Roleplay:Island of Enigma

Overview
It is a normal day in Station Square. People are busy doing their usual day-to-day routines. It is a calm and peaceful day, or at least it was, until, out of nowhere, the city was bombarded by a huge tidal wave. When it cleared, the city was completely flooded, however, that was not the full extent. Out of nowhere, a huge island rose out of the ocean near the city, as if daring any brave explorers to come to it. two days after it appeared, there were reports of strange, glowing, lizard like creatures all over the city. What is this mysterious island? What secrets does it hold? What effect will it have on the world? And why did it suddenly appear?

RULES!


 * Stick to the plot. Don't twist it to revolve around your characters.


 * Do not engage in random fights without reason


 * No excessive swearing


 * No sexual content


 * NO GMODDING!! Offenders will get a warning. If they do not listen, all their posts and subsequent posts will be deleted.


 * I know no one wants their character(s) to die, so try not to kill other characters please. Near-death state or KO would be okay.


 * Lastly, HAVE FUN!

Heroes

 * Gabriel Aungel (E-113:Xi)
 * Banzai the Monkey (Banzai123)
 * Beat the Cat (Banzai)
 * Droget the frog (Sonicfan919)
 * Fa-La-Stu the Echidna (Sonicfan919)
 * Paroi the Guardian (Banzai)
 * Kyros the Hedgehog (RTH)
 * Shendo
 * Rapid The Hedgehog (RTH)
 * Wind the Hedgecat (Scroundernuts)
 * CJ the Hedgecat (Scroundernuts)
 * Vendeta Aungel (E-113:Xi)

Anti-Heroes

 * Frost "Snap" Glacia (Numbuh)
 * Vine "Growth" Oakwillow (Numbuh)
 * Electro "Storm" Zaptic (Numbuh)
 * Proto-M (E-113:Xi)
 * Edgecrusher the Wolverpine (Ryu)
 * Dismal the Hedgehog (Ryu)
 * Keith The Dragonolf(Metal)
 * Lol-Asl the Bee (Sonicfan919)

Villains (just b/c the Rp has a plot doesn't mean it can't have villains)

 * Malla the Crymnian + Soldiers (E-113:Xi)
 * Glowing creatures called 'Shades' Shade.png
 * Sentinel
 * The Trolls (anyone)

Part 1A: Introductions
Station Square has been flooded for the past few days. Thousands of citizens have been relocated to other cities until the damage has been repaired. The cause of all the trouble? A massive, mysterious island that suddenly rose out of the sea, looming of the coastline of the city.

"So, that's the Island of Enigma, huh?" Banzai the Monkey asked himself. Researchers named the island this because no one was able to information on its secrets. Everyone who went to explore the island never returned.

"Well," he stood up, "I'm not going to find out anything by standing around here." He dropped his heavy staff to the ground, where it floated a few feet above it. Two flat pads then extended out of the staff. He then jumped on it, riding it like a board. "I'm not going to save anyone by standing here either." His staff then exhaled bluish smoke, as Banzai soared on it into the skies.

???: I wonder what is on there...*uses Chaos Control to get over to the Island*.

Meanwhile, on top of a building, a cloaked figure stared at the island floating alone in the waters. He saw the tiny dot that was Banzai flying towards the island.

"What is he doing?" the figure muttered to himself. "Hmph...well, if that island's the source of the flood, then I suppose it's worth investigating..."

Activating jets in his boots, the cloaked figure flew towards the island as well...

Later that day, a news reporter was giving a report on the island. "As you can see, Station Square is completely underwater. Just recently, several people have traevlled to the island, ignoring the stories of people who vanished there. Who knows what it holds? Treasures? Monsters? Hopefully we'll find out soon enough."

Part 1B: The Island of Enigma (Jungle)
Banzai knew he landed in an open, grassy plain, but as soon as he landed he foudn himself in a dense jungle. "What the hell!?" He shouted in confusion. After exploring the jungle for a bit, he stopped to rest. "Wow, this place is a lot bigger than I thought!" The island was indeed massive, with varying environments. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a huge, glowing lizard-like creature walked out of the trees and attacked Banzai. With a quick WHACK! of his staff, the creature was down for the count. Then, it suddenly faded away into smoke. "That was weird," Banzai said. Then, about ten more creatures walked out of the trees, much larger than the previous one and more T-rex like. "Looks like he brought friends!" Banzai said, staff in hand, ready to knock some prehistoric skulls. Suddenly, one of the creatures exhaled scorching fire-breath, catching Banzai by surprise. He immediately jumped into the trees, but his tail caught a tiny flame. As he blew it out, he realized something: the trees didn't catch fire. The dino flame should have scorched the trees behind him, but they didn't have a mark on them. "That's odd." Then, another dino shot a huge ball of electricity at Banzai. Using his staff, he hit it back like a baseball, right at the dino. Banzai stood there in shock as it simply absorbed the electricity like it was nothing. "Uh oh," he said.

A large tangle of vines grows up out of the ground. The separate from each other, revealing a brown hedgehog with green streaks. He notices Banzai nearby. "Sup?"

"Who're you?" he asked.

"Name's Vine," says the hedgehog, "Call me Growth."

"Okay Growth," Banzai said, "You wanna help me with these dinos?"

"Sure." A wooden pole rises from the ground next to him. He grabs it and a huge, curved thorn grows out of one end, turning it into a scythe.

A blue dino soon spotted them, and exhaled an icy breath in their direction.

Banzai jumped out of the trees and fired an energy blast from his hand at the creature.

The vines beside Growth begin to tangle and extend, becoming a long, winding path up to the dino's head. He charges up the vine path, spinning his scythe expertly.

The blast Banzai fired hit the dino, but didn't seem to have much of an effect. A second, red dino breathed fire at Growth. Banzai threw his staff like a boomerang at the red dino, hitting it in the head an knocking it down, due to the staff's heavy weight. However, the flames still managed to reach Growth.

Vines grow up out of the vine bridge and kamekazi right into the flames, blocking them yet catching on fire in the attempt.

Banzai took on the other dino's using his staff to crack their skulls. He managed to climb up the back of another one and smack it in the head, killing it.

Growth reaches the top of his bridge, jumps up high, and brings his scythe down on the blue dino, spinning it at blinding speed.

Growth managed to kill the dino, but there were more looming around them.

"Maybe we should get out of here," Banzai suggested.

"Probably a good idea," Growth replies.

Banzai jumps on his staff, riding it like a board. "can you fly?"

"Nope," says Growth, "I use the plants." The vines wrap around Growth and recede into the ground, taking him with.

"Oh well, suit yourself," Banzai said as he flew off into the sky.

Part 1C: The Island of Enigma (Mountains)
A figure stood on the peak of a rocky mountain as he watched the heroes (and villains) set foot on the island. "Fools," he said, "What do they think their doing? They had better not interfere with my plans."

At the foot of the mountain, the cloaked figure with the jet boots descended, looking around.

"Hm? Looks like I have a visitor. I should give him a proper welcome," Paroi said.

At the foot of the mountain, the cloaked figure heard movement behind him. He turned around.

"Hello," Paroi said.

"Who are you?"

"Your executioner." He then extended his arm towards the figure and created a prison of earth around them, only exposing their head. "Who are you?" Paroi asked.

"I was...Burton," said the figure. The earth around him suddenly exploded outwards, revealing that his left arm was robotic and currently in gun mode; the barrel was smoking.

"Now my name is Edgecrusher," he continued, pushing the rest of the earth away from him.

"A mechanical abomination is more like it," Paroi replied, creating several blades of light around him. "Now, do you plan on leaving my island?"

"I know what I am," said Edgecrusher, looking somewhat remorseful. "But I don't plan on leaving. This island is the source of the flood in Station Square, I know it is."

"Correct, and soon the source of destruction around the world." Paroi said as the blades of light sped towards Edgecrusher. Just as the blades were about to hit him, the cyborg leaped up into the air with surprising agility, making the blades collide beneath him.

"Pest," Paroi said. Swinging his hand upwards, he sent the blades at Edgecrusher again, who aimed his robotic left hand at them and fired an energy shot.

A wall of earth rose up in front of Paroi, guarding against the energy shot. "This is my domain. You cannot defeat me here all alone."

"No...but I can try."

"Funny."

Edgecrusher landed on the wall of earth. Rock spikes then erupted from the wall Edgecrusher was standing on. Leaping back, he grabbed one of the spikes and broke it off. He then drove it downwards towards Paroi.

Paroi grabbed the spike, with Edge clinging onto it, and threw it against the side of the mountain with great force, creating a massive crack in it. For a moment, there was silence...

"I know you're not that weak," Paroi said.

Without warning, the rock spike shot out of the wall like a bullet, heading right for Paroi.

Paroi was expecting something like that, and punched the spike directly, causing it to shatter into hundreds of pieces. "That all?"

The hooked end of a chain suddenly sunk into Paroi's shoulder, and he was dragged forward!

"Gah!" Thinking fast, he grabbed onto the chain, dug his heel into the ground, spun around and dragged Edge out of the wall. The cyborg landed hard and dug in his heels as well, pulling back. It was a tug of war.

"You're pretty quick for a hunk of metal," Paroi said. Suddenly, the ground below the cyborg's feet turned to mud, causing him to slip and be thrown off the side of the cliff by Paroi. The chain, that was connected to his robotic left arm, was still embedded in Paroi's flesh. The cyborg then watched as the chain phased out of Paroi, as if emerging from water.

Damnit, Edgecrusher thought to himself. He brought the hooked tip of the chain down into the rock, anchoring it into the cliff face.

"Paroi stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at Edgecrusher. "Hanging in there?" He said hunorously, but his expression did not change.

Suddenly, Paroi put his hand to his head, as if he had a headache. "Change of plans," he said as a massive hole opened up where edge was hanging and sucked him in.

(On to part 2)

Part 1D The Island of Enigma (Glacier)
Fa-La-Stu:(In deep thought)If I'm to reverse the effects of Station Square I have to travel to this island first. (Bumps into a glacier then faints)

(When she wakes up she is in a Glacier)

Fa-La-Stu:Huh,where am I?This is very strange. (Outloud)Anybody here!?

"Hey," a voice said. It came from a red cat with blue hair. "Name's Beat. Who're you? Came to investigate the island too?"

Fa-La-Stu:I'm princess Falalala-Stu Ruth Echidna but please,for the love of god refer me to as Fa-La-Stu.Correct you are I'm here to see if this has anything to do with Station Square going down.

"There is a high possibility it does," Beat said. "Don't you feel cold? I mean, we are in the middle of a glacier."

Fa-La-Stu:No duh!I would uses chaos heat but I'm afraid I might melt this place and I can only swim for so long and cats hate water!

"Hehe. Well, might as well explore this place. It's so weird though. When I got to this place, I could have sworn I was ina jungle or something. Then I found myself here," Beat said.

Then, out of nowhere, a giant hand made of pure ice burst out of the ground and tried to smash Fa-La-Stu and Beat.

Fa-La-Stu:(Used Chaos flame)Back up off me you icy idiot! Now..(punches an ice wall and they sees a forked path)

She burned a hole in the palm of the hand, but it simply reformed and swiped at them again.

"Dammit!" Beat said as he jumped out of the way. "Let's go over there!" he shouted, pointing to the forked path.

(She grabbed him and went down the path moving foward then they fell in a deep dark glacier cave)

Fa-La-Stu:Now what?

"Looks like you didn't heed my warning," a booming voice sounded from all directions.

"Who are you?" Beat asked.

"I am Paroi," the voice answered, "guardian of this island. Leave now or suffer."

"Should we listen to him?" Beat asked.

Fa-La-Stu:Not if Station Square is still in danger! We'll never leave do us your worse Paroi! Come on do something!

"Suit yourselves."

"I don't like the sound of that," Beat said.

Fa-La-Stu:Wait! Your a cat! Use your nails to climb out of this cave!

"I could do that, or..." his hand started to glow bright blue, and a blue platform appeared in front of them. Beta stepped on it and motioned for Fa-La-Stu to follow him.

Fa-La-Stu:(Follows)What is this?

"It's a platform made out of drive, my energy. Hold on tight. I'm gonna fly us outta here." With that the platform rose into the air, carrying Beat and Fa-La-Stu out of the cave.

Fa-La-Stu:Now what to do?Wanna' kiss? (Thinking)I guess Krinkinko is sort of rubbing off on me.

"I think I'll pass, maybe later," he said as the dropped down into a wide, grassy plain. "How does ice and snow suddenly turn into green grass?"

Fa-La-Stu:Sorry 'bout that. I think Paroi transported us here somehow. Yo Paroi!Waht's the big idea?

"What do you mean?" a cloaked figure was standing behind the two.

Fa-La-Stu:(shocked)Who are YOU?

"You just said my name." Paroi said sarcastically. "Now, I ask you to leave once more."

The cold wind picks up. Snow begins to swirl into a shape nearby. The winds die down, revealing a cyan hedgehog with white streaks.

"More unwanted guests," Paroi said.

The hedgehog crosses her arms. "And who are you?"

Fa-La-Stu:Wait,are you...Snap!?

As soon as Beat saw Paroi, we welled up with rage. "You're the one who destroyed Sation Square! What's the deal with this island anyway?"

"I shall bring about the destruction of the surface world," Paroi said.

Snap looks over at Fa-La-Stu and replies "Hey."

Fa-La-Stu:You should be able to freeze Paroi!

"Possibly." Snap turns to Paroi and raises her arms. Twin jets of cold shoot out at him.

Paroi extends his arm towards Snap, causing the jets to backfire and reverse towards her instead. Paroi then raises his arms, causing long, thorned vines to rise up out of the earth. "I warned you." he then sent the vines charging at Fa-La-Stu, Snap and Beat.

Fa-La-Stu:(Uses Chaos blast then gets on her knees)Your sucking my powers!

(No he's not, well, not yet actually)

The jets of ice swerve around Snap. She charges at Paroi.

Fa-La-Stu:What did the world ever do to you anyway?

"You don't need to know my reasons," Paroi said as he chopped Snap in the neck at lightning fast speed. The thorned vines then wrap around Fa-La-Stu and Beat.

