Hedgehogs Unleashed Saga Episode 7: Double Gaia Temples Powered Up

The next day, the gang returns to Spagonia University and meets up with Professor Pickle. And since it's day time, Sonic reverts back to his normal self.

"We're back, Professor," Tails says.

"And we powered up the Chaos Emerald at Chun-nan," Eve says.

"Wonderful! Another piece has returned! Good work, everyone!" Professor Pickle says," Keep going at this rate and the planet will be good as new in no time."

"Yeah," Sonic says and snickers, "I sure love to see the look on Eggman's face right now."

"I totally agree, especially since we've returned two pieces together," Eve adds.

"Professor, were you able to figure anything out about the key Sonic and Eve found?" Tails asks.

"Yes. They are Gaia Keys," The Professor says.

"Gaia Keys?" Sonic questions.

"Yes. You see, after reading the manuscript, it turns out some of the Gaia Temples' inner chambers are locked in order to keep out intruders. Some, like in Chun-nan, had their own key to unlock it. Others are permitted to enter. There are two halves to a whole key, the Sun Key and the Moon key," Professor Pickle says.

"Sun and Moon Key?" Sonic

"Yes, the sun keys come out when it's day time and the moon key comes out at night. The one you brought from Holoska is the half of its Gaia Temple, the Sun key," Professor Pickle says.

"Which means, in order to enter Holoska's Gaia Temple inner chamber, we need to find the Moon key and put the two halves together," Tails says.

"Precisely," Professor Tails says, "And we need to find the Sun Key of Spagonia."

"The Sun Key?" Eve questions, "You mean, there are keys here in Spagonia?"

"But we didn't find the Moon Key?" Sonic asks.

"No, but we did," Amy's voice speaks out.

Soon, Amy, Maria, Cosmo, and Jazz come into the room. Maria is also holding a key that is similar to the one they found, but the upper area of the piece is different. The whole area goes inwards not outwards.

"Hey girls, you found it?" Sonic asks.

"Actually Maria did," Cosmo says.

"After you left, we decided that we want to help on our end, and after searching around and um, fighting monsters, we found this key on top of the clock tower," Maria says.

"And we brought it to Professor Pickle and he told us about the two halves of the keys," Amy adds.

"Chao Chao," Jazz replies.

"Well, that's good, that means that Eggman can't get in without the keys and we managed to find two different halves," Eve says.

"But that also means that we can't get in without the other halves of the two keys we found," Tails says.

"True, but it gives us an idea on where they are," Amy says

"That is correct. If Sonic and Eve found the Sun key in Holoaska, then the Moon Key must be there as well. Same as Spagonia's Sun Key," The Professor says, "Sonic, Eve, you must find the other halves of the keys we found and find the Gaia temples in both Spagonia and Holoska, I'll continue researching the manuscript to figure out where the other keys and the Gaia Temples are."

"You got it," Sonic says.

"Since we don't know where the other two temples are, it's best we get around Spagonia and Holoska," Eve says.

"Let's do Spagonia first since we're here," Sonic says.

Amy then gives Sonic the Spagonia Moon Key, "Here Sonic, you need this."

"Thanks Amy," Sonic says.

"Let's go find the other half and the Gaia Temple," Chip says.

And with that, the three then rush off and begin their search for the Sun Key of the Gaia. Both hedgehogs speed down the streets as they begin their search. Of course, Chip is hanging on to Sonic's quill.

"Spagonia is a big place, how are we going to find it?" Chip asks.

"It's best if we split up, we'll cover more ground," Sonic says.

"Good idea. We'll find the key in no time," Eve says.

Chip begins to fly and picks up speed, "I'll help too."

"Great. Let's go," Sonic says.

With that, the three split up to cover more ground of Spagonia. Sonic speeds across the town as he searches through the city for the Gaia Key. Chip takes flight above and searches for it on the roof tops. Eve is also taking ground cover and searches in narrow and underground areas. As Sonic speeds through the city, he comes across more Eggman robots.

