Kito's p.o.v.
I walked through the halls that I've gone through thousands of times before but have always managed to get lost somehow. I inwardly growled as I went down another hall and found myself unsuccessful. I sighed then heard a grunt and went closer to it. I found myself walking closer to the training room and looked inside to see the little apprentice. I watched as he jumped into the air and made a blue orb and threw it into the moving target and growled as it missed by a hair. I chuckled at his frustration and he turned to face me in surprise.
"Oh! Kito, I didn't see you there. What's up?" he walked over to me and I sighed.
"I seemed to have gotten myself lost... again." I rubbed the back of neck and he looked at me confused then chuckled
"How could you get lost so easily? We've been in this castle for ten years and..."
"I know, I know. You don't need to scold me about it." he chuckled again and looked back into the room.
"If I tell you where the transport room is, will you train against me?"
"Is that a threat?" I made my words more harsh then I needed to but hey, I'm on duty and I can't slack off. He looked back at me and sighed.
"Third door to the left... and practice your teleportation. Your going to need it." he looked at me one last time before going back to finish his training 'Too bad I can only travel short distances...'
"I'll train with you as a thank you later, K?" he chuckled and waved me away as I walked to the room. Once I set the coordinates, I got into the pod and teleported to Athens. As soon as I made it onto the land, I looked around and saw Dll off in the distance with the targets and I inwardly chuckled. 'Now to begin.'
Dll's p.o.v.
I watched as the five was all practicing their fighting. Shadow was against Seelkadoom, Knuckles against Nazo, Tails against Infinite, Rouge against Fleetway and Cream against Mephiles. I have the foggiest idea of why they wanted to help them train but at least they get a chance to practice against others. I was sitting on a branch of a tree when I heard voices come our way.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, I heard it from the council themselves." I jumped down and turned to see Scourge and Sawyer walk my way.
"Hey guys, whats up?" they looked at me and then back at each other and sighed.
"More like down, the home planets are being overthrown." I scratched my head.
"And?" they gave me a shocked expression and I chuckled. "I already know about the problem at hand. I give a report about them every day." I chuckled as they looked at each other and sighed again.
"And here I thought you would be clueless." I smirked at Scourge's words and he looked towards the training grounds. "How are they doing?" I sighed and waved them towards the tree I was in and we sat down at the base.
"They want to get in action but I know they aren't ready for it." Sawyer chuckled and I looked at him confused.
"Dll, always the one to worry about others before your own safety."
"And how you always try to do the right thing." I sighed and looked at the ground
"If only..." I stopped myself from talking when I felt a sting in my eyes. "If only this never happened. I tried multiple times to change anything but no one would listen. Reality won't waver, time won't move backwards... I'm practically useless." a fat tear rolled down my check and I didn't care. I first started thinking that X had gone completely insane before and I mentally tortured myself for not noticing sooner. I would see my blood stain anything it touched as punishment for the terrible things I could've stopped from happening. The cold metal and punishments weren't enough and I almost tried to commit suicide. I wanted to erase the pain but I couldn't. Everyone needed me so I stayed alive for them. I stopped cutting myself when Sawyer threatened to take them away from me but I could still hear the betrayal that echoed in his voice. At night, his words would always come fluttering into my mind, telling me all the things I should've done but I didn't. Then I saw that he was right. X was only doing what we were born to do and it flew over everyone else's heads. I took the responsibility of training the five so I might be able to set universe peace but that was always light years away. It was only a figment of my imagination but I still believe in it. I still have hope that X would see how wrong he was before and that killing is only meant for other purposes. I tried to tell the council about how we could change other things so we could make a better future but they've denied my suggestions. Now, it's me and some type of partial participation from different immortals that barely care for others. Honestly... I want to see everyone suffer. If I'm really going to be truthful with myself, then I would like to see everyone fall for mercy on there mistakes. Something no one thinks about until it happens to them. Personal loss is something they just think will scab over. It never does. I sighed once more as I looked at the two hedgehogs in front of me and I stood up. I looked over at the training grounds and back at there confused faces. "Can you two watch over them so I can clear my head?" they gave a silent nod as I walked towards my house. I stopped just outside the door and looked up at X's bedroom window. I smiled as all the good memories I had before flooded my mind. All the good times that we would do together and the things we never did. I sighed once more and flew up to the glass and pressed my head against. 'Why is this so difficult to understand? I just want my brother back.' I pulled away from the glass and breathed onto it causing it to fog up. I drew a happy face on the grey spot and placed a big fat X straight through the middle. 'One minute here, next minute... gone.' I placed the palm of my hand on the drawing and pushed farther away letting myself to float along with the force I was making. I heaved out another sigh and when I turned around, I yelped when two yellow eyes stared into my soul. I froze like a statue and tried to process whoever was standing millimeters from my very mouth.
