Authors Note: Yo , this is kunoichi814 also known as Roxa and this is my first story.
I'm happy to have finally started writing my own stories since I've had plenty of ideas after reading so many great I'll just cut to the chase and say this story includes a still very new character that was introduced in the Archie comics. He's so new in fact that I don't even think he's listed on FanFics list of Sonic The Hedgehog characters. I don't mean to gloat...Ahem...but I dare say I'm one of the first people to start a fic including him if not the first.
So please enjoy the first chapter of "Bound" and I hope I keep you coming back for more! And at some point in your spare time I encourage you to read Sonic Universe: Shadow Fall issues #59-62 in order to see this character's backstory and how he relates to Shadow.
And a special thanks to XxShadowFallxX for proofreading this chapter.
Also take it easy with the reviews and criticism. As I said before this is my first story.
Adabat Deep Jungle...
I won't let you escape Eclipse.
My hover skates blaze below me leaving a charred jungle path in my wake. The wind passes through my charcoal and crimson streaked fur leaving me with a powerful feeling all over my body. If I wasn't so focused at the task at hand, I'd revel in it but not now.
I thought I had ridden myself of the Black Arms entirely after singlehandedly defeating Black Doom a few months ago.
I was wrong.
A few days ago another Black Comet had appeared and with it were the last remnants of the alien race. I easily defeated Black Death, a lower commander of my 'father' and the rest of Team Dark, Rouge and Omega would have disposed of Eclipse if they weren't rushing to escape the explosion of the bomb they rigged to go off.
No matter. It will be more satisfying to end him with my own hands anyway. I waited until I had a clear shot of him in the trees.
"I'll dispose of you right now!" I hissed spindashing at my opponent and self-declared brother, the dozens of tree limbs not even faltering my attack as my sharp quills sawed through them.
"Arrg!" I couldn't help but smirk as I saw the amber eyed creature drop like rag doll to the ground. My eyes never left him as I landed and saw him leap to his feet no longer hidden by the dense canopy of the jungle.
He was my height with three quills pointing from his head. Two of them pointed down and one pointed out. Similar to myself he had red stripes going down his spines and red highlights on his eyes, wrists, neck, and ankles. He would resemble myself more if he did not lack my humanoid hands and stubby hedgehog tail. In place, was a tail of a more reptilian nature, and a set of three presence, like the majority of the Black Arms, emanates an energy of primordial origin in contrast to my carefully controlled one.
"I don't understand Shadow. You could have ruled this world alongside us. We could have been brothers! I could have taught you everything about your family you never knew!"
He's desperate and he knows he's been cornered. It's pathetic.
"The only family I had died a long time ago. You are nothing to me except the survivor of barbaric and bloodthirsty race ruining my reputation." I said coldly and it's the truth. Even after I helped put an end to Black Doom, many humans and mobians look at me with hatred and fear. Although I could care less about what people think of me, it makes my missions at G.U.N. all the more harder if the agents under me don't follow orders because of trust issues.
Eclipse glares at me with eyes that hold hatred and...
Disappointment? Sadness? Slight disbelief?
He gets into a steady battle stance."Then I guess the only thing I can do is put an end to your blasphemous existence as a hybrid and avenge my fallen brethren!"
He lunges at me trying to shred me with his claws but I'm too fast. As I weave around jabs and swipes his frustration is obvious I let it carry on and smirk. He uses his left hand and throws a jab that I dodge under creating an opening that I use to deliver a kick right across his stomach. The force sent him flying on his back.
"CHAOS SPEAR" I shout sending the gold energy spears toward my opponent not giving him a chance to get up. Eclipse sees the attack and rolls away just in time to narrowly escape. However I don't stop there. Just as Eclipse leaps into the trees again I continue my barrage of attacks adjusting the power put into each to conserve energy and lure him out.
Unfortunately none if my attacks even seemed to graze him.
Damn him, using the trees as cover and hiding like a coward. I have half a mind to Chaos Blast him for wasting my time.
Just as I finished my thought I heard a scraping noise behind me like claws digging into wood before I felt a searing pain on my back and something whiz past out of the corner of my eye. I turned around to spot him but either he moved out of my line of sight or the canopy is keeping him well hidden. It was too silent now. My ears perked up as I heard slight rustle behind me again and turned around only to be met with what felt like a tail lashing against my chest. I growled out of anger and clenched my fist.
"Hahahaha. How can you hit what you can't see?"
He's taunting me now that he realizes that the rainforest gives him an advantage over me, but I'm no amateur fighter off the streets. I close my eyes and focus only on the sounds around me. Even the pain from his earlier attacks is being drowned out.
...rustle...rustle...whoosh...
I turned to my right just in time to catch Eclipse's foot before he could collide with me and throw him into a tree with a 'thud'. He groaned as I slowly walked towards him as if I have all the time in the world.
"Have you finally decided to give up or would you rather risk your little trump card and ensure your defeat later?" I stood over him waiting for an answer.
"You mock me but my 'trump card' is what will end you." He stands and a chartreuse light engulfs him as he grows to at least twice his size. His entire body was beefed up. The red spikes on his wrists grew longer as well as his spines. On his head was a vermillion colored crest that rested just above his eyes. To top it off several veins seem to have broken out on his body adding to his buffed up look.
I've seen this transformation before and while it has its setbacks its nothing to sniff at. He nearly beat me before with it but luckily I managed to survive thanks to other circumstances at that time. I just have to outlast this transformation and he'll be finished. Eclipse charges at me again but this time he's lost the agility he had in his previous form. He throws an incredible punch that I barely side step, the impact enough to fell the tree that was just behind me. The next thing I know he picks up the fallen tree and swings it at me. I leap on top of tree and grasp the branches as he tries to shake me off. With one of the hands that isn't grasping the tree I throw a chaos spear that struck him in the chest. It didn't do any serious damage but judging from his wince it was enough to stun. I take that split second to run down the trunk of the tree and drop kick him with my momentum.
BAM! The tree Eclipse had been holding dropped to the ground hard. The reptilian alien paused to rub his face where I kicked him and growled hatefully at me.
His transformation must be close to ending by now. I just need to wait a little longer.
This time I attack first using the speed from my skates to prepare my spindash. Just before I collide with him I felt myself being caught by two big hands but that wasn't enough to completely stop me. I could feel myself pushing him but his hands hadn't moved. Right after I stopped moving and uncurled I suddenly felt weightless..?
What..?
Eclipse was still holding on but he wasn't looking at me. It was then that I realized we had fallen off a cliff and it was a long way down.
Damn.
The last thing I remember before hitting the ground and losing consciousness was a 'CRACK', a fizzling of energy, and a flash of light.
So guys how was it? I hope you like the fight scene and dialogue. Eclipse hasn't been in the comics for long so I don't really have a solid feel for his personality other than what I've read in the comics. The jungle they fought in was in Adabat from Sonic Unleashed Jungle Joyride. I've read fics that referenced Spagonia, Apotos, and Holoska but never Adabat so I thought I'd throw that in there. I hope my fic will inspire other people to write fics about Eclipse. I'd love to see more creativity regarding him and his powers.