Act 2: Return of the Demons

**Act 2: Return of the Demons** is the second episode of Re: Heroes Forever GX, a crossover regarding Re: Sonic GX and Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

### HF Characters:

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Sally Acorn
* Amy Rose
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Mina Mongoose
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Miles “Tails” Prower
* Rotor Walrus
	+ Iron Rotor
* Dulcy the Dragon
* Shard the Hedgehog
	+ Overclocked Shard
* NICOLE
* Antoine D’Coolette
* Bunnie D’Coolette
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog
* Jules Hedgehog
* Brandon Mutt
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Doctor Eggman
* Snively Robotnik (Does not speak)
* Decoe (Does not speak)
* Bocoe (Does not speak)
* Bokkun (Does not speak)
* Scratch
* Grounder
* Coconuts

### GX Characters:

* GX Sonic
* GX Bunnie
* GX Amy
* GX Sally
* GX Manic
* GX Sonia
* GX Tails
* GX Rotor
	+ GX Iron Rotor
* GX Dulcy
* GX Shard
	+ GX Overclocked Shard
* GX Nicole
* GX Antoine
* GX Aleena
* GX Jules
* GX Jules and Sir Charles’ parents (Mentioned)
* Infinite (Mentioned)
* Celeborn
* Riff
* Vincent the Shadow Demon
* Knightmare the Illusionist
* Willow the Slime
* Marionette the Puppet
* Tengu of the Storm

## Plot

Act 2 of the crossover begins with GX Sonic trying to insult Vincent, but, that doesn’t get him very far. GX Bunnie asks how Vincent is alive and he explains that Infinite had made new bodies for Vincent and the other demons so they can take revenge on the heroes. He then performs Mutare Territorio, which transforms the Thorndyke Mansion into a demon-like castle. Only the two Sonics, two Aleenas, two Jules’, Sally, and Vincent are left in the room resembling a library. Vincent explains that the rest of the heroes are in other rooms facing other demons and there are no Chaos Emeralds to save the group this time. GX Sonic explains to his counterpart that he had to use Chaos Control to kill Vincent and he and the others are demons are creatures that have no reason to harm others than for their own enjoyment. Vincent then summons a bone-white candlestick, the Candle of Judgement, which can only be lightened up by demons. He lets his finger bleed onto the candle, causing it to light, and should he kill everyone before the fire burns out, he wins, but, if even one of the group is still standing by then, the heroes win. GX Jules tries to slash Vincent’s neck, but, he uses Shadow Fist, which causes GX Jules to bleed, much to GX Aleena’s horror. Jules then Spin Dashes into Vincent and his quills cut deep into the demon. Vincent then starts to heal himself and Sally tells Jules and Aleena to turn into Speed-Types. GX Sonic is quite confused and witnesses Sonic, Sally, Aleena, and Jules do a Turbo Swarm. GX Jules and GX Aleena are also quite confused as GX Aleena heals GX Jules’ wounds. Vincent then tries to turn his shadows into dragons to end the heroes, only for GX Sonic to use a Tornado Cannon. It blows the prime counterparts away and fans the candle's flame. The shadows then clash with the tornado and create a beam battle as the shadows push the tornado back. Vincent tells GX Sonic it’s over and to say goodbye to his friends and family before GX Jules teleports behind Vincent to decapitate him. His body disintegrates as the room returns to normal. Sally hopes the others are okay.

