ORIGIN OF CHAOS

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Chapter Thirteen: The Final Secrets

Chaos was petrified. But he was not worried for himself, but for his comrade. Aero, the Wind Guardian stood in front of Chaos as he took the impact of Zeenint’s assault. The evil tyrant sniggered gleefully. It wasn’t what he had hoped for, but it was good enough. Chaos swiftly jumped to his feet as Aero began to toppled backwards. Chaos caught him and laid him gently on the dry, dusty ground.

“Chaos, are you ok?” Aero asked weakly.

“The one we should be concerned about is you.” Chaos said. “Why did you save me?”

“Do you know what I see when look at you?” Aero asked. “I see hope. Hope that you will usher in a new revolution and restore our home to its former glory.”

“Aero...” Chaos whispered.

“Are you weeping?” Zeenint cackled. “The legendary Chaos moaning over a hopeless rat.”

“Aero was not a rat!” Chaos exclaimed.

“I’m right here, you know.” Aero said, clutching his head.

“Aero was an amazing warrior.” Chaos said, ignoring Aero’s statement. “His heart was more pure and stronger than yours will ever be.”

“So was Stream’s.” Zeenint smirked. “How is he doing anyway?”

That was the final straw for Chaos. He dropped Aero, hard on the ground, and stood up a few yards away from the tyrant. The Legendary Guardian roared with furious anger that began turn, literally. All of a sudden, Chaos was no longer his small humanoid self. He was over fifty feet high, a long serpentine body, a massive dorsal fin on its head, and two piercing green eyes that would halt any creature in its tracks. It had apparently taken the same effect on Zeenint.

“I see my new form has taken its full effect.” Chaos laughed in a low, cold voice. “As you tremble, you will refer to me as Perfect Chaos.”

Zeenint’s body was shaking from head to toe. It took a while, but Zeenint started to calm down and seemed amused.

“You really think a sleek, new body will be able to defeat me.” Zeenint grinned confidently.

“Instead of glaring at you with my appearance,” Chaos said. “Why don’t I just show you how feeble you truly are?”

With his new serpent body, Chaos slithered around Zeenint at breakneck speed. The cruel master only had enough time to duck to the side as Chaos slammed his head into the ground. Zeenint flipped back and kicked off the ground into the air. He formed a green sphere of energy in his palms and shot two blasts. Chaos pulled his head up and shook it free of any dirt that clogged his pores. A second later, he could feel the two spheres sink into his body and exploded from the inside. Half of Chaos’ face had been blown off and the aquatic serpent collapsed to the side. A large cloud of dust formed to cover Chaos while Zeenint hover several feet above the dust cloud.

For a second there, I thought I had a reason to fear.” Zeenint smirked.

“And you still do.” A familiar growl spoke.

A split second later, Chaos’ disfigured face swarmed out of the cloud and snapped its maw close on Zeenint. It looked all over until a green glow began to form around the water snakes mid-region. A large explosion formed from the glow and Zeenint could be seen escaping from the hole, grasping his pulsating heart. Chaos looked to be on his last leg; his face and body severally mutilated. But to everyone’s surprise, even Chaos’; the aquatic snake’s body began to regenerate all its wounds. Zeenint panicked and started throwing as many energy spheres as possible at a rapid pace. Chaos was too big to avoid such an assault. But when Zeenint’s attack ended, Chaos was already healed again.

“How is that even possible?” Zeenint questioned, panting. The total uses of his powers were beginning to take a toll on him.

“Is that really the best you can do?” Chaos sniggered evilly. “I would have hope for something a little challenging.”

“You want a challenge, I’ll give you one.” Zeenint growled.

Zeenint extended his arms out to both ends and began to gather a massive amount of green energy. He formed two large spheres in his open palms before he brought them together over his head. The two became one sphere larger and more powerful than the smaller ones together. With a shout of aggression, Zeenint reeled the sphere over his head and in a downward spiral.

“Let’s see you try to tackle that one!” Zeenint cackled insanely.

