Disclaimer: I hereby disclaim all rights to all characters (save for those of my own creation) during this conflict... especially for the lonely heroes.

~悪意~

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Hello, MelGamingPlays! Yep... them, too. Dark story and all... :(

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"Heart"

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Following the attack that had left poor Sunny dead, Knuckles and Rouge awoke together amidst the rubble of a building. Groaning, Knuckles sat up and looked around. It took him but a moment to recognize the city they were in. It was Surfdom City, a settlement built right by the ocean on the west coast of the supercontinent of Yueisha. It was normally a fun and laid-back area, obviously a beach goers paradise. Now, however, the city was anything but.

All around them, the city was in utter chaos. It was overrun by innumerable spawns of Malevolence. Fires raged, covering nearly every available surface as far as the eye could see. Buildings were constantly collapsing, being pummeled by attacks, burning down… Bodies littered the streets, far too many to count even if anyone had been so inclined. There was so much death, so much destruction, so much horror, and it was only due to get worse.

Powerful and maleficent energy gathered near the city's heart.

One thing became agonizingly clear.

There was to be no escape.

Survival was not possible.

His heart sinking so low as to nearly make him sick, Knuckles turned to face his wife for perhaps the last time. There was so much exchanged between them in those silent seconds even without the use of words. In each other's gazes, they both found a newfound resolve. Yes, they were going to die. Yes, their ends were to be far from peaceful and painless. But Malevolence be damned, they were not going down without a fight… or at least as much of one as they could give. So, after sharing their final lingering hug of this life, the couple leapt into battle.

Everything that happened next happened so quickly that it was hard for them to register it at all. Creatures swarmed them, far too many to ever be defeated by two heroes alone. Lethal appendages slashed, teeth crushed, claws mauled. Fires raged, far too many for Knuckles alone to ever wipe away. Smoke clogged the sky, blotting out the sun. Buildings collapsed, hurling more and more debris into the air each time. Hope died

And with it, it brought down the lonely heroes.

By the time everything was said and done, the pair was dead. Knuckles lay crushed in the rubble of several buildings and covered in terrible bite wounds. His fists had for the first time not been enough to save him. Rouge lay roughly twelve feet away from him, her back awkwardly bent and her limbs dangling as she laid limply over a heaping chunk of rubble in the middle of a street. She had been brutally ripped apart, her wings reduced to nothing but bloody strips and her once white fur stained black from smoke… and crimson with death.

Even if someone had remained there to grieve over them and the loss of their lives, there would have been no time for it. Just after their untimely demises, the energy that had for all this time been building within the city exploded outward. The entirety of the city along with several neighboring ones were levelled, ensuring that there we no survivors… and no bodies to bury. Everything was gone.

And so were they.

~悪意~

548 words this time. GAH! THIS KILLED ME! DX Also, I wrote this ahead of time yesterday, so... yay for early posting, at least? Posted (at about 6:40 a.m.) 10-04-18.