Amy, Mighty, and Ray are meanwhile fighting GX Amy in a room that resembles a torture chamber. Poor Amy is horrified by what her counterpart has become. GX Amy then starts to manipulate Mighty’s body, which makes it sound like his bones are cracking. Amy then bonks her GX counterpart on the head and GX Amy tricks Amy into asking her to attack her again. Amy blocks the acid attack with her hammer, only for it to erode and GX Amy calls her pathetic, saying it’s no wonder that Sonic was brainwashed and that GX Sally stole GX Sonic from her. Amy is furious at this claim and she uses her Long Hammer and Warrior Feather to charge a Spin Hammer Attack on her counterpart, screaming that GX Sonic wasn’t hers. Mighty and Ray then charge up their Balance Spiral, Spin Dashing into GX Amy while Amy stands on her. GX Amy wonders how she's losing when her counterpart was so “weak,” only for Mighty to tell GX Amy that Amy is stronger than her for resisting the temptations that she didn't. Amy then starts crying and GX Amy reacts to the tear like it’s acid. GX Amy then starts to manipulate Mighty and Ray to try and get them to kill Amy. This gets Amy to swing her hammer and knock of GX Amy’s head, leaving her in shock and disbelief. Poor Amy starts sobbing over GX Amy’s body, slowly causing the body to melt like brown sugar, saying that her counterpart disrespected GX Sally, let her obsession cloud her judgement, and tried to force her friends to kill her. Mighty and Ray hug her tenderly as Amy laments that it could have been her hurting her friends and Mighty reassures her that she’s made the right choice.

GX Manic, GX Sonia, and Team Music are facing Knightmare and Manic asks his GX self how to take him down, only for him to reply he doesn’t know. GX Sonia explains to a surprised Sonia that they aren’t from their version of Mobius, but, from another world. Before GX Sonia could specify where, Knightmare makes the ground shake and tries to swing his two handed sword at Team Music. Suddenly, Mina creates a Song Wall, which makes her vocalizing into a wall that blocks the attack. Sonia realizes that the group are completely in the dark about what to do next and after commenting on Knightmare’s lack of manners, GX Sonia creates a sword made out of pure light, much to Sonia’s surprise. Mina’s voice gives way as Sonia summons her keyboard in laser rifle mode and she and GX Sonia attack together. Knightmare screams in agony and summons doppelgangers to attack. GX Manic punches the ground to summon spiked rocks to pummel the demon, much to Manic’s surprise. Regardless, Manic uses his drum and creates focused earthquakes, causing Knightmare to spill blood, which is a sickly green color, which some of it spills onto Sonia. She’s freaked out by this, much to GX Sonia’s bewilderment as they have bigger problems right now. As Knightmare tries to charge, Sonia uses her Meteor Kick to knock off Knightmare’s head, covering her in blood. The room reverts back to the pool and GX Sonia and GX Manic are right over it as they splash in, much to their horror.

Both Tails’, Rotors and Dulcys are currently fighting Willow in a room that looked like a demonic kitchen. The heroes hear a growling noise, which turned out to be Dulcy’s stomach, and being in a kitchen doesn’t help her hunger. Willow then decided to try and eat Tails, which gets Dulcy to go into protective sister mode. Rotor quickly equips his Nanomorph Matrix to become Iron Rotor and quickly scans Willow to see what Ability Type she has and it turns out he is a Speed/Power/Balance-Type. Dulcy admits it’s not a problem for dragons as they are usually born Balance-Types. Both Dulcys charge at Willow with full force, but, GX Tails calls out for them to not touch. He’s too late and the Dulcys get burnt by acid. Dulcy quickly releases a frigid blast to freeze Willow, but, this backfires as she uses acidic gases to repel it. Dulcy then bites a chunk out of a cutting board and confuses Willow by blowing sawdust at her before she spits sparks from her mouth which causes an explosion. Rotor then gets an idea to modify the sprayer on a kitchen sink and GX Rotor and the Tailses help, too. Willow meanwhile tries to fly at the dragons, but, all this does is fail to fly. Rotor reveals the sprayer had been made into a water cannon and he tells a curious GX Dulcy he always carries around tools and nanites with him. Willow is blasted with water, causing her to melt away like brown sugar. The room fades away to the backyard, where both Manics and Sonias are, the GX versions are dripping wet and their counterparts are annoyed. GX Manic and GX Sonia explain they can’t swim due to a family curse, not due to their grandparents as guessed by Manic. GX Tails asks if they were with the Nicoles or Shards and both hedgehog siblings and Mina reply they were not.

