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Chapter 14

The Unknown Soldier Fights Back

Today was the day. The day he'd go against everything he'd been taught, everything he'd done, and everything he believed. Today, Eggman would be attacking the city. Today, Sonic would betray the world. And today, Sonic had never felt so helpless, and numb. His face had never been so clear of emotions, and his eyes had never been so framed from seeing his soul.

Blinking suddenly at the bright sunlight, he glanced at the world he had seen only a few days ago. He could slightly hear Eggman's dark chuckle, and he could sense the three robots looking at him sadly, but he hardly noticed. He blinked again, getting himself used to the light, and watched the trees absent mindly pass by. The ultimate weapon sped up its speed, and this made Sonic come back to the real world for a second.

It was really happening. He was on board death itself, although he wouldn't be the one to die. Everyone else would.

He had the sudden urge to cry out. His mind screamed at him, over and over, 'You're a betrayer, a betrayer! Who's a hero? Not you! You're a betrayer. A betrayer…'

Had this been the right choice? Had giving up the world's freedom as well as his own been right to do, just to protect his friends? He shook his head dumbly, almost crying out to Eggman to stop this nonsense. He had never felt so guilty. Guilt was clinging onto him like his love for Amy was.

He was not aware when he sank down to the floor, as he was not paying attention to anything but his emotional pain. Closing his eyes, he felt tears prick at the end of his eyebrows, but he kept them in. He was a man, not a coward. And yet, he had given up everything for his love. Was that manly? It had to be. Just had to be.

"Sonic?" He was vaguely aware of hearing his name, but he didn't respond until he heard it again. Looking up, his eyes met Bokkun's. For once the two did not argue about this or that, and Bokkun gave him a knowing look. "Better get to it," he whispered, so softly Eggman didn't even notice.

Suddenly Sonic was back. Standing up, still looking stoic, he walked off, telling Eggman he needed some alone time. The doctor, having watched Sonic's scene earlier wasn't too surprised, but he watched as Sonic left with a sad gleam in his eyes. Was it really because of this battle-to-be he was so distraught?

But though Sonic could have used alone time, he knew this was not the time. He was still Sonic the Hedgehog, and that meant he still thought like a hero, not an enemy. Even if he worked for the enemy, it did not mean he would let the enemy get away with taking over. Sonic knew what to do. Yes, he hadn't come up with the plan himself; him being so worried about Amy's safety. The robots might have helped him, but he was the one doing it, even though in the back of his mind he knew this could harm Amy's safety. Or his safety.

Only a true hero gave up everything twice. Only a true hero would be willing to do so twice.

Reaching the power room of the ultimate weapon, Sonic tried remembering which wire should be switched with what. Tails would know, but Sonic hadn't listened as much as the fox would've wanted on which wire to move or remove back when making the X-Tornado. Did the red wire mean that's where the power came in? Or was that the green one? But then again, the blue wire was connected to the yellow, which was hooked up to the wall. Did the yellow originally get the power then give it to the blue that gave it to them all?

Never would Sonic have thought about such a thing, except for now. Before all of this happened, he would have rolled his eyes at being taught such a thing, and would say, "Really, who cares? It's not like I'll ever need to use this."

More light shone into the nearby window, and Sonic realized that they were out of the rainforest, and into the valley he had run into before coming upon Amy's home. They were getting closer. He didn't have much time.

His brain concluded rather quickly that the yellow wire was the base of everything. It had to be. Without much thought, he yanked it out from the wall, getting electrocuted slightly, which made him yelp. His already burnt fur couldn't take much more of this, and he had only removed one wire. He didn't think of this long, however, because suddenly the sound of Eggman's roaring laughter met his ears, and he cringed. They had reached the city.

Thinking as hard as he could, while still distracted by the laughter, Sonic switched the yellow wire with the red one and the blue and green wire were switched as well. Looking back at his crude handiwork, he wondered if this would work. It had to. Otherwise, this machine would kill.

"Sonic! We're here! Get ready to see your wonderful old life crumpled down into bits."

Slowly, Sonic glanced once more at the messed up wires, as they shot confused sparks from one end of the room to the other. He had done all he felt he could. Sighing, the cobalt hedgehog shuffled out of the room, and back to where Eggman and the robots were, all staring at the city with different emotions. Eggman, although it would've been thought he would be laughing evilly looked first at Sonic, his eyes seeming to try and penetrate Sonic's wall. But to no avail could he see through the hedgehog, and with a short sigh, he turned back to the scene of the city, and this time, chuckled viciously.

It was time.

Without a warning like he would have done only months earlier, Eggman pressed a small button on the machine, and instantly lasers and missiles flew out from the weapon at incredible speed, making even Sonic's head whirl. With a sickening crash they exploded directly in front of Sonic, and brought down with them one of the larger sky scrapers. Screaming filled the once calm air, and the sources of the screams all looked up to see what they thought they'd never see again.

A weapon that belonged to Eggman.

