Sonic Supers!
Ch. 5 (S2)
Finale
By: Cutegirlmayra ((Thank you to all who have stuck with this till the very end :D and with me x3 I'm glad you loved it and have laughed with it. I wish I would of put more bonding with these three,.. but originally it was suppose to be as light as a video game, and I changed that into anime format. (tried to fix that over the edit) I think I should of just kept it like a video game and not side-tracked myself. Either way, I'm finishing this TODAY! :D So excited to see what you guys think! Enjoy! (If it isn't obvious, read the 'memorable abridged series moments' after the story lol XD other wise spoilers.) Abridged moments: Silver didn't like how Eggman stole his line, random pokemon reference, a voice that tries to convince Sonic to go dark, tells him the other side has cookies and feels personally attacked right now by his responses, Eggman has a 'travel map' like Disneyland for his place-he's also fallen and he can't get up, Master Emerald disciplining her Emerald babies and then 'eating' Dark Chaos and Dark Sonic, making fun of my author's notes..., Next time your mom says something, say 'because I'm super'.))
Dark Sonic slammed into Dark Chaos as the battle raged on, but even then, the hostility and violence just kept rising as Dark Chaos fed off of Sonic's anger; Which kept rising as her resistance never seemed to end.
He had shot her down for a moment, and then extended his hand, screaming out as powerful black matter burst from his hands. It shattered to the size of baseballs and trumpeted down like a parade of gun shots.
Dark Chaos used her hands to deflect any that came at her and then enclosed herself in many rings that all floated and spun at high and frightening speeds around her. Dark Sonic countered by shooting himself down and trying to fight her in close combat again. However, the rings were like blades, making it impossible to reach her. She kept coming at him while he continually dodged the spinning rings around her frame, finally moving his fists fast enough to get an opening through to hit her; breaking her many bladed rings that faded into black mist.
Slamming against a tree by his hand, he dug her head down it's rough bark and into the ground. But she quickly retorted by jabbing a hand into his stomach, ripping out chaos energy from him and letting it stream into her being.
He lost so much power that he couldn't fly for a moment, giving her time to turn around and get a foot on his back, slamming him down before lifting herself up and holding her hands together. Separating them, there drew a huge arrow-bladed beam that she held as if a sword, slashing it down on him.
The dust made it impossible to see further, as Tails and Knuckles clung to Rouge's hands, as she tried to desperately fly them up to Eggman's airship. Which was all strain and no laughing manner...
"…It's no use." Eggman stated, plopped the ground with Orbot and Cubot attending his wounds. He was sweaty, and he looked like a complete wreck. "If that didn't kill her… nothing will. Dark Chaos will take over the entire universe and I'm powerless to do anything about it."
"Oh, but what about Sonic? And the others?" Orbot tried to think of a positive alternative, as Eggman let his head sink down further and threw his thumb up behind him.
"Have you seen the state they're in? At this rate, she's got them crying like babies over the loss of their friend. Heh, possibly more by the looks on those three,... pitiful hedgehog... faces…" he let the arm drape down and just flop as if there was no life left in it... Moving his head up to lean against the control panel where he lay at the bottom of, sulking on the ground. "My life is meaningless now." He stated, his lower lip trembling. "If I only knew why Sonic gave up the chaos emeralds in the first place… I could have prevented her from turning super, and made my Eggman Empire..! I have the blueprints too, it would have been spectacular!" He lifted his good hand up before shaking his head at a hopeless dream now, turning to Cubot and placing his hand on his robotic one; patting it gently. "Ah yes,… simply beautiful and metallic in every, which way~" he chimed, and slowly started whining out a sniffle or two, as if an old man giving up.
"Hmm-hmm…" he sniffed in a huge breath through his nose, which was obviously runny, as the two robots 'ugh'd in disgust.
"Hmm..hmmm…" he softly whimpered some more.
"Eggman!"
"Hmm?!"
The old man had his head down again, before perking it back up after dreaming about his 'perfect' empire, but in surprise, looked up to see Rouge flinging Knuckles into the window; having him bust it open and roll over the controls, landing in front of Eggman who was looking from behind to them.
"Where are you, Egg-scum!" Knuckles looked around, as Eggman just groaned in annoyance and exhaustion.
"Over here,... you big lump of dote." Eggman couldn't even give a proper insult, he was just to stricken with sorrow to care…
Rouge flew in with Tails as Knuckles felt a shiver down his spine. "G-G-Guys.. I can't see him… but I can HEAR him…"
"Knuckles, he's right behind you." Rouge had her hands on her hips, giving him a sassy look as he turned around, and gasped.
"Eee...I thought she had killed him and he was speaking to me from beyond the grave!" he admitted, as both Rouge and Eggman groaned in his stupidity.
