I realized that half of you guys are loving the fact I could turn this into a Sonadow, and the other half are completely and utterly mortified. I know some are going to be angry if I make it a Sonadow, while others would adore me. To make sure none of you guys tries to kill each other if I do or I don't make it a Sonadow, I'm making two versions Hero by Day, Evil by Night, one Sonadow and one normal, just like Wrath of Heavens suggested (thank him non-Sonadow lovers).
Okaaaaaaay~ that was too much author note writing. Now lets get right to the story, just like most of ya are waiting.
PS: This is the normal version. The Sonadow one will come out this weekend, and they will both upload at the same time.
Crimson Twilight didn't know how much time he ran; apparently he wasn't runing as fasts as his normal form, but he was still damn pretty close, being slowed down by anger and sadnness. He dodged walls and ran up building, using pure instinct to guide himself home. Everything was a blur, colors and memories flashing in front of his sun-colored eyes like a horrible nightmare he couldn't get out of.
The midnight black cyborg didn't even notice he had arrived at his house until he was in front of the main entrance.
With a pained howl of agony he launched himself at the brown oak door, bashing it to splinters and tumbling into his home. As he cried, screamed and slashed his own body in self-anger, Crimson Twilight slowly came back to his sense, or more simply, the Manacle was satisfied with enough souls and Chaos energy to let Sonic come out again. The midnight metal he was mostly covered of sank back into his black fur, which slowly went cobalt blue...
It was just a tunnel that went on forever. I tore through bodies, broke them, pounded and carved dents on them with my fists until their chests didn't move, laughing and crackling as they shredded so easily, just like those fine silk bed sheets Tails once bought me-one night and they were in pieces.
I twirled, avoiding missiles in a way that seemed so simple, laughing when I pounced on those mortals who dared challenge me. The Twilight Manacle ate the weakly Chaos filled souls one by one, savoring itself as me, its wearer, continued with my path of destruction and death, enslaved by the hunger and bloodlust...
"DAMMIT, WHAT AM I TURNING INTO?!" The now blue hedgehog shrieked, collapsing on his knees, sobbing and screaming at the horrible memories and sensations he had felt came running back. The sounds of flesh breaking, blood splashing, a heart that finally stopped beating, the screams of agony...
Without him even noticing, his entire body glowed a bright, light red and he couldn't resist, arching his back from his kneeled position and screaming out as loud as he could. Black metal tore through his skin, midnight pupils grew and ate the iris before turning into a sun colored shade. Corneas went pitch black. Soft blue quills turned red, hard and entangled, growing a grew inches longer as Sonic got up from the wooden floor, whimpering and screaming as the transformation continued. His now gold and black eyes widened as the unfamiliar, exciting sensation resurfaced.
He never felt so...wild. His silly hero ethics had suddenly been thrown out the window. All of his rules and sappy heroic emotions had disappeared too. Sonic felt like nothing could stop him, he felt like he could do anything, and nobody could do something about it. He wasn't a hero, he wasn't a villain. He was neutral, he was...
Free.
Knuckles was sprawled on the asphalt road, unable to get up. A long gash ran up his leg, and the electrified pain left him laying on the street.
I laughed at his un-dignifying position, watching as he looked up to met my golden eyes. I smirked, putting my cannon arm right in front of his face. Purple eyes widened and the echidna tried to act tough by growling, but that didn't scare me or molest me one bit. I could see the fear in his eyes as I charged the cannon again, the Twilight Manacle's slit like opening seemed to blink as lend me more and more power, more of that life-giving energy that was known as Chaos. I chuckled at a sudden though...
Hum...It can't really be a life-giving energy if it can be used for killing, now can it?
The memory made the young hedgehog yell out his anger and distress again, but it wasn't enough; nothing could remove the lump forming on the back of his throat, or the nausea building up inside of me. With a last scream he decided to take it on his house, lunging toward the first thing he saw.
He tore through the right wall of the salon like a knife against paper, shredding the patchwork. But he didn't stop there; Blood Whips burst out of his quills and, just like the fight a few minutes prior, decided to grow a mind of their own. The tentacles pierced and stabbed through everything they found, sometimes wrapping themselves around a object and expanding around the unlucky furniture, crushing it to bits and splinters. They grew to massive lengths, stretching out to all of the corners of the cozy little house to tear apart anything that was in their way.
A small grey metal grew to monstrous sizes when Sonic unsheathed it and slammed forward, slicing his couch in half with the neatness of a professional surgeon. The now black hedgehog later turned on the poor plasma Tv, which he punched though the screen. Not satisfied, Sonic crossed his arms on his chest and let all the energy out in the form of a massive, destructive Chaos Blast with a blood-curling scream of rage, of self-deception. All the windows shattered and the room was lit red and white for a few seconds. The whole house shook, barely standing up anymore.
Sonic closed his eyes at the sight of his destroyed house, choking back another cry. With a sob he collapsed against a (mostly) intact wall, shacking as the Manacle's addictive power left with a part of his Chaos energy, wanting the same amount he just used. It went back to its bracelet form, leaving a small, sobbing blue hedgehog in the verge of having a heart attack from what just happened. The Blood Whips, that had probably destroyed every single thing he had, didn't even retract in his skull; the red tentacles simply melted into a cherry liquid, splashing everything, and Sonic could easily identify the substance due to the strong smell. He sobbed even more.
