The battle between the two rivals raged on as they clashed into each other in a high speed flight battle, causing damage to the rock formations within each clash. Shadow allowed himself to maintain a speed that wouldn't be enough to destroy the cavern easily, making him easily matched with the Nightmaren on purpose. Reala eventually stopped and gave his opponent a smug grin during his "little break".
"I guess it's time for me to go at you at full force with my true power. This nightmarish drill shall pierce through your body like it's a slab of concrete," said the sinister Nightmaren.
Reala charged at his black rival and started to spin rapidly during flight, reenacting a technique that only he and his purple nemesis would know. He would later take the form of a large, purplish drill of frightening energy that would give him the power needed to ram Shadow at full force.
"Hmmph, I can take you on easily with just a single punch if that's the case. Chaaaaaaaooooooooosss…"
Shadow generated enough Chaos Energy in his right hand to deal the blow he needed to stop Reala's Drill Dash and charged at him. The devious Nightmaren smirked and decided to do a Paraloop before the hedgehog, which would cause his foe to stop in bewilderment. Then, he eventually did a Drill Dash to attack Shadow from above and send the both of them to the ground. Reala kept drilling to make sure that his foe is grinded into the solid ground to the point of him being immobilized. The red Nightmaren stopped drilling and did a backflip to get a good view of his buried opponent.
"As expected, you weren't that much of a threat. I guess I can only get a good thrill out of fighting my "real opponent"," he said out of amusement.
Reala had gasped when the Ultimate Life form charges at him out of rage and allowed himself to get shoved against the eastern walls of Hell's Cavern. Shadow pinned him into the rocky surface with the face of a cold blooded killer and stared into his eyes with his red ones. Reala unsurprisingly responded with an evil grin as if this was the type of situation that he enjoyed.
"Now that's what I'm talking about, go at me with all of your strength. The fight wouldn't be as enjoyable if you didn't fight seriously," he responded in a state of ecstasy.
"Believe me, you wouldn't want me to go at my full power. Because if that were to happen, then you'd really regret picking a fight with the Ultimate Lifeform," the black hedgehog responded.
The nightmarish jester started to charge a ball of frightening energy in his right hand just for Shadow to "enjoy".
"Very well, then I'd like you to get a taste of what it's like to fight a First-Level Nightmaren!" he shouted before tossing it in Shadow's face.
He is eventually knocked towards the ChuChus Rocket so hard, that ChuChu captains were automatically ejected out of their windows at full force. The four space captains had landed onto two large masses out of flesh and fell into a deep depression. It turned out that they landed into the cleavage of Reala's Ruebenesque "sister" who was fighting Zephyr in a battle as heated as Shadow and Reala's. She fired a series of giant gems at her smaller human foe that would eventually dodged by her faster opponent. The blonde boy knew that he couldn't pierce the gems with his bullets since they were harder than concrete and big enough to crush him. The massive pink Nightmaren did a hefty laugh and charged at her prey head on.
"You can't get enough of me lady, can you? And I though Leanne would be the only lady to pursue me," he said sarcastically during his sprint.
Despite missing her target, Puffy's lower body allowed her to bounce towards Zephyr as he ran due to its buoyant ballistics and rubber properties. She eventually charged enough energy to spawn a massive sapphire to fire at her human foe. The blonde boy had used this opportunity to do a massive backflip in order to evade both the sapphire and the pursuing bunny girl. He aimed for her exposed backside a fired a few Fire Bullets at her for a winning advantage. But she turned around and blocked the shots with a massive ruby shield, which shocked Zephyr due to how unexpected it was.
"You must love jewels so much if you are randomly pulling them out of your butt," he said while flabbergasted.
The ChuChu army had formed a massive couch to catch their falling human ally and pursue their big and beautiful foe. He could help but the smile during this moment since he felt like a king and adored these little guys' creativity in this fight. Though the celebration was over when Puffy bounced off a nearby rock to launch herself dead at them with a seductive look.
"Can you guys transform into something that could stop her?" the blonde gunner asked.
The ChuChus squeaked in response and "morphed" into a giant hand for the sake of stopping the massive Nightmaren. She gasped in surprised when the "hand" succeeded to stop her ricocheted flight and Zephyr flipped behind her for another round of shooting.
"Time to make your behind red hot, freak!" he said before firing a round of fire bullets at her bottom.
The bullets managed to singe her bottom so hard, that she started yell loudly and squirm within the ChuChu Hand's grasp. The swollen bunny girl managed to break through the hands grasp and separate all of the ChuChus that had formed it. She glared at her tiny aggressors with a really mean look that caused all of the, to quiver in fear. Zephyr fired a few Ice Bullets at the ground bellow her in rapid succession to create a frozen sheet of ice. She comically tripped from it and fell onto her less bouncy back from the fall, causing the icy sheet to break from her heavy weight.
