Son of a Lich: Pt 1

"Is everything prepared, Fukurokov?" Mammoth Mogul asked the undead bird as he sat upon his throne made of rotting flesh and bones.

"Yes, master." Fukurokov replied. "The ritual is all prepared for you." He stepped back and gazed upon the diabolical circle and symbols formed from blood.

"Well done." The mastodon replied. "Now, that the ritual will come to pass. We will have our three spirits bring our first three companions to us."

"But don't we need four?" The bird asked.

"Yes, but the final one has to be one of the living that is willing to become the fourth. To bring about the rising of Dark Gaia from his prison in the world's core." The mastodon explained. "And I have an idea on who it is to be. It'll take some convincing but it might happen." Then, Mogul instigated the diabolical ritual and summoned forth three evil spirits. "Find the ones with the marks and bring them to me. As for the raccoon, leave the door open." Then, the wicked spirits left to find their targets.


While in the dressing room for her next concert, Mina Mongoose was having a stressful day. Then, a stagehand came into the dressing room.

"Mina, you're on in five." The guy said.

"Got it." Mina replied. Then, the stagehand left. The popstar turned back to the mirror to check on the face. "Huh?" She noticed a bright red circle on her forehead. "Where did this come from?" He grabbed her compact and she went to fix the mark. She noticed a dark shadow with glowing red eyes was right behind her. "Eek!" She dropped her compact.


All the while, Mighty was out in the moonlight. Then, he saw some rumbling in the bushes. The armadillo checked by the bushes to see if there was anything there. There was nothing there. He heard something run by.

"Who's there?" The armadillo asked. He looked around but there was no response. From the corner of his eye; he thought he saw something standing there. Mighty turned to face it but there was no one present. "Show yourself." He didn't notice the bright red circle on his forehead appear. The mobian grabbed a spear to defend himself. "If this is a practical joke, please stop it. This is getting too creepy." Then, he heard the sound of breathing but with no definite source. "Charmy? Vector? Espio? Honey?" He started to look down and notice shadowy tentacles wrap themselves around the armadillo. Mighty turned around and dropped the spear. "AH!"


Meanwhile on the Sky Patrol that was parked. Tails and Marine were on the deck of the flying fortress. They were sitting next to each other under the stars.

"It's been a big adventure we've been on together." Tails said to her.

"I'm just so glad I joined your team, Tails." Marine said.

"You're welcome, Marine." The two-tailed fox replied.

"You're one of the best guys I know." The raccoon stated. "I couldn't be more happier when I'm with you." She hugged him.

"I'm feeling the same way, Marine." Tails answered, taking her into his arms. The two of them started to cuddle with each other. They began to look longingly into each other's eyes, yet the both of them blushed.

"Tails?" The raccoon girl said to him.

"Yeah?" Tails replied.

"I think there is something I was wanting to say." She said to him.

"What is it, Marine?" The fox answered.

"I… I…" The raccoon stuttered. Tails just placed his finger over her lips and removed it.

"I think I feel the same way too, Marine." The fox answered. After a little bit, they closed their eyes and kissed. When they broke their kiss, their foreheads were on each other's. "I'll be right back." He stated, getting up and moving away from the area.

"I'll be waitin', Tails." A love-struck raccoon said. After a little bit, she heard a voice from the side.

"Marine, can you come here for a minute?" The voice asked.

"Coming Tails." Marine answered, skipping towards the source. But when she arrived, she was confused because she didn't see the two-tailed fox. "Tails?" She turned around and saw a monstrous shadow. "AHH!"

"MARINE!" Tails shouted. "What's going on?" The two-tailed fox looked in the room. "What in the…?!" He saw that Marine had a bright red glowing circle on her forehead; she was levitating in mid-air as her body had turned pale. The pupils in her eyes have shrunken down and her eyes turned lifeless and completely blood red. The raccoon noticed him frozen in fear.

"Oh Tails," A voice that wasn't her own called from her lips. She began to levitate slowly to him. "Wouldn't you care to join me?" The two-tailed fox could move even though he wished to move away. Then, Marine jolted back.

"AWAY FROM HIM!" A voice shouted. Tails turned and he saw Silver holding a holy relic. "LEAVE MARINE THIS INSTANT, FOUL DEMON!"

