Forbidden Love
No, I'm not dead...I'm so so so incredibly sorry it's so so late, but I had nearly finished this chapter...literally TWO words to go, and the computer froze without me saving it! I was so angry, I still haven't forgiven it...but anywho, please enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and co. but I do own Elle Rose and Ryo Nezuki.
Throne Room:
Silence...
No one spoke. No one took a breath. No one flinched. No one swallowed. No one blinked.
Silence...
Seconds had passed. It seemed like hours. The air was so thick, it was hard to breathe. Tension was so strong in the air.
More minutes passed. Then finally, the silence was broken.
Amy collapsed to her knees. Her gun she was holding scattered across the floor. Her eyes went wide and she started gasping. She lifted her head slowly and and looked down at her hands. Her hands were shaking, she was sweating and her hair drooped in front of her face.
"What...what have I done...!" whispered Amy hoarsly to herself.
Sonic still had his hand caressed over his mouth, his glance changing from the three vulnerables in the middle of the room.
The King then looked up at Sonic with a white pale face. His eyes were narrowed and beady. His knees then buckled under him and landed down with a thud.
Ryo then looked across to the King with wide eyes.
"I-I shot...I-I actually shot..." stuttered Amy through shock.
"You actually shot..." started Ryo.
"You...you shot my Father" stated Sonic faintly.
Knuckles, Tails and Shadow all stood silently.
"You actually shot the fat bastard" scoffed Ryo. "Well, someone had to do it".
Amy then started to cry. Sonic walked past Amy slowly until he reached his Father. He then kneeled down to his face so only him and his Father would be inversed in conversation.
"Dad..." started Sonic.
"Now...Sonic, since I've been shot down by a pink drowned rat, I have some things to say..." stated his Father.
"You go first then" said Sonic in a monotone voice.
"When your Mother had you, you would only look at her, not me. When you were crying, if she held you, you stopped. You hated me".
"I didn't hate you Dad".
"Just shut up. Your Mother was, a beautiful, intelligent woman. But I must admit, you being our only child, it seemed like, well, she only cared about you, and not me. So, when you were three, I started to despise you. Nothing's changed eh?".
His Father then started chuckling to himself, holding onto his chest tightly.
"I'm so happy, that I'm going to a place where I just can't see you. That I'll be away from you and all of this crap. I hope you live forever so you will never come where I am".
He then started coughing vigrously, clutching onto his chest.
"Okay, there's just two more things I have to break to you. You're like the son I've never wanted, and I hate how Chaos had a plan to bring you into this world. Also...the last thing is...you know how your Mother passed away when you were three years old? Well I know how she died".
"What!" exclaimed Sonic grabbing his Father by the shoulders. "HOW DAMN IT!".
Sonic shook his Father vigriously until his Father's mouth gaped open, dryreaching, ready to say his last words.
"I...I...killed her".
That was all Sonic needed to hear. Sonic burst with rage. He started punching his Dad dead-hard in the face. He then pounded his fists into his stomach, winding him. Sonic then stopped when he heard his Father laughing.
"I killed that woman, because...she loved you more then me. It's your fault that I killed her, it's all your fault".
Sonic then got shivers down his spine. He had never felt this feeling of guilt before. Did he really lead his Father to kill his Mother? Is it his fault his Mother's dead?
"She loved you, and me, equally. How can you...how can you...HOW CAN YOU KILL SOMEONE SO BEAUTIFUL AND PURE!".
"I hate you Sonic. You're no son of mine. It's your fault your Mother's dead, congratulations".
His Father then started laughing hysterically. His throat then closed up and he went limp. The elixir that was in his right hand rolled out and clinked onto the floor.
Sonic stared into his hands. His mind was thinking overtime, congesting all of the thoughts about his Mother and about what had just been said.
Sonic then looked down at his Father as he stood up tall. He then grinned to himself.
"I hate you too" stated Sonic balling his fists.
