Universe 220822 - Green Hills - 20 Years Ago...

Sonic was sitting on the beach, watching the sun hiding in the horizon while in thought.

Two days before Longclaw gave him the Tornado, Sonic was reflecting over some things he barely has wondered on his life before. One of said things were... Where would he go once he died?

He wasn't so sure to believe on either a heaven or a hell, so he couldn't tell for sure to which one he'll go the day he kicks the bucket. Because everyone's gonna kick the bucket one day, even if we want to avoid it with our souls, right? No one was safe from death, not even the Fastest Thing Alive in the planet.

Soon, Sonic heard footsteps from behind him, but he already recognized them, so he didn't bothered to stay alert or even turn around. He simply kept staring at the sundown.

Then, Longclaw came to his side and sat right next to him, also staring ahead at the sight, and she waited for Sonic to say anything about her arrival, or even make a comment on why he was so quite right now... But Sonic was so lost on his own thoughts that what she thought would happen, didn't happened.

In the end, she let out a sigh and just enjoyed the view like him... Until he finally broke the silence.

"Mom..." Sonic called out, and Longclaw knew that whatever he was going to say, it was serious, because he only called her like that whenever he wanted to talk about something serious. "...What happens when we die? I mean, we know that life is full of mysteries and complicated things, but... What happens next? Where do we go after we're done living?"

From all the questions Longclaw expected to hear, that definitely was not one of them. Sure, she has dealt with kids from her own tribe asking her stuff like that because their parents refused to answer, but she does too.

Yet she also knows Sonic: Trying to avoid the subject is just going to make him go even deeper on it, so she needed to think on an answer. Now what could she say, though? Sonic was too smart for his age, and even if he was still a kid at heart that sometimes wondered stuff normal kids do, he also makes questions like this one.

What could she say, anyways? Not even she had an answer to that thing, but Sonic would just keep insisting and seek for an answer until he felt satisfied with it. She knows him better than he knows himself.

"...You know? I always asked the same kind of questions to my parents as a kid." Longclaw confessed with a sad but nostalgic smile. "I never got an answer. And, I'm not like you. If my parents didn't knew something, I simply didn't asked anymore. But I know you'll seek for a concrete answer, dear."

"...Honestly? I kind of feel like it's better if I don't try and look for an answer to that question in particular." Sonic confessed, and Longclaw felt surprised with that answer, because she even turned to see him with widened eyes. "I know that I'm very curious, and that I want to see so much things, but... I'm afraid of what can be at the other side once you kick the bucket. Even worse: I fear what's going to be of me when you eventually die."

Hearing that raised big red flags on Longclaw's radar, and she looked at Sonic very concerned.

"When you eventually die, I... I'll feel alone." Sonic said with low ears and sadness. "You are my Mom. And I literally have no friends around here in Green Hills. I... I don't wanna be end alone without you..."

He ended up hugging his own legs and burring his face on them, a sign of sadness that Longclaw has barely see him doing before, but that she has anyways. When he found the truth about his parents, or the fake truth she told him, he cried for a whole week before finally accepting that and keep moving.

But hearing him being so afraid of being alone once she died? That crushed her soul in ways she didn't even knew it could be crushed... But it was.

And she couldn't tell him about Argyle or Sunny just yet. Maybe there wasn't anything so bad if she did? After all, as they grow up, maybe they'll forget each other, and then they'll re-meet like if they had never seen each other before in their lives... But Argyle would never agreed to do that, even if it was to help Sonic.

So, she let out a sigh, and carefully grabbed Sonic, then she placed him on her hips and hugged him, keeping him close to her chest, while Sonic just put himself comfortable and let out a sigh as well.

"I cannot say what the future has in store for you, my dear Sonic." Longclaw replied, as she kept hugging Sonic with a little smile on her face. "In fact, I can't tell what's gonna be of you once I'm no longer around... But I do know that you won't be alone. Even if you don't believe it right now, I know that one day, you'll find friends. Friends that won't doubt a second to give you a hand when you need it, friends that won't hesitate into following you on your adventures, friends that will be there with you no matter what."