"I have been brought forth my Mogul to bring her back to him." The growling voice stated. "You you want to free her, then you must enter the abyss." Then, a dark purple swirling portal appeared behind the raccoon. "Enter the darkness to rescue her." Then, Marine was pulled into the portal. However, the portal didn't close after she went through. Tails tried to run to the portal but Silver stopped him.

"Silver, let me go." Tails stated.

"I believe I know where this portal leads." Silver stated. "It will take us directly to his lair and we will almost certainly have an encounter with that lich."

"But…" The fox rebuked.

"We will enter the portal soon." Silver replied. The blue blur came out, half-asleep.

"What's with all the noise?" Sonic yawned. "Can't you see Amy and I are trying to get some sleep?"

"Marine's been abducted. We need to rescue her." Silver replied. The blue hedgehog instantly woke up.

"Got it, I'll get Amy up." Sonic said as he zoomed to the bedroom to get Amy. Then, the older hedgehog faced the young fox.

"Now is the time, Tails." The albino hedgehog told him. "We must prepare ourselves for whatever Mogul has to throw at us."


When the four mobians with Chip went through the portal, they found themselves outside of a castle made of dark grey brick. The ground resembled that of human skin with red long-leaved shrubs growing out of it. The willows had a dark blue tone to the vines that grew upon them. The only thing in the sky was the deep pumpkin moon.

"It feels like we're in Pumpkin Hill." Amy said, remembering he visit there.

"Although, we are. This is definitely Mogul's wicked citadel." Silver answered. They headed down the spiral road and leapt to the entrance. They found two skeleton guards at the door. Tails took fire at the skeletons taking them down. They approached the door and the albino busted it opened. The group of four entered.

"So, you've come to face me." The voice stated.

"Mogul… we know you are here." Silver replied.

"My nemesis, it is now beginning to appear like our last encounter in the past." The mastodon said. "But back then, you had your petty group to face me with. Now, you are alone."

"You're wrong, Mogul." Sonic stated, raising Caliburn in an ox guard position. "Pops is not alone. My friends are with him and I am with him. And we will end you… forever."

"Try as you might, but remember you are in my dominion." The mammoth stated. "And thus you play by my rules." The four mobians started to fall upwards.

"What!?" Amy asked in a panic. Thinking fast, Silver flipped over and used his psionic energy to catch himself and his daughter-to-be. While Tails flipped and flew to hold onto Sonic. "What just happened?"

"It seems like the force of gravity had turned upside down." Tails replied.

"So he's trying to play tricks, huh?" Sonic stated. "Well, changing the rules on us isn't going to stop us." Then, they noticed that they were heading into an area with corpses roaming the area. Sonic did a homing attack onto the zombies as Amy slammed down with her hammer. Silver came down slashing with his twin blades. Tails was firing at the undead when the gravity pulled him back downwards from a floating doorway.

"Whoa!" He stated. Sonic looked down as he saw Tails get pulled into the door way.

"TAILS!" He shouted.

"SONIC, BEHIND YOU!" Silver stated. Sonic zoomed forward and back to saw in half the zombie that was behind him.


Meanwhile, Tails felt as if he could no longer fly. He stopped falling for a moment. He was confused until a short fall caused him to hit the floor.

"Oof." He stated; the young fox got back up in confusion. "What is this place?"

"You finally arrived, Prower." The voice of Mogul stated. "I wanted to speak with you personally before it got too crowded."

"Where are you, Mogul?" Tails yelled. "I'm ready for you."

"Are you? Well, I'm behind you." The mastodon stated.

Tails turned around and he saw Mammoth Mogul sitting on a crystalline throne with his crooked staff in hand. He was in a chamber that no ceiling and no floor with floating platforms in an endless sea of nickel and grey. The room had doorways that led to the side.

On each side of Mogul's throne, there were two alters. Three of them had a possessed mobian floating above them, one of them being Marine and the other two being Mina and Mighty. All had their arms outstretched and the red arcane mark glowing brightly on their foreheads. The last alter was vacant.

"Let them go, Mogul." Tails demanded. "Right this instant."

