Frost: This was a request from Ms. Di who asked me to do a one shot where the gang is captured by a new villan and forced to watch their worst memories but when Sonic is under the spell longer everyone is also forced to watch his. I also make an appearance in this story!
Sonic: Dear god your in this story?
Frost" Yep but I play a minor roll
Sonic: Don't care, your in this chapter so I'm running! *Takes off*
Frost: Fine! Go!
Knuckles: Frost doesn't own us, Sega does
Rouge: Please request and review and have a nice day
"Why can't we just have a normal day?" Knuckles asked as he along with all his friends sat in a cell, tied up and shivering from the cold. They had all been enjoying a lovely day out when a masked man had appeared and thrown a smoke bomb down in front of them knocking them all out. They had then woken up in the cell and were now awaiting their fate.
"We can't have a normal day because trouble always seems to follow us everywhere we go" Blaze snapped before giving an irritated huff and slumping against the wall slightly.
"What do you think the guy wants from us?" Silver asked making Shadow roll his eyes in annoyance.
"He probably wants to cut your tongue out so you can't ask stupid questions anymore" the ebony creation growled making the albino time traveller glare at him.
"Oh who asked you mister emo?" Silver bit right back and Shadow ground his teeth together in aggression.
"Well who wants to hear your voice all day you little—"
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Sonic screamed feeling his patience running thin from having to listen to his friends arguing back and forth all day long. Everyone fell silent at his outburst and just stared at the fuming hero who continued to fidget slightly with the heavy chains around his legs. Sonic was the only one who had his legs chained and from the looks of it the chains were causing him extreme amounts of pain.
"Well, well, well, looks like someone is getting a bit restless" a cool crisp male voice laughed from the shadows making all heads jerk up to face the owner of said voice. A man with coal black hair and deathly pale skin stood before him. One eye was a bright glowing orange while the other was a clouded grey, blind. A jagged scar ran down the left side of his face and over the grey eye showing everyone what had caused him to go blind in one eye. A malicious smile stretched across his face and his eyes glinted with ill intent.
"Hello children"
"Who are you?" Rouge spat not liking this man's attitude and also not liking being called a child.
"Oh I have many names, but for now you all may call me Rowan" the man said as he opened the cell door and walk towards them all, closing the door tightly behind him. He paced back and forth before them before crouching down and taking Shadow's face into his hands making the ebony male snarl angrily.
"Get your hands off of me human!" Shadow sneered while jerking his face out of the man's ice cold hands. Rowan just smirked down at him and chuckled low in his throat.
"This is going to be so much fun" he chuckled making everyone's skin turn cold.
"What are you planning on doing to us?" Tails asked worriedly and making the single orange eye snap to look at him.
"I have a very special talent, I am able to make people relive their worst memories and if I chose to I can show others as well" he explained and this made the group of heroes tense in fear and horror. "I plan on making all of you relive your worst moments in your lives, it will be so much fun to watch you all break"
"You're a monster!" Sonic growled angrily and making the man give a sharp laugh.
"If only you knew how true that statement was" he said making everyone frown in confusion only to give shouts as Rowan pressed his right hand to Shadow's forehead, a bright light flashing and making the ruby red eyes go glassy.
"Shadow!" Rouge cried as the ebony male just stared blankly ahead, his eyes glazed over and his breathing slightly panicked.
"He can't hear you, he's watching the worst moments in his life all over again" Rowan laughed making all the animals in the room snarl in rage. To them Shadow was just in a daze but for him it was much worse.
He was running, running as fast as he could and holding Maria's hand tightly. He could hear her panicked gasps of air and could feel the fear pouring off of her in waves. The pounding feet of the GUN soldiers was right behind them sending waves of fear through Shadow as well. He finally found the escape pods and shut the door even though he knew it wouldn't hold them for long.
"Shadow, I'm scared" Maria whimpered making his heart hurt.
