Seeing isn't always believing
Chapter1: Project, shut down
I was running. From what or who? I wasn't sure. All that I knew was that, if I stopped, it was over for me.
The earth rumbled under my feet. Still, I ran on. I didn't turned around. I needed to get away. Every precious second is a matter of life and death.
'BOOM!' 'CRACK!' Another building falls.
" Silver! " I heard a voice call. For a split second. I started to look back, but quickly stopped and dove the ground. A millisecond later, I feel the force of whatever was being thrown whip through my hair. I tuck my head in, and did a somersault. Once I knew it was safe, I bolt onto me feet once again. To my left, I saw agent Platinum running even with me a few feet away. She pointed to her ear, and I got the message.
My hand shot to my head Piece as I turned on the communication radio.
" Agent Silver Bullet here, this is head quarters, do you read me? " came a low voice.
" Ya, Rodney, I can hear you nice and clear." I answered.
" We need to shut that thing down before it destroys the entire city! "
"Ya, I know. Do you have any suggestions?"
"Ya. Kill it."
" Rodney! Can you please not play Captain Obvious for once?! "
" Eh, sorry buddy. It's in my job description." He shot back.
I let out a long, exasperated sigh. " Can you tell me anything that might actually be helpful? "
" Sure. There's a platform about a mile ahead of you. It'd be a the perfect spot for a counter attack. You'll get a great vantage point from up there. All you need to do is sneak up onto the platform, jump onto his back, and violla. Our problems are solved."
" OK, but there's just one ittsy bittsy problem..."
" An what is that? " Rodney asked.
" How on earth am I going to get this thing off my tail?! "
" Honestly Silver, do you really think we're thick enough not to come up with a solution to such an easy problem? " A girl's voice sounded through his headphones. Silver rolled his eyes a the voice.
" I should have guessed they'd be sending you. You better not pull another damsel in distress situation, Ant." I growled at her, even though I felt relief flow through me, at the idea of her supporting me.
" What? You mean like the one your pulling right now?" She deadpanned back at me. I scowled. Rodney snickered on the other side of the line.
" The things I do for you guys." I muttered under my breath. " OK, but you better watch your back. I won't be able pull off another Tonllion rescue. No matter how we try to play it out. So you better be extra observant. Silver out!" I then disconnected the radio.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Antillia, one of my most trusted partners, parachutting out a jet onto the roof tops. as she was running close behind me, she took her samurai swords out, and grabbed them tightly. She was getting ready to pounce. Tilting her head towards me, she nods, giving me the signal to start counting. I nod back, and count to three.
One... I reach for my swords, to my left, Platinum does the same thing.
Two... Antillia jumps off of the roof and onto the back of the target. The monster stops walking, and lets out an a pained filled shriek.
Three... I take in a deep breath and make a sudden change of direction. Platinum copies my every move while she's slowing down bit by bit.
A few feet in front of me, I saw the platform that Rodney was talking about. I dashed towards it as fast as I can, while at the same time, trying to avoid the possibility of being seen.
As I run, I felt the ground shake dangerously as the other buildings start to topple down like dominoes. I heard a scream come from behind me.
I stopped running...
The scream sounded again, this time louder. I quickly turned around, ignoring my instincts not to, and turned towards the beast.
He was huge, at least fifty feet tall, and had a large, masculine build. Whatever it was, it was obvious that this creature wasn't from this world. It had scales that were colored green, with a little blue that would appear every now and then. If it weren't for the head, he would have thought that this thing was some sort of dragon; however, he could tell that it was very well, not a dragon.
There were two heads. One reminded me of a french bull dog, while the other one was some sort of cyclopes. It was quiet terrifying to look at, but fear is only added when you have one staring at you. And that was what was happening right now... the beast had one of it's heads trained on me.
I couldn't tear his eyes away. I was frozen with fear. No matter what I tried to do, I just couldn't move. Every muscle in my body wanted to just turn and run, but my mind wouldn't let me. I just couldn't tear my eyes away and run.
The ground rumbled again, buildings collapsed.'Thump.'' Thump.''Thump.'
My terrified eyes grew even larger as the beast come towards me, quickly gaining ground with each and every step. The wind carried Antillia's and Platinum's cries to my ears. They were yelling at me, begging me to me to run, but I ignored them. I was too focused on the foot on the giant foot that was about to crush me. As I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact... I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder. I quickly looked over at it, but I only saw my shoulder pad. No one was there.
Looking around, I noticed that the streets were completely empty except for my teammates, the monster, and myself. From where I was, it shouldn't have bothered me so much, considering my position in this entire government run organization. But ,for some strange reason, it did. Maybe it was the fact that this was station square, my home city, that was being destroyed. Or perhaps it was the fact that I had to do this with my newly created team instead of with Sonic and the others. We always did this sort of thing together, but now everything had changed after Zero came back.