"Or what?" The mastodon stated. "You are powerless against me." The fox pulled out his gun and aimed it at the lich. "Nah,ah,ah." He stated raising his hand. "You point your gun at me," He brought his hand forward; levitating Marine in front of him. "I'll just use your friend as a shield." Tails just growled at him. "Put your weapon away unless you want to kill the one you care about." The fox could do nothing about it, thus he reluctantly dropped his blaster. "That's a good little fox." Mogul simply put Marine back to her place at her alter.

"I will find a way to free her from your grip, Mogul." Tails answered.

"Are you sure that she isn't going to end up dead? Like last time a certain someone you cared about was killed?" Mogul asked, taunting the fox.

"Cosmo died because of your trickery." Tails stated, angrily. The mastodon just laughed at the fox. "What's so funny?"

"I wasn't the one who brought an end to that plant girl. Neither was it, Lyric." Mogul stated. "Her blood is on your hands, Prower."

"YOU'RE LYING!" Tails yelled in a rage. "THERE IS NO WAY THAT I WOULD HAVE HURT HER!"

"Really?" Mogul aske. "Perhaps, I should give you a reminder. The event shall be replayed before you." Tails turned around and saw the moment where he, Sonic, Amy, and Cosmo were facing off against the revived Lyric. He saw himself raise his scimitar.

"Now, to finish you once and for all." Tail stated flying towards Lyric; he dodged the flame shot and swung his sword point down. He pierced Lyric in the shoulder; the monster hissed in anger.

"You think you'll have a glad victory?" Lyric stated. "I won't let that happen. SSHHHHHAAAAA!" A blast came from Lyric's mouth knocking Tails back into a tree with blood spraying from the wound. Lyric, himself, fell over and died. Cosmo ran to him.

"Tails… Tails are you okay?" She said. When the fox opened his eyes, she saw the eyes of Lyric staring back at her.

"You're next." Lyric stated through the mouth of Tails. Cosmo gasped in shock. Before she could react, Tails lunged his sword into Cosmo's chest right through the heart.

Miles felt a sharp pain in his chest as though a sword pierced it upon seeing that moment occur. "This... this can't be…" He stated. "This couldn't have happened."

The medereck had perished before she even hit the ground. Sonic and Amy stood there in horror as Tails got up with blood on his chest.

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!?" Sonic yelled.

"It's Tails." Amy stated.

"I couldn't have been the one who killed her." Tails replied, not wanting to believe what he had just witnessed. "I couldn't be…" The fox started to tear up from the now known guilty action.

"It's the truth, Prower." Mogul answered, mocking the two-tailed fox. "Does it feel good knowing what really happened?" All Tails could do was scream and cry from agonizing pain and guilt. "I guess not." He floated over to the weeping fox. He lifted Miles into the air with his magic.

"You are beyond atonement, no one will ever accept you. All you do is bring pain and misfortune." Mogul stated, raising his right hand preparing a magic seal to place on him. "Embrace that misery. Submit to your inner darkness. Become the fourth who releases Dark Gaia." Before his hand pressed against Tails, a bright light appeared in front of the lich and blinded him. "GAH!" The mammoth used his hands to block the light. As the light disappeared, he noticed Tails was gone. "DAMMIT! No matter, it is too late for those petty heroes to stop me now."

When Tails opened his eyes, he was in a different room. He noticed a clam light that was around him illuminating the room around him. He turned to the source of light and it appeared to be a single lick of flame.

"Tails?" the lick of flame stated with a voice that resonated with the sound of Cosmo's voice "Can you hear me?"

"Cosmo?" He asked, in surprise. "Is that you?"

"I am her voice." The flame stated. "You must not give into the despair that you have been thrust into."

"But how? I ended up killing Cosmo." Tails said.

"You need to carry on. That is the reason I had brought you out of Mogul's grasp." The flame said. "He feeds off of fear and anguish."

"Is there any way to beat him?" The fox asked.

"One who has sacrificed everything… for the lives of others, including the sacrifice of their own, is the key to defeating Mogul." The flame said. Then, a thought appeared in Tails' mind.

"Wait, are you talking about a martyr?" Tails asked. "But I don't know anyone who was a martyr."

