CHAPTER 4
Sounds of the loud alarm system could be heard clearly all throughout the military facility that had been broken into. The alarm was loud enough to hurt everyone's ears. Dust and smoke from the large blast from the wall the mysterious jackal had broken through was thick and could barely see anything.
While laying on the floor, the sounds of the alarm seemed to slowly wake Trevor up. Small groaning could be heard from him as he tried to weakly gather up strength to get up from the floor that was almost covered in rubble from bits and pieces of the wall. He slowly clenched the dusty floor with his fingertips as he lowly groaned, "Shadow..."
Shadow continued to keep his distance away from the mysterious jackal who had broken into the prison block within the military facility. He watched him hover from the outside and gently land his feet on the floor inside of the prison hall. While he held out the strange red ruby in one hand, he watched him take his other hand and blast a strange red energy cube at the speaker on the wall from where the noise from the alarm system could be heard. His eyes widened at the sight of the strange cube being used as a type of explosive.
Once there was silence within the hall, the jackal had spoke out once again with his attention falling on the black and red hedgehog. "So", he began. "You're him..."
"What?" He spoke in an angry tone.
The jackal looked back at the red ruby in his hand, "Black and red hedgehog. There is no doubt." He took the ruby and placed it in the inside of his coat pocket before directing his attention back to Shadow, "You are Shadow The Hedgehog."
"Yeah? And what of it, demon?" He somehow wasn't that surprised that he had knew of his name. He apparently was a very unique demon. A high ranking demon just as the members of The Dark Alliance were. He wondered if he knew them or was sent by them.
"I've heard a great deal of you. More so noted as one of the strongest demons alive. And with a title like that, I could not simply ignore such an opportunity to meet a demon such as yourself." He placed a finger to his chin, "However...your powers levels come off as weak. You're not at full strength and that's simply not acceptable."
Shadow saw him stepping closer to the cell he was in and backed away even further from the bars.
"I didn't come all this way to see you in this state. Drink my blood and become Darkness!"
Shadow's eyes widened at his words. Did he hear him correctly? He wanted him to become Darkness? But he wondered why? What were his intentions? "...What?" Before he or Infinite could say anything more, other voices could be heard from down the hall.
"The blast came from D Block!"
"This way!"
They then both heard multiple footsteps running down the hall and towards their direction. They turned and saw multiple soldiers confronting them with guns in their hands and pointing them at Infinite.
The soldiers stood there and laid their eyes on the mysterious jackal with confused looks on their faces.
"Who...what is that?" One had asked.
"You! Who are you? Get away from that cell!" Another soldier shouted.
While showing no concern for the soldiers that threatened him, Infinite had turned back to Shadow. "I'll even make it easy for you and kill these soldiers so you can devour their flesh to become strong again."
Shadow's heart raced as he heard his words. He was indeed trying to reawaken his inner demon and to have him at full strength. He couldn't understand why and at the same time, he strongly declined his morbid offer. "I won't...I won't do such a thing!"
After hearing his answer, he let out a heavy sigh, "That's not what I wanted to hear..."
"I won't say it again! Step away from that cell!" The soldier again shouted out. He then saw the jackal raising his hand out towards him and the rest of the soldiers. It wasn't long before he found himself and the rest of them hovering from the floor.
"What is this?" One soldier asked in an alarming voice. "I can't move!"
Shadow didn't know what was going on but he was too afraid to find out. "What are you doing?" Before he could get a reply from him, he suddenly heard yelling and shouting coming from the soldiers. They sounded like they were crying out in pain. He looked back over to him and saw hand like it was clenched something. It had looked like some kind of mind control. It reminded him of what Angel did to Sonic during their first encounter. "What are you doing to them? Stop!" Once he saw him clench his hand into a fist towards them, blood was seen scattering in the air. It covered the once white walls, ceiling, and floor from where the soldiers once were.
While still laying on the floor, Trevor helplessly watched as the soldiers' bodies exploded from the inside. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly after witnessing the morbid sight.
Shadow placed his hand over his mouth as he stared at the blood bath that took place before his very eyes. His eyes fell upon what was left of the soldiers' bodies that were laying on the floor that was covered in blood.
When the blood had splattered, some of it had gotten on the side of the jackal's mask. After killing the soldiers, he turned back to Shadow and had one of the strange red energy cubes appear and blast open the cell Shadow was in.
