Let's be GETTIN' outta here! Play the "Kingdom Valley (Water)" Theme from Sonic 2006!
Chapter 34: The Princess Returns
Stage 31: Oceana, Act 2
Sonic, Blaze, and Mika carried their friends as they dashed/flew across the collapsing ocean realm. Sonic and Eva were nearly crushed by part of a falling building, but the speedy hedgehog made a quick turn down a path to the left. The road was broken ahead, but Sonic got them across by Home Attacking GUN Beetles that went across, dashing down the path on the other side.
Mika carried Amy as she side-dodged more falling rocks. Mika was too late to dodge one, but Amy quickly swung her hammer and bashed it away, allowing Mika to keep flying. The psychicbender then started hopping up rocks as they fell down, reaching the tops of the buildings and running across them.
Blaze carried Nigel through the destruction as the two constantly had to jump and combine their powers to make large fireballs and smash through debris in their path. Some GUN Hawks flew down to try and shoot them, but the two split up and started hopping over them, blasting fire and taking them out. The two landed back on the ground and started running, and Blaze quickly grabbed Nigel to carry him past more falling debris. Morgan dodged as debris and waterfalls fell to her. She charged and tossed a Psycho Sphere to blow up a huge chunk coming her way, then formed a barrier to protect herself from some waterfalls as she went under.
Meanwhile, some water came down and destroyed part of another building, releasing the air bubble inside as Cleveland Brown, in his bathtub, gurgled as he hurriedly began swimming to the surface.
Mika had then taken to the air, watching from a bird's-eye view as the kingdom fell to ruin. Despite the destruction, despite the thousands of merchildren crying in fear, Mika didn't care. For every downpour of ocean water that threatened to crush Mika's skull, had she not blown them away using psychic, Mika felt the incredible rush of excitement. Every dangerous encounter they endured, Mika's excitement grew. She became ever-more glad she left the island with Morgan and the Twins.
Sonic dashed and dodged more parts of the crumbling floor, and Eva held on tight as the hedgehog drifted around a tight turn. GUN Beetles fired at Nigel and Blaze as the cat dodged them, tossing Nigel upwards to shoot flames at the robots before she caught and carried him again. Morgan was knocked out of the air by a GUN Beetle, but Mika was able to catch her with psychic. The team kept running until eventually meeting back with each other. They saw Rourke in his jetpack ahead, just about to carry Manaphy off. (End song.)
Somewhere under the sea
"Those little brats think they've won," Eggman spoke as he and his counterpart sat in a control room with their henchmen, "but they'll meet their makers, yet! Once they have a taste of THIS baby!"
"All systems are ready, Doctor." Orbot reported.
"LET'S FIRE IT UP!" Cubot shouted.
"I must say, Doctor, I will never know when you have the time to build these things." Nega said.
"I'm quite full of surprises, Nega!" Eggman grinned. "Captain Rourke can float around in his little ship, but I have something better! Wait until those fools get a load of my Egg Carrier 3!" A hatch then opened beneath the sea, allowing the massive ship with a "3" on the side of it take off to the sky, followed by a fleet of Bowser and Kremling ships. "You're mine this time, Sonic! OH ho ho ho ho ho ho!"
Oceana
Just before the naval captain could make his escape, Sonic ran below and jumped high enough to toss Eva, the princess grabbing onto the captain's leg. "Ah! Get off me, you brat!"
"Not until you give me back my brother!"
"Ah, never!" The captain kicked her off.
"AHH-" she screamed before Sonic caught her. The others then arrived and watched as Rourke escaped through the water with some other GUN Troopers, hauling the crystals into a huge submarine that just arrived.
"They're taking them into that sub!" Eva yelled.
"We must stop him." Blaze said.
"YEA'! Le's show that drongo who's boss!" Marine shouted.
The Red Marine
Meanwhile, Rourke's submarine; called the Red Marine, opened a hatch, welcoming Rourke and the soldiers inside. The muscular captain walked to the center of the sub, finding the GUN Commander sitting in a throne, Boba Fett by his side. "So, I see you got my message." Rourke smirked.
