06/27/19
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(Sonic's POV)
I was having a great time riding with Sky. I hope Silver is all right. Tails told me that he was gonna see his mom and stepdad but he hasn't come back in like 3 hours. I better get contact with him at once.
I spoke too soon. I see a jet stream in the ocean. It's gotta be him.
"Sky, land down" I said.
Sky did as I told him and I saw Silver getting out of the water.
"Sonic! I have bad news!" Silver panting hard.
"Let me guess. You lost your way to Australia?" I asked.
"No, Scourge tried to have me and my family killed. He almost succeeded in hurting me emotionally by threatening to turn them to stone!" Silver told me, I could tell he was shaken.
"Wait, what?! Where is he?! I'll hunt him for trying to kill your family!" I growled lowly.
"He was in Sydney but then he just disappeared" Silver said.
"Did he turn anyone into statues when you got there?" I asked.
"Only a few animals in the area. But not my mom and Stepdad" Silver said.
"He needs to be stopped. But we don't know where he is. Unless...shit! If he was after your mom, he's probably going after Tails' father in London!" I gasped.
"I don't think he's after Tails' father. He's probably going after your mother in New York. He knows you have the shield and he might threaten your mom to surrender the shield" Silver said.
"Oh my GOODNESS! I better get there fast!" I became terrified.
I held my bolt staff high, "Take me to Manhattan, New York! Now!" I was teleported to my original home.
x
When I got there I frantically searched for my mother. Everything was very quiet in the apartment, "Mom? Mom? Where are you?"
"So, you think you can try to be like that Greek hero Perseus?" Scourge appeared in the living room.
"Where's my mother?" I demanded him to answer.
"Let's say she's at the same place where that murderer killed my mother. If you want your mother back, surrender the shield and I'll let her live. If you don't, she'll be part of my statue garden. You have 12 hours left" Scourge said as he used his amulet to disappear.
Oh no. What am I gonna do? If I surrender the shield it's all my fault. But I can't let that monster kill my mom. I have to do as he told me; get to where Medusa was killed.
I gotta go back the island to get the shield. I took out my bolt staff and teleported back there. Okay I got twelve hours so I got time to plan how I'm gonna defeat Scourge. He cannot be decapitated with that thing on his neck right so I have to watch out for his stone gaze.
"Sonikku. I was looking everywhere for you. Where have you been?" Amy rushes up to me.
"Searched for Scourge and what's worse, he kidnapped my mother and demands I give him the shield at Medusa's death place and he'll spare her life. But I don't know what to do, I got 12 hours" I explained to her.
"What? He's a monster! We'll go with you to stop him and rescue your mom" Amy said.
"Not we. It's me that has to go alone. I can't let anyone die because of me" I looked away.
"No Sonic! We are not letting you do this alone! Perseus never went on a mission alone to kill Medusa. He had sidekicks that sacrificed themselves to give Perseus more time to kill Medusa. He knew that if he did it alone he would end up as a statue. Do you know where he got these weapons from?" Amy said.
"Well I know the helmet he got from Hades, Hermes the flying shoes and Athena the shield. But still I can't let you and the others sacrifice. I have to do it. It's my destiny and no one is changing it" I said.
"Well I'm changing it, Sonic. Scourge never keeps his word to anyone. You think he'll let your mom live?" Amy asked.
"No. But still I won't let you die by sacrifice. No more kills on this island" I said.
She then kissed me again and I tried to pull away but I couldn't fight it. Her love is too strong. While kissing I pushed her against the wall as I pulled away from the kiss to breathe.
"You know I can't let you die, Sonic" Amy gasping for air from the kiss.
I sigh in defeat, "Fine you'll come with me. Tails stays here on the island for his own good"
"Nuh uh. All of us are coming. No argument on that, Sonikku. We all love you very much. If your father is the king of the gods, you're the prince of the demigods. I don't know what my life would be without you" Amy said.
"Alright Ames. But no sacrifice for a year" I said.
"No promises, Sonikku. Like you said, a hero always has a woman guiding him" Amy said.
"Then let's be prepared" I held her hand.
x
Much later, I've gathered everyone and we're ready to departure, with only few hours left.