"...You really think so?" Sonic asked, now with a little hopeful smile and tone.

Longclaw grinned and started to tickle Sonic on his belly, making him laugh uncontrollably and beg her to stop, only for Longclaw to start and tickle him even more, and Sonic was almost dying of laughter, but he really didn't minded, he simply wanted to play thought in front of her.

After a while, Longclaw stopped, then she made Sonic face her. "I'm 100% sure, my dear Sonic, that you'll find your friends. Friends worth to fight for, friends you'll avenge if they fall. Because you, my cute, little and brave hedgehog, are a critter with a heart like no one ever had."

Sonic smiled after hearing this, then he hugged Longclaw and nuzzled on her chest, while Longclaw smiled and gently caressed Sonic's quills with her hand, making him purr a bit in happiness...

Multiversal Wasteland - Present Day

What wouldn't Sonic give to go back in time and have some of that happiness right now.

Staring down at the death corpse of FS was making him feel desperate. He was still convinced that, if he completed Master King's trial faster, or if he didn't made the damn trial at all, FS would still be here, and he would've been able to live and see the multiverse restored, back to it's glory... But now that was just a foolish desire.

FS was gone, Opaline killed him, and she was beyond happy at her accomplishment... But Sonic was beyond furious. He looked up at her, at her damn smile for having killing FS, and his blood boiled in rage.

He stood up then walked up to Sunny, who was still crying for seeing someone die, and he placed a hand on her shoulder, calling her attention. "...Go and tell Tails that he has to be ready when I give him a sign."

Sunny just looked confused at him. "W-What?"

"Just do it, Sunny. He'll get it." Sonic replied, not even looking at her.

After that, Sonic refused to explain himself further and looked up at Opaline with rage, then he made the Chaos Emeralds from his universe surround him, and he was elevated in the air by them, until he was at the same height than Opaline, but he was still floating, and the Emeralds haven't entered his body yet.

Sunset soon noticed that Sonic was floating, then she looked in the same direction he was, but as soon as she realized that Sonic was looking over at Opaline, her eyes widened in panic.

"N-No..." Sunset muttered. "No... No, no, no! Not again!"

She has seen The End dying at Opaline's horn, and The End was supposed to be death itself. If Opaline could defeat Death, of course FS didn't stood a chance, hence why he's dead... But Sonic was willing to face her as well, and that only raised red flags all over the place.

However, Sunset wasn't the only one feeling like this, because everyone else around the multiverse could see that Sonic was doing something stupid, including Sunset's friends and Sonic's.

"Gosh, please don't tell me he's going to––" 220822 Pipp said with concern.

And guess what? He is: The Emeralds went into Sonic's body, turning his fur from blue to golden, and his green eyes were replaced with red ones. A golden aura was also surrounding his entire body, and this same aura is what called Opaline's attention, as she looked over at the same Sonic of her home universe with a frown.

"Yeah, he is." Knuckles said with worry and anger.

"Oh? What's this, Sonic?" Opaline asked with a mocking smirk. "You're mad because I killed you from another sad and pathetic universe?"

"Oh that's it!" Nicole said with anger, as she turned back into a life-sized lynx and wanted to go with Opaline. "I'm gonna show her what the ones of that little and pathetic universe we're made of!"

However, before Nicole could do that, everyone came to notice that Sonic didn't replied to Opaline. Usually, he'll just say something to enrage his opponent... But this time, he said nothing.

He simply stood quiet, and then he closed his eyes, focusing on making his new power come afloat. Soon, a red aura surrounded him, and both his hands and his lips started to tremble, while his body keep being surrounded by the strange red aura, until it started to show the corruption from Cyberspace.

Sonic started to groan in pain, because it seemed like the Cyber Corruption was gaining control over his body, and his left hand even moved backwards in an attempt of his body to gain full control.

