LITO: Infinity Rising
Chapter 3: War Within the Peace
Now, Bunnyborrow was big enough for the immense population of bunnies that lived there; but
to have enough room for all the bunnies at the wedding, along with a majority of the Zootopians
who wanted to attend, yeah, you're probably gonna need a bigger city. Luckily though, for those
who couldn't actually attend one of the most famous weddings Zootopia had ever seen, ZNN
(the Zootopian News Network) had live coverage of the great event. There were at least
1,000,000 bunnies at the wedding and at least 5,000,000 more were Zootopians. Well, it's not
like this would make Judy Hopps, the greatest cop in Zootopia's history nervous, right? Well…
In the bride's dressing room…
The wedding was initially supposed to take place in a church building in Bunnyborrow, but due
to the amount of guests that have shown up, it had to be moved towards the widely vast,
open and flower-filled plains near the monstrous high and steep Thumper Mountain. Judy and
Silver still agreed to use the church's facilities for their dressing rooms because there only
needed to be a few animals in there. The bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmals and the best
fox. Yep, Nick Wilde was chosen to be the best animal at the wedding because he was a mutual
friend to both of them and helped them adjust in their relationship status as well as
being a committed and loyal friend to them. But still, Judy couldn't help but feeling a bit jumpy.
Even for a normal bunny, this was extremely energetic. "Whoa Energizer, you don't need to
keep going like this." Fru Fru, a small shrew and friend of Judy's said, trying to calm her down.
"I'm sorry Fru Fru." she said rather rapidly. "But it's just that I'm so excited and worried at the
same time. Are the plans going to go well? What if things go wrong? I really hope he doesn't
change his mind about me. I mean, I'm not perfect but…" a kangaroo who worked on the ZPD
put Judy in her pouch to get her to be quiet. "Judy, just breathe and calm down, ok mate?" the
kangaroo calmly instructed in her natural Australian voice and Judy complied. "Now if Silver
didn't want to do this, he would've backed out a long time ago. Plus, I'm pretty sure he decided
to stay here instead of going back to his old home for a reason, and if you're not the reason,
then what else would it be?" "You're right Joslyn" Judy calmly responded to her kangaroo
coworker/friend. "Besides that," another friend she made while in Zootopia, Ellie the Seal said,
continuing on from where Joslyn started. "I've hung with Silver a few times and he seems to be
a real, genuine friend. He knows that he's not the biggest thing in Zootopia and he always puts
the spotlight on the good things others do." "Look ladies, it's not that I don't think Silver and I are
a good fit." Judy reinstated, reminding them of what was really on her mind. "I just don't want to
disappoint him, that's all. I mean, he's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me and I don't
want anything happening to ruin this moment." "Judy, listen to me, ok?" a now reformed and
truly good Dawn Bellewether (who became better friends with Judy after she helped her get
over her bitterness over the animals she felt that were disrespecting the "little guys") "I know I
shouldn't even be here with all the mistakes you made, yet you never gave up on me. You
helped change my life in a way that I never thought possible. So from one true friend to another,
don't worry about Silver, ok? I'm sure nothing's gonna happen and he'll still love you either
which way. Because you're you Judy. The friend who's inspired many animals to improve their
lives. Even a certain 'black sheep.'" Judy smiled at her friend's compassionate words. "Well
Dawn, your fleece is as white as snow in my book." she said as the two embraced. "Thanks
Dawn, and thank you all very much." she said to her fellow bridesmaids, who all gathered in for
a group hug.
In the groom's dressing room…
"Well, I may not have gotten selected to be
the new chief, but I gotta admit, this is a close second." Nick said, straightening up his tie and
looking in the mirror at his reflection. "Thanks Nick. I know you'd rather be saving the world than
helping your friends, so I'm glad you gave us a little consideration." Nick turned from the mirror
to look at the white hedgehog who just said that. "Well well well, did a certain bunny teach you
those tricks?" Silver finished up tying his black dress shoes and turned to Nick. "Well, her and a
certain fox." Silver replied. Nick and Silver shared a brief laugh over the statement. "Seriously
though, thanks for being there for us." Silver replied. "Hey, anytime pal." Nick replied. "Now the
rest of our group is already at the plains, we just need to get there.
As both Silver and Judy went out of their respective dressing rooms, both were dazzled at what
they saw in the other. Not just the beautiful white dress Judy wore which was studded with small
diamonds or the sharp black tuxedo that Silver worn, but the inner beauty that the two had
possessed and shared over the course of their relationship is what shone through the most, and
as the memories, the attributes, their loyalty and their love, made the other look like the most
beautiful thing they've ever seen. "Are you ready beautiful?" Silver asked, with all the charm he
had on him. Judy smiled dreamily. "I'll go wherever you take me lover boy." she said, with their
lovestruck eyes fixed on each other, they leaned in for a kiss until Nick broke them out of their
peace saying, "Hey how about you two save it for the actual wedding?" Judy and Silver
awkwardly broke out of their trance as Nick lead them to their limo, which he borrowed from Mr.
