"How do you know he's going there?" Triste turned towards Shadow. They were watching them put the ray on the Tornado ll, do to the fact the original was still on Eggman's latest flying base.

"A vision from the future. Would you believe that?" he asked raising an eyebrow. He had recognized the place in the vision when they broke apart. He could only hope that he was going to the same place; but he wouldn't tell the others that.

"Honestly, unfortunately," Shadow closed his eyes in annoyance, "Yes." Triste managed a smile. Of all the emotions, Shadow was annoyed. The way his face looked...it was wonderful. It was one of those things that Triste, when he was part of Sonic always liked. How Shadow would get that annoyed aura about him, but if you were also funny about it, you would also get something...happy about it.

"I really don't think there's time to ponder about it, but...technically it's from another timeline. If we do this right. Well, technically because of the message it's still another timeline but-"

"I get the point Triste." Shadow interrupted the blue hedgehog.

"Right." Triste looked back towards the plane. They were almost ready. Hopefully Asher had took the long way. He had to of took the long way. The only way was to use the boat in Station Square. Well, even if he didn't use the long way, he was going to get there before them. It was funny how you could get worried about stuff like this. There was no reason to.

Triste's worries manifested into the feeling of riding an elevator in his stomach. That was the only way to explain it. It wasn't butterflies, but an elevator ride.

Asher sent a glare towards the little boat. The stupid thing was the only way to go here. As he looked around the first Egg Carrier, he realized the ride was not worth it. He didn't know why he wanted to go here. Maybe it was because it was in the middle of the ocean, where he couldn't hurt anyone. He really was worried. He didn't. He couldn't.

But I can. I can hurt anyone I want.

Asher clutched his head. I'm not think this. I'm not thinking this. Suddenly he realized something. The voice didn't say 'We' this time. It said 'I'... I said 'I'.

"Dear Chaos." He managed to utter, which was surprising because he was shaking so badly. He closed his eyes, wanting to end it all. Wait. He could end it all. He walked over to the edge of the carrier, looking down into the deep blue. I can end it.

But I won't. He let out a cry of anger. The thoughts of anger and sadness with actions of wrong, were slowly becoming hard to distinguish from the right. Inside he felt like he was dying. Maybe he was; it'd be better than what was really happening. Losing yourself in separate pieces was one thing, losing one of the pieces was even worse.

"Sonic may have thought things like this throughout his life. However I will...not. Say that I can't just ignore them." He let out a deep chuckle. "Stop that."

They had agreed it'd be best for Shadow, Silver, and Triste to go first using chaos control. Blaze would stay with the Tails just to make sure everything alright. Eggman, using one of his Egg vehicles would go to the crash site.

"Any surprises that'll we'll find there?" The ebony hedgehog asked, suspicion clear in his eyes.

"No, perhaps some maid bots. They shouldn't be of any use, they're only good for cleaning. Believe me, once I programmed them to converge the crash into a submarine, but they failed."

Tails smirked at this. "Maid bots? Turning the crash site into a submarine?"

"They didn't do the job right." Eggman then scowled as he heard Tails' reply of 'I'd bet.'

"Are we ready?" Blaze asked her eyes half lidded. As everyone said a variant of 'yes', Triste remained quiet.

"Triste?" Silver questioned noticing his silence. Said hedgehog brushed it off.

"I'm fine, let's just go."

Asher sat on the green glass, underneath it the machine somehow still moving of some sorts. He didn't want to hurt anybody, but he did. It was confusing, sad and all together hurting him.

"Asher?" His ears flicked as he heard his name.

"Tris? Wh-What are you doing here? I, I might, hurt or even kill you." Asher shivered as he heard his own threatening tone. He would have been even more scared if he hadn't done it on purpose. As he saw Triste come up the ramp, he clenched his teeth.

"S'alright, if you cooperate everything will just fine." Triste said as soft as he could. It brought memories of Sonic to his mind. He hated it.

"Hm." Asher's body language changed, from someone who was scared, to someone who thought they were in control, "What if I don't want to co-op-er-ate?" Triste's eyes narrowed as he heard him saying every syllable.

"You're not going to make this easy are you?" The darker blue hedgehog asked. The lighter simply smiled in response.

"Alright." he paused a second, "Idiot." Asher's eyebrow twitched. Suddenly a light blue aura surrounded him.

