Sonic Chronicles: The Series

“Are you the one who called us?” Rector asked. “Yes, it is good to see that you have arrived on time.” The curator said. “Looks like the sun is about to go down. It would be best if you would head home now.” Ebon suggested. “Yes, that would be best. I do hope that things will be ok.” The curator said with concern. “It’ll be no problem now that we’re on the job!” Rave cheered. “Come back down to Earth, Rave.” Ebon said as he pulled the excited hedgehog down to the floor. “Ok, but just be sure not to break any of the other priceless artifacts inside.” The curator said. “Not a problem.” Rector reassured him. Feeling safe leaving the team, the curator walked away towards home. “Ok, everyone got their lights?” Rector asked. Rave held out his flashlight and Ebon held up...an oil lamp? “Ebon, get with the times.” Rector said as he tossed an extra flashlight to Ebon. “Ok guys, let’s get started.” Rector said.
Rector, Rave, and Ebon separated to go three different ways. Rector remained with the artifacts, while Rave took the left wing and Ebon took the right. Before splitting up, Rector handed each of them a radio receiver that they wore around their necks for quick communication. “Man, this is getting boring.” Rector complained into his receiver. “Toughen up, Rector. It won’t be too much longer until this is over.” Ebon said. “But if this keeps up, then our pay will be cut.” Rave said. “Oh man, he’s right!” Rector exclaimed. “All you guys ever think about is money. There are more important things, like honor.” Ebon said. “Honor doesn’t pay the bills, Ebon.” Rector said. Just then, a slow eerie creak could be heard coming from the entrance door. “Hold up, I thought I heard something.” Rector said. “Be careful.” Rave said. Rector slowly made his way to the entrance and reached out to the door. Once his hand was firmly placed on the handle, Rector whipped the door open to find...nothing. “(Sigh) probably just the wind.’ Rector said. But the minute the red hedgehog turned, a silver fist collided with his face and knocked him to the wall.
“Rector? Rector, what’s going on?!” Ebon shouted into the receiver. Just then, one of the rare Chinese vases was thrown at him and he quickly caught it to set it down. In a split second, over ten vases were thrown at him, but he managed to safely secure each and every one of them. “You much faster then you look.” Ebon looked to the shadows the watch a samuri make his appearance. “And you would be?” Ebon asked. “My name will be of no importance in a moment, but if you must know I am the element guardian of darkness, Darkus.” Darkus said as he draws his swords. Anticipating the challenge, Ebon drew his swords and held them to the ninja monster. They stood, waiting for the first move to be made. Finally, Ebon moved his foot and the two instantly jumped at each other. Metal clashed against metal as the two were locked in a stalemate. “Not bad. You were able to block my initial attack. But your form is weak. I can easily maneuver around this.” Darkus said. True to his word, Darkus pushed his sword down to bring Ebon’s swords with it. Having absolutely no defense, Ebon was unable to avoid Darkus’ knee as it bashed against his face.
“Rector, Ebon? Oh, I hope they are ok.” Rave said with concern. “I think the one you should be worrying about is yourself.” Rave turned completely around to come face to face with a creature made from electronics. “AAH!” Rave screamed as he jumped back. “I am the element guardian of lightning, Shockius, LIGHTNING JAVELIN!” Shockius called as he sent a out a wave of electricity. Rave was quick to dodge the attack, but was unfortunately grazed to the side. Rave whimpered as he clutched his side. “This is too easy.” Shockius said. Just then, Rave pulled out a vial of yellow liquid and rubbed it on his side. To Shockius’ surprise, the wound instantly healed in seconds. “OH SNAP!” Shockius exclaimed. Rave took at advantage of Shockius’ temporary shock and pulled out a vial of silver powder. “Take this!” Rave shouted as he threw the vial at Shockius. Unfortunately, Shockius instantly shattered the vial with his plug hand, covering him in the powder. “It’s over.” Shockius said. But before he could even attack, Shockius clutched his stomach as he felt his insides burning. “What is this?” Shockius questioned. “That powder I threw was a stomach virus powder.” Rave explained. ‘This boy, he can not only heal wounds, but he can also create diseases. That’s it, no more holding back.’ Shockius thought before he threw up some nails and screws.
“Who are you?” Rector asked as he stood up. “The name is Subterra I am the element knight of Earth.” Subterra said as he walked over to the artifacts. As he reached out to them, his hand was instantly stopped as Rector grabbed him by the wrist. “You’re not going anywhere.” Rector said. “And who’s going to stop me?” Subterra smirked. “Me.” Rector proclaimed as he tossed a punch to Subterra. Subterra figured he was weak and made no effort to move. Big mistake. The initial punch not only knocked Subterra off his feet, but it also sent him crashing through the wall. Subterra walked through the hole in the wall with a look of surprise and anger. “But how? That kind of monstrous strength only belongs to the echidnas. Unless...” Subterra trailed off. “Unless I can use chaos too.” Rector confirmed Subterra’s beliefs. “Interesting. You are able to gather up a maximum amount of chaos into your fist and then release it in an instant. I have a feeling I no longer need to hold back.” Subterra smiled, finally receiving the challenge he’s been waiting for.
“If you think you can stop me with that weak fighting ability, then you’ll be an easy kill.” Darkus laughed as Ebon slowly got back to his feet. “You actually thought I was being serious? I was only testing your abilities. To tell you the truth, I am completely useless in forward swordsmanship.” Ebon said. “What are you taking about? That is the only swordsmanship.” Darkus said. “Not anymore.” Ebon said. Ebon held out his 8 swords with each one between his fingers. “Now you will face my style.” Ebon said in a serious tone. “If this is how you wish to die, then that’s fine by me!” Darkus yelled as he charged forward. Ebon crouched down and reeled his swords back to await his opponent. Darkus jumped on Ebon and swung his two swords down. “Die!” Darkus yelled. Then, in the blink of an eye, Ebon swung his swords and returned it to its sheath as he ended up behind Darkus. The ninja monsters eyes went blank as Ebon’s attack not only cut through him, but it also destroyed his blades in the process. “You have defeated me.” Darkus said before disappearing.
After settling the ordeal with the stomach virus, Shockius chased down the hall until the reached a dead end room that was currently under renovation. “Look’s like there’s nowhere left to run.” Shockius said in a sinister manner. “I know that, silly. I brought you here so we wouldn’t ruin all those nice art things.” Rave said giddily, deeply confusion Shockius. “What is that supposed to mean?” Shockius asked. “This.” Rave said as he pulled out a veil of red powder. Rave pulled out the cap and jumped over Shockius, dumping the contents inside. “What kind of trick is this?” Shockius questioned. “Let’s light ‘em!” Rave exclaimed as he pulled out a sparkler from his jacket. “Where does he get all these things?” Shockius asked. Rave dropped the sparkler and quickly took off down the hall. Shockius watched as the sparkler slowly fell to the ground and made contact with the red powder. The sparkler ignited the powder and created a miniature explosion that caught Shockius off guard. Shockius body was scattered all over the room. “You have passed this test, but there are still many left.” Shockius proclaimed before he completely disappeared.
Back at the main entrance, a loud crash could be heard as a cloud of dust formed around the area. When the dust cloud died away, the entire room was in shambles. Yet, in the middle of all this stood Subterra, completely unscratched, and Rector face down into the ground with several numbers of injuries. “You, what kind of monster are you?” Rector questioned weakly. “I am no monster. I am a knight that is here to test you, and you’re failing the test. Now if you’ll excuse me.” Subterra smirked as he walked over to the artifacts. Rector desperately tried to crawl to reach him, but his body quickly gave out and collapsed. Just as Subterra was about to get them Ebon came from one said of the room with his sword and the next moment Ebon was on the other side of the room and Subterra fell. “You have passed the test.” Subterra said before sinking into the ground.

The scene then takes place to the town of Soleanna itself. Blitz and Sheila (I’ll explain why they’re here later) were relaxing at Blitz’s favorite café. Also ironically joining them was Rector, Ebon, Rave and some butterfly.
“Hey, Blitz, man. How’s life treating you?” The server said
“Well, I‘ve had better days.” Blitz said. “It’s just nice to get out of the hero business once and a while.”
“So I guess it’s just the usual for you and your lovely lady friend?” The server asked.
“Yeah, I get what ever you can find for them.” Blitz said as he pointed to the others.
“Got it.” The server said as he walked back.
“So what made you guys decide to come here anyway?” Sheila asked.
“After handling 3 of the element knights, we thought we deserve a break from work.” Rector said. “It was just mere coincidence that we ran into you.”
“I think Glee would disagree with you there.” Sheila looked over to the two young insects staring at each other with loving expressions. “He’s the one that led us here in the first place.”
“You know, I think they’re starting to become serious.” Sheila commented.
“Not likely.” Rector stated. “Rain’s only a little girl. She doesn’t know what love is.”
“Geisy was six when she fell in love with Blur.” Sheila stated.
“That’s it! I’m pulling the plug on this!” Rector said.
Rector jumped up from his chair and stomped over to the young insects until Ebon grabbed him by his quill.
“Sit down!” Ebon commanded. Ebon pulled Rector back to his seat. “Honestly, Rector, you need to learn how to relax.”
“I’ll relax when I want to!” Rector exclaimed. Just as The server had returned with their food, a random laser shot zipped past him and knocked him off his feet. The heroes turned completely around and found a creature that seemed to be a mix of a phoenix and a moth in the center of a squadron of Element Warriors. The heroes quickly jumped from their chairs. “And this is not one of those times.”
“What are you doing here?” Sheila questioned.
“This has nothing to do with you, Sheila. I am the element knight of wind, Ventus” Ventus said. “But if you wish to fight, then you will have one.”
Ventus waved his hand to signal the Element Warriors to attack, while Ventus remained in place. The six charged in at once and jumped into the pile of soldiers. Rector grabbed two soldiers by their legs and smashed them together before throwing them into the ocean. Ebon decided to pull out one sword and held it forward, opposed to his usual style. Ebon swung his sword in a diagonal angle and flips it around to stab the soldier behind him. Ebon and Rector went back to back.
“Rector, have you noticed something about Ventus?” Ebon asked as he blocked another soldier.
“Like what?” Rector asked while punching another soldier.
“He hasn’t moved at all.” Ebon stated. He noticed that even with all fighting, Ventus hadn’t moved a muscle. “It’s as if he’s not trying to fight.”
“Better for us. Maybe Ventus doesn’t fight like the other knights.” Rector commented.
Sheila swung around to kick another element warrior across the head. Another element warrior snuck up behind her and wrapped its arms around to keep her in a lock. Sheila smirked as she decided to bring the cold, literally. Sheila focused all of her cold into her body and made her colder then a blizzard. The element warrior cried in pain as its arms were frozen off. Sheila broke free and grabbed a hold of the warriors head to freeze it off.
“You know, I think I might be enjoying this too much.” Sheila commented.
Rave jumped around the air and tried to avoid the element warriors. Unfortunately, one element warrior jumped in his path and grabbed him by his feet. Rave tried to reach for his vials, but another element warrior grabbed his arms to stop him. Another element warrior raised it laser to his head and prepared to fire until.
“Help!” Rave cried.
“Leave him alone!” Glee exclaimed.
Glee flew out of nowhere and pointed his stinger at the element warrior’s eye. He landed his stinger on their eyes and forced the soldiers to release Rave. Rave took this opportunity to reach into him jacket and pulled out a vial of stomach virus power. Rave tossed the powder over the soldier’s heads. Since the element warriors had no mouths to eject from, they all blew up from the inside.
“Nice work.” Glee commented.
Blitz was using his psychokinetic powers to force a barrier to protect himself from the element warrior’s attacks. But even with his enemies attacking him from all directions, his attention was focused on Ventus. Just by looking at him, it appeared that he was asleep.
Ventus remained in his close-eyed state. This ticked Sheila off. Sheila charged in recklessly and raised her fist to punch the wind knight. But before he could even reach him, Sheila was hit by a jet of water that sent his flying into the ocean.
“What was that?” Sheila questioned. The four remaining heroes looked over to see another creature with his claw stretched out. “And I thought things couldn’t get any uglier.”
“So who are you supposed to be, freak?” Ebon questioned.
“My name is Aquos the element knight of water, and I’m gonna wash you away!” Aquos exclaimed.
Aquos held out his claw and ejected a stream of rushing water. Ebon jumped in front of the group and raised his sword to block. But the blast was too powerful and knocked Ebon’s sword away and knocked the hedgehog off his feet. Aquos jumped up to slam his claw at Ebon’s head, but Rector acted quickly by pulling his brother to safety. Aquos tried to pull his claw out of the ground when Sheila went on the attack.
“Let’s see if you can take the cold.” Sheila said.
Sheila kicked off the ground and twisted around to enclose herself in a tornado of ice. Aquos tugged at his claw, but showed no signs of help. As the freezing tornado moved closer, Aquos suddenly twisted his head and ejected a stream of water from his mouth. The force of the attack melted Sheila’s ice and forced her back to the wall. Finally, Aquos broke his claw free from the ground.
“Hahaha!” Aquos laughed maniacally. “I’ve seen better under a rock.”
“Then how about I send you back!”
Aquos twisted his head around just in time to see Rector throw a punch to his face. By sheer luck, Aquos closed his fangs to entrap Rector’s fist. Rector could only feel agonizing pain as the monsters fangs dug deeper into his arm. When Aquos finally let him go, it was only so that he could punch Rector in the chest with his claw. Rector landed next to Ebon and Rave was already at their side.
Ventus spread his wings out. But Blitz was not about to let him go that easily.
“I won’t let you go, Ventus!” Blitz yelled.
Blitz grabbed 2 of Ventus’ wings and controlled the direction he flew in.
Aquos quickly swiped his claw at Rave, but the he swerved around to avoid it. At that moment, Rave pulled out a black vial and tossed the liquid at Aquos’s eyes.
“AAH! My eyes!” Aquos screamed. “What have you done?!”
“Just a little something called methanol.” Rave explained. “It’s known to cause temporal blindness.”
While Aquos scurried around, trying to regain his senses, Rector applied a direct punch to the turtle’s chest. Aquos doubled over in pain from the punch and even started coughing up blue blood. Rector then twisted Aquos’ claw around before spinning around and hurtling him up into the air.
“It’s all yours Ebon.” Rector said.
Ebon skidded underneath the spot where Aquos would land and placed his blade back in its sheath. Ebon closed his eyes to focus on his target before snapping them open. Before Aquos had a chance to realize it, Ebon unsheathed his 8 swords and cut across Aquos’ body. But even after all that, Aquos still seemed to be alive. Aquos mentally commanded his claw and swung it at Ebon’s head.
“Watch out!” Sheila screamed.
Ebon looked back to see the claw coming at him and realized he couldn’t avoid it. Just when he seemed finished, Sheila suddenly jumped off his head and formed a ice ball from her mouth. The ice ball froze the claw and Aquos. “You have defeated me. You’re good.” Aquos said before the ice around him shattered and he disappeared.
“Hey, thanks, Sheila. You just saved our sword guy.” Rector said.
“Yeah, thanks.” Ebon grumbled while tending to the spot where Sheila’s foot landed.
Meanwhile, Rave was trying to wake Glee with some smelling salts, but it wasn’t working.
“He’s not waking up.” Rave informed.
“I could get some of Rock’s old gym socks.” Sheila smiled deviously.
“I’m up!” Glee screamed as he shot straight up.
“I thought that would work.” Sheila smirked. Then Blitz came back to where the others were.
“Where were you?” Rector asked.
“I beat Ventus by making him crash into a mountain.” Blitz said.
“That means we have only one more knight left. And I’m pretty sure it’s the strongest.” Ebon said.
“But more importantly. Why are you 2 back in the past?” Glee asked.

All of the Blur Team and the knight of light Haos were duking it out with each other in the middle of Station Square. The Blur Team had the advantage, but at one moment it looked like Haos would win when suddenly Haos suddenly dropped to the ground. Blur thought Haos had passed out from exhaustion. Oh, he could not be anymore wrong. Now facing off against the heroes was the Dark side of Blur known as Leon. “So, this is the greatest challenge this pathetic little planet has to offer...pathetic.” Leon chuckled. “I can’t believe it. He’s laughing at us!” Jet exclaimed. “Come on, we can take him.” Blur said with excitement in his voice. “Don’t get to cocky, Blur. This guy is your Super side. He is obviously more powerful then he appears.” Mach said thoughtfully. “Allow me to show you the true power of chaos!” Leon exclaimed as he challenged the heroes to battle.
“Stand back! This guy is mine!” Jet shouted as he held up his signature fans. “Great, the little pigeon is my first opponent. You don't wanna start chirping for mercy” Leon mocked in a sarcastic manner. A gigantic red vein appeared on Jet’s feathery head. “For the last time I am a HAAAAAAAAAAWK!” Jet screamed as he recklessly charged forward. As Jet came closer, Leon drove this fist at the emerald bird. Jet saw the punch coming and amazingly flipped over Leon. “Gotcha now!” Jet exclaimed as he swung around with both fans held firm. With that single swing, Jet created a massive hurricane that struck Leon hard in the back. The hurricane carried Leon down the street and smashed into the side of a nearby office building. “So much for you.” Jet sniggered. Unfortunately for him, Leon got back to his feet and looked at the injury applied to his back. A large gash was formed on his back with blood seeping out. But in a matter of seconds, the blood returned to the wound and completely disappeared. “W-what?” Jet said baffled. “CHAOS HURRICANE!” Leon called out as he swung around to create a tornado of chaos. Jet, still shocked, was hit full force by the tornado and smashed to a nearby building. Jet rested in the gravel with his eyes rolled back, clearly unconscious.
“Jet!” the heroes cried. “Next.” Leon smiled in a sinister manner. “You will pay for that, you monster!” Blitz screamed as he used his psychokinetic powers to levitate and charge forward. Blitz stopped only a few feet away and charged up the psychic energy into his right palm and released it in the form of a sphere. Leon counteracted by putting his hand out, but was still pushed back five feet. “Simply amazing. Your use of chaos is much more unique and advanced then my own, but...” Leon instantly disappeared and wound up behind Blitz. “Nothing can beat the classics.” Leon smirked. Blitz his fist around to strike Leon, but the dark hedgehog once again disappeared. “Your abilities are most likely more advanced because you come from the future. Too bad that won’t help you here.” Leon said as he placed his hand on Blitz’s back. “CHAOS HURRICANE!”. Blitz’s eyes went blank as the powerful chaos technique struck his head. “Now to finish you.” Leon said as he attempted to use another chaos technique to kill the hedgehog. But before he could even make an attempt, Mach came out of nowhere and kicked Leon back a few feet.
“Blitz!” Blur exclaimed as he ran to his son’s side. “Don’t worry, he’s still alive.” Mach reassured him. “Hey, Mach, isn’t that my move?” Blur asked. “Yes, it is, but it’s more powerful.” Mach answered. “How does he know it?” Blur asked. “I don’t know, but I’m going to find out.” Mach said as he raced towards Leon. After watching Leon fight Jet and Blitz, Mach came to the conclusion that he was a long-ranged fighter and decided to go close combat. Mach swung his foot at Leon’s head, who ducked down to avoid it. Leon attempted to uppercut his opponent, but the black hedgehog counteracted with his own fist. “How did you know that last attack?” Mach questioned. “I created it!” Leon stated sinisterly. “What?!” Mach exclaimed in shock. “That’s right. Me and Blur used to be the same so I made his attacks.” Leon said as his body started to gather a large amount of red chaos. “SHOOT!” Mach cursed as he tried to get away, but it was too late “CHAOS IMPACT!!” Leon released all the chaos. Mach was lucky enough to be far away enough the die, but was still thrown through the window of a nearby store.
“Is there no one who can challenge my power?” Leon questioned. “How bout this?” Leon turned around, only to receive the end of Blur’s homing attack. Leon was thrown head down into the street as Blur uncurled himself. “Hah! Too slow!” Blur cheered. Unfortunately, Leon Leonly jumped to his feet, the bruise on his forehead completely healed. Blur figured he could win with his speed, but the moment he blinked, Leon was gone. “You’re quite fast.” Leon used his own speed to appear behind Blur. “But to bad we can both run faster than the speed of light (Blur get’s faster every time he gets older though he’s finally reached his peak).” Leon stated as he formed a blade of chaos with his right hand. As Blur turned around, Leon lunged the blade at Blur. “CHAOS HURRICANE!” Blur looked back to that Mach had taken the attack to save Blur’s life. “M-Mach?” Blur stuttered in fear. “Blur...don’t lose...to him.” Mach gasped out before he fell over. “Foolish rodent. He had so much potential. He could have been a god. But he became weak because the bonds to his heart dragged him down.” Leon smirked. In only to seconds, Leon felt a presence so strong it sent shivers down his own spine. “What is this?” Leon questioned as he turned back to Blur.
Blur’s fur turned a gold color and his eyes were completely red. Blur had transformed into Super Blur. “What in the...” Leon couldn’t finish as Super Blur drove his fist into the side of his fist. As Leon was launched into the air, Super Blur suddenly appeared and kicked Leon to the ground. The street exploded as Leon’s body created a crater. “Darn! His Power...it rivals that of my own.” Leon said as his wounds started to heal themselves. “No. Mine is greater then yours.” A voice came from behind. Super Blur appeared behind Leon and formed a sphere of red chaos. Super Blur hurled the red sphere at Leon’s back, but the dark hedgehog jumped just in time before he became a permanent mark in the street. “This guy is serious. He really intends to kill me!” Leon exclaimed. “You got that right.” Leon looked back to Super Blur shoot another black sphere into his back. Leon was thrown clean across the city and crashed into an office building. Leon got up and attempted to heal the wound on his back, but it didn’t work. Leon stood unnerved.
“Leon, are you ok?” Neon called out from the ground. “Don’t you worry this will be all over soon.” Leon said. “You’re right. It will be over...once I kill you!” Super Blur exclaimed while clenching his fist. “Hahahaha!” Leon laughed manically, making him look like he had gone insane. “What’s so funny?!” Super Blur questioned venomously. “The truth is I have been holding back. All along I have been using only fifty percent of my power.” Leon stated. “Only fifty percent?!” Neon exclaimed in surprise. ‘Just how powerful is he?’ Neon mentally asked himself. “Now, what do you say we raise that up to 100 percent!” Leon shouted. A tremendous amount of chaos surrounded him as he power greatly rose. His fur turned red, his eyes, and blood marks turned blue. “In this form, you may refer to me as Super Leon!” Leon shouted manically.
Super Blur and Super Leon jumped into the air and bashed their fists together, creating a shockwave that destroyed all the windows in the city. Super Leon threw his knee to Super Blur’s chest, but the Super hedgehog blocked it with his forearm. Super Blur conjured another of red chaos and swung it at his opponent, but Super Leon blocked it with his black glove. Left and right, Super Blur and Super Leon clashed all across the skies, neither showing any signs of forfeiting. “I have never seen such power. This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.” Neon said. Back in the air, the two continued to brawl until Super Leon felt his muscles contracting. ‘Darn, it’s happening. We’re the same being so we’ll take damage no matter who gets hit.’ Just as he finished thinking that he and Blur fell to the ground. Neon smiled. “Just as I predicted. They’re the same being so they share all the pain they endure.” Neon walked over to Leon and picked him up by his neck. “Now to help myself.” Neon said as he thrust his hand into Leon’s body. “What are you doing!?” Leon screamed. “Taking something for my pleasure.” Neon said as he ripped out every essence that made him the dark side of Blur making him a normal hedgehog. “Now it’s time for the final curtain call. Dark essence bring forth the being that lives in the future 24 years called. THE BLACK CHAOS EMERALD” Neon yelled as a red vortex opened up and out came a Black colored emerald. “At last. I have returned to the right time. You shall be commended Neon.” The Black Chaos Emerald said. Blitz stared in fear. “This is bad.”

Back at the Blur Team base Blitz was explaining why he had returned to the past. "After we beat Darkrion the gate between hell and this world slighly opened for a second allowing the Black Emerald to escape. Then we had to resurruct the Blur Team by getting the children of all the past heroes. Though we could only get one before we learned that a minion of his from the past was going to bring him back. That's when we returned to the past, but I fear when I defeated Ventus I allowed Neon to get what he needed." Blitz told everyone. "Just as I feared. I knew it would come to this. Whenever one evil is destroyed, another evil that's even stronger takes it's place, and The Black Chaos Emerald is the most powerful of them all." Tsunami said. "So that's why I brought the new Blur Team with me." Blitz said before he put 2 fingers in his mouth and whistled. Then a group of people appears behind Blitz and Sheila. "Blur Team, meet the Blur Team 2." Blitz said. "I am Dusk, son of Kumori and Mach." Dusk, a black hedgehog that looked like Mach with Red streaks said. "I am Divince, Multis is my father." Divince, who looked like a Nocturne Decurion said. "I am Blue, the wise son of Tsunami." Blue said. "I'm Serenity, Blitz's my brother." Serenity, a orchid hedgehog that looked like Geisy with twice the bangs said. "I'm JJ, Jac's my dad." JJ said. "And I'm Shun, I'm Dash's kid." Shun, a yellow hedgehog with green streaks that looked like Dash said. "That's it?" Rock asked. "We haven't had a lot of time with Egghog Nega around." Divince said. "Well those anything happen to us in the future?" Blur asked. "Well, Multis died when he and Egghog duked out, in the end Egghog's machine exploded taking both of them out, Jac and his family were sucked into a dimensional rift, but Egghog Nega brought JJ back for reasons we don't yet know." Blitz said. Everyone stared at Blitz in shock. "But the real reason the Black Chaos Emerald has come to the past is so that he can fuse with himself with his past self to become something even worse." Blitz said.
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The Black Emerald and Neon were in the dark dimension planning the invasion on the world. "Neon with this power I'm about to give you. We'll be able to bring back your last brothers. Darkrion and The Master." The Black EMerald said. He shot energy into Neon and then Neon put his hands into the ground and out came The Master and Furion. "It feels so good to be alive again." The Master said. "Why'd you bring me back? I was finally with my love." Furion screamed. The Black Emerald put hisself on Furion's head. "If you serve me again. I will bring your love back when this is over." Soon darkness swirled around Furion remaking him into Darkrion. "Hahahahahaha" Darkrion laughed. "Now give me your power so I can find my past self and bring him back!" The Black Emerald shouted before Neon, The Master and Darkrion gave him all of his energy. Soon a giant Black sphere stood where the Black Emerald was. "Now we just have to give him time until the egg hatches into his true form." Neon said.
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"That's why we must find him and take him down before he becomes his true form." Blitz said. "He's already gone into the egg that will transform him so we have to hurry." Blue said. "It looks like this will be are toughest challenge yet." Blur said. 'But can we win this one?' Blur thought.
Blur Team’s House: 1:49 PM:
Everyone was enjoying the day in their own special way. Blur, Geisy, Alexis, and Lucky were all watching television, Tech was in his room working, Hammer was using the punching bag in his favorite exercise, beating the crud out of something, Mach was listening to his CD of Sonic Strike (band made up by me), Blitz was on his sleek laptop and Jasmine was just chilling on the couch.
“Damn circuit! Why won’t you connect?” Tech muttered to himself. He had been working on a robotic arm for about an hour. His power drill screeched as it twisted in screws and other mechanical parts into the arm. “Almost got it…YES! Their we go.” Tech closed the knee’s flap and put his drill on the table. He panted mildly and then took out his wrench from the bottom drawer at his desk.
“Tech, you have to come down here! Blur just saw something pop up on the television, it seems like an urgent broadcast!” The red echidna warned.
“An urgent broadcast?” Tech repeated. He pursued Hammer down the stairs to see what was happening. As they came stumbling down the steps everyone was gathering around the television screen. The channel number wasn’t changed to the news but still the program showed. The announcement must have been utterly essential.
“What’s going on?” JJ asked from behind everyone.
“Shhhhh! That’s what we’re finding out.” Geisy whispered loudly in JJ’s face. Silence filled the room as the broadcast took place.
“We are here at the outer edge of the sea next to Angel Island's twin Devil Island. It appears as if the island is giving off negative energy. According to our readings, the energy is coming from the side of the island next to the old ruins. Right know lightning strikes are raining from the island as we speak.” Suddenly a large crackle of black lightning hit right in front of the newscaster. “Whoa, did you get that!?” She asked the cameraman as they ran. More newscasters were shown across the moving screen as the one holding the camera ran. They all scattered as the island exploded lethal energy blasts across the sky and on the world.
“Something must be wrong with the island! I have to see what’s going on!” Hammer shouted out. He then took off for the door and ran out as fast as he could.
“Hammer wait! You don’t know what’s out there!” Rachael yelled out following her brother. When she came out of the house she couldn’t believe her eyes. She saw Devil Island. Dark-purple clouds formed around the structure, circling it in a long hellish spiral, like a tornado. Lightning extracted from the clouds and the island itself, burning the things it touched to ash and charring smoke. Tech ran inside and up the stairs to his room. Opening a drawer and searching through its contents, he grasped a black remote control and pressed a red button.
Suddenly a large cubicle rose out the sand slowly. The grainy rock fell of the sides as it emerged. Tech, still with the remote in hand, came back out and pressed a green square-like button. This caused the metallic cube to open and show a large aircraft, The Hyper Tornado. This, unlike any other Tornado aircraft built by his father Tails, had many cockpits, for which the entire team could ride in. This way, the team fighting against the enemy wouldn’t be lowered to only two people.
“Everyone get inside! We need to get to Angel Island before something bad happens!” Tech ordered out of all the fuss. Everyone followed his demands and ran up to the plane, seating themselves in one pod each.
Hammer was climbing up the skyscrapers of Station Square as the people of the city scattered like rats from a cat. He glided from one building to another in hopes to reach the island as soon as possible. His large hands dug into the concrete and cement as he scaled the buildings like mountains. After getting to the top of Station Square’s tallest structure, he took a leap of faith and jumped. After freefalling mildly, the echidna spread out his arms and flew through the sky. Knowing that he’d only be going down, Hammer glided as fast as he could to evade landing on the side of the island. Suddenly, on his left, the Blur Team followed him. Tech opened his cockpit and shouted out to the red echidna.
“Hammer, grab on! You won’t make it on your own arms. We’ll get there faster!” Hammer knew the fox/plant was right. He flew over to the left and grabbed onto the tornado’s right wing, riding along as they flew to the exploding the island. After ten minutes of flying the plane had finally reached its destination. Devil Island was crumbling with lightning striking the rock and cliffs. The team had no time to waste and started to head for the Master Emerald.
Hammer and the rest finally reached the Emerald Altar. “I have to contain the energy! Stand back!” Hammer ran up to the altar, up the steps and approached the Emerald Alter. Hoping he could conceal the power, he placed both hands on it, but the energy shot through his entire body and sent him flying across the way, colliding with a large rock. Everyone ran to the echidna’s aid.
“What happened?” Blur asked the downed guardian. Hammer rose up and shook his head.
“I can’t conserve the power! It needs to be brought down before it brings us down. Only the Element knights fused with the Universe Emerald could create this much power!” Hammer informed. Then suddenly a bunch of Black liquid appeared. Everyone gathered around the black puddle as it boiled like it had been sitting under an oven.
“What do you think it is?” Geisy asked the rest of the gang. Blur shrugged as his answer. Then he knelt down and placed his finger of the liquid, only to pull it back swiftly.
“Eyagh!” Blur cried as he held his finger.
“What? Did it burn you?” Tech asked the purple hedgehog. He shook his head as a sign of incorrectness.
“No, it’s cold as ice, colder then the lowest temperature in Antarctica.” Blur said. Tech had a questionable look on his face. Mach then kneeled down and repeated Blur’s actions only to have the same conclusion.
“He’s right. It’s freezing cold.” Mach said. Suddenly the puddle began to take on a bubbly action, and then to a form. The blob rose into the air and took the form of a demon’s body, and then it grew and stretched out arms and legs as well as a head. Claws emerged on both of the hands and razors were perched on its arms. It’s face was down so the team couldn’t identify the thing other than the spikes on it’s head. But at the top edge of the monster’s face, they saw a pair of red eyes. Then the black monster slammed its claws out into the open, blowing out a large force wave, sending the Blur Team into the air. Blur and Mach back-flipped to avoid falling on there backs, while the other’s fell to the ground.
“What was that?” Tech asked rubbing the back of his head from the impact. The unknown creature wrapped in black answered for him in a calm tirade.
“What was that?” The monster hissed. “That was my first step to my return.” All of a sudden the blackness that cloaked the unknown assailant started to stretch out and away, revealing the face of a familiar foe. Blur and the rest stood wide-eyed as they stared back at the evil gaze of Darkrion the Dark. “Heh heh heh heh, that’s right, I’m back. I have returned to reclaim my rightful place in the world. As its conqueror and ruler, my leader shall take this world and plunge it into the endless sea of shadows.”
“What do you mean by your leader?” Mach asked in confusion. Darkrion merely chuckled.
“There are many things you’ll find out along your journey, if you even make it pass our monsters. Our little encounters were merely a delay, a setback, a bump on the road.” Darkrion pulled his clawed finger down upon the group of heroes. “You may have stopped me from getting all the Chaos Emeralds last time, but you shall not stop me or The Master this time!”
“Not while I’m still around!” Hammer shouted. He charged up to the monster so fast that no one could stop him. Leaping up into the air he readied a fist for attack.
“Hammer don’t!” Blur shouted to the red echidna. But it was too late. Hammer had reached Darkrion with a different strategy then just brute force. What the rest of the team and Darkrion didn’t know was that Hammer had a power charm in his hand. It’s shined a white light as it took place in Hammer’ hand. Hammer threw his punch but it was easily clutched him Darkrion’ hand. The monster smiled.
“You are a foolish idiot. You think an average jab will take a demon like me down!?” The monster said. The red echidna grinned, causing Darkrion to have a questionable look.
“Thanks for catching my attack, now I can really do the damage!” Hammer grabbed Darkrion’s arm with his free hand and pulled him in to make sure that the monster didn’t interfere with his plan. He shouted. “RAPID SMASH!”
“Your brave but idiotic maneuvers shall cost you your life. No one makes a fool out of Darkrion the Dark.” Darkrion finally warned. Darkrion shot a energy wave out. Hammer awaited the deadly impact and an explosion was made, scattering a small puff of black smoke across the way.
“Hammer!” Rachael shouted. The smoke, being thin and small cleared soon after revealing not a destroyed body of Hammer but a white light in the front shielding him from the blast. The light glow let out a message.
“You still roam among the emeralds, previous guardian of Devil Island. Sadly you’ll never take a physical form.” Darkrion turned around with a devious thought on his mind. Then, faster then the little light could comprehend, Darkrion unleashed a powerful chaos energy wave towards the alter.
“NO! Hammer stop that blast!” The light shouted. Hammer lunged as far as he could in the direction of the energy wave. He came about two inches away from blocking it. But he fell to the ground losing his objective because of Darkrion's evil stare distracting him. “NOOO!” Hammer cried. The blast collided with the alter, shattering it into dozens of little shards. All of a sudden, the small orb of light started to be forced towards the decimated alter. It was sucking it in a like a dust-bunny by a vacuum. Soon the orb was complete consumed by the force dragging it back to the destroyed alter. “Hahaha. HAHAHAHAHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Darkrion laughed. Suddenly the island started shaking. "NOOOOO!" Hammer screamed.