"Grr! I won't let you get away!" Beat then expelled cyan blue energy all over his body destroying the vines. He then rappidly fires bolts of blue energy at Paroi.

(Fa-La-Stu then finishes the combo with a Chaos lightning to PAroi's chest)

Snap takes the chop and immediately collapses into a pile of snow. It was only a clone.

Paroi created a wall of earth to guard against Beat's attacks. He then saw the pile of snow left by Snap."Hm. What a coward." Paroi puts his hands in front of his chest, absorbing the lightning into his hands. He then redirected it towards Fa-La-Stu.

Fa-La-Stu:(Does the same as Paroi did)

Paroi then sinks into the earth, and the lightning passed above his head. He then rose out of the earth behind Fa-La-Stu and caught her in a headlock.

"Get away from her!" Beat shouted as he charged his fist with blue energy and attempted to punch Paroi. This caused Paroi to release Fa-La-Stu in order to dodge the attack.

Fa-La-Stu:(Kisses Beat)Thank you.

Beat's face turned red, redder than usual. "Uh, thanks."

Jonik:Snap,get out of here!

Snap: Jonik! what are you doing here?

"Maybe you should get out of here," Paroi said.

Snap: no way! (twin spears of ice appear in her hands)

Jonik:(Starts to make Paroi extremely scared)

Paroi looks towards Jonik. "What are you trying to do?" he asked as he fired a couple of energy bolts in his direction.

Snap: (a wall of ice rises to block the bolts) not while im here! (stabs at Paroi with her spears)

Paroi had a mental lapse for just a moment, preventing him from reacting to Snap's attack. He was stabbed in his chest and badly hurt. "Gyahh!! There...seems to be...a change of plans," he said before disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.

"That was weird," Beat said.

Suddenly, a massive hole opened up beneath them, and the fell into it's depths.

(on to part 2!)

Part 1E The Island of Enigma (Desert)
Meanwhile, a small group of people, Trolls to be exact, happened to descend upon the island's desert. They were led by a green-furred hedgehog wearing a jacket and blue jeans named Toxic.

"So, this is the island," he said, looking around. He turned and looked at his fellow Trolls. "Trolls, there may be a great treasure hidden on this island! We will find it for Rageik!"

The Trolls cheered, all except for an emaciated, gray-furred runt of a hedgehog. Toxic happened to notice the gray hedgehog's lack of enthusiasm.

"Aww, whats the matter, mutt? Scared?"

"Uhh...y-yeah, a little..."

Toxic snorted.

"What a wimp," he said. "It's just a desert."

Lol: Hey fellas.What are you here for! (Throws a poptart towards Dismal) Catch!

Dismal, not expecting someone to throw a Poptart at him, promptly missed the catch.

"We're looking for a treasure, Lol," said Toxic.

"Why don't you fools leave?" a voice echoed all round them. Everyone jumped and looked around, while Dismal cowered.

"Who's there?!" Toxic commanded.

Lol:Some idiot trying to get his butt kicked! (Hands Dismal a whole box of strawberry poptarts)

"I am the guardian of this domain. If you do not leave now, you will all suffer horrible consequences."

"Ohh no, horrible consequences! How scary!" Toxic said in a mocking tone.

Lol:Horrible consequences! (Baby voice) Look buddy, once we find out what this island is we'll rule it with an iron fist!

"Uhh, g-guys, we should probably leave," said Dismal.

Suddenly, the trolls found themselves sinking.

"Oh crap!"

Lol:No when there's a will there's a way!I can take this quicksand now grab my hand Dismal and grab the rest on the guy's hands in a line and hold on tight!

The Trolls obediently formed a chain, with Dismal holding onto Lol's hand.

(Lol then uses all his strenght and flies into the desert sky with them coming out the sand in a chain he then spots a temple and goes down there)Lol:(Huff puff)You guys are pretty heavy!

Part 1F The Island of Enigma (Caves)
???:(walks into the cave) I wonder where everyone is....

"Why don't you leave?" a voice echoed all around ???.

???:(uses Thunderbolt at the Cave and turns around) Who are you?!

"I am Paroi, guardian of this island. leave now or suffer."

???:I won't leave.(uses Metal Claw on the Cave)

"Suit yourself."

Suddenly, a massive boulder falls in front of ???.

Droget:(Jumps in front of the boulder and Slashes it in half)Are you okay?

The two halves of the boulder then sprout arms and legs.

"Meet the Rock devils," Paroi said.

The two creatures then charged into Droget and ???.

Droget:(Spins so fast he can't stop the go to the rock devils and turn them to sand then he falls on the floor dizzy)

The pile of sand forms into a giant hand and swipes ad Droget.

Droget:W-ww-WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!?(crying then slashes)

The hand dissintegrates into sand, and reforms again behind Droget.

The sand then forms into a giant sphere, then takes on a more humanoid appearance, finally revealing none other than Paroi himself.

Droget:(Turns around)W-Who are you?

"The one who shall end your trespassing on my island." Paroi said.

Droget:I just came here to find my friend Fa-La-Stu.Also I bet your the jerk who flooded Station Square.

"You're quick to catch on," Paroi said, "but I don't think you'll find her."

Droget:I have a feeling you know where she is!

"Nothing here happens without me knowing."

Droget:Why did you flood station square we idn't do anything to you. Just fix Station Square and I'll leave faster than you can say Roasted frog.

"No," he said as a bright blue sword appeared in his hands. Paroi then charged ad Droget, attacking him with his sword.

(Droget slashed at the same time to make the swords clash)

Droget:Then I'll have to ask you to leave!

That comment angered Paroi, who then proceeded to repeatedly slash at Droget.

(Droget ept slashing with his sword)

Droget:You villans are all the same. Blood thirsty monsters who kill for no reason.

Suddenly, Paroi jumped back. He had a confused look on his face. He put his hand to his head, as if he had a headache. "Bloodthirsty....monster....wait." As quickly as it happened, he snapped out of his trance and continued attacking Droget, slashing at him at amazing speeds

Droget:I know your not a monster. You have to have good in you. Your protecting this place.

"Leave now!" Paroi shouted as he fired a large beam of energy at Droget.

Droget:(Gets hit)I..know...your not a..monster.(Faints)

"*Huff* Who do you think you are?" Paroi snapped, "Get off this island while you still can!"(Droget is still fainted)

Paroi then vanishes into thin air.

Droget:(wakes up)Please,I know theres good in you.

That was the last thing he said before he was sucked into a hole that apperaed beneath him.

???:Hmm...

Part 1G The Island of Enigma (Temple)
Lol:The treasure should be near.

"Yeah," said Toxic.

Lol:(Starts walking down the basement stairs) I hate to brag but once I rule this island. I'll finally rise and step to the troll throne!

"Umm, what?"

Toxic gripped Lol's shoulder and pulled him back.

"What makes you think that you're ruling this island? We're claiming it in Rageik's name."

Lol:Such a sissy. Just think about it. We rule this island together and just think about all those adoring women. Not to mention we'll go up in ranks and be rulers!

As they were walking, the stairs suddenly retracted, causing them to slip on the steep pathway. They all screamed as they slid down into darkness.

Lol:I smell gold!

Right enough, the trolls landed in a room full of golden treasures. They looked around in amazement.

"Wow...!"

Lol: Now look, Toxic. Do you still want to give this place to Rageik?

"Well...uhh..."

Lol:Just think of all those women Toxic. Foxes, hedgehogs, dragons, sharks, squirrels, computers, chickens, humans, echidnas, seedrians and more!

"Scratch the computers and humans, and I'd be one happy man."

"You're disgusting, Toxic," said Dismal, wrinkling his nose at the green hedgehog. Toxic scowled and chucked a golden goblet at Dismal, hitting him in the head.

"OW!"

Lol:So I think I've found the key to the throne room of this island. So what do you say for Rageik or not for Rageik.

"Hehehe, definitely not for Rageik!"

Lol:(Swipes the key)Now we just need to get this bad boy at the top of this island and we'll rule like kings!

The key then elongates and bends, transforming into a venemous golden snake.

(Lol then throws it and finds the real key)

Lol:Come guys let's head to the mountains!(Runs up the stairs)


 * (what stairs? :D)

The snake then grew to a tremendous size, transforming into a giant, golden cobra, hissing at the trolls. Toxic pulled out a spear, ready to fight.

Lol:Sh** he ain't gettin' this key! (Plays on a flute and starts to charm the Snake)

In response, the cobra spat venom in Lol's direction.

Lol:(Jumps out of the way then grabs the others and the real key then flies towards the mountains)

(wait, if you're deep inside a temple, how do you fly out?)

(They took the stairs to get to the basement,Lol ran up the stairs grabbed everyone and flew out)

(Okay. thanks for clearing that up)

Part 1H Island of Enigma (Wastelands)
Wandering across the desolate lands, General Malla of the Black Army was leading his soldiers to destination currently unknown to them. "Are you sure there's even anything worth are time here, General?" one of them asked. Without even looking back, Malla replied, "I assure you soldier, our time spent here will not be wasted." They walked on, incredibly focused on what lay ahead.

"I'm just going to skip the warning this time and go straight to the consequences." The mysterious Paroi appears in front of the group. "Go away," he said.

Malla observed the being standing before him. "I am not harming this island, nor am I sparking conflict. My soldiers and I are merely searching for something. If you wish to start a battle yourself, then we will not hesitate to defend ourselves," spoke the general. His english-speaking was out of date, so he sounded quite old fashioned. The small group of soldiers behind him each reached for their holsters, ready to fire their there weapons if provoked.

"All I ask is that you leave," he said.

Malla continued forward. "My presence here is not disturbing anything, so I see not reason why I should do as you say," he said. The soldiers followed him as he walked onward.

"Fine. I warned you." Paroi vanished, and a hole appeared beneath Malla, sucking him into its depths.

Malla grabbed onto the edge of the hole, but its expansion made his resistance futile. The soldiers attempted to assist him, but they were merely sucked in as well.

Part 2 The Island Core
The real Paroi stood at an altar somewhere deep within the island.

"Should I bring them?" Paroi asked.

"Yes. They have power. Send them here." A booming voice echoed.

"Understood," Paroi said, bowing.

(Fa-La-Stu gets sucked in)

Fa-La-Stu:W-Where is Droget?!

"He will be here shortly," Paroi said, before vanishing completely.

Beat fell beside Fa-La-Stu. "Oww. My head. Where are we?"

A monkey then lands on top of Beat. "Ouch! How'd I get here?"

Beat recognized the voice immediatly. "Banzai?" he asked.

"Hey, Beat!" Banzai the Monkey responed.

(Droget fell and Fa-La-Stu rushed to help him then Lol and the trolls fell)

Lol:(sees Fa-La-Stu)Hey,cutie.With this key I'll take over this island!

Fa-La-Stu:Still doin' evil?

Snap: (sits up)

Growth: ugh. what happened?

Jonik:I don't know but I don't like it!

Malla and his soldiers appear amongst the others. He cursed in his native tongue before being calmed by the soldiers. Looking around at the others, he asked in english, "Were you all asked to leave as well?"

"Yep," Beat replied.

"I think it's safe to say that this isn't a normal island," Banzai said sarcastically.

Just then, a transparent image of Paroi appeared in front of the group.

"Listen to me closely."

Lol:Yo where's the top or center of this popsicle stand! (hiding the key)

"Just what are you up to!?" Beat shouted to Paroi.

"Yeah! What's the big idea flooding Station Square?" Banzai asked.

Lol:Well I need to get to either the core or top to sight-see.

"You should have listended to me when I said to leave. Now you'll never get out of here."

Lol:Okay I just need to get to the core of the core.

Suddenly, a cloaked figure descended down behind everyone, using the jets in his boots.

Malla laughed. "That is hard to believe. If I wish it, I can call in one of my gunships and teleport myself and my soldiers on board. You cannot keep us here, no matter how hard you try." The soldiers began to laugh with him, but there was a sort of nervousness to theirs'.

Lol: Helloooo? Core?

"It's not that simple." Paroi said. "When I was telling you to leave, I was trying to spare you this fate. As your simian friend said, this isn't a normal island."

"If you were helping us," Beat said, "Why were you trying to kill us!?"

"Someone else is controlling my actions." Paroi said. "It's complicated. The most I can do on my own is project an image of myself and warn you."

Malla looked as if he were disgusted. "'Friend'? I would never befriend a Mobian. What a scum of a species..." he growled. One of the soldiers behind him began fiddling with a handheld device.

Lol:I'll find the center of the core myself!

Droget:I knew you were doing all this for good! Now where is this jerk whose controlling you.

"Wait, you're a good guy?" Beat asked, mostly to himself.

"You're standing in him," Paroi said.

Edgecrusher, still standing away from everyone, looked down.

"So, the island's -" Beat started.

"Yes. The 'island' is actually a huge monster, known as Sentinel."

Dismal whimpered and stared nervously at the ground.

One of the soldiers began to laugh, but this time he was actually humoured. "This hunk of rock is a monster?" he asked rhetorically, "Why don't I let him know we're here, then?" The soldier then pulled a Light Shot from his holster and fired at the walls of the core.

Lol:Don't fear Dismal.(The key made a large unlocking noise, Lol floated up,he glowed golden,the key then disapeared. It appears I have to make it out this core to rule this Island.

(you're twisting the plot a bit, don't you think?)

(well it's not like he can get out so you can basically carry on)

Growth: (gasps. whispers, seemingly to no one) Storm, what are you doing?

(Lol feels an invisible hand slam into his back. when it leaves he is forced to unwillingly land and return to normal)

Lol:Who did that? Cause I will gain control...eventually. (the key appears again)

Dismal started to sneak away, looking for some way to escape.

(a female voice is heard)

???: i should've known i couldn't keep hidden forever. (a blue hedgehog with yellow streaks appears. long, thin strands of electricity coming out of her fingers and going into Snap and Lol's backs)

Lol:Teeeheee.That tickles!

Storm: that's not all it does. (tugs on the strands attached to Lol. he unwillingly throws the key to the side)

Dismal was still sneaking away, trying to make himself look as inconspicuous as possible.

Lol:*dives and catches th key*Careful. IT's no use Dismal we're trapped.

Storm: this is my puppetmaster technique. it allows me to control another's actions. only downside is i have to get in close to use it.

