Super Sonic Squad

Season Seven, Episode Six

All We've Ever Done

by Cole Bezotte and Needle Kirby

Another weird idea I came up with during Summer 2012. I hope you like it.

It had been about a week since Gerald and Maria Kintobor had returned to their proper time zone and carried on the past in its proper timeline. Shadow still had not gotten over it and grieved deeply about Maria's unfortunate life. But there was still Kyata Kuzundhai there to comfort him, as well as the hedgehog's good friend Luigi, and brilliant scientist Christopher Thorndyke (who almost resembled Maria in Shadow's point of view).

But Kyata had problems of his own: never once had he given up his addiction of smoking and drugs, even though he promised his sister he would. His sister, Taeko Kuzundhai, worried that he would take those drugs while driving, which would result in a fatal car crash. But, despite his sister's advice, Kyata went ahead and began to drive towards Dr. Eggman's hidden lab in Brooklyn.

Kyata had driven for only five minutes, after the clock had struck 9:00 pm. He took a big inhale of a lit cigarette and breathed out smoke against his car's windshield, partially blinding his view. It was already raining that night, which made it more difficult to see the road ahead of him. Then, after swallowing a small handful of white barbiturates, his eyelids suddenly began to grow very heavy. As he drove on, consciousness left him, but his right foot was still on the pedal to accelerate the car. He passed out cold, asleep and unable to see what was going on around him. He did not even hear the muffled cries from the captive on the seat next to him.

This captive was an elderly man, helpless and unable to move due to his arms and legs tied together. His mouth was shut with duct tape so he would not be able to speak or cry out. Kyata had kept him here for a reason: he was the one who was forced to kill Maria more than fifty years ago. After Shadow told Kyata the story about poor Maria's death, the young man felt the urge to avenge the girl's death.

"But I've been so bad…" Kyata thought as strapped the man to the car's passenger seat. "How am I to fix Shadow's broken life if I can't keep any promises? Perhaps the only way is to avenge my OWN good nature as well. I let myself give in to those drugs that cloud my mind and leave me blank. I cannot go on… I must do what is best for myself, and end it here and now…!"

But that was Kyata's clouded mind due to the drugs, mixing his own thoughts. He figured that the death of himself AND the G.U.N. soldier would be fit to end both conflicts: Shadow versus the soldier, and Kyata versus himself.

Back to the present time, Kyata's car was not stopping, and no one was safe. "This is it…" Kyata thought as he slowly passed out. "Good-bye…"

"STOP THE CAR!" the bound soldier wanted to shout. "YOU'LL KILL US BOTH!"

The only thing that was heard was a large crash.

About a minute later, a tall man with long hair walked towards the scene and noticed where the car had stopped. It had rammed right into the side of a scrapped car and tilted it completely upside down, leaving its driver helplessly trapped inside. The tall one helped the driver crawl out of the wreckage and allowed him to leave unharmed.

"Congratulations…" the stunned soldier heard the man speak. "Despite your age and your sudden appearance, you have won this year's Twisted Metal contest. Allow me to help you out of there."

The G.U.N. soldier was surprised to see that someone had come to free him from this terrible dilemma. "I don't know how it happened…" he shakily spoke after removing the duct tape from his lips. "But I'm not complaining… How can I ever thank you?"

"You can thank me by claiming your prize. I am William Sparks, by the way, but you can call me Calypso. You did not sign up to compete in this year's game, but you were lucky to come at the last minute and tilt that evildoer's vehicle. You are quite the hero, soldier…"

"No! You're wrong! I am no hero as you claim I am! Many years ago, I was forced to kill an innocent girl, by the orders of the G.U.N. Forces. I still cannot forgive myself for it!"

"There is SOME way… Your prize will be whatever your heart desires. All you need do is say the word, and I will grant your wish."

The old man thought for a moment, then he boldly stated his wish: "I want to go back to the past…to erase the big mistake I had done. It was foolish of me to take away that child's life! I should have defied that army and saved her with all my strength!"

"Be very sure… You must understand the risks…understand the dangers of going back in time…"

"SHUT UP, CALYPSO! I don't need a lecture! I won your contest, so you must give me what I want!"

"Very well, then… Your wish is granted…"

After seeing a blinding light, the man suddenly felt many years younger as he then found himself aboard the space colony ARK. He looked down at himself to see that he was dressed in his combat uniform, with gun in hand. "Good god!" he thought as he looked around. "He actually did it! I don't know how he did it, but I'm back here in the past!"

