Fear

Somewhere, with Sonic

Third person P.O.V

When, the 'yellow figure' in front of Sonic turned his head towards Sonic, he shocked as word or name went out of his mouth.

"Sonic?" his voice was heavenly, full of hope and light. Even you can tell it wasn't evil.

(Roll it down slowly. Drumroll please…..It was…)

"It's you, Super...What a pleasant surprise to see you but I can't imagine to see you in this 'big cage' you're in. What have got you into this cage?" Sonic said as he was slowly approaching the cage but he stopped by his yellow counterpart.

"No! Don't approach this cage!" Super shouted as Sonic was jolted by Super's remarked.

"Hmm? Why not?" the blue blur asked in curiosity but more startled by Super's sudden words as he took a few steps away from the cage to avoid Super from yelled at him again.

"This cage was built to repress any form of positive energy as it was slowly drained it from their body, causing you to be in vulnerable state as you became an easy target to the enemy." he explained. " That's what he told me." he cursed under his breath, only to be heard by his original-self.

"He?" You mean 'him'?" he asked 'brilliantly'.

"Yes, him. Your other self but in this case your 'darker side' who proclaimed himself as your 'loyal friend'."he replied with disgust in each words.

"Oh…I..." Sonic was speechless, unable to say anything afterwards as Super continued what he intended to say earlier. "Anyway, what I'm intended to say earlier was, how you get here? Heck, how did you even know this place?" he asked desperately, wanting an answer from the cobalt blue hedgehog himself.

"Hey..one question at a time." he said sarcastically in his usual cheery tune. " Well, to answer your question. I don't know." he said carefreely.

"You don't know? How come?" Super asked.

"First off, I really don't know. Second, I was there, in a battle to decide world's and my homeland's fate. Then, poof! I was here!" the blue blur explained.

"Hmmm…..That is weird.." he thought about it as he put his right hands under his lips like detectives always do as he walked around in circle until something clicked in his mind. "Hmmm….Maybe that's why." he murmured to himself as Sonic asked out of curiosity. "What is?"as Super replied, "Don't you realised that you were annoyed and lost your temper so easily?"

"Now that I think about it, Yes. I did lose my temper and throwing tantrums whenever I was annoyed." he said truthfully. "Even to my friends." he said, sounding guilty of what he has done this week. "So, what about it?"

"I think, it's Dark's fault. His negative energy influenced your personality, slowly turning your usual self into his."

"Okay, then. What's the reason he put you behind bar? Moreover, the bar that can drained your positive energy?" And for once something brilliant came from Sonic's mind. "Wait…he did this because…" before Sonic can finish his sentence, Super said, "So that I will cease to exist within you. But, his plan has been tampered with." he smirked

"Who helped you?"

"Chaos did." he replied.

"Gramps did? But why would a god tampered with this timeline?"

Super just shrugged his shoulder as Sonic got lost in thoughts as well as Super. Suddenly, there was a black mist forming between them which Super and Sonic didn't notice it was there. Then, 'it' thought. Those two were thinking too much. Let's put an end to that, shall we…

"'That old man' is sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, isn't he?" it said or to be more precise a fully formed mist in shape of a hedgehog which startled both of them and put them in shocked state in its presence. Sonic and Super were shocked and feared by Dark sudden appearance. Yes, it is Dark. Sonic's darker side. Why is he here though? As shocked as they were, they won't let fear control them. Out of fear, Sonic said bravely but it seems he was shaking but he tried, "What are you doing here, Dark?"

"Are you pretending to be brave?" Dark said sarcastically as he continued the sarcasm. "Look! Sonic the Hedgehog who self-proclaimed himself invulnerable was vulnerable after all!"

"Is that an insult? Whatever you were trying to do is not working, Dark." Sonic said as his voice starting to get more serious.

"Don't be so serious. Anyway, I'm here for a reason, right Super?" he said as he turned face up to Super who was still in the cage. Super's reaction was shocked and speechless as he has the courage to speak up to the dark hedgehog who has the corrupted Sonic's usual trademark grin on. "No, you wouldn't…."he said in disbelief.

