*In a dark, shadowed room, a figure steps in, revealing…to be me* I'm back…
Chapter 19: I'm Done
Deep in the icy fortress in Ice Cap Zone, the members of the Regime gathered in the laboratory. They began discussing the situation at hand after their encounter with Insurgents.
"The Duplicates has caused more trouble than we thought they would," Blazing stated.
"We musssst ssssupressss thissss filth at oncccce," Toxar suggested.
"It's going to be a matter of time before someone…" Black Scales was then interrupted by another voice. Of their King. He is sitting away from the table of where the meeting is taking its hold.
"I have done everything in my power to make them safe…acted as their own shield…but are they grateful, do they appreciate my work?" Supersonic stated, his voice growing with anger. "No. They decided to whine, complain, side with those that disrupt the peace I brought to this world!" He quickly stood up, turning to his Regime. "If they prefer Chaos, then by all means, let's give it them. Station Square and Westopolis, we'll FLATTEN them! Set an example." As the discussion goes on, Silver, The Yellow Lantern; Jet, the Quickslash; Charmy in his Thunder Hornet form; and Grundy, walked in the lab, hearing the entire plan. "And then we'll go to the dimension where the Duplicates came from, and they will pay for interfering!"
"Wait, we're destroying whole cities…invading worlds from different dimensions?" Thunder Hornet asked nervously, completely shocked of what they're planning.
"Do you have a problem with that, Charmy?" Supersonic asked.
"Well…yeah, it's crazy and it's going too far!" Thunder Hornet responded.
"The people can't sustain a steady control. Therefore, we MUST preserve order." Blazing Cat stated, clarifying of what must be done.
"No, no! There have to be limits. Even on us. ESPECAILY on us!" Thunder Hornet stepped forward in his protest.
"That's enough!" Supersonic ordered in anger.
"We CAN'T do this! Have you gone nuts!? Amy would never wanted-!"
Thunder Hornet was interrupted as Supersonic grabbed him by the throat, nearly strangling him with his strength. In desperation, Thunder Hornet tried to shout. "SHA-!"
SNAP!
With a single flick of his wrist, Supersonic killed the youngest of the Regime, now dropped dead on the floor. Right after, a sudden clank was heard. Everyone turned to the noise and a young rabbit stood at the entrance of the laboratory with a tray on ground with a broken teapot and tea spilled on the ground. The rabbit had a face of pure shock and fear, eyes widen with her mouth gapped open.
"Cream…" Supersonic recognized the 11 year-old rabbit. He quickly ran to her and gently, and carefully, placed his hands on her shoulders. "I thought we discussed that you warn me about coming in to my lab…"
"…y-you…" the young rabbit stuttered.
"…he brought it upon himself…" he explained, sounding gently for her sake.
"…b-but, you were supposed to…"
"I am doing what I said I would. I'm protecting this world."
"…then…it's true… you're… becoming… a monster." She said as tears slowly formed in her eyes.
"No, no. The monster, the one that caused your mother's death, is gone for good. How can I be a monster when I raised you as my own… no, you ARE my daughter. What I am doing is to make sure no more monsters will ever come." Supersonic responded to… his daughter.
"They are monsters!" she pointed to Black Scales and Toxar.
"They are reformed, working for me. They had a chance… the Scorcher didn't, that's why he's gone." He stated back with great sincere, hoping she would understand.
"But the people… they say that you're killing them… you're doing…"
"THEY don't know what they're talking about! I know what I'm doing, and I'm protecting this world! I'm doing this for you…I AM DOING THIS FOR HER!" his fur and quills became darker, his pupils beginning to fade, and his grip began to tighten.
"Then you don't know her like you thought!" she screamed back, not just with rage but with pain when she felt her shoulders nearly crushed. "She would never want you to this-!"
"SILENCE!"
