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The Great Deception
The soul of a Walker entered Sally's body and she inherited all the powers of one. In
the second that went by as half a minute for her, she was upon Nack. Stunned and confused, he
stood in shock at this graceful, seemingly naturally incredibly fast speed. She touched his
chest. That was all that it took to weaken him, and he lied upon the floor.
"Khilindio, why did it have to turn to this?" Nack could tell the voice was not Sally's.
He had heard the sacred voice of the Walkers before and recognized it.
"You, it was you, the lords of the planets, of all people, who ruined my life, you
bastards! You called me the bane of this planet . . . I had journeyed far to your perch to hear
your wise council. All that you said was that I was the bane of this planet. You even marked me
with the sign of shame upon my head. I somehow thought I couldn't be the bane of this planet, so
I tried to prove you wrong by being the leader of the current freedom fighters, but some
"compatriot" exposed my mark to the rest of the group. I was immediately exiled without any
questioning. After that, I tried to make my way other places, but word spread, and the only one
who would accept my help was Robotnick. It was the only thing I could do to support myself, so I
had to resort to carrying out espionage, theft, and assassination assignments. I hated being
such an evil person, but soon my doings would have purpose.
"One day, I encountered the latest generation of freedom fighters. I was going to get
revenge on any freedom fighting team there was, and they fortunately always got in the way of my
work. And every time They did, I could never destroy them or complete my mission. This made
Robotnik annoyed with me, and he hardly payed me anymore. So I quit. I needed to find a way
I could get back at you for making me live this life. Technology was the answer. I decided that
I was going to prove that technology could crush forces of nature and spirit. And I was quite
sure of this too, for that is how Robotnik first came to power. Now my work for Robotnik had
been known, so I managed to hook up with the best hacker in Mobius, Kyoto. He provided me
with everything I needed to get back at the freedom fighters, because the bond between us was so
strong that he could trust me to do only what I said I would. But, recently, I had been scheming
on how to obtain the Sword of Acorns, the ultimate source of raw power in this world. I also
knew about something else that would be very helpful to me, but I'm not going to tell you that.
Not even Kyoto knew anything about this mission before. Kyoto, you've been through so much .
. . I'm . . . so sorry . . . I had to lie to everyone, just to redeem myself as a Mobian . . .
and not a monster . . ." Tears were welling up in his eyes, but none fell, and he resumed, "Now
that your prophecy has driven me almost as far as world conquest, I get stopped by the very
people who ruined my life in the first place . . . IT'S SO F___ING IRONIC!! . . ."
"What you heard was a falsehood,"
"What?! You were the ones that said it. Surely the gods can remember everything!"
"We do. But we did not say that. Julian did."
"You mean Robotnik?!?!?"
"Yes, he used his technology to trick you . . . even the sign of shame upon your head is
a replica of our actual sign."
"Why did he do that to me though?
"Because you are the savior of this planet."
"That's impossible!!"
"It is true. You had such a pure heart when you were a boy, but what Julian did slowly
corrupted your mind, and your true purpose was lost. He could not have the savior of the planet
getting in his way of world domination. The reason he hired you was to make sure you would
never work against him." Finally, Nack just paused for a very long time. Then, he said,
"So you're saying that my entire life has been . . . a lie?!!!!!!!" Sally nodded
gravely. "I can't stop working against what I started to despise so many years ago, and I still
can't forgive anyone, but I know that I need to save the planet, and that I can change . . . but,
. . . but, . . . . . . . . .it's too complicated!!! My life has been wasted, its true purpose
lost, and even if I did conquer the world, I would just make life for Mobianity more painful than
it already is, so . . ." A look of extreme rage and frustration entered his eyes, and there was
nothing to change his mind. "I'm going to deSTROY THE PLANET!!!!!!!"
With that, he teleported further to the Sword of Acorns, Sally close behind, going just
slowly enough to follow him. The Walker still believed that the savior's true spirit would come
out, and that he would not carry on with his plans, so he was just monitoring him for the time
being.