Sonic bent down and grabbed the glass vile. He then went over to the grieving Amy and squatted down in front of her. He then extended his hand to her chin and lifted her head up.
"Amy..." started Sonic looking Amy in the eye.
"Sonic!" squealed Amy, choking through her tears. "Sonic! I'm so so sorry! Please forgive me! I am so SORRY!"
Amy then cried more, using more emphasis on her sniffing and stifling. She then latched onto Sonic arms.
"Please! Forgive me! I'm so sorry! I don't deserve to live anymore! Kill me now before I do any--".
Amy was cut off by Sonic grabbing her shoulders and pulling her in for a kiss. Amy was so shocked, she practically went as stiff as a surfboard.
Tails was about to cry in disgust, but was soon shushed by Knuckles and Shadow who placed their hands sternly over his mouth.
"Mmph!" snorted Tails.
"Just let them have a moment, then I too will throw up" whispered Knuckles.
Sonic and Amy then broke apart and breathed a deep breath of relief. Sonic then wiped Amy's tears away and looked her in the eyes.
"Amy, it's okay" whispered Sonic smiling.
"I...I killed your Father Sonic!" whispered Amy harshly, still lightly crying.
"Amy, let me tell you a few little things" said Sonic stroking her cheek. "First of all, you killed an evil man. Second of all, I didn't think of him as my Father really, and thirdly, I've got you, so I don't need anyone else".
"Really..?" stuttered Amy.
"Really" stated Sonic chuckling.
Amy then hugged Sonic tightly, and cried out of happiness.
"Let's get this elixir to Elle then eh?" asked Sonic getting up and walking over to Elle.
Sonic zoomed over to Elle's limp body, opened the vile, cocked her head back and poured the concuction into her mouth. They waited...and waited...and waited...
"Why isn't she waking up!" exclaimed Amy.
"Come on Elle! Wake up! Don't go! Please not let it be too late!" thought Sonic to himself.
Everybody stared at Elle with anxious eyes. Moments had passed. Then, without warning, a black subtsance was ejected from Elle's mouth. It shot up to the roof and formed in the shape of a ghostly figure, it then howled and soared out of the window, which broke the glass in the process.
Everyone was frozen in fright and anxiousness. A black thing had just come out of Elle's own mouth! Then, they heard a groan...
"Err...five more minutes.."groaned Elle who then rolled over.
"ELLE! YOU'RE ALIVE!" squealed Amy who then lunged onto Elle.
"Owies! I'm not a landing pad ya' know!" yelled Elle playfully.
"YOU'RE ALIVE, YOU'RE ALIVE!" screamed Amy, crying tears of joy and relief. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!".
Elle then patted Amy on the back lightly, not sure of what to do.
"I'm so glad you made it Elle" said Sonic smiling.
"Thank you, I couldn't of done it without you, I'm sorry I was so...you know" said Elle smiling.
"Nah, don't think anything of it" stated Sonic.
"Dude...what are you doing" asked Knuckles turning and grinning at Shadow.
"Huh?" said Shadow snapping out of his daze. "What do you mean?".
"You were staring at Elle, with your mouth open, and you were drooling" teased Knuckles smirking.
"Was not!" snapped Shadow going red in the face. "You're just imagining things, like always".
"No I wasn't, aww, does the Nightingale Prince have something for the Ice Princess hmm?" asked Knuckles grinning to himself.
Shadow had been silenced. He blushed furiously and looked down. He then said the most lamest come-back because he had nothing else to say.
"Ah shut up" snapped Shadow turning away from Knuckles.
"Come on girls, I think we should get going now" stated Sonic in a serious tone. "I think this place is going to be gone in a few minutes time".
"Okay, I'll catch up with you guys, I'm gonna' get Elle up, she's just a little bit delerious" stated Amy.
"Okay then, Shadow, Knuckles, Tails and I will be waiting outside the door for you" stated Sonic starting to walk out the door.