"I'll take that," Paroi said, as the key floated into his hands. "Listen to me. You're all in another dimension right now. The most I can do is send you to another part of Sentinel. You'll have to figure out the rest from there."

"Can't you do more than that?" Beat asked.

"Sorry. Right now Sentinel doesn't know I'm helping you guys, and I plan to keep it that way. By the way, you may feel your energy slowly slipping away."

Banzai hadn't noticed it before, but realized that he was gradually getting weaker. "You're right."

"Sentinel is absorbing you're energy so it can awaken. You must hurry." Then, Paroi's image vanished.

Then everyone was teleported to another part of Sentinel.

Part 2B Stairs
"Where the heck are we?" Beat asked.

"Look for the orb," Paroi's voice echoed.

Lol: I have a feeling that key will help us later Mr. stingy.

Droget: I hate mazes!

Seeing how Dismal was already a physically weak individual, he was now finding it hard to stand up.

Lol:*notices Dismal and picks him up on his back*Gotcha' back buddy!

Storm: (the electric strands attached to Lol dissappear. she puts her hand on Growth's back. when she removes it, electric strands are coming out of her fingertips and going into his back)

"I'm sensing a strange energy sources coming from that direction," Beat said, pointing North of their position.

"I trust your judgment, so I'm following you," Banzai said as he followed Beat in the indicated direction. Edgecrusher silently followed the two of them.

Lol:(follows)

Storm: i sense it too. let's go. (follows them. brings Snap and Growth with)

Malla grunted. "Hmm, I suppose I have no choice," he said angrily. He then gestured to his soldiers. "You split up... and give me one of your weapons." A soldier than handed him a Dark Hammer, and he proceeded to follow the others.

The makeshift group continued down a large, twisting stairway. Suddenly, Beat stopped.

"What's up?" Banzai asked.

"The energy suddenly shifted." Beat pointed to his left. "It's over there now, no wait." He pointed to his right, "There! Wait, I'm getting three different readings."

"Maybe we should split up," Banzai suggested. "Hey Storm, you can sense energy, right? Can anyone else here do that?"

Storm: actually, that might not be necessary. i've been working on a technique that allows me to split my spirit into peices and insert them into the people im using the puppetmaster technique on.

"Uh, I don't like the idea of spirits inside me," Banzai said.

"Hold on," Beat said, "One reading's stronger than the others. I think this Sentinel thing is trying to throw us off."

"Hey, I think I found what we're looking for!" Banzai was leaning over the balcony, and he spotted a large key-hole like opening, several feet below them.

Droget:What are we looking for again?

"I'm gonna guess it's that giant keyhole," Beat said. "Doesn't someone have a key?"

Snap, Storm, and Growth: (look at Lol)

"Wait, didn't Paroi take it?" Beat asked.

"Look! Over there!" Banzai pointed towards a glowing key floating sevearl feet ahead of them.

"How'd we miss that?" Beat asked. "It could be a trap. After all, we are inside a monster."

Growth: i'll go. after all, Storm's already using her puppetmaster on me. if i get knocked unconcious or something, she could pull me back.

"Okay then. Be careful," Beat said.

Growth: alright. (carefully walks over and grabs the key)

Suddenly, the key melts into a puddle. It then slowly grows and changes shape, until an exact copy of Growth is standing before him

Growth: !

"I knew it was a trap!" Banzai said, annoying Beat.

(Numbuh, would you mind Rp-ing for the fake Growth? When it's defeated they'll get the key)

(alright. does it have the same abilities?)

(Yep. And it's more resilient)

Growth: (throws a punch at the fake)

Fake Growth: (vines grow out of the ground and trap Growth)

Growth: heh, think you're tough huh? (scythe appears in his hand. manages to free himself and swings the scythe at the Fake)

F Growth: (blocks with his own)

Lol:(sneaks from behind and electricutes the fake growth)

F Growth: (roots snake out of his feet and into the ground, redirecting the lightning)

Beat throws a couple of energy bolts at the fake Growth

F Growth: (the energy is redirected by the roots. he aims his hand at Beat. vines shoot out at Beat)

Beat forms a barrier around himself, deflecting the vines. He then aimes his free hand at F.Growth, enveloping him in another barrier.

Edgecrusher, who had been hanging back the entire time, finally approached the fake Growth. He aimed his left arm at the doppelganger, and his hand turned into a flamethrower.

F Growth: (glad for Beat's barrier. surrounds himself in another barrier of plant)

"I was hoping you'd do that," Beat said as he released his trap around Growth.

F Growth: (as soon as the barrier is gone, hundreds of razor sharp thorns grow out of his own barrier and shoot out at the heroes)

"Hrraaahhh!!!" Banzai fired a large energy beam at F Growth, destroying the thorns in the process

F Growth: (the beam tears through the plants and slams into him full force)

As soon as the beam hit the fake Growth, Edgecrusher released a blast of flame from his robotic hand to scorch the doppelganger.

"Is it over?' Beat asked.

F Growth: (dead)

The Fake growth then melted into a puddle again, and reformed back into the key. Beat carefully walked towards it and picked it up. After studying it for a while, he came to the conclusion that it was safe. "Now, let's drop this thing into that keyhole!"

Growth: (abruptly grabs the key, jumps off the stairs, and falcon drops the key into the lock)

As soon as the key entered the hole, it shrank and vanished in a blinding flash. When it finall cleared, Paroi, the real one, was standing in front of Growth.

Growth: (stands up, since the falcon drop left him in a sitting position) hey.

"Thanks," Paroi said. "Now, things just get harder from here."

"What?" Beat said.

"Well, you freed me from Sentinel, meaning I have no control over him anymore, and he's still draining our energy, mine included."

"Great," Banzai said.

"And now that he's lost his guardian, he's bound to be furious," Paroi continued.

Growth: so, what happens now?

"Now, I can help you to escape," Paroi said. "Although -"

He was cut off when the stairs they were standing on suddenly vanished, causing them all to fall.

"Sentinel's pretty mad," Beat said.

Snap: (creates a slide of ice to slow their fall)

"YIPE!" Banzai cried as soon as he landed on the slide. "I HATE cold!"

"Just be glad we're not dead!" Beat told him.

"Can you take us in that direction?" Paroi pointed to the west.

"What's over there?" Banzai asked.

"An exit." Paroi answered.

"Excellent," Malla said boldly, "I can finally get what I came here for." He began to head west, swinging his Dark Hammer at the air.

Then, before they knew it, they were back in Station Square, and swimming in water. Edgecrusher quickly fired his hooked chain at a building, pulling himself towards it and climbing onto the window sill, panting slightly.

"Hwwaaaaaah!!!" Paroi cried and extended his arms to his sides. Suddenly, all the water evaporated into the air.

"Wow, that was easy," Beat commented.

"I'm a sorcerer. I know many spells. That was nothing." Paroi answered.

"What now?" Banzai asked.

"From the look of things, Sentinel will awaken in a few hours. When he does, he will rampage and destroy the surface world."

"What!? Why!?" Beat was shocked.

"He wants to claim it for himself. What we need to do is find some way to transport him to another space," Paroi said, "however, we'll need a massive amount of power. He is an extremely powerful being."

"We can get the Chaos Emeralds and use Chaos Control," Banzai suggested.

"That would work, but how are we going to get them all in a few hours?" Beat asked.

"If I can get back onto Sentinel," Malla started, "I can get what I came here for... An emerald hunter. I intended for him to find the emeralds for myself, but I suppose destroying this thing takes priority." He pulled out a hologram generator, which showed an orange robot. "Does anyone want to help me find it?"

Dismal looked around. Now that all the water was gone, he could get out of here. He started to walk away.

"I'll be glad to help," Beat said

"Me too!" Banzai said enthusiastically.

"Hey! General guy!" Banzai called Malla. "Mind if I come with ya?"

"I myself am a living Emerald detector," Paroi said. "If I focus hard enough, I can sense the location of large sources of energy, but I have to be close enough. I still suggest we split up into groups to collect the emeralds faster."

"Can you sense any now?" Beat asked.

"Hold on." Paroi closed his eyes and stood completely still. It was obvious he was focusing very hard. Finally, he opened his eyes again. "There, on that mountain." Paroi pointed towards a large mountain looming in the distance.

"Okay then," Beat said, "I'll help you get it. You, uh general guy, would you see if you can locate another emerald while we look for this one?"

Storm: i think my puppetmaster technique will help here. (severs connection with Snap and Growth. makes new one with Paroi)

"How does this technique work?" Paroi asked Storm.

Storm: using electrokinesis i can simulate the electrical impulses from the brain that make the body move, taking control. or, in this case, let the target keep control, while using the electric strands between us to, in a way, combine us into a single being.

"Now, in case of emergency, is their any way I can sever this connection?" Paroi asked.

(really, is there?)

Storm: if there's an emergency, I'll know about it and sever the tie myself.

"Fine then. A little warning though. Forgive me for boasting, but my body is a bit more complex than the average person. Be careful with your technique." Paroi then took a few steps forward. "Now, let's go."

Malla swung his Dark Hammer over his shoulder. "Alright then, the monkey and I will return to Sentinel and locate my hunter, while you three search yourselves." After speaking, he took out a handheld device and pointed it to the sky, pressing a button. "One of our tanks should be here shortly for transportation," he added.

Banzai dropped his staff to the ground, which then hovered slightly above the road. he then jumped on it, riding it like a board. "If you want, I can go and scout out the area first, before you go. What does this hunter look like, and where'd you last see him, or it?"

"An orange robot," Malla explained, "I was tracking it to a mountain on the island, until I was interrupted." He looked off in the direction Paroi and Storm went with annoyance. "You can go ahead if you must, but I will be close behind, ready to combat whatever Sentinel may throw at us." Looking up into the sky, Malla noticed that his tank had arrived. "Ah, my transport approaches."

"Okay then, I'm off!" Banzai said as he soared towards the island.

"Okay, I'll go see if I can find any Emeralds," Beat said as he materialized a board-shaped object out of his energy. "Hey, wait a second." He noticed Dismal sneaking away. "You wanna come with me? I can use some help."

"Uhh," said Dismal, looking caught off guard. "I...well, I'm pretty....useless...."

"Don't say that," Beat said. "C'mon."

"If you say so..."

The gray hedgehog hesitantly walked over to Beat.

Paroi and Storm's hunt
Paroi and Storm started their climb to the summit of the grassy hill.

"There may be a much easier way to do this," Paroi said.

Storm: this is just so we can split up while still allowing us both to track the emeralds.

"I was talking about climbing the hill," Paroi said as he continued trekking up the hill.

Storm: yeah, there probably is.

"Hm." Paroi snapped his fingers, encasing Storm and himself in a bright blue orb. "Hope you don't mind teleportation." Paroi then focused his energy, and made a diamond shape with his thumbs and index fingers. "PERAGRO!" Suddenly, both Paroi and Storm instantly appeared at the top of the hill, overlooking Station Square.

Storm: that was much easier than walking.

"Now, the emerald should be around here somewhere," Paroi said.

As soon as Paroi spoke, several, devil-like creatures jumped out of the trees.

"Ah, that would be the Shades. Careful, they're not friendly."

Then, they all swarmed and attacked the two.

Storm: (severs connection with Paroi)

Paroi spread his arms, and mutters a word under his breath. Then, the entire area was enveloped in a blue barrier. "There, they should be more vunerable now. Attack them while the seal is active!"

Storm: right! (charges at the Shades, twin blades of lightning extending from her fingertips)

The Shades visibly had difficulty movign while in Paroi's seal. They were like sitting ducks to Storm's attacks.

Storm: (begins slashing mercilessly at the Shades)

Storm manages to dismiss a few of the Shades, but other's begin to slowly reform.

Storm: (slightly annoyed now. begins firing bolts of lightning at the Shades)

Storm's last attack finally finished off the rest of the Shades. Paroi then released his seal. "Shades are spawn of Sentinel. Annoying little things. That would have taken much longer if I didn't weaken them." He then walked over to a bush, sifted through the leaves, and pulled out a yellow Chaos Emerald. "One down, six to go."

Storm: alright. (restores connection with Paroi)

"I don't sense any in this area," Paroi said. "Let's go somewhere else."

Storm: right!

"Let's head back to Station Square. Maybe I'll pick up something there."

Storm: got it. let's go.

Back in Station Square.

"Huh?" Paroi stopped for a second. "I'm sensing another one, no two others!"

Storm: exactly what these are for. (holds up the electric strands connecting them) how far apart?

"Hm. These might be more difficult to get. One us somewhere off the coast of the city, while the other is on the other side of the city." Paroi pointed to the left. "It's a little convenient that all the emeralds are so close together," he commented. "Maybe they were gathered here before the flood?"

Storm: possibly. but close is good. there's still a limit on how far these can stretch.

"Hm." Paroi smiled. "It seems one of our friends have found an emerald. That leaves five more." He then got serious again. "I'll take the one in the ocean. The other one should be on top of that sky scraper." Paroi pointed to a building in the distance.

Storm: easy. (starts grinding toward the building on a rail of lightning. the electric strands between them continue to lengthen)

"I guess I'll go," Paroi said, taking off in the opposite direction. When he finally reached the harbor, he stopped and looked at the water. "This should be simple," he said as he dove into the sea.

Storm: (reaches the building. the rail turns and goes straight up to the top. despite gravtiy, she continues along the rail at the same speed)

A couple of Shades appear and try to knock her off the rail by ramming into her.

Storm: (backflips off the rail. it splits into multiple lightning bolts. each bolt slams into the Shades. she lands on a new rail)

Paroi, using his magic, was walking and breathing underwater like it was nothing. "Now where is this emerald?" Suddenly, eight fish-like Shades appeared around him. "Finally, my turn." He said.

Meanwhile, back above water, the Shades Storm defeated were forming into a giant blob. It deformd and bent and twisted, until it turned ito a giant griffin creature with piercing blue eyes.

Storm: well that's annoying. (leaps off the rail onto the griffen's back. a whip made of electricity appears in her hand)

The griffin writhes vigorously, trying to shake Storm off its back. In an attempt, it turned upside down and continued flying that way.

