"I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am."
The canine looked around his cell for the umpteenth time today. The walls were pristine white with white tile floors to match. All his nose could smell was the bleach used to clean the cell and the recycled oxygen being pumped continuously throughout the facility's ventilation system. The jackal concluded that he must be somewhere deep underground. The only thing keeping the canine his from the outside world was a thick, large pane of glass that opened up into a just as large interrogation room.
The two GUN officers sitting at the table signing papers stole glances at the jackal every now and again, eyes filled with apprehension and fear. The canine smirked wildly, mask no longer hiding his mangled face. He relished in their simultaneously widened eyes and hurried signing of the papers. They were right to fear him. Even without the Phantom Ruby, he was still more than a match for a hundred humans. Fear. Fear seemed to be the only thing to make him smile these days.
The jackal sat down on his board of a bed and called to mind all that had transpired over the past week and a half. For starters, GUN had found the canine half-dead near the Doctor's Empire Fortress shortly after the final battle the resistance fought with Eggman, the Phantom Ruby destroyed in the process. He stood trial, albeit a short one, on whether or not he was to be executed or be imprisoned for the rest of his life. The jackal was amazed that only one vote kept him alive. Part of him believed that he should have been killed, but of course nothing could ever go the way he planned.
He scoffed at himself, continuing to watch the officers on the other side of the glass. By the look of things, the two had finished filing the paperwork that would be sending the canine on a new adventure, one that he had never deemed possible. All the information he could collect thus far was that a friend of Sonic the Hedgehog defended the canine in some way, actually persuading the GUN Commander to allow the jackal to be… released. Redeemed. Amelia was the name of the foolish individual. The name sounded much like a fat, old woman's name, the canine thought to himself. Nonetheless, this woman is nothing short of an idiot, the Commander as well. Maybe even more so.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Commander Tower strolled into the interrogation room, as stark as Infinite first remembered him being a week and a half ago when he met the human. The man was sharply dressed in an all-navy blue suit with a soirée of different medallions and pin adorning his military sash. Infinite got the vibe that the Commander was trying to show off and intimidate him. The jackal could see right through the man so that was not going to work. Accompanying Commander Tower was an atrociously pink hedgehog wearing an equally appalling red dress.
The hedgehog looked to be very young at first glance. Infinite did not realize that he was staring until he noticed that the young girl waving at him with the most gentle smile on her face. The jackal bared his fangs at her, earning him a most lovely fearful expression. He loved it. The Commander saw this exchange and took it as his cue to speak to the canine. Tower flipped a switch located somewhere under the interrogation table and just like that, the Commander's gruff voice filled Infinite's cell.
"Pleasure to see you making nice with the hedgehog responsible for saving your pathetic life," the human said, as blunt and sarcastic as always. The only reaction Tower received from the jackal was a childish eye roll from his one good eye, as the canine's other eye had been stripped of its sight by one of Tower's top agents.
"You should be thanking miss Amelia here, Jackal," the Commander continued. "Because you will be spending a fair amount of time in her care."
So this young girl was Amelia. This is the girl solely responsible for him still being alive. Infinite could almost laugh at the thought. She was nothing like he was expecting, the girl looked so fragile and weak. She looked as if he could break her in half with little effort. The jackal thought to himself that he could easily overpower this child and kill her, making his escape shortly after. He was staring again, noticing only after Amelia gave him another soft wave. Infinite's eyes quickly shot back down to the tile floor. He shook his head and sighed. These people were allowing this foolish girl to send herself into the lion's den, like they were just letting her dig her own grave. Infinite smiled, thinking just how easy this whole shebang was going to be.
