DreamWatcher

Chapter 25:

Finale

"The beginning is the end

And the end is the beginning

A time for friends and family

As we share one last dream together…"

"BOMBS AWAY!" Bean chucked multiple amounts of bombs at the tall tower. Luckily, the tower was vulnerable to Bean's bombs. Immediately, the giant guards came to deal some damage.

"Okay, Team B and C, inside!" Knuckles ordered, "Team A, will you be alright!?"

"We'll be fine, go!" Bark shouted, then proceeded to punch the living lights out of a guard.

The rest of dwelled in, Team B searching for Remington and Rykor, Team C heading for Mogul.

"So…I wonder, if I was Remington, where would I be?" Vector searched, "Chaotix, time to put our detective skills to the test, search for clues!"

"That won't be easy." Espio sighed, "This tower changes, remember?"

"Not while Bean keeps bombing every part of the tower." Charmy hovered over them, "With more walls being destroyed, the room has no…well…room, to move to different locations."

"We just have to count on them." Tails ordered, "It's also the only way my location device will work."

"Whoa, when did you make that?" Vector gasped.

"I've had this for years, it picks up the presences of the room and makes a location of it." Tails fidgeted with it, "So far, we need more walls to be destroyed to find Remington and Rykor."

"What if Rem's with Mogul, as well as Rykor?" Vector asked.

"We still need to destroy this place on the inside in specific locations anyways." Tails came in, "If Team C encounters Rem and Rykor before we do, we start bombing and I got some dummy ring bombs to help."

"Well, I'm gonna search ahead, I'll call if I spot something!" Sonic commented, then sped off.

Team C wasn't so much in the dark as Team B as Jeremiah knew Mammoth's location.

"I guess those time powers are of great help." Knuckles nodded.

"Yea, but I hope Team B will make it here, I don't think we should have split them apart…Remington and Rykor are with Mogul." Jeremiah spoke dramatically.

"Still, they'll destroy the place in the inside." Mighty spoke, " Bean's got outside, they got inside and Tails' bombs he made will be of great help."

"How far until we reach our location, I'm getting kinda tired." Big sighed. Froggy sighed, "You're always tired."

"My legs weren't built to run such big distance!" Big groaned at his poliwag pal.

"He's at the top, we just have to make sure the rooms don't move, is all." Jeremiah sighed, "Look for double red doors."

"It's always double red doors." Rogue flew by them, "Can't get any more cliché then that, eh?"

"Yea." Amy spoke softly, she seemed a bit unsure of going on. Perhaps she was too afraid to see Mogul or maybe even more afraid to see Remington.

……………….

The three teams moved on. Mogul would have been well aware of their coming from his security cameras, but the giant elephant was occupied at the moment. He was thrown around his room and he did his fair share of throwing around. Mogul and his opponents were tired, bruised, and bleeding. Remington more so then other. Donned in his elegant samurai wear, the young brown echidna was the one bleeding the most. His pure magic should be healing him, but with so much injuries, it would take a while.

"You are strong, child." Mogul grinned, "Such a reason I wish to obtain your powers, as well as Amira Rose."

"No." Remington groaned, one knee on the floor, one hand on the floor, his katana on his right hand. Sweat mixed with blood.

"I don't plan to absorb all your power." Mogul spoke softy, despite his current situation, "Despite my high magic, completely absorbing your magic would cause such a strain on both of us, but especially me since I wouldn't give a care if you die."

"I will not die!" Remington stood up, slowly as he was injured, "At least, not until you taste Japanese steel!"

"Such brave words." Mogul smirked, "Look what I did to your uncle Rykor, I could do the same to you!"

Rykor was on the red carpeted floor, bleeding on the forehead. He had been knocked unconscious. Remington kept his stern warrior face, his sword now gripped tightly with both his hands and now, in a samurai stance.

"Come…" Mogul gestured, "Fight."

