Sonic: Dark Times
In the future there is only evil, there is only darkness and the lights of hope are forever gone. Can one hooded figure change this?
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Chapter 1: A Dark Mission
Metropolis Ruins
The rain was pouring down heavily on this historic sight as a hooded figure ran through the shadows avoiding the sweeping robots above. While it's true past had been lost to the sands of time, whispers of its importance still flowed in the shadows.
As he looked down into the massive crater in the middle of the abandoned city, he froze through fear at what could possibly happen. Pulling out the faded red emerald, he stared into it and remembered the friends he had lost in the fatal mission to steal this from under the rulers nose he swore that their deaths would not be in vain, their deaths would help bring him to them.
Grasping the emerald tightly to his chest, a slight tear began to form as he thought about his lover who he had left behind on the worst possible terms and who very realistically he would never see again.
"I love you, come back safe!"
These words, seemingly brought to him on the wind, gave him the courage to stretch his hand out and close his eyes.
Metropolis the past
Rain poured down as the figure hit the ground hard outside the city. The once red emerald, now Grey and cracked was laid next to him. As he slowly come to, his vision was blurred, a pain was striking through his body and his right arm had gone numb.
"Never again!" He swore to himself as he slowly tried to stand.
Barely making it to one knee and holding his arm, he slowly crawled to a rock for safety and peaked over to try and get his scrambled brain in order to get his bearings.
Looking over he could see two robotic guards patrolling the entrance way to the city. While it looked to easy he figured that there would be a lot more robots inside along with hidden traps, just waiting to take out any unsuspecting hero looking to make a name on himself.
"Wait...could this be the day?" He pondered, trying to block the pain throbbing in his arm.
Luckily he didn't have to wait long as he sensed a change in the wind pattern, heading straight for him at a speed he never thought possible. Faster than he could blink a blue blur raced past, dispatching the two guards with ease and already made his way in.
"Amazing..."
Following as quickly as his injuries would allow him he was amazed at how many guards had been took out with what looked like ease and started to wonder just what would happen at the end if this wasn't enough to slow him down.
As he slowly limped past scrap metal, sounds of gloating was getting louder. As he finally made it to the room, he quickly dived behind a crate as a large explosion shook the room. Grasping his arm in pain, he slowly peaked over the crate as the smoke and dust slowly settled to reveal a blue hedgehog standing victorious over a broken hover egg mobile.
"Give it up Eggman! Your finished!"
"It's not over yet hedgehog!"
Quickly pulling out a control from under his jacket and a hitting a button, Sonic was hit from behind by from what looked like another blue blur sending the real hedgehog slamming into the wall.
"I hate to leave when things are getting interesting but I have a Master Emerald to steal!"
Quickly making his escape the two hedgehogs fought in a flurry of strikes, to fast for the hooded figure to keep track off and very quickly he was already ten steps behind. Luckily for him it soon came to an end as the fake hedgehog was slammed into the ground followed by Sonic dropping from the air and landing ready for more action. Unfortunately for him, the imposter wasn't the rival Metal Sonic who had pushed him to his limits before but a mere decoy designed to look like him.
"To easy." Sonic remarked, crossing his arms and smiling.
What he had failed to notice in the heat of battle was the robot had been counting down and now there was only two seconds left before auto destruct. As Sonic got ready to leave the hooded figure, leaped from the crate towards the hedgehog as the timer hit zero.
A white light filled the room and eventually the entire city, leaving only a crater and ruins in its wake.
What has happened to Sonic?
Will Eggman succeed?
Who is the Hooded figure?
Find out in:
Chapter 2: Past Shadows