Well, this is embarrassing. I've just gone 5 wholes months without posting a single thing! I'm sorry to the people out there who have been following my story and waiting for another chapter to come up, I've just been swamped with schoolwork and family problems as of late. But enough chit chat, its time to finally post up chapter 18!
Rise of the Chosen One
Chapter 18: Blue vs. Green, a battle between hedgehogs
*Tundra of Disaster: Third Person POV*
Sonic back flipped and kicked some snow into Scourge's face, causing the green hedgehog to yelp in surprise and stop his attack, trying to rub the snow out of his eyes. Sonic took this chance to spin dash Scourge in the stomach, sending him plowing through a few inches of snow. The green hedgehog growled and spin dashed back at Sonic, who leap frogged over him to avoid the attack. Scourge uncurled from the dash and sped at Sonic, who did a break dance like kick at Scourge, nailing the hedgehog in the face and sending him flying. Sonic then jumped into the air and continued to kick Scourge higher and higher, then he overtook Scourge in the air and spin dashed into his stomach, following him all the way down to the ground, smashing into the snow with a tremendous impact and sending some dust scattering up in the air around them.
When the dust settled, Sonic walked out of the crater, a smirk clear on his face. "Gee, you didn't put up much of a fight at all Scourge! You know what they say, you snooze you lose!" Sonic yelled to the fallen green hedgehog before he rejoined Toro, the two running down the mountain as Fiona went to check on Scourge, who was pretty badly banged up.
*White Chaos Temple: Zaos' POV*
After walking forever, we finally reached the damn temple. Looking over the ruins I can't help but feel that it looks exactly the same as the last temple, only with a few changed to the hieroglyphics on the outside. "We finally made is Zaos!" Jewel yelled to me as she scampered up the stairs. She certainly had recovered on the way here…I sigh and walk up the stairs after my sister, fishing the white Chaos Emerald out of my pocket and placing it on the pedestal in front of me. "Now, all we have to do is wait." I said as I watched the emerald sink into place. "Hey Zaos? Wanna play tic tac toe?" Jewel asks as she pulls a piece of chalk from her tail. Where did she- Oh never mind…I guess I might as well play a game or two with her…or a couple dozen.
*Eggman's Base: Shadow's POV*
"So…why did you follow me here?" I ask Hikaru as he finally turns his attention to me. To my question, the hedgefox simply shrugs, "Dunno, all I remember is sensing a few decent sized power's and decided that I might be able to find someone fun to fight…It looks like I was wrong…" Hikaru says as he gazes off into the direction that Dusk fled. I sigh, it doesn't seem like I'm going to get much information from this guy at all…"At least I managed to get the…wait a minute…" I look back up at the hole in the base. "Damn it…" I run at the base and flip up into the hole, finding that the doctor AND the Chaos Emerald both missing. "Figures…of course he'd run away with the emerald. Looks like I need to find him now…" I thought to myself. "Whatcha looking for?" Hikaru asked me from behind, causing me to jump a little. "The…Chaos Emerald that was here. The doctor must have taken it when he fled." I responded, looking for the way that Eggman escaped. "The doctor?...OH! You mean the fat dumbass!" Hikaru says with a smile on his face. He must be real proud that he figured that one out…"Uh…yeah…" I say to him as I continued to look around. "He went through a secret compartment in the floor!" Hikaru tells me as he rips off the entrance to said compartment.
*Anime sweat drop*
"Ooooookay…Well, I guess there's only one way to go." I say before jumping into the chute. "HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" I hear Hikaru say from above me as I hear him also enter the chute. He quickly catches up to me, "I wanna kick his fat ass as well!" Hikaru smirks as I just frown. Whatever, if he wants to help me get the emerald then so be it.