"Dll. You remember me, right?" I blinked and heard the voice that sounded like it came from a girl. I opened my mouth to speak but my voice abandoned me and I closed it and cleared my throat instead. "We meet, five years ago. If I'm right, I said Master wanted you and how I would return to see you." I heard the owner of the eyes chuckle and I snapped out of my daze to pull a sucker-punch right on their stomach. I took the chance to fly a good distance away before turning around to see who it was. I growled as I recognized the yellow demon.
"Kito, guardian of hope." she looked at me and chuckled, giving an evil smirk
"Dollter, also know as Dll. We meet again." I clenched my hands into fists and glared at her. "If you want to do something... then have at it." I flew at her and swung my fist back but she disappeared before I could make contact. "If you think you could get a hit on me, your deathly wrong." I growled again and turned to see her smug smile
"What do you want Kito?" I wrapped my words with venom as I practically spit them at her. She chuckled again and folded her arms over her chest.
"I'm just giving you a warning about the war." I scoffed
"I already know about that." I put my hands on my hips and she chuckled again.
"I'm not talking about the main course, I'm talking about the appetizer. The calm before the storm." I looked at her confused and she gave an evil smirk "In due time Dollter, you will see more than one way and maybe, just maybe, will fall to your demise." I growled and charged at her only for her to disappear and I felt something knock me to the ground. I struggled to stand on my legs and looked back at the sky to see her floating where I was. "The end is coming Dollter but are you ready?" she gave a evil laugh before flying away and I growled. 'Demise, see more than one way? Why can't those guardians ever talk normally?' I still remember the time when me and her met and boy was I ever angry.
*Flashback*
Me and the five was walking back to the house after another day of hard training when I felt a tug on my arm. I looked down to see Cream looking off somewhere. And she looked scared. I followed her gaze until I saw a yellow figure in the distance. Me being the protective one, told everyone to go inside while I investigated.
"Dollter, it's so good to see you." I gave a light glare at the figure that sounded like a girl and stopped far enough away so I could make a run for it.
"Who are you?" she chuckled and took a step forward making me take a step back for precautions.
"I am the guardian of hope but you can just call me Kito." I deepened my glare as she chuckled and stepped forward again
"What do you want?" I heard the tiniest bit of fear creep into my voice but I pushed it down. She chuckled and disappeared. I heard the same chuckle come from behind me and I whipped around just to get trapped under her.
"You." my eyes widened and I was able to kick her in the stomach, making her fly a few feet away. I jumped to my feet and got in a fighting stance.
"Why do you want me?" she sat up and gave me an evil smirk
"Master wants to have you by his side." I raised an eye ridge and she floated into the air. I growled and flew after her but she disappeared again and I felt a kick to my back. "I'll be back Dollter and when I do return, things will get funner." I turned around and couldn't see her anywhere. I shook my head as I thought about what she said and didn't pay any attention to it.
*Flashback end*
Looking back now, I couldn't help but wonder if this is all just some sort of trick or some other idea that he has in mind. I sighed then took off back to the training grounds, wondering if this was ever going to turn out for the greater good.
Sonic . exe's p.o.v.
I walked through the seemingly endless halls of the castle, all the while listening to the pained screams that I've experienced over the years. I smiled when I heard Tails scream then Knuckles. I chuckled by the time I made my way to the throne room… again. I sighed and looked at the empty chair. 'I may be sadistic, but I still get bored.' I sighed again and felt a presence come my way.
"Frank, my little fiend. What do you want now?" I heard him chuckle and I turned to see his ghostly figure in front of me
"Why I'm just seeing how my demonic friend is." I chuckled and moved to the chair and ran my hand over it. "But it seems that your losing what you wanted to accomplish in the first place." I turned back to him and walked so we were millimeters apart.
"I know exactly what I wanted to do and I'm in the process of getting there. It's just taking longer then expected." I walked through him and went down the halls again.
"Ten years was not planned."
"I know that you get impatient but I've figured that since our first encounter." he chuckled and I looked over my shoulder at him.
"What's the plan now? Wait for Dll to break and make a run for it?" I chuckled and turned down the hall to the kitchen.
"I'm not a coward but my little experimental weapon will come in due time. I just need to pass the time." I walked into the kitchen and immediately went to the fridge and grabbed a beer bottle from inside.