Maybe I should have payed more attention before he disappeared, or perhaps I should have considered the idea of him actually carrying through with his revenge. For some strange reason, my thoughts weren't filled with thoughts of panic, or fear. You, know how people say that your life flashes before your eyes before you die, that didn't happen to me. All I saw was the foot coming down and my acceptance.
" Chris..." a young girl's voice called to me gently.
Who's there? Who's calling me? I wondered.
" Chris." The voice sounded again, this time a little more forceful. I tried to find the person, the beast forgotten for a moment. I only saw the broken buildings, smashed cars, and bent road signs. There was no body there.
Then... all went black...
...
" Chris?... Chris! " The voice called again. Silver Bullet; A.K.A Christopher Thorndyke, looked around the realm in which he stood. He was standing in a vortex of pitch blackness. Nothing in sight. For some strange reason, Chris could only see himself. He looked around into the darkness once again, in hopes of finding the one calling him.
"Who's there?" He called out. The only answer he got was the silence he got from the spacious area. "Show yourself!" he demanded. For a few more seconds, everything was still. Then, suddenly, there was a rumbling noise. Chris took a sharp breath in, and held his breath in anticipation. The rumbling grew louder and louder, and the mysterious thing came closer, and closer.
The blackness then seemed to part away, like a curtain, revealing a beautiful girl, with ivory skin, ginger red hair, and deep blue eyes. Chris almost passed out from the shock of the sight in front of him.
"Sa...Sakura." he breathed. The girl smiled sadly at him.
" It's time to wakeup Chris. Your friends are worrying." She said sadly, giving him a pleading look.
"But... But how are you here?" he asked, completely forgetting her directions. Je couldn't process what was going on, nor what she had just said. His mind was swarming with unanswered questions. 'Why was she here? How long? His train of thought was quickly cut off, when he felt her place her hand on his shoulder, and shook him out of his thoughts. Her face was filled with panic.
"Chris! Listen to me! You need to wake up!" As her urgency grew, so did her voice. I was now filled with fear and worry.
"What?" Chris asked in a daze. Sakura's hands tightened on his shoulders.
" Your friend is calling you. You need to wake up now!" she repeated.
Chris looked at her in confusion. " My friends?"
" Yes. Sonic. " she said quietly. The confusion on his face only grew, as he knitted his eyebrows together in deep thought.
" Who's Sonic?" he asked. Sakura flinched at his question. She looked completely lost in Chris's eyes, and for some reason, he felt that he was the reason why. No body moved in that moment, as they stood in an awkward silence. She took a deep breath.
"Listen." she commanded. Chris opened his mouth to reply, but Sakura quickly cut him off by covering his mouth with her hand. " I said, Listen." she repeated, giving him a ' shut-up' look, which Chris quickly obliged to. At first there was that heavy silence. Nothing. Absolute quiet.
Then, a light noise sounded through the realm. At first it sounded like a light buzzing noise, but as it grew louder, it started to form words, quickly escalating into yells.
"CCHHRRRIIISSS!" The voice yelled. Chris quickly covered his ears with his hands. It was so loud! Who is that? his mind asked.
As if a switch was turned on inside of his head, Chris suddenly remembered who that was.
"Sonic..." he whispered. Sakura smiled happily at Chris.
" Go to him. He's worried." she urged him on. Chris nodded, and smiled happily at her in reply. "Will I see you again?" her smiled dimmed slightly at that.
"I can't tell you for sure, but just remember. I'll always be in your heart."
Though is didn't answer his question completely, Chris took it as his answer. He then turned towards the bright light that was above him, and pushed off of the ground. He soon reached the light, and his exit out of his dream.
"SSOONNIICC" he called out. He floated into to the light, and back into the world of reality.
Chris woke up with cold sweat running down his face. He was gasping desperately for air. Heavily panting. A dream... it was all just a dream. There was no monster, no destroyed city, and... no Sakura.
" Hey Chris, are you ok?" a voice came from beside him. Chris jumped about five feet into the air, and let out a surprised yelp. He felt his body go ridged as he slowly looked around to see who was talking to him.
Right next to his bed, stood none other than the great Sonic the Hedgehog himself. Chris let out a sigh of relief. Sonic looked at Chris with confusion at his reaction.
"Yeah. I'm alright now." he said quietly. "Where are we?"
That seemed to catch Sonic off guard. "In your bedroom." was all the answer that he received. Roaming the room with his eyes, Chris noticed that they were in fact, in his bedroom back at the Thorndyke mansion. When he came to the sight of his window, Chris gasped in shock. It was bright outside!"
"What time is it?"
"Around noon. You've been out since last night. Everyone was worried about you."
"We?" that also seemed to catch Sonic by surprise.
"Yeah, Tails, Amy, Cream and Cheese, and everyone else."
Chris didn't respond to what Sonic said, which caused the hedgehog to worry. The room remained silent for what felt like hours.
"Chris, are you sure your alright?" He repeated. Chris didn't move his blank gaze from the wall, just staring off into space while he answered. "Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you did hit your head pretty hard last night. We thought you might have caused some internal bleeding, so Tails quickly landed the X-Tornado, and did a quick check up on you. From what he could tell, you didn't have a concession, but we couldn't completely guarantee that."