But Sonic didn't faltered. Instead, he simply started to redirect the Cyber Energy of his body to the Chaos Energy on it. This seemed to work, because he gain control again, and little by little, his body was stopping glitching so much, then Sonic opened his eyes again and looked ahead to Opaline with a determinate look.

Then, Sonic blinked once, switching his eye-color to blue, and the golden aura surrounding him switched to red thanks to the Cyber Energy, while his gloves and shoes kept glitching, although Sonic's still under control.

He also got long red lines on his arms and quills, although they soon started to glitch like his clothes.

With this being over, Sonic released an incredibly amount of Cyber Energy all cross the Wasteland, then he took a deep breath and looked ahead at Opaline with anger. Everyone else around had to cover from that, but Tails did not and even smiled, because it mean that Sonic managed to control his Cyber Corruption.

Ladies and gentleman, behold: Starfall Sonic.

The new form of Super Sonic stared at Opaline in the other side with anger, and Opaline simply frowned and growled, because the fact that so many people wanted to take her down was starting to get annoying.

"You think you can take me down, Sonic?!" Opaline asked in anger. "I literally destroyed death itself. Your counterpart had no chance against me! What makes you believe that you'll be exception?!"

But Sonic did not replied. Instead, he just pointed a finger at her, and then raised two while provoking her to come at him. He wanted her to be the first one attacking, make her loose her cool and aim at him, something that was very easy to do, because Opaline lacked patience as far as he knows.

Opaline growled in rage, and then charged the same weaker blast she shoot at Tails earlier... But once it was about to hit Sonic, he raised his left hand and moved the attack away like nothing.

The attack ended up destroying a bunch of floating crystals passing by instead, while Sonic's sight never left Opaline. Speaking of her, her eyes widened in shock and disbelief after Sonic moved that attack away with ease. And not only her: Everyone else watching the fight was also impressed on how cold Sonic's move was.

However, this didn't stopped Opaline from trying to charge another attack: This time, she launched multiple fire daggers towards the Golden Blur... Daggers that were sent in different directions instead of Sonic.

This is because Sonic multiplied himself and grabbed all the daggers, then launched them all in random directions, then made the daggers explode. After this, Sonic literally appeared right behind Opaline, which made her panic, then Sonic grabbed her tail and launched her with no effort against several crystals.

These crystals got destroyed with Opaline's body, and the Fire Alicorn grunted painfully after the crash, while Sonic just looked at her over his shoulder with a strange sensation of anger he has never felt before.

But Opaline was not going to fall just like that, so she launched herself from that crystal and attempted to punch Sonic, just for him to slow time down, use the Quick Cyloop around her, and then several golden chains surrounded her, which made Sonic make time go back to normal.

Then, Sonic started to use several attacks for a combo: Cross Slash, Cyclone Kick, Spin Slash, Homing Shoot, Loop Kick, and finally a Stomp Attack, making a lot of damage to the Fire Alicorn, who roared loudly in rage.

But Sonic was not done, because he then snapped his fingers, and then a massive laser came from the sky that hit Opaline and sent her downwards, crashing against several crystals, and then laying on one of them on a fetal position, as she groaned in pain and attempted to stand up.

While Opaline did this, Sonic noticed that Supreme's sniper was floating around. He did wondered why the sniper was here, but he choose not to question it for now. Instead, he just looked at Tails over his shoulder.

Tails noticed this, and since Sunny already told him about waiting for Sonic's sign, he knew that this was the sign, so he nodded and boosted to the air with no hesitation, while Sonic flew ahead and used the Cyloop around Supreme's sniper, making it float in the air for a moment.

The sniper kept floating for a moment, but then Tails approached and made a big yellow cable come out of a backpack he had on his back, then launched said cable and connected it to the sniper.

Follow me
I'm standing on the border of everything
Listen close

Now, Tails had control of the sniper thanks to his advanced googles and his Miles Electric, so he looked at Sonic and smiled with a nod, while Sonic nodded back, then he turned around and noticed that Opaline was once again flying up and looking at him with a frown, so he frowned back at her.