Storm: (lashes out with her whip. it wraps around the griffin's neck and she catches the other end on the other side. uses the whip like reins to steer it into a building)

The beast shrieked, and then turned its head in a complete 180, now facing Storm. It opened its mouth, and exhaled a purple fiery breath at her.

Storm: (taken by surprise. let's go of one end of the whip and dodges to the side. some of the flames still hit her)

Meanwhile, Paroi was holding an emerald in his hand, the remains of several Shades floating around him. "Better get back to the surface," he said as he made a massive jump underwater, breaking the surface in little time.

The griffin twisted the rest of its body to face Storm. Then it tried to ram into her.

Storm: (takes the hit and starts falling, grateful for the wind that puts out the flames. she cracks her whip and it wraps around a pole jutting out from the side of the building)

The griffin realized that ramming worked, so it attempted to do it again.

Storm: Weapon Style: Lightning Whip! (storm clouds close in over head. multiple whips of lightning stretch out of the clouds and wrap around the griffin. the rain from the storm causes the whips to electrocute the beast)

The beast writhed about in pain for several seconds, before finally bursting in a puff of purple smoke.

Storm: (panting slightly. continues the climb up to the top of the skyscraper)

Paroi continued walking towards where Storm was, emerald in hand. "I wonder if that girl has gotten the gem yet?"

Storm: (reaches the top and grabs the emerald. makes a new rail and rides it back to Paroi)

Paroi sees Storm coming twards, and waves to her. "Over here."

Storm: (sees him. stops and jumps off the rail whe she gets there. holds up her emerald) got it.

"Good." He then took the emerald from Storm and stored it in his coat. "I created a sort of link with the others, letting me know if they;ve found any. Let me check." He put his hand to his head and closed his eyes. "We have 3, Beat and Dismal have 2, and Banzai and Malla are about to get another one, meaning there's only one left to find."

Storm: alright, where is it?

"Hm. Hold on a second." Paroi cloesd his eyes and tried sensing for another emerald. "It's.....someone has it already. Someone on our side."

Storm: great! then let's head back to the others.

Banzai and Malla's Hunt
Banzai floated high above the 'island', using his goggles to scan the landscape. "Where would I find an orange robot?"

Down below, Malla flew by in his tank. He dropped the blast shield and shouted up to Banzai, "Would you rather I lead the way, Mobian? I have a locator on it."

"Yeah, go ahead!" He shouted back.

Suddenly, a great ball of purple flame shot out of the 'island' directly towards Banzai. He narrowly managed to avoid it without falling off of his staff. "I think Sentinel knows we're here." As soon as he said that, more fireballs headed towards Malla and Banzai.

Malla defended with the tank's cannon, but the fireballs quickly tore through its barrier. The tank was done for, so he jumped from the cockpit and brought his Dark Hammer down hard upon the ground.

"Guess it's time to land." Banzai dove his staff towards the ground, sumersaulting off of it just before hitting the ground next to Malla. Just then, a massive puddle of purple ooze appeared in front of the two.

"That does not look good," Banzai remarked.

Malla rested the Dark Hammer on his shoulders, and pulled a Flash Shot from his holster. "Hmph, I have been more frightened by Annelids back home. This is far from menacing," he said as he fired a shot at the ooze.

The ooze simply took the shot. Then, it split up into ten parts, each part forming into a purple devil-like creature.

For once, Banzai didn't make a comment and swung his staff directly at one of them. To his surprise, his staff got lodged in them as if they were made of mud. He pulled as hard as he could, and finally managed to dislodge his staff. "Looks like physical attacks are worthless."

From another holster, Malla revealed a Worm Shooter and threw it to Banzai. Firing rapidly at the creatures, he shouted, "Then we use more gun!"

Banzai tossed the weapon back to Malla. "You do things your way, I'll do them my way." His hands started to glow. He then spread his arms forward, and rapidly fired several energy blasts at the creatures.

Realizing that his weapons weren't working, Malla put the two guns away and dropped his hammer. He ran at one of the creatures and grabbed its head, smashing it to the ground. "We have to find that robot if we're going to get the emeralds," he called out to Banzai, "If you can handle yourself, Mobian, I can go look."

"I'm okay here! You go look! But we're still on Sentinel, so there's bound to be worse stuff."

Malla tried to run, but the creatures held him back. He fought them off, but their numbers were too great; he was overwhelmed. Suddenly, from the distance came an orange streak. It passed by like lightening, tearing the beasts away. When it stopped, it was revealed to be the robot they were looking for: Proto M. "It's the Doctor's robot!" Malla shouted, "How did it reactivate on its own?"

"Well that was lucky!" Banzai said as he continued fighting off the rest of the Shades.

Malla grabbed the robot, and said to it "You're coming with me, hunter." Instead of cooperating, Proto M slashed through Malla's armoured glove and dropped to the ground. It scanned the Black Barrel he had mounted on his shoulder, and reshaped its arm to duplicate it. Proto M began firing rapidly at Malla, Banzai, and the Shades.

Banzai jumped high into the air and started flying on his staff, swerving to dodge the bullets. "Why's this guy attacking us?" he called to Malla.

"I have no idea!" Malla shouted in frustration, using a Black Shied to block the shots, "It shouldn't even be moving! We shot it down, that's why it's here." He reached behind his back, pulling out two Black Swords. He ran forward, slashing at the Shades along the way, and kicked Proto M to the ground.

"So, what to do? I mean, we can't break it, since we need it to find the emeralds!" Banzai said as he landed next to Malla, staff in hand.

Malla walked up to the robot, using his foot to hold it down. He looked around, noticing that the oncoming Shades seem to have slowed. "I say we knock some sense into it, the stupid hunk of metal," he suggested.

"I'll leave that to you. I got these things covered." He spun his staff in his hand, and ran off to fight the army of monsters.

Hmm, brave little monkey, Malla thought to himself. He picked up Proto M violently and started to speak in his native language. "Listen robot, I know you can understand me, whatever language I speak in. I'm going to make this clear: Help us, or I turn you into scrap and send you back to that idiotic Doctor." Proto M made some strange clicking sounds, then appeared to calm down. "Good choice," Malla chuckled.

Meanwhile, Banzai was swatting down the Shades like flies. The weight of his staff made it easy to cut through them like water. When he finished off a couple with his staff, he took care of the rest with several energy beams. By the time he was finished, He was panting. "So...is he on our side again?" he asked, pointing to the robot.

"If he knows what's good for him, yes," Malla answered. He dropped that robot, and it began scanning the surrounding lands, an area of a few miles at least. When the scan ended, Proto M began hovering away. "This way. There is an emerald on the island, in the possession of a Mobian," it said. Malla followed silently, batting away a remaining Shade with his fist.

Banzai followed after him. "You lead the way boss."

(later)

The three continued onward, closing in on their target with every step. Malla was concerned, but no about the mission at hand. "Why are you so willing to side with me, Mobian?" he asked to Banzai, who was following close behind him, "Our species' have been enemies for decades, yet you and your allies are so calm in my presence, and that of my soldiers. I wonder if it is a matter of circumstance, or something more..." His inquiries trailled off, as Proto M stated, "We are approaching our destination."

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend," Banzai replied. "If we can't learn to get along, how are we going to solve anything?"

Malla sighed. "I have much to learn from your kind," he said faintly, "Perhaps I come from a race too bent on conflict. If we destroy this beast, the one we stand on right now, are we any better than it? I just don't know anymore. Have I strayed from my morals? Perhaps..." Malla finished, talking more to himself than Banzai. Not to far away, a burst of blue flame shot into the sky, accompanied by the same ooze left by the Shades.

"Well," Banzai started as he followed Malla, "what I do know is, if we don't take care of this thing, we won't be around afterwards to question our morals."

"Whatever the outcome of our trials may be," Malla continued, "It involves the Chaos Emeralds, and I believe we have just found one." Proto M sped up, and Malla followed suit until they were in a run. Banzai followed in suit

"So," Banzai asked, "Does this thing know exactly where it's going?"

Malla was about to answer, but was interruped by a Shade which appeared to have been thrown. It caught him off guard and knocked him over, but he quickly got up, saying, "Does that answer your question?" Not too far ahead of them was a battle. A large group of Shades was attacking a lone hedgehog, who was holding a Chaos Emerald. He saw the three approaching and fled, leaving the Shades behind. "The brat's running away from us!" Malla shouted in frustration, "I'll hold back these beasts. You go with the robot to catch him."

"You can count on me," Banzai said, juping on his staff and chasing after the hedgehog at high speed, while dodging Shades spawning in front of him. After flying through hordes of shades and navigating through a forest, Banzai managed to catch up with the hedgehog. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked.

"Away from you," he answered with fear, "A Crymnian and one of Dr. Robotnik's robots on the same side. There's no way that can be a good thing! You just want this emerald like those creatures, don't you?" Proto M approached him, and sharpened his claws on eachother. "The boy is smart. Hand it over," he said to the hedgehog.

"Wait," Banzai said, blocking Proto M with his staff. "we won't accomplish anything by slaughtering him." Banzai walked over towards the hedgehog. "Listen. We do want the emerald, but not for the reasons you think." He then proceeded to explain their story to him, including the fact that the island was the beast Sentinel. "Now that you know what's really going on, can you please hand it over?"

The hedgehog was conflicted. "So... So Malla really sided with you to defeat this... Sentinel? I never thought a Crymnian would put aside our species' differences so easily." Looking at the emerald, then around the island, the hedgehog made his decision. "Fine. You can have the emerald... but I'm going with you. I was asked to protect it, so I won't let it out of my sight. Besides, my uncle would've wanted me to help save Mobius from some giant monster." The hedgehog handed over the emerald, then kicked the ground, digging into it with his foot.

"Thanks," Banzai said as he took the emerald. "Now we should get back to the docks. Paroi's calling us."

The hedgehog nodded, and gave a thumbs up. "Right! And by the way, my name's Gabe."

"Name's Banzai. Come on, we gotta hurry!" Banzai jumped on his staff, riding it like a board. "Need a ride?" he asked.

"No thanks," Gabe replied. The gauntlets on his hands began to glow cyan, and he was slowly lifted off the ground. "I'm good." Proto M began hovering as well and said, "The other emeralds are back on the mainland. There is a high concentration at the Station Square dock." Proto M flew off, and Gabe began to follow. "Come on!" he called out to Banzai in a friendly manner.

"What about Malla?" He asked. "We can't just leave him here!"

Gabe stopped for a moment. "Damn these moral conflictions! He's a Crymnian general. I'm sure he can handle himself. We don't have that much time anyways, do we?"

"That may be true, but if he's still on Sentinel when we use Chaos Contol, he'll be sent with the monster!"

Gabe looked confused as he haulted Proto M. "Where exactly do you plan on sending this monster?"

"I don't know, exactly. That's Paroi's job. He knows more about this thing than anyone."

After pausing for a moment, Gabe came to a conclusion. "Look, I'm not ok with helping him. He and his army have caused so much chaos and destruction... If the stories I've heard are true, he'll be ok."

Beat and Dismal's Hunt
Beat and Dismal arrived at Tails's workshop.

"Okay, all we need to do is ask him for the detector," Beat said.

"O-Okay..."

"You okay? You don't look so good."

"H-Huh?" said the gray hedgehog. "I-I'm fine..."

"If you say so." Beat didn't sound convinced. He knocked on the door a couple of times. A two-tailed fox then came out of the house to greet his visitors.

"Hey Beat! Long time no see!" Tails said. "Who's you're friend?"

"This is.....uh...what's you're name again?" Beat asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Dismal..."

"Okay. Hi Dismal. Come in you guys!"

They stepped inside of the technological miracle of a workshop.

"So, what's up?"

Beat then explained the entire story to Tails.

"So, you need my detector?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, can we get it?"

"Here. Good luck guys."

Beat immediately turned it on. "Hey, there's an emerald near here! It's only a few blocks away!"

"R-Really?" Dismal asked.

"Yeah! C'mon, we gotta hurry!"

They walked down the street, trying to find the source of the signal. Then, Beat suddenly stopped."It's coming from this shop right here," he said, looking at a Candy Store. "Hey, maybe if we're lucky, we can get the emerald and a few snacks!"

"Why would a Chaos Emerald be inside a candy shop?" Dismal asked, looking incredulous.

"I dunno. Luck?" Beat was both happy yet curious. At least it wasn't with some giant monster, but in a candy shop? "Let's find it." he said as he stepped inside. Dismal stepped inside with him.

"Okay, the readings are telling me that it's right....behind this counter!" Beat said leaning over it. He sifted through the rubble left behind by the flood, looking for the emerald. Without him noticing it, three devil creatures stood at the shop entrance. Dismal did not see them either, until he happened to look around.

"M-M-Muh-Muh-Muh...!" he stuttered, shivering in fear.

"Got it!" Beat said. He quickly rose up, showing off the emerald to Dismal, until he saw the Shades. "Uh oh," He said. Then, they attacked. Dismal promptly screamed in terror and dove behind the counter.

"I got this, don't worry!" Beat said as his hands started to glow. As one Shade charged towards him, he created a wall of cyan blue energy and pushed it back. Another one then came and tried to slash him. Beat fired an energy bolt at it, creating a large hole in its abdominal area. When the last one came towards him, Beat materialized a sword out of his energy, and sliced its head off. The Shades then evaporated into purple mist. "There, all done," Beat said to Dismal. "You can come out now."

The gray hedgehog, still shivering fearfully, hesitantly peeked out from atop the counter. An old magazine was comically sitting on his head.

"Come on, I'm already getting another reading!" Beat said excitedly. As he stepped out the door, a figure suddenly dropped down in front of him, scaring him out of his wits. "YIPE!" He yelped, until he recognized the face.

"Did I scare you?" The figure said.

"A little. What are you doing here Shendo?" Beat asked.

"Laniatus asked me to gather the emeralds in one place a while ago, which I did, but the flood washed them all over the place. So, I'm looking for them." Shendo said.

"That's great! Can you help us?" Beat asked.

"Sure. Three heads are better than one! Right lil' guy?" he said, looking at Dismal. "What's you're name?"

"U-Uhhh," the hedgehog stuttered, slowly getting back up (Shendo's sudden appearance made him fall over in shock). "I-It's Dismal..."