*Eggman's Hanger: Third Person POV*
Shadow lands in the middle of the hanger, moving out of the way just in time for Hikaru to smash into the spot he was just standing at. "OW! You could have cushioned my fall!" Hikaru yelled at Shadow, who simply scoffed. "OH HOHOHO! It looks like you've found me Shadow!" Shadow whips his head in the direction of the voice, revealing it to be the voice of Dr. Eggman, who is piloting a giant humanoid machine. "Hmph, you know what I want Doctor! The Chaos Emerald, now!" Shadow yells at Eggman, holding his hand out as well. "If you think I'm going to just hand over the emerald, then your sadly mistaken!" Eggman yells before pressing a button in the cockpit of the machine, sending a dozen missiles sailing at Shadow and Hikaru. Hikaru just yawns before using Instant Transmission to escape the blast while Shadow runs straight at the missiles, dodging them one by one as he advances closer to the mech.
"Alright then…GET A LOAD OF THIS!" Eggman yells before clicking another button, this time firing a large laser at Shadow, who jumps and flips through the air to avoid it, spin dashing into the cockpit and cracking the glass in the process. Shadow then jumps off the cockpit and fires a few Chaos Spears at it, further damaging the glass. "Why you little…TAKE THIS!" Eggman screams before swinging the mech's giant fist at Shadow, who uses Chaos Control to appear right in front of the glass before shattering it with a single punch and landing inside the mech, Eggman falling over and scooting backwards as Shadow approaches him.
"W-wait a minute Shadow! We can take this over like civilized people…right?" Eggman asks before Shadow picks him up by the collar of his jacket. "The Chaos Emerald, now." Shadow demands again, fire dancing around in his eyes. Eggman squeals and quickly hands him the Chaos Emerald which Shadow takes, this one being blue. Shadow eyes the emerald for a moment before dropping Eggman and heading back the way he came, smashing the console on his way out. "OVERLOAD. OVERLOAD. ROBOT WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN 10 SECONDS." The mech beeps, causing Eggman to scamper for the exit. He jumps out of the mech and lands with a solid thud on the ground just as the machine explodes, turning into a pile of scrap metal. "NO! MY BEAUTIFUL ROBOT!" Eggman yells in agony as he tries to bring all of the dust of the machine into a pile. Hikaru then slowly walks up to Eggman with a childish look on his face, "Hey you, fat ass." "Eh? I am not fat! I'm just big boned." Eggman stated scientifically. Hikaru then points at Eggman's escape pod, "You should go get in that pod." Hikaru says, which confuses Eggman, but the fat man doesn't miss a beat as he scampers over to the pod and jumps into it. "Wow! You really can fit in that thing!" Hikaru yells before walking up next to the pod and bringing one of his legs back. "Wait, what are you-" Eggman started before Hikaru soccer like kicks the pod, sending Eggman flying out of the base screaming his lungs out. "Hm…wonder if he'll land on the moon…" Hikaru mutters to himself, causing Shadow to sweat drop, "What is wrong with this guy?"
*Tundra of Disaster: Third Person POV*
Sonic was running down the mountain, slow enough so that Toro could keep up when he heard someone yell at him. "DON'T YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME BLUE!" Sonic spins around to see that it was Scourge who yelled at him, still looking rather beat up from their last encounter. "Heh, back for more Scourge? You can't beat me you know!" Sonic yells out to his green counterpart, who simply scoffs at him as Fiona tries to stop him. "Scourge, enough! Your in no condition to continue fighting!" Fiona yells at Scourge, trying to stop him from engaging Sonic in combat again. "I can beat him! After all…I have my secret weapon." Scourge says, reaching into his jacket with both hands. "Scourge…you aren't going to-" Fiona starts, but Scourge cuts her off. "Blue's going down, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER!" And with that Scourge pulls out something that looks like…"What the…are those clusters of…Chaos Emeralds?" Sonic asks as he looks at the strange crystals. "Toro have a bad feeling…" Toro says as Sonic motions for him to back away.
"This time, your going down BLUE!" And with that Scourge yells to the heavens, absorbing the strange crystals, and causing a large light to engulf him. Fiona manages to outrun the light, and when it dims down Scourge is still there…but different. Now Scourge's fur has become purple, his eyes black with red pupils, and his sunglasses and flames on his jacket have become blue. "Aw yeah! Hail to the king baby!" Scourge yells, jabbing his thumb at himself. "Is that…a Super form? What was that stuff he absorbed?" Sonic asks with confusion, not understanding what just happened. "Anarchy Beryl…I never thought he'd actually use it…" Fiona mumbles, just loud enough for Sonic to hear her. "Anarchy Beryl? I've never heard of that…Looks like I'll have some questions for Scourge…after I kick his ass" Sonic thinks in his head as he begins to build up his power.
