STH COM - Saga 3 Ep52

Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
3rd Saga: The Black Armed Nocturnus

Episode 52 {1}

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius... {2}
While Jet, Wave and Storm went after Eggman so they could stop him from getting the Treasure of Babylon, ALL seven Chaos Emeralds were left unattended, allowing Shade to take them with ease! By the time the Freedom Fighters realized that the Emeralds were left behind, they were too late. However, since TodStar could sense the Emeralds not too far away, he wasn't willing to give up, despite his weakness against them, so he and Bunnie chased after the Emerald thief.
When the Babylon Rogues defeated Eggman, they discovered the two founders of the Babylon Rogues, Talon the Owl, and his assistant Vlad Vulture. While they fought to claim the life force of Jet, Wave and Storm, they were defeated, allowing the three Mobian birds to take the fabled treasure of Babylon: A carpet that needed deceifering, a number of Babylonian scrolls, and a ring-shaped stone called an Ark of the Cosmos.
Later, after she reached the top of the Feathered Icecap and took out Knights of Mercia Galahad & Gawain, Shade used the Chaos Emeralds to create portals all over Mobius, allowing soldiers dressed much like herself to fall from them. "The Nocturnus Invasion can begin!"
Who are the Nocturnus? Can TodStar convince Shade to hold back the invasion? And why did Shade stop to look at Nicole during the EX World Grand Prix? Find out next in Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius!

Chapter Two: The Sword's Seal

The light that was blinding TodStar and Bunnie soon faded, allowing the two to look up. {3}
"What on Mobius was that?" Asked Bunnie, as she and the green echidna looked up.
"Buggered if I know..." TodStar replied, before using his spiked fists to climb up higher. "But whoever took the Chaos Emeralds is up there. I can sense them..."

At the top of the Feathered Icecap, Shade had two soldiers that were dressed in a similar fashion with her, except they appeared to have arm cannons, and the lights on their helmets were blue.
"What shall we do with these fools, Procurator?" Asked one of them, touching an unconscious Galahad with his boot. Although Shade had her helmet over her head, she was feeling regret all of a sudden. Little did they know that someone was peering from the edge of the mountain...
"Leave them." She instructed. "We now have to rendezvous with the rest of the clan within Hidden Palace."
"...Spear!!" Shouted TodStar as he threw a Chaos Spear at the soldiers, but his attack was blocked by one of the soldiers firing back with his cannon.
"What? TodStar?!" Shade exclaimed as the green echidna jumped up to meet her, and his Roboticized rabbit friend followed.
"Shade... how could you?" TodStar asked as he had another Chaos Spear at the ready. "I thought after you helped me and Tikal defeat Enerjak, you'd turn your back on the Nocturnus!" This information startled Bunnie a little...
"Y'all know this creep?!" She asked TodStar. {4}
"All too well..." Shade replied as she removed her helmet, revealing her face and startling Bunnie even more. "And Tikal died not long after you left, TodStar. I felt so alone! I had no purpose!" After she said that, two blades that TodStar recognized appeared in Shade's hands. "If you're going to resist me and the Nocturnus Clan, old friend... you're going to have to fight me."
"...Fine. Have it your way." Said TodStar as his right hand was set ablaze. "Bunnie, distract the other two while I deal with Shade."
"You got it, sugah." Bunnie replied as TodStar and Shade leapt at each other with angry (yet sad, if that makes sense...) looks on their faces.

At that moment, the rest of the Freedom Fighters were on their way back down to Freedom HQ, when a laser-like beam hit the plane, causing them to spiral out of control and crash just outside the front door!
"Well, at least we made it..." Said Amy as she stood up.
"Ohh... it's gonna take ages to repair the Tornado..." Tails complained before changing the subject. "Although I can't help but wonder what that was that shot us down..."
"Nicole, what do you think?" Sally asked the half-Mobian.
"I'm not sure..." She replied. "Although... that beam did seem familiar to me somehow..." As she said that, four of the same soldiers that fell from the portals appeared as if from nowhere! {5}
"Whoa! Where'd they come from?!" Tails asked in shock.
"Warp Belts..." Nicole said to herself.
"We have come for the Gizoid." Said one of the soldiers.
"...what's a Gizoid?" Amy asked.
"Don't play dumb with us, ma'am." The soldier replied. "We know that one of you is the Gizoid we want. Now tell us, which one is it?" No one answered, but Sally pulled out the Sword of Acorns.
"What makes you think you scare me?" She asked them. All of a sudden, the sword started to rise above Sally, taking her arm with it. "What the? Aah!" A strange dark energy started coming from the sword, causing Sally a lot of pain.
"Sally!" Cried Tails and Nicole, as the soldiers just stared at Sally in awe. Soon, gold rings attached to her arms and legs, four for each limb.