"Well, looks like we'll get to have some fun," Sonic says.

And with that, he spins dashes and dashes through the Egg Fighters like they're nothing.

Eve searches through an underground tunnel to come across more of Eggman's goons. Eve then brings out her sword, and suddenly, it shows a small glow, allowing Eve to slice the robots. Eve grins to see it because thanks to having two of the Chaos Emerald's power restored, Eve gained access to some of the sword's power. Eve continues fighting her way through until she speeds past them.

Chip continues to fly in the air and soon stops to spot something standing inside a large platform which is close to the hedgehog in the city. What he sees is a key that is similar to the key he and the otters found in Holoska.

Chip rushes over and picks up the key, "The Sun Key!"

Chip flies over, "Sonic! Eve! I found it! I found the Gaia Sun Key! I found… woah!"

When Chip tries to fly with the key, it's proven to be kind of heavy and has trouble keeping airborn.

Chip struggles to keep flying and hold the key, "This key is heavy!"

Chip continues flying, but struggles to keep himself in flight. Luckily, Sonic rushes and catches him and lands safely on the ground.

"Hey Chip, see you found the key," Sonic says.

"I sure did," Chip says with a smile.

"Sonic! Chip!" Eve calls out.

The boys turn to see Eve rushing over.

"Hey sis, Chip found the Sun key," Sonix says.

"Great. Now we can get into the Spagonia Temple's inner chamber," Eve says.

"Sounds good," Sonic says, "I wonder where the temple is."

Chip then notices his necklace is glowing and says, "It's outside of the city."

"Then let's go," Eve says.

And with that, the two hedgehogs speed out of the city. Sonic, Eve, and Chip are now running along the long bridge that leads them out of the city and along the water. Just then, a large devil fish-like robot jumps out of the water. It is mostly light-blue with a large number of orange eyes. It has yellow claws and an Egg Mobile located on its head, with the laser cannons act as the Devil Ray's pectoral fins.

"It's one of Eggman's robots," Eve says.

"Yeah, but it's not Eggman in it," Sonic says.

Indeed, inside the cockpit of the robot, there are three Little White Fighter robots piloting the machine.

The devil fish flips over in front of them as it flies backwards and is ready to fight, and fires lasers from the cannons. Sonic and Eve remain in the center away from the blast.

"Oh joy, lasers," Eve says, annoyed.

"Let's boost ahead and dash them," Sonic says.

Both Sonic and Eve speed forward, but they are unable to hit it because it's moving fast, and a protective shield is blocking them. Then the cannons move to the side and try to attack them.

"Look out!" Chip cires out.

"Duck!" Eve calls out.

Everyone then slides under the lasers. Seeing his chance, Sonic is able to send a spin dash right at the robot. Eve then spin dashes the robot as well. That cause the robot to get bounced back. Sonic and Eve then perform another Spin Dash at the robot again. The robot continues flying and acts like a fish. The robot then fires small fireballs at the two hedgehogs.

"Looks like that fish has some tricks," Sonic says.

"Yeah. We need to get rid of that thing," Eve says.

"And fast," Sonic says.

Sonic and Eve speed off in different directions as they dodge the fireballs. With their chance, they are able to spin dash the robot again, making it bounce back, and jump around like the fish it resembles. The fish is able to rise up and shakes a bit, but shows that it's short circuiting and isn't able to stay focused. Sonic and Eve continue to dodge the attacks of the robot and continue to spin dash with any chance they get. Of course, it shows that the robot is struggling to stand even longer as it speeds faster and faster. It tries to use the laser cannons to attack, but Sonic and Eve are able to dodge. Then the robot fires fireballs at them. They continue to dodge the robot until they get close, and are able to spin dash it for the final blow. It bounces back and then it explodes.

"Not a bad boy, but playtime's over, pal!" Sonic says.

"Come on, let's go!" Eve says.

