Sonic opened his green eyes to see he was in the middle of a forest. It was night, and the only light was the moonlight. Large trees were around the blue hero and ankle high grass. Sonic saw a lake a few inches from him.
"Is this real?" He then looked at his reflection in the lake. It was normal at first, but then it changed his eyes into his dark twin. The hero gasped then hit the water so the reflection can be blurry. He breathed in and out a few times to calm himself down. His green eyes were still looking at his blurry reflection until he noticed something in the water. He saw green-yellowish eyes at the other side of the lake. Sonic slowly looks up and saw something he wouldn't think he'll be seeing. It was his Werehog form. The looked the same, but his eyes were the only thing that was different. They were the eyes of a wild animal, ready to kill his prey. Werehog snarled and flicked his bushy tail at the hedgehog. Sonic felt like a deer in headlights until he had enough courage to speak
"We can talk about this." But that made the wolf roared and ran into the water. It was like the lake was shallow since he ran without slowing down. Sonic screamed then ran away. The hedgehog feels like he isn't going faster than usual.
"What the hell is wrong with me?!" Sonic thought as he runs. He could hear Werehog's growls from behind him before howling at the sky. The hero was confused but then saw white eyes in both ends of the forest. Black slimy-looking Wolverines with pure white eyes jumped and joined the chase with Werehog.
"Are you kidding me?!" After he shouted that, a Wolverine pounced at the hedgehog and pinned him to the ground
"Get off of me!" Sonic twisted himself to get off the animal. But his werewolf form bit his arm and threw him to a tree. He felt the pain from his back and arm pulsing as the Wolverines and Werehog laugh. Sonic's eyes were closed to try to block both the pain and the laughter.
"Come on hedgehog you been through worse." He opened his eyes once he recognized the voice. Exe was crotched to Sonic's level and was smiling evilly. Sonic's first instinct was to run, but his dark side trapped him by grabbing his throat.
"Why are you running away?" Exe asked as his good side was struggling to get out of his grasp. He sighs at this then raised his other hand
"You shouldn't be struggling." He then pierced through Sonic's stomach with his clawed hand. The hero lets out a choked scream as blood poured out of both his stomach and mouth. He was shaking violently, as the Wolverines and Werehogs laughs again. Exe smirks at the reaction
"Oh come on, it wasn't that deep." The dark one pulled out his bloody hand out of Sonic's stomach. The blue hedgehog breathed in pain as more blood pours out of his mouth.
"Don't worry this is only a dream you won't die. But you can still feel pain." Exe then rubbed his bloody gloved-hand on Sonic's face, smearing the blood on his face. The hero didn't reply since he was only focusing on waking up from this nightmare.
"Don't go yet. All of your friends will be here soon," Exe then whispers "And I can't wait to meet them." The hero's eyes widened and started struggling
"You stay away from them you son of a bitch!" He yelled. His dark side rolled his eyes out of annoyance then tightens his grip on Sonic's throat
"I'll make sure you won't ruin my plans." Then everything went black. As Sonic was waking up, he felt like a dog was licking his face
"Ugh, Muttski quit it" But when he opened his eyes, he saw that he was on the ground a strange creature was in front of his face. It was one of the Wolverines from his dream, but it was different. The creature had jet black fur, his eyes were pure green, and was smiling innocently as his tongue was out. It took Sonic a moment to realize what was in front of him. Out of surprise, the hero yelped and moved back fast. But a chain around his ankle stop him
"What the?" His green eyes followed the chain, and it ended on a wall. His green eyes looked around to see that he was in a cage and saw outside
"Eggman's old base?" This base was where both Sonic and Exe fought two years ago. Until they accidentally caused a fire and both barely made it out alive. The base had soot and ashes around. And the pillar that crushed the hero during the fire was still on the burned floor. Sonic then looked back to the Wolverine to see it was staring at him while panting like a dog. The hedgehog gave it an annoyed look before starting to think
"There's gotta be a way out. But how?" He then got an idea. The hero smiles then whistles to the Wolverine to get its attention.
"Come here, boy!" The black Wolverine a yelp in excitement before going to Sonic.
"See that chain?" The hero points to the chain that was on the wall "It looks like it's rusty enough to pull it apart. If you help me, then we can get this chain off of me." The blue hedgehog explained. The Wolverine thought about it then nods
"Good, on my command we pull together," Sonic informed the creature. With a nod, the Wolverine walked and grabbed to end of the chain with its teeth. The hero grabbed the chain that was close to his ankle
"Okay get ready. 1,2,3!" Both Sonic and Wolverine pulled so hard that the end of the chain fell and made a small hold on the wall.
