Chapter 21: The Final Battle

Black Doom and Mephiles watched Sonic with pride. They had been observing the battle, and had noticed that Sonic was more powerful then both of them. However, they chose to ignore that and continued to watch Sonic fight. The evil hedgehog was now immortal since he had transformed Shadow into a Chaos Emerald and absorbed his energy, and was now preparing for the final battle.

Chris, Blaze and the Chaotix stared at Sonic as he reached full power. They could not believe how powerful he had got after absorbing Shadow's energy. Sonic looked at them and grinned evilly.

"It's time for the final battle!" he yelled.

He shot forwards towards them with murderous intent. Chris got in front of him and blocked his way to Blaze and the Chaotix, who had lined up behind him.

"You'll have to go through me first, Sonic!" Chris told him.

Sonic grinned, and the two started to battle. Chris started out with a punch, but Sonic blocked it in his hand. The two struggled for a minute before breaking apart and flying at each other, fighting with tremendous speeds. Chris kicked Sonic hard in the chest, sending him flying backwards. Sonic groaned and looked at Chris, a grin forming on his face.

"You're powerful; I'll give you that," Sonic stated.

He vanished in a speed of light and reappeared in front of Chris. The two hedgehogs stared at each other for a moment before charging at each other once again. This time, though, Chris was forming a Chaos Spear in his hands. He tossed it at Sonic and hit him across the face. Sonic screamed in pain as the spear hit him. He charged up another dark energy ball and threw it at Chris, but the brown hedgehog just blasted it aside. Chris closed his eyes and concentrated. Electricity crackled all around him as his Chaos Energy increased. His fur turned golden, and his quills stood up like spikes. A bright golden aura also flared around him. When he stopped changing, he looked like the Super version of Sonic.

Chris grinned. "Now that I'm in my Super form, this match will be even!"

Sonic chuckled. "I can sense that you are much more powerful; however, not as powerful as me!"

"What do you mean?" Chris asked.

"Let me give you an example," Sonic told him. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A bright red aura built up around him, causing his Chaos Energy to increase. Sonic started yelling as the aura got bigger and became massive. Energy crackled all around Sonic as the emeralds glowed once more, sending power into Sonic's body. He snapped his eyes open and the red aura became a large shield.

Chris gasped as Sonic shot towards him, punching and kicking the hedgehog so fast it looked like the assault was done using a machine gun. Sonic threw Chris up into the air and slammed his elbows into his stomach, hearing ribs crack from the pressure. Chris yelled in pain as Sonic continued wounding him. He closed his eyes and focused his Chaos Energy into a massive Chaos Blast, forcing Sonic away from him. Chris grimaced in pain as the energy healed his body also.

Sonic's eyes widened. "Your Chaos Energy...it's even more powerful that Shadow's! I must have it."

"That's not going to happen, Sonic," Chris told him.

Sonic laughed. "Oh, it will soon." In a burst of speed, he stood in front of Chris and his hand shot out, tightening around Chris's neck. Chris tried to get out of Sonic's grip but the evil hedgehog wouldn't let go.

Then, something unexpected happened. A large ball of flame shot towards Sonic, hitting him. Sonic screamed in pain as the fire burned away at his body. He let go of Chris and created a shield around him, causing the fire to disappear. Chris looked around and saw Blaze standing near him, holding out her hands to summon more fire. Sonic narrowed his eyes and growled.

"You shouldn't have done that, Blaze."

Blaze said nothing and continued to shoot fire at him. Sonic vanished and reappeared behind Blaze, putting her in a headlock. The Chaotix saw this and rushed to the rescue. Espio threw some shuriken at Sonic, which hit him in the back. Sonic let go of Blaze and turned his attention to them.

Vector, Charmy and Espio threw some more shuriken but Sonic caught them in his hands and threw them back at the Chaotix, who dodged the attacks. Suddenly, Sonic vanished and appeared behind them. Espio turned around but not before Sonic shot a Chaos Lance towards him. The attack hit Espio in the chest and went through his body. Espio gasped and clutched his chest as blood flowed from the wound. He looked up at Sonic, who instantly appeared in front of him.

Sonic said nothing and blasted Espio with a dark energy ball, killing him instantly.

Vector, Chris, and Blaze looked at Sonic in horror.

"What have you done?" Vector yelled.

Sonic grinned and chuckled. "This battle has gone on long enough; it's time I ended this with my most powerful attack! And don't worry, you won't feel a thing when I drain your Chaos Energy and add it to my own!"

"You won't get away with this!" Blaze exclaimed, and shot a fireball at Sonic. The attack was futile, as Sonic just shielded himself from the flames.

Everyone watched in a mixture of awe and horror as the Chaos Emeralds, Sol Emeralds, and the Master Emerald all started to circle around Sonic, creating a blinding white light. A huge red aura was starting to build up around Sonic and was starting to flare outwards.

"CHAOS PUNISHMENT!" Sonic yelled, and then instantly disappeared. Vector, Charmy, Blaze and Chris looked around wildly for Sonic, not knowing where he had gone.

Suddenly a scream came from Blaze. Sonic had appeared in front of her and had dealt Blaze a massive blow to the head, knocking her unconscious. He vanished again and did the same thing to Vector and Charmy. When he appeared in front of Chris, the brown hedgehog was in shock at what Sonic had done.

"Please, Sonic...don't do this!" Chris pleaded.

Sonic grinned. "Don't worry, Chris. Blaze and Vector aren't dead, and I don't plan on killing you either. I told you before; all I want is your energy. I'm going to do the same thing to you all like what I did to Shadow."

He held up his hand, causing a blast of Chaos Energy to hit Chris, Vector and Blaze. Chris's eyes widened as he saw what Sonic was planning to do. The light from the emeralds shone brighter, and he screamed in pain as he felt his body beginning to change. The last thing he saw was Sonic laughing evilly before the light from the emeralds vanished and he knew no more.