With that, the three speed ahead and past the robot that has exploded into pieces, and soon they are able to see the Gaia Temple.

"Look. There's the temple," Sonic says.

The three then rush over and soon reach the Gaia Temple. Sonic and Eve bring out the two halves of the keys and place them together. The key begins to glow as it's forged together to become one key. The key then comes toward the keyhole of the Gaia Temple. It's placed through the keyhole and unlocks the temple, allowing it to open.

The three nod their heads and walk inside the temple.

Sonic and Eve walk into the central altar while Chip flies over. Chip lands on the altar and makes the smaller pedestal appear while his necklace glows. Eve sees that her sword is glowing a blue color, the same as the former Blue Chaos Emerald. Sonic walks up to the pedestal and places the blue Chaos Emerald there. The Chaos Emerald rises into the air and Sonic, Eve, and Chip watch in awe as the Chaos Emerald's power is restored. Then the entire Gaia Temple then shakes. With the Blue Chaos Emerald's power restored, another piece of the Earth has been reunited with the other two pieces, connecting itself to the world once more.

Sometime later, the three return to the lab to meet the professor and the others.

"You did it guys, the Southern Eurish continent piece has returned," Tails says.

"Now that another piece has returned, you must hurry to the Gaia Temple in Holoska, and it should be little problem getting there now," Professor Pickle says, "You both need to find the Moon Key of the Gaia Temple and piece it together with the one you found."

"You got it, Professor," Sonic says.

He along with Eve, Chip, and Tails leave the university and make their way to Holoska and find the Moon Key of Holoska, and the next Gaia Temple.

Sometime later, the gang arrive in Holoska and are in the night. Because it's night time, Sonic has changed into his werehog form.

"Well, we're back at Holoska," Chip says.

Eve, dressed in her snow gear asks, "You doing okay, Sonic?"

"I'm fine. The fur is actually keeping me warm," Sonic says.

"That's good," Eve says.

Tails says, "I'll stay here and keep track of what's going on."

"Thanks Tails," Sonic says.

Just then, more Gaia monsters appear and begin to attack the people.

"Well, here comes the welcome committee," Sonic says.

Chip brings out his camera, "And there are people being possessed by them."

Chip then takes pictures of the people, and forces the monster of the people's body. Sonic and Eve then use their abilities and powers to fight against the monsters and are able to defeat them. They both continue to use their powers until they're all gone.

"That was close," Sonic says.

"Come on, we better get going and find that key, and then find the temple," Eve says.

Sonic, Eve, and Chip leave the village and begin to explore the land for the Gaia Key before making their way to the temple. They rush across the icy lake with ice flows, and soon end up seeing the Gaia Monsters. Sonic and Eve of course, use their powers to claw, slice, and throw energy balls at them.

They continue traveling around and soon see Eggman robotic freezers.

"Hey, how about we use these," Sonic says.

"Good idea," Eve says.

Sonic and Eve both knock the fans and freeze some of the Dark Gaia Monsters. Eve finds some small pedestal and brings it to a slot and places it there. That allows the door to open. Everyone then runs through the opening and across the icy area to find more Gaia Monsters.

"How many monsters are there?" Eve asks.

"Too many to count," Sonic says.

Then look at the icy floor, "And all of this is not making it easy to walk."

Eve then has an idea, "Let's use that."

Eve begins skating across the icy floor as she makes energized daggers appear and slice and dice the monsters.

"Yeah! Let's skate!" Sonic says.

Sonic then uses his skating skills to fight the Dark Gaia Monsters and manages to get rid of them. Sonix then grabs a heater fan of Eggman's robots and uses it to melt the ice nearby, giving them a chance to walk through. They continue to travel across the icy lake and plan as they continue to search for signs of the Gaia Key they need to enter the inner chamber of the temple. After traveling, they come across a very large ice pillar.

"This ice pillar looks really hard! But I bet fire could melt it, though," Chip says.

"Good idea, Chip," Sonic says.