Chaos surprised himself again when he snapped opened his maw. A thin white beam erupted from the back of his throat. The beam devoured Zeenint’s attack. The tyrant himself was caught of guard and remained still as the beam shot at him. The beam made contact, sending Zeenint flying into the collapsed remains of the cave. Zeenint pulled himself out of the rubble; his eye and most of his right side was bleeding grotesquely. It wasn’t helping that Chaos was looming ominously overhead.

“Behold, the mighty and powerful Zeenint.” Chaos said mockingly. “If only the other Guardians could see their Master now.”

“Silence, cretin.” Zeenint said hoarsely. “When I am finished with you...”

“You are in no position to be making any threats.” Chaos growled. “As a matter of fact, you are in no position to lead The Guardians. Not when they can have a mighty leader such as myself.”

“What are you saying?” Zeenint questioned.

“I am saying that I am taking over.” Chaos grinned manically. “With all the souls you have collected over the years, I will go beyond the strength of any god!”

“Even if you did somehow manage to unlock the secrets of the soul collector, it still won’t work.” Zeenint said confidently. He stood up, clutching the black scar on his chest. “It requires a certain energy sync to gather the soul energy.”

“It’s only a matter of time.” Chaos said. “I’ll find that sync. Even if it takes me one thousand years. All that’s left now is to rid the world of your infestation.”

Chaos craned up his long neck and stared down at the green rodent. Chaos opened his mouth threateningly to show off his razor sharp teeth. In one feral swoop, the aquatic serpent lunged his head down. But before he could get within five feet of him, Chaos felt something stab him in the eye. The great beast flailed his head repeatedly until the pain had released. He looked down and found that the culprit was Aero’s chrome blade. The owner was leaning against a dead tree, holding his chest.

“How dare you!” Chaos roared.

“I can’t let you kill him.” Aero said weakly.

“Why, pray tell, not?” Chaos asked. “It was you who summoned me here. It was you who lead me to this filthy rat. It was you who wished for me to dispose of him and return your world to its former glory.

“That’s true, I did want that.” Aero admitted. “But I had also wished that Zeenint’s death would be at the hands of our savior.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Chaos questioned.

“I mean, if you kill him in rage, you will be no better than Zeenint.” Aero said.

No one knows how, but those few choice words seemed to knock some sense back into Chaos’ mind. How could he have allowed himself to fall so far? How could he, the Hero of Legend, the Savior of Parasiden, could be corrupted by the darkness? Would Stream be ashamed at what he had created? Stream; that name brought back so many memories. He would never have been tempted to do evil. With these thoughts, Chaos’ serpentine body returned to its normal humanoid form.

“You ok?” Aero asked; dragging himself to the Legendary Guardian.

“I am now.” Chaos said. “Thanks, Aero.”

“You fools should have finished me when you had the chance.” Zeenint said malevolently. His injuries were suddenly healed with the exception of his scar. “Now that I know what you are capable of, I think its time I broke open this shell of a form.”

Zeenint raised his palm to the sky, which formed a portal similar to the one Eise created. Chaos reacted fast and shot at Zeenint. But the dark tyrant had already touched the sky and passed through the portal, which closed behind him.

“He’s gone!” Chaos yelled, slamming his fist. “Now what do we do?”

“We can’t let him get away.” Aero said. “We must not allow him to collect those souls.”

Aero raised his claw and formed a portal exactly like Zeenint’s in the sky. The Wind Guardian was too weak to jump, so Chaos heaved him on his back. Chaos retained a firm grip on his friend and leapt into the cloud and disappeared into the portal.

The trip back wasn’t as uncomfortable as last time they passed through. Chaos guessed it was because of his new body. When both Guardians emerged from the portal, they found themselves back in Zeenint’s chamber. The soul container still remained in the air, but Zeenint was nowhere to be seen.

“That’s odd.” Chaos stated. “Do you think we took the wrong portal?”

“Impossible.” Aero said. “Zeenint said he was returning to collect the souls.”

“Then where is he?” Chaos questioned.

They got their answer right away. Before they could realize what had happened, Aero was on the floor and Chaos was pinned to the wall by a green web of energy. Struggle as he would, Chaos could not break free. Aero staggered to his feet when he finally took notice of Zeenint. The evil tyrant was hovering over his throne, just under the soul collector.