Tails now rose. He had heard the whole thing while he was down. Sonic . . . are you
alive? Did you survive his blast? You may not have recovered, for I am, after all, the chosen
one. Nack, why? You may be the savior of this planet, but I'll have to take you down. Tails
had done enough thinking for now. He ceased all mental chatter and sprung forward through the
corridors and sensed the quickest way to Nack, and followed it.
Knuckles had already entered the building, and was now doing a full search of the royal
palace. He heard some mysterious sound, suddenly, and noticed from what direction it came
from. It was only a quick blurb of sound, but he could still trace it. What was that, a sound of
. . . demolecularization? That had happened to him once. After this quick thought was over, he
dashed towards the direction the sound had come from.
The rest of the freedom fighters were back in a medical room, trying to bring Sonic back
into consciousness. All efforts had been in vein so far, but they still had hope. Antoine was
sanding staring at the corner in gloom, Bunnie was starting to well up, but was still hopeful,
and Rotor sat down next to the medical bed, trying to think of any other method he could try to
use to revive Sonic. There was a stirring. There was no movement in the room previously, but
there was some faint hint of some vibration. It was Sonic. Everyone saw his eye open slowly and
they went to him in disbelief, thinking it too good to be true.
"Sonic, can you hear us?" Antoine asked hopefully.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?"
Nack had found his way to the chamber that contained the Sword of Acorns. He
scrambled the retina scanner on the door, and entered. There it was, sitting high above a gilded
pedestal, faintly glowing with an inner radiance.
"Nack, you know this is not your destiny. This was not the path the future was supposed
to take. Just go back, reestablish yourself, and live a peaceful life, now that you know how
truly important you are to the world." Nack stood in thought. He was going to keep his beliefs
in place.
"I'm going to be even more important to the planet than I was ever supposed to be! I'm
going to blow the bloody thing up, ant there's nothing you can do about it as soon as I take
this . . . sword!" He said, as he pulled it off the pedestal.
Now he's the most powerful being on Mobius, thought the Walker.
TO BE CONTINUED!
The Great Deception
The soul of a Walker entered Sally's body and she inherited all the powers of one. In
the second that went by as half a minute for her, she was upon Nack. Stunned and confused, he
stood in shock at this graceful, seemingly naturally incredibly fast speed. She touched his
chest. That was all that it took to weaken him, and he lied upon the floor.
"Khilindio, why did it have to turn to this?" Nack could tell the voice was not Sally's.
He had heard the sacred voice of the Walkers before and recognized it.
"You, it was you, the lords of the planets, of all people, who ruined my life, you
bastards! You called me the bane of this planet . . . I had journeyed far to your perch to hear
your wise council. All that you said was that I was the bane of this planet. You even marked me
with the sign of shame upon my head. I somehow thought I couldn't be the bane of this planet, so
I tried to prove you wrong by being the leader of the current freedom fighters, but some
"compatriot" exposed my mark to the rest of the group. I was immediately exiled without any
questioning. After that, I tried to make my way other places, but word spread, and the only one
who would accept my help was Robotnick. It was the only thing I could do to support myself, so I
had to resort to carrying out espionage, theft, and assassination assignments. I hated being
such an evil person, but soon my doings would have purpose.
"One day, I encountered the latest generation of freedom fighters. I was going to get
revenge on any freedom fighting team there was, and they fortunately always got in the way of my
work. And every time They did, I could never destroy them or complete my mission. This made
Robotnik annoyed with me, and he hardly payed me anymore. So I quit. I needed to find a way
I could get back at you for making me live this life. Technology was the answer. I decided that
I was going to prove that technology could crush forces of nature and spirit. And I was quite
sure of this too, for that is how Robotnik first came to power. Now my work for Robotnik had
been known, so I managed to hook up with the best hacker in Mobius, Kyoto. He provided me
with everything I needed to get back at the freedom fighters, because the bond between us was so
strong that he could trust me to do only what I said I would. But, recently, I had been scheming
on how to obtain the Sword of Acorns, the ultimate source of raw power in this world. I also
knew about something else that would be very helpful to me, but I'm not going to tell you that.