"Yes, we did. Good work, Lyle. We never could've found the lost kingdom without your coordinates. With the Firstborn's power and the jewels from the Sea Crown, we can end the waterbending population and possibly ALL metahuman kind."
"And that means no more psychos!" Boba exclaimed. "That's what I like ta hear! Way ta go, Rourke, mah man!" he congratulated, slapping Lyle on the back.
"You will have your promotion to Commander very soon." Gunkan said. "First, let's take out the rest of these fools."
"Right then! You guys store the crystals up here. I've got special plans for the little prince…" The captain smirked, and Manaphy cried as he carried him off.
Old Orleans
The sub started to head away as Facilier used magic to produce an air bubble over the Old Orleans, floating the villains. "Come on! Let's hurry up and catch those traitors!" Marine shouted, stomping frantically.
"Patience, Marine. We'll stop them." Blaze assured.
"DON'T TELL ME TA BE PATIENT!"
"Quiet down, kids!" Facilier exclaimed. "And save yo' strength for the GUNs."
"YEAH! LET'S KICK some army butt!" Wally shouted.
"Actually, Numbuh 4, this is the navy." Hoagie corrected.
"You know what I mean! Let's just ram this sucker!"
"Now you readin' my mind." Facilier smirked. "Have a taste of this!"
Inside the sub, the GUN soldiers were immediately startled when the yacht PIERCED the wall, water spilling in. Rourke spotted the kids get off the ship to start attacking, and the navy captain ran down the hall with Manaphy.
The operatives drew out their weapons and started taking out Troopers while Mika and Morgan pushed them away with their psychic. "We have to find where those crystals are." Eva said rushedly, kicking a GUN in the crotch.
"I can sense them down the hall." Mika pointed. "Let's go." The others followed her down the hall, beating more GUN soldiers on the way. Mika and Morgan used psychic to bust down the door ahead of them, running in and gasping at who ambushed them.
"Hey, hey! Guess who's makin' a comeback in THIS story, Baby!" Boba exclaimed, switching on his two lightsabers. Commander Gunkan sat and watched from his throne behind the bounty hunter.
"They're down that way." Mika said, pointing to a hall to her left. "You get the crystals back to the temple. We'll deal with this guy." With that, she and Morgan drew out their lightsabers.
The others headed down a hall as the psychics began clashing against Boba's swords. They kept swinging from all directions, but the speedy bounty hunter proved to be quite fast, defending with his sabers.
"Hm… I've got better things." Eva said, running back the way she came.
SS United Nations
When Rourke arrived back at his ship, he carried the crying prince up to his deck. A control panel emerged from below, along with a small pedestal which the captain placed Manaphy on. "Easy now…" he said as Manaphy screamed from a painful shock. "Big Daddy Rourke will make it all better soon, and then we-"
"AAAHHHH!" the captain turned when Marine suddenly shot out of the water on her waterbike, flying to the deck and punching Rourke upside the chin, flinging him across the deck. "YOU TRAITOROUS BLOKE! What's the big idea takin' the Crown like that? ! Oi thought you wanted to PROTECT marine life, eh?"
"You stupid kid." Rourke retorted, standing up and rubbing his mouth as he approached Marine. "It's inhuman freaks like you that are ruining, not only the seas, but this whole WORLD. I WILL be saving marine life, by destroying ALL of you! AHH!" Marine quickly began dodging as Rourke shot his gun at her. She made one more dodge-roll before firing a Light Sphere, knocking the captain's blunderbuss into the sea. When she attempted to jump and spin-kick, he easily grabbed her foot and tossed her at the wall, giving her a headache.
"Oi, Mate… 'ow do you throw so hard?" she moaned, recovering and rubbing her head.
Rourke just smirked at the raccoon before glancing to his left and right to see more GUN ships sailing into the area. "It won't matter anyhow. My fleet's gonna waste this kingdom to the NEW Davy Jones' Locker. Your seafaring adventures are at an end, Raccoon. You're gonna get more than what I gave that poisonbender a few months back."
