Chapter 21:
Pre-Birth
Quazaireon and Zephyra trotted the stone hallways while talking to each other, both seemed a bit relaxed and both seemed really fine. Their footsteps barely heard, their voices barely bounced the hallway, and their movements were made of peace and not tragedy.
"So you know what to do, right?" Quazaireon tested the demon-hog.
"Yes." Zephyra nodded, "What me to feed the Hounds?"
"That's been taken care of." Quazaireon stated.
"Will do then." The demon-hog nodded.
Quazaireon then heard a slight noise, and stopped in his tracks, and raised his ears up in alert, while staring down the dark hallway. The demon-hog also stopped, and stared at the black one as he stared with awareness.
"What's up?" Zephyra asked as her turned his head down to the creature.
When the demon-hog stopped, they both stood silently, waiting for a sound that Quazaireon heard once, and hoped to hear again. Zephyra then turned his head forward, and stared down the hallway, perking his ears up also in alert, and his purple eyes shifting to a very soft blue.
There was a very faint gripe that they both heard; it was of a female's voice that was luckily able to echo down the hallways to them. The dark one blinked and raised his head up slightly, and Zephyra only blinked, wondering what it was.
"This way." The dark one implied.
Quazaireon then started to walk cautiously, his head low and kept his black eyes in front of him. Zephyra only kept his hands behind his head, and followed him towards the sound. There was a door to the right, and the sound was made again, they both then were sure that the sound was coming from the other side of the door.
Quazaireon's eyes glowed purple, and he stared towards the wall the door was on, and was given the ability to see through the walls he stared through. The dark one stared into the wall he heard the sound, and through the wall he stared through, there was Ramaindna against the wall with Mince very close to her. The chameleon moaned slightly, leaning closer to her as he rubbed against her up and down, while she was pressed against the wall, her mouth open as she moaned slightly herself in pleasure.
"AH! MY EYES!" Quazaireon shrieked in shock, his ability wearing off.
The dark one quickly stumbled backwards and landed on his back with his paws over his eyes. Zephyra leaped a few inches from him, and stared at the dark one with now yellow eyes of shock, wondering what he saw.
"What is it?" The demon-hog spoke.
The dark one gritted his teeth, "Have my eyes finally told me I was of old age? Or have I just seen my worst nightmare!"
The hedgehog stood and stared at the dark one, "What are you talking about? What did you see?"
The dark one quickly bounced to his feet, and arched his back with rage, "I've seen our new member now on the most wanted list!"
Zephyra stood confused, and watched the dark one run over towards the door and backed up against the wall parallel to the door, and readied to break the door down.
"That bastard's just drawn the damn line!" Quazaireon snarled.
He bolted towards the door, determined to break the door down, and go after the chameleon for his doing. Just as he leaped, the door opened up fully, and the dark one quickly fell to the ground, and rolled into the room, missing the door. He rolled in the room like Sonic would when doing a spin dash, only accidentally, and crashed underneath a desk with a steel backboard to the desk. Quazaireon laid against he steel backboard while sitting on his neck motionless, and soon collapsed to the ground on his side, and rubbed his head in aching pain.
Zephyra then bolted in and flicked his head around, "What's going on?"
A deep chuckle made the demon-hog turn, and stared to his right. There stood Mince, laughing slightly in pleasure as he leaned against the wall, grinning evilly.
The demon-hog snarled, "You…"
Mince stared at the demon-hog with his red eyes glowing slightly, "We'll be expecting really soon. Just so you know."
The dark one heard Mince's remark, and bounced to his feet, only to hit his head against the desk again, only above him, and made Quazaireon lower his head, and rubbed his head with irritation from behind hit again.
The demon-hog growled slightly, "You mother fucker…"
He smiled, "I'm not the only one, so you know…"
Quazaireon got back on his feet, and walked form underneath the desk, and stared at Mince, "Where is she?"
He shrugged, "Oh, hiding I suppose, will soon be in severe pain though."
Zephyra then quickly exited out of the room and went to find Ramaindna, pissed. Quazaireon watched as Zephyra disappeared, then stared at Mince with a fierce glare.
"You serious about her?" The dark one snarled slightly.
Mince chuckled again, "It's not an actual living being, let's call it a pre-birth, shall we?"