"Oh, I would. Don't you trust me? Beside, why did you bother? You'll be cease to exist in Sonic's mind. Why?" the dark hedgehog said with a grin still on his face. Alas, Super was annoyed with his attitude as he his voice started to raise up. "I bothered because I care about Sonic more than you." the yellow hedgehog said with pride. Super seems hit a nerve which made the Dark more angry as his voice started to be more deep and...dark. Dark was not satisfied with Super's sense of love for the blue blur. He was irritated with Super. Finally, he lashed out at Super because of the irritation he felt by the golden hedgehog.

"Who do you think you were talking to, Super?" he asked softly but there was venom in it.

"You, of course. Who would I be talking to then?" Super joked as Sonic gave Super his trademark smile and thumbs up which made Dark's anger rise up even more. When Sonic did that, it just added salt to the wound which made it even worse. In this case, you might not want to see this as the situation got more worse.

"What's wrong, Dark? Holding back? Knowing you, you would lashed out at anything when you were annoyed. Why aren't you do it now? Isn't it make more easier for your 'plan'? Super said sarcastically but he was in serious mode. And again, Super hit a nerve.

"How dare you, you inferior being?!" he yelled angrily which startled both of them. "You think I was playing around? No. You see, the chaos emeralds made my job ten times more easier. Every time Sonic absorbed chaos emeralds' power, he absorbed both of it, positive and negative. Usually, he used the positive to transform into you as the negative cancelled out of his channel but slowly changing his personality or most likely altered his personality into mine." heexplained.

"And, what did you get out of it?" Super asked as Sonic nodded in agreement.

"Yeah….Explain yourself." Sonic said in serious tone.

"Is that how both of you are going to treat me from now on? No matter, I will make the world suffer for all they have done to us!" Dark said with pride.

"Woah, hold on a second. What do you mean by 'us'?" Sonic asked nervously.

"With you by my side of course." he smirked.

Sonic was shocked by Dark's statements. He should've known Dark would do that. And then, Super said with hatred, "Over my dead body."

"You think I'm afraid of that 'corny' statements of yours? I've heard that so many times." he scoffed ashe said sarcastically. Dark continued without sarcasm tune on, "You see, in this space or realm or whatever you call it, I have complete control. I only have to think of it. Like this." he said as the scenery changed into a place familiar to Sonic. It was Emerald Coast. Both of them were shocked. Unknownst to them, Super was no longer in a cage. But he was handcuffed. Maybe to avoid harm to Dark himself when he let his guard down. As always, the handcuff was not a normal one. It was a restrained handcuff. Which drained your energy to make you vulnerable.

"Now you believe me?" he said as he looked at them especially to Sonic.

Then, something clicked in his mind. Obviously, it was a bad thing. After that, he looked at Super who was still not believe in Dark. Super said, "What kind of trick you were pulled off, Dark. On top of that, I still don't believe in you, you liar."

"You called me a 'liar'? I think that will change after I did something to your precious someone." he said with a smug grin.

Suddenly, Sonic kneeled down on his knees as he was groaning in pain.

"Arrrggghhh!" he groaned in pain like his head was going to explode in a matter of time. Super kneeled down to Sonic to see if he can help but there was no way of helping right now except…..

"You! What have you done to him? Do you not care about him anymore?!" the golden hedgehog shouted angrily as his eyes were burning of hatred.

"He forced me to do it. I have no choice. Beside, it was for his own good." he said without remorse as Sonic screamed in pain in the background as Dark was not bear to hear it any longer as he quickly think of Sonic collapsed for not making him suffer any further. And, Sonic collapsed. The scream stopped as Super looked at him and asked, "What did you just do?" At first, Dark was shut off his mouth and he said, "I do care about him. I-I just...don't want him to suffer like he did in the past." the dark hedgehog said nervously in sad tone. Super looked at him directly into his eyes with a smile on his face as he said, "You are a kind person. You just somehow influenced by the negative chaos energy. But, Your compassion for Sonic made you think properly. I know that Sonic's past turned you into some kind of 'avenger' you are today, no offense, alright?" Dark sighed as he said, "None taken. Proceed if you will." Super took a very deep breath and he said, "If you can change yourself, Sonic might want to be your friend again even his best and close friend. Don't you want that?" for once Dark was thinking about it for a while. A few moments later, Dark said, "I do thought about that but I can't just let go of the past! But then again, I might give it a shot. I guess that's what he will said to me anyway." he looked at unconscious Sonic and looked back at Super.

