Trixie's Thirteenth Story

Chapter Forty-Three "Face to Face"

Spike just stood there silent he hardly blinked…a part of him said "use the chaos energy! Take them out! Take them all out!" but another part of him said "no don't! Don't be like your father!" and his mind was more and more clouded till he could hardly remember his own name or hardly anything at all, the dark energy almost took over him he could feel the power at his fingertips even if he was standing as still as a statue.

His darker thoughts consuming him as he saw everyone around him as the enemy he took a punch at the first person he saw he saw them only as the ways he would have if he were angry with them.

Jewels nearly went hurling to the ground not expecting the attack, but she avoided it this time around.

"Spike wait!" Jewels said in a panicked voice, dodged the second time.

Spike got closer and closer to getting Jewels.

"Spike control yourself! Don't you remember me? It's me Jewels! Your right hand girl!" Jewels shouted trying to get his attention.

"You were always doubting me!" Spike said as he got closer. "You thought every move I made was idiotic! You thought I wasn't fit to be a leader at all you thought I couldn't even lead myself let alone the planet!"

Spike's voice sounded deep and sharp.

Rex got in his way.

"You stay back Boss!" said Rex.

"Oh yeah you!" he said now seeing Rex as his target, he punched Rex twice across the jaw, Rex could take it but it was ticking him off. "You know what?! I don't even know who you are! You're just the extra guy who never got a BRAIN!"

Rex covered his face knowing he was no match for this Spike.

Power interrupted much to Melody's dismay for he was putting himself at risk.

"Don't you know what you're doing?! You told me you DON'T want to get close to hurting us ever again!" Power said.

"You…" was all Spike could say his hands closing and opening again many times as if confused.

"You told me once 'A leader is the one who's not afraid to fight, whether your opinion of 'evil' is correct or not' And I understood it, I am willing to take that plan into action but not when you turn on your team, your friends." Power said almost in a teary voice. "Your best friend."

Spike twhiched.

When Spike tried for a punch Power grasped his fist the electric reaction went right through him and he found himself hardly able to stand till he closed his eyes…Power raised himself back up again not being effected any longer.

He grabbed Spike's wrists again Spike felt his eyes twhiching and his hands trying to open and shut again, his whole life flashed before his eyes but mostly involving Power's loyalties as he was looking straight at him before it.

A loud ringing echoed loudly Spike's fists unclenched he felt himself able to control himself again; he got on his knees digging his fingers into the ground.

Jewels smiled relived.

Power sitting down on his knees facing his Master in hope he was in control again instead of the fake chaos emerald controlling him.

The black and purple went away and…his spikes went back to normal and his eyes and scar no longer glowing.

Power grabbed Spike picking him up on his feet.

Spike felt ashamed.

"We have forgiven him in the past, every choice he has made has gotten us closer, we should not hold this against him if he had a bad reaction to the emerald." Power said hoping the rest of the team would follow.

They were all very hesitant.

"Those things I said, I…I didn't mean them at all." Spike said. "Jewels you doubt me but that's only because you care, Rex you may be the oddball but you're unique, Melody I have nothing bad to say about you…but I really don't deserve forgiveness anyway." Spike said.

Rex hesitated.

"Boss…I'm not sure it's actually safe around you." He said.

Spike felt ashamed, Jewels grabbed Rex's arm pulling him to speak in privet.

"Rex you didn't see the way he looked when he thought he had lost you, and when I thought I had lost you it looked like he lost a piece of himself, seriously." Jewels said in a calm voice. "he may do things we don't understand but the more we doubt him the more we loose respect for him and the more we're unreasonable, he was right about me when he said I always questioned him he never understood you because you're so different from him…you're so…sweet and crazy it's hard to understand but that doesn't mean he hates you."

Rex closed his eyes looking down then looked up.

"Alright Jewels, I will try once more for you." Rex said moving back into Spike's sight.

"We'll forgive you." Jewels said speaking for both of them.

"Spike if you forgive me when I lost the master emerald that zapped me some crazy place with this Guy." said Rex pointing back to Knuckles. "I'd have been dead by boredom without you guys to hang around."

Knuckles stomped his foot.

"Are you people even paying attention?! He tried to freaking kill you guys! Isn't anyone listening!" Knuckles shouted.

For one of the first times they actually saw Spike smile widely, he still had a weird feeling though he twhiched a little.

Melody didn't know how to react but then again she didn't know Spike as well yet, she forgave him as well.

He made his quills sharp again by accident feeling the power once more but when he made himself go back to normal he felt pretty much normal, he only did this once…but understood now he could CONTROLL the energy.

"I know now why you're called Power; all that energy and you don't have a scratch on you, and I promise you I will NEVER do anything like that again to you guys, if I do you will know it's not the real me. But in a way it was worth it in the end." said Spike. "Because I've figured out when I make my quills sharp I can use that energy to my advantage…and now not even Sonic can stand in our way."

Spike grinned.

End chapter

To be continued in the next story