The Blur Team had just gotten back from Devil Island. Hammer feeling miserable for the destruction of Angel Island. “It’s not your fault Hammer. Darkrion gets stronger everyday that the Black Chaos Emerald is around.” Blue said. “But I know of a way to stop this.” Blue then held out his hands and everyone was taken to the spirit world. ‘I shall show you something about Poseidon.’ Blue said telepathicly.
It all started years before Darkrion, The Master, or even Neon existed.
The scene opens up to a world vastly different from Earth. Tropical forest, jungles, and plants were common throughout the world. The oceans, rivers, and all forms of water were bright and clear; not a hint of pollution anywhere. Cities were built to home the inhabitants of the world, but not a trace of technology could be spotted anywhere. It was a true paradise, which is where it got its name. The scene changes to a nighttime flourishing jungle. All was peaceful with the crickets chirping, the animals sleeping –
“SPIRIT DRAGON!”
“Mommy!”
And the deafening screams. A blue creature raced through the brush of bushes and trees, closely followed by a transparent Chinese dragon. The blue creature was a ten year-old blue hedgehog that looked a lot like Blur. He wore a simple pair of gloves and boots. The hedgehog raced through the forest until he reached a solid rock wall of a mountain. The hedgehog ran up the wall and flipped around, causing the dragon to collide with the wall.
“Very well done, Jake.” A voice called. “Though the little scare tactic was a bit unorthodox.”
The hedgehog known as Jake turned to face his attacker. He was a bold, middle-aged Black tiger with green stripes along his body. His right fist was emitting a glowing aura before fading away.
“You promised you wouldn’t use you powers, Scar.” Jake whined.
“Your enemy will not make any promises.” Scar reasoned. “He will lie, cheat, and deceive you at every possible turn. You must prepare yourself for any possible attack.”
“What attack?” Jake questioned. “The only one who thinks the world is coming to an end is you Scar.”
“Who says it isn’t.” Scar said. “SPIRIT TIGER”
Scar threw his fist forward; a transparent tiger forming from the end of it. The tiger leapt at Jake, who rolled to the side and ran up a nearby tree. The transparent tiger tried to climb up after him, but started to fade a short time later. Jake figured he was safe until he noticed a large shadow hanging over him. Scar jumped into the air with his sword unsheathed; his features illuminated in the light of the full moon. Scar swung down, cutting the tree branch, but Jake had already jumped away.
“Whoa! He’s serious!” Jake thought as he jumped down the trees to the ground. “Well, if he can use his special power, so can I!”
Jake whirled around to face Scar, who had just landed with his sword held in front.
“Decided to fight like a real man, have you?” Scar grinned lightly.
“No, I just wanted to show off.” Jake chuckled. “Now’s my chance to reveal my special powers!”
Jake threw his hands into the air; Scar held his sword close for safety reasons. Jake’s hands began to glow bright blue; Jake’s face looked anxious. Suddenly, clouds began forming in the sky above. Scar’s fist began emitting its glowing aura again when he felt a wet drop hit his nose; it was starting to rain. Scar lowered his sword, unimpressed, while Jake looked extremely nervous.
“Uh...That wasn’t supposed to happen. This isn't good” Jake said nervously.
“SPIRIT SERPENT!” Scar roared.
Scar threw his fist forward again; this time creating a slithering, transparent snake. Jake attempted to jump back, but the snake already thrust itself forward; wrapping around to pin his arms to his sides. Jake struggled momentarily to break free when Scar stepped forward and slammed his fist into his chest. The strike was strong enough to make him cough up blood, but not enough to knock him out. For extra measure, Scar whirled around and jabbed his elbow in the back of his neck. Jake toppled to the ground, unconscious, as the snake faded away. Scar loomed over him, deeply disappointed.
'For a moment there, I really thought he had ascended.' Scar thought. “Perhaps, it’s not his time yet.”
Scar picked up Jake and hoisted him onto his shoulders then walked farther down the forest. Unknown to him, a pair of red, gleaming eyes watched his every move. The rain that Jake miraculously conjured seemed to thrash harder every step he took. The two were forced duck down in a cave near a river; Jake finally regained consciousness. Scar was devouring a fish him caught when he noticed Jake staring into the embers of the fire he made.
“What’s wrong?” Scar asked. “Fish not cooked properly?”
“No.” Jake said, gradually chewing his food. Their was a period of silence before. “Why did you pick me?”
“Come again?” Scar said confused.
“Why’d you pick me?” Jake repeated. “When you came to my home, you chose me out of a hundred worthy candidates. At first, I thought it was because I was special. But now, I’m beginning to doubt it.”
Scar understood where he was getting at. Long ago, Scar was famous for being a legendary swordsman and a noble hero before the Guardians were formed. But the years were catching up to him; he needed to pass his knowledge on to another. Scar traveled from city to city in hopes to find a worthy apprentice. He thought he would die without reassurance of his legacy. Then one year ago, he captured Jake, whom, having no family, was forced to steal food. Scar didn’t know why, but he saw something special in Jake that day. That was all he needed to make Jake his apprentice.
“It’s because you’re different.” Scar assured him. “You have something no one else has.”
“Like what?!” Jake questioned furiously. “If I’m so special, where’s my power?! Every warrior is born with a power! Kentor had invisibility, Hishomi had mind reading, and even you have spirit manipulation! But...what do I have?!”
“That has concerned me a bit.” Scar nodded. “Normally, a warrior would obtain his power on the tenth year they were born.” Jake held his head down in shame. Scar panicked slight. “T-that doesn’t mean you don’t have any! Listen, I feel that your powers will come in time. You just have to be patient.”
“You – really think I do?” Jake asked.
“If I’m wrong, may lightning strike me where I sit.” Scar said. A bolt of lightning crashed a few yards away from the cave.
Jake laughed so hard, he nearly choked on his fish. With reassurance from Scar, Jake ate with high spirits, hoping the rain would end soon and they would get back to training. But while they enjoyed a peaceful meal, the same eyes that gleamed earlier stared hungrily into the cave. The unknown creature stepped forward, snapping a twig with no notice. But Scar heard it clearly. He jumped to his feet, unsheathing his sword towards the mouth of the cave.
“What is it, Scar?” Jake questioned.
“Quiet.” Scar hissed as he stepped closer. “Listen, I want you to promise me you will remain in this cave.”
“But why?” Jake asked. “What is...?”
“I want you to promise.” Scar repeated.
“But...”
“Promise!” Scar growled.
Jake was lost and confused. If it was a wild animal, he would have no reason to hide; he hunts wild animals on a regular basis. But this is the first time Scar ever told him to hide. Did he know something that he wasn’t telling? Jake looked ready to refuse his orders, but Scar’s stern expression quickly changed that.
“Fine.” Jake sighed.
“No matter what happens, do not leave.” Scar said.
Jake nodded. With his reassurance, Scar moved closer until he was out of the cave. The rain thrashed harder than normal, Scar winced slightly with every drop that hit him. He search left and right; his senses sharpened for any trace of life. But after two minutes of standing out in the rain, he found nothing. Figuring it was just his imagination, he turned back to the cave. A second later, a green blur passed and knocked him to the ground.
“Scar!” Jake screamed.
Keeping his promise, he didn’t leave the cave, but watched from the mouth. Scar was lying on the ground; his blade between the teeth of the monster that attack him. The monster was looked like a green lion, but had the wings of an eagle and the tail of a scorpion. Scar twisted around and kicked the chimera it the chest and forced it to a tree.
“What is that thing?” Jake questioned.
“Jake, get back inside!” Scar roared.
“But I can help!” Jake stated.
“I am your master!” Scar reminded. “You are to obey me without question.”
Jake’s grip tightened on the stone wall; he was furious at how Scar didn’t trust him. The chimera shook off the first attack and made a dive at the white tiger. Scar flipped over and landed on the chimera’s back with his sword pointed downwards. Scar thrust his sword at the chimera’s back, but the beast made a sudden jerk to the left that made drop his sword. The chimera started bucking back at forth trying to dispatch its rider. Scar eventually lost his grip, but flipped backwards to land on his feet. The glowing aura returned to Scar’s fist.
“SPIRIT FALCON!” Scar roared.
Scar thrust his fist forward; this time producing a transparent falcon from it. The falcon snatched the chimera with its talons and carried it fifty feet into the air. When the falcon disappeared, the chimera was dropped over seventy feet into a deeper part of the forest.
“That was amazing, Scar.” Jake said admirably.
“What did you expect?” Scar chuckled.
But his laughter was quickly ended. The chimera was still alive, but they didn’t realize it until it was too late. The chimera was crouching in a nearby tree and tail extended to an unbelievable length at stabbed Scar in the back through his heart. Scar struggled hard enough to stare at the stinger protruding from his chest. The chimera retracted its tail, allowing Scar to fall on his back.
“Scar!” Jake cried. Despite his promise, Jake run out and kneels down to his master. “Scar, please don’t die.”
“You promised – not the leave.” Scar gasped.
“Don’t talk.” Jake said. “We have to find a healer.”
“It’s – too late.” Scar stated. “Jake, – you need to – leave.”
“No, I’m not leaving you.” Jake said.
The chimera did not care for the sympathetic moment between the two. It jumped back to the ground and set its sights on the blue hedgehog. It extended it tails once again aimed at Jake when something unexpected happen. The water in the river suddenly came to life in the form of a dragon. The water dragon ripped the chimera’s tail with its icy cold teeth; the beast screamed in pain. The water dragon changed its course and held its jaw over the chimera’s head before snapping it shut. The chimera’s headless corpse fell limp on the ground, but Jake took no notice of the events that happened. At that he could take in was that his master was lying on the ground, dying.
“Scar, please don’t die!” Jake cried. “I need you!”
“You’ll be fine. Just remember not to get your head stuck in a wasps hive again.” Scar laughed hoarsely.
“How can you laugh while your dying?” Jake questioned.
“I was already dying.” Scar stated.
“What do you mean?” Jake asked.
“I think it’s time you knew the truth.” Scar panted. “Ten years ago, I was one of ten warriors selected to take part of an experiment. We were told it would help further the advances of our world and provide a way to retain the health of people. But that was until a year after the experiment I discovered that we weren’t helping our world.”
“What happened?” Jake asked curiously; forgetting his master was dying.
“I met with a friend who was also played a part in the experiment.” Jake continued. “I was unfortunate to discover that he had died three days after the experiment. I was quick to discover that the others had died shortly after.”
“But why?” Jake asked. “What happened to them?”
“We were injected with a vaccine during the experiment.” Scar explained. “The vaccine was actually a virus they were developing. The virus kills the user from the inside depending on how strong their will is. I was able to strengthen myself until I was ready to pass my knowledge and skill to another. And if any chance I would die, they would carry out my mission.”
“So that’s why you chose me.” Jake said. “But what can I do? I don’t have any power.”
“But you do.” Scar interjected. “I you had paid attention, you would notice that it was you who succeeded where I failed.”
“What is it that you want me to do?” Jake asked.
“Find out what you can about this virus.” Scar said. “Find it and destroy it before it can harm any others. I am forbidden to reveal its location. But if you find those who created it, you will know where it lies. Seek the guardians, they will be the only ones that can help you know.”
“Then I shall carry out your legacy.” Jake said seriously. Scar’s body fell limp and his heart stopped beating. Scar, the legendary hero, was dead. The cold, thrashing rain was more then enough to express how Jake felt. The rain mixed with his tears as they ran down his face.
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Meanwhile, the scene changes to a vast, empty corridor. All of a sudden, three creatures appeared from out of nowhere. All of them had the same body: three claws on hands, two on feet, no mouth, and green eyes. Each was comprised of a different element. One was made of solid ice, one was made from polished black stone, and the last was all wind. The wind one was the only one with a sword strapped to his back.
“It’s finally happened.” The white creature informed. “Scar is dead.”
“And it took ten years.” Obsidian said amusingly.
“Now that that’s out of the way, maybe we can focus on our duty.” Frost said uneasily.
“Good point.” Aero said “We need to learn about the second vein of that virus. This time, they’ll make it stronger.”
And for seven years, Frost lived on without hope of anyone stopping them. Then, hope had arisen in the form of a blue hedgehog.

“Things are coming along better than expected.” Core said.
Core was staring at a portal view of the blacked room inside a circular green room. The room was almost empty with the exception of a few chimeras’ lying around and a throne in the center which seated his master, Zionist. Despite the bright coloring of the room, Zionist face remained hidden in the shadows.
“King has truly outdone himself.” Zionist’s praised. “The last vein of virus never would have spread this fast.”
“It’s true the virus is stronger.” Core said, pausing for a hesitating moment.
“Why do I feel that you are keeping something from me, Core?” Zionist’s growl threateningly.
“It is unfortunate to say, Master, that the virus is not as effective as we thought.” Core stated. “We have received reports that a select number of people have been found immune.”
“What?!” Zionist’s said outraged. “King promised that this was the strongest virus.”
“It is, Master.” Core nodded. “But as always, nature tries to oppose your will. It won’t be long before they produce a vaccine.”
“Then you must hunt down those who are immune and destroy them.” Zionist’s said.
“We are fortunate.” Core said. “We received a report from a civilian in Madia City about a girl who has been found immune.”
“Then kill her.” Zionist’s commanded.
As you wish, Master.” Core bowed out and disappeared into the darkness.

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"Things have certainly changed in the past seven years." Jake thought. "The virus that killed Scar is starting to spread at an alarming rate, but somehow, I’m immune." He entered the city which was as dead as it looked. "Keeping to Scar's word, I am looking for the Guardians, but the question is where are they?
“Get that freak!” a voice shouted.
“Leave me alone!” a meek, female voice said.
As Jake turned the corner, he ran into a girl, knocking her down. She was a pink hedgehog, barely twelve. She wore a red shirt with a yellow vest, a pair of black shorts, white gloves, and a pair of red boots with a black strip going down. Floating near her head was blue blob-like creature with pink wings and a ball floating above its head.
“Chao.” The creature said to the hedgehog.
“I’m ok.” The hedgehog assured it. She looked up towards Jake and jumped up with hopeful eyes. “Please, you have to help us.”
“What for?” Jake said.
“There are some bad men after us.” The hedgehog said. “They’ve been chasing us all day.”
“That’s your problem.” Jake said.
“Please.” The hedgehog begged, but Jake showed no interest.
“There she is!”
The hedgehog turned down the street where she saw a baboon, a cobra, and a gecko charging toward her. Knowing full well that Jake was not about to lift a finger to help her, she ran. The creature shouted in a strange language before turning tail towards its owner. The baboon, cobra, and gecko ran past Jake, having not seen him while focusing on the hedgehog, Jake watching them as they made their way out of the city.
“She can handle on her own.” Jake said monotone.
He turned down the street where they came from. Meanwhile, the hedgehog and the creature were attempting to climb out of the crater in hopes of escape, but the cobra, the fastest of the chasers, step out in front of her and kicked her in the face to knock her back down. She fell on her face and weakly sat on where she found all three chasers surrounding her.
“What do you want?” The hedgehog asked terrified, clutching her pet. “Why are you chasing us?”
“As if that wasn’t obvious!” The gecko snapped.
“You’re immune to the virus.” The baboon stated. “That's all the reason we need.”
“But why, I never did anything.” The hedgehog said.
“Being immune is what you did.” The cobra hissed. “You freaks need to be wiped out permanently.”
“No!" The hedgehog cried
“Shut up!” The baboon yelled. “Enough talking, it’s time for killing!”
The massive baboon raised one of his large fists over the hedgehog’s head and swung it down. The hedgehog clutched her pet securely and shut her eyes for the final blow to come. But it didn’t. Suddenly, the baboon howled in pain. The hedgehog opened her eyes in surprise and found Jake standing protectively in front. The baboon was whimpering at his limping wrist, which Jake broke.
“What was that for?” The cobra questioned.
“You would sink as low as to harm a defenseless girl.” Jake said disapprovingly. “It’s sickening.”
“I know what this is.” The gecko said. “You just want to hog all the glory for yourself.”
“What glory?” Jake asked.
“For when Zionist comes for her.” The gecko said.
“Well if Zionist wants her, then I can’t let you take her.” Jake sniggered.
“Say what?!” The three exclaimed.
“If you want the girl, you’ll have to kill me first.” Jake stated.
“Fine by me blue boy!” The baboon yelled.
The baboon put his shoulder out in front and charged in like a rampaging tiger. Jake quickly reached back for the hedgehog and her pet and flipped forward into the air. The baboon slammed his shoulder into the wall, creating a small fissure, while Jake landed safely on his feet. Jake set his passengers aside and jumped back when the cobra attempted to bite him. The cobra slung his head forward, but Jake grabbed him by the neck and tossed him to the wall next to the baboon. The gecko lashed its tongue at him, but Jake slammed his foot down on it. The gecko whimpered in pain before Jake would let go, which sent him flying back ten feet. The baboon, ticked off at Jake, charged at him from behind. But like last time, Jake flipped over, adding a kick in the back. The Baboon fell on his face while Jake landed safely.
“You’ll pay for this!” The baboon proclaimed before running away.
“Wait for us, boss!” The gecko screamed; he and the cobra chased after him.
“Well, that was fun.” Jake smirked.
“Thank you!” the hedgehog cried; she and her pet hugged him in gratitude. “We owe you so much.”
“Any enemy of Zionist is a friend of mine.” Jake said; his attitude doing a 180. They pulled away and Jake held out his hand. “By the way, my name is Jake.”
“I’m Niko.” Niko introduced. She pointed to the creature next to her. “And this is Lucky.” (Yes, it’s Alexis’ Lucky if you ask.)
“And uh...what exactly is...Lucky?” Jake asked awkwardly.
“He’s an entirely new breed of creature I discovered.” Niko said excitingly. “I call it a Chao.”
“Why did you call it that?” Jake asked.
“Chao, chao, chao, chao, chao.” Lucky said.
“Oh, that’s why.” Jake sweat dropped. “Well, we should probably get out of here before they come back.”
“Good idea.” Niko nodded.
And so, Jake started walking out of the crater with Lucky floating behind. Unfortunately, Niko was not a trained warrior like Jake and had to climb out. Suddenly, Niko caught a loose rock and nearly fell off. Luckily, Jake was there to catch her. Not wanting to get held up, Jake offered to carry Niko out of the crater, which she accepted. Niko was amazed at how Jake was able to walk up a vertical wall. Once at the top, Jake set Niko back down; Lucky floated merrily around her head.
“Well, that took long enough.” Jake groaned, cracking his spine.
“Sorry.” Niko said embarrassingly.
“Hey, no worries.” Jake waved off while blushing. “Come on, let’s get moving.”
Jake, Niko, and Lucky set off down the desert path. Meanwhile, the baboon, cobra, and gecko entered into and abandoned building.
“The nerve of that rat.” The cobra hissed.
“I still say we could have taken him if he hadn’t cheated.” The gecko complained.
“Getting back at that rat is the least of our worries.” The baboon sneered. “If Zionist ever found out about this...”
“Found out about what?”
The atmosphere around them seemed to tense at the sound of the voice. The trio slowly and hesitantly looked up to one of the support beams near the ceiling. Core stood above them; his expression was the least from welcome
“I-It’s Core.” The cobra stammered.
“Tell him what?!” Core repeated forcefully.
“Well, the thing is...uh.” The gecko said hesitantly.
“This wouldn’t have anything to do with the immune, would it?” Core questioned.
“Yes.” The baboon said meekly. “The thing is, she got away.”
“What?!” Core roared.
“It wasn’t our fault!” The cobra exclaimed. “It was that hedgehog! He’s the one who let the girl get away!”
“A hedgehog?” Core said intrigued. “His fur wouldn’t be blue, would it?”
“Yeah.” The gecko nodded.
“So he’s alive, even after the virus has been released.” Core thought. “This could be a problem.”
“So, can we go?” The baboon asked.
“No. I have a punishment for your services.” Core said malevolently.
The monster held his claw, which began to draw a white aura. All of a sudden, a strange gust of wind emerged from nowhere and formed a wall around them trio of creatures. Core closed his claw, which spelled the end of them. The wall of wind formed a vacuum that sucked the air from inside. The trio of creatures gasped wildly while they desperately tried to escape. But their efforts proven in vain and within a matter of seconds, they all dropped dead.
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Back out in the desert, Jake and Lucky seemed carefree, while Niko struggled to keep up. Jake had to admit the sun was bearing down on the hard and stopped to rest. They took shelter under the shade of a rock wall. Jake passed a bottle of water to Niko and Lucky after he was finished.
“Thanks.” Niko said, taking the bottle to drink before handing it to Lucky.
“So, why were those creeps chasing after you in the first place?” Jake asked suddenly.
“It’s because I’m immune.” Niko explained. “They thought that if they could bring me in, Zionist would give them a cure.”
“But there is no cure if they get rid of the immunes.” Jake said grudged. “Why won’t the people see that by experimenting with the blood of an immune, they could find a vaccine?
“People believe it’s the immune’s fault that the virus is here in the first place.” Niko stated.
“No doubt told by Zionist.” Jake seethed.
“So it was Zionist?” Niko asked. Jake nodded. “So my big brother was right. I was hoping he wasn’t.”
“So what happened to your brother?” Jake asked. “He isn’t...”
“Oh no, he’s still alive! He’s immune, too!” Niko said cheerily. “I’m just disappointed that Zionist is as evil as my big brother says he is. I remember when I first saw The Guardians. Frost seemed so brave, and strong, and heroic, and...”
“Niko, you’re going overboard.” Jake pointed. She stopped; her cheeks a shade of red. “Wait a minute. Are you...blushing?”
“No!” Niko exclaimed, turning her red face away.
“Chao, chao, chao!” Lucky laughed.
Jake joined Lucky while Niko hid her burning face. Suddenly, a light breeze passed by, which Jake felt was out of place. The breeze floated up to the wall above them when suddenly, a loud clang erupted from above. Jake and others shot their heads up just in time to see a landslide approaching them. Jake quickly grabbed Niko and Lucky and rolled away before the rocks hit the ground.
“What was that?” Niko asked.
The breeze flew back to the ground, which transformed into a miniature tornado. The tornado disappeared and Aero was found in its place.
“Greetings, fellow warrior.” Aero greeted. “I am Aero, the Wind Guardian. I hope you will be entertaining.” Aero said.
“I guess this is some test.” Jake said.
Jake reached for the shoulder of his cloak and tore it off. Jake wore a pair of black gloves with chrome rings gauntlets, a pair of black boots with red stripes, a red sash around his waist, and Scar’s sword strapped to his back. He reached back to unsheathed Scar’s sword and held it towards Aero.
“The sword that made Scar a legend.” Aero said amusingly. “It’s amazing that you can even lift it."
“You want to see something really amazing." Jake sniggered. "Then stand still.
Jake charged forward with his sword raised and swung around to the side. But Aero showed no signs of concern and merely held his blade to the side to block. But surprisingly enough, Jake’s assault proved to be much stronger than anticipated. Aero was forced to hold his blade steady with both hands to prevent any advances from Jake.
“Amazing.” Aero thought. “Not even Scar was this powerful. This boy is truly unique.”
“What’s wrong?” Jake grinned, struggling to keep his blade steady. “Cat got your – do you even have a tongue?”
“Don’t let your arrogance blind you from the danger.” Aero warned. “You never know when your opponent may get obtain the upper hand.”
At that moment, Aero disappeared in a gust of wind and reappeared behind. Before Jake had a moment to register what happened, Aero was already thrusting his sword at Jake’s back. He was an inch away when a blur suddenly collided with his face. Aero staggered back lightly and watched as the blur whizzed around the air before returning to Niko. The blur uncurled in her hands and turned out to be none other than Lucky.
“Great job, Lucky.” Niko smiled.
“Chao!” Lucky cheered.
Jake raised his sword to the sky; a string of clouds suddenly formed into rain. Jake began circling his blade in the sea of raindrops, which suddenly started to take the form of an aquatic dragon. The dragon followed Jake’s sword and shot towards Aero was it was let loose.
“You actually think you can defeat me with simple parlor tricks.” Aero laughed.
Aero brought up his own sword and swung it down sharp to emit a wave of razor wind blades. But the dragon’s strength appeared to be much stronger than the wind blade; the dragon crushed the blades in its teeth. Aero was somewhat surprised by this, but quickly recovered when the dragon came down on him. Aero jumped away, but the dragon just came back under Jake’s command. As the dragon closed in, Aero started swing himself around with his blade held out. Aero transformed into a gigantic tornado, which collided with the water dragon, melding them together. For a second, Jake thought he had lost when suddenly, the tornado of wind and water turned into a solid wall of ice.
“What... just happened.” Niko asked.
“Personally, I’d rather not find out.” Jake said.
Jake swiftly replaced his sword back in its sheath and grabbed Niko’s hand before disappearing into the rainfall. Meanwhile, the ice wall that encased Aero began creaking ominously. Suddenly, in a brilliant flash of light, the wall was broken and Aero landed perfectly on the ground. He scanned around for Jake, but the rain was making it impossible even to see his claw in front of him.
“Maybe he’s worthy after all.” Aero said.

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Meanwhile, Jake and Niko ran back to Madia City and took shelter in one of the abandoned buildings. Niko was shivering harshly, Lucky trying to cuddle up to her for warmth. Jake took pity on the two and threw his cloak over them.
“T-thank you.” Niko stuttered.
“No problem.” Jake waved off; his gazed shifted out the broken glass window. “So that was a Guardian, huh? well, look’s like I got my work cut out for me.”
“After the rain stops, where do we go next, Jake?” Niko asked.
“We?” Jake questioned; his eyebrow rose.
“Of course. We’re both immune, so it would make much more sense to stay together.” Niko giggled. “Beside, a journey is even more fun when you have friends with you.”
“Friends...I like the sound of that.” Jake smiled. “I guess our first priority would be to find the other immune’s.”
“There are only a handful of us left.” Niko explained. “But my big brother said they were meeting in a place called Pyrus Cave.”
“Then we’ll head for Pyrus Cave first thing in the morning.” Jake said.