Can you hear the spirits sing
Lost messages of long ago?

(GO!)

Then, Opaline threw a bunch of fire daggers towards the group, but once again, Sonic multiplied himself with the power of the Emeralds, and this time, he redirected the daggers so they would all fall over Opaline instead.

(GO!)

Opaline used a massive shield to protect herself from her own attack, then deactivated the shield and looked ahead at Sonic with a frown, while Sonic just crossed his arms and stared at her soul through his cyan blue eyes, which did made Opaline feel uncomfortable, but she was going to fight until the very end.

Leave the life you knew before
See a new world worth fighting for

Sonic boosted ahead towards Opaline and used Wild Rush, then kicked Opaline backwards with his foot, but Opaline only impulsed herself towards Sonic and managed to punch him backwards.

Find the truth of who I'm meant to become
Another path I must now walk on

This, however, only enraged Sonic, so he crossed his arms and multiplied himself again, while all his clones moved ahead towards Opaline and began to punch her everywhere, making the Fire Alicorn grunt painfully, but not surround or even flinch. She then melted all the copies with her fire, then looked at Sonic with anger.

I'm here
Reaching far across these new frontiers
With my life I fight this fear

Opaline choose to copy his strategy and cloned herself, but that only made Sonic stop time and used his Cyloop around the copies, then he snapped his fingers, and all the copies disappeared in an instant.

In my hands I hold the ones I love
Walk forward through the cold dawn
Always to new horizons

After that, Sonic crossed his arms and waited for Opaline to attack, something she did as she approached him at top speed. But then, Sonic's eye looked at her, and in just an instant, he moved so fast that he not only hit her several times, but he also sent her across the Wasteland, crashing against ruble and crystals nonstop.

When it finally stopped, Opaline lay painfully over one of the crystals, while Sonic kept his arms crossed and gave her his back, but then he looked at her over his shoulder with a very cold expression.

Getting up and more enraged than before, Opaline boosted back into the air, and then she made a massive sphere of Prismatic Energy that she shot at Sonic. Seeing this, Sonic attempted to stop the attack by placing his hands in front of him and stop the attack, but it was so strong, even for him.

This unfortunately made him go back to just Super Sonic, as his eyes went red again, his shoes and gloves were not glitching anymore, and he was surrounded by a golden aura instead of a red one again.

Come with me
We'll travel through the trials and tragedy
Blessed and bleak

He thought he could stop the attack... But that was not the case, because the attack was so strong that it even sent him back to his normal form, with the Chaos Emeralds getting out of his body, and when Sonic noticed this, he panicked, and then the attack pushed him backwards, making him loose a lot of rings in the process.

"SONIC!" His friends but Team Dark and Pipp said, with the formers frowning with concern, while the latter just covered her mouth with her hooves in fear.

Can you hear the spirits shout
The secrets in their melodies? (Their melodies?)

Eventually, the sphere exploded right in Sonic's face, making an explosion that already made everyone else feel the worse, that he was gone like The End and FS...

But that wasn't the case, because when the smoke of the explosion faded away, Sonic was completely fine, the Emeralds still surrounding him and everything. He smirked, then snapped his fingers and turned back into Super Sonic, before closing his eyes and start to charge the Cyber Energy of his body again.

Dream
Explore the mysteries
Breathe
A new life is revealed to me

It took him a while, but he eventually managed to make his gloves and shoes glitch again, and as his arms and quills got glitching lines again, and his golden aura turned red again as well, he opened his eyes, showing them cyan blue once again, tuning once again into Starfall Sonic.

Once again we'll start our story anew
Don't be afraid I will be with you

Then, he took a deep breath, before pointing ahead at Opaline once more, open his eyes again, and then dare her to come at him. He was so glad that this new form was working, that Master King's trial has awakened a power he never knew he needed, and now, he was ready to go all out on Opaline if necessary.

