Sonic: Ultimate Chaos/NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia

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A fan-fic of Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS my sister made on another site. She finished the Sonic one. She's on hiatus now but NiGHTS'll begin soon enough.

Mercury wrote:: (Sorry for the Long-ish title. I'll shorten it if you want. Also, if the pictures aren't allowed, I'll get rid of them. I just copy and pasted this from the other site where it was allowed but I didn't see anything against it here. If there is, sorry I didn't see it.) In this story things are getting tossed around a bit. So far I've only completed the Sonic Half but I'll pick back up on the NiGHTS half soon. This isn't the best thing I've ever written but I really just wrote this one for fun. Also there's some debate on NiGHTS' gender so for the simplicity of it all, I just call it a girl.

NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 1
Real Dreams

G.U.N Military Base
Sector 17
0-300 Hours

The dark night sky makes for perfect cover. A feminine creature with bat wings glides silently through the security systems. Sneaking into an elevator, she notices a camera. Jumping up, she kicks the camera hard enough to break it into pieces. The guards seem to be sleeping at their posts. The infiltrator quietly makes her way to the containment room. On a pedestal in the center of the room there is a shining, red gem. "This has really become way too easy", says the young woman. She lifts the glass case and switches the gem with an apple. Once she turns around, her eyes catch a glimps of a quick blur. "Alright, who's there? Show yourself!" She says, placing the gem in her bag.

A black hedgehog appears before the bat girl's very eyes as if from thin air. "Long time no see, Rouge", he says. The infiltrator, Rouge, backs up a step and leans back on the containment case.

"Shadow, yeah it's been about three or fourth months now, huh?"

Rouge subtly reaches into her bag to check and see if the gem is still there. She feels something in the bag and removes her hand so she doesn't raise any suspicions. Shadow holds the same red gem in his hand. Rouge clumsily opens the bag and pulls out the apple. "Getting sloppy, Rouge."

"Ah, you can't blame me. I haven't actually stolen anything in a while. We've all been too busy, what with Doc Eggman's last scheme taking forever to resolve. I'm just glad that Sonic got to the Emeralds before Eggman did. Besides, how hard can it be for a man with an IQ of above 300 to steal a chaos emerald from this place?"

"That's not the point, Rouge. You can't go around stealing Chaos Emeralds like that. It draws attention."

Rouge looks around and saw an air vent above her. "Fine, Shadow, keep the Emerald. There are plenty of other gems out their for me. See you around." Rough says, jumping up and prying open the vent cover. Then she flew in and disappeared into the night. Shadow put the Emerald back on the pedestal and walked away, not noticing the flashing red light on a threat monitor in the room. Rouge manages to get some distance between herself and Shadow before circling back around and going to the Emerald room again.

Before she takes the Emerald, she notices the threat monitor. She hacks into the computer and sees the statistics. The threat, whatever it was, seemed to be slowly growing. The increased area of it didn't stop in any particular area. It wrapped around the entire planet. "Rouge, I thought I just told you to get out", Shadow says, apparently having never left.

"Sorry, Shadow, couldn't resist. Come here, check this out."

Shadow crosses his arms and looks at the screen. The activity seemed to be coming from the inner city. "That's not good. Wait, there was a minor quake in that area a few nights ago. Maybe that has something to do with it."

"Shadow, what minor quake wraps around the entire planet?"

"Well what did you have in mind?"

"I don't know but I think the Doctor has something to do with it. This has Eggman written all over it", Rouge suggested

Shadow meditates for a moment then walks up to the pedestal and grabs the Emerald. He walks back to Rouge and takes hold of her arm. "Hold still. Chaos Control!" The two disappear from the G.U.N base in a bright flash. The next thing they know, they're in the middle of the city on a rooftop. "This is where all the activity on the monitor came from."

"That's funny. I don't see anything wrong other than some small bits of debris from the quake."

Shadow seems to be focusing on a manhole in the street. The lid is removed and he can hear a faint noise. He decides to have a look for himself. Running down to the hole, he hears the tune of a flute playing. But there isn't anyone in the area. When he looks down the manhole he sees nothing. Rouge glides down and looks around herself. The two of them run off and look around the city for any leads when they decide that they can't find anything out from the manhole. But just below the depths of sewer water is a swirling portal forming.

A small creature, resembling a faerie, floats through and looks around with a clueless look on its face. Then an arm reaches through and pulls out the body of strange girl in colorful clothing. "W-what happened? Where am I?" She says weakly. The girl breathes heavily at first then collapses there. The small creature cuddles up close to the sleeping girl and hides from the dark waters.

(To Be Continued...)

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pretty cool.

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Sis says thank you. More coming your way.

Heart wrote:: (Again, if pictures aren't allowed, I'll just take them out. All they do for the story is sum up the newest added characters to the Roster)

NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 2
Let the Nightmare Begin

In the valley just outside of the jungle, all is peaceful. A young boy is tinkering in his workshop with a strange device. Outside there is a young man staring off over the sea at the rising sun. Everyone seems to be in a peaceful mood this morning. The young tinkerer rushes out of the workshop, holding the device under his arm. "Knuckles, Knuckles check this out!" He calls out to his friend.

"What's up, Tails?"

Tails opens the device and begins to fiddle with it. A frequency is emitted that can barely be heard. "After Sonic beat Eggman last time, I found this device in the wreckage of his Egg-Tower. It seems to be used to locate Chaos Emeralds."

"What's so special about that? You've made an Emerald Tracker before."

"Yeah but this one's different. It runs on this special energy that could be from another dimension. And it also has a function for locating sources of it. Look at this! There're sources of it sprouting up all over the place now! But rewind a bit and you'll find that this energy used to be next to nonexistant in this dimension."

"Tails, cut to the chase. My head is starting to hurt", Kunckles complains.

Suddenly, as if from nowhere, a mechanical arm snatches the device from tails. The arm led to a a small hovering machine with a round man inside. He laughs at Tails and puts the device away. "Thank you, Tails for locating my Emerald tracer. It will prove most useful for my latest plan."

"It's Eggman!" Tails whines.

"Eggman, you give that back right now or I'll cave that big nose of yours right in", Knuckles threatens.

Eggman pressed a button on his hoverchair and a large ship emerged from behind the clouds. It beams him up and flies away at mach speeds. Knuckles and Tails both look at one another and nod. They hopped into Tails's biplane and flew after Eggman's new Egg-Carrier. The Carrier-Cannon shot the two of them clean out of the sky. Knuckles jumped off and made a rech for the carrier but he came up short. Tails grabbed Knuckles and the both of them flew down.