The forced caused her massive breasts to bounce and launch the formerly trapped captains into the air. The Yellow ChuChu with the Chaos Emerald told the other ChuChus to stop laughing and more concerned about their flying captains in the air. Chuih and his comrades noticed their rodent army while falling and started to call their crew loudly for help.
"Chuuuuuuuuuuuchuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" they all shouted in unison.
After hearing the captains' cry for help, the ChuChu army formed a massive pudding shaped cushion to break their fall and lead them to the ground safely. They laughed as they slid down the mass of mice as if it were a giant furry fun slide and managed to reach the ground without any bruises. ChuBach jumped when he noticed the angry Puffy glaring at them from above like the others ChuChus had done when they noticed a few seconds later. She have had it with these puny rodents and started to charge a massive topaz for the purpose of crushing them.
The ChuChu captains blew on their special Mouse Mania whistle to mobilize for their special tactic. ChuPea ordered the Red ChuChu Squadron to launch themselves the ruby, which would push it into her big lipped face for some damage. ChuBei ordered the Yellow ChuChu Squadron to latch onto the bunny girl Nightmaren's breasts and channel the positive charges into them for electrocution. She screamed comically as her body entire body fizzed from the electrocution and ChuBach prepared his poisonous ChuChus for battle.
"Chuchuchu chuchuchu chuuuuuuuu!" he shouts as the Green ChuChu Squadron launched themselves at Puffy's bare shoulders to deal a nasty bite to them.
Her body slowly turned green from the venom and she yelled even louder from the pain like an opera singer. Chuih ordered the Blue ChuChu Squadron to surround and grab her from every direct to hold the bouncy Nightmaren still for the final attack. Puffy struggled to move as every other ChuChu would grab and lift her above their tiny heads. The four captains gave her their usual mischievous looks before they gave their last order of Operation: Mouse Mania.
"Chuchuchu chu chuuchuuuuchuuuuu!" they shouted all together.
The long eared Nightmaren was eventually tossed into the air like basketball and she flew towards a massive stalactite. This gave Zephyr a chance to knock it down by firing a series of bullets at the base of the massive sharpened rock. Puffy screamed with her hands clasped under her chin as the stalactite fell towards her body. Shadow and Reala were breathing heavily after a few rounds during their heated battle as they stared intensely into each others eyes. A loud smash was enough to catch Reala's attention and the sight of what happened made him scowl. Puffy is defeated with the stalactite piercing her body and her body slowly disappearing to signify her imminent death. Shadow didn't seem surprised since he knew that Zehpyr and the ChuChus would find a way to defeat her in the first place. He looked back at the slightly disappointed Reala who is witnessing one of his siblings dying before him for the first time.
"It's over now, Reala! Your overweight crown jewel had been defeated by my allies. I guess it's just me against you for now," he remarked.
Suddenly, a patch of purple fog started form around her in a twist of fate. This caused Zephyr and his pint sized friends to back up from Puffy's body since something didn't seem right about that mysterious purple haze. It gave off an evil aura and moved in a very unnatural manner, which creeped out a majority of the ChuChu army and startled their human ally. The Yellow ChuChu with the Chaos Emerald started to retreat for the back row since he had a bad feeling about this situation. The purple smog engulfed Puffy's entire body like a cocoon and slowly started to deform the entire body into various shapes in a painful process. Shadow grew concerned for his allies and watched the entire thing, which amused Reala to the point of changing his mood into a state of sadistic amusement. The black hedgehog turned to his red rival and he glared at him out of sudden anger and suspense.
"What the hell was that all about? Tell me what that fog is doing to her?" he demanded.
Reala giggled slightly in a cocky manner with his clawed fingers over his mouth.
"That isn't any ordinary fog, Shadow. It is Satan's dastardly Shadow Fiends that he had created just for the army. Normally, he use the specifically for invasions so that any helpless victim would be possessed by them. In Puffy's case, you might see her in a different way once they all managed to change her body to suit their disturbing tastes," he said slyly.
Both rivals turned towards the shadowy cocoon, which is now taking one a humanoid shape before Puffy's former victims. Zephyr raised his submachine guns at the purple creature as it slowly transformed into something that might be dangerous. The ChuChu captains were as afraid as their rodent army, but still stood tall to prepare for another frantic battle. The purple material started to clear up to reveal something that may be what everybody had least expected: something rather beautiful instead of horrific like Shadowing.