Remington didn't hesitate. He charged at Mogul who retaliated with an energy blast. Rem leaped out of the way and kicked the giant in his face. A tusk broke off. Mogul, pissed, sent another energy ball. Rem dodged them as well and gave a swift kick to his massive legs. Then Rem leaped, gripped tightly onto Mogul's head, then flipped him over where he crashed through the glass window where he fell…until he used his magic to fly up.

"YOU INCOMPETENT LITTLE PEST!" Mogul screamed, "YOU DENY MY POWERS!?"

"You asked for me to come…I came!" Remington shouted, then the young samurai raced towards Mogul, risky as he was floating outside. Rem might fall if he didn't calculate this right. Mogul made a roar, then using his magic, quickly evaded Rem. Rem gasped as he was now in mid air before falling.

"NO! I cannot DIE NOW!" Rem shouted. He was saved though…by Mogul. Mogul held him by his leg, then flipped him until Mogul had him by his neck.

"Oh, just screw it, I'll risk it and absorb all your power." And Mogul proceeded. Rem struggled with all his might, but slowly, all his powers were being sucked in. He let out a massive groan of pain. At that time, Rykor woke up, and the rest of the Team heard his yells.

"That's Remington!" Amy gasped, "What is Mogul doing to him!?"

"Look, the door!" Mighty gasped, pointing to the double red doors nearby. Team C entered as the sounds of bombs rang through and Rem's painful yells. Once they all got in, Amy gasped.

"REMINGTON!" She cried. Rem was being sucked off his powers.

"MOGUL!" Knuckles angrily shouted. He glided over and tried to punch Mogul out, but the energy he was absorbing was keeping him invulnerable. Knuckles only ended up being flung back where Amy and Rouge came to his aid.

"You okay, handsome?" Rouge asked.

"We got to do something!" Knuckles cried. After his suggestion, Jeremiah started to glow a bright gold. Mogul turned to face who it was.

"Jeremiah!" Mogul gasped.

"Mogul, you shall not do ANYMORE DAMAGE!" Jeremiah shouted, "The Time Councils are VERY pissed off at you…that includes me…"

"I defeated MANY Time Guardians who have far exceeded you, what can a rookie like you do to me!? Mogul cried.

"You absorbed ALL the Time Guardians' powers that you have defeated!" Jeremiah shouted, "Making them powerless and disrupting time all over the universe…one of them was my father…you reduced him to a mere mortal when he's true call was that of a Time Guardian…though it does no matter now I have replaced him, I cannot forgive what you did to my father and the other Time Guardians."

"Save the speech, little boy." Mogul snickered, "Hundreds of Time Guardians fell before me…you will be of no exception." And with that, Mogul flung Rem inside where Knuckles grabbed him.

"Oh-No!" Amy gasped, "He's bleeding!"

"REMINGTON!" came the shaking voice of Rykor. Despite his head injuries, he ran to his nephew's side and held him close. Rem was unconscious. Rykor stared at Mogul, now glowing gold, "YOU MONSTER, YOU-YOU'RE NOT AN ANIMAL.YOU'RE…SOME…FREAK!"

"Why must you fight against me, you all should be in my side." Mogul sighed, "Once I absorb Amira's powers, I will be a Time God and I can fully change the entire planet to our benefit, a world free of humans and reign supreme of us, animals, our kinds."

"You cannot do that!" Jeremiah shouted.

"Why not!?" Mogul screamed, "WHAT HAVE HUMANS EVER DONE FOR US!?"

By this time, Team B came in.

"We gotta move it, this entire place is going to blow!" Sonic shouted.

"Oh, look, more of your little party parade pals." Mogul spat.

"Whoa, he's all glowy." Sonic gasped.

"What's going on?!" Tails gasped.

"He's going to go back in time to stop humanity from dominating the planet!" Jeremiah gasped.

"What, a world without humans!?" Charmy gasped, "That's a stupid, evil thing to do!"

"YOU CREATURES HAVE BEEN SPOILED BY THOSE FURLESS APES!" Mogul's voice was booming, "THEY DESTROYED OUR KINDS AND LIVES!"

