STH COM - Saga 4 Episode ONE HUNDRED

Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
4th Saga: The Solaris Merger

Episode 100 {1}

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius... {2}
While Sonic showed Sally the Lake of Rings in the present, Shadow and Silver worked together with the Eggmen of the past to seal Mephiles within the Scepter of Darkness and Iblis within a younger Blaze. Seeing how they were originally sealed, both Shadow and Silver may have gotten ideas on how to defeat the Mephiles and Iblis of the present/future...
Back in the present, Eggman has warned Sally that if she didn't surrender herself over to him, he would reduce the Great Forest and Knothole to nothing but ashes.
Now that they have obtained knowledge on how to seal Mephiles and Iblis, can Shadow & Silver put an end to the destruction they've caused or have planned? And now that Sally plans to surrender herself to Eggman, who will her brother Elias send to rescue her? Find out in the next chapter of The Solaris Merger!

Chapter Eleven: Circumstances have Changed

Later that day, the Egg Carrier 2 was flying over the ocean, when Tails was seen chasing after it in his one-seater plane. {3}
"Hang on, Sally..." Tails said as he increased the speed of his aircraft. "Like I promised King Elias, I'm coming to save you!" Just then, a small bataillion of five robots flew past Tails, before coming around. These robots had the head of an Egg Pawn inbetween wings that were arched in, along with laser cannons attached to the outside. These robots also had a missile launcher in the middle of their faces. [*1] "So, you wanna play, huh?" The robots started to fire their lasers at Tails, but he barrel-rolled out of the way, before turning around to shoot at them with the machine gun he attached to his plane, destoying two robots in the process! Before Tails could engage the other three, he detected that the Egg Carrier 2 was flying towards a familiar location. "Sonic! Eggman's headed for Mercia, and he's got Sally captive again!"
"Thanks, bud! I'm on my way!" Sonic said via communicator. "Just keep Eggman busy!"
"Got it!" Tails replied as he flew towards the Egg Carrier 2, unaware that the other three robots were following him...

Racing across the sands of the Emerald Coast with the Scepter of Darkness in hand, Shadow had determination in his eyes as Rouge soared through the sky above him. {4}
"(I know what I have to do...)" He thought as he started plowing through the dark creatures summoned by Mephiles. "(It's time to put an end to Mephiles once and for all! I just hope Omega can hold out until I get there...)"
At that moment, Omega was firing lasers at Mephiles, that seemed to make the demon appear weak. {5}
"Hah... this only proves that you were created to stop Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform." Mephiles told the robot, which made him retract his laser cannon. "Don't tell me you didn't know. You may have been programmed by those disgusting Overlanders, but what you did to Shadow in the future, that was your-" Feeling anger, Omega inturrupted Mephiles' speech by firing his machine guns at him, causing him to melt away into the sand whilst laughing. It was at this point that Shadow and Rouge appeared.
"What was that all about?" Asked Rouge.
"SHADOW..." Omega stated, getting Shadow's attention before the robot turned around. "THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFEATING AND SEALING YOU IN THE FUTURE... IS ME." While Rouge gasped at this information, Shadow's eyes widened before he lowered them in anger again. {6}

"It... it's just not fair!" Said Rouge. "How come Shadow gets sealed away in the future?"
"EVENTUALLY WHEN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS SEEN AS TOO POWERFUL..." Omega replied. "IT CAN BE SEEN AS A THREAT... AND THEN THE WORLD BECOMES ITS ENEMY." Omega pointed at Shadow after he looked away. It was at this point that Shadow left Rouge and Omega on the beach.
"Shadow..." Said Rouge. "Even if you believe all of Mobius will be against you... know that I'll always remain by your side." Rouge then turned away and lowered her head. "Remember that." This made Shadow stop to look back and nod. {7}
"I will." He replied before continuing to walk along the Emerald Coast. "(Even so, I know of another world where I am welcome...)"

Meanwhile, Silver arrived in Knothole through the space-time rift, where both Zappy and Flare were waiting for him. While Flare was pleased to see Silver again, Zappy was amazed by something else... {8}
"Hey." Was all Silver said, as he was happy to see the two of them, aswell.
"How'd you come out of that light, Bro?" Zappy amazingly asked. "That was awesome!"
"Heh. Zappy... we're not brothers." Silver told him. "It's just a coincidence that you and I look alike."

