Chapter Six: Capture

It took a lot of thinking, but Silver finally came to the realization that he had to apologize to Blaze. Sure it wasn't his fault; Blaze was the one who caused him to spin off. However, he'd never ever yell at her like that had he not been drugged up. He said some things that he deeply regretted, although some of it he couldn't remember. But the tears she shed because of him weren't worth the pathetic words he spat. The speech was all in spite of her newfound romance, but Silver would have to accept that. If she loved someone and he was good to her, then Silver was happy. He didn't mean to yell at her and never would have under normal circumstances, so it was fair that he had to apologize. After all, she spent her time on repairing his wounds. It wasn't fair that he lit up on her like that after all of her hard work.

Silver forced himself from his bed and walked outside. The moon was high above the sky and all of the city's lights were on. It reflected elegantly off of the windows and the moonlight. Silver wished that Blaze was allowed to go out a night, because then he'd show her all of the lights. She could probably see it from her balconies or windows, but it wasn't the same up close. Silver began to fly higher into the air to get a better look from above. It was beautiful, but still not as beautiful as up close. There was no point in walking the rest of the way to the castle, so Silver decided to fly instead.

He came to a stop on his feet at the entrance of the castle and walked right past the guards. None of them seemed to pay any mind to him, but Silver wasn't going to question their authority. He walked right into the fortress and looked about the room. It was empty. Finding Blaze among the castle was always difficult; he had hoped that a maid would be about so he could ask of Blaze's location like he had always done before in the past. Unfortunately, this time there was no one around. He decided to move forward anyway in hopes of running into the princess.

And to his luck after a few minutes of wandering around, he spotted Blaze in a long and wide corridor; one wall being completely lined with enormous windows. The rays of light gently brushed her lavender fur coat, yet the light made her fur almost a pure white. If the backside of her body looked as majestic as this then he was most definitely eager to see her front side.

Well, it was time to apologize. Silver was just about to call out Blaze's name when a sudden door opened next to her. It was Prince Rallas, standing dashing and handsome in all of his glory. He gently rubbed her back, most likely comforting her. He had a concerned look in his eyes that Silver could see from the side of the prince's face. Silver wasn't exactly sure, but he was most likely positive that Blaze was still upset because of their argument, and Rallas probably knew that.

He wanted to turn away at that moment, but he knew that he had to get it over with as soon as possible. It was the only thing that could save their friendship, if they were to still have a friendship after this at all. Silver took a deep, cold breath and blew it out, his body trembling in fear that Blaze would still be angry with him. "Blaze," he called to her, his voice smooth against the air. The prince and the princess turned to look at him, both entirely upset. The hedgehog flinched. "I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to upset you so terribly. Please… forgive me."

Blaze lightly smiled, but it was a smile covering her sorrow. "It's alright, Silver," she confessed, her tone cracking from the lump in her throat. She was still unbearably upset after their clash earlier, but if he could come to her and apologize like that then she could forgive him. Besides, it wasn't his fault. It was the anesthetics that spoke for him earlier. They had to move on anyway if they wanted to work together and stop the earlier menacing robot.

Rallas' fierce eyes narrowed. "This is the guy who did this to you?" He spat, moving away from Blaze.

"Rallas, it's fine," Blaze begged, pulling back on his arm. "This is the least of my worries-"

Rallas ripped his arm out of her grip and marched up to the pallid hedgehog. He dug his pointed finger into the animal's bandaged chest and growled. "You have a lot of nerve making the princess cry like that and then showing your face here now. Don't you realize what a great woman she is?! She doesn't deserve to be put down like that! You should feel terrible!" He shoved back on Silver's shoulders in the princess' defense, the hedgehog stumbling back a little.

Silver directed his gaze to the floor in agony, knowing what he did earlier was wrong. Now he was being judged for those actions, and it was a terrible feeling. However, he had to stick up for himself if he ever desired to win Blaze over. Wasn't that how it worked in books? The dominant male was the one who surpassed? Silver looked up at the prince and glared at him, doing his best to look threatening. "I know what I did was wrong, but I came to apologize. This has nothing to do with you, so stay out of it." Silver shoved back on Rallas, pushing the prince backwards at a good distance.

Rallas looked at Silver in disbelief. They both knew what was about to happen; a clash, a battle, a fight. Blaze shrieked as Rallas threw his arm backwards and slammed it into Silver's face, knocking the hedgehog backwards. Silver managed to keep his balance, and just as another punch was thrown, he caught Rallas' fist. The prince grew furious at this action and threw another fist towards Silver, but the hedgehog caught the other fist as well. They were now pushing against each other with all of their force, trying to shove each other down. If Silver wanted to, he could use his powers to win the battle, but that wouldn't have been a fair fight, so he stood his ground.