Marine's mouth dropped wide open. She became more fierce as she gritted her teeth at the captain. "So ya WERE the one that hurt Elijah!"
"Oh, you knew him? Perfect! I only gave him a scar, but I'll be sure YOUR treatment's much worse." His attention was then directed to a huge splash of water a few miles away.
Facilier's yacht shot out of the sea with the many Sonic and Mario members standing on. Sonic smirked as he started carrying Amy, dashing across the water, followed by the other speedy members, jumping onto the GUN ships and starting to take them out. Tails carried Knuckles and flew over the sea, as Blaze ran to deal with her own ships.
"SHOVEEEEEL CLAAAAW!" Knuckles cried as he shot straight for some soldiers, knuckles-first, wielding his Shovel Claws as he pierced the deck of their ship. Blaze began to spin rapidly in a tornado while Tails threw Dummy Ring Bombs, the fake Rings scattering and blowing up the soldiers.
Marine smirked as Rourke gave a slight frown. The captain then heard another small splash and turned to see Eva, Nigel, and Kade climbing aboard his deck. "FREEZE!" Nigel yelled as they all aimed weapons. "You're under arrest, Lyle!"
"You kids aren't in the position to be makin' arrests." Rourke smirked, smoking his cigar. "So, if you don't wanna get burned, I'd suggest turning home and playing in your treehouses."
"If you wanna talk about getting burned," echoed Ava's voice, the lot spotting the Heart Star coming from above, "we're the ones you wanna turn to." The alien started mashing buttons with her thumbs, trying to blast Rourke with lasers.
The captain only jumped out of the way and yelled, "FIRE!" as GUN ships aimed cannons and fired at the heart-shaped ship.
"OOH OOOOOH!" Donkey cried as he and the other Kongs jumped off and boarded a naval ship, landing on and taking out the GUN robots.
"Looks like this party's gettin' started." Sonic remarked, smiling with Blaze by his side.
"WHOOA!" they yelled when lasers nearly blasted them from above.
"The only ones partying today will be US, Sonic!" At this, they looked up to see a fleet of Kremling and Bowser airships, led by what the Sonic crew recognized as the Egg Carrier.
"Eggman!" Sonic shouted. "Looks like he's after Manaphy, too."
"Alright, boys, time to give these clowns a taste of my Egg Carrier 3!" Eggman smirked in his control room.
"ROGER, DODGER!" the henchmen saluted.
"Hey, Muscle Man!" Eggman called to Rourke. "Not so high and mighty NOW, are ya? See if your precious United Nations can unite against THIS!" The children took cover as the ship started firing bullets.
Rourke only held his arm over his face and smirked as he went to his control panel, pushing some buttons and making Manaphy shock in more pain. The front part of the ship opened and tilted back, revealing a large cannon that pointed upwards and charged a blue, sparkling beam. Rourke pressed a large blue button, and a massive laser blasted straight up to the Egg Carrier, erupting in an explosion in one second.
"WHOOOAAAA!" the Eggmen and the henchmen cried, blowing far off in the distance and disappearing in a sparkle.
"So much for the Egg Carrier 3." Tails said, him and the others giving disbelieving looks.
"Who does that guy think he is?" Sonic asked rhetorically.
"ARGH, that load of stuffing be wasting too much of 'is time!" Kaptain Kruckers yelled. "But not I. FIRE! !" The fleet of ships immediately began blasting the GUN ships, who fired back.
Rourke could only watch as all this happened. "And what about us?" He turned back to Eva and the smirking kids.
"You still have US to deal with." Nigel reminded.
Rourke smirked as well. "You think you kids can take on a high-ranked naval Commander like me?"
"I dunno, but I can." Eva said, giving the others shocked expressions.
"But Eva-" Kade tried to say.
"You three help take out the other ships. This is between me and the big boy. I can take him."