"But they belong on this planet as much as we do!" Knuckles shouted, "They may have altered our planet in images we animals cannot dare to see, but they were born in this planet as we have. It is much of theirs as it is OURS!"

"WRONG!" Then Mogul, quicker then Sonic can grab a McDonalds snatched Amy and started to absorb her powers.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed. Her mouth wide open, her insides burning.

"AMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Knuckles shouted at the top of his lungs. With fire burning inside him like nothing he has ever felt in his entire life, Knuckles leaped up to Mogul and tried to punch him. He ended up being ricocheted back. Knuckles shouted some more, then punched again. He was thrown, but he punched again, and again, and again! A fiery wave of one fist to another. Amy was halfway to fainting, but she could see the devotion Knuckles had. He wouldn't give up, no matter what. Another wave of punch. Knuckles' fists were starting to hurt, but he can't give up. Amy, he devoted his entire life to her. Knuckles, shouting wide, gave all his energy.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" a MIGHTY swift and Mogul was thrown back, Amy landing on Rykor's arm as he caught her in time. Mogul was at the edge of the room. Knuckles fell down, breathing hard. He then saw Amy and ran to her.

"AMY!" he gasped.

"I'm fine." She whispered softly, "You stopped him from taking my powers." Knuckles weakly smiled with slight tears in his eyes. Rouge saw from afar with shock in her face. He nearly tired himself out and killed himself to free Amy.

"I guess he really does love her." Rouge grinned.

"YOU!" Mogul flew closely to Knuckles until both were face to face, "YOU INTERFERE?!"

"ALWAYS!" Knuckles shouted. Before the two could rumble, a huge BOOM was heard.

"WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING INSIDE!?" came the shrill voice of Piper as she was speaking through Tails' communicator, a wristwatch with Eggman's face on it (Eggman gave it as a gift), "THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BLOW, GET THE HELL OUT!"

"We gotta skedaddle!" Sonic shouted.

"But Remington's powers!" Amy weakly spoke, getting off Rykor and getting on her feet.

"I will stay and retrieve it back, ALL OF YOU, LEAVE!" Knuckles shouted.

"NO FREAKIN' WAY!" Sonic cried, "You've been through some touch shit before, but no way in hell I'm going to leave-"

"GET OUT, THAT IS AN ORDER!" Knuckles shouted. The tower was violently rumbling, making Mogul and the heroes loose their balance.

"RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN, YOU FOOLS!" Knuckles cried. Any more protest to Knuckles was out of question as the rumbles made debris fall to the ground, blocking Knuckles and the unconscious Remington from the rest.

"Oh, crap!" Sonic screamed, "KNUCKLES!"

"REMINGTON!" Rykor cried. The rumbling got worse.

"We have to escape now!" Vector screamed, "We'll all die!" Vector and Espio started to drag the others out and they reluctantly ran.

More rumblings and more debris fell, blocking the large window that lead outside. The three were trapped.

"Looks like you two will die here." Mogul snickered.

"YOU WILL DIE HERE, TOO!" Knuckles cried, "You are trapped here as well!"

"I HAVE magic by MY side!" Mogul screamed, "With a snap of the finger, I'll teleport myself out."

"NO!" And Knuckles proceeded to deck him in the mouth. Knuckles kept beating up Mogul. If he kept this up, Mogul wouldn't be able to teleport…sure, he may die, but that was a risk he would take. It was Remington he had to worry about. What could he do with him?

"You will tire out eventually, echidna prince. "Mogul remained calm, "You already wasted your energy on me when you were trying to save that damn pink hedgehog."

"That pink hedgehog is the one I LOVE!" And Knuckles proceeded to beating him continuously.

Meanwhile, Team A was already on the Black Dragon, now awaiting for the other Teams who were halfway out before Amy stopped.

"Amy, what's the hold up, let's go!" Sonic cried.

"No." Amy shook her head.

"Oh, you're not thinking about going in there, are you!?" Sonic backed off, "You go back there, you won't have a chance to return!"