I'm here
Reaching far across these new frontiers
With my life I fight this fear

Opaline lost her patience and shot a bunch of Prismatic Energy spheres, much more smaller than the one she previously launched earlier, but Sonic threw these spheres back only by using only his left hand.

This made Opaline growl in rage, then she tried to hit Sonic again by approaching him at top speed... But this only made Sonic cross his arms again, then look over at Opaline, hit her at the speed of light, make her crash against rubble and crystals, and then stare coldly at her, just like before.

In my hands I hold the ones I love
Walk forward through the cold dawn
Always to new horizons

With that, Opaline tried to boost herself against Sonic with a fire blast, but Sonic not only dodged the attack with his hand: When Opaline was about to stab him with her horn, Sonic simply moved his finger forward.

This single move not only sent Opaline backwards, but it also stunned her in place for a moment, and Sonic decided to take advantage of this, so he headed towards her, then moved his hands and feet like if he was punching the air, and then sent those attack against Opaline, hitting her and damaging her.

Then, as Opaline was falling towards him, Sonic closed his eyes and extended his left hand, then closed it into a fist, flew upwards, and sent Opaline towards a rock in the process, stunning her again.

Noticing this, Tails gasped, and then frowned with a determinate look. "Sonic, it's now or never!"

Hearing this, Sonic turned to his little buddy and nodded, then he flew ahead and entered Supreme's sniper, still being controlled by Tails. Everyone else noticed this in shock and disbelief, and Sunset's jaw drop. If Sonic was going to do what she thought, then she'll definitely would consider him the coolest guy she's ever met.

Meanwhile, inside the sniper, Sonic came to a stop and let out a sigh, remembering Master King's words...

"That power is a fragile thing and It was not meant to you. It has been synchronized to your form as best it can, but if used recklessly, the power will leave you entirely."

Sonic sighed again, then turned around to face the sniper's exit. "Sorry, Master King. Looks like I'm going all-out after all!"

After saying this, Sonic closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again, and then he let the Cyber Energy remaining on his body take control over his entire body as Starfall Sonic.

Now, not only his gloves and shoes were glitching, but his whole body in general started to glitch out as well. He was still grunting in pain, but then he opened his eyes and nodded to himself, then let out a combination of a warrior and painful cry, as the Cyber Energy kept extending though his body.

Sonic was now glitching completely in blue, then he extended his right hand, his left leg, and then his head started to move like crazy while glitching, as his eyes turned into blue spirals, as he cried out in pain.

Tails didn't liked the sound of that, but he also took it as a sign to shoot, so he started to elevate the sniper and pointed it as much as he could to Opaline. However, to make absolutely sure that he'll hit her, he put over his advanced googles and started to calculate the exact point he'll shot at.

(Whoa)

It took him a moment to calibrate the exact point where he'll shot, but he eventually managed to do it.

(Ohhh, Who-o-oaaa)

(Who-o-oaaa)

(Who-oaaa)

Once he did, Tails didn't had to think twice and shoot the sniper, releasing Sonic from it... But now with his new aspect, he wasn't Starfall Sonic anymore. He was Cyber Super Sonic.

Don't worry, though, he's still in control of his body... And besides, The End literally died last chapter, remember?

Standing here (Standing here)
The way ahead's becoming clear
All across these new frontiers

Sonic zig-zagged in the air and growled in anger as he headed towards Opaline, while the Fire Alicorn was starting to wake up, and she barely noticed Sonic coming at her, so she tried to create a shield to protect herself, but once the shield was done, Sonic traversed it and destroyed it with no effort.

Sonic let out a warrior cry with his eyes closed and his hand extended, then he closed his hands in fists and crashed against Opaline, causing a massive explosion that combined both Prismatic Energy and Cyber Energy.

In my hands I hold the ones I love
Walk forward through the cold dawn
Always to new horizons

Everyone had to duck down because of the explosion, and Sunset didn't thought twice before teleporting and stand in front of her friends to create a shield around them for protection, while Sunny and Twilight did the same with Sunny's friends, and Tails let go of the sniper to go back with the rest.

