SONIC UNLEASHED

Sonic the Hedgehog © Sega
Terra the Echidna © DarkspineSilver92

Note: Takes place two month after Hybrid's Wrath, so expect some spoilers.

Chapter One: Unleash the Beast

The world was safe after the near cataclysmic event created from Hybrid's hatred towards humanity. As the months rolled by, the world was at peace from the evils of the Dark Rulers and Eggman. But all good things must come to an end. Hidden in the outer reaches of space, a tremendous black rock drifted across the atmosphere of Earth. It was the Black Comet, which had finished undergoing it final repairs with the help of the Black Arms newest army: The Nocturnus Tribe. The leader of the Black Arms, Black Doom, floated aimlessly above the surface of the Comet, gazing at the unsuspecting planet below.

"Ah, such a sight." Black Doom said malevolently. "And soon, it will all be mine."

At that moment, the alien overlord was approached by a shadowed figure. The new figure wore a form-fitting, all-body, grey/black Nocturnus combat suit, black and light-grey armored boots, grey circlet around her wrists, and a black Nocturnus helmet to conceal her identity. Unlike her fellow soldiers, she was different for having two spiked knuckles on each hand. They reminded Black Doom of a certain Echidna guardian. In a way, she resembled much like Shade's disguised appearance, except her symbol was white as opposed to Shade's purple. The new figure bowed to her lord as he turned to face her.

"How are the operations commencing?" Black Doom questioned.

"Better than anticipated, my lord." The Nocturnus stated excitedly. "With the combined elements of the Nocturnus and Black Arms technology, tracking the Chaos Emeralds was a simple matter. We have managed to collect all seven Chaos Emeralds within a week's time."

"Perfect." Black Doom said sinisterly. "Now that leaves only one simple matter left to attend to."

"And what would that be, my lord?" The Nocturnus asked.

Before the overlord could reply, an erupting sound could be heard from a visible distance. Looking over, Black Doom and The Nocturnus could see the front of the Black Comet engulfed in a wave of flames. The Nocturnus was visibly shaken by the sudden action, but Black Doom could not have been anymore happy.

"And so it begins." Black Doom said. "CHAOS CONTROL!!"

And in a flash of light, Black Doom and the Nocturnus vanished.

The scene shifts inside the Black Comet where the front portion of the massive rock had been blown open. The Black Arm soldiers gathered their weapons and swarmed the area as the source of the destruction emerged from the rubble. Sonic the Hedgehog stood tall and proud when he noticed the Black Arms gathering.

"Hey, haven't seen you guys in a while." Sonic smirked. "What's going on?"

"Sonic, I wasn't expecting your arrival." Black Doom phased through the floor and floated several feet away from the blue hedgehog. "I was hoping to see my dear son again. It has been too long since we've last met."

"Shadow got caught up with Eggman is New Zealand." Sonic smirked. "Now, why don't you make it easy on yourself and just hand over the Chaos Emeralds before things get rough."

"And what makes you think I have the emeralds?" Black Doom questioned, pretending to be insulted.

"Oh please." Sonic said, rolling his eyes. "If Nazo or Eggman doesn't have them, then it's obviously got to be you."

"Very cleaver." Black Doom said sarcastically. "But what makes you think that I am just going to hand them over to you?"

"Come on, you know the routine." Sonic laughed. "You steal the emeralds, blurt out your big world conquest plan, we fight, I win, and then we do the same thing next week."

"I feel that it's time we change that routine." Black Doom said, raising his dark hand to the ceiling. "Let's start with this."

With a snap of Black Doom's fingers, a series of flashing lights erupted around the heroic hedgehog, slightly blinding him. As the light slowly faded, Sonic quickly regained his senses. He noticed that not only did the Black Arms have him outnumbered, but a new horde arrived with the creatures Sonic had not expected to see: The Nocturnus Tribe.

"What the?" Sonic questioned confused. "What's Shade's tribe doing with you?"

"Serving their true master." Black Doom explained. "After their former leader had abandoned them, I arrived in their dimension with a proper offering. In exchange for their eternal loyalty, I give them their freedom."