Nigel and Kade simply exchanged glances and nodded. "WOOHOO! Okay, codgers!" Marine shouted excitedly. "Let's drown these blokes to the ol' gym lockuh's place!" Nigel switched on his rocket shoes and carried Kade as he and Marine flew off. Eva faced the muscular captain as she drew out her Phantom Sword, swinging it around before pointing at Rourke. (Play "The Encounter" from Kingdom Hearts 2!)
Rourke continued to smirk as he pressed a button, surrounding Manaphy and the control booth in a barrier. "So, a little girl thinks she stands a chance against me, eh?" Eva only smirked back. "Don't worry. You'll have yet to rule your kingdom. When we send you with it BACK TO THE DEPTHS!" The captain ripped his suit in half, exposing his green sleeveless muscle-shirt underneath. He then whipped out his own sword, swinging it around before aiming at Eva.
"Only one of us is going to the depths, and it ain't gonna be me."
Boss fight: Lyle T. Rourke
"AHH!" Rourke called, swinging his sword down at Eva, who flipped back before running and swinging her Phantom Sword. The two swords clashed against the other as Rourke swung at her feet, Eva flipping over him and swinging some more. The captain dodge-rolled around her and tried to strike, but Eva jumped back, stepping backwards as Rourke swung rapidly at her.
Red Marine
The fight also went on in the submarine below, the psychicbenders clashing their sabers against Boba's. Mika leapt over the bounty hunter and struck, Boba holding his sabers up in an 'X' in defense. He quickly flipped over when Morgan tried to stab him, slashing at them as they defended some more.
When Mika slid and tried to strike him from behind, Commander Gunkan took out a gun and tried to shoot her. Morgan saw this and yelled, "Look out!", running in front and blocking the bullets with her saber. The Demon Princess dodged her way to Gunkan before swinging her saber and slicing the gun. "Take that!" she smirked, aiming at him.
The Commander only growled in anger before reaching in his pocket and whipping out his OWN two sabers, which were pitch-black and shaped like pirate swords. "Didn't see that comin'!" Morgan screamed.
"They're darksabers!" Mika yelled. "Watch out!" the Philippine girl helped Morgan defend as the Commander swung his dark sabers.
With Eva and Rourke
Eva gracefully jumped as Rourke continued swinging at her legs. She hopped on the ship's railing and hopped over the captain, performing an aerial spin that he defended against. When she landed on his other side, she gave a few more swings before successfully knocking his sword away, smirking and aiming hers. Rourke then performed a slide-kick and knocked Eva off her feet, but the Ocean Princess did her own spin and swung her sword, Rourke jumping as Eva jumped back up.
When Eva swung at him again, Rourke grabbed the sword in his hands, trying to push it away. He tripped a little when Eva pulled it right back, then gave several swings at his chest, doing him a little damage. As Eva smirked, she suddenly noticed the part of his chest where she slashed seemed to have some type of crystal underneath. The man panted a little through gritted teeth as the skin grew back over the crystal. "Wh…What-"
Rourke just pushed the girl away before flipping back to grab his sword, running to swing at her again, Eva quickly defending and flipping back.
In the skies, the Heart Star swiftly barrel-rolled to defend against the lasers fired by the Kremling ships, Kaptain Kruckers giving a smirk. "Eat this!" Ava shouted, diving back down and firing TNT barrels.
"D'AARRGH!" Kruckers screamed from the impact.
With Eva and Rourke, the two continued slashing at each other until Rourke added more pressure on his sword, trying to push Eva down as she pushed back with her sword. She then noticed the barrier protecting Manaphy behind her and smirked, flipping away from Rourke as she gained an idea. "Come and get me!" she taunted, jumping over when he tried to strike again.
Eva swung at Rourke a few more times before knocking his weapon away and knocking the captain into the barrier, giving him a shock while Eva slashed at him, doing more damage. Rourke was finally blown away, covered in a little soot. "You…" he gritted through his teeth before picking up his sword and swinging at her again.
Red Marine
Boba and Gunkan continued to fight side-by-side against the two psychics, Boba swinging at Mika while Gunkan dealt with Morgan, swinging his darksabers almost faster than she could defend. Morgan then leapt and kicked the Commander into the throne, the man still defending as the Uno girl tried to slash him, then back-flipping when he swung a horizontal slash.
