Note: This is not an official tie-in with Teaching Darkness.
Note Again: This would have taken place directly after Teaching Darkness: Memories.
Final Note: If you haven't read at least most of the TD series, this may not make sense.
Disclaimer: I do not own the sonic cast, they belong to Sega.
Rae Logan owns: Dark, Mephiles' altered personality, Tape, Chinus, Ceus and of course Teaching Darkness.
All I own is the plot.
Anyway, here is the first chapter of Reunions.
A lone figure sat on the edge of the skyscraper, listening to the sounds of the city below. His fiery aura seemed to pulsate as he thought of the past few days.
"Hmm" the figure sighed. "I can't believe I almost killed Dark."
He looked up to reveal fiery orange eyes that pulsated with his aura. Mephiles had told Dark what really happened to Iblis, which he had expected. They both thought Iblis was dead since he had mentioned burning out, but unknown even to himself until now, he still had a small remnant of Dark's aura. This was the only thing that kept him alive. He had realized early on that seeing his brother on the brink of death had finally snapped him out of his insanity.
Iblis smirked. "I wonder why Mephiles is always saving his enemies." Then, as quickly as it appeared the smile vanished. "I nearly killed him, how can I crack a joke now?""I nearly killed him" He was nearly sobbing now, until he heard a voice.
"Ah, but you didn't" reminded dark's aura fragment. "The one that was scared deepest, emotionally that is, was Mephiles."
Iblis remembered that he had forced Mephiles to witness the death of his family, probed his mind and possessed him to try and kill dark. He cringed at this.
"If you feel so bad, why don't you try to fix it?" Mentioned the Dark's aura.
"Oh please, what could I ever do to…?" Iblis stopped as he thought about something."Maybe I could… but I would have to… that would seriously hurt him mentally.
"More than he already has been; besides you know how much he misses them."
After hearing this, Iblis agreed guiltily.
He soon arrived at the home of Shadow, Rouge, Mephiles, and… Dark. He was able to enter unnoticed, he found out why when he realized that it was 1:00 A.M.
"At least they're asleep." He muttered. He found a yellow gem on the coffee table in the living room, which he recognized as the yellow chaos emerald. He placed it near the door then went to find another. When he couldn't find one after looking for 20 minutes, he decided to risk looking in Mephiles' room. He looked inside to see something that worried him. On the floor near the bed was Dark sleeping in a sleeping bag. The worst part was that Dark was having a nightmare, meaning he could wake up any moment.
He saw the purple emerald on the table next to Mephiles. He carefully stepped around Dark until he heard "Iblis…" At first he thought he was busted, but then he turned to see Dark still fast asleep. Then Dark said it again along with a "don't leave me" which made him feel more guilty than ever.
He then grabbed the emerald and walked out of the room. He had suddenly developed a major migraine so he sat on the couch for a few seconds. He would of the sat longer if it wasn't for the combined screams of Mephiles and Dark. At that moment he realized that as soon as they ran out, they would see him. So he ran out first, with the emeralds, knocking over a few plates and a lamp in the process.
The noise woke up Rouge and shadow instantly; at least it would of if the screams hadn't beaten them to it. When they got out of the bed (or in shadow's case off the floor) they ran right in to Mephiles' room to find a seriously scared Mephiles and Dark.
Shadow wasn't surprised Dark had another nightmare, but knowing 2 chaos emeralds had disappeared was strange, but when you add in the fact that it was Mephiles' 2 favorite ones made it seem unsettling.
Later, Shadow wanting to find out as much information as possible, asked Dark a bit about his nightmare. Dark told him that it was the memory of the day Iblis went mental and was split. That didn't worry Shadow very much until he heard Dark say
"I haven't had that dream since Iblis returned." Dark added.
If Shadow wasn't paying attention before, he was now. "What did you say" shadow said with a touch of uneasiness in his voice. He was broken out of his worry with a scream of pain.
"Ahhhhh!" Mephiles screamed, clutching his head. Over the past few hours, Mephiles' had been having massive migraines. Then, his fur seemed to dull out for a second, until he returned to his normal blue and cyan colors.
"Mephiles, you okay?" Rouge asked worried.
