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Scourge X 3 - Secret of Project S -7

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Part 7: The Final Stand

    Maria sighed with a smile, "In a matter of minutes, S will arrive and my great plan will begin again. This world will finally be mine!" He laughed loudly as Venom stood by the cage, standing guard.
Vengeance sighed, "I hope Excel is ok."
Shock nodded, "Agreed." He scratched his head, "If I knew we would get into this much trouble, I wouldn't have brought those files. First Scourge, then Venom, now possibly Excel..."
Crusher spoke up, "Don't bother gettin' depressed. The boss will be fine. No one's beaten 'im before, no crazy lass will now."
Shock smiled, "Glad to see someone's confident."
At the same time, Scourge and S watched from a balcony over the room. An identical one was on the opposite side of the room. S sighed, "There's your team." He pointed down at the cage.
Scourge looked hard, "There's Vengeance, and I can see Shock, and there's no way you can miss Crusher, but..." He groaned, "Where the heck is Excel?"
S watched Maria, "Maybe he didn't get caught?"
Scourge shrugged back, "Honestly, that's entirely possible."
They crept along the balcony until they were right over the cage. S sighed, "Ok, here's the plan. You get your team, I'll keep Venom busy."
Scourge looked offended, "Excuse me? What makes you more qualified to fight? I'm the fastest thing alive, remember?"
S glanced at him, bored, "Because I'm the only one who can't be slowly and painfully killed by the bit of disease I'm sure Venom is carrying inside himself."
Scourge grinned, nervously, "He's all yours, man."
Suddenly, something shot at the balcony, sending them falling for the floor below. They both managed to land on their feet, but there was no surprise attacking now. Vengeance gasped with a smile, "Scourge! You're alive!"
Scourge smirked, "You doubted me, babe? I'm almost insulted."
Maria groaned, "What is it about heroes that makes them so hard to kill?"
Scourge scoffed, "Who are you callin' a hero? I'm Scourge, lady, I'm no hero. I'm just here for my hot fiance! Plus, I find it kinda hard to be anything if the entire world is dead! What the point of taking over is if everybody's dead, I just can't wrap my head around."
Maria sighed, "Men, get rid of them. Venom, get me S." Venom jumped from the landing, right in front of S while a bunch of tough guys came out to fight Scourge.
Scourge smirked, "Stinger's not with you? Shame. I really was hoping to kick that sorry little runt's butt." With that, they were at it. Scourge fought the guys while Venom and S went at it.
S fought hard with his jagged knives against Venom's violet knives. Scourge immediately remembered something, "S, whatever you do, don't let Venom cut you! His blades are poisoned!"
At that moment, Venom managed to cut S's arm, though it was small. S didn't see why Scourge was worried, until his vision started to blur.
Scourge groaned as he noticed S's dizziness, "Why do I even bother?" He punched out of the the guys and hurried to the cage. He smashed the lock just as a large guy was about to smash him into the floor. Though, Crusher caught the guy's fist and threw him all the way across the room.
Scourge turned to the rest of the guys, the team right behind him and ready to fight, "Who's next?"
As they fought Maria's men, S did his best to fight Venom. Luckily, the poison wasn't nearly as potent with him as it would be anyone else, but it still made fighting difficult. He focused on Venom and defending himself against Venom's skills.
Though, S was surprised as Venom kicked him back, right into something. S gasped as the capsule closed around him. He banged on the glass, but it was no use. He paled, "Oh no."
Maria laughed as she walked up to his capsule, "Oh yes. I finally have you right where I want you, S." S looked worried as she went to the controls to start it up.
S looked out at the others, "Scourge, change of plans! Get me out of this thing!"
Scourge looked and groaned, "You've got to be kidding me! You couldn't avoid the big machine that would kill you!?"
Maria smiled, "Get inside, Venom." Venom walked up to the second capsule.
Scourge suddenly zoomed into him, slamming him into a wall. Maria groaned, "And will someone kill that stupid hedgehog already!?"
Venom easily recovered and swung a few punches, but Scourge ducked from them. Venom continued to fight with Scourge, but Scourge was much faster. Though, when Scourge would throw a punch, it didn't do much of anything.
Maria could see it was going to be a very drawn out fight, "That does it!" She pulled out and gun and aimed at Vengeance, who gasped in fright.
Scourge saw and gasped, "Vengeance!"