With Eva
Eva still ran and protected against Rourke's strikes, making her way to the barrier and striking it again. Rourke hurriedly chased Eva away before she could set the prince free, chasing after and still trying to slash her. She jumped around and swung behind her to defend from his slashes before stylishly back-flipping above him and stabbing her sword down to do more damage. The captain knocked her away and swung some more before Eva was able to knock his sword away and slash at his chest. Rourke dodged to her left and punched her away, then tried to jump-pound her with both fists before she rolled under and swung at his butt. Rourke jumped around as more parts of his skin were cut, exposing the crystal underneath.
Red Marine
In the sub, Morgan clashed her saber against Gunkan's as they started fighting down the hallway. Morgan grabbed him from behind, but the Commander swung her around and knocked her to the wall above some steam pipes. He kicked her saber away, and the Uno girl looked up in fright as he aimed his two sabers straight down at her. "Get ready to die, you devil."
Mika was able to subdue Boba and watched as Morgan shielded her eyes, and just before Gunkan stabbed down, Mika used psychic to make him stab just below Morgan, slicing the pipes and making steam shoot in his mismatched eyes, allowing Morgan to run and grab her saber.
While the Commander felt his way around, the rest of the operatives ran out carrying the crystals. "We got the gems!" Abby exclaimed.
"LET'S GO!" the Twins shouted.
"Hold on there, now." Boba said, recovering and switching on his jetpack as he shot ahead of them, stopping and turning with his sabers ready. "You kids ain't goin' anywhere with those! It's time ol' Boba puts you in yer-"
"E-YAH!" screamed Kuki and Wally, jumping on the hunter's back.
"What the-" Boba tried to say, trying to spot the kids behind him. Kuki quickly switched on his jetpack and made him fly out of control. "Whoa, whoa, WHOOOAAA!"
"YAAAAA/EEEEHH!" the kids cheered as they flew down the hall on his back, running over many GUN Troopers along the way.
The soldiers recovered just in time to shoot the kids coming down their way. Morgan and Mika jumped in front of them and kept the bullets back with their sabers as they dodged over and sliced the Troopers, allowing the kids to get through. "Let's go, let's go!" Abby shouted, punching some troops back with a S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R..
Back with Eva
Eva had just kicked Rourke to the railing, the angered man growling again as he ran to stab her, but she spun and avoided. When Rourke stepped back, then ran to charge at her, Eva easily jumped right over to kick the back of his head, knocking him to the barrier once again. She gave one last jump attack at the captain, plus the barrier, giving them both a huge shock. Finally, the controls were shattered, and Manaphy was set free.
"Mana, Mana!" the happy prince exclaimed, jumping gleefully. "PHYYY!"
"NOO!" Rourke yelled as Manaphy jumped back to the sea.
Red Marine
"Well, here's the exit." Numbuh 2 said as they made it back to the hole in the sub that the yacht poked in earlier, water still flowing in.
"Mah uncle's still up there fightin'!" Abby yelled. "How do we get outta here?"
Just then, five more GUN Troopers came their way and tried to shoot, but Morgan spun-dodged around and stabbed two, then sliced the others. "There has to be some way."
"Mana-Mana!" Manaphy cheered, just flowing into the sub. The young prince made glowing air bubbles appear around their bodies as they began to float.
"Works for me." Morgan shrugged as they flowed back to the underwater city, towards the palace.
Gunkan had finally rubbed his eyes clear from the steam to see them escape. "YAHOO!" He quickly ducked, startled when Wally and Kuki rode Boba right out of there. The Commander looked hesitantly at the rising water before dashing down the hall.
Up on the ship
Eva and Rourke continued to clash as the princess flipped away from a strike, panting tiredly. "I don't understand, Rourke." She said through breaths. "You said it didn't matter where you were from, as long as you're people. So why are you trying to destroy the metahumans?"
"We are about protecting the people." Rourke responded. "But you inhuman freaks, from aliens to benders to just plain superhumans, aren't people. You're all a bunch of monsters who don't deserve to live in this world. We'll stop you and ANYONE that stands in our way! AHH!"