"Okay then, won't be a minute!" reassured Amy.
Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Shadow exited out of the room. Amy tried to sit Elle up but it wasn't going very well.
"Sit up Elle" urged Amy trying to flex Elle's back.
"Ugh...I'm going to be sick" said Elle trying to sit up.
"You'll be fine, sit up and then we can get out of this place!" stated Amy.
"Okay...okay..." said Elle faintly finally sitting up. "Amy! I finally sat up for--".
Elle's sentence was interupted by her throwing up all over the floor in front of her.
"AHHH! EW!" squealed Amy jumping away from the muck.
"S-Sorry..." spluttered Elle.
"I-It's okay, let's go, they're waiting for us" stuttered Amy, holding her nose and looking away from Elle's spew.
"O-Okay...sorry" apologised Elle following Amy.
"And where exactly do you two think you're going!" exclaimed Ryo moving towards the two girls.
"Oh shit, I thought you were gone already!" claimed Amy.
"No no no, I'm still here, as much to your dismay" smirked Ryo.
"Just go away, come on Elle, let's go" said Amy leading Elle out of the door.
"You're a coward. You think you're so damn good and everyone loves you. Well guess what? No one could care less about you!" yelled Ryo in an angry tone.
"Oi! Don't you even dare speak to my sister like that you drip!" exclaimed Elle.
"It's okay Elle, I'll handle this" said Amy stepping in front of Elle.
"Big girl now huh Amy?" joked Ryo.
"Shut up. You can't handle it that everyone hates you and is against you. You can't handle not being the center of attention! You arejus like your parents, MISFITS!" cried Amy taking a deep breath.
Ryo was speechless but red in the face. His fists were balled and were quivering in rage. His eyes narrowed down to Amy but still, he said nothing.
"You are just as worthless as that muck on the floor right there!" screamed Amy indicating her finger at Elle's vomit.
"Let's go Amy, before he gets any ideas" ushered Elle walking towards the door.
"Ideas like this!" screamed Ryo holding up a silver gun with great strain.
Amy and Elle just froze. Ryo wasn't blinking. You could say he had a crazy look in his eyes. He then pressured his finger on the trigger and didn't blink.
"Coward, the only way out is a gun for you huh? How sad.." said Amy, actually a little scared.
"Let's go, and leave him to his own problems and misery" scoffed Elle starting to head towards the exit.
Then, while Amy was heading out, she did something, that was the worst mistake ever. Amy pointed to the vomit on the floor then pointed back at Ryo and chuckled to herself.
Ryo then cracked. He then pulled the trigger with no train of thought whatsoever.
BANG!
Amy then went sprawling across the floor at frightning speed. She then landed with a thump on the hard, cold marble floor.
Elle stared with wide eyes as her sister lay in a heap on the floor. She then glanced back at Ryo and stared in horror as a broad grin came up upon his face. His eyes you could say, had a psychotic look in them, and his hand which was on the gun started quivering and tensing.
Elle then zoomed to Amy's side and started to panic. She didn't know what to do or what to think. Her mind started to fog up with both anger and panic. She then turned to Ryo.
"You shot my sister you BASTARD!" screamed Elle.
Ryo then started to laugh like a maniac. His eyes were bloodshot and pulsing. His legs were trembling with pure triumph and his fists were pulsating and shaking.
"That bitch got what she deserved!" laughed Ryo. "And don't try to deny it!".
Elle picked Amy up with great strain. Elle wasn't that strong as she normally was because of all events that had happened. Elle then stood strongly with Amy in her arms.
"Go to hell, maybe even then you'll finally belong somewhere" boomed Elle now power-walking towards the exit.
Ryo then froze. His left eye twitched and he then held up his gun and aimed it in Elle's direction. Elle then saw what was aiming for her and she started to scream and run for the exit. Ryo then started shooting his gun continuously in Elle's direction. He was going stark mad.
