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    Vultro grabs Jenny's hand and places his other hand on the Shoten crystal. A flash fills the air as the two foxes transform. Vultro and Jenny are now floating high in the sky, both glowing a bright purple.

    Solidus looks towards Raven, laughing. “I admire your courage. It’s a shame all three of my children will have to die.” Raven’s eyebrows raise. “Three? My father was a grey wolf killed by Ix, you monster.” Raven says. “Your father,” said Solidus, “was a pathetic fennec fox who wanted nothing but to hide his precious children from each other.” Raven’s eyes are twitching with rage. 

    “Did you ever wonder why he would disappear for weeks on end? He was a werewolf. He had your mother convinced he was someone he was not, only to flee when he reverted back to his pitiful self. Ix was the only one capable of destroying that part of me while leaving my true self intact.”

    Raven grits her teeth. “That’s. Not. True.” Solidus smirks. “You know it to be true.” Vultro looks down towards Raven. “Raven… true or not, we have to defeat him! Stay focused!”

    Raven takes a deep breath and closes her eyes. Images of her father keep entering her mind. Him playing games with her. Teaching her to fight, how to defend herself. But most of all… him leaving for what seemed like an eternity. She knows it all made too much sense: this horrible monster is her father. How can she fight when all she can think about is that she’s the daughter of a murderous villain?

    But then she remembers what else this means. Vultro is her brother. Jenny is her sister. She has family, family that is here fighting with her. She opens her eyes and juts her hands forward, and the seven Sol Emeralds start to glow. She transforms, taking on a blazing red aura and turning her fur a similar shade. Solidus laughs maniacally. “What are you going to do? I can’t be harmed by any physical means!”

    As if on cue, a rainbow-colored beam shoots from her hands into Vultro and Jenny. There is an explosion of light and energy, knocking up a cloud of dust. As the dust settles, Vultro and Jenny are now flashing like a bright rainbow, their fur still violet purple.

    Raven winces. “This really hurts, Vultro. I don't know how long I can hold it!” Vultro yells back. “Don't worry, this shouldn't take long!” “Well, what do we do now Vultro?” Jenny asks. “We go for his heart,” Vultro says. 

    Vultro looks at Jenny, and sees she is intensely focused, her eyes locked ahead of her. He turns back forward. As they reach Solidus’ chest, it appears that they pass right through him, as others had before. Vultro and Jenny land on the ground behind Solidus, as the dirt ever so slowly begins to explode upwards from the impact. Vultro turns around to see how he possibly could have dodged the blow. As he turns to face him, however, he notices a hole in Solidus's chest, as a series of cracks beginning to very slowly web out into his body. There are shards suspended in the air behind him, slowly moving towards them.

    Raven's beam is moving toward the blade, but not nearly fast enough. Vultro lets go of Jenny and starts to run towards the blade, but it is too late. The beam disconnects from them and in an instant, time reverts back to normal. Solidus suddenly shatters as if made of glass, scattering into a million tiny shards. The ground explodes into a crater where the two had landed. Before anyone can react, Raven is hit directly in the stomach by the blade. She looks down at the blade, then over to Vultro, and falls to the ground. Her aura disappears.

    Wreck stands back up. “I... I... when Raven was all powered up like that, I couldn't move. It felt like my insides were being ripped out.” Vultro's ponders this for a moment, when he suddenly remembers back to Wreck's earlier encounter with Metal Raven.

“Your connection with the Sol is strong, fox. Stronger than any Mobian I've ever seen.”

    Vultro's eyes light up with excitement. “Wreck, that's it! Remember what Metal Raven said? About you having a connection with the Sol?” Wreck raises his eyebrows. “Yeah...?”

    “Well... perhaps you are somehow connected to the Sol dimension, like Raven is? It would explain why you both felt pain a minute ago.” Wreck turns the opposite way. “Tch. That's insane, Vultro.” Vultro darts over in front of him.

    “Wreck, don't you get what this means? If you're Sol, then maybe you can get us out of here! Raven has all seven emeralds right on her chest. Surely if you have a connection, it would be worth a try?” Wreck is conflicted, his eyes still fixed into the distance. “Wreck, look at Raven... come on.”

