RagingWolf2124- Hello everyone and Welcome to a new story, This Story will be based in the Sonic The Hedgehog Universe within the Game, Sonic Forces, The Game has come out to mixed reviews, some praising it and some disliking it, personally, I loved playing Sonic Forces, but I do agree some things could have been done better, in this story I will be doing my own little twist on the story, keeping it close to the original story but making it different to a certain degree, one example being in this first chapter, I will try to make Infinite a more fleshed out character as well, since all we know about him is that he was the Leader of his own Squad revealed in the Prequel Comic, if you haven't played the Game or watched a Let's Play of it on Youtube, I recommend doing so first before reading this story, otherwise you could be ruining the experience for yourself, so this is my take on the story, enjoy!
3rd Person View
A Black Mobian Wolf woke up, looking around him he saw various Medical Equipment around him.
"Who am I?" The Wolf asked himself, "Why am I here?"
All the Mobian could remember was that he was simply named... Wolf... he had no other name besides the name of his Species... he was currently laying in a hospital bed, with a Headache. The door opened and revealed a pink looking Cat with a red band holding her hair in place, a Violet Coat with a dark pink hemline, White Tights, Dark Pink high heeled shoes with white straps and fluffy cuffs, White gloves with fluffy cuffs, lastly, a Gold Necklace.
"Your awake, thank god, I thought you were dead!" The Mobian Cat told him, putting her hands on his shoulders.
"Who are you?" Wolf asked, confused by what she was saying, "I don't understand."
"Wolf, it's me... Blaze." The Cat said, "Don't you remember?"
"Blaze... no... I'm sorry... I don't remember anything..." Wolf answered, "I don't even know who I am..."
"That hard blow to your head must have done something to your Memory..." Blaze said, "You really don't remember? We've been friends for Years."
"We were... friends?" Wolf questioned, "How close?"
"Very close... you and our Friends taught me what it was like to have friends by your side." Blaze explained, "I also owe you my life..."
"What did I do?" He asked.
"You helped me control my Powers... if you didn't I would be dead..." She said, "I was always teased by people in my Dimension for never learning how to control them..."
"I'm very sorry... it must have been hard on you..." Wolf said, "How did I save you?"
"The stress of being a Guardian of the Sol Emeralds... and the constant bullying was beginning to make me think about ending my life..." Blaze said, looking into his eyes, "I was in so much emotional pain..."
"They shouldn't treat you like that because you couldn't, not everyone is perfect." Wolf said, "Everyone always has something to live for."
"Thank you... but anyway... I had met you that day when I came across this dimension, you were very kind and even gave me food to eat." Blaze explained, "You introduced me to Sonic and the others who helped me settle in, for once, I felt at home with Friends who cared about me..."
"But something went wrong..." Wolf said, "Something happened..."
"I lost control of my powers... and I ended up hurting you..." Blaze said, "You weren't even mad about it, you understood that it wasn't on Purpose, you forgave me."
"But I don't understand, what am I doing here?" Wolf asked, "My head... it hurts so much..."
"Infinite killed everyone back in Park Avenue... your Unit... was killed..." Blaze told him.
"Infinite..." Wolf said, holding his head in pain, "Gaaaaah!"
"Wolf!" Blaze said with worry, Wolf yelling in pain.
Flashback...
Wolf was hiding behind some rubble, holding his head in fear as the rest of his Unit was shooting up at a Masked Being with Wispons.
"There is no reason to resist..." The Masked Being said, "Your savior is no more..."
"AAAAAAAH!" They shouted out as they were slaughtered by a beam of energy that blew them to pieces, Wolf still trembling behind the rubble as he began to shed tears, his Unit were his friends that he grew up with. They were dead, he saw one of his Female Friends, a Mobian Bird, bleeding from her chest, blood coming out from her mouth as she died, he began to grow even more scared, he was born with Speed like Sonic The Hedgehog, and had the power to use Energy based attacks, and was trained to fight from a young age, but their was one problem, he was plain scared, he never fought someone that would try to kill him, the Masked being loomed over him from above.
"I'm going to die... I'm going to die... oh my god..." Wolf said, tearing up, the 20 year old going into shock, holding his head and breathing heavily.
"I can taste your terror, child..." The same cold and menacing Voice said, the one belonging to the Monster that murdered his friends, Wolf backed away from him, shooting a blast of energy at him from his hands in an attempt to get away, but the being grabbed him by the throat and pushed him into a wall, "All that Anxiety and Doubt... it's delicious..."