"Don't worry, we'll be alright, you'll be fine" he cooed and gave her a tight hug before leading her towards the escape pod. They were just in front of it when the door caved in and ten soldiers armed with guns ran in.
"NO!" Maria screamed and shoved Shadow into the pod and activating it.
"Maria! What are you doing?" Shadow yelled as fear filled his eyes as he watched the blond stand before the panel with the ten soldiers pointing their guns right at her.
"Step away from there Miss and hand over Project Shadow" a soldier said coldly but the girl just glared at him and pressed the button.
BANG!
"NOOOOO!"
Shadow watched in horror as his best and only friend fell to the floor, blood gushing from her chest from where the bullet had hit her. Her kind blue eyes that once sparkled with life were now dime and clouded with pain.
"S-Shadow…promise me…that you'll…help…people and be…f-friends with them" Maria gasped as tears fell from her eyes. Shadow stared down at her as tears of his own started to fall and he gave a broken nod.
"I promise just don't go!" he cried making her smile.
"Goodbye…Shadow the hedgehog…I will always…be with you" Maria smiled just as the pod was ejected and her eyes fell shut for the last time.
"NO!"
Everyone watched as Shadow gave a heartbreaking scream and jerked back to reality, tears streaming down his face as his eyes darted about in both fear and sadness. He looked at everyone in confusion and shock before it dawned on him and he stared up at Rowan in fear as the pain of losing Maria was left fresh in his mind. The man laughed at the broken look on the hedgehog's face making everyone else give loud cries of anger.
"You heartless monster!" Knuckles roared making Rowan walk towards him with a malevolent smile on his face.
"Your turn now I guess" he smirked making the echidna's violet eyes widen and his friends to give shouts of protest before he too was plunged into his own world of pain.
"Mummy!" a four year old Knuckles called as robots stormed his village killing all echidnas in sight. The child ran as fast as he could trying to find his parents in all the chaos.
"Knuckles" the female voice cried and a light orange female echidna appeared bring the boy into a tight hug.
"Mummy" Knuckles murmured happily and nuzzled into his mother's neck taking in her familiar sent of sun flowers and spring grass. His mother ran through the village until they reached the edge where a forest grew. She set her son down and brushed his dreadlocks back and kissed his head.
"My beautiful son, mama loves you very much, never forget that. I will always be with you, will always be watching and will always love you not matter what" she cooed down at him making a small frown appear on his face.
"Mummy what you talking bout?" little Knuckles asked in confusion as his mother gave him another kiss on the head and looked him right in the eye.
"Knuckles listen to me, you must run and flee from here for only death awaits if you stay. you must go to angel island and protect the master emerald like you were destined to" she said making him nod.
"You coming too" he said making his mother smile sadly down at him and cup his cheeks in her hands.
"No my son, this is a journey you must make alone. But you won't be along for ever, you will make friends that will become your family and I will always be in your heart" she said making tears fill the child's eyes.
"But me want you mummy" Knuckles whimpered and wrapped his arms around her neck.
"I know my sweet little boy, I know. But I can't, you must go alone" she sobbed and held her son tightly. She planted kiss after kiss on his head before pulling away and pushing him towards the forest, "You must flee my son. Go, go now!"
"I love you mummy" Knuckles sob before rushing off into the trees. He ran until he reached the top of a small hill where he could look down at his village and he felt his eyes overflow with tears.
Fire and smoke was all that was left of his home. He could just make out some bodies lying on the ground and wondered if one of those bodies was his mother or father.
"Goodbye mummy and daddy" he whimpered before running to where he knew the master emerald was to protect it just like his mother wanted him too.
Knuckles gasped in shock as he found himself back in the cold cell with his friends and felt the tears falling from his eyes. A small sob escaped his mouth and he closed his eyes in defeat wishing to forget all he had just saw.
