STH COM - Saga 4 Ep102

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

Episode 102 {1}

Previously on Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius... {2}
After the Egg Carrier 2 crashed into a cliff near Mercia, Silver managed to help Sonic travel back in time in order to save Sally. Once Sonic saw that he had been sent back a few hours, he knew where he had to go... Robotropolis.
Meanwhile, Team Dark began to chase Mephiles as he entered the Ruins of Shamar, supposedly searching for a Time Stone.
When Silver, Zappy and Flare travelled back to their time, Kia, Sky and Fountain informed them that Iblis' monsters had taken Crisis City... and they were coming for Onyx Island. Silver had a plan, but he needed the Chaos Blade in order to do it...
Sonic managed to board the Egg Carrier 2 before it took off, but he now faces a large robot army onboard the ship.
After Flare told him that she was the good part of Iblis, Silver revealed that his intention was to destroy Iblis with the Chaos Blade.
Can Sonic defeat Eggman and rescue Sally? Can Shadow find and capture Mephiles? And can Silver finally put an end to Iblis' destructive flames? Find out in the next chapter of The Solaris Merger!

Chapter Thirteen: Saving the Princess

As the large beast started making balls of molten lava circle himself, Silver prepared himself for the fight at hand while Flare stuck to a safe distance. {3}
"Here I come, Iblis!" Silver shouted. "This will be your end!" Iblis then threw every last ball that was circling him at Silver. While most of them missed, Silver managed to get a hold of the rest and threw them back at Iblis. It was at this point that Iblis decided to move closer to the cliff. Before it did however, it stopped to send out multiple waves of flames at Silver. To avoid the waves, Silver either jumped or ducked out of harm's way. That wasn't enough to intimidate Iblis, as the beast managed to slam its hands down on the ground, causing the other parts of the cliff to fall into the lava below. Although this gave Silver the opportunity to jump above Iblis' head, and hit its third eye with a psychic blade, making it writhe in pain as it walked backwards. "I'm getting close. I can feel it!" Suddenly, Iblis formed an enormous meteor-size ball of molten lava above its head, startling Silver. "I don't know if I can stop that..."
"Silver, listen to me!" Shouted Flare, getting Silver's attention. "Size doesn't matter. You can block that attack! I have faith in you, Silver..." Iblis then launched the large ball at the cliff, and mere seconds later, Silver used his Psychokinesis to catch the giant ball, although it made him skid back a little back before he placed his feet back firmly on the ground. After a loud yell, Silver managed to throw the ball back at Iblis, causing the beast a great deal of pain before it decided to approach the cliff again while generating more waves of flames at Silver, who once again avoided them by jumping over or ducking under. Before Iblis could strike at the cliff, Silver started flying above it as he unsheathed the Chaos Blade.
"All right... I will end this, NOW!!" After saying that, Silver dove down towards Iblis' head with the tip of the Chaos Blade pointing down, stabbing Iblis in its third eye, causing it to vaporise into nothing but flames as Silver returned to stand on the cliff with the Chaos Blade in hand. It was also at this point that all of the monsters around Mobius were also reduced to ash, while Iblis' flames fell down into the lava...

Deep within the Ruins of Shamar, Shadow, Rouge and Omega had found Mephiles in front of a pedastal. {4}
"Mephiles!" Shadow called out, getting the demon's attention.
"I was expecting you sooner..." Mephiles replied after turning around, revealing that he had aquired the Time Stone. "As you must know, you're already too late. But there's still time for you to change your mind. Join me, Shadow... let us teach Mobius a lesson, and rewrite the future."
"Don't try to deceive me." Shadow told him, not sounding convinced at all, which surprised Mephiles.
"What?"
"You have no desire for revenge, after all. You only crave destruction. Your only lust is to fuel Iblis until there is nothing left of time itself!" This made Mephiles drop his arms in disappointment.
"It's a pity, Shadow the Hedgehog... truly a shame that wish to go against me!" While saying this, Mephiles allowed the Time Stone to hover above his head before he released an energy wave that knocked Shadow, Rouge and Omega back. Soon, the very floor the three were standing on became covered in darkness and shadows. It was at that moment that the small shadow creatures from their last battle dove down into the ground.

