CHAPTER 10

DECISION

Kiya watched Deminse fall to the ground with little pain showing in his movement as he got back off of the ground. She turned to Ker, "Ker, why is that hedgehog attacking your brother?"

Ker turned to his mother trying to explain the situation, "You see mother when Deminse said we were no longer angels, he wasn't kidding. Deminse tried to rule Mobius a lot of times but only one Mobian couldn't stand and watch that happen." He turned to the black hedgehog running up to his brother ready to hit him once more. "Shadow the Hedgehog."

Kiya was still a bit puzzled, "So wouldn't that make Shadow the good guy and Deminse the bad guy?"

"Well...yeah. Sorry mother, but we're all filled with darkness now. Nothing can satisfy us except for the taste of blood from our victims."

Kiya's eyes watered, "I can't believe you all came out like this. So evil and full of hate."

"Hey, Ker!" A female voice called out.

Ker turned away from Kiya and turned to a white bat running towards him. "Rouge?"

"Ker, we're so glad you're okay and..." Her eyes then stared at a young looking female human standing beside him. She looked like one of them but she didn't seem like a threat, but who knew. She still could be evil from the inside. She took her eyes away from her and back at Ker. "Who's this woman, Ker?"

"Oh she's my mother. Her name's Kiya."

"So that's your mother?"

He nodded and made a small smile.

"So...she's not one of you? I mean as a demon? You did resurrect her right?"

He looked down to the ground in sadness, "You don't understand. I missed her. I just needed her back in my life."

"I understand Ker, but you know that you can't do that to the dead no matter how badly you want to see them again."

"I know", he said in a low voice.

"Wait a minute", Kiya said. "What do you mean by me being a demon?"

Before either of them could answer, Rouge had saw Karu approaching her with two swords in each hand. She quickly moved out of the way, making Karu's strike miss her. She had then ran back over to him and sent a powerful kick to his body knocking him back. "Fuck off, Karu. We're taking Ker back wether you like it or not."

He smirked, "Sounds like a death wish, bat." He was then knocked down when Deminse's body fell on top of his. "Deminse!" He took his body from his and looked at his face. He looked exhausted from the fight and he was barely conscious. "Deminse", he said with worry.

Deminse's eyes were barely open as he spoke, "Heh heh, I guess Shadow got somewhat stronger after our little vacation."

"Or maybe you're getting too damn lazy to even fight the bastard."

Deminse looked up at the sky, "Damn it, Hedgehog." He quickly took his body from the ground and pushed Karu out of the way.

Karu had no idea what had happened but when he started to look around, he saw Deminse with his body on the ground with a machete stabbed in his chest with Shadow holding the weapon. "Deminse!"

Shadow stood there glaring into his eyes full of hatred. "This is it, Deminse. This is where I'm going to separate you from this world once again."

"You know I'm just going to come back right?"

"Shut up!" He pushed the point of the blade deeper into his flesh. He had enjoyed watching his blood rise. It could tell he was in pain but just not enough. "I know for a fact that what I'm doing to you won't kill you. In order for that to take that kind of effect, I have to do some serious damage to your body and I know exactly how to do it." He took the blade away from his chest and pointed it near his neck.

Kiya placed her hand over her mouth and gasped. 'No! Deminse...I can't bear to lose him.'

Deminse had felt the blade touch his neck and he could feel the pain of the blade making contact with his skin. He could even feel the thick wetness of his blood running down his neck. He looked up Shadow.

"I've said this before and I'll say it again. See you in hell!" As Shadow was about to cut off his head, a young human woman pushed him down to the ground with tears. Shadow had fell on the ground with the human woman on top of him full of tears.

"Please don't kill my son. He means so much to me."

Shadow rose an eyebrow in confusion, 'A human?' "Just who the fuck are you?"

"Mother, get away from him!" Reign shouted.

"He's dangerous to us!" Satar added.

She looked back at the angry hedgehog with worry hoping that he wouldn't hurt her.

Shadow made a deep growl and pushed her body off his making her body touch the dusty ground. He got off of the ground and glared at Kiya, "How dare you! You filthy human!"

She took her body off the ground and faced the hedgehog. "Shadow!" She called.

The hedgehog faced her with a confused expression, "How do you know my name, human?"

"Because Ker told me about you. You're supposed to be the good guy right?"

He blinked, "I guess you can say that."

"I'm Ker's mother, Kiya."

His eyes widened, "What? You're..." He then began to think about the situation. 'Of course. The demons took Ker for a reason. They needed his extra power to revive their dead mother but...I don't sense anything demonic inside of her...yet.'

Charmy flew over to Ker, "Ker, you have to come back with us. Who knows what your brothers and sisters have planned for you."

"I already know, Charmy", Ker answered back.

"You do?"

He made a nod, "They want me to be with them again and become a family."

"But Ker, don't you remember anything?" Vector asked. "They're evil."

"I know but I want to be with them so badly."

"All right, Ker", a female voice said while approaching him.

Ker looked up and saw Seraku giving him a cold look, "Seraku?"

"Are you going to stay with us or those pitiful creatures?" She asked.

Kiya slowly approached him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Please stay with us, Ker. We're supposed to be a family remember? We're supposed to look out for each other."

"Mother", he murmured.

Espio looked down at his hands and saw them shaking. 'Something's not right here', he thought.

Shadow held his head as if he had a really bad headache. "Wha? What the hell?" He said in a low voice. He looked over to Kiya seeing her hand on Ker's shoulder. 'What's going on?' He thought. 'What am I feeling? Am I feeling the presence of a demon? It...can't be her can it? No, it is.' He removed his hand from his head and called out to Ker. "Ker!"

Before Ker could react to his call, he yelled out in some kind of pain and kneeled to the ground holding his sides.

Everyone had their mouth open having no idea what was going on.

"What the hell?" Satar said.

Baz stared with amazement, "What's wrong with Ker?"

Deminse stared at his suffering brother. 'Is mother doing this?'

Soon Ker took his hands away from his sides and slowly got off of the ground with his head tilted down. His hair had suddenly grown longer than it was. Instead of the ends stopping at his neck, it was now down to his back. He was then murmuring words under his breath. So low no one could barely hear him. He then lift his head from the ground and faced the group with his fangs appearing in his menacing smile. "I'm back."