In a blink of an eye, his grasp has now held to her throat. His hold was tight as Cream struggled to escape the grip, and she felt light in the head. She tried desperately to force the hand away from her, by either shoving or simply punching it. Supersonic closed his eyes and turned his head as the young movements became slower and weaker, and then the movement simply stopped. He released the girl and she dropped to the floor. He quickly turned to the Regime, his eyes glaring and glowing pure white. "Anyone else have something to say?"
No one responded. He turned to Tails and Shade. "Cyberfox. Night Shade. Take over all of the media broadcast; I want everyone to see this." He turned to three of the Regime. "Black Scales. Blazing Cat. Air Pain. You're with me." He then turned to the serpent Yellow Lantern. "Toxar, prepare your Ground Forces." He turned around to the remaining three in the lab. "Lantern. Slash. Get Darkdays ready." He glanced down to the two bodies on the ground, and walked out of the lab along with the Regime.
Yellow Lantern raised his hand and it glowed, surrounding the bodies in a yellow aura; they floated in front of the undead gorilla. "Take them outside."
The gorilla grabbed the bodies and carried them in his arms. "GRUNDEY DIG HOLE. GRUNDEY BURY."
Quick Slash stopped Grundy and examined the bodies, giving them a silent prayer before he closed the young children eyes. He stepped aside and let the gorilla pass. In a grieving voice, he spoke to the Yellow Lantern. "They were right… this isn't what we signed up for."
"We did our job; we eliminated crime." Yellow Lantern responded as he worked on a console.
"Charmy and Cream were not criminals, they were j-."
"Casualties of war, acceptable loss."
"ACCEPTABLE!? TWO KIDS!"
"They were never alive in my future, so it makes no difference."
"That doesn't…" Quick Slash halted in his statement before regaining his voice. "I first joined the Freedom Fighters to pay for my sins. Now, I'm make entirely new ones. I won't do this anymore. I'm done." Before he can turn to leave, Yellow Lantern stopped.
"Do you have a death wish? There is no 'done.'"
"Maybe not for you. Goodbye Silver." Quick Slash quickly bolted to exit but a glowing barrier blocked his path he bounced off the barrier. He turned towards Silver.
"You can't leave." Silver said with his fist raised and his ring glowing. Jet only scoffed before extending his bladed gauntlet and cut through the barrier in quick slashes. Free from the barrier, Quick Slash tried to run to his Extreme Gear, but Yellow Lantern floated in his way. "Jet, don't make me do this." He warned before he lowered to a fighting stance. The two clashed, trying to subdue the other without killing the other. It ended with Jet knocking Silver down with a raising kick.
"You didn't left me with a choice, Silver." Jet said remorsefully. Just then Grundy returned, seeing Yellow Lantern down on the ground.
"HEY! WHAT YOU DO TO BOSS HOG?! GRUNDEY CRUSH LITTLE KNIFE BIRD!"
"Don't even try it, Grundy!" They now fought but the giant gorilla had trouble catching the red-clad, green hawk. Using that as an advantage, Quick Slash beaten the giant oaf with quick jabs. "Never was a big zombie fan." He ran to Extreme Gear and hopped on it. "I need to get the Insurgents, but the Type-J won't be enough to get there." He reach to a compartment of the board and took out his Ark of the Cosmos. And saw a PDA with a message. "Wait a minute, Ice Mistress said that they may have found the Insurgents HQ…" He read the message. "It's in Westopolis…somewhere underground is the best bet." Putting away the PDA, he raised his Ark of the Cosmos. "GRAVITY CHARGE!" He raised from ground before thrusting himself out of the fortress in blazing, heading for the Insurgents.
That's right people, I'm back. Please excuse the lack of presence, but life can come at you with a full swing. I am also very sad to announce that Wind Knight will have to cancel due to me losing the spark and interest of writing said story. I am truly sorry to those waited patiently, but the story will be removed by Sunday 12 pm Central Time. But you guys know the saying "you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs." As of now, Infinite Chaos Book 4: The Final Clash has now commenced, and the finale to the Infinite Chaos Series is near. See ya guys in the next chapter.