The scene opens to the corridor dimension of The Guardians. Aero was explained the battle he had against Jake; his and Obsidian’s eyes wandered over to Frost at the mentioning of the ice wall. But none the less, they seemed fully surprised when Aero described Jake’s abilities.
“Elemental powers are very rare, even amongst the warrior tribes.” Frost stated. “The last one has not been seen for over seventeen years. Before Zionist arrived.”
“Obsidian, I want you to find any information you can about that boy. Jake, I believe his name was. Residence, birth record, anything you can find on him. He might be what we need to win the war and find our 3 brothers and sister.” Aero asked.
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The scene changes to a vast country side far from the desert sands of Madia City. It was a serious change of scenery compared to what Jake has seen over the past seven years. The vast plains and hills were covered in luscious, green grass and several trees filled with red and green fruits called glona’s and dhali. Jake was amazed that a place like this even still existed after the years of destruction caused by Zionist. Jake, along with his new friends, Niko and Lucky were passing by, in search of the fabled Pyrus Cave. But there was one problem.
“Where is Pyrus Cave, anyway?” Jake asked.
“I’m not really sure.” Niko said twitching.
Jake noticed that Niko had been twitching for the past five minutes, which got Jake wondering.
“Hey, Niko, why are you twitching so much?” Jake asked.
“Well, it’s kind of embarrassing.” Niko said. “But I really need to stop for a moment.”
“What for?” Jake asked. She kept moving in place with a begging look in her eyes until Jake finally caught on. “Oh, well, why didn’t you say so?”
“Because I’m a girl.” Niko stated. “We don’t go about telling people this kind of stuff.”
“Ok, but make it quick.” Jake forewarned. “We don’t want to give the enemy a chance to catch up.”
“Ok, I’ll be back in a minute.” Niko said as she scurried off.
“Where are you going?” Jake asked confused.
“To make a quick stop.” Niko said; the twitching intensified.
While Niko handled her uh...business, Jake took the liberty of gathering food. But unknown to them, they were being watched by a pair of red eyes from one of the trees.
“That’s the guy, huh.” He growled. “I hope he's ready. Because he's in for a world of hurt.”
“This should do fine.” Jake said, stabbing his blade through a set of glona’s. “It’s a good thing it’s the middle of Summer or these things would be poisonous. You know, it's amazing how many dangerous fruits exist on this planet.
“Chao!” Lucky cheered happily, taking one of the fruits.
“Chao…down.” Jake sniggered.
Jake took one fruit for himself and was ready to eat it whole. Suddenly, a rock flew out of nowhere and smacked away Jake’s hand, dropping his fruit. The figure in the tree dropped down and out into the light for Jake to see. He was a red hedgehog, about eighteen, with a scar on his right shoulder. He wore silver boots with golden stripes and cuffs, white gloves, and a white bandanna around his left arm.
“Who exactly are you?” Jake asked.
“I am Break, the Red Warrior.” Break introduced.
“The Red Warrior?” Jake repeated. “Hey, I’ve heard of you. You were the only one who ever matched Obsidian in defence.”
"That’s right! And if you know what’s good for you, you’ll get on your knees and beg for mercy!” Break roared.
“And why would I do that?” Jake questioned.
“Don’t play dumb!” Break exclaimed. “You think I don’t know what you did!”
“Uh...what did I do?” Jake scratched his head.
“All right, you asked for it!” Break exclaimed.
Break bashed his fists together in a threatening manner and charged at Jake. Jake jumped back slightly when Break flung his fist. As Break thrust his fist again, Jake whirled around, drawing his sword in one swift motion. Jake’s blade collided with Break’s fist, but the force of Break’s fist sent Jake flying back twenty feet. Jake groaned as he sat up when he noticed Break in the air with his fists raised high above his head. Jake flipped back into the air as Break’s fist made contact with the ground, which made a crater three yards wide.
“You have got to be kidding me.” Jake whined. “Why do I always get the strong ones? Why can’t I ever get a break?”
“You want a break, you got one.” Break grinned.
Break clutched his hand into the ground and, to Jake’s surprise, pulled out a large boulder. Break tossed the boulder up and smashed his fist into it, which shattered into a hundred pieces shot straight towards the blue hedgehog. Jake whipped his sword around and cut most of them, but the others had a direct shot at his body. One of the rocks struck against his head, which sent him flying over the hill where Niko ran off to.
A smacking sound was heard and Jake could be seen flying over the hill and landing on his head on the other side.
Jake, still holding a curious expression, felt himself being flipped right side-up and something tightening around his throat. Break held him to a tree with his fist ready to pound him to death.
“Now, time for some pay back.” Break growled.
“Jake!!!” Niko seethed as she came around the hill. Lucky was hiding in a tree, afraid of his owner’s rage. “What gives you the right to – Break?”
“You know this maniac?” Jake gasped.
“Of course I do.” Niko said surprisingly cheerful. “He’s my big brother.”
“You’re kidding.” Jake deadpanned. “If that’s true, then why is he trying to kill me?”
“He’s very overprotective.” Niko giggled while blushing.
“I heard that you and your buddies were chasing my little sister and planning to sell her out to Zionist.” Break growled. “I came here to make sure your get your fair share of beatings.”
“But big brother, he wasn’t hunting me.” Niko defended. “In fact, he saved me from a group of chasers when I found him. He’s an immune, just like us.”
Break looked between his little sister and Jake. He glared into Jake’s eyes, as if looking for the truth. Finally, Break sighed and released Jake, who was gasping for fresh air.
“If my sister says you helped her then I believe her.” Break said.
“That’s for the show of faith.” Jake said sarcastically.
“We were headed to Pyrus Cave to look for you and others to help us.” Niko explained.
“That could be a problem, seeing as how Pyrus Cave is in the other direction.” Break chuckled.
“Now he tells us!” Jake yelled.
“Uh...oops.” Niko said nervously.
“No what do we do?” Jake asked.
“Maybe I could point you in the right direction.”
“Thank you, big brother.” Niko smiled.
“I didn’t say that.” Break stated.
“Then who...”
They were cut off when a huge gust of wind blew in from out of nowhere. Niko and Lucky were nearly blown away before Jake and Break caught them. A gigantic tornado formed in the middle of the field, a series of blades shot from its depths. The four heroes took cover behind the hillside while the blade cut down all the trees within two miles of the area.
“What is that?” Break questioned.
“I have a guess.” Jake said seriously.
Jake set Lucky down next to Break as he drew his sword. The blue hedgehog jumped over the hill as another wave of air blades shot out. Jake held his sword up to his chest and blocked the few blades headed his way. Jake turned his sword towards the sky, causing it to rain and summoning his water dragon again. It appeared the sight of the dragon stirred something inside the tornado. The giant funnel disappeared and Core replaced it with his sword held out.
“Core, why am I not surprised?” Jake said sternly.
“You didn’t think I was going to let you off after a humiliating defeat like that.” Core said. “No, I have big plans for you.”
“Then it looks like they’ll have to wait.” Jake smirked.
Jake waved his sword, controlling the direction of the water dragon. The dragon looped around itself for a moment before thrusting its head toward Core. But Core was more then ready for this. Core waved his sword in the air like Jake, only this time creating a massive hurricane around him. The hurricane pressurized the atmosphere around them, the air was thickening. As the water dragon waved towards Core, something wrapped around its neck, stopping it feet before it reached Core. The hurricane had transformed into a wind snake and coiled itself to stop the water dragon.
“Whoa! Didn’t see that coming!” Jake exclaimed in surprise.
“Have you finally realized you stand no chance against me?” Core said malevolently. “I am a servant of Zionist.”
“Zionist?” Break whispered, listening in on their conversation.
“My powers far exceed your own.” Core stated.
“Good thing I’m not one to give up.” Jake smirked.
Jake waved his sword again in hopes to gain the water dragon a chance. But as the water dragon struggled to break free, the wind snake retained its hold on it. Growing bored, Core pointed his blade and swung it down. The wind snake followed his movements and stabbed the water dragon with its fangs. The water dragon roared in pain before reducing to a puddle. Jake had little time to prepare for when Core redirected his serpent at him. The snake constricted around Jake’s body, disabling him from moving. Core slowly walked up to him, wanting to savor the victory, and held his blade to Jake’s neck.
“So end’s your futile rebellion.” Core chuckled.
“It’s not over!” Jake stated. “Even if I fall, there will be other to take my place!”
“Like who?” Core questioned.
“Like me!”
Core whirled around just in time to witness Break’s fist collide with his face. Core tumbled twenty feet away and into the hillside. As Niko went to free Jake from the air snake, which snapped at her and Lucky, Break ran at Core with his fist.
“So the rat has friends, eh?” Core said amusingly. “Just another obstacle to destroy.”
Core flipped back to his feet and swung his sword, which collided with Break’s fist. Similar to Jake’s attempt, Core was also pushed away by Break’s great strength, but remained standing. Break swung his fist again, but Core flipped into the air, realizing going head-to-head would get nowhere.”
“Such impressive strength.” Core thought. “This must be the Red Warrior.”
“Running away, coward.” Break said.
“Not in the least.” Core returned.
When Core landed back on the ground, the hedgehog warrior dived at him. But Core spun around in a circle, forming another tornado. Break, not expecting the attack, was hurled inside the tornado against his will. Break was flung in circles before Core released him by throwing him out of the top of the funnel. Break was thrown across the plain and Core returned to his normal form.
“That was certainly entertaining.” Core chuckled.
“Could you make it quick?” Jake groaned; the snakes grip was growing tighter around his chest.
“I’m trying, but the snake won’t let me.” Niko said worriedly.
Niko was still attempting to release her friend, but the snake snapped its fangs at her every time she moved. Even Lucky couldn’t get near it, fearing that he would be eaten alive. Niko tried for another attempt when she felt something cold touch her neck. The pink hedgehog stared up to see Core, who was holding his blade to her neck.
“Your friend was strong, but his skills were lacking.” Core stated.
“What did you do to my brother?” Niko asked fearfully.
“At this point, that would be the last of your worries.” Core said.
“What did you do to him?!” Niko cried.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be joining him soon enough.” Core said.
Core pulled his blade away from the hedgehog’s neck and held it over his head. As he swung the blade down to her, a rock flew in out of nowhere and knocked the sword from his claws. Core glared as Break had made his reappearance. But his attention was much more fearful of the mountain he was holding. No, seriously, he was holding a mountain. Niko and Lucky grabbed Jake by his feet and dragged him away while Core said.
“Oh...my...god. I’ve been defeated.”
The next thing he knew, he was being crushed under the gigantic mountain. Break wiped the dust away from his gloves, feeling proud of himself, when he noticed a small breeze escape under the mountain. Thankfully, with Core’s disappearance, the wind snake vanished along with him.
“Whoo! That was a close one!” Jake cheered.
“Everyone all right?” Break asked out of concern.
“We’re fine.” Niko smiled. “What happened to Core?”
“He got away.” Break said disappointed.
“No worries.” Jake said. “Somehow, he’ll find us. And when he does we’ll be ready for him.”
“We?” Break asked.
“You’re going to help us find Pyrus Cave, aren’t ya?” Jake asked.
“Yeah...I guess I am.” Break grinned. “C’mon, before it gets dark.”
Jake, Niko, and Lucky nodded as they began to follow him. But as they began to leave, Jake looked sadly at the destruction Core created to the peaceful plain. The trees were cut, the grass torn, and the fruits were beginning to rot. How much more destruction would Zionist create? For what reason are they doing this in the first place. Jake knew it was only a matter of time before he found out. But, for the first time, he felt happy. Because he knew he would have two friends to help him to face these troubles along the way.
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Meanwhile, back at the Guardian Corridor. Frost brother, Aero, appeared in the corridor, panting.
“Had any luck finding Heat, Chaos, Electra and Shine?” Frost said amusingly.
“No.” Aero panted. “Where is Obsidian?” Aero asked.
“He has yet to return from his search.” Frost said.
“Good.” Aero said, calming his breathing. “There is something I need to ask you.”
“What is it?” Frost asked.
“What is...?”
But before Aero could ask, Obsidian entered the corridors.
“I have the information you requested, Aero.” Obsidian stated. “But there’s something strange about it.”
“Why? What did you find?” Frost asked.
“That’s the strange part: nothing.” Obsidian said, much to the confusion of his comrades. “The one called Jake has no house of residence. His blood does not match any family from the past fifty years. There is no birth record of any Jake the Hedgehog. And he has no history before he met Scar. It's as if he appeared out of thin air.”
“Are you saying we can’t identify him?” Aero asked.
“How can we identify someone who doesn’t exist as one person, but two?” Obsidian said.
“WHAT???” Frost and Aero shouted.
“But I’m afraid this is all I could learn from my grandfather before The Black Emerald was unleashed.” BLue said.
“Grandfather. You mean Chaos?” Tsunami said while shaking.
“Yes.” Blue said.
“THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE…MY FATHER IS DEAD!” Tsunami screeched out.
“Not exactly.”
“Huh?” Everyone said.
Everyone looked at the ground to see a puddle of water appear and form into Chaos.
“FATHER! YOU’RE BACK, BUT HOW?” Tsunami shouted.
“I brought him back.” Leon said entering the room.
“Leon?” Blur said.
“Neon removed my darkness from me. I want revenge on him for double crossing me when he promised to return my memories.” Leon said bashing his fist together.
“We can talk about that later. Right now we need to find the guuardians. So that we can destroy Darkrion, The Master and Neon.” Chaos said.
“We have bigger problems right now. We have to stop the Black Chaos Emerald.” Blur said.
“The Black Chaos Emerald is alive? That changes are plans. We have to stay here and stop The Black Chaos Emerald and the element knights will search for the guardians.” Chaos said.
“Mission understood: Stop the world’s paralysis, or worse destruction.” Multis said.

The scene opens up to the Blur Team base. Rave was sitting at her desk in his room which was covered in test tubes, beakers, flasks filled with unknown mixtures. He was working on a permanent cure for acne when...
“Whatcha doing?” Rain asked; popping up behind Rave.
“Rain!” Rave screamed in surprise.
Rain’s sudden appearance caused Rave to spill the contents of a beaker all over himself. A second later, Rave felt hundreds of small bumps on his face and nearly screamed when he looked in the mirror; he was covered in horrid green boils.
“You should see a doctor about that.” Rain stated.
“They won’t have time.” Rave seethed. “They’ll be dealing with another patient.”
“Who?” Rain asked curiously.
“YOU!!” Rave screamed.
“Uh...Talk to you later.” Rain said uneasily.
Rain sprinted down the hall and entered Ebon’s room, which looked something out a Japanese dojo. The doors slid sideways, 8 swords mounted on the wall, and several pedestals holding valuable artifacts, Ebon sat in the center of the room with his eyes closed in meditation on a large cushion with his sword.
“Welcome, Rain.” Ebon greeted without looking.
“How’d you know it was me?” Rain asked surprised.
“I have a high sense of smell and hearing.” Ebon explained. “Rave’s footsteps are quiet and you fly, so it was clearly you. Can I help you with something?”
“Just taking a look.” Rain stated as she wondered into the dojo. Her eyes scanned curiously at a jade hedgehog statue on one of the pedestals. “What’s this?”
“Huh?” Ebon opened his and smiled. “That’s my master’s greatest treasure. It was a symbol created by his ancestors during the Feudal Era. They carved it as a mark of leadership and honor, but if it ever breaks. That means a disaster is about to happen.”
“?” Rain thought.
Rain yawned at Ebon’s long and boring story, stretching her arms out. Unfortunately, one of her arms hit the jade hedgehog and knocked it off its pedestal. Ebon screamed in panic and nearly jumped when Rain’s hands shot out to catch it. Ebon sighed in relief.
“That would have made a mess, eh, mate?” Rain giggled.
Rain replaced the statue back on its pedestal and turned to smile at Ebon. But as luck would have it, Rain’s wing swiped at the pedestal and knocked the statue off again. This time, it hit the ground and smashed into hundreds of pieces. Ebon stood up stunned; his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open.
“NOT GOOD!” Ebon sputtered.
“Uh...see you!” Rain said quickly.
Rain shot out the door. Meanwhile, the scene changes to Rector’s room. It looked normal; having only a bookcase, a desk, and a couple of pictures of his family and team hanging on the wall. Rector sat at his desk, his legs propped on top, talking over the phone while gazing at the white chaos emerald in his hand.
“I’ve had enough!” Rave screamed; slamming his fist on the desk. “Rain has got to go!”
“What’s this about?” Rector questioned.
“She ruined by face and broke Ebon’s statue!” Rave proclaimed;.
“Guys, take it easy. She’s new here.” Blur said coolly. “Rave, you’re the world’s greatest medic. I’m sure you can think of something.”
“You’re not upset about Rain being here?” Ebon questioned.
“Why would I be?” Blur chuckled.
"Guys I think you’re celery has gone bad.” Rain said as she stuck her head into the room.
“We don’t have any celery.” Rector said confused.
“Then what’s this?” Rain asked.
Rain held out her hand and held a bundle of chewed up greens. To Blur’s horror, he found that the ‘celery’ was actually some money they had collected from all their mercenary missions.
“You were saying?” Ebon said amusingly.
“GET HER!!” Blur screamed.
“AHH!” Rain cried.
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Meanwhile in the Shadow dimension. The Black Chaos Emerald was in his egg; with him was Darkrion, Neon, and The Master.
“How much longer must we wait?” The Master questioned.
“We must plan ahead before act.” The Black Chaos Emerald said coolly.
“But we hold an advantage against our adversaries.” Darkrion stated, looking away from Neon.
“But first, we must deal with another problem.” The Black Chaos Emerald informed. “I have discovered that the Blur Team is planning to transfer a special device that will let them find the guardians.
“Then let’s go and smash it.” Neon suggested.
“No! We cannot risk letting them find out.” The Black Chaos Emerald stated. “I could defeat them, but I am still evolving.” The Black Chaos Emerald said seriously. “That is why Neon will be going alone.”
“What?! Why me?!” Neon exclaimed.
“This will be your chance to actually prove yourself worthwhile. I only accepted you because you cheated death.”
“But...” Neon trembled.
“Neon, you can do this.” Darkrion said. “You are intelligent and skillful. You will be able to take that emerald with ease.”
“All right, I’ll do it...” Neon sighed.
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Back at The Blur Team base, Rain barricaded herself in the guest room where she slept. Rain leaned against the window sill, gazing out into the night sky. It was hard to believe that only a week ago, she was living the carefree until her home was destroyed. She wondered were she would have been if Rave hadn’t let her stay with the Blur Team.
“The money didn’t taste good and now I’m hungry.” Rain rubbed her empty belly. “I wonder where the food is.”
Rain tossed aside the stuff blocking the door and creaked it open to make sure it was safe. She looked down the hall left and right before stepping outside. Knowing the others were still in a bad mood, she tiptoed quietly along the wall. It looked like she was in the clear until...
“This Rain situation is getting out of hand.”
That was Blur and he was talking about her. Rain peered into the open door of the main office room, where everyone was standing in front of his desk.
“She destroys everything she touches.” Ebon stated.
“She barges in without permission.” Rave proclaims.
“I never expected Rain to be this way.” Rector admits. “If I had, I never would have brought her here in the first place.”
Rain could not believe what she was hearing. Rector and the others were talking about getting rid of her. Tears were streaming down the side of her face. She was starting to wish she had never left her room.
“What do we do with her?” Ebon asked.
“Tomorrow, the GUN Commander is coming to deliver the dimensional transporter.” Glee informed; though he didn’t look to happy. “We’ll ask her to take Rain to the orphanage and hope for the best.” Dash said.
“Why don’t I save you the trouble!” Everyone shot around to the door, now realizing Rain was there. “If you didn’t want me here, you should have told me! I don’t need you! I don’t need anyone!”
Before they could say anything, Rain zoomed down the hall and out the door. Glee gave chase in hopes of catching her before she escaped. Vec and Esper followed, feeling guilty about what happened. Glee ran out the door and flew over the rails to land in the street. Glee watched hopeful for any sign of her, but with all the noise, lights, and people, it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Vec and Esper jumped down to join him.
“Where is she?” Esper asked worriedly.
“I don’t know.” Vec said.
“We’ll have to split up.” Glee instructed. “Esper, you look from the skies. Vec, look in the alleys. I’ll look down the streets. When you find her, head back to base immediately.” Esper and Vec nodded in understanding. “Rain, please be safe.”
Vec and Esper ran in opposite directions while Glee flew. Unknown to them, a pair of red eyes were watching from the shadows. Esper loomed over the city streets with eyes like a hawk. Twice she thought she saw Rain, only to find that they were raccoons. Vec was also mislead and ran into a terrible dilemma; having unknowingly walked into a women’s bathroom. Glee was searching every abandoned street within ten blocks and now headed for the eleventh. Glee couldn’t shake off the feeling that he was being followed.
“Who’s out there?” Glee questioned. The street was completely deserted, but the silence was unnerving. Glee began to turn when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. “All right, I know you’re there! Come out now!”
“I’m sorry.” Neon said as he stepped into the open.
“What are you doing here?” Glee asked.
“You were shouting for someone and I though I could help.” Neon lied.
“I’m looking for my friend, Rain.” Glee explained. “She’s a Telea Hairstreak butterfly, six years old, pink and ocean blue wings. She's wearing a red shirt, light blue jacket, red shorts, and a pair of red sneakers.”
“I’ve seen her.” Neon said.
“Really? Where?” Glee asked eagerly.
“Right over there.” Neon behind him.
Glee turned around sharply in hopes of finding Rain, but only found an empty street. With his back turned, Neon saw this as an opportunity to strike. He pulled out a bone dagger from his cloak’s pocket. He raised it over his head and swiped down to Glee’s back. But thankfully, he was watching his shadow on the wall and twirled around to sting him by his wrist.
“Who are you?” Glee growled.
“The name’s Neon, lord of the underworld.” Neon introduced with a smirk.
“Ok, that is creepy beyond words.” Glee said disgustedly.
“What is it that you really want?” Glee questioned.
“Oh, nothing.” Neon said innocently. “Just...your dimensional transporter.”
“You’ll have kill me first.” Glee stated.
“That can be arranged.” Neon grinned.
Neon tugged on his arm, but Glee refused to let go. Suddenly, Neon placed one of his feet on his chest and flipped up to kick him in the chin. This forced Glee to let go and rubbed his chin. Once on his feet, Neon twirled around and kicked the bee to the chest, landing him in a pile of garbage.
“Did I forget to mention I've taken six thousand years of Ninjitsu?” Neon said.
“You might have.” Glee said.
Neon jumped up and swung his leg around, but Glee raised his arm to block. The demon hedgehog planted his hands on the ground and swung his legs in the other direction. But Glee dropped to the ground and saw an opportunity. Pulling of a rather difficult flip, Glee swung his stinger and swept Neon off his hands. He flipped back to his feet, but Glee grabbed him by his shoulder and pinned him to the wall. He raised his fist to strike when...
“Wait!” Neon shouted. “You wouldn’t hit a stranger, would you?”
Glee froze. He was right, he couldn’t hit a stranger. Neon took his chances and kicked Rector in the stinger. Glee took a sharp intake of oxygen and fell to the ground. Neon chuckled.
“That was hilarious!” Neon laughed loudly. “He can’t even hit a stranger!”
“He can’t, but I can!”
Neon turned around, just as a trash can lid slammed against her face. Neon was thrown into a pile of garbage. Glee weakly stood up and, to his surprise, found Rain.
“Rain!” Glee cried, moving forward to embrace her. “I was so worried about you.”
“Why?” Rain asked in a surprised tone.
“Rain, it was wrong of us to say those things.” Glee said as he let go while blushing. “We were so angry, but we can’t blame it on you. We need to remember that you’re only a kid. I may not know you much, but I do know that you are very important to me.”
“Thanks.” Rain said; wiping a tear from her eyes.
“This is so unsanitary.” Neon said; wiping the muck off him.
“What do we do?” Rain asked.
“I can’t fight him, but you can.” Glee said with a grin. “Just follow my moves and you should do all right.”
“You in for in now, kid.” Neon proclaimed.
Neon charged forward with his fist raised. Rain watched Glee slide to the right and did the same. She was amazed how easy it was to dodge. She saw Glee swing his foot and did the same, hitting Neon in the gut. Neon growled in frustration and charged headlong. Neon was becoming frustrated and swiped randomly. But Rain, following Glee’s moves, avoided them with ease until finally sweeping down to knock Neon off his feet.
“Now for the final blow!” Glee exclaimed.
“Bonze!” Rain cheered.
Glee, followed by Rain, reeled back their fists to strike. But as they were about to contact with Neon, a black claw grabbed their wrists. Rain looked up to find they had been caught by Darkrion.
“Ah!” Rain screamed.
“Now it’s my turn to have some fun.” Darkrion sniggered. He lifted Rain by her arm and threw her into the garbage. Glee was set to attack, but Darkrion held out his claw, forming a dark barrier to trap him. “You stay. I’ll deal with you in a moment.
“That hurt.” Rain said, rubbing her sore head.
“And It’s only going to get worse.” Darkrion said as he loomed over her. “Now...tell us were your dimensional transporter is.” Instead, Rain spat in his face. “BIG MISTAKE LITTLE GIRL!!!” Darkrion screeched.
Darkrion kneeled down and wrapped his claw around Rain’s neck. Rain gasped as her oxygen started to leave her lungs. Glee was stinging at the barrier to escape while Neon watched. Rain was panting heavily, her vision becoming blurry. Without knowing why, she placed her hand to Darkrion’ chest. To everyone’s surprise, an orb of green light shot out of her hand and sent Darkrion flying. Darkrion was smashed against the wall, releasing the barrier and dropping Rain, who was unconscious.
“Rain!” Glee yelled. He kneeled down to her and placed a finger on her wrist. He was relieved when she still had a pulse. “Good. She’s still alive.
“Not for long.” Darkrion said.
Glee stepped in front of Rain to defend her as Darkrion advanced. But in a stunning turn of events, Darkrion dropped to his knees and clutched his chest in agony.
“Darkrion!” Neon cried.
“I-I can’t - fight.” Darkrion said hoarsely. “M-must retreat.”
Neon understood and grabbed Darkrion’ arm to carry over his shoulder. Darkrion weakly held out his claw and produced a cube of black chaos. He raised the cube above them and vanished within it. Rector had no idea what happened or where they went. All that matter was that he found Rain and she was safe. He picked up her unconscious form and trudged back to the base.
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Rain woke up the next day, which she acknowledged as her last day with the team. She packed all her stuff. As she walked out the door, she looked at the room she could have called home before closing it shut. She trudged down to the main room sadly and walked inside, where she found Blur and Glee with him.
“When is he coming?” Rain asked; her voice breaking.
“You missed him.” Blur grinned. “He just left.”
“Huh? He left?” Rain questioned. “But what about me?”
“What about you?” Blur repeated.
“I thought you were going to send me away with him.” Rain said.
“I guess we just...forgot.” Blur said deviously. “Now you should get some rest. After last night, you’re going to need all your strength for this evening’s mission.”
“Mission?” Rain asked curiously.
“Didn’t we tell you?” Glee said. “We took a vote last night and came to a unanimous decision.” Glee stood out of his chair to look at her directly. “Rain, we have decided to make you an official member of the Blur Team.”
Rain screamed for joy, dropping all her things on the ground. She ran to Glee and leapt over the desk to knock him to the ground. Rain was crying again, but with tears of happiness. The team had accepted her and now she had a place to call home.
“I think she likes the idea.” Blur stated. “Maybe a little too much.” Blur said when he noticed Glee’s face turning a deep shade of purple.
When Rain realized what she was doing, she let go to allow Glee to breath.
“Thanks.” Glee chuckled. “Now get your stuff and unpack.”
“Gotcha.” Rain saluted. She turned to the door when...
“No saluting please.” Blur said.
After a moment to get over the shock, Rain gathered her stuff off the floor and skipped down the hall, humming a happy tune, towards the guest room, or should we say, her room. She barged into the room and flung her stuff in every direction before flopping down on her bed.
“I can’t believe I get to stay!” Rain cheered joyously.

It was midnight in Station Square, but things were far from peaceful. Lurking in the shadows, five mask men snuck around the corner until they reached the front of a local jewelry store. “All right boys, do your thing.” The leader told them. One of the masked men leaned against the door and slowly cut a hole into the glass. The masked man reached in through the hole and unlocked the door to enter inside the store. “All right, let’s hurry up and grab everything you can. We don’t want any slip ups.” The leader said as he made his way over to the case with a very large diamond inside. “This puppy will score big on the black market.” The man chuckled. He placed a discharger box on the case to shut off the cases security system and remove it. “Now, come to daddy.” The man snickered as he made a reach for the diamond. But just before he reached it, a random shuriken came from out of nowhere and cut him off. “Sorry, store’s closed.” Just then, Esper appeared in the center of the room, Glee flew down from the ceiling, and Vec...crashed through the wall. “VEC!” Esper said. “Team Chaotix Jr, scatter!” the leader screamed and made a run for the door.
“Oh no, you don’t. You’re not going anywhere.” Esper stated. The chameleon ninja pulled out three shuriken from the compartments on his cuffs and threw them in the direction of the escaping criminal. The shuriken clearly missed him, but they were never intended to hit him. The shuriken were flipped around the criminal and entrapped him in a web of string. “You boys really though you could get away with this?” Vec said. One of the masked men held a steel pole in his hand and swung down on the crocs head. Fortunately, Vec’s head was too hard to feel ant damage. “Hah! Nice try.” Vec said as he grabbed by the man by his neck. “Man, I knew this would have happened. I should have just listen my mother and become a dentist.” Another masked man said. “Yeah, because dentist’s are really scary.” The man looked up to see Glee fly over his. Glee pointed his stinger at the man and shouted “SUPER STING!” it was the most painful and pointy thing that guy had ever felt in his life. “This is our chance. Let’s go.” The leader whispered to the last of his partners and slowly snuck out of the front door unnoticed by Team Chaotix Jr.
“What about the others?” the man asked. “Forget about them. Just keep running!” the leader shouted. “I guess it’s true what they say. “Those who abandon their friends are worse then scum.” A mysterious voice said. “W-who’s there?” the masked man stuttered. Just then, a smoke ball fell from out of nowhere and shattered open all over the two. Two figures then jumped into the purple cloud. The sounds of fighting came from inside the cloud until the two criminals were thrown out of the cloud. “That was two just too easy.” The other figure said. Back at the jewelry store, Esper was making himself busy by trying up the three criminals they had captured while Glee and Vec were looking for the missing two. “I don’t see them anywhere, Esper.” Vec said. “Keep looking. I know they are around here somewhere.” Esper said. “But they could be anywhere.” Glee complained. Just then, the two criminals fell in between the three, tied up in rope. “Or they could just be right here.” Esper said. “You three wouldn’t happen to be looking for these guys, would you?” Team Chaotix Jr looked over to see Rector, Tsunami, and Rain.
“Thank you for your assistance.” Esper asked. Vec said. “We really have to be going. Let’s go Glee.” Esper said as he and Vec made their way to the door, but Glee wasn’t following. “Glee?” Glee was standing in the same place, staring with wide eyes at Rain. “Come on, let’s move, Glee!” Vec exclaimed as he grabbed the dazed bee and hauled him over his shoulder and carried him out of the store. Esper and Rector glanced at each other for a moment. They both knew what was going on.
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The next day, Glee was leaning against the kitchen table, staring out to space with a huge smile on his face. “What’s with Glee? He’s been acting like that ever since the robbery last night.” Vec said walked over to Esper on the couch. “Hmph! And here I thought your dad was supposed to the king of romance.” Esper chuckled. “I don’t get it.” Vec said. “Isn’t it obvious? Glee has a crush on Rain.” Esper stated. “But he hardly even knows her.” Vec said. “Ever heard of love at first sight moron?” Esper said. “As Glee’s friend, I will do everything within my power to make that butterfly fall for our little Glee!” Vec stated. “Oh no, you don’t! Remember what happened last time you played matchmaker!” Esper exclaimed as he jumped off the couch. “Hey, last I checked I matched twenty couples up.” Vec protested. “And all of them are divorced.” Esper said. “I don’t care what you say, but I am going to match Glee up, one way or another!” Vec stated and stomped over to Glee. “Here we go again.” Esper sighed in disappointment. “Hey, Glee!” Vec screamed, causing Glee to lose balance and fall on his face. “Yeah? What is it?” Glee asked. “Is it true that you like that butterfly girl?” Vec asked. Glee’s face instantly turned red and started playing with his fingers. “W-well, m-maybe a little…okay I do.” Glee stuttered. “Good! Because I’m gonna help you score a date with her.” Vec said. “Really?!” Glee screamed happily. “See this?” Vec held out a flyer. “There’s going to be a fair tomorrow to honor the leaving of the Little Planet. With my help, you will have the guts to ask her.” Vec assured him. “Really?” Glee asked. “Of course. I have over nine hundred plans on how to get a date.” Vec said as he held up a little black book. “If that’s true, then why can’t you get one yourself?” Esper questioned. “Oh, and you have a better idea?” Vec growled. “Actually, I do. Just ask her. Don’t waste your time trying to impress her. It will only backfire. Trust me I’ve seen it happen.” Esper said. There was an awkward moment of silence as Vec looked at his friend with a look that clearly said ‘are you crazy?’ “Uh...” Glee said. “That’s the spirit, buddy!” Vec cheered. ‘He has no idea what he’s gotten himself into.’ Esper thought.
It was a nice and sunny summer day in Station Square. Rain was wandering the city streets, making her way to the park like she did everyday when the Blur Team didn’t have a job to do. Rain arrived at the park and floated down to sit in her favorite ring of flowers as she lay down to enjoy the calming breeze. Unknown to her, Vec and Glee were hiding in a bush nearby while Esper sat on the bench. “Esper get down! She’ll see you!” Vec whispered. “I can turn invisible you know.” Esper replied. “Eh, good point. Now Glee, take these flowers and give them to Rain. Then, when she's done swooning over them, ask her about herself and ask her to the fair.” Vec said as he held out a bouquet of flowers. “Ok.” Glee smiled as he took the flowers and flew over to Rain. “Vec, where did you get those flowers?” Esper asked suspiciously. “Down by the river.” Vec answered. “The one near our base?” Esper asked. “Yeah.” Vec replied. “Uh oh. Vec, those flowers have ticks.” Esper commented. “Uh oh!” Vec said. "Esper, get some medicine from Rave."
Rain was enjoying the breeze until she noticed Glee flying over to her with the bouquet of flowers in his hands. “Hey, Glee.” Rain asked. “Hi...” Glee said uncomfortably. He then remembered the flowers in his hands. “Oh, these are for you.” He handed her the flowers. “Oh, they’re beautiful.” Rain commented happily. But then she noticed some black insects crawling around them. “Hey, those look like...” She screamed when a horde of ticks jumped out of the flowers and attached themselves to Glee. “Uh...” Glee chuckled nervously. “I’m gonna get these off.” Glee said flying away. Soon Vec was pulling the ticks off Glee “No worries. I still have eight hundred ninety-nine more plans to go.” Vec said. “And I got an idea too. I’m out of here.” Esper said as he jumped off the bench and walked away. “Fine! Come on, Glee.” Vec said.
Esper walked down the street and turned right to stray down a dirt path that led to the forest outside the city near Windy Valley. “I know I should help Glee out of this situation, but he has to learn that he shouldn’t have to impress Rain to get her attention.” Esper mumbled to himself. “So it’s true then. You’re little bee friend has crush on Rain.” Esper looked up to see Leon upside down on a high branch, leaning against the tree. The dark hedgehog jumped down from the tree to land in front of Esper. “Hey, Esper. I was just exploring the forest when I ran into you.” Leon lied. “In other words, you were spying on me.” Esper stated. “Maybe. Glee has a crush on Rain. But unfortunately, Vec’s trying to help him. So expect her or Glee to come home with a few scratches.” Esper shook his head.
Just then, a barrage of shuriken came from out of nowhere and the two anthro’s jumped away just in time to avoid them. “Who goes there?!” Leon shouted. Just then, twelve humans wearing basic black outfits that covered their face with one sleeve missing and basic tan flak jackets. “Ninja’s? What are they doing here? Judging by their outfits, I would say they were at the highest class.” Esper contemplated. “Well, you certainly have many surprises.” Leon commented. “Your fate is sealed.” The leader said as he and the other ninja’s pulled of the part of their outfits that covered their faces showing they were skeletons; in other words, Neon’s minions. The skeleton ninja’s drew kunai from the pockets in their jackets and jumped at the two anthro’s.
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Vec and Glee were watching from the bushes. “Ok, Glee this is are last chance. You know what to do?” Vec asked. “Yeah, you pretend to be a bad guy and I save Rain.” Glee said. “All right, let’s get started.” Vec said as he put on Rush’s mask.
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"Has anyone seen my mask?" Rush asked covering his face
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Just then, Vec jumped out in front of Rain, wearing the mask. “Haha! Be afraid, little girl. For I am here to kidnap you!” Vec proclaimed. ‘Now this is just pitiful.’ Rain thought. “Stop you bad guy or I’ll sting you!” Glee yelled as he jumped in front of the white butterfly. “Or, I could just do this.” Rain pulled out Rave's silver powder from her jacket and splashed it on the two. “Oh boy.” Glee said as his face turned green. Vec and Glee clutched their stomachs and ran to the nearest trash can they could find. “How’d she get Rave’s stomache virus powder? Well that didn’t work, but don’t worry. I have ninety-eight more plans left.” Vec said. Glee didn’t reply. “Glee?” Vec turned to see that Glee was nowhere in sight.
“Man, I am being followed today.” Rain said. She hovered into the air and was prepared to fly back home when Glee hovered in front of her. “Haven’t you already caused enough trouble for one day?” Rain huffed as she turned her back to him. “I’m sorry, but Vec thought it might help.” Glee admitted. “Help with what, ruining my day?” Rain scowled. “No! I mean...I did all this because I wanted to impress you.” Glee said. “Impress me?” Rain said in surprise. “I wanted to impress you because I...I wanted to know if you would...” Glee hesitated for a moment. “...if you would...like to go to the fair tomorrow...with me.” Rain turned to Glee in surprise. “Well, if you wanted to go with me, you should have just asked.” Rain said. There was an awkward silence before Glee flew over to where Vec was and stung him fifty times, Rain cringed at Vec's suffering. If he had just listened to Esper in the first place, he could have avoided this whole thing. “So does that mean you’ll go with me?” Glee asked hopefully as he returned to the same spot. “Of course.” Rain said. “YAHOO!!” Glee cheered to the heavens.
Back with Esper and Leon. Leon punched his fist into one of the skeleton ninja’s stomach to knock him unconscious. Eleven of the skeleton ninja’s were scattered along the forest ground, battered and beaten, while Esper had one ninja tired to a tree. “That was entertaining, but now lets get down to business.” Leon said as he threw the unconscious ninja to a tree. “Yes, now...start talking. Who was the one that told Neon to send you?” Esper interrogated the ninja. “I won’t tell you, no matter what you do to me!” the skeleton ninja stated. Leon the punch his fist into a nearby tree and completely destroyed it. “Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?” Leon threatened. “Look, I don’t know who told Neon to send us, but what I do know is...she looks a lot like you.” the ninja said to Esper. ‘It can’t be?’ Esper thought. A silhouette of an unknown female appeared in the back of Esper’s mind. She and Esper had the same eyes, only hers were full of hatred. “...I swear, I will become stronger and kill you...” The female said. “She doesn’t die that easily. After all...she is my sister.” Esper said. “WHAT?” Everyone said.

