Hey guys, wouldn't you know it, I'm home from school... and I'm still sick. What makes matters worse is that I'm bumping into a writers block on everything, even the Babylon Rogues fanfic that I'm still working at... sorry it's still not up, but it will be very soon.
Disclaimer: Dark-Illusion-Detective does not own any of the Sonic Characters nor does she own Sega, she does however own Ocean the armadillo, Flame the swallow and Avril the bat.
Hope I get well soon and I hope I get more ideas for this story!
Chapter Ten: Chosen Demons Part One
"Vector... I'm so so so sorry... I didn't know this would happen," said a small, quiet voice. That was the first thing the crocodile heard when he opened his eyes to his new surroundings. "VECTOR!" the voice suddenly grew louder than it was a few seconds ago and a pair of warm arms embraced him in a hug. He followed the arms and saw Flame hugging him and crying.
"Uhm... it's okay. It's okay Flame."
"No it's not! We're in hell!! And it's all my fault!"
Vector stiffened and Flame just started crying harder. He returned the hug quickly and just whispered comforting words as he looked around at the so called "hell".
Flames were everywhere, and lava flowed around the small platform that Flame, himself, and a few other people were on. There were no walls that suggested they were in any kind of room, and when he looked up, he was only met with gazes that didn't belong to anyone he knew. Out of fear he looked back at Flame and hugged her tightly.
"We really are in hell..."
"I told you."
"Hey don't sound so down, wait. Does that mean we're dead?"
"I honestly have no idea. But if we're here then probably," replied Flame as she just buried her head into Vector's shoulder.
"So cute."
Vector and Flame looked toward the edge of the platform and Rouge the bat was just staring at the duo. Her teal eyes looked at the duo and a small smile was on her face.
"What are you doing here?!"
Rouge just shrugged and asked, "what are you doing here?"
Before the trio could continue their arguement, a sudden rumble made them all jump to their feet and they looked toward the lava. Rouge flew over to the duo and suddenly a very large monster rose from it.
"What. The. Hell?"
"Was that suppose to be a pun?"
"Can we just forget it and get out?!"
Vector looked at Rouge, "we need to work together."
Rouge took a glance at the demon that just licked its lips and fired a fairly large fireball at them. She grabbed Vector and Flame and flew into the air.
"Talk about close call," said Flame as she looked at where the fireball came close to hitting her. She gulped, "where are the others?"
"I think our best option is to worry about ourselves at the moment kiddo. Besides, they'll be fine."
"Whatever you say Rouge..."
"Where are the others anyways?" thought Vector as he looked up and saw the many eyes glaring at him as though he committed a horrible sin. He looked away from the evil eyes and down at the bright orange lava.
-- Somewhere in Hell --
"Can we stop please? We've been walking for ages," complained Avril as she looked at her wings that were torn up badly. The robot beside her, Omega looked at her.
"According to my analysis, we've only been walking for half an hour."
"And according to how badly my feet feel, it's been ages!"
"Guys, shut up please," said a voice from behind them. They turned around out of surprise and Avril's eyes widened.
"You're suppose to be dead!"
"This is Hell, anythin' in here is dead," replied the blue armadillo, Ocean. She smiled as Avril looked like she would cry. "Jeez, I'm kiddin', I have no idea how I wound up here but how did you guys?"
Avril shrugged and Omega stayed silent. Ocean sighed, "SONIC!! CREAM!! JET!! I FOUND MORE PEOPLE!!" she shouted. The trio looked toward the trio coming up.
"I still could've beat you in that race to get out of the mansion!"
"You wish."
"I'm the fastest thing alive!"
"And I'm a hawk named Jet," remarked Sonic as Cream sweatdropped and stayed silent. She had a mark on her neck and it was visible as they approached the trio that were sweatdropping at the argument.
Avril then looked at Ocean and saw a mark on her neck as well.
"What's that?" the bat asked as she pointed to Cream and Ocean's mark. They covered it with their hands and sighed as they removed their hands.
"It's the mark of the dead," replied Ocean sadly.
Jet and Sonic stopped bickering at that point and Jet then questioned, "so are we dead?"
"If you don't have the mark then no."
A few minutes passed when Avril, Jet and Sonic checked to see if they had the mark. With no luck in finding any marks of any kind on them, they grinned.
"Now that your scavenger hunt for death marks is over, can we please keep moving on?"
They frowned at Omega for a moment before they resumed forward. Sonic and Jet were bickering as usual and Cream was talking to Avril, and Omega stayed silent. Ocean walked behind them all and looked around, she just hoped that everyone else was okay.
-- In the Deepest Parts of Hell --
Unlike the rest of Hell, this place was calm... serene, even. And in this only place in Hell that wasn't fiery and had no eyes wandering over their every move, were a few people who were currently fighting.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT STORM!! WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN CHASED BY THAT FREAKING DEMON IF YOU HADN'T TAUNTED IT!" screamed Wave, as she got out a giant wrench that everyone cowered away from instantly. She ran toward Storm who dodged and bumped into Knuckles.