Just as Maria pulled the trigger, Shock shoved Vengeance out of the way. Though the shot hit his arm. He collapsed, holding his arm in pain. Vengeance was surprised, "Shock!"
Though, that moment of surprise was all Venom needed. He grabbed Scourge by the throat and threw him across the room, smashing him right through a wall. Venom went into the capsule and Maria started up the machine. S cried out in pain as the machine ripped his power from him and transferred it to Venom.
Though, the machine stopped midway and S collapsed to his knees. Maria grinned coldly, "Don't worry, S. I won't kill you just yet. I want you to watch as I kill all your new little friends. I just thought Venom could use a little more power." S looked incredibly weak as Venom stepped out of his capsule, looking perfectly fine.
Maria turned to Venom, "Show S just what power he could have had!" Venom started to glow and changed.
Scourge groaned, climbing out of the hole he created in the wall, as Venom started floating, "Aw crap. He went super." Venom, now violet with black and red eyes and dark grey stripes, glared down at them.
Vengeance looked worried, "What now? We can't fight Venom in super form!"
Scourge tried to think, "There's no way I can go super without some Anarchy Beryl. If I had some than maybe I'd stand some kind of chance." He gasped and zoomed out of the way as Venom tried to shoot him with Anarchy Dagger.
Maria laughed as Scourge jumped back and forth around the room, ducking from Venom's attacks, "Dance, hedgehog, dance! Go out in style, they say!"
Scourge groaned, "Nobody says that, lady!" He was suddenly shot with one of the attacks, sending him into a wall painfully.
Vengeance helped Shock sit up, "Are you ok?"
Shock nodded, "Yeah, I'm alright. You?"
She surprised him by kissing his cheek, "Thank you, Shock."
Shock blushed a deep red and she smiled sheepishly, "Don't mention it. We're a team after all, right?"
"Couldn't have said it better myself." They all looked up to see Excel on the balcony.
Crusher smirked, "Told you."
Vengeance smiled, "Yes, you did."
Excel looked over at Scourge, "Hey, Scourge, catch!" He tossed something to Scourge.
Scourge caught it, though he was confused by the device, "What is it?"
Maria recognized it, "No! Venom, kill him now!!" Venom flew at Scourge, but Scourge quickly realized what was inside the device.
Suddenly, Scourge flew into Venom, slamming his fist into Venom's face, and sending him flying through a wall. Super Scourge grinned, "Now this is more like it!"
Maria was furious as S watched in amazement, "Quit wasting time, Venom! Just kill him with the disease!" S and Scourge gasped.
Excel yelled, "Hey, Scourge, don't worry about the disease! In super form, you're immune to it!"
S was surprised, "What?"
Excel smiled, "The power of Anarchy Beryl works like a cure. Any of the disease that enters your body will be destroyed the the power inside you as Super Scourge! You're almost as immune as S and Venom!"
Scourge grinned, "Well, isn't this my lucky day."
Maria watched as the two fought, "We'll see about that." She hurried to the stairs.
Vengeance and the others hurried over to S. Vengeance looked over the machine, "How do we get him out?"
Excel landed next to them, "Any ideas, Shock?"
Shock looked over everything, "I've got one, but I'll need help doing it. Excel, you climb on top of the capsule and open the panel while Crusher works the controls for me down here. Vengeance, you watch the fighters up there in case Madam Crazy sicks Venom on us." He smiled at Excel, "Hope you don't mind me taking control here, boss-man."
Excel smirked, "Not at all. I'll be boss again once this is all over, so enjoy the power while you have it." He climbed up on top the capsule, "Tell us what we need to do. And hurry."
While they got to work on the capsule, Scourge continued to fight Venom, "Come on, Venom, snap out of it! You can't let her control you like this! You're stronger than that!" Venom didn't respond as he continued fighting.
Scourge thought out loud, "Wait, didn't Sonic do something like this before? That was when Knux went Enerjak and nearly wiped them out. Sonic went super to try to get through to the real him. Something about his positive energy as Super Sonic. Maybe I can do the same thing with Venom."
He spoke as he ducked from Venom's attacks, "Think about it, Venom! If you let Maria win, everyone you know will die! Including those snakes you seem to love so much." He noticed Venom's ear twitch. Scourge grinned; it was working.