The carrier had led them all the way out to the city. They landed in front of Town Hall and looked around. "Eggman never quits", Knuckles ranted. Tails kicked a pebble and looked up. He noticed Rouge and Shadow walking on the other side of the street.

"Hey, isn't that...Hey, Rouge, Shadow over here!"

Rouge and Shadow turned around and ran across the street to meet the pair. Tails explained to them what had happened and Rouge explained her and Shadow's story. Eggman had a plan and the world was at the mercy of an as of yet unknown danger. But Rouge stood by her theory. "Dr. Eggman has to be behind this. Who else could it be?" She asks, crossing her arms.

"She has a point", Knuckles reluctantly agrees.

"For now we need to worry about getting to Eggman and getting that device back. It's the only immediate route to any answers", Shadow suggests.

The rest agreed, having no idea that they were being watched. The group ran off but was pursued by a young girl similar to Tails. She had two tails like him, at least. "Hm...I wonder what they're up to. This looks like the perfect scoop for private investigator, Addi!" She said. Addi followed the group through the city when the entire group stopped. They were at the manhole where Shadow and Rouge had heard the flute sound. They could still hear it.

"What is that sound?" Knuckles questioned.

"I don't know but we heard it last night too." Rouge said, flying down the hole. She looks around in the dark, barely able to see.

She was about to go up when she discovered something. There was a body at her feet. It was a girl. She wasn't dead but she was weak. "You find anything down there, Rouge?" Tails yells. Rouge, shocked at her discovery, stepped back to find that there was no more water in the sewer. There was only a large hole in the base.

"Guys, you aren't going to believe this!" She says.

A few minutes later, everyone helps Rouge fish the girl out of the sewer. The little creature was still with her. It was frightened. Knuckles eyeballed it and scratched his head. "Is that some new kind of Chao?" He asked.

"I'm not sure what it is", Rouge began. "But it is kind of cute."

The girl slowly awakens on the ground, surrounded by the group. She looks around and sees the small creature. At first she grows upset and snatches it from Rouge's hands, thinking she was trying to hurt it. But the creature shakes its head. "Who are all of you?" She asks.

"We could ask you the very same question", Shadow says coldly.

"My name is NiGHTS. Where am I? What's going on."

"We were hoping you could tell us." Knuckles says, shaking his head.

Far up in the sky, on Eggman's Egg-Carrier, the menacing genius tinkers with the Emerald Tracker and seems quite please with its modifications. "Soon Sonic, very soon." He says, laughing maniacally.

(To Be Continued...)

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lol... Sonic the hedgehog... might have to make a completely off topic story section, cause Sonic isn't Marvel hehe. Not bad though, I can imagine the story being done as a comic book Very Happy

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but it has been a comic, maybe not from marvel though.

anyway, another fine installment. Like the pics at the end too.

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Yeah, it was/is an archie comic. I thought anything comic-book wise could go. Sorry. We do have a Venom fan-fic but eh. We have a Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde one. That work?

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lol, you're fine, but teasing you bout it being Sonic. I loved Archie comics, and instead of Sonic, my favourite cartoon character was Felix the cat, apart from the obvious Disney and Looney Tunes.

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Venom fic huh? haha good work though on the Sonic story, I loved Sonic games back in the day.

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Oh yeah, they might remake, make a new Dreamcast...good times good times

Heart wrote:: NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos
By: Katt
Co-Written By: The Merc

In recent events, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat have discovered a strange energy force that threatens the very existance of the planet. Later, Knuckles and Tails came across a startling discovery. This strange energy force seemed to be from a completely different dimension. Now, in the midst of the crisis, a strange girl has appeared before them. But where is she from and what trouble does she bring with her?

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 3
Sweet Dreams

With past events in mind, the group meets at Tails's workshop near the jungle. They allow the girl to fully rest before confronting her. Tails has been working on a new bi-plane when she awakens. She finds herself in a small room with Shadow standing in the corner of the room. "Interrogation time. Let's start with where you're from, shall we?"

The girl looked around. Her little frind was nowhere in sight. Shadow stood there with his arms crossed and glared at her coldly. She got off of the bed and started to float there. Then she flies outside to find Rouge holding it and looked out at sea. "Oh, hello. You're quite the heavy sleeper. You were out all day and night. So what's your name again?

"My name is NiGHTS. Where is this? Is it a new part of Nightopia?"

"Nightopia, I've never heard of that place before. Is it where you're from?" Rouge asked with a welcoming smile.

Tail and Knuckles walk outside of the workshop and discover the girls conversing. NiGHTS still doesn't seem to fully trust her but for the time she has no choice. The two of them talk about everything that'd been happening. Later that night the entire group discussed it. NiGHTS had come from a completely different world called Nightopia. She told the gang of her countless adventures and her encounters with the all powerful entity known as The Wizeman. Then she explained that she'd recently been thrown into the abyss known as the black sea. Supposedly, if you were thrown into the black sea, you could never return to Nightopia.

Just as the group is wrapping up the conversation, a brigt light appears before them. From the light emerge two familiar faces. One is a young, silver hedgehog resemblent of Shadow and the other is a young cat. "Shadow, we're in trouble." The young man says frantically.

"What is it, Silver?"

Silver takes a deep breath then looks at NiGHTS. "T-that girl...I recognize her. She's the one who started this whole catastrophe! It's the future. It's practically in ruins. It all starts not long from now and it's because of this girl!" NiGHTS backs up in fright.

"W-what did I do?" She asks.

Knuckles and Shadow hold NiGHTS against the wall and tell her not to move. "What are you up to, huh?" Tails questioned.

"Easy, Tails, just stay calm. There's definately an explanation. But we won't find anything out by jumping to conclusions. That goes for you too, Silver", says the cat girl.

Rouge nods and crosses her arms. "Blaze is right. Haven't we all learned by now that jumping to conclusions just gets everyone into even more trouble? Besides, Tails and Knuckles have proof that Eggman's been up to something lately and it seems to involve some form of energy from her dimension. Maybe her being here was a side affect of Eggman's energy theft."

"That actually sounds like a logical explanation to her being here", Tails agreed.

"But I know for a fact that I saw someone that looked exactly like her in the recording of what happened just before the world went to heck!" Silver said angrily, pointing to NiGHTS.