Again, the button was pushed, and the lasers aimed for another building. The chaos emeralds glowed dangerously, and they seemed to know they were using their negative charges to help evil win. Sonic felt like yelling, and he wanted to go grab the emeralds, stop them from making chaos, but it was too late.

Sirens filed the air, screams and cries echoing them. Screams for help filled the air, and Sonic tensed as he thought about possibly destroying Eggman once and for all. Could it be possible? He had to try.

Lunging himself at the emeralds, hoping to save the city from more destruction, he managed to grab a hold of one before suddenly electricity coursed through his body, and he yet out a yell of pain before releasing the powerful gem. Looking down at his hand, he realized the emerald had burnt it, almost down past the skin. Blood suddenly made itself present, and the hedgehog looked down at it in wonder.

Blood. The red, thick, life-supporting blood slowly dripped from his hand, staining the white glove to a dark shade of pink. His finger tips tingled, and his hand shook, the power from the emeralds still connected to his hand. The hand felt numb as he continued staring, trying to remember the last time he had seen his own blood, but he couldn't remember that far back. Swallowing down a lump in his throat, the hedgehog looked over at Eggman, who at first looked puzzled at seeing blood before he began chuckling.

"I had a feeling you'd be trying something like that," Eggman remarked, pressing another button that sent out larger and more dangerous missiles. They too, landed and destroyed everything in their path in a second. "That's why I worked with the emeralds more so then the other parts of the ship. I wanted you to learn a lesson, and a lesson I'm sure you have learned." He glanced down at the banged up hand. "Although, I don't think you've fully learned anything."

With that said, the doctor turned back to his destruction, and Sonic stared at his hand again, before looking back up. A thought hit him then. Where were the heroes? Where were Amy, Tails, and Knuckles? Had they been killed?

Anger suddenly coursed through the hedgehog's stiff body, and he forgot his hand as he sped back into the power room, and ran through the wires, this time snapping them in two. Energy that had been traveling through the wires found the hedgehog's fur, and he let out a yelp as the pain brought him down to the ground. His eyes were cold with no love in them, as he forced himself up again, ignoring the pain it brought. He ran through the wires again, destroying all senses of energy that was headed to the core of the ultimate weapon. Instead, the energy landed on Sonic.

He was an unknown soldier, the hedgehog, fighting for the good of humanity, although no one knew. All they knew was that suddenly the craft began sinking in altitude. Eggman's alarms blared in the doctor's head, and his eyes almost reached the security camera in the power room, where he would've seen Sonic. But instead, a giant hammer suddenly found itself in his windshield, and he yelped in surprise.

Missiles that were not his shot themselves full speed towards the robot's core, and powerful knuckles suddenly attacked the back of the robot. Sonic heard screams of anger coming from his enemy, and at first he thought he had been discovered, when he felt the robot swerve, just missing a missile. Looking briefly up at the small window in the power room, Sonic managed to see a bright light zoom over to the other side of the robot, and the light, reminded him of the X-Tornado when in fast motion. His heart lifted, love again filled his core, and he heard the voice he had only dreamed of hearing again.

"You think you're going to win, just because Sonic's gone?!"

It was Amy's voice. Tails screamed something as well, and the feel of a fist breaking into the power room seemed equal to Knuckles' power. A red figure found itself in the ship momentarily, and Sonic knew who it was. The figure looked at the broken wires, and then down on the floor, where Sonic laid, and the figure looked at him with a puzzled expression on his face. He seemed about to say something, when he blinked, shook his head, and attacked the power room once more.

Pain again shot through Sonic, but this time, it was from a friend who didn't know that he was there. He let out a yell, wishing to tell Knuckles to stop with words, but the echidna thought the none-moving life form on the floor was some kind of robot, about to attack, and he did not think twice of his choice. The ship suddenly began falling at incredible speed, another hammer reached Eggman's robot, and the machine let out a scream of revenge before it exploded.

Sonic scrambled to get up, and reached Eggman's portable ship just as the big man and his robots did, all five of them finding room to fly away.

"This isn't the end!" Eggman cried out, waving his fist down at the city, which now lay almost in ruins. Amy and Knuckles stood side by side, Knuckles with a face of hatred, Amy's of pain and hatred mingled together. Tails landed the Tornado by the two of them, and hopped out, hugging Amy who now appeared to be crying as she remembered how Sonic should have been the hero this time, like every time. Sonic watched his friends stare at the ship as it floated away, and he wished they might somehow know he was okay, even though he was with the enemy. And yet, they didn't even know he was there. For all he knew, they thought he was dead. Knuckles' face seemed to go into deep thinking, and he turned to Amy, about to say something, but stopped. Biting his lip, he looked at the ruined 'ultimate' weapon, a look of terror filling his eyes for only a second. He said something, trying to sound happy for the other two, but Sonic couldn't hear them, being too far away. In fact, he couldn't hear them if he was nearby either, for by this point, the pain in Sonic couldn't help but knock him out.

But the battle had been won.

And that's the end of this chapter! I'm hoping that was epic enough for your likings. Anyway, I should update soon, and reviews are much appreciated. Thanks for reading!

~Ksonic