He then slammed his head into the wall with his other hand.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Wolf shouted in pain, his Vision becoming a bit blurry, "Why... why are you doing this... they were my friends... my family..."
"They were weak... just like you..." Infinite said, "You could have saved them... but you were nothing but a coward...
"Kill me..." Wolf said, guilt filling his heart, tears still running down his cheek, "Just kill me... I don't deserve to live anymore..."
"Kill you... hahaha... Now why would I do that?" He said, his one visible Yellow Eye looking straight into Wolf's Red Eyes, "It would be more satisfying seeing you live with guilt in your mind... to remember how you failed them..."
"JUST KILL ME!" Wolf shouted, Infinite throwing him to the side.
"Give in to your fear." Infinite said, scratching his mask sharply, "Flee, Screaming, and I'll let you live..."
"I don't want to live! I want to die!" Wolf shouted to him, on his knees.
"Look at how pathetic you've become, get out of my sight..." Infinite said, blowing Wolf away with a Blast that caused him to fly into another Wall, hitting his head against it and falling unconscious, "I have no time for a weakling like you..."
End of Flashback
Wolf remembered who he was and what happened, starting to hold his head again as he breathed heavily.
"I could have saved them... but I couldn't..." Wolf said, crying, "I could have saved them... why am I so weak?"
Infinite replaced where Blaze should have been, causing him to fall off the bed and back away again the dark figure approaching him menacingly.
"Stay away from me..." Wolf said in fear, backing away, "Just leave me alone..."
"Wolf... it's me Blaze... I'm your friend." Blaze said, but Wolf didn't know what he was seeing, "Let me help you."
"I SAID GET AWAY!" Wolf shouted, shooting a Ball of Energy and causing her to be shot back into the wall, his vision then showed Blaze, who was sitting there holding on to her arm, "Oh my God... Blaze... I didn't mean to..."
Wolf fell to his knees, alongside her, holding her closely.
"It's okay, you didn't mean to..." Blaze said, rubbing his head, she had known Wolf for so long, he was the kindest person aside from Silver that she knew treated her like she wanted to be treated, the 19 year old Mobian Cat knew he needed emotional support after what happened to him, he was there for her in her dark times, she needed to be there for him now.
"I hurt you... that's unforgivable..." Wolf said, crying some more, "I want to die... it's my fault that everyone was killed..."
"Nothing is your fault... it's not wrong to feel afraid..." Blaze said, "You have so much to live for... and I'm sure your friends want you to continue living your life..."
"I can't... I'm not strong enough..." Wolf said, "I'm a coward Blaze... a pathetic and weak coward."
"You are strong... you just don't know it yet..." Blaze said softly, "Listen, your my best friend, I won't give up on you."
Best Friend... when Wolf heard that it lifted his spirits, but it saddened him at the same time... because he knew she wouldn't be in love with a coward like him... a coward who let his friends die...
"No... I'm not..." Wolf said, getting up and putting his hand on the doorknob, "If I can't be brave... I don't deserve to help... I'm leaving..."
"Hey, what's this I hear about you leaving?" Silver asked, the Hedgehog concerned for his friend, walking through the door, Wolf simply ignored his friend and walked passed him, Silver grabbing him by the shoulder, "I'm talking to you, Wolf!"
"What does it look like Silver!?" Wolf shouted, feeling angry at himself, "I was weak! I was pathetic! I let my friends die right in front of me! I lost the people I loved!"
"That wasn't your fault though..." Rouge said, the 23 year old said, walking by, "Look Sugar, you can't blame yourself for what happened, we know how you feel but we need you here to help us."
Help them... what could he possibly do... he was worthless to them... it was all his fault...
"It is my fault Rouge, I couldn't even fight, I felt like I couldn't breath... and they died because I couldn't fight with them." Wolf said, "I know your trying to make me feel better, but it's not working..."
As he was still leaving, he felt a hand grab his, turning around he saw Blaze, tears in her eyes.
"Wolf... please don't leave..." She begged, "We need you... I need you..."
Silver appeared Jealous hearing this, but his friend was his concern, as for Wolf, he was struggling inside, here Blaze was attempting to make him reconsider, but he couldn't stay, he made his choice.
"I can't fight..." Wolf said, "Not even to save my friends... if I can't even do that... I'm worthless... I don't deserve to be friend's with any of you..."
He held Blaze's hand, cherishing the moment with her, before letting go and running off with Amazing Speed, tears leaving his eyes as a pained look covered his face, but Blaze back at the Hospital Ward collapsed, crying her eyes out.