Sonic then battles and hits one of Eggman's robots, and finds a heat blaster of Eggman's robot. Then use it to melt the pillar. Eve then uses the daggers to cut and slice, causing the pillar to fall and allow them to climb over. Then they climb up the wall with their climbing gear and Sonic, elastic arms until they reach the top. They continue traveling through the land, and practically fight their way through. They continue traveling through and soon reach the end of the area.

Eve notices, "Sonic, look."

The others look to see the Moon Key of the Holoska Gaia Temple, and see that it's frozen in the ice.

"We found it," Sonic says.

Sonic then punches the ice, making it shatter, and mananges to grab the key. Eve brings out the Sun Key they found from before. Sonic and Eve merge the key together to make it full.

"And now we can find the Gaia Temple," Eve says.

Sonic soon turns his head and sees a temple a distance away.

"That must be the Gaia Temple," Eve says.

"Let's head over there," Sonic says.

The three continue making their way through the Cool Edge and are walking through a chasm and entering an open area. Just then, projectors are turned on, briefly blinding them before they see something encased in ice

What they see is a creature that resembles a combination of an eel and an eastern dragon. He has a very large mouth with thin, sharp teeth, though his jaw is a bit crooked. He has two sets of horns on his head; one set of more curved and split horns around his jaw joints and a set of more straight horns on his forehead. He also has a green abscess on his lower belly area, his upper back and on his forehead, which might act as central arteries. It also has small extensions sticking out from the edge of the platform, and they have flat teeth instead.

The creature's eye darts around before it sees Sonic the Werehog and Chip, where it then breaks out of the ice and roars at them, ready to engage the intruders in its lair.

"Oh, no!" Chip says, shocked.

Eve turns to Chip, "Chip, you better go hide. Sonic and I will deal with that overgrown eel."

Chip does so and hides behind one of the large icicles as flaunting his fists. Sonic and Eve then dash forward to take on the monster at hand.

Once they arrive, they see the giant creature is on top of some pillar as Sonic and Eve are on the platform under it. Of course, the creature seems to have formed that barrier. Then there are strange monsters appearing from opening doors. Sonix and Eve try to slash at them, but are unable to.

"Our abilities aren't having much effect," Eve says.

"We gotta get them to stop moving somehow," Sonix says.

Eve notices some canisters, "What about those."

She approaches the canister and feels the cold, "That's really cold."

"Yeah. But maybe we can use it," Sonic says.

Sonic then picks up the canister.

Sonic then throws it at the other eel and it freezes. Sonic is able to punch and kick it. With that happening, the barrier goes down.

"The barrier is down," Eve says.

"Now's our chance," Sonic says.

They both managed to jump to the platform.

Eve then notices a green glowing thing on its back, "I bet that is its weakness."

Sonic then notices another canister, "Then let's freeze it in its place."

Sonic throws the canister which freezes it. Eve takes her chance and throws an energy ball at him, causing it to scream in agony. Sonic then slashes them as well. The two quickly move back as the barrier appears around. Both Sonix and Eve use the came canisters to freeze the eels on the side of the pillars allowing the barrier to go down. However, the Moray continues to launch powerful beams at them, forcing them to dodge. Sonic grabs a canister and throws it at the monster, causing it to freeze. Eve then uses her powers to hit it at its weak spot with her energized dagger. The monster screams in agony and focuses them back out.

"I think one more should do it," Sonic says.

"And we better hurry. That monster looks really mad," Eve says.

"Yeah. For a monster that shoots ice, it's clear to be fiery mad," Sonic says.

Eve snickers, "That's a good one, bro."

Eve notices it, "Look out."

Sonic and Eve dodge out of the way of the attack, and Sonic and Eve both use the ice canisters to throw them at the icy moray at the bottom base, and use their powers to attack them, forcing them in. That forces the barrier to go down, and the hedgehogs to come in.

Once arriving, the monster bends back down and begins to spin around. Sonic and Eve hang on.

"It's trying to force use of," Eve says.

