Fanfiction:Elemental Chaos Part 19a

''Previously, on Elements of Power, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the rest of the heroes narrowly managed to escape from the Sandopolis Zone's pyramid as Mephiles was in the process of destroying it with a large, emerald-powered energy beam. After managing to avoid this devastating attack, the heroes found Mephiles buried underneath the pile of rubble that used to be the pyramid, reduced back to his original liquefied form. Before Mephiles had a chance to escape, Shadow used Chaos Control to halt his movement, while Squash resealed him within the Scepter of Darkness.''

''Just as they were taking a breather, Slush, who arrived to lend a hand in battling Mephiles, informed everyone that the the Robotniks were coming their way, using their new machine, the "Egg Galaxia". A little while later, the Robotniks arrived, and the battle began. Initially, the scientists had the upper hand, since the Egg Galaxia was constructed with what was said to be some of the toughest metal on the planet. It wasn't, however, tough enough to withstand Bomb's explosion. After damaging the machine and leaving it vulnerable to the heroes' attacks, the battle was even. It went on for quite some time, until Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the rest of the heroes triumphed in the end…or so they thought.''

''Shortly afterwards, the Robotniks used the power of the Sol Emeralds, which were stolen from Blaze, to repair the amount of damage that was done to the Egg Galaxia, as well as making it invincible. With all seven of the Sol Emeralds in the Robotniks' possession, and only four of them in the heroes' possession, do they even have a chance of winning this battle? Sure, Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper and Bean the Dynamite are on their way to the battlefield with the three remaining Chaos Emeralds, but what will they do when they arrive? Will they choose to lend the heroes a hand, or will they simply steal the Chaos Emeralds and flee the scene? Find out in this exciting, second-to-last chapter of Knuckles' Chaotix: Elements of Power, Episode 2: Elemental Chaos!''

Scorch: Well, mission accomplished, I guess. Mephiles has been put in his place again, but somehow, I'm still not all that satisfied. Maybe if I had arrived on the battlefield much sooner, then I could have done a lot more. I could have given that spineless coward what he truly deserved for spreading all those lies to have me killed! Also, I can't believe I actually turned down a chance to get even with Tikal… Maybe I really AM starting to get soft…

???: Talking to yourself again, sis?

Scorch: Ahhh! Slush, you've GOT to stop sneaking up on me like that!

…

Wait a minute… I thought you said you were going to the Ice Cap Zone?

Slush: I was, but then I remembered that the Ice Element Gem in my tiara has an endless supply of snow, so I used that to rejuvenate myself.

Scorch: I see. You mean to tell me that you didn't realize that until now?

Slush: Of course I did, it's just-

Scorch: Oh, I get it. Every other time you said that, you were only using that as an excuse to go see that polar bear, am I right?

Slush: *Blushes* N-No, it's nothing like that at all!

Scorch: Yeah, sure. Then why are you blushing?

Slush: I'm not! At the time, I just didn't think to use it, that's all!

Scorch: If you say so, little sis.

*Suddenly, a loud roar is heard*

Slush: Whoa, what was that!?

Scorch: Oh, no…! Don't tell me that's…!

Slush: That's who?

…

Wait a minute! Scorch, you didn't happen to drop the Fire Gem into the lava by any chance, did you?

Scorch: Not that I remem-

…

No, wait… I did! Well, not me, exactly. It was Squash! During our battle, she ended up knocking me into the pool of lava at the volcano! Because of my gem coming in contact with it, Iblis must have gotten released as a result!

Slush: Ugh… Now that's just perfect, isn't it? First, Mephiles and Dr. Nega return because of her and now Iblis, too!?

Scorch: If that creature continues to run loose, he'll eventually destroy everything! Come on, we've got to stop him before it's too late!

Slush: …

Wow. You sure are bent on playing the hero all of a sudden.

Scorch: Oh, please. For me, this has nothing to do with heroism. It's about keeping the promise I made to Dr. Robotnik. After he freed me from my thousand plus years of captivity, I told him that I'd do anything to repay the favor, which of course, includes helping him with his world domination plans. If Iblis ends up destroying everything, there won't be a world left for him to rule!

Slush: *Sweatdrops* It figures. In any case, though, you're right about one thing: Iblis MUST be stopped at all costs! One question, though: Are you sure you'll be able to take him on, even though your left arm is still injured?