"It's no use Blue! You don't stand a chance against me while I'm in this form!" Scourge yells as he charges Sonic. "THEN BRING IT ON! HA!" Sonic screams just as Scourge reaches him, creating a sphere of light and blasting Super Scourge backwards a few yards. "Wh-what?! What's going on?!" Scourge yells as he covers his eyes from the light. When it finally dims down it reveals Sonic…in his Super form! "WHAT?! HOW?! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!" Scourge screams as Sonic wiggles his index finger at him. "Too bad you don't know faker, but I can do this normally, I don't need any Chaos Emeralds." Sonic says to Scourge matter of factly. "Grrr…It doesn't make any difference! You're still going down!" Scourge yells as he charges Sonic again. "Oh yeah? Well we'll just see about that!" Sonic says as he meets Scourge's first punch with one of his own.
*Play His World by Crush 40*
Sonic grabs Scourge's hand and throws him down into the snow and sends a blast down at him. Scourge manages to roll out of the way and spin dash at Sonic, knocking him further up into the air. Sonic manages to stop himself and retaliates by attacking Scourge with his own spin dash. The two collide and start to struggle to push the other back and forth. Sonic uncurls and dropkicks Scourge back down into the mountain. Scourge growls and fires a giant beam back up at Sonic, who fires back with his own beam. The two continue their beam struggle, tiring to overpower each other, when Scourge's beam finally overpowers Sonic's and slams into Sonic,. Sending him flying up into space. Scourge smiles and prepares to gloat when Sonic reappears right in front of him and punches him in the face.
Scourge's strikes back at Sonic with a kick, hitting the now golden hedgehog in the face. Sonic gets knocked back a little, before he spins back down at Scourge and hits the purple hedgehog, sending him smashing into the ground and further into the earth. The super powered villain bursts out from the ground and is breathing heavily. "Damn it…How can you be so powerful?!" Scourge yells up at Sonic, just before the evil hedgehog reverts back into his normal form, causing him to be surprised. "Heh, looks like you've run out of power, sucks to be you faker." Sonic says, taunting Scourge. "Tch…this isn't over Blue!" Scourge yells before running over and grabbing Fiona before dashing off into the distance.
*End song*
"Heh heh. Well, that didn't last very long." Sonic says as he floats down to the ground, turning back to normal as he does. "Toro sees people coming." Toro says as he points at a few approaching people. "Huh? That looks like-" Sonic starts, but is cut off by a yell. "SOOOOONIIIIIC!" Amy yells as she runs at him and knocks him off his feet with a flying hug. "AH! Amy!" Sonic yells in surprise, having completely forgotten that his friends were here. "Where were you?! We were worried sick about you!" Amy yells at Sonic, waggling her finger in his face. "S-Sorry I ran ahead like that…but you see…" Sonic starts, he then proceeds to explain the entire situation to Amy, Tails, and Larnet. "I see, so that's why you were gone so long." Larnet says, looking up at Toro as he does. "Yeah, Toro here really saved my behind! Man, I don't wanna think where I'd be if he didn't help me…" Sonic says rubbing the back of his head. "Well, to be accurate Sonic…you'd be under a ton or so of snow…" Tails states scientifically, causing him to get smacked in the back of the head by Amy.
"He would not Tails! Sonic's too amazing for that!" Amy says scolding Tails. Sonic just sighs as he drones out the two's argument for a little while, before interrupting it, "Guys? Shouldn't we…oh I don't know, be heading for the temple now?" Sonic asked the two, which caused them to both stop dead in their argument. They stand there in silence for a while before they both nod in agreement. "Alright then! You guys go ahead! I've got some…unfinished business to take care of." Sonic says, which causes Tails to immediately protest. "We already split up once! No way are we doing that again!" Tails yells at Sonic, causing the blue blur to sigh. "Listen, when I say I'll catch up, I mean it little bro." Sonic says before catching Tails off guard and gives him a light noogie. "Ah! Stop it Sonic!" Tails yells trying to break free, only being successful when Sonic lets go and Tails falls into the snow, causing Sonic to laugh a little before helping the fox up.