Shadow shielded his face from the blast and tried to keep his distance away from him as much as he could. After the light dust had cleared, he saw Infinite stepping into the now open cell and slowly start stepping his way over to him. The more he stepped towards him, the more he had backed away until his back had met the wall within the cell.
While he continued to step closer to him, he took his hand and gently wiped away some of the blood that was on the side of his mask.
Shadow stood there honestly not knowing what to do. He couldn't defend himself. If he tried to fight him, he knew he'd easily lose. With him in his poor health and with the effects of the collar that was around his neck, he felt as defenseless as a child. It was even difficult for him to even stand without his knees shaking. He then found Infinite face to face with him with his face inches away from his.
"You're so weak, Shadow", he spoke as he slowly raised his hand that was dripping with blood. He took his other hand and firmly pressed it against his chest so that he couldn't move from the wall.
He tried to break free from his grip but it was no use. He just wasn't strong enough, "Get the hell away from me!" His eyes widened as he saw his fingertips that were soaked in fresh blood being brought closer and closer towards his mouth.
"You can't deny it. The demon inside of you, craves mortal flesh and blood."
"N-No!" He shut his eyes tightly and turned his head away from him to avoid him placing his bloody fingers into his mouth.
While Infinite was distracted by Shadow, Trevor spotted a radio that was covered in blood on the floor. He picked it up and lowly spoke into it, "R-25. D Block. Hurry..."
With Shadow struggling so much, his fingers shifted slightly to the right and had left a streak of the blood on the side of his cheek instead.
Infinite stared at the blood that was now on Shadow's cheek and then looked back towards him who still attempted to fend him off. "...Why do you resist? Why do you deny who you are? Is it for the sake of these mortals?" He then shoved himself away from him and pointed at the black collar that was around his neck. "You want to know why you're so weak and frail? Just look! Look what the mortals have done to you!" He had then clenched his fist in anger, "I don't understand why you protect such weak and feeble beings when they treat you like garbage and strip your powers away! You don't even have the strength to fight! Let alone stand!"
Trevor saw Infinite confronting Shadow and tried to slowly stand from the floor.
While Shadow gently placed his hand on the collar that was around his neck, he saw him step over to him once again. He winced when he saw him tightly grip around his wrist.
"You don't belong here with these inferior beings. You...you walk among them like you're one of them. You're not like them and you know that! You want to know why I know, Shadow?"
He felt his grip around his wrist tighten, "Get away from me!" He then felt his wrist being pulled which caused his body to almost meet his. When his face was inches from his, he couldn't help but to stare into his glowing yellow eye.
"Because you're just like me!"
And in that instant, time had seemed like it had stopped as all kinds of thoughts rushed to his mind. Who was he exaclty? How did he know so much about him? And what did he mean he was just like him?
Trevor finally stood to his feet and held up a magnum towards the jackal who had his back turned to him. He finger was securely placed on the trigger. "Get away from him!" He pulled the trigger to the gun and fired a round at him.
With little to no reaction, a powerful round was fired into Infinite's shoulder. He made a small pause while blood oozed from his apparent gunshot wound. While slowly turning away from Shadow, he made a small and devious laugh under his breath, "Foolish mortal..."
When Trevor saw him finally looking in his direction, he saw one of the strange energy cubes appear and was sent flying towards him. He used his hand to try to block it but once it hit his hand, the strange energy from it had burned his hand enough to cause him to yell out in pain. Another cube had came towards him and struck him in the shoulder. It burned and singed his flesh as it made contact with him.
Shadow watched in horror as he fell to his knees and held his burning and bleeding shoulder in pain. "Trevor!" Before he could rush over to him, he watched in amazement as he disappeared and reappeared in front of Trevor. 'What? What was that? Was that...Chaos Control?'
"Pathetic", he spoke in a bitter tone as he looked down upon Trevor who was still holding his wounded shoulder. "All weak mortals need to be erased from this planet."
When Shadow saw him hold his hand out towards him, he knew he was going to attack him again. He had to do something but he didn't know what. Just something to try to save Trevor from dying.
Before Infinite could attack him, he watched Shadow practically fell on top of him in order to shield his body from him. "What?"
"No!" He fell to his knees and tried to cover Trevor's body with his so Infinite couldn't kill him. "If you want to kill him, then you'll have to kill me first!"
