A/N: Once again, the master in failing to meet deadlines is back ;D; At this rate the story will take ten years to complete if I don't get my shit sorted. Anyways, I'm super happy to see that you all enjoyed last chapter despite how gruelling it was! This chapter is probably best described as another catalyst since it's very much different to the chapters beforehand. Special thanks to those who reviewed last time:
Sonicsis - Nakie hands indeed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)(° ͜ʖ °)( ‾ʖ̫‾)( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)( ͡ಥ ͜ʖ ͡ಥ)༼ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ༽(·̿Ĺ̯·̿ ̿)( ✧≖ ͜ʖ≖)(ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง
Infinite's Ruby - Thank you so much~! Perhaps the chapters to come will freeze your spine to the point where you can't move ,':D
Schnitzelsahne - Heccing hecc! I'm quite surprised that you noticed the titles I give to these chapters lmao. And omfg evil teen titans! I'm noting that down for future references ;D Overall, thank you so much for your regular reviews and your super kind words ^^ Oh yes, I hope that hand emoji is as naked as Sonic.
SilverDawn2010 - Huehuehue indeeeeeeeed! No stones will be left unturned haha! I suppose those times I watched final destination could have served as an inspiration :0 Will our grumpy Darkkychu make his full appearance? Will Infinite finally collect the Infinity stones? Found out next on Sonic X...;3
CrimsonDestroyer - Aiyaaa thank you very much! About time someone noticed I'm amazing :'D jk jk but honestly I'm glad you've strung along on this journey~!
Jason - If so, then I suppose I'm just as horrible if not worse mwhahaha! Hoo boi this is a rare time where someone appreciates my godly disclaimers pffft thank you~
Disclaimer - This is the most pointless thing to do of all time cos clearly if I owned Sonic, I wouldn't be making damn fanfics eh? Smh
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He didn't fight back against Metal's excruciatingly agonising grip; the automation's talons pierced through the helpless hedgehog's arms as he dragged him towards a familiar destination. His shoes which were once shiny and vibrant were now tattered and scuffled as they scraped against the gritty floor. His quills and fur were tacky and the vivid blue sheen was stained in a darker hue, an aftermath that lingered from the dark transformation that almost took place last week. Infinite trailed the pair behind them, albeit apprehensively. He was still shaken up from the incident that occured back then yet it had haunted his dreams even to this point.
Every time he closed his eyes, he'd see the glowing, void of pupils eyes and wisps of dark energy radiating from a demonic entity shaped as the renowned hedgehog. The formidable power would always overwhelm the Jackal to the point where he wakes up screaming, clutching his chest by instinct and gasping for air. With no options left, the villain swallowed down his pride and confided with the doctor about Sonic's close transformation, leaving out any indication of his trauma nor nightmares. The last thing Infinite wanted was to be seen as weak.
"As I mentioned before, Sonic has utilised the chaos emeralds in the past. Seven precious stones that holds power beyond even those petty Gods. The blue brat has often used them to his advantage when fighting against me, the gems only grants power to those who have a pure heart and lo and behold, goody two shoes goes super, granting him the power to travel faster than the speed of light and herculean strength. However, unlike Shadow, Sonic isn't engineered to handle all the elements in the power of chaos. Sonic only uses the positive power and his body stores the negative power. What you saw back there was the effect that the residue of the negative chaos energy does to a person. They become monsters, no matter how good their heart or intentions are. This is why I haven't touched the emeralds at all for my master plan let alone embed their power into you. If you want to maintain your humanity, stay away from the emeralds."
Internally, Infinite clicked his tongue in annoyance. The obese self-proclaimed genius strutted off to his lab without giving the jackal a chance to say a word!
'The very least you can fucking do is gather the emeralds and store them somewhere where the resistance can't find them! Chaos! I might as well take over the war and kill you alongside with everyone else if you're this stupid!' Suddenly, Infinite stood to a halt and the cogs in his head began to turn. His claws tapped on the side of his mask as a devious smile stretched onto his muzzle.
"I always did wonder what would happen if I cracked the Eggman open..." The boy muttered to himself with glee. 'But not yet. I need to get stronger first, maybe I should start collecting the emeralds too whilst the doctor is busy. Then...I'll obliterate him...'