"When Cosmo allowed herself to die, she done so knowing that Sonic could be spared." The flame told her. "That self-sacrifice had purified her to the point that the dark magic will not be able to affect her. Mogul will be powerless against her and is scared of opening up the jar that contains her spirit."

"Where is she?" Tails asked.

"Follow me." The flame added as the lick moved from the room.


Sonic, Amy, Silver, and Chip were able to get past the undead on the outside of the castle and were able to get into the mansion.

"Finally, we made it inside." Sonic stated. "Now, we need to find Tails again."

"I'm kind of surprised that the interior of his citadel is very-well trimmed and proper." Silver commented. "I didn't know he had a taste of fine design."

"You like it? I made it fit for a king." Mogul's voice taunted them. "Now, I suggest you leave now. I don't want blood all over the décor."

"Not even in your wildest dreams." Amy growled.

"Fine. Come and face me." The mastodon continued. "That is if you can even find me." Then, he chuckled.

"I think we should stick together…" Chip said, nervously. "So, Mogul pick us off one by one?"

"Good idea." Sonic replied. They looked around and all they were finding was an empty mansion. Chip flew around the corner; there was a loud noise and Chip came flying back screaming. The three hedgehogs got in a fighting stance preparing for a monster. But it didn't come after them. "Huh? Let me check." The hedgehogs went forward to see what was the matter and Sonic groaned. "Really?"

"You were spooked over a cardboard cutout…" Amy stated. "of a cute little pumpkin?"

"That lich is trying to mess with us." Silver said. "We must be on guard."

They finally came across a room with just a double door standing in the center without a frame. They looked around trying to find what allowed the door to stay in place.

"Umm… what's this?" Chip asked, he flew around trying to find the thing to support the door but found nothing.

"This seems very suspicious." Amy said. "Anything around here?"

The hedgehogs looked around and then Sonic found a hidden lever on the wall. The blue blur went over to it.

"Hey, I found a switch." Sonic stated.

"Be careful. That might be a trap." Silver said. After Sonic pulled the lever, the floor boards by the entrance opened up and a platform with a glowing mystical orb floating above it came up.

"Uh, a hidden switch." The albino commented. Chip flew over to the orb and touched it. The room filled with light. When the light level returned to normal, the door had a door frame around it. Silver went up to the door and grabbed a door knob. He opened the door revealing a hallway.

"You guys found a way to continue." Silver answered. "Nice job."

The air around them became deathly cold and they heard what sounded like a breeze.

"Brr." Amy shivered. "Who turned on the AC?"

"It's not air conditioning." Silver stated in shock. "It's Mogul's elite guard; the Saturnites." Then, three figures came floating out of the walls. They were skeletons wrapped in thick cloth, but they didn't have the lower half of the body.

"I can handle them." Sonic answered. He leapt and did a homing attack on one of them, but he passed right through the one he targeted. "What?"

"Sonic, don't let them get their energy claws on you." Silver stated, as he used his psychic blast to knock them away. Amy was able to charge up her hammer with spirit energy and smash it over the saturnites body. Sonic zipped around the trying to find the one he was facing.

"Where'd he go?" He asked. The one he fought against rose form the floor behind him.

"Sonic, look out." Chip said to him. The Saturnite grabbed the hedgehog's shoulders and turned him around.

"Oh crap." Sonic stated. The saturnite swirled its blood red eyes at Sonic as the creature wailed; the blue blur's vision became more statically.

"SONIC!" Amy shouted. The creature grabbed onto Sonic now looked like the blue blur. Silver was able to drive the other Saturnites away as he went towards his boy, but for a different reason. The pink hedgehog went over to Sonic as the phantom was pushed away.

"Amy, get away from him." Silver stated. He froze Sonic in place. The blue blur struggled in place, growling and wailing. Amy saw that that Sonic's eyes were now red with a black sclera.

"What happened to Sonic?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, what is going on?" Sonic asked them. He looked and now he saw himself being held in place by Silver's psychic grip. "Why am I over there?"

"Chip, can you use some magic to hold this one in place so I can explain?" Silver asked the plushie.

