If anyone typed in the Chinese words from the author's note, then I bet you were a little surprised lol
The last chapter was a HUGE hit! So many reviews, favorites and follows after that. So happy *Starts playing Happy, by Pharrell Williams*. Ah geez, I'm so sorry *turns it off*
Alright. So…yeah. Nothing more to say. Onward!
The Plague chuckled at the hero, balling up his fists and pursing it's mouth together. Toxic, now fully reformed, snaked its way down from a massive stone arm in a green serpent-like form, crawled up the side of the large rock monster and formed on The Plague's right shoulder, sitting down and striking a position like The Thinker, lightly swinging its feet like a little kid.
"Oh boy! Time to crush a hedgehog!" The gooey creation exclaimed in a raspy voice.
"Oh boy! I get to fight Mt. Rushmore and Booger Ball!" Sonic cheered, bouncing lightly on his feet. "Wait 'til I tell my friends!"
Hurry…
The Fastest Thing Alive stopped bouncing and looked around wildly, trying to determine where the voice came from. Across from him, the two villains exchanged confused glances.
Save her…
It was coming from within the Blue Blur's head. Someone was talking to him from in his mind. A soft, gentle voice.
Protect her…
Rescue her…
Then, the tone shifted to a deeper, more ominous sound.
YOU CAN'T…
Sonic gripped his head and gritted his teeth, unaware of the rapidly approaching rock monster. The Plague swung his large fist as the hero, smacking him to the left and sending the hedgehog tumbling across the ground. Sonic slowly stood up, only to be picked up by the massive stone beast and slammed into the earth, creating cracks in the smooth rock that surrounded him.
"You can't beat something you can't kill!" Toxic taunted. "Battle is pointless!"
"Now…Me crush hero!" The Plague bellowed, lifting his fists in the air, preparing to bring them down upon the Blue Blur.
The beaten hedgehog's eyes drooped slightly as the shadow of the creation's hands enveloped him. The last thing Sonic saw was The Plague's large hands hurtling towards him.
Then, blackness.
*Location: unknown, time: unknown*
The blue hedgehog slowly opened his eyes. His head throbbed and his throat felt dry. He couldn't feel his fingers and every bone in his body ached as he sat up. He had no surroundings. Everything around him was black: the ground, the sky…everything. He then attempted to stand, but a sharp pain rocketed through his spine, making Sonic dizzy and forcing him to sit back down once more.
Not a good place for my scrapbook, The hero thought. If I had one.
Save her…
The voice seemed to bounce off the entire area, filling the landscape with its sound.
"Who said that?"
Silence.
"COME ON! WHO ARE YOU?"
Formed from nothing and out of nowhere, a light began to shine in the darkness. Quickly, it began to increase its brightness until eventually, the light took form. Standing before Sonic, was himself. However, as the same time, it wasn't. This Sonic was the purest color of white the blue blur ever saw. His whole body had a holy aura about it. Gold rings were wrapped around its arms and legs, and its eyes were a yellowish color.
Save her…
The voice came from this being. For some reason, this…thing harbored inside the hero's mind.
"If you're saying those things, then who said—?"
YOU CAN'T…
"Yeah. That." Sonic turned around to see the darkness that surrounded him taking form as well.
The shadows and blackness swirled together, carefully yet quickly forming a similar figure to the white one. Another Sonic stood on the opposite side, colored completely black with blood-red eyes. Its form shifted slightly with every second.
Save her…
YOU CAN'T…
"Both of you…SHUT UP!" Sonic shouted, and the two obeyed. "Who are you two?"
Purity. Holiness. Perseverance. Peace. Hope, The white one responded.
CORRUPTION. DEVILISH. FAILURE. PAIN. DESPAIR, The darker being replied.
"And why are you two here?"
Your journey is splitting you apart. Half of you believes that you can succeed in your quest; that you will save the one you love.
"I don't love her!"
We are you. We know your growing emotions.
THE OTHER HALF…ME…BELIEVES THAT YOU WILL FAIL. YOUR INABILITY TO SAVE THE ONE YOU CARE FOR WILL BRING ABOUT THE END OF YOUR HEROISM AND THOSE YOU TRY TO PROTECT WILL BE TORN APART, The corrupt Sonic boomed.
"Why are you yelling?" The Blue Blur asked, wincing at every word his evil side spat.
I HAVE A CONDITION!
Save her…
YOU CAN'T…
"What will happen if I succeed?"
We will merge again and become, in essence, you.
