Hiya guys! So this is the second to last chapter. *wipes away a tear* I'm really gonna miss this book...but, we have a new one coming! The title is called The Maze of Games. It'll be the second (technically third) book in the series. To check out more info, look on my profile page! (It should be updated after this chapter goes up)
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-Shattered-
Dark Sonic stared at the place where he had just witnessed that girl get crushed by the robot. She was undoubtedly dead. There was no way a normal human body could survive the pressure and weight bearing down on her, let alone the force of the impact. She was gone for sure.
The others realized the same thing as well. The pink hedgehog began to sob, leaning on the bat for support. Everyone else just stared at the ground or the sky uncomfortably with a deep sadness spread across their faces.
Dark Sonic took the chance to advance towards the girl called Maddie. Unconscious and alone, he could kill her before anyone else would even realize what he'd done. Silently, he crept towards her. The gap between the two people shrank. He was only a few feet away now. Bending over, he grabbed the blade that had been thrown into the ground earlier. Almost there...
Suddenly, Dark Sonic spun and attempted to stab whoever was behind him. The red echidna was smart, though, and blocked the knife with sharp metal claws attached to his hands. "I don't think so," the echidna said with a smirk. He swung again and Dark Sonic blocked once more.
"Knuckles!" the pink hedgehog cried. "Look out!" Knuckles. So that was his name. Interesting but fitting.
Dark Sonic kicked his legs out from underneath him and struck the echidna hard in the stomach, then again in the side. Knuckles, as he was called, groaned and rolled over slightly, clutching his abdomen.
With hatred burning in his completely white eyes, Dark Sonic was about to punch him. Something collided with his skull before he could, though, and sent him staggering to the ground with a throbbing headache. When he glanced up, he saw the same annoying pink hedgehog from earlier. She was leaning on her hammer with a stupid triumphant look on her face.
Women...
Through the pain, Dark Sonic stumbled to his feet, facing her. Then he grabbed her wrists and twisted, forcing them the wrong way. She grimaced and squirmed to get away, but his grip held firm. The more she struggled, the more the pain sliced into her wrists.
"I don't want to"-she paused to yelp a little-"hurt you Sonic!"
"Funny," he replied, his words a sharp dagger. "Because I honestly can't say the same for you." He jerked her wrists again and the hedgehog cried out. At those words, she narrowed her eyes, bit her lip, and kneed him hard in the stomach. Dark Sonic released his firm hold and crumpled halfway to the ground. "I'm so sorry!" the pink hedgehog rapidly apologized before bolting away. Dark Sonic began to give chase, but another person stopped him before he could.
"Honey, don'tcha think this a little overboard?" the bat purred with a tone that indicated she was ready for this whole ordeal to be over. Dark Sonic smirked in response and punched her hard in the jaw. She stepped back, holding her chin in her hands and wincing. "Now that is no way to treat a lady!" she huffed angrily.
But before they could battle, suddenly Dark Sonic was kicked to the ground from behind and pinned entirely by every one of his enemies. Each person had a limb, except for that Knuckles guy. He was standing in front of him carrying a giant green emerald.
"Let go of me or I'll kill you all!" he threatened, thrashing against the hands that held him. He spit out a little bit of grass and dirt that had somehow gotten in his mouth during the fall.
"Do it now!" Shadow, the red and black hedgehog he vaguely recognized, growled to Knuckles. He was frantically scrambling to keep the Master Emerald upright. "I'm trying!" the echidna snapped back. After a few brief moments of time dragging on, Knuckles managed to situate himself and the gem so he could have his palms extended out on it's smooth surface.
"Master Emerald!" he called in a clear yet slightly desperate voice. "Please help us stop the chaos emeralds!"
Dark Sonic felt the chaos emeralds in his collar surge with power. He could tell that Knuckles was still talking. He could hear the words but they sounded far away, like he was underwater or something. The Master Emerald and the jewels around his neck started to glow brightly.
"No!" Dark Sonic growled fiercly. The hedgehog fought against the hands that held him but none of them wavered with their iron grip.
Sonic suddenly broke free of the darkness that controlled him. With a bone-chilling scream, the deep purple aura faded into nothing, his empty pupiless eyes returned to their normal emerald color, and his fur rippled into blue instead of the black that it had been before.