"Stay away from me!"
Stormy and Knuckles glared at each other before Wave whacked them both over the head with the wrench and the duo clammed up. Tails ran up to Knuckles and asked, "are you okay?"
"Do I look okay?"
"... Not really."
"Then there's your answer."
"You don't have to be so mean Knuckles," stated Tails and he just received a quick glare from Knuckles. Tails backed away and said, "never mind."
Shadow was dead silent as he looked at the pure white crystals that was all around them. He saw his reflection in one and he just looked away.
Espio and Charmy looked at everything that was going on and Espio said, "I can't believe we're in Hell."
"How do you know we're in Hell?"
"There are demons Charmy, that's how."
"... You're annoyed."
"Yes. Very."
"Not at these guys though... at yourself and me," whispered Charmy as his attenaes drooped.
Espio looked at Charmy and he asked, "what gave you the idea that I was annoyed with you?"
"Because if I hadn't made that deal with Spirit, then..."
The ninja shook his head, "this isn't your fault Charmy. I'm not sure how we all managed to wind up here but I'm pretty sure that we're suppose to try to find the others."
Shadow looked at Espio and Charmy, "agreed, but if we get out of this cavern then the demon that Storm taunted earlier is going to destroy us."
"You're the ultimate lifeform and you're scared of a demon?"
"I'm not scared of it! I'm just... freaked out... it looked a lot like me."
"Not to mention that most of the demons out there looked like someone close to us," explained Tails.
Wave smirked, "then lets get out there and find the others. Get the hell out of here and-"
"We'd love to do that Wave, one problem. H-h-how are w-we going to without m-making the transformation from anthro to a-a-anthromorphic sm-smores?"
The swallow looked severely annoyed as she slammed the wrench over Storm's head, yet again.
"I was getting there. What we need is a distraction. Any takers?"
No one said anything or moved. Wave closed her eyes and sighed.
Shadow then said, "I vote we throw someone out there to take on the demon."
"That's crazy!" shouted Charmy.
"I vote Storm!"
"I vote the red mutt!"
"I second that!" cheered Storm before Knuckles tackled the albatross and the duo started fighting.
Espio and Shadow sighed.
Charmy then whistled and everyone froze. Their eyes watched the bee as he began flying around in a circle, his way of pacing.
"What if we found another way, besides the way we came from? Like, made a new escape route?"
"... That might work. How though?"
"Knuckles and Storm of course. We'll split up into two teams. Shadow, Knuckles and Tails can be in one team while Espio, Storm, Wave and I will be in another one."
"Why do I have to be in their team?"
"Because, Shadow, you're the ultimate lifeform, so it's fair," remarked Wave. Shadow blinked.
"I never liked playing fair."
"Then get used to it because that's the only way we'll get out of this."
Shadow just sighed along with Knuckles. Charmy then said, "now, can we get out of here and search for the others?"
"Wait! Mind if I tag along?"
Everyone turned toward a figure that walked in calmly. Shadow, Knuckles, and practically everyone looked ready to kill it. The figure held a scythe and calm, angelic gold eyes looked at them. The hood that was over the figure's head fell down and everyone gasped.
"Silver?"
"No that's Shadow..."
"Actually you're all wrong. I am Sinister," the hedgehog replied. She looked a lot like Shadow but her streaks were silver and her eyes were gold. She held up a scythe, "and I would like to accompany you to find your friends."
"Can we trust you?"
"If you haven't killed me yet and I haven't destroyed you all, then I think so."
Everyone said nothing as Sinister walked up to Charmy, "I sense you're restless... hmm... but the rest of you aren't?"
"We don't know how we got here but... how do you know about him?" asked Espio defensively.
Sinister rolled her eyes, "if you knew my past then this wouldn't be such a huge surprise. Anyways, I can take you all back."
"We need our friends though!"
"That's what I meant dingbat!" said a very annoyed Sinister as she whacked the handle of her scythe against Storm's head. "Now Knuckles, and Storm... see those crystals? If you punch through them then one of them will lead to a way out."
The echidna glared at the hedgehog and the hedgehog returned the glare, but it was darker than Knuckles could ever make his. Knuckles and Storm just ran over to the crystals and started punching them.
"That's new. Knuckles and Storm got freaked out."
"It's a trait that I hate," remarked Sinister as she looked at the duo and they punched faster, "on the plus side though, at least they've finally stopped arguing."
This earned a few smirks and Charmy couldn't help but thinking...
"She seems oddly familiar..."
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Here's the chapter I promised you guys. And don't worry, the reason for Charmy's thoughts will come into play really soon, as well as a few more battles. The place everyone's feared is now the place they're in. Will they survive? And will they finally get an explanation as to why they're there in the first place? And who is Sinister? Find out in the next chapter! Please tell me what you guys think!
One quick note, I understand that I missed Amy in this chapter along with a few others. Don't worry! They'll be in the next chapter... that is if I can remember. Just kidding, I will remember.