"There is one other that looks somewhat like me. His name is Reala. He was one of Wizeman's greatest followers. When I beat Wizeman, he must have turned traitor and taken control of the remaining Nightmaren army. That's how he was able to ambush me", NiGHTS suggested.

Shadow looked to Silver and let go of NiGHTS. Knuckles backed up as well then stepped to the side. "Rouge, you found NiGHTS and that small Nightopian creature down in the sewer but there wasn't any water. D'you think there's a chance that the hole you saw down there was a portal?" Shadow asked.

"That'd make more sense than most of what I've been hearing all day. Let's get back to town and check it out."

Once the group arrived in town, they were greeted by a slew of bizzare creatures. They were chasing people around and causing utter mayhem. In the middle of it all was a floating man who did indeed look plenty like NiGHTS. It was Reala. He floated above the scene proudly then noticed NiGHTS. "What, that's not possible. I got rid of you", he snarled.

"Nothing can get rid of me, Reala. Least of all, you."

"NiGHTS, NiGHTS, NiGHTS you don't understand at all. Your being here doesn't cripple my plans in the least bit. If anything, it simply boosts my chances of success. You were only any good when you were the only one who could dualize. But now I can do the very same and rid myself of you once and for all. Unfortunately I'm to busy at the moment to bother with you. I've got a power source to find. And I happen to know how I can find it."

Reala bows then turns and flies off at high speed. NiGHTS rockets off after him. Tails and Knuckles look at each other and nod. "Rouge and Silver, you two take Shadow and Blaze up. We'll be right behind ya", Knuckles says. He and Tails get on the train and head back to the workshop. Rouge grabs Shadow's hand then flies up after the Nightopian duo. Silver holds onto Blaze as he telekinetically lifts the manhole cover they're standing on and uses it to follow the rest.

The chase becomes an all out battle when NiGHTS and Reala clash in mid air. Reala throws NiGHTS from him then slams into her. He then proceeds to ascend. When high above the clouds, everyone sees where Reala is headed. It's the Egg-Carrier. Within the massive ship, Eggman's well aware of the coming party but he sees the hard time they're having and decideds to tend to his own problems for the moment. A young girl is running around the Egg-Carrier, smashing everything she sees with an enormous hammer. "Eggman, I'm not playing these games any longer. Where. Is. My. SONIC?!" She yells, holding up the hammer.

Over the intercom of the ship, Eggman demands that the girl stop at once. "You little brat! I have no idea where your little boyfriend is! Now get off of my ship!"

"No way! My Sonic senses have been tingling all day. When I got here, the senses got so powerful I almost got a head ache! Now where is he?! You can't keep him locked up forever you know! There's no way this Amy's giving up!"

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I know who Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are from the classic sega games

I've heard of Rouge, Shadow and Amy from the Sonic X cartoon

I have no clue who Silver, Blaze or any of the others are. Are they from later games or the comics?

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Yeah same here, still good though.

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Yeah they're from way more recent games. The games themselves aren't all that good but I enjoy the characters and Sis likes their abilities so she used them.

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Heart wrote:: NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

In recent events, the group has discovered from the future duo, Silver and Blaze, that world is headed for the worst. Everyone but Rouge and Blaze immediately jump to the conclusion that NiGHTS is behind it before Rouge and Blaze rationalize. They soon opt to see for themselves what's in store by going to the city and seeing the place where NiGHTS originally entered their world. They were welcomed by a nightmare brought to life. At the head of the bizzare attack was none other than NiGHTS' sworn enemy, Reala. He proceeded to take off in search of something which led most members of the group to The Egg-Carrier. Now it's an all out air battle. Wait, how did Amy get aboard the ship?

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 4
Enjoy Thein Slumber

NiGHTS rams herself into Reala high up in the air in an attempt to disorient him. Reala tehn spins around and kicks NiGHTS. The two of them soon flew head on at one another. They both bounced back a considerable amount from the impact. Reala shook it off and tried to make a break for the ship but NiGHTS wouldn't have it. She grabbed him by the leg and circled around, throwing him in the opposite direction. "You're not getting the Ideya, Reala. Just give up while you have a chance", NiGHTS demanded. Reala flew straight down then back up behind NiGHTS and hit her in the back. He flew for the Egg-Carrier after that.

Rouge managed to get ahead of him. She dropped Shadow like a projectile and he crashed directly into Reala. Reala spun around, making Shadow fall. Then he flew to the Egg-Carrier with Blaze attempting to slow him down by throwing fire at him. But he got away. Everyone flew to the Egg-Carrier and looked around the deck in search of any means of locating him. "Where do you think that guy went?" Silver asked, jumping onto the ship.

"If we split up we can cover more ground", Rouge suggested.

Shadow turned and started to walk off alone. "I owe the Doctor a visit", he explained. Then he ran off. Silver left with Blaze and NiGHTS flew off on her own, leaving Rouge alone.

Eggman soon realized that his ship had been boarded. He hesitated to take his full attention away from Amy for even a second. "Hey, Eggman, I know you hear me talking to you!"

"Just a minute, Amy. I'm quite busy at the moment. My security systems won't arm themselves you know."

"What's that about security systems?" Amy realized that something was wrong. She sees the monitor up in the room and sees her friends wandering through the corridors of the Egg-Carrier. "Oh no, I have to go help them! I'll be back for you later, Eggman!" Amy declares, holding her hammer over her shoulder and runing off. Eggman waits until she's away from the screen then lets out a sigh of relief and wipes the sweat from his brow.

Silver and Blaze walk through the incarceration room then stop for a second. They're suddenly ambushed by a hoard of Eggman's Robots. Silver knocked them all down telekinetically then ran past them. Blaze jumped over them all and followed. Not long after, the two of them ran into Amy who'd come from another room. Silver picked himself up then helped up the girls. "Amy, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question. I'm looking for Sonic. I have this feeling he's around here somewhere."

"We're here looking for this bizarre looking guy. He came here to steal something from Eggman. You know it's bad when you steal from a bad guy", Blaze explained.

Amy looks over her shoulder and crushes a robot beneath her hammer. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's get moving!"

The trio proceeded to look for Reala within this massive ship. Eventually they wind up on the main bridge to find that a black and red robot is eradicating the rest of the Eggman robots. It gunned them all down and blew them to smithereens. When it noticed something behind it, it turned around and aimed at the trio but it quickly recognized them as allies. "Scan complete. Data Analysis Confirms Amy, Silver, and Blaze. Allies."

"Hi there, Omega! What are you doing up here?" Amy said cheerfuly.