"You're pretty fragile aren't you?" he said sarcastically. Dismal turned red with embarrassment.

"Relax, I'm kidding."

"There's another emerald south of here," Beat said, "And not too far either! We're pretty lucky!"

"We'll get there faster if we fly," Shendo said as he rose into the air. Beat created a board out of his Drive and stepped on it. Then he gestured to Dismal. "Coming?"

"Uhh, I-I guess so..."

"All right then, here we go!" Beat said as he and Shendo rose high into the air.

After flying around for a while...

"So where is the emerald?" Shendo asked.

"It should be right below us,' Beat said.

They landed in the middle of a once busy cross section.

"I don't see anything," Shendo said.

A blue hedgehog with yellow goggles on his head and white shoes with light blue stripes was walking bruised and bloody. "C'mon Rapid!" He yelled as he walked with a limp.

Beat noticed the hedgehog immediately. "Um...are you okay?" He asked.

"What happened to you? Did you get hit by a bus?" Shendo asked.

The hedgehog dusted himself off. "No. I fell out of a tree. I'm Kyros." Kyros said.

"I'm Shendo. That's Beat, and this is Dismal."

Wow, Dismal thought. He looks worse than I usually do..!

Kyros read Dismal's mind. "I do?"

Dismal was not expecting Kyros to read his mind.

"Uhh...h-how did you.....w-what I m-meant was..."

"Guys," Beat said, "It looks like the emerald's underground," looking towards a manhole.

Kyros looked at the manhole. "I'll try to open it." Kyros said. Kyros walked over to the manhole and tried to open it. "I need some help." Kyros said.

"Back away from it. I'm gonna try and blow it off," Beat said.

Kyros jumped backward. "Go ahead." Kyros said, bracing himself for any dangers that lurked below. Dismal hung back a few feet, looking nervous and somewhat scared.

Beat held his hand out towards the man hole, and suddenly the hole was encased in a blue-ish sphere. "Ha!" Beat said as he flung his arm upwards, sending the manhole flying into the air.

Kyros jumped down the hole, not knowing what he would land on. Suddenly, there was a loud crash and a cry of terror. The manhole cover had landed right next to Dismal, scaring him so badly that he had quite literally frozen with fear.

Kyros looked around and held his arm in pain. "What happened?" Kyros asked. "It's dark down here..." he said.

Kyros tried to jump back up the hole. "Darn! Well, if I'm going to be stuck down here, might as well investigate." he said as he tried to walk around until he hit a wall. "What's this?" he asked himself. He touched the wall and it glowed a bright gold-ish color.

"Hey!" Beat asked, "What's happening down there!"

Kyros pushed the wall forward. "I found some sort of secret room or temple or something!" Kyros stated. "I need soome help pushing this..." Kyros said.

"Here, let me give you a hand," Shendo said as he jumped into the manhole and started helping Kyros.

Kyros sniffed the air. "It smells like chaos energy and emblems in here..." Kyros said as he looked around.

"What is this place?" Shendo asked.

Beat jumped into the sewer to join them. "What's going on?"

Dismal peered cautiously into the sewers.

"Hey! I found a chaos emerald!" Beat said as he ran towards an emerald lying on the floor.

Kyros looked ecstatic. "I've only seen one chaos emerald in my life!" He said.

"Oh, that reminds me." Shendo pulled another chaos emerald out of his pocket. "I got one too!"

"Listen," Paroi's voice sounded in Beat and Dismal's head. "That makes 7 chaos emeralds. Get back to where we first met, at the docks near Sentinel."

"Understood," Beat said. "We gotta get back to the docks," he told everyone.

"Uhhh, okay..."

Kyros looked dumbfounded. "The docks? Where are the docks?"

Part 4: The Final Assault
Paroi and Storm were already at the docks with their emeralds in hand.

"They should be arriving at any moment," Paroi said.

Storm: i think i sense their electric signatures.

"Here I am!" Banzai announced.

"We're here to," Beat said, bringing Shendo, Dismal and Kyros with him.

???:....

Proto M and Gabe followed behind Banzai. Gabe was still thinking about the decision he made earlier, but was quite sure of himself. Proto M took the initiative to ask, "There are currently six emerald within the current group. The seventh is in the possession of another. How shall we proceed to obtain it?"

"Oh! Almost forgot." Shendo searched his pockets, finally taking out a purple emerald. "Got it right here."

Proto M stared at Shendo for a moment. "Note: Perform radar maintenance," he said to himself. Turning to Sentinel, Gabe then asked "So Paroi, how do you suppose we fight this thing? I mean, you know more about it than we do, right?"

"Hopefully, we won't have to fight him. If it comes to that, I can't guarantee victory." Paroi looked towards the ground, then to the group. "How many of you can use Chaos Control?"

???:I can.

Gabe hesitated, but slowly raised his hand. "I... might be able to. My uncle told me I have a strong connection with the powers of Chaos, but I've never used it before."

Storm: no, sorry.

Snap: me neither.

Growth: (shakes head)

Kyros raised his right hand. "I can. It heals us all while I use it."

"I can," Banzai said.

"I think I can," Beat said.

"No problem!" Shendo said.

"Okay everyone, gather round." Paroi extended his arms, and the chaos emeralds flew to the center of the group and started glowing. Dismal backed away.

Kyros started to feel a strange energy surge through his body. Whoa...what power... Kyros thought.

Gabe raised his hand towards the emeralds, and his gauntlets began to glow cyan. Closing his eyes, he whispered, "The servers are the seven Chaos. Chaos is power, enriched by the heart. The controller exists to unify the Chaos," and repeated it several times.

Kyros started to gain a strange energy. What is this energy? he though. His fur started to turn orange. What's happening to me?! he though. His form changed. He was now, Chaos Kyros.

"Listen to me very closely," Paroi said. "I need all of you to focus your energy onto the Chaos Emeralds. It's going to take a lot to get rid of Sentinel, so give it your all."

Suddenly, 7 orbs of light rose from the chaos emeralds, while the gems themselves fell to the ground.

"What!?" Paroi said, startled.

"Did you do that?" Shendo asked.

The orbs rose into the sky, then formed together into one huge orb of light.

"No..." Paroi whispered to himself.

The orb then flew towards the Island of Enigma.

"That isn't good, is it?" Dismal asked quietly.

Gabe lost focus and knealt down. He picked up one of the fallen emeralds. "Did Sentinel just do what I think it did?" he asked with urgency.

Snap: steal the power of the Chaos Emeralds? yeah. looks like it.

Growth: at this rate, we may need........outside help.

???:True enough....

Dismal jumped and yelped.

"W-Who's that?!" he cried.

???:I'm Keith The Dragonolf.....

Dismal backed away a bit from the newcomer, eying him with mingled fear and mistrust.

Keith:(uses Thunder on Dismal) Hmph.

Storm: (absorbs the lightning)

Dismal was now cowering on the ground, frightened.

Snap: don't worry. as long as he's here, no lightning can strike you.

Keith:Hmph,I can't just use Lightning attacks Storm....(uses Flamethrower on Dismal)

With a yelp, the gray hedgehog scrambled out of the way of the fire as fast as he could.

Gabe moved the fire away with Pyrokinesis. "Is this really the time?" he said with annoyance.

Keith:Afraid it is...

Snap: is that so? (fires a blast of ice at Keith)

"What did I do to deserve this..." Dismal mumbled to himself.

Keith:(dodges it using Chaos Control and reappears behind Dismal)

Dismal did not notice Keith Chaos Control behind him.

Gabe surrounded his hands in swirling fire. Activating his gauntlets once more, the fire turned blue and shaped into a double-sided sword. "You should leave... right now. We have more important matters to attend to. You can either cease your actions and help us, or take your distractions elsewhere."

Snap: he's right. fire and ice make a deadly combination.

Keith:(punches Dismal)

"OWW!" he cried, being knocked over from the punch.

Growth: (vines grow out of the ground and entangle Keith) stop it!

Slashing at the air, Gabe shot a blast of fire at Keith. "Leave him alone!" he shouted, "He hasn't done anything to you!" As the fire flew through the air, it curled around, carefully avoiding the vines.

Keith:(takes the hit and seems unharmed by the fire) Didn't I tell you I'm immune to fire? (grins and uses Night Slash on Dismal)

Dismal turned around, just in time for the attack to catch him across the chest. He let out a yelp and reeled backwards.

Gabe dispelled the flames. "Oh really" he said as he carried Dismal away with psychokinesis, "Then try THIS!" He then lifted Keith with psychokinesis and threw him against the ground.

Dismal yelped again as he was suddenly lifted into the air by Gabe's psychokinesis.

Keith:(thoughts) If he deosn't let go I'm going to have to use Super Chaos Control...

Growth: (dissappears into the ground)

Gabe looked to Storm, Snap, and the now disappeared Growth. "We need to knock some sense into this guy, big time. I've got him steady, so give him all you've got!"

Storm: (a nine-tailed whip made of lightning appears in her hand) gladly. how many lashes?

A big smirk appeared on Gabe's face. "Surprise me."

Storm: alright! (goes behind Keith and begins whipping him with the nine-tailed lightning whip)

Kyros lost his Chaos form from the orbs. He then looked at Keith. "Can't you see we have a big crisis we have to deal with? We shouldn't be fighting at a time like this." Kyros said with a stern voice.

"ENOUGH!!!" Paroi shouted, extending his arms to the side and creating a large symbol over the area, immobilizing everyone. "You all really don't see the seriousness of the situation do you?" He looked sternly at Keith. "If you won't be of any use, I will dispose of you instantly." He then released the seal, causing everyone to fall off balance. Dismal, who was still floating, ended up landing on his butt.

Kyros got up off the ground. "I'm with him. We need to save the emeralds! My life is bonded with them. If they are destroyed, I die!"

Gabe climbed back up to his feet. "I... I'm sorry," he panted, "He was hurting Dismal, and... I got distracted." After catching his breath, he walked a few feet towards the shore, staring at Sentinel. "So... what now?"

"Now, marks the end of everything you know!" said a loud booming voice that shook the earth.

"Dammit!" Paroi shouted. "I thought we had more time!"

The 'island' tilted to the side, and two massive structures emerged from its sides. Between the two structures, at the front of the 'island', another smaller, wider structure emerged. Two large opening appeared on either side of it, forming two eyes. The heroes were now staring right into the face of the destructive beast known as Sentinel.

Keith:On great...

"Damn that's huge...." Beat said.

Snap: we can't just sit here and stare at it.

Storm: yeah. let's take this thing down!

The creature waved its hand, creating a giant tidal wave that started to envelop the area.

Keith:! Now what do we do?

Storm: (sends a blast of lightning into the tidal wave, using the water to channel the electricity into Sentinal)

Snap: (freezes the tidal wave after Storm's attack)

Sentinel then roared, shattering the wave, sending the heroes flying back from the force and sending ice shards flying in every direction. Paroi did a back flip and skid across the ground several feet. "This isn't good," he said.

Beat created a small wall of energy to catch him and Banzai. Shendo dug two daggers into the ground to hold himself in place. Dismal went flying.

Snap: (summons her Icicle Spears. stabs one into the ground and tosses the other to Storm)

Storm: (catches Snap's spear and stabs it in the ground)

"It's time I took control of the surface world," Sentinel roared.

Paroi looked panicked, until he remembered something. "The chaos emeralds." He looked toward a nearby building, where the emeralds were conveniently in one pile. "I bet they still have some energy left," he said as he ran towards the gems.

Storm: Alright. You see if you can tap into it. I wanna try something I've been working on. (climbs to the highest point in the area)

Keith: (transforms into his Dark from using Negative Energy) Are you sure it will work?

Storm: Not really. but I'm gonna at least try. (holds one hand up in the air. clouds roll in and begin to crackle with energy)

Dark Keith: Oh never mind....

Storm: (focusing her electrokinetic energy into the clouds)

Gabe eventually found his way to Paroi. "There's no way he could have taken all of their power," he began, "The Chaos Emeralds get their energy from the Master Emerald. Right now they're just neutralized. I think I can draw out their power again, but I'll need a safe place to work... and I'll need your help." He picked up one of the emeralds, and it briefly glowed. He looked back up to Paroi and asked, "What do you say?"

Paroi shouted towards the group. "See if you can at least distract him! Whatever you do, do not die!" He then looked to Gabe. "Fine. Whatever it takes."

Suddenly, a missile flew through the air, heading towards Sentinel.

The missile hit him, but he seemed unaffected; he simply looked to see where it came from. Standing below the behemoth was Edgecrusher. His face was now uncovered; he was a gruff-looking wolverpine with red eyes and dark fur and hair. His robotic left arm was aimed at Sentinel.

Storm: (multiple large bolts of lightning are traveling between her hand and the storm clouds above) alright. looks like it's time. Lightning Realm Secret Technique: Kirin! (the clouds fill with lightning which forms the shape of a massive dragon. Storm brings her hand down and aims it at Sentinel and the dragon-shaped blast of lightning heads straight for him. if the move worked, the lightning dragon would slam into Sentinel and explode in a blast of electricity)

Sentinel then retreated into his shell, which absorbed the lightning like a sponge.

"Can anything hurt this guy?" Beat said

Sentinel then started rolling in place, like a gyrosphere. He created small waves in the ocean. Suddenly, he was enveloped in blue flames.

"That does not look good," Banzai said sarcastically.

My distraction's not working, Edgecrusher thought to himself.

Storm: (falls to one knee, panting) Kirin had no effect?! this is really bad. Growth! it's your turn!

Gabe ran off with the emeralds in hand. With Proto M covering him, he made his way to the alleys of Station Square. With so little time, it was the best he could do for a safe place. He repeated the chant once more, and then continued saying, "Uncle Vendeta, grandfather, I need your help. If you can hear my cries, then know that we need the powers of Chaos on our side. Please, lend us that power!" The emeralds each briefly began to glow once more, but quickly became dull. Noticing the mass amounts of lightning and all of the others trying to hold off Sentinel, Proto M turned and stated, "You are running out of time. Do what you must and quickly." Gabe continued to repeat the chant, hoping that the few remaining moments would be enough.

"Let me have a try. There might be one spell that might work," Paroi said.

