As he used his energy to fly above the atmosphere, the dark fox pondered about a dark and
devious plan. "What better way to destroy hope, than to build it up to the highest peak, then
smash it all down in a pile of ash!" he said, pounding his fist into his hand for emphasis. He
then looked at the planet Earth, then circled around to find Zootopia, then centered back to
Mobius. He then flipped out an ancient scroll. "Better make sure the hedgehog sees this." he
said as he put the scroll in a thin, fireproof and bulletproof tube. "The ancient prophecy. Written
4,000 years ago by the famous writer Exclies of the Hyluind Deserts is finally going to come
true." He sneered as he looked at the Earth. "And it will all be thanks to me!"
LITO: Infinity Rising
Chapter Two: The Start of War
"Nice job there Tails." Sonic spoke to his twin-tailed fox friend. The duo were on a planet called
Roth, a desert planet home to anthropomorphic desert animals such as scorpions, snakes,
hawks, foxes and even a phoenix. The mission this time was an all-out war. No diplomacy this
time. He and Tails had to help the armies of the Golden Phoenix, known as the Rebellion
against
the forces of those who remained loyal to the dark king of Raganoth, the Dark Phoenix; the
Golden Phoenix. It was a tough war, as many on both sides fell, but the Golden Phoenix's army
won when he kept the Dark Phoenix occupied so that Sonic could destroy the
Rebellion without the Dark Phoenix being there to help regenerate his troops. In the end, the
Loyalist army wiped out the Rebellion and the Golden Phoenix easily destroyed the
Dark Phoenix. "Hey, let's not forget about who deserves all the glory here." Tails
reminded him as he pointed towards the majestic Golden Phoenix who sat next to them, smiling,
content that his kingdom was restored and that all the Rebellion that remained after the battle
chose to pledge themselves to the true king of the kingdom. "It's nothing Sonic and Tails. Thank
you for restoring my kingdom to its perfection." Golden spoke gratefully and eloquently as the
two heroes respectfully knelt in reverence before heading into their spaceship, the X-Hurricane,
which was somewhat like a regular fighter-jet, but bigger and more equipped for space travel.
Where turrettes were normally used for bullets on land, their tourettes shot lasers. As was
everything else on the jet, it was all equipped for outer-space travel. As Tails piloted the ship at
an adequate speed leaving Roth, he had something on his mind he was meaning to tell
his speedy blue hedgehog friend. "Hey Sonic, did that planet remind you of anything?" Sonic
came out of the ship's bedroom to answer his comrade's question. "What do you mean Tails?"
Tails stifled a chuckle. "Come on Sonic, you haven't forgotten your little trip already, have you?"
Sonic smiled gratefully, "How could I ever forget?" he said with a sigh.
It had been exactly a year since
Sonic was transported to Zootopia on a vacation of personal matters. He had lost his sense and
purpose as a hero before arriving at the urban jungle and made several new friends. His
best friend there was Gazelle, a pop singer who was also a philanthropist and a
model friend for the blue blur. She lived in a region of Zootopia similar to the planet he and Tails
just saved called Sahara Square. Where Roth was more of an ancient desert town,
Sahara Square was more of a modern-era Middle Eastern metropolis. Sonic remembered how
Gazelle helped him find his purpose, betrayed him, but humbly and genuinely repented later.
He forgave her and stored the memories and events of their relationship deep in his heart. "I
know you're still thinking about her Sonic." Tails noted. Although Sonic and Gazelle still kept in
touch often on Tweeter: Interdimensional, there was no denying that he missed their friendship
and ached for real, quality time with her again. Even though he sometimes tried to deny it, to
no avail. "Look Tails, it's not like I don't want to go to Zootopia again. I had fun. But now I need
to get back in the game." Sonic tried (and failed miserably) to reassure Tails. The fox wasn't
buying it. "Sonic; the universe has had its longest period of peace in its history and you start
trying to look for trouble that isn't even there. When are you gonna relax?" Just at that moment,
sirens were blaring and the blaring red emergency lights were going off in the plane. "You were
saying, Tails?" Sonic quickly replied to his friend's question as he flipped on the computer to see
an
S.O.S. coming from Mobius. "On screen." Sonic demanded the computer as Tails was making
his own research about something on his tablet. Amy Rose, a close friend of Sonic's appeared
on the screen and she looked nervous and agitated as she was attempting to reach her friend.