"Eggman was near. I could not leave the opportunity for revenge. The odds of another chance any time soon were between slim and none."

"Can you help us out here? I promise you can go after Eggman when we're through. It's a very important mission."

"Affirmative."

Within the main control room, Eggman is busy scrambling multiple security forces. Suddenly he's stopped in his tracks when the clawed hand of Reala grabs his arm and holds it away from the controls. "My good man, would you happen to know where I might find somthing?"

"Who are you? Get out of here!"

"Wrong answer", Reala said with a smirk.

Reala then picks Eggman up and tosses him aside. He proceeds to search the cabin until he finds what he's looking for. There is a shining. white gem inside of a machine in the room. Reala opens the hatch and proceeds to steal the gem. "No, you have no idea what you're doing! Without that Chaos Emerald, this ship will turn into one enormous bomb!" Eggman yelled. Reala turned to leave but he found that Shadow stood in the doorway.

"I came here to speak with the doctor but now I'll get to hit two birds with one stone. Where do you think you're going with that Chaos Emerald?"

"Oh come now, you really believe that you can stop me?" Reala sneered, holding up the Emerald. "What were the words again? Oh yes, I believe it was Chaos Control."

Reala smirked at Shadow then vanished in a flash of light. Shadow tried to get to him but he couldn't get there before Reala disappeared. He left Eggman on teh ground and ran off to warn the others. A massive army of Eggman Robots approached Silver, Blaze, Amy, and Omega. "Probability of survival is small."

"Do me a favor, Omega", Silver began. "Keep stuff like that to yourself."

Silver tried to pushed them all but her couldn't. There were too many. He settled for picked one up and tossing it back like a bowling ball. Amy charged into the hoard with her hammer and crushed anything that got within an inch of her. Blaze and Omega leveled out as much as they could but there were just too many. Suddenly Rouge and NiGHTS appear. They begin to pick robots up and toss them over the side of the ship. Shadow makes it outside and runs circles around the robots, creating a large twister that tosses the a few over the edge of the ship but there are still too many.

It seems like the group is about to get gunned down when Tails and Knuckles fly by on the new bi-plane. It's armed with a few new attachments like guns which level out a good amount of robots. Then it drops a few mines and destroys another good portion. Knuckles jumps down onto the ship and punches the ground, creating a shockwave that throws the rest over. "That takes care of that." He says, clapping the dust from his hands.

"Whoa, hubba hubba, big guy. That's some serious muscle you got there", Rouge compliments. Knuckles blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "For an air head."

"What'd you just call me?!"

"Now isn't the time for this", Shadow says. "Reala got away."

NiGHTS grew annoyed and bit her thumb. "Did he get the ideya?" She asks.

Shadow shakes his head and looks up at her. "Worse, he got away with a Chaos Emerald."

"What would he want with a Chaos Emerald? What good would it be to him?" Rouge asks.

Tails lands the bi-plane and hops off holding Addi's wrist. "I had a stow away on board."

"Eheheheh, hiya folks." Addi said nervously. Everyone simply stares at her for a moment then at Tails. The Egg-Carrier suddenly shook and began to fall. "Whoa, what's up with the earthquake in the sky?" Tails throws Addie back in the plane and starts it up. Rouge grabs Shadow and flies off. Omega holds Amy then hovers down. Silver and Blaze both jump over the edge and float down using Silver's telekinetic powers. NiGHTS flies off and Knuckles grabs hold of the plane as Tails flies off.

The Egg-Carrier crashes into a nearby mountain as everyone seems to have gotten away. But the feeling doesn't last. Everyone seems to have gotten sperated by the force of the blast. Tails, Knuckles, and Addi are the only ones to make it to the workshop. Everyone else winds up in the jungle somewhere.

Back at the workshop, Knuckles and Tails sit Addi down for a chat. They question her about why she stowed away on the bi-plane. She explained to them all about how she decided to tail them for the biggst scoon of her career. She also explained how she had kind of spilled all she'd learned to Reala when he threatened her. She'd told him about the Emeralds and Chaos Control. Knuckles walked outside and left Tails to deal with her. Addi asked if she might join the group and Tails reluctantly opted to let her join them. Tails, Addi, and Knuckles all hopped back into the bi-plane shortly after. "Where are we going?" Addi ask.

"We're goin' to the jungle. The blast seperated us and that's more than likely where they landed." Knuckles explained, crossing his arms. "Just don't touch anything. We'll be there quick." After that, they took off to find the rest of their friends in the jungle before something bad happened.

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And in case you don't know who Omega is, think about Gamma and Beta. Omega's the last of that series of robots introduced in Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure DX depending on whether you played it on Gamecube or Dreamcast. Omega was introduced in the earlier 2000's game, Sonic Heroes.

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Heart wrote:: NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

The last we saw our heroes all together, they were battling the interdimensional cretin, Reala. Reala managed to evade them and reach his destination, The Egg-Carrier. Pursuing Reala, the group boarded the massive ship and split up. But they weren't fast enough to prevent Reala from stealing the Chaos Emerald from the Egg-Carrier's main control room. After fending off Eggman's security forces, the team evacuated themselves from the ship but were split up in the blast. Now they'll have to find their way to the others if they ever hope to save the world.

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 5
Dreams of the Past

Somewhere deep within the jungle Amy awakens to find Blaze on the ground unconcious. She looks around to find that they're completely alone. The sky is dark and clouds violently spin. Amy immediately tries to wake up Blaze. When Blaze awakens, Amy points up at the sky. "Do you think that Reala could have done that?" She asks. Blaze thinks for a moment then recalls their most recent encounter with Reala.

"When we ran into Reala in the city, he summoned an army of nightmare creatures from his dimension. They swarmed the entire city. But even with the Chaos Emerald he doesn't have enough power to expand his reach so drastically. He'd need them all. No, this has to be something else. Let's go check it out."

"But what about everyone else? We should really try to find them before we try and take on Reala."

"Good idea." Blaze says, running off into the jungle. Amy follows with her hammer over her shoulder.

After a few minutes, Amy and Blaze run by the old ruins. Amy runs back and looks at them. Blaze stops when she realizes that Amy is no longer behind her. She runs back to find that Amy is walking up the stairs of the ruin. She stops at the entrance then turns to Blaze. "Come on Blaze! I have a feeling about this ruin!" Blaze walks to the top of the ruins with Amy and looks back down.

"What's so special about these ruins, anyway?"

"Well I think they're magic", Amy explains.

"Magic?"