The Puffy Reala knew is now in a more stunning form with humanoid legs and sharp claws as red as blood. Her body was sleeker like Rouge's while keeping with the bunny motif and her mascara made her look more terrifying than ugly. Her luscious red lips were now replaced by a fanged mouth that looked more human albeit much bigger. Lastly, her eyes were curved like that of a demon and her outfit looked more like a legit bunny girl than a masquerader.
"Puffy is no longer the Puffy that you knew, fools. She is now known as the visually stunning Blemish Giant and she might be ready for your blood. If you underestimate her beautiful appearance, she may do more than just crush you like mice," Reala said.
Soon as he turned back to Shadow, he dodges the fully charged Chaos Spear that Shadow had ready for him after his villain exposition. He smirked since he did want to continue being entertained by his newfound rival.
"You and I are going to settle the score as fast as possible before my allies get hurt or we lose that Chaos Emerald," Shadow said coldly.
The two red and black fighters continued their high speed battle as the newly transformed Nightmaren approached Zephyr with the look of bloodlust. He had kept his guns out at all costs and looks for a weak point as the Blemish Giant approached him with a more aggressive stance. The ChuChus were still too afraid to attack since she was much larger and scarier compared to the bumbling beach ball that she used to be minutes ago. She bared her massive fangs and slicked her lips as if she had found some defenseless prey to devour. Zephyr eventually aimed for her cleavage since his first instant was that anyone's exposed skin was an obvious weak spot for bullets to pierce.
"This ought to pierce your black heart. Despite being bigger and badder, you are still the bumbling beast that we had fought earlier," he remarked before firing a flurry of fire bullets at his desired target.
The Blemish Giant giggled and created a massive ruby brooch to protect her body. The blonde gunner gasped as his plan to defeat her failed even faster than expected. He was always the type of arrogant fighter that feared nobody depending on who he's fighting. But this larger and more indestructible opponent definitely gave him that chill in his spine. He eventually launched himself at her to aim for her head since it's another exposed weak point he could attack.
If I can't shoot her in the heart, I'll see if I can riddle her head with flaming holes. I am NOT going to be intimidated by something as inhuman as this!
The Blemish Giant enclosed her massive arms around her smaller victim and squeezed him against her massive breasts. Even though the situation may not seem much, it definitely was something dangerous since her body gave off a frightening purple aura during this situation. Zephyr felt himself getting weaker the more he was held and he started to develop a serious headache.
What the hell is happening to me? Am I getting weaker the more this abomination hugs me? I could struggle if I want to, but my body is starting to get weaker really fast.
The blonde gunner's body started to get colder as if he was on the verge of dying and certain nerves on his body began to fail on him. The ChuChu captains squeaked loudly to tell their army to stop cowering like mice and focus on saving Zephyr. They obediently listened when they noticed to sadistic Nightmaren tossing the paralyzed Zephyr into the air. She did a sadistic laugh and lengthened her bloody red claws to the entire ChuChu army's shock. The already weakened Zephyr tried he best to respond, but knew that accepting his eventual fate would be the best option at this time. His eyes had closed and felt the wind rushing in his hair, falling in a state of comatose and unconsciousness. It was like he have already died and disappeared into a black void.
He had later "felt" a trembling sensation as if his corpse were to be violently shaken by somebody. His brain started to function slightly better and couldn't identify what it was. That same trembling sensation happened to his body seconds later as if its repetitive nature were to pressure him to wake up. He has slowly opened his eyes to noting a few familiar yellow rodents standing on his chest. They were indeed ChuChus who were possibly doing shock therapy on Zephyr while he was unconscious. He gave his tiny savior the face of sincere gratitude, just to express how thankful he was for them risking their lives for him. As for lives being risked, he had notice about seventy blue ChuChus and seventy red ChuChus severely wounded from the Blemish Giant's last attack. Meaning, they were the ones that took the hit while the green and yellow ChuChus took care of Zephyr while he was unconscious.
As for the Blemish Giant, she was under attack by an unexpected new ally that had appeared after everyone had failed to harm her. She was heavily bludgeoned in her face and other exposed areas by the wrecking ball weapons of the ally's fast moving vehicle. The vehicle in question is a red arcade machine that had the shape of and functioned like a car with helicopter propellers. The rider in question was a large man wearing a red shirt, brown messed up overalls, larger than average hands, and messy brown hair. He seemed like an aggressive racer that would wreck anything in his way that he doesn't like, which the Blemish Giant was one of them. He had leapt out of his vehicle and started to pound on her head viciously with his massive hands, which surprised the ChuChu captains and Zephyr since they were unable to defeat her at first.