"That was ever so much fun" Rowan smiled down at him before moving along to his next walked back and forth, Shadow and Knuckles still trembling slightly and looking at him with disgust and slight fear. He finally stopped his pacing right in front of Silver who gulped in fear and looked up at him, silently pleading with him to not do it. Rowan just smirked and started to reach forward making the young albino lean back in terror.
"Don't touch him!" a voice snarled making Rowan freeze and look up at Sonic who was glaring at him with such hate that if looks could kill Rowan would be dead ten times over. Rowan frowned and stood up, making his way towards the child who continued to glare up at him.
"And why shouldn't I touch him boy?" he asked icily making Sonic bare his teeth in rage.
"Because if you do that to any more of my friend I will end your life slowly and painfully" Sonic spat making many eyes widen but Rowan to smile.
"Well then, I won't touch them, I'll get you instead and make them watch" Rowan laughed making Sonic turn pale and his eyes to widen in horror. Before he could react a white light flashed and all his friends eyes widened when a screen appeared before them. What they saw made them feel sick.
"Mama!" a four year old Sonic called as fire closed in on him from both sides. He screamed in fear when the roof fell almost crushing him under its weight.
"Sonic!" a panicked female voice yelled from the other end of the hall. The child looked up to see a light purple female hedgehog standing there coughing terribly.
"Mama!" Sonic yelled and started running towards her only to scream when the roof above her caved in and crushing her under its weight. He thought he heard her scream something like his name before the only sound he could hear was the roar of the fire.
"Mama?" he called again as tears started to fall from his emerald green eyes. When he was given no reply he curled up on the floor and cried not caring about the fire drawing closer. Suddenly a eleven year old orange hedgehog with bright purple eyes appeared and picked the small child up.
"Mama gone" Sonic sobbed into the older boys chest making the boy tense slightly.
'So is papa" he sighed making the child in his arms wail in despair.
"Me no wanna die Edmund" Sonic cried making the boy hold the child more tightly as he started running.
"You won't I promise I'll get you out" the boy vowed just as the floor beneath him gave a budge as did the roof above him. He froze in fear and started down at the boy in his arms before a sad smile crossed his face. He reached down and took off a golden medallion from around his neck that was in the shape of a dragon with a bright green gem for its eye and placed it around Sonic's neck.
"I said I'd get you out, but I never said I'd be coming with you" he said sadly making the child frown in confusion.
"What you mean?' Sonic asked only to scream when Edmund suddenly threw him out the window, glass shattering around him and that last thing he saw before falling was his brother being crushed under the roof of the house.
"NOOOOO!"
Those watching had tears in their eyes as they watched Sonic's world fall apart, even Shadow was in tears. After seeing Maria's death in full detail again he was left raw and emotional and seeing a child going through that was enough to make his heart ache. They all expected Sonic to wake up in tears, but he didn't. The screen stayed and he kept the glazed look to his eyes with silent tears falling from them. Even Rowan was shocked as another even began to play on the screen.
"Freak!" the girls voice cut through the air like a knife and made Sonic flinch slightly. He was standing before a young lioness holding his hand out towards her with a swirling ball of chaos energy on it that was flashing many different colours. The girl hit his hand making the ball vanish and making a five year old Sonic move away from her.
"You're a freak and I'm gonna tell everyone" the girl sneered at him before pushing him to the floor making the child yelp slightly. He watched as the girl ran off with tears in his eyes and looked down at his hands in sadness.
"Freak, mistake, unwanted, monster" he whispered to himself as tears began to fall from his emerald green eyes. A sudden noise made him look up to see the same lioness with a group of other kids who were all sneering down at him.
"There's the freak, get him!" the girl yelled as they all started running towards him. Sonic gasped and took off running tripping over his own feet in his panic. He ran till he came to a dead end and turned to face the group before him.
There was the lioness, two older male lions and a female cheetah. They all sneered at him making the child tremble in fear and back up against the wall.
"Please, let me go" Sonic begged only for one for the lions to snarl and slash his claws across his chest making the boy scream in pain.