"Eggman, where's the Master Emerald?" Tails inquired, stepping up and right into business. He knew there wasn't a moment to lose!
"What for? It's nothing now…" he let his head move to the left, whining out again, softly…
"Eggman?"
"Snap out of it!" Rouge stepped over and smacked him, as he shot up and gave his attention to her.
"Now, what was that for?! Hmmm…" he whined a little again, drooping down once more.
"We're going to have the Master Emerald clean up the trash~" Knuckles cracked his fists, grinning from ear to ear, before looking to Rouge, "And what? Don't believe in ghosts?"
"If I see a dead echidna, then maybe." She glared at him, and he stepped back with a sweat drop, also grimacing. He leaned forward and held a fist up.
"Why you…"
"Not now, you two! Come on! If he won't help, then-" Tails was ready to search the whole place, but figured Eggman may have it back in the room where he used to be kept. Sadly, he didn't know how to get to it, but that wouldn't stop him from trying to find it!
"Now, hold your horses, you landed buffoon." Eggman got up slowly, using his knee to help him and having one arm in a sling. Tails turned to him with a snake-eye for a look, not liking how he referred to him. "Without my help,... this place is a labyrinth."
The three looked concerned by that statement. They weren't really that trusting of Egghead..
But, then again...
What'd they have to lose?
"Why don't you explain your little idea first? Then I might be more obliged to lend my assistance~" he almost purred out the last sentence, holding his good arm behind him and leaning forward, intimidating the young fox before-
"There's a map right here." Rouge pointed to the map similar to the one Amy had once seen and used before. "It even says, 'You are here'."
"..Dratt." Eggman leaned up and away from looming over Tails again. "Fine, you've stumped me. I have nothing. But I still want in. What do you need with the Master Emerald, and I'll comply." He stated, as Tails raised an eyebrow as if not too keen on trusting him. Still, what choice did they have?
Eggman used his good hand to cross his heart, "Cross my black heart, and hope we don't die." He smiled, as if being sincere.
"Hmph, we're going to push Dark Chaos inside it!" Tails ran off after Rouge yelled, 'got it!' after skimming her hand along the map; finding their objective.
The three started after her, "Master Emerald, here we come!" Knuckles raised his fist up, excited to be with his sacred gemstone again as Eggman blinked a moment.
"…Push… her in it?" he seemed to not be able to wrap his mind around the words.
"…What on earth…?"
"GiVe UP HedGEHog! I Am INVINCible!" Dark Chaos continued to fight Dark Sonic, as Shadow and Silver we're finally able to break free of the powerful pulses that were knocking them down. Being this far enough away from the battle, the wave pulses of dark energy were lighter upon their backs, giving them some time to recuperate and gain back more strength; Pushing up off from the ground.
"Now..!" Shadow instructed, as they bolted away from the battlefield, and in an instant, lost their super forms, and flew down to hit the ground; wobbling a bit in the air before they did so.
"Woah! Wha...what happened?" Silver slowly got up, bruised everywhere, and gasping for air.
Shadow, having fallen on his back, looked at his hands in puzzlement. Upset at his uselessness, he let his head fall back to the ground with a hard 'thunk'. "Sonic seems to be using the last of the chaos power's energy… though, I'm unaware if chaos can ever end…" Shadow didn't know the Master Emerald was sustaining their super forms, nor did he know that it was now trying to conserve the rest of it's power to aid Sonic, who was converting its power to negative chaos energy. This path resulted in his Dark Chaos shift as well.
"You're lying… Everything falls, and everything has a weakness!" Dark Sonic charged her again when-
"…JuST LikE YOur PRECIOUs littlE Amy ROse…"
Dark Sonic stopped and pulled his fist back in midair.
Hovering with only the wind to knock out the dead silence, his entire being was withdrawn back by her comment...
"Can't you seE?" Dark Chaos moved down to him, smiling as she did so. The wind beat mightily upon her, swaying her hair and clothes rapidly in it's speed.
"SHe's DEAd… and IT's AlL YoUr Fault…"
Sonic's memories rushed through him, every moment he'd ever spent with Amy.
He shook his head, "Are you saying I'm her weakness?!"
"…If SHE NEver LoVED yoU… DoN'T You thInK She'D BE ALIve?"
"What-"
"SHe WOUld HAVE Never EveN TrIEd to Turn SUper… YOU stiLL cOULd hAVe HAd her ThErE..WiTh yOU…"
"…no…"
A painful guilt crept through Sonic's being. Shadowed by remorse and a longing... he began to think he could never feel her presence again.
He placed a hand on his heartache, stricken chest.
"YoU FaILed Her HeRo…Hmm-hahahah-whahaha-WHAHAHAHAAH!"
Dark Sonic gently flew down, falling to his knees as he remembered when Amy first turned super, how cruel they treated her in the beginning… how cruel HE treated her…
His eyes shook in horror.