"I can try." Chip said, then the plushie was able to summon an energy bubble. The albino hedgehog shoved the blue blur into the energy bubble. Seeing that Sonic couldn't get out of the thing, he let go of the attack.

"First off, Amy." Silver said. "That blue blur isn't Sonic."

"Huh?" Amy asked in confusion.

"Of course, that's not me." Sonic stated. "Wait, what?"

"The saturnites have the ability to push someone's soul out of their body to take control of it." Silver commented. "Sonic has turned into a translucent ghost." Silver turned to the phantom Sonic. "Don't worry, we can still see you."

"So, I'm dead!?" Sonic asked in horror.

"That technique is not a lethal one. Otherwise, a raven would have shown up by now." The albino reassured him. "But it will try to find a way to get Sonic killed. As long as we keep that thing in that bubble, Sonic should be okay for the time being."

"So, I can do what ghosts can do win this state?" Sonic asked.

"Right now, yes." Silver answered. Then, the blue blur looked at Amy.

"Don't even think about it, Sonic." The pink hedgehog rebuked him.

"There is a method to reverse this." The albino said. "But Alicurion knew that technique. I never learned it."

"Let's find it quick. I'm feeling completely numb to anything and it's driving me nuts." Sonic said.

"We will need to continue down this path." Silver answered as he turned to Chip. "Chip, I'll leave you in charge with the bubble."

"Got it." Chip answered.

"Okay, team. Follow my lead." Sonic answered. The four of them started to head down the hallway until they came across a drop with some poles from the ceiling. "I'll go check." Sonic floated downwards to see if it was safe to go down. "It's safe, but it definitely has a different feel to it." The rest of the party head down to the area below.


They noticed the walls were not made from cut stone as if like a dungeon. On the nearby large opening, there was a large mine cart on some tracks.

"It seems the only way forward is this cart." Amy answered. "Everyone got into the cart and Silver used his psychic energy to push the vehicle forward. The cart was twisting and turning inside the masoned and carved tunnels. Then, the cart leapt off of the tracks and onto subterranean two wide areas of rock surrounded by a deep abyss. The two were connected by a simple wooden bridge and the cart stopped moving. "Well, that was interesting."

"Is the ride over?" Chip asked.

"Yeah, it's over." Sonic reassured him. "But where are we?"

"I believe we are in the catacombs of Mogul's lair." Silver answered.

"The deceased want you to join them." A voice called out. Then, a large zeti came down from the ceiling. He landed right in front of the party. "It seems we meet again."

"It's Zavok." Sonic said.

"It's amusing that one of the Saturnites had gotten the blue blur." Zavok said. "I hope I don't get bored fighting you."

"You are over estimating yourself." Amy said, putting her hammer in her hand.

"Chip, you get Sonic and his body out of here." Silver stated. "We'll keep the zeti busy."

"What? I want to fight him." Sonic protested.

"I'm sorry, you're a ghost right now. There's not much you can do at the moment." Silver said. "You can join the fight after we get you back to normal." The Saturnite growled and tried to break free from the bubble. Then, Zavok leapt towards them. The hedgehogs managed to dodge out of the way. Chip and Sonic were forced to flee through the catacombs. They reached an intersection and Chip had bumped into Tails.

"What?" Tails asked.

"Tails, where have you been?" Sonic said to the fox.

"I don't have time to say much." The fox replied. "Why are you a ghost?"

"I can't explain right now." Sonic answered. "Pops and Amy are in a fight with Zavok. We need to find the scroll that can get me back into my own body."

"I noticed a room full of tolms down that way." Tails pointed to the hallway he just came from.

"Thanks, Tails." Sonic said. "Let's go Chip."

"Why is your body in a bubble?" Tails thought to himself before he left for the battle. "Oh well."

Zavok was blocking the shots that were coming from the two hedgehogs. He was lashing out his attacks towards them.

"Is this really the best you can do?" Zavok asked, taunting them.

"We're just getting warmed up." Amy answered. Silver just happened to noticed Tails coming out of the catacombs.

"I think you shouldn't be so confident in a victory." Silver said.

"And why is that?" The zeti asked. Tails snuck up behind the creature and threw a rock at the creature's back. "ARGH!" He turned around to see the flying two-tailed fox. "Get down here you little…" Tails kept flying around the powerful zeti as he was leaping to grab the fox.