The two went back to clashing a little before Rourke's sword was knocked away yet again, and the princess dealt a few more blows against his chest. "Well, you know what? The monster here is you, Rourke." Rourke held his left arm up in defense, and with one final strike, Eva leapt high into the air and struck her sword powerfully down Rourke's arm.
"GAAH!" the captain screamed when a good portion of his skin was off. The two now had a good view of the crystal underneath. Rourke looked to his arm and watched with horror and pain as his skin began to come off. "Gah… ack… AHH…" Eventually, all the skin had come completely off, and to Eva's pure shock, as well as the others who watched the fight from other ships, he now had the form of a hideous crystal monster, with fiery eyes and a fiery mouth. "EEAAAHH!"
"Whoa…" Eva stared amazed.
"Holy crud, HE'S METAHUMAN!" Ava exclaimed.
"Aahhh!" Rourke screamed after completing his transformation. "That's right! I've been cursed this way… ever since that cloud of Bang Gas… hit me as a child! Since then, I've never been the same… I HATED this curse! And I vowed to end the lives of EVERY metahuman known to existence! Starting… with YOU!" the hideous crystal form began growing more than twice Rourke's original height, taking up nearly the whole deck of the ship. The beast threw his arms out as sharp crystals emerged all around his body. "Ah ha ha ha… AHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Eva quickly began dodging as the monster started stomping around and pounding his fists at her. "EVA!" Kade yelled, jumping in and hurriedly swimming over to her rescue.
Eva swung the Phantom Sword as the beast fired its pointed crystals all around. She ran around as Rourke held his hand out and launched a swarm of pointy crystals after her. The beast stomped the ground and made the girl trip and drop her Phantom Sword, looking in terror as Rourke smirked and aimed his hand.
"NOO!" Kade yelled, climbing onto the boat and jumping in Rourke's way.
"KADE!" Eva yelled when Kade suffered a barrage of jagged crystals.
"And now…" Rourke spoke as he reached down and grabbed Eva in his right hand, the news anchor trying to shake away. "To DAVY JONES' LOCKER! DAHH!" He was suddenly shot by a missile from behind, dropping Eva and looking back to see her parents, with Eric holding a missile launcher.
"Not so fast." He spoke fiercely.
"No one hurts our daughter." Angelica spoke with anger.
"YYAH!" Eva quickly grabbed her Phantom Sword and slashed at Rourke's legs, making him scream and jump. He bent down, trying to pound her, but Eric shot a missile at his butt, making him jump.
Sea Temple
Back at the temple, the others had finally carried the crystals back to the collapsing temple. "There it is!" Abby exclaimed as they dashed up to the Sea Crown.
After placing all of their pieces of the Crown in, they found that one was missing. "Oh no! We missed one!" Hoagie yelled.
"No! There it is!" Kuki said, pointing to Wally down the stairs, struggling to carry his jewel up.
"Huff, huff…" Wally panted. "Why does this cruddy crown have to be so big?"
"Ugh." Morgan groaned, simply using her psychic to lift the gem up, tripping Wally over as it shot up. She carefully pointed the jewel at the open hole before sticking it perfectly inside. (Stop the music.)
The Sea Crown started to glow with light once again as the ocean balance was restored to normal.
SS United Nations
Up above, Eric tried to shoot Rourke once more, but Commander Gunkan suddenly came above the deck and sliced the weapon with his darksaber, allowing the monster to kick them away. When Eva ran to try and stab him, the beast grabbed her by the hair and held her up, walking to the ship's edge. "To the depths!" And with that, the captain brought his arm back before tossing her out to sea.
"EVA!" Nigel screamed when Eva hit the water. The princess was knocked out as she started sinking.
Eva Roberts could slowly feel the life force leaving her as she sank below the surface, too weak to swim back up. "PHYYY!" She opened her eyes and looked at the beam of golden light headed her way.
"Eva…" Nigel held his head over the railing of the ship, tears slowly dropping from his eyes. The rest of the team held their heads down in respect.
