Chapter 25: A Reason for Insanity
Meanwhile, Sonic had snuck into Blaze's house, eager to kill both Tails and Shadow. Walking through the house, he tried to remember where all the rooms were. It had been a while since he'd been to Blaze's.
Kill both of them... the voices said.
Sonic nodded. "I have to find them first... Can't remember where that woman's room is."
He wandered around the house until he soon heard voices. Grinning, he walked into the room and saw Tails and Shadow. That pathetic hedgehog was still in a wheelchair. Tails was holding her hand, talking to her about something that didn't interest Sonic.
"You two are still alive," Sonic commented. "How did you manage that?"
The fox jumped and looked at Sonic in horror. He gasped and stood up, backing away from Sonic as the knife appeared, hovering above him. Tails looked around, unsure of what would be useful against the murderous hedgehog. "Sonic, why are you trying to kill us? None of us ever did anything to you."
The insane hedgehog chuckled. "That's where you're wrong, fox boy."
Tails frowned. "What do you mean by that?"
"None of you even tried to help me," Sonic said. "I was hurting, and nobody was there for me."
"If you had told us, we would have helped you!" Tails shouted back.
"No! I shouldn't have had to tell you!" Sonic pointed the knife at Tails accusingly. "How long have you known me? You knew me better than any of the others!"
"You hid your abuse pretty well, though!" Tails said. "None of us knew what you were going though!"
Sonic growled and slashed Tails across the stomach. Tails put a hand over the gash, keeping his gaze on Sonic. Seeing his own blood wasn't something he wanted to do.
"That isn't an excuse!" Sonic yelled at him.
The fox glared at him and tried to run but Sonic grabbed him telekinetically and slammed him against the wall, wounding him. Tails fell to the floor, whimpering in pain. Both of his tails started curling around him. He wasn't a fighter; he never had been. Ears moving back, he looked up again. Something had to be done about Sonic.
"STOP!" a voice shouted.
Sonic turned around to see his son. "Where have you been?" he yelled at him. "I told you to kill Tails! Why didn't you do it?"
Shadic chuckled. "He and Blaze told me the truth about my past...about you."
Sonic narrowed his eyes at him. "You're going to betray me as well? For people you don't even know? How do you know they aren't lying to you?"
Shadic hesitated. He looked at Sonic and then at Tails and Shadow.
"Don't believe him," Tails said. "He's completely insane!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Sonic yelled, and dug the knife into tails' throat. He choked on his own blood and died. Shadic gasped and looked at Sonic fearfully.
"How...how could you?" He asked, backing away from his insane father.
"I had to. He was trying to take you away from me."
"But...dad..."
He hesitated and gasped as he saw something. A gigantic robot stood behind Sonic, its optics focusing on the hedgehog.
Sonic frowned "What? Is something wrong?" The robot attacked before Sonic could turn to see what it was. He smashed into the wall and stood up, groaning. His eyes widened in fear when he saw the robot. It walked forwards and looked at him.
"Mission: kill Sonic the Hedgehog," it said.
Sonic glared at the robot. "Plenty of others have tried, and they've all failed. You're no different." Inside, Sonic wasn't nearly as confident as he'd sounded.
The robot lunged and pushed him outside so they had more rom to battle. Shadic followed them. He saw the robot raise its arms and turn them into cannons. Shadic watched as Sonic avoided the first shots fired, a look of determination on his face. He chuckled and shot dark energy at the robot but the attacks did nothing to it. Sonic frowned when he saw that, growling at the robot. Lifting a section of one of the walls the robot had destroyed, he hurled it in the robot's direction. It caught the wall and threw it back at Sonic, who had no time to dodge the incoming object. The force of the blow knocked him to his feet as Shadic ran over and injected the serum into him that would cause Sonic to lose his powers.
Shadic moved back away from Sonic as soon as it was injected, tossing the empty syringe onto the ground. The hedgehog faltered, and began to groan in pain. Both Shadic and the robot looked down at him. The robot scanned his body and nodded.
"He has lost his powers," it said, injecting the paralysis serum into him. "Now we wait for the centipede to finish its job."
Shadic nodded and watched as Sonic tried to get up. He groaned in pain and fell back down, holding his head. Blood was gushing from his nose.
"Help...me..." he said. "Please..."
"I don't think I can." Shadic moved toward him despite what he had said.
Sonic glared at his son. "I'm dying...you are my son...don't you love me? I do."
Shadic hesitated. Then he dropped to his knees and helped Sonic. "What do you want me to do?" he asked. "I don't think I can get the centipede out."
Sonic touched his son's face. A pain could be felt in Shadic's head and he began to hear voices as well. They were all yelling at him, but he couldn't understand with them all talking at once.
"What..." Shadic looked at his father. "What have you done?"
"I'm continuing my legacy," Sonic said.
Shadic's eyes widened; he knew what Sonic meant. Shadic would slowly become insane like his father, and no one could stop it. Sonic's hand fell to the ground and he coughed up blood. His breathing slowed, and he passed away.