Searching For The Light

A Silvaze Fanfic

Chapter 10 - Taking Charge

Before anyone had time to think, the blue robot had lashed out at Silver from the brush, and had him pinned to the ground, delivering consistent blows to the hedgehog's head. A few gashes were made, and blood poured from them. Suddenly, there was a pause in the struggle, as Metal Sonic held his hand to our hero's chest. Light formed from the touch, died out shortly after, and Silver was obviously weakened by it.

The Blue Blur stood up, as well as Tails. "Hey! What's going on?!" The automaton held his hand out to a log nearby, levitated it, and threw it at the two. The impact sent both of them flying several feet.

Our hero was in a state of shock, "Did... Did you just...?"

If the robot could smile, it would have. "Thanks for the powers, hero... See you soon." And, with that, he flew off. The attack was short, but sure as hell effective.

Ultimate confusion now set in. After letting Blaze know that he was okay, Silver staggered over to his two friends on the ground. "A-Are you guys okay?"

"Yeah." Was the succinct reply from the fox. "Care to explain what the hell that was?!"

"That was Metal, wasn't it?" Sonic asked, "He just... Had a few upgrades..."

The albino hedgehog sighed, "I should've known... I should've known he was here..."

"What do you mean?"

"That was the Metal from my time period..." He explained, "I guess the blast sent him back here too..."

The Blue Blur slowly got up, "And... Where did he go?"

"I guess to Eggman's HQ or whatever." Silver said, "If he hasn't already, that is. Other than that, he did something... And... Unfortunately..." He moved another log with his mind a few feet away, just to make sure he still could. "Now he has telekinesis. Stole my freakin' powers... Must've taught himself how to do that trick."

"So... What you're telling me is..." Tails said, "Now there's two of them... And one of them can move things with his nonexistent mind? And Eggman and all of his bots on top of that?"

"Pretty much."

The fox sighed, "Well that changes things..."

Blaze finally spoke up, "Is there anything you need me to do?"

Silver shrugged, "Not sure if there's anything you can do..."

The cat thought for a moment, "I'll see about that." She flew off, phasing through the trees in the direction that Metal had went.

"Do we have to worry about him coming back?"

"Don't think so..."

"So... What do we do now?"

The albino hedgehog walked a few steps, and then stopped. The anger was starting to set in. He remembers what that bastard did to his friend... "Nothing. This doesn't change anything. We attack in four days. Well, technically three now. I don't know how he found out what we were doing, but it doesn't matter. He wants to even the playing field? Fine. Let him." He began to walk back inside, and mumbled to himself: "I'll kick his ass, too..."

Silver had now assumed authority. Prior to this, the unit had no leader, but our hero has now realized that he got everyone into this, so he must get them out. Alive. Everything that happens from this point on is now on his head, and he knows it.

Later that night, our hero was awoken by a tapping at his window. He opened it, and was instantly met by the transparent fire-cat. "What's up?" He said.

Blaze phased through the wall, into his bedroom. "You might want to think about getting over there a little sooner..."

"Why is that?"

"Well, while I was down there, I found out that there was some sort of explosion about a week or so ago... And all of Eggman's bots are down." The cat explained, "He has nothing beyond the two Metals for the time being... But, from what I could see, he was well into rebuilding all of it."

The hedgehog let this sink in, "So... What are you saying?"

"I'm saying..." She said, "I think the three of you should perform the offensive tomorrow. And no later."

Silver sighed, and thought the idea over. He paced around, and later went back to the window to look outside. The night was calm and peaceful. The soft stars complimented the bright full moon, and a light breeze swept through the forest. The crickets continued with their perpetual chirping. Finally, our hero spoke: "Alright. If you think we should..."

"I do."

There was silence. The hedgehog changed the subject: "Y'know, you never got a chance to tell me what exactly is going to happen to you when all of this goes down..."

Blaze sighed, "Well... I honestly just don't know. I could think of a multitude of possible scenarios, but that does not mean they will happen. I just hope that, if we make it back to our time period, that I will remember all of this..."

"What do you mean?" Silver asked.

"Since all of this is technically taking place before I was born..." She said, "It is possible that I will have no memory of these events."

The telekinetic one sighed, "Well... That would be bad..."

The cat shrugged, "Not necessarily... I'm sure that some sort of memory would be there... It would just be buried very, very deep in my mind. Of course, it's also possible that you would not be able to remember anything... Then again, the two of us could end up remembering everything and it would all be okay. Only time will tell..." There was a long pause, and then her hand began to fade.

The albino hedgehog saw this, "Tomorrow, then... You'll be watching over us?"

The fire-cat phased throught the wall to the outside, took a few steps, and looked back through the window. "Always. See you soon."

With that, Silver crept into the main room, where Sonic was in a deep slumber. He tiptoed over to the Blur, and cautiously tapped him on the shoulder. When the cobalt hedgehog only stirred a little, he tried once more, putting a little more into it this time. Nothing again. Finally, after a third attempt, Sonic jerked awake: "N-Not the chili-dog!" He observed his surroundings for a moment, and then looked to Silver. "Oh..." He said, "Sorry. Bad dream. What'cha need?"

Our hero was confused, but let it go. "Listen, you're gonna' think I'm crazy..."

The Blue Blur smiled, and rolled his eyes. "I seriously doubt that by this point."

"I just talked to Blaze... She went down to Eggman's HQ..." He explained everything that the fire-cat had observed, "So she thinks that it would be best to attack tomorrow."

Sonic thought for a moment, and then nodded. "Yeah. I agree. We will, then." The white hedgehog began to walk to the master bedroom, "Ah, you'll never wake him up..." The blue one said, "Just wait 'till morning. Won't make a difference." Silver nodded, and retired to his bed.

The next morning, Tails sleepily walked into the living room, to find the blue hedgehog watching television. He sat next to him on the couch. "Morning."

"So... You ready for the attack today?"

The fox's eyes widened, and he timidly looked back to his bedroom. "H-How long was I asleep...?"

The Blue Blur laughed, "There's been a change of plans."

All was explained, and now everyone was on the same page. Final preparations were soon made, and, right as the sky began to darken several hours later, they stepped outside. It has now begun.

"We'll take the tornado down there, I guess." Sonic said.

The twin-tailed fox made an odd facial expression, "You sure?"

"I mean... Yeah. There's no telling how long it'll take if we walk..." Silver said, "It's not like we really have the element of surprise anymore. Ah, don't be so worried... I highly doubt he'll have anti-air guns or anything..."

The three climbed in the plane, and Tails sighed, "Well... This is it..."

There was a long pause. "Guys... If we don't make it out of this..." Our hero said, "Just know... You're both legends where I come from."

The two up front looked back at Silver, and Sonic said, as the engine started: "I sure hope I live to see that day..."

Hey all! Lol... I know this was a pretty quick update... But I've had a lotta' free time... My Internet is REALLY slow... And I was trying to download Fable III... And yeah. That took about three days.X( But anyways, hope you enjoyed!:D

Thanks for reading! Love you all!