"Not so bad as you were at first, aren't you? Bosses like you act soooo intimidating, yet you're actually a walk in the part once your weakness is exposed," he said sarcastically.
The Blemish Giant grew annoyed and swiped her claws above her head in an attempt to defeat her aggressor. Though, the massive man leapt into the air and spun his right arm for a powerful punch as his "boss" was still distracted. Zephyr had watched in anticipation just to see how powerful of a fighter he really was since he didn't see much of his fight.
"I'm gonna wreck it!" he shouts while falling towards the Nightmaren's exposed dome.
He had aimed his arm towards his desired target in a familiar manner that reminded him of his final moments in Sugar Rush. Once his fist had finally made contact with the Blemish Giant's head, her eyes blanked out and her entire body felt limp from the shock of trauma. This definitely shocked everyone in Hell's Cavern, even Shadow and Reala who stopped fighting after hearing that deadly punch. Reala grew angry from this happening since he least expected someone strong to find this place.
Even Shadow notices this and smirked at the red and black Nightmaren's sudden failure. The massive bunny girl had collapsed into the lava and slowly dissolves into a mixture of purple liquid and light Nightmare energy. The massive man had landed next to the ChuChu's Rocket, which is ironically where his Wreck-It-Mobile had landed before his finishing blow. During the massive Nightmaren's slow and painfully death, the ChuChus and Zephyr had used her as a human bridge to quickly retreat to the rocket for safety and keeping the cyan emerald safe.
"This is impossible …. I can imagine NiGHTS defeating Shadowing, but this human defeating the Blemish Giant is unbelievable. I am going to retrieve that Chaos Emerald right now if it's the last…"
Reala was eventually knocked out by Shadow's Chaos Burst technique since he wanted to buy some time before doing something special with the Chaos Emerald. He scoffed after the wander and flied off towards the spot where his allied were waiting.
"I have no time for your pointless games anymore. You were beaten at your own game fair and square. Now to get out of this place with the help of our prize," he said coldly.
He had landed right next to the Yellow Chaos Emerald that the ChuChu sat on the ground and grabbed hold of it for his next plan.
"It's good to see that you've made it here, Wreck-It Ralph. I'd least expected someone like you to wreck your way into this scene," said the black hedgehog.
Ralph had crossed his arms and chuckled slightly due to the sudden wrecking puns that someone as serious as Shadow had made.
"Well what can I say, they don't call me Wreck-It for nothing. I knew you guys needed some help soon as I nothing those Subspace freaks hanging outside the entrance of the cave. Luckily, I decided to use an alternative route by wrecking myself a tunnel to get here," he said blankly.
"Are you serious!? I bet that they had called for reinforcements just because of the fact that Rowen and that metal wench were defeated by us," the blonde boy remarked.
"Yeah, no joke. I was lucky to even survive since they had a dragon that almost made me lose a life when they had spotted me digging into the cave. They definitely want to give you guys a game over," said the large handed villain.
"Chuchu chuchuchu chuchuchuchu!" the green glasses wearing ChuChu had squeaked.
Everyone had turned to see a pissed off Reala charging a massive ball of Nightmare Energy before them, which didn't surprise Shadow at all since there was a reason for him getting the Chaos Emerald. The red and black Nightmaren used to be calm and collected, but his patience was officially dead after Ralph had ruined his places and the LOS had lost another Chaos Emerald.
"If you thing your are getting out of here alive with that Chaos Emerald, then see if you can dodge this!" he shouts before launching the massive projectile at the heroes.
Everyone started to panic and retreat to their vehicles except Shadow and Zephyr who lacked their own vehicles.
"Everyone, get in your vehicles or stand by me, I'll warp us out of here with this emerald alone," Shadow shouts.
"Are you sure that we'll make it out safely, Shadow?" Zephyr asked.
"I'm the Ultimate Lifeform, so stop questioning my abilities and listen to what I say!" he barked.
Zephyr obediently walked near the ChuChu Rocket soon as the doors had shut and Ralph got in his vehicle. Shadow held out the cyan emerald in front of himself and focuses enough power to initiate the technique needed for sound a dire situation. The emerald started to give of a massive shine that would have Ralph and Zephyr stare in awe due to the gem's powerful qualities.
"Chaaaaaaaaooooooosssss Control!" he shouts at the top of his lungs.
Seconds later, everyone and their respective vehicles had disappears in a large flash of light. The Nightmare Ball had eventually destroyed the entire mass of land and a large portion of the wall near it. This devastating attack caused the entire cavern to shake violently and begin falling apart due to the force of the attack. Reala had eventually calmed down and flew towards the exit to escape this collapsing hellhole. His face still had a scowl, but he is still calm since letting anger get the best of him had cause this place to fall apart.
