And here we are- the ending of 'Unleashed Awakening'! I actually got it finished! Another long-series book that I've actually managed to complete! Now then, let's get on to the reviews, shall we?

SharpDragonKlaw: Well of course that was his reaction. He didn't know about the Convergence, so seeing Grandpa Chuck, Helen, Danny, and Frances would've been really shocking! I would've probably acted the same way.

Black Twilight Wolf: Yes, party time because everyone won! And, well, Chip's body is asleep, but he's still kinda a god. You'll get it at the end of this. As for who the real enemy is, you'll have to wait and seeeeee...

Void Reader: Yes, the battle against the Darkness will be Alexis' most challenging battle yet. But you know the famous Bayverse Transformer saying, "No sacrifice, no victory."

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog. I only own my OCs.

[MX-Tornado- near Station Square]

"So let me get this straight," said Sonic, a hand pressed to his forehead as Alexis gave him a checkup (he had been unconcious for the past few months or so). "While I was in a coma, again, you," he said to Alexis, "were hopping dimensions to restore the Chaos Emeralds to the Gaia Temples with the help of Chip, while fighting Eggman and the King family, with the help of everyone on both worlds. While that was happening, you were turning into some kind of Phoenixhog each night and fighting corrupted guardians and giant robots. Am I missing anything?"

Alexis stopped taking his pulse and appeared to be thinking for a few seconds. "Besides the fact that Earth and Mobius are one planet again? No, I think that's about it. How you feeling?"

"Shocked, amazed, stunned, a bit happy," said Sonic, ticking off the emotions on his finger. "I actually did miss Earth a bit. Place was really pretty."

"Speaking of which," said Alexis. She turned to Tails in the forward cockpit of the MX-Tornado. "What exactly is the condition of both Earth and Mobius right now?"

*Both planets have fused together without any bad after-effects,* responded the fox. *The whole planet is now one and a half times the size of Earth and Mobius when they were separated. Lots of space. Been a few reports of some new zones popping up. A few major Earth cities have fused with major Mobius cities, like New York with Empire City, and so forth. It will be a bit of an eyesore, but I think we're all gonna like it.*

"I guess we all know what this means," said Sonic.

Alexis turned to look at him. "What?" she asked.

He grinned. "Another road trip! I can't wait to see what this new world looks like! How about you?"

Alexis thought for a few seconds, then nodded. "Sounds good to me. As soon as you recover a bit more," she added, giggling at Sonic's suddenly pouting face.

*We're approaching the mansion,* came Chuck's voice from the EX-Tornado. *Get ready for a big welcoming comittee.*

"I can see the crowd from here!" commented Alexis, looking off the edge of the MX-Tornado.

Sure enough, there was a massive crowd in the small community where the Thorndyke house was. The Sky Patrol was already there, parked in one of the empty lots close to the house. Crowds of both humans and Mobians were gathered on the streets, with police, including her uncle, Sam Speed, and the Freedom Fighters were leaving the streets clear so that the two X-Tornadoes could land. Alexis could also see a few GUN shuttles, with what looked like several agents and Team Dark (her heart started to thump painfully) coming out.

When the two Tornadoes landed, Sally and Shadow came forward. The first helped Sonic off the MX-Tornado before Sally drew her boyfriend into a hug. "Whoa! Hey, Sal', I'm okay!" exclaimed Sonic.

She pulled back for a few brief seconds and said, "Don't scare me like that ever again!" Then she went back to hugging him, with Sonic wrapping his arms around her.

Shadow helped Alexis off the MX-Tornado before he drew her into a hug as well. "I was worried," he said.

Alexis returned the hug with a small sigh. "Of course you were," she said.

Shadow pulled back a bit, giving her an amused expression. "And what is that supposed to mean?" he asked her.

"Uh- nothing!" she quickly stuttered. Shadow gave a small chuckle before hugging her again.

Sonic looked at the two, looking like he wanted to reprimind them, then he shrugged and said, "Well, you can't lick 'em? Join 'em." With that, he drew Sally into a kiss.

"WHOOOOOAAAAAAAA!" screamed the crowd, minus the Freedom Fighters.

Shadow and Alexis looked at the two before smiling. "So," said Shadow, causing Alexis to freeze. "You said you had something to tell me before we left the ARK. What is it?"

"Um..." Alexis was quiet for a few seconds before looking at Shadow and stuttering. "Shadow. I... I..."

"HEY!"

The loud voice caused the two of them to whirl around to see Kobara holding a bullhorn and floating on her Extreme Gear. "Aren't we supposed to be having a par-tay?!"