Scourge continued, "And if you spend the rest of your life as her little minion, you'll never get to enjoy your quiet walks or your music. And with nothing living left, there will be no more beauty and nature and whatever that you enjoy so much." Venom's eye twitched with time. He was starting to crack.
Scourge grabbed Venom and pinned him to a wall, "Listen to me, Venom. I'm your best friend, remember? As crazy as that sounds, its true. You of all people know that. Before I met you, I never had any close friends. No one I could trust or talk to. Everyone says Excel beat some humility and respect into me when I joined the gang, but the truth is I learned all that stuff from you!" Venom didn't fight back. He stayed silent, not responding in any way.
Maria saw it, "You idiot! Don't listen to him! Listen to me! Obey me and kill him!"
Venom grabbed Scourge back, ready to fight again, though it was obvious he was holding back. The real Venom was still in there, fighting Maria's control. Scourge kept talking, "And you remember my engagement, right? You're the one who helped me do it! Its because of you I got over my ego and finally admitted how I felt to Vengeance. You even inspired me to go as far as to propose to her! There isn't a single person in this or any other world who could ever have done that! Only you!" Venom was still silent, but he didn't attack.
Below, Shock smiled, "Ok, now twist the two wires, Excel." Excel went to do it. Shock gasped, "Oh, but be careful for the..." Excel gasped as he got a bit of an electric shock. Shock sighed, "..blue wire."
Excel groaned, a bit burnt now, "I hate technology." He twisted the wires and the capsule opened up.
Vengeance helped S to stand as Excel hopped back down, "You ok, S?"
S nodded, "I'm fine." He looked up at Scourge and Venom, "Though, we need to stop Venom before Maria realizes that she actually managed to transfer the full disease into Venom. Now that he has it, she could easily just send him out to kill everything." He managed to stand on his own, "Hey, Scourge!"
Scourge looked down at him, "What do you want now? I'm busy!" His hold on Venom broke and Venom punched him aside.
S spoke, "Scourge, Venom has the full disease in him! If you can absorb it into your own body, your power should be strong enough to destroy it!"
Maria gasped, "What!? No!!"
Scourge looked down at S, "Should? It should be strong enough?"
S sighed, "I can't be 100% sure it will work, but its our only shot!"
Scourge groaned, "I always have to do the hard part, don't I?" He sighed and flew into Venom, grabbing him tight by the arms, "I sure as heck hope you're right about this!"
He then started pulling the disease from Venom's body into his own. He immediately felt like freezing ice and lava were flowing through his veins. He grimaced in pain, but he kept going. He could only imagine how much worst it would have felt if he wasn't in super form, which made him nearly invulnerable. As he pulled, it became more and more painful, to a point that he cried out in pain.
Vengeance watched with worry, "Hang in there, babe!"
Scourge continued to pull until soon it stopped. Though, once it stopped, he felt weak and even powered down from super form. And like any anti who powers down from super form, Scourge was drained of every last ounce of energy he had left. He fell from the air, unconscious, but was caught right away.
Venom looked down at his friend in his arms and floated down to the floor. Vengeance was surprised, "Venom?"
Venom looked and her and smiled, "Hey, Vengeance."
Maria gasped in shock, "Impossible!" She yelled furiously, "You belong to me!!"
Venom flinched as her control over him threatened to take hold, but he fought it, "No, I don't. Not anymore. I won't let you use me any longer." Maria was horrified.
S smirked, "Seems your second weapon is just as capable of growing a free will as the first one. Too bad, huh, Madam Maria?"
Maria was furious, "You'll all pay for this! The rest of the Anarchy Beryl stash should make my new armed cannons strong enough to wipe you all out!"
She hurried to her machine to activate the cannons, but S hurried and jumped in the way. He glared at her, "Don't even think about it." He walked towards her, making her back up towards the opening into the engine, "It's over. Just give up."
She glared at him with hate, "I will do no such thing! I will not quit now! Not after everything I've been through!" She pulled out her whip, "I will at least kill you first. Just as I should have on the ARK!"
S didn't bother to pull out his knives, "You're right. We finish what we started all those years ago. This time, the right way." To everyone's surprise, he slammed into her, knocking them both into the opening.
Suddenly, someone caught S's wrist before he could fall. S was surprised as he looked up. There was Venom. He was no longer in super form, which explained why he looked so weak, but he held tightly to S's wrist. Unforturnately, Maria caught S's ankle too.