"Listen, just trust me on this one, okay?" Sonic asks the group. "…Fine, we'll meet up with you there." Larnet says, turning and already heading for the temple. "Be safe…okay?" Amy asks Sonic with concerned eyes, receiving a thumbs up from the hedgehog before she nods and turns to follow Larnet. "Just…don't get yourself in trouble, alright Sonic?" Tails asks him. "Me? Get in trouble? Why what on earth are you talking about Tails?" Sonic jokes, chuckling a little bit. Tails sighs, "Guess I'll see you later then, hurry up though, alright?" "Tails, your talking to the fastest thing alive, speed in my middle name." Sonic replies to Tails, who just shakes his head and laughs a little before following Amy and Larnet. "Why you not go with friends?" Toro ask Sonic. "Because big guy, you helped me out, so now I've gotta help YOU out. Come on, follow me." Sonic says, gesturing for Toro to follow him, which the yeti does.
*Blue Chaos Temple: Third Person POV*
Shadow sighs, although it hadn't taken that long to wake everyone up and get them moving, they all seemed to drag their feet in getting here. Shadow looks up at the temple, if he recalled this was the temple that Sonic was in last. "Well, better get this over with." Shadow thought as he walks up to the temple and places the emerald on the pedestal, knowing that this was going to be yet another long wait…
*Snow Village: Sonic's POV*
I was a little nervous to be honest. Convincing the villagers that Toro wasn't a bad guy was going to be…a little difficult. As we both slowly approached the village I could see villagers leaving their houses…with torches and pitchforks. "Oh no…" I said as the villagers started yelling, the main topic being to get Toro as far away from their village as possible. "Hey! Hey!" I yelled at them, but no one was listening to me. I started to get a little annoyed, so I motioned for Toro to cover his ears, which he did, and I did a very loud pitched whistle, causing everyone but me and Toro to cover their ears in pain. "Now listen to me! I've got something to tell you all. You make Toro here out like he's some monster, but that's not it at all! In fact, this guy saved my life! If it weren't for him I'd be freezing under a ton of snow right now! Plus he treated me to food after he helped me! If anything you should all be greeting him with open arms, not torches and pitchforks!" I says as I grab one of the torches and stick it into the ground, extinguishing it. The villagers were all silent, completely awestruck by the story I had just told them, until we heard a few children laughing over to the side.
When we turned our heads we saw Toro and the kids, all playing around at the small park built to the side. The kids seemed to enjoy Toro's company quite a bit, and didn't seem in the least bit afraid of him. "See? You guys should all take a lesson from the kids, they know what's right." I say with a smirk on my face, the leader of the villagers looking completely shocked at this turn of events. "Well…its would seem…that we've judged this creature too quickly…" The leader started, which I responded to. "Yeah, no kidding. Now you can all make your opinions from here…I've got things I need to be doing." I said, turning a preparing to go when Toro yelled something to me. "Thanks Sonic!" "Heh, no problem!" I said giving him a thumbs up before taking off to catch up with my friends.
*Cyan Chaos Temple: Third Person POV*
Sonic quickly got to the temple, where he was surprised to see his friends there already. "Seriously? I must be getting slow…" Sonic said lightheartedly as he walks up to the temple. "More like we're getting faster Sonic." Tails says, which causes Sonic to chuckle a little bit. "Enough chit chat…place the emerald there." Larnet says pointed at the pedestal, which Sonic lightly nods and walks up to it, placing the Chaos Emerald onto it. Sonic sighs, "Looks like all we can do now is wait…" Sonic says. Tails looks at him for a moment before speaking, "Sonic, wanna race?" He asks, causing the blue hedgehog to perk up instantly. "Heh, I'd like nothing better!" Sonic yells as he takes off, Tails closely following behind.
Well, that's the end for this chapter! I promise from now on I will post up at least one chapter a week, but for now, adios!...But not adios for 5 months, only for a week tops!