Sephiroth floated down to the ground below, holding Masamune in his grasp as his trench coat flapped with the wind. The One Winged Angel landed on the ground softly with a curious look on his face. He stared at the ensemble of heroes with a curious look in his eyes.
"You eight," He broke the silence, "Who are you?"
No one said anything for a moment before the silence was once again broken, this time by Starlight.
"I'm not sure we should tell you."
Sephiroth raised an eyebrow before stating, "Well, you're an interesting batch of warriors."
"The only thing that's interesting is that hair of yours." Spidey quipped.
Sephiroth chuckled before saying, "You find yourself amusing?"
Peter shrugged, "I try."
Sephiroth pointed Masamune at the group of heroes, "You're incessant jokes shall cease, once I defeat you."
Everyone got ready as Tom and Maddie went behind cover to avoid getting in the way.
Without warning, Sephiroth dashed forward and tried to slash Peter with Masamune, but thanks to Peter's Spider-Sense, he was able to avoid being slashed by the gigantic blade. But that didn't save him from the blast of darkness that Sephiroth hurled at the hero's chest.
Peter was launched into the wall of the main building, which created a hole where Peter had impacted the wall.
Twilight, quickly getting into action, fired a blast of magic at the One Winged Angel. But Sephiroth merely smirked as he slashed the magical blast in two with Masamune. Twilight could barely react as Sephiroth zoomed over at impossible speeds and kneed the Alicorn in the chin, launching her into the air.
Sephiroth simply snapped his fingers, which caused a storm of darkness to swirl around Twilight and deliver near lethal blows to the Alicorn. Once the storm of darkness dissipated, Twilight began falling to the ground. Sephiroth launched into the air and delivered a spin kick to her torso, sending her flying across the air and landing harshly on the ground.
"TWILIGHT!!!" Both Sonic and Starlight shouted in unison.
Sephiroth turned his head and saw Sonic, Starlight, and Tempest charging towards him.
"Hmph, that's enough." He simply muttered as he waved his hand through the air, summoning multiple orbs of darkness. "Heartless Angel."
The orbs of darkness shot down towards the trio at high speeds. The trio decided to split up, but the orbs simply followed them. They couldn't get away, even with Sonic's speed, the orbs managed to hit them and leave them on the verge of death on the ground.
"Pitiful." Sephiroth stated.
Sonic Wachowski dashed forward to try and help, but Sephiroth simply dove down onto the ground and shoulder charged the young Hedgehog, sending him crashing into a piece of rubble behind him.
"SONIC!!!" Both Tom and Maddie exclaimed in terror as they saw their adoptive son lying there motionless.
Peter struggled to get back to his feet, but he managed to and saw Sephiroth looming over the now unconscious Sonic Wachowski. Peter snarled in anger as he shot a line of web and attached it to Sephiroth's back. Before Sephiroth could react, Peter Web Zipped over and delivered a strong kick to Sephiroth's back, causing the One Winged Angel to stagger.
Sephiroth simply smirked as he turned his body around and tried to slice Peter in two with Masamune. But Peter used his Spider-Sense to dodge the blade by sliding under it. Once he slid far enough, he shot two lines of webbing and pulled himself up to his feet. He then jumped into the air and tried kicking Sephiroth in the face with a spin kick, but Sephiroth blocked the kick with his forearm.
"Impressive."
Sephiroth then palmed Peter in the chest, sending the hero tumbling back and landing harshly on the ground.
Sephiroth tightened his grip on Masamune as he prepared to strike once more, but he was suddenly struck in the back by Sonic, who hit the soldier with a Homing Attack. Sonic went for another Homing Attack, but Sephiroth caught him while he was in his curled form and slammed him on the ground, creating a crater in the ground.
As Sonic uncurled and groaned in pain, Sephiroth stomped his boot on Sonic's chest, causing the Blue Hedgehog to cough up blood and scream in agony.
Twilight got to her hooves and saw what had just happened.
"SONIC!!!"