"Sticks, how many of your Amazon warriors are coming?" I asked.
"Ten, But we're outnumbering Scourge" Sticks said, with ten Amazon warriors appearing behind her.
"And whatever you do, do not look at the gorgon's eyes. Tails and I saw what happened when our 5 demigod friends become statues" Silver said.
"Affirmitive!" The Amazon warriors understood.
"This is very suicidal guys. I can't bear to watch you guys die. You tried reasoning with Scourge but he has no conscience to listen. How am I gonna decapitate him when he's wearing that thing around his neck?" I asked, looking at Perseus' shield.
"What if we take it off?" Knuckles suggested.
"It's too risky, Knuckles. If you got close to him his snake quills will bite. Only we hedgehogs are immune to snake venom but those that are not will get paralyzed" Silver said.
"Okay, if so he still uses stone gaze he might turn himself to stone if we reflect with the shield" Knuckles said.
"It's possible; which explains why he wants the shield. To destroy it so he won't suffer the same fate as his mom" Tails said.
"Exactly. Now is everyone ready? I sure hope because you all stay hidden while I 'bargain' with Scourge until I give signal" I said.
"Got it old friend" Tails said.
"Let me do the portal work" Shadow created a portal.
"It's somewhere in Greece. Whatever place that Perseus killed Medusa" I said.
"The island Sarpedon" Shadow said and opened a portal to the island and we went in one by one.
x
When we arrived, I saw an ancient temple at the top, "Okay guys, get into hiding positions. Now to bargain" I took out the shield.
"Please don't get killed, Sonic" Amy kissed me...again. She really cares about me.
"Ames, you don't have to kiss me all the time" I blushed.
"Just for luck" Amy said.
"You really make me crazy sometimes" I chuckled but headed to the temple while my friends went into hiding spots.
I admit that Amy's love for me was very strong. I don't know why but it just makes my heart fall in love with her.
I better hope my mother is alright up there and not turned into a statue.
When I arrived at the temple I found statues of horses and several Greek warriors that failed to kill Medusa. This made me scared. It's like walking into a trap.
"Scourge!" I called out for him, "Come out right now!" I held the shield in case he tries something to get my guard down.
"Right over here" I heard his voice. He was standing there with my mother tied up at his feet, "I've been expecting you Son of Zeus. Now for your mother's life the shield" Scourge said.
"Why can't you let it go? Even if your mother is not alive, you still have a family" I said.
"You think I would let go of my mother's death and move on?!" Scourge growled in frustration, "You don't know what it's like to lose a mother that was never there for you! She was my only mother until she had to hide me from Perseus! No one wrote the story of her son! Like I never existed in Greek stories!"
I glanced at my mom getting helped by Shadow using his father's helmet of invisibility while Scourge continues ranting.
"I know what it's like! I was raised by my mortal mom but I had no father. I wasn't old enough to know the truth. My father loved me but he had to return to Olympus. And Poseidon is still your father. If your mother didn't have an affair with him, you wouldn't exist" I said.
I noticed that it seemed Scourge understands, "It's too late for me Sonic. How can I be forgiven if I killed 5 innocent demigods at the camp? It's all Athena's fault turning my mom and my aunts into monsters! How is that mercy?! You think they liked being monsters and my mom being stripped off her immortality?!" Scourge began tearing up in anger.
"No but you can't change the past, Scourge. Your revenge is what's making you become like a monster" I held out my bolt staff and the shield as a signal for the others to attack.
"So you brought the others huh?" Scourge grins and takes out his bow and arrows to fire at some of my friends.
But with my speed I managed to deflect all of them with the shield.
"INCOMING!" Knuckles charges and tries to tackle Scourge but he got whacked away by him.
"Hydra, kill these pests!" Scourge called out the hydra.
The nine headed serpent appeared before my friends.
"AMAZONS MOVE!" Sticks shouted.
"Hahahaha! Good luck with that, morons!" Scourge laughed.
"Sonic, look out!" Amy crashes into me as we tumbled together and she ended in top of me. Right on time before that hydra head tried to eat me.
"Um...thanks" I blushed at this position we are in, "Tell me again how many times you saved my ass?"