The scene opens up to a thick forest in central China. Esper was jumping from branch to branch in the trees while Vec and Glee were stuck with walking. All of them were carrying backpacks they filled before their trip. Esper said they would be going away for a while and told them to bring only what was necessary. Unfortunately, for Vec that meant a TV, his stereo, and a couch. The one thing that was on the teams mind was.

“Where are we going?” Glee asked.

“Don’t know.” Vec replied. “Esper just said to pack up and move it.”

“But why did we have to travel all around the world today.” Glee whined.

“Shut up! You think I like this?!” Vec screamed.

“If you two will quiet down, come here.” Esper said from the top of a hill. “It’s time I returned home.”

“Home?” The two questioned as they walked up the hill.

“Welcome to my home: The Chameleon Village.” Esper smiled.

At the point where Vec and Glee reached the top of the hill, their mouths instantly dropped. Below them stood a forest wide city covered by the trees. Vec and Glee rubbed their eyes and smacked themselves to make sure they were awake.

“WOW!” Glee screamed in amazement. “This is so cool!”

“Yes, it is.” Esper groaned; his ear still hurting.

“How come no one has ever found this place before?” Vec scratched his head.

“We try to keep are selves secret from all outsiders.” Esper explained.

“Secrets? What secrets? Tell me the secrets!” Glee exclaimed.

“Can’t tell you.” Esper smirked.

“Why not?” Glee asked.

“It’s a secret.” Esper chuckled.

“Oh yeah.” Glee said.

Esper and the rest of the Chaotix Jr walked down the hill towards the gate. As they reached the entrance, the group found two men standing sitting at a booth on the side. They stood up when Esper’s group came by.

“State your purpose of visit.” The dark-haired man said.

“They’ve got you on gate duty again, Otsu.” Esper chuckled. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see you here, Zima.” “Remember me?” Esper questioned.

“Hey, it’s Esper!” Otsu yelled out loud.

“Boy, it’s been three years since we’ve seen you.” Zima chuckled.

“You know him?” Vec asked the chameleons.

“The whole village knows him.” Otsu said. “Esper’s family is one of the more prominent clans in the villages. Especially that one girl. I forget, what was her name again?”

“That’s not important.” Esper said quickly. Vec thought it was A little too quickly. “Do you mind if we passed through?”

“No, not at all.” Zima said. “Just be sure to keep your friends out of trouble.”

“Easier said than done.” Esper muttered under his breath.

Leaving behind his old friends, Esper decided to show his team the sights. They visited the local tango shop until a creepy sadist lady named Akko scared them away. They visited a ramen shop called Chirico. Esper has never eaten at the shop because of this one boy who always visited there who hogged all the ramen. An old man presented them with three steaming bowls of ramen.

“Yay! I’m starving!” Glee cheered as he dived into the bowl.

“Glee!" Esper growled lightly. He turned to the old man and bowed his head. “Sorry for my friend.”

“It’s no trouble, really.” The old man smiled. “I haven’t seen a face that joyful since Maputo left.”

“Maputo, that’s the boy who always comes here, right?” Esper asked.

“Yeah. That’s him.” The old man said before returning to work.

“Who’s Maputo?” Vec asked, taking a huge gulp of his ramen.

“A chameleon who eats anything.” Esper said honestly. .

Esper paid the bill and guided them to his home. “Hello my young cricket.” Team Chaotix Jr turned to the sound of the voice. They found a white-haired man standing on the guard rails. “Welcome home Esper.”

“You’re late!” Esper shouted randomly.

“Sorry. I had to help a Beetle get back to it’s tree.” The man said dully.

“Liar!” Esper shouted. Both remained motionless for a moment before bursting out laughing. “I haven’t done that in a while. It’s good to see you again, Feromi.”

“It’s nice to see you back home, Esper.” The man named Feromi smiled.

“Esper, who’s this?” Vec questioned.

“This is my teacher, Feromi Shitake.” Esper introduced. “He taught me everything I know about ninjutsu.”

“Out of all the students I've had, I would say Esper was my greatest.” Feromi said as he suddenly appeared next to Esper. “But that’s not much when I have only had a handful of students.”

“Exactly how many students have you had?” Esper eyed him.

“3.” Feromi answered simply.

“One of them wouldn’t happen to be a red hedgehog named Rector Marina, would it?” Esper asked.

“Yes. How did you know?” Feromi asked in surprise.

“We had a little run-in when he stabbed Vec with your famous technique.” Esper said.

“It hurts to think about it.” Vec whimpered.

“But I’m not the only one who’s trained him.” Feromi explained. “He also took lessons from Guy, Akko, and even the Hauula.”

“It was great seeing you again, Feromi-sensei.” Esper bowed.

And with that, Feromi disappeared in a puff of smoke. Esper led his team down the direction of his home. Unfortunately, it was on the other side of the village. It was night time when they arrive and Vec was dragging himself across the ground.

“Come on, Vec. It’s not that bad.” Glee said.

“Easy for you to say! You stung me fifty times last week!” Vec screamed.

“Mind keeping it down?” Esper asked calmly. He turned away from them “Guys, welcome to my home.”

Vec pulled himself up, only to have his mouth fall straight back. Esper’s home was big, complete with a grove and a fish pond on the side. Esper walked up to the door and knocked on it lightly while Glee dragged the shocked gator. The door opens to reveal a green chameleon woman with red braided hair and no horn. (Females don’t have horns) She stared in shock at Esper before hugging him tightly.

“Oh, my little Esperagin, you’re home!” The woman cried.

“Esperagin!” Glee exclaimed before laughing

“I wouldn’t be laughing...Gleemer.” Esper smirked.

“Your name is Gleemer?!” Vec busted a gut.

“You're in no position to laugh...Vecteran.” Esper grinned.

“Vecteran!” Glee rolled over in laughter.

“Hey, what’s all the commotion?” Esper’s mother moved aside to reveal his father, the legendary Espio. The man walked up and slung his arm around Esper’s shoulder. “Esper. So glad you decided to join us.”

“Thank you, father.” Esper said respectfully.

“Let’s all hurry inside. Dinners almost ready.” Esper’s mother said cheerfully.

“FOOD!!” Vec and Glee screamed and ran in.

“Not again.” Esper muttered.

Dinner was normal. Well, as normal for Team Chaotix Jr. Esper and his family calmly ate their food in peace while the rest of Esper’s team just gulped it down. They ate the meat, the sushi, and the rice, but still moving. Vec ran to the bathroom shortly after. Esper’s mother was washing up while Glee curious examined all of the family photos hung on the wall. His eyes wandered to one particular picture.

“Hey, how come this picture is ripped?” Glee asked.

Esper’s parents seemed to stiffen and Esper hung his head. Vec shoved Glee aside to examine the picture. It had a young Esper standing by his parents, the whole bottom right corner was missing. Vec thought it was strange that they would react to the picture.

“That’s a picture of Esper’s sister, Espia the Chameleon.” Esper’s mother answered.

“I didn’t know Esper had a sister.” Glee said. “Do you think we can meet her?”

“That’s impossible.” Espio answered.

“How come?” Esper asked.

“Esper. Over a year ago, Espia was found...KIA.” Espio answered.

“KIA? What does that mean?” Vec asked.

“It means killed in action.” Espio explained. “Espia’s body was found dead; covered in black flames.”

That was it, Esper had enough. Esper stood up and silently walked out to the door. He opened and shut it behind him without saying a word. For as long as they have known him, Vec and Glee both knew Esper was upset.

“Esper must be sad for losing her.” Glee said glumly.

“That’s not it.” Espio said.

“What do you mean?” Vec asked.

“All his life, Esper has always lived in his sister’s shadow.” Espio explained. “He tried to prove that he could be a good as her, but always failed. He couldn’t win because Espia was, well, a genius.”

“She was super smart?” Glee asked.

“In a way.” Espio said. “She was gifted at a young age. Every technique she learn, she would master it in little time. Esper was always so determined to beat her. Now he never will."

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Esper sat in a section of the forest outside the village on a large rock. Scattered around the area were targets hung on the trees, on the ground, and one hidden behind the rock. Esper would remember when his sister would always bring him here to train with her. It was during these sessions that Esper knew his sister truly loved him. But now she was gone.
“Espia.” Esper thought sadly. “She graduated from the academy at the age of six. She mastered the shadow clone jutsu at the age of eight. And when she was ten, she already knew ten jutsu of each element. I always wanted to prove myself to her. To show her that I could be her equal. I wanted to be like her...on that day.”

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--Flashback--

Esper was nine years old and standing behind one of the trees. Standing not far from him was a purple female chameleon, she was ten years old and wore purple shoes with a grey stripe down the middle, grey shorts and arm length gloves, and a red sleeveless shirt. She was wearing a blindfold while holding five kunai in each hand.

“Ready, sister.” Little Esper asked.

“Always. little brother.” Espia replied.

Esper pulled on a sting. The string tugged against ten bells that were near the targets. At the sound of the bells, Espia jumped into the air and flipped upside down. She released eight kunai in random directions and threw one forward. Espia tossed the last kunai at her previous one, which bounced off each other. To Esper’s amazement, the kunai all nailed their marks.

“She even hit the one behind the rock.” Esper thought.

“So, how did I do?” Espia said as she removed the blindfold.

“You hit them all!” Esper cheered and ran up to his sister. “You’re the greatest, Sister!”

“I’m good, but not that good.” Espia laughed. “Hey, aren’t you graduating the academy tomorrow?”

“Yeah. I’ll finally get to become a real ninja like you.” Esper smiled. Esper turned around and pulled out ten kunai. “Hey, I bet I can hit all of them like you.”

“As if.” Espia smirked.

“Oh, yeah! Watch me!” Esper exclaimed.

Esper tried to perform the same moves as Espia, but only ended up twisting his ankle. Espia was expecting Esper to do something stupid and brought her mother’s first-aid kit. Espia was trying to wrap his ankle, but Esper kept fidgeting.

“Stop moving.” Espia ordered.

“B-but it h-hurts.” Esper said through the tears.

“It’s not that bad.” Espia reassured him with a smile. She tightened the bandage around his ankle. “There. All better.” Espia sat beside Esper. “You know, you had me really worried there.”

“I’ll never be as good as you.” Esper said sadly.

“Don’t say that. You’ll be a great ninja.” Espia smiled down upon him. “In fact, I bet one day, you’ll be better than me.”

“There’s no way that’ll happen.” Esper said.

“Esper...a friend once told me that he had this crazy dream.” Espia told him. “I told him it was impossible. But he told me ‘I’ll succeed, no matter what!’” Espia turned to stare at her little brother. “He won’t give up on his dream. Why should you?”

“Thanks, Espia.” Esper smiled brightly. “You’re the best sister ever.”

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Esper set himself in the same position as his sister with five kunai in each hand.
“I won’t give up on my dream.” Esper told himself.

Esper jumped into the air and flipped upside down. He released eight kunai in random directions and threw one forward. Esper mimicked his sister and tossed the last kunai at his previous one, which bounced off each other. When Esper landed he found that the nine visible targets were hit. But when he checked behind the rock, he found that he missed the target by one inch.

“Even after all this time, I still can’t match up to her.” Esper told himself.

Esper recovered his kunai and slowly walked back to the village. Esper could already imagine the disappointment on his sister’s face if she saw his progress.

Even with his back turned, he could still notice the shadow that reflected of the tree. A figure threw a kunai, which Esper blocked.

“Who are you?” Esper demanded.

“Now, now, is that anyway to treat a lady?” The figure said in a feminine voice.

Esper threw his shuriken at the figure, only to have to be blocked by her kunai. The female threw her kunai, but Esper flipped up to stick to the ceiling. Esper threw a horde of smaller shuriken, but the female blocked them all with another kunai. Realizing that weapons weren’t working, Esper performed a series of hand signs.

“Fire style: Dragon Fire Jutsu!” Esper shouted.

Esper breathed out a number of fireballs. Unfortunately, the female also performed her own hand signs.

“Water style: Thunder Storm Jutsu!” The female shouted.

The female ejected a jet of water from her mouth. The water formed into a huge wall that blocked the Esper’s fireballs. What she didn’t predict was that hidden inside the fireballs were a horde of shuriken. The shuriken slipped past the wall and shredded the females cloak to reveal her true identity. Esper was not ready for who it was.

“It can’t be.” Esper uttered in fear and surprise.

“Long time no see...Little brother.” Espia grinned.

Esper was standing on the ceiling, too much in shock to move. Down below him was his sister, whom he believed to be dead. Espia was seventeen, and a little taller. She wore grey slacks with black tiger stripes, red sleeveless shirt, grey boots with black straps, a grey vest, white goves with compartments, and a katana straped to her back. Taking advantage of Esper’s stunned state; Espia performed a series seals.

“Wind Style: Tornado Hurricane Jutsu!” Espia shouted.

Espia sucked in her breath and released it in the form of a black wind. Esper dropped down to the floor just in time. If the attack had hit, Esper would be sent lying with most of the roof. Esper tried to perform his own seals, but Espia pulled back to trip her brother with the hidden wire. Esper sat up; But Espia already held her katana to his head.

“That technique...” Esper murmured. “Such a jutsu hasn’t been seen for over twenty years. Where did you learn it? And how are you even alive? You were found dead.”

“Now there’s an interesting story all in itself.” Espia said unusually happy. “But I mostly owe it to my teacher.”

“I'll tell you, faking my death wasn’t easy. The difficult part was finding and killing someone with a similar body structure to mine. But then I remembered our family in the west.”

“That would explain where you got the horn for the gas.” Esper confirmed. “But I can’t believe you, the pride of the entire chameleon clan, would ally yourself with the dark side.”

“Ally is such a strong word.” Espia said; resting her katana on her shoulder. “I prefer the term temporary friendship.”

“But why would you join with them in the first place?” Esper asked; quietly reaching for his cuffs to grab a kunai.

Unfortunately, Espia saw this. Espia gripped her katana and rammed it into her brother’s skull. But the katana soon found itself in the side of one of the scrolls. Clearly, Esper had performed a substitution to escape. Espia flipped backwards as Esper dived at her from behind. Esper tired to spin around, but Espia gripped him by his arm and twisted it behind his back. For extra measures, she held her katana to his neck.

“Now that wasn’t very nice.” Espia joked. “Trying to backstab your own sister.”

“Why are you doing this?” Esper seethed.

“Revenge.” Espia hissed.

“Revenge?” Esper mimicked.

“I did not kill our family, join a group of criminals, and kill nearly everyone here just for a rolled up piece of paper.” Espia said with a harsh sting in her voice. “I came here for one reason: to kill you.”

“Me?” Esper asked quizzically.

“I want to pay you back for what you did to me.” Espia sneered.

“You mean?” Esper said calmly.

“You ruined everything for me!” Espia exclaimed. “I was supposed to be Feromi’s student! Not you!” Espia slowly started to calm. “I’ll never forget the humiliation you brought me all those years ago.”


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--Flashback--
A ten-year old Espia and nine-year old Esper were standing in a clearing in the forest outside the village. Finally, he was on his way to becoming a successful ninja. Both siblings were asked by their parents to wait for a friend of their father’s. Apparently, this ninja was assigned to act as a private teacher for the chameleons. Over three hours had passed and the ninja was nowhere in sight. Espia was meditating on the grass and Esper was half asleep. Finally, the teacher arrived.

“Yo.” Feromi said casually.

“You’re late!” Espia screamed, snapping Esper awake.

“Sorry. I got lost on the road of life.” Feromi lied...badly.

“Liar!” Espia screamed.

“She’s right you know.” Esper stated. “You made us wait for three hours.”

“I already explained myself.” Feromi said. “I’m only her because your father is my friend. Now, let’s begin with the introductions. Just tell me you names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future.”

“Why don’t you go first?” Esper asked.

“All right. My name is Feromi Shitake...”

“The famous mirror ninja?” Espia asked in shock.

“That’s me.” Feromi grinned.

“Learning from the famous Feromi.” Espia grinned deviously. “This might not be a waste after all.”

“You next, girl.” Feromi motioned.

“My name is Espia the Chameleon.” Espia began. “I like learning new jutsu’s and my brother.” Esper smiled at that. “I dislike failure. My hobbies are training. And my dream is to become head of the village.”

“That’s a very ambitious dream.” Feromi said. “You’re next, boy.”

“My name is Esper the Chameleon.” Esper began. “I like my family, especially my sister. I dislike people who mistreat others. My hobbies are training with my sister. And my dream is to become the best ninja.”

“They both have high hopes. This could be interesting.” Feromi thought. “All right, it’s time to get things started. But first, I feel that I must warn you. After this, one of you may be sent beck.”

“What do you mean?” Esper asked.

“I mean...I may only train one of you.” Feromi said lazily.

“WHAT?!” The siblings screeched.

“I was assigned to put you both to the test and find if you are worth teaching.” Feromi explained. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver bell. “It’s really quiet simple. All you have to do is catch this bell. Whoever does becomes my student. There’s also another way that will allow both of you to be my students, but you’ll have to find that out on your own.”

Feromi tied the bell to the side of his belt. When he turned back to the chameleon sibling with a somewhat confused expression. Esper appeared to be shaken, while Espia gave a dark glare towards the man.

“There’s no way I can win.” Esper thought.
“There’s no way I can lose.” Espia thought.

“Shall we begin.” Feromi said casually.

Espia swiftly snatched a number of shuriken and kunai from her back and threw them at Feromi. He moved to the side and skid to a halt to throw his own kunai. Espia ducked down to avoid it, only to find that Feromi hand thrown a second kunai where she couldn’t avoid. Seeing this, Esper quickly pushed his sister out of the way.

“You ok?” Esper asked.

“Just fine.” Espia grits her teeth.

“If that’s the best you got, then you should just go home, loser.” Feromi taunted.

“Don’t talk about my sister like that!” Esper exclaimed.

Esper pulled out his kunai and charged at the jounin. Meanwhile, Espia retreated and hid under the cover of the trees. Esper swiped at Feromi, but the jounin flipped him over his shoulder. Esper ran at Feromi while creating a series of seals. Suddenly, four more Esper’s appeared next to the original.

“Clone jutsu.” Feromi said coolly. “At least we know you were paying attention in class.”

“That won’t work, Esper.” Espia thought. “This is Feromi we’re facing. This isn’t the academy anymore.”

Two Esper’s jumped at the white haired Jounin, but Feromi did nothing to stop them. They disappeared on contact. Another of the Espers attacked from behind, but Feromi reacted to this one. He reached for the chameleon’s arm and it was solid. The clones disappeared as Feromi pulled Esper toward him and kicked the chameleon away. Esper slammed his back into a tree and fell on his hands and knees. Feromi walked up to Esper.

“I admit, your strategy was well thought out.” Feromi complimented. “If I was a LV2 or LV3 rankled ninja, it might have worked. But as you can see, I am neither.” Esper jumped to his feet. The next second, Esper found himself being suspended in midair by a rope trap. “What you clearly can’t see is the traps set up in the area. Even Espia noticed. She already avoided six traps.”

“How was I supposed to know there were traps?!” Esper cried.

“A ninja must always be observant.” Feromi advised. “Otherwise, you wouldn’t last long in the...”

Feromi shortened speech left Esper wondering. What was it he was trying to say. Suddenly, Feromi dropped on the ground. It was then Esper noticed an enlarged shuriken embedded in his back. Esper looked to the trees where the shuriken came from and found Espia grinning madly.

“Sister! What have you down?!” Esper yelled.

But just as quickly as Feromi went down, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

“A shadow clone.” Espia realized. “That means Feromi is no longer around here.”

“Hey, Sister, how about a little help?” Esper asked. But Espia’s gaze was fixated elsewhere. Espia turned away and ran off into the forest. “Hey, what about me?!” Esper got tired of waiting and cut the rope himself. He landed on the ground, only to be thrown back up by another rope trap. “Aw, not again!”

In an open field not far from Esper, Feromi stood out in the open. Feromi turned to his left and, not surprisingly, found Espia standing guard with a kunai in hand.

“So, you finally figured it out.” Feromi said calmly.

“It took me a while, but I began to realize that your movements were lacking what my father had told me.” Espia explained. “The only explanation is if your chakra had been cut to a smaller amount.”

“What your father said was true.” Feromi said eagerly. “You’re a true prodigy. The first in your family I believe. You have a lot to live up to. Think you can handle it?”

“Instead of talking, why don’t I just prove it?” Espia smirked.

As Espia began to perform a series of seals, Feromi’s eyed widened in shock.

“There is no way she could do that at such a young age.” Feromi said in disbelief.

“Fire Style: Wyvern Fury Jutsu!” Espia yelled.

A current of fire was unleashed from Espia’s mouth and completely engulfed Feromi. As the flames died down, Espia was quick to find that Feromi had dropped from sight. Espia drew two kunai to her hands and remained on guard. After several agonizing moments, Feromi stepped out from behind one of the forest trees.

“It’s amazing how quick you learn.” Feromi said.

Espia prepared to attack when another Feromi stepped out from behind the trees. That one was followed by another Feromi and another until at least twenty Feromi had surrounded her.

“Shadow clone again?” Espia smirked. “You are certainly a one trick pony.”

Espia rushed forward at the first clone she saw. Espia cut across the clone, only to phase through it. At first, Espia figured it was a regular clone. But she then noticed that it was still there. The female chameleon whipped out an enlarged shuriken and threw it backwards at Feromi. But the shuriken phased through that Feromi and three more behind it.

“What is going on here?” Espia panicked.

“Well then, shall we get started.” The Feromi’s said as they whipped out their kunai.

Espia was blocking for her life. Meanwhile, Esper was jumping across the tree branches; the rope still tied to his left leg.

“I can’t believe her.” Esper grumbled. “She left me handing, literally. I hope she gets her butt kicked.” As Esper reached the open field, he found Espia, but she was swinging her kunai like crazy at the air. “What is she doing?”

“I don’t know what your little trick is!” Espia grunted. “But I will not lose to you!”

Esper figured out what was wrong. Espia was a genius in ninjutsu and a decent fighter with taijutsu. But everyone has weaknesses and Espia had two. First: Espia had nyctophobia, which meant she was afraid of the darkness. Second: She had absolutely no skill in genjutsu. Esper figured it was the latter at fault. Thankfully, Esper learned how to break genjutsu in the academy. Careful not to get his head lopped off, Esper moved in behind Espia and placed his hand on his sister’s back.

“Release!” Esper called.

In Espia’s eyes, all the Feromi’s faded and Esper appeared next to her.

“What happened?” Espia asked.

“Feromi placed you under a genjutsu.” Esper explained.

“Hmm. Dad must have mentioned that to Feromi.” Espia muttered.

“That and so much more.” And siblings turned to face Feromi, who was casually leaning against a tree. “Be thankful I went easy and didn’t use your other weakness.”

“Don’t worry, sister.” Esper grinned and held his kunai forward. “I’ll take him down.”

Esper rushed on ahead while Espia stood back. Esper jumped up and dived at his superior. Feromi never took his eyes off him. Feromi raised his hand and blocked with the metal plate on his gloves. Esper dropped his weapon and resorted to basic taijutsu. But even so, Feromi remained untouched. He noticed that Espia was performing a familiar patter of seals.

“She wouldn’t.” Feromi thought hopefully. “Not with her brother in the way.”

“Fire Style: Volcano Nova Jutsu!” Espia yelled.

Espia summoned up a large fireball headed straight for Feromi. Unfortunately, Esper was also in the way. At the sight of the ball of flames, Esper froze in fear. Acting fast, Feromi picked up Esper and jumped out of the way. The fireball crashed into the ground, creating an explosion of earth that sent them flying. Feromi luckily landed on his feet and sent Esper safely on the ground. Just then, Espia appeared next to them with a wide grin on her face.

“Looks like I win.” Espia said. Esper and Feromi looked confused until Espia opened her hand to reveal the silver bell. “Sorry, brother. But the better chameleon won.”

“You’re right. HE did.” Feromi said; emphasizing the word ‘he’.

“Huh?” The siblings were confused.

“Espia, you may have the bell, but you don’t show the qualities needed to be my student from your last attack.” Feromi explained.

“What do you mean?!” Espia was outraged.

“A friend once told me that those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.” Feromi said as he dazed into his own little world. “The same applies to siblings. If you and your brother had worked together, you both would have been my students.”

“So what does it mean?” Esper asked curiously.

“It means you are my new student, Esper.” Feromi smiled.

“What?!” Espia flared. “You’re picking this brat over me?!”

“Esper cared for your safety over his own.” Feromi said wisely. “He had someone to fight for. That is why he will be strong.”

Espia, fueled by her rage, started to perform a pattern of seals. Espia was prepared for another fireball, but Feromi had already summoned up his own and nailed Espia directly. Espia was thrown back to the trees and slammed into her back. Espia tried to stand up, but Feromi pressed a kunai to her neck.

“I think it would be best if you went home.” Feromi as he released her.

“I’ll get you for this.” Espia glared at her brother. “I swear, I’ll grow stronger and kill you. Mark my words Esper.”

--End Flashback--

“We have returned to where it started.” Esper said seriously. “It is ironic that it will end here as well.”

“One of is going to die here.” Espia stated. “You sure you don’t want to run?”

“And disgrace my family name? Never!” Esper sneered before showing a grin. “I bet you would now all about being a disgrace, sister.”

“Ok, talking is getting boring.” Espia expressed with a loud yawn. “I’m just gonna kill you quickly then go to sleep.”

Despite being tired as she said, Espia swiftly reached behind her back to throw a ballistic barrage of shuriken. Esper reacted quickly and reach for a kunai to block the shuriken. But hidden amongst the shuriken was an enlarged shuriken that a simple kunai couldn’t block. So, Esper dropped his kunai and pulled out his own enlarge shuriken to block. But before he could even breathe, Espia appeared to her brother and swatted her katana downwards. Esper used the shuriken to block.

“Give it up brother. You can’t possibly hope to win.” Espia sniggered evilly.

“I...will never...back down!” Esper groaned with effort.

To Espia’s surprise, Esper had somehow drawn the strength to push her back. Esper flung his foot skyward, nailing his sister in the chin. Espia flipped backwards and landed as Esper performed a series of seals.

“Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!” Esper shouted.

Esper drew a deep breath and breathed out a number of miniature fireballs. Espia, not falling for the same trick twice, performed her own seals and clapped her hands together.

