CHAPTER FIVE: RELEASING THE LIGHT

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Sonic was put behind a glass window impenetrable to bullets. Watching him sleep was brandy and the chief. A man opened the door "Sir we got the info.'' he said. "I'll be right back.'' the chief said to brandy. Brandy lowered her head bored and worried. Sonic started to stir. Brandy stood up and went to the glass window. Sonic's eyes opened, "Sonic.'' brandy responded "Brandy?'' he asked dizzily.

He sat up and got out of the bed, he walked to the glass window as well. She kneeled, her hands on the window and his hands in the same places as hers. "You were in your dark form for a long time.'' she said. "Where am I?'' he asked "The SWAT headquarters, you've been asleep.'' she told him. The door in the room sonic was in opened and SWAT soldiers came in with their guns drawn. Sonic stood to them. "Sedate him again!!'' one of the soldiers said "NO!!'' brandy screamed. Sonic was hit again by it, he fell on one knee. Sonic started breathing hard, his eyes went blank and a explosion came next. The soldiers were forced against the wall. Sonic was in his Dark Form once again.

The glass was shattered from the explosion. Sonic turned toward brandy and marched at her. She backed against the wall. A door opened to the left of brandy in the doorway was a soldier with a grenade launcher. He fired one shot and hit sonic, causing him to slam against a wall then the grenade exploded afterwards. "Come on!'' the soldier exclaimed. Brandy ran to the door with the soldier following her. They ran down the hallway, but the soldier following behind was crushed against the wall by Sonic who came from the other side. Brandy kept running until she ran into the chief. "What happened?'' he asked "Sonic he's-'' Sonic came crashing through another wall and spotted them. "You run.'' he told her. Brandy ran for the exit, the chief stood in Sonics way so sonic picked him up and threw him against the wall and kept walking.

Brandy pushed through the front doors of the HQ. From the middle section of the building sonic came bursting out of it. Sonic landed and flattened the hood of a police car. An Armored SWAT tank came down the street, sonic was standing in the middle of the street. The tank went on ramming speed. Sonic at the last second, blasted the armored vehicle back into a building. Sonic took a glance at Brandy who was in fear. Sonic was about to charge when a rocket hit him in the back sending him crash through a window of a house.

She saw a M1A1 tank coming into the street. Sonic teleported out of the house. Brandy looked around, the tank in front of her burst into flames. In the midst of it was sonic levitating then touched down on the ground. Military troops stood on the rooftops of houses and opened fire. Sonic walked toward brandy with a shield around him. Sonic then fired multiple shots of energy everywhere. Explosions hit every spot in the neighborhood. The soldiers were flung from their spots, some fell off the roofs and several landed on cars parked on the side.

Sonic lowered his hands and walked over to brandy. He exited his form and back to normal. Brandy caught him in her arms. She rubbed his cheek and bit her lip and embraced his limp body.

Hours passed after the incident. Brandy brought sonic back to her motel room. She laid him on her bed with her sitting in a chair by his side. "Oh Sonic, why must this happen especially to you I'm sorry that I didn't listen to what you were saying.'' she said. Tears started to roll down her cheeks, she put her hands to her face and cried. Sonic put his hand on her knee. She looked to see him starting to wake up. "Sonic your alright!'' she said happily and hugging him.

Sonic returned the hug, she separated from it and smiled. "I don't know how much of this I can take.'' sonic said weakly "Don't say that you'll be alright.'' she said reassuringly. Sonic looked turned his head to the window and saw something coming fast. He widened his eyes, it was a missile! He jumped out of the bed and pulled brandy to the floor. The rocket impacted the house destroying the wall leaving pieces of debris inside the room. Sonic helped Brandy up to her feet. To their surprise it was Eggman in his hover ship smirking. "Your still alive, I'm impressed turning into your dark form on and off should have killed you by now.'' he stated "What do you want?'' sonic demanded to know.

"Oh someone just wanted to see you.'' Eggman replied. Metal Sonic came charging in and punched sonic across the face, knocking him to the floor. Brandy looked back to Eggman. Metal Sonic then sprayed a sleeping gas at her. Metal picked her up and hovered next to Eggman. Sonic groggily crawled forwards and only saw Eggman and Metal Sonic flying away, sonic then fell into a deep dark sleep.

