Chapter 14: What Now?
Dash gridded his teeth. His fists began to shake as he clenched them. "Enough talk!" he said. Dash then lunged at Hallow. She quickly dogged his attack. He then threw several punches, but Hallow managed to bypass all of them. She quickly delivered several blows to his chest. He slid back ever so slightly after every hit he took. He tried to defend himself, but her attacks came too fast.
Dash curled up in a ball and rolled away. Hallow skated after him. Her arms swayed as she took long strides to chase after him. When she finally caught up to him, she cocked her leg back and kicked Dash like a soccer ball.
Dash's body opened up as he slammed up against a tree. He moaned in pain as he slid down. Adrenaline flowing, he stood again. As he tried to regain his vision, he saw Hallow off in the distance, standing, waiting.
"You're move Hedgehog."
Dash shook his head. "You think this is a game, don't you?"
"Of course it is. I might as well as play along now that my plans have been delayed."
"You're playing with people's lives!"
"I'm not." Hallow said wittily. Suddenly she disappeared. A black blur appeared in front of Dash. Hallow stood as she placed one hand up against the tree Dash was leaning up against. "You're deceiving yourself."
Dash, once again, rolled up into a ball and drilled Hallow in the stomach. Hallow then got the wind knocked out of her.
As this went on, Willow jumped with pain. Her eyes were wide open, filling with tears as she gasped for air.
"Willow, what's wrong!" Cole said as he watched her slowly go down to the ground. Cole looked up to see Dash, still in a ball, high up in the air. Hallow was looking for Dash. When he finally reached his highest point, he began to fall. He then turned into a blur while he fell down. Hallow Finally looked up and began to run away, but she didn't react fast enough and was crushed underneath Dash.
Willow was sobbing while she laid on the ground. She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to make the pain go away.
Dash jumped out from the crater he made from his blow. "Have enough yet Hallow?" Hallow crawled out of the crater. Underneath his breath, "She doesn't have a scratch on her."
"You're beginning to become an annoyance, Pinky." The hedgehog looked down at himself to see that his dye was slowly coming off during his fighting. Pink showed from the tips of his quills and scratches that were made from Hallow.
Flint looked over to Sapphire. "What did she just call him?"
"Pink something. That doesn't make any sense."
Dash was glad that most of the blue dye that was left on his quills made the others not notice that his quills were turning pink.
"Now, hedgehog, you're going to get out of my way so I can get Willow."
"You're going to get jack-squat!"
As Hallow grew angry, her dark purple markings that were on the tips of her quills, began to grow upward. The dark purple veins on her muzzle also grew into a dark swirly pattern upon her face. "Move." Hallow said.
Dash stretched his arms out to block Hallow. "No."
"Move!" She demanded.
Dash stood his ground. Hallow stepped towards the left, Dash then mimicked her. She stepped towards her right and Dash still blocked her. "You're not getting past me."
Hallow was furious. Her markings completely covered her body. The whites of her eyes clouded into black darkness while her irises glowed blue. "Get out of my way Dash!" she growled. She grabbed Dash by the arm and began to spin. As she spun, Dash tried to get Hallow to let go. At the last second, she flung Dash through the air. With so much momentum, Dash couldn't gain control of himself. He then fell right into the lake.
Willow laid on the ground in shock."What is happening? Why was Hallow acting like this?" From her peripheral vision, Willow saw Cole slowly step back and from behind she heard Sapphire whimper softly. Willow looked up and saw Hallow standing just a few feet away from her. "Time to go back Willow. Come on, stand up." Willow gave no response, even if she wanted to. It felt like her rib cage had all shattered. Her throat was swollen and it was hard to swallow. "Get up Willow." She tried. With grunts and moans, Willow managed to get to her hands and knees. As she stood, she swayed ever so slightly. She could barely keep her head up.
A splashing noise came out from the lake. Willow's head slowly turned to the source of the sound. When all of a sudden there was a pink blur. Dash then used his entire body to ram into Hallow. At the same moment, Willow mimicked Hallow's blow, and fell down in the same exact position as Hallow. Both the girls laid before him. One that looked like she fell off a cliff and the other looked like a dark shadow of Willow. Hallow stood smoothly and quickly, Willow on the other hand, wheezed as she tried to move.
Dash just starred, eyes wide open, at Willow who, in return, was staring back at him. He wasn't hurting Hallow, he was hurting Willow.
Willow rolled onto her stomach and tried to push herself up.
"Look at what you did to poor Willow." Hallow said coldly.
'I-I didn't-t kno-ow..."He said as he began to shake.
"You're time is over hedgehog." A dark liquid flowed down her arm. It grew into a larger and more demonic arm. The finger tips became sharp as diamonds. She raised her newly made arm into the air. Dash, who looked liked he turned into stone, just stood. Hallow brought her arm down forcefully, ready to slash Dash to pieces.
Willow gathered all her strength and stumbled over to Dash, standing in front of him. Ready to take Hallow's blow.
Dash, who had flinched, finally opened his eyes to see Willow in front of him. "Dash, I'm sorry..." He just looked behind her to see Hallow's gigantic hand barely touching Willow's top quill, ready to cut. He looked back to willow and brought her into a hug.
"You two are so~ weak."
Willow turned her head slightly. "Then why don't you fight me then Hallow?" Hallow just stood. Looking cocky. Willow turned back to Dash. "She won't hurt me Dash, that's why she stopped her attack. Because if I die, she does too."
"What are we going to do next then Willow?"
"You're going to have to kill me."