Sonic still had control over himself, even with negative chaos now inside him, he could still control it… why was that? Wait…
"Amy can't be dead." He raised his head, and glared to Dark Chaos, crushing the ground beneath his fingers as he had slowly drifted there in his deep sorrows.
"I'm still here… which means… She's still in there somewhere! And you… YOU HAD ME BELIEVE I KILLED HER…!"
He raced up, now the fury in his heart soared with his speed, and Dark Chaos tried her best to combat it, but was falling behind.
"BuT…. HOW?!"
Blow after blow, punches and kicks, she was starting to fall dangerously behind. His once predicable movements now more expertly shifting and changing in the flow of battle. His emotions weren't wearing him down now.. they were helping him to excel even her own capabilities!
"AMY!"
"Grr… FIne…." Dark Chaos closed her eyes a moment, before a frantic look came over her face. … "S-Sonic? SONIC!"
Dark Sonic suddenly stopped his multiple attacks as he noticed the demeanor of Dark Chaos change.
Her eyes flung open, revealing a somewhat more... scared an ttender appearance.
"Sonic…It's me! It's Amy!"
"…Prove it." Dark Sonic glared, hand still throw back, hovering up near his face, ready to attack again if this proved another farce.
"Sonic.. you don't trust me?" She shook her head, looking hurt and having her hands up to her chest.
"…No." He shot forward and hit her down, as Dark Chaos shook her head, angry that her little play didn't trick him.
"Fine. ThEn I'Ll JUSt FinISH YoU WITh YOURSELF!" She tried to push her hands together, as some mysterious force resisted against her strain.
Dark Sonic powered himself up too, coming in like a blazing comet, one that could be seen from miles away, as it looked like a black sun was falling to the earth.
"THIS IS FOR AMY!"
"…And THis… IS For YOU!"
Dark Chaos had somehow bent gravit;, once it was released from her hands, it shot Sonic down from the angle he was coming in at, and the entire area was leveled.
The trees blasted down in miliseconds, lakes were dried up and their waters scattered over the already muddy earth... A flat land... desolate of anything upright and living...
Shadow and Silver couldn't use Chaos Control, but Silver still had his portal, and took Shadow with him to the future to dodge death.
... There was a cough in the distance.
Dark Sonic reached a hand over the crater's ring, as he seemed to lose all power and fall on his face. He tried desperately to raise himself up, struggling with the loss of his power.
"…And SO… THe HeRO FaILS To SAVe whAT'S lEfT of hIs WorLd…"
Dark Chaos slowly descended from the sky, and walks up to Sonic, as he tries to get up once more.
She stomps his head down again, "AnD You EVen conTRIbuTeD! HAHAHAH!"
Forming a dark energy in her hand, she smiled. "SaY GOOdbyE, AmY. TO YOur PREciuos… LAST…. hoPE!"
She gave a strangely feminine chuckle as she stomped his head down once more and lowered the powerful energy force in her hand down to his face...
Dark Chaos went to finish him off, to give the final blow that would end the only fight left in the universe, the only… and last attempt at saving this world.
As she pushed the force forward, finding a struggle within her arm, she rose it back up in frustration before swinging her arm down with a powerful cry.
Dark Sonic bent his head, his fury gone as he seemed wrapped in remorse.
He couldn't defeat her…
He couldn't save Amy…
The world... his friends...
What kind of hero was he?
The very words rang through his mind in a low but strong and agonizing tone, and he was overcome by it.
Dark Chaos suddenly felt something tug the arm away from Sonic, and her whole body twitched as a large and powerful pulse came from her body, and moved the air around them away.
Purple waves pulsed up her body as she frowned with widened eyes, showing her teeth.
"You're wrong… he's not weakness…" Amy, from within her mind suddenly pushed against the vines.
"Wha…WhAT'S HappENiNG!?"
"He's always been my strength… that's what I've always thought… but I can't live like that anymore…" She tore from one vine, and then another; freeing herself as Dark Chaos flung her head back, grabbed it with both hands, and stumbled back.
"THIS Is impossible! You… You can't be coming BACK!?"
Dark Sonic slowly lifted his head, hearing something off from her voice...
"You…YOU HAVE NO POWER!"
"Your wrong! I know that now! Because I couldn't stand it anymore! Look at me! I'm fighting back! I thought I had to wait for the others to save me… like usual. I thought I was nothing, that I couldn't do anything, that all I did was because of some great power given to me,… but that wasn't them making me feel that way… that was YOU
"AUGH!" Dark Chaos arched her back, as she was unable to fight Amy and kill Sonic at the same time. "You insolent little-!" Amy was stealing regular chaos from inside of her, and controlling it! This time, without the Master Emeralds assistance. It wasn't like how Sonic, Shadow, or Silver were doing it… she couldn't control it that well, but at least this small annoyance could save Sonic… yes… she could do anything if it was for him!
