So sorry for the long wait you guys. But I'm afraid it's not going to be the last one. School is seriously keeping me busy, I don't even have time to go to gymnastics anymore. I'll do what I can to keep on writing, but I won't be able to update regularly. Still, I thank all those who have the patience to keep on reading my story anyways ^^
Silver vs. Violett
As the group was waiting for Blaze, Shadow, Amy, Cream and Cheese to return, the hall was filled with the noise of chatter. Every group had their own small conversations everywhere, but they all revolved around the same topic; the battle between Blaze and Shadow. Everybody shared the same opinion, as well. Blaze had turned out to be a strong and fearsome opponent and it was definitely a plus to have her on the team, nobody really wanted to even think about having her as an enemy. And although suffering from memory loss (again!), Shadow still had all his moves down and was as powerful as ever. Now, the only question was left, was how Silver would do against the momentary strongest member of them all; Violett.
The two opponents were already standing on their places, Violett calm and collected with her usual gentle smile on her face and Silver looking rather nervous, as if he really didn't want to be where he was right now. While everybody else talked, they stayed silent, anxious of the upcoming battle.
"Uhhm … are you sure this is a good idea?"Silver asked, his nervousness getting the better of him.
"It's as good an idea as any other", Violett answered. "Are you okay? You seem a little … unsure of yourself."
"That's what I hate most about him", a new, darker voice joined the conversation. "He can never make up his mind."
"How very true", Blaze said as she stepped into the hall alongside Shadow. "He tends to become like that when I'm not around, heaven knows why."
"Just sit down already!" Amy bellowed. "I wanna see the fight."
The purple cat and the black hedgehog exchanged meaningful, almost annoyed glances and sat down next to each other, while Amy sat next to Sonic, clutching to him, which resolved in him rolling his eyes. All the spectators watched the two hedgehogs in the middle of the hall and silence filled the room. That's how it was for a minute. Then another one. Then another one.
"Is this going to start anytime soon?" Sonic asked.
"I am waiting for Silver to make the first move", Violett answered.
"Why me?" Silver said shocked.
"Because it's your strength that we are testing. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be able to handle anything you throw at me."
Still hesitating, Silver gave Blaze a questioning look and smiled weakly when she gave him an encouraging nod. Suddenly feeling much more confident, the silvery hedgehog shifted his eyes back on Violett, his face now full of determination.
"Alright then", he said, getting into battle stance, "here I go."
Violett instantly stopped smiling and her eyes became cold and calculating. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy knew that gaze just too well; she was going to observe Silver's every move to figure out his pattern of moving. The very first thing that happened was that Silver's hands started glowing and everybody knew that he was going to use the telekinesis on Violett. But since there was nothing in the hall to throw at her, nobody really knew what he was about to do.
Then, Silver did one swift move with his hands and Violett was thrown backwards. Just in time, she got a hold of herself and twisted in midair, only to land on all fours. The tiara was blown off her head and the two spines that had been held back by it were now hanging loosely into her face. As she looked up, everybody knew that not even she could tell what had just happened.
Then, out of nowhere, five knives, made out of nothing but turquoise light appeared and charged at Violett, who got back to her senses and dodged them all. The look she gave Silver after that was one of completely disbelief.
"You … you can create things with telekinesis?" she breathed. "I don't understand … how's that possible?"
"Good question. I just kind of gather energy until I have the results I wanted."
That had Violett gasp in surprise. "To think that telekinesis can become that strong …" she whispered.
Silver just shrugged and got back into fighting position. That had his opponent get back to earth as well and before Silver could even blink, she charged at him. The male reacted fast and caught Violett in his telekinesis, making her unable to move, no matter how hard she struggled. Again she looked at Silver, but this time, something else was written on her face. For some reason, Violett looked mad.
Using her own telekinesis, Violett took the ring from her neck and put it on her finger. Immediately, about fifty purple light balls appeared around Violett and charged at Silver, who yelped and let go of the purple hedgehog in surprise. Instead, he used telekinesis on himself to dodge the light balls. It was no use. Violett just had them chasing after him and even though he tried to destroy them by sending one blast after another, there were too many of them. Silver gritted his teeth and stopped in his tracks, using his telekinesis to stop the balls from chasing him. The magician tried her best to put enough force into the balls to free them, but Silver just crushed them without even breaking into sweat. Then, he came back down to earth …
… where he was attacked by Violett instantly. And from the looks of it, she was being serious. She punched and kicked and twirled and twisted faster and more skilled that even Blaze had. Silver was so caught off guard that he didn't even have the time to use telekinesis. All he could do was try not get hit. But after the fifth dodge, he got a fist on the forehead, which made him numb for a few seconds, which was more than enough for Violett to land another six hits. Surprisingly, they didn't hurt, but when the mage was finished, Silver's body just collapsed. Before he hit the floor, Violett twirled and used the momentum to kick hard enough for him to smash into the wall.
He fell to the floor and stayed there for a few seconds, before his body started glowing and he floated back into the air. His body seemed to have gone completely limp and he moved only with his mind. But the look on his face told Violett that he was now completely into the battle. A turquoise, nasty looking bubble appeared in front of Silver and charged towards Violett so fast, she didn't manage to evade completely and got hit by it. At that moment, she stopped moving completely.
