Twins and Rivals

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters except my ideas and OCs.


Chapter 9: No Choice…But To Die

Meanwhile, in the dungeon…Rouge is busily trying to pick the lock with a sharp piece of bone she found on the floor. Shadow, on the other hand, is trying to pull the chains out of the wall with his bare hands. "Come out already!" he growled. Almost there…thought Rouge, angrily tossing the bone to the other side of the cell as it suddenly broke in half. They then heard a scream from above. "What the fuck was that?" asked Shadow as he stopped tugging and listened carefully. "I dunno…" replied Rouge, "But it sounded like Cleopatra." The scream suddenly stopped abruptly and the room was eerily silent. At that moment, something wet dropped onto her ear; Rouge wiped it off and looked at it. "Blood?" she wondered as she stared at the stain on her fingertip. "What the fuck is going on up there?" wondered Shadow. Thinking that it's probably nothing, Rouge shrugged the two began to tug at their own chains. "Who's there?" asked a startled bat as she heard footsteps heading their way. They then saw Mona carrying an unconscious and bleeding hedgebat in her arms. "Isis!" gasped Rouge. "Relax, she's still alive," said Mona, entering the cell and gently placing her sister on the floor. "The experiment failed anyway," she added. Before they could say anything, Mona suddenly growled quietly as she held her head in her hands. "No, not now!" she yelled, followed by whimpering and then a scream. "Shut up, bitch!" shouted Shadow, who then watched her as she slowly calmed down, panting. "Mona," asked Rouge, "Are you okay?" The blue-eyed hedgebat looked at them and smiled happily. "Mom! Dad!" she replied, hugging them, "Don't worry, I'm getting you out of this place." Just as she was about to release them, someone was growling behind her; she stared wide-eyed at her angry sister standing before her. "Isis, don't!" she warned. "You're mine!" snarled the crimson-eyed hedgebat, charging directly and strangling her sister with both hands as she pinned her to the wall. "Any last words, hedgebat?" asked Isis as a purple aura slowly appeared as she tightened her grip. "Yeah…" said Mona, choking as she struggled to answer, "Listen…to…me!" and kicked her; a purple aura began to surround her as well. "I'm not who you think I am!" she said as they both transformed into demon hedgebats. "I'd like to see you prove it!" shouted Isis.

Without any other choice, Mona tosses the keys to her parents and shouted, "Release yourselves and head to the lab upstairs. Grab the black –" but was unable to finish her instructions as Isis tackled her, growling like a rabid dog. Shadow, knowing that being in a cell with two demon hedgebats is a really bad place to sit in, hurriedly unchained themselves and ran, pulling Rouge along with him. Mona kept pushing her twin away everytime she got pinned down, but Isis' mind is already made up – she'll kill Mona ASAP and escape. "Isis, I don't wanna fight you. Listen to me, damn it!" shouted the blue-eyed hedgebat as she dodged her sister's claws. "I'll make you join Cleopatra the winged bitch in hell!" screamed Isis, her mind driven by madness with each passing second. Just as she was about to scratch out Mona's eyes, she collapsed to the floor and shrieked in pain, holding her side. Mona gasped as she saw her sister's blood gushing out from her waist's left side, and instantly knew how it occurred.


Mona's flashback: Backup plan

It's already midnight…Isis had fallen asleep on the couch, still knocked unconscious due to the sudden ambush at the beach. Mona slowly crept up to her, holding a syringe in her hand. A microscopic bomb…she thought as she snickered, Once I inject this into her, it'll be a matter of time before she gets blown to bits! Isis slowly turned around, mumbling quietly in her sleep. "Mona, why are you awake at this time?" asked Rouge as she stood behind her; she looked suspiciously at the syringe in her blue-eyed daughter's hand. "Just giving her a shot," she replied, but Rouge took away the needle and said, "I'll do it. You should go back to bed, okay?" and the hedgebat nodded and turned away. Sucker…thought Mona, quietly snickering to herself.

As she peeked from the bedroom door, Mona couldn't help but snicker (again) as she watched Rouge inject the microscopic bomb into Isis. She then looked at the detonator in her glove, and smirked as the thought of blowing up Isis' brain crossed her mind.


Oh crap, it's the bomb! screamed Mona mentally as she took out the detonator, figuring that she must've activated it when she got tackled to the ground minutes ago. She then stamped on it and kneeled next to Isis, who was whimpering and panting in pain. "Isis, I'm so sorry…" sobbed Mona as she embraced her, letting her tears escape her eyes as she confessed about everything. Isis couldn't believe what she just heard. "Professor Ryan said that you've got a dual personality?" she asked, suddenly understanding why Mona seemed so different at certain times. "Isis, I want you to kill me," begged Mona, "That way, I won't hurt you anymore." Isis comforted her sister and said, "I can't…I don't wanna lose you!" Mona broke away from her and took out a dagger, thrusting the handle into her sister's hand. And then…she literally threw herself on the blade, letting it pierce through her heart! "Mona!" screamed Isis as she watched her fall before her, gasping as blood gushed out of her chest. "It's…the only way…" she panted, "I'm sorry…" And with that, Mona took her last breath and passed away. Almost at the same time, Isis unconsciously fell beside her dead sister as blood still continued to leak from her waist.

Meanwhile…Shadow and Rouge have just reached the laboratory. Rouge couldn't help gagging as the smell of rotting flesh hit her nostrils. "What the fuck happened in here?" she said, picking up a pink high-heeled shoe. "Isn't this Cleopatra's?" she asked. "I don't think she'll be around to get it back," said Shadow, pointing at an area littered with some blood and shredded flesh, "Isis must've been really pissed off earlier." The white bat looked at him. "Are you trying to say that Agent Cleopatra was shredded to bits?" Shadow nodded. "That doesn't sound right…I mean, how angry could Isis get?" she said. The black hedgehog walked over to a computer. "If this room has a camera," he said, "We could find out." He then typed something…and then a video started to play, showing the event that had occurred several minutes ago. "Holy shit…Isis went crazy!" he said as he watched everything. "hey, look at this," said Rouge, picking up a black CD which said 'To Mom and Dad…play me'. "This must be the thing Mona wanted us to have," said Shadow. He then looked up at the machine, wondering what the hell it was as he walked closer to it; he recognized seeing the contraption in the video. "Whatever it is…" said Rouge as she replayed the video, "Isis was being electrocuted," and turned up the volume. "One immortal being finally defeated," she heard Black Doom, snickering before she watched her daughter regain consciousness and attacked them. She then stopped playing the video as she heard a sound. "What was that? It sounded like a scream," she said. "I have no idea," said Shadow, "But I think it came from downstairs. Let's go."

Rouge agreed and followed him out of the lab, taking the black CD with her. As they got nearer to the dungeon, they noticed that it's too quiet down there…and found two unconscious demon hedgebats on the floor. Without another word, Shadow used Chaos Control and teleported all four of them out of the dark dungeon. "You will never escape next time, Shadow…" said Black Doom as he watched them disappear.