"You're a freak, a danger to everyone around you. Your powers are nothing but trouble you monster" the darker lion smirked making tears sting Sonic's eyes.
"I don't mean to be a monster" he cried as the female cheetah kicked him in the chest.
"We'll make sure you won't hurt anyone with your freakish powers" she laughed as they all began to kick him. Sobs broke from the broken form beneath them as they continued to beat him.
"STOP!" the voice was male and held so much rage and anger it made Sonic almost feel sorry for his attackers. They turned to see a human boy with wispy white hair standing before them dressed in black pants and a blue hoodie.
"Why should we? What are you gonna do to us if we don't?" the lighter male lion asked only to gasp when the boy raised his hands and sent a blast of frost at them.
"Leave, now!" He hissed making them run. He looked down at Sonic with sadness as he stared right back, bleeding and broken. He approach him slowly and rested his hands on him and Sonic watched as the boys hands glowed ice blue. The pain left and he found all his wounds healed.
"You're not a monster child, you are special" the human boy whispered before standing and walking away leaving the little one alone and wondering who he was.
"Stop this please!" Tails cried as more tears fell from his eyes wondering how anyone could be this cruel to Sonic.
"It won't stop until he has lived them all" Rowan said and he almost sounded remorseful as he stared at the blank hedgehog before him whose eyes were still glazed and overflowing with tears.
"His power over chaos is more powerful than I first thought" Knuckles muttered making Shadow nod as well. He couldn't believe the faker could make orbs of chaos energy and at such a young age.
"There's another one" Silver gasp in pain as the screen came to life again making them all tense and send worried looks to their friend.
"Why do you leave me all the time?" a six year old Sonic asked as he stared up at the white haired boy. He still wore the same hoodie and black pants with fraying shoes. Now that he was close Sonic could see the boy was deathly pale and had stunning green eyes that seemed brighter than his own.
"I'm not meant to stay in one place too long" He said without looking at Sonic.
"I could go with you" Sonic suggested making the boy shake his head and send him a sorrowful look.
"I'm sorry child but my life is dangerous and unpredictable. I can't risk your life as well" He said as his white hair blew about in the wind. Sonic looked down in sadness and snuggled closer to the boy's ice cold body.
"I miss you when you leave Frost" he whispered making the boy called Frost look down at him with a blank expression.
"It's probably best if you just forget about me emerald" Frost sighed using the nickname he made for the child. Sonic stared up at him in shock and confusion as tears started to form.
"Why would you want to be forgotten?" he whimpered making Frost sigh and look out towards the mountains from atop the roof they sat on.
"I'm not good with people, I'm better off alone" was all he said.
"Your good with me" Sonic pressed but Frost didn't react, he just sat in silence and Sonic felt his heart hurt for the teenage boy who had saved him a year ago. He had found him but he was very distant and didn't trust people or even like them. Sonic liked to think he was the boys friend but sometimes it felt like he was just tolerating his presence.
"You are different from the rest child, you understand what it's like to have a broken heart" Frost suddenly said making Sonic look up in shock. It was the first time Frost had ever admitted that he meant something to him.
"Will I ever get to go with you?" he asked making a deep frown cross his face.
"No"
Sonic sighed only to jump when Frost stood suddenly and started walking away. That was what he would normally do, he would just up and leave him but something felt different this time.
"Frost, wait" he pleaded making him freeze in place and turn to look at him sadly. Sadness seemed to be the only emotion he could show.
"I have to leave child" he said while closing his eyes.
"Will I ever see you again?" he asked brokenly as tears started to fall. He knew, he knew he was gone and beyond his reach.
"We are very alike but very different. Maybe someday we will meet again" Frost said before walking away and jumping down from the roof. Sonic watched as he disappeared in the forest, a light snow fall beginning and covering his tracks from sight.
"Frost, thank you" Sonic sobbed as he watched the only person in the world who mattered to him leave him alone once more. But this time, he wasn't coming back.