“Aero, Chaos, I am pleased to see that you have made it.” Zeenint smirked.

Aero tried to reach for his blade when he suddenly realized he left it back at the dead forest.

“Don’t bother trying to fight back.” Zeenint said, noticing Aero’s movements. “Instead, just sit back and witness the beginning of a new era.”

“I will never accept you as my master.” Aero seethed.

“Then you will have the pleasure of being my first kill in my true form.” Zeenint laughed.

Zeenint opened his arms out and shifted his head up to the sphere of souls. His eyes glew a ghastly white. The souls scattered and flocked in circles around their caller. The master of evil opened his mouth wide to allow the soul easy passage into his body. Zeenint’s plan had worked. Even now, his body began to crack and fragments were falling off. Aero tried to think of something that might help. But what could help in a situation like this? Then he heard a voice; a young female voice he never heard of.

“The servers of the seven chaos. Chaos is power, power that unifies the heart. The controller is the one who unifies the chaos.”

Upon those words, Aero seemed to reach a new level of understanding. He had the power to defeat Zeenint. In his friends and his heart. Back in the Guardian Corridor, the Soul Stones seemed to be reacting to Aero’s thoughts. They were glowing momentarily until they shattered. Seven colored balls of light took their place. They suddenly swarm down the corridor and into Zeenint’s chamber. Zeenint was too busy collecting souls that he did not notice. They balls of light come together into Aero’s claw, forming a blade similar to Aero’s original sword.

“I know what I must do.” Aero murmured.

Zeenint’s release was almost complete. A few more souls and he would be the most powerful creature in the universe. But the chance would never come. For a moment later, Aero jumped up and stabbed his blade through Zeenint’s black scar.

“MASTER SEAL!!” Aero yelled.

A mighty explosion erupted from the mark. The blast covered not only the chamber, but the entire world of Parasiden.

Chaos woke up. He found that he was no longer in the chamber, but back at the front entrance of Pyrus Cave. He wasn’t alone. The other Guardians and immune witnessed the blast and swarmed to investigate. Sorana had three scars across her face, Kiten was missing his left wing, and Dorrog was injured, but went unnoticed because of his number of bandages. The other Guardians looked untrusting towards Chaos.

“Who are you?” Eise asked.

“I’m...uh...” Chaos muttered, still in shock.

“His name is Chaos.” Dorrog stated. “I remember him from the war against Hollow.”

“Uh, right. What he said.” Chaos muttered, looking around cautiously. “You haven’t seen Aero, have you?”

“What’s happened to my brother?” Eise asked with concern.

“We were fighting Zeenint.” Chaos explained. “I was trapped and he was left to fight for himself. He stabbed Zeenint in the chest and then the whole place was covered in a strange light. Next thing I know, I’m back here. Now I need to find out what happened to Aero.”

“Would that have anything to do with it?” Sorana asked.

Sorana pointed out to the vast desert where everyone could see something glinting in against the sun. it was the shine from a large green emerald. This would one day be called the Master Emerald. A small crumpled figure could be seen lying below the emerald. When the dust had cleared, the hero could see...

“Aero!” Eise and Chaos cried.

Aero the Wind Guardian was lying on the desert floor, panting heavily. Eise and Chaos instantly rushed to his side. The others hesitated for a moment, but eventually followed their example. Eise lifted his bothers head to get a better look. He looked terrible. He usually white body had turned grey and his feet were slowly dissolving and going up his legs.

“Brother, you fading away.” Eise said.

“That’s what happens when you put all your heart into a single attack.” Aero chuckled weakly. “You would know that, wouldn’t you, brother?”

“Aero, what did you do?” Chaos asked. “Where’s Zeenint?”

“Zeenint was too powerful to kill.” Aero explained. “I used the last of my life force to seal him away inside this emerald.” He pointed to the Master Emerald. “It won’t last forever, but it was the best I could do. It’s up to all of you to continually power the seal. That way, Zeenint will never be able to break free.”

“What about you?” Kiten asked.

“I’ve reached my limit.” Aero said. “This is where my destiny ends.”

“Aero...” Eise whispered.

“Nazo...” Aero groaned. “If I am to die, I want you to call me by my true name.”