"Alright! Great job!" The Wolverine smiled then quickly turned into pure fear. He whined as he ran through the cell bars as if he's a ghost. Sonic was confused on the creature's behavior until he felt the uneasy feeling.
"Trying to escape I see." The blue hedgehog jumped forward before facing his enemy
"Of course I am!" Sonic shouted at Exe. Exe stared at his light side uninterested
"Did your parents taught you manners? It's rude to shout people." The dark hedgehog advised. The hero's green eyes widened, and the villain smirks
"Oh, right they died before they teach you that lesson. They should have taught you about fires then they would be alive by now."
"H-How do you know that?" Sonic whispered as he backs up.
"Oh, poor Sonic we're the same person, remember?" Exe said with his odd chuckle and one hand on his cheek. That was when the hero noticed the blood in his dark side's gloved hands. And in his other hand was two golden rings
"What did you do while I was unconscious?" Sonic asked with his heart beating. Exe looked at him confused but figured it out
"Well, I visit a friend of yours. But we didn't talk for long." The dark one then throws the two rings to the hedgehog who was still on the ground. The hero's heart stopped when he took a closer look at the rings. He stared at the bloody rings and instantly recognized they were Shadow's
"Too bad the fun was cut short. But I'll meet your other friends soon to hang out." The dark one said with his back turned. Sonic then looked at his evil self with pure hatred in his green eyes
"You son of a bitch!" He jumped forward to punch Exe. But the dark one saw the attack and disappears before the punch hit.
"Wha?" Sonic was still in the air when Exe reappeared next to him and used a dark orb on the hero's back. The attack made Sonic slammed down on the hard ground, and his chest was burning in pain. The hero coughed up blood while his dark side was grinning next to him.
"I thought you said I'm stronger than before?" Exe mocked. Sonic quickly got up without wiping his bloody mouth and tries to punch again. The dark hedgehog smirks before slashing the hero's cheek with his claws. That took Sonic a moment to pause to figure out what happened. Exe used that moment to grab the hero in the throat, then throws him to the wall. Sonic gasped in pain as his back roared in pain. The dark one saw the Wolverine watching from outside the cell in fear. Leaning against a wall next to the Wolverine was a slightly burned sledgehammer.
"Hey! Hand me that." Exe called to the scared creature. The Wolverine looked at the sledgehammer then to Sonic who was trying to get up. The creature's eyes widened when it pieced it together. The Wolverine whined with white tears rolling down. Exe rolled his eyes in annoyance
"Fine then! Just hold him down." The dark hedgehog commanded before going out to get the sledgehammer. Sonic shook his head as he tries to snap out of the dizziness. He was about to get up until Wolverine held him down
"Hey, get off of me!" The hero soon realized that since he didn't eat in a day, he wasted his energy trying to punch Exe. His blue ears twitched when he heard footsteps and something metal dragging behind.
"I'm sorry to do this. But you have to get used to not moving your legs for a while." Sonic saw Exe holding up the sledgehammer then looks down at his exposed legs. His eyes widened when he connected the dots
"N-No! Break my arm even my jaw but not my legs!" The hero panicked as he tries to get out of the Wolverine's grip. But the black creature had a strong hold on the hedgehog, while white tears were rolling down. Exe smiled in delight when the blue one was struggling for his life.
"Don't worry hero. The pain will go away quickly!" He screamed before swinging the sledgehammer down to Sonic's left leg. After the hero heard the crack sound and felt the agonized pain in his leg, he began screaming. Exe grinned at the hear of the hero's yells in pain
"Oh come on Sonic, you should be used to this pain by now." Sonic looked at his double with agony in his eyes and tears rolling down
"I can't wait to kill you!" He growled before closing his eyes to block out the pain. The Wolverine held the hedgehog while crying. Sonic heard Exe crouched down beside him
"If you kill me, then you're killing yourself. We can't feel each other's pain, but we'll die together. Who knows, we might end up in Hell." The dark hedgehog said while grinning. The hero opened his eyes
"You better get used to being alone down there!" Sonic said weakly. Exe frowned at this
"You're going to pass out already? Shadow put up more of a fight, and I stabbed through his stomach." He got up and threw the sledgehammer away "I'll look for more fun things to do. See ya." The dark one waved goodbye as he closes the cell door and left. Sonic gave him a weak glare as the Wolverine licks his face
"If I have to die to kill you, then it'll be worth it." He thought before passing out from the pain.
Originally Exe was going to break one of Sonic's arms and maybe his back. But the reason why this took long is that I'm still not ready for this kind of writing. But later there will be very dark moments. Have a good day/night