“Wind Style: Gale Wind Palm!” Espia shouted. A great gust of wind suddenly picked up and blasted away the fireballs and the weapons hidden inside. Espia performed more seal and shouted. “Lightning Style: False Darkness!”

Espia tilted her head back to a point where it looked like it would snap. She suddenly shot it forward and release a sudden bolt of black lightning. No one, except Blur, could avoid lightning. Esper was lucky to move fast enough that it only pierced his right shoulder. But the jutsu was more power then Esper had expected. The chameleon ninja was shot clear across the forest and fell into a lake bed not far away. Espia appeared in an instant on top of the water.

“Do you not see the difference in our levels of power?” Espia chuckled lightly with a cold expression. Esper weakly pulled himself to stand on the water. “Let’s face it. It was a mistake that Feromi chose you.”

“No, you haven’t won just yet.” Esper said; panting.

“When will you realize that you could never defeat me because I’m a genius?” Espia questioned; her expression change to one of strong hatred and suppressed rage.

“Because I know that even a genius can be defeated through the power of hard work.” Esper said; his mouth curved into a smile. “I learned that from a man named Gai.” Esper raised his hand over his open wound. “He was a bit of a freak and his student was hyperactive, but they both proved to be right.”

“What makes you say that?” Espia asked.

“Because I’m going to prove it.” Esper stated.

Esper’s hand began to glow a green aura around his shoulder. When he removed his hand, the wound Espia created had disappeared.

‘Medical jutsu.’ Espia thought. ‘Clearly mother has taught him a few tricks.’

“I can safely assure you that our mother did not.” Esper said.

Espia stepped back in fright as if she had seen a ghost.

‘Did he just...’

“...Read your mind.” Esper finished his sisters thought.

“Shut up!” Espia yelled; seriously freaked out. “Who do you think you are?!”

“I’m the one who will kill you.” Esper hissed.

“It won’t matter! I’ll still kill you!” Espia exclaimed. She made a series of seals. “Water Style: Water Fang Jutsu!”

Three small whirlpools formed around the lake and a group of spinning water drills emerged from inside. They neared Esper when they were suddenly destroyed. Espia didn’t know how until see noticed three whirlpools around Esper.

“Did he just mimic my jutsu?” Espia’s mind raced with panic..

“You think I can be fooled by some stupid trick?!” Espia screamed. She drew her katana, which Esper mimicked by pulling out a kunai. “It cut you to pieces!”

Espia charged forward and Esper copied her. Espia slashed at left and right at her brother left and right, only to be blocked with her brother miming her. At one point, Espia’s nerves were so bundled that her katana slipped out of her hand when she slashed across her brother’s chest. Taking advantage of his sister’s slip up, Esper spun around and kicked her across the face. Espia skid across the water before jumping back to her feet.

“I-I won’t lose!” Espia screamed hysterically.

Espia brought her hands together and stared performed a long string of seals. Her hands moved so far that no ordinary human could ever hope to see. But amazingly, Esper was able to mimic every sign. Espia stopped in the middle of her jutsu. How is that he could follow every move she makes? How could he have the sharingan? How? For a moment, maybe by some trick of light, Espia could see her worst fear standing next to Esper.

“NO!” Espia stammered.

“Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!” Esper yelled.

A column of water erupted behind Esper and formed a head of a dragon. Espia, to stricken with fear, did not move as the water came crashing down over her.

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Espia’s eyes shot open. She was back at the training grounds and no water dragon ready to kill her. Espia felt a tug around her wrist and looked down. She was completely tired to a tree, her weapons discarded all over the grounds, and Esper sat on the rock with her katana resting on his shoulder like a trophy.
“I was wondering when you would wake up.” Esper said. “Judging by how you were shaking, that must have been one heck of a scare.”

“W-what’s going on?” Espia stammered; utterly confused.

“They never existed.” Esper stated simply.

“What do you mean?” Espia questioned

“When you left, Feromi was expecting you to uphold your promise.” Esper explained. “Knowing this, Feromi trained me to use your weakness and turn it into my strength.”

“You mean...” Espia gasped. “All that was...”

“Genjutsu.” Esper answered. Esper’s grin grew even bigger and more confident.

“But when did you perform the jutsu?” Espia asked.

“The moment we locked eyes when I arrived.” Esper answered. Esper stood up and stared across to Espia. “After so many years, I have finally defeated you, sister. Now to put an end to this.” Esper formed a string of seals. “You have always been afriad of the dark, sister. Time to face your fears. Shadow style: Dark World Jutsu!”

A black void formed from Esper and engulfed Espia completely. All that could be heard was Espia’s hysteric screams.

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The next day, Esper had returned to the village head with Espia captured. Esper’s parents were happy to hear that their daughter was alive, but seriously disappointed at her lack of judgment. Esper’s parents were standing before the head in her office.

“What will happen to our daughter?” Espio asked.

“Because of the genjutsu Esper performed, Espia has been put in a state of mental trauma.” Tsunade explained. “She wont bother anyone for a while”

“That’s good.” Espio said.

“Dear...where is Esper?” Esper’s mother asked.


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Team Chaotix Jr had decided to leave earlier then planned. But before they left, Esper wanted to visit the training grounds one last time.

“You ready for this, Esper.” Vec asked; placing a blindfold over Esper’s eyes.

“Always.” Esper said confidently. “On my mark, Glee.”

“Gotcha.” Glee said giddily.

All was quiet. Vec and Glee knew this was important to Esper and didn’t want to ruin it. There was only one thing on Esper’s mind: the targets.

“Now!” Esper shouted.

Glee tugged the string, ringing the ten bells around the targets. At the sound of the bells, Esper jumped into the air and flipped upside down. He released eighty kunai in random directions and threw ten forward. He tossed the last ten kunai at his previous ones, which bounced off each other. When he landed, he quickly removed the blindfold. He hit all the visible targets ten times each, but what about the last one?

“Well, how did he do Glee?” Vec asked.

Glee glided over and above the rock to look down. Glee turned back and suddenly ran up to hugged him.

“You did it, Esper! You hit it!” Glee cheered.

A wave of happiness roared over Esper. He had finally proven he was as worthy as his sister. Vec picked up his teammate and suffocated them into a group hug. High in the trees above, Feromi was gazing over his orange book and smiled proudly at his student.

“He has gained new confidence in himself.” Kakashi thought.

Feromi chuckled at his own joke. With new confidence and experience, Team Chaotix Jr set off down the dirt path towards home.

“How are you feeling?” Sheila asked Blitz. “Like I’ve been to Hell and back.” Blitz chuckled. Just then, Rosie walked in. “I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised to see you here, Sheila.” Rosie said and she moved to check Swift’s heart monitor. “How long do you think it will be till they are up again?” Sheila asked. “I don’t know. Judging by the energy loss they used in the battle, it could be a while. Oh, by the way, Blur wants to see you, Sheila.” Rosie informed the icekinetic hedgehog. “What for?” Sheila asked. “I don’t know. He just said the commander wanted to see you.” Rosie said. Sheila got up from her seat and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek before saying. “See ya, later.” And walked out.
As Sheila walked down the hall, she made a left to turn into the main room, where Blur and Alexis were waiting. “It’s about time you got here.” Blur said, tapping his foot in his normal impatient manner. “Calm down. Just tell me what’s up.” Sheila said her usual stern fashion. “Don’t ask me. Ask him.” Blur said as he pointed to the commander on the video screen. “Why did you wish to see us Mr. Commander?” Alexis asked politely while holding Lucky. “Sheila, I have a mission of the utmost importance for Multis and Divince.” the Commander said seriously. “If I’m not going on the mission then why are you telling me this?” Sheila asked. “I have a feeling something bad might happen if they go on this mission so I need you to tell me if you think it’s a good idea. A representative for a nearby fishing town will arrive in Soleanna. I want those two to guard him and show him the sights.” The commander instructed. “So in other words, you want them to be tour guides. I say it’s safe” Sheila said.
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Meanwhile, the Egg-Carrier VII was currently floating across the Atlantic Ocean with Egghog sitting in the infirmary room. Just then, one of his E series robots come through the door (E – 130 to be specific) walked in the through the sliding doors and closed behind him. The tension mounted as the room was filled with an unnerving silence. “You wanted to see me?” Atoma broke the silence. “It seems my time is coming to an end I’m becoming to old, so I need you and the other robots to take care of the child I made. Plus this creature attacked Blur and a few of his friends 2 days ago, tell me what you know.” Egghog demanded with his back still turned to Atoma. “What makes you think I know anything, Egghog?” Atoma asked. Egghog grinned as he turned to Atoma and answered. “Because I know you spied on Metal before he betrayed us.” Seeing as how Egghog would find out eventually, Atoma decided to give in. “His name is Apocalypse aka The Black Chaos Emerald. I don’t know much, but what I do know is that he the first villain to ever exist and that he just came back to life.” Atoma admitted. “And how did he meet him?” Egghog asked. “I don’t know.” Atoma admitted. Egghog was shocked. It took Blur, Mach, and Dash fusing into Legend to defeat Darkrion. Just how powerful was this creature?
Just as Egghog was about to ask how powerful it was, Bukon suddenly flew and yelled “EGGHOG!” Bukon was flying too fast and smacked into Egghog, causing the doctor to fall over in his chair. “Bukon! What have I told you about flying inside?” Egghog yelled while holding the small annoyance in his hand. “But Egghog, I’ve got something to tell you!” Bukon screeched. “Can’t you see I’m in the middle of a...” Egghog trailed of when he noticed Atoma was gone. “Fine. What is it?” Egghog asked. “Dukubow told me to tell you that the heroes are going to meet a representative from a fishing town.” Bukon informed. “Really now? Ho-ho, this could work to our advantage.” Egghog smiled evilly. “Huh?” Three question marks appeared above Bukon. “If we want to take over the world, we have to start small and work our way up.” Egghog said. “Wow, Doctor, you’re so smart.” Bukon said. “Yes, I am.” Egghog gloated. “So who are you sending this time?” Bukon asked. “No one. It’s been a long time since I had any fun. Plus I’m not going to have that much now.” Egghog chuckled.
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Divince and Multis sat down at the fountain of the central plaza in the town of Soleanna. “Dad, who is it that we are looking for?” Divince asked. “I don’t know, but the commander said he would be easy to find.” Multis said. “What’s his name?” Divince asked. “His name is Big, I think he’s Lump’s father.” Multis said awkwardly, feeling strange about the name. But then, out of nowhere, a small, bug-eyed frog landed on Multis’s head. “Huh?” Multis said in confusion. “Froggy!” They heard someone shouting. The two robots looked over to see a large, violet cat with darker stripes on his arms and tail. He wore simple light brown gloves, tan sandals, and a large belt. “Froggy!” the cat cried. The large cat jumped to grab the frog, but frog jumped away. Big fell flat on his stomach, almost crushing Multis in the process. The frog jumped into Divince’s arms and the he ran to his father’s side. “Dad, are you ok?” Divince asked. “What do you think?” Multis said holding the cat.
“You have no idea how angry I am.” Multis growled in a low voice. “Excuse me mister, but your crushing my father.” Divince said. But on sight of the frog in Divince’s hands, the large cat reached out and grabbed the frog, yelling “Froggy!” ‘Not a very bright one, is he?’ Multis mentally cursed himself. “Excuse me, but who are you?” Divince asked. “Hi, I’m Big.” The cat said stupidly. “Obviously, you overgrow ca...” “His name is Big.” Divince interrupted Multis’s rant. Multis’s face deadpanned after that. ‘This is the representative. They must not have had a lot of choices.’ Multis thought. “Nice to meet you, Big.” Divince bowed. “Yeah, whatever. Listen, we are supposed to watch you for the day. So don’t wander off, got it!” Multis ordered. “Ok.” Big said stupidly. ‘This is going to be a long day’ Multis thought.
“And over there would be the palace of Soleanna, home to its current ruler, Princess Annalise the 3rd.” Multis pointed out as he continued the tour of Soleanna. “So, you understand so far?” Multis asked Big. Multis awaited a reply from the cat, but received none. “I said do you understand?” Multis asked again as he turned back to him. But when he looked back, he found that neither Divince nor Big were with her. “Ah! Where’d they go!? Don’t tell me I lost them!” Multis panicked. “See, I told you could see the ocean from up here.” Multis heard Divince’s high-pitched voice nearby. Multis looked over to see Divince and Big standing on top of the guardrail of a nearby cliff. “Get down from there!” Multis screamed as he ran at the two. “Let’s go to the beach.” Divince suggested. “Ok.” Big agreed. Divince and Big walked perfectly across the guard rail as Multis made a jump for them. He missed and was now floating over a thirty foot cliff with the ocean below his. “You have got to be kidding me.” Multis said. Multis fell down the cliff and landed in the water...hard.
“I had no idea father could swim.” Divince said naively. Divince and Big were sitting at the beach with Big trying to fish Multis out of the water. “Maybe he wants to play with the fish.” Big said stupidly. When Big felt a tug on the line, he started to reel his catch in and, amazingly, pulled Multis out of the water by his foot. “It’s so good we found you, dad.” Divince said happily. Too bad Multis didn’t share the same feelings. He had the most threatening scowl that would even scare Apocalypse. “You two, sit!” Multis ordered. “Huh?” Divince and big questioned. “I said SIT!!” Multis screamed this time. Fearing what Multis might do to them, they obediently dropped on their butts, many items jumping from Big’s weight. “I have had enough of this. I am just trying to do my job and you aren’t making it any easier.” Multis pointed to big. “But...” “SHUT UP!” Multis interrupted. “All I want to do is get this over with. And I swear, if one more thing happens, I am going to explode.” Multis said in a huff and turned back to the ocean. “Uhh...dad?” Divince spoke up. “Yeah?” Multis asked. “Egghog is kidnapping Big.” Divince informed. Multis instantly turned back to see that Big was missing and Egghog was carrying him away in his Egg-mobile. “I’m gonna kill that Egg-head!” Multis said venomously.
“Whee! Look, Froggy, we’re flying.” Big cheered in happiness as Egghog floated away with Big grappled at the bottom. “This guy is the representative of the fishing town?” Bukon questioned. “They must not have had a lot of choices.” Egghog said. “That’s exactly what I said.” A voice came from behind them. “Huh?” Egghog and Bukon questioned as they turned to face the direction of the voice. They turned to find Multis as he jumped from the roof of a nearby building and shot a missle straight at them causing them to all fall. As Big fell to the ground Divince ran to him under he was directly under him. “Don’t worry, Big, I got you!” Divince said before taking a moment to realize the situation. “What am I? Crazy?” Divince quickly dived out of the way and got a mattress to put under Big just in time to avoid being flattened by Big’s body weight and save him. “Grr. You’ll pay for that, you stupibot!” Egghog shouted. “I would like to see you try.” Multis challenged. “Grr. Black clones, attack!” Egghog ordered. On command, eight black clones jumped from behind the building and charged at the heroes.
Multis ducked down to avoid a black clone that jumped at him and swung around to kick the clone into the fountain. One black clone brought its claw down, But Multis flipped back to land on the edge of the fountain. One black clone walked up to him as the one in the fountain jumped at her with its claw held forward. “Come on. Surely you can do better then that.” Multis taunted the two. Both black clones swung their claws at the robot, but Multis easily flipped back over the clone behind him. The two clones clawed through each other and reduced each other to puddles. “Hah! This is just too easy.” Multis chuckled. Unfortunately for him, he did not see the black clone behind her until it wrapped its arms around to capture him. “Gotcha now!” One clone shouted as it ran in for the kill. Thinking fast, Multis pushed of the ground to flip over, causing the attacking black clone to kill its ally. “My turn!” Multis shouted. Multis put his claws up and ran past the clone with lightning speed. They stood there for a moment before the black clone’s head fell off and was reduced to a puddle.
Divince ducked and dodged as the black clones came at him left and right with no chance to fight back. “Hahaha. This is way too easy.” One black clone said as it Divince by his little leg and hung him in the air. “Alright, let’s end this.” the black clones said as they gathered around. “WHAT DID YOU SAY?” Divince screamed. Divince suddenly floated in front of the clone holding him to kick its head off. “What the?” the clones questioned simultaneously. Divince then charged at two clones and kicked them in the face. The clones were sent flying and splattered all along the walls. “All right, you little brat, time to teach you a lesson!” the last clone yelled. The clone swung its claw down to the robot, But Divince flew up just before it could hit. The clone was able to look up just in time to see Divince fire a laser into its face and pound it to the ground, reducing it to a puddle.
‘Amazing. I had no idea Divince was that strong. His fighting spirit must come from when others are in danger.’ Multis thought. “I must say, that was very impressive, but the fun is not over. Time for you two to meet my latest creation.” Egghog stated rising from the water. But the one thing that shocked everyone was he was robot. Just then, the ground suddenly shook until it burst open. From beneath the ground came a gigantic steel scorpion. “Behold, the Egg-Scorpion!” Egghog shouted while entering the cockpit.
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“It doesn’t matter, because in a moment it will be a pile of scrap.” Multis said as he jumped to the steel monstrosity. Unfortunately, the Egg-Scorpion opened its mouth and fired a stream of sand from inside. “I can’t see.” Multis said. Taking advantage of Multis’s shocked state, the Egg-Scorpion raised its tail and slammed down of Multis to crush him into the ground. The Egg-scorpion removed its tail to reveal a battered Multis indented to the ground.
“Dad!” Divince cried as he knew this was the battle when he was destroyed. “Time to end this. Attack, Egg-scorpion!” Egghog commanded. The Egg-scorpion raised its tail once more over its head and swung it straight down to Multis. Just as it would seem that he was finihed, the tail suddenly stopped. “What?!” Egghog yelled. After taking a closer look, Egghog noticed a fishing line connected to the Egg-scorpions tail. “Nobody hurts my friends.” Big said. “Big!” Divince cheered. “Enough of this. Egg-scorpion, finish him instead.” Egghog ordered. The Egg-scorpion released its tail from the fishing line and swung it directly at Big. But, his surprise, Big caught it. “What?!” Egghog screamed. In an impressive feat of strength, Big then lifted the Egg-Scorpion of the ground and started spinning it around in circles before releasing it to the direction of the ocean. The Egg-scorpion fell into the water and a second later, a large explosion came from where it landed. “Grr. This isn’t over, you meddlesome heroes!” Egghog proclaimed as he turned tail and flew away. “Wait for me!” Bukon cried as he chased after the doctor. “Let’s finish him dad.” Divince said. “Right.” Multis said. The two switched their arms to lasers and fired at Egghog’s head showing his brain. “Gah!” Egghog screamed. Multis then used his jet pack and switched to his knuckles’ claws and smashed his brain. Multis tried flying away before Egghog exploded, but Egghog grabbed his foot. “If I die. Your coming with me.” Egghog yelled. But Egghog’s plan didn’t happen as Divince floated to where Multis and Egghog were and changed his hands into razor blades to cut off Egghog’s arm allowing him to get Multis away. “NO!” Egghog shouted before he exploded. “Egghog!” Bukon screamed before flying away. “You saved me.” Multis said. “I couldn’t let you die dad.” Divince said as the 2 landed.
An hour later, Multis was fully healed from the battle and stood in front of Big with his head bowed down to him. “I’m sorry for what I said earlier. I was just frustrated about the recent events that had happened. I shouldn’t have taken my anger out on you.” Multis apologized. “Aw, it’s ok.” Big said happily and wrapped Multis into a bone breaking hug. “Ow! Personal space! Personal space!” Multis screamed. Multis finally broke out from the hug and held out a small communicator. "Big, if you ever need us, just give us a call." Multis said. Big gratefully took the communicator and yelled a loud cheer. “(Chuckles) Well, we have some time left. Why don’t we go down to the beach?” Divince suggested. Divince and Big gave Multis the puppy dog eyes, hoping he would say yes. “Ok. It’s not like we have anything better to do.” Multis said. “Yay!” Divince and Big cheered as they made a run for the beach. ‘It feels like I’m babysitting a bunch of children. But, for some reason, it doesn’t bother me.’ Multis thought. “Hey guys, wait up.” Multis called out while chasing after the two.

It seems that JJ, Shun, and Jac have all been confronted by the future Silver Blur aka Future Mecha
“I think it’s time you learn the truth about the emeralds.” Future Mecha said sinisterly.
“What could you possibly know about the emeralds?!” Jac growled.
“I know quite a lot more then you think.” Future Mecha stated. “In fact, I believe I know more then you do.”
“But I have lived with the secret of the emeralds my whole life.” Jac informed.
“Really?” Future Mecha questioned “Then do you know how you were able to reach this dimension?”
“Huh?” Jac questioned.
“The Sol emeralds’ energies were scattered one day and you were their unlucky target that sent you to this world.” Future Mecha said. “But we are talking about a dimensional transport. It would be impossible to land here if there wasn’t something connecting to the other side. You could have easily ended up in the Arabian Nights.”
“The Arabian Nights?” JJ questioned.
“I think that’s the name of Blur’s book.” Shun informed.
“But what does that have to do with anything?” Jac asked.
“It has everything to do with it.” Future Mecha stated. “As I am sure Blur has shown you, there were seven powers known as the Seven World Rings within the book that he brought back with him. Erazor Djinn used them to escape the book centuries ago before the Babylon’s trapped him in a lamp. Did Jet explain how?”
“Erazor gathered the World Rings.” JJ informed. “It’s because the World Rings hold a connection to...”
“The seven chaos emeralds.” Future Mecha finished. “That is how he was able to escape as well as you coming to this dimension, Jac.”
“What do you mean?” Jac asked stunned.
“Isn’t it obvious?” Future Mecha cackled. “The chaos emeralds and the sol emeralds are one and the same!” Future Mecha took pleasure out of the shocked expressions of the hisoes. “One set cannot exist without the other. They have the power to feel one another.”
“In English please?” JJ asked.
“The emeralds hold an equivalent bond.” Future Mecha explained. “For example: if I was to destroy the red sol emerald, the red chaos emerald and world ring would vanish. They also have the unique ability to call each other, like this.”
The seven sol emeralds levitated above Future Mecha’s head and he reached out to touch one. On contact, the single emerald glowed followed by the others. A second later, seven brilliant flashes of light erupted around Future Mecha, causing the others to go temporarily blind. But when the opened their eyes, they were met with the surprise of all seven chaos emeralds floating around Future Mecha’s body.
“He’s found the shadow versions of the chaos and sol emeralds!” JJ screeched.
“Funny, isn’t it?” Future Mecha chuckled. “Even though the Black Emerald knows more about the emeralds then anyone because he is one, he has never even dreamed of the kind of power I have discovered.”
“What power?” Shun asked timidly.
“The one power to control everything.” Future Mecha explained. "As you already know, the shadow chaos emeralds hold the ability to control time and the shadow sol emeralds can control space. Now, what kind of power could I obtain from holding both?”
The heroes were stumped. What kind of power exists from using time and space together? Not surprisingly, it was Shun who had the answer.
“Reality.”
“Precisely.” Future Mecha grinned. “Time and space together have the power to control all of reality. Imagine; a world created in my own image. Using the combined powers of the emeralds, I will go beyond the strength of god! Not even The Black Emerald will dare to challenge! A Machine Empire will be formed with me as its immortal king!”
“That’s not going to happen!” Jac exclaimed.
“Not now, anyway.” Future Mecha said calmly. “For you see, in order to activate their combined powers, I require an item that controls them. A power similar to the Universe Emerald.”
“The Jeweled Scepter!” Shun shouted in realization.
“Finally caught on, have you.” Future Mecha mocked.
“Too bad for you.” JJ chuckled arrogantly. “The Jeweled Scepter is a dud.”
“Without the keystone it is which Jac has.” Future Mecha chuckled.
“What keystone?” Jac asked. “I don’t posses any keystone.”
“But you do.” Future Mecha stated. “And it’s the other being inside of you.”
Jac’s face went pale. He was talking about Nexus.
“You monster!” Jac screamed.
“Flattery will get you nowhere.” Future Mecha said coolly. “Now for that keystone.”
Future Mecha dived for with his claw stretched out. Jac, still frozen from the truth, was a sitting duck. Realizing this, JJ knocked him away just as Future Mecha swiped at his. Unfortunately, it allowed one of Future Mecha’s claws to give a wound in the leg. JJ huddled his leg to his chest, hissing in pain, while Future Mecha continued his advances on Jac. Shun shot out lightning bolts at Future Mecha. But the lightning didn’t even tickle him. Future Mecha shot a glance at Shun and whipped his tail at him in annoyance. With no one to stop him, Future Mecha wrapped his claw around Jac’s waist and raised him to his eye level.
“Now for the keystone.” Future Mecha muttered.
“You won’t get away with this.” Jac stated.
“But Jac...I already have.” Future Mecha said.
In one mighty tug, Future Mecha forcefully ripped Nexus from Jac’s body.
“At last! Victory is mine!” Future Mecha roared. JJ and the others joined at Jac’s side at the moment. “Now after years of waiting, the world shall fall under my rule!”
“No!” The heroes cried.
Future Mecha raised the staff into the air before slamming it to the ground. A red light radiated from the staff and immersed itself around Future Mecha’s body. When the light disappeared, he had completely changed. His body was similar to his original one, but the armor was red instead of black and he now had a pair of retractable wings on his back.
“My transformation is now complete.” Future Mecha chuckled.
“He doesn’t look too different to me.” Shun said.
“Really now?” Future Mecha questioned. Future Mecha’s blue eyes glowed and a second later, Shun was forced into the ground by an unknown force. “Next time, you will think twice before insulting your king.”
“You’re no king!” JJ exclaimed.
“You realize you’re powers will do nothing.” Future Mecha proclaimed. “Now witness the most powerful force in the galaxy!”
Future Mecha gripped the Jeweled Scepter with both claws and raised it to the sky before plummeting back down to the ground. The sky was suddenly covered in dark clouds, the planet began quaking viciously, the volcano began to erupt, and tsunami’s threatened to swallow the island whole. And while this happened, the fourteen emeralds began circling around each other under Future Mecha’s control. He had done it. He obtained total control of reality. But JJ wasn’t one to agree. With his leg still bleeding, JJ limped over to fight Future Mecha.
“JJ, no!” Jac cried; attempting to hold him back. “You can’t fight him son. He’s too powerful.”
“Funny, Slick once said the same thing about solatist.” JJ smiled.
“But this is different.” Jac stated.
“No, it isn’t!” JJ argued. “I understand the odds are stacked against me, that there may be a chance that I might die.” JJ tugged his arm away from Jac’s grip and stared at his; his brimming with hope. “But...as long as everyone else survives, then it will be something worth dying for.”
“JJ...” Jac whispered.
“What is happening?!” Future Mecha yelled.
All of a sudden, the world began to restore itself to its proper order. He stared over his head and found that the shadow chaos emeralds were leaving him to join JJ. JJ closed his eyes and focused them to the emeralds that now surrounded him. As if by a miracle, his leg was instantly healed. The positive energies invaded JJ’s body and in a great burst of light, JJ became Super JJ.
“You really think you can defeat me with such insignificant power?” Future Mecha said.
“Let’s find out.” JJ grinned.
Using chaos control, JJ teleported in front of Future Mecha and pounded his face with his fist. Future Mecha skipped across the water before he was able to catch himself. He expanded his wings and flew into the air across from JJ. Future Mecha grasped the Jeweled Scepter and ejected a ball of light from its arch. But JJ countered by conjuring a barrier to shield himself. JJ converted at barrier into a ball of nexus energy. JJ threw it, but Future Mecha swung it away with the Jeweled Scepter. This gave JJ a perfect chance to go on the offense. While Future Mecha wasn’t looking, JJ came up and sliced Future Mecha’s head with his chaos wrist cuffs, which sent him flying into the side of the volcano.
“I’ve had enough!” Future Mecha proclaimed. As JJ came close, the shadow sol emeralds came to his aid. “SHADOW SOL CONTROL!!”
Seconds before JJ could move; a white vortex appeared and sucked Future Mecha inside.
“Where’d he go?” JJ questioned.
“I can be anywhere and everywhere.” Future Mecha answered. JJ turned around to come face-to-face with him. “Which is why you can never defeat me.”
Future Mecha drilled his fist into JJ’s stomach, forcing him to double over in pain. Future Mecha brought his fist together and bashed them over JJ’s head. JJ plummeted into the ground, creating a crater in his wake. JJ groaned before throwing a wave of psychic energy at Future Mecha. But the red robot countered with shadow sol control and kicked JJ down the beach. JJ could not fight back and all the others could do was watch.
“It’s over.” Future Mecha proclaimed.
JJ tried to throw another punch, even though he knew it was pointless. But to his and Future Mecha’s surprise, the blow landed. Future Mecha was thrown down the beach, but jumped back up. When he looked up, he realized what went wrong. The shadow sol emeralds were no longer with him. But instead, they had chosen to join Jac’s side. like the shadow chaos emerald, the shadow sol emeralds filled Jac with positive energy and released a burst of light.
“How is this possible?” Future Mecha questioned.
“Jac...” JJ whispered. But Jac was not Jac anymore. Super Jac.
“Wow!” Shun said in awe.
“No! That is my power!” Future Mecha screamed; he raised the Jeweled Scepter. “You will return it!”
Future Mecha swung the Jeweled Scepter and released another orb of light. But Jac remained calm. He held out his hand and halted the orb in midair. With a wave of his hand, the orb bacme a fireball. With a gentle tap, the fireball soared at fierce velocity and slammed Future Mecha in the chest, sending him flying several feet. Jac hovered over to float near JJ.
“Let’s end this.” Jac said. “Together.”
“Together.” JJ smiled.
They shifted their gaze and glared at Future Mecha. Once back on his feet, he soared into the air in hopes to gain an advantage. But his advantage was lost were JJ and Jac zoomed past him out of nowhere. JJ crushed one wing his chaos wrist cuffs and Jac smashed the other. Future Mecha fell unceremoniously on the ground and tried to stand up, but JJ and Jac dropped in and stomped him into the ground. Future Mecha weakly stood up and feebly shot a spark of electricity, but Shun absorbed the attack.
“What’s the matter? Running out of juice?” JJ chuckled.
“Surrender now.” Jac said strictly. “There is no possible way of defeating us.”
“Oh, but there is!” Future Mecha said insanely. “If I can’t win, no one can!” He raised the Jeweled Scepter to the air and the previous plagues from before were beginning to happen again. “I will destroy the planet and you along with it!”
Even JJ and Jac knew they wouldn’t have enough time to stop him as he brought the Scepter down. But just before it touched the ground, an orb of electricity appeared out of nowhere and knocked it out of his claws. The world returned to normal and Shun caught the Scepter.
“No!” Future Mecha screamed.
“Yes!” JJ cheered.
“It’s over!” Jac proclaimed.
With the sight of victory at hand, JJ and Jac raised their hands to the sky. Jac formed a gigantic energy ball and JJ increased the intensity of it. It looked as if they were holding the moon in their hands. Mecha froze in fear; unable to move when the two heroes tossed the attack at him. With intensity so great, nothing of Future Mecha’s remained; every bit of him was burned.
“They did it!” Shun cheered.
“Is it over?” JJ asked uncertainly.
“Yes, it’s over.” Jac answered smiling.
Super JJ and Burning Jac found themselves in a divided sky.
“JJ, what’s happeneing?” Jav asked.
“I was afraid of this.” Jac said sadly. “This is the dimensional hole that you disappear in.”
“Well save me!” Jac said.
“It’s to strong! I can’t save you.” JJ screamed.
“But I can.” Shun said as he shot all of the electricity he could into the dimensional hole causing it to close.
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Shun groaned as he suddenly jumped awake. At first, he was convinced it was a dream. But that was before he noticed Jac looking longingly out into the ocean. JJ was on a rock sleeping.
‘So I’m not from this world. Well wherever I was once from this is my home now, and I must protect it.’ Jac thought.

