Unbreakable part 2

Decent into Darkness

God, I want to dream again

I sat up suddenly the mat around me frozen solid as I panted head snapping blindly around the room I was in, bare chest heaving reaching up to rub my temples slowly calming down pushing away the memories of the night I'd lost Scythe.

Take me where I've never been

In the two years since the incident I was still blind though I'd undergone surgery on my eyes to patch them up enough to keep from killing me from blood loss as well as the blinding headaches caused by any light hitting the damaged nerves.

I was now living in a set of barracks outside a dojo run by a chameleon who claimed his name was Espio. I thought I'd never be able to handle training again but the way he ran it, was different, if one made a mistake he didn't beat them raw with a belt, he instead got their attention somehow, usually with a small flash bang in front of them. With me he had to tap my shoulder with one of the staff's since flash bangs are useless to get the attention of a blind man.

"Blade you're leaving yourself open on the right side" he noted as I slowly lowered my training swords glancing at him through the blindfold that covered my damaged eye sockets both for myself, and to keep from distracting the other trainees. "keep your right hand blade lower down during the sequence to protect your side."

I gave a small nod and turned back to the training post taking a deep breath moving into a rapid series of thrusts, slashes and mock parries in a quick fluid combination meant to test an opponents defenses with strikes from multiple angles rather quickly while leaving little opening for a counter strike.

A short thirty seconds later the combination was finished with a quick stab at the dummies 'throat' for a killing strike "Much better this time, with a little more practice you should have this sequence down."

I gave a quick nod "Thank you sensei" I replied quietly lowering the swords down once more turning away.

I want to go there

This time I'm not scared

Time went by, I learned hundreds of combinations and became more than proficient with dozens of different weapons and battle tactics, I could tell the size and weight of an approaching creature simply by the sound of a footstep, the type of food, whether it was poisoned-most of the time- or not by the smell, age of a trail by touch. Over the months I trained myself to become a warrior, one who was just as capable and implacable as one who had use of their sight. In fact better, as many of my fellow students learned that it was much harder sparring with me than anyone else, as I used my enhanced senses to detect their movements and intentions better than they could mine with just their sight.

Now I am Unbreakable

Its unmistakable

It all came apart one night when there was an attack on the dojo, I awoke to the sound of an explosion bolting upright to my feet once more having recently graduated to being allowed to carry a few weapons of my own choice on my person outside of training for my own personal drills as I wished. Snagging the two short swords from a nearby shelf I swung the plain leather belt around my waist belting it on the scabbards hanging from my hips as I ran out of the room ears twitching moving towards the sound of fighting

"Blade, what are you doing here?" Espio called followed by a thump and a grunt of pain as I drew my blades

"I heard the attack and came ot help" I shot back with a low growl lunging at the sound of metallic clanking blades flashing out in a quick pair of cuts at differing heights that would normally be enough to injure or kill most amateur to base skilled fighters only to have the swords bounce off with a ear splitting screech as I winced in pain my overly sensitive ears nearly bleeding from the pain lancing through them

"Oh hohohohoho, you really have sunk so low espio that you need to recruit backup from a blind hedgehog trainee?" a voice taunted, the laugh was annoying enough, coupled with my still sore ears it was veritable torture as I gritted my teeth feeling the air around me chill due to my powers

Espio grunted "He's better than you might think Eggman" he retorted calmly as soon a small explosion would sound in my ears, the smell of burnt powder reaching my nose as I realized the sensei had thrown a blast dart at the robot

The grating voice echoed again in another idiotic chuckle as I felt ice crystals starting to form at the joints of my fingers and the edges of my shirt sleeve as I frowned softly shooting forward to slash at the bot again flipping around to bring my foot down on its head sending a surge of pain up my leg as the bone crackled audibly wincing as I danced back sliding back spinning my swords around as I lunged at the bot again slashing at him rapidly with both blades knocking it back as I detected the gears whirling the ice gathering in my veins as I panted sensing the motions of espio nearby as he smashed one of the bots a piece of metal tearing open my cheek as I panted and gave a low snarl

"Blade whats going on?" Espio demanded as the temperature in the room was dropping steadily as my hands shook taking step after step towards the remaining warriors ice crackling over my hands and arms as I moved "Talk to me blade"

All I heard was the terror filled screams of Scythe as the roof fell on her, my Father's careless voice as he dismissed her death as nothing important…this 'eggman' had the same attitude "what needs to be done" I snarled darkly hands flaring up brighter as I slammed my swords into the ground "CHAOS FREEZE!" I roared a pulse of icy energy erupting out from me in every direction I could FEEL it crawling over everyone and thing in the room coating it all in a thick layer of ice as I panted falling to my knees for a moment head hung

No one can touch me

Nothing can stop me

I eventually stood up knowing I was dead, or worse kicked out of the dojo and hunted for nearly killing my sensei I reached into a pocket I'd secretly sewn into my shirt and pulled out a large crystalline gem I'd found a couple weeks before I felt the power flowing through it and had figured out a way to work it. Holding it up I bid a silent farewell to the world that had taken me n when I was injured and lost. Then I said the two worlds that let me leave it all behind once more.

"Chaos…Control…"