Big, as the mile long drive to the wedding began.
Meanwhile… On Mobius…
Sonic eyed down the menacing robots hidden along his pathway. Taller and more powerful
versions of the Death Egg robots stood where skyscrapers once stood.
Drones piloted the skies like a massive swarm, ready to take down their adversary. Yet our hero
knew that it was only the beginning of this fight. The fight which will seal the fate of his beloved
Mobius once and for all. Sonic's mind wandered in various directions as he stared down the
road he had to travel. All the adventures he had from being its model citizen, advocate, leader
and hero. All of those times, and now, Mobius's very fate hung in the balance. He steeled
himself as righteous rage flooded his very essence in this apocalyptic scene. His angry scowl
loosened and his muscles tightened as he got ready to run towards his greatest, and most
challenging battle yet. But little did he know, that this wasn't the only type of battle he had to
fight.
Timeskip… wedding actually begins…
As Nick finally pulled the limo into the plains, everyone cheered as everyone finally got set up
for the wedding all would remember forever.
Bonnie Hopps first hopped along the aisle wearing an old dress whose hem was sewn with
different colors of thread, makingit look beautiful despite the damage. A testimony to her
marriage to Stu.
Next came the groomsmen, which included Commissioner Bogo, Chief KZ, Clawhauser and
even Ron Croc, whose family was indeed helped by the Horns Protection Fund (Gazelle's
charity which was first mentioned in Chapter 9: Part 2 of "Love in the Open"). Because of their
help; they had more than enough money to pay off their debts and then some, were able to find
solid jobs that paid a generous salary and were treated as guests of honor in this grand
wedding. The croc family was extremely grateful for the blessings given to them and strove to
be model citizens in return for the kindness shown to them. (Even though they were already
good before too.)
Next came slick Nick Wilde himself. Walking with a spring in his step down the aisle, he
displayed excitement and enthusiasm for the events to come: the union of his two best friends.
Then, the officiator, Deputy Mayor Ronald Zorti, a muscular spotted leopard, who
before getting involved in politics, was a preacher as well as an experienced wedding
coordinator and a very loyal and close friend to Mayor Richard Talon.
Next came the bridesmaids, who wore matching pink dresses with white sashes. The
bridesmaids were Joan Croc, Fru Fru, Joslyn and Ellie. Next came the maid of honor, Dawn
Bellewether. There was a mixed opinion in Zootopia about Dawn. Some wanted to maul her for
all the trouble she caused, others wanted to hide their children, some wanted to call the ZPD
and have her arrested again. (Which, by the way, they could have done if they wanted to. Both
the commissioner and the chief were in the wedding.) It was then that Judy hopped out from the
waiting area to walk the nervous sheep down the aisle. "Don't worry. She's reformed and she's
my friend." Those words that Judy spoke calmed the fears of the restless citizens that were at
the wedding as they relaxed while watching Dawn walk herself the rest of the way before
whispering her thanks to Judy, who smiled in response and hopped back to the rest of the
group. "That was a very great thing you did Judy." Silver complimented with a smile. Judy
looked at the aisle, content with her actions. "Well, sometimes things like that are what you need
to do for a friend." Silver nodded and looked onward as the wedding continued.
Next came the two flower girls, who were two of Judy's siblings that wore matching blue dresses
and the Croc's twin sons Devin (the older one) and Marcus (the younger one) that wore tuxedos
just like Nick as they performed their roles as ring-bearers gracefully and with dignity.
There was a brief pause as Stu and Judy shared some brief words before their cue came.
As the chorus started, Stu walked Judy down the aisle and towards Silver as the real wedding
officially began.
Meanwhile… On Mobius…
After Sonic stared down all of the robots; he ran and jumped off the platform, performed a
spin-dash before dodging falling rubble from a building that was destroyed by a drone. More
falling debris hurled towards him, but Sonic dodged it all with video-game like reflexes (pun
intended). He then tried to jump to gain better speed, but a massive chunk of the street was
being hurled right towards him. Knowing he was limited on options, he spin-dashed a quick
landing on the ground then easily dodged it as well. It was then Sonic got a good glimpse of
some of the robots. A tall and lanky gorilla robot with brute strength cut open that section using
razor-blades and its muscular arms before he put the blazes back in his arms and his rather
large metallic hands have taken their place. There have been at least hundreds of those types
of robots alone polluting the streets and at least 10 massive Death Egg Robots, five on each
side of the street, slicing the tops of of said apartments for the drones to drop them on Sonic.