In the remains of the Egg Carrier VIII. Metal, Mecha, Violet, and Sin were standing behind a glass window to another room. The room was a large training area that was set for the new recruits: the Metal Squadron.
“The soldiers are ready.” Metal stated.
“Then let the test begin!” Sin announced.
Hatches from the roof opened up and numerous soldier mechs dropped down. The mechs locked on to their targets and raised their guns to opened fire. Metal Knuckles blocked the bullets with his enlarged claws. Metal Knuckles ran right up to the mechs and slammed his claw through the chest to tear them wide open. Metal Jet flew high into the air and dived past a few mechs. A moment later, the mechs were split right down the middle. Metal Amy used her speed to glide right past the mechs and smashed them to pieces with her hammer. The mechs surround Metal Espio. Metal Espio formed a hand sign and vanished into thin air. The next minute, kunai appeared in the mechs armor.
“That wasn’t so difficult.” Metal Espio commented.
“Oh, I think I hurt my claw.” Metal Amy said.
The other members of the squadron sweat dropped. Meanwhile, Sin was typing in the results of the test into the computer. Needless to say, they had passed all expectations.
“Truly impressive.” Mecha said.
“As you can see, Egghog Nega knew what he was doing when he created me.” Metal said.
“Looks more like a dud to me.” Violet muttered.
“What was that?” Metal said his most threatening voice.”
“Nothing.” Violet said quickly.
“They have passed every test we have given them.” Sin stated. “Well, except for Metal Knuckles on the IQ test. Now we can send them to destroy those meddlesome heroes.”
“How do you plan to draw them out?” Violet asked.
“All preparations have already been taken care of.” Sin said with a devious grin.
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The Scene changes to the Blur Team base. Geisy was in the kitchen, making a cake for her favorite hero. Jet was lazily sitting on the couch, trying to watch whatever was on the television. Esper was playing shogi with Rock on the table. And the scary thing was: Rock was winning. Rock moved a tile to block off the king, ending the game.
“Check and mate.” Rock said.
“How did you do that?” Esper said in disbelief.
“You don’t have a lot to do when you live on a floating island your whole life.” Rock said.
“What does that mean?” Jet asked.
“I have no idea.” Rock said.
Esper and Jet sweat dropped. Meanwhile, Geisy walked into the room with her completed cake shaped like Blur’s head. But at the moment, the base doors opened up and Mercury came floating in.
“Greetings heroes. Metal has a little offer he wishes to make.” Mercury said. “He has recently created eighteen very powerful machines and he wants to put 4 of them to the test.” Mercury said before exiting.
“So what do we do?” Geisy asked.
“I say we tear them to pieces!” Rock exclaimed.
“How do we know Metal will keep his word?” Esper questioned.
“What have we got to lose? We’ve lost our self-respect a long time ago.” Jet stated.
Jet jumped on his Gear and followed behind Rock. Esper only stood there with a stupefied expression.
“Somehow, I just know something will go wrong.” Esper muttered.
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In one hour, the four heroes had arrived at the shores of Emerald Beach.
As Rock reached the shore, he was surprised to find a small shadow below him quickly growing bigger. The guardian quickly jumped away just as a gigantic boulder landed. Rock flipped back and landed with his team.
“I just knew it was too easy.” Rock said.
“That would be the first thing you ever know.”
The four looked to the top of the boulder to see their attackers. Metal Knuckles eagerly bashed his claws together, Metal Jet chuckled evilly, Metal Amy held her hammer on her shoulders, and Metal Espio tossed kunai in his claw.
“Who are you supposed to be?” Geisy questioned.
“We are 4 of the Metal Squadron.” Metal Espio explained. “We were created for the intention of your destruction.”
“Well, you’re going to have to do lot better then boulders to stop us!” Jet exclaimed.
“Will explosives do?” Metal Jet asked.
While they heroes held confused expressions, Esper noticed something beneath Rock foot. When Rock removed his foot, Esper found a thin piece of paper with markings. The paper suddenly ignited.
“Explosive Tag!” Esper shouted. “Everyone, move!”
Though confused by Esper’s warning, the heroes followed orders. And just in time too. The flame reached the end of the note and released a large explosion. Rock covered his eyes from the smoke. But when he moved them down, Metal Knuckles came out of nowhere and socked him in the face. Rock tumbled backwards and flipped back to his feet.
“That’s cheating!” Rock complained.
“Who cares?” Metal Knuckles shrugged. “All I want is to beat someone up.”
“Then bring it.” Rock challenged.
Rock and Metal Knuckles charged forward and threw there fists. Both fist collided, but Metal Knuckles appeared to be the stronger. Rock’s bones were rattled on impact and he was shaking like crazy. Metal Knuckles plowed his claws into the ground and, in an impressive feat of strength, flipped a slab of earth on top of Rock. Just when Metal Knuckles thought he won, Rock suddenly popped out of the ground and bash the phony in the face with his drills. On another part of the grounds, Jet and Metal Jet confronted each other.
“If it wasn’t for the fact that you’re a glowing eyed, metal freak you would almost look as good as me.” Jet bragged.
“Please, I’m way better skilled and better looking then you’ll ever be.” Metal Jet replied.
“Oh yeah?” Jet said.
“Yeah.” Metal Jet replied.
Jet pulled out his fans and gave a hard swing. The fans created a backlash of winds. Metal held his claws forward and actually sliced the winds in half. Seeing this, Jet charged forward and jumped at his metal copy. Jet swung his fans across at the machine, but Metal Jet fell to the ground on his back. Metal Jet kicked his feet up to Jet’s chest. The emerald bird fell to the ground and gave a short wheeze from the blow. Jet felt Metal Jet jump at him and held up the hand with his ring.
“TIME BREAK!” Jet yelled.
Metal Jet swung his claws down, but Jet was already gone. Metal Jet scanned the area, but Jet was nowhere in sight. Jet reappeared behind Metal Jet and kicked him in the back of the head. On another part of the grounds, Geisy and Metal Amy were also engaged in the heat of battle. Ok...Maybe not battle.
“Wow, you uglier then I thought.” Geisy said.
“That shirt and those shoes. Girl, don’t be talking to me about ugly.” Metal Amy replied.
“You couldn’t hit the side of a barn.” Geisy said.
“You ever heard of a thing called deodorant.” Metal Amy said. Geisy gasped. “That’s right. I went there.”
“It’s on now!” Geisy shouted.
Metal Amy whipped out her hammer. Geisy punched low while Metal Amy aimed her hammer high. Needless to say, both pink creatures heard bells ringing. Geisy clutched her stomach and dropped down to her knees. Metal Amy grasped her head to stop it from shaking. Geisy’s eyes flared with rage. Geisy curled into her ball form and performed her own version of the spin dash. Metal Amy gracefully flipped over the pink ball with ease. Unfortunately, Geisy rebounded off a tree and nailed Metal Amy in the back of the head. On another part, Esper and Metal Espio were locked in a staredown.
“You’re not going to give some long monologue, are you?” Esper asked.
“No. Unlike my allies, I take my job seriously.” Metal Espio responded.
“Then...shall we begin?” Esper smirked.
“We shall.” Metal Espio said.
They stood in place for several moments. Suddenly, Esper and Metal Espio threw numerous shuriken from their compartments. The shuriken clashed against each other, but Metal Espio’s throw add more force. Esper’s shuriken dropped like flies. Esper moved agilely around the shuriken as they flew by. But as the passed him, he noticed a single kunai with an explosive tag attached. Esper jumped just in time to avoid the explosion. Esper landed on his feet and performed a series of hand signs.
“Fire style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!” Esper shouted.
Esper breathed out a number of miniature fireballs from his mouth. As the fireballs came closer, Metal Espio also performed a series of hand signs.
“Wind Style: Gale Wind Palm!”
Metal Espio thrusted his claw forward, creating a huge gust of wind. The wing completely blew out Esper’s fire balls. Esper cringed slightly. As the battles went on, Esper noticed how the robots knew moves that they didn’t (except Metal Jet). The metal versions could copy them completely as well. But everything has to have a weakness. Esper knew that they had to have one, too.
“Judging by your expression, I would say that you are ready to give up.” Metal Espio taunted.
“This is one of those times I actually wish Vec and Glee were here.” Esper said out loud.
“Those two!” Metal Espio exclaimed. “Man, they are so annoying like their father’s. I mean what kind of person...”
While Metal Espio rambled on, Esper saw this as a chance to attack. Esper reached into his wrist compartment and pulled out a shuriken with a wire. Esper threw the shuriken. The shuriken wrapped around the metal chameleons legs and tightened together. Esper pulled back, forcing his counterpart to fall on his back. That when he realized something. They did have a weakness.
“Everyone, listen!” Esper shouted. The heroes turned their full attention to him. “They all have weaknesses!”
The heroes smirked deviously. The trio turned back to their opponents, ready to put Esper’s theory to the test.
“Get ready for a beating!” Metal Knuckles raised his fist.
“You say you’re better than me, right?” Rock questioned. Metal Knuckles nodded. “Does that mean you’re smarter than me?”
“Of course! I’m the smartest thing in the universe!” Metal Knuckles proclaimed.
“What’s 1+1?” Rock asked.
“Overload! Overload!” Metal Knuckles screamed.
Metal Knuckles brain blew a fuse and fell to the ground. Meanwhile, Jet was trying to avoid Metal Jet’s claws. Suddenly, Jet held his hand to halt his metal counterpart.
“Wait. Before you kill me, I think there is something you might like to see.” Jet said.
Jet reached into his head feathers and pulled out a photo. Jet handed the photo to Metal Jet, who swiped it quickly and looked at it. It was a picture of Blur beating Jet in a race which knocked Metal jet out. Now all that was left was Geisy and Metal Amy.
“Look! It’s Metal Sonic!” Geisy shouted.
“Where?” Metal Amy said excitedly and turned around.
When she realized Metal Sonic wasn’t anywhere, she knew she had been tricked. Metal Amy looked back, only to be slammed in the face by Geisy’s foot. The four mechs were thrown into a cage that Esper had brought. “Well I guess we learned to never doubt are selves.” Esper said before the 4 walked off.

The Blur Team was waiting in front of the Dimensional transporter as the element knight of fire, Pyrus, pulled a giant ice block into the base that had a creature that looked like Chaos, only it was made out of fire.
“This is Heat.” Chaos said.
“If he’s made of fire then why is he trapped in the ice?” Selih (Selihpem) said.
“Because this is permafrost. It can’t melt from the inside.” Tech said.
“Allow me then, Fire kick!” Flash shouted as he leg set on fire and hit the ice dead center causing it to melt.
“*yawn* Man that was a long nap.” Heat said before he opened his eyes, but when he opened them he saw a whole new environment. “Where am I?” Heat said in shock.
“Welcome to the 21st century.” Chaos said.
“Chaos. Haven’t seen you in a century.” Heat said.
“You have been encased in permafrost for a millennium.” Chaos said.
“Whoa! Well what do you need me for?” Heat said.
“He needs you to help the Blur Team.” Tsunami said.
“Let me guess, Mage?” Heat said.
“Worse. The Black Chaos Emerald.” Aquos said.
“He’s been freed! Oh man. Well I’m afraid until we can find our the others I’m afraid I can’t do anything…” Heat trailed off as he saw Blur. “OMG Jake! You’re alive.” Heat screeched.
“What are you talking about, my name is Blur...Blur Journey Blazer.” Blur said in confusion.
“It's an easy mistake, Jake looks a lot like you.” Chaos said. It’s time I tell you about another chapter of Poseidon’s story.” Chaos said.

Jake, Niko, Lucky, and Break were found trekking through the harsh desert sands toward Pyrus Cave. Break took the lead, being the only one with the knowledge of Pyrus Cave’s location. The desert winds started to pick up. Break and Jake held their arms over their eyes while Niko covered herself and Lucky in Jake's cloak. It seemed that every step they took only made the wind blow harder.
“We can’t travel in the storm!” Jake yelled against the wind. “We need to find a place to lay low for a while!”
“Good idea!” Break replied. “Quick, follow me!”
Break ran on ahead, leaving Jake to help Niko and Lucky. And just in time, too. The desert wind kicked up to a full blown sandstorm, picking up Niko and Lucky into the air. Jake quickly grabbed the end of the cloak, pulled them back to the ground, and followed in the direction Break went. When they caught up, they found him in a cave below a large rock structure.
“Hey, guys.” Break greeted casually.
“How did you find this place?” Jake asked.
“I made it myself.” Break stated.
“Say what?” Jake questioned in disbelief.
“It’s not surprising.” Niko said. “He’s a natural burrower.”
“Whatever.” Jake shrugged. "You said all the immune are headed to Pyrus Cave, right?” Jake asked.
“That’s right.” Break nodded.
“But why are they going there in the first place?” Jake questioned. “If they all came together, they would be one big target for Zionist.”
“I think they might be going there because that’s where he appeared.” Niko said.
“Who?” Jake asked.
“You don’t remember the Great War?” Niko asked.
“Never even heard of it.” Jake stated. “What is it?”
“Fifty years ago, there was an evil warrior by the name of Devox.” Break explained. “He was a very gifted warrior. He had an ability no other warrior has ever had before: the power to control life. He could kill a glance and resurrect them to serve under him as creatures called zombies. He could have used the power to help the world, but his lust for power consumed him. He soon proclaimed himself as overlord.”
“Whoa! Sounds pretty tough.” Jake said amazingly.
“Tough is too weak a word to describe Devox.” Break stated. “Devox took refuge in Pyrus Cave, where he slowly conquered the world. Poseidon rebelled against Devox. Despite all odds, the rebellion overpowered the zombies and set off to face Devox. But Devox's powers were too great. Just as they were on the brink of death, they appeared.”
“Who?” Jake asked anxiously.
“The 8 Guardians.” Niko said.
“You mean?” Jake asked.
“Yes. They finished the battle against Devox.” Break continued. “Devox’s powers were useless against them. They faced each other in a battle that stretched out for one year. Everyone thought they would fight till the end of time until Devox opened himself up up. The guardians rebounded Devox’s ability back at him. Devox may control death, but can’t stop his dying."
“What happened to them?” Jake asked.
“Aero, Obsidian, Nightmare, and Frost were seen after the battle. For the others no one knows exactly.” Niko said. “Legend has it that if a great evil were to arise, the missing guardians would return to save us all.”
“Some legend.” Jake scoffed. “People have been dying for seven years.”
"We don't know that for sure." Niko said happily. "They all might be real. Word is that Zionist is afraid of them. They say he's killing people because of them."
“We don’t need a reason.” Break said. “All we have to do is believe.”
“Believe? That’s a laugh.”
The three plus Lucky became rigid at the sound of the voice; it didn’t belong to any of them. They jumped up and shot around to the entrance of the cave where King was leaning against the mouth. Niko grabbed Lucky, Break cracked his knuckles, and Jake drew his blade.
“You have some nerve showing your face around here.” Jake growled. “Going try another failed attempt in place of Core?”
“Unfortunately, that privilege has been taken.” King said.
“What does that mean?” Jake asked.
“Zionist will deal with you.” King said.
The heroes stared at each other in confusion. They walked over to the mouth of the cave, keeping a cautious eye on King. Across the clear desert grounds, the heroes saw an army of a hundred different species. They would have to guess they were immunes since they were still alive. But that didn’t last long. All of a sudden, a green nuclear blast erupted in the middle of them. The heroes watched in horror as they were killed.
“Who did that?” Break asked petrified.
“Zionist and he isn’t pleased.” King said coolly.
Suddenly, a green light flashed in front of the heroes, nearly blinding them. When the light died down, they saw Zionist for the first time. He was a green hedgehog that wore simple white gloves and black shoes with white stripes.
“Master Zionist.” King said kneeling.
“Now to begin the extermination.” Zionist said.
Jake wasn’t about to sit by while this hedgehog made a fool of him. Jake raised his blade and charged headfirst into battle. Zionist laughed at his futile attempts. He released the green sphere and sent it flying at the group. King disappeared into the wind. Jake, meanwhile, panicked at the sight of the attack and ducked into the sand. Break pulled Niko and Lucky out of the way as the green sphere dived into the cave.
“Meh?” Jake said meekly.
“And that half of my power.” Zionist said menacingly.
Zionist slammed his fist into the desert sand. The ground began to break open and several monstrous vines with dagger-like thorns started forming from the cracks. The vines swiped at Jake, but missed when the hedgehog rolled away, leaving a deep scar in the ground. Another set of vines swiped at the hedgehog, but Jake jumped to his feet and flipped back. He gripped his sword and jumped off the ground and the vines. He swerved left and right past the vines and went directly at the source: the roots. Once close by, he raised his blade and stabbed them.
“I must say, I am impressed.” Zionist grinned.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Jake grinned.
Jake turned his sword towards the sky, causing it to rain and summoning his signature water dragon technique. The dragon looped around its lengthy body as if mocking Zionist's small prowess. Jake waved his sword around and thrust it towards the green hedgehog. The water dragon loomed over Zionist's head, but the evil master did nothing to stop it.
"Is that all?" Zionist's voice chuckled.
All of a sudden, the Water dragon turned to ice and shattered to pieces. Before he even had time to react, Zionist zoomed up to Jake and fisted him in the stomach. The impact of the blow sent Jake skidding across the desert floor and stopping nineteen yards away from him. Zionist cracked his knuckles as if touching Jake was like being infected.
"That was truly pathetic." Zionist said disappointed.
Break ran behind Zionist and thrust his fist at his back. But Zionist’s hand already blocked it.
"Such pitiful strength." Zionist mocked.
Break retracted his fist and threw two more punches, but Zionist blocked both with a single hand. Break was fed up and went ballistic with his fists. But Zionist blocked every one of them with his one hand. Finally, the green hedgehog grabbed him by his wrist and hurled him ten yards away. A second later, Zionist grabbed Lucky, who was thrown by Niko, by the neck.
“You really thought something as childish as this would stop me?” Zionist grinned. Then Lucky did something no brave man would even do: he spit in Zionist's eye.
Zionist tossed Lucky into the air before dealing a critical blow to its small chest. The small chao's eyes went blank and its limp body fell into the sand. He was still moving, meaning he was alive.
“Lucky!” Niko cried.
Niko was so worried about Lucky that she did not see Zionist move besides her. The evil master held his palm to her face with a green aura surrounding it.
“Such a brave girl to face death in a situation such as this.” Zionist smirked.
“Get away from my sister!”
Break had come back at amazing speeds and jumped skyward over Zionist. He swung around and dived at the evil hedgehog with his fists held forward. But Zionist was not that easy to get by. When Break's fist was only a foot away from Zionist's face, the evil master swung and placed his glowing hand on Break’s chest.
“What did you do to my brother?!” Niko cried.
“I KO'd him so he'll be out of the way.” Zionist stated.
“Attacking kids?” Jake’s voice called. “Now that’s an all time low!”
Zionist looked behind and up, but Jake was not there as he suspected. When he turned back to Niko, he noticed her attention was driven to the sky and followed her. Jake was skyward with his blade over his head. Niko took an opportunity to escape while Zionist was distracted. This was the end, Jake thought. The blue hero swung his sword down on the evil master with a sense of victory. But when the blade made contact with Zionist’s head, the blade snapped in two.
“Was that all?” Zionist cackled. “I was hoping for a better show. Here, I believe this is yours.” Zionist sniggered.
He threw the pointed end of the blade towards Jake, aiming for his chest. Jake made no effort to move. It was over, Zionist had won. No matter what he threw at him, there was no stopping the evil tyrant. Jake closed his eyes to await death. But it never came.
“J-Jake...”
Jake’s eyes shot open with fear. Niko was lying on Jake’s chest, staring up to him with a faraway look. Looking over her shoulder, Jake discovered the blade that was meant for him imbedded in her back.
“Niko!” Jake screamed with fear. Her ripped the blade end out, threw it away, and set her gently on the sand. “Niko! Niko, please stay with me!”
“Jake...” Niko said weakly.
“Niko, why did you do that?” Jake asked, tears trekking down his face. “That was meant for me.”
“I knew from the beginning I would die.” Niko said weakly; she was smiling. “But I’m ok with it.”
“Niko, you can’t die.” Jake sobbed. “You’re the only friend I have. I...I love you.”
“Jake...” Niko gasped, placing her hand on his. “I always knew you were special from the first day I met you. You are destined for great things.” her breathing started to slow and she closed her eyes before saying. “Never forget who you are.”
Jake bowed his head. He finally collapsed and began sobbing. But it was time to face the facts. Niko, his first friend, was dead. While Jake cried over her body, Zionist sneered at Jake’s outburst.
“You…MONSTER” Jake whispered.

“What was that?” Zionist questioned.
“I’ll kill you...” Jake whisper then exploded with rage. “I’LL KILL YOU ZIONIST! THAT WILL BE THE FINAL MISTAKE YOU EVER MADE! DESTROYING THE ONE I LOVED!”
A sudden blast of energy escaped from Jake’s body. The desert sand was blow away by the force of energy and was transformed into a beautiful meadow. Even Zionist seemed fearful of this new power.
“What is this?!” Zionist exclaimed.
Jake’s anger burned his insides and tried to force its way out, creating a gold aura around entire being. His blue fur became bright yellow, and his eyes became red.
“I’ll show you the true meaning of power.” Jake said.
Break woke up just in time to see Jake In his new form. He had his mouth open in amazement.
“You can try any trick you like. IT WILL ONLY DELAY YOUR DEATH!” Zionist screamed.
Zionist rushed forward and his hand had giant orbs in them. Jake also charged forward and just put his finger out. Soon the two had switched sides of the battle field. Zionist chuckled seeing Jake made no effort, but soon he fell to the ground cluthing the area where his heart was. “What’s going on? Why am I in so much pain?” Zionist said. “I struck your heart. I just had to hit the right muscle and bam.” Jake said. Zionist scowled at Jake before passing out. Jake reverted back to normal and started crying. Break struggled walking over to him.
“Jake, that was amazing.” Break said before seeing Jake crying. “Jake why are crying? You beat Zionist.” Break shouted.
Jake walked over to where Niko was and Break followed. Break gasped when she saw her dead sister. “NIKO!” Break screamed. “What happened to her?” Break asked. “She took the hit from my sword for me. Now I’m going to be alone all over again. Just like when Scar died.” Jake yelled.
He soon started sobbing over Niko and suddenly Niko was enveloped in a white glow. Jake and Break were dumbfounded by what was happening. Their answer was soon given to them when Niko wound disappeared and she started to wake up. “Uuhh…What happened?” Niko asked. Break ran over to Niko and embraced her, not caring about his broken ribs. “Niko your still alive!” Jake said before embracing her as well.
“Wait, where’s Lucky?” Niko asked. Jake saw Lucky by a tree, but the sad thing was Lucky was dead. “Lucky no.” Niko said before she started to cry. Jake picked up Lucky and he was soon enveloped in the same white glow that Niko was in. Soon Lucky was awake. “Chao?” Lucky said. “LUCKY!” Niko said before hugging Lucky.
"How’d I do that?" Jake said.
"That's the same power Devox had, only without the power of killing." Break said. "Could that mean?"
“You see Zionist was one of The Black Emeralds first creations. He is the source of all evil that was ever made. Including Egghog.” chaos said.
“The bad thing is that The Black Emerald was said to never be freed. I’m afraid that when Blitz fixed the destruction of the past. It allowed him to escape. Now history may change. There’s even a chance that every one of you might die if you try to stop him.” Tsunami said causing baby Blue to cry.
"Great...I'm a grandpa." Chaos muttered to himself.
“Illogical. Nothing in my database says anything about that.” Divince said.
“It doesn’t have to. It was removed from history to protect the universe.” Heat said. “But if there’s really anyone to blame it’s Egghog because he was the first to use time travel.” Heat said.
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Back in the dark dimension, The Black Chaos Emerald was breaking out of his egg. “It’s finally time. The true lord of the universe has been awakened.” Darkrion said. Soon a dragon stood where the egg was. “From this day forward, I am no longer The Black Chaos Emerald. I am now once again. APOCALYPSE!”

It was a new day at the Blur Team base. While others were at breakfast, Blur was staring himself in the mirror of the bathroom. Many would think he was putting gel in his quills, but his eyes were focused on one thing: the darkened fur that looked like a key on is ear.
“What are you up to this time?” Blur looked over to see Mach leaning against the door. “Run out of gel?”
“For the hundredth time, I don’t use gel!” Blur exclaimed.
“Could’ve fooled me.” Mach muttered, earning a glare from Blur. “Seriously, what are you doing?”
“You remember the mark on my ear I told you about?” Blur asked showing the mark on his ear.
“The one you had since birth?” Mach asked. Blur nodded. “Yeah, why?”
“I’ve been trying to figure out what it means for years.” Blur explained.
“I have to wonder how you got it.” Mach thought out loud.
“I think...” But Blur was cut off when the alarm sounded. Wing came running. “Yo, bro, what’s up?”
“Egghog’s attacking Emerald Town!” Wing exclaimed.
Upon hearing this, The hedgehogs dropped the conversation and sped off. Unknown to them. A slithery serpent crawled out of the air duct overhead, but remained hanging. The serpent’s eyes remained intensley on the departing blue hedgehog’s form.
“[][] [][][][][][] [][][][] [][][] [][][][][][][][]” The snake hissed, but no one heard.

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The scene changes to the open waters of the Caribbean Sea. Lapping against the waters was a single sailboat with a hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog, stood proudly atop the mast of the boat, which was sinking; his coat whipping in the wind. The setting sun glowed against his features. He reached an island port just as the ship fully sunk. He smiled brightly and took in a long, warming breath.
“Ah, nothing like the Mystic Ruins.” Sonic said brightly.
Sonic walked through the forest like a normal day at the park He circled around town until he met up with an old friend.
“Big!” Sonic shouted happily.
“Sonic! How are you?!” Big shouted loudly.
“Listen, I’m looking for Knuckles. Have you seen him?” Sonic asked
“Yeah, I think he...” Big was cut off when a giant fish tugged on his rod. “...He’s at the temple.”
“Uh, thanks.” Sonic said awkwardly. “I’ll talk to ya later.”
“I’ll be here.” Big said.
Sonic was soon running through he forest until he got to the temple to see Knuckles sleeping on the stairs.
“Man, I wonder if your son is this lazy.” Sonic said amused.
“Hmm…Sonic! Good to see ya!”Knuckles said.
“Yes, I am, Knuckles.” Sonic said proudly as he sat down. “They say no one has ever escaped Lava Ruins, but they don’t know me. I also had the pleasure of meeting your son.”
“Oh.” Knuckles said; slightly sad. “How is Hammer these days.”
“He’s doing well, I should say, feeling bad that he couldn't stop Devil Island's destruction.” Sonic smirked.
“So what are you doing these days.” Knuckles asked.
“Well, every since I escaped lava ruins, I did some thinking.” Sonic said. “And I’ve decided to reform the old crew. That means I’m going to need my first mate back, Knuckles.”
“I don’t think that’s such a good idea, Sonic.” Knuckles said solemnly. “I haven’t had any heroic feelings since we thought we finally defeated Eggman. Sonic, I...” Knuckles was cut off when he and Sonic saw snakes about to bite them.
“That was close.” Sonic said; jumping back to his feet. “Where did they come from?” He then noticed a letter on the floor where the cobras once slithered. “What’s this?”
Greetings Sonic.
If you have survived my cobras, then I must applaud you.
But those were only mere servants. Meet me at the Sun Point. It’s time we settled the score.
King of Serpents, Lord Naja
“Naja? He’s still alive?!” Sonic exclaimed in shock. “I don’t know how he’s alive, but he won’t be for long.” He clutched the letter and shook his fist in anger.
A few minutes later, he reached Sun Point. Sun Point was actually just a gigantic sundial in the center of the island. The floor was twenty feet wide with numbers and runes etched into it. In the center was a large sharpened piece of obsidian.
“Naja! Show yourself!” Sonic called out, but Naja didn’t answer. “Did he get lost or something?”
“Not likely.” A hissing voice said.
Sonic looked down and jumped back just in time as Naja appeared out of the ground with his claw held out. Sonic back flipped as Naja fully appeared from the ground. Naja looked like Majal, but he was 3 times bigger and he looked like Godzilla without hands and feet.
"Not bad." Naja said "You were always quick on your feet."
“Where do you think Blur got it from?" Sonic joked.
“Better since you tried to kill me last time.” Naja hissed angrily.
“Yeah, that’s been bugging me.” Sonic said seriously. “How are you still alive after what happened fifteen years ago?”
“It wasn’t easy.” Naja said. “But I managed thanks to the Butterflies.”
“Fred and Molly?” Sonic questioned shockingly. “What happened to them?”
“It’s nothing to worry about now.” Naja said pleasurably. “Especially since they’re dead.”
“Rain.” Sonic whispered.
Sonic charged forward and jumped at the venom-green serpent. He swung his foot around and curled into a sideways spin dash. He hovered over the ground for a moment before shooting at Naja. He uncurled and swung his foot at him, but the evil snake blocked it with his tail. Naja grasped Sonic’s ankle and raised him...twenty feet in the air. Naja had somehow extended his tail to an impossible length. He flung his arm downward, thrashing Sonic face-forward into the obsidian cracking it. Sonic groaned; his head still throbbing from the hangover.
“Since when could you do that?” Sonic asked; weakly standing up against the slab of obsidian.
“I guess I owe it to you.” Naja hissed amusingly. “If you had not tried to kill me, I never would have discovered the gift Rahu granted me.”
“The immortal snake head god?” Sonic asked.
“You see, I wasn’t born, I was created.” Naja explained. “You see, by infusing his DNA and a King Cobra, Rahu created the ultimate serpent, but before I continue, I must exact my revenge.”
“Revenge? Against who?” Sonic asked.
“You.” Naja hissed angrily.
“Well, that makes sense since I tried to kill you.” Sonic said.
“This has nothing to do with that.” Naja stated.
“Huh?” Sonic asked.
“Your father Streak.” Naja hissed. “Stole Mia from me.”
“Ok, now you lost me.” Sonic scratched his head.
“Mia and I grew up together, loved each other.” Naja explained. “I even asked her to marry me and she accepted. Everything was going great. It was only a week before the wedding when Streak showed up and brought trouble with him.”
“Hey, it’s not my fault zombies decided to attack the same day he showed up.” Sonic defended.
“That’s not the worst of it.” Naja said. “A day before the wedding, I was arrested for helping him. I thought it was finally over when he was about to be killed, but Mia wanted to save you. Upon her request, we traveled to the Bermuda Triangle to save him.”
“Not that I don’t enjoy reminiscing, but I still don’t get why you would want revenge.” Sonic said.
“I’m getting to that!” Naja hissed. “After the war was over, I thought I could finally marry Mia. But she said her heart had changed. She chose to marry you instead. It was despicable.”
“He did something I could never forgive. He had you and Anthony, you 2 should have been mine! I would never forget that day. The country celebrated on days of the birth of their newborn princes.” Naja hissed.
“You kidnapped me.” Sonic sneered.
“Yes. I kidnapped you when you were only hours old.” Naja laughed; Sonic gritted his teeth with hatred. “I took you away to private laboratory and performed an experiment on you. An experiment were I expected to kill you, but instead Majal decided to make you one of our own."
“You...” Sonic was too angry to finish.
“When I returned to my father, he taught me of a way to claim you as my own.” Naja said maliciously. Sonic’s eyes filled with curiosity when Naja spoke again. “I will consume your soul and take your body for my own.”
“You beast!” Sonic yelled furiously. “That will never happen!”
“Think of it this way.” Naja hissed. “I will be completing your destiny.”
“You do not decide my destiny!” Sonic exclaimed.
“I decided it the day you were born!” Naja shouted. “And there is nothing you can do about it!”
Naja extended his tail over ten feet in an attempt to claw Sonic, but the hedgehog jumped over twenty feet in the air. Naja was stunned at how Sonic could have done such a feat. Taking advantage of Naja’s shock, Sonic curled into a spin dash aimed at the snake. When he was close, Sonic uncurled and stretched his leg out to slam his heel at the top of Naja’s head. A wave of pain surged down Naja’s spine as he fell back and died.
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After the conflict with Naja, Sonic was intent on gathering his old crew again. Not for an adventure like planned, but to ensure protection for their children. Even if Knuckles refused to join. Sonic made his way to the docks to a ship.
“Sonic!”
Sonic looked over to see who called his name. Knuckles jumped aboard with a pack slung over his shoulder.
“Where are you going?” Sonic asked.
“With you, of course.” Knuckles said, noticing Sonic’s shocked expression. “I thought about it. You and I have been friends for years. I couldn’t just let you go on your own. Now that the Black Chaos Emerald is back we need to be more prepared then ever.”
“Thank you, old friend.” Sonic said pleasingly.
“What now?” Knuckles asked.
“We gather the old crew.” Sonic said like it was the simplest answer in the world. “You know Shadow, Tails, and Silver. It will be nice to see them again.”
“Wait!” Sonic and Knuckles turned to see a the obsidian Sonic cracked earlier.
"Is that rock moving."
"Huh? Oh, I should break out of this." Suddenly a hand broke out the wall before a creature that looked like Chaos except he was made out of rock came out. “I’m Obsidian. And I need to find the Blur Team.” Obsidian said.
“Well that’s near where we’re heading so hop on.” Sonic said before the trio started sailing.

