Chapter 3 Four Times the Battle

Sonic reach the area where the statue was and grab the sword and pulled but it wasn't coming out. "what? This can't be right! I'm in the werehog form. I should pull that sword out like it was nothing…Tails! Do you read me. I have a problem". Sonic soon saw Tails face within his visor. "yeah I know. The others are having the same problem. It seems the swords won't come out". soon Tails face became small and flew to the corner of the visor as the others faces appear in each corner. "I punch that damn statue but it won't break!" said Knuckles in anger. Suddenly Ami appear in the middle of the visor and spoke. "remember what the riddle said: "one must become four and four must become one". four people must grab and pull at the same time to free the swords! that's what the riddle meant!". "alright Ami! Jumper-". "KNUCKLES!" yelled everyone as Knuckles was cut off. "what?…oh!". Knuckles could see Ami looking down in sadness as she heard Jumper name. "sorry Ami". suddenly Ami disappear without saying a word. "nice going knucklehead! You know her she gets when she hears Jumpers name" spoke Sonic in anger. "sorry I forgot…". "we can talk about this later! Lets pull the swords out in three" said Blaze as she grab the halt. "1 2...NOW!". everyone pulled the swords on three and each sword came out. "good work guys! Head back to the door" said Tails. Everyone turn and began to swim back but suddenly the areas became cover with a barrier. "what?" said all four as they swam to the barriers. Just then they heard a sound coming behind them and as they turn, they could see Aqua statues coming to life.

Freeze Battle

Freeze could see the statue taking out a bow and pointing it her. "a bow only works when you have arrows rock head!". the statue smile as the water around the bow became arrows. "…crap!" said Freeze as she did a sweatdrop. The statue unleash a storm of water arrows at Freeze but Freeze quickly dodge them as she swam for her life. She kept swimming in till she crash into the barrier. "ouch!". Freeze rub her nose but quickly turn as a arrow almost hit her head. The statue kept firing arrows while Freeze deflect them with the stone sword. "you just got to run out of arrows soon!" yelled Freeze. Freeze suddenly realize, it will never be out of arrows. "I can't play defense all day! I need to attack! Take this!". Freeze rose her hand and tried to fire a ice ball but the water around her froze. Even freezing her. The statue stop firing and did a sweatdrop. "crap!" thought Freeze as the statue walk up to her. The statue pointed the arrow at Freeze frozen face and was about to fire in till the arrow touch Freeze face and it started to freeze very quickly. The statue didn't have time react as it was frozen in seconds. "yeah! Take that!…now how the heck I'm going to get out of here?" thought Freeze. Just then a laser blast hit and free Freeze from her ice prison and look up and saw Breeze suit swimming over to her. "are you okay?". "Ami is that you?". "yeah. I'm borrowing Breeze combat suit. Lets head back to Tails". both swam off as the statue disappear.

Knuckles battle

Knuckles was in a fist fight with the statue as he did a uppercut on it. The statue quickly recover and jab Knuckles in the face. Knuckles smile and did a jab of his own on the statues gut. The statue smile as well and kick Knuckles between the legs. "My emeralds! h-hey! that's n-no fair!" spoke Knuckles as he grab his…well you know. Knuckles recover and did spin punch on the statue gut and it went spinning into the barrier. The statues got up and did a uppercut on Knuckles. Knuckles hit the seafloor and got up and smile again. "nice uppercut!" said Knuckles as he spit blood from hid mouth. Suddenly the spit was on his visor and tried to wipe it off but couldn't. "CME ON". the statue did a sweatdrop as Knuckles ran in a circle. Knuckles stop as he saw the statue the running toward him. At the same time both of them did a uppercut. In the end, Knuckles won as the head of the statue went flying into barrier and scatter. As that happen, the barrier disappear. Knuckles did a thumb down and left with the sword. The statue body disappear as Knuckles left.

Blaze battle

Blaze was holding on for dear life as the statue created a whirlpool and it was sucking her up. "this is bad! I can't use my flames while under water!" thought Blaze. Suddenly the bar she was holding on too, broke and she went flying into the whirlpool. As Blaze was in the outer edge of the whirlpool, she saw the statue within the center. The statue spotted Blaze and summon spears of water and fired at them. Blaze could only move in one in way to dodge the spears. It was forward. Forward to the statue. As Blaze swam forward, dodging became harder each time. Blaze finally had to use the sword to deflect the spears. Suddenly one strong spear shot knock the sword from Blaze hands and was shallow up in the whirlpool. "great know what!" said Blaze to herself. Blaze thought back when Sonic taught her the spin dash move when her spark dash was unusable. Blaze smile and went into move mode and started to charge up. After the third charge, Blaze unleash it. Blaze spun around the whirlpool and finally hit the statue and scatter it. The whirlpool disappear and Blaze landed and caught the sword as it fell. Blaze soon felt sick and dizzy. "I will never how Sonic or the others do that spin thing without getting dizzy…". Blaze slowly swam away and the statue disappear like the others.

Sonic battle

Sonic slam into a stone wall as the statue swing its huge hammer. Sonic got up and smile. "…this reminds me of Amy for some reason". Sonic tried to go in ball mode but couldn't. At that moment Sonic was hit by the hammer again and crash right through the stone wall. "…I forgot…I'm in the werehog form…take this then!". Sonic swing his hand and tried to summon his sonic wind but nothing happen. "…come-". again Sonic was hit by the hammer and went flying into a stone pillar. Sonic got up and tried his time stop move but nothing again. Sonic quickly dodge the hammer attack and landed at the side of the statue. The statue turn and saw Sonic glowing with a dark purple aura. Sonic roar and start swinging randomly. The statue was confuse in till its head was knock off by Sonic stretching arms. A few minutes later and Sonic finally calm down and saw the damage he did to the place. "oops". Sonic grab the sword from the floor and swam off.

Everyone return to the temple doorway and insert the swords into the slots and soon the city lights turn on. The door open and everyone enter.

End of chapter 3