Within the next ten seconds, Amy grabs Blaze by the wrist and pulls her into ruins. The two of them then see a flash of green light at their feet and suddenly it's gone. Outside it is bright and sunny. It's not just a jungle there anymore. It's an ancient civilization. People similar to Knuckles are all around. The area is strangely familiar to Amy. Then it hits her. "I know this place. We're in the past! And if I'm right, that path there leads to...come on Blaze!" Amy runs off through a cave and comes out on a mountain side. Blaze walks out of the cave then freezes in astonishment.

"What is that?"

"That's the floating island where the Master Emerald is! Let's go!"

The two of them reach to bridge to the island but are shocked to see what awaits them on the other side. Omega somehow wound up there as well and he fighting many of the ancient warriors. "Wait, what's Omega doing? Why is he shooting at them?" Blaze asks, stepping forward. Omega turns his sights to the girls then aims at them and fires. They jump out of the way but Amy nearly falls off of the bridge. She catches the edge and Blaze helps her back up.

"I think Omega is malfunctioning. He's going to shoot at everything he sees."

"Then how do we stop him from destroying everything?"

"Tails made an artificial Chaos Emerald once. After Omega game up his initial Chaos Emerald, Tails game the fake one to him as a new power source. If we take it out and put it back we may be able to reset him. You distract him and I'll get behind him."

Blaze nods in agreement then jumps at Omega, dodging any fire coming her way. She jumped off of his head then high up in the air and rained fire down on him but Omega's fireproof body resisted it. Amy ran up in front of Omega then hit the ground with her hammer, springing herself high up in the air. She came down behind Omega and hit him in the back with the hammer, ejecting the Pseudo-Emerald. Blaze picked it up and looked at Amy. "Nice work, Amy." She slipped it back in and Omega turned back on.

"Analyzing. Data Analysis confirms Amy and Blaze. Allies."

"Nice to see you too, Omega", Amy says smiling.

The three of them walk to the Master Emerald shrine and see a young girl there playing with the Chao around her. She turns and sees everyone standing there and cluelessly blinks. "Is there anything I can help you with?" She asks. Amy and Blaze walk to the top of the shrine.

"Well I'd like it if we could maybe see the Master Emerald", Amy suggested.

The girl stood up and stepped aside. Omega walks past her then looks back. "Analyzing. No Data. Location Unknown." The Master emerald begins to respond to the Pseudo Emerald within Omega and projects an image of this girl. She is with a strange creature strangely made of some form of liquid.

"Hello, Amy. Who are your friends?"

"Hi, Tikal, these are Omega and Blaze. We could use your help if you don't mind. We wound up back in this time period. We need to get back to our own ASAP. Something really bad could happen if we don't.

Tikal's image soon disappeared and the Master Emerald began to glow. Amy turned around and waved to the real Tikal then she and the others disappeared in a shining green light similar to the one from the ruins. She soon reappeared at the shrine but in their own grim time. "What? What happened? Are we back?" Blaze questioned.

"Yeah. Blaze, Omega, I have an idea. You two make a flare or a beacon of some sort! that'll get the others to know we're here and they'll come to us rather than us having to search for them."

Blaze nodded and shot a fireball into the sky. Omega aimed at it and shot a flamethrower at it, creating a massive beacon that lit up the gloomy skies. Somewhere deep in the jungle, someone sees the beacon and runs off in its direction, leaving a blue streak behind them. Shortly after, a similar black streak jets by.

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Note: Alot of these stories you'll only understand if you've A: Watched the Anime alot or B: Played either (mostly the first) of the Sonic Adventure games for GameCube/Dreamcast

Heart wrote:: NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

Amy and Blaze have awaken to a rather grim looking surrounding. They venture through the jungle in search of their friends, only to wind up in the past where they run into a malfunctioning Omega. After resolving that issue, Amy confronts the Tikal that sealed herself and Chaos within the Master Emerald. The trio find their way back to their own time and send a beacon which they hope will attract their friends. It may just work.

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 6
Land of the Sleeping

Rouge awakens alone deep within the jungle. She soon sees a black streak speed by. Recognizing it as Shadow, she runs after him. Soon she realizes that he's running in the direction of a large beacon, shining in the sky. Rouge jumps up and flies toward it, believing it to be her friends. From the skies, she sees that it's coming from the floating island. She can vaguely see Omega shooting a large stream of fire into the sky. Rouge flies towards it, noticing that NiGHTS seemed to have the same idea. They see eachother in the sky and proceed to the island. Amy welcomes the two of them as they come in. Shadow soon makes his way there and jumps over the gap where the bridge once was. "Well, we're here. Now we just have to wait for Silver, Tails, and Knuckles." Blaze explained.

Shadow leaned on the shrine and melted away into deep thought. He stared off into space then realized that Rouge was standing in front of him. "What's the matter, Shadow? You're awfully quiet, even for you." She questioned. Shadow looked down.

"I think I saw Sonic back there in the jungle."

"What? Well what was he doing all the way out here?" Rouge asked.

"I knew my Sonic was on Eggman's ship! When I get a hold of Eggman I'll..."

"Amy, calm down", Blaze warned.

Silver soon appeared at the other end of the gap between the island and the mountain. "Hey guys, come here! I think I found a couple of Chaos Emeralds!" He yelled. Shadow jumped the gap and followed Silver inside the cave. Everyone else quickly went after them. Shadow came out holding a glowing blue gem. But it's not a Chaos Emerald. It's spherical. NiGHTS rushes Shadow and takes it.

"T-this is an Ideya. But how did it get here?"

"What is an Ideya?" Amy asks.

NiGHTS lands in the middle of the group. She holds the Ideya up and a bright blue light shines into the sky. "This is an Ideya, alright. Ideya are like...They're like the Chaos Emeralds of my world. There are only 5. There's White for Purity, Blue, like this one, for Intelligence, Green for Growth, Yellow for Hope, and Red for...Courage."

"Well then why would Reala go after a Chaos Emerald and not an Ideya? Wouldn't the Ideya be more beneficial to him since he's from your world?" Blaze asks.

"I think I've got an idea of why he's after Chaos Emeralds. But we should try to be sure. Let's go find Reala when Tails and Knuckles get here." A mechanical arm reaches out and snatches the Ideya from NiGHTS' hands. "What? Hey, give that back!"

"Thank you for the Chaos Emerald. I'll just be on my way now", Eggman declares. Before he leaves, he takes the Ideya into his own hands and notices the difference. "Wait. This isn't a Chaos Emerald. It's of no use to me. You can have it", he says. He throws it back and begins to leave before Omega extends his arm to keep him in one place.