"I know." Amy nodded. Her pose, her voice, both were calm and silent, "But I can't escape…I'll regret it."

"Amy!" Tails gasped.

"You'll die!" Cream shrieked.
You nuts, girl!" Vector came.

"Silly, foolish mistakes!" Espio came.

"Leave her be." Sonic sighed, starring at Amy, "She's made up her mind and you know how stubborn she can be."

"But Miss Amy will be killed!" Cream gasped, Cheese agreeing in it's Chaos language.

"Please, this is Amy, she'll figure something out." Rouge sighed, "Well, Amy, have a safe trip…be careful, kiddo, there's only one of you in this world."

"Thank you, Rouge…and thank you, Sonic." Amy smiled, giving her last peace with Sonic, "This might be good-bye."

Sonic and Rouge both nodded and they ran off, the rest following.

Rykor looked at Amy and gave him his piece, "…Save Remington."

"Okay." Amy nodded, then ran back. Rykor watched her leave, then ran the other way.

…………………

The fight between Knuckles and Mogul continued, both too tired, yet the echidna did not give up.

"Inevitable." Mogul sighed, "I may be tired as well, but not as much as you."

"I cannot give up!" Knuckles shouted, then sent another wave. Mogul retaliated and sent him back. Knuckles was too tired to move on.

"What hope do you have now?" Mogul asked, "Your love left you for dead…how can you still love her?"

"Because…" Knuckles groaned, "I feel her inside me…dead or alive, she will always remain inside me, always!"

"Foolish speech." Mogul sighed, "why do love struck people talk in that manner?"

"Because that's what lovers SAY!" Knuckles gasped. Was that Amy's voice? A loud noise and her mallet sent the rocks blocking their way flying.

"AMY!" Knuckles had a near heart attack. She came and helped him to his feet.

"We stick together, remember? Amy smiled, "That's what lovers do, right?" Knuckles was so badly injured, but his smile never left his face, "…Right."

"Then let's fight together." Amy held her mallet while Knuckles got his fists ready and the two attacked.

"YOU FOOLISH PINK HEDGEHOG! YOU ARE WIDE OPEN FOR ME TO ABSORB YOUR POWERS!" Mogul screamed.

"Like I don't know!?" Amy gasped, "I'll RISK it!" And the two fought some more. Mogul, enraged, finally manage to split the two and sent Knuckles flying in one direction and Amy in another. He immediately headed for Amy and was attempting to suck her powers again.

"AMY!" Knuckles cried, his right arm now dangling loose from pain.

"Die…" Mogul responded to Amy.

"I could say the same for you."

"HUH!?" came all three reactions. Mogul turned around and was met with Rem's fist. He was hurled back, only to speak in a shocked manner, "I sucked all your powers, you'd have been inches from death!"

"Please." Remington sighed, then made his stern face and continued to beat up Mogul, then he started to suck back the powers that rightfully belong to him. Such a power Remington never had before, but his emotions probably triggered it. The tower was starting to fall.

"Oh-No!" Amy gasped. Knuckles held her close with his one good arm. Amy went over to the pile of rocks and smashed them out to clear a path to the window.

"You can glide us out, can you?" Amy asked.

"Yea, but my right arm is broken, I can't carry two people!" Knuckles groaned. Their prayers were answered when the Black Dragon came.

"Need a lift?!" Piper cried from outside the plane's deck.

"You know it!" Knuckles shouted, "Remington, come on!"

"Someone has to hold him back, you go in first!" Remington gripped tightly onto Mogul.

"REMINGTON!" Amy gasped.

"I will not die today, Amira." Remington grinned, "That I promise."

"But…"Amy looked at Remington's grinning face, so full of confidence, it was hard not to believe him.

"Come on, Amy, let's go." Knuckles took Amy's hand with his good arm and the two boarded the Black Dragon. The tower was halfway down when the Black Dragon took off. Amy, Knuckles, and everyone watched as the tower crumbled. After a giant cloud of dust…there was nothing but ruins. The Black Dragon landed after the collapse and looked everywhere, but both Mogul and Remington was nowhere to be found.

