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Chapter 11

The scene opens up to an empty green plain that had naught but a giant lake with nearby rock pillars. It was known as Never Lake. A fair distance from the lake, Metal Sonic and Amy had just landed after leaving Babylon Garden.

"Where are we?" asked Amy as she scanned the horizon.

Metal chuckled slightly. "I'm surprised you don't remember. This is where I kidnapped you and where I began my rivalry with Sonic."

Now Amy remembered. "Never Lake? Wow, I never thought I'd be back here."

"Well, I'll leave you to reminisce" said Metal before leaving.

Amy shouted after him. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find this Twilight Emperor and destroy him" the robot said bluntly.

"But what about finding Sonic and rescuing Blaze?" asked Amy.

"That doesn't really concern me" was the reply. Then, Metal dashed off, leaving a very annoyed Amy.

"Hmph, fine. Be a jerk! I don't need your help!" she shouted, sticking her tongue out.

"Oh, you'll need help soon enough."

Amy turned in shock to face the voice but was met with a black arrow threw the chest. In a flash of light, she became a trophy. Eggman sneered at the fallen girl.

"Ha ha! That was far too easy!" he laughed.

Suddenly, Ergo appeared next to the doctor. "Doctor! I have received news that Sonic and a mongoose girl are nearby.

"Hm, I've got an idea!" Eggman said, beckoning over a clone of himself. It was exactly like the one Tails and Rouge fought.

"Change of plan" he said simply, pointing at Amy's trophy. Suddenly, the clone broke apart into purple spheres which began to surround the trophy.


Back with Metal, he was moving at a very fast pace. He planned to find one of the Nightmares and interrogate them but right now, there was not an enemy in sight.

"This is just great. The one time I want to get attacked and…" he began but cut himself off when he saw something in the distance. He zoomed in on it and saw Black Doom with the trophies he stole.

"That alien… maybe he knows something" he thought as he begun to chase him.


Meanwhile, over some hills, Sonic and Mina were running as fast as they could. Well, Mina was. Sonic had decided to slow down slightly so she could keep up.

"Are you sure this is the right way?" the mongoose asked, showing signs of tiredness.

"Positive" Sonic replied, "I saw that minister guy go this way."

As they talked, Amy could be seen a few feet away. But she had a purple aura around her and yellow eyes. She then pulled out a Dark Cannon and began to charge it up. She was about to fire when she was knocked back by something. The cannon that she dropped when levitated and caved in on itself. The doppelganger turned to face Silver and Chip.

"Who's she?" the curious dog asked.

"It's Amy, a friend of mine" Silver answered, "But there's something not right."

The Amy clone then pulled out her hammer. "Definitely something not right."

Amy jumped forward and slammed her hammer down but Silver jumped out of the way He tried to pick something up to use as a projectile but, to his horror, there was nothing he could use.

"Oh, this isn't good!" he cried as Amy turned to face him with her hammer held in a threatening manner. With no other option, the psychonetic hedgehog ran.

Unfortunately, he couldn't get very far as Amy was faster than him. She slammed her hammer into his back, knocking him forward. As he pushed himself back up, she jumped in front of him and smacked him up into the air.

He spun in the air and saw Amy holding her hammer like a baseball bat. Quickly, he landed behind her and sent out a shockwave to knock her forward. She was about to turn and attack when Silver held out his hand and she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Heh. Not as hard as I thought it would be" smirked Silver.

"HEY SILVER!!!"

Suddenly, Chip came out of nowhere and accidentally flew into Silver, causing him to release the dark clone. In a flash, she jumped forward and swung her hammer. But, she missed Silver and hit Chip instead. He saw sent flying over a nearby hill.

"Chip! Oh you're so gonna pay for that!" Silver said angrily.

He recklessly leaped forward but was knocked to the side by Amy's hammer. She slammed her hammer down but once more, the white hedgehog rolled out of the way to avoid it. The hammer left an indent in the ground causing Silver to gulp.

Amy began to swing her hammer vibrantly, not giving Silver a chance to attack. The hedgehog was forced to play defensive as he dodged every swing. He finally got the opportunity to leap back but he ended up tripping and fell down a slope. He landed near the lake and saw Chip holding his head whilst his eyes rolled.