Growth: (large vines grow out of the ocean floor and wrap around Sentinel) I've never had to make thorns this big, but I'll see what i can do. (massive thorns grow out of the vines. if his attack works, and it probably won't, the thorns would pierce the beast)

(the water around Sentinel freezes solid)

Sentinel then hurtles himself towards the city, like a gigantic blue meteor, freeing himself from the ice prison and destroying anything in his path. Buildings toppled like dominoes before the monster's destructive wake.

"I'm gonna go help Paroi!" Beat shouted. "We need the emeralds if we're going to kill this thing.

As Paroi approached, Gabe moved over to allow him room. "With this many restrictions, I'm grateful for all the help I can get," he said with relief. He did, however, continue the chant.

"I'm going to use my own life energy to see if I can rejuvenation the positive energy in the emeralds," Paroi said, "if that makes sense."

"Plenty," Gabe replied, "That might just jumpstart the connection I'm trying to establish with the Master Emerald." As he spoke, he lifted the emeralds a few feet off the ground with his psychokinesis, channeling all of his excess energy into them. "How're we doing, M?" he shouted behind him. "Not well, considering you haven't succeeded yet," Proto M replied. Gabe turned his head to Paroi and said, "Whenever you're ready, do your thing!"

Growth: i honestly didn't think that would work. your turn Snap.

Snap: way ahead of you. Cold Snap! (the temperature begins dropping rapidly)

Edgecrusher watched helplessly as Sentinel bowled its way through Station Square. "There is nothing I can do," he said quietly to himself.

Kyros looked at the sky. "I'll have to sacrifice myself." Kyros said sadly as he had black aura around him.

"How will that help?" Banzai asked.

Dark Keith: (looks at Edgecrusher) Maybe there is something we can do....

Edgecrusher looked back at Dark Keith.

"What?" he asked.

Paroi's hands started to glow as he placed his hands over the emeralds. He began chanting in a strange language, over and over again. Then finally, with the combined powers of Paroi and Gabe, the emeralds came back to life, glowing 7 colours once again.

Dark Keith: You can do something you know....

"I cannot utilize Chaos Energy," said Edgecrusher, looking somewhat morose. "My missiles do nothing. I could try my Plasma Cannon, but I doubt it will do much."

Dark Keith: How come Edgecrusher?

"How do you know my name?"

Dismal, who was somehow still alive, stumbled back over to the group.

"I could try distracting Sentinel," he said.

Dark Keith:Because I work for G.U.N.

Edgecrusher did his best to suppress a growl.

"Them...of course," he said.

Paroi let out a sigh of relief. "Whew. The emeralds have been revitalized! Now we can use them to our advantage!"

Dark Keith:I know who you are..

"I suppose everyone at G.U.N does," said the cyborg wolverpine, turning away from Dark Keith.

Sentinel made another earth shaking roar, startling everyone around him. A bright light grew in his mouth, and then he fired a large energy beam through the city.

"Whoa!" Beat said, quickly jumping out of the way.

"We need to end this, now!" Paroi said cradling the emeralds.

(snap is still lowering the temperature)

Snap: (the temperature stops decreasing. it has already become as low as her Cold Snap can make it)

Dismal was shivering due to the decreased temperature.

"W-What h-h-happened?" he asked.

"Does anyone else feel cold?" Banzai asked, shivering all over.

Snap: (shivering) heh. looks like even i get cold at this temperature. (holds her hands out toward Sentinal) its time to finish this.

Gabe ran with Paroi back towards the others, with Proto M firing lasers at Sentinel from behind. "Everyone!" Gabe called out, "We've restored power to the emeralds. It's now or never!"

Snap: Ice Realm Secret Technique: Absolute Zero! (the temperature around Sentinal drops further, eventually hitting absolute zero)\A fiery blue aura came around Sentinel. "Begone little pests!" He said, expelling a flaming shockwave in all directions.

Snap: (the temperature returns to normal and she faints from the strain of her attack)

Growth: (catches Snap before she falls)

Paroi creates a barrier around the heroes, protecting them from the blast.

"Now would be a good time to go super," Banzai said, running to the Chaos Emeralds.

Storm: (still panting slightly from Kirin) Growth. protect Snap while she's out. i'll help the others.

Paroi levitated the emeralds in front of him, fousing their energy.

"So, can we use them?" Beat asked.

"Are you ready?" Paroi asked.

Storm: (rises to her feet. enters Lightning Armor Form)

As several others have done before, Banzai focused the energy of the Chaos Emeralds, tranforming into his Super Form. "Let's go!" he shouted as he flew off to fight Sentinel.

Beat utilized the power of the emeralds as well, but he only used them to amplify his Drive energy. His hair turned white and stood on end, his fur turned blue and he gained a cyan blue aura around him. "Been a while since I've used my Gestalt Form." He then flew after Banzai

Lightning Armor Storm: (wings of lightning grow out of the back of her armor. flies after them)

Sentinel turns around and sees the miniscule-by-comparison heroes. "You vermin don't know when to give up!"

Storm: you got that right! (Raikiri (her sword of lightning) appears in her hand)

Kyros was encased in black aura and then black lightning was surrounding him."I'll sacrifice myself to kill that thing." Kyros said as he had black energy in his hands.

Sentinel began to transform as well. The claws on his hands grew, as well as the horns on his head. Several spikes shot out of his back. A horn at the center of his head shattered, revealing a third, red eye. finally, in a flash, all spikes/ horns/ sharp protrusions on Sentinel turned to a transparent, crystal like material. "Come and get me," he dared the heroes.

"With pleasure," a voice shouted from above, which appeared to be amplified by some sort of megaphone. Suddenly, a large purple mass breached the clouds, followed by another, and one more after that. They were Black Army gunships, and Malla was leading them. "This planet if for the Crymnians to conquer, and we won't let some oversized reptile take that away from us. All troops... ATTACK!!!" By his order, Sentinel was bombarded by the gunships, tanks, Black Volts, and even Satellite Lasers. Malla may not gone super, but he sure brought a hell of a lot of backup.

Sentinel was no longer visible; he was obscured by the explosions and clouds caused by Malla's assault. Suddenly, a shard of crystal shot out of the smog, and pierced one of the ships, causing it to explode. Several volleys of crystals followed, attacking the air force.

Malla was stunned by the reply of power. "What?! Gunships, fall back! Continue the assault from orbit!" But there was only one remaining to receive the command. The individual troops moved down low, releasing saucer-bound Black Assassins to begin an assault from the water. The Satellite lasers continued, but at a much slower pace. Malla's pod took him to join the others. "This is ridiculous!" he said to Paroi, "Your plan to combat that thing with the Chaos Emeralds better be succeeding."

"Sssshhhh!!" Paroi responded. "I'm trying to focus my power. As for my plan, see for yourself."

Banzai dashed towards Sentinel at high speed. Sentinel fired several crystal shots at the ape, who retaliated by using his staff as a bat and whacking them away. When he saw that didn't work, Sentinel then exhaled a purple-ish energy beam from his mouth. Banzai prepared to shield himself from the attack, brining his hands in front of his body, but he found himself encased in a blue orb, the blast wrapping around it. "Don't just charge in you idiot!" Beat shouted from a distance, trying to keep Banzai's shield up against the powerful energy blast.

Gabe carried the fallen crystals with his psycokinesis and set them ablaze with his pyrokinesis. Figuring that Sentinel deserved a taste of his own medicine, he fired them back with increased force from the energy of the Chaos Emeralds. Proto M attacked as well, imitating the most powerful attacks he had seen from the heroes and Malla's troops. "Persistant little creatures," Malla said to himself, "They really believe they can defeat this thing..."

Storm flies straight at Sentinal, hurling bolts of lightning at him. "Oh, i know quite well we don't stand much chance. but that's not gonna stop me from giving it my all!" she calls to Malla.

Sentinel roared, sending the crystals flying backwards. He blocked Storm's lightning attacks with this crystaline arm, shooting crystals at her as well.

Beat was firing bolts of energy at Sentinel, but they didn't seem to have any effect.

Shendo stood with Paroi, analyzing the situation. "It's no good. His skin and shell's so hard that attacks seem to bounce off." He scratched his chin, trying to think of something. Then he noticed his third eye. "That must be it! I've played enough games to know that the bad guys weakness is usually his eye!"

Malla was intrigued. "The eye you say..." He then shouted into his communicator, "All troops, focus on the third eye!" Gabe and Proto M did the same, hoping that this would in fact be his weakness.

Storm dodges the crystals with surprizing arial agility. She continues flying toward Sentinal. She stops firing lightning bolts and begins charging a massive ball of lightning.

"I'm not going to lose to a giant turtle!" Banzai shouted as he flew to Sentinel's head.

Sentinel began glowing again, preparing to launch another enegy wave.

Storm finishes charging the lightning ball and begins getting close to Sentinel.

Beat noticed the aura and immediately began forming a powerful barrier around himself and Banzai.

The wings on the back of Storm's Lightning Armor fold in front of her for extra defense.

Kyros had a burst of energy surge through his body. "HAH!!!!!" Kyros yelled as he shot a black energy blast with all his power at Sentinel. Kyros then fell to the ground, motionless.

Sentinel then expelled his energy in all directions, much more powerful than last time, destorying every building caught in the blast.

The defense created by Storm's Lightning Armor, coupled with the added defense of the wings is still not quite enough to block the attack. She absorbs the lightning ball to keep her shield up while the blast knocks her back several feet.

A green hedgehog dodged the blast by inches. "Whoa! I've gotta go see what that came from!" he said as he ran towards Sentinel. "A giant turtle...Is it Bowser?" he asked himself as he shot an energy wave at Sentinel. "Hey Bowser! Got lost in this world running from Mario?" he said.

Beat and Banzai were blown back by the blast, but unhurt as the continued flying towards Sentinel.

The blast wiped out virtually all of the remaining Black Army troops. Malla and Gabe were blown back, suffering reduced damage thanks to armour and psycokinetic shielding, but Proto M was vapourized. Gabe got up, brushing the dust off of himself. "This thing's just too powerful," he said with exhaustion.

Kyros got up with his last bit of energy. "Hey Sentinel...take...this..." he said weakly as he shot a red blast of energy at Sentinel. He then fell down on the ground in exhaustion. Paroi then used a bit of the emeralds' energy to revive him.

Banzai and beat finally reached Sentinel's head. Beat's fist glowed a blue aura, while Banzai's staff gained a fiery, golden aura around it. They both charged towards Sentinel's third eye, striking it as hard as they could.

Sentinel let out a deafening howl of pain as he clutched his head. "Well, looks like you were right," Paroi said to Shendo.

Storm recreates her giant ball of lightning and slams it into Sentinel's third eye.

The green hedgehog looked at Sentinel. "...I think it's evil. Very evil." he said.

"No...really!?" Shendo said sarcastically.

The green hedgehog looked confused. "Well I didn't know..." he said.

Kyros crawled towrds the green hedgehog. "H-help u-u-us..." he said before blacking out.

Shendo looked down towards Kyros, then looked up to the green hedgehog. "Well, are you just gonna stand there making stupid comments? Or are you actually going to do something?" He snapped before flying off to fight Sentinel.

The beast roared with pain as repeated attack damaged his weak spot. Clutching his head, he fired several blasts of energy at the heroes. When he took his hands off his head, a crystal casing covered his eye.

"Dammit," Beat cursed, "he blocked his weak point!"

The green hedgehog jumped into the air. He gathered up energy and sent himself flying towards Sentinel.

Kyros gathered enough energy the get up. "I may be weak...but I'm still gonna fight until I die!" Kyros said. He then sent many multi-colored energy bursts at Sentinel.

Storm dodges the blasts that came her way. "That massive Chidori isn't my only attack, you know," she laughs, "Let's see you handle this!" Raikiri, her sword made of lightning, appears in her hand. She prepares to attack)

Gabe reforms his fire blade and flys up to help Storm. Malla drew two Black Swords and followed behind with a jetpack. "We've got you covered," Gabe called out to Storm, with newly found confidence.

"Thanks." Storm replies. "Alright. Take this! Weapon Style: Lightning Blade!" She begins slashing the sword through the air, each slice sending a powerful wave of electric energy at Sentinel.

Sentinel immediately rolled up into a giganting crystal ball, deflecting the attacks. He then hovered into the air, and attempted to ram into the heroes (he was so huge, he could hit most of them at once).

Storm, panting slightly from her attack, causes the lightning armor around her to grow, expanding into a massive warrior made mostly of lightning. She stretches out her hands, aiming to catch Sentinel.

The ball shatters into millions of crystal shards, Sentinel no where to be seen. The shards, however, instead of scattering, paused in midair, and shot towards the group.

Beat put up a protective barrier around himself and the others, shielding them, but was visibly straining to hold back the barrage of bullets. Sweat dripped down his face as cracks began to appear on the shield.

Storm's lightning titan steps in front of the shards, taking the hits and using the lightning within it to redirect them back out the way they came in, carefully protecting Storm inside it from harm.

Kyros, in his cracking barrier, began to glow purple. "Wh-what is this?" he asked himself. The green hedgehog purposely broke his shield. "Where is that thing?" he asked. As he was about to be buffeted by crystals, Kyros risked his life to safe the green hedgehog's. "Watch out Rapid!" Kyros yelled, revealing the green hedgehog's name.

As said before, Storm's lightning titan is protecting everyone from the crystals.

Gabe tried to hold back as many of the crystals as he could, but the difficulty was increasing. Malla attempted to deflect them as well, but he too was struggling. "You! Psycokinetic! Try and find out where this monster has gone." Gabe nodded, and put up a psycokinetic barrier around himself, trying to sense Sentinel's presence.

Storm's lightning titan, which is far larger than any of the others being a massive lightning warrior, is still standing between the heroes and the crystals, preventing any from coming near them.

A shadow appeared on the ground below them, a shadow which began to get bigger and bigger.

The lightning titan notices the shadow and looks up. It holds its hands up above it in an attempt to catch Sentinel. But it was not Sentinel it caught; it was a massive, sharp, glowing piece of crystal. The titan, shocked at having been tricked, flies up high and throws the crystal into the distance. when it does so, it's form begins to weaken.