"Oh really," he scowled, "That's the best plan you can come up with?" he said as he spin-dashed
the gorilla-robots on their heads (their weak spots), found a sewer, went underground and
destroyed one of the Death Egg robots by making a powerful spin-dash that went upward from
underground to destroy and obliterate the robot from within. He then spin-dashed all of the
drones that flew towards him. As he saw some drones guarding the second Death Egg robot, he
got an instant idea. Instead of spin-dashing directly at the drones, he landed on top of the
second giant robot's head and then started to attack the drones using the signature move. Once
all the drones were down, the third Death Egg was ready to fire a laser at Sonic, but right when
the laser fired, Sonic spin-dashed upward to dodge the attack and let the laser hit the previous
Death Egg on the head, causing it to explode. He continued with this plane for all the drones
and giant robots until all of the Death Eggs on that street were destroyed. He then wiped off the
sweat off of his brow as he landed from the last robot that was destroyed and confidently stared
at the multiple amounts of robots still in his path towards facing the viscous Dark Foxen. "Is that
all you got?!" Sonic shouted in anger and confidence as he started back on his route. Dark,
who saw the whole thing from a tv in an arctic region of Mobius inside an ice castle he
constructed, evilly grinned at the screen and sneered, "Wait 'til you get a load of me!"
Meanwhile… At the wedding…
"Who gives this rabbit away to this hedgehog?" the preacher spoke. "Her mother and I." Stu
responded. He then lifted Judy's veil and then kissed her on the cheek as a sign of his blessing.
"You may be seated Mr. Hopps." Ronald said, to which Stu ablodged and took his seat next to
his wife. The preacher then started his opening remarks. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here
today to join this rabbit and this hedgehog in holy…" everything was interrupted when everybody
turned to see a great big portal in the sky. It was then they discovered that it was raining
Mobians. Various kinds of Mobians from cats and dogs to hawks to zebras to monkeys to all
sorts of Mobian creatures. It was then finally finished by Tails flying the X-Hurricane, landing it
safely in a grassy nole away from the wedding. It was when everybody saw Tails that everyone
cheered and applauded. But then he immediately snatched the microphone from the preacher.
"I know we kind of just crashed in, but we did so with very good reason." Tails said in a calm yet
urgent manner.
Meanwhile… On Mobius
It took a lot longer than Sonic thought it was going to take, because of the immense amount of
obstacles he had to face both in his ravaged world and the robots/minions that (literally) got in
his way; but he finally found, located and arrived at the headquarters of his new enemy. He then
was about to make a spin-dash towards the drawbridge door, but as he performed the move, the
door opened which made him roll right in, if you will. He then got up to see two phantasmical
figures that were made of a familiar, yet strange energy that looked like guards that guarded the
leader that sat on an icy throne. "Please, my guardians." Dark said, motioning towards the
guards that floated towards his right and his left. "He is with me." he said, as he absorbed the
guard's energy. Sonic was shocked at such a thing. "Would you like to see how it works?" the
fox asked, confidently glaring at him. Before Sonic could respond, the fox quickly absorbed
more than a quarter of his energy. More and more and more until finally, Sonic ran to break free,
then spin-dashed to hit the fox on the head. What was amazing was that Sonic didn't lose any of
his speed when his energy was sucked away.
Dark Foxen: "That's because my abilities don't take away abilities, they take away energy."
LoveandEdify: "I was gonna explain that!"
Dark Foxen: "Oh yeah, sorry."
LoveandEdify: "Let's get back to what's happening now."
Dark Foxen sucked up more energy and Sonic kept escaping and hit him multiple times. The
Dark Fox just laughed in mockery of Sonic. "You see pal, I have trained my body to absorb tons
of energy over the years, so I am virtually inexhaustible. I can only take away energy, and your
body's metabolism can regenerate itself unnaturally quick. Hence why you didn't start slowing
down after you started attacking. But not even you can keep attacking me forever." Sonic had to
admit his adversary was right there. During the times he attacked, he was still able to go at his
regular, supersonic speed. But his body and mind were increasingly tiring because of the energy
that was stolen, meaning that Dark Foxen had sucked out the majority of his reserves. In other
words, he lost most of the energy he would need to pull off the abilities and even though his
body could replenish itself quickly, it would not be enough to outlast the Dark Foxen.
Back in Zootopia…
"Mobius is under attack by an interdimensional threat, so we had to evacuate
immediately." A lot of Zootopians gasped at Tails's statement and were now discussing amongst
themselves what
happened. The deputy mayor then spoke up again. "How long do you need to stay?" "As long as
we need to or until Sonic defeats the threat." Tails said, unaware of the fact he was still talking
into the microphone and that a very concerned and worried Gazelle was standing nearby. She
quickly trotted over to Tails. "Wait, Sonic's fighting this thing on his own?!" she asked the fox
frantically while shaking him like a rag doll. "Yes he…" Tails started before he realized he still
had the mic in his hands and put it down. "Yes he is. He'll be able to make his own portal to
come here to tell us what
happened." Tails reassured the singer. But she couldn't help but worry deep down in her heart
about whether he'd make it alive to see her. Whether or not if their future would even come.
