Ash nodded, "I guess we can all go home now."
The moment was ruined when a swirling black void appeared in the sky above the island, causing everyone to look up in shock. More fear was added on their faces when the Time Stones suddenly appeared around it.
"No! The Time Stones!" Aleena gasped.
"This is wrong!" Eggman growled.
"A small loose was a price to pay. But it was worth it," Dark Oak's voice echoed from the void. I have waited over one hundred years for this moment and now my waiting has come at an end! With these elements, I will annihilate this planet. I am pure chaos!"
The Time Stones zipped into the void, making it flash and cackle with dark energy. The void turned red before it started to change before everyone's eyes. It morphed in to a smaller plant like figure with X shaped quills on the back. Bracelets, similar to Shadow's, appeared on what looked like wrists and ankles. As the void became solid, a red figure with black roses on his red hair was shown. He now wore a crimson coat with black and red boots. His glowing blue eyes showed malice and his face had an evil sneer. His voice, now darker and more sinister, seemed to hiss as he spoke.
"At last. My transformation is complete. I have reached the ultimate potential of my power. For the final moments of your lives, you may refer to me as… Kronos Oak!"
Cosmo's eyes widened as she saw the transformed Dark Oak. She felt like she knew him from somewhere. Even more so, he looked like a…
"Thorngian… are… you my father??"
"Hm?" the alien cocked his head, "Sorry child, but your father is dead. That fool predicted my return and he and his men tried to stop me. It was interesting to find that his body could store large amounts of energy, so I absorbed him."
"What??" Cosmo could believe it. Her father was eaten by that… that thing?! It couldn't be true! But… aside from the color, he looked just like him from what she saw in the pictures. Cosmo just wept in shock and grief.
"Now that I have that little explanation out of the way," Kronos Oak said as he landed in fount of the Council of Four, "It is time I erased the bloodline of Oblivion Witches once and for all."
"What? No way!" Knuckles shouted as he lunged. Kronos Oak merely flicked his wrist and made Knuckles fly backwards. Before anyone could try anything else, he unleashed a blasted of energy to knock them back. Finally, he sent blasts of energy to knock Sonic and Manic away from their sister and mother.
"Mom! Sonia!" Manic shouted as he got up.
"Shoot! No way am I letting this happen!" Sonic swore as his irises turned blood red.
Called forth by Sonic, the Chaos Emeralds from within the Blue Typhoon shined brightly before they flew off from their holding places in streaks of rainbow lights and headed for Angel Island.
A huge ball of energy appeared over the two powerless witches before it solidified into metal. Kronos Oak wore a maniacal grin on his face as it all unfolded. "I think all enjoy all this rather than end it quickly. Goodbye, Your Majesty!" With a snap of his fingers, the ball crashed on top of them. Everyone gasped in shock while Kronos Oak grinned.
But now everyone's expressions was about to change.
"Heh, did you really think I'd let you get away with that?" Sonic voice came from underneath the ball. The ball shook and rose from the ground. "Cause' if you did… you got another thing comin!"
All the Mobians, include Kronos Oak, was in awe at Sonic's transformation. His fur changed from blue to gold and his quills stood on end. His eyes still glowed red and his medallion changed from sapphire to ruby. And he was holding the ball right over his head, away from his astonished sister and mother.
"Wha… what is this?!" Kronos Oak demanded.
A wild gold aura appeared around him as he threw the ball high into the air, so high that it flew into space. Then in a speedy flash of gold, the hedgehog slammed his fist into Kronos Oak's gut, sending him to the alter.
The alien coughed as the hedgehog levitated towards him, "You…" he snarled as he glared hatefully, "Who are you?!" The Golden Wind just made a sassy grin and reintroduced himself.
"…I'm Super Sonic!"