Before flying into the distance, the crystal exploded, revealing a large orb of pure energy. Six tentacles emerged from it, wrapping around the titan, restraining it.

The titan, surprized that it's purely electric form doesn't damage the tentacles, begins to deteriorate, the electricity making up it's body lancing off of it and dissolving.

The electricity from the titan ran through the tentacles, being absorbed by the orb.

The titan dissolves and Storm, weakened from using so much of her energy, begins to fall.

Sentinel appears in front of the group, seemingly out of nowhere, but something seems wrong. He had a lifeless look in his eyes, and his body appeared to be cracked.

"Is it over?'" Shendo asked, now on the scene.

"I doubt it," Beat replied.

Gabe quickly flew over to catch Storm, just barely making it in time. "You need to get some rest," he said with a grin. Malla was carefully eyeing Sentinel, ready to strike at any moment. "We must finish it off, before it regains its strength. Shall we attack at once?"

Storm opens her eyes and looks up at Gabe. "Thanks..." she says weakly.

"Save your energy. I bet you need some rest after that interesting show," Gabe replied as he foated back to the ground, leaving her with Growth. "I understand you have your hands full, but could you handle one more?" he asked gently.

"yeah, i think that'd be alright." Growth replies.

Sentinel's head broke in half, purple mist coming out from the opening. His arm followed suit, falling off into the city, destroying a few structures. His body crumbled and emitted a thick purple mist. "I didn't think it'd come to this," A chilling voice ripped through the air.

"Growth...." Growth looks down, surprized, and sees Snap and Storm both struggling to rise. "You two shouldn't try to get up. you need to rest and regain your strength." Snap looks up at him and despite her fatigue, there was a determined fire in her eyes. "I know we were saving this trick for Force.......but i think we need to use it....."

When the mist cleared, there was another person standing where Sentinel once was. It was humanoid in appearace, with reptilian features, standing at about five feet. It had green scales and long white hair. It's eyes were pitch black, it's mouth curled up into a sinister smile. "Finally. Witness my true form, for it shall be the last thing you see."

Growth looks up at Sentinel, then back down at Snap. "You may be right," he says, "But before we do, you must regain your strength."

Malla smirked. "Finally revealed your true colours, have you?" He dropped his two swords and his gloves began to charge with violet energy. "Now we can truly fight... face to FIST!" With great force, he flew up to the new and likely improved Sentinel and threw a mighty punch to his face.

Sentinel's grin turned into an evil smirk. He stopped Malla's powerful punch effortlessly, using only his finger. "Is that all?" He then gripped Malla's wrist with the same hand and, with a flick of his wrist, snapped it. He then tossed him aside like a piece of garbage. "I'll give you one last chance to show me your worth," he said to the others.

Banzai began to spin his staff. Beat's hands began to glow a bright blue aura.

Growth opens a rift to the plant realm. He steps inside for a moment, then returns and closes the rift.

Part 5: Earth-Shaking Battle
The new Sentinel hovered in place, arms folded, surveying the scene. He eyed the two heroes with an expression of annoyance, as if they were nothing like flies. "You fools don't plan to give up anytime soon do you?" he asked politely yet coldly.

"Go back from whence you came, beast," Edgecrusher replied. "Mobius does not belong to you."

"Maybe not yet, but it will," he replied, lifting his right index finger. A tiny blue spark formed above it, and began to grow. "But first, I must give an example to those who wish to defy me."

The sight of the growing spark made the cowardly Dismal back away in fear. Edgecrusher, however, held his ground.

Gabe knelt down, as if to pray. He look back up at the spark with urgency. Malla knelt as well, but for a different reason. He could do no more to fight, and was giving the others his respect, and his blessing.

A rift opens up next to Growth and a knight in plant-based armor steps out and hands him several vials of a strange, dark green liquid. The knight steps back through the rift and closes it behind him.

The now blimp-sized spark hovered just above Sentinel's finger. "This game has gone on for far too long." He then tossed the orb at the heroes, which would incinerate them upon contact.

As was expected, Dismal threw himself on the ground as soon as the spark was launched.

Suddenly, the orb was met by a powerful blast of energy. The orb split upon contact, raining down fiery blasts of energy.

Storm, fully recovered now, stands up and counters each blast with one of her own. "I agree," says Snap, "this must end. But not with our demise."

Edgecrusher was dodging the energy as best as he could.

Snap, Storm, and Growth begin to circle Sentinel, ending so each one was on a different side. Growth slams his hands on the ground, Snap holds her hands out in front of her, toward Sentinel, and Storm raises her arms to the sky.

(Sentinel is floating in the sky, just so you know)

"Hahahaha! That's quite funny," he said, thinking of Storm's remark. He fired a large blast of energy straight into the earth, creating a huge gaping hole in the ground. Then he faced the trio circling him. "Let's see what you can do," he said.

"Alright, guys," Snap says, "Let's do this." In unison, the three yell: "Team Snap Secret Technique: Iron Maiden!" Wooden vines shoot out of the ground and wrap around Sentinel in a sphere shape. Dozens of spears of ice appear and fire at the wooden orb, impaling it from multiple directions. Lightning comes down from above, charging the spears with electricity.

The attack created a blinding flash and large dust clouds. The area was completely invisible. "Even I have to admit, that was impressive, but nothing compared to my power!" When the area finally cleared, Sentinel was shown to have blocked the attack with a pair of newly formed wings. He then opened said wings, releasing powerful energy waves, blowing everyone back.

"Gyah!" Beat and Banzai yelled.

Paroi stood his ground, using magic to keep himself steady. "Even I didn't think he could get this powerful. If only.....that's it!"

Snap, Storm and Growth hit the ground hard. Edgecrusher was also thrown back but used his chain to anchor himself to the ground. Strangely, he had Dismal tucked under his right arm, as if protecting him.

Rapid was runing out of ideas. "What attacs should I use?!" He asked himself. Then he got an idea. He took out his emeralds and charged his power until he had a massive energy build up. "Take...THIS!" he yelled, sending a multicolored beam at Sentinel, launching him back if it made contact.

If Rapid's attack worked, Storm would follow it up by wrapping the tails of her nine-tailed lightning whip around Sentinel and slam him into the ground. Snap would then attempt to stab him with her Icicle Spears.

"Heh, like that would work," he said, blocking the attack with his right wing. He did not notice Storm's whip wrapping around him though. "What?" he gasped, realizing he was bound.

Storm yanks Sentinel backward, knocking him to the ground. Vines come up out of the ground and wrap around Sentinel. Snap then jumps up high and attempts to stab Sentinel with her spears.

Rapid was thinking of a plan. He was behind Storm, attempting to shoot an attack at Sentinel.

Sentinel blasts Snap out of the sky with an energy beam shot from his mouth. He then creates an explosive wave of energy from his body, destroying the vines. "That all?"

Paroi called Beat to the side, and whispered something in his ear.

"Will that really work?" Beat asked.

"I hope so," Paroi replied, "but I'm going to need your help."

"Alright. Let's go."

The two then vanished in a flash of light.

"I'm growing tired of all of you," Sentinel said, faking a yawn, "and I have much to do."

"Please," said Dismal, looking up at Sentinel, scared and pleading. "What did we do to deserve to be destroyed?!"

"I was sealed off from this world for several millenia! If I'm not allowed here, no one is!" Sentinel said, raining energy blasts over the area.

"Why can't we just work something out?!" cried Dismal, ducking from the energy blasts. "We're not the ones who sealed you away...!"

Beat and Paroi reappeared on the scene, carrying the Master Emerald. "Let's do this now!" Beat said.

"Quiet! I need to focus." He placed his hands over the giant gem, and it began to glow. He started to chant under his breath, as sparks of energy floated out of the emerald.

"How on earth did you get the Master Emerald!?" Banzai asked.

"Knuckles was sleeping against it when we went to Angel Island, so we just propped up a boulder in its place," Beat replied. "Yeah, he's not the best guardian, haha."

"Is that what I think it is!?" Sentinel said, looking at the Master Emerald. He started dashing towards it, hoping to smash it before it can be used against him.

And then Dismal very foolishly (or bravely) ran out in front of Sentinel, as if to stop him.

Storm cracks her nine-tailed whip again, wrapping the tails around Sentinel. Snap freezes his feet to the ground as vines come up around him and help Storm entangle him.

"GO AWAY!" Sentinel shouted as he released blue flames fro mhis body, destroying the ice and vines. He then grabed Storm's whip, ignoring the electricity, and pulled her towards him, where he would deliver a powerful punch to her head.

"Now," Paroi said, "that should do it." The chaos emeralds lying on the ground began to glow, and exhibit blinding auras of power. Each one tripled in size, and the power they stored increased as well. "With the Super Emeralds, we might actually win."

Storm takes the hit to her head and flies back from the impact. Snap catches her.

"Wow," said Banzai, injured from before, looking at the massive emeralds.

"Wow is right," Beat replied, practically feeling the power emanating from the jewels.

"Grrrr!" Sentinel growled in anger. He suddenly vanished in blue flame, only to reappear near the Super Emeralds. "Those damned jewels are preventing me from coming any closer," he said, "but I don't need to be up in your faces to massacre you!" He began charging a blue fireball in his hand. Banzai was too injured to conjure up any protection, while Beat made a barrier, doubting it could withstand one of Sentinel's powerful attacks.

Storm climbs to her feet while Snap raises a wall of ice between the heroes and Sentinel.

In a flash of orange light, an angelic being appeared in front of Sentinel. "I think not, evil beast," it said with an echo. He flexed his wings and grabbed the fireball with them, extinguishing it. Gabe jumped to his feet in awe and shouted, "Uncle Vendeta! You answered my prayers!" Vendeta then flew to Gabe's side. "Gabriel," he began, "Let the powers of Chaos flow through you, and join your allies in combating this monster." Vendeta vanished the same way he appeared, and Gabe became surrounded in a holy, blue light. Large angel wings appeared on his back, and a blue robe on his body. The light became a flame, completing his transformation; he became Arch Gabe.

Sentinel looked utterly furious. "Enough games! I'll show you what happens when I use 100% of my power!" Then, with a ear piercing scream, he clenched his fists and started releasing massive amounts of energy. The ground around him deteriorated, rocks rising our from the ground and disintegrating from the powerful energy around him.

"Guess I should power up to," Beat said, placing his hand over a Super Emerald. He began to glow, as well as the 7 jewels. His hair rose up and turned a glowing white color, and his fur turned to a bright, glowing sky blue. He now had a bright white aura around him, with bio electricity emanating from his body. He was now Hyper Beat.
 * (Ryu-Well, nothing I can do. :P)

Snap, Storm, and Growth each enter their elemental beast form. Snap becomes Ice Beast Snap, Storm becomes, Lightning Beast Storm, and Growth becomes Plant Beast Growth.

Dismal, knowing he'd be useless, got out of the way.

Gabe pointed at Sentinel, now with a newfound confidence. "Your time on this planet ends now, Sentinel. Everyone, attack at once! There is no way he can withstand our combined power!"

"Alright. Let's each use our most powerful move," Snap suggests.

Kyros got up. He started to charge up his most destructive attack. "HAAAAAA!!!" He yelled while gathering up his energy. He now had yet again black aura around himself.

Rapid had a large blue energy blast in his hands. "I've never actually used this move before." He said.

Gabe flew high into the sky, a trail of blue fire left behind him. He stopped at a high altitude, and a spiral of yellow fire joined the blue on his right hand. As fast as he ascended, he flew back down, straight towards Sentinel.

Snap, Growth, and Storm surround Sentinel and charge at him. Snap uses her Ice Claw attack, Growth uses Jungle Fury, and Storm uses Lightning Talon. Despite the different names, the attacks are basically the same. Each one begins to slash at Sentinel with their claws, slowly gaining speed and power, until they were nothing but blurs.

Kyros' black aura shot a huge lightning strike that was as black as coal towards Sentinel.

Rapid shot his blue energy attack at Sentinel, causing Rapid to be launched backwards.

Descending rapidly upon Sentinel, Gabe threw a punch with his hand of spiraling flames, and shouted its name, "Vulcan... FIST!!!" Upon impact, the punch would release a burst of Chaos energy concentrated solely on the target.

Beat flew high into the sky, and charged his fists with fiery blue energy. "Time to end this, once and for all!" He shouted, as he sped back down to earth like a meteor, ready to deliver a mighty punch to Sentinel.

Sentinel was overwhelmed with the number of attacks coming at him at once. More out of reflex than anything, he drew his wings around him to guard himself, although it was futile. He may have been able to avoid the attacks separately, but it was too much for him all at once. He screamed with pain as each blow fell upon him. Eventually, his body began to tear apart, unable to withstand such power. His wings began to deteriorate, his limbs breaking apart to dust. In the end, there wasn't a trace of the monster to be seen.

Beat backed away from the spot, panting. "Is it over?" he asked.

"I suppose so," Paroi said, letting out a huge sigh of relief.

"I WON"T LET IT END LIKE THIS!!!!" Sentinel's voice rang through the air. Where he once stood a black liquid was now seeping through the ground. His disembodied, black, liquid head glared at the heroes with two glowing yellow eyes. "I'M IMMORTAL YOU IMBECILES!! YOU CAN"T DEFEAT ME!!"

Dismal simply sat there and watched the ensuing battle, feeling quite guilty at the fact that he couldn't do anything to assist the heroes.

Rapid looked at Dismal. "Carry this. Throw it at Sentinel when you have to." He said as he gave Dismal a red energy orb.

"W-What is it?" the hedgehog asked.

"It's an energy orb. It won't explode now, but it will if the impact is hard enough." Rapid said.

"O-Okay..."

"You may be immortal, but you can still be sealed away," Paroi said, hands clasped together.

Bright bands of light encircled what was left of Sentinel, wrapping around him like a cocoon.

"Grrrrr," Paroi was straining to hold Sentinel inside the orb of light. "Dismal! I need you to throw that orb inside of the seal to weaken him!"

"R-Right!"

With a grunt, the gray hedgehog chucked the red orb at Sentinel as hard as he could.

Two white arms emerged from the orb and seemingly grabbed the energy ball, pulling it inside of the seal. suddenly, a muffled explosion was heard, and the seal seemingly tripled in size, then shrunk again into nothingness.