"Silver!?" His creepy tone vanished as he was lifted into the air. Then was hit against the glass. And then Again. And Again. And Again. Silver's front quills flared as he hit the hedgehog against the glass. Triste's ears went against the back of his head as he heard the glass crack. Asher looked up, a pleading look in his eyes.

"Oh," Silver saw the look in his eyes, "I, I c-can't. S-Sonic, I'm sorry." He hit Asher against the floor once more as memories from another timeline passed through his head. The first timeline he had meet Sonic. He closed his eyes in guilt. Asher saw a moment of weakness. He broke free of Silver's psychokinesis. Rushing towards the grey hedgehog, he clenched his hand in a fist.

As he rushed towards him he managed a growl of, "It's no use!"

Before he punched Silver in the face, Shadow got to him first, sending a chaos spear. Soon Asher and Shadow were in tight combat. The ebony hedgehog shooting chaos spears, and the blue one dodging managing to get a punch in or two.

"You okay? Uh, Silver?" Triste asked looking over the grey hedgehog.

"I'm s-sorry, S-Sonic. I s-shouldn't, n-no, I w-won't hurt you." Triste stared wide eyed as Silver grasped him in a hug; even crying into his shoulder.

"I'm not." Triste whispered, "I'm not. I'm…" Triste looked towards Asher. In his eyes were frustration, he wanted to be free. Suddenly Triste knew what he had to do. "But I am." He said, a new light in his eyes. Pushing Silver off, he rushed towards Asher.

"Shadow, have my back 'kay?" It was more of a command then anything, shooting one final spear as Asher, Shadow moved away.

Asher was on the ground, blood dripping from his mouth. He laughed when he saw Triste walking towards him. Asher launched himself off the ground towards Triste. Triste quickly dodged, Asher preparing to run at him again.

"Maurice, you don't have to do this." Asher stopped, staggering. His eyes wide, his heart beating fast, he growled.

"My name isn't... is not that."

"Maurice, you don't have to be someone you're not." Asher clenched his fists. He turned to leave, only to be greeted by Shadow.

"Oh, Mirror, you make my head spin." Asher let a wicked smile grace his face before dashing off to the side. He stopped when a wall of flame appeared before him. He clenched his teeth as he saw Blaze with a small smirk on her face. As his eyes wandered to Eggman and Tails,(who had the ray gun) he let out a cry of alarm.

"No!" He dashed back towards Triste. He stopped when he saw there was only dead ends.

"You don't have to hide, Maurice." Triste had his arms wide open.

"I don't want to be you. I can't be someone I'm not." he said, in his voice a tone of giving up.

The darker blue hedgehog gestured for the others to wait, for they had been sending him looks of confusion. "Dear Chaos, don't you know what you're saying?" Asher's face looked offended. "Of all the things you are, you're not a villain, Maurice."

"I don't want to be Sonic, I just want to be me!"

"A name doesn't make a difference."

"I don't want to be a hero."

"You don't want to be a villain either."

"I just want everyone to leave me be."

"But you can't stand the silence."

"Everyone judges me!"

"Not everyone. It's mainly just you."

"I just want it all to end."

"I know."

"You don't know anything."

"Maybe that's true."

"I want to be my own person."

"You are your own person. Whether it be Maurice or Sonic."

"I don't...what do I- All the bad thoughts?"

"Everyone has their own darkness inside."

"I-" Asher's voice cracked, as he rushed to Triste for a hug. The two closed their eyes, ready for whatever came their way. His way. His World.

Tails turned a crank on the ray gun. As a light slowly came from the front of the gun, he felt a bit guilty. As a ray beam emerged from the front of the gun, the two parts of Sonic were engulfed in light.

ACT 1 CLEARED

Well, yeah. Act 2 will begin eventually. If you wanna see something happen leave it in the reviews. I might just use it.

Reaver17: Oh, wow, slow clapping, that's great, I'm glad you think I'm good at the dramatic part. I tried to make it seem like an actual person, you know the times when you want to strangle someone in anger, but you'd never actually do that. It was supposed to be like that. Aghhh, spelling. Don't have a beta. Often write super early in the morning. Horrible at proofreading my own stuff. You get the idea. And last but not least I actually read all the original Sherlock Holmes stories.

Uh, yeah. So if you want anything, leave in the review and what I mean is, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. And thanks for supporting Act 1.