Crystal: Fire in the Sky

 
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Amy, Elias, Knuckles, Miles, Julie-Su and Lara-Su floated on the harsh wind, looking for the intimidating barracks of the Shadow Legion.
Meanwhile, Hyper Silver and Crystal blazed through the sky like maniacs ahead of them, having a joyride while they still could, pointing out various Mobius areas and other things.
"Look! A flicky! And a half-destroyed badnik! And a thinner creature!" cried Crystal, waggling a finger at a colorful mountain decorated with cotton candy trees.
"And ruins of an Egg Pawn! Some bush-cats! Some wisps coloring in the landscape!" replied Silver, pointing his own finger at a grassy field.
"Wow, good eye!" they said at the same time.
Suddenly, though, a large blast of flames hit them, ripping at their fur.
"Wha.. Oh. Blaze." said Silver.
"Wait, its Blaze? I thought Shadow likes her close to base." said Crystal.
"Then we must be getting close. I'll hold off Blaze, go warn the others!" replied Silver, squirming out of Crystal's arms.
As Silver charged up a blast while levitating, Crystal looked at the others, and saw that Scourge, Fiona, Rouge, Sonia, Manik, the Destructix, and many others, were already attacking them.
"Silver, I think we're needed. I'll try to restore Blaze, go help them!" exclaimed Crystal.
"Why?!" shouted Silver, releasing several rapid blasts from his gloves as he spoke.
"Hmph. To think I once loved this weak hedgehog. Now, he has left me, a stylish girl, for some blubbering doofus with no fashion sense. I guess I'll find enjoyment in your death!" growled Blaze, not like her regular royal self.
Blaze's enhancements were Flame-Legion style, blasting out flames rapidly. Of course, the pyrokinetic cat had Shadow-Legion-esque technology, such as Chaos-energy absorption panels and a fresh stock of Chaos Spears, but other than that Blaze could have been a Flame-Legion member.
Silver dodged another flamethrower, then rocketed through the sky to join the others.
"So, you are Blaze, guardian of the Sol Emeralds and ex-girlfriend of Silver. Well, I never heard of any relationship between you two, so I doubt it. Besides, he loves me." said Crystal, chaos energy crackling around her hands, robotic or not.
"Well, well, its the weenie Crystal. Not exactly a polished crystal on the table, I say. I'll tie your dreadlocks and burn them! Burn, burn!" cackled Blaze. Fire started to crackle around her silver hands, and the metal plate on her face shined nefariously.
"Bring it on!" shouted Crystal.
"I'll crush you in seconds." replied Blaze.
Lunging towards Blaze's purple dress, Crystal blasted the fire cat with a potent Chaos Control.
"Not bad, noob, but I think I'll f*** your butt up to demonstrate how the pros do it." growled Blaze.
Crystal managed to tune out Blaze's cussing just in time, but she still winced at the bitterness of the words.
Somehow, Shadow had changed all of his victim's personalities, so that they would be cold and ready to take on their former allies. His evil grip even bled into other dimensions, claiming innocent Mobians like Blaze and Pyro (Marine), or villains like Fiona, Scourge and the Suppression Squad. Heck, Shadow even took Feist and roboticized him!
Blaze set her foot on fire with a single thought, and kicked Crystal, hard. Crystal managed to dodge the serious damage, but still flinched at the burn Blaze's shoe left in her leg.
"I'll make you eat your swearing!" cried Crystal.
Seeing a Cyan Wisp floating among the clouds, Crystal tampered with her rocket ability to dive down.
"Coward! Real women stand and fight!" snarled Blaze, twisting her pyrokinetic powers to also dive down.
Reaching... reaching... gotcha!
Crystal snatched the Cyan Wisp, and glanced at its surprised face for a moment.
"Sorry, lil' guy, I just need you for a 'sec."
Slamming the wisp into her chest, a cyan shell overcame Crystal, and she lay down in the stable mirage and screamed: "Lasers!"
"Dignified robots don't use outdated lasers. We use lemon shooters-AAH!"
Blaze was slammed into by a outta-control Cyan Laser, the shell bouncing around off some floating platforms.
Seeing the platforms, Crystal barely directed the Laser attack to a steel chunk and came out.
The Cyan wisp gripped its forehead, seemingly dizzy/
Seeing Crystal, Blaze rubbed the spot where Crystal hit her, then hissed and landed.
THUD.
As Blaze lunged towards her with blazing fingertips, ready to push a pressure-point, time seemed to slow down.
Crystal could hear the screams and explosions of the scuffle above her, but it didn't matter at that point.
"I have a plan... I hope this works." muttered Crystal.
Blaze seemed to move like a snail, which was important since normally Blaze was as nimble as a gymnast.
"Chaos... blast!" screeched Crystal.
A red wave of saturated energy came out of her, and it blasted Blaze backwards, snapping her out of her slowed-down-time pocket.
Blaze was tossed dangerously across the levitating platform, nearly falling off.
Just when Crystal thought she had to go rescue Blaze, Blaze stopped at the very edge of the platform, blood coming from her mouth and cuts covering her fur.
Her eyes filled with concern, Crystal held up her hands and used a small healing spell Frost taught her.
Blaze rose, her wounds vanished and her robotic limbs in top condition.
Slowly, she made her way up, and then stared at Crystal.
"Do I know you?" asked Blaze.
Crystal sighed.
"I restore you from being a legion drone, then you ask me if you know me. Of course, long story. We just have to help Silver!"
Blaze's eyes widened.
"He is insecure without me! We must help him!" yelped Blaze.
Crystal sighed.
"I'm sorry to say that he cares about me, and I care about him." said Crystal.
Blaze's eyes widened even more and she started to say something, but just then, a shadowy net came down on her, quickly forming a semi-solid cage.
"No! Green echidna, help!" cried Blaze, banging against her bars. Blaze lit her finger ablaze, trying to melt the shadow, but nothing happened.
"Blaze, I'm called Crystal. Don't worry, I'm on it!" said Crystal.
She switched her hand on her robotic arm to a miniature saw, and sawed away chunks of the shadow cage, but then it started to rise, carried by the cyborg Fiona.
"Girls with no fashion sense. All the better to cage and get ready for legionization." hissed Fiona.
Before Crystal could begin to fight Fiona, Fiona threw another chain of darkness from her robotic arm and wrapped it around Crystal, squeezing her like she was a captured deer.
"Target captured. Shadow will be very happy. I'm surprised we haven't found this specimen yet over this barren land." snarled Fiona.
As Crystal was lugged like a prize cow, she saw the other free-willed Mobians were also captive, defeated by the Shadow Legion goons, even Pyro and Ennis.
"Wait, the old Mobians are still alive?" exclaimed old but muscular Ennis, held inside a shadow cage.
"Crikey! Its Blaze! I almost forgot about my BFF since being a Red Wisp!" cried Pyro.
"Marine! Wriggle free! Go to the Sol Dimension and guard the Sol Emeralds!" cried Blaze, her expression gloomy.
"I'm called Pyro now," replied the raccoon. "and I am also stuck!"
Blaze sighed, sitting down and gazing at the blank landscape go by.
"I always knew Shadow was insane, but this? Taking all of his former allies and making them his mindless servants? That is stepping down to Ivo Robotnik's level." sighed Blaze. "When Silver left me mysteriously... I thought that one day... Shadow and I..could..sigh..."
Crystal twisted towards the gloomy cat, sympathizing with her.
"I know its sudden that he loves a different Mobian now, but hey, cheer up! We'll get outta this!" said Crystal.
Blaze turned to her, eyes blazing with anger.
"No," she replied. "I'm sure we won't."