"Plenty!" Amy rolled us aside as a hydra head almost ate us.
I saw Scourge trying to get away, "He's getting away!"
"You need this!" Amy handed me the shield and her pink sunglasses, "Whatever you do, don't get turned into stone" Amy said as she kissed me again and I fell for this kiss.
My arms went around her waist as I kissed deeply on her lips. I held my moans to not let her hear it.
Pretty soon we needed air as we pulled away, "Um, what's this glasses for?"
"Direct eye protection. Just in case he tries something to kill you with his bare eyes" Amy said.
"And, uh, what's the plan again?" I asked, a little sweaty from the kiss.
"The plan is to not get killed. Be like Perseus" Amy said.
"Right" I ran off to get to Scourge.
I managed to catch up with him and blocked his escape, "If you're part god, why leave?"
"I'm no god! I'm part gorgon you fool!" Scourge tackles me down.
"Scourge! Don't make me do this!" I struggled.
"I'm not letting you do the same destiny like Perseus" He removed his shades.
I shut my eyes and quickly head-butted him to get off of me.
"You will watch this even if I have to rip your eyelids off!" Scourge screamed, his snakes hissing wildly.
"Not today Scourge! With these on you cannot make me a statue!" I put on the sunglasses that Amy gave and it really worked to protect my eyes. Even if I'm directly looking at Scourge's ice blue eyes, my eyes are still protected.
"Aphrodite's first gift for that pink brat? Clever but you won't survive for long!" Scourge held out his own sword.
"SWORD!" I made my bolt staff shape-shift into a sword.
We charged at each other and engaged in a swordfight. The more we struggle the more it gets intense.
Scourge knocked the shield away but I still continue sword fighting with him. No time to get the shield.
"Can't you see it Sonic?! You're still inexperienced!" Scourge said.
"You guessed wrong!" I pushed back.
"Sooner or later you'll tire out and you'll be dead like all of your half-brothers!" He clashed his sword with mine.
"I'd rather die old and peacefully!" I struggled against him. Man he is really strong.
Time to do thunderstorms; the clouds in the sky darkened and from there I reached out and summoned lightings onto my sword.
"Feel the power of Zeus!" I shouted and threw lightning at him.
"Aaaaggghhh!" Scourge was struck and thrown against the statues.
"You should have seen that coming!" I grinned.
Scourge got up hissing in anger, "In the end you'll suffer for eternity!"
"Good luck with that, cousin! AAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!" I scream with much power from my god powers of thunder and lightning.
Scourge then spins and dodges my attacks. Until I manage to strike him with one bolt, stunning him briefly.
"Give up, Scourge! You can't win this fight!" I said.
"Oh yes I can! Once I'm finished with you I'll show Athena what it's like to have one of them transforming people with hideous transformations!" Scourge said.
He rears his fist back and then in a swift move he knocks the sunglasses off me.
"Now! Look into my eyes!" Scourge demanded.
I closed my eyes and looked away, "No thanks!" I whacked him away from me. I gotta get the shield!
"Argh! You're gonna regret that!" Scourge screamed and chased me. I had the shield in sight.
"There's my chance! If I could just reach it!" I jumped to get the shield.
Yes! I got the shield, now to get ready. I held up the shield against Scourge but he looked away.
"What's the matter? Scared of your reflection?" I taunted.
"I'm not falling for that old trick!" Scourge growled.
"Made you look" I bumped my shield in his face.
"AAAAGH! My eyes!" He held for his eyes in pain.
Now is my chance to get that thing off his neck. I leaped and snatched it off his neck while he was still blinded. He eventually regained sight.
"AAGH! Huh?! What have you done?!" He panicked when he saw what I had.
While looking at his reflection on the shield, I noticed how scared he is, "Like I said. Made you look"
"GRRRRRR!" Scourge growled insanely for losing his immortality. Oh man I really pissed him off.
"YOU FOOL!" He rushed at me and knees me in the gut, stunning me. He placed his foot on my chest.
"You are a fool like your half-brother! This time I will be the one slaughtering you!" He picks up my sword.
While my eyes are shut, I had to strike him by lightning.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGH!" He screamed as he was hit. He fell down with smoke coming from him.