In truth, Mephiles was in some of the worst pain he had ever experienced, but not wanting to worry Rouge he just nodded. This didn't even convince himself, so he doubted that it would convince anyone. Rouge just gave him a "you expect me to believe that?" look. Mephiles just shrugged before he remembered he was still in pain and clutched his head again, letting off another scream.
Iblis was staring at the two headstones in front of him. He couldn't explain what he was feeling at the moment. It seemed to be a mix of feeling sad for Mephiles, angry at himself, and guilty since he was the one who killed them. In front of him were the graves of Ceus and Chinus, Mephiles' brother and sister. He was about o do something that he would regret, at least for a while anyway.
Dark's aura fragment had been silent recently, especially now. Since he was part of Dark, they had what seemed to be an emotional link. He knew who he was looking at and felt complete despair.
Iblis finally snapped out of it and set to work. He grabbed a small shovel so not to damage anything. When he finally reached the two small coffins and opened it he let out a sigh of relief as he realized that his flames hadn't damaged the bone structure too badly. He closed the coffins, put them in a duffle bag and walked off.
Dark had always known part of his aura seemed to be missing, but he never bothered to tell anybody until know. After learning this, Shadow was obviously peeved at learning this just now.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THIS EARLIER?" Shadow screamed at Dark. Mephiles had never seen Shadow this angry. Yet Dark wasn't even phased by his yelling; he just shrugged.
"It hasn't been important until now." He replied
"What if there is some crazy Dark spirit out there going on a killing frenzy?" shadow asked.
"It is only a small part of my aura; it can't survive without a host." Dark Countered "Besides, it wouldn't do that, as long as I'm sane, it stays sane."
"Whatever, can you pinpoint it?" Shadow asked trying very hard to control his temper.
"Of course." Dark replied, his arrogance returning. He closed his eyes and then smirked."It's at the…" he paused, smirk disappearing transforming itself into a deep frown. He opened eyes, ready to deliver the bad news. "You're not going to like this Mephiles." Mephiles' was worried, Dark usually only used his real name when something was wrong."It's at the cemetery, at two graves in particular."
After hearing this, Mephiles had his first Panic Attack in forever. When he finally woke up, he screamed when he remembered what Dark said. This startled Rouge and Shadow; while Dark had been expecting it.
"Mephiles, come down!" Rouge tried to get herself heard over the screaming.
"S-s-sorry, I know they're…g-g-gone, but I can't help but worry." Mephiles replied sadly.
"Don't worry; I'm sure they're fine." Hearing this, Mephiles calmed down considerably.
"I'm gonna go for a walk." Rouge knew where was really going, but didn't stop him. Instead she pulled shadow from his fight with Dark, which was getting out of control any way, and asked to for him to keep an eye on Mephiles while he was out.
Shadow had reluctantly agreed casting an angry glare at Dark, who didn't seem to care. He walked out only to see Mephiles waiting for him at a nearby tree. He tried to not to be seen but the crystal hedgehog had seen him since the moment he walked out.
"If you want to come too you could just ask." Mephiles suggested.
"Uh, right" Shadow hadn't expected that.
When they arrived at the cemetery, Shadow was barely able to keep Mephiles calm. His brother and sister's graves had been ransacked. When Mephiles dared to look in the dug up tomb he passed out, after seeing that the two small coffins were gone. Shadow caught him and propped him up against a tree. He then looked off towards Station Square, feeling an extreme power emanating from somewhere within. He wanted to check it out, but he knew he couldn't leave Mephiles here alone. So, instead of going on some search, he stayed with Mephiles. That's when he noticed one of strangest things he had seen since he started living with Shadow and Rouge. For a short time, only for a very few brief seconds, his color seemed to dull out and turn brown. It then quickly returned to him
"Just what is going on here?" Shadow mumbled.
Meanwhile in an alleyway in station square, Iblis was looking at the two skeletons in front of him, both earth hedgehogs. He mumbled something to the aura fragment in his head, who quickly argued against it. After a long argument, the aura sadly agreed. Iblis then focused every bit of his power into the Chaos Emeralds, pleading them to use their power to restore life to the two bodies. The two emeralds hovered and started to spin around the two lifeless bodies. At first there was nothing, but then there was a blinding flash of light…
Well that's the end of chapter one. Tell me wht ya think. R&R Please.