After the explosion was done, everyone looked up, and they noticed that three of the Paradox Prism's shards from Opaline's bracelets separated from them, while Sonic fell unconscious as Super Sonic.

His body was dirty and scratched, meaning that going all-out on Opaline made him use more energy than he should've... But even if Sonic fell unconscious, he was smiling, because he managed to give Opaline a blow that actually knocked her out as well, even though he lacked knowledge on this last fact.

Sonic's friends were concerned on seeing him like that, but then Tails noticed that a Green, Blue, and Red shard from the Prism separated from Opaline's bracelets.

"That's... odd..." Tails muttered, then he used his powers to create a big magnet and managed to drag the shards towards him, then he looked at them and grabbed the green one... And then his eyes widened at an idea, so he turned to Omega. "Meg, quick! Bring down Chip!"

Omega nodded, and he carefully grabbed the small critter resting on his shoulder. Chip had no energy left to fight after what Opaline did to him, so he was resting over Omega this whole time, but he woke up the moment Omega grabbed him and approached him to Tails.

"What the... What's going on...?" Chip asked weakly, but the moment his eyes lay on the green shard of the Paradox Prism, they widened, and he gasped. "H-How... How did you––"

"These were attached in Opaline's body." Tails explained, now showing him the three shards that fell from Opaline's bracelets. "Do they ring a bell to you?"

"They are fragments of what once used to be my power..." Chip replied, and then he touched one of the shards, the blue one, which made his eyes go fully blue for a moment, and then, he was suddenly floating on his own again.

After this, well, he literally started to move around at the speed of sound like a rocket, probably because his power has been restored, and then, he finally came to a stop when he could feel his feet touching the ground again.

He had a dizzy expression, but then he shook his head and flew up again, this time facing Tails, then coming up to him and shaking his hand crazily with a smile, while Tails just stared at him confused on why he was doing that, although the fact that giving him the shards helped him may have something to do.

"Tails, thank you so much!" Chip said, then he finally let go of Tails' hand. "It seems like you have found the solution! A way to restore the power I loss, and a way to defeat Opaline?"

"I did?!" Tails asked in shock with wide eyes.

"He did?!" Everyone else asked along, as they surrounded Chip.

"Opaline's new and wacky powers come from the Paradox Prism." Chip explained. "Or rather, the shards of the Prism that she has attached to her bracelets in her hooves. Remove those shards, and she'll be back to the regular Opaline that should be easier to deal with."

"Well, yeah. In all honesty? Opaline is not a big deal on her "base form"." Sunny pointed out with a little smile.

"You're ignoring a crucial detail, though: We have to take off all the shards from her! And we only have three!" Knuckles pointed out with a frown.

"Oh, speaking of that..." Chip said, then he grabbed the red and green shards, absorbed their power, and this time he only glowed in green and red, before finally stopping. "Okay. That's even better! Now, regarding what to do with Opaline and the shards, that's simple: We've got to take them off her bracelets! How? Well, Sonic beat the crap out of her constantly and took 3 shards. Maybe if we keep it up, we'll get the 17 remaining shards in no time!"

"That's literally launching ourselves to a certain death." Zipp deadpanned.

"Yeah, not all of us are as skilled as Sonic in fighting, you know?" Izzy pointed out with a nervous chuckle.

"I literally have watched you guys become impossible odds before." Chip pointed out with a smirk. "Besides..." He looked over at Sunset and her friends, who were all making sure each other were fine after the explosion was over. "No one said you'll have to do it alone. You have a whole multiverse at your disposal. Right, Twilight?"

Twilight was confused at first on why Chip involved her, but the answer didn't took long to finally click on her mind. "R-Right... Right! I-I'm the one in charge of the HQ right now. I... I still might need time to process that... That he's gone, but I will mourn him after all this crap is over. Right now, Defeating Opaline is what matters. Just tell me how many to call, and I will––"

But before she could finish her sentence, Opaline woke up from her unconscious state, and she growled in rage, calling everyone in the Wasteland's attention and making them panic.