"What did you see in the past, Silver?" Asked Flare, as Zappy merely shrugged off what Silver told him. {9}
"The Iblis Trigger... wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog..."
"Like I've been trying to tell you." This made Silver hang his head in shame.
"Yeah... I'm sorry, Flare."
"Again with the Flare." Said Zappy, as he started to look around. "Where is this chick?!"
"I was just so determined to put a stop to Iblis... that I'd listen to anyone who had an answer..." Silver regretfully said.
"It's okay, Silver." Flare told him, trying to speak over the Mobians who looked quite worried...
"Ugh, I wish these people would shut up about this Princess Sally being kidnapped and let me have her!" Said Zappy, making Silver realize why Sonic was rescuing the girl of the same name... {10}
"Zappy, did you see where she was taken?" He asked as he placed his hands on Zappy's shoulders.
"Nope." Zappy replied, making Silver hang his head. "Saw a large ship fly off in that direction, though..." Silver raised his head, allowing him to see that Zappy was pointing to his right. "It was neato. Not to mention HUGE!"
"The Kingdom of Mercia!" Suspected Flare.
"That ship's gotta have the Princess onboard." Said Silver. "Come on!" Silver ran in the location pointed out for him, while Zappy and Flare followed.

Later, just on the edge of Mercia, Sonic was seen running through the land... until a large number of Egg Fighters blocked his path below the cloud-filled sky.
"Darn! I was making some real headway, too..." Said Sonic as the Egg Fighters began to approach the blue hedgehog. Just before Sonic attacked them, they were all surrounded by a certain green light and were floating in the air as Silver jumped down in front of Sonic. Silver then used his Psychokinesis to throw all of the Egg Fighters back onto the ground, destroying them.
"You sure look like you're in a hurry." Silver told Sonic.
"So... still wanna kill me?" Sonic asked back, but Silver shook his head. {11}
"No." Silver replied. "I was misled. Now I need to rescue the Princess."
"Now you're talkin' my language." Said Sonic, before he started to run past Silver. "Let's go!"
"Right behind you." Silver replied as he flew after Sonic.

Soon, Sonic and Silver arrived at the ruined castle high atop the Kingdom of Mercia, only to find that Eggman's robots were all over. {12}
"Looks like your Eggman knew we were coming..." Said Silver.
"We don't have time for this, Silver." Sonic told him. "We have to stop that ship!" After nodding, Silver managed to get a hold on the Egg Fighters, allowing Sonic to smash them all using his Homing Attack! When they travelled further into the castle, Silver spotted some flying robots, which gave him an idea...
"Sonic, do you trust me?" He asked the blue hedgehog.
"Yeah?"
"Okay, start spinning. I have an idea."
"Whatever." Sonic then started charging up a Spin Dash, which was when Silver used Psychokinesis to pick him up... and threw him at one of Eggman's robots! Bringing him back, Silver then threw Sonic at another one, and another... until the area was cleared of robots.
"Whoo! Felt like a yo-yo there for a second..." Said Sonic, before running along the path, and Silver followed him.

A little later, both Sonic and Silver got to the castle's exit, they found a large number of Egg Fighters, Egg Shooters and small robots with sharp blades spinning around them. [*2]
"Huh." Muttered Sonic. "That's a lotta robots..." This was when Silver stepped in front of Sonic, grabbed two of the Spinners using Psychokinesis, and rammed them into two Egg Shooters!
"Sonic, leave this up to me." He told the blue hedgehog. "You go after that ship." {13}
"Right." While Silver dealt with the many robots, Sonic Boosted through the door, revealing a large chasm with water flowing from either side, and a number of platforms in between. "*whistle* What a sight! *shakes head* Gotta stay focused. I'm comin' for ya, Sal. Just hang in there!" After jumping from ledge-to-ledge, Sonic was running as fast as he could along the platforms and the side of the chasm.

Within the bridge of the Egg Carrier 2, Eggman had Sally tied to her chair. {14}
"You've wasted so much of my time." Eggman told Sally as he paced around her. "If you had cooperated with me earlier, I wouldn't have had to do this."
"I still don't understand what you want from me, Eggman." Sally replied. "I already told you everything I know about the Flames of Disaster when you Roboticized me!"
"True..." Said Eggman. "...but there's something else from you that I need in order to perfectly control time..."
"Okay... assuming I'm going to help you... what is it that you 'need' from me?"
"Something that every Mobian and Overlander has within them... your Core." [*3]
"My... Core?"
"Yes... and it is your Core that is absolutely essential to my plan. You see-" Eggman was inturrupted when he and Sally heard an alarm blaring. When the Doctor saw what was wrong onscreen, he saw that the engines were malfunctioning. "Why is this happening? NO!! We're going to crash!" {15}
"(Sonic...)" Sally thought as the Egg Carrier 2's engines were on fire, and the ship began to lose altitude...

Someone who managed to witness the Egg Carrier crash and explode into a mountain near Mercia was Sonic, who had stopped at the edge of the castle to see the ship's destruction. {16}
"...SALLY!! NOOOOO!!" Sonic screamed as he saw the explosion, while Silver and Zappy caught up with him.

END OF CHAPTER {17}