I got up and pointing my sword at his throat, "I won't kill you, but you deserve punishment!" I said.
"Urrrrgh! Haven't I suffered enough?" Scourge groans in pain.
I used my cloth to blindfold his eyes, "Maybe yes but you caused enough damage for centuries"
x
Back with my friends, they have finally defeated the hydra. All the throats were burned to prevent them from growing two new.
"Oh man, I'm gonna need a break!" Knuckles was really exhausted.
I looked at Scourge with the blind fold on his eyes. He looks upset and sad. I can see how much he has suffered for not having his mother or his aunts around, "Scourge, I know you've been suffering for a long time but you have to move on from your past. You have a family. They may not be part gorgon but you are part god too. Family is what matters most"
"How can I be part of a family when I have my eyes cursed?" He asked with a sigh.
"Well you got your sunglasses to block the stone stare" I said.
"And then what? How can I be forgiven for all those I killed at the island?" Scourge said.
"You didn't literally kill them. You turned them into statues. I'm sure Shadow is talking to them" Tails said.
"That is if you can give everyone a chance to see that you've changed and moved on. Living in the past stops you from moving onto the future" Silver said.
"I suppose. You're sparing me because I'm the last gorgon?" Scourge asked.
"That too, yes. It's just you've been suffering from isolation" I said.
"But now I never got to apologize to Sally and the others" Scourge said.
"Come with me" Shadow said.
(Shadow's POV)
I brought him to my father's underworld so that Scourge can talk to the victims that got turned into statues. Among them was Sally Acorn's soul.
"Scourge the Gorgon. What brings you here?" Sally asked with a slight angered look.
"I'm here to gain forgiveness for my past murders" He said.
"Hmm...I may be dead but it's gonna take a lot of time for me to forgive you. If you had listened to Silver and everyone, you wouldn't have lost your sanity" Sally said.
"Yes, but I deserve to be punished for my actions" Scourge said, his snake quills sharing same expression.
"Yes you do. Just like my mom never forgave Persephone for leaving. To be with Hades" Sally said.
"But I better hope my punishment is not too violent" Scourge said.
"Better not be. But you deserve a chance for redemption" Sally said.
"Yes" I heard Scourge sigh.
But before I was announcing to him we're leaving, Sally went and gave Scourge a comforting hug. Yes, souls in the underworld can sometimes physically touch things without phasing.
"Thank you" Scourge said and pulled from the hug.
"Let's go home" I said to Scourge.
(Sonic's POV)
I was at my old home talking to my mother. I'm just glad she didn't get turn into stone.
"Sonic, I'm so proud of you for stopping Scourge" Mom said.
"Well, I didn't kill him. I just spared him" I said.
"What made you not want to kill him?" My mother asked.
"I saw the pain in his face, sadness" I said.
"But you know it will take a while for him to get over his actions" Mom said.
"I know. Throughout his whole life vengeance made him not move on from the past. But I just hope to Zeus he'll change. Sometimes a villain can change but those who have no conscience don't change at all" I said.
"True. So how's Tails?" She asked.
"Good I guess. But since he erased everyone's memories of me at my school, I suppose the demigod island is where I belong. But I don't know if you're okay with this. Being here all alone and to look for someone else to love you" I said, just concerned for my mother.
"You can come visit me anytime my son" Mom said.
"Thanks mom. And if you find someone else, don't let him boss you around" I said.
"I won't. I'm a strong woman Sonic" Mom laughed.
"Right. Now I gotta go" I said.
My mom hugged me, "I'm just happy that you got to know the truth. You look so much like your father, hon"
"Was he a blue hedgehog?" I asked.
"Remember Gods can shapeshift so he took the form of a blue hedgehog" Mom said.
"So I do look like him but I have your eyes" I said.
"Yes you do, son. Your father is the king of the gods, you are the prince of the demigods" Mom said.
"Yup" I nodded and I walked to my old room having one look at it.
"You really are gonna miss your old home?" Mom asked.
"Yes, but like I said, I will visit you. On the holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and family birthdays" I said.
"I know you will, sweetheart" Mom said.
I held out my bolt staff, "Take me back to Demigod Island"
"Good bye Sonic" Mom waved before I left.