Sonic: Adventures of Areion

Episode 9: A Step too late and A Burning Battle

It was a normal day in the city of Soleanna and everyone were going about their daily activities without worry in the worry in the world when suddenly a giant shadow loomed over the city. The inhabitants looked and began to shake with fear upon seeing something that was too familiar to them.

It was the Egg Carrier which was slowly flying over the city and towards the castle where Princess Elise accompanied by the ladies-in-waiting watched from the balcony. Then Eggman's voice was heard through the loudspeaker for everyone to hear.

"Princess Elise, ruler of Soleanna...your refusal to negotiate has forced me to take drastic actions. Meet me at the specific point alone at 4 o'clock today, failure to do so on time will result in my leveling of this city so that nothing but ashes remain!"

Elise was silent as she was deep in thought before one of the ladies-in-waiting spoke up.

"Miss Elise, will you really go with him?"

"I'm afraid so, in order to protect my people from harm I will have to comply with his demands." Elise said, she turned around and proceeded to walk away.

"But Mistress, isn't there any other way?" The other lady-in-waiting asked worriedly.

"There's no other choice, it is my duty as the Princess of Soleanna to go..." Elise resumed her walk withe the ladies watching on with worry and hoping that someone would once again help save the Princess from Eggman.

Meanwhile within the depths of Tropical Jungle, Arion sat on the ground in the middle of a clearing cross-legged and eyes closed to show that he was deep in meditation. After escorting Elise to the castle, Arion went back to the jungle for some training in order to adjust himself to natural energy and complete the connection to the Emerl Armor.

A green aura is currently covering Arion's body, then he opened his eyes to reveal they were now glowing yellow before turning back to normal. "How's it going Emerl?"

"3, 2, 1." A beep was heard on the screen in headquarters and the armor was now completely colored. "The connection is complete, you can now use the Emerl Armor. All you need to do is concentrate hard enough and then it will appear. But be careful, it will be a little painful when you first activate it."

"Got it." Arion then remembered something. "Hey Emerl, when I was fighting Blaze, I didn't feel much pain, how did that happen?"

"Hmm, that is strange, let me check." Emerl started typing on the keyboard and then looked at the screen in shock to see a sprite of Mephiles in his crystalline form. "Whoah! Arion, somehow you must have copied Mephiles' pain suppression and dark powers after you fought him!"

Arion just sighed in relief. "Well at least I have a few power from him, I don't think I wanted all of them."

"Me neither."

Arion then looked at the west with a frown on his face as he stood up. "You sense that too Emerl?"

"Yeah, the citizens are panicking in the city. That means Eggman's back." Emerl said with a growl.

"Then we batter head back to the city."

Arion immediately took off while darting left and right to avoid the giant trees for a few minutes before exiting the Tropical Jungle and was on the road to the city of Soleanna. After reaching his destination, Arion could see the looks of worry on the faces as he walked along the streets.

"You might as well ask them what happened before we hot here." Emerl said.

Nodding in affirmation, Arion approached a man and called out to him. "Excuse me but could you tell me what's going on? I just got here and saw everyone making a fuss."