"I won't let you kill my friends! Or destroy this world! I'm done feeling helpless! And I'm done feeling like I need someone to save me! The Master Emerald gave me chaos because it knew, if I knew what I do now, that I had potential. I had what it took! I just didn't know what I know now! And what I know is... that I had the strength to control Chaos all along! I allowed myself to doubt, to feel like I wasn't good enough. Wasn't strong enough. When all along... what I needed was inside me! It's perseverance! Never giving up, and never surrendering to the idea that you can't! That you shouldn't! I'm not allowing you to control my thoughts or feelings anymore! Release Sonic! Release me!"
Amy had freed herself form the vines and ripped off her the one that blindfolded her. The vines shimmered away as light filled her mind, only to be drowned out by Dark Chaos appearing before her, a black mass with a sharp edged mouth like a shark, and two arrowed-in eyes that glowed white and red.
"There you are… your true face." Amy summoned her hammer, using Chaos, she summoned another one too and glowed golden yellow...
"What do you know now?!" the beast asked. "You know nothing! Don't make me laugh with some silly, power speech! You have no power!" Dark Chaos threw her own hammer out, pointing accusingly towards Amy Rose.
"…That I am Amy Rose… and that I'm going to destroy you and save the world!" Amy powered herself up... light from around her shooting into her as she absorbed it like beams of light. "You're just the demons inside my mind!" she crossed her hands into an 'x' formation. "Chaaaaooosss-!"
"HOW!? YoU aRE MereLY a lItTLe giRl!" it roared in a wispy voice that was like what merged with Amy's voice before; demonic and ugly.
"Because I CAN. And because I'M SUPER!" She charged the creature with a battle cry, light spiraling around her as she uncrossed her arms and light blasted from her.
Outside, Amy's body was moving left and right. one moment, it was the aura and shadows of Dark Chaos, and the next, it was a brilliant light of blazing gold from Super Amy. This went over and over, again and again, shifting as the battle for her mind and body commenced within her.
She couldn't let Dark Chaos win. Her will filled her with the longing to save her friends, her world... her Sonic...
He was still her hero... but right now, she needed to be strong for him- no, for herself!
Dark Sonic got up on one knee, and slid slightly in his weariness, clutching his hand to his waist. Hating the feeling of being weak, he felt the negative chaos start speaking to him in his mind, and shook it off.
"Oh no… not me." Sonic wouldn't let the same fate of Amy happen to him, and didn't bother even listening. He drowned it out by watching the invisible war of Amy's body moving left and right, turning to attack and then guard; fighting like a savage beast with unseen enemies.
Two fierce beings now fought for the right over living and dwelling in this body.
It gave time for Dark Sonic rest his tried body a moment, and get his breath back.
Amy was fighting her demons... it was time for Sonic to triumph over his own as well...
"Sooooniiccc!"
In the distance, Dark Sonic could hear Tails calling him, and slowly turned his form around to the sound of his voice. "…T-Tails?"
"Hey!" He was flying! The fur on his tails must of healed enough, and grown back rather well to allow him flight again!
He waved before hovering a few feet above Sonic, having Rouge behind him. They both were carrying something large and green...
"That was… quick." Dark Sonic joked, even being in this critical condition. He got up, and looked to Amy. "Keep… fighting, Amy… I know, you… can beat it." He turned to look at what Tails and Rouge were flying with… Was that..?
"This time.. I won't doubt you." He said his last words to Amy, and flew off towards The Master Emerald as Rouge smiled and turned to the side of Tails, revealing it with them.
Amy continued to struggle, the clash of light and darkness was so fierce that as she gripped her head and shouted out some grunts and cries, the earth below her would pulse out with the different colorings of dark purple mist and then shining yellow light! A ripple effect that directly gave a perfect target to anyone looking from above...
"You have to shove all the chaos out of Dark Chaos!" Tails explained as Sonic made his way up to them, holding his hurt arm and slouching over in his exhaustion.
"Wha-what…?!" Dark Sonic was still too weak to really fight again, but knew he had to do what he had to do. "Where's Silver and Shadow..?"
Tails looked around, "I don't know." He concluded. "But we can't worry about that right now!" he put the Master Emerald down, as Knuckles flew over, chanting something.
"Oh, great Master Emerald!" He threw his arms up, chanting seeming to be done. "Regain thine light and shine forth!"
The Master Emerald hummed…. And slowly, began to shine.
"Ah-Haha! That's my girl!" Knuckles praised, throwing a fist up. "She's stored up enough power to at least gain a few extra blasts of chaos." He grinned. "Let's do this!"