"One, two, three! Hit it!" cried out the rest of Squad H.

On a stage in front of Chuck's workshop was the Chaotix and a few others. They instantly starting playing an upbeat tune. ("Endless Possibilities" by Crush 40) The crowd instantly started to cheer as small smoke bombs started to pepper the air.

Shadow and Alexis looked at the sudden party going on, then they grinned and looked at each other. "Maybe another time?" suggested Alexis.

"Might be a while," said Shadow. "But I think we can both wait. Wouldn't you say?"

"Y-yeah," stuttered Alexis, gently removing herself from the hug. Shadow extended his arm, and Alexis looped her own through it, gently pulling him towards the party.

Sonic was doing the same for Sally. "They really do love each other, don't they?" the blue hedgehog whispered to Sally.

"They sure do," said Sally. "But it appears they still have yet to admit it. You alright with it?"

"Like I said before," said Sonic, grinning at her, "Can't lick 'em? Join 'em."

"And as the rest of us like to say, 'the world's fate isn't always just on your shoulders'. Do you agree with us now?"

Sonic looked over at the other couple, Shadow pulling Alexis into a dance (where he learned he didn't know. Maybe Rouge or Maria back on the ARK taught him) and smiled.

"Yeah. I do."

[Unknown location- several hours beforehand]

The Eggmobile was trashed pretty badly. Eggman slid out of it, his back resting against it as he watched the sun rise in the distance. He was looking very depressed behind his blue sunglasses and large mustache.

Orbot and Cubot popped out of the Eggmobile as well, having hidden in there during the fight with Alexis. *Quite a beautiful morning, eh Doc?* said Cubot, looking at the sun rising.

Eggman simply gave a depressed sigh mixed with a bit of an angry grunt.

*Should we start over?* asked Orbot.

"There's no use for that anymore," said Eggman. He got up and said, "I can't believe it. Phoenix was really that Alexis girl back on Earth. Why did she ever have to show up?" He pulled out a data-pad from a side compartment and checked the satellites. "And now Earth and Mobius are back together after several thousand years, which means that Dark Gaia has gone back to being sealed in the planet's core. It will be a long while before I can get started on some new plans."

"A very long while."

Eggman and his two hench-bots whirled around. Several GUN officers were standing right behind him, pointing guns at him. "Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik," said the first officer, "You are hereby placed under arrest by the Guardian Unit of Nations for terrorism against both Mobius and Earth."

That was when Eggman realized that he had landed right outside of Area 99, which had outfitted to be a new GUN base.

[Station Square]

"Guess this means that we can have our vacation without anyone trying to bother us," said Sonic happily after Commander Towers told them about Eggman. "Because goodness knows I really need one. How exactly will you be holding him?" he asked.

"A straight-jacket in a padded room," said Commander Towers. "His robots are also being held before they get passed on to Tails so he can reprogram them to not work for Dr. Eggman anymore."

"That's excellent news!" said Alexis, her and Shadow coming forward. She hesitated for a few seconds before asking, "What about the King family?"

"Same as Dr. Eggman," said Commander Towers. "Straight-jackets in padded rooms. Why are you asking?"

"Is it alright if I go see them?" she asked. "I really need to get something off my chest that concerns them."

Everyone looked at her strangely before Commander Towers nodded. "Next week," he told her.

[1 week later- GUN headquarters- prison block]

Dareth King looked up as a small part of the door slid open, showing Alexis' dual colored eyes. "Hows the jacket?" she joked. "Heard they're not very comfy."

Dareth managed to stand up. "It'll be much more comfortable once you're dead!" he snarled at her, his back leaning against the wall.

"Sorry, I won't be dying for a long time." Her gaze suddenly hardened. "You know, don't you?"

"Know what?" asked Dareth.

"The Darkness. You know something about the thing that was possessing Dark Gaia. What is it? You tell me, and I'll see about having a few years knocked off your sentence."

Dareth laughed. "Like I would tell you!" he sneered.

"I know this concerns me, Dareth," said Alexis. "Whatever it is, it's dangerous. I know it's gonna show up again."

"And it will! He will! The Darkness shall destroy you! He shall turn your worst nightmares against you! You will never be strong enough to defeat him! To defeat my master!"

"Well, glad to know it's a 'he'," said Alexis. "And I know I'm strong enough. The powers that this Darkness gave you, they didn't stand a chance against mine. I don't know what destiny has in store for me, but I know that when the time comes, everyo person like you will pay for everything that you've done. Enjoy having Dr. Eggman as your cell-mate. I hear he now has screaming issues."

