[Time Remaining: 04:00:00]
"After day's of preparation, it's finally done," I muttered, my eyes fixed on the holographic countdown shimmering in the dim light of the lab. "Now, we wait."
I leaned back, watching the monitors. Everything I needed every weapon, every contingency was tucked away in my dimensional inventory, ready to be summoned at a thought. Across the lab, Z23 was patiently guiding Daiwa through the basics of her new rigging. I had used a Wisdom Cube to bridge the gap, granting Daiwa the formidable power of a carrier-class ship.
I stood up and approached them, my boots clicking against the metallic floor.
"Rest up," I commanded, my voice softening slightly. "We move in four hours." I flicked my wrist, tossing a small glass vial toward Daiwa.
She caught it mid-air, eyeing the swirling, neon-colored liquid with deep suspicion. "Knowing you, this is going to taste like a vodkas stinky clothes."
I pressed a hand to my chest, feigning a wound. "You hurt me, Daiwa. Truly."
"Fine," she rolled her eyes, popping the cork. "But if I die, I'm spending eternity haunting you."
She downed the mixture in one go. Almost instantly, her posture straightened, and a healthy glow returned to her skin. Her eyes widened as the fatigue of the transformation evaporated. "Wow… what is this?"
"Just a little 'U-mazing' tonic I brewed," I said, flashing a peace sign with a grin.
"Wei!"
"No way," she whispered with a dead pan face, before flexing her fingers. "The potion is… incredible."
"Hahaha! Get some sleep. You too, Z23 you're going to need every bit of energy for what's coming." I tossed a second vial to the destroyer and headed back to the inner sanctum of the lab.
[Time Remaining: 00:05:00]
The final check was complete. I had double-checked the equipment, synchronized the inventory sub-routines, and verified the massive credits I'd secured via an advance from the Doctor. For once, money wasn't an issue.
"Z23, call Daiwa. It's time," I said, standing up and smoothing out my coat.
Daiwa appeared moments later, clad in her new specialized gear. It looked like her standard outfit at a glance, but the fabric was now reinforced with Kevlar and kinetic-absorbing mesh, capable of shifting into a tactical configuration at a moment's notice.
"I'm ready, Mother," she said firmly.
"Let's go." I stepped forward and pulled her into a sudden, tight hug.
"Wha—!? Hey!" She panicked, her face turning beet-red as she tried to push me away. "Get off! People are watching!"
"You're just so cute, my little baby," I teased, squeezing tighter before finally letting go.
Then, the air grew heavy. Then reality began to warp at the edges of my vision.
[Time Remaining: 00:00:01]
[Time Remaining: 00:00:00]
[Initiating Dimensional Transfer…]
The world didn't just fade; it shattered.
"Agh… my head."
I groaned, clutching my temples as the vertigo subsided. I blinked, realizing I was lying on patches of vibrant, unnaturally green grass. Z23 and Daiwa were already on their feet, riggings deployed.
"Good, you're awake," Z23 said, her hand on the hilt of her blade.
"Where are we?" I asked, standing up and dusting off my coat.
"I don't know, Mother," Daiwa replied, her gaze fixed on the horizon. "Everything is… green. And is that a looping hill over there?"
She pointed to a landscape that defied gravity checkered soil and hills that curled into perfect vertical circles. I didn't wait for an explanation. I dropped into a low running stance.
"Mother? What are you doing?"
"What does it look like? I'm running!" I shouted, already kicking off.
Daiwa didn't hesitate. She blurred past me, her legs pushing the Ground with a roar. "Hey! That's cheating!" I yelled.
She looked back over her shoulder, pulling down the skin beneath her eye and sticking out her tongue mocking me.
"You little—!" I laughed, clenching my fists and I surged forward at insane speeds, leaving Z23 to catch up in our wake.
We were running across the checkered plains when my danger sense screamed. Daiwa was several yards ahead, heading straight for a distortion in the air.