Opaline stretched and cracked her neck, then she looked around in rage, noticing that the fight against Sonic, and that last move he made, caused a lot of damage around. She used her magic to heal herself from any possible wounds she could have, and then she looked over at the unconscious Sonic with anger.

"Seems like time's up..." Shadow said with a frown, and he was about to remove his inhibitor rings to give Opaline a fight as well, but then Rouge stopped him by grabbing his hands, which surprised Shadow.

"I know what you think, and let me tell you that is not going to work!" Rouge said with a worried frown. "If two Sonics and a guy we still don't know could not take her down, what makes you think you'll be different?!"

Shadow was going to reply to that question, but then he shut up immediately. It was weird for him to accept he couldn't win a fight, but wether if he liked it or not, that was the case right now.

Soon, Opaline headed towards Sonic and tried to stab him with her horn... Just for Sonic to immediately wake up and then teleport away with Chaos Control, which surprised Opaline, so she started to look around with a frown, staying alert in case Sonic dared to come back with no hesitation on attacking her.

And yet, Sonic still caught her off-guard, because he suddenly kicked her back from upwards, and then he grabbed her horn with both of his hands. Just so you know, he's still in his Super form.

"You son of a––" Opaline tried to say, but then groaned in pain when Sonic, still grabbing her horn, jumped and stomped a foot on her face, making her feel more painful. "Get off me! You cannot defeat me! I am more powerful than you, and you know it!"

"I... don't need... to beat you..." Sonic said in anger, as he stepped harder on Opaline's face in the air, while the Alicorn groaned in pain. "We just both need to loose!"

After saying this, Sonic started to charge more Chaos Energy while still holding Opaline's horn, and she still tried to get him off her. Meanwhile, everyone else looked at Sonic's bravery in shock, although Sunset did it with an amused smile. To think this guy just randomly popped one day on her own universe...

Shadow, however, recognized why Sonic was charging Chaos Energy, and his eyes widened in panic. "Oh no..."

"Huh?!" Pipp said, since she heard him loud and clear. "What do you mean with "Oh no", Shadow? What's he doing?!"

But before Shadow could reply, Sonic's loud warrior cry called their attention, and soon, Tails, Knuckles and Amy also understood what he was doing, as well as Rouge and Omega.

"Sonic, wait!" Tails shouted from his place with panic... But it was too late.

"CHAOS..." Sonic began to shout, as he then grabbed Opaline's head to make sure she wouldn't try to escape, while he still hold her horn with a hand.

"SONIC, NO!" All the Mobians of his friend group shouted together, but Sonic didn't cared for what they had to say.

"BLAST!!!" Sonic ended up saying, as his pupils died entirely and only left his sclera behind, while his body shone brightly before exploding like a bomb.

The explosion he caused because of his very own Chaos Blast was so massive and destructive that it had to make everyone cover even twice than before, so when Sunset activated her shield again, her Sunny had to join her with her own magic, while Sonic's Sunny needed of Twilight's help with her shield over her friends.

During the explosion, the Chaos Emeralds Sonic was using flew towards his friends, and the Blue one even landed in front of Sunset, but she hasn't noticed it yet

The explosion lasted for at least two minutes, and when it finally came to an end, Opaline was frozen on her place, with electrical sparks coming out of her body, and she had her eyes closed. Sonic, on the other hand, was back to normal... But then he slowly started to fall backwards.

Gravity wasn't working on him anymore, which already concerned his friends, but as soon as they got a glance of his face once he kept falling... They all saw his blank face, and the lack of pupils on his eyes.

Time seemed to stop for a moment in some of them... For Sunny and Tails, it was seeing their brother falling after years of overcoming impossible odds. For Pipp and Amy, it was seeing someone they loved with their souls dying in front of them, without being able to do anything to save them.