"Ok, so you have more toys to play with." Sonic said confidently. "Doesn't mean they can keep up with me."

"Oh, what say we put that to the test?" Black Doom cackled, waving his hand to the hedgehog. "Attack!!"

The Black Arms and Nocturnus soldiers jumped on command with the intension of killing the blue rodent. Many of the solders fired their guns and energy blast above Sonic's head, but the blue hedgehog was not concerned. Sonic twisted and turned around the shower of lasers with ease, advancing closer to the alien overlord. Once close enough, Sonic jumped and aimed a kick to Black Doom's face. But just before he could nail a strike, one of the Nocturnus soldiers tackled the hedgehog to the ground. Seeking this opportunity, Black Doom used Chaos Control to teleport himself into the deeper crevices of the Black Comet. Sonic kicked the soldier off when he noticed Black Doom was missing.

"Hey, where'd he go?" Sonic asked.

"You truly think you can defy Black Doom's wishes." The Nocturnus said. It was the same soldier that spoke to Black Doom earlier. "A feeble rat such as yourself cannot possibly match his greatness."

"Whoa, someone's a little obsessed." Sonic sniggered.

"Black Doom is the mightiest being in the universe!" The Nocturnus proclaimed. "He is a god among gods! And we, as his loyal followers, will find salvation his New World! All hail, Black Doom!"

"All hail, Black Doom!!" The other soldiers shouted in unison.

"Whew, you guys are nuts." Sonic said surprisingly.

"Kill him!!" The Nocturnus commanded.

The Black Arms and The Nocturnus jumped in once again to face the hedgehog. One of the Black Soldiers swung its energy blade around the hedgehog's head, but Sonic effortlessly dodged underneath it. Once back to his feet, the hedgehog bounced off the soldiers head deeper into the fray of dark creatures. Two Nocturnus soldiers called up their leech blades and performed a simultaneous striking formation. Sonic remembered Shade's version of the leech blade and made a note to not get touched by them. Sonic was fast, but with such a small space, it became more difficult to maneuver. He was lucky he hadn't been hit so far by the way the Nocturnus soldiers moved. As both soldiers tried to hit Sonic with the best of their abilities, a Black Soldier shot a laser rocket from its rifle. The rocket exploded on contact with the ground and created a semi-atomic blast that destroyed everything within thirty feet. Many soldiers were lost, but it was survival of the fittest for them.

"That oughta do it." The Nocturnus stated.

"Whoa, that was some ride!" The Black Arms and Nocturnus were left in shock as Sonic flipped perfectly out of the smoke cloud. "Got anything else?"

"What now, commander?" A soldier questioned.

"I don't care what you do!!" The Nocturnus yelled furiously. "Just get rid off him!!"

Sonic once again found himself caught in the middle of a black swarm. But this time, they decided to bring out the big guns. The comet floor rumbled as the mighty Black Oaks stampeded from their domains and charged for the annoying blue rodent. Due to their slow endurance, Sonic had no trouble sidestepping from their attacks. But because of his overconfidence in his abilities, Sonic was blinded by the hidden Black Oak behind him. The black giant grasped the small hedgehog with his massive claws and proceeded to crush him.

"That's right..." The Nocturnus said malevolently. "Squeeze the life out of him...crush his bones into dust!"

"I really hate to be a downer, but..." Sonic called.

All of a suddenly, a golden light burst from the Black Oak's palm, sending the black giant flying over the dark army. As they looked back, they had witnessed the transformation of Super Sonic. The golden-yellow hedgehog set his burning red eyes on the black army and raced through the lines. Many Black Arms and Nocturnus soldiers tried to stop him, but the very presence of Sonic's Super Form sent the array of villains flying. The only thing that stood in Super Sonic's way was the Nocturnus Commander, but even she was not stupid enough to challenge him. She quickly rolled to the side and watched as Sonic flew deeper into the caverns of the Black Comet.

"Hate to hit and run, but I've got a planet to save!" Sonic's voice echoed.

"Or so you think." The Nocturnus said wickedly. She pressed a button on her circlet, which activated the communicator hidden within the ring. "We have failed to apprehend the hedgehog. He has activated his Super Form and is headed your way, my lord."

"Excellent." Black Doom's voice said praising. "Everything is going as planned. Have all the soldiers prepare for the final stage of our plan. I will take care of the rat myself."

"As you wish, my lord." The Nocturnus said.

She deactivated the communicator and turned to her comrades. Surprisingly enough, the Black Arms and the Nocturnus were able to move without any visible injury present on their bodies. Everything that had happened was just and act and Sonic fell for it.

The scene shifts to the other end of the Black Comet. Black Doom was floating aimlessly, gazing at the room he had entered. Unlike the rest of the Black Comet, this room was made by special crafts and took centuries to develop. The walls were made from polished glass with seven crystal stalagmites of different colors jutting from the floor. Floating above each stalagmite was one of the seven Chaos Emeralds. Black Doom hovered near a glass window, which provided him with the perfect view of the planet below.

"Two thousand years..." Black Doom whispered. "Two thousand years, you have been left dormant with only a thread of hope that you might return. I am that thread."

The alien overlord shot his head to the entrance of the room as a loud thundering sound erupted from that direction. A moment later, the entrance was blown open and Sonic walked through with a confident expression on his face. He stood in the center of the ring of stalagmites, facing to his final opponent.

"How's it going, Doom?" Sonic said nonchalantly.

"Sonic, so glad you could join me." Black Doom said calmly. "You are just in time for the show."

"Whatever." Sonic scoffed. "Just explain your plan so that I can kick your butt already."

"Very well." Black Doom nodded. "But if I were to reveal my plot, you should make yourself comfortable."

With a wave from Black Doom's hand, the crystal stalagmites began to glow their own respective colors. All of a sudden, a series of shockwaves emitted from one another, binding the golden hedgehog in a ring of energy. Struggle as he might, the super powered hedgehog was unable to breaking the collective energies; He fell for Black Doom's trap.

"Comfy?" Black Doom asked sarcastically; Sonic growled. "Good. Because I have an interesting story for you to hear. As Shadow may have told you, the Black Arms have regularly visited this planet for the previous two thousand years."

"He may have mentioned it." Sonic grunted.

"At first, we chose this planet for its enriching life-force." Black Doom explained. "But then we discovered that this planet's energy was the only one to contain our ultimate weapon."

"Ultimate weapon?" Sonic repeated. "I thought you didn't have the technology to create Shadow until you met Dr. Gerald."

"This weapon is far more powerful than Shadow." Black Doom stated, catching the golden hedgehog by surprise. "You see, in an attempt at universal domination, we strived to obtain as much power as possible. Back then, we didn't posses the technology as we do today. But we discovered another source of power: black magic."

"So, you're some kinda wizard or something." Sonic sniggered.

"We used a culmination of black magic to create our most powerful weapon." Black Doom continued, ignoring Sonic's joke. "Unfortunately, it was too power, even for myself. With no other option, we were forced to seal it away until a time when I could obtain full control over it. And after Two thousand years of waiting, that time has finally come."

"So, how are you going to call your big, bad, doomsday thing?" Sonic asked.

"That was the difficult part." Black Doom said. "If not for the Nocturnus Tribe's ancient way, we would never have discovered the secret. The seal can only be broken by the Servers of the Seven Chaos and the Golden Radiance."

"Golden Radiance?" Sonic repeated confused. He took a moment to think before he realized what it meant. "Hold up! You mean...!"

"I purposely allowed you to get this far, Sonic." Black Doom said wickedly. "For you to complete the key and unlock the seal. You should feel honored. You will give birth to the Black Arms' ultimate creation!"

And with a wave of his hands, Black Doom had activated the full potential of the crystal stalagmites. Not only were they draining the Chaos Emeralds of all their energy, but were painfully ripping away at Sonic's chaos energy as well. The process had turned the Chaos Emeralds into empty stones and forced Sonic out of his Super Form. The energies that had been collected were flowing out of the stalagmites and being processed to another region of the Black Comet.

"I have waited centuries for this moment." Black Doom said joyously. "And with this power, I will call upon the beast forged from the darkest stars: Dark Gaia!"

And with a single motion from Black Doom's hand, the Black Comet unleashed a radiating purple beam that plunged into the depths of the Earth. For a moment, it appeared as if the beam had been ineffective. But that thought was quickly driven out as fragments of Earth were slowly ripped apart, revealing the molten core of the planet. But hidden deep inside that core, a monstrous beast slowly began to emerge from the fiery depths. It held the appearance of a fiery red dragon with two horizontal horns and a wide assortment of purple energy tendrils escaping from the back of its head. Rejoiced of its restored freedom, Dark Gaia emitted a roar that could be heard from across the cosmos.

"Such a beautiful sight." Black Doom said darkly. "Wouldn't you agree, Son..."

Black Doom found himself unable to finish as he witnessed the spectacle before him. Sonic may have been freed from the energy bindings, but the hedgehog looked to be in even more pain than ever. Suddenly, his gloves were ripped apart as his palms were enlarged and his nails sharpened. His normally smooth fur became dark and ragged, his teeth became more feral, and just when it seemed over, the newly transformed Sonic released a roar of fury. Black Doom watched momentarily as the new Sonic slowly regained his proper senses. When Sonic realized what had happened, he was frightened.

"What's happened to me?" Sonic questioned fearfully; His voice was deeper and sounded close to a growl.

"Hmm...interesting." Black Doom said thoughtfully. "All your positive energy has been drained from your body, leaving only the negative energies to replace it. My guess would be that this is the opposite polarity of the Super Form; A Negative Form if you will."

"Change me back right now, Doom!!" Sonic roared.

"As much as I would love to experiment, I have other matters to deal with." Black Doom stated. "You are free to go, Sonic."

Sonic, outraged by Black Doom's response, pounced at the alien overlord with his claws raised to kill. Just as he was ready to rip apart the black alien, Sonic phased through him and smashed through the window. The sudden intrusion of open space began to suck everything out of the room, including the seven Chaos Emeralds. Sonic was barely able to hang on to the walls of the Comet, but the force of gravity was too much for him to handle. Against his will, Sonic was forced to release and followed the Chaos Emeralds as the plummeted back to Earth. As he watched his former enemy depart, Black Doom created a new window to replace the former as the Nocturnus Commander arrived.

"My lord, the process has been completed." The Nocturnus stated. "Your demon of conquest has been released."

"As it should be." Black Doom said pridefully, watching his creation rip apart the former planet.

"What has happened to the hedgehog?" The Nocturnus asked, searching the room for Sonic.

"He is currently falling to the remains of Earth as we speak." Black Doom informed.

"Then that's it." The Nocturnus said happily. "With Dark Gaia, you hold the power to control the universe. Not even that repulsive Nazo or that ignorant Eggman will dare to stand against you."

"There might be a problem." Black Doom said, ruining the Nocturnus' happy moment. "Before he left, that hedgehog transformed into a creature I had never seen before. And if I know him, he won't die so easily. If we continue to let him run about, it could prove to be disastrous for our plans." He turned to face his loyal follower. "Take care of it, Terra."

The Nocturnus Commander removed her helmet to reveal her full appearance. She was a light-orange echidna that resembled much like Shade or Tikal with five dreadlocks hanging looses from behind. Underneath her helmet, she wore a black head band with the same white symbol as her helmet.

"As you wish, my lord." Terra bowed.

Black Doom and Terra turned their attention back to the Earth and it ultimate destruction. Dark Gaia roared across space once more before dissolving into a wave of dark energies that covered the entire planet. The darkest days are upon us.

The season of evil has begun! Will Sonic be able to defeat Black Doom's ultimate creation? Will the mysterious Terra prove to be a match for our hero? And what strange powers does Sonics new form posses? Find out on the next Sonic Unleashed!

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