"Finally," Paroi said, fainting from exhaustion.

Gabe landed back on the ground. "It appears to be sealed, but that does not mean it will not escape," he began, "How do you suggest we dispose of it?" Off to the side, Malla stood up and slowly walked over to the heroes. "Allow me to do so," he offered, "I owe him one for my hand. There is a spot in the galaxy near my planet, and I am sure Sentinel will not escape it."

Paroi took off the blue, crystal pendant he wore around his neck and handed it to Malla. "I'll trust you with him then. He's inside of this crystal. But, just to be safe, I am the only one who can break the seal."

Malla accepted the crystal, then nodded in respect. He pressed a button on the side of his helmet, and gave an order in his native language through a communicator. "You have all given me much to think about on my trip home," Malla began, "Perhaps I was wrong about your race. I must thank you for giving me a second perspective, especially you, small simian." That last remark was directed to Banzai, for whom he gained a special respect. He gripped the crystal tight and walked, likely heading for an extraction point.

Snap chuckles and says, "Imagine what Force is gonna do to us when he finds out we did something heroic."

"Finally," Banzai said, exasperated.

Suddenly, the pendant in Malla's hand began rapidly vibrating.

"*Gasp* He's still conscious!?" Paroi said fearfully.

The pendant then rose high into the air. Then, similar to what happened to the chaos emeralds, balls of light emerged from the 7 Super Emeralds, all of them converging into the pendant containing Sentinel.

Malla looked up in shock. "What?! How is it still able to do that?" he shouted. Gabe turned to Paroi and said, "I hate to agree with the General, but he's right to question that. Shouldn't your seal have incapacitated him?"

"It should have, but I didn't think he'd be able to use the Super Emeralds!" Paroi replied.

The pendant shook violently, emitting powerful pulses of energy.

"Aw c'mon!" Banzai shouted.

A crack appeared on the crystal, followed by another, then another, until the pendant shattered in a flash of black light. In its place, now stood Sentinel's new form.

"This can't be it!" Gabe shouted. "We overpowered him before, and we can do it again, Super Emeralds or not!"

"Although I'd rather have the Super Emeralds," Beat said, looking towards the faintly glowing gems.

Without so much as a typical villain insult, Sentinel roared at the heroes, and fired a massive energy cannon at them, erasing several structures caught in the blast. Dismal promptly ran, but tripped.

Snap and Growth, barely able to move from their attacks on Sentinel, manage to drag Dismal and themselves out of the way. Storm narrowly dodges as well. Edgecrusher quickly darts clear of the blast.

Beat quickly grabbed Banzai and jumped out of the way. Paroi appeared next to them after the blast had disapeared. "This is it," he said, "Sentinel has traded all reason for power. He's at his strongest now. If we beat him this time, he'll be gone forever." Sentinel then let out a huge roar that shook the ground.

"How are we supposed to win now?" Banzai asked.

"That spell I've been charging up wasn't the sealing spell," Paroi said, "it was a healing one, in case this happened." He raised his hands up in the air, and showered the entire group with green sparks. "That should do it," he said, panting with exhaustion. Banzai immediately felt his wounds heal and energy flowing through his body. Beat had a similar reaction.

"All right," Beat said, "we beat him twice already, so we can do it again!"

Sentinel let out another huge roar, before the massive dragon charged towards the fully rejuvinated heroes.

The revitalized Gabe flew high above the beast, and shot a flurry of blazing feathers at it, Chaos energy making them all the more powerful.

The feathers cut Sentinel's skin slightly, but they didn't stop him from flying directly at Gabe, attempting to slice him with gigantic claws.

Rapid ran in front of Gabe. "If you want to mess with my friends, you'll have to go through ME!" he yelled.

Sentinel roared at him, as if telling him to move, then slashed at Rapid instead.

Rapid had a slash wound across his chest. He held his chest in pain, but didn't move out of the way. "I won't give up that easily!" he said with courage.

HIs courage soon faded when he saw Sentinel charging an energy blast in his mouth. Seconds later, he fired it at Rapid and Gabe.

Rapid pushed Gabe out the way and took the energy blast.

Upon impact, the blast was stopped by a translucent, yellow barrier. "Now we're even," Gabe said, revealing that the barrier was his. He rocketed towards Sentinel with flame and Chaos energy engulfing his hands and wings.

Rapid laughed. "Even?" he asked. He snaped his fingers and blue flames flickered above the tips of his index fingers. He charged at Sentinel with a blue fire blast.

Sentinel extended his wings, flapped them, and created a powerful gust of wind that would blow them away.

Gabe tried to resist wind, and joined Rapid with a blast of his own blue fire. "Your actions were very kind, but honestly not necessary," he commented, "I was just being generous."

Rapid laughed again. "I didn't need to be saved. I'm better off dead then hated by others." Rapid said as he increased the power of his blue fire.

Roots snake out of Growth's feet, rooting him to the ground against the wind. He grabs Storm by the wrist. Snap freezes her own feet to the ground and grabs Storm's other wrist.

Sentinel then fires another blast if energy at the heroes. Beat and Banzai both fire their own energy waves to counter it, but appear to be losing the beam struggle.

Growth and Snap, acting as one, launch Storm toward Sentinel like a slingshot. Storm surrounds herself in electric energy and blasts foreward, using the momentum from being launched to increase her speed.

Banzai and Beat jump oit of the way as Storm blasts through Sentinel's beam, right into his head. Sentinel falls backwards, cracking the earth below him. He then gets up and shoots a large fireball into the air. Afterwards he starts firing a flurry of lasers from his claw tips.

Beat and Banzai dance madly trying to avoid the lasers.

Gabe watched the fireball fly upwards and shouted to the others, "I'll be right back!" He flew after the fireball with an odd sense of urgency.

Rapid, in pain from his wound, put maximum power into his blue flames. "Blue Flames of Rage! Activate!" he yelled as a scattered energy wave shot towards Sentinel.

Sentinel let out a supersonic roar, deflecting the energy blasts and sending the heroes flying. Meanwhile, the fireball Gabe was chasing exploded into a rain of flaming sparks that began falling towards the earth.

Rapid fell down in pain. "Darn it! Nothing can stop him!" he yelled.

Paroi was extremely annoyed at the situation. "Damn. If only....Wait!" He quickly clasped his hands together as if in prayer, and told the others, "Distract him for a little while longer!"

"I think we can help too," Snap says, "Growth, Storm and I have been working on a technique that might help. But it takes time and hasn't been perfected yet."

"Please try anything," Paroi said, then looked at Growth. "I might need your help though, for a little while. When I give the signal, I need you to wrap a vine around Sentinel's leg, or any other part of his body, and then give the other end to me. Can you do that?"

"I think I can handle that," Growth agrees, "But for the moment I need to focus on our plan." Snap, Storm and Growth face each other and put their palms against each other's, making a triangle. They close their eyes and focus.

Rapid yelled in pain. He got up anyway. "I'll have to go all out Sentinel! Take this!" He yelled as he shot millions of fire blasts at Sentinel.

Meanwhile, up above, Gabe held back the raining fireballs having expected the blast to release them. Using his pyrokinesis, he whirled them around himself and powered them up with his Chaos energy. One after another, he shot them into Sentinel's eyes, hoping to further the distraction.

Snap, Storm and Growth continue to focus their energies into one another, releasing as much power as possible at once.

Since the fireballs were made of Sentinel's own energy, he reflected them right back at Gabe, changing them into dark purple flames as well.

Paroi was nearly finished building energy. He looked towards Snap and the others. "Ready?" he asked.

Rapid nodded. "Ready."

Snap, Storm and Growth are now surrounded in their elemental energies. There is a flash of blinding light. When it fades, a single hedgehog, with traits from each of her three components, is standing where they had once been. She looks over at Paroi and nods.

Paroi returns the nod. "Go!" he shouted.

The new entity holds out a hand to Sentinel. A vine comes out of her hand and wraps around the villain, entangling him. She hands to other end of the vine to Paroi.

Kyros got up and teleported behind Sentinel. "OVER HERE YA OVERGROWN BAT!" he yelled as he had an odd colored energy blast in his hands.

Sentinel used his tail to swipe Kyros away, trying to claw the vines off him at the same time. Sentinel thrashes wildly, trying to get the vine off of him. Meanwhile, Paroi grabs the vine and holds Sentinel down with all his might, and a little magic. The vine then started to glow, and a pure white energy ran through it from Sentinel to Paroi. The energy collected into a ball of light in Paroi's hands. "There, that should do it," he said, releasing the vine. "I managed to take the positive energy of the Super Emeralds away from Sentinel, however he still has the negative energy, so he's still quite powerful." He then separated the ball of light into several pieces, each piece floating towards one of the heroes. "Now we should be able to do some damage!"

The Snap, Storm, Growth fusion absorbs one piece and takes the vine back from Paroi. Waves of electric energy coarse through the vine into Sentinel.

"Darn! If only he was here he caould extract the negative energy out of Sentinel!" Rapid said with an angered voice.

Sentinel is visibly hurt from the electricity.

Gabe flew down towards Sentinel and dealt another Vulcan Fist, with far greater power from the energy of the Super Emeralds.

Sentinel raised his arms up in front of him to bloack the attack, but was still knocked back quite a distance. He roared once more, and began firing a flurry of lasers from his claws again.

Gabe folded his wings in front of him to block the attack, and followed up with a shockwave of fire and Chaos.

Sentinel roared and reponded with his own energy blast, knocking Gabe's attack out of the sky and heading straight towards him.

With incredible force, Gabe flexed his wings, creating a bright light. He shouted the words, "Angel's MIGHT!" as he used his wings to jab the approaching Sentinel in the chest sending a wave of psycokinetic energy through his body, targeting whatever pressure points he may have.

Sentinel was badly damaged by the attack, but seemed to shrug it off. Since he was already at close range, he slashed at Gabe's body, an attack that would tear him to pieces.

Paroi created several threads of white energy, which wrapped around Sentinel's hand and slammed it into the ground, saving Gabe. "Finish him off!" He shouted to the others.

Gabe looked down to Paroi and gave a thumbs up. He then began to charge a ball of flame and Chaos above his head. "Your end has finally come!" he shouted down to Sentinel.

A scythe of plant with a spear of ice on the other end appears in the fusion's hand and is charged with electricity.

Sentinel attempted to get up, but Paroi kept him pinned down with more energy threads wrapping around his body.

The fusion jumps up high into the air, spinning her unusual weapon with natural talent. She brings the spear end of the weapon down on Sentinel.

The spear got caught in Sentinel's tail when he blocked the fusion's attack, tossing it aside soon after.

Paroi apologized. "Sorry, forgot about the tail."

"No worries," she replies, "I'll just try this!" she charges foreward and slices at the tail with the scythe end of her weapon.

Sentinel's tail comes clean off, with the beast screaming in agony.

The fusion, glad that her plan had worked, smiles and tries to stab him again.

This time, Sentinel reveals a new ability: he sinks into the ground as a puddle of black ooze, escaping Paroi's snare and fusion's attack.

"Where did he go?" Beat asked, looking around.

Without warning, Sentinel emerged from the ground in his liquid state and slashed at fusion with razor sharp claws.

Taken by surprise, fusion is hit with the attack. The damage caused by it knocks Snap, Storm, and Growth out of the fusion, disassembling it.

Sentinel then appeared behind Paroi and slashed at him. Paroi narrowly dodges the attack, but is left with 3 gashes on his back. Grunting in pain, he looks to Snap, Storm and Growth. "Are you guys okay?"

The three crawl to their feet. "Yeah. We're alright," Snap replies, "That's a fairly new ability for the three of us, so we probably wouldn't have stayed that way much longer anyway."

"Don't relax just yet," Paroi said, "He'll reappear any second. As if on que, Sentinel appeared before the group and appeared to be charging a massive attack. "I think he plans to end this," Paroi said.

"Oh man," Growth says worriedly, "We could REALLY use Pause or Boom's help here. At this point I would even settle for Force's help."

"Not so fast you overgrown beast!" Gabe shouted from above. He flew atop his newly charged fireball, and used a powerful psycokinetic push from his wings to shoot it at Sentinel.

Sentinel responded with an energy blast of his own. The two attacks were locked in place, until Sentinel's beam appeared to take over. "Let me help," Beat said, appearing next to Gabe, and fired a concentrated wave of energy at the fireball. The attacks seemed to be evenly matched now.

"Allow me to break the tie," Storm says, now on a high perch. She is holding one hand in the air, a ball of lightning resting in the palm. A beam of electric energy connects the ball with the clouds above. "Lightning Realm Secret Technique: Kirin." Storm brings her arm down, adding a massive blast of lightning to the beam struggle.

The struggle was now in the heroes' favor. Sentinel, however refused to give up. "One more attack should do it," Paroi said.

Gabe looked down at the ground. "I'll be right back," he said to Beat and Storm. Quickly he flew down to Paroi and asked, "May I see the Master Emerald for a moment?"

"I suppose so," he replied.

Using his psycokinesis, Gabe lifted the Emerald with one hand, and General Malla with the other. "Looks like you're going to get rid of him after all, General," he said. Together they rose back up to Beat and Storm's level, and Gabe placed the Emerald in Malla's unbroken hand. "That shoulder cannon, fire it." Malla gave a nod, and with great power, a large beam of Chaos shot from Malla's cannon and joined the other attacks.

That final attack was enough to send the massive fusion beam blasting through Sentinel's attack, and through the beast's skull with a bright explosion of energy. When the light faded, Sentinel's body lay on the ground, beaten and lifeless.

"Finally," Paroi said.

Rapid was panting hard. "Heh heh! It's over! We're done." Rapid said as he fell backwards to the ground passed out, still smiling.

Kyros flew out of the water Sentinel hit him into. "Done...Now I don't have to fight anymore..." Kyros said as he healed himself.

Storm lands next to Snap and Growth, and immediately falls to her knees.

Gabe slowly hovered back down to the ground, taking Malla with him. His wings, robe, and firey aura faded to show that he had returned to his normal form. "So General," he began with a smirk, "Looks like you aren't such a bad guy after all." Malla merely set down the Master Emerald and walked off, replying, "Don't get used to it, rodent. When I return home, no word of my deeds shall be heard again."