Chapter 27- The Final Curtain Call

Kill… maim… death… destroy…

No… I can't… not again…

There is no one left… give in…

I still have Tails… he won't give up on me… he can't…

Give IN!

"NO!" My eyes snap open and I awaken to the familiar chamber. Tails put me in here for good reason…there is no sanctuary with me out of captivity anymore…

After the slaughter of Knuckles, Rouge, and Vector, it just kept going… Now that Mephiles nearly has me completely under his control, he forced me to kill until Tails HAD to stow me away in a cell for everyone's sake. Only he, Eggman, Silver, and the kids are left. Poor Cream and Charmy… they shouldn't be seeing me like this…

He better hurry. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

This is one of the few blessings of awareness I have and- I stand corrected… slipping again. See you when I get back.

He's trying to break me again… I think it's working this time. I don't want to hurt my friends, or ANYONE for that matter. I want to be free. To fight crime! I can't let him do this to-

I'm losing so much mental strength. I can't show my weakness. I can't let him drain me!

It's funny… I constantly get the illusion that I have any power left… I have barely any.

Was my sense of freedom I had always cherished… just a lie? Maybe Mephiles had always been inside of me… My crime fighting life was all a hallucination… wasn't it…?

What am I…? What is my purpose…? The reason I'm here…?

I am nothing.


"I think I finally have a breakthrough! It took so many sleepless weeks and I finally have it! The cure!"

"Great, Eggman, what is it?!"

"This is a darkness extractor. With it we can extract Mephiles from Sonic body and purge him once and for all!"

"Cool! Can you make something to bring people to life TOO?!"

"We haven't started yet, Charmy."

"Aw…"

This is it, guys. The moment we've all been waiting for. Eggman just made the device that can end all this hell. Sonic's gonna be so ecstatic when we fix him, I think we should throw a big party! We can't invite many people, but it's something. Speaking of Sonic, I better check on him. He's gotten really quiet in his cell. I walk up to the door that leads to his basement cell and I go down to visit and tell him the good news.

"Hey, Sonic, it's Tails! We did it buddy, we have the cure!"

"..."

"Sonic?"

"..."

That's weird. He doesn't sleep, so it can't be that. Doesn't hurt to make sure though. I tap on his cell bars to get his attention.

Not even a flinch.

"Sonic, are you okay in there?"

"..."

I know it's probably not a safe idea, but I decide to walk into the cell and check things out.

The door closes automatically behind me… i-it's not supposed to do that… *gulp*

I look at him and see that his eyes are rolled back and his lids are half open. He's out of it again, so I gently shake him. Usually when I wanna bring him out of this for a short time, it works. Boy is THAT gonna bite me in the ass. "Sonic, come on. We're gonna fix you! " A sudden motion of his hand and he's got me grabbed. "What the heck?!"

He turns his head towards me slowly and eerily. When he speaks, his voice is hollow and detached. "A sacrifice…"

"Pal?"

"I have found a sacrifice for Master…"

"Sonic, let go of me!"

"Excellent work, slave."

Oh, no… "Mephiles, what have you done to him now?!"

"I relieved him of all of his cares and worries… Sonic is no longer Sonic, but an empty shell. Now, you must be the first to die, Tails…" He turns to the husk that used to be my best friend. "Annihilate him. And make it quick."

"..." He nods and jumps me without warning. I try to get away, but I remember the door is locked. The best thing I can do is try and reason with- I don't know what to call him anymore…

"Dude, get a grip! Please!"

"..." He wraps his fingers around my neck.

"I beg of you, don't kill me! I'm too young to d-" I hear my neck crack and I cannot feel anymore… my body drops to the ground as all sensation escapes me.


Everyone must be killed as the ultimate sacrifice…

People drop like flies all around me.

Master's goals to end space and time will be realised…

Entire cities fall.

No one will stand in our way…

Nothing left in the aftermath… I have done it… Master will be proud.

"You have done well Sonic."

"I am happy to please you…"

"I love hearing you say that. Now, for the last part of the transition, we need the Chaos Emeralds. You must find 3 of them, as the other 4 were stupidly hidden in both the bases of your former mortal friends and Dr. Eggman… Do that… and you will finally join me in being… a superdimensional being… a god if you will. Together the universe won't stand a chance…"

I go off for my goal, but… a sharp pain in my back…

"Ngh…"

I cannot hear anything besides Mephiles' voice, but I sense a surviving creature. It is an attack! They are trying to stop our reign! I-

"MR. SONIC! PLEASE STOP IT!"

"... Cream…? AGH!"

What is she…doing to me…?

"I'm gonna make you better, Mr. Sonic!"

"You foolish girl… stop this at once!"

"Cream… it's too late to help me… run before he makes me kill you too…"

"NO! I want you BETTER!" She keeps firing something at me. All the while I can feel the fogginess clear from my head slowly… did they finally make it?

"ENOUGH!" All of Mephiles' power goes into maintaining his influence on me. I thoughts cloud over and-

"..."

"I'm almost done Mr. Sonic!"

I grab this brat who dares to defy Mephiles and toss her aside. He wants me to kill her but I… strangely can't. A projectile comes from the side and hits me it the forehead. A small blue creature of unknown origin… the rabbit gets away and I am on the ground with a distant feeling. Pain I presume?

The world fades to black as my disappointed Master hovers over me.

"For shame, Sonic… you had so much potential…"

"M… Master…"

"No matter… your mentally is of no use to me… You wanted to be free and with your friends? Well, here you go. Your final opportunity before you all and the rest of this known Universe BURNS... "

A bright white light gradually engulfs my vision. "Master… please… spare my life… I wish to… rule with you… to be a god… like you…"

"You misunderstand, Sonic. Even if I were to let you live, a mind broken slave is too much of a nuisance to work around… I intended to kill you after you had done away with everyone else and had brought me the Chaos Emeralds, but… looks like that Chao did the job for me."

I don't- Cheese, he- A small smile pops up on my face as it dawns on me that just might have been intentional of the little guy.

...Thank you, Cheese… you freed me.

My final thoughts before I join up with everyone else.

"If I want those Chaos Emeralds… I'll have to get them myself…"