Those fools may have escaped, but we still have the upped hand with one emerald. The other two groups have managed to uncover the locations of the last few emeralds thanks to the blue emerald that Goodle had recovered from that Third Party. The best part is that the managed to reach those locations already based on what Mishaela and Selvaria had told me hours ago.
The more he thought during his escape, the more he grinned deviously to express his delight. The red jester flew faster as the collapsing ceilings had caught up with him over time. He initiated a Drill Dash boost his speed as the light at the end of the cave appeared. Reala popped out of the cave in time before the place became shut from the collapsing ceiling and observed his fellow member that awaited his arrival. There were many Rokkaku Choppers all over the place with their machine guns ready for anything that wasn't Reala while their reinforcements were already warped to the ship an hour ago. A massive red dragon is hovering in front of Reala that carried the remaining members of his group: The Black Baron, Land Di, Zor, Rokkaku Gouji, Captain Onishima, the KapuKapu leader, Silver Armlet, and Mathilda. This really amused the Nightmaren since he knew that his group would be this prepared if his enemies were to escape that way.
"Well what do ya know, only you were able to escape out Hell's Cavern this way. How the hell did those punks managed to escape like that gorilla guy that we'd saw?" said the suave captain.
"I have underestimated Shadow since I didn't know the full capability of his Chaos Abilities. He had used some technique with the emerald to warp himself and the others from my strongest attack. I believe it was called Chaos Control," he explained.
"You did tell us about the Chaos Emeralds' power and why you guys needed them so badly. So, maybe he is connected to them somehow and we should follow them. Which is such a shame since I wanted to fight him over that disturbingly cocky blue hedgehog," said the arrogant Zeti.
"That would be a great idea, but the Chaos Emerald trackers we have might not be able to pinpoint his location since he may be sending himself and his crew farther away from this silly mountain. Maybe even back at Station Square for investigation purposes. We can't afford to travel back that far or stray too far away from the rest of the Legion of Subspace," Reala said in a serious manner.
"With or without that Chaos Emerald, we can just drop a Subspace Diffusion Bomb in this area like we have done to the other four places that we've been to. After all, shrouding these areas for "The Dark One" is another objective for this entire legion," said the sinister Silver Armlet.
Reala slowly flew towards the warship while looking back at his fellow comrades. "You are right, we might as well do this immediately before Eggman gets too anxious about this situation. We'll discuss what we might do next soon as we get this over with."
The massive red dragon flew off in the same direction with the remaining members of Reala's group until an unexpected voice had spoken.
"Perhaps I could be of assistance since that big handed buffoon is involved in this. After all, it's such a pleasure to be with some villains as Turbo-Tastic as me," said the wacky, yet sinister voice.
Reala and the other turned to see a massive insectoid creature with the face of a vaguely human person and a racing helmet on his head. The Nightmaren had observed the mysterious villain and he looked like the right guy to join them.
"Tell me, who they call you?" he asked with a subtle grin.
"They used to call me by the name Turbo, but then again I went under the guise of King Candy. But who am I kidding, both names are equally as sweet and I'll be glad to be of delicious service as a third party boss," the "third party" villain responded while his face glitches to show both personas.
Meanwhile, The New GG's and Knuckles group walked the desolate streets of Wood Oak City as they observed the gang infested suburban areas. There were graffiti all over the place and the streets were equally as grim as the rumors had said. Both Akira and Jacky had their fist up at all times in case any gang member were to attack them out of nowhere. ToeJam and Earl were walking in the back with Big since they would least want to get into any trouble with more Earthlings. Females fighters Kasumi and Honey walks to either side of Ryo since they would enjoy his company while traversing this infernal city. B.D. Joe and Beat accompanied the serious Kazuma with the Bonanza Bros. in their sight, knowing that these guys might steal anything in their path. Lastly, Knuckles is in the lead while checking the status of the next Master Emerald shards location.
The entire group kept walking down the desolate streets that seemed dead on arrival, until something gruesome happened. Everyone looked to the east to see a poor man being beaten brutally by a large wrestler with dark skin and a vicious man in Village People's clothing. Before he could take another hit, the aggressors stopped upon the sound of someone shouting.
"If I were you, I'd leave that man alone and find something else to beat up," Knuckles said sternly.
The wrestler had dropped his bloodied victim down to observe his powerful enemies. He gazed his eyes upon them with the look of the killer as his equally depraved partner licks his lips.
"Hey Ash, check out these colorful clowns. Maybe we should have some fun with them," he said in a grizzly manner.