She mustered all of the strength she could and flew over to the two as fast as she could, firing blasts from her horn to try and deal damage to the One Winged Angel. The blasts struck Sephiroth in the back, but all they did was piss him off. Sephiroth used his Ice Magic to summon a wall of ice that blocked Twilight's path.
She crashed headfirst into the wall of ice, causing her to lose control. Before she could fall to the floor, Sephiroth grabbed her by the throat and slammed her to the floor, causing her to cry out in pain. He then kicked her away with little to no effort.
As he turned around, a bolt of lightning was hurdling towards him. He raised Masamune and blocked the lightning bolt. The bolt of lightning would no give up as Tempest continued her assault on the super soldier. Sephiroth, who was still blocking the bolt of lightning with Masamune, walked over towards the Unicorn with ease.
Tempest gritted her teeth as she gave it her all, but it wasn't enough as Sephiroth swiped Masamune, which caused the lightning to dissipate and backhanded her away. Sephiroth turned around.....only to be struck in the face by Peter, who delivered a mighty Haymaker to Sephiroth's jaw.
Peter then wasted no time and uppercut Sephiroth into the air with his enhanced strength. Peter then Web Zipped up to him and delivered a series of punches and kicks before attaching two lines of web to the One Winged Angel and stomping him to the ground.
As Peter landed, his eyes widened as he saw Sephiroth simply dusting himself off, like nothing had even happened. Then all of a sudden, a single, dark wing sprouted from his back as he looked at Peter with a smirk on his face.
"Give in to the dark."
Sephiroth then dashed over and slashed Peter across the chest, but only enough to cut him. Peter exclaimed in pain before being seized by the throat by Sephiroth. Sephiroth then flew through the air, still holding onto Peter's throat as he flew. Sephiroth then slammed Peter against the wall.
He let go of the Web Head as he turned around to face Starlight, who had just gotten back up to her hooves. Starlight tried lighting up her horn to charge up her magic, but Sephiroth dashed over and grabbed her horn, cutting off her magic. Before she knew it, Sephiroth began to squeeze her horn, causing her to cry out in pain as blood oozed out of the base of her horn.
Before the One Winged Angel could tear it off however, he was struck in the back with such force that it sent him flying across the field. Sephiroth planted both of his feet onto the ground and skidded to a stop. He looked at his attacker, who was none other than Sonic Wachowski, who's body was crackling with blue electricity.
The blue Hedgehog dashed forward to try and hit the villain again, but Sephiroth simply backhanded the young hero away with extreme force.
Sephiroth turned around as Twilight flew towards him, cuts and bruises covered her whole body as she lit up her horn to charge up her magic. Sephiroth merely dashed forward and punched her in the throat, causing her to spew up blood before he took Masamune and stabbed her in the side of her torso.
Sonic's eyes widened in horror as he saw Twilight get stabbed.
"TWILIGHT!!!"
Sephiroth removed Masamune from Twilight's torso before kicking her away. The Alicorn bounced and rolled on the ground before coming to a stop. She whimpered as blood oozed out of the left of her torso. She was losing blood, and fast.
Peter quickly swung over to her and covered the wound with his webbing in an attempt to stop the blood. While everyone, sans Peter, who was tending to Twilight, looked on in shock, Sonic's eyes shrunk to mere pinpricks as his entire body shook from rage and hatred.
He clenched his fists tightly as he gritted his teeth in anger. Purple and black electricity started to crackle around him as his eyes began to glow a sinister white. Before anyone knew it, Sonic's quills rose up as he began to chuckle. The chuckle turned into full on maniacal laughter as a shockwave of darkness exploded around him.
From within the smoke of black, Sonic walked out with an insane smile on his face, his fur pitch black and his eyes as white as the moon.
Dark Sonic grinned like a madman, "I'm going to tear your goddamn head off." He said to Sephiroth, talking barely above a whisper.