S was shocked, "Venom, what are you doing? Let go!"
Venom was determined, "No way! You fall in there, you'll die!"
S didn't care, "That doesn't matter! If Maria isn't stopped, everyone will die! My life isn't that important!" He gasped as Maria started to climb up him, "Venom, please, just let go! If you don't, I'll never forgive you!"
Venom looked torn, but he didn't let go, "I can't do that!"
S was about to tell him to, but gasped as Maria lifted herself up enough to raise a knife over Venom's head, "Die, you little..."
Right before she could bring it down, they all heard a voice, "Hey, Maria!" She looked and gasped.
Scourge grinned coldly, "Say hey to Jinx for me!" He punched her, knocking her back. She gasped as she lost hold of S. She screamed out in rage as she fell into the engine.
Venom and Scourge quickly pulled S up as they heard explosions below in the engine. Venom gasped as blue electricity and fire burst from the engine and all the machines in the room, "We have to get out of here! This place is gonna to blow!"
They ran down the stairs as more explosions burst from the engine, shattering the glass around it. They hurried to the others, who were already at the exit. Excel pointed towards a metal ladder ahead, "Head up there, and hurry! We don't have much time left!"
Crusher lifted Shock on his back and climbed up first, then Vengeance, then Scourge, Venom, S, and lastly Excel. As they climbed, Scourge's weakness from powering down caused him to black out a moment. Venom gasped and caught his ankle before he could fall, "Hang on, Scourge!"
S managed to get Scourge on his own back and they hurried upwards as fire burned below. Excel looked down as Crusher reached the top and gasped. Another explosion below was sending fire right up to them.
They all climbed out as fast as they could and ran for it, just in time to miss the huge explosion that burst from the ground. It was so powerful, it knocked them all to the ground. After a couple seconds, it died down and everything was still under the night sky.
Excel got to his feet, "Is everyone alright?"
Scourge groaned as he laid on his back, "Well, I can't feel my anything right now, so..."
Vengeance crawled over next to him, "You were pretty amazing down there, babe. You may not be a hero, but you're my hero." She kissed his cheek.
Scourge sighed, "I guess I can live with that."
To everyone's surprise, S started laughing. He laughed cheerfully as he laid on the ground. He sighed with a smile, "Its finally over. Maria's gone. After all this time, I never have to worry about her or fear her ever again and the disease if finally destroyed for good! I'm... I'm free! I don't have to be a weapon, or a disease, or her slave. I finally have my freedom! I was so sure I would never defeat her and live another day, but here I am! I'm free to live my own life, my own way!"
He sat up and looked at them, "And I have you all to thank. You've helped me defeat Madam Maria and gain my freedom. Thank you. I am forever in your debt."
Scourge scoffed as he sat up, "Hey, look, we only did it for... OW!" He rubbed his head where Excel had hit him.
Excel smiled at S, "You're welcome, S. You helped us save Venom, so you're a friend, and that's what friends do."
S chuckled, "Friends. I've only ever had one friend in my life. Mia would be so proud." Excel rubbed his chin in thought.
S sighed, tired, "Though, now I'm tired. That transfer took a lot more out of me than I thought."
Scourge groaned, "How do you think I feel? I shouldn't even be conscious right now after powering down from super form. Right, Venom?" He was surprised not to get an answer, "Venom?"
They looked to see Venom fast asleep on the ground. Excel smiled, "Let's head back to base. I think we've all earned a good night's rest after all this."
We have reached the climax and victory is gained by our "heroes"! The crazy Madam Maria is defeated and a we got to see a little Super Scourge and Super Venom action! Hazzah! One more part to finish off and I can finally go to bed.

...possibly. I still have another story to finish up and I have a feeling its gonna kill me to go to sleep without doing it.

EDIT 8/20/15 : I changed Scourge's little line to "Say hi to Jinx for me" because while I was reading it, the old line just wasn't as satisfying! :giggle:

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JanikaCheetah's avatar
Quite an action-packed chapter! I really like the way you keep Scourge in character no matter what he's doing, cheesie one-liners and all. The best one here has to be "You couldn't avoid the big machine that would kill you!?" That is SO Scourge and I can hear him yelling it with a mixture of sarcasm and incredulity.

Excel getting shocked just tickles me, but Maria's demise had to be the best part. Death by exploding engine. Almost like the Emperor's death in "Return of the Jedi".