As she closed the flap, she could hear Dareth screaming angrily at her, but she ignored it, toning him out. As soon as the door to the prison block had closed, she pumped at the air, giving a small, "Yesss!" through hissed teeth.

"You have been waiting a long time to do that, haven't you?" commented Rouge, leaning on the wall close by.

"Sure have," said Alexis. "And it felt good!"

"Well, you'd better get going," said Rouge. "The Chucks wanted to see you for some reason. Something about an Extreme Gear."

"An Extreme Gear? Might have something to do with why they wanted to see mine a while ago. Better get going then!" She pulls out the Cyan Chaos Emerald, which she had found a few days beforehand, and Chaos Controls out of the facility. "Tell Shadow I say hi!" she manages to call out before she vanishes.

Rouge gave a small smile. "He loves you too."

[Thorndyke Residence]

Cream and Cheese were running after Sonic as he raced around the back yard of the Thorndyke mansion, going at half-speed so that Cream could keep up with him a little easier. His parents and Vanilla were watching the three of them run around from the safety of the doorway.

Finally, Cream tossed Cheese at Sonic, who grabbed onto Sonic's back and pulled hard. Sonic gave a yelp as he stumbled, then fell to the ground with Cream and Cheese on top of him. "Very good!" he said, managing to stand up with the young rabbit and the Chao still on him. "You keep it up and you might be able to keep up with me at top speed."

"Really?" said Cream in amazement.

"Quite possibly," said Sonic. He knelt down and allowed Cream off his back, her being mindful of his quills.

"Cannonball!"

Sonic looked up and yelped as something splashed into the pool, sending up a huge wave of water. Next thing he knew, he was drenched from head to foot. Cream and Cheese were the same, but giggling.

"Come on, sis'!" he exclaimed as his sister climbed out of the pool, laughing her head off. "You know I hate water!"

"I really need to get you swimming lessons," said Alexis, her flames circling around her and drying her clothes and cloak off.

"Uh, no thanks. What are you even doing here?"

"Could be asking you the same thing," she said, grinning.

"I was actually waiting for you to show up," he said. "G.C. and U.C. are waiting for you at the workshop. But what gave you the urge to do a cannonball into the pool, huh?"

"If you could swim and had the chance to Chaos Control into a pool," said Alexis, pocketing her Chaos Emerald, "would you take it?"

"She's got a point!" called out Jules.

Sonic thought to himself. "...Maybe," he finally admitted.

"See? Is that so hard to say? Anyway, need to get over to the workshop! See ya'll later!" With that, she took to the air.

"Would you really?" asked Cream, looking at Sonic.

"Probably," he admitted.

When Alexis reached the workshop, she was swept up into a hug by her adoptive grandfather. "Glad you finally made it!" he said. "How was the trip?"

"GUN? Dull," she said, returning the hug before hugging her Uncle Chuck. "So, what have you guys got for me?"

"Something that Tails said would make Wave jealous," said Uncle Chuck. "Chuck here told me that when you were on Earth last, you had a motorcycle, correct?"

"Yeah. I've actually been looking for that old thing. Would this also be the reason why you asked for my Extreme Gear? I rather liked that thing."

The two Chucks grinned at each other. "We've been making some improvements for them both," said Chuck. He turned to something that was covered with a cloth and pulled it off, saying, "by combining the two together!"

Alexis gasped as the cloth came off.

In front of her was her Kawasaki Ninja H2 motorcycle, looking much more smooth, high-tech, and colored black, green, red, and with highlights of gold. The previous black wheels were now white ones with neon lighting in the rims. The large black-covered exhaust ports now had a slanted end, with the edges covered with stylized gold flames. The front part of her motorcycle had black coverings around the silver headlights, which were lined with neon lighting as well. The back of the motorcycle extended out over the wheel, colored red and lined with neon lights. The small storage space on the black leather seat of the motorcycle now looked smaller, and had a few buttons on the top of the sides were her crest- a Phoenix Emblem. As she watched, Uncle Chuck pressed one of the buttons. With a small whirr of sound, the motorcycle began to lift off the ground, the neon parts glowing slightly as the feet supports moved upwards and the bike lengthened out slightly with a slight clanking of gears and metal.

"Whoa," she whispered.

"Do you like it?" asked Chuck, placing a hand around her shoulders.

After a few seconds, she gave him a wild hug and squealed, "I LOVE it! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She then raced over the Uncle Chuck and performed the same wild hug.