"…Amy's still in there…" Dark Sonic looked down, and at his hands. "I… I don't think I can attack her again… knowing she's… she's now fighting too…"
The gang looked at him, as Tails slowly approached him, and put his hands to his shoulders. "This is all we can do for her." Tails stated, as Dark Sonic looked up at him. "In order to save her… You'll have to power through your own doubts yourself, Sonic..." He moved a hand to his shoulder, … a look of trust, and of sympathy lingered in his brotherly eyes.
Dark Sonic looked back at his friend. He seemed to have not wanted to admit that even he, himself, needed the encouragement... but who wants to admit their own imperfection and faults?
"You can do this, Sonic. You're the only one that can..." He left him with that remark, as Dark Sonic's eyes widened, and the tears being held back seemed to all but be restrained as he turned to hear her cries.
She was fighting for her life… and even if he had to combat her once again…
He clinched his fists.
He could still save her soul.
He bolted out from the gang and flew up, as he thought about charging her, he kept being stopped. Memories of her flew through his mind,…
Before, he was fighting Dark Chaos… but now Amy was out… and Amy was fighting with everything she had left...
He clutched his head again, "URRRK….RRRRUUUAAHHHH!" Theeffects of Dark Sonic were starting to take over, he could hear a faint voice trying to tempt him into not believing in himself. In his weakness, infirmity, disloyalty- but he knew it was all lies.
He broke through his own darkness and just bolted himself down, forcing himself to do what he must.
He disobeyed his own heart, shedding a single tear, before ramming his fist into her side.
It caught her off guard, as he didn't know which one he was inflicting damage on, but he supposed they both felt that.
She spiraled across the earth, barely able to regain herself since two forces were trying to control her body.
She kept tumbling, as he took a second to breathe and shake himself out of his own conflicting thoughts.
He then reared himself forward and around her, as she tried to coordinate herself to fight back, but there were two fights she had to deal with now. The one within and the external fight Sonic was using to distract her into moving towards the Master Emerald. Shifting in and out of being one or the other, Dark Chaos or Amy, they seemed to be equally matched. Either way, Sonic continued his hits and had her flying back towards the emearld.
It hurt him to do so, but when he saw her start losing the power to keep fighting back, he rammed into her and thrust her with him towards it.
She slammed against the Master Emerald as it shown brilliantly- brighter than the moon that shone above them.
Amy's form distorted to Dark Chaos, making her look more demon than hedgehog, as the darkness around her began to melt off her skin, leaving her pink to be exposed again. "NOOOOoooOOOOooOOOOoOOO!"
It was working! The Master Emerald began to drain Dark Chaos out of her!
But was that all..?
Sonic's heart broke even further at the sound of her pain, thinking of what Amy must be going through, and just closed his eyes.
He couldn't back down now! She had to be saved! Even if this was the only way...
He wouldn't lose her again! He couldn't! He was going to do what's right and protect her! Now... and forever!
Feeling her kicking and punching him he just kept ramming her up against it, seeing as it, in fact, was doing something after all!
But then…
"S…Sonic!" Amy's face was beginning to be released from the black that had invaded and overcame it, as her pale pink muzzle shown with one emerald eye… a green he had missed more than he thought he ever could before. Suddenly,…
The Master Emerald began to turn liquid where they were, and Amy was being pushed into the stone, which meant it was absorbing her being as Sonic was also being dipped into the green chaos of the Master Emerald; sinking them into it's self.
"W-what!?" Sonic was still in Dark Form, which meant his whole being was being taken in with Amy's as well, since most of her body was still covered in the negative chaos energy!
"Oh no!" Rouge gasped, as Knuckles ran up to the Master Emerald.
"I beg of you, Master Emerald!" He threw his hands up. "Stoopp!"
There was huge power surge, like the one from when Dark Chaos first took over, and Knuckles was flung back.
The Chaos Emeralds on Sonic flew back and away from him, landing dead to the ground without any color or light in them.
"Sonic! Amy!" Tails ran to help them but Rouge held him back.
"Don't! It might take you too!"
"SONNNICCC!"
They were completely absorbed by the brilliant neon liquid green of the emerald as it swirled after taking them in and reformed its outer layer. The shell hardened, and it was back to its rocky hide once more….
"….No." Tails fell to his knees, his eyes already red from crying before. "…What have I done?"
Knuckles slowly rolled back over, and got up again, shaking his head as he looked to the Master Emerald. "But… How? Why?! Master Emerald! MASTER EMERALLLLLLD!" he flung back his head and roared in protest, spreading his arms out to his beloved stone...
Once out of breath, he cried silently, looking up and seeing the sky turn back to its beautiful blue once more, and the trees and ground change to their previous natural state and order through chaos control.
Chaos was being quickly absorbed into the Master Emerald, and soon… Even the remaining Chaos Emeralds on the ground shone again, slowly flying over to the master emerald.