Shadow vanishes in a flash of light then reappears on Eggman's hover chair. "Hello Doctor, I believe I owe you. I didn't get to speak with you last time we saw eachother", he says. Shadow tosses his Chaos Emerald to Omega for storage then lifts the Doctor up from his seat. Eggman smirks and presses a button on his sleeve then both he and his hover chair vanish. "What?!"

"How'd he do that?" Amy asked.

"He may have another Chaos Emerald", Blaze suggested.

Shadow shook his head. "No, I would have sensed it. It was just another of Eggman's dirty tricks." He said, jumping back to the others.

A loud noise suddenly echoed from overhead. Everyone looked up to see Tails, Knuckles, and Addi coming in on the bi-plane. They landed on the floating island and got out. Everyone got together and heard Addi's tale. Not long after that, Knuckles had to keep everyone from throwing her over the edge. "Listen, everyone, we've got bigger worries than her. Right now we should be worrying about handling Reala. Tails thinks we should try and find the rest of the Chaos Emeralds before Reala does. We have one and Reala has one. That only leaves five", Knuckles announces.

Everyone debates over the best plan of action. It was difficult considering they never really had a plan for anything before. Eventually they came to a decision. NiGHTS and Shadow stood at the top of the Master Emerald Shrine. "Alright here's the plan, everyone." NiGHTS declared. "We'll split into three teams. Rouge, Knuckles, and Omega will go search for the Chaos Emeralds. Silver, Blaze, and Shadow are going to go do what they can to stall Reala. Amy and Tails are with me. We're going to go look for the remaining Ideya." Everyone teamed off immediately. Tails handed Knuckles an Emerald Tracker and that team split.

Shadow, Silver, and Blaze left for the city in hopes of finding Reala there. Amy and Tails jumped into the bi-plane with Addi and flew off with NiGHTS right beside them. "NiGHTS, how will you know where the Ideya are?" Tails asked.

"I can sense them. It's built into me."

"Well is there one nearby?" Amy asked.

"Actually, yes there is. It feels like there's one out at sea. What's out there, anyway?"

Amy and Tails looked at one another then it clicked. "The Old Egg-Carrier!" They said simultaneously. NiGHTS flew off in a blur and Tails sped up. The team landed on the Egg-Carrier Mark 1 shortly afterwards. Tails, Amy, and Addi all got out of the plane and followed NiGHTS. NiGHTS flew into a large room that looked like it'd been used to create and modify robots. At the end of the room was green glow. NiGHTS flew up to it but when she tried to reach for it, mechanical arms held her in place. She struggled to get loose but it was no good. Amy ran through the room, dodging mechanical arms and finally freed NiGHTS with her hammer. NiGHTS grabbed the Ideya and the mechanical arms all dropped.

"That's strange. It was like the Ideya were powering these old machines", Tails said.

"That's no concern to us right now", NiGHTS began. She flew out of the room and stowed the Ideya away in the plane. "Let's go find the other three." Then she flew off. Tails, Amy, and Addi climbed back into the plane and took off.

In the city things weren't going very smoothly. Shadow was too occupied by all of the Nightmaren to help Silver and Blaze fight Reala. They were having a hard time hitting him because he refused to stay still and he was too far away for Silver to reach telekinetically. "You don't honestly think you can defeat me do you?" He asked. Blaze threw a fireball at him but he plucked it away like a bug then the ChaosEmerald appeared in his hand. "Fine. I'll show you just how in over your head you are." He said laughing. The Chaos Emerald began to glow and the duo back up as the glow overtook the entire street.

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Nice work man, and yeah I played the old Dreamcast game, loved it and it's helping me here haha.

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I know. The dreamcast was the best. That's why I'm so happy they're remaking it. Not sure if they're remaking the games but they're definitely remaking the dreamcast itself.

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Heart wrote:: NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

The group soon returns to being together only to split up again after the discovery that the Ideya from the Nightopian dimension have somehow wound up in this world. NiGHTS was able to locate the second Ideya but three more remain. Shadow, Silver, and Blaze reach a snare in trying to distract Reala. Reala's powers have been boosted considerably with the Chaos Emerald. Can they ever hope to defeat him?

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 7
Dreaming of Gems

Silver and Blaze fall to the ground unconcious and Reala looks all around him. Shadow stands there alone, realizing that the creatures have all disappeared. Reala begins to fly away, unaware of Shadow's presence. Shadow jumps up onto a building then pursues Reala, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. He watches as Reala comes to a pause then gets out the Emerald. He then holds it in front of him. The Emerald seems to be pulling him. "What's he up to? Is the Emerald actually...It must be guiding him to the other Emeralds. I'm not sure if I can get the Emerald from him. I should warn the others first." Shadow jumps down then runs back to Blaze and Silver. He picks them both up over his shoulders and helps them to a train which they take to the workshop.

High up in the sky, NiGHTS is leading her group. She stops for a second then flies straight down. Once she clears the clouds, she discovers that the next Ideya is at the Metal Harbor. She went down to the missile control room and looked aorund but she didn't see anything. Tails and the others had just landed outside when she got out. "I can't find it anywhere. Where could it be?" NiGHTS complained.

"We could try searching in the security warehouse. The Ideya was being used to power those machines back in Eggman's ship. Maybe this one's in a robot", Tails suggests.

"That's a good idea, Tails. Let's check it out guys", Amy said cheerfully? She hopped out of the plane and looked around. NiGHTS, Tails, and Addi soon followed but soon the search turned to disaster.

The group was suddenly attacked by a hoard G.U.N security drones. The army of robots immediately opened fire on everyone. NiGHTS grabbed Amy and flew directly up. Once high enough, NiGHTS dropped Amy and let her drop with her hammer, clearing a path. Tails and Addi ran through. NiGHTS and Amy made a break for the closest building. Once inside, everyone braced themselves up against the door. NiGHTS saw a bright yellow glow across the room. She rocketed across the room as fast as she could.

Meanwhile, Knuckles, Rouge, and Omega found a possible Chaos Emerald location. The Emerald was in the Windy Valley. The valley was notorious for having hidden paths made of the wind. Knuckles clung to the sides of the floating platforms then climb his way up. "I hate this place", he complained.

"What's wrong, muscle boy, afraid of heigths?" Rouge teases.

"Rouge, we must focus on the main objective. Sensors are picking up two Chaos Emeralds in the area. One of them is moving. The other is just ahead", Omega said.