When Sally opened her eyes, where there was supposed to be blue and white, there was yellow and black! {6}
"Finally! The Nocturnus have arrived, and I am free of my dreadful prison!" Said a male voice, coming out of Sally's mouth, startling everyone in the area.
"...Sally?" Tails asked curiously.
"*chuckle* Yes, she still resides in this body..." Said the voice. "But she is not in control. I am."
"And you are..." Asked Amy, getting frustrated.
"Dr. Finitevus, creator of the Rings, and beacon of the Nocturnus Clan." Said the voice, as the soldiers all gasped.
"You were the one who sent that signal?" Asked one of the soldiers.
"Yes, I am." All of the soldiers bowed before Finitevus.
"Why are you controlling Sally like that?" Tails angrily asked him. All of a sudden, a Ring appeared behind him, and Sally's fist emerged from it, punching Tails to the ground!
"Tails!" Cried Amy as Finitevus chuckled.
"Fools. Come, my warriors." He said as he opened another Ring to another location, allowing him and the Nocturnus soldiers to walk through.
"Who were those guys?" Amy asked as she knelt down to Tails, while Nicole saw the Ring vanish.
"The Nocturnus Clan..." She said to herself.

Meanwhile, back at the top of the Feathered Icecap, TodStar was still fighting Shade, while Bunnie was left unconscious, and other Nocturnus soldiers were closing on the echidna... {7}
"Stand down!" She ordered them as she blocked a Chaos Spear. "This one is mine." While Shade tried to slash at TodStar with her blades, he kept dodging them at the last second. Shade then tried slashing down at the echidna, but he escaped his fate with Chaos Control. TodStar then punched Shade in the back of the head, making her fall face first into the snow! This made the Nocturnus soldiers come after TodStar...
"So, you wanna rumble, eh?" He asked them. "Bring it!" Before they could do anything however, a red blur zoomed above the mountain.
"Thunder Arrow!!" Yelled a familiar voice as arrows of Chaos Energy came raining from the sky, hitting all the Nocturnus soldiers coming at TodStar!
"Knux! Boy, am I glad to see you, bro!" TodStar told the Guardian as he landed in front of him.
"Never mind the reunion." Knuckles told him. "I'll deal with these guys. You take the Chaos Emeralds, and get off the island."
"If you're sure..."
"GO!"
"(Thank you, Shahra...) Chaos... CONTROL!!" TodStar was in such a rush to escape with the Chaos Emeralds, that he forgot about Bunnie!

As Shade woke up, she saw that both TodStar and the Chaos Emeralds were gone! {8}
"What? Where are the Emeralds?" She asked as she got to her feet.
"With my brother..." Knuckles told her, getting her attention. "...away from Angel Island."
"That was a big mistake, Guardian..." She said to him.
"Yeah, well your mistake was competing in the EX World Grand Prix!" Knuckles told her as he charged at her.

At that moment, the Babylon Zepplin was flying above Knothole, while inside the blimp, Jet and Wave were trying to understand the carpet and the Ark of the Cosmos. In their own seperate ways... Wave was still reading through the scrolls they found, looking for information about the Ark of the Cosmos, while Jet had discovered that the cube he inherited from his father allowed the carpet to hover above the ground!
"Huh. What do you think this means, Wave?" He asked the swallow, who was impressed with what Jet had accomplished.
"Wow... not sure. But I think the carpet might be an Extreme Gear prototype..." She replied, staring at the carpet. "Anyway, I think I've uncovered something about the Ark of the Cosmos..."
"Yeah? Like what?" Before Wave could say anything, Storm fell into the room, with Nocturnus soldiers standing on top of him! {9}
"Hand over the Ark of the Cosmos!" One of them told Jet, but he merely folded his arms.
"Heh. And if I don't?" He asked with a smug look on his face, making another soldier bring a blade to Storm's head! This made Jet point the Ark of the Cosmos at the Nocturnus, causing it to create a wave that disrupted the gravity around the Nocturnus soldiers, making them fly off of Storm and into the wall behind them before vanishing!

"Wha? How did you do that, Jet?" Wave asked him.
"No idea." He replied while shrugging. "Didn't want those guys to harm Storm, and I figured this thing would do something to help..."
"Ugh... what happened?" Storm asked as he came to.
"Jet just unlocked the power of the Ark of the Cosmos!" Stated Wave.
"...what?" Asked Storm, looking confused ...resulting in Wave hitting Storm in the head with her spanner! "Ouch!" He exclaimed as he rubbed his head.
"What did I do with this thing?" Asked Jet, who was almost as confused as Storm. {10}
"Well, to put it simply..." Wave replied. "The Ark of the Cosmos can temporarily charge up gravity... and then convert it to power Babylon Garden's warp drive."
"Hmm, sounds promising." Said Jet as he looked back at the Ark of the Cosmos.
"Wait a minute..." Inturrupted Storm. "Babylon Garden is a SHIP?!" After Jet and Wave looked at each other, Storm got another spanner to the head! This one resulted in him fainting.

"So, that power was gravity, huh?" Jet asked before Wave pointed to one of the scrolls with five stones of the same shape.
"It sure looks that way." She replied. "And there are four more Arks of the Cosmos out there somewhere. That one with the yellow markings seems to be the master unit, while the other four -including the one you're holding- serve under it." While Jet was paying attention, something else was on his mind... "Jet? What's wrong?"
"(Who were those guys?)" Jet thought as he looked at where the Nocturnus soldiers were last seen on their blimp, before he shook his head. "Nothin'. If these things can attract one another, you should be able to come up with some kind of Ark-finding radar. Get on it!"
"Understood." Wave said before she walked out of the room, leaving Jet alone in his thoughts as he looked out the window again...
"(What did they want with the Ark of the Cosmos?)" He thought. "(Maybe that Talon guy sent them... I had a feeling we hadn't seen the last of him...)"

END OF CHAPTER {11}