Chris turned towards Sonic. "What happened last night?"
"Don't you remember?" Chris shook his head. Letting out a sigh, Sonic explained what happened.
" Well, last night, we found a chaos emerald. We went and retrieved it, but, as always, Eggman showed up and tried to snatch it from us. I didn't see what actually happened, but from what Tails said, Eggman's mechanical arm managed to snatch the gem from tail, but you grabbed into the emerald, and refused to let go. Since Eggman was so set in collecting that emerald, he dragged you up as a tag along with his machine. Once the grip released from the hand, you fell off of his hovercraft, and was sent plummeting to the ground, which, thankfully, wasn't that far down. Eggman did manage to collect the emerald, but he not for too long, because by that time, my battle was done. You could say I might of went a little overboard with the attack, but, hey, it doesn't really matter so long as nobody gets hurt right?"
"Oh..." was all he replied. Sonic just looked at him curiously.
"Why were you yelling for me to wake up?" Sonic seemed to tense up at that question.
"Well, you stopped breathing. I waited a few seconds to see you'd start again, but when you didn't, I knew I had to wake you up, so I yelled. "
Chris smiled sadly at him. "Thank you." The two sat there for a minute or two, thinking about all that had happened over the past two days.
"Chris." Chris looked over at his friend/ protector.
"Yeah?"
Sonic hesitated for a second, before proceeding. "While you were out, You kept mumbling something about having to get away. What was it that you were trying to escape from?"
Chris stiffened, once again, except this time, it was more vigorously. That peeked Sonic's interest. What's bothering Chris so much?
"Did I say anything else?
"Huh?"
"While I was out. What else did I say?"
Sonic scratched the back of his head. " Well, you did mention someone's name once or twice. Also about somebody calling you. What was there name? Sakue? Sasuke? Sakura?" Out of the corner of his eye, Sonic saw Chris flinch. He raised an eyebrow.
"That name sounds about right." Chris said quietly to himself, even though he knew that the hedgehog heard him.
"So... who was she?"
" Who was who?"
"Sakura. Who was she?"
"She..." Chris sighed in defeat." She was a close friend of mine when we were little We went everywhere together; shopping, movies, playgrounds, you name it. If you ever saw one of us, the other was never too far off. We were inseparable."
"What happened to her?" All want silent. Chris turned his head, so that he was looking at the ground, as he pulled his knees, in, and wrapped his arms around them.
"S-she-" He took in a shaky breath, " She disappeared one day, without a trace. Most people Thought that she ran away, while others think that she was kidnapped."
After the night of her disappearance, everyone that we knew tried to help in anyway they could, whether it was offering comforting thoughts, or helping us search for her. The search went on for weeks. No leads. After the search, everyone just... seemed to loose all hope. The searches all stopped completely. Nobody even considered the idea of her coming home... They just... continued on with their normal lives. Like she never existed. I tried to follow their example, but, I just couldn't. Nothing ever seemed to be the same after she left. And they never were..." Tears were now welling up in Chris's eyes.
Sonic stood there, dumbfounded. He didn't know how to reply. What on earth could he have said; ' Oh, well. She lived, had a good life, grew up, then died. It was a good time while it lasted? ' That just made it sound like he didn't care, not to mention the fact that nobody knew if she even died.
So, instead of continuing on pushing for the information that he wanted to know, Sonic focused all of his attention to comforting Chris.(Who was starting to cry pretty hard now.) He placed his hand gently onto the boy's shoulder, causing him to look up. "It must be hard to deal with that. I have an idea of what your going through right now. When I came here, I had to leave several dear friends of mine behind. Not only that, but before I came here, I lost a close friend of mine." the last part was said in a low whisper.
"Does it make you sad? I mean... When you think about it?"
"Always." Sonic replied quietly."It never gets easy after you loose a loved one. All you can do is just try ti cope with it. Eventually, the pain will fade to the point where your able to deal with it."
Chris nodded sullenly. "Well, I think we should head downstairs. We don't worry the others anymore than we already have."
Sonic nodded, still letting his mind wander through his thoughts. Slowly processing what Chris had told him. He was bothered by the fact that Chris's description was so vague; not much was mentioned about who she really was or what she was to Chris. In fact, if Sonic didn't know better, he would ponder the idea of Chris actually hiding something from him. The lack of detail only supported the notion.
He didn't bother looking over at Chris as he got up, walked over to the door, and walked out into the hallway; he was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice the figures of Mr. Tanaka and Chuck standing outside of the door, listening to the entire situation.
A/N hey guys, thank for reading. This is my first Sonic-X fanfic, and I thought there are somethings you might want to make note of. 1) all characters that weren't used in the anime are all mine. 2) Names you'll want to keep note of: Sakura and possibly Rodney, though he's not too important for a while if ever. And One more name will be added that you will definitely want to remember. All the others will only be mentioned once or twice after this chapter.