GraphicSoda: I'm glad you liked it. I have issue 50 right next to me. I loved it. Still, I've got a mindset for Kit planned.
Cristhianne3: This is pretty popular from the story stats. It helps when you have a monopoly on Surge and Sonic fanfictions. Seriously, there's like one other fanfiction where Sonic and Surge are expected to directly interact. I went with Imagine Dragons to show Surge being scared of the change in her life. Sonic does feel a little guilty that she got caught in the crossfire of Sonic and Eggman's feud, but he also sees potential in Surge. I am projecting a bit of what I see in Surge, and Yeah, I'm having trouble making the fights interesting.
Albian: Oh Yes, that scene with Kit dancing to the rappers was just a funny thought I couldn't let die in my head. As for Sonic and Surge, I'll explain a little bit more at the end of this chapter, but It was not necessarily romantic, more of a confession of fear than love. Sonic is definitely pushy with his desire to make Surge a solid good-guy, but her path before hands was aimless. I respectfully disagree about Surge liking Shadow. I feel he's too stoic for her to enjoy outside of getting a rise out of him. Surge is more of a extrovert who likes being a jerk. She is intentionally confrontational in everything she does.
He is trying to give her some idea of what to do with her abilities. Kit is in full emulation mode with Tails. I'll explain his thought process later if its still not clear.
Colinand2:… I don't know the tone of that review. Does this story live up to your expectations or is it boring? You got the characters perfectly down.
A.C Void: "Ask and it shall be yours"
MrGloomsReturn(Ch9): I am glad that you are having a blast. I enjoy writing Surge, she is like a much more expressive Shadow, which gives me a lot to work with. Kit… I really like playing into the little brother vibe he gives. I would have loved to read your full analysis, but I understand time constraints. Welcome back to the land of the living.
GOD FANFICSPEES SUPER 16: "Ask and it shall be yours"
MrGloomsReturn(Ch15): I needed a nice break before I got really serious with that chapters. Not sure if I played into the "Beer before liquor" or "liquor before beer" side, but We'll see.
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Surge laid in bed. It was probably pretty late in the day. She definitely could have gotten up. But instead, she laid there, not wanting to move a muscle. Today was the day, the day she started… heroing, or whatever the fuck it was called. Being fucking stupid, there, that was it.
Kill Sonic, Kill Him now.
Surge continued to wait there. The voice didn't even let her sleep really. If she had dream, there was always that little echo. She was going to fucking pulverize Starline.
Surge shifted ever so slightly. She didn't know what to expect. Was Surge going to have to fix her fucking speech? No swears or some bullshit rule like that?
"No sense in wasting anymore fucking time." Surge growled, sitting up, gritting her teeth.
Kill Sonic, Kill Sonic
"Shut the fuck up." Surge growled, looking around. Where was the small blue bastard? He was usually waiting there, or in Faker's room. That being when faker was asleep, and Kit didn't want to wake him.
Surge walked out into the hallway, and went down stairs. She saw the lights on, and heard a higher pitched fox talking about some bullshit or something.
Surge walked down the steps and saw Sonic sitting at the table, with his yellow fox buddy, Tails going on about something with a tornado or something.
Faker's eyes landed on Surge, and they went quiet. The two tailed fox went back to the stove, while Faker dared to give, "Hey, how'd you sleep."
She slept fucking terrible.
"How do you think, Dumbass?" Surge growled, balling a fist.
"Ah, well, I see you're energetic enough to swear me out." Faker laughed.
Kill Sonic, Kill Sonic
Surge growled, before rubbing her eyes, "Just… give me a fucking minute…. Where's Kit?"
"He's… asleep in the garage. Tails is back, and the first thing he does is decide to pull an all-nighter. He say's Kit is a big help." Faker smiled at her.
Surge cocked her head as a plate was set at the table, and the annoying little fox smiled, "Oh yeah, He listens close, and he's pretty smart too. I love working with him. He's a little shy, but once you get to know him, he's better."
Surge looked at the plate. A set of pancakes topped with syrup waited for her mouth. Surge picked up the knife and cut a piece. What did she care? Kit wanted to make friends, more fucking power to him.
Surge chomped down on the flat bread cake, "Alright, bitch, when do we start?"
Faker had the balls to ask, "What?"
"You're going to help me on this stupid fucking journey to being a perfect superhero who doesn't have any flaws or bullshit and saves the whole fucking day or some shit like that." Surge growled, balling a fist.
Sonic blinked as his fox freak came back, sounding surprised by her state, " Sonic, perfect? Are you joking?"
"Then what the fuck are we doing?" Surge barked, throwing her hands up.
Sonic raised his hands, as if trying to calm her down, "Look, none of us are perfect. We might need to work on your mouth a bit-"
"I'll work on your mouth a fucking bit." Surge balled a fist.