Zephyra quickly dashed the hallways, his eyes red as blood, and very uneasy at Mince's doing. It was lucky of Quazaireon to have spotted them before hand, otherwise things would've been a lot worse. He wished that the mutant was dead, and that Demeortris would change his ways and send him off back on his own like he has always been. His back grew more stiff with anger, and grew more furious every second, unable to stand the thought.
He caught her in the corner of his eye, and screeched to a stop, and stared to his left. Ramaindna lay on her side, her back turned towards Zephyra, and wasn't moving a bit, and it was like she was dead.
The demon-hog's eyes grew a dark blue, worried, and walked over to her silently, his shoes barely tapping the floor with sound, as he got closer and closer. He knelt behind her, and put a hand on her arm, feeling slight warmth on her arm, at least she wasn't as cold as ice. A hand then grasped his, fingernails a bit sharp, and was hotter than her skin; luckily it showed some blue highlights on the fingers.
He sighed in relief, "Ramaindna?"
Her shoulders twitched, and she pushed herself with her arm up, shaking violently and looked like she was to fall back to the ground. Zephyra quickly leaned over and grasped her with his arms under hers, and pulled her up, and laid her against him with her head on his chest.
"Ramaindna?" He called her name.
She blinked a few times, and stared up at him, "Zephyra?"
He pulled her up a bit more, and leaned against the wall while his legs were under her, "What happened?"
She gripped his hand slightly, "I-I, I was planning a tactic, and, what I didn't realize, w-was when you were to kiss him, h-he had some sort of seduction curse on him…"
"And one thing lead to another." Zephyra finished, "You okay?"
She shook her head, "No, but…now I know…"
Zephyra stared down at her, "About what?"
She grunted a little in pain, putting her arms around her stomach that seemed larger than usual, "About Misty…why she couldn't resist…that's his secret weapon…"
Zephyra growled slightly, remembering Misty. She was his target, not for rape, but for someone that could help him. Sadly though, since he's a member of the Dark, she was to either run, or fight at him, and such, he has to use his ice powers to do what he was ordered to do. His eyes blazed red again, and lowered his ears, while staring out towards the hallway, so upset at Mince's doing.
Ramaindna then cried out in pain, and grasped her stomach. Zephyra quickly lifted her up from his body, and dragged her to where she was the one leaning against the wall, slapping her hands on the floor, and started to cry slightly while the pain grew worse.
Zephyra stared at her, then her pants, and then back at her, and took a deep breath, "Ramaindna, do I have permission?"
She nodded quickly, as her eyes were closed shut, and breathed heavily as she tried to bear with the pain that was storming in her stomach. Zephyra then took another deep breath, and undid her belt, and dragged down her pants off of her, and quickly flicked them to the side away from her, already seeing blood. Quickly he got to the side and held her hand as she gripped tightly.
"I can't believe I'm saying this." The demon-hog whimpered slightly, "But, push!"
She took one last breath, and leaned forward, pain becoming even worse.
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Sonic yelped, and flicked his feet upwards in astonishment, nearly falling off of a small ledge that he sat on, and scared the others back onto their feet again while staring at the hedgehog. The hedgehog took deep breaths from coming from his nightmare, his heart rushing with excitement and speed, and it seemed like it was endless. He stared around, and seen they were in a dark place with the smell of dirt and plant roots, and some of the others stood with flashlights pointed at him, making his eyes shine against them and making Sonic turn his head away from the lights.
Knuckles then wandered over with a flashlight and kneeled in front of the hedgehog, "You okay?"
Sonic took a huge deep breath and sighed, "I don't know, where are we?"
"We're in the underground trail." Conore's voice echoed in the distance, running back to the others, "and we've got a long ways to go, probably more than a mile long."
Rouge stared at the fox, "I thought this was suppose to be a shortcut."
"It is." Aaron stated, "The other route would've been about five miles, and if were traveling five miles an hour, it'd take us an hour to get there, here, about ten minutes."
"Make that thirty." Tails spoke, "This trail's about three and a quarter."
Sonic then pushed himself to his feet, and brushed himself off, "Well, let's get moving."
"Yes, and quickly." Misty growled slightly, "I don't want to end up being bit by a Hobo Spider here just so people know. Or a Brown Recluse, ech!"
Shadow gave a slight snort, and started to walk, while Aaron and Conore lead the way, followed by the others. Sonic's legs wobbled a little from being passed out for a while, and pushed his body from the walls to keep from falling, and kept his eyes partly down so he could try and see where he was going.