IF YOU FAIL, I WILL GROW IN POWER TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN STRANGLE THIS PURE, HOLY PEASANT TO THE BRINK BEYOND DEATH. THEN, I WILL TAKE OVER.
"That doesn't sound nice."
IT'S NOT.
Use the different skills and traits from those who surround you to help you in the rest of your journey. If you fail at combining all of them in your final challenge…well…
The pure form of Sonic trailed off.
I WILL BE VICTORIOUS!
Yes. That.
"Wait. I thought I died."
You didn't. We are sending you back.
Sonic's vision began to blur as he started to be transported back to the real world.
Remember! Save her!
The hedgehog collapsed on the ground, almost unconscious.
YOU CANT.
*Location: somewhere in the Di-Kai Mountains, real time*
The hero groggily awoke to a dimly lit cave. The scent of rosemary and potpourri filled the air as candles flickered in the room. The Blue Blur was on a stone platform, wrapped in a blanket with his head on a folded cloth. A wooden door was at the end of the room.
Reminds me of when I was at Espio's during the Darkspine siege…
The Fastest Thing Alive tossed off the blanket and sat up, but was hindered by a pain that shot through every corner of his body. Sonic gasped and dropped to the floor, banging his knees on the stone floor and making him cry out in agony.
On the other side of the door, sudden shuffling was heard and before long, a moderately sized gorilla stumbled in.
"You're awake! I was afraid I hadn't gotten to you in time!" The gorilla stated. "Please, let me help you back on the table."
The large animal assisted Sonic back onto the stone platform and pulled in a stool from the other room.
"Now, tell me about what happened to you, and I'll fill in what happened after you blacked out…apparently…and who I am," The friendly beast said, holding out his hand, gesturing for the hero to begin his tale. "Be at peace. You are safe here. Now, please begin."
*With Shadow and Rouge, fifteen minutes earlier, location: undisclosed*
The two were now holed up in a new location, slightly closer to the docks now. They had been there for a little while now, after Shadow had botched up the lookout window of the last location.
"Heads up! We may have something!" The Ultimate Life Form hissed, making Rouge hop out of her chair and kneel next to her partner, placing her hand on the hedgehog's leg to steady herself.
Shadow glanced down at her hand, then looked at her face with an expression of confusion, seriousness and slight surprise before turning back.
"Deathwatch," The bat stated, seeing eight armed figures march towards a recently docked boat. "See the tag?"
On the left should of each soldier, a picture of a mammoth skull with an arrow through it was painted on.
"Looks like the shipment is here as well. Time to make our move," Shadow whispered, drawing his pistol.
A click of a gun being cocked from behind them made the bat slightly jump and the dark hero narrow his eyes. The Ultimate Life Form turned slightly to see a moderately sized trooper standing behind the two with a Glock pointed at each of their heads. The soldier bore metal plating all of their body with a steel skull mask covering their face. A line of grenades were strung across the soldier's chest, and two Uzis were latched on their waist. A combat knife was sheathed in their left thigh, and a machine gun was strapped to the trooper's back along with a long Promethium sword.
"Guns down," The assassin said in a gruff voice.
Their foe was a male.
Rouge unloaded her pistol, and Shadow did the same with his as well as his Eotech machine gun. The two put their hands in the air and slowly stood up.
"Who—?"
"Backlash," Their captor stated. "Move."
*With Tails, real time, back at HQ*
The fox walked over to his new supercomputer and typed in a few commands, trying to dig up any more info on the poison inside Amy. Tails had told Knuckles that he could do whatever he wanted, since he wasn't needed at the moment, so the echidna went to the weight room.
It bugged the young genius that Di-Kai Mountains had cut the connection between him and Sonic. If anything happened to either one of them, no one would know for quite some time.
Granted, this was a risky bet that they were taking—finding a cure that may not even work. No backup from anyone else. They were all too busy hunting down Eggman to help them find a cure. Now, that was important as well. Couldn't have the crazy doctor running around and infecting people, and yes, he did have to be captured and jailed. After all, Robotnik had escaped them once before and gone into hiding. Now that he had resurfaced, they couldn't let him fade away now for fear that they may never find him again.
Still…help would be nice.
After finding nothing for the thousandth time of his computer, Tails logged off and shut his eyes. It had been a little while since he had relaxed. Amy was doing as fine as she could right now, Sonic was gathering ingredients, Knuckles was releasing some tension—now Tails could just take a breather…
"Master!" A help-bot cried, bursting into his room.
…or not.
"Amy Rose's condition has worsened! She's having uncontrollable seizures! We need you immediately!" The drone exclaimed.
There it is! Hope it was good enough for you!
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