We see Rave making more medical wonders inside his room and Rain popped out of nowhere surprising him. But while he was distracted, Rave accidentally mixed to ingredients and created a miniature explosion. Rain was blown out of the room and into the hall, covered in soot.
“Oops.” Rain laughed while dusting herself off. “Everyone has something big planned, I just know it! Maybe I could take a walk while I wait.”
Rain was aimlessly wandering the streets of Station Square. Just then, a loud rolling thunder erupted from the dark clouds. Rain looked up just as the rain began pouring down on her.
“Great. This is just great.” Rain said sarcastically.
Rain aimlessly flew across to the other side of the town and reached an abandoned area. While she wandered in, Rain, not paying attention, accidentally bumped her head into a building wall. Rain said rubbing her head. Rain looked up to find an old pharmacy that brought back a lot of painful memories.
“Mommy, Daddy.” Rain sobbed.

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--Flashback--
A 4 year-old Rain was crawling on the floor and started tugging at her mother’s coat. Her mother was a beautiful pink butterfly, while her father was a black moth. Both of them wore labs coats, making them easily distinguished as scientists. The pink butterfly looked down and smiled at her baby. The mother lifted Rain and held her to the air.
“How is my little girl doing? Do you want to help mommy?” The mother said.
“Don’t get too close.” The father said. “Some of these experiments are unstable.”
The mother set Rain back on the floor and went back downstairs to work at the store. Later that day, Rain’s father had finished working on a medicine that he believes would remove paralysis. He looked down to see Rain smiling up to him
“Hey, honey. How are you?” The father playfully asked. Just then, Rain’s mother walked back upstairs. “How were things today?”
“Uh...things were fine.” The mother responded nervously. “Honey...we have a visitor.”
“Really? Who?” The father asked.
Rain’s mother nervously shot a glance back before moving to allow their guests’ in. the first was a Blue Raptor. Behind him was a king cobra that looked like Godzilla. The viper looked sick as his body was grey.
“It’s so nice to meet you.” The snake hissed. “My name is Naja. And this is my companion, Dino Grong.”
“I’ve heard of you.” Rain’s father growled. “You’re that insane scientist who experimented on Sonic The Hedgehog.”
“I prefer the term, evil genius.” Naja sniggered.
“What do you want?” Rain’s father asked while stealthily hiding Rain under the desk.
“I hear you have developed a way to rid the effects of paralysis.” Naja said seriously. “As you may have noticed, my entire body has been almost completely paralyzed. I want that medicine and I want it now!”
Rain’s father glanced at the red vial stand on his desk. Dino Grong saw this and also stared at the red vial. Both people make a quick jump for the vial and it looked like Rain’s father would win. But suddenly, the vial disappeared from sight. Rain’s father looked back to see Dino Grong standing next to Naja with the red vial in hand.
“But how?” Rain’s father asked.
Dino Grong removed the cork from the vial and placed a drop in Naja’s mouth. Suddenly, Naja started screaming in pain. Naja’s skin started to crawl backwards until he shed it completely. Naja now stood tall and the grey skin had completely disappeared.
“Now this is nice.” Naja grinned. “Now that I am healed, you are no longer needed.”
Before anyone could realize it, Naja extended his neck across the room. Naja opened his jaw wide and sprayed Rain’s father with poison. Rain’s mother gasped in shock. That was the last sound she ever made. Dino Grong came up behind her and swallowed her whole.
“That was entertaining.” Naja laughed. “Now, let’s make sure there are no witnesses.”
Naja turned and walked down the stairs followed by Dino Grong. When the coast was clear, Rain crawled out of her hiding spot and toward her dead father. Rain nudged him, thinking he was sleeping. But Rain easily understood what happened. Rain just spent the rest of the night there, crying.
--End Flashback--

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Rain found herself in the same room where her parents were murdered before her eyes. Police investigated for months after she told them about the incident, but they never found Naja or his assistant. Rain’s eyes wandered the room and came to a stop on a vial on the floor. It was the vial Naja drank a drop from to restore himself. Rain picked up the bottle and held it close to her heart, being her father’s last creation.
“I thought you would be here.” Rain looked to the door to see Rave leaning against the edge. “You miss them, don’t you?”
“Yeah. This vial is the last thing my father made before he died.” Rain said depressingly.
Rave was carrying Rain back to their home and stopped at the front door.
“Normally, we would be mad for you leaving without permission.” Rave grinned. “But let’s wait after the party.”
“Party?” Rain asked.
The heroes quickly caught sight of the two and suddenly shouted.
“Surprise! Happy Birthday, Rain!
“You...you guys remembered.” Rain said with tears of joy.
“These are for you.” Glee said as he held a bundle of roses to Rain.
“Hey! That’s mine!” Dash shouted.
Dash growled at the annoying bee, who only replied by sticking his tongue out.
“What are we waiting for? Let’s get this party started!” Vec shouted.
The party was a real hit with everyone. They had a piñata shaped like Egghog and Leon beat the hell out of it. Even after it was already down, they enjoyed a delicious chocolate cake that Blur made. Which when Esper tried eating his piece, his horn made it go on his face. But as everyone enjoyed the party, Rector leaned against the wall and continually stared at Blur. Ebon walked over to the wall to confront him.
“So where did Rave find Rain?” Ebon asked.
“The same place where Naja killed her parents.” Rector said seriously.
“Tell me, is Naja the reason why you don’t fully trust Blur?” Howl asked.
“Everyone knows Naja experimented on the son of Mia, which we both know is Sonic.” Recter informed.
Meanwhile by the dimensional transporter Chaos and Heat saw Ventus bringing Frost out. “Hey guys…nice to see you again.” Frost said while shivering. “We can finish the reunion once you rest Frost. You look sick right now.” Heat said.

Deep in the dark dimension, Apocalypse sits at his makeshift throne as his so-called, loyal, servants entered into the central camber of the castle. “So, which monster shall we send to destroy those heroes this time?” The Master questioned. “I have three in particular that I wish to send.” Apocalypse said. “And who will they be?” Darkrion asked. “An giant overlord, an chaotic demon, and a hedgehog who cheated death.” Apocalypse smirked. “Oh, they sound powerful.” Neon said, not quite grasping Apocalypse’s idea. Apocalypse and The Master sweat dropped while Darkrion jumped up and smack Neon in the back of the head. “You idiot, he’s talking about us.” Darkrion said. “Precisely.” Apocalypse confirmed his belief. “But why send us?” The Master asked. “I believe that there’s a certain anthro that you wish to take revenge upon.” Apocalypse said. “Blur.” The 3 said with hatred. “You know what to do. Draw them out...and kill them.” Apocalypse instructed. The three bowed their heads in acknowledgement before exiting the dimension through their own means of transportation.
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Back at the hero’s base, Shun and Jet were looking through the viewing glass as Blur and Leon duked it out in the training arena. “Do you think they’ll kill each other?” Jet asked. “Let’s hope not. We aren’t insured for them yet.” Blitz joked as he looked back to the fight. Blur jumped back as Leon sent a spiraling kick to the ground. “Stop running and face me like a hedgehog.” Leon said. “Alright, you asked for it.” Blur said. Getting a grip to the ground, Blur charged at full throttle and jabbed his shoulder into Leon’s chest. “Not bad.” Leon grabbed a hold of Blur’s shoulders and flipped over. “But not good enough.” Leon landed and swung his foot around to Blur’s head. Fortunately, the blue blur caught sight of his counter parts attack and ducked under the blow. “Nice try.” Blur smirked as he threw a punch to Leon’s face. The dark hedgehog saw the attack and raised his fist to block the attack. Leon counteracted by throwing his own punch to Blur’s face, only to have it caught in the palm of his hand. “I see you have improved. All right, no more holding back.” Leon smirked. “Ok, you asked for it.” Blur returned as they pushed away from each other.
“Twenty bucks says Leon wins.” Jet placed his bet. “Two Hundred bucks says Blur wins.” Shun returned the bet. “And One million bucks says you stop this nonsense and get to work.” A third voice broke into the conversation. Shun and Jet looked at the television screen near the viewing window as the G.U.N. Commander’s face appeared on screen. “Commander!” Jet exclaimed in surprise as he and Shun jumped into a salute. “What is it, sir?” Blitz asked. “We have received reports that three strange beings are attacking Station Square.” The commander informed. “Hah! Nothing we can’t handle.” Jet boasted. “Please, hurry before it’s too late.” The commander said. “We’re on our way, commander.” Jet said before the screen shut off. Back inside the training room, both Blur and Leon conjured their signature attacks as they prepared to strike. “CHAOS...” “CHAOS...” “Hold it, guys!” Jet shouted, causing the hedgehogs to fall flat on their faces. “What?!” Blur and Leon yelled. “No time for games. We got work to do.” Blitz said with a serious tone.
Station Square was left in ruins, like it is everyday of week, as The Master, Neon, and Darkrion began their reign of destruction. The Master conjured an array of spiked balls that plunged into one of the main buildings. Neon unsheathed his skeleton blade and ran at a rapid speed past ten of the buildings, slicing them down the middle then shooting the remains with bones from his sword as if it were a gun. “BLACK TSUNAMI!” Darkrion summoned a black wave that crushed the buildings on contact. “If this doesn’t catch their attention, nothing will.” Neon said. “You know, it would be easier just to phone us.” The trio of evils turned to face the heroes that had come to save the day. They looked quite pleased by the surprised looks on their faces. “The Master?” Jet said in shock. “Darkrion?” Blitz said, equally shocked. “Hey, long time, no see.” Blur mocked them. “The purple one is here too.” The Master said. “Blur. Let us take care of them.” Leon said “Get ready to die, you intolerable little pests.” The Master said as the heroes and villains all charged at once.
Leon jumped into the air and curled into his ball form. Unfortunately, The Master merely threw out his hand and pushed the ball back. “You really think it will be that easy. I have learned from my past mistakes.” The Master stated as he gripped his skin. In one swift motion, he ripped off his skin to reveal an entirely new body. It was his Hybrid Master body. “Ok, I was expecting that.” Leon said. “Get ready to die.” Hybrid Master threatened. Hybrid Master raised his tail and threw it at Leon, who dodged to the right, and attempted to stab again. Just as the dagger came to an inch of his face, Leon quickly halted the tail with his hands. “Sucker.” Leon sighed in relief. Too bad the rest of the tail wrapped itself around his body. The tails uncoiled itself and spun Leon into the air. Hybrid Master, using his new bodies’ advanced speed, charged forward and jumped to kick Leon in the side. Hybrid Master’s new body not only proved fast, but powerful as well as Leon was sent through, not one, but two office buildings.
“Ok, my turn. TIME BREAK!” Jet called out as time instantly stopped. Jet held out his fans as he charged forward and jumped to take a swing at the underworld lord. Unfortunately, time resumed itself and Neon quickly raised his blade to block the attack. “You really think I’ll fall for that?” Neon mocked. Neon pushed Jet and kicked both his fans out of his hands. The underworld lord then swung around and shot a back kick that sent Jet hurtling into the air. Neon looked up to his prey and transformed into a skeleton. He then appeared behind Jet and transformed back into skin. Neon then jabbed his elbow into Jet’s back and piledrived the emerald bird into the pavement.
Darkrion and Blitz punched simultaneously and caught the attacks with their other hands. “How did you escape Hell?” Blitz questioned. “With help from Neon.” Darkrion said arrogantly. Blitz and Darkrion attempted to knee each other in the gut, only to have them blocked by the other. Blitz and Darkrion pushed back with the legs and flipped backwards away from each other. “SHADOW STRIKE!” “PSYCHIC SMASH!” Darkrion shot a series of black waves while Blitz summons a typhoon of psychokinetic energy. Unfortunately, the arrows were made from pure chaos and simply passed through Blitz’s attack. The good news was that the psychic attack still made it way to its target. “Humph. Looks like it’s time to stop messing around.” Darkrion said to himself. Darkrion conjured a energy orbs and vanished just before the attack landed. Back with Blitz, the light blue hedgehog used his shield. “Where’d he go?” Blitz searched the area for Darkrion. “Looking for me?” Blitz Leonly turned, only to be pinned to the wall by a claw.
“Pathetic little rodent.” Hybrid Master said as he raised Leon’s body in his tail and swatted Leon into the air. As Leon’s body fell to the ground, Hybrid Master held his dagger tail beneath Leon. Hybrid Master was just about to impale Leon in the back until a blur ran past and cut his tail clean off. “WHAT?!” Hybrid Master yelled in outrage as he looked to the side to find Blur smirking. “Alright, you guys had you’re fun. Now it’s my turn!” Blur cheered. “No, Blur.” Leon pleaded as he slowly got up. “Leon...” “I can’t let you do this. I made a promise.” Leon cut him off. “I did too.” Jet said. “We all did.” Blitz said. “I made a promise to protect the planet! And since I was once evil I have to prove it myself” Leon screamed. “I promised my father that I would stop you no matter what!” Jet claimed. “I promised Annalise I would never let you harm another innocent soul!” Blitz yelled. “Please...do us a favor, Blur. Stay out of it.” Leon pleaded. “I made a promise to my father I would rid the world of Evil permanently, but if this is what you want then finish what you all started.” Blur exclaimed.
“You really think you can keep such a promise?” Hybrid Master mocked Leon proclamations. “I know I can.” Leon muttered lowly. A sudden burst of energy rushed out of Leon as he powers were no longer held back. “CHAOS TELEPORT!” Leon yelled and disappeared in an instant. The next second, Hybrid Master was fisted in the gut and sent hurtling back. Leon then appeared behind Hybrid Master and kicked him straight into the air. Leon once again appeared atop of and reeled both fist fists back to pound the alien in the gut and slam him into the ground. Hybrid Master tried to stand up, but Leon stopped him and held his head to the ground. “What are you doing?!” Hybrid Master screamed as Leon’s body began to draw a massive amount of red chaos. “CHAOS FURY!!” Leon yelled. Leon released the energy to create a miniature atomic blast that almost obliterated Hybrid Master. “NO! LORD APOCALYPSE…HELP ME!” Hybrid Master shouted.
“You just don’t know when to quit, do you?” Neon scoffed as Jet slowly tried to stand back on to his feet. “Very well, I’ll just put you out of your misery.” Neon held his blade high above his head. Neon brought his blade down, but his target persistently jumped to the side and grabbed his fans in the process. “I’ll shut that beak of yours permanently!” Neon stated as he swung his skeleton blade to shoot out a wave of energy. Jet’s ring began to glow as he called out his signature technique “TIME BREAK!” In that instant, time stood still for Jet as he ran past the energy blades and jumped to Neon. Unfortunately, time resumed itself and Neon took the opportunity to slice Jet in half. But instead of blood, something unexpected came from inside Jet. ‘Straw?’ Neon’s mind went into overload. After taking a double take, Neon found that what he actually killed...was a scarecrow. “Looking for someone?” Jet’s voice came from behind. Neon Leonly turned around just in time to witness Jet swing his fan to create a miniature typhoon. Neon had no chance to dodge the attack and was propelled into the side of a building. “LORD APOCALYPSE! I NEED YOU!” Neon shouted.
“So, what act shall you be performing?” Darkrion tempted his capture opponent. “This!” Blitz exclaimed as he created a barrier around his body and blew the claw the pieces. “You are just as persistent as I last saw you. Why not just accept the fact that you cannot win?” Darkrion questioned. “Selhipem told me I was the son of Blur. It’s time I lived up to the family name of Blazer.” Blitz said. Darkrion gathered a ball of purple energy and hurtled it to the light blue hedgehog. Blitz counteracted by creating a wave of psychokinetic energy that shot out and eliminated Darkrion’ attack while still rushing forward. Acting fast, Darkrion created another energy orb to transport his body just seconds before he was hit. Darkrion jumped down from the energy orb in another location only to have Blitz appear out of nowhere from the side. Blitz created a blade of fire and sliced Darkrion in half. “LORD APOCALYPSE! SAVE US!” Darkrion shouted.
Leon teleported via chaos teleport to grab a hold of Hybrid Master’s tentacles and swung him around to shoot him into the ground. Neon attempted to slice the emerald bird, but Jet blocked with the metal of his fans and flipped the genie over his shoulder to land with Hybrid Master. Darkrion attempted to regenerate as fast as possible, but it was not quick enough as Blitz kicked his head to join with his evil partners. “All right, I think it’s time we let Blur join in on the fun.” Leon said with a smirk. “Finally!” Blur cheered. As the villains tried to bounce back from their defeats, Blur gather a great amount of blue chaos into his hands and molded into a sphere. “CHAOS GALE!” Blur yelled as he threw his signature attack at the trio of evils. The Dark Rulers had no chance to avoid it and were hit full blast by the devastating wind, creating an explosion of chaos. “Well, glad that’s over.” Blitz said with a sigh of relief. “Can we go home now?” Jet whined. “Yes, let’s go.” Leon said as they turned to leave. But after only three steps, Leon suddenly stopped and began shivering. “Leon, what’s wrong?” Blur asked. “S-such evil. It’s s-so c-c-cold.” Leon shivered as he turned back to the defeated villains.
Hybrid Master, Neon, and Darkrion opened their eyes and found out they were still alive. “What happened?” Neon asked. “I did.” A sinister voice called from the smoke. As the smoke cleared, the villains found their master in front of them with his hand stretched out. “Who is that guy?” Blur questioned. Apocalypse looked to his hand and found it to be completely burned. Must have been because he tried to block Blur’s attack. But in a matter of seconds, the burns and scars disappeared completely, as if they had never been there before. “Amazing. No one has been able to do harm to me since I fought Leon.” Apocalypse said. Hearing the description of himself, something in Leon’s mind suddenly clicked. “Me? Then that means...you’re The Black Chaos Emerald!” Leon exclaimed. “It is such an honor that you remember me. But From now and forever…I AM LORD APOCALYPSE!” Apocalypse sniggered. “Apocalypse, what are you doing here?” Neon asked. “Your worthless to me now. So I will take your power.” Apocalypse said as he at all 3 of his servants. "YOU JERK!" Neon shouted as Apocalypse stepped forward from were his servants had been and stood only five yards away from the heroes as the new energy he collected from his servants allowed him to grow nine heads. “You may have been able to defeat them, but let’s see how you stand up to a god.” Apocalypse smirked as he charged up a gigantic amount of energy into his 2 heads. The balls of energy were the size of the planet Jupiter. “This is it.” Blur said. “SONIC WIND!” “TAIL TORNADO!” “HEAT VOLCANO STRIKE!” “CHAOS OBLITERATE!” “TELEKINESIS CRUSH!” The 4 looked to see Apocalypse get struck by 5 attacks. “OCEAN STRIKE!” “LAVA PLUME!” “LIGHTNING JAVELIN!” “ROCK SLIDE!” “ANTARTIC BLIZZARD!” “TWIN TORNADO!” Then they saw 6 more attacks strike Apocalypse making him lose his attack. “WHO DID THAT!?” Apocalypse screeched. He soon got his answer when Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, and Silver appeared. Who were followed up by Chaos, Electra, Aero, Frost, Heat, and Obsidian. “It seems I’m in trouble right now. You live today, but when I return, you will die.” Apocalypse swore before disappearing.

Back at the Blur Team base Sonic was explaining how he got here. “So I came here to get the old crew back together. That’s when we ran into Obsidian and the other guardians.” Sonic said. “But the biggest secret you should know is that Apocalypse has almost escaped before. It happened all like this.” Aero said.
The world turned cold that day. Hundreds of dead bodies were scattered across the new wasteland floor, all victims of Zionist’s twisted sense of progress. But it was their deaths that affected that became the trigger for the true battle. Zionist remained rooted to his spot; a sense of fear imprinted on his face for the first time. His former victim, Jake, had transformed into a monster so sinister, it sent shivers down his own spine. It took a while, but Zionist finally managed to regain his voice.
“W-who are you?” Zionist questioned shakily.
“I’ll kill you.” Dark Jake whispered.
“What?!” Zionist exclaimed.
“You have killed so many in your path.” Dark Jake spoke in a hollowed voiced. “Now it’s time for you to replace them.”
“You think your new form will give you the power to destroy me. You cannot stop me from reviving the Black Chaos Emerald.” Zionist grinned; his smug and superior attitude returning. “All though, I must admit that I was frightened of your appearance at first. I now realize that you are still the same pathetic rat that coward behind warriors greater than you. Scar is dead your girlfriend and her brother are next. Who will you kill this time?”
“That’s easy.” Dark Jake cackled. “Since your minions are dead. YOU!!”
Before he could even react, Zionist felt a devastating blow to the side of his face. Dark Jake zoomed around and kicked Zionist into the air. The evil master hovered a few feet off the ground for a moment, but it wasn’t enough to satisfy Dark Jake. The newly darkened hedgehog whirled around Zionist’s body, applying nine hundred and ninety-nine punches and kicks all in less than a second. Zionist spat out a bucket load of blood from the barrage of blows before Dark Jake kicked him in the chin with his heel. Zionist collided with the barren ground, forming a massive crater. Dark Jake sat on a rock not far away, watching amusingly while Zionist crawled out of the hole.
“Is that really the best you’ve got?” Dark Jake chuckled. “What was all that about me being a pathetic rat?”
“Shut up you!” Zionist roared. “You are nowhere near my level of power!”
“Refresh my memory.” Dark Jake said. “Who’s the one crawling out of a hole?”
“Enjoy you victory while you still have it.” Zionist grinned. “For now I will show you the ultimate power.”
Anyone who was smart enough knew Zionist wasn’t making idle threats. Unfortunately, Jake was too arrogant to realize it. Zionist disappeared in a flash of light and reappeared in front of Dark Jake. He executed a perfect upper cut and tossed Dark Jake into the air. He flipped around and pelted Dark Jake with a kick to the chin followed by another row of kicks. While Dark Jake hovered thirty feet in the air, Zionist appeared behind him; a sinister grin present.
"But...how?" Dark Jake questioned sarcasticly trying to hide that he wasn’t harmed.
“You think that was impressive, just wait until I’m finished.” Zionist grinned.
Zionist held his hands out, which released green energy ropes from his palms. The ropes came to life and wrapped him like snakes.
“What is this?” Dark Jake questioned.
“A little trick I learned while observing a clan of insects.” Zionist explained. “They were masters of martial arts that developed many unusual techniques. This one is my favorite: Centipede slam!”
Zionist pulls back till they both began to fall head forward towards the ground. To add to the pressure, Zionist begins to spin the both of them around in a high speed motion. Once they were within spitting distance of the ground, Zionist unlatched himself and jumped away for safety. Dark Jake collided with the ground, creating a bigger crater then the one Zionist made. Now it was Dark Jake’s turn to crawl out of the hole while Zionist laughed.
“Did you enjoy that?” Zionist chuckled.
“The accommodations could have been better.” Dark Jake groaned.
“Such insolence.” Zionist said coolly. “Make it easy on yourself and surrender.”
“Funny, that’s the same thing Chaos said to me.” Dark Jake said, standing up.
“Chaos?” Zionist said intrigued. “How would you know anything about Chaos?”
“That’s right, I never introduced myself.” Dark Jake said sinisterly. “I used to be Devox.”
“Devox?!” Zionist exclaimed in surprise. “The Master of Death?!”
“Finally caught on, have you?” Dark Jake sniggered.
“But how can you be here?” Zionist growled. “Chaos killed you.”
“That was his plan, but it was luck that it had failed.” Dark Jake explained. “The rebellion had defeated my zombies and were headed for my chamber. I was ready to kill with a single glance when I was blinded by a light. When the light had disappeared, that was when I first met Chaos. I first attempted to use by powers of death on him, but they had no effect. I had planned to send my zombies, but there were no dead bodies to resurrect. I was at a loss.”
“That still doesn’t explain to me how you are still here.” Zionist said bored.
“Patience, rat.” Dark Jake said coolly. “Seeing as how none of my forces would work, I went into battle myself. They battle was forced back into the open lake behind Pyrus Cave. And for seven months, he and I battle endlessly from day to night. But where Chaos’ strength was almost endless, mine was weary. I made one last desperate attempt. It put all my energy into a single attack. But Chaos’ body absorbed it and repelled back at me.”
“That should have been the moment you died.” Zionist interrupted.
“You’re right, it should have.” Dark Jake continued. “My body was destroyed, but why soul was dispersed. For thirteen years, my spirit wandered the endless darkness. But one day, my soul was merged with another and we became the one known as Jake, but what didn’t work was that the other soul was stronger and destroyed all contact to the outside world for me.”
“So your soul remained intact until seventeen years ago.” Zionist summed. “But tell me, who was the other soul?”
“I never found out, but it has suppressed me from controlling this boy’s body for all these years.” Dark Jake said. “Now this soul has my power to bring anyone back to life without turning them into zombies.”
“Quite ironic, really.” Zionist chuckled. “I have to kill you now.”
“Not a chance.” Dark Jake laughed. “You have not even seen my true potential.”
Dark Jake, lifted his right hand with his palm open to the sky. A sphere of black energy from in the palm. Dark Jake cackled as he crushed the sphere, which dispersed into a million black particles. The particles were blown towards the dead immunes that Zionist killed and entered through their chests. Slowly, but surely, the dead immunes returned to life.
“Kill the rat!” Dark Jake commanded.
The warriors rushed forward. Zionist kicked away two of them, which distracted him from the three behind him. They grabbed his arms and strangled him around his neck. Zionist, with minimal effort, tossed the two on his arms aside and reached over his shoulder to grab the one in back. The tossed the immune over his head, which bowled over four more immune. He elbowed an immune that was aimed for his side while punch away one that was in front. Zionist struggled left and right with the immunes attacking him from all sides, but there were too many of them. They dog piled on Zionist’s body, leaving no room for escape. Dark Jake had an expression of victory on his face. But that was quickly ended.
“Is that really the best you could do?” Zionist chuckled. “Let me show you what real power is.”
Suddenly, there was a green spark visible in the pile. The spark quickly exploded into a gigantic nuclear blast. Dark Jake was blown away by the blast along with the immunes. When the blast cleared, Zionist stood proud over his victims. The dark hedgehog returned to his regular blue form. As Zionist moved in close, he found Lucky had returned and was trying to shake Jake awake.
“Chao?” Lucky chirped. “Chao, chao.”
“It’s pointless.” Zionist stated. “Even if he is alive, he won’t be much longer.”
“Leave him alone!” Niko cried, standing in front of Jake.
“Such bravado.” Zionist said. “If you had any sense, I would happily have taken you in. Farewell, rodent.” Zionist said putting his hand out for an attack. But when he was halfway, his hand was suddenly encased in ice. “What is this?! Frost.”
Zionist clenched his fist, which destroyed the ice encasement, as Frost jumped into view. Frost threw his hands forward, which ejected a series of ice needles from the palms. Zionist held up his arms to act as a shield. The needles were crushed on contact with Zionist’s fur, but allowed a slight window of opportunity for Frost. The Ice Guardian threw down his hands and turned the wasteland into a frozen tundra. The expanding ice trapped Zionist.
“He won’t remain that way for long.” Frost said to himself. “I must send them somewhere safe.”
Frost moved towards Jake, Niko, and Break but Lucky wouldn’t let him anywhere near his friends.
“Chao, chao!” Lucky yelled
“Do not worry, I will not harm them. I am Frost, guardian of ice.” Frost said assuring, patting the chao’s head; Lucky seemed to calm. “I will expect you to take care of them. Good luck, my friends.”
Frost placed his other claw above the others and watched as all of them disappeared in a flash of light. Just then, Zionist broke free from his icy tomb.
“Grr...Where are they?!” Zionist roared.
“Gone.” Frost said simply.
“Gone?!” Zionist exclaimed. “As long as I am alive, the virus cannot be stopped. You have failed.”
“Not yet, I haven’t!” Frost exclaimed.
Frost skidded across the ice with his claw held out. Zionist looked amused at his attempts and turned his back to him, leaving himself wide open.
“It’s time to seal you where you’ll never harm anyone again. Aero, Obsidian; give me the power to do this.” Frost shouted as his 2 brothers appeared around Zionist who was trying to release the Black Chaos emerald from his prison. He almost succeeded, but the guardians had already finished their seal forcing him to be trapped inside Poseidon forever. The whole area had disappeared from their attack, but the guardians were nowhere to be found.
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Meanwhile, in a faraway land. Jake began to stir with a splitting headache. He vision blurred for a while as he opened his eyes when he felt a small pressure on his chest. He stared on his body where Lucky was sitting on his chest with a saddened look. But when Jake sat up, Lucky jumped for joy and hugged around his neck.
“It’s all right, Lucky.” Jake said assuring as he pat the chao’s head. “I’m fine.”
“Chao, chao, chao, chao!” Lucky continued to cry.
“It’s finally over.” Jake thought.
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Meanwhile, back at the battlefield. The sands had returned in a heavy storm, returning the wasteland to its desert form. The scattered bodies were half buried beneath the burning hot sand. Vultures swarmed over the bodies, fighting amongst each other for which body part to devour. They paid no heed to the single living organism walking amongst them. The figure walked through the field of bodies, clutching its cloak tightly around its neck.
“So Zionist is trapped forever. It’s time I report to The Black Chaos Emerald to tell him why he wasn't brought back. The other guardians were fools to not help him and they all perished, but I Nightmare the guardian of Darkness am not.” Nightmare grinned wickedly.
“So that’s how it ended.” Obsidian said. “But we never knew it would come to this.”
“Wait, the Nightmare guy said he was a guardian; so does that mean?” Leon asked.
“Yes. Nightmare is a guardian, but a traitor to his duties.” Chaos said.
"Wait, if he said you all perished, then why are you here?" Geisy asked.
"That's a tale for another day." Chaos said.