Suddenly, all around them started to fade away.

"Before I go, I wanna say…...th-thank you for your advice, Super." Dark thanked.

"Actually, I only said what Sonic want me to say to you. He's a very kind person, doesn't he?" Super gave Dark a heartwarming smile as Dark secretly returned the smile. It's the first time he smiled and he said, "Yes, he is. I should've known he would said that. I see you around, Super. Send my regards to him, will you?" he said as he vanished as Super looked at his hands that was starting to fade away. The golden hedgehog looked at Sonic who was still unconscious as he smiled. "You are a very special hedgehog alive, Sonic. There's still so much you have to learn. On your journey, you will meet new friends and new enemies. There will be hope, despair, chaos, disarray and last but not least..deaths. These are the path you have take and bear in order to fulfill your destiny as the hero and saviour of the world. I just hope you are not misguided in the process of your journey. You are a golden-hearted hero, Sonic. You will shine very brightly beyond your own imagination because of your heart. Farewell, Sonic. Until we meet again…." he faded as the realm shone very brightly that made you to look away.

Station Square, 9.00 p.m.

After Jules Charles Hedgehog, the second imperial prince to the royal family of mobius declared war against the current heir, Circe the Hedgehog and the rest of the royal family as well as its citizen, the situation has died down a little as the heroes went back home. But the citizen still live in fear of what might happen next. There was destruction everywhere. Corpses of dead body were lying covered in blood and yet this was just the beginning and the outcome of this war may yet a lot more worse than this 'minor' destruction. Let's just hope that our hero will sort it out safely and nicely. As you all know, people only know that the royal family has vanished without a trace, leaving a kingdom without its ruler but there has been a rumor everywhere. The rumor was about one of the ex-royal guards saw King Circe himself. All of the citizen was hoping that it was real.

With Sonic and company

Sonic and Tails' House

The heroes was tending their wounds from the battle at the station square. What strange it is, that Sonic was lying on a bed and Circe, Aleena and surprisingly, Shadow was waiting for him to wake up. While waiting, Tails called Knuckles and the others to come visit them. Team Chaotix would like to come but they have to defend the citizen of Station Square from upcoming harm. Weird thing is, 'Why Sonic was unconscious?'

All of Sonic's friends were worried sick about Sonic's sudden collapse at Station Square especially his family as they waited very patiently for him to wake up. About three hours later, Sonic seemed to regain his consciousness. He opened his eyes and saw so many people in the same room as he is. Suddenly, he wondered, 'What have happened as why did he unconscious? Lying on this bed with all of his friends and family who seemed to be worried about his well-being. 'Why though?' he thought as he started. He said in a very low tone, "What happened?"

At first, all of them were startled by the sudden question from the blue blur who was supposed to be unconscious but already awake. Shadow was the first one to say.

"We were supposed to ask that to you." the black blur said in his rather usual grumpy tone.

"What do you mean? I don't understand what you were trying to say, Shadow." the blue blur talked back. Everyone who were at Station Square exchanged looks to each other. Their expression was anxious. So did Shadow. It was his first time to be so worried of the blue blur. Sonic was still confused. Heck, all of these was confusing for Sonic to understand. So he broke out the long silences between him and the others.

"Tell me. What happened at Station Square? What happened to me?" he asked impatiently as he started to tapping his foot, means that he needs an answer ASAP.

"You don't remember what happened earlier, do you?" Shadow asked.

"No. I don't. Is that clear for you?" Sonic said irritatedly.

"No." he said

"What do you mean? Can't you just cut through the chase?" the blue hero said calmly, tried to control his temper but it seemed to be in vain as it was slowly overwhelmed his consciousness to think straight.

"Fine." he sighed. "After 'that guy' declared war with us and our people, his people's started to wreak havoc at station square and attacked people with violence. In the process, many died in his hands. Suddenly, out of nowhere you screamed in pain as you got down on your knees. When it happened, there seemed to be a black cloak surrounding your entire body as a white mist was trying to fight it but before it can fight, you collapsed which is drawing everyone's attention as the black cloak and white mist suddenly vanished." he explained it in every detail he can remember. "And here we are. Is that explanation sounds good enough for you?" he said like he didn't care at all like it isn't caught his interest at all.