"Oh Sonic" Blaze whispered as the image faded into nothing. Everyone felt sad as they watched the human boy named Frost with powers over ice and snow disappear. They could tell he was filled with hurt and loss just like Sonic and that's why they connected. It broke their hearts to see him just walk away and leave a lonely child behind but they could tell he couldn't take Sonic with him, he wasn't ready to take care of a child.
"Please no more" Knuckles begged as more tears fell but his cries went unanswered as the final image began to play.
Sonic watched in horror as robots attacked the village he was staying in. He was ten years old now and had moved on from Frost, the only person who had been like a brother to him after his own brothers death. He still missed the white haired boy but he accepted his choice as well.
Now he watched his home go up in flames. People screamed in fear and ran for their lives as their loved ones were snatched up ad turned into robots as well. At the heart of all the panic was a man shaped like an egg laughing like a maniac.
"Get them! Get them all!" he shouted as more robots were sent out to capture the people. Sonic screamed as he was knocked down by something landing on him and he shuddered as something warm trickled onto his face. Rolling whatever it was off him he gasped when he saw what it was.
A body, a dead body of the same lioness who beat him all those years ago. Her eyes were open wide in horror and fear and a large bullet hole was in the back of her head. Sonic held back sobs as he backed away from her not wanting to feeling sorry for her but at the same time he did.
"Ashley!" the panicked scream of a mother called as she rushed forward and pulled the body into her arms and sobbed, "My poor baby, my child, my baby"
Sonic felt his heart hurting as he watched the mother grieve for her only child only to also be shot in the head as well. The ten year old could feeling it all becoming too much as he watched more people dying or being captured.
"Please" the cry made him turn and see the same dark male lion form all those years ago lying in a pool of his own blood. His eyes were diming and his breathing shaking, "Please help them, please help them"
Sonic watched as he died and turned to watched more people die. His eyes that were filled with fear and horror suddenly hardened with determination and anger. He raised his hands that were glowing with chaos energy and glared at all the robots.
"You will not kill anymore" he growled before dashing forward at supersonic speeds and cutting through the robots, destroying them left and right and tearing through them like they were made of butter. He smashed them and threw them and stopped them from killing or taking any more people. When he smashed the last one he watched as the man left, promising to return and get his revenge.
"He won't stop" Sonic jumped and turned to see and elderly man standing there with sorrow filled eyes. He looked down at his feet and nodded.
"I know"
"Question is, what are you going to do about it?" the man asked making the child look at him with determination.
"I'll chase after him, stop him from ever doing something like this again. I'll stop him" he vowed making the man smile and nod.
"Just keep your powers in check, if they learn how powerful you truly are they might try and hurt you or use you" the man warned making Sonic shift nervously.
"So I'm not a monster?"
"No, you are special" the man said making Sonic remember when Frost told him the same thing. He smiled at the memory before turning and taking off the high speed ready to face his future and not be afraid of tomorrow.
Everyone watched as Sonic gave a shuddering gasp as he returned to reality and clutched at his chest as if in pain. The chains vanished the suddenly they found themselves back in the backyard they were in before they were captured. Rowan was gone and they rushed to his side.
"Sonic, I'm so sorry" Blaze cried as she hugged him tightly.
"We'll never leave you" Rouge promised.
"We're your family now" Tails assured him.
"I'll keep you safe" Knuckles promised.
Sonic looked at them all in sadness and pain. He raised his hand towards them all and made the same orb of chaos energy he'd made for the lioness and they watched as it changed colour. No one moved until Shadow raised his own hand and made an identical orb.
"Not a monster" was all the ebony male said making a small smile appear on Sonic's face.
"Not a monster"
Frost: I know, this was really long and took me all day to write!
Blaze: Is your hand sore?
Frost: Very, anyways i hope you liked it Ms. Di
Silver; Please request and review everyone and see you all next time