Knuckles climbed up and looked down at a long twisting pathway. "You'd have to be as fast as Sonic to run that thing!" He said.

"The wind'll help us with that. Meet you at the bottom", Rouge said. She jumped over the edge and flew past the path. Omega hovered down the path and Knuckles hesitantly followed. Rouge landed on an off platform and waited but a violent current tore the path apart, causing debris to fly in every direction. Knuckles jumped on every bit of debris and used it for momentum in jumping to the platform. Omega came to a sudden stop and blasted through the debris then hovered across to the platform.

Knuckles pointed out that he could see the Emerald on a platform just ahead. The wind there was blowing in an upward direction so he jumped. The wind pushed him back up and he landed perfectly on the platform. Rouge flew up with Omega not far behind. Just as Knuckles begins to reach for the Emerald, Reala appears and takes it before his very eyes. "Too slow", he taunted.

"What? You? Give that back right now!"

"Why why would I do that?"

Reala was suddenly kicked in the back by a young hedgehog. The hedgehog held a blade in his hand and wore shades on his head. "You'll give it back because it doesn't belong to you", he demanded. Reala got to his feet and held out his hands. The Chaos Emeralds were gone. The hedgehog took a step back but Reala made the Emeralds reappear. The Emeralds let out a great flash and he vanished. He reappeared behind Omega and ripped the Chaos Emerald from his storage unit. Omega tried to turn and hit Reala but he'd already disappeared. Reala reappeared before them all high above them then gave a final bow and vanished in a flash with all three of the Chaos Emeralds.

"Dang it, he got away!" Knuckles yelled.

"Sorry I couldn't stop him. Thought I could get him to drop him if sneaked up on him. The name's Slash, Slash the Hedgehog."

A strange frequency began to emmit itself from Omega. Then a voice was projected. "Omega, come in. This is Shadow. We have a problem. Reala's using the Chaos Emerald he already has to find the others. You can't let him get to the rest. How's the mission going so far?"

"Current Success Rate in our Primary Objective is Unsatisfactory. Reala was able to steal the Chaos Emerald from the Windy Valley as well as the one you gave to this unit."

"That's not good. That means he has three. I just checked with Tails. They have three Ideya and are En-Route for a Fourth. Apparently there's reason to believe that Eggman may unknowingly have it. I've also found a Chaos Emerald myself. It was in a cave near the workshop. Omega, you have to find the last three Emeralds before Reala. If he comes here, I'll hold him off."

"Affirmative, Shadow. Allies, we need to move."

"Right", Knuckles began. "The next Emerald's somewhere in The Dry Lagoon."

"I know that place like the back of my hand. Let's go", Rouge urged.

The group agreed on it and headed back to the Valley to be on their way. Not far away, high up in the skies, the successful location of the third Ideya has led to the round up of the fourth. But NiGHTS can't pinpoint the location. Tails does some thinking then comes up with an idea. Eggman was heading off in the direction of Pumpkin Hill. Tails decided to take the lead with NiGHTS not far behind. Once at Pumpkin Hill, Tails landed the plane and everyone got out. NiGHTS flew around in search of the Ideya when an EggMan robot appeared and attacked it. It shot her out of the air and another robot caught her. "NiGHTS!" Tails yelled.

"Come on, we've gotta go help her!" Amy says. She grabbed her hammer and ran off.

Tails held onto Amy and flew to the top of one of the hills with Addi flying not far behind. They noticed that the robots had carried NiGHTS off into one of the pumpkin faced mountains. They landed on one and looked around for a trap door. But the trap door found them and they fell the entire way down into the darkness. They awoke in a cell in what seemed to be Eggman's newest base of operations. "Where are we?" Tails asked, holding his head.

"It's Eggman's new Egg-Tower. He built it inside of one of the pumpkin mountains. Earlier he walked by here to gloat then two robots pushed NiGHTS by on some table." Amy explains, crossing her arms.

"Well how are we going to get out of here?" Addi asks.

Amy's hammer was in a room across from them so she couldn't do anything to get them out and Tails didn't have any gadgets on him that would help. They could be stuck there. After a couple of hours, the monitor in the corner of the cell turns on revealing Eggman in an experimentation room with NiGHTS. "So you thought I would give it up that easily? These gems you have are like the Chaos Emeralds of another Dimension. I'm going to use them to beat that freak in the clown suit then I'll use them to finally create my empire! The Chaos Emeralds are too much of a hastle anyway!"

"Eggman, you'd better let our friend go!" Amy demands.

"Sorry, Amy, I'm afraid I can't do that. Once I convert your little friend, I can use her ability to sense these gems in order to locate the remaining two and then I'll have all I need! Say goodbye to your friend!"

The monitor then turns off leaving Amy, Tails, and Addi in the cell to try and figure a way out of this mess. Rouge, Knuckles, and Omega finally reach the Dry Lagoon where Rouge immediately takes charge. Knuckles searches high and low but can't find the Emerald and Omega destroys everything in sight trying to find it. Soon the search turns to disaster. Knuckles and Omega can't find a thing. Then Rouge suggests that Knuckles follow her. Leaving Omega and Slash there to stand guard. Knuckles and Rouge board a massive turtle that takes them to the other end of the lagoon where Knuckles immediately sees the Emerald atop a pillar in the middle of the lagoon. He proceeds to climb it while Rouge stays below as a lookout.

Back at the workshop, Shadow walks outside to look over the cliffside at the sea. The sun is beginning to set peacefully. The feeling does not last, however. The sky suddenly turns dark and clouds begin to swirl violently. Shadow hears a sinister chuckle then turns around to see the mad Nightmare in the flesh. "If I were you, I'd hand over that Emerald right now", says the devilish creature.

"Who's going to make me?" Shadow says, challenging Reala.

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Yeah us guys at Gamestop were pretty happy to hear about that too. Hope Sonic makes a resurgance too.

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Actually, Sonic Colors is pretty good. Taking Sonic back to the good ways of Platforming, Rails games. Now they just need to make another Sonic Adventure Style game because those were all awesome.

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NiGHTS: Return to Nightopia / Sonic the Hedgehog: Ultimate Chaos

Catastrophe seems to have struck all around. Each team has their hands tied at the moment. As Knuckles makes his reach for the Chaos Emerald, an army or Nightmaren creatures fall from the sky. NiGHTS has been captured by Dr. Eggman and is on the brink of being turned into a living weapon. Tails and the others can't save her while behind bars. Shadow is left alone to fend off Reala, who currently posseses three Chaos Emeralds. Shadow has a Chaos Emerald in his possession but it may not be enough.