"…They're… really gone?" Rouge looked to Knuckles and Tails. "You never said anything about this?!"
"I thought you were kidding when you said it could eat up chaos! I-"
"…I thought so too." Knuckles lowered his head, and let himself fall to his knees. "I thought so too…"
And then a portal appeared.
Silver and Shadow rolled out of it, smiling, and rushing to the Master Emerald.
"…Huh?" The three saw them throw out the emeralds they had, as they were powered up again, and flew around the master emerald. "W…what are you..?"
"Don't mourn them just yet!" Silver's face beamed as he looked back to Tails. "I have seen the outcome of the future." His eyes seemed to shine with a knowledge unknown to Tails, or the rest of them for that matter.
"You… you can bring them back?" Rouge asked, as suddenly Sonic shot out from behind the Master Emerald, rolling on the ground as he did so.
"Sonic!"
The gang all ran up to him, except Shadow and Silver, who were waiting for someone a little more important to them right now…
Sonic stirred, and then blinked his eyes, too weak to really see, before he forced himself to blink and panicked. "AMY!" he shot up, even with a dizzy head and reached out to the Master Emerald.
"Sonic! You're hurt, stay down!"
"AMY!"
Shadow spread his arms out, "Chaos…."
Silver gently did so too. "Control!"
Amy slowly opened her eyes, seeing a dark figure that looked like Sonic seembto evaporate, and another figure she knew all too well reaching dangerously out to her, before also fading in smoke like streams.
She shook her head, hovering in the air in her super form, amist a glowing white space. "Am I..?"
"No..."
Amy turned around, hearing a kind voice and immediately looking disoriented.
A glowing orange ball of light floated behind her, then gracefully moved closer once Amy was aware of its presence.
"Forgive me... i was the one that gave you choas energy." the lovely voice spoke in almost a solemn tone. The gentle confession made Amy's eyes widen.
"I... I knew you weren't fully ready, but... seeing you so distraught... I convinced Chaos that for all the right reasons... you should have the chance to wield his limitless power."
Amy looked down, a sorrow creeping into her eyes before the warm light drew closer, as if wanting to comfort the young girl.
"Please..."
Amy felt a the voice calling to look up at her again, but only raised her head, still ashamed.
"None of this was your doing... nor your true fault."
She remained silent, but her eyes finally lifted to scan the orb the light.
"In all honesty... your doubts were fed by none other than what is common in man. You fought to protect and save. Though you also wished for purpose, and to not be useless. But all along, Amy... you have been uniting your friends together... settling disputes and causing joy that was seemed... lost..."
The Master Emerald suddenly showed a view below her, a image of sorts of all their adventuring together.
"You strengthened them. Where they otherwise could have never gotten along, or set aside differences... you were the bond that linked the three heroes together in a common goal. You taught them hope in the face of destruction, compassion within mayhem, and responsibility to confront the things that mattered most."
The images brought tears to Amy's eyes, seeing that even without being Super, she was able to help out so much more than she had originally thought. She saw each of their faces... Sonic, Silver, and Shadow's faces... smiling...
"Through your company... your selfless acts to serve them... they have gained more strength and understanding... then any battle or adventure they've ever faced before. You are important to them... and Dark Chaos- the embodiment of negative chaos- used the Chaos Emeralds to gain power over the Master Emerald through the doubts and devastation it created within you... making it grow stronger than ever before reached. But you're true heart prevailed, and now you are stripped of all negative energy... but that also means..."
"The Chaos power you put in me..." she turned to face back to the spirit's light. "...It's gone..?"
"...You'll always have the potential... but you are still not ready." the voice was kind, but truthful. "Maybe one day... you will no longer require assistance in truly wielding Chaos's destructive abilities... but even destruction can be used to bring forth new life... and renewal..."
The Master Emerald revealed another image, and suddenly Amy saw the world renewed, back to how it should be.
"This... this is incredible!" Amy exclaimed, before feeling light headed.
"W...What's happening to..." She began to fall, just slightly, but the Spirit orb burst and a white silhouette held her up...
"...One day... I hope to see that potential in you..."
"One day..."
The Chaos Emeralds rotated quickly around the Master Emerald, as suddenly it shone a light once more of such tremendous beauty; before its whole being reverted to a rippling liquid, holding it's gem-like form, but waving out of it's solid form.
A orange arm appeared, having in it's hand a pink one with a white glove and a yellow bracelet at the end of it.
Tikal stepped out of the Master Emerald, helping Amy out of it as she was completely out cold it seemed, and needed someone to help her walk.
"Amy!" Silver and Shadow shouted out, overwhelmed by seeing her.
Once out, Amy started to fall, and the two were too slow to beat Sonic- who quickly sped up, using the last of his strength, and grabbed her.