For Knuckles, it was a nightmare that repeated itself. He didn't wanted to loose any friend on this battle, but now Sonic was there, falling for sure to his death because of his own boldness.

For the rest of the Mane 6, it was heart-braking to see a friend fail and die in such a way; for Team Dark, it was horrible to see an unstoppable force fall like nothing after so many times he came on top with no effort; for Twilight, it was seeing FS' hopes die along Sonic, because FS trusted in him to defeat Opaline, and he failed.

But to Sunset? It was even worse. She lost not only one, but two friends in such a short time, and almost in the same way: They both sacrificed their lives for a greater good.

She has lost so many people she deeply cared for on her life: Her friends from Ancient Equestria, specially Twilight; her family; Princess Celestia... And now, two of the Sonics she has met, both incredibly amazing people that only wanted the best for everyone, were gone, all because of Opaline.

Time went ran normally again, and then Sonic fell over a piece of rubble floating by, landing on his back. However, no sound came from him, because he was either unconscious, or straight up dead.

Everyone looked down at him in shock and disbelief, specially 220822 Pipp, who started to tear up.

Shadow, however, closed his eyes and tried to feel something... But then he opened them again and sighed. "...I can still feel his essence... But is weak... And it's dying little by little. I... I don't think he's gonna make it."

This only concerned everyone even more, and many in the group were right about to burst in tears for their friend's - lover in Pipp's case - death... But they will have to wait to mourn him, because Opaline let out a painful grunt that called everyone's attention, so they all turned and saw her moving again.

Opaline shook her head, then she looked down at Sonic's corpse, and then she grinned. "Well... In the end you not only couldn't beat me, but you lost alone, Sonic."

She laughed maniacally after saying this, but that seemed to be the last straw of patience remaining on Sonic's friends, as they all looked at Opaline with pure and divine hate.

"That's it!" Tails said with anger, then he turned to face the rest. "Sonic once told me that if he ever died, I'll have to fill his place. I could never be like him, but I won't let his sacrifice be in vain!" He stated, then he turned to see the rest. "Twilight, tell everyone in the Society to go home and prepare all the warriors they can. If we wanna defeat Opaline, we'll go out with everything we have, like Sonic did!"

"An attack from the whole multiverse... That could work." Twilight said with a determinate look, then she looked over at her watch and pressed a button to open a portal, but also to pass a message. "To everyone in the multiverse that hears this: Retreat to your home universes and gather all the backup you can!"

With that, Twilight disappeared through the portal, and Sunset and her friends also got the message. However, as Sunset's friends agreed to go back into their universe to get more people to help, Sunset stared at Sonic's friends. She had a feeling that they were going to try and fight back against Opaline...

And she couldn't let them do that alone, which is why she has taken a decision, so she turned to her friends.

"Guys. You go and get the backup. I'm staying." Sunset said with a determinate look.

"What?!" Sunset's friends exclaimed loudly.

"B-But Sunset––" Sunny tried to argue, but Sunset raised a hoof, and Sunny stopped talking.

"I already lost two friends today. I cannot let anyone else die, friend or not." Sunset said. "I'm staying with them. Just in case. I do promise, though, that I won't do anything reckless."

Sunset's friends were completely against this idea, but they all knew that arguing back would lead nowhere, so they all nodded, gave her a group hug, then turned back to their universe.

Sunset, on the other hand, nodded confidently, spread her wings and flew towards Sonic's friend group.

Author's Note

Welp, Sonic's a goner... Or is he?

I honestly can't tell you guys how excited (and heartbroken at the same time) I am for the finale... Just three episodes more, and this will be over.

I'm really satisfied with how Starfall Sonic (a.k.a. Super Sonic 2) turned out in this chapter, and even though Sonic "died", I'm pretty sure I made justice to how OP this form is in "The Final Horizon" DLC from Sonic Frontiers.

Anyways. Next episode: Who liked Avengers Endgame? 'Cause you might have some dejà vu.

Bye bye!