"Chip, are you OK?" he asked.

"I'm fine but… Look out!"

Silver swung round and saw the clone coming towards him. She then threw her hammer like a boomerang but Silver instantly held it in mid-air.

"Let's see how you like it!" he cried, sending it back. The hammer went too fast for Amy to catch and it slammed into her face. Silver saw this as an opportunity. He grabbed her and dragged her down the hill before sending her up into the air. He then jumped after her and began to charge his hand with green energy. As he was above her, he thrust his hand out, sending a huge psychic shockwave out. It sent the clone crashing into the ground, kicking up a huge mound of dirt. As Silver landed, all that was left was a trophy.

"Well, that takes care of that" said Silver as he dusted his hands off.

"Silver, look!" Chip pointed as the trophy evaporated into pink spheres. "A fake?" the dog suggested.

"I guess it must've been. I doubt Amy would attack for no reason" Silver concluded.

"So, now what?" Chip asked, unaware of the dark blur zooming towards them.


Several minutes before, on the other side of the lake, Sonic and Mina had come to a stop so the mongoose could catch her breath.

"I'm sorry, Sonic" she panted. "I can't keep running like this."

"It's OK" Sonic replied. He then noticed where they were. "Heh. This is Never Lake. I'm surprised I didn't realise it."

"Have you been her before?" Mina asked.

"Yep. This was where I met Amy and Metal for the first time. What happened was…" he started but was interrupted by a loud crashing sound. He turned towards the source which was the other side of the lake and squinted to see Silver and Chip surrounding Amy's trophy.

"Silver? What's he doing here?" he asked himself. Then he saw Amy's trophy dissolve. "What the…? Amy!" He couldn't believe it. One of his close friends had just murdered the one girl he might've had feelings for. Anger rose up inside him.

"That traitor!" he growled, his fur turning black, his quills standing up and his eyes going blank.

"I'm going to KILL HIM!!!" That's when he dashed across the lake.

Sonic's echo travelled to Silver's ears, prompting him to turn round. "Huh?" He quickly jumped to the side to avoid the charge.

"Sonic? Is that you?" he asked.

"I'LL KILL YOU!!" was all Silver got, followed by an uppercut that sent Silver into one of the rock pillars in the lake. He crashed into it and fell into the lake. But Sonic zoomed in and pulled him out… by the neck.

"Sonic! What are you doing?" Silver gasped as Sonic floated there, choking him.

"You killed her and for that you must die!" Sonic roared. Silver's vision began to get blurry and it looked like it was over for him when Chip latched onto the back of Sonic's head.

"Get off of him!" he cried, yanking Sonic's fur. Of course, all that did was irritate the dark hedgehog. He swiftly reached round and grabbed Chip by his neck.

"You insect! I'll crush you too!" he roared. Chip looked scared out of his pants but his necklace began to glow, blinding Sonic. The light was so strong; he dropped both of his victims. Chip righted himself but Silver fell into the water.

"Silver!" cried Chip as he saw his friend drown. His necklace began to glow even more and Silver suddenly rose from the lake. His entire body was surrounded by a green aura as he hovered. It took a few seconds for him to realise what was going on.

"What the…? Why am I floating? And why do I feel more energised?" he thought. He then saw Chip's necklace. "Just what is with him?" he wondered but he couldn't think properly when Sonic punched him round the face. Silver righted himself in the sir as the two floating hedgehogs stared each other down.

"Sonic! Get a hold of yourself!" he tried to reason with his friend but Sonic was clearly not listening.

"I'm not going to listen to a traitor!" Sonic retorted, zooming towards Silver.

Quickly, Silver grabbed hold of Sonic in mid-air and sent him flying into a pillar. This angered Sonic even more, prompting him to charge again. This time, Silver met him dead on and the two began to exchange punches.


On the sidelines, Mina and Chip stared in awe.

"Come on Silver!" cried Chip.

"Sonic! What are you doing?" Mina yelled but her cries fell on deaf ears.


