Well hi! I lied some more and said I'd never work on two projects at once. Well I'm going to as of right now. This one only work cause I just finished a chapter for my other story and I'm bored. Cannot say I will update as frequently, but give this old guy a chance. And, without further ado…
Mephistopheles
Chapter One: Arrival
They were all around me .Just staring at me, like I was some sort of monster and they were too frightened to run. The flames were hot against my skin, but I bet the living flames in their bellies hurt even more. Like seed that kicked with barbed toes and rolled with spines on their backs. Oh bad seed bad seed. You shouldn't hurt mother that way. Mother is good. Mother protects and mother loves. Not like Fake God. Mother is Good. Mother is God.
Amy sat up in her bed, a cold sweat drenching her nightgown. It was morning, and she was in her bed, in her apartment, in Station Square.
Not in a lab like me.
Amy screamed. The sharp sound ripped through her mind, banishing any remnants of the horrible dream. She sat in her bad for a moment, just breathing.
I'm the only voice in my head again.
Amy stood up and went over the dream in her mind. It was hazy, just like the other ones. She remembered the voice telling her a story, this time about some sort of public execution. Amy sighed; little of the dream had stayed in her memory. Amy had been having these dreams for a while now, almost a month. They were like no other dream she'd had before. Every night, at exactly 10:41, Amy would get incredibly tired and fall asleep. Then, for the next eight to nine hours she'd watch through someone else's eyes a strange story. There was a daughter, a mom, a dad, and an uncle. Everyone besides the daughter died. The daughter would be called a witch and the townspeople would try to kill her. Every night the story would be a little longer, but Amy couldn't remember last night's bit.
The thing about the dreams that scared her was the speaker. The speaker was mad, terribly insane. It described the sad story it told as a comedy and would say Amy should be a part in the story. The voice told Amy things that happened later. The voice hadn't been wrong, even when it said Tails would fall a thousand feet and live. He did, although he couldn't say how. That's what scared her. The voice said she would watch Sonic die. And the voice was never wrong.
Amy sighed and opened the glass doors to her balcony, six stories above ground. She laid her cheek on the stone railing and looked at the clouds. They were dark.
Would it kill you to send me a good omen?
An explosion rocked Amy's apartment. Amy stood up straight and held on tight to the rail. From inside, she heard her expensive salt shaker fall to the ground and break. Amy looked around to find the cause of the explosion. Amy saw G.U.N. soldiers on the ground, shooting at what appeared to be a giant metal circle that Robotnik was riding in. The circle glowed and Amy was able to make out the shape of a hedgehog contort in pain in the middle of the circle. Several G.U.N. soldiers glowed green and were thrown out of the way of the machine.
Amy looked around, her tail wagging like an excited dog's. If Eggman was here than that means that Sonic was close by.
"Oh Sonic…Oh NO!" Amy looked down at her nightgown, still moist with sweat. "I can' let him see me like this!"
"Let who see you like that?" Sonic said, standing behind Amy on the balcony. Amy froze up, her nightgown feeling uglier by the second. Sonic went to the side of the balcony that Amy was on, looking over at Eggman.
Oh god! Why didn't I shower first! Does sleep sweat smell? Maybe the deodorant from last night was enough. No, it doesn't protect against freaking tsunamis! God god god!
"Amy, are you paying attention?" Sonic asked, glancing in her direction. Amy snapped back to reality.
"Huh?" she said, looking at Sonic expectantly.
"I said Robotnik is forcing Silver's psychic powers to act to his will using that machine. It could get pretty messy, so you should get inside." Sonic repeated, watching the machine intensely.
"Of course! But I'm gonna find you when you're all done. You don't get off easy today!" Sonic mumbled something and leapt off the balcony. Amy hummed a little and skipped back into her apartment.
First stop, shower.
***
Sonic let himself fall freely into an umbrella stuck on a table. He bounced off of it and landed right in front of Eggman. The spiny blue hedgehog struck his trademark pose: arms crossed, the pointer finger of one hand extended while the other fingers remained curled. Sonic looked up at Eggman, still holding the pose.
"I spy with my little eye a scientist that could really use Jenny Craig right about now." mocked the hedgehog. Sonic laughed at his own joke and then said, "Well, aren't you gonna attack me?"
Eggman sat in his hovercraft that held the metal device up. Sonic saw him looking at his large belly and attempt to suck it in. "Eggman…" Sonic said, getting a little bored. The scientist came back to attention.
"WELL Sonic, I shall not simply attack you; I plan to absolutely annihilate you once and for all! Prepare to feel the power of the Egg Psycho!" The metal circle glowed again and a green beam fired at Sonic.
"Yeah sure. And tomorrow I'll perish under the might of the Egg Meteor," Sonic chuckled. Sonic effortlessly dodged the beam and made a beeline towards the bottom of the machine.