Kill Sonic, Kill Sonic KILL SONIC!
"- But we'll take it as it comes. There's nothing we can really do, outside of help you when the time comes up." Sonic gave her a weak smile that began to piss her off.
"Are you shitting me? All that drama for that half-assed answer?" Surge snarled, feeling even more stressed. There was no way it was that fucking easy. Sonic was mocking her!
"It's not complicated, but it's not easy either." Sonic shrugged, but kept his weak smile.
Surge felt robbed. She felt… worried. She didn't know what was coming in her life. A change that she knew nothing about. "It's that fucking simple, huh? Just be your friend and everything will work out, huh?" Surge growled, gritting her teeth.
"I mean… it's not that simple. I just-" Sonic started to backtrack like the fucking coward he was.
Kill Sonic, KILL SONIC!
"SHUT UP!" Surge slammed her fist on the table, cracking it. She was tired of the fucking headaches, tired of lies and half-assed promises, tired of all the confusion that wracked her head.
She panted, as the voice attacked her brain. Damn Starline and his bullshit programming. Surge squeezed her head until she felt the physical pain on the body ease the mental pain from the headache.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. Surge saw Sonic standing there, daring to give her a look of fucking pity.
"You wanna talk?" Sonic asked, giving her a soft smile. His fox friend starring at her as if she might be dangerous. It was really disturbing that he had nothing bad to say about her. He was busy being a little bitch. Everyone else had something to say.
Surge grit her teeth, before growled, "What the fuck are we doing today?"
"Well, I was talking with Vector, and Knuckles is out in the desert, so I figured we could head over there, and find him." Sonic dared to smile at her weakly.
"I'll go too." The fox pipped up.
Sonic actually looked a little hesitant, "Are you sure, buddy?"
Tails nodded, smiling softly, "Yeah, I'm back in good shape."
Surge growled, "Alright, fine, whatever. We need to fucking go. I don't want to waste anymore fucking time." She stuffed large chunks of pancake into her mouth. Unfortunately, the large piece went down a little harder than she thought it would, and it felt like a ball of spikes going down.
Surge winced as Sonic shrugged, "Alright, I'm ready whenever you are." She scowled at him, but nodded.
"Let's fucking go and get this done." Surge rolled her eyes.
Kill Sonic, Kill Sonic
They stepped outside, soon joined by Tails and Drippy. Kit seemed walk… funny. Surge noticed how Kit started walking… very similarly to Tails.
Sonic tossed the warp ring out. Surge ran through with Sonic. They stepped out onto the mountain, with Surge turning around to see Kit… being carried by Tails, who was apparently a little faster than Surge gave him credit for.
Sonic seemed to take in the scenery. He cocked his head, "Huh, alright… Surge, we're heading west."
Surge stretched her legs out a bit, and got low, ready to run. Sonic turned around, and held out his arms. Something about that made Surge… snap.
"No, I'll carry him." Surge growled, holding out her hands. Sonic seemed surprised, but he then gave an infuriating smile.
Kill Sonic, Kill Sonic!
Kit, however, was overjoyed. He leapt into Surge's arms, and nestled his snout into her neck. Surge felt… warmer, from the hug. She hugged him back, "Alright… alright, Fucking quit it with the sappy shit."
Kit eased up, which gave Surge a chance to relax. Faker had given them enough time, before bolting down the mountain.
Surge followed behind…. Along with the fox. How was this little shit so fast?
Sonic ran straight into a dried out ravine. The ground was cracked and shadows were cast over the ravine.
Still, it was just a ravine, and faker slowed down. Surge began to look around. Usually there was some secret base that Eggman had. Of course, the fat bastard couldn't keep it much of a secret since the metal easy to spot.
As if to prove her point, Surge saw the two turreted entrances. They seemed to be aiming at Faker. Surge dropped Kit and ran ahead to smash those turrets, "Yo, bitch, I found the base!" Surge called out.
Sonic turned and saw the torn up turrets, and nodded, "Alright, let's go this way."
What? Was he wasting her fucking time?
Kill Sonic! KILL SONIC!
Surge shook her head, scratching the top to ease the pain, "Where the fuck are you going?"
"A Detour!" Sonic called out. She ran along with him, leaving the two foxes to catch up. Surge kept pace and followed Sonic up the ravine. Surge then saw a strange sand temple up ahead.
"What, you're not wasting my fucking time are you?" She growled, as Sonic turned around.
"I think you'll want to visit the temple, just a hunch." Sonic grinned at her.
They both arrived at the hollow entrance, and Sonic ran ahead.
Surge kept going, not sure of where everything was, but had just enough vision to see further inside. She saw Kit and Tails arrive at the doorway. Fucking slackers.