Sonic then picks up the canister, "We'll use this."

"You need to aim it just right or we'll miss," Eve says, "On my signal."

Sonic looks and has his arm back with the canister, waiting for the perfect time. Eve narrows her eyes and sees the monster spins.

Right on cue, Eve shouts, "Now!"

And with that, Sonic throws the canister at the monster and it freezes in its tracks. Sonic and Eve jump up and slashes the monster with their powers and soon, the monster is defeated.

"Sorry for the rush, but we're in a hurry," Sonic says.

"Let's get out of here," Eve says.

Sonic calls out, "Come on, Chip. Let's go."

Chip comes out and says, "Right."

Chip then follows Sonic and Eve and soon reaches the temple entrance. Like before, Eve brings out the Gaia Key and it's able to slip into the slot and unlock the door, giving them access.

They soon reach the central chamber as Chip flies up to the altar, and makes the smaller pedestal appear while his necklace glows. Eve's sword glows cyan blue as the Chaos Emerald glows the same color, making the three nod their heads in response. With that, Sonic places the cyan Chaos Emerald in the pedestal from afar with his extendable arm. The Chaos Emerald rises into the air and its power is restored.

And with the Chaos Emerald in place and the temple beginning to glow, the Southern Tundra has been put back in its proper place, restoring another piece of the world.

And with them both having two more continents put back together. They only need three more temples to find in order to have the Chaos Emeralds and the planet restored.

Time has passed, and the gang return to Spagonia University in the daytime, and tell Professor Pickle about their progress.

"Well done everyone, another piece of the world has been restored," Professor Pickle says.

"Thanks Professor," Sonic says.

"How's the research going?" Eve asks.

"Doing splendid, Eve," Professor Pickle says, "I've located another Gaia Temple. The next temple lies in Shamar. And like Spagonia and Holoska, they require the Dark Gaia Key to open it. And both the Sun and Moon Key are most likely somewhere in the city."

"Well then, that will be our next stop," Sonic says.

"Yes. This time, I will join you myself. I have a research facility there in Shamar," Professor Pickle says.

"Really?" Undina asks.

"Yes. And so I shall accompany you to Shamar to help continue our research," Professor Pickle says.

Amy then says, "We can take you there in the X Tornado."

"Great idea. It will help the rest of you get there as well," Cosmo says.

"Well then, I shall take you up on that offer," Professor Pickle says.

"Well then, it's time to get to Shamar," Sonic says.

And with that, everyone rides on either the X Tornado or the Tornado 1, and take off to Shamar for their next destination.

Meanwhile, somewhere at dawn of an unknown location. There are multiple monsters walking across the barren plain. The tower on top of the building is giving off a sparkling energy pulse and hordes of Dark Gaia's Minions come into view, all of them heading towards the tower.

And while all that is happening, Eggman is watching the monitors in the control room.

SA-55 gives the analysis "All systems are green. Dark Gaia activation is confirmed on all 7 continents. Electromagnetic homing signals are locked on. All units converging on Point Zero.

"Yes, yes, perfect!" Eggman says and walks around, "Gathering Dark Gaia's pieces is such a pain. I'll have them come to me instead! A brilliant shift in perspective! An idea worthy of Dr. Eggman, super-genius! Oh ho ho ho!"

SA-55 applauds, "Your skill at self-aggrandizement is unparalleled."

"Ho ho ho ho ho!" Eggman continues laughing before looking at SA-55 angrily] Silence!" and slaps SA-55, leaving him disabled, "Activate the Dark Gaia fusion furnace. And while you're at it, get those energy conversion circuits warmed up!"

SA-55 recovers from Dr. Eggman's slap, "Understood. Commencing "Project Dark Gaia." Requesting final clearance.

Then a large red button emerges from nearby panel

"Granted!" Eggman says and presses the button and turns around, "Finally, my ambitions will be achieved!" And maniacally laughs, "Gah ha ha! Oh ho ho ho!"