Cosmic Ruin: Red Sonic
He had no idea where Knuckles was. But at this point, it didn't matter. Knuckles had seen a side of him he never wanted to show again. But this time, these emotions were forced upon him. Dark Ion has him right in the palm of his hand basically. And he had no idea what he would do if he were to become one of Snively's assassins. The results would be deviststing.
He didn't even realize until now, but he was walking ever so slowly through a windy desert area with large statues of people who died in the Robotropolis Civil War.
"Ari the Ram…Spelunk the Troll…even little Rosy the Rascal's got a statue here and she's not even dead." Sonic said as he found a statue of a young hedgehog girl curtsying on the pedestal. Sonic looked off into the distance, seeing nothing but tombstones and mechanical ruins.
"Now why would Dark Ion and that split-sense bring me here to this place?" Sonic asked himself as he looked around. Suddenly, a familiar, but demonic sense had returned and Sonic found himself bending over in agony.
He opened his eyes revealing that they were switching from red to green, at a neutral speed.
"Hello…?" Sonic said, seeing himself inside a dark nothingness. All he saw were small white boxes, floating in the distance.
"This is beyond creepy. First the split-sense, now this black space?" Sonic walked over to a white box that sat on the lifeless floor. It had a green circle on top of it. Nothing else. Sonic pondered for a bit, and then shrugged his shoulders.
"What else could possibly go wrong anyway?" Sonic said as he pressed the mysterious button. In an instant, flurries of white exploded from the container. It shot straight upwards as Sonic jumped back in surprise. The particles danced until they formed a bright rectangle, the size of an HD TV.
"What is this? Monday Night Football?" Sonic asked in confusion. But he soon realized that this was no joking matter. The screen turned on in a flurry of light, and the image was soon visible. It made Sonic fall back in horror.
"Oh no…No. What did I do…?" As he backed away from the first image, another screen simulated from behind him; showing another image from his past. Soon the screens were appearing rapidly around him, more terrifying and heart-aching than the last. Sonic raced away from the screens as they seemed to follow him down a never-ending hall.
"What the hell!? This is like Sonic and the thirteen killer TV screens…Yeah that sounded funnier in my head…" Sonic boosted as quickly as he could, but soon stopped in his tracks at an extremely disturbing image. And as he fell on his knees, eyes glued to the screen; a few footsteps were heard behind him.
"Probably the biggest secret you ever kept…The forbidden affair between you and that young fox." The voice was too familiar. But now Sonic knew that it wasn't his own intention to cause such heartache.
"Red Sonic…I thought you disappeared after the Battle period."
His crimson alter ego chuckled lightly as the screen in front of Sonic quickly vanished, "Oh, come now. As long as you have selfish intentions and negative thoughts; I'll always be here in your mind—waiting for the right moment to take control…again and again."
"How thought?" Sonic asked looking as lost as he possibly could, "How did you come back in such a strong way?"
"Oh, are you really that stupid?" Red Sonic asked, "Did you forget that mysterious serum that Dark Ion tested on you?"
"You mean that black stuff that made me throw up on that island base? I wish I could forget about that."
Red Sonic turned, putting a hand on his chin, "You certainly aren't the smarter alter-ego; are you? That 'black stuff' was the Geddon project, remember? It contains a highly acid ingredient called 2MiC; or Metallic Carbon for idiots like you.
Sonic wanted to think; Yes! I'm getting more information after all! Not only have I been drugged, but now I remember who it was that drugged me. And it's all thanks to me…kinda. But he his mind had to remain completely blank. Or his thoughts would call out through his mind like a PA system.
"But who's Dark Ion? Isn't he based somewhere around Knothole? I'm too dumb to remember…" Sonic said. Laid it on a little too thick there, he thought. And like Sonic predicted; Red Sonic automatically heard Sonic's thoughts through the dark space.
"Oh, I'm not falling for that…" Red Sonic answered as he started walking away from the blue hedgehog. But Sonic didn't need Red Sonic to tell him. This was his mind, not Red's. So he concentrated to the best of his ability and thought to himself…remember…where is he…? Where is Dark Ion…?
Suddenly a flash of light brought a new white screen to life on his right side. The screen illuminated as an event from the flying base was shown. It was when Sonic was in one of the computer rooms and looked up 'Ian Derrick' and 'Project Geddon' in the database.
Red Sonic turned to see the new screen and his jaw opened in surprise, "No!" The red hedgehog ran toward Sonic and yelled in anger. A red burst of energy surrounded the hedgehog's hand. But Sonic was done falling under Snively and Red Sonic's spell. It was time to finish this battle. And Red Sonic was only standing in his way.
Sonic's right fist flared with blue energy as Red Sonic lunged at his target, "You are mine!"
"Not this time creep!" Sonic punched through the hedgehog's face and his adversary exploded into millions of energy orbs. Red Sonic was dead for now. But he was right…As long as Sonic had negative emotions; he'd always be waiting for a chance to strike back…