Both Nicoles and Shards are fighting Tengu, a Power/Fly/Elemental-Type with an Affinity for Lightning. The Shards look worried, but, the GX Nicole reassures the GX Shard about his training and Shard admits he’s only fought robots before. As Tengu gets himself distracted with poses, NICOLE talks with GX Nicole telepathically, much to her surprise, and asks if GX Shard has electric resistance. She replies he does and can absorb and redirect it. NICOLE replies that Shard can only generate and manipulate electricity and his remaining organs are not insulated. Shard hesitates as this is the first non-robot enemy he’s fought. He tries to uppercut Tengu, but, he hits Shard with a bolt of lightning. NICOLE quickly tries to fire lasers from her finger, but, Tengu dodges once again. GX Nicole uses an energy burst on Tengu, sending him flying away. Shard uses Nanite Fix to heal himself and a lightning bolt hits his Power Gem. Shard is then surrounded by a green and electric aura. NICOLE realizes his body’s been overclocked at three times his normal capacity, turning his body white, purple, and orange. GX Shard holds Shard’s hand and turns the same colors, getting GX Nicole to call them Overclocked forms. Both Shards perform a Twin Plasma Blast which vaporizes Tengu and the Shards return to normal. Shard collapses shortly after as his body isn’t used to this much power. The groups meet up in the living room where Chris has just entered with Shard out of breath and poor Amy crying as Manic gives her a comfort hug, and Sally realizes the D’Coolettes are missing.

Both Bunnies and Antoines are facing off against Marionette, an evil puppet in a theatre room, whose weakness is fire. GX Antoine says he has an idea which could help, but, he needs time. The Bunnies decide to distract Marionette with energy bullets fired at her and she creates a shield with string.

Unknown to the Mobians, Eggman had called Snively, Team Stooge, and Team S6 to assist him back to his lair, deep in shock as to what transpired.

Finally, GX Antoine had his technique ready and Marionette fires a spider web of slicing strings toward the heroes. Antoine does his Spin Blade Ball attack, the Bunnies shoot at Marionette with their cannons and GX Antoine swings his blade to start a flame in the air, the Burning Soul Slash. Marionette is burnt away and the D’Coolettes appear before the others.

Now everyone is gathered together, including GX Sally, Sonic tells the group they need a plan to beat Infinite and Tails suggests figuring out his Ability Type, when the group hears a voice. It’s Celeborn, an elf from another world. He says even if they find out his Ability Type, Infinite will destroy the group unless they use the Chaos Emeralds with the Harmonic Emeralds. GX Sonic admits they don’t know where they are, but, GX Manic manages to show that he had them all along. GX Sonic asks his brother why he didn’t use them to transform and GX Manic realizes he’s in trouble. He hands them to his sister regardless and Sonia asks where the others are, to which GX Sonia admits there’s only three. Manic’s totally confused, as all the Emeralds they used have been in sets of seven, but, GX Tails points out it’s another world with another set of rules. The Harmonic Emeralds circle the Chaos Emeralds, turning them into the much bigger Super Emeralds, which can activate Hyper Transformation, according to Aleena. Sonic’s concerned that Rings will burn out faster, but, Celeborn says it’s the best bet to take down Infinite as act two ends.

## Trivia

* There are four Fourth Wall Breaks this episode.
	+ One’s at the start where Brandon and Riff are chatting to the audience and when the crickets were chirping, they were cheering for the series.
	+ The second one happens when Coconuts points out that them getting to Eggman adds nothing to the story and he’s cut off mid-sentence.
	+ The third one is Brandon and Riff explaining that the Harmonic Emeralds can be used to transform, but, this was never seen in action because the series ended on a “glorified summary”.
	+ The last one is at the end, announcing what’s to come in act 3.

* Maria, Vanilla, Cream, Hope, Cheese, and Chocola went into hiding, though they oddly didn’t return with GX Sally.