Scorch: I'll manage. Come on, let's get moving! *Flies off*

Slush: *Follows*

''Wasting no time, the two Goddesses hurried over to the volcano as fast as they could in order to stop Iblis before he begins his rampage. Meanwhile, at the Sandopolis Zone, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the rest of the heroes were still doing battle against Dr. Robotnik and Dr. Nega. Unfortunately for them, they were still unable to inflict any damage on Egg Galaxia, due to the fact that the Robotniks used the stolen Sol Emeralds to increase its power, making it invulnerable in the process. Since physical attacks weren't working, they decided to use special attacks instead.''

Knuckles: THUNDER ARROW!

Mighty: COSMIC CRUSHER!

Espio: *Tosses a shuriken bomb at it*

Honey: *Same*

Vector: *Blows fire at it*

Sonic: SONIC WIND!

Shadow: CHAOS SPEAR!

Rouge: BLACK WAVE!

Omega: ERADICATE! *Fires a huge purple laser*

Blaze: FIRESOUL ATTACK!

Silver: PSYCHIC CONTROL!

Splash: AQUA STAR… POOOWWWEEEER!

Squash: ASTRO STAR… POOOWWWEEEER!

Seedra: SOLAR STAR… POOOWWWEEEER!

*A huge explosion occurs*

Ray: Yeah, I think it's working, you guys!

Charmy: Yay! You did it!

Marine: Strewth! That was bonza! That was ACE!

???: And you were saying?

Ray: W-WHAT!?

''Shortly afterwards, the smoke cleared. Despite all the devastating attacks that were used, the Egg Galaxia was still standing, unscathed.''

Charmy: Huh!? It's STILL standing after all THAT!?

Heavy: This is insane!

Bomb: Tell me about it!

Robotnik: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Yes, we're still standing, as you can see.

Nega Robotnik: Eee hee hee! Haven't you fools put it together yet? With the power of the Sol Emeralds, we are UNSTOPPABLE!

Robotnik: That is, of course, unless you could somehow manage to get ahold of the three remaining Chaos Emeralds, which I very much doubt you can do!

Wechnia: Has it ever occurred to you that the Sol Emeralds' power can be stopped with the Master Emerald? We may not know exactly where the Chaos Emeralds are, but we know exactly where THAT is!

Nega Robotnik: WHAT!? Curses! I forgot all about that thing!

Robotnik: HAHAHAHAHA… Even so, do you truly think we'll let you walk away from this battle to get it? I already gave you all a freebie before, allowing you to rejuvenate yourselves with the rings, but that's where I draw the line!

Knuckles: Damn!

Shadow: You're right, Doctor. You might not let us walk away, but we DO have other methods…

Nega Robotnik: Oh? Eee hee hee! Would you care to explain what these supposed "other methods" are? I'm just dying to know!

Shadow: I have two words for you. *Picks up the green Chaos Emerald* Chaos… CONTROL!

Using the power of a single Chaos Emerald, Shadow was able to utilize Chaos Control, effectively freezing the Robotniks and the Egg Galaxia in time.

Knuckles: Good thinking, Shadow, but I don't know if this'll buy me the time I need to get to the altar and back.

Shadow: Sure it will. I could Chaos Control you over there, just as I did 6 a year ago when we needed to use the Master Emerald to trap Mephiles.

Knuckles: Ah, yeah. I forgot all about that.

Charmy: Hey, look, you guys! Isn't that Nack and Bean over there? *Points ahead to the jeep*

Vector: Yep, that's them a'ight. I'm gonna take a wild guess 'n' say they've got the otha three Chaos Emeralds? If so, then we probably won't even need the Master Emerald!

Knuckles: *Takes out the radar* Well, what do you know? They DO have them!

Charmy: Alright!

Blaze: Well, that was certainly convenient, wasn't it?

*Nack parks the jeep as soon as he and Bean get close enough*

Nack: Hiya, chumps! Didn't expect ta find 'ja here!

Bean: How is it that you STILL managed to beat us here, even after we went through the trouble of stealing that guy's jeep!?

Rouge: So, you stole that jeep, huh? Isn't THAT the surprise of the century?

Nack: Ah, shaddap! We wouldn't 've had ta do 'dat if 'dat cat goil ovah 'dere didn't blow up 'da Marvelous Queen!

Blaze: Who, me? I don't remember doing anything like that! What are you talking about?

Silver: Yeah, and what, exactly, is this "Marvelous Queen", anyway?

Nack: Foist of all, 'da Marvelous Queen was a custom-made air bike of mine. Second 've all, I was talkin' 'bout HER! *Points to Honey*

Honey: Well, you had it coming after holding that knife up to my throat and using me a shield!

Nack: Well, ya shouldn't 've been pokin' ya nose into our business 'n' what-not! As a mattah o' fact, you owe me some money fa 'da damages to da Marvelous Queen!