Without warning, Dark Sonic dashed forward and met Sephiroth head on. The two clashed, creating an explosion of darkness that sent out a shockwave that knocked everyone off of their feet or hooves. Before anyone could recover, the two beings of darkness shot into the sky and hovered before one another for a brief moment.
"Well," Sephiroth started, "This is an interesting development."
Dark Sonic snarled at the One Winged Angel, "Shut up and fight!"
A purple energy blade enveloped Dark Sonic's hand as he dashed forward towards Sephiroth. Sephiroth smirked as he too dashed forward. Masamune and Dark Sonic's energy blade collided, with Dark Sonic snarling at Sephiroth while Sephiroth merely smirked.
The two broke apart and tried striking one another with their respective blades. Dark Sonic brought down his energy blade, but Sephiroth parried his attack and palmed Dark Sonic in the chest, sending the dark Hedgehog back a few feet. Sephiroth dashed forward and slashed Dark Sonic's chest with Masamune.
To his surprise, tendrils of darkness emerged from Dark Sonic's chest and sealed the wound.
Dark Sonic then fired a Dark Blast from his hand in an attempt to hit Sephiroth, but the One Winged Angel sliced the blast in two with Masamune. Sephiroth flew forward and tried hitting Dark Sonic with Masamune, but Dark Sonic teleported behind him and elbowed the Super Soldier in the back of the head, sending him down to the ground.
Sephiroth grinned like a madman as Dark Sonic shot downwards and tried shoulder charging the villain. But Sephiroth blocked the attack with Masamune and punched Dark Sonic right in the face, sending him back. Dark Sonic roared in anger as he shot upwards into the sky and summoned multiple Spears of Darkness.
Dark Sonic pointed his arm at Sephiroth and the spears shot downwards.
Sephiroth smirked as he flew upwards, dodging and weaving the spears as they shot down. Dark Sonic shouted in absolute fury as he raised his arms into the air and created a massive Bomb of Darkness.
"I'LL SEND YOU TO HELL!!!" Dark Sonic shouted as he threw the bomb at Sephiroth.
Sephiroth wasn't fazed at all. He simply cut the Bomb of Darkness in half with Masamune. Sephiroth then dashed at Dark Sonic and ceased him by the throat.
Then all of a sudden, Dark Sonic found himself in space. He looked around for his enemy, but found no sign of him. He turned around and his eyes widened in pure shock and horror as he saw a giant Meteorite heading towards him with Sephiroth floating in its pathway.
The Meteor destroyed all the planets in its way with ease before Sephiroth teleported away.
The Meteor hit Dark Sonic as it made its way towards the sun. Dark Sonic screamed as the Meteor hit the sun, creating a massive explosion that should have destroyed their entire galaxy. Instead, Dark Sonic found himself falling to the ground, completely drained of energy.
He reverted back to his normal form before he crashed onto the ground.
Starlight, despite the intense agony she experienced from using her horn, used her advanced magic to seal up Twilight's wound. As the Alicorn struggled to get back up, Sephiroth landed softly in front of them with a sick smile on his face.
(End song)
Sephiroth looked at Peter and said, "I will admit, you and the Hedgehog are very skilled. But apparently Cloud is the only one who can eliminate me."
Sonic Wachowski tilted his head in confusion, "Cloud?"
Sephiroth ignored him and continued, "I will permit you all to live, for now. I must waste no more time if I want to complete Mother's work." Sephiroth turned and began walking away, but he stopped and said, "But know this, we will meet again. Sephiroth never leaves anything unfinished, and this battle is FAR from finished,"
Sephiroth then took to the air and left, vowing to return someday.
As everyone struggled to gather their bearings, Sonic merely got to his feet and walked slowly towards the main building.
"Come on. We've wasted enough time." Sonic said in a dead tone.
Twilight was worried. She took a step towards her friend, "Sonic--"
"I don't want to talk about it." He cut her off coldly.
As the Wachowski's walked over to their adoptive son, Peter sighed, "Come on, let's deal with the escapees. Then we get after that Stone."
Not a word was spoken after that.