"HA HA HA!" Rourke laughed in his beastly form. "…HUH?" His cocky look went down when a strange, light-blue light poked through the clouds in the sky. The others looked up to see the brightness of the full moon shining down. The spot in the ocean where Eva had been thrown started to glow bright blue as Eva's silhouette form was shown below. (Imagine the "Koizilla" Theme from Avatar: The Last Airbender!)
Kade recovered slightly to watch what was happening as well. They could all only gape as the water rose higher and higher. Eva floated in the middle of the huge water gush, her eyes glowing as the water started to move around and transform. The water was now becoming an enormous liquefied version of Eva, the huge sea goddess holding her head up and reaching her arms out as those parts formed. The water giant looked just like Eva, only having her feet cut off at the bottom where she touched the water, making a small cyclone.
The water spirit opened her glowing eyes and studied her new form. "Whoa! Now THIS is awesome!" She looked down at Nigel and the rest of their friends smiling up at her. She carefully reached down to pick her cousin up and place him in her liquid shoulder.
"Wow, Eva! When'd you learn to do this?"
"Your cousin's full of surprises." She smirked. "Now just sit back and let her handle things." With that, she rose her left hand up and SLICED a navy ship in half. Soldiers tried to shoot her from other ships, but her liquid form made her impervious, the princess flowing over and catching the troops inside her liquid hand, tossing them away.
Two more ships tried to shoot her, but she went beneath the water, drifted over, and came back up, holding the two ships in her hands and tossing them into other ones. She looked back at three more ships and splashed the water with her massive hand, making a wave that wiped the ships out. She drifted to another ship trying to shoot her, and smirked as she started tilting it upwards, the troops merely jumping off before she turned it completely upside down and dropped it. Some of the Kremling and Bowser ships tried shooting her from the air, but Eva simply waved her arms and swatted them off. One last croc ship tried to ram her face, but she easily smashed it between her hands like a fly.
"D'arr… I'd best be going now, eh?" Kruckers said, already flying off with Bowser Jr.'s ship.
As Rourke watched the water goddess destroy their ships, Commander Gunkan hurriedly ran back inside the U.N.. The GUN leader boarded his miniature sub and escaped beneath the sea, sailing past the huge whirlpool that Eva created beneath her water form and getting away.
After squishing the last of the GUN ships beneath her palms, the giantess looked over and smirked at the monster that was Rourke. The Ocean Princess floated herself over and stood high and tall, looking down at the crystalized beast. "Rah!" Rourke simply charged and leapt straight at her face, but Eva easily grabbed him in her right hand. The water giantess swung her arm around and around before smashing the beast against the deck, knocking him clean out. Eva gently placed Nigel on the ship's deck before dissolving her water form and landing herself beside Kade.
Eva rolled the boy on his stomach as she took some more water and used it to heal the wounds Rourke gave him. "Whoa… that was AWESOME!" Kade exclaimed.
"And THAT'S why I'm the Princess of the Sea." She stated proudly, helping her boyfriend up.
"Nnnn…" Just then, Rourke got himself back up and stood over them.
"AHH!" They screamed as the beast was about to stomp them, but just before he could, they suddenly heard animal sounds coming from the ocean.
Before they knew it, the ship was surrounded by legions of octopuses, whales, sharks, and all the different marine life. An enormous splash of water emerged far in front of the ship, the kids watching as Manaphy rode atop Kyogre's head. Rourke gaped terrified at the Ocean King, whose attention was focused directly on him. Nigel, Eva, and Kade exchanged one last smirk before jumping in the water to let him do his business.
A powerful energy beam charged in Kyogre's mouth, and once it was at full power- "MANA! !" The God of the Sea spat his Hyper Beam directly at Lyle T. Rourke.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The beam hit directly and SHATTERED the crystal beast into smithereens. The beam also hit the flagship, and the others watched with amazement as the SS United Nations vanished in an even bigger explosion, creating what seemed like a show of fireworks, lighting the night sky with its huge flames.