"Well, yeah….but…'Why can't I remember it?' I remember about 'that guy was declaring war'. But any after that was a blank." Sonic answered.

"Maybe….You were traumatized." Tails asked who has been in silence mood since this conversation has started.

"Traumatized? What made you said that, Tails? I mean,thinking that I was traumatized even though I always carefree about everything. Isn't it a bit too much? Moreover, what was the cause of it to make 'this hero' traumatized? You guys do know that it takes a lot of hard work to take me down." Sonic said cockily, clearly boasting about his position as the hero of this planet or maybe the universe.

"That was really lame, Sonic." Shadow said sarcastically with a grin.

"I know. You don't have to tell me what I know, Shadow." Sonic laughed.

Everyone was cheer up a little by Sonic personal-self was still in there even though he was hardly showing any his personal traits. Then, Tails started to think even deeper which made Sonic expression to change. He wasn't gonna drop the topic, was he? Sonic thought.

"Hey, Tails! Care to share what you have in mind?" the blue blur shouted friendly at Tails.

"Hmmmmm….Maybe…you traumatized because of the people who you protect from any harm are dying because of you are being so reckless. Because of your own silly mistake, people suffered the consequences. Is that right, Sonic?" he turned towards Sonic who were widened his eyes in shocked as Sonic started to picture the images of countless corpses of people were lying everywhere. All was his fault.

Then, Sonic started to screamed very loudly as he put his both hands at his head.

The pain was unbearable. That's right. Everyone thought he was a hero but he was nothing but a blue hedgehog who was at the same time and same place. Heck, he can't even save one people. Is that even worth it to call him as hero. Everyone was startled as they quickly went to his side.

"He was having a seizure! Come on, help him! Somebody?!" Shadow said anxiously. But he gained no reply from any of them. Suddenly, Shadow remember something about his mom. " Mom! You are a magical alchemist, right?" he asked desperately.

"I know what you are going to say, son. I'll try my best. When I do that, you all stand aside." Aleena replied as she went to her son as she put both of her hands on Sonic's head as she was trying to see what happened in his mind. And, she saw some gruesome images, caused her to look away from it. As she went even deeper, she saw what the cause of it. It was the images of his family and all of his friends dying as he was being forced to watch the whole thing. I think this is what causing the seizure… Aleena thought as she tried to destroy the fake images with her power. After all of that, she got out of his mind. There. That should do the trick. Aleena thought to herself. It's working. When Sonic stopped screaming, he opened his eyes slowly to see all of them watching him with a worried expression on their each of their faces.

"Hey, guys. What's wrong with the worried faces again? Did something happened?" Sonic asked innocently.

"Maybe, we should call it a day, son. It's already 12.00am at night. Let's go to bed." Circe said.

"Yeah, agreed. You guys should go home. I can take care of myself. Don't worry." he assured.

"Oh well, I was getting sleepy by any minutes. I see you later, Sonic." Amy said as she started to walk to the door and leave. Followed by all of his friends as they said their goodbye before leaving. After that, Tails left. Which left Sonic and his family.

"I think you guys should go to bed now. Don't worry. My house has two guest rooms. Mom and dad, you shared room if that's okay with you." They nodded as they said their goodbye and left the room. "Shadow, you take that remaining room."

"No, I'll be staying here."

"Oh, Shadow worried about little ol' me? You don't have to worry about me, Shadow. Just act like yourself. I, being your little brother doesn't change anything, okay? We were still rival." Sonic said.

"Hmph….Alright then. It's a deal." Shadow said as he left the room, leaving Sonic all alone. He stared through the window and saw the stars and moon shining at night.

"Good night, world. Tomorrow will be a better day." he murmured to himself before drifted out to the dreamworld.

And…...there!

There was a lot of questions to be answered. Stay tune on the next chapter of Destiny!

Sorry, took almost two weeks. I was very busy last weeks. Hope you all enjoy. I see you next time! ^-^