Chapter 19: Darkspine Sonic the Werehog

Everyone watched as the Eclipse Cannon fired, its laser heading towards Earth. Sonic, Black Doom and Mephiles had proud looks on their faces, and were staring at the laser as it blasted towards Earth. The Chaotix, Shadow, Blaze and Chris all had looks of horror, their eyes fixed on the cannon. Suddenly Shadow lunged towards the Eclipse Cannon, intending on destroying it. He pulled the emeralds out of their holding place and smirked. Sonic immediately stood in front of Shadow, blocking his path.

"What are you doing?" Sonic asked, eying the emeralds.

"Disabling the cannon," Shadow said. "If the emeralds are out of the cannon, then it should disable because it has no power left."

Sonic smirked and glanced at the cannon. "Are you sure about that?" he asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Look outside."

Shadow looked outside and gasped. The laser from the Eclipse Cannon was still heading towards Earth!

"How is this possible?" he asked Sonic. "I took the emeralds out of the machine; it should have been disabled."

"Sorry to burst your bubble," Sonic said. "But the Eclipse cannon is powering so much energy from the emeralds that it is now active, even without the emeralds inside it. One reason I stole the emeralds was to give the cannon enough power so that it could fire on its own."

"What's the other reason?" Chris yelled.

Sonic looked at Chris. "The other reason I stole the emeralds was to gain more power. After the Eclipse Cannon destroys Earth, I will use them to become the most powerful being in the galaxy! And speaking of destroying Earth, why don't you look outside once more and say goodbye to your beloved home planet?"

Shadow followed Sonic's gaze and a look of fright appeared on his face. The laser flew towards Earth and hit the planet. Cracks began to appear in the crust and suddenly Shadow could see the Earth's core beneath the crust. Then without warning, the planet exploded into pieces.

"NOOOOOOO!" Shadow, Blaze and Chris all screamed. They dropped to their knees and stared in horror as they saw their planet being destroyed. Sonic watched with amusement as the Earth broke into pieces and disappeared forever. He chuckled and threw back his head, laughing evilly. Mephiles and Black Doom all joined in, their evil sadistic laughter echoing throughout the room.

Black Doom looked at Shadow. "It's over, shadow. earth has been destroyed; your home planet is no more. Now...what should we do with you and your friends?"

Shadow glared at Black Doom and Sonic in hatred. "You have caused enough evil...it is time to settle this once and for all!"

"A fight to the death, is it?" Sonic asked. He smirked. "Challenge accepted. But first, I believe you have something that I need."

He vanished in a blur of speed and Shadow felt himself flying backwards. He hit the ground and struggled to get up. Both he and Chris gasped when the saw that Sonic had the Chaos Emeralds, Sol Emeralds, and the Master Emerald in his hands. A bright glow illuminated from them and they began to circle around him, going faster with each passing second.

"What's going on?" Blaze yelled. "What is he doing with the emeralds?"

The roof of the ARK suddenly collapsed, and everyone was sucked into space. They hovered above the ARK, floating in zero gravity. The emeralds were still circling Sonic when suddenly a bright glow shielded him from sight. When the light faded, Sonic had changed. His fur was now a thick dark bluish-purple with white streaks. His face was now a long snout with the teeth grown into long sharp fangs. Claws sprouted out of his fingernails and looked very sharp. Also, his arms and legs had massive muscles on them.

Sonic's eyes opened, revealing to be a pure white. He chuckled and glared at Shadow.

"Say hello to Darkspine Sonic the Werehog."