Icefire took out the broken L-Emerald from behind her spines. She looked down at it.
No, She thought, this can't be the end. Not yet.
She looked up at Calcifer.
He laughed. "I have won!"
No you haven't! She said. She held out the emerald. Please, with your last strength, turn me Super.
The pieces started to glimmer, brighter and brighter until it became a radiant light. She could feel power come into her body and limbs. She looked down at her
hands, they were glowing. She glared back up at Calcifer, then tucked the emerald pieces back behind her spines and began to rise into the air.
"Icefire!" Sonic shouted. "You're not suppose to turn Super!"
The now golden hedgehog looked down at Sonic. "There is no other way to kill Calcifer."
"But—"
"This is for Silver!" She turned to the beast, who was now glaring at back at her.
"You really think you can destroy me by being 'Super?' " He asked. "The silver hedgehog did it and died in the process."
"Yes, but he killed you too!" Icefire growled. She then started attacking Calcifer with all her might.
Sonic stared up at the angry hedgehog. "What are we going to do? We can't just let her try to defeat Calcifer on her own!"
"Then we help." Shadow said taking out his L-Emerald.
"I don't have one, how am I suppose to help?" Sonic asked.
"Borrow mine!" Tails said as he swooped down in the X Tornado.
He tossed Sonic his emerald then flew over to Knuckles. The echidna scrambled into the plane once it had landed. Lizzy came flying down in her own plane
towards Calcifer, firing her guns at him. Tails started after her.
Sonic caught the emerald, it sparked him and he almost dropped it. "Was it suppose to do that?"
Shadow shrugged.
"I want to help too!" Coal demanded limping up to them.
"No." Shadow said shaking his head.
"I want too! I don't hurt that bad, and besides I hardly did anything! I want to help and you can't do anything about it!" Coal snapped back.
Shadow sighed. "Fine."
Sonic raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
Both held out the emeralds. Coal put her hand on Shadow's and they started to glow, feeling the power come inside of them. Then they started up towards
Calcifer, who was trying to defend himself from Icefire.
"Need help?" Sonic asked.
Icefire paused from what she was doing for a split second. "I thought you guys would never come." She smiled.
"Aw, you know better, I can't resist a challenge." Sonic replied scratching his head.
Calcifer turned on Sonic. His eyes seemed to be on fire, as his whole body was. "Sonic."
Sonic jumped. "How—how can you talk?"
Calcifer scowled as he turned on Tails' ship. Reaching into the air he grabbed it. "I always have."
"Darn it!" Tails said as he started firing everything he had. Lizzy swooped in and started firing also, trying to make Calcifer drop the Tornado.
Sonic charged at Calcifer, giving him a kick in the head. Calcifer roared and dropped the plane.
Shadow and Coal started hitting him in the chest and arms.
Icefire helped Sonic by making ice and shooting them at Calcifer's eyes. The beast howled in pain as one of Icefire's ice shards hit its mark, causing his eye in
front of his blind one damage. She did this several times, until all four of his eyes were clouded over.
Calcifer thrashed around, blowing fire and slashing the air, hoping for one of them to hit it's mark.
None of them did.
Calcifer got angrier and angrier. Roaring in frustration, he clawed the air.
"Come on, let's finish him off!" Icefire called to them.
They nodded. Swooping in Shadow and Coal gave a hit to Calcifer's back causing him to stumble. Sonic was further back, but then flew towards the fire beast
in the speed of light. He hit Calcifer so hard that he started to fall even more. Icefire shot ice at his feet, causing him to slip and hit the ground with a crash.
Sonic and the others landed in front of Calcifer, feeling triumphant.
Calcifer looked up at them, his eyes showing no emotion.
"I… I just wanted to go home." He growled. He closed his eyes, and breathed out a sigh. "Guess… I won't be seeing… my planet again…" He coughed up blood
then lay still.
Calcifer was dead.
The feeling of triumph wasn't there anymore. They looked at one another, questions forming in their heads.
"Calcifer was… forced to fight us…?" Sonic said, staring at the mighty beast.
The X-Tornado and the T.T. landed next to them. Tails and Lizzy hopped out, followed by Knuckles.
"We did it!" Tails said happily.
"Yeah, but… dude… now I wish we hadn't." Coal replied. "Calcifer was forced to fight us, all he wanted to do was go home."
"Oh…" Tails said staring at Calcifer with newly opened eyes.
They all stood there in silence knowing that now they would be safe… but only because they had killed someone else's dream.
Epilogue
They all sat together in the sand, watching the sunrise. The previous day had revealed the shocking truth about Calcifer. No one said it, but they all regretted
killing him. All he wanted was to go home… And now he was lost forever.
"Where did Sylvia and Eggman find Calcifer?" Lizzy wondered aloud.
They all shrugged.
"I guess it will be one of the many unanswered questions of this adventure." Sonic said.
"No duh." Shadow muttered.
Coal elbowed him. "Be a nice hedgehog."
Shadow glared. "Fine."
"Since when did you start listening to orders?" Sonic raised an eyebrow.
"…" Shadow glared at Sonic.
"Forget I said anything." The blue hedgehog shifted his gaze.
Icefire's mind wandered away from her friends, and went to Silver. The day before he had left. The day he had let her hug him for the first time… She played the
scene over and over in her mind, almost to the point where she thought she could really see him walking down the beach.
Icefire blinked. Wait…
Silver really was walking down the beach.
"SILVER!" She jumped to her feet and ran to the hedgehog, throwing her arms around his neck.
She let go and took a step back. Something seemed different about him… he looked almost younger… but that wasn't the thing that bugged Icefire.
"W—who are you?" The silver hedgehog asked, taken aback.
Icefire suddenly realized what it was. He didn't recognize her.
Wow, the end. Depressing... Ha, ha. This is probably my favorite fan fiction that I have done with Sonic the Hedgehog. Don't get me wrong, though! I
LOVE Silver. He's one of my favorite characters in the Sonic Universe.
A sneak peek at the next book, Reviving the Past, will be coming soon. :)