"Jeremiah, where are they!?" Knuckles gasped.

"I can't tell you." Jeremiah sighed, "It is my duty as Time Guardian."

"So…what do we do?" Amy asked.

"Move on." was the only answer he could give.

And move on they did…

……………….

"It's been one full year since that event." Sonic sighed, "…Hectic. It's probably right up there in my list of "most hectic fights" of all time."

"Yea, well, we got another event to enter." Tails smiled, fidgeting with his bow tie.

"That fast already." Sonic looked up.

"Are you two still yakking?" Rouge came, wearing a sleeveless violet dress, "The wedding's starting, whether they wait for you or not."

"I know, I know." Sonic chuckled, "Let's go, I gotta honor my duties as the groom's best man."

And so thus came the wedding two kingdoms have awaited, the wedding of Knuckles and Amy.

"Well…we're here." Knuckles sighed, "The big one."

"Yea." Amy nodded.

"You look stunning in that dress." Knuckles grinned, "Here's to the rest of our lives." Knuckles sighed a bit.

"Something wrong?" Amy asked.

"Nah, I just feel like something's coming to mess things up." Knuckles chuckled, "Maybe I'm just nervous."

"Don't be silly, what could possibly go wrong?"

"Err…Miss Rose, I asked again, do you take Knuckles as your lawfully wedded husband till sickness and death?" Locke, Knuckles' father, the emperor was wedding the two.

"Ye-" The white double doors flung open and a figure entered. Everybody gasped.

"No way…" Sonic barely whispered.

"Don't mind me…I'm just here to witness the wedding."

"Remington!" Amy gasped, "We haven't seen you in a year!"

There was Remington, dressed in his royal clothes, hair groomed back and cut (now it's a bit shorter).

"What about Mogul?" Knuckles asked.

"He's taken care of, me and Jeremiah talked on what to do with him and let's just say…he's kind of frozen in time." Rem shrugged, "…For eternity."

"Miss Rose, do I have to ask again?" Locke sighed. Amy giggled, then replied, "Yes, I do."

"Then may I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride." And the two lip locked with roars of cheers going on.

……………………

After the wedding, Remington was well received with lots of hugs and kisses from his family. Knuckles and Amy were about to leave, but Amy wanted a brief chat with the brown echidna.

"Remington, thank you for everything." Amy smiled, "What can I ever do to repay you?"

"Just be happy." Rem sighed, "And I mean REAL happy with Knuckles, I got nearly killed trying to get you two back together."

"Wait, back together?" Sonic gasped, "You mean to tell me you dated Amy just so you wanted Knuckles and Amy to get back together!?!"

"Bravo, hedgehog, you won, you get the prize." Rem grinned, then walked off, "Come on, family, let's go home." And he left.

"I will NEVER understand that guy." Sonic sighed.

"I don't think any of us will." Jeremiah came from beyond, scaring poor Sonic as he appeared out of nowhere.

"Come on, let's go." And Amy and Knuckles was taken to their honeymoon.

"There goes that couple…starting a new life." Big smiled, "I think we're all starting a new life." He stared at Rouge and smiled. Rouge stared back and cocked a smile, too.

"Yea, we all are." She replied.

As Cherry Blossoms and roses flew about in the city of Echidnopolis and tears from Eggman and Thorn came out, friends waving their good-byes for now, and a lone brown echidna grinning all the way home, it seemed like a new time for all of them…

The End

Author's Note: YES! It's done! It's finished! I'm OVER THIS fic now! I hated this fic, really. Heh. I only finished it because I was so close to the end and because everyone who read this fic seemed to love it. Whatever questions you have, just ask, I don't care. The fic is a bit quick and fast, but I'm done! I'm done, this is over, now I can forever NOT give a crap about this fic. Thanks for all the support you all gave me and for reading this horrendous giant fic of disaster. Next time, I'll write something MUCH better. Heh. Until next time…

Neo