WI02 Part 4

**What If Emerl Survived? Part 4** is the fourth episode of the *What If Emerl Survived?* series, and the seventeenth overall episode of *Sonic: What If?*. It concludes the Emerl 06 Arc.

## Description

*With Dr Eggman defeated, Gemerl withdrawn, and the Princess safe.. Emerl's business in Soleanna seemed to be at an end. But, in a unforeseen moment of pandemonium, Sonic lost his life at the hands of the infernal Mephiles The Dark. After journeying to the recent past to study the specifics of the Gizoid's being, the shadowy vagabond learned that the blue hedgehog's death results in much more than Elise's cry.*

*Unable to fight Emerl head-on, Mephiles exploited a fatal flaw in the ancient droid's architecture.. its dependence on the “link” and loyalty to its master. Sonic's demise dissolved the link he shared with Emerl. And without this bond, the Gizoid reverted to a passive, obedient state. With Iblis at his side, Mephiles moves in to form his own link with Emerl - laying claim to his inner power.*

*The dawn of the Sun God is now at hand.. its insatiable hunger laying waste to all corners of reality. But there is an old legend surrounding the Gizoid.. it is written; that a figure falling from the heavens will ultimately unify all. Is this truly the end? Or just the beginning?*

## Cast

* Emerl (WI02) / Prefect Typhos
* Sonic the Hedgeog (WI02)
* Princess Elise the Third (WI02)
* Solaris (WI02) (first appearance, death)
	+ Mephiles the Dark (WI02) (death)
	+ Iblis (WI02) (death)
* Amy Rose (WI02)
* Miles "Tails" Prower (WI02)
* Knuckles the Echidna (WI02)
* Silver the Hedgehog (WI02)
* Doctor Eggman (WI02)
* Blaze the Cat (WI02)
* Gemerl (WI02)
* E-123 Omega (WI02)
* Rouge the Bat (WI02)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (WI02)
* Masterl (WI02) (first appearance)
* Argus (WI02) (first appearance)
* Shade the Echidna (WI02) (first appearance)
* Imperator Ix (WI02) (first appearance)
* Prefect Scylla (WI02) (first appearance)
* Prefect Charyb (WI02) (first appearance)

## Major Events

* Mephiles uses the Chaos Emeralds inside of Emerl to fuse with the Flames of Disaster, transforming into Solaris. He begins consuming all of reality, destroying countless timelines and dimensions.
* Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Silver, Eggman, Blaze, Gemerl, Omega, Shadow and Rouge all appear at the End of the World alongside Solaris and Elise, who has Sonic's corpse.
* Emerl is expunged from Solaris' core and becomes Ultimate Emerl due to having absorbed an abundance of universal energy.
* After a plan is enacted to stop Emerl by having Gemerl fuse with him, Masterl is born, and displays his power by reviving Sonic.
	+ In a one-sided battle, Masterl completely eliminates Solaris, destroying even his consciousness.
* Masterl induces the Ultimate Chaos Control, undoing all damage caused to reality by Solaris. Those gathered at the End of the World are relocated to the fields on the outskirts of Soleanna with their memories intact, but Emerl and Gemerl are de-fused and too drained to wake up.
* Argus appears due to the multiversal display of power, capturing Emerl and Gemerl and banishing them to the Twilight Cage.
* Emerl's real name - Prefect Typhos - is revealed, and Ix removes all the Chaos Emeralds from him, effectively killing Emerl's personality and erasing all of his accumulated powers.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* This is the first What If? episode to feature elements from *Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood*, though the story itself is not adapted due to the altered timeframe. The Nocturnus have yet to develop the Warp Belt technology that allows them to temporarily exit the Twilight Cage.
* The audio that plays shortly before Argus arrives is highly distorted, but appears to be the word 'Argus' being whispered. This is in reference to *Sonic Chronicles*, in which it's stated that the creature who abducted the Nocturnus Clan was given its name based on the whisperings that people heard before it appeared.

### Errors

* In the artwork of Masterl reviving Sonic, Elise is missing her leggings.
* When Emerl fights the Prefects, he is shown with two thrusters on his back, and Charyb's third eye is rectangular rather than its' usual oval shape.

Elise's missing leggings.Emerl's double-thruster and Charyb's misshapen eye.