Honey: I don't owe you a thing!

Nack: Look, Ah'm warnin' you, sistah! Ya beddah pay up right now, or I'll bussa cap 'n ya right here, on 'da spot!

Honey: You go ahead and try it!

*They "lightning anime glare" at one another*

Rouge: Alright, alright. That's enough, you two. Fang, Bean. You two have the other three emeralds, right? Why don't you give them to us? We could really use them right about now.

Bean: Why should we? If we do, then what's in it for us?

Sonic: Didn't you tell us last month that you had a bone to pick with Ro-butt-nik for cheating you in the past? Well, now's your chance! You see that mech they're using over there? *Points* It absorbed power from Blaze's Sol Emeralds, and became invincible! We need those three emeralds, so we could put them in their place!

Bean: Hmm, come to think of it, we DID say something like that, didn't we?

Shadow: Also, we just got finished doing you a huge favor.

Nack: Eh? What fava? I don't remember you doin' nutin' for us…

Shadow: We know all about the deal that you two made with Mephiles, and I'll tell you right now that he had absolutely no intention of paying you like he claimed, but don't just take my word for it. *Takes out a recording device and presses the "Play" button*

*Cue recording*

Shadow: Tell us! Who was it that you "hired" to collect the rest of the emeralds for you!?

Mephiles: I don't recall their names, but one of them was a green duck with a red bandanna, and a purple weasel with a brown hat. I believe one of them called themselves "Nack the Sniper", or was it "Fang the Weasel"?

[…]

Mephiles: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Very soon, those two are going to be delivering the rest of the emeralds to me, and then my plan will be nearly complete! When that time comes, I'll be sure to "award" them alright… With a one-way ticket to oblivion, that is!

*End recording*

Bean: So, I was right after all! I KNEW that guy couldn't be trusted!

Nack: Ooh, why 'dat doity, stinkin', double-crossin'…! He really WAS tryin' na pull a fast one on us all 'dis time!

Omega: Yes, and had we not intervened, he would have exterminated you both.

Nack: …

Bean: …

Charmy: So, NOW will you give us the emeralds?

Nack: Well…

Bean: …

Nack: I guess we DO owe ya one, 'n' we DO wanna get even wit' 'da doc, so…

*The Robotniks unfreeze*

Nega Robotnik: Wait a minute, what just happened!? Were we…frozen in time?

Robotnik: Yes, I believe so. Now, where were we? Ah, yes, I remember! We were in the process of finishing you meddlesome fools off once and for all!

Nega Robotnik: Eee hee hee! Yes, that's right! Why don't we go ahead and pick up where we left off?

Robotnik: HAHAHAHAHAHA… That's fine by me! I think we've toyed with you long enough. What do you say we put an end to this?

*The Egg Galaxia starts charging up a laser and hovers into the air*

Tails: Uh oh… That doesn't look good…

Vector: Fa cryin' out loud, Nack 'n' Bean! Are ya gonna give us the emeralds or not!?

Nack: A'ight, a'ight! Fine! Take 'em! *Tosses the emeralds towards the other four*

Bean: *Tosses the last one*

Nega Robotnik: Eee hee hee! The charge is complete! It's time to die, fools! EEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!

Robotnik: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ready, aim… FIRE!!!

Just as the Egg Galaxia was firing a huge laser beam at everyone, they ended up using the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds to generate a barrier around themselves, just in time before it came in contact.

Robotnik: WHAT!? No way! I can't BELIEVE this!

Nega Robotnik: Gah! That barrier will run out eventually, I guarantee it!

Wechnia: I wouldn't count on it. The Chaos Emeralds have unlimited powers, you know.

Robotnik: Oh, but exactly how much longer do you think it'll stand up to the power of the Sol Emeralds, which have powers that are akin to them? One side is bound to emerge victorious, and that's of course, going to be Nega and I! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

Knuckles: We'll see about that!

Elsewhere, while everyone else was busy dealing with Dr. Robotnik and Dr. Nega, Scorch and Slush were in the "heat" of battle themselves, against the fiery monster, Iblis, who Squash had mistakenly and unknowingly released during her battle against Scorch.

Iblis: *Insert loud growl here as he spits a large ball of flaming charcoal at them*

Scorch: HAAAAAAAAAH! *Surrounds her fist with fire and punches through it, causing it to crumble into pieces*

''After that, more and more flaming charcoal balls got launched at them, but Scorch continued punching through them, while Slush, on the other hand, was using her ice powers to freeze them, stopping them in midair. Eventually, Iblis ended up launching a meteorite at the duo, which prompted Scorch to punch through it, using her left hand.''