While still trying to fight off from the searing pain from his shoulder, he looked up at Shadow with a look of both surprise and relief. "Shadow..."
The jackal took his hand away from him and slightly tilted his head in confusion towards Shadow's actions. "You would risk your life for a mortal who locked you in a cell and make you wear such a cruel device?"
At that point, he didn't care if he would kill him to try to get to Trevor. He knew he wasn't going to just sit by and helplessly watch him die. "After the things I've said...the things I've done...I won't stand by and watch more people die because of me!"
"...You're a fool, Shadow." Before he could do anything else, he had then heard the door to the hallway opening again. He turned and saw a group of soldiers standing at the end of the hallway pointing what looked like a rocket launcher towards him
"Fire!" A soldier shouted out.
Before he could react, the blast from the launcher hit him hard enough to knock him out of the hall and back outside from where he came.
Afterwards, Shadow and Trevor turned and saw the jackal hovering in the air from outside.
The jackal stared menacingly at the hedgehog, "This isn't over...Darkness..."
Shadow had then once again saw him suddenly vanish within the strange red cubes. Before he could do anything else, he was suddenly tackled down to the floor by the multiple soldiers that entered the room.
"Get on the ground, demon!"
"Don't move!"
As he tried to cooperate with the soldiers, he felt his wrists being roughly and tightly restrained by what it felt like some kind of cuffs.
While other soldiers were restraining Shadow, a few of the soldiers had rushed over to help Trevor off of the floor.
"Commander! Are you okay?" One had asked.
While holding his injured shoulder, Trevor seemed to be in quite a daze. "I...I'm fine..."
"Who the hell was that?" Another soldier asked.
Trevor looked back out at the opening from the wall the jackal had made when he broke in. "I don't know..." His eyes then traveled over to Shadow who was forced from the floor by two soldiers. He turned to the soldiers who had restrained him, "...Take him to D-101."
"Yes, sir!"
Afterwards he watched as the two soldiers along with three others roughly escort Shadow down the hallway. He then spun around and stared at the corpses of the soldiers that were killed by Infinite. He let out a heavy sigh as he tried to prepare himself to report what all had happened to Sarah. "God damn it..."
While laying comforting in the large bed within Sally's bedroom, Sonic gently clutched onto Sally's bare naked body and pulled her close to him.
With her back turned to him, she could feel his bare body brushing upon hers while they both laid there under the thin satin light blue sheets of the bed. A warm blush remained on her face as she briefly began to recall the two's passionate session they had just shared with each other.
A small and satisfied smile formed on Sonic's lips while he held her body lovingly in his arms, "That was great, Sal."
"You didn't do too bad yourself, Blue", she spoke in a teasing tone along with a soft giggle. She placed her hands gently over his while he held her body close to his, "I love you, Sonic."
Sonic nuzzled his face into her neck as he held her close to him, "I love you too, Sal. So damn much." His ears perked up when he and Sally had both heard the doorbell suddenly ring from downstairs. He let out an annoyed sigh, "Who the hell is at the door at this time of day?"
With a small giggle, Sally got herself out of his grip and began to get out of bed to find a robe to cover her body with. "It's not even that late. The sun's still up you know?"
Sonic rolled over on his back and placed his hands behind his head while Sally found a light blue robe that came down to her knees to put on. "Yeah but still. Tell em to beat it. I was hoping for another round with you."
"At least let me find out who it is", after she put on her robe, she began to walk towards the door of the bedroom. She turned to Sonic one last time before leaving the room, "I'll be back."
"Kay. Don't keep me waiting too long, babe."
While Sally made her way down the stairs, she heard the doorbell ring once more. She slightly frowned as she heard the ringing once again. She let out a heavy sigh in annoyance. "Goddamn it. I'm coming", she huffed under her breath. When she finally made it to the door, she opened the door and stood there at the doorway with her body completely frozen from the sight of who was standing at her doorstep. Her eyes fell upon a white bat woman who held a baby black hedgehog in her arms. The sight of her made her heart race inside her chest. "...Rouge?"
The bat woman had a small and friendly smile on her face. "Hello, Sally..."
Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter. Next one will be longer and will be posted next week! See you then! R&R please!
In The Next Chapter...
Sally: Rouge, I...
Rouge: He's alive because of you, Sally. You saved my husband's life...
Espio: This is bullshit! Why didn't she tell us this?
Infinite: It's been awhile, Dark Demon...
