Hi there! This here is Saiyakitsune and I'm proud to announce the long awaited second chapter of Distortion of the Sol! Sorry that it took such a long time. ^^; My excuses aren't really excuses, but I did have trouble with coming up the plot. I honestly had no clue and went through a lot of different ideas, but I finally made up my mind so with no further ado, here's Chaotic Sol!
Oh yeah, Disclaimer. =w=; *ahem*
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Chapter 2: Chaotic Sol
"Cream! Cheese!"
"Chao! Chao!"
Blaze the Cat hugged her young friend tightly, ever so happy to meet the small rabbit Mobian and her pet Chao once again after such a long time apart. Cream the Rabbit happily returned the hug. Her Chao, Cheese, floated above the two, mewing merrily at the friends as the little ball above his head morphed into a heart. Breaking the hug shortly after, Blaze ruffled Cream's hair, which earned a giggle from the younger Mobian.
"How's my favorite rabbit doing?" she asked with a smile.
"Great, Blaze. Mama told me to say hello for her," Cream answered with her own smile.
A small giggle escaped the royal cat's lips. "Tell her I said hello too."
"Not to interrupt or anything, but I didn't come here for a reunion," a certain red echidna complained. He tapped his foot on the ground impatiently as a tick mark formed on his forehead. His bared fangs ground against each other slightly.
Tails laughed nervously, sweating a bit. "Relax, Knux; we'll get to why we're here in a bit."
"Yeah, well we better. I barely trust those guys with keeping a stick safe, let alone the Master Emerald. So the sooner we finish this, the better."
"Hmph, always the impatient one as usual."
"Oh, like you're one to talk." Knuckles yelled at the black hedgehog. Shadow never even opened his eyes at the annoyed guardian.
"Chill out, Knucklehead. We'll do your thing first so you can leave first. How's that?" Sonic reasoned, his cocky smirk always present.
"That works perfectly for me." Knuckles said gruffly.
"Now then," Sonic turned to Blaze and Cream. "Let's get this started."
Metaru was still deep in thought, his metallic hand on his smooth and stainless 'chin'. He still hadn't figured out that Shadow and Knuckles had come along with Sonic and Tails. Despite both of them talking and making their presence known, he had partially blocked out the outside world so that he could figure this dilemma. It took the metallic hedgehog around 5 minutes until he was able to remember who the two were. With a bump of his fist on an open palm, he alerted his findings.
"I got it! Shadow and Knuckles are here as well!" Proud of himself, Metaru finally opened his eyes, seeing that everyone was staring at him. Sonic looked as if he was ready to burst with laughter. If he could blush, the robotic copy knew he would have, then and there. Instead, he opted to rub the back of his head sheepishly. "Hehe… guess you all knew that already. Anyway, why are you guys here?"
Tails coughed, gaining the attention of everyone. "I was just going to explain why. See, the counsel is still iffy about you, and they want us to evaluate your physical condition."
"They question my physical condition?" Metaru asked, "Do they believe my body is able to change to better suit my surroundings?" He rolled his pixilated eyes sardonically. Everyone but Blaze understood what he was referencing and that his original abilities had been either stripped away or weakened in order to prevent such a disaster once again. All fell silent between the Mobians and metal guardian.
"Good times, eh, buddy?" the Blue Blur said nonchalantly as he draped his arm over his doppelganger. This earned him a robotic chuckle.
"If you weren't such an annoyance and simply stayed down like a good hedgehog, I wouldn't have gone mad with the urge to kill you."
"What can I say? I have that kind of effect on people."
"So does the doctor, but at least he has class." Shadow stated. A fit of laughter broke from the group, barring Sonic at first, but he eventually joined in.
"A-Anyways," Tails stammered as he attempted to control his mirth. "Let's start with the first test: the amount of Chaos Energy, or in this case Sol Energy, you have absorbed and how it's affecting your condition." The two-tailed fox said. "That's where Knuckles and Shadow come in. Since Shadow is a master in chaos energy and Knuckles knows the most about the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald, they're going to be helping me evaluate you in these first two tests. Afterwards, we'll do a physical evaluation with Sonic here being a measuring stick. Understood?"
"Crystal," Metaru answered.
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's get this show on the road!" Sonic said with a grin. He lead the group inside the castle as Cream tugged on Blaze's sleeve to get her attention.
"Blaze, can we go and play?" the rabbit Mobian asked. Her wide eyes glowed with innocence.
The fire princess smiled. "After Metaru is done testing Cream. I'm curious to see how it'll turn out. Okay?" She earned a nod from the young rabbit.
DotS
The group made it to the chamber holding the seven Sol Emeralds, all of which glowing radiantly in their unique colors. Each Emerald was on its own pedestals, which were all lined up with the Silver being in the middle, followed by Red, Blue, and Yellow on the left, and Cyan, Green, and Violet on the left. The chamber of the Sol Emeralds was more than large enough to hold the 7 Mobians and giving them plenty of room left as well. The Red Echidna inspected room with a keen eye, mildly impressed.
"So this is where you keep them." Knuckles commented.
"I wonder," Shadow starts, crossing his arms. "Can you use these emeralds to perform techniques? Like Chaos Control?"
"From my experiences, I am able to use the Sol Emeralds to perform extraordinary feats," Blaze explained. "One of those feats is similar, if not the same to your Chaos Control, if I am correct."
"Interesting. Care to demonstrate?" Shadow asked. His curiosity has been peaked.
"We're getting way off track here." Tails said. "Shadow, you can do that afterwards. For now, let's begin the first test: pick up a Sol Emerald Metaru."
Nodding, Metaru stepped forward and picked up the cyan Sol Emerald hesitantly. The robot hedgehog struggled to keep his hold on the powerful jewel and was forced to set it back down. He only held it for a few seconds.
"That's the best I can do…" he panted. "I can't hold it much longer without using my Black Shield as a buffer."
Tails gave a nod as he jot down the information. "Very interesting. Knuckles, Shadow, what are your inputs on this?"
"Well," Knuckles began, "his body seemed to reject the power that radiated from the Sol Emerald."
"My thoughts as well," Shadow said. "His body treated the Sol Emerald's power like a virus."
Tails nodded as he wrote down everything being said. "Anything else you two?" he asked. Not once did he stop writing.
"No, at least nothing I can see. You, Shadow?"
The black hedgehog shook his head, "No. That's all that I picked up." Before he could say anything, the Sol Emeralds began to glow. On Shadow's person, an eerie green glow flashed. The black hedgehog pulled out the Green Chaos Emerald, alarmed by its display of power. "What the?"
"You brought a Chaos Emerald with you? Really?" Sonic asked with a sigh.
"I always bring a Chaos Emerald with me." He stated simply, but growing worried about the glow. "I did not expect such a thing to happen, however…"
As the emeralds flashed and glowed, a dark hole formed beneath Sonic's feet. The blue hedgehog wondered why everything was getting taller, but before he could question this he was pushed aside by Metaru. "Gah! What the heck, Metaru?" He asked angrily. When he saw that his metal doppelganger was being pulled inside a hole on the ground, he became speechless.
"Just let me play the hero this time, Sonic." Metaru said. If he had a mouth he would smirk.
"Metaru!" Blaze cried out in horror, expecting the worse.
He tried to call out her name in return, but his body had been engulfed by the hole. It disappeared as soon as it came. The flashing of the emeralds subsided and the chamber grew quiet as each Mobian attempted to take in this information.
"Blaze? Where… where did Mr. Metaru go?" Cream questioned her feline friend, confused more than flabbergasted. She received no answer as the silence continued.
To be continued