“Good bye...Sonic.” Eise chocked.

At that moment, Aero’s body completely faded. The fragments were scattered across the four winds, just as he would have wanted to die. Aero, Parasiden’s greatest hero and savior, could finally rest in peace.

“What do we do now?” Lightra asked.

“We rebuild.” Heat stated. “Aero gave us an opportunity to give Parasiden a fresh start. And I’m sure this time, we won’t make the same mistakes twice.”

Heat was right, Chaos thought. This was their chance to start over. Some had already gotten a head start. Sorana, Kiten, and Dorrog bid their farewells and returned to the cave to lead the immune to a new age. Eise and Lightra were exchanging embarrassed looks to each other, both blushing heavily. Heat saw this and looks ready to melt the Ice Guardian. Some things never change. A sudden gust of wind passed by and Chaos could hear a small voice.

“I’ll be back Chaos. I promise.

--End Flashback--

The scene returned back to Chaos and Cheese, who were watching the continuing battle between Super Sonic and Hell Nazo.

“And he kept his promise.” Chaos said. “He has returned to us after all these centuries.”

“Chao?” Cheese asked.

“Sonic the Hedgehog is the reincarnation of Aero.” Chaos explained.

Back at the fight, Sonic did a side kick, but Nazo blocked it with his forearm. Nazo tried to blast Sonic with a chaos lance, but the golden hero jumped back to avoid it. During the battle, Sonic noticed that Nazo was not fight as well as he did last time. Nazo also noticed this himself. He tried to put it out of his mind, but every time he looked, he could only think of his brother. Now that Nazo knew the truth, the outcome of the war would be more unpredictable than ever.

The scene changes to a faraway island. The island was Sonic’s birth home: South Island. Inside the castle and the highest point of the town, Sonic’s mother sat at her throne. She was a violet hedgehog with long flowing hair. She wore a white ceremonial robe and a golden band around her head. Though she was queen, she had never been more bored in her life. She had spent the entire day listening to her people’s troubles. She loved her home, but she would rather be out with Gale, Sonic’s father, traveling the world than siting around all day. She groaned when another official presented himself.

“Your highness, it’s time to discuss the transactions between South Island and G.U.N.” the official said.

“Can’t we save it for tomorrow.” Aleena groaned. “I’ve had a long day and need a break.”

“Your highness, this is serious business!” The official exclaimed.

“Mommy.”

Aleena looked to the side. She saw a little blue hedgehog no older than four. He had seven dangling quills that looks like dreadlocks and wore white gloves and red sneakers similar to Sonic’s. He was also carrying a little Sonic toy behind him. He was Gale and Aleena’s second son, the little brother Sonic didn’t know about.

“What is it dear.” Aleena asked sweetly.

“Mommy, I can’t sleep.” The little boy said.

“Aw, let’s get you to bed then.” Aleena said, glad to have a reason to leave.

“Your highness, we have business to attend to!” The official panicked.

“My son is more important than business.” Aleena said, picking up the child. “But if you want someone to assist you. Lucario!”

“Yes, your highness.”

As if out of nowhere, a new figure appeared. He looked like a blue jackal with black paws, black marked 'mask' on its face, a sweeping, and a yellow fur chest. He had spikes on the back of both of his paws and one on his chest. He also had four large tendrals in the back of his head and a pair of piercing red eyes.

“Lucario, please assist him.” Aleena said kindly.

“As you wish, your highness.” Lucario responded.

While Lucario tended to the official, Aleena carried her son out of the room. Once they were in the corridor and out of earshout reach, Aleena grinned and stared down at her son proudly.

“I know you were lying.” Aleena said happily. “You never have trouble sleeping.”

“You looked sad, so I help.” The boy said. He held up his Sonic toy. “And I want to hear another story about my big brother.”

“You really admire Sonic.” Aleena smiled.

“When I grow up, I want to be just like him!” The boy cheered.

“I’m sure you will one day, Stream.” Aleena said confidently.

THE END

These are the secrets you need to know for Sonic Heroes: The Series.

1. Zeenint is still alive in the Master Emerald.
2. Sonic is Aero's reincarnation
3. Stream is reborn as Sonic's little brother.

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