    Wreck turns around and sees Raven, passed out, the knife still embedded in her stomach. He nods his head slowly. “You're right, you're right. So what do I do?” Vultro goes over to Raven and ever so gently unhooks the chest plate from her. “Put this on. I have to go see something.”

    Wreck reluctantly puts on the chest plate, though it doesn’t quite fit right. He begins to feel an unusual sensation coursing through his body, as if something was flowing through it in every direction. 

    Vultro has darted over to the crater he created moments ago. He jumps down inside for a moment, popping back up with something in his hands. “Wreck! I have the Shoten Crystal, it didn't shatter! Maybe it can help us!”

    Wreck looks back and forth at the crew. “It's not that I'm not on board... but I don't know what I have to do!” Vultro darts back over. ”Just picture where you want us to go and say the words ‘Divine Sol!’ You just need to go for it!”

    “Go for it, go for it… right. Okay. Perfect,” Wreck said under his breath. Vultro puts the Shoten crystal on his belt. He grabs on to Raven’s hand, reaching out to Jenny with his other hand. Jenny grabs on, as does Lightning, Shift, Terry, Tracker, and Frankie. Frankie reaches out to Wreck, and he grabs her hand too.

    “Just try your best,” she says softly. He closes his eyes. Reluctantly, he remembers the words he was told to say and shouts them out. “Divine Sol!” The emeralds begin to glow faintly, repeatedly flashing as if they were a sputtering engine. The crew remains where they are. 

    He tries a bit louder. “Divine... Sol!” The emeralds are flashing brighter now, as is the Shoten crystal, but nothing is happening. Wreck opens his eyes and the emeralds stop glowing. Frankie lets go and turns Wreck's head towards her, smiling. “You can do it sweetie, I believe in you.” 

    Wreck grabs Frankie's hand again, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He feels something. But he's not sure what it is. He focuses hard, and pictures the rolling hills of South Island back on Mobius. He opens his eyes one more time to look at Frankie, and smiles. Closing his eyes again, he yells out the words at the top of his lungs.

“DIVINE... SOL!”

    Suddenly, silence. Thinking he must have failed again, Wreck opens his eyes. He instead realizes they are back on Mobius. He looks around, and everyone made it with him. Wreck walks over to Raven, who is still out unconscious. Vultro is still clutching on to her, trying to get her to wake up when he notices Wreck standing there.

    “HA! I told you so Wreck! I told you so!” Vultro yells out. Wreck smiles. “That was the coolest thing I've ever done.” “It's not over yet,” Vultro says. “We have to do something about Raven!”

    Suddenly a familiar, smug voice comes from behind them. "Did'ja forget about us?" Vultro looks over towards the voice. Shimmer and Penelope are standing a few feet away from the crew, smirking. "Shimm? Penny? What are you doing here?" Vultro asks. "How did you know where we were going?" 

    "We saw the commotion you guys were causing, so we tracked you here when you teleported," Penny said. She walks over to Raven and inspects the wound. "I think I can use my power to remove the blade without her bleeding out… but I have no way to heal her once I do." 

    "Well maybe I can cauterize the wound using pyrokinesis. It might keep her alive long enough to get help," Shimm said. He kneels next to Raven, his hands beginning to smoke.

    Penny nods and closes her eyes. She lays one of her hands flat, and then swiftly motions up with the other. Like magic, the blade flies straight upwards from Raven's body. She clenches her fist, and the wound closes. Shimm then takes his glowing hands and places them onto the wound for a second. The two both step back.

    "That should just about do it," Penny said. Shimm nods, and turns to Vultro, a big smile on his face. “Shimm? Smiling? And doing something nice?” Vultro asks. “Yeah, well… Turns out you guys aren’t so bad after all,” Shimm says. “Let’s get Raven to someone that can take care of her.”

    “Well lads, I do believe this is where we part. My mission is not quite done yet,” Tracker said. “It’s been quite the fun adventure!” Terry adds. They both shake Vultro’s hand, and Tracker looks down at his homing device. “Our ship is… this way! Terry, shall we?” The two head off.

    Shimm and Shift pick Raven up carefully, Penny following close behind. Frankie holds Wreck’s hand. Vultro and Jenny dart ahead of them. They all walk together into the grassy plains.