Sonic woke several minutes later. Sonic gained what strength he had and got up. Sonic walked to the opening in the motels wall. He was about to turn into his dark form, but he put his fist to his chest and resisted it. "I'm doing this at my normal state, I'm coming brandy.'' he jumped out of the hole and sped down through out the streets to find his friend. Sonic landed on the roof of a skyscraper. He widened his eyes when he saw the Egg Carrier looming over a building still in construction. News choppers buzzed around the enormous ship. Sonic ran back a few steps. He then ran full speed and took a giant leap. Sonic amazingly landed on one of the levels of the building.

Steel girders ran along the unfinished skyscraper. In the bridge of the massive flying fortress, brandy started to wake up. She was tied to a metal chair. Brandy then noticed she was wearing her purple dress that went knee length and her high heels. "Okay, why am I wearing this?'' she asked herself "Oh just in time to wake to see the show.'' Eggman responded who was looking out the large window of the bridge. "Sonic will come you better know that.'' she said forcefully. "I don't know how much that hedgehog can handle sooner or later he's going-'' the glass window behind him shattered. Eggman turned around to see his nemesis Sonic the hedgehog smirking.

"You can't get rid of me that easy.'' sonic remarked Eggman growled, "Sonic, when will you learn to stay out of the way!'' he shouted "When your done trying to attack innocent people.'' sonic replied holding his fists up. "Well looks like you wish to fight, very well.'' Eggman showed his hand to metal sonic who came at sonic and tackled him out of the window. Sonic punched metal in the face repeatedly, metal drove his feet into Sonics chest pushing him farther down and ended up with his back crashing into one of the metal girders.

Sonic fell on his knees, he put his hand to his head. Sonic looked up to see metal diving at him again, sonic jumped back and ran up the metal girders. Sonic stopped at one fairly high up. There was silence he saw metal approaching from the front. Sonic did a small jump backwards, but held onto the girder. Metal passed over him and was looking left and right. Sonic swung himself under the girder when metal turned around he saw Sonics foot driven into his face. Metal slammed and dented a girder. Metal fired up his boosters and charged again. Sonic dove down with metal flying after him. Metal fired a rocket which hit sonic in the back, sending him crash into a pile of steel girders. Metal grabbed one of the girders and lifted it over his head. Sonic opened his eyes and gasped to see the girder falling down at him.

Sonic did a back flip out of the way. Metal landed in the pile of girders and picked another up. Metal tossed it at sonic, he turned into a ball and sped forward under it. Sonic spin dashed at metals legs knocking him off balance. Sonic came to a stop behind metal. Sonic jumped up and dove kick at metals head. Metal reacted by using his boosters and skidded away from the attack. Metal got back up quickly, sonic swung left and rights some of the punches made their mark. Metal started doing the same. Sonic was hit by one of the swings then by another and started putting his arms up defending himself.

Metal's fist glowed sonic widened his eyes. Metal drove it forward, but sonic ducked under it and grabbed his wrist and started to swing his body into several steel girders. Sonic picked him up with both hands and threw him down on the ground hard. Sonic was sweating, bruised and cuts across his body. Sonic then rand up the girders and jumped back in the Egg Carrier to confront Eggman.

Sonic found Eggman in the bridge, but sonic stopped in where he stood. An Egg gunner was holding brandy with its gun pointed to her head. Sonic growled. Eggman shook his head "Sonic this has to stop some time, but I already have a plan to do that anyway.'' he said "What are you talking about?'' sonic demanded to know. "I have placed undersea bombs at a very unstable part of the ocean, when they detonate it will cause the most destructive tidal wave ever! Powerful enough to destroy this city!!'' he laughed. Brandy watched the whole incident from the chair she was tied to. She noticed forming around Sonic a dark blue aura, "Eggman stop your making him angry!!'' she warned "Or what?'' "THIS!!!'' sonic thundered. Sonics body turned all dark, his eyes blank white. "Have you ever wondered that metal is still alive?'' Eggman asked. The ship started to rumble and shake. It all of a sudden stopped. From the ceiling a giant metal covered hand reached in and grabbed sonic. Sonic struggled in its grasp, when he was pulled out he saw who grabbed him. Metal Sonic was no longer himself, he transformed himself into Metal Madness.

