Bloody Umbrae

Chapter 9

Still going.


Sonic and his older pals arrived at the Mystic Ruins, making their way toward Red Mountain.

"Too bad we don't have any of the emeralds," Shadow stated, "we coulda just warped there."

"It's not that far away now," Sonic said, "we just need to get to the top of the mountain before...bad things happen."

Just then, they saw a green energy beam shoot upward into the sky from the top of Red Mountain.

"Time to run!" Sonic uttered.

He then sped off to the mountain.

"Sonic," Shadow called, running after him, "wait up!"

The rest followed, though they could not keep up the same pace as the other two hedgehogs.

When Shadow caught up with Sonic, the blue hedgehog had stopped at the base of Red Mountain, thinking about what to do next.

"Sonic," Shadow voiced, "slow down, do you even have a plan for when you finally get up there?"

"No!" Sonic expressed, "I have no idea what I'm going to do, I have no idea how to go about this! She could have obstacles or traps up there, she could kill us on sight!"

"She can't be all that powerful." Shadow stated.

"She has a machine that can do anything," Sonic said, "there's no telling what she'll do."

He tensely ran his hands through his quills.

"Plus, she's my...m-mother...," Sonic groaned, "that might get weird."

"Wow," Shadow said, "I've never actually seen you this nervous before. In fact, I've never seen you visibly nervous at all before."

"Can you really blame me?" Sonic responded, "I have to prevent a genocide of the entire human population that's about to be executed by my own mother, HOW CAN I NOT BE NERVOUS!?"

The black and red hedgehog slapped him across the face, changing his tone instantly.

"Better?" Shadow asked.

"A little bit." Sonic replied meekly.

"Now let's go," Shadow said, then asked, "should I go ahead or do you wanna go in front?"

Sonic looked up uncertainly at the mountain top.

"I-I'll go," he said awkwardly, "it is more of my problem anyway."

He started up the mountain.

"Technically it's everyone's problem," Shadow said, "but if you're talking personally then well, yeah it is more of your problem."

Just then, the rest of the group caught up with them.

"Hold on guys," Silver called, "we're coming."

"Just in time," Shadow said, "Sonic's leading the way."

He looked up at Sonic, who was standing on a rock, looking up the mountain. Various thoughts and feelings ran through the blue hedgehogs mind, he almost felt like turning back, however, his way was blocked by Shadow and the others.

"Go on, hero," Shadow urged, "we're right behind you."

"Okay." Sonic said breathlessly, trying to remain cool. "Be cool, Sonic," he thought to himself, "you've dealt with villains and psycho's before, don't let the fact that she your porking mother distract you from what you gotta do."


I have limits to what swear words I will use in writing, like I do not mind using mild swear words (Hell, Damn, stuff like that), but I can never bring myself to use the "F word" or the "C word", so I will try to use a different word for them.

Anyway, more later.