Suddenly, the temple lit up, and Surge saw Sonic handing from a bar that held up a chain. She blinked at him, "What the fuck were you doing?"
Sonic pointed up at the bar, "Just being a light in the world."
"Why the fuck are we here?" Surge groaned, stamping her feet.
Sonic dropped down, and flashed a grin at her, "Follow me." He dropped down, but instead of landing on solid ground, he slid off.
Surge ran over to where the light switch was, only to be passed by Tails, who jumped in. What was there was a sandy slide. Surge saw Kit run over, but look at her for confirmation.
Fuck it, why not. Surge jumped up and landed on the sandy river which slid down. The slide wasn't bad at first… then it curve, and got really fast. Surge felt like the wind was coming up from beneath her. Another jagged turn as the room turned into a massive sand pit.
Surge saw Sonic standing at a plat form that was off the side with Tails. Surge sat up and jumped off, landing on the platform where another slide slid to a different room.
"Alright, faker bitch, Why are we here, you're pissing me off!" Surge growled, balling a fist.
Sonic stepped back as her fist inched closer to his face, "Alright. I checked Starline's secret bases, and I happened to find one out here, in the desert, around this temple."
Surge blinked. Why did he… Surge caught on, "You're here for me? Are you fucking damaged?"
"That's part of being a hero. It mean… not necessarily focusing on what you want. You want to learn more… I'm willing to help you find out the truth." Sonic smiled at her. Surge felt the like the ground was weak.
"Bullshit! I had to fight with you to get this far! Who the fuck do you think you're fooling?" Surge balled her fist. She was touched, and that scared her. She actually felt… cared about. Beyond programming, beyond a fake appearance to make up a story. Sonic actually wanted to help her.
And she didn't know how to know truth from fiction.
"You were going to go anyway, weren't you?" Sonic smirked at her. How was he playing her so well?
"Y-…yeah I fucking was." Surge growled as a small torrent resulted in Kit coming down next to them.
"Well, then think of it as me throwing you a bone." Sonic smirked at her. Surge growled a little bit more.
"Sonic, is this because Knuckles said-" Tails sighed, shaking his head.
"No, no. I think our dearest copies need to have this closure, before she realizes just how pointless this is." Sonic dared to fucking grin at her.
Surge stamped her foot, "You wanna fucking run that by me again?"
Faker held up his hands in surrender, "Look, one of these slides goes down to the main area, the other is going to take us back to the entrance."
Surge blinked, almost missing how he dodged the question, "What? How do you fucking know all of this shit?"
"This isn't my first time in an ancient sand temple." Faker continued to smile smugly, "So… left or right?"
Surge turned around, and saw the sand going down the pit, "Fuck it, stick to what you know, right? Damn it, I mean left."
Sonic laughed, "Alright, see you at the bottom."
Tails looked at Kit, "If it's too much, wait for us at the top." He held out a fist.
To Surge's surprise, Kit walked up and bumped Tails' fist with his own. The two jumped off their end.
"So… you two are friends now or some shit?" Surge looked down at Kit.
"Jealousy doesn't look good on you." Kit smiled up at her. What the fuck was going on?
Surge shook her head, "Bullshit. Look, let's just go." They jumped onto the sandy slide, Surge screaming as they plummeted down.
As they rolled down, the temple seemed to get darker… for a moment before lighting back up. Sonic must have hit the switch again.
Surge landed at the bottom of the temple. Red stone brick lined the floor. Surge walked forward, before seeing the large screen up ahead against the wall. There was a pathway, presumably the exit.
Surge looked at Kit, "Alright, Drippy, get to work." The Fennec ran ahead and started mashing buttons on the keyboard. Sonic landed with his fox after a few minutes.
Kit was going to work, flipping through files while Surge made the comment, "Took your sweet ass time."
"Well, We chose wrong." Sonic laughed, shooting a look at Tails, who shuddered, spitting sand out of his fur.
They sat down, Sonic and Surge that is, while the foxes went to work on the computer. Surge had no idea how nerds learned how to do the shit they did, but she wasn't complaining.
"Found something!" Tails called out. Surge zipped over.
"What? What did you fucking find?" Surge growled, balling a fist, pushing past the foxes.
There, on the screen, was a blue fennec child. He was running on a set of plains with very tall grass. Absolutely useless to Surge. The picture was taken with a tag of one year ago.
Sonic walked over, "Hey… I've been there… or I've seen those fields."
Kit perked up and looked at Sonic, "Really?"
Sonic laughed, "Of course, I can take you there once we're done."
Surge was both astounded by… Kit looking for something about himself. She wasn't being fair, was she? Bullshit.
Kit looked at Surge for approval. Surge groaned, "Fuck if I care."