"Now, we're getting the upper hand." Silver said, as the three of them continued to fight.


Meanwhile, in the tolm room, Chip and Spirit Sonic were searching through the scrolls trying to find something to help with the situation. When pulling out a scroll, Chip ended up dropping it and it began to unroll, showing a picture of a Saturnite.

"Hey, I found something." Chip stated. Spirit Sonic flew over and looked at the scroll.

"This is it, the scroll of the Saturnites." Sonic said, looking it over. Then, Chip read the scroll.

"It seems that this line of words are the way to reverse the effects of the Saturnite's curse." Chip said. "But it has to be someone who is close to you to recite the words."

"We are going to get back to the party and have one of them recite it." Sonic replied. "Let's hurry."

The fight became dragged out. Amy swung her hammer. Zavok grabbed the hammer and threw it aside. He grabbed her and through to the other island. She landed hard and lost her breath for a moment.

"I'm not sure how long I'm going to last." Amy said, panting.

"We need to keep going." Silver answered.

"We need to buy Sonic some time." Tails added. Phantom Sonic came to here with a scroll.

"Sonic, there you are." Amy said.

"All you need to do is say, the following words on this scroll and I can return to normal." Sonic said as Chip came with the bubble. Amy held up the scroll and began to recite the words. Because of her condition, she ended up mispronouncing the words.

Spirit Sonic got pulled back into the body he was shoved out of. The creature roared as Sonic got back into his body and the Saturnite was pushed out. Instead of appearing like the other Saturnites, it still looked like Sonic with the red eyes and black sclera.

"I don't think it was supposed to happen like that." Chip said, as that individual flew off into the catacombs. Sonic was freed from that bubble and he rushed over to Zavok.

"Hey, Zavok. Looking for me?" Sonic shouted. The red zeti turned to face Sonic. The blue blur smashed into his head-on. Zavok was knocked backwards, it lost its balance, and fell into the abyss. It roared as it plummeted downward until it was out of sight.

"We did it." Tails said.

"Thank goodness." Silver added, panting. "Now that my boy is back to normal, all we need to do is deal with Mogul and get out of here." Sonic helped Amy up.

"Just one question." Amy asked. "Was the Saturnite supposed to keep the form after it gets kicked out of Sonic's body?" There was a brief silence for a moment.

"Ah, fidget." Silver stated.

"What is it?" Tails asked.

"The spell ended up botched." Silver explained. "Even though Sonic is back to normal, because the spell had a glitch, it also created an Exe-Saturnite."

"What?" Tails asked.

"These things are even worse than the regular Saturnites." Silver explained. "We're going to need to contain the creature before it gets out of the lair and contaminate everything."

"With what?" Tails asked.

"Well, anything." Silver commented.

"So, you mean I might not feel anything?" Sonic asked in shock.

"I'm sure you'll feel something." Amy said.

"Can you at least hit me, Ames?" Sonic asked.

"I don't want hurt you." The pink hedgehog replied. Then, Sonic copped a feel of her butt, irritating Amy. "On second thought…" SLAP! "Now's not the time for that."

"I definitely felt that." Sonic answered, putting his hand on the red mark on his face.

"I need to look for Cosmo." Tails stated. "Her spirit is trapped somewhere in this lair. She'll be able to help us."

"Very well." Silver said. "But take this with you." The albino hedgehog gave him a round disc-shaped bottle. "If you have a run-in with that Exe-Saturnite, open this bottle and point the mouth at him. The magic inside will take care of the rest."

"Got it." The fox replied as he took the container. "I found where Mogul is hiding."

"Where?" Chip asked.

"Head down the catacombs straight, make a left turn at the end." Tails answered. "You'll need to get past a magical skeleton platforms. When you make it to the end of that area, you'll find a well with black energy coming out of it. Mogul's hiding spot will be in there."

"Understood." Sonic said. "We'll take a quick break before continuing."

"You're being a bit cautious." Tails stated.

"I just don't want anyone getting killed while facing Mogul." The blue blur commented.

"Alright." Silver answered. "I've got a bone to pick with that horrid mobian for all the trouble he caused."