Falling back with her, he held her close to him as his eyes never left her face... completely engrossed in her well-being.
Tikal looked shocked to see him even able to move his feet in the condition he was in, completely drained of all and any chaos in him, along with her. She giggled, knowing it would replenish in time, but happy to see his compassion for the young hedgehog.
She then looked to the others.
Rouge's mouth dropped, "I-Is that a... a..."
"Heh, believe in ghosts now, Rouge?" Knuckles folded his arms and smiled at his tease, happy his friends were back and looking alright, but more importantly...
Laughing off all the stress by making fun of Rouge.
Tails jumped up in joy.
"YIPPIE!" He flew around, doing circles and barrel rolls in his joy. "We did it! We beat Dark Chaos!"
Tikal nodded, and slowly began to walk back into the Master Emerald.
"Remember… The Servers are the seven chaos.."
The emeralds shone and slowed their spinning.
"Chaos is power enriched by the heart."
Sonic looked down to Amy's fallen hand... he reached down for it, and held it tighter in his own.
At least, as tight as he could manage with his strength completely drained, he continued the action by dipping his head down and embracing her more fully towards him.
"The Controller serves to unify Chaos…"
She spread her arms out from having been placed together on her chest... her heart seeming to glow with the Master Emerald's power as she ducked her head and was absorbed back into the Master Emerald.
It slowly lifted off the ground, as Chaos's form dashed out, jumping on each emerald and purifying it of any remaining negative influences over it. Doing so would only take a single touch of his hand, and the emeralds would glow at their renewal of his power.
"…It all makes sense now."
The gang turned to see Eggman, flying in his eggpod, slowly moving closer to the gang.
"Amy wasn't 'enriching' her heart with the chaos, she was polluting it because her heart was full of the wrong things at the time when she fused with chaos."
Tails then spoke after him. "A forced fusion to begin with. That's why negative chaos grew stronger, because she couldn't see that by making herself seem so unimportant and weak, she was inadvertently causing her own demise. It only got worse with Dark Chaos, where she fully had no control over the remaining corrupted power within her."
Knuckles continued, stepping up. "And the Master Emerald kept trying to tell me… I saw a dark figure in the Master Emerald once… I should of known. It's the only thing that can unify Chaos back into its perfect form." he lovingly looked back at the Master Emerald, as Chaos stood above his little prison, but nodded slowly as he seemed to be alright with helping this world's heroes from time to time.
"Yes, and the chaos emeralds were already slowly withdrawing more and more power from the Master Emerald, due to Dark Chaos converting what they had into negative chaos. That made it more difficult to purify Amy when it's power was being sucked dry." Eggman responded again, as Orbot and Cubot looked up to him, and then each other.
"Oh Cubot… This whole experience had made me see how truly valuable you are to me…"
"R-really, Orbot?"
"Well, you may be annoying, and inferior to me, and even have many design flaws and seeable errors, but... I still… oh, your still my best friend!" Orbot opened his arms to his friend. "How about a hug?"
"A HUG!? OH BOY!" cubot leapt into the hug, as Eggman was flung backwards on his chair by their embrace.
"YOU INSUFFERABLE-!" he pushed them away, as they started crying for one another.
"CUBOT!"
"ORBOT!"
"SHUT UP!" he threw the two together as their heads knocked together and they looked dizzy from impact.
"M-ay-be we'll con-in-inue this la-a-ter." Orbot stated in his dizziness as Eggman dropped the two of them back in on the sides of his Eggpod.
Silver and Shadow walked slowly up to Amy and Sonic, but didn't disturb.
"…The future has shown us what become of these two." Shadow stated, seeing Sonic slowly breathing as Amy didn't even seem alive at the moment.
"…Yes. Maybe they are meant for each other…" Silver looked a little sad, but Shadow looked to him, and he quickly shook his head. "Don't worry, I won't intervene." He stated, and smiled to him. "I didn't deserve her anyway. And besides... there's... someone else on my mind too." he looked away, thinking of how all these years... he's taken Blaze for granted.
"No one really does but…" Shadow looked back to Amy, and closed his eyes and smiled. "I won't either… There has only been one person that has ever been close to me... I wish to keep it that way." he looked a little forlorn or even perhaps... lonely. "And besides,... we've already lost." He folded his arms, seeing Amy slowly stir in Sonic's arms as he blinked his eyes slightly open, and looked to her in worry and excitement.
"..Sonic already had us beat many years ago.."
"..Amy?"
"Emm…"
Amy slowly opened her eyes, her beautiful… shining… emerald eyes.
"S..Sonic?"
"..!"
"Sonic… Sonic!"
"I…I…!"
They embraced and started laughing and crying out at the same time, too overwhelmed with relief and gratitude with being together again that nothing else seemed to matter. Not the audience, or the world itself.