The blue hedgehog curled his arms around himself and brought his knees up against his chest. The azure one kept sobbing uncontrollably, unable to stop the shacking. It was then he felt something wet and warm slide down his right cheek. An emerald eye blinked open slowly, and with one dirty glove covered right finger, he caught the liquid.
He blinked at the sight of the tear.
A red tear.
Sonic started to shake even more violently, trembling with the most untold fury. His greenstone colored eyes flickered to a shiny, glossy gold tone as he clenched his right hand into a fist, trying to keep down the rage that was boiling inside of his slender body.
It didn't help, since he exploded less than a second later:
"YOU STEAL MY RIGHT TO CRY AS WELL!" Sonic screamed, purple tattoo already drawing itself on his left cheek. "WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE AWAY?! WHAT ELSE?!" He shrieked, red energy crackling around his unwilling body. He then continued saying the most horrible curses that could even make Shadow the Hedgehog cry.
Finally, too tired from all the screaming, yelling and cursing, the lithe blue body slid down to lay on the blood-covered floor, unconscious.
Tails the Fox ran though the forest leading to his big brother's house, his twin tails twirling and whirling behind him to give him a much needed speed boost. He dodged the trees and other vegetations easily, wanting to get to Sonic as fast as he could. The yellow fox silently prayed for his elder brother to be home, since tracking the hedgehog was usually such a hassle, and oh Chaos it could take a millennium.
The vulpine went deeper and deeper in the forest, feeling he was getting closer to his brother's house. Tails propelled himself above a fallen tree, knowing that behind it was Sonic's house. The yellow fox smiled at the sight of the cozy little wooden house...
But his blood turned ice when he saw the remains of the oak door and glass shards lying around, with the hedgehog's home barely standing up, right part of the house being in ruins, while the other part dangled slightly at the warm September breeze. The strong smell of blood lingered the air, and the two-tailed one could smell it even from this distance.
"Oh god..."
Those were the only words Tails could utter before he rushed in, heart beating wildly in his chest.
'Please Sonic be for a run! please please please~'
The twin-tail fox froze yet again when he entered the house, looking at the damages around. Everything was destroyed, the couch to the smallest picture on the walls. Small holes were seen everywhere, like if someone had rained bullets on the furniture. Blood caked the whole room, even the ceiling, and half of the salon seemed to have been torn apart by someone with surprising unnatural strength.
'Who or what could have done this?'
The fox looked at the pools of blood with disgust, his nose twitching multiple times due to the horrible smell. The house was deadly quiet, and his entire body was screaming at him to turn around and run. But Tails couldn't. He had to find his friend. He had to find his brother.
"Sonic?" Tails whispered, praying all of the gods he knew for his brother to be okay. It was then he heard it. The sound was so weak his fuzzy ears barely heard it.
It sounded like a whimper.
And now Tails clearly heard a long, pained whine from the corridor leading to the kitchen. His baby blue eyes widened and he raced at the scene, eyes widening to cosmic proportions when he saw a trembling blue form curled up, lying against the blood stained wall, shivering his usually raised quills off.
"SONIC!" Was all the yellow mechanical genius said before he rushed to the hedgehog's side, placing a arm under the lithe body and lifting the quivering form's upper body up to have a good look at him.
To his surprise and horror, Sonic let out a ear-deafening shriek and struggled weakly against the fox's grip, screaming incoherent babbles. What Tails though worst was the fact that the older Mobian didn't have the power to get out of his arms, which was serious and worrying since the yellow fox would have never been able to compete against the azure hedgehog in muscle strength. This was bad, very bad.
"Sonic! Stop it I'm not going to hurt you dammit!" The fox yelled, slapping his brother across the cheek firmly, annoyed when the blue hedgehog's raising quills started to stab into his arms. The older Mobian immediately went limp in his arms, which worried Tails even more. The vulpine stood, looking at the blue form cradled against him.
Slowly, a head covered in rapidly lowering spikes lifted itself up. When his and Sonic's eyes met, Tails though he saw a flash of gold in the emerald orbs, but that was quickly forgotten when a peach muzzle buried itself into his chest while as the blue body shook again.
Tails went paler when he saw his brother's face. For the first time, Sonic looked...scared? But of what? And why? That was impossible, he was Sonic the Hedgehog after all!
"Sonic..." The yellow fox whispered, feeling horrible by just seeing his idol and older brother act like this, "I'm taking you to the hospital, okay? They are going to make you feel better." Tails reassured the hedgehog, getting up. The xanthous colored one would normally pain under the weight of the cerulean speed devil, but it seemed Sonic had lost quite a few pounds.
Sonic gave out a soft mew, probably protesting about being taken in one of the top place he hated the most in his list. Tails ignored him completely. The azure speedster was covered in blood, which made injuries hard to see but by just looking his poor state you could tell he needed to get to the closest health facility in the area. Or else, and the fox didn't want to know 'what else' was.
Not wanting to waste anymore time, the fox ran out of the building with the curled up hedgehog held protectively and leaped into the air, twirling his twin tails to achieve flight. Tails heard a terrible crash behind, probably the house coming down he thought. The fox did turn around for a few seconds, looking at the pile of wood. He quickly turned around however, wanting to get his brother safe as fast as he could.
Sorry if the end was a bit rushed in guys! I was tapping this while dad drove me to school!