"Daiwa, stop!" I lunged, pulling a gravity gun from my inventory and firing a tether at her feet to yank her back.
"Mother, what are you—!?" She started to scream, but her voice died as a figure manifested in front of us.
It was a nightmare draped in blue fur. It laughed, a jagged, manic sound that set my teeth on edge. Its eyes were voids of red.
"Well, well, well… look what we have here," the creature hissed, its smile stretching too wide for its face.
"New toys. I haven't seen your faces before."
I didn't hesitate. I snapped my fingers, instantly teleporting Z23 to our side.
"Protect Daiwa," I commanded, my voice dropping an octave. "I'll handle this fake 'god'."
"Oh?" The creature tilted its head. "You're approaching me?"
"I can beat the shit out of you without getting any closer," I retorted, stowing the gravity gun.
"So much talk. I am God! You cannot beat me!" it shrieked.
"We'll see about that."
Before the creature could strike, a blur of silver slammed into its back at Mach speeds. Metal Sonic had arrived, pinning the horror against a jagged rock formation.
"You over there!" A voice crackled from a radio i have with me. "Start running! Metal Sonic won't hold him for long. I'm sending you coordinates move!"
"Understood," I muttered. Grabbing Z23 and Daiwa, I blinked out of existence, following the signal.
We reappeared in a hidden bunker. A blue hedgehog stood there, looking weary, alongside a rotund man in a red flight suit.
"Whoa! Where'd you come from?" the hedgehog asked, eyes wide.
"Teleportation," I said shortly, scanning the room. "Where is the rest of your team?"
"Where is Metal?" the Eggman demanded.
"We… had to leave him to cover our retreat," I admitted.
"What?!" He slammed a fist onto a console. "Bring him back or so help me—"
Without a word, I reached through the void and dragged the battered, sparking chassis of Metal Sonic into the room.
Eggman let out a breath of relief, gesturing for the robot to follow him into a repair bay.
"So," I said, turning to the blue hedgehog. "Mind telling me what the hell is happening?"
"Basically?" Sonic sighed. "Multiple versions of me messed up, murderous versions have turned this place into a slaughterhouse. We've been stuck in this loop forever."
"I can help," I said, checking the power cells on my gauntlets. "I can kill them permanently."
Sonic shook his head. "We've tried. They're unkillable."
"Nothing is unkillable," I countered. "You just haven't tried hard enough."
The room suddenly buckled. The floor vanished as another forced teleportation ripped through the bunker.
I landed in a burning cityscape. I was tired of being jerked around. I immediately summoned Z23 and Daiwa to my side.
"Sup," Z23 said calmly, though her cannons were already smoking. Daiwa remained quiet, her eyes cold.
"Protect her," I told Z23. "I've got a fake god to hunt."
I vanished again, but not before releasing my own creations into the area. In the distance, I saw Sonic being chased by a metallic monstrosity that looked like a furnace on legs so i send in neo metal to help out.
"Target spotted," the machine rumbled.
"eh!? Do i smell smoke?" Sonic said before seeing the machine.
"Whoa!" Sonic pivoted, sprinting for his life. "Give it up, pal! You can't keep up with my stride!"
"I am superior to all organic prey," Furnace retorted, its internal fires roaring as it matched his pace.
"I gotta live to fight another day!" Sonic yelled, pushing himself harder. "No way a hunk of metal can out run me!"
"You are young and arrogant," Furnace countered. "It will be your downfall."
"Making temporary retreat" Furnace said before Retreating
Suddenly, a different Eggman one with a starved, horrific visage appeared on a hovering machine.
"hahahaha it's supper time!" starved eggman said.
"Hedgehog soup is served soon!"
"Your hunger is as screwed up as your face!" Sonic barked back.
But sonic didn't see furnace moving below him preparing a trap.
"Ah a little salty but that will bring out the favor." He said.
"You will soon join me in the diner table" he said laughing.