"Amy,.. I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?! Are you-!"
Amy stopped him, placing her hand on his mouth and shaking her head.
"Em-mm. I'll be alright. You too?"
"..Y-yeah, always. I mean, I gotta get up and kick Eggman's butt tomorrow, right?"
"Ah, right!"
"Hahahaa!"
They laughed again, as Eggman looked a little annoyed by that comment.
"Amy…"
Sonic looked down at Amy, as she returned his gaze, "Hmm?"
"…I think maybe… you shouldn't turn Super… just yet." He squinted his eyes, showing the pain in even thinking about it.
"Emm…" Amy looked away, as Sonic then gave her an unamused look.
"Amy…"
"Alright! I won't!"
"Thank you."
"Hehe~!" she teased a moment, but realized now wasn't the time.
"I guess you shouldn't take the things given to you in life for granted, huh." Rouge walked over to Knuckles, who looked to her for a moment, blushed, and turned away.
"Y..Yeah." he reached back…
They grasped each other's hand.
The action made her look down at her hand, before shifting her gaze back up at him, before smiling cheekily...
"Knuckles!~"
"W-what?! It's nothing! I just thought you… your hand looked cold!"
"Oh~? Well, lucky for you…" she leaned up against him, pressing herself up against his side. "I was~" she said in the most alluring voice a woman could muster.
He looked nervous, becoming stiff.
"What now?" Amy asked, as Sonic looked to Shadow and Silver, who were slowly turning around.
"Well, I think you need to say hi to two other men that were very worried about you, and fought hard to protect you too."
Silver and Shadow stopped, surprised to hear Sonic acknowledging their concerns and efforts, and turned around to see him.
"Hehe, Shadow! Silver!"
Amy's adorable call resonated in them, probably for the last time, as her arms stretched out to each of them.
It only took a second to register in their minds as they bolted to the ground next to her, lightning fast, and quickly hugged and embraced her tightly. The warm of that moment truly proved how much the two... -or three, had changed thanks to Amy's unselfish love for them.
"Still unable to share her at times, Sonic?" Shadow teased, holding her close as she moved away and gasped.
"YOU SAID THAT WAS AN INNOCENT MISUNDERSTANDING!"
"IT WAS! Shadow… shut up!"
"Well, she's yours anyway, right?" Silver winked to him, and then took his turn holding her.
"W-what?"
"SILVER!"
"What?"
The three laughed, as it seemed the friendship, and possibly, even more than just that began to bloom and strengthen everyone there.
Except for Eggman, he watched with a sincere wish to leave, but also felt somewhat sad he didn't have anyone to hold…
Orbot and Cubot jumped in front of his face again and embraced.
"Oh no! It's no good!"
"Eggman's big nose keeps getting inbetween!"
"YOU BLUNDERING BOLTS OF WASTED TALENT!"
"EEEEeee..!"
The three left the happy scene, but Eggman looked back a moment, watching as Tails jumped into the mix and wanted to hug Amy too.
He looked forward, trying to not read too much into the scene, but wisely spoke again-
"She's got more power in a single act of kindness... then all those men combined."
"More influence over them too!" Cubot raised a pointer finger, before snickering into his hands.
"That's very insightful, Cubot." Orbot complimented, for a change, before Cubot spoke again.
"Yeah, maybe they'll take the power she gives them and transform into something higher than Super forms!"
They groaned.
"I'll admit, if she continues this, she'll be a main character in no time." Eggman waved his hand off, as if considering her not one from the start.
A suddenly gust of wind suddenly shifted the area, and Eggman felt the odd sensation he was being watched. "Hmm..?"
Turning to the side, he suddenly winced as he saw Shadow skating up beside him.
"What are you-!?"
"Almost forgot." he smirked, "G.U.N wants ALL their stolen blueprints back!"
Silver also suddenly flew up beside him, "Yeah, now that Amy's okay, we're doing Sonic a favor and taking care of finishing you off!"
"The nerve!" Eggman gripped his controls, angry that they wouldn't just let him slip away. "I'll admit... I stole those documents explaining you." he shifted his eyes to Silver, "I was curious because I've never seen you before- BUT G.U.N STOLE MY DATA PLAN!"
Missiles were lost, a typical battle commenced, and all seemed... at best- peaceful once more.
(I really hope you enjoyed the story! It was one of the first fanfictions I've written, and I wanted to go back and try and make more of it. You can tell that I left a lot of the original writing style in it. I wanted you to still see my learning process in becoming a writer. Either way, I wanted to make things more clear and more bonding moments so it wasn't so confusing. However, being AU, it tended to go there haha. I hope you enjoyed the edited verison and will read many more of my works to come/be edited in the future! As always, stayed tuned~ EDITED EDITION N.1)