There was then a loud yelp just feet away, and the sound of someone stumbling to their knees. Knuckles quickly flicked his flashlight up and showed to him and Sonic, Espio holding his stomach and stumbling backwards against the wall while Misty tried to support him. Aaron and Conore quickly stopped and spun their bodies around, pointing the flashlights near the two, allowing the others to see.
Espio cried out a little in pain, taking deep breaths to try and stay calm and relieve the pain that tortured him. He felt the infant's claws scrap his insides, and the feeling of being bitten inside was so painful, and the feeling of the mutant squirming around in his stomach as he held his arms around his stomach was weird. The mutant inside then pushed against his stomach, his stomach bloating a little, and even more stinging struck him strongly, and he bellowed with blood slightly dripping from his mouth.
Sonic's eyes stared at Espio, and as he stared, a quick flash of his nightmare appeared, where Ramaindna and Zephyra were together and she was having her contractions. Sonic gasped a little, blinking a few times in a bit of shock, and rubbed his eyes to see if he was seeing things. He stared back up towards Espio and Misty, and seen only them being reflected upon flashlights, not the flash of the other two he just saw. His spine tingled a little with eeriness, and everything around him was tuned out for that moment of wonder. Was the nightmare he had really like a sign, or something else?
"Sonic!" Rouge barked.
Sonic flinched a little, and got back to reality, and turned to Rouge with a startled look. Everything was silent except the sound the other's footsteps, and the sound of Espio's heavy breathing.
Rouge stared at him with suspicion, "Are you sure you're okay? You looked kinda dead there for a moment."
Sonic nodded, and scratched the back of his head, "Um, yeah, I guess."
Rouge nodded slightly, "Uhum, sure you are."
Sonic stared at her for a moment, then spun his head back towards Espio, still leaning against the dirt wall, while Misty and Aaron tried to support him as he continued to take deep breaths. Sonic took a deep breath himself, and wondered what was to happen next.
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The wooden door slammed open, and Zephyra stomped in with fury at its peak, eyes blazing red, and hands bloody. Demeortris flicked his eyes open and stared at the demon-hog as Zephyra stomped towards him.
"Now look what you've done!" Zephyra snarled violently, "Thanks to your damn decision! Mince has just-"
Zephyra was just feet away when Demeortris then sprang up, and pointed his hand at his throat, and immediately, Zephyra was put to a halt feeling his neck being constricted and held back. Quickly the demon-hog silenced, and bared the constriction that the demon had on him, and watched Demeortris come forward to the demon-hog, still furious.
Demeortris stopped just inches away from his face, "You wish to be meat for the Hounds?"
Zephyra growled, "He raped and impregnated Ramaindna…"
Demeortris then stared at him with a bit of rage, but nothing that the demon-hog was afraid of. The demon then turned around swiftly, and released the demon-hog from the invisible constriction that he put against him. Zephyra coughed a little from being choked, and stared at the demon, watching him sit back down at his place. The demon-hog expected a ruthless comment, or an order to go after Mince, or even he would do it himself, he expected something of his favor though.
The demon sat for a second, his face still filled with some rage, and stared with a bit of looseness. Soon though his rage faded, and a grin slowly creased his face, closing his eyes and started to chuckle deeply, his fangs showing against some light from a small ceiling light. Zephyra's expression then shifted slowly to disappointment, and stared at Demeortris, seeing that the demon wasn't in his favor, and was actually laughing. He felt alone…
"Zephyra…" The demon laughed, "That's why I brought Mince here, that's his duty."
Zephyra's mouth dropped, and was speechless, unable to think of anything to say of his word.
Demeortris stared at the demon-hog's blood stained hands and smiled, "Too bad Mince didn't have time to finish, otherwise, we would've been on our way."
Zephyra glared at the demon, turned around slowly, and started to walk slowly back towards the door.
"Zephyra." Demeortris called to him.
The demon-hog stopped, and turned his head back at the demon with purple eyes again.
"I need you to head to Inchigo Base." The demon ordered, "I need you and Mince to capture all of Sonic's friends, and Misty's as well. And narrow down Espio's time to seven months."
Zephyra's back stiffened, "Over my dead body will I take that raping mutant with me…"
Demeortris raised an eyebrow that held a silver piercing that held a of black diamond, "Unless you want to be next to please Mince, I suggest you take him with you."
