Sonic ran up towards the gun without hesitation, picked it up, and pulled the trigger against his forehead.
click
There was a moment of silence as everyone stared in disbelief at how calmly Sonic had just done that.
Sonic removed the fun from his forehead and handed it out, tilting his head ever so slightly.
"So, who wants to go next?"
After about 20 minutes of heavy silence, Shadow suggested that they do it in order of age. So that would mean Shadow went first, then Knuckles, Amy, Tails, and finally Silver.
"Wait, isn't Silver older than Amy?" Knuckles asked, slightly confused in this manner.
"Well yes, but I'm going to be a bureaucrat and argue that I'm technically not even born yet." Silver crossed his arms. In truth, Silver just wanted to go last. He really didn't care much about what would happen, since one of them was going to die no matter what. If it was going to be him, he wanted it to be known before it happened.
Shadow stared at the gun in his hand. He didn't know why he wanted to do this by age, he just wanted to. He got this strange feeling that this gun...He just wanted to do it quickly, that's all.
Shadow had held multiple guns in the past, finding them interesting as a concept and tool but not so much as a weapon. Now that he was holding one, one that would kill one of his friends by their own hands…
He pressed it against the side of his head and fired.
click
Shadow gasped, placing the gun down as if it was a hot piece of metal. Tails let out a small sigh of relief, to which Silver scoffed.
"What?" Tails asked, slightly annoyed at Silver's behavior in the last couple of minutes.
"Nothing." Silver stared at his feet, rubbing the back of one with the other one. His thought process was the same. Why be relieved that Shadow didn't die when someone else will?
Knuckles held onto the grip of the gun, pointed the muzzle inside his mouth, and fired
click
Amy placed the Chao down next to her, stared at the gun, then stared at the people around her. For a split second, she saw herself surrounded by the dead bodies of her friends instead. She shook her head and everything was back to normal, the way it should be.
She took a deep breath and fired.
click
Tails and Silver stared at each other for a moment, but Tails did as he promised and reached out for the gun. "Last words…" Tails murmerred, looked intensely at the muzzle before moving it to the side of his head.
"I can't think of any."
click
Silver's face was one of pure shock and terror.
Silver, now holding the gun, stared at everyone else, one by one.
"W-why?" Silver asked, to no one in particular.
Nobody could answer anyway.
"Why? Why? WHY? WHY ME? WHY?" Silver screamed, clutching his head and dropping the gun to the floor.
"Silver, wait-" Shadow couldn't say anything else before Silver screamed again and grabbed the gun, pointing it towards the older hedgehog.
"YOU!" Silver screamed. "You kept encouraging me to pop my arm out before Sonic even said anything! What is wrong with you? How about I just shoot you and kill everyone instead? Huh?" Tears were flowing down his face now, unable to control his glands.
"I wasn't saying-" Shadow was blocked by Sonic, who stopped Shadow from taking another step by placing his hand in front of him.
"We aren't saying anything, Silver." Sonic answered, not losing his composure.
"You say that…" Silver muttered, tightening his grip. "You say that-"
"I'm not saying anything, Silver."
All that was left were the pants leaving Silver's lips.
Minutes passed before anyone did anything.
Sonic slowly faced his back towards the other hedgehog, giving him enough time to react.
Silver did point his gun towards Sonic, but didn't do anything once he showed no signs of aggression.
Instead, Sonic just got on his knees, back towards Silver, head facing the ground, his eyes shut close.
One by one, everyone else got on their knees, back towards Silver, heads facing the ground, their eyes closed shut.
"W-what...What is this?" Silver asked, not letting go of the pistol.
Obviously, no one answered.
Nobody knew how much time had passed.
All that could be heard behind their back were sobs, pants, and teardrops falling to the ground.
Silver started muttering "No...No...No…"
With his face now covered in tears, Silver raised the gun towards his head and with one final breath, softly whispered,
"I don't want to die."
click
A gun was dropped to the ground.
"Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the hedgehog, Silver the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Miles Prower, and Amy Rose. Move to the next room within the next 5 minutes. If you are to refuse, a level 1 shock will be applied to everyone."
The glass wall behind them opened clear.