Rallas threw his head back and brought it forward again, slamming it onto the hedgehog's wounded skull. Silver winced and moved away, caressing his head in his hands. Another punch under his jaw caused him to fall backwards. The hedgehog should have realized he was too weak to fight after all of the blood he lost. Silver helplessly looked up at Prince Rallas as the animal stood over him. Rallas lifted his foot and brought it forward towards Silver's face, but the hedgehog rolled out of the way before the impact. He spun around and tripped his opponent from under his feet, sending Rallas to the floor with thud. The hedgehog couldn't really remember what happened next. Silver only found himself on top of Rallas while throwing aggressive punches onto the beast. He was winning; that was all he knew.

Blaze raced to Silver in a frenzy and tore him off of the defenseless prince. "Silver, stop!" Blaze demanded, using all of her force to pull him away. She finally managed to do so, and Silver sat wildly panting on the floor across from Rallas. He sure wore himself out. Silver couldn't help but feel joyous inside at the sight of all the blood on the prince's face. What a load he had put on his enemy. Blaze interrupted his thoughts with another shriek; "You two idiots are hopeless! I can't believe you guys would stoop so low as to cause mindless violence. You imbeciles should be embarrassed by your reckless behavior!"

They both looked at the floor in shame. The two forced themselves up and brushed themselves off, refusing to look at each other.

"I want you two to get along with each other. I don't have time or patience for violence like this with all of the outside troubles going on. I'm perfectly fine; I don't need anyone sticking up for me. I want you two to get over it and shake hands right now or else you two can get the hell out of my castle, alright?!" Blaze forcefully grabbed both of their wrists and put them into the air aloft from each other. "Hurry up! We have important matters to discuss!"

The two enemies exchanged glares, narrowing their eyes in disgust. But for the princess' sake, they inched their hands forward and clasped into a tight handshake. Rallas was the first to pull away and turn to Blaze. "What 'important matters,' exactly, are we discussing?" He asked, confused by this strange talk.

Blaze rubbed the back of her neck. She didn't plan on telling Rallas anything considering the conflict was mainly between she, Silver and the robot. "It has nothing to concern you with," she confessed, turning away from him. "Let's go, Silver." And with that, she began to walk away with the hedgehog obediently following behind; he had won.

"Wait, there has to be something I can do," Rallas begged, moving towards her. "I want to help. I care about y-"

"I don't want you getting hurt!" Blaze shouted as she came to a stop. She looked back at him, her eyes filled with anguish. "This is not your fight. I care about you too, alright? I… I just don't want you getting hurt … It wouldn't be fair to you. We don't need your help, anyway. I have Silver on my side. You just rest up, okay?"

In a way, Silver was both relieved and hurt. Blaze had just basically confessed her love to Rallas, admitting that she didn't want him to be harmed. Silver was again consumed with sorrow, his heart aching in jealousy. But at least Blaze could depend on him, and maybe that's what mattered. Because if she was ever hurt, he could run to her side and protect her. Yet, Silver couldn't help but feel enraged. After all that he had ever done for her, she still loved the prince. That thing was absolutely useless; she had only fallen in love with him in a matter of days, even though she had known Silver for years. It wasn't fair! But Silver wasn't about to express his protest. He held his silent wrath inside of him for everyone's sake.

Rallas glared, a vein in his forehead appearing from sheer anger. "Blaze," he called out to her as she began to walk away again. She stopped once more but didn't bother to turn around. "I'm tired of this folly game. Three days is too long! Give me the Sol Emeralds."

"What?" Blaze looked back at him in disbelief, along with Silver.

All of a sudden, one by one the windows shattered into thousands of pieces due to the intensity of bullets shooting at them. Silver grabbed Blaze and threw her down to the ground and shielded her with his arm so that they wouldn't get shot. Glass flew from the windows and slid to their sides on the floor. The vicious robot that they had seen before floated around on the outside of the open windows, aiming his gun towards the inside. "The master has ordered that you hand over the Sol Emeralds. Hand them over or prepare to meet your fate," the machine hissed as it shot another round of bullets. Blaze's shrieks weren't heard over the volume of the gunfire.

Rallas walked over to them as soon as the firing stopped. Silver quickly stood up and went to throw a punch at Rallas but the beast immediately threw a kick to the hedgehog, knocking him back down. Two other smaller robots appeared from the outside, both shaped like wicked monkeys. They took a hold of Silver's arms and held him back. The hedgehog went to use his telekinesis to free himself but he was suddenly roughly punched in the stomach, catching him off guard. He coughed and gasped for air, unable to focus on using his powers.