"Whoa Amy, calm down." he said, attempting to calm down her pink hedgehog friend, "What's
going on?" Amy took a deep breath in an attempt to calm down, but the abnormal amount of
energy she possessed made it difficult. Amy had always been one of the high-octane and
energetic members especially after maturing as well, but this time, her energy wasn't light and
bubbly, but rather anxious and worried. "Sonic, there have been news reports going on about
many planets just disappearing into thin air." Sonic laughed it off. "Right, next thing you'll tell me
there's a genie in a magic book hidden in an intergalactic amusement park." Sonic said jokingly.
"Sonic, she really isn't kidding." Tails called to him as he looked up from his computer towards
Sonic with a serious look on his face. "Look." he called out. Sonic turned and then went to his
friend to see what was bugging him. Sure enough, Amy and Tails were right. As Sonic looked at
the footage, he saw a slideshow of at least 40 different planets looking like they were just
combusting. Every atom falling apart. But after the planets fell apart, Sonic noticed something.
"Wait, go back." he told Tails, who rewound the laptop. "Ok stop." he said, as Tails stopped it
towards the part he was wanting to observe. What he saw was a silhouette. But no ordinary
silhouette. Most shadows are revealed by light and they show the dark shadow of a figure; but in
this picture, there was darkness showing a bright golden yellow shadow of a tall and muscular
fox, who looked somewhat more like Sonic but with longer quills and two sharp claws but no
hands. "Huh, I wonder what that could…" Sonic's question was interrupted by both the main
computer and Tails's computer being hacked, because they were on the same network.
Everything on both computers went black, until finally, the golden fox appeared on both
computers, grimacing evilly. "So, you're the legendary Sonic the Hedgehog." he spoke. "Awe,"
Sonic said, pretending to gush at Tails. "The recording thinks I'm legendary." the recording
snapped at Sonic. "First off, I am not a recording! Second, yes, you are the legendary Sonic
the Hedgehog who will be challenging me for complete control of Mobius!" "And what makes
you so sure about that?" Sonic asked with sincere cockiness. The computer then zoomed out to
reveal several large Death Egg robots hidden all over the planet of Mobius as well as several
drones, tanks, drills, a roboticized orca and several winged Mobians who looked like they were
possessed with some kind of dark energy. Sonic went from cocky to shocked to ticked. How
could one fox possibly do all of this damage? Especially killing way more than Dr. Eggman did
when he first arrived. "Sonic, I'm not going to kill any more citizens because I have had my fill of
those. I want a real challenge. The battle royale. Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dark Foxen. You have
an hour to evacuate as much citizens as you can. During that time, I will not attack you or
anyone else, but after that time. It's open season Sonic. And you know what happens during
open season? Everything's fair game!" the villain chuckled evilly. As a timer suddenly appeared
on the computers, Sonic already had a plan as to how to evacuate the Mobians while he fought
this new enemy. "Tails, get your portal set up and take every Mobian to Zootopia. They'll be safe
there." A look of worry and concern had now appeared on Tails's face. "What about you Sonic?"
he asked nervously. "I'll be able to hold the freaky fox guy off long enough for everyone to
escape." with a combination of intense seriousness of the situation, anger towards this fox for
his dark capabilities of putting his home planet in such an apocalyptic state and confidence in
the fact that this fox was going to go down hard or go down dead. "Sonic, I know you want to
save our world, but think about what your body's been through! You've been saving worlds
nonstop this past week! Who knows what's gonna happen?!" Sonic simply smirked at Tails
with a confident grin. "And when has that ever stopped Sonic the Hedgehog?!" he asked
rhetorically to his friend, whose worries were not any more appeased as Sonic piloted the ship
to Mobius. "Have Amy,
Knuckles, Shadow and whatever friends we have leading everyone out of here." he commanded
in a take-charge tone. "Time's ticking, so let's tick faster!" Sonic said confidently as he hopped
out of the ship while starting to spin-dash towards his planet. The planet that ached and thirsted
for a hero the most. Tails noticed that all computer systems were back to normal aside from the
clock being the cover screen so he activated the portal construction from there. "I hope Sonic
knows what he's doing." he wondered out loud with serious concern. Tails was right about
Sonic. He was always willing to be the hero for those who sought out his aid and those who had
no one else to defend them. But this time, it was His World that cried out to him, and he couldn't
help but wondering if he could take the strain his body and his mind were placing upon
themselves, as the battle for the ages - The Battle for Mobius - began.