The Sonic and Mario gangs had gathered back onto Facilier's boat, along with Team Alien and the other operatives. They watched as Nigel, Eva, and Kade suddenly came above the water, lifted up by none other than the Multipus's tentacle. Kyogre swam to the three on the octopus with Manaphy on the king's head.
"Mana! Mana!" Manaphy waved at Eva.
"The time has come." Kyogre spoke. "Now… catch the Firstborn in the Spirit Ball, and this leg of your journey will be complete."
"What Spirit Ball?" Eva asked. "Huh?" They then noticed the earring on her left ear starting to blink, along with Manaphy.
"It's your earring!" Kade exclaimed.
"Oh yeah…" Eva said, removing the tiny ball from her ear. "It's that ball Beckah showed me. I just decided to make it into an earring… hehe."
"It is the Spirit Ball." Kyogre confirmed. "Capture Manaphy with it now!"
Eva pushed the little button on the ball, making it grow to normal size. "Okay. Ready, Manaphy?"
"Mana Mana!" the cheerful prince leapt off the Ocean King, straight to his sister. "PHYYY!" Eva tossed the ball straight at her brother, the Sea Prince glowing and becoming a light that was sucked into the ball.
Eva caught the ball in her hands as the creatures of the sea started to surround them and begin their song. Eva held the ball close to her mouth as she sang to it as well.
Wuli woser… wikinava… youree uther… wikiner…
Wuli waser… wikinava… youre other… wikinother…
Once the song ended, the ball floated in midair and erupted in a bright blue light. It came back down, and Eva held it in victory.
Eva Roberts captured a FIRSTBORN! Only 6 more to go!
The next morning…
The sun was rising back over the seas as the many team members faced Kyogre. "Children… thanks to your efforts, the seas are at peace once again. It would displease me to not reward you…"
"Naaah." Abby smiled coolly, shaking her head. "Just gettin' to kick that traitor's butt was all worth it."
"Plus, we got Manaphy with us now!" Eva said happily, holding the ball to her cheek.
"Indeed. And you children have completed another leg in your journey. I believe your path will next lead you to an old friend of yours: Jirachi."
"YYES!" Ava, Marine, and Kweeb cheered.
"ALRIGHT!" Nigel exclaimed. "We get to see Jirachi again!"
"However… because of your previous efforts, Nigel… Jirachi's powers have been lost."
"Oh. Uh… eh hehe." He blushed.
"Do not feel shamed. You did what was right. But… there is a way to restore his powers to his original state."
"R-Really? How?"
"Unfortunately, I do not know. The legends have been lost to the ages. There is only one spirit who remembers the tale. He is the Volcano Spirit. Groudon. And he resides inside the volcano on Hawaii Island."
"Suh-weet!" Abby exclaimed. "We goin' ta Sector H!"
"I should warn you, children: that volcano is a dangerous place. As are all spirit locations. …Well then… until we meet again." And at those last words, the Ocean King dove beneath the sea.
"Hoo. Finally, another Firstborn." Abby said, relieved.
"So, are we going to Hawaii then?" Hoagie asked.
"Not yet." Facilier said. "Let's stop back at port first and get some repairs and some food. This quest is only gonna get harder from here on out."
"No problem." Sonic spoke confidently. "As long as we stick together, Lord Gnaa doesn't stand a chance!"
"YEAH! !"
Just as the ship was sailing off, some bubbles appeared above the wreckage of the SS U.N.. "GASP!" Boba exclaimed, finally coming above the surface. "Aw, that's it! Y'all kids done it now! When ol' Boba gets back ta land, you kids are in for it! Ya can't keep a good hunter down! Ah'm the best, Baby! The best! Ol' Boba's gonn' show you! He'll show you all! That's right!" The bounty hunter only kept talking to himself as he drifted in the middle of the ocean. "Gah, stupid jetpack. Dang ol' kids. Dang ol' animals. Dang ol'…"
HOO! Finally! After ages of waiting, we caught the next Firstborn! And next time, we will begin the quest for… JIRACHI! Until then, later!