Elle was ducking and screaming for her life. Trying to protect Amy at the same time was a hard thing to do.
All this commotion was making Sonic and the crew very very suspicious, but the gun fires and blood-curdling screams were enough to make them go in there and see what was going on.
Sonic burst through the door with Tails, Knuckles and Shadow close behind him.
"What the hell is going on in here!" yelled Sonic in a battle stance.
He then was caught out of the blue when a horrified Elle came at incredible speed towards them holding a limp Amy.
"Elle! What's going on he--"
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" screamed Elle bowling Sonic over.
Sonic landed on the ground with a thud. He then covered his head when he heard gun shots pierce the air with a bang!
"What the bloody heck!" exclaimed Sonic turning around.
He then saw Ryo there pointing a gun at him. Sonic then went to get up but heard Ryo press down on the trigger. Sonic then clamped his eyes shut and waited for the bullet to pierce him, but that feeling never came.
Sonic turned around slowly, still having his hands over his head, and looked up at Ryo. Ryo was fumbling around with the gun, hitting and punching it. Sonic then realised, it was out of ammo. He then took his chance and ran out of the place. Shadow, Knuckles and Tails followed, not really sure of what was going on.
Ryo then was shaking with anger. He dropped his gun and started power-walking towards the exit with an extremely furious expression planted on his face. Knuckles then shut the door with great force.
Foyer:
"Lock the door Knuckles!" yelled Tails.
"With what Tails! There's no bloody lock!" exclaimed Knuckles.
"Hold on a second" stated Sonic who rushed off.
He then came back holding a squirming Elle in his grasp.
"Let me go! I've got to get Amy some help right away!" squealed Elle.
"Give me your belt" said Sonic gesturing for the belt.
"No way! Get lost you pervert!" yelled Elle edging away from him.
"That's it" stated Shadow walking up to Elle.
Shadow then reached down to Elle's waist, grabbed her belt, and ripped it off of her dress.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" yelled Elle nearly dropping Amy out of shock.
"Saving our asses" stated Shadow zooming towards the door.
Elle then jumped as high as the ceiling when Ryo tried to break through the door. Knuckles and Sonic held it for as long as they could. Ryo was pushing against it as hard as he could.
Shadow then got to the door, and threaded the belt through the doors handles. He then buckled it up and tightened it. Knuckles, Sonic and Shadow stood back and watched the door shake.
"Let's get out of here, now!" yelled Sonic heading off to lead the way.
"Sonic! Wait!" exclaimed Elle tugging on Sonic's arm. "Sonic, you're faster then me, and I can barely walk when I'm holding Amy. There's no time, she needs medical attention real fast!".
"What exactly happened to her Elle!" cried Sonic starting to worry.
"Ah man you thick-headed moron! There's no time at all to explain!" yelled Elle.
Elle then dumped Amy into Sonic's arms.
"Promise to get her safe!" pleaded Elle.
"But what about you? Aren't you coming?" asked Sonic.
"I can't run as fast as you! I'll be way behind!" claimed Elle. "That's why I'm telling you to go off and find some help for Amy!".
"I guess this is up to me" sighed Shadow.
Shadow walked up to Elle and swept her off her feet.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!" shouted Elle trying to struggle out of Shadow's grip.
"I'm helping you run fast" smirked Shadow scooting up to Sonic.
"Good idea, let's hurry up and get out of here!" stated Sonic.
"Tails and I will be behind you both, and we'll stay back just incase this psycho gets loose" stated Knuckles.
"Awesome, thanks guys, we'll wait for you no matter what!" exclaimed Sonic putting the thumbs up.
"It's go time" said Shadow zooming off with Elle in his arms.
Sonic zoomed off after Shadow, while Knuckles and Tails trailed behind. Ryo's grunts and bangings were getting louder by the second.
Sonic and Shadow were zooming at lightning fast speed to find an exit.