As she climbed on board the slightly hovering bike, she pressed the button that she had seen Uncle Chuck press to make it go into hover mode. It landed gently on the ground. "This is incredible!" she squealed.

"With a little bit of help from GUN," explained Chuck, "we managed to get this bike airborne. You can seat two on here, and underneath the control panel is a small storage space. You've also got a space for your backpack."

"Can't wait to see the look on Sonny-boy's face when he sees your bike," said Uncle Chuck, chuckling slightly.

"Let's see his look right now!" Alexis revved her bike and sped out the garage door. As she reached the end of the driveway, she transformed it into her hover mode and took off into the air. "Hey Sonic!" she yelled, waving to her brother.

Sonic looked up, his eyes bugging. "WHOA!" he yelled as Alexis landed the bike in front of him, Cream, Cheese, and their parents. "That is awesome!" he yelled.

"This was actually my old bike!" she said as Jules walked around it, examining it. "Grandpa and Uncle Chuck combined it with my Extreme Gear! I really love it!"

"Now you've got an Extreme Cycle!" said Sonic.

"Extreme Cycle." Alexis pondered the name for a few seconds, then nodded. "I like it!"

"Yo! Boss-hog!"

Everyone turned to see Squad H coming through the side gate with Frances, Danny, and Helen. "Ye ready to hit the road?" asked Hopscotch.

"In a manner of speaking," said Alexis, setting her bike to hover mode.

"Sick!" said Chromia.

"That would definitely get Wave's feathers in a brunch," commented Kobara.

"Let's get Team Phoenix in the sky, shall we?" asked Gadget, pulling out his own Extreme Gear.

"Sure th-wait! Team Phoenix?" asked Alexis.

"Well, Squad H is kinda getting dull," said Hopscotch. He showed his jacket, which now sported Alexis' Phoenix Emblem, but colored black instead of gold. "So, we decided to name ourselves afta our famous leader. Everyone's startin' to call ya the Phoenix now anyway."

"And it looks like a Phoenix is starting to show itself as a symbol of hope around here," said Chromia. "Besides you, Sonic," she quickly said, noticing Sonic's slightly deadpan expression.

He shrugged, then pulled his own Extreme Gear out by the door. "It's alright," he said. "I wouldn't mind seeing this Team Phoenix out the door myself."

"Right then!" said Alexis. She and Sonic hugged their parents goodbye and took to the air. "Team Phoenix- roll out!"

"Yeee-haw!" yelled Hopscotch as the team took off, Alexis riding her Extreme Cycle and the others on their Extreme Gear. Sonic pulled off some air tricks until his sister roared past him on her Extreme Cycle, laughing her head off.

I don't know whats coming, she thought to herself. But I know one thing- whatever comes, I'll be ready for it!

And that's it for Phoenix Chronicles: Unleashed Awakening! Whoo! This was a ride and a half for me and I bet for everyone else who read along! Hope you lot enjoyed this as much as I did!

But wait! There's a bit more!

Chip, now taller and looking a little more dog-like, turned as a portal appeared behind him. The small ruff of fur around his neck was gone, replaced with a silver necklace with a green gemstone. The small bit of fur on the end of his tail had grown longer and flowed down between his legs. The fur on the top of his head was the same, reaching down between his long, shimmering, insect-like gossamir wings. The white parts on his arms and legs were now longer, now reaching above his knees and elbows. A short, loose white skirt was draped around his legs

He smiled at the person that came through. It looked like him, except the fur was dark purple, dark gray, and had bat wings, as well as a black necklace with a red pointed gem on it and a dark gray skirt.

"Dark," said Chip. "I'm glad you're alright, brother."

"No need to get all mushy on me, Light," said Dark Gaia, rolling his steel-gray eyes at his brother.

"I prefer to go by Chip now, actually."

"So I heard."

"Light and Dark."

The two brother turned at the sound of another voice. When the owner of the voice appeared, they saw it was a pure white being, forming some kind of winged, golem-like figure. Through a whirl of flames, a man dressed in a white robe appeared in front of them. "I am glad to see that the corruption is finally gone."

"Thanks to 'Chip' and the Chosen Flame, Solaris," said Dark, nudging his brother. Slightly hard possibly, due to Chip rubbing his arm in the offended spot.

"Quite surprised that you gave her a name," came a new voice as golden-white light filled the dark space.

"It fits," said Dark.

"I am quite surprised to see you here, old friend," said Chip, turning to the owner of the voice, who currently appeared as a bright flame. "I thought you were in the cosmos somewhere."