1 Year Later...
A now 21 year old Wolf had left his Home, he travelled far from Mobian Civilization, throughout the year Wolf suffered from Depression and Nightmares, he was now a heavy drinker, getting drunk in hopes of feeling any better, he currently lived in an Area that was far away from Eggman's Rule, Eggman had conquered 99% of the World within that time, he kept drinking, wanting to forget how he failed everyone... how pathetic he was... hoping that everything was just one big nightmare and he could be happy again... but sadly reality always hit him hard, he flipped over the table in his home, smashing different things onto the ground in the process, what Infinite had done to him caused him to be forever scarred, he was angry and blamed himself for many things... letting his friends die, abandoning Sonic and his Friends when they needed him to be strong... and then their was Blaze... his closest Friend... he abandoned her. His personality changed drastically since then, he was tired of feeling weak and during Eggman's Conquering of the World he had stopped being scared to fight back against his Robots, his fear to fight was gone, but his guilt consumed him to the point that he just couldn't dare face anyone again without blaming himself.
The Door to his home opened, Wolf raising his hand and shooting an energy blast towards the door, the figure quickly dodging the attack, only to be met with Wolf's Punch to his face, knocking him down.
"Who are you?!" Wolf yelled, grabbing the figure by his chest fur... chest fur?
"Uuuugh... it's me Wolf." The Hedgehog said, it was Silver who soon noticed the bottles everywhere, growling, "This is what you've been doing with your life!?"
"Yes... now leave me alone..." Wolf said, grabbing a Bottle and drinking it before Silver grabbed it and threw it against the Wall, "What the hell!?"
"Don't what the hell me you idiot!" Silver shouted, grabbing Wolf by his Trench Coat, "You leave everyone behind last year to resort to getting drunk to solve your problems!?"
If only Silver experienced what Wolf did, he would understand... Wolf grabbed a picture that fell with everything else... a Photo of him and the rest of the gang.
"It helps to ease my pain..." Wolf told him, but Silver wasn't buying it, "Maybe even ease it permanently..."
Wolf was alluding to suicide by saying this.
"Don't you think about man, don't ruin your life over something you couldn't control." Silver warned him.
"It's... to late for me Silver... my will to fight is gone..." Wolf said, "I'm no hero... not like Sonic is... he's dead isn't he?"
"No, he can't be dead, I know he's alive!" Silver said, "We have hope that he is! Sonic's never easily let himself be killed before!"
"Hope..." Wolf chuckled, "That's something I believed in too... and look what happened..."
"Please Wolf, we need you back, don't push us away, let us help you..." Silver tried to persuade his friend, grabbing his shoulder, "We grew up together with Blaze and everyone else, we know you better than anyone, their all in danger... Eggman is close to taking over everything, even Blaze is in danger!"
"Blaze?" Wolf said, "My friend..."
He felt now was a chance for redemption... but he was afraid he would fail to save them like he did to his friends in the past.
"That's right... she's your friend..." Silver said, "Like I am, come on, don't be scared, we'll do this together."
"Together..." Wolf said, before remembering what happened to his old friends, being blown apart by Infinite and blood splattering everywhere, falling to his knees and holding his hands to his head, tears spilling from his face, "No... I can't, I can't breath!"
He wasn't afraid to fight anymore, but he was to scared of losing more of his friends that bothered him, Silver saw that this was going nowhere, but he couldn't just give up on him, however, he placed something on the floor for Wolf, hugging his friend.
"Blaze always held onto this, she told me it meant a lot to her." Silver said, "Don't give up on your friends again... it's never to late..."
With that, he left Wolf's home, closing the door, Wolf still on the floor in tears, until he saw what Silver left on the ground, he picked it up... looking at it, before tearing up even harder.
It was a Picture of him and Blaze before Eggman started to take over, with her kissing his cheek and him blushing madly with a smile on his face.
RagingWolf2124- So if you haven't guessed it yet, yes, the Main OC isn't really a badass at first unlike my other two stories, he legitimately has fears and suffers from PTSD, I wanted to make this condition something that affects him throughout the story, until he learns to let go of his past mistakes and embraces the future, however his condition won't stop him from fighting to make things right, so where does it go from here? We'll you'll have to wait until the next chap, PTSD is something serious that never truly goes away even if you think your better, it can still affect you, but with proper treatment and people to love and care for you, you'll live a happier life and get through the pain.