"Oh no you don't." he used his strength and pulled the bottle right out of my hands. I pouted as he raised it above his head. "I know that this is just blood but it's infused with alcohol. We all know how that would turn out." I chuckled and floated up to his eye level.
"Give it back, ghost. You know you can't fight me on this." he sighed and relinquished his hold on the bottle giving it back to me. "And how you are a spirit and that is just another term for soul. Also something that I would devour in a matter of seconds." I chuckled as his face twisted in agony and opened the bottle taking a nice big gulp. He sighed and I walked down the halls again. "I'm going to my room and I want Amy to join me." I turned back around at his quietness and saw that he was looking down another hall to see the pink nuisance walking towards us, in her own little world. I smirked and disappeared and reappeared in front of her causing her to fall on her backside.
"O-Oh S-Sonic! I-I d-didn't s-see y-you t-there." I smiled as I grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet
"That's alright my little rose, in fact, I was just looking for you." her gaze moved to the bottle clenched in my other hand and her eyes became wrapped in fear.
"Oh god no! Please no! Not again! I learned my lesson from the last time!" she tried to pull her hand out of mine but my grip just get tighter.
"Really? Cause it sounded like you wanted more." I dragged her back to my room and she tried any attempt at stopping me but only failed. We made it back to the room and I forcefully dropped her on the bed, tying her to the bedposts.
"P-Ple-ease! Ple-eas-se, you have t-to stop g-going after me-e." she became a crying mess as I swished the contents of the bottle around and looked at her with an emotionless face.
"That didn't stop you from going after me before, time after time again." I chugged the whole bottle down and smirked at her fear wrapped eyes. "And to think I've always played along with your little game just to have fun when you were planning to go and try to stab me in the back." she tried to struggle against her bonds but I gave an evil grin at her failure. I made my way over to my nightstand and grabbed the sharp knife I kept in there, just for these type of occasions. She started to become a weeping mess as I showed her the knife and put the tip on her chest. "I'll give you two choices. You can either let me hear your screams and be the frightened little girl that you are or you can try to rebel against me and I'll give you something to cry about." she calmed herself down almost immediately and I got the signal of how this was going to go. "Let's begin shall we?" I picked the knife up and slammed it down into her thigh causing her to screech. "We just started and your already getting agitated."
"S-Stop." sh whispered and I twisted the knife around in her wound
"I don't think so. The real bloody feast begins now." I pulled the knife out of the wound and continued to slice her legs making the blood come rushing out. As soon as her yells would became whimpers, I would twist the knife in further to an already open spot and caused more blood to spray out. As soon as her legs were coated in blood, I started to lick all the juice and savored every drop. Once her cuts were starting to heal I put the knife back down on the stand and stood back to see her shudder and whimper. "Have you learned your lesson now?" she opened her mouth to say something but closed it again "Don't make me come in for a round 2." she shuddered again and opened her mouth to speak.
"F-Fuck you." I frowned at her response then smirked as I walked over to the bathroom connecting to my room and grabbed the bar of soap. Once I came back into the room, she was already trying to break out of the ropes and I gave a dark chuckle at her failed attempts.
"No OnE tAlKs To Me ThAt WaY." she stopped upon hearing my voice and turned her head to look at me. One look at the soap in my hand was all the proof she needed to know that she has gone too far. As I approached, she struggled again and whined at me but that only fell on deaf ears.
"P-Please, I'll stop!" I gave my infamous distorted laugh and her face became wrapped in fear.
"YoU cAn EiThEr OpEn YoUr MoUtH aNd AcCePt YoUr PuNiShMeNt Or I'Ll FoRcE yOu MySeLf." I could see the wheels turning around in her brain as she weighed her options but knew what the better choice was, so she opened her mouth and waited for me. I chuckled as I stuck the bar down her throat and scrubbed every corner. She kept gagging and turning her head away but I forced it farther down, making her face me. Once I finished she turned her head to the side and coughed while I threw the bloody bar away. "I'll ask this again, have you learned your lesson?" she turned to me and gave a simple nod with a bit of blood running down her mouth. I chuckled as I released her and she jumped away and coward into the corner.
"C-Can I-I g-go n-now?" I nodded and she raced away faster then I could say chaos. I grabbed the empty bottle on my stand and glared as I threw it against the wall were plenty of broken glass pieces lay.
"Not powerful enough… I have to make it more powerful" I mumble as I walked back to the throne room to continue my act as king until my oh-so-powerful brother comes onto his knees.