Joz and Sapphire's Death scenes (Teaser for possible future fic)
By Master hunter
I've posted this on a couple of message boards and got no response. This will be a short two chapter piece of a possible Eternal Darkness/Sonic crossover I may do later. I really want to do it but I can't think of a good start. My first attempt at real horror so please give useful comments.
First person from Joz's perspective taking to Rouge. Though you're probably not going to understand most of it unless you read my work.
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Joz the bat aka Master hunter, The Annemuir, and Sapphire the bat and Ivus belong to me
Rouge the bat belong to Sega Sonic team
The Ancients, The Tome of Eternal Darkness, Bonethiefs and Pious all belong to Silicon Knights.
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Part 1 - Sapphire's Death
There wasn't anything really special about that day. It wasn't Halloween or Friday the 13th. It wasn't an anniversary of any other special date. Hell even the weather was normal. But what happened that day will haunt me for the rest of my life.
My Darling Rouge you were merely a child when it happened. I'm sorry for lying to you all these years but if you knew the truth without going through the entire story you wouldn't believe it.
The truth is your Grandmother did not die from cancer. She died by the Ancient's pure evil attempt to break me and to be honest it almost worked. For now you will have gathered that you are, the second coming of the Guardian of Light. The signs are there, story told to you by your grandfather who died in the same mansion, the links with the special blade and more you'll discover as we continue.
My part may not be over but it begins on that day. You and your parents had left our mansion leaving Sapphire and Myself all alone. As the days progressed I saw a change in your Grandmother. She didn't seem like herself at all.
I had recently discovered the Tome of Eternal Darkness myself and started to feel the creeping insanity and paranoia take over my mind. I would always stop after each chapter and spend 30 minutes repeating "This is all in my head, it isn't really happening" over and over again. However after reading Max Rovias' notes on Bonethiefs I started to get scared.
Suddenly a sword slammed into the table next to me. I looked up and saw Sapphire at the other end of the sword. She had put on her Deadly Gems Black suit and Bandana. We had always been rivals before Shadow's freezing, but once we started developing our relationship, the rivalry disappeared.
My first thoughts were that maybe she had missed the intensity of our battles. The passion and drive we had when we felt the need to prove ourselves to one another. I humoured her, fighting her through the Mansion. To be honest I was thrilled. I thoroughly enjoyed fighting her at full strength again.
At one point we had slammed into each other and I saw into her eyes for the first time since the fight began. I knew then something was seriously wrong as I saw no love. I had stared into those beautiful Blue eyes many a time. It was a familiar feeling that always made me feel weak at the knees.
This time there was no feeling, only emptiness. Justifies Paranoia gripped me and I examined her neck. There was something odd there too. I threw her off me and sprung back to my feet, quickly switching from the blunt side of my blade to the sharp one, just in case.
I switched my sunglasses to X-ray mode to confirm my greatest fear. A chill ran down my spine, my heart broke in two, my eyes drenched with tears. I had found out the cause of the problem.
The love of my life. My Darling Sapphire had been taken over by a Bonethief.
I froze as I filled with emotion. Rage and Devastation all at once. I felt Sapphire's Blade cut my chest as I just managed to jump out of the way of the fatal attack. She was no longer Sapphire; she was merely a puppet now. The blood from the deep gash on my chest soaked through my chest fur.
I grasped the hilt of The Annemuir tightly and did what I had never done before and never thought I'd ever do. I struck at Sapphire with the sharp side of my blade with intent to kill. Our swords clashed over and over again as blood spilled from both of our bodies. I decided it was now or never and used a sharp sided Shadow Blade that sliced off her good arm.
With her sword and good arm on the floor the beast within burst through her body. The sight was horrific. Not only did I have to deal with the death of my wife but the complete destruction of her body. Her bloodied head rolled to my feet and I lost control. I pounded the little fucker with all of my might. Throwing away my sword I would not be satisfied until I pulled every single limb from his body and smashed his face into tiny little pieces.
My body soaked with blood and tears I eventually dropped off the Bonethief's shattered body and lay down on my back for a short while. A shooting pain returned to my chest and I had to move for my own life. I reluctantly left the battle area to heal myself. Still in pain I gathered every last part of Sapphire I could find and placed the pieces in a box.
Of course I was going to give her a decent burial. The overwhelming pain, both emotionally and physically didn't make it any easier but somehow I managed. Still the events of that day still haunt me even in death and it may soon strange, but part of me cannot wait until you die so that The Annemuir will release my spirit. The worst pain of all is knowing that until you die I cannot see my Sapphire again.
Later we had the cover up funeral. I came up with the story that she had long had cancer and that her stubbornness meant that only I knew. Knowing her they all believed the excuse. I believe you were there too. It was a lovely service and it was what she would've wanted. All that good buried though was a box filled with heavy weights to avoid suspicion.
Every night since that day I was on guard waiting for the moment when the Ancients would strike again. History was going to repeat itself and Ivus like Pious would send out a great demon to strike me down. And yes it was their evil that finally brought me down.