Chapter 40: How to scramble an Eggman
'Just what is that thing planning to do?' Bias Faith thought, as it hanged lazily, but she jumped to her vision, the cloud was inching closer toward the Time Eater, she came to her senses.
"Stop that thing!" Sonic agreed right away as he jumped toward it, hoping it would've do something. But instead Sonic flew right through it, luckily he was able to get his ground when he landed, JetStream turned to him.
"Did you, honestly think that would work?" Sonic stood back up, looking at the cloud in front of him.
"Well, yeah..." Everyone sighed, even Eggman.
"Alright, we've been here long enough, it is time to get back to our real target, and not you buffoons! Let's go Time Eater, we have greater matters to attend to." The cloud swept into the Time Eater before anybody could blink, when it did, the Time Eater reacted in a strange way. It held its head like it was having a headache.
"What did that do to it?!..." there was a long pause before Eggman continued, "Was this your doing?!" Eggman violently pointed his finger at JetStream, he just shrugged with a sheepish smile. Eggman groaned in rage, but before he continued to his destination, he noticed the Chaos Emerald he was holding, it was gone, "What!? Where did the Emerald go?!" Eggman looked down to see if he possibly dropped it, instead he saw Knuckles straight across from him, "Give that back!" he leaned over his mobile. Sonic looked at Knuckles he put his hands against his muzzle and called out.
"Knuckles, do the Chaos Blast!" he nodded and looked at Eggman with that trademark devilish smile of his, he lift the Chaos Emerald as high as he could.
"...!" Eggman backed away, as fast as he could, but before he could possibly get out of range, Knuckles already called the shot.
"Chaos Blast!" the bright ball of energy surrounding the Chaos Emerald shot out in Eggman's direction, and soon making contact with a wild explosion, sending Eggman flying across the sky.
"How many times do I have to fix this thing!" he yelled as his voice got quieter until it was no more. The Time Eater also went rocketing right behind Eggman as well. As soon as they were both gone, it was all in the clear, and most of them gave a sigh of relief. JetStream turned to Knuckles, who was coming in for a soft landing.
"That's very powerful." Knuckles nodded in agreement, he tossed it in the air, landing in his palm.
"And it's only one." Tails nodded.
"The last one." JetStream looked around the Crystal Empire.
"Hmm..." Bias Faith walked up to JetStream.
"Something wrong...?" JetStream looked up and toward her.
"Something bugs me about that move Knuckles used..." JetStream turned around, slightly in a state of panic, "Knuckles, do you know where that sent him flying?" Knuckles laughed remembering hoe he beat them so easily.
"Oh, yeah. Probably about that direction, why?" he was pointing toward south-east. JetStream went dead silent. Knuckles still had a giggle fit, "You alright, JetStream?" breathing in the cold air, he spoke.
"Altamare's in that direction..." he turned to Tails, "I think we need to go back to Altamare!" Tails gained a firm look.
"Why is that?"
"That launched send them back! I don't want someone like him hurting those ponies... Or anypony!" Tails nodded.
"Right! Sonic!" he turned to him.
"What is it?" Sonic responded.
"We're heading back to Altamare, I'm afraid that Eggman may get revenge for what he believed JetStream did..." Sonic grit his teeth.
"We don't want that to happen do we?" he looked at JetStream, he was shaking his head at the thought of it all, he turned around.
"Knuckles! Com' on were going back to Altamare." Knuckles started to jog.
"Alright." Bias walked to them.
"Where does that leave me?" Tails stopped cold in his steps, and turned around.
"I don't know, I guess you'll just have to stay here... Like you have been." her neck lowered.
"Alright..." then raised again.
"But if you somehow end up here again, we'll catch up?" Tails nodded a firm smile.
"A promise." Bias Faith waved as Tails started to catch up with the rest.
"You remembered where you left the Tornado?" Tails nodded.
"Of course I know." JetStream mentally sighed in relief as they were all heading toward the entrance to the Crystal Empire, they saw the Tornado-1 to the left of the two crystals, and they all got prepared. This flight was urgent, so urgent not even Knuckles was going to nap through this. JetStream sat down and put his saddle-bag next to him, as he turned to Knuckles.
"You got the last Emerald?"
"Oh, right. Here." he handed it to JetStream, and he put it in the right bag and closed the flap.
"Ready?" Tails asked.
"Ready." they all answered in unison.
"Alright, let's go!" the plane propellers started to spin as the plane picked up speed, soon enough it was off the ground and flying in the air once again. It was when something felt different, JetStream looked through the Chaos Emeralds, and then opened the left bag, the book was still there. He smiled at its appearance, then he decided to look through the Chaos Emeralds, he thought he something looked different, and something did. He pulled the same Emerald out, it was a normal color. It was black, it still had its luster in shine, but it had no color.
"Hey, Sonic. Look at this..." he held the Emerald up, Sonic looked back, and after a seconds pause, he suddenly realized.
"The Emerald is drained of its power..."
"What!?"
~~~Chapter End~~~