For a few seconds, Violett didn't move. She just stayed where she was; on the floor, not making a single sound. Silver already cracked a small smile, thinking he had won, when suddenly a pair of big white wings grew out of the mages back. They flapped once, twice, thrice and Violett was in the air. The white hedgehog's smile was gone immediately and his face got serious again. But while he looked serious, his opponent looked absolutely furious.
She made her body changed completely. After two seconds, Silver did no longer look at a purple hedgehog, but at an exact replica of himself. He floated back a bit, taken off guard of suddenly being his own opponent. And unlike him, the Silver replica was able to move.
"That's a dirty trick", Amy whispered.
"But smart", Tails gave back.
Violett was no longer in any mood to play around. Again, she created her purple light balls, but this time, there weren't fifty of them but about five hundred. Although shocked by the sheer number of weapons, Silver kept his cool this time and caught them all in his telekinesis. However, there were so many of them, that he was struggling to keep them under control, let alone crush them.
He felt something move behind his back and turned, only to see Blaze with a pair of white wings behind him, smashing him to the ground with a powerful kick. Then, she disappeared before Silver even started moving. Shadow appeared under him before he hit the ground and punched him into his stomach, making him fly upwards. Then, Shadow turned back into Violett and all the light balls that had survived Silver's telekinesis charged at him again. The time traveler reacted, although being almost blind from pain, and tried to float out of the way. He didn't quite manage to do it and one ball cut open his side.
Violett smirked in victory and Silver noticed. He used that tiny little distraction to catch the light balls in his telekinesis one last time and smashed them towards Violett as fast as he could. Her smirk was gone in an instant and about ninety light balls hit her. Or so everybody thought. Before falling to the ground, Silver caught himself and floated back upwards, breathing heavily, his determined eyes never leaving the dust that he had created when sending his opponents own attacks back at her.
Slowly, the dust lifted. Violett was on her knees. Her ring was gone. Instead, there was a staff she was leaning on that looked very familiar to Tails.
"That's the staff she used to protect me from Eggman", he cried out.
"Exactly", Violett huffed.
Some of the balls must have hit her, although she somehow managed to reduce their damage. There was not a single cut on her, but a lot of bruises and her breathing was almost as heavy as Silver's.
"This staff allows me to create magical shields that protect me from harm. It's not perfect yet, but I'm working on it", she smiled weakly.
Slowly, she stood back up and stopped leaning on the staff. Her eyes were still furious and although her body was damaged, her will was stronger than before. The effect it had on Silver, was visible. His own determination faded and was replaced with fright. His strength was leaving and he was still paralyzed from Violett's seven hits.
Named female took her staff and pointed it towards her opponents. The staff started glowing and changed its shape. It turned into a long slender stick with many carvings. On its end was a big ring that was held tight by many twigs. The inside of that ring started glowing, but Silver didn't move, something that none of the watchers could understand. After all none of them could see the illusion that Silver was caught in.
He saw chains that kept him where he was, making it unable for him to move. And the person he saw in front of him, aiming his weapon at him, was not Violett; it was the grim reaper himself, scarier, colder and more terrible than he could ever have imagined. The presence of death was as close to him as never before.
A beam came out of Violett's staff and hit Silver full force. He lost consciousness and fell to the floor. For as long as three heavy breaths, nobody moved. Violett was the first. Her staff turned back into the familiar ring that she took into her hand. Stumbling and exhausted, she walked over to the limp, silvery body. While approaching it, her dagger formed in her hand. Anger was burning hot in her eyes. Everybody held their breaths, fearing their companion's next move as she stood above the defeated Silver with the dagger in her hand. His eyes opened and he saw the dagger, saw the person that had defeated him, but there was no longer any fear. For some reason, he knew that she wouldn't hurt him.
And he was right. After a few seconds, dagger turned back into a ring, the purple female turned on her heels and left the hall. Feeling Blaze's hands supporting his midst, he shakily tried to stand up, his eyes never leaving the disappearing purple hedgehog. He didn't have to look to know that everyone else was gazing after her as well. In a split second, Silver made up his mind; he would go talk to her … as soon as Amy treated his injuries, that is.
There we go, all done. Tell me what you think. To be honest, I have a lot in mind for Silver. He's only scratched his potential so far and during the story, he will begin to understand it and use it in many different ways that make him one heck of an opponent. I already can't wait to write the future battle scenes with him.
Now, that will be the last fight for a while. There's one more 'filler' before the story will become interesting again. Next planet, new people and Amy and Sonic will be put back into the foreground. Look forward to it ^^
Finally, Blaze just stood still, her eyes fixed on the male in front of her.
"Violett, are you in there? "
There was a longing in her eyes, a kind of wish, so strong that Silver was completely overwhelmed, unable to do anything else but to stare right back into them.
Why was it that he was the only one who could bring forth the girl's hidden emotions? Violett knew. She knew from the very moment she had first laid her eyes on him, but to Silver, it almost unexplainable … almost. It was the need for an explanation that had a weird, yet not so incredible theory build up in his head.
"I've never seen telekinesis so strong", the purple female said. "I can't even begin to comprehend its limits. In fact, I do wonder if there are any."