"I'll make sure you regret this, Shadow the Hedgehog..." Mephiles told the Ultimate Lifeform as the shadow creatures continued to fall into the ground. {5}
"Mephiles, I won't let you escape!" Shadow angrily shouted as the ran towards the demon, not paying attention to what was happening around him.
"*evil laugh* Drown in darkness!" Yelled Mephiles as he dove into the center of the room, avoiding Shadow's Homing Attack.
"Dammit!" Shadow cursed as he landed on the ground after missing Mephiles.
"Uhh, Shadow?" Asked Rouge as she saw what looked like hands emerging from the ground. "That doesn't look good..." Mere seconds later, a large shadow creature rose up from the ground!
"SCAN INDICATES THAT THIS ENTITY CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS SHADOWS." Omega stated. "HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DESTROY THEM." Shadow then smacked the monster with a Homing Attack before Spin Dashing through it, destroying it in the process! But once it vanished, three more took its place.
"Well? What're you two standing around for?" Shadow angrily asked them before they split up to attack each creature. Shadow used the same technique he did on the last one, while Rouge just performed a Drill Kick on the second one, and Omega just fired his machine guns at the third one. Shadow then took this opportunity to try to lure Mephiles out of hiding by Spin Dashing along the floor, but no luck. "Playtime is over..." Shadow then removed his Inhibitor Rings and revealed his Chaos Emerald, before unleashing his Chaos Boost while screaming, causing the floor to return to normal, and Mephiles to rise out of it, allowing Shadow to strike at the demon with a Homing Attack, then with three Chaos Spears before Spin Dashing into his back.
"Grr... sink into DARKNESS!!" Shouted Mephiles as he created a large orb of energy above his head.
"Rrrgh! THIS is the Ultimate Power! CHAOS..." Angrily yelled Shadow as he built up Chaos Energy within him. "BLAST!!" As Mephiles threw the orb, Shadow exploded in an enormous orb of Chaos Energy, temporarily blinding Rouge and Omega, and causing Mephiles some serious damage!

Meanwhile, Sonic had just begun his assault aboard the Egg Carrier 2, which was now flying above Chun-nan. {6}
"The Dragon Kingdom?! Man, I don't have much time!" Sonic pointed out before using his Boost to charge through the robots in his way, when he saw a large circle on the other side of the ship's roof. "Huh. Wonder what that's for... *shakes head* No! Gotta focus..." Sonic then jumped onto a rail and started to grind along its path, taking him down to the ship's underside. "All right! I should be able to get to the bridge from here..." Suddenly, five Egg Blasters were deployed from a bay above Sonic, which he managed to jump into before it closed up on him... only to find the entire room was filled with robots! Taking a deep breath, Sonic started spinning in place and allowed little orbs of light to fly into him until a light-blue aura surrounded him. "So *chuckle*... who wants to take me on first?" Before any robot could approach him, Sonic unleashed his Light Speed Attack, which blasted all through the hanger and destroyed every robot in there in an instant! "Well, that was easy... now to find Eggman and Sally..." It was then that Sonic zoomed out of the hanger and deeper into the ship.

Mere minutes later, the engines had malfunctioned, causing Eggman to panic...
"Why is this happening? NO!!" He screamed in horror.
"Playtime's over." Said a certain voice that made the Doctor turn around. It was Sonic, and he had just used his Spin Dash to free Sally. {7}
"I knew you'd come for me, Sonic." Sally said as she hugged the hedgehog, making Eggman angry.
"Looks like this ship's gonna crash." Sonic pointed out. "Heh heh, too bad, Eggman." This made Eggman stomp his feet on the ground as his Egg Mobile and a large, gold-plated robot appeared outside the bridge.
"I'm not finished yet!" He told Sonic, making the hedgehog spread his arms in front of Sally. Before either Sonic or Sally knew it, the glass seperating the bridge from the outside vanished, causing a sucking motion to occur, throwing Eggman into his Egg Mobile, and making Sonic hold onto Sally and the chair she was tied to. Just then, Sonic saw an edge of the ship, and got an idea... {8}
"Do you trust me, Sal?" He asked, making the squirrel-girl grab onto his arm with both of her hands.
"With all my heart. Why?" Sally replied, which resulted in Sonic letting go of the chair, and landing on the platform before jumping up to the top of the ship, where Eggman was waiting for them...
"You keep getting in my way, you pesky little hedgehog..." He said to Sonic as the hedgehog put Sally down, while the Doctor was concealed with the large robot, which was equipped with a spear and a shield. [*1] "Very well. I'll take you out MYSELF!!"
"Yeah, right." Sonic replied with a cheeky grin as he smacked his fist into the palm of his other hand. "Bring it on, Eggman!"

Back in the future, the lava below the cliff started to spiral before the flames of Iblis emerged. It was at this point that Silver shut his eyes with the Chaos Blade held tight. {9}
"Oh, merciful Chaos, lend me your power..." He said before he started to raise the sword above his head. "Eternal Sun! The living flame entrusted to the royal family... fall into slumber with this sword, Iblis... you cursed Flames of Disaster!" Iblis then seemed to flow towards the Chaos Blade, but gave Silver a couple of burns instead! "Hey... I said get in there!" Iblis then flew towards the sword, but again, struck Silver with its flames and refused entry. This was when Flare grabbed Silver by the shoulder. "Flare?"
"Iblis won't go inside the Chaos Blade because there's another spirit within the sword..." She told him before stepping in front of Silver. "Besides... you should let me deal with my dark side." {10}
"But... you have no power..." Silver said. "You said so yourself!" [*2]
"Be that as it may, perhaps I can distract it long enough for you to eliminate the both of us with the Chaos Blade..." This shocked Silver.
"Flare... I can't do that to you..."
"Silver, either you kill all of me with that sword... or Mobius shall remain a world run by fire forever!" This made Silver hang his head. "Silver!" The young hedgehog then aimed the Chaos Blade at both Flare and Iblis as it charged up energy.
"Goodbye, Flare..." He said before a beam was fired at Flare and Iblis from the Chaos Blade. This resulted in both Flare and Iblis beginning to evaporate.
"Farewell, Silver... and thank you." Just after Flare vanished, light began to shine down on Silver, as the black clouds disappeared and revealed blue sky. Not only that, but the lava somehow turned into crystal-clear water, the trees began to sprout leaves, and Mobians started celebrating as they came out of the wrecked buildings, while Silver just looked down at the newly formed pool of water below him, thinking about Flare... {11}