"How about a omelet instead cause i am about to scramble you!" sonic said running even more then he saw eggman slowing down but not noticing furnace in front of him
"Man you like scrambling your own plans dont ya" Sonic looking back at eggman.
As Furnace prepared to lunge, Metal Sonic now upgraded to his Neo form intercepted the blow, clashing with the furnace-bot in a spray of sparks. "Nice save, faker!" Sonic yelled.
"Wait looked different?" sonic said.
Meanwhile, I found myself face-to-face with the red-eyed demon from before: Sonic.EXE. He had his claws around the throat of Eggman, ready to tear the soul out.
"Your soul is mine!" EXE roared.
I didn't give him the chance. I appeared directly in his path and leveled a railgun at his forehead. BOOM.
The slug staggered him, his head snapping back as blue sparks danced across his skin.
"You!" Eggman scrambled away, pointing at me. "Save me!"
"Who else is left?" I demanded.
"Just me, the pink one, the yellow one, and the red one! But Metal needs repairs!"
I didn't waste time. I pulled Amy and the others to my location via the warp-link.
"I'm getting you out of here," I said, sending them all to Z23's location.
Now, it was just me and the demon.
"Well, it's just you and me, fake god," I spat.
The word faker sent him into a predictable rage. "You think you are safe? You just send them to die! Your friends are dying as we speak!"
I tapped my comms. Silence. "Z23? Daiwa?" Nothing but static.
A cold, white-hot fury washed over me. "You dare… you dare touch my daughter?" My voice was a low growl. "You will pay for this!"
I slammed my hands together, summoning a towering, mountain-sized combat mech that shattered the surrounding buildings just by manifesting.
"GET A LOAD OF THIS!" I roared from the cockpit. "I am unstoppable!"
I unleashed everything. Rockets, missiles, and heavy-caliber rounds turned the air into lead. EXE flickered in and out of reality, dodging with supernatural speed, but my locking systems were relentless.
"Keep dodging!" I screamed, firing a barrage of thermal-seekers. "See if I care!"
EXE lunged, his claws glowing with dark energy as he sliced through one of the mech's massive arms.
"That arm took me two days to calibrate, you cocky jerk!" I slammed the self-destruct override on the remaining limbs. "Let's try something classic a total blowout!"
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
The explosion leveled the district.
"I am a god!" EXE's voice echoed through the smoke as he tore the cockpit open.
"You cannot do anything!" EXE said trying to get me but it was too late.
"Maybe," I smirked, tapping my transporter. "But I yet to found someone that can outsmart me!"
I vanished a split second before his claws reached my throat.
Back at the rally point, Neo Metal Sonic was finishing the job. He had cornered Furnace, his silver armor gleaming.
"I've let you live long enough," Neo Metal rumbled. He plunged his hand through Furnace's chest, ripping out the core and crushing it into dust.
He turned his gaze to the Starved Eggman, who was cowering in the corner. With a single, cold motion, he ended the glutton's reign.
"Dark," Sonic muttered, leaning against a tree. "But deserved."
"So where are we going?" Sonic ask before getting grabbed by neo metal and using chaos control.
"Chaos Control," Neo Metal said.
In a flash of light, telaported to z23 and daiwa location.
[ Starved eggman ( eliminated)
Sonic. EXE ( you can't kill a god)
2011X ( er*r*r wa*ni*g)
Fleetway ( alive)]
[ survivors
Eggman - with Z23 and daiwa?
Tails - with Z23 and daiwa?
Sonic - with neo metal (
agnes creation)
Amy - with Z23 and daiwa?
Knuckles - with Z23 and daiwa?
Shadow - with cream hiding from Fleetway
Cream - healing blaze while being protected by shadow
Sliver - unknown
Blaze - injured got hit by Fleetway spin dash
Metal ( eggman) - being repaired by eggmam]
"HAHAHAHA! I WILL END THIS INSECTS HERE AND NOW!"
"like i said it's no use!" sliver said before using his powers to stop Fleetway
A/n: look my time with this so please prise me.