Before he knew it, they were all in the computer room. Eggman's looming figure towered over Sonic's puny, shackled form. Metal added to the hedgehog's misery by pushing him to the ground, only for the doctor to press a foot against the teen's skull. Sonic let out a weak groan but then snapped out of his vulnerable phase and flashed an icy glare to the doctor.
'Remarkable. The prickly mutant is starting to build back his courage despite what we've thrown at him so far. He's no longer flinching before me. Well, that's all about to change anyways.' Eggman mused to himself before gesturing Metal to pick Sonic back up on his feet again and then toss him onto a nearby chair. The azure teen swallowed down his yelps of pain and silently carried on glaring at the three bastards before him. He endured the tedious cuffs around his wrists and ankles biting into his flesh and leaned back, showing them some attitude.
"What do you want now Eggface?" Sonic's face was unreadable despite his worn out appearance. For a second, Infinite wondered if Sonic was going to transform into that dark being again but quickly brushed off that fear and stood stoically. Metal didn't make a move.
"How's your hand boy?" Eggman sneered, relishing the nervous twitch that Sonic's ears let out and the way his lips almost faltered in memory of the pain he endured. A heavy silence enveloped them all which indicated Eggman to get a move on. "Metal, play the live footage of the current battle at Sunset Heights."
Instantly, a cinema sized screen flickered on before Sonic's very eyes and the boy leapt to his feet in disbelief, miraculously maintaining his balance.
"Amy! Knuckles!" He hollered out.
Indeed, his cherished companions were more than alive and breathing, currently occupied with fighting Eggman's robotic henchmen, putting in all the effort they could muster. Despite there being no audio, Sonic was able to piece together what was going on. Amy was shouting orders to a group of soldiers, firing away their wispons at the robots with the help of the sakura female ploughing down the enemies with her deadly hammer and speed with the addition of Knuckles smashing them into pieces and gliding to the robots in the air. Despite the war zone, despite Knuckles being covered in bruises from head to foot, despite Amy being tattered with cuts all over her body, for the first time, hope and happiness filled Sonic's being to the brim and he felt like he was going to explode from the giddiness.
Suddenly, a couple more screens flashed on, side by side on the walls around the four beings in the room. Each of them portraying the same fight but at different angles. Sonic's happiness seeped out of his pores like a deflating balloon and was promptly replaced with a gut wrenching feeling. 'Why is Eggman showing me this...? What is he up to?' Sonic clenched his teeth with grimace and his paranoia only increased by the size of Eggman's Cheshire grin.
"Surrounding your annoying friends are my hidden yet well trained snipers. If I ordered them to, they will all simultaneously shoot a bullet through everyone's heads on the battlefield, including Amy and Knuckles." The slimy grin that the evil genius wore could have sent shivers down an ordinary person's but in Sonic's case? Had he been maintained to a healthy condition, the blue brute would have snapped the doctor's neck off with no hesitation.
"You know you're digging your own grave." Sonic snarled out darkly. His pupils were sharpened like a predator's and his green eyes almost looked like an acidic yellow under the lighting. His demeanour was calm, too calm. Infinite kept his hands behind his back, trying to push his nervousness out because he was absolutely scared shitless right now.
"Lay one finger on me and by default my minions will shoot so either way, is killing me worth the lives of your precious girlfriend and that dimwitted meathead?" Eggman leaned forward so that he was almost eye level with the outraged hedgehog. Sucking his teeth in, Sonic shook his head in revolt and leaned back. He glanced at his friends' fighting forms and then glanced back at his nemesis.
"What's the catch Eggfuck?" The blue teen got straight to the point and scowled. Much to his dismay, the evil genius belted out his iconic laughter and then whizzed to a computer nearby.
"I want to play a game~! Just a simple game," With that said, he pressed a significant button.
A circle was suddenly engraved on the floor before Sonic, spinning clockwise once, then anticlockwise and then a large tube rose out of the shape. Sonic gawked as he witnessed two anthros, just like him, trapped inside the cylinder and clinging to one another with terror plastered on their faces. 'Hostages!' Sonic's mind screamed whilst his body instinctively tried to get out of its binds to help the poor souls. Realising that it's futile, Sonic stared at the innocent people with regret all over his face while they huddled together. They looked to be around twenty-five, probably married.
The glass in the cylinder fizzed and then disappeared, taunting the victims to escape but one look at Metal and Infinite caused the duo to sink to the floor on their knees and pray for safety.