"Dark Gaia's awakening called me from my searching," said the newcomer. "I sensed the Darkness trying to leave Dark Gaia's body. It did, but it was badly wounded by Alexis, my... you know, that actually sounds pretty nice. Alexis, my Chosen Flame."

"Then where has it gone?" asked Chip, looking at the Goddess.

"Somewhere in the shadows, possibly not to reappear until the final battle comes. Alexis must prepare herself. I have a feeling the Darkness will not make things easy for her. It may try to crush her spirit, leaving her unable to fight when the final battle comes. She must be ready." She turned to look at Solaris and asked, "Will we all survive this conflict?"

"There will be sacrifices," said the God of Time. "But your plan may work. I am not too sure how well though. I cannot see anything past the time of the Final Conflict."

"Then we're just relying on the Chosen Flame's strength?" asked Dark.

"Alexis will survive," said Chip.

"The enemies of her friends stir in the shadows," said Solaris. "Including one that wishes to destroy the one that she loves."

"Then what do we do?" asked the Goddess.

"No matter what happens," said Chip, "She will fight on with everything that she has."

All the gods nodded. Chip then turned to the Goddess and asked, "I never got to know. What is your name?"

"You never heard?" she asked in amusement.

"You only joined up recently," said Chip. "And the first time I met you was when we were fighting the possessed Dark Gaia. So no, I never got to hear your name."

"None of us have," pointed out Dark. "Except for maybe old-timer Solaris, but he's a god of time. What do you expect?" He completely ignored the slightly angry look that Solaris gave him.

The flames surrounding the Goddess died down. Chip and Dark were left rather startled with her appearance. She was a bird-like Mobian, but with long quills like a hedgehog or porcupine. A long white dress made out of pure flames wreathed around her body, and her slightly clawed hands wore long two-fingered gloves. The flames that had hidden her spiraled behind her, forming a pair of fiery wings. Three long feathers, much like Alexis' quill crest, rested on top of her head. Over it was a golden crown with a flame symbol on the top of it.

"Then Chip and Dark, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Phoenix."

Hope you guys liked that last part! Yes, for the one person who voted, Phoenix is my own OC god. She is the Goddess of Reality, which would explain Alexis' powers. When Alexis was born, Phoenix chose her to be her 'Flame'. That is why Dark Gaia, who is now a mostly good guy, calls her 'Chosen Flame'.

I made Chip and 'Dark' as I call Dark Gaia, look a bit more mature and grown up, because their cute forms(in Chip's position) would've looked out of place in that scene. Dark Gaia's big form was the form that he was forced to take when the Darkness possessed him, if that makes a bit of sense.

And now for the next story!

Shadow the Hedgehog. Born on the Space Colony ARK. Creation of Dr. Gerald Robotnik, the grandfather of Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik. During that time, his best and only friend was Maria Robotnik. When GUN attacked the Space Colony, Maria was killed and Shadow was held captive for fifty years. During Sonic's time on Earth, he was released by Dr. Eggman and tried to destroy the world.

Alexis Rey Hedgehog, formerly known as Alexis King. Came to Earth under mysterious circumstances and transformed into a human. When Sonic came to Earth, she aided him during his battles against Eggman, revealing a small fragment of her powers and her true birth. When Shadow tried to destroy the world, she reminded him of his promise to Maria that he would protect Earth and Mobius. Six years after Sonic and his friends left, Alexis finally returned to Mobius, where she aided in the Phantom War(as people began to call it instead of the Eggman War) and help bring Mobius and Earth back together.

Eclipse the Darkling. After Shadow used Chaos Control to send the first Black Comet into the sun, a second Black Comet came. Eclipse was a project started by the Black Arm known as Black Death, made to destroy Shadow the Hedgehog after he betrayed Black Doom. Shadow managed to defeat the second hive leader, and he, Rouge, and Omega destroyed the second Black Comet with a nuclear bomb given to them by the government to destroy the Comet. But Eclipse escaped, and with him came the Dark Arms, which could empower any Black Arm with new abilities.

The two 'brothers' are destined to meet, and Alexis is struggling to share her feelings of Shadow to the black hedgehog, not knowing that he loves her in return. But with Eclipse getting help from the shadows that threatened the world not too long ago, an accident happens. And now the two hedgehogs wonder if they ever will share their feelings for each other.

Will they be able to? Find out in Phoenix Chronicles: Shadowed Eclipse.

And there you have the sypnosis for the next installment of the Phoenix Chronicles series! Hope you guys enjoy it! You'll probably be able to see it sometime in August.

R&R and see you all next time!