Another set of prime ape robots flew inside the building using jetpacks and seized Blaze off of the floor, lifting her into the air by her arms. She screamed and wildly kicked her legs in a desperate attempt to free herself. The feline lit her hands up with fire so that she could attack her captors but she couldn't bend her arms to strike at the enemies. Instead, she threw fireballs in an unorganized fashion in every which way, hoping to hit one of the beasts. Unfortunately she was failing miserably, but she didn't give up. Even as they began to take her away she was still fighting. Despite her efforts, the robots still managed to easily take the princess outside.

Rallas stood before Silver with his arms crossed behind his back. He smirked at the hedgehog. "Not so high and mighty now, are you? Learn to take a hit, hedgehog. You'll need to if you want to save your precious girl."

Silver looked up at Rallas in desperation. "What the hell are you doing?! Let her go! You love her!" He cried out in distress, not understanding what Rallas was doing.

Rallas' eyes narrows. He kicked the hedgehog again in the stomach, wanting the animal to be quiet. "I only used her so I could get to the Sol Emeralds. She was supposed to trust me, and in her time of need she would give me the emeralds. I didn't know where they were, so I figured she would hand them over eventually due to fear of my minions getting their hands on them. Obviously, that plan failed. I still have no idea where they are, so now it's your job to get find them. You have one more day to get them to me or else I'll blow that cat's brains out. It's apparent how much she means to you. One more day," Rallas repeated.

The robots unhanded Silver and quickly jetpacked away from him. Rallas dashed outside and leaped through the window and landed on the larger robot's shoulder. They then all flew away from him and fled into the darkness of the night. There, behind the large and vast city, an enormous ship began to rise out of the distant forest. The jet engines' power was so strong that it vibrated the broken glass on the floor of the castle. It gently floated over the town, flaunting its threatening armor that reflected against the moonlight. Some of the citizens of the town stared at it in awe and wonder while others ran inside of their homes out of fear.

Silver stood to his feet with difficulty and approached the window, looking out at the large jet. They apparently didn't know that Blaze had the emeralds, which was both a good and a bad thing. Now Silver didn't have anything to offer up as a trade. How was he ever going to possibly save her now? On top of that, he was far too weak to save her in his wounded condition. But he had to do something. He had to save Blaze. But even if he saved her, all of Mobius would be at stake. They'd use the Sol Emeralds to destroy this precious land or worse. But if he didn't do anything, then Blaze would die. Or what if they killed her and then found the emeralds on her body? Everything Silver thought of resulted in a losing situation. There was no possible way he could ever think to win.

Silver had a few hours to think his plan over, so he sat down on the floor with his back leaned against a pillar. If he were to save Blaze, then he could get his hands on the emeralds and use their power to destroy the ship and all of its enemies. But it wouldn't be easy. Retrieving the emeralds required him to sneak into the ship and pass all of the guarding robots. He could tell them he found the emeralds and then maybe they'd take him to Blaze and hand her over; then he could use the emeralds. Or maybe they'd ask for the emeralds first. Would it be wise to confess that the emeralds were inside of her pocket? It wouldn't, because then they'd have the Sol Emeralds on their side and would be impossible to stop.

Silver hopelessly buried his face in his hands. It seemed like there was nothing he could do. He'd have to risk his life if he desired to save the princess, but this time under dire circumstances. With his gashes and wounds, it would be nearly impossible to face all of those robots. He absolutely had to get his hands on those emeralds.

He almost didn't want to save Blaze. There was no reward. She didn't love him like he loved her, and she made that out to be obvious. Blaze had fallen in love with the enemy, which was a horrible mistake. Now she was taken against her will. She had this coming. She got what she deserved, didn't she? But it wasn't her fault. Silver couldn't make her love him. If anything, he should have confessed in the very beginning. It may not have changed anything, but at least Silver would feel better about saving her. He was going to have to go out of his way to save her no matter what, whether he wanted to or not. Her people needed a princess, so it was only necessary.

There were no options. Silver had to save both Mobius and Blaze. The hedgehog stubbornly forced himself up and faced back to the window, looking up at the giant ship. It masked a silhouette against the moonlight. The hedgehog took in a deep breath and lifted himself into the air, levitating to the ship. It was time so save the princess.


I was looking back at my old fanfiction again and remembered that it was based off of the song "Dreams of an Absolution." I wish I kept the story based off of that song, but I guess I got a little sidetracked. But it's still good, if not better. I guess. Maybe it's still like the song. I'm not sure.

AUGH THE NOSTALGIA. Sonic '06 was such a great game! I wish the newer games were that amazing, but they went downhill since then. I think Sonic Generations probably did well, although I hadn't played it. I just wish they made the newer games a lot like the older games. Guh, I'm just all filled with nostalgia today. I absolutely loved all of the characters and their relationships with each other. They just did such a good job on '06:')