The two hedgehogs backed off for a while before Sonic began to spin towards Silver. The white hedgehog zoomed out of the way but Sonic managed to redirect his course and slam into Silver's back. The two were sent into the water with a splash. Complete silence fell over the area when Sonic was seen being thrown out of the water, followed by Silver, who caught the hedgehog in mid-air and flung him into one of the pillars.

"ARGH! That does it! I'm ending this now!" Sonic roared as he recklessly charged at Silver.

The psychic hedgehog had a smug look on his face. He twisted in the air to avoid the charge before placing his hand on Sonic's back and emitting a shockwave that sent Sonic crashing to the sidelines.


Mina saw Sonic get hit and rushed to the edge of the lake. "Don't worry, Sonic. I've got you!" she cried, intent on catching him but he was going too fast and he collided into her. The two fell to the ground as trophies. Both Silver and Chip floated towards them. Once Silver had landed, the green aura was gone.

"Why did that guy attack us?" asked Chip.

"My guess is that he thought we killed the real Amy" Silver deduced.

"So, what do we do with them?"

Silver was about to answer when they heard a revving sound. Suddenly, Black Doom zoomed by on the floating platform. Silver looked at it and recognised one of the trophies.

"Blaze!"

"Ah, what do we have here?" Black Doom questioned, sliding to a stop before going back the way he came. The mechanical arm on the back began to move and it snatched up the fallen trophies.

"These should do nicely" the alien leader said, a hint of satisfaction in his voice.

"Come back here!" cried Silver as he chased after him but he was moving too fast.

"Hah! You can't catch me!" mocked Black Doom.

"What about me?"

Black Doom's eyes widened as Metal Sonic leapt from the side, ripping the arm off. The two trophies fell through the air as Metal touched the bases, brining Sonic and Mina back to life.

"Ugh, what just happened?" asked Sonic before noticing Metal. "Metal? What's going on?"

"That!" Metal told him as he pointed to Black Doom who was clearly angry.

"You meddling machine! I'll take your head for that!" he roared as he charged at the small group. The three jumped out of the way as he rushed past.

Silver and Chip had managed to catch up but Silver was forced to grab Chip and pull him out of the way. Sonic and co ran up to them.

"Just what is going on?" Mina asked.

"That alien had Blaze's trophy! Come on!" Silver cried but Sonic held him back.

"Silver! What happened to me? When I saw Amy…" he began but Silver replied, "It was a fake. The real one is still out there."

"Uh oh" said Metal. "She must've been kidnapped when I left her."

"What?! Why I ought to…" Sonic raised a fist but Mina stopped him in time.

"Then let's rescue her" she suggested. "That alien might've taken her."

"Then let's go!" Sonic yelled, taking off after Black Doom. He grabbed hold of both Silver and Mina as Silver got hold of Chip. Metal could keep up so he followed.


As the five travelled, they talked about what they had done and realised they were all up against the same enemy. But not all of their questions had been answered. How did Black Doom get Blaze's trophy? Where was Amy? And Chip still couldn't remember anything. Their thoughts stopped short when they found themselves in a dark region, far from Never Lake.

"Where are we?" asked Chip, who was shaking slightly.

Mina took a quick look around. "There's nothing here, apart from that huge rock" she told them, pointing at a huge black rock.

"That's not just a rock" said Metal as he scanned it.

"Well what else could it be?" asked Sonic.

Metal answered by pointing at something in distance. "It's a part of that!" Behind some red clouds, the heroes could make out the outline of the Black Comet.


The scene shifts to a room that was encased in complete blackness. Here were loads of computer screens adorning the walls and they displayed different parts of the world. One screen was larger than the rest and an unknown figure stood in front of it as it turned itself on. Eggman's face appeared on it.

"What do you want?" he asked, almost disdainfully.

"I've received word from Scourge. Apparently, that traitor Black Doom ambushed him and stole his trophies" the figure explained.

"What?! He lost both Blaze and Ix?!" cried Eggman.

"Don't panic. I've traced his location. I'm sending you the coordinates now" the figure replied calmly.

"OK. I'll be sure to give him a warm welcome, Mephiles" Eggman said before the screen turned off.

We now see that the figure is a hedgehog, except his body was completely made from dark crystals. His muzzle was white and his eyes were purple with green irises. He had no mouth but by looking into his eyes you could tell he was smiling.