Scorch: Ghhhhh…! *Kneels down, holding her arm*

Slush: Scorch! Are you alright, big sis?

Scorch: Don't worry, I'm okay. *Stands up again* What about you? Are you sure you'll be able to withstand this heat for much longer?

Slush: I've got it all under control. Whenever I need to cool myself off, I'll just step outside and re-energize myself with the power of the Ice Gem. Now, with that said, we're going to need an action plan for this guy. Obviously, just simply freezing him isn't going to cut it, nor will fire attacks, for obvious reasons.

Scorch: You're right. He has to have some kind of weakness. But what could it be, exactly?

…

Ah, wait! Now I remember! When we went up against Iblis last month, just about everyone but Splash was attacking its eye!

Slush: Yeah, that IS true, come to think of it! It doesn't look as if he's making ANY attempt to guard it whatsoever, either. Come on, let's do it! *Holds out the palm of her hand and starts shooting at Iblis' eye*

Scorch: *Same*

Iblis: *Blocks the attacks*

Scorch: W-WHAT!?

Slush: Ugh, me and my big mouth! I guess he isn't so brainless after all…

Scorch: Ah, well. No big deal. I'm sure if we were to rapidly fire at his eye, then he won't be able to block all of our blasts.

Slush: It's worth a try.

*They do it again, and it's the same result*

Slush: Damn it!

Scorch: Well, so much for that, huh?

Slush: I guess we're going to need another plan, then. If attacking him from far away doesn't get the job done, then our only option left is to attack him head-on!

Scorch: What if he ends up blocking that, too?

Slush: Don't worry, I have an idea. *Whispers in Scorch's ear*

Scorch: Yeah, that's perfect! He won't even see it coming! Anytime you're ready, Slush.

Slush: With all this heat I've had to endure, I just hope I'll have enough energy to pull it off. Well, here goes! *Hovers into the air* BLIZZARD ATTACK!

''Using her cryokinetic powers, Slush used the remaining energy that she had left to create a blizzard. The snow, along with the strong winds, were not only enough to damage Iblis, but it distracted him long enough for Scorch to fly towards his eye and jam her fist through it.''

Iblis: *Insert loud growling here as he sinks back into the lava*

Scorch: Well, that takes care of him…for now, at least.

Slush: Yeah. I'm going outside to cool off. Let me know when he gets back up again.

…

But then again, that probably won't be necessary, since anybody could hear Iblis' roar within a ten-mile radius.

Scorch: Good point.

At the Sandopolis Zone…

Nega Robotnik: You won't be able to resist for much longer, you know. Sooner or later, the beam is going to penetrate that barrier, and you fools will be blown to PIECES! Eee hee hee hee!

Robotnik: HAHAHAHAHAHA… That's right! It's only a matter of time until we'll finally be rid of pests for good! The Robotnik Empire… I could practically SEE it now! At long last, it's going to become a reality, just as I envisioned it!

Seedra: I think I have an idea…

Mighty: You do? Well, alright. Let's hear it.

Seedra: You guys said that the emeralds transform thoughts into power, right? Well, can't we channel our thoughts into reflecting their beam?

Shadow: It's worth a try.

Charmy: Alright, well let's do it!

Taking Seedra's suggestion, the heroes used the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds and transformed their thoughts into making the Egg Galaxia's beam reflect off the barrier and bounce right back to it.

Robotnik: W-WHAT!? NO WAY! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!

Nega Robotnik: THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!

Before the Robotniks had the chance to dodge, they ended up getting hit by their own beam, with the Egg Galaxia being launched into the sky, and sent flying over the horizon somewhere.

Ray: Wow. I'm surprised that actually worked!

Sonic: HA! Game over, Ro-butt-niks!

Bean: HAHAHAHAHA… Now THAT'S what I call "Dynamite Power"!

Nack: Yep! 'Dat outta teach 'de ol' doc not ta cheat us no moah!

''Well, so far, so good. Thanks to Nack and Bean's cooperation, Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the rest of the heroes were able to triumph over Dr. Robotnik and Dr. Nega and stop their world domination plans from coming to fruition. Additionally, Scorch and Slush were able triumph over Iblis at the volcano. Is it truly over? Have the heroes truly won? Or do the Robotniks, as well as Iblis, have more tricks up their sleeves? Find out in Part Nineteen "Bee" of Knuckles' Chaotix: Elements of Power, Episode 2: Elemental Chaos!''

To "bee" continued…

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