Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Stage is Set ❯ The Beast Awakens ( Chapter 3 )

A/N: Here I am with another chapter. Now go on and read it, and please review if you like it. Hell, review if you hate it, I don't care. Just go and read. And please leave a review, or else I shall...well, my writing abilities might not get any better and you people will be stuck with a bunch of crap for the rest of your lives.

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Chapter 3: The Beast Awakens

"..."=talking `...'=thinking [...]=communicating w/ spirit

[So... are you gonna wanna bust this guy's face in or what?!] the voice said. [Hey, wait a minute, is that Roland? How did this idiot survive?]

[Umm...excuse me, but who are you?] I asked. [And, are you in my head or using telepathy to talk to me?]

[Wait,] it said. [Introductions later. Now I want you to do something for me.]

[And what would that be?] I asked.

[I want you to focus on the warrior you saw in the memory,] it replied.

[Which one?] I asked. I had seen like nine of them.

[The one in the red armor,] it answered. [You will be taking my old form, and the powers that go with it.] [Powers,] I said, suddenly interested. [Alrighty, what do I do?]

[Just focus on the image of that person.]

I focused on the person he was talking about. I remembered the fiery red hair, the clothes, his radiance of courage, and my body began to change. My sorta long, curly hair turned red and spiked itself, then hung over the side of my face. (A/N: Just think of Dart from The Legend of Dragoon, but just for the hair, and it's red. Alright, back to the fic.) My body lost the bit of fat that I had, and began to get fit. My arms shrunk in width, but most of it was fat anyways, and was replaced with muscles. I looked towards Roland, and he looked like he was about to wet his pants a couple of times. He looked frightened, but also angry.

"Hey, Roland, what's wrong?" I asked with a chuckle.

"Damn you, Zane!" he replied. "Why won't you die and stay dead?!"

[Zane, huh?] I asked. [So, that's your name?]

[Yep, Zane Darkheart, Elemental Warrior of Fire,] he replied. [Nice to meet ya.]

"So, Zane, are you wondering why I am still alive?" he asked.

"Sure," I said.

"It's because Chaos filled me with his power! And you don't have the power to stop me!"

"There's one small problem with that," I said.

"And what would that be?" he asked.

"You have an Ice element base, and I have Fire. You're gonna lose, Roland." I said.

"That's what you think!" he said. He shot a dozen Frozen Quills at me, but I just held my hand up in front of me instinctively, and a wall of fire shielded me from the ice.

[You're welcome,] Zane commented.

[Whatever,] I replied.

"Grrr," Roland growled or something, and then said, "I will kill you right now! I will show you the true powers of a Dark God!!" He began to glow, and then after charging enough energy, he created a beam of freezing energy. "Time to die!" He shot the beam at me, but I jumped out of the way. He then made it turn around and fly at me again. This time, I just let it hit me. It started to freeze me, but then I made fire surround me, melting the ice. I could see that he was getting pretty pissed, so I decided now was a good time to finish him off once and for all..

"You're gonna like this, Roland," I said, charging fire into my fists. I ran towards him, and started rapidly punching him. My speed had increased when I transformed, making my attack more deadly. I then kneed him in the gut, making him double over in pain. I believe you guys know what's coming next: I kneed him in the mouth, sending him flying into the air. I then took the fire energy, which was still concentrated around my fists, and hurled it at him, causing an explosion. I heard his body make a thump on the ground when he landed. "Heh, looks like I win," I said.

[Ahem, we won,] Zane corrected.

[Whatever,] I replied.

I heard Roland's body moving and I put myself into an attacking position. "Looks like you've won today, brat," he said. "But I am far from done with you. Later." He started glowing, and then disappeared, leaving only ice crystals floating in the air where he vanished.

[Good job, newbie,] Zane said. [But he knows how to teleport, and that'll be hard to beat if he uses it on us in his next fight with us.]

[First, I am not a newbie,] I said, [and second, we beat him so easily today.]

[Yeah, but you kinda wore him out before I was reawakened, plus you got your wounds healed.]

Before I could come up with a reply to that, a large shaft of light came down out of the sky and enveloped me. I started to feel dizzy, and the world was a blur. `What's happening?!' I thought.

[Newbie, don't worry,] Zane said. [We're going to meet a friend.]

The dizziness and blurriness stopped and I landed on the ground, gasping for air. "What the hell was that?!" I panted.

"Zane, is that really you?!" a voice said behind me. "It is! It is!!"

I looked towards the voice and saw a small floating head near me. I wanted to blast the thing, but Zane said, [Don't worry, Newb, it's just Fin.]

[Quit calling me a freaking newbie!!] I yelled. [And who is Fin?]

[He's basically the reincarnation of Hope.]

[That chew-toy is the reincarnation of a God?] I said, bewildered.

"It's a good thing you're back, Zane," Fin said. "A lot of bad things are happening because of Roland."

/END CHAPTER/

A/N: Eh, I'm thinking of posting the rest of the chapters today, so just hold on for a little while.