"Where is the bloody exit Sonic!" shouted Shadow, fustrated.
"It should be to the right at the end of this foyer!" shouted Sonic.
Then, at that moment, a huge sound, that sounded like an explosion rocked the Foyer. Sonic and Shadow spun around to see what it was...then their eyes widened...
Ryo had broken through the Throne Room door. He had curled up into a ball and burst through the door like it was a piece of paper. Splinters and chunks of wood flew everywhere.
"Housten, we have a problem" stated Sonic now running flat out.
"A huge orange hedgehog problem" squealed Elle.
"Ah crap, he's coming right for us!" shouted Shadow, running faster.
Ryo sped off towards them screaming and cursing. He was like a lion who hadn't been fed for months, and Sonic and the crew were his meal.
"I'M GONNA SMASH YOU TO A PULP! YOU HEAR ME!" screamed Ryo, running faster.
Knuckles then stopped in his tracks and spun around. He raised his gloves in the air and stared Ryo in the eye.
"I've had enough of you already! Take this and feel the mighty punch of--".
Before Knuckles could finish his triumphant sentence, Ryo had already bowled him over in fury. Knuckles was so flabbergasted he just sat on the floor not knowing what just happened.
Tails saw what happened with Knuckles, so Tails pulled back and tried to get Ryo off of their tail. Tails flew at Ryo holding his fist out ready for impact. Ryo saw Tails and swerved smoothly over to the other side. Tails realised Ryo had swerved to the other side, and Tails crashed right into the wall.
Ryo then sped up so he was just behind Sonic.
"Give me that pink rat!" boomed Ryo. "She doesn't deserve to live!".
The two hedgehogs approached the end of the Foyer and did a sharp turn to the right. Ryo however did a lousy turn that was too wide and crashed into the wall.
"A little too wide huh pal!" scoffed Sonic looking back over his shoulder.
Ryo shot up like a rocket and chased after them. He was furious. He then got so close to Shadow, he stretched his arm out as far as he could, and gripped on to a strand of Elle's hair.
He then yanked her strand of hair so hard, Elle flew out of Shadow's arms and onto the floor. Shadow stopped in his tracks and looked to where Elle was. Elle was on the floor in front of Ryo's feet screaming in pain and fear.
"Well well well, what do we have here" scoffed Ryo bending down to Elle. "A purple sewer rat".
Ryo then grabbed onto Elle's arm and pulled her up. Elle squealed in pain and whimpered.
Ryo then held Elle closer to him and his tone hardened.
"You and your sister are the reason I'm like this!" yelled Ryo. "I want you both gone! Gone damn it! That's why I've waited a long time for this!".
Ryo pulled his arm back, hand in the shape of a fist. Elle clamped her eyes shut and braced herself. Nothing happened...instead she heard Ryo scream in rage.
She opened her eyes slighty, and saw a red and black being standing in front of her. She then opened her eyes fully and focussed on who it was.
"S-Shadow!" stuttered Elle.
"Elle, get out of here now! Go with Sonic to get to safety!" exclaimed Shadow trying to fend an angry Ryo off.
"But, what about you!" asked Elle.
"Don't worry about me, no one cares about me anyway, just go now" stated Shadow now in a lock of hands with Ryo.
Knuckles then came up behind Elle and grabbed her. Knuckles and Tails finally caught up with them.
"Come on, let's go Elle. You heard Shadow" stated Knuckles hastily, starting to head out of the exit.
Elle just let Knuckles drag her away from her stance. Elle just stared at Shadow with worry in her eyes. She then realised she might not see him again.
"Shadow! I care about you!" yelled Elle while getting dragged out by Knuckles.
Shadow looked back at Elle and actually smiled. Elle then smiled at him, then got dragged out of the Castle.
"Good luck mate, and thanks" said Tails who then exited the Castle.
Castle Grounds:
Everybody got outside into the Castle Grounds except for Shadow. Everything was up in flames, smoke clouding the sky, and flying debris was making it harder to breathe.