Not even Kyoto knew anything about this mission before. Kyoto, you've been through so much .
. . I'm . . . so sorry . . . I had to lie to everyone, just to redeem myself as a Mobian . . .
and not a monster . . ." Tears were welling up in his eyes, but none fell, and he resumed, "Now
that your prophecy has driven me almost as far as world conquest, I get stopped by the very
people who ruined my life in the first place . . . IT'S SO F___ING IRONIC!! . . ."
"What you heard was a falsehood,"
"What?! You were the ones that said it. Surely the gods can remember everything!"
"We do. But we did not say that. Julian did."
"You mean Robotnik?!?!?"
"Yes, he used his technology to trick you . . . even the sign of shame upon your head is
a replica of our actual sign."
"Why did he do that to me though?
"Because you are the savior of this planet."
"That's impossible!!"
"It is true. You had such a pure heart when you were a boy, but what Julian did slowly
corrupted your mind, and your true purpose was lost. He could not have the savior of the planet
getting in his way of world domination. The reason he hired you was to make sure you would
never work against him." Finally, Nack just paused for a very long time. Then, he said,
"So you're saying that my entire life has been . . . a lie?!!!!!!!" Sally nodded
gravely. "I can't stop working against what I started to despise so many years ago, and I still
can't forgive anyone, but I know that I need to save the planet, and that I can change . . . but,
. . . but, . . . . . . . . .it's too complicated!!! My life has been wasted, its true purpose
lost, and even if I did conquer the world, I would just make life for Mobianity more painful than
it already is, so . . ." A look of extreme rage and frustration entered his eyes, and there was
nothing to change his mind. "I'm going to deSTROY THE PLANET!!!!!!!"
With that, he teleported further to the Sword of Acorns, Sally close behind, going just
slowly enough to follow him. The Walker still believed that the savior's true spirit would come
out, and that he would not carry on with his plans, so he was just monitoring him for the time
being.
Tails now rose. He had heard the whole thing while he was down. Sonic . . . are you
alive? Did you survive his blast? You may not have recovered, for I am, after all, the chosen
one. Nack, why? You may be the savior of this planet, but I'll have to take you down. Tails
had done enough thinking for now. He ceased all mental chatter and sprung forward through the
corridors and sensed the quickest way to Nack, and followed it.
Knuckles had already entered the building, and was now doing a full search of the royal
palace. He heard some mysterious sound, suddenly, and noticed from what direction it came
from. It was only a quick blurb of sound, but he could still trace it. What was that, a sound of
. . . demolecularization? That had happened to him once. After this quick thought was over, he
dashed towards the direction the sound had come from.
The rest of the freedom fighters were back in a medical room, trying to bring Sonic back
into consciousness. All efforts had been in vein so far, but they still had hope. Antoine was
sanding staring at the corner in gloom, Bunnie was starting to well up, but was still hopeful,
and Rotor sat down next to the medical bed, trying to think of any other method he could try to
use to revive Sonic. There was a stirring. There was no movement in the room previously, but
there was some faint hint of some vibration. It was Sonic. Everyone saw his eye open slowly and
they went to him in disbelief, thinking it too good to be true.
"Sonic, can you hear us?" Antoine asked hopefully.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?"
Nack had found his way to the chamber that contained the Sword of Acorns. He
scrambled the retina scanner on the door, and entered. There it was, sitting high above a gilded
pedestal, faintly glowing with an inner radiance.
"Nack, you know this is not your destiny. This was not the path the future was supposed
to take. Just go back, reestablish yourself, and live a peaceful life, now that you know how
truly important you are to the world." Nack stood in thought. He was going to keep his beliefs
in place.
"I'm going to be even more important to the planet than I was ever supposed to be! I'm
going to blow the bloody thing up, ant there's nothing you can do about it as soon as I take
this . . . sword!" He said, as he pulled it off the pedestal.
Now he's the most powerful being on Mobius, thought the Walker.
TO BE CONTINUED!