After Shadow's Chaos Blast, Mephiles soon started to melt into his liquid state as Shadow approached him.
"I am... forever." Mephiles weakly said. "I am... invincible..." Shadow then allowed the Scepter of Darkness to hover above his head, causing Mephiles to fly into it. When all of a sudden, the Scepter of Darkness exploded, causing Shadow, Rouge and Omega to shield their eyes!
"*gasp* It's destroyed!" Rouge gasped as Mephiles slowly began to revert to his crystalline hedgehog from above them while spinning around. {12}
"The 'I' of now absorbed your power through your shadow in the past..." He told them as he completely changed back. "What may have worked 7 years ago no longer does!" Mephiles then unleashed an energy wave at the two Mobians and the robot, causing the ground beneath them to crack. Mephiles unleashed another wave which threw all three of them off their feet, and caused Shadow to drop his Chaos Emerald! After Shadow, Rouge and Omega fell back down to the ground, Mephiles made the Time Stone and the Chaos Emerald to form an 'infinite' symbol above, which created countless copies of himself around them! "You must realize now that you cannot hope to stop me with your... limited power." This got Shadow's attention.
"So you say..." He replied as he, Rouge and Omega stood up.
"It's futile. The world will betray you." Mephiles told Shadow. "Why fight at all? Why risk your life for those who will persecute you later?" It was at this moment that Rouge and Omega gathered behind Shadow.
"If Mobius decides to become my enemy..." Shadow replied as he removed his Inhibitor Rings. "I shall fight like I always have!" Unleashing his Chaos Boost one more time, Shadow charged through the countless copies of Mephiles with Rouge and Omega right behind him...

Back on top of the Egg Carrier 2, Sonic chased after Eggman in his gold-plated robot. {13}
"Smack him good, Sonic!" Cheered Sally, before Sonic Boosted into the robot's chestplate. [*3]
"You... I'm just getting started!" Eggman told the hedgehog as he piloted the robot over to the center of the ring, while Sonic Boosted in the air to get over there. Suddenly, about eight cannons appeared from below. While Eggman attempted to attack Sonic by slashing at him, Sonic used his Homing Attack on one of the cannons, causing it to fire at Eggman! "Why you..!" This enraged the Doctor slightly, making him charge at the cannon that attacked him. When the cannon was destroyed, Sonic took his chance to strike at Eggman's robot with a Homing Attack!
"*chuckle* Hey Eggman, what's the matter?" Teased Sonic as he and the robot returned to the outer ring.
"Grr... No!" Eggman shouted before slashing at Sonic again, which the hedgehog blocked with a Boost. "I destroyed your father with this robot! And I will do the same to YOU!!" [*4] There wasn't enough room in the outer ring for Sonic to try the Quick Step, so he had to either jump over or slide under Eggman's attacks. When Sonic was close enough, he landed another Homing Attack on Eggman's chestplate! Eggman then flew back into the center ring with Sonic in hot pursuit. "Grr... I won't go down like this!!" Feeling very angry, Eggman started slashing at Sonic like there was no tomorrow! Sonic managed to avoid every attack either by jumping, or using his Quick Step. This infuriated the Doctor even more when he saw the smirk on Sonic's face... "Here I come, Sonic! CHARGE!!"
"Charge!!" Sonic teasingly yelled as he Boosted towards Eggman. Before their attacks could collide however, Sonic slid underneath Eggman's robot, then struck its back with a Homing Attack, causing it to fall off of the Egg Carrier while falling apart!
"NOOOO!!! I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!!" Eggman screamed as he fell with the robot.

Noticing that the Egg Carrier 2 was closing in on the cliff, Sonic raced over to Sally and literally sweeped her off her feet! {14}
"Ready, Sal?" He asked as he ran.
"Always am. Go for it, Sonic!" Sally replied with a grin on her face, making Sonic run and jump towards the highest point of the ship before trying to jump up to reach the cliff. When they started to fall, both Sonic and Sally held onto each other for dear life... until the ship exploded underneath them, sending them flying up onto the cliff! When Sonic saw Sally sit up, for some reason, the two of them just started laughing out loud. When they settled down, Sally smirked as she pulled Sonic down to the ground. {15}
"What'd you do that for?" Asked Sonic.
"Just shut up and kiss me." Sally replied, before they kissed each other. After they broke the kiss, Sonic and Sally just stared at the ocean view, both feeling happy.

At that moment, Mephiles had somehow appeared back in Mercia, where he left Scourge's lifeless body, and took the green hedgehog's Time Stone away from him while holding a Chaos Emerald he had aquired... {16}

END OF CHAPTER {17}