He collapsed on the ground, weak and exhausted. With a snap, the collar broke into two halves and tumbled to the ground around Sonic's neck. The chaos emeralds gently rolled out of their holes. All of the energy and light that once filled them was completely gone. Everyone released their hold on him and let him be alone to regain his strength.
-This is a magical point of view switch because I don't care anymore-
Everything hurt. A massive headache pounded behind my skull so harshly that the slightest movement made me nearly cry out in agony. I tried to open my eyes, but only one would. My right eye was crusted shut with dried blood. I very slowly extended my hand up towards my face and dragged my delicate fingers across my forehead. Tracing the line of blood from my crusted eye to my scalp, I discovered a deep gash in my head. Ouch.
I was a little bit surprised. I expected to wake up to Paige's concerned face hovering over me, but she wasn't there.
In fact, nobody was.
I pushed myself up slightly with my palms and looked around through my one good eye. Things had changed drastically. Dream Crusher-as stupid as his name was-had been defeated, laying in a crumpled heap of metal in the center of the clearing. Sonic was back to normal it seemed. I couldn't see the collar anymkre and he seemed to be getting around fine, although he was alone.
No one seemed hurt. Rouge was flying around in the air, busy carrying misshapen pieces of metal from Dream Crusher and into a small pile of more distorted metal. Knuckles was doing the same thing as Rouge, but from the ground. Shadow was nowhere to be seen. I noticed Amy and Tails join the others in clearing the rubble. I wondered why they would make an effort to remove the remains of the robot. And where the heck was Paige?
I tried to sit up and discovered quickly I wasn't even close to having enough strength yet. I lowered myself back to the ground, panting. Amy noticed I was conscious and trotted over in my direction.
"She's up!" she called as she walked. Everyone turned their attention towards me, but all of them went back to work after a quick glance.
"What's going on?" I asked, straining to make my voice heard. Amy looked at me and opened her mouth to answer, yet she hesitated. Something about her resistance made my heart leap.
"Where's Paige?" I questioned.
"She's busy."
"I want to talk to her."
"You can later."
"But-"
"I said you could later!"
I sighed in frustration. "Help me up," I commanded more than asked. Amy did as she was told and helped me get onto my knees. Practically hanging limp on her, we managed to get me up on shaky legs. After a few minutes, we had made our way over to the fallen robot. She set me down on a nice patch of grass close to Dream Crusher's remains.
"Welcome back, princess," Shadow said curtly as he passed by me. I glared.
"Will somebody tell me where Paige is?" I asked innocently. Suddenly, everyone stopped moving. They had stopped their work entirely and stared at Amy. They barely even breathed.
"You didn't tell her?" Knuckles said finally.
"Tell me what?" I demanded. Sonic appeared from behind me and put a hand on my shoulder. He shifted me so I was facing him, staring straight into those emerald green eyes.
"Maddie," he started, those same eyes full of deep sadness. "Paige is dead."
Shock. Pure shock. That's all I felt. No pain, no sadness, just shock.
"She..." I started, but trailed off, overcome by such a sadness that I couldn't speak, not even utter a single word.
I suddenly spun on Amy and slapped in the face as hard as I possibly could. She shrieked and tumbled to the ground, holding her face in her hands. A large red hand print was left on her cheek. I balled my hands into fists at my sides, shaking. She lied to me!
Then I melted down to the ground and sobbed. I felt someone touching me, speaking words of comfort to me, but I didn't hear them. Normally, I would have shoved them off, but I didn't care. My tears pooled at my chin. I gave up trying to wipe my eyes and just let my face stay wet as I sobbed, shaking and choking and dying inside.
"Oh God," I murmured through my sobs. "Oh God."
I suddenly understood why they were clearing away the rubble of the fallen robot. Paige was underneath all that. Somewhere in that pile of metal, my best friend's body lay. I envisioned her bones crushed, snapped and splintered and poking out of her discolored skin. Her face was smashed beyond recognition, yet I could still make out an eye, still and glazed over with death. I screamed and shuddered, shoving the image out of my fragile mind.
I turned and fled, staggering away and leaving the final resting place of my best friend behind.
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