Chapter 3: A World of Darkness.
With no control, Sonic could only watch the horror in front of his eyes.
Sonic watched his two-tailed friend wake up from the dead, but deformed. His eyes were just as red and black as his, the fur was dark-grey and everything about the fox seemed depressing.
But he only got enjoyment from it. He could feel the sick amusement the creature felt.
The fox didn't show any feelings other than sadness; Sonic felt ill only watching him.
"I am in control now", Sonic said in a demonic voice. "And soon you will not exist."
Sonic panicked, but his body didn't respond to his feelings. He only laughed.
"I do not know what you truly think, Sonic the Hedgehog, but I do know what you feel", he smiled broadly.
"Please", Sonic said.
His voice was so vague, that it only came out as a whisper.
Sonic walked away from the depressed fox, leaving him to his fate.
"Hm? What's that? Did you say something?" Sonic smirked.
He then threw himself up into the air, flying away from the area, watching everything disappear in a blur of colours under his feet.
Through the entire flight Sonic could only think about how he would get himself out of this mess.
"Darn! I'm stuck in this… thing!" Sonic thought. "What am I going to do? Let him take the lives of all my friends? No, I can't allow that! He has to pay, big-time! There's no way I can let him continue on like this! Now I know! The Chaos Emeralds!"
He knew that struggling was to no avail, so he just watched as his own body flew closer and closer towards Angel Island.
"Hey!" Sonic let out loud with a lot of effort, yet it was a whisper. "I have an idea."
He smirked.
"I'm listening", the demon voice said.
"You want more power? Steal the seven Chaos Emeralds on the island, they can make you immortal!"
The demon chuckled.
"Yes, the seven Chaos possess great power… beyond any imagination!" the demon said. "I was able to take the shape, personality and traits of you, Sonic the Hedgehog! How pathetic you are."
Normally, Sonic would've taken that as an insult, but now he didn't really care. It all was just so… dark.
He couldn't see or feel much at all, only the trees that the creature was flying by. He landed silently in front of the Emerald shrine, smirking broadly. He heard someone talking.
"It's shaping up. Huh… not bad!"
That was Knuckles' voice.
"Indeed", said Rogues voice. "I can't steal your precious emerald if it's broken, huh?"
"You wouldn't dare to touch it!" Knuckles said angrily.
"Shut up both of you!" Shadow whispered. "I sense a dark presence. It's close."
For a few seconds, it was completely silent. Nobody said anything, nobody moved, until Sonic broke the silence.
He stepped forward with a cackling laughter, with his thoughts on the Chaos Emeralds.
"Oh my god… is that Sonic?" Rogue exclaimed. "Is he… is he bleeding?"
Knuckles stared at Sonic with an open mouth.
"That's the spirit who broke the Emerald!" he said. "Destroy it!"
Shadow glinted with his eyes.
"Is that so? Is he responsible for all of this? For wasting my time?"
"No!" Sonic said. "Take the Emeralds!"
"Why?" the demon cackled. "Let us have some fun beforehand, shall we?"
Sonic sprinted towards the three and threw himself over Knuckles, but got immediately punched in the face and got tossed backwards.
He landed in the dirt, but got quickly up on his feet and attacked them again.
"Chaos…Control!"
Shadow disappeared right in front of him, only to appear behind him and kick him into the Master Emerald.
But Sonic only started to laugh.
"Are you trying to break it?" Knuckles said out loud.
"Quiet", Shadow said abruptly.
Sonic rose to his feet, laughing even louder.
"Is that all? Are you even trying to defeat me?" the demon said.
"The Chaos…", Sonic struggled. "Come on… use them."
Sonic nodded.
"That way there's no fun in killing them!" the demon said.
"But you can… ugh, kill them faster with the Emerald!" Sonic whispered. "They… won't be able to stop you."
Sonic smiled broadly.
"I will end this once and for all", Shadow said. "I will show you the true power of…"
Sonics' hand touched the Master Emerald, he could feel the power run through him and giving him strength, separating him from this evil presence.
"No! No, what is happening?" he screamed.
Sonic could finally feel his hands and his face, and soon his mind came back to him; he could finally control it.
"Yeeaah! Take that, you ugly faker!" Sonic screamed out loud.
"Not so fast, Sonic the Hedgehog!" said the demon, but it was already too late; the power of the Chaos Emeralds turned them Super, but they yet shared the same body and the same mind.
With a screech, the demon flew away from the island in complete rage and tore everything apart in his path, with Sonic still sharing his body.
This was not exactly what he had in mind.
"I will kill you, Sonic the Hedgehog! You tricked me, but that will never happen again!" the demon hissed.
"Oh, yeah? What about this?" said Sonic, and steered them through an entire mountain, scratching his own hide and fur, but he could also feel the pain the demon felt. "You have no real control over the power of Chaos; you should've researched before you took action!"
They tore right through mountains, hills, trees and buildings in neck breaking speed. They had already reached the Empire City.
"You fool! You are not stronger than me! I am God!" the demon screeched.
"No! You're not God! You're only an abomination created from hatred, anger and sadness!" Sonic said while they flew right through the skyscrapers. "You don't feel anything else, do you?"
The demon chuckled.
"Is this your attempt at defeating me? How pathetic!"
Sonics' eyes fixed themselves on to a gas pump – it was his only chance to destroy this abomination within him, even if it became his own death.
He clenched his fists and steered right into the gas pump with all his speed – in the second he touched it, he got caught in the explosion.
He could feel the fire tear him apart, hurting him, and then, he could only see how he crashed down on the street.
As he got up to his feet, he laughed. He was scarred and covered in blood, but other than that, there was nothing.
The people around him ran away, scared, but he only wanted to kill them all… wanted them to feel what he felt – pain and sadness.
He clenched his fists and started chase a few of them, and as he passed them, they fell dead to the ground.
Sonic the Hedgehog was no more, the Blue Blur was no more, and only his deceased soul existed, corrupted by the spirit that had taken over him.
"I – am – God", he whispered, as more and more people died all around him by his mere touch.
He tore through everything, no matter what and he enjoyed it all… all the death and destruction around him.