With her hooves in her face as she cried, she pleaded in her mind, "Please stay alive for us
Sonic. Please stay alive for me."
Back on Mobius…
"Alright
then. You win." Sonic sighed in exhaustion. "Just promise not to siphon Zootopia." the villain's
smile was more friendly now, as if he actually pitied the poor pitiful, near corpse that surrounded
him. "Don't worry my hedgehog friend, I wasn't going to suck up that planet. One, I need planets
and a kingdom from which to rule from. And two, that would ruin the prophecy." "Prophecy?"
Sonic asked, confused at this puzzle his new nemesis was imposing. Dark just smiled and
continued. "Yes. A prophecy. Penned down by Exclies; the famous visionary from the Hyluind
Deserts of the Planet of Legends. But then again, such a stupid project such as yourself
wouldn't be able to grasp such importance." Sonic looked even more confused than before as
he was prone on the ground. "A project? What are you talking about?" The fox kept smiling.
"Sonic, you're still a project. A worthless, disgusting, idiotic project who no one would want to
waste their time with. Even that girlfriend of yours." Sonic dropped down slightly lower while still
trying to push himself back up. The fox couldn't resist the opportunity to not only roast, but grill
his new rival even further. "Oh so it is true. The singer, the pop-star, the 'angel with horns' as
some flabby tabby once called her. I've heard of her. She really is pretty." This made Sonic get
even more riled up than before. Exactly the reaction he wanted from the blur. "You know, I not
only have the ability to take away energy, but to give it as well. Someone like me, can literally
keep her alive forever if need be. I can provide all your friends with limitless power if I wished.
But you?" he pointed disdainfully at the angered hedgehog. "What could you possibly give
them? A few speed tricks here and there? Some meaningless charm? A few tales here and
there? Now tell me my speedy friend. What does all of that mean compared to what I can offer
them? Who knows? Maybe they'll be better off without you, in fact, maybe everyone would be
better off without you." That was the final straw for the blur as he fully recovered, performed
multiple spin-dashes to his head to try and knock him out, as well as landing and running from
one end of Mobius to the other end and back to throw him punches coming towards him at the
speed of light with increased intensity and anger. Sonic then stopped to preserve his energy,
fully anticipating either his enemy coming back up or him being soaked in a puddle of blood,
which was secretly what he wished for. Unfortunately, it was the former that happened. Dark
Foxen easily got back up, recovered, then slowly clapped his hands in a half-hearted applause.
"Bravo Sonic. Bravo." he said, before he finally stopped clapping and got back to glaring.
"You see Sonic, the universe has over 50 sextillion planets and I have absorbed over
100,000,000. So yeah, I have a lot of energy and I can replenish it and we can continue this
nutty charade again and again and again. Or…" he said, before pausing for a moment. "You can
have at least one week to solve my little mystery for you. Your choice on how you wanna beat
me. Kill me and go down in history as its greatest legend, or keep fighting me and never know."
Sonic thought for a few seconds about this proposition, while also thinking about what else Dark
said about him being a worthless project. He started to seriously wonder if Dark was right. If his
friends even thought he was worth fighting for anymore. He also wondered that if he truly was a
pointless project, whatever that remark meant, then would Gazelle even consider loving him?
He knew she went for Justin Timberwolf before realizing her error, but now, would she pull off a
similar stunt again? Only this time, for real? It was then Sonic confidently smirked at the fox.
"Alright Siphon, if that's what you want, then I'll show you how legendary I actually am!" he
shouted in cockiness. But behind the confident smirk and the cocky tongue laid a wounded,
confused and angry hero. The fox laughed. "You're taste in names is as bland as your tasteless
existence." before recovering. "I will tell you this much though Sonic, if you happen to find a
purple Mobian cat in Zootopia, tell her; The Sharpest of Blades is coming down for the most
Fatal
of Cuts." Sonic instantly made the connection as to who his enemy was discussing. "Blaze?" he
asked the fox. "There you go." the fox said, unimpressed. "In the meantime Sonic, I have more
power to do other things too. Just know that you'll see it all another time!" he said, laughing as
he sent Sonic through his own energy-made portal to Zootopia as he proceeded to absorb the
planet of Mobius.
And there you have it folks. Next chapter is the aftermath about what happens when Zootopia
hears about the battle. So send me a review on what you think about that chapter
And also, how do you think Blaze is going to impact the story? Until next chapter guys,
Keep Loving, Keep Edifying, Keep LoveandEdifying. 'Bye.