Ultimate Chaos
Chapter 8
Catastrophic Nightmares

Reala waves his hand and his three Chaos Emeralds appear before him. Shadow's Chaos Emerald floats out of the workshop and into his hand. Reala quickly disappears then reappears in front of Shadow in an attempt to snag the Emerald but Shadow teleports behind the nightmarish fiend using chaos control. Reala then draws power from his Emeralds and fires at Shadow consecutively. Shadow dodges best he can then teleports high above Reala. Just before he lands on Reala, there is a bright flash. When the light clears, Shadow is on the ground and Reala has his Emerald. "Come now, you were outnumbered three to one."

"That may be. But I'm not about to give up without a fight." Shadow says, struggling to his feet.

Back in the Dry Lagoon, Knuckles and Rouge struggle to fend off an army of Nightmaren creatures. Knuckles unleashes punch after powerful punch as Rouge delivers a flurry of quick kicks. The two fight back to back until they see an opening. Knuckles holds onto the Chaos Emerald as if his life depended on it. Then he and Rouge dove back down into the water and swam to the others. Slash cut up as many Nightmaren as h could but more and more continued to come. "The unit has analyzed the situation. Multple Enemies inbound. Best course of action would be to create an opening and escape" Omega buzzed.

"Dually noted", Slash says. He proceeds to cut a clean path through the Nightmaren.

Knuckles and Rouge emerge from the waters and see the path being made. The quickly get up and run through as fast as they can. Rouge kicks through any that seem determind to get in the way. The group reaches the cave leading out of the Dry lagoon and the Emerald begins the glow. The next thing they know, they're in the Aquatic Mine. Knuckles walks ahead of everyone and looks around then nods. "I have some good news, some great news, and some pretty awful news for you. The good news is that there's a Chaos Emerald in this general area. The great news is that I've been here before so it shouldn't be difficult to find. The terrible news is that to get back to the workshop from here would recquire a pass through the Wild Canyon and Pumpkin hill if we want to take the fastest route." Knuckles expalins, checking the Emerald Monitor. Rouge shrugs and walks off to search for the Emerald.

I the Pumpkin Hill Egg-Tower, Amy and company are busy trying to figure a way out of the jam they were in. There didn't seem to be any way out. Eggman appears on the screen in the corner once more, declaring that he's ready to begin the experiment. NiGHTS is loaded into a massive machine before the group's very eyes. Eggman then presses a button and the machine puts NiGHTS through a painful looking electrical field. NiGHTS tried to fly from the table but the restraints are too powerful for her to break free.

The process was beginning to look too brutal to watch. Amy ultimately turns her head in shame. Tails and Addi both watch in terror as NiGHTS lets out a blood curdling cry. Suddenly the machines stops and NiGHTS is freed. She drops to the floor unconcious as Eggman searches for the cause of the power shortage. When he turns around he sees a familiar face holding the power cord. "Sorry, Eggman, you'll get your little toy back when you're learn to play nicely."

Amy immediately recognizes the voice and looks back up at the monitor. The famous, blue hedgehog stands there proudly next to the machines. Then he picks NiGHTS up and runs out of the room at blinding speeds. He runs past the cell and it unlocks before the group's eyes. Sonic sees the upward tunnel then jumps from wall to wall until he reaches the top. Addi and Tails grab Amy and fly directly up after them. Once they escape the tower, they realize that the Ideya is still with Eggman somewhere. "Oh no, we have to go back! The Ideya is still with Eggman", NiGHTS paniced.

Sonic responded with a grin and held up two gems in his hand. One of them was spherical and the other was a Chaos Emerald. "I'm pretty sure that one of these happens to be what you're looking for! Now hang on tight!" Sonic flipped the Chaos Emerald up in the air then caught it. "Chaos Control!" He declared. A bright flash

Meanwhile, Shadow was getting hammered. But he continued to get back to his feet no matter how hard he was hit. In the end Shadow came up with a plan. He ran circles around Reala, creating a twister that threw the Emeralds into the air. Shadow jumped up then began to turn red. His body let off a red glow and soon that light became a concentrated sphere. "I will not let you destroy everything that matters." Shadow said, removing the rings from aorund his wrists. "Chaos BLAST!" Shadow exploded with a burst of Chaos Energy. Reala was thrown back and disappeared. Each of the four Emeralds he once had were scattered once again. When the blast cleared, Shadow was on the ground out cold.

Sonic and company wound up on the Emerald Coast as a result of Chaos Control. The Nightmaren seemed to have disappeared for the time being. Sonic put NiGHTS down and the group all sat to talk about what had been going on in the past few days. Sonic hadn't been seen since they last battled Eggman. He had to explain.

Sonic had overheard Eggman already talking about a new plan underway involving a Chaos Emerald he'd found. Sonic search high and low, everywhere Eggman had been. Then when Sonic heard Eggman's newest plan was haulted, he spied on him. He learned about Eggman's new plan involving NiGHTS and the Ideya. He decided to hit two birds with one stone, stealing both the Ideya and the Chaos Emerald right from under Eggman's nose.

Deep within the Aquatic mine, the radar begins the beep for Knuckles and his team. It seems to point out a wall. Knuckles proceeds to punch the wall to smithereens then Omega clears away the debris. The Emerald was lodged deep within the wall. The trio attempted to slowly reach it when a large shadow fell over them. They turned around to discover that The Ghost King Boom Boo was haunting the place. "Here we go", Knuckles says.

"Let's put this guy to rest for good, shall we?" Rouge says, readying herself. Omega continues to try and get the Chaos Emerald loose.

"I will handle the Chaos Emerald. The two of you must occupy the ghost."

Back at the workshop, Blaze awakens to find Shadow outside unconcious. She brings him in and tries to contact the others. What she does instead is something far different. She discovers a hidden threat. NiGHTS' and Reala's presence in this world seems to be distrupting it. They would have to soon return to their own or the two worlds would merge.

Far away, deep within the jungle, Reala awakens. Enfuriated by the loss of the Emeralds, he stands. "What originally seemed only a minor threat to my plans seems to have become quite the nuisance. I'll have to be careful of these creatures in the future should they decide to interfere again. Make no mistake World of Reality, the realm of Dreams will soon be at your doorstep. My master shall rise once again", he says to himself. He looks up to the moon then flies off to proceed with his plans.

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