"Who do you think should live? Your friends or these two worthless pests?" Eggman's words was like a knife slicing through Sonic's heart. The boy snapped a horrified stare at the rotund doctor, shaking his head.
"What the fuck are you talking about!? These two have done nothing wrong, nothing to you! Let them go immediately!"
"So you're saying that I should shoot Amy and Knuckles?" Sonic's heart almost burst.
"I NEVER SAID THAT!" Sonic screamed only to hear his pants later on. His body was at its limit and he had little to no energy left. The doctor tutted like a parent scolding a child.
"Don't be so selfish Sonic. You can't have everything you want. You can't save everyone. Otherwise the grim reaper will get a little angry at the lack of souls to deliver to the afterlife."
"This isn't a game Eggman! You have me! I'm what you wanted so leave everyone else alone!" For a moment, Sonic thought that the evil human was actually reconsidering only for him to shake his head.
"Either you choose a pair that lives or they all die. Shadow is stationed a few feet away from Amy, hidden so that he can attack in case the snipers miss. You know how brutal your dark twin can be...right? Amy and Knuckles don't stand a chance against the ultimate life form..." Sonic lowered his ears and tears dared to prick his eyes once more. His pleadingly glanced at the hostages only to see that Metal was holding them down. There was literally no way out of this! "You have ten seconds to choose, hedgehog." Sonic's eyes widened in alarm as the merciless doctor began to count down.
"Ten..."
'What do I do? What do I do!?'
"...nine,"
'Think Sonic think! There must be a way to save them all!'
"...eight,"
'I can't get out of these fucking binds! Even a mere ant can take me on!'
"...seven,"
'WEAK SPOTS!? ANY WEAK SPOTS AT ALL!?'
"...five,"
'SHIT! SHIT! I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME!'
"...four,"
'I DON'T WANT TO BE THE CAUSE OF ANYONE'S DEATH! NOT AGAIN!'
"...three,"
'Please...Chaos...God...Gaia...anybody...SOMEBODY!'
"...two,"
'SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!'
"...one,"
'FUCK!'
"Time's-"
"SPARE AMY AND KNUCKLES! SPARE THEM PLEASE!"
Silence filled the room after Sonic's outburst. Said hedgehog didn't dare to look at the hostages because without even seeing, he knew that betrayal and shock were now tattooed on their faces. Both Sonic and the hostages didn't dare to breath and the flashing lights from the projected fight reflecting on their fur indicated the inner turmoil stirring within their bodies.
"Congratulations Sonic, you've sent them to their deaths. Metal, dig in." In a flash, before Sonic could utter a syllable, Metal sliced through the hostages heads with his deadly claws, immediately killing them on contact, painting the room in a disgusting shade of red. All that Sonic could do was gape at the scene, wide eyed whilst blood coated his body as his doppelganger carried on slicing through the corpses, similar to a butcher hacking through meat.
There was an element of stillness in the room.
Eggman remained poker faced. Infinite's lips curving into a sleek smile under his mask. Metal's blue shine almost replaced by the thick red liquid. Sonic's face was devoid of any colour. He just let two people die before his very eyes and he couldn't even save them. He...the universally known hero...couldn't even save two mere lives that were only centimetres away from his reach...?
"I'm still a bit bored so..." Sonic was suddenly brought back to life by Eggman's voice and he whipped his head towards the doctor's direction purely to see the man snap his finger and the audio of the battlefield to switch on magically.
BANG!
A gasp escaped Sonic's throat as he witnessed Knuckles collapsing to the ground, gripping his abdomen with pain written all over his face. One of the snipers must have shot him!
"YOU CHEATING LYING BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU-" The rest of Sonic's threats were cut off by Infinite knocking him out in a single punch to the head. The snickering doctor beckoned Infinite to take Sonic back to his cell and for his cleaner robots to mop up the blood and the carcasses in the room. Twirling his moustache with his fingers, Eggman stalked out of the room with an accomplished smile, showcasing his teeth and having a little joyous skip to his movements.
"Hohohoho! Now that's what I call...entertainment..."
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A/N: If there's any mistakes or shit like that, I'll fix it tomorrow. As you can see, this chapter is like really short compared to the last few but I don't think there's much I can elaborate on in this situation so meh. Till then, please fave, follow and review! Jaa ne~
