CHAPTER 14: CRUELTY'S RETRIBUTION
"You're going to pay dearly for what you've done." Sonic said with an eerie calmness. Sasuke stepped backwards, trying to remain firm in an attempt to hide his fear, but Sonic could see that he was truly afraid.
"Dark Sonic…" Shadow whispered to himself with much effort. "I never thought I'd see the day…"
Sonic leapt towards Sasuke, spun around and kicked him across the face, then landed back on the ground and punched Sasuke in the gut so hard that he coughed up blood, then he smashed Sasuke's face with an uppercut so hard that he was sent sailing into the air. Sonic dashed into the air and followed with a jumping upwards kick, then flew around and struck Sasuke eight times within a single second.
Sasuke was now floating in the air from Sonic's attacks, heavily bruised and somewhat lacerated, and half of his skin was covered with blood. He looked up and saw a look of hatred in Sonic's iris-less eyes, and a chord of pure fear resonated within his evil, black heart. Sonic's heel came down hard on Sasuke's face, and he was sent down to the ground at a blinding velocity.
As soon as he hit the ground, Sonic emerged and punched Sasuke so hard in his shoulder that it shattered every bone in his entire arm. He screamed in agony as he was sent soaring once again. Sonic warped and got in Sasuke's line of flight, then thrust his foot forwards and thus cracking Sasuke's back, and then Sonic smashed Sasuke into the earth with an overhead punch.
Sasuke was rooted in the ground, with only his head showing, and Sonic looked down at Sasuke, who fearfully returned the gaze. Sonic was about to deliver a forceful kick through Sasuke's brain when Sasuke disintegrated into thousands of miniature purple snakes, all struggling to scurry away from Sonic.
"He won't be back for a while." Sonic said, as the black aura vanished from his body, and the iris and pupil returned to his eyes. He then rushed over to Shadow and helped him up.
"Shadow! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"That was unreal!" Axl yelled. Sonic and Shadow looked in the direction of Axl's voice and saw him merge back into the visible spectrum from the environment.
"Chameleon technology?" Shadow asked, but before Axl responded, Sonic pointed to the Master Chief's body. They remembered the weight of the Master Chief's heavy MJOLNIR armor, and wondered how they were going to carry him.
"I know! I've got an idea!" Axl said as he shifted to the form of the giant purple snake that they had just fought, but didn't swallow. He then slithered north at hyper speeds, and Sonic and Shadow followed with relative ease. They continued to run for a few hours until they saw what appeared to be the White House, but they were absolutely shocked when they saw tons of dark orange saucers flying in the sky lit by the early dawn. By this time, the Master Chief had regained consciousness and Axl had reverted to standard form. The four looked at the sky, questioning to themselves what it may be.
"They're not the Covenant…" the Master Chief said.
"They're not the Black Arms…" Shadow said.
"They're some new breed of aliens! Let's go check this out!" Sonic yelled excitedly as he darted toward the White House. Shadow followed, drawing his precision rifle, and Master Chief drew his battle rifle and Axl his pistols, then they followed Sonic to the capital of the United States of America.