He snuck around the corner of a room to see a group of G.U.N. soldiers rushing towards Maria, as she held the lever to jettison the escape pod and send Shadow down to Earth. The man noticed one of the soldiers and immediately recognized his face. It was his own face! It was he himself, holding the gun and shooting Maria in the chest.

"I should have listened to Calypso!" the soldier cried out in his own thought. "I failed! I can't even stop myself from killing Maria!" That was all he could say before he faded away into nothingness. His other self stayed, though, to carry on his own timeline.

Back at the present, William Sparks looked down at the injured young man who lied in his severely-damaged car. "He is still alive…" he thought as he picked Kyata up in his arms. "He must be healed immediately. I'll take him to the medical facility inside Dr. Eggman's hidden lab. This is the place where I hosted this year's contest, so the madman will take FOREVER to repair all damages. Luckily, the medical facility survived throughout the battle, so it will be very easy for me to bring this boy back to consciousness."

"NO!" Kyata screamed in his sleep. "I CAN'T STOP! GET OUT OF HERE! SAVE YOURSELF!"

"Be still, young man!" said a voice from right next to him. "You are delirious… You must keep yourself under control. It is all over."

Kyata woke up to find himself on a medical cot, in Dr. Eggman's laboratory. And on his left he saw William standing right there, watching him awaken with a scream. "How did this happen?" Kyata stuttered as he sat up with his face in his palms. "Why am I still alive? I WANTED that crash to happen!"

"That was not a very wise thing to do, young man," William replied sternly. "Only a deed such as that would cause ruin to your family."

"You can go ahead and call me an orphan; all that remains in this family is my sister and me. But does she deserve to have me around after all I've ever done? NO! She does not deserve to have me as a brother! I am…unworthy…"

"Many youngsters such as you have committed dark suicide due to deep depression. Nobody would want another one—not even you—to be the next victim. Only one person has the nerve to feed you these lies and corrupt your mind."

"You probably speak of…Lucifer…!"

"Exactly… Drugs not only break your heart, but they break everyone else's as well. You must think of a great purpose that you may be called for. What do you wish to do in life…?"

With tears streaming down his face, Kyata sternly replied to William: "You are not God! You are not the Creator of the universe! I should not listen to you! And yet…I feel like those words have a true ring them. What should I do…?"

"You can claim your prize for winning this contest," William said. "Just don't be a fool like that G.U.N. soldier…"

"What is with you?! Life is not a game for anyone to play, you fool! If there's anything I want, it would be the power to save lives! I'm through will being the fool of drugs!"

"Your wish is granted… Grab those DNA samples…"

Kyata turned to see a sample of female human DNA contained in a beaker. Right next to it was another sample, except it was from a female hedgehog. Kyata grabbed them, one in each hand, and showed them to William.

"These powers are a curse," William said as his hands began to glow. "But if I am to use them for good, I might as well do the test by saving the life of a fallen one."

Bolts of blue lightning shot out from his hands, striking the glass beakers that Kyata held. The young man felt nothing at all when the lightning absorbed his hands. Something was happening to the two DNA samples; they were combining together as they shifted into what looked like a live being.

And lo, right before his eyes, Kyata saw Maria Kintobor in the form of a hedgehog. "This was the only way…" William sadly said once the glow had disappeared. "This was what had to be done to keep her alive. She does not have the memories of the past, but she still remembers all that happened recently on her adventure with you and Shadow."

"Kyata…?" Maria spoke as she turned to face the friend she once knew. "Is that you?"

"Maria!" Kyata exclaimed as he embraced her. "Look at you! You're probably more appealing to Shadow now!"

"Shadow? Where is he?"

"I'll take you to him… Don't worry! Thank you, William! I'll never forget this!"

"And neither will I!" William replied with a smile.

As he watched the two youngsters leave the laboratory, William thought silently: "My attitude today is merely an April Fools joke, but granting his wish was indeed real. Now that my work here is done, I can now attend to more urgent matters…with Ratchet and the League of Heroes…"

You better be ready for the next PlayStation All-Stars episode coming very soon! Ratchet will be in for a BIG shock when someone mentions a hidden area of his past! And as for Super Sonic Squad, I am not sure what the next chapter will be… Please be patient…