Kit's wind took hit, and he gave the slightest slump. Surge felt… bad, " Look, let's just make sure everyone gets through this shit first. A dead man can't keep his promises." Surge glared at Sonic.
Sonic smiled a smug grin, " Are you threatening me? Because I have nothing to worry about." He was really intent of fucking demeaning her, huh?
Surge growled, "Let's just keep fucking searching!"
Kit turned back to the screen, and the foxes kept typing. Surge looking around the room, seeing several markings that some nerd could probably figure out.
Suddenly Surge heard an alarm. She turned to look at her little companion, who slumped down as a large red lock appeared on the screen.
"We've been locked out." Tails sighed, slumping down.
Surge balled a fist and punched the wall, "Damn it!" She shouted.
She felt a hand on her shoulder, "Hey, it doesn't matter."
Surge felt her quills flair, as she quickly got angry, and turned to face her faker, "Doesn't matter? FUCK YOU! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE!"
Kill Sonic! Kill Sonic!
"What, to have a doctor come in and screw your life up? To not have a choice when things go wrong?" Sonic asked, clearly getting angry. "No, no I don't know anything about that."
"It's not the fucking same!" Surge shouted, throwing her hands up.
"What, to have your identity decided by the doctor who screwed your life up?" Sonic continued to growl at her, but she wasn't backing down.
"I need to know!" Surge shouted as she balled a fist.
Sonic recoiled slightly, before lowering his head, "… and I'll help you how I can. But don't base your crusade on your past. We all got a life to live."
Surge blinked as Sonic turned around, "Where the fuck are you going?"
"I'm going to save my friend." Faker sighed, and went down the hallway. Tails followed, exchanging a look with Kit.
Surge was left with her little "buddy". She looked at Kit, who of course looked pretty tore up. She could see he wanted to say something.
"What? What the fuck has you bothered?" Surge shouted, grabbing the Fennec.
"I…. I think he's right. Maybe we can do something good?" Kit asked, softly.
"What? Are you shitting me? You just saw where your family was, and you don't want to fucking find them?" Surge shouted at Kit.
"I do… I do… but I think he's right. It doesn't matter who we were. I-I don't think we can go back. Starline… Starline changed us." Kit mumbled softly.
Surge began to pant angrily. She was out of words.
Kit slumped down, "Just… what ever you want… I'll do it. .." He slumped down and walked into the doorway that was next to the computer.
Surge was left feeling… lost. She was angry, but she wasn't sure who to blame. She slumped down, before walking into the tunnel. Surge felt herself drop down a pit… and then land near a light source.
She looked up and saw Sonic waiting at the doorway.
"Hey… how are you feeling? I'm sorry it got so heated." He sighed, actually looking like he was feeling bad.
Kill Sonic! Kill Sonic!
Surge closed her eyes and ignored the pain in her head, "Its… cool. Fuck, you might be right. I sure as hell don't want to be a nobody though."
"You aren't a nobody. You're Surge the Tenrec. The rough, energetic Tenrec who can run almost as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic smiled at her.
Surge snorted, "Is that right? And what if I don't like that title?"
"Then change it. You decide who you want to be." Sonic shrugged at her, "I'll just help you along where ever you go."
Surge blinked at that as Faker stepped outside. She sighed and followed suite, walking out onto the hot sand.
Unfortunately, when she walked out, a golden sphere wrapped around her, and began to lift up, "WHAT THE FUCK!" She shouted.
"HOHOHO! I've got you now… freak!" The fat ass called out as he descended down. Sonic looked straight up at them.
"Eggman! Let her go!" Sonic shouted, and Surge saw everyone move to attack.
"Oh no, Hedgehog, you know the game. Come and get her!" Surge continued to lift off. She let out a shock.
"You Son of a bitch, I'll rip your fucking throat out and shit down it!" She slammed against the sphere. Like hell she was just going to sit there and take it.
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Surge had been captured! What will happen? Find out…tomorrow. Don't expect a lot out of this one. I have already determined that this will be the weakest section of this story. I didn't have much planned for this part, so when I got around to it, I'm kind of sluggish.
Ok, so "Is this a shipping fic?", Yes and no. When I first thought of this fanfiction concept, I had an ending planned. Then, I thought a bit more, and came up with another ending in my head. Then I made another in my head. So I got to thinking: Why not just make a bunch of endings. Have a cannon one, and then have the alternatives for the people who don't like it. Some of them do have Sonic and Surge pushing past that friendship barrier. Some leave with less than that. Some are very sad, others are very happy.
Now I have the question of how do I release the endings when the time comes? Do I publish the cannon one and then release the alternatives? Do I release them in a random order and then tell you all which one is the one I settled on? I don't know.
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