Zephyra stared at him for a few seconds, and sighed a little, then turned back around and walked out the door, his trench coat floating behind him a little from the tiny icy wind Zephyra brought up and chilled the room before he left.
The demon smiled, "We'll get them this time…"
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"Ouch! Quit it Shadow!" Knuckles snapped.
"It ain't my fault that it's dark in here!" Shadow snapped back.
Knuckles and Shadow continued to bicker about being stepped on and being ran into, while the others just kept walking ahead of them. Shadow then tripped on another rock, and collided into Knuckles once again.
"I said QUIT!" Knuckles growled.
Knuckles then quickly shoved the hedgehog to the right one last time, and made the hedgehog smack his face against a stalactite in front of him, and falling backwards. Knuckles then just walked passed him, and left his to struggle to get up, and grumbled to himself with irritation. Shadow quickly got back up on his feet holding his head, and ran towards the others without looking what was beneath him.
The hedgehog then tripped again, and made a face plant into the dirt, and lay there for a second. Quickly again, her got back up, and ran to catch up to the others.
They walked silently, about thirty minutes have passed, and their flashlights dances around the cave like fireflies. Their footsteps echoed within the tunnel, little pats like wolf paws on rock. They all felt a slight chill of cold breathe against them as they walked; it was the coldness of dead souls that died here.
"There it is!" Aaron barked.
They all looked ahead, seeing Aaron and Conore running towards a dead end with a huge metal circular latch above the dead end that looked heavier than they wanted it. The two stared at it for a moment, and then faced Knuckles.
The echidna knew what they wanted and quickly jogged to them, handing Sonic the flashlight, and stood with the two. Luckily, there were four steel laddered that were built against the wall, and all three climbed up the ladders and slapped a hand on the metal disc, while the other hands held them from falling off the ladders. Quickly Aaron and Conore shifted to their ware forms, black markings showing up on their fur, and a bit of muscle.
"Alright, push!" Conore told the other two.
They pushed as hard as they could, all three showing effort to lifting the metal door open. The metal door screeched open as the three pushed farther and farther, and Tails quickly decided to help and fly up in the middle of the circle, and used his shoulder to push the metal fully open. The door was removed from the three strong one's grip, and from Tails shoulder, and collapsed onto the ground with a loud crack and bang. The door snapped from its hinge and wobbled like a coin on the ground, slowly slowing down, and stopped.
The two friends then shifted to their normal forms, and pulled themselves up onto the ground above. Knuckles only held himself on the ladder and waited, while Tails lowered himself back to the ground and waited, and so did the others that stood.
"Clear!" Aaron called down to them.
Quickly Knuckles pulled himself up, Tails and Rouge flew out of the hole, while the other four were to get onto the ladders.
Rouge stood by Aaron and looked at him with a bit of impression, "Did you change your ways just for me? Or just to not deal with Amy?"
Aaron shrugged, "Well, both really, but also not just for you, but everyone."
The bat smiled, "If we ever get out of this mess, we should go out, you know?"
Aaron then turned and blushed, laying his ears back with a bit of shyness, "I guess we could."
She smiled and hugged the wolf. Aaron stood with a bit of question, wondering if it's just a friendly hug, or more, but in return hugged her back, and flicking his tail back and forth. Knuckles turned towards the two, and seeing them hug, he rolled his eyes in a bit of disgust.
Aaron also kinda rolled his eyes, "You should meet Ricky, he's someone to die for. Rich guy."
Rouge then quickly pulled back and stared, "Seriously?"
Aaron rolled his eyes again, wishing he never mentioned the name.
Just after Sonic jumped out, Knuckles grabbed the broken metal door, and pushed it back on top of the hole, and made sure it was secured properly over the hole. They all looked around, seeing the large steel buildings surrounding them, though showing sky, they looked a lot larger than what they expected. Windows were broken; doors were open that lead into messy hallways, the place was a disaster, with some vines growing here and there from going over the walls of Inchigo's walls.
"Welcome to Inchigo Base." Conore stated.
So sue me XP, like I'll care bricked
But I'll be taking another week to hopefully finish Start of a Hero, and start on the next Link Story (dun dun duuuuuuun) So u all know ahead of time.
Thank ya for reading to this point, more chapters soon