"How do you know about the Egg Meteor!?" Robotnik asked. He let off smaller, but quicker lightning like blasts at Sonic. Sonic dodged with just as much ease.
"Lucky guess. You're due for some ridiculous space themed machine," Sonic rushed straight up the side of the Egg Psycho and right into Robotnik's face. "Now do me a favor and fall." Sonic jumped towards Eggman and pushed off of his face. Robotnik fell back into a lever, pushing it back all the way and breaking it.
"Smooth," Sonic muttered as he fell to Silver's level. Sonic grabbed some of the machinery that held Silver to the Egg Psycho and pulled himself onto it. Sonic could see Silver, and he was in bad shape. Burns from the machine covered his body and the wrist and ankle irons were way too small and had begun to bleed. A wicked looking helmet was forced onto his head and it appeared to be drilled onto his head. Thankfully, Silver seemed to have blacked out long ago.
"Damn you look like a wreck," Sonic said, approaching Silver. "Don't worry I'll getcha out." Sonic could hear a loud humming that kept getting louder and more obnoxious. Ignoring it, Sonic first grabbed the iron around Silver's wrist. As soon as he touched it, a shock of electricity went through his body.
You think you know me.
Sonic fell back onto the metallic floor. Sonic got up, but before he could try again Silver opened his eyes wide and began to scream. Green light flooded from Silver's eyes and hands and grew brighter and brighter until Sonic had to close his eyes. Sonic felt a wall of heat hit him, followed by a wave of intense cold. Then, Silver's screaming stopped and the temperature returned to normal.
Sonic opened his eyes slowly. He tested his arms and legs, and then looked at Silver. Silver looked no different, besides the fact he had been melted out of the wrist irons and head device. The melted metal even patched up where the machine had drilled into his skull.
"WRAAGGHA!" Sonic heard Robotnik scream from up top. Sonic gently picked up Silver and leapt off of the machine. He laid Silver under a tree near the sidewalk and then ran back to check on Eggman. Sonic ran back up the Egg Psycho and stopped at the top.
Eggman was holding on to the edge of the Egg Psycho, looking up at a strange hedgehog. The hedgehog was blue in color and wore a tux. One arm was outstretched at Eggman and a fireball floated between his gloved fingertips. His spines were done in dreadlocks and hung in front of his face as well as in a ponytail that hung in the back. Using his dress shoes he stepped on one of Robotnik's hands. Robotnik yelped and let go, but the hedgehog held the hand in place.
"Uhh, am I interrupting anything?" Sonic asked, looking from Eggman to the mystery hedgehog and back. The hedgehog looked at Sonic. After stomping the hand one last time, he strolled over to Sonic. The hedgehog was a good head taller than Sonic. Sonic tried to meet his eye, but the dreads obscured Sonic's view. The hedgehog said nothing but as quick as a wink grabbed Sonic by the neck and slowly brought Sonic up to his level. Sonic grasped the hand and tried to pry the fingers open. No good. Sonic gasped for air, his vision beginning to tunnel.
"LET GO OF MY SONIC THIS INSTANT!" Amy's cry, even from the great distance, sounded like she was right next to Sonic. The hedgehog instantly let go of Sonic, who sucked in a huge breath of air, and looked in Amy's direction. Sonic got ready to attack if he tried to go for Amy, the air around him already stirring, just waiting for Sonic's command.
Amy, from her balcony, shouted, "YOU SHOULD BE DESTROYING THAT BIG STUPID MACHINE SO SONIC CAN GET BACK TO HIS GIRLFRIEND!"
The hedgehog looked down at the ground he stood on. The fireball he still held flattened out and began to swirl in a circle. Out of the circle poured thousands of little red locusts that spread over the machine. In seconds, the Egg Psycho was totally covered in the things. Sonic felt a rumble, and then from under his feet he felt the metal thin and begin to give way. Sonic yelped and jump just as a hole appeared where he had stood. Sonic landed in the street and watched as the Egg Psycho was reduced to nothing by the locusts. The locusts, their meal done, began to migrate into the strange hedgehog's tuxedo sleeves. The hedgehog rode the tide of insects until he landed silently on the sidewalk.
Sonic cautiously approached the figure. He saw Amy run out of her apartment complex to meet him. She gave Sonic a hug when she reached him and said, "See, all's well!" Sonic shrugged Amy off and continued to stare at the hedgehog.
"Who are you?" Sonic asked. The hedgehog continued to stand, shoulders slumped, arms hanging down in front of him.
"Hello, who are you?" Amy repeated annoyed at both Sonic and the mysterious hedgehog. The hedgehog stood up straight and took one gloved hand and put it across his throat.
In an eerie, almost robotic voice the five syllables that would change the world rang forth from the gullet of the hedgehog.
"Mephistopheles."
Well I liked it. R&R or I won't know if you guys want more or not. But once again, don't expect a speedy update.