"Elle, can you at least tell me what happened to Amy!" shouted Sonic.
"Ryo shot her, OKAY!" yelled Elle reducing herself to tears.
Everything then went silent. Sonic froze with both anger and panic. Knuckles and Tails just stood there with their mouths wide open.
"And you didn't tell me this before why! She needs help right away!" boomed Sonic pressing Amy up against him.
Knuckles then gasped his eyes widened while looking at Amy's chest.
"What?" asked Sonic looking down at where Knuckles was staring.
Sonic then raised his hands off of Amy's chest, and looked at his glove...which was stained with blood. Sonic then started to panic. He looked down at Amy and realised she was bleeding, badly.
"Holy shit, what do we do!" exclaimed Sonic panicking.
"Well we need to get help! We should try my Castle and see--".
Elle was stopped short when the ground started to shake. Everything started to trembly vigrously.
"What the hell is going on now!" yelled Knuckles trying to balance himself.
"Holy moly...it's erupting!" screamed Elle pointing her index finger at a huge erupting volcano.
"We need to get out of here, now!" boomed Sonic starting to run for it down the broken, rocky pathway.
Knuckles and Tails started to follow Sonic post haste, but Elle hesitated. She looked back at the Castle and heard Shadow and Ryo shouting.
"We can't just leave him here!" exclaimed Elle pointing at the Castle.
"Who!" yelled Knuckles turning around.
"Shadow! He practically saved us from that maniac and you're just going to leave him here to die!" shouted Elle.
"Shadow made that sacrafice, not us. He can take care of himself" claimed Knuckles running after Sonic and Tails.
Elle then turned to the Castle with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry...Shadow" whispered Elle heading after Sonic, Knuckles and Tails.
The smoke was getting worse. Volcanic ash was now spreading around everywhere blocking the sky from view. Lava and molten rock was spurting out from the volcano's mouth and the temperature was rising.
Elle caught up with the rest of the group and followed through. The conditions were getting worse.
"I...can hardly...breathe!" panted Sonic who's knees then buckled under him.
"It's so hot!" complained Elle who then collapsed onto the ground, lightly breathing.
Knuckles and Tails stopped and crouched down, trying to breathe.
"Sonic, you okay?" asked Tails who then went over to him.
"No...it's hard...to breathe...help Amy up okay?" asked Sonic indicating to Amy.
Tails then proped Amy up with great strain and held his hand over her open wound. His other hand rested on her neck...then...something awful happened.
"Oh my God" stated Tails looking down at Amy with wide eyes. "I can't feel her pulse".
"What!" yelled Elle getting up and running over to where Tails was.
"Oh God, she's not breathing either" stated Tails starting to press down on her chest.
"She's not breathing! Oh my God she's not breathing!" screamed Elle starting to help press down on her chest.
"Amy's...not breathing?" asked Sonic faintly.
"What do we do what do we do!" exclaimed Elle starting to cry.
"She's not breathing and there's still no pulse!" claimed Tails.
A big clump of volcanic ash soared through the air, and landed just a little way away from them. It then broke and spead across the ground. It swept past them and it was getting a little too strenuous to breathe.
Knuckles then gasped and looked over to the hill. Lava was crawling closer and closer along with molten rock and ash.
Lava was coming closer. It was getting harder to breathe. Amy had been shot and was bleeding, not breathing and her pulse had become invisible. Shadow was still locked in battle with Ryo and the ground had started to shake.
Is this the end?
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Wow! I FINALLY FINSIHED! --cheers-- yay! I'm so happy I finally finished this chapter. Huge cliffhanger I know. Now all readers MUST READ THIS FOLLOWING STATEMENT! --clears throat-- On the 21st of September, I will be going on a holiday to Japan for 2 weeks. I will update as soon as I get back! I promise! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and PLEASE REVIEW!
xX-KSF-Xx