This is definitely one of my darkest ideas, simply because it takes place inside the mind of somebody committing suicide. I actually got the idea from somebody on a forum calling for darker Sonic fanfiction.

Anyway, if you don't like this kind of story or find the concept too depressing, this is your final warning.

Escape

Submerged in water,
Not intending to swim up.
Although the drowning hurts my lungs,
My heart hurts even more.

I try to think about the good days
When I could just run carefree with my friends,
Look out the window in the morning
And see a world of potential and happiness
But my friends are gone now,
The world has faded to black.

I was forced to watch
Cancer take Tails away,
He was so kind,
Caring,
Smart,
Even at the end,
Sometimes I wish I had cancer too,
So I could've died with him and not felt the pain.

Knuckles lost the Master Emerald,
During one of Eggman's robot raids.
It was his life, his purpose,
Yet it got snatched away,
After that he became angry,
And preferred the company of objects
To living things.

I feel my breath run out,
Only to hit a bubble, replenishing my air,
I've been given time
That I don't want.

I suppose I can continue remembering.

Amy has long since found somebody else,
I wish I could have said my feelings to her while she still loved me.
I would have saved her from an abusive relationship.
But I am too stupid,
Too ungrateful,
Too blind,
To know anything until it is too late.

Jet is spending time as a jailbird,
For crimes he didn't commit.
I visited him once,
Something must've happened,
For he just sadly stared back at me.
The nearby officers told me he hadn't talked,
For weeks.
He only cries.

As for me,
I miss myself,
I've suffered so much…
I don't know who Sonic is anymore,
He certainly isn't me,
For I am merely a shell.

Perhaps I had this coming,
I was always so selfish before,
Plus I act like an idiot,
And I look ugly…

But worst of all,
I actually believed that I deserved to be loved,
After all,
What happened to my friends,
Must be my fault somehow.

Oh, why must my life prolong?
I reject it, yet it comes forth!
And now this hand grabs me,
Ruining all my efforts.

"Sonic! Oh my god!"
Knuckles shouted.
"Are you okay?"

I explained everything.
"Let me go back into the water."
I begged while crying,
"I want to escape the pain."

"Sonic, god,Sonic!
Get a hold of yourself!
I went through something similar,
When the Master Emerald disappeared,
Then I realized life went on,
With the help of a friend."

I looked at him,
Was he implying that
I was capable of doing those things?

"It helps that she stole the Emerald from Eggman and gave it to me."
Knuckles added, blushing slightly.

"Getting a stone back is easier
Than getting your friends back."
I protested.

"Well, you've got this friend back,
I'll tell you that."
He smiled a bit, as if he'd just had an idea
"But it's your life.
Do what you want with it."
And he began to walk off.

"Please don't leave."
I said, smiling.

And with that, we walked off together,
Making our own escape.

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