“Team, I think it’s time I tell you a secret.” Chaos said.
This caught everyone’s attention.
“Remember when Geisy asked me that question? Well it’s time I answer it.”
"So how are you here?" Wing asked.
“My real name...is Jake.” Chaos said.
“WHAT?” Tsunami said.
"The Jake from Poseidon, after the original guardians perished other than Nightmare. God had decided to chose 7 new warriors to take their place.And Blur, you are the key to stopping Apocalypse. But before I get to that I should explain how me and the others transformed into who we are today. It happened when a new villain appeared on Poseidon once we finally got to Pyrus Cave.” Chaos said.
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The scene opens into the chamber of Mage, where the new master and his servants were currently residing. Mage sat at his throne, patting the chimeras gleefully as he observed the viewing portal. His eyes roamed over to the viewing portal, which showed Pyrus Cave, the sanctuary of the immune.
“Those fools really think they are safe?” Mage said laughing. “They have only presented themselves as one large target.”
“That may be true, but they have also armed themselves well.” Apocalypse interjected.
“You think I cannot defeat them?” Mage sneered towards his creator.
“I have no question of your power.” Apocalypse said calmly; Mage’s expression seemed untrusting. “It’s just that my sources tell me that many great warriors are taking shelter in Pyrus Cave. Among them is Wind, The Sky Master; Chilly, The medical expert; Glow, The light manipulator; and Stone, The Immortal.”
“Yes, there reputations precede them.” Mage said in a sinister manner. “Wind is a legendary warrior that has never been defeated in battle. While Stone has been assaulted countless times, but unable to die.” He patted the chimera to his left, which purred at his touch. “But all their victories were all just luck.”
“Your arrogance is one of such amusement.” Apocalypse sniggered.
“You filthy rogue!” Mage roared in outrage. “So tell me, Apocalypse, what makes you think that my plan won’t work? Do you think the guardians will interfere again?” Mage chuckled.
“Do not take him lightly, I should know because I am half of him. He will choose new guardians.” Apocalypse said.
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The scene changes to a far-off rain forest that surprisingly survived the terror of Mage. The trees were perfectly flourishing and bearing fruit, the waterfall in the background provided clear crystal water for drinking water, and the animals foraged for food without a care in the world. While the Conrasaurus’ (Made up kind of dinosaur) jumped to pick at the fruit in the trees, a blue blob reached it before they did. Lucky grabbed all the fruit he could before the beasts could have a chance to reach them. Naturally, they weren’t too happy.
“[][][][][][][][]!” The Conrasaurus roared in their language.
“Chao, chao, chao.” Lucky replied, appearing to understand them.
“[][][][][][][][]!” The Conrasaurus answered.
“Chao, chao.” Lucky replied.
Lucky gave some of the fruits to the Conrasaurus’s who happily ate it up. When turning to leave he ran into a surprise guest.
“Ah, Lucky, good to see you again.” Break smiled weakly, noticing Lucky’s. “Any trouble I presume?”
“Chao.” Lucky, shook his head, dropping the fruit in his lap. “Chao, chao.”
“Thanks.” Break said gratefully. “It’s amazing I survived.”
Break was holding his shoulder which was bleeding heavily. His memory travels back to when he arrived in this rainforest. He was transported by Mage and hurtled down the waterfall. He would have been ok if he hadn’t hit that underwater stalagmite.
“Chao, chao, chao, chao?” Lucky asked.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do.” Break said mournful. Lucky had informed him of everything that had happened while he was gone. “Niko and Jake are missing. The best we can do for them is to return to Pyrus Cave.”
Break weakly stood up, but Lucky refused against it.
“Chao!” Lucky cried.
“We can’t just sit here and do nothing.” Break said.
Lucky looked grievously, but knew that he was right. Niko would never give up and he shouldn’t either. As they walked out into the light, they both stared into the sky, wondering where they were.
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The scene changes to the sanctuary of Pyrus Cave. The entire cave was a gigantic maze that one could get lost if you didn’t know the way around. It was common to see soldiers find themselves entering the wrong areas. Hundred of species moved about the cave, arming themselves in case of an attack. Wind was standing outside an open room while Chilly was tending to Jake, who was lying on a bed asleep with bandages wrapped around his forehead.
“How’s he doing?” Wind asked.
“His wounds are minor.” Chilly answered. “A little sleep and he will be back to normal.”
“Did he tell you anything and what happened to him?” Wind asked.
“He told me everything.” Chilly said. “He ran into Break and Niko a while back.”
“And what?” Wind asked seriously.
“Break vanished and his girlfriend Niko...” Chilly gasped, a wave of tears escaping from his eyes. “She’s disappeared, probably killed by Mage.”
“You were always the emotional one.”
Wind and Chilly turned their heads in the direction of the voice. It had belonged to a wolf, but it was difficult to tell. His entire body was practically covered in bandages, covering his unnatural amount of battle wounds. The only parts visible were his right hand, his tail, his mouth, and his eyes. Besides the bandages, he wore a black belt with a whip at his side.
“Stone, a pleasure as always.” Wind said coolly.
“Back at you.” Stone said equally cold. He turned his attention towards Jake. “This boy, how can you be so sure we can trust him?”
“You can’t be serious.” Chilly said exasperatedly. “He's the one that allowed the guardians to seal away Zionist at the cost of their lives.”
“It would surprise me.” Stone said coldly. “In times of war, betrayal is a common thing. My best friend tried to sell me out to Mage; that’s how I received the scars on my back. I bet he has told them the location of our hideout.”
“Everyone would know by now.” Wind shook his head. “This is a famous landmark and the word would have spread beyond the immune.”
“I still don’t trust him.” Stone said as he walked away.
“I remember a time when he used to be a nice person.” Chilly said sadly.
“War changes people.” Wind said. “It should be about my turn to stand guard at the entrance. Take care of the boy.”
“I will.” Chilly nodded.
With her reassurance, Wind walked down the tunnel towards the front entrance of the cave. Chilly looked back and the weak Jake, who was twitching. He was having a nightmare. He was standing in a dark room and the only light came from two giant red suns. But there weren’t suns; they were eyes, menacing red eyes. The beast opened its mouth and snapped it shut; Jake woke up startled.
“What...Was...that?” Jake gasped, sweat trickling from his forehead.
“Are you all right.” Chilly asked concerned, wiping the sweat from his forehead. “What happened?”
“It was nothing.” Jake panted. “Just a nightmare.”
“Don’t worry; I won’t let anything happen to you.” Chilly said kindly, but when he was looking again Jake had disappeared and in his place were his bandages.
"Looks like he's recovered." Glow said. Suddenly from the wall a small hole quickly grew big as a mole chimera came out and struck one of its claws in Glow's head putting a small hole in it. Stone heard the noise and rushed over to help Chilly defend Glow.
At the time, Wind arrived at the entrance where a weasel was standing guard.
“It’s my shift, soldier.” Wind said. “Take the opportunity to rest.”
“Thank you, sir.” The weasel squeaked and scurried back into the cave.
Wind stood atop one of the high rocks to give him a clear view of the area. There weren’t many places to hide since everything with five miles of the cave was nothing but desert. It was two uneventful hours until Wind spotted something moving across the sand. The eyes honed in to the strange figure. He received a hug shock when he found that the figure was...
“Niko!” Wind exclaimed.
Indeed, it was Niko. The small hedgehog scurried across the sand, limping slightly. She still had Jake’s cloak, which she held around her neck. Wind extended his wings, which allowed him to jump farther than normal, and landed in front of Niko. The hedgehog twitched for a moment before she realized who it was.
“Wind!” Niko cried happily. “I’m so glad to see you.”
“And I am surprised to see you.” Wind said stunned.
“How come?” Niko asked confused.
“Because you’re a friend, Jake, told us you vanished.” Wind replied.
“Jake’s here?” Niko asked happily. “I just knew he was alive.”
“What happened?” Wind asked sternly. “Where have you been all this time?”
“After Jake lost against Mage I went looking for him, but I soon got lost.” Niko said.
“Looks like your search has come to an end.” Wind grinned. “Jake’s just inside and – get down!”
Wind jumped on Niko, pulling her to the ground, as a creature swooped over them. The two stared up a rock pillar where a green winged chimera was perched. The chimera jumped up from the pillar and swooped down for another strike. Wind stood up and held his hand open to the chimera. His silver gauntlet gained a purple aura and created a purple energy sphere in his palm. He thrust it in the chimera’s face, disintegrating it instantly.
“What was that?” Wind questioned.
“I just know that was one of Mage’s beasts.” Niko said seriously. “I have a feeling there are more of them.”
“This is one of those times I wish you were wrong.” Wind said as he looked over the rock formation.
Over a hundred of different chimeras, all green, crawled over the large pile of rocks, growling. A scorpion chimera stabbed its stinger at them, but suddenly Jake appeared and grabbed it without being touched. He gripped the beasts tails with heavy force as he swung around, shooting it into the air. But while he was distracted, a vulture chimera zoomed around him with its pointed beak ready to stab. Lucky enough, Niko jumped out of nowhere and smashed the bird’s beak to the ground. It was killed under the foot of an elephant chimera in an attempt to crush Niko. Wind pulled her back and shot another purple energy sphere, which destroyed the elephant on impact. As five chimeras attacked at once, Jake grabbed Niko and jumped back to the mouth of the entrance.
“There are too many of them, we can’t take them all.” Niko said defeated.
“At this point, we don’t have a choice.” Wind growled. “We have to do everything in our power to stop them from entering the cave.”
Wind readied his attack as the chimeras came charging again. Meanwhile, Break and Lucky were walking from the other side of Pyrus Cave.
“It won’t be long now, Lucky.” Break told the chao. “We should be able to see the lake anytime now.”
“Chao, chao, chao!” Lucky shouted sudden as it flew up ahead.
“What is it, Lucky?” Break asked worried.
Break ran up to the point where he was standing over the lake from the high cliffs. He could see the back entrance from the view, but someone else was already waiting. Another army of chimeras were standing guard at the mouth of the cave, waiting to attack the first thing the moved.
“Mage’s monsters. What are they doing here?” Break questioned.
“Chao, chao.” Lucky suggested.
“Of course, they’re waiting for the immune to come running outside.” Break growled. “They must have set up and attack in the front so that the others will be forced the other way.”
“Chao, chao, chao, chao?” Lucky asked.
“I know it would be impossible for me to survive.” Break said seriously. “But I know for a fact that Jake and Niko would never give up, no matter how bad the odds are. They would keep fighting to the bitter end.”
His fate decided; Break stood up with the heat of battle burning in his eyes. In one reckless move, Break jumped off the cliff. Meanwhile, Wind was holding off the chimeras, but was growing weak with every attack. Niko tried to help, but the chimeras were too much for the young hedgehog and Jake still had his head injury. The two warriors were thrown towards the mouth as the chimeras advanced.
“This is it, we’ve lost.” Wind said defeated.
“No, it’s not over yet.” Niko said weakly. “I refuse to believe this is the end.”
“But what can we do?” Wind asked. “We are outmatched and overpowered.”
“I don’t care.” Niko said determined. “If my brother was here, he would never allow us to stop.” Her eyes stared at the sky, her eyes shown her innocence. “And know in my heart that we will find a way to save the planet we all love.”
“We won’t let Mage succeed or he’ll be able to free the Black Chaos Emerald.” Jake said.
3 dark clouds suddenly appeared in the clear sky above Jake, Niko and Wind. A sudden bolt of lightning struck down Niko, devouring her in its light while Jake was surrounded by a waterfall and Wind was being blown by intense wind pressure that blocked anyone from seeing him. At the same time, Break jumped out of the lake towards the chimeras when a tornado of flames surrounded him. Inside the cave some of the boulders suddenly incased Stone while Chilly was surronded by ice. When the lightning, wind and waterfall disappeared, Niko, Wind and Jake had completely transformed. Niko’s body was composed of electricity and had two green eyes while Jake’s body was composed of water and had two green eyes and Wind's body was compoosed of wind and had green eyes. A chimera, taking a brave chance, dove at the new creature. Niko grabbed its head a toasted it with a surge of electricity.
“Niko, Jake?” Wind asked, concerned that they looked like The Guardians.
“Not anymore.” The 2 said at the same time.
“You can call me Electra.” Niko said.
“And you can call me Chaos.” Jake said.
"Then I guess I'm now Aero." Wind said.
At the same moment, the chimeras continued to wait for movement. Suddenly, a wave of fire erupted beneath a pair and incinerated them. The chimeras looked back and stood stunned at the new creature. Break was transformed as well. His body was made of fire and had two green eyes. His hand was raised from where the fire erupted from.
“Hello, nice day we’re having.” Break said casually. The chimeras growled at his presence. “I used to be called Break, but now you can call me Heat.”
In the cave the stones and ice disappeared showing a creature made of rock and a creature of ice that both had green eyes. "Stone, Chilly...you're." Glow stuttered. "Not Stone and Chilly, Obsidian." Stone said. "And Frost." Chilly said.
“For the sake of Poseidon, I will destroy you!” Chaos, Heat, Aero, Frost, Obsidian and Electra said together.
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"We were unaware, but soon realized we had been chosen to become the new guardians."
“Okay, but how can I stop Apocalypse?” Blur asked.
“You see; unlike last time we can’t destroy him because that will cause the universe to implode since he's the element of ice. Blur’s job is to purify him so that all 8 of the knights can protect the universe. That’s why we’re heading out first thing tomorrow night.” Chaos said.

The scene opens up with Apocalypse seated at his throne up until Airshark appeared.
“To what do I owe the pleasure of your arrival?” Apocalypse said coolly.
“Master, I have discovered the location of Blur.” Airshark said calmly. “I will depart immediately to track him down.”
“That won’t be necessary.” Apocalypse smirked. Airshark look disgruntled. “I have already made arrangements for someone else to retrieve the hedgehog.”
“Someone else?” Airshark questioned. "But who would you send for such a mission other than me?
Apocalypse made no attempt for a reply, but instead turned his head towards the shadows of the chamber. Someone was hiding there, his body completely blended with the darkness. Nightmare strolled out into the light like a day in the park.
“Nightmare has willingly agreed to carry out the mission for you.” Apocalypse said.
“Tough luck, friend.” Nightmare sniggered. "But we knew it was bound to happen someday."
“But why send him?!” Airshark said outraged. “Have I not proven my worth?!”
Airshark clenched his fists in anger, a tiny tint of red was spotted in his pale-green eyes. It took all his will to resist the temptation to attack. He took a deep breath and vented out his frustrations, slowly walking back to the darkness of the corridor.
“He does have a point.” Nightmare said. “Airshark is truly the greater of the two of us.”
“It has become impossible to trust Airshark these recent days. He is a shark you know.” Apocalypse grimaced.
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Nightmare had been searching for an hour for Blur, but he soon stopped after he heard a pebble drop.
“Who’s there?” Nightmare called. But the area remained quite. “Calm down, Nightmare. There’s no need to get all worked up.”
Nightmare turned towards the voice, but saw nothing. All of a sudden, the ground below his feet started to cave in. Nightmare quickly back flipped and landed at the top of a stone pillar. Just when he began question what had happened, a black polished claw emerged from the sinkhole. Obsidian pulled himself aboveground with a smug expression on his mouthless face.
“It’s a pleasure to see you Nightmare.” Obsidian said casually.
"By your tone, you sound confident that you can beat me. How amusing. I doubt you could even beat me with one claw behind my back. Nightmare chuckled.
“Oh yeah, we’ll see about that.” Obsidian said.
Obsidian stomped at the ground, which forced a boulder to jump of the ground. His fist made contact with the boulder, shattering it to several smaller sharp fragments, and aimed the directly for Nightmare. Nightmare was quick on the reaction; jumping left, right, and backwards to avoid them. But unluckily, one of the fragments lodged itself into his shoulder. Nightmare fell back, gasping in pain. He forced the fragment out of his shoulder and threw it away just as Obsidian jumped. The stone guardian shifted his arm to a point and stabbed at Nightmare. But Nightmare flipped backwards a few seconds before Obsidian’s arm made contact with the ground.
“This is the best you can do?” Obsidian laughed.
“I’m not done yet!” Nightmare exclaimed. “I have one trick left!”
Dark clouds formed in the clear sky. The cluds melded together to form not one shadow monster, but 3. The trio of shadow monsters followed the path of Nightmare’s hand and launched themselves at Obsidian. Even a Guardian would be halted in fear of the great beasts and Obsidian was no exception. The trio smashed Obsidian. Nightmare stood proud of his achievement.
“That’s one down.” Nightmare said pridefully. “Now all that left is the others.”
“With that power, unlikely.”
Nightmare smile faltered. Obsidian, remained rooted to the spot where the monsters attacked him. Being made of solid obsidian and weighing five hundred pounds does have its advantages.
“B-But.” Nightmare stammered. “That’s impossible.”
“If it makes you feel better, we have already lost one of our ranks.” Obsidian said. "Poor Shine is dead because of you.”
“How did you even learn that?” Nightmare gasped in horror.
“We do what we must to protect the world, but you had different ideas and for that you must pay. I wouldn't expect someone with a nobody as a master to understand.” Obsidian said coolly.
“A what?” Nightmare questioned.
“A nobody.” Obsidian repeated. “A being that does not exist. Aocalypse's existence is not truly his own.” Obsidian said.
“Even if he doesn't truly exist...” Nightmare said. That doesn’t change how I feel. I hate this world and all within it, just like Poseidon.” His gaze was redirected to the ground. “I will not allow you to continue to save this world!” Nightmare shouted.
“How sickening.” Obsidian said amusingly. Obsidian raised his claw, which drew open a hole in the ground next to him. All the guardians surrounded him. “You have betrayed your own kind.” Heat said. “You’ve crushed your true destiny.” Chaos said. “You killed one of your own.” Shine said. “You’ve turned into a living sin.” Aero said. “It’s your fault Shine died.” Frost said. “Now it’s time we give you your punishment.” Obsidian said. The guardians each held out there hands and their elements all struck Nightmare. They all dropped their heads as they saw Nightmare fade away.
“To bad I’m not really here. And Shine’s not dead you morons.” Nightmare said before his body completely vanished.
Back in Apocalypse lair Nightmare had returned telling what happened.
"So the guardians ganged up on you while you were controllling a fake version of yor body." Apocalypse said.
"I was forced to tell them that Shine was alive." Nightmare said.
"Well having Shine in our clutches give us an advantage. Well now it's time to summon my army." Apocalypse said before chanting a spell. Soon black puddles of ooze started coming from the floor soon forming into creatures.
"What are these?" Nightmare asked.
"These are the heartless. People who were fully drowned by their darkness became these." Apocalypse said before chanting another spell. Soon Silver creatures started appearing from warp holes.
"And these?" Espia asked.
"When a heartless is created a nobody is also made from the shell of a person with a strong will. I've put false memories into Leon making him think he's a nobody himself." Apocalyse said.
"What about that other nobody your targeting?" Airshark asked.
"Don't worry about that right now. It's time to drown the world into darkness!" Apocalypse yelled.
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Back at the Blur Team base everyone was getting ready to go and fight Apocalypse.
"I can't believe it. Shine is still alive." Chaos said.
"Don't worry Chaos, we'll find him." Aero said.
"Is this really the best thing to do?" Aura asked.
"It's the only thing we can do." Tsunami said.
"Alright it's time to take off. There's no turning back now!" Chaos said.

The Blur Team was walking through a forest on their journey to beat Apocalypse, while all this was going on Chaos was having a memory playing in his head. The memory of when Shine first appeared.
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The attacking chimeras were stunned by their new appearances. It took them a minute before they realized they weren’t friends and growled menacingly. Aero quickly shook his head back to reality and resorted to a fighter’s stance.
“I don’t know what happened to us, Niko and Jake.” Aero said.
“Electra and Chaos.” Electra corrected for him.
“Ok, Electra and Chaos.” Aero said uncertain. “I’m still not sure of our new forms, but right now isn’t the time to worry about it.” He stared back at the chimeras advancing. “We need a plan.”
“I have one.” Chaos said seriously. “We will hold them off while you warn everyone in the cave.”
“You can’t be serious!” Aero exclaimed. “There are too many! You can’t take them all!”
“Oh no? Watch this.” Electra said amusingly.
Electra dashed past a bewildered Aero towards the hoard of beasts. The chimeras charged headlong soon after Electra advanced. A bear chimera reared on its hind legs and swiped at the lightning guardian with its front claw. Electra flipped over the chimeras head while producing a whip of electricity, splitting the bear down the middle. Upon landing, a snake chimera slithered beneath her and coiled its body tightly around her body. A salamander chimera threw its head forward, ejecting a funnel of flames from its mouth, but Chaos emitted a barrier of intense water pressure, not only killing the snake, but protecting them from the flames. Electra pressed her palm against the barrier where the flame was hitting and shot a wave of lighting down it. The salamander was incinerated on contact.
Ok, maybe they can take them all.” Aero said, mildly impressed.
What are you waiting for?!” Chaos yelled, grasping a moose chimera by its antlers. “Hurry up and warn them!”
“Right.” Aero said.
Aero took flight and flew off inside the cave as Electra tossed the moose onto another chimera. Meanwhile, another new guardian, Heat, formerly known as Break, was having his own deal of trouble.
“You sick ugly freaks don’t know when to give.” Heat said, jumping back from an attack. “All right, if you want to play, we’ll play.”
Heat pressed his claw into the ground while a few chimeras bravely stepped forward. A mongoose chimera jumped, but was soon charred by a flaming pillar that erupted from underneath the ground. Two more chimeras also jumped at him, meeting the same result of the former ally. The rest of the chimeras circled around Heat, calculating looks present.
“These beasts are smarter than I gave them credit for.” Heat thought. “Those two earlier were obviously to test out my attack. They are no doubt trying to look for a way around it. But the question is, what will they do now?”
The question was quickly answered when a fissure formed beneath his feet. A gigantic worm chimera emerged from underground and opened its multilayered mouth and consumed Heat whole. The other chimeras praised in a roar of victory. The worm chimera suddenly groaned. A red hot flash ejected from the worms stomach, incinerating everything within thirty feet of them. Heat landed safely on the ground. A little disgusted, but safe.
“That was nasty.” Heat groaned, peeling a shred of the worm of his shoulder. “At least that’s the last of them.”
"Chao, chao, chao!" Lucky called
Lucky suddenly zoomed up to him and tried to bury himself in Heat’s chest, nearly burning himself. The fire guardian was willing to ask what was going on, but the question was not needed. A series of growls emerged from the top of the high cliffs; Heat really wished he hadn’t looked up. Over one hundred green chimeras formed in rows above them, each jumping down into the lake one by one.
“This just isn’t my day.” Heat groaned.
The chimeras jumped onto land and continued the assault of their fallen comrades

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The scene returns inside Pyrus Cave. Glow was sitting in bed, still weak, while Frost returned with food and water.
“Here, these should help you get better.” Frost said, setting the food and water next to him. “You really need your strength if you're going to help us fight against Mage.”
“What’s the point?” Glow said hopelessly. “My friends are dead, Mage has won.”
“Don’t say that!” Frost exclaimed. “Do you think your friends would want you to sit around, moping, while the rest of the world is fighting back?”
“What would you know about...”
“I know more than you think!” Frost cut in. “You think you’re the only one who’s lost someone? I lost my parents and my sister because of Mage’s virus. My best friend was an immune slain by Zionist.”
“I’m sorry.” Glow apologized. “I didn’t think...”
“Yes, you didn’t think.” Frost said seriously. But in an instant, his expression became more caring.
“Everyone, we must escape immediately!” Aero yelled.
"You too!" Frost and Aero said noticing that the other had also become a guardian.
Glow quickly jumped out of bed, but his legs gave out. He started to fall towards the floor when Frost grabbed him. He draped his arm over her shoulders and assisted him out the room. Aero was found in the center of a large group of immune.
“What going on?” A weasel guard asked.
“Did something happen?” A rhino questioned.
“Aero, what’s going on?” Frost asked, pushing through the crowd with Glow without needing to explain what had happened to them as Obsidian had already told them. “Are we under attack?”
“Yes. Mage’s monsters are outside the cave.” Aero forewarned. The immune gasped; a few of the screamed. Glow unconsciously clutched his fist. “Everyone calm down. Niko and Jake are currently handling the situation out in front.”
“Niko?!” Glow shouted in surprise. He wasn’t the only one. Being Break’s sister, Niko was very well known by the immune. They didn’t seem at all convinced.
“But what could that little girl do?” The rhino asked distrusting.
“Believe me, she’s not a little girl anymore.” Aero smirked. “Now everyone, head towards the back entrance at once. We can climb up from the cliffs towards the nearest town.”
No one made any argument for no one wanted to stick around to face those beasts. No one except Glow.
“Glow, the back entrance is this way.” Frost said, tugging at Glow's arm, whom was walking in the other direction.
“No, I have to help them.” Glow said firmly.
“It’s you fault you’re in this mess in the first place.” A voice called.
Glow and Frost looked up to find Obsidian hanging from a stalactite. He dropping directly in front of the two.
“How can you say that?” Frost said unnerving.
“He was the one who dragged himself into danger.” Obsidian said determinedly. “How does he expect to help in this situation?”
“I can fight with my own powers.” Glow said. “Just watch.”
He closed his eyes, his mind focused on light. But when he opened them, the room remained dark. He unconsciously felt his head; the expected bump was missing underneath the bandages.
“My jewel! It’s gone!” Glow exclaimed. “The mole must have taken it off along with my powers!"
“Depending on a jewel for strength.” Obsidian scoffed. “It only proves how troublesome you are.”
“Obsidian!” Frost yelled furiously. "Now is not the time to Shinet making more enemies!"
But the heavy scarred wolf ignored her. He walked up to the saddened Glow and kneeled down to eye level with him. but instead of the usual cold hatred, Obsidian’s eyes seemed kind, yet determined.
“What would you do if you had real power?” Obsidian asked.
“Huh?” Glow asked.
“If you cannot answer that question without hesitation, you are not ready.” Obsidian said.
Obsidian straightened himself up and swept past Glow. Glow’s focus was placed on the wolf’s retreating back. What did he mean? What kind of power did he need that he didn’t have before?
“Let’s get moving.” Frost said, snapping Glow back to reality. “We have to catch up with everyone.”
“Yeah.” Glow replied, allowing Frost to drag him out.

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The scene returns to the front of Pyrus Cave with Electra and Chaos continuing to fight off the oncoming chimera hoards. A cheetah chimera reared of out behind the lightning guardian and clawed at her arm. Blood started to seep out from her wound. Electra was surprised at this discovery, but guessed that her body was still physical, despite being made of lightning. She whipped her claw around to slice the chimeras head off. THe two found herself backing towards the mouth of the cave as the chimeras advanced.
“That should have given them enough time.” Chaos said. “I just hope they escaped.”
They turned on the spot, transforming into a single bolt of lightning and a puddle. They retreated back inside the cave, but not before Electra released a bolt of lightning at the roof of the cave. Large clumps of rocks blocked the entrance as they escaped towards the back.
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The scene returns to the lake in the back of the cave where Heat was having no better luck than Electra and Chaos. While some of the chimeras climbed onto land, most of them remained in the water, knowing Heat could not reach them. Heat grasped the heads of a deer and a frog chimera, burning them off. A hydra chimera opened its mouth, ejecting a burst of water from inside. Heat jumped back cowardly. Fire does not like water.
“I’m stuck on land while they can hit me from a distance.” Heat groaned. “This can’t get any worse.”
“Chao, chao.” Lucky squeaked, pointing towards the cave.
“It just got worse.” Heat said exasperatedly.
A large crowd of immune was fleeing from the cave, led by Aero and Obsidian, when they realized the present danger. Surrounded by a hundred chimeras wasn’t helping Heat much.
“It’s a trap!” A random immune exclaimed. “We’ve been set up!”
“This can’t be happening.” Aero growled.
“They have been planning this.” Obsidian said logically. “A frontal attack would have forced us out the back entrance where they would be waiting. I must admit, their plan was very thought out.”
“You can admire them after we live through this.” Aero said; two wind spheres glowing in his hands.
He launched them, not at the chimeras, but at Heat instead. The fire guardian quickly retreated backwards away from the blast. Aero continued to bombard at the fire guardian until he had his back towards the edge of the lake. Once in the water, all his powers would be gone and over a hundred chimeras would strike him at once. This was not turning out as well as he had hoped.
“Chao, chao, chao!” Lucky cried, but the immune could not understand him.
“It’s no use, Lucky. They won't listen.” Heat told the little chao. “Get out of here while you still can.”
“Chao, chao!” Lucky said stubbornly.
“Lucky, now is not the time to argue.” Heat said.
But Lucky did not move. Aero had never seen a creature like Lucky before and figured it was an ally to the chimeras. He was ready to finish him when a bolt of lightning passed over his shoulder and he felt a puddle go past his feet. The puddle and bolt dispersed in front of Heat, forming into Electra and Chaos again.
“Jake, Niko!” Aero recalled.
“Niko and Jake?” Glow said.
Aero’s attention was redirected to the side, where Frost was carrying Glow by her shoulder.
“The lightning one is Niko, the water one is Chaos.” Frost explained to Glow. “And the fire one is Break.”
“How do you know?” Obsidian questioned.
“I have the power to search other people’s hearts.” Frost explained. “I’ve looked into their heart and memories...”
"Chao, chao, chao, chao!” Lucky cried, nudging his head into Electra’s arm. She was warmer than he remembered.
“I am happy to see you again, too, Lucky.” Electra said gleefully, hugging him like she did before her transformation.
“Niko, Jake, you’re alive!” Heat exclaimed, realizing Lucky would only hug his sister like he did.
“How do you know who we are?” Electra asked suspiciously.
“Oh yeah. It’s me, Break.” Heat said.
“Break?” Chaos said in shock. “You became a...?”
But before he could even finish his sentence, the chimera took advantage of the distraction. Ten of the green chimeras jumped out of the water with their fangs and claws aimed at their hearts. The three quickly realized their attack and swung around with their hands raised to them. They combined their attacks to shock, soak and burn the chimeras all at once.
“Hey, they’re fighting the monsters.” An immune said.
“They're Break, Jake and Niko after all.” Obsidian admitted.
“Told you.” Frost said proudly; Glow smiled.
Electra pushed Lucky back while kicked a crab chimera back into the water. Heat was jabbing a horse chimera in the face when a gorilla chimera wrapped its arms around him from behind. The chimera roared in pain as Heat’s very skin burned him. Electra flipped over Heat and stabbed the chimera’s chest, electrocuting it from the inside. Electra redirected her claw and plunged it into the lake. Over ten-thousand volts of electricity was released, killing all the chimeras in the water in a matter of seconds.
“Thanks for assist.” Heat said amusingly.
“Any time.” Electra replied.
But in that moment, the hydra chimera made its reappearance, having somehow survived the attack. Its mouth gargled, ejecting yet another stream of water. All three were hit, but Heat’s flames died down. Electra heard a snap and felt a sharp pain in her forearm; it was broken while Chaos was unable to move being in front during the attack. The hydra chimera reared head to the sky and relayed a roar. A moment later, twenty more chimeras dropped down from the cliffs. Aero, Obsidian and Frost went to help out but soon the hydra pushed them into the water as well. Obsidian wold have sunk if they hadn't landed in the shallow part of the lake.
“Someone has to save them.” The rhino said.
“No, it’s too dangerous.” Someone grimaced.
“But we can’t let – Glow!” The rhino exclaimed.
Glow was trying to pull away from some of the immunes' grasp, despite their constant struggling.
"Let me go, I have to save them." Glow hissed.
"But you'll be killed!" Someone stated.
"I don't care!" Glow roared.
Glow successfully pried his arm from their grip and ran for his friends. The chimeras were charging to kill the new Guardians and Glow was running in their path. But Glow didn’t care. It was funny, but as Glow forced himself in deaths path, all he could think of Obsidian’s final words.
“What would you do if you had real power?”
“I want to protect my friends.” Glow told himself; his heart was feeling lighter. “I want to save everyone!” Soon the chimeras piled on him.
“What the...?” Electra questioned before she realized. “Oh, no! Glow!”
“That idiot!” Heat exclaimed.
“Wait, something happening to him.” Chaos said.
The chimeras growled ravenously. They were devouring him while everyone could only watch. Frost was crying, Aero stared in shock and fear while Obsidian clutched his fists in anger. But just when everyone thought it was over, a strange light burst from within the pileup, disintegrating the chimeras in midair. Glow stood in the center, now looking like a guardian made out of light that was a brilliant shining gold.
“Glow?” Everyone said.
“NO! I AM NOW THE GUARDIAN OF LIGHT, SHINE!” Glow shouted.