The giant collaboration of metal took off into the air and flew to The Empire State Building. Metal latched onto the metal beam at the top. He brought sonic up to his face and roared. "You seriously need to clean that mouth of yours.'' sonic joked. Sonic glowed darker and shattered metals hand into pieces. A loud roared escaped from metals mouth. Sonic hovered around Metal in circles. Metal swung his tail at Sonic, he dodged it and charged forward and repeatedly punched metal across his large face. Metal then grabbed sonic in his mouth.

Sonic forced his mouth to open by pushing up against his jaw. Sonic then flew out quickly before being swallowed. In the center of Metals body a compartment opened. A stream of blue energy fired out of it hitting sonic directly. Sonic flew back dizzy from the blast. Metal then fired a volley of rockets out of his back, sonic flew through the path of rockets and came right at Metals eye. Sonic drove his fist strongly into it, sonic pulled wires out of the spot. It released electrical shocks and sparks from where sonic punched into.

Sonic then spotted the Egg Carrier miles away flying over the ocean. "I'm finishing this!!!'' sonic thundered. Sonic charged the energy he had and bulleted into Metals power core which was in the middle of his chest. Metal let out a ear piercing scream. Metal then exploded into a large ball of fire. Sonic flew out of the smoke cloud and chasing after the Egg Carrier.

Sonic came and landed in the bridge. Eggman was standing up, sonic noticed brandy was gone. "Where is she?'' sonic asked darkly "I let her go, she's back at the city waiting with all the other victims.'' he told him. Sonic didn't listen anymore he fired a beam of energy that just missed Eggman who ducked from it. Eggman ran for his chair which had the button to activate the bombs underwater. Sonic however landed on his back, Eggman's hand inches away from the button so he reached and pressed it.

Under the ocean, the bombs exploded right on a hot spot which caused a tsunami to rise high. "You failed sonic.'' Eggman said. Sonic got off his back and looked out the window to see a large wall of water coming fast. When Sonic turned back to Eggman he was gone. Sonic growled, he flew out of the bridge and back to the city. The giant wave reached the Egg Carrier and ran over it like it was nothing. Sonic landed on a building near the islands edge. From behind him brandy came up a fire escape. She ran to sonic. Sonic turned toward his left where she stood. He grabbed her by the collar and picked her up with no care.

"Wait…sonic…please.'' she attempted to get through him. "Sonic we've been through…so much, you're a hero…not this.'' she kept speaking. "Please…Sonic…I love you.'' she told. Sonic then hesitated and put her down. Sonic exited his form. She got on her knees and hugged him tightly. "I have to stop that wave, I'm the only one.'' sonic said. He separated from the hug and walked out to the edge of the building and held his hands out to the side. The seven chaos emeralds appeared around him. They started spinning around him rapidly. A bright light shined, he was in his Super Form, all golden shining brightly.

Sonic walked back over to brandy who was still on her knees. He lifted her chin "I don't know if I can live after I stop the wave, but I'll take that risk.'' Sonic was about to walk away, but brandy grabbed his wrist. He turned around, brandy put her hands on his cheeks and kissed him passionately. She then hugged him afterwards, "Please be careful.'' she said. Sonic then walked away and took off into the air. Sonic waited a few miles in front of the city.

The massive wave was approaching. Sonic clenched his fists, they glowed brightly and a tall and a few mile long golden barrier covered the front of the city. The wave finally slammed into the barrier making sonic flinch. The wave was pushing hard against him, but he kept his place. Sonic was pushing back. People of the city watched what was happening. They all got out of their cars to see it. "Sonic!!'' brandy shouted. Then the cities people started to chant his name.

Sonic turned his head slowly to the chanting, he looked back in front of him. Sonic let out a loud shout and a huge bright light shined. The wall of water had vanished. The people erupted into cheer. Brandy although waited for Sonic to return. She saw a golden light coming toward her. It was sonic hovering to her, he exited his super form and fell on top of the building she was standing on. She hastily ran to his side. Sonic started to wake up, he was still alive.

Days passed since the day Sonic The Hedgehog saved the city and the world from Eggman's fiendish plans. Sonic was running across the sided of a building and jumped to another. He ran straight up it and got to the top of it. He saw brandy sitting on the edge of it. He sat next to her, she hugged him when he came. The sun was setting. "Again you saved the day.'' brandy stated "Not without your help.'' sonic smiled. Brandy then grabbed his hand and held it. They both